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* " k ^Established 1891. V v TRIUMPHANT ENm OF NEWPRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING DELIVERS SHORTEST INAUGURAL ADs DRESS ON RECORD. ! "SFRUIRF" W?S THE KEYNOTE IIIIW Ilk llblllVIk i: i y * t With the Induction of Womanhood Into Our Political Life We May exS pect Our Social Order Exalted. Washington, March 4.?President Harding' In his inaugural address said My countrymen, when one surveys the world about him after the great storm, noting the marks of destruction and, yet rejoicing in the ruggedness of the things which withstood it, if h? is an American, he breathes the clarified atmosphere with a strange mingling of regret and new hope. We haye Been world passion spend its fufy, hut we contemplate our republic unshaken and hold our civilisation secure. Liborty?liberty within the law ?and civilization are inseparable and though both were threatened, we find them now secure, and there comes to Americans the profound assurance that our representative government 1s -the highest expression and surest Kuiimniy or ooin. Rtandinp: In this presence, mindful of .the solemnity of this accasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until he senses the preat weight of - responsibility for himself, I must ' WARREN Q. HARDING ?| utter my belief In the divine inspiration of the founding fathers. Surely there must have been God's intent in ^ the making of this new world repub* lie, Ours is in organic law which had hut one ambiguity, and wo saw that effaced in a baptism of sacrifice and blood, with union maintained, the nation supreme. The recorded progress of our republic, materially and spiritually, in ltsfelf proves the wisdom of the inherited policy of non-involvement In old world affairs. Confident of our ability to work out our own destiny and jealously guarding our right to do so, we seek no part in directing the destinies of the old world. We do> not mean to be entangled. We will accept no responsibility except as our own conscience and, judgement in each instance may determine. Our eyes never will be blind to a developing menace, our ears never desjf to the call of civilization. We recbgnize the new order of the world, with the closer contacts which pro greas nas wrought. We sense the call of the American people. *' America is ready to encourage eager to initiate, anxious to participate in any seemly program likely to lessen the probability of war and promote that brotherhood of mankind which must he God's highest conception of human relationship. We must understand that ties of trade bind nations in closest intimacy tnd none may receive except as he gives. We have not strengthened ours in accordance with our resources or our genius, notably on our own continent, where a galaxy or republic reflect the glory of new world democracy. but In the new order of finance <4r and trade we mean to promote enlarged activities and seek expanded confidence. Our supreme task is the rflgumption of our onward, normal ways. Reconstruction readjustment, restoration?all these must follow. I would like to have them. If it will lighten Harding Meets Correspondents. Washington.?Just before his call at the White House. Mr. Harding received the Washington correspondents telling them he had made the appointment not because he had any news to give but because he wanted to begin his friendship with them while he still was nothing more than a member of their own profession. He assured them that they always would be welcome at the executive mansion And declared that all he asked was wis application of the golden rule on toth sides. "* . The prayer for America la for industrial peace, with its rewards, wJdel/ and generally distributed amid the inthe spirit and add to the resolution with which we take up the task, let me repeat for our nation, we shall give no people just cause to make war upon us. We hold no national prejudices, we entertain no spirit of revenge, we do not hate, we do not covet; we dream of no conquest nor boast of armed progress. If. despite this attitude, war Is again forced upon u?i I earnestly hope a way may be found which will unify our individual and collective strength and consecrate all America, materially and spirtually, body and soul, to national defense. There is something inherently wrong, something out of I accord with the ideals of representative democracy when one portion of our citizenship turns its activity to private gain amid defensive war while I another is fighting, sacrificing or dying for national preservation.. Out of such universal service will come a new unity of spirit and purpose, a new confidence and consecra! tinn whlrh wnnlH wobo I Impregnable, our triumph assured. With the nation-wide induction of ! womanhood into our