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LXXXVIII NO. 53 16 PAGES ""kSSTt K?%t HARRISBURG. PA. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1919. tfESSSKWK"" ' HOME EDITION
BOOZE LOBBY
TRIES TO KILL
PROHIBITION
Bills to Complicate Liquor
Question Arc Presented by
Representative Ramsey
'SHOOTING AT THE STARS'
So Says Vickerman, "Dry"
Leader, Who Predicts
Attempt Will Fail
dills that can have no other ef
fect except to complicate the liquor
question are scheduled for intro
duction in the House possibly this
week and likely by Representative
AN illiam T. Ramsey, of Delaware
county. The bills provide for the
sale of beer and light wines. The
alcoholic strength of the beer will be
designed at five per cent, which pro
vides considerable "kick" while the
framers of the wine bill say it will
contain 10 per cent, of alcohol, which
would effectually restore the "sing
ing" feature to that fluid.
What is hard to understand in
connection with the bills is that the J
license to sell the beer and light j
wines will be given under a law
similar to the present Brooks high
"cense law. That would be con
tradictory to national prohibition
which specifically prohibits the
manufacture and sale of liquors.
How the State could pass a law that i
would l.e contrary to the national
mandate is difficult to see but the
liquor men say that they will be able
to overcome that feature. They
talk of the law and opinions and
mysterious things yet to happen as
substantiation for their activity.
"Not Intoxicating"
Mr. Ramsey says that nothing will
he done to throw the privilege to
sell beer and wines wide open, lie
was told that where no right to sell
liquor was given to designated per
sons that every person would be sell
ing it under the law that he hoped
to see passed. Mr. Ramsey demur
red strongly on that and declared
hat only those given the "license to
sell would be permitted to do so. He
was then asked how any person
could sell when the nation specifi
cally prohibits that and countered
with the remark that beer and wines
would not be intoxicating. The reve
nue service reeggflizea. as intoxicat
ing any beverage in it
and so the ramitieationshrthis pro
posed legislation, from a legal stand
point, begin to appear.
Representative John W. Yicker
man. leader of the dry forces in the
General Assembly, professes not to
take the proposed Ramsey bills seri
ously. He says that Congress will
pass enforcement acts for national
prohibition and that those acts will
be the laws under which the several
States will operate. A recent com
mittee action at Washington for one
halt' of one per cent, of alcohol in
beverages seems indicative of one
trend of thought there and that
would be counted to the contemplat
< d action in Pennsylvania. The anti
liquor forces claim that if the beer
and wines that could be sold under
the provisions of the proposed bills
are not intoxicating, as the liquor in
terests claim, that no license is need
ed to sell them and the originally
point recurs—why could not every
person, if they so desired, sell these
beers and light wines?
"Shooting at the Stars"
"Liquor men are shooting at the
stars," said Representative Vieker
man. "This proposition is a closed
book and the manufacture and sale
of liquor, from a licensed standpoint,
is doomed. Those who break that
law naturally will have to answer
to Uncle Sam. Congress will pass
enforcement acts for prohibition in
the near future and those acts will
he the law of the several States. I
do not see how* the liquor men can
figure where they can adopt laws in
a few states that would be different
from the general law on the subject
adopted for the nation. Thev na-
turally are looking for a way out of
prohibition but the amendment to
the constitution has been effected
by the people's votes and is the law
of the land effective next January 16.
War-time prohibition is due to start
July 1. The wiser liquor men know
that it is almost here because many
of the breweries are beginning their
Plans to turn out other and lawful
products. This agitation to destroy
the effect of prohibition will likely
last for a time but it will be without
avail."
TO ITI/1, RIVER BANK
WITH CITY'S ASHES
Eeginuing to-morrow teams used
by the city to collect ashes will dump
them along the river bank above
Front street, officials said to-dav.
Waste paper and other rubbish will
be gathered and burned after the
ashes are unloaded it was explained
so that the streets will not be lit
tered with any refuse.
