' 1660. CONGRESSIONAli RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 19,_. the passage of the so-called Pem·ose-Griffin bill • to the Com- SENATE. mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads-. ' · Also, petitiQn of Local Union No. 325, Ogden Utah of the FRIDAY, Janua1'.V 19, 1917. I, International Union of the· United Brewery Workmen' against all prohibitory legislation ; to the Committee on the J~diciary. Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, of Detr~it, Mich., offered the follow­ Also, memorial of Theatrical Stage Employees' Union of Salt ing prllyer : Lake City, against House bill 18986 and Senate blll 4429 and Almighty God, in whose hands are the destinies of men and similar exclusion legislation ; to the Committee on the Post natiollS, earnestly do we seek Thee in this hour. As i)l the Office and Post Roads. ages past Thou hast guided men through storm and stress to Also, memorial of Local Union No. 30, Brotherhood of Rail­ s~ety and peace ; as in all times Thy love has lifted and in­ way Mail Clerks, in favor of increased compensation for postal spired the hearts of men to deeds of heroism and of self-forget­ employees ; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. ti~g sacrifice, so in these times, 0 Father, do Thou bless us Also, petition of Local Union No. 64 of the International With the light of Thine on-leading love, so that there may be in Unio~ of the United Brewery Workmen, Salt Lake City, against kindled our hearts the fires of loyalty to all that lifts life to all prohibition laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the highest and makes a people worthy in Thy igbt. By Mr. HUTCHINSON: Petition of Junior Order of American Oh, rna~ · ~ great people be true to the best in all its past. Mechanics. of Hackensack, N. J., favoring an additional appro­ Do Th?u mspn·~ the hearts and the minds of its citizenry with priation for field service of the Naturalization Bureau· to the a passiOn for righteousness and with a sense of acramental Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. ' service for humanity. 1\!ay material success not tultify our By Mr. KAHN: Petition of Zisso Vassillades, Theocharis souls or dwarf our spirits, and may great sorrows even such Kotrotos, Dionisios, Panayiotis Eliopulos, Constantinos Leyackis, ~ ~e Nation feels in the passing of a mighty he~o, serve to John N. Pappas, Pantalis Eliplos, l\lichail Saines, Dlmitros msp1re us the more to do our part brave1y and loyally for God, Eliopoulo , M. Argeris, John Elilopoulos, John Pappageorge, for counb.-y, and for humanity. ' George Eliopoulos, John Latouros, Peter Palavos, P. J. Anninos, 0 God, bless Thou this land whose walls are salvation and qhris Touris, K. Porfirius, Panagiotis Spiliotopoulos, John Fer­ whose gates are praise, a land upon which may re t Thine eyes . ris, John Dinutrikopoulos, Constine Androutsopoulos, Dimitros forevermore in benediction and in love. Amen. Andoniou, William Nicklis, George Peterson, Spiros Sarlis, John The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Dritsas, Michail Audis, George Sngeles, John Germinis Dioni­ ELECTOBAL VOTES. cios Arvanitis, Dan Ma.roudes, John Beleris, George Di~andes, _Andros Ganetos, M. Galustzolos, George Counas, and Dimitrious The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate communica­ Raisis, all of San Francisco, Cal., praying intervention on the tions from . t?e Secretru.-y of State, transmitting, pursuant to part of the United States in behalf of the starving citizens of law, authentic copies of the certificates of the final ascertain­ Greece; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ment of electors for Pre. ident and Vice President chosen at the Also, petition of 52 residents of San Francisco, Cal., protesting election on the 7th day of November, 1916, in the States of against the enactment of House bill 18986 and Senate bill 4429, California and Mi sissippi, which were ordered to be filecl. mail-exclusion bills; Senate bill 1082, Disb:ict of Columbia pro­ GENERAL EDUCATION BOABD (8. DOC. NO. 684). hibition bill; House joint resolution 84, nation-wide p1·ohibition bill; and House bill 17850, to prohibit commerce in intoxicating The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ liquor between States; to the Committee on the. Judiciary. tion from· the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in re­ Also, resolutions adopted by the Dried Fruit Association of sponse to a resolution of the 4th instant, a statement from the California and the Canners' League of California, favoring legis­ Commissioner of Education relative to the orga!lizations known lation to enforce the proper standardization of all food products as the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the necessity for an appropriation to commence the work: the Carnegie Foundation, or any other private or corporate en­ to the Committee on Agriculture. ' terprise to the work of the Bureau of