The Washington herald., 1914-05-13
Under the Capitol Dome.

Rev. William F. Chase. of Brooklyn
| continued his argument before the House
| Education Committee yesterday in favor
of the bill to establish Federal censor
ship of moving picture films. p
Rev. Dr. Chase asserted that the pres
ent national board of censorship is
largely controlled by the film manu-
facturers." The witness said that while
S6 per cent Of the film producers now are
| subject to censorship under the national
board. the remaining 4 per cent ARE a
drag to clean pictures" Jacob Schechtar
of New Yorh, representing the Universal
Film Manufacturing Company. spoke In
opposition to the bill.
The. eulogy delivered by President Will
son at Brooklyn Monday on the seventeen
marines and sailors killed at Vera Cruz.
yesterday was ordered by the Senate to
be printed in the Record. Request for
its publication was made by Senator
Gore. OF Oklahoma.
The right of way of the Union Pacific
Railroad through the States of Nebraska
100 feet in width, II the bill introduced
by Senator Norris becomes law.
The House passed the Senate bill, pro-
viding temporary means of electing
Senators In States which have not yet
provided election machinery under the
direct elections law The bill authorizes
the election of Senators from such States
in the same manner that Representatives
at-large are elected.
The appropriation Of $4,000 for the pro-
lection Of migratory game and insectiv-
orous birds. was retained by the Senate
this afternoon by a vote of Is to IL.
On the theory that the law should be
tested in the courts, the committee had
cut the appropriation to s1e.eco. Chairman
Gore stating that this would be suffi-
cient to test the constitutionality Of the
law.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination Of John c. White, of Mary
land. confirmed April "A. to be third sec
retary of the embassy at Mexico City,
now TO be secretary of legation and
consul general at Santo Domingo. He also
nominated w. B. Robbins. of Massa-
chusetts, who was made second secre-
tary of the embassy at Mexico City on
April "A. to be secretary Of legation at
Guatemala.
Louis A. Sussdorff. jr.. Of New York.
was nominated to be third secretary of
the embassy at Paris. vice warren ID.
Robbins: Hallett johnson. Of New Jer-
sey, now third secretary Of the London
embassy, to be third secretary at Con-
stsntinople: Charles B. Curtis. of New
York. lately secretary Of legation and
consul general at Santo Domingo. to De
second secretary of legation at Rio de
Janeiro. vice Franklin M. Gunther. ap-
pointed secretary of legation Christiana;
Ebert Gary Green. of Massachusetts,,
third secretary of embassay at London.
vice Hallet johnson: Frederick Ogden
de Billier. of the District. secretary of
legation to Greece and Montenegro. 20
be secretary OF legation at La Paz.
Bolivia: W. W. Smith. of Ohio. secretary
of legation and consul general at Santo
Domingo. to be secretary of legation and
consGl general at Bangkok, Siam.
Representative Dupre. a Louisiana
Democrat. filed a minority report on the
Hobson prohibition resolution as reported
to the House by the Judiciary Committee
of which he is a member. Dupre criti-
cises the committee for reporting the
resolution without Recommendation and
then asserts that prohibition is a State
issue and should not be settled arbitrarily
by act of the Federal government