The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-03

Democrats look seriously upon pro-
posal to hold national convention in
San Francisco.
Countess Szechenyl, formerly Gladys
Vanderbilt, has turned the Szechenyl
palace. in Budapest into an orphan
age, where 300 war orphans are shell
tered.
Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of 25 postmen of Fairmont, Va,
who went on strike as a protest
against the dismissal of w. H. 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, ILL.,, blew up. The cause C!
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 U. 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 $2,500,000.
The british Empii e's wealth is
$3.50, OOO, 900 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, the Amer
lean Federation of Labor conference
at San Francisco refuse to endorse
State and Federal legislation provid-
ing for an eight-hour work day.
Fire broke out on thu American
tank ship Sunlight as she was being
unloaded at Rouen, France. The
blaze was extinguished before much
damage had been done.
Governor Manning and Federal me-
diators settled the four-months' strike
at the Brogon cotton mills. The COM
pany agreed to recognize the United
Textile Workers Union.
Philadelphia has put in a bid for
the next Republican National conven-
ton. A campaign has been started to
raise 500, 900 required.
After being closed lor eight years,
the American Shipbuilding Co.'s yard
at South Chicago will resume opera
tons at once. employing 2,OC0 men.
Sir Allen william Young, the Arctic
explorer, died in London. He was 80
years old.
The judgment convicting Hans
Schmidt for the murder of Anna Au-
muller in New York, was upheld by
the Court of Appeals at Albany.
A new coaching launch, the Buzz"
was presented to Yale by Col. Charles
l.. +. ROBINSON VI I1dIIIOlu'
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 1T 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
nesota- Wisconsin game at Madison,
Wis, were thrown to the ground
when a section of the bleachers col
lapsed.