FAKE MAJOR \I<ItKSTFD
Major (?) Taft, who in recent ap
pearances here represented himself
to be a returned aviator and who de
scribed vividly the fighting in France
was arrested at Sunbury yesterday!
charged with being an impostor, ac
cording to word received here to-dav
Major (?) Taft, it is said, was dis
honorably discharged from the United
Mates Army and never saw service
overseas.
THE WEATHER]
For llnrrlshurg and vicinity:
Cloudy and warmer to-night,
with lowest temperature about
45 degrees, probably followed
by ralit early Wednesday morn
ing and on Wednesday: colder
Wednesday afternoon, with
temperature below frresing ut
night.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Its
branches will probably fall e*.
rept the lower portion of the
main rlvrr, which will rise
slightly to-night. A stage of
"boat feet la ladleatrd for
HarrUIIV( Wednesday m ar
ia*.
Entrance to State Street Bridge to Be Memorial of War
I Jj RHBH|ra| Hi
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This etching is from an official photograph of the model of the memorial bridge to he erected over the railroad at State street by the state
and the city jointly. The tower-like elevations at the top of the approach are the pylons in which will be placed, in bronze that will endure for all
time, the names of all Pennsylvania soldiers, sailors and marines in the service during the Great War. The model, viewed from this angle, shows
the type of construction to be used on the western approach. A detailed v iew of the side elevation is published elsewhere in the Telegraph to-day.
HARRISBURG IS
READY TO CARRY
OUT PARK WORK
Can Go Ahead at Once Wid
ening Third Street, Com
missioner Lynch Says
CITY IS NOT DELAYING
Appropriation Made For Its
Share of First Develop
ment Projects
"Harrisburg is ready to go ahead
at once with the parts of the Capi
tol Park extension program the city
is expected to complete," Commis
sioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent
of the highway department, declar
ed at the session of city council to
day after a letter had been read, in
which was incuded a resolution
passed by the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce, urging the city of
ficials to co-operate in every way
possible to bring about the comple
tion of the park development.
"The State Superintendent of
grounds and buildings never ac
knowledged the receipt of a letter
and plans in which 1 said that we
are ready to begin at any time to
widen Third street and have the
money appropriated to do the work,"
Mr. Lynch continued. "We will not
delay any move on the part of the
state to get this improvement finish
ed, but it has been weeks now since
the plans for the Third street work
were submitted and no reply of any
kind has been received. 1 do not
want the city blamed for any delay,
for the city is not causing it and
will not. I feel sure the superin
tendent received our plans and let
ter because they have not been re
turned in the mail, but we have re
ceived no acknowledgment from
him."
Xo l.ack of Interest
Commissioner E. Z. Gross cor
roborated Mr. Lynch in his state
ment that Harrisburg is ready to go
ahead at once. "There is no lack
of interest on the part of the city,"
he commented.
Petitions signed by 137 residents
in the vicinity of Sixteenth and Elm
streets, protesting against the sale
of a small triangular plot at that in
tersection to a laundry company,
and against the closing of Elm street
from Sixteenth to Juniper, were pre
sented for the residents by Commis
sioner Gross.
Further action on the ordinances
which provide for the sale, and clos
ing of the street, was postponed in
definitely. The petitions to council
stated that the smoke from the laun
dry plant has decreased property
values and is a nuisance, rind that
the ordinances are intended to give
ground to the company so that the
plant can be enlarged thus added to
the smoke trouble.
An ordinance was ofTere ] by Com
missioner S. F. Hassler authorizing
construction of six-inch water mains
in Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
streets, from Derry street to the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway.
Dues of the city officials as mem
bers of the League of Third Class
Cities were ordered to 'he paid.
Commissioner C. W. Burtnett pre
sided as Mayor Keister is 1n Wash
ington conferring with officials on
labor problems.
Building Permits Issued
For Many New Dwellings
Ruilding permits for construction
work to cost more than $27,000 have
been issued to-day at the office of
Building Inspector James H. Grove,
as follows: Secured investments, in
corporated. six two-story frame and
stucco houses, north side of Puxton
at Seventeenth street. $20,000: two
story frame, north side of Twenty
seventh. 160 feet south of Derry
street, $2,200; contractor for Louis
B. Cohen, two-story brick, southeast
corner Twenty-sixth and Derrv.
