The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-08-01
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
Interesting Notes from the National
Capital by 6. A. Wood, Special
Reporter Correspondent.

Washington, D. c., July 27, 1912.
That was a punk order of the
Treasury Department prohibiting the
| Entrance duty free of Chinese
smudge sticks.
Now that the local baseball club
has left town, leaders in Congress
hope to be able to maintain quOr-
UNI.
That proposed law for Iowa MAX
ing jurors elective would create one
office that would have to seek for
the man.
Hereafter the marines will be
provided with pajamas, and If that
doesn't act to increasing the corps
will be disbanded.
President Taft has been asked by
Representative Rucker, of Coloradot
to issue an executive order permit
ing automobiles to travel over the
roads of Yosemite and other nation
al park reservations.
That 1.-The suckers are not all
dead" is emphasized by a report
made to the Post Master General
to the effect that during the fiscal
wear ending June 80, 1912, $780,
100000 was taken from the Amer
lean people by swindlers of various
breeds. This is an increase OF S5O,-
100000 over the previous years
pickings.
The Washington chamber of COM
merce has a grand scheme for the
establishment in the District of Col
umbia of permanent exposition,
in which all the States may display
agricultural and manufactured pro-
ducts, The States will be asked to
erect their own buildings and fur
nish the materials, while Congress
will be expected to set aside the nee
essary land.
During the progress of the debate
on the sundry civil bill, Senator
Kenyon sought to have an amend
ment added providing that no part
of the money for the maintenance
of the Senate office building should
be used for free baths, but when
the Senate got through jumping
on the proposition the Iowa Senator
couldn't recognize his own child.
The "back to the soip' movement
is receiving material aid from the
Department of Commerce and LABOR
in the form of a series of pamphlets
entitled Agricultural Opportunities
complied and issued by the bureau
of immigration and Naturalization.
The series contains information con-
corning the resources, products and
physical character OF the various
states and is intended primarily Tor
distribution to immigrants, but will
be supplied to anyone upon request:
Prize fight moving pictures will
be taboed in the United States When
President Taft signs the bill passed
bv both houses of Congress, prohibit
ing the transportation OF such NOV
ing picture films between the various
states or from foreign countries.
Southern members of Congress were
especially interested in the passage
of the measure, on account OF the
race feeling engendered byt he exhibit
ton of the Johnson-Jeffries fight
pictures. !
Senator Cummins has been author
lied by the Senate judiciary commit
tee to report favorably a bill CIV
ing to "dry" states power to inter.
cept shipments of liquor from wet
states. The bill to be reported is
a combination of the Kenyon bill,
much amended, and the Sanders
bill, and will prohibit shipments OF
liquor where any person interested
in them intends to violate the law
of the state into which the shipment
is made. The new bill will revise
the existing Wilson law to meet a
recent decision of the Supreme Court
and make liquor in interstate COM
merce subject to the laws of single
state upon arrival within its limits
and before delivering to consignee.
For the avowed purpose of break
ing up the practice of using the post
office general delivery for carrying
on flirtations and cladenstine cor
Postmaster General
has issued orders that ex-
isting postal regulations forcing per-
sons desiring to use the general
delivery to give their names, ad-
dresses, and reasons for the wish be
more strictly enforced. Numerous
from various cities
hat minors, particularly young girls,
we're using the general delivery, Of
ZEN under assumed names, to CORE
spond with persons unknown to
heir parents caused the issuance of
he order.
The house committee on agricul-
ure has recommended an appropri-
,tion of $4,000 to stop the ravage
If army worms in southern corn
ields. Secretary Wilson told the
he committee that the worm is
It work on the corn throughout the
Duh and that little arsenic
md flour will kill it off, and that
he money is needed to show the
armers how to apply the remedy.
Hef1in, of Alabama,
old the committee that the worm is
topping railway trains in his dis
riot, but Representative Haugen, of