Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-13
IN CONGRESS
YESTERDAY
SENATE

Met at noon and recessed at 5:35
p. m. until today at noon.
Senator Pat Harrison suggested an
adjournment at 2:30 o'clock ito give
senators a chance to study the tariff
BILL but as the request was denied
everybody laughed and the opening
of the baseball season caused an eX-
odus from the chamber.
The entire afternoon was spent by
senator's from agricultural States de-
batting the barberry bush, which is
said to propagate wheat rust, and in
the end, at the insistence of Chairman
Norris, the appropriation to eradi-
cate the bush was Increased from
100000 to 100000.
A resolution proposing indorse-
ment of the project for Jewish nat
ional home in Palestine in accordance
with the Balfour declaration was in
troduced by Senator Lodge.
A number of postmaster nomina-
tions were sent in, among the impor-
tant appointments being that Of
James Insky, at Syracuse, y. Y.
The principal witness before the
labor committee in connection with the
investigation of the case of Gen. Gre
gorie SemenoH antibolsheyik leader,
with a view to his deportation, were
Gen. w. S. Graves, commander Of the
American expeditionary forces in ST.
IBERIA, and his chief aid, Lieut.. Col.
Charles II. Morrow.
nf
murders and mistreatment Of Rus
SLAMS and other nationalities, includ-
ing Americans. all of which he charg-
ed to the direction Of Semen0f
Col. Morrow told the committee of
numerous massacres and killings Of
prisoners and civilians by forces IN
der Semenoff and Of the appeal Of the
Swedish Red Cross TO him for pro-
lection.
Maj. Gen Patrick, chief of the army
air service, and his assistants appeal
ed to the appropriations committee to
reverse the action OF the House in cut
ting down the request for funds for
aircraft.
The agriculture committee contin-
uing its consideration of the proposed
offers for the Muscle Shoals project,
arguments submitted we're directed to
subjects Of power and transportation.
HOUSE
Met at noon and adjourned at 7:30
pm. until noon today.
General debate on the naval ap-
preparation bill was concluded. The
vote on the number of enlisted person
mel is not expected before next week,
hu; leaders opposing the reduction
made in the committee bill declared
they have enough votes to uphold the
Navy Department.
Mr.. Cochran Democratl, New
York, objected to the United States
losing its place with world navies and
declared that this country. as pro-
posed by the conference and the bill
before the House, was ready to play
second fiddle"
Pressed by Representative Rogers,
of Massachusetts. Chairman Kelley,
in charge of the bill, declined to say
where he got the figures as to the en-
listed strength of the British and Jap
anese navies which were contained in
the statement given out by him when
the naval bill was reported.
Mr. Rogers asked Mr.. Kelley direct
" if he had been in touch with the
British and japanese embassies and
received the figures he included in the
report from those sources, but the
subcommittee chairman again de-
clined to answer
When Mr.. Rogers then declared that
he preferred to accept the figures Of
the American navy rather than those
Of the British or Japanese embassies
the conference navy men" let out "A
cowboy yell.
"Unlcss American representatives
are liars" calculated Mr.. Rogers,
'the House ought to accept their ad-
vice as to what forces the two other
nations had ordered"
Authority would be given Judges of
Federal district courts on the appll-
cation of the Attorney General to ar-
1oint receivers to operate coal mines
at which production has been Sus-
pended under a bill introduced by Mr.
HuddIcstun, Of Alabama.