Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-01-29

with ovcrstatcmcnt Of Income and other
financial Irregularities. and suit was
brought against the Lchlgh Valley road
under the charge that II wra monopoiiz-
Ing the anthracite coal Industry through
subsidiary companies. In this month. also.
the department Of justice announced that
u plan for breaking up the transportation
monopoly practiced by the New York
New Haven ana Hartford had been ar
ranged satisfactory 20 all parties.
Early In April the government met with
defeat IN It's attempt to prove that the
Delaware, lsackawanna and Western road
aud the cnnl-mining company uf III" Same
nnmc existed MS an Illegal and monopolis.
tic combination. on April ? the commit
tee appointed for the purpose announced
that II had selected twelve federal re-
serve districts, with their central hank
Ing cities, under the new currency law.
on Juno s tho American Thread COM
pnny. which was proved TO he a combina-
lion Of manufacturers which practically
controlled the output, forcstallcd the ac-
ton contemplated by the department Of
Justice by dlssolylng. In Juno. also, the
United States supreme court affirmed the
power OF the interstate commerce rom
mission to nx rates and held that pipe
lines are common carriers and must carry
products nj rates fixed by the commission.
on June rs the president made public
n charge that big business interests had
been trying to force congress To adjourn
lie declared that he should do everything
In HE power 10 keep congress IN session
until the proper business legislation had
been enacted.
In July the commission found that the
former management OF the New Haven
| road was crlminnlly wastcful and negll-
gent. President Wilson directed the at
| torncy general. July 81, TO begin civil and
criminal proceedings ngalnst the New
| York, New Haven nnd Hartford road. and
two days later the suit was begun In tho
United States district court al New York.
on the first day Of August the interstate
| commission denied the petition
OF the eastern railroads for a general in
cronsc OF 3 per rent In freight rates, hut
allowed certain increases In the middle
West. on August 70 the dissolution Of the
Intcrnntlonnl Harvester company, desig-
mated Ms n monopoly In restraint OF trade,
was ordered by the United States district
court at 81, Paul, MINI.
The Panama Canal was formally opened
for world trhhic on August Is, The steam
cr Ancon, belonging TO the Pnnnma rail-
road. passed from ocean to ocenn In ten
hours. In September the r%aliroad rate
case showed lncrcascd activity. The roads
east OF tho Mississippi and north OF the
Potomac ngain pctitioned the Interstate
commerce commission FOR permission "a
advnnce freight rates 8 per cent, and the
commission consented to roopen the ease,
The commission granted the Increase
with certain exceptions. On December IS,
In October the court dismissed all hui
one OF the governments charges In ~
suit TO dissolve the Atlantic steamship
trust. Final argument In the suit to dis
solve the Steel trust was made NJ Phila,
dclphia. and the discussion OF Increased
railroad freight rates was resumed bcfor,
the Interstate commerce commission.
- -. - 90 - AH...I-U " a.
Democratic majority In the house Of rep
rescntatiVes was reduced from ~ to ei
although the Democratic majority In thu
senate was increased from 10 To 10. Con
Htltutional amendments giving the SUI
frage TO women were carried In Nevadf
nnd Montana and prohibition trlumphet
In Washington. Oregon. Arizona, an
Colorado. In Missouri the so-called "ful
crew" law passed by the legislature wat
rejected,
Politics In Other Lands.
on January 81 Michel Oreste, preslden
~ Haiti. warned OF the approach Of
large body NJ rcvolutionlsts, indicated has
tily and took refuge on n German cruiser
on February s Orestes Zamor was electel
president of Haiti. and on the same dn,
Jose Vicente Conchr was elected presi
dent ~ Colombia.
on March II. M the finale 10 n bite
political and personal controversy, ti
wife OF the French minister Of nnancC
Nine. Caillaux. shot and killed the edito
Of Figaro. CASTOR Calmctte. Her nus
band resigned his office at once and
new cabinet was formed. The trial q
Mime. CnillnuN resulted In her dcquitta
on July 2S. on March n n treaty Of pcnc
between Turkey and Servin was signed a
C~onHtantinorle, n sequel to the Hnlkn
war. On May I the new Chinese constI
tuition WIS published. II abolished tli
premiership and gave Increased power I
the president. On May G Prince AleXnf
der Of Tcck. Queen Mary's brother. WI
appointed goNernor-gcncrul OF Canada.
On May rs Colonel Bcnavidcs, leads
~ the Peruvian faction which eXpcilc
President ~Hllllnghurst. was elected pr,
visionnl president. Three days later
1 group OF senators and deputies declare
4, Roberto ioRula provisional president. III
Peruvian supreme court, however, recos
nlzcd ncnavides. ON July a Ahmed Mi
IN, sixteen years of age, was crowno
shah OF Persia. On August ~ the Frenc
cnhinct WIS reconstructed on q commit
/, toe OF national defense basis. Rene V
vlani, Socialist. remained premier.
on September % the Albanian sennt
which had driven Its recently elected rul,
, Prince william Of Wicd-out OF n
/, country, choge a turk for klnE-Prin,
B~urhnn-Eddin, son OF the deposed Add
Hamld OF Turkey. The European powcl
, protested, hut their wishes we're disr,
y gardod. on October 4, after four month
1 exile. Essad Pashn. accompanied by Il
! armed force, entered Atlanta and too
, possosslon OF the government. on n
day following the death of King Charl'
I of Roumanla his nephew, Ferdinand, toe
the oath ~ office NJ sovereign.
Industrial Trials and Trlumphs.
The Ford Motor company at the heglI
q ming Of the year adopted q pront-sharii
= plan by which 100000 Is 10 be distrl
. utod annually among the 26.O00 wagc-enr
J. crs Of that concern. Tho great South Afl