$4,000; Mrs. Joseph Rudy, K. n]
Bomgurdncr, contractor one-story
brick garage rear of northwest cor
ner Seventeenth and Swatara. $400:
Samuel H. Stormfeilz, Reuben Mor
rett. contractor, addition 1603 Derry.
$200: John Sansom. H. W. Black'
contractor, one-stof-y brick, rear
136E* Vernon, S4OO.
29,932,328 PASSENGERS
CARRIED IN YEAR ON
CITY TROLLEY CARS
I
Hurrisburg Railways Company Reports Net Income of Only
$12,721, Because of High Operating Costs; J. William
Bowman Elected to Directing Board
J The llarrisburg Railways Corn-]
I pany carried 29,932,328 passengers!
j during 1918, an Increase of 1,450,-1
165 over the year precious, accord-;
1 ing to the annual report of the cor- 1
i poration submitted to-day at the an-!
, nual meeting of the stockholders.
Despite this increase and an inereas-i
ed fare for part of the year the com
pany's net income was only $12,721
as compared witli $92,399 for 1917. I
J. William Bowman was elected toj
the board of directors, succeeding |
the late Charles A. Kunkel. Other ■
directors elected are E. C. Felton. E. j
S. Herman and F. B. Musser. The
board will meet next week for the;
election of officers.
Xo Dividend Declared
With the low net income of the!
company for 1918—512,721 —n0 divi-i
COUNCIL ASKED
TO GET BEHIND
IMPROVEMENTS
Chamber of Commerce Backs
Plans For Proposed Civic
and Stale Work
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce in a resolution adopted by the i
| board of directors last night called!
; upon the Mayor and members of city |
(council to co-operate with the state)
authorities in beginning as soon as i
possible the construction of needed :
public improvements, and thereby (
give employment to returned soldiers, j
A copy of the resolutions was sent to j
each member of city council.
The resolutions follow:
"The Chamber of Commerce refers
to you for your consideration the fol- j
lowing resolution which was unani- |
mously adopted at a meeting last I
night of the board of directors:
"Resolved, It is the sense of the j
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce j
that the City Commissioners be urged '
to co-operate with the state author!- !
ties in making effective as soon as i
possible the public work contemplated
in this city including the widening
of Walnut and Third streets and other
projects, to the end that every means
of employment of returned soldiers
and others may be provided without
unnecessary delay."
Nearly $1,500 Is Made For
Children's Homes at Big
Dance and Card Party
It is estimated that more than 2,000 j
people were present at the hig benefit
dance held in chestnut .Street Audi
torium last night. Because the entire
ticket sale result has not yet been
totaled it was impossible to make an j
accurate statement of the grand total
of moneys received, but Miss Helen!
Snodgrass, treasurer, said this morn-j
ing the amount would probably be |
somewhere bet ween SI,OOO and $1,500. i
More than 3.000 tickets were sold
for the big event by the co-operating
organizations which gave the dance.
These organizations were the Harris
burg Operatic Society, the local Coun
cil of lCnights of Columbus and the
tmploycs of Bowman and Company.
The proceeds will be turned over to
the Sylvan Heights Orphanage, the
Children's Industrial Home and the
Day Nursery.
The Banjo Saxo and Updegrove's
orchestras played for the dancing
last night. The hall was beautifully
decorated in the national colors of
red, white and blue and innumerable
sparkling lights lent a festive ap
pearance to the occasion.
FAESE FIRE AI AIOI
A false alarm of fire called the fire
companies to Nineteenth and Derry
street, where Box 71 is located, at
10.30 o'clock this morning. The i
glass in the box was not broken,!
leading firemen to believe that the!
alarm was rung when a heavy jolt |
near the auxiliary coaf In tile East!
End boiler works disturbed (he me- j
chanism . j
'
] dends could be paid and the reports'
; indicates, too, that if the operating
| expenses and wages at the beginning
of the year had been as high as the
| expenses at the close, there would
| have been a deficit instead of a slight
! surplus. As it was. the company's
, non-operating income, the revenue!
received from investments in prop-!
