The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-18
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News C~ondensations he-
viewed Without Conment-AH
Nations Find Something to
Edify and Instruct

Inmates of the state prison at
Chariestown, Mass, were allowed for
the first time to read the Sunday pa
pers in their cells.
Niles Reynolds, SO years old, died
from anthrax which he contracted
while at work in a leather manufac-
turing plant at Gloversville, N. Y.
The body Of Adolph Pegoud, the
brother Of the celebrated aviator who
was found hanging from a tree in the
vicinity of Versailles.
Four million new bank notes made
in the United States have been placed
in the Mexican treasury.
The second special session of the
Illinois legislature was ended when
three members of each house met on
the 14th and adjourned.
Shelbyville. Del. Many families were
made homeless.
Census bureau experts estimate the
population of the United States on
Jan. l was 1O1 ,2OS,315, and thai by
July 1 it will be 1O2, OF, 1902. On July
1 last year it was estimated at 1OO,-
399.318.
Former Premier Venizelos Of Greece
has decided to return to active po-
Htical life, becoming a candidate for a
vacancy in the chamber Of deputies.
Morse hall. erected in 1890 and con-
tanning Cornell univsrsity's valuable
chemical laboratory, was destroyed by
fire.
The first call for the married men
VIC enlisted under the Derby scheme,
the London Daily Mail says, will be
issued in about a month.
Withdrawing the previous plea Of
not guilty, the glove-making firm Of
FOWnes Bros. Co. of London pleaded
guilty to the charges of trading with
the enemies of England.
The Marquis of Bath has received
word that his eldest son, John Alex
ander, 81 ViscQunt Of Weymouth, had
been killed In action.
Marjorie Sterrett, the Brooklyn girl
who started a contribution to build a
battleship for the United States navy,
hqS raoo{uoH u lottar frD~n T0cnrhro
Daniels, returning her 1Gcent contri.
button.
About 25 stoi1ers at the John A.
Roebling Sons plant, Trenton, N. J.,
refused to 60 to work because their
demands for more pay and shorter
hours had been declined, and as a re-
suit the plant, employing about 5000
men, was closed.
Crossed wires caused a $50, 900 fire
in the forge department of the Can,
ada Car Int Foundry company, al
Montreal.
!" Jewelry valued at $4,000 was stoler
: from the travelling case of Ira Rosen
J JAdSClAAS ~ Il DulAdlO. ~. L. Gull
= Germ.
The new flood control committee O
the house left for a week's tour Of in
spection in the Mississippi flood dis
will proceed through the flooded are,
by boat.
Marvin Harris, a negro, accused o
killing an aged farmer, was lynche'
neal Macon. Ga.
A joint resolution authorizing tn
submission of a wOma suffrag
amendment to the state constitution
was adopted by the Oklahoma hous
of representatives.
Miss Hazel Scott, who has been Ii,
arrested and will be taken back t
Princeton, Mo-, to face a charge {
having murdered her baby.
Shipments of liquor from outside til
state to any person in Mississippi wi
be limited to one quart of whisky an
"a pints Of beer each Is days if til
house oncu in the senate bill.
The first snow Of the season fell
Paris Feb. 10.
The senate has passed the bill
lowing senators and congressman
appoint three naval cadets instead
two.
Announcement Of q s per cent i
crease In wages for its 1000 el
ployes was made by the Americs
Iron and Steel Manufacturing col
bany at Lebanon. Pa.
A string OF pearls said by New Yol
newspapers to be worth 81, 900 al
containing so gems was entered at Il
custom house.
Alexander T. Vogelsang Of s,
Fracisco was nominated by Preside
Wilson a solicitor Of the departme
Of the interior.
William Dean Webb. So years o.
first city attorney OF Minneapolis, q
Judge Of the district court, Is dead