The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
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'FF~ NNAAF AA4- sAN1SN
commanding the Carranza forces al
MaIam0ros.
Henry Ford has spiked the yarn
that he would be a candidate for the
presidency on the prohibition ticket.
The French senate adopted, by a
vote Of 25l ~ 5. d resolution of conf
Gence in the government.
The Leyland line steamer Oxonian,
from Galveston for Liverpool, laden
with cotton, returned to port with her
cargo on fire in two places.
Alberto MInondo, a former lieuten-
ant in Carranza's army, who deserted
rather than fight the forces of his be
loved America" has been rejected for
enlistment in the United States ma
rine corps.
Cutting off the top of one ear, vii
listas are branding Mexicans who re-
fuse to Join them against the de facto
government.
The British steamship P%endennis,
2,l23 o gross, with a cargo of tim
Der from ~Gothenburg for Hull, has
been captured by the Germans.
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Leaders in a New York movement
to raise a pension fund for IT'S, 900
Protestant ministers say 10000 preach
ers are misfits.
Sir Ernest ~Shackleton expects to
start shortly for Elephant Island in
another attempt to rescue the main
body OF his antarctic expedition.
Miss Meta Anderson of New York
has started a 'housework" school and
hopes to solve the servant problem in
the suburbs.
The Illinois Christian Endeavor
union elected the following officers:
President, L. P. Peiner, Chicago; first
vice-prestdent, l. W. Bingaman, Quin-
cy; second vice-president, C. F. Baum
CART, Chicago; secretary, Miss Geneva
Doran, Chicago; treasurer, B. A. Book
man, Freeport; statistical secretary,
Miss Janet Weir, Chicago.
a decision making the Central Trust
Co. of Illinois liable for ST. sc 900, |
with interest from Oct. 81, 1912, in
connection with the failure of the La
Sale Street Savings bank, was rem
dered by Judge Frederick A. Smith.
A fireman was killed and two other
trainmen were injured when a north
bound Gulf & Ship Island passenger
train was wrecked near Bond, Miss.
Within two weeks congress will be
asked to authorize an issue of wal
bonds to finance military activities
growing out Of the Mexican situation.
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee decided not to recommend the
passage Of Senator Marines resolu.
ton which would require the presi-
dent to intercede with Great Britain
behalf of Sir Roger Easement.
The body Of the young who
was mysteriously shot to death in the
Pontiac hotel, in st. Louis, was identi-
fled by relatives at the morgue as
Miss Bertha Louise Elrod, rs years
old. of Bend, Mo.
The ends OF a heavily charged feed
cable supplying electric current to
New York Central trains, coiled
three persons when 1t sudden.
II snapped, killing one of them and
probably MORALLY injuring another.
A battle to break the will of John
X. Mclean was set in motion in the
supreme court at Washington
by his son, Edward Beale Mclean.
A bill introduced by Representative
Campbell of Kansas would make it
unlawful for any person, company,
corporation. press association, news
association or newspaper publication
publish or transmit any false re-
port or umor
David Lloyd-George has been ap-
secretary for war In the Eng.
fish cabinet.
Four cars of Battery A., Indiana ma
tional guard. were derailed near Straf.
ford, Mo. Damage to equipment was
slight. There were no injuries.
Three young sons Of Ferdinand Eek
were killed and his wife and two .
small sons were seriously in Z
iured when a little gas plant in Eek. |
els' hotel at Dorothy. N. J., exploded.
Prof. ID. A. Kent, formerly professor 1
1t the state agricultural college at 1
la, has been killed In Texas by {
Mexican raiders. =
Prince William. eldest son Of Ger
nan Grown Prince Frederick William ]
md heir presumptive. was enrolled in I
he army at his tenth birthday. He {
vas appointed lieutenant.
The camel has been adopted as the ]
1916 campaign emblem Of the Prohibit c
Ion party. a
The 1916 session Of the Louisiana
legislature has adjourned after enact. v
ng many laws. among the more inn II