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THE WEEK'S EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA- j TION AND THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD1 ] A Condensed Record Of Happenings | l Of Interest From All Points Of The World Foreign? i Sheriff's officers in motor cars visit- \ ed the residences of the members of the Poplar borough council, who had i refused to comply with an order of the high court requiring them to . raise tax rates in accordance with a ruling of the London county council, i The councillors were arrested and con- ; veved to prison amid the sympathetic , cheers from the crowds. More than 600 delegates from virtu-', ally ever>' country in the world were , gathered at Calrsbad Czechoslovakia j to attend the opening session of the , twelfth International Zionist congress. ( The chief work of the congress will , he the discussion of the problems , attending the rebuilding of Palestine, and. in view of the present situation of the Holy Land. The discovery of a secret organization plotting a revolution in Hungary. Fifty-six arrests have been made and papers confiscated which prove the connection of the organization with foreign bolshevists and the Industrial Workers of the World who are claimed to have furnished the funds used by the plotters. The Removal of the body of Pope Leo XIII from the Vatican to the Church of St. John Lateran, has been postponed. Representatives of American oil companies, at Mexico City, recently declined to express opinions regarding action of the supreme court recently in unanimously granting an injunction to the Texas company enjoining the Mexican department of commerce and industry from denouncing rights to oil lands held by the Texas company. Marcellus T. Abernathv. Ninth Coast artillery was so severely bitten by a shark while bathing in Manilla Bay that he died soon afterwards. Hi3 nearest kin is Miss Mildred Abernathy a sister, at Forsyth, Ga. Three more bodies were recovered from the wreckage of dirigible ZR-2, making a total of twenty-two recovered since the disaster. Famine scenes are described by the Pravada. a Moscow soviet organ, received at Riga recently. England is now at peace with all her enemies of the world war. only with the exception of Turkey. Field Marshal Count Karl von Bue low, who was commander-in-chief of the German second army during the !, world war died recently at Berlin. J At least thirteen are killed and | moi> than a hundred have been j wounded in the bitter factional rioting which has raged through Belfast for three days, and which now appears to burned itself out through exhaustion ' of the spirit of the fighters and the vigorous action by troops and police. Washington? i i Headquarters of the Gulf division of the Emergency Fleet corporation were closed recently, virtually ending , thh labors whic at one time engaged 50,000 men in sixteen southern towns. The force retained by Manager D. T. | Williams numbers but fifty men. The j f?nlf /lii'loinn mot a/1 1 T1 I ^uu uit ioiuu vvu^u uvicu ioi of 707.400 deadweight tons in the 1 yards of Savannah and Brunswick, Ga.. Jacksonville, Tampa and Pensacola. Fla.. Pascayoula and Moss Point. Miss., Mobile. Ala. Instructions for obtaining material from the war department for the purpose of exhibition at fairs, xpositions. and like celebrations, were announced recntly by Adjutant Gneral P. C. Harris. in a ltter to Senator Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia. It is authoritatively learned that the interstate commerce commission, under tht provisions of the Esch-Cummings transportation act, will shortlv announce consolidation of the railroads of the United States into twenty systems. Nathaniel Ferguson, aged 9, arrived at the Union station here recently Raliegh. N. C-. locked in a baggage car. Investigating lusty yells from within the car railroad detectives fount! the lad, who explained he had entered the car on a side track at Uali-th while at play recently. Some of his companions had locked him in as a lark, and before they returned he was on his way to Washington. His mother was notified. decision was reached recently by the senat" finance committee to re- j * writ the house tax bill so as to in dude in one document every internal revenue law on the statute hooks. Agreement between Japan and J China regarding the so-called Sliau tung issue before the convention of the Washington armament conference. so< n. is impossibility unless Japan ! \oluntanly surrenders all privilege*! granted her under the Versailles treaty, according to well-informed ai. thorites here. It-, .e-ts by expert engineers furnish in; statistics of the operation of th-Must le Shoal. Ala., nitrate plant dam 1 m or the proposal submitted uy Henry Ford have been received bv Secre' Weeks. Coop for Broody Hens. Break up tne broody hen that you do not Intend to set. A swinging | cuop with u slit bottom is a most effective breaker. Composition of Oat Hay. The composition of oat bay Is higher in protein