Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, September 16, 1921, Image 2
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
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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.
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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] <
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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.
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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
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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"
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THE PRODUCTS^ OF 60 YEARS OF
GROWTH M^tTTHi?ADMIRING
eVes of vrtitorti.
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iRADY'S PROPHECY FULFILLED
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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.
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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. _.
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