Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-14
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OF these Donds would nave 10 sen
them below par and that the board OF
trustees of the postal savings system
stood ready at all times to take up
bends when the holders wished to
dispose Of them. The bonds pur-
chased were Nos. 211 and 212 and
were forwarded by the National Park
bank of New York, being in the name
of Lille May Young and assigned to
that bank.
At a meeting of the house commit
tee or expenditures in the agricul-
tural department, a subcommittee,
made up of Representatives Moss cf
Indiana, Floyd of Arkansas and Sloan
of Nebraska, was appointed to draft
the committees report on the inquiry
into the alleged conspiracy against
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern
ment's chief chemist, which resulted
in the recommendation for the re-
moval of DR.. Wiley and some of his
| subordinates.
The commerce court dismissed the
petition of the Pennsylvania railroad
which appealed from a decision of the
interstate commerce commission in
the case originally brought by the
Hillsdale Coal and Coke company and
several other bituminous coal compa-
MES of the Pittsburg district, attack
ing the reasonableness of certain reg
ulations made by the Pennsylvania
railroad as to car distribution.
A tentative bill abolishing the pres
ent common law and statutory liabi[
ity for personal injury and death of
employees in the service of interstate
railroads and substituting definite
compensation, irrespective of negli-
gence, was completed by the Federal
Employers Liability and Workmen's
Compensation commission. The COM
mission intends to recommend this
measure to congress.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
Democrat, offered a resolution calling
OH the postoffice department to in
form congress of the number of rail-
way mail clerks who have been de-
NOTED since January l, 1911, and the
loss to them in salary by such demo
ton. This was referred to the COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads.
Naragansett Bay, R. l., has been
selected as the site of n of the
three great Atlantic coast navy yards
proposed by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer in his reorganization plans, the
others being at Norfolk and Guantan-
amo. This will mean the elimination
of the New York, the Boston and the
Portsmouth, N. H., yards.
Representative Littleton, on point
of personal privilege, answered at
tacks on him charging him with be-
ing a steel trust attorney" A reso-
luton of Republican Leader Mann ap,
pointing a committee to investigate
the attack on Mr.. Littleton was re
ferred to the rules committee.
"There is no foundation whatever
for the stories to the effect that Sc
} rious clashes have occurred between
: members of the national monetary
! commission, which Is holding two SEES
sions daily in this city," said Repre-
sentative Prince of Illinois, a member
of the commission.
The interstate commerce commls
sion declared its assumption of juris
diction over the practices OF a rail
road, or railroads, constituting g
through route, affecting the right o.
the shipper to safe and speedy trans
| portation of his freight"
The states of Oklahoma and Mime
! sofa Joined hands in asking the su
preme court of the United States fol
: the second time this term to deter
: mine at an early date the constitu
!, ~tionality of the gross revenue tax 0
!, the respective states.
, A resolution was offered by Senate
Works of California directing thu
: committee on military affairs to in
: vestigate the alleged mismanagemen
!, Of the soldiers home at Santa Mon
4 lea, Cal.
George w. Harris of Cincinnati, be
fore the senate committee on inter
state commerce, urged the enactmen
p of a federal law limiting the amour
of profits of big corporations.
q The supreme court of the Unite'
States refused to grant a stay OF pre-
ceedings, pending appeal, to ten mi
~lionaire packers of Chicago.
H. B. Martin Of American Ant
r Trust league presented a memoria
asking impeachment and expulsio
" of Representative Littleton.
Q A resolution of coincidence on tn
deaths of Representative Madison G
r Kansas and Latta of Nebraska wer
adopted.
Representative Sulzer introduced
Q Joint resolution providing for the al
2 rogation o. the 1882 treaty with Ru'
> STA.
. Estimates amounting to S745,S34
9 563 for the fiscal year we're submit
. ted for approval in the house.
Senator Poindexter (Rep.), Wasl
y ington, introduced a bill to abolis
!, the commerce court.
q Hearings were begun by the jud
l. ciary committee OIL the bill OF Chat
l. man Clayton to define and punish co
n tempts Of court. Direct and indire'
s, contempts are defined in the mea
ure. Attorneys throughout the cou'
IS try nave been invited to appear ar
% give their views.
A resolution offered by Senate
= Bristow of Kansas, insurgent, WI
= adopted, calling for a report from tt
: secretary of the treasury Of the su
: of money expended On river and ha