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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Congress this week will clean up
urgent legislation in preparation for a
two weeks recess over the November
elections.
President Wilson has rejected tho
plea of Austria Hungary for an armis-
tice and peace negotiations, and in do
ing 30 has made clearer the conditions
which the central powers must meet
TO end the war. In note written Sat-
urday and made public Sunday. the
,, president In effect says there can be
no talk Of peace with the Austro-Hun,
gArian government except from the
basis Of complete liberty for the Cze1
alitiss as free members of the family
Of nations. He refuses to entertain
the Austro-Hungarian suggestion for
this reason, without discussing tha
military question dealt with in the re-
ply to Germany.
Probably 100000 or more individ,
uals bought bonds of the fourth lib
erty loan. unofficial reports reaching
Washington now indicate. Because q
large proportion Of these filed their
subscriptions during the last few days
Of the campaign 1t will be task Of
many days to count the number of
pledges and to compile reports from
the entire country. Definite figures
and the total subscriptions to the loan
are not available, but officials are con-
fident the $4,000, O00. 900 war credit had
been oversubscribed. \
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dsncy bill was passed Friday by the
house without dissenting vote.
No further effort will be made b.
congress to continue the existing day,
light saving law and the hands Of the
clocks will be turned back an hour on
October ~, as originally planned. This
decision was reached Thursday at
conference between congressional lead,
ers and Chairman Baruch of the was
Industries board, who had recommend,
ed that the law remain In force for
the period Of the war.
The public health service now II &C,
lively directing the fight against Span
ish influenza In thirty states in addt !
ton to the whole Of New England and
the District Of Columbia. Particular |,
attention is being given to providing
nurses for the sick and supplying ply,
sicians for those communities where ,
the doctors are unable to meet all
calls made on them. In spite of these
and other measures taken by the pub
lie health service in cooperation with
state and local authorities, the epf. !
demic continues to spread In many |.
sections. In others, however, particus
larry in parts of New England, It ap,
pears to have reached its crest. In q
few states the number of new cases
is showing decreases.
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James A. Baggett Of Big Spring was
Thursday nominated for United States
marshal for the Northern district OF
Texas.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Harold Lockwood, motion picture &C,
tor, died from Spanish influenza in
New York City Saturday.
Mrs. William Greiffenstein, aged s.
years, died at Shawnee, Okla, Sunday.
She was the widow OF William Greif,
fenstein, founder of Wichita, Kan, and
her father was one time chief of the
Pottawatomie Indians.
Three hundred and eleven deaths
due to the influenza epidemic were re,
ported in Chicago, ILL.,, Sunday.
"All public gatherings of every kind
in the city of Houston are hereby pro-
and all places of public amuse-
ment and all places customarily used
for public gatherings are hereby order
ed closed" according to proclama-
ton issued at Houston. Texas, by
Mayor A. e. Amerman, following
meeting attended by members of the
health board, school board, city health
officer, physicians and members of the
city council. The action was taken