The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-10-25

extending forIone year after the procla'
nation of peace war time restrictions
on passports so as to keep radicals
and undesirable aliens out of the
country. was ordered Tuesday by the
house foreign relations committee.
Military authorities and federal in
vestigators assigned to follow the
trail of radicals who have been spread
ing their propaganda in connection
with the strike in the steel workers
announced Tuesday their discovery OF
an anarchistic plot to destroy abandon
ed army environments and other gov
eminent property.
Immediate steps to avert the threat
ened nationwide strike of bituminous
coal mine workers are to be taken by
the federal government.
The Plat bill amending section $500
of the national banking act, increas-
ing the loans that may be made by
national banks from 10 to rs per cent
of their capital and surplus, recently
passed by congress, has gone to the
president for approval.
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Under a bill passed by the house
Monday members of the District OF
Columbia police force would be for
hidden to join labor organizations.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Early ratification of the peace treaty
was urged in a resolution adopted
Friday at the closing session of the
American Manufacturers Export AS
sociation, in convention in New York
City.
The Masons holding the annual fall
reunion at McAlester, Ok, Thursday
voted to build 100000 dormitory
at Norman for use of boys and girls
of Masonic families attending the uni
versity.
The body picked up Thursday OF
Cape Hurd, Lake Huron, has beer
identified as that of Observer Verhey
den, who with Captain Dammann has
been missing since their balloon was
found wrecked off Cove Light Oct. 4.
Secretary of State Robert Lansing
received the honorary degree OF doc
tor Of laws at the annual convention
of the University of the State of New
York Friday. This degree has beer
conferred by the board of regents or
% other men and only four of these
men who received the honor are liv
ing. They are Thomas A. Edison
Elihu Root, Jules Jasserand and Card
inal Mercier.
Austin. Texas, was selected as the
meeting place in 1920 and Theodore
Bechtel of Ocean Springs, Miss, was
elected president at the closing SEES
sion at Albany, Ga. Friday of the
annual convention of the National Nut
bTOW6TS ASSOCidltOu.
Rice farmers in Jefferson County
Texas, are disturbed over the contin
ued rains which have been drenchins
the sections throughout the rice bell
and the fields are now covered with
two or three feet of water. Shocks
are floating away and thousands Of
acres of rice have been damaged.
Brfgadier General w s. Scott, com
mander at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca. ha,
been ordered to Fort Sam Houston
Texas, where he will succeed Colone
Alonzo Gray as post commander.
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The total number of known deat
and nissing as result of the tropica
hurricane at Corpus Christi, Texas, re
Gently, was officially announced al
357 by the bureau of information Tues
day, as result of revision of figures
OF these, 1873 are dead and TIA missing
The figures cover the entire area tha
WAS inundated.
Il. A. Peden of Houston, Texas, an
nounced that he has resigned thu
position of federal food administrator
for Texas aad that 1t has been &C
copied By officials at Washington.