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I NEARLY COMPLETE !
! CAMPAIGN RETURNS i
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7,581,860.04 REALIZED BY STATE j,
BAPTISTS IN THEIR RECENT
GREAT DRIVE. e
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. TWO FIFTHS OVERSUBSCRIBED ;
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All Associations Excepting Colleton, a
Pickens, 8auldam and York Fairly E
Passed Their Allotted Quota. "
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Columbia. "
m. taivubwi; wuiyiclD llgurlfB in me 1 ^
Baptist drive in South Carolina (or |
^5,500.000 show that the churches of *
the state contributed $7,531,850.04. or *
en oversubscription of $2,031,850.04.
All the associations passed their allot- ^
ncnts with the exception of York, r
?auldani; Colleton and Pickens. Lead- ?
ers are hoping that these four may y
yet attain their goals, but say this is g
not likely, as nearly all the churches
i have been heard from.
The denomination leaders are mapJ
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ping out one of the strongest religious P
programs for 1920 that any church has
ever attempted in South Carolina. At ^
the next meeting of the general board, q
January 6, several important changes t,
"will likely be announced. v
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Many Boys Reached. p
Over 3,100 young men and hoys In 24 f,
South Carolina communities have al- tt
ready been reached by the "Keep Fit" 0
campaign, now being conducted in the n
state as a part of the work of the Si
state health department. Dr. C. B. n
Akin of the United States public
health service in charge of venereal v
control In the state has charge of the
campaign with James H. Grauel. state
boys' work secretary of the Young a
Men'* Christian association as field 11
has already reached ^
next week of the active.cainpalgn, be- n
ginning January 5, to be carried on in a
the northern and eastorn counties last- B
ing throughout Jtnuary 16.
Senior Honor Society. T
Permission has 'been gmnted for the
formation at the University of South h
Carolina of a senior honor society, the d
members of which will be picked as tl
the five members of the senior class ci
showing the best average in scholar- 01
ship, general leadership and character, c
"Hie idea of the men behind the or- It
ganizatlon of the society is that it will 01
promote interest In scholarship, per se, tl
acting as In the same relation to the 0'
leading students as the football and e<
others letters acts to the athlete.
It
Governor's Ohristmss Clemency. tt
Governor Cooper has extended , T
vn-mnnoy 10 ia prisoners, in till cases pi
clemency wan recommended toy the ol
state board of pardons, and in most
Instances the appeals were joined In p
by the trial judges and solicitors. Six
priaoners had their sentence.s commuted
to briefer tenma and 12 were c<
paroled during good behavior.
Large Insurance Profits. ^
In 1918 In South Carolina there vere ^
$10,000,000 more paid into all classes
of Insurance companies for premiums ^
V than there were paid out hy these com- ((
panies for losses incurred during that ^
year, according to the annual report n)
of W. A. MoSwaln, Btaite insurance
commissioner.
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May Disturb Cotton Sates.
J. Skottowe Mnnnamaker. president 9f
of the American Cotton association. vi
sind R. M. "Mixscn. president of the ,n
South Cnrollna Cotton association.
have returned from a trip through aI
.A. A.. a? A\ A * v -14 U
in nit? txniuu 41
"They snent a day In Dallas In conference
with the Texas directors of the
American CoMon assoc'ntlon. Mr.
VufJ Wannnmaker addressed a special meet- a|
j inr.of the Texas Bankers' association v<
fc called to consider amoor other imnor- r
tent the fstnblliration of the ]e
fof cotton.
?nt C*use of Fires. 31
v-ftve per cent of the Area oenr
In South Carolina originate In tti
m? of the peonle nod more than o<
f these fires nre dne to oondl- R
wh'rh may h? reenlated in the!^
said W. A. V^Swnln. state in- a<
>e commissioner, in his report to te
>fnl and systematic Inspection of of
les, w'th proinnt correction of bj
t conditions thnt may he found cc
st will result In the saving of th
property to the citizens of the fo
according: to the report. b?
