The Green Forest tribune., 1912-04-05
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 of the w Week S News

land, Cal, and Adolph Goldman, 8 former San Quentin convict, who was released recently are dead follow ing a revolver fight between the two in the assembly room of the First Con gregational Church
 The women's suffrage amendment, which provides that an amendment to the constitution granting women the right to vote be submitted to the peo- pie of Michigan at the next general election, passed the house. It had already passed the senate.
 Control through their personal and business connections of a majority of the wealth of the world was repre- sented at conference in Rome bet ween Baron Rothschild, head of the noted European banking organization and J. P Morgan, at the latter's hotel.
 The London Central News received delayed confirmation of the Turkish defeat of the Italian forces near To bruk, TripoG. Their spondent placed the Italian loss in dead and wounded at $500.
 The Indiana Republican convention adopted resolution instructing the states four delegates at large to the national convention to vote for the renomination of President Taft. The Taft faction had an apparent majority of 105 over the supporters of Col Roosevelt, who withdrew to the rear of the hall, held another convention and named Roosevelt delegates.
 Aviator Chartres at Paris, carrying two passengers in his bipIane, made a worlds altitude record, when he reached a height of HTS feet.
 Angry with his wife, Albert Fet- ting, a Richmond, Mich, farmer drew the money and then committed sui eide
 Three men were killed and nine wounded when the Rock Island police. on orders from Mayor Schriver, fired into a mob which had stormed the local police station.
 A dispatch from Kulja, Chinese Turkestan, reports battle between government troops from Urumptsi and revolutionary forces near Shik Ho. The revolutionaries were victorious and are now advancing on Shik Ho. The government troops, according to the dispatch, lost 1,500 killed, so pris- oners and guns. The rebels lest 200 killed.
 The great Lawrence strike, which brought in it's train increased wages for 275,00 textile workers in New England, was officially declared off at all the mills in Lawrence, having ac- complished it's purpose in the opinion of the leaders.
 The Japanese antarctic expedition returned to Wellington, N z. They report having seen nothing of the British polar expedition of Capt. Rob ert F. Scott.
 A jury in common pleas court at Cincinnati awarded Miss Lillian Such CT S15,000 damages against William Burger, merchant. The girl, who formerly was employed in Burgers store, sued for $25,Oo0, charging breach of promise.
 The great subway tunnel under the Spree river at Berlin has caved in. Eighty laborers working on the tube eXtention heard the roar of the com ing water and fled to the nearest hoists, being whisked out of the work ings as they filled with water.
 Fearing a general suspension of coal mines in the anthracite and bit luminous coal fields, President Taft has deputized Dr. Charles P. Neill, commissioner of labor, to look into the situation and use his influence to avert conflict.
 In a statement entitled An Un- wise, Shortsighted and Unstatesman- like Policy. Secretary of the Navy Meyer bitterly criticised the Demo cratic caucus that had again voted against constructing new battleships this year. Even if we begin tht bat tleship program next year." he said "the order of world power strength on December 31, 1915, would be Great Britain, Germany, Japan, France and United States
 Never has modern England wit messed such scenes of widespread suf- fering as exist today. Every commu- nity in England, Scotland and Wales is affected. The toll of the pit coal strike, not alone in money, but in hu- man lives, will be appalling.
 The six dock companies and four railroads indicted by the federal grand jury last April for relating pleaded guilty before Judge Killets in federal court at Cleveland and were assessed fines aggregating $23,000 | A telegram received from Wu Shan, province of Sze Chwan, says that three | Americans, Messrs. Hicks, Holman and Sheldon, were attacked while ex. l ploring the Yangste river in a boat and all three were robbed and | wounded
 With both Taft and Roosevelt sup porters declaring they have a major ity of the delegates to the Indiana Re publican state convention to be held in Indianapolis, the leaders of both sides directed their attention to the work of perfecting details for the gathering.
 Attorney-General Wickersham was "called down" in the senate by Sen ator Bacon of Georgia, because he told the senate that "it was not coEpatible with the public interest" to give i! certain information about the harvest CT trust.