Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-01-23
Summary Of
Most Important
News Events
Washington

~ S~SNS$sSES
Charges that $30,000.000 OF public
property has been destroyed and the
FUR seal herds Of Alaska virtually ex.
terminated to enrich few individu-
ais were made by Representative
Roihermel Of Pennsylvania in making
public tho results of an investigation
by the house committee at Washing
ton on expenditures in the depart
nent OF commerce, of which he Is
chairman
Cooperation among the farmers in"
stead of competition, that the farmer
may receive the whole Of the consum-
er's dollar for his product, Instead or
- to Is per cent. as is now the case,
is the aim of bill introduced by SEN
atOr Borah in the senate at Washing
ten, to create an agricultural capt.
tar or clearing house, TO be run by
the farmers under government char
ter or subsidy.
4 project for making part OF the
Panama canal zone free trade terri
tory with a view Of establishing there
a sort Of clearing house for North,
Central and South American com
lnorce, is being worked out by Repre-
sentative C0pley of Illinois, who will
present it to congress at Washington
IN blu
indviduaIa whose net income from
aarch 1, 1913, to December 81, 1913,
vas $4,000 or more must make re-
turns Of their net income for the year.
according to a regulation issued by the
treasury department at Washington.
The tax for 1913 is assessed only for
The ten months mentioned. Hereafter
only persons having incomes of $4,000
~ more must make returns
Representative Stanley OF Kentucky,
after a conference with President VIII
e0n at Washington, introduced an
amendment to the Sherman law which
Houd make illegal the monopolization
"c restraint OF trade ''in any degree"
Il is designed to eliminate the rule
al reason" laid down by the Supreme
court in the Standard Oil case.
A telegram signed by IA members
al the Progressive party, including
several county committeeman. was
cent from Houghton, Mich, to Repre-
sentative W. J. Macdonald at Wash
iGgton, demanding that he retract the
statement attributed to him that the
constitutional rights of citizens and
laws ere overthrow in this district.
Red Cross officials at Washington
;aiegraphed Governor Hatfield of West
Virginia to inquire if they can assist
in caring for the refugees in the food.
Senator Bacon of Georgia has just
made the discovery that one Of his ribs
vas broken two weeks ago; He was
"n duty in the senate at Washington
despite the injury.
Government ownership Of coal mines
SH III ecu III IilS lCpOiI WAlINI SCiiFtlCI
MARITIME Of New Jersey made to the
senate committee at Washington,
which investigated the strike in the
cabin creek and Paint creek dis
'fjcts Of West Virginia
Recent experiments conducted by
tEc post Office department with view
TO increasing the weight limit of the
rarcel post have proved so successful
that parcels weighing 100 pounds soon
may be shipped
Because President Wilson has not
appointed new judge to the bench of
the supreme court OF Hawaii an ap-
peal was made to the Supreme court
Of the United States 10 determine the
legality Of acts OF The Hawaii court
snCe the commission Of Justice An
touoa Terry expired on May 6, 1913.