The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-13
Washington, D. C..

FRANK w. MOndell. OF wyoming, has
been named Republican floor leader in
the House Of Representatives. Con-
gresham Mann having declined the
honor.
The House Of Representatives on the
last day of the session of the old Con-
greSS adopted Il resolution addressed
to the Versailles Conference expressing
the hope that Ireland would be grant
OF nations
Eugene V. DelS. lately convicted and
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
under the espionage act, has had his
sentence confirmed by the Supreme
Court of the United States, which
handed down a unanimous decision in
his case Monday.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
suspended work OH the billion-d0llar
naval program. pending investigations
now Eeing made to determine if Il new
model of ship shall not he adopted
combining the qualities of the battle
cruiser and the battleShip.
Congress having left the railroad ad-
miniStration without funds. in failing
to pass the appropriation bills. the
Government has decided to administer
the railroads by the issuance Of certi-
tic;lteS of Indebtedness. which will be
deposited with the banks as collateral
for loans.
The Lever cotton future amendment
became Il law as Il rider on the wheat
guarantee law. which was signed by
the President last week. 1t provides
that only ten grades of cottOn-from
low middling ule-can be delivered OH
future contracts, and all cotton so de-
livered must he classified by govern
ment graders.
Secretary fthe Treasury Glass has
put the figures Of the Victory Liberty
Loan. to lie tioated during April. ut
S1.OO0.WO.OOO. The campaign will open
| April Dist and close three weeks later
May 10th. The loan will take the
form of $hort-term paper. The interest
rate has not yet been announced. but
| it will probably be IA per cent.
Mail matter seized by the Govern
ment since the beginning of the armis
tice has revealed the fact that plans
have Eeen made by the l. w. W.. Anar
chiStS. radical Socialists and other eX
trenist organizations to unite in al
effort to overthrow the Government OF
the United States and establish Bol
shevism in it's stead. The dissatisfied
). foreign element is referred to fre
quently in the correspondence seized.
a Republican filibuster in the last
days of Congress prevented the pass
ing of half the appropriation bills
which will have to 90 over to the neXt
Congress- which is Republican in boil
its houses. President Wilson has re
fused to call the extra session unit
his return from overseas. and laStl.
denounced the Republican partisanshil
that has impaired the efficiency Of til,
nation at this time for party ends. NJ
funds are available for the railroad ad
ministration and immediate relinquisll
ment of the roads to private manage
ment looms as Il consequence.
While governors and mayors from
all parts of the Union were gathere,
at the White House in Washington on
day last week and We're engaged il
criticising Congress and the variou
government departments for failure t
pass certain appropriation bills am
provide certain jobs for certain
; returned soldiers. an unaccredite'
spokesman for RolShevism in Americ;
as he claimed. addressed the meetin
and offered to tell the governors an
mayors all about socialism and tn
cause of industrial unrest. His Offe
WAS refused by the chairman. VIII
made the point that the Socialist di
not belong