The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-11-05

Complete returns Of the town elec-
tfo1 Of Bolton, Conn, reveal that Mrs.
Finley. the winning candidate, ran ON
the Republican ticket. while her hus-
band. F. d. Finley, was . candidate
on the Democratic ticket, but he also
was elected.
A dispatch from Athens giving de-
tails Of the sinking Of the British
transport Marquette by q German sub
marine says the u1dersea boat fired
on the lifeboats.
Glass. baked in bread, caused the
death of Mrs. Mary E. Smith of Red
Lion, Pa.
DR.. Thomas Adds and Ralph X.
Blair, both of San Francisco, convict
ed OF violating the neutrality of the
United States, were fined $1,000 each.
A unique and picturesque plan for
labelling by means Of khaki bras
sieres those fit and unfit for military
service is announced by the English
war office.
The report of the prison commits
sion shows that in 1914 sentences
were imposed on 114,2s3 persons in
the United Kingdom, a decrease from
the previous year of more than 1000.
The business section of Columbi-
ana. Ala, a town of 1000 population
and county e "a of Shelby county,
has been destroyed by fire.
Wesley Ring, the 1~6-year-old son of
P. T. King of Minneapolis, Mimi, is
dead following the eating of an apple
which he had found on the road. The
boy died from strychnine poisoning.
Fire in the plant of the w. F. Job
bins Chemical company, Aurora, ILL.,,
which manufactures glycerin for use
in high explosives, caused damage
estimated at 100000.
Secretary Lansing said there was
no foundation for the unofficial at
tacks in the German press on Minis
ter Whitlock.
"The kaiser has disgraced Admira,
Won Tirpitz.' A Central News dis
patch quotes the above statement.
American plays are coming into
such favor in Denmark that the man.
ager of one of the Copenhagen thea
tiers is to devote q whole season to
American drama.
A rifle purchased by Abraham Lin
coin and Henry Brooner for SIS, and
which was used by the famous war
president in deer hunting, brought
1925 in a sale of Lincoln relics at
New York.
Henry Schooling. Al years old, shot
himself through the heart with a shot
gun at his home near Sturgeon, Mo,
after a 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 forbidding
them to smoke OF chew tobacco In the
presence Of boy prisoners.
An Ang1O-Franco-Russian Joint
noted dated Oct. 19. 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 inspee-
tors raided the Pacific Mail steamer
Mongolia and captured sc Chinese
stowaways at San Francisco.
Bishop Alexander Nemilowsky OF
New York City, head of the Russian
Orthodox Church of America, is de.
PENDANT in a suit for $4,000, charging
SANDER. filed by the Rev Timothy w.
Peshkoff.
Andrew Fisher, the premier Of Aus
tralia, has accepted the post of high
commissioner of Australia, in London.
lrelnla Is after delinquent taxpay-
ers. and has unearthed a. claim against
Thomas F. Ryan, multimillionaire. for
$159.767, which representatives of
Ryan has expressed Willingness to
pay without contest.
It is officially announced that Z
British subject has been convicted ON
three counts charging espionage and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mrs. L. Brown. 50 years old, Of
Gamma, Mo-. was killed when the ma
chine In which she was riding crashed
through 3 low abutndent on ! bridge
and fell into Z ditch.
The interstate commerce commits
sion authorised the establishment az
commodity rates from Memphis.
Tenn. to points In Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa. Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota.
Missouri. Ohio. South Dakota and
Wisconsin. pending the commissions
hearing Feb. II. next.
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