] erties other than traction properties,
, saved the company from a deficit for]
the income from this source was
] $22,068.42. Without the non-operpt
i ing income there would have been a
] deficit of J9.246.43.
j Because of the scarcity of labor
j during the year, the report says that
much work had to be put oft' and this
| necessarily will have to be dqne dur-'
] ing the coming year or two along
j with the regular work. This will
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CHAS. E. LANDIS
i DIES AFTER A
SHORT ILLNESS
Was Friend of Col. Roosevelt
and Delegate to Bull
Moose Convention
Charles K. Landis. a friend of the
i late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and
| cashier and paymaster at the local
i plant of the Lalance and Grosjean
| Manufacturing Company, died at
12.15 o'clock this morning at his
j home, 1030 Green street. He was
| 50 years old.
The death of Mr. Tgindis followed
I less than six days' illness from in-
I fluenza which developed into double
| pneumonia.
He began his business career as a
[Continued on Page 9.]
BILL CREATING
PUBLIC WELFARE
BODY GOES IN
j First Step Taken to Prevent
' Bolsheviki Uprising in
Pennsylvania
S A bill creating a Commission of
1 Public Welfare of the Oommon
j wealth of Pennsylvania, composed of
j the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
I State Treasurer,. Auditor General
I and Adjutant General, and carrying
an appropriation of $I,00(t,000, was
' introduced in the Senate to-day by
] Senator Eyre, of Chester county,
j The Commission shall whenever it
1 may deem it necessary, prepare for
i the defense and security of the Com
i monwealth, the safety of its people
and the protection and preservation
of their property. It shall, if the
necessity arises, aid the Federal
Government in defending the gov
ernment and 'the property of its
people. "fn the interests of the
welfare of the state and nation," the
bill provides, "the Commission r.iay
undertake measures for the Amer
icanization of foreign-born residents
and for the interpretation to the
American born of the life and Ideals
jof the allies of the United States."
i The Commission Is authorized to
j investigate and to aid and assist any
I activity having for its purpose the
I betterment of social, educational,
! agricultural or Industrial conditions.
ior the securing and preserving to
j the citizens of the Commonwealth
, the rights and liberties guaranteed
J under the Constitutions of the state!
and naUon
HEROIC DEEDS
OF HARRISBURG
MEN ARE TOLD
Speaker tit Chamber of Com-|
mercc Praises Work of i
I Lewis Heck in Turkey
j WAS THERE DURING WAR
lias Since Been Honored by
State Department
Appointment
The silent but heroic achieve
ments of a former Harrisburger
whose deeds never were heralded
at home during the war, was told
by Charles Lyon Chandler, manager
of the Foreign Trade Department
of the Corn Exchange National
Bank and former United States Am.
, bassador. at the Harrisburg Chafn-
I ber of Commerce luncheon in the
Penn-Harris hotel at noon to-day.
This Hsrrisburger's name is Lewis
Heck, formerly first Turkish secre
tary of the American embassy at
Constantinople.
The luncheon was served cafaterla
style, and the members helped thern
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Sec. Daniels Commends
Harrisburg Man For His
Work in Naval Hospital
Washington. March 4.—Secretary
; Daniels announced to-day he had
j commended 52 enlisted men of the
navy who during the recent influenza
| epidemic voluntarily submitted to ex
' periments at the naval hospital at
! Chelsea, Mass., to aid naval doctors
|in the attempt to determine the
cause and method of transmission of
I the disease and a preventative.
Among them were:
John 11. McAnneny, 834 Slate
street. New Haven, Conn.; Arthur R.
Anderson, 359 Albany avenue, Hart
ford, Conn.; Joseph R. Boldue, Law
rence. Mass.; Edward M. Gibson,
East Dutnam, Conn.; Charles Colton,
Providence, R. I.; Bertram Crist,
Harrisburg, Pa.; James E. Felton,
Chelms Ford, Mass.; John Nester,
| Philadelphia: Warren A. Hill, Jersey
j Shore. Pa.; John W. Vander Meer,
• Worcester, Mass.
