Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

The recommendations for the fed.
eral appointments in Missouri will not
be made for several weeks, according
to intimates Of Senators William Joel
Stone and James A. Reed.
Senator Morris resolution calling
on the encouragement for informa-
t1on regarding the New Haven DISCO
luton agreement was virtually de-
feated in the senate, being laid on the
table. "a
Substantial agreement on most of
the important matters of difference
between the senate and the house on
the Alaska railroad bill has been
reached by the conference committee.
Representatives Sherley and Pal
mer conferred with President Wilson
over organizing the administration
fight in the house to repeal the Pan
anna tolls exemption.
Praise for the work of the Ameri-
can delegates to the international
conference for safety at sea, held re-
Gently In London, came from Presi-
dent Wilson, who received the mem
bers at the White House.
Frank w. Mahin, a Republican. has
been removed from his post as consul
at Amsterdam and from the consular
service because, he was told, he was
extravagant.
Methods pursued in foreign courl-
tries in the settlement of labor dis
putes are to be studied by the United
States commission Of industrial rela-
tons, of which Mrs. ]. Borden Harri.
man of New York City is resident
commissioner, it was announced at
the offices of the organization.
Armed with data gathered by ex-
perts of the department of commerce
since the Underwood tariff law be-
came operative, William c.. Redfield,
secretary of commerce, has started
out to lay before the country the
real facts regarding the business
Members of the interstate commerce
commission appeared before the house
on interstate commerce to
discuss the ~advisability Of legislation
for federal regulation Of railroad Sc
curities.
John r. Lynch and Frank Sosey.
candidates, respectively, for United
States marshal for the eastern dis
trict OF Missouri and internal revenue
collector, are in Washington looking
the ground. Recent states ap-
pear to have eliminated Lynch and
he is inclined to object.
Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana made public a letter from Attor-
McReynolds expressing
the objections of that official to a
congressional inquiry into the dis
charge Of G. Raymond Matthews of
New Orleans, a department of justice
accused of bribe-taking.
international as well as domestic
problems of Importance still are con-
congress, Notwithstanding
ratification by the senate OF the
general arbitration treaties with eight
nations.
Former Senator Fred T. Dubois Of
Idaho, who was manager Of Speaker
Champ Clark's campaign for the Dem
presidential nomination, an
nounced he will be a candidate for
the United States senate on an anti
Democratic ticket.
Whether James M. Curley, mayor
Boston and on the rolls OF congress
a representative from the Twelfth
Massachusetts district, shall be per.
to hold both offices was put
up to congress by the Re
publican leader, Representative Mann.
The funeral services OF the late
Augustus Bacon, held in the +,
senate chamber, were simple but i'm !
,ressive. There were no eulogies no
music and no flowers. The senate
transacted no business and adjourned
Immediately after the service.
The army appropriation bill. -aggre- !
1914, 000, 900 az reported, is s10.-
1885 under the estimates and !
$4,000 below the current army ap- !
'ropriaticn. The signal service geta
800 no, including d maximum or F.
100000 for airships.