The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-03-20

tim, aqo Mt a nominal rate of 81 per
wear The properties are at HaiNes
ton. Arkansas Pass, Sabine Fort isape'
and Laredo.
Announcement by secretary Hous-
ton that no further loans Woulh ne
made to the allies Is believed to IN
dictate the adoption by the treasury
of The policy favored by the debtor
nations Of deferrins interest payments
for The next three years or more
Under authority granted by congress
10 extend $4,000. 900 900 credits to the
allied nations the treasury has made
loans amounting to sp.eb9,S34649.
Opposing former Secretary Nc
Adoos plan of reducing taxes ny
additional bond issues. Secretary
Houston and Assistant Secretary Len
ipgwel Friday told the house ways
and means committee. which rs con
sideriug soldier relief legislation, That
any increase in the present govern
grave financial situation.
Immediate and extensive enlarge
ment of naval docking and basing Ia
cilities on the Pacific. and legislation
to provide a naval reserve force of at
least 100000 trained men, were advo-
Gated Monday before the house naval
committee by Secretary Daniels.
The governments fight on the pink
boil worm will be aided by 100000
additional. the senate committee on
agriculture voted Tuesday in the agri
cultural appropriation bill. This
brings the total for that work to $685.
600.
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.
The American Legion has received
from the Y M c. A. 100000 OF the
Gift of 100000 promised, represent
ing surplus from the operation OF Y.
NJ. G. A. canteens and post exchanges
in France during the war. 1t was an
nounced Saturday.
Federal agents of the internal reve-
nue. department and police officers
captured complete whisky still and
so gallons of corn syrup mash Friday
I'm a raid on house in Houston. Tex
~. 4, 4 lar ctt
lance of prohibition officers for sew
eral days.
Petrie Kimbrough. alias VIII Lock
EFT. convicted slayer of Geneva Hard
man and confessed slayer of four 9th
or women. died in the electric chair
at Eddyville, KY. prison Thursday.
George Mckinley Grace. a 20year-
old negro, on trial In San Antonio.
Texas. charged with criminal assault
on a white woman. was found guilty
Friday and bis punishment assessed at
death.
The recent freezing weather caused
damage to the Travis County spinach
crop estimated at $4,000 The dam
age represents an output of $50 to
t7b acres of spinach from Austin,
Texas. according to growers.
A new well, flowing 1000 barrels
from a depth of 1850 feet came in
Tuesday at West Columbia. Texas.
total of t7b cases of sleeping sick
ness have been reported in New York
since January /. Health Commissioner
Copeland announced Wednesday.
The 3-year-old son of A. A. Keller.
living on n ranch three miles west
OF Hereford. Texas. was found frozen
to death short distance from his
home Wednesday The lad had wan
dered away from the house while
asleep
With an extensive movement OF
vegetables already under way from
the Rio Grande valley of Texas to
Northern and Eastern markets. q still
further movement Is anticipated from
now on. Already more than 1000 re
frigerator cars have been moved from
the valley loaded with early vegeta-
bles. and It is expected that at least
$500 more cars will follow during the
present season.
Eleven persons are known to BIO
dead. two missing and eight injured
az the result of tornado which swept
through the valley Of Turkey Creek.
near Branson and Holister. in fancy
County. Kansas, Thursday
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Governor Hobby has invited the
governors of Arizona. New Mexico
and Oklahoma to designate library
trustees to represent their states at
the Southwestern conference.of IL
brary trustees to be held in Dallas.
Texas. March 25.
The body of Colonel William Rogers
Houston was found by the side of the
road near the old Goodland Indian
school building near Hugo Okla