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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
HOUSE NoN.CoNcURs IN JOINT
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
REPORT.
BIG JOB FOR DR.. |. P. BROWN
State Food and Drugs Commissioner
Appointed Supervisor Of Bureau
of Food and Drugs for New
York.
Nashville.

-NuSHFlll6.
The house members of the joint con.
ference committee on the miscellan.
eous appropriation bill reported the re-
port replacing the $4,000 item for the
governor to enforce the prohibition
laws and the $4,000 appropriation for
a road leading to the printing press
mems home. The report struck out the
$50 extra mileage for each member.
The latter item of the report elected
a storm of protest on the part of sew
eral members, who said that they were
due this extra sum on account of their
extra expenses during the numerous
recesses that had been thrust upon
them. The report was non-concurred
in relative to this item by the vote of
43 to 20. The house non-concurred.
also, in the printing pressmen's home
appropriation and the $4,000 provis-
ion for the enforcement of the prohibi
tion laws.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL
Joao chagas Heads New Government
Which ls Established by
Rombardment.

Lisbon.-The success of the reVolu.
tionary forces has been confirmed.
The new government, which will E0
presided over by Jacob Chagas, was
proclaimed from the windows OF the
city hall, and the announcement was
received with enthusiastic manifesto
ton.
The military governor of Lisbon Inn
mediately posted throughout the city
proclamation praising the courage of
the citizens and calling on civilians
to deliver up all arms at the arsenal
under pain Of arrest.
Casualties in the fighting of May IA
numbered 81 killed and 300 wounded.
The insurgents wrecked and looted
the house in which Capt. Couceiro, the
Royalist leader, stayed until recently.
Several Royalists were arrested, in
Guiding Marquis Ficalho.
Order has been restored partly, and
the new government is taking meas.
ures to re-establish normal conditions.
The former minister of marine was
arrested and taken aboard a warship
for having ordered a destroyer to sink
warships bombarding the city. News
from Oporto indicates that the dis
turbances there were similar to those
in Lisbon, but that there were fewer
casualties.
All the regiments in Lisbon and In
the provinces now have surrendered.
The last to capitulate were cavalry
regiments which led the military move
ment resulting in the appointment OF
Pimenta Costa as premier in January.
A proclamation issued by the rev.
dictionary committee in Lisbon says:
1--WE are going to restore the re-
public to the republicans. We demand
a national government and conse
quently 1t ought to be republican.
We shall adopt no party flag, because
we wish all republicans to be united
for the dignity of the country, and the
salvation of the republic.
1--WE do not advise violence or re-
prisals. Our energy does not preclude
generosity for the vanquished. 1t is
the province of the national govern
ment alone to execute measures for
patriotic defense. All may rely upon
its honor and its patriotism"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
British Officers Killed.

London.-The weeks casualty lists
issued May 16 show so British officers
killed, 204 wounded and 62 missing.
Among the officers killed were Brig
Gen. Arthur Willoughby, G. Lowry
and Capt the Hon. Eric Edward Up
ton, heir of Viscount Templetown.
Among the wounded are Maj Martin
Archer-Shee, M. P. for Central Fins
bury; Lieut.. Sir J. F. Grey, Bart;
Capt. the Hon. Alfred Harris, brother
OF the earl of Malmesbury; Lieut.. the
Hon. A. P. Methuen, second sou of
Baron Methuen; Capt. Sir Frederick
v. Robinson, Bart; Lieut.. the Hon. ].
H. Bowes-Lyon, second son of the earl
OF Strathmore; Lieut.. Commander
Lord Alstair Graham. youngest son Of
the duke of Montrose, and Lieut.. Col
G. B. vandeleur, who, while pris-
oner of war in Germany, escaped and
sent report to the government con.
corning the ill-treatment of British
prisoners in Germany.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
FRENCH ADVANCE SLOWLY
Push the Germans Hard In Effort to
Break Through Lines on the
st. Mihiel Wedue,

