The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-07-16
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.
Ruth Eglert, aged six, was killed
by lightning IN Franklin county.
The store ~ w. W. Kirtley at Jop-
pa, Adair county, was robbed of $40.
Adjustment Of the convict lease
system was urged Tuesday in report
submitted by an Alabama Legislative
committee.
The Dresden NJ. ional Bank, at
Dresden, o.. was closed by the direc-
otrs following the disappearance OF
the cashier.
The naval radio station at New Or
leans is TO be enlarged by the Govern
ment for use in connection with the
Panama Canal plant.
DR.. j. Il. Bruner and DR.. Ben l..
Bruner have bought Daughters Col
lege at Harrodsburg and will start a
school there in September.
A protest TO Great Britain regard
ing the seizure and detention Of meat
shipmests consigned to neutral coun-
tries wiz be made by the United
States Department Wednesday.
The Georgia Senate passed unan-
imously bill to prohibit white per-
-, g., ,oach;,,, IL, ,oYro scbooIs
~ 49,, f,o,, toacbino /, Whit a
",haois r. wouId annlv to nr;vate ~
vol ne nublic institutions
Mrs. 'Sallie Burnam Mccormack.
whose illness was reported i'm the
Tuesdays issue of this paper. is dead
at Lancaster. aged 6S. She was the
widow of John c. Mccormack.
G.. J. Jarvis. of Pineville. Repub-
lican candidate for Representative in
the Ninety-third district. yesterday
notified Secretary of State Crecelius
Of his withdrawal from the race.
American manufacturers are able
to manufacture dystutt II they are
given tariff protection, according to
a resolution to he sent TO Congress by
hosiery and underwear manufac-
turers.
state superintendent HAMLET an
nounces that by reas-n % an increase
OF the per-capita from S4.5O to SOD
the term OF the common schools VIII
be increased from SIX TO seven
months:
Inc kentucky scholastlc census ioI
MA lFi' SHOWS totai OF ft5'S , OF
schooi age IN tine rra an graded
SCHOOLS elsewhere tnan 10 the cities
ms Is gam OF 1000 over the prev
Gus year
j. p. Spilman, Of Harrodsburg,
Republican. who has been seeking
the nomination for Clerk Of the
Court of Appeals, has notified many
of the County Clerks of the State
by letter of his withdrawal from the
race.
Airs. Peavler. who Killed her hus-
band. j. il. Peavler. in Mercer coun-
ty, and who was given an indetermin-
ate sentence of eight to 81 years last
week. has decided TO tals her medi-
cine and will begin her sentence nj
once.
Bids for a new building for the
Interior Department were opened at
Washington. John II. Parker. Of New
York. was lowest at s1.622.OOO. The
new building. with furnishings md
mechanical devices will cost nearly
S3.OOO.OOO.
Striking pantsmakers in New York
threaten TO paralyze the clothing in
tlustrv by calling out union members
in other cities and members of the
Cutters Union in New York are con-
sidering a sympathet,c strike.
W. A. burnett. president of the
Louisville livestock Exchange. was
assured by sffcers of the Bureau of
Animal Industry that the Federal foot
and mouth quarantine will he lifted
from the Bourbon stockyards within
a few weeks.
In case of war with Germany the
Teutonic allies would lose not only
the diplomatic services of the United
States but seventy vessels isterned
here. the. two big wireless stations AT
Tuckerton and Sayville. and much
other valsable property.
Both Knox and Laurel counties
have sold their road bonds which
were recently voted To build pixies
and bridges. Including sections of