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SAN ANTONIO 15 SWEPT BY FLOOD WATER STOOD 10 TO 15 FEET DEEP IN STREETS OF THE BUSINESS SECTION. LOSS OF LIFE IS APPALLING Property Lost in Central Portion of the City Will Run well Up Into Millians of Dollars. San Antonio, Tex.?Forty-seven are -?..... ho rfooft nnrl nronerty in the central portion of the city has been damaged to the extent of several million dollars by a flood which swept through San Antonio. Estimates of the loss of life and property are difficult. Troops from Fort Sam Houston are patrolling the city and aiding in rescue work. The water supply is cut off, as is the electric light and telephone power. Estimte of loss of life reaches as high as 250 by police and fire officials. ivater from the San Antonio river, which winds through the city, and from its tributary, the Olmos creek, flooded the. business section of the city for many blocks to a depth of from 10 to 15 feet. The San Pedro creek, on the west side of the city, which runs through the Mexican district, overflowed and joined the waters from the river and swept through the southern part of the city. Water stood 15 feet deep in the lobby of the Gunter hotel, which is a block from the river. The flood reached the Alamo plaza on the east, which is five blocks from the river. Bridge Collapses; 34 in Morgue. Chester, Pa. ? Thirty-four identified bodies lay at the morgue and 12s eriously injured persons were at hospitals shortly before midnight?victime of the collapse of a 50-foot section of an iron bridge spanning Chester river which plunged a crowd of at least 150 men. women and children into the swirling high tide. Mo?t Perfect Venue Found. Rome.?What enthusiastic archeologists describe as the most perfect Venus hitherto come to light has Just been discovered in the Thermal or Baths of Cyrene. where extensive excavations are being carried on under the direction of Professor Ghislauzoni. Labor Demonstration Planned. Washington.?A nation-wide demonstration in favor of international disarmament will be staged by organized labor as President Harding's disarmament conference opens. Auto Bandits Get $15,000. Philadelphia.?Holding a doxen pedestrians at bay with revolvers, five automobile bandits held up and rob bed a collector for the American Stores company, chain grocers, here and made off with $15,000. Revising House Tax Bill. Washington.?Revision of the House tax bill on a basis of government needs of $3,200,000,000 from internal revenue this fiscal year was begun by the senate finance committee. Harry Dougherty May Resign. New York.?That Attorney General Harry Dougherty contemplates resigning from President Harding's cabinet Is reported in a special dispatch to the New York Herald. Well Water With a "Kick." Hollister, Mo. ? An arteslon well, which furnishes water with sufficient "kick" to explode and shatter Jugs and bottles is puzzling even "home brew" experts here. Dissatisfaction In Madrid. London. ? Despite Spanish communiques of victories in Morocco, official advices from Madrid reported deepest dissatisfaction with the situation on the part of the Spanish people. DeValera Accepts Proposition. London.?Eamonn de Valera, on behalf of the Sinn Fein people and parliament. has accepted Premier Lloyd George'B offer of a new conference on peace in Erin, to be held at Inverness, Scotland. Power Boat Blows Up. Lakeside, Ohio.?The power boat Alton blew up in Lake Erie one and onequarter miles north of Lakeside with 30 men on board. Four of the men were severely burned, but all were jescued. To Hold Big Band Contest. Kansas City, Mo. ? One hundred t>ands representing every state in the union are expected to compete for ! 