Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-08

or eleven counties III tnf 9iA''t ~
enth and Eighth congressional els
tricts in Iowa sent instructed dele
cations for President Taft to the state
and congressional conventions. .
BY a vote of PCS to 70 the cham
Der Of deputies approved the bill pro
yidlng for a state monopoly of life
insurance. As a result national and
foreign insurance companies will be
gradually taken over by the govern
mpnt insurance Institutes.
In a battle at Chihuahua, Mexico,
/ between the forces Of Gen. Pascual
Orozco and Gen. Francisco Villa, 80
men were killed.
The gravity Of the situation in Mex
leo caused President Taft 10 issue a
proclamation warning American cit
liens TO refrain from entering that
country and those who reside there to
leave when conditions threaten to be-
come i~utolerable.
The 800 coed students OF the Uni
yersity Of Arkansas at Fayetteville
won a complete victory in their con
tentions before the board OF trustees.
As a result. the entire thirty-six sus-
pended students were reinstated.
That they would strike April ] I'M
less an agreement was reached be-
between the miners and operators var
the stand taken by the convention
OF the United Mine Workers OF Hi
nols just preceding adjournment.
The American Wooden company,
the trust" notified its agents in all
of IT'S 80 mills in New England and
New York state to advance wages 5
per cent. The order affects about
80, 900 operatives, and is regarded as
an opening wedge toward settling the
Lawrence strike.
Navy orders established a new feet
with headquarters in Pugent Sound,
Wash. The feet will be known as
the Pacific reserve fleet at first and
will consist of the battleship Oregon
and the cruisers Pennsylvania, RAJ
leight and st, Louis.
Maj. Beecher b. Rays dismissal
from the army will be recommended
by the house committee on expendi-
lures in the war department, which
is completing IN investigation Of the
political paylnastcr's" record.
That the social functions knowns
as Gary dinners" control absolutely
the prices in the steel industry, and
that the United States Steel corpora
ton is operating in restraint of trade
through this price control and its dom
nation OF raw material, were the con-
illusions reported 10 the Stanley steel
committee Of the house by Farquahar
j. McRae, the committees expert &C.
countant.
At Los Angeles, Cal, Superior Judge
Hutton entered an order directing Dis
trict Attorney Fredricks to furnish
Darr0W with a complete transcript Of
the grand jury testimony, upon which
the grand jury indicted Darrow.
The appearance of a new publica-
ton at the University Of Arkansas at
Fayetteville resulted in the expulsion
of thirty-six students, and in retalia-
tipn the entire undergraduate body
wnet out on a sympathetic strike.
Rates OF the American Express
company are substantially three times
the frst-class freight rates of rail.
roads. This fact was developed at
the investigation by Commissioner
Lane into the rates and methods of
express companies instituted by the
Interstate commerce commission.
Mrs. Lena Cusumano, mother of
several children, and her admirer, En-
rico Mascioli, alias Harry Marshall,
must die in the electric chair in Mas
sachusotts for the murder Of her hus-
band, Frank c. Cusumaro.
Bert II. Franklin, formerly chief in
vestigator for the defense during the
trial Of the Mcnamara brothers on
charge of dynamiting the Los Angeles
Times, pleaded guilty to an indict~
ment charging him with bribing Nc.
Namara jurors.
Colonel Roosevelt plunged into the
thick Of the fight for the presidential
nomination. At Boston he said UNI
equiyocally that he was in the fight
to the end and was glad Of it. He
replied to the charge that he would
be breaking his third-term pledge If
he accepted another nomination, and
asserted that whether or not he
should be the choice of his party at
the Chicago convention he would
abide by its decision.
Three Chinese warships were or.
dered to Java to protect Celestials
against attacks by Dutch residents.
Unless the alleged atrocities cease
and a heavy indemnity is paid, all
Dutch trade will be excluded from
China.
El Paso, Tex, is in a state of panic
as the rebels surround Jaurez for bat
tie and following the firing upon a
small detachment of Company X, Tex
as militia, by parties concealed be
hind box cars just across the Mexi
can line.
Federal control of big business
through a trade commission OF
three members, with authority to stor
the watering Of stock, bust all trusts
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