political life, we ; may count upon her intuitions, her refinements, her intelligense and her lnj fluence to exalt the social order. We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the I duties of. citizenship to speed the at| tainmentB of the highest state. I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from | within than it is watchful against I enemies from without. Our fundaj mental law recognizes no class, no | group, no section. There must i>e ; none in legislation or administration. The supreme inspiration is the common weal. Humanity hungers for international peace and we crave it with all mankind. My most reverent J CALVIN COOLIDGE spiratlons of equal opportunities. The forward course of the business cycle in unmistakable. Peoples are turninK from destruction to produci tion. Industry has sensed the changj ed order and our own people are turning to resume their normal onward way. The call is for productive America to go on. I know that congress nnd the administration will favor every wise government policy to nid the resumption and encourage continued progress. Service is the supreme commitment of life. I would rejoice to acclaim tho era of the golden rule and crown it with the autocracy of service. I pledge an administration wherein all the agencies of government are called to serve and ever promote an understanding of government purely as an expression of the papular will. One cannot stand in this presence and be unmindful of the tremendous responsibility. The world upheaval has added heavily to our tasks. But with the realization comes the surge of high resolve, and there is re-assurance in belief in the Ood given destiny of our republic. If 1 felt that there is to he sole responsibility in the executive for the Amorica of tomorrow. I should shrink from the burden. But here are a hundred millions, with common concern and shared responsibility, answerablo to Ood nnd country. Tho republic summons them to their duty and I invite cooperation. I accept my part with single-mindedness of purpose and humanity of spirit and implore the favor and guidance of Ood in His Heaven. With these, I am unafraid and confidently fnce the future. I i nave taken the solemn oath of office on that pnssnge of holy writ 1 wherein it Is asked: "What doth the T..ord require of thee hut do justly and to love mercy and walk humbly j with thy God. This I plight to God and countryWar Damage Claims Filed. Washington.?Claims for war damj ages filed against Germany by Amorl* jean citizens were reported to the senate by President Wilson. The principal losses as enumerated were $<10,000,000 for privately owned | cargoes lost by submarine warfare. IS5.0S4.613 as losses to Insurance companies and the government's war risk bureau, and $101,147,346 for I American owned properties in Ger; many. One oil company asked $30,000.000 reparations for destruction ot I its property in Rumania. # r ... . V . V ^ ? For' FORT Mil INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT HARDING. America Anxious to Participate in Any Seemly Program Likely to Lessen Probability of War and Promote World Peace. ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSEL Make Offensive Warfare So Hateful That Governments and Peoples Who Resort to It Must Prove the Righteousness of Their Cause or Stand as Outlaws Before Bar of Civilization. " Washington.?The Inaugural Addross of President Warren G. Harding was as follows: My countrymen?When one surveys j the world about him after the great j storm, noting the marks of destruction and yet rejoicing in the rugged- j noss of the things which withstood j it, if lie Is an American he breathes the clarified atmosphere with a strange mingling of regret ami new hope. We have seen a world passion spend Its fury, but we contemplate a republic unshaken and hold our civilization secure. Liberty?liberty within the law ?and civilization are inscpnrated, and, thc.ugh both were threatened, we find them now secure; and there conies to Americans the profound assurance that our representative government Is the highest expression and surest guaranty of both. Standing in this presence, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until lie senses the great weight of responsibility for himself, I must titter my belief in the divine inspiration of the founding fathers. Surely I Mere IllUSl Iiavw IIBiMl tiOlI'S inttMlt In tin' making of this new world republic. Ours Is nn organic law which had but one ambiguity, and we saw tlint effaced In a baptism of sacrifice and blood, with union maintained, the nation supreme and Its concord inspiring. We have seen the world rivet its hopeful gaze on the great truths on which the founders wrought. We have "seen civil, human and religious J liberty verified and glorified. In the I beginning, the old world scoffed at our I experiment; today our foundations of | political and social belief stand unshaken, a precious Inheritance to ourselves, an inspiring example of freedom and civilization to nil mankind. I.et us express renewed and strengthened devotion In grateful reverence for the immortal beginning and titter our confidence in the supreme fulllllinent. Progress Proves Wisdom The recorded progress of our republic, materially and spiritually, it neir proves me wisdom of t!?