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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
TEUTONS CHECKED BY SERBS
Austro-German invading Forces Are
Badly Beaten at Two Points.
French Hurry to Rescue.

London.-The efforts of Austria and
Germany to force their way through
Servia to reach the near eastern seas
and Join hands with their Turkish al
lies have produced one of the most in
teresting situations of the war.
The advance guard of the Austro
Germans who crossed the Danube al
Belgrade has been partly destroyed
and partly captured, and those who
entered servian territory across the
Save have met with enormous losses,
according to a statement issued al
Nish.
The Anglo-French force landing at
6aloniki Is making its way north
ward to assist the Serbs and to protect
Macedonia from a threatened Bulga-
rian invasion. The landing is proceed.
ing despite the change In the Greek
government.
The ministers of the entente powers
at Athens have asked Greece to define
her policy with regard to the Balkan
situation, but the new premier, Alex.
ander Zaimis. has answered that he
win be unable to do this until meet.
Ing Of che cabinet is held. There. how.
ever. Is evidence that Greece will mem
tain q policy of benevolnt nutrality TO.
ward the allies.
Tn press and pubic OF London and
Paris, with the experience OF the sud.
den change Of Bulgaria's attitude fresh
In their memory, are demanding that
steps be taken to see to II that sim
liar change does not take place at
Athens.
A dispatch from Paris says that the
Bulgarian minister to France has been
given his passports.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
PISTOL WOUND IS
FATAL TO HALTON
FORMER SOLICITOR HELD FOR
DEATH OF INSURANCE COM.
PANY's SUPERINTENDENT.
TREANOR FILES ANSWER BILL
Newly Elected Finance Commissioner
Asks Court to Hear Armstrong
Election Contest At Once.
Nashville News.

Nashville.
William H Holton, superintendent OF
the Southern Life Insurance Company,
who was shot in the breast by Richard
T. Warren, an insurance solicitor, died
from the effect Of the wound at the
city hospital The physicians at first
thought that the wound was not very
serious, and that the wounded man
would probably recover.
Warren, who was arrested after the
shooting by traffic officers and locked
up at police headquarters on a charge
Of assault With pistol with hintent to
commit murder, was rearrested ON a
charge of murder following Holton's
death.
Warren who had worked for the
Southern Life Company, was recently
discharged because of an alleged irreg-
ularity in his accounts 1t is said 1t
was over this matter that the trouble
arose which resulted in the dispute
that led to Holtons death wound.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Biz River PAGEANT Planned.

Memphis.--A mighty pageant, in
which the city of Memphis, railroads
and the counties of Eastern Arkansas
will take part, is being planned to eel.
citrate the completion of the new Hara-
han bridge across the Mississippi river,
probably next May or June. Steps al.
ready have been taken which may re-
suit in the most impressive water festi.
val ever given on the Mississippi river,
Construction work on the 100000
Harahan bridge is progressing well af-
ter the long delay occasioned by high
water.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

New 0rleans.-Rev. Byron Holley,
rector Of st. Georges Episcopal
Church, one OF the most fashionable
congregations IN the city shot and
killed a young man In his home, who
later was identified as Lansing Pear
sou. son OF a prominent railroad man
OF this city. DR.. Holley, In his report
to the police. stated he shot the In
truder IN his home. thinking he was .
burglar. District Attorney Gutenberg
announced he, had requested the grand
Jury to inquire into the killing.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Treanor Moves Against Armstrong.

A motion intended to preeipitate inn
mediate action on the part of the Sec
ond Circuit Court in the contest now
in progress over the election OF city
commissioner of finance was filed be-
fore Judge NJ. H. Meeks by attorneys
for Paul w. Treanor, who on the face
Of the official returns had a majority
OF twenty-nine votes over his opponent,
James B. Armstrong, Armstrong
brought suit contesting the election.
The motion asks that the court or
der Armstrong to increase his cost
bond from $3.50 to $500. Armstrong;
bill itself is then attacked on two
grounds, and the court is urged to or
der that other cases Of election irregu-
larities which the Armstrong bill prom
Used to add to the suit be brought be-
fore the court at once.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
VIII Rebuild Gymnasium.

