The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

its money, but its linen as well. and Post
master General Hitchcock has become
Trust buster. Because the so called
Laundry Trust of Washington recently
increased its contract price for washing
towels used in the Government depart.
ments, Postmaster General Hitchcock
equipped laundry. II began operations
last week
Under the old arrangements each clerk
got one towel week. With the Cover
nment laundry. each clerk can have
three towels week. and ii will cost the
Government less than to have the Trust
wash one.
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Provision for parcels post system in
this years postal appropriation bill was
agreed upon by conferees of the house
and senate. The plan accepted is a
modification of the Bourne senate bill.
The senate's amendment to<increase sec.
ond-class mail rates was eliminated.
The parcels post system adopted for
the present includes the Oregon senator's
idea as to zone, distances and rates. The
postmaster general, however, was en-
powered, with the consent of the interstate
commerce commission. to change the
rates, zones and articles admitted to the;
post at any time. The joint committee
of six was authorized to study the
working of the system.
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President Taft on Friday signed the
new Legislative, Executive aud Judicial
Appropriation bill, twice vetoed because
It carried amendments to abolish the
Commerce Court and limit the tenure Of
office Of civil service employees 40 seven
years, Both these provisions had been
eliminated and the Commerce Court pro-
vided for until March a. 1909.
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President Taft on Friday sent to the
Senate the nomination Of A. H Bald.
win Of Connecticut, to be chief Of The
new Bureau of Domestic and Foreign
Commerce which is consolidation by
Congress Of the Bureau of Manufactures
and Bureau ofStatisticsin the Depart
ment of Commerce aud Labor. Mr..
Baldwin was formerly chief Of the
Bureau of Manufactures.
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Sensational corruption of Senator Pen
roses revelations concerning Standard
Oil's part IN the Roosevelt campaign Of
1904 has been made by Jno. D. Archbold
n was clearly established by him that.
because the Standard Oil Company re.
fused Treasurer Bliss second request for
$50, 900 for the Roosevelt campaign fund
OF 1904, after the company had already
given 5000 Roosevelt, when Presi-
dent Of the Under States, subjected that
corporation, through James A. Garfield
and Herbert Knox Smith. to ..the most
unjust attacks. y
Then to wind up day full Of ginger.
Penrose again TOOK the stand and added
to what he had already told.
Il is believed here that Colonel Roose.
velt will take the stand within few DAYS
to answer the charges made by Archbold.
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Figures showing the amount of excaya.
ton TO be done on the Panama Canal in.
dictate that the great work was five
sixths finished on Angus, l, but there
actually remained $780,. 900 cubic yards
more earth to be removed than had been
estimated for year before.
This apparent backward move ment is
explained in the official record nv the
large amount of siltage in the canal bed
which must be removed from the finish
ed tunnels, and also by the necessity for
extensive excavation for dry docks
coaling stations aud terminals at Balboa.
which were not taken into account in
the original estimate.
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Al the end OF three days fight. in
which Senator LaFollette's threat of
continued hlibuster hung over the Senate
to force consideration, thai body MONDAY
passed the 'enrose resolution. calling for
a complete Investigation of The CAMPAIGN
contributions Of John d. Archbold and
George W Perkins and OF all . financial
transactions aud correspondence. jela,inp
thereto" between the two financiers and
Col. Theodore Roosevelt. representa-
tives 10 Congress and members of the
Senate of the United States
Based on the charges made by Senator
Penrose that the Standard Oil Company
had contributed $500. o8o to the Roose.
welt fund IN 1924. the refolution had been
amended by Senators Poindexter snd