1 ? Artnnlno nf tHo ])riZ?H 111 Lilt? ycli auc uyuuiu^ vi vuv American Legion convention here. Annual Meeting of G. A. R. Indianapolis, Ind. ? For the fourth time since the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in 1866 it will convene in Indianapolis September 25 to 29 for its annual meeting. No other city has had the encampment more than three times. i Marks Sell For Penny. New York.?German marks sold for Jess than a cent apiece in the foreign exchange market here. After opening at 0.99 cents they advanced to one cent flat. interned Sinn Feiners Escape. Dublin. ? A tunnel requiring many weeks to construct was employed in effecting the escape of some 50 interned Sinn Feiners from Corraugh internment camp in County Kildare, where about 1,500 prisoners were unier guard. - ON CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING Every Visitor to Mado-ln-Carolinas Exposition, Whether Farmer or Not, Will Enjoy This Address. Charlotte.?Dr. Clarence E. Poe, editor of The Progressive Farmer and one of the nationally known authorities on matters agricultural, will be one of the celebrities to speak at the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition here. He will speak on September 17, which has been designated at Farmers' Day at the exposition. His subject will be marketing, which has engaged the attention of agriculturists of this section for some time. The particular phase which Dr. Poe is expected to emphasize in his address is plans for co-operative marketing of cotton along the lines followed by fruit growers in California for a number of years. A movement to that end has been on in the South era siaies lor more uiau a jcm. nuuui | 3,000,000 bales have been signed up1 in the South already under pledge to' be sold throughout the co-operative, agencies. The campaign started in this county last spring, was abandoned until the fall season and will be resumed shortly when the farm bureau of this county stages 24 meetings in the county to explain the purpose and! scope of the system. Word from Hoover and Baker. Chapel Hill. ? Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and ex-Secretary Newton D. Baker have sent greetings to the First National Regional Conference on Town and County Administration, to be held here September 19, 20 and 21. Demands of Longshoremen. New York.?Demands of longshoremen for an eight-hour day were taken up at a meeting here of representatives of steamship lines handling foreign freight. The present working agreement expires September 30. Paris Catacombs Reopened. Paris. ? Unique among historical show places of the world ^nd famed for centuries on both continents, the catacombs in Paris were re-opened to visitors, having been closed for six years on account of the war. Unprecedented Wheat Exports. Washington. ? Unprecedented export of wheat during August should react favorably on agricultural and iusiness conditions /throughout the j country, Secretary Hoover declared. Passengers Safely Landed. Lisbon.?The twelve hundred passengers on the British Royal Mail steamer Almanozra, which went aground off Cape Espichel, 20 miles south of here, were landed safely. Rise In Retail Food Prices. Washington.?Increases in the retail prices of food in August as compared with July were shown in statistics by the department of labor. Germany-Bavaria Settlement. Berlin. ? Settlement of the controversy between Bavaria and the cen- { j tral German government is believed to be possible, following conferences held here during the past few days. Theft Insurance Rates Higher. New York.?New Yorkers who want to insure their belongings against theft will have to pay ten per cent ! more than in the past, it was announced. Babe Ruth Slams Out No. 53. DKU?/1ttl nRln PoKfl Pllth \TPW i IX luiauci^liiu. VUI/V j York's star slugger, made his 53rd ;home run in the fourth inning of a game with the Philadelphia Ameri; cans. Syndicate Makes Huge Deal. Paris. ? Negotiations were completed in Paris whereby the vast estates of Archduke Frederick of Austria and j his son. Archduke Albrecht, estimated to be worth more than $200,000,000, were taken over by an American syndicate. The transaction concerns the vast land and industrial holdings of the Hapsburgs, distributed throughout Austria, Czecho-Slovakla, Poland, Rumania and Italy. They include the great steel works and mines in Teschen. A Most Valuable Chicken. South Glouchester, N. J. ? In the craw of a chicken killed for Mrs. Edwin Bloome's table, she found her $3,000 diamond engagement ring, lost , four months ago. Root May Yet Participate. Washington. ? At least informalparticipation by Elihu Root in the armament limitation conference appeared assured as a result of conferences between the former secretary of state and President Harding and Secretary Hughes. Dixie Highway Association Meets. Cincinnati, Ohio.?From as far South as Miami, Fla., and as far North as .Chicago and Detroit, hundreds