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"s " WW FEBRUARY 18, 1910 The Commoner. 13 History of Civil I Washington ' News - 1 . JJ The senate committee on inter oceanic canals had a hearing on the Flint-McLachlan hill providing for the establishment of a government owned steamship line on the Pacific coast and extending to Panama. Great interest was taken in the rep resentations of Pacific coast men that the Pacific Mail Steamship company maintained its Panama line almost solely in the interest of the trans continental rail routes. 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The vessels of the Pacific Mail com pany wero condemned sweepingly ns antiquated and the service poor. At the afternoon session the committee heard Richard R. Rogers, general counsel of tho Panama Railway com pany, in defense of the acUon of Secretary of War Dickinson in ac ceding to tho demands of tho Pacific Mail Steamship company for a larger slice of the joint rate made on through business. For many years tho Pacific Mail company received 50 per cent of this joint rate, but is now getting 70 per cent. Mr. Rogers said tho company threatened to sever its relations with the railway unless the increase was granted. He de clared that it would have meant a loss to the railway company of at least a million dollars a year. As no other company was willing to undertake the operation of ships to the Isthmus, he said, it was neces sary to comply with the Pacific com pany's demands. Homestead regulations are de scribed by an Associated Press dis patch in this way: "Regulations ex tending to May 15, the time for homesteaders to establish residence on lands in several western states, were promulgated today by the in terior department, in accordance with an act recently passed by con gress. The extension refers to all entries, as well as soldiers' declara tory statements made in North Da kota, South Dakota, Idaho, Minne sota, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, after June 1, 1909. If any payments are required, as in cases where the lands were formerly within Indian resr vations, the act operates to extend the date when payment becomes due until the entry is made. A leave of absence of three months from Jan uary 28 last is permitted by these homestead entrymen, but those who avail themselves of this privilege can not claim residence during their ab sence from their claims, and the period of residence under either commutation of five-year proofs is not shortened by the act." The abolishment of seventeen out of eighteen pension agencies in the country is recommended to the house by the appropriations committee in the report on the pension bill. The only agency will he located at Wash ington. The seventeen agencies thus cut off are located in Augusta, Me.; Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, O.; Concord, N. H.; Des Moines, la.; Detroit, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Louisville, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San Fran cisco and Topeka, Kan. The military committee reported to tho house the military academy bill which carries an appropriation of $1,876,332. 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