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The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
WRESTLING BENEFIT
FOR HARRY JARBOE

Zeke Smith, the sensational young
ster who wrestled Joe Turner fast
thirty-minute bout at the Masons'
Carnival at the Liberty Hut last
month. has sent in a challenge to the
local man for a finish match. Smith
made such a splendid showing that
he was promised a match with the
champion, but Joe has been busy
wrestling other men and could not
grant the Richmond grappler a date
Manager Harry Jarboe. of the Gay
ETY. Theater. is trying to get the men
together. and If successful will book
them in his annual tournament at the
Gayety Monday night, June q. As
the popular manager always closes
the season with a first-class wrestling
card. he will undoubtedly give the
fans the best bout of the season.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
CHICAGO TRACK
AN IDEAL One
Big Course Will Be Run on
Rather Novel Lines Un-
der Hachmeister

Chicago. June 15.-John Hachmeis-
ter. under whose management the
Latonia race track developed into one
OF the most popular courses In AM
erica. when prior to his regime it was
regarded as the one weak link In the
successful conduct of racing In Ken
tuky, will be offered the management
OF the proposed new race course that
Is to be erected at wilmette, a sub
urb of Chicago, by the business men
of Chicago.
The new plant at the outset Is to
cost in the neighborhood of between
$4,000 and $4oo 900 and win be added
to after each meeting until II will
eventually become known as Chicago's
Million Dollar Race Course. Mem
bership will be sold for S2OO0, others
for $1,000, $500 and 800. Admission to
members will be by tickets. which
Will be issued with the membership.
incidentally breeders bureau will
be organized and the organizers of
the new race course propose to donate
free number OF thoroughbred stall
hons Tor breeding purposes. These
will either be shipped to the county
seats or the State or be kept at GEN.
ual locations for distribution as re-
quired. This movement is certain to
meet with the heartiest support of
the farmers of the State. It will have
the support of the military from Cen
eral Wood down, and the armed forces
or the government attesting to the
value of the blooded horse over the
others In war time.
The possibilities OF the new oryani-
zaton are unlimited and conducted
along the clean, high-class lines that
they propose is assured of success
from the first. and will gain the SUD
port or all the lovers OF clean sport
in this section.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York, June 15.-washington-
-ians registered at New York hotels
are: ID. R Blyth. Navarro: A. ID.
Downing. Breslin; F. ]. Marble,
Marlborough; F. ". Rind. Navarro;
w. Sabin. Great Northern: b. ].
Smith. Marlborough, w. Spencer,
Continental; R B. Sturum. Breslin;
j. M. Woodruff. Herald Square;
r. H. Woodward. Breslin: w. H.
Alexander. Latham; w. D. Bingham,
Latham; l.. r. Ittner, Aberdeen; w.
II. Johnston, Continental: F. H.
Larned, Continental; Mrs. W. Colder,
Albert; A. o. Morton. Latham; Miss
N. Veghte. Grand; H. G. Williams.
Aberdeen.
Among Washington trade repre-
sentatiyes in New York are: Lans-
burgh q Bro. Miss. A. Cox, szo
Fifth avenue. room 1903.
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JAMAICA ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE - Two-yearold maiden 6n,...
nve furiongs: Heydey, ll2; Oceanna, ll2; Germa'
liz; Ehcrinite. liz; Marie Anutoinette Ir
SECOND RACE-Threc-year-oi dIlies; six
iuriongs: Phantom Maid, lO7: Scoots li2: NV
frend. III; Duchess LACE. ia: Herodias1 Ill ;
Alphee. III; Highborn Lady. Ill: OpheIia. III:
Terentia, IN; Tuscaloosa, IN.
THIRD RACE-Three-year-olds and nm. claim
ing; one mile and a sixteenth: Llcins I03
Alma b. los; Millrace. los; xQueen OF the Sea
lW Paddy Dear. M xDragou Rock, los; xTan-
taaus. IS; Zenith. Ill; Miss Bryn. los: JJltr,
1old, lls; Teddy Rousseau, 10: Dr. Rae. l0s:
Onwa. l6; liking John. III; Zinnia. lo3; Our
Nephew. liz; luy. loi; Tailor Maid. 100; Pie
dra. ll2
FOURTH RACE-Three-y year -olds and up the
1arden City Stakes: one mile and sixteenth :
hiits d, ITO: Dorcas. lG ? Miss Bryn. ss; Dam
rosch. Us: Iwar Zone, lol; Ceramic. los; War
MASK. ls; Frederick the Great, 100; xwood-
trap. lG; Matinee Idol. III; Recount. loe:
xcamouhew. i1; xRose Dor. los: Blair Cow.
ne. %; Kohinoor. o..
FIFTH RACE-Thi ee year -olds and up. han
dicap; one mile and a sixteenth: Henry G.
no; Orestes. M; camouheur, io4; Thunder.
storm. "; Jack Stuart. O.; Fairy Wand. Ils.
hine Plaudit. IS; Royce Roofs, l8; yalor. IN
SlATH RACE-rwo-year-olds Eve furion1z
Gnsi. Us: Retrieve, lr; Blazes, ITO; Ira Wi.
son. I3; Frloosh llo; Romany. Ii0; Beck and
cal. liz: Neddam. 10; Glcnlight. llo; Mar,s
Anfosnetfe. lW: Doushboy, lln
xApprentics allowance fve pounda
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OLIPHANT MAY PLAY
WITH ATLANTA TEAM

