McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-10


his wife and son, years old, were
killed at lola. Kan. when a Santa Fe
passenger train struck their automo-
bile.
A pipe line company of Oklahoma
has announced that only those EN-.
ployes who can show that they are
saving their money will be considered
for promotion. -1-..z.-..-1-
John Hornung, 81 years old, former
cashier of the Dresden National bank
CT Dresden, o., is under arrest,
charged with embezzlement. He has
confessed.
An automobile bearing party Of
eight young people left the road at
Skivington's Corner, N. Y, and was
wrecked against tree. Two of the
occupants were killed
Felix Poppenberg, widely known
German essayist and historian, ID
dead at his home in Berlin.
Walber Ortolph, German, charged
with entering government reserva-
tons to obtain information regarding
national defenses, has been released.
Three German officers who escaped
from nrionn TanhtOh
Wales, and subsequently were recap
tured, were sentenced by military
court to serve "a days each in prison.
Equal suffrage was defeated in Ala
bama when the senate rejected suf-
frage bill, 81 to 10.
At the funeral of Richard C. Fergu-
son his six brothers officiated as pail
bearers. Ferguson died In San Fran
cisco, following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Mrs. Susan Owens, rs years old and
blind, strangled herself with a stock
ing in her home in st. Louis.
Former Senator Joseph Bailey at a
banquet given in his honor at Dallas
declared that he would not be candi-
date for the office of United States
senator from Texas.
ben Bolt" carrier pigeon, has
established new long-distance flight
record of approximately 1920 miles,
from Norwalk, o., to Los Angeles,
Cal. 1t made the trip in five days,
nine hours and 81 minutes.
| Some disorders still occur in Cape
Haitien, Haiti, Admiral Caperton re
ported to the navy department.
United States Senator Boise Pen
rose has declared himself to be op
posed to the short ballot.
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Train service between Galveston
and the mainland has been re-estab
lished.
In order to save several school chill
dren playing on railroad track neal
Ripley, Tenn, Lizzie Covington, 16
lost her own life when the trair
crushed her as she showed the las
child out of the way.
The Kentucky Democratic state con
vention endorsed President Wilson TO
president in 1916.
Eighteen persons were slightly in
jured when Chicago & Alton passen
ger train was wrecked near Mexico
Mo.
Vanity boxes" are to be furnishe,
United States soldiers to carry ad
hesive plaster and powder for tn,
feet.
Dixie and revetment work on tn
Missouri river between Kansas Cit,
and st. Louis will cost 1880, 900 an,
give employment to 1000 men.
Many hundreds of factory worker
at Bridgeport, Conn, who have BEEF
on strike. recently returned to thei
accustomed tasks, their difference
with employers having been adjusted
Secretary Of the Navy Josephu
Daniels left on the U. 8. s. Dolphin t
make calls at various ports on tn
coast
A large band of Mexicans has burn
the railway bridges between Browns
vile and San Benito, Tex. Caviar
is reported to have them surrounded
/. H. Cunningham, a convicte
banker of Midland, Ark, was pardon
de by Governor Hays as a result q
the pleadings of Mrs. Cunningham.
Prof. Brogly, teacher of the hig
school of Muelhausen and member q
the diet of Alsace-Lorraine, has bee
convicted of treason and sentenced I
10 years Imprisonment.
American shipping for foreign trad
has increased 1888 gross tons owe
1914, despite stories of demoralizatio
through untoward Legislation.
Killing prairie dogs with chlorin
gas is the newest and most successfl
method of warfare against thes
| pests, according to reports from th
infested country in Texas.
, An officer and 16 boys of the En-
: lish training ship Cornwall Wei