*? inherited policy of non-envnlvemcnt in old world affairs. Confident of our ability to work out our own destiny ami Jealously guarding our right to do so, we seek no part In directing the destinies of the old world. We do not mean to be entangled, we will accept i no responsibility except as our own i conscience and judgment, In each in- | Stance, may determine. Our eyes never will bo blind to n developing menace, our ears never ] deaf to the call of civilization. We | recognize the new order in the world. I with the closer contacts which prog- ! ress has wrought. We sense the call ' of file human heart for fellowship, fraternity and co-operation. We crave : friendship and harbor no bate. Hut America?our America, the America huilded on the foundation laid by the ! inspired fathers, can be a party to no permanent military alliance. It can enter into no political commitments, nor assume any economic obligations | which will subject our decisions to ' any other than our own authority. I am sure our own people will not i misunderstand, nor will the world j misconstrue. We have no thought to i impede the paths to closer relationship. We wish to promote understand- i ing. We want to do our part in tank- j lug offensive warfare so hateful that J governments and peoples who resort j to it must prove the righteousness of j their cause or. stand as outlaws be- * s - *1. 1 - line nil* i'iir "i ciMii/.auon. Association for Counsel We nri' reudv to associate ourselves with the nations of the world, great ami small, for -conference, for counsel, to seek the expressed views of world opinion ; to recommend a way to approximate disarmatirnt and re- i lleve the crushing hardens of military j and naval establishment*. We elect to participate in suggesting plans for mediation, conciliation and arldtra- 1 lion and would gladly Join In that i expressed conscience of progress which seeks to clarify and write the laws of international relationship and I establish a world court for the tils- ! position of such Justlelble questions as nations are agreed to submit 1 thereto. In expressing aspirations in seeking practical plans. In translating humanity's new concept of righteousness and justice and its hatred of war j into recommended action we are ! ready most heartily to unite, hut every commitment must he made In the exercise of our national sovereignty. Since freedom Impelled and independence inspired and nationally exulted a world super-government is contrary V ; ij " ' a r Mi jL, S. 0., THURSDAY, MARC to everything we cherish nnd can bnve f no sanction by onr republic. This Is i not selfishness: It Is sanctity. It Is | not aloofness; It Is security. Jt- Is i not suspicion of others; It Is patriotic | adherence to the things which fnade i us what we are. . Todny, letter than ever before, we know the aspirations of human kind and shnre them. We have come to a ! new realization of our place in "the | world and new appraisal of our nation ' by the world. The unselfishness of I these United States Is a thing proven, j our devotion to peace for ourselves and for the 'world is well established, our concern for preserved civilization has had its Impassioned and heroic expression. There was no American failure to resist the attempted reversion of civilization, there will he no failure todny or tomorrow - - Rests on Popular Will The success of our popular govern: I ment rests wholly upon the correct In- i terpretatlon of the deliberate, intelll- | gent, dependable popular will of Ainer- I icn. In a deliberate questioning of a suggested change of national policy j where Internntlonality was to super- | cede natlonadity we turned to a refer- ! etidutn to the American people. There j was nmplc discussion, and there Is a l public mandate in manifest understanding. r America Is ready to encourage, eager to Initiate, anxious to participate In ; any seemly program HKely to lessen the probability of war and promote that brotherhood of mankind which must he God's highest conception of human relationship. Because we cherish Ideals of Justice and peace, because we appraise international comity ami helpful relationship no less highly than any people of the world, we aspire to a high place In moral j leadership of civilization, and we hold j maintained America, the proven republic, the unshaken temple of representative democracy, to he not only an In- ! it111'11 anu ?'