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THE WEEK'S EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA TION AND THE WORLD BR.EFLY TOLD ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD A Condensed Record Of Happenings Of interest From All Points Of The World Domestic. Senator James ii. Brady of blaho died at his home in Washington. I). C., of heart t rouble. I Le was hrn in l'ennsylvania and was '6 years old; then moted to Kansas and was (lucated in the public schools of Lea r enworth. lie taught school for three years and thin hecame i n-etWip Ir rep~ort or. -:At. iniaionapiol i Ind., lire ;>roke ot iin the ladcustrial buitlding, u bich haus ed thirty mniiufacturi ng concerns, andi destroyed1 the bhikli ng and adjioining pr~operty, causing a loss t-stimtated at one million dollars. The lire is be iioved by the tire department to havc heen of incendiary origin. Six of thi manufacturers were making machin ery for tIhe government . SiX dwell ings, a church, grocery ani saloot were also burned. No lives were lost Conviction of four otileias of tlI hamburg - American line, ind tiding aril lhe.'nz, managing dirJctor. or charges of violating ithe (ust11is liwe in sending su)plies to (hermitn eut trais ers e ily in t he var, was aftir'niut ht the Jnited States citui (l rt! <I ap~peals at NewYork ( 'IIy. li-t.e sign also up~hl the consti:-ri i th,. llamlhurig.AintiiCan line, ui h hadt itt b+(een sentternretl it p y a fit tf eti dol tlar. I Higher warles will he a h'l of ih' rItilroa atiministration tn by n ar ";y" all lhe : w l organied iri v ii a b ( rt.' 11 is ar. howie.r that i ari in n to i st ' IIIlnli lfttf I''tank u yilne' '!'n"1 r:. lst' I r of Ilhl' Australian i .ahn r h I t:; r e n tl iii vated to Ii- t'.tos r t li.t .t \l - t tri e is ol iih. p orI of the indlu t'ri is aI l l o re ghlss inritsI'y tiight he (lh ' tite e eS. e Atlish it by . hutiin itu n entir i for one daiy cth wit""lt, a: the pa p'r board nikers allremt~y have inen ((r derekille to dlo. Soue itearisl, howt ver ( alnot shut down easily for at day and they wiill he asked to ease oefr tion for as long its at month latr nti in the year. It watti sugg.;te-d that th glass iunsttry might he one 6if Ihes. Explaining his roeient order givin fuel aminist rat ors ut horiy to elos inl ustries to supply householer with coal, Doctior jGartield said thi power would he permitted to be use only in emtergenclies. At Camp Funston, Kans., three m( were killed and t wo seriously injur when the art y bank there was robi by a man drtssed in the unifortu at capaln in Ihe United Slates arm ''he three millen, eitiltinS, were kiii with an ax, it iS reported, while thi were at work in tIh bnkl. ( . I'. Wi oers, vice presidet of the Nation redore tno i ri,,',l . ' i rs . i., t A s'erie of trna'w'dep tht ibrtl ovrr lCentrln'Gergie knownie m thavy cokilt te ienan ETreel tot wrhko o have bleten icnjei eludhurte folowedl te Inrst .trnt andt the graset d tatneo yan nownda. ther mnereat tha 2,000 ev breencramed. etit fredorm waier."la suchs wrviiowhendon Theore cop fort da( lh of a nivt amd rr AWsptcfon. ~ aihlsa' Tpih Argnins foigdanew (ie" in ditssolvin the Mexican deIction5 beildr men.iaiyor4 andth nwspp coresom-n ihast eel msie foicigs unatew toe pats the foris Bfl. An veral ofithuae Miiex,;cansti 1 freortedpesen openlyo pr-ermn. Woepatn sfor hatthy agaeinst Germti tina try. Cnakeribeflo thn ente milt who hex ctice the dule artmeri durln tvhe rngtf com it'1 ' neistiiatk tith the assly ert penthatng