Rpf*|ts ^Previous Conditions. B,
Judrment," ways CommisstonHHftnis,
"the situation today as re
I Wm contract cotton in New Tork ^
<in)ol cotton tn the south is very A\
! A conditions last season When t0
Ji^ly contracts sell at 800 points p(
That happened in March tj,
rifcr; -but we aaw the futures at
tn- New Tortt rise to a basis
MM" market in the south t,
WflBranminir. We predict that c?
**** will happen In July af |n
>ioM of Interchurch Conference.
After a three day session devoted to
iscussions of the co-operative spirit
f the interchurch world movemont.
he conference of interdenominational
?aders was brought to a cloe-? here
rith an address by Charles Rowland,
rominent Presbyterian, on "The
Church Transformed From a Field
ato a Force."
At the afternoon discussion considrable
time was given to the method of
rganizing all the counties, communlles
and churches. Dr. H. N. Orr. diector
of the two Carolinas, explained
rhat is to be done by the varions
hurches. Besides the state organlzalons
there was to be county councils
hat will have much moral authority
nd lend their support to the churches,
lach church will continue to govern
self as heretofore, but under the insrchurch
movement will lend its inuence
toward a common goal in the
ommunlty. A church council consist
iK of the pastor, one layman and one
'oman. will sit in the county council
nd aid In mapping out the plans for
tie work in the county. "Let me
gain stress that the interchurch
'orld movement wants no union of
hurches, but a co-operative spirit
mong all the churches for the adancement
of Christianity," Dr. Orr
aid, in explaining the organization
> be perfected.
rogress In Road Building.
XTp to the present time, the state
ighway commission has approved reuests
for 94 road building projects
stalling approximately $2.500.000.
'hich when added to the counties'
hare of the expense, will make aproximatelv
$G.000.000 available for
^deral aid projects, according to the
nnual report of the state highway
ommlssion. which report is now belg
made up. In several instances,
ays the'report, the counties put up J
lore than 50 per cent of the cost.
k/anta Ralae In Salary.
Calling attention to the large
mount of work annually entailed upon
le office and the responsibility to be !
ssumed by the incumbent, Samuel
I. Wolfe, attorney general, in his reort
to the general assembly, recomlends
an Increase in the salary for |
tie attorney general to not less than ^
5,000 a year. At present the at^tor- j
ey general is paid $2,500 per annum,
nd he is the 'lowest paid attorney !
eneral, with one exception claims Mr.
Polfe, in the United States.
.
ax Commission Concludes Work.
The South Carolina tax commission
as completed its report of work done
uring 1919. In its annual report to
le legislature. It refers to the inrnase
of assessed value of $20,000,50
on merchants' stock for 1919 as
^mpared with the figures for 1918. !
also refers to the letter being sent
ut to all county auditors asking for j
le names and addresses of some 1,- |
[10 industries whose taxes will b*
dualized in 1920.
The commission goes on record In
s report favoring an inheritance
ix and an occupational or license tax.
hese two taxes, the commission
Dints out, would increase the revenue
t the state considerably.
Ian Series of Meetings.
Leaders of the interchurch world
lovement which closed a most suc?ssful
conference, plan to invite
/ery minister in ?outh Carolina to a
sries of meetings here in February
>r the benefit of Christianity. Dr. E.
. Orr, director of the two Carolinas.
lid that practically every other class
' men in the state had been called
>gether at one time or another, but
a had never heard of a meotlng of
1 the ministers in the state.
ivestigating Trachoma.
C L. Kibler. Columbia; E. R. Wil>n,
Sumter, and J. W. Jervey, Greenille,
will go to Newberry to make an
vestigation into the trachoma situaon
in that county, according to an
inouncement made by Dr. James A.
ayne, state health officer.
53,659.22 in Fertilizer Taxes.
Fertilizer taxes for the year will be
^proximately J10.O00 in excess of last
?ar's figures, despite the efforts to
iduce cotton acreage ar the use of
8s fertiliser. The total amount colcted
up to nooi* was $253,659.22.
tate Teacher* Can Aid.
An appeal to the school teachers of
le state to support the American
ntton association hns been made by
. M. Mlxson. president of the South
irolina Cotton association, who hae
Idressed a personal letter to every
acher in the state,
lllame for the fact that the teachers
1 the state are underpaid Is placed
1 Mr. Mixson on the poor price which
dton has brought in the South foi
le last 50 years. With a better price
>r cotton. Mr. Mixson says, there will
s better paid teachers.
ink Plans Worked Out.
