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L.XLMNIG S.CWDEDY PII ectionSection One PtPages 1ito 8 ,MANNING S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 1921 ICOERNOR WILL ASK FOR RETURN Of T. U. VAUGHN To Issue Requisition Papers Early To day Requesting Custody of Former Carolinian SUICIDE IS ATTEMPTED Confined in Straightjacket in Padded Cell at Tampa-Woman Re leased on Parole Columbia, Xpril 5.-James A. De rieux, secretary to Governor Cooper, anounced tonight that the Governor would issue'requisition papers on the L Governor of Florida early tomorrow ior the return to South Carolina of 9 T. E. Earl, who was arrested in Tampa, Fla Monday afternoon and believed to be Thurston U. Vaughn, who escaped from the State Hospital for the Insane here two years ago. Dr. C. Fred Williams, superinten dent of the State Hospital for the In sane, is confident that Earl and Vau ghn are the same man. Sunday Dr. Williams was informed by a former Columbian who was in Tampa that he had seen the man he believed to be Vaughn. Later developments led to the arrest of the man, and a woman who was a former nurse at the State Hospital it is stated. The Governor will dispatch the proper official of the law to Florida ta bring Vaughn back to Columbia, if the requisition papers are honored. Vaughn escaped in 1919 while an inmate in the State IlosDital for the Insane. He had been convicted of a charge of assaulting young girls who were inmates of the Odd Fellows' Or phanage in Greenville. He was sen tenced to (lie in the chair, but was ad judged insane. After being in the asylum for several years the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows asked that his mental status be again investigated and it was while this was being con sidered that Vaughn made his escape. Tampa, Fla., April 6.-Mrs. T. U. Vaughn, formerly a nurse in the State Insane Asylum at Columbia, S. C. who was arrested here yesterday with her husband T. U. Vaughn an escape from that institution was paroled in custody of friends by the local police today, pending arrival of officers from Co lumbia. Vaughn and his wife have been liv ing at Port Tampa City, nine miles from here, for several months as "Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Earl" and Vaughn had secured the position of assistant prin cipal in the public school there. Mrs. Vaughn, the police state, inti mated today that her husband's name is Vaughn and that he is the man who escaped from the South Carolina institution, to which he was committed as insane after he had been condemned to (lie in the electric chair after con viction on the charge of assaulting four young girls at the Odd Fellows' Orphanage near Greenville, S. C. Vaughn is in the county jail here, confined in a straightjacket in a padd ed cell. He made three attempts to take his life after being arrested yes terday, but aside from a slight gash in his throat which he inflicted with a penknife he sustained no injury. Greenville, April 5.-Under an or dier signed by Judge J. F. Peurifoy here in September, 1919, it is expected that T. U. Vaughn, said to have been arrested in Tampa, Fi., will be brought to Greenville shortly after he is returned to this State for an ex amination as to his sanity, it was said by Solicitor David W. Smoak today. Vaughn escaped from the State los pital for the Insane before the order was executed. It .Was pointed out today by J. R. Martin, former solicitor, at whose in stance the order was issued, that Vaughn has never been adljudlged in sane, but was committedl to the insane asylum with the consent of a former solicitor some years after his con viction for attacking several girls at the Orphanage in 1912. The movement to have him sent here for examination as to his sanity was started by the 0(1( Fellow's State organization, which owns the Orphanage near Greenville, at which Vaughn is al leged to have committed the attack. At his3 trial here Vaughn wvaived his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the court, and on the stand made a full statement. The jury returnedl a verdict of "guilty," includl ing no0 recommendation. E. D. BIIGHAM Tro COLUMBIA Columbia, April 5.--Edmund D. Bigham, of Pamplico, Florence coun ty, who was recently trIed and con victed of nmurdler in the first dlegree in the Court of General Sessions of Florence county was todlay lodgedl in the State penitentiary pending the hearing by the Supreme Court of his case. Bigham wvas charged with the muirder of five members of his family, including his mother, brother, sister' and two of the latter's adloptedl chil dren. Bigham was tried directly on the count alleging murder of his brother, Smiley Bigham. lie was con victed andl sentencedl to (lie in the elec tric chair on April 8, but this sentence is stayedl pendmg the hearing by the higher couirt. .It was stated that so many visitors wished to see Bligham in the Florence county jail that it became an annoy.. ance and he was therefore brought here after the Florence sheriff hiad conferredl with Goveirnor Cooper. Monday was salesdlay. The Bank of Clarendlon building and fixtures was sold1 andI bought in by Mr. J. A. Weinberg. The Stran e~ house was bonuh in by M, B.n oude SOUTHERN BANKERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO AID COTTON TRADE Gehuine Progress Is Made, Says Managing Director of War Finance Corporation. Washington, April 4.