Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-09-03

cipal ones will be rejected was clearly indicated to his callers by President Wilson. who also made clear his be- lief that few "big bankers" dictated the proposed amendments.
 The house judiciary committee unanimously decided to have intro duced a resolution authorizing an in- vestigation of the charges recently filed against Federal Judge sSpeer of Georgia.
 The United States embassy at Con stantinople has dispatched Lewis Heck, acting vice-consul, to open an inquiry into the circumstances attend ing the murder of Dr. Charles H. Hol- brook, an American missionary, at Soushehir, Asiatic Turkey.
 Ex-Gov. John Lind, President Will sons personal representative to Mex ico City. left for Vera Cruz and will sail for the United States. The nego- tiations initiated by him have failed in their object.
 Edward F. Mccall, chairman of the public service commission, was des1g- mated as mayoralty candidate of New York by the Democratic city commit tee Herman A Metz was unanimous y designated for comptroller. Con- gressman Joseph A. Goulden was se lected for president of the board of aldermen.
 A duel with swords between Count Stephen Tisza, premier of Hungary. and Marquis George Pallavicini, an Austrian army officer. at Budapest, resulted in both men being slightly wounded In the head.
 It was an open secret about the Charleston navy yard that the United States gunboat Nashville, which is .aking on ammunition and which sails under sealed orders, Is bound for Mexico.
 The Henry agricultural amendment to the Glass currency bill, providing that farmers notes. backed by farm products. have the same value as com mercial paper to federal reserve banks. was unanimously adopted by the house Democratic caucus.
 Seth Low, former mayor of Ne1 York. and president of the National Civic Federation, was selected as the between the eastern railroads and 100000 trainmen.
 Two troops of the Pennsylvania con- stabulary, under Capt. L. G. Adams, proved a welcome sight to the people of Erie, who had witnessed wild night of rioting, in which one man was almost killed and the city seemed filled with fighting private detectives on one side and striking iron molders and their sympathizers on the other.
 Senator Penrose introduced reso- lution to place in Mexico such troops to act as constabulary as would ade- Guately protect American citizens and their property. This action was ex- pressly declared in the resolution not to be an act of war against Mexico
 
 Vernon l.. Whitney, governor of Jolo province, and native of Iowa, was wounded in struggle with two Ureacherous Moros who attacked him. He killed both his assailants.
 A suit asking divorce from Con- gresman E. Y. Thomas, Jr., of Gen. tral City, Ky. has been brought al Greenville, Ky, by Mrs. Annie l.. Thomas She alleges cruelty, inhu- man treatment and habitual drunken ness.
 An explosion said to have been caused by the collision of car loaded with iron and another filled with dyna- mite on the streets of Tacubaya. suburb of Mexico City, killed and in jured more than 100 persons.
 To tax senators who insist on lengthening the tariff debate by long winded speeches 1 cent word vas the sarcastic suggestion of Senator Thomas of Colorado.
 Rapid progress on the tariff bill is being made in the senate. The wool schedule was disposed of so far as it will be considered by the senate in committee of the whole, and a deep. inroad was made to the free list.
 President Wilson's program for free sugar in 1916 carried the day in the senate, when Democrats rallied to the support of the tariff bill and defeated amendments to the sugar schedule
 George Bixby. Long Beach (Cal) millionaire, was made defendant in three S50,O00 damage suits filed by girl witnesses in so-called white slave cases pending there.
 Secretary Bryan will spend two days early in September stunning the