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cepted commission from the German
meat trade to furnish 10000 live rein.
deer.
The German brewery associations
have ordered all breweries to reduce
their output Of beer to 40 per cent Of
the normal.
The Belgians have suddenly adopted
the practice OF wearing sprays of ivy
as an expression of loyalty to Bel.
GUM and the allies.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice has called the
attention Of the state department to
German paper published in New
York pointing out that it forecast the
sinking Of the Lusitania.
Curtis big powder mills at Hounds
low, Middlesex, virtually were destroy
ed by series Of explosions.
Fire damaged q submarine under
construction at the yard of the Fore
River Ship Building Corporation at
Quincy, Mass.
J. c. Harris was shot and killed by
his wife's father, Homer Wilson, OF
Greenwood. Miss, after Harris had
chased him four miles while Wilson
kept Harris 13-year-old wife between
him and her husband as a shield.
The Wilson liner Guide was torpe-
doed and sunk on the north coast Of
Scotland.
The first steps have been taken In
Chicago to raise the funds Of $4,000
and 100000 promised for the enter
tainment Of the Democratic and Re
publican national conventions next
year.
Lester Montgomery, accused Of kill
ing the 1-day-old child Of Katie Free
die, 2O-year-old high school girl, of
Greenfield, Mo-, was acquitted by
jury in the Dade county circuit court.
Charles Scaratt, an honor convict in
the Joliet penitentiary, returned vol
unfairly, after running away from the
ungarded prison farm.
While out on his rounds driving
laundry wagon, Fred Bolmer Of Ma
con, Ca, received a telegram from at
torneys in New York notifying him
that he is the sole heir to an estate
worth 100000. Bolmer quit his job
at once.
Steps have been taken by the Brit
ish authorities to prevent the further
expectation from Great Britain of any
metal necessary in the manufacture
of war munitions.
Six thousand war prisoners held at
Trent, Austria, have been released
and are now on their way to Italy, via
Switzerland. Austria is unable to feed
them.
The Russian government has award.
ed contract for $6O,00O,000 worth Of
powder to the Pupont Powder COM
pany, offering a bonus for early COM
pletion of the order.
More than 20 indictments charging
violations of neutrality we're voted at
San Francisco by the federal grand
jury. Recruiting for the British army
and furnishing supplies for German
ships Of war are the basis OF the
charges.
William ]. Bryan, former secretary
of state, has declared himself In favor
of woman suffrage, and told an audi
ence Of women that he had not
espoused their cause sooner because
he had been busy with other matters.
A cherry pie for every man, woman
and child who went to Monganola,
Colo, was the big feature of Cherry
Pie Day." an annual institution In
that neck Of the woods.
Informations were filed against
three saloon keepers at DanvilIe, ILL.,,
charging them with operating with
out licenses.
Officers OF the Detroit United Rail-
way have agreed to sell the lines to
the city. The terms OF sale are to be
fixed by the circuit court.
Semi-official advices reaching Neuvo
Laredo reported a big battle between
Carranza and villista forces near Pa
redon. with several hundred killed on
each side.
His wedding day set for next week,
Charles Brehmer, prosperous young
farmer, shot and killed Ida Camp, his
iiancee, at the girls home. He then
killed himself.
A. J. Waller OF Kansas City, 20 years
old, Is dead as the result of being
struck on the head by a pitched ball
The Austrians have assumed the of.