London.-The French, who already
have gained possession of what was
thought to be impregnable German po-
sitions north of Paris, are reported to
be continuing their victorious advance,
while the British are asserted to be
holding q large force of Germans in
their front and repulsing all German
attempts to reach Ypres, which has
proved to be the graveyard of so
many thousands of men since the
opposing lines were established there
last autumn.
The Germans claim to have made a
slight advance, but with the battle
ebbing and flowing, that is not consid-
cred serious in military circles here.
Along toward the coast the Belgian
army has repulsed an attempt of the
Germans to regain the bridge head
which King Albert's forces established
on the right bank of the User canal,
while down In the Woevre another
French army is pushing its offensive
and claims to have gained possession
of the whole of the forest of lie
Pretre, which would be step nearer
in the allies aim to force the Ger
mans to evacuate st. Mihiel.
The Austro-Germans after their
lightning-like rush through Western
Galicia, now have reached line run
ming due north and south to the west
of Przemysl, while the other armies,
emerging from the Carpathians, are
pressing the Russian flank. Even up
in Poland it is asserted that the vic.
tory of the Teutonic allies in the south
has had the effect Of forcing the Rus.
slams to fall back.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
JoAs cHAGAs SELECTED HEAD OF
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT
SLAIN ON TRAIN.
FIGHTING STARTS AGAIN
More Than a Hundred Persons Are
Killed When Warships Renew
Bombardment of Lisbon.
Spanish Ships to Scene.

London.-A report from Lisbon says
Joao Chagas, the new president of the
Portuguese cabinet, was shot four
times with pistol April II, while on
board the midnight train from Oporto.
His assailant was Senator Freitas, who
also was shot by passenger on the
train. Senator Chagas was taken to a
hospital. In addition to other wounds
he is suffering from fracture of the
skull.
A later report from Madrid says the
president of the Portuguese cabinet,
who was shot on a train while travel
ing from Oporto to Lisbon, died of his
wounds.
News of the new premier's death
started fighting again in Lisbon. War
ships are bombarding the city. More
than 100 persons have been killed, in
GLIDING several Spaniards.
The Spanish warships Espana and
Rio de La Plata and Spanish torpedo
boat have arrived at Lisbon.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
U. o. C. ENDORSES $4,000 PROJECT
TO BE PLACED IN PEABODY
COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS.
KILLED BY MINE SLIDE
Matthias Lockner Has Life Snuffed Out
In Zinc Mine Disaster at Embree-
vIle-NeWs Notes from Ten.
nessee Towns.

Murfreesboro.-At the last session
of the nineteenth annual convention
Of the Tennessee division of the Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy, held
here, Miss Elizabeth Lee Bloomstein
made strong appeal for the proposed
chair of southern history at the George
Peabody College for Teachers. The pro-
posal to raise $4,000 for this chair
was Endorsed with enthusiasm.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Bio Position For Or. Brown.

Word has been received here that
DR.. Lucius P. Brown, food and drugs
commissioner of the state of Tennes.
has been appointed supervisor of the
bureau of food and drugs of the de-
partment of health of New York City
by Health Commissioner S. S. Gold.
water. He was appointed as the first
man of the list in competitive exam.
ination Of more than 100 applicants
from every state in the Union, and a
number of men now in the federal serv.
ice.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Americans in Paris Protest.

Paris.-More than 100 Americans in
Paris have signed the following cable
gram to President Wilson:
1--WE, the undersigned. have OBJ
served strict neutrality, though living
amid the horrors of war, now feel
that in justice to our conditions and
in order to preserve our self.respect,
we must voice an indignant and ener-
getic protest against the sinking of
the Lusitania, an act pre-eminent in
its savagery, and which places the re-
sponsibility outside civilized human
ity."
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Mine Slide Causes Death.

Johnson Matthias Lockner IS,
was killed by a slide in the zinc mines
at Embreeville. Employees of the mines
rescued his body after working more
than eighteen hours. Lockner is sur
vived by a widow and several small
children. His brother, John Lockner,
met death about two years ago by a
premature dynamite explosion.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
AntI.eerman Feeling Intense.