.\tini|iiia( out.me iiignpsi agency of strengthening t ood w ill and promoting nceord on both continents. Mankind needs a world wide benediction of understanding- It Is needed among Individuals, among peoples, among governments, and It will Inaugurate an era of good "feeling to mark a birth of n new order. Such understanding men will strive confidently for the promotion of their better relationships and nations will promote the comity so essential to peace. Trade Ties Bind Closely We must understand that ties of trade hind nations in closest Intimacy and none may receive except 'as he gives. We have not strengthened ours I in accordance with our resources or! our genius, notably on our own continent, where a galaxy of republics' retlect the glory of new world democracy, but la the new order of tin mice nod ! trade we mean to promote .enlarged activities and seek expanded confidence. Perhaps we enn make no more helpful contribution by example than prove a republic's capacity to emerge from the wreckage of war. While the world's embittered travail did not i leave us devastated lands nor desolate I cities, left no gaping wounds, no breast with bate, it did involve us in tlie delirium of expenditure, in expanded currency and credits, in unbalanced industry, in unspeakable waste and disturbed relationships. While it uncovered our portion of hateful selfishness at home. It also revealed the heart of America as sound and fearless and beating In confidence unfailing. Amid it n 11 we have rlvited the gaze <>f all civilization to the unselfishness and the righteousness of representative democracy where our freedom lias never made offensive warfare, has never sought territorial aggrandizement through force, never lias turned to the arbitrament of arms until reason lias been exhausted. When the governments of the earth shall have estnhr lished a freedom like ,our OWJ>?nu<l shall have sanctioned the pursuit of peace as we have practiced it, I believe the last sorrow and the final Sacrifice of International warfare will have been written. . Our supreme tusk is the resumption of our onward, normal way. Reconstruction, readjustment, restoration? all these must follow. I woutd'-Hke to hasten tliem if it will lighten rtm spirit and add to the resolution with which we lake up the task. I-et me repeat: For our nation we shall give no people Just cause to make war upon us, we hold no national prejudices, we entertain no spirit of revenge, we do not hate, we do not covet, we dream of no conquest nor boast of armed prowess. If, despite litis atUU|tler<-w^r,' Is again forced upon us I earnestly hope a way may he found which will nnlfv ..<i- I...II..1.1....I .....i JT.g 1IK<I<1<IIUI1 iiiki anivi'livc strength and consecrate all America materially and spiritually,. body and soul, to national defense. I ran vision the ideul republic where every man and woman is railed under the flag for assignment to duty for whatever service, military or civic, the individual Is best fitted ; where we may call to universal service every plant, agency or facility, all in the sublime sacrifice for country, and not one penny of war profit shall Inure to the benefit of private Individual, corporation or combination, but all uhovc the normal shall flow Into the defense chest of the nation There Is something Inherently wrong, something out of accord with the Ideals of representative democracy when one portion of onr citizenship turns Its activities to prl\nte gain amid defensive war while another Is fighting, sacrificing or dying for national preservation. Unity of Spirit and Purpose Out of such universal service will come a new unity of spirit and purpose, n new confidence and consecra 'W LL T H 10, 1921 * * >-- * * RESTS ON POPULAR WILL * * * The success of our popular gov- * ernment rests wholly upon, the * correct interpretation of the de- * liberate, intelligent, dependable * popular will of America. In a * deliberate questioning of a sug- * gested change of national policy * where internationality was to su- * percede nationality we turned to * a^ referendum to the American * people. There was ample discus sion, and there is a public man- V date in manifest understanding. * * ** ** * *** ***** tloil. Which wmilil mntn <i"' impregnable, * our triumphs assured. Then wo should have little or no disorganization of our econotnle, Industrial and connnerclal systems at home: no staggering war debts, no swollen fortunes to flout the sacrifices of our soldiers, no excuse for sedition, no pitiable slnckerisui, no outrage of treason, envy and jealousy would have no soil for their menacing development, and revolution would lie without the passion which engenders It; n regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks rif today. War never left such an aftermath, and there has been stnggering loss of life and measureless wastage of materials. Nations are still groping for return to stable ways. Discouraging Indebtedness confronts us like all the war-torn nations, and f^iese obligations must be provided for. No civilization can survive repudiation. , We can reduce the abnormal expenditures, end we will; we can strike lit war taxation, and we must. We must face-the grim necessity, with f.ill " - * *?.. mn/n IIIUI lilt* Ul^K IS 1" solved, and we must proceed xvlth a Cull realization that no statute enacted can repeal the Inexorable laws of nature. Our most dangerous tendency Is to expect too much of government. and at the same time do for it too little. We contemplate the Immediate task of putting our public household In order. We need a rigid and yet sane economy combined with final Justice, and It must be attended by individual prudence and thrift, which are so essential to this trying hour and reassuring for the future. Reflection of War's Reaction The business world reflects the disturbance of war's reaction. Herein -flows the life blood of material existence. ' The economic mechanism Is Intricate and its parts interdependent, and hus suffered the shocks ami Jars incident to abnormal demands, credit inflations' and price upheavals. The normal balances have been impaired. The channels of distribution have been clogged, the fixations of labor and1 managerrtetit have been strained. We must seek the readjustment with care and courage. Our people must give Mind take. Prices must reflect the reNvdlng fe.vor of war activities. Per ?.... ....... -Minn Know mo old levels of wage -again, because war Invariably, readjusts compensations, and the necessaries of life will show their inseparable relationship, hut we must strive for normalcy to reach stability. All the penalties will not he light nor j evenly dlstrj'huied. There Is no way of making.them. so. There Is no Instant steps from disorder to order. We must face a condition of grim reality, charge off our losses and start afresh. ' It Is the oldest lesson of civilization. ! I would like government to do all it I can to mitigate, then. In understandi ing, In mutuality, of Interest, of cbni pern for the common good, our tasks I will he solved. No -altered system | will work a miracle; any wild experlI meat will only add to the confusion. | Our best assurance lies in eflldent administration of our present system. From Destruction to Production The forward course,of the business ; cycle Is unmistakable. Peoples are l turning from destruction to producj tlon. Industry has sensed the changed | order, and our own people are turning i to resume their normal, onward way. I The call is for productive Ajnerlca to go on. I knujv that Congress add the l-ndmliilstratliip will favor every wise J-government policy to aid the resump| tlon and encourage continued progress. I speak for administrative efllclcncy, j for lightened tux hardens, for sound I commercial practices, for adequate I credit facilities, for sympathetic eon| cefn for all agricultural problems, for the omission'oft unnecessary '.interferetice of government with business, for egn end to government's experiment in | business and for more elliclent business ' in government administration. With ! ajl of this 1111191 attend a mindfulness of the human side of all activities, so ! tint* social", industrial and economic justice will he squared with the purposes of a righteous j pie. With tfie nation-wide Induction of wmiiaiihi>od Into-our political life we may : count upon her intuitions, her refinements, her intelligence and her Influence to exalt the social order. We | count upon her exercise of the full 1 privileges and.the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state. ' Prayer for Industrial Peace ^1 wish for an America no less nlert | lii guarding against dangers from with1 it* than it is watchful against enemies j fljum without. Our fundamental law I recognizes no class, no group, no secI tlpn. There must he none In legislation or administration. The supreme inspiration is tin; common weal, llu inanity hungers for International pence, and we huve.it With all mankind. M> most'feve^eht prayer for America 1> for industrial peace, with its reward? I widely and geuerully distributed auili v ' * J. jfefcS&'l 1MES . 