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In passing the Indian appropriation
bill Friday the house of representa-
tives approved the 500 per capita pay
ment to the Choctaws and Chickasaws
and adopted the Carter provision au-
thorizing the secretary of the interior
to make annual per capita payments
without further legislation. This
means, Representative Carter said,
that a division of money will be made
to members of the tribes once year
from the accumulated revenues arts
ing from all of the tribal property.
The Cornelius Vanderbilt home,
fronting Fifth Avenue from 57th to
5Sth Street, New York City, has been
sold for $5,50O,0OO cash, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Congress was asked Friday by Sec
rotary Baker to authorize the eXpendi-
ture by the war department of $4,000
! 900 in building ammunition and ord
nance storage depots in the vicinity of
| Ogden, Utah.
| An appeal to the American people to
| extend aid to 100000 Austrians
threatened with anarchy and death by
! starvation during the winter has been
forwarded to Washington by Baron
Eichoff, who is head of the Austrian
peace delegation.
During the consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill in committee
of the whole the house Wednesday
eliminated an appropriation of $4,000
to be used by the Indian bureau in en-
forcing prohibition on Indian reser-
vations. The vote was 55 to 49,
The peace treaty as campaign is
sue doomed conspicuously on the politi-
cal horizon Wednesday as leaders OF
the democratic party, gathered in
Washington for the quadrennial meet
ing of the democratic national COM
mite, laid preliminary plans for the
presidential contest.
Congress reconvened at noon Tues
day after the holiday recess with
months of hard work in sight and ad-
iournment expected by few leaders be-
fore the presidential campaign next
fall
Mexican Iaborers for ranch and ag-
ricultural purposes would be admit
ted to the states of Texas, New Next
co and Arizona until January l, 1921,
under terms of a concurrent resolution
Monday introduced by Representative
Hudspeth of the Ell Paso district, fol-
lowing a conference with officials of
the department of labor.
No prospect of any considerable fall
in prices for several years to come Is
seen by Royal Meeker, commissioner
Of labor statistics and head of the bu-
reau which collects information on the
trend of prices used by the govern
ment in official negotiations concern
ing wages and similar questions. He
recommends a monetary unit OF value
to replace the present units OF weight.
Appeals of American business for
aid in financing the reconstruction OF
Europe were answered this week when
the war finance corporation announced
that four loans, aggregating $4,000
100000 soon would be made to com
mercial interests which will employ
the money in exporting needed mater
ials to the stricken nations.
Unable to prosecute the "parlor
bolshevists," long-haired men and
short-haired women who encourage
agitators and promote sedition as
pastime, Attorney General Palmer has
appealed to congress for prompt &C
ton on the bill submitted by him sew
eral months ago which would strength
en- the department of justice in deal
ing with American citizens consider
ed dangerous to the nation.
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