of delegates gathered for the annual con-1 1 vention of the Dixie Highway association. Two No-Hit, No-Run Games. Marshville, Wis.?What appears to be a record was established by Pitcher Noel of the Marshville team of I the Wisconsin Valley baseball league, when he pitched two no-hit, no-run j games within four days. Big Box Factory Burned. Estill. S. C.?Fire totally destroyed the box factory of Hamilton Ridge Lumber corporation, causing a loss of from 150.0J00 to $200,000 and throw-| ing several hundred out of employment. Reward Out for Dynamitera. Atlanta.?Rewards totaling $5,500 were offered for apprehension with proof to convict the persons responsible for dynamiting an Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic railroad freight ] train near hera - ... i... UNITED STATES IS 1 HELD RESPONSIBLE A SPIRITED DISCUSSION WAS INDULGED IN AT RECENT 1 SESSION OF LEAGUE. j COMMENDS COUNCIL'S WORK i Warning by Intimation is Given That I More Work Must be Done or Con- ( tributions May be Cut Off. Geneva. ? Charges that the purely negative position of tne United States i had been responsible for the delay in i the application of mandates by the < League of Nations were made by Lord Robert Cecil, representative for South j < Africa, at the session of the assembly i of the league, which took up a genera] < * * ' - ? - ? discussion 01 me aueuuipusuuicuia ut < that body to date. 1 Charges that the league had been extravagant and had discriminated i against countries which remained neu- ] tral in the world war were made by < Hjalmar Branting of Sweden. i Mr. Branting suggested that the < members of the league might cut off their contributions if the organizations of the league did not succeed in producng results more in accord with the ( fundamental principles. Lord Robert Cecil, who represents South Africa, praised the frankness of Mr .Branting but defended the secretariat of the league from his charges 1 of extravagance and partiality. The 1 council's work had been good, Lord { Robert said, but he thought it might have put in a little more work. No Investigation for Russia. Moscow.?The Russian Soviet Gov- , ernment has declined to permit the International Russian Relief Commission, recently appointed by the Allied Supreme Coun.-ll to investigate contions in Russia, preparatory to aiding in famine relief. 1 I Jap Officer Joins Bandits. Tokio.?To assume the leadership of a gang of mounted bandits in Man-1 churia. an officer of the Japanese army has ueen placed on the retired list at his own request and has departed for Korea, acording to a story pub- ! lished in The Nichi Nicbi. ] Power Cut Off From Mills. Raleigh. ? At noon the Carolina , Light and Power company shut off i power to fifty-eight cotton mills and j other large users of current, and will continue curtailment for the last three working days every week until 1 the water shortage is relieved. Cotton Being Ginned Earlier. Washington. ? Cotton of the 1921 crop ginned prior to September 1 amounted to 481,788 running bales, including 36,208 round bales, counted as half bales, the Census Bureau announced. 1 Miners Call on Governor. Springfield, 111.?Charges of persecution and abuse from Hardin county authorities, mine officials and alleged hired gunmen were made to GovernorSmall by a delegation of miners from the troubled Fluerspar country. Breast-to-Breast Fight. Cincinnati. ? Breast-to-breast, Anthony Meerpohl,, saloonkeeper, and John Brady, former city patrolman, fought a pistol battle in Meerpohl's saloon and both men are dying. Judge W. R. Allen Dead. Goldsboro, N. C.?Judge W. R. Allen, associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, died suddenly at his home here from a stroke of apoplexy. Lack of Cars Handicap. Riga. ? Lack of cars is retarding somewhat the movement of the American Relief Administration's food into Russia. Woman Dead at 101 Years. 