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THE DAILY PRESS Ii the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receive*, the
full newg report of the Asso?
ciated Press.
VOL XIII. NO. 92.
BBYAN HAVING BUSY
TIME I? NEW YORK
He Is Delivering Non-Partisan Add-j
resses and Attending PolMcal
Conferences of Importance.
GREET MBS. BRYAN ON HER RElURNl
Talks Entertainingly to the Ncwspa- ;
ptr Men Abcut the Income Which '
I
lie Derives From H'S Lectures and
Wi-'.tingo?Political Prominence is j
an Asset For Any Man.
fHy Associated Press!
NI0W YORK. April 20?His lociur-j
in): lour brought WHiaiU Jennings
llryan to this city today and lie und ,
also planned to meet Mrs. Bryan on '
hi r arrival from Europe tomorrow. !
At (he Hoffman House he was joined
? lining the day by Miss tiiuce llry.ni '
who hag taken a holiday frflm" tier
studies at a Virginia school lo wel-]
come her mother home.
Mri?, llryan is a passenger on the
Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha. '
The stEamcr was reported off Nan- |
luckel today. The vessel will land !
ber passengers tomorrow. Mr. nnd
Mrs. llryan 'will leave for the West
ou Thursday. i
In the meantime Mr. llryan will fill
several engagements ami take part
in conferences of more or less polit?
ical significance.
After bis arrival from Utica early j
today he breakfasted with Colonel
Hcirly Wnlterson, met many personal
friends', Including some prominent]
Democrats and chatted with the ne\vt>. j
paper moii.
No Idle Hcurc for Him.
Tonight lie delivered his lecture on '
"The Old World nnd Its "Ways." at the1
St. Simon Episcopal church. Earlier
in ibe evening ho had dined with the
rector, Rev. Ralph Walker. Tomor?
row he will be entertained by Gov?
ernor Fort and others at Trenton, N.
.1.. and in the evening he will address
the People's Institute at Cooper Union
here.
Later be will attend the dinner of
tile Missouri Society of New York.
Wednesday evening he will be a guest
at the joint banquet of The Associa?
ted Press and American Newspaper
Publishers' Association.
His lecture at Cooper Union will
have no bearing on political affairs.
Aside from a few lecture engagements
in Nebraska, Mr. Bryan said tonight,
thai he bad nothing scheduled until
May 13, when be is to ntleilfl the con?
ference to be held at Washington to
further the "Conservation of Our Nat?
ural Hi sources."
With interviewers today Mr. Dry an
persistently avoided discussion of the
political biituniion in this state. Mr.
llryan talked freely on other matters.
Talks About His Work.
' One interviewer suggested that the
Nobraskan, having been credited with
an earning capacity of from $f>o,ooo to
$7r>,ti(.'0 a year, might he exposed to
the charge by opponents that he was
no longer representative of the labor?
ing class, but n full fledged plutocrat.
To this Mr. llryan replied: "My In?
come is derived mainly from my le^i
lining, with some addition from ar?
ticles written for other publications
and something from my own paper,
but the amount has been very mticn
exaggerated. I make more speeches
for nothing than for pay, and devote
jno/cV time lo public work than prl
\y'iv gain. The income I have recelv
,'jt\ has come from people who attend '
/ my lectures and who read what J I
write and Hiereforo my obligation Is
to the whole people rather itnin to any
special class. The best test of tho
effect of my Income is to be found in j
the things that I advocate. My views'
have not changed upon public ques- j
lions. I am contending for the samo
things now thai I dttl then and t
think no one will deny that I could
make more by siding with the cor?
porate interests that I have opposed
than I have mude out of. lecturing.
Political Prominence an Asset.
??My political prominence has been'
? nn advantage in Hint it has given mo
! a larger reading circle nnd n larger
andlonce, but I could have used the
?'-:-noe In other ways to greater
? advantage. For instance i
d $2f>,000 a year ns coun- j
j corporation, but It would
'n me out of the political
lecturing and writing I can
I It I new! In half the time
,^\ho rost for public work.
