Four persons were burned to death
and live others seriously injured when
the home of D. A Inman, near War
road, Minn, was destroyed by fire.
The Navy league of the United
States filed suit in the district su
preme court at Washington against
Henry Ford for $100,000 damages. The
league charges Ford with having pub
lished in advertisements in a local
newspaper statements of "a libelous
and defamatory character."
President Wilson's conference with
Fred B. Lynch of the Democratic na
tional committee, it was learned at
Washington, resulted in the president
approving the selection of Martin H.
ulynn to deliver the keynote address
at the Democratic national convention
at St. Louis.
Two lieutenants of the Fifth field
artillery were killed and two other offi
cers were injured in an automobile
wreck at Fort Sill, Okla. Lieut. Her
ald S. Naylor and Lieut. Edwin E.
Pritchett were killed.
Fire of undetermined origin started
In two of the 12 buildings comprising
the $350,000 plant of the Cadillac
Chemical company at Cadillac, Mich.
The two buildings were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $150,000.
Robert Fay, a former lieutenant in
the German army Walter Scholz and
Paul Daeche, charged with conspiracy
to destroy munitions skips through
bomb contrivances were found guilty
by a jury at New York.
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Washington
The senate at Washington passed
the good roads bill, carrying $85,000,-
000 of which $75,000,000 will be avail
able for federal aid to the states dur
ing the next five years and $10,000,000
tor the construction of roads in the
national forests.
Minority members of the senate
commerce committee at Washington
denounced the $45,000,000 rivers and
harbors appropriation bill as "utterly
indefensible" when the country is to
bo so heavily taxed for the purpose of
the prepai ednes program.
