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V.V 'rcIn Continues Very End off Sixty Eighth 2 ssicn. Fr.OVIDEn OF SEFiSATIOn Lc Ccdy With Inquiries Drought Thrills, Excite pent In CIx Jcr.e DlTeat. eJ debates, vmrglinj and tamofl irkei the closing honrs cf the tlx mcT.tbs' session of tSe sixty congress. The dosing hoar Citarday were characterise the which arose rur.y times throughout the ses tlcru The congress his provided cxcItcTsert, sensation and internal strife not witnessed ia the csplicl for many yean. tlx months sod four day constituted tt llf of; the session, and practically all th time the mmbf.

kip divided attention between the Toots of the tcj ind itmt nq the committee room where cabinet officer and their' assistant, army and ntrr oitlcial and a host of others passed In review before a rroop of invetis atlng committees kept Waafcinrton and the country tin cling wim the thrills prorided. Harms Lacked Frequently. During th period two cabinet of fleers were forced out of office and tha two bouses locked boras repeatedly with the President 'oer fiscal legislation. Th llellftn tax till wss born daring the sessions, onljr to be discarded for the lmnrons lemocrtic plan which President Coolidge sis; Red after disapproving some of Its pro Pistons. The drastic immigration law, including its Japanese exclusion provisions, was placed on 'the statute tooXs.

'I be soldiers bonus law was' acted, vetoed snd re enacted or the veto. The Curson pension bill for cirii wmr veterans met executive disapproval as did tba postal salaries increase bllL i irn embodied In half a dozen which were put into shape early In the session, failed of enactment, although efforts were continued for it up to the last hoar. likewise, no' railroad legislation of great importance was placed on the statute books. This legislation, however, and much other was put into position where it can be taken cp at the next session with much cl the work of beatings and Investigation completed. Muscle bhoala, a question which bis been In the forefront for many Xaontha, once more went over tor settlement at the December session.

Balance ei One of the Important factors la the work of the session was" the balance power held by "the insurgent group, beaded by LePollatte Rp wis.) This group, by reason of the close ratio between the Democrats iM Republicans in both booses, wielded a powerful Influence. Joining with the Democrats. It seated a Democrat, Senator Emtth of outh Carolina, as the head of the senate Interstate commerce commit tee. In the house, again Joining with the Democrats, it forced a reviaion the rules. The constitutional right of the congress to Investigate government departments was never exercised to a greater extent Beginning early with the Teapot Dome inquiry, sea "i i v.

yy ti. i ate committal Investigated Attor ii fugnrty; ta internal revenue bureau; Russian recognition the election" of Senator Way. r.tll. Texas; the existence of propaganda touching the United States' foreign relatione; accusations of land frauds in Texas; medical di jvoma "mills" and msay other subjects. On tbe house side the shipping board, the buresa of engraving and prtntiner.

prohibition, cad many other euch subject were, Reports the eil Investigation hare beejt submitted but on most of the other findings have ret to be made public i'llir tnflinrti Inln4i. v. vit authorising construction of eight new cruisers and t. haul ahipa, and the deficiency appropriation bill carrying money to berin operations of the. bonus law and for many other purposes, failed 15 the final crush of legislation when the session ended automatically at 7 p.

Fatlay ''T 't Kot only did the deficiency bill go down in defeat In ths race against time, beta special resolution paaaed in the last five minutes by the bouse, to make the bonos aporoDrlation available regardless, was lost In. the senate. Rrab 15 ran' tmAr 5. LVv ion oC tD eonrresa could C1 i i money for bmibm! the compensation deScieney bill itself was blocked at iw i VT i ator Pittraan. (Derau, Nev.

because of the omission nf i i v.seve,av" sloe propriation proposed by him. and ae il 'nmc7 poau resolu ft King. aased almost nan 1 mnn a I 7 tbe board when President Cool had ine ground that it wa "extravagant. No effort to call It UD iOf rnsaaaia A A short time remaining. a rcnewaj oi the Teapot Dome debate in.

the unit, a futll effort by Senator Walsh of Montana to gain approval of the majority report of the oil committee, tied up business at that nd of the capitol most of th KJasev Bnta Osit Ths boos cleaned man minor bills, but spent most of the day quarreling over ths reclamation lesrlslation. wfctrh v. A by the senate to the deflctency bill. The principal feature of the administrations reclamation plan finally were accepted, but other changes were made which, ths senate would not agree. i Among the mourners over the unusually peaceful dosing of tha session was the senate Daugherty committee, whose plans to resume session rn mid summer; went awry because.

