Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-22

3.S TERESTlN0 NEWS NOTES
From The Public.
. Government Q per cent bonds sold
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one to walk on water Is reportedl
from St. Louis on October. IL. Au. !
gust sommerfield is the reported in
ventor. 2ss
# No uniformed military or naval
aides will hereafter attend upon
President Wilson, It is reported, exz
cept when he ID present at army or
navy functions. LII ].
II The American Bankers Association
in annual session at Boston on Octo-
Der s with only one dissenting vote.
condemned the Glass-Owen currency
bill. : s I:
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President Raymond Poincare Of
France, after q triumphal tour thru
his own country, arrived in Madrid
on the It'll. 1t Is supposed that his
visit to King Alfonso is made with
view to giving Spain g. more promi-
nent place in international affairs.
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The tidal wave that: accompanied a
storm that swept the Alaskan coast,
destroyed one.half OF the buildings in
Nome, and left 500 persons homeless.
The same storm wiped out the town
OF. Solomon, a settlement of 800 in
habitants at the mouth Of the Solo
mon River. forty miles east of Nome.
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The House Of Representatives on
October II concurred in the Senate
amendments to the Urgent Deficiency
bill and it will become a law on re.
ceipt Of President Wilson's signature:
The bill abolishes the Court of Com
merce, but leaves the judges compos-
ing it in Office. ~. i
The new peace pact between Tur-
key and Bulgaria binds the contract
ing States to join forces against
Greece, Servia and Montenegro in
any war that may occur; and gives
to- Bulgaria the right to- an unlimited
supply Of arms and: ammunition thru
Turkish territory. Russia has given
her approval of the arrangement. -
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Prince Taro Katsura, former thrice
Premier of Japan, diel on the 10th.
Born in 1'847, Prince Katsura was
educated T.. in the Prussian military
school and took part on the side OF
1: the imperialists in the war of Restor-
alton, which resulted in 1867 in the
overthrow Of the Shotgun and the res.
toratlon of the emperor to active par.
'ticipation in government affairs. -
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1 A committee Of fifty was formed in
washington on October 10 to call a
national convention in December to
organize the National Popular Gov
eminent League: The object will be
to promote Federal and State pro
gressive legislation. Senator Owen
democrat; was made. chairman. Sen
ator Poindexter, Progressive, and
Senator Norris, progressive Republi
can, took a prominent part.
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Peace between the warning factions
Of Santo Domingo has been brought
about by the American minister, Jas
M. Sullivan, who induced Genera,
: Horatio Vasquez, Of the revolution
airy forces, and Jose Bordas Valdez
provisional president, to sign ar
agreement. Press dispatches state
that Minister Sullivan made it known
at the. peace conference that civil
wars on the Island would no longe,
:. be tolerated, and would be stamped
out as criminal by the United States
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The New York City Board Of Edu
! cation passed a resolution on the 9Th
:. by vote Of ~ to 5, dismisstng Mrs
Peixotto,; principal Of one of the
schools: who absented herself from
her classes February 3 last and re
manned absent until suspended, 3Ap
ril 20, having given birth to chile
on April Z. The resolution, with ar
amendment dated from January i
s last that the Superintendent and AS
sociate Superintendent should inves
tigate all cases of women guilty o1
!. neglect Of duty, for the purpose o1
bearing children. was put to a vote
and passed. ,-zs-.s~ 49, r.
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Evidence unlawfully secured can
not. be: used in the Federal courts