1 ' itte inspirations of equal opportunity. No one Justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us whatwe are. We have mistaken unpreparedness to embrace It to he a chal-lenge of the reality, aud due concern for making all citizens fit for participation will give added strength of citizenship and magnify our achievement. If revolution Insists on overturning established order let other peoples make the tragic experiment. There is no place for It In America. | When world war threatened civilization we pledged our resources and our lives to our preservation, and when revolution threatens we unfurl the flag of law and order and renew our consecration. Ours is a constitutional freedom where the popular will Is the law supreme and minorities are sacredly protected. Our revisions, reformat Ion.s and evolutions rellect a deliberate judgment and an orderly progress, and we mean to cure our ills, but never destroy or permit destruction by force. I had rather submit our Industrial controversies to the conference table in advance than to a settlement table after conflict and suffering. The earth l? tl.lt-.Ml.,.. ? 1WI lilt* 011(1 III gOO<l Will. Understanding its fountain source, 1 woulil like to acclaim an era of gorul feeling ntnld dependable prosperity and all the blessings which attend. Protection of Industries It has hoen proved again and again that we cannot while throwing our markets open to the world maintain American standards of living and opportunity and hold our Industrial eminence In such unequal competition. There Is a luring fallacy In the theory of banished harriers of trnde, hut preserved American standards require our higher production costs to lie retlectcd In our tariffs on Imports. Today as never before, when peoples are seeking 1 trade restoration and expansion, \\? must adjitst our tariff to the new or der. We seek participation In the world's exchanges because therein lies our way to widened Intluence and the triumphs of peace. We know full well we cannot sell where we do not buy, and we cannot sell successfully where we do not carry. Opportunity Is calling not alone for the restoration, hut for a new era la production, transportation and trade. We shall answer It best by meeting the demand of a surpassing home market by promoting self reliance In production and by bidding enterprise, genius and elllelency to carry our cargoes In American bottoms to the marts of the world. An America of Homes We would not have an America living within and for herself alone, hut we would have herself reliant. Independent and even nobler, stronger and richer, Hollering In our higher standards, retired through constitutional liberty and mantulned opportunity, we In vlte the world to the same heights. > Uut pride In things wrought Is no reIlex of a completed tusk. Common welfare Is the goal of our national endeavor. Wealth Is inimical to welfare; It ought to he Its friendliest j agency. There never can he equality J of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of Industry and thrift. Hut ours ought to be a country free from great blotches of distressed property. We ought to find a way to guard against the perils and penalties I of unemployment. We want an Amerl- I en iff homes, Illumined with hope and happiness, where mothers, freed from i the necessity for long hours of toil beyond their own doors, may preside a) befits the hearthstone of American citizenship. We want the cradle of American childhood rocked under conditlonA 1 SO wllol?Kllflli> Mint so l...l???f?,l !...? Plight may touch ll in its development, j and wo want to provide tlint no saltish ] interest, no material necessary, no lack of opportunity shall prevent the gaining of that education so essential to best citizenship. There is no short cut to the making of these ideals Into glad realities. The world lias witnessed again and again the futility and tins mischief of Hi considered remedies for social and economic disorders. Hut we are mindful today as never before of the friction of modern Industrialism, and we must learn its causes and re' dure Its evil consequences by sober nntS tested methods. Where genius has I made for great possibilities Justice and happiness must lie reflected in u greater common welfare. Service the Supreme Commitment Service is the supreme commitment i of life. I would rejoiee to acclaim the era of the Golden Hide and crown It ! with the autocracy of service. I pledgo i an administration wherein nil the I agencies of government are called to 1 serve and ever promote an understand- I ing of government purely as an expression of tlie popular will. One cannot stand in this presence j una I,.. ni....i...ir..i ..r .1... .? .....I. wi lilt- lOMMCIXIOIIS responsibility. The world's upheaval lias been added liciivll.v to our tusks, Itut with tlx* ri'iill/.atioti mixes tlx! surge of high resolve, mxl tlietv Is r??ass urn tire In belief In the (!o<| given destiny of our republic. If I felt that there Is to he sole responsibility In the exeeutlve for the Atnerlea of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden. Itut here are a hundred millions, with cummon concern and shared responsibility answerable to (Sod and country. Tlx* republic summons them to their duty, ami I Invite co-operation. I accept my part wth single mlndedness of purpose and humility of spirit and Implore ?