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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
SENATOR MCORMICK'S BUDGET PLAN

Senator Mccormick OF Illinois will
introduce a budget bill at this session
of congress. He attacks the Good bill
as faulty. He says his bill differs from
that of Mr.. Good. chiefly, In placing the
budget bureau under the secretary Of
the treasury. who is made strictly
financial officer and diyested Of extra
neous functions, such as administration
of public buildings and public health
service, and In empowering the budget
bureau TO reduce departmental appro-
priation estimates.
my bill" said Senator Mccormick,
rs not the handiwork of one man. It's
actual text comes from the hands Of
two trained craftsmen; 1t embodies in
principle the ideas of students of pub
lie administration and finance like Sec
retary Glass. President Nicholas MUIR
ray Butler, Governor Lowden, and
ex-Congressman Fitzgerald.
ut viii not further divide respon-
sibility for the financial policy of the
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J. W. ALEXANDER TO SUCCEED REDFIELD

Joshua Willis Alexander of Gala
tin, Mo-, who succeeds William G. Red
field as secretary of commerce, has to
resign his seat in congress to take the
position. He was born in Cincinnati
January %, 1852. In 1872 he was
graduated from Christian college,
Missouri. In 1872 he moved to Gala
tin and in 1875 he was admitted to the
bar. Almost Immediately he entered
public life, serving as public admins
traitor, member of the board of educa-
ton, mayor and state legislator. He
resigned as judge of the Seventh Mis-
souri, district to take his seat in the
Sixtieth congress.
He was named by President VIII
son as house member of the United
States commission to the international
conference on safety of life at sea. and
was selected by the commission to be
chairman. The conference was in ses-
sion in London from November, 1913,
to February, 1914. He married the
N 1gak H.. h
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
FALLS CHARGES AGAINST CARRANzA

A resolution requesting President
Wilson to withdraw recognition of
Carranza and sever diplomatic rela-
tons with Mexico has been introduced
by Senator Fall (Rep.). New Mexico,
chairman of the senate committee
charged with an investigation of the
Mexican situation
Il charge" said Senator Fall,
that the Mexican embassy, the con-
suiate general in New York and the
consulate general in San Francisco
have been actively engaged In the dis
tribution of bolshevik propaganda and
that this has been done with the
knowledge and consent of Venustiano
Carranza."
Senator Falls resolution follows !:
Resolved by the senate, the house
OF representatives concurring, That
the action taken by the department of
state in reference to the pending con-
troversy between this government and
the government of Mexico should be
approved. and further, that the presto
hnrohr 70 f-a-..
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
HARRIS: CONSUL GENERAL IN RUSSIA

e. !. Harris of Rock Island. III
consul general for the United States
in Russia. is having lots of experiences
these days. according to reports from
the Land of Chaos. But then he's been
having such experiences for the last
twenty years in Uncle Sans consular
service. He was appointed to his pres
ent post in 1918. Living on train.
he has Travelled all over Siberia since
then. He arrived in 0msk November
10 OF last year and witnessed the ac-
cession OF the present Kolchak gov
ernment to control of Siberian affairs
His district" is bigger than the United
States. He has staff of consuls and
vice eonsuls scattered over many thou
sands of miles.
Mr.. Harris duties have sent him
into many lively places. He was FIVE
years in Turkey, witnessing the reyo-
Iutions which kept that country in
violent turmoil. He was sent to inves-
tigate the massacres of Armenians by
the Balkan states and In Greece. For
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
Railroad Control Extension Favored.

Washington. Extension of federal
control of railroads for two years, as
a means of affordins a genuine test
of unified control and operation, was
supported in the senate Friday by
Senator Sheppard in a speech deliv-
cred on the Cumsnins bill The Tex
as senator presented fifty reasons why
he thought the IDEA ought to be given
a free and fair test not hindered by ex-
traordinary conditions such as the
war brought forth.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
Sentence Passed On ]. W. w.a

Kansas City, Mo-Federal Judge
John c. Pollock Thursday passed sen4
tence on 81 members of the Industrial
Workers of the World found guilty by
a jury in the federal district court n
Kansas City, Kan, of conspiracy
against the government The seB-
tences ranged from three to nine years
In the federal penitantiary at Leaves
worth, Kan.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
D#GTRUcTiVE FIRE ABRoGATES
CONTRACTS OF GRAND
OPERA COMPANY.
OPPOSE CONSOLIDATION PLAN
Architects Recommend Reeonstruc-
1ssR on Same Location To Be Used
Exclusively For Opera Per-
foFmances.

