TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1912, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

[by elect it ic teleghai'h—coi'YiviciLvrJ ; 1 [I'KU I'RKSS A880CIATl»j" ' j This Day, 9.3U a.m.) j ROOSEVELT .SHOT. |" ON HIS WAV TO A AIEKTJXG. I WOUNDS NOT FATAL. | NEW VOl? Jv, October 1.1 |<i Colonel Roosevelt has been wound- j ;i cd in the breast. j i IK" was shot outside an hotel en j a route to deliver a political address j r in the Wilwankee Auditorium. j t He refused to allow doctors to :]• examine him. j v lie .spoke to a huge meeting with .> ihe bullet still in his body. a Towards the end of the address ] he became weah through the loss of <; blood, and was removed to an hotel. ( IFis assailant has disappeared. 1 Colonel Roosevelt has been remov- | ed t,i a temporary hospital. t The wound is pronounced not fat- | al. t lie declares that ton much iuss has been made over a trilling mai- i ier. s The laiuioimcomeni al the meetim:: | of (he Party of Prepress thai Roe-"- t velt had boon shot threw the ami- i ience into a panic. i The chairman all io remain s calm. Roosevelt coin inued his speech, but urew visibly weaker towards 'he close. The audience frantically cheered when he refused io sit down. Mrs I\oosevelt, when she heard the news, was atiendinu: a theatre at N-ew York. The assailant is a man named John Sehrnnk. iTe is a resident of New \ ork. The mob tried to lynch him. but tin l police prevented this. When arrested be declared thai any man seeking a third lenn ouy.ht to lie shot. iio.MK i:ri.i-:. TilK CLOSCRE APPLIED. LONDON. October 10. In the Mouse of Commons. 'he (iovernment carried guillotine resolutions in respect of the Home Rule Mill, after jzivinp; two extra days in Committee. MAR li Y TO HOW AUN ST. IN XISW Z MALAX!) WATERS. LONDON, October to. The .Muriiinir Pest states that Marry will probably <iivo Arnst. another race in New Zealand waters. 'JTI! lv(>-ITALIAN WAI!. RO.ME. October 10. Peace pi eliminaries have beer, signed at (Vichy (' ) WAR IN THK MALKANS. PODOOl! I*l ZA, Octobcr io. The road to Skutari torts is practically open. IihLGRADK, October 10. Telegrams sLate that lluiimatiia has resisted Turkey s temptations and remains neutral without territorial aspirations. PAIIIS. October io. The .Matin states that Russia, as the creator of Miliaria ami the pro-, t.Mtor of Serviit nnd Montenegro, will not permit obstacles lo the development oj the Slav races, and that Austria will not allow any impediment to her extension towards Salonika. HER LIN. October 10. Prince Peter of .Montenegro, telegraphed to his old school at Heidelj ber'4: "Splendid victory to-day: ten [ thousand Turks captured with art.iljlery." i ATH KNS. October 15. Aeroplane and navaLy reconnaiss'inces show that thirty thousand Turks have been withdrawn front the Thessaly frontier to Servia and the Sorovitch village near hake Ostriva. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 10. The Porte, ow iim to lack" ol delerence to its note, has decided to recall ministers at Sofia and Belgrade. The Ambassador to (Jrecce has been recalled on account of the action ol the Cretan deputies in taking their places in the Greek Parliament. The Porte, on account of- Greece's ultimatum, has recalled its decision to release vessels oarr-yinjr foreign cargoes. VIENNA, October ]•". The Tinnirariati delegations adopted the naval and military credits. ATIIKNS. October lo The ultimatum e.vpieinthe fleet has been manned and node ready for s«a. Eirrlit thousand Cretans are armed and ready to enrol when hostilities break out. AVIATORS KILLKD. MKRNE. October 10. An aviator named Mobioni and a journalist named Mippert were attempting to alight at Chaux de Kond when the aeroplane somersaulted, and both persons were killed, LONDON, October 10. Messr s Eyre and Spottiswoode'.' five floor building in East fTanlinir is ablaze. A hundred girls escaped panic-striken. There were distressing; scenes in the streets until the onlookers learned that their friends were saTe. The bri.irade showed remarkable promptitude and prevented the fire spreading.