McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-31
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
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Nations Find Something to
Edky and Instruct.

= Edify and Instruct.
To increase the gold reserve OF the
government, the Austrian savings
banks have decided to accept deposits
In the form of jewelry and old gold OF
all kinds.
The Wisconsin national guard has
been ordered to recruit to full war
strength.
Federal custom officials at Ell Paso,
Tex, began rigid enforcement OF the
immigration laws at the international
bridge connecting Ell Paso with
Juarez.
Because of extra expenditures for
the Mexican expedition and the cost
of recruiting the army up to 10000,
Secretary Of War Baker submitted
urgent deficiency estimates of $500
094 to the house.
Military training for boys in the
public schools Of Hoboken, NJ j., Will
begin Immediately.
The house education committee
voted unanimously to take no action
on pending bills to reopen the north
pole controversy. DR.. Frederick A.
Cook asked the committee to investi-
gate his claims.
An unmasked robber entered the
First National bank at Malvern, Ark,
locked the cashier, H. L. Mcdonald,
in the vault and escaped with 1913.
A romance ended in Chicago court
when Charles Robinson divorced Val
ala Bernicia Winton Robinson, daugh-
ter OF former Mayor 0. r. Winton OF
East st. Louis, and heiress to his
$780, 900 estate.
In telegram sent to President VIII
SON the Aero Club of America offered
for army use in Mexico two high
power aeroplanes, which the club says
excel In every way the army flying
equipment.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, editor OF
the Los Angeles Times, Is seriously
Ill with pneumonia.
Capt. Roald Amundsen, according to
a Central News dispatch from Christi
ania, will start on north pole expedi-
ton in the spring of 1917.
Mrs. Thomas Nelson and her sister,
Miss Clara Matthews. are dead at Vi
emma, Mo-. as a result of poison mys-
teriously administered.
The first submarine strike on rec
ord has occurred on a Batavier Line
steamship when the crew refused to
sail because the ship was not con-
voyed for protection from submarines.
James Howard Grace of Ell Paso
and his mother and sister of Chicago
will receive the bulk Of the estate OF
$1,790,000 Of Edward Grace. according
to the terms of the will just filed.
Daniel G. Patterson. formerly a rail-
road man at Greensboro, N. c., shot
and killed his four children while
they slept and then killed himself. He
is believed to have been temporarily
inrane.
Turkish soldiers have evacuated Er-
xingan, according to information re
ceived here.
One hundred and twenty-seven SUD
marines have. been captured by the
British since the outbreak Of the war,
The Carolite Chemical company's
plant, at Conner Hill, Tenn. manufac'
turing high explosives. was entirely
destroyed by fire.
Thousands Of barrels Of oil were
destroyed in fire near Drumright,
Ok, on the 2Sd. when ~ derricks and
IL wells were In flames. \
Daniel s.. Hoan, Social Democratic
candidate for mayor Of Milwaukee
leads Mayor Gerhard A. Bading, non
partisan. by 5.ss7 votes.
A. Sully Guard of New Rochelle, N
r., was killed when his automobile
running so miles an hour, struck q
telegraph pole.
Senator L. Y. Sherman OF Illinois
has introduced resolution to author
ize the president to at once call FOL
10000 volunteers for service in Mex
leo.
Francisco Obregon. brother Of tht
minister Of war. was killed In IN au
tomobile accident In the town Of Nav
ajoa. state Of Sonora.
A. strike that lasted IL minutes re
suited In 200 workers employed by thu
Western Steel Car and Foundry com
pany, In .Hegewisch. ILL.,. receiving al
Increase of IL cents an hour.
Exports from the port of New Yorl
for the last week were s64 ,022,640. &C
cording to figures compiled at tn
customs house.
Miss Eva Gregory, IS. daughter o
Steven Gregory of Lexington, Ky,
was shot and killed as she rode horse
back on lonely road near her home
An Eau Claire (Wis,) canning com
pany has closed deal with a Canad
ian firm which calls for 100000 can
~ aYrish staw" n week for a wear