Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-12-14
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGT ON NEWS.
The nomination of Representative
Carter Glass to be secretary of the
treasury to succeed William G. Nc
Adoo was confirmed Thursday by the
senate without objection.
President Wilson has appointed
George L. Scott sf Chicago and Jesse
Jones of Houston, Texas, to fill the
places in the American Red Cross war
council made vacant by the resigna-
tions of Harvey D. Gibson and John D.
Ryan.
Secretary Baker told the senate
finance committee Thursday that,
through contract cancellations, the
war department expects to save ap-
proximately $7,25O,O00,O00 of the $24,-
281, 100000 voted by congress for the
army during the war.
Tribute to the part played by the
nations soil tillers in winning the war
is paid by Secretary Houston in his an
nual report for 1918, transmitted to
COASTSSS Us lHC
Bumper crops were grown both this
year and last in spite of adverse wealth
er, the secretary says, and the millions
of men and women and boys and girls
on the farm with the organized
agencies assisting them performed sat
isfactorily the supremely important
task of sustaining their own country
in he
war.
The war department has instructed
Camp Travis headquarters at San An
tonic, Texas, to discharge men from
the development battalion who have
reached the maximum improvement"
President Wilson has accepted the
resignation of Bernard NJ. Baruch as
effective January 1.
AmaIgation of the marine cable sys-
tenn of the Western Union Telegraph
Company and Commercial Cable Com
pany under the direction of George G.
Ward, vice president of the CONNER
cial Company, was authorized Thurs
day by Postmaster General Burleson.
Greece was given credit of $23, 1884,
036 Wednesday by the United States
treasury This made the total of the
Greek government loans from the
United States S39,554,036.
All restrictions on the use of news
print paper were withdrawn Wednes-
day bv the war industries board, ef-
fective December Is.
The board of army engineers in
charge of the rivers and harbors was
urged Wednesday by Senator Shep-
pard and Representative Summers to
delay action on the adverse report
from the district engineers on the
Trinity Improvement until the govern
ment's policy with reference TO trans
portation was fully established. The
Trinity would be abandoned as pro-
iect under the present disposition of
the board in view of the estimate that
it would require $1S.000,O00 expendi
ture to complete it under system of
locks and dams for navigation.
Organization in 1915 of 100000
advertising campaign by which it was
hoped to stop the manufacture in the
United States of munitions for the al
lies was admitted by Louis n. Ham
merlfng, president of the American
Association Of Foreign Language
Newspapers. in testifying Wednesday
before the senate committee investi-
eating activities of brewers and Ger
man propagandists.
Fuel Administrator Garfield has re-
signed and President Wil1on has ac-
cepted his resignation. This was an
nounced Wednesday at the White |
> House.
All Americans owning property in
enemy countries were asked by the
state department Wednesday to hle
with the department complete list |
of such holdings. The information is
needed for use in settlement of war |
claims.
STATE AID DOMESTIC NEWS.
The attorney generals / 7partment,
in an opinion written by First Assist
ant Attorney General c. NJ, Cureton
and addressed to Secretary of State
George f. Howard, holds that there is
no independent corporate authority in
Texas to organize corporations whose
main purpose is to sell oil royalties;
that there is no statute in Texas au-
thorizing the formation of corporations
whose business is to sell stock in oil
companies. /