Adams, Charlotte Jensen, Sophia Huff, Peter H. McBride, David A bill (S. 295) for the relief of Frank Pinkley; and A bill (S. 296) for the relief of William Wooster; to the Com- A bill (S. 297) for the relief of Jasper Newton Gibson; and A bill (S. 298) for the relief of Killian Delabar; to the Com- A bill (S. 299) to regulate the salaries of fourth-class post- masters; and A bill (S. 300) for the relief of the heirs of Gordon H. Meek, for the relief of Thomas Simmons; for the relief of George B. Todd; for the relief of Theophilus Nuzum; for the relief of John W. Berry; for the relief of William M. Cheuvront; for the relief of John H. Galloway; for the relief of James Johnson; A bill (S. 309) for the relief of John W. May; and A bill (S. 310) for the relief of John Murphy; to the Com- mittee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 311) amendatory of the act of May 11, 1912, grant- A bill (S. 312) granting an increase of pension to Fannie I. A bill (S. 313) granting an increase of pension to Joseph A bill (S. 314) granting a pension to Edwin T. Jones; A bill (S. 315) granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Jordan; A bill (S. 316) granting an increase of pension to Nathan C. A bill (S. 317) granting a pension to Arch Linthicum; A bill (S. 318) granting an increase of pension to George A. A bill (S. 319) granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. A bill (S. 320) granting a pension to W. H. Mallow; A bill (S. 321) granting a pension to Kate G. Morris; A bill (S. 322) granting a pension to Arzanna Nesbitt; A bill (S. 323) granting a pension to George W. Parks; A bill (S. 324) granting a pension to Harrison Pierson; A bill (S. 325) granting an increase of pension to Emma L. A bill (S. 326) granting an increase of pension to America A bill (S. 327) granting an increase of pension to Enoch A bill (S. 328) granting a pension to Solomon P. Stalnaker; A bill (S. 329) granting a pension to Joseph Stevens; A bill (S. 330) granting a pension to Willis Gray Southerland: A bill (S. 331) granting a pension to Edgar Travis; A bill (S. 332) granting a pension to Cale Trippett; A bill (S. 333) granting a pension to Henry Washington; A bill (S. 334) granting an increase of pension to David D. A bill (S. 335) granting an increase of pension to Fannie R. A bill (S. 336) granting an increase of pension to Gordon H. A bill (S. 337) granting a pension to teamsters, bridge build- ers, and railroad repairers who were in the service of the United A bill (S. 338) granting pensions to the officers and soldiers who served in the West Virginia State troops in the late Civil A bill (S. 339) for the relief of West Virginia State troops; A bill (S. 340) granting a pension to Emeline Hartley; A bill (S. 341) granting an increase of pension to William W. A bill (S. 342) granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Beorn; A bill (S. 343) granting an increase of pension to Ann Bates; A bill (S. 345) granting an increase of pension to General A bill (S. 346) granting a pension to Ida M. Goodwin; A bill (S. 347) granting an increase of pension to Oscar N. A bill (S. 348) granting an increase of pension to William J. A bill (S. 349) granting an increase of pension to Edward D. A bill (S. 350) granting an increase of pension to Edward A. A bill (S. 351) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. A bill (S. 352) granting a pension to Thomas J. Boice; A bill (S. 353) granting an increase of pension to Martha A. A bill (S. 354) granting a pension to Asa W. Coplin; A bill (S. 355) granting a pension to Charles B. Cundiff; A bill (S. 356) granting an increase of pension to Jethrow A bill (S. 357) granting a pension to Edward G. Davis; to the A bill (S. 358) carrying into effect the findings of the Court of Claims in the matter of the claim of T. L. Love, surviving A bill (S. 359) providing for the election of a Delegate to the A bill (S. 361) to amend section 20 of an act to regulate com- other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. A bill (S. 362) providing free passage through the Panama Canal for American ships; to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals. A bill (S. 363) to prohibit "cost-plus" Government contracts and to prohibit the payment of commissions for the awarding of Government contracts; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 364) to amend section 704 of the act of Congress approved September 8, 1916, entitled "An act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes"; to the Committee on Finance. A bill (S. 365) authorizing the appropriation of $50,000 to reimburse the city of Renton, in the State of Washington, for damages done in the destruction of the outlet of the sewerage of that city; to the Committee on Appropriations. A bill (S. 366) appropriating the sum of $500 for the erection of a suitable monument over the grave of the Indian "Spokane A bill (S. 367) providing additional time for the payment of purchase money under homestead entries within the former Colville Indian Reservation, Wash.; and A bill (S. 368) to cancel the