Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-08
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

Representative Blanton of Texas
Tuesday introduced bill to penalize
strikes called under certain circum-
stances, to punish certain seditious
acts against the government, and to
prohibit the use of the mails in fur
therance of such act A fine of $4,000
and Imprisonment for a maximum of
two years is proposed when two or
more persons enter an agreement,
first, to prevent or restrain any other
person from seeking or engaging in
work Of any kind for railroads or boats
carrying United States mail, or en-
gagged in interstate traffic; second,
where the interference applies to the
movement of the mails or interstate
traffic by boat or rail; and third, to
interfere with the movement of the
trains or the boats.
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Showing no i'll effects from his re-
cent activities, President Wilson con
tinues his recent progress toward re-
covery.
Additional measures to curb activi-
ties Of radicals were introduced Tues
day in the house. Under the provis-
ions Of bill by Representative Smith
of Michigan, the display of a red flag
at any public assembly or demonstra-
ton would be prima facie evidence
of its use as an emblem of anarchy"
The measure provides punishment Of
five years imprisonment and $1,000
fine.
AS national president of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, President Wilson Mon
day, in an official announcement,
formally Endorsed the third Red Cross
roll call, Nov to H. The announce
ment follows: "As president of the
United States and as president of the
American Red Cross, 1 recommend and
urge a generous response to the third
Red Cross roll call, which opens Nov.
2 with the observance Of Red Cross
Sunday and appropriately closes on
November IL, the first anniversary of
the signing Of the armistice
Tribute to the memory of Theodore
Roosevelt was paid in Washington
Monday, the anniversary Of his 61st
birthday. After a day Of memorial
meetings at which senator's, govern
ment officials and prominent citizens
eulogized the former president.
Official information received in
Washington from Mexico City indi
Gates that Carranze soldiers unques-
tionably were implicated in the kid
naping Of William o. Jenkins, the
American consular agent at Puebla,
who was abducted on October 10 and
released only after his friends in
PuebIa had paid to the kidnapers
S150,000 in American gold.
o.
Appointment of a special board of
army engineers to determine the loca-
ton Of safe harbor facilities on the
Texas coast contiguous to Rockport,
Arkansas Pass, Corpus Christi and
Port Arkansas was provided Thursday
in bill introduced by Representative
Bee Of Texas.
All persons to whom cattle loans
were made during the war were ad-
vised by the War Finance Corporation
under date Of October Is, that it is
the corporations desire that outstand-
ing loans be paid at their maturity,
NOV. Is The direct loans made by
the corporation during the war, which
were chiefly in Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma.
President Wilson Wednesday sign
ed the amendments to the food con-
troll act, providing penalties for
boarding and profiteering in food and
clothing
What may prove one Of the greatest
industrial battles in history was be-
lieyed by some observers at Wash
ington to be forecast by the announce
ment Friday of Samuel Gompers,
president Of the American Federation
Of Labor, that a conference of the
heads Of the 112 international unions
affiliated with the American Fedora
tion Of Labor would be held in Wash
ington In the near future" to dis
cuss present and impending disputes.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Governor Hobby Monday was in re-
ceipt Of a check for 1888 from
Rollin p Grant. treasurer Of the Tex
as relief committee Of the Merchants
Association Of New York, for relief
Of sufferers from the hurricane Sep
TENDER a. This amount represents
funds collected to date by the New
York organization for relief Of Texas
storm sufferers.
Suit was filed in the Travis County
district court Tuesday at Austin.
Texas, for the recovery Of fifty and