, .^^hloveland found hist low
income, larger after lie was In the
White HOUBO than before. So (llil
l'n sldeht Harrison. This was the ex?
perience of Speaker Heed, after his
service in Congress. Secretary Shaw
found his services more valuaftle after
he hail been In the cabinet:. Political
prominence Is an asset in any kind m
business.
Income a Legitimate One.
"1 eonlii not have turned my atten?
tion to anything where It would not
have been an advantage and had I
us,'it all of my time lecturing and
writing I could have made twice as
much as I have. The quest loh |s not
whether 1 have.made more than 1 did
before I was nominated, hut whether
I have made it in a legitimate way,
und I think no one will deny that my
income has been derived Trom a M
gltlmate source. The next question
is whether the increase in my earning
power lias chauged my views on public
questions. No one, i think, will con?
tend that it has."
Pat Reply to Reporter.
Among the questions which Mr.
Rryan did not answer was one put by
tt reporter: "Do you expect to be
nominated for the presidency?''
"Well, this Ib refreshing," said Mr.
Bryan,', with a smile, "i presume yon
have read Caesar, young man, and
will remember that the hook reads: ;
'All Onul is divided Into three parts. '
If Julius Caesar had known you be
fore he wrote that book ho probably
would have struck out two of I he
parts."
Spent Life in Radius of Four Miles. I
CATSKILL, N. Y.. April 20?John 1
Post, one of the wealthiest retired ,
farmers in Greene county, died at i
his home here late today, aged 'JS
years. His life hud been apent with- |
in a radius of four miles/
TO REPORT FOWLER BILL'
House GflNtteB on Fiaance and
Banking Defeats Vreelart Measure.
VREELA?D PREDICTS A BIG PANIC
Says it Will be Criminal Negligence
or? Part of Congress Not to Pass
an Emergency Financial Measure at
This Session.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 20 ?
The House committee, on banking and
currency today voted to lay on the
table the financial bill offered by Rep
resentatlve Edward B. yVeeland, of
New York, as a substitute for the Al?
di ich bill, and decided to report fa?
vorably the bill recently introduced
by Chairman Powler, providing for a
currency commission to be composed
of 43 members, 11 members of the
Senate, li members of the House, anj
21 others, who must be citizens of the
United States.
The action of the committee was
taken late in the afternoon, after a
I meeting lasting all day. Repn .-cute -
I tive Vrceland appeared before the
I committee ami made a long argument
I In favor of his bill, saying he thought
It would he criminal negligence to?
Congress to adjourn without passing
some measure of protection in thu
event of another panic this fall. He
did not think that a panic wnu Immi?
nent. Mr. Vrceland said that Ills bill
was an emergency measure and ho
.favored the appointment of a curren
; cy commission to consider a perman?
ent banking and currency law.
Representative Hbenezer J. Hill, ul
Connecticut, replied to Mr. Vrcelan f,
I s.-veivly criticising Iiis measure-,
I which he said was the Aldrlsh hill,
i pure and simple, with t?,n sections
omitted. The committee Iben wen!
I lnit> executive session to consider Hie
i measure. The discussion over It wot
I more protracted than over the Aldrlcli
j bill, which was tabled last wrek. Th-?
Yret-Iiind bill had some supporters and
when the vote on the motion in table
: it was taken, Messrs. Weeks, Massey,
( Burton, Ohio, and McKlnney, IHinon,
voted In the negative.
Thore voting in the afllrmalive were
Messrs. Prinee, llinois; McMoran,
Michigan: W. ems, Ohio: Wnldo, New
j York; Hayes", California; I'ujo, Lou?
isiana; Glass, Vlrginln; Oiilespie, Tcx
' as; James, ICcnt(Uffiy; Crawford,
, North Carolina, and Chairman Fow?
ler. As In tho case of the Aldrlcli bill
the committee decided fo giyo no rea
i son to lha House for its action.
The mot'en to report the Fowlot
currency hill was adopted 10 lo "J.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Pujo, James and Crawford
j while Messrs. Burton and McHcnry
. voted "present."
NKWPORT N
NE6HQ SOLDIERS GUILTY
OF MURDER AND TREASON
Ssnalor Bora!) Delivers Powerful
Speech on lire Shooting Up
of Brownsville-.
