Lansing,
James Couzens of Detroit, was today appointed by Governor Groesbeck as United States senator from Michigan to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Truman H. Newberry, who resigned. Mayor Couzens has accepted the appointment, the governor said.
English Minister Leaves.
London (A. P.)—Central News dispatches from Athens say that F. O. Lindley, British minister to Greece, has left for Lausanne to confer with Lord Curzon, British foreign secretary.
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Fight in Oil Fields.
Monroe, La. (A. P.)—A number of men were wounded, and several are reported dying, following a fight between masked men and field workers near Smackover, Ark., last night, according to a long-distance telephone message received from Eldorado by authorities here today.
Pass Irish Bills.
were passed by the house of commons tonight.
Charred Bodies Found.
Trass Valley Talif (A. P.)—The charred bodies of Cary Rector, electrical engineer and his two sons, Cary, fourteen years of age, and Raymond eight years of age were found here today in the ruins of an apartment building which was swept by flames. The skulls of the two boys appeared to have been crushed and a hammer was found close to the father's Shreveport, La. (A. P.)—One man was killed in a clash of citizens seeking to enforce better order against what they described as the lawless element "in the Smackover oil fields last night, according to a  Repor
reaching the sheriff's office at Cameron, Ark., it was said today.
Uninstructed Debt Commission. 