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Serial set 6170	Report on strike of textile workers in Lawrence, Mass. in 1912. Prepared under the direction of Chas. P. Neill, Commissioner of Labor.	1
Serial set 6171	Extracts from the Journal of the United States Senate in all cases of impeachment presented by the House of Representatives 1798-1904.	1
Serial set 6172	Sugar at a glance. Charts and data, prepared by Truman G. Palmer. Concerning national economy and the high cost of living as affected by the increased yield of other crops when grown in rotation with sugar beets.	1
Serial set 6173	Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. -- Appropriations made during the first and second sessions of the Sixty-second Congress... II. -- New offices created and the salaries thereof... Prepared... by James C. Courts, clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, and Kennedy F. Rea, assistant clerk o the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate.	1
Serial set 6174	Duties on wool. Synopsis of the report of the Tariff Board of Schedule K relative to the duties on wool. Presented by Mr. Smoot. December 21, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed. Development and control of water power. Hearings on the development and control of water power before the National Waterways Commission November 21-24, 1911. Production, prices, and the tariff. Address by Charles E. Winter, member of the Wyoming Bar before the Wyoming Woolgrowers' Association, at its eighth annual convention, Cheyenne, Wyoming, December 11 and 12, 1911. Presented by Mr. Warren. January 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment of immigration laws. Resolutions, view of Southern governors, newspaper articles, and hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of the House of Representatives relative to excluding undesirable immigrants by amending the immigration laws. Presented by Mr. Overman. January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed. Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association. Resolutions adopted by convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association in Chicago October 12, 13, and 14, 1911, to Hon. James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Declaration of principles of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. Letter from the officers of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress transmitting a copy of the declaration of principles adopted at the eighth annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. December 11, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Nobel Peace Prize for 1912. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting information at the request of the Norwegian Parliament, relative to the distribution of the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 1912. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Treaty of 1832 between the United States and Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of a notice forwarded by the Secretary of State to the American Ambassador at St. Petersburg relative to the termination of the treaty of 1832 between the United States and Russia. December 18, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. International exposition at Ghent, Belgium, in 1913. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an invitation from the Belgian Government asking the United States to take part in an international exposition to be held at Ghent, Belgium, from April to October 1913, together with a report from the Secretary of State relative thereto. December 18, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Commission of Fine Arts. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. December 19, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. The Panama Canal. Hearings before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, United States Senate, held at Ancon, Canal Zone. Thursday, October 26 to Saturday, October 28, 1911. The Constitution and its makers. An address delivered before the Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina at Raleigh, N.C., November 28, 1911 by Henry Cabot Lodge. Presented by Mr. Overman. December 5, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed. Ellis Island, New York. Annual report of the Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New York with reference to Ellis Island affairs for the year ended June 30, 1911. Presented by Mr. Lodge. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed. Some aspects of the Constitution, Charta Maxima Lux Libertatis Preclara. An address by Joseph Culbertson Clayton, Esq., delivered before the New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, at the Hotel Manhattan, New York, December 14, 1910. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. National Forest Reservation Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the National Forest Reservation Commission for the year ended June 30, 1911. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game and ordered to be printed. Judicial recall. Address by Senator Robert L. Owen before the Bar Association of Muskogee, Okla., and published in the Daily Oklahoman of Sunday, December 31, 1911, relative to the recall of judges. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. January 11, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Why should we change our form of government? Address by Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in the City of New York, before the Commercial Club of St. Louis, November 27, 1911. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. January 3, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Representative government and the common law. A study of the initiative and referendum. An address delivered at the one hundred and forty-third annual banquet of the chamber of commerce of the State of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria, November 16, 1911, by Hon. Emmet O'Neal, Governor of Alabama. Presented by Mr. Bailey. January 3, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. American merchant marine. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter to Hon. James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States, from Mr. Alexander R. Smith, No. 88 Post Street, Yonkers, N.Y., relative to the condition of the American merchant marine. January 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Printed. January 18, 1912. -- Reported favorably from the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. federal mining commission. Address by John Randolph Haynes, M.D.,... before the joint session of the American Economic Association and the Association for Labor Legislation, at Washington, D.C. December 30, 1911. Presented by Mr. Works. January 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Printed. January 18, 1912. -- Reported favorably from the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Judicial decisions and public feeling. Address by Hon. Elihu Root as President of the New York Bar Association, at the annual meeting, in New York City, on January 19, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. January 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Representative as against direct government. Address by Hon. Samuel W. McCall, member of Congress from Massachusetts, before the Ohio State Bar Association at the annual meeting held at Cedar Point, Ohio, July 12, 1911. Presented by Mr. Smith of Michigan. January 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Appropriations for colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of expenditures of funds appropriated for support and endowment of colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the nineteenth meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, held at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delavan, Wis., July 6-13, 1911. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustration	24
Serial set 6175	Address of President William H. Taft at the banquet of the Tippecanoe Club Cleveland, Ohio, January 29, 1912 in celebration of the birthday anniversary of the late President William McKinley. Presented by Mr. Smoot. February 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. European immigration, 1899-1909. Mr. Lodge presented the following. Table showing European immigration, by race or people, into the United States from 1899 to 1909. March 11, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. History of the movement for a National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Presented by Mr. Poindexter. February 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. The pending arbitration treaties. Address of Hon. Philander C. Knox before the American Society of judicial settlement of international disputes, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 1911. Presented by Mr. Bailey. February 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Wireless telegraphy in the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a series of joint reports by officers representing the insular government of the Philippine Islands, the Army and Navy, relative to wireless telegraphy in the Philippine Islands. February 8, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed. Summary of the wages and hours of labor, from the report on conditions of employment in the iron and steel industry in the United States. Prepared under the direction of Chas. P. Neill, Commissioner of Labor. Presented by Mr. Borah. February 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. charter of democracy. Address of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President of the United States, before the Ohio Constitutional Convention February 21, 1912. Presented by Mr. Clapp. February 26, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Withdrawals and restoration of public lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to the Senate resolution of February 1, 1912, relative to the withdrawals and restoration of public lands by executive order. February 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Shipyard River, S.C. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army transmitting in response to a resolution of the Senate Committee on Commerce copies of reports on the examination and survey of the Shipyard River, S.C. February 28, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Request of the Republic of Chile. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War relative to the request of the Republic of Chile that an officer of the Coast Artillery Corps of the army serve as an instructor in the army of that republic. February 29, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign relations, and ordered to be printed. List of arbitration treaties and conventions submitted to and acted upon by the United States Senate. Presented by Mr. Lodge. February 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Banking and currency reform, its necessity - its possibility - its method. An address by James Thompson McCleary... before a joint session of the American Civic Alliance and the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Washington, D.C., on December 29, 1911. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. February 6, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. March 1, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with corrections. Opinion of the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey in the case of George Jonas Glass Company complainant and respondent versus the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the United States and Canada et al, defendants and appellants. Presented by Mr. Culberson. March 4, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The case of George Jonas Glass Company versus The Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the United States and Canada et al. Opinion of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey. Submitted May 6, 1907 decided May 18, 1907. Presented by Mr. Briggs. March 4, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Competition v. monopoly, the case of the American people against the New York sugar refiners. Twenty-four arguments advanced by the New York refiners of raw sugar favoring the reduction or removal of the duty on foreign raw sugar, the wrecking of the people's home beet sugar industry... Prepared by Truman G. Palmer. Presented by Mr. Curtis. March 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Sugar tariff reduction who wants it and why. A brief digest of testimony embodied in the hearings held before the Hardwick Special Committee on the Investigation of the American Sugar Refining Company, and Others. Compiled by Truman G. Palmer. Presented by Mr. Curtis. March 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Postal express as a solution of the parcels post and high cost of living problems...Relief to consumers and shippers by a reduction of charges and extension of service to the country through rural delivery. A study in the economics of the transport of small shipments by Hon. David J. Lewis member of Congress. Presented by Mr. Gardner. March 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. chapter of national dishonor by Leander T. Chamberlain. Reprinted from the North American Review, February, 1912. Presented by Mr. Hitchcock. March 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 7, 1912. -- Reported favorably by Mr. Smoot, from the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. Expenditures on rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of December 7, 1911, relative to expenditures for rivers and harbors. March 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pelatiah Webster and the Constitution. An article prepared by Gaillard Hunt and published in "The Nation" of December 28, 1911. Presented by Mr. Lodge. March 11, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Expense of patrolling the boundary in Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the expense of policing and patrolling the international boundary along the Rio Grande by the State of Texas. March 12, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Seminole patents. Letter of Judge T.S. Cobb to Hon. Robert L. Owen relative to the delivery of Seminole patents. March 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Parcel post system. Bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives during the present Congress in relation to parcel post. Presented by Mr. Clarke of Arkansas. March 12, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The judiciary and progress. Address of Hon. William H. Taft at Toledo, Ohio, Friday evening March 8, 1912. Presented by Mr. Oliver. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Advisability of the establishment of a pacific steamship line by the Isthmian Canal Commission. Report of J.L. Bristow Special Panama Railroad Commissioner January 20, 1908. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Sidney Henry et al. vs. A.B. Dick Co. Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Sidney Henry et al. vs. A.B. Dick Co. relative to the infringement of certain patents. Presented by Mr. Brown. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Expenses of city school systems. Tables, quotations, and facts from advance sheets of "A study of expenses of city school systems" by Harlan Updegraff of the Bureau of Education with special application to the public school system of the District of Columbia. 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. March 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Inquiry concerning Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 26, 1912, relative to Apache Indian prisoners of war at Fort Sill (Okla.) Reservation. March 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. The Iowa injunction and abatement law. A letter from Hon. George Cosson, Attorney General of Iowa, and a speech of Senator T.J. Brooks, delivered in the Senate of the State of Tennessee, and an address and article by Mr. James B. Hammond on the Iowa injunction and abatement law, together with a copy of the law. Presented by Mr. Kenyon. March 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Wilson anti-injunction bill. (H.R. 11032.) Labor's reasons for its enactment. From report of Samuel Gompers, President, to Thirty-first Annual Convention American Federation of Labor, held at Atlanta, Ga., November 13 to 27, 1911. Presented by Mr. Martine. March 19, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of Hon. J.B. Foraker to the Constitutional Convention of Ohio, March 14, 1912. Presented by Mr. Burton. March 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Classified civil service. Letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of February 15, 1912, relative to persons admitted into the classified civil service through examinations or otherwise. March 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. The judicial power and the power of Congress in its relation to the United States courts. Argument of Alfred P. Thom in opposition to Senate Bills 4365 and 4366 prohibiting the granting, by any court, of injunction in certain cases. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. March 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian funds. Mr. Owen presented the following protest of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians against the use of tribal funds for establishing and maintaining a hospital, as provided by section 17 of the Bill H.R. 20728. March 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Withdrawals of public lands. Speech of Hon. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. Late a Senator from Colorado delivered in the United States Senate on Tuesday, June 14, 1910 presented by Mr. Clark of Wyoming March 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Improvement of Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate Concurrent Resolution of March 18, 1912, relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River from Vicksburg to Bayou Sara. March 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1911. The general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. Speech of Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge in the Senate of the United States on February 29, 1912. The compulsory initiative and referendum and the recall of judges. An address by Henry Cabot Lodge delivered at Princeton University, March 8, 1912. Abandoned property in insurrectionary districts. Speech of Hon. Cushman K. Davis, Senator from Minnesota, in the Senate of the United States January 23, 1900. Initiative, referendum, and recall article by Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. United States Senator on initiative, referendum, and recall published in the Atlantic Monthly of January, 1912. Presented by Mr. Brown. February 12, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Drainage of the Upper Yazoo delta. Address by Charles G. Elliott, Chief of Drainage Investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, before the first semiannual meeting of the Delta Publicity and Improvement Association at Clarksdale, Miss., on December 6, 1911. Presented by Mr. Williams. February 14, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with accompanying illustration. Proceedings of the Senate relating to the classification of United States Senators under the second paragraph of the third section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States. Taken from journals of the Senate.... including the classification of the Senators from the State of Oklahoma, December 16, 1907. Presented by Mr. Lodge. February 19, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The recall of judges. Article published in the Editorial Review of November, 1911 presented by Mr. Poindexter March 28, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The new despotism. An address by Wendell Phillips Stafford, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, before the New York County Lawyers' Association at its annual banquet. February 17, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. February 26, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of President Taft to the General Court of the Legislature of Massachusetts at Boston, Mass., March 18, 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger March 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of President Taft at the banquet of the Swedish-American Republic League at Congress Hall, Chicago, Ill. March 9, 1912. Presented by Mr. Cullom. March 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Abraham Lincoln. First and second inaugural addresses. Message, July 5, 1861. Proclamation, January 1, 1863. Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863. Presented by Mr. Clark of Wyoming. March 19, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. March 25, 1912. -- Ordered reprinted with corrections. The right of the people to rule. Address by Hon. Theodore Roosevelt delivered in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on Wednesday, March 20, 1912, under the auspices of the Civic Forum. Presented by Mr. Bristow. March 28, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Universal peace movement. Address delivered by Charles A. Towne at the peace banquet held at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria on December 30, 1911. Presented by Mr. Stone. February 1, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Votes on reciprocity and tariff bills. Record of every yea-and-nay vote in the Senate on the reciprocity and tariff bills during the first session of the Sixty-second Congress and a tabulated statement of the votes of the Democratic senators. Presented by Mr. Bailey. January 24, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Message from the President of the United States transmitting reports of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency relative to centralization of the distribution of government publications, and so forth. February 5, 1912. -- Read ordered to lie on the table and printed with illustration.	52
