The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-29

President Yuan Shi-Kai appointed
DR.. Wellington Koo to be Chinese min
lister to the United States, succeeding
Kai Fu-Shah, recalled to Picking.
President Wilson consented to be
come a patron of the movement to pur-
chase the birthplace of Henry Wads.
worth Longfellow, the poet, at Port
land, Me.
Chicago elevated railroad companies
announced their willingness to grant
an average increase of 2 cents an hour
to the 1000 employees of the roads.
The new battleship Nevada, the
worlds greatest fighting craft, arrived
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a final
trimming for her speed trials.
The Mallory liner Colorado caught
fire and was abandoned by her crew
off Cape Roman. Her crew was picked
up by the steamer Suwanee.
The Culver Military Academy sta
bles al South Bend, Ind, were de-
stroyed by a fire caused by crossed
wires. ~Sixty-ive horses were killed.
Three negroes entered a store in
Kansas City, Kan, held up the pro-
prietors, and escaped with $500.
Conferences between representa-
tives of the striking copper miners in
the Clifton, Morenci and Metcalf dis
tricts of Arizona, closed at Ell Paso
without an agreement having been
reached.
Eulalio Gutierrez, former Conven-
~tionalist Provisional President of Mex
leo, restored $500, 900 pesos to the
Carranza government at Saltillo, and
pledged his loyalty to the Carranza
government.
Delaware College, at Wilmington,
Del, received a gift of $4,000 00. 1t is
thought that the money was donated
by Pierre S. du Pont, president of the
du Pont Powder Co.
London papers state that King
Georges appeal for recruits has in.
creased the number of daily enlist
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., announced the birth of a son. Both
mother and child are reported well.
Lord Wimborne, viceroy of Ireland,
was appointed director of recruiting
for Ireland.
England is enforcing a rule prohibit
ing the taking of gold out of the coun-
try by travellers.
The German Federal Council de-
cided to assume control of food sup
plies and prices throughout Germany.
During a recent visit to Belgium,
Emperor William conferred the Order
of Pour lie Merite on Admiral von
Schroeder, commander of the German
naval forces on the Belgian coast.
O. G. Bovine was appointed assis-
tant chief claim agent of the New
York Central Railroad with headquar-
tiers in New York.
The Almirante Lobo, a Spanish army
transport, arrived in New York har-
Dor, and anchored off the Statue OF
Liberty.
Rear-Admiral Joseph B. Parker, a re-
tired medical director of the United
States Navy, died At Philadelphia, ag-
ed IA years.
The California Board of Education
will provide military training as part
of the regular high school course.
The Hotel Royal at New Orleans,
which served as the Capitol of Louisi-
ana from 1874 to 1882, will be torn
down to make room for a modern
structure.
Ernest o. Holland, superintendent Of
at Louisville, KY, was elected
president of the Washington State
College at Pullman, Wash.
The Vasa Order of Amerika, made
up of Swedes, passed a resolution COM
mending President Wilson for his neu-
policy.
An order for 500 box ears was re-
ceived by the Pullman Co., from the
Georgia Central Railroad.
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