FOCH TELLS HUN
TO GIVE SHIPS
By .Associated Press.
Copenhagen. March 4. —Mar-
shal Foeh has demanded the im
mediate delivery of the German
mercantile fleet without Regard to
the question of food supply, ac
cording to a dispatch from Wei
mar, where the German National
Assembly is in session.
STATE OF SIEGE
IS DECLARED IN
BERLIN SUBURBS
Minister of War Noske As
sumes Executive Powers
in Crisis
Copenhagen, March 4.—The Prus
sian government has declared a state
of siege In the police districts of
Berlin, Spundau and other suburbs
of Berlin in order "to protect the
bulk of the working people from fa
mine and the terror of the minor-*'
ity." Minister of War Noske, a dis
patch from Berlin says, has assumed
executive powers.
Paris, March 4. —Bavarian troops
opposed the Radical government in
Munich are marching on that city,
according to a dispatch from Zurich
to the Petit Parisien. This announce
ment was made at the Soldiers and
Workmen's Congress in Munich by-
Ministers Jaffe and Unterleitner.
It was confirmed by several other
delegates. It is known that strong
detachments of, troops already have
left Nuremberg. News of the re
ported advance on Munich caused
the congress to adoura at once.
FILIBUSTERING CONGRESS
ENDS SESSION WITH WAR
WORK YET TO BE DONE
SENATORS BLOCK
PEACEPROGRAM,
PRESIDENT SAYS
Wilson Issues Statement As
serting Presence Plainly
Is Needed at Paris
flv Associated rress.
Washington, March 4.—Upon tlic
adjournment of Congress to-day with
important legislation killed by a Re
publican Senate filibuster. President
Wilson issued a statement declaring
that "a group of men in the Senate
have deliberately chosen to embar
rass the administration of the gov
ernment to imperil the financial in
terests of the railway systems of the
country."
After Congress adjourned, Presi
dent Wilson remained in his room
twenty minutes, greeting visitors. It
was announced he would make recess
appointments at lloboken to-night of
nominees who failed of confirmation.
Instead of going from the Capitol
to his train, the President drove back
to the White House for lunch. Jt was
understood he wouid leave for New
I York before 2 p. m.
| The President's statement follows: !
"A group of men in the Senate
have deliberately chosen to embar
rass the administration of the gov
ernment. to imperil the financial in
terests of the railway systems of the
country and to make arbitrary use
of powers intended to be employed
in the interest of the people.
"It is plainly my present duty to
attend the Peace Conference in
Paris. It is also my duty to be in close
contact with the public business dur
ing a session of the. Congress. I must
make my choice between these two
duties and 1 confidently hope that
the people of the country will think
that I ant making the right choice.
"It is not in the interest of the
right conduct of public affairs that I
| should call the Congress in special
1 session while it is impossible for me
| to be in Washington because of a
i more pressing duty elsewhere, to co
j operate with the Houses.
"I take it for granted that the men
| who have obstructed and have pre
j vented the passage of necessary leg
! islation have taken all of this into
I consideration and are willing to as
j sume the responsibility of tlio im
' paired efficiency of the government
| and the embarrassed finances of the
j country during the time of my en
forced absence."
Republican Leader declined
to comment on the President's state
ment. He declared, however, that
three-fourths of the Republicans
sincerely deplored failure of the
railroad appropriation. The few
Republicans who insisted on filibus
tering- to defeat the bill, it was said
were "beyond control," telling their
leaders that their action was per
sonal and not a party affair.
Walter Shaffer Flies Over
City in Military Plane
Walter Shaffer, Dauphin aviator
who served with the Lafayette Ksca
drille during the war, yesterday was
a passenger in one of the flights of a
Middletown government aeroplane.
Lieutenant Fred Nelson was in
charge of the aeroplane.
TWOSTEELTON
SOLDIERS WIN
WAR CROSSES
Privates Thomas and Wrenn
Cited For Bravery
Under Fire
i
Two Sleelton lads have been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross for bravery under fire, ac
cording to word just received here
from France. Hotli enlisted in the
old Eighth Regiment of the National
Guard, and are widely known in
Steelton and Harrisburg.
