Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-08-05
NEWS HAPPENING S
What Has Transpired This
Week the World Over.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Short Mentioning of Interesting
Happenings From Day to Day
Throughout the World.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON NEWS.

submit recommendations Tor q new
schedule on or before August 20, was
announced Friday by Assistant Secre-
ltary Of the Navy Roosevelt.
Lifting the ban on the manufacture
Of cider and other fruit juices for
home consumption, the bureau of in
ternal revenue has made an important
ruling which is expected to have far
reaching influence in the interpreta-
ton of the Volstead law. The bureau
has apparently interpreted the law ac-
cording to the rule of reason" hold
ing that the fruit juices so obtained
for home use only need not be restrict
ed to the one-half of per cent called
for in the Volstead act. In making
this clear, the bureau holds that mon
intoxicating" means mountaineering
lin fact and not necessarily less than
one-half Of / per cent of alcohol, as
provided in section 1 and section 8,
title 2, of the national prohibition act"
as applied to cider and fruit juices.
Russia's proposal for conference
with the allies in London was regard
ed unofficiaIly here Tuesday as skill.
8ul maneuVer to effect a quasi recog-
milton of the soviet regime. Officially
the state department was without any
knowledge of the soviet suggestion,
but 1t was clear that unless some more
urgent reason than now is apparent is
given, the United States will be in no
haste to accept an invitation to join
in such a conference, even though one
were extended.
That plans for the disbursement OF
SAG, 100000 recently appropriated by
congress for the medical treatment
and disqualification Of disabled former
service men, the fund to be admin
istered through the bureau of war risk
insurance, are nearing completion, was
announced by Director R. G. Cholme-
leyrJones Thursday
A further increase Of Is per cent in
express rates win be necessary to
meet the expected wage award to ex-
press employees by the railway labor
board, T. b. Harrison Of New York,
representing the American Railway ex-
the express rate hearing before the in
terstate commerce commission.
To provide an additional revenue to
meet the $6O0,OOO,OO0 increase In
wages awarded by the railway labor
board the railways proposed Thurs
day to the interstate commerce com-
mission that the passenger rates be
advanced 20 per cent and freight rates
9.13 per cent in addition to the q 6
per cent previously requested. They
proposed a surcharge of so per cent
be made on Pullman fares, that excess
baggage rates be increased 20 per cent
and that milk tariffs be increased
to the same level as freight rates.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Texas railroad commission has
set for hearing on August the appli-
cation Of Texas railroads for general
increase in freight and passenger
rates, as well as the decision expect
ed to be rendered on or before that
date by the interstate commerce com
mission on similar applications pend
ing before that body, with the view of
making such disposition of the said
applications pending before the Texas
commission as may be deemed just as
proper"
A shark weighing $50 pounds was
captured and killed on the bathing
beach at Edgemere, N. Y, Monday,
by George Weiddux, life guard At
tracted by the screams of bathers, who
fled from the water, Weiddux saw
the shark plunging into the breakers
He jumped into small boat, drove
the shark into shallow water and club.
bed it to death with an oar.
The twenty-fiVe-miIe Sandy Hook
gale that drove defender Resolute and
her british challenger, Shamrock ",
back to shelter last Saturday went in.
to Retirement Monday off Sandy
Hook, New Jersey, taking all the
little Sandy Hook zephyrs with it, and
the fifth and decisive race for the
Americas cup was called off after the
contenders had wallowed along four
and half hours in virtually breeze
less sea.
A thirty-six-hour schedule has been
arranged for the through daily Pull
man service between Eagle Pass, Tex
as and Mexico City, which is now in
effect Trains are moving uninter-
ruptedly and the service is to be ex-
tended with the arrival of additional
rolling stock.
Peace by a resolution of congress,
and after that an effort to form an
association Of nations that would not
impair American sovereignty, were
promised Thursday by Warren G.
Harding in his speech accepting the
republican nomination for the presi-
dency. He declared the time had come
TO recognize the failure attending as
sumption. obstinacy, impraeticability
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