The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-12-03

The department of labor has an
hounced that 80 states have pledged
their cooperation in the observance
Of Baby Week" on March 4 to IL,
next.
Joseph w. Zook, champion office
holder Of central Illinois, is dead He
was postmaster for 80 years, tax col
lector for 40 years, town clerk for SO
years and justice of the peace for 20
years.
Mrs. Ruth Current Of Paducah, Ky,
70, has filed suit for divorce from
Jesse Current, II, alleging absence OF
the husband. The couple were mar
ried in 1865 and separated "a years
ago.
kilograms from Damascus state that
Djemal Pasha, commander of the
Turkish forces In Syria. has ordered
that the chiefs of two Turkish bands
be hanged for Ill treatment Of Ar
menians.
Officers casualty list for the fort.
night ending Oct rs show that the
British army In all theaters OF the
war lost 474 officers killed, SIS
wounded and lat missing.
Col. Charles Med. Townsend an
nounced that a commission has
authorized the immediate expenditure
Of $4,000 to remove Mud Island" a
4O-acre bar directly in front of the
Memphis (Tenn.) wharf.
Twenty-Five arrests were made at
Fairmont, w. Va, on charges grow
ing out OF the recent strike of clerks
and carriers at the local postoffice.
They were charged with obstructing
the passage OF mail.
The greatest oats crop ever grown
In Nebraska by fully 100000 bushels
was that of the current year, ~.
$4,000 bushels. with Boyd county to
make return.
James r. Forgan, president Of the
First National bank Of Chicago and of
the First Trust and Savings bank, will
retire Dec. 81, to become chairman of
the boards Of directors OF those insti-
buttons.
The Rev. A. H. X. Beam, 9S years
old, United Brethren minister, who
served so years and accepted no re-
Enumeration of any kind. is dead at his
home in Huntsville, Ind.
Dispatches from Athens say the
Italians are landing in Albania and
that Russia has concentrated we'll
equipped army of $4,000 men in Bes-
sarabia.
One man was burned to death In a
fire at the Hotel Burton. Chicago. a
five-story structure.
Songs written by Joseph Hillstrom.
who was executed In Utah after con-
viction Of murder, were sung In a
dozen languages at his funeral in Chi
cago.
Proposals have been submitted to
the justices for increasing the fines
for drunkenness in England. one-half
of the crime In the city is due to en-
cessiye drinking.
The president has been asked by
the National Golf association to have
the department of agriculture investi-
gate the kinds of grasses best suited
for a golf course.
The Bridgeport Conn Daily News,
owned by Alexander and Victor Con
dos. has been suspended indefinitely.
Forty fortresses have been captured
by the armies of the central powers
to date. Five OF these fortresses were
in Belgium. 10 were in France. Is
were In Russia and s were In Servia.
A doctors bin for sss,56s Tor at.
tending Mrs. Nellie NJ. Noe Of New
York three times a day for four years
was presented to her estate BY DR..
Joseph Byrne.
Meta Aromel. II years old, and Her
man. 6. were burned to death At
Bloomiagvflle. Wis. when the home
caught fire. probably from an over
turned lamp.
Postal savings deposits in October
increased s2.150.0oo over the preeed-
ing month.
Herschel Bruner, IA years old. mem
Der OF the Garrison (Ky.l high school
football team. il dead from injuries.
Schedules OF the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois proposing general increase
Of cent per 100 pounds in rates on
yellow pine ard hardwood lumber
were suspended By the interstate con-
meree commission until March 30.
A Swiss military patrol on Sinplon
was caught BY an avalanche
and Lieut.. Wiley and i've men we're