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p btablldudinUat. * FOOT HILL. S. 0.. THURSDAY, MARCH 11,1920 tl^S Per Ymt. . r PROCEEDINGS OF f THE LEGISLATURE A/RESOLUTION FOR OVERTIME /FAY KILLED BY BFEAKER ON \ PARLIAMENTARY RULING. nMILL TAX LEVY PROVIDED IThe Thirsty, Under State Liquor Law, I Muet Content Themoelvee with the Ueual One Quart Per Month. Columbia. f Fob. 27.?At the night seeaion the / senate first considered the statewide stock law which had been passed b> J the house. It was passed with amend I & menu and returned. The amendmenti V provide that the law will not apply to the counties of Horry, Berkeley 1 Dorchester, Colleton and Jasper with f out consent ot the voters. ? The House. ; Membehs ot the house went home I, after a rather Inactive day, adjourn ment haVlng been taken until Tues : day nigfH at 8:30 o'clock. Throughout the week it has been becoming mon apparent; each day that flnal adjourn I ment could not be had this week. V The rdsolutjon Introduced In the K house Beveral days ago providing at \ extra compensation .of $100 tor eact member .was swept from the calendai on a parliamentary ruling; >' The Senate. . March' 2.?The senate finance com b mlttee completed' Its work on the gen | ?ral appropriation bill and the bill ai 1t goes (o the upper house carries ap propriatlons for state DurDoees of Sfi. J 731,369.36. 'With revenue from de partment sources. the committee eatl mates that a levy of 14 mills will b< adequate. The 14 mill levy does no Include .the two mills for constructioi of hard surfaced roads nor three mil constitutional' tax. The House. The house killed the bill to put lnt< effect the 18th amendment to the con atltutlon. The purport of the bill wai to makf the state law conform to th< federal; constitutional * requirements The state law nullified by the amend meat was for. a quart a months wbll< the provisions to carry the prohlbttioi law into effect allow a pint every tei days. -,t The Senate. March 3.?An appropriation bill ear Tying exceeding 86,700.0000 passed th< W.MVV ouowvu mvuuut Ail OIUOIIUUIOU and without a tight over a single item Only two inquiries were made con earning items . in the bill. Senatoi 8heppard asked about the approprla t ?n nf 146.264.40 tor the college tarn of W4nthrop. He was told that as th< finds .collected from the broceeds o: the ffcrm were turned into the stati treasury it was necessary to authorlzi the j>pyment from the state treasury for the expenses of the farm. Senator Laney asked about the ap proptiation of $6,380 for the Soutl Carolina School Improvement associa tion.-^whether, or not, it was spent 01 rural schools 6r on city schools. H? was'satisfied by the statement of Sen a tor duh i ok i ua larger portion wai spent on schools of small towns' ant schools In the country. The House. The house sent to third reading th< VII by Senator Raskin of Lee count] to abolish the state pehsion com mis aion.' The bill was amended thougt to retain the state pension comrois sloner and.a fund of $2,000 is proridec to pay his salary and office expenses Apnther amendment provides thai the classification basis shall be on th< physical condition as well as flnancla status of the veterans. The Senate. TV^arch 4.?The senate passed thi bouse medical bill of Mr. Barnwell ant declared in unmistakahle terms thai 11 healers by whatever name knowt rust be examined by the state hnhrf of medical examiners before being a] lowed to practice their art of science nr healing 'processes in -South Caro t Una. No Salary Increases ) The bill by the senate finance com mittee to Increase the salaries , o staYe officers was swept from th< notiae calendar nlonp witn severa scores of other measures. This bll vrorldedi.fi salary of M.OO.Q for th( beads of all elate departments anr state officers. It passed the senate but- received a divided report fron tbOiWayg and means committee, th< majority report beinc unfavorable Th?| minority report recommendet the salaries of state officers b< W.QOO Instead of $2,500 as at present, ?Msre? Save Your Insurance. Jtine 90 'Over {500.000 ex-soldten lose the opportunity to renev *hf|r government insurance", aceordini ver F. Sexton, chle of the war risk In 'hese men were de Jir 31. 