The special committee appointed to
ap out the plana and details of the
tarter of the South Carolina Bank,
rust and Export corporation is now
; work say a the South Carolina Cotn
association. The stock of the coi>
nation will be apportioned among
e various counties of the state at 1
i early date and placed on sale.
"The organisation of the Bxnk.
rust and Export corporation Is proceding.
Similar corporations are beg
formed in other state* of the cotn
belt
FRANKLIN D'OLIER
Lieut. Col. Franklin D'Oller, a yar
merchant of Philadelphia, who serve
on the general sViff of the A. E. F
was elected first national command!
rf the A merican Legion at the conve
tlon in Minneapolis.
Tfl P.RFtTF Ml PtRI ISMFHT
- _ ....... . I1W Ulbllllllklll
Irish Contributions to the Imperii
Services Are Estimated to Reach
18,000,000 Pounds Annually.
London.?Premier Lloyd-George ou
lined the government's proposals ft
Ireland in a long statement in th
house of commons. Speaking wit
great deliberation and emphasis fc
declared:
"Great Britain cannot accept sepa
atlon. The people wno think Britai
can be forced into It have not rea
the story of the last five years."
Loud cheers greeted this declari
tion.
The premier said It was proposed t
establish self-government over th
whole of Ireland and to create tw
parliaments, one In the north, and on
in the south. Every opportunity woul
be given Ireland to establish unity
aha H?aivo/1 I* ? ? ? M ' * %
uvonvu ib, auu a tuuacil would C
established at the outset, selected b
the two legislatures, to form a coi
necting link between the two parts <
the country.
The premier said that the Irish coi
trlbution to the imperial services wa
estimated at 18.000,000 pounds sterlin
annually. A ointj exchequer boar
would settle the rate of contributlo
for the future and the question of ta:
able capacity.
STAY OF EXECUTION GRANTED
TO TWELVE ALABAMA NEGROE
Little Rock, Ark.?Governor Broug
has granted stays of execution of thi
ty days to the twelve Phillips count
negroes, under sentence of death Jf.c
participating in the insurrection i
Phillips county last October.
MAN WHO OBJECTED TO ALL
RELIGION IS FOUND DEAI
Indianapolis.?Martin Genners, 8'
who created a sensation in Indiana
few years ago when he erected
monument for himself in a local cer
etery on which was Inscribed his o
iectinn fr> all r-,,1 ?- ~ * -
. ? ? v<iniuu, mas iUUUU a
phyxiated in his room.
CLEMENCEAU GOVERNMENT 18
GIVEN VOTE OF CONFIDENCI
Paris.?The chamber of deputieS hs
voted confidence in the governmen
458 to 71.
The vote, which carried approval <
Premier Clemenceau's program, wi
taken after the chamber had listene
t> his declaration on the determin;
tion of the allies to crush bolshevisc
his confidence in the Anglo-Frano
American pacts, his prediction or
solution of the Fiume problem and h
understanding with Premier Lloy
George of Great Britain.
NAVY WORK IS DISCONTINUED
BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUND
Washington.?Replying to a messai
from the Massachusetts senate expres
ing its "concern" over the reporte
intention of the navy department I
discontinue certain work at the Bo
ton navy yard with a resultant di
charge of many employes, Secretar
Daniels informed that body that lac
of funds had necessitated reduction <
all navy yard forces and that it may 1
r.ecessury to order still further redu<
Lions.
DCODI c nr ?
_wr bh vr vniu/MiU BUYIINO
WHO NEVER BOUGHT BEFOHI
Cicago.?A pearl necklace whlc
sold (or 9276.000, numbers of oth<
gifts costing from $50,000 to 9100,00*
and many rings and other pieces <
jewelry purchased for from $3,000 1
$5,000, according to Chicago jeweler
hare gone to make this Christmas
reoord revenue producer.
"Persons are buying who nev<
bought before,' said one proprleto
"and people who formerly bought |
cuff links are now nuylng diamonds
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ANOTHER MEETING
BOARD OF AWARD!
