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Show 1 , 4 News In Brief From Washington W AS II I NO T IN, Jan - 'J The house voted today to authorize the e -rctary of state to accept the offer of the residence of J. P. Morgan in London Lon-don ns an American embassy. Ac- 1 eptanee of the gift was proposed by I Keprcsentatlvc Walsh. Republican. I Massachusetts. Th.- house also voted to appropriate 'lino.ooo for th purchase of an cm-bassy cm-bassy in Parla. Both propositions wero loffered aamendments to the dliilo-mntlc dliilo-mntlc and consular bill. Th auiendraent for the aOQulsltlon 'of the property for the I'arls embassy was offered by Reprassntatiye Long- 'worth, RSpublicana hlo. who aitld 'that on account of Die prevailing rates I of exchange, property ordinarily costing cost-ing approximately $500,000 coord be j purchased for $160,000, GENERAL t RNSURED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Secretary Daniels was aroused today by testimony test-imony tflven before a house upproprla-Itlbns upproprla-Itlbns sub-committee by Brlgailler-Qeneral Brlgailler-Qeneral William Mitchell, chief of the army air serVii e, to the eftecl that battleships wen- practically rendered 'useless by aircraft development. l waa IndlOatsd that the nov.'il secret. iry might formally challenge General Mit-ichcii's Mit-ichcii's utterahci 1 in a communication to Beoretary Bak r Press ticcouniM Indicated, the secretary secre-tary ssid, thut the army man was at-temlptlnsj at-temlptlnsj to Qualify as "a nuvaJ ex-jPCrt." ex-jPCrt." ' "The nsrVv department fs not serl-lously serl-lously 1 oiimkK ting 'Admiral Mitchell's IsugKestion that former transports be convertefl into airplane ahipa." lis said. MOBS Bt itN SI ROOI WASHINGTON, Jan, 29. Further polltlcul disturbances in Guatemala are , described in unofficial advices re- CelVed here today. A mob gained such headway January In Guatemala 1 'ity, it wits stated, as to burn down the school of rnedlclne before the Police Po-lice could get control. Former Pres. Estrada Cabrera had been removed from the place where he has been detained since his deposition, deposi-tion, lo the old fortress of San Jose on the outskirts of the capital. IOWS IX) I.IUMI Rf WASHINGTON, Jun. 28. Two new corporation's under federal charter to provide personal credit for agriculturists agricultur-ists were pioposcd in a bill introduced today by Senator Ko-nyon, Republican, i Iowa, who said he hoped for Its en- actment at the next session of con-l gress. 1 "ne would be a rural credit society,' with $25,000,000 capital and the other an insurance corporation to loan money mon-ey to farmers. SUite branches of the credit society and small cominunii branches oi farmers also are proposed. i II N D DEAU R'6 BOOKS. WASHINGTON. 'Jan. 29. Randall K. Brown, a wholesale coal man of I Omaha, was ordered today by the sen-late sen-late manufactures' committee to pro-Iduec pro-Iduec records of all his coal sales and purchases during 192. Ho appeared lo oppose the Colder regulation bill, but professed inability to answer definitely def-initely as to cost, selling price and freight charges on his $1,260,000 annual an-nual business. Chairman IviFollette .Insisted that the entire record bo I brought to Washington. i.l KM RXPJ HI B UUIKD. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Emmanuel Emman-uel Ijisker, noted chess player. has been denied permission to visit this country en route to Havana for a world's championship match with CSS-1 lublanca. It was said at the state department de-partment today that Leaker's application applica-tion for passport vise to permit hlnij ito visit this country had been refused, I under the ruling denying permission; to German nationals to enter the tout)-' try unless H, showng was made jusll- j fylng waiving the restriction Lask-er's Lask-er's application merely stated that he desired to renew friendships hero. TRADE ITH IflNA WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S The Dyer bin for Incorporation ol tax exempt comipsjllss to promote trade with 4 hlnn was Indorsed today by SeCrotar) Alexander as emcregncV legislation. "American trade In China should be placed on an eiual footing with foreign for-eign competition It Is forced to moel," I said Mr. Alexander in a communication communica-tion made iiubiic by Representative Dyer. "We are making a Btrenououa effort to support our merchant marine , and WS Should make a similar eifort to build up our business In China that the United States inuy benefit by de-l relopmont of Its resources." M MH WAR MINIS l l SR. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Enrique, Estrada has been appointed minister of war in Mexico, succeeding the late Benjamin Hill, the itate department was advised today by the American embassy. ol PICERS APPRO Bp WASHINGTON. Jan. 'y Thf senate sen-ate late loday confirmed the nomination nomina-tion of 5.000 junior officers of the army . The confirmations confirma-tions were the first of the pr-Kent so-ao-i ait.i were made in open session by unanimous consent. The nominations were presented by Senator Wadworth, of New York, chairman' of the military affairs committee. com-mittee. A majority of the officers nf- ' fected won then commissions on the battlefields of France. |