Serial set 6176	Anniversary celebration of Act of Emancipation. Speech of Hon. William O. Bradley delivered in the Senate of the United States April 2, 1912, on Senate Bill 180, providing for the celebration of the semicentennial anniversary of the Act of Emancipation, and for other purposes. Presented by Mr. Bradley April 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed Memorial relating to the conservation of human life as contemplated by Bill (S. 1) providing for a United States Public Health Service. Prepared by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale University, President of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health. Assisted by Miss Emily F. Robbins of New York City, Executive Secretary of the Committee. Presented by Mr. Owen. April 5, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine and ordered to be printed. The federal accident compensation bill. Letter from members of railway employees; organizations in engine and train service relative to S. 5382; H.R. 20487 a bill to provide an exclusive remedy and compensation for accidental injuries, resulting in disability or death, to employees of common carriers by railroad engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. April 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The abolition of the secretary of party funds: The origin of the movement its purpose and effect by Perry Belmont. Presented by Mr. Hitchcock. April 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. River and harbor improvements. Addresses delivered before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington, D.C., by Brig. Gen. William H. Bixby Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. Presented by Mr. Culberson. April 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. people without a country. Appeal for United States citizenship for the people of Porto Rico, published by the American Federation of Labor, Washington, D.C. 1912. Presented by Mr. Borah. April 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Statement of Capt. Charles H. West, member of the Mississippi River Commission before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-second Congress, Second Session, relative to improvements of the Mississippi River and the flooded conditions prevailing in the river. Presented by Mr. Percy. April 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Woman suffrage. Hearing before a joint committee of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Woman Suffrage. United States Senate, Sixty-second Congress, second session. Presented by Mr. Smoot. April 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Laws of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting pursuant to law, copies of the acts and resolutions enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during the sessions beginning January 8 and ending March 4, 1912. April 24, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Agricultural credit. General theory of cooperative credit in France and other foreign countries by Maurice Dufourmantelle. Translated from the French by Pauline Carter Biddle. Presented by Mr. McCumber. April 17, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Alaskan problems. Reprint from proceedings at the fourteenth annual session of the American Mining Congress, held at Chicago, Ill., October 24 to 28, 1911. Presented by Mr. Nixon. April 17, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Systems of rural cooperative credit. On outline of the European cooperative credit systems from Bulletins of Economic and Social Intelligence published by the International Institute of Agriculture. Presented by Mr. McCumber. April 17, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Panama Canal traffic and tolls. Preliminary statement by Emory R. Johnson Special Commissioner on Panama Traffic and Tolls. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. April 18, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with accompanying illustrations. General arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France ratified by the Senate on March 5, 1912, calendar day March 7, 1912, together with the resolution of ratification thereon. Workmen's compensation and employers' liability. Opinions of the state supreme courts of New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Montana, Wisconsin, and Ohio, construing the workmen's compensation and industrial insurance laws of those states and the Supreme Court of the United States in the second employers' liability cases, January 15, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland March 28, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Parcel post. Letter from Hon. Joseph T. Johnson, Member of Congress from the State of South Carolina, relative to the parcel post. Presented by Mr. Bailey for Mr. Tillman. April 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Payment for reservation lands of the Iowa Indians. Petition of the Iowa tribe of Indians in Oklahoma relative to payment for certain Indian reservation lands ceded to the United States by treaty with Indians. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mining leases on certain Osage Indian lands. Resolutions adopted by the Osage Tribal Council of Osage Indians of Oklahoma, relative to the right to grant leases for mining purposes on certain Osage Indian lands. Presented by Mr. Owen. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Interstate shipments of intoxicating liquors. Argument of Hon. Fred S. Caldwell former state enforcement attorney of Oklahoma, of Oklahoma City, Okla. In favor of the Kenyon (S. 4043) and McCumber (S. 2310) Bills. Presented by Mr. Gronna for Mr. Kenyon April 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Brotherhood of North American Indians protesting against the reimbursement of money appropriated for the benefit of Indian tribes, as provided in Bill H.R. 20728, and the practice adopted in doing likewise since 1877, and praying for the right of representation and of self-government by the Indian people. Presented by Mr. Owen. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. The parcel post and postal express situation in Congress. Mr. Clarke of Arkansas presented the following letter to the people of the United States by Hon. Obediah [i.e., Obadiah] Gardner, United States Senator from the State of Maine. April 4, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Howard University. The necessity for its existence, development, and support. The influences of education in sustaining law, constituted authority, and governmental institutions. An address delivered by President Taft before the alumni of Howard University at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1912. Presented by Mr. Smoot April 16, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Codification of the patent laws. Mr. Brown presented the following statement of the Commissioner of Patents relative to the Bill (S. 6273) to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to patents. April 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Initiative and referendum. Speech of Hon. Herbert S. Bigelow in the Ohio Constitutional Convention, March 27, 1912. Presented by Mr. Pomerene. April 12, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial relative to a postal express by George P. Hampton... A general parcel post on a flat rate is against the public welfare, but the postal express, based on distance and weight, would benefit local merchants, the farmers, and the consumers. The opposition of the local merchant explained and answered by the zone system... Presented by Mr. Owen April 12, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Foreign market prices of certain metals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 12, 1912, relative to market prices in certain foreign countries of metals named in schedule C of the Tariff Act of 1909. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Public health bureau or service. Address of Hon. John L. Bates, of Boston, Mass., before the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Saturday, March 30, 1912, with relation to Senate bills 1 and 5972, proposing the establishment of a public health bureau or service. Presented by Mr. Culberson. April 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of President William H. Taft in front of the State House at Concord, N.H. March 19, 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. April 11, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.	28
Serial set 6177	Chestnut tree blight. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture transmitting in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1912, information relative to the study and investigation of the so-called chestnut tree blight. May 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed with illustrations. Land at Magdalena Bay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of April 2, 1912, a report of the Secretary of State relating to the purchase of land at Magdalena Bay by the Japanese government or by a Japanese company. May 1, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. The Senate amendments to the arbitration treaties. Mr. Hitchcock submitted the following copy of an article published in the North American Review, entitled "The Senate amendments to the arbitration treaties," by Augustus O. Bacon, United States Senator from Georgia. May 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The prosecution of the Harvester trust. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of April 24, 1912, relative to the proposed prosecution of the International Harvester Co. and reasons for its abandonment. April 24, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Statement by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, published in the Washington Post, April 29, 1912, in reply to a speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, delivered at Worcester, Mass, April 27, 1912. Presented by Mr. Reed. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Workmen's compensation. History and operation of workmen's compensation in Great Britain by Launcelot Packer, LL.B. Secretary of the United States Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, delivered in Boston, Mass., Thursday, April 25, 1912. Presented by Mr. Reed. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt delivered at Boston, Mass. Saturday, April 27, 1912. Presented by Mr. Reed. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Thanks of the people of China. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting copy of a note from the Chinese Minister, expressing the thanks of the people of China for the for the message of congratulation set forth in a concurrent resolution adopted by Congress April 17, 1912. May 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Summary of the laws of other countries on the subject of workmen's compensation including the federal employers' liability Act of 1908, the government employees' compensation Act of 1908, and the British workmen's compensation Act of 1906. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. May 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Health conservation and well communities v. materia medica and sick communities. Memorial to Congress by Parker H. Sercombe relative to Bill (S. 1) to establish a national health service. Presented by Mr. Owen. May 7, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Tendencies toward race degeneracy, by J.H. Kellogg, M.D., F.R.S.M. of Battle Creek, Mich. Presented by Mr. Townsend. May 7, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Recall of judges. Argument in opposition, presented before the Minnesota State Bar Association at its annual meeting, Duluth, Minn., July 19, 1911, by Mr. Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. Presented by Mr. Lodge. May 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. What is the matter with our Army? Articles prepared by Hon. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, and by prominent officers of the Army of the United States, relative to the Army. Presented by Mr. Newlands. April 30, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Remarks of Porter J. McCumber, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, United States Senate upon the conference report on H.R. 1, an Act Granting a Service Pension to Certain Defined Veterans of the Civil War and the War with Mexico, together with the bill as agreed to by the conference committee. Resolution for the direct election of senators. Article by Hon Joseph L. Bristow, United States Senator from the State of Kansas. Presented by Mr. Borah. May 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Postal savings banks. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1912, information relative to the business of the postal savings banks. May 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. The United States Naval Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 10, 1912, information relative to certain matters pertaining to the United States Naval Academy. May 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Entries under the enlarged homestead acts. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 8, 1912, information relative to entries made in each state under the enlarged homestead acts. May 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. The problems of the Land Office have been the problems of the nation. Address by Hon. Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States, Interior Department, delivered at Washington, D.C. on May 7, 1912. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. May 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Lands on Magdalena Bay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of May 16, 1912, copies of correspondence relative to the American syndicate interested in lands on Magdalena Bay. May 23, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. The economic aspects of immigration, by Isaac A. Hourwich. Reprinted from Political Science Monthly, Vol. XXVI, No. 4. Presented by Mr. Penrose. May 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Correspondence with Columbia relating to Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the Senate of March 1, 1912, relating to correspondence between this country and Columbia upon matters relating to Panama. May 22, 1912. -- Read, ordered that it lie on the table and be printed. Limitations of federal control of water powers. An argument before the National Waterways Commission. Presented by Mr. Root. May 27, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Corporations organized under federal authority. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1912, information relative to the number, name, and business of all corporations organized under the laws of the United States. May 10, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. The Naval situation. Article from the London Times of March 11, 1912. Part II, relative to the Naval situation foreign powers. Presented by Mr. Lodge. May 10, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate Concurrent Resolution of April 3, 1912, information relative to the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustrations. The initiative and referendum. Remarks of Hon. Frank E. Gove in the Colorado State Senate, August 19, 1910. Presented by Mr. Guggenheim. May 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Bills of lading. Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce of the United States Senate, Sixty-second Congress, on S. 4713, a bill relating to bills of lading in commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and S. 957, a bill relating to bills of lading, February 16 and 17, March 1, 2, and 15, and April 26, 1912. Presented by Mr. Clapp. May 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. glaring error in certain Senate documents opposing popular government. A memorial by C.F. Taylor, editor of Equity Series on the initiative and referendum and the fundamental error in the reasoning found in Senate documents... various addresses by Senator Lodge, Senator Root, Senator Sutherland, President Taft, Justice Stafford... Submitted by Mr. Owen. May 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Canadian homestead laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting exact wording of Canadian statutes, upon which the "Three-Year Homestead Law" of that country is based, taken from the Canadian Dominion Lands Act. May 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Indian lands in Oklahoma. Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States relative to the allotment of and taxes on certain Indian lands in Oklahoma, also relating to conveyances and the cancellation of conveyances, deeds, and mortgages thereon. Presented by Mr. Curtis. May 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.	32
Serial set 6178	The Industrial Development of Nations. Preface to a history of the tariff policies of the United States and of Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and other European countries. By George B. Curtiss, Counselor at Law, Author of "Protection and Prosperity." Presented by Mr. Smoot. July 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The opium evil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication of the Secretary of State covering the report of the American delegation to the International Opium Conference held at The Hague from December 1, 1911, to January 23, 1912. May 31, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Swamp and overflowed lands in the United States. Resolutions and a petition of the Southern Commercial Congress adopted in convention at Nashville, Tenn., April 8 to 10, 1912 together with an address delivered by Hon J.O. Wright, chief drainage engineer for the State of Florida, relative to the reclamation of the swamp and overflowed lands of the United States. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. May 31, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The supply bills. Article by Hon. John Sharp Williams concerning the constitutional power of the House of Representatives to originate supply bills. Presented by Mr. Williams. July 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The relation of the Panama Canal to the traffic and rates of American railroads by Emory R. Johnson Special Commissioner on Panama traffic and tolls. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. July 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations. Reclamation of wet lands in the United States. Resolutions of the National Drainage Congress in convention at New Orleans April 10-13, 1912, with an address of M.O. Leighton, chief hydrographer, United States Geological Survey, on the national aspect of drainage. Presented by Mr. Williams. July 17, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Lease of power sites. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1912, ...as to the number of power sites... leased within and without forest reserves...and the revenue derived therefrom. July 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. The Panama Canal and restoration of American merchant marine. An address delivered before the American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers' Association at its annual meeting held in Norfolk, Va., May 14, 1912, by Mr. Samuel H. Barker, of Philadelphia, Pa., financial editor of the North American. Presented by Mr. O'Gorman. July 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Data relating to Alaska. Information relating to the commercial and productive importance of the territory of Alaska bearing directly upon the resources and progress of that territory from the time of its purchase from Russia in 1867. Presented by Mr. Smith of Michigan. July 25, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations. Shall we change our plan of government? Address by Hon N.C. Young, member of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1898 to 1906. Presented by Mr. McCumber. July 1, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Colorado River. Mr. Works presented the following statement showing necessity for action at the present session... upon the President's request for an appropriation to control the Colorado River, (...message June 14, 1912, S. Doc. No. 846, 62D Cong., 2D sess.) (To accompany amendment... June 27, 1912, to H.R. 25069.) July 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. International Institute of Agriculture. Adaptation of the European cooperative credit system to meet the needs of the American farmer. Report to the International Institute of Agriculture, on the conference held at Nashville, Tenn., April, 1912. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. June 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. July 6, 1912. -- Ordered to be reprinted with additional matter. Views on Immigration. Mr. O'Gorman presented the following petition of citizens of Orchard, Rivington, and East Houston Streets, New York City, relative to the reports of officials and the condition of immigrants. June 10, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Equalization of Creek Indian allotments. Mr. Gore presented the following communications relating to Bill (S. 4947) Providing for the equalization of Creek Indian allotments and amendments proposed thereto. June 10, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Flood waters of the Colorado River. Message from the President of the United States, ... submitting an appeal of the board of supervisors of Imperial County, Cal., for further appropriations of money and further works for the protection of lands ... in the United States against the flood waters of the Colorado River. June 14, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. The "Titanic" disaster. Speech of Hon. William Alden Smith of Michigan in the Senate of the United States May 28, 1912. Presented by Mr. Curtis for Mr. Guggenheim. June 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Alien and sedition laws. Debates in the House of Delegates of Virginia in December, 1798, on resolutions before the House on the act Congress called the alien and sedition laws. Presented by Mr. Bailey. July 6, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The pending revolution. Address by Alfred P. Thom, of Washington, D.C., before the Alabama State Bar Association at Montgomery, Ala., July 12, 1912. Presented by Mr. Bailey. July 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. plea for international and intersectional peace. Address by Hon. Whitehead Kluttz of North Carolina at Ocean Grove, N.J. July 29, 1911. Presented by Mr. Overman. July 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The Constitution of the United States of America. Articles of impeachment presented against Robert W. Archbald, additional circuit judge of the United States from the Third Judicial District. Answer of Robert W. Archbald, additional circuit judge of the United States from the Third Judicial Circuit and designated a judge of the Commerce Court to the articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives of the United States. Improvement of Hudson River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting all correspondence and documents, or copies of documents, on file in his office or in his possession, relating to the attitude and action of the State of New York regarding the conditions imposed upon the appropriation for the improvement of the Hudson River. Work of the Bureau of Mines in states west of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, information relative to the work of the Bureau of Mines for the metal mining industries in states west of the Mississippi River. June 5, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Moral education. Report of the Committee on Moral Education of the High School Teachers' Association of the District of Columbia. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. June 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The opportunity and duty of the press in relation to world peace. Address by William C. Deming, Editor of Wyoming Tribune, at Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, on May 17, 1012. Presented by Mr. Warren. June 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Vocational education. Speech of Hon. Carroll S. Page delivered in the Senate of the United States June 5, 1912, on Senate Bill 3, To Cooperate with the States in Encouraging Instruction In Agriculture, the Trades and Industries, and Home Economics In Secondary Schools...To Appropriate Money and Regulate its Expenditure. June 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Equal suffrage in Colorado. Speech of Hon. Edward T. Taylor of Colorado delivered in the House of Representatives Wednesday, April 24, 1912, in consideration of Bill (H.R. 38) to confer legislative authority on the territory of Alaska. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. May 27, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The recall of judges, by John H. Hazelton, member of the New York Bar. Presented by Mr. Nelson. May 27, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The National University. Address by Edmund J. James, Ph. D., LL. D., President of the University of Illinois, delivered before the National Educational Association, at Chicago, Ill., July 6, 1912. Presented by Mr. Oliver. August 19, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Private irrigation enterprise compared with government reclamation. By Francis G. Tracy of New Mexico. Presented by Mr. Works. July 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.	31
Serial set 6179	The judicial recall, a fallacy repugnant to constitutional government, by Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. From "The Annals," September, 1912, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Presented by Mr. McCumber. August 3, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Purposes and policies of the Progressive Party speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt before the Progressive convention at Chicago, Ill., August 6, 1912. Presented by Mr. Poindexter. August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Limiting federal injunctions. Argument of Thomas Carl Spelling, esq., of New York, N.Y. before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, on August 13, 1912, on the Bill H.R. 23635, an act to amend an act entitled "An Act To Codify, Revise and Amend the Laws Relating to the Judiciary," approved March 3, 1911. Presented by Mr. Martin. August 24, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to inherited estates in the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 4948, entitled "An Act Relating to Inherited Estate in the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma," together with the report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation thereto. August 6, 1912. -- Read, ordered to lie on the tables, and to be printed. The Tarsney Act. Cost of architectural service in the Office of Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Letters of the Secretary of the Treasury. Presented by Mr. Newlands. August 8, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Diseases among Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present conditions of health on Indian reservations and in Indian schools, pointing out the alarming death rate, and urging upon Congress the necessity for additional appropriations for the use of the Indian medical service. August 10, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. The United States Navy. Address by Maj. F.A. Mahan, United States Army, retired, before the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, on March 6, 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. August 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Acts of the Second Philippine Legislature and of the Philippine Commission (Nos. 2076 to 2187, inclusive). Message from the President of the United States transmitting the laws enacted by the Second Philippine Legislature during its second and special sessions, from October 16, 1911, to February 6, 1912, inclusive, and certain laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. August 15, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed. Occupation of Mexican territory. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 15, 1846, reports from the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy relative to the occupation of Mexican territory. Sugar beets in New England and the Free Sugar Bill of the House of Representatives. Letter of Truman G. Palmer to Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge concerning the production in 1837 at Northampton, Mass., of the first beet sugar produced in America, and the adaptability of New England conditions to the production of beet sugar. Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 16, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The Army canteen. August 19, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Loss of the steamship "Titanic." Report of a formal investigation into the circumstances attending the foundering on April 15, 1912, of the British steamship "Titanic," of Liverpool, after striking ice in or near latitude 41 46' N., longitude 50 14' W., north Atlantic Ocean, as conducted by the British government. Presented by Mr. Smith of Michigan. August 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations. Speech of William Howard Taft accepting the Republican nomination for President of the United States together with the speech of notification by Senator Elihu Root. Delivered at Washington, D.C. August 1, 1912. Presented by Mr. Brandegee August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Speech of Governor Wilson accepting the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, together with the speech of notification delivered by Hon. Ollie M. James at Seagirt, N.J., August 7, 1912. Presented by Mr. Culberson. August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Workmen's compensation legislation. An article by Hon. W.G. Brantley, member of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, in answer to an article appearing in the Charlotte News, of Charlotte, N.C., August 5, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The playground movement in the District of Columbia. Report to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, July 1, 1912, by Edgar S. Martin, Supervisor of Playgrounds. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. August 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The recall of judges. Address by James Manahan of Minneapolis, Minn., before the Minnesota State Bar Association at Duluth, July 19, 1911. Presented by Mr. Clapp. August 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Speech of James Schoolcraft Sherman, accepting the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States, together with the speech of notification by Senator George Sutherland of Utah, delivered at Utica, N.Y., August 21, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sanders. August 23, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Speech of Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Governor of Indiana, accepting the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States, together with the speech of notification by Judge Alton B. Parker of New York delivered at Indianapolis, Ind. August 20, 1912. Presented by Mr. Smith of Georgia. August 24, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. State claims, Northwest Territory. Address of Hon. William E. Chilton of West Virginia, in the Senate of the United States, on April 10, 1912, and address of Gov. Claude A. Swanson of Virginia on "Virginia Day," delivered at the Jamestown Exposition June 12, 1907. Presented by Mr. Swanson. August 24, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. The parcel post. Memorial presenting the farmers' position on the parcel post in connection with the Post Office appropriation bill. By George P. Hampton, Secretary, Farmers' National Committee on Postal Reform, and Secretary, Postal Express Federation. Presented by Mr. La Follette. August 3, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. New dangers to majority rule. Address by Judson King before the Political Science Club of the University of Washington March 6, 1912. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. August 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Analysis of the Tariff Board report on schedule K, by Samuel S. Dale. Reprinted from the "Textile World Record," Boston, Mass., June, 1912. Presented by Mr. La Follette. August 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. International expositions. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report by the Secretary of State in answer to the Resolution of the Senate of July 13, 1911, concerning invitations extended to the United States to participate in expositions in foreign countries and invitations extended by the United States... August 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Fur-seal convention. Message from the President of the United States, urging the importance of enacting at the earliest possible moment... legislation necessary to enable this government to make the payments to Great Britain and Japan as required by a convention entered into by the United States... on July 7, 1911... August 14, 1912. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Industrial education. Report of Committee on Industrial Education of the American Federation of Labor. Compiled and edited by Charles H. Winslow. Presented by Mr. Page August 17, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.	26
Serial set 6180	Mary A. Curran, Executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary A. Curran, executrix of the estate of John J. Curran, deceased, late claimant in his own right and as sole heir of Murty Curran, deceased, against the United States. December 12, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah Elizabeth Clarkson and others, Sole heirs at law. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah Elizabeth Clarkson and sundry nephews and nieces, Sole heirs at Law of Thomas Pinder, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Paul Earnest, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Paul Earnest, administrator of the estate of Sebree Smith, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary B. Hunt, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary B. Hunt, executrix of the estate of Henry J. Hunt, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry M. Lazelle. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Henry M. Lazelle against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Brown and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Brown and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert Dugan and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert Dugan and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.W. Huffman, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.W. Huffman, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Jacob Hufty, deceased, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Hugh T. Reed. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Hugh T. Reed against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jacob Ford Kent. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jacob Ford Kent, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Georgie R. Ricketts, widow, and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Georgie R. Ricketts, widow of Augustus Ricketts, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, administrator de bonis non cum testamente annexo of the estate of Daniel Egbert, deceased against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator of the estate of Rufus Saxton, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. American Security & Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of American Security & Trust Co., administrator de bonis non of the estate of Charles R. Woods, deceased, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Travel expense of officers and employees of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting pursuant to law, a statement of the expense for travel of the officers and employees of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. December 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. David H. Dyer. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David H. Dyer against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edward S. Hay. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward S. Hay against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William W. Trigg, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William W. Trigg, administrator of Lowell G. Spaulding, against the United States. January 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John W. Knight and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John W. Knight and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Martin Guillory. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Martin Guillory against the United States. December 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Olivia F. Elliott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Olivia F. Elliott, widow of George S. Elliott, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lincoln H. Newcomb. administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lincoln H. Newcomb, administrator de bonis non cum testamente annexo of the estate of Henry Prince, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Leonard S. Carter. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Leonard S. Carter against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Ely. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth Ely, widow of John L. Ely, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. La Grange Synodical College. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of La Grange Synodical College against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sylvester L. Backus and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sylvester L. Backus and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Alcorn, widow, and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Alcorn, widow of John Alcorn, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases, against the United States. William W. Langley and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William W. Langley and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Martha Singleton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Martha Singleton, widow of Edward B.J. Singleton, deceased, against the United States. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry W. King, deceased, and W.H. King, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry W. King, deceased, and W.H. King, administrator of the estate of Edward King, deceased, heirs of Kinchen W. King, deceased, against the United States. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Needs of Government Hospital for the Insane. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the committee to consider the organization and needs of the Government Hospital for the Insane to the Secretary of the Interior. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Panama Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the sixty-second annual report of the board of directors of the Panama Railroad Company to the stockholders for the year ended June 30, 1911. January 15, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustrations. Army enlistments. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information, in response to Senate resolution of January 11, 1912, relative to Army enlistments, etc., for the 10 years ending June 30, 1911. January 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Julia E. Willcox. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Julia E. Willcox, widow of Orlando B. Willcox, against the United States. January 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas N. Arnold, Jr., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas N. Arnold, Jr., administrator of the estate of Thomas N. Arnold, deceased, against the United States. January 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William Yancey, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William Yancey, administrator de bonis non of the estate of George W. Yancey, deceased, against the United States. January 18, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Georgetown Gas Light Co. Letter from the President of the Georgetown Gas Light Co., transmitting the annual report of the company for the year ended December 31, 1911. February 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Sussana R. Lovejoy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sussana R. Lovejoy, widow of John T. Lovejoy, deceased, against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clements T. Dant and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clements T. Dant and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Hannah J. Adams and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Hannah J. Adams, widow of Augustus H. Adams, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ellen Brew and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ellen Brew, widow of Frank Brew, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Evah A. Davis. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Evah A. Davis, widow of Ross J. Hazeltine, against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alice E. Gunn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alice E. Gunn, widow of William A. Gunn, deceased, against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary W. Gifford. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary W. Gifford, widow of John F. Gifford, deceased, against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Silas E. Gardner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Silas E. Gardner against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Reynolds. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Reynolds, widow of Joseph J. Reynolds, deceased, against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clarkson V. Hendrickson and Jasper Chisholm. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clarkson V. Hendrickson and Jasper Chisholm against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clarence Marks and George T. Clifford. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clarence Marks and George T. Clifford against the United States. January 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Service of certain line officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of January 22, 1912, relative to service of certain line officers of the Army. January 31, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public utilities commission in the District of Columbia. Mr. Works presented the following letters from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia relating to the bill to regulate public utilities in the District of Columbia. February 8, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. C. La Branche, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of C. La Branche, dative testamentary, executor of Adele Rixner Lanaux, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David Hockensmith, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David Hockensmith, administrator de bonis non of George W. Hockensmith, deceased, against the United States. December 11, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Court of Randolph County, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of county court of Randolph County, West Virginia, against the United States. December 11, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Suspension bridge across San Francisco Bay. Resolutions by the Merchants' Association of San Francisco and the Merchants' Exchange of Oakland, relative to the construction of a suspension bridge across San Francisco Bay connecting the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, in the State of California. Presented by Mr. Works. December 12, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ada E. Much and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ada E. Much, widow of George W. Much, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases, against the United States. December 12, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.J. Goodwin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.J. Goodwin against the United States. December 12, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Malambo fire claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, with accompanying papers, relative to the Malambo fire claims. December 13, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Acts of the second Philippine Legislature and of the Philippine Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the laws enacted by the second Philippine Legislature, first session, and laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. December 13, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed. Mary A.F. Barry, widow, and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary A.F. Barry, widow of Daniel S. Barry, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alfred D. Bullock and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alfred D. Bullock, and sundry subnumbered cases, against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Nathan F. Amee and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nathan F. Amee, and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. Ashe and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. Ashe and sundry sub-numbered cases against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John P. Capell and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John P. Capell and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimates for urgent deficiency, Bureau of Mines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the Department of Interior to be included in the urgent deficiency bill for investigating mine accidents. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates for urgent deficiency; certain claims in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the Department of State to be included in the urgent deficiency bill for arbitration of claims between the United States and Great Britain. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates for certain urgent deficiencies, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriation required by the Department of State to be included in the urgent deficiency bill, for rent of buildings, etc. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriation required by the Post Office Department for inclusion in the urgent deficiency bill. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Campbell T. Hamilton, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Campbell T. Hamilton, administrator of the estate of John Hamilton, deceased against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Flora A. Janes, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Flora A. Janes, administratrix of Leroy L. Janes, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims ordered to be printed. Annie Fraser Wood, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Annie Fraser Wood, administratrix of the estate of Lafayette B. Wood, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Amanda T. Belknap. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Amanda T. Belknap against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Virginia Forse, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Clams transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Virginia Forse, administratrix of the estate of Albert Gallatin Forse, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George C. Wooley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George C. Wooley against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Wilbur H. Thomas, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Wilber H. Thomas, administrator of the estate of Archeles Stanley, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. B. Klucny. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of B. Klucny against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Oliver Schwartzenburg, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Oliver Schwartzenburg, administrator of the estate of John Schwartzenburg, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William F. Norris. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William F. Norris against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Carrie M. Draper. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Carrie M. Draper, widow of Edwin A. Draper, deceased 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John C. Brooks. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John C. Brooks against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ulrica Dahlgren Pierce, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ulrica Dahlgren Pierce, administratrix of the estate of Vinton A. Goddard, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Dolson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Dolson against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Garret Dayton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Garret Dayton against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Oliver H.P. Bailey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Oliver H.P. Bailey against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James R. Bruner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James R. Bruner against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eva C. Nall, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eva C. Nall, administratrix of Cincinnatus Condict, deceased, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Daniel W. Brown. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Daniel W. Brown against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William S. Crowell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William S. Crowell against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jacob M. Davis and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jacob M. Davis and sundry subnumbered cases against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fidelity Trust Co., executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fidelity Trust Co., executor of the estate of Joseph Roberts, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator of the estate of Alfred Pleasanton, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Catholic Church, Dalton, Ga. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Catholic Church at Dalton, Ga., against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Presbyterian Church, Bunker Hill, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, against the United States. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Report of property by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, transmitting a full account of all property of the United States in his possession on December 4, 1911. December 5, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Payments by the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a detailed report of all sums paid by the Bureau of Chemistry for compensation or expenses to persons employed by state, county, or municipal governments for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Sale of condemned property. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, submitting, in compliance with law, a report of the receipts from the sale of condemned property since December 5, 1910. December 5, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of property by the Secretary of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting, in compliance with law, an account of all property of the United States in his possession on December 4, 1911. December 5, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table. Richard Emmons and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Richard Emmons and others against the United States. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Wheelock and others. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Wheelock and others against the United States. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Army quarters rented in San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of July 28, 1911, relative to buildings and offices rented for the use of the War Department in the City of San Francisco. December 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the Primitive Baptist Church, Front Royal, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Primitive Baptist Church of Front Royal, Va., against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Middleburg, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Middleburg, Va., against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Arkansas. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Arkansas against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jimmie A. Elliott, sole beneficiary. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jimmie A. Elliott, sole beneficiary of the estate of Adaline Elliott, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Treasurer of Salt River Lodge, No. 180, Free Ancient and Accepted Masons. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Treasurer of Salt River Lodge, No. 180, Free Ancient and Accepted Masons, of Mount Washington, Ky., against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Flack Lemelle, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Flack Lemelle, administrator of estate of Leon Lemelle, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jimmie A. Elliott, sole legatee. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jimmie A. Elliott, sole legatee of Thomas A. Elliott, deceased, against t he United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Christian Church of Perryville, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Christian Church of Perryville, Ky., against t he United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the Primitive Baptist Church, Waterlick, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Primitive Baptist Church, Waterlick, Va., against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Judith Vincent, sole heir. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Judith Vincent, sole heir of the estate of Amelia Oliver Delille, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Employees of the District government engaged in political activity. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 5, 1912, relative to employees of the District government engaged in political activity. February 12, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table. Valuation of property of railroads in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 7, 1912, relative to the valuation of property of railroads in the District of Columbia. February 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Centerville, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Centerville, Va., against the United States. February 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Emergency Hospital. Report of the Committee on Public Health of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, relative to the Emergency Hospital. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. February 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Charles P. Cammack and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles P. Cammack, Lillie V. Oldham, Mary B. Harbin, and Frances H. Glover, sole heirs of Mary R. Cammack, deceased, against the United States. February 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cecile W. King. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cecile W. King, daughter and only child of Stephen Moore Westmore, otherwise known as Stephen West-Moore, against the United States. February 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edward H. Peaslee and Edmund P. Kendrick, executors. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward H. Peaslee and Edmund P. Kendrick, executors of the estate of Henry L. Kendrick, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary Tassin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary Tassin, widow of Augustus G. Tassin, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alexander Logan Morton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alexander Logan Morton against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cornelia M. Mason. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cornelia M. Mason, widow of John Sanford Mason, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John A. Baker, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John A. Baker, administrator of the estate of William J. Twining, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William M. Graham, Sr., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William M. Graham, Sr., administrator of the estate of William Montrose Graham, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James M. Seawell, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James M. Seawell, administrator of the estate of Washington Seawell, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth B. Hughes, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth B. Hughes, executrix of the estate of William Burton Hughes, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Annie H. Eastman, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Annie H. Eastman, administratrix of the estate of Seth Eastman, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mingo Peters. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mingo Peters against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fanny G. Pomeroy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Fanny G. Pomeroy, widow of Willis B. Pomeroy, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Francis A. Norvell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Francis A. Norvell against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emily Hargrave. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Emily Hargrave, widow of Lemuel R. Hargrave, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sidney M. Goshorn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Sidney M. Goshorn against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary Tooker Best, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Mary Tooker Best, executrix, of the estate of Clermont Livingston Best, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for colored men's ward and of [dining room for] the Home for Aged and Infirm. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of additional appropriation for the colored men's ward and of [dining room for] the Home for the Aged and Infirm. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Caldwell C. Baggs and others. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Caldwell C. Baggs, William A. Baggs, and Mary A. Baggs Latham against the United States. January 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Fisher, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Fisher, administrator of Henry Bauman, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. B.H. Chesher, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of B.H. Chesher, administrator of the estate of W.G. Chesher, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Julia S. Weeks, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Julia S. Weeks, administratrix of the estate of Capt. Harrison S. Weeks, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.H. Gilbert, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.H. Gilbert, administrator of the estate of Samuel L. Gilbert, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The so-called District debt. Article prepared by William C. Dodge relative to the so-called District debt -- by whom created, who should pay it, and why. Presented by Mr. Gallinger January 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Joseph E. Lindsey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph E. Lindsey, surviving partner of the firm of John Lindsey & Son, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William Loring Spencer and Mary C. Royston, sole heirs. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William Loring Spencer and Mary C. Royston, sole heirs of William W. Loring, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Houston L. Bell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Houston L. Bell against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mrs. A.M. McFarlane, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mrs. A.M. McFarlane, administratrix of the estate of John G. Freeman, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jeannette J. Guard, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jeanette J. Guard, administratrix of the estate of Josiah Jennison, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John G. Evans. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John G. Evans against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lauraett Drummer. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lauraett Drummer, widow of Charles H. Drummer, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sallie M. Cohen, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sallie M. Cohen, administratrix of the estate of Henry Cohen, deceased, against the United States. Joseph F. Dwelley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph F. Dwelley against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Julia A. Ragland. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Julia A. Ragland, widow (remarried) of William H. Drinkard, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles J. Fuller. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles J. Fuller against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles B. Fry. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles B. Fry against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James M. Dungan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James M. Dungan against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Margaret A.C. Finch. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Margaret A.C. Finch, widow of Amasa J. Finch, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Gabrielle Detiege, sole heir. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Gabrielle Detiege, daughter and sole heir of Emile Detiege, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. Duckworth. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. Duckworth against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James Fields. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Fields against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jeremiah E. Finch. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jeremiah E. Finch against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. County of Greene, Mo. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of County of Greene, State of Missouri, against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred of the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Fla. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Fla., against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of public schools, Darlington, S.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of board of trustees of the public schools of Darlington, S.C., against the United States. January 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Franchises granted in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War with the accompanying certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. January 3, 1912. Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Katharine Du B. Beale, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Katharine Du B. Beale, administratrix of the estate of Samuel S. Carroll, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Henry Edson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of John Henry Edson against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Persons admitted under the classified service. Letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission, acknowledging receipt of Senate resolution of February 15, 1912, relative to the number of persons admitted upon examination and upon executive proclamation under the classified service. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. Valuation of property of railroads in the District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 14, 1912, relative to the valuation of property of railroads in the District of Columbia. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Report of the Governor of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. January 9, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Caroline M. Clous. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Caroline M. Clous, widow of John W. Clous, against the United States. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Daniel Robinson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Daniel Robinson against the United States. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Merit F. Thomas, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Merit F. Thomas, administrator of Willis M. Allman, deceased, against the United States. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Washington Loan and Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Washington Loan and Trust Co., administrator of the estate of Edward McK. Hudson, deceased, against the United States. January 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Beulah Primitive Baptist Church, of Johnston County, N.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Beulah Primitive Baptist Church of Johnston County, N.C., against the United States. January 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Francis Beckett. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Francis Beckett against the United States. January 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. H.W. Dresser, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of H.W. Dresser, administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo of the estate of William C. Forbush, deceased, against the United States. January 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas L. Casey and Edward P. Casey, executors. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas L. Casey and Edward P. Casey, surviving executors of the estate of Thomas L. Casey, deceased, against the United States. January 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Presbyterian Church, Culpeper, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Culpeper, Va., against the United States. February 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church South, Frederick County, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Trustees of Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church South, Frederick County, Va., against the United States. February 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William B. Reich. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William B. Reich against the United States. January 23, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of January 25, 1912, giving the names of the members of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency in the government service. February 5, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Estimates for urgent deficiency, special assistant attorneys, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the Department of Justice to be included in the urgent deficiency bill for payment of special assistant attorneys, etc. December 18, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Catherine Tully, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Catherine Tully, executrix of the estate of Redmund [i.e., Redmond] Tully, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed	178