London.-Never since the war be.
gan has such wave of anti-German
feeling surged through the country as
at the present time. 1t is due entirely
to the sinking Of the Lusitania.
Workmen are refusing to labor
alongside of men of German birth,
whether naturalized or not. In many
towns premises occupied by Germans
have been damaged or destroyed, and
even the exchanges in London and
provincial towns are barring the doors
to persons of German blood.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Another Revolution Brewing.

Galveston, Tex.-G. Navs and Man;
uel Urquidi, on special missions to
Washington for the Carranza govern
ment, arrived here May 13 by steamer
from Vera Cruz. They declined TO
discuss their mission. It is learned,
however, from Carranza sources that
they may have something to say about
an alleged revolution forming against
Carranza. with its headquarters in the
city Of Belize. British Honduras. Re.
lix Diaz is said TO be one of the men
behind this revolution.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
ITALY FACES GRAVE CRISIS
Unable to Decide War Question, the
Cabinet Resiens-lnternal Rev.
olution Threatens.

London.-The Italian cabinet has re-
signed.
"The council of ministers" says
Reuters Rome correspondent, con
sidering that it did not possess the
unanimous assent of the constitution.
al parties regarding its international
policy which the gravity of the situa-
tien demands, has decided to hand it's
resignation to the king. An official
note to this effect was issued May IA.
THE king has reserved his decision
as to whether the resignation will be
accepted"
The political parties whose policies
are in favor of Italy remaining neu-
trail have announced the intention of
organizing a demonstration to coun-
teract the actions of those who favor
Intervention.
The police Of Rome, fearing con-
flicts between the citizens of the va
rious parties, are taking extraordinary
measures to cope with the situation.
Troops occupy all the important
points of the city and are especially in
force in the vicinities of the Austro.
Hungarian and German embassies.
Strong detachments OF soldiers also
are being kept in the neighborhood of
ex-Premier Giolitti's house ready to
rush to his defense II necessary.
Former Premier Giolitti, regarded
as the leader of the party opposed to
war, has published in the Tribuna
letter declaring he came to Rome be-
cause he was summoned here to ex-
ercise his views.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Candy Factory For Franklin.

Franklin.-A candy factory is the
latest addition to Franklin's manufac-
turing establishments. A complete and
up-to-date plant has been installed on
the public square, and is turning out a
nice line of plain and fancy candies,
which will be put on the market in
few days.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
SHOOTING Honors to Iennessean.

Memphis.-W H. Cochrane of Bris-
toll, Tenn, on May 10, brought to the
close one of the biggest southern
shoots ever held when he won pre-
mier trapshooting honors of the south
and brought to the Volunteer State
the most coveted and prestiged events
of the shooting, the Southern handi-
cap. Mr.. Cochrane led field of $50
of the country's stars. His score was
81 out of a possible 100 taken from
the 19-yard line.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Breaks Neck Diving.

While diving from a sand derrick in
the Cumberland river here May 16
Noel Jeck, the 16-year-old son of Mr..
George L. Jeck, superintendent of the
Doris Motor Car Company of st.
Louis, Mo-, broke his neck and was
drowned before his companions could
reach him.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
VIII Bore for oil.

The Syndicate Oil and Gas company
is the name of corporation of Scott
county, Tenn, which has filed its char
ter in the secretary of states office,
with capital stock of 100000 shown.
The new company proposes to sink
wells for oil and gas, operate pipe
lines and transact business in connec.
ton with the producing of oil
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
chinamen See Msmnhls-

Memphis.-Thirty influential n1er-
chants and manufacturers of China, &C
companied by their wives, we're the
guests of Memphis May II on an in
spection of the cotton interests and
manufacturing plants. They were en-.
.tertained by the Business Mems Club.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
plsmIssea Mrs. ALIENS sult.