1918. sn< nths their renewa xtton says, 2,fiOO.OO( charged by Jrily 1 ddltional 2.000,001 the war risk fnsur tefore December 91 Pint Body Ever CnmaUd. London, (Special)?A long loet portrait of Henry Laurena, vijo was president . of tiie American congress in 1 1777 and 1778 and one of the leaders 1 in the American Revolution, recently , was discovered in a country house at Ckmmel, Ireland, near Tipperary. according to the London Times. The ; portrait was painted <by John Singleton Copley, a noted Anglo-American who was born in Boston, Mass., in 17S7. The portrait Of Laurens, says the newspaper, has been purchased by dealers and sent to the United . States. I Henry Laurens was born in Charleston, S. C., in 1724 and died there in December, 1792. He was appointed , peace commissioner to Paris in 1782. On the 9th .of December in 1792 the first human body was cremated in America. Henry Laurens, a prominent cltisen of Charleston, S. C? who was one of the commissioners who , signed the treaty of Paris endtng the , American Revolutionary War provid, od in his will that his body should be . burned after his death. As cremation ( at that time was generally considered p as a heathen rite the ceremony of cremating the body et the Laurens plant' ation near Charleston caused considerable comment. Navy Enlistments Increasing During the past week the South . Carolina naval recruiting office acl cepted 16 men for Uncle Sam's water i forces. This was the largest number . in several weeks, and is very gratifying to Lieut. Commander A. B. Ander , son', in charge of recruiting in the i state. i Applicants for enlistment totaled r 59. all' but 16 being rejected. Greenrllle. furnished four, Columbia Ave. Spartanburg three. Rock ttill one, Anderson one and Charleston two. i Post Card 8hower i Winthrop college la asking for a - "post card shower" from her 6,000 daughters, on Monday, Mart^h 15. - Every Winthrop student is asked to ? send such a card to Miss l>eila A. t Russell, alumnae secretary, Winthrop \ college, Nvlth the following inform1 tion on it! (1), home address, (2) teaching ora business address. (3) maiden name as well as married name, if > I married, (4) date and years Of attend | ance at Winthrop college. Any other i Information of Interest will be gladly' s ' received. ? 1 ' ______ * Permanent Read Inetltute 5 The first step toward making the 1 road institute a permanent feature 1 was taken up last week when officers were elected and arrangements perfected for the appointment of an exk ecutlve committee to draft a cons tit u* tion of the organisation. 'I- .? Lutheran Brotherhoods meet r Creating much Interest among the Lutherans ot South Caroling, North l Carolina and Georgia is the regional s conference which is being planned tor f the Lutheron -brotherhoods of these s three states. H. B. Gerhardt, field } secretary of the Lutheran Brother' hoods of America, has been traveling over the Southern district, organising brotherhoods in every Lutheran 1 church. By Eaater this organisation _ ' will be complete and the conference j will be a great thing, bringing all of s these newly organised brotherhoods together. i 1 Two New Charters The following charters were grant-, | ed by the secretary of state: i A charter to the Consolidated Motr or and Live Stock company of Sum. ter. The capital stock is 976,000 and 1 the officers are W. A. Bowman, presl. dent; A. K. Bowman, secretary- and I F. A. Bultman treasurer. t | A charter to J. Cbhen company, i Union. The capital stock Is $80,000 , and the officers are Jacob Cohen, I president and treasurer; W. H. Perrin, vice president and secretary and ! H. D. Cranford general manager. ? The Legislature Adjournes 1 The general assembly has adjournt ed sine die after .a session extending ? two weeks beyond the customary 40I days. .Appropriations, to raise which, do not include a two mill general levy i for permanent roads in state system, -! nor a three mill constitutional tax for . I public schools. ' Pruning Knife Applied. v - | The general appropriation bill for f state purposes this year calls for apa proximately $6,100,000. A levy of 12 i inillB will be required to raise this 1 