The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-15
Congressional Notes

A report favorable TO the deposit OF
customs receipts In national banks,
when the secretary OF the treasury 10
desires was made to the house By the
ways and means committee.
Representative Rubey OF Missouri
introduced bill to provide for the Sc.
curing OF deposits in postal savings
banks, in towns and cities Of less
than 10000 inhabitants, by personal
bonds or the bonds Of bonding com
| panies, when such deposits are depos.
tied in state or national banks located
In such towns.
The consolidation Of the revenue
cutter service. lighthouse service, life
saving service aud coast aud gcodctic
survey OF the United States in sim
Gle bureau under the navy depart.
ment, TO be known AS the coast guard
/ bureau. was proposed In a bill intro.
ducod In the house by Representative
Foss.
The senate committee on exposi.
lions acted adversely on the rcsolu.
ton requesting the president to i'll
wife Latin-American countries to par
ticipate in the Punama.California ex-
position In San Diego in 1915.
Employees of the United States GOV
eminent In Alaska must furnish their
own fur caps, mitts and heavy socks
to combat the frigid temperature ac-
cording to Comptroller OF the Treas
ury Tracewoll.
Work on the Panama canal pro-
crossed steadily In January. accord
Ing to cable reports. the diggers eI-
cavating 2,614.444 cut yards as
against 2,439,27G for the preceding
month.
Before the steel trust investigating
committee Shelby NJ Harrison, New
York magazine writer. told n harrow
Ing tale OF convict labor conditions in
the operation OF subsidiary companies
OF the United States Steel corpora
ton, especially in Alabama. Attor-
said that the labor contracts O, the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
had expired and that no couyicts are
now worked
In n meeting OF the committee on
foreign affairs Representative Foster
Of Vermont announced that he would
shortly present u bill that will give
the president complete power to pro-
teCt the interests Of Americans In
Mexico unless conditions speedily
change in the southern republic,
Representative Smith of Texas was
given o hearing on his resolution d.
recting the secretary Of state to press
for settlement all claims OF Ameri-
cans for damage to property during
the Madcro instruction.
Chairman Ashbrooke Of the commit
tee on postoitice department expendl-
lures announced that George d. Cor
telyou had been subpoenaed to APP
pear before the committee TO testify
In the Lewis case" II is not known
that Cortelyou had definitely agreed
to appear. but attaches of the commit.
tee said he would be on hand
The committee On expenditures in
the department OF agriculture gave an
executive hearing to Senators Fetch
er and Bryan OF Florida on the Ever
Glades question, which has recently
flarcd up to add to tho Democratic
sensations that promise nothing in
the way OF substantial results
Charles McGowan. the young Cana
dian witness, denied before the senate
Lorimer committee OF investigation
that he had ever admitted receiving
money for "perlurlng" himself before
the committee last July.
The house authorized its committee
on expenditures in the war depart
mCut to 80 outside OF Washington to
seek evidence in tho alleged monop-
oily OF army shoe contracts by Mas.
sachusctts manufacturing concern.
The house passed the Lever bill,
providing that the United States de-
partment OF agriculture's inquiry into
the acreage planted to cotton shall be
made en- July instead OF June / OF
each year.
James c. McRcynolds, special coun-
sci Tor the government in the suit
against the American Tobacco com
pany, has declined to appear before
the senate committee on the judiciary,
to discuss the Cummins plan for APP
peal to the supreme court from the
New York circuit courts approval of
the tobacco trust reorganization
plan.
A bill reducing from Ave to three
years the requirement for settlement
on homesteads passed the senate. The
measure has not been considered by
the house.
The house committee on elections
No. 2, which was called to consider
the Maurer- Bartholdt contest, lacked
q quorum and the members ad.
journed
BY vote taken in committee Of the
whole house by tellers. the house
killed a motion TO consider the Stay.
den resolution against third term
for Roosevelt. Tho vote announced
was 80 to 81.
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