army asllf tobe raaiedequbipen traind a leftiarly and tht nleer befnre hr bstcan (rovermone whidh will the cII fost andselthof thnslermy. ro doing the orte.Ee.oe bEey eoebudryl i4n tile ontryp toament upiln militar nupplieh w18. The woatemensfrasteclis lie is ure orctIn" (eSenator toneas wt Sus ,tinal amendmenrhit wo inthe heu withiexctly th requird numbe The food administration has; :ed ed to purchase 30 per' cent of the output of the flour mills. Out of this it will supply the allies, the army and navy, and will maintain reserve stores to meet local shortages. Citizens or subjects of European neutral countries, regardle'kSs of wheth or they have taken out first i)mpers for American citizenshili, will be freed from liability to military service in the United States if they appet'al through their (Ilploiatic representatives . in I Washington. The senate has adopted icnator Ho rah's resolution reIuesttig the rules committee to consider the advisability of amending the p)resenI Itult's so as to perniit the consideration of trea ties in o)11n session. Even some plants mai~king mnun.tons an( other war 5uplie)1's may have' to curtail fuel con1sulption du'iil.. the next sixty days. Vuel Adininistrator arflelid saidl, in a stat nement assurin g the public that every 01ffort will b'' miade to distr'ihute the available suitj ply of coal where most neeedi, and that no part iality will be slien n in atny sect ion. European. It is reported that the TPuri1, lave lrok('n t h' artist ice' by hutingilg '. 11;14 iirops h'iWeei TFliti t1id ai( I,ize and that a submarinie has sunk a ltus - s1all t iIils5)01t. ST hie is t( liigramh has b n'11 'i'et to al . 1( ('Id ca iials: "TFlu- Ii 011 rUutur oif no Lliiations at lir'St-l.lilovlk tmay b1 el(' - ,u"('Ied at. any. Inonn-nt. 11 s1 it 5((0m5 l i atlde t t t lie ( litl ill iilitar'ists will con111tiu e i iiinn-e0 their policy - 11 I tie-il' de-le-gateS." .\n .\mste'rlamit dispatch says that ;' 1-reOrl of Ihr \\'olff bireu, the F (.rnin 01111ial news age'nc, on the I <i'b ili t Ions at the Ilires;-l itovsk Il'l cnferc('0(e' says that at the e nli n oif the' sitting (' n0111 (':e-rain, .\11 "11'1 !Ili 1glIIriall i liinister1, aill(lltio in 'd 'ht t ie- ( int ratl plewe'ra - r(cgnize'I lie I 'kr':niain dtle-gatitn as an "inde le i l d 11e1m 1 " a to r'e tet I nitg tie I' Irine r ie epubliI ." bu iti IItal e('- I ' ltv'i'nepedent slate wrtill le 'e'se'r 'i tit ' iil pea i'i It y. ITrot:' y, leeshlie-viki t'ore:;1n Ii iliM Iesy the' (conflict - bl-e-in thle I ('1:, tl . Il l (it I II i c1 c i ib '. :) I l(it', It' e :I ,\ie I c-'u n~ 11 :11iti c lite' I : i'.0 11m11 noi (on -lio n w i:1h the' <t t ion 111 (cnc(rilin! whithli e ltre is roelcin (fly ectitlet bel wet) 'n Le to i sist'r repit. lies." All (Gcrtnan nea'wsp ap'lcrs are ueing 1 'fre'e''ly adlitted into ttissia. Iltiotin'; is reported at Sl-bastopl1, but lie (late of the trouble is not g specitically stated. The' rioting is said e to have startel witIi the crew of a t torpedo boat, wV ho It rrest (d their ofi. s ('(rs andil shot tle'tn. Sixty-two ofli el (e''s Ire i'eporte(d to have b een killed, including a vice' adntiral and Ihree oth . (' adinialS. ,1 Germuaniy was never in such danger '( olf colIaest' fr1om1 ite'rnaI and cxernal n clif'icullic-s as at preseit says the' or y t'estcolelnt in (.c'rany i of 'l'The 'Tiji, in all anatlysis lef the' cx isli g sitt in itil. A' 'I'e politic:1 struggle con('c'ttraed n airond I. 'reign Scietaty \'on ite-h!