Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-08

hht against the Lehigh valley ROAD
" the charge that II was monopoliz-
The anthracite coal Industry through
kdiary companies. In this month, also,
department of justice announced that
N for breaking up the transportation
rtpoly practiced by the New York,
NHaven and Hartford had been ar
rid satisfactory TO all parties.
lily in April the government met with
alt In its attempt to prove that the |
rRare, Laokawanna and Western road
athe coal-mining company of the same |
nj existed as an Illegal and monopolis- |
titmbination. On April the commit |
tdppointed for the purpose announced |
TIT had selected twelve federal re- |
II districts, with their central bank |
ir}ities, under the new currency law.
June the American Thread COM
ID which was proved to be combina-
tIIof manufacturers which practically
cdolled the output, forestalled the ac-
tilcontemplated by the department or
i,te by dissolving. In June. also. the
rid States supreme court affirmed the
ndr of the interstate commerce COM
mion to fix rates, and held that pipe
uJare common carriers and must carry
| n,bcts at rates fixed by the commission.
| June Is the president made public
| a large that big business interests had
ia trying to force congress to adjourn.
TAeclared that he should do everything
iris power to keep congress In session
M the proper business legislation had
I'D enacted.
| July the commission found that the
fiber management of the New Haven
rd was criminally wasteful and negf-
| I'd. President Wilson directed the at
| tdey general, July p, to begin civil and
| cdinal proceedings against the New
| yk New Haven and Hartford road, and
| I'D days later the suit was begun In the
| IIed States district court at New York.
| the first day of August the interstate
| cdmerce commission denied the petition
| ONE eastern railroads for general In
| crse of per cent in freight rates, but
alkyed certain increases In the middle
| wit, On August 10 the dissolution of the
| IrIrnational Harvester company, desig-
| nad as monopoly in restraint or trade.
| WI ordered by the United States district
| colt at st. Paul, MINI.
| De Panama Canal was formally opened
foworh traffic on August Is. The steam
| erlncon, belonging to the Panama rali-
rod, passed from ocean to ocean IN Ten
hobs In September the railroad rate
cal showed increased activity the roaus
| cal of the Mississippi and north of the
|
| cotnerce commission for permission 10
adtnce freight rates 8 per cent. and the
| commission consented to reopen the case
TIL commission granted the increase
| wit certain exceptions, on December 10
| ii October the court dismissed all pu
| ono of the governments charges IN it'
suiI to dissolve the Atlantic steamsnil
trut. Final argument in the suit TO dis
solh the Steel trust was made at Phiia
delh,a and the discussion of increased
raiioad freight rates was resumed befor
| theinterstate commerce commission.
Al the elections held on November TN
| Defocratic majority in the house OF rep
res n atives was reduced from l4i 10 -
| altHn gh the Democratic majority IN III
senAe was increased from 10 TO TO- Con
| stituional amendments giving the SUI
fraH to women were carried in Nevad
and Montana. and prohibition triumphe
| in Washington, Oregon. Arizona, an
| Cololado. In Missouri the so-called "fu
crew law passed by the legislature wa
reje&ed.
Politics In Other Lands.
On January 27 Michel Oreste, presider
of haiti warned Of the approach or
large body of revolutionists, abdicated has
| tilvs and took refuge on Gepe same ea
jose Nbruary orsst sSa z SR pres
.aS99s v,cente Concha was to a bite
noIitk,, Colombia --...--..i oversy, II
wife Of the French minister OF financ
| Mime. Caillaux, shot and killed the edit'
| of Figaro, CASTOR Calmette. her nu
band resigned his office at once ana
| new cabinet was formed. The triai
| Mime Caillaux resulted in her acquit'
on July %. On March IA treaty OF pea
between Turkey and Servia was signeu
| Constantinople, a sequel to the Bake
war On Nav 1 the new Chinese const
tuition was published. 1t abolished q
premiership and gave increased power
the president. On May Prince Alexa
der of Teck, Queen Mary's brother. W
anpointed governor general OF Canada.
On Nav is Colonel Benavides, LEAD
Of the Peruvian faction which expeil
President Billinghurst, was elected pi
yisional president. Three days later
proup of senators and deputies declar
Roberto Ieguia provisional president L
Peruvian supreme court, however. recc
nized Benayides. On July 81 Ahmed M
"a. sixteen years of age. was crown
shah of Persia. On August % the fren
cabinet was reconstructed on a comm
: tee of national defense basis. Rene
viani, Socialist, remained premier
|
which had driven its recently elected ru
3 PRINCE William of Wied-out of
l country chose a Turk for king-Prii
e Rurhan-Eddn, son of the deposed ADJ
S Hamid of Turkey. The European pow
nrotested. but their wishes were dis
d parded. On October T. after four mont
$ exile. Fssad Pasha, accompanied by
n armed force. entered Albania and u
s nossession of the government. On
day following the death of King Char
n of Roumania his nephew, Ferdinand, t
n the oath of Office as sovereign.
Industrial Trials and Triumphs.
The Ford Motor company at the bei
d ming of the year adopted n profit-shar
If man nv which $4,000 900 is to be dist
l. MED annually among the $4,000 wage-ea
l. orc Of that concern. The great South a
l. can railroad strike came to an end.
10 January 10 a strike of the Delaware
W Hudson railroad men, as a protest aga
ID the discharge of two employees. was
h tied within sixteen hours by the red
s, board of mediation and conclnatlon:
I'd Two great labor controversies had
to left over from the preceding year-on
IN the Michigan copper mines, which be
H. TuIv % 1918 and another in the Color
s. coal fields. where 1900 men had beer
be strike since September % Of the prev
10 | wear Violence ensued and federal
d. was demanded. On April 20 the strl
IN miners clashed with the state militia
r. Trinidad. Colo, and twenty-five per
ma were killed or burned to death In a
A which followed. President Wilson ord
ge federal troops to the scene. 1t was
On until September IS that the strikers
lit their employers accepted President
I'm sons offer for a settlement Of their
'ol mute, but his plan was rejected, On
last day of November the president ma
re commission of three. headed by
err Low. to deal with the strike. Shortly
he Ter the strike was declared OFT
od ON April / all the coal mines OF