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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
RADIK ALOVE PRY
PLANUU REVOLTU
We SPOJ. STATECH
Detroit je stfediskem ra-
dikalismu.-Cleveland
je druhym msstem.

New York, n. Y, 20. bfezna. =
snahy radikalii, pracuiicfch \
harmonii pod rGznymi jmeny, "a
aleelem vyyolani revolnce zfize
nj diktatury proletariatu We Spo
ienrch Statech budou zdvojnaso
beny tohoto jara, die informacl
jez byly ziskany hlayni ifadov-
nou Narodniho vyboru sjednoce-
nych Americana. Jakkoli radika-
love byli sklamani fiaskem oce-
ilafske stavky, kterou oznacovali
"a pocatek revoluce, byli znacne
povzbuzeni vyvojem posledhlch u
dalostf a veri, ze mohou vyvolati
revoluci ne pozdeji nez roce
1922.
Pfiste zacatek ucinen bude v
New Yorku misto v stfedozapade,
ponevadz radikalove pocitaji, re
mctropole niue byti vyhladovena,
ably kapitulovala, vseobecnou stav-
kou We ctyrech dnech. Radikalo-
We pocitaji take ma to, re financ-
nj panika ntkolika nasledujlcieh
tydnech pomiize jejich veci Pa
nika vyvolala by bidu mezi del
nictvem tax splse by ie nakloni-
Ia revoIucnim doktrinam.
Detroit stal Sc hlavnim stfedi-
skem radikalismu We Spojenych
Statech, die techto informaci. V
mast6 temto naleza Sc tiiaosmde-
sat radikalnfch organisaci, ktere
vesmes jew znaenou cinnost. -
Cleveland naleza Sc ma mfste dru-
hem jako radikalni stredisko a
nasledovan je New Yorkem a Chi
cagem, aekoli velka mesta vSech-
ma mali velke Gimme radikalni
organisace.
Dnsledek nedavn6ho zatykanl
radikali byl, zc radikaln1 organi-
SAGE pfijaly riizna jina jmena. Ko,
munisticke organisace pfijimaji
riizna jmena, jako Mezinarodnf
yydavatelska spolecnost, Mezina-
rodnf obranna liga a podobne. In
dustrialni Delnici Sveta pisobi
pod jakymkoliv vhodnym lokal-
MIN jmenem.
Pocet stoupenctl revolucnlho
hnutf je tezko odhadnouti, avsak
informace o mnozstvI clenii rnz-
nych organisaci jsou definitivnaj-
Il. Socialisticka strana mGla 81
600 Glenii, ale We vYlbach 1916 III
skaIa 597 200 .hlasG. Socialistic-
ka delnicka strana ma asi 1900
clenn. Nestranna llga, jez je o.
znacOvana take "a radikalnl or
9anisaci, ma 100000 cIen6.
Komunisticka strana, jedna 2
nejcinn6jsich radikalnich organi-
saci, ma 6s8 odboeek dvaciti pc
ii statech. ktere mali dohromady
200, 900 clenf. Celkem V zemi je
deset radikAlnich organisaci, je2
mali 495, 900 clend. Kdyby pomer.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
Grand Island ma
1860 obyvatel

Washington, d. O., 20. bfezna.
Censovni nfadoyna oznamila
pocet obyvatel v nasledujfcich
mestech: Grand Island, Neb.,
1850, 0 1854 ci 1852 procent vi
ce nezli v roce 1910. Scottsbluff,
Neb., 6,912;' zvysenf 0 5,l66 ci 0
1853 procent. Hastings, Neb,, H..
CAT; zvysenf 1909, cili 0 247
procenta.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
Pres 700 osob usmrceno by|o tornadem
|NEMECKA VLADNf
VOJSKA ODRAZEU
UTOKY KOMUNISTU
Mesto Wesel je dosud Pc
vne v moci short Via
dy Ebertovy.

