Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington, D. C., April 23. Apprehension for the safety of Americans in Mexico caused the administration today to dispatch warships to ports on the west coast in accordance with advices from American consular officers stating that Americans at those ports and vicinity are in great danger from violence incidental to the strife of the warring factions. —o— With a shortage of hired farm labor as acute as in 1918 threatening to curtail food production on American farms, Secretary of Agriculture Meredith today issued _an appeal to city men, college students, and others to spend their vacations working on farms. . —o—Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska has withdrawn from the contests to succeed himself as Democratic leader of the senate, leaving the field clear for Senator Oscar.W. Underwood of Alabama. x —o — Atorney General Palmer announced today that investigations of alleged fraudulent war contracts by the department of justice have uncovered illegal transactions involving millions of dollars. :—- Republican Floor Leader. Mondell, although personally opposing a cash bonus for soldiers, Said he would support the measure m view of the apparent desire- of the majority of the Republican members for the legislation. . ■—o—Chicago, is the greatest divorce center in the world, according to Francis Minor Moody of Chicago, executive secretary of the international committee on marriage and divorce, who testified today before the senate judiciary committee. The senate’ agriculture committee decided today to recommend passage of .a national cold storage