The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-24
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
PRESENTED.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For
egn Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy ResderI.

the government OF President l uhu
shih Kai. whose overthrow 1t is as
serted by their leaders will prevent
ciyn war between the south and the
north
Col G. ". Goethals has notified
!leut Col David b Gailard, chief OF
the central division OF the canal, that
steamshovel work in the Culehra cut
section will be conducted on the as,
sumption that Gamboa dike will be
dynamited October 10
An increase in the weight limit oil
parcel post packages from II to ~
pounds within the first and second de-
livery zones, q reduction OF rates
within these zones and the substitu.
ton Of a more convenient rate chart
for tho present map are among the
important changes in the operation oil
the parcel post system announced by
Postmaster General Burleson.
Twenty thousand children were
guests OF Baltic +. WaggcueT mil
nonairc railroad man, al his annual
childrons picnic All the expenses
even including railroad fare to Atchi
son. Kan, were borne by Waggcner.
John Jacob Astor, Jr.. is Americas
youngest phlanthropist Unable to
talk Baby AEtOr sent Sl0o to the New
York Diet Kitchen association,
through his mother.
An Indignation fund is being raised
by the National League for opposing
woman suffrage.
The NeHlands bill, revising the
Erdman law to provide arbitration OF
wage disputes in manner satisfac.
tory to railroads and their employees,
has become law II was passed in
the house and senate and signed by
President Wilson. all in one day.
Augustus O. Bacon was reelected
TO the United States senate AS n
member from Georgia by the direct
votes Of the electorate. This counts
as the first election held under the
recently ratified seventeenth amend
ment to the Unltd States constitution.
At Marion, ILL.,, Albert Warren, 80
years old, was sentenced To IS years
in prison after a jury had returned
verdict finding him guilty Of charges
brought by his own child, n girl lG
years old,
William Wilcox. inmate Of an asy-
lum at Danyillc. Pa, is basinE a fight
for liberty on claims that he has made
q fortune loanlng money to inmates
and answering puzzles.
Revolutionary reform Of the ancient
senate rule permitting unlimited de.
bate was demanded in a speech by
Senator owen OF Oklahoma, IL"
frankly advocated measure to
choke off" dilatory debate by the mi
norlty.
TO have a nest egg for his old age,
not because his salary is too small, Is
why Speaker Champ Clark gives
Chautauuua lectures. he states
\ seat on the New York stock ex.
change sold for $4,000, which Is
$1,000 less than the last sale few
days ago, which was the lowest IN re-
cent years.
Mrs. Barbara Gerby. who saw Chi.
cago grow from village Of coo to n
city OF 2.2S5, 600, died here. She came
TO this city in 1894, and was 50 years
old.
There will be 10 strike of 100000
employees on the railroads east of Chi
cago. as has been threatened. This
was admitted by both sides TO the
controversy.
President Wilson granted uncondi-
tional pardon TO William f. Ketten.
bach and George H. Kester, each sen.
fenced to FIVE years Imprisonment for
making false reports to the comptrol'
Ter of the currency on the condition
OF the Lewiston 0daho) National
bank. of which they were president
and cashier.
Judge Caldwell. in the common
pleas court at Cincinnati, granted the
motion for the defense and dismissed
the case against George B. Cox, for
mer political leader and financier. Cox
was on trial on the charge OF mfsap'
plying $4,000 OF the funds OF the
Cincinnati Trust company.
Hugo Meisner. q years old, a ma.
chinist for the HYGIENE Ice Co, New
York, was found frozen to death In the
company's plant after being in the
cold Storage building Is hours. Meis-
ner went In TO repair an elevator.