Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 7

Cepyiignt Gatremant & Uader Angus McSween, a well known Washington correspondent, who is na- tlenal campaign manager for Senator Hiram Johnson of California. DEBS, IN PRISON GARB, Atlanta, Ga—Eugene V. Debs ac- eepted the socialist nomination for president of the United States, for- mally tendered him by a committee from his party. The ceremony was held inside the Atlanta federal penitentiary, where Debs is serving a ten-year sentence on conviction of violating the espionage act, and the nominee was clad in the blue denim garb of a prisoner Under prison rules Debs could not issue a statement, but he made a brief speech in which he thanked the party tor the honor again conferred upon him and expressed his regret that he could do so little personally in the campaign. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS The senate confirmed the nomination of Edmund Clapp as a member of the federal reserve board. “The general understanding is that there will be a recess or adjournment of congress on June 6,” Speaker Gillett announced in the house. Increase of the tariff on beans from 25 cents to $1.20 a bushel is provided - by a bill reported favorably by the house ways and means committee. Fifty million dollars is the estimate by railroad officials and members of the Merchants’ association of losses suffered by business in the present ser- les of New York strikes. One half of the residents of St. Quen- tin, N. B., having a population of ap- proximately 2000, were made homeless as the result of a forest fire which awept through the village Saturday. A total campaign fund for General Leonard Wood of $1,180,043 was dis- slosed to the senate campaign investl- gating committee by A. Sprague, na- tional chairman of the Wood campaign fund. Approximately $200,000 has been raised for the national campaign of Benator Johnson of California, for the republican presidential Alexander McCabe, California state in- surance commissioner and one of the managers of the Johnson organization, testified before the senate committee investigating pre-convention campaign financing. Guam Governor Chosen. Seattle, Wash Captain: Ivan C. Wettengel, commander of the cruiser Montana, now at the Puget Sound navy yard, and former captain of that yard, ment by the president to be governor of the island of Guam, one of the smallest and most isolated possessions | of the United States, and yet one re- garded as of utmost naval strategic Importance. Durazzo Seized by D’Annunzio. Paris.—Captain Gabriele D’Annun- tio, whose “irregular” Italian troops have been holding Fiume, has seized Durazzo, the principal seaport of Al bania, and has set up an administra tion in the town, according to a Zurich dispatch peed oeneternen se Committee Rejects Armenian Mandate Washington.—The senate foreign re- lations committee, by a vote of 11 to 4, reported a resolution to the senate “respectfully declining” to grant the authority requested by President Wil- sop to accept a mandate for Armenia. Repeal of War Legisiation Proposed. 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Just think of it 11 pieces of Pyrex ware for $7.25 | Hi oene Wants to see you at the SSS SSeS SSS) e e Spring is Here BUT WITH IT THE USUAL SPRING AILMENTS We have a full line of spring tonic Sassaparilla compound- ed with Potassium Sodide, Iron, Cascara and Celery Tonic Peptanio, a combination of Petonized Iron, Malt ff Manganese and Cod Liver Extract, a Reconstructive gf Tonic for enriching the blood, building the strength and 5 improving the health generally at the Rexall Store. COTTONWOOD PHARMACY THEO. F. SCHAECHER, Druggist WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE >? ACCELERATOR DOES YOUR ENGINE @ PICK UP AS QUICKLY AS WHEN NEW If Not Why Not? Compression is probably bad. Valves need grinding. Cylinder rings in bad shape. You are probably losing fhe power that should be used to propell your car. We are making old cars as good as new every day Our Garage is Open Sundays and Evenings SOUTH & FRICK PHONE PACIFIC 562 Special Attention We have been informed by the Delco Light headquarters at Dayton, Ohio of a new addition in the Delco Light family, namely The 500 Watt Delco Plant THIS PLANT IS BUILT FOR LARM LIGHT- ING AND CAN SUSTAIN THE MOST RIGID INVESTIGATION. THE 500 WATT IS BUILT IN TWO TYPES 508 with 80 hr. amp. battery $465.00 516 with 160 hr. amp. battery $580.00 COTTONWOOD DELIVERY Farmers you can with either one of these plants operate a churn, washing machine, pump- ing plant, fan your grain, have lights everywhere on your farm. You then feel safer and can en- HVITUTUIUIVUVUEUCRUUNEEER08UTOUVOOOUEUOULUGUUUOOUARUUUOEOUOEIEOTAARARAEUUOUUEUEUCUGUOAEAUOOAO UE eT joy life Hardware 7 Mahuad Will soer be buzzing around and making life miserable for those who haven’t ther homes fitted with screen doors, windows and porches. As a comfortable and temper keeper, what other one thing can you name that beats screens. There's a lot of other things one can do without in the summer but the man or woman who puts up with a lot of tormenting flies and mosquitoes is a martyr in- deed. And there’s really no need of it, for at the price we are making on screens of all kinds, every mother’s son of us can afford to protect our families this way. Glad to give you estimates any time you'll drop in Hussman Lumber Co. “HOME BUILDERS” Remember June 19 to 24 is Cot- tonwood’s Chautauga Dates | Measure Provides Cash Bonus of $1.00 to $1.25 a Day For World War Veterans. Washington.—The soldier relief bill was passed by the house, 289 to 92, and sent to the senate, Forty republicans and 62 democrats voted against the bill on the final roll call, Several of the prominent men of the house opposed the bill, including Unele Joe Cannon, Representative Foss, chair- man of the republican congressional committee; Representative Flood, Vir- sinia, chairman of the democratic con- gressional committee; Representative Garner, Texas, democratic whip; Chair man Good of the apprépriations com- mittee; Chairman Kahn of California, of the military affairs committee, and Chairman Butler of the naval affaite committee. The bill provides a cash bonus for men who served in the military or naval forces during the world war of $1 a day for each day of service for men who did not go overseas, and $1.26 a day for each day of service for men who served overseas. No cash bonus for men who served in the Unit- | ed States is to exceed $500 and no bon- |us for men who served overseas is to | exceed $625. In leu of a cash bonus the service men may choose a paid up insurance | policy, federal aid in the purchase of a farm or suburban home, or vocation- al education. | "The cash bonus is not payable before January 1, 1921. The bill will now go to the senate, where it is not expected there will be any action upon it until after the national conventions. To pro- vide funds for the bonus the bill car- ries a schedule of new taxes which would become effective on December 1, 1920. The taxes provided include @ |10 per cent tax on stock dividends | siuce March 15, 1919, an increased tax of approximately 16 per cent on tobac- | co; a tax of 1-6 of 1 per cent on stock | exchange transactions and real estate | transfers. '9436,000,000 FIXED “AS NAVAL BUDGET | Washington.—Next year’s naval bud- | get was fixed at about $436,000,000 un- | der a complete agreement on the naval | appropriation bill reached by senate land house conferees. The original | house bill carried $426,000,000 and the }senate about $467,000,000. | The conferees agreed on $20,000,000 |for navy aviation, a compromise be- tween the $15,800,000 voted by the house and $25,000,000 by the senate. In Meu of the senate appropriation | of $1,000,000 to begin work on the new Pacific coast base in San Francisco bay, the conferees authorised a con- | gressional commission of five senators. and five representatives to investigate |avallable sites on San Francisco bay and report to congress not later than December 31. The Tongue Point submarine base ta the Columbia river near Astoria was | approved. 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