The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-14
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY.
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
dispatches From Our Own FOR
eion Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy Readers.

In Short Meter for
Busy Readers.
F. w. Schwind Of Lincoln, Neb., has
been appointed temporarily as private
secretary to Secretary Bryan.
Announcement was made at Spring
field, ILL.,, of the marriage recently in
former son-in-law of William Jennings
Bryan, to Miss Clara Killius.
George and Tom Myers, brothers,
were shot and killed at Ringing, Ok,
by two Stotts brothers, who are bank
ers. The Stotts pleaded self-defense.
The National Order of Cowboy
Rangers is to build a clubhouse. Arti-
cles of Incorporation for the building
of such a home and maintaining it
have been filed with the secretary of
state of Colorado.
The feeling of resentment against
Germany over the torpedoing of the
Lusitania is so strong on the stock
exchange that the British members
united and turned all heir fellow
members of German origin and all
German clerks bodily out of the
house.
The Japanese government has an
nounced that the naval and military
movements in connection with the
Chinese situation have been Cancelled.
Fearing he would be committed to
the asylum for the insane and never
be tried for his crime, a dozen white
men from Noble, Ok, took DR.. B. E.
| Ward, white, from the Cleveland coun-
miles out of town. He killed his wife.
Sailors from the German vessels at
Boston say that within a month des-
perate effort is going to be made to
destroy the city of London by fire.
Theodore Roosevelt, after acquaint-
ing himself with all the latest details
of the tragedy of the Lusitania, issued
a statement wherein he demands an
immediate accounting by Germany for
the tragedy of the Lusitania.
May IA was fixed for hearing in
the hearing suit of Mrs. Florence
Weeks of Scranton, Pa, against Vir-
ginius ]. Mayo, who came into public
notice several months ago after the
death of his stenograpEer, Lillian
Cook.
The United States ciff 94f Court of
appeals at Chicago denied the motion
of attorneys for the convicted Terre
Haute politicians for a reduction in
their bail bonds.
Charles c. Shor, one Of the three
Americans who were killed when a
German submarine ]torpedoed the
merly was a wireless operator on lake
boats.
The London Daily News says the
budget statement of Lloyd George has
been introduced in the house. 1t will
be a provisional budget on the as
sumption hat the war will last
throughout the fiscal year 1856.
Announcement that a wireless mes
sage had beer flashed for the first
time during daylight hours from Pan.
anna to the radio station at Arlington
was made by the navy department.
The annual convention of the Amer
lean Hotel Protective Association o
the United States and Canada is il
session at Houston, Tex.
Angus w. Mckenzie of Sedalia, Mo.
was married to Mrs. William A
Moore, who was formerly Mrs. McKen
zie, but had divorced him some TIM
g
Sarah Bernhardt, whose right Les
was amputated recently, and who ha:
been r%ecuperating at her villa il
France, will return to the stage il
New York Sept. 20.
JUSTICE GleSerlCl o. new 1Ofl
signed an in~terlocutory decree grant
ing freedom to Caroline Gliding:
Rogers from Lorlys Elton Rogers
who recently figured as the father O
Ida Sniffin Walters two children
both of whom were poisoned by theil
mother.
A novel use Of the aeroplane is un
der consideration by owners Of seal
ing vessels, as a result of the failure
of the seal hunt this year. It is pro
posed that two experienced aviator!
be engaged to visit the east coast ant
the Gulf of st. Lawrence, respective
II, just before the opening Of the mex
season and locate the herds.
DR.. Maude Slye, the University O
Chicago medical research worker, wa.
awarded the Howard Taylor Rickett.
prize by the faculty OF the universit,
medical school.
e. e. Richards OF Cedar Rapids, Ia.
was elected president OF the Ameri
can Poultry association.
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