than timothy, but a lit? Ue lower in carbohydrates. Flies Heckle Animals. * You can't do good work, if the Hies heckle you constantly. Neither can cows and horses. I'rutect them. j A half-billion dollar anchor to windward hay been provided by the house of representatives against failure of the new tax law to provide for the government's expeditures for the current year. This anchor may be a lifesaver in either of two likely contingencies. One?If the new schedule of taxes provided by the law fails to produce sufficient revenue to cover the total of appropriations. President Harding, speaking recently at the opening of the fall terra of the Army War college, declared that 'no matter where the best aspirations of the world lead us there never may be a time without the necessity for armed forces.' The president in his brief address, however, pledged the two hundred officers in his audience that during his administration they would never be called to perform military service "they could not enter Into with all their heart and soul as Americans." Indications of a broad general business recovery throughout the country ire lacking still, according to a report riven out hv the federal reserve hoard. Chairman Sydney Anderson issued a statement recently asserting that additional credit facilities for farmers are imperative. He indicates the commission in its report to congress will reccommend a concrete plan for bridging the gap between short-time and longtime credits. That the homage paid to his mother in the movement to build a replica of her birthplace in the national capital through the efforts of the Georgia Roosevelt Memorial association, would have been most pleasing to Theodoie Roosevelt, was the daclaration of Haunis Taylor, ex-ambassador to Spain, in an address before the association following the parade and pageant ~ecently. Assurance was given President Harding recently by Senator Watson, republican, Indiana, that the tax revision bill would be ready for consideration soon by the senate and to be put through without delay. Captain Cranston Williams, secretary to Senator Harris, went to Camp Meade, Maryland recently to attend a farewell dinner of the officers and ladies of the 56th infantry. The Famous-Players Lasky corporation and affiliated concerns, which the federal trade commission was formally charged with unfair competition and monopolistic policies, combined and conspired to suppress competition in interstate commerce in motion picture films, according to official complaints. The federal government is now moving rapidly to protect the state of West Virginia against violence. The president has issued a proclamation giv?Vi/\oa nnrro rrn/1 in I'.nloiifPnl ni?A_ lug luudc ctiga^cu iu uuiomui \ti\jceedings until noon, September 1, to return peaceably to their homes. Decision to ask Henry Ford to come to Washington for a conference with respect to his offer for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant, was announced recently by Secretary Weeks. Domestic? Gen. H. H. Bandholt announces that he has dispatched a telegram to the tvar department at Washington to send federal troops into West Virginia at once. He says: "I am satisfied the West Virginia miners will not obey the president's proclamation." Conflicting reports of happening along Spruce Creek ridge. West Virginia. on one side of which armed bands are gathered, while on the other, Logan county deputy sheriffs, volunteers and state troops are doing patrol duty are circulated in Logan, W. Va. Reports from Camp Dix are that troops of the Twenty-sixth and Sixteenth infantries a- awaiting orders for possible duty in the West Virginia coal fields. The Ford Motor company has in the neighborhood of $54,000,000 in cash in the bunk, according to a report tendered the department of state at Lansing, Mich. The report has not been officially jc-cepted because of minor errors and may be returned to the company for correction. Bodies of eleven miners were recovered recently from the Harco mine, after an explosion recently, at Hurrisburg, Illinois. Creditors of Lewis Burke, Chattanooga broker, now in jail in default of bond on the charge of fraudulent breach of trusts, filed on involuntary petition in bankruptcy against him. A man in whose coat were found papers indicating that he was Oscar Norlin, of Baltimore, committed suicide recently by jumping off the Brooklyn bridge. Unless a tax bill amounting to $2*) is paid, the sheriff of Tangipahoa par ish. will at an early date sell at auction the Louisiana estate of Genera! John J. Pershing, according to a story published by The Pelicanaire. a former service men's weekly publication. A train of three loaded trolley express cars recently crashed into ? live-story building at Springfield, Mass., when motorntan lost control of the cars. Only one person was injured. Director C\ It. Forbes, of the veterans' bureau. Washington, will make a personal inspection of the government property at Camp Mcf'lellan soon, according to information made recentlv to Congressman Lamar Jeffries. The soviet authorities still have resources at their disposal and should be urged to use them to provide food for adult relief, declared Secretary of Commerce Hoover, chairman of the American relief administration, in a telegram recently to Colonel William X. Haskell, director of the relief ad ministration"* mission in Itnssia Rye Rich in Protein. Yoiiiik rye, as well as young wheat, is comparatively rl?