The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
h&eFENIRes IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES HERR
ARE BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Condemnation Of Weeks News Re-
viewed Without commsnt-All
Nations Find Something TO
Edlfy and Instruct.

Brig. Gen. Robert K. Evans, COM
mander Of the Hawaiian department,
has retired from active service on &C
count OF age, after service of 45 years.
An order making the national guard
of California a dry organization was
issued by Col. ]. ], Boree, acting adju-
tAnt general.
The Northern Forests Protective as
ISOLATION, through its secretary,
Thomas Wyman, is placing in hunting
camps throughout upper Michigan
emergency food boxes made of metal.
John Swanson, a farmer Of Huron,
N. D., reported to the police that he
had been swindled out of $40, 900 on a
fake horse race Nov. 8.
Five thousand volts of electricity
failed to kill or seriously injure 7.year.
old Duncan Heiner of Redwood, Cal,
although 1t burned off the soles of his
shoes.
Deposits in postal savings banks
continue to show record-breaking
gains. The increase for October was
$4,70O,O00, or twice that for October,
1915. In the last four months depos-
its have increased more than $17,OOO,.
600, almost as much as for the entire
year ended June 80, 1916.
The property and mines of the
Great Western Coal and Coke Co. at
Wilburton, Ok, were sold to James
Dunacn Of Alton, ILL.,, and G. H. Kim
ball of st. Louis, bondholders.
The population of continental Unit
ed States has passed the 10S, 100000
mark. Officials, in their monthly
statement, estimate that on Nov.
the population of the country was
1OS, O02, 900.
Fat men and women of Chicago are
planning monster protest to the city
council to prevent the passage of n
resolution to make theater seats two
/ inches smaller.
Joseph Wilson, SO. brother Of VIII
liam B. Wilson. secretary of labor,
was killed when placing pillars in a
mine at st. Benedict, Pa.
V. Gilbert Richardson, mayor of
Batesville, Ark, was acquitted Of muir
der by jury in circuit court. Rich
ardson killed Farrell Padgett, 20.
Padgett had tried to lure his 17-year-
old wife from home.
The real reason for w. ]. Bryan's
visit to New York is to have his por-
trait painted for the department OF
state building at Washington.
Bald pates are worth $1,000 apiece
AT least, that is what Jacob Baer OF
Cleveland asks as damages for an &C,
cident which gave him bald pate.
Beer at cents schooner" or the
changing of ''schooners" to "skiffs" is
threatened by the brewers in Cincin
natl.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Co
announced a per cent increase IN
salaries Of its employees who receive
less than 5000 month.
Harold Talbot, Is years old, was
killed and his brother Ralph of Long
Point, ILL.,, was hurt when their auto
mobile turned over.
Peter Globis' hobby of keeping his
debts paid manifested itself on his
deathbed at Chicago. He caused to be
inserted In his will the following: Il
owe Eupilus Wilkus $50. Don't forget
to pay him."
Alex Snyder has just picked four
baskets of ripe strawberries from his
garden at Long Meadow, Mass.
Kansas chose 151 women Office hold
ers at the recent election.
Mrs. Rose Leavitt has lost 10 per.
fectly good pounds. That's why she
is suing for divorce. She blames the
odor Of her husbands tannery in New
York.
Henry Tuerke. 20 months old, who
was pronounced cured in New York
following the serum treatment for In
fantile paralysis last summer, is dy-
ing In Baltimore from second at
tack.
Aeroplane mail routes are planned
between Chicago. Detroit and New
York by Glenn Muffly of the Aero
Club Of America
Peter Reeve Of Chicago has a wood
en- leg. II got caueht in . crack while
he was crawling cut the window OF
a saloon he had JUS robbed. The DO
lice came and took bin to jail.