The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-31

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commerce commission for PeF0lasi0A TO
advance freight rates per ceaa. snA the
commissaOa eoaseatsd - Feo0ea the case.
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with certain exceptions. - December 10.
A deieg.tios Of railroad Dcessaents vts-
tied President Wilson At the white House
and laid before him the unsatisfactory
situation which confronted American
roads. The president was sympathetic.
but expressed his confidence in the inter-
state commerce commission to regulate
| the matter satisfactorily.
On September = Secretary NeAdoo
aroused great interest in banking circles
by announcing his intention to withdraw
government patronage and assistance
from national banks known to be hoard
ing currency or demanding excessive in
terest.
In October the court dismissed all but
one of the governments charges In its
suit to dissolve the Atlantic steamship
trust. Final argument in the suit to dis
solve the Steel trust was made At Phila-
deiphia. and the discussion of Increased
railroad freight rates was resumed before
the interstate commerce commission.
At the elections held on November the
Democratic majority In the house Of rep
resentatives was reduced from lH to s.
although the Democratic ma ajosity In the
senate was increased from 10 to 1s. Con-
stitutionai amendments giving the suf-
1aA ivS Do
and Montana and prohibition triumphed
In Washington. Oregon. Arizona. and
Colorado. In Missouri the so-caIled "fuil
crew" law passed by the legislature was
rejected
Politics In othse Lands.
On January - Michel 0rsste, president
of Haiti. warned OF the approach Of
large body Of revoiutionists. abdicated has
tily and took refuge on q German cruiser.
On February Orestes Zamor was elected
president OF Haiti. and on the same day
Jose Vicente Concha was elected presi-
dent Of Colombia.
Early in the year the Chinese adminis-
trative council re-established Confucian-
ism as the state religion OF the republic.
At the opening OF parliament February 10
King George urged mutual concessions in
the Irish home rule controversy. On
March the home rule bill was introduced
for Its third passage through the COM
mons. On May Is the bill passed the COM
mons for the third time. On September
IS King George signed the home rule and
Welsh disestabfishment bills and the par
Lament was prorogued.
On March n, - the finale to q bitter
political and personal controversy. the
wife Of the French minister of finance,
Nine Caillaux, shot and killed the editor
Of Figaro, CASTOR Calmette. Her hus.
band resigned his ONCE at once and a
new cabinet was formed. The trial of
Mme Caiiiaux resulted in her acquittai
on July q. On March II q treaty Of peace
between Turkey and Servia was signed at
Constantinople. . sequel to the Balkan
war. On May the new Chinese consti-
tuition was published. II abolished the
premiership and gave increased power to
the president. On May Prince Alexan-
der Of Teck. Queen Mary's brother. was
appointed governor-general OF Canada.
On May Ii Colonel Benavides. leader
of the Peruvian faction which expelled
President Billinghurst, was elected pro-
visional president. Three days later a
group Of senators and deputies declared
Roberto Leguia provisional president. The
Peruvian supreme court, however, recog-
nized Benavides. On July n Ahmed MIR
"a. sixteen years Of age. was crowned
shah OF Persia. On August = the French
cabinet was reconstructed ON . commit
tee Of national defense basis. Rene VI
viani. Socialist, remained premier.
On September 10 Turkey notified the
outside world that she had done away
with the arrangement whereby foreigners
in that country have been exempt from
local Jurisdiction in civil and criminal
cases and under which many special priv
neges have been enjoyed by citizens of
other countries residing in Turkey.
Two days later a note was presented to
the Turkish government by Great Britain.
France. Russia and Italy. in which 1t was
affirmed that the special rights of aliens
can be abolished only by the powers that
were parties to the original contract.
Austria and Germany presented a sepa-
rate protest.
On September q the Albanian senate.
which had driven its recently elected ruler
Prince William of Wied-out of the
country chose a Turk for king-Prince
Burhan-E -Eddin. son OF the deposed Abdul
Hamid of Turkey The European powers
protested, but their wishes were dsre-
garded. On October l. after four months
exile, Essad Pasha, accompanied by an
armed force, entered Albania and took
possession of the government On the
day following the death of King Charles
of Roumania his nephew. Ferdinand, took
the oath of Office as sovereign.
the border of German Southwest Africa,
but was frustrated by the loyalty of the
Beers OF the Union. On October A. Rus
tenn Eey. Turkish ambassador to the Uni
ted States, left Warrington. where he
had incurred criticism by his frank views
Of American affairs.
Industrial Trials and Triumphs.
The Ford Motor company at the begin
ming Of the year adopted a profit-sharing
plan by which 100000 Is to be distrib-
uted annually among the 26.oO0 wage-earn-
ers of that concern. The great South Afri-
can railroad strike came to an end. On
January 10 strike of, the Delaware and
Hudson railroad men, as protest against
the discharge of two employees. was set
tied within sixteen hours by the federal
board OF mediation and Cancellation.
Two great labor controversies had been
left over from the preceding year-one in
the Michigan copper mines. which began
July q. 1918. and another in the Colorado
coal fields. where 1900 men had been on
strike since September Q OF the previous
year. Violence ensued and federal aid