WORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSIifll
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
Argentlno is spending $60,000,000 on
an irrigation system.
Swine provided 60 per ceut ot the
total meat consumed lu tho German
empire last year.
American moving picture films are
being sold lu increasing quantities In
France owing to the curtailment ot the
French and Italian film output duo to
tho war.
Dr. Arthur L. Hunt. Inspector of in
fantile paralysis cases for tho District ,
of Columbia, is said to be In a serious ,
condition from Infantile paralysis with
which ho has been ill for a week. He
is 39 years of age. ;
Milwaukee broom manufacturers an
nounced an Increase In the price of
brooms, due, it is said, to the demand
of farmers for from $200 to $220 a ton
for broom corn. Brooms are retailing
at from 3S to 9S cents. 1
Lloyds underwriters refused to In
sure California saloonmen against the
passage ot the "dry" constitutional
amendments at the November election.
This was the statement by V. B.
Brandt, of Kahn & Feder, local agents (
for Lloyds.
i
The admiralty announces that the
Cunard steamer Franconla, employed ,
for transport duty, was sunk in the,
Mediterranean Friday by an enemy
submarine. The steamer had no troops
aboard. Twelve men of the crew of
302 are missing. j
No new step to end tho European j
war has been taken by tho United t
States, and so far as Washington of
ficials can foresee, non is likely to
be taken In the near future, according j
to an authoritative statement of the!
government's position obtained in high .
official circles. j
A great streamer of smoke, miles I
long, is spreading from Lassen Peak,
which was In eruption two hours Fri-1
day, spitting steam and smoke from ,
tho northern part of tho crater. The i
eruption was mucn more pronounceu
than. thaK of u"d.a7- .Lassen Peak. !
erupteu aiay u, auer years ox j
sleep.
Battleships equipped with 18-Inch
guns, three Inches larger than any now
afloat and two Inches larger than the
biggest guns projected for the new bat
tleships and battle cruisers to be add
ed to the American navy, are under
construction in Great Britain, accord
ing to unofficial advices received In
Washington.
Alleged conspiracy to assassinate
Theodore P. Shonts and Frank Hed
ley, president and general manager,
respectively, of the Interborough Rap
id Transit and the New York Hail
ways companies, was unearthed here.
Two men have been detained and de
tectives are said to be searching the
city for others alleged to bo Involved.
The Japanese labor question popped
up again in tho California State Fed
eration of Labor convention at Eure
ka, with the result that federation of
ficers virtually assured B. Suzuki,
president of the Laborers' Friendly
Society of Japan, that a delegation of
labor leaders would be sent to Japan
to assist in organizing the Japanese
workmen.
The San Francisco Marconi Wireless
Telegraph station was in direct com
munication Friday with a Japanese
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 wlro
less communication with instruments
of a "C00-meter wave length."
Nino men aro known to havo per
ished as tho result of a firo that de
stroyed tho central portion of tho main
building of Christian Brothers College
in St. Louis. Two ot tho dead were
aged members of tho Christian Broth
ers' order. They wero trapped in tho
infirmary on tho fifth floor. Five
wero firemen who wero 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 bo laid ln 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 statcmont issued by Gor
man general headquarters concerning
tho fighting ln Transylvania and Do
brudja.
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
TOUR BY WOMEN IS BEGUN
Now York. The first women who
havo over attempted n organlied cam
paign In the Interest ot national poll
tics left New York Tuesday for i
speaking tour of the country. It wns
.1 farowell demonstration worthy f
the novelty and significance of the un
dertaking that the women's Hughes
campaign train pulled out of the
Grand Control terminal at 11 o'clock
for Its flvo weeks' transcontinental
tr,D- .. , .
"ltlght on time, too," said a woman
In tho great crowd on tho platform.
Those who had come to see tho train
oft swept through tho gates In a long
and steady stream, waving their flags.
tooting their horns and singing loudly
whenovox tho band played unythlng
with words to It.
"It toll you women know how to do
things." went on the woman, whisper
ing vehemently and near to tears.
