The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-08-07
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Washington Notes.

Washington Notes.
Senator Johnston of Alabama has
introduced a resolution Offering $1OO,
900 reward for the discovery of an
agent to destroy the boil weevil.
Eleven progressive republicans have
agreed to support Senator La Toilet
te's substitute schedules on wool, cot
ten and several parts of the tariff bill,
Senator Brandegee has asked for
the passage of a joint reolution fixing
q date when the new duties on wool
and wooden products shall go into
effect.
The senate relations committee have
discussed the Nicaragua protectorate
treaty, Senator Borah and Clarke tax.
Ing pronounced stand against policy
involved.
Representative Henry in statement
demanded investigation of charges
that New York bankers had organized
to depreciate price Of government 2
per cent bonds.
Senator Clapp has proposed an
amendment to the Aldrich-Vreeland
law to premit emergency currency
under it to circulate for three months
instead of one.
Senator Lewis has introduced a
resolution to authorize secretary OF
treasury to withdraw treasury privi-
leges from national banks which com.
bined to depress federal securities.
On motion of Senator Gallinger the
senate struck from the Congressional
Record an article put in by Senator
Tillman and which Senator Gallinger
women.
The p%ostofice committee has in.
definitely postponed action OF the
Bryan resolution on assurance of
postmaster general that he would not
change parcel post regulations until
tested.
Martin M. Mulhall has practically
finished his identification of letters
he wrote and received In the ten
years he claims to have been the lob.
byist for the National Association Of
Manufacturers.
Delegate Wickersham, before, sthe
territories committee urged govern.
ment railroad for Alaska, and declar.
ed the Guggenheim and Morgan syn.
dicates controlled every mile OF
Alaskan railroads.
The public lands committee have
reported favorably a bill by Senator
Sterling permitting minors over Is
years Of age to file on a homestead,
the provision Of the bill extending to
female as we'll as male minors.
Republican senators have made it
clear that they will not hasten con.
sideration Of the tariff bill if the
president and democratic leaders of
congress insist upon the enactment
OF currency legislation at this session.
Democrats and republicans of the
senate clashed again in debate on
the Underwood-Simomns traiff bill,
when Senator Stone charged that The
republicans deliberately were at.
tempting to bring a panic in their
speeches attacking the pending meas.
ure.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson's
conferences with members of the sen.
ate committee on foreign relations
resulted in a stronger support for his
plan to reorganize the Hulerta gov.
eminent in Mexico than he received
at any time since reaching Washing.
ton.
A reception rendered Richard L..
Metcalfe, governor of Panama, by
Nebraska association at the home OF
w. E. Andrews, auditor Of the treas.
ury, was employed by Secretary OF
State Bryan to give the fullest ex.
preston to his desire for friendly re,
lations between the United States
and Panama.
Domestic.
The average age Of death in this
country is 1873 years.
Cincinnati is asked to raise s4,779,
1852 for expenses of city govern.
ment In 1914.
One hundred and fifty employees OF
a coffee firm with offices at Boston,
Montreal and Chicago will receive
$250,O00 under the will of Charles D
Sides, senior member Of the family.
The business section of the town
OF Honeoye, N. Y, was thrown into
a panic when dynamite which John
Everett was carrying through the dis.
trict in a basket exploded. Everett
was killed, but nc others we're injured.
Nine electric engines for the New
York Central will haul 1,OOO-ton trains
at a rate Of sixty miles an hour.
Two girls Estelle Van Fossen, aged
IL, and Thelma ROUGH aged 10, were
drowned in the reservoir Of the Watt
Mining Car company at GAINESVILLE, O
HALEY, Idaho, has Just refused to