The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
Interesting Notes from the National
Capital by G. A. Wood, Special
Reporter CORRESPONDENT.

Washin gton, D. c., June Is, 1912
Full many a boom is doomed, t,
boom unboomed.
According to census reports, low;
has 666,672 male residents of vot
ing age.
Among the 80 midshipmen admit
ted to the new fourth class at An
napolis is A. w. Jacobson, of Iowa
The house has refused to increas,
from $250,O0O to S325,00O the ap
preparation for mounting the tro
phies collected by Colonel Roosevelt
on his African trip.
A provision in the Panama Cana
bill as reported to the Senate would
interdict the use of the waterway by
any ship owned, operated or con
trolled by a railroad company.
Following long debate along
strictly party lines, the house has
voted to include in the sundry civil
bill an appropriation of $225,000 tc
continue the tariff board.
If judges generally should follow
the practice of a New York court in
assessing the costs of the case against
the fair correspondent, perhaps few
err of us handsome men would be led
astray.
Under the terms of a unanimous
consent agreement, the fate of Will
liam Lorimer will be finally decided
July 6. The order provides that in
case or adjournment before that time
an earlier date shall be fixed for the
vote.
Charging that the earnings of the
Merchant Company's bridge across
the Mississippi at St. Louis have
been pooled with those of another
bride, Senator Reed, of Missouri,
has introduced a resolution to for
felt the bridge and directing the
Secretary of War to operate it as a
free public highway.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has decided that pipe line
transporting oil between
the states are common carriers, with
obligations of such, and an order has
been issued to 13 of the largest oil
pipe lines to file schedules of rates
~ September 1 and to comply with
he provisions of the Interstate Com
nerce act.
1t is believed that should the pro-
'ision for the abolition of the Com
nerce Court be included in the leg
slative, executive and judicial ap-
,ropriation bill when it reaches him,
he president will veto the measure.
Notwithstanding such action WOULD
mean that the president and others
II the branches of government in
clved would thereby be compelled
O forego their salaries during the
oming fiscal year.
According to the census bureau.
here were 1,641 slaughtering and
leat-packlng establishments in the
United States when the last enumer-
ton was made. The figures show
hat 1OS,1iS persons were engaged
the industry, of whom 1863 wee
roprietors and firm members, while !
ne average number of wage earners
'as 1928. Iowa ranks seventh in |
Importance in the industry, following |
illinois, Kansas, New York, Missouri
nd Indiana, in order.
Arrangements have been made to
nable members of both houses of
ongress to attend the political con-
entlons at Chicago and Baltimore,
lthout having to "play hockey or
I've their opponents chance to
slip one over On motion of Sem
tor Lodge. the senate has agreed to
Ike series of recesses beginning
lne IT, and ending July l, to per-
ut senators to attend the conven-
ons, and in the house 'gentle-
ems agreement" between the min
'lty leader and the majority leader
lpulates that no partisan legislation
Ill be attempted during the period
distraction.
In an effort to expose land invest
ent frauds and protect the people
the country from such swindlingl
hemes, Secretary of Agriculture
'llson has ordered the collection of
TIA with a view to placing the de-
lrtment in position to be able to
d prospective investors. Bulletins
e to be issued warning against GER
in general propositions and spe-
fic information will be furnished
ION application. Many people, the
cretary says, are being encouraged |
PA~SS SASAA savings 1uIO |
g, orchard-growing, and crop-pro-
icing schemes, many of which are
nix swindles.
A card index of every child in the
ementary school of the United !
ates, with running history of his
tire school career kept perma-
'ntly on file, is contemplated. by a
an formulated by investigators
hose report has just been issued
the United States Bureau of Ed
alton. The plan is approved by the
ational Educational Association,
ID already some 800 cities have be-
IN the system. 1t is reported that
entually 100000 pupils will be Is
catalogued, and that definite and i
ientific answers can be made to
rye number of questions the solu- e
ms to which are now left to guess Is
)rk.
Judge Horace M. Towner, repre-
NATIVE from the eighth Iowa dis :
let, in an address at a flag day eel
ration held under the Woman's
elief Corps, took the ground that
e demagogues Gin and out of con-
ess' who use the American flag in.
in should be classed with an