The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-11-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FR0MOvER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN DUN own AND
OTHER couNT9lEs
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SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN

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Nations Find Something to
Edify and instruct
Following the withdrawal of Amert-
cans from the trenches on the border
Villa made his fifth unsuccessful at
tao on the Carranza garrison at Aqua
Prieta.
George M. Sternberg, United States
army, retired, formerly surgeon-gen-
eral of the army, is dead at his home
in Washington.
Miss Bertha Chatkin OF Chicago
died at a hospital in Pontiac Of in
juries suffered when her automobile
was struck by q Chicago & Alton
train.
Returns show hat the single tax
amendment to the city charter OF
Pueblo, Colo, was repealed in election
by a small majority.
The death of Chief Surgeon Perre-
non of the German cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm, interned, was announced.
Heart failure was the cause.
The steamer British Prince, 3,770
tons, from Cape Town to Luderitz-
bucht, German Southwest Africa, is
ashore on Possession island.
The Argentine delegates to the Sec
ond Pan-American Scientific congress-,
which will meet at Washington Dec.
27, will leave Buenos Aires Nov. Is.
The price Of coal in Rome having
risen to $50 a ton. arrangements are
being made to import coal from Japan,
where it is obtainable at six yen {$3)
a ton.
The trial of Daniel Hurley, 10 years
old. charged with the murder of Cath
crime Roller, II, of Broadwell, has be-
gun in Logan county, Illinois, circuit
court.
DR.. Francisco Bertrand was elected
president of Honduras. He resigned
the presidency last July in order to
be eligible as a candidate.
Lieut.. Richard G. Stanley, using a
hydroaeroplane, rose to a height of
1900 feet at the navy aviation school
at Pensacola, FsS.
Directors Of the Bank of England
have recommended the election OF
Lord Cunliffe Is governor for a fourth
rear.
Speaker Champ Clark has sent q
telegram from California, subscribing
at Bowling Green, which burned a few
days ago.
The Florida supreme court upheld
provisions of the state liquor. law
tween 6 p. m. and Z a. m. and forbid!
it's sale in less h half-pint guam
titles.
Fire destroyed the erecting and pat
tern shops of the Weimer machin'
works at Lebanon, Pa, causing a los
of 100000.
According to the Exchange Tele
graph company from Copenhagen
Thomas A. Edison, Nikola Tesla an,
Theodor Svedborg are to be recip
ents of the Nobel prizes.
The United States collier Neptun
failed to attain the required spec
with her engines, but will have ar
other trial beginning Nov. Is.
The Mutual Life Insurance con
pany, sued by a policyholder of Oh
cago, to restrain it from participatin
with the insurance company's fund
in the $500. 00O, 900 loan to the allie,
filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
German financial authorities al
preparing for q new loan (
$4,000, 00O. 900 in January.
Kentucky's race for governor is NJ
yet settled. The Democrats clai1
only p small majority and the Repul
-licans claim Morrow's election by
safe figure.
No comment was made at Ii
White House on the elections or Q
the result Of the suffrage amen,
ments. and it wa announced thu
there would be none.
Rip Van Winkle won't come bac
from his present sleep IL he hea,
this news. His native town Of Satski
voted for prohibition.