The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
Congressional Notes

/ asked the establishment of q plan OF
naval defense for the mouth OF the
Mississippi river.
The end alleged wholesale frauds
Ia Interstate commerce shippers. con.
/ siEn"eS and bankers appyu.rL to the
senate interstate commerce commit.
toe to recommend legislation making
railroads absolutely liable for state.
monts in bills OF lading.
Doubt MS to the legality Of an exec
utive order signed BY Theodore Roose.
welt two days before he left the White
House has caused the transfer back
from the forest service to the depart.
ment Of the interior of more than
100000 acres of Indian forest land
In California, New Mexico and Ari.
iona
The war department decided to
deal drastically with Lieut.. Fields.
who made the mistake OF crossing
into Juarez from FL Paso and nearly
precipItated an International clash
AdJt Gen. Fred c. Ainsworrh. who
was relieved OF his Office on charges
assumed to be those OF conduct prcju.
dicial to good order and discipline,
was placed on the retired list on his
own application
In the army appropriation bill
passed by the house a saving Of
&j00.gG0 by comparison with the
same bill as enacted last year. is &C.
"omplishrd The appropriation is
t92OOO,O0O
In m executive session OF tho son.
ate the nomination OF Myrun r. Her.
rick OF Ohio as ambassador 10 France
WAS confirmed. The vote was about
tire" to one, fewer than fifteen votes
being recorded in opposition.
Representative Hamlin introduced
a bill to prohibit the interstate ship.
mcnt Of convictmade goods or pro-
duct OF mines in which convict labor
is employed
President Taft sent to the senate
the nominations OF George NJ Bonr-
qutn to be United States district
Judge of Montana, and Of Lockwcn j.
Flint to be United States marshal for
the Western district Of Wisconsin
Negotiations will begin soon for
new treaty with Russia, to replace
the convention of 1882 recently abro.
gated, the operation of which will eX
pire at the end OF 1912.
The Honduran government assured
the state department that it would re.
'mburse the Valentine syndicate.
United States corporation, tor any
damage to the corporations railroad
and wharf properties
The high cost Of living is to be in.
vestigated by the department Of JUS,
tice to determine in what measure it
is due to trusts or other combiua.
lions.
Senator Bourne OF Oregon. chair.
man OF the senate committee on post.
offices and post roads. announced his
opposition to any present effort to es-
tablish penny letter postage.
Quarters for troops in the larger
cities instead of at the present army
posts were urged before the house
committee on war department ex.
pcndIturcs by Maj. George II. Smell
ton of the bureau of insuiar affairs
Correspondence intended to prove
that the Panama revolution had been
planned in New York and Washing
ton was produced before the house
on foreign affairs by Hen.
ry n. Han of the New York World.
The Sherwood socallcd "dollar.a.
day pension bill was rejected by the
senate committee on pensions and On.
other measure which would involve
nm annual expenditure of $2i.OOO,OOO I.
proposed as substitute by Senator |.
Smoot of Utah was adopted
Representative Dyer OF St Louis .
introduced a bill appropriatiug $40. .
300 for the erection OF a memorial In /
ST. Louis to the memory OF Gen. vii. /
lam Tccumseh sherman Of civil war
'ame. Provision is made that St. .
louis donate site and obligatc itself
o assume responsibility for the main
cnancc and care Of the monument
md grounds.
House elections committee 40. .
Viii meet February ~ when Chair.
nan llamill expects to dispose OF the
contest and set
lates for hearing argument In the
iiIlCatlin and kinney.Dycr cases
III Of St Louis
Trade between Porto Rico and Cor.
mental United States In the calendar
ear just ended amounted to $4,000
90, or eighteen times AS much as in
S97 the year preceding the anncxu.
ion OF that island by the ul,;cd
tates
Orders for five aeroplancs OF the
atest type for the army aviation
chool were placed by Brig Gen
amcs Allen. chief officer OF the sig
al corps. These machines are to be
at College Park, Md, some
me in May or June
The house committee on banking ,
nd currency, which was directed by
ne recent Democratic caucus TO in
estigate the money trust" appeared ,
efore the committee on rules to help !
, draft a resolution under which the
lQuiry is to be made