allotment of Davie Skootah on the Lummi Reservation, Wash., and reallot the lands included therein; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. A bill (S. 369) for the relief of Napoleon Le Clerc; A bill (S. 370) providing for second homestead and desert- A bill (S. 371) to establish the Mount Baker National Park, in the State of Washington; and A bill (S. 372) for the relief of Frederick W. Seidell; to the A bill (S. 373) appropriating $24,000 for the providing and installing in the harbor of Seattle, Wash., four mooring buoys for the use of the Government; to the Committee on Commerce. A bill (S. 374) fixing eight hours as the standard day's work for all lumber mills, logging camps, or other woodworking es- tablishments whose products enter interstate commerce; and A bill (S. 375) to amend an act entitled "An act relating to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees in certain cases," approved April 22, 1908; to the Committee on A bill (S. 376) for the relief of certain retired noncommis- sioned officers of the United States Army who were recalled to A bill (S. 377) for the relief of John Morrow; A bill (S. 378) authorizing the President to appoint John K. A bill (S. 380) for the relief of Wellington F. Larabee; at Spokane, Wash., and to accept the conveyance to the United States of other lands to be designated by the Secretary of War and suitable for a rifle range in exchange for the land so overflowed; A bill (S. 382) authorizing the Secretary of War, upon the request of the governor of a State, to designate one or more commissioned officers of the United States Army to cooperate with the school authorities of the State in the establishment and proper conduct in any of the public schools of the State of the so-called Wyoming plan of military and physical training according to the system prepared by Lieut. E. Z. Steever, United States Army, and recommended by the War College Division of the General Staff Corps, United States Army; A bill (S. 383) authorizing the President to appoint Frank B. Lawson a first lieutenant in the Regular Army; and A bill (S. 384) authorizing the President to appoint J. Benjamin Hayes a first lieutenant in the Regular Army; to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 385) for the purchase of land and water rights on the Okanogan irrigation project, to relieve settlers, and to insure an adequate water supply; and A bill (S. 386) providing for the survey and reclamation of arid, swamp, and logged-off lands within the continental limits of the United States and the sale of same upon a system of deferred payments to soldiers and other citizens; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. A bill (S. 387) for the relief of Albert J. Weber; A bill (S. 388) for the relief of L. H. Phipps; A bill (S. 389) for the relief of C. P. Zent; and A bill (S. 390) for the relief of Peter McKay; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 391) granting a pension to Rolla King; A bill (S. 392) granting a pension to John Leonard; A bill (S. 393) granting an increase of pension to Thomas Mullen; A bill (S. 394) granting a pension to Jack Sommer; A bill (S. 395) granting an increase of pension to John Barker; A bill (S. 396) granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Wilcox; A bill (S. 397) granting an increase of pension to George C. Bonney; A bill (S. 398) Holmes; A bill (S. 399) Reiman; granting a pension to Catherine Arminty granting an increase of pension to John A bill (S. 400) granting an increase of pension to Susie M. Gilbert; A bill (S. 401) granting an increase of pension to James M. King; A bill (S. 402) to pension widows and minor children of officers and enlisted men who served in the War with Spain, Philippine insurrection, or in China; A bill (S. 403) granting an increase of pension to Chase Cummins; A bill (S. 404) granting an increase of pension to Hugh L. Eyler; A bill (S. 405) granting an increase of pension to Simeon L. Coen; A bill (S. 406) granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Higby; A bill (S. 407) granting a pension to Mary A. Shaffer; and A bill (S. 408) granting an increase of pension to Anton Lawrence; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Edge: A bill (S. 414) for the relief of Edward B. Fox, administrator of the last surviving partner of the firm of Child, Pratt & Fox; and A bill (S. 415) for the relief of the owners of lighter No. 128; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 416) providing for the construction of bridges and culverts or roads under reclamation projects; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. A bill (S. 417) for the relief of Henry Wagner; to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 418) to amend the act entitled "An act to amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, providing for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu of those appropriated; A bill (S. 419) to permit the State of Wyoming to relinquish to the United States lands heretofore selected and to select other lands from the public domain