The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-01
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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 part of
the remaining Guardsmen are expect
ed to be ordered home as soon as
the $4,000 now leaving have been NOV
ed out of the way and Pershing's regu-
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
week.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
an attempt was made to wreck train
on which King Alfonso was 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 announces that
it is no secret that the United King
dom will soon be placed on a ration
basis.
have captured the bandit Evangelista
in the Haitien interior near MacOris
and scattered his band.
Enlargement of the national forest
reserves by 23,7OO 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 to
1873, 131 acres.
The Supreme court has been asked
to decide whether the federal gov
eminent shall pay $68,0OO,OOO 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, to 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 Hadfelds,
limited (EnglanO, for $3,141,OOO
worth of 14-inch and 16-inch armor-
piercing shells at about $500 apiece
less than the lowest American bid
Secretary Daniels has not received of
fetal notice that the British govern
ment has declined to permit the Had
fields to fill it's contract. Il will wait
7 of of mt no
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 to the treasury department.
The amount of revenue collected by
the government on whiskey, beer and
cigarettes during the year was the
greatest on record.
Consumption of cigarettes in 1916,
which reached the highest mark in
the history of the country, is attribu-
table to the large number of women
who have become devotees of the
weed.
Frank P. Glass of Birmingham, Ala,
VIC p10o1u0uC VI ZIG AuAOA 1Cdu 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 campaign of education concerning
the ideas expressed by him in his re-
cent Notwithstanding speech tc
the senate.