Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-12
NEWS
or THE
WEEK

Dominion officials at Ottawa, On
tario, foresee delay of possibly two
years before final decision in the
Thaw case.
The anti-Chinese demonstrations In
Toxic continues in the form Of win
dow smashing and tram car wrecklng.
Premier Yamamoto informed the Do
litical deputations which called on
| him that the government would not
mobilize. but intended to deal with
the Chinese problem with a hrm
hand.
Greed Of coal operators, as well as
the miners. Bishop J. p. Donahue Of
the Catholic church told the senate
investigating committee, was the fun
damental cause of the West Virginia
strike.
John Lewis Smith of Washington,
u Q vas elected commander-inchlet
i-t Vet -ans.
Fresh reports Of new revOlutioa
In Santo Domingo have sert the guR-
boat Des Molnes churning across the
Caribbean from the Venezuelan coast
TO Puorta Plata,
Americans need be in no hurry te
leave Mexico, according TO the latest
instructions to consuls from the state,
department at Washington.
Eight OF II young negroes phced In
0 dark cell consisting Of planked walls,
3 feet Inches long and feet inch
wide, smothered to death at the liar
lem (Tex.l state convict farm,
The New York, New Haven a Hart
ford railroad Is to be made the
safest railroad In the United States,
Howard Elliott, It's newly elected
head, declared In a statement subse'
Quentlal to the closing OF the inter.
s,a,o commerce commissions lnyesti'
CATION into the death-dealing New Ha'
ven wreck
Statements OF friends Of Roger Sui
livan, Democratic leader Of Illinois,
are quoted to Sullivan to the effect
that he will be a candidate for United
States senator in November. 1914.
when successor to Senator Law
renee Y. Sherman is to be elected.
A series of earth shocks occurred at
Fort de France. The shocks num-
bered 80, but no material damage was
done.
The long.looked.for date for the
wedding Of Francis Sayre and Miss
Jessie Wilson has been announced by
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The date will
be Tuesday. Nov. 26, and the csre.
mony will take place In the White
House in Washington.
Harry Endicott OF Anderson, Ind. q
brother of Farmer Biz Endlcott, the
noted automobile racer, and Mary Sa-
rata Of Jackson, l0-year-old specta'
tor, were killed and three persons In.
jured at Jackson, Miss, when Endi.
colts automobile. hurling around the
race track, crashed through a fence
after one Of the front tires brew sp
German is not permitted to be
spoken here" is a sign to be seen In
Nancy in retaliation for the Germans
prohibiting the speaking OF French Ia
Metz, across the border.
The army transport Bufori ls on
the way to gather up Americans In
peril on the west coast of Mexico. The
vessel is flying the Red Cross flag, as
! It is believed the ship will be better
able to perform its relief work under
that banner, owing to the present
temper of Mexlcans, than under the
American flag.
A large concern at Yonkers distrib-
uted $4,000 In bonuses to $500 EN-.
ployes. In three years the company
has given employees $349,sOO Of Its
profits.
Trapped IN their berths as they
slept in wooden Pullmans OF the Bar
Harbor express, 21 passengers were
killed and 40 seriously injured when
/ in a dense mist the heavy engine Of
the White Mountain express plSwed
through three coaches on the New
/ York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
near New Haven. Conn.
/
Declaring that supremacy OF fed
eral courts over state courts Is be-
cause "law and justice prevail rather
than buncombe and mere sentiment"
and delivering what was construed as
q veiled slap at Secretary Bryan's
confession as to the cost OF living In
Washington" former President WI.
liam Howard Taft delivered an ad.
dress before the American Bar esso-
citation on "The Selection and Tenure
! ei Judges at Montreal Il