At recent meeting of the central
committee of the Y. M. c. A. General
Secretary s. w. McGill reported that
settlement Of the recent fIreioss had
been effected and that the work OF
drawing up plans for the rebuilding Of
the gymnasium was under way. APP
probation was expressed for the offer
OF the Nashville Business Mems Asso-
citation, which generously rendered the
use OF the latter's rooms for the head.
quarters during the campaign. How.
ever. as II Is planned to serve daily
lunches. II was found that the rooms
Of the Business Mems Association were
inadequate for this purpose.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

Nish. Servia.-The diplomatic rup
ture between Servia and Bulgaria is
complete. The foreign office has hand
ed HIS passports to the Bulgarian min
lister. -
Although there has been no formal
declaration of war, the cordial recep'
ton by Bulgarian officers at Sofia OF
the German aviators who dropped
bombs on Belgrade and Nish Is regard,
ed here as tantamount to the com
mencement OF hostilities against Ser
via by Bulgaria
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

Berlin. - The nationalist Deutsche
Tages Zeitung again has been suspend
ed, the Overseas News Agency an
nounces. The suspension Is indefinite.
The previous suspension was order
ed by the German authorities last June
after publication of series OF articles
from the pen Of Count Won Reventlow
on German-American relations. The ar
ticles strongly defended the methods
Of German submarine warfare.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Scandal In Paving Aired.

City Engineer Southgate, In the mu.
nicipal probe hearing, testified in re-
gard to the city's transactions with
Warren Bros. and the Southern Btu
lithic Company. He stated that mix
ing plant for the preparation of bitu-
lithic had been purchased from the
Nashville Roofing and Paving Com
pany after the city had entered into
contract with Warren Bros, where
by the latter agreed to furnish It's
mixture to the city at so cents per
square yard that after the city paid
$4,000, the price at which the city
purchased the material was not re.
duced, but that the contract without
change remained In effect.
Asked when stipulations requiring
the use Of Warren Bros patent prod
net were first embodied in specifica-
lions for city street work, Mr.. South
gate said the first specifications we're
those for Capitol boulevard when
Stainback, Alexander and Wilkerson
were members of the board OF public
works. He stated that the effect of
these stipulations, which were later
substantially embodied in q great
many other specifications. was to re-
strict the awarding of contracts to the
Southern Bitulithic Company.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
SHOTGUN USED IN
DISPUTE OF BOARD
OHIO MAN SHOT BY cHATTA
NoooA Transfer MAY DIE
FROM WOUNDS.
PLAN BIG RIVER PAGEANT
MemphIans Intend To Give Elaborate
River Event When Big Bridge
Across the Mississippi
Is Finished.

Chattanooga.-Fred Snow, a travel
ing salesman Of Toledo, Ohio, was shot
down In the presence of his wife in a
suburb here by Joe T. Richie, team.
ster, who was in dispute with Snow
over a board bill. Shows shoulder
was filled with shot from a heavy
gauge shotgun, and he is in serious
condition in a hospital. Richie tele-
phoned the sheriff and submitted to
arrest.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Killed by Train.

Jackson. -Massie Phillips. aged as
OF Cairo. Ill, was struck and killed by
an Illinois Central passenger train
near the NJ. c. & st. l.. crossing OF
the Illinois Central at this place. He
was walking on the track and was not
seen by the engineer until too late to
avoid tho fatal accident. The remains
were shipped to Selmer. Tenn. fof
burial, where his parents reside.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
ssrhs Withdraw rroons.

Sofia-Servian trops have with
drawn from the Albanian towns of
Shiak and Krya and are being rushed
northward. Seven divisions Of the
SeFvian army, which had been con-
centrafed along the Bulgarian frontier.
have been hurried back north.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
klIlsd BY PIaymass.

