Tombstone epitaph., 1918-01-27
FOREIGN

via met at Prague and adopted resolu-
tons demanding a Czech republic.
Nicholas Romanoff. the former En-
peror. and his family have escaped
from their prison near Tobolsk. it is
reported in Petrograd
The House OF Commons. BY a vote
of l36 to As. rejected an amendment
to the man power bill which pro-
posed TO apply conscription to ireland.
Premier Lenine signed an order for
the arrest of King Ferdinand OF Ru-
mania. who is TO be sent TO Petrograd
for imprisonment in the fortress 81
ST. Peter and 81. Paul.
The Central powers have fatty re-
jected Russian demands for with
drawal OF Teutonic armies from occu-
pied portions OF Russia. according 10
wireless dispatches from Berlin.
Louis Loustalot. member of the
French Chamber OF Deputies from
Landes. whose immunity recently was
suspended in connection with the Gail
laux case. was arrested at Paris.
A mutiny among submarine crews
at the German naval base of Kiel on
Jan. Z is reported in an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Geneva
Thirty-eight officers are said to have
been killed.
The document which caused the ar
rest of NJ. Caillaux. former French
premier. according to the Temps,
showed that he had been directly or
indirectly in communication with q
representative of an enemy power
Control OF the destinies OF the Ger
man empire. press accounts from neu
trail countries agree, is passing into
the hands of the militarists OF the
leaders who want TO hold what has
been gained by might and the sword
German newspapers. in referring
TO the Anglo-American measures
against submarines indicate that the
employment of the depth charge has
since American destroyers arrived in
European waters.
A meeting of the Fatherland party
at Mannheim was frustrated by the
independent socialists. the Amster-
dam Kolnische Volks Zeitung says.
After hours OF pandemonium the
meeting which was attended by about
1000 persons was dispersed
The anti-suffragists in the British
House OF Lords suffered another re-
buff by the rejection of AN amend
ment proposed by Viseount Halifax TO
the franchise bill that the question
be decided by a referendum OF the
women. The amendment was defeat
ed by vote of 80 to c.
The British Labor party. in a mes
sage TO the Russian people. an
nounced that the British people &C
cepted the Russian principle of self
determination of peoples and no an
nexations for the British empire, par
ticularly in the Middle East. Africa
and India
SPORT
The University of Missouri defeated
Washington University at basketball
al st. Louis. II TO IA
The appointment of Jack Hendricks
as manager OF the St. Louis Cardinals
leaves but one vacancy TO be filled In
the managerial ranks for 1918.
Friends in Denver, Boulder and
Golden OF DR.. H. L. Van Meter, one
time star athlete OF the University OF
Colorado. are in receipt of announce
ments of his forthcoming marriage to
Miss Mary c. Stuckslager OF Lisbon,
Iowa.
Jess Willard, heavy weight pugilist,
was made defendant in a suit for s25,-
600 damages flied in Chicago by Vic
tor J. Dowd, who claims that he was
injured in a wrestling match in Rome.
Ga, while employed with a show
backed by Willard.
GENERAL
A bomb. addressed to Gov. William
ID. Stephens mansion at Sacramento,
was intercepted at the ferry postof-
flee at San Francisco, Cal.
The body of Capt. Lewis r. Wits
Ter. who robbed the Army Bank at
Camp Funston. Kan, of $S2 900, killed
four men and seriously wounded Q
fifth, and who committed suicide, was
sent to Gem. Kan, for burial The
body was accompanied by Capt Wits
ler's former wife and his father.
Dissolution 'of the partnership OF
the Kaiser and Coda partnership
which God does not seem to know
about"-will be one OF the things the
United States will accomplish in the
war. Senator William s Kenyon Of
Iowa declared in addressing members
of the Republican club of New York
city at luncheon.
At Chicago il was estimated that
Fuel Administrator Garfield's order
closing all industries east of the Mis-
sisippi for five days and decreeing
Mondays as holidays will make TO-
0o0.0c0 working men and women tenn
porarily idle. Millions Of dollars in
wages will be lost by the edict. one
of the most sweeping in the nations
history.
Efforts of German interests TO OBJ
tain foothold in the Tampico oil fields
of Mexico were disclosed by the arrest
Of Turocp Ariz Of Cba rio. r,r.dorso1x