Recent Events

1916

What is believed to be first shipment of wood pulp to this country from Europe came in Boston last week in Danish steamship Dania. It consisted of 15,000 bales. Shipment is first of a series to be sent over to relieve paper situation.

Secretary Lane of the Interior announces that during August, 1916, more than 1,124,000 acres of land were designated as non-irrigable and subject to entry under the enlarged homestead act.

In New York City the Mothers' Pension department established by law — with funds collected by taxation — reports that it cost 5 per cent for administration of Pensions to Mothers.

New world's record in naval gunnery has been made by new United States superdreadnought Pennsylvania. Twelve 14-inch rifles, mounted as a main battery in four turrets, on a simultaneous discharge in a recent trial registered five hits on a small target 11 miles away. At that distance a target is not visible to gunners.

Major General Albert L. Mills, chief of the Bureau of Affairs, died at Washington on September 18.

The Montgomery, Alabama, Board of Education announced on September 13 that a tuition fee will hereafter be charged all pupils entering the public schools. The action is caused by deficiency in income.

The estate of James J. Hill, the railroad financier, according to a preliminary inventory by the Probate Court in St. Paul, Minn., approximates $40,000,000, upon which the State will receive $1,250,000 as inheritance tax.

The Province of Ontario closed all bars and liquor shops on the 16th. This is in compliance with a war measure that is to remain in force three years unless repealed. Liquor dealers will be permitted to sell "soft drinks," including beer with two and a half per cent alcohol.

A protest against the presence of four Negro officers as members of a court martial composed of twelve officers trying white soldiers at San Antonio was filed at Washington on September 13. The protest alleges that this is the first time that enlisted white men were compelled to stand trial before Negroes.