The Pulaskian., 1916-01-07


 years in the penitentiary.
 
 Because of the increasing activity of Austro-German submarines in the Mediterranean, Lloyds has tripled the usual rates of insurance for ships talk ing the Mediterranean and Suez canal routes.
 Dr. Helen Nolen, who ha7 been working in the American hospital at Nice, said more than 40,000 allied sol diers had been made blind since the war began.
 James Donnelly, a former dry goods clerk in St. Johns, N. F.. is the war hero of the colony. At the Darda- nelles he acquitted himself so well that King George awarded the mili- tary cross to him.
 On advices received from Consul General Sinner, at London, Secretary Lansing is preparing a protest to Eng land against the seizure of mail for the United States from Holland via London.
 Five Boston children are dead as a result of having eaten poisoned candy. A physician said the deaths could be traced to sweets eaten at Christmas
 In a spelling bee between parents and children given under the auspices of the Mothers club of the public schools at Palestine, Tex, the chil- dren were the victors over their par ents
 I. M. Kaines of Starbuck, Minn., an nounced that he would file the name of William Sulzer, former governor of New York, on the Minnesota ballot as prohibition candidate for president.
 The Richmond federal reserve bank has declared dividend of per cent on it's capital stock of S3,000,000 No better showing has been made by any of the others.
 Prohibition won in the local option election in Liberty county, Tex, which gave the drys majority of AS in a total of 413 votes.
 B. w A Henson, retired farmer near Wichita, Kan, was arrested on a charge of staying his wife and his son who went to his mothers assist ance when she was attacked.
 
 The king of Bulgaria has instructed lis military attaches in Berlin tG drive 50 golden nails into the wooden statue erected in honor of Field Mar shal von Hindenburg.
 After having been thrown into the bank vault with his hands tied by two youths who robbed the Bank of Grant, Ok, of $4,000, Cashier Webb slipped out of his bonds, intercepted the ban. dits, shot and seriously wounded both of them and recovered the money. United States Senator William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids on the presi dential primary ballot as Michigan's candidate for the Republican nomina tion for president were filed in the secretary of states office.
 Gen. Huerta, held for violation oi neutrality laws of the United States is seriously i'll, and was removed from the prison at Fort Bliss to the resi- dence of his wife.
 William Garbe of Brooklyn, pursel of the American steamer Borinquen taken off by the French cruiser Des cartes in Porto Rico waters Dec. 1 has. been released.
 The Kansas Normal school wa. shocked when it learned that Ear Freeman and Julia Freeman, brother and sister and students of the school had been married. The couple wer, brother and sister only by adoption. l Indian troops with the British expe ditionary forces in France are to b transferred to another field of action l Fifty-five bags of rubber consigned to a German agent in Sweden were removed from the Ford peace ship i Oscar H., at Kirwall.
 
 Two members of the crew of tn, 1 Chilean bark Ivanhoe, which wen ashore on the island of Kauai, wer, lost and another is missing. The Ivan hoe broke in two.
 As result of an explosion of coa stove Dr. w. S. Galloway, physician of Henderson, Ky, is seeking to col lect $500 for the loss of his mustach. from an accident insurance company
 The Holt & American liner Nieuv Amsterdam, bound from New York fo Rotterdam, went aground north of tn Spit, Deal, Eng, but was refloate,