1 Albany, Ga.?Mrs. Elizabeth Guinn 1 Doiler, Dougherty county s oldest resident, died in her 101st year. Memorial to ZR2 Victims. London.?Memorial services for the victims of the ZR2 disaster were held in Westminster Abbey, that venerable edifice being crowded to its utmost capacity. Bishop Ryle, dean of Westminster, officiated. Head Cut in Twain. Norfolk, Va.?Enoch D. Ferebe, of Virginia Beach, met instant death 1 when his head was cut in twain by a mill saw. Ferebe was standing under tee wood cutting sh?d when the saw broke from its fastenings. British Golfers Win. Omaha. ? George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, British golf professionals, de ieatea iiuuojpu ivuepper 01 oiuui cuy, Iowa, state champion, and Francis GaineB of Omaha. i Train Wrecked by Dynamite. Atlanta.?John E. Morris of Fitzgerald, Ga., engineer, was kiled and several other trainmen injured in the ' wreck of an Atlanta, Birmingham & 1 Atlantic railroad freight near here, i v hich was said to have been caused by i an explosion of dynamite. < Navy Wage Scale Approved. Washington.? The new navy wage wage scale decreasing by 10 to 20 per i cent the pay of about 68.000 civilian I employes was approved by Secretary i Denby. I I Born; Calf Triplets. Nashville , Tenn. ? Three calves, weighing each about 26 pounds, born to a flve-year-old ' Jersey cow here,,; were reported to be all strong and 1 healthy. The calves are exactly alike ' in color and size, two being males and t one a female. ?. Ji 5REAT QISPIAY OF PM The Value of Mineral Production In State of North Carolina Alone ia Around $8,200,000.00 in 1920. Charlotte, N. C.?To show what can >e made into the finished manufacturid product from the raw materials Tom forest, field, plain and mine, will )e the purpose of the North Carolina nineral and forestry exhibit in the 'orthcoming "Made-ln-Carolinas" exposition, to be held here September 12-29. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, the state reoloeist. is in the city arranging the iisplay, which, according to plans, will be a thrill-producer and an eyeopener as to the possibilities of the ;stablishment of industries based on Tar Heel raw products. Ceramic, or pottery, materials, along with building materials, wtll occupy the greater space in the mammoth iisplay. said Dr. Pratt. In 1920 the estimated value of proluction of brick and tile in North Carolina was $3,755,619, but it is the opinion of the state geologist that four or five times as much material should 3e turned out in this state The total estimated value of the mineral production of North Carolina last year was $8,183,631, yet Dr. Pratt ieclares a feeble start has just been made in the extraction and production of the minerals of the state. Population of California. Washington. ? California's population, according to the 1920 census, is 75.4 per cent native white, 19.9 per cent foreign-born white, 2.1 per cent Japanese, 0.8 per cent Chinese, 0.5 per cent Indian, and 1.1 per cent Negro. $1,200,000 Advanced on Cotton. Washington.?An agreement to advance $1,200,000 to a cotton growers' association in Arizona for the purpose pf financing the domestic sale of cotton was announced by the War Finance corporation. Incipient Revolution Quelled. Managua, Nicaragua.?Prompt and energetic action by the Nlcaraguan government in sending 3,000 wellequipped troops to the Honduran frontier, has completely quelled a revolutionary uprising there. Emperor's Swimming Pool. Vienna?The splendid private swimmine nool formerly used by the em peror in the park of Schonbrun, the summer palace, has been opened to the public. The bath is 82 yards long and is set in white marble and mirrors. Demobilization Orders Columbus, Ga. ? Demobilization orders have been received at Camp Benning, according to official announcement made at infantry school headquarters, for the heavler-than-alr and lighter-than-air detachments. Hungarians Fight Austrlans. Vienna.?Three thousand Hungarian insurgents engaged the Austrians in an effort to capture the Austrian town of Kirch-Schlag. The engagement, which lasted eight hours, ended in the retirement of the Hungarians. Favor Retroactive Repeal. Washington.?There is a growing sentiment in the senate finance committee to make repeal of the excess profits tax retroactive to last January 1, instead of effective next January 1. Must Have U. S. Permission. Montreal.?The Quebec Liquor commission fill sell liquor to American visitors only if the American government permits the sale, it was announced by 0. S. Slmard, chairman. Fatal Explosion in Submarine. Liverpool. ? A tremendous explosion on the former German submarine Deutschland at Birkenhead, across the Merzey from Liverpool, killed three men and injured three others. Storm