-Formation rf a program designed to aid the cot ton interests in reviving export trade was begun at a conference here to lay between representative bankers from twelve Southern States and Sec retaries Hoover and Mellon as well as Governor Harding of the Federal Re eive Board and directors of the War Pitlance Corp6ration. Although no formal action vas tak en today propositions for government aid in financing cotton exports were suggested and tentatively indorsed. 'he program, initiated at this time specifically for giving relief . to the .otton growers, it is expected, will 3ventually be broadened to apply to tie other farm products. A committee was named by the con ference to pursue further studies of plans to create local or sectional bank ing syndicates which would serve as igencies to combine the financial strength of interest in the cotton crop. Around these, it wafproposed, would be erected .machinery for the exten nion of credit to stricken European States where long term credit is nec mssary and where there is no market tnless the exporters is willing await conversion of the raw product into finished merchandise. The discussion was frank and Gov Lrnor Harding took occasion to assert Lhat the cotton growers lacked con fidence and that any relief that could come must have its origin --among those interested and not in the gov rnment. After the afternoon session, Manag ing Director M.eyer of the Finance Corc3r..: on, under whose auspices the conference was held, declared 'genuine progress' had been made in the di rection of a plan which ultimately would restore life to the cotton busi ness. He warned however, that the situation could not be remedied over night and that only through combined action of those interested in connec tion with such financial help as the government would give in the shape of loans would better conditions pre vail in the cotton belt. While the conference today did not go into details of the program, it is understood in general to be the purpose to use the collective resources of banks in sections where cotton is tied up. The banks aidiing in the fi nanciig of the exports, it was pointed out, could, with their own paper, ob tain further funds from the War Fi nance Corporation so that their ac tivities would not be curtailed by lack of money. Organization of export corporations under the Webb-Ponerene and Edge acts also was uiged upon the bankers. Secretary Hoover especially indicated thaL, in 1is belief, the cotton inter ests should, under those two acts and with the assistance of the War Fin ance Corporation, be able to establish a successful export trade. Secretary Mellon suggested ware house depositing of cotton and some other non-perishable products, on which loans might be obtained from the government, as a means of ena bling the producers to continue opera tions. le said the copper producers had resorted to that plan when they were confronted with no market for their mine output. Money borrowed on the warehouse receipts was being used he explained, to keep the mines run ning in the hope that eventually a market would be available fo' the stored stocks. Several bankers urged a reduction in cotton acreage until the world con sumption catches up with production. This brought froni Governor Harding the assertion that there was no actual over-pr-odiuction, but a decrease in the buy"'g powver of the European Stat into which Ameritcan commodities foi' mer-ly wvent. The job of the cotton ex porter and his financial backer, Mr. Harding adlded, wvas to recreate the buying power- by supplying some credlit on sound1( economic lines. The situation in Europe, as viewed by the reserve board, he add~edl needed stabibization, and he added that one way to aid in this stabilization was by assisting those countries in manufac turmng. A committee was appointed to study the local situation, and includes: Robert F. Maddox, Atlanta,. chair man; D. M. Armstrong, Mem phis;,Na than Adams, D~allas; Charles Clai. borne, New Orleans, and Richard I Manning, Columbia, S. C. WOULD D)ECLARtE WAR Newv Orleans, Apiril 5l.-Declaring 1t Wvas "time to declare war on thiese pin-head govern ment agents whou piece together a few scattered bite and try to make criminals out of us' .John H.'Kirby of Houston, Texas, former president of the Southern Pine association, in an address delivered late today at the opening session of the Southern P'ine associat ion's an nual convention called upon those present to adlopt a motion that J. H. Lucas, general counsel foi- the asso chition, be instructed to ex pedite t( the utmost "the trial of oflcers and diirectors of the association charged wvith violating the Sherman antl-i-rust law." Mr. Kirby's address unexpeetedly delivered ,followed speeches by Mr. Lucas andl A. L. Clark of Dallas pres. ident of the association in whicdi they reviewved the government's sum maries regardling the activities of the Somihern Pine association, scored gov'ernment interference and pro claimed innocence of wrong (doing by the assaion. