The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-04-03
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WASHINGTON,


WASHINGTON,
The appointment of Worth ".
Thayer as secretary of the Hawaiian
territorial government and Ralph p
Quaries as associate justice of the su'
Ureme court Of Hawaii has been con
Armed by the senate.
President Wilson called on Senator
Stone of Missouri, chairman Of the
foreign relations committee, at the
senator's apartment. Chairman Stone
has been very i'll for several weeks
and nov gets about only on clutches.
Nominations of Robert Lansing OF
New York to be counsellor for the
state department, Cone Johnson OF
ment and John L. De Saulles of Penn
eylvania to be minister to Uruguay
were favorably reported by the senate
ofreign relations committee.
A bill proposing to lease or sell to
the Republic Coal Co, a subsidiary OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railroad, reserved Goa rights on ap-
proximately 1000 acres of Montana
sands was beaten in the senate by a
q Of % to q. The measure has
been under discussion for three days.
After q vigorous partisan parliament
tary struggle. the house passed the
Hensley bill prohibiting the importa-
ton OF convict and paupermade goods
from foreign countries. 1t provides
heavy penalties for such importations.
The republicans, led by Representa-
tive Mann. made Intellectual efforts to
inject the child labor question
A proposed advance of about 16 per
cent on transportation by express OF
carload shipments Of fruit and vege-
tables from California and Montana
TO the east was suspended by the in
torstate commerce commission until
July "a. Tie suspended tariffs would
affect 4 large traffic and many points
Of origin and destination.
Director George Otis Smith of the
geological survey urged the house
public lands committee to report the
administration bill for a system of
leasins coal, phosphate and mineral
lands in the public domain as a
Of preventing private monopoly. Dr..
Smith estimated tina THE present coal
supply would be exhausted in 1.2OO
pears.
Sending or racing bets or odds from
foreign countries into the United
states, or from state to state would
b prohibited under a bill introduced
~ Senator Lee of Tennessee. He
characterized his measure as designed
70 prevent the notification of state
anti-gambling laws. 1t would en-.
power the postmaster general to en-
1ngoe the law.
Representative Ainey, republican. Of
rennsylvania. brought up his resolu-
tion calling on President Wilson to
inform congress Of the condition OF
foreigners In Mexico. in the house
and delivered an attack on the policy
of Watchful waiting. He pictured Vii
r - = vulgar. ignorant, brutal speci-
Uan Of humanity" through whom the
Gtandard OIL Co. was advancing its
1nteEestA.
!. Secretary Lane Of the interior de-
partmont announced that he had au-
GAorixed the construction Of a railroad
twenty miles long, south OF Yuma,
Arix.. TO provide transportation FACT.
litjeo for the farmers and settlers on
~ Yuma irrigation project. The
rod viii Be- built along the levee run
ning south from Yuma and will be OF
otnndard gauge. It is expected to be
completed ard ready for operation
within sixty days.