in lieu thereof; A bill (S. 420) providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Wyoming under the Carey Act (with an accompanying paper); and A bill (S. 421) granting to the State of Wyoming 2,000,000 acres of public land to aid in the maintenance of a system of public roads (with an accompanying paper); to the Committee on Public Lands. A bill (S. 422) granting an increase of pension to Abbie C. Moore; A bill (S. 423) granting an increase of pension to Dennis Driscoll; and A bill (S. 424) granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Lake; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Smoot: A bill (S. 425) to establish the Zion National Park in the State of Utah; A bill (S. 426) for the relief of Ira W. Hatch; A bill (S. 427) to consolidate certain forest lands within the Cache National Forest, Utah, and to add certain lands thereto; A bill (S. 428) for the relief of Thomas Sevy; A bill (S. 429) to authorize an exchange of lands with Henry Blackburn; and A bill (S. 430) to authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Fishlake National Forest, Utah; to the Committee on Public Lands. A bill (S. 431) to increase the cost of the public building at Spanish Fork, Utah; A bill (S. 432) to provide for the erection of a public building at Price, Utah; A bill (S. 433) to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Bingham Canyon, in the State of Utah; A bill (S. 434) for the purchase of a post-office site at Cedar City, Utah; A bill (S. 435) for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at St. George, Utah; A bill (S. 436) for the purchase of a post-office site at Tremonton, Utah; A bill (S. 437) for the purchase of a post-office site at Mount Pleasant, Utah; A bill (S. 438) to increase the cost of the public building at Park City, Utah; A bill (S. 439) to increase the cost of the public building at Vernal, Utah; A bill (S. 440) to increase the cost of the public building at Eureka, Utah; and A bill (S. 441) to authorize the appropriation of $50,000 for the erection of a public building at Nephi, Utah; to the Com A bill (S. 409) to consent to the proposed compact or agree-mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Reed: A bill (S. 442) providing for the leasing of arid lands which are irrigable, belonging to Indian allottees, and fixing the maximum time for which such leases may run; and A bill (S. 443) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,' approved January 11, 1915"; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. A bill (S. 444) providing for acquiring a site and erecting a national memorial to irrigation at Salt Lake City, Utah; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. A bill (S. 445) for the relief of William B. Lancaster; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 446) to make April 6 in each year a national holiday, to be called liberty day; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 447) to amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act to pension the survivors of certain Indian wars from January 1, 1859, to January, 1891, inclusive, and for other purposes," approved March 4, 1917; A bill (S. 448) to increase the pensions of widows of men who served in the War with Mexico; and A bill (S. 449) to increase the pensions of Army nurses; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. McCormick : A bill (S. 450) to provide for an independent audit of the departmental accounts, and for other purposes; A bill (S. 451) to transfer the Coast Guard from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Navy; A bill (S. 452) to transfer the Secret Service from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice; A bill (S. 453) to transfer the Office of the Supervising Architect from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Interior; A bill (S. 454) to transfer the Public Health Service from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Interior; A bill (S. 455) to transfer the Bureau of War Risk Insurance from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Interior; and A bill (S. 456) to provide for the cordination, revision, and unification of the annual departmental estimates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. McKellar: A bill (S. 457) to establish a new judicial circuit of the United States with a circuit court of appeals, hereafter to be called the tenth circuit; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 458) to reimburse Capt. K. E. Kern, Fifty-fourth Infantry, for certain expenditures; and A bill (S. 459) for the relief of W. K. Ellis; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 460) to raise revenue by taxing certain articles of food held in cold storage; and A bill (S. 461) to reduce the tax on oleomargarine; to the Committee on Finance. A bill (S. 462) to increase the cost of the public building at Memphis, Tenn.