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WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHQJ Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Argentine is spending $60,000,000 on an irrigation system. Swine provided 60 per cent of tho total ment consumed lu the German empire last year. American moving picture films are being sold in increasing quantities in France owing to the curtailment of the French and Italian film output due to tho war. Dr. Arthur L. Hunt. Inspector of in fantile paralysis cases for the District of Columbia, Is said to be In a serious condition from infantile paralysis with I which he has been 111 for a week. He is 39 years of age. i Milwaukee broom manufacturers an-1 nounced an increase in the price of brooms, due, it Is said, to the demand of farmers for from $200 to $220 a ton 1 for broom corn. Brooms are retailing i at from 3S to 9S cents. Lloyds underwriters refused to In sure California saloonmen against the passage of the "dry" constitutional amendments at the November election, i This was the statement by W. D. I Brandt, of Kahn & Feder, local agents for Lloyds. The admiralty announces that tho ' Cunard steamer Franconla, employed , for transport duty, was sunk lu the ; Mediterranean Friday by an enemy : submarine. The steamer had no troops , aboard. Twelve men of the crew of 302 are missing. No new step to end tho European war has been taken by the United States, and so far as Washington of ficials can foresee, non is likely to be taken in the near future, according to an authoritative statement of the government's position obtained in high official circles. A great streamer of smoke, miles long, is spreading from Lassen Peak, which was In eruption two hours Fri day, spitting steam and smoke from the northern part of tho crater. The eruntion was mnrh morn rirnnnnnrpd than that of Thursday. Lassen Peak FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TOUR BY WOMEN IS BEGUN New York. The first women who have ever attempted organised cam pnlgn In tho Interest of national poll tics loft Now York Tuesday tor a speaking tour of tho country. It was a farowell demonstration worthy of tho novolty and significance of the tin dcrtnklng that the women's Hughes campaign train pulled out of tho Grand Central terminal at 11 o'clock for its five weeks' transcontinental trip. "Right on time, too." said a woman In tho great crowd on tho platform. Those who had come to seo tho train off swept through tho gates In a long and Btcady stream, waving their flags, tooting their horns and singing loudly whenever tho band played anything with words to It. "It tell you women know how to do things," went on tho woman, whisper ing vehemently and near to tears. Tho llttlo company gathered In tho observation car and almost completely hidden by the flag which Dr. Kathor lno Davis waved up and down and around nnd around seemed a slight German Kills American Flyer BRITAIN WARNED BY IRISH LEADER John Redmond Sa)"s People Will Rests Conscription Most Vigorously. CONCILIATION ONLY CAN WIN Klffen Y. Rockwell of Atlanta was or be, erupted May 31, 1914,' after years of ' ht ''at,h the other day at the V, ci00 j i j jun front j,y a German in a Tan I while the American circled around in Battleships equipped with lb-Inch his armored battlo plane. guns, three Inches larger than any now t Rockwell Is tho second American afloat and two Inches larger than the. filer to be killed in notion. Three biggest guns projected for the new bat-; months ago Corporal Victor Chapman tleships and battle cruisers to bo add- of New York, also a 7 mbcr of the ed to the American navy, are under Franco-American Corps, was killed at construction in Great Britain, accord ing to unofficial advices received in Washington. Alleged conspiracy to assassinate Theodore P. Shonta and Frank Hed ley, president and general manager, respectively, of the Interborough Rap- m 'transit and the New York Ra Verdun in a battlo with German aero plane. Soon nfter being appointed sergeant Rockwell sayed Chapman during a fight with German airmen near Verdun. crowd to fill tho long train on ahead, but other women are to Join tho party ways companies, was unearthed here. on tne way to K 88 far as they can. Two men have been detained and de- or through those parts of tho country tectlves are said to be searching the wlUl which thoy are best acquainted city for others alleged to bo Involved. those who left on the Hughes' women's special were Some noted women workers among Miss Mary Antin, noted social sottle- The Japaneso labor question popped up again in tho California State Fed- eration of Labor convention at Kure- ment worker, Ka, wnn tno result that federation of- Miss Helen Varwlck Unwell, mif fleers virtually assured B. Suzuki, frage leader and social worker, who president of the Laborers' Friendly was formerly In charge of welfare Society of Japan, that a delegation