Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-02
Senate Committee Adds ST.
10000 to Naval Bill.
CRYPT FOR PAUL JONES
Suits to Determine Riparian Titles
in District Directed.
VISIT OF FOREIGN FLEETS
House Action on Eight-Hour Law
Opposed, But Provision Aimed at
Steel Trust Retained.

Steel Trust Retained.
Amendments appropriating $4,000 for
the completion Of a crypt in the chapel
Of the United States Naval Academy as
the permanent resting place OF the body
Of John Paul Jones. directing the Attor-
ney General of the United states TO IN
stitute suits in court to determine the
title to lands bordering on the waterways
Of the District OF Columbia and providing
for a visit to Washington for official cere-
monies by the foreign representatives to
the Panama canal exposition In San
Francisco in 1915 are recommended Tor
adoption In the naval appropriation Dill
by the Senate committee on naval aHalrs.
The bill, with committee amendments
was reported to the Senate late yesterday
afternoon.
The naval bill. as reported by the Sen
ate committee, carries appropriations OF
s126, 4OO, 1884, an increase Of N,19O7OO
over the amount Of the House bill AS
amended, the naval increase program
calls for two first-class battleships, q
submarine tender and two gunboats.
eight-hour law be made to apply only to
the construction Of the battlesh1ps ana
not, as the House provided, to the entire
construction program.
No change in the House provision that
no part of the appropriations be paid to
any concern which operates as COM
bination in restraint Of trade Is recon-
mended by the committee. The amend
ment is directed at the steel trust. but
several lawyers In the Senate contend
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fuse to contract with a concern. until the
courts have affirmatively determined that
1t Is trust operating in restraint of
trade.
The John Paul Jones Crypt.
In providing an appropriation for the
construction of the John Paul Jones crypt
in the chapel Of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis the Senate committee goes
farther than the House. AS the bill re-
ceived the approval Of the lower House
it directed the Secretary Of the Navy
to have plans, specifications and esti-
mates prepared for the crypt and to re-
port at the next session. The Senate
committee recommends q broader pro-
vision along the same line, specifies that
the plans shall have the approval Of the
superintendent of the academy and Of the
Secretary of the Navy and then appro-
crypt in accordance with the plans.
The Senate has incorporated as an
amendment to the bill a portion Of the
measure recommended by the commission
appointed to investigate the title of the
United States to lands along the Anacos-
tia river, by which the Attorney General
is directed to institute suits in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against persons or
corporations claiming to have title or
right to lands along the Anacostia or Po-
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bill. which was introduced by Senator
Scott and approved by the Senate District
committee, the naval committee has
struck the general provision for condem-
nation of land in the District for the use
of the federal government. and the sec
tons in connection with the riparian
rights suits giving the District Supreme
Court jurisdiction to determine the value
of the rights of the United States or OF
the claimants to the lands In Question.
Although the separate bill was before
the Senate with a favorable report from
the Senate District committee. its friends
saw little chance for its passage In the
upper house, and practically no chance
for passage In the lower house. and urged
its adoption as an amendment to the
naval bill in the hope that 1t would be
accepted by the House conferees and thus
become law. Whether or not the House
of Representatives will yield to this legis-
lation in the appropriation bill remains to
be seen.
Visit Of Foreign Naval Officers.
The Swanson aaendment requesting
that the President. In his invitation to
the foreign nations to participate in the
exposition to be held In San Francisco
In celebration Of the completion of the
Panama canal, shall also invite them
to assemble their fleets at Hampton
dc nd IN fv1r-@ hal 1tcti
to come to Washington for an official
welcome by the President Of the United
States, and also requesting the President
to proceed. after the official ceremonies
assembled fleets as they start on their
trip to the exposition site, was added to
the bill by the committee.
Another amendment recommended by
the committee provides that all officers
Of the navy serving after June "a last
as chief Of a bureau In the Navy De-
partment shall have. after twenty-five
years service, while on the active list
the highest rank. title. pay and allow
ances of rear admiral, shall be retired al
that rank and receive three-fourths pay
for that rank upon retirement.
1t is also provided that the Secretary
of the Navy may make partial payments
upon contracts as the work proceeds, pro-
viding he does not exceed 80 per cent OF
the value Of the work already done.
Retirement for Disability.
A further proviso specifies that any
officer who fails in his physical examina-
ton for promotion. by reason Of physical
disability contracted in the line OF his
duty. shall be retired with the rank to
which his seniority entitled him to be pro
NOTED. There is also provision that al
officers, including warrant officers, active
or retired, who have been or may be ap-
pointed to the navy from civil life. o,
while serving In the regular Army, Navy
or Marine Corps, except as midshipmen
shall on the date Of appointment, be
credited, for computing their pay, will
I've years OF service; provided that the
total previous service Of such officers
shall have been not less than five years.
The Senate committee recommends dis
agreement with the House provision tina
no coal for the navy is to be transported
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
Ocean and Lake Surveys.
The appropriation for ocean and lake
surveys Is recommended for increase
from $4,000 to $125.000. and this added
| $4,000. 1t is specified. may be used In
the photographic Office Of the Navy
Department in this city for the pur-
| chase of supplies and hiring OF en-
ployes to produce metallic chart plates
Of the oceans and harbors of the
world, to replace charts that are now
| purchased abroad.
There is q tribute to the Y. NJ c. A
| In another amendment, allowing fed
eral heat ana light to be furnished
| free OF charge. to the association
buildings in navy yards and stations.
en- In the n tho oh a.