The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27

and means committee at Washington
postponed indefinitely action on the re-
quest of former Secretary McAd0o for
authority la make peace-time loans of
81 IO0.OuO.0OO Ia foreign countries.
Legislation authorizing increase of
the permanent enlisted strength of the
navy from l3l 900 men 10 2l70O was
recommended la the house naval af-
fairs committee at Washington by
Capt. II. Ianing, acting chief of the
bureau of navigation.
A resolution putting congress on rec
ord rs fav0rng trial and punishment
of the former kaiser was Introduced
in the houSe nj Washington by Repre-
sentative barrow of Pennsylvania.
A Washington dispatch says the
American legation AT bucharest was
found t. have been entered AMI robbed
when American minister Nopicka re-
turned there from Jassy. Goods val
ucd nj more than SlO0.OO0 were stolen.
4 Uapal letter was presented 10
President Wilson nj Paris by Mgr. Ger
retti. the understanding of state. II
pleaded for assistance on behalf of
small oppressed Municipalities, especial
~ Armenia and Poland. The pope's
letter also expressed the hope of Just
and durable peace being reached
through enlightened action.
General Pcrshing notified the war
department M Washington that he
had designated for enrly convoy home
n number Of additional units. inclnd-
ing the Twenty-scventh engineers and
the Three Hundred and Forty-slxtli
field artillery; In all about $500 Off
GERS and men.
A Paris dispatch says President VIII
son conferred with Edward n. Hurley.
the shipping director. on the problem
Of obtaining ships for the homcward
movement of the troops.
Germany should bc compelled "a
pay. 50 far ms possible. the cost of the
war Ia the United States, Senator SIM
mons of North Carolina. chairman OF
the finance committee, declared on the
floor of the senate ut Washington.
Responding To senate resolution
General Manager pieZ of the Elmer
gcncy Fleet corporation advised the
senate nj Washington that from An
gust. 1917. 10 November %. 1918. 2Su
ships were constructed by that orgnni-
zntion. nggrcsatlng 1.2lG.3G7 gross
tons.
II cost the government twcnty-nln"
aud thrccquartcrS millions az dollars
Ia raise seventeen aud thrccqunricrs
billions of dollnrs through the four
Liberty loans and War Savings
stamps These figures were made
public AZ Washington when the house
committee ON expenditures In ~"
treasury department gave out the re-
port of Secretary McAdoo.
An Increase of G.12GoW acres Of
winter wheat. or nearly III per cent
over TINT sown Ia the fall of 1917. Is
shown Ia the report of the federal de-
pnrtmrnt of agriculture
Postmaster General Burlcson ~
Washington announced u reduction in
night lnng.tliStancc telephone rates.
and n charge for all lnng,listnncc calls
whether the Individual called Is
reached or not The new rates ARE cf.
fcctivr january II. Between \ 10 and
~ u. M. the rate Is Ia he onc-half ot
the dny rate. and between L. y. m. and
10 u. m. one fourth the day rate.
Appropriation of SGn,NO.OO for
road construction Is proposed In hill
introduced ut Washington by Repre-
sentative browne Of Wisconsin, RE
publican. Fifty million dollars would
he mnde available Tor immediate use
and the entire total in six years
Domestic