>.e favor and guidance of (Sod In ids heaven. With these I am unafraid and confidently face the future. I have ' taken the solemn oath of olilce on that passage of Iloly Writ wherein it is asked: ' "What doth the I*ord require of thee < but to do Justly nml to love mercy und t to walk humbly with thy (Jod?" This I 1 plight to God and country. II ... V, ^ ' V ** ?pr- ^ .. ? - *T r ?& *.[.. "* - , q > :. -v'* x " J $1.75 Per Yfcu\ I PETRQGRAD IS IN 1 HANDS OF REBELS ' ARMED PEASANTS IN CONTROl. OF GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS OF VORONEZH AND TAMBOV. PROBABLE FLIGHT OF LENINE Late Dispatches Confirm Report ThstJy Soviet Government is Facing Situation of Extreme Gravity. ? Paris.?Russian bolshevik forces have boon driven out of Ornnienbaum, a town on the southern shore of the gulf of Finland. 19 miles west of Petrograd. by naval units from Kronstadt. says a dispatch from Vilborg. Warships have gone up the Neva river and landed contingents of sailors in Petrograd. where part of a garrison lias joined the revolutionaries. Soviet leaders are teritled and Nikolai Lenine. bolshevik premier, and M. Trotsky are preparing for flight, says a Reval dispatch to the Matin. AntiBolshevik Leader Antonoff. at the head of 50,000 armed peasants, is declared to be in control of the government of Voronezh and Tambov, in southern IluHsin and it is said that tliis fact makes it impossible to re-victual the northern sections of the country I Late dispatches from various sources contlrm reports that the soviet government of Russia is facing a situation of extreme gravity. Harding Owns Burial Ground. Lancaster, ().?By a peculiar land grant. President Harding becomes owner of a one acre tract of land Just west of Lancaster that he may use for liis burial ground only. According to court record here, the tract was deeded 100 years ago by Nathaniel Wilson, a pioneer farmer or rairneiu county. to President Andrew Jackson and to his successors in office, to bo used as their burial ground only. President Harding is the 23rd president to be notified of his burial privilege. Tito donor died in 1836. German Proposals Rejected. London.?Allied troops will march into Germany in accordance with the decision of the allies to inflict on Germany the penalties provided for because of the non-fulfillment of her reparations obligations, it was announced officially. After the Germans left the conference the French, British and Belgian premiers telegraphed orders for the immediate occupation by the allied troops of Ruhovt, Duisburg #nd Dusseidorf. Obregon is Well Pleased. mtixH-o ? ny.?r>o iar as Mexico Is concerned President Harding's Inaugural address contained nothing for criticism, declared President Obregon to the foreign newspaper correspondents. He described the speech as "conceived in a splendid spirit for the people of the world; highly instructive and highly moral." Chamberlain May Land Job. Washington.?George H. Chamberlain. Oregon, war-time chairman of the senate military committee, who retired as democratic senator was called into conference by President Harding. The understanding is that the president discussed with him his possible appointment to some government position. Ask U. S. for Necessaries. Paris.?"The Russian parliamentary committee In Paris" sent messages to President Harding and Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, solicting help In the form of food and other necessaries for the anti-holsheviki in Kronstadt and Petrograd. Outrages in Georgia. Atlanta. Oa.?A negro Indgo building was dynamited and a fire believed to be of incendiary origin leveled to the ground the cotton ginnery of It E. Fullllove at High Shoals, Oconoo county. ; Killed the Wrong Man. Dublin.?The belief Is general hero that the ambush in Clonhanin in which fionnrril Ciimminn ?-na Irllled was purposed for Maj. f!cn Sir Rdward Strickland, commander of the crown fore s In Munster. Many Cigars From Philippines. Manila, I* I?Shipments of cigars from the Philippine islands to tho United States during 1020, showed an increase of 6o.102.fil6 over 1919, according to the annnsl report of tho bureau of internal revenue. Spill for Bride and Groom. West Palm Peach, Fla.?A. R. Mo Mullen, flying in an aeroplane from Tampa with a bride on a honeymoon trip, turned the plane over in attempting a landing here. Bargain Prices for Meata. Chicago.?The present wholesale quotations of beef, pork and lamb represents bargain prices as compared with the prices prevailing a few months ago. according to a statement Issued by the American Institute of Meat Packers.