Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-30
Washington Briefs
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PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger.

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WASHINGTON, March 30.-Action nt1
orally designed to blaze atrial through
Alaska for President Harding was taken
by the Senate today in the midst Of the
naval treaty debate. At the instigation
Of Senator New. chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories and Insular Possess
sions, unanimous approval was given to
a bill Immediately te-refease $212, 500 Of
an already allotted fund Of 1926, 900 for
road building in Alaska. The purpose
Of the emergency grant is to purchase
the necessary materials and have them
They viii be obtained under competitive
bids in the Northwestern STAGES. Work,
1t is hoped, will be well advanced by the
time of the Presidents prospective ar
rivdl-some time In August. Congress
holds the destiny of Mr.. Harding's Alas
kan expedition IN its d~ilatory hands. It
was reiterated at the White House that
for the moment the trip remains wholly
a cherished aspiration.
One OF Americas foremost naval au-
thorities, discussing the London cable
gram on Admiral Sir Percy Scott's anti
battleship crusade, recalls the contrary
views held by the British naval experts
at the Washington conference. Both Ad-
miral Lord Beatty and Rear Admiral Sir
Alfred Chatdeld while here consistently
upheld the big gun super-dreadnought
as the backbone of modern sea power.
Discussing the battleship controversy in
Washington, Beatty said:
1.-THE trouble with the experts who want
to Tut the powerfully armed, heavily
arnored battleships out of business is
they've never been shot at, Some Of US
have been. That's why we pin our
faith on the battleship."
"The Alnavs," an informal association
Of United States naval officers on duty in
Washington, had a jolly g~et-together din
ner Monday night. Five hundred of them,
headed by Secretary DENLY and Assist
ant Secretary Roosevelt, gathered round
the festive board and swapped assurance
Of undying fealty to one another and
the service they love, despite the sings
and arrows to which a cheese-pairing
Congress and q paciist propaganda are
subjeeting it. The name of the naval
mems get-togetheT society, "Alnavs"
comes from the code ADDRESS OF AInaV
which stands for "AIl the Navy" and
means that a message is to be broad
casted to every American-ship and sta
ton the world over.
Unnoticed by press and public ii the
maelstrom of the bigger things that
make up our national life, the Bureau Of
Entomology at the Department Of Agri-
culture has been dealing with the Rroblem
Of the humble husy bee. Be it known
that a malady known. as the isles of
Wight" disease, has been ravaging the
Bookkeeping industry throughout Great
Britain and other parts of Europe. So
FAR the blight has not as it were buzzed
across the Atlantic, but believing that
prevention is better than cure, American
and Canadian entOmologists have been
conferrnig in Washington under the
craftsmanship of DR.. L. 0. Howard, Sec
rotary Wallace's chief bug expert. One
of the measures they decided upon was
to place an absolute embargo on Euro
pean queen bees and to discourage the
importation Of adult bees into North
America except for scientific PURPOSES
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