Haag. 29. bfezna. - Vladni Vol
ska ucinila sobotu rano vypad
2 mesta Wesel a zatlacila nazpet
sbory Spartakovcn osm kilometra
jihovychodne cd mesta, die zpray
ze spolehlivyeh pramenI prave
sem doslych. Posily dobre sorga-
nisovandho vladniho vojska dosta-
vily Sc do Weselu cd Borkens. =
Boje jsou proudu nedaleko ho-
landskeho pomezf. Zpravy, ze ko-
munisticka vojska vnikla do me-
sta Vessel, ozna@eny byly "a ne
pravdive. Casopisecke depese O.
znamuji, ae zmatek zavladl v ko-
armade.
Paffz, 90. bfezna. = Vykonna
rada delnicka v Essenu poslala
skupinu reporterd ma frontu ko-
patek, aby ukazala ma
silnosti, udanlive spachane vlad-
MIN vojskem v bojich mesto
Wesel. Komuniste slfbili ukazati
mrtvoly komunistickych
vojakI, ole zadne takove nebylo
mono nalezti. Bylo po te pro-
hlaseno, ze nepochybne byly jiz
pohfbeny. Historian o nasilno-
stech a ukrutnostech vladnich
voisk Sc ale mezi komunisty vse-
obecne vaii a osetfovatelky odpi-
rail- pracovati ma pokrocilych po-
sicich.
Komumsticka armada neni tax
dobfe sorganisovana a yycvicena,
jak udavaly prvni zpravy. Jeji
sila nenf takova, jak rozhlasovano
bylo do sveta. Armada tato Sc
stava asi 10000 otrhanych a ma
polo vyzbrojenych byvalych voja-
XII, ktefi vsichni obleceni jsou Y
sasti svych starych uniforem.
Vsichni mali pusky, trochu patron
1 neco' rezem pokrytych ruenich
yranati. Ma pfednf linii je roze-
'taveno mnozstvi kulometn VIA
lni vojska zrfdila strilny hned O.
oroti MIN. Strilf Sc sice cele dny,
ile stfelba komunistI je nepfes-
la Cileni vojsk vladnich je do
ore.
Dive 10-millimetrova della ety.
i 3-palcova della byla postavena
10 posic k bombardovani Weselu,
lie vladni aeroplany rozhazely w
'trahu, ze komunisticti rnkojmi,
liz jsou moci vladniho vojska,
oudou zastreleni, bude-li stfileno
la mesto Vessel. V dGsledku teto
yystrahy komuniste ma m6sto ne
'trili.
Ddstojnfky komunistickeho vol
'ka jsou podddstojnici stare ne
necke armady a zadny byvaly
orusky dlstojnik Sc mezi mimi ne
laleza. Nacelnfkem stabu rude
je byvaly slevac We zbro-
ovce a generalem, velicfm vojsku,
e byyvaly delnicky vHdce. Ruda
Jojska nemaji nalezite organisace,
/ mali znacny nedostatek potra-
,in.
Krajina, jez naleza Sc V moci ko-
nunistil, ma rozlohy asi 10000
.tverecnlch mil, ma nichz bydli asi
| 100000 obyvatel. Je to nejprd-
nyslovejsf cast zeme. Pravi Sc, zc
xomrmistickemu vojsku veil asi
ito ruskych distojnikG, kterf do
Nemecka byli poelani Nikolajem
Leninem.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
Uhfi mali v planu
vojenskou diktatun,

Widen, 90. brezna. Admira
Horthy, uhersky regent, ma II
meru vydati proklamaci, zavade
jici vojenskou diktaturn zemi
die informaci, ziskanych Buda.
pesti. General Soos, ministr val
ky, ma Sc stati hlavnim vojen-
skym nacelnikem Uherska, die
techto zprav.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
KO|em sta OsOb usmrCenO pfi
tornadu, kt0rjm V ned6i pO-
stizeny casti stfedozdpadu
Velky pocet obsti znacne skody oznamovany z
lllinoisu, Indiany, Missouri. Wisconsin,,
George Alabamy