New Orleans, lathe future ope-
ture q opera in New Orleans both
WaFe subjects Of wide discussion
With definite decisions reached in
AeItheY case. Contracts with the
New Orleans Grand Opera Company
troupe are said to be abrogated by the
IRE that DESTROYED the French Opera
House, and Louis p Verande. fmpre-
kAria, after conferences with singers,
dancers and musicians, will confer
with the directors of the Grand Ope-
70 Association to decide what will be
done. General Arsene Perrilliat,
SreAidsnt OF the association. could on
w say that he Sincerely hoped the
opera season would continue"
The Louisiana Chapter of the
American institute of Architects
adopted resolutions opposing the pro-
posed erection OF combined memo
Y1al auditorium and opera house,
making itself the second body for
Rally to place its preference on rec
ord The New Orleans Committee of
the FatherIess Children Of France.
and the women associated with it,
sent a letter to General Perriallla
asldng for the restoration OF the old
building without change except In the
way Of fire escapes and modern i'm
provements.
The resolutions Of the architects
bOdy urgently recommended the con-
struction OF a suitable building to be
used exclusively for opera, on the
same location at Toulouse and Bour-
bon, modelled On the general lines Of
the historic old structure.
At meeting OF the board Of ad-
minisfrafors of Tulane University.
several plans for rebuilding the ope-
ra house were submitted. These are
said TO have included plans 10 restore
The old building with improvements
and to include in it the memorial and
auditorium ideas The rumor that the
Donor Of the opera house to the uni
vergfty had agreed to finance it's re
building was denied both by the man
IN question. whose name has never
been made public, and by the board OF
administrators.
The committee in charge OF the old
French Opera House was instructed
20 confer with the New Orleans
@rand Opera Association In reference
% a new building. it is understood
that the board OF administrators is
preparing for publication statement
explaining Why no more insurance
was carried ON the building.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Bodies OF $500 American soldier
buried in England viii be disinterred
and prepared for shipment to this
country by party of the three army
officers and fifty civilians who sailed
for England Saturday on the steamer
Martha Washington It is estimated
that six months will be required to
complete the work.
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NO. 50.

Whisky -- --------'-'-.---
FtrOyed FRIED at a20,ees was Do
The liquor, nm Kansas City, Kan.
raids, was poEi4 had been taken in
Rsy Hubbard, Asato the street Nv
erai for Kansas. II attorney ssD
Sonora Angeles, ia,
Angeles, the Mexicanle.AS cara-.a
executed recently byMtcos,o Va.
and who died shortlylflef -. "ne>>, >>,>s.
tion, left personal pretty e1eeA
$2400 and no real esd access ~
an application for LED of AZ e
tration filed TuesdayA New als
City.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
HOME AND ABROAD
Condensed Items Of Interest
to Our Readers.
GLOBE ENTIRELY CTRCLRD
Important News Of the Week
Gathered for Busy Reader
State, Domestic, Foreign.
GLOBE ENTIRELY CIRCLRD
WASHINGTON NEWS.


