The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-07
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Washington

Senator Lodge in a speech at Wash
ingtOn urged the American people to
weigh carefully the constitution of the
league of nations and to insist upon Its
fundamental revision. He insisted that
as now drafted the constitution would
annul the Monroe doctrine and be OF
benefit to Europe only.
The present minimum price of $3.50
Il hundred pounds for hogs will be con-
tinued until a decision Is made by
President Wilson at Washington re-
garding the existing embargoes on pork
affecting neutrals and other countries.
The general deficiency bill, appro-
priating $2T,771,OO0 and carrying vari-
Gus legislative riders, including one for
investigation looking to the establish
ment of a national budget system, was
passed by the house at Washington.
Foreign exchange transactions be-
tween the United States and Russia
have been prohibited by the federal re-
serve board at Washington. Similar
action has been taken by Great Britain
and France. .
Washington gave President Wilson
its formal welcome home by turning
out in thousands to cheer parade
down Pennsylvania avenue, headed
by the president, in honor of home
coming soldiers of the capital.
Representative Frederick FL. Gill
lett of Massachusetts was nominated
for the speaker of the house in the
SiXty-siXth congress at Republican
caucus at Washington. lie defeated
Representative james r. Mann of Illi-
nois and Philip Campbell of Kansas
on the first ballot.
The Victory Liberty loan bill passed
by the house was ordered favorably
reported by the senate finance COM
mittee at Washington without any
change in the form in which it passed
the house.
A. Mitchell Palmer was nominated
by President Wilson at Washington
to be attorney general.
A Washington dispatch says Pres.-
dent Wilson is not looking for. nor
will he seek to get, vote Of CONT
dence from congress on the league Of
nations plan.
Enactment of the 100000 rivers
and harbOrs appropriation bill provid
ing for IT'S new projects was complet-
ed with the adoption of the conference
report in the senate at Washington
without a record vote.
The senate naval committee at
Washington without a vote, ordered
the S720,O00,O00 naval appropriation
bill favorably reported to the senate.
By party vote of 8 to 6 the COM
mittee approved the new building pro-
gram, the Republicans opposing.
A Washington dispatch says 1t will
cost the American people about ST.
zoe, 100000 a year for the next %
years to pay off the war debt, accord
ing to estimates Of the treasury, based
on incomplete knowledge of precisely
what the final war debt will be-
The United States government now
owes nearly 2.00O,O fighters each $50.
With the signing by the president at
Washington of the great $6,0OO,OO0.OOO
revenue bill, which appropriates a
bonus of $50 to every service man
upon his honorable discharge, every
discharged soldier, sailor and marine
who has been honorably discharged is
now eligible to claim this amount from
the government.
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