Chairman Brookbsrt failed to obtain opportunity to call up an authorising resolution drafted for that purpose, An hour before tbe final fall of the gavels on the presiding officers desks in senate and bouse, President Coolidge went to hts room in the capitol to affix his signature to last minute leglslaiionVlli aigned a number of, bill and received there the senate and house committees appointed to formally notify him of the adjournment After lit had 'disposed of the deficiency bill and its reclamation ridr. the boose twiddled Its tfaums in tbe last half boor of the session, but in the eenate partisan strife contributed its dramatic not until the very end. v. Senator Walsh tried early In the day to get action on the oil report, but Senator Spencer, (Rep.) Mo, objected to a vote until he bad opportunity to give at length hi objections to it Despite Democratic assertions of a filibuster, he talked for more than two hour, and when be stopped Senator Norbeck. Rep 8.

obtained the floor to make a cgns tor xarra reuet. )Vmmg Debate ReemlC Ko soonsr had. tha Eon th Dakota senator moved to attach a wheat ex port bounty provision to a pending nous bill, however, than Senator Smoot, Utah) started a speech of more than half an hour en the financial record of the admlnlstra continued until the deficiency bill, with the reclamation provision a v'r yy? amended tn th house cam nnder priTiieiceq status. i Th item, the elimination of which aroused Senator Ptttman, was the appropriation of tSOO.eoO for th project at Spanish Springs, Nev. Gaining recognition, half an bour before the time set for adjournment, be announced that the bill never would become a law until this item wss Several.

Including some of bin best friend on the Democratic fStde. pleaded with him in vain to withdraw bis objection and take his seat. The tension In the chamber Increased a the bands of the venerable senate clock slowly approached th deadline and hi order became so pronounced that Democratic leader Robinson suggested tha serge nt at arm instructed to re store ana maintain order." With only a minute left. Senator Reed, (Dera afo.Fv moved that the emergency resolution passed five minutes before by th bouse be adopted, but Senators Borah and King immediately demanded to be beard. While they were shouting for recognition.

President Cummins announced that th senate had adjourned. I CTetr Tsfsil Baeawjl iV Th house, however, failed to go through with Its program to adjourn at five minutes before that hour was reached Representative I oagworth. th Republican leader, proposed a flfteen mlnote recess. Th banda of (he clock eppoalt the speaker's diss were taraed back, but when word of the senate adjournment was received he house followed salt. ZPt'1' Although Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee Insisted that authority to pak the aeceasary to put the bono Into operation could only be provided by a special session of congress, other leaders of the senate and bouse did not agree with htm.

Th partly enacted status of the deficiency bill caused sons senator to contend that tha federal bureau to which appropriations would hav gone, were Justified in proceeding with the expenditure of "money and then a deficiency to the next congress. It was Senator King who also blocked th navy department's bill for cruiser and battleship improvements. It bad been passed by both hous and senate, but the Utah senator bad a motion to reconsider pending and he served notice just in th tall end of the session that if in attempt were made to take tt up he would require at least four hours to present his objections. Ji Ths hous drifted (alonr listlessly most of the day, but' aa th. wind up approached there was mors activity, marksd by a break4 in the ranks of bouse drys for the' first tim since th arrival of prohibition.

Representativ Crampton, Mich.) proposed enforcement that put in th prohibition investigation, to be conducted during the recess by the Alcoholio trior Traffic Committee, by giving it two' clerks, snd permission to hold sessions away from Representative. Blanton, Tex.) who previously bad stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Crampton and other drys of pro fa ibltion, opposed tbe proposal, referring to the inquiry as a of nonsense. The which until recently had not. held a session for five years and is without a clerical force, be said, was aiming to do some.

