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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYIp Ip to February 2 after the Panama canal had been in operation just thirteen days short of six months the total amount of tolls received passed the f2000000 mark markPetitions Petitions for statewide prohibition signed by ap ¬ proximately 2OOOO men and women of Indiana were presentod to the legislature A bill providing fur statewide prohibition lias been introduced introducedDavid David Capian the last of the men wanted at Los LosAiiiivks Aiiiivks Ualt to coumclum wltU tl e Uyuauiitlus of the Los Angifles Times in the fsiil of IIK was arrested on his chicken ranch two miles from Rolling Buy Bainbridge Island twelve miles from Seattle Wash WashGuns Guns for American coast defence of greater range and power than any that could be arrayed against them additional cannon for the Panama canal and the construction of sixteen submarines for the use of the navy are steps otficlally proposed for strength ¬ ening the national defense defenseMarked Marked increase in the percentage of American commerce carried on ships living the stars and stripes during the period from July 1 to December 31 as compared with the fiscal year ended June 30 is shown in a letter from Secretary Redlield to Sec ¬ retary McAdoo War caused only a slight falling off in the amount of American goods carried in British ships but the loss to German shipping was more than 78 ier cent centHow How W O Jenkins consular agent of the United States at Puelila Mexico was confronted by u tir ¬ ing squad of Carranza troops who were about to exe ¬ cute him when he was saved by the timely arrival of an officer is revealed in a long report just re ¬ ceived by the state department The United States government not only has protested against the dis ¬ courteous treatment to an American consular ugen but has demanded the punishment by Carranza u those who had threatened him J The seriousness of the present diplomatic situa ¬ tion was formally admitted in the house at Washing ¬ ton when Representative Flood of Virginia chairman of tin foreign affairs committee attempted to pru vent Representative Hobson of Alabama from mak ¬ ing an antiJapanese speech Minority Leader Mann joined Mr Flood in his attempt to gag Hobson Tin republican leader asserted that the gravity of tins situation demands absolute subservience to the presidents wishes until a tinner footing than now exists is obtained obtainedThere There will be no Sunday lid on the Panama Pacific International Exposition It has been decided finally bv the exposition officials that the exposition with all its activities including the zone and the exhibit palaces are to lie permitted to run full blast on Sundays The chief consideration in reaching this decision was the fact that Sunday is the only day that the siverage workingman has for full enjoyment of the exposition Exhibitors will have the privl lege of closing the exhibits for one day out of each week if they desire but this is not compulsory
