The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-06
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Sunday.
Fire caused by lightning destroyed a
yarn mill at Bynum, N. c., Sunday, caus-
ing a loss of 100000.
Mrs. Hettie Green, eighty years old, and
known as the worlds wealthiest woman,
died last Monday in New York.
Four Villa bandits who took part in the
Columbus raid were hanged in the county
Jail at Deming, N. NJ, last Friday.
Thirty-five persons were killed by auto
mobiles, two by troleys and seven by
wagons in New York during June.
Mrs. J. M. Sears of Boston has given
Battery A of that city, which has gone to
the Mexican border, S25, 900 and an auto.
The Russian Duma last Sunday adopted
bill according to peasants the same civil
rights as are given to other classes of the
population.
The postoffice appropriation bill, carrying
an annual appropriation Of 22,OOO,OOO,
passed the Senate last Thursday, after de-
bate that began month ago.
Billings, Montana, June 2S.-One man
was killed and twenty other persons were
injured by cyclone at Wibaux to-day.
Many buildings were damaged.
New York, July 4.-Twenty children
have died from tile epidemic of infantile
paralysis in the five boroughs of New York
within the last twenty-four hours.
A woman and her two children were
drowned Wednesday of last week near
Winfred, Montana, when big cloudbnrst
swept away the tent in which they were
living.
Frank White of Springdale, Ark, lost
his life in vain effort to save his daugh
ter and neice, both aged sixteen, from
drowning in White River while bathing
Sunday afternoon.
The heroic attempt of two young women
to save their younger sister from drowning,
while bathing last Thursday, resulted in the
death Of the three in the Chunkey River,
near Enterprise, Miss.
Six men were killed, one was injured,
probably fatally, and five others were Sc
riousIy burned at Emporium, Pa, Satur-
day, when several thousand pounds of
powder exploded in a powder plant.
Washington, July 4.-Four States, New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massa-
chusetts, paid more than $50, O0O,O 900 Of
the 1924 SAT ,42S in income taxes turned
into the national treasury during the fiscal
year Of 1915, which ended June Goth. New
York alone paid S45, 23O,679.
Mt. Gretna, Pa, July 1.-Three men of
Battery +. Pittsburg, were roughly handled
to-nighl by their comrades because they
refused to enter the United States service.
One Of the trio was ducked in Lake Cone
WACO until nearly drowned and then was
marched with his two luckless companions
to the Park station. There all three were
coated with yellow paint and started back
to Pittsburg afoot.
Washington, July 1.-Creation of non
partisan tariff commission of six members
with broad inquisitorial powers is proposed
in the general revenue bill introduced to-
day. The bill, the fruit of many confer
ences of Democratic members of the Ways
and Means Committee and discussion with
administration officials, contemplates rails
ing between S210,00O,0OO and Sr25, OOO, OOC
additional revenue, by Redistribution OF
the surtaX on incomes, tax on estates and
on war munition plants.
Washington, July 1.-Present conditions
Indicate cotton crop of IA, 266, coo equiv
alent 50O-pound bales this year. The De-
partment Of Agriculture forecast this tota
production to-day in connection with its
report announcing the condition of the CROP
on June 18th and the preliminary estimate
OF this years acreage. Last years crop
the smallestsince 1909, was II, 1911 ,82O bales
while two years ago it was Is, 1874 ,93(
bales, the biggest crop ever grown. Ir
1913 it was Also, 486 bales and in 1912 the
production was Is, 703,421 bales.
Edmonton, Alberta, July 1-Provnce
wide prohibition is now in effect in Alberta
At closing time last night John Barleycorr
was drummed out Of camp forever. The
coming into effect Of the new law marks
another important step in the movement tc
i bar liquor selling from the whole of West
ern Canada. Manitoba came into the dr.,
column month ago and Saskatchewan
has taken over the sale of liquor and prom
ises vote on prohibition next December
In British Columbia it is proposed to pu
the prohibition law into effect on july Is
next.
President Wilson, in his speech before
the New York Press Club last Friday night
indicated plainly that he is opposed to wa,
with Mexico unless it is absolutely neces
sary: At the beginning of his address he
launched directly into discussion of the
Mexican situation, telling of the hundred;
of letters he is receiving every day implor.
ing him to avert hostiIities except as a las
recourse. 81 have constantly to remind
myself that | am not the servant of those
who wish to enhance the value of theil
Mexican interests, but that | am for the
time being the servant Of the rank and file
OF the people Of the United States" he de.
clared.
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