Chicago, ILL.,. ~. breZna. - IOr
NADIA. jez zasahla sest stati sire
dozapadu a jihu ned6li odpole
dnc. zavinila smrt kolem sta os0b
2pnsobila skodu ma maietku, je;
idc do millionii, vyvolala zma
tex V telegrafni a zeleznicui sluz
BIZ znacne rozlehlych oblastech
NcivetSi skoda zpiisobent byla
predmestich Chicago a v samot
mem Elgin, H., usmrceny byly
dvacet tri osoby velke mnozstvl
Sc iich dosud pohfesuje. 2 Allan
ia, Ga, dochazi zprava, re pocet
mrtvych v Georgii Alabame bu-
de nejmene tricet sest.
Zreime jednalo Sc til rozdil-
ne boure, nichz jedna hnala sc
smerem severnim do Illinoisu a
yyccrpala svoji sflu ma bfezlch je-
zera Miehiganu, scverne cd Chica.
ga, druha postihla Georgii Ala
bamu tfeti pfehnala Sc India
non ynikla do Ohia a Michlga-
nu
V predmestich Chicago usmrce.
no bylo dvacet osm osob a zpfiso-
bena yelka skoda ma majetkn. Y
Elgin. ILL.,, skoda smrstl zpdsobe-
nj odhaduie Sc ma $4,000,00O. z
La Grange, Ga, potet mrtvych u
dava Sc az ma tficet velka skoda
ma majetku ie oznamoyana. - We
West Point, Ga, pet osob bylo IL
smrceno. y Agricola, Ala, bylo
oznameno pet usmrcenych. V Zu-
III. Ind, tfi lide byli usmrcenl a
velka skoda zpnsobena ma majet-
ku u Greenville a Union City,
O., oznameno bylo patnact mrt-
ygch. V Hart, Mich, jedna oso-
ba usmrcena. We Flint, Mich,
sedm osob bylo usmrceno. Genoa,
O., oznamuie nekolik usmrcenyeh.
Il Nashville, O., dosle zprayy nda-
vail po6et usmrcenych az ma dva-
Get. V East Troy, Wis. Jedna O.
soba byla usmrcenl. Y st. Louis,
Mo, rovnGz jedna osoba byla u
smrcena.
Chicago, ILL.,, 80. bfezna. = NeJ-
lepsi cislice, jez bylo mono zlskat
do ] hcdiny ranni, ndavaii sedm-
desat devet rlsmrcenych Y nedcl-
nj boufi, kterou postizeny byly
staty Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,
Michigan a Wisconsin. Tficet pet
smrti zpisobeno bylo tornadem,
kterym postizeny byly casti Geor'
gle Michiganu.
Chicago, Ill.,, 90. bfezna. - 10
lem osmdcsati znamych mrtvych,
sta ran6nych a ztraty ma maJetk'l
"a nekolik milIioni dollaril byly
poncchany We sfopach tornado
ktere pfehnalo Sc severovychod-
MIN Illinoisem a castmi Indiany,
Missouri, Michiganu a Wisconsi-
nu nedeli.
Elein. H., zapadnf pfedmesti
Chicago, seyernf pobfezl a zapad-
nj predmesti naltzala Sc V pasmn
bo,lfe. icz znicila sta budov, Wy
yratila stromy ochromila zelez-
n;Enl sluzbu tclefonicke a tele-
erafni spojeni, nez yyterpala svo-
i s1u ma bfehu jczera Michigan
skfho, iehoz studeny vzduch "a
stayiI smrsf.
prudkost tornado byla hlavne
pocit1na Elgin a Melrose Park,
zylaste v prvn6 jmenovanem mi
ste. kdc mnoho osob bylo nsmrce-
no. ma sto poraneno a kde skoda
se odhaduje ma $4,0O0,OOO.
Y Melrose Park, zapadne Cd
cb;caoo spdm lidi byl0 usmrceno
ctyfi Sc pohfesujf. Diva lide '
chicagu samotnem byli usmrcenl
asi dvacet poransno, kdezto '
Dunning, seyerozapadnfm pfedme'
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-03-31
Ukrajinci zaujal
mssto Odesu

Pariz, 90. bfezna. - Odessa, vel
Ky rusky pristav, pfi Cernem mo-
ri, zaujat byl Ukrajinci pod ge-
neralem Pavlenkou, velitelem u
kraiinske narodni armady, die in
formaci, ziskanfch ukrajinskou
missi V Pafizi.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-11-05
Break In Partnership

1.-The Mans
Eddy date retiring from the
fino full attention
powch
yrpr LIMO NOW
rdreid thus
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
MAY DEFEAT SUFFRAGE
Delaware House Votes Against
Amendment.
Representatives Refuse to Make the
Blue Hen Commonwealth Final
Necessary State.

