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What Congress Is Doing

I voked to get immediate considera- :
ton. the House yesterday passed the
Oil to enlarge the jurisdiction of the
Municipal Court of the District so
as to relieve the congestion in the
; Supreme Court
Recommended by the District Com
! missioners, a bill permitting the
| merging OF public utilities in the
District was introduced by Chair
man Mapes of the House District
I committee, and will be considered by
| the committee on Thursday.
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appropriation for approximately
$4,000. 900 for acquiring site and
in Washington has been asked from
Congress by Secretary Glass.
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Investigation of the Army war dec
orations was ordered by the House
after bitter attack by Represents. !.
tive James A. Ciallivan. democrat. of
Boston.
The largest postal appropriation
bill ever introduced in congress was
pa ssed, by the House with only two
i'm portant changes. One of these
struck out the appropriation for con :
tinung the air mail service and the
other struck out an appropriation o.
$500 600 for continuing the experi-
mental motor vehicle service TO orlng
produce from the rural districts 10
the nearest markets.
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The 1ony-pending water-poWer bill
was sent to conference by the House
Saturday.
Omen hearing ietore the House
, r,,les cnr,mi'tee is to be ned on
Thursday prenarHto"% to issuirg
special ~ to make sea ron 'egls-
ratio, i,-,Tre e!iate b'-sinos-. The House
ind .,.:a~v COZ, - ittee has substituted
the House hil,. drafted by Attorney
General Palmer. 70" the Sterling Dill.
"h ;ch pa ssed the Senate last Satur-
day.
Gen. -as'er E-iss and Sec
retary raker appeared before the
~avs and means committee on Thurs
dav urging relief of Poland as a
ma tier of military necessity.
Favorable report has been ordered
by the House committee on inter
state and foreign commerce on the
bill authorizing an Appropriation OF
an additional s1.1oo.Oo0 for contlnu-
ing the work on the Key bridge to
rep.ace the old Aqueduct bridge.
which is the principal approach to
Fort Myer. Arlington national ceme-
terry and that section of Virginia.
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Thomas w. Miller of the American
Lesion's legislative committee rec
omm ended to the House military at
fairs committee universal military
training for youths of nineteen to
. twenty-one for four months, with an
additional two weeks per year for
two years. and membership in a cltl-
zens' reserve army.
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Admiral Washington. chief OF nav
igation. Navy Department recon-
| mended Navy personnel of $4,000
in hearing before the naval affairs
committee.
| The House foreign affairs commit
mitteee decided to refuse authorize,
! tion for an increase in salaries and
! allowances to ambassadors and min
| listers.
| AS result of hearing before the
| House committee on foreign affairs
f! regarding the return of soldier dead
Chairman Porter introduced reso-
luton requiring the immediate re-
turn of soldiers buried in foreign
countries. The propaganda of un-
ings before the committee.
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The Shipping Board withdrew an
estimate for appropriations amount
ing to S125,00e,00o.
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in the Medical Corps. United States
Army. and for the purpose Of filling them
examinations of all eligible applicants
will be held March Is next in the United
States and its colonial possessions, in
Guiding the Panama Canal Zone, as we'll
as in France, Germany and Siberia.
In bulletin issued by Maj Gen.
William g. Ham, in charge of em-
ployment for soldiers, it is announced
that the examinations will be open
not only to PERSONS who have had
military service in the world war, but
also to civilians, The present law
requires that applicants shall be citi-
zens between the ages of twenty-five
and thirty-two years. and that the
original appointment be made in the
grade of first lieutenant. Hitherto
1t has been required that an applicant
shall have served at least a year as
an inferno in some postgraduate hos
pital. but that condition is waived
for those who have served satisfac-
torily as commissioned officers for
period of at least one year during
the world war.
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$4,000 FOR MEXICO RELIEF.

Appropriation of $4,000 for the imme-
date relief of earthquake victims in
Mexico was announced yesterday by the
Red Cross. Pending arrival of repre-
sentative of the society, the money,
which was cabled yesterday, will be
used by the American consul at Vera
Cruz as he may see fit.
The Red Cross also announced that a
unit of relief workers was being assem-
bled for dispatch to the scene of the dis
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SENATE.

