The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-04-05
FORCES COMBINE
in NlESOPOTAMIA
IA Es
British and Russian Patrols in Touch
-. According to Information To
Associated Press.

F"AHA"S viz AoSOCidtSu IcSS was
) formed today by General Mauric
Chief Director of Military Affairs.
TOWNS ARE TAKEN.
by Associated Press)
Petrograd, April 5-The Russia
, cavalry have occupied Khanikin ar
!, Kaseichirin, in Mesopotamia, the WI
Office announces.
TOWNS CAPTURED.
(By Associated Press)
London, April 5-The capture c
Ronssoy and Basse Boulogne, north
east of Peronne, has been announce
by the war Office,
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4 WHEAT GOES HIGHER.
Sold at Two Dollars and Seven Cent
In Chicago Today.
! (By Associated Press)
Chicago, April 5-Wheat for Ma
delivery sold for S2.07 here today.
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ACCIDENT IN CHICAGO.
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Six or Seven Killed in Explosion il
Italian Restaurant.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, April 5-Six or seven were
killed and forty to fifty injured today
according to the police by an explo.
sion which wrecked Winstead street
restaurant crowded with Italians.
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NOW A TEA INVESTIGATION.
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San Francisco, April Shy Union
Associated Press)-George F. Mitch
e-.., Supervising y. $. Tea Examiner,
with his bride, formerly Miss Neil
Rose Baggett, Of Washington, sailed
for the Orient today on the transport
Thomas, having been directed by As
sistant Secretary Peters of the Treas
ury Department to spend eight months
in an investigation to cover all phases
Of the tea industry Mr.. Mitchell, will
visit Japan, Formosa, China, Fava,
Ceylon and India. If it is practicable,
Mr.. Mitchell will return via the gSuez
Cabal, stopping in London to study
the tea market there, as well as the
English methods of regulating the i'm
portation of teas into that country.
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RUSSIANS PLAN TO RETURN TO
HELP NEW GOVERNMENT.
Pittsburgh, April Shy Union As
'ociated Press)--As soon as possibly
hey can get away, about 200 Russian
men in this district are
planning to return to their native land
o give it such assistance as they can
'erfecting new government. Until
hey leave the United States the work.
RS will send all the aid possible to pa
riotic societies in Russia. A commit
ee has been formed which will visit
IL sections of the United States
there large numbers Of Russians are
athered and urge them to go home at
he earliest possible moment and as
ist with the work of building up a
ew system, so that all might partici-
late in its benefits.
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I'D CLAMPED ON GRILL ROOM
CABARETS.
Columbus, Ohio, April Shy Un-
N Associated Press)-Cabarets will
3 barred from all wine and grill
,oms after May /, according to the
test edict Of the Franklin conuty liq-
or licensing board. The edict per-
its only instrumental music. The
,ense commissioners charge that I
ineroom proprietors have permitted 9
baret singers to mingle with patrons {
I'd that they have been guilty of !
oose" conduct. e
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NCLE SAM NEED NOT WORRY
ABOUT AIRPLANES. t
Washington, April Shy Union $
ssociated Press)-The little trouble I
at Uncle Sam has been having with r
srmany has developed many resour- J
$ that the people Of the country a
we never dreamed of, to say nothing
having definite knowledge about. s
,r instance, the War Department is, t
Nv advised that the airplane indus t
Y Of this country can turn out in a 9
year Of 1914 maximum I
900 airplanes. The largest Of the 2
achines cost about $4,000 In war 7
ne each plane in the air would need
rec in reserve, besides one broken
in training the pilot. With 1000
aines in the air therefore would be "
eded 5000 in reserve, or 10000 in el
|. The United States turns out the Il
st training planes there are and is s
ling quantities Of them to belliger- Ii
ia in. Europe today,