of work among women In tho Panama jauor luuuers woum ue seni 10 japan canal Zone under the administration to assist in organizing the Japanese of President Taf t. workmen. The San Francisco Marconi Wireless Telegraph station was In direct com munication Friday with a Japaneso government wireless plant at Ochl IshI, Japan, 5800 miles away. Pre viously Honolulu relayed wireless mes sages between Japan and tho United States. This, it was said, establishes a world's record for distance In wire less communication with Instruments of a "C00-meter wave length." Nine men are known to have per ished as tho result of a flro that de stroyed the central portion of the main building of Christian Brothers' College in bi. uouis. Two or tho dead were aged members of tho Christian Broth ers order. Thoy were trapped In the Infirmary on tho fifth floor. Flvo were firemen who were carried to the basement from tho third floor when a wall collapsed. In their latest raid on Bucharest, says tho Times' Bucharest correspond ent, tho German aeroplanes dropped proclamations declaring that tho city will be laid in ruins soon, unless Rou mania hastens to mako a separate peace. Roumanian troops havo gained a footing on tho right bank of tho Dan ube river south of Bucharest, says tho official statement issued by Ger man general headquarters concerning tho fighting In Transylvania and Do-brudja. Dr. Katherino Davis, Parolo Com missioner of New York. Miss Maude 10. Miner, at the head of probation work for girls In New York. Mrs. Glfford Pinchot. wlfo of the former chief forester In tho depart ment of agriculture and progressive party leader. Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, wlfo of tho former charge d'affalrs for tho United States at Mexico City, Youngest General Dead. Philadelphia. Galusha Pennypack er, said to havo been tho youngest general of tho Civil War, died at a hospital hero Tuesday night. Ho was 70 years old and had been ill two years. General Pennypacker had en listed in tho Ninth Pennsylvania Vol untcora at tho ago of 1C and In a llttlo over threo years becarao a brigadier general. Ho was retained In tho regu lar army and in 1883 was retired with tho brevet rank of major-general. Unions Seat Japanese, Eureka, Cal. B. Suzuki, president of tho Laborers' Friendly Socloty of Japan, was seated as a fraternal dolo gato on tho floor of tho California Stato Federation of Labor convention, after a lively contest. Tho final vote showed only a fow negatives In tho face of determined opposition from tho San Francisco delegation at tho out seti when a favorable report of tho credentials commltteo was read. Declares Recruiting Not Dead, Bu Every Effort Must Be Toward Calming Active Element. Wnterford, Ireland In a, noteworthy address to his constituents hero, John Redmo d, tho Irish nationalist leadu in parliament, declared that denplt tho rccout rebellion, "w'th all Its lu ovltablo aftermath of brutalities, stu ptdltlcs nnd Inflamed passions," homo rule for Ireland Is Btifu If Ireland re mains sane. Mr. Redmond also rcclured that con scriptlon could never bu forced upon Ireland, adding: "I cannot bring myself to bullove that, malign thuiiKh tho Influences at work arc, the guornmont will bu In sane enough to challongo n conflict with Ireland on this subject. Conscrip tion for Ireland, far from helping tho army and tho war. would bu tho must fatal thing that could hnppen. would bo resisted lu every vlllago lu Ireland. Its attempted enforcement would bo u scandal, which would rim; around tho world. It would produce no additional men." Continuing, the Irish parliamentary leader said: "The moro threat Is paralyzing re- crultlng, which, mark you, Is not dead as some people say. Tho latest flguros Indeed show that from the dato of tho rising (Kastor Sunday) until Soptem bor, bOiq recruits were received. "This demand for conscription Is not a genuine military demand. It Is base political device put forward by men who want to Injure nnd discredit Ireland's political future and revive by any and every means bad blood be tween tho two countries, In tho wicked hopu that when tho war Is over tho British pcoplu may tolerate some at tempt to repeal the homo rulo net. "The way to continue to get recruits Is far different. Appca3 tho luflnmcd feeling In Ireland. Withdraw martial law, mako It plain that tho defense of the realm art will bo administered lu the same spirit as it Is administered In England, Scotland and Walos. Treat prisoners arrested during the rising as political prisoners. Put an end to Insults and attacks upon Ireland and recognize generally what she has dono "On these lines, tho government may succeed In recruiting, even nfter all that has happened. But ns for con scriptlon, in that way lies madness, ruin arid disaster." Mr. Redmond said It was absolutely false that he or his colleagues ever favored a scheme providing for a per maueut division