The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-01
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chants who supply the blacklisted
firms with German goods are threat
ened with similar boycott.
Big business men OF Chicago are
being urged to accept commissions in
the new quartermaster's reserve corps
authorized by congress. Col Daniel
f. Mccarthy, department quartermas-
ter, sent 200 letters to men who are
nationally prominent in industry.
The amount raised by the German
municipalities for the relief of fami-
lies Of soldiers has reached about
2,000,000,0O0 marks ($500, 900 ,000)
The federal treasury will turn over to
the municipalities at later date $780,
900 marks.
Thomas Gillim, a prominent ranch
man of Falcon, Colo, and Mrs. Mary
K. Simmons, his housekeeper, we're
found dead with bullet holes in their
heads.
Maddin Summers OF Nashville,
Tenn, acting chief of the bureau OF
Latin-American affairs in the state
department, has been selected for
consul-general at Moscow, Russia, and
will have charge of war prisoners re-
lief work.
Stephen Van Allen of New York, a
recluse who for more than two years
has been leading secluded life on
his luxurious motor boat, shot him
self to death on the boat.
A courtmartial at Klagenfurt has
sentenced Gen Riedel, in command at
Gorilla when the city was captured
by Italians, to dismissal from the
army and loss of his rank and pen
sion.
Three trainmen we're killed in a
wreck on the Lehigh & Flew England
| uCdl hdoNOig a.
Secretary of State Lansing has ad.
mitted that he instructed Ambassador
Penfield at Vienna, and Gerard, at
Berlin to make formal inquiry Of the
German and Austrian governments
for facts concerning the attacks by
a submarine on the American steamer
Owega.
Robert Quarles, 104 years old, and
Jane Stewart, 81, wards of the county
poor house, have been married.
Quarles is native of Kentucky. The
couple have departed for Cooper Hill,
Tenn, to start life anew"
The British steamer Quebra, 2,801
tons. has foundered after striking a
rock west of the Big Basket island,
off the coast of Kerry. Thirty-four of
the crew have been landed at Ventry.
The captain and two others are miss
ing.
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Mrs Frances C. Axtell, president OF
the Washington State Congressional
union opposing Wilson, has resigned
her office and will stump the state in
the presidents behalf, according to a
telegram received at the White
House.
Capt George Stillson, commanding
the expedition Of three tugs engaged
in the salvaging of the $1,0OO,O00
cargo of the sunken steamer Merida
off the Virginia capes, says the wreck
has been located.
A Christmas ship is on her way
from Seattle to Alaska. She is the
motor ship Kuskokwim River, which
IS headed for the stream whose name
she bears. Her cargo, which includes
Christmas toys and gifts, is destined
for seldom visited points far up the
Kuskokwim and other places in the
interior.
Mrs. Julius Cojensko of Greenwich.
Conn, is "a years old and is the
mother of 10 children. eight of whom
are dead. Triplets and twins were
born in the last seven months. but
only lived few hours. The mother
is in good health.
Alvan F. Holhrooke, well-known
playwright is dead here after he had
been thrown from the running board
Of an automobile in which he was rid
ing from Plandcme to his home at
Port Washington.
Three men were killed when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
was struck by a Burlington train
eight miles east Of Lincoln. Neb.
The worlds production Of crude pc
troleum in 1915 Of l26.ss2.e7s barrels,
twas the greatest in history sSd larger
by 2s.1s4 3O7 barrels than the previous
record Of 1914.
The vossiche Zeitung has stated
that 100000 iron crosses have been
distributed since the outbreak Of the
war.