The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News condensatlons Re-
viewed Without comment-An
Nations Find Something to
Edlfy and instruct

Charles Flueter, night counter man
in the railroad eating house at Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia, quit his job to be
married in order to qualify for le-
gacy of $4,000 left to him by an I'M
Gle in New York City on condition he
should marry before Oct. /.
Fire destroyed the Vienna milling
plant, at Peoria, H., owned by Dom
meyer, Gardner & Co., with loss of
100000.
German army officers are drilling
10000 Turks at Jerusalem. This is to
be the nucleus of the Turkish army
which will invade Egypt.
Three persons were known to have
persisted and $4,000 property loss was
suffered in fire at Cloverdale, Cal
Cotton planters in Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Okla
homa and Texas are warned in a de-
partment of agriculture statement Of
the boil weevil and advised to take
steps to kill off the pest.
Norbert Wiener, 10 years old, form
erly of Columbia, Mo-, has been ap.
pointed an assistant professor of phi
losophy at Harvard college
Inauguration Of Henry Noble Mac
Cracker as president OF Vassar col
lege was the chief event on the last
days program of Vassar's semi-cen-
tennial celebration.
Modified martial law was declared
at The Hague, Holland. The procla-
nation is directed at the various
trades which furnish supplies OF all
kinds to the army.
Bulgaria's minister and his staff
have left Rome for Sofia, proceeding
via Switzerland.
Application was made in New York
for incorporation of the National
School Camp association, The object
Of the association is to issue call
for 100000 schoolboys to take a
course in military training.
British casualties reported from
Oct / to Oct, II amount to more than
$1,000.
Four of the daily papers of Paris
Rappel. Radical, Guerre Sociale and
Loeuver-have been suspended by or
der of the censorship.
Ministers of Peoria, ILL.,. acting with
the law enforcement league. have be-
gun plans for a monster parade to
carry on a petition to Mayor e. N.
Woodruff asking the closing of saloons
on Sunday.
Former Judge William Johnston is
dead at Valparaiso, Ind, at the age
OF 70.
Health authorities Of Pennington,
ILL.,, we're considering steps to combat
an epidemic Of typhoid fever. Eigh-
teen cases are under quarantine.
Federal Judge Hough has declared
unconstitutional the cotton futures act
because the bill originated in the SEN
ate OF the United States instead OF
the lower house.
Chief of Police Healey, Chicago, has
ordered his assistants to rid the city
of promiseuous gambling.
The grand jury returned a verdict
OF justifable homicide in its investi-
cation of the case of the Rev. Byron
Holley, who killed L. G. Pearsall.
whom he found in his study at New
Orleans.
The state department officials ex-
press the belief that the Turkish au-
thorities are interfering with cables
to Ambassador Morgenthau at Con-
stantinople.
The Illinois. Carnegie, Cambria and
Maryland Steel companies have been
awarded the contract for $1,000 tons
of steel rails by the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad.
A registered letter mailed three
years ago from Vancouver, B. c., by
]. A. Fftzsimmons to D. c. King at
0cotlan. Mexico. has just been re-
ceived at Long Beach. Cal
The British steamer HalIzones. q
liner Of 5.oss tons. has been sunk by
q German submarine.
Fifty tons Of coal tar dyestuffs Of
German manufacture have arrived in
New York. consigned to the secretary
Of commerce.
Gov. Dunno appointed DR.. ]. X. Con-
roy Of Belleville and DR.. J. E. Elder Of
Eldorado members Of the state dental
board. to succeed DR.. \. W. Cox and
DR.. ]. A. Smith.
Heavy Japanese guns. manned BY