Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., March 22. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has 'become the object of attack from his Democratic opponents and Republican rivals. Senator Moses and Representative Gould pronounced the charges brought by the New York World Jthat “big business” was financing the Wood campaign to 'be evidence of alarm in the Democratic camp over the prospect of the nomination by the Republicans of “the man the Democrats know they cannot beat.” _<o— With Senator Newberry of Michigan convicted and sentenced to serve two years in Leavenworth, Henry Ford revived his contest for a seat in the United States senate. —O— Representatives of the Association of Railway Executives and National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities urged the interstate commerce commission to utilize the property investment accounts of the carriers as the standard of value upon which to base the return of 5% per cent prescribed by the new law. The Plumb Plan league attacked the recommendation. ' — o— The appointments of Bainbridge Colby to be secretary of state and Charles R. Crane to be minister to China were confirmed by the senate.