The measure knows as the Sweet
bill was passed Friday by the senate
without a record vote. 1t provides for
additional payments to war risk bene'
ficiaries of about $S0,000,000 annually
and the war risk bureau is authorized
to make December payments on the
increased basis.
The urgency deficiency bill provid-
Ing S33, ,000, 900 for miscellaneous sub
jects, Including $500, 100000 for in
creased war risk insurance allowances,
was passed Friday by the senate.
Representative Richard Olney Of
Massachusetts called at the White
House Friday to urge President VIII
son to proclaim rehabilitation imme-
diately, with view to lifting the war
time prohibition ban.
A new plan for restricting use of
print paper was proposed in q bill in
troduced Friday by Representative
Hoch, republican, of Kansas. The
Koch bill would restrict all news
papers and periodicals from using
more paper during the first six months
of 1890 than was used during the first
half of 1919 The restriction would
take into consideration increased cir
culation and new publications.
Automobile tires worth more than
$35, ,000. 900, thrown in a pile many feet
deep and covering more than an acre
of ground, were ruined through expos
ure to the weather at the motor trans.
Captain Robert CIendening, an officer
at the camp, told a house committee
Friday investigating war department
expenditures during the war.
Legislative proposals that the house
immigration committee to aid in rid
ding the country of alien radicals,
framed after prolonged hearings in
Washington and New York, we're pre-
sented to the house Tuesday by Chair
man Johnson, republican, of Washing
ton, who declared the bill was SO
drawn as to force the department of
labor to act against alien Rgitators.
Final action by congress on the
Edge bill, authorizing the formation
Of corporations to finance American
export trade, was taken Tuesday in
the adoption of the conference report
by the senate.
BY a vote of 25e to "a the house
Tuesday passed the senate bill con-
tinuing the sugar equalization board
through 1920. Amendments retaining
in force the wartime powers of the
government for controlling prices and
movements of sugar were approved,
necessitating the sending of the meas
ure to a conference committee of the
two houses.
Forest green was made the official
color of the American Red Cross field
uniforms in an order issued by Secre
tary Baker this week. The change was
decided on year ago. but to utilize
the large amount of gray cloth on
hand the order was withheld.
o.
Secretary Baker and General March,
chief of staff, returned to their desks
in the war department Monday after
; two weeks inspection of the mill
sary establishment at the Panama
Canal and Porto Rico.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
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approved further
hereby requested withdraw
Mexico and all diplomatic
ernment and the of
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make the officer surveying
OF expenditure
president
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Pearl River.-The local ". o. W.
camp IL planning to erect modern
two-stcry building in the central part
or town, the lower floor 20 be used
sor a picture show, the upper story
Ior fodge rooms
OberIin, La. - Considerable inter
est In being taken here In oil develop
ments just now A number of parties
are taking leases for oil companies
that expect to try out this territory
Shreveport, La Completion OF
Shaw No. in Claiborne parish has
been reported The well is making
1900 barrels frem the deep sand at
2.oS4 fest
University Station, Baton Rouge
Nearly one thousand boys and girls
In Webster parish-Ss2, to be exact
were enrolled for club work thfa
year, each OF whom il carrying on or
has completed definite club pro
ser.
Monroe. CONTINUED excessive rains
have overHowed all swamps and low
lands here The ouachita is higher
than ever before known at this sea-
son Of year.
De Ridder The Baptists OF De
Ridder are slated over the outcome
of the s75 900. 900 campaign. The quo
u was $4,000. The subscription to
aate has reached about $4,000.
New 0rlezns. The annual meet
ing Of the Industrial bureau OF the As-
sociatton OF Commerce vas held
when officers for the ensuing year
we're elected.
Thibodeaux Speakers have ap-
peared 1t the Grand Theater and .ax-
paained 10 audiences the necessity
And Importance Of contributing to the
ants-tubeFcuiosi fund.
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FOREIGN NJ.

