448 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE·. DECE:M~BER 18, to the exclusion of certified public accountants; to the Com­ RAILROAD LA.ND GRANTS. mittee on E-1'.:penditures in the Navy Department. The VICID PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Also, petition of N. Nilsen, Isthmus of Panama, in favor of tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant House resolution 287; to the Committee on Rules. to law, certain information relative to the expenditure of Al o, petition of l\faunsell B. Field, New York, N. Y., urging $9,239.99 for surveys of the lands lying within the limits of that a monument be erected to the memory of Gen. Robert An­ railroad grants, which was referred to the Committee on Public derson; to the Committee on the Library. Lands. Also, petition of National Indian War Veterans, in favor of WITHDRAW .AL OF PUBLIC LANDS. House bill 779; to the Committee on Pensions. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Also memorial of the N~tional Woman's Christian Temper­ tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant ance Union, for Congress to reimburse those who contributed to law, a report on lands withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, to the ransom of Ellen l\f. Stone ; to the Co01.Illittee on Claims. or enh-y, which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Also, resolutions of Hamburger Club, of Chicago, Ill., and of ·Deutscher Kriegerbund, of New York City, urging investigation THE RECLAMATION SERVICE. of administration of the immigration office at Ellis Island; to The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. tion from the Secreta1-y of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant Also, memorial of Lowy Lodge, No. 484, Order B'rith .Abra­ to law, the tenth annual report of the Reclamation Senice, ham, praying for the abrogation of the Russian treaty; to the which was referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Recla­ Committee on Foreign .Affairs. mation of .Arid Lands. By .Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado: Petition of citizens of Nucla, FINDINGS OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS. l\lontrose County, Colo., for enactment of Jaw for the retirement The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ of the suoerannuated employees of the United States Govern­ tion from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmit­ ment· to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. ting findings of fact and conclusions. of law filed by the court Als~, petition of First Avenue Pre byterian Church, of Dem·er, in the following causes: Colo., for the passage of an effectire interstate liquor traffi~ Jacob .M. Davis and sundry subnumbered cases v. United ·prohibitory law; to the Comm~ttee on Interstate and Foreign States (S. Doc. No. 185) ; Commerce. John C. Brooks v. United States (S. Doc. No. 17{)) ; AJ o, memorial of the Colorado & Wyoming Lumber Dealers' Trustees of the Catholii; Church at Dalton, Ga., v. United .Association, remonstrating against the extension of the parceis­ States (S. Doc. No. 188); post system beyond its present limitations; to the Committee on Flora 0. Janes, administratrix of Leroy S. Janes, deceased, v. the Post Office and "Post Roads. · United States (S. Doc. No. 165); By Ur. TILSON: Memorial" of Joint Railroad Legislative Oliver Schwartzenburg, administrator of the estate of John Committee of Connecticut, in favor of House bill 11372; to the Schwartzenburg, deceased, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 172); Committee on the Merchant l\larine and Fisheries. Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bunker Hill, W. Va., By l\lr. UNDERHILL: Memorial of National Woman's Chris­ v. United States ( S. Doc. No. 18D) ; tian Temperance Union, praying that Congress pass the bill Wilbur H. Thomas, administrator of· the estate of Archeles making an appropriation of $66,000 with which to reimburse Stanley, deceased, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 170) ; those contributing to the ransom of l\fiss Ellen l\f. Stone, an B. Klucny v. United States (S. Doc. No. 171); American citizen who was held captive by brigands in l\Iace­ William F. Norris v. United States (S. Doc. No. 173) ; donia, Turkey in Europe, September 3, 1901, to February 23, .Annie Fraser Wood, administratrix of the estate of Lafayette 1902; to the Committee on Claims. B. Wood, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 166) ; Also, memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Denver, Colo., The Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator of the indorsing arbitration treaties between the United States, Great estate of Alfred Pleasanton, v. United States ( S. Doc. No. 187) ; Britain, and France; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Campbell T. Hamilton, administrator of the estate of John Also, memorial of the Society of