Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-14

preslaent wals0m received As eskaAs~
sinatie 0vakton fx0m spectators fm ne
galleries and nsembe9b ok me M0ase
Id the rear of the genate h&nes mhan
he appeared in the Senate kO deliver
his address On The treaty 0s peace
TIE treaty Wis praaoutsd u open aas-
sion and printed In the Congressional
Record. tbs aFsa procedure o. The
kind ID History
An Investigation into the cost CT liv-
Ing ID the District og cOIumbia. win
particnlag refeFeAce ID the price Uf
fo0asEusFs. I'd ascertain whether silere
HI prnEaeering' going on hera. Wall
- begun By thA senate District cam
sAsttse this week. II Il exBecaeA. Leg
ieaatbon TO prevent prolsteeRlng. II 4
Ii found. may be framed.
District day In the FE0uae. tOsnnrrow.
probably will give way To the prohi-
billion measure Chairman Mspes bad
intended to call I'D the bill. whick has
acen Tavosably reported BY the Dis
Ersca COMMITTEES, to eatabilsis Fetiie-
ment system for age and disability for
public school teachars n the Dis
trict. With the government and the
leachers contributing practically on y
$3.50 basis.
Hearings are scheduled FOR today
and Tuesday before the ways and
Means committee. when Attorney Gem
egal Palmer, who was formerly eaafo-
dian Of alien property. and the pres
ent custodian. Francis e 0arvan. have
been invited 10 explain the oFganiza-
ton and purposes Of the Chemical
Foundation. Inc This hearing II at
| the request og Representative j. Hanp-
ton Moore on Pennsylvania. Who has
charged that the foundation would
create monopoly os the dye Industry
lin this country through ownership Of
the thousands of enemy patents seized
during the war.
Subcommittee Of the House mer-
chant marine committee will continue
hearings during the week preparatory
70 the committee's making d tenta-
tive draft Of merchant marine policy
Hearings will be continued during
the week by the House patents com
lmlttee on the three bills urged by 81
special committee Of the National Re-
search Council: I, to make the pat
ent once distinct government estab-
lishment; z, 10 reOrganize and enlarge
the stan Of the patent ONCE and to
Increase salaries and 3. to establish
Ione court Of patent appeals In wash
ington OF the same character as the
united States Supreme Court.
Secretary OF War Baker, testifying
before the House special investigat-
lax committee, defended the poiicy of
locating training camps in the south.
1or climatic reasons
The ase committee on reforms III
the civil service will meet today to-
take action on the bill for d civil SER
vice retirement system for age and
disability Chairman LehIbach ex-
pects that the bill, which carries the
support 81 the joint conference OF en-
piOyea. will BE reported out with only
slight changes
The only measure passed by the
House during the week was To Increase
from 10000 to 100000 and to make
this an annual appropriation to the
American Printing House for The
blind
The House discussed the Nolan S.
a-day minimum wage bill On calendar
Wednesday Chairman Good BIZ the
House appropriations committee pre-
seated an amendment that In tigurinR
the minimum pay the $40 bonus
should be considered THAT III, ii
man ID HOW getting $40 q month, the
so bonus would bring It up 10 $50,
and therefore he would not qualify Tor
IAN Increase under the Nolan bill. The
N9EIOsai Federation OF Federal En-
ployes a. mastering iss Eorces 10 PER-
suade congressman 10 dRfsak the Coed
amendment when Il cDEnas np for
vote il tbs Hense.
Chairman Good III the House appro-
priasions committee introduced on
Friday resoiutIoA authorizing the
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