The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-17

lloHS OI lue udIlNS Clty, threatening it's destruction.
 In the 23 legal business days that have elapsed since the registration of women was begun in preparation for the city election in Los Angeles, Cal, December 5, 65,527 women have qualified as voters.
 The price of refined sugar was marked down 10 points to the basis of 6.30 per pound for fine granulated, making a decline of nearly IA cents per pound from the high record re- gently noted.
 Rioting and raids of unorganized bands are prevalent in the southern states of Mexico, according to state department advices.
 Andrew Carnegie announced that he had given $25,000000 to the Car negie corporation of New York, which was organized under a charter grant ed by the New York legislature last June. The aim is to promote advance ment and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States.
 A joint board of army and navy off cers was named by Secretary Meyer of the navy to go to Havana and in spect the wreck of the battleship Maine. The board which is now at Havana is composed of Rear Admiral Vreeland, aid for inspection, Chief Constructor Hughes and Co. Black, U. s. A. engineers.
 Senator Benjamin R. Tillman as serts in letter published that Sec retary Meyer and certain coterie are bent on abandoning the entire South Atlantic coast as well as the gull as far as naval establishments go.
 President Lowell of Harvard uni versity was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honor.
 Friends who obtained a pardon for Captain Vain Shaick, who was master of the General Slocum when she burned in East river, New York, with a loss of 1,305 lives. plan to buy him farm where he may retire.
 Federals and rebels met in battle at Juchitan, Mexico, according to meager information obtained from of fcial sources. Two hundred are re- ported dead. The city it cut off from rail and wire communication.
 Making good their threat against women gamblers, the raiding squad of the Chicago police headquarters arrested forty women in attendance at progressive euchre near Thirty fifth and Cottage Grove avenue.
 Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh declared for the Aldrich plan of banking and currency reform, with certain minor changes, and said he would recommend legislation along this line in his annual report
 Two monoplanes collided while in flight at the Garden City C.. I.) avia- tion field, and both were badly dam aged. Their pilots, Walter L. Fair child and Wilbur Kimball escaped with bad shaking up.
 The prices of refined sugar were marked down another ten points in the local market, making the third decline recently reported.
 The cruiser Chester sailed from Malta to Tripoli where her com mander will investigate the charge of barbarities made by the Turkish gov ernment against Italy Though the state department at Washington was silent on the subject of intervention, it is believed that the despatch of the Chester is the result of the Turk ish appeal for help.
 The governor and council announced that Maine retained constitutional prohibition by 75S votes.
 Casualties on the railroads of the country during the year ended June 30 1911, are shown in a report issued by the interstate commerce commis- sion as 10,396 killed and 150,159 in jured. Of persons trespassing on railroad property walking tracks or stealing rides, 5,2S7 were killed and 5,674 injured.
 Mrs. Carrie E. Cope filed a suit at Topeka, Kas., for $50,000 against Bishop David H. Moore of the Meth odist Episcopal church for making al legged slanderous statements concern ing her in a letter
 A bitter fight in the McNamara murder trial was lost by the defense attorneys when Judge Bordwell sus- tained the states challenge of George w. Morton, an aged civil war veteran After a long examination of the tales man by Deputy States Attorney Hor- ton. in which much stress was laid on Morton's socialistic tendencies. Horton announced his challenge on the ground that Morton was neither mentally nor physically fit." Attor- neys Darrow and Davis, for the de. fense, hotly protested, but were over ruled
 Not more than $125,000 is expected to be left out of the estate of the formation given out following the fil- ing of the late financiers will
 Frank D. Read who founded and for 25 years edited and published the Shelton (Neb) Clipper, died from m attack of appendicitis. He was na tive of Ohio,
 Iowa Democrats are in favor of the nomination for president of Woodrow Wilson next year, according to a poll of Democratic chairmen of the state, taken by Dr. c. c. Gethman of Eldora.
 Jacob Nauman, a farmer 60 years old, committed suicide by hanging near Craig, Mo- Nauman was the ia. ther of twenty-seven children and had been married twice.
 It is stated officially at the Turkish war ministry that the Turks have re- ..