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. A bill (S. 463) for the reduction of postage on first-class mail matter; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. A bill (S. 464) reappointing Edgar C. Campbell as pay clerk in Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, with rank of second lieutenant; A bill (S. 465) tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen. John J. Pershing, United States Army, and the officers and men under his command, and to Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, provost marshal general, and the members of the local and district boards throughout the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico; A bill (S. 466) to provide relief for commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted persons in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Army Nurse Corps; A bill (S. 467) for the relief of Barneybas Eastridge; A bill (S. 468) to correct the military record of E. D. Judkins; A bill (S. 469) to authorize the reinstatement of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors to former positions in Government service and restoration to the eligible register of the names of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors; A bill (S. 470) for the relief of Charles Lee Baker; A bill (S. 471) for the appointment of an inspector of national parks and cemeteries; A bill (S. 472) to establish and maintain military-training colleges in the several States of the Union, in Alaska, and in the District of Columbia; A bill (S. 473) authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn., five condemned bronze or brass cannons or fieldpieces and suitable outfit of cannon balls; A bill (S. 474) authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn., two condemned bronze or brass cannons or fieldpieces and suitable outfit of cannon balls; A bill (S. 475) for the relief of National Guard officers; A bill (S. 476) authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the city of Trenton, Tenn., one German cannon or fieldpiece; and A bill (S. 477) authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the town of Lewisburg, Tenn., three German cannons; to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 478) granting an increase of pension to William H. Hart; A bill (S. 479) granting an increase of pension to Sarah M. Brown; A bill (S. 480) granting a pension to Nancy Cook; A bill (S. 481) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hawkins; A bill (S. 482) granting a pension to Eva Durham; A bill (S. 483) granting a pension to Emil K. Schroeder; A bill (S. 484) granting a pension to Susan E. Nash; A bill (S. 485) granting a pension to Walter L. Jewell; A bill (S. 486) granting an increase of pension to Susan E. Nash; A bill (S. 487) granting an increase of pension to J. S. Driggs; A bill (S. 488) granting a pension to Catherine N. Wilson; A bill (S. 489) granting a pension to L. F. Pampe; A bill (S. 490) granting a pension to Albert M. Griffith; A bill (S. 491) granting a pension to James Besheers; and A bill (S. 492) granting a pension to George W. Hacker; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Moses: A bill (S. 493) providing for an additional session of the Congress on the 5th day of March following the election of such Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 494) to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department," approved September 2, 1914, and an act in amendment thereto approved October 6, 1917; to the Committee on Finance. A bill (S. 495) for the relief of Walston H. Brown, sole surviving partner of the firm of Brown, Howard & Co., and of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.; to the Committee on Appropriations. A bill (S. 496) for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry D. Geddings; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 497) to increase the area of the United States Botanic Garden in the city of Washington, D. C.; and A bill (S. 498) to create the World War memorial commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Library. A bill (S. 499) to donate a gun or howitzer to the city of Dover, in the State of New Hampshire; A bill (S. 500) to correct the military record of Samuel C. Rowe; A bill (S. 501) to donate a gun or howitzer to the town of Plaistow, in the State of New Hampshire; A bill (S. 502) to donate a gun or howitzer to the city of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire; A bill (S. 503) to donate a gun or howitzer to the town of Claremont, in the State of New Hampshire; A bill (S. 504) to donate a gun or howitzer to the town of Bennington, in the State of New Hampshire; and A bill (S. 505) to donate a gun or howitzer to the town of Littleton, in the State of New Hampshire; to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 506) granting a pension to Hattie M. Cosgriff (with accompanying papers); A bill (S. 507) granting an increase of pension to John W. Fletcher (with accompanying papers); and A bill (S. 508) granting. an increase of pension to Joseph Boudette (with accompanying papers); to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. McLean: A bill (S. 509) granting privilege of the floor and right to participate in debate to heads of executive