McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-25

OTuS OIL the american consulate at FIe-
dras Negras, Mex, were removed to
the American side of the border, gave
rise to the report that plot to dyna-
mite the consulate and assassinate
Consul Luther Ellsworth has been I'M
covered.
Formal announcement was made at
the Vatican that the Catholics of Ger
many, who selected unique way for
celebrating the recent silver jubilee
of the kaiser, raised nearly $500 900
to be spent for Catholic missions in
all parts OF the colonies of the kaiser
In connection. with the arrival at
Saloniki of high Russian officer at
the Greek headquarters, Servian and
Rournanian armies will march to So
fla, where peace will be signed.
The Bulgarians have sunk their
steamers and two torpedo boats in the
Danube to prevent them from falling
into the Hands OF the Roumanians.
Wholesale arrests of Industrial
Workers of the World were made on
a downtown street. in Portland, Ore
when crowd of 20 women, led by DR.
Marie Equi, defied the mayors orders
by holding street meeting.
A ,o
jury in the Rath Duffy bribery case,
the second the state legislature brib.
cry cases growing out Of the candi'
dacy Ct William Seymour Edwards for
the United States senatorship, re
| turned a verdict of guilty.
Theft of a pearl necklace valued at
S625000 was reported at Scotland
Yard. The pearls are alleged to have
been stolen during transit by posi-
from Paris to dealer IL London
In a semi-rear-end collision of two
Pacific electric trains returning from
Venice and Santa Monica to Los An.
GCitGs IL pCOplC WClC anu abOut
q hundred were injured.
After hearing in the Marlboro po-
lice court, London, Miss Annie Bell
and Miss Mary Wyan, who took part
in the rioting at the pavilion when
the attempt was made to arrest Mrs.
Pankhurst, were sentenced IL jail for
81 days each.
Acting, he said, by reQue5. OF a
number of California Democrats, Sen
ator Ashurst of Arizona made pro-
test to Attorney General McReynolds
on the selection of Thomas E. Hayden
to act as special federal prosecutor
of the Caminetti-Dggs white slave"
cases at San Francisco
Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti
will be tried on Aug. at San Fran
cisco on a charge of violating the
Mann white slavery act. Judge Van
Vleet of the United States district
court set that date for beginning the
case.
Secretary of State Bryan will con.
tinue his lecture tour during the va
cation season because he desires to
acquire enough income in this way to
take care of his expenses and leave
untouched the accumulation of money
he has laid aside for old age.
BY fight from Paris to Berlin, lie.
| tort becomes the nonstop record
holder The distance covered was
about 500 miles.
That the Balkan struggle will end
| by a process of mutual exhaustion
| seems the only hope Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign secretary, is able
to hold out.
Gov. Blease in an interview at
tackled William Jennings Bryan, who
| lectured in Hendersonville, N. c., for
going into chautauqua work while
secretary of state.
At the first paid attraction ever al
lowed to operate on Sunday in west
ern North Carolina, William Jennings
Bryan, secretary of state, lecturing at
Henderson, declared he was forced to
lecture in order that he might live de.
Gently, the salary paid him by the
United States government not being
sufficient for his needs.
s,s
President Wilson, much tanned and
weighing about 10 pounds more than
when he left Washington July 8, re
| turned after nine days rest In his
summer home, Harlakenden House
Windsor, VT.
The town marshal, of Duck Foot,
Ind. has hung this notice in front
| of the town hall. Notice to automo
| bilists: Speed limit, rs miles an hour
Drive as fast as you damn please"
Charles Beckers application for q
new trial on the charge of numbering
| the gambler Herman Rosenthal, was
denied by Supreme Court Justice Golf
in New York City
-
Indicative of the approach of the
opening of Panama canal is the notice
by the commission that the gigantic
! steel cranes used in placing the $780,
/ 900 cubic yards of concrete in the
great locks are soon to be offered for
sale. The locks now are practically
completed.
Senator Smoot, Republican member
| of the finance committee, introduced