Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-23
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Washington.

Washington.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
rejected the bids. of the Carnegie,
Bethlehem and Midvale Steel Com
panies for the armor plate for battle
ship now being built.
President Wilson is facing the first
real crisis of his administration. 1t
has been demonstrated to the salts
faction of administration leaders that
the President has determined revolt
on his hands In the form of Democratic
members of Congress who want to quit
work for the rest of the year regard
less of the effect of their action on the
White House currency program.
There will be no uniformed military
or naval aide with President Wilson
hereafter, except when he attends
army or navy functions.
A start has been made by President
Wilson on his antitrust program for
the December session of Congress.
He has had a long preliminary con-
ference with Senator Newlands of
Nevada, chairman of the interstate
commerce committee, which handles
trust legislation in the Senate.
The Republican national committee
will meet In Washington Tuesday,
December 16, to confer on party mat
tiers and to take any action which may
be deemed advisable.
Domestic Items.
Without calling either Governor
Sulzer or his wife to the witness
stand, his counsel rested their defense
in the trial of his Impeachment. Ac-
cording to D. Cady Herrick, chief Of
his attorneys, Governor Sulzer de-
cided not to defend himself in person
because he did not want to be placed
In the position of shielding himself
behind his wife.
With only one dissenting voice on
the final vote, more than 1000 bankers
from all sections of the country, gath
cred at the first days session of the
annual convention of the American
Bankers Association at Boston, rati-
fled the action of the conference of
bankers In demanding amendments to
the federal reserve act now pending
In Congress.
The Colonial Trust Company at
Tulsa, one Of the largest state banks
In eastern Oklahoma, has been sold,
]. W. Orr and E. L. Orr, respectively
president and vice-president, retiring.
Gov. William E. Sulzer attempted
to obtain the influence of United
State Senator Elihu Root and OF Will
liam Barnes, chairman of the Repub-
lican state committee, to prevent the
trial Of his impeachment, according to
testimony adduced at the trial, al
though subsequently stricken out by
vote Of the court.
The state supreme court of Okla
homa has affirmed the order made by
the corporation commission in 1909
which provides material reduction in
rates on intrastate shipments by ex-
press.
The cost OF living on June Is, was
approximately 60 per cent higher than
the average between 1890 and 1900:
more than per cent higher than it
was year ago, and nearly Is per
cent higher than 1t was two years
ago
William Rufus Edwards, a wealthy
lumber and coal dealer of st. Paul
Mimi, has been indicted by the fed
eral grand jury at Chicago, charged
with violation of the Mann White
Slave act
A rain, wind and lightning storm
swept Kansas City at 9 p. M, develop
ing out of what appeared to be a fall
shower. In the extreme southeastern
portion the gale ragged like small tor
nado, wrecking buildings and slightly
injuring several persons.
A new star blazed forth in the
worlds series baseball armament
when Leslie Bush pitched the Phila.
delphia Athletics to victory over tho
New York Giants in the third game of
the championship struggle by score
OF to 2.
Christy Mathewson, master manipu.
lator of the baseball, led the New
Yorks to victory at Shibe Park. Phila.
delphia, when he shut out the Phila.
delphias in 1O-inning battle by 8 to
n In he