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I GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY and . According to French military observers, the German army is as powerful as in 1914, and has a large supply of new death devices. Andrew Mellon says that his hiring an attorney associated with the internal rev enue bureau had nothing to do with his tax affairs. It has been reported that the cruiser Northhampton was damaged last week when struck by a torpedo in fleet gunnery practice near San, Clemente Island. Naval officers were at a loss to account for the accident. Candidates jof Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion City, 111., were routed in Tuesdays election, only one being elected. A colored girl in Richmond, Virginia, in the person of Virginia Morris, eleven years and seven months old, became the mother of a baby on March 29. Germanys new seventy-seven cannon is said to have a range twice as far as the old weapon of this type. Its operation i3 s emi-automatic. By the election of Gustav"e A. Brand as city treasurer of Chicago, Tuesday, the Democrats gained control of the last important -city office remaining in Republican hands. James A. Kearns is the retiring city treasurer. The United States will spend well over 800 million dollars for military purposes during the fiscal year starting next July 1, according to present prospects. All hope was abandoned by physicians attending Edward Arlington Robinson, noted American poet. Robinson, 74, has been in New York hospital since January 17 undergoing treatment for a chronic ailment Wednesday he suffered a relapse from a recent operation. Peorias street car and electric bus service came to an abrupt stop Wednesday when eleven linemen and substation power men went on strike. The men are members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who called the strike.