BLACKS INTENDED TO K'Ll WORE
Id.iho Senator Ridicules Intimation of |
Foraker's That the Shooting-Up was
Done by Residents of the Place?J
Forcibly Points Out the Fallacy of'
Such an Argument.
(My Associated Press)
WASHINOTON. I). C, April 20.?
Tito Drownvllle. Texas affair called
for the most intense interest In thei
Bonnie today, Senator Borah in Iiis
maiden speech, taking the ground!
thai the testimony showed conclusive-(
ly that the negro soldiers of the
Twenly-flCth regiment shot-up thej
town. He gave a careful analysis Ofj
the evidence in the case. There, was,
an unusually large number of sena?
tors present.
The morale of the army, Mr. Dorah;
said, is paramount to any man's right'
to remain In It. If any man In the
Twenty-fifth regiment participated In
the riot and if others connived at the
crime by concealing knowledge of It,
to shield the guilty parties, then thy
are guilty alike, he declared.
Mr, Borah called attention lo Mr.
Toruker's suggestion that the citizens
of Brownvlllo might have shot-up the
town to secure the removal of the
soldiers. "The charge of conspira?
cy," ho said. "Involved the necessity
of long preparations, the stealing of
tho shells and their distribution on
the street?, of BrownvllleV; hut follow
ed to Its logical-conclusion. If It Is
worth anything at all, this conspira?
cy not only steals the shells anil i
scatters them upon the street, but It
also furnishes them to the men wbnj
did the firing?tho men who actually;
went on the streets of their own!
town, assaulted their own people, the,
wives and children of their friends]
and shot the arm off n policeman.]
Now 1 confess Hint there may have
I possibly been a desire to attack the
(soldiers lut it seems that this con-]
splracy, If It had an exlstanco, would
I not have turned its guns on its own'
people."
I Calls It Murder and Treason.
' He referred to "the Judgment pass i
j ed upon these Soldiers by their own
officers," nnd quoted their testlpiony
to that effect given prior lo the Sen?
ate investigation.
Mr. Borah announced his conclus?
ion as being thai the testimony dis?
closed i ho guilt of certain members of
I the Twenty-fifth ns participating in the
I Brownvllle raid hpyond a reasonable
doubt nnd. he added, "If they were
guilty nt. all they were guilty of de
I liberate murder?murder planned nnd
deliberated on and accomplished with
deadly precision. The one point In
which the riolers failed was with res;
p^ct to lite number of their victims.
They evidently exepcted to kill more
tlinn they did.
"No morn serious charge than this
was ever made against a soldier of
the United Slates. For less offenses
many a soldier has been condemned
and shot at sunrise. To my mind II
was treason, if not lechlnlcally so, yet
morally treason in a most aggravat?
ed form."
Mr. Borah dwell ai some length up?
on the accomplishments of the negro
race since the abolition of slavery and
found much cause for congratulation
but he said, this fnct could not ex?
cuse Individuals from punishment for
crime even if such leniency should be
in the interest of tho race which it
would not be. Concluding, lie said:
"Let it be understood by them nn.l
by nil that Ibis government is their
government ns well as ours; that
,their valor and heroism helped to
preserve it nnd that justice will be
? meted out loth in protection ami in
punishment; that, the door of hope
will not be closed nor any escnpe
1 from crime provided. I*ei It be
j known, ns every mnn must nt least
know, that if this republic Is to en?
dure, obedience to tho law is to he
i the first tenet of our faith nnd that
the great army of the United States
must be one in which the women nnd
children enn feel perfectly secure
when they retire for the night." \
IWilliamsburg May Build Track.
WILLIAMSHIIHC, April 20?Several
, citizen's are forming a racing asso?
ciation here, and projiose having a
half mile track near tho city. If the
people generally take nn interest in
this organization It will eventually be
turned into a. ccunty fair association.
Between 40 and ,~>0 persons are con
inectod with the movement.
EWS, VA., TUESDAY
first step taken to
secure thaw's release.
New York Stale Supreme Court Ju?
tlee Grants Permission to Al?
low Thaw to Sign Papers.
illy Associated Press)
POUOH.KKEPStM, N. V.. April 20?
