The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
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WASHINGTON.

missioner of accounts of New York
City, has declined President Wilson'S
offer to become commissioner OF inn
migration at the port of New York.
Il
There is said to be no prospect OF
announcement of reserve cities under
the new banking act before April
at the earliest. The same statement
applies to the personnel of the federal
reserve board.
Prompt legislative action to prevent
q radium monopoly is necessary, a
report OF the senate mine committee
declared with the recommendation
that the Walsh bill for government
control of radium lands be passed i'm
Mediately
AS a sequel to the recent inyestiga-
ton of railroad financial affairs,
Senator Kenyon, republican, has in
troduced bill fov the relief of
'wronged and defrauded shareholders
in corporations engaged in Interstate
commerce"
One of the largest fines ever re-
covered by the government for a vio-
lation of the alien contract labor law
that for $4,000 against the Grant
Bros. Construction Co., California
ccrporation--ha been affirmed by the
supreme court.
Action in the senate on the Owen
bill to repeal the tolls exemption
clause of the Panama canal act prob
ably will be delayed for few days
on account of the absence Of Senator
Owen, chairman Of the interoceanic
canals committee.
At the. request of Senator Thomp-
son the Senate passed a bill to re-
store Walter H. Kaufman, soldier,
to his civil rights. Kaufman, a So
cialist, was courtmartialed about a
year ago at Fort Stevens for disparag
ing remarks about the flag.
Former Rear Admiral r. 7. Bowles,
ing Co., of Quincy, Mass, has been
summoned to testify before the sen
ate lobby committee about contract
c. w De Knight. a Washington law
yler, claims to have had with the
company to work for the Panama tolls
exemption.
Snnrntarv Rr1yon hac nr6nra1 of
fetal, investigation of the death OF
Frank Y. Johnston, postmaster at
Tecarte, Cal, who was killed and his
store burned by MeXicans while de-
Tending his property. Military authori-
ties from Fort Rosecrans already are
investigating. The killing occurred
on American sol and it is said by Off
Gals here to be within the jurisdic-
ton of California state authorities.
With the revised interstate trade
commission bill completed by the
Louise subcommittee on the judiciary
10 the satisfaction of the administra-
zion. President Wilson turned his at
tention to consideration of other
phases Of the antitrust program. He
planned to confer with Representa-
tive Clayton, chairman of the judi
ciary committee, and his colleagues
on revised bill to prohibit interlock-
ing directcTates.
The interstate trade commission bill
as made public was agreed to by
democrats and republicans of the
house committee on interstate COM
MERGE and favorably reported. 1t
would create an independent commits
sion of three members to aid the lie.
gal operation Of business to require
regular and special reports from cor
porations and to make investigations
upon direction of the president, the |
attorney general or either house of
congress.
DOMESTIC.
Indictments were returned at Chi.
cago against Henry Siegel and Frank
5. Vogel, department store bankrupts.
The keel Of battleship No. 80.
Which will be the most powerful fight.
ing machine Of the superintendent
class in the United States navy, has
been laid in the Brooklyn navy yards.
Seven candidates for mayor and
seventy-siX candidates for councilmen
will seek nomination at the local phi
mary election in st. Paul 1t is ST.
Pauls first election under the COM
mission charter.
G. Hunter Raine at Memphis plead |
ed not guilty to seventeen indict-
ments in connection with the alleged
embezZelement Of more than $1,000
900 from the detunct Mercantile bank
of Memphis, of which he was presi-
dent. He made no request for bail
and was returned to jail.