-i at nat las been re'tl('cted' in vioh it i ,scIte iin thlie tunin comit Itee oef h - tr- ire'ic-hita. Pubilli' 1 iction oef tie- Sce Cia list liinie tlc enn'calinc hite le 1'm ii-o e. sist cel. r's byi- d G -.' an i nhmcarit' in ''' a. i ip- it et :t .h To~ a jc 17 gie tt i s dlic t,.-ci Ic c. l a'- atnd one' timn-tGernan S i-. sitatenti lit efel ' r ti nc. e ( i. Ihms, anRd \'iennaiiit nicI ' ccf as ccitthI oly- ihe ituc-- -i i n 'et~e it xilc'renli tteiy l-c the'Grn -'Snow has- comeIt to tic aid oef the, 5 lyve appttrenetly has re'ac(hedl ia halIt, if it not tin nfd. 'Tho whole munita in frot n whee the Tetutons had bicetn nemking Is slight but stead~y gains is bturiecd tin' r der fr-oam threce to five' feet (of stnw, o makinRg infan ttry Corat lins imapossi dt blle and hamiper-ing the Teuttonic supj n- lily lines seriously. A ConstantIiniople report has it that -e withIn thie Ottoman emifpire ther'e are nervn hands of brigands estimtated ill t treehundred t housanid. FTeyae ir- mlost ly armutecd deserter-s fi'om the army bent on pillage, and veniture neat of towns and someties attack the reg. in utlar troopsle In order- to get arms atnd cc- rood. The hospital ship Rewtai't wa trpe-. u- doodc andcl51 uk ini the lri stol channyiel -se while on her1 way front Gibraltar. Alt of thle woundted( were isavedc. There we're three eitsualtiles among the crew. h. Leon TrotzAky, speaking at the pceace nl- ('onfeence at. IHrest-Li tovskc, tol thlei ye Germ-tans that the Rtussians were t he're id not as the representatives of at e-on.l ie dtutered( coutr iy, and dIid not itend'lc to y ask pity, but were juist as strongty le revolutlonary as ever. e- "TPhe additIonal strength which the enetmy can obtain from the event.s In T Russ-ia and Italy alr-eady has been la largely liscounted and the ultimate do h struction of the enchiy's flk forces ohas been brought appreciably nearer" e is the confident summing up of the and or-- t last yea~r's workc'l *, tws. :v\: \ +.k\: :}: ':t}{:ti;. 5 .ti 'RESIENT ILSO'S LCIDf STTMNvFMRC'WR t and S Reu EVoIEtoW a Brst ByM EDAD W.ACECTERDS. 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('onditIons in I'etrograd lire b(c'( mi i1or' l'sip'rte daily. The city l I il of c'rilme, disorder 'and dirt, an1d I(' p'op le have' 11111( f'i andl a11il con 1. ery severe winter w.'entheir is adding I the cistrdess there. Break-Up of Russia Continues. Tihe baolShev\iki seetnl ('on1tenti, for' hte r'e ent, to pc'ntit Ilie blrenking up of ltssinl into s a'l rat ie itioi :litics. A Ind of a truce has b'('ln patchced uIp iiIi the I'kratinia 1ns, and I lie ma1ny ter nelw 'gc vermens'' ipparentlty c nut tclc'sted. lithunain is the test to clc'c-l:a'c' it sell' itntdle nd'ntit. Iiancl is w~ell on the wvay to indc'p('n 'nee', having hect' recognizec by (;e aiiy, Swde('n(' and( I"rance, 1and(1 its rep 'senttitves heing w\ell received by 1 lier governimen Is. The 'ic ssneakx of the south wvere hacv g a hird('r t imei; oflicial dispatches om Pet rograd reportig that they id( been defeated anid put to flight by t c' bolshe'viki forces. The Bitlgariant pauritI iinmetl waS in rmed by Premier Itaidoslavoff that a 'ie(' ctomene't had been formed he reien Buigatin and Iussin, with the mlsent of the other centril powers. n the other hatil, the hoishevlkl gov. 