The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-12-02
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Countess Szechenyi, formerly Gladys
Vanderbilt, has turned the Szechenyl
palace in Budapest into an orphan
age, where 800 war orphans are shell
tered.
Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of % postmen of Fairmont, Va,
who went on strike as a protest
against the dismissal of W. II. Brand
Observation-Disclosures
Major-Gen. Commandant George
Barnett of the Marine Corps, approved
the carrying of swagger sticks by ma
rines in uniform while ashore or out
Of the barracks.
Two wheel houses at the works
of the Equitable Powder Co., at East
Alton, H., blew up. The cause Of
the explosion was not known.
Between twelve and sixteen men
were injured, two badly, when a rus
sian" village was blown up near Fort
Lee n. J., where a war movie is
being staged.
Increased wages, amounting to $780,
600 yearly, were granted to the 5000
employees of the L. S. Cartridge Co.,
at Lowell, Mass.
London trade-unions are organizing
against the new regulations shorten
ing the hours during which saloons
may stay open.
Naval aviators at Pensacola, Fla,
located the destroyer Sterret, which
attempted to make port unobserved.
Proceeds Of the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals this year are expect
ed to amount to S2,5OO,O00.
The british Empires wealth IS
S130,00O000 Chancellor McKenna an
nounced in the House Of Commons.
Governor James Ferguson, Of
Texas, conferred with General Car
rama. at Laredo, Texas.
After a four-hour contest TIE Amer
lean Federation Of Labor conference
at san Francisco refU-e5 to endorse
state and Federal legislation pr0yid-
ing for an eight-hour work day.
Fire broke out on thu American
tank ship Sunlight as she was being
unloaded at R0uen, France. The
blaze was eXtinguished before much
damage had been done.
Governor Manning and Federal me.
liators settled the four-mOnth~' strike
at the Broeon cotton mills. The com,
pany agreed to recognize the United
Tav+fIa V-OyI-ave' I-niOn
Philadelphia has put in a bid for
The next Republican National conven
ton. a campaign has been started to
raise 100000 required.
After being closed lor eight years,
he American Shipbuilding Co.'S yard
a South Chicago will resume opera
lions at once, employing 1000 men.
Sir Allen William Young, the Arctic
explorer, died in London. He was So
years old.
The Judgment convicting Hans
Schmidt for the murder Of Anna Al
muller in New York, was upheld by
the Court Of Appeals at Albany.
The sale Of intoyicants on all Den
yer & Rio Grande Railroad trains will
cease after January I, next when
Colorado becomes dry territory.
J. P. Morgan has so far recovered
from his recent operation for appen-
dicitis that he was able to leave his
home at Glen Cove, L. l., for his
New York City home.
Mrs. J. H. Crane was trampled to
death and six other women and two
children were badly hurt at the dem
onstration at Memphis. Tenn, to well
come the Liberty Bell.
The Anchor Line steamer Tuscania,
which ran aground while leaving
Glasgow, was placed in drydock. The
passengers went to Liverpool to sail
on another steamer,
Nearly 1900 spectators at the Min
resota- Wisconsin game at Madison,
Wis. were thrown to the ground
when a section o. the bleachers col
lapsed.