3544 CONGRESSIONAL: RECORD-·- SENATE. By Mr. HICKS: A bill -(H. n. 12774) for ~b,~ p~1rpo8e : of im-, urging the passage of House bill 1112; to the Committee on the proving the facilities and service o_f the Bureau of War Risk Judiciary. · · . Insurance; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com- 1S87. By Mr. DENISON: Petition of William l\IadiNon Hicks, merce. · chairman, and C. H. James, secretary, and numerous othet· citi­ . By 1\fr. KAHN: A bill (H. R. 12775) to amend an act entitled zens of 'Vest Frankfort, Ill., urging favorable consideration of "An act for making further and more effectual provision for House bill 1112, providing for the parole of Federal pri oner · ; the national defense, and for other purposes," approved Jurie to the· Committee on the Judiciary. 3, 1916; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 1888. By Mr. FULLER- of Illinois: Petition of citizens of By l\Ir. HERNANDEZ: A bill (H. R. 12776) to establish the Rockford, Peru, Earlville, Mendota, and Garden Prairie, Ill., provisions of the act entitled "An act for ·the relief o~ In!lians opposing tile-sale of the former German ships ; to the Committee occupying railroad lands in Arizona, New Mexico, or Cali­ on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. fornia " ; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 1889. Also, petition of Capt. Frank H. Billig, of nockfonl, Ill., By Mr. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 12777)' to ~1nther amend relative to the bonus for the soldiers of the late war; to the section 10 of the act entitled "An act making further and more Committee on Ways and Means. effectual provision for the national defense, arid for other pur­ 1890. By Mr. GALLIVAN: Petition of citizens of Dorchester poses," approved June 3, 1916; to the Committee on Military· and Boston, Mass., relative to the bonus for Government em­ Affairs. ployees ; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. MASON: Resolution (H. Res. 472) asking the Mili­ 1891. By Mr. GOLDFOGLE : Petition of Frank Hollander tary A_ffairs Committee of the House t() investigate and report and Rosie Hollander, Jake Sheriff and Minnie Sheriff, Arthur to the House whether om· lack of preparedness in the late war Hall and Sam Hall, l\1. Wasser, Joe Goldfinger, Tillie Hecht, was on account of inefficient soldiers or inefficient citizens; to Julius 1\Iyer, Mrs. Myer, Abe Meyer, Isadore Myer, and Mrs. I . the Committee on Rules. Myer, all of New York City, protesting against the sale of the By Mr. DALE: Resolution (H. Res. 473) authorizing the former German ships; to the Committee on the Merchant Ma­ appointment of a clerk to the Committee on Expenditur~s in rine and Fisheries. the Treasury Department; to the Committee on Accounts. 1892. By Mr. McARTHUR: Petition of the City Council of By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legislature of the State the city of Portland, Oreg., relative to the protection of the tim­ of New Jersey, urging the United States Government to ac­ ber from fire, etc. ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. knowledge the independence of the Irish republic; to the Com­ 1893. Also, petition of the City Council of the City of Port­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. land, Oreg., relative to certain: legislation regarding roads built By Mr. LUFKIN: Memorial of the Legislature of the Com­ to the national forests, etc. ; to the Comqli.ttee on !toads. monwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the establishment by 1894. By Mr. O'CONNELL: Petition of Victor B. Bridgman the United States Department of Agriculture of a forest experi­ Post, No. 44, Yeterans of Foreign 'Vars of the United States, ment station in the. White Mountain National Forest; to the favoring the passage of House bill 5766; to the Committee on Committee on Agriculture. Military Affairs. By l\Ir. DALLINGER: Memorial of the Legislature of the 1895. Also, petition of the Merchants' Association of New .Commonwealth of Mas~achusetts, relative to the establishment York, protesting against the passage of certain sections of by the United States Department of Agriculture of a forest House bill 12610; to the Committee on Appropriations. experiment station in the Wl;).ite Mountain National Park; to 1896. Also, petition of J. H. Williams & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., the Committee on Agriculture. urging the restoration of the commercial attaches service elimi­ nated by the House Appropriation Committee; to the Committee PRIVATE BILLS AND R~SOLUTIONS. on Appropriations. 1897. By Mr. SIEGEL: Petition of t_he New York County Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions United States Spanish War Veterans, protesting again t the were introduced and severally referred as follows: postal rate from 2 cents to 1 cent; to the Committee on the Post By Mr. BEE: A bill (H. R. 12778) for the relief of the Ditt- Office and Post Roads. linger Lime Co. ; to the Committee on Claims. 