Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-08-30
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Amendments to the food control act
imposing a $1,000 fine and iRprison-
ment of two years for proftteer1ng
were ordered raVorably reported Fri
day by the house agricultural commit
| tee.
| By a strict party votee the house
Thursday passed and sent to the SEN
ate a bill imposing a tariff Of SO a
unit, or $500 a ton, on crude tungsten
ore, and 81 a pound on serro-tungsten
and other tungsten salts.
A petition containing approximately
2, 900 names of retailers and merchants
of San Antonio and Southwestern Tex
IS, advocating passage Of the Kenyon
bill to regulate the packing industry,
was presented to the senate Friday by
Senator Sheppard and referred to the
agricultural committee holding hear
ings on the bill.
Repeal of the daylight saving act
was accomplished Wednesday. The
senate voted to sustain the house in
passing the repeal measure over Pres
ident Wilson's veto. The vote was
81 to 1s. Repeal of the law, which
now takes its place among the very
few which have been passed over a
presidential veto, becomes effective
after the clocks are turned back to
normal in October. 1t will go down
In legislative history as one of the
very few measures which have twice
been vetoed by a president and be-
came a law after all by the vote of
more than tWo-thirds of both houses
OF congress.
Investigation of the news print pa
per industry to determine whether it
is engaged in illegal practices and
whether prices are excessive, was au-
thorized in a resolution introduced
Thursday by Senator Reed, democrat,
Missouri, and adopted by the senate.
President Wilson has not the power
to declare peace by proclamation, nor
could he consent in any circumstances
to take such a course prior to the rati-
dcation Of a formal treaty of peace
Dy the senate. The president so
wrote Senator Fail Friday in answer
to one Of the twenty written questions
he senator presented at the White
House conference Tuesday.
The first open move for compro-
Mise in the league of nations fight
,ame from administration quarters
Wednesday, embraced In a proposal
hat the senate adopt interpretative
reservations but that they be kept
part from the actual ratification of
he treaty.
General Pershing. in cablegram to
be war department, has expressed the
pinion that the bodies OF American
0ldiers who died abroad should be
sft near where they fell. II believe
hat. could these soldiers speak for
themselves, they would wish to be left
where, with their COM
ades, they fought the last fight
eneral Pershing said Those who
est in England gave their lives In the
anne cause and their remains repre-
ent the same salvation as those who
g on the battlefields.
The prohibition enforcement bill was
to the senate Monday by
enator Sterling Of South Dakota,
lairman of the judiciary subcommit-
e, which considered the house meas
'e. There was no Indication when
10 measure would be called up.
Secretary Baker defended Monday
'fore the senate subcommittee on
fhtary affairs his recommendation
r an army OF 576.000 men by say
g that in view of the disturbed con-
tions In the world" he did not wish
9 responsibility Of asking for
1all force.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Rain was reported general over the
rthern, eastern and some of the CEN
Il portions Of Texas and extending
to Galveston Thursday and
iday. There were no reports of
ins In Oklahoma and only light
overs In Louisiana. West Central
'xas reported partly cloudy weather.
owever Abeline reported . good
In.
Information has been received from
ashington that the field intelligence
dio station at McAllen, Texas, has
en- awarded the prize as the most
'icient In the United States army in
rtain confidential research work
1t has been completed. The prize
> $50 in gold given BY Major Kins-
:. retired. who until recently was
the head Of the service.