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UNDERWOOD IN
HARMONY PLEA
Democratic Leader Tells Cau
cus of the Necessity of
Avoiding Discord.
ASSIGNMENTS ARE DECIDED
Members Appointed to Five
CommitteesThe Ways and
Means-Slate Is Approved.
The Democrats of the House today
resumed their caucus behind closed
doors, following the decisive vote
yesterday when the Carlin resolution
for an open caucus was defeat?
The caucus today first turr
attention to the assignment o
the
Are committees necessary to transact
the routine business of the House
and the Ways and Means Committee
slate was approved with but little
opposition.
Majority Leader Underwood then
took the floor and began a plea for
party harmony in tariff revision, ask
ing his colleagues to subordinate
personal differences for the good of
the party in its effort to reform the
Payne law.
Wants Blanket Bill
Congressman Underwood also advocated-
a revision of the tariff In a
Manket bill Instead of schedule by
schedule. It' Is Believed 'that the blank
et revision will be approved ultimately
by the Democrats.
President Wilson is understood to fa
.vor a revision In one b:ll, but the Pres
ident was less fortunate in his desire
for an open caucus. The Underwood
forces in the House -late yesterday
overwhelmingly voted down a proposi
tion to throw open the doors.
Owing to the caucus there was no
session of the House today. As mem
.bars nid the caucus, . room- they
wer given" a KXtpage handbook com
piled by former Clerk Daniel p. Koper,
ui tne Ways and Means committee.
Mr. Roper Is now First Assistant
Postmaster General. The handbook is
full of statistical matters relating to
the probable effect of the Democratic
tariff revision from a revenue raising
standpoint, but does not carry the to
tal revenue' expected under the Un
derwood bill. This estimate wag de
clared In the majority report of the
Ways and Means Committee.
The caucus, wnlch may extend
through two days. Is going to be a
spirited affair. This was shown yes
terday, .when for two hours the mili
tant Democracy wrangled over the
luestlon of throwing the doors open to
the public. Congressman Underwood,
majority leader, and Congressman
Palmer, an Administration spokesman,
(Continued on Sixth Page.),
Twenty Days' Annual
Leave for Firemen
Members of the tire department can be
granted only twenty days' annual leave,
according to an opinion ot the Corpora
tion Counsel, submitted to the Commis
sioner today. Request that they be
allowed twenty-four days was made re
cently on the ground that, under the
regulations, each fireman Is allowed one
day off in five, and that therefore when
nn annual furlough a member loees the
four days he would receive were he on
duty.
The Corporation Counsel holds, how
over, that the limit of twenty days
annual leave, provided for In the Dis
trict appropriation bill, cannot be ex
cecded. Tho bill provides that leaves
of absence for members of the Fire De
partment exceeding twenty days In any
one year shall be without pay.
Wealthy Young Man
Sentenced to Jail
AL.LENTOWN. Pa., April 9. On en
tering a plea of guilty to a charge
of attempting to kidnap Miss Anna E
Stoekel, a local society belle, heiress
and Vassar graduate last January,
Samuel Sinclair. Jr.. of Kenneth
Square, Pa., former State highway in
spector and member of a rich Quaker
family, was sentenced to 'iserve six
months in Jail and pay a fine of 300
In court here today. Sinclair was in
love with the girl and attempted to
carry her oft In an automobile, but
the chauffeur became frightened and
turned the party over to the police.
Senate Passes Bristow
Resolution on Pensions
The Senate today passed the resolu
tion of Senator Bristow calling on the
District Commissioners for Information
as to the number of persons on the
police and firemen's pension .roll, how ,
they are employed, and the compenaa-1
tlon received by each In such employ-1
ment i
The resolution was introduced yes-1
terday by Senator Bristow. It was I
amended today on motion of Senator'
Oalllnger by Including the amount ofl
pension each one gets. I
White House Callers.
Secretary of State Bryan.
SENATORS.
Galllnger. N. H.
CONGRESSMEN.
Raker. Cal. Wilson. Fla.
Ilamlll. N. J. Jackson, Md.
Lewis. Md. Quezon, P. 1.
