The Washington herald., 1914-03-07
Under the Capitol Dome.

Work was begun by the House Public
Lands Committee upon its favorable re-
port Of an Alaska coal lands leasing bill.
which will release TO immediate develop
ment. with the coming of the govern
mcnt railroad, a vast acreage Of rich de-
posits of fuel in the Territory.
Whether or not the House interstate
Commerce Committee will recommend a
Congressional inquiry into the financial
and physical condition OF the Rock Is
land Railway depends. it was learned
upoY the report to he submitted to II by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The resolution offered by Representative
Green. of Iowa, calling for the-<hvestiga-
tion is in the hands OF commission eN-
perts.
Representative Eugene Kinkead. Of New
Jersey, is to be appointed postmaster at
Jersey City, according to White House
offiials.
Convicts suffering from tuberculosis
and other diseases easily communicated
were today pictured by witnesses before
the House Labor Committee as handling
figs. dates. and nuts shipped from Eu-
ropsan countries TO be eaten by Ameri-
can children. The Hensley bill prohibit
packed by convict labor was before the
committee.
Senator Kern reported in the Senate
from the Committee on Committees a
resolution naming Senator Ashurst as
chairman OF the Committee on Indian
Affairs. Senator MARITIME. chairman of
the Industrial EXpositiOns Committee:
Senator Lee. Of Maryland. chairman of
Coast Defense Committee. and Senator
West, OF Georgia, who was sworn in.
lures in the Postoffice Department
Representatives of the steamship lines
OF the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast
continued the protest against the La
Toilette seamens bill begun Thursday
by representatives of foreign steamship
lines before the House Merchant Marine
Committee. w. D. Hamilton, Of Chicago.
was spokesman for the Lumber Carriers
Association, and Frank 5. Nasten. on
behalf OF the Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce.
Representative Rassdale, of South Caro-
lima, walked out of the Rural Credits
Committee room in high temper because
Chairman Bulkley would not allow him
to question DIR. John Lee Coulter. the
expert for the committee. who was not ON
the witness stand. Ragsdale had pro-
tested against clause in the rural
credits hill which would deny to farm
land banks the privilege Of loaning money
outside their own State. Coulter sought
to explain and Ragsdale's questions to
Coulter led Bulkley to interfere.
Ninety per cent of the sheepmen and
cattlemen of Montana and the North
west have come to favcr- a leasing sys-
tenn for the control of the public range,
to c. Il. Selway, of Dillon,
Mont. who was heard by the House
Public Lands Committee on behalf of the
Kent leasing bill. Hearings will nrobably
be closed today.
The machinery used in digging the
Panama Canal will not be available for
use in Mississippi River improvements, |
according to Col. George W. Goethals. |
who appeared before the Senate Conn.,
mittee on Commerce. Col. Goethals de-
clined to discuss methods of controlling
Mississippi River floods. saying he had
spent little time on the river.
A saving of $40, 100000 each year in doc
tors bills could be made il Federal Of |
icials were authorized to make a thor
ough campaign AGAINST typhoid fever, |
according to DR.. L. l. Lumsden. of the
Public Hath Service, who appeared be-
fore the Senate Committee ON Public
Health and Quarantine. in support of the
bill appropriating 10000 for a
Federal anti-typhoid and malaria cam
'aign.