The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
 TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For eign Countries Are Here Given in Short Meter for
 Busy Readers.
LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS.

No American cruiser ever threat ened to Lombard the port Of Tripoli, Syria, according to a cable to Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels from Capt Oman, commander of the United States cruiser North Carolina, off Beirut
 England claims that the Cuxhaven aeroplane raid was a success, and is highly elated thereover. In view of the fact that the English lost four out of seven of the attacking airships and has no accurate knowledge of damage done, the venture does seem to scintll- late with victory.
 The Russian forces, even after los ing a battle to the Austrians in Ga iicia, took heart again and split the enemy's army into fractions. No junc- ture has as yet been accomplished.
 Engiand's inslstence on the right of search as applied to American and vessels of other neutral nations has at last got on tho nerves of the admins tratlon and they are demanding prac- tice be stopped and fixed rules be es- tabished.
 Woman suffragists who called on Represen Henry chairman of the house rules committee, learned that the proposed suffrage constitu- tional amendment probably will be voted upon in the house Jan. 12.
 It is rumored in diplomatic circles in Rome that the kaiser has suf- ferred relapse and that his condi- tion is now most serious.
 Captain Castellui, Spanish army aviator, while flying in biplane over the aerodrome at Madrid, fell from a height of 400 feet and was killed.
 Preparations for the evacuation of Naeo, Sonora, were begun by Gen. Benjamin Hill, who plans to take his force to Agua Prieta. opposite Doug las, Ariz.
 SAdiup Cldih udSutu cOlu Ndtcl Od the report printed in New York Re publican newspaper that the speaker proposes to oppose Woodrow Wilson for renomination two years hence.
 American farms during 1914 eclipsed all records for combined value of their products. with a total of almost S10 000, 900 900.
 The European war is drawing the nations of the new world closer to- ,gether and they are thinking of peace, universal and perpetual, Sec retary William J. Bryan of the state department said in an address be- fore the New Jersey School Teachers association.
 Dr. George c. Grille, noted professor of clinical surgery in Western Re serve university, Cleveland, Ohio, and staff of II nurses and assistants, sailed on the Lusitania to join the American ambulance in Paris
 Harry L. Heer of Rockford, H., recent Progressive candidate for con- gressman-at-large announced that he would go back to the fold of the Re Ipublicans.
 Mother-teachers of New York will be required by the board of education to take two :, ears leave of absence until the child is years Of age
 
 All the saloons in Des Moines must close after Feb 15, 1915, as the re- suit of decree of the city council that all the licenses expire at that time Eighty-six saloons are affected.
 That the earth is 00,000,000 years old is one of the deductions of George F. Becker of the United States Geo. logical society presented in a paper read at meeting of the Geological Society of America.
 Capt. Franks is in jail at Benton vile, Ark. He was captured at Bon ham, Tex, by Deputy Sheriff Syd Jackson on a charge of having killed Fred Crocker, near Sulphur Springs. 19 years ago.
 Gov. Blease of South Carolina signed pardons for A penitentiary and chain gang prisoners, bringing the to- tai number of cases of legislative clemency during his two terms to 1,4SS.
 The speaker and Mrs. Clark an nounced the engagement of their daughter Genevieye to James NJ Thomson of New Orleans. The we'd ding is to take place at Bowling Green, Mo, next spring or early sum- mer.
 Forty-six men were arrested at Terre Haute, Ind, by United States marshals on indictments returned by the federal grand jury in Indianap- oils charging election frauds. All the men were released on $2,500 bonds each.