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his for timing the explosive OF tor
pedoes from aeroplanes.
Henry Schooling, Al years old, shot
himself through the heart with shot
gun at his home near Sturgeon, Mo.
after quarrel with a neighbor.
Gov. Dunno has issued his annual
Thanksgiving proclamation.
Thirteen of the II guards at the
Laurel, Va. reformatory have struck
because of new regulations forbiddina
them to smoke or chew tobacco In the
presence of boy prisoners.
An Anglo Franco Russian Joint
noted dated Oct 10, in which Japan
was invited to join the allies agree
ment not to make separate peace
treaties with the Teutonic powers and
an acceptance, signed the same day
by Ambassador Inoye, was published
by the government.
United States immigration inspec
tors raided tho Pacific Mail steamer
Mongolia and captured So Chinese
stowaways at San Francisco.
Bishop Alexander Nemilowsky OF
New York City, head of the Russian
Orthodox Church of America, is de
PENDANT in q suit for $25, 1000, charging
Islander, filed by the Rev Timothy w
Peshkoff.
Virginia is after delinouent taxpay
ers, and has unearthed claim against
Thomas F. Ryan, multimillionaire, for
$l59,757,s which representatives OF
Ryan has expressed willingness to
pay without contest
President j. r. Welborn of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company has an
nounced that the company has begun
filling large order for steel bars and
wire, both plain and barbed, for. the
French government.
The first referendum of any Ameri
can poiitical party to nominate candi
dates for president and vice-president
began when blanks were sent to all
members Of the Socialist party.
Lheut-Goy. Frank B. Barnard, spe
clal representative of the Dominion OF
Canada, was the central figure on the
program of Canada Day" at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition.
w. X. Miller, a Pittsburg engineer
VINO made tour of southern points
seeking the best. location for a biz
steel plant, is authority Tor the state
ment that Richmond, Va, has been
selected.
j. u. Cara, .Carranzista consul. de
MED that Mexican bandits wounded In
the battle with American soldiers al
OJo de Aqua had been taken to Mata
moros Tor treatment
An investigation is under way tode
termine whether the government will
buy at auction the ship Eastland
which overturned in the Chicago rive,
last July, carrying more than 800 per
sons to their deaths.
The Harvard corporation announced
gifts to Harvard college totaling s141.
847.50.
Andrew Fisher, the premier Of Aus
tralia, has accepted the post of high
commissioner of Australia, in London
A bug with an appetite fer lead pipe
is responsible for the perforation oil
cable covers instead of electrolysis
according to Albert sSchuler of Santa
Barbara, Cal.
Ralph X. Blair and DR.. Thomas Ad
dois were found guilty in San Fran
cisco OF conspiring to hire men in the
United States for British Military
service.
Mrs. L. Brown, 60 years old, Of
Gamma. Mo, was killed when the ma
chine in which she was riding crashed
through low abutment on bridge
and fell into ditch.
The interstate commerce commits
sion authorized the establishment Of
commodity rates from Memphis
Tenn, to points in Illinois, indiana
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota
Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota and
Wisconsin, pending the commission's
hearing Feb. II, next
The Echo de Beige says the Ger
mans have killed 1859 Belgian civil
ians throughout Belgium since the
war began.
John Kalinzak, of Cleveland. who
attempted to act as peacemaker, wher
two friends quarreled over a girl. wa.
| stabbed to death.
Contracts have been signed by the
president of she American Wooler
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