The Glenwood post., 1911-11-25
GEN ERAl.

Chicago believes that it has cinched
the Republican national convention for
1912.
Walter Wyman, surgeon general of
the United States public health and
marine hospital service, is dead.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, in his
annual report, will advocate increased
pay for the government clerks, and
age retirement.
The nations bank clearings continue
to expand. Last weeks disclosed a
gain of $255,OOO,OOO over the CORE
spending period of 1910.
Three murderers were put to death
by electricity in Sing Sing prison at
dawn, November 20. The executions
began at 5:2S O'Clock and lasted only
twenty-three minutes.
Support of the Catholic church for
the arbitration treaties, for which Pres
ident Taft is working, was assured
when an intervie wgiven by Cardinal
Gibbons was made public in Washing
ton.
While his five children the eldest
aged II years, lay asleep in an ad-
joining room, o. C. Allison, wealthy
farmer of Nevada, Mo-, shot and killed
his wife, then shot himself to death
in his home.
Charges that Chicago gamblers kept
fund on hand of $4,000 for use in
easing up public officials" were made
by Harry Brolaski, former gambler,
before the Civil Service Commissfon
in its Investigation Of public gambling
and vice.
The Army Ordnance Bureau has
been obliged to go abroad to place a
contract for 100 armor piercing shells
for the big fnurteen-inch guns now be-
ing turned out. The contract has gone
to the Hadfieid steel Foundry Compa-
ny of England.
Rough plans for two huge battle
ships will be laid before Congress this
winter. The projected ships are to be
of 10000 tons displacement, armed
with ten fourteen-inch rifles, each
nearly seventy feet long, with broad
belts of the highest type of hardened
armor, and with steaming capacity
enough to carry them back and forth
across the Atlantic.
Two victims were claimed on the
Savannah, Ga, automobile race
course, over which the grand prize
| and Wander bilt cup races will be run.
| The first accident was a general pile
up. Joe Dawson was badly hurt. ].
ID. McNay was killed in the second
accident. His car turned over and he
was pinned underneath. Maxwell,
McNay's mechanician, was seriously
hurt.
Mrs. Alexander B. White of Paris,
Tenn, was elected president of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
on the second ballot at Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Livingston r. Schuyler of New
York, who had the support of the Geor
gia delegation of PIP. was defeated by
335 votes, the vote standing 1917 for
Mrs. White and 742 for Mrs Schuyler.
The other general offices were unani-
mously reelected.
Beet sugar manufactures who have
been meeting in Chicago for the last
few days, closed their session after
formulating plans to combat the propa-
ganda in the interest of free sugar, al
legged to be carried on by the cane
sugar refiners and the New York i'm
porting interests. The beet sugar men
declare that they produce annually
100000 tons of sugar, draw material
from sixteen states, extending from
Ohio to California, and pay the Amer
lean farmer 10000, 900 annually there
for. They contend that by putting raw
sugar on the fire list the domestic in.
dustry would be destroyed, all compe
tition eliminated, and that thereafter
the importers and refiners would have
a complete monopoly.
Moving picture show promoters re-
ceived blow when the United States
Supreme Court decided that moving
pictures based on scenes of copyright
books may constitute an infringement
of copyright rights.
William ]. Cummins, the former
Tennessee promoter and recent direct
ing head of the Carnegie Trust Com
pany, was found guilty Of the theft OF
$4,000 from the Nineteenth Ward
Bank of New York. by a jury before
which he has been on trial for the last
five weeks.