on Windward Islands. St. Vincent, Windward Islands.? St. Vincent's sea island cotton crop for 1921 was almost entirely destroyed by the cyclonic storm which swept over the Windward Islands. The sugar cane fields were laid flat ond numerous cocoanut trees uprooted. Americans Win Over Japanese. Forest Hills, N. Y.?The American Davis cup tennis players, defending the famous international trophy, made their victory in the challenge round the Japanese team complete and decisive. Injured Aviator Some Better. Charleston, W. Va.?Corporal Alexander C. Hazelton, one of the survivors of five army aviators who fell in the wilds of Nicholas county, was reported by physicians at the hospital as in better condition. Jacksonville Bank Suspended. Jacksonville, Fla. ? The Guaranty Bank and Trust company, of this city, failed to open its doors, having been taken over by the stare comptroller at the request of the board of directors. Huns Hunt for Ambassador. Berlin. ? Dr. Frederich Rosen, the foreign minister, is still scanning the German horizon for an ambassador to the United States who would be con sldered a true representative or tne co-ealled new Germany. Bryan Brands Retail Profiteer. Chicago.?William J. Bryan branded retail profiteers as the chief obstacle in the way of the country's return to normalcy in a speech at a mass meeting under the auspices of the Chicago federation of Labor. Gored to Death by Angry Bull. Petersburg, Va.?Leonard Wells. 45year-old farmer of Dinwiddle county, was almost instantly killed when he was gored by a maddened bull, one of Lhe animal's horns penetrating the man's heart. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD DISPATCHES OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS GATHERED FROM OVER THE WORLD. FOR THE JUSY READER The-Occurrences Of Seven Days Given In An Epitomized Form For Quick Reading Foreign? The British Royal Mail steamer Almanzora, having on board 1,200 passengers on route to England from Brazil, is aground off Cape Espichel, i twenty miles south of Lisbon. Eight launches and a cruiser have gone to the assistance of the stranded vessel. The Russian Soviet government has < declined to permit the international I Russian relief commission, recently appointed by the allied supreme coun- I cil, to investigate conditions in Rus- i sia preparatory to aiding in famine re- i lief. ] The British cabinet has invited Mr. i de Valera to send delegates to a con- i ference with the cabinet ministers at j Inverness September 20, according to i rtnllir foil's Tnuomoaa pnrrosnnnd. mo L/ati/ man o ju? v? hvwu w*?wwrwMW ent, who said: "Only one condition Is imposed, namely, the understanding that Ireland must remain within the empire." On May 31, Germany had paid the i reparations commission 160,400,000 gold marks and had supplied drafts at three months on the German treasury for the remainder of the 1,000,000,000 gold marks. The reparations commission has now' received in approval foreign currency from the German government 770,000,000 gold marks in redemption of these drafts. Moreover, the German government has shipped gold to New York to make up the balance of the 1,000,000,000, according to an official communication. Prompt and energetic action by the Nicaraguan government in sending 3,000 well-equipped troops to the Honduran frontier has completely quelled a revolutionary uprising there. Japan's naval experts wish to insist upon a positive limitation principle at the Washington conference, says the press, and they plan to announce Japan's willingness to reduce the present "eight and eight" capitail shipc program to one of eight battleships and six battle cruisers. This Is described as the minimum limit of safety to the empire. The fall of Angora, the Turkish na- ' tionalist capital, to the Greeks, was reported in a Reute dispatch from Smyrna recently. Washington? There is a growing sentiment in the senate finance committee to make repeal of the excess profits tax retroactive to last January 1, instead of effective next January 1, as provided for in the house revenue bill, Chairman Penrose said recently. President Harding recently had a four-hour conference with Elihu Root, who has been mentioned prominently as a possible member of the American delegation at the armament conference. Mr. Root was reticent