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ing that.all arrangements had been
made for him to sail again for Europe
Dec 28.
Whitlock and Mrs. Whitlock went
direct to the Ritz-Carlton hotel,
where they probably will remain
over Thanksgiving. The minister
will then first gq to Washington,
make a report to President Wilson
and afterward go to Cleveland to
visit his mother and to his home in
Toledo.
Whitlock was greeted at Quaran
tine by Mayor-elect Charles H. Mil
roy of Toledo, Marshall Shoppey, a
personal friend, and a delegation of
half a dozen Toledoans.
TELEGRAPHBRIEFS
Springfield. Legislators at special
session may refuse to pass appropria
tion legislation unless Gov. Dunne
gives them chance to pass bill reim
bursing farmers for all expenses inci
dent to hoof and mouth disease, now
totaling $312,000.
Washington. Officials openly chaf
ing over delay in receiving official
statement from Italy regarding sink
ing of Ancona. Delay is holding up
America's protest to Austria.
New York. Great Britain has
seized ship Kankakee, carrying coal
from Norfolk to Buenos Aires, and
plans to seize 10 other ships of the
American Trans-Atlantic Co-, flying
American flag, on ground they are
German owned, says Richard Wag
ner, president of company.. He says
he can prove they are American
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Pi. .eld, Mass. With kernels of
corn on fish hooks, Louis Boyden
soon had two of neighbor's chick
ens. Somebody saw Louis' antics
and the court fined him $3.80 and
the chickens.
Denver. Five explositions blew
Mountain Motor Fuel Co.'s $20,000
plant into bits, very badly burning
t?,i- Weaver, former White Sor
catcher, and near killing one other
workman. Lucky shift in wind saved
T several nearby tanks from ensuing
nre. Detective wiring tne cause.
Waterloo, la. Fourteen injured,
six seriously, when Illinois Central
switch engine struck crowded street
car at grade crossing.
Clarkton, Mo. New Madrid coun-.
ty in arms following raid of night
riders, who demand lower rents foa
farm land.
Detroit. Michigan Progressive
party decides to put full state ticket
in field next year.
Detroit. City historian has record
showing Belle Isle, Detroit's famous
park, was bought from Chippewa
Indians in 1767 for keg of "fire wa
ter," barrel of war paint and some
wampum.
Indianapolis. Sneak thieves who
worked with 10-year-old boy caught.
New York. Henry Ford an
nounce today he had chartered liner
Oscar IL as peace ship to sail from.
New York on Dec 4, 'carrying Amer
ican delegates to peace conference
to be held in Europe.
Milwaukee. "We have never had
so miserable, weak-kneed, contempti
ble an administration as at present,"
said Dr. C. J. Hexamer, Philadelphia,
national president German-American
societies, in speech.
Zanesville, Q. Ex-Sheriff Joseph
L. Brown, 71, war veteran of Seattle,
traveled nearly 3,000 miles to wed
sweetheart of his youth, Mrs. Maggie
May Gilhooley.
Albany, N. Y. Judgment convict
ing Hans Schmidt, former New York
priest, of murder of Anna Aumueller,
upheld by court of appeal. Schmidt
must die in electric chair.
Mount Holly, tN. J. Because he
gave Francis E. Miller nice smooth
shave with minimum of conversation,
George Hoehn, former barber at
Hotel Astor, New York, was left $15,
000 in Miller's will.
New York. Bachelor is justified in
breaking his lease in bachelor's
apartment if janitor's baby howls all
night, Judge Boyhan ruled, deciding
in favor of George Worcester, broken
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