The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
J. ". Phillips. IN charge OF the ut
ney service at Muskogee. Ok, has ad-
yertised for young women to operate
all his cars.

ney service at Muskogee, Ok, has adj
vertised for young women to operate
all his carr.
George Williams. &c, an aeronaut
was killed at Fort Wayne. Ind. when
he jumped out OF his parachute.
Farner Carey OF Deep Creek. Va.
complained to the commander of the
informed German cruiser Prinx Eitel
Friedrich that three invasions of his
watermelon patch by men Of the
Eitels crew had caused him $500
damages.
The Minneapolis school board has
authorised the organization OF orches.
tras In every one Of the n Graded
schools OF the city.
On the charge that her 7l-year-old
husband flirts, Mrs. Edward Dean. a
year his junior. had him arrested at
Allentown, Pa.
Leo F. Brock, alleged fugitive moon
sinner from Fort Smith. Ark, is a fed
eral prisoner at Los Angeles, CAL.
awaiting a preliminary hearing.
william II. Taft pleaded the cause
Saturday of the American Red ross
at exercises celebrating Red Cross
Day" at the Panama Pacific exposi-
ton.
Claude Scoggin. former assistant
cashier of the Peoples bank at Ca
ruthersv1lle, Mo-, and, charged with
embezzling $25, 600 from that institu-
ton, was released from Jail under a
bond of 50, 600.
eugene Gilbert, the French aviator
who recently escaped from Switzer.
land after being interned there, re-
turned to Switzerland and gave him.
self up by order of the French govern.
ment
John D. Long, former secretary OF
the navy and former governor of Mas
sachusetts, is dead at his home In
Bingham, Mass.
Postmaster-General Burleson has
ruled that substitute letter carriers
may enlist in the army and navy with
out losing their places on the waiting
list.
Several hundred gray-haired men
n women, history makers of the
northwest. gathered at Aberdeen,
Wash, at the pioneers annual re-
union.
Postmaster-Gen General Burleson has
concluded negotiations which permit
shipment of liquids and oils in parcel
post.
Federal authorities conffscated the
edition of a Mexican newspaper pub.
lished at Monterey in which was
printed an of the capture OF
Texas and other southern states by
Mexican forces.
After being five times reprieved
karol Draniewicz went to his death
In the Sing Sing electric chair for the
murder OF Ivan Marysewicx.
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Forester Adams, 10 years old, was
killed at Whitesburg, KY. when he
was struck by a thrown baseball.
Harold F.. Valentine, ~1O-year-old
n%ewsboy, who lost a leg under a Bur
lington train March %, has been
awarded $4,000 by an Auburn GIL
jury.
One thousand miners are on strike
at Hafod. Wales. declaring the agree
ment under which they returned tc
work recently has o been carried
out.
James H. O'Neil, "A years old, VIII
was with Commodore Foote'S river
notilla on the Mississippi in the civil
war, is dead at the national soldiers
home. Danville. Ill.
Former Gov. Cole L. Blease of Soutt
Carolina announced he would be {
candidate for governor again mex,
year..
The coroner's jury which investi
gated the death of Pearl Taylor o.
A0SIOu, MO., QoClUcO tQdC she wa
drowned when wadfng.
George w. Perkins has a new slo
gan for the Progressive party, al
though he has not suggested it TAX,
the place OF I'VE Stand at Arranged
don and Battle for the Lord" Their,
has been hung on the walls OF his of
flee at II Broadway, New York, a care
bearing the words: 1.-The telephone
not the tariff. made the trusts"
Illinois express companies say they
are operating at a loss and ask tn,
state public service commission TO,
permission to raise their rates.
The commonwealth scored a victor,
In the trial Of the "possum hunters
at Hartford, KY, when Ernest Web
ster and Jerry Clark pleaded guilty tt
whipping Reuben Howard and hi.
wife last June and accepted a sen
tence of three years each.
The Birth steamer Diomed. 4.67,
tons, has been sunk by a German Sat
marine.
n~eSnonAonf oyo~ %ho $500 l~.A,