Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-23
Happenings
Of the World
Iersely Told
Washington


Recalled to Washington by the house
investigating committee, Mrs. Bergdoll
testified that she paid $1,000 to Maj.
Bruce Campbell, then a captain, coun-
sci for Grover at court-martial.
Representative Madden of Illinois
has been selected as chairman of the
house committee on appropriations at
Washington, succeeding Representa-
tive Good of Iowa, who recently re-
signed his seat in the house.
result in saving of S112, $40 ,62S.32
for the current fiscal year, Charles G.
Dawes, director of the budget, in
formed President Harding at Wash
ington, in a letter.
The total government expenditures
during the fiscal year just ended
dropped off S9OOO,OOO,OOO as compared
with last year, according to the an
nual statement issued at Washington
by the treasury.
The ways and means committee met
defeat again when the house at Wash
ington voted, 123 to Sc, to place as
phalt on the free list.
The administration at Washington
has opened negotiations for the re-
sumption of diplomatic relations with
Germany, it was announced at the
White House.
The retail cost of food to the aver
age family declined slightly less than
/ per cent, according to statements by
the Department of Labor at Washing
| ton.
The Dial bill, designed to require
all federal judges to devote their en-
| tire time to their judicial duties,
| failed to obtain the consideration of
| the senate at Washington by a tie
vote of % to %.
| The Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill
| got a setback when the senate at
Washington refused to give 1t right
| of way.
Chairman Lasker of the shipping
board at Washington pronounced the
| financial condition of the Fleet cor
! poration shocking and the books a
tangled mess. He said he had found
deficit of $3SO,OOO,OOO and would
| have to ask congress for 100000, 600
in addition to the $1OO,OOO,OOO already
| appropriated.
Senator Lodge laid before the SEN
| ate at Washington letter written by
President Wilson in October, 1920, re-
| jecting INSTRUMENTATION of allied
| debts and informing Lloyd George
| that unless the funding of the British
| debt to the United States were
| fastened dangerous misunderstand-
ing' might develop.
The League of Nations subcommis-
sions at Paris studying disarmament
decided the most helpful thing they
can do is to assemble statistics and
data to aid the Washington confer
| ence.
By vote of 1877 to 70, the house at
| Washington in committee of the whole
struck from the Fordney tariff bill the
| duty on crude oil and ordered oil back
to the free list.
|
President Harding will spend week
In Massachusetts. He will leave
| Washington on the MayfOwer on Au-
gust l to participate in the Pilgrim
celebration at Plymouth.
Second only to the efficiency and
training of the regular army, the most
important peacetime duty Of all regu
lar army officers is the development
of the National Guard and organized
reserves, according to the instructions
issued at Washington by General
Pershing to all corps area command
| ers.
The house at Washington took hides
off the free list in the Fordney tariff
bill and imposed an ad valorem duty
of 10 per cent.
Domestic
Advertising columns of daily news
papers are to be used for genera
church advertising as well as fol
evangelical purposes, it was an
nounced by officials of the Protestant
Episcopal church at New York.
At least five persons were killed
and great property damage was done
In Richland county, North Dakota, b.
q terrific windStOrm.
No salaries will be accepted b.
more than 100 officers Of the United
Mine Workers of America at Indian
apolis for their work this month be