The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-17

ACACIS vi Tie MISSlSSlppl.
According to official German cas-
ualty lists which have reached Lon
don, the total German casualties for
February were 3S,19s. This brings
Up the total for the war to 1857, 1872.
VIII Crittendon and Emmett Comp
ton were identified by persons who
were in the First National bank at
Wan, Ok, as the two men Who robbed
the bank of $4,000.
The monthly statement OF the
United States Steel corporation places
unfinished orders to Feb. 20 at $685.
966 tons. an increase of 646,1s9 tons
over Jan. 81.
NJ. Malevsky-Malevitch, Russian am
bassador to Japan, has been recalled.
owing to reasons of health.
A. D. Guthrie, head of the Interna-
tional Merchant Marine, announces
that the liners Lapland, Adriatic and
Baltic of the White Star line have
been withdrawn from passenger serv-
ice for this month.
Caught under a slide OF rock and
earth in the plant of the Sandusky
Portland Cement company's plant, at
Dixon, ILL.,, Thomas c. Godt, a 1s-year-
old employe, was crushed to death.
Hundreds have been made homeless
and fhOnoon1o of 49, - f..- 1>-L
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-
pendic1tis. is said to be on the road to
recovery.
Because baby can't swear, he
frets." DR.. Frank Churchill told this
to several hundred mothers at the
Chicago baby show.
IVY hOuooh anu j. hdluoy, TWO
miners going to work in an automo-
bile at Webb City, Mo-, were killed
when a Frisco passenger train struck
their machine.
Twenty-one of the original damage
suits against the ST. Paul company in
h Cherry mine disaster of 1910 have
been settled and stricken from the
docket.
An Exchange Telegraph company
message from Athens says 1t is ru-
mored there that Enver Pasha, the
Turkish minister recently shot By an
assassin, is dead.
Two men entered the Germania
worsted mill, Philadelphia, shot and
killed erman Kasening, the paymas-
ter, fatally wounded his assistant and
escaped with a satchel said to contain
$4,000.
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 $4,000 and escaped.
One American and seven British
subjects have been liberated from the
detention camp for civilian prisoners
at Ruhleben, lear Berlin.
The United States senate passed a
bill authorizing national banking as
sociations 10 avail themselves of state
laws providing for the 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. Tho 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
total export of so, 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.
Hermina jeanette Thress If Oak
land, CAL, has publicly proposed mar
rage to John D. Rockefeller.
Mrs. Laura Payne, "a years old, has
been granted a divorce from w. w.
Payne, 80, in Jackson. Tenn. The cou-
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