The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-12-17
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
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viewed Without comment--All
Nations Find Something to
Edlfy and Instruct

Kundtz war order auto body plant at
Cleveland, o., when 1900 men, on
strike several weeks, returned, to
work, following a settlement.
The coroners inquest into the ex-
plosion here at the mine of the Boom
er Coal and Coke company, which
killed 20 men, is in progress at Boom
er, w. Va. Estimates place the loss
to the state workmen's compensation
fund by the accident at $4,000.
The steamer Star of New Zealand
went on the Blosquet rock, near Mo-
lene, France, during a fog and is a
total wreck
Rocco Sheda of Cleveland shot his
wife in. the right thigh as she held
their 2-year.old daughter and then
killed himself
The Conyngham, the largest de-
stroyer In the American navy, en-
ceeded her contract speed by making
an average of s0.40 knots, while her
contract called for 20 knots.
An American-born woman who be.
comes the wife OF an alien loses her
citizenship under the federal expatria.
ton statute and cannot vote, accord
ing to q decision of the supreme
court
State department officials we're in
formed that Gen. Villa is approach
ing MADEIRA, Chihuahua, with small
body OF WORKOUT troops. holly pressed
by Gen. Estrada, ,Carranza com
mander.
Earth shocks were felt in Latium,
at Foil. Frosinoni, Genja, Caprino and
Tivoli, Italy.
A big timber wolf was shot and
killed by Orville Todd at his farm,
three miles north Of Greenville. III.
Official announcement was made In
the house of commons that the Brit
ish lost SAB men in killed and 1880 in
wounded in the battle with the Turks
in Mesopotamia.
Thirty thousand dollars worth of
stock certificates were stolen from
the office safe of the C. H. Foote
Lumber company, Cleveland. o., by
burglars who picked the lock.
Ottoman Ear Adusht Hanish head
of the Mazdaznan Cult of Sun wor-
shippers, was taken to the house of
correction to serve a sentence of six
months imprisonment for mailing OBJ
scene matter.
According to the Echo de Beige.
Fort Cognelle, one of the defenses OF
Namur, was destroyed by an explo-
sion and so German soldiers were
killed.
The latest census figures from Ire
land show an increasing population.
For the quarter ending September the
last number Of births in Ireland was
PITS. and the deaths 1850. There
were only S,51l emigrants, so that the
net increase lin population is s,5ss.
Mrs Jessie Kephart was found
guilty of the murder OF her husband,
William Kephart of Danville, ILL.,, Oct.
Z. and given II years in the peniten-
tiary.
The largest labor organization in
England, made up OF 100000, was
formed for offensive and defensive &C.
ton respecting wages and conditions
of work.
An imperial ukase has just been is
sued ordering the enrolment of the
Russian class Of 1917 in 1916.
After serving five and one-haif
years In the Kansas penitentiary,
Thomas johnson has been freed as
innocent. He was convicted Of killing
Frank Allen at Winfield. Another
confessed the crime.
H. J. Callahan told the Chicago do
mestic relations court he got many a
meal free BY satisfying his hunger
and then throwing pet cockroach on
the plate.
The British steamer Carleton, New
York to Queenstown. put IN at Kali
fax with fire Ia her No. Z hold.
Two men were burned to death at
Louisville. Ky. when fire partly de-
stroysd the Seventh Avenue hotel.
Pinkerton detectives swore out var
rants for the arrest Of Vic Hugo. msn-
age. and Charles Hodhurst. treasurer
Of the Majestic theater. at Cedar Rap
IDS. Ia, charging them with snbezzle-
ment.
The Norwegian parliament win not
award the Nobel peace prize this
year. following tie course adopted
last sear.