The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-16
Washington Bulletins
By Assoclnted Press


 Washington, December 15-Passage of the McArthur bill appropriating s4oo poo. : GOO for road building was urged today by delegation of state highway com missioners appearing before the House roads committee. Every state except Washington was represented by highway officials, who declared that since all of the s275, ,000000 appropriated since 1916 for state aid in road construction had been allotted road construction would be great ly curtailed unless the federal govern ment made more funds available. Under the McArthur bill, the government would allot $100, 900, ,000 annually for four years to the various states for new road work Henry Morgenthau of New York, for mer ambassador to Turkey, has been selected by President Wilson to act as the Presidents personal representative in mediating between the Armenians and the Turkish nationalists.
 The first supply bill of the present ses- sion was reported today by the House appropriation committee. It carried si9.- S78,012 for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year of 1922 Approval was given by the interstate commerce commission today for loan
 
 Railway company to be applied to the purchase of equipment consisting of g freight and switching locomotives and 1000 steel coal cars The railroad will finance s4, ,360, 900 of the cost of the equip ment.
 A bill to curtail speculative trading in grain and cotton was introduced today by Representative Hoch, republican, of Kansas The bill would make it illegal | to send communications through the mails or by telephone, telegraph, wire. less or cable dealing with future delivery | of products unless the sender is possessor of the products or in position to maNe 1 actual delivery.
 1 The shipping board today requested of I Congress an appropriation of $95,O2l ,JVO to meet estimated deficiences during the , recent current fiscal year.
 | The shipping board today approved the construction of four vessels aggregating | 20, 900 deadweight tons under the tax ex- 1 emption provisions of the Jones mer- 1 chant marine act, which permits ar' operator to utilize funds set aside TOT excess profits charges for the construc- tion of new tonnage of a design meeting | the approval of the board.
 The international parcel post con l ference will begin tomorrow at the | postoffice here with delegates pres 1 ent from most of the leading countries 1 of the world.
 Immigration from Canada during the last fiscal year broke all records, and l there was a tremendous increase in i immigration from Mexico as awell as l from the European countries. Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of im- migration, says in his annual report, made public today.
 l Ten members of the Senate. in a | joint letter. today urged the state de- partment to protest to the British gov | ernment against the recent refusal of l the British embassy here to wise pass l ports for members of the committee | appointed to make first-hand investi- | gation of conditions in Ireland by the commission of the committee of one hundred investigating the Irish ques- ! tion.
 l A constitutional amendment to make terms of senators and representatives begin the first Monday in December following November elections instead of March 4. was offered today by Rep resentative McArthur, republican, Ore 1 gon.
 Legislation giving the navy depart ment authority to manage and direct the operations of all government ves- sells in time of war and for six months thereafter was asked of Congress to- day by Secretary Daniels.
 An attempt to force considera ton of the Mason resolution expressing the sympathy of Congress with Irish peo- pie failed today in the House after Representative Flood. democrat vir- gina, had called the measure from the House calendar and demanded it's con sideration
 Evidences of opposition to the Sem ate resolution to revive the war fi- nance corporation were apparent to- day at hearing by the House com mittee on banking and currency Fear ] that in it's present form it might com pei the government to make additional loans to Europe was expressed by committee members and Chairman Nc Fadden. Pennsylvania. said he was anxious to avoid any suchs possibility II n6ArllC