Education etc. which By Mr. MOTT: Memorial adopted by New York State Fish, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the 'co~itte~ Game, and Forest League, urging enactment into law of House on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. bill 20080; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Also, petition against the several prohibition bills ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A message from the House of Representatives, by E. P. Tay­ By Mr. ROWLAND : Petition of 403 people of Reaber burg lor, jr., one of its clerks, announced that the House had pa ed Sunday School, of Reabersburg; 75 members of United Evan­ resolutions appointing a committee of 25 Members to join with gelical Sunday School of Aaronsburg; 275 people of Millheim a committee to be appointed by the Senate to attend the funr.ral Sunday School; 1,100 people of Reformed Church of Aarons­ services of Admiral George Dewey at Arlington, Va., and that burg; and 115 people of Salem Evangelical Sunday School. of the Speaker of the.House had appointed 1\fr. PADGETT, Mr. TAL­ Aaronsburg, all in the State of Pennsylvania, favoring national BOTT, Mr. EsTOPINAL, Mr. RIORDAN, Mr. HENSLEY, Mr. Bu­ prohibition; to the Committee on the Judiciary. CHANAN of Illinois, Mr. GRAY of Indiana, Mr. C.ALLAWAY, l\fr. By Mr. SIMS: Petition of 135 Methodist Episcopal Church CoNNELLY, l\Ir. HART, Mr. OLIVER, 1\Ir. LIEBEL, Mr. VENABLE, Mr. people, of McLemoresville ; 300 Methodist E'piscopal Church BUTLER, l\fr. ROBERTS Of Massachusetts, 1\Ir. BROWNING, 1\lr. people, of Whitlock; and 125 Wesley's Chapel people, of Mc­ FARR, Mr. BRITTEN, Mr. KELLEY, Mr. MUDD, Mr. Loun, Mr. DALE Lemoresville, all in the State of Tennessee; favoring national of Vermont, Mr. GREENE of Vermont, Mr. Foss, and 1\Ir. KETT­ prohibition; to the Committee on the Judiciary. NEB. By Mr. SMITH of Michigan: Petition of Rex Dopp, memb~s ENBOLLED BILL A.l\"1) JOINT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED. of Obristian Endeavor Society, and members of Woman's Chris­ The message also announced that the Speaker of the House tian Temperance Union, of Prattville, favoring prohibition; to had signed the following enrolled bill and joint resolutions, and the Committee on the Judiciary. they were thereupon signed by tlte Vice President : By l\Ir. SNELL: Resolution by the State Fish, Game, and S. 5718. An act to provide for an auxiliary reclamation project Forest League of New York State, John B. Burnham, president in connection with the Yuma project, Ariz. ; urging the passage of an act to give effect to the treaty recently S. J. Res. 186. Joint re olution authorizing the Secretary of perfected between the Governments of the United States and War to issue temporary permits for additionn.l diversions of Great Britain and appropriating the sum of $500,000 to enforce water from the Niagara River ; and said law; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. S. J. Res. 194. ·Joint resolution providing for the filling of a By Mr. TEMPLE: Petitions of the Woman's Christian Tem­ vacancy which will occw· .Ma1·ch 1, 1917, in the Board of Regents perance Union at Eldora and a public meeting at Eldora, Wash­ of the Smithsonian Institution, Jf the class other than l\Iembers ington County, Pa., favoring a national constitutional prohibi­ of Congress. tion amendment; to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. By Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota: Petition of the Newburg (N. Dak.) Nonpartisan League, being certain resolutions favor­ Mr. THOMAS. I present certain petitions from citizens of ing Government ownership of railroads, protesting against tlle my S4tte urging Congress to adopt a national constitutional reduction of the rate on first-class postage and against the in­ prohibition amendment, which I ask may lie on the table. crease on other classes. protesting against the large appropria­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The petitions will lie on the table. tions being made for militlll'y purposes, and requesting that an Mr. THOMAS. I also have a short protest from Dr. Orville D. effective way be found to transport farm labor :from the centers ·wescott and Dr. J. Gelien, of my State, against the so-called of population into the farming districts; to the Oommittee on tuberculosis bill. It is very short, and I a k that it be printed the Post Office and Post Roads. in the RECORD Without reading. · 1917. CONGRESSIONAL- RECORD-SENATE. There being no objection, the memorial was referred to the prevent appropriations for sectarian purposes, which was or­ Committee on Public Health and .National Quarantine and dered to lie on the table. ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows : He also presented a petition of the Young People's Society of AN OPINIO~ AS TO THE VALUE OF CLIMATE COMPARED WITH ECONOMIC Christian Endeavor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, of FACTORS IN THE CURE OF""TUBERCULOSIS.