Fair play., 1913-04-26
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
PRESENTED.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For.
eian Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Buoy Readers.
Domestic

NAOSh y Jii EipNidiHS lpl an tpp'O-
priation of 100000 to be expended to
perfect the levee system at and near
Caro-, ILL.,
Seven persons are known to have
perished, several are missing and five
were injured seriously in fire which
destroyed the Hotel de Wilson. at Ma
lone, N. Y.
AS a mark of appreciation for the
work of the boy scouts IN acting as
guides at the inaugural March 4. Pres.
ident Wilson accepted the honorary
presidency of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica.
W J. Bryan and Champ Clark have
state and the speaker, who have been
ut odds since the Baltimore conven.
ton met at a luncheon given by
local newspaper editor and formally
wiped out the past
Jacob Furth, millionaire Seattle
banker, was found guilty of conspir.
acy in connection with the insolvency
Of the Schricker bank OF Laconner,
Wash
President Wilson in company with
other officials of the government at.
tended a solemn high mass of requiem
held IN st. Matthew's Catholic church,
Washington, in memory of the late
President Manuel Bonilld of Hon.
Suras.
Prof. Willis L. Moore chief OF the
weather bureau, was summarily re-
moved from office at the direction of
President Wilson. It was announced
in the executive offices that the rea-
son for this action was serious irreg-
ularities in office"
Mrs. William Cumming Story of
New York City, thrice a candidate for
the presidency general of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution, was
elected TO that office. Mrs. Story's
majority was ISL. She received eX-
actly coo votes to 449 for Mrs Horton.
Relieving Joseph w Martin of Mem
rhis Tenn, met with no foul play,
hat has his own reasons for remain
ing in hiding, William J. Burns, Amer
lean detective. withdrew from active
participation in the search.
Robert M. Dearbergh, New York
representative of Dearbergh Bros, i'm.
porters of straw braid, pleaded guilty
,hn ap
and was fined $4,000.
Prof. c. A. Johnson of the school of
engineering at the University of Kan
sas will depart May 1 for Panama.
The government has engaged him 20
lay out the electrical power and con
troll circuit which will operate the
canal machinery.
Water from the breaks in the La
COMA Circle levee, on the Arkansas
Hide Of the Mississippi river, near the
mouth of White river, is inundating a
large section OF southeast Arkansas.
Election of saloon keepers by popu-
lar vote became 4 reality in Elk
Point, S. d, 1t is believed to be the
first time in the country that the bal
lot has been utilized to determine
who, shall operate saloons.
S. l.. Heeter, superintendent of
Pittsburg schools. was acquitted of
charges made against him by Ethel
Fisher, Is years old, former house.
maid in his home.
r.
Mrs. Augusta Dietz, widow of
George Dietz wealthy tailor mysteri-
ously murdered in Chicago, and
George Nurnberg harness manufac-
turer, her admirer, were released un.
der $4,000 bond each, following their
arraignment on the charge Of murder.
Protests by representatives of great
European syndicates against one
phase of the California alien land
holding bill, which would require
stockholders in corporations owning
land in the state either to be Ameri-
can citizens or TO have declared their
Intention, soon will reach Washington.
a general shakeup in the person
mel OF the state department is expect.
ed 10 take place in the immediate fu-
ture. Secretary Bryan, at the request
of a Democratic senator, has read.
justcd the salaries of several clerks
so as to give promotion to some
pushed forward as good Democrats.
Slow'working snake venom was the
cause of the death of Karl Hagen
beck, the animal collected, at Hem
burg. Germany. He was bitten seven
years ego and the venom eventually
affected his liver.
statement issued by the Belgium |
ministry OF the interior admits that |
257 900 men have joined the national |
political strike of the Belgian work. |
ers who have chosen this means of |
forcing manhood suffrage aud the abo. |
lition of the system by which wealthy |
citizens are given plural voting power