Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-08
Washington Briefs

WASHINGTON, June S-Just as Penn.
sylyania avenue Is becoming soggy undeR
foot and greenish perspection is dimming
the vision of the starry eyed goddess
OF liberty" perched on the capitol dome,
night sessions are becoming the order in
the always stufy halls Of Congress. Yet,
President Harding wants Senators and
Representatives to remain on the Job I'M
I'll the ship subsidy shall have been
passed
Because Of the long hours due to
night sessions" Senator Joseph l. France
Of Maryland, is out with a plan to aid
the veteran doorkeepers and youthful
pages in the battle against the far
famed Washington summers. He pro-
posed resolution to authorize the hiring
Of additional employees Ito relieve the
present employees from excessive hours"
Senator Lenroot Of Wisconsin,
estimates at the current rate Of progress,
1t viii take the Senate about fifty seven
weeks longer TO pass the tariff bill. Thus.
he adds, the Sixty Seventh Congress will
have expired by constitutional limitation
and the Job will have to be done over
again.
Mr. Lenroot bases his calculation on
the fact there are 2,0s7 amendments 10
the House bill proposed by the senate
Finance Committee. Up to the close
/ Of business" yesterday the Senate had
acted on but 200 of those amendments.
Seven weeks had been consumed in the
process. As there is not much warrant
for the belief political discussion will
wane as election days approach. the
! Wisconsin Senator felt justified in
taking he time and trouble TO coliate and
publish his Experiment. facts ]"
The return to Washington OF John Ball
! Osborne American consul general at
Genoa, accompanied by Mrs Osborne
and their attractive daughter recalls to
! American visitors to the birthplace Of
/ Columbus during the late-lamanted
economic conference. the charming hos
pitality OF the Orborne home. with its
wtsteria-covered walls and its rose
gardens. There on Sunday afternoon the
exiles Of the American colony headed by
Ambassador Richard Washeurn Child
assembled for tea and talk and tango
under the watchful eye Of true American
hostess, whose guests left always with a
hope for another invitation.
Social and official Washington anttci-
pates with delight the second season Of
White House garden parties TO begin on
Wednesday when the President and Mrs.
Harding will entertain-as they did 1T
the initial fete last yeaT-the sick and
disabled soldiers from Walter Reed gem
eral hospital The informality and cor
dlality Of the lawn parties in the we'll
ordered grounds, are no less popular with
the present occupants of the White House
az carrying out the principle the home OF
the President is open to all the people of
America.
Governor Sproul has been requested By
the American Forestry Association to set
aside a memorial forest TO the memory
of Or. Joseph Tribe Rothrock, pioneer
in forestry, whose death occurred recent
~ at Westchester. DR.. Rothrock, whose
reputation as botanist and big game
hunter was world wide, was the inventor
of .'Pemican," a food combination used
by explorers and travellers. In addition
TO his work in behalf Of the forests of
Pennsylvania as a member Of the forest
reservation board Of the State, Dr. Roth
rock was active in the fight on tubercu-
losis. He established the first free sani-
tarium for the treatment of tuberculosis
in Pennsylvania at Mont Alto in 1902 A
tablet was placed there by the Chester
County Medical Society.