Dover, Del April Qualification of
the United States woman suffrage con-
stitutional amendment was defeated
in the lower house of the legislature
here. The vote was % to 8.
Members who voted for the amend
ment subsequently changed for the
purpose of later moving to reconsid-
err. The vote as finally announced was
26 to 5.
Eight Republicans, and one Demo
crat supported the resolution and ID
Republicans and ten Democrats voted
against 1t.
The house later defeated a motion
to reconsider, thus killing the meas
ure for this session. The senate has
not yet acted on the resolution.
Representative Hart, who was spir-
tied away by woman suffrage work.
ers, returned to the statehouse in the
morning. He introduced the federal
suffrage ratifying resolution and had.
it in charge in the house.
Mr.. Hart announced that he called
up the resolution for vote, in accord.
ance with a written pledge he gave
Mrs. Thompson, leader of The anti-sdf-
fragists.S
A wild demonstration by the "antis"
followed the vote. Woman leaders
were lifted on to the press table in
the chamber and speakers were show
cred with red roses. The suffragists,
with nearly every woman wiping tear.
stained cheeks, slowly emerged from
the statehouse.
Outside, they could still hear the
tumultous shouts Of the victors as leg
islators who voted against ratification
and the overjoyed anti-suffragists
staged whooping war dance around
the hall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
RAIL MIDDLE TO WILSON
WAGE Wranqle Goes Back to the Pres
ident for Settlement-Arbitra-
ton Plan Fails.

Washington, April 3.-The whole
railroad wage controversy was placed
before President Wilson for the third
time since railroad labor filed its de-
mands for a general increase in wages
last summer.
In a letter to the president, B. NJ.
Jewell. chairman of the railway COM
mittee which constitutes the labor
party on the railroad wage board, said
he regretted very much ito advise you
of our failure to obtain any beneficial
results of these conferences"
The employees, Mr.. jewell said, were
keenIy disappointed at the position
taken by the railway executives COM
mittee, which announced deadlock
and the withdrawal of the railroad
members from the conference.
Mr.. Jewell did not ask the president
to lay the wage controversy before the
railway labor board, which is to be
nominated by the president as provid-
ed in the transportation act and on
which the public will have represen-
tation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
RHINE YANKs UNDER WILSON
President Tells Congress Allied Com
mission Has No Authority Over
the American Troops.

Washington. April 3.-American
troops on the Rhine are subject only
to the orders of the pres dent of the
United States as commander-in-chief
of the army, President Wilson
wrote congress in response to a reso-
luton of inquiry adopted by the
house.
The American troops and the terri
tory they control still are governed
by the terms of the armistice. the
president said. He disclosed that the
American government had disapproved
plans to have the troops and the ter
ritory placed under the orders Of the
RhineIand high commission.
Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch has
no authority over the American troops,
the president said.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
REVOLT IN GERMANY ENDS
Ruhr Reds and Government Officials
Reach Aureement-Wo rkingmen
Must Give Up Arms.

Dusseldorf, Germany. April 3.-Sol-
diers of the workingmen's army in the
Ruhr district must make delivery of
their arms to local authorities before
April 10 under an agreement reached
between the government and the CEN
trail committee of the workingmen's
general conference at Essen. They
will not be considered rebels If fight
ing ceases throughout the district by
noon today.
The compromise proposals, made by
the Berlin government have been ac-
cepted by the workingmen's general
conference at Essen, and thus the Ruhr
revolution is ended.
The commander of the communist
troops before Vessel gave assurances
to the conference for the strict observ-
ance of the agreement.
The general strike throughout the
Ruhr district has been ordered called
off.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
MIDDLE WEST HIT
BY BIG BLIZZARD
Cities in the Lake Region Are
Buried Under Snow.
ALL TRAFFIC is INSTRUCTED
Chicago Weather Bureau Reports
Greatest Fall of Snow Since the
establishment of the Service
All Trains Delayed.