the .Army of the Cumberland, Hamilton, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 164); to erect a monument to l\Iaj. Gen. Rosecrans; to the Committee Ulrica Dahlgren Pierce, administratrix of the estate of Vin­ on ~lilitary Affairs. ton .A. Goddard, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 176); By Mr. VOLSTEAD: Petition of citizens of Wabasso and Virginia Forse, administratrix of the estate of Albert Gallatin Wheaton, Minn., against parcels post; to the Committee on the Forse, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 168); Po. t Office and Post Roads. Fidelity Trust Co., executor of the estate of Joseph Roberts, Al o memorial of Se-venth-day Adv£ntist Churches of Brook­ deceased, v. United States ( S. Doc. No. 186) ; Till c ;nd Gilchrist, l\finn., against the passage of House bill .Amanda T. Belknap, widow of William W. Belknap, deceased, 943~ : to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. v. United States (S. Doc. No. 167); Also, petitions of numerous citizens of l\finnesota, asking that George C. Wooley v. United States (S. Doc. No. 169); the duties on ro. w and refined sugars be reduced; to the Com­ Carrie l\f. Draper, widow of Edwin A. Draper, deceased, v. mittee on Ways and l\Ieans. United States ( S. Doc. No. 174) ; John Dolson v. United States (S. Doc. No. 177); Garret Dayton, administrator of William M. Dayton, de­ SENATE. ceased, v. United States (S. Doc. No. 178); M:oNDAY, December 18, 1911. William S. Crowell v. United States (S. Doc. No. 184) ; Eva C. Nall, administratrix of Cincinnatus Condict, deceased, The Senate met at 2 o'clock p. m. v. United States ( S. Doc. No. 181) ; Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D. Leonard S. Carter v. United States (S. Doc. No. 183); 'J'he Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read and James R. Bruner v. United States (S. Doc. No. 180); UptlrOYed. Daniel W. Brown v. United States (S. Doc. No. 182); and ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ( H·. DOC. Oliver H.P. Bailey v. United States (S. Doc. No. 179). NO. 115). The foregoing findings were, with the accompanying papers, The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. :finances for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, which was A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. South, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed the follow­ ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS (S. DOC. NO. 158). ing bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate n communica­ H. R. 9061. An act limiting the hours of daily service of tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter laborers and mechanics employed upon work done for the from the Secretary of State, submitting estimates of deficien­ United States or for any Territory or for the District of Co­ cies in appropriations required by the· Department of State lumbia, and for other purposes; and to be included in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, which, H. R. 15930 . .A.n act making appropriations to supply urgent with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year 1912, and fo1· on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. other purposes. HOT SPRINGS, ARK. E ""ROLLED BILLS SIGNED. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ The message also announced that the Speaker of the Housa tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting. pursuant had signed the following e!irolled bills, and they were thereupon to Jaw. a report on the value of certain condemned property signed by the Vice President: located at the Hot Springs, Ark., which was referred to the S. 1081. An act providing for the punishment of persons Committee on Public Lands. in possession of stolen property in· the District of Col um- - , 1911. CONGRESSIO~AL RECORD-SENATE. 449 bin, having stolen the same in any other State or Territory; nati; Miss Nellie Shaw Houston, of Cincinnati; Seasame B. and Howard, of Cincinnati; Rev. A. E. Huntington, of Amelia; S. 287'1. An act amending section 67 bf the act approved A. W. Inman, of Massillon; Rev. J. M. Keck, of Macedonia; l\Iarch 3, 1011, to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating C. P. L. McLain, of Massillon; Jacob W. Kapp, of Cincinnati; to the judiciary. Dan McCarthy, jr., of Cincinnati; Finley Hutton, of Salf'.m; HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. J. Franklin Lamborn, of Sebring; J. A. Leighton, of Columbus; Joseph E. Myers, of Barnesville; of the West Branch Quarterly H. R. 15030. An act making appropriations to supply urgent Meeting of Friends, of Ludlow Falls; of the Diocese of South­ deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year 1912, and for ern Ohio (Ep~scopal) and Cincinnati; of the· Pilgrim Church, other purposes, was read twice by its title and referred to the of Cleveland; of the Trades and Labor Assembly of Marietta; Committee on Appropriations.