amount s Tho free conference committee from 1 the two houses reached an agreement , . as to the amounts to be raised near i midnight. Total reductions from the ? bill were abo.ut $.600/000.' In applying the pdunnlng knife the 1 committeemen spread the building 3. program for some of the state institutions over-two yearA Warning from Wannamaktr i J. 6. TVarmamaker.' president of the r American Cotton Association, has Ist sued a statement, urging members of f the American Cottoft- Association to hold their cotton for a minimum price > of fifty cents or at leant until the anI | nual convention of the association in 1 Montgomery, Ala., April.13-16. when a minimum prlfee will be selected by the ) full - convention. The convention, he . j said, would probably name an even ) higher figure, as profits to make from >- 1-the manufactured staple would seem . I to warrant it. r V ** * ff . # IS INJURIOUS TO BUSINES By Disoontinulitg Purchase* of Lib* trty Bond* for Rotiromont Tress* ury Would bo Qroatly Relieved. Washington.?An immediate billion dollars reduction in federal taxes was suggested in a statement issued here by William G.. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury. The preaent tax burden is too great, he said, and >s "having an injurious effect on business." Mr. McAdoo proposed that collection of a tax to establish a sinking fund for retirement of the war debt, which was recommended* by former secretary Glass to begin with the fiscal year 1920, be postponed for two years, and that the deferred paymeats ?*f European interest be funded until Europe is in position to pay its Interest charges. "By discontinuing purchases of liberty bond* tor retirement under provisions of existing law the treasury would be relieved of a large burden now reflected in the floating debt and which otherwise will hare to be made up by taxation," said Mr. McAdoo. AMERICAN AVIATORS RECEIVE ORDERS TO LEAVE MEXICO. El Paso, Tex.?Instructions have been transmitted to Lieutenants L. M. Wolf and M. E. Usher, American aviators who have been in Sonora. Mexico, since February 2, to return to the United States immediately. HIGHEST PRICE ON RECORD PAID FOR REFINERY STOCK. New York.?The highest price ever iccorded for the sale of one share of stock In the history of the New York stock exchange was pnid when ten shares of Atlantic Refining Company common sold for $1,350 a share. GERMANY TO BE ALLOWED TO LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL LOAN London.--The Evening Standard states that the allied supreme council has decided to allow Germapy to launch an International loan, because It is recognised that Germany ruined would mean a weak and dangerous spot In Europe. ADHE8ION OF NORWAY TO THE LEAGUE BEING CONSIDERED. Christlanla.?The Storthing began debate over the question of Norway's adhesion to the league of nations. The consensus of opinion Is that not more than 21 votes will be cast against the proposition. JENKINS CASE 18 8TILL AN ANNOYING THORN IN FLESH Mexico City.?W. O. Jenkins, former United States consular agent at Puebla. whose permission to act in that capacity was recently revoked, is to be expelled from Mexico In consequence of his alleged dealings with rebels, according to insistent reports her?. PREFERENTIAL ENTRY RIGHTS ARE URGED FOR EX-SOLDIERS Washington.?Extension of preferential rights of entry on all public lands to former service men was urged before the house ways and means comipittee by D. W. Ross, of Berkeley. Calif , former engineer in the United States reclamation service. He approved the South land bill providing for a bond issue of $350,000,000 to be sold in ten years for the reclamation of public lands. The bonds would bear 4 1-2 per cent and would be tax free. LARGE INCREASE IN APPLE PRODUCTION IN NORTHWEST Washington.?Apple production hat Increased enormously in the North west since 1900.. Last year Wash ington. Oregon and Idaho, with thf help of Montana and Colorado, pro duced one-quarter of the total crop of the country. Wtih new acreage coming Into bearing, the department of agriculture says, it Is' Hkely thftl the Northwest in a few years, will 1>e producing a much, greater part ol the country's total