The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-03-26
NEWS FROM OUR.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Postoffice Department Perfect.
ing Plans to Assist Con.
sumer and Producer.


were taken by the postoffice depart.
ment TO perfect its plan for having
the parcel post carry products of the
farm directly to the door OF the con.
sumer.
Ten cities were selected to begin
work Of establishing direct connec
tions between producer and consum
er. Orders went to the postmasters
at Boston, Atlanta. ST. Louis. San
Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, La
Crosse. Wis; Lynn, Mass; Rock Is
. land, ILL.,, and Washington, directing
them to receive the names Of per.
sons who are willing TO supply farm
products in retail quantities by parce.
post"
Printed lists Of these names. show
Ing kind and quantity of commodity
available, will be distributed among
town and city patrons.
New Haven Agrees To Be Dissolved.
After several weeks OF negotiations,
the department Of justice and the New
York, New Haven 4 Hartford railroad
announced that they had reached an
agreement for dissolution OF the New
Haven.
The Boston Railroad Holding com
pany Is q Massachusetts corporation
holding q majority OF the stock Of the
Boston 4 Maine railroad and 80 per
cent OF the former stock. in turn, is
owned by the New Haven railroad.
Stock OF the holding company will be
transferred at once to five trustees
and after arrangements have been
made to protect the minority stock of
the holding company they will sell the
Boston 4 Maine stock, prior to Jan
uary l, 1917. The other subsidiary
companies will also be sold.
Suffrage Loses On Senate Vote.
Woman suffrage advocates lost
their fight in the United States sen
ate for n resolution proposing an
, amendment to the federal constitution
: giving women the ballot.
The vote WAS 35 for the measure to
"a against 1t, a two-thirds affirmative
vote being required for passage.
When II was all over. suffragist
leaders jubilantly pointed to the ma
1ority OF one as conclusive proof that
their cause had scored a triumph in
defeat and was immeasurably strong
er than its opponents had ever been
willing to concede.
Army Bill 10 Increased.
An increase OF s7,564,000 in the
army appropriation bill was made by
the senate military affairs committee
in reporting the measure to the SEN
ate. The amended bill carries an ap-
preparation OF s101,755.0 900.
The most important new item is
Sl35, 900 to construct military cable
from Washington State to Alaska.
The committee urges an increase OF
31,221 900 in the pay for enlisted men,
that the army may be maintained al
its present full strength OF $4,000
Highway Bill 10 Reported to Senate.
The House bill providing for high
way work in conjunction with the
states was favorably reported TO the
senate by the agricultural committee.
1t would also appropriate $l,ooo,o0o
for 1914 and authorize an appropria-
ton of s4,OO0.O00 for 1915, with add
tional yearly increases until 1871,
lnfhnYlxAN
be Sl0.000,OO0.
National Capital erevities.
Secretary OF the Interior Lane has
named one of the ponds In Glacier
National park Ellen Wilson, after the
presidents wife.
The opening of the legislative bat
tie for the repeal Of the exemption
proyision Of the Panama canal act was
DELAYED until next week by prolonged
consideration in the house OF the riv-
ers and harbors appropriation bill.
Whatever promotion is gwen Colo
mel Goethals and others Identified with
the building OF the Panama canal VIII
he determined by President wilson
himself. according to an agreement
A favorable report on the Taylor
bill creating 10 mining experiment sta
lions, one to be located In Alaska ana
the Others in western metailurgical
states. was returned by the house
mines committee. Each station, by
the terms of the bill. will be allowed
to spend $4,000 annually.
From u little farm of 81 acres, own
I'D by John Jones. an ex-slave IN shei-
nv county. Tennessee, has come to the
supreme court a question affecting ne
Yross all over the country. The ques'
,ion is whether former slaves are en-
titled TO inherit from their prothers
y md sisters, who were likewise ex-
hlsves.
western members OF the house OF
representatives are being given 70 un'
Asrstspd that there is little q 20 Hr0e'