SEN ALE.
Many conferences of an informal ma
ture have been held in connection
with the peace treaty. seeking some
compromise whereby the treaty ma.
be ratified. For the first time since
the treaty failed in November, Sena
tor Lodge the republican leader. and
Senator Hitchcock, the democratic
leader. met at such conference. Nc
definite settlement of the treaty fight
is yet in sight.
The democratic senators meeting in
party caucus to elect leader to sue
ceed the late Senator Martin of Vir-
ginia failed to elect, because of tie
vote with one senator, Hoke Smith
of Georgia. present, but declining to
vote. The rival candidates, Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska and Senator
Underwood of Alabama. each received
nineteen votes. II is not likely that
the democrats will meet again TO
vote on leader until some time In
February.
The Senate confirmed the District of
Columbia rent commission. consisting g
of James F.. oyster, A. Leftwich Sin
clair and Guy Mason. Sixty days from
the date of their confirmation by the
Senate the Salisbury act to prevent
profteeri in rents here becomes in
operative. and the rent commission
will have entire charge OF the situa-
ton.
An agreement on the iremen's in
crease pay bill was reached by the
Senate and House conferees Whereby
the increases allowed by the House
considerably larger than those al
lowed by the Senate, were restored to
the bill.
Senator Sherman OF Illinois has
introduced a bill for the establish
ment of a government store to seH al
cost food and clothing of all kinds TO
all government employees in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
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The water power bill was passed by
the Senate carrying an amendmen
directing the establishment of a wa
ter-power plant at Great Falls to sup
ply Washington with light and pow
er at a cost not exceeding S25.000.000
The bill now goes to conference.
Hearings on the award of naval
medals by Secretary Daniels were be-
gun before joint subcommittee OF
the Senate and House naval affairs
committees, with Admiral Sims as the
first witness. He charged that the
awards were breaking down the
morale of the Navy.
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The conferees on the railroad bill
continued work, reaching rate-makins e
features of the bill.
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Considerati ton of the Kenyon bill to
Americanize aliens in the United
States was begun, Senator Kenyon
explaining the educational features of
the bill.
The Senate ratified trade conventions
with Ecuador and Nicaragua.
Conferees of the Senate and House
on the so-called coal, oil and phos-
phate lands leasing bill met, but could
reach no agreement The bill has
been in conference for weeks.
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The privileges and elections COM
mittee determined to have the ballots
cast in Michigan in the Newberry-
Ford senatorial contest counted by a
subcommittee of five. Until the trial
of Senator New berry has been held in
Michigan on charges of corrupt prac-
tices in the election. the Senate com
mittee will not begin it's hearings, 1t
was said.
HOUSE.
The House on Monday passed the
Mapes bill to abolish the half-and-
half system of financing the National
CAPITAL
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DEVELOPMENT of Commercial Air.hips.

DEVELOPMENT of Commercial Airships.
To keep abreast of European coun
tries, and particularly Germany, in
the development of commercial air
ships, "the United States will have to
wake up and get busy at once" ac-
cording to Col. William c. Hensley
of the balloon and airship division of
the United States air service, who
has just completed a six-month in
spection and study of modern dirigi-
b.es in Europe. In a report to the
War Department he gives a vivid
account of his experience OH six
teen trips from Frederichshafen to
Staaken. near Berlin, in the Bodensee.
a Zeppelin commercial air liner built
since the armistice.
Air trips are now possible says
Col. Hensley, in any kind or condf-
ton Of weather. No weather condi-
tions except a strong cross hangar
wind prevents the Bodensee from
making it's daily fight, and accommo-
SIS a passenger The voyage leaves
a mental picture of an ever-changing
series of beautiful scenes, of the
ruins of ancient castles, of little
country hamlets tucked away in
ravines: artistic to a degree they are
with their civic centers. containing
Fairgrounds. swimming pools and
tennis courts. The trip leaves, also,
remembrance of stately monuments
to Germanic heroes of a size and
simplicity that overawes. of church
spires that reveal the touch OF a
master chisel. of industrial centers
that made Germany a rival for the
sive cultivated areas laden again
with immense crops. The design of
this Eodensee is the latest in air.
*Rirs heir: Al this time the only
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vacancies at West Point.