The ilrst step in the pn.citings
looking to tin* roleaso of Harry K.
Thaw from the state asylum for the
Insane n( Manoawan, wan ial.cn to
day. ' Jntncs Graham, of Newhorg.
formerly sccretniy to Governor Odd I
appeared a,a Thaw's counsel before
Justice Morschnhser, of the New
York Stale Supreme Court, at White
Pluhu, und applied for an order di?
recting the superintendent of the
asylum to permit Thaw to sign an
application fi r ft writ of bonbons cor?
pus. The order wan promptly Issu?
ed n?d it will probably be served up?
on the acting superintendent n{ the
asylum nt once.
According to the usual prccoedure
in such cases, Thaw will sign the ap?
plication for n writ of habeas corpus
which will then be submitted to i;
justice of the Supreme Court probably
Justice Morschouscr. Such writs
are always granted and the date when
the writ Is returnable Is fixed to suit
the convenience of all parties con?
cerned. Then Thaw w ill appear be-j
fore a justice of the Supreme Court
for a hearing to determine whether!
ho shall be released from the asylum |
as anno. Probably ihe hearing will,
bo held before Justice Morschnuftor,
rockbridg! county man I
assassinated in woods
W. I. Yowell Found Dead Near His
Home in Fairfield With Bullet l
Holes in His Head.
(Special lo The Dallv Press.) |
LEXINGTON, VA.. April 20?W. I.
Yowell was found dead in the woo>is
at his home near Kali Held this morn?
ing with several bullet holes in his
head. The man had ben shot from
the rear. Thero is no clue as to who
committed the deed.
Yowell was last seen shortly before
noon on Sunday. The body was dis?
covered nt an early hour this morn?
ing. Yowejl wns aged 50 years, and
Is survived by a wife and eight chil?
dren. Ho came to Roo.kbridgo from
Page county ten years ngo.
republicans in house
sustain speaker cannon
Almost by Strict Party Vote Declared
There Was no Breach of the
Privilege of the House.
(By Associated Press!
WASHINGTON, 1). C, April 20 ?
With the exception of Messrs. Cooper
and Nelson, of Wisconsin, the Hou.>u
today, by a strict party vole, declared
that the action of Speaker Cannon last
Saturday. In summarily ndjourning the
I House was not a breach of the prlv
j liege of the House affecting Its safety,
i dignity and integrity of its proceed
! ings.
The declaration was mnde when n
I resolution by Mr. Wifl.ams holding
such a breach to -have been commit?
ted, wan tabled 146 lo 11?. The vo.
was preceded by Statements hy boin
Mr. Williams and the speaker. Alto>
disclaiming that a result of the epis?
ode there would be a porsonnl breach
between him and the speaker, Mr.
I Williams maintained that the action
'? was an unprecedented parliamentary
? act. On the other part Speaker Gan
' non called attention lo the dilatory
j tnctics of the minority leader for the
, past two weeks and said H was tue
speaker's privilege and his duty to
sweep aride a dilatory demand and,
declare the House adjourned.
The Republicans put through an
amendment lo the rules making any
day "suspension day," and substitut?
ing a majority for a two-thirds vote
to pass nny member.
merry widow hats
drive men from church
Burlington (N. J.) Ministers Say New
Headgear is Keep ng (V.en Away
From the Churches.
IH RLINGTON. N. J., April 20 ?
Several local church* s have proposed
u ban upon Merry Widow hats in the
congregation during services.. Psb
tors deelure that men are becoming
fewer at the services ns the number
I of big hats Increase, and threaten to
make many male backsliders. Ushers
In some of the more crowded churches
were at their wits' end to seat their
Kastor congregations. Pews whlon
I have comfortably accommodated six
persons would hold no more than four
'?when the quartet woro large bat?. In
the prominent chure'hos hereafter II
is proposed to request women who
' wear their big hats to church to
j check them at the cloak rocm during
J the services.
l\ apuil 21, ums.
BITTER LABOR WAR
IS ON IN CONGRESS
Polclans Fail to Prevent Bio
Contest Starting lip on Eva
ot Presidential Election.