Private Roy H. Thomas and Pri
vate George G. Wrenn are the lads
who have been commended for the
bravery In action. Both are in the
One Hundred and Twelfth Regi
ment of the Twenty-eighth division,
members of the Sanitary Detach
ment, Third Battalion. They are
mentioned in their commander's
recommendation as having shown
unusual heroism and devotion to
duty at "Death Valley," southwest of
St. Gillcs, August 20 and 21. Pri
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SLASHES WHISTS WHILE
TEMPORARILY DERANGED
Harry Sheaffer. 647 Woodbine
street. Is in the Harrisburg Hospital
with a slash in each wrist, inflicted j
by himself during a temporary per-!
tod of insanity. He is aged 50 years.
It is the second case of the kind I
brought to the hospital in less thnn a '
week. , .
Democrats Helpless as
Big Measures Are Let
Slide Into Discard
PRESIDENT UNMOVED AS HIS
RAILROAD BILL IS LEFT DIE
By Associated Press Q
Washington, March 4.—Con
gress adjourned at noon to-day
in the midst of a Republican!
filibuster in the Senate that kill
ed a long list of important meas
ures.
Among the bills that failed
was one appropriating $7.~0,000,-
000 for the railroad administra
tion, without which some ad
ministration leaders say the
railroads must be returned to
their owners before the middle
of April.
There was no turning back of I
clocks. Democratic leaders realized 1
the situation was hopeless, and the
gavels ending the long, great war
session and the Sixty-fifth Congress
tapped at noon.
\o Marly Session
Just halo re adjournment Presi
dent Wilson in his capitol office au
thorized final notice to the Repub
licans that their efforts to force an
immediate session had failed; that
hp was unshaken in his determina
tion not to call Congress until his
work at the Peace Conference was
done.
Adjournment, marks the passing of
Democratic control at the capitol.
j The Congress that passed at noon
began in April, 1917, passed the [Continued on Page 5.]
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X St. Johns, N. F.—The Furness Line steamer Ap J
j x nine, bound from Liverpool for this port, was -driver * j
IX ashore at Witless point by the ice pack early to day. ' *
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j Guatemala City, Guatemala—When the national as- 'i ■
fsembly opened yesterday, President Cabrera read a mes- £ |
life stating that Dr. Jose De J. Paul, Venezuelan foreigr. * j
4 minister under President Castro, was dea * j
jjpliving for some tifne in Guatemala, being in bu | •
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y SHIPPING AT STANDSTILL 1
f New York--The strike of sixteen thousand boatmen 9 ]
lin New York harbor, halted last January at the cabled L |
of President Wilsorf, was resumed at 6A. M. to- pr
and at that hour shipping virtually was at a stand- 1
4 still, according to a statement made by union officials, £ I
j A Only one: •' rry line wa6 operating on the Nor* it river -J |
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; 4 MARTIAL LAW. RAISED IN GUATEMALA > i
X Guatemala City, Guatemala—Martial law, which has J I
fwbeen i nfore'e since April, 1917, before Guatemala entered *|j
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Jubnaon and \crdella <J. Marka. Danville. * a
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APPOINTMENTS
ARE HELD UP
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 4.—lnabil
ity to secure an executive session
of the Senate because of the Re
publican filibuster caused failure
of scores of nominations, includ
ing those of A. Mitchell Palmer,
to be Attorney General; Comptrol
ler of the Currency Williams;
Norman Hupgood, to be American
Minister to Denmark; Brigadier
General Robert K. Noble, to be
major general of the Army Medi
cal Corps, and of many Federal
| judges. attorneys, postmasters
i and other officials. Recess nomi
nations will be made.
German war declaration, and its al
most continuous sessions have been
marked by unprecedented legislation
and controversy.
Big Bills Go Over
Big bills that failed included both
the army and navy appropriation
measures. The only two important
measures that ran the gauntlet of
the last forty-eight hours of filibus
tering were the Victory Liberty Loan
bill and the billion dollar wheat
guarantee bill.
The filibuster of the group of Re
publicans working for an extra ses-