The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
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HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
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Nations Find Somewhat to
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Joseph Michaels, 26. of Eau Claire.
Wis, insists that he has found q
brand new remedy for felons. His
cure" IS to soak his finger in car
bolic acid for a couple of hours. The
felon came off, and SO did the finger.
Five men are under arrest in con-
nection with the investigation into
the lynching of John Slovak at Sinner,
Tex.
Miss Helen Grace, an aeronaut, was
killed at Stanton, Wis, while making
a balloon ascension. She slipped from
her trapeze and dropped about 80 feet.
Lewis l.. Kiss of Belleville, N. j.,
suffered a broken ankle and before he
could crawl half a mile to the nearest
aid mosquitoes had bitten him into in
~sensibility. He was found in time to
save his life.
Killing frosts fell in northern Min
nesota, north of a line drawn from
Moorehead to Duluth. Devils Lake,
N. D., reported 80 degrees above zero,
the coolest point in the northwest.
Alleging Miss Flora Spencer stole
the affections of James F. Collier.
Mrs. Collier brought suit in the court
at Martinsville, Ind, for $40, 900 dam
ages for alienation Of affections.
In a pistol duel on the Missouri
Arkansas border near Mammoth
Springs, John D. Horn, a bystander,
was shot.
Fifty-five thousand n%lachinists have
been authorized to strike if they are
not given the eight-hour day by their
employers.
Gen. Carranza's reply to the "con-
ference republics" Mexican peace
plea will be a demand for recognition,
officials said.
An amnesty proclamation by Gen.
Carranza, the terms of which have not
been made public, is drawing families
out of Texas into Mexico.
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Delegates to the annual convention
Of the American Bar association.
which was held in Salt Lake City Aug.
1918, are in San Francisco as the
guests of the California Bar >associa-
ton.
H. w. Zimmerman. American vice
consul at Rostov, Russia, says there
were many well informed persons in
P~etrograd who fear a revolt more than
the advance Of the Germans.
Italian authorities withdrew 1900 Ii
censes to sell alcoholic drinks, inaugu-
rating a campaign against alcoholism.
The Illinois board Of administration
has accepted the resignation of DR..
George Knapp Farriss as superintend-
ent OF the state hospital for the Grim.
inaf insane at Chester, and appointed
Dr.. Jerome L. Harrell as his sue
cessor.
Attorney General Gregory has com
pleted his Interpretation Of the admin.
istrative features of the new seaman's
law and submitted it TO the president
Robert e. Gi1key of Charlottesville
Ind, recently killed in an automobile
accident, bequeathed his estate, val
ued at $25 5000, to Miss Rebecca
Brown. 20 years old, at one time 9
domestic employed by him.
Eugene Gilbert, the French aviator
who landed in Switzerland June q
through an accident to his motor, has
escaped.
Mrs. Carrie Shady, a vaudeville
actress, was acquitted OF the murde,
of Wilbur Selig OF Madison, Ind.
President Jeminez of ASH Domingo
has appointed Elias Brache Hijo as
the Dominican minister to France.
The Austrian minister of the in
terror has announced that there were
1866 cases OF Asiatic cholera in Aus
tria on Aug. 10.
As the result of the killing o
Sammy eagle and the whipping O.
Mary Dennis. postmaster at eagle
Tenn. by night raiders, state ranger.
have beer ordered to Sequatchie coun
ty. Tennessee.
Lfeutenant-General Nelson A. Miles
U. S. A., is to be invited to serve a.
grand marshal of the national G. A. r
encampment parade to be held il
Washington Sept g..
British Ambassador Spring-Rice ha,
been formally notified Of the Unite,
States opposition to the cotton contra
band decree.
President Wilson has Issued a pro
clamation giving notice OF the neu
traIity OF the United States in tn,
war between Italy and Turkey.
Eleven million persons have visite,
the Panama-Pacific exposition since i
opened, Feb. 20.
Samuel Boyll, - killed his sister, !,
years old, At Terre Haute, Ind, with
shotgun which the father left in tn
room. thinking it was unloaded.