Atlanta. Ga. June 15.-The rumor
that oliver Oliphant. West Point base
ball and gridiron star, would soon Join
the Atlanta team was given a touch of
certainty a few days ago by the re-
ceipt of a telegram by the husky lieu
tenant from Charlie Frank.
Oliphant did not make public the
contents of the message. but indicated
that his joining the Crackers was
probable when they reach Atlanta
again. His furlosgh from the army is
assured in the event he signs
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
Herzl Lands Game.

The much-talked-of Herzl-Jamoule
baseball game was won by the HerzI
team. II to J. The game furnished
good batting practice for the
Herzl A. c.
Ellis Goodman. Herzl star twirier
held down the opposing batters in
nne style: First Baseman Katz was
tne inoividual batting star. connect
ing for three hits. one being |.
homer with one on.
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plate by a neat peg from Flagsteaa
to Stanage.
Again, in the final session. the Ma
tionals threatened to tie the score,
but Ehmke frightened up and stopped
the rally. Grover popped to Youns
Leonard, hitting for Whitehouse,
singled to center, but on Judge $
roller to Heilman. Leonard was
forced at the midway sack. Joe stole
second and third. and scored on Fos-
ter's hit. Fatima followed the ex-
ample set by Joe and stole all the
way from third. from where he
scored on Milan's second hit, the
final tally for the home folks.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
Cardinals Down Humphrey..

The Cardinals of Alexandria defeat
ed the Camp Humphreys baseball
team yesterday in a one-sided game
by L to Dreifus and Strumple
were the hitting demons of the Car
dlnals. as they each secured thre,
hits during the fray. Qualey ano
Aioaugh pitched good ball for the
winners. Score:
Humphreys 90 OoloO o.
cardinals :. o. sra s-I2
Batteries-Watts and Mullen: AL
oaugh, Quayle and Summers. Patter-
son.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
REX CLUbMEN
WIN and LOSE
War Risk Is Beaten While
Steel Plant Defeats
Rex.

bill at Union League Park yesterday
afternoon, defeating the War Risk
nine, to 0, in the initial combat.
and losing to the team representing
the Washington Steel and Ordnance
Company, S to 2. in the second.
Rooney Vernstein's pitching
proved too much for the War Risk
ers in the opener and his teammates
backed him up with errorless sup
port.
Both twirlers. Ferguson for Rex,
and Lyons for Steel Plant, were wild
in the final contest. but the latter
was better in the pinches. Pat
Rooney's hitting and Andersons
sensational catch of a fly were the
features Score:
FIRST CAME
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lated for Ayers in the seventh inning

