Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-02


and South American ports. They con
ferred to determine the feasibility and
cost Of such a plan.
Wade II. Cooper, Washington
hank president, who recently lodges
charges at the White House against
Justice Daniel r. Wright of the dis
trict supreme court, was indicted by
the grand jury on a charge of crimi-
nal libel.
After the senate had passed bill
10 regulate trading in cotton futures,
Senator Kenyon, who, with others,
had misunderstood an amendment to
legalize pooling operations, moved for
a reconsideration and paved the way
for reopening the fight on the meas.
ure.
The Bill to restore Capt Templin
NJ Potts to the active list of the navy
and promote him to be a rear admiral
was killed by the senate naval affairs
committee. Capt. Potts was "plucked'
on the eve of his promotion, and sew
eral naval officers of note testified
that his case was an exceptional one.
A bill proposing to lease or sell to
the Republic Coal company, subsidi.
airy OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad, reserved coal rights on
approximately 1900 acres of Montana
lands was beaten in the senate by
vote OF IS for and q against. The
measure has been under discussion
for three days.
Plans for concluding the congress
sional investigation of conditions in
the Michigan copper strike district
were made by the subcommittee Of
the house mines committee.
The senate lobby committee
changed its plans at the last moment
and postponed further inquiry into
the alleged activities Of c. w. De
knight, a Washington lawyer, in con.
nection with the passage Of the Pan
anna tolls law
A new treaty has been signed be-
tween the United States and Vene.
zuela, by which all questions not
capable of settlement by diplomacy
shall be submitted to investigation by
an international commission for at
least one year. 1t is the fourteenth
of Secretary Bryan's peace treaties.
President Wilson made known
again, in response to an inquiry, that
he felt no particular interest in the
stock exchange legislation pending In
the senate.
Investigations OF various sorts con.
Quoted by the United States senate
between Feb 9, 1919, and March 10,
1914, cost the government S163, 51473.
In its bill providing for the ex.
penditures of the postoffice depart.
ment for the next fiscal year no pro.
vision has been made to compensate
the railroads for carrying the parcel
post, although the bill is based on
estimates that the parcel post will
handle 6OO,OOOOOO packages during
the year. yielding a revenue of
S60,000.00O TO the postoffice depart.
ment.
Il is anticipated that Franklin p.
Lane, secretary of interior, will ap-
point a commission OF three civil en-.
gineers to locate the route Tor the
! governments railroad in Alaska or to
make a general survey.
Wages of farm laborers have in.
creased more rapidly than those OF
! the city workman during the last 20
| years, a department Of agriculture in.
vestigation has revealed. During the
last year the pay of the farm hands
increased 2ia per cent The increase
has been II per cent in the last four
| years and 50 per cent since 1906.
The Only Time.
Wife-"Do you love me still. dear?"
Hub-"Why, yes;: but you're never
still"
Secretary Bryan, who was before
/ the foreign relations committee, was
| told in effect that he could not hope
to have the committee report favor
ably for ratification the Danish artE
tration treaty unless it was materially
modified.
Trust legislation again was consid.
cred by the senate committee on in.
telstate commerce and il was an.