The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-06-14

Resolutions asking the state az
partment for the text Of the treat
with Germany and directing the FOL
eign relations committee to invest1
gate how copies of the unpublished
document have reached private hand
in New York were adopted by the sen
ate Friday without a roll call.
Secretary Tumulty announced Fri
day that President Wilson had sign
ed the emergency deficiency appropri
alton bill. which includes appropria
tions for war risk allotments and pen
sions for the fiscal year ending June
80.
Secretary Baker wrote Governor AL
len Of Kansas Friday that he had
been unable to find in the war de-
partment files the official report re-
ferred to by the governor as support
ing charges that the 35th (Missouri
and Kansas Division had suffered I'M
necessary losses in the Argonne bat
tie, due largely to inefficient leader
ship. Mr. Baker said it was entirely
! possible that the repart was in the
records Of the army corps with which
the 35th was operating and that as
soon as these were transferred to
Washington further search would be
made.
Vice President Marshall Thursday
signed the woman suffrage constitu-
tional amendment resolution IN the
presence Of Chairman Watson of the
senate woman suffrage committee and
other senators and representatives of
women's organizations.
Telegraph and telephone companies,
whose wires have been controlled and
operated by the government since last
August /, were ordered Thursday to
resume immediate operation for their
own account by Postmaster General
Burleson. The postoffice depart
ment, however, under terms of Mr.
Burleson's order, retains a measure of
control over the service, pending
final legislative action by congress.
The nations public debt reached a
new high mark of S25 1921, 151,270 at the
end of May, an increase of 1896, 640,-
$50 during the month, resulting from
new issues of certificates of indebted |
ness and payments on victory loan
Secretary Baker Tuesday asked con-
gress for legislative authority and an
of $1O,O00,000 for the i'm
purchase Of the Cape Cod
Canal
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Gulf Production Company's Ey-
ers No, was brought in at West Col
lmbia, Texas, Thursday flowing $50
barrels Of oil per day.
A growing scarcity of farm labor
las been brought to the attention Of
he Texas Chamber of Commerce by
interests throughout the state, &C
ording to an announcement. The or
has been asked to use ev-
ny possible means toward having the
supply conserved as much
S possible and preference shown by
Industries to the farmers during the
resent serious emergency.
The Texas Company's we'll Land
Tide No. 236 at Humble, Texas, has
roducer.
Governor Sidney J. Cats sent
pecial message to the Florida legis-
'ture Thursday urging that body to
atty the federal equal suffrage
mendment, and thus put Florida,
outhern state, on record as the first
, do So
Misses China, Velma and Thelma
kers, triplets. 10 years old, the
aughters of Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Akers
Breckenridge, Stephens County,
ere callers at the governors office
Austin Thursday. 1t is probably
e first visit ever paid Texas execu-
We by triplets, and their call Gre
ed no little attention. The young
dies were accompanied. by their
lrents.
Eighty-three men dead and 80 9TH
S burned and MANNED, many of
nom will die. is the toll of a dis
ter in the Baltimore tunnel of the
laware and Hudson Coal Company
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Thursday. Seven
gs of black powder, 300 pounds in