'Batted for Ayers in the seventh inning
-Batted for WhitehoJISe in the ninth Inning
Earned rIns-Washington 4: Detroit. l. Tirst
hase by errurs-W Washington, 2; Detroit 2 left
ON bases-Washington, Z; Detroit ) First b,se
on bslls-On Ayers / whitehouse /. Innings
Tatehei-By Ayers. q at bait: Whitehou,e, .
IS at haO. Hits made-Of Ayers, TO- Struck
out-By Ayers. |; Whitehouse. 2 Threebase hit
-Neach. Twobase hir-Cobb Sacrifice fly
Young Double plays-Ayers TO Shanks to
'udse; Foster TO Grover to Judge Hit by
pitcher-By Ayers (Stanage) Winning uitcber-
Ehmke; losing pitcher Ayers Umpires-Nfessrs
HildebrSnd and Moriarity. Time Of game-2
hours
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
WATTS BIG BAT HELPS
DEFEAT Y.MH.A. TEAM

George Watts heavy clouting en-
abled Clarendon to come from behind
and trim the Y. NJ. II. A. nine at
Clarendon yesterday. to 3. Stew
art. Joffee and krucoff also shone
with the stick. and Goldberg fur
nished fielding features. Next Sunday
Clarendon will meet Brentwood A.
c. with the regular lineup on the
field
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Pepcos Win Double Bill

The fast Pepco team landed +,
douoie-header by taking the first
game from the Western Buds. 2 to
Q ana the final from the Rosslyn A.
by to 4. The features of the
nrst game were the pitching OF NJ.
Jett and the hitting of Klein. while
Weinberg starred at the bat in the
second game
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BROWNS JOLT YANKEES
In SECOND BATTLE

New York. June 15.-whfle z. 900.
not to mention the nine Yankees in
volved. looked on hopelessly up at the
Polo Grounds this afternoon. Jimmy
Burke's Browns hit the Higgins
dopefuls and knocked them of the
exalted pinnacle of the American
League standing OF clubs The score
was dimInutive as possible, a 1-to-O
affair. Box score:
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Navy Yard News

Joseph Williams, first-cIass ma
chinfst in the erecting shop. was
presented with a handsome medal
oy his shopmates, on the occasion of
his thirtieth year in the navy yard.
Williams has been a devoted and
persistent worker for the Red Cross
and Salvation Army. John Phelps
being the Oldest empIoye of the
shop, was selected to make the pre-
sentation. Williams was SO over
come with emotion he was unable
to reply. A committee was an
pointed to escort him to the base
ball game. After the game they
retired to Harvey's Cafe. where re-
freshments were served.
Warren A. Slee has been absent
from the torpedo tube shop for one
week. He is at the rifle range with
the District OF Columbia Nationa,
Guard.
Elmer Smith. of the tool .hop.
piloted a family party down the
bay Saturday evening and Sunday N
his gasoline launch.
F. B. Kirkpatrick. after two
weeks vacation at his home. has re-
turned to the tool shop.
j. l.. Cogan. craneman of the tor
pedo tube shop. is sporting a new
flivver.
John II. Davis, of the torpedo
shop, is the proud father OF a baby
boy, born last Thursday
Charlie Starr. OF the tool shop, has
been absent for sometime.
Frank Swarr, of the torpedo tube
shop. has ordered a motorcycle
despite the fact that he was thrown
from one recently.
Frank Trigger. inspector OF work
in the coppersmith shop, accom-
panied by his wife motored to the
country last Tuesday. They picked
sixty-six quarts of cherries.
Jimmie Unger, who has been alb
sent fifteen days on account of
sickness, has returned to the electric
power plant
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SECOND GAME.