ctop. 290,000.000 DRINKS WERE EXPORTED DURING JANUARV New York.?Demon rum, John Bar Jeycorn and other alcoholic concqc tions jn. sufficient Quantities to make more than 290.000,000 average "drinks' we.re exported from New York during Ja*t January. . This is shown by the export, statis tics or the port or New York in detail ed statements Indicating that 3.384v76< gallons of spirits were cleared at th United States customs house, with* < stated "value of S14.A94.8&8. .no map80urg restoration for'austria or hungary i . ? . , London.?Members of the supreme , allied council are determined to ad ' here to that organisation's refusal tp allow a Restoration of the Hapsburg* in either Austria or Hungary, it ii Stated In conference circles In answet to Inquiries regarding Rumanian fears that the appointment of Admiral Horthy as Hungarian regent means tha return of the former rulers. Recognition of the soviet govern nent in Russia, has been discussed. WANTS GOVERNMENT ID BUYJJP UQUOR 60,000,000 GALLONS WHISKEY ARC STILL IN GOVERNMENT BONOEO WAREHOUSES. IT WOULD AVOID TEMPTATION After Purchase, the Stuff Should be at Ones Converted Into Denatured Alcohol to Supply Demand. Wesierville, Giiiu.?Purchase by tb; | federal government of ail liquor j stocks In bond Is urged by the AntiSaloon league In a statement Issued here at the league's national headquarters by Ernest H. Cherrlngton. secretary of the league's executive committee. The statement says: "Now that prohibition baa gone into effect everything which the government can do to make It easy to enforce the law should be done. "With over 60.000,000 gallons of whlske*' in bonded warehousos there Is a constant temptation to devise ways and means of utilizing that 11j quor In Bplte of the law. "The government of the United States should purchase that whiskey at a price to be fixed by a federal commission, which prtce should represent the actual cost of producing it. Upon purchasing the whiskey the government should convert promptly into denatured alcohol for which there is an ever increasing demand. "By such an arrangement the distillers will get all they actually have Invested in the whiskey. The greatest temptation- to break the prohibitory law wWl be removed. The inventive | to spend" vast sUms of money to se; cure repeal of pkohihttlon or a seri. oub modification of the law will be ! eliminated." FORMER SENATOR WHITE WILL APPLY FOR SENATE VACANCY. t Birmingham.?Former United States Senator Frank 8. Wh|t? of Birmingham formally announced his candidacy as successor tQ the late Senator John H. llankhea^. iTAX OF FIVE DOLLARS ON CANARY BIROS 18 PROPOSED. Washington.?A resolution proposJ ing to place a tax of $6 on each j canary bird imported into the United ! States was presented to the house by ! Representative Clarence MacOregor, | of Buffalo. i HERBERT HOOVER REITERATES THAT HE IS NO CANDIDATE. I San Francisco. ? Herbert Hoover ! will not permit his name to be used ! in the California presidential primary j as he Is not a candidate for the office. vvuruiuR iu it iBiBuntra irom mm reaa here by Oavln MeNab, at the democratic state committee meeting. OUR COURTMARTIAL SYSTEM IS ATROCIOUSLY OBNOXIOUS . ' ! Washington.?Further efforts to i amend existing courtmartial regulations will be made when the house takes up the army reorganisation bill, ^Representative Johnson said. "The existing courtmartial system is atrocious to the Prussian degree." i Johnson said. "It subjects every man ' in the army to the whim, caprice or ill will of any officer." INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE OF COTTON MILL PROFITS i1 Atlanta.?Declaring that one cotton - mill in Georgia cleared $1,000,000 dur ing the last year of the war above >| hundreds of thousands of dollars spent j for Improvements and that another had t paid 100 per cent dividends in the last > two years, John A. Manget, fair price t commissioner for Georgia, announced : appointment of a committee of cotton ! mill men to aid him in determining r a "fair margin of profit" on the out put of Georgia cotton mills. ROPER RESIGNATION MUCH REGRETTED BY PRESIDENT Washington. ? In accepting with - "great regret" the resignation of Dan> iol