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Show MoIUilKu 1 House Agrees to Senate H Demand and Bill H Is Passed H Washington, Aug. 15. Pensions W for' thousands of veterans, held up by H disagreement between the house and H senate over the $160,000,000 pension MMm appropriation bill may be paid Sat- Mmm urday. B The house has agreed to the Ben- H ate's demand to abolish tho eighteen MM outlying pension agencies on Febru- MM ary 1, 1913, and passed the bill, with MM one minor amendment, which will bp MM adjusted President Taft is expected MM to sign it immediately. MW Checks for all the back pensions MM are readv for mailing at the agencies MM As soon" as President Taft signs the MM bill, all agencies will be notified by MMm telegraph to release the checks. Of- MMm flcials estimate that overv pensioner MMM in the United States ought to have a MM check bv next Tuesday at the latest MM Delav'in passing the bill has caused H much distress among the nations H dependents , , t, mW New York veterans with no other IM support havo been obliged to go to MM charitable institutions. MM |