Show EIGHTHOUR IAW President Gompers of American Federation Fed-eration of Labor is Heard Washington April 12 President Gompers of lljo Federation of Labor made nn extended argument before the House Committee on Labor today in support of the proposed eighthour law Mr tampers said the movement had secured some mcasuru of success In iho Stales and municipalities and It wan desired lo have the Government recognize recog-nize It by the enactment of the present measure Through some mysterious moansJioHald the words Upon pub lie works were put in to tlic IToderal eighthour law of 1S92 thus confining It to narrow llmilsJ and robbing it of the value thai its advocates expected Tho prcHcnt bill WUH he said the result of live years of thought study and effort ef-fort Ho urged thai the reduction of the hours of labor was demanded by every Interesl of the Government which Hlioilld bo as much concerned in the physical and mental strength of the workmen as in tin tensile strength of the Blcel and armor furnished lo It 1 Testing Armor Plate Washington April 12A test was made at Indian Head yesterday of a plate representing 300 ions of the turret armor of the battleship Wlsconaln The fourteenlnch plate was attacked by a teninch gun with thu usual result re-sult The shell was smashed on the face of the plate which received no substantial Injury so the lot was accepted ac-cepted No Change in Army Canteen Washington AurIl7lL Relative lo a published statement ascribed to Bishop Hurst to the effect that the President has made a substantial change in Lhc army canteen Jt is 1 learned at the War doparlment that no change wjialevcr has been made in that Institution and according to Secretary Root no cljange Is conlcmplatad p Army Promotions Washington April 12The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate Army Volunteer Fortysixth infantry in-fantry to be Captain First Lieut HIT H-IT Sheen to be First Lieutenant Second Sec-ond Lieut R B Klevenaugh |