Memphis.-Mrs. Louise Bullock Al
lens 100000 breach of promise suit
against r. ]. Darnell was thrown out
of the circuit court May 10 by Judge
A. B. Pittman, who instructed the
jury, as a matter Of law, to find for
Mr.. Darnell.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Dangerously Injured With Shotgun

Nashville.-Mrs. John Il. Wright,
wife of a prominent farmer of Mt.
juliet, Tenn, was very dangerously
injured May IL, when she was acct
dentally shot in the left side with
shotgun, while preparing to shoot at
crows that were molesting chicken
in her garden.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Proofrsader Gets Thirty

oga.-Joseph Delhi, one Of
the Oldest members of the Chattanooga
Typographical union, died at local
hospital May 10, in the sixtieth year
of his age. Mr.. Delhi, previous to his
last illness, had been proofreader of
the Chattanooga News for number
Of years.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
VIII Audit city's Books.

Preparations are being completed az
the city hall to let the contract for an
audit of the city books in all depart.
ments of the municipal government.
A committee of bankers will supervise
the work of the audit and will have
charge OF awarding the contract for
the work.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Offers Reward for Bodies.

Queenstown.-The Cunard company
has offered a reward of IS each for
the recovery Of bodies Of the Lusi-
tania victims. and the American gov
eminent supplemented this offer by
another of an equal sum for the body
of each American found.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Iudue Waller Malone DIES.

Memphis.-Judge Walter Malone.
Judge Of the Shelby county circuit
court, died here at the Peabody Hotel
on May is OF apoplexy. Judge Malone
was one Of the south's brightest liter
airy lights and poet of international
note. He was a native Of Mississippi.
and a graduate Of the University Of
Mississippi.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Madlaon Has Bic BURY cron.

Jackson.-Eight carloads of straw.
berries were shipped to st. Louis and
Chicago markets May II and four cars
were shipped May 10. II is estimated
that Madison county farmers will net
between $4,000 and 100000 from the
1915 berry crop.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Nashville Has So Jitneys.

The bonds of sixty-nine jitney buses
have been received by the city. These
bonds, which are for $4,000 each, are
intended to save that city harmless in
case of any accident from the buses
on. the streets.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Emdsn Crew at Damascus.

Damascus, Syria. - Lieut. Won
Muecke and a landing party of 50
from the German cruiser Emden, who
escaped when their ship was destroyed
IN the Indian ocean last November.
have arrived here after six months
of adventurous wandering.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
VIII Be Eishermen,s Paradise.

GAINESVILLE. million jack sal
mon sent here from the government
fish hatcheries have been distributed
in West Fork creek and Red river b.
DR.. Vaughan and Ben Patch.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Woman shoots Self.

Clifton, Tenn.-Mrs. Dollie Smith,
daughter of w. C. Hyde of Florence.
ended her life receitly by shooting her
self. A deranged mind was the cause
Of her action.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

An armed raiding party attacked the
Pacific cable at Bamfield Creek on the
west coast OF Vancouver Island. Shots
were exchanged between the raiders
and sentry who reused the military
guard The raiders escaped in the
darkness.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

The United States seeks no war
with Germany, nor with any other ma,
ton, but If war is forced upon the
country, the enemies will face a uni
fed people, Senator James Hamilton
Lewis asserted in an address at the
dinner of the Naval and Military Or
der of the Spanish-American war at
Chicago
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Mexico Sends Condolences.

washington.-A telegram received
at tie state department expressed the
sympathy OF the convention govern
ment in Mexico for the loss Of Amer
lean lives in the Lusitania disaster.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Extra sesslon seems Certain.

The action Of the senate in refas-
ing to set for immediate special order
the administration bills urged for pass
age by Gov. Rye in a special message.
will result. 1t is said. in the call for
an extra session by the governor.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Helen Bradford of Ottumwa, Ia, 10
years old, has made arrangements to
enter the University Of Iowa next
September. She has graduated from
the high school.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
SMALLPOX Prevents Convention.

Big Sandy.-on account Of an cpl.
demic of smallpox near Liberty. the
county Sunday school convention.
scheduled TO begin May 16, was indefi
nitely postponed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Another Air Raid.

