The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-08
.DOINGS AT
 WASHINGTON

l. Secretary of State Bryan will leave for Cheyerton this afternon. where he is scheduled to lecture tonight Tomorrow he will speak at York. Pennsylvania, unless he is called back to the capital i'll the meantime by matters of state.
 The secretary stated today that nothing new had developed in the Mexican situation, and that he be- lieved Huerta would eventually yield to the American demands ill toto.
 All of the departments Of the gov ernment were closed today in ob- servance of Labor day. with the single exception of the state de- partment, which was Cecup.ed with the dispatch of important core spondence.
 The members of the lower house of congress also took the day off, but the senate resumed its delib- erations on the tariff bill as usual. The whole day was taken up with debate
 Representative John Davis, Cf West Virg nia. was sworn in today as solicitor general in the depart ment of justice. to which position he vas appointed recently by President Wilson.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept g. According to reports which are in circulation in this city. and which are believed to be authentic. Secre tary of the Navy Daniels favors the n nf hnttlachjnc at ha Bremerton navy yards, and will rec. ommend in his annual report that in future the government do some of its building at that station.
 The transfer of building opera tions to the Bremerton yards will greatly stimulate business in the Puget Sound country.
 Among the items included in the deficiency appropriation bill, which was reported in the house this after noon, is a provision for the estab- lishment of lighthouse on the Alaska coast at Cape St. Elias. The bill also carries with it appropria- tions for the installation of fog sig nals at needed points along the coast.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept B. Senator Jones, of Washington se- cured permission from the senate today to have read into the congress onal record the resolution which was drawn up by the Seattle Chamb, CT of Commerce relating to the need of better protection for vessels navi- gating the waters of Alaska. The resolution was drafted by the Cham CT of Commerce and sent to Wash ington in the hope that congress would grant some of the many re- quests for more lighthouses and other needs.
 The approaching confluence be- tween President Wilson and Special Emissary Hale is the subject of general discussion in this c.ty. The President returned from Cornish this afternoon to await the arrival of Hale who is now enroute from Mex ico, where he has been conducting an investigation for the President. He is due here within a day or two
 Secretary Bryan announced this afternoon that Special Representa- tive Lind had not been heard from this week, and that it is not known by the state department what de- velopments have taken place in Mexico since the receipt of the last 
 The senate lobby investigation has concluded its deliber- ations for the time being, an ad journment having been taken this | afternoon subject to the call of the chairman.
 Today's session of the house lob | by committee was considerably en- livened by tiff between Martin | Mulhall and former President Kirby l of the National Association of Manu- lecturers, while the latter was tes- l tifying before the probers.
 After an exchange of heated words, | Kirby made faces at the self-confes- | sed former agent of the association. | and the latter replied with an invi- tation to meet outside the committee ! room. Mulhall threatened to pull | the nose of the former president if | given the opportunity, but Kirby and ] he members of the committee saw 70 it that the desired opportunity 1 vas not presented.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.-l Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash ngton, is preparing resolution for rnd f |