Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington, D. Ci, Feb. 10. Indications were that Director General Hines of the railroad administration will notify the representatives of the railroad brotherhoods and other railroad organizations that their demands for further increases in wages cannot be granted ; that to meet their demands would be an economic impossibility at this time. Officials admit the situation is serious and that some strikes will occur, but they do not look for a general strike at this time. —« — Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in letters to friends here denies emphatically the reports that he will resign from the army in order to conduct his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. —o — Secretary of the Treasury Houston appeared before the house committee on public buildings and grounds in connection with the Chicago Speedway hospital project. Secretary Houston backed up former Secretary Glate’ stand on the proposition and criticized the owners of the hospital Favorable action by (the house military affairs committee on universal mititairy training was predicted by Democratis favoring oton the committee, who said that they would not abide by the action of the party calucus opposing it.