The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-28

mental railroads operating in the Cen tral Freight association territory were suspended by the interstate commerce commission until October 23.
 President Taft enlarged the con- mission conducting an inquiry into the economy and efficiency of depart mental work by the appointment of Prof Frank J. Goodnow of Columbia university and W. w. Warwick of Cincinnati.
 An inquest was directed by the navy department in the case oi John Sim mons, coal passer, of New Madrid, Mo-, who was founded dead of mor- phine poisoning on board the United States steamer Buffalo at Mare Is land, Gal.
 The Colorado senate adopted me- morial favoring the termination by the United States of the treaty with Rus sia because of Russia's exclusion of American Jews.
 Major William Phillips, oldest Ma son and Odd Fellow in the United States, died at Smiley, Texas, aged 9S years. He had been a member of the Masonic fraternity for G5 years, and of the Odd Fellows for 62 years.
 The gambling element in Chicago that hoped the induction into office of Mayor Carter H. Harrison would mean wide open town, received a shock when the edict went forth to put on the lid' and keep it on.
 The name of the first alleged con tributor to the alleged $100,000 jack pot used to obtain the election of United States Senator William Lorimer was submitted to the Illinois senate bribery Investigating committee when c. r. Weihe was named by William Burgess of Duluth, Minn., testifying before the committee.
 Fifteen hundred school children, car rying banners labeled Masters or no Schools" paraded the streets of Tulsa City, Ok, protesting against the action of the board of education in refusing to re-elect Joseph G. Mosters superin- tendent of the city schools.
 In a 300-foot fall of his Farman bi- plane Capt. Edward Tarron of the army enginees was killed instantly while he was attempting to fly from Orleans to Villachoublay, France.
 United States Ambassador David J. Hills position was made untenable in Berlin, Vossiche-Zeitung declares, as a result of the aggressive attitude he
  America and Germany relative to Germany's export tax on potash.
 Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the interstate commerce commission and the originator of much labor legisla- ton, died at Washington after a con- tinued illness. He was G5 years old.
 The daily applications of Chaplain Couden have been ordered by Speaker Clark to be printed each day in the Congressional Record.
 On March 31 deposits in the 4S postal savings banks throughout the country aggregated s201,96 against $133,869 on February 28, an increase of $68,09
 After F hours of almost incessant fighting the Mexican rebels hold al most every position they had at day light, although after nightfall the fed erals carrie dthe battle to the borders of the town of Auga Priets, Mex. It was the most important battle of the insurrection. Seven Americans at Douglas, the United States border town, were injured by stray bullets, and the situation is acute.
 Completely reversing it's former action in rejecting the federal income tax amendment, the Arkansas state senate voted, 28 to 6, to ratify the amendment for federal income tax. The house already has unanimously indorsed the amendment.
 An apparently we'll authenticated re- port is current at Ottawa, Canada, that the Tariff Reform League of Great Britain is behind the anti-reciprocity agitation in Canada, and that officials, who were formerly identified iwth the British organization, are here in this country promoting the endeavors and conducting the campaign of the Cana dian opponents of the reciprocity pro- posals.
 The 34 members of the Alabama division" of the Tennessee legislature, who are at Birmingham, Ala, to break quorum, met there and reiterated their determination to stand pat
 Paul Graynor, 37, serving 40- year term in the Texas penitenti- ary for murder, has refused a pardon, belieyeing he can do more good inside than outside the prison by teaching the prisoners stenography.
 The Confederate veterans of central Kentucky will hold a reunion and bar bacue at Burlington, June 8 One of the principal speakers will be former United States Senator James B. Me Creary.
 Lost in the darkness, Munroe High, 222 years old, son of wealthy busi- ness man of Clinton, Ky, fell 200 feet over a precipice to his death accord ing to information received at Lamar, Colo The accident occurred near Two Buttes, 45 miles southwest of Lamar.
 A reapportionment bill giving the house of representatives a member ship of 433 was reported to the house by the committee on census. It is virtually identical with the Crum- packer bill that passed the house last session, but failed to reach a vote in the senate,
 Fearful that approaching blindness would make it impossible for him to