Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 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. Anarchy in Mexico. The populace of Mexico City is suffering from famine and lack of communication with the outside world. Carranza has taken charge of affairs and is inciting the peopel to loot and take the law into their own hands in an effort to force the male population into his army. The port of Progreso has been closed, and American manufacturers of binder twine are unable to ship their fiber to this country. A note’ of protest has been sent to Carranza but remains unanswered.