IS1IIIs zhTIucISUHI IlUWaIu' oIKlutl VI, HOoney
t2. Pugh. Left on tases-Steel Plant. Il: Rex,
10. First base on bahs-Of Ferguson. 9; Lyons
9 Struck out-By Ferguson. 8; by Lyons. 2
Two base hit-Eiseman Sacrifice hits-Anderson
johnson, Lyons Stolen bases-Roche Rooney 2
Hit BY Iitcher-By Lyons CHowardl. Wild pitch
Lyons. Umpires-Mr. Lusoombe. Time Of
game-l hour 50 minutes
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Runs-Roche l9. Csfrey. Howard II. Fitz-
gerald. Left on bases-Rex, I: War Risk. 6.
First base on balls-Of vernstein. ,; Schaeffer.
D. Pfiel. l. Innings pitched-By Schaeffer. S;
Pfiel, ,. Hits made-Oh Schzeffer. Z: Pfiel. l.
Struck Out-By yernstein. s.; Schaeffes, A.; Pfiei,
l. Sacrifice hits-vernstein. Stolen bsses-Mc-
Guckin, Roche. Howell. Double plAy-Degnan
to Howell Hit bS pitcher-By Pfiel (Cahpey)
Umpires-Mesrs J. Hurd and Fletcher. Time
Of gAme-l hour Is minutes
SECOND GAME
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Errors by Griffs Are
Big Help to Jungleers
Jennings Tigers Capture Second Game of
Series by 8-to-5 Count-Howard Ehmke
And Doc Ayers Break Standing Run by
Work with War Club.
By JOHN A DUGAN.

are not supposed to hit, according to
the best of baseball authorities, but if How
ard Ehmke, slab artist for the Tigers and DR..
Wyatt Yancy Ayers, hurling demon of the
Nationals had lived up to this ruling the $4,000
fans who journeyed to the Florida Avenue
Stadium to witness the Sabbath exhibition of
the national pastime yesterday, would have
been forced to watch tiresome, Gfeless con-
test. But as it was both Ayers and Ehmke
demonstrated powers with the club, and
the fans were treated to lively battle which
Jennings Iunpleers landed hY an 8-to-s count.
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Run-Demmit Twobase hits-Austip. Bak.r.
three-oase hits-Jacobeon- Sacrifice hit-Gedeon,
stolen base-Peck. Double plays-Quinn to Peck
TO Plpp; Peck TO Pipp. Struck out-By Quinn,
= Hit by pitched ball-By Quinn l. Bases on
BALI By Quinn. 2 ShOcker.
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Tigers Haze Best Of Comedy of Errors Nth Grs Tribe
Major League Statistics
AMERICAN LEAGUR
KASfAwA.-t- DA-uS

Detroit, 8; Washington. s.
ST Louis, 1: New York. o.
Where They Play To-day.
Detroit at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia
st Louis at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
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Runs-Shalin (z. Jone. Carroll. G. Watt t3,,
Stewart t2. Twobase hits-Krucof. Jofe.
Luber. Carroll. Snyder. G. Watt. 2 Struck
out-By Stewart. ,; Gutenberg 4. Base on
balls-Oh Stewart. 2: Gutenberg, ). Umpires-
Messs. Cation and wreim.
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Eros Prove Costly

