The Pulaskian., 1916-05-12
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND OTHER COUNTRIES HERE
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streets, plundering two butter shops and smashing signs and windows of a number of other shops.
 The house passed bill authorizing the enlistment of officers and men of the United States marine corps now at Port Au Prince to enter the servl ice of the Haitian government
 Mrs. Perry Bible, B, of Willow Springs, Mo, killed herself with re- volver at her home.
 Judge Lindsey of Denver juvenile court fame is in serious condition at his home.
 "Tombstones for women" is the last demand of the new woman.
 Formal announcement is made that Elihu Root has sanctioned the cam paign in his behalf for the Republican presidential nomination.
 The street car men of Cleveland voted. 1.123 to 496, to accept the com promise wage offer of the Cleveland Railway company.
 Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Congressional library, dismissed from office Ernest Bruncken for remarks alleged to have been disrespectful to President Wilson.
 The Evansville (Ind.) Western Union office received call to send messenger boy to the home to attend the baby while the parents went to a show.
 The senate commerce committee au- thorized Senator Clark to report fa- vorably the river bill, carrying ap- proximately $43 100000, an increase of about $3,000,000 over the house bill.
 
 Tieman Sehopel of Holland, Mich, has the unique distinction of being older than his grandmother. Schopel's grandfather, Thomas Vandenbosch, 72, married Miss Gtrtrude Nyboder, 19 years old.
 A L1oyd's dispatch from Teneriffe, Canary islands, says that the German steamship Telde drifted seaward dur ing a gale and was captured by a cruiser, which lowed her northward.
 We are so salty the South sea island cannibals will not eat us, bemoaned Dr. Charles Woodward before the H. linois State Eclectic society in an ad- dress decrying too free use of salt.
 Giles w. Trask of Frankfort, Ind, wealthy farmer and elevator owner, confessed that he killed Mrs. Alice A. Evans, a fortune teller known as Mme. Rand.
 Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorer, has sailed for Liverpool on the steamer Orduna. He will organ ize relief expedition for the rescue of the Shackleton party.
 Five hogs infected with the foot and mouth disease were found on the Houck farm, at Taylorville, H., by Dr. A. D. Bullock of the United States in spect1On bureau.
 A meat supply depot belonging to a foreign corporation with large capi- tai was taken over by the Mexican government on orders from the secre- tary of the interior.
 The strike of workmen on the An chorage division of the United States railroad for higher wages was de clared off. Increases were granted.
 There now seems to be little doubt that Great Britain will follow the ex- ample of Holland and adopt the day light-saving system.
 Three years ago Frank H. Canning acted the gallant toward Mrs. J. T. Elkins of Detroit when she was mo tested by street car ruffians, and in her will, just probated, she leaves him $200,000
 The New South Wales ministry has resigned, owing to it's unwillingness to put into effect the abolition of the upper house as demanded by the labor 
 party.
 William Scott and Harry Young, oil field workers, were asphyxiated by natural gas in the oil fields near Cush- ing, Ok.
 A bill to create a national board of censors to pass on all moving picture films has been agreed upon by the house education committee.
 The senate naval affairs committee has voted to recommend the passage of Senator Tillman's bill providing moro drastic punishment for the dis closure of national defense secrets.
  Gov. Frank B. Willis of Ohio col lapsed on the stage in the Mansfield opera house hezs when delivering an addresa