The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

The Nebraska senate passed a bill
providing for surgical treatment Of .
certain class Of feeble-minded and In
sane in the state institutions.
John ]. Barnwell, former Judge Of
B%atesville, Ark, but for four months a
lawyer in Hot Springs, was killed
when struck by an automobile driven
by Sam Choate.
A resolution for statewide prohibit
ton was passed by the senate Of the
South Dakota legislature. The reso-
luton calls for the submission Of the
question to the people at the next
general election.
The Colorado house of representa-
tives passed the bill for the enforce
ment of the statewide prohibition
constitutional amendment. The bill
differs somewhat from the senate
measure.
Charged in a federal Indictment
with conspiracy to corrupt the cleo
ton of Nov. 3, 1914, in the Fifth Indi-
ana congressional district, five Re
publicans pleaded not guilty.
Swiss newspaper reports of a meet
ing of iron manufacturers at Dussel-
dorf say a DR.. Shuster stated to the
meeting that the lack of metal was
becoming a grave question in Ger
many.
Figures compiled by the postal au-
thorities show that since the begin
ming of the wal 864 German news
papers have suspended publication.
The emperor has conferred the
decoration of the Pour lie Merite or
der on Field Marshal Won linden
burg, the German commander on the
eastern front.
The attendance at the Panama-Pa-
cific International exposition for the
first week was reported as GIG, 900, as
against PSI, 900 at Chicago and 333, 900
at ST. Louis.
Henderson of Alabama has
signed the child labor bill, said to be
the most stringent measure for the
protection of working children that
state.
Former Gov. Franklin F. Fort Of
New Jersey was appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson special commissioner to
Hayti.
Three men were shot and probably
fatally wounded in a holdup of Frank
Buxton's pool hall at Sapulpa, Ok.
Tests completed by the dairy de-
partment of the Ohio State university
established a worlds record in milk
production. Murine Cowan, a 5-year-
old Guernsey cow. in the last year pro-
duced IL tons of milk.
A government bond for 81, 900, is
sued in 1861, and found in a sack Of
potatoes at Geneseo, ILL.,, Wy Perry
Sand, a grocery clerk, was sent to
Washington in the hope of locating
the
b Austrian admiralty has ordered
the Austrian fleet to sink every mer-
chant vessel in the Adriatic.
The London Times has achieved
what is said to be a record in the field
OF raising money for a popular cause.
Its fund for sick and wounded passed
$1,000, 900.
The Nevada law reducing the resi-.
dence limit for divorce applicants to
six months went into effect.
The Austrian government has taken
over all stocks of rye, barley. corr
and flour products.
A message of sympathy has been
received by Nine. Sarah Bernhard
from the Queen Mother Alexandra of
great Britain.
Abolition Of the naval plucking
board, as provided in the naval bill
by the house, was approved by the
senate.
One person is dead, another is ex.
pected to die and 80 are seriously ill
from eating rolls sold at a church fes-
tival at Alma, Neb., several days ago.
The American submarines C-3 and
C-5 have been ordered from Cristobal
to Balboa to work out certain defense
| problems in connection with the coast
artillery relating to mine laying and
target practice.
The Arkansas house passed the bill
providing that state elections be held
ON the same date as national cleo
tons, ending a fight which has been
waged for 10 years.
Mrs. Bertha Cramer of Newark, N.
J., has been awarded $4,000 for the
death of her husband, al upholsterer,
who died as a result of his tongue be-
ing punctured by a tack he was hold
ing in his mouth.
Gov. Hatfield, who is q physician,
assisted in the vaccination of mem
bers OF the West Virginia legislature.
The vaccination followed the an
nouncement that Delegate Pilchard