The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-31
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HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
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A daughter was born tt Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre. She is
the second granddaughter of Presi-
dent Wilson.
A whistling well at st. Clair, Mimi,
is to be investigated by state geolo-
gists.
Thomas J. Pence, secretary of the
Democratic national committee, is
dead at his home in Washington.
President and Mrs. Wilson attended
a ball and sale given in Washington
Wednesday night.
Christian Arthur Wellesley, Wis
count Dangan, a descendant of We'll
lington, the Iron Duke" has applied
to the military service tribunal for
exemption from service.
lASu "ClC hlllcO al Il oSAC1 .
injured, some seriously, when a boiler
exploded at the Manuel Riddle grist
mill on Peter creek, near Pikeville,
Ky.
The literacy test Vas kept in the
immigration bill by the house, by a
vote of 225 to 80.
Fire destroyed one-fourth of the
buildings Of the Pennsylvania Manu-
featuring Co., at Wyandotte, a Detroit
suburb, causing a loss of 100000.
In retaliation for the attack on Ger
man camps by a squadron of French
aeroplanes, seven German aviators
bombarded Saloniki from the air.
William Pasco, a. teamster of Media,
Pa, applied for a raise in pay from
his employer. He CAV as his eason
the birth Of bankruptcies In his home.
Loss estimated at more than
$500 900 was caused at Houston, Tex,
by fire which started in the cotton
sheds of the Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as railway and spread to a dozen 9th
er buildings and 40 freight cars.
A full state ticket will be placed in
the field by the Progressive party in
Missouri this year.
Announcement was made that the
Silk Manufacturers association will
grant the demand of the workers for
a nine-hour day, effective April 3.
Maj. Gen. George w. Cocktails, gov
of the Panama canal zone has
sailed for Panama on the steamship
Pastores. He said he was confident
that the canal would be opened by
April Is.
H. Ashton Ramsay, 81, chief engi
neer of the famous Confederate iron.
clad Merrimac, and n Of the few
surviving members of her crew, is
dead at Baltimore.
Burglars obtained stamps, checks
and cash totaling about $500 from the
postoffice at Brown Branch, Mo-, &C
cording to information received by
postoffice inspectors.
While raising the window of hel
room, Mrs. r.. E. barrow, "a, of De
catur, ILL.,, fell through the window tc
the pavement, 20 feet below, and was
killed.
The city council of Ell Paso, Tex.
passed an ordinance providing thai
correspondents sending out of the city
matter Calculated to injure the gen
eral business reputation of Ell Pasc
and known to be false" shall be fined
from s25 to $500.
The proposed advance In charge fol
the privilege OF milling grain in tran
sit filed with the state public utilities
commission by the Chicago, Peoria &
St. Louis railroad was suspended unit
July % by an order of the commits
sion.
A rent-free apartment house for I'm
married working women is provided
for in the will of Charles P. Webster
a dry goods merchant of New York
who died March 16, leaving an estate
exceeding $l,0OO.OOO.
One hundred and twenty-seven sub
marines have been captured by the
British since the outbreak Of the war
Senator L.. Y. Sherman of Illinois
has introduced a resolution to author
lie the president to at once call FOL
10000 volunteers for service in Mex
leo.
The Carolite Chemical company's
plant, at Conner Hill, Tenn, manufac
turing high explosives, was entirel,
destroyed by fire.
To increase the gold reserve of thu
| government, the Austrian saving:
banks have decided to accept deposit:
in the form of jewelry and old gold O
all kinds.
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Twenty-Five wireless stations in an(
about San Antonio, Tex, have beer
dismantled upon instructions from thu
department OF justice.
Miss Eva Gregory. Is. q daughter o.
| Steven Gregory Of Lexington, Ky.
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