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MOTHER EARTH STILL SOUND AND SOLID Score* of Earthquakes Every Day No Cause For Alarm, Says The i Harvard Expert Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 1.?Thej spidemic o'f earthquakes that shook j the world in several widely separat-! id sections in recent weeks contains; no cause for general alarm; they j *re only the growing pains of the newer- geologic formations and old j Mother Earth herself at heart is! *till sound and solid. This, in effect,! is the reassuring statement of Prof.; -5. S. Woodworth, who is in charge | of the Harvard Seismographic Sta- j tion, as prepared for the Associated j Press. J Earthquakes have a way of occur-! ring in series, he said, and the world! has merely been suffering from an- j ather of these periodic strings of convulsions in the shocks reporleu rom Albania, China, and Peru. As ' 1 J * matter of fact there are a score ?f earthquakes strong enough to be felt or registered somewhere in the world every twenty-four* hours, but aaly a small proportion of them are serous. "The eastern part of the United States is not often visited with se wrp earthauakes. The only severe nes felt hereabouts since New Eng land was settled were in 1638 in 1727, and 1755, with a much lesser iae in 1872. "The shock of 1727 was so vigor sos that sermons were preached on *A Holy Fear of God and His Judg ments,' and a day of fasting and prayer was observed. The shock in I 1755 brought down 1500 chimneys J aad the gable ends of brick houses in Boston. ' i1 "About twenty earthquakes strong j tamugh to be felt or registered occur J. ?rery day in the year somewhere in , *i?o wnriH hut onlv a very small :j jiroportion of these are serious. The Sszward seismograph registers some |1 i /il1 ?gfity earthquakes a year, ch:efly vfetant ones from 2000 to 6000 miles j away." Why VA Suffer? ? fi~ cmtm "Did Wonders lor Me,w Declares This Lady. "I suffered for a long time with womanly weak ness," says Mrs. J. R Simpson, of 57 Spruce St., Asheville, N. C. " I unaiiy got to the place where it was an effort for me to go. I would have bearing-down pains in my side and back ? es pecially severe across my back, and down in my side there was a great deal of soreness. I was nervous and easily tip set. TAKE m CARDUI Woman's Tonic wl Cvtiui ibid decided' Up use it," con tinues MrX Simpson. "I saw shortly ft wm bene fiting me, so I fsept it up and it did v/onders for me. And since then I have been glad to praise ??1* ?? fbm hf5t e BI PB woman's tonic made/' Weak women need a tonic. Thousands and thousands, like Mrs. Simpson, have found Cardui of benefit torthem. Try Cardui for your trou ble. , if;.'* P ALL DRUGGISTS J. 80 PRESIDENT NOT TO ACT U IN SENTENCE OF DEBS j Woodrow Wilton Refutes to Com- J mute Ten Year Term?Conduct During War Barrier To Action. Washington, Feb.l?Recommenda tion by the department of justice | ? that the ten year sentence of Eu- J gene V. Debs, long a prominent So-1( cialist leader and now serving a sen- jc tence at Atlanta for violation of the j * war time espionage laws, be com-'r muted effective February 12 next, 1 Lincoln's birthday, was rejected to- 1 day by President Wilson and commu- c tation refused. The decision of the president came j * as no surprise because of his previous |1 refusals to intervene in the case on >8 the grounds that Debs sought to : ' handicap the government through op- ( position to the selective service act' during the war, and tnat tne grant-! ing of clemency in this case might j c induce similar factics on the part of others in the event of another war. 0 . ? c The case was reviewed by a special board now taking up all convictions under the espionage act and their J findings were indorsed by Attorney j General Palmer. The findings are un- j derstood to have put Debs eligible for j parole on August 9. The recommendation is understood * f to have suggested that Debs had been , adequately punished. j Petitions were presented several u months ago by union labor and So? v cialist leaders asking for the release of the man now 66 years old who. four times has been a candidate for ? president of the United States. The ? case has been consistently and bit-, i.?i- r i_i. 1 ^,,4. y tuny luugni/ uulii iii <tnu uut ui uic - courts ever since Debs was indicted and then convicted by a federal jury r' at Cleveland Oh-'o. September 12, = 1918, for