The enterprise., 1916-10-05
WORLD IN BRIEF

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will sell their milk at auction. begin
ming October l.
washington. -Postmasters are to be
paid SIS for every recruit they secure
Tor the new army.
st. Joseph. When arrested here
Tor the murder Of his wife, Oscar
Mcdaniel laughed.
st. Paul.-Foodstuffs have advanc-
ed 81 per cent over last years prices.
Flour has almost doubled.
Milwaukee. Coal gas, caused by
imperfect stoves, asphixiated Edmund
Meyer and Mrs. May Knapp.
Seattle.-The steamship Victoria
has arrived from Nome bringing more
than 100000 in new gold.
New York.-Edward Macino killed
his wife because she insisted on wear
ing red dress which he did not like.
Mobile. Hundreds Of lumber mills
in the south will have to suspend op-
erations on account Of the car short
age.
New York.-It is estimated that the
automobile has increased the consump-
tlon of rubber in the United States by
100 per cent.
Ottawa.-Asked to subscribe $780,
100000 to the new British war loan,
Canada has offered to take $18O,OOO,-
600 Of the issue.
New York.-A counterfeit federal
reserve note for $40 is in circulation.
Check letter B, face plate No. 4, por-
trait of jackson.
Chicago. - The government has
warned bakers that if they band to-
gether to raise the price of bread they
will be prosecuted.
Aurora, m.-For "going with the
other fellow" Paul Verhoyle, 10 wears
of age, killed Gwendolyn Holden, his
16 year old sweetheart.
Washington. government is
ordering large number Of new type
of anti-air craft guns, the design of
which is to be kept secret.
Boston.-The city of Boston has
made contract for 1000 tons of BIZ
luminous coal at $40 per ton, COM
pared with 1914 a ton in 1914.
Boston.-Flour will go to $14 bar
rel and bread to 20 cents loaf, un-
less an embargo is put on wheat is the
declaration of the Boston Consumers
league.
Amsterdam. - Seventeen persons
have been executed here as spies.
Twenty-Five were condemned, includ-
ing four priests, three women and two
young girls.
New York.-Bakers will ask the
government for an embargo on wheat.
Hundreds Of bakers have been put out
OF business because of the increase in
the price of flour.
Dodge Center, MINI. - Margaret
Guy, three years of age, wandered
away from home, went to sleep on a
railroad track, and was crushed to
death by passing train.
New York-An increase in the
price of cigars is announced by sew
eral New York manufacturers, due to
higher cost of raw material and bet-
ter wage for cigarmakers.
Los Angeles. Women are not per-
mitted to smoke cigarettes in fashion
able after dinner cafes. The habit
had become so general that those who
did not smoke were the exceptions.
San Diego.-Mrs. H. B. Given,
prominent socially, has been arrested
on charges of having helped to rob
many OF the fine homes in which she
had been entertained. She has con-
fessed.
Columbus. - Villa disclaims any
part in the Columbus raid, and says
Pablo Lopez was responsible for the
attack. As Lopez has been executed
he is not in a position to deny the as
sertion.
New York.-Two hundred thousand
tons of copper have been sold to the
allies at prices ranging between 26
and 27 cents. The Anaconda COM
pany figured largely in the big trans
action.
Boston. Fresh hennery eggs will
cost at least rs cents dozen when
the price reaches the high mark in
November or December, according to
Secretary Wheeler, of the state board
Of agriculture.
Paris.-Sergeant Kitten Rockwell,
in an air battle with German aero
plane, fell mortally wounded, and died
without knowing that two hours pre-
viously he had been promoted to a
lieutenancy for bravery.
chicago.-Helen Ferguson, an old
woman, arrested for stealing e, asked
the judge to give her five years. "Be-
she said, "I have no home;
my children do not write to me, and /
have nothing to live for.''
London:-Of the twelve Zeppelias
which raided London recently, two
were brought down by air guns. One
was destroyed with it's crew in mid
air, and the other brought to the
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