-h in protein. la that respect they are almost as valuable as rape for spring and summer pasture. Cause of Chick Loss. More chicks die each year as a result of poor feeding and poor brooding than from any other cause. Most Profitable Fields. Weed less fields are apt to be profitable fields. ! / ^^-r-BTSV A* " /i^^\ ||XS^j \ "'' P' \ if; ???? IS DIVERGENCE OF OPINION The Senate Was Not Consulted by the President When a Representative Was Sent to Supreme Council, Washington.?Secretary Hughes is of the opinion that the new treaty with Germany doesn't permit the United States to join the League of [ Nations except by a treaty to which ' the senate has given its constitutional consent. He didn't intend the language of the new pact to be interpreted in any other way and had no desire to use phrases which could in any way give rise to what he considers an absurd viewpoint?namely the joining of the league without the con-1 sent of the senate. Hut there is a divergence of opinion on this subject. And the interesting thing now is to see whether the allies I consider the action of the Harding . administration as absolutely final. It is pointed out by those who differ with Mr. Hughes that the present administration did not feel bound to consult the senate when a representative was seHt officially to the supreme j council and that if the executive cared | to do so he could send an American I diplomat to take America's seat in; the council of the lencue. Hunger Strike is Threatened. Cork.?Four hundred and fifty re-; publicans held in the Spike Island internment camp have served notice on the governor that, unless they are released. they will start a hunger strike. { They base their demand on the ground that the English government has no legal or moral right to detain them. Legion Members Volunteer. Welch. W. Va.?Five hundred members of McDowell county post No. 8, American Legion, under command of Major W. E. Furbank, answering a call from Governor Morgan, left Welch in automobiles for Logan county. ri 5 ".i Representath and refining indu that much of the ta torists as to the prop mobiles must fall up of motor fuel and li The Standard Oil G had long before glad this responsibility. Il mobile builders had 1 the sale had been those who bought en ure cars. Branch ser their only point of their equipment Refiners of gasoline have almost daily d< and chauffeurs. Gj been so far develops become almost mor ? mechanical perfectio a -n - Accurate understand STAN Rock of Ages Still Stands. r.urrington Commbe, Somerset. Eng. ?The rock visualized by Augustus Toplady when he was inspired to compose the hymn, "Rock of Ages," stands just outside this village and a great demonstration to perpetuate his memory was held there on the August bank holiday. Treaty to Senate September 21. Washington.?The treaty with Germany, which was signed at Rerlin, will be sent to the senate September 21, the day that congress reassembles after its thirty-day recess, it was stated at the White House. Special Courier is Held. London.?A special courier is being held in readiness at Premier Lloyd George's official residence in Downing street to take the premier, who is now in Scotland, the Irish reply to his last letter to Eamonn de Valera. Whiskey and Gin Admitted. Paris.?The French government has been rompelled to permit the importation into France of a limited amount of whiskey and gin so as to satisfy the demands of the tourists here. Resisted Arrest and is Killed. Atlanta, Ga.?R. L. Peak, 2f>, ot East Point, Ga., was shot and killed by Harry Saphire, a federal prohibition agent, when he is said to have resisted the efforts of Saphire and other officers to arrest him. Bar Association o nLandis. Cincinnati.?The action of Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago, national commissioner of baseball, in ac! cepting "private emolument" 'while | active on the federal bench, was declared to meet with the "unqualified condemnation" of the American Bar i association in a resolution adopted recently. The resolution was adopted aftet Senator James Hamilton Lewis coun selled against hasty action, and moved that the matter be referred to a com |inittee for investigation. U yl I ill 1 ?