Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1915 — GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Busy Readers Can Thus Keep Abreast of the Times and Not Waste Much of Their Time. New Director of U. S. Mint. Robert W. Wooley, of Fairfax, Va., now auditor for the interior depart ment, was nominated Tuesday by President Wilson as director of the mint to succeed George E. Roberts, resigned. Doctor Arrested as Quack. Dr. W. H. Dings, of Mitchell, Lawrence county, was arrested Tuesday by a deputy U. S. marshal and taken to Indianapolis charged with using the mails to defraud in advertising fake cures for women. Forty-seven years ago Tuesday instruction began in the University of Illinois with three instructors and 57 students. President James Tuesday announced there are 6,004 students and 777 instructors. “Hands Off,” U. S. Attitude. “Hands off” American commerce. This is the attitude of the U. S., determined upon by President Wilson and his cabinet, which will be officially communicated to the allies, as it already has been indicated to Germany.

Anarchist Plot Foiled. An anarchistic plot embracing destruction of property, assassination of wealthy men and a reign of terror under the domination of armed men, was frustrated Tuesday in New York city with the arrest of a self-con-fessed anarchist and an accomplice. School Burns—Children Saved. The lives of more than 300 children and teachers were imperiled on Tuesday afternoon when fire destroy,ed the old Logan school building at LaCrosse, Wis. Although smoke filled many of the rooms, all the children" were hurried from the building by the teachers without a panic. Would Reimburse Cattle Owners. A determined effort will be made before the adjournment of congress by Senator Kenyon and Representative Connolly to have owners of the Chicago dairy show cattle reimbursed for the expense they have gone to in maintaining a quarantine of their cattle during the study of the foot and mouth epidemic in the herd.