The Coinmorier
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VOL. 13, XO. 32
Gleaned From the Month's News
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Tho Now Jersey supremo court de
cided as unconstitutional the law
providing for tho sterilization of
criminals.
A now era of prosperity for the
farmer as a result o the new tariff
law was predicted by Secretary of
tho Navy Daniels in a speech at the
annual John Jay banquet of the
Kansas City Commercial club.
defense of the United States Shoe
Machinery company in the federal
dissolution suit.
The law placing all Pennsylvania
cities, except Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Scranton, under commis
sion government, went into effect De
cember 1.
The "Wilson policy" in opposition
to "dollar diplomacy" was the key
note of an addross by Secretary of j by a majority of the legislature
aiato uryan oeioro tno credit men s
At the November election Massa
chusetts adopted a constitutional
amendment authorizing a popular
referendum on measures submitted
association of Baltimore, November
20. He said the Panama canal would
mdan a large development of the
countries in the far south and he
exp6cted to seo an expansion of the
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those countries within tho next qtiar
to.r of a century "through President
Wilson's wiso and far-seeing policy
which lifts tho level on which we
stand." He said tho president be
lieved that a man should not go into
another country and leave" his
honesty and business ideals at home.
Progressives from forty counties
in the state of Kansas cheered the
statement of Former Governor Stubbs
that "Theodore Roosevelt was the
only man who could defeat President
Wilson for re-election." The con
vention, held tit Topeka, November
20, also adopted resolutions calling
for comploto state, district, county
and township ofllces in Kansas- in
1914 and decided the progressives
could bettor afford to lose in the next
election than to amalgamate with the
republican party.
'I-n a speech in Now York city, No-1
vembor 20, Joseph H. Choate, 0x
ambassndor to Great Britain, praised
President Wilson's Mexican policy
ahdJ called upon all Americans to
stand by the nation's chief - magistrate.
Colorado may undertake the oper
ation of its own coal mines as a re
sult of the strike in the Trinidad dis
trict. Already a bill providing for
such operation has been initiated and
will bo voted upon by the people the
coming year.
deneral Jose Santos Zdlaya, ex
president of "Nicaragua, who was ar
rested In New York at the instance
of his government, was released from
the Tombs in New York and will re
turn to Spain.
The Stockton state hospital, of
California', reported that 15 per cent
of the insane patients were cured
by the new water treatment.
Comptroller Prendergast, of New
Vorir citv. in a lecture at Phila
delphia, deplored the indifference of
tho public to problems Of municipal
government. ' v
Led by ex-Secretary of War Stlm
son. tho rndifils ruled the republican
stafo conference in New York city
and procured the- adoption- of a reso-!"tion-for
a direct "statewide primary
law.
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From the Los Angeles Tribune.
race of armaments, for the people
could .not support further burdens of
this nature'. .-. -
It waB announce! in St. Louis that
the Interstate ' Commerce coramls-sio'n-'s
report on tho Frisco receiver
ship will show, among other things',
that the company was forced to pay
interest pn $40,000,000 fictitious in
debtedness.
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W. J. Calhoun, tho retiring Unit'ed
States minister to China, was deco
rated by President Yuan Shi Kai
with the first class of the order of
"Tho Excellent Crop."
Fourteen doaths and 175 serious
injuries wore the figures given for
, tJQ football season, ending with the
iaivnuai Army ana isavy game.
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m'Tiio anti-slavery bill which was
fta488ed recently by tho Philippine1 na
tional assembly, was ratified b. (the
jP,hilipplne commission and is now a
Colonel David DuBose Gaillard,
engineer in charge of the Culebra
cut division of the Panama canal,
died in the Johns Hopkins hospital
at Baltimore, Md., December 5, a
victim of his service to the United
States. Seven years of arduous labor
in the tropical zone, combatting the
vexing problems of engineering,
Which continuously were compli
cated by the shifting lands and' quick
sands, undermined his health. A
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Vrtnf?roRa nrnmnt.inir him t.n tho rank
of' colonel In recognition of his dis
tinguished services whioh culmi
nated in the great engineering feat
in the Culebra section of the Panama
canal.
Lord Cowdray, head of the Pear
son syndicate, which has heavy in
terests in Mexico, announced the sur
render of mineral concessions in
Columbia.
Since the inauguration of the
parcel post system.. the express com
panies have Buffeted heavy losseB in
t$r earnings. During the year.
1911-12 the profits of. the leading
companies were $5,772,000 but in
,1912-18 they have' fallen to $3,290,-000.
H. G. Dunn. & Co. report fewer
failures so far this year over the
same period last year.
