The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
FLASHES FROM THE WIRE

Lexington, Ky, November 1s.A 35- pound turkey which will grace the Thanks giving table at the White House, will be shipped to Washington Monday from
 Lexington as the gift of South Trimble,
 clerk of the national House of Repre- sentatives.
 l St. Louis. November 19.--E. E. Gilley, formerly general manager of the Express and the Tribune of Los Angeles, Ca, has been appointed general manager of the | St. Louis Republic, it was announced to- night. MT. Lilley was associated at one | time in the direction of the Plain Dealer and the News of Cleveland, O. London, November 19.-It is announced that the American schooner Helen w. | Martin, which struck mine yesterday
 and later was reported at anchor. is being lowed from Aldenburgh, Suffolk, south ward. The Greek steamer Athamas, which | also struck mine and was taken into
 Oaze Deep in the Thames estuary, has been reached.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa, November 19.-The puDilC ol lll6 wyoming Vdlley luudy SllIl declined to ride in cars of the Wilkes | barre Railway company, operated by strike-breakers. A committee of business
 men conferred with officials of the con- pany today but announced later that no
 steps had been taken to bring the sides together.
 Baltimore November 19.-Otto Buelow, whom government officials here suspect is Otto Unger an officer of the interned German sea raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, was taken to Norfolk tonight. where he will be held for the United States authori- | ties. Rear Admiral Beatty, commandant | of the Norfolk navy yard, telegraphed | here yesterday asking that Buelow. who
 had been arrested on suspicion. be held | in custody.
 Oakland, Cal, November 19.-Resolu- 1 ticns urging that the government super | wise and control farm credits and that the rate of interest on farm loans be
 lowered were adopted today by the Na- tional Grange.
 London, November 19.-John Wesley De
 Kay, who was arrested here last week on charge of fraud in France was re- | manded in Bow street court today pend- ing arrival of evidence from France. He was released on $40,000 bail.
 Delaware City, Del, November 1s-The crew of the schooner r. A. Allen, which sailed yesterday from Philadelphia for 1 Calais, Maine, were landed here today by q tug which rescued them when the schooner went ashore in the Delaware | river The Allen, her captain said, is l full of water.
 Washington, November 1.-Two storms, which during the last 2l hours moved to- ward each other from the South Atlantic coast and the Ohio valley. have formed junction over western New York and Ontario, the weather bureau announced tonight. High winds continue along the sea board from Norfolk to Eastport and over the great lakes. Petrograd, November 19.-The ministry 1 of trade and industry has suspended pro- visionally the regulation forbidding the employment of Chinese laborers in the mines of East Siberia. The ministry will facilitate the transportation of Chinamen to the gold diggings New York, November 19--The Brook | lyn Federal league club tonight an- nounced the unconditional release of 1 infielders Delahanty and Gagnier. and l Pitchers Maxwell and Houck. Athens. November 1o-The newspa- per Hestia says it believes that there are 45,000 Bulgarians in Prilep and surrounding district, where there are only small Servian forces. The paper says that the French. having repulsed Bulgarian attacks for three days, are redoubling their efforts to occupy Veles. W New York, November 19.-Willie Ifoppe and George F. Slosson were the successful contestants in today's games of the handicap 18.2 balk line billiard tournament.
 IIoppe, playing from scratch in the afternoon game, ran out his 500 points in 16 innings as Joseph Mayer (325) was collecting 163. Slosson (375) beat
 Koji Yamadi (s75) by 375 to s66. London. November 19.---"The threat ened order curtailing the sale of in toxicants in Greater London has been issued After November 29. the trade will be confined to 5M hours on week days and five hours on Sundays. Chicago, November 19-Nervous un-
 rest prompted the suicide yesterday of August Weeghman. father of Charles Weeghman, owner of the Chi cago club of the Federal baseball
 league. according to coronerss jury tOday~s CnarleS Weeghman Safd that
 no struggle or quarrel with his mother had preceded his fathers act. Chicago, November 19.-In the first heat of the amateur handicap at the
 opening of the six day bicycle races tonight. Louis Keuhl was Killed when
 on his third lap. he plunged over the rail and fell 80 feet Herman Hoff-
 man. who was leading. started to slip
 and Kuehl swung high to avoid him. skidding over the rail.
 New York, November 19.-Rabbi Sol- omon Schechter, president of the Jew
 ish Theological seminary of America. and widely known as a traveller and | author, died here today. He was born
 in Roumania in 1S47. and came to the
 United States in 1909 to accept the presidency of the seminary. | St. Johns, N. F., November 19.-Sev- 1 eral packets and fishing vessels. each , carrying from 12 to 20 persons. were
 caught in. the storm of the past few