Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-01-24

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between Turkey and the Balkan
states.
President Taft has made his plans
when he quits the White House.
| Progressives hold the balance OF
power in the New Hampshire senator
ship fight.
| The Nebraska prison association at
the annual meeting discussed needed
prison reforms.
Dissolution of the Union Pacific
Southern Pacific merger is proving
difficult task.
The Nebraska legislature, now in
session, can do business for sixty days
and be sure of pay.
Woodrow Wilson says he is open
to suggestion from any member OF
| the democratic family.
The treasury department has made
tentative plans for the reorganization
of the customs service.
On the theory that our currency
system is wrong, house committee
has set about to change it.
President Taft asked for an appro-
priation to continue the commission
on economy and efficiency.
Army reorganization was discussed
| by Secretary StimsOn and NUMBER
| of generals in command.
Judge Archibald, as witness. de-
MED any bad motives in his different
deals with railroad companies.
Leslie M. Shaw told house sub
committee that central bank would
mean control by Wall street.
Republican senators have rejected
compromise of the democrats on
confirmation of Taft appointments.
A strike vote or arbitration is the
alternative confronting $4,000 loco
motive firemen on eastern railroads.
Existence of rebates in the ship
ping trade was brought out before the
house committee on merchant marine.
Permission was granted by the
authorities of the District of Colum-
bia for the woman's suffrage parade
in Pennsylvania avenue on March 8,
next.
A verdict of death from heart fall
ure" was returned at the coroner's IN
quest on the body of Paul Nash, Unit
ed States consul general at Buda
Pest.
At Calgary, Alberta, the packing
plant of p. Burns & Co. was destroy
ed by fire The loss, including meat
in cold storage, will probably be in
excess of $2,000,00O
1t is announced that the represen-
tatives of the six power group of
bankers, meeting in London, have ap-
proved the agreement with respect to
the proposed loan of $120,O00,000 to
China.
Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H.
Schneider, convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the United States in connec-
ton with lands in California and Ore
gon, have applied to President Taft
for pardons.
Representatives of organized labor
in California established headquar-
tiers at Sacramento and prepared to
urge passage by the legislature of
thirty labor laws.
Representative Baker of California
introduced a bill that would appro-
pirate 100000 to investigate and per
feet a system of frost prevention i'll
the citrus and deciduous fruit regions
of the United States.
The Chicago Telephone company is
called on to reduce it's rates and APP
ply an alleged surplus to old age pen
sions, salary increases and rate refor-
nation by report adopted bya COM
mittee of the city council
Bitter criticism of the order of Pres
ident Taft placing fourth-class post
masters under the classification civil
service was precipitated during the
consideration Of the postoffice appro-
priation bill in the house.
With honors BETTING his achieve
mept, Captain Roald Amundsen, dis
covere: OF the south pole, was enter
tanned in Washington as the prin
cipal guest at the annual banquet of
the national geographic society
Nearly 100000 parcels post pack
ages were sent through the postof
fees of the fifty leading cities of the
country during the first week of the
operation of the new service, accord
ing to telegraphic reports received by
Postmaster General Hitchcock.
The first break in the deadlock
over President Taft's appointments
pending in The senate came when at
an executive session Brigadier Gen
eral Alshire was confirmed as a ma
jor general and Surgeon General
George NJ Torney was confirmed as
brigadier general.
Democratic members of the house
committee on ways and means are
planning to examine closely into the
affairs of the Aluminium Company of
America and the WaltEam Watch
company. when their representatives
testify at an adjourned meeting on
the metal tariff schedule.