The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-03-24


garia.
New counterfeit IS notes Of the fed
eral reserve type. bearing the Lin
coin head" have made their appear
anee on the Pacific coast
An unpledged delegation to the Re
publican national convention at Chi
cago was chosen at the first presi-
dental primaries ever held in New
Hampshire.
President Wilson is considering the
appointment of Col. L. D. Tyson of
Knoxville, Tenn, as assistant secre-
tary Of war to succeed Henry Brock
inridge.
At local option election in Nor.
gan county, Mo. the "drys" carried
the county by $50 votes. The county
has been wet during the last four
years.
Austria has declared war on Portu-
gal, according to the dispatches.
A reward OF 10000 pesos for the
body of Francisco Villa has been post
ed for 60 days in Carranza consulates.
Queen Victoria of Sweden is suffer
ing fro man attack of bronchitis.
James w, Gerard, American ambas-
sador at Berlin, is expected to return
to the United States within the next
few weeks.
The death is announced at Vienna
Of Baroness Marie Won Abner-Eschen-
bach, SS, author, daughter of CoCunt
Franz Won Dubsy.
The suit Of the Hitchman Coal and
Coke company of West Virginia to
have the United Mine Workers ad-
judged an unlawful organization in re-
straint Of trade has been ordered re-
argued by the supreme court.
Mexican Consul-General T. r. Bel
tran has sent wire to every Mexican
consul in his district. instructing them
not to say or do anything that might
eomplicate the present delicate situa-
ton.
Col Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt
have sailed from Port of Spain on
board the steamer Matura for New
York.
A large quantity of Red Cross sup
plies we're burned in fire which de-
stroyed pier No. 2 of the steamship
terminals at HALIFAX, N. S.
Information reached New York from
Berlin that Admiral Won Tirpitz, the
German minister of marine, either has
resigned or is upon the point OF re-
signing.
At the request Of Senator Owen, the
federal reserve board will allow a per-
son to be director in more than one
bank, provided 1t be shown that the
institutions are not active competi-
tors.
Troop trains leaving Fort Worth
for the long trip across west Texas
carried soldiers on the engine.
TEDDY" Slingsby, 5-year-old Cali
fornia boy, lost his fight for the
Slingsby millions.
The postoffice at lakewood. H., was
robbed. This was the nineteenth post
office robbery in this part of the state.
Reports that the city Of Essen,
where the Krupp works are located.
had been badly damaged by enemy
aviators are officially denied.
Secretary Redfield located in Brit
ish prison camp another one Of the
crew of the American steamer Kroon-
land, awarded medals by congress for
rescuing passengers from the burning
liner Volturno in the Atlantic. The
man is Emil Bohme, German.
ss
Secretary Lansing is on a vacation
in Pinehurst, N. C. He will remain
there week.
The submarine Lilo, the fourth sub
mersible to be built for the United
States navy by the Fore River Ship
building corporation, has been
launched.
The National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation has offered prizes aggregating
$500 to artists for the best 10 posters
for suffrage window display and bill
boards in competition to end Oct. 1.
An Official investigation by the Ger
man navy has established the fact
that no German submarine was con-
cerned in the sinking of the Nor
wegian bark Silius.
Secretary Daniels has announced
that dreadnausht No. 4s, to be built in
the New York navy yard, would be
christened Tennessee.