The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

ant Attorney General Highley Is to the effect that the carrying of a bot tie in mans pocket is violation of the law. MT. Highley contends that shipments of liquor are legal for the reason that they are inter- staee commerce, but if person buys liquor in another state and personal ly transports it to point within that state the law is violated He holds that the article is bought un- der the law of the other state, and that when it reaches Oklahoma 1t IS under the regulation of Oklahoma interstate police power. He further holds that it is the duty of the sher- if to confscate the liquor when found in the possession of the per- son. By request of Governor Has kell Attorney General West with drew his ruling that Oklahoma news- papers may carry whiskey advertise ments of interstate shipments. | According to letter received by the New Orleans police double murder committed on the river be- low New Orleans has been covered up by the murky waters of the Mis- sissippi for two years, and has only been brought to light by the confes- {, sion of 12-year-old boy. The let ter was written by George Edwards te his uncle at Marksville, La' The uncle immediately sent the letter to the New Orleans police. Accord- ing to the latter, the boy, with sev- eral young brothers is now at a New Orleans orphan home. He says that in June, 1906, his father, Lucian Edwards, came aboard the shanty boat on which his family was liv- ing, and when taken to task by his wife for being drunk, shot and killed her with a rife. When the eldest daughter demonstrated with her father, she too, was killed. Both bodies were then weighted down with stones and thrown into the river.
 Anxious to see the navy not a whit behind the army, many of the young CT naval officers are endeavorlng to promote the establishment of an aeronautic corps for the navy, like the balloon squad of the Army Sig nal corps. Rear Admiral Cheter is a staunch advocate of aeronautics in the navy, claiming that air ships will play an important part in fu- ture wars.
 Enraged at his red handkerchief, two large turkey gobblers attacked R. B. Marshall while he was walking near the home of George Nesbitt, owner of the birds, at Rising Sun, Md, and it required the combined efforts of both Marshall and Nesbitt to drive the turkeys off.
 Representative Byrd of Missis- sippi introduced bill to prohibit dealing in futures in agricultural products by forbidding dealers the use of the mails. interstate trans portation and banking facilities.
 A verdict for $4,700 was awarded by jury in the Supreme Court at Nv York, to an actress who was dis C ged by theatrical manager be- cause she refused to appear on the stage in tights.
 Robert Inglis, the young athlete who has been in St. Joseph's Hospi- tai in Yonkers, N. Y, since o'clock Sunday morning with three stitches in his heart, is reported to be greatly improved.
 Milwaukee's ''bov mayor" Sher- burne M. Becker, will campaign for governor of Wisconsin in a balloon. He has placed an order for the dupli- cate of the largest balloon in the world.
 The entire junior class of New York University was suspended from the university for three days by the faculty as a penalty for the hazing of Henry Bloch, a freshman stu dent.
 Dr. Englehart Wooster, Jr., former chief physician at the City dispen- sary, and one of the most prominent physicians in St. Louis, was arrested,
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