C. Roper as commissioner of in ' ternal revenue. President Wilson told C Mr. Roper in a letter that he appre elated his services to the government "for many years in difficult positions and alwavs with distinction i Comarisslqner Roper based his reslg. k;,nation. his letter to the President on kja desire to "re-enter private life to pursue iny personal plans." INCOME TAX RETURN8 MU8T BE IN BY MARCH FIFTEENTH 1 " > Washington.?Alibis of the negli< gent will not be accepted aa excuses i< to escape penalty for failure to file i income tax returns for 1919. the bui reau of Internal revenue announced. "01(1 not know" or "forgot about it" i1 and similar pleas will be of no avail I to the tardy, the bureau said, but a i person who is physically unable to gel his returns in because of Illness, may secure a 30-day extension on aprpliea tion to collector of his distriot. BETURNS GREETINGS OF MANT "Delighted and Qreatly Benefited by the Exercise," Was Remarked by Doctor Qrayson en Return. Washington. ? Lured by balmy spring weather, the first ot the season, President Wilson went on a motor Jaunt about the city. It was the first time he had left the White House grounds since he was put to bed "a very sick man" five months ago on his return from his interrupted western speaking tour. For more than an hour the President drove along the speedway and through the city slieets and the capitol grounds where he w??ed a friendly greeting to Senator Borah, of Idaho, one ot the chief opponents to the peace treaty. The President was recognized by many persons and returned their greetings as the White House limousine rolled along at an easy gait, escorted by another machine carrying the secret service men. "Delighted and much benefited by his trip." was the way Dr. Grayson characterized the President's attitude when he returned to the White House. STRIKE OF SOUTH AFRICAN MINE WORKERS IS SETTLED. Johannesburg. Union of South Africa.?Tht? ?frlkra nmnrv fho noHwn ! workers in the crown gold mines In I the Rand, which has been in progress | for sonie time, has been settled. REPRESENTATIVES GATHERS TO DISCUSS PEACE WITH SOVIET. Warsaw.?Representatives of Finland, Letvia, and Rumania have ar, rived here to discuss peace conditions i to be submitted to the bolshevik gov; eminent of Russia. LEAGUE OF NATION8 COUNCIL TO MEET AGAIN ON MARCH 12. Paris.?The league of nations' council will hold its next meeting in Paris, t March 12. Organization of the commission, which Is to investigate conditions in Russia, will be taken up, it is understood. WEST VIRGINIA 8UFFRAGI8TS HAVE SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT Charleston- W. Va.?Backed by the telegraphed support of President Wilson. advocates of suffrage in the state were prepared to bring ratification of the suffrage constitutional amendment up for a final vote. SOCIALIST WOMAN ELECTED MEMBER DUTCH PARLIAMENT. The Hague.?Mrs. Pothuis Smlt, a socialist, will be the first woman of the upper house of the Dutch parliament, having been elected to that office by the North Holland provincial legislature at Haarlem. PLEBISCITE 18 RECOMMENDED TO PEOPLE OF SWITZERLAND Berne <?Adherence to the league of 'nations by Switzerland was'approved i by the Swiss national council by a vote of 114 to 55. This decision does not bind this country to enter the league, but recommends a plebiscite. TWENTY-THREE CULPRITS ARE LET OFF IN NEWBERRY CA8E. Grand Rapids, Mich.?By dismissing the charges against 23 men the government narrowed the field in the Newberry elections conspiracy case to an even hundred defendants. PLAN ON FOOT TO STABILIZE BUILDING MATERIAL PRICES i .? Chicago.?A campaign was begun 1 among building material men to sta: bilize prices on all materials used in I home building for at least six months. :1 Only by such means could the hous>! ing problem be solved, said Edarwd I Hines. head of a lumber company, i "I am sending circulars to all my I trade," Mr. Hines said, "notifying them that the price of lumber will go no J higher for el* months possibly a year." : HOME FURNISHINGS OF MRS. TOM THUMB GO TO MUSEUMS. Plymouth Mass.?The home furnish Ings of Mrs. Lavlna W. Magrl (Mrs. ,Tom Thumb), who dletf recently, will