The Pulaskian., 1916-09-22
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 aboard the presidential yacht May flower. Secretary Daniels "dry" na- " rules apply.
 Thousands of men and women teachers in schools in New York had to report for duty and go to work even though there is no school on ae- count of the infantile paralysis epi- demic
 John A. Pollard of Hannibal, Mo, fastened shotgun to the ceiling of his bedroom and pulled the trigger with a long string. His suicide effort was successful.
 During the recent session of con- gress 17,800 bills and 642 resolutions were introduced in the house.
 
 Each state must organize a high way department before it gets funds provided for by the good roads act. A ruling was made in the case of Indiana, where there is no highway department.
 Newspaper publishers of eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois are at Davenport, la, discussing the print paper situation and circulation rates. Rails will be laid the last of this month to point near the Kettle Rapids, as an extension to the Hud- son Bay Railroad, the closest line in the world to the North Pole
 Dr. H. G. Huffman, oculist and ad- vocate of casting as nature cure, IS dead at Youngstown, O., a victim to his belief, after going without food for 50 days.
 The superdreadnaught Nevada, the newest and most powerful American warship, has completed her final ac- ceptance trials, and joined the At lantic fleet for target practice.
 
 One hundred and twenty motor trucks carried members of the First and Second Kansas Infantry and their equipment from Eagle Pass, Tex, to San Antonio
 There are 186 hosl sals in the Lon don district under control of the war department.
 Forty of one hundred monkeys brought from the Orient for experi- ments in government laboratories in connection with the fight against in fantile paralysis are dead.
 President Wilson has signed the shipping bill. It authorizes a cor poration with capitalization of not more than S50.O00,OOO to buy or lease ships and put them in trade.
 Because of his connection with the labor ricts in Braddock, Pa, last May, when three men were killed and many injured, Steven Milhalic was re- fused citizenship.
 Plans have been drawn by British engineers for salvaging many vessels sunk in the North Sea and the Chan nSi' AV WOiA VIII start WuSu the war ends.
 James Anderson of Murphysboro, H., pleaded guilty to a charge of rifling the mails and registered let ters, and was sentenced to a year and day in prison and fined $100
 
 The subcommittee considering the two-year working contract for the 35,000 coal miners of Missouri, Kan sas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, has been unable to reach an agreement. Addison Harris, 75, is dead at his home in Indianapolis of apoplexy. In January, 1899. he was selected by President Mckinley as minister for Austria-Hungary. which post be held for three years.
 A new form of tablet of peculiar shape which will minimize the dan gen of mistaking poison tablets for other medicine was introduced at the convention of the American Pharma- ceutical Association.
 
 Great Britain has purchased the entire supply of synthetic nitrate in Norway, thereby preventing exporta- tion of this requisite in the manufac- ture of ammunition to Germany.
 
 Attorney General Josiah O. Vol colt was nominated for United States senator from Deleware by the Demo cratic state convention.
 
 Oil is being extracted from maie in large quantities in Hungary. The product is pronounced excellent for cooking and Illuminating.
 Preliminary plans for the with drawal of the American punitive ex- petition from Mexico were discussed by General Pershing and Brigadier General Adams,