The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-12-30

Ing % the weather bureau ecOrOS. the
shock lasted fifteen 10 twenty seconds.
The honor system among the con.
victs in the penitentiar- at Joliet, ILL.,,
is doomed. Warden thinner believes
the system pernicious and will enforce
what he calls the merit rule"
United State Attorney Snowden
Marshall declared at New York that
Franz Won Rintelen, the German agent
accused Of coming to this country to
incite strikes in munition factories.
armed with a large corruption fund,
was "double-crossed" by the labor men
he tried to corrupt Marshall gave
the major credit for Rintelen's failure
to the stand taken by high officials in
labor organizations.
Germany is making great purchas SEES
Of copper. cotton. wool. lard, wheat,
farm machinery and other products in
the markets Of the United States it
was learned at Chicago. The products
are being bought subject to delivery
in Germany. sixty days after the war
ends" or ION order"
Five additional indictments were re-.
turned at New York against Robert
Fay, Walter Scholz. Max Breitung. DR..
Herbert Kienzle, Englebert Bronkhorst
and Paul paeche. All were charged
with conspiracy to commit murder to
commit assault with deadly weapons
and to destroy ships.
Company l. returned to Rhinelander,
Wis.,. after the three bandits who shot
two deputy sheri /. made their escape
from the marsh in which they had
been hiding or two days
The good ship Oscar II. with Henry
Ford's peace pilgrims aboard. set sail
from New York for blood-stained Eu-
rope. Cheers and tears flooded Ho.
boken's water 'front.' William Jennings
Bryan stood on the end of the thronged
dock waving red rose and murmur-
ing God bless you"
One hundred thousand dollars was
the estimated fire loss sustained when
the Stevens block was DESTROYED at
Maquoketa. la. Carrot Phillips. fire.
man. Is in the hospital with injuries.
The name of Woodrow Wilson as a
candidate for the Democratic presi
dental nomination was filed at Lin
coin, Neb.. to be placed on the Me-
braska primary ba'lot in 1916.
Damages estimated at 100000 re.
suited at St. Paul by fire which swept
the buildings of F. j. Leslie 4 Co..
wholesale paper dealers. and Barrett
4 Barrett. wholesale vinegar and
glassware house.
Washington
Secretary Lansing OF the state de-
partment at Washington replied to
Germany's request for Americas rea.
sons asking the recall of Captains Boy
Ed and Won Papen. The reply said
merely each attache was persona non
grata because of his naval and mill.
tary activities.
The Susan B. Anthony amendment
was introduced again in the house at
Washington by Representative Mon
dell of Wyoming.
Uncle Sam will need more than
billion and quarter dollars to cover
the expenditures he expects to make
in the fiscal year ending June 80. 1917.
according to estimates submitted to
congress at Washington by Secretary
McAdoo Of the treasury department.
The estimates call for a total of ST.
2S5,857.808.16.
Maj. Gen. George w. Goethals has
made an exhaustive report to Secre.
tary Garrison at Washington on the
slides in the Panama canal. He be-
lieves the limit of the present move.
ment has been reached.
The wedding OF President Wilson
and Mrs. Norman Calf has been set
for December l8, it was announced at
the White House at Washington.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas was
elected president pro TEN. of the sen
ate at Washington by vote of 70 TO
~. Clarke was elected in the caucus
Of senate Democrats liter more than
two hours OF continuous balloting.
Mexican Revolt
Typhus fever has grown to such
alarming proportions in Mexico City
q tot ~ ho ~