The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15

sets and Mr.. Sterling Of Illinois cas-
the two rational votes.
Hon. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio
and the House Of Roosevelt. went on
record against the blanket power
Of the bill. He made quite an able
argument but no impression. For
mer Speaker Cannon took no pains
/ to make an able argument, but he
di6 make an impression when he
said he would vote for the bill, re-
CARELESS OF amendments. He then
told a number Of anecdotes OF Peter
Cartwright, and other famous pion-
Ger characters, which resulted in
having his time extended every Tina
it expired in the middle Of an anec-
dots.
He did not score his greatest tri-
umph, however, until he told the
House how he would like to "co-or-
dinate' AIR. George Cree, Director Of
Publicity. "If / wanted TO give any
advice TO this administration, he
said, 81 would say: Take Creel by
the seat Of the brooches and the nspe
of the neck and throw him into
space. As the House applied this TO
Mr.. Creel's latest New York COM
ments on Congress, it was sincerely
approved. Mr.. Treadway introduced
a resolution which is intended 70 find
out how far the authority OF Con-
gress is superior to Mr.. Creers or
otherwise how far Mr.. Creel's au-
thority is superior to Congress.
The Senate spent the day ON tse Post
office appropriation bill, deciding is
sues on two points most in doubt
The Postmaster General will 60 on
with his aeroplane mail service as
fa= as the hundred-thousand-dol-
lar appropriation and returns of "a
cents an ounce on letters will carry
it. As he is authorized to use aero
planes turned over to him by the
War Department, there was a secret
fear that a considerable number Of
aeroplancs might be used for the
peaceful purpose of carrying letters
in America, which might better be
devoted TO dropping down enough
dynamite in Europe TO blow our
fiendish fees to fragments.
After Mr.. BGrleson's opponents
had been voted down on aeroplanesr
his friends were voted down with
equal emphasis on pneumatic tubes.
Although he insists that the pneu-
u.atic tube service is Anticipated and
ineffective. little better than junk,
the Senate affirmed its amendment
to the House bill under which the
Postmaster General is to take over
and operate the service in six cities,
paying not over S4,443, 900, in an
nual irstallments of S476,000, on a
valuation to be fixed by tine Inter
state Commerce Commission. This
is said to be a great bargain, hut
as the Postmaster does not want the
tubes at any price his last chance
against them now lies in House sup
port in conference against the Sen
ate
Mrs. II. W. II. Strong. Of the Los
Angeles Chamber OF Commerce, ap-
pcared before tho House Committee
on Water Power to ask that the
Grand Canyon and the Colorado
river flowing through it be specially
excepted from the condition of the
new water power bill and left free
for development up to what she
thinks are practically unlimited pos
sibilities. As the canyon is about a
mile deep at times. she thinks tina:
dams along its $50 miles length
may produce new Niagaras" with
electricity enough from them to
electrify the Southern transcorti-
mental railroads-as soon as we
learn enough to use our opportuni-
ties. In the meantime she is IN
compromising in her opposition to
tying up these opportunities under
ffty-year leases.
Leases may be for indeterminate
periods" at the discretion of the
Secretary Of the Interior under the
coil lands leasing BILL favorably