Junketing during jthe summer, and he Insisted that its investigation could no more than, duplicate on which will Undertaken by a senate A The Crampton' resolution was rejected, lit to, SS, many dry Joining with members who have persistently worked for modification of the Volstead act in th measure under. Immediately afterward and without debate, the bouse adopted" a resolution autnorismg ita veteran committee, during the recess, to investigate conditions in, "various vet erana hospitals and soldiers and sailors homes. Just before adjournment members clustered In front of thf speaker's diss, and as they smoked and loked someone started a They drtft ea irom tn xia oaken Bucket" to "America with th galleries standing and Joining In. As the last note died away, word came from the een ate that It baa adjourned. Speaker OUlett banged his gavel and there was a wild whoop as members flocked oft th floor.

r' 5 I 1 I av I 1 I aaSSSJ 1 sajsW Bills and 'Resolutions Signed by tho President WASHIN'OTOH, Jun Bllla and resolutions numbering ICS were signed by President Coolidge as his part la ht" possible th adjournment of the eeagrass. i Th President approved about two dosen bill and vetoed one th postal pay Increase measure. Aa hour be for congress adjourned ho went ffo the Capitol and there, surrounded by members of his cabinet, be, affixed his signature to all th measures brought to hla be for th adjournment bell sounded the ending of th rirst aessionf of' th sUty elghth eongres. TW bills and resolution's signed by President Coolidg ar: r. Resolu Uoa transferring power and duties for protection of wild gam and wild birds in Alaska from the territorial governor to th secretary of agriculture.

A resolution making possible ap polntmeat of members of. th board of tax appeals. La th recess of th congress. btU to establish Utah national park in Utah. i A bill to confer jurisdiction on th federal district court of nortn rn Calif ornia to adjudicate claim of American cltisena.

An act providing for oquitabl distribution among the state of captured German war A bill to prohibit the lischarg of oil into coastal water. A bill to purchase grounds, erect and repair buildings for custom bouses and warehouses tn Porto Rico. i A bm to authoris th withdrawal of landa'for th protection of antelope and other game animals and A bill to authorise payments of claim under the provtioaa of th cailed war mineraia relief act. A bill to quiet title to lands tn the Pueblo. Indlanland grants.

A bill providing for grant of ear tain public lands to th city of Phoeni x. Aria, for municipal para. AN bill' for abandonment of a part of th present channel' of th south branch of the Chicago river. A bill to carry out the provisions of the Halibut fisheries treaty. A' resolution permitting certain aliens admitted la excess of quota to remain in the country.

i A bill to establish th upper )Os slsalppl river wild llf and fish refuae. A bill to authbrtse th Cordova ana Ketchikan. Alaska to issue bonds for a school building. A bill prohibiting the Importation of crud optum for the purpose of manufacturing heroin. A bill authorising th secretary of th treasury to sell th States marln hospital reservation at Detroit and to acquire another sit and erect on tt another hospital.

A resolution authorising erection of a monument in Washington to commemorate th services of th women of the United States la the world war. A resolution authotixlng erection in Washington of a statu of 0n. San Martin, which 'th people Argentine hav presented to the United' States. A resolution authorising an Investigation of the proposed Casper Alcovs Irrigation prolact in Wyoming; th Deschutes project In Oregon. 'and the Southern Xasssa irrigation project in California.

The Johnson Reed bill to reor ganle th veteran's bureau and to provid mors liberal treatment for certain classes of, disabled, A bin1 to extend postal Insurance and collect on delivery service to third class mafLi i The legislative approprlatloa bill carrying The District of Columbia appropriation bill' amounting to $2 Miff, 6o. The i bill granting publlo lands" to the city of Golden. to obtain a municipal water supply. Th bill to authoris an exchange of land In th stat of Washington. Th measure to provide for a girls dormitory at the Ft.

Lapwal sanltorium, Lapwal. Idaho. An act conferring Jurisdiction on the court of claims to hear, examine, adjudicate and enter Judgment on any claims which the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians may have against the States. A measure authorising the erection of a hospital at the national homo for disabled volunteer soldiers at Santa Monica. Cat .1 yr THE INDIAXATOLIS ITEW5, HONDAT, JUNE MAYFIELD IS UPHELD.

Ooaualttco Finds Ills EatiUed Seat ta Senate. I WAHKaTO; Jun XThe senate committee. Investigating the electloa contest against Senator Mayfleld Denu Saturday, upheld his right to a seat to, the aeon ate, ,.1 Th svidenc presented Toy Republican opponent. George B. B.