Glass. Va. Earns haw, F. I.
John T. McGraw. of West Virginia.
Dudley Field Malone, of New York.
Mayor Kerb, of Columbus. Ohio.
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London Bud, Found After Six
Days, Say6 She Was Weary
of Pampering.
LONDON. April 9. "I wanted to meet
real people and to be of some use in the
world," said Miss Lucy Dodge, grand
daughter of John BIgelow, who disap
peared six days ago and was only found
yesterday. I -anrtired of tho pampered'
social life which has been mine since
childhood, and I want to go to work.
Working girls earn their own living,
and I see no reason why I should not.
I will do so, too."
This explanation for her disappear
ance was given by Miss Dodge today
when she returned to her step-father's
home. In Seymour street. For six days
Miss Dodge has lived in lodgings near
the Marble Arch, while the whole of the
London police force was on the lookout
for her.
Mrs. Lionel Guest, Miss Dodge's moth
er, did not hear of her daughter's dis
appearance until yesterday. She had
been visiting In the country, and thought
her daughter was also visiting friends
at another place. The Hon. Lionel
Guest has conducted the search.
Her stepfather stated that Miss Dodge
had not decided on the particular busi
ness which she would take up, but that
it was her Intention to make her own
living. He stated that she was In per
fect health, and had no reason except
the longing to make her own living to
cause her to leave home.
Miss Dodge has frequently told her
friends that she wanted to make her
own living, and not continue to live on
the money of her relatives.
BRECllPlLL
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Kentuckian to Be Named as
Assistant War Secretary.
Other Appointments.
Former Gov. John K. Osborne of
Wyoming will be appointed First As
sistant Secretary of State by President
Wilson, cither this afternoon or to
morrow. Henry Breckenrldge, the original Wil
son man, of Kentucky, recent Prince
ton graduate and son of Gen. Joseph
C. Breckenrldge, of 2133 Wyoming ave
nue, this city, will be made Assistant
Secretary of War.
William II. Osborne, of North Caro
lina, Is to be appointed Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, succeeding Royal
E. Cabell, of Richmond, Va
These appointments were forecasted
at the White House today. The first
named was governor of Wyoming from
1893 to 1897, Is one of Secretary
Bryan's closest friends, and one of the
original Wilson men of the Plains State.
The appointment of Mr Brecken
rldge as Assistant Secretary of War,
succeeding General Oliver Is more or
less a surprise, as It was understood
that Joseph K. Davles, Democratic na
tional committeeman from Wisconsin,
was slated for the Job.
Sanity of Woman
Attacked in Suit
a ...trrtlnt in pvnected this aftprnnnn
In the suit of Mrs. Samuel II. Bond to
brtak the will of her mothr, .Mrs. Ann
A. Cornish, widow of Major George G.
Cornish, who left her J.')0.000 In trust
with the Washington Loan and Trust
Company for her grandnlecc, Dorothy
E. G. Miller. The case has been on trial
before Justice Gould. In Probate Court,
for more than two weeks. ,
Mrs. Bond attacks the sanit of her
mother at the time the will was ex
ecuted, July 6, Vli. She was cut off
without a cent because of alleged differ
ences between her mother and herself.
WORK
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Chester, Pa., Collector Is Asked
to Resign Because of Laxity
in Work of His Office.
TREASURY OFFICIALS ANGRY
Secretary McAdoo Forbids His
Subordinates to Give Out
News of Department.
Fear that the customs frauds first
discovered in Boston may have been
perpetrated in many of the large
Atlantic coast ports of entry seized
Treasury officials today. Frauds of
the "sleeper trunk" and "marked
cask" variety are now known to have
been worked in New" York and the
vicinity of Philadelphia, as well as
in Boston. Investigation is going on
in other cities to determine if the
swindlers operated there.
That Chester, Pa., a subport of
entry for Philadelphia, had become
involved in the scandal was learned
today when Secretary McAdoo with
reluctance- admitted that the resig
nation of C. W. Hill, collector of cus
toms at Chester, had been demanded.
Lax Methods Alleged.