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of IW[NTY YEARS AGO April 10th, 1901 Miss Bessie Barron of York, is in tManning on a visit to relatives. Mrs. Beulah Dinkins of Rome, Ga., is visit.ing relatives in Manning. Mrs. J. T. Stukcs has returned home from an extended visit to her parents in Florida. Messrs. Frank Barron of Wysacky, and Sam Barron of Greenwood, came home for the Easter holiday. Miss Mayme larvin, who has been on a visit to her sister in Orangeburg, has returned home, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. D. D. Salley. Dr. Clarendon W. Barron, of New Brookland, accompanied by his sister, Miss Lucie Barron of Columbia, spent Easter Sunday in Manning. The Manning Street Railway has received its passenger car, but will have it overhauled before putting it in operation. The car is one of the discarded horse cars from Charles ton, and had been in Summerton, for some time where it was sent through the influence of Major R. R. Briggs for the purpose of carrying passeng-' ers to and from Silver to church ser vices and became known as the "Gospel Car." 'Dr. Plumer Clark, who graduated at the South Carolina hedical Col lege in Charleston recently with dis tinction, has accepted a position as pli-irmacist at the R. B. Loryea drug store. HOLLAV)AY-BRI'l iON On Thursday afternoon, March 31, 1921, at half-past three o'clock the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Holladay, of this community, was the scene of a quiet, but pretty wedding, when their eldest (laughter, Miss Susan Emnima, became the bride of Mr. S. P. Britton of Salters, S. C. Only the relatives and a few friends of the contracting parties were pres ent. The bride was becomingly attired in a traveling suit of mid-night blue tricotine. Shortly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Britton Britton left by automo bile for their home at Salters. They have the wishes of many friends for a long and happy life. U. S. WILL MAKE SEPARATE PEACE WITH GERMANY Washington, April 4.--The Harding administraition intends to terminate the war between the United States ans Germany by Congressional resolu tion, M. Viviani, the French envoy ex traordinary to this .country, is under stoor to have been informed tonight at a dinner at the home of Senator McCormick of Illinois. The former premier was also in formed, it was said, by Senators pres ent, that the program of the adminis tration did not contemplate entrance of the United States into the league of nations. The French envoy, who was accom panied by A mbassador Jusserand, was said to have been informed that sen timent of Republican leaders was vir tually unanimous for adoption of the Knox separate peace resolution, sub ject only to possible amendment from its original form, early in the special session of Congress. M. Viviani was deseribed as appinsrinr "reconciled" to the situation. .Those at the dinner said that M. Viviani had been told frankly that it wvas useless to discuss the possibility of American membership in League of Nations. Most of the Republican members of the Senate foreign rela tions committee and Col. George Hiar vey, of New York, prospective am bassadlor at the Court of St. James, were among those present. .At the same time the Senators made it clear that thme Unitedl States would take nmo action which couldl be in any wvay consideredl as "helpful'' to Germany, especially in the matter of reparations and fulfilling other ob ligations involved in the peace settle men t. In dliscuissinig the p~roposed separate p~ente resolution, the Senators, it is understoodl, asserted their intenxtion to mntrodluce it immediately upon the con veining of Congress and urge its promp~t adloption. Hlowever- they add edl, that if Presidlent Hartding should retiuest de(lay in the matter of a vote, this undoubtedly wvouldl he arrangedl. CRIUSHERS CON'ERC WITH'I HOOVER Washington, Aril 5 -At the con clusion of a conference today betwveen rep~resenta tives of Southern cotton seedl crushers and Secretary Hoover the latter said the problem presented by the crushers was mainly one of transportation. Under present conditions, Mr. Ijoov er dleclared the crushers can move their product to Boston by way of England, cheaper than they can ship direct by r ail aind he indicated that the government will give considera tion to some method for affording re lief fromi existing rates. The con ference he saidl was one of the se ries being held with the cothon men in cooepration with the war finance corporation. Mrs. George W. Williams spent Pal mafesta week in Columbia wvith Mrs. R. E. Hlarlec. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HOLDS METINC The association held a i'"!eting Wednesday afternoon to elect officers for the coming year, fifteen present. Mrs. W. C. Davis was elected pres ident, Mrs. A. C. Bradhain, vice presi dent, Mrs. A. T. Helms, secretary and treasurer. After the election of officers it was carried that Mrs. Davis could not serve as president, so Mrs. W. P. Legg will continue in office. Mrs. A. T. HeJms was appointed the delegate to represent the associa tion at State Federation at Camden, t accompanied by the president, Mrs. W. P. Legg. Pope the members of the associa tion will take a more active interest in the Library this year, and make t it the very best year of its history. I Not often is our little library brought before the public, and we sometimes Wonder if the people of Manning ap preciate their privilege of owning 1 such a beautiful building and their opportunity of using the books for t the small sum of one dollar a year. That entitles them to two books a week, one hundred and four books a year, less than one cent to read a good book. Out of a membership of more than one hundred, about thirty pay their dues. We try to hold a business meeting the last Wedn'esday in each month and I really believe if the members would attend these meetings they would become so enthused, and inter ested in the work, that the Library would be one of the most attractive places in our town. t We have nice fixtures for weter in the house and yard, but no water, as we have not the means to pay for it, and city does not furnish it. Though it would take a very small amount for use in the house, and it is impossible to grow flowers on' the grounds without water. We have nice electric lights and I am proud to say that Mr. Lucious Harvin is public spirited enough to furnish electricity, free of cost to the Library. We also have a board of trustees, Mr. Charlton DuRant, Mr. A. C. Bradham, and Mrs. C. R. Sprott. Last summer the house was leak ing, (amaging the walls, the Home Bank and Trust Company loaned the money to repair roof, the association giving a note which was paid in Feb ruary. . Since I have been Librarian, many strangers visting the town have gone through the library and so often I have heard said, "few small towns have such a beautiful building, Mann ing should certainly be proud of it." Hoping that the new officers will take hold of their work with the de termination to do their best, that the association will help them in every way possible, that the trustees may come forward, realizing their respon sibility, and advise and direct,~and help in anyway that is in their power, Working with the new officers, to carry out the object of this associa tion, that is, "the establishment and maintenance of a permanent library in the town of Manning. The new officers will take charge at once, and as soon as a Librarian is appointed, the library will open as usual every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, from ive to six o'clock. ' Mirs. Furman Bradham, Librarian. GENERAL WOOD LAUDS LEGION Greenville, A pril 5.-"The American Legion sands for the best American ism and should have the support of all good Americans," declared Major Gen. Leonard Wood in a message re ceivedl at State headquarters of the legion here today. The legion has just launched a membership dIrive in this dlistrict and the message from Gen. Wood is encouraging to those working for the benefit of the veter ans' organization. Many ex-service meni in all parts of South Carolina are joining the legion at this time, accordling to reports from State headquarters4 G. Ileywvard Mahon, Jr., commander of the De jiartiment of South Carolina, andh R . HI. W.atkins, adjutant, are pushing the drive for members are exp~ectedl to & e a big increase in the legion. Posts officials of the State have ledged their supplort in the campaign and It is, expected here thai South Carolina wimll soon rank high as a legion State. Gen. Wood's message follows: "The American Le.gion stands for the best Americanism and should have the support of all good Americans. It embodies and represents the spirit of service andl universal obligation for service in war a:s w~ell as in peace. All honor to it." WOULD CUTI SALARIES Macon, Ga., April 5.--Receivers for the Gainsville Midland railroad, a short line, appealed to JTudge D. Evans late today to out salaries of its 200 empilloyees by a)proximately 27 per cent. The case was only partly heard here tonight the receiver's testimony being taken, also the testimony of one railroad employee, the latter in op position to the proposal. The rail roadl is 72 miles long andl it is claimed it is losing money. Attorneys for the employees de. clared that the case should be sent to railroad labor board in Chicago, Judge Evans s9aidl he wvould complete the hearing of the case at Savannah on Thursday of next week. Miss Brighan of A tlanta who is to coach the play which the American Legion will put on, arrived this morn Ing. )PERATING COSTS .-KEY TO SITUATION Vashington Officials Reoprt on Sur vey and Give Wholesome Advice. Washington, April 3.