The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-02
WASHINGTON
IS DESERTED
MNMEWE' - 1FBIJgF
CoNoREssMEN SKIP OUT, LEAv'
ING BULKY NUMBER OF
THE RECORDS.
SPEAKER IS FIRST TO LEAVE
Treasury Officials Make Preparation to
Garry Into Effect New Currency
Law--ProposaIs for Cement
for lsthmus Opened.

Washington, June 2.-The capital
Monday looked like deserted village.
Every congressman who could pack
his things In time got out Of town on
the FIRST train.
Among the first to leave was Speak.
er Cannon. Accompanied by Senator
Hemenway and Representative Lands
Of Indiana the speaker started west in
a big touring car just after morning
church service.
Treasury officials are making active
preparations to carry into effect thel
new currency law enacted in the clos.
ing hours of congress. Assistant Sec
retary Coolidge conferred Monday
with Director Ralph Of the bureau Of
engraving and printing and w. w. Ed
ridge Of the Office of comptroller of the
currency, and the statement was au.
thorized that the actual work of print
ing the new notes would be begun
within the next ten days. The new
notes will be identical with the nation
al bank notes now in use except that
the legend at the top OF the face Of the
note secured by bonds of the United
States" will be changed to secured
by bonds Of the United States or other
securities" The comptroller OF the
currency now has in the vaults about
s203, 900 900 In old notes belonging to
various national banks and these will
be used as required until new notes
are printed and seasoned ready for Is
sue. 1t is probable that it will require
six months to change all of the plates
used by the $50 national banks, but
II is expected that some of the new
issue will be ready by July l next
Several matters connected with the
new issue are still under discussion,
one OF the most important being the
denominations Of the notes, but 1t is
thought that the smaller denomina-
tions will be issued first, as each
autumn there is heavy demand for
small notes, especially from the west
and south. AS soon as the department
Is ready to supply the new notes In
any quantity required, no further issue
of the present notes will be made, the
present notes being destroyed as fast
as they reach the treasury for re-
demption and the new notes issued in
their place.
After repeated postponements the
Isthmian canal commission Monday
opened proposals for furnishing 4,500,-
900 barrels of Portland cement for con-
struction work on the isthmus, the de-
liyeries to begin about December / at
United States ports or at Isthmian
ports in ships of American or foreign
register Twenty-Five proposals in all
were made, including the big Ameri-
can corporations and number of Eu-
ropean cement manufacturing con.
cerls. All bidders who proposed to
deliver the entire amount at the 18TH
mian ports offered to do so In foreign
bottoms. Four American firms sub.
mitted proposals TO supply the entire
amount and fifth, the Commonwealth
Cement Co. OF Virginia offering its
property to the government on condi-
tion that 1t be paid a royalty of 25
cents a barrel, the plant to revert to
the company when the supply neces-
sary had been delivered. On this
basis II was claimed the cement would
cost the government not more than SS
cents a barrel at the mill or SIPS de-
livered at Colon.
Among other nominations not con-
frmed by the senate were those of AZ
postmasters and the following: Bern
hard Bettmann to be collector OF in
ternal revenue for the first district Of
Ohio; Lewis Dalby, Indian Inspector
Newton Dwight Purdy, United States
district Judge for the district Of Min
nesota; Nathan H. Alexander register
OF the general land office at Montgom-
cry. Ala.