The Coconino sun., 1920-01-16
4 BRIEF REVIEW OF THE
 WEEKS IMPORTANT NEVIS

Under the primary law Tn South Dakota, if an independent candidate for president issues a challenge to a regular nominee for a joint debate, failure on the part of the challenged candidate to meet him in at least one joint debate in the state bars him from the primary election. Under this provision James O. Gerard, independ- ent candidate, has challenged Wood- row Wilson.
 Compulsory consolidation of the railroads into few great corpora tions, before they return to private control, with the public and labor, as well as capital, represented in the management of the systems, was ad- vocated by Directors General Hines in an address before the Bar Association of New York City.
 Declaring that she was "too busy marrying, Mrs. Jessie James Ward, of Kansas City, Mo-, notified the dem ocratic national committee that she can no longer serve as state commit teewoman for Missouri.
 Along with her resignation she sent an invitation to her wedding.
 Herbert c. Hoover, in public state ment, describes as absurd Sir George Paish's idea of raising an "interna- tionaP loan of $35,000, ,0U0, of which America would be virtually the sole ultimate packer.
 Moving picture films showing bank robberies or the action of outlaws, will be denied transportation if the bill introduced in congress by Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, is passed. The bill is expressly aimed against all films showing scenes of this sort.
 A budget of more than $500, 0,000, ,000 will be necessary to evangeliZe the world, according to leaders of the sur vey conference of the Interchurch World Movement of North America, launched at Atlantic City last week.
 Shrine Auditorium, the largest hall in Los Angeles, was burned to the ground on Sunday. In addition to the loss, estimated at $500,000 on the building and contents, eight persons were injured, one of them probably fa- tally.
 At the conclusion of Georges Car pentier's fight with McCloskey at Bor- deaux, France, the manager of Car pentier announced that he had tele- graphed to Jack Dempsey's manager that the Dempsey-Carpentier fight would take place in New Jersey on September 6, Labor Day.
 Opposition to guaranteed earnings of the railroads, appropriation of sur- plus railroad profits by the govern ment, thereby "penalizing efficiency" and compulsory consolidation of the roads is expressed in memorial ad- dressed to congress by the National Shippers conference, made up of manufacturers, producers and packers of the country.
 The house banking and currency committee have begun hearings on bill introduced by Representative Me Fadden of Pennsylvania, to amend the Pittman silver act of April 23, 1918, and to reduce the standard of our sub sidiary silver coins from 90 to so per cent.
 Failing to obtain relief from the high cost of living either through further wage advances or from the anti-profiteering campaign of the de- partment of justice, officials of the four big railway brotherhoods and the railroad shop crafts affiliated with kL~ Eola,otson nf oh have decided to seek solution through cooperative buying, produc- tion and distribution.
 Speedy enactment of stringent se- dition bill by congress was presaged when, following passage in the senate of the Sterling bill, announcement was made that the house judiciary com mittee had agreed upon a similar measure and probably would report it soon. One of the purposes of the bill is eradication of "parlor bolsheviki" and punishes sedition by death.
 The democratic national convention of 1920 will be held in San Francisco. The convention will open at 12 o'clock noon, June 28. In selecting San Fran cisco the democratic national commit tee set new political precedent. It will be the first national convention of either party held west of the Rocky mountains.
 President Wilson's hold on league of nations fight is slipping, as demo- crats see the futility of his inexor- able stand against reservations.
 Premier Lloyd George is firmly in- sisting on carrying out his declaration that William Hohenzollern must be