Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-02

ical corps of the army has been Sc.
1ected by President Taft as his per.
sonal military aid to succeed Maj.
Archibald w. Butt, who lost his life
in the Titanic wreck.
After an hour and a half of debate
the house by a vote of 241 to is
passed the Pujo resolution comforting
more power on the committee on
banking and currency for the invasti,
cation of the money trust.
A favorable report was made to the
house by the insuIar affairs commit.
tee on Representative Jones, bill pro-
vidfng for the gradual taking over by
the Filipinos of the duties of self gov.
eminent, and complete independence
in 1921.
The committee on patents heard
more arguments for and against the
oldfield bill codifying the patent laws.
The committee on merchant marine
and fisheries reported favorably the
Wilson bill abolishing involuntary ser.
tude of seamen.
An emergency appropriation of $780,.
600 to repair the banks of the Nilsson.
ri river in Dakota county, Nebraska,
was urged on the house committee on
rivers and harbors at a hearing. 1t
was claimed the sewerage system OF
Sioux City, Ia, Is endangered.
The house will not act on the con.
stitutional amendment for direct cleo
ton of senators until the p~ostoffice
appropriation bill now before it has
been disposed Of.
AS the first step in the money trust
investigation, the committee on bank
ing and currency announced that it
had sent to over $1,000 banks a re-
quest for detailed information on all
phases of their business and their re-
lations with other institutions.
The house voted to concur in the
senate amendments to the bill intro.
duced by Representative Cantrill of
Kentucky authorizing the director of
the census to take periodically a cen
sus of tobacco, excepting the manu-
featured product.
Hearings on the Burton-Littleton
bill, which would create a commission
to represent the United States gov
eminent and supervise the govern
ment's participation in the celebration
in 1914-15 of the one hundredth ami
versary of peace among English
speaking peoples, began before the
house foreign affairs committee and
senate foreign relations committee.
On motion of Senator Johnston of
Alabama the senate adopted a resolu-
ton directing the attorney general to
supply the senate with the instruc-
ions given by President Roosevelt in
1907, concerning the proposed prose
cution of the International Harvester
company and also to give the reasons
for the abandonment of the prosecu-
ton.
President Taft will send a special
message to the congress urging what
ever emergency appropriation or di-
version of a regular appropriation
made for the Mississippi river is rec
commended to him by Brig. Gen. Will
liam H. Bixby, chief of engineers Of
the army, for a number Of years pres
ident of the Mississippi river commits
sion.
Representative Alexander of Mis-
souri,, chairman Of the house commit
tee on merchant marine and fisheries,
offered a bill in the house striking at
two defects in existing law, which,
he believes, are responsible for the
appalling Titanic death list. The
measure is likely to be reported by
Mr.. Alexander's committee and passed
by the house.
A bill to provide medals Of honor
for Capt. A. H. Rostron and the off
ceSs and crew of the Cunard liner,
was introduced by Repre-
sentative Francis of Ohio. 1t would
appropriate $4,000 and instruct the d.
rector of the mint to strike off a suit
able medal to commemorate their he
roism in rescuing the Titanic's sur
Samuel Untermeyer of New York
has agreed to direct the house inves-
of the so-called money trust,
If a resolution, offered by Chairman
Pujo of the banking and currency
comforting the widest pow
ers of investigation, is adopted.
That nor than 100000 persons
in the United States will record their
votes for president in the campaign
the present year is evident from
the official statistics Of presidential
vote published in the Statistical Alb
Of the United States, which has
jus been issued by the bureau of sta
Banks holding special deposits of
the United States must pay the feder-
al government 2 per cent instead of /
per cent interest in tie future. A.
Plat Andrew, assistant secretary of
the treasury, has decided to double
The rate of interest under the author
ity imposed on the treasury depart
ment by congress. The change refers
to the stationary deposits distributed
among about 1000 banks scattered
over the country, but not to the auc-
deposits at the disposal Of
disbursing officers.
Before passing the Wickersham bill,
providing for a home rule" assembly
In Alaska, the house went on record
by a vote Of 81 to rs in favor Of wom-
ans suffrage. The vote was not on
the direct question, but on an amend