1898. By Mr. SMITH of Idaho: Petition of the boaru of By Mr. FISHER: A bill (H. R. 12779) conferring jurisdic­ county commissioners of Gooding County, Gooding, Idaho, and tion upon the Court of Claims to hear, ~amine, consider, de­ the Twentieth Century Club, of Twin Falls, Idaho, re1ative to termine, and adjudicate the claims of Marion B. Patterson ; Federal appropriations for the construction of roads; to the to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Roads. , By Mr. LESliER: A bill (H. R. 12780} to correct the mili­ 1899. By Mr. TIMBERLAKE : Petition of the Sagebru h Post, tary record of Eugene Downing; to the Committee on Military No. G8, the American Legion, of Brush, Colo., relative to legis­ Affairs. lation regarding the bonus to the soldiers, etc. ; to the Committee By .Mr. MAPES: A bill (H. R. 12781) granting an increase on Military Affairs. of pension to Ida C. Brandon; to the Committee on Pensions. 1900. Also, petition of sundry citizens of the cities of Akron · Also, a bill (H. R. 12782) granting a pension to Emanuel F. and Flagler, of the State of Colorado, protesting against univenml Oliver; to the Committee on Pensions. military training, etc.; to the Committee on l\1ilitary Affair ·. By Mr. ROGERS: A bill (H. R. 12783) granting a pension to 1901. Also, petition of dtizens of the counties of Lincoln, Anthony D. Mitten ; to the Committee on Pensions. .Elbert, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne, of the State of Colorado, By Mr. SMITH of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 12784) granting protesting against the Kahn military bill, etc. ; to the Com­ an increase of pension to tuther Van Arman; to the Committee mittee on Military Affairs. on Invalid Pensions. 1902. By Mr. 'VATSON : Petition of citizens of Fairview By Mr. WIDTE of Maine: A bill (H. R. 12785) granting an ViLlage, Montgomery County, Pa., in favor of the Sterling­ increase of pension to Patrick .A.. Galvin; to the Committee on Lehlbach bill; to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. Pensions. 1903. By Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota: Petition of William By Mr. WILSON of Louisiana: A bill (H. R. 12786) author­ G. Carroll Post, American Legion, Minet, N. Dak., urging the izing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent to Spencer passage of House bill 11553, providing for the soldiers' settle­ F. Griffin, of Catahoula Parish, La., certain lands; to the Com­ ment in Imperial Valley, Calif., and means to il'l'igate such mittee on the Public Lands. lands ~ to the Committee on the Public ~ands. PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid SENATE. on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : 1883. By the SPEAKER (by request): Petition of the educa­ FRIDAY, February ~7, 1920. tion commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and The Chaplainr Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered tile the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, following prayer : urging Congress to take action for the relief of the people of Europe and Asia; to the Committee on Foreign .A.ffairs. Almighty God, Thou dost know the secrets of all Iieart '.. 'Ve 1884. By l\1r. ASHBROOK: Petition of the International Iron can not dissemble from Thee and cloak our sins. We pray that Molders' Union, of Mansfield, Ohio, against the Sterling-Gra­ the sanctifying influence of Thy Spirit may cleanse· our hearts ot ham sedition bill, etc.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. everything that is evil in Thy sight, that we may present our 1885. Also, petition of Eugene Laughlin, ()f Warsaw, Ohio, lives spotless and blameless before Thee. Grant this day that and 112 other citizens of Coshocton County, Ohio, favoring the the service .we may render shall be all the service possible ·so-called shoddy bill; to the Committee on Agriculture.- · through us to om fellow men. May we be guided' by Thy Holy_ - 1886. By Mr. BROOKS of Pennsylvania: Petition of the Rev. Spirit,. that our work begun, continued,_and ended in Thee may .B. C. Witmore and members of his church, of Hanover,, Pa., . be acceptable in Thy sight. For Christ's sake. Amen• / '. 1920. CONGRESSION ..A.L RECORD-SENATE. 3545 ' On request· of Mr. CuRTIS, and by unanimous consen~, the to as President's 'Vilson's line. The points of agreement are, reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed in the main, embodied in the American memorandum communi­ with and the Journal was approved. · cated to the Italian delegation in Paris on October 27th. "(1) ·w-ith regard to !stria, President Wilson had from the THE ADRIATIC QUESTIO~. first agreed to a frontier running from the Arsa River to the Mr. HITCHCOCK. 1\Ir. President, I should like to have pub­ Karawanken Mountains, which widely overstepped the recog4 lished as a Senate document the correspondence relating to the nized ethnical line between Italy and Yugoslavia and which Adriatic question, and I ask unanimous consent that that may would have, as a result, to incorporate in Italy, more than three.