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Persia, third* largest opium growing country in the world, issued a statement to the effect that she was ready to abolish opium growing for the culture of silk, cotton, tea, tobacco, hemp and flax, provided she were accorded a loan of $10,000,000 for 20 years. In private, she let it be known that it was to the U. S. that she looked for this money...
...Continuation of the present Railroad Labor Board and defeat of the Howell-Barclay bill which would abolish...
...chief business to come up will be the routine of passing the regular appropriation bills. The Howell-Barclay bill to abolish the Railroad Labor Board will be before the House when it convenes, having passed the Senate at the previous session. Its appearance will probably be the signal for the first great battle...
...ruling of the faculty to abolish probation at the November hours will be heartily approved by the student body. It is a well-advised change, prompted by long experience with the inadequacy of the old plan...
...directors of the Hale House decided to abolish the dance because of the difficulty there has been in limiting its size. The overcrowding of the ball has each year caused a great deal of damage and expense and it is thought that a more satisfactory method can be devised of raising the necessary funds each year...