Jackson.-T. H. Bond. IT.. 10-year.
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Bond.
who reside Ia miles from Jackson. was
shot and killed by his little playmate,
Harris Bond. while they were playing
with q shotgun. The children we're
alone in the house when the accident
occurred.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Hold American for German spy

New York.--Kenneth G. Triest, IL
years old, who disappeared from
Princeton last January, Is a prisoner In
London. accused as spy. according
to information his relatives here have
received. Triest Is the son OF Wolf
gang @. Triest, member OF the con
tracing firm of Snare @ Triest. The
father Is q German by birth, but nat
uralized citizen. He has been informed
that his son Is accused OF having en-.
listed in the British navy TO obtain In
formation for Germany.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

Gov. Rye has granted Henry Roberts
q respite Of thirty days from October
II. making the third respite so far.
Roberts was convicted in Fayette coun.
~ for the murder Of a deputy sheriff
and sentenced to be electrocuted The
respite nov granted Il for the purpose
Of giving Roberts attorney time to 81
certain whether or not the supreme
court has before it test case Of the
governors veto Of the bin abo.lshinE
capital punishment
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Knife Wound. Fatal.

Lexington Wylie Bowman, aged 81,
died at the home of his father.in-law,
Thomas B. Hamilton, five miles north.
west of town. after a lingering Illness,
which began, Ii is alleged, from wounds
received by him In an affray at Luray
several weeks ago. The wounds were
from a knife and his condition has
gradually grown worse from the time
OF their infliction until the present. He
is survived by wife and one child.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Try "a Roh safe.

Jackson.-An unsuccessful attempt
was made to rob the safe Of the Mer
Ger postoffice by two men. The safe,
which is located In the store OF Mercer
Davis Co. was dynamited and the out
er door was blown off The explosion
awakened Prof. Bennington, who re
sides nearby. He fired two shots a
the fleeing yeggmen.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
editor ssrxea BAN sentence.

Memphis.-Gilbert D. Raine. former
publisher of the Memphis News Semi
tar, is serving a ten-day sentence n
the county jail for contempt of court in
publishing a restraining order during
the trial of the Cloth will case about
two years ago. The publisher was held
in contempt by Judge A. B. Pittman,
whose decision was affirmed by the
state supreme court.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
5000 PoIl psIInauen.s.

The official force in the office Of
County Trustee Felix 2. Wilson Is
busily engaged in sending out notices
10 delinquent poll tax payers for 1914.
The enormity Of the task can be sp-
preciated when It Is considered that
out OF a total Of 1900 names on the
books as liable to the poll tax, only
1900 have paid. Il IS the remaining
1900 to whom notices are being sent
Ont.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
cue rhroat Of arother.In.Law.

Chattanooga. Fred Mills, rs, cut the
throat of his brother-in-law. James
Thompson, 81, infiicting probably ia
tai wound. The fight occurred in the
waiting room of the Lookout Mountain
Incline Railway and before 1t was end.
ed the floor and walls were smeared
with blood, Thompson's jugular vein
being cut. The trouble is said to have
come up over letter addressed to
Mills which Thompson opened.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Memphis soy KILLED BY own Auto.

Memphis.-News has been received
here from Richmond, Va, that Lieut..
Frank Moore Harris, United States
Navy. Memphis boy. attached to the
battleship Delaware, now 1t the Nor.
folk yard undergoing repairs, was In
jured fatally while driving his automo-
bile along a road In the vicinity Of the
Country Club of Virginia. The body
was forwarded here for interment
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Rslnrads Badly Smashed.

Paris -Threequarters OF the city
OF Belgrade has been destroyed BY s..
900 Anstro-German shells and the
fighting continues. according to an
Athens dispatch. Telephone eommun.
ication between Belgrade end Nisl
has been cut.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
chlid Burns 20 Death

Paris William, the eightyear-old
son of Frank Merrell Of the old Fourth
district Of this county. was burned TO
death when the residence was burned
during the early hours On the morning
Or Oct. 3. The other members Of the
family narrowly escaped being burned
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
obrsoon,s Forces Near Juarex.