MUCH DISSATISFACTION FELT II
NAVAL CIRCLES BECAU8E
OF DEPARTMENT RULING.
I DANIELS IS NOT INFORMEI
Vice Admiral and Captain of Batth
ship Agree with Admiral Sims and
Decline Honors Proffered Them.
Washington.?Secretary Daniels ha
ordered the navy department's boar*
ot awards reconvened Monday, Janii
iaiy 5, to revise the recent recomser
I dations as to naval awards, whicl
have been the source of a controvers;
brought to a head a few days ago b;
declination of Admiral Sims to accep
|the distinguished service medal whil
n the awards remained as at present.
d Secretary Daniels had received n<
Information that Vice Admiral Hiler
!r P. Jones and Captain Raymond t
v Hasbrouck had declined to accept th
naval decorations recently awarde
? them, thereby following the exampl
a fkf AHmlrul .Qlma
Philadelphia.?Captain Raymond T
' Hasbrouck, commander of the battle
?1 ship Minnesota, confirmed the repor
that he had declined to accept th
I navy cross awarded him by the nav;
j department. He said he "thorough!
j concurred" in the views of Rear A<
l* miral Sims contained in his recent Ie1
>r ter to Secretary of the Navy Daniel
ie that no special award should be give!
^ to officers whose ships were success
fully attacked by German submarines
though no special blame should be a1
tached to commanding officers fo
r- their failure.
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d SEVEN GERMAN SHIPS TO BE
RETURNED TO GREAT BRITAlf
1
Washington.?On recommendatioi
e of the Btate department, Presiden
Wilson has ordered the remainini
0 seven former German ships used t
d bring back American troops turneover
to Great Britain.
ie
y A LIEUTENANT IS BURNED
i- TO DEATH AT CAMP JACKSOf
>f
Columbia. S. C.?Lieutenant Charle
Poates, commanding the remount stf
18 tion at Camp Jackson, was burned t
K death when the officers' quarters, li
d which he was sleeping, was destroyer
Q by fire Christmas morning.
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PRESIDENT RESERVES ACTION
ON BOARD OF EQU A LIZ AT I Of
Q
Washington.?President Wilson ii
withholding action on the McNar
h bill extending the life of the suga
r- equalization board until the board file
y a memorandum concerning the meat
>r ure. It was said at the white hous
n that the baord had request?'! the dt
lay.
DETROIT STREET RAILWAY8
3 WILL NOT INCREASE RATE!
, Detroit.?The Detroit United Rai
^ ways withdrew a request that It b
' permitted to make a charge of on
cent for transfers stating that, b(
b cause of Improvement In conditions a!
d fecting its operation, it now finds 11
self able to operate profitably on i
flat five-cent fare.
E CERTAINTY THAT CLEMENCEAU
WILL BE NEXT FRENCH RULEI
I J
t Paris.?President Raymond Polt
care's successor will be elected o:
January 17. according to the inferenc
lft generally drawn by the Parisian pres
,(j from Premier Clemenceau's statr
a. ment in the chamber that his cablne
n ; would definitely resign on that date
It is also deduced from the premier'
a declaration that he will be a candidnt
is for the presidency which means tha
j he will be elected virtually withou
opposition
UNION RAILWAY MACHINISTS
3. EXPECTED TO GO ON STRIKI
Washngton.?Ninety-eight per cen
s. of the 12.1.00ft union railway machlr
.(1 is*s voted in November to strike wltl
to other trndes in the event congress en
s. noted the Cummins railroad bill wltl
8. its anti-strike provision.
j In making this announcement. Wil
k liam H. Johnston, president of the Tr
ternational Association of Machinist
lo said the vote was taken b?f,?re the sen
c. ate Interstau commerce coinmit'ee rf
ported out the Cummins measure.
IMPRISONED AMERICANS IN
E. MEXICO NOT YET RELEA8EI
Ji' Mexico Otty.?Htlario Medina, !i
?r charge of the Mexican foreign office
j, declared In answer to a question tha
>f '.he two American sailors arrested a
a Mazatlan for assault upon a Mexlcai
b, citizen were, so far as the foreign ?1
a flee knew, still held there under pre
visions of the Mexican common law
r Senor Medina said the foreign ol
r, flee had asked the Mazatlan authorl
16 ties for further particulars regardlni
,? the care.
