McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-08-29
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nope tnat the SuDl1me porte mas Deen
Informed through diplomatic channels
that the powers have decided that
Adrianople shall remain Turkish, aud
that direct negotiations will be begun
forthwith between Turkey and Bull
garia-
That his life had been threatened
because of his advocacy Of the Dyer
bill regulating loan sharks in Wash
ington was the sensational charge
made to the house lobby investigators
by Representative Johnson of Ken
lucky.
Alexander Sullivan, Chicago lawyer,
who was at the head of the Clan.Na-
Gael at the time of the murder OF DR..
Cronin, case which attracted world
wide attention, died in Chicago, IS
years old
A suit asking divorce from Con-
gresham R. Y. Thomas, Jr., Of Cen
trail City, KY, has been brought at
Greenville, KY, by Mrs. Annie l..
Thomas. She alleges cruelty, inllu-
man treatment and habitual drunken
ness.
More than 800 delegates, represent
ing 16 nations, assembled in the big
Ridderzaal for the opening of the
twentieth universal peace conference
at The, Hague.
First deposits of the governments
$50,000,000 fund to aid crop move
ments win be made In the southern
states In August and September. All
deposits in all states will be made in
equal allotments.
Commodore Perry's restored fng-
ship Niagara which was brought to
Chicago last Saturday as the central
figure in the Perry centennial cele-
bration and water carnival, was towed
from Its anchorage off Grant park to
q dock in order that it might be more
accessible to the public, and visitors
were admitted to the boat free.
Eugene N Foss, three times elected
governor of Massachusetts, as a DEM
ocrat, and candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for the presidency
last year, declared himself again a
Republican, but remained indefinite
regarding his reported candidacy for
the Republican nomination for re-elec-
ton.
President Wilson soon will send a
special message to congress advising
the legislative branch of the govern
ment of the exact status of his nego-
tiations with Mexico.
Seth Low, former mayor of New
York, and president of the National
Civic Federation, was selected as the
fifth arbiter to settle the differences
between the eastern railroads and
100000 trainmen.
Denial that he had abandoned his
lecture engagements for the year was
contained in a statement dictated by
Secretary Bryan. He declared be
would resume this work as soon as
he got chance to take vacation.
DIR. w. P. Howley, an Arrowsmith
GILL physician. swallowed strychnine
when caught by John Mock, following
an attack on Myrtle Mock, 10 years
old, by Howley.
Burglars who entered the Hermann
jewelry store at Newport. r. l.. some
time after the place was closed, OBJ
tanned jewels and silverware valued
at about $4,000. but were frightened
away when additional booty worth
100000 was in their reach.
ss
Isaac Stephenson will not be a can
didate for the United States senate
for another term. according to dis
patches from Madison, Wis.
Twenty-Five persons were injured.
two seriously. when the Frisco slick
err" local passenger train, collided
head-on with Midland Valley freight
train near tunnel at Jensen, Ark.
An invitation to all the navies of
the world to meet at Hampton Roads
In January. 1915, and pass through the
Panama canal to the Panama exposi-
tion at San Francisco, accompanied
by a feet from the United States
navy, will shortly be issued by Presi-
dent Wilson.
f. j. Duprey, tailor. who shot and
killed Henry Gronimus. phctog-
rapher. after Gronimus had been &C.
quilted Of the charge of wron ging
Duprey's 14-year-old daughter Stella.
was exonerated by a coroner's jury In
Chicago. Duprey's defense was the
unwritten law.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the Eng
fish militant suffragette leader ar
rived in Trouville, France. from Lon
don by way of Havre to join her
daughter Christabel, who has seen
staying at the seaside resort.
Joint mediation. in Mexico b.; the
United States, Brazil and Argentina
was proposed in house resolution
introduced by Representative Towner
of Iowa. Republican This plan was
advocated ~ Representative Kahn OF
California and is said to be under con-
alteration by the administration.