The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-27
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New Workers spent about 81, 100000
for turkeys this year.
Mai. Cen Leonard Wood chief OF
staff of the United States army, was
thrown from his horse and knocked
unconscious while riding over the
parade grounds at Fort Meyer.
-Four United States soldiers were
killed instantly and TWO were Injured
when speeding passenger tram over
took q speeding automobile eight
miles from Galveston.
Five bandits in stolen auto ana
three Kansas City detectives engaged
In a pitched battle resulting IN the
death Of Frank Roger, city detec-
tive, who was shot through the neck
An abrupt cancellation OF the orders
ISSUED to the British squadron from
the Barbados to proceed to Vera
Graz was caused By emphatic protest
from the state department at Wash
iugton to the British foreign office.
A detective sent from New York
has arrived at Cracow, Galicia, TO IN
ycstigatc the theft Of American
checks for 500, 600 from an American
on the way from Berlin to Carlsbad re-
Gently.
Postmaster eneral Burleson has
authorized new issue Of stamps OF
the :, Q, ~, 20 and 30 cent denomina-
tons to meet the needs Of the parcel
post
There will be no Sew Years reccp,
ton at the White House President
Wilson announced that during tho
holiday recess OF congress he would
take a ten.dGy vacation.
Senator Isaac Stephenson OF Wis
consin was sued for $4,000 by Rodney
Sackett, n former executive clerk OF
the senate who alleges Stephenson
employed him to settle claims arising
from his campaign OF 1908.
The fastest passenger tram on the
Lackawanna railroad, equipped win
special wireless apparatus, was com
municated with at will in test OF a
wireless system of train dispatching
TO prevent collisions.
Former Senator Shelby Cullom OF
Illinois, chairman Of the Lincoln Me
mortal commission. friend OF every
president from Lincoln down, re,
IL, "a
friends on reaching his eighty'second
birthday.
general answer and denial In the
$4,000 damage suit OF Mrs. Minnie +.
Bond of Oklahoma City against
United States Senator T. p. Gore was
filed in district court at Oklahoma
City.
Continued rain for "a hours has rem
dered the position OF the recalcitrant
Navajo Indians encamped on Beautl
full mountain, near the Shlprock
agency. very trying, and had cooled
materially the ardor of their sympa'
thiZers.
Mrs. Helen Struck a Divorce, who
saws she receives alimony OF $1,000 a
year, was arraigned in Judge Ma
honey's court, Chicago, on charge OF
operating n confidence game. The
case was continued until Dec. g.
Gov. Tener OF Pennsylvania an
nounced he had agreed to accept the
presidency OF the National League OF
Baseball Clubs for term OF four
years.
Receipts OF $4,000 and expendi.
lures OF $4,000 were shown In the
election expense statement of the New
York Republican state committee
filed at Albany.
81 expect to be doing my regular
duty as police officer when ! am 100
years old" said Patrolman Oliver
Houghton to Weymouth Mass, friends
who congratulated him on his ninety
third birthday.
Maurice Chevillard French avi-
ator, established a new record FOR
turning somersaults in the air by car
rying q passenger In his machine. he
accomplished an aerial loop twice IN
brilliant fashion.
Four attendants at the Chicago
state hospital for the insane were ar
rested after the death OF Charles
Hoenicke, an insane patient.
The Masonic grand lodge OF Arkan'
eas adopted a resolution making 1t
Masonic offense for any member OF
the order TO sign a petition for the
granting OF a saloon license or to cir
culate such q petition.
Gen. Venustiano Carranza, head OF
the Mexican constitutionalists. In an
interview criticised the reported ef'
fort of President Wilson TO Influence