-Cotton rowers can meet the present price ituation by 'carefully considering" perating expenses and reducing them ihenever there is a likelihood of ob aining a low yield per acre, the de artment of agriculture said in a eport today on the results of a sur ey of basic requirements and cost f producing cotton. By applying last year's man and lule rates for labor and pay then aiul for seed and fertilizer to the asic requirements in an investiga ion in Mitchell county, Georgia, the verage operating expense of cotton roduction was fixed at approximate y 33 cents a pound there. Man and mule rates for labor in his investigation and seed and ferti izer costs, the department says onstituted 84 per cent. of the totaf perating eynense, exclusive of land ent. Other expenses amounting to 6 per cent. of the total included such teis as ginning, manure, equipment, axes, insurance and * overhead. Man abor was charged at the rate of 30 ents an hour, mule labor 30 cents n1 hour, seed $81 a ton and fertilizer t $46 a ton. From the total costi f $56.16 an acre, a seed credit of 8.90 was deducted, making a total et cost of $52.26. Asserting that the rates for labor md seed did not start to decline intil after the 1920 crop had been iroduced, the report adds: "With cotton around 12 to 15 cents >er pound the returns not only allow d no interest on capital, but failed o pay operating expenses at going 'ates for labor and prevailing prices 'or agriculture. With cotton at 15 ents Per pound it would require a nield of approximately 450 pounds if lint to cover operating expenses. '.'The application of the basic re luirements of production in estimat ng the costs should be of vital inter st to growers at this time," the re i)t'adds. "The history of the year 920 will not be forgotten immediate y and will be safe to say that the essons of this period will bear some ruit." 'ElSHING TO GET SPLENDID POST Washington, April 5.-Secretary Weeks' recent statement that he vould announce shortly a detail of luty for General Pershing "commen orate with his rank," has cause:1 !onsiderable interest and specula ;ion in the war department. Several possible assignment for General Pershing, whose rank as general of ;he army places him above any rou :ine (etail, have been discussed by )fficials it was sajd today. It has been rumored that the gen wral would retire to accept a diplo natic post probably that of Ambaa sador to Japan to' succeed Rolan(l \forris, whose resignation Presi-len'. Flarding recently accelted. It is un ierstood that this would be the most. icceptable diplomatic post General Pctrshing could he offered. Anothe liplonatic p)os mentioned for him i'' Paris, but it is believed that if given 'us choice he would prefer Tokyo at this time. On the other hand large numbers Jf army oflicers believe that Gen ral Pershing will either be made hief of staff to succeed Major Gen. Peyton G. Myrch or that Secretary Weeks will seek from congress legis lation placing the entire army on a feld basis with him as general or the army.at the head of the organ iztion. In the ('event that such a Lourse is followed, it was pointed out the general will have a chief of stafr. Another assignment frequently mentioned in connection with Geni era4 Pershing is that of governor gen eralI of the Philippines, hut it is be lieved that such a tietail wvouldi not be acceptable to him. A tour of the world under the credentials of an envov extriaordlinary' similar to 'he tours made by other allied lenders after the war, also has been men tioned. 0 New Orleans, April 5.-Four men, three farmers and a merchant, were arrestedl late today by the sheriff of Jefferson parish in connection with the theft of 12 dIrumns of (denaturedl alcohol from a moving Texas and Fa cific freight train this morning. Trhe alcohol wvas found hidden in some bushes this afternoon. The four men chargedl with the theft tonight wvere turned over to the federal authori ties by the sheriff andl are being held in the .Jefferson prison. They are Anthony, Guy and .Joseph Ucehello, brothers, and Anthony Loria. According to the sheriff, the arrests were brought about through the find ing of a part of an automobile truck near where the alcohol was stolen and in followving the truck's tracks through the Uchello farm to the spot where the alcohol wvas found. The sheriff declares the piece of woodl fitted perfectly on a truck owvnedl by Loiria, a merchant and that an examination of the truck reveal ed traces of paint said to correspond with the color of the paint on the stolen (drums. The stolen alcohol was part of a two car load shipment from a local distillery to a wholesale drug coin pmany in Ohio and was taken from the freight train while it was moving through the railroad yards near Gretna. o Senator JT. W. Wideman and little Ida visited Duo West last week. Misses Fannie James Davis and Maud Sprott of Converse College are spending the Easter vacation at home. HARDING FAVORS PLAN OF WATCHFUL WAITING President lProwns On Anything Bird ering On Haste With Ite gard to Matter. MAY USE KNOX PLAN AS LEVER To Force Allied Nations to Think Well of America's League -Substitute Washington, April 5.