One hundred and ,thirty-five per
sons were killed in 21 states during
the hunting season, Wisconsin being
the chief sufferer.
Louvre in. Paris more than two years
ago, has .been found In Florence,
Italy.
The Nobel peace prize for 1912
was awarded to Senator Elihu Root,
of New York, and that for 1913 to
Senator Henry "La Fontaine, of
Brussels.
.Germany signified her acceptance
of tUe iavitaticn of the United States
to send warships tp '.represent her at
the opening of the Panama canal.
"Progress and Plenty
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Presents a plan for r money sys
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It is estimated that the Wisconsin
compensation act would give $750,
000 a year to disabled men.
An attack on the constitutionality
of the income tax law was begun be
fore Judge Landis, of the United
States court for the northern district
of Illinois.
tern that will expand and contract
automatically with requirements
of trade, and that cannot be con
trolled by usurers but will be fair
to all. A new book. Price $1.25.
Address JAS. S. PATON, Faii
hope, Ala.
A total of $4,061,500 was secured
by campaigners raising a fund for the
New York city Y. M. and Y. W. C. A,s
"Andrew Carnegie's secrothryv fur
nished a list of the ironmasterene- lxi a period of two weeks' lime.
iug $400,000,000, and reduolng his
wealth almost to the $25,000,000
"sinking fund" reserved for himself
: uifd family. . ' .
QoYornor John K, Tenor of Penn
sylvania was unanimously chosen for
;afour year term as president of the Leeded only by tho totals of tho four
The year's returns from farm pro
ducts in the state of Kansas, despite
tho droughty conditions prevailing
last summer, will reach an aggregate
value of $507,000,000 according to a
summary issued by tho stato board
of agriculture. The year 1913 Is ex-
Natlonal baseball league.
The New York legislature com
pleted the passage of many reform
measures and adjourned sine die De
cember 12. The principal bills passed
provide for compulsory workmen's
Compensation for all .hazardous em
ployments; direct primary; Massa
chusetts ballot; direct nomination
and election of United States sena
tors, a constitutional convention and
payment of the expenses of the Sul
zer impeachment trial..
i Motion -pictures are to bo Intro-
duced as a regular part-of 'the 'course
m vo study of the West High scliool in
Dqs Moines, la. ' ,
A-.moving picture show 'Wnsglven
in court In Boston1 as a pErf oftffe
yoars preceding tho present.
An initial estimate of the 1912-13
cotton crop places the numbe'r of
bales at 14,000,000.
The premier of Bavaria, the sec
ond stato in tho German empire, de
clared there must be a pause In the
The new British battleship, "War-
spite," recently launched at Devon
port, is pronounced the most formid
able battleship afloat. The cost of
this latest addition to the British
navy is $14,000,000. It. is driven
entirely by oil engines, and has stor
age facilities for sufficient oil to take
it around the world,
GOVERNMENT SAIiE OF TIMBi.Il LADS
TUoro will bo oITorcd at public aucton atthe
places and times horoln named at not loss inan
appraised valuations about 1,279.000 acroa or umber
lands with standlnR timber tboreon, which iclmlos
about 1,043,867,500 foot of pine, as estimated In 1911,
and approximately 141,309,000 foot of lmrcl wood,
bocatedln the Choctaw Nattom south.ecrn Oka-
noma. Bales win oo uoia at "Voti. wiiiiurtdii
Huco January 8th. I'otcau January 12th, WUurtoB
TuTnrv iRth and McAlestor January 17IH, MM.
thio mnv v,n RuhmittRd either In person or uy i
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It was announced that ."Mona
Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci's great
painting, wlilch was stolen from tho
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with po v, or of attornoy. Laud and M"r ","'.11
sVld topothor. Land Jada3nlcuUura I land H
bo ofTorcd In tracta not oxccedlner 1CT"f,V?"nro
landK in tract3notoxcoodlnp0i0acro8.andiiot imira
uVari 100 acres of agricultural n np. S-wrt
one-nnh oftho total of noulcultural w nd w in
bd sold to any ono. person. Terms 25 per cont casj,
balance In turoo annual installments or - -per otu
Sach wltlx interest, butpaymonts may bo complotea
anytime immoaiaio possoaaivw 5"1-" "-,,1
proval of sale. Besldenco on land not fcqwlrcu
ltSnoval of portions of timber Permitted as paid
forTTlui lmpVovoments on land consls tins : ofa ;W
scattered bouses will nWlf Were
land and tho owners thorcor re nioursou """
thoy are unsuccessful blddors. Tho rlpbt to wal , e
technical doiecta In advertisements and big ami to
of Indian Affairs.
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