The Tomahawk., 1919-08-28
Washington

Washington
President Wilson at Washington ve-
toed the bill repeating the daylight saw
ing law. The president said he did so
with "the utmost reluctance" This is
the second time the president has We
toed repeal of the law.
The first 100000 of recruits have
been secured for the permanent regu-
lar army, General March, chief Of stan,
at Washington announced, and OF these
more than 6SOOO were re-enlistments.
A Washington dispatch says the
Carranza government will not be per-
mitted to import further arms and mu-
nitions from the United States for the
present.
Investigation Of the coal situation by
the senate interstate commerce COM
mittee was authorized by the senate at
Washington.
Warning that there would be rad
ical change in the policy Of the Amer
ican government regarding Mexico If
the Carranza government continued
to fail to protect Americans in that
country was contained In a note sent
to the Mexican foreign Office July p
at Mexico City.
Attorney General Palmer told the
senate agricultural committee at
Washington that it IVES his intention
to prosecute all dealers in necessaries
selling above the prices to be deter
mined by price committees.
Material aid for Admiral Kolchak's
retreating army In Siberia is being
rushed to Vladlvostok by the Ameri-
can government. 1t was said officially
at Washington that $4,000 rifles and
several million rounds of ammunition
already had been sent from San Fran
cisco and that additional equipment
would go forward this week on an
army transport.
The first federal conviction for prof.
iteering was reported to the depart
ment of justice at Washington. Dis
trict Attorney Lucey telegraphed At
torney General Palmer from Bing-
hamton, N. Y, that retail grocer
had been fined $500 in the federal
court for selling sugar at Is cents a
pound.
Attorney General Palmer announced
at Washington that he had asked con-
gress for nm appropriation Of 81, ,2OO.-
OOO to be used in the II. G. L. cam
paign.
Representative Heflin (Dem.) Of
Alabama charged in the house at
Washington that German money and
munition money and manufacturers
money is back of the propaganda to
defeat the League Of Nations"
Anonher group of railroad workers.
the conductors, have asked the rail-
road administration at Washington for
increases in wages.
Foreign
According to a Berlin dispatch Sc
rious food riots occurred at KattOvltz,
Silesia, and many persons were
wounded when troops fired on crowd
Of demcnstrants against the high price
Of food.
The United States military mission
assigned to Germany after the armis-
tice and which has had its headQuar-
ters In Berlin will be dissolved in the
course of the next month and will leave
for home.
The American legation at Stockholm
denied that two American ships had
arrived at Petrograd with foodstuffs
for the soviet government, as was re-
ported August 6 by wireless.
Roumanian troops are about t
leave Budapest in consequence of thu
note sent 10 tOul0Uuld Uy llc pCuCS
conference, says a wireless dispatch
from Vienna.
viscount Grey Of Falloden. who re
tired as head Of the British foreign Of
fee at London in 1916, 1t Is understood
h likely to accept the post Of British
ambassador to the United States.
The allied governments, according Il
a dispavch from Innsbruck. have In
formed .he Austrian government tina
it will be held responsible for Bel,
Kun, the Hungarian communist leader
and for his delivery later for trial fo
hanging and shooting Hungarians dur
ing his control in Budapest
A London dispatch says voluntee
troops under General Denikine ar
closing in on Odessa from the north
west and the east, and 1t is believe,