Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07

the house, told the lower body that
he would submit to the wishes of the
chief executive and steer the proposed
tax bill to final passage. Kitchin
charged that the great publishers of
the country we're responsible for the
revenue bill" He said that they hoped
thereby to obtain a repeal of the post
al tax which was laid on them last
session.
Congressional leaders Of both par
ties agreed on q plan for a recess
about January 10 after appropriation
bills are out of the way until August
1, while the house ways and means
committee works on the revenue bill.
The interstate commerce commits
sion ordered the increased railroad
rates announced by Director General
McAdoo approved without hearing,
and at the same time modified all out
standing previous commission orders
which might interfere with the estab-
lishment of the new rates.
The administration oil-leasing bill,
by which more than 100000 acres Of
public lands in the West will be
opened for development to supply the
navy and other necessities, was passed
by the house.
The shipping board has placed or
ders for 100000 tons of wooden barges,
to be used in the New England coal
trade, making a total of 775,0O0 tons of
barges to be built for the board.
Reduction of the consumption of
meats to two pounds week for each
person and economy in. the use of
sugar and wheat were urged by Food
Administrator Hoover in an appeal is
sued at New York to the people Of
the country through the churches.
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Unlimited power to draft men with
in the ages prescribed by the selective
tservice act was granted Secretary OF
War Baker by the house military af
fairs committee. The committee adopt
ed an amendment to the military bill
allowing the president to take any
number of men in any fiscal year un
der the present draft law, observing
the order of classification.
IRroads on class 2 and class 8 mel
under the selective service act hav
begun, it was announced in Washing
ton. The men in these classes ar
highly trained workmen and special
lists of which there are no more fl
class 1. The subdivisions called on S
far are X and L.
| A statement issued by the Cuba
legation in Washington says the Mex
can government has informed the Cr
ban charge in Mexico that the reca
of the Mexican chaI8, at Havana doe
not imply a severaSce Of relations.
y The IL federal Lie banks establish
+ ed under the farm 5an act have mad
}. loans to farmers to the amount of sol
: s65, ,5s6.20, according to a statement {
{ conditions on April 80, 1918, issue
e by the farm loan board. This dat
: marks practically the close Of the fir'
u years business.
Orders for 5000 three to five-tc
n trucks have been placed with 10 aut
It mobile manufacturers, the war depar
n ment announced. This is in additiC
u to 10000 similar trucks now being d
livered.
# A reduction of ten cents a ton
Is government-fxed prices for bitumi
D. Gus coal was announced by the fu
l., administration as a result of the agre
ii ment under which the railroads W
a pay the fixed price for coal and aba
E. don the practice of giving preferenti
le car service to mines furnishing ra
al road fuel.
The house election committee, in L
In contest of I. J. Steele against Repr
e sentative George Q. Scott of the Ele
p enth Iowa district, reported Sec
properly elected.