Ramsgate, England. = Some forty
bombs were dropped in an air raid
here May II. So far as ascertained
three persons were injured.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Dies From Broken Leo.

Clifton.-Robert Davidson, 81. who
fell and broke q leg here a month ago.
i dead from his injuries.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Resolutions expressing confidence
In President Wilson were adopted at
the closing session of the annual con.
vention of the Illinois Council of the
United Commercial Travellers at
Springfield, Ill.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Senator Newt. White Resigns.

Declaring that his self-respect will
not permit him to remain member of
body which will barter and trade
the inherent rights of a community
for political advantage, Senator New
ton II. White of Giles county, former
speaker OF the senate, resigned from
the senate, May 13, took his hat and
left the capitol. Senator White was
elected to the senate as an 'inde
pendent" Democrat.
Senator Whites action was taken
after the passage of the bill which
took off $500 acres of land, valued at
$4,000, 900. from Giles county and an
nexed it to Marshall county. This &C.
ton was put through during the abb
sence of Representative Flournoy of
Giles county and over Senator Whites
protests.
Following Senator Whites action,
]. W. Flournoy. Senator Whites col
league. vacated HIS seat in the house
May IA, and left for his home in Pu.
laski. Mr.. Flournoy took this action
because, he declared. the house was
unfair" to him because a bill was
passed during his absence.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Takes Jurisdiction Over River.

Equal criminal jurisdiction in Ar.
kansas and Tennessee over waters OF
the Mississippi river and the bars and
Islands within is assured by action OF
the senate on May Is, in adopting the
house bill.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

The pope has expressde the utmost
horror over the Lusitania disaster and
hopes some method will be found for
averting similar catastrophes in the
future
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

The body of Frank Maier. As.
farmer worth $4,000, was found, with
the throat cut, by neighbors. 1t was
lying on the floor of his home. A
razor lay near the body.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

The Indiana division of the Travel
ers' Protective association in annual
convention at Indianapolis, voted to
send a message to President Wilson
approving his stand in the Lusitania
situation.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

A battle occurred on the heights
near Cape Haitien between govern
ment troops and forces of Or. Rosalyo
Babo, leader Of the revolutionary
movement against President Gull
laume. The government forces were
victorious.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Orders have been issued to all the
wardens of the Pennsylvania depart
ment of fisheries to install the newly
improved state law prohibiting unnat.
uralized foreign-born residents from
fishing. A similar law prevents them
from hunting.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Secretary Of tSate Bryan announced
that the state department had been OF.
ficially notified that the Japanese ulti.
matum had been accepted by China
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Her skull crushed by the blows Of 3
hammer, Mrs. Sina Orr. 81 years old.
wife Of a retired farmer from vfnita
Ok. was found dead in her home.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Commerce Secretary Redfield told
the cabinet that Americas favorable
trade balance for the week ending
May was S2O,555.507, against $685.
$4,000 the preceding week. Cotton
exports were 1918 bales, making
7,462, $50 since Aug. /.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

One thousand blueiackets from the
Atlantic fleet, now at New York, went
to Paterson, N. j., to hear Billy Sun
day. Three hundred of them hit the
trail"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21
Weeks NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
dispatches From Our Own and For
elgn Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy Readers.

A Petrograd government announce
ment made public instructed the min
lister of finance to make a second in
ternal loan of $1,O0O,OOO,OO0 rubles
.(s5OO,OOO, OOO).
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Fred Hanson, a "wolfer" employed
by ranchers along the White river, in
South Dakota, TO help clear that sec
ton of gray wolves, collected $500 for
one days work. Hanson captured a
mother and nine whelps. His contract
price was $50 for each gray wolf cap
tured.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Oscar Wilde's son, Cyril, is among
those reported killed at the front. He
went under the name of Capt. Hal
land.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-21

Barney Amick, 80, was stricken
with paralysis while sitting at his
desk in the Wright County Bank at
Seymour, Mo-, and died suddenly He
served two terms in the legislature.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-11-12

It's the little troubles that wear
away mans conceit.