The Hickman courier., 1915-05-06
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An arbitration award advanced "a
some extent the rates OF pay OF 64,O0
locomotive engineers. firemen and
hosilers employed ON the 100000
miles OF the lines of 9S western rail.
roads In the United states.
Included In the latest list OF officers
KILLED at the front is the name Of Brig.
adler General Riddell, commander of
the Northumberland fusilliers bri.
gade
The body OF Hunter Brooke, Jr., AZ
years old. wealthy resident OF Gar.
den City, Long Island. and a member
OF prominent family. was found In a
cemetery at Media, Pa. with a bullet
wound In the mouth.
After forcing a neighbOr woman TO
write his will. Harvey Gilgert Of vlolo.
Ill, 80 years old. shot and killed him.
self In the woman's presence.
The first eight months OF operation
of the Panama canal has not yielded
n profit TO the government. From July
!. 1914, to March /. 1915. the canal
showed loss OF t26l,Oss.
The Panao Pacific exposition. at
San Francisco, will be the objective
point OF lO.OOo-mile cruise OF the
Annapolis midshipmen this summer.
The Pan-American financial confer
ence will be opened at Washington
May "a with an address OF welcome
by President Wilson.
Clyde Slower. the negro slayer OF
theGardner brothers Of Springfield.
Mass, has been found guilty OF mur
der In the first degree and sentenced
20 be hanged.
Sixty-four vessels of tine United
States navy will take part in the ma
val review that will be held at New
York May Is.
Two labor bills were recommended
for passage by the Industrial affairs
commission OF the Illinois house, the
Mccormick bill. limiting the number
OF working hours for women TO nine.
and the Kane bill. providing for one
days rest In every seven.
II Is announced that Jesus college.
AZ Oxford, England. has decided TO
bar alcoholic beverages while the war
continues. Similar action has been
taken by oriel.
Ida Bonora, ballet dancer OF Milan.
Italy. known In private life as Mrs.
Mari Lambardi. wife OF the grand
opera impresario. is dead at Portland,
Ore, from poison taken after she |
learned her husband had dropped
dead.
Secretary Houston has started west |
20 visit national forests. to observe TO
what extent their timber. forage, graz
Ing and water power resources are
being developed
Miss Alexandra Legeray, a member
OF Cossack regiment. has been pro
NOTED to a lieutenant
A long series of alleged discrimina-
lions against soldiers and sailors at
public amusement places In Washing.
ton eliminated In police court trial
in which the owner OF dancing
school was fined SO because he re-
fused to admit a trooper In uniform
from Fort Myer.
Geraldine Farrar OF the MetropOli.
tan opera company has signed con.
tract 10 act for motion picture yer.
sions OF some operas in which she
has sung
Two firefnen we're seriously injured
and nine others overcome by smoke
when the St Paul Mimi public H.
brary practically was destroyed by
fire.
The United States army transport
Buford has left for Colon with 4l3
passengers. all officers and men OF
the army
A dry nation by 1920 was the pre-
diction Of Oliver W. Stewart. former
member OF the Illinois legislature,
who closed the campaign OF the flying
squadron IN Hannibal. Mo. with an
address before $500 persons.
Charles Burnham, 45, OF Arden. ~
Y. was fatally burned when he STUN.
bled against the railing OF the steps
Of his home and ignited a box Of
In his pocket
At the point OF hat pin Miss Anna
Goldsmith, is. Of New York. took two
young men TO police station for pass
Ing remarks about her new hat
The awier Envav which xuaa aun. |