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K+.S A
CHESTER T. M1NKLER
1 Chester T. Minkler of Newport, R. I.,
6 who, It has been announced by the
navy department, Is the Inventor of
the depth bomb, which was used so
^'effectively against the U-boats. Minkler
not only Invented the depth bomb
|j but was also responsible for the mine
1 used by the nayy in the North sea.
e t He turned over both his inventions to
the government without cost.
; SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF ONLY;
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Settlement Proposition Accepted by
[. Miners Characterized as "Loaded
t-j Dice for the American Public."
s i .
n | Washington.?Entering into tlie coni
troversy raging about the govern-.
ijment's proposal for settlement of the
t- coal strike. Senator Frei;ng*iuysen, rer
publican, New Jersey, chairman of the
senate committee investigating the
coal situation, in a formal statement,
declared that in the government's ne^
gotiations "there must have been some
sort of a secret deal made in addition
to the signed statement."
a Explaining that he spoke for himt
self only and not for other members
B of his committee. Senator Frelinghuy0
sen reviewed the testimony adduced
d by the committee hearings to date
and added that out of the settlement
of the strike "in any event the public
may look for an increase in the price
^ of coal or another strike."
The New Jersey senator characterized
the settlement proposition as put
3 i forth by Attorney General Palmer and
1 accepted by the miners "as a loaded
; dice for the American public."
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PLOT TO KIDNAP BELA KUN
IS FRUSTRATED BY POLICE.
^ Vienna.?A plot to kidnap Bela Kun,
the former communist dictator of Hungary,
and hand him over to the HunB
garian authorities, has been frustrat^
eJ, by the Austrian police.
8 FORMER MINISTER TO CUBA
HAS ARRIVED AT NEW YORK.
e
y New York.?William E. Gonzales, retiring
American minister to Cuba, arrived
here from Havana on the steam
ship Esperanza. He will spend a few
weeks in this country preparatory to
leaving for his new post as Americaa
ambassador to Peru,
e
? REPUBLIC OF SALVADOR ASKS
FOR TEXT MONROE DOCTRINE.
San Salvador, Republic of Salvador.
a ?The secretary of foreign relations
of Salvador has requested the state
department at Washington to issue an
authentic statement concerning the'
^ Monroe doctrine, exactly as the state
department understands it in the presk"
ent historic moment,
n
e CASH PRIZES ARE PAID TO
8 13 TRANS-CONTINENTAL FLIERS
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1 New York.?Cash prizes totalling
' 36,150 were awarded by the American
s Flying Club to the 13 leading contest8
i ants in the recent army trans-conti1
nental air race.
1 Ten ft the prize winners flew Amer|
ican built DelIaviland-4 biplunes.
MEXICAN BANDITS RELEASE
? HUGO 6N A PROMISE TO PAY.
11 Washington.?Frederick Hug?, the i
i- American ranch manager captured
h hy bandits in the recent raid on Muzi
quiz Mexico, and later liberated, was
h released under an agreement to pay
$1,500 ransom within twelve days, ac1-1
cording to information reaching the
1-1 state department. The department
s announced that instructions had been
i- sent to the embassy In Mexico City to
>- insist that steps to capture the ban*
dits be taken.
ARRESTED AND BAILED ON A
>; CHARGE OF MISUSE OF MAILS
I
1 Chattanooga, Tenn.?D. Henry Rld^!
die, once candidate for attorney gen*
, eral of Alabama, was arrested at An*
n j niston, Ala., and released on $10,000
>. bond on an indictment charging con*
h splracy and misuse of malls.
The indictments are basecyp^alleg*
t. ed illegal cotton dealaf^btfccaused
l. the close of the Icemor'.ee Cotton Mills,
g | bt Monroe, at C., and temporary suepensio^
Falrley and Bona.
NEW DATE SET FOR I
RAILROAD^ RETURN
COMPANIES NOT READY TO TAKE \
OVER THEIR PROPERTIES ON
ORIGINAL DATE SET.
