The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-11
TIE WEEKS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS or STATE, MA
TON AND THE WORLD
sRIEFLv TOLD
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
a Condensed Record OF happenings
OF Interest From All Points
OF The World


Domestic.
A Douglas, Ariz., dispatch states
that the two American army officers,
Capt David II. Blakeloyk and Lieut..
George j. Hind. whose seizure result.
ed in fight between United States
cavalrymen and Mexican custom
guards, In which two of the latter
were killed, one wounded and three
taken prisoner, were captured on Unit
ed States soil.
The thirty-eighth annual meeting Of
the farmers national congress will be
held in Jacksonville, Fla, next De-
cember 3, A, and s. This decision has
been reached by subcommittee Of
the executive committee Of the con
gFess.
The administration bill for govern
ment operation Of railroads proposes
that the government shall pay com.
pensation at an annual rate as near
as possible to the net operating In
come for the three years ended June
30, 1917.
Mangu Ram, held in Jacksonville,
Fla, with Hartman Singh, two Hin
dus thought to be two Of many Hin
dus indicted in 1914 in San Francisco,
committed suicide by hanging in Jail.
Charles Belknap Henderson, bank
er and attorney at Elko, New, has
been appointed United States senator
from Nevada to fill the vacancy caus-
ed BY the death OF Francis G. New
lands, by the governor.
Hundreds Of passenger trains on the
railroads east Of the Mississippi will
be withdrawn from service under or
ders soon to be issued by Director
General McAdoo, based upon recon-
mendations made by committee Of
eastern passenger traffic officers. The
committee, however, was divided as to
the adyisability Of withdrawing parlor
and sleeping cars.
twenty-five men were killed and
seventy-four wounded in hunting acct
dents IN Pennsylvania during the sea
son ending December 81.
Recommendation fof the American
war mission that troops, be sent to
France as rapidly as possible will not
result in any change in the general
plan OF training the soldiers in the
United States. This has been made
plain by the secretary OF war. Every
possible energy will be devoted to
speeding up production Of munitions
and equipment.
Coal riots have resumed in Philadel-
phia. Several hundred men, women
and children raided cars on a Penn
sylvania railroad siding and stole at
least $50 tons Of anthracite. Railroad
detectives were powerless before the
enraged women, who risked their
lives when an attempt was made to
move eight Of the fuel laden cars. For
three hours the raiders carried off coal
in buckets. push carts and any old
thing that could be used. A police
riot call finally dispersed them.
II is unlawful to kill deer in Georgia
after December /. The law is written
IN words that do not state that 1t is a
violation to shoot" deer, but to kill
them. Therefore, Clifford King, we'll
known young man OF Brunswick. Ca,
Is wondering IL he is to be prosecuted
Tor killing deer-not with a load Of
buckshot, but with an automobile
Louis Fons tRep), running on an
America First platform defeated
Edmund F. Melms (Socl. in special
election in the Wisconsin eighth sena-
torial district
A train on the Southern Pacific rail
road was attacked 81 miles south Of
Empalme, sonora, and from twenty to
thirty passengers were killed. The
conductor and an express messenger
were among those killed, says Tue
son, Ariz. dispatch Some Of the pas
sengers were from Tucson, but their
names have not been learned. The at.
tack was YaQui Indians, The train was
the continuation of the one which left
Nogales and was made up at En-
Albert Blauvert of Chicago tied a
rope around his neck, made the rope
fast TO the Sparkman street bridge
over Cumberland river at Nashville.
Tenn, and removing his overcoat,
jumped on. The rope parted and the
whirling body went on into the river.