Serial set 6181	Stephen C. Warriner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Stephen C. Warriner against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edward Gaynor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward Gaynor against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Miron H. Mills. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Miron H. Mills against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Stephens A. Ingles. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Stephens A. Ingles against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service, Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ervin D. Linn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ervin D. Linn against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clara J. Scott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clara J. Scott, widow of Wm. Scott, deceased, against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William M. Terrill. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William M. Terrill against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fred H. Collins. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fred H. Collins against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Subsistence and Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition from clerks of the Quartermaster's and Subsistence Department of the Army relative to certain provisions of House Bill 18956. March 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Robert A. Ragan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert A. Ragan against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Quartermaster's and Subsistence Department of Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition from clerks of the Quartermaster's and Subsistence Department of the Army relative to section 5 of Bill (H.R. 18956) creating a service corps of enlisted men to replace civilian employees. February 26, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Octavia Z. Bond and other. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Octavia Z. Bond, Virginia Z. Wilson, Felicia Z. Metcalf, Louisa Z. Sansom, and Felix Z. Gaither, heir of Louisa G. Zollicoffer, deceased, against the United States. February 26, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Use of San Carlos reservoir site, Arizona. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of the Department decision, dated February 17, 1912, relative to rights of way applied for involving the use of the San Carlos reservoir site, Gila County, Arizona. February 26, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and ordered to be printed. American Fire Insurance Co. and the Insurance Co. of North America, Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of June 12, 1910, relative to the tax-refunding claims of the American Fire Insurance Co. and the Insurance Co. of North America, both of Philadelphia, Pa. February 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed Alice M. Borland. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Alice M. Borland, widow of James A. Borland, deceased, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Anna E. Botticher. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Anna E. Botticher, widow of Paul G. Botticher, deceased, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John E. Callaghan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of John E. Callaghan against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Turhand R. Dice. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Turhand R. Dice against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Haynes. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Haynes against the United States. Jarvis P. Kelly. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jarvis P. Kelly against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clara D. Miller. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clara D. Miller, widow of John Miller, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William T. Morris. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William T. Morris against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Miller. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Miller against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James H.S. Lowes. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James H.S. Lowes against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Lockman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles W. Lockman against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Persons injured fighting forest fires. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 5, 1912, relative to persons injured fighting forest fires. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Baptist Church, Sutton, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Baptist Church, Sutton, West Virginia, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed First Baptist Church, La Fayette, Ga. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the First Baptist Church, La Fayette, Ga., against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, Williamsport, Md. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, Williamsport, Maryland, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Willis S. Barnum. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Willis S. Barnum against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for survey of public lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, submitting a proposed amendment to estimate of appropriation for surveying the public lands as contained in the book of estimates. March 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for construction and maintenance of roads in Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to estimate of appropriations necessary for the construction, maintenance, and repair of military and post roads, bridges, and trails in Alaska. March 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Willett. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Willett against the United States. March 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 26, 1912, relative to water users on the Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Broders. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Broders, widow of Henry B. Broders, deceased, against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Walter H. Coon. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Walter H. Coon against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.R. Milward, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.R. Milward, administrator of Charles Milward, deceased, against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert W. Pool. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Robert W. Pool against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alice Reade. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alice Reade, widow of John Reade, deceased, against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Rachel M. Reubelt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Rachel M. Reubelt, widow of John A. Reubelt, deceased, against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harriet [i.e., Harriett] B. Riley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harriet [i.e., Harriett] B. Riley, widow of William E. Riley, deceased, against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Samuel C. Scott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Samuel C. Scott against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry A. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry A. Smith against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James P. Taber. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James P. Taber against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Thomas. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Andrew J. Thomas against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fred Von Baumbach. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fred Von Baumbach against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William E. Woodruff. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William E. Woodruff against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jacques Kalt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jacques Kalt against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Water rights in Oahu, Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of War, with accompanying report relative to water rights affecting the Waianae-Uka Military Reservation, island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Warren. March 12, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Army retired list. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 15, 1912, relative to the officers and enlisted men on the retired list of the Army, together with the age and compensation of each. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Thomas N. Pace. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas N. Pace against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. F.G. Farrington, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of F.G. Farrington, administrator of Stewart Hunter, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James T. Moore, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James T. Moore, administrator of the estate of James L. Paul, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Flora L. Hovey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Flora L. Hovey, widow of Samuel D. Hovey, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Laurestine U. De Bolt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Laurestine U. De Bolt, widow of Rezin A. De Bolt, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Asher Riley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Asher Riley against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emma Ridgeway. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emma Ridgeway, widow of Augustus W. Ridgeway, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. McIntyre. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. McIntyre, widow of Henry C. McIntyre, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Samuel D. Tobey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Samuel D. Tobey against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Connelly. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry C. Connelly against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary F. Moore. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary F. Moore, widow of Solan D. Moore, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Susan L. Goodale. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Susan L. Goodale, widow of Rolla P. Goodale, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John M. Gould. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John M. Gould against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Arthur M. Greene. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Arthur M. Greene against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Marcus E. Ferguson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Marcus E. Ferguson against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William D. Mann. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William D. Mann against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Use of automobiles in national parks. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 9, 1912, relative to the use of automobiles in national parks under control of the Department. March 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The metal schedule. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 12, 1912, relative to market prices in certain foreign countries on commodities enumerated in schedule "C" of Tariff Act of 1909. March 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. High-pressure fire-service system. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitting a report, in compliance with law, relative to installing a high-pressure fire service in the business section of Washington. March 18, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Willis D. Caddell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Willis D. Caddell against the United States. March 18, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Street car lines in District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 1, 1912, relative to the necessity of establishing additional street car lines in the District of Columbia. March 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Sadie F. Curtis and Annie E.C. Partin and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sadie F. Curtis and Annie E.C. Partin, heirs at law of Henry W. Neville, deceased, and sundry subnumbered cases, against the United States. March 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph Borton and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph Borton and sundry sub-numbered cases against the United States. March 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Navy retired list. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 15, 1912, relative to officers and men on the retired list of the Navy. March 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Olaf Swanson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Olaf Swanson against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Llewellyn K. Webber. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Llewellyn K. Webber against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David D. Hannegan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David D. Hannegan against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George Jacobus. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George Jacobus against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lemuel Gay. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lemuel Gay against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James E. Rogers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James E. Rogers against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George King. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George King against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louis Prior. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louis Prior against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Miner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles A. Miner against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Bessie Frazer and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Bessie Frazer, Nannie Frazer, and Kate Frazer Redd, sole heirs of Oliver Frazer, deceased, against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service, Commerce and Labor. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fergus McCarthy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fergus McCarthy against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Brown. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Brown against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims on claims and ordered to be printed. Jacob Renner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jacob Renner against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John W. Graham. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John W. Graham against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Wilson R. Scribner. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Wilson R. Scribner against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Jordan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Jordan against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Erbin P. Higgins. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Erbin P. Higgins against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ezra T. Marney. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ezra T. Marney against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alfred Strange. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alfred Strange against the United States. April 8, 1912, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Willis E. Stimson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the Case of Willis E. Stimson against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sandy Hester. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sandy Hester against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas Thompson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas Thompson against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Witta. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Witta against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles B. Carter. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles B. Carter against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emmet W. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emmet W. Smith against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ambrose B. Williams. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ambrose B. Williams against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Abram Epstein. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Abram Epstein against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Nelson F. English. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nelson F. English against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Dennis Kelly. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Dennis Kelly against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Pinckney. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Pinckney against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Moses Molette. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Moses Molette against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sidney B. Williams. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sidney B. Williams against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Forest Crocket. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Forest Crocket against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Glanzmann. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Glanzmann against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Mace. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry C. Mace against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Mohr. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph M. Mohr against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Parker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Parker against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John J. O'Neil. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John J. O'Neil against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William F. Burns. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Burns against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James Downing. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Downing against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harry E. Drake. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harry E. Drake against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William G. Singleton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William G. Singleton against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Perry McCarty. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Perry McCarty against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Taylor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph M. Taylor against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William G. Govan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William G. Govan against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph A. Decatur. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph A. Decatur against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Stephen A. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Stephen A. Smith against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Silas S. Myers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Silas S. Myers against the United States. April 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Employees of the Post Office Department demoted. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of January 22, 1912, relative to certain employees of the Post Office Department who were demoted. April 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Lee W. Mix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lee W. Mix against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas D. Casanega. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas D. Casanega against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Shadrack Sechrest. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Shadrack Sechrest against the United States. April 10, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John T. Taylor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John T. Taylor against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alexander Sholl. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alexander Sholl against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ella K. Piatt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ella K. Piatt, widow of Don Piatt, deceased, against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harley L. Sprague. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harley L. Sprague against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sylvester M. Snell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sylvester M. Snell against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Shibley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Shibley against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mark H. Sherman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mark H. Sherman against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Public and private hospitals and charities in the District of Columbia. Report of Mr. Walter C. Clephane, Chairman of the Committee on Charities and Corrections of the Washington Board of Trade, relative to connections of public and private hospitals and charities in the District of Columbia... Presented by Mr. Gallinger. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. James Harvey Dennis. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Harvey Dennis against the United States. April 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Rank and pay of retired enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting memorial from retired soldiers to extend the provisions relative to the rank and pay of certain soldiers to include those with creditable Civil War records. May 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Richard G. Davenport. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Richard G. Davenport, brother and sole heir at law of Thomas Corbin Davenport, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth M. Rush. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth M. Rush, widow of David Rush, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louisa S. Palmer. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louise S. Palmer, widow of Gustavus M. Palmer, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Mickle. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Mickle against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David Murphy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David Murphy against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Red Bone, Miss. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Red Bone, Miss., against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. American Security & Trust Co., executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of American Security & Trust Co., executor of the estate of Thomas Crook Sullivan, deceased, against the United States. February 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Persons injured fighting forest fires. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, acknowledging receipt of Senate resolution of February 5, 1912, relative to persons injured fighting forest fires. February 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. John A. Van Ingen, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of A. Van Ingen, son and administrator of John V. Van Ingen, deceased, against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. Talbott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. Talbott against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Dioclesian A. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Dioclesian A. Smith against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Sneden. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Sneden against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Margaret D. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Margaret D. Smith, widow of John B. Smith, deceased, against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jeremiah H. Tourjee. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jeremiah H. Tourjee against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eliza J. Barkley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eliza J. Barkley, widow of John F. Barkley, deceased, against the United States. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Basil B. Summers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Basil B. Summers against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Kate L. Meeks. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Kate L. Meeks, widow of Joseph W. Meeks, deceased, against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Stillman Stone. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Stillman Stone against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah Ann Dobbs. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah Ann Dobbs, widow of Nathaniel B. Dobbs, deceased, against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in government service. Letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. March 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. March 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in government service. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. March 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fauna of British India -- Coleoptera. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting, for the library of the Senate, a copy of a work entitled "Coleoptera, fauna of British India." April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service - Government Printing Office. Letter from the Public Printer transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service -- Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 2, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fidelity Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fidelity Trust Co., administrator of the estate of Lovell H. Rousseau, deceased, against the United States. April 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in government service, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Ravenswood, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Ravenswood, W. Va., against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, Tenn., against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Sweeney. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Sweeney against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Dennis H. Williams. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Dennis H. Williams against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Anabel McG. Stuart. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Anabel McG. Stuart, widow of Absolom B. Stuart, deceased, against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Herman V. Werthenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Herman V. Werthenn against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for microscopic meat inspection. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation to enable the Department of Agriculture to inspect microscopically the flesh of hogs converted into meat food products. April 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the International Radiotelegraphic Conference. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of State submitting estimate of appropriation in the consular bill for the International Radiotelegraphic Conference. April 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the Government Service -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Theodore Gebler. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Theodore Gebler against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph De Lusignan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph De Lusignan against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph H. Berger. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph H. Berger against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John T. Brickwood. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John T. Brickwood against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the Government Service -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 10, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service -- Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Motor and other vehicles in the government service -- State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report ... in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 17, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed., and ordered to be printed. Lucinda E. Lancaster. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Lucinda E. Lancaster, widow of James Lancaster, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph Stanton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph Stanton against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harriet E. Stevens. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harriet E. Stevens, widow of George C. Stevens, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Frances Stackpole. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Frances Stackpole, widow of Thomas Stackpole, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cornelia Skofstad. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cornelia Skofstad, widow of Albert Skofstad, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Adelaide B. Slaughter. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adelaide B. Slaughter, widow of William B. Slaughter, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Courtland D. Slow. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Courtland D. Slow against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas J. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas J. Smith against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Smith, widow of Albert J. Smith, deceased against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Sharp. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth Sharp, widow of John Sharp, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Gavin E. Caukin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Gavin E. Caukin against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah A. Garetson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah A. Garetson, widow of James L. Garetson, deceased, against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Calvin Glover. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Calvin Glover against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Justina Mohrstadt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Justina Mohrstadt, widow of John C. Mohrstadt, deceased, against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William S. McGowan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William S. McGowan against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John J. Nesbit. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John J. Nesbit against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eli K. Simonds. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eli K. Simonds against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Laura E. Stockdale. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Laura E. Stockdale, widow of Sidney A Stockdale, deceased, against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Leonidas L. Tittle. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Leonidas L. Tittle against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas J. Trice. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas J. Trice against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William L. Johnson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William L. Johnson, son of John H. Johnson, deceased, against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Virginia Murphy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Virginia Murphy, widow of John D. Murphy, deceased, against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Thorn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Thorn against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William F. Gilluly. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William F. Gilluly against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church of Louisa, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Louisa, Ky., against the United States. May 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Isabelle H. Adams, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Isabelle H. Adams, administratrix of the estate of Arthur Hubert Burnham, deceased, against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary O.H. Stoneman, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary O.H. Stoneman, administratrix of the estate of George Stoneman, deceased, against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James Deatherage. administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of James Deatherage, administrator of the estate of J.A.J. Rooker, deceased, against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Helen E. Sturtevant. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Helen E. Sturtevant, widow of Josiah H. Sturtevant, deceased, against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The International Harvester Co. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting information in reply to Senate resolution of March 16, 1912, relative to certain correspondence concerning the International Harvest Co. March 25, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Emma J. Morris. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emma J. Morris, widow of Henry V. Morris, deceased, against the United States. March 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Annie E. Ruff, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Annie E. Ruff, executrix of the estate of Charles Fredrick Ruff, deceased, against the United States. February 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth P. O'Conner and Edward B. Wright. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Elizabeth P. O'Conner, widow (remarried), and Edward B. Wright, son and only child of Edward Maxwell Wright, deceased, against the United States. February 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. J.P. Dieter. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of J.P. Dieter against the United States. February 22, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Adam Schuh. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adam Schuh against the United States. March 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Arthur L. Peck. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Arthur L. Peck against the United States. April 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Daniel J. Gillett. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Daniel J. Gillett against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. D.M. Carman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of D.M. Carman against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas Addington. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas Addington against the United States. May 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eliza A. Watson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eliza A. Watson, widow of Francis W. Watson, deceased, against the United States. April 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lucinda Shanks. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lucinda Shanks, widow of Quintus Shanks, deceased, against the United States. April 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary B. Mitchell, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary B. Mitchel, administratrix of the estate of Thomas K. Ball, deceased, against the United States. March 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John B. Dowd. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of John B. Dowd against the United States. March 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Internal revenue taxes in the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, submitting copy of an act passed by the Philippine Legislature relative to the disposition of internal revenue taxes collected in the Philippine Islands, requiring affirmative approval of Congress. April 30, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Amanda Steadman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Amanda Steadman, widow of Leonard Steadman, deceased, against the United States. 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Serial set 6182	L.S. Exum and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of L.S. Exum, Amanda C. Maners, Eliza Lancaster, Josephine Anderson, Ella Thompson, brother and sisters, and J.R. League, son of Minerva League, sister, sole heirs of James T. Exum, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schedule of claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to a resolution of the Senate of August 8, 1912, a schedule of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under appropriations... have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under... Section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874. August 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Alice Brown Ringgold and Virginia Brown Kean. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alice Brown Ringgold and Virginia Brown Kean, daughters and sole heirs of Erasmus O. Brown, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The secret service of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 29, 1912, information relative to the secret service of the Department of the Interior. May 29, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Sophie M. Guard, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sophie M. Guard, executrix of Alexander M'Cook Guard, deceased, against the United States. May 30, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph Black. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of findings of the court in the case of Joseph Black against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louise Allen Smith and Josephine Allen Leishman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louise Allen Smith and Josephine Allen Leishman, daughters and sole heirs of Timothy A. Allen, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jane A. Oberly and Jane W. Laidley. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jane, A. Oberly, daughter, and Jane W. Laidley, widow, sole heirs of Theodore T.S. Laidley, deceased, against the United States. June 24, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John J. O'Dowd and Agnes O'Dowd. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John J. O'Dowd and Agnes O'Dowd, children and sole heirs of John O'Dowd, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lizzie R. Helton and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lizzie R. Helton, Joel W. Ridgell, Addie Ridgell, and John Ridgell, grandchildren and sole heirs of Joel W. Ridgell, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the Senate of August 8, 1912, a letter of the Attorney General, submitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of claimants and against the United States... not heretofore reported. August 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. John P. McDougal. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John P. M'Dougal against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louise S. Fellows. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louise S. Fellows, widow of Albert G. Fellows deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary J. West. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary J. West, widow of Henry West, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ida C. Hughes and Ellen C. McNally. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ida C. Hughes and Ellen C. M'Nally, daughters and sole heirs at law of Christopher H.M. M'Nally, deceased, against the United States. May 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Spencer Gordon. administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Spencer Gordon, administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of Charles Harris Lester, deceased, against the United States. May 29, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Sanford & Brooks Co. (Inc.) Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Sanford & Brooks Co. (Inc.) against the United States. May 30, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Agriculture appropriation bill, fiscal year 1913. Mr. Burnham submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 18960) making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes. May 30, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Elizabeth J. Champion. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth J. Champion, widow of James P.W. McCurdy, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas McConnell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas McConnell against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Augustus A. McCollom. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Augustus A. McCollom against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edward S. McCalmont, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward S. McCalmont, executor of John S. McCalmont, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Murch. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles H. Murch against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert T. Moore. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert T. Moore, son and sole heir of William Moore, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert A. Cameron. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert A. Cameron against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles L. Byam. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles L. Byam against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John A. Bull. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John A. Bull against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ophelia Alvey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ophelia Alvey, daughter and sole heir of James T. Brothers, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert E. Mason and Helen E. Bruce. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert E. Mason and Helen E. Bruce, children and sole heirs of Pardon Mason, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry B. Mason. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry B. Mason against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Martha H. Alburty and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Martha H. Alburty, Adella J. Teed, and Frank Martin, children, and Margaret Burke, Mary Flynn, Charles Martin, Ethel Belle Davies, and Adella Phillips, grandchildren, sole heirs of Charles E. Martin, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edgar A. Kimmel and Henry T. Kimmel. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edgar A. Kimmel and Henry T. Kimmel, sons and sole heirs of George Kimmel, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas Heimback. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas Heimback against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jane F. Hawkins and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jane F. Hawkins, sister; Albert Hodge, nephew; and Binnie Hodge, niece, sole heirs of Michael T. Hall, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emma A. Campbell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emma A. Campbell, widow of John W. Campbell, deceased, against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John P. Campbell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John P. Campbell against the United States. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Hannah McCray. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Hannah McCray against the United States. June 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alfred C. Cassell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alfred C. Cassell against the United States. June 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. B.L. Garber, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of B.L. Garber, administrator of the estate of James Rhodes, deceased, against the United States. June 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. Statement by Rev. James L. White relative to the Freedman's Bureau and the Freedman's Bank, later the Freedman's Savings & Trust Co., and the balance due its depositors, together with the establishment of a National Memorial Home for Colored People. Presented by Mr. Cullom. June 4, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Pay and allowances of certain Army officers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War relative to the pay and allowances of certain Army officers detailed for service in the Republic of Cuba. June 4, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Cuban Relations, and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Trade Relations. Mr. Warren presented the following letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement relative to the continuance of the Bureau of Trade Relations in the Department of State. June 4, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to the Corbett Tunnel of the Shoshone irrigation project. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 4862... together with the report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation thereto. July 18, 1912. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Civil service employees from New Hampshire. Letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission transmitting... a statement of the number of persons which the State of New Hampshire is entitled to under the apportionment provision of the civil service law, the number now actually in the public service from that state, their names... July 19, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator of the estate of James W. Cuyler, deceased, against the United States. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Quackenbush. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of May 13, 1912, information relative to the discharge of Charles H. Quackenbush from the railway mail service and his reinstatement. July 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. New roads in Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of April 2, 1912, relative to the cost of constructing new roads in the Yellowstone National Park. July 1, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Estimate of appropriation to suppress liquor traffic among the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of the Acting Secretary of the Interior for increase of appropriation for the suppression of the liquor traffic among the Indians. July 2, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Customhouse, Boston, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation of $96,000 for the rent of temporary quarters for the customhouse, Boston, Mass., incident to the temporary removal of the force employed during the enlargement, remodeling, or extension... August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Radio communication. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation of $27,880 to carry out the laws enacted concerning radio communication and the international convention upon the subject... July 31, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Derrick scow "Edna." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, in obedience to law, stating that the Navy Department has... determined the claim of the owners of the derrick scow "Edna" for damages arising out of the collision with the Navy Yard Tug "Hercules" ... August 6, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The plague in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitting a special estimate of $50,000... to adopt and enforce protective measures in the District of Columbia against the introduction and spread of the plague... August 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Post office and courthouse at San Juan, P.R. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting for inclusion in the general deficiency bill, that the limit of cost for the post office and courthouse building at San Juan, P.R., be increased by $32,000. August 10, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments against the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $143.25 to pay judgments... with a further sum to pay the interest... August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Office of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $47,500... in connection with the removal of that office [Indian Affairs] from its present quarters in the Pension Office building, ... August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pension agency, Pittsburgh, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,270, to cover rental of suitable quarters for the pension agency at Pittsburgh, Pa., during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Maj. Boyd Taylor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of War, submitting a clause for inclusion in the general deficiency bill authorizing...Treasury to allow and credit in the accounts of Maj. Boyd Taylor, disbursing officer, organized militia of the District of Columbia... August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Pay of superintendents of national cemeteries. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $275... to meet the increased pay of the superintendent of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va.... August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Landing guns in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 5, 1912, information relative to the purchase, test, and use of landing guns in the Navy. June 8, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Statistics of corporations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to a compilation of the returns made by corporations for internal revenue purposes for the years 1910 and 1911. June 11, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Aid for inhabitants of Kodiak, Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, recommending appropriation for aid of people in Alaska rendered homeless through the action of a volcano near Kodiak. June 12, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Personnel of commissions. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 14, 1912, information relative to commissions in existence under congressional and executive authority. June 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estelle Dameron and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting... findings... in the case of Estelle Dameron, Sarah Rebecca Oliver, May Logan, Jessie C. Slaughter, Isabell Bransford (children), and Julia May and Newell Slaughter (minor grandchildren), sole heirs of Philip M. Slaughter, deceased,... June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Proscilla McNett Norton, administratrix of Andrew J. McNett, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Proscilla McNett Norton, administratrix of Andrew J. McNett, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah Hawes Evans and C.W. Hawes. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah Hawes Evans and C.W. Hawes, children and sole heirs of Benjamin Hawes, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David W. Eastman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David W. Eastman against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Frank A. Downerd and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Frank A. Downerd, Edward C. Downerd, Laura A. McGinnis, and Hiram S. Downerd, children and sole heirs of Joshua Downerd, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Frank C. Deery and Ruth C.D. Vance. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Frank C. Deery and Ruth C.D. Vance, children and sole heirs of James Deery, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. A.H. Shonn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of A.H. Shonn, executor of Andrew J. Brown, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charlotte Burns. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charlotte Burns, widow of Samuel Burns, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William W. Botkin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William W. Botkin against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ada Andrews. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ada Andrews, widow of George W. Andrews, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Graham. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Graham against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert E. Gilleland. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert E. Gilleland against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Josephine Glover. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Josephine Glover, daughter and sole heir of Frank T. Foster, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edwin Folsom. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edwin Folsom against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.G. Hansford. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.G. Hansford, administrator of William A. Fitts, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Bernard G. Farrar. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Bernard G. Farrar against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John S. Ellen. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John S. Ellen against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Marie Devor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Marie Devor, widow of James Devor, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Adda B. Reynolds and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adda B. Reynolds, Kate G. Reynolds, and Ida E. Phillips, sole heirs of Marshall O. Bond, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Capers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Capers against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Washington Loan & Trust Co., administrator of Aaron Van Camp. Mr. McCumber presented the following memorial of the Washington Loan & Trust Co., as the administrator of the estate of Aaron Van Camp, deceased. June 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Eleanor L. and Henry C. Lovell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eleanor L. and Henry C. Lovell, sole heirs of Henry C. Lovell, against the United States. June 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Annie I. Fernald Crowell and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of ... Annie I. Fernald Crowell, widow... of Alonzo Fernald, deceased;... Margaret A. Norton, widow of Daniel C. Norton, deceased;... Emma S. Wherren, administratrix of James W. Wherren, deceased, against the United States. June 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Richard Allen. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Richard Allen against the United States. June 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Use of telephones by government officials. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia relative to appropriations for the use of telephones by government officials. June 17, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mary A. Zinn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary A. Zinn, widow of Henry I. Zinn, deceased against the United States. June 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Norris, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Norris, executor of William Bohlen, deceased, against the United States. June 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Diantha G. Littlejohn, administratrix. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Diantha G. Littlejohn, administratrix of the estate of John Egan, deceased, against the United States. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lucy May Castor, administratrix. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lucy May Castor, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Foster Castor, deceased, against the United States. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Col. J.F. Reynolds Landis, United States Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State concerning a silver medal and diploma awarded by the Italian Government to Lieut. Col. J.F. Reynolds Landis, United States Army, for services rendered at the time of the Messina earthquake. June 27, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for exposition at Ghent, Belgium. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting estimate of appropriation to participate in a universal and international exposition to be held at Ghent, Belgium, in 1913. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Attorney General submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for "miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia" for the fiscal year 1912, amounting to $8,349.95. August 1, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public lands service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, submitting additional estimates of appropriations in the sum of $527,200, for the administration of the public lands service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. August 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims against the United States which require an appropriation for their payment, not heretofore reported to Congress. August 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the circuit and district courts against [the] United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a letter of the Assistant Attorney General, transmitting lists of judgments rendered against the United States by the circuit and district courts of the United States... August 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Veto message -- Capt. Joseph Herring. Message from the President of the United States, returning,... Senate Bill 67, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Capt. Joseph Herring, United States Army, Retired," together with the report of the Secretary of War thereon and memorandum of the Commissary General of the Army. August 26, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Henry L. Abbot. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry L. Abbot against the United States. May 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alexander Mackenzie. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alexander Mackenzie against the United States. May 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Virginia Lape, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Virginia Lape, administratrix of the estate of Wentz Curtis Miller against the United States. May 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John W. Alves. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John W. Alves against the United States. May 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Kennedy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles W. Kennedy against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Allen P. Morey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Allen P. Morey, son and sole heir of Gideon F. Morey, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert F. Nolan and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert F. Nolan, Everett C. Nolan, and Mary E. Whisenand, children and sole heirs of Francis Nolan, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Slankard and Ellen Ritter Moore. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Slankard and Ellen Ritter Moore, sole heirs of Joshua Ritter, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Julia Y. Flaig and Annie F. Sharp. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Julia Y. Flaig and Annie F. Sharp, sole heirs of Barnett C. Young, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary B.H. Hardie. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary B.H. Hardie, widow of John Hardie, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jennie Hancock. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jennie Hancock, widow of John Hancock, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William K. Githens, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William K. Githens, administrator of William H. Githens, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Feagans. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Feagans against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. A.H. Freeman, and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of A.H. Freeman, James A. Freeman, Margaret E. French, Lucy A. Todd, Alice Bogart, and Florence I. George, sole heirs of George C. Freeman, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John H. Eno. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John H. Eno against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Sanderson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas W. Sanderson against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Susannah D. Parker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Susannah D. Parker, widow of Charles A. Parker, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Caroline B. Morgan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Caroline B. Morgan, widow of Thomas J. Morgan, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James Montooth. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Montooth against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary W. Monteith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary W. Monteith, widow of George Monteith, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah F. Bradley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah F. Bradley against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for inclusion in the Indian appropriation bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of an appropriation for inclusion in the Indian appropriation bill. May 23, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pauline Reich. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Pauline Reich, widow (remarried) of Adolph Moegling, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Philip N. Minear. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Philip N. Minear against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jessie A. Shields and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jessie A. Shields, Philip S. Custard, and James M. Custard, sole heirs of Richard C. Custard, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary C. Bruce. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary C. Bruce, widow of George W. Bruce, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. Braselton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. Braselton against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Corinne B. Walworth. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Corinne B. Walworth, daughter and sole heir of Thomas E. Bramlette, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert M. Bolenius. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert M. Bolenius, son and sole heir of Adolphus W. Bolenius, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Levi D. Bodley and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Levi D. Bodley, Elizabeth Bodley Mills, David R. Bodley, Jennie Bodley Smith, Almira Bodley Tuley, and Naomi Bodley McDivett, sole heirs of James C. Bodley, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Peter A. Blossom. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Peter A. Blossom against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James A. Beaver. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James A. Beaver against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Adelaide A. Barker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adelaide A. Barker, widow of Frank T. Barker, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fannie E. Atwell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fannie E. Atwell, widow of John W. Atwell, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Padgett. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph M. Padgett against the United States. May 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John D. Bothwell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John D. Bothwell against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a copy of the Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the second session and the extraordinary session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly, 1912. May 27, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Jennie V.V. Wolcott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jennie V.V. Wolcott, widow of Richmond Wolcott, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alva K. Skaro and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alva K. Skaro, Edwin A. Skaro, and Clara Skaro Stangland, children and sole heirs of Asgrim K. Skaro, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth E. Power. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth E. Power, widow of Charles A. Power, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louisa Pinkney. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louisa Pinkney, widow of Bertine Pinkney, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Francis M. Pickins. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Francis M. Pickins against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Perrott. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Perrott against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Martin S. Perkins. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Martin S. Perkins against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Arthur S. Palmer. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Arthur S. Palmer against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert T. Paine. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert T. Paine against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Daniel O'Sullivan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Daniel O'Sullivan against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary L. Oliver. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary L. Oliver, widow of Joseph J. Oliver, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fannie R. Teal and Laura E. Fisher. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Fannie R. Teal and Laura E. Fisher, daughters and sole heirs of Henry H. Neff, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Neal. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Neal, widow of Curren G. Neal, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. McMurtrey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. McMurtrey against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John T. McKnight. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John T. McKnight against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. National forests. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1912, information relative to homestead entries, ranger stations, and timber sold on national forests. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Transfer of offices of the Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 23, 1912, information relative to the transfer of certain offices of the Navy Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. May 28, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Seneca H. Norton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Seneca H. Norton against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Francis H. Hardie and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Francis H. Hardie, Joseph C. Hardie, Caroline H. Neal, Catherine M. Hardie, and Isabelle H. Hardie, children and sole heirs at law of James Allen Hardie, deceased, against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henrietta B. Hawes, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henrietta B. Hawes, administratrix of the estate of David C. Houston, deceased, against the United States. May 11, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Lawrence (Mass.) strike. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution of May 7, 1912, information relative to conditions concerning mill workers at Lawrence, Mass. May 11, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table to be printed. The Pension Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Secretary of the Interior submitting estimates of appropriations in the sum of $22,307.50 to provide for the... temporary additional force in the Pension Office... August 19, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting that an appropriation of $2,427.88 is necessary to enable the Treasury Department to carry out the provisions of the private law No. 77 (S. 4007), An Act for the Relief of the J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co., approved August 16, 1912... August 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States Public Health Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Public Health Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, in the sum of $50,000 to provide for 25 additional commissioned medical officers... August 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Dock at San Pedro, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, in obedience to law, stating that the Navy Department has considered... the claim of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co., owner of dock at San Pedro, Cal., for damages... August 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian conference report. Mr. Clapp presented the following conference report on the Bill H.R. 20728, making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. August 22, 1912. -- Considered and agreed to and ordered to be printed. Post Office conference report. Mr. Bourne presented the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 21279) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes. August 22, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Post office at Detroit, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation of $8,000 for remodeling driveway and mailing platform at the post-office and courthouse building at Detroit, Mich. August 23, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. New post office building, New York, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an estimate of $1,000,000 for the continuation of the new post office building, New York, N.Y., under the present limit. August 24, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mary J. Manning. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting that an appropriation of $334.49 is necessary to enable the Treasury Department to carry out the provisions of the private law No. 82 (H.R. 7672),... as said act failed to provide for an appropriation as required by law. August 24, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to the building of a dam across the Coosa River, Ala. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 7343, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Building of a Dam Across the Coosa River, Ala., at the Place Selected for Lock No. 18 on Said River." August 24, 1912. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Edward B. Prime. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward B. Prime against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth K. Appleton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth K. Appleton, widow of Edward W. Appleton, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Reagan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Reagan against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Conger and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Conger and Mary L. Cummings, widow of Cornelius Cummings, and Mary Sullivan, widow of John Sullivan, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. A. Rosenberg, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of A. Rosenberg, executor of Moses Winstock, deceased, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Frank R. Fletcher and Octavia Cavendy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Frank R. Fletcher and Octavia Cavendy, widow of Joseph S. Cavendy, against the United States. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Irrigation project in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Mont. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting pursuant to law, a report relative to the construction of an irrigation project within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Mont. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and ordered to be printed. Laura O. Mundy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Laura O. Mundy, widow of William H. Mundy, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lydia A. Whitmore. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lydia A. Whitmore, widow (remarried) of James W. George, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emma S. Allen and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emma S. Allen, Seward J. Stivers, George S. Stivers, and Lillie S. Louthan, children and sole heirs of William H. Stivers, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clarence A. Snow. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clarence A. Snow, son and sole heir of Asa H. Snow, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Park W. Smith and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Park W. Smith, Edward H. Smith, Marcella S. Webb, and Florence S. Schenck, children and sole heirs of James W.C. Smith, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Philip L. Shane and Susan B. Shane. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Philip L. Shane and Susan B. Shane, children and sole heirs of William G. Shane, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Florence S. Canfield and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Florence S. Canfield, Emma S. Holt, and Leonard W. Saxton, grandchildren and sole heirs of B. Leonard Saxton, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Rufus Phillips and others. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Rufus Phillips, George D. Phillips, and Mrs. Minnie Veasie, sole heirs of George W. Phillips, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Ewan and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary E. Ewan, Belle McIntire, Fannie Morton, Georgia McIntire, Chas. T. McIntire, Hattie Galliet, Jessie Leffingwell, and Flora F. Marshall, sole heirs of James McIntire, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Albert P. McGraw. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Albert P. McGraw, son and sole heir of Perrin H. McGraw, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clara R. Murphy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Clara R. Murphy, widow of Andrew D. Murphy, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Newton M. Miller. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Newton M. Miller against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eva Morris. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eva Morris, daughter and sole heir of Charles W. Houghton, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Wade P. Hampton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Wade P. Hampton, son and sole heir of Richard M. Hampton, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth G. Hill and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth G. Hill, E.L. Gates, Carrie G. Fisher, and Harry E. Gates, children and sole heirs of Erastus Gates, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William H. Dalbey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of the Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Dalbey against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Crosthwait and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry C. Crosthwait, Lyman L. Crosthwait, and George A. Crosthwait, children and sole heirs of William Y. Crosthwait, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elihu L. Cook. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elihu L. Cook against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Nelson H. Claflin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of findings of the court in the case of Nelson H. Claflin against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harlan P. Christie. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harlan P. Christie against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James B. Thornton Chase. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James B. Thornton Chase, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eugene A. Chapman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eugene A. Chapman against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Josiah G. Cavert. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Josiah G. Cavert against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The flag of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 15, 1912, information relative to the raising of any emblem or flag above the flag of the United States under jurisdiction of the Navy Department. June 20, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. The flag of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 15, 1912, information relative to the raising of any emblem or flag above the flag of the United States under jurisdiction of the War Department. June 24, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Capt. Frank Parker, United States Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State concerning a decoration... conferred upon Capt. Frank Parker, United States Army, by the President of Cuba for services rendered as military instructor of the Rural Guard of Cuba. June 27, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Cuban Relations and ordered to be printed. Edgar L. Swaine, administrator. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edgar L. Swaine, administrator of the estate of Peter T. Swaine, deceased, against the United States. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Public building service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of documents No. 826 and No. 873, House of Representatives, Sixty-second Congress, second session, and submitting the same as estimates for appropriations in the general deficiency bill. August 12, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial conference report. August 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Creighton M. Foraker and W.R. Forbes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Attorney General submitting an item for inclusion in the general deficiency bill, authorizing the disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice to pay from the appropriation... August 3, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Railroad, telegraph, and telephone franchises in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in obedience to law, a letter of the Secretary of War, together with certified copies of railroad, street railway, telegraph, and telephone franchises, privileges, or concessions ... August 3, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. United States Marine Hospital, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate for appropriation of $22,000 for repairs and additions at the United States Marine Hospital, New York. August 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian conference report. Mr. Chamberlain (for Mr. Gamble) presented the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 20728) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. August 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Diseases among Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $253,350 for the purpose of the medical and sanitary work among the Indians. August 14, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Central Trust Co. of New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation of $93,477.17 to the Central Trust Co., New York, the amount of a judgment obtained in the United States circuit court, Southern District of New York, against the collector of internal revenue for the Second District of New York, as settled by the Auditor for the Treasury Department. August 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Money-laundering machines. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a paragraph for inclusion in the general deficiency bill, embodying an estimate of $60,000 for the installation, maintenance, and operation of money laundering machines during the fiscal year 1913. August 16, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Penelope Morton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Penelope Morton, widow of James Morton, deceased, against the United States. May 21, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Emma J. Pinkley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emma J. Pinkley, widow of Samuel G.N. Pinkley, deceased, against the United States. June 7, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Margaret Connolly. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Margaret Connolly, daughter and sole heir of Thomas C. Clements, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alexander Gable. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alexander Gable against the United States. June 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed	213
Serial set 6183	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 7, 1911.	1
Serial set 6184	Cooperation and cost of living. Message from the President of the United States transmitting reports from American consular officers in the German Empire and certain other foreign countries in regard to cooperation and the cost of living. June 14, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. Message of the President of the United States transmitting data on cooperation and the cost of living in certain foreign countries. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed. Cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Acting Secretary of State with accompanying data on cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. May 6, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.	3
Serial set 6185	Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, with appendices.	1
Serial set 6186	Receipts and disbursements. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a combined statement of the receipts and disbursements of the government during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. December 20, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. Deficiency estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of deficiencies required by the various departments of the government to complete the service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. May 25, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	3
Serial set 6187	Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Sixty-second Congress of the United States, 1911, with appendices.	1
Serial set 6188	Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. With statistical tables.	1
Serial set 6189	Annual report of the Director of the Mint for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, and also report on the production of the precious metals in the calendar year 1910.	1

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