The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-05-19
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Hampshire to be a member of the fed
eral trade commission.
President Wilson has asked John w.
Westcott, encouragement of New
Jersey, to make the nominating speech
at st. Louis.
All telegraph operators on the Penn
sylvania lines east of Pittsburg have
been notified of a wage increase.
Gov. Whitman has been requested by
enlisted members of the national
guard between the ages of 10 and %
as candidates for West Point.
The United States submarine K-2
miles north of Cape Delaware. slightly
irjuring the bowcap.
The steamer Monterey, from Mexi-
a ports and Havana, arrived in New
York with Rafael Zubaran, newly .ap-
pointed minister of the Mexican de
facto government to Berlin.
MIS- carl HYne OF New Harmony,
Ind, was bitten by a bear. Gypsies
camped near New Harmony had two
bears n Mrs. Hyne was caressing
n when the animal sank its teeth in
her arm.
Coffee will displace beer at the let
ter carriers state convention In Plain
field. N. j., on May 30.
Seventeen firemen we're overcome
by an explosion of gas during q fire at
the Oriental Tea company's plant, in
Milwaukee.
Nj. J.. Stanton Of Stanton, Me-, q
moth inspector. uses a trained monkey
to climb out on the smaller branches
of the trees for moth nests.
Accidentally dropping his keys,
Keeper Marley of the geological gar
dens in philadelphia was locked In a
cage with an ostrich for two hours
when the bird swallowed the keys.
Shocked by a too fashionable dis
play of ankles by several telephone
girls on the streets, the head operator
at Paterson, N. j., has ordered all To-
cal hello" girls to wear long skirts.
A resolution to pledge congress to
supper all efforts of the president to
maintain "even-handed and undiscrim-
mating neutrality and facilitate the
establishment of a permanent peace
was introduced by Senator Gore.
The Hansa Steamship company of
Bremen, the third largest German
navigation concern, reports it's net
profits Of 1915 were $4,000, as COM
pared with ST. 200, 900 in the year be-
fore the war.
Samuel Friedman of New York
thought he knew Mrs. Katherine Phip-
pard and gave her a friendly greeting
by slapping her on the back. Three
months in Jail; now you'll know bet
ter" said the court.
William White. the discharged ne
gro trooper who killed two negroes
and wounded a white woman, was
wounded n captured In a battle, aft
er an exchange of shots with soldiers
from Fort Leavenworth. =
The board of education barred
S~hakespeare's The Merchant Of Ven
ice" from the New Haven Comm
schools.
Adj. Gen. Harry F. Gamble of Colo
RADIO requested the designations of all
officers Of the field and staff Of the
militia.
Franklin Lane, secretary Of the in
terror. granted full citizenship rights
to ITO residents of the Yankton Sioux
reservation
A forest fire burned $500 acres in
the Jemez division Of the Santa Fe
national forest
DIR. Clemens Delbrueck, German
minister Of the interior and vice-chan-
cellor. has resigned.
J. w. Samples. q years old. has en-
tered Marshall college, ut Huntington.
w. Va. 40 q student.
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A Central News dispatch from Zu-
rich reports a recurrence OF food riots
in Berlin. In which machine gums we're
used to subdue MODS OF women.
Authorities Of Tuscaloosa county,
Ala. are investigating the death OF q.
C. Nicklas. whose body was found ON
the Warrior river bridge near Ausca-
loosa.
Missouri Prohfbitionists held a state
convention and selected 81 delegates
to the national convention at st. Paul
In July.
The steamer Roanoke. which left
SAP Francisco xt midnight on May 8
1orvalpafaiso. f6nndefed 1t sea about
e4eG miles out Of San francisco.
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