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Show f- 4. Washington Notes WASHlNOTOK, Peb. 17. Twenty stat. will Join with Wisconsin' In challenging before the supreme court 1-Vhriiury L'S the rmbt of tho Interstate Inter-state common,- commlaslbtl to regulate regu-late state rates under rTto transportation transporta-tion act. it was announced today ati. i a two-days" conference her.- Of attorney attor-ney generals of twelve st.i'. - . I :it M v is SCHOOItS. WASHINGTON'. Feb. 17 The study of German, barred from tho schools ,' Washington in 1917 through action ac-tion of congress, will be resumed next year. The board of education today announced it had opprpved text books I., be used COLD STOR .l I w WASHINtiTON. Keb. 17 Tin conference con-ference report on the bill for government gov-ernment regulation of cold storage was adopted today by the senate without with-out discussion or a roll call. It now goes td the house for final approval. SMOOT PI2AR.H LOSSES WAS11INGTDN. Feb. 17 Knor-mous Knor-mous income ta.v losses to the government govern-ment will reshlt fro mthe treasury department rilling allowing reductions lot losses of intangible assets, including includ-ing "Kood will." tho 8"nate Was told ediiesday by Senators I'Velinghuy -sen. Republican, few .Jersey and Bntoot, Republlconi Utath. The Utah senator estlrna tSd the (dgS at l.tiiui.ijini.oiHi annually but Senator Frellnghuysen said the total would run from two billions to four billions and that the principal losses wire being be-ing charged off by liquor dealers, ' brewers, Wholesalers and others as a result of the prohibition laws. VTTAi iv ON DAWES WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. An lndl- n . t attack "Ii Cb irlva ;. I i.i w es. (ion - i eral Pershing's former supply replace- I ment chief In France, was made In j I tho house by Chairman Graluim Of Ihe general war InviStlgatlng Commit- j I te in a'5000 word speech on wartime . waste. "The carefully staged performance recently brought to our attention where ono high in the councils of thi.- administration limit and swears and swears and strut. and throws about the miserable grafter and incompetent in-competent official tlii. sheltering mati-'. mati-'. ' of the gloruous deeds of our b.iyt across tho seas," ho declared. U'-fHrnmi U'-fHrnmi to the st.it. m- ml of Mr. I 'aw s thai investigating committees were 'dealing with wu.tir already over the bun, Mr. Graham declared the water Was going over now and that there WOS more 0Ut-and-OUt rascality In I . government since the war than e . . -during the W),ir. M DOO I'l l A LOS1 WASHINGTON, Keb. 17. At the state department it was said that n petition for American recognition of Lithuania filed by W. O. McAdoo. President Wilson's son-in-law. would not alter the attitude of the administration adminis-tration that thre should be na partitioning par-titioning of Hussia until the Russian pSopls bad established a permanent , n i.'rnmont and decided the question I for themselves. w RAKGXiE i Ell SPENDING. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 There was a wrangle in the house today between Representative Mondsll of Wyoming. Republican leader, and Representative Representa-tive Byrnes of South Curollna. s Democratic Dem-ocratic member of the appropriations committee, as to what the total ,n.-proprlatlons ,n.-proprlatlons for the fiscal year ltiJi would be. Mr. Mondell declared that by shaving $1,210,416,298 off departmental depart-mental estimates, tho house had been sblo to put appropriations for next year $100,000,000 below the total for the current twelve, months, Rcpre-eontutlvo Rcpre-eontutlvo Uyrnes replied that While the bills a passed by the house showed show-ed a reduction of $97,000,000. th bills passed by the senate showed an In- i create of $239,000,000. I I'M. Ml R s n vri K. H URQ WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 - Attorney General Palmer before the Bsnats J"-i dlclnr committee Wednesday declared declar-ed trm report o f twelve lawyers on de- partnmnt of Justice radical raids as submitted by tho Popular Government Govern-ment leagu. to be "p.irt of the strategy strat-egy employed by a paid attorney d-fendlng d-fendlng Aaalvtant Secrotary of Lubo-Pot." Lubo-Pot." The report. which attacked the conduct of the ranis Mr P.,lmrr -aid was the work of the ' pnid attornev" and was signed b tome of the com mlttea of twelve without personal knowledge of it contenta Wltneeses. said by Mr. Palmer In I " V '.TL10 b lwyers dfendin I ns h. I ! for d. por.atlon. bad rht 1 testimony which. he declared, "only another evidence of propaganda j against the department of Justice" based on falsehood and misunderstanding." misunder-standing." 'Each Case cited." he .said, "hnsl been Investigated and the conditions.) alleged are found to be unwarranted by the facts." Jv |