TROUBLE IS DUE TO HEPBURN BILL
Citizens" Industrial Association ot Am?
erica Takes up Fight in Behalf of
Capital?In Memorial to Legislntoro
Organization Declares Union Lead?
ers Seek to Ruin Citizens.
WASHINGTON. H. C.. April 'JO.? j
Capital and labor an- ngnln before j
Congress in a flRhi which promises to
lie national in its extent. Antago?
nism which politicians have been try- j
Inn lo keep In restrain! during the
presidential election year bus slipped;
rrom control and the contending fac-(
Hons show a desire to tear one an?
other's lliroala. Renewal of hostili?
ties is due to the Hepburn bill, which j
proposes to ease the restrictions Im?
posed by the Sherman antitrust law.|
Bccrotary Taft bus recently warned
the people' that n fight HatweoU lnhor'
and capital Is coming which wil shake
.the foundations of government. Lo-l
gislntors confronted with petitions
] from the contending Interests read In
Ithoni words which bring the prophe
cv of Secretary Taft vividly before
them; |
I Petitions were presented In tho
I Bonalo and House today signed by'
."The Citizens' Industrial Association
.of America." protesting against the
graining of special privileges to or?
ganized labor. This association Is
described as "conducted for the pur?
pose of defending the rights of ci?
tizens mid presenting organized resis?
tance to the abuses of organized capl
tnl or labor." It bns been little heard
in previous content Ions between capi?
tal and Is of recent formal ion.
Forty-seven powerful organizations,
in all the large cities, are represent?
ed by the association.
W.III Fight Labor Organizations, j
Aroused by the efforts of labor or?
ganizations to Influence Congress for
the extension of their control over
American institutions, those buck of
the Industrial Association are seeking
lo counteract their effortr. to Influence
legislation. They churge that a
ceaseless stream of petitions urging
bitt.r favornblo to labor Is being pour?
ed Into the capital. They would
counteract the effect of those by
a presentation or tho other side of
the great question.
The language of the memorial
which was laid before Cougresa" Is
no| paolflc. Reference l8 made, in
the "demand" of the mnnagers of the
American Federation of i?it_or. which
is termed a direct attack upon the
liberty cf the people and termed
"class legislation." The granting or
this desire, it la nsserted. would mean
a "aitbversion of nil Inherited rights
of the Individual und establish 'With?
in the state' it lesser state of great
power. Thus liberty would pass
from l he people."
"It also Seeks to legalize the boy?
cott." says the petition, referring to
labor's campaign, "and a radical antl
Injunction law such ns orgnnized la?
bor seeks would remove all obstlcalea
and allow the members of labor un?
ions complete license to commit nets
of depredation nnd assault upon p<?
.tons before the courts could restrain
l hem."
Of special privileges which Con?
gress Is urged to gram to organized
labor the petition says they could
"combine and force tho common ci?
tizen to buy trust controlled lnhor a:,
prices and on terms dictated by the
manages thereof." Labor, It i3 de?
clared, would have the privilege to
boycott; oppress and ruin citizens, to
prevent citizens from earning n liv?
ing except they pay a portion or their
wages tc. and obey the labor manag?
ers, nnd to commit nets or depreda?
tion and despoliation not now per?
missible under the law, all "by a cor
responding withdrawn) rrom other
citizens of a portion or their liberties
and rights."
REV. A. 0. SYKES LEFT
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Former Rector of St. Pauls a Benl
ficlary Uuner the Will of Mrs.
Mary Bennett, of Buffalo.
(Special to Th<! Dally Press)
BUFFALO. N. Y.. April 20.?The
Buffalo Commercial says in part In
toilay's Issue:
"The will of the late Mary J. Ben?
nett, widow of Kdward Bennett, haa
beim filed In the office of Surrogate
Hnrt, for prolate. The estate Is
vMu?d at between $200,1)00 and $500,
ooo. Tin- will was made on Novem
her 2C(h last . The oxoeutors arc
lieVi Arthur o. Sykes, formerly of
Ruffulo, and recently of Newport
Sews, V?.. and Atlornoy Harry D.