WOULD [CAUSE COMPLICATIONS I
Because of Inaction by the Congress F
President Wilson Has Changed the
Date of Transfer to March 1.
Washington.?President Wilson lasued
proclamations returning the rail- 8
roads and express companies to pri- '
vate control March 1. h
Failure of Congress to enact remedial
legislation was given as the rea- ?
son for extending by two months the r
time originally announced for relln- 1
qulshing government control of rail- ti
road properties. In his message co b
Congress last May President Wilson S
said that the roads would be turned
back at the end of the year. t
"No agreement having yet been t
reached by Congress," Secretary Tu- u
muliy said in announcing the procla- i
ination, "it becomes necessary in tho ii
public interest to allow a reasonable
time to elapse between the issuing of
the proclamation and the date of its ^
actually taking effect. The President
is advised that the railroad and exprers
compannies are not organised to
make it possible for them to receive t
and manage their properties if actual- t
ly turned over to them on December c
31." r
?
ROCKEFELLER AGAIN DONATES
ANOTHER HUNDRED MILLIONS. 1
New York.?John D. Rockefeller
gave to mankind a Christmas present
of 3100.000,000?half to the general a
education board to raise the'salaries r
of college professors and half to the a
Rockefeller Foundation to aid in its /
work of combatting disease through
improvement of medical education,
public health administrations and
scientific research. It is estimated
that Mr. Rockefeller's public gifts now
approximate $450,000,000.
LICENSE TO EXPORT ARMS |,
TO MEXICO ARE WITHDRAWN. g
Washlngton.-'-Revocation effective
January 1 of all licenses issued by the '
trade board prior to la?t September
30 for the exportation of arms or munitions
of war to Mexico was announced
by the state department. c
n
NEW PRODUCTION RECORD SET !l
DY THE FARMERS OF KANSAS. ?
n
Topeka, Kan.?For the first time in 3
the history of the state the farm pro- c
ducts and live stock raised this year
exceed $1,000,000,000 in value. The
annual report on farm production, issued
by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the
state board of agriculture, shows the
aggregate value to be $1,085,000,000. *
0
DISABILITY COMPENSATION f
_ , L w u 4 ^ P
i nMO OfctlN APPROVED. ?
Washington.?The Sweet bill. In- ^
creasing the compensation of disabled \
former service men and enlarging the
classes of beneficiaries under the war
risk insurance act, was signed by the
President.
Employees of the compensation and
claims divisions of the war risk insurance
bureau have been working
voluntarily several hours over time c
daily for more than a week.
a
FRENCH TEXTILE MILLS ARE
RAPIDLY GETTING IJM SHAPE. ^
Lille. Prance.?Fifty thousand persons
are at work in the French tex.- *
tile mills which only a few months ago
were razed or looted by the Germans
of their wonderfully delicate machinery.
*
Within a year, government officials
and manufacturers agree, production *
of textiles will reach half of the pre- v
war total, and within two years, these n
men forecast, the 1914 output will be ?
surpassed. a
CHARGE OF SEDITION TO BE '
PREFERRED AGINST JENKINS.
El Paso.?Charges of sedition will j _
be filed against William G. Jenkins, p
consul agent of the United States at e
Puebla, Mex., following the alleged de- r
livery by hlrn of arms and ammunl> A
tlon to the bandits who a"hd captuiV.c
ed him, according to The Excelsior ot h
Mexico City, ?
According to a dispatch from l-*x
celsior*s correspondent, the exarclnation
of the Indians was conducted with 1
"considerable solemnity/^ 11
ROOT TO BROBE TO ROOT OF 8
PROHIBITION bAW IN JERSEY.
Trenton, N. J.?Anothfif legal attack ^
on pcphibilion was launched here g(
whep'Ellhu fuot for Christein Feigens- p
paj, filed s oiljl of ^omplalnt in the, j,
Uhited Sftes court asking for an Injunction
restraining United States cl
District Attorney Bodlne and Charles
DufTy collector of internal revenue, h
from enfrcing the prohibition law. .
IV bill declare# that both the Vol toad
act and the 18th amendment are '
In constitutional.
BRITISH PREMIER ?
AT LUNYSTYNDWAY .
