South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-26
Washington News
Notes.
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. - The
downfall Of Huerta's government must
be the inevitable result OF Pres. Will
sons Mexican policy. Huerta's credit
is rapidly drying up. Without money
ne cannot go on. Foreign govern
ments have shown disposition TO fol-
low the United States in our Mexican
policy. We are the large financial in
terest in Mexico and Great Britain
Icomes next, with France third. Great
Britain has practically retracted her
recognition of Huerta and our state
department is informed that other
governments are holding off and their
bankers are doing likewise. Thus the
pressure of public sentiment is be-
coming financial pressure and this
points TO an early end for the nomi-
nal presidency of Maderos slayer.
The policy of Woodrow Wilson is
strongly tending toward a recognition
some constitutional form of govern
ment and nothing short of this will
satisfy.
Big Place for Woman.
The children's bureau has a new
statistician, Helen L. sumner, who
thus becomes one of the highest paid
women in the civil service. Miss
Sumner is a Wellesley graduate and
has a degree of Phi. ID. from the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin. she is the au-
thor of The White Slave, Labor
Problems, History of Women in In
dustry" and Industrial Courts in Eu-
rope, and is associate editor of the
Documentary History of American
Industrial Society.
Aristocratic Cattle.
Among the recent immigrants from
Ireland are a bunch of aristocratic
Kerry cattle with registered pedi-
grees. They are stopping at present
at Turner, Md, which is the quaran-
tine station for the port of Baltimore.
A reception committee has been wait
ing on them under the auspices Of the
secretary of agriculture.
The reason why the industrial COM
mission nominated by Pres. Wilson has
not been confirmed is Hoke Smith,
senator from Georgia. HOke is chair
man of the committee on education
and labor of the senate, to which these
nominations were referred. The in
dustrial commission was created dur
ing the last congress to study the re-
lations of capital and labor and con-
ditions of industry generally. The
Taft appointments were held up, and
when Pres. Wilson took office he sub
mitted the names of Frank p. Walsh,
of Wisconsin; Mrs. j. Borden Harri
man, of New York; Frederick A. De-
lanO, of Illinois; Harris Weinstock, of
California; 5. Thruston Ballard, of
Kentucky; John B. Lennon. of ILL
nois; James O'Connell, of Washington.
d. c., and Austin B. Garretson of
Iowa
These nominations were submitted
June 20. Sen. Smith is understood to
desire the nomination of Charles ST.
mon Barrett of Georgia, president of
the National Farmers union. who
was included in the list of Taft NOM
! inees. and because Barrett was left
out, Sen. Smith is sitting tight on the
appointm ents and refusing TO allow
them TO be confirmed.
Good Roads Boom Land
b. T. Galloway. assistant secretary
of agriculture, says there is nothing
like good roads TO boom farm lands.
He is full of instance to prove it. In
Lee county, Virginia" says the secre-
tary. Il know a farmer who owned a
hundred acres who offered to sell for
$500. In 1908 his road was i'm
proved, and though the farmer fought
, the Improvement, he has since refused
$4,000 for his farm. A nearby tract
of 1SS acres -sold for $4,000. and after
road Improvement the same farm was
sold for $4,000. In Jackson county,
Ala ALBANIA, the people voted a bond is
sue of S250,0OO for road improvements
I and the selling value at that time was
Sc TO SIS an acre, and the selling
value is now from SIS TO So an acre"