Mexico Missouri message., 1914-03-26

was proposed by Senator Shafroth to
take the place OF that defeated re-
Gently.
THE consensus of opinion in the
senate" Senator Ashurst said, is
that we should vote right away on the
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment to extend suffrage to women.
think there will be little more delay
IN the matter"
1t was discovered that under a law,
which apparently has never been re-
pealed, the right of the government to
charge tolls for the use OF the Pan
anna canal might be successfully dis.
puted in the courts.
The report by the senate commit
tee on immigration upon the immi-
grafton bill, which became public.
makes scant reference to the famous
"literacy test" which brought about
the veto Of the measure while Taft
was president and which threatens
the same result under President VIII
son.
A federal motion picture commits
sion under the jurisdiction of the
United States bureau of education was
proposed in a bill by Senator Hoke
Smith.
After a vigorous defense by Senator
Lodge (Rep.) of the governments ex-
penditures in caring for Mexican refu.
gees, the senate passed the urgent de-
ficiency bill, carrying total of over
$10,000,000. 100000 of which was
added by the senate appropriations
committee for the maintenance of the
refugee camps.
Secretary Bryan and Senior Calvo,
the Costa Rican minister, signed
protocol extending for a period of five
years the provisions of the special ar.
bitration treaty between the United
States and Costa Rica.
President Wilson, at a conference
with the house judiciary subcommit-
tee on trusts, put the stamp of admin
istration approval Oh the substance Of
the four bills to amend the antitrust
laws. which the committee submitted
in a practically final form.
Ambassador Pages explanation of
his London speech touching on the
Monroe doctrine and the Panama
tolls repeal is satisfactory to Presl-
dent Wilson, who regards the incident
as closed so far as the administration
is concerned.
The draft of a bill prohibiting inter-
locking directorates, as prepared by
Attorneys Thomas b. Harlan and Ma
rion C. Early of st. Louis, was sub.
mitted to the house committee on the
judiciary by Representative Dyer of
St. Louis, a member of the committee.
Members of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage were
urged by Miss Alice Paul, in a speech,
to bring all possible pressure to bear
to delay action by the senate on the
proposed suffrage constitutional
amendment.
what a wretched pictured" re-
marked the visitor at the salon. Il
wonder how they ever happened to
hang it," "Oh, the artist escaped
probably"
Postrester-G eneral Burleson APP
proved CT amendment 10 the parcel
post regulations under which butter,
eggs, fruits. vegetables, poultry and
other articlcg in parcels, weighing
from 20 TO pounds, may be shipped
In the first and second zones in box.
es and c. ates similar to those ham
died by express companies.
Charged with having written q let
ter couched in Objectionable language
TO President Wilson, Samuel Barr. 40
years old, of New Brunswick, N. j..
was arrested by postoffice inspectors
ana committed to Jail by United
States Commissioner Stockton.
The interstate trade commission
bill, bearing the approval Of President
Wilson and Attorney-General Mercy
| nolds, was made pubic following
many conferences among the mem
bers OF the house interstate commerce
| committee.
They're Still Doing It.
From Bees dictionary, published in
1926, Shopping-Among women, 20
ing about from shop to shop, buyi q