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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
26
Senate authorizes Chevy Chase to connect water mains as district bills pass. Commissioners gain power time as clause. House measure for treatment of disabled firemen is eliminated before passage. Child labor bill goes over until Senator Bev Endger can be present.
Legislative items cover district Senate approval to link Chevy Chase water with the district system, and Burkett's bill to appropriate pension funds for injured service members. House measures include Taylor's proposal to adjust street construction lighting exemptions and related public works provisions amid contested transit and utility updates.
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The House Judiciary district committee will hear Rep Campbell of Kansas present a bill prohibiting gambling on futures or notes. Introduced to ban bucket shops, the measure faces scrutiny as hearings are set, with attendees unsure of the committee’s stance ahead of March hearings.
Hearing before the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors examined the right of the United States to claim lands for a new lock and canal at the St. Marys River falls in Michigan. Water companies clash over concessions delaying construction. Chandler Dunbar and Michigan Lake Superior Power oppose government site choices. The Grand River Company sought court protection of its rights. Justice Department vigor debated as hearings continued.
Summary of Senate actions including Gamble defeating Kittredge to pass a bill creating an additional district, Alaska liquor sale regulation aimed at curbing smuggling, and House approval extending Hawaii public land leases. Also notes nominations, pending liquor bills, and Knox invited to address the Republican Club of Trenton in April.
The urgent deficiency bill passed as Senator Blewart of Vermont was sworn in. Bills on the calendar were taken up. At 3:46 o'clock the Senate adjourned to today at noon while the House discussed agriculture and adjourned at 6:00 to meet again at noon.
The foreign affairs appropriation bill reported to the House increases consular spending ability. Total funding reaches 6.62 million dollars, up from the State Department request and the current year. The committee boosts annual rent allowances to 20 percent of consuls salaries and raises the Bureau of American Republics appropriation in line with other republics.
Gifford Pinchot faces sharp criticism from Representatives Smith of California and Mondell of Wyoming during debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. Smith accuses the bureau chief of a secret effort to secure Owens River water for Los Angeles against earlier claimants. Mondell denounces alleged improper use of funds to promote the forestry service and questions the department’s role in newspapers. Amendments strike out key bureau items and restrict expenses for travel and publicity. The session ends with a party-line adjournment after a volatile roll call.
The Senate approved an urgent deficiency bill authorizing 2,000,000 for domestic armament of vessels and 20,000 for furniture and repairs. It includes 85,000 for Interior printing, adds DC District items for Garfield Hospital isolation ward and Pollex Court supplies, and provides 50,000 for War Department mileage for officers and contract surgeons.
The speech in the House by Representative Watkins of Louisiana denounces the paper trust as a donation to the trust and a tax on newspapers. He cites higher operating costs due to union labor and argues against tariff on wood pulp, warning of threats to state rights and liberty if monopolies persist. The Ways and Means Committee stays firm on no tariff revision this session amid broader opposition.
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chairman Krapp says the United States railway property valuation may require three years and cost at least 3 million dollars. He notes Adams 1906 estimate is too conservative and calls for first class engineers and a reliable force.
Representatives of authors and manufacturers reached a compromise on extending copyright to all forms of expression conveyed to the senses and fixing a universal royalty rate to be collected via government copyright stamps. The joint House and Senate committees met after hearings and expect approval, with piracy of plays considered adequately protected under existing law.
The Senate and House conferees on the street railway bill planned another meeting this afternoon to debate extending tracks to Union Station. House delegates remain committed to universal transfers and road supervision by District Commissioners, while Senate negotiators show no intent to relent.
A damaged public document by Senator Foraker attempted to accuse Vice President Fairbanks and John Hay of untruths regarding Alaska fur seal policy. Withdrawn next day, the piece sparked debates over official records, reflecting on past seal bills and joint commissions.
New York advocates of the Aldrich currency bill report broad backing from major commercial bodies nationwide. Letters from the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore and others urge Congress to defeat or amend the measure, while Rep Burton of Ohio drafts an amendment to govern credit limits for national banks under emergency provisions.
A proposed amendment discusses an emergency currency amount equal to three fourths of the security value of assets deposited and another provision plans a commission of eighteen to study necessity and practicality of revising and reforming the U S currency system.
The House Committee on Mines and Mining unanimously agreed unofficially yesterday to pursue forming a Bureau of Mines within the Interior Department. A subcommittee will draft a bill within one or two weeks, backed by former Senator Stewart who argued the bureau is needed to develop methods for treating low-grade metal ores and reducing transportation costs.
In a Senate debate sparked by a playful remark about mistletoe and romance, Mr Burleson of Kentucky proposed an agricultural appropriation amendment to study mistletoe ravages. The exchange drew laughter as Mr Games and others teased whether he was joking or serious, but the amendment ultimately failed.
Due to insufficient prison space the Navy Department has discharged prisoners who served at least one third of their sentences. To ease overcrowding, accommodations were expanded by remitting about half of confinement and extending commutations. The measure, though harmful to discipline, aimed to safeguard prisoners from unsanitary conditions on prison ships and crowded facilities.
Commander Van Duzer is named executive officer of the battleship Connecticut. He has served as inspector of the Fifteenth Lighthouse District in St Louis, Missouri, and now takes command duties aboard the battleship.
A roundup of officer movements and duty changes including Mal Sharlee Stayton relieved at Chicago and reassigned to the Philippines Division, Capt Thomas prods relieved to the Philippines and to report from San Francisco, Lt George I Holley detailed as professor at Fork Union Military Academy, retirement and examinations announced for officers, and leaves of absence granted through June 24 and April 1 for several Majors and Captains.
Orders issued to officers including Commander Ian Duzer to Connecticut 35 executive officer April 9 and Surgeon P Leach for discharge transfer to Army and Naval General Hospital Hot Springs Arkansas. Movements list ships and arrivals from Magdelena Bay to San Diego with vessels named Caesar Navajo Yankton Bradford Baston Mayflower and others. The Ieho delivered to government at League Island Navy Yard March 2.
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