McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-23
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For
eign Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy Graders.

ish parliament, announced the inten-
ton Of the government again to /;
parliament to grant to women the
franchise and the right of election to
office.
Efforts of the border authorities to
round up the Mexican federal gen.
erals who escaped from Ojinaga when
the rebels occupied that place result
ed in the arrest at Sanderson. Tex.
Of Gen. Jose Ynez Salazar.
Moses Price, As, of Lorain, Lake
Shore railroad detective, was shot and
killed at Sandasky, o., by car thieves
whom he was arresting while they
were breaking into car In the yards.
President Wilson heartily thanked
Edward f. Goltra, Democratic nation
oil committeeman from Missouri, for
the Davy Crockett cap Mr.. Goltra
brought to Washington.
Richard D. Landlord, vicepresident
and secretary of the Southern rail-
way, committed suicide by inhaling
gas In his apartments in Brooklyn He
was to have been married to Brook
Ign society girl
An increase Of per cent in freight
rates was favored in resolutions
adopted by the board of directors of
the National Business League OF
America at Chicago.
Charles H. Meyer, president Of the
Western Federation of Miners, and 81
other officials and members of the
organization were indicted at Hough-
ton, Mich, on charges of conspiracy
in connection with the copper miners
strike.
Directors of the National Carbon
company mailed letters to the stock
holders asking approval of plan for
sharing profits with their employees.
Stockholders are asked to set aside
100000 of a new issue of stock to be
given employees. Inc company ell
ploys 1000 persons.
A nationwide campaign to eradi-
cate hog cholera was planned by the
Ohio Farmers congress, In session In
Columbus.
President Wilson, as president Of
Che American Red Cross, issued an
appeal to the American people for
funds to assist the people of Japan,
who are suffering. not only from the
earthquake, but from the failure of
crops.
Cardinal Basilio Pompili, vicar-gen-
eral of Rome, representing the pom
tiff, has issued pastoral letter de-
nouncing the tango and also certain
newspapers, theatrical performances
and fashions, which, he declares, are
perverting souls.
Mrs. George c. Lee widow Of Bos-
ton banker, died at Brooklyn, Mass,
aged 80. Her daughter Alice was the
first wife of Col Theodore Roosevelt
and the mother Of Mrs. Alice Roose-
Welt Longworth.
Three of the best-known umpires
the national game of baseball has
ever known have signed to act as ar
biters for the Federal league during
the season of 1914. They are Tim
Hurst, Jimmy tombstone and Brick"
Owens.
Jack Johnson and Frank Moran, the
Pittsburg heavyweight, signed articles
for 20-round bout for the champion
ship OF the world, to be fought in
Paris on or before the Paris Grand
Prix race. during the first or second
week of June.
Supporters of law to conserve for
the government all public lands con-
tanning radium won the first round in
their battle In the house when by
vote of 1888 to 1873 they sent Repre-
sentative Fosters bill for that purpose
to the mines committee instead OF the
public lands committee.
A wall of water, starting from the
broken dam of the West Virginia Pulp
and Paper company, on Stoney creek,
moved down to the Potomac, mum
dated Schell, W. Va, where the two
streams meet, and started flood
wave, laden with wreckage and ice,
down the Potomac valley.
Julian Hawthorne's charges against
the management of the Atlanta peni-
Tertiary were not sustained in re-
port of a special investigation by DR..
A. ]. McKelway, submitted to Attor-
ney-General McReynolds.
Congressman James NJ. Curley was
chosen mayor of Boston by major
ity of 5000 votes over Thomas ]. Ken
ny, president of the city council. OF
q total of $4,000 votes polled on the
coolest day of the winter, the victori-
GUS candidate received 43,309 and
President Kenny had S7.250.
49,
Negotiation between the American
Sugar Refining company and the de-
partment of justice have come to an
abrupt halt, and unless the so-called
trust agrees to meet demands for @
reorganization, the pending suit to dis
solve 1t under the Sherman antitrust
act will be pressed with vigor.