The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
CONGRESSPASSES
EMERGENCY BILL
Temporary Relief From
Bankruptcy for u. S.
SENT TO PRESIDENT
Annual Appropriation Bills Will Prob
ably Be Passed by August Is.
Attack on Bill in the
Senate

Senate
Washington, August 1.-Temporary relief
for the bankruptcy in which the govern
ment found itself today was granted by
Congress through passage of an emer-
gency appropriation resolution which was
sent to the President late today 1t car
ries forward the appropriations as they
existed in June and July for another
half month";" BY August Is it is expect
ed the annual appropriation bills will
have been passed
An attack was made on the emergency
measure In the Senate on the ground
that it provided no fund TO meet the In
crease in pensions authorized by the Law
recently passed The emergency appro'
priation is for necessary expenses of the
government and for the payment OF
PENSIONS In neither instance, however
does il provide for anything further thar
the estimates as they existed in June.
Senator Smith of Michigan charged Con
gress was keeping the old soldiers ou
Of their pay" He was supported by Sen
ator McCumber. chairman of the Senate
pensions COMMITTEES, who said claims
to S30.0c0,000 would be ready fol
payment by the end of this week. fol
which there were funds.
just before adjournment Senator Nc
Cumber presented resolution to meet tn,
pension emergency which will be called vi
for action tomorrow. 1t authorizes tn,
appropriation OF s30,000,000. or as much oi
that sum as may be necessary, 10 mee
pension claims that may "be due and pay
able on or before August l..
Charges were made by members O
each party that the other was responsible,
for delayed appropriation bills Senator
Warren said the democrats OF the Hous,
had failed to act on many of the bills
Senator Stone charged that the repub
licans on the other hand We're holding III
the annual pension appropriation bill.
Practically all OF the big appropriation
bills are pending and all work of develop
ment and extension in the department.
has been stopped
Sundry Civil Bill
Although the sundry civil appropriation
bill passed the Senate last Wednesday
conference has not been called on 1t
The pension bill is held. up because th'
House refuses to appropriate for the 1
pension agencies distributed Throughout
the United States while the Senate con
ferees refuse to acnuiesce in the aban
donment of these agencies,
The postoffice appropriation Bill wa
before the Senate today, but little prog
ress was made on it, The debate wa
confined 60 the featnrt Regulating secon,
| class provides Tor publications of fratef
nal and scientific societies. An attemp
was made to agree upon a provision tina
would permit such publications to carr
advertisement and still enjoy second clas
mailing privileges when the subscriber
are made up of members of the soeietie
v no pay for them only through their reg
ular association dues.
Washington, August 1.-Senator Bur
TONS bill fer the appointment of com
mission of seven TO consider plans fo
celebrating tie one hundredth anniversar,
Of the treaty with Great Britain made
at Ghent in 1914. was favorably reported
to the Senate today by the committee OF
| foreign relations.
Washington, August 1.-The Senate to
day ratified the North Atlantic fisher,
| treaty with Great Britain. settling ques
| tons involving the Newfoundland fish
cries which have been in controversy 70
many years.
| Washington, August 1.-The House toda,
adopted a resolution calling on the Secre
tary of State to furnish it with all in
| formation In his possession bearing ol
the existence of slavery in the rubber in
| dustry in Peru.
| Washington, August 1.-Another appro
| priasion bill was sent to conference to
day when the wool tariff revision meas
ure called UP by Majority Leader Under
wood In the House. The formal reques
of the Senate for a conference was reaa
and Speaker Clark named Representa-
tive Underwood Of Alabama. Shackleforc
of Missouri and Payne of New York as
conferees for the House
Washington, August 1.-The long ex-
pected cotton tariff revision bill was called
up in the House today by MajV1ty Lead
er Underwood and made the unfinished
business. II will be rushed through the
House and sent over to the Senate, prob
ably before the close OF the week.
Washington. August 1.-The construc-
ton CT a Lincoln Lee Grant memorial IN
Washington at an expense of N,25o,000 Is
proposed in House bill by Represents
tive Pou of North Carolina.
1t would appropriate $4,000 for the
erection of a statue of Robert II. Lee. di-
rectly opposite the statue now being
built 70 the memory of Ulysses Grant.
Labor Men in Jail
Lake Charles, La. August 1.-The pris
oners who are held in jail here on the
charge OF murder or melting to riot II
connection with the labor riot July Z a
the Grabow lumber mill, So Of them IL