Tho llttlo company gathered In the
observation car and almost completely
hidden by tho nag which Dr. Kathcr
lne Davis waved up and down and
around and around seemed a slight
German Kills American Flyer
Kiffen y Rockwell ot Atlanta was
shot to death the other day at the Vcr-
(,un fTOnt b a Gcrman ln a Tnube,
while the American circled around in
his armored battle plane,
Rockwell Is tho second American
flier to be killed in action. Three
months ago Corporal Victor Chapman
o New York, also a l mbcr of the
Franco-American Corps, was killed at
Verdun in a battle with German aero
plane. Soon after being appointed
sergeant Rockwell saved Chapman
durinc a flcht with German ulrmen
near Verdun.
crowd to fill tho long train on ahead,
but other women aro to Join tho party
on the way, to go as far as they can.
or through those parts of tho country
with which they aro host acquainted.
those who left on tho Hughes' women's
special were:
Some noted women workers among
Miss Mary Antln, noted social settle
ment worker.
Miss Helen Varwlck B swell, suf
frage leader and social worker, who
was formerly In chargo of welfare
work among women ln tho Panama
Canal Zono under tho administration
of President Taft.
Dr. Katherino Davis, Parolo Com
mlssloncr of New York.
Miss Maude E. Miner, at tho head of
probation work for girls In Now York
MrB. Glfford Pinchot, wife of tho
former chief forester in tho depart
ment of agrlculturo and progressive
party leader.
Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnossy, wlfoof
tho former charge d'affalrs for tho
United States at Mexico City.
Youngest General Dead,
Philadelphia. Golusha Pennypack
or, said to havo been tho youngest
general of the Civil War, died at
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
untccrs at tho ago ot 1C and in a llttlo
over threo years becamo a brigadier
general. Ho was retained ln tho regu
lar army and ln 1883 was retired with
tho brevet rank of major-general.
Unions 8eat Japanese,
Eureka, Cal, B. Suzuki, president
of tho Laborers' Friendly Society of
Japan, was seated as a fratornal dale
gato on tho floor of tho California
State Federation of Labor convention
after a lively contest. Tho final vote
showed only a few negatives ln tho
faco of determined opposition from tho
San Francisco delegation at tho out
sot, wlion a favorablo roport of tho
credentials committee was read.
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BRITAIN WARNED
BY IRISH LEADER
John Redmond Says People Will Resist
Conscription Most Vigorously.
CONCILIATION ONLY CAN WIN
Declares Recruiting Not Dead, But
Every Effort Must Be Toward
Calming Active Element.
Wntorford, Ireland In n noteworthy
address to tits constituents here, John
Redmo d, tho Irish nationalist lender
lu parllnment, declared that despite
tho recent rebellion, "w'th nil Its In
ovltablo aftermath of brutnlltloH, stu
pldltles and Inflamed passions," homo
rule for Ireland Is safo If Ireland ru
mains untie.
Mr. Redmond also reclnred thut con
scrlptlon could never bo forced upon
Ireland, adding:
"I cannot bring myself to bellovo
that, malign though the Influences nt
work are, tho government will bo In-
sunu enough to challenge a conflict
! with Ireland on this subject. Conscrip
tion for Ireland, far from helping tho
army and tho war, would be the most
fatal thing that could happen. It
would be roslsted In every village In
Ireland. Its attempted enforcement
would be a scandal, which would ring
around tho world. It woultl produce
no nddltlonnl men."
C ontinuing, tho Irish parliamentary
leader said:
"The mere threat Is paralyzing re
cruiting, which, mark 'you, Is not dead
as some peoplo Bay. Tho latest figures
Indeed show that from the ilnto or mo
rising (Easter Sunday) until Soptom
ber. 0000 recruits were recetvcti.
This demand for conscription is noi
n genuine military demand. It Is a
bnso political device put rorwnru oy
men who want to Injure anil discredit
Ireland's nolltlcal future and revive by
any anil every means uati uioou iu-
tween tho two countries, in mo wicKeu
hone that when the war Is over the
British tteonlo may tolerate some ni-
temnt to repeal the homo rule net.
