Lower coast gazette., 1913-10-18

rural credit legislation, immigration
| changes, consideration of arbitration
treaties and appropriation bills. To
delay currency consideration until the
regular session would be to take away
unnecessarily for the time to do now
is available, some Of the time for the
consideration of these other very vi
tai questions.
Oscar Underwood, Democratic house
leader, has announced as a candidate
for the Alabama Senatorshir in op-
position to Richmond Pearson Hob
son, the hero of Santiago and now a
Congressman from Alabama. Hob
son and Underwood clashed on the
floor of Congress when Hobson ac-
cused Underwood of being a tool Of
Wall Street and the liquor interests.
Underwood appealed to the entire
membership of the house, Republicans
as we'll as Democrats, dramatically
asking if any mar that sat before
him believed that he was Wall Streets
tool.
The Board of Education of New
York suspended three teachers be-
cause they were mothers. The anne
of the three has not yet been made
public. On October 22nd, at the meet
ing of the Board of Education the
superintendent Of schools will submit
the names of all teachers who have
become mothers since January /, 1913.
The number of them will be close
under 100.
A German warship has been sent to
Mexico. Washington is not displeas-
ed. Germany had recognized the
Huerto government. President Will
son is pleased with the latest develop
emit. It shows sGermany's DISPOSE
ton to disbelieve in Huerta's ability
to control the unstable Mexican situa-
ton. 1t is said that England will
soon repudiate the recognition Of
Huerta which it so hastily gave. Huer-
ia arrested 100 Liberal members Of
the Mexican Congress for strong re-
marks uttered and supported by them
which called the attention of every
one to the weakness of the Huerta
government. The United States has
officially called upon Huerta to pro-
tect Tile lives of these imprisoned De-
puties, whose only offense was that
they told the truth and tried to pro-
fit by the publishing Of the truth
they knew.
Frisco stockholders living in st.
Louis started their fight to keep the
control of the Frisco in St. Louis
by voting to continue a committee Of
two and to add another member to
represent their interests in the reor-
~ganization Of the road.
About 100000 shares of stock were
represented at the meeting either by
their owners or by proxies. About
one-half of the Frisco stock is own
ed in st. Louis and in the vicinity
Of St. Louis. Mr.. Fordyce, n Of
the members Of the committee blamed
the Frisco failure upon the Mexican
Revolution. The Brownsville road de-
pended upon Mexico and the more nor
thern lines of the Frisco depended
upon the Brownsville road as a south
western feeder and this interdepend-
ence made one line a co-sharer in the
failure or fortune of the other and
the Brownsville road failed and the
Frisco failed.
Mr.. Fordyce said that the Frisco
owned lands in Arizona and New
Mexico which would in time be worth
from $1O,OOO,OOO to- Sis, 900, 900.
The Frisco lost $2,500,O00 because
of the floods last year, and the Frisco
will lose this year $780, 900 because
of the operation Of the two cent pas
senger law.
After January LIST, 1914, Arkansas
is a dry state. That is, no n who
is not able to buy a brewery and a
distillery will be able to get drunk,
after January LIST, 1914.
The country bankers are vigorous
ly opposing the proposed currency leg
islation. They oppose the proposed
forced investment of one-ifth of their
capital in the regional bank, which
are merely parts of the machinery for
rediscount and the clearing Of checks.
The Grain Dealers National Asso-
citation began their annual cOnYentlon
in New Orleans on Tuesday, October
Ia, 1918.
The estate of Adolphus Busch who
died in Germany last week is estimat-
ed to be worth $75,OOO,OOO and though
it is not known positively it is be-
lieved that the value Of charitable
requests will be close to $4,000, 000.
The United States court at Min
neapolis, Mimi, sustained the conis-
cation by government officials OF
861 cases and cartons Of Radams mi
crobe killer which 861 cases cost
$25.82 and which would have been
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