Eros Prove Costly.
Errors. which are always placed
In the same term of lucky breaks.
helped the Jungleers to no less than
six of their tallies and with better
support. Ayers may have romped
through in regular Derby style. but
after Hank Shanks and Young Roy
Grover had kicked into the miscue
league. then "Spud' Murphy and
Clyde Milan could not stand to be
left out in the cold and they i'm
mediately jumped into the you're
all wrong league"
h Ehmke was given fair support. but
his wildness in the fourth frame
helped the Nationals to take the
dead while a series of bingles, sand
awiched in between solid base hits
IN the fifth. packed the old battle on
the right side of the ledger for the
Tigers and Lefty Whitehouse. who
reported this morning from Cantil-
TONS Minneapolis club of the Amer
lean Association. finished out the
hnaI two frames. Whitehouse set
the Tigers down in order, taking
FIagstead and Ellison by the strike
out route Here's how the teams
gathered their markers:
Grover starts Badly.
Pep Young. the first man to face
Doc Ayers, was given life on a miscue
~ Grover; Ellison sacrificed him to
he midway station, Cobb sent Muir
Jhy a sky-scraper. Young went to the
rot corner and scored when Roy made
high throw to catch Young. Veach
ripled to the score board. Heilman
ooked over four wide ones and when
Doc Ayers tried to pick him of the
Iitial sack. Veach Tailed with
counter number two as Ayers throw
dipped out of Judges hands.
The nth saw the Tigers tie up the
sount Dyer singled to left and on
'Spud's'' poor return of the ball went
% the midway station. Stanage sac
'ificed him to third and on Ehmke's
irst hit Dyer scored with the tally
hat knotted the count. The seventh
raw big time by the Jungleers. Flag
read singled and Dyer forced him at
Iecond, Ayers to Shanks, Stanage
vas hit by a pitched ball and Flag
rtead moved to second, Ehmke drove
l single TO center and Dyer scored
ally number one. Stanage taking the
lot corner as his next resting point
louns sent out a long fly to Rice
hat allowed Stanage to score and
shnlke took second on the throw in
Ellison was given life when Shanks
booted his roller and Cobb doubled
o left scoring Ehmke and Ellison and
cored a minute later when Veach
made his third hit of the afternoon.
Whitehouse Gets Chance.
Lefty Whitehouse was able to hold
he Tigers safe IN the two final
innings. He famed Flagstead and
Ellison. and the infield took care of
ne four other men to face him.
The Nationals were not able to con-
Iect with Ehmke's slants until the
hird, when Doc Ayers hit one of his
low balls for a single. In the next
rame. on two hits and an error,
hree tallies were put across tn.
late Milan was given free trans
'ortauon; Rice was treated to the
anne. and Murphy hit to left. scoring
filan with the Nationals first tally,
iharrity fouled to Heilman. As
'hanks looked dangerous, he wa,
wen free walk to first. Growers
Hering was booted by Ellison and
tice scored tally No. ? Doc Ayers
rove wicked single between He'll
aan and Ellison. which scored Mur
ny, out Shanks was caught A. the
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Standing Of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yeaterduy,s ResuIts-

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdny's Results
New York. S; Chicago. 4, Go in.)
Brooklyn. 8: st. Louis. 2.
Boston-Cincinnati (rain).
Where They Play Today.
Phillies at Pittsburgh.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
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Boomers, multiplied with by
the home folk Detroit the long end the battle which
onal fielding and heavy stick work and there
by the visitors helped them grab off Neither
hmke enough with the
when punching through timely bnge
and Ehmke the class by themselves, timely
singles that gathered for both outfits.
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DOWnS and Smith.
Next Sunday the Champs will nj.
the Hyattsville team.
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Champs Land Again.

Inc Champs won their fifth game
yesterday. defeating the strong Meics
team to 3, on the Monument Lot.
Score:
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Buffalo. 3; Jersey City, 1.
Buffalo. 4. Jersey City. Z
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Frank Trigger, inspector OF work
in the coppersmith shop. accom-
panied by his wife motored to the
country last Tuesday. They picked
sixty-six quarts of cherries.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-16

Jimmie Unger. who has been alb
sent fifteen days on account of
sickness. has returned to the electric
power plant.
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Totals. % sz Totals. % 5a Is 5
Rex. 020 90 KS
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Frank Swarr. of the torpedo tube
shop. has ordered motorcycle
despite the fact that he was thrown
from one recently.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
Man
3YearsAgo,
Says Negro
CoIored Laborer Arrested
on Confession of His
Woman Companion.

