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$850,000 WORTH OF ! S GROVER BERGDOLL'S PROPERTY SElZEDj i T Alien Property Custodian Made t Seizure Under Order of Tke President and is Located Pk!l>i!*lnKia I Philadelphia, May 27.?All of the property in this city of Grover p Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted draft j evader and army deserter now in Germany, value at about $850,000 was seized today by Thomas W. Mil- v ler, alien property custodian of the I ^ United States. It consists of a real i,, iv estate and money on deposit in four j ^ local banking institutions. D The property was held by Mrs. ^ Emma C. Bergdoll, Grover's mother, |t under a power of attorney. The sei- L zure Col. Miller announced was by I e direction of the president and un-j a*-* +v,0 an+Knritv of the trading I, u" ?' ? - ? with the enemy act. ^ 'Col. Miller announced that she g had testified before the congression- j ? al committee investigating the es- j( cape of Bergdoll from army ser- ^ f geants a year ago, she held a power i ^ 6f attorney for Grover, Mrs. Berg- t, I . doll was served with a formal de- _ jnand for a detailed report of all ^ personal property and was notified that his property would be taken g. ^ u over by the government. Acccxmpani- j. ed by Major Vincent A. Carroll, his g) personal attorney Mr. Miller said n ? the "Bergdoll Castle" on the out- g sfkirts of this city, where Mrs. Berg- ^ doJl lives. This property was left to o Grover iby his father, Mrs. Bergdoll .r | owning a residence in the city section locally known as "Brewery ||i Town." n "Well, when do I have to move," s* said Mrs. Bergdoll, when served w 'With the seizure notice. i ( 1ti r . Col. Miller and Major Carrol ttienjtl proceeded to the Peoples Trust com-! ^ ^ ' pany, the Northwestern National. ' 1 The Real Estate Title Insurance and 1 Trust company, and Drexel and Com 0 ? ; pany, and ordered the sequestration s] > of all property standing in the name 1 gg y . of Mrs., Bergdoll until the interest . of Grover in the funds in the bank ^ L could be ascertained. m \ ? i GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF V' , * * PRESBYTERIANS IS ENDED v | i " : I " Winona Lake, May 27.?Commissioners of 133rd general assembly c i/ of the Presbyterian church in the f * United State began an exodus from Winona Lake today following the 1 dissolution of the assembly last | night. The assembly during its session disposed of'more than 1,000 overtures presented from various Presbyteries dealing with a variety of subjects.. Approval was given to a pv Jradget of $12,000,000 for the ex- v penses of church boards and agenIs . cies during the coming year. Despite numerous overtures, the , commissioner refused to make any radical changes in the form of church government, but decided to continue a special committee which has been rv1, - in existence for one year and which was appointed for the purpose of studying the problems of the orgaT.is nization and consolidatoin of the numerous iboards and agencies. A re port will be made to the next general ! assembly which will meet in Des Moines, Iowa, in May 1922. SOUTHERNERS FOR t- TOWNSEND'S BILL r Li" ' kM'UJ Washington, May 28.?The Townsend 1200,000,000 good roads bill t was endorsed today by highway offi. ciala of North Carolina and Maryland. Colonel B. Cameron of the North Carolina cwnmission told the senate poutoffice and roads commits f4- \ee he favored the plan for a &epa? rate highway commission, aft pronosed bv the Townsend bill, believ jj ?" % ing highway Hitters should be taken C from, the jurisdiction of the department of agriculture and placed with a separate government agency. He contends generally, that the c ? quest on of states rights in se-11 lecting highways for improve- i metit should have the right to j designate highways on which its r moiey should be spent. ? Pbittip B. Periman, secretary of ? state of Maryland, also endorsing t the Townsend bill generally, sngges- < ted amendments which might, he t said, nullify the $28,000,000 spent by Maryland in building 1,700 miles i of improved roads. The federal t commission, he said should not have < power to require specific read width under penalty of Tefusing all feder- i ENATE HEARING ' COMES TO CLOSE . ax Revision Has Been Fully Dis- i cussed?Fordisey's Committee Begins Final Redraft of Permanent Tariff Bill Washington, May 28.?Distinct rogress was made in congress toay on tax and tariff legislation. The senate finance committee conluded open hearings on tax re. + Vic* 4ivcf ct n crp of ISlUIly UUIUpiCWltlg 0 ~ __ he new tax bill, while the house rays and means committee began a nal redraft of the permanent tariff i ill. Chairman Fordney said he oped to have the tariff measure in he house by June 10 and that his ommittee would then begin considvation of taxation. The senate finance committee, rhich began its tax hearings May 9, ad under consideration, first., the moot sales tax bill, but, although arly sentiment appeared to