Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-08-23
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

REPRESENTATIVE
Representative Blanton of Texas re
ferred to Representative Hardy ol
Texas as a rubber stamp" There
was a spirited colloquy between the
members extending over a few min
utes, following which the offensive re
marks were withdrawn by each Of the
members. Blanton invited Hardy Qua
of the house, presumably to settle any
differences they might have, and as
Hardy moved down the aisle toward
the Abilene representative other mem
bers interposed themselves.
The Warfield plan for railroad con
troll, with provision for flat return
of 6 per cent on capital invested, was
presented Friday to the house inter
state commerce committee by Luther
NJ. Walter, general counsel of the
National Association Of Owners OF
Railroad Sureties.
Favorable report on the bill Tor
leasing Of government-owned oil, COAL
phosphate and sodium lands for the
purpose of stimulating production was
ordered Friday by the senate public
lands committed The vote was unan-
imous.
President Wilson Friday vetoed the
bill repeating the daylight saving law.
The president said he returned the bill
without his approval with the utmost
reluctance" because he realized the
very considerable, and in some re-
spects very serious, inconvenience to
which the daylight saving law sub
iects the farmers of the country"
Close cooperation between state au-
thorities who possess detailed informa;
ton of food and price conditions and
the attorney general and his staff of
assistants empowered to enforce the
food control law, is being established
as a part of the governments fight
to reduce the cost of living.
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Changes in the nations immigration
policy, especially as it affects Japan,
China and the Far East, were proposed
in a bill introduced Friday by Senator
Dillingham; of Vermont, republican,
and referred to the immigration COM
mittee.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
Howard Chandler Christy, illustrator
and artist. and Mrs. Nancy May Pal
mer, a young widow, who for eight
years has been his favorite model,
were married in the Broadway Taber-
nacle, New York City, Thursday.
One thousand two hundred and
eighty-two tubs of butter, valued at
900 were seized Friday at Chicago,
Ill, on libel warrants issued by the
United States district attorneys office
in the governments war on the high
cost of living.
A new 50O-acre refinery site has
been purchased on the ship channel
by the Circle Refining Company for
the purpose of building an oil refinery
and storage tanks. The land is at
Deepwater, Texas, and bayou flow
ing into the ship channel will be deep
ened for transportation purposes.
Convicted of bigamy on his con-
fession that he has seven living wives,
one of whom he married twice,
Charles Hugh Wilson, 4S years old,
former Y. NJ G. A. secretary, evarge-
list and travelling salesman, was SEN
fenced Friday in New York to three
years and six months in Sing Sing
prison where he announced he will
take up prison reform work.
Income from operation of the Texas
railroads for the period of five months
ending May 81, 1919, amounted to
So, ,7S4, which is decrease of So
777,525, or 7f45 per cent, as compar-
ed with the corresponding five months
in 1918, according to a statement is
sued Friday by the Texas railroad
commission.
In 42 South Texas counties during
July 512,55S head of cattle were dipped
under the supervision of the bureau of
animal industry of the United States
department of agriculture in the de-
partment's fight against the cattle
tick. Harris County was second in the
list In number of cattle dipped, which
was 64.123 Austin County topped the
list with 72,542 head dipped
The first bale of cotton of the 1918
crop received at Memphis. Tenn, We'd
nesday. shipped from Bolivar County,
Miss, was sold at auction Wednesday
for al . mound