Confronted by the signed confess
sion of his woman companion.
Franz Bowman. Col6red laborer
in the Navy Yard, yesterday con-
fesscd to the murder of Clarence
Keefer. whose body was found in
BrOOkland woods July :. 1916.
Bowman admitted firing the two
shots that ended Keefer's life but
declared that he had not known
that he was shooting at a man. He
stated that with his woman COM
paniOn he had gone to the woods
in the afternoon and while eating
their lunch he had seen something
dark moving among the trees and
had fired.
The arrest of Bowman was made
on the confession of the woman,
.sther Brown, who told the police
90 Bowman had Threatened to kill
'r- if she gave him away. Urged
o make a clean breast of the mat
ter. she made a statement to De-
tectivcs Kelly and Grant, revealing
the story of the two-year- traE-
edy. Her story was corrobOrated
by evidence in the hands of the po-
lice.
Keefers body was found by his
half brother. C. l.. Reiser of Truck
Co. No. 6. He had been shot twice,
each bullet lodging in his chest.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
BY SAINT BRICE
Foreign Editor of lie journal
Written for Universal Seyrice.

Paris. Feb. 1.-The Peace Confer
ence continues to touch the most di-
verse subjects, passing from Oceania
to Africa and from Africa to Europe.
discussing one day the colonies and
the next day Poland. Let US not be
deceived. Behind this stage scenery
a very big contest is fought. 1t Is
over nothing less than the fixing OF
the exact future role of the society
of nations.
President Wilson conceives the So
ciety of nations as a kind of superior
step, with extensive attributes, his
idea being that to give life to the
artificial organ and necessary to
make it function is the supplying of
its activity with materials such as
the management of the vast German
colonial domain, the settling OF the
conflicts and the supervision of the
peoples and rights Evidently. under
such an effort, the new mechanism
will either develop or break
All Eventually One Family.
Fear of such a possi ibility is the
basis of objections manifest from the
French side. We desire sincerely the
The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
French Are Skeptical
OF Wilson's League
Ideals, Editor AUers
Saint Brice Says Countrymen Lack Faith in
Impressive League OF Nations Machinery
Conceived by the President.

success of the Society OF Nations.
That is exactly why We dread seeing
the cart put before the horse. Some
day, perhaps, the spirit of concord
and ConCiliation will have sufficiently
penetrated human customs to make
all people into one big family, but
such new disposition will come only
through practice. Indeed, we should
do everything in preparing the way.
There are in the present circum-
stances favorable elements which
never would come back II. now neg
lected. The fatigue after the frightful
war engenders aspirations for peace.
Let us profit by the opportunity to
extirpate so far as possible the seeds
of war. but let us not imagine the
problem is solved before it is even
accosted.
Nothing is easier than showing how
superficial is this radical transfOrma-
ton of our mentality against whiCn
President Wilson scaffolds his entire
system. We will not be so indiscreet
as to ask whether American opinion
would agree to submitting to the
Society of Nations the question or
Japanese immigration. But would not
that be a strict application OF the
principle of peoples rights?
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIYE
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HOUSE PASSES
PENSION BILL
,000,030 Appropri-
ated for Veterans; Approve
Agricultural Measure.

The agricultural and pension appro-
priation bills were passed by the
House yesterday. They now go to the
Senate.
Representatives Blanton, OF Texas,
and Quinn, of Mississippi. Democrats,
cast the only votes against the pen
sion bill The agricultural measure
went through without a dissenting
vote after it had ben recommitted and
re-reported with an amendment pro-
Viding that none of the money ap-
propriated in the bill should be used
to increase salaries of officials or EN-
ployes of the department who benert
under the recent bill granting bonuses
of $40 to civil employees Of the govern
ment.
The pension bill carries s2l5, COZ, 200
Appropriations in the agricultural bill
total 81. $751; .3S3
The Military. Academy appropriation
bill was taken up late i'm the after
noon and will be further considered
tomorrow morning.