"
VIGOROUS-Y DEFENDS VOTING
ARRANGEMENT SECTION OP V
THE LEAGUE OF NATiONS.
EXPLAINS AUSTRALIAN VOTE *
Recounts Fight on Peace Treaty In
This Country, Which He Termed
"The Folly of America."
London. ? Premier Lloyd George
peaking at Llanystymway, Wales, deended
the voting arrangements o< the
aague of nations, lie said that Ausruiia
lost as many men as the United
itates in the war and had as much
ight to vote as the United States.
Ills vote, however, he added, would
iot be used on any question arising
letweeu Great Britiun aud the United
Itates.
He recounted the fight in the Unied
States on the treaty, which he
ernied the "fniiv i\f Amopin. ??
? w? 4>tuvt CUkUUU^
ipon party warfare when trying to Bella
the difficulties and troubles ensung
from the great war."
OCH INFORMS COMMITTEE HE
WILL NOT RUN FOR SENATE
Paris.?Marshal Foch has Informed
he Republican committee of Finiserre
that he will decline the offer of a '
andldacy to llie senate, which was
ecently offered him, according to the
latin.
"HE CALL IS OUT FOR NINE
BEST AIRMEN IN AMERICA
New York.?A call for the nine beat
.irmen In the United States to rep- .
esent this country In international
erf plane contests next year by th?
Lero Club of America.
RESIDENT WILSON IC NOW
SIXTY-THREE YEARS OF AGE
Washington.?President Wilson wna
3 years of age on December 28.
Rear Admiral Grayson snid the presdents
progress continues and he is In
ood spirits.
IDMIRAL KOLCHAK COMMANDER
ALL-RUSSIAN ARMY RESIGN8.
Vladivostok. ? Admiral Kolchak.
ommanding the All-Russian governuental
forces opposing the bolshevik!
a Siberia, has retired from active
ommand because of ill-health and
na n rvnnln to/1
urun II kirmCIIULI IU
ucceed as commander In chief, acording
to a message received here.
iXPORTERS ARE REQUIRED TO
FURNISH $12,500,000 BOND.
Philadelphia.?A bond of $12,500,000
rill be required of the exporters of 30.00
barrels of whiskey, hound here
rom Louisville. Ky., before their caroes
can be shipped, according to cusom
house officials. The bond will be
emanded. It was said, to prevent thei
eturn of the liquor to the United
Hates In any form.
The cargo will be shipped to France.
.IVING COST LEAPS 82.2
PER CENT IN FIVE YEARS.
Boston^?An Increase of 82.2 per
ent in the cost of living for Amerian
wage-earners between July, 1914,
nd November, 1919 is shown in a
tatement issued by the national inustrial
conference board based upon
ts recent investlgaiions. ,
7 '
1ICH FLYER AND PIL07
SAVED OFF FLORIDA COA8T.
Daytona, Fla. ? James Levy, a
realthy automobile dealer and hlg pint
named Goodrich, en route in a flyng
boat from New York to Miami,
ircre rescued off the Florida coast
iear here when motor trouble and ah
xhausted gas gupply forced them to
light on the water.
?V .
1EPORTEP THAT THE I. W. W.
PLA/I A STRIKE IN #LA8K*A.
/ Jfay
Seattle, Wash.?The I. W. W., not
atisOf'd with causing havoc in the
lorfdwestern states are determined to
x^nd their sphere of evil Influence v
rf Alaska, according to Governor
homos Riggs, who is a guest of this
Ity. Governor Rlggs -stated that ho
as positive evidence that conclusive
r shows that the I. W. W. have planed
and are planning a general strike
1 Alaska with a view to paralyzing
idu9try there.
EVENTY-ONE PEOPLE DIE FROM
EFFECT8 OF WOOD ALCOHOL.
New York. ? Seventy-one person*
ave died during the past 48 hours and
cores of others are suffering from
aralysis and blindness, due to drinklg
wood alcohol "whiskey," accordlg
to reports from seven eastern
Ities and Chicago.
The toll of poisonous liquor Is the
ighest in New England, where 60
oaths are recorded. Two women at
hlcopee Falls. Mass., and one at
prlngflsld, Mass., are In this list.