Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-20
Measure Supported By Ad-
: ministration Adopted BY
Vote of 211 to 161.
PROVIDES FOR
SHIP PURCHASES
Bill Carries Appropriation Of $5,ooo, 900
For Charter or Lease Of vessels-
Ships Would Be Sold or, Leased to
- Private Capital, With Right Reserved
to Call Them Back to Government
Service in Case Of War.

washington, May 20.-The admins
tration shipping bill passed the house
today by vote Of 211 to 161, virtually
in the form 1t was introduced.
The bill now goes to the senate. 1t
proposes to appropriate $50000,000 to
be raised by Panama bonds for the
purchase, charter or lease of ships by
the government. The ships would be
sold or leased to private capital as
rapidly as possible with the govern
back into service as naval auxiliaries.
The operation Of such vessels as the
government was unable to lease or sell
would pot extend beyond five years af-
ter the close Of the European war.
S- FiIibuster Abandoned.
A shipping board of five members
empowered TO prevent rate discrimina-
ton and unfair practices by all ships
plying American waters and fixed
maximum rates would be created.
Republicans. who yesterday delayed
the vote, by offering more than ten
amendments made no further attempt
to amend the measure. Democratic
Leader Kitchin and others who op
posed the bill last year were won to its
support by the clause limiting govern
ment operations Of ships to five years
after the close of the war;
Income Tax Returns Heavy.
Returns from the income tax for the
coming fiscal year are estimated at ap-
proximately $120,oo0,O0o in revised fig
ures being compiled by the treasury
department. The exact amount within
few thousand dollars probably will
be known within the next few. days.
The expected return Of 120.000,000 is
4$35, 600. 600 or over 40 per centrmore
than officials estimated when congress
convened. "a. n So
individuals are expected to pay ap-
proximately $62,50o,000 and corpora
tons s57,500,000. Sc
The s120.000,000 estimates include
omissions of previous years.
House Passes Army Bill
BY a vote of 349 to IS, the house to-
day adopted the conference report on
the army bill as previously adopted by
the senate.
Immediately after the passage of the
shipping bill the conference report on
IQe ar11ly Dill was taken up. SndlTIIld1
Hay, of the military. committee, urged
its adoption.
Mr.. Hay assailed Ignorant news
paper editors" for criticism of the bill.
Representative Coady, of Maryland,
asked Mr.. Hay If there was any truth
in the published report that a provi-
sion had been put in the bill for the
specific purpose of providing a place
for Judge A. G. Carson, of the supreme
court of the Philippine islands, and a
native of Virginia, as civilian judge ad-
vocate in the army, and asked if>yudge
Carson was not the only person who
could qualify for that office under the
YES" retorted Mr.. Hay. ''If that will
give you any satisfaction"
, Representative Gardner. republican,
insisted that the bill was so shorn as
to acceptable even to pacifists.
"For a nation as great as ours. to
support an army no bigger than we
have today is as sensible as for Ty
Cobb to attempt to hit Walter john
son with match instead Of bat" he
said. ssaires ~