Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-26

INSTRUMENTATION brief debate.
the senate Monday passed a resolu-
ton by Senator Mccormick repubu.
can. ef Illinois. providing Tor ap
pointment OF committee 90 work out
plan Tor national budget system.
The committee will consist Of six re-
publicans and four democrats.
Washington.--All postOfiice exam
nations have been deferred until Sept
"a, In order that the returned soldiers
VIII have an opportunity TO qualify
for the positions. A number OF the
examinations will be held for the posi-
lions OF postmaster in Texas. The
winners OF these contests are placed
under civil setvics, TO hold the Of
fees pending good behavior The
postoffice department has been in
formed that practically all Of the sol
diers will have returned 10 the Unit
ed States in time for the examinations
Washington. The daylight Saving
plan, under 4ich the clocks Of the
country are turned forward an hour
in March and moved back in Octo-
Der, will be ctntinued indefinitely.
Washington. Wage increases ap-
proximating Id per cent were granted
70 employees Oh vessels from Atlantic
and gulf port3aby the shipping board
The advance, announced after an all
day conference of shipping board Of
ficlais. is expedited to end the strike
of marine engineers, firemen and oil
ers which began last Thursday.
Neutrality-suspicious. officer and six
enlisted men Mere killed in the de-
struction of theI American mine sweep
er Richard H. Buckley b. the ex-
plosion OF mime in the North Sea
July r. Two other officers were III
jured.
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Washington-t Scattering clashes be
tween whites aIhd negroes occurred in
Washington toLlight and at midnight
the police reported that seven negroes,
badly beaten, had been taken to hos
pitfalls and fifteep, soldiers and marines
were under auch stacharged with as
sault NaH{
Washington.-, fRepresntative Lever.
democrat. of Sol 18th Cardina. was nom
mated Thursds4 by PRECEDENT Wilson
to be a member of tie farm loan
NJ ~~IAx o~~~aad that 20
would resign f1om the house August
/ to accept the ppoint,hent
STATE AMP bOYrsr'c NEWS.
, Ne. a..s . e s.sas ,.t,ns.iss'
es won by An began soldiers are 81
tainabls in Nesk York pawnshops for
the sum Of sT6. was learned.
Now Yor k-viliiam G. McAdoo,
formerly s9scretry Of the treasury,
has been Retained by the government
of Chile as finatcial adviser in charge
of its effortS TO negotiate loans In the
United States.
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Terrell, Tex. r Injunction proceed
ings have beenI filed in the district
court of this county seeking to re-
strain 4. d. Kelly from assuming the
duties Of city manager of Terrell.
District Judge Joel r. Bond has the
matter under adHisement and will rem
der a decision il few days.
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Dallas, TEXAS a protest against
the high spt nv creasingly high prices
of food, ailk colt was inaugurated
by a numt ct 7 housewives in meet
ing yesterlat Afternoon. Plans call
for the boys j, of all foods that can
be dispensea with conveniently. 1t is
aimed especially against meat.
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! San Antonio tolice placed a ban on
/ idling. Chief Mussey instructing the
men OF his fotce to see to it that
idlers go to work in San Antonio, or
go to jail or lea we the city altogether.
Within two hours after the orders
were issued fifty-five young men,
mostly Mexicans had been arrested.
OF these forty-three were placed in
/ Jail on vagrancy charges and forty
one of them we're fined SO each.
Baton Rouge, La.-Governor brough
of Arkansas was the only one OF SIX
Southern governors who favored ratl-
fication of the federal suffrage amend
ment, in replies received to the teie-
grams sent by Governor Pleasant OF
Louisiana, urging opposition TO the
amendment because of the negro ques-
ton. Governor Roberts of Tennessee
in his reply was nOncOmmfttai. whlie
the other four Expressed their oppo-