'nment rejc't'i the separate peace 'oliosals il(e by ''urkey, asking the it er to partlelpnte in the(' genr' coi C'ol. WillhIm B. Th'lomipson, whoi comi andii ed thbe Ameletnnct I(ed Crossa mis on ti Iii usiaii, has just rturnedl'( to ils ecointrty atnd has ttmtch goodc to say the toi~lhevlki governtmin't. lHe is mincd iicc ts I 'lc'dxrs arc hes't anrd neer nndi noit rct In It' pay ofl thle 4 b'r ails. :iin! be hcllevex t' iuovemen'ct icy hatve xc't coi foot tmay resuilt in ii OrbIc peace. lighting of the Wcek. A tiil 'er cof ill('I) ini forc'e aticl arik('d th wceev'ck alIong liin' west rti'li, it thr wa''' Vis no grca t battle' anda no r-ious~ti a'lmt c t brek throughi the ws' Iby (e ie sl ide. Thei x et or' se ctedl bcy thei Ge'rnmnii high 'cumnd cait 't theic expuectd b'i cg ffLenive'c wias not waiccld, butt th be' alief growsv thaut it ill bec in l(ieliiu ati ilhat the main Jec'(t i vc of theic k iiser wl be th Ile c'np re of Cais lK I' ossssion of Ithis lport (course51, woul d bc' of I icxsItinhle lue to Germuiany, both In the submaiii nie ctnltiigin andl In Ithrea ten incg 19ng miv wt h dliriect at Itack, ax well as ini nrupt ing Ithe short, route between aglanad and1( France. In Italy the wveather' anld possIbly iortage of ammuitimn oln brought al ost to a staindstill the attemapts ofi e Aust ro-Germanas to br'eak through to the Venetlaan plain1s. I I(eavy Snows 11 In the Alps and threatened to shut f communtcatIon between the Tren-t nid and the fightinrg lIne, and the centher was stormny all the way from *e muountatins to the AdrlIatic.( VIce Adithurl Sinms repor~ited the tor 'doing (if the Amerlean steamshIp nrrny Luckenbach, nine maembers of .o crew heing missing. Thte BirItish lmtral ty announced that Ithe hospItal ill) llcown was torpedoed anld sun1k Inr e BirIstol Chianel. She was full of oun~d'ed soldiler's, bitt all of tlheim were 1 fc'ly hinde'd, thbough three Latscars ofr C ('rew wer'e lost. ThIs new .birutalr ie of the Germilanis atfforded the rmidon llTflmes opplortuni ty for mIldr lI Iism of. PresIdent Willsoni's high t enilsm, the paper aisking: "is anyv 'ne'C thInkable w~ lb the authors and ~ tppoter'ts of ti systc'm lby whleh such 'limes are'( Coldly 5Utnellonied as legIti- t 1114 acts of wanr?" , The Itewna was dIsplayIng all the I ghits arid markIngs required by The 1 ague convention and was not wIthin 1 ie so-called barred zone, but such ets no longer mean anything to the .( ermans. If indeed they ever dId,. Baker Defends Himself. t The ivestigation of war prepara- n ouie hy thc. wnnteI c'ommrcitte rt('P)1 iii1 ie stlag -i i~c In Thr 'br lie)re iheipen' 3Ce of S'crei wyns reunired. cc lBl er :.la am s s et ills 'otiIinnne In the (enbInet posl li' ' n ho r"asbe. eojeto .1 Inck bh oth in i t he comit tee anad lia w4'lhieutry genailly, and with full at r " sir r11)1 kifowlecige of that fact he appeared with ii n g arid detailed. tatenent fit hie war (l'pa in t's digs that t ev- i ii li asian ehithorie Iclefensxe otf it and)4 oft iinselif as ils hen . Suinafilg up thin ll, cn t (nn ' in (t'ch nciiitents, to lr. lhikot r saId aI iarge hi rnaty i h in the t J it iiiil in tI aiinlitgm jen liteel ati( fE Iwhou(' 'EI V gnt t 'ribx dliot ention of th 4'ilsEi f ab vslu .riiis .it Its clothtig cl upp'ly Ixhnow utaltlntally comloete; w sr. oll t( h m t dl er kmitti i in h1vo j Ci oln roviled1 by manufetucll or uri-ii liax'eil for ilhe soidlers in Franco otuth VI1)4 hnylitb le for' 141 e~'ver man11 whoi4 ha Ian h' got o4 Finltit'sIn 1918t su- of Iintht ltmy is a1lntly on Its ehlia On 'il nl i r d yii for n ieI I ri' . ntlil mi luits ofi Enmttient'Iion i an iupy oua 1011 v t xiosto li u l 4theii r iaf'iliic (I' arn in pr'e Ef const rhi' io n itt hr ! < .Io'al iii ogi2Z