Chicago, April ga 44-mile gale,
blowing into Chicago. brought with it
five-inch mantle of snow and dressed
the city in white Easter garb. 1t was
the worst day for Easter parades in
the history of the Chicago weather
bureau.
Traffic in all directions was OBJ
structed by piles of snow drifting be-
fore the gale, which ranged between
30 and 40 miles an hour in velocity
throughout the day. Schedules on the
surface and elevated lines were affect
ed internationally throughout the
storm, but crews scraping ice from the
third rail and all the snow sweeping
equipment of the surface lines kept
lines open so that the Slight delays
were unnoticed.
Sweeps on Chicago
Centering at Cairo, Ill.,, at seven
o'clock Sunday morning, the gale
moved rapidly into Chicago and
passed more. than 200 miles into In
diana. AT noon two inches had fallen
in Chicago, while ten inches was
reported from South Bend. Ind. and
five inches at Fort Wayne and Logans-
port. Clinging close to the lake, the
storm surged north as far as Racine.
Trains from the East were from
half an hour to three hours late, due
to accumulations at interlocking
switches and poor visibility along the
right Of way Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul trains coming in from the
West were behind schedule. one arriv-
ing three hours and forty-five minutes
late and another an hour and half.
The Santa Fe announced trains had
been delayed from three to twelve
hours.
Five hundred men, fourteen plows
and all the equipment of the bureau
of streets started to clear the drifts at
ten o'clock under the direction of SUI
perintendent Thomas Fl. Byrnes.
Costs $4,000 in Labor.
The storm will cost the city $1,000
in extra labor, Mr.. Byrnes. said.
Sundays snowfall was the greatest
since the establishment of the bureau.
In April, 1910, two inches fell one day,
while one and three-tenths inches COW
cred the city in May, 1907.
Several reports of tieups in traffic
due to freezing reached the weather
bureau. The temperature lowered
around 80 degrees above zero all day.
Afetor busses were unable to. pillow
through the drifts at the entrance of
Lincoln park and hundreds were
forced to founder through huge drifts
of snow to BUSES stationed at the.
other end
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
GUSTS FIVE SOCIALISTS
New York Assembly ExpeIs En-.
tire Party.
No Special Election to Fill Seats Can
BE Held Unless Extraordinary
Session Is Ordered.

Albany. N. Y, April 3.-Five Social
sens, Charles Soloman, Samuel A. De-
Witt and Samuel Orr, all Of New York
city, the entire delegation of their
party in the New York assembly, were
expelled from the legislature.
Voting came after "a hours of ora
tory, parliamentary wrangles and fill
clustering.
Owing to the fact that the men were
expelled after midnight on March 81,
there can be no special elections to
fill their seats in the assembly unless
an extraordinary session of the legis-
lature is to be convened.
Voting began at 9 :38 a. m. Louis
Waldman, the first voted on, was ex-
PEELED. The vote was 116 to %.
The vote against Claessens was 116
to %. He was the Socialist floor
leader.
The vote on Solomon, who last week
was arrested in Philadelphia for al
legged disorderly conduct at mass
meeting called to protest against the
custer proceedings here, was 116 to %.
The vote against Dewitt and Orr
stood SO to 20.
More than forty members participat-
ed in the debate.
Other incidents of the twenty-fOur-
hour session were the maiden speeches
of Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
Miss Margaret l.. Smith (Reps).
Colonel Roosevelt urged the reseat-
ing of the Socialists and Miss Smith
advocated their expulsion.
I'm voting against the five men
am not voting against socialism" Miss
Smith said. IF wrong principles have
crept into their party platform. the
party must correct that platform.
have tried to base my vote on what is
for the best good of all men"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
STOCK YARDS STRIKE ENDS
Workers at Chicago Return After
Agreement to Arbitrate
Differences.

