Fair play., 1915-02-27
Weeks NEWS
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Busy Readers.

The United States army and navy
nave but II safe aeroplanes fit for
service in war, Henry Woodhouse as
serted in letter addressed to the
United States senators.
The Vermont house passed a refer
endum bill looking to the prohibition
of the sale of liquor in the state in
1915.
Frederick Ulmer, 21, son of a
wealthy New York manufacturer, shot
and probably fatally wounded Ethel
Odell, pretty 1S-year-old cabaret sing
er, in a subway station, and then at
tempted to END his own life.
Two men held up Henry r. Pontor-
no in his private bank, so feet from
Chicago police station, and robbed
him of money and jewels aggregating
$1,000.
David Fountain, church janitor
who confessed to the murder of Mar
garet Miller, 10 years old, in the Ger
man Lutheran church of Sacramento
Cal, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Gov. Hatfield, who is a physician,
assisted in the vaccination of men,
bers of the West Virginia legislature.
The vaccination followed the an
nouncement that Delegate Pilchard
had smallpox.
Roy Black and Roy Jones were ar
rested, charged with the murder of A.
ID. Oliver, president of the Farmers
Bank and Loan company Of Leesburg,
Ga, who was shot in front of his place
of business.
The London Times has achiev ed
what is said to be record in the field
OF raising money for popular cause.
It's fund for sick and wounded passed
s5,000,000.
Turkey has apologized to Greece
for the arrest of the Greek naval at
tache at Constantinople. according to
a dispatch from Athens, and danger
of war between the two countries has
been removed.
The statement of Henry Ford be-
fore the industrial commission that he
could reform Sing Sing convicts is
being tested. Several have been told
to go to Ford, who was provided with
their records.
An embargo by the United States
on the expectation of arms to bellig-
erent nations would be a completely
unneutral act, President Wilson told a
committee who presented a petition
with $4,000 signatures.
Discovery that one of the prisoners
In the Vigo Qnd.) county jail is suf-
fering from smallpox caused the
health authorities to quarantine that
institution There are 14O prisoners in
the Jail.
Forty girls were forced to flee in
their night apparel when fire prac-
tically destroyed the girls dormitor-
les of the Southern Training school at
GraysYille, Tenn.
The federal grand jury began an
other secret investigation of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
roads affairs. Charles S. Mellen,
former president of the road. was the
first witness called.
hoc haap onpauaana a..
India, that Prof. Albe has invented
a "phonecope," use of which enables
the totally deaf to perceive sounds
such as speech and music by means
of the eye.
Mrs. Carter II. Harrison has taken
up her husbands place on the plat
form and will endeavor to fill several
of his speaking engagements the clos
ing week of the primary campaign in
Chicago.
Richard Imento. laborer, entered
the office of A. NJ. Lee, assistant gen.
eral claim agent of the Northern Pa
cife railroad at Seattle, Wash, shot
and killed Charles Dryden and wound
ed X. E. Patton, another clerk.
Officials of railroads operating west
of the Missouri river presented argu.
ments for higher freight rates at a
hearing at which Commissioner w. M.
Daniels presided. The hearings Will
close March IS.
Jealous over the attentions of Sarah
Harwood, an aged woman. j. X. Lee,
70 years old, shot Nat Harrington, 81,
al. Dallas Tex.
Gov. Dunno has granted permission
TO the honor men band of 80 prisoners
to give concert outside of the Joliet |
While battery d, Sixth field artil- |
lery. U. S. A., was marching through |
the streets at Laredo. Tex, shrap-
nell shell exploded, blowing the cais.
son to pieces.