Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. G, May 3. Although two more Americans have been killed in Mexico, Secretary Daniels was hesitating tonight to dispatch additional naval vessels for the protection of Americans in complance with a request of the state department. Senate Democrats have decided not to fiilibuster against the Knox peace resolution, and indications are that the measure will be passed within the next ten days of two weeks. _ —o— Chairman Will Hays of the Republican national committee conferred at the capitol today with senators about the platform. Soldiers’ bonus legislation may be postponed until fall, in view of the inability to pass the bill with a sales tax incorporated- — Railroad executives have, informed interstate commerce commissioners that the increased revenues they will need from freight rate increases will aggregate nearsl,ooo, 000.000. After staging a twenty-six inning tie game Saturday, the Brooklyn and Boston clubs came back Monday and went nineteen innings before a decision was reached, Boston winning, 2-1. It was the third straight extra inning for Brooklyn, who went thirteen rounds on Sunday, or a total of fifty-eight innings in the three consecutive games, a world’s record.