Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-01

House and laid before him the unsat-
lsfactory situation which confronted
American roads. The president was
| sympathetic but expressed his confi-
dence In the Interstate Commerce
| commission to regulate the matter
satisfactorily.
On September 23 Secretary Me-
Adoo aroused great interest in bank
ing circles by announcing his inten-
ton 10 withdraw government patron
age and assistance from national
banks known to be boarding currency
or demanding excessive interest.
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 dissolve the steel trust was
made at Philadelphia, and the discus
sion of increased railroad freight
rates vas resumed before the Inter
state Commerce commission.
At ihe elections held on November
the democratic majority in the
house of representatives was reduced
from 14l to rs, although the demo-
cratic majority in the senate was in
creased from 10 to IS. Constitution
al amendments giving the suffrage TO
women We're carried i'm Nevada and
Montana and prohibition triumphed
in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and
Colorado. In Missouri the so-called
'full crew. law passed by the legis-
lature was rejected.
Politics in Other Lands.
On January 81, Michel Oreste pres
ident of Haiti, warned of the approach
Of large body of revolutionists, alb
dictated hastily and took refuge on a
German cruiser. on February 8, Ores
tee Zamo9 was elected president Of
Haiti and on the same day Jose vi
cente Concha was elected president of
Colombia.
Early in the year the Chinese nd
ministrative council re-estabfshed
Confucianism as the state religion of
the republic. AT the opening Of par
liaWent, February 10, King George
urged mutual concessions in the Irish
home rule controversy. on March
the home rule bill was introduced for
its third passage through the com
mons. ON May 25 the bill passed the
commons for the third time. On
September Is, King George signed the
home rule and Welsh disestabhsh-
ment bills and the parliament was
prorogued
On March II, as the finale to Bit |,
ter political and personal eontrover- !
sy, the wife of the French minister Of !
Mime Caillaux, shot and kill |
ed the editor of Figaro, Castor Call /
mette. Her husband resigned his Of (
flee at once and new cabinet was /
formed. The trial of Mime. Caillaux |
resulted in her acquittal on July 2S. !
On March IA treaty of peace be- !,
tween Turkey and Servia was signed
at Constantinople, a sequel to the
Balkan war. On May / the new Chi
nese constitution was published 1t
abolished the premiership and gave
increased power to the president. On
May Prince Alexander OF Teck.
queen Marv's brother, was appoint
ed governor general of Canada.
On May l 5 Colonel Benavides. lead
err Of the Peruvian faction which OK
peiied President Billinghurst was
elected provisional president. Three
days later a group of senators and
leputles declared Roberto Lcgua !
proNlslohal president. Fhe Peruvian
supreme court, however, recognized
BenaVides. ON July q Ahmed Mira,
sixteen years of age was crowned
shah of Persia. on August 90 tho
french cabinet was reconstructed on
! committee of national defense ba-
ID premier.
On September 10 Turkey notified
ne outside world that she had done
WAY with the arrangement whereby /
oreigners in that country have been ,
'Nempt from local jurisdiction in civil
md criminal cases and under which ,
many special privileges have been en- !
Dyed by citizens of other countries !
esiding in Turkey.
Two days later a note was presented /
Q the Turkish government nv Great !
'ritain, France, Russia and Italy, in
!hich It was affirmed that the special r
ights OF aliens can be abolished only