Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — BIG SUPPLY BILL IS PASSED [ARTICLE]

BIG SUPPLY BILL IS PASSED

General Efficiency Appropriation Measure, Carrying Put Through by the House. Washington, Aug. 9.—Making ready for tbe wind-up of the session, the last big appropriation bili from the executive calendar was put through the house. It was the general efficiency bill, carrying appropriations totaling $6,182,818, including $150,000 for the celebration next year of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.