'The way to contlnuo to got recruits
Is far different. Appeas tho Inflamed
feellnK In Ireland Withdraw martial
law, make It plain that tho defense of
the realm act will bo administered in
the same spirit ns it Is administered lu
England. Scotland and Wnlcs. Treat
prisoners arrested during tho rising
as political prisoners. Put an end to
Insults and attacks upon Ireland and
recognize gem-rally what she has done
On these lines, the government may
succeed In recruiting, even after nil
that has happened. But ns for con
scrlntion. in that wny lies madness
ruin and disaster.
Mr. Redmond said It was absolutely
false that he or his colleagues ever
favored a scheme providing for a per
muncnt division of tho ancient nution
New War Loans of Both Ercnth
and Germans Are Quickly Taken
Berlin, by Wireless to tho Associated
Press via Sayvillc, N. Y. suoserip
tlon to the fifth war loan closed at
o'clock Saturday Tho Lokal Anzolger
savs It Is expec ti-d tho total subscribed
will nrove to bo little. If tiny. lower
than the fourth, by which 10,712,000,
000 marks was rnlsod.
Tho last dtiv of receiving subscrlp
tions was marked by a rush of small
subscribers.
Paris. Reports from Paris and the
provinces show thnt tho second great
war loan promises to bo an oven great
er success than tho first.
In Paris rain kent many away on
tho morning of tho opening day, but
In tho afternoon there wore long wait
ing lines outside all places whero sub
seriptlons were taken. A largo nurn
ber of persons until for their stock In
gold. At one window of tho Bank of
Franco alone 300.000 francs ln gold
wero paid over In two hours.
Honey Dee's Stlnfl Kills.
North Yakima, Wash. C. F. Gilpin
a pioneer resident of Prossor, wns kill
ed by a bee sting on ono of his fingers
Ho quickly becamo unconscious and
died ln 30 minutes after tho Injury
Mr. Gilpin was in tho yard of his homo
when ho was attacked by nn ordinary
honey beo. Thoro was no swoning
Almost Immediately, however, symp
toms of eorna ntinrmrcd. Bees aro do
clarcd to bo much moro lrrltablo than
usual.
Swordflah Rams Launch.
OalvoHtnn Tim United 8tatCS on
glnenrlntr lnnneli Mouses was rammed
bv a IE-foot Hwonlflsh whllo ln the
Interconstal canal botweon annoy
Creek and tho Brazos river. A big
hole was mailo In Mm launch below til
water lino, but sho was kopt afloat
Tho fish was uhnt nnd hauled aboard
tho sword measured flvo foot In length
ERMAN SUBMARINE AC1IVHY ON
INCREASE; NO WARNING GIVEN
Washington, H. 0. Much inoro com-
plutu Information of Germany's sub
uiarluu nctlvltlus which supplumuiitH
.ord Robert Cecil's statement lu Lou
don was received in dispatches from
.ondon arriving hero Monday, which
show that between Juno 1 utid Sep
tember 24 no less than 2G3 vessels of
all nationalities havo been sunk by
submarines. Of thoso IG wero report
ed sunk without warning with tho lots
ot S4 lives. A total of GO neutral ves
sels wero destroyed during tho period.
This later Information brings out
that tho submarine activity has practi
cally doubled during tho last two
months. During June, after tuo oo
livery of tho American note on tho
Sussex accepting Germany's ngroo
ment not to sink vessels without prop
er safeguard to lives on bonrd, G7 ves
sols wero sunk of which flvo wero noil
tral and six, including three neutrals,
wero sunk without warning with the
loss ot 2G lives.
In July tho total sunk fell oft to 42.
lneludlni: nine neutrals and two llrlt
lull sunk without warning with thu
loss of 41 lives.
