McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-11-21
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For.
eign Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy Graders.

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settlement.
William f. McCombs of New York,
Democratic national chairman, and
Miss Dorothy Williams of Washington
were married in IS. Peter and Edward
Catholic church, in London. The cere-
mony was simple and only 30 guests
saw the wedding.
District Attorney Fredericks OF Los
Angeles county, prosecutor of the Nc
Namara brothers, issued a statement
to the effect that Ortie McManigal,
confessed dynamiter and informer on
the McNamaras and other officials OF
the structural iron workers unicn,will
be set free soon.
Two men met instant death and two
others narrow escaped a similar rate
when a piece Of concrete weighing
several hundred pounds struck a mine
cage in the Auchincloss colliery of the
Delaware, Lackawanna 4 western
Coal company at Nantieoke, near
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Harry Rocket of Stronghurst was
killed and Miss Madeline Curtis OF La
Harper sustained three broken ribs
when the automobile in which they
were riding struck cow.
Indiana's entire national guard,
more than 1000 soldiers, are en-
camped in different parts of Indian
apolis. Trouble following the strike
of the employees of the Indianapolis
Traction and Terminal company
caused the governor to call out the
troops.
A delegation Of negpoes bringing
petition opposing segregation in tae
governmental departments was pre-
scented to President Wilson by Repre-
sentative Peters of Massachusetts.
Another banking and currency bill
the third to be presented to the SEN
ate banking and currency committee
for its consideration-was suggested
by Senator Reed of Missouri at the
committee conference.
On the tenth anniversary of the sep
aration of Panama from Colombia, the
Colombian senate met and unani-
mously adopted resolution declaf-
ing again that Colombia's isthmian
rights are irrevocable.
President Wilson is "solidly con.
WINGED" that the elections in Massa-
chusetts, New Jersey and Maryland
prove that the people are indorsing
his tariff and currency bills.
The big main admission building Of
Ohio Northern university, at Ada, o.,
Is a mass of ruins and the beautiful
brown auditorium nearby badly dam
aged as the result of $115,000 fire.
Notes given after March l, 1913, for
interest, rents or other incomes ma
turing on or after Nov. /, are subject
to income tax collection at the source,
Secretary McAdoo ruled.
Secretary of Labor William B. Will
son, in an interview at Minneapolis,
declared that fewer men were with
out employment now than at any time
in the last 80 years
The Rev. Oscar Johnson, 3S years
old, former missionary to China
from the Swedish Evangelical church,
was found dead at his home in Chi
cago.
Warning against freak" AND in
complete addressing of mail was is
sued by ostmasterGeneral Burleson,
because of heavy increase Of expenses
in locating parties.
President Huerta has been told by
President Wilson he must resign the
presidency of Mexico without loss OF
time, and he must not leave as his
successor Gen. Aureliano Banquet,
his minister of war, or any other
member of his official family or Of
his unofficial coterie whom he might
be expected to control.
White slavery was given as one of
the causes OF militancy by Mrs. EN-
incline Pankhurst in q lecture to an
audience largely composed Of women
In downtown theater in Chicago.
Rev, Francis Ankrom, pastor Of the
Second Congregational church of Pc
oria, H., was arrested and lodged in
the county Jail on charge of contrib
uting to the delinquency of his cail-
dren. His wife made the complaint.
Father J. F. Nugent of Des Moines,
Ia, known throughout the United
States as organs double because
of his close resemblance to the Ne
braskan statesman, declined an ap-
pointment to be consul at Jerusalem,
which had been offered him by tile
secretary of state.
Early next February q monument
to the memory of Capt. Scott, the IA,
nous explorer, will be unveiled on
the Col du Lautaret. Marseilles. 1t
was in the Alps in this district that
Capt. Scott, in company with DR..
Charcot, tested his motor sledges be-
fore leaving for the Antarctic.
A proposed merger Of the Illinois
Traction company and the Western
Railways and Light company, invelv-
ing capitalization Of more than