of tho ancient nation, New War loans of Both French and Germans Are Quickly Taken Berlin, by Wireless to tho Associated Press via .Sayvlllo, N. Y. Subscrip tion to the fifth war loan closed at 1 o'clock Saturday. Tho Lokal Anzolgcr says It Is expected tho total subscribed will prove to be little, If any, lower than the fourth, by which 10,712,000, 000 marks was raised. Tho last day of receiving subscrlp tlons was marked by a rush of stnull subscribers. Paris. Reports from Paris nnd tho provinces show that tho second great war loan promises to bo an ovon great er success than tho first. in Purls rain kent many away on tho morning of tho opening day, but in tho afternoon thcro were long wait ing lines outside all places where sub scriptions were taken. A largo num ber of persons uald for their Htock in gold. At one window of tho Bank of Franco alone 300,000 francs in gold were paid over In two hours. Honey Dee's Sting Kills. North Yakima, Wash. C. I Gilpin, a pioneer resident of Prosscr, was kill ed by a beo sting on ono of his fingers. Ho quickly hecarno unconscious and died in 30 minutes nfter tho Injury. Mr. Gilpin was lu tho yard of his homo when ho was attacked by an ordinary honey bee. Thcro was no swelling. Almost immediately, however, symp toms of coma appeared. Boob nro do elared to bo much rrioro Irritable than usual. Swordflah Rams Launch. Galveston.- Tim United States on- glneering launch Nouses was rammed y a jo-root swordflsh whlio in tno Inter-coastal eaiml between Ganoy Creek and tho Brazos river. A big hole was made In tho launch bolow tho water line, hut nim was kent afloat. Tho fish was shot and hauled aboard. tno Bword measured fivo foot in length. GERMAN SUBMARINE ACIIVIIY ON INCREASE; NO WARNING GIVEN Washington, I). C Much inoro com plotu Information of Germany's nub mnrliui notlvltloti which supplements Lord Robert Co ell's statement In Lou don was received In dispatches from Loudon arriving horn Monday, which show that between Juno 1 and Sep tember lit no less titan 202 vessel of nil nationalities havu been sunk by submarines, Of those 15 wore report ed sunk without warning with the lots of 84 lives. A total of CO neutral ves sels were destroyed during tho period. Thin later Information brings out that thu submarine activity has practi cally duuhlod during thu last two mouths. During June, after thu de livery of thu American nolo on thu Sussex accepting Germany's agree ment not to sink vessels without prop er safeguard to lives on board, 67 ves sols wore sunk of which flvo wore neu tral and six, Including three neutrals, were sunk without warning with thu loss of 25 lives. In July thu total sunk fell off to 42. Including nlno neutrals and two Brit ish sunk without warning with tho loss of 41 lives. In August, the total sunk moru than doubled with thu flguro of 103, Includ ing 20 neutral vessels. Two allied boats weru sunk without warning with thu loss of three lives. Thu figures up to September 24 show n continuing high rate of destruction lu thu mouth with a total of 75 vessels sunk Includ- l.... i..i.tld ...lil. ri.... ..til... i ! mi-, mi iiuuiimib. n nil itiv iiiui'M uimm RAIDING AIRSHIP FALLS TO BRITISH Glare from Burning Zeppelin lights Up Suburbs of London. CROWDS CHEER FALLING ENEMY Fourth German Aerial Destroyer Is Burned Within Month-British Defense Much Improved. . 1 CASUALTIES IN THE PRE. VIOUO ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON BRITAIN. Attacks on London. 1915 Killed. W'nd'd, Jlllin 1 . .4 3 September S 20 SO October 13 65 114 191G. September 2-3 .2 13 September 23 .. . 28 U'J Totals 100 31C sunk without warning with tho loss of 15 lives. Wasp Sting Causes Death of Washington Gill in 15 Minutes 12 Mnr. 31, Apr. 1-2 C'J .'3 .. Spoknno. Wash. Miss Cora Nuliton, age 21, school teacher and a graduate of the Lewis and Clark High School lu thu class of 11)15, died Monday from a wasp stlug at her homu suveu miles west of Medical Lake, Thu stlug, buck of hor ear, had an effect similar to that of a rattlesnake) 4. 4.4. uue. 1110 alkali acting as u poison, ac- . , ,,ii- Attacks 1915 January Juno 15 August 9 Elsewhere In Britain Killed. W'nd'd. 19 G7 1 14 August 13 1; August 17 10 January 31 54 I91G. March 5 119 40 14 23 30 07 August 24 Suptumber Totals ... 