In August, tho total sunk more tlinn
doubled with tho figure of 103, Includ
ing 26 neutral vessels. Two allied
boats were sunk without warning witti
tho loss of three lives. Tho figures
up to September 24 show a continuing
high rate ot destruction lu tho mouth
Willi n icilnl of 75 vosstds sunk Includ
ing 26 neutrals, with flvo ulllod boats
mil; w tlimii wiirnlm: with thu loss oi
1G lives.
Wasp Sting Causes Death of
Washington Girl in 15 Minutes
Spoknno. Wnsh.MISM Cora Nelson,
nge 21. school tencuer ami u grnuuaiu
of tho Lewis and Clark High School
In tho class of 1016, died Monday from
wnxp sling at her homo seven miles
west of Medical Uil;o.
i'ho stint:, back of her ear. had an
effect similar to that of a rattlesnake
bite, the alkali acting us n poison, nc
cording to Dr. J. Allen, of Medical
i.aKO, wno nrrivcu ni mo u.buu huiuu.
u minutes niter mu ;iri muni,
and flvo minutes after her death.
Miss Nelson was particularly stis-
contlblo to tho effect of wasp stings.
as, three years ago sho was rendered
unconscious oy ono nuu tumuli , A m)mr f hostile nlrnhlps cross
from a field to her home. i ,i ,h .. -.,. i,(.tween G o'clock
The only actual witness was Miss1
Agnes Roberts, a school teacher, who. ,r() .)JIOl, ncnr'ti10 coast but no dnm
was Just driving In nt tho farm gato. . ,i( ,rt yul r.,orit.d.
.urs. o. j. cmuii, mu mho iiiii.i"i,
wns Inside tho house. Both rendered
her Immediate nid, carrying her Into
the house whero sho lapsed Into un
consciousness.
She wns In robust health, according
to Dr. Allen. Tho sting showed no
swelling and but a slight discoloration.
Demand for Horses for Europe
Continues; Supply Seems Endless
Denvor. Continued demnnd for
American horses by British anil
French governments for uso on lCuro
pean bnttleflelds has robbed "broncho
busting" of its glamour and reduced
that tlmohonored Industry nnd fea
ture of frontier celobrntlons to tho
level of mere drudgery.
Hundreds of horses from nil sec
tions of tho Rocky .iieiiutaln region
aro bought for lCuroponu export nt tho
Denver stockyards dally, and many
other hundreds aro rejected. Kneh
animal must be mounted and ridden
ns part of the Inspection, and noted
riders from many Westom stntos aro
employed In tho work. Well-known
"busters" who havo won champion
ships lu tho past now aro riding as
muny ns GO horses u day.
Tho supply of "gun fodder," ns the
riders call tho horses, seems unend
ing. Tho stundard of requirements
was lowered somowhat when reeolpts
began falling off. and horses aro being
accepted now that were rejected for
merly, Shipments contlnuo to bo
heavy, and weekly purchases often
run Into the thousands.
Meatless Day Advised.
London. Ono mentless day a week
for all not engnged ln heavy montinl
labor Is tho chief recommendation for
tho regulation of food prices made by
tho bonrd of trado committee which
has been investigating tho Increaso In
tho cost of living. Tho commlttoo also
recommended tho opening ot meat
shops ln districts whero retailors aro
obtaining oxccsslvo profits. A third
stop advised Is tho rovlBlon of pay
rolls. Danish Houses In Accord.
Copenhagen, via London. Both
houses of tho Danish pnrllaemnt havo
nfiRseil tho bill providing for a plebis
cite on tho solo of tho Danish West
Indies to tho United states, it is no
Hnvnil tho matter will bo sottled by tho
end of November. Tho plebiscite also
will Includo tho Fnroo Island, but not
Iceland nnd Greenland.
RiMmiT Dear Total Loss.
Euro, Gl.-Hopo of salvnglng tho
$1,000,000 stoninor Bear virtually van
ished Sundny wlion grent seas toro a
l,n. In linr uliln. ICffoftrt to float tllO
Bear havo boon continuous over slnco
sho piled up on sugor Lonr rocic, mo
night of Juno 14, when flvo of hor pas
songorfl woro drowned.
