The Alaska citizen., 1913-08-25

session for short time today. but
 adjourned early this afternoon to
 meet again cn Friday.
 1 The lobby committee of the house resumed it's deliberations this morn ing. with Martin Mulhdll still under examination. There were no new
 developments.
 WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 20 Debate on the Underwood tarin bill was resumed today in the senate after several days layom. Opposi- ton to the measure apparently k
 on the decline. and it k considered almost certain by the friends of the measure that il will pass the upper house by a safe majority. The house of representatives was
 not in sess on today, an adjournment having been taken yesterday after
 no until Friday morning. Provisional President Huerta's reply to President Wilson's offer of medi- alton was received today in the form of a 1.ho0Word code telegram. I'm mediately upon it's receipt several clerks were set to work to decirhcr ,he message. but t is thCught that | it will be late tonight before the Ca' ''ntS ,r be place iu tn hands | of the President in readable form. If the nature of the note iS known to the President or to the members of his cabinet. the public has no Knowledge of it. as the str.etest sc- creey has been ma .ntained regarding
 the matter. Il is thought however.
 that the message will he made public i tomorrow
 President Wilson has appointed 1 Congressman Francis Burt II Harri-
 sou to the office of governor-gcncral
 of the Philippines. The name of the 1 appOintee was sent to the senate 1 this afternoon for confirmation. liar rison at present is q member of the national congress from the state f i New York.
 Secretary of the Navy Joscphus l Dan els issued orders this afternoon 10 the officers in command of the | Pacific reserve fleet directing that i those sailors and marines who took
 part in the Seattle Potlatch rioting l be punished IS so II as the names of
 the offenders can he ascerta'ued. 1 The action Of the naval secretary comes aS the result of the findings l of the board of inquiry which inves- | t'gated the disorder which took place 1 in the Puget Sound city and found 1 the seamen guilty of creating dis l turbanccs and destroying property without provoeation.
 WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2f.- l ( nsidcrah'c commot' on was created l III the upper house of congress this afternoon bH Senator Boise PenroSe l Of Pennsylvania. who introduced a resolution calling upon the President of the United States to place 1 troops in Mexico for the protecti.n i of the American residents Of that country. The resolution also provides
 for the appropriation of s25 5,ao0 900 to
 defray the expense of stationing American soldiers in the foreign ter
 rit ".
 The resolution was not fayorahly received by the Democrat C senators. several of whom declare that Pen rose is trying to emharrass the ad- ! ministratlon.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Aug. 22- it IipuSt Oi ItiTtSeHlallkeS was III
 session fer little over an hour to day. during which time the members
 considered a miscellaneous budget of bills which had been sent to the house from the senate for immediate
 consideration. No action of inn portance was rec rded.
 President Wilson secured the ser
 vices of special stenographer to- day and began the preparation of his message on the Mexican situa- tion, which he will read to congress on Monday.
 So occupied with the work was the President that he refused co see any visitors. and the announcement was made tonight that he would have ID time for callers until the com
 pletion Of the message.
 There Were no further develop ments in the Mexican situation today
 and it Is considered probable that
 neither the United States nor Mex
 co will make any further move un-
 til the Presidents message has been
 placed before congress.
 Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
 reports that nearly $le0o0. o0O has
 been saved in imports which have
 been placed ill bonded warehouses pending the passage of the new tar if law.