The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-09-17

pal criminal court at the request OF
Dennis D. Driscon. secretary Of the
Trades Union Liberty league.
Ambassador Gerard advised the
state department that DR.. l. L. Fam
enhof, the author of Esperanto, and
his wife, who have been missing sew
eral months, are in good health in
Warsaw.
The Marais Des Cynges river WIS
falling and the flood waters we're re-
ceding from bottom lands. Because
of the high water at Rantoul, Kan, 10
miles from Ottawa, II was necessary
to hold a boat funeral.
| The decoration Of the Grand Cross
of the Order of st. Sava has been con.
ferred upon John D. Rockefeller in
recognition of the relief work done by
the Rockefeller foundation in Servia.
The attendance at schools in Butler
county, Mo-, has been reduced one
half, owing to the large number Of
mosquitoes which have gathered since
the recent flood.
One of the historic oaks under
which the Republican party came into
being at Jackson, Mich, in 1854, was
seriously damaged in the recent storm
which swept this section of Michigan.
John B. Bosch and son August were
killed in an automobile accident near
Whittemore, la. The auto plunged
over an embankment and the men
were caught beneath.
Relatives of Mrs. George Washing
ton Stephens, widow OF G. w. Steph-
ems, who met her death when the
Lusitania was sunk, have been mott
fled that her body, recently found off
the coast of Ireland, went down with
the Hesperian.
The annual convention Of the Amer
lean Bankers association has selected
Kansas City, Mo-. for the next meet
ing place.
The two DAYS strike at the Nation.
al Equipment company's plant, Spring.
field, Mass, has been settled, the com
pany conceding the mems demand.
DR.. George Hazeltine, for many
years one Of the leading patent law
yers Of the world, died from injuries
received last week when he fell out Of
bed.
David Starr Jordan, chancellor OF
Stanford university. advocated chang
ing the naturalization laws of the
United States so as to admit Chinese
and Japanese to citizenship.
A German aeroplane, flying at a
great height, appeared over Chaven-
mes, France. The aviator dropped a
wreath which bore the inscription:
ITO Pegoud. who died like a hero.
From his adversary"
Miss Estells Lawton Lindsay, the
city's lone councilwoman, was acting
mayor of the city recently. This Is
the first time, so far as known, that
woman has acted as the head OF a mu-
nicipality the size of Los Angeles.
The war department ordered Lieut..
L. L. Goodier. Judge advocate gen.
erals office, Pacific coast division,
courtmartialed on charges Of conduct
prejudicial to the service.
One hundred and twenty-eight stu.
dents of the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Paris. have been killed in the war up
to date.
The war office has announced that
in the Zeppelin raids over England
bombs were dropped on docks and
other pier establishments In London
and vicinity. The German airships
returned safely.
A. 7. Anderson, deputy collector Of
customs at Astoria, Ore. his bride Of
few weeks. his mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Anderson. and a cousin, Aaron
Anderson, were killed when their au-
tomobile was struck BY train
Four hundred employees Of the
American Graphophone company at
Bridgeport. Conn, voted to give the
company "a hours notice that they
would strike unless 20 per cent In
crease in wages was granted.
War Is driving more women to cos
metics. A London cosmetic manufac.
turer says rouge Is now used freely
By women who looked on makeup Of
any kind as In bad taste q year ago.
Foes Of the cigarette lost q notable
battle in the Alabama legislature
when the senate, BY vote Of II 70 ie.
refused to prohibit pin" smoking
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