The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 3

News of the World in Paragraph and Picture News Snapshots 7Of the Week THE NONPARTISAN LEADER ‘THREE The Balkans have continued in the center of the stage in the war news; with the arrival of Lord Kitchener at Greece, where he held a lengthy conference with King Constantine, together with the blockade of Greek ports, events in the Hellenic state took om a more favorable look for the allies; former Premier Venizelos’ power was also felt; the onrushing Teutonic allies spread their armies over the whole of old Servia. The British expedition to Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey, was reported compelled to retire. A'novel wind boat, t.ried out on the Hudson river by a wealthy Colombian inventor, went forty-eight miles an hour. Refusing to operate on a defective child, which might have lived, Dr. Halse@en of Chicago raised a worldwide discussion. Hetty Green, known as the richest woman in America, passed her eightieth year. — Greece is still astride the fence of neutrality. The Sixty-fourth congress conven- ed last Monday. “Uncle Joe” Cannon predicts a bad split of the Democratic party funds. problem. r England has taken out 2{-million dollars insurance policies against Zeprelin raids. Woman suffrage has bzen made a part of the goverment’s program at the Hague in Holland. The date for the marriage of presi- dent Wilson and Mrs. Norman Galt is set for December 18. - Lieutenant governor Fraine has announced his candidacy for the gov- ernorship of North Dakota. Gov. L. B. Hanna will be absent from the state several weeks, haying joined the Ford peace pilgrimage. Russia claims to have a stronger and better equipped army than ev- er ready for another forward drive. The name of Woodrow Wilson will be placed on the presidential pre- ference primary ballot in Nebraska. Chicago authorities are reported to have unearthed an alleged wide- spread graft ring among labor lead- ers. = JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY ! Ben B. Lindsey, judge of Denver’s “Juvenile court, was held -guilty of con- itempt of court and fined $500 and " costs by Judge A. Perry in the district Ecourt. The case grew out of Lindsey's !pefusal to disclose information in the trial of Mrs. Berta erght ona chargo ©of murder.. A The French chamber of deputies passed a measure fixing the prices of food. The bill goes to the Sen- ate. Missouri prison officials are plan- ning to employ State prisoners at labor that will produce state neces- sities. According to Iatest reports the ‘gag rule” will remain in the Unit- ed States Senate during the present session. Charles W. Elliott, president Em- eritus of Harvard university declares that democracy in governments, lS a failure. Senator Cummins of Iowa will op- pose Wilson’s preraredness program and advocate in its stead an exten- sion of the militia. Wheat niarkets report that wheat is taking a decidedly upward turn— since most of it has passsed into the hands of speculators. With the Centiflco party backing him, Felix Diaz, son of the late Dic- tator of Mexico, is trying to start an anti-Carranza revolution. Congressman Lindberg of Minneso- ta announces that he will make a fight to end the “czar rules” of the House of Representatives. Champ Clark, speaker of the House of Representatives, predicts that Roosevelt will head the Repub- can party for the presidency in 1916. One hundred masked men took William Patrick, negro, from jail at Forest City, Ark. where he was held charged with- murder, and lynched him. Thomas Mar:hall, national. repub- lican committeeman, of North Dako- ta, has announced that he will be a candidate for United States Sena- tor. After an investigation of the na- tion’s garbage cans, Washington of- ficials find that Washington house- wives are the most wasteful in the country. The line-up shows a reduced demo- cratic majority and the efforts of that" party to keep the armament question nonpartisan is reported to be waning. The progressive party, Geo. W. Perkins announces, will hold its na- tional convention early. The national committee is to meet in January to fix the date. The .Ford Peace-ship, with a party of more than a hundred, including newspaper men, moving picture men and employes, set sail from New York last Saturday. A Milwaukee express car, carrying war materials, was blown up near Marion, Iowa, last Friday. The remnants of a clock work bomb were found in the car. The Panama Pacific International Expositio osed on December 4 at midnight. ~The big show was a fin- ancial success, netting something like two million dollars. Excitement ran high in Mexico WHATS A (Copyright.) MATTER WIT . Theodore E. Burton of Ohlo, for the City last Friday while detectives and police, in an auto, ran down and captured another auto load of ban- dits. They will be court martialed. Three Kentucky bandits who shot two deputy sheriffs last week escaped from the marshes in which they were hiding after a running fight with of- ficers, near Rhinelander, Wiscongin. President Wilson has asked the German Government to recall Capt. Boy-Ed, naval attache, and Capt. von Papen, military attache of ‘the German embassay, for violating the neutrality laws. After serving as a mail carrier for 43 years, John Jacobson of Chica- go has resigned, because his salary was cut from $1,200 per year to $1,000 per year. The reduction was because of his age. Dr. Karl Buenz, George Kotter, and Adolph Hachmeester of the Ham- burg-American steamship line, were found guilty of interfering with Am- erican neutrality by a New York jury and sentenced' to 18 months in prison. THEODORE E. BURTON The candidacy of former Senator Republican nomination for the presls dency, recelved a considerable impetu by the formal withdrawal of Governo Wiilis of Ohio from the race, and hiq announcement that he would throw his support to Mr. Burton. o= e B T | { I § % 4 |- &