The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-08-21
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u
structed its Minister at Berlin to as
for explanations and the punishmeI
OF those guilty Of the alleged attack
German soldiers on Bernardino Campo
former President Of the State OF Sa
Paulo, and bis wife, who are reporte
to have been beaten and forced aero.
the Swiss frontier.
] The British War Council has decide
to exclude correspondents from th
forces in the field, and it is announce,
that the French War Department in
tends to take the same action, and tina
probably war correspondents in Belgium
will be ordered out of that State.
Expressions of encouragement ovel
the more complete Understanding be-
tween Washington and influential bank.
ing interests regarding the need for re-
medal measures indicate further prog
ress toward normal conditions in domes-
tic fnancial,circles.
Suit has been filed to collect So, 600
in back postage from the beet sugar in
dustry for the alleged illegal use Of Sem
tor Lodges frank in the campaign for
beet sugar during the discussion of the
Underwood Tariff Bill.
The German Emperor, the Crown
Prince. and two other imperial Princes
are now at the great fortress OF Mainz.
The Emperor's departure from Berlin
for the front has evoked enthusiasm in
the German capital.
More than a thousand Southern mer-
chants are expected to attend the meet
ing OF the Cotton States Merchants
Association in Memphis, where plans
for marketing this years cotton crop
will be discussed.
Congress passed the Emergency Ship
ping Bill, authorizing the President to
admit foreign-built ships to American
so that commercial fleets may
sail the sees under protection Of the
American flag.
Fifteen submarine cables between the
United States and Europe are still very
badly crowded. The censorship and the
abolition Of code has had much to do
With this The companies hope to get
clear shortly.
A conference OF Kentuckians and |
,thers from the Ohio River Valley was
ield in Washington with a view to for
nulatlng plans looking to an early pas
age OF the Rivers and Harbors Bill by
congress.
President Wilson held conference
With Senator Simmons and Representa-
i've Underwood on the problem OF rails
ng money to offset the falling off in
ustoms revenue due to the European
7ar.
The British official press bureau an
ounces that any action which Japan
nay take against Germany will not ex-
snd beyond the China seas, except for
ne protection Of Japanese shipping.
Superintendent Hamlet, Of the Ken
lcky schools, threatens suit because
9 alleges the text books recently con-
acted for have not been delivered on
me.
Pope Plus has been ordered to bed
n a complete rest by his physician.
[e is suffering from equity catarrh and
lie intense heat.
Members Of the Kentucky delegation
Congress are working hard to obtain
lief for the tobacco growers of this
ate.
No compromise" was the slogan
it'll which Col. Roosevelt opened the
olitical campaign in Massachusetts,.
The paymaster and two guards OF
inc at Glen Alum, w. Va, were
urdered and robbed Of $15, 900.
steel mills have orders booked
at will keep them running on full time
! during September. II
The new cases Of bubonic plague we're
ported in New Orleans, making seven
en- in all so far.
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