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I with overstatement Of income and other
financial Irregularities. and suit was
brought against the Lehigh Valley road
under the charge that It was monopohs-
| ing the anthracite coal industry through
subsidiary companies. In this month. also.
the department of Justice announced that
a plan for breaking up the transportation
monopoly practiced by the New York.
New Haven and Hartford had been ar
ranged satisfactory to all parties.
Early In April the government met with
defeat In its attempt to prove that the
Delaware. I.ackawanna and Western road
and the coal-mining company OF the same
name existed as an Illegal and monopolis-
| tic combination. On April the commit
tee sppointed for the purpose announced
| that II had selected twelve federal re-
eerye districts. with their central bank
| ing cities, under the new currency law.
| On June the American Thread COM
pany. which was proved to b. combfna-
i tion Of manufa cturers which practically
controlled the output. forestaiIed the &C.
tion contemplated by the department. Of
i Justice BY dlssolving. In June. also. the
| United States supreme court afhrmed the
mower Of the interstate commerce COM
| mission to fx rates, and held that pipe
| lines are common carriers and must carry
l OrOduct0 NJ rates uxeO Dy tHe COLutulboiOu
On June Is the president made public
q charge that big business interests had
been trying to force congress to adjourn.
He declared that he should do everything
/ in his power to 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 criminally wasteful and negli-
gent. President Wilson directed the at
torney general, July q. to begin civil and
criminal proceedings against the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road, and
| two days later the suit was begun in the
United States district court at New York.
On the hrst day OF August the interstate
commerce commission denied the petition
| Of the eastern railroads for a general In
crease Of per cent In freight rates. but
allowed certain increases in the middle
West. On August II the dissolution Of the
International Harvester company, desig-
| mated as q monopoly in restraint of trade,
was ordered by the United States district
court at st. Paul. MINI.
The Panama Canal was formally opened
for world trafiic on August Is. The steam
er Ancon, belonging to the Panama rail-
road, passed from ocean to ocean in ten
hours. In September the railroad rate
case showed increased activity. The roads
east of the Mississippi and north of the
Potomac again petitioned the interstate
commerce commission for permission to
advance freight rates 5 per cent. and the
commission consented to reopen the case.
The commission granted the increase.
with certain exceptions on December 49,
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-
delphia. 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 147 to Is.
although the Democratic majority In the
senate was increased from 10 to 16. Con-
stitutional amendments giving the suf-
frage to women were carried In Nevada
and Montana and prohibition triumphed
Colorado. In Missouri the so-called ''full
crew. law passed by the legislature was
rejected.
Politics In Other Lands.
On January q Michel Oreste. president
OF Haiti, warned Of the approach Of a
large body OF revolutionists. abdicated has
tily and took refuge on 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.
On March II. az the finale to a 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 office at once and a
new cabinet was formed. The trial Of
Nine. Caillaux resulted in her acquittai
| on July S. On March II treaty of peace
between Tlrknv IL
Constantinople. sequel to the Balkan
war. On May the new Chinese consti-
tuition was published. It abolished the
premiership and gave Increased power to
the president. On May Prince Aiexan-
der OF Teck, Queen Mary's brother. was
appointed governor-general of Canada.
On May IL Colonel Benayides. leader
Of the Peruvian faction which exnelIea
President Billinghurst. was elected pro-
visional president. Three days later
group OF senators and deputies declared
Roberto Leguia provisional president. The
PERUVIAN supreme court, however. recor-
nized Benavides. On July q Ahmed Mir
IA. sixteen years of age, was crowned
shan OF Persia. On August 2 the French
cabinet was reconstructed on a commits
tee OF national defense basis. Rene vi
viani, Socialist, remained premier.
On September % the Albanian, SENATE
Wnicn had driven its recently elected ruler
Prince William of wied-out Of the
country. chose a Turk for king-Prince
Burhan-Eddin. son OF the deposed Abdul
Hamid Of Turkey. The European powers
protested. but their wishes were disre-
garded. On October 4. 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 houmania his nephew. Ferdinand, took
the oath OF office as sovereign '> w"
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