Mexico Missouri message., 1914-01-29

Russia was ordered favorably report
ed by the senate foreign relations
committee.
Proposed increases in rates upon
carload shipments of potatoes In west
ern classification territory, which
would have amounted to about 20 per
cent, were suspended from Feb. / to
June l by the interstate commerce
commission pending investigation.
After months of study, Attorney
General McReynolds has worked out
plans for radical changes in the meth
cd of operating federal penitentiaries
and in the handling of prisoners.
Government regulation of all forms
of insurance companies was proposed
in a joint resolution for an amend
ment to the constitution introduced
by Senator Weeks.
Radium was described to the house
committee on mines as the only cure
the medical world has discovered for
cancer--the disease for which no
cause has been found and which the
experts before the committee labeled
rebel against all the laws that gov
ern human issues.
The nomination of John Shelton
williams, now assistant secretary OF
the treasury, to be comptroller OF the
currency and, as such, ex-officio men,
Der of the federal reserve bank board.
was confirmed by the senate.
Maj. Gen. William H. Carter, com.
manding the second army division at
Texas City, Tex, was ordered to re-
turn to Chicago to resume command
OF the central department Feb. /.
Senator William Hughes Of New
Jersey told President Wilson that
there was a conspiracy among lead
ing Democrats In New Jersey against
him (Hughes) which had been dis.
closed by a visit to Washington re-
Gently OF Edward Grosscup, chairman
Of the Democratic state committee.
Representative Hensley Of Missouri
desires to stop the importation Of any
material, crude, partly or wholly pre-
pared. or any goods, wares and mer-
chandse which are the product OF
foreign convict labor.
Defiance OF administration disap-
prevail of the poetoftlce appropriation
bill because Of the provision exempt.
ing all the 2,400 assistant postmasters
from civil service was voiced in tho
house debate by Representative Moon
of Tennessee, chairman of the post
office committee.
A telegram, signed by IA members
OF the Progressive party of Houghton.
Mich, including several county COM
mitteemen, was sent to Congressman
Macdonald at Washington, demanding
that he retract the statement attrib-
uted to him that the constitutional
righs OF citizens and laws are over.
thrown in this district
The kodak trust" is the latest OF
| the great corporations sued under the
Sherman antitrust act to seek a
peaceful settlement OF its trouble with
the department of justice.
Senator Norris introduced a bill for
a bureau In the department Of agri-
culture to lend money on farm land at
per cent for a period of five years,
TO be repSld at the rate OF one-fifth
each year.
President Wilson and Secretary Of
War Garrison had a conference upon
! the latter's recommendations with re-
gard to the government of the Pam
ANA canal zone and as a result 1t is
believed that Col. George w. Goethals,
the engineer who supervised the con-
struction OF the canal, will be made
governor and the powers Of the "one-
man" system of government which he
advocates will be placed in his hands.
President Wilson's legislative pro-
gram as laid down in his message to
congress is so generally approved
among the legislators that predictions
OF its prompt enactment and of ad-
tournment by June i were made by
Representative Underwood.
Representative Stanley OF Ken
lucky, after a conference with Presi-
dent Wilson, introduced a proposed
amendment to the Sherman law which
would make illegal the monopoliza-
ton or restraint Of trade Fin any de-
gree"
Representative Baltz of Illinois in.
PRODUCED a bill providing for the pay
ment OF pensions monthly instead OF
quarterly as at present. Mr.. Baltz
says the passage of the bill would
add little II any expepRe to the gov