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the settlement commission.
A German paper says: eve are
waging no war on Americans, and all
Americans caught with guns on their
arms should be shot"
Johnnie Dundee, pugilist, was ar
rested on a charge of homicide after
an auto which he was driving had
killed a 13-year-old boy in New York.
Republican Leader Mann obtained
the unanimous consent for printing
Charles z. Hughes acceptance ad.
dress in the Congressional Record.
With nearly 500 delegates in attend
ance, the biennial convention of the
Catholic Ladies Of Columbia opened in
Toledo.
Representative Henry T. Helgesen
of North Dakota is trying to have
congress withdraw its recognition of
Robert E. Peary, the explorer. Hedge
sen claims the discovery of the north
pole by Peary has been disproved.
Wilbur H. Bagley of Muncie, Ind,
has ended an endurance piano playing
contest of so hours and five minutes.
Dispatches say that the entire vii
lage of Ste. de la Pocatiere, Quebec,
is burning.
The Servian government has de-
cided to convoke the Servian parlia.
ment on the Isle OF Corfu.
James Volmer, years old, died a
few minutes after he had found and
drunk a bottle of poison in the back
yard Of his home at St Louis.
Or. Eva M. Hardin Of Topeka, wom-
an suffragist leader, has a generous
margin over H. ]. Corwin in the re-
turns from the recent Democratic con-
gressional primary.
The threatened tie-up of every line
in Greater New York is only the first
step in nationwide strike of street
car men in order to win the unions
demand for the right to organize.
Publishers of daily newspapers in
Greater New York have taken action
which win result in the number of
pages printed in all editions being
reduced.
Some of the British newspapers at
tach much Importance to a statement
made by Premier Asquith In a speech
in the house of parliament in which
he intimated he might resign.
The Cuban central electoral com
mittee sent to the official gazette for
publication a call for the election on
Nov. / of a president, vice-president
senators and representatives.
Fire virtually destroyed the Alarge
plant of the F. C. Miller planning mills
in Newport, Ky. Loss, $4,000.
The membership Of the Knights of
Columbus on June 30 was S6S, 135, an
increase of 21,517 over the preceding
year, according to the annual report
Of the supreme secretary made to the
annual convention at Davenport, la.
Telegraphers employed by the New
York Central and the Nickel Plate"
roads are granted an per cent In
crease in pay on lines west OF Buffalo
and 10 per cent on lines east of Buff
falo in the award filed by the federal
arbitration board, which last month
heard arguments on the mems de
mands.
Clifford G. Morrison OF Decatur, H.,
was killed and four persons were bad
ly hurt when an automobile in which
they we're riding crashed into fence.
The Chilean steamer Ecuador was
wrecked near Coronel. Forty persons
we're drowned.
DR.. Cressy l.. Wilbur, director of vi
tai statistics of New York state, tried
to end his life in his home by cutting
his throat with razor.
John II. Clarke, appointed by the
president to succeed Charles E.
Hughes, Republican candidate for pres
dent, was sworn in as justice of the
supreme court.
Hiding behind the false end In a
coal car in which they had been work
ing. three inmates Of the North Da-
kota penitentiary made their escape.
The hydro Transforming station at
Dundas. Ont. was almost destroyed
by fire caused by short circuit.
The body Of Frank Clerihan was