McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
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Nations Find Somewhat to
Edify and instruct.
Searching parties who have worked
1ndefatigably have no clew to the
whereabouts of Ray Knoblauch, IL
years old, who disappeared from OF
tawa.
The British steamship West Wales,
laden with approximately 235,0O0
bushels Of wheat, cleared from Gal
weston for Rio de Janeiro. This is
the first cargo Of wheat to be sent to
Brazil this season.
The Russian council of ministers
has approved the project for the utili-
cation of prisoners of war and for
eign laborers for the manufacture of
war supplies
C. g. Stafford, accused with F. r.
Henderson of embezzling $4,000
from the Minnesota Avenue State
bank. Kansas City, Kan, has sur
rendered to the authorities.
Asiatic cholera has appeared at
:-I.ss..aatst. f#FueTttsmbers. AN official
notice says that only one case has
developed.
Theresa Wezcavich, II, of Law
renee, Kan, was severely burned
when some boys ignited her dress
with burning sulphur and allowed her
to run home. her clothing afire.
Between 1900 and 1900 employees
OF the Warner Bros. company, Bridge
port, Conn, makers of corsets, are on
strike.
The French government will issue
national bonds of denomination of 20
francs ($5) and five francs ($1) bear
ing interest at s per cent.
Eugene v. Debs, national leader of
the Socialist party, announces that
national labor college, to be known as
the Peoples college, will be estab.
lished at Fort Scott, Kan.
\ A pile Of ties was found on the
tracks of the Missouri Pacific railway
near Wichita, Kan, by a harvest hand
giving his name as Ernest Kidwell.
kidwe,. reported to the police that he
was held up and robbed by six men,
armed with rifles.
Becaused 10 men were reduced in
wages, 106 employees of the John A.
Roebling Sons Co. plant at Roebling,
N. j., went on a strike.
Four automobile bandits held up
the cashier of the Leonard Seed com.
pany. Chicago, and robbed him of
$500 and escaped.
q Machinists employed by Potter &
johnson at Providence, r. l., struck
for an increase OF cents an hour, an
eight-hour day and time and half for
overtime.
Political Importance Is attached to
the announcement that Emperor Will
Ham has bestowed the iron cross OF
the first class on Albert Sudekum, &
Socialist leader, for bravery in battle.
President Wilson appointed Samuel
Alschuler Of Illinois a Judge OF the
United States Seventh circuit court.
A device invented by the Italian en-
gineer Quarini makes 1t possible to
drive torpedoes out of their course
and explode them.
Thousands of bushels OF fine Ell
berta peaches are rotting in the or
chards in Grady county, Oh.
Wireless reports from the Isle OF
Pines state that cyclone there has
caused damage estimated at several
hundred thousand dollars to the fruit
crops.
A statement justifying the sinking
OF the Lusitania made by the General
Electric Co.'s wizard" Charles p.
Steinmetx, will cost him his place on
Secretary Daniels naval expert board
Haitian tribesmen have massed on
the northern coast of Haiti and are
threatening to cause trouble.
A school Of journalism that will
rank with leading institutions of its
kind throughout the country is
planned by members of the executive
committee Of the board of trustees of
the University Of Illinois.
Miss Ruth Perry and George Perry
of Lively Grove. H., told officers that
their father, George Perry. ST., had
not been heard from since he depart
ed for Nashville with $500.
The Portuguese cruiser Republica,
which ran aground near Peniche,
south of Lisbon, is not believed to be
in a dangerous position.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels an
nounced that he had ordered closer
-enenychin of all nassa oas sanf From
the Sayville, n. j., wireless station.
One case Of bubonic plague is re-
ported in Havana 1t Ia the first since
early last winter.
The French ministrv of war has "a