Fair play., 1916-05-13

A mob gathered in Charlottenburg,
Prussia, and swept through the
streets, plundering two butter shops
and smashing signs and windows of
a number of other shops.
The house passed a bill authorizing
the enlistment of officers and men of
the United States marine corps now
at Port Au Prince to enter the serv-
ice of the Haitian government.
Mrs. Perry Bible, SO, of Willow
Springs, Mo-, killed herself with a re-
volver at her home
Judge Lindsey of Denver juvenile
court fame is in serious condition at
his home.
"Tombstones for women" is the
last demand of the new woman.
Formal announcement is made that
Elihu Root has sanctioned the cam
paign in his behalf for the Republican
presidential nomination.
The street car men Of Cleveland
voted, 1,123 to 496, to accept the COM
promise wage offer of the Cleveland
Railway company.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of the
Congressional library, dismissed from
office Ernest Bruncken for remarks
alleged to have been disrespectful to
President Wilson.
The Evansville Qnd) Western
Union office received a call to send a
messenger boy to the home to attend
the baby while the parents went to a
show.
The senate commerce committee au-
thorized Senator Clark to report IA
vorably the river bill, carrying ap-
proximately s43,O00,OOO, an increase of
about s9,OOO,OOO over the house bill.
Tieman Schopel of Holland, Mich,
has the unique distinction of being
older than his grandmother. Schopels
grandfather, Thomas Vandenbosch, 72,
married Miss Gtrtrude Nyboder, 10
years old.
A Lloyd's dispatch from Teneriffe,
Canary islands, says that the German
steamship Telde drifted seaward dur
ing a gale and was captured by a
cruiser, which towed her northward.
We are so salty the South sea island
cannibals will not eat us, bemoaned
DIR. Charles Woodward before the IL
linois State Eclectic society in an ad-
dress decrying too free use of salt
Giles w. Trask of Frankfort, Ind,
wealthy farmer and elevator owner,
confessed that he killed Mrs. Alice A.
Evans, a fortune teller known as Nine.
Rand.
Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic
explorer, has sailed for Liverpool on
the steamer Orduna. He will organ
ize a relief expedition for the rescue
of the Shackleton party.
Five hogs infected with the foot and
mouth disease were found on the
Houck farm, at Taylorville, H., by DIR.
A. d. Bullock of the United States in
Spectlon bureau.
A meat supply depot belonging to a
foreign corporation with a large capt.
tai was taken over by the Mexican
government on orders from the secre-
tary of the interior.
The strike of workmen on the An
chorage division Of the United States
railroad for higher wages was de-
clared off. Increases were granted
There now seems to be little doubt
that Great Britain will follow the ex-
ample of Holland and adopt the day
light-saving system.
Three years ago Frank H. Canning
acted the gallant toward Mrs. j. t.
Elkins of Detroit when she was mo-
Tested by street car ruffians, and in
her WILL Just probated, she leaves him
$4,000
The New. South Wales ministry has
resigned, owing to its unwillingness
to put into effect the abolition of the
upper house as demanded by the labor
party.
William Scott and Harry Young, oil
field workers, were asphyxiated by
natural gas in the oil fields near Cush-
ing, Ok.
A bill TO create a national board of
censors to pass on all moving picture
films has been agreed upon by the
house education committee.
The senate naval affairs committee
has voted to recommend the passage
of Senator Tillman's bill providing
more drastic punishment for the dis
closure Of national defense secrets.
Gov. Frank b. Willis Of Ohio col
lapsed on the stage In the Mansfield
opera house here when delivering an
address.