Personal dishonesty Is not charged
against Hill but it Is intimated that lax
ity in the conduct of his office made It
possible for the frauds to be worked
just as they were In New Tork and
Boston.
According to gossip in the Treasury,
extreme 'anger exists In high officials
that the scandal Is developing and
spreading In spite of the lid clamped
on Treasury Department news by Sec-
T-Atnr XtrAHAn. That Hill reft!cnat1nn
had been peremptorily demanded was!
not learned hore- first but In Phlladel-j
Phia and was reluctantly confirmed!
'here.
Attempts to find out about the origin
al "leak" In the matter of thu customs
scandal through the investigation which
Secretary McAdoo ordered are report
ed to have been unsuccessful and this Is
said to be one. of the reasons why the
Secretary of the Treasury ordered tho
jiq ciampea on news giving Dy aivision
and bureau chiefs.
Only the Comptrollers of the Currency
and the Treasury are immune irom tne
order and these with respect to routine
Items of bank Incorporations and de
cisions on points In auditing Govern
ment bills.
All News Is Barred.
As the order now stands, the head of
the Revenue Cutter Service sending a
cutter to the rescue of a disabled vessel
could not give assurance of the order
even to relatives of men on board the
vessel. A similar state of affairs pre
vails with respect to the life-saving
service.
To add to the troubles of the depatr
ment. the Secretary of the Treasury is
having difficulty In finding a man whom
he tvants for the Assistant Secretary
ship in charge of the division of cus
toms. Assistant Secretary James F.
Curtis Is continuing to serve in this
post, although he Is eager to close his
desk and get to Boston, where he will
practice law.
Civil Service Pension
Advocate Sees Wilson
The question of civil service pensions
came before President Wilson for the
first time today, when Congressman
Hamlll of New Jersey presented Mlcha.i
F. O'Donoghue to the Executive. A
brief presentation of the subject was
made.
President Wilson told his visitors that
he haj made no decision regarding the
matter, and that his mind was open to
arguments on any or all sides of the
rase.
Secretary of State Bryan wns the first
caller upon the President today, but the
conference did not result in any an
nouncement belnt made as to the recog
nition of China nor other questions now
pending before the State Department.
Woman's Charges May
Be Sent to Senators
Vice President Marshall today re
turned to the signers papers which they
had presented to him making serlojs
allegations against a Western Senator
for alleged Indignities offered a womin.
He held that the matter was not privi
leged for presentation to the Senate.
The husband of the woman In the
case said today ho would send every
Senator a copy of his wife's statement
of allegations against tho Senator, to
gether with a demand for a Senatorial
Investigation.
Flood Relief Fund
Now Million and Half
Announcement was made at the office
of the American Red Cross Society to
day that the subscriptions for tho flood
sufferers In the middle West had reach
ed Sl.4C0.uGO. The subscriptions received
today amounted to JI7.OU0.
U. S. Accepts Gift.
Acceptance b the United States of
the gift or the birthplace of Abraham
Lincoln at Hodglnsville. Ky.. lb pro
vided for In a bill offered today by
Senator Borah,
President Confers With Sena
tor on Legislation for First
Time Since Adams' Day.
PROPRIETY IS DISCUSSED
Republicans Twit Democrats
With Prospects of Being
Under "Big Stick."
For the first time since the days
of George Washington and John
Adams a President of the United
States is today visiting the Capitol
for the purpose of taking direct part
in councils pertaining to legislation.
The action of President Wilson
yesterday in shattering precedents
and rcadinc his message to both
houses was followed by the an
nouncement today that at 3 o'clock
this afternoon he would go to the
President's room at the Senate end
of the Capitol and confer with the
Democratic members of the Finance
Committee. The tariff situation is to
be the subject of discussion.
Caused Stir of Statesmen.
News that the President would again
visit the Capitol today and would con-f-r
with tho Democratic members of the
Finance Committee on the tariff situation
at 3 o'clock this afternoon caused a
stir In Congress circles as great as
when It was disclosed the Executive
would deliver his message In person to
the two houses of Congress.
The visit of the President ! mn.ln
solely on his own Initiative. This state
ment was made by Senator Simmons,
chairman of the Finance Committee, who
said the President had rfnuminl ih.