33 117 30 11 490 cording to Dr. J. Allen, of Medlcul ! Zeppelin rnld ngulnst Loudon and the east coast of Lake, who arrived at tho Nelson homo ft " ", , Z I k Z a 20 minutes after thu girl wan stung ,B" ' S .Miss Nulsou was particularly bus ceptlblu to thu effect of wasp stings, as, three years ago shu was rendered unconscious by one and was curried from u field to her homo. The only actual witness was Miss Agues Roberts, n school teacher, who don, according to tho official statu ment Issued shortly after midnight. Thu statement reads: "A number of hostile airships cross ed thu enst coast between 5 o'clock and midnight. A fow bomb were but no dam- !" W ! "An K h" reporle was Inside tho house. Both rendered hor Immediate aid, carrying her Into the house where sho lapsed Into un consciousness. SI10 was lu robust health, according to Dr. Allen. Thu stlug showed 110 swelling and but a slight discoloration, Demand for Horses for Europe Continues; Supply Seems Endless Denver. Continued demand for American horses by British and French governments for uso on Kuro- penu battlefields has rubbed "broncho busting" of Its glamour and reduced that tlme-lionored Industry and fen turo of froutlor celebrations to tho level of lucre drudgery. Hundreds of horses from all sec tions of the Rocky .Mountain region are bought for Kuropuan export nt tho Denver stockyards dally, and many other hundredd nro rejected. h'nch animal must bo mounted and ridden Irshlp Is reporled brought down In flames north of Loudon." Great crowds cheered tho spectaclo of tho burning Zeppelin us It fell In thu London district. Tho great flaru from tho burning aircraft was visible for n long distance. Destruction of iv Zeppelin Sunday night by tho British made n total of four within a month. One wnn brought down thu night of September 3 In tho outskirts of London nnd two moru on tho night of September 23. Ono of the Zeppelins on thu latter date set tied to earth so gently that her crow weru ablu to escape. Thu command Ing officer and her crew of 22 men surrendered to pollco constables and are still In custody. Tho other crown wero killed nnd, with fow exceptions, tho bodies wero unrecognizably burned. Success In bringing down tho raid ers In each Instance was attained vir tually lu tho outskirts of London nnd Indicates systematic and favorable strengthening of thu defenses of thu as nart of tho inspection, nnd noted city ugalust ulr raids. It has boon us riders from mnny Western stntoB nro I sorted by tho British war office that employed lu tho work. Well-known busters" who havo won champion ships in the past now are riding ns many as 50 horses n day. Tho supply of "gun fodder," ns tho riders call tho horses, seems unend ing. Thu standard of requirements wan lowered somewhat when receipts began falling off, and horses are being nccoptcd now that wero rojected for merly. Shipments continue to bo heavy, nnd weekly purchases often run Into tho thousands. Meatless Day Advised. London. Ono mentlesB day n week for nil not engaged In heavy manual labor In tho chief rccommondntlon for tho regulation of food prices mndo by tho board of trado commltteo which has been Investigating tho Increase In tho cost of living. Tho commltteo also recommended tho opening of moat shops in districts whom retailors aro obtaining oxccsslvo profits. A third top advised Is tho revision of pay rolls. Danish Houses In Accord. Coponhagon, via London, -Both houses of tho Danish parllnumnt havo passed tho bill providing for a ploblH- clto on tho Balo of tho Danish West Indian to tho United States. It Is bo- llovcd tho matter will bo sottlod by tho ond of Novombor. Tho plohlsolto also will lncludo tho Karoo Island, but not Iceland nnd arconland. Steamer Bear Total Loss. Kurokn. Cal. -Hopo of salvaging tho $1,000,000 Btoamer Bcnr virtually van ished Sunday when great Bean toro 11 holo lu hor Bldo. KfforlB to float tho Bear havo boon continuous ovor slnco sho piled up on Suger Loaf rock, tho night of Juno 14, when fivo of hor pas Bongors woro drownod. no Zeppelin tins been able to Inflict dnmngo of military consequence with in the limits of Loudon lu recent months. Amstordam, via London. The mili tary critic of tho Frankfurter Zeltung sayn conditions for Zeppelin attacks on Hnglnnd are much moro difficult than oven a year ngo. Tho British, ho sayn, have had tlmo to carry their do fen no muasurus to thu highest perfec tion. Japanese Ship $1,000,000. San Francisco. A million dollars In gold woro driven through San Francis co Sunday night In two express wag ons, nnd pedostrlans hurrying through tho rain know nothing of It. Tho gold roprosentB part of tho savings of tho Japaneso of California, and Is on rnuto to Japan from tho Yokohama Spoclo Bank of this city. Tho troosuro Is contained In 20 boxen nnd wns put nbonrd a train for Seattle, to bo trans ferred to a Japanono liner. Motor Ship Lino Planned. San FriinclHCO. A mntnr nliln linn botwoon San Francisco nnd Norway in 10 no inaugurated noxt month by tho Norwegian Pnnlfln thin, n Qpnn. dlnavlan concern. It wnn imnnnnnml hero. Tho Bayard, n motor nhlp now uii roiuo irom unrisuania to Boston, which Is duo horo Into In Octobor, will bo thq flrnt of tho now lino to call. Fright Backs Into Streetcar; 10 DIo. Dotrolt. Ton porsons woro killed and moro thnn 25 Inlnrmi. probably fatally, lato Sunday night, wuon a BWitcii engine pushing two freight earn crashed I nln il nrnwilnil fltreot car on tho Kant Hliln. riinrn woro moro than 00 porsonn In tho nirooi car, many or thom roturnlns from tho thoators.