violation of the espionage L act. Specifically the charges against him included attempting to incite in subordination in the military forces and obstructing recruiting. The case was appealed to the supreme court of the United States, which sustain ed the lower court on March 10, 1919 Chicago, Feb. 1.?The Socialist party, through its national organiza tions in Chicago, issued a statement today on the refusal of President Wil son to pardon Eugenve V. Debs and the supreme court decision in the Berger case. , ine supreme court in ordering a new trial for Victor Berger, J. Lewis Engdahl, William F. Kruse, Adolph German and Ex-win St. John Tucker confirmed what the Socialist party the five Socialist officials were tried the five ocialist officials were tried and convicted in an atmosphere of hysteria and prejudice that made a fair trial impossible. "The Socialists asserted three years ago, when the men were indicted and repeated two years ago, at the time of the trial, that the men were being punished not for specific acts, but solely and only for their work as members and officials of the Socialist party. "In other words, the Socialists de-| clare that the prosecution of the five 3 men, together with the prosecution. a of Eugene V. Debs and other espion-!3 age cases, were political trials, and1 a that the men are being punished forja political opposition to the dominant j g political party and for no other of- j 1J fense." j L The statement applauded the su-jD preme court decision as far as it re- B lated to Judge Landis and attacked |i the motives of that jurist. It thenjr turned to the Debs case, asserting I r tliat President Wilson had "refused |rj to recognize the fact that the hyste-j3 ria of the* war period is over and ; 3 that savage punishment for political j Jj heresy is out of date." jjj "Political trials, political prisoners 1 tj and punishment for political heresy,^ have always been out of place in ~ America, and this country will be a better place to live in when that j chapter is closed," said the conclud ing sentence of the statement. m WORKMEN ACCEPT A [ REDUCTON IN WAGES ^ urangc, in. j., jan. ou.?a p?=i j i, cent, decrease in wages was accept ed today by Hat Finishers' Local No. 4, of the Orange district. The men will return to the schedules of No-, vember 1919, $8 a day, instead of the ' $10 allowed by the new schedule.' Their decision resulted from a con-1 ference in New York of hat manu-' facturers of the country at which a wage cut of 20 per cent, was decided upon. About 2,000 men are employ-! ed in the industry in this district. ; PLANTING OF COTTON AN IMPORTANT ITEM President of South Carolina Bank ers Asosciation Says Members Are Watching Reduction Georgetwn, Feb. 1.?H. W. Fra ;er president of the South Carolina Bankers association, has just return id from a meeting of the executive :ouncil and the legislative commit ;ee in Columbia January 28. At this neeting matters of far reaching mportance were considered relative o the financial, industrial and agri :ultural situation in this state. Asked for a statement of how the iankers viewed the situation today, 'resident Fraser said: "Their views is a whole are decidedly optimistic, >ut a great deal depends upon the v&y the farmers' take to the recom nendations of the American Cotton issociation as to the planting of otton this year. "If they will one and all plant me-third of the cultivated lands to otton and the other two-thirds to ood and other crops, in accordance rith those wise recommendations, hen the prospect for higher prices trill indeed be bright and prosperous ->nditions this fall assured. "This seems to be the only prac icable solution, and it is up to the armers themselves. It is their only alavtion, and I can not too strongly rge them to adopt this plan, which rill, in my opinion, be quickly ef ective. , "The proportionate acreage of ne-third to coton and two-thirds to ther crops has been worked out as lie- proper basis for planting this ear, and not a 50 per cent, reduc ion of cotton acreage, as some er oneously believe to be the recom i ! Ab I HIC Frid F % Admissi fi ? iriririri n n fin n ri nrir UuuulUllJuldliJuubJlJl WOULD REDUCE NAVY TO 109,000 MEN Washington, Feb. 1.?Reduction ! of the navy's enlisted personnel to a [maximum of 100,000 men as compar ed with a present possible maximum of 143,000 is provided for in the . naval appropriation bills, to