regarding the subjects discussed with the president. Rail and water carriers were author ized by the interstate commerce commission recently to reduce rates on freight from the Atlantic coast to Texs points by way of Galveston. The commission thereby reversed its former decision in the case in which it held that the reductions proposed by the Mallory and Morgan lines were not justified except in certain particulars. Execution of the six negroes, convicted of murder in connection with the Elaine, Ark., riots of two years ago, which has been set for September 23, cannot be prevented or deferred through filing with the clerk of the United States Supreme court of an application for writ of certiorari, officials of the court say. Delegates from fifteen states of the west and south met at Washington recently for the opening of the fourth annual convention of the National association of Securities Commissioners. The position of the American government on the question of mandates hoa hopn flat fnrth mr\ro PAmnlntnltr ??uw WVVU *W? vu mwic VUiUjUCWCl/ than heretofore, especially in reference to those of class "A"' and "B" in a new note to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, and througu some of them, it is understood, has been submitted to the meeting of the assembly of the league of nations at Geneva, for consideration. This announcement was made at the?ptate department recently. Investigation of all outstanding liquor permits Is to be begun soon and many cancellations may follow, prohibition enforcement officials said recently. Some time will be required, officials declared. Operations of "clean up" squads under direction of the federal veterans' i bureau indicate that there are thousands of disabled former service men in need of governmental assistance, 1 says a statement recently issued by the bureau. Enactment of a permanent tariff bill ' may await the results of the international conference on armament limitation. The new navy wage scale decreasing by 10 to 20 per cent the pay of about' G8.000 civilian employes has been approved by Secretary Denby. To counter the Oriental propaganda reacting agaidst the best interests of the United States in China and the Philippines, this government is considering the advisubility of establshing a government owned cable system into the far east Legalization of 2.75 per cent beer i and the imposition of a heavy tax on it would aid congress in solving the tax revision problem. Senator Cal- ' der, New York, said recently. He pro-; posed a levy of 5 a barrel of 2.75 beer and increase from $2.20 to $6.40 a gal-1 c 'on on splrltous liquors. j > Secretary Mellon'a suggestions for ax revision, which were abandoned >y the house wnys and meawi^wnmit- J &e after.the intervention oLErgsident ' Warding, will come up again .soon beore the senate finance committee. Mr. dellons will be on hand prepared to iiscuss. tborfe suggestible. the estinates as revised, after tfae house inference on Augusts, u?? the tax jill as passed by the"tious$v A net deficit oMM.46 774 in tjie jurrent expenses of the government for the first two months of the present fiscal year was announced recently by Secretary Mellon in a letter to banking institutions offering for*sub- f jcription combined issues of treasury I ubligations of about $600,000;COO dated 3eptember 15. Mr. Mellon said, "With the payment of income and profits ( taxes in September however, there should be, according to the best information now available, a small net current surplus for the quarter.'* President Harding left September 10 jn an extended cruise, probably reaching to the New England coast. < Unprecedented exports of wheat dun- ' Ing August should rtact favorably on * igricultural and business conditions ( throughout the country! Secretary ' Hoover recently declared. According ( to his reports, wheat exports during * the month of August amounted to 33,- 1 595,000 bushels of wheat, or about four times the volume of any pre-war fig- 1 ures for August. 1 An agreement to advance $1,200,000 1 to a cotton growers association in Arizona for the purpose of financing the domestic sale of cotton, was recently ; anounced by the war finance corporation. Hon. L. C. Upshaw, brother and secretary of Congressman W. D. Upshaw, died in Washington after a protracted illness. Before coming to Washington he represented Douglas county two terms in the Georgia legislature, and was mayor of Douglasvllle, where the funeral was held. He was the teacher of the Pinkham Bible class in Roger Williams' Memorial Baptist church, and his death is mourned by hundreds of friends. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing director of the war finance corporation, Is planning to leave aoon for a personal survey of the agricultural and live stock sections of the west and the south. The American government has taken steps to advise the allied powers fully Although Informally, as to the negotiations in Berlin which culminated in the drafting of the peace treaty between the United States and Germany. Domestic? ? The famous Paso Robles ranch of Padereswki, pianist and former premier of Poland, went on the block at that place, and sold for (70 an acre. He will devote the funds to the cause of Poland. As the result of a terrific rainstorm at Elizabethtown, 111., the tension was lessened, as all roads to the hillside, where 800 armed miners are reported to have encamped, were rendered impassable and it is regarded as almost impossible for the miners to make any movement. Reports are that the miners are quietly returning to their various homes. Charlie Willis of Pelham, Ga., has fled the country following the verdict 1 of a coroner's jury which held that his ' wife came to her death fro mill treatment at the hands of her husband. Willis is 45 years, and this was his third wife. Judge W. R. Allen, associate justice of the North Carolina supreme court, died suddenly at his home at Goldsboro, recently, from a stroke of apo plexy. ' C. 0. Fox and Jesse Gappins, alleged slyer3 of William Brazell, chauffeur, at Columbia, S. C., taken to Augusta, Ga., thence to Savannah, Ga., and then to Charleston, S. C., for safety, have been returned to Columbia. Jenny H. Snow, supervisor of household arts of the schools of Chicago, says bobbed hair, knickers and bare knees are all right. She approves of rolled stockings. Miss Male Gade recently completed a swim from Albany, N. Y., to New York City, a distance of 145 miles. She was in the water 63 hours and 35 minutes. Mrs. Albert Biggs, of Memphis, Tenn., visiting in Greenwich, Conn., in the hope of rehabilitating her wornout body, committed suicide recently. Mrs. W. D. Egly of Knoxville, Tenn., is convinced that her husband, who has , been missing from home for several weeks, is still alive, because she recently receive^ a telegram worded in their "sweetheart code." The tele- ] gram further states that Egly was held ( up, blackjacked, robbed and had been ( Buffering in Erie Pr? from lost iden- , tity. Having a surplus of silver coin and insufficient facilities for caring for it, the Nashville (Tenn.) branch of the i Federal Reserve Bank recently shipped ] to the mint at Philadelphia and New < Orleans 100.000 silver dollars, 565,000 c in half dollars, $60,000 in quarters and i $15,000 in dimes, a total of $240,000 < in silver. The fall offensive against liquor^? the supreme effort to make the United States dry?will be launched in every * big city simultaneously, it is announced through the New York newspapers, though -rohibition officials will ot admit au enticity of the report. It is announced in New Orleans that (! s. two million dollar syndicate has been ^ formed to underwrite a Baptist hofepi- ? Lai for that city. j. Fire recently swept Rendezvous ( park, one of the amusement places at t \tlantic City. N. J. The lo6s was esti- j linted at $150,000. Fire of undetermined origin recent y destroyed the Automobile building it Mobile. Ala., with a large number r )f automobiles, trucks and tractors at he fair grounds, with a propertly loss w istimuted at one hundred thousand dolars. Fire recently swept the town of Jefries, twelve miles from Rhinelander, a rVis., causing damage estimated at 8 learly $1,000,000. The fire was still aging at the lutest reports. In an effort to save the life of a ^ legro boy. George Allen Carter, a S* a annah, Ga.. youth drowned. 0 MADE4N-CAR0UNA EXPOSITION OPENS" / -A < - v , > 0 THE PRODUCTS^ OF 60 YEARS OF GROWTH M^tTTHi?ADMIRING eVes of vrtitorti. / iRADY'S PROPHECY FULFILLED _ t - .. 