& rhe Refii on a nei rES of ihe automotive c; stri es recently decided o isk of instructing mo- ci er functioning of auto- si ton the manufacturers f< ibricating oils. w ompany (New Jersey) ^ ly assumed its share of 0 t realized that the auto- si ittle opportunity, after <j made, to advise with p igines, trucks or pleas- Ci vice stations furnished a; contact with users of u , on the other hand, ft palings with motorists isoline engines have jg i that fuel quality has >v e of a problem than n in the motor. n ing of the many deli- tl O J DARD 01 (New Je: Thousands Die of Cholera. New York.?Thousands of famine sufferers in Trans-Caucasia, among them many children, are dying of cholera, said a cable message received hy the Near East Relief from Albert Johnson, one of its investigators. Destroyers to Arrive Earlier. Charleston, S. C.?It is likely that the 100 destroyers, more or less, which will bring several thousand bluejackets here to spend the winter, will reach Charleston two weeks earlier than was at first announced. Council to Take up Silesia. Geneva.?The council of the league < f nations has accepted the task of solving the question of the disposition of Upper Silesia. Viscount Ishii as nrpsidpnt of the council, so informed Premier Briand of France. Mexicans Sell National Lands. Mexico City.?National lands in the territory of Quintana Roo which have stood idle since 1909 are to be divided into small tracts and sold on easy terms to farmers who can give suitable financial references. Longer Hours in Cotton Mills. Manchester. Eng.?The Federation i of Master Cotton Spinners association has decided to increase work in mills using American cotton to 35 hours weekly against the present short-time ! of 24 hours. ; Kicked Cow Kills Kicker. Lincoln, England.?Charles Garthman of Halton Fen, kicked his cow because she became unruly while bei ing milked. The cow knocked him Jdown and trampled him to death. 100 Bales Sold at 15 Cents. . Sumter, S. C.?J. F. Bland, a large I planter of Mayesville, sold 100 bales of cotton here at 15 cents round. The ' I cotton was purchased by T. G. Bult I man, who says the price paid was five . cents above that obtaining two weeks j ago. VT~^1 v % . V P, \ / (n C \ 1 JL ; \ s -?r f?{ * ? R- ? ,i . | $ a , . ;I:V-? liw %; i -liWfiWrl'jv'tiiWJ' v ' 'ii #51 ' "H& :ri^SSi:S8^ 25L- ?$1? ler takes w Kespoii! ate considerations involved in f a 100% motor fuel?in cjuai lent lor every demand?has trained this companv from ma >r "STANDARD" MOTOR hieli could not be justified i y every purchaser cf the pro< ur Development Department i tidying possible iirprovcme uality cf cur products where rovement in quality seems con omplctc end dependable nnifc re the largest refiners ef pelr* cts in the world, drawing o:i verv section of the W estern ] >r crude oil. Our unhesitating advice to ev< to realize the advantages of tl ork by usins "STANDARE ASOLINE. This course will, in, insure engine efficiency n tan it can be secured in any c tr -m /r A ha L LiUlVirAf* rsey) Telephone 1 ij __ _ f?J1 t)( J|_ ^ when you want ( that next job of i I Printing | ' You will get first-class J work, and you will get I it when promised, for having work done | when promised is one I of the rules of this office. 1 H If you prefer, send the | I order by mail or bring jj 1 it to the office in person. | I luniinniiiiiiimiituitiiiinnnnnnmniQuiniiDi f I Let Um Show You | 1 What We Can Do jj Are Many Supposed Swindlers. p Chicago.?Sixty men. many of them p leaders in banking and other busi- 0 nesses in their community, will he in- f, , dieted in connection with the al- n leged Charles W. French $50,000,000 1 "swindle trust." a o Forty Killed in Collision. a . Magliana, Italy. ? Forty persons v ( were reported killed when a pas- (] senger train crashed into a freight i< near here. Scores were injured. a 4, } 4 I \ nihility the making itities suffialwavs reking claims GASOLINE immediately luct. s constantly nts in the ver the insistent with trinity. We >leum prod pracucaiiv Hemisphere sry motorist [lis research r MOTOR in the long uore surely >ther wav. J JY i Making Advances on Cotton. Washington. ? The War Finance irporation has announced completion ! transaction for advances to the ississippi association for $5,000,000 1 100,000 bales of cotton for use in aking advances to its farmer mem;rs based on one-half the value of e cotton when delivered, and transnfa annrnodtiinir onmnlfition /liuup (XlKi a)/[/ivuvuiuo vv*Mr>?v.?p. r advances to the Oklahoma Co-op ative Marketing Association of $5,>0,000 on 200,000 bales of cotton, and ? the Texas association of $10,000,)0 on 300,000 bales of cotton. 4 So the People lay Know that you are in business, come in and let us show what we can do for you in the way of attractive cards and letter heads. Good printing of all kinds is our a ie specialty aiiu u we etui~ oot satisfy you we don't want your business. That's Fair, Isn't It? Tampa, Fla.?Rube Jones, 45, of of ort Richey, former marshal, of Taron Springs, and Bert Scott, 39, also f Port Richey, were shot to death ,-om ambush at Stevenson's bend, ear Weeckiwatchee Springs. Robbery was the motive, apparently, s Jones was known to carry a roll f about $2,000 in cash. This money nd a large diamond ring which he ;ore on his left hand were taken. A iamond stud in his shirt was overaoked as well as $34 which he had in mother pocket.