The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

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A IS debt, two years old, was the
cause of the death of one and the
woundlng Of two persons in Milwau.
kee, Wis.
The United States is not consider.
ing the placing Of an embargo at pres
Ont on shipments to any belligerent
country. This was an official state
ment
Frank Martin, negro farmland,
was stabbed to death and John Mo
Peters, white man, was shot so that
he will die, in a duel in the dark
near Farley, Ala,
Joseph Leonardo, miner, aged 30,
was shot mad instantly killed at
Springfield, ILL.,, by ]. ]. Irkin in a
pistol duel. Irwin was wounded In the
head, but will recover. The trouble
started when Irwin accused Leonardo
of feeding his COW glass.
Homer McCord, so-called Kansas
bride kidnapper," and Frank VIII
lians, convicts in the state prison
in Lansing, Kan, escaped from the
prison coal mine by perilous S00-foot
climb up an airshaft
George Smith of Sedalia, Mo-, 2S
years old, shot Hazel Reed, from
whom he had been divorced IS
months, and then sent a bullet into
his own body.
Workmen excavating under the
house occupied by Eugene Butler, who
died in 1913 in the North Dakota hos
pital for insane, unearthed the bodies
of six men, believed by the authori-
ties to have been murdered by Butler
while employed by him as farmhands.
Mrs. Irene Murphy of Los Angeles,
Cal, found to have killed her .hus-
band, was sentenced to two years i'm.
prlsonment for manslaughter.
James Lewis, negro, was arrested
at Decatur, ILL.,, and brought to Spring
field, charged with the murder of Mrs
Herman Schmidt.
The Willys-0verland Automobile
Co. announced that voluntarily the
wages Of its 10000 employees will be
increased per cent beginning July Is.
While Governor Clarke of Iowa
made an address in connection with
the celebration of Iowa day at the
Panama-Pcific exposition, 200 citizens
of Des Moines were reported "listen-
ing in" by telephone at the Iowa CAPT.
tai.
The sum Of S750,O00 in round num-
bers of the new war loan had been
applied for at the London banks with
in the first "a hours.
Rear Admiral Boush was designated
commandant OF the naval station at
Honolulu, succeeding Rear Admiral
Moore, who retires July 20 because Of
age.
Gen. Victoriano Huerta, former pro-
yisional president of Mexico, passed
through Chicago on his way to the ex-
position at San Francisco.
The future OF Palestine was dis
cussed at meetings of 10 national Zion
list organizations In Boston.
Mrs. s. 0sgood Pell, a society woman
Of New York was awarded verdict
of $4,000 for the death of her hus-
band, who was XIX ID by Long Island
railroad train.
The interstate commerce commits
sion denied the application of western
trunk lines to establish a rate of Is
cents per 100 pounds on spelter from
Springfield, ILL.,, TO gulf ports for ex-
port.
The destruction of fire of another
$4,000 barrel oil tank made a total
loss of 100000 suffered by oil COM
panies in the Tulka, Ok, TERRITORY In
one week.
Sid Jones, negro convict, hanged
at Birmingham, Ala, for the murder
of fellow convict, gave out state
ment admitting the murder Of IL peo-
pie. His victims included four con-
victs, white brakeman, Mexican. a
Chinaman and several negroes.
Several Mexicans broke into the
home of Mrs. Louise Marines Of Los
Angeles, Cal, aud applied fire to her
| feet which induced her to reveal the
hiding place Of $3.50.
The permanency Of the railroad
woman" has been recognized by or
ganized labor and 1t was announced
that hereafter she would be eligible to
membership in the national union Of
railway men.
Capt. Thierfelder Of the German aux.
iliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm has
received message of congratulation
| from the emperor for bis ships ex-