Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Eoreiun Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly From the
 Great Southwest.
CONGRES SIGNAL.

The Bartholdt peace bill was favor ablv reported Thursday by the house committee on labor. It so amends the act to establish the foundation for the nromotion of industrial peace that there is created an industrial peace committee to consist of seven trus- tees and nine other persons to be se- 1ected by trustees, three to be repre- sentatives of labor, three of capital, "each chosen for distinguished service in the industrial world in promoting righteous industrial peace" and three members to represent the general public.
 The trustees are required "to invest and reinvest the principal of this foundation and all moneys contribut- ed and to pay the income to the com mittee of 16." The committee by the terms of the bill shall arrange for meetings and conferences in Washing ton of representatives of labor and capital for the purpose of discussing industrial problems with a view of ar irving at a better understanding be- tween employers and employees. It shall call such conferences in case of great industrial crises and shall take such other steps as in their discre- tion will promote the general purpose of the foundation.
 A hearing was given Thursday by the house library committee on the bill introduced by Mr Madden Qll), authorizing the expenditure of $100,- 900 toward the building on the farm in Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born, of national patriotic shrine,' which shall consist of a me- morial hall covering not more than S25O000 of which $150,000 shall be supplied by the Lincoln Farm asso- citation of New York.
 The long existing controversy as to whether the United States navy should have submarine torpedo boats of the Holland type, as recommended by the committee on naval affairs, was settled in the house of representa- tives Thursday, when, after a lengthy and lively debate, the proviso limit ing the secretary of the navy to pur- chase only boats of the Holland type was stricken out. The effect of this action was to give the secretary a free hand in the selection of submarine boats.
 The members haggled over almost every line of the three pages of the bill remaining to be disposed of, when the house met, but the principal ac- tion was that with regard to the sub marines. A humorous speech by MT. Williams, in which he had several friendly clashes with MT. Hobson (Ala) over warships and balloons, commanded the attention of the house for some time
 Provision for an enlarged homestead ln semi-arid states was made by the passage of the Shoot bill in the sen ate Wednesday. The amendments were adopted by which the bill applies only to Colorado, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota. Oregon, Utah, Wash ington, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico. It authorizes the taking of homesteads of 320 acres of ''arid" nonmineral, non-irrigable lands.
 By vote of 199 to S3. the house Of representatives Wednesday decid- ed against the presidents program for four battleships and adhered to the recommendation of it's committee on naval affairs for two vessels of that type. This result was reached after debate which lasted for four hours, and was received with applause.