The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22

WIFI sion u 1apa-
| c,,r.. nese laborers by
Governor "iiie''' friendly agree
ment and might also nullify the effect
| Of recent congressional enactments.
| Upon receiving this telegram, with a
message from the governor, the legis-
lature Immediately passed a resolution
suspending all Objectionable action.
Want Native Officers.
| The Porto, Ricnn house of delegates
has sent this message to President
Roosevelt: The house of delegates
unanimously request you to appoint a
secretary of Porto Rico from among
the natives of Porto Rico, thus giving
ability in self government Such an
act of justice will be gratefully re.
ceived by the whole country"
Dakota Divorce Reform.
A bill has passed both houses Of the
South Dakota legislature requiring a
residence Of one year in the state and
three months in the county before n
divorce suit can be commenced and
providing that all hearings shall be In
open court. 1t is expected that this
| law will stop the divorce industry,
which has become distasteful to the
people Of the state.
Hill Would Sell Out.
| President J. J. Hill of the Great
Northern in testifying before the Min
nesota legislative committee which Is
| trying to estimate the cost Of the rail
| roads of the state said he would be
glad to have the government take his
line but expressed the opinion that If
| the government should go into the rail
road business congress would be kept
| busy night and day making appropri-
| atoms. In reply to a question as to
| the cost of the road he said that 1t
would cost upward of $4,000 a mile
| to reproduce the Great Northern, not
| counting terminals, docks and other
property. Counting all property, 1t
would cost over 100000 a mile. He
said the capitalization of the road was
| a mile.
| Prohibtionists Active.
The Prohibition forces in the Okla
homa constitutional convention won n
decisive victory when the provision
submitting the question of prohibition
separately to the people of the new
state was adopted by vote Of II to 49,
The Arkansas state senate defeated
n measure which provided for submit
| ting to the people at the next state
election the question of license or nc
| license.
Knoxville to Go Dry.
Under the state local option law the
| city of Knoxville, Tenn, held an cleo
| tion last week and the temperance par
| ty won out i'm sensational form amid
singing and marching thousands and
| the praying Of women. The result was
a majority of 1921 In favor of mo sa
looms" Men and women OF all sta
tons. wealthy families in carriages,
society matrons, grlzzled war veterans
and school children joined in the pa
| rade and In the work at the polls.
| Pennsylvania Capitol Frauds.
The legislative commission at Har-
risburg has begun its inquiry into the
new state capitol scandal with testi-
mony from Consulting Engineer Green
showing that Architect Huston had al
| tered designs so as to use cheaper ma
| terial. Green had never heard OF the
| per foot" rule. Many documents are
| missing First fruits of the probe
were the prompt refunding Of the $27-
900 interest by the Harrisburg Trust
| company on the first $4,OOO,O0O appro-
| Driation.
| Officer Assaiis Brownsville.
| Before the senate committee, which
has resumed It's hearings, Captain Kill
burn OF the Twenty sixth infantry tes-
| tilted as to the attitude of the people
| of Brownsville toward the negro SOL
! diers. He said that more than three
] fourths of the residents were Mexicans
and that not more than a dozen faml-
lies were fit for officers to associate
with. When the negro soldiers first
came the lower classes openly boosted
that they would soon run the niggers
out OF town" He also said that
shooting at night was quite common
I'm the town and that many Of the peo-
pie carried weapons. He admitted
that there was no accurate way Of
keeping track of the cartridges at the
post and that 1t was possible for civil
| ians to get them or for soldiers to get d
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