South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-28

return the cable lines 90 their own
ers and that he would recon mend
/ the restoration on the telegraph and
telephone lines as soon as legisla-
I ton Safeguarding the interests O.
the owners could be secured
/ Because ofsthe necessity Cor Iegis-
lation % meet the new after wal
conditions Prcs't Wilson, on May z
boy cable from Paris. called a spe-
cial session OF congress 20 convene
May ~ on May 10 the campaign
I for the Victory Liberty loan, the
\ last popular war loan. closed viii
Ia heavy versubscripuon OF the
/ &4.500000.00 600 bond issue
/ Tho special session Of the 66th
congress opened on May 10 with tn
/ repu blicans in control OF both house
and senate for the first time since
1872. The house Of representatives
I was organized by the election OF
Congressman Gilet Of Massa-
chusetts as speaker In the senate
Sen. Cummins Of Iowa was elected
! president pro tenn.
/ CONGRESS PASSES
! SUFFRAGE.
one of the first acts OF the new
\ house was TO pass the woman sui
/ frage amendment TO the constitg
tion by a vote OF 3O4 10 SO. The
amendment was again brought VI
\ in the senate on June { and this
\ time was adopted by vote of Sc
/ 20 20. two more than the
/ necessary two-thirds Having been
/ passed by both branches of con
gress. the amendment then went t.
the state legislatures for ratification.
on May IL the war department
/ estimated that Americas participa-
/ ton i'm the war had cost S21,294,-
OOO.O 600. on May 90 Pres't Wilson
| by cable, recommended 10 congress
| that IL repeal the wartime prohibi
tion act so far as il affected the
manufacture OF wine and beers. but
no action was taken upon the rec
ommendauon. on June the post
master general restored control of
the telegraph and telephone sys-
/ TENS 20 the owners, so far as opera
tions were concerned, but retained
/ jurisdiction over the finances Of the
/ companies and the rates charged
pending action by congress.
The activities Of anarcListic ele-
meuts were manifested on June 2
when bombs were exploded stimuli
| taneousIy at the residences OF 10
men in eight eastern cities. One
bomb, which exploded at the home
Of Atty Gen. Palmer in Washington
blew the bomb planter TO pieces
but none Of the intended victims
were injured
The probability that the woman
suffrage amendment to the consti-
tuition would be adopted before tho
next presidential election was in
dictated by the prompt action of the
| legislatures of Illinois, Wisconsin
and Michigan. all of which ratified
the amendment on June 10.
u. :. GOES DRY ..
ON JULY 1.
on July / the wartime emer-
gency prohibition act went into eff
feet and for the first time in his
tory TIM sale of liquor was illegal
throughout the United States. on
July Il Prest Wilson vetoed the
agricultural appropriation bill be-
lcause of a rider" repeating the
daylight saving law Congress:
promptly passed a separate bill re-
pealing the daylight saving law an6
when Pres't Wilson vetoed thi.
measure. both houses passed the
bill over his veto on Aug. 20.
Much of the industrial unrest eX
listing throughout the country wa,
attributed TO the greatly Increase
cost OF living AS prices continued
TO advance. the government tool
steps to curb proPeering and to re
duce prices. ON Aug. s. Pres't vii
son addressed congress on the neces.
sity of reducing the cost of living
recommending measures designed
to produce this result Some Of the
Legislation proposed was enacted By
congress and the department OF jus
tice undertook TO enforce vigorously
the laws prohibiting profiteering
Later it was announced that re-
lduction i'm prices had resulted. bu
the reduction was SO small as {,
have little appreciable effect upoI
the cost Of living
Series of Race Riots.
The country was aroused durinl
The Summer by q series of race riots
the first of which occurred IN
Washington ON July 81 Four per
sons were killed in the Iioting q
the capital ON July % the mos
serious race riots OF the year began
in Chicago. For several days
large section of the city. OF which
negroes composed the principa
population. was in state OF seige.
. was finally found necessary 10 cal
. out state troops TO queu the distur
hance and before order had beer
restored 80 persons had been kiIle,
. land hundreds injured About hal
Of the killed We're white and hal
negroes. other clashes between ne
Eroes and whites occurred at othe
points during the following weeks
on Sept 81 a great mob in Omaha
Neh, lyuched a nergoe prisoner. Sc
/ fire to the court house and attempt
! ed 90 hang the mayor ON Sept. o
two negroes We're lynched by a mo
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