Democratic members of the committee
w incei mm in tno resident s room.
This revolutionary course Is in ac
cordance with the intention which has
tieen rrvAfp.1! AvnAM. ft... ,wi .
Ident- However, mnny believed hr
would not actually carry out his plan
and particularly that he would not visit
the Capitol lmmedltaely after reading
his message to Congress and thus
smashing a precedent inviolable since
the days of John Adams.
Propriety Is Questioned.
acmimeni is wmeiy divided among
Senators as to the wisdom and the pro
priety or tne course taken by the Presi
dent. Not since tho days of Rm. r ..!,.
lngton has a President visited the Capi
tol for the purpose of meeting directly
with Senators and talking with them
about legislation. Washington tried It
and Is said to have left the Canltal on
day vowing he would not go near the
piace again.
Under the surface, there Is much feel
lntr airalnst the method tho TrlHn
Is adopting, but at the same time vari
ous senators rnendly to the President
are commending his course.
Republican Senators are twitting their
Democratic brethren and asking them
how .they enjoy having the Big Stick
held over them
"What If Theodore Roosevelt had
done this?" asked a Republican Senator
today. "What would the Democrats
have said then?"
May Segregate Schedules.
Senator Simmons said the question of
segregating certain schedules from the
tariff bill, especially wool and 3ugar,
would doubtless be taken up. Nearly
all the Finance Committee Democrats
told the President last Saturdar that
these schedules ought not to be han
dled separately. The President promised
to take the question up with Chairman
Underwood, of Ways and Means.
Senator Simmons said this morning
that If tho sugar schedule alone were
segregated It would relieve tho situa
tion and probably be sufficient. How
ever, he felt It advisable. In order to
make sure, to treat both sugar and
wool reparately
President Wilson's visit to the Capitol
this afternoon will be made with t le
utmost simplicity He will go without
any formality. The Scrgeant-at-arm.i
of the Senate said a special detail nf
police would be provided at the Senate
end of the Capitol to Insure his F.ifety.
This will be the same arrangement as
is made when the President visits the
Capitol nt the end of a session to sign
bills.
Kerlin Made Assistant
Chief Postoffice Clerk
Jlalcolm Kerlin. a tesldent of Wash
ington since 1W0. wan today named as
sistant chief clerk of the Postoff'ce De
partment to succeed Frank V.. Fraser,
ho resigned to enter the employ of tho
United States Express Company. Mr.
Kerlin. who entered the Government
Fervlce aB a JD(J0 clerk and has worked
steadily up, has lecentlv been prlvnte
secretary of the chief Postoffice In
spector. Chilton Offers Minimum
Wage Bill in Senate
Senator Chilton of West Virginia in
troduced the ilrst minimum wage bill In
the Senate this afternoon It llx-s as
the minimum wage for a woman and
girls at JS per week, and limits the time
to eight hours a ilav and six days a
week
The hill would shut out of Interstate
commerce the products of establish
ments that do not comply with theoo
requirements as to wages and hours.
It would apply to tho District, as well
ai to the States and Territories.
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COMMITTEEPLACES
& HELDAS CLUBS
House Leaders Postpone Nam
ing of Bodies Until Tariff
Bill Has Been Passed.
The postponement of the organization
of the House committee until early May
Is the plan of the House leaders. Strong
opposition to such a postponement re
veloped In the party caucus today, as
the average member wants to know
immediately what committee assign
ments ho Is to receive.
Some members contend that the with
holding of committee assignments Is
a club over tho head of the House,
membership and la designed to force
through the Underwood tariff bill with
out friction. The Ways and Means
Committee, which framed the tariff
bill. Is also the Commltteo on Com
mittees, and in refusing to hand out
choice committee places now it retains
a certain grip on the control ot the
House.
The present plan of the House lead
ers Is to name only the committees neces
sary for the legislative routine Rules.
Accounts, Mileage, Enrolled Bills, and
Wajs and Means and Ut postpone the
creation of all other standing commit
tees until May 1, or thereafter. Al
though a fight in caucus Is inevitable.