Owing to the difficulty the War De-
partment has in getting the author
lied complement of cadets at the
West Point Military Academy. the
requirements for admission have been
made less stringent. Heretofore the
entrance examination has been waived
only for candidates who had gradu-
ated from an accredited preparatory
or public high school The change
just made provides that a candidate
who is in actual attendance in his
senior year at such accredited insti-
tutions may submit a certificate
which, if satisfactory in other re-
spects. will be accepted in lieu of the
mental examination, on condition that
the candidate remains in school and
completes his course.
1t is stated that while this change
in no manner lowers the standard of
the entrance requirements for West
Point. it will make it possible for
many young men to enter the insti-
tuition at least one year earlier than
under the former regulation, and will
undoubtedly result in great advan
tage not only to candidates. but also
to the Military Academy and to the
Army.
There are at present SOL vacancies
in congressional districts, and of that
number ell, or 36 per cent. have not
yet been designated.
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War ON Flies and Mosa uitoes.

Shortage 1t Army Surgeons.
There are 20 cefntni nissioned. vscanssies
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HOUSE.

The House on Monday passed the
Mapes bill to abolish the half and
half system of financing the National
Capital.
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After a special rule had been in
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souche0 On "Neyt War;
In word, Erzberger. the leader Of
the peace movement of 1917, as late a.
April. 1919. was beginning again to fall
into the language of Bernhard and
talk about the next war" Not less
significant is the assertion: .sWe have
so thoroughly weakened France that
she will never be able to recover
Bernhardi said: We must so deal with
France in the next war that she will
never cross our path again" Erzbrr-
ger notes that this part of the pro-
gram has been fulfilled.
But most important of all in this
sensational document is the discussion
OF Poland Poland, says Erzbereer. is
the real peril. All the resources Of
propaganda, pacifism. agitation must
be concentrated on keeping Poland
weak. If we succeed in keeping Po
land down it will mean enormous GAIN
Tor us. In the first place, FRANCES
position on the continent is, in The
long run, untenable.
Second. the way to Russia is then
open. That is. even for a blind man.
Germany's future"
Now. if one chooses to 60 back over
the recent tankie to the still more re-
cent past II will be seen that from the
beginning it is against Poland that
there has been revealed all the So
called liberal criticism of the peace
terms. When Poland was conceded
Danzis and the wide corridor the III
tation among the so-called "libeiA's''
Continued az, FoiHteanfh Pss.Nf
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The allied powers during the con-
ference of peace in Paris and since
have temporized with the danger
claiming that assistance to any fac
tion in Russia would give no promise
of success. owing to the intangibility
of all governments set up within the
limits of the old Russian empire 10
this policy the allies have clung in
the main, though Great Britain at
various times has lent aid to Deni-
kire and others. but not in such form
sss to give concrete results in the gen.
eraI process of revivification of Rus
sia and the stamping out of bolshev-
ism.
With Britain's control threatened in
India, with tenure of the Mesopo-
tamian regians endangered, with
Egypt in turmoil which is empha sized
by holshevist agitators, with Syria
and Smyrna in the hand of foreigners
to the Jslamic world. with China Wav-
ering and practically the whole of
eastern Russia in the hands of the red
enemy. British oficialdom undoubt-
'edly realizes that the policy of drift
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-27

arn European and American armies
 were accustomed, was available. Now
 after having been habituated to the
 modern Shoe, the Serbian soldier up
 on demobilization finds it's difficult to return to the primitive sandal. Y Supplies of old shoes gathered in America which were distributed re- gently by the American Red Cross were snatched up by the peasants with avidity. American business al ready has begun to exploit this new source Of demand so that a few more years probably will see the Balkan peasant wearing. American shoes. The war has dealt the venerable i hea3gear of the Mentenegrin 3 telling l blow.
 i More than 500 years oga,, in 1888 i those Serbs who were driven to take refuge from the Turk in the mountains of Montenegro after the overthrow oi the Serbian Empire at the Battle O 1 Kossovo, adopted a cap which was in 1 tedel to keep fresh in their minds l forever a national consciousness. Int
 cap still worn to this day is brimles' 1 and bordered by a black band O 1 rlouSning The crown is a crimson ret 1 forTthe blood which was shed in thu battle and embroidered about th' l edge are six gold threaded circlei 1 for the six centuries which haV' l elapsed since 1889.
 1 Some now have discarded the car for now that Montenegro and tn Serbs have come into the glory whicl l was theirs before Kossovo. there seems, to many of them to be no reason for the perpetuation of the sentimen which the cap was calculated to keel alive through the period of diversity 1 of the nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-27

