The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-03-17

American consul in Rome, who died
suddenly, will be sent to America on
board the United States army trans
port Caesar.
Nine strikes Of machinists, in prog
ress at Hartford, Conn, many months,
have ended. None OF the demands OF
the men was granted.
Hundreds have been made homeless
and thousands OF acres Of farm land
In southwestern England inundated as
a result Of the overflow Of rivers
caused by continued heavy snowfalls.
A 3-year-old son of Art de Rocher,
living near Duquoin, Ill.,, persisted in
a fire which destroyed the family
home.
Maud Allan. the classic dancer re-
ported dead after an operation for ap-
pendicitis, is said to be on the road to
recovery.
Because baby can't swear, he
frets." DIR. Frank Churchill told this
to several hundred mothers at the
Chicago baby show.
Roy Dodson and ]. Rainey, two
miners going to work in an automo-
bile at Webb City, No, were killed
when a Frisco passenger train struck
their machine.
Twenty-one of the original damage
suits against the st. Paul company in
the Cherry mine disaster OF 1910 have
been settled and stricken from the
docket.
An Exchange Telegraph company
message from Athens says it is ru-
mored there that Enver Pasha, the
Turkish minister recently shot by an
assassin, is dead.
Wages of 10000 employees Of the
Armour, Swift, Morris and Sulzberger
plants at the Union stock yards were
increased approximately 81 week.
Two men entered the GermaDia
worsted mill, Philadelphia, shot and
killed erman Kasening, the paymas-
ter, fatally wounded his assistant and
escaped with a satchel said to contain
$1,000.
A search for Nels Nelson, father Of
Battling" Nelson, former lightweight
pugilistic champion, is being conduct
ed by friends and relatives of the
fighter.
The First National bank Of Wan,
ok. was robbed by two masked men
who obtained $500 and escaped.
The United States senate passed
bill authorizing national banking as
sociations to avail themselves of stats
laws providing for tho guaranteeing
of del csits.
Fred Collision, a wealthy farmer Of
Danville, Ill.,. whose automobile struck
and killed William Padden last No
vember, has paid to Padden's two
minor heirs $4,000.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
state bank at Rock. Kan, and escaped
with $4,000. The robbery was discov-
cred by the cashier when he opened
the bank.
Dudley Groves, 81 years old, Of
Springfield. Mo-, driver OF an oil
wagon. died from burns sustained
when a match was thrown In some
gasoline which had been spilled from
his wagon.
Local option won in Vermont over
a statewide prohibition proposition by
a majority of 1864 votes.
The herring fishermen of Newfound-
land have Just closed their most pros
porous season In many years. The
otal export OF S0,101 barrels was the !
largest since 1911.
The Old Dominion line steamer
Madison. New York to Norfolk, and |
the tug Daniel F. Willard. collided in |
Hampton Roads. The tug was cut in
two and sank Immediately.
One American and seven British
subjects have been liberated from the
detention camp for civilian prisoners
at Ruhleben, near Berlin.
Hermina Jeanette Thress OF Oak
land. Cal. has publicly proposed mar.
riage to John D. Rockefeller.
Information has been received that |
cholera has broken out anew in 81
villages and towns OF Austria.
Three workmen were killed and five
were injured By . fall Of coal and
slate At Maple Hin eOllisry. shenan-
doah, Pa.
Addison Jones Of Peru. Ind. IS years
old. hanged himself In bis barn. Ne