departments and other officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 510) authorizing the Secretary of War to erect a monument at Valparaiso, Chile; to the Committee on the Library. A bill (S. 511) for the improvement of navigation of the Connecticut River and authorizing the Connecticut River Co. to relocate and construct a dam in said river above the village of Windsor Locks, in the State of Connecticut; to the Committee on Commerce. A bill (S. 512) for the relief of Lester A. Rockwell; A bill (S. 513) to correct the military record of Walter H. Hutchinson; A bill (S. 514) for the relief of Henry E. Williams; A bill (S. 515) to correct the military record of Charles K. Bond, alias Kimball W. Rollins; A bill (S. 516 ) for the relief of John M. Squire; A bill (S. 517) for the relief of Joseph Wygant; A bill (S. 518) for the relief of Charles Yarrington; A bill (S. 519) for the relief of Edward Shannon; A bill (S. 520) to grant medals to survivors and heirs of volunteers of the Port Hudson forlorn-hope storming party; A bill (S. 521y authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the town of Waterbury, Conn., three German cannons or fieldpieces; and A bill (S. 522) authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the town of Enfield, Conn., three German cannons or fieldpieces; to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill (S. 529) for the relief of the heirs of Adam and Noah priations. Brown; to the Committee on Claims. A bill (S. 530) granting an increase of pension to Ralph A bill (S. 531) granting a pension to Joseph Povencher, jr.; A bill (S. 533) granting an increase of pension to Rosanna A bill (S. 534) granting an increase of pension to David Burns: A bill (S. 535) granting an increase of pension to William Brant; A bill (S. 536) granting an increase of pension to Andrew Winter; A bill (S. 537) granting an increase of pension to Marietta Silvernail; A bill (S. 538) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Atwood; A bill (S. 539) granting an increase of pension to Charles L. A bill (S. 540) granting a pension to Conrad Hockenberger; A bill (S. 543) granting an increase of pension to George W. A bill (S. 544) granting an increase of pension to Milo K. Gray (with accompanying papers); and A bill (S. 545) granting a pension to Terrence O'Connor (with accompanying papers); to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Smoot: A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 13) changing the name of the Panama Canal to the Roosevelt Canal; to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals. By Mr. Watson: A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 14) to repeal sections 628 and 904, respectively, of the revenue act approved February 24, 1919; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Calder: A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 15) providing a commission to consider the question of the adoption of a zone system for the construction of buildings in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. McKellar: A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 16) creating offices of congressional examiners; to the Committee on Civil Service and Re-· trenchment. A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 17) authorizing the Secretary of War to accept resignations of officers and to grant discharges to enlisted men in the Army under certain conditions; and A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 18) providing for a review of the findings of courts-martial convened during the war with Germany and since the Mexican disturbance prior thereto; to the Committee on Military Affairs. SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN. Mr. Pomerene submited the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections: Whereas charges and countercharges of excessive and illegal expenditures of money and of unlawful practices have been made in connection with the election of a Senator from the State of Michigan, which election was held on the 5th day of November, 1918: Therefore be it Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections, or any subcommittee thereof, be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate the said charges and countercharges or excessive and illegal expenditures of money and of unlawful practices in connection with the said election of a Senator from the State of Michigan and to take possession of the ballots, poll | books, tally sheets, and all other documents and records relating to the said election; and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and his deputies and assistants be, and they are hereby, instructed to carry out the directions of the said Committee on Privileges and Elections, or any subcommittee thereof, in that behalf; and that the said Committee on Privileges and Elections, or any subcommittee thereof, be, and it is hereby, directed to proceed with all convenient speed to take all necessary steps for the preservation of the said ballots, poll books, tally sheets, and other documents, and to recount the said