Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-10

service. Attempts have been made
before to learn the facts in the case,
but they have met with failure.
Plan for Vast Naval Show.
In connection with the proposed
Panama Canal exposition, which will
be held doubtless either in New Or
leans or San Francisco, the govern
ment has plan which it is expect
ed will excite the lively interest of
the world.
Uncle Sam proposes to ask all the
foreign governments which have ma,
vies to assemble as many of their
great warships as possible at Hamp-
ton Roads at the time of the opening
CT the Panama canal II is expected
that if the government finally makes
up its mind to make the request there
will be naval show of the Virginia
coast such as the eye of man never
has looked upon. There was goodly
assemblage of vessels at the time Of
the jamestown exposition, but 1t is
believed that the great fleet which
will come together in 1915 will out
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/ Virginia capes In 1907.
1t is intended that as many of the
war vessels as possible shall leave
their anchorage at Hampton Roads,
proceed up Chesapeake bay and as
far up the Potomac as possible and
that then the vessels shall send dele
cations of officers and men to Wash
ington TO greet the president of the
United States.
After this it is proposed that the
president shall go to Hampton Roads
and there review the warships of the
world. Such a spectacle as is prom
Used could not fail to be of unrivaled
naval grandeur and one which would
draw visitors from all over the Unit
ed States and a large attendance of
foreigners.
Following the parade up the Poto-
mac, the demonstration in Washing
ton, and the review in Hampton
shall form in procession and proceed
to the east coast of Panama and then
to move in single file through the
newly opened canal to the waters of
the Pacific.
Vote on Balilnger Demanded.
An attempt is to be made by mem
bers of congress who take Gift
ford Finchots side of the contro-
versy with Secretary Ballinger to
force a record vote at an early date
on the report of the investigating COM
mittee, a majority of which found that
the secretary was guiltless even Of the
charge of lack of sympathy with the
conservation movement
1t is certain that the senate viii be
forced to go on record in the Lorimer
case, and the house probably must do
likewise in the Ballinger Pinchot case.
1t is said that the members of neither
body have any strong desire publicly
to cast their vote on either of these
matters of controversy.
Representative Hitchcock of Nebras-
ka, who soon will be a United States
senator from that state, has introduced
a resolution in the house asking for
the discharge of the committee on ag-
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the Ballinger-Pinchot reports. The In
vestigating committees findings were
referred to the committee on agricul-
ture as soon as they reached the house
and there has been a feeling that the
committee might not find 1t convent
ent'' to report to the full house. If no
report is made by the committee the
house will not be compelled to vote on
the subject of the vindication Of Secre-
tary Ballinger and he would be forced
to rest content with the knowledge
that the investigation committee by
majority vote had found him absolute
ly free from the faint of wrong doing,
and of non-sympathy with the conser-
walton movement.
Would Put House on Record.
II Representative Hitchcock's res
olution prevails and the agricultural
committee is discharged from further
consideration of the reports, the mat
ter, of course, will carry its vexations
to the house. The committee on rules
has the Hitchcock resolution in its
keeping and the chances are that 1t
will decline to report the resolution
fayorably. Then it will be possible
under the new rules of the house for
Mr.. Hitchcock to move to discharge
the committee on rules from further
consideration of the resolution. 1t can
be seen readily enough that vote on
a measure Of this kind would dis
close at once the relative strengths OF
the Ballinger and the Pinchot forces
in the house of representatives. From
this vote it will be possible to learn
which one OF the reports of the inves'
tigating committee, the majority re-
port In favor of Ballinger, or the mi
nority report against him, would stand
the best chance of adoption.
What the friends Of Mr.. Pinchot
want to have done is to put the mem
bers on record one way or the other,
and they believe that vote on the
Hitchcock resolution would be practi.
cally as valuable from their point of
view as would a vote on the actual
question of the adoption Of one or the
other of the findings of the commit
tee of investigation.
Launching Of the Arkansas.
The big battleship Arkansas, OF
26 900 tons burden, will be launched
January 10 at Camden, N. j. Presi-
dent TAFT, Secretary Of the Navy
Meyer, the governor of the state OF
Arkansas, and other prominent Off
csals will be present.
The Arkansas is the biggest battle
ship yet laid down by the American
government. 1t is 70 feet longer than
he Delaware, which is known as the
first American "dreadnought." The
new ship will be only $50 tons light
err than the British battleship Lion.
the great war vessel of Great Britain
which was recently launched In Eng
land. The Arkansas will have heavier
arrnor than the Lion and 1t is said that