The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-14
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
interesting Notes from the National
Capital BY 6. A. Wood, Special
Reporter Correspondent.

Washington, D. c., March 10, 1912.
The Southern Shoe Retailers AS
ISOLATION has decreed lower heels for
women. But will they?
Report says that Palmyra Island,
recently annexed to the United States
Is worth about one dollar. Must re-
semble the Philippines!
The Maryland legislature is taking
steps to investigate the charges OF
extortion my Baltimore hotels for
convention week.
The near-blizzard of March 4 has
given renewed impetus to the agita-
ton for change in. the date OF pres
idential inaugurations.
A southern postmaster has appeal
ed to Postmaster General Hitchcock
to stop the playful antics Of his
townsmen in the postoftice during
mail distribution.
Senator Bristow occupied two days
in the presentation of his argument
in opposition to the retention Of Isaac
Stephenson of Wisconsin as United
States senator.
A London cable says that women
of fashion must now spend at least
$12,500 for one complete outfit. in
the pair. Several of our feminine
pletely' outfitted this season.
Counsel for Senator Lorimer have
filed their brief in support of the con-
tention that under the legal rule of
res adjudicata it is improper for the
senate again to pass upon the title
of the Illinois senator to his seat in
the senate, having, heretofore de-
clared him entitled to it.
AS an outcome of the preliminary
inquiry by the house committee on
rules into the strike of mill workers
at Lawrence, Mass, an investigation
of the American Wooden Company,
it's organization, capitalization, labor
conditions, and status as a corpora
ton, will probably be recommended
by the committee.
Former President Roosevelt, Will
liam j. Bryan, and Victor Berger
were branded by Representative
Dies, Of Texas, as being among the
foremost enemies of free government
today" Mr.. Dies declared that both
Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan were So
cialists and coupled their names with
those of Mr.. Berger and the Nc
Namara brothers.
In order to supply the United
States armys aerial force with much
needed aviators, the War Depart
ment has decided to permit not only
commissioned officers of the regular
army, but officers of the organized
militia to qualify as military aviators
provided they can pass a rigid physi-
cal examination and operate an aero
plane as stipulated by the depart
ment
The house committee on foreign
affairs has authorized a favorable
report on the bill introduced by Rep
resentative Peters, Of Massachusetts,
proposing an appropriation of $780,
900 to finance "triumphal tour OF
the principal cities of the United
States by the foreign delegates to the
international congress of chambers
of commerce to be held at Boston
next September.
Speaker Clark was sixty-two years
old March 7. A rousing reception
was given him by the house, with
felicitating speeches by former
Speaker Cannon and Representatives
Raney and Austin, and in the evening
a mass meeting of 5000 persons
joined in paying their tributes of re-
spect and esteem for the speaker and
offering hearty endorsements of his
candidacy for the presidency.
Washington health authorities are
planning to enact legislation to COM
pei all children suffering from
whooping cough to wear some dis
tinguishing mark or tag which will
make them easily identified and
avoided. This is suggestion that
might be followed to advantage in
other localities where the distemper
is not regarded as necessary evil
and one to be had and over with as
soon as possible.
John y. Speaks, game warden OF
the state Of Ohio, appearing before the
house committee on agriculture in
support of a bill for federal protec-
ton of migratory birds, declared
that women should be sent to Jail for
wearing white heron aigrettes in
their hats. Mr.. Speaks says that the
best heron aigrettes are obtained by
killing the mother bird while she is
raising her brood and that the young
are always left to starve to death.
Representative Hughes, of New
Jersey, has introduced bill prOyid-
ing for the establishment of COM
mission on industrial relations, and
carrying out suggestions of President
Taft embodied in message to Con-
gress February 2, in which he de-
clared that the creation of federal
commission was necessary because
"the Investigations of industrial
problems heretofore made have been
fragmentary, incomplete, and at best
only partially representative or typi-
cal
The postal appropriations bill, car
rying a total of $259,827, 749, or
$1,352,314 less than the estimates
of the Postoffice Department, has
been introduced in the house. The
bill contains provision to establish
a parcels post system and stipula-
ton that employees of the postal
service may become members Of or
CARNATIONS for their mutual benefit
and may present their grievances to
Congress in the form of petitions.
These rights are at present denied by