Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.
Happenings of Interest In Various
 Parts of Our Country. ;.

Parts of Our Country.
 The crea .ion of a council of national defense Is the object of a campaign being conducted by the Navy League of the United States. the legislative committee of which. through Perry Belmont and Colonel Robert NJ. Thomp- son. has sent circulars to every mem Der of congress, pointing out the need of the passage of the Hobson bill, which would accomplish the purpose.
 W. W. King. who has large farm eight miles west of Ritzville. Wash. and his family are arranging to go to Pullman to attend the winter school for farmers. MT. King and sons Ralph and Athol. are going to take the short course in agriculture. and Mrs. King will take the domestic science course.
 7 Anthony Hunt. the wealthy Chicago landscape gardener and clubman who was arrested at the White House be cause he persisted in efforts to see the president to obtain an appointment as ambassador to Great Britain was returned to his home in Chicago. He will be sent to an asylum for the III sane. #' ! The bravery of John Bignam of Bos ton, an elevator boy, saved many per sons from probable injury during d fire on the water front Bignam ran his car up and down five story build ing at PAT Atlantic avenue while sey. eral tons of shellac were burning fiercely on the third floor.
 The United States army will discard its curved cavalry saber on July | and will be supplied with a straight "cut and thrust sword of the same pattern used by the Napoleonic army Major General Leonard Wood. chief of staff. signed the order making this the official sword.
 r Oranges advanced 50 cents a box and grapefruit 25 cents as the result of the freezing weather Earl G. De Soll. as sistant general manager of the Califot mia Fruit Growers exchange, estimates the loss at S25,OOO.O0O. Further ad vances in price are expected.
 Governor Sulzer of New York as- cepted an invitation from old friends at Elizabeth. N. J., his birthplace. to attend reunion of its sons next fall. One of the guests will be Job E Hedges, whom Governor Sulzer de feated last fall.
 Students of the University of Penn sylvania to the number of IA, who are working their way through college. earned $23.479 last year, according lo figures just compiled. This Is $10,0O0 in excess of the amount earned in 1911.
 John E. Humphries, Washington bank employee. was indicted for em bezzlement and forgery by khe grand jury of which his father was foreman. The father signed the indictment for the grand jury.
 Warning was issued by United States Surgeon Blue that there is danger of the spread of the epidemic of cerebral spinal meningitis now affecting parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Illinois.
 Josephus Daniels, Democratic nation al committeeman from North Carolina. was indorsed by the general assembly for the portfolio of postmaster general fin the cabinet of President Wilson.
 Colonel K NJ. Johnston of Houston took the oath of office as United States senator from Texas to succeed Joseph w. Bailey until the expira ton of .his rerua. March 3.
 Carl Richeson of Blackstone. Va. brother of the Rev. Clarence Richeson. who was put to death for the murder of Avis Linnell, has entered the minis try.