The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has found new and
delightful recreation in the form of
late automobile rides before retiring.
Attorney General Wickersham has
taken up the plan of dissolution pro-
posed by the National Packing Com
pany.
Postmaster General H t III C ock
signed the contract which restores the
American flag to the mail ships of the
Pacific service.
By vote of AZ to 20 the Senate
passed the La Toilette wool bill, plac.
ing a duty of thirty per cent. on raw
wool and an average duty of fifty-five
per cent on manufactured goods. The
measure goes to the House.
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska
pointed out to the House territories
committee that under the terms of the
Booher bill, to provide for the leasing
of government coal lands in Alaska,
railroad acquisition of such coal land
would be easy.
John Mitchell. vice president of the
American Federation of Labor. was
sentenced in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court to nine months impris-
onment for contempt of court growing
out of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company case.
The House committee on public
lands has favorably reported the Mon
dell bill introduced for the relief of
homestead entrymen under the en-
larged homestead law. The legisla-
ton approved by the House committee
would make residence and cultivation
on an original homestead entry. and
permit proof to be made "a both en-
tries at the same time The Mondell
bill corrects what Is known as the de-
cision In the John Day case. where the
General Land office held that proof
on an additional entry could not be
made until the expiration of the five
year period from date of the additional
entry.
Regulations governing entries under
the Borah three-year homestead law
have been issued by Secretary Fisher.
Credit for the three-year period must
begin from actual residence. Proof
Cultivation for three years from date
of entry is required, including actual
cultivation of not less than one-six-
teenth of the land beginning with the
second year and not less than one
eighth beginning with the third year
and until final proof Absence from
the land for not more than five months
in one continuous period is allowed but
bona fide continuous residence during
the remaining portions of the three
year period must be shown.
Congressman Rucker of Colorado
has offered an amendment to the gen
eral deficiency bill providing for the
lifting of Interstate commerce regula-
tions in order that old soldiers may
get free transportation to the Gettys-
burg battle anniversary next year.
President Taft's tariff board has Sc
cured the promise of one more year of
life from the Senate. After a short
fight, that body, by vote of 81 to 20,
authorized in the sundry civil appro-
priation bill an expenditure of $225, 900
for another years work of investiga-
tion by the tariff experts.
The House public lands committee
has reported favorably the bill pre-
viously passed in the Senate, which
provides that public lands withdrawn
from entry be subject at all times to
exploration, discovery, occupation and
purchase under the mining laws.
hnti-saloon interests won a victory
before the Senate judiciary committee
whom Senator Cummins was authorized
to report favorably bill giving to dry
states power to intercept shipments of
liquor for wet territory. The bill to
be reported is combination of the
Kenyon Sanders bill.