Pddy. wa held to be Insufficient to onarg that axcesatv oay had ben spent In his behalf by the Ku Klux Klan or aay other organlxatlon or individuals la lift, i v. Th decision was announced after counsel for Peddy. Who have been presenting testimony for several weeks, bad argued In aa executive session of. th committ for a continuation of th hearing during th recess of th congress.

Senator May field's attorney bad urged action, declaring sufficient evidence already had been produced to onabl in committee to aecia. Spsncor, in aanoonctn th view of the committee, exulalne 4 wu mMmtii too commmtf till might act on th contest and that It would necessary th a to obtala actio nby the senate itself. At th request of counsel for Peddy, i. the committee agreed to make a examination before it drafts Its report Into tha charges of Intimidation and unfair practices In the election. Briefs will be tiled by counsel on those tw phase of the case.

t' k. I i PAPINI HOT COMIfiG Anther et "Uf of OastsC Cancel Cssns at Cetesabla. NEW TORK. Jun Giovanni Paplnl. author of rTh Uf of Christ," vhaa canceled the engagement to conduct' a cour af ths Columbia 1 Ualvrity i aumraer schooL Protests against th ap pearaaes of Prof esor Paplnt had been mad by th Italian.

Presbyterian Ministers' Association on th ground that was antl America nd a believer in tascimo to the limit, canceled th ngasment because hts health would not permit hla making th trip to America, the university authorities announced. President Butler, of Columbia. barred the efforts mad to prvent frufeasor Psplnl's ngagment for a course in contemporary Italian thought, Professor Paplnt had aoept ed the engagement desplt th protests. i Dispatches from Florence, Italy, In March1 statsd that professor Paplnt had suffered injuries In a trol tey cmr iccuhii. TO BEGIN SENTENCES ta and Celered Pelltletaaa, WH1 Go 4 Stat Pi Whn Judg Jam A.

Collins, of th criminal court, received final notice Saturday from th Indiana supreme court that It had denied the petition of Harry (Gooste) Leo and John Neeley, colored Republican political workers, for a rehearing of their cass In which the suprems court previously had affirmed their con viction on a charge of operating a gambling house, he notified the bondsmen for th two msn to surrender them. into court next Saturday to begin their sentences. Le and Neeley. with Archie Joker) Young. also colored, were convicted by 4 Jury In the criminal court sum tim ago for operating a gambling house at the Golden west cabaret in Indiana avenue.

Jury gave ach th maximum penalty of 50S and six month on th Stat Farm. Toung is now serving his sentence. Beeetver for EeVward BlHer. B. Anderson, judg of federal court.

Saturday appointed Sherman Mat shall, of Shelbyvllle, reeelver In bankruptcy for th assets of Edward Hiller, Shelbyvllle merchant. Marshall gavs bond of 116,000. The action against Hiller was brought by Hibben, Hollweg A Crow der Cooper Shoe Company, and Havens and Geddes Company, all ox inaianapoua. I fLsa I A 1 a i' rr 'i 1 1 1 anaaaa av 1 1 a. a.

ii.ii sr 4. TOR MUniCIPAL BUDGET Departsaeat Ilesds Mst Conspleie atisaateo By Jafy fay Hegae. Budgets of th Various depsrt ments of the city government for next year must bs prepared by the heads of the departments by July Joieph Hogu. city controller, has announced. This date is about ten 'days than th time uaually set for tha tiling of the budget estimates which must be completed and approved by the mayor and th city council in September.

The controller said a representative of tbe state tax board and V. Harrison, on of lb secruries of th Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, will meet with htm after the estimates have been received and conferences will be arranged with th department heads In an effort to make the final bud gat as low and as aystematlo as possible. Heavy Isaues of bonds by xn sanitary: aepanment, para arrroent ana nesitn inartm uring the year will cause an in. crease In the sinking rud irUa. ioe couxrotier saio.

1 13 CLUBS IN Stato TUada UStadeat G. O. P. Or swsnfs, says i Special to The XadUaapoQa Vtwmf WASHINGTON, Jun col lego bureau of the Republican na tlonat 'committee announced that ISO Republican clube had been' established in. the colleges and universities of the United States.

