Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-09
Reported Attorney General is
Ready With Reply to
the House.
TO EXPLAIN MATTERS
House Disagrees With Senate
Amendments on lmpor-
tant Bills

stood reply by the attorney general
to the house resolution introduced by
Speaker Cannon, requesting informa-
ton as to what steps have been taken
to prosecute the paper trust" will
show the department of justice al
ready had taken initial steps to bring
the paper trust" officials to trial on
criminal charges and probably. for
that reason, it will not be possible to
supply congress with much detailed
information which might jeopardize
the success of the prosecution.
House Resumes Grind.
Washington. April "a motion by
Sherman of New York in the house
today to recommit the Indian appro-
priation bill to conference started the
daily monotony of divisiont and roll
calls The bill was returned to con-
ference. The senate amendments to
the army appropriation bill were dis
agreed to and the bill sent to confer
ence.
| Amendments to the Notifications ap-
preparation bill were likewise disa-
greed to and the bill sent to confer
ence.
| Called Up In Senate.
The house employers liability bill
was called up in the senate today and
Dolliver of Iowa explained the dider-
ence between the house and senate
bills on this subject.
! NAVAL Bill up to House
/ Washington, April 9.-The naval
| bill authorizing the construction OF
1.-TWO battleships and eight submarine
torpedo boats and carrying an ap-
lpropriation of $1G3 ,967 SIS for the nav
al service for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1908, was yesterday reported
to the house.
The appropriation recommended is
l$22,51S,S31 less than the estimates
Submitted by the department and
S3,663,916 more than the amount ap-
lpropriated for the, fiscal year ending
June so, 1908.
Among the items are:
Naval training station at Chi
i cago 81 ,o95,6oO
CONSTRUCTION and machinery 1882, ,962
Armor and armament ..... 100000
Equipment 100000
For subsurface and subma-
rlne boats ..-........... i,44s,ooV
i Seven Being Built.
i The report shows there are In
course of building seven battleships,
four armored cruisers. three scout
cruisers. five torpedo boat destroyers,
four submarine torpedo boats, two COL
liers, and two seagoing tugs.
Under the heading naval program"
, the committee recommends the con-
struction of two first class battleships,
: ten torpedo boat destroyers, eight sub
r marine torpedo boats, one subsurface
! torpedo boat, and two small vessels
of like type, an authorization of $685.
945, 900, which will be increased ST.
l 100000 by the cost of arming and
: equipping the battleships.
The relative positions of the powers
in naval strength in shown to be.
:. Ships buiIt-Great Britain, United
States, Germany, France, Japan, Rus
Isia, Italy, Austria.
: Ships built and building-Great Brit
ain. France, United States, Germany,
Japan. Russia. Italy. Austria
Table ship Subsidy Bill.
Il Washington, April BY a vote of
to a the house committee on post.
| Offices and post roads yesterday vir.
tually tabled the ocean mail subsidy
lbiIl IL .
g The bill as introduced In the house
Q raised second class mail vessels-
S carrying United States mails to South
America. the Philippines. Japan
: China and Australasia-to the sched
q ule of pay for first class vessels, an
= increase from 50 to 81 per mile. The
!, : bill passed by the senate similarly
: raised the pay for second class and
e third class vessels, an extreme In
N crease, from 81 to 81.
II In the house committee, after vigor
: Gus debate, a motion to substitute
IS the house bill for the senate bill failet
d by the vote stated. 1t is now under
e stood that the committee will AXE n,