Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-14

The house bill providing for reduction OF
$15, 900, 100000 in war appropriations ana
contract authorizations and making denclency
appropriations of 1926, 100000 was passed
this week by the senate without record
vote. 1t now goes to conference. With the
exception of approximately 81, 100000, the
total appropriations carried in the Dill are
for the army and navy. The measure re-
peaIs appropriations for the war and navy
department amounting to $7,179, 156,9O0 and
cancels authorizations of 1921 ,O29, 200,
which officials of the two departments hive
said would not be needed. The senate in its
brief discussion of the bill paid scant atten
ton to the appropriations and savings, most
of the debate centering on the house provision
of gratuity of $500 to the widow of the
late Representative Meeker, of Missouri.
Reports received by the federal employ
ment service show that requests from employ
ers for female help have decreased AZ per
cent since the signing of the arm1stlce, while
registrations by women for employment ha e
decreased only IL per cent. The service an
nounced this week that during the week end
ing January IS, applications for women work
ers totaled only 28,742 as against 56,059
during the week ending November 2. The
number of women applying for positions dur
ing the week in January was 21,662, COM
pared with 24,569 for the week ending No
vember 2.
The Weimar correspondent of the Lokal
Anzeiger in Berlin reports that Prussian Min
lister of Finance Suedekum in the course of
discussion with the financial minister of the
federated states painted an extremely gloomy
economic future for Germany. Herr Suede
KUN is reported to have said that Germany
would be obliged to have assistance, that a
state of bankruptcy was imminent and that
affairs might reach the stage when each in
divdual would be compelled to give up the
low cho1o Of hi fn no Sto of hal
permitted to retain only enough to cover his
most urgent needs.
A temporary military establishment of
28,579 officers and 509,909 enlisted men is
provided for IN the annual army appropria-
ton bill reported to the house in Washing
ton this week by the military committee. The
measure carries a total of SILLY ,2S9, 400,
The committee said an army of the size rec
commended would be necessary during the
period of rehabilitation" Chairman Dent
said the BILL which appropriates about $685.
100000 less than was asked by the war de-
partment, would be taken up in the house as
soon as the naval appropriation bill is passed
about the middle of the week
Secretary Glass this week asked congress
to increase the amount of Liberty Bonds au-
thorized but unissued to approximately $1O,-
100000 600 and to give him broad powers to
of the Victory Liberty Loan, to be fioated late
in April. He also sought permission to Issue
not more than $4,000, 5000 of treasury
notes, maturing within five years, and asked
that the war finance corporation be author
lied for one year after the declaration of
peace to make commercial loans on exports,
to facilitate foreign trade
Francis J. Heney, who conducted the fed
eral trade commissions meat packing inves-
tigation, this week gave the senate agricul-
ture committee details of offers of employ
ment which he said were made to him by
Levy Mayer, counsel for Armour & Co., be-
fore and during the present hearing.
Strikers in the mines of Butte who object
to the recent reduction of 81 day in wages
and who are insisting on the abolition of the
'rustling' card system were halted on their
way to picket the mines this week by guards
of United States soldiers Those men who
decided to go to work were permitted to pass.
Discharged soldiers who still wore army uni
forms were among those doing picket duty