Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-22
IN CONGRESS
YESTERDAY
SENATE


a letter from Secretary Hughes de-
nying fatty and emphatically that
any secret agreement exists for future
British-American cooperation led 10
another effort by opponents of the
Four Power Pacific treaty II send il
back to committee.
A statement also was issued from
the White House that no understand
ings or agreements were reached al
the Arms Conference that were not
embodied in treaty form and made
public"
Supporting the treaty in prepared
speech, Senator Edge (Repubican) !.
New Jersey, declared that if the Four
Power treaty failed all thought Of
limiting armament must be Indefinite
ly postponed.
Senator Poindexter (Republican)
Washington. supporting the treaty,
cited what ne declared were basic dif-
ferenceS between the league and the
treaty, saying the league raised wis
ible and tangible organization Of
world government while the treaty
created mo new agency or obliga-
ton
From the District committee Chair
man Ball favorably reported the
street railway merger bill with the
provisions taxing net operating in
come in excess of 6 per cent on " fair
valuation.
Former Senator Samuel Fl. Piles, of
Washington, wa snominated to be min
lister to Colombia, and Hoffman Philip.
of New York, to be minister to Uru-
quay; also number Of promotions Of
secretaries Of embassies and lega-
tons: Raymond Y. Smith, to be
United States attorney for the district
OF New Hampshire: number of
Western court officials. and long
list of postmasterS.
Committee changes approved yes
terday caused BY the retirement Of
Senator Kenyon resulted in making
Senator Borah, of Idaho. CHAPMAN of
education and labor; Senator Edge, Of
New Jersey, chairman Of inter
oceanic canals, and Senator Lenroot,
Of Wisconsin. transferred from mill
tary affairs to appropriations. Scna-
tor Rawson. successor Of Senator Ken
yon. becomes a member Of the Mill
tary Affairs and Education and La
Dor committees as his most important
assignments.
HOUSE
Met at noon and adjourned ut i:53
p. m. until noon today.
4 ,F ,b.,
army appropriation bill, approving
a provision in the measure which calls
for a reduction by next July / in the
number Of regular army officers to
1000.
BY v<ce of 1i2 to 6S the House
had pre- .Iously rejected an amendment
by Chairman Kahn, Of the Military
Affairs Committee, to provide pay for
$4,000 officers during the coming iis-
cal year.
An amendment by Representative
Hull (Repub!ican), Iowa, proposing
an officer strength Of 10000 also was
defeated, the vote being lis to So.
Only Z of the 2l members Of the
Military Affairs Committee have def
nitey decided to leave for Muscle
Shoals, Ala, Saturday with the SEN
ate agriculture committee for an in
spection of the Government nitrate
and power project.
Definite announcement was made
that the soldier bonus bill will bc
taken up tomorrow under suspension
of the rules under plan agreed upon
ut Il conference between Speaker Gil
lett and Chairman Campbell, Of the
rules committee.
In statement presented tn the
commerce committee, a majority Of the
members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission held that the bill recently
passed by the Senate directing the
commission to order sale Of inter
changcable mileage books at a rate
lower than the existing tariff wa
unconstitutional.
Representative MillSpaugh, Il mem
Der of the District committee, intro
duced a bill to amend an act entitled
"An act to revive, with amendments,
an act to incorporate the Medical So
cicty of the District Of Columbia, an-
proved July I, 1873, as amended.
One Of the American battleShips
scrappcd rs a result Of the agreement
reached at the recent armament con-
ference should be sunk with proper
ceremony" in the opinion Of Repre-
sentative MacGrcgor Repuh!ican) +,
New York. He introduced rcsylu-
tion requesting the President to ar
range for such cercmno!al dcst:uc-