The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-20

GENERAL NEWS.

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DOUGLAS, ARiZ.-In response to
demands by the United States gov
ernment that Americans in northern
Mexico be protected, the Mexican de-
partment of war is making efforts to
comply, as shown by developments to-
day. In addition to 600 federal troops
arriving at Cananea, forty miles south
of the border at Naco, AriZ., 500 more
arrived at Nacozari, the mining camp,
south of this point. This makes 500
federals guard'~g Nacozari, where
there are 100 Americans, and nearly
1000 troops protecting Cananea.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Claude Hen
dirk, the star pitcher of the Pitts
burgh team, narrowly escaped death
when bolt of lightning struck the
fagpole at the Phillies ball grounds
just as he was passing by in an auto
mobile owned by Hans Wagner.
The car stopped Immediately and
Hendrix was found crouching beneath
the steering wheel apparently lifeless.
1t was fifteen minutes before he re-
gained consciousness.
SEATTLE, WASH.-Former Judge
Cornelius H. Hanford who resigned
from the district bench while a con-
gressional committee was Investigate
ing charges filed against him, was ad-
mitted to practice in the federal
court by Judge Edward E. Cushman.
Hanford became. federal judge on
admission of Washington to statehood
and had never been admitted to prac-
tice in the district court over which
he presided so long.
BOSTON, MASS.-William D. Hay
wood, general organizer of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, was ar
rested here on a charge of conspiracy
in connection with the big textile
strike at Lawrence last winter. The
arrest was made after Haywood had
delivered a speech on Boston common
in which he urged a general strike as
a protest against the Imprisonment of
Ettor and Giovannitti at Lawrence.
NGTON-General orders will
be issued by Postmaster General
Hitchcock for the promotion on Oct
/ of about 10000 railway mail clerks.
There are altogether 1900 such en-
ployes in the postal service, and most
of those not promoted on Oct l will
receive increased compensat1ons be-
fore the end of the fiscal year. More
than 100000 will be expended in
making these promotions.
NEW YORK-The will of the late
John Jacob Aston was admitted to
probate again by Surrogate Fowler
after Egerton Winthrop, Jr., special
guardian for the infant heir, John ia
cob Aston, whose birth made it neces-
sary to reopen the probate proceed
ings. had filed report stating that he
had examined the will and believed
that the rights of MS ward are pro,
vided for.
NEW YORK-Miss Mary Kedina's
skill in preparing savory dishes so
won the heart of wealthy Joseph Hav-
lfcek, whose cook she was, that he
sought to retain her permanently in
his home and therefore proposed mar
riage to her, Miss Kedina declares in
a $4,000 suit for breach of promise
which she has brought against her
former employer here.
OTTAWA, ONT.-The English mil
liant suffragettes who recently decid-
ed to go to Canada at an early date
as a protest against the Canadian
premier's views on suffrage will find
themselves stopped by an order from
the department of immigration on the
ground that they are undesirable in
the meaning of the immigration act.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-One man,
Morris w. Johnson, was killed by
smoke, eight were overcome but res
cued, and more than 100 guests, many
of them half-clad fed to the street
or were assisted out by fremen If a
blaze which started from a gasoline
explosion in a garage, spread to two
hotels and menaced two others.
MEEKER, COLO.-As the result
of Investigations by Henry Chagnoux,
a noted expert in radioactive miner
ais, who is in Meeker on behalf of
Nine. Curie, the discoverer of radium,
and the Bank of Radium Of Paris, ar
rangements have been made for the
purchase of the largest carnotite de-
posts in the country.
NEW YORK - The New York
Press makes the announcement that
Henry L. Einstein, sole owner Of the
paper since 1895, has sold out to
Frank A Munsey. The policy of the
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