| FSH&t@FS We
| Eight thousand RussAs who re-
turned to Germany with 5lonel Ava
! loff-Bermondt, commandeaef the re-
| cent offensive against RigShave beeH
! disarmed and are being tnfined nd
Danzig, Nauen and GrabS Posen.
They will be held until oppAtunity 10
| given to send them back 10 Nssia.
o
| Otis W. Leader, ChOctaa IndiaR
Of Calvin, Okla, who was witithe an
tillery force which fired the firS Amer
lean shots in the world war, h beea
| selected as a model by the Frenh art,
ist, Dewarreaux, for pOrtrafl of 9
| typical American solder.
| Gildardo Magama, a ZapAt2 AadsF
in Mexico, has surrendered to gOlsrAr
forces at Puebla, Mexico.
Fierce fighting by the MOnteneah
people against the Serbian occupatbR
| occurred around Cetinje between b.
cember / and December IL. The stak-
| ment asserts that the Serb1ans place
women and children in front of then
to prevent the Montenegrins from do
Tending themselves.
Sadi Lecointe, the French aviator,
in an officially timed test Tuesday as
Paris, France, averaged 305 kilometeFa
225 meters (about 1S9 miles 247h
yards) in an hour. At one time he at
tanned speed of 364 Rilometers a.
hour.
The peoples commissioners of the
free state of Gotha havs forcibIy open
ed the vaults belonging to the duke
and removed the securities and other
funds and deposited them to the cred
it of the state. The commissioners
acted without awaiting the outcome Of
suit brought by the duke.
The chamber of deputies at Rome
Saturday voted approval of the reply
to the speech by the throne, after re-
jecting by a vote of 2sS to 124 an
amendment offered by the socialists
providing for the immediate recognt-
ton of the Russian soviet government
and the resumption 10 relations with
Russia.
A Hungarian terrorist, Schon, Whs
had been in refuge at Vienna, Austria,
was kidnapped Monday by two Hun
garian detectives, who hurried hiDa
across the frontier in a motor car ana
took him to Budapest, Hungary, where
he is now in jail
Louise Rostand, sister of the late
Edmond Rostand, was robbed recently
in Paris railway station of hand
bag containing letters written by the
poet to his family in his youth
Enver Pasha, the former Turkish
minister of war, has been crowned
king OF Kurdistan, the Turkish regioB
lying between Mesopotalnia and Per.
sia, according to reports that reached
Constantinople this week
O.
Sixteen members of the crew of tha
American steamer Liberty Clio, report
ed missing since the vessel was
wrecked off Tersehelling, Holland,
have been saved, according to word
received in London. The others who
have been unaccounted for have per.
ished.
Fernand Monier, former president OF
the Paris Court of appeals. died in
Paris Saturday.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Total rice production in Louisiana
this year was estimated at 19,712,000
bushels. more than 100000 bushels
above the fiye-year average and 3,000.-
600 over last year, in a statement is
sued Thursday by Lionel James, field
agent for the bureau of crop estimates.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Liquor interests estimate their
losses as the result of the enforcement
of the wartime law at 100000. 900 ac-
cording to statement made Friday
at Chicago by Levy Mayer. chief coun-
sci for the distillers in the Middle
West.
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Balkan Greece Fo
onehaf he Stockholm
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daughter of the late Judge Samuel Richardson in February 1875
wife chdnfour and three daughters living
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Enver Pasha, the former Turkish
minister of war, has been crowned
king of Kurdistan, the Turkish regioB
lying between Mesopotainia and Per.
sia, according to reports that reached
Constantinople this week.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Fernand Monier, former president OF
the Paris Court OF appeals, died in
Paris Saturday.
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American steamer Liberty Clio, report
ed missing since the vessel was
wrecked off TersehelEng, Holland,
have been saved, according to word
received in London The others who
have been unaccounted for have per.
ished
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Gildardo Magama, a ZapAt2 AadeE
in Mexico, has surrendered to goasrR
forces at Puebla, Mexico.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Louise Rostand, sister of the late
Edmond Rostand, was robbed recently
in Paris railway station of hand
bag containing letters written by the
poet to his family in his youth.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Eight thousand Russas who re.
turned to Germany with blonel Ava.
loff-Bermondt, commandesOf the re-
cent offensive against RigShave been
disarmed and are being lnfined at
Danzig, Nauen and Grabk Posen.
They will be held until opp stunity ID
given to send them back TO hssis.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Fierce fighting by the MOntene& lin
people against the Serbian occupathR
occurred around Cetinje between b.
csmber l and December IL. The stab
ment asserts that the Serb1ans place
women and children in front of then
to prevent the Montenegrins from dc
Tending themselves.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Secretary Baker and General March.
chief Of staff, returned to their desks
in the war department Monday after
two weeks inspection of the mill
tary establishment at the Panama
Canal and Porto Rico
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

