ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SERVICE, ISLAND OF MARCH 22, 1916.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Mr. HOUSTON, from the Committee on the Territories, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 6070.] The Committee on the Territories, having had under consideration the bill (H. R. 6070) to ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Co. (Ltd.) by extending it to include all the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, reports the same to the House with recommendation that the bill do pass with the following amendments: On page 4, line 19, after the word "Commission," insert a period and strike out all the balance of lines 19, 20, and 21. On page 4, after striking out the language on lines 19, 20, and 21, insert the following: SEC. 5. The Public Utilities Commission of the Territory of Hawaii is hereby granted the power to order the Hawaiian Electric Company, Limited, its successors or assigns, to make extensions of its service lines within the island of Oahu whenever it shall be made to appear that said extension is a public necessity and that said extension or extensions can be made to earn a reasonable profit on the cost and maintenance of the same: Provided, That all orders of the public utilities commission herein provided for shall be subject to review by the courts of said Territory. On page 4, line 22, change the number of the section from section 5 to section 6. This is a bill to authorize the company to extend its service lines beyond the district of Honolulu, and to distribute and supply electric light and power to any other point situated upon the island of Oahu, on which island the city and district of Honolulu is located. Demand for electric current for lighting and power purposes already exists at two of the United States Army posts located on this island, Schofield Barracks, and Fort Kamehameha, and at the United States naval station at Pearl Harbor, all outside the district of Honolulu, to which district the company's original franchise is restricted. In addition to the demand from the Federal posts, there is a like present demand from one of the large pineapple canneries, and from the Federal Wireless Co., which company has its wireless station located on the sea coast outside of the district of Honolulu. The committee has had amendments made and offered to the original act passed by the Hawaiian Legislature in 1913, authorizing the Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii to order extensions of the company's service where the same shall appear a public necessity and can be made to earn a reasonable profit to the company. The bill, as passed by the Hawaiian Legislature, and as now reported by your committee, provides for the regulation of rates by the public utilities commission. As an electric light and power service would be a desirable and proper convenience both for the Army posts, the naval station, and the public in the community outside of the district of Honolulu, the committee recommends that the bill do pass as amended. CONGRESS 64TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st LIFE-SAVING MEDAL TO MARCUS A. JORDAN. MARCH 23, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. CLARK of Florida, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 888.] The Committee on the Library, having had under consideration the bill S. 888, report it back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. This bill merely proposes to give to Mr. Jordan the recognition that would have come to him under the statute for the award of life-saving medals had the rescue not taken place in foreign waters on a foreign boat. The circumstances are set forth in the following extract from a Japanese newspaper: In connection with the visit of the Cleveland round-the-world tourists, it is learned that the Kofu-Kai, of Osaka, has presented a memorial gift to Mr. Marcus A. Jordan, of Baltimore, whose heroic deed in the Java Sea has been reported in the Japan Times. The Osaka Society, whose work is to give full appreciation and recognition to anything done for the betterment of society, has awarded the brave youth of Baltimore a gift and a letter, which reads as follows: Mr. MARCUS Jordan, Baltimore, U. S. A. OSAKA, JAPAN, January 8, 1912. SIR: In recognition of your heroism we, the Kofu-Kai, of Osaka, Japan, are pleased to present you with a memorial gift herewith. It is with the greatest pleasure that we record your heroic deed. The event took place on the 16th day of December, 1911. The Hamburg-American liner Cleveland was then sailing in the Java Sea for the Far East. One of the passengers threw herself overboard near the island of Java. Seeing the critical situation, you volunteered to save her by leaping into the surging sea. It was with greatest courage and firmest determination that you fought your way out of the threatening dangers. Your bravery is still more to be admired when you willingly exposed yourself to danger by leaping into the sea infested by sharks. Your heroism deserves to be recorded and recognized in full. Therefore we are pleased to present you herewith an emblem of our appreciation of your deed. Yours, truly, H R-64-1-vol 2-9 KOMAJI HASERA, President of the Kofu-Kai. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. MARCH 24 (calendar day, MARCH 25), 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. NOLAN, from the Committee on Labor, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 5783.] The Committee on Labor, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 5783) introduced by Mr. Nolan, to provide for the establishment of a national employment bureau in the Department of Labor, having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that it pass with the following amendments: Page 1, line 10, after the word "by," insert "appropriation or other." Page 2, line 14, add the following section, to be known as section 3: SEC. 3. That the duties required by law to be performed by the Division of Information of the Bureau of Immigration, Department of Labor, authorized by section forty of the act of February twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," and all that pertains to the same, including all officers, clerks, and other employees occupying statutory positions in the said Division of Information, shall be transferred to and combined with the national employment bureau hereby created at such time and in such manner, arrangement, and organization as the Secretary of Labor may determine: Provided, That all appropriations and all allotments of appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for the Division of Information shall be and remain available for the said Division until such time as the said Division of Information shall be transferred to the natonal employment bureau as herein provided. Page 2, line 14, section 3, to be changed to section 4, and section 4, page 2, line 21, to be changed to section 5. The bill as amended is as follows: A BILL To provide for the establishment of a national employment bureau in the Department of Labor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created in the Department of Labor a national employment bureau. There shall be a commissioner of employment who shall be the head of said bureau, to be appointed |