The Ordway new era., 1921-02-25
WASHINGTON

4 resolution making Immediately
available S1,o00,000 to enable the In
terstate Commerce Commission to pro-
eeed with its railroad valuation work
was adopted by the House and Senate
and sent 20 President Wilson.
In Senate speech, generally inter-
preted rs forecasting the new admins
tration's policy toward disarmament
and related issues, Senator Medill Nc
Cornick of Illinois, just returned to
Washington from n conference with
President-elect Harding, declared for
''thes completion of an American navy
comparable in power and varied fight
ing strength with any other"
Cattle on farms are now valued at
less than prewar prices, the Depart
ment of Agriculture announced in
Washington. The drop. the depart
ment said, began in January, 1919. The
department further stated that the de-
crease in value not only resulted in the
loss of all the increases sustained dur
ing the war; but an additional 80 per
cent. Hogs have lost IS per cent of
the gains made during 1917 and 1915,
accerQlnS TO the figures.
Wholesale commodity prices showed
a further decline in January, accord
ing to information collected by the bu-
reau of labor statistics, and just made
public. Building materials and house
furnishing goods showed the largest
price recessions from the precious
month, the former declining 10 per
cent and the latter group is per cent
below the level for December. Farm
products, food and clothing each reg
istered a drop 51k per cent or more,
while fuel and lighting materials, met
ais and chemicals each decreased about
per cent In the group of miscellan-
eous commodities the decrease was IL,
per cent.
The international communications
conference met again in Washington
TO consider further the ALLEGATION of
the former German cables, but ii de-
yeloped that one of the delegates had
not received instructions from his gov
ernment, and adjournment was taken
until later
Efforts to attach as rider to the
postoffice bill an appropriation of
S10O,000,0O0 for road construction
failed in the Senate. A motion to in
sert the appropriation was lost on a
vote of Al TO 33, or nine less than the
required two-thirds majority. Rejec-
tion of the good roads rider was re-
Sarded as foreshadowing defeat for the
road appropriation at this session.
The naval appropriation bill, carry
ing approximately 1895 .O0o, 900. was
passed by the House after it had de-
feated, l24 to 80, an amendment which
would have prevented the expenditure
of any part of the s90,OOO,OOO provided
for battieship construction until an in
ternationnl disarmament conference
shall have been called by the Presi-
dent. The amendment was offered by
Representative Brooks, Republican, IL
linois.
President-elect Harding will be es-
corted by a troop of cavalry from Fort
Meyer when he goes to the capitol to
be inaugurated on March 4, Secretary
of War Baker has announced. These
are the only troops that will partici-
pate in the inauguration. The privi-
Iege OF escorting the President is one
eagerly sought by crack cavalry troops
I'll over the country.
geven persons have been convicted
Of ieliing cocaine to the American
tro0ps At Coblenx- They have been
eeqteacsd to one year imprisonment
111ll ~ - An5efican military coiftk