Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Oct. 1. Confirming previous reports that Chicago and Milwaukee -are not on the king o f B elgium’s . American calling list, the state department made public the itinerary of the royal tour, which extends from New York to the Pacific coast and back. State department officials declined to ' comment on the elimination of these cities. —o— Diplomatic intelligence received here is. interpreted as indicating that Capt. D’Annunzio’s forces at Fiume will be at war with Jugo-Slavia within fifteen days. Attorney General Palmer, in a statement today, defined hoarding as accumulation of a commodity by an individual, firm, or corporation in excess of seasonable requirements and said the department of justice would not treat as hoarding the normal storage’ of food products by legitimate dealers. —o—- • Chairman Good of the appropriations committee said at the budget hearing today that the desire of departm «nt and- bureau heads to surround themselves with high salaried clerks is one of the abuses calling for the adoption of the budget system of-government finance,