McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

A victory for dry" forces in Mich1-
gan was indicated when nearly COM
plete returns from 16 counties which
held local option elections showed the
"drys" winner in 13 of them.
Paul Wallace and Ross Evert Of
Terre Haute, Ind, were killed when
their motorcycle struck hay wagon.
BY agreement of counsel for both
sides, the trial of the $4,000 libel suit
brought by William Barnes of Albany
against sarr President ssii;aseeai:. Reesegeit
has been set for April 10.
Arkansas 2-cent passenger rate and
the commission freight tariff as APP
piled to the St. L. & s. f. railroad in
Arkansas were declared confiscatory
in the federal court.
Postmaster General Burleson has rs
sued an order permitting city letter
carriers to wear summer uniforms
which can be secured at less cost than
heretofore.
Articles ranging from fishhooks to
false teeth were sold to the highest
bidders at Chicago at the first auction
sale of unclaimed parcel post pack
ages.
The French army bulletin made the
first official announcement concern
ing the new powder which has been
talked of mysteriously for months.
The bulletin says the explosive dou-
bles the effect of the shells of three
inch guns.
Serious disturbances in which sew.
eral persons were killed and num-
Der hurt. following the governments
admission of reverses in the Carpath-
ians, according to dispatches to Rome
newspapers.
The Netherlands government has
notified the United States that any
foreign ship misusing the Dutch flag
or using other means to make pre-
tense of Dutch nationality will not be
permitted to depart from or pass
through waters under the jurisdiction
of the Netherlands.
Thomas A. Edison predicted that
the United States would soon be man.
ufacturing its own dyes, and that the
so-called famine in dyes, due to the
war, was about to end.
Counterfeit gold pieces, a part of
which is glass, to give them the prop
or ring, are being made in Chicago
and have been in circulation for eight
months, secret service agents said.
The family of Claud Casimir-Per-
rier, son of former president Of
France, has been informed that he
was killed in battle and was buried
near Rheims.
Dollins Hawkins and Elmer Stan
forth, farmers of Anderson county,
KY, we're shot to death by Joseph
Chiffon. their brother-in-law. Chiffon
was arrested and will plead self
defense.
Joshua Moore and his wife Of Cook
vile, Tenn, are the parents of three
little girls born at one time. All are
healthy and normal babies. The father
is 65 years old and the mother is 80
years old.
A slight earthquake was felt In
Rome recently.
The Hiram Lloyd Building and Con-
struction company of st. Louis has
been awarded the contract for the
construction of the public building at
Miles City, Mont. at sS6,S17.
An anonymous letter was received
by State Auditor Gordon of Missouri
in which was enclosed S. bill for a
box of state stationery and writing
utensils which the writer said had
been obtained through a friend who
was legislative employee.
James and Hood Baldwin, brothers
and wealthy cattlemen of Broken
Bow, Ok, were convicted at Dequeen,
Ark, of holding up the bank of Gill
ham, Ark, March 8.
Alexander Kozlinska Of Chicago
thought his wife was going to leave
him. so he burned big tx" on her
arm to brand her.
The official count in the local OPP
ton elections held in Nebraska
showed gains for the drys in 10 coun-
ties against three in which the vets
were victorious.
Fistic supremacy passed from the
black to the white race at Havana,
Cuba, when Jess Willard defeated
Jack Johnson in the twenty-sixth
round of a prize fight for the heavy.
weight championship OF the world.
Two hundred thousand bales of hay
awaiting shipment to European coun-
tries engaged in war were burned at
Houston. Tex.
Liquor valued at $4,000 was poured
into the river at Pine Bluff, Ark, by
Sheriff Williams and his assistants.
Announcement is made that the
French government has decided to
buy the cargo of cotton carried by the
American ship Dacia.
Creditors Of the tiny village of Hills.
dale, N. Y, attached the portable DO