sii' Iforli the a m tilinet 1114' of ph; 11(11)1tiI 1tna ii I i tol' y nf w insrtla i -1 l in riing, r'. Ihiker said'l, nu1m lint' hti:' l "No) lil of siiulr size: it y2 No inu1h )isonxo 1s1 ver been1 111(01 20 ror thec comtfort, he'althi and gtenerial h'i tie.'retaiiury d1(id no) inidertake to 1nliy that wenk pIiE'ts : itnt the ) dieat 1n1nits' 8ga i za ion41 hnlueen ii so.tea 'rd, btainin ned th".lattror gnn-ro z0(totn of htuienusx a1111 the creatlon (f Ie wart' counit had biroght strength 11(1 ellreiency. "'We ennl i0'w see 2th 'attire siiltuIon, ht saId. "The 11nIrti n 'ush needs are siubtntily supp lil. Th technletw (1r(s have bentink expaLd lsplte Mr. Baker'x de'fens. the Ad 'nd buti t lin on(s1 fihrt ah separ I' - nhitnof department111of thn iton ofmsm ho1) xiii' 111 co ni'tli')l 111 1 Ih 1(15h n 1114 1 growig stronager " i ani 11e1 Iepub eni niibers se't a liy to4 'osuxlr fa lit' e1l1tilon f a Istolut1on tfavoring mtti ulb :11( onhrzo( 1 1 1 Problems of Labor and Fuel. S'crt aray of Lahor1' V 541 Wiso asset'iI here'i is uni ilmlply supply of linhor' ain o ir'oper' ntljast men'at. Theref'cior'e ihe' niov 'ry3 for' thi' 1il1i2tuZition411 lliI 41 'l i'i 1441 oif an iirmy iof :ihoiut :.000(10 h '.nd wnr)1 lt otrc pliis A neai4twork.1 14 -tli''abilshed ilto recrt' workilterS...nioi U11 3h' palefordthingt the demhanels.~b~t John Mn li Ia'n'morI of 11!()(a'on unt war's l t ed SE) 1 Io beatnati dtiretr If Ithiftres' seic of utore insst Oniur hamte imnrlne-! yTanu a the Inhofrprobtle l i >14amed byt somea utoritis on the fsl- i'Of :s rela e o edai f th raos gvern- so |r fontounced( at week,1'o reseIatl in tl N htie ert, ( thtlimany5 mhitle werei~s nt roredt cn'lose otheiii'do rnomnyi nvl ntor wenlOttttntprt tifme, L teu ofor ati the hous ~ltth a'e of ntie til hill wasi~ty I he citrys itf te fed- rot nresman telaredmthat wo theen wT nkeor the 1 minofe. Ful Amiits- of it (4at1. Garflei onI Thursday(fI ieol ~ an omed rIv Irakland,4 l., toe taketiarg of th~eth eilitry ofi the caonty and) Ot was Int Imda(hertood (I thevermoen woulld) to to ver1'i te ontro of ful oil asit hs~~ll OttC rIt nnd.hc ie tile fuetofn11 of trhe tll 4'CEntlly buIlt vessels.. If tile w~omten of Amerlen win thte Iiht to vote, as5 seem11 prohnhle, the uaffralgIsts will havie to thank athe man'fli FR u-homn they ihaveP sco(lde~d, abused50( 1and Ieketed for ai longtj tme. The Sulsan Anthon amendmenli('t wa'is approved! *y thte hiouse Thurstlay by only the ma are two-tirds maajorlty reqiraed, a1 Is faIr to assumle that It wouid ntot 01 nye enrried If Presidentt WVilson had an ot gIven It henrty and( uinexptected1 In- arr orsemnent. F'Ifteen Routher'n D~emo rats who voted ngnlnst natIonal sur- No rage two years ago voted for It tis Asi imle. Of thte 274 votes In favor of the ** mendment, 165 were cast by Repub- arr liE'5411 14. tv'~ I h 0241i"' Ii12r OUTHER PLANTS ALL CLOSED DOIN JSINE S MEN OF SOUTH OB. SERVE FUEL ORDER FOR FIVE DAYS. 0 VIOLATIONS REPORTED ttton Interests Are Hardest Hit With Tobacco Following-Industrial Center at Birmingham Only Slightly Affected. Atlanta, Ga.