Dr. Smith said, Going back to 1889 up to 1913, when the last lobster census was taken, the catch had di
 unfinished 50 per cent, while the re- ceipts of the fishermen had increased l73 per cent. For inStance- the fisher men of Maine in 1913 received eleven times as much per pound as they did in 1889 Thes decrease in the catch in Massachusetts was nearly as great. but Connecticut showed a healthy gain and Rhode, Island gained 40 per cent. in catch through stringent laws and wise precautions. The loss in Connecticut from 1889 to 1913 was shown to be as follows: 1889, l. 5eI 900 pounds; in 1913 724.435 pounds.
 Senator Mclean this week introdue- ed a bill for the coining of a two- cent piece with the head of Roose- yelt as the medallion design. The bill was introduced at the request of the Wofnan's Roosevelt Memorial Soci- ety of New York, which believes such a memorial would be both useful and litting. The bill is now before the committee on banking and currency Of which Mir. Mclean is chairman.
 The compulsory education bill for aliens, which MT. Mclean earnestly advocates is before the senate this week with committee endorsement. Mr. Mclean, it will be recalled, has urged aliens be instructed in the Eng fish language and also in the ideals md customs of American home life. He believes such compulsory educa- ton will ko far toward stopping the spread of anarchistic ideas iii the United States. He is 8 member Of the committee on education and labor and has made a careful investigation into conditions in the regions where strikes and disorder, have prevailed, and is convinesd a. iiberal education, at least in the ri1diments Of American life will do much to. Amerieahize aliens.
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PASSING OF TIE HERALD.

Ever since the purchase of the New York Herald. with it's Paris edition and the evening edition the Telegram by Frank A. Munsey. there has been deep interest in the future of the widely known paper, which had be- T come so familiar to the people of the country because Of the Bennett in- fiuence that had always been behind it. But with the death of the son and t1s effect Of years of absent manage uent the disposal of the properties at shis time caused less surprise than the announcement Of the new owner to the effect that the Herald would be merged with the Sun and published from the up to date plant of the lat ter Fizat means in ali probability the ---sT Of identity Of the Herald, one oe the oldest of the New York papers And tne surprise becomes the greater because or the fact that those who had eEidenced some inside inforna- sion had figured out that the consoli- dalton would between the Telegram and Evening Sun that the latter might acquire the Associated Press privilege of the former. That may ""aAAr AaA ~-AAAE lAAt lS HUI arranged TOT Es yet
 Mr- Munsey has become extensively interested in large newspapers with experiences in Boston and Washing ton as well as New York. He has accomplished big things and there is no reason to believe that he will not make Q success of the merger of the papers of Dana and Bennett even as he did of the Sun and the Press
 That he regrets the necessity ei ending the separate career of the Her. ald is disclosed in his statement, but with it's rundown plant. the fact tha- is present establishment must be abandoned next year and a thorough knowledge Of the business from the survey that has been made since ac- quiring the property it becomes evi- den- that there was no other reason able course 10 pursue- Even though he Easy not feel as he did in Bostor that there are too many papers 1T . New York he is the doctor and it i. to 3e expected that the results of tn. consolidation will show in the com biaed paper even though the histori, Herald in time seems likely to lose it identity herewith as did the Press.
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MoRE suPPoRT FoR siMs.

