| Show CONFEREES APPOINTED House Sends Urgent Deficiency Bill l to Conference Washington April 9 The urgent deficiency bill was sent to conference I in the house today the tIle house conferees being Littauer Tawney and Livingston A bill was passed provid providing providing providIng ing for the of certain I lots hots in the of Fort Angeles Wash Tash I The house then went into committee of the whole for the enactment of dis district district district legislation L Incident to the discussion of a bill affecting the Interests of insane per persons persons perSons sons at St Elizabeth asylum in this I city Mr Stephens of Texas took occa occasion occasion sion slon to severely criticise the present secretary of the interior the asylum being under the control of the interior department Mr Stephens said he 4 thought insane persons should be bo un under under under der the control of the courts and nd not under control of any executive officer Too Much Power I think it very unwise to let the secretary of the interior an executive have control of an insane per person person person son A person found insane by the court and ordered by the court to be placed In an asylum a lum can by the secre secretary secretary secretary tary be released under this bill and in inthis inthis I this way he could set aside orders of the court The house passed the senate bill Im Imposing Imposing Imposing posing a charge for tuition on non nonresident nonresident r resident pupils in the public schools of the District of Columbia also a bill regulating the employment of child labor in the district The bill makes it unlawful to em employ employ employ ploy any child chUd under 14 years of age at any time and no child under 16 be beten ten the hours of 7 in the even evening evening r ing and S 8 in the morning un unless unless p less the employer has the written per permission permission permission mission of the parent or guardian of the child and school certificate setting the scholastic capabilities of J such child Children of the age gc sped specified fied fled above are prohibited from being employed In any workshop restaurant hotel saloon apartment ap house club theatre tho tre bowling alley the senate of I 1 the United States or the house of rep representatives T the senate and house be beIng bein Ing in Inserted in the bill during Its con consideration consideration The house at adjourned until to lit morrow at 11 an agreement having been reached during the after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon to convene at 11 on Tues Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday day and Wednesday In order that gen general general eral debate on the postoffice appropriation tion lion bill might be completed in the time specified |
