Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-08-16
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| commended by the war department,
involving under revised estimates a
standing peace army of $4,000, and
universal military training for youths
19 years of age, would cost the cOun-
try $900,0O0,000 annually, General Pey-
ton c. March, chief of staff, Friday
told the senate military subcommittee.
The senate Wednesday confirmed
the nomination of John Barton Payne
of Illinois, Thomas A, Scott of Con-
necticut and Henry NJ Robinson of
| California to be members of the Unit
ed States shipping board,
Secretary Lansing before the senate
foreign relations committee Wednes-
| day expressed the opinion that the
Shantung provision of the peace treaty
did not square with President Wilson's
enunciated principle of self-determina-
ton, but maintained that the treaty
as a whole carried out substantially
the presidents fourteen points.
President Wilson Wednesday nomi-
mated the following to be Texas post
m:sters: Ambrose B. Culbertson,
Athens, Tex; Ben l. Conner, Bren-
! ham: Eulala Smith, Burkburnett; Lii
| lie Sanders, Jewett; Ada Rogers, Mi
| ami; Alta Perkins, AspermOnt; Cora
| L. Baker, Buffalo; John Young, Itasca.
Two branches of the federal gov
| ernment, executive and judicial, acted
| Wednesday in efforts to bring about
cut in the cost of living. President
| Wilson decided to send a message
| to congress recommending further
| legislation to aid i'll reducing cost of
food, and department of justice agents
were ordered to seek hoarders of
necessaries and prifiteers. They are
| to be prosecuted under the food con-
| troll act.
The league of nations and the Shan
| tung settlement both came in for more
bitter criticism Tuesday in the SEN
ate's consideration of the treaty with
Germany At a public hearing of the
| foreign relations committee issues of
the league controversy started dis
pute which bordered to an uproar and
in the senate chamber an attack on
the Shantung provision by Senator
Watson, republican, of Indiana, devel-
oped a series of sharp exchanges.
Japan's intentions in the Chinese
province of Shantung, where she is
given control by the Versailles treaty,
soon are to be set forth in a normal
declaration from the Toxic govern
ment, according to information receiv-
ed here this week in official circles
at Washington.
American dead in France can not
be removed before the 1st of January,
1922, according to an announcement
from the war department, which is
made in view of proposed action by
the French government through the
French parliament, and the policy is
being administered by the government
pending the enactment of the law,
that prevents the removal of bodies
prior to the date given. There are
approximately 100000 bodies in
France, buried as result of the war.
General Pershing cabled the war de-
partment Tuesday that on July 81 a
total of 98,497 troops were still over
seaS.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Forty-six vessels aggregating $685.
355 tons were delivered to the United
States shipping board during the week
ending Aug. 1, it was announced this
week. This brought the total number
of vessels delivered to 1882, represent
ing more than 4,342,O00 gros tons.
Lieutenant w H. Tillisch of Filing
ton Field and E. L. DAWN of the state
department of agriculture were in
stantly killed and their bodies burned
Thursday when an airplane in which
they were riding fell 100 feet at Eagle
Pass, Texas The plane had been as
signed to the agricultural department
and had been used for searching out
cotton fields affected by the pink boil
worm in the infested zone area.
Governor Hobby Thursday vetoed
the items in the educational appro-
priation bill for teaching German in
the University of Texas. He also
eliminated $4,000 for a hospital at
the Blind asylum and $4,000 for an
addition to the laundry at the Deaf
and Dumb Institute. With these ex-
eeptions. the bill was approved and
it carries a total of s8.237,337 for the
two years beginning Sept /, 1919.