The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News condsRsatlons Re-
Viewed Without cemmsnt--Ali
Nations Find Something to
EdIfy and Instruct


In what 1t calls authoritative state
ment," q Zurich. Switzerland, paper
declares the central powers have de-
cided to create an independent king
dom of Albania bordering on Austria,
Bulgaria and Greece.
The Driggs-Seabury Ordnance cor
poration of Sharon, Pa, has acquired
the Savage Arms Co. of Utica, N. Y.
The latter company manufactures all
kinds Of side arms.
The deer hunting season in Wiscon-
sin has closed and the total death list
of hunters was five this year, the low.
est record for any one season in the
history Of hunting in the north woods.
The United States has asked Great
Britain what explanation It has for
boarding and searching the Zealandia
within the neutral port of Prpgresso
A. J. Baird, former teller of the
First National Bank of Hugo, Ok,
pleaded guilty to embezzling $14,150
and he was sentenced to FIVE years
imprisonment.
American publishers of the Bible
are for the first time selling Bibles in
the British, French, Russian, South
African and Australian markets,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt announced
that he had requested the secretary
of state of Nebraska to withdraw his
name from the ballot to be used In
the coming primary election in that
state.
e. ]. Kaiser, postmaster of Ashland.
Ore, for 80 years, editor of the Ash
land Record and political leader
was shot and fatally wounded by Will
liam Greenfield. No cause is known
for the act.
The supreme court declared consti-
tutional the law which prohibits liq-
uor dealers outside the state from ad-
vertising their wares in West Vir-
ginia.
The British steamer Kingsway has
been sunk by a submarine, with
loss of five lives.
A net cash balance Of S1,030,000 will
be on hand after the Panama Pacific
exposition closes and the buildings
are sold or torn down.
Senator John D. Works Of Califor-
MIA has announced that he would not
be candidate for reelection.
The success OF Henry Ford's peace
plan is becoming doubtful. More
deolinations come daily, and now John
Wanamaker says Ford has a fat peck
etbook, but no plan to end the war.
Leading newspapers OF Japan be-
lieve the Japanese government will
decline to allow China to join the en-
tente in the war without providing
military aid.
Two more British steamers, the Co
lenso and the Orange Prince, have
been sunk, presumably by German
submarines.
A six-foot channel in the Mississippi
from st. Paul to the mouth OF the
Missouri was Endorsed at the meeting
Of the Upper Mississippi River I'm
provement association in Quincy.
Under a construction OF the new
prohibition law OF Colorado, It is
found that mince pie, plum pudding
and such other delicacies win come
under the ban.
The Washington state prohibition
law has been found invalid by the
state supreme court.
Over 1900 Cambridge men are
fighting with the colors. OF these
men 614 have been killed. 900 wound
ed and 1913 missing or prisoners OF
war.
Gov. Hiram johnson Of California
Is suffering from an acute attack Of
bronchitis. and is in bed at his home.
Several Chinese newspapers report
that the ex-emperor Of China. Pu vi,
10 years old. has been officially be-
trothed TO a daughter OF President
Yuan-ShiKai
Stuart Hall. the main building at
the College Of Emporia. Kan. was de
stroyed BY fire.
The Rev. Frederick Kreiger OF New
Britain. Conn. who has been engaged
in missionary work in British East
Africa, Is being detained in a British
prison camu In India on the suspicion
that be Is German SPY.