The chamber of deputies at Rome
Saturday voted approval of the reply
to the speech by the throne, after re-
jecting by vote of 2sS to 124 an
amendment offered by the socialists
providing for the immediate recognt
ton Of the Russian soviet government
and the resumption 10 relations with
Russia.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

A Hungarian terrorist, Schon, WIs
had been in refuge at Vienna, Austria.
was kidnapped Monday by two Hun
garian detectives, who hurried hiDs
across the frontier in motor car and
took him to Budapest, Hungary, where
he is now in jail
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Forest green was made the official
color of the American Red Cross field
uniforms in an order issued by Secre-
tary Baker this week The change was
decided on year ago, but to utilize
the large amount of gray cloth on
hand the order was withheld
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Otis W. Leader, a ChoctaA IndiaR
Of Calvin, Okla, who was wit 1.-THE an
tillery force which fired the tirs Amer
lean shots in the world war, b beea
selected as a model by the Frenh art.
ist, Dewarreaux, for a portrait of
typical American solder.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Sadi Lecointe, the French aviator,
in an officially timed test Tuesday as
Paris, France, averaged 305 hlometera
225 meters (about 189 miles 2475a
YARDS in an hour At one time he at.
tanned a speed of 364 Rilometers al
hour.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

The peoples commissioners of the
free state of Gotha have forcibIy open
ed the vaults belonging to the duke
and removed the securities and other
funds and deposited them to the cred
it of the state. The commissioners
acted without awaiting the outcome 0f
suit brought by the duke.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-12-27

Final action by congress on the
Edge bill, authorizing the formation
Of corporations to finance American
export trade, was taken Tuesday in
the adoption of the conference report
by the senate.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-07-12
u, S. OPENS TRADE
GERMANY, BUT
BARS THREE LINES
Dyes, Chemicals and Potash Exempted From Inn
mediate Resumption; Enemy Act Not
Abrogated, However.

Germany was said to be in immediate
and pressing need of raw materials Of
almost all kinds, particularly cotton and
copper, in order to rehabilitate her in
dustries. Large amounts of food have
been sent into that country under direc-
ton of the inter- allied relief commission
but it is believed that the demand for
grain and other cereals will be great.
Clothing of all kinds also is needed.
viii Open Ship Lines.
Steamship lines to Hamburg and
Bremen, Germany, will be established
as soon as cargoes are available at AM
erican ports, the shipping board an
nounced today.
The lines will operate from Boston,
New York. Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
one ship being assigned to the line
between Philadelphia and Hamburg at
cnce For the shipment of cotton, lines
also will be started from southern ports
to Hamburg and Bremen.
The action decided on followed an
nouncement that all arrangements for
removing restrictions have been COM
pleted so far as the American govern
ment is concerned, which was made by
Vance Mccormick, chairman of the war
trade board, said today. Action by the
supreme economic council in session to-
day at Paris in lifting the blockade alone
is awaited. Mr.. Mccormick added.
Mr.. Mccormick, who returned from
Paris with President Wilson, said there
would be virtually complete freedom of
trade, subject to the limit Of credits
which Germany might be able to
establish.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-07-12
WAGE PAR[EYS
HAVE EOvERCOME
ALL OBSTACLES
Definite Action Waits
for Workers to Report
to Unions.
shELTERMEN At FALLS
CONFER WITH CT. KELLEY

Butte, July 11.-Conferences
between C. F. Kelley, president
of the Anaconda Copper Mining
company, and representatives OF
the unions which have requested
an increase in wages, were con-
tinued here today and it is Off
cially announced that all danger
of possible trouble between en-
ployer and employees has been
eliminated. Reports were today
to the effect that none of the
miners are now refusing to re-
sumo work.
Written requests of the un-
ions are being considered here
by sections. Altho an immedi-
ate agreement is not expected,
labor representatives said to-
night that conference commit
tees have overcome all obstacles.
A meeting held today in the
office of John Glllie, general
manager Of mines for the Ana
conda company, was attended by
delegates from the mill and
smeltermen of Anaconda and
Great Falls, hoisting engineers
and President Kelley.
Conference committees have
been instructed to report results
of their meetings with the mine
operators before further action
is taken by the labor bodies.