The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-29
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HOME, EUROPE AND MEXICO
Anarchy in Mexico, Germans Hold
Positions in West, German
Cruiser Sunk.


early end of the war. He had done
everything to terminate the struggle
that the limitations of his apostolic
office permitted, he said. The pom
tiff declared the Holy See must re-
main perfectly impartial in the con-
troversy.
The United States Government has
begun the negotiation of a new
treaty with Costa Rica, designed to
compensate the latter country for
it's rights in the inter-oceanic canal
route over which this country is
seeking to gain control by a treaty
with Nicaragua, now pending before
the United States Senate.
That he had given letter to a
Louisville merchant from the En-
glish Ambassador, giving him per-
mission to buy a German vessel for
the South American trade was the
statement made by Secretary Red
field in a speech at the Foreign
Trade Conference.
The steamer York Castle, which
arrived at New York from Swansea,
brought Capt. Almer Kelly and five
seamen of the three-masted schooner
Alice Lord, abandoned at sea on Jan.
II, while on the voyage from jack
sonville to New Bedford.
At a meeting in Baltimore to ex-
press opposition to the literacy test
clause of the immigration Bill, let
ter was read from Cardinal Gibbons
expressing the hope that President
Wilson would veto the bill because
of the literacy test.
Without a roll call the House
passed the Army Appropriation Bill
authorizing expenditures amounting
to $1O1, 100000. All efforts of the
advocates of stronger national de-
fenses to increase various appro-
priations failed.
Gen. Gutierrez, in statement re-
ceived in Washington, says that he
is still the legal head of the Mexi-
can Government. He declares him
self above both Carranza and Cara
and is moving on San Luis Potosi
with his troops.
A great market terminal, costing
$1,000,000, the first of a dozen or
more planned for receiving and dis
tributing foodstuffs in New York
City, will be erected there by the
New York Central Railroad Com
pany.
Risking seizure by British war
ships, the American-owned steamer
put to sea with a cargo
of foodstuffs, bound for Germany,
being the first like shipement since
the beginning of the European war.
Alabama will be dry again after
July 1. The Legislature passed two
measures over the Gov
ernor's veto. Alabama first went
Try in 1919, and switched to local op-
ion in 1911.
Charges of murder were placed |
against thirty-two special deputy
'heriffs arrested on the charge of |
shooting unarmed strikers in Roose-
Telt, N. j. Bail was denied the men.
The Government inquiry into the
'auses of the recent rise in wheat
md other foodstuffs has been begun.
chicago and Minneapolis are the
enters of the probe.
A special business session has been
ct aside by the Chamber of Com
nerce of the United States for Presi-
lent Wilson's address on the eve
ing of February 8.
The character of James M. Sulli-
an was praised by three witnesses,
Tho testified at the inquiry into the
onduct of the American Minister
o San Domingo.
The Elkins Custer Bill, similar to
he Kansas City Custer Bill, provid-
ng for the removal of lax city Of
cials, passed the Tennessee State
enate Thursday.
The European war has empha-
lied the need of a United States
lerchant marine, according to
resident Farrell, of the Steel Cor
The population of the United
tates will reach the 100000, 900
lark either in February or April of
lis year, according to Washington
xperts..
Missionaries of the Presbyterian
hurch in Persia are safe, according ,
} the message received by the ,
oreign Mission Board.