The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-29
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Thomas A.. Edison Was the guest 1t
. banquet given by San Francisco tel
egraph operators. 1t was q speech
Less" function. the address by the
president and the response by Edison
being made on telegraph Instruments.
Roger Bresnahan, Chicago baseball
leader. was injured when the automo-
bile he was driving collided with a
buggy.
A London firm Of glass manufactur-
ers, which has = plant at Maubeuge.
France, received the following cable
message: "The chimney of our Maui
beuge works has been destroyed by .
Zeppelin dashing into it. All tho oc-
cupants Of the Zeppelin were. killed"
sS'r More g aliens departed from : the
United States in August than arrived.
Aliens to a total Of 41.737 departed,
while c7,413 arrived.
Cen. Venustiano Carranza, first
chief of the constitutionalists, an
nounced that he would be a candidate
for the presidency of Mexico.
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AT the request of Kansas City, Mo,
Louisville has relinQuished an option
on Billy Sunday, the evangelist. who
will hold 4 meeting there next May
and June.
Bulgaria notified the United States
that b port Of Dedeasatch has been
closed and that merchant vessels can
not enter between sunset and sunrise.
Admissible liquids and oils and 9TH
or similar articles may now be sent
by international parcel post from the
United States to@Dutch Guiana, Hong
kong. Leeward Islands. Mexico, New
Zealand, Panama and Sweden.
ment of British ~sovereigns worth ap-
proximately SIS, ZOO. 900. 1t was
learned that the coins will be melted
into bars and credited to the British
government.
Capt. Boyd, naval attache Of the
Germany embassy at Washington, has
been promoted to q full captaincy.
1t was announced here that Rich
mond (va.l ffnanciers, acting for the
United States Steel corpoutfon..haye
an option on the Iredexaf Iron Works
plant. The price Is said to be
$4,000. 900.
A contest is about to be waged be-
tween the liquor interests and the dry
element for the control OF Boonville.
Mo-. one of the last strongholds Of the
liquor interests in that part OF the
state.
Sir John A. Simon, home secretary.
announced In parliament that the gov
eminent has no intention Of interning
Bulgarians Ut present. Notwithstanding
the TACT that England has declared
war against Bulgaria.
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Two men were delivered into the
hands of the Milford. England. court
martial. They 3 charged With hav.
ing given signals during . recent Yep
pelin raid over the London area.
The Cleveland 4 Buffalo Transit
company passed thes4quarterly divi
dend. the action being declared nee.
essary by reason Of q decrease In
lake passenger traffic.
The first order for Red Cross Christ
mas seals has come from Korea.
Their are approximately 5000 Brit
ish prisoners Of war In Germany.
The interstate commerce commits
sion dismissed the complaint OF the
Nebraska state railway commission
against the Burlington alleging unrea,
sonable rates on cattle, hogs and
sheep.
Premier AsQuith has recovered from
his recent illness sufficiently to 60 to
the country.
Forty men and women we're injured
when the Lackawanna ferry boat
,Netherland crashed into the Barrow
street pier at New York during q fog
Tho Lima Locomotive corporation
has received = $500, 900 order Tor s.
engines from the Illinois Central rail
road.
Fourteen men we're killed when the
powder house ct the Granite Nountaiu
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