Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-05
EX-PREMIERS TALKS TO
CONGRESS THIS
AFTERNOON
WILSON IS PRESENT
PRESIDENT AND WIFE IN HOUSE
WHEN BRITISH EMMiSSARY IS
CONFERRED HONOR NEVER BE.
FORE EXTENDED A COUNTRY
MAN.

! Washington, May 5.-The highest
possible honors this afternoon were
paid to Arthur ]. Balfour, British Tor.
eign minister, on the occasion of his
official visit to the House OF Repre-.
sentatiyes. resident and Mrs. Wilson
not only attended the session. but
they took seats in the executive gal.
lery instead of ON the floor of the
Chamber @
Mr.. Belfour and his party, included
in whose number were Lieut.. General
Bridges and Admiral DeClair, reached
the capitol just before 1890. the hour
set for their welcome. They were es.
corted directly to the speakers room
where they were welcomed by a spe.
cial committee of the House and by
Speaker Clark himself. At exactly
that moment President and Mrs. vii.
son, who had made special trip to
the capitol to listen to the speech OF
Mr.. Balfour and to add official authori-
ty to the welcome, took seats in the
executive gallery, which had been
cleared for them.
England Gets Second Loan.
Washington, May 5The United
States this afternoon made its second
great war loan to England when Sec.
retary of the Treasury McAdoo turned
over to the British Ambassador
draft for $25.OO0,0OO.
The loan was made on short term
certificates and will bear interest at 5
per cent.
Plan War Tax Revenue.
Washington, May apparently in
! hopeless disagreement over tax
schedules the House ways and means
committees met today In final at
tempt to formulate war revenue bill
to be reported to the House Monday.
AS the time for reporting the bill
draws near, with little prospect of
composing dissensions in the House
committee leaders are convinced that
the fight will not only be carried to the
flour of the House but to the Senate.
Want War Risk Insurance.
Washington, d. c., May Awake
at last to the submarine peril con.
gress today prepared to enact meas.
ures placing every available resource
and energy of the nation at the ad-
mlnlstrations disposal in combating
the undersea warfare, Power more
drastic and sweeping than any ever
possessed by any ruler in the history
OF the world will be conferred upon
the president to fight the submarine
menace, if leaders have their way
The administration will lay before
congress on Monday a bill, drafted by
the shipping board, designed to in.
crease shipbuilding TO the highest pcs
sible degree II will provide not
merely for the communicating Of all
+ shipbuilding facilities but will author.
ize also the reQuisitionng of all neces-
sary materials for ship construction.
II is hoped by this method to increase
the output of American ship yerds
sufficiently to nearly Offset the de. true.
ton by submarines.
/ This measure Is entirely separated
from the pending bill authorizing ii
communicating Of all craft, from mo-
! tor boats UP to liners, for naval pur
poses The pending bill is designed
to enable the government to mobilize
all craft designated them for the sery.
ice in which they will be most valu-
able to the national interest
Meanwhile the Senate rs waiting
action by the House on the resolution
it passed several days aGo formally
authorizing the president to take over
and put into use alI German and Aus
trian ships now in American harbors,
The resolution will enable The admin
istration to put to sea shipping esti'
mated to he about the equivalent OF
one months destruction by German
!, submarines
Senator Simmons chairman OF the
SENATE finance committee was ready
today TO ask immediate consideration
of the Sjo00c0o0 war risk bill to pro-
vide life and accident insurance to the
officers and crews Of American mer'
chantmcnt lost during the war
The bill is sponsored by the admin
istration and will aid in getting snip
crews FOR voyages thru the barred
zone. It is believed.
Senator McCumber Of North Dakota
is leading determined fight IN the
senate for adoption OF a resolution