The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-12-31
NEWS Or THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News COMBINATIONS Re
viewed Without cornmeat---Aii
Nations Find Something to
Edify and Instruct.

There are more than 10000 soldier
priests in the French army.
Work has progressed 40 rapidly ON
the removal OF the GaiIiard slide that
the Panama canal is now open for
tugs and dredges OF light draft
Federal regulation OF Insurance com
panies was proposed In bill intro
duced by Senator Weeks.
L. e. Moody q raneher OF South
Maybe, Tex. swallowed poison and
died instantly. A year ago he married
manicurist after courtship OF two
days, He left note declaring that
his marriage was failure.
Mrs. Minerva Memby. 50 years old.
wife OF a farmer near Joplin Mo, per
ished In q fire which destroyed her
home.
Mayor James G. Woodruff Of At
lanta. Ga. vetoed a resolution passed
by the city council ordering a recall
election Jan. s, affecting the mayor
and four members OF the police com
mission. d.. - -
Worthy Tooley OF Athens. N Y. and
Ludwig Marquardt OF Kingston. n. Y.
murderers. were put TO death by cleo
tricIty at Sing Sing prison.
David Mccormick OF Peru. Ind, 60
years old. farmer, fell down stairs
when saving household goods from his
burning home and was burned to
death.
Franklin Newhall 20 years old, long
known throughout the middle west as
the apple king, Is dead In Glencoe,
suburb OF Chicago.
Construction Of another link In the
German canal system has been begun.
Daniel Worcester 8? years old, who
was known AZ the original Uncle
Tom OF the dramatIEation OF Uncle
Toms Cabin" In dead at the Vermont
soldiers home
The Rev y D. Lindsay Of Rison
Ark. was Informed that he was worth
100000 as result OF a patent auto
mobile spring he invented
Mrs. Irwin Sayelis OF Hopkinsvllle.
NY. was burned to death at q bonfire
in her yard.
The briggs Seabury Ordnance com
pany, at Sharon, Pa. has closed a con
tract with the British government for
10000 aeroplanc guns,
Prof F., H. Lebolt. instructor IN
French, has resigned from the faculty
OF The University OF Wisconsin and
left for France. where he will enlist
J. Sir Richard Mcbride, for more than
IL years premier OF British Columbia.
has resigned frum that position
Lieut." Robert Fay, Max Breituug
and their three alleged accompliCes.
Indicted on five charges OF conspiracy
In connection with German propa-
Eanda. pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned In the United States district
court in New York.
France, in common With Great Brit
ain, Russia, Italy and Belgium, has
recognized the CarrRnxa government
In Mexico.
The Japanese embassy NJ Washing,
ton assures the world Of the simplest
and pures;' OF motives in Japans re.
lations with China
{, c. McChord. whose term as y
member Of the interstate commerce
commission has expired, was reap.
pointed by prcsiden, wilson
One hundred and ten persons are
reported to have been killed In an ex.
piosion in the Belgian munitions FAC.
tory At tiaNre,
William NJ Csddell. S, years old.
and his daughter, Miss Maud Caddel,.
81. were buried at double funeral at
lockwood. Tenn The father was
killed by train and the daughter sue
cumbed to shock.
Exports from the port OF New York
during November exceeded $4,000.
o0o, the larges, amount in the history
Of the port.
The Milwaukee newspapers have
dropped the hyphen from the words
German. American"
Pope Benedict intends TO eonsecrate
the year in which peace is concluded
As holy year His holiness hopes by
means of special prayers and pilgrim
ages 70 purify the world OF all hatred
and illteelinx
Former Senator Hale OF Maine Is I'll
with paralysis al his home Owing TO
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