Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-17
EXCL US|0N BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
One-Year Ban on Alien Goes to
the Senate.
REPEALS THE WARTIME LAW
Vote on Adoption of the Volstead hes-
oution Is Unanimous, 323 Men,
bers Registering Approval
Start Work on Tax Laws.

Washington, Dec 14.-The Johnson
immigration bill. as amended to pro
hibit all immigration for a perlod ol
one year, was passed by the house.
The vote was 293 for the bill and
IL against. Six members votel pres
emit"
1t now goes to the senate, where ITS
defeat is predicted by senate leaders
The Siegel amendment, eXemptlng
brothers and sisters of aliens VINO
have become American citizens was
approved, 203 to 76.
Immediately after the vote was an
nounced Chairman Johnson of the i'm
migration committee issued state
ment saying that the 1 ,250 immigrants
who arrived at New York Saturday IN
the White Star liner Adriatic had been
sent to Hoffman island because OF an
outbreak of typhus among them, ana
that at Gloucester, n. j., IL aliens had
been taken from the steamship Hav-
erford and sent to the detention sta
ton suffering with typhus.
"MaIady No. 9" Coming.
1.-THE French senate" said Mr.. john
son, ''is considering closing the doors
of that republic to immigrants, owing
to the spreading of mysterious dis
ease known as malady No. 8, and with
which tens of thousands of Polish and
Russian refugees in Paris have suf-
fered the last year. French police say
that thousands of these immigrants
are crossing the French borders daily,
intending to go to America despite
that fact that theyt have not obtained
American vises to their passports.
while we are splitting hairs over
the method of suspension, the Com
munist party of America has flooded
the country with the most vicious cir
cular it has yet put out. 1t calls for
straightOut revolution"
Repeal of most of the wartime
laws was voted by the house, which
adopted the VOlstead resolution for
that purpose after two hours of de-
bate.
The vote on adoption of the resolu-
ton was unanimous, 1913 votes being
recorded as favOring it, with none OPP
posed. The house, before taking the
final vote, accepted an amendment
providing fer inclusion of the Lever
food control act among the laws which
the resolution would repeal.
An embargo for one year against
The importation of wheat, wheat flour,
barley, rye, oats, flax, wool, hogs cat
tie and sleep is proposed in bill
introduced by Representative Young
(Rep.) of North Dakota.
He also Introduced bill establish
ing n permanent schedule of import
duties upon these items after the one
year embargo.
Start Work on Tax Laws.
Initial steps in the framing of new
revenue legislation by congress were
taken with the opening of hearings
before the house ways and means com
mittee on tax questions and the ma
tons revenue needs.
DIR. Thomas S. Adams. tax expert
and economist of the Treasury depart
ment, told the committee that the first
problem for it to decide was whether
the level of taxes should be retained
at $4,OOO,OO0,0OO annually He ex
pressed the belief that no reduction
could or should be considered.
Before Doctor Adams began his tes
timony, Chairman Fordney and Rep
resentative Garner Oem.), Texas, had
a lively tilt when the Texas member
demanded that a statement be includ
ed in the record, showing the exact
purpose of the hearings.
Mr.. Fordney finally announced that
the committee proposed TO gather in
formation on which TO base contem
plated revision of tax laws He said
he planned TO continue the hearings tt
December % and then adjourn to Jan
uary when tariff questions would be
taken up.
Mr. Garner objected to this plan or
the ground that the terms of office
of FIVE of the Democratic members OF
the committee would expire on March
/. He said it was unfair to place tas
QGestions before the new member;
WIN had had no opportunity to cross
exafaine witnesses.