FL Paste, Texas Forces Of Gen. OBJ
RECON are reported to be within few
DAYS march overland from Juarez. Car
rama consulate advices declare q re-
volt Is pending in Casas Grandes.
where Gen. villa has modified his
army.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
Baltic Aas Been Mined.

Ssoekhelm.-Iron ore shipping Is
completely tied up owing 10 rumors
thar 3 British submarine mined the
waterway in the Baltic between T-el-
lehorEe. Swssdsn. and sasSnit.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
oreek Steamer sunk.

Paris.-The Greek steamer DimItri
Gus, owned in Andres, has been torpe-
doed BY an Austrian submarine south.
east Of Sicily. The crew was saved
hy French OIL steamer.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

BrissOl-The election sci to deter.
mine : proposed school bond issue Il
So. 900 N Bristol. Tenn. mas been de-
elared of on account Of irregular ties
n fI.s published notices.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

Fire destroyed the Salisbury road
military hospital at Plymouth. Eng.
but all the patients were safely re
moved.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

The Hungarian minister OF national
defense has ordered 81 classes Re
tween the ages Of fs and = TO pre-
sent themselves foE enrolment
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News condensstlons Re-
viewed Without comment-AIi
Nations Find Something to
Edlfy and Instruct.

One of the historic oaks under
which the Republican party was born
at Jackson, Mich, in 1854, has been
seriously damaged by storm.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

The first snow Of the season fell at
St. Paul Tuesday. Oct. 5. the light
furry continuing only few minutes.
Deadwood. S. D, had from three to
SIX inches.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

British military authorities have
recognized the importance OF machine
guns By the formation Of a special
machine gun corps.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

The pension office mailed to Wash
ington addresses hundreds Of pension
checks for civil war veterans who
were attending the G. A. r. encamp-
ment
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
CONDEMN SITE FOR PLANT.
Ideal Location secursd-Work to Be.
gin the First Of Next Week.

Ideal Location secursd-Work to Be.
gin the First Of Next Week.
Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa Falls. May 29.-The sherif's
Jury summoned here yesterday to con-
denim the site for the new electric
light plant performed that duty and
assessed the damages at $500. The
site is small tract of ground at the
point where Rock Run enters the
Iowa river and is fifty feet wide and
21O feet long. The site ID an ideal one
for the purpose for which the ground
is wanted and will offer the new plant
unloading facilities for coal and other
supplies that are ideal. The plant will
be built over the run and the water
in the creek will be utilized in the
operation Of the plant. Representa-
tives Of the electric light company
which was organized at Cedar Rapids
this spring, stated today that work on
the new plant would commence the
first Of the week and that the laying
Hof the heat mains on Stevens street
would start Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
IOWA MAN MURDERED.
Former Resident Of Nashua Killed O
Ranch in Montana.

Former Resident Of Nashua Killed on
Ranch in Montana.
Nashua, May 2o.--Word was received
here the first OF the week that John
Schultz, a former resident of this COM
munity, had been murdered at Troy,
Mont, near which place he owned a
farm. and his body arrived here yester-
day morning. for burial.
Particulars OF the tragedy as learned
by relatives are that Schultz got into
a law suit with man at Troy over the
ownership of some land and the courts
decided in Schultz's favor. Last Thurs
day the man came over to Schultz's
farm and in the quarrel that ensued
the man is said to have drawn q re-
volver and shot Schultz four times.
Two Of the bullets struck him in the
face and two in the shoulder.
The man then gave himself up to the
authorities, claiming the shooting was
,, done in self defense, and that Schultz
had attacked him with an AK. When
the coroner came to the scene he found
Schultz lying over a log dead and the
ak some distance away.
Schultz was about As years Of age
and unmarried. He was a son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Schultz Of this city, old
and highly respected residents. He is
also survived by two brothers and
three sisters, namely Joe Of Nashua,
Adam Of Des Moines, Mrs. Mary
Yunker and Mrs. Nichola Loos of
Nashua, Mrs. Francis Hudek of Poca-
hontas and Mrs. Anna Hurd Of Troy,
Mont.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
HARDIN COUNTY GAINS.

