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VTf The Commoner, 13 JTOBER 25, 1912 ftt News of the Week Following the dastardly attempt m ttie luo ox uoiouui xvooauvuiL UL irwaukee, Governor Wilson an- .ounced.tho canceling of his speak ing engagements, with the exception few previously arranged for last week, until Colonel Roosevelt is able to take an active part in the campaign. The banner of rebellion has been raised at Vera Cruz, Mexico, by a inephew of Former President Diaz. He entered the city with 500 men 'and seized the arsenal and garrison. the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. The case of the de fense was immediately taken up. As a precautionary measure against the possibility of poison, Dean R. E. W. Summers, of Mar quette university, made a chemical examination of the empty shell and bullets taken from tho pistol of the assassin of Colonel Roosevelt. No trace of poison was found. nor Marshall to conv,;uo his western tour, and the progressive committee will probably send Governor John son to All tho most important en gagements that Colonel Roosevelt was forced to abandon. Tho inactivity of Roosevelt and Wilson will not lie shared by their running mates. The democratic na tional committee has advised Gover- Suturday, November 2, will bo Woodrow Wilson day throughout the country, according to an announce ment from tho democratic head quarters at Chicago. All democratic leaders from national committeemen down to precinct committeemen, aro now working on plans for meotlngs at which a message will bo reud. The original plan was to have tho demonstration on October 31, hut tho promoters of tho movement thought It best to postpono the event until tho Saturday before tho election. Governor Wilson ended a bucccob ful campaign trip through Dolawaro, West Virginia nnd Pennsylvania with a big rally nt Pittsburgh Friday night, Octobor 18. Tho Boston Americans won the world's baseball championship, de feating tho New York Nationals In four games to throo vlctorlos for tho Now York team. A Paris cablegram dated October 15. Ravs: Elation Ib ccneral in the chancellories of Europe tonight on the success of their efforts to Indirce f Turkey to conclude peace with Italy. Pressure has been applied at uon stantinoplo by all the groat powers except Italy, for it was reaiizeu inai the end of the conflict would greatly improve the' chances of localizing the war in the Balkans. It eliminates complications which were almost certain to arise had Italy carried the war into Europe. With Italy onco more neutral, tho European concert again is intact, with increased power to deal with the final settlement of near oast questions. It is universally conceded that the position of the Ottoman em nlro haa been enormously strength ened against the Balkan coalition. It Is also felt, however, that Bulgaria has gone too far to retreat and that the fortunes of Servia and Greece are so bound up in hers that the quarrel must be fought out. Pmncfi 1 soundimr tho nowers relative to calling an international conference to settle the Balkan aim culty and in a general way to solidi fy the peace of Europe by forestall ing any possibility of European com plications. The Bulgarian minister to France, M. Stanciff, who is an officer in the reserve, bade farewell to Premier Poincare today. He will leave Paris tomorrow to join his regiment at tho front. Special Offer to Commoner Readers Whole Set Shipped for Nero at the Circus " &1 tMi- " "" Nero ! The very sound of the name pictures tyranny and cruelty. Born of a OllCr tO LtlC TC3.Q.GTS Ol the Corn murderess and schooled in crime by murderers the life of this man has stood thru all ngenas mrtnoi 5nr1 fh &. m-iru-.r afr Vu tho climax of cruelty and crime. 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The greatest naval review of the western continent ended at New York octooer 10, a. iouu oi j.o vessels and 28,000 men took part in tho demonstration. State's Attorney Wlnfred Zabel of Milwaukee has announced that John Schrank, Colonel Roosevelt's assas sin, would not be brought to trial until after the national election, some time between tho 11th and 16th of November. Telegrams of sympathy and con gratulation were sent to Colonel Roosevelt from all over the world. Messages from President Taft, Gover nor Wilson, Senator La Follette and W. J. Bryan were, among the number. Tho allied Balkan states are in fighting array and united in a com mon cause against Turkey. Two in fluences are expected to make the war short and sharp. Tho first is the approach of winter, the second is financial pressure. Turrcey nas oeen endeavoring to borrow money in New York and Paris without suc cess and the financial resources" of the Balkan states are very limited. 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