The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-22

The International. arbitration court,
which has been sitting In the yo-calied
Qhamizal zone case in Ell Paso, Texas.
to decide ownership Of seven million
dollars worth of property in the
southern part OF El Paso, rendered Its
decision, which is compromise The
decision gives Mexico part of the Hand
in question, and FL Paso part Of it.
Both the United States and Mexico
dissent The Chamizal case has been
in contention between the two gov
ernments for more than dozen years.
The management OF the street car
system in Greeley, Colo, contem-
plates the establishment OF novel
method to prevent women from alight-
ing from street cars backward Mir
rors will be placed on each car plat
form in such manner as to make
II necessary for one looking in them
to face the front Of the car 1t is
believed that the natural tendency OF
the fair sex to look at themselves in
mirrors will bring about the desired
results.
A silver punch set, valued at $1,000.
will be presented o President and Mrs.
w. H. Taft, on the occasion OF their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary by
the chamber OF commerce, Augusta
Cotton exchange and board Of trade,
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation, city officials OF Augusta and
the Bonair Hotel company.
Detective w. ]. Burns and James
Hossick, a city detective of Los An
geles, Cal, were indicted in lndianap-
oils, on charges of kidnapping John j.
Mcnamara, secretary of the lnterna-
tional Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers, from Indianapolis,
and Mcnamara was indicted on charg-
es of conspiracy to dynamite by the
grand jury. In all the grand jury re-
turned eight indictments, but named
only the three men in the charges.
Three Of the indictments are against
Mcnamara, who is in Jail in Los An
geles.
The New York Central lines have
entered in traffic agreement with the
Louisville and Nashville railroad,
which practically gives the former
Lake-to the-Gulf line.
Cashier Luther v. Hart of the Bank
OF Tarboro is dead, and. Assistan.
ed with completely in the misappropri-
ed with completely in the misaprpoprl-
alton Of $4,000 N bank funds, as
result of visit 10 the bank by State
Bank Examiner j. X. Doughton. Hart
died from self.infiicted pistol wound
and the exposure OF Hussey followed
when bank officials and Examiner
Doughton made hasty investigation
of the bank doors. Hussey is IN jail.
That the Democratic legislature OF
New York is not enthusiastic over the
initiative and recall is indicated by
its action in divesling these provisions
from the proposed new charter for the
city OF Buffalo. The debate on the
measure lasted five hours and was
spirited throughout. If the new char
ter Is accepted by the people of But
falo 1t will be the first experiment IN
this state of municipal government by
commission which has been adopted
in 1876 cities scattered among twenty
six different states.
Investigation of the causes of ex.
cessive transportation rates charged
by the express companies is called
for in resolution introduced by Rep
resentatlve Burleson OF Texas. The
secretary of commerce and labor is
directed to furnish all information he
has bearing on the subject. Repre-
sentative Cox OF Indiana introduced
resolution asking the postmaster gen.
eral to report whether any private
express company is transporting any
mail matter in competition with the
United States postal service.