The Pulaskian., 1915-09-03


 brand new remedy for felons His cure is to soak his finger in car bolic acid for a couple of hours The felon came off, and so did the finger.
 
 Five men are under arrest in con nection with the investigation into the lynching of John Slovak at Sinner, Tex.
 Miss Helen Grace, an aeronaut, was killed at Stanton, Wis, while making balloon ascension She slipped from her trapeze and dropped about 90 feet.
 
 Lewis L. Riss of Belleville, N. J., suffered broken ankle and before he could crawl half mile to the nearest aid mosquitoes had bitten him into in- Bensibility. He was found in time to save his life.
 Killing frosts fell in northern Min nesota, north of a line drawn from Moorehead to Duluth. Devils Lake, N. D., reported 32 degrees above zero, the coldest point in the northwest.
 
 Alleging Miss Flora Spencer stole the affections of James F. Collier, Mrs. Collier brought suit in the court at Martinsville, Ind, for S10,000 dam- ages for alienation of affections.
 In a pistol duel on the Missouri rk HE. Springs, John D. Horn, bystander, was shot
 Fifty-five thousand machinists have been authorized to strike if they are not given the eight-hour day by their employers.
 Gen. Carranza's reply to the "eon- ference republics Mexican peace plea will be a demand for recognition, officials said.
 An amnesty proclamation by Gen Carranza, the terms of which have not been made public, is drawing families out of Texas into Mexico 
 Delegates to the annual convention of the American Bar association, which was held in Salt Lake City Aug. 17-19, are in San Francisco as the guests of the California Bar associa- tion
 A total of 256 known dead among the residents of southeast Texas coast points and crews of wrecked craft of all kinds and 65 persons missing is the toll of human life taken by the recent storm
 H. W. Zimmerman, American vice consul at Rostov, Russia, says there were many well informed persons in Petrograd who fear revolt more than the advance of the Germans.
 By order of the postmaster-general the regulations governing the insur- ance of parcel post matter were ex- banded to include packages valued at from $50 to s1OO.
 Italian authorities withdrew 1900 li- censes to sell alcoholic drinks, inaugu- rating campaign against alcoholism. Municipal Judge John H. Stevenson of Portland announced that all habit ual drunkards brought before him henceforth would be sentenced to re- main in jail until Oregon goes dry on Jan. 1, 1916.
 The Britih steamer Diomed, 4,e72 tons, has been sunk by German sub- marine.
 Grover Hall, member of the jury which on May 8 convicted John R. Lawson, international board member of the National Mine Workers of America, of first-degree murder, was arrested at Raton, N. M, on a charge of perjury.
 The recent appeal from the British war office for more soldiers has been met with such an increase in recruit. ing that the Australian government will be able to double the October and November enlistments.
 In the name of Albanians of Amer ica, F. s. Noli, president of the Pan- Albanian Federation of American Va tra, appealed to the entente powers to prevent partition of Albania by the Balkan states.
 Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, U. $. A., is to be invited to serve as grand marshal of the national G. A. R. encampment parade to be held in Washington Sept. g.
 British Ambassador Spring Rice has been formally notified of the United states opposition to the cotton contra band decree
 President Wilson has issued pro l ciamation giving notice of the neu- Rf IT-f