Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-31

York militia were ordered courtmar-
tailed by General Wood of the United
States army, on charges growing out
of the "spread-eagle" of privates. An
investigation by Colonel Thomas @.
Donaldson had disclosed that five pri-
Yates were subjected to this treat
ment. The courtmartial will be under
the provision Of the articles Of war
against commission of "offenses of
war" The five privates were also Or
dered courtmartialed.
A four-year nationwide educational
campaign on protectionism is being
urged by the South Side Democratic
Club Of Freeport, Long Island, New
York. Says their president: IF the
people remain In ignorance as to what
so-called protection really means, it
will be useless for the Democratic
Party to nominate candidate for the
Presidency in 1920 If, by our leth-
argy, we permit the ownership of the
government to revert, in 1920, to the
special interests, we shall each be
guilty of moral treason"
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee decided on January Is to pro-
vide for the deficit in revenue by q
tax on profits in excess of 8 per cent
on capitalization of corporations and
co-partnerships. Concerns having
profits Of $4,000 or less are to be ex.
empt, as are also profits derived from
agriculture and from personal serv.
ices. In addition to this tax the in
heritance tax is to be increased fifty
per cent. The minimum tax on tax
able inheritances is to be raised from
one per cent to one and half pei
cent and the maximum from ten pei
cent to fifteen. A bond issue Of $3.50,
| 600, 900 is to be authorized.
The Constitutional Assembly Of
Mexico sitting at Queretaro, approved
on the 21st an article of the Consti
tuition providing that Mexicans shall
have the preference over foreign bor1
citizens in regard to all classes of con
cessions and for those posts in thu
government employ the holders O.
which must be citizens. The article
provides that in time of peace no for
eigner shall serve in the army or OF
the police force. Those joining thu
navy must be Mexicans by birth; ant
all captains, pilots, and first engineer
of merchant vessels must be citizens
Two-thirds of the crews also must b.
citizens.
The North Dakota House passed OF
January 16 the bill for limited woman
suffrage which has already passed tn
Senate The bill went at once to Gov
ernor Frazier for his signature. l
gives women the right to vote on al
Offices aside from those provided b,
the Constitution. The House ais,
passed the resolution to amend thu
Constitution so as to grant full stuff
| rage. This has also passed the Sen
ate and must still be approved by pop
ular vote. Republican leaders in boil
Senate and House of New York wer'
reported on January Is as having
agreed to resubmission of the woman
suffrage amendment, which was de
feated at the polls in 1915.
The Danish West Indies on the It'll
passed under the sovereignty of thu
United States with the exchange O
ratifications of the treaty of cessio1
by Secretary Lansing and Minister
Brun. The formal transfer of the is
lands and the raising OF the American
flag will take place as soon as thu
$25, 900, 900 purchase price has beer
paid, which will be some time within
the next ninety days. The treaty pro
vides that meanwhile the Danish gov
ernor shall continue his jurisdiction
and that a committee of one Dane ant
one American shall be appointed tt
arrange fuller details. The form o.
the government of the Islands an(
their name are now in the hands o.
Congress.
| BY a 4 to 4 vote the Supreme Cour1
Of the United States on January den
led the claim of the railroads for $35,
000, 900 extra compensation for carry
ing the mails. The railway pay for {
year is based on the amount of mai
carried during a period Of los days
selected by the Post Office Depart
ment. Up to 1907 the practice was tt
| figure the transportation for one day
by dividing the total for the period by
W. since 1SUI the department mas
ordered that los be the divisor and or
| this basis the amount of transporta
ton to be paid for the whole year has
been figured. The railroads protest
ed and in 1911 began suit for the diff
ference for four years amounting tc
$4,000, 00O The Court of Claims de-
cided adversely to them and the Su
preme Court now upholds it. No an
nouncement was made of how individ
ual judges voted.
Judge Mcdonald, of Grand Rapids
Michigan, on January 20 revoked an
injunction forbidding the local Cen
trail Labor Union from publishing all
unfair" list. The Judge held it to be
a fundamental right of workers to
publish the fact that they consider