ballots, and to take and preserve all evidence as to the various matters alleged in the said charges and countercharges and of any alleged fraud, irregularly, and excessive and illegal expenditures of money and of any unlawful practices in the said election and primary and as to the intimidation of voters or other facts affecting the result of said election; and be it Resolved further, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections, or any subcommittee thereof, be authorized to sit during the sessions of the Senate and during any recess of the Senate or of the Congress and to hold its sessions at such place or places as it shall deem most convenient for the purposes of the investigation, and to have full power to subpoena parties and witnesses and to require the production of all papers, books, and documents and other evidence relating to the said investigation, and to employ clerks and stenographers at a cost not to exceed $1 per printed page to take and make a record of all evidence taken and received by the committee and to keep a record of its proceedings, and to have such evidence, records, and other matters required by the committee printed; and be it Resolved further, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and his deputies and assistants are hereby required to attend the said Committee on Privileges and Elections, or any subcommittee thereof, and to execute its directions; that the chairman or any member of the committee be, and is hereby, empowered to administer oaths; that each of the parties to the said contest be entitled to representatives and attorneys at the recount and the taking of evidence; that all disputed ballots and records be preserved so that final action may be had thereon by the full committee and the Senate; that the committee may appoint subcommittees of one or more members to represent the committee at the various places in the making of the recount and the taking of evidence, and the committee may appoint such supervisors of the recount as it may deem best; and that the committee may adopt and enforce such rules and regulations for the conduct of the recount and the taking of evidence as it may deem wise, not inconsistent with this resolution; and that the committee shall report to the Senate as early as may be and from time to time, if it deems best, submit all the testimony and the result of the recount and of the investigation; and be it Resolved further, That the expenses incurred in the carrying out of these resolutions shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers ordered by the committee, or any subcommittee thereof, and approved by the chairman of the committee. TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. Johnson of California submitted the following resolution for consideration: Whereas the peace treaty has been completed and has been delivered to the representatives of Germany; and Whereas a synopsis only of the treaty has been given publicity in the United States and our people are entitled to know its full contents and to what, if any, engagements they may have been committed; and mittee or any subcommittee conducting such investigation is authorized to subpena witnesses, send for persons, books, and papers, to administer oaths and take all steps necessary to ascertain the facts, and to employ such stenographic help as may be necessary at a cost not exceeding $1 per printed page, the expenses thereof to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate; and the committee or any subcommittee thereof may sit during the sessions or recess of the Senate in conducting such investigation. UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN RUSSIA. Mr. Poindexter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: Whereas the Constitution provides that the President shall from time to time inform the Senate of the state of the Union: Therefore be it Resolved, That the President is requested to inform the Senate what plan, purpose, and policy has been adopted by the executive branch of the Government as to the military operations now being conducted by the United States Army in Russia; whether these operations are against the all-Russian Government at Omsk or against the Bolshevist party in control at Moscow; and if against either of these governments, to what extent it is proposed to proceed to carry out by force the objects of said several military expeditions; and to inform the Senate, if said expeditions have a military object, why the number of troops therein has been so limited and is so inadequate that it is impossible to accomplish such purpose, or any purpose; and that the only and inevitable result of said expeditions with inadequate numbers, and with no plan or purpose of policy or cam Whereas it is reported in the press that the entire treaty has been cabled to the State Department, and is now in the posses-paign, is the needless hardship, suffering, loss of life of men sion of the State Department: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, requested forthwith to transmit to the Senate the full text of the treaty of peace completed at the Paris conference and delivered to the representatives of Germany. