Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-02

The navy bAS essps 10 short By 10
officers and IN examination will b
held In June for caa1idates Noe ar
poiatmeat as assistant psymasters.
: Hugh @. Wallace Of Tacoma. Wash,
= soa-in-law a the late Chief Justics
Fuller Of the Unitsa States suprsms
court. tor some years q resiasnt q
the national capital. has accepted TIE
post Of American ambassador 70
France.
Lleuts, Thomas De W. Milling and
William o. Sherman Of the United
States army's aero ssuadroa." she
brsks the arrays long1istance record
By tying from Tsxas City to San An
tonic. duplicated the aisht when they
returned to TEXAS City.
The naethed q distributing Dr..
Friedrich r, Friedmann's vaccine for
tuberculosis will not b. taken up--if
II 10 taken up At sll-until the approx.
sl Of the united States government 10
obtained. according 10 announcement
made In Dr.. Frssdmann's behalf.
Mrs. Lillian Elisabeth Bourne nled
suit for divorce at Portland. Ore,
against former United States Senator
Jonathan Bourne. alleging cruel and
inhuman treatment ss her general
grounds.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author OF
I'm His Stsps, or What Woult Jesus
Dor" was appointed o. the Topeka,
Kan, civil service examination com
mission by the new city administra-
ton. The noted divine announced
that he would accept the appointment
because Of the opportunity Il will Of
Ter for showing how police methods
can be improved.
Foreign .
Two hundred laborers and engi.
neers working on the Furka Pass
across the Alps were biockaded BY,
the fall Of IN avalanche near Domo-
dossoia. Some OF them have already
died from exposure.
Bills and resolutions to reform the
nations currency system; to prevent
foods In the Mississippi river; to pro
vide for relief OF aood sufferers; 70,
build government railroads In Alaska,
and for host Of other purposes, were
introduced on the frst day congress
convened. ..
Thirty three persons. including pas.
seHgers and members Of both crews,
were reported killed In q headon col.
lisiOn between q passenger and freight
near KArlstadt, In Croatia.
The prospects for peace In the Bal
kans look very bright. Although the,
allies. In their reply to the mediation
suggestion Of the. powers, demanded
numerous and radical changes, the
powers promptly replied with conces-
sions designing to bring . quick Gee
sation OF hostilltias.
TweAty.three persons were killed
when an entire train with Its locomo-
tive plunged through u railroad bridge
crossing an Arm Of the Congo, at q
height Of $50 feet from the water. No
one on board the train was saved.
!
The little kingdom Of Montenegro
has thrown down the gauntlet to the
six great powers. She has declined to
yield to the demand OF the powers to
abandon her attempt to gain posses
sion OF scut1rt and has officially an
noSnced that there will be no de-
parture from an attitude which con-
forms to the necessities OF the state
OF war existing between the allies and
Turkey"
Baroness de Vaughan. morgAnatic
wife Of the late King Leopold Of Bel
GUM, was granted q divorce In Paris
from her husband OF a year, N. Du-
risux. Inndelity was the charge.
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Several German army officers In
full uniform were seixed and detained
BY the French authorities At Lune-
vile. France. when thsy landed In
French territory In . disabled Zep-
peiin airship.
To satisfy all factions. Huerta has
agreed To the naming of Pedro Las
curain as provisional president. said
advices received In Ei Paso directly
from the national capital.
The Turkish government declared
It unreservedly accepted the terms Of
peace proposed By the EusopesA POW.
ers. The foreign Office handed the
Ottoman acceptance to the dean Of
the diplomatic corps Ia Constantine
pie. accompanied By an expression %
thanks to the powers for their medt.
ation.
/ Mrs. Emmelins Psnkhurst, prssi-
dent Of the Womsn's sociai sad Po-