The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-28

S~wearingen, University of Illinois C o
ed and daughter of a banker, commit
ted suicide by taking gas.
The Portuguese government has or
dered h expulsion Of all Germans
over the military age and the intern
ment of all others.
A detachment of marines from the
Brooklyn navy yard has taken charge
of the big wireless plant at Tuckerton.
and no more messages will be sent
without the sanction of the depart
ment.
Eighty-five business men and law
yers have enrolled with the speakers
bureau of the National Security league
to conduct meetings in the interest of
preparedness.
Rafael Zubaran, former confidential
agent for the Mexican government at
Washington. has been appointed min
lister to Germany and the adjacent
countries.
Estimates made public by Secretary
Daniels show that between $50 and
600 midshipmen will enter the 1916
class at Annapolis In June.
The Shredded Wheat company of
Niagara Falls, n. Y, Is charged in a
formal complaint issued by the federal
trade commission with unfairness in
business methods.
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J. San kaentz, elderly, unmarried and
living alone nea Prescott. Ark, was
severely burned when trying to- save a
sum OF money which he had hidden
under his house. The house was de-
stroyed and he lost the money.
Twelve women sat in a jury box in
the Boise, Idaho, court, which is the
first body of this sort ever to be inn
paneled.
Ihree thousand one hundred and
seventeen noncombatants have lost
their lives in maritime disasters
caused by mines and submarines since
the European war began.
III a diplomatic break with Germany
follows the delivery of President Viii.
sons new to Berlin war is in.
evitable." declares William Howard
Taft.
Gary, Ind, with $4,000 inhabitants,
is n decade old. Ten years ago the
unloading of a car of cinders marked
the beginning of the city.
The German military authorities an
nounce that waste of leather in high
boots for ONE must cease.
The McKeesport (Pa.) Tinplate com.
pany announces that a 10 per cent in.
crease in wages has been granted to
700 skilled employees.
Daniel Riley, 10 years old, was sen.
fenced to a5 years imprisonment fol-
the murder of John Mozier, shot to
death in his Chicago saloon.
Two thousand men employed in the
P1ttSburg plant of the WESTINGHOUSE
Electric and Manufacturing company
walked out to enforce their demands
for an e%ight-hour day and an increase
in wages.
A lone bandit held up a passenger
train on the Louisiana, Red River &
Navigation railroad, shot the express
messenger and escaped with money
and jewelry valued at several thor
sands Of dollars.
J. A. Whiteford. for the last IL years
superintendent Of schools at st. 10
seph, Mo-, has resigned. Vernon q
Mays was elected to succeed him.
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The British admiralty announced
that 40 lives were lost when the Brit
ish steamship Gent was sunk without
warning by a German submarine.
An Exchange Telegraph company
dispatch from JANA states that Itaiiar
troops, as will as British, French an6
Servian, are now on Greek soil.
Guests at the Mundelein banuue'
started a campaign to raise $4,000 tt
be offered Is a reward for the captur,
Of Jean Crones. who slipped arseni,
into the soup.
Several hundred workmen held I'D
street car. elected all the passenger,
and broke all the windows on a lin,
on h south side in Chicago. Ba.
service caused the demonstration.
August Dieter, a Missouri %universit,
| student. 26 years of age committe,
suicide by sending a bullet into hi
head.
Enormous fields Of ice that hav,
been on Keweenaw Point, extendin,
into Lake Michigan north and west a
far as could be seen, broke up befor
, a gale.
Another revolution in Haiti is immi
nent. The crisis has been develope,
by the action of President Dartiguer
ave in creating q council of state t
draft q new constitution.
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President Wilson favors the senat
bill postponing the placing Of sugar o
the free list until 1920, in preference
to the house postponing 1t indefinitely
An explosion wrecked two floors q
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