The Washington herald., 1921-04-28

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posing excessive and pnreasenable
freight rates.
Capper. Kansas - Memorials Of
railway eondocter., nremen and
engineers Of Fort scott and Kansas
exeess profits taxi also resolution Of
the American Live stock Associa-
tior, Ell Paso, Texas, favering the
truth-fn-fabric bill.
Met at II m. and adjourned at
COS d. m. until noon today.
Debated Dyer bill incorporatfng
Americas corporations to trade In
China.
Naval appropriation bili. side
tracked By Calendar wednesday.
Committees.
Ways and Means centinued con-
.ideration OF schedules of regular
farin bill In subeemmittees.
Opponents of the Capper-Tincher
anti-grain-gambling bill told agri-
cultural committee speculation is
benehcial and necessary In the grain
and other businesses.
Executive Communieations.
Secretary OF the Treasury trans
initted estimates Of apprepriatios
Of $f51y00o for printing and bind
Ing, for the Department Of Interior,
$4,000 for furniture and nlinE
eases for the Patent once, and S1o,-
15s for the Interior Department for
the protection of the so-caIled Ore
gon and California railroad lands
and Coos bay wagon road lands,
General Land once.
Bills Reported. . D..
Judiciary Committee reported bin
to repeal section In sundry civil bin
for hseal year 1922 prohibitinr
clerks I'm United States Dlstriet
Courts from receiving eompensa-
fion or cmoluments through any
position to which appointed BY the
court other than that received as
clerk.
Committee on Irrigation OF Arid
Lands reported bill authorixiur
Secretary Of Interior In his disere-
tion, to furnish water to appIfeants
and entrymen I'm arrears for more
than one year of payment for main
tenanee of construction charges,
Notwithstanding existing law.
Bills introduced.
Edmonds, PennsyIvania-Am
Ing the prohibition act to allow the
sale Of liquors on passenger yessels
OF either American or foreign reEis-
try outside the American three.mile
limit.
) Kahn, California - Authorixinx
transportation for dependents Of
army field clerks and heId clerks.
auartermaster Corps.
rarks, Arkansns-For the RELIEF
OF the destitute sufferers from storm
In Arkansas and other States.
Appieby, New Jersey-Authorf..
Ing the coinage of q two and one
naii cent coin to be known as the
Roosevelt coin.
the purchase of subsistence stores.
snyder New fork-For the relief
ana jurisdiction of the Pueblo In
dams of New Mexico, also n buI
transferring all Jurisdiction ye.ted
In the Federal government over In.
dams OF New York to that State
with the exception of certain annvI-
ties.
Taylor, Tennessee-For III. resu.
iatfon Of persons, firms or CORPORA
tions enEiged in the transmi..io,
Of intelligence between the different
States and Territories Of the United
States.
Fish, New York-Direetinr with
drswal from Europe OF American
troops stationed In the occupied
area of Germany.
johnson, WashinEton-To reor-
and change the title of the
Bureau OF Naturalization, Depart- |
ment OF Labor, to the Bureau of |
Clark, F1orida-To prohibit the
OF persons Of the
white and negro races within the
District of Columbia.
Edmonds, PennsyIvania - To
amend the merchant marine act OF
le.o' also q bill to amend the act
the SECRETARY Of the
>avy to settle claims for damares
to private property arising from
collision with naval vessels.
Focht, Pennsylvaaia-To author
ze the District Commissioners to
close streets, roads or Highways in
he District rendered useless BY
reason OF the opening, extension,
or Strengthening OF other
streets, roads or Highways.
Mills, New York-To provide
for seamen injured
md the dependents Of seameu killed
N the course of employment; TO
'rente Federal seamen's Insurance
und' also n bill to amend sections
a to 2S8 of the Judicial Code.
Gensman, Okiahoma-For the re-
ief OF the Cheyenne and Arapahol
'ribes of Indians.
Porter, Pennsylvania Providir~I
or an appropriation for examina-
ions, surveys and, plans for reg
Hating the stream Tow and con-
rolling the food waters Of the
and Monongahela rfyersl
nd their tributaries.
BegE, Ohio-For the relief Of re-
ired commissioned warrant omeersl
{ the navy and Marine Corps,
Wilson, Louisiana TO provide
elders, sailors and Marines win
npftai for agricultural develop
rent.
Tinkham. Massachusett.-To pro-
tde allowances for mothers with
hildren under 18 dependent upon
hem for support In the District Of
olumbia.
Garrett, Tennessee-To amend AMI
ct to. codify, revise and amend the l.
'ws relating to the judiciary, also
bill to regulate dealing in leaf
,bacco.
McFadden, Pennsylvania - To
mend sections 404, 4O6 and 4o7 of
itle Nv Of the revenue act Of 1918.
Ryan, New York-For the recog-l
Ition of the Republic of Ireland By
ae United States.
Flood, Observation-Disclosures the In