1,1 kt the Same Time Abundant Evidenc* is to be Seen That the Carolinas Have Just Begun to Grow. Charlotte, N. C.?The Made inHarolinas Exposition, presenting in ruly wonderful array the products of 10 years of growth in industry, was r opened without ceremony or catenation, the doors simply being thrown )pen to admit the crowd which had ? ? mnrninfi? )een gauieriug uunug us ?v. lours. Great interest centered, in the program of the opening day, that of g he afternoon being featured by the iddress of Governor Cameron Morrison. H A trip through the great building fust before the opening hour showed hat the long, hard efforts of the expositions' employes and the employes jf the exhibitors had brought their activities practically to the end. When the visitor realizes that the Carolinas 60 years ago were in the grip of poverty, and for years after the war between the states struggled against all manner of difficulties and' idverslty, the real story of the exposition stands out with vividness and impressiveness. For the first time the New South is truly presented in ieflnite form. It proclaims that these two states in their progress and prosperity have more than fulfilled the ' brilliant prophecies of Henry W. Grady. At the same time, abundant evidence is offered that the Caro* Inas have Just begun to grow. Root Declines Election. Geneva.?Elihu Root has 'definitely declined to be considered for election as judge of the International Court }f Justice. In a cablegram to Dr. Vfanley O. Hudson, who is here in the ' capacity of American observer, Mr. Root declares he will be unable to serve on the court because of his age. * " Epidemic Feared in Armenia. Tiflis, Armenia.?Armenian government officials state that they fear an epidemic among the hundreds of* :housands of refugees may completethe work of devastation of the country lue to Turkish occupation, which has stripped the country of most of its." available foodstuffs. , Teachers' Strike in Pekin. Pekin.?The teachers 'strike whicfr :lo8ed eight higher schools in Pekin for the last four months, has been ended by agreement of the minister* pf finance to guarantee payment of salaries out of the surplus of salt revenues. , " ~ '> Dishonest Steamship Agents. New York.?Hardships worked by the new restrictive immigration laws apparently are the fault of dishonest steamship agents, declared President Harding in a letter to Representative ? ~ Isaac Siegel of New York. ? Consents to Commission. Geneva.?Chile has consented to re-" fer to a commission of three jurists her dispute with Bolivia over the treaty of 1904, which has been the subject of much heated debate during the present session of the assembly of the League of Nations. Burgenland Re-Occupied. Vienna.?Regular Hungarian troops have re-occupied Burgenland. the strip ? of territory between Hungary and Austria which was awarded to Austria by the treaty of Saint-Germain. Premier Hara May Attend. Tokio.?There is still a possibility that Premier Hara may attend the November conference in Washington on limitaton of armaments at least for a few weeks. 4 "Fatty" Arbuckle in Trouble. San Francisco. ? "Fatty" Arbuckle, motion picture actor, was booked on a :harge of murder in connection with Lhe death of Miss Virginia Rappe, film ^ actress. ' LOW ronai nam n^pivTvia. Buenos Aires. ? The United Statea will be able to use a two-cent postal rate to all Sbuth and Central American countries under the provisions * )f an article approved at a plenary lession of the Pan-American Postal :ongress. Was Record Earth Shock. 4 Washington. ? An earthquake, deicrlbed as very severe, was recorded it the Georgetown un.versity seismotraphical observatory. ^ Series of Fires in Virginia. Alexandria, Va.?Three plants were lestroyed here in a series of fires, rhe fabricating plant of the Virginia Jhlpbuilding corporation was first lurned and then the Old Dominion Haas works, a mile and a half die-" ant, and tnen a suoatauou ui me iutual Ice plant. City Marshal Shot and Killed. 4 Lyons, Ga.?Andrew 3. Collins, city larshal, was shot and killed in a attle with a gang of burglars who fere looting a store. Gifford Pinchot Criticized. Washington. ? Gifford Pinchot, who dvised the government to make haste lowly in regard to the disposal of' tie Muscle Shoals property under the erms of the Henry Ford ofTer, has een roundly criticized by individuals nd organizations whtcn sponsor the* ffer. _. ? *