The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-06-19
Epitonne
Of the
Weeks News

The twcutytfth anniversary OF the
ascension of Emperor William H. was
observed quietly The emperor and
empress attended q memorial service
in the morning In the Garrison church
at potsdam and later the emperor
laid wreath On his fathers tomb.
John Williams, ll2 years old was
elected king and governmental or.
ranization perfected to protect gyp.
sizes at the first session Of the Conyen.
ton held ia Toledo, o.
Six hundred rebels were killed or
wounded in n battle May ~ at Sau.
sillo. according to reports just reach
ing III Paso, Tex, from southern Chi
huahua state.
With hope Of saving it from com.
Iletc destruction, the Carteryillo dis
trict mine, near Hcrrin. III. which has
been on fire for three weeks, has been
sealed
William NJ Wood, millionaire head
Of the American Wooden company
aud his cO.doicndants In the recent
dynamite trial were rXonerated Of any
guilt In the attempt to bride Morris
Shuman, juror IN the case.
Floods cost the loss OF 300 lives in
the Palitana district on the Peninsula
of Kathlawar, to the north Of BON.
bay on the Arabian sea. The inunda'
tons were caused by heavy rains.
The Illinois senate passed the Den.
vir bill fixing penalty for circula-
tiou or publication OF false statements
against banking institutions.
The Illinois house passed a bill ap-
rropriating $7,500 for purchase and re.
modelling Of the old homestead o. Gen.
John a Logan Benton, III
President Wilson evidently expects
10 spend a Eoodly part OF the summer
IN the open. for he now Is a member,
of the Washington Country club. the
quarters Of which are Just across the
Potomac river in Virginia.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson her three
daughters, and perhaps the president
himself will go TO California IN the
next few months
Andrew Drew, the ST. Louis aviator
dropped zoe feet to his death in Il
blazing bipane while making an ex.
perimental fight in plane which had
not been thoroughly tested,
The American yacht Columbia was
seized when she put in at Wakayama,
which is not an open port, for repairs
She was on the voyage from Maya
saki TO Yokohama.
The expected battle between Brig
Gen Pershings men and the rebel.
lious Moros under the sultan of Jolo
occurred at Bagsag, and six Ameri
cans were killed. The Moro loss was
not reported
The woman's suffrage bill passed
the lower house OF the Illinois assem-
bly,. II has already passed the sen.
ate. II is considered virtually certain
that Gov Dunno will sign the bill
There was another earthquake in
the Balkans, and 1t Is feared that II
was a disastrous one There are no
details, except that several houses
collapsed at Tirnoya, in Bulgaria, on
the Yantra, a tributary Of the Danube
and that q persons were killed
Officers Of the White Star liner
Olympic, which arrived at New York
from Southampton and Cherbourg,
told Of a huge iceberg sighted about
40U miles east and a little to the
southwark of the spot at which the
Titanic sank in April, 1912.
TO inquire into country life with n
view 10 making farming more eff
cicnt and attractive and also to check
the influx to the cities is the object
OF bill introduced by Representative
Steenerson of Minnesota.
The Turkish grand vizier, NAH
mould Shefket Pasha, was assassl.
mated by two men armed with re-
volvers, who attacked him while he
was proceedings in his motor car to
the sublime porte
The Servian cabinet, OF which M.
Pasitch was premier and minister OF
foreign affairs, resigned.
The Italian government has notified
the United States that Thomas Mel
son Page will be acceptable as Amer.
lean ambassador.
British cabinet ministers were