The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-18
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LATE EVENTS BOILED DOWN
esnenai, Political, Foreign and ottes
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
WASHINGTON


ton has introduced q resolution re.
questinS tho president to negotiate
with British and Canadian govern.
ments for railway connections be.
tween the United States and Alaska.
The treasury department has de.
posted about S., 0 900 of the $780,.
100000 Of government funds to be
distributed in assisting to move crops.
principally In Washington. Baltimore
and southern cities.
The administration currency bill
was started in it, devious way OF
the statute books when Glass OF the
house banking committee and n Of
the fathers Of the measure opened
the currency debate in the house.
The ministers from Panama, Cos
ia Rica. Nicaragua and Guatemala.
the latter also acting for Honduras.
called on President Wilson to pro.
test against the duty of one-tenth OF
! per cent per pound on bananas con.
tanned In the tari6 bill.
Mrs. Anna Laura Newman. who
says she served as q spy for the
union army in the civil war. applied
to Charles F. DeWoody, head OF the
department OF justice in Chicago, for
u position as a secret service agent
to work on cases involving violations
of the Mann act.
An official from the reclamation
service will soon visit southwestern
Nebraska to investigate and report
upon the feasibility Of improving the
water supply for irrigation purposes
This 10 the assurance given to Rep
Preventative Barton, who has been
working on the matter.
The house has passed a resolution
that foreign products designed for
exhibition at the P~anama-Pacitc eS.
position in San Francisco in 1915
may enter the United States free OF
duty. The resolution also would pro-
tect foreign patents and copyrights
on articles brought in for exhibition.
Collector of Customs P%endlenton,
at Los Angeles, Cal, was dismissed
by Secretary McAdoo because he re.
fused to resign. John B. Elliott OF
Los Angeles will be nominated to
succeed him. Pendlenton claims he
had been appointed for a definite
term and that he should be permitted
to serve.
The department Of Justice has be.
gun an investigation to determine
! whether the decree dissolving the to.
bacco trust has been violated. Spe-
cia agents are inquiring into the
operations Of the former subsidiaries
of the American Tobacco ompany.
and II their reports indicate that the
decree 10 not be- wed up to the
case undoubtedly re assigned to
q lawyer for c, alton Of con.
tempt Of court proceedings.
DOMESTIC.
Philadelphia proposes to spend 49,.
OO0, 900 In the erection OF school build.
lnSs to meet immediate needs.
Direct wireless communication be.
tween this country and Asia IL now
accomplished. The United States
station at Nome. Alaska. Ia nightly
In communication with the Russians
1t Anadyr. Siberia. which IL 500 miles
from Nome.
The state adult: 1t generals Office.
which for several months has been
investigating the reported existence
Of numerous armed japanese mill.
tary organizations in California. has
announced that they had found no
evidence that state or federal laws
had been violated.
According to q statement made pub.
lie by J. 8. Speed. manager Of the
Arkansas actuarial bureau. the prop.
erty loss in the recent great nre at
Hot Springs. Ark, was $2.250.000.
with the insurance loss placed at 81.
100000. Thirty-two and ono-halt
blocks we're burned. including SIS
buildings.
Kansas City voters by q score OF
1.676 to 20s. declared in favor OF free
text books in the public schools.
Books are to be supplied out Of a
state fund created by taxation Of
foreign insurance companies.
The United States revenue cutter
Bear was Imprisoned eight days last
month In the Attic ice pack near
Point Barrow during her annual voy.
age to Alaska's most northsrly pro.
lection. and all hands we're assem-.
bled on deck ready to take to the
Ice.
The valuation Of tho real estate In
Chicago Is S2.067. 974,5 according
to the annual report OF the board Of
review. 1t shows an increase of ST..