The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER W0RLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR WI AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News C~oEdeasat;ons Re-
viewed Without Comment-AU
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Howard Smith, a young attorney
of Judge Walter l. Smith of the
United States circuit cour of appeals
was found dead at Council Bluffs, Ia.
from a bullet wound in his temple
inflicted by himself
WI Choa Gnu, a son of DR.. WI Tine
Fang, former minister to the United
States, has been named councillor in
the foreign office.
A $500 contribution to the treasury
conscience fund was received from a
Maine woman, who wrote that she
wished to pay the duty on clothes
smuggled n he country 20 years
ago..
Indictments charging DR.. Bryce
~Sprayberry, a physician, and John o.
mer, OF eDcatur, Ga, with poisoning
William ~Sprayberry, an aged farmer,
and his wife, neal Fleetwood in No
vember, 1919, were returned by the
Dekalb county grand jury. The in
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alleged confession made last May by
DR.. Sprayberry, who was ill and be-
lleved he was in a dying condition.
Funds of the Southern Missouri
Trust Co. of Springfield, Mo-, which
move its banking headquarters Sept.
/, are secure not only against robbers.
but against banking officials, it has
hacOnn Epny-n M
carefully typewriter, was by mistake
locked up in the safe with the money.
"Goethals day" in honor of Major
General George w. Goethals, was cele-
brated Sept. z at the Panama-Pacific
exposition.
John B. Bosch and son August we're
Killed in an automobile accident near
Whlttemore, la. The auto plunged
over an embankment and the men
were caught beneath.
All but IA of the 800 buildings on
he Island Of Cayman Bras were C.
stroyed by the hurricane of last month.
Carrying out orders of the Breathitt
(Ky.) circuit court, physicians ex-
humed the body of Mrs. Polly Davis of
portsmouth, SO that an examination
may be made for poison.
1eus,r or ms fnfafuation for !,
Tfllie Wheeler, 16 years old, George
Webster of Philadelphia, 60 years old.
committed suicide by hanging himself
in a Jail cell.
Mrs. Polly Anne Weed Strodes,
known as Marrying Polly" because
she had been married Is tifmes, is
dead at Evansville, Ind, at the age
Of 50 years.
Italy has declared cotton contra
band of war, a Rome dispatch an
nounces. |
Robert Nude of Philadelphia, SIS |
years old, cashier of the Counties Gas |
and Electric company, killed himself
on the eve of his wedding to Miss |
Mary McCully.
Francis Burton Harrison, governor |!
general Of the Philippines, said in re-
ply to ex-President William H. Taft's !
criticism that he attached no impor- !
lance to Taft's statements.
Four children Of Mr.. and Mrs. R.. /
Wolfsohn were burned in their home
south of Lorette, Manitoba. |
Princess Adalbert, wife Of the third !
son of the German emperor. gave birth |
to a daughter Saturday. The child |
died. |
An Involuntary petition In bank |
ruptcy against the Chicago. St. Louis
& Gulf Transportation Co.. which op-
crates steamboats, between La Sale
and Peru. ILL.,. and st. Louis and New
Orleans. was filed in he limited States
district court at Chicago. and a re-
ceiver was appointed. Decrease In
traffic due to the Eastland disaster IL
given by Michael Gesas, attorney for
the petitioners, a. one Of the couses
of the troubles.
Relatives of Mrs. George Washing
ton Stephens, widow OF G. w. Steph-S
ems, who met her death when the
Lusitania was sunk, LAY been noti-
fled that her body. recently found of
the coast of Ireland, went down with
the Hesperian.
William L. Moss. attorney.general
of Arkansas since 1917. Is dead of
heart disease. He was So years old.
William Moon. an employee. Was
killed and one of the six wheel mills
OF the Western Powder company's
plant, 10 miles west of Peoria, Ill,
was wrecked by an explosion.
The city Of Centralia, Ill. is facing
one Of the most serious propositions
with which it over hassh had to contend,
as o result of voting dry last May.
Fire resulting from an explosion Of
natural gas caused q loss Of business
property estimated at SIS. 900 at To-
reka. Kan.
Edward B. Moore. 6s, former United
states commissioners Of patents, Il
dead.
Most of the sectarian scheols and
colleges Of Italy have Gfsmlsso1 their
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