Indiana baa taken a leading part in IKa ntAvassant AwhnwStAM a a a. a av wasaaa fJQW ru statement which lists clubs vmriKn toiuiuiiom pi xn stat as follows: Indiana University. BuUsr, Notrs Valparaiso, Earlham. Franklin. and Rom Polytechnic.

K' fT i Ootsy Oreaks All Records In Parls to Tckb Flight 1ST th Associated Pre! TOKIO, Jan 81 acessf ally oaspletlas; a naaardeae aad; aeeetstewlar flight aereee Ere. and Asta to the far oast. Cast! Georges Felletler Daisy, Utrepl. Fresxfa arsay aviaf landed at th ansty flylaar Meld at Takere awa, fifteen ssUee northwest here, at aeea Exet for as aeddeat al Shanghai, wkieh fore him to ae stew. eLaae free there te Tekereaawa.

Detay lg hep I wa remarkably anccesafal aad devoid mishap. lit fttgtst rrena Pari Tkte fa ferty day ahattere hy nanny week prv1e flight ree asaee hy Italian flyers In itao. URGES DRY. LAW CHANGE Al Ssalth Wmld Permit State legalise Beer Salei; jy th Associated Presa I 'NEW TORK. Jun t.

A reviaion of the Volstead acta to permit states so disposed to legalise ths! sale of light wines and er 1s urged by Governor Alfred E. Smith la the first publlo statement on th subject sine became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. Governor Smith, fa Te plying to an regarding, his stand en prohibition, also said he believed the Ku Klux Klan to.be "contrary to th very principles upon which this country was founded." s. He said ha favored having the congress fix a maximum of alcoholio content "based upon scientific and sound reasoning. permitting 'each stats to estabitah for Itself What ever alcoholic content it chose long aa it did not overstep the limit set In the national law.

ti He urged strengthening the fed JusiLike i Picture I jl i' jB v. II On Sale for TWs dtxrable, ctnnfoTtaUd eoTjcJi haininock is made tUrk Uxski wear and not show soil quickly. Soft tnattres orer wament aws; ur 9AA.OO QUier Styles Head quarters for WlduaU Rugs 117 21; of Cmcli Ha axasawaaMk, Btolcet St i Opposite: liSfStotio i vr Nyourtoiikfarunniristh quty last drop vaporizes just as freey as tJieT jto lt full! Sinclair Gasoline is unift end or the gallon to the ouien ersr laws with regard to Interstste commerce and the importation cf strong liquors. lie said tfct rcost cf the luor nsum4 in this stkte waa smuggled from foreita coii.i tries. TAXIS lajsaetien Granted CeaeeraiagTrsf fl Kesr Stadoa.

In a suit filed some time sro by ths trustees of the estate of T. MaJott, Indianapolis capitalUt. Judge Clinton of $uptrior court. Room 4, Saturday granted aa injunction preventing various operators of taxi lines tn Indianapolis from obstructing ths ir.rrets snd egress of vehicles to property owned by the estate, which faces the Union Station in Jackson place. The order also enjoined the taxi drivers from using language and directed that they must not remain more than ten feet away from the parked taxi cabs.

Another part of the ruling prevents ths taxi drivers from permitting the engines of the taxi cabs to run while the cara ar parked in this location. Whll not attempting to prevent th taxi cab from parking In this location, th order said that they roust way to vehicles which desire agrees to or egress from business establishments in this block. Deed After Skeetlag Wfsaaelf. William Swisher, age twenty, South Addison avenue. died Ssturday afternoon at the City' Hospital from th effect of a self inflicted bullet 'Wound.

Swisher shot hlfself In the temple late Friday." Domestic trouble was given as vth cause of th ulcld. v. Antkeria Gary The state charter board Saturday authorised a new bank to berrtn business at Gary, Oliver Holmes, state senator. Is head of the organiser. The bank will have 125.609; capital and will be.

known a the Miller State Bank. IrkVI Mj' cloth Whleh wiH withsUnd long yrUiConcrcte 5. VV i i L'Tfv iv' Ti it! "5 i r2, 1 aSJaW a 1 '4 1j'e rV it iitv 1 'J.