Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-02-15
Washington.

| fled by the senate, and approved by
| the president, will extend the rroVls-
ions of the captured and abandoned
property act Of March IL, 1863, and
permit claims to be brought for some
S1O,0OO,00O collected under that act
which still remains in the Federal
treasury. Not only are the provisions
of the act of 1863, formerly limited in
its operations to two years, made to
apply to suits which may hereafter
he brought in the court of claims,
but the former requirement that the
claimant must prove loyalty" is
stricken.
President Taft has decided to call
an extra session in the event action
is not secured at the present session
on the administration measures which
ne is urging upon congress, chiefly
the bill for permanent tariff board
and the Canadian reciprocity pact.
The president feels that he has struck
popular chord in the Canadian
agreement, and since popular hits
have been rare during the present ad-
ministration, he proposes to make the
most of it. Most members oppose an
extra session. =
After a ten-year struggle, the house
passed bill providing for the pur-
chase and obstruction of American
embassies, legations and consular
buildings abroad The measure was
put through under suspension of the
rules by standing vote of 141 to 80,
the announcement of the result by
the speaker being greeted with ap-
plause. The senate, which on several
occasions in the past has; adopted SIM
liar bills, is expected to ratify action
of the house. The bill limits the cost
Of buildings to s150,0O0.
Good roads and more Of them-that
is the slogan of the new national as
sociation to further the cause of high
way improvement, which was. organ
lied recently in Washington and has
begun work in a systematic way to
correlate and coordinate the efforts
of all existing agencies for highway
Improvement. With the view to CIV
ing the widest publicity to the exten-
sive work now being undertaken by
various good reads agencies, the ma
tional association, recently organized
in Washington, has opened permanent
headquarters in this city. a
Advances in freight rates on rice
and rice products filed with the in.
terstate commerce commission by the
Southern Pacific company and the
Mallory Steamship company were or
dered suspended by the commission
utnil June 6, 1911.
IF the necessary appropriations
were available, would establish pos
tai savings banks in 500 additional
cities and towns of the United
States" This statement was made by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, in
view of reports thus far received con-
corning the first months operation of
tie postal savings system. The total
deposits in the 4S existing postal
banks for the months of January will
amount to approximately 100000. This
is an average of about Sl,200.
During the months of July, August
and September last the total number
Of casualties of all kinds on steam
opel ated railroads in the United
States was 22,32S = 2,94S killed and
1880 injured. The accident statis-
tics of those electric lines on which
interstate trafhce is carried show l46
persons killed and 1,O7O injured.
The explanation of the action OF
the American paval forces in landing
at Puerto Cortez in Honduras. and in
undertaking to intervene between the
government forces and the insured,
tionists with a view to bringing about
settlement of the difficult in that
country without further bloodshed,
was given when he state department
made public the text Of kilograms ex.
changed between President Taft and
President Davila Of Honduras, with.
in the last few days.
President Taft conmuted thu SEN
tence of Fred R. Warren, the Social
list editor of Kansas, who was recent
ly sentenced to six months imrrison-
ment and a s1,50O fine, by striking
out the Imprisonment, and reducing
the fine to S10O.
Contending It had been conclusive
" shown that if even one corruptly
influenced vote had been cast for sen.
atcr Lorimer in the Illinois legislature
Senator Fletcher of Florida, mem
ber of the committee of privileges
and elections, addressed the senate
in support of the committees report
exonerating Mr.. Lorimer. MIR. Fletcn-
er would not admit even that -four OF
the members of the leg g.slature had
testified to receiving money as a con-
sideration for their votes" as stated
I'm the report of the snnate commit
tee.
The machinery Of the National
Grange, an organization claiming a
membership of one million farmers
IN. tairty states. has been started to
defeat the ratification by congress OF
the Canadian reciprocity treaty The
Legislative committee OF the grange,
at a special meeting in New York
City. adopted a resolution protesting
against the enactment of the reciproc-
| ity bill, called upon the membership
TO exert pressure upon congressman