be re 1 ported to the House tomorrow. , If adopted the weeding out process .will begin July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. Chairman Kelley of , the sub-committee, which framed the bill, expressed belief that 100,000 I men would be sufficient and that the I navy would be put on "a regular man i basis with elimination of thousands ; of boys now in the service. I /lAtvtmi'ffon ?rnc< c* n l /-J + n V* o\ra I X I1C tviuuiinicc, nao oaiu imi? made no changes in the continuing building program with the possible exception of a slight slowing up of the work. The October consumption of wool the last month on which figures are available, amounted to 38,510,000 or about; 31,000,000 pounds less I than for October, 1910. , association. The above basis will ef fect a 50 per cent reduction. I "I am sure bankers generally will feel inclined to help the farmers to the limit of their ability if they will whole heartedly and conscientiously carry out these recommendations." In the course of his remarks, Pres ident Fraser referred in terms of highest paise to State Bank Exami ner James H. Craig, who by his con stant spirit of helpfulness and splendid efficiency has assisted so materially in stabilizing the entire industrial life of the state. fi rinri r-i pi pi nwrinwn UUUUIJUUUI3 I IT T nm Ti^V/ in xnu^ lay, F( OUR O'Cl on GREEN GIVES VIEWS ON COAL REGULATION Secretary of United Mine Worker# of America Appears Before Committe From Senate. Washington, Jan. 31.?William , ! Green, secretary of the United Mine i Workers of America, appearing today ! before the senate committee consid ering the Calder coal regulation bill, ( ! expressed no opinion as to the merits; | 1 j of the measure, but intimated that, i the labor representatives would fight' | inclusion of any anti-strike provi sions. Mr. Green did not complete-his. j statement and will continue when Samuel Gompers, president of the 'American Federation of Labor, has! been asked to appear. Presenting figures as to the labor cost of bituminous coal, the United Mine Workers secretary said this! amounted to 81 cents a ton in 1914 and $2.01 in 1920. He denied testi mony by coal operators that $7.50 for common labor was the lowest fig i ure paid workers, and declared that $5.74 was the present bottom scale in bituminous mines, with $5.30 in anthracite operations. Men earning i such wages, he added, were employ j ed on the surface and constitute only I a small percentage of the total mine ?workers. I Whether the Woman's Party, hav j ing won suffrage, should disband, or whether it should continue as a po I litical organization to fight for the | future equality of women, is the big j question to be determined by the na I tional convention of women voters j which is soon to assemble in Wash % | ington. ! I i .1 ? 1 atn n 'S. 3L GROU ebrua LOCK P. r 15c EASTMAN KODAK CO. WITHDRAWS APPEAL IN ANTI-TRUST SUIT Washington, Feb. 1.?The East man Kodak Company withdrew its appeal to the supreme court from lower court decrees in the govern ment's anti-trust suit against it. The lower court decrees, issued in August, 1916, provided for the dis solution of certain trade combina tions and contracts which were held to be in restraint of trade and in withdrawing its appeal the company asked that the mandate carrying out this decision be issued at once. $407,000,000 BACK TAXES IN Washington, Feb. 1.?More than $407,000,000 in back taxes was col lected by the Government during 1920, internal revenue officials said tonight., They predicted that an even larger sum probably would be recovered in the present war. Commisioner of Internal Revenue Wililams said that back taxes were being collected at the rate of $35, 000,441 a month as a result of filed and office audits of 1917 and 1918 income and profits tax returns. Au dit of the 1917 returns will prob ably be completed by March 1, the Commissioner said, and work on the 1918 returns is already under way. Back taxes collected by the Gov ernment officials explained, include penalties for delinquencies and eva sions as well as additional amounts in taxes discovered to be due. What the 1918 and 1919 returns may re veal officials were unable to esti mate, but it was thought that the $35,000,000 a month figure would be exceeded this year. filfiffifilfilfiSSlfiSSfiifiifM I I ? ighj NDS || A 1 ry ** \/[. and 35c usuiLcicicicincuLCLCicicu; jIJ IJIJIJIJ LJIJ U UIJIJIJ Li I