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS IN SIBERIA. Mr. Johnson of California submitted the following resolution for consideration: Whereas it is reported in the public press that 8,000 United States soldiers are to be sent to Siberia; and Whereas the purposes for which the said soldiers are dispatched to Siberia are undisclosed and unknown: Now, therefor be it Resolved, That the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War be, and they are hereby, requested immediately to inform the Senate of the reasons for sending 8,000 United States soldiers to Siberia, what duties are there to be performed by these soldiers, how long they are to remain, and generally to advise the Senate of the policy of the United States Government in respect to Siberia and the maintenance of United States soldiers therein. PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS. Mr. New submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on Rules is hereby authorized and directed to report a committee of the Senate to be known as the committee on aeronautics, the general purpose and functions of which shall be to consider all matters appertaining to aircraft and aviation. TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Relations be, and hereby is, requested to secure for the Senate of the United States a copy of the proposed treaty of peace delivered to the German plenipotentiaries on May 7, 1919. PENINSULA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, Mr. Ashurst submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: Resolved, That the President of the United States is hereby respectfully requested to open negotiations with the Republic of Mexico for the purchase of the peninsula of Lower California and for the purchase of that tract of land in the State of Sonora, Republic of Mexico, approximating in area 10,000 square miles, and lying north of the parallel of 31° 20′ north latitude. MISS ALICE WOOD. Mr. Jones of Washington submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia, or any subcommittee thereof, be, and it is hereby, directed to investigate and ascertain the facts relative to the suspension by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia of Miss Alice Wood, a teacher in the schools of the District, and report the same to the Senate with its recommendations; and the com conscripted into the United States Army for the war with Germany, and vast expenditures from the Treasury of the United States, without the possibility of beneficial results. CLAIMS AGAINST MEXICO. Mr. King submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: Resolved, That the President is requested to open negotiations through diplomatic channels with Mexico for the appointment of a joint high commission on the part of the United States and upon the part of Mexico, which shall be authorized to consider, liquidate, and settle claims made by the citizens of the United States to recover damages suffered on account of the delinquency of the Government of Mexico. REPEAL OF REVENUE LAW. Mr. King submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance: Resolved, That it be the sense of the Senate that sections 630 and 904 of the act entitled "An act to provide revenue, and for other purposes," approved February 24, 1919, be repealed. INDIAN LANDS IN UTAH. Mr. King submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: Whereas in the counties of Duchesne and Uinta, in the State of Utah, there is a large body of Indian lands known as Indian grazing lands, which has not been allotted in severalty to the Indians of the Ute Tribe, which lands adjoin the Ashley National Forest in the State of Utah; and Whereas said lands are valuable for grazing purposes and contain areas which are also specially adapted to agricultural use and occupation; and Whereas said lands are not being utilized for any beneficial purpose and are excluded from the use of the white settlers in said counties; and Whereas the said Indians for whose use said lands have ostensibly been set apart are unable to occupy or make any economic or beneficial use of the same; and Whereas said Indians for whose use said lands have been segregated and set apart are not making an economic or adequate use of said lands, and will not in the future be able to make an economic or adequate use of said lands: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, directed to report to the Senate the present status of the said so-called Indian grazing lands in Duchesne and Uinta Counties, Utah, and what means may be taken to extinguish the Indian title to said lands and open the same to use, settlement, and occupation, and whether it is convenient and advantageous to add said lands, or any part thereof, to the Uinta National Forest. GRAZING LANDS IN UTAH. Mr. King submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs: Whereas in the counties of Duchesne and Uinta, in the State of Utah, there is a large body of Indian lands known as Indian |