The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
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 Re
viewed Without Comment-Ail
Nations Find Something to
Edify and Instruct

A. K. Patterson of Sale City, Ga, !
was shot by a friend named Strick-
land, following a quarrel over a dog.
Orange growers Of California have
received approximately 100000 more
this year than last year for their crop,
according to an announcement made
by II. Harold Powell.
Harry p. Connolly. % years old. Of
New Orleans, held up a negro at the
point of a flask of whisky, but was
interrupted by a patrolman, who took
him in custody.
Tom Ames of East St. Louis and
Chicago, a bridegroom of "a hours, is
In Jail on a charge of perjury in con-
nection with procuring a license to
marry Ethel Stone. II.
Designs prepared by the navy de-
partment for two seagoing subma-
rines authorized by the last naval APP
preparation act contemplate the use of
steam turbines in surface propulsion.
A decree establishing a minimum
wage of $3.50 per week for 10000
women and girls employed in retail
stores in Massachusetts has gone into
effect.
Al Ringing. &c years old, is dead of
Bright's disease. Ringing was the
oldest of the Ringing brothers, circus
owners.
Cold and hungry, Harvey Seals, who
escaped from the Christian county,
Mo, Jail with Frank KOsmatO, re-
turned and gave himself up to Sheriff
John Turner.
Ten thousand persons gathered at
the Trenton station to welcome Billy
Sunday, evangelist, who has begun a
seven weeks campaign in a huge tab
ernaCle
Frederick J.. Clarke, a clerk in the
branch of the Canadian Bank of Com
merce. at Admiral, Saskatchewan, is
under arrest On a charge Of theft Of
$500 of the banks funds.
Henry A. Muessel, a millionaire
owner of the Muessel Brewing COM
pany and Frank Chobot, an employee.
were murdered and Mr.. Muessel's two
sons seriously wounded when they re-
sisted the efforts of two bandits to
rob the office of the brewery at South
Bend, Ind.
Six negroes met death at Blakely,
Ga, at the hands of a posse which
was trying to arrest them for the al
legged murder of a plantation owner
last week.
New proposals from Germany for a
settlement of the Lusitania cOntro-
yersy, which the Berlin foreign office
hopes will be acceptable to the United
States, are expected to be presented
to the state department this week.
With the consent Of Cardinal Glib
bons, the prayer committee of the
Billy Sunday campaign management
will send a letter to the Catholic
clergy of Baltimore asking for their
cooperation.
Theodore Roosevelt was allowed
S1.442.52 against William Barnes, Re
publican leader, as costs and dis
,bursements in the recent trial il
Syracuse, N. Y.
Secretary Lansing denied the state
,ments that the purpose of the visit tt
Europe of Col. Z. NJ. House was t.
settle differences etwee our ambas
sailors at the European capitals.
Two Austrian torpedo boat destroy
ers have beer sunk in the Hdriatic b.
the naval forces of the allies in thos
waters.
Reports come from German source
that mail from the German foreigl
office to Ambassador Bernstorff ha,
been seized and retained by the Bri,
ish.
Eighteen German soldiers wer
killed and Al wounded when a trai
filled with troops who were on flu
Tough jumped the tracks at Ben
schen, near Posen.
s
Miss Margaret Curtiss, 10. daughte
of j.. w. Curtiss of Greenwich, Conn
got up from her bed recently and wal
dered into the night storm and wa
found lead in the morning.
Increases in wages ranging from
to 5 cents an hour for Boston lon!
,shoremen become effective Jan. l.
A bulletin issued by the damon
State Fiber company, at Morristowl
PA, announces that hereafter tt
company proposes to pay a divider
every three months to employe
based IN the wages earned.
Competitive bidding at Boulde
Colo. brought offers of $48 and 5.
per unit for so per cent tungsten or
las compared with $3.50 last April.
George w. Glover, 70 years old, on
son of the late Mrs. Mary Baker Gle
er Eddy. founder Of the Christian 81
ence religion, Is dead at his home
the Black Hills. He was not a Seize
list.
Notices Of wage increases of S d.