The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW

Representative Richmond Pearson
Hopson, In the House naval commit
zee, made the statement that the Uni
.eo states garrison at the Corrigedor
isianos was under arms throughout tho
month OF May, 1918, because or fear of
= Invasion. The statement
was not challenged by officials.
me rivers n harbors ~appropria-
ZOE OH was reported out OF commit
ess 20 the House stripped of $40, 900. 900
Sseulated ey government engineers to
ne needed The bill now provides for
Ae expenditure of $4,000. 5000.
The FORM OF the Shields general dam
49, ~ reported out of committee, is ex-
Eeetsu 10 create q great 81 In the
senate, as the measure is Objectionable
20 conservationists. It is charged that
- would work a great benefit to the
water power trust.
winter wheat has been sown this
year on 4l,26S,0 900 acres, an Increase of
l,tS',VVo acres over last year, accord
iis TO the department OF agriculture.
Great Britain declares all OF Egypt
70 De q British p~rotectorate.
II answer to a request by Col. George
W. Goethals for warships to protect the
neutrality of the Panama canal zone,
the navy department sent the cruiser
Tacoma to Pauaman waters.
The forces OF venustiano Carranza
at the town of puebla were decisively
oefeated by Villa forces. At Nac6.
Mex, firing still continues, and
throughout the week a number of bull
tets have been fired across the border.
ACtlNa StnnS ~, aysn P,-Ai-u -.
rences of stray bullet fatalities have
oeen taken by the United States gov
eminent Brigadier General Bliss, COM
inanolng the American troops at Naco.
IS being reinforced. Brigadier Cen
eral Scott, chief of staff Of the United
confer with the Carranza and Villa
chleftains. If, after the conference.
further shots are fired into American
territory it is understood actual steps
10 remedy the condition will be taken
by the Naco garrison.
Freight increases tina will approx
innate 8 per cent on all railroads be-
tween the Atlantic seaboard and the
Mississippi river, north of the Poto-
mac and Ohio rivers, were granted by
the Interstate Commerce commission
IN a divided opinion. 1t is estimated
the increase will add $3o,0 00, 600 to the
income of the roads. Commissioners
elements n Harlan opposed the raise
ana criticised the action of the COM
mission as wrong and unjustiied.
Many progressive men In Washington
believe the action of the commission
means public confidence in the body
Will speedily vanish and tha the COM
mission itself will soon be abolished.
Reports, more or less alarming, con-
corning the illness Of Emperor William
OF Germany, have been current for a
week, but it is believed there is no
immediate danger.
Secretary Wilson Of the department
Of labor dwelt at length on the labor
disputes the department has tnvesti-
gated in the past year and expressed
the opinion that the interests of wage
earners had been protected as far as
possible.
Receiving the commission on south
ern race questions, made up of univer-
sity professors of the south, President
Wilson encouraged the educators In
their efforts to uplift the negro.
This years farm crops are worth s4.-
e45, $50, 900, the bureau of crop estimates
announced.
Financial conditions throughout the
United States nave improved greatly
in the last few months, according to a
report made to the federal reserve
board by prominent bankers,
The report Of Postmaster General
Burleson shows that the p~ostoffice de-
partnent has become self supporting.
The growth Of the regular postal serv-
ice and the parcel post branch are both
said to be on q firm basis, Further ex-
tensions OF the service are urged Cow
m ownership OF telegraph lines
was recommended in the Burleson re-
port.
France has notified the United
States, through her ambassador here,
that she viii not interfere with any
cotton shipments from America IN the
future, whether they be bound for neu-
trail or belltgerent ports.