The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
MEASURE aimed
AT JOY RIDERS
Fines and Imprisonment for
Those Who Borrow"
Others Motor Car.
SENATE'S BUSY DAY
Bill for Establishment Of q Bureau Of
Mines to Supplant the
Present One.

vehicles will be less general IL the House
passes an amendment to the District
code which was passed in the Senate yes
terday. The amendment reads as fol-
lows:
ANY person who, without the consent
of the owner. shall take use. operate. or
remove, or cause to be taken, used, op-
Grated. or removed from a garage, stable,
or other building. or from any place or
locality on a public or private highway.
park, parkway. street. lot, field, inclosure,
or space. an automobile or motor We
hicle. and operate or drive. or cause the
same 10 be operated or driven, for his
own profit, use, or purpose, shall be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding one thous-
and dollars or imprisonment not ex-
ceeding five years, or both such tine and
Imprisonment"
Among the bills that passed the Sem
ate were the following:
resolution introduced by Senator Dill
lingham of Vermont authorizing the
Committee on Printing TO publish the re-
yised list of expenditures in Senatorial
campaigns as prepared by the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
A bill authorizing the appropriation Of
100000 for the erection of a Federal
building at Las Vegas. n. Mex.
The House bill establishing a bureau
! of Mines with a director who will re-
ceive a salary of 5000 a year. This
bureau is TO supplant the bureau now
operated under the Department OF the
Interior. The measure prohibits the di-
rector of the bureau from holding a po-
sition with or receiving a compensation
from any mine or mining industry in
the country.
| bill recompensing the National Cart
age and Warehouse Company, OF New
York. for excess duty charged on impor-
| tations into this country.
| A bill permitting States TO reserve oil
and phosphate lands under the general
land act The measure was introduced
| by Senator Borah.
| bill authorizing the extension OF
Twenty-fifth Street Southeast, in Wash
ington.
Land for Cemetery.
| 4 bill authorizing the Fort Bidwell
Peoples Church Association to use gov
ernment land for a cemetery in Modoc
| County, Cal, was passed by the Senate
yesterday. This measure has already
passed the House.
| 4 bill appropristing s,sm to John w
Mortimer. of Philadelphia, for damages
! sustained through the cancellation Of a
contract for the construction OF post
( office.
A bill providing for the establishment
| Of park and community centers on lands
! held in reserve. The lands in question
are conserved under the various reclama-
ton projects.
bill authorizing the celebration OF the
lo0th anniversary OF the treaty Of Client.
| A bill reinstating Robert n. Campbell
as a lieutenant in the Coast Artillery
Corps. Campbell comes from Salt Lake
| City. Utah.
A bill canceling certain overdue per
sonal taxes in the District of Columbia.
A resolution authorizing the President
to appoint member of the New Jersey
and New York Harbor line commission.
The resolution specifies that the COM
missioner shall be paid by the two States.
Other Bills Passed.
The following bills also were passed:
Providing for the parole of life prisoners
who have served not less than fifteen
years This bill already has passed the
House. Also a bill Incorporating the
National Academy of Arts and Letters;
also a bill Incorporating the American
Academy of Arts and Letters: also a
bill to accept the Cession by the State
of Washington of exclusive Jurisdiction
over the lands embraced within the
Mount Rainier National Park, Fort Mo
brara is made part of the homestead
territory. The bill authorizes this former
military reservation to be opened for
settlement in 1914
The following measures were intro
duced:
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, intro
duced a bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to turn over to the New
berry Historical Society of Newberry.
Mass, all data relating to the history
of the customs house there.
To protect the town of Valdez, Alaska,
and the neighboring district from glacial
destruction, Senator Jones of Washing
ton introduced a bill authorizing an
emergency appropriation of S5S,O0o
Senator McCumber of North Dakota in
troduced two amendments to the Indian
appropriations bill providing total OF
$4,000 for the education Of Indians at
Bismarck and Wahpepon, n. OAK.
Precedents were offered in the Senate
by Senator Lodge to show that the chair
has the right to offer a motion to re-
consider proposition of unanimous con-
sent Four examples were recited by
Senator Lodge in support of his conten-
tion that a unanimous consent agreement
is not binding when there is objection
after its adoption by a senator absent or
not aware of the proceedings.
Senator Lodge submitted the confer !
ence report on the immigration bill. and
il went over for consideration until Mon |
day.
Delegate Kalanianaole OF Hawaii
through Senator Poindexter, filed pro- !
test against the confirmation of Gov. |
Walter Frear, of Hawaii.
An amendment to the Smith agricul- |
tural extension bill was introduced by |
Senator Gronna prohibiting anu univer- |
sity, other than a State university, from |
expending money as provided in the BILL |
unless the Governor of the State and the
National Bureau Of Education have given !,
their consent The purpose is to prevent !
a duplica ton of the work done by State
schools through the interference Of pri-
vate organizations.
Senator Perkins of California presented |
to the Senate the favorable report of the
Committee on Naval Affairs on the bill
the Secretary Of the Navy to
pay cash for valuable suggestions made |
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