Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — Happenings of the World Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Happenings of the World Tersely Told

Washington Secretary Houston of the treasury, in a letter to Chairman £ordney of the house ways and means committee at Washington, declared his opposition to any soldier bonus legislation' "however financed." The secretary said it would be “highly unfortunate* to place any new financial obligations on the treasury. • • • In spite of Secretary of the Treasury Houston’s protest against any soldier bonus legislation, house Republicans in a caucus at Washington approved tire* bill as revised by members of the ways and means committee. Th® vote on a motion to Indorse the bill was 116 to 39. • • The pay bill, carrying increases of from 20 to 35 per cent for officers and men of the army, navy, marine corp®, coastguard and geodetic survey, has been signed by President Wilson at Washington. • • • President Wilson at Washington appointed Jolin Barton Payne, secretary of the Interior, as director general of the railroad administration, • * • The $104,000,000 legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was passed unanimously by the hous® at Washington after it had been redrafted to meet the president's objection. • ♦ • Attorney General Palmer at Washington applied the epithet of "liar” t* those of his critics who have charged that his administration was more concerned with prosecuting labor leader* than Jailing profiteers. • * • Railway and public service commissions In every state were called to th® aid of the Interstate commission at Washington to break the freight blockade. All records for Increases In population as reported in the 1920 census at Washington were broken by two Detroit suburbs, Hamtramck and Highland Park, which since 1910 have increased 1,260 and 1.031 per cent * */* The Knox peace resolution, repealing the declaration of war against Germany and Austria, was adopted by the senate at Washington, 43 to 38. » • • The railroads have asked the Interstate commerce commission at Washington to take over supervision of traffic in order to relieve the car shortage • • • Domestic Approximately 1,000 shoe cutter* employed in the factories at Haverhill, Mass., were laid off. The reason given was a slackening demand anti consequent Necessity for retrenchment. • * • Between 2,000 and 3,000 men quit work in widely separated sections of the Alabama coal mining districts, according to reports received at Birmingham. Operations have been suspended in a number of mines. • * * Venustlano Carranza, deposed president of Mexico, is reported at El Tex., to have found refuge on th* Mexican gunboat Progreso. The captain and crew of the boat remain*d loyal to him. * * ♦ With party lines obliterated, th* house nt Washington overwhelmingly went on record against any proposal for federalizing the National Guard.