Williams, Uuftalo. Hov. Mr. Bykoa
and Mr. Wllllamu aro among tlu? bo
neflqlnrlea under the will. Among
Other things the will directs:
- 'To Rev. Arthur 0. Sykes, in whoa'e
welfare mv late hviBbnnd nnd 1 have
been for many years Interested nnd
lor whom 1 have a very strong af?
fection, fifteen thousand dollnr?: that
?nun lo be paid to his wife or children
In the event tif his death.'"
SHOT GIRL BECAUSE SHE
DIDN'T WANr HIM TO DRINK
Rockbrldge County Girl Mortally |
Wounded by Man to Whom She
WasEngaged to be Married.
fSpeclal To Tho Dally Press.)
LEXINGTON. VA . April 20. Cecil
Knlek, 20 years of age. shot Miss
Mary Clark. 18 years old. With Intent
to kill. Saturday night, at the hotm
of the girl, near Colliers, 1? Rock
bridge county. The tragedy was the
result of Jealousy on the part of llio
man.
The couple were engaged to be
married. The girl hnil threatened to
discard Knlek, who was addicted to
drink, llploss he reformed. This
angered the man that he lost all con?
trol, and drawing a revolver from lib
pocket opened fire on the girl. Two
shots took effect. It is thought that
Miss Clark cannot recover,
Knlek made hin osc-apo after the
shootlut; and hns not yet been cap?
tured. Thb neighborhood baa been
greatly stirred by Hie tragedy, Search?
ing parlies are scouring the mountains
for the criminal.
goooIIfoFj?
los Angeles (flaking Slay o! Of
FLEE! FORMALLYWELGOMEQ TO ClIY
Governor of State and Mayor of City
Extend Cordial Greetings nt a Ban?
quet Given to the Officers?Vacant
j Chair for Evans.
I (By Associated Press)
1 IvOS A NO ELKS, CAU, April 20.?A
long day of merry muKing by the
Sailers of the American battleship
; fleet, wo? brought to n close tonight
with two big banquets, one to the
I potty ofllcers at the largest cafe In
I the city, nnd the other to the admir?
als und commanding ofllcers of the
fleet and members of their staffs,
i The latter function was provided at
'the Hotel Alexandria, the official
[fleet headquarters and was made the
. occasion of formal welcome to Lot?
' Angelos, both Mayor A. C. Harper,
j und Governor .1. N. Glllett being In
' eluded among the speakers. Rear
Admiral Charles M. Thomas. In com?
mand or the fleet, ret ponded to tho
; addresses of welcome,
j A vacant chah- marked the plaee |
I originally assigned to Rear Admiral]
i Evans. <
One fourth of the men Included in I
I tho entire enlisted force came ashore
to take part In the festivities planned
j in their honor. There wero n fiOf? |
.sailors and mnrlnes in the liberty
I parties. Once on the beach they
found free reins and trolley enrsj
awaiting them; and arriving In the
city, they found all manner of con?
veyances at their disposal. Most of I
tho sailors made nt onco for Chnte.t |
park where an amateur boxing enr
nival, managed nud refereed hy J. J.
.lotteries was the first attraction of|
j the day. ,
j Tho lightweight championship of I
the feet was decided today under ]
nnvy regulations, Lutinskl of the New
Jersey winning from Meyers of tho
j Ohio, in eight rounds.
The barbactie ami wild western I
show followed the bout nnd tonight
tho sailor boys have full prossnssion
of the streets. Today's program for|
the entertainment or the enlisted men
In to be. repeated tomorrow, Weducs-I
day and Thursday for the henedt of]
the other tailors of the fleet. Thous?
ands of the residents of I^os Angeles!
and vicinity flocked aboard the bnt- j
tleshins again today .the transporta?
tion lines to Snn Pedro, I>cng Bench
Dadondo. Venice, Ocean Park nnd I
Santa Monica having all they could j
do to handle the crowd.!.
C. C. Kent, Sr., Dead.
Xe.ws has been received of the I
death of Mr. 0. C. Kent, father of |
Mr. C C. Kent. Jr., former secretary
of the local Young Men's Chrlstion
, Association. Mr. Kent was advanced
in years, and had t.'ien In feohlo
' henlth for some lime. His death oc
' c irred Saturday at his home In Lees
. burg, Vu.
