Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-08
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Final action was taken Friday in
the senate on the bill providing for the
decennial census of 1920. The confer
ence report on the measure recently
adopted by the house was approved by
the senate and now goes to President
Wilson.
Uncertainty over the status of rail-
roads in the immediate future was
largely removed Friday by Director
General Hines announcement, after
comforting with President Wilson, that
the government would not turn the
loads back to private management
until congress had more opportunity
to consider a permanent program of
legislation.
The general deficiency bill, appro-
priating $27,771, 900 and carrying vari-
Gus legislative riders, including inves-
tigation looking to the establishment
of national budget system, was pass
ed Friday by the house. .s- .--.-- .-.
A Mitchell Palmer has been nomi-
mated by President Wilson to be at
torney general, Mr. Palmer taking Of
flee March 4, the date tentatively fixed
by Attorney General Gregory for his
retirement when he resigned several
months ago to return to private prac-
tice of law.
The administration bill appropriat-
ing $1,000,0 100000 to fulfill the gov
ernment's guarantee of wheat prices
to the farmers for the 1919 crop, was
passed Friday by the senate without
material amendment.
Representative Frederick H. Gillett
of Massachusetts was nominated on
the first ballot Thursday by the re-
publican conference as the party can
didate for speaker in the next house
of representatives.
General Pershing notified the war
department Wednesday that "divis-
ions now in the American expedition
q
lar army designations" would be re-
turned to the United States in the or
der of the arrival of their respective
divisional headquarters in France.
This was interpreted as meaning that
all divisions except the First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh would be returned as ship
ping was available.
On Tuesday the first day of his re-
turn to the capital, President Wilson
put in more than ten hours at his
desk, signing twenty-eight bills and
joint resolutions, making score of
nominations, discussing government
business with his cabinet. and winding
UP the days work by conference on
the legislative situation with Demo
cratic Leader Martin, at which the
president announced his decision not
to call an extra session of. congress
until after his return from Europe.
Every identified grave of an Ameri-
can soldier in France will be photo
graphed by the American Red Cross
and the picture sent to the soldiers
next of kin. Several hundred photo
graphs have been taken and forward
ed to relatives, and it was announced
Monday that, at the request of the war
department, the Red Cross has taken
over the task of photographing all
graves. Each photograph will be
mounted on cardboard folding frame,
on one side of which will be inscribed
the record of the soldier.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
recommendations of the executive
council of the league of nations would
not necessarily be binding on the ma
tions members of the league, Dr. A.
Lawrence Lowell, president of Har-
ward University, said Friday at At
lanta, Ca, addressing the Southern
Congress for the League to Enforce
Peace.
Orders were received this week at
Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, for the
gradual demobilization of the organ
ization of that camp, with the excep-
ton of the Forty-third Infantry. All
unit commanders, including the For
ty-third Infantry, are instructed to
submit to camp headquarters rosters
showing the men of their respective
commands, arranged in groups, which
will determine the order in which the
men are to be discharged.
Governor Hobby Wednesday signed
house bill No 100, which prescribes a
court method for the readmission of
corporations which were busted from
Texas for violating the antitrust laws.
It will not become effective until nine
ty days after adjournment, or about
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