Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — WOODY WANTS $5,000,000; STILL WANTING. [ARTICLE]

WOODY WANTS $5,000,000; STILL WANTING.

Washington, D. €., March 20.. — (Special.)—The mystery at the capitol over what President Wilson proposed to do with the $5,000,000 appropriation he requested of congress just before it adjourned deepened itioday when reports gained circulationrthatheintendedrto buy a palacein Paris. t . Congress failed to grant the requested appropriation partly because of the legislative congestion which developed in the closing hours of the session and partly because even Mr. Wilson's most trusted supporters balked on what they considered “unwarranted extravagance.” Members of the house appropriations committee stated they had not been able to get any detailed illumination on the appropriation. All the information they had was contained in a letter from Acting Secretary of State Polk stating President Wilson wanted the money for the peace mission.