Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

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Passage by the house Thursday of
| q deficiency bill providing urgent ap-
preparations of $45,044,5 500 for war
risk allowances to soldiers and sailors
| families and civil war pensioners made
another speed record for the new
| house, which Wednesday adopted the
woman suffrage resolution.
Recommendation of the wire con-
troll board that legislation returning
the telephone and telegraph systems
of the country to private ownership,
provide co-ordinated operation of the
various systems, and fixing of rates
by the interstate commerce commits
sion, were forwarded Friday by Post
master General Burleson to the house
postoffice committee.
Representative Lanham Friday in
troduced a bill in the house calling for
an appropriation of $1,750,000 for a
new federal building at Fort Worth,
Texas
National suffrage for women was in
dOrsed Wednesday by the house of
representatives for the second time
when the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment resolution was adopted by a vote
Of 304 to SO.
Among special war taxes which the
president in his message to congress
Tuesday suggested should be elm
mated are those on soda water and So
called luxuries, such as expensive arti-
cles of clothing and personal equip
ment; on proprietary medicinal and
toilet preparations, and on such manu-
facturers products as automobile
trucks and accessories, pianos, sport
ing goods, chewing gum, candy, came
"a and camera supplies, firearms, elec-
trio fans, thermos bottles and motor
boats. Taxes on most of these artt-
cles went into effect on May and the
collection>of them, involving innumer-
able cases of making small change, has
caused much complaint from retailers
and purchasers.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Philip
Manaker. 25 years old, fell to his death
Friday while flying over his home 1
town, Fulshear, Fort Bend County,
Texas, in DeHaViland airplane. The
fatality occurred about quarter of
mile from his home, where the young
aviator's parents stood watching his
flight.
approximately 22.500 acres of rice
has been planted in Calsasieu parish,
Louisiana, to date, and with satisfac-
tory weather conditions the remainder
of this month and June the total area
planted will probably go to $4,000
acres or more.
Nearly fifteen hundred men and
women employed by the Mergenthaler
Linotype Company of Brooklyn, N. Y,
went on strike Friday in an attempt to
enforce demands for 44-hour working
week and "the prevailing wages of
the community" The company Off
cials said the workers also demand a
closed shop.
About 200 structures of 90 blocks, in
cluding six or more small stores, were /
destroyed by fire Wednesday at Mo-
bile, Alabama.
Sergeant Alvin York of the 38th In
fantry, who, at the head of detach-
ment of seven men killed 20 Germans, |
took 1872 prisoners. including major
and three heutenants, and put 36 ma
chine guns out of operation, arrived in
New York Friday on the transport |
Ohioan, wearing the congressional
medal of honor and the French croix
de guerre.
A score of persons were killed and |
a hundred injured by an explosion at
the Douglas Starch Works at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, Friday OF the $50 men
and boys who had just gone to work on
the night shift few escaped death or
injury.
For the first time since 1901 the
famous Spindle Top oil field at Beau
mont, Texas, has a gusher A deep
oil stratum about one-half mile off
the hill has been discovered. The well
started flowing Wednesday and is esti-
mated to be producing about $50 bar
rels daily.