McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Epitone
of the
Weeks News

Inc july DIV DdElio5fifie, Ok.J III the
case of Mrs. Laura M. Reuter-, charged
with the murder of her husband, a
prominent attorney. at Tulsa, Ok, last
year, returned a verdict of guilty. The
jury recommended life Imprisonment.
Fire destroyed the Union Station,
one of st. Paul's Oldest landmarks
and for a time threatened to cause a
serious confagration in the wholesale
district. The loss is variously esti-
mated at from 100000 to $250,O0O.
Maj. George Charlton Merrick of
the British army flying corps was
killed while flying over the military
aviation ground at Salisbury, Eng
land, when his aeroplane suddenly
collapsed
There are more than 1000 cases of
malignant smallpox in Coahuila, Mex
leo, according to Capt. Joaquin Torres,
refugee arriving at New Orleans.
The town of Sabinas is in fearful
plight, he says.
Cholera is sweeping the Balkan
states. The ravages of the two re-
cent Balkan wars left thousands of
families homeless and starving. A
large section of Albania Is without
doctors and medical supplies.
"A New York coroner's jury returned
a verdict finding that Anna Aumueller
came to her death at the hands of
Hans Schmidt and holding him to
await the action of the grand jury.
Aes'S~ s's
The arrest of George e. Davis in
New York caused to be made public
confession he has made which con-
firms and widens the story told by
Ortie McManigal On which 38 officials
and members of the international AS
sociation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers were sent to the fed
eral penitentiary. :
The senate commerce commission
favorably reported the seamens labor
bill, vetoed last session by former
President Taft. 1t proposes reforms
for the man before the mast in
working and living conditions.
The Underwood Simmons admins
tration tariff bill was signed by the
president and becomes law. The
senate had adopted the sommittees
report and the measure was then sent
to the house for that body to elimi-
nate the cotton futures tax amend
ment.
Virtually no damage was done to
the structure of the Panama canal by
the earthquake which occurred in the
canal zone.
Detectives Carmody and OBrien of
Chicago took into custody Albert
Spencer, former pool room owner, as
o suspect in the Mrs. Mildred ALI
son-Rexroat murder mystery.
Eight persons drowned, more than
100000 damage to crops, business
and property and public service cor
porations crippled are results of floods
In south Texas, following eight inches
of rainfall.
The body of w. L. Cowden, Kansas
City (Kan) attorney, was found at
the foot of Ohio street, in the Kaw
river. His head had been chopped
open with an az.
A boy ~ years old, murdered with
an ak seven persons in the village OF
Basbriage-E n-Landreau in the depart
ment of the oirs-Inferieure, France
can aviator will fly across the At
lantic ocean within year, and hope
10 be the man." This statement was
made in London by Claude Grahame-
White, the wen-known British air.
man, who is making serious prepare
tions for such fight.
Heavy fighting between Albanians
and Servians is reported on the out
skirts of Monastir. The Albanian
tribesmen, who are largely Moslems,
are believed to have received aid in
money and armament from the Turks.
Three masked men held up Charles
johnson, express agent, and Edward
Tollesrud, ticket agent of the 500 road
at Thief River Falls, Mimi, rifled the
strong box and escaped with $500.
The robbery occurred just as the Win
nipeg, flyer was pulling out of the sta
ton.
Post Wheeler, secretary of the
written reply with Secretary Bryan to
allegations rejecting on his use of
the diplomatic duty exemption privi-
leges,
With the members of the lower
house singing God Be With You Till
We Meet Again" and harmony pre-
NdlilHSs tHS SAtId ScSstol vi Tue tH-
nessee general assembly came to q
close without any action being taken
on the Hooper liquor enforcement
bills.
detachment of troop n, United
States second cavalry, were fired on
by Mexican federal cavalrymen while
the Americans were on patrol duty on
the international border about Is
miles east of Ell Paso, Tex.