Leader Underwood is believed to have
the votes to put through the program
outlined by the Ways nnd Means Com
mittee, and the members probably will
have to wait until the tariff debate Is
ended to ascertain what committee
berths they are to draw.
Police Fail to Find
Clue to Missing Wife
The police today failed to get any
clue to tho whereabouts of Mrs. Mabel
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an attractive brunette. left her husband
after having luncheon with him at a
cafe In F street. She Intended doing
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homo. 1415 Chapln street, where they
had been living since March 1. Mrs.
FinkeUteln failed to return home that
evening, and efforts to get any trace of
her from her relatives anil friends In
this cltv and New York have failed.
Flnkelsteln Is well known on the West
ern tracks.
Midshipman Is Accused
Of Hazing New Student
Charged with hazing Newbold T. I.nw
rence. of Michigan, of the Naval Acad
emy fourth class, a member of the
third class Is today under trial by court
martial. The upper classman, It Is said,
put Lawrence through "the 16" and.
when this exercise was not carried out
snM-fnetnrlly. struck Lawrence. This
i - . iuiit u is alleged.
The court-martial Is secret, and the
.mi uti trial Is being with
held pending development of the charges.
Unless the. court finds conduct serious
enough to warrant dismissal, tho upper
classman's name will be withheld by the
Navy Department.
PIUS X.
Ever Taken of His Holiness.
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Senator Overman Offers Resolu
tion Calling for Information
on Existing Conditions.
Distinct symptons of a Democratic
attack on past methods of administer
Ing the civil service and of a disposi
tion to make reprisals developed in ttu
Senate today. For days, there has been
talk that It was the purpose of many
Democrats in Congress to take advan
tage of the loopholes In the civil ser
vice law to load the service down with
Democrats as far as possible.
Senator Overman introduced a sweep
ing resolution calling for Information
of the most comprehensive sort as to
the civil service situation. It calls for
the laws and orders under which the
Civil Service Commission exists and
by which the civil service system nas
been oxtended; the number of civil ser
ive employes in each department; the
number of persons covered lnthe civil
service system by executive orders
since January 1. 1300. he date and copy
of the order: the number of persons
In the classified service from each
State, Territory and the District, and
other Information along these lines.
Senator Urlstow Insisted that the reso
lution should go back to tho beginning
and call for Information as to the num
ber of persons covered Into the service
by executive order since the beginning
of the operation of the system.
Senator Overman accepted this
amendment It Is of Importance because
It Is expected to show that In Cleve
land days largo numbers of Democruts
were covered into the service by Execu
tive order.
Senator Swanson wanted to know how
many persons had been put Into the
service without examination. He
thought the resolution should Include an
inquiry as to tnat matter.
After further discussion, the resolu
tion went over on objection by Senator
Jones, who said he wanted to study it.
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Sentenced for Assault
ALLENTOWN, Pa.. April 9. Samuel
Sinclair. Jr . of Kennett Square, Pa., son
of a prominent Chester county family,
today pleaded guilty to a charge of ag
gravated assault and battery In connec
tion with the kidnaping of Miss Ada E.
Steckel last January. Sinclair was
sentenced to six months at hard labor,
and lined $.500 and costs.
H. Walter Starr. Jr.. son of a well
known Philadelphia physician, and
cousin of Sinclair, pleaded guilty to the
charge of assault and battery. He es
caped with u line of $25.
Montenegrin Situation
Continues Critical
CETT1NJE. April 9. Tho gravity of
the Austro-Montenegrln situation was
maintained toda. The Servians and
Montenegiln armies were still besieging
Scutari, making dally threats of an
other assault, and the International
blockade of Antlvarl Is being main
tained. Should the British admiral ful
fill his threat to land marines on Mon
tenegrin soil. It Is feared that a real
war may result.
IffiCfflMD
ML SERVICE
MAKES REQUEST
FOR PERMISSION
TOCONFESSSELF
Affliction Is Recognized As
Asthma Pontiff Begs That
Sisters Be Allowed to Re-
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main At His Bedside.
BULUriTN. ROME,AprU9,lp.m. Th.proire
of the kidney afif ection of Bright' dimte from wtrich Po
Phis is sufferinf is greatly interfering with his respiration.
