Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-01-31
Congress At Work
Stuck Exchange Bill Hearing.

| 10 prohibit the use OF the pals and
telegraph and telephone lines in fur.
tAerancs OF fraudulent and harmful
transactions on stock exchanges will
oIen February before the senate
banking committee. Samue. Inter.
myer will be the first witness. Ed
ward P. Lyon. attorney for the New
York Bank Note Company, and grain
exchanges in Chicago and Milwaukee
also Will be heard
Bills by Southern Senators.
Senator Bacon has introduced bill
Tor an experiment station in south
ern Georgia to standardize grades OF
table syrup made from sugar cane
and to study the use and value of
cane by-products. Senator Bankhead
introduced joint resolution for the
appointment Of a commission to in
quire into the construction and main
tenance of public roads. Senator
Hoke Smith introduced a bill to ALL
thorize the secretary of state to in
vite other nations to the fourth an
nual meeting of the National Drain
age Congress at Savannah Ga. The
bill aPpropriates $4,000 for the con-
gress.
Strike Inquiry Action Delayed.
Senator Ashurst's resolution for
Calumet strike, and Senator Thomas
resolution for investigation Of the
Colorado strike were Enacted upon
yesterday by the senate labor COM
mittee. A SUBCOMMITTEE may be
named to consider the Calumet reso-
luton; the Colorado resolution has
not yet been taken up. Under a spe'-
cial rule the House will consider IN
|vestigation resolutions indorsed BIZ
the caucus
Gets Big u. S. Paper Contract
r. F. Andrews Paper Company will
be awarded a contract to furnish the
government about 100000 pounds Of
print paper during tho present year,
beng among the lowest bidders COM
peting. The bids were opened yes
terday by the joint congressional
Ecommittee$ on printing, of which Sen
ator Duncan U. Fletcher is chairman
There we're 2O1 items upon which
bids were submitted, covering a wide
range of all grades and Quantities o.
paper, and 40 bidders. The .congr5s-
s:onal committee will announce the
awards next Monday. Other bidders
who will probably receive large coli
! tracts are the Bryant Paper Company
CT Kalamazoo. Mich; Perfect Safety
Paper Company, OF Connecticut, and
| the American Whiting Paper Cor.
psny.
| To Limit Hours of Work.
| Representatives of railroad unions
and brotherhoods appeared before
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee In support Of the Stevens bill
to limit the hours of work Of rail-
road trainmen and telegraph and
telephone operators.
The Stevens bill limits trainmen
to the working day of sixteen hours
and telegraph and telephone opera
tors to an eight-hour day.
| Want Wilson in Boston.
| Senator'S Lodge and Weeks and
the entire Congressional delegation
from Massachusetts, will urge Presi-
dent Wilson to visit Boston and
speak before the Massachusetts, Real
Estate Exchange at the Copley-Plaza
Hotel on either February z or II, at
his convenience
Investigate IIliteracy.
The House Committee on Educa.
ton agreed to report favorably the
Lever bill which directs the Bureau
Of Education to investigate illiteracy
among the adult population Of the
United States and to advise Congress
as to how this illiteracy may be
eliminated or reduced.