The Green Forest tribune., 1912-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
 PRESENTED.
ALL AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For elgn Countries Are Here Given In Shcrt Meter for
 Busy Readers.

The dock and transport strike spread to the majority of the impor- tant seaports of the United Kingdom. The government lost its initial &C., tion in it's suit to curb the alleged cof- fee trust when the United States cir | cult court in New York refused to issue an injunction restraining the al- legged trust from disposing of 950,000 bags of coffee stored in Brooklyn warehouse.
 A cyclone that swept down Hominy valley and through the south side of | Skiatook, 20 miles north of Tulsa, left a trail of death and destruction. Seven deaths have been reported and at least three were injured fatally and a score or less hurt.
 Indications based on fairly conclu- sive returns are that Theodore Roose- welt has won all the twenty-eight del egates at the New Jersey primaries. President Taft sent a message to President Gomez of Cuba, assuring him that the United States will not intervene in Cuba.
 Being a delegate to the national Re- publican convention in Chicago threat ems to become a genuine empty honor. 1 Walters in the big hotels and cafes are considering a walkout to occur during the time the men who save the country every four years gather to be- gin their stupendous task.
 Senate Democrats, Republicans and progressives joined in discussion re- garding the quick disposition of pend- ing legislation The result was brighter prospect for early passage of the metal and other tariff bills, which may pave the way for an adjournment earlier than expected.
 Dock strikers to the number of l 15,000 marched in procession through London streets They held a demon stration in Trafalgar Square and after speeches by all the labor leaders they adopted resolutions pled5ing them selves not to return to work until every grievance is satisfactorily ad- | justed.
 Four persons were killed at Center ton, Ind, when their automobile went dead on the tracks of the Martinsville division of the Indianapolis, Terre Haute & Eastern Traction company and was hit by car.
 Search for four men seen near Le- mont, H.. in large brown touring car is being made in connection with two drainage canal murders. The bod ies of the victims, one of which was identified, were recovered.
 Justice Martin J. Keogh in the su- preme court of White Plains, N. Y refused to appoint a jury to pass upon the sanity of Harry K. Thaw. The decision of the court was contained in the words Trial by jury denied.'
 One hundred and sixty-four millions for pensions during the next fiscal year, was the gigantic total of the reg ular pension appropriation bill intro duced in the senate. An increase of SIP, 100000 is included to cover added expenses incident to the "dollar-a- day" pension bill recently passed.
 For the first time in ten centuries the three Scandinavian kings of Den- mark, Norway and Sweden met at the same time upon friendly terms, the occasion being the burial of the late King Frederick VIII. at Copenhagen. | The Newark Star, which is owned by former Senator Smith, conceded Gov. Wilson's success in New Jersey, but said the opposition probably would elect six district delegates in Essex and Hudson counties.
 Tbo ported back to the senate and house by the conferees, with anti-administra- tion amendments which would legis- late Major-General Wood out of office as chief-of-staff and leave the location of military posts to a commission of retired army officers and two mem- bers each of the senate and house committees on military affairs.
 George w. Coleman of Boston was reelected president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America.
 "The political situation in this coun- try at present is humiliating, too hu- miliating," sadly declared Andrew Carnegie, wagging his head as he boarded the steamer Celtic for his an nual pilgrimage to Scotland.
 A strike of all the transport work CTS in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland was called by the national eX- ecutiye committee of the transport workers federation.
 A verdict of not guilty was returned in the Cleveland, O., federal court for the eight wall paper manufacturers and jobbers who were tried for alleged violation of the Sherman law in con. spring in restraint of trade in the conduct of their business.
 1 Miss Esther Mercy, former student of the University of Chicago, who some time ago was awarded a verdict of $2,500 damages against Miss Ma rion Talbot, dean of women at the uni versity, for alleged islander, obtained further legal support when motion for a new trial of her suit was denied by Circuit Judge Pomarcy.
 One hundred freight handlers em- ployed by the Lehigh Valley railroad in Buffalo, N. Y., walked out when their demand of 25 cents an hour, an increase of 5 cents, was refused The Lehigh men are not affiliated with the | freight handlers union.