Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-01-31
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The two salient phases of the Mexi.
can problem on which interest now
centers are the disposition of the more
than $4,000 militia still on the Dor
der and the sending of Ambassador
Fletcher to his post at Mexico City.
1t is stated that at least a part of
the remaining Guardsmen are expect.
ed to be ordered home as soon as
the $1,000 now leaving have been NOV
lars have been redistributed to pro
vide adequate protection for the Dor
der, perhaps in three weeks time
Pershing's withdrawal will enable a
much smaller force to guard the Dor
der.
The last American soldiers are ex
pected to be out of Mexico within a
week.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
an attempt was made to wreck a train
on which King Alfonso was a pas.
senger. The royal train was preceded
by a freight train. the engineer OF
which saw an obstacle on the track
and removed it.
A London dispatch that
it is no secret that the United King
basis.
1t is reported that American marines
have captured the bandit Evangelist
in the Haitien interior near Macoris
and scattered his hand
Enlargement of the national forest
reserves by 2 ,7OO acres acquired
through purchase in the Southern APP
%palachian and White mountains is an
nounced by the reservation commits
sion. This brings the total up tc
1,373,131 acres.
The Supreme court has been asked
to decide whether the federal gov
eminent shall pay SOS, 00O, 900 to for
mer slaves and their heirs for cotton
picked in slavery times after the fam.
Gus emancipation declaration.
An amendment to the federal re
serve act, proposed by the reserve
board, 10 make Immediately effective
the provision requiring all reserves OF
member banks to be kept in federal
reserve banks, has been approved by
the house banking and currency com
mittee.
Contracts were awarded Hadfields
limited (England), for S3,141,00C
worth of 14-inch and 16-inch armor
piercing shells at about 5000 apiece
less thar the lowest American bid
Secretary Daniels has no received of,
fetal notice that the British govern.
ment has declined to permit the Had
fields to fill its contract. Il will wait
until | get official announcement" he
said, when asked what alternative pre-,
scented itself.
The amount of whiskey consumed
by the American people in 1916 ap
parently was greater than in any pre-
vious year since 1909, according to tax
returns 10 the treasury department.
The amount of revenue collected by
the government on whiskey, beer and
cigarettes during the year was the
greatest on record.
SoASuLHpllOu VI cues III 1JlO
which reached the highest mark ir
the history of the country, is attribu
table to the large number of womer
who have become devotees of the
weed.
Frank P. Glass of Birmingham, Ala.
vice president of the American News
paper Publishers association, voiced
his objection to restrictions upon news
paper publishers in the Owen corrupt
practices bill, before a senate sub-com
mittee.
President Wilson has under consid
GRAFTON the making of a speechmaking
tour in different parts of the country
in a campaign of education concerning
the ideas expressed by him in his re
cent convention-smashing speech t.
the senate.