The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-10-06
WASHINGTON NEWS


reparatios or other commissions deal.
ing with world war readjustments
without first obtaining express author
ity from congress, if the senate rati-
fes the treaties with Germany, Aus
tria and Hungary with the reserva-
tons recommended by the foreign re.
lations committee.
10000
Armistice day will be devoted TO-
national observance of the memorial
services in honor of Americas I'M
known soldier dead, delegates and
members of the international confer
ence meeting only to adjourn and
take part in the services at Arlington.
Advisory committee to assist Amer
lean delegation win number about
twelve members, including two wo-l
men.
Acting upon report and recon-
mendations of Gen. Wood, govern
ment will not abandon the Philip
pines. Gen. Wood will take the oath
as governor general in Manila about
October 6.
10000
individuals benefiting from the in
creased exemption on moderate in
comes and for dependents will be the
only ones who can notice a reduction
in their tax bills on income payable
in 1922.
10000
TranscOntinental carriers will re-
duce rates eighteen per cent on Pac-
ific coast vegetables to territory east
of the Rocky mountains as far as Chi
cago and the Mississippi, it was an
nounced by the interstate commerce
commission
10000
Senator Penrose reported the house
tax bill as amended by the senate fin
ance committee to the senate. The
Democrats were given permission to
file a minority report within seven
days, and Senator La Toilette obtain
ed the same privilege
10000
Democratic senators proposed
amendments to the tax bill cutting
normal income taxes in two and pro-
viding a graduated corporation in
come tax as a substitute for the fiat
tax of the finance committee bill.
10000
Final enactment of tariff legisla-
ton before the winter session appear
ed an impossibility when Senator Pen
rose said that sixty days would be re
quired by treasury experts to collect
the information desired in connection
with the American valuation plan.
10000
General Dawes, director of the
budget, announced the appointment
of former Senator Sherman to aid in
devising the District of Columbia
estimates.
10000
Improved conditions in a number
of industries are indicated in the
monthly review of the bureau of labor
statistics.
10000
The treasury department recently
ruled that all home brewing of beer
and wines is illegal and that the traffic
in utensils for such home brewing is
likewise made taboo Only nonintox-
icating juices are permitted.
10000
President Harding announced the
names of thirty-eight members of the
coference, which with an advisory
committee of twenty experts, will
meet to devise measures for relieving
the present stress of unemployment
and business depression.
10000
Secretary of Labor Davis appealed
to senate leaders for 100000 to pro
mote a nationwide move for more
peaceable settlement of industrial dis
putes.
The American Legion has issued
an appeal to employers to make jobs
I for world war veterans, asserting
that from 10000 to 100000, includ-
ing 5000 in Illinois, are now out of
work
10000
In a letter to Gov McKelvie Of
Nebraska, w. P. G. Harding, gov
ernor of the federal reserve board,
defends the board from the attacks
made upon it by banks which mis-
represent the attitude of the board
to excuse refusal of loans to farmers.
10000
Admiral Sims denies ever having
said, as alleged by Senator Glass,
that the United States ought not to
undertake the development of It's
merchant marine.