Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
Weekly Letter From Our Special
Correspondent.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITA,
Brief Items of Interest to Iowa Peo-
pie, Written by an Iowa
Man.
Washington, D. c.. May 20.

The president mas SlSneu luS oAel-
wood pension law, providing for in
creased pensions for 420,965 veter-
ans.
Cooking eggs by wireless is almost
as good stunt as frying them on
Washington's July pavcments.
If long distance wireless telephony
is perfected, how are we men to get
away from the range Of her voice?
AS long as the present campaign
lasts there IL be no occasion for go
ing to the 'opry" to hear the anvil
chorus.
An agreement has been reached
between the majority and minority
members of the special committee
investigating the election of Senator
lorimer to file their respective re-
ports in the Senate on May goth.
American Consul General Snod-
grass at Moscow reports that a boy
colt of American agricultural imple-
ments is spreading through Russia
as protest against the recent abro-
CATION by Congress of the treaty OF
1925.
The right of some 5000 Cherokee
children born after september, 1902,
and living March A, 1905, to share
on an equality with other Cherokees
in the governmental distribution OF
several million dollars of Cherokee
funds has been unheld by the SUI
preme court.
In the case of James H. Graham,
a West Virginia preacher, serving
a life sentence for repeated horse
stealing, the supreme court of the
UniSed States has decided that the
infiiction of life imprisonment on old
Offenders is constitutional
A Washington physician has re-
sorted to the injunction to stop the
crying of seventeen babies in a char
liable institution near his office. III
he is a father he ought to know the
futility of such proceedings, and II
he is a bachelor he ought to move.
Bacteria in Milk" and 'Ine
Profitable Management of the Small
Apple Orchard on the General Farm
are titles of farmers bulletins that
would probably prove of interest to
agricultural readers of this paper.
The agricultural appropriation bill
has passed the Senate carrying near
ly s1S,000,0O0 for the work of the
department druing the next fiscal
year. Amendments to the bill as 1t
passed the House increase the total
by about $2,000,O00, and this will
be the subject OF conference between
the two Houses.
At the request of Washington
aeroplane company, Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has authorized the
postmaster at New York to dispatch
mail to Washington on or about May
22d by aeroplane. The aviator viii
endeavor to carry at least loo
pounds of mail and make the trip
without stops and with the greatest
possible speed.
House leaders have agreed upon
a tentative program for the remand
er of the session which will permit
adjournment by June 18th. In carry
ing out this schedule, however, the
Senate will have to be reckoned with
and from the present outlook it Il
not probable that the upper house
will be in position to get away fol
many weeks beyond the proposed
date.
Senator Gore has introduced /;
resolution which contemplates max
ing easier the road of the would-bt
admiral to the Naval Academy, b!
lessening the severity of the menta
and physical examinations. The higl
percentage of failures in the pre-
liminary examinations and the grow
ing scarcity of officers demand tha
some action be taken to increase th'
number of cadets at the institution
In order to test the value of
new system of Infantry organization
the general staff of the army is abou
to create an ideal regiment of full
war strength and send it on an ex
tended march through the western
states under regulation service con
ditions. The regiment will be from
Forts Crook, Smelling and Sheridan
The concentration will begin at Du
buque on June 4th, the troops march
ing from there to sparta. Wis.
A modification of section $50 o
the postal regulations provides tina
the willful impression OF any mai
matter of a postmark bearing an,