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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Earl Thompsons victory in the 110 meter hurdles of the Olympic games yesterday morning put Great Britain second in the point standing of teams. Americas three places increased her lead to ii comfortable margin anil, by winning last place, Sweden forged past France. The final of the shot-put was won by Porkola of Finland, who put the sixteen pound shot 14.81 meters. Earl Thompson, Dartmouth star, who is representing Canada in the Olympic games, won the final heat of the 110 meters hurdles, hanging up a new worlds record of 14and seconds. II. E. Darron of the Mcadowbrook Club, Philadelphia, was second, and Fred S. Murray of the New York A. C., third, Wilson, of New Zealand, was fourth. Walker Smith, of, the Chicago A. A. fifth ard Carl Christiemsen of Sweden sixth. The old record for the. event, both Olympic and worlds, was 15 seconds flat. America was. represented by only two of three qualified entrants in. the final heat of the 10,000 meter walk. The event was captured by Frigerio of Italy, who won .by three-quarters of a lap from J. B. Pearman of the New York A. C, in 48:00M-,. seconds. The .Olympic standing, to date is as follows: America, 84V; Great Britain, 41; Finland, 37; Sweden. 12 France, 12; Italy, 7; Esthonia, 3; Norway.l. A girl lias been discovered at Y. W. C. A. headquarters in New York city who is taking, .a world trip, making the money for it as she goes along by doing stenographic work in whatever teity she wants to visit. She left Australia, her home, a .year ago uud sailed for Vuucouver, where she made her first stop. She visited Canadian cities on her way east and after four months in New York will go to England. She stops at the Y. W. C. A. In each city. Tennessee yesterday became the thirty-sixth" state to ratify the Susan B. Anthony federal suffrage ameiidmcnt. The constitutional, change thus, will become effective in time for the 17,000,000 women of the country to vote in the presidential election in November, unless the lower house of the; -Tennessee assembly rescinds its action of yesterday in adopting the latification resolution, 49 to 47. French troops clashed with the inhabitants of the town of Kattowitz, an. important mining town of. Upper Silesia, yesterday, eleven persons being killed and twenty-six wounded. Polish troops attempted to break, up a mass meeting at Rybnik, about twenty-five miles southwest of Kattowitz, and in the resulting disorder one person was killed and four wounded. A crisis in the affairs of the prohibition enforcement department that may terminate in the abolition of the entire department throughout the country and the transfer of its- duties back to .the internal revenue department was revealed today following confirmation of the resignation of .Cant. Hubert Howard, enforcement director for Illinois. Forty Mexicans, charged with violation of the immigration laws, held; at Des Moines, Iowa, since July 27. were taken to Chicagoi Tuesday night, from where they are to be sent to Mexico. ,Slx women and several children, were in the party.
