The Pulaskian., 1915-12-31
NEWS IF THE WEEK
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 There are more than 10000 soldier priests in the French army.
 Work has progressed so rapidly on the removal of the Gaillard slide that the Panama canal is now open for tugs and dredges of light draft.
 Mrs. Minerva Memby, 50 years old, wife of a farmer near Joplin, Mo-, per ished in a fire which destroyed her home.
 { Mayor James c. Woodruff of At lanta, Ga, vetoed a resolution passed by the city council ordering a recall election Jan 5, affecting the mayor and four members O. the police com mission.
 Worthy Tooley of Athens, N. T., and Ludwig Marquardt of Kingston, N r., murderers, were put to death by cleo tricity at Sing Sing prison.
 David Mccormick of Peru, Ind, 60 years old, a farmer, fell down stairs when saving household goods from his burning home and was burned to death.
 Franklin Newhall, 92 years old, long known throughout the middle west as the apple king" is dead in Glencoe, suburb of Chicago.
 Daniel Worcester, 82 years old, who was known as the original Uncle Tom" of the dramatization of Uncle Toms Cabin" is dead at the Vermont soldiers home.
 The Rev. s. D. Lindsay of Rison, Ark, was informed that he was worth S100.000 as result of patent auto mobile spring he invented
 Fay Clanton and George B. Smith were killed and George Kettles seri- ously injured when Nettles' automo- bile plunged through bridge into ravine at Waco, Tex.
 Since the war began, 734 ships own ed by Germany's enemies have been destroyed. Of this number, 56S were sunk by submarines and 93 by mines.
 The Socialist party national execu- tive committee in session in Chicago ordered a nationwide campaign in support of a peace resolution.
 The Armour Packing Company of Chicago has closed deal to lease 100000 acres of land at Eureka Springs, Ark, to mine potash. An immense bed has been discovered
 Fire destroyed the Cleveland Ele- vator Company's elevator and wood storage house at Sheldon, H., with an estimated loss of s250,o00.
 Seven men were drowned in Ches- apeake Bay wEen the sloop Lady liar rington of Oxford capsized and sank in gale of wind and rain.
 Lady Eglantine, the white leghorn hen that laid 314 eggs in 365 days, making her the worlds champion layer, was presented a diamond studded gold anl1let at the Philadel- phia poultry show.
 Accusations of having received stip- ulated sums of money for the city which were in effect bribes to give immunity to keepers of alleged gam bling houses and liquor selling estab- lishments caused Judge Conn Linn of the district court to remove Mayor Frank M. Wooden and T. J. Quinn of Tulsa, Ok.
 Representatives of Belgian and Hol- land firms have been buying up large supplies of leaf tobacco and heavy shipments to Europe are now being made.
 John McPherson two years ago de- clared he had been haunted by the ghost of the man he had killed in Ala bama, has been found guilty of the murder and sentenced to life inn prisonment
 Exports from the port of New York during November exceeded $1S00 000,- 900, the largest amount in the history of the port.
 If former Mayor Crump's plan pre- vails, Memphis, Tenn, will soon have poor mans" court
 Munich newspapers announce the suicide of Gen. Jenesco, commanding the second Rumanian army corps.
 F. E. Moody, rancher of South Mayde, Tex, swallowed poison and died instantly A year ago he married manicurist after courtship of two days. He left note declaring that