Whether it is worthy Of all the con- sideration that has been given to it, the awarding by Secretary Daniels of a distinguished service medal to his brother-in=law because he was com mander of a vessel that was sunk in the war zone has been referred to freely in connection with the protests that have been made regarding the determination of those who should re- ceive naval decorations.
 In this connection Admiral Knight, who headed the naval award board, gave interesting testimony before the senate committee Investigating the awards which further indicates the favoritism that was displayed by the secretary in the action taken. There Admiral Knight supports the conten- ton of Admiral Sims who made the first protests to the effect that com a1andefs who lose their ships should not be rewarded for it, and in this case, where the recommendation of the board for naval cross was dis regarded and 8 distinguished medal awarded. it appears to be that the sec retary didn't want to see his relative overlooked when others were getting high awards for seemingly no differ eat service. In that action he disre- sarded the investigations of the board and apparently overlooked the fact, as it now appears from Admiral Knights testimony. that where oth- CTS who lost ships were awarded med als it was for other service perform cd
 It is perfectly clear that the con tentioh raised by Admiral Sims and supported by Admiral Knight to the effect that the morale of the navy is bound to be badly upset if there is 8 departure from the principle that ar officer who loses a ship cannot be ad- judged entitled to a decoration of spe- eial distinction. Tn the British navy in fact every commander who loses his ship. regardless of the reason is courtmartialed in order that it may D, determined at that time just what tht exact circumstances were and if il was through no fault Of his it can be esta bfished,
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|Aezs steps are taken to meet the de
 snand for paper on the other end. This |Asn't to be taken to mean that those Savho can afford to waste it should be
 ailowed to do so without any regard For the little fellows who are being forced to the wall. but that with plen-
 ty of raw material available in one form or another it is time to see that it is converted in sufficient quantity to meet the demands of a. nation that is endeavoring to meet the after effects of the war.
 With economy practiced. waste kept to the lowest point and production
 keyed up there are reasons to look for
 a much different result in 1920 than was experienced during the past twelve months. The great danger is l that the combination will not con tinue nntil the situation is completely rather than temporarily relieved.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

The governor of New Jersey atJhis inauguration pledged himself to do all that he can prove that prohibition has been forced upon the state unlawfully. The governor would better wait for the returns in the case of Rhode Isl and vs the United States before he does anything Waterbury Republi- can.
 Sweet, revenge is to be taken on profiteering landlords by the govern fnent-by having tenants tell how much rent they have paid in their in come tax blanks. Then NIT. Roper is going after the landlords. But does this revenge" concern the tenant at ait42- He has paid his rent to his landlord, and the landlord has it. It is little recompense for him to see 1 the government get a percentage oi what he has pa:d.-New Haven Reg i ister.
 Although the internal revenue bu-
 reau has banned cider hardened te more than one-half of one per cent. O
 alcohol an undiminished demand fol
 apples seenas to be counted on. II
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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JANUARY IT. t1s2oI
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THE INFLUENZA.

h keeping with predictions that have been made the country is exper- fencing a return of the influenza, but there is some satisfaction to be gaean- ed from the statements which have been made by doctors to the effect that the cases appear to be milder than last year. though the death lists now are regrettably long.
 But the fact that the disease is ap- bearing in Hlflder form does not mean that tlst as great care should not be taken to prevent it's spread. There is sn fact just as much need for taking si1 precautions against the germ that ts no respecter of person. The situa- ton is not one for alarm but one for increased care both as 10 self and the other fellow. The health authorities can he relied upon to do their utmost in curing the i'll and checking the dis ease but T is to be remembered that there is much help to be given by each and everyone by not making oneself sick worrying over the possi- hilitiss of getting the flu. by dress inE and keeping warm. by taking care of colds that develop and by observing as riEidiy as possible all the regula- tions established by the health off, cers-
 Coranson sense can be relied upon to a large extent in preventive work but it is uos time 10 be taking risks just 1 because of a dislike of ioctorins. no tine 60 he sneeziHg and coughing where others are likely to be infected and 1t is certainly no place to be where thoughtless people are doing these very things.
 The medical authorities should be much better able to fight the disease this time than on it's previous appear anca ont there is every reason Mhy the people themselves should do their u.mos1 ta avoid infection and thus lessen the demands made upon the doctors and nurses at time when so much sickness prevails. Preventive measures- accomplish great things when there Is the proper cooperation on the nart Of those for whom they are intended.