Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-01-19

Of plan won on u tcst vow Vi 10
to The matter arose In connec-
tion with the joint resolution for the
an dnent of tho constitution recent
~ ported from the committee on
1uGi larry.
II asident Taft. In an address at
the banquet Of the National Tarin
Commission association at Washing
ton openly indorsed the Longworth
bill, characterizing II as q concilia-
tory measure embodying all the I'm
portant features that are necessary
to make the tariff commission ef-
fsctivs." He had previously sum-
noned the Republican members OF
the ways and means committee to
the White House, and urged them to
harmonic their differences.
The gift of $4,000. 900 to the Moth
er" Church of Christ. Scientist, de
vissd In the will Of Mrs. Mary G.
Baker Eddy, may be null and void,
The residuary clause In the will Ia
not legal. in the opinion OF ex-United
States Senator william e. Chandler,
Hannis Taylor, the professor of con-
stitutional law at George Washing
ton university, and others.
In an address before the annual
meeting of the National Civic fedora
ton at New York city, Samuel I'm
termyer attacked the governments
attitude toward the trusts as a mon
strous sham" According to him the
large and vicious" corporations go
unmolested while the little fellows
are being pursued with brass band
and the greatest press bureau ever
put in action"
Another serious battle between the
Mexican revolutionists and the fed
eral forces has been fought just
across the border and the dead are
estimated at more than forty, accord
ing to sdvices received at San An
tonic, Tex.
John Miohels, a young cooper, is
dead in a Brooklyn hospital because
he was suddenly deprived Of cigarettes
for two days after he had been ad-
dicted to their use for fifteen years.
He had been in the habit of smoking
80 day, he said.
The recent tidlngs from Wellesley
college that half OF the young women
students there are deficient in spelling
has aroused a sympathetic response
from Andrew Carnegie, and in an open
letter he hastens to congratulate the
bad spoilers on their independence.
Prof. 8. J. Hunter Of the University
Of Kansas says the solution OF the
grasshopper problem is to disk the
alfalfa fields In the spring, just after
the frost has left the ground. This,
he says, kills the eggs Of the hoppers.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
has equipped It's passenger trains on
the Utah division with an armed guard
In preparation for attempted robbery,
following the hold up OF the Overland
Limited last week.
Bubonic plague has caused 500
deaths in Hardin, Manchuria, within
fifteen days, according to consular re-
ports received by the state department
at Washington.
Hubert Latham. the young French
aviator, had remarkable escape from
death on the San Francisco aviation
tered adverse winds that forced him
suddenly to the ground. He crashed
into a fence, wreehng his monoplane.
Senator David W. Holstlaw was
dropped from the Illinois senate by
Lieutenant Governor OGlesby, acting
on q communication from Governor
Deneen. The communication and the
ruling Of the chair that the Iuka bank
Or Is no longer q member Of the SEN
ate forssttallsd the report Of the com
mittee investigating the reports Of
bribery In connection with Senator
Lortmsr's election.
The most powerful argument ever
advocating the election Of senators By
direct vote OF the people 10 found in
the report written by Senator Borah
On behalf Of the judiciary committee
when he favorably reported the Joint
resolution providing for the suhmis-
sion Of q constitutional amendment 10
the various states.
Louis d. Brandeis OF Boston, appear.
Ing for the shippers against the rail
roads In the northern part OF the
country, told the interstate commerce
commission At Washington that II the
railroads would stop their wasteful
expenditures they could save $50, 0oo.-
900 q year. and would not need to ad-
vance their freight rates. as they ask.
and which will bring them only ST.
0o0. 900 q year.
| A IRE which will probably exceed
100000 In the value of the property
damaged totally destroyed the Gin
cinnati Chamber Of Commerce build
Ing.
| Almost - per cent. Of the increase
In population of Illinois the last ten
years was contributed by the mum
cipalitiss having a population In ex.
cess Of 5000. they having increased