RAIDING AIRSHIP
FALLS TO BRITISH
Glare Trom Burning Zeppelin lights Up
Suburbs of London.
CROWDS CHEER FALLING ENEMY
Fourth German Aerial Destroyer Is
Burned Within Month-British
Defense Much Improved.
CASUALTIES IN THE PnE
VIOU3 ZEPPELIN RAIDS
ON DRITAIN.
Attacks on London.
191G Killed. W'nd'd
Juno 1 4 .1
September S 20 Kfl
October 13 GG 114
19IG.
September 2-3 .. 2 13
September 23 .... 28 Jtf
Totals 10'J 31G
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Attacks Elsewhere In DrlUln
1016 Killed. W'nd'd.
January 19 C7 110
Juno 1G 10 40
August 0 1 1 14
August 13 23
August 17 10 3(1
January 31 G4 07
I '.UC.
March G 12 33
Mar. SI, Apr. 1-2 CO U7
August 24 K 30
September 23 .... 2 11
Totals
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London.
Another
'Zeppelin raid
I nj.n'llll)t London and the east coast of
JnKn,j WM progress Sunday. An
,uril,i, reported to havo been
brought down lu flames north of Lon
don, according to the official state
ment Issued shortly nfler midnight.
; ,r,)) Bttttoment reads:
..A mrnhlp is reported urougni
I .,. ln nortt. f London."
Grent crowds cheered tho spectaclo
ot tho burning 'eppulln ns It tell In
thu London district. Tho great flaro
from the burning nlrcrnfl was visible
for n long distance.
Destruction of a Zeppelin Sunday
night by the British made n totat of
four within a month. Ono was brought
down tho night of September 3 In tho
outskirts of Loudon juhI two more on
the night of September 23, Ono or
tho Zeppelins on tho latter date net
tled to earth so gently that her erew
wero nblo to nsrnpo. Tho command
ing officer and her crew of 22 men
surrendered to police constables and
are still lu custody.
Tho other crews wero killed and,
with few exceptions, tho bodies wero
unrecognizably burned.
Success lu bringing down tho raid
ers In each Instance was attained vir
tually In tho outskirts of London nnd
Indicates systematic and favorablo
strengthening of tho dofoniios of tho
city ngalusl air raids. It has been as
serted by the British war office that
no Zeppelin has been able to Inflict
dnmago of military consequence with
in tho limits or Loudon In recent
months.
Amstordnm, via London. Tho mili
tary critic of tho Frankfurter Zoltung
says conditions for Zoppollu attacks
on Englnnd uro much more difficult
than ovou a year ago. Tho British, ho
says, have had tlmo to carry tholr do
fonso mcusuros to tho highest perfec
tion. Japanese Ship $1,000,000.
Snn Francisco. A million dollars In
gold woro driven through San Francis
co Sunday night In two express wag
ons, nnd pcdostrlnns hurrying through
tho rain knew nothing of It. Tho gold
represents part of tho savings ot tho
Japancso of California, and Is on
route to Japan from tho Yokohnma
Spoclo Bank of this city. Tho tronsuro
Is contained In 20 boxes nnd was put
aboard a train for Senttlo, to bo trans
ferred to a Japanoso lluor.
Motor Ship Line Planned.
Snn Francisco. A motor ship lino
botwoon Snn Francisco and Norway
Is to ho Inaugurated uoxt month by
tho Norwegian I'nnlflo lino, a Scan
dinavian concern, It was announced
hero. Tho Baynrd, a motor ship now
on routo from Chrlstlanla to Boston,
which Is duo hero lata In October, will
bo tho first of tho now lino to call,
FrolRht Backs Into Streetcar; 10 Dlo.
Detroit. Ton porsons woro killed
nnd moro than 2G Injured, sovoral
probably fntnlly, lato Sunday night,
when a switch cnglno pushing two
freight cars crashed Into a crowded
street car on tho East Sldo. Thoro
woro moro than 90 persons In tho
streot car, many of thorn roturnlng
from tho theaters.