His Holiness ceaselessly pleads with his physicians to allow
his sisters, Maria and Anna, to remain constantly at his bed
side. His request has not been granted.
BULLETIN. ROME, April 9, 2 p. m. Pope Phis is
more feeble. Hi temperature jr ns:to 100- Symptoms
of nephritis are more pronounced. r-He has asked per
mission of his physicians to confess himself.
BULLETIN. ROME, April 9, 3 p. m. Pope Phis
has great difficulty in breathing. There is no doubt that he
is suffering from Hmis Rpschs ha has Bright's '
dbease-hate been?denied. rysickns admit his condition
is alarming.
ROME, April 0. Four thousand Catholic pilgrims
from all over the Christian world, here for the first of the
celebrations commemorating Constantine year, today knelt
in St. Peter's Cathedral and prayed long and earnestly that
the life of Pope Pius may be spared.
With temperature normal, and his fever entirely gone,
the Pope's heart action was much weaker early today, and
Dr. Ettore Marchiafava and Dr. Amici, papal physicians,
admitted that his condition was most grave, though thev
refused to say they were alarmed. Dr. Marchiafava said
that what His Holiness most needs is absolute rest, and Dr.
Amici stated positively that he did not expect the pontiff
to die at this time.
Many of the pilgrims from America and other far
countries had expected to be received in audience by the
Pope today, ana wnen tney
AMUNDSEN PLANS
TO DRIFT TO POLE
Explorer Will Freeze Ship
in
Ice and Try to Float by
North Apex of Earth.
Plans for the expedition headed by
Capt. Roald Amundsen, which Is ex
pected to drift by the North Pole In a
ship frozen In the Ice, have been an
nounced by the National Geographic So
ciety, which Is co-operating with Cap
tain Amundsen. The expedition will
said from San Francisco In the summer
of 1914 and expects to remain In the
arctic region for four years.
Captain Amundsen will sail on the
Frnm. which he used In his discovery
of the South Pole, and which was given
him by the Norwegian government.
He will have practically the same
Miulnment he used In the Antarctic. He
will proced as far North as weather con-j
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to East, Is expected to carrv the ship
within a very short distance of the
North Pole and then further on untt:
open water Is reached In the East.
The Fram will be equipped with a
complete wireless outfit, and it is ex
pected that communication with the
world will be maintained during the
process of drifting. When the nearest
point to the pole Is reached Captain
Amundsen Intends to make a dash for
the pole.
Bill Provides Home for Envoys.
Purchase or lease of suitable resi
dences abroad is proposed In a bill in
troduced today by Senator Bacon,
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
were informed from the
Vatican that all audiences had been
postponed indefinitely, they at once
proposed the prayer for the Holy
Father's recovery, at St Peter's.
Impressive Scene.
I The 4.000 nllfirrlmit nnw In xnm thm.
who had seen the Pope In the few davs
jlast week on which he resumed his au
diences, joined the otners, and tho an
cient Cathedral presented an impressive
scene
Pope Plus passed a fairly restful
night. Dr. Marchlafava and Dr. Amlcl
made frequent visits to the Vatican
through the night, and at midnight said
the pontiffs temperature was slightly
above 100. This occasoned. no epec!al
alarm, and did not prevent the nattent
from getting considerable sleep.
On the doctors' first visit today they
found the Pope's fever entirely allayed.
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Mrs. M. McCormick Is
Now Out of Danger
CHICAGO. April 9. Mrs. Medlll Mc
Cormick. daughter of the late Senator
Mark A. Hanna. of Ohio, who collapsed
while urging 300 department store
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waKea was reported today to be out
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of danger, but under the care of a
pnysician.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
SENATE.
Met at noon.
After routine business, adjourns un
til Saturday.
Stir caused by announcement that
President will visit Capitol to con
fer with Finance Committee Demo
crats. Senator Overman Introduced sweep
ing resolution of inquiry regarding
civil service.
Another flood of bills pours tn on
Senate.
J. R. Bond sends allegations against
a Senator to the members ot the
Senate.
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