The Green Forest tribune., 1914-03-13

Mrs. John D. Spreckels, Jr., depart ed from San Francisco for Europe with friends, after announcing that she had discontinued her suit for di- vorce, brought early this year on the ground of alleged cruelty. In response to the senate resolu- tion requiring the interstate com merce commission to inquire into the desirability of Investigating the charges by David Lamar and William H. Green that the United States Steel corporation had received immense sums in freight rebates, the commits sion probably will report that the necessity for the investigation does not exist.
 A commission to investigate the Benton case was appointed by Gen. Carranza. The decision was taken after a long session of the provisional cabinet.
 Hiram c. Gill, who was elected may LII Ol oSdItlO III IOIOy ICCdllSu III IOII just after the women of Washington had been enfranchised, and defeated in 1912, was elected mayor of Seattle by majority of between 5000 and 10000, defeating James 5. Tfenholme. "That 10 per cent of the women of collaborating age are engaged in pros titution or occasional prostitution" " was the startling remark made by Judge Ben B. Lindsey at the discus sion luncheop/of the Civic federation at Denver.
 
 Washington paid tribute to Col. George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama canal. The occasion was the annual banquet of the Ma fional Geographic society, with Col. Goethals present as the guest of hon. or and to receive from the hand of President Wilson a special gold medal awarded to him by the society in rec ognition of his wonderful achieve ment
 Five thousanda six hundred and thirty-five dollars of the $6,400 stolen from the Adams Express agent at Pennington, Ill.,, Feb. IT was recov- cred by a grocery clerk in an out building 30 feet from the scene of the robbery.
 Foreign-laid eggs have dealt the high cost of living real blow, accord ing to dealers attending the sixth an- nual meeting of the Missouri Carlot Egg Shippers association at Kansas City.
 Fifty per cent of the divorces in this country are caused by tight cor sets," Dr. Maude L. Dunn said at the opening session of the Hygienic Fash ion institute at Boston.
 Gen. Venustiano Carranza, chief of the constitutionalists, upheld the &C., tion of Gen. Villa in halting the com mission Investigating the death of the British subject, William s. Benton.
 
 
 New York National league club. Math- ewson said he had received the Fed eral league offer of $65,000 for three years, $15,000 of this sum to be paid in advance.
 Reports are in circulation that the revolutionary Socialists are masters of the situation in Lisbon, but inter- ruption of the telegraph service pre- vents confirmation.
 Louisiana sugar growers lost the second round of their fight to keep up the duty on sugar when Attorney General McReynolds handed down an opinion that Cuban sugar is entitled to enter the United States at all times during the life of the present reef procity treaty on payment of duty of 20 per cent less than other sugars. Four thousand men were killed in two battles between Chinese govern ment troops and the White Wolf bri- gands on the Nonan-Anhui border, ac- cording to official telegrams received at Pekin.
 Thomas s. Fielder, attorney-general of Georgia, announced his candidacy for the unexpired term of Senator A. O. Bacon, who recently died.
 My cure for divorce is to kiss your wife every day as an act of good faith" Vice-President Marshall said, addressing the Young Mems Christian association in Brooklyn. He spoke on "The New Puritan"
 Gustav Hamel looped the loop five times with the Countess of Dudley as passenger at tne Worcester aero drome, London.
 A belief in the second coming of Christ is one of the professions in a new expression of faith issued at the close of the fifth International Pro- phetic Bible conference at Chicago.
 Five priests were killed by a bomb explosion in the office of Bishop Mix lossy, prelate of the Greek Catholic church at Debreczin, Hungary. The schN hp ;, +1