be placed in museums by the terms of her will. Her collection Is said to Include the smallest practical furniture i In use. Two miniature sewing machines and a piano are among pieces ; mentioned. The remainder of her properiy is to do aivtaoti among her > husband. Count Magrl. also a midget and two nephews. AN ARCH I8T GROUPS IN MILAN I HAVE PROCLAIMED A SOVIET Milan.?In complianco with orders t from socialist leaders .workers who i have been on strike attempted to re' some work, but anarchist groups attacked factories , the tramway and ' stores and compelled a continuation I of the strike. i Radicals seized a number of Milan I establishments and proclaimed a so' vlet, but were expelled by military forces. An attack on the labor exchange by anarchists was repulsed. SOLDIER-PAINTS CRUELLHREATED REPRESENTATIVES OF LEGION SENT TO OTEEN HOSPITAL FILE THEIR REPORT. MICE AND ROACHES SERVED Uncalled-for Inhumanity Towards Inmates Is Charged by Committee Making the Investigation. WtShiSgtOS. Vnhn Uiutlry and Walter Clark, representing the American legion, were here to demand the dismissal or transfer of army officers la charge at the hospital at Oteen. They charge poor management, bad food and mistreatment of men. They desire a public investigation, and that at least three of the officers in charge be turned out. Is is a military prison." said Mr. Clark. The Oteen hc.tplta! is supposed to have about 1,200 tubercular patients. Affidavits that cochroaches wore often scrambled in the eggs and lived in multitudes over the bread, through the hails and dining rooms at Oteen tuberculosis hospital for service men; that on one occasion a mouse was served in the beef stew and numerous instances of insufficient and poorly prepared food, in addition to instances of treatment of tubercular patients in a manner both uncalled-for and inhumane, are included in the report of Walter Clark, Jr. ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO BUY NO MORE TOBACCO FROM US. London.?The Italian government has decided to buy no more tobacco I from the United States. Egypt or the I Philippines, says a Rome dispatch to I the Central News. I POPULATION OF PHILIPPINES TEN AND ONE-THIRD MILLIONS Washington.?The population of the Philippines is placed at 10,350,640, according to figures compiled in the 1918 censuB, cabled to the insular bureau. | CANADIAN PREMIER VISITING CHARLESTON, 80UTH CAROLINA Charleston, S. C.?Sir Robert Borden, accompanied by Secretary J. W. Pugsley of the Canadian department of railroads are visitors here for a fortnight. $12,000,000 IN SECURITIES WERE STOLEN LAST VEAR. New York.?Approximately $12,000,000 worth of securities, including liberty bonds, were stolen from six hundred brokerage houses in New York and other cities last year. WOMEN WANT TO ASSIST IN FRAMING PARTY PLATFORMS Cleveland, O.?The National League of Women Voters will attempt to help formulate the platforms at the national political conventions at Chicago and San Francisco, Mrs. A. B. Pyke, delegate to the democratic convention declared. GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY IS HAILED A3 NEXT PRESIDENT New York.?Governor Edwards of New Jersey, who has declared war on the federal prohibition amendment, was acclaimed as the next "President ; of the United States" hy members of the Tammany Osceola Club, whom he addressed on the "Liquor Question." JAPANESE TO ABANDON THEIR EXPEDITION INTO SIBERIA. | Honolulu.?The Japanese govern'ment has decided to abandon the Siberian expedition In line with the American policy, according to a cable from Toklo received by Shinpo, a Japanese language newspaper here. tLOW PRICED BANK CLERKS ARE FORBIDDEN TO MARRY. Chicago.?A book of rules for employes of the federal reserve bank of Chicago, circulated, says "No male employe receiving less than $125 a month salary will be permitted to marry while in the service of this bank, with, out flrst taking the matter up with the chief clerk." j "The sum set in the book is the minimum on which an employe can risk a matrimonial venture," said C. U. Mc, Kav vicft.CArArBGF nf Ka r? lr THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD TO ISSUE MOVIE "WHITE LIST." New