Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-15
NEWS CONDENSED
AT HOME AND ABROAD OF INTER
EST TO EVERY8oDNl
EPTOME or LATE DOINGS
OF the Entire Week That Is Worth
While Of Mention and OF
Interest to All.
WARRINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
President Wilson Wednesday signed
the urgent deficiency appropriation bill
carrying $2.5OO,OOO for enforcement of
wartime prohibition and the food and
fuel control act The measure also
provided $6,OOO,OOO for the Alaskan
railroad.
The railroad administration Wednes-
day practically completed its coal con-
servation machinery to operate during
the strike and to provide against a
fuel shortage in so far as possible.
Director General Hines announced the
appointment of railroad central COM
mittee from railroad administration
officials, together with a representa-
tive of the shipping board, which with
regional and district committees, also
selected Wednesday, will form a net
work Of supervision Of all bituminous
coal in the country.
The conference report of the bill
restoring the prewar ratemaking pow
ers of the interstate commerce COM
mission was adopted Tuesday by the
senate.
A bill was introduced Saturday by
Representative Lanham appropriating
$7,522 to the family of H. G. Williams
for the death of a child by airplane acq
cident near Fort Worth, Texas. Mr..
and Mrs. Williams and their two chill
dren were near an airplane making
a landing when some of the attach
ment became engaged in a barbed
wire fence, injuring one of the chill
dren so that death followed. The
amount named in the bill was assess
ed by local board of award.
The 46 amendments attached to the
peace treaty by the foreign relations
committee passed into history We'd
nesday when the last survivor of the
group, proposal by Senator Moses,
republican of New Hampshire, to re-
wise voting strength in the league of
nations, was consigned to the discard
in the senate by vote of 46 to S6.
o.
President Wilson's improvement has
reached a point where his physicians
have decided to issue no more daily
bulletins. This was announced in the
following statement: "The presidents
improvement steadily continues. He is
eating, sleeping, digesting and assim-
Hating well. His present improve
ment has now reached point where
it is not considered necessary to issue
daily bulletins. The people of the
country will be promptly advised of
any change in his condition"
King Albert and President Wilson
clasped hands Thursday. The meeting
at the presidents bedside, brief as it
was, proved the climax of the Ameri-
can visit of the Belgian monarch, and
he left Washington a happy man, to
sail for home on the transport George
Washington, which brought him to
this country. From the day he land
ed the pleasure of his tour has been
marred by anxiety over the presidents
condition and he abandoned hopes of
being able to see him.
Dissenting in many important re-
spects from the program recommended
by teh war department and the general
staff, General Pershing Friday told
the military committees of congress
that 100000 men, raised entirely by
voluntary enlistment, should be the
outside figure considered for a stand.
ing army.
Completing it's permanent organiza-
tion with election of Secretary of
Labor Wilson of the United States as
president, the international labor CON
ference Friday proceeded to the formu-
lation of a program of work with
appointment of committee of selec-
ton to act as steering committee" /"
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Operators of the Trinidad, Colorado,
district started serving eviction notices
Wednesday on striking miners living
in company houses. A telegram pro
testing against eviction orders was
sent by union officials to Governor
o. H. Shoup.
The railroads Of the United States
ordinarily consume about 100000, 900
tons Of bituminous coal year.
o.
The largest inheritance tax ever col
lected in Missouri will be paid on the
estate of Andrew Drumm, Kansas City