Chicago, April 3.-As the result of
the agreement to arbitrate reached be-
tween the 900 striking members of the
Live Stock Handlers union and the
Union Stock Yard and Transit COM
pany. the men returned to work at
once. BY Monday all the 10000 men
in the killing, cutting, and other depart
ments of the various packing plants
who were laid off on account of the
strike, which prevented shipments of
cattle for them to work upon will be
back, packing officials stated. Federal
Judge Alschuler, arbiter, is expected
to set an early hearing for the arbi-
tration of the wage demands of the
cattle handlers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
CHICAGO CLERKS ARE BACK
Workers in City Hall Return Pending
Arbitration-f,1 100 Firemen
"Resign."

Chicago, April 3.--Conditions began
to approach normal in the city hall
strike situation when nearly 1000
clerks and stenographers. "A food in
spectors and $50 garbage handlers who
have been out for several days re-
turned TO work pending arbitration of
their differences with the municipality.
There was ground also for belief that
LOO city firemen who have signed
designations would withdraw them be-
fore the expiration of the five days
when they were to become effective.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
LOOK AT ASPIRIN
If the name "Bayer" is on tablets,
you can get relief with
out fear.

When the Bayer Company intro
duced Aspirin over eighteen years ago,
physicians soon proved it marvellous
help in relieving Rheumatism, Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Earache, Tooth
ache, Lumbago, Neuritis, Aching
Joints, and Pain in general.
To get this same genuine, world
famous Aspirin, you must ask for
''Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" marked
with the "Bayer Cross" You will find
safe and proper directions in every
unbroken package.
Handy tin boxes of IL tablets cost
only few cents. Druggists also sell
larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylic-
acid.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09
SOLDIERS MAY
Get WAR BONUS
House Committee Recommends
the Passage of a Re-
lief Bill.
DETAILS NOT WORKED OUT
Money Not to Be Raised by Bonds,
but by Luxury or Sales Tax
Amount Probably Less Than
$3.50 Day.

Washington. April 5. - Definite
agreement to report out soldier aid
bill was reached by the house ways
and means committee. The decision
came on a resolution offered by Rep
resentative Longworth, Republican, of
Ohio, which provided that legislation
for the benefit of the ex-service men
would be framed but no bonds or bond
issues would be authorized to raise
the necessary revenue.
The cash required under the meas
ure, the resolution further provided, is
to be raised through taxes on luxuries
or a sales tax. The vote on the reso-
luton was Is to 6.
The provisions of the bill remain to
be worked out, but discussion in the
committee indicated that it will follow
the lines of a cash bonus and extern
sion of vocational education to all for
mer soldiers. The legislation must be
restricted to these two methods, it
was generally agreed, if it is to be
passed before congress adjourns in
June.
The other two features of the Amer
lean Legion's alternative plan, home
building and farm development, would
have to carry complicated machinery
which could result in serious legisla-
tive difficulties. 1t was pointed out
that while sentiment was almost
unanimous in favor of the federal re-
serve act and the federal farm loan
act, the difficulties in framing them
and passing them through the two
houses caused delays of several
months. The same thing would be expe-
rienced with a soldier aid bill carrying
home and farm provisions, it was felt.
The task of working out the details
of the bill was left to five subcommit-
tees which were agreed on by the Re-
publican and Democratic leaders on
the committee. They will be con-
firmed at a meeting of the full COM
mittee. The subcommittee will make
a careful study of the various pro-
posals submitted to the committee, the
number of persons eligible TO the pro-
posed benefits and the cost of each
plan, and recommend the most prac-
ticable plan to be adopted.
Thorough study will also be made
of the several proposed methods of
raising the revenue necessary to pro-
vide for the bonuses.
The subcommittee will begin work
Immediately, said Chairman F0rdney,
and should submit their recommends
tons within a few weeks. He was
confident the bill would be passed.
One proposal offered at the meeting
was that the schedule of taxation in
the original war revenue act, which
raised $4,000, 100000 for the year 1918,
should be restored This schedule was
modified so as to reduce the amount of
revenue to $4O00,000,0O0 for 1919, now
being collected. The additional ST.
O00,O00,000, 1t was pointed out, would
be more than sufficient to meet the
bonus requirements.
Members of the committee were not
prepared to say what would be the
amount Of the cash bonus, but i.
was indicated that it would be less
than the $1.50 a day for each day
served, as recommended by the Ameri-
can Legion. The cost therefore would
be less than $2,00o,O000O0, it was
said.