The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-08
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DOMESTIC
Restrictions on manufacture u
near-beer have been removed
10
The First National bank OF 10
bart, Ok, capitalized at $4,000 ana
with resources of $4,000, on Dec
81. has been closed by the national
bank examiner.
Colonel Christopher c. Slaughter,
SO years OF age. millionaire csatye
man, philanthropist and for more
than forty years resident Of Dab
las, died recently.
Oklahoma's attorney general hBs
rendered a decision that all convict
made goods must be labeled ''cpn-
vict-made," showing that they were
made by such labor.
%
Lieutenant Colonel H. B. ClagBtt
has arrived in Dallas to assume Tie
duties Of district supervisor OF tbs
southwestern district, air service rs
the United States army.
Nat C. Goodwin, famous actor,
died at his apartments in the HOtel
Claring, New York, recently 1rpEa
complication OF diseases. He had
been III only few days.
o.
Dynamiters, apparently intent W
on destruction of the street rafIWsF
company's property, continue to dy-
nnmite cars during the strike Of IN
ion car men at Kansas City.
An award by the war labor board
orders the Kansas City railways
company to restore to duty at once
its striking employees under cOnA-
tions prevailing before the strike.
D.
Although nearly three mou6as
have passed since the signing Of DE
armistice, the American government
war expenses show no signs Of de-
creasing materially, except in leans
to allies.
The Louisiana and Northwest rsE-
road must be sold. according TO 40
order issued In the Federal Court se
Shreveport by Judge George w
Jacks. The decision Is reached IN so
effort to satisfy the mortgage hoI6-
ers.
Price records for hurley tobacco
in quantity were topped. tobacco
men assert. when a hogshead cold
for $50 a hundred pounds on ti1e
Louisville. KY, market The -
bacco came from the crop OF sir
gle farmer.
F. r. Daizell has been appointed
general freight agent OF the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe railroad, Tex
as Midland railroad and Houston
Belt 6. Terminal railroad. with head
quarters in Galveston. to succeed J.
s. Hershey.
In spite OF the fact that he has
been gassed. wounded twice, lost his
wife and baby in Paris air raid. loss
his sister in German raid on .
Red Cross hospital in France, CLAIR
ence II. Carlson of Duluth. Nina
has joined the United States navy
for seven years.
Representatives of nine states have
appeared in United States district
court at Indiana srlis, Ind, and ar
gued before Judge Anderson in fs-
vor of making permanent the teuIa
porary injunction which he ha
granted against the proposed tel@-
phone and toll rates.
o.
Plans for reducing the cotton
acreage OF Texas will be mappe5
out and statewide campaigns 70
bring about such condition Iaumchp
ed at meeting to be held Ia Dlaflss
Feb. IL. Farmers, bankers, merci 1IstS
and all other interests of the state
will be asked to attend this meeie
ing.
WASHINGTON
Abandonment of fourteen OF tha
sixteen national guard camps ard
purchase O. all nahpnal army cam
tonments Is urged by Secretary 81
War Baker.
The United States Shipping Boars
has announced reduction OF abons
06 20 per cent in tariff charges ba
tween Atlantic and Gulf ports in taae
United Kingdom, France, Italy, BID
gium and the Netherlands.
o.
Hog Island ship yards have cNsa
up to the present time SET, 2O4, ~
N. c. Brush, president of the InSes.
national Shipping corporation hrk
tod the Senate Commerce CONSIST
tee.
Conferees have agreed on ths
s1Qo,Ooo,oOO famine fund bill. Senate
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