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tueoday and Wednes?
day; warmer in north portion;
light to fresh north winds he
corning east Wodnesd'?y.
IMMCK TW? ( E1STS
President's Recommendation (or
Four Battleships Not Mtiered
at Ail by CommlUee.
BIO INCREASE FOR MAHIBE C0BP5
Semite Dill Carries Over Seven Mil?
lion Dollars More Than the House
Dill?Fore River Company to Con?
struct Three Colliers?Norfolk Navy
Yard to be Improved.
(Hy Associated l'rcsa)
WASHINGTON, D, C. Apill 20 --
After consideration of lekn than two
bourn the Seriate committee on nnvtt
affairs today reported the haVaj a'p*
proprlatlon bill to the Sonate. It
carries $11,040,549. an Increaso of
$7.570,0:11 over the amount of the bill
as it was paiiHed hy the House. On
the battleship construction program
the Semite oommUtce adopted ttio
policy of the Mouse, making no
change in tho piovlniou for two Vos
ue|s. The President's mossngo advo?
cating the construction of four bat
tloBhlpa was hot considered, as It was
known that the committee was op.
pound to that program. Concerning
the construction of a collier, n pro?
vision was Incorporated In the hill
that one should be built on tho Pa?
cific coast, which means Mate Island
navy yard.
*\n appropriation of $1,800,000 wna
made for the purchunc of threo col?
liers to bo constructed by tho Fora
ntv--chip Company. Other Import?
ant 'nrm nehiicnts were mndu as fol?
lows:
Increase of 20 per cent. In the pay
of officers of the navy and clvlllur
professors und Instructoro ut tho naval
academy, und of 10 per cent, in tho
pay of the oulisted forco, $3,G53,9t>9;
an Increase of the pay of professorn of
mathematics, constructors corps ana
civil engineer corps to equal that of
ollleers of the same rank In tho med?
ical and pay corps, $10,450. '
Appropriation for Norfolk.
For public works, additional appro?
priations were uvado as follows;
Portsmouth. N. H., $90,000; Nor?
folk. Vn., ? $200,000: Puget Sound.
$140.000; Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Is?
lands, for naval station and dry
docks. $1.000.000; Charleston $320,
000; Marino Corps. $050,000. The ap?
propriations for the Marine Corpe.
exclusive of the public works, aggre?
gate $621,148.
Several matters of general legisla?
tion were recommended .by tho com?
mittee ns follows: Giving tho stuff
corps title eh now established for the
stuff corps of the army* but providing
that in no case shall this carry com?
mand.
Providing for tho establishment or
a woman's nurse corps In the navy;
providing that naval bands shall not
reo Ivo remuneration for music fur?
nished in competition with civilian
bands.
Marine Corps' Increaee.
The provision for the Increase, of
the Marine Corps Ir, as follows: One
major general In commandant, in place
of present i brigadier general com?
mandant; one lieutenant colonel; two
majors; 18 captains; seven first lieu?
tenants, and 14 secoud lieutenants Iti
tho line. One lieutenant colonel, as?
sistant adjutant iuspootor; and one
lieutenant colonel,. assistant quarter?
master; one major, assistant quarter?
master; and threo captains, assistant
quartermasters; one major and, .two
captains, assistant paymasters; two
s; rgoant majors, 15 quartermaster
sergeaats; 20 first sergeants, GO ser?
geants; 125 corporals; ten dninunern.
ten trump.tf-rs-and 918 privaten. Tho
bill also reapproprlatea tho unexperioV
lid balance for the construction of the.
Bociute bridge. Now York, and pro?
vides thnt the limit cost of the dry
dock at the New York navy yard shall
be $1,500.000. .
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED.
Finance Committee Will Consider
Schmelz Bros. Offer.
Chairman J. Winston Rend yester?
day Issued a call for a meeting of tho
finance committee of the council tor
Thursday nlghi, for the purpose of
i considering the offer of Sohmelz Bros.,
bankers, for tho purchase of thr> city's
street Improvement bonds for $100,000.
1 It seems very likely lhat the. flnarico
committee will recommend that the
bankers1 offer be uCoDpi??.