Census Shows Increase Of About
Twelve Hundred-Claims 22,0s7.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, May 29.-It looks as tho
Hardin county made a gain of about
1900 since the last census. With re-
turns all in except from Union and
from Providence and Clay townships,
and these estimated at 600 each, the
county has a total population OF
22,O97. The 1910 census showed 20,921.
The city and town population is l1,a90
and the townships 10,507. Iowa Falls
heads the cities and towns of the
county with $40 Eldora comes next
with 2,7O4, Ackley Is third with 1890
and Alden fourth with 500. The other
towns of the county are as follows:
Radcliffe 730, Hubbard 662, Union (es-
timated) 500, Steamboat Rock 414,
New Providence 249, Buckeye 1913,
Written 236. Alden township has the
largest township population. having
964. Hardin township is next with 91S.
The other township figures except
Providence and Clay are: Grant 65S.
Upton 55S Eldora sos, Eatna sos,
Buckeye 557, Concord SIS, Pleasant 702,
Ellis 1872, Jackson s26, Sherman 556
and Union 1914.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
Manson News Notes.
Spacjol fn Tinoa-Renlhlic

SpeCldl u 1lIIlcS-
Manson, May 20. Mrs. W. T.
Speaker left Tuesday for the western
states, where she will spend month
or more visiting with relatives and
sightseeing. She will go first to Port
land Ore, to visit her son, Clifford, and
family, and later to San Diego for q
visit with her daughter, Miss Ethel
who is an instructor in physical culture
at that place.
Mrs William Featherstone passed
away Wednesday morning at o'clock
after an illness Of ten days. She was
stricken with paralysis a week ago
Monday, and never recovered con-
seriousness except for a few moments
at time. The funeral was held Fri
day afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. Oscar w. Fer
rand was held Thursday afternoon
from the Congregational church, Rev.
G. r. Hull officiating. Mrs. Ferrand's
death was very sudden, coming early
Tuesday morning after a short illness
of pneumonia, at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. A. NJ. Cox. Mrs. Fer
rand had lived in Manson and vicinity
nearly all her life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
Union News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Union, May 29.-The Union schools
closed yesterday. Thursday evening
We're held the commencement exercises
in the Congregational church. There
are thirteen graduates In the class this
year. They were addressed by Super
intendent Kelley, of Webster City. He
was an impressive and pleasant speak
en- The musical selections given by the
high school chorus and sextets were
very fine.
But four Of the present corps OF
teachers will return for next year
Miss Bussey, principal; Miss Greene.
Miss Williams, and Miss Leah. Another
year has been added to the course and
German and domestic science have
been included.
Mrs. Helen Everett, OF Fairbank Is
q visitor at the A. p. Mason home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Body, Of Hub
bard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Nc
Naught, of Des Moines. attended the
commencement exercises. Mrs. Nc
Naught, formerly Miss Floss Wilson, Is
sister Of one of the graduates, Har-
old Wilson.
Rev. T. N. Hauser, Jr., former pastor
Of the Christian church. is visiting
relatives and friends here and at
Written.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-29
AVOID SPRING ills
Purify and Build Up the Blood With
Hoods SarsapariIla.

In the spring your blood needs
cleansing and enriching. You feel
poorly. and there Is more or less erup-
ton on your face and body. Your
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You need Hoods Sarsaparilla. It Is
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Ask any druggist for Hoods .sar-
sapqrilla, and insist on having 1t.
Nothing else act like 1t, for nothing else
has the same formula or ingredients.
and 80 there u no real substitute. Get
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