-Whatever may be the expedtations of Republican Senators who want at' early declara tion of p1eace with Germany, it was made know authoritatively today that President Harding had not thrown the influence of his admuinis tration behind the movement but was inclined to look with disapproval o.* any prospect of precipitate action. It was revealed that the President had not, in fact, committed himself to any definite program for the res toration of peace, though he was said to be learning more and more to a belief that the Versailles covenant can not in any practical kay be used now as a basis for his association of na tions. le is canvassing the situa tion carefully in the light of infor mation and advice which has come to him since inauguration, and al though a part of his program may be decitled oil soon, it probably will be mal yweeks before it revealed ir, its entirety. In his consideration of the peace rpsolution, which some of the Senate leaders want to press to an early pas sage in the special session of Con gress convening Monday, Mr. Harding is understood to have taken the posi tion that in the settlement of so im portant a question the nation must proceed with care and prudence. It is said that he has not withdrawn the approval ie gave the resolution when ie supported it in the last Congress, but is convinced that the present sit uation does iot require haste so much as it requires painstaking delibera tion. The administration has not revealed what elements are involved in the de termination of its attitude, but there have been indications that it would consider itself in a better position to make advances for an association of nations if the peace declaration were delayed. Intimations have come to officials here that some of tile leading allied statesmen would consider pas sage of tile measure a great handicap in the negotiations for a peace con cert, weakening the position of the American government with its former associates in the war and making them less susceptible to American sug gestion. It has been hinted to the President by some of his ndvisers that like the outstalnding war debt, a pending reso lution of peace might be used as a potential lever to bring the Allied governments into accord with tile pro posals of this government. At a dinner here last night some of the Senators most prominen. in foreign relations are understood to have imformed M. Viviani, the former l'lench premier who is visiting here, that his government need not hope that a peace declaration would be long delayed. They plan to bring the meas ure quickly imto tile program of the special session and they express un bound confidence thiat it will be adopted quickly. There has been n1o indication that the President would make an open fight to delay action, but what he says that his message to Congress will be studied carefully for delicate shade of meaning, and tile impression Ie conveys is expected to have much weight with miany Senators of his plarty. 0--- - NEVER H EARlD O1F IM, D)E(ILA RES A .l)E~ilMAN New Yorkl, A pril 5.--U-tnfamlilia rity wvithl the idlentity oif Prlof. Albert Eimsteinl was tile expllanlation givenl by A ldermlan Brutce M. l'alcone~r for withhlolding his vote todiay onl a res-. olution ill the bloard of ldlerman ex tending to freedom of tile city to thle nloted proplounder of the theory of y'elativyely and1( other prIomlinenit Zion ists whio arrIivedl here recently. Adop tion of thle resolution reqluiredl unanl imlous vote of the board, hbut the al dlermanll's persistent opp)osition dlef eat (ed it. , land hle known wh'io Prolfessor Emsntemi wvas, AIlermn~l~ Fall'onler ex plaimed after adljourInment, he would haevoe in favor of the honor. Mao.ylanl later called a1 special mleetimg of tile hoard for neOxt Friday to reconlsidler tile resolution. .Il Throughlout an hour's pandemoni01 111 in the hoard meeting, Allermanl FaI coner effectively bllocked the' resolu.. (ion asserting hle "hiad never hea'ird of themn until today.'" Soon after Mayor Hy ~lan had offi e ilally received the de'legationl of' Zionists in the city hall and had ad dIressed them wVarly on thle mlove mlenlt to establish a Jecwish nla ional hlomeland in Palestine, the recsof!Ition wasl pre'senlted to the hoard of alder men. Alderman Falconer renmindied the blody that suchl a resolution reC quired unanimous consent, which he refused to give and he successfully thwarted every mlaneuve*r the parlia mentarnans attemlpted to route tile resolution to ad~option. .Enragedl over' tile membier's per sistenlce, several ailermlen thlreatenedl to (10 himl phiysical harml, butt Alder man Shiplacoff, socialist, calmed their anger wvithl the remark that, "Alderman F'alconer has a right to he foolish if he so dlesires." Messrs Will Geger and1( Thlomlas Bagnal went to Columlbia for Palma festa Inst week.