The Tomahawk., 1915-12-16

ing 20 the weather bureau .SCOiuo' tAS
shock lasted fifteen to twenty seconds
The honor system among the con-
victs in the peSitentiar'' 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 purchases
of copper, cotton, wool, lard. wheat
farm machinery and other products IN
the markets Of the United States II
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 Daeche. All were charged
with conspiracy to commit murder, to
commit assault with deadly weapons
and to destroy ships. 49,.
Company l. returned to Rh1nelander'
Wis, after the three bandits who shot
two deputy sheri II 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"
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One hundred thousand dollars was
the estimated fire loss sustained when
the Stevens block was DESTROYED at
Maquoketa, la. Carol Phillips. fire.
man, is in the hospital with injuries.
The name Of Woodrow Wilson as a
candidate for tho Democratic presi-
Dental nomination was filed at Lin
coin, Neb, to be placed on the Ne
braska primary ballot in 1916.
Damages estimated at 100000 re-
suited at st. Paul by fire which swept
the buildings of F. J. Leslie & Co.,
wholesale paper dealers, and Barrett
G. 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 a
billion and a quarter dollars to cover
the expenditures he expects to make
in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,
according to estimates submitted 10
congress at Washington by Secretary
McAdoo of the treasury department.
The estimates call for total OF ST.
1856, 857,S 0S.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 Gait fas been set
for December 10, it was announced at
the White House ct Washington.
Senator Clarke Of Arkansas was
elected president pro TEN. of the SEN
ate at Washington by vote of 2S 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
.,,rx,,;,r Dronorfions in Mexico CITY