--Ilundreds of industrial ants in the south were closed for five-day period tinder the fuel re riction order and thousands of op. atives were idl. No reports of vlo ions of the order had been received td surface indications were that th manufacturers and workers view the situation philosophically. The South Carolina house of repre utatives, in session at Columbia, >ted down by an overwhelming ma rity a resolution asking L uel Admin trator Garfield to rescind the order d the Atlanta chamber of commerce opted a resolution approving it. At )anoko, business men In mass meet g voted to observe the order, while e Norfolk, (Virginia) t, tail Mer ants' Association asked merchants close all stores on Mondays during e ten-week period. The tobacco interests probably was e largest outside of cotton to be at .'tedl by the order. Cigar factories Florida, Virginia and other states re closed as were tobacco and arette plants in Virginia. North ml lia and other sections. 'Tho industrial center at Ilirming. m was only slightly affected, as most the steel plants there are engaged government work and at. the coal ns extra eiforts were made to get t coal. Shipyards, including the vy yards at Norfolk, Charleston and w Orleans and the Newport News tnt, were in full operation. Richmond apparently had the great army of idle workers of any city in south, thirty thonsand having been sorted out of work there. Norfolk d vicinity reported from 10,000 to 000 New Orleans some 15.;000; Ma ri. Ga., 7.000; Memphis from 5,000 7,000; Chattanooga from 15,000 to 000; Charleston, S. C., about 2,500, 1 Knoxville, about 3,500. 'n the Roanoke district where about 00 workers were idle, the Norfolk & 'stern railway offered to employ ,4 Vash ington.--Director Getneral Me 00 anntoutncedl aphpointmient of a rail d wange commaissioni of fotur pubtl ic n toi atnalyze anad recotmmen itd actiton all wage anid labor quet(stionts pi'ed biefore thle governimencht raiIroma m I listration, inluidinig thle railwar ithcrhtcods' dlemandits. ct thte same timae thme director gen I itut intto citfect a ne0w "Cystem of 'rmeni~t railIroad ;mdimnistriat ion lby C in~g the '-outmiry into t hrc'e oper eg gions, smnith, cast andi west, I laec'd a ra ilrotadt excentf ire at the~ ci of! 0ach a1s hIs represena~t~tive. I'e ii~ waecommtission e''SC- into -t rvr Lanei . lnt c's' te Commtere ltmissioner- ('. C'. ?.Tch(lot-d, Jndtcl .1. rrtv ("ov'ingi toni ci .inst ice of fthe trict oif ('o!nuhin CsuCpreme~ couirt, I Wi'illia1m It W'* ll C-mx. wh~o ann11ounc1 his tesignt~ion n chtCiemn df fto n -charge of the eastern railrond-i, Mecidoo ret ainied A. H. Smith, sident of the Newv York Central, o has aeted as assistant to the di tor gener-al, with headlquarter'sr in iv York. RI. II. Aishton, prtesidlent the Chicago & Northwestern, wasN ointedl regionial director totr t~erri y west of the Mississippi withl headl trters at Chicago. .Sniut hwestern dis were assigned to C. H-. Mark n, president of the llinois Central, hi headquarters at Atlantta. The eastern division cosists of ter iry ntorth of the Ohio anid Potoniao era, "and1( east of Lake Michiga;-i ( I the Indiana-Illinois state line also >se railroads in Illinois extending a that state from pohits east of the iana-Illintois state line; 'also the asapeake & Ohio, the Norfolk & sterni and the Virginia railways." 'lie soutther'n dlistr'ict is ded'flined as huding "all railroads in t hat por rt of thte United States south of the lo and Potomac rivers andc east of ' Mississinpi river, except the Chesa the & Ohtio, Norfolk & Western and Virginiani railways. EDERICK SPOEMANN AND ASCH LIBERATED. ialt imore.--F'red erick f. C. t1Spoe nnu, brothemr of Waltr :.oormann, 'god German spy, lv Id r -l here, I Marins Aseh, be a of w I. w are med *in Baltiurma, C' y. .. ' r Iter Spoermanm 'a IC. -ar sport News, Va. wm' .'b' ted. iutant Unitact sit 'ce y a Attor Latane saidh fth - had been osted in ur' ro g''t erain inftor