York.?Reform* of moving pictare* i* planned by the Presbyterian board of temperance and moral welfare, which announced that a "white" lint of approvod picture* would be isnued from time to time in an effort to (condemn picture* cha.notorized a* a menace to child welfare and a cause of Juvenile delinquency. The Rev. Walter A. Hendricks, of Portsmouth, Va.. has been appointed to take charce of the work. vlusi RESERVATIONS BY LODGEJLUHERS THE PRESIDENT IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN COVENANT OF LEAGUE. VERY HEART IS THREATENED No Escaping ths Moral Obligations Which Ars Expressed In Positive Terms in Article Ten. Washington.?President Wilson restarted for democratic senators his opposition to any peace treaty reservations -which would weaken the fall force of article 10 or otherwise materially impair the provisions of the league covenant. Without saying specifically what qualification he would or would not accept, he wrote a letter to 'Senator Hitchcock, the administration leader, that almost all of the reservations he. hid hoard suggested were "In effect virtual nullifications" o4 the treaty articles to which they applied. "I hear of reservationlsts and mild reservstlonlsts." the letter added, btti I cannot understand the difference between a nullitler and a mild nulllfler." ??. >I1UB? ?U" atviumg aim March 1, 1913. MAN DEVELOPING SINISTER FEMINISM SAVS CARDINAL Boston.?Growing weakness on the part of the mon of the country is developing a sinister feminism. Cardinal O'Connell told a gathering of men a! the cathedral of the'Hr'y Croan. Man is the head of the house, he aaid, and should assort his proper author ny in tne noine, I Failure to do this, the cardinal as serted, leads to a false feminism which, unless it is curbed in tlmA | will have disastrous results. NOT PROFTEERINQ IN SUGAR SELLING AT $86 PER POUND Washington. D. C.?A form of sugar intensely sweet and valued at $68 per pound, has been discovered, growing on flr trees in the Province of British Colombia, according to an announce* mont by the American Forestry Magazine. An article prepared for this magazine says the discovery wffl be of the greatest value to chemistry and scientific experimentation, but doubts the value of the new snb> stance in the manufacture of sugar. 1 Discussing urticle 10 particularly, the President wrote that there vu "no escaping the moral obligations which are expressed in positive terms in this article." though there coukl be no objection to explaining In an. interpretation the constitutional methods by which such an obligation would have to he fulfilled. The "very heart" of the covenant, he reiterated, would be imperilled by woukoning article 10. QUICK HEADS WINDING UP RED CROSS COMMISSION. Washington.? Herhert Quick of West Virginia, former member of the Farm Loan Board, was named to head the commission of winding up Red Cross artlvities in Siberia. RUS8IAN 80VIET GOVERNMENT MU8T NOT BOLSHEV IN JAPAN Toklo.?The peace offer of the Russian soviet government to Japan i* reported to include as one of Its terms a stipulation to forego bolshevik propaganda in the Japanese empire. V ADHERENCE TO LEAGUE 18 CONFIRMED BY THE DUTCH. The Hague?The first chamber of the Dutch porllament voted. 31 to 1. for the adherence of Holland to th* League of Nations. The second chamber cast an affirmative vote on February 19. NEW8PAPER PUBLISHERS ARC ASKED TO REDUCE PAPER USE Washington.?Chairman Steenerson of the house postofflce committee, haa written newspaper publishers calling attention to the committee's reoneal that they reduce consumption of new* print paper ten per cent because ?f the acute paper shortage. "BONUS" QUESTION MIGHTILY WORRIES HEADS OF LEGION Louisville. Ky.?Franklin D'Oiler national commander of the American legion, announced here that a confer erenco of legionna'res of all states would be held in Washington March 22 for reconsideration of the so-caBed "bonus" question. DIVIDENDS ON STOCK MAY NOT BE TAXED AS INCOME Washington.?Stock dividends may not be taxed as income, the supreme court held in declaring unconstltution a! the provisions of the 1916 income tax act taxing as income Huch dfvidends declared by corporations out ?1