The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-10

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Heelegss .sclean1up~ order. - his ca
ltAins. - med and women have beeu
ARRESTED IN Chicago.
Six men were held In connection
With the murder Of 6-year-old Helen
PetruskA 1t Chicago. The child had
been assaulted and then drowned.
Results Of experiments with five
motor trucks now employer BY Amerf-
can naval forces In Haiti viii deter.
mine whether motors are 10 replace
horses in the future in hauling the n
tillery.
The British vessel Mimosa has been
sunk BY q German submarine.
Il l~oye-craxed italian laborer. Frank
Granno, shot and killed Levin T. Rob-
inson, his wife. Della Robinson. and
Alonzo Redden. . farmer. ut Snow
Hill. Nd.
Official warning has been issued to
the people OF Germany not to answer
questions about the status Of German
industries.
A Boston terrier belonging to Ehrs
man Goodway Of Helena, Ark, was
successfully operated on for append
citis. !
The z-year-old daughter Of MI. and
Mrs. A. J. Gausman of Chester. Ill.
was instantly killed when . mortar
box fell and crushed her.
London insurance writers were bet
ting 10 to / that America will not go
to war with Germany before Oct. 80.
and 5 to / that the two countries will
not be at war before Dec. 80.
A German aeroplane OF the condor
type established a new worlds record
at the Rottspausen flying grounds.
HAgrying four persons up 5000 meters
(f6,499 feet). The previous record
was $3.50 meters 10000 feet).
All of the 500 conductors and mo-
tormen on the Albany IN. W city
street car line are IN strike.
The steamer Manuel Calvo, which
arrived from Vera Cruz, brought 455
Spanish refugees from Mexico who
left their homes because they faced
starvation.
The White House has made public
a telegram from the american De-
Tense Society" of New York pledging
unremitting support to President Will
sons call for a definite defense pro-
gram.
The interstate m commits
sion announced 1t had postponed the
date making effective its order in the
anthracite coal case from Oct. / to
Dec. /.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Elk.
change Telegraph company says 1t is
reported that Admiral Won Tirpitz, the
German minister Of marine, will re
| sign and will be succeeded by Admiral
Won Pohl.
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Announcement Of the adoption OF
an eight-hour day by the Standard OF
company OF New Jersey has been
made. twenty-five thousand workers
are affected.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
/ Orom rnrnnoru P~ovn A%he~o u
Travellers arriving from Constantine
pie announce that Turks have burned
the town OF 1smid and massacred .
large number Of the Armenian In
habitants."
Municipal Councillor Cherioux o.
Paris has asked the council to name q
street alongside the aviation field a,
observation-disclosures after Adolphe Pc
goud, the famous aviator.
Final tabulations. compiled and
made public by the coroner's office
show that 812 persons lost their lives
when the steamer Eastland. with 2,5O{
on board. capsized in the Chicago riv
er July "a.
A japanese exposition has beer
opened at Santiago, Chile.
Former Secretary Bryan's eldes'
daughter. who is the wife Of Capt
Reginald Owen of the British army
Is preparing to go to Egypt to b.
near her husband.
Word vas received Of the death b.
accidental poisoning OF Mrs. Fannie
D. White OF Shelbyville, Ill. He
death il said to have been the result
Of careiessness OF q drug clerk.
It is stated that q British submarine
after threading its way through tn,
Gulf OF Ismid. landed = party to dyna
mite the railroad bridge at Gebiz, q
miles southeast Of Constantinople.
The body of George Younker va.
found dead in bed 1T his home II
Salem, Ill. On q stand In the roou
was > bottle which had contained ca,
bolic acid.