favor it, ;aders said today it probably would e opposed strongly in both the ouse and senate. The excess profits ix, it was said, probably will be OC ano'croaf^d 1>V SfcCl'etai'V I rpcaicu uo [ellon. Althcyigh the senate committee is | xpectea to recommend its removal I a defense before the committee by | everal tax experts was said by some | lembers to have made friends for it. | everal senators said its defense to- | ay by Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman j f Columbia university had deeply j npressed them. Mr. Seligman made a plea for its j ?tention as against adoption of a j ales tax. The former, he contended, ras a tax on surplus and one of the jw kinds of taxes which, in normal mes', must be absorbed by manufac. jrers and not passed or, Competi*? J am a isolne +QY I on naa no euai. uu uic miu e said, adding that it would in- i vitably be shifted on to the con- ! .liner and therefore become prac- | ically "an income tax turned upside j own." I GENERAL SESSIONS COURT CONVENES HERE JUNE 6 Court of General Sessions conenes here June 6th. There are quite j number of cases on the docket, ut not a single prisoner in, the ounty jail, all alleged offenders beig out on bond. The following is the jury list for his term of court:* W. J. Simpson, Diamond Hill. J. C. Tribble, Jr., Due West. A. O. Calvert, Long Cane. C. B. Hutchison, Lowndesvalle. W. C. Campbell, Ma^olia. E. R. Thomson, Abbeville. R. L. Cheatham, Abbeville. H. M. Mundy, Abbeville. Young Williamson, Donalds. J. T. Parnell, LowndesviHe. S. L. Ramey, Abbeville. J. 0., Gable, Diamond HiH. * D. R. Grant, Lowndesville. R. B. Cheatham, Abbeville. W. 0. Brownlee,, Due West. J. M. Bradberry, Diamond Hill. C. A. Suber, Diamond HiH. W. M. Kerr, Donalds. J. E. Lewis, Long Cane. S. J. Fisher, Diamond Hill. R. L. Mabry, Jr., Abbeville. George Scott, Abbeville. W. D. Coleman, Donalds. A. M. Milford, Long Cane. R. C. Parnelfl, LowndesviHe. J. L. Mcllwaine, Long Cane. J TV 'Rnwip. TiOTHr Cane. C. L. Rock, Magnolia. H. G. Bone, LowndesviDe. | Cal McNeill, Cedar Springs. Joe W. Hughes, Abbeville. j N. B. Ethridge, Abbeville. J. E. McComb, Long Cane. H. .J Martin, Donaflds. A. A. Moise, AWbevilte. D. T. Brock, Due West. ,r 1ERMANY COMPLETES FIRST PAYMENT OF ONE BILLION Paris, May 30.?Germany today ompleted payment of the one biliniv cmld marks due on the rayment on reparations under the >eace treaty when twenty Gernan treasury notes equivalent to 550,000,000 gold marks were handed to tine reparations eommittee by he special commissioner <xf the German government who brought he notes from Berlin. The courier arrived in Paris last light and delivered the wallet con.airting the notes to the reparations . ommission this afternoon. Germany a few days ago made a irfct payment of 150,000,000 marks in the sum due. NEW TARIFF BILL EFFECTIVE NOW Signed by President Late Friday? Carries Provision Designed To Prevent Dumping of For. eign Goods in United States. Washington, May 28.?The emer-j gency tariff bill was signed late today , by President Harding. The new law will become effective tomorrow. It will affect for a six months' period most farm products and carries a provision designed to prevent the dumping of foreign goods in this country. In event of adoption ky congress of the Longworth resolution under which new import duties would become effective immediately upon introduction of the permanent tariff bill, house leaders said it naturally would supersede the Emergency measure which carries only a few items compared with thousands in the general bilL House Republicans plan to meet Wednesday night to decide whether the resolution shall be made a party issue. I ^janLTiirajHmrjLrEriiJiiJiUT^ [! !i I ii _ r Is ? i II i! iBBBflBBHBBBflHfl BURLESON IN GERMANY m INVESTIGATING MARKET m FOR AMERICAN COTTON B Berlin, May 28.?Albert S. Bur leson, former United States postmaster genera)., who for several weeks has been investigating the possibilities of the cotton market in Germany, started for Vienna today. Later he will visit the Saxon Cotton Mill disticts and then return to Berlin. While in Berlin Mr. Burleson met Chancellor Wirth and other members of the cabinet, manufacturers and economic experts. He said he was convinced Chancellor Wirth would do the best he could to live up to the reparations conditions. While Mr. Burleson was hopeful considerable amounts of American cotton could be sold in Germany in the near future, he said the inability of German manufacturers to find a market for mors than 25 per cent of ,tne normal output Decause 01 tne reduced guying" power of 200,000,000 consumers in. central Emrope, ? macfe the situation difficult. ?Watch the label en your paper and renew your subscription promptly. m * I \ BUSINESS ' Every cloud has its s your load and carry on. ~ is to go. Play the game, chair. If you need it bu> if your business is hal advertising and '"self-n see your printer. > It's up to you. 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