University of South Carolina Libraries
MERCHANT MARINE 'TROUBLES' TALKED SLGJECT OF LONG CONSULTATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT , AND CABINET I ^ FULL REPORT ON SITUATION Whole Question Of Rehabilitating Carrier Industries Considered In Its Domestic and International Aspects % Washington.?The troubled fortunes >f the American merchant marine were the subject of a long consultation recently between President Harding and his cabinet. The whole question of rehabilitating the merchant carrier industries i was considered in all of its domestic | and international aspects, but there j was no indication that the discsusion reached a point ol" definite decision as to policy. Whether new legislation will bo sought or new trade agreements with foregn countries consummated remained uncertain. An exhaustive report by Chairman Igisker of the shipping board, covering particularly the important sections of the Jones shipping act is understood to have furnished much of the material for the cabinet's deliberations. The report has not been#iven to the public, but it is understood to be devoted largely to a provision of the law directing the president to abrogate certian trade treaties which x conflict with the preferential authorization of the new statute. Administration officials have persistently declined to discuss the possibility of such an abrogation, or even to indicate the trend of their thoughts on the subpect. It is manifest that the question is being approached as a part of the whole problem of the merchant marine and will be decided with relation to the other factors in the situation. President Wilson when the law was enacted during the last administration declined to abrogate the treaties in question, holding that by directing him to do so congress had encroached on the treaty making powers of the executive. Another portion of the Lasker report whic his said to have attracted particular attention deals with a provision of the law relative to rail preferential within the United States. The shipping board has collected much information as to the operation \ of this clause but what recommenda- i tion it made on the subject has not I been revealed. Dixie Methodists Are For Unification Moris!own, Tenn.?A resolution indorsing the present method of elect-1 ing bishops was adopted by the Hoi- j 'ten conference. M. E. Church, South, J in session here, and another resolution opposing unity of the two Methodist bodies was voted down after spir-, ited debate. The conference then adopted the substitute motion going on record as favoring unification at the proper time. A resolution calling at- i tention to the importance of near east I relief work was adopted. Raising a !uiwl of $10,000,000 tor superannuated minister was recommended to the I general finance committee in a reso i Iifutn u/lonfO'l It utoc nrAnncc./! fV*ot the campaign be launched after the entenarv and educational campaigns ire complete. Rev. J. Stewart French, D. I)., was elected to head the dele- i ration to the general conference at Hot i Springs. Ark., next May. Wines And Liquors Reported Stolen Washington. ? Washington police were co-operating recently with Virginia authorities and private detectives in an effort to trace wines and liquors, said to be wroth $.100,000, which were stolen from the country home, near here, of Joseph Loiter, financier. The theft, it became known recently, was committed a week ago, and the authorities have been quietly cor ing on tbe cast since, apparently without result. Firsc Degree Murder Verdict For Two J:;t ks'noro. Tenn.?A verdict of inur-1 dcr in the first degree with mitigat-! lug circumstances was returned returned recently in tber ase of Fred i Jones and Virgil R<>no. charged with i the murder of A. J. Worthant. deputy ! -heriff. who was shot and killed near Jeiho recently. Millions To Hear Harding Orate .now fork. Arrangements for mass meetings at New York. Chicago and ] Sun Francisco at which President Hariing's address over the hoilv of the unknown soldier in Arlington ceme*.ery, will l?o made audible by use of ?igantic amplifiers, have been com-1 Meted by tlio American Legion. The meeting here was arranged for Madison Square Harden folowing announcement from Washington recently that amplifiers would be availaide. The announcement has caused intense inter.?-:r throughout the country. Body Identified As Policeman's Wife Detroit, Mich.?The body of a wornjn thrown into Detroit river from Belle Isle bridge has been identified as that if .Mrs. Herman Rademacher, wife of % Detroit policeman. Rademacher inaue tr.. wenuncauon ana later ne made a statement to the prosecutor. Police announced they had not yet established the identify of the man who hurled the woman over the bridge rail, hut added one man was being investigated in connection with the murder. The body was recovered !hin yards helow the bridge on a sandbar. Cues To Recover Seized Property Washington.- Mrs. Kmnia II. Bergdoll and Charles A. Braun. mother and brother of Grover C. BergdoII, draft evader, filed suits in the sui?reme court of the District of Columbia recently against Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, and Frank White, treasurer of :he United States, for the return of property valued at $176,$04.25, seized as belonging to Grover C. Bergdoll. The property included + bank .deposits and mortgages, which Mrs. Bergdol! claimed her DroDertv. ! LEADERS CONFER ON TAXES i j Senate Chiefs Agree On Tentative Program Of Changes Devised To Unify Party Washington. ? Republican senate leaders in a series of conferences recently agreed upon a tentative tax revision program which they believe will close the principal gap within their party ranks in the senate and at the saute time prove acceptable to the republicans in the house of representatives. Main points in the program are an increase in the maximum surtax rate trom 32 per cent to 50 per cent and repeal of the tax on frieght, passenger and Pullman transportation. In addition it is proposed to repeal the $2,000 exemption allowed corporations, which would mean an additional $60,000,00 of revenue from corporate sources, retain the corporation capital stock tax, estimated to yield $75,000,000 next year, I m,l ronnn 1 IVio v-arimm en-rnllpil mile ance taxes, such as those on soda water, cosmetics, proprietary medicines and the like. There also was said to have been a tentative agreement to increase the estate taxes so .as to have a maximum of 40 or 50 per cent on estates in excess of $100,000,000. The present maximum is 25 per cent on estates of $10,000.000. Most leaders were understood to have favored the committee proposal for a flat tax of 15 per cent on corporation incomes, but there was some discussion of a graduated tax with the rate of 1 per cent on corporations having an income of $50,000 or less yearly. The question of increased first class postage rates also was brought up again, but these and other matters are to be thrashed out at a meeting of Republican members of the finance committee, to be called within a short time. In advance of this meeting, Senators Lonroot, of Wisconsin, and McCormick, of Illinois, leaders of the progressive group, are to draw up amendments embodying the proposed changes for presentation to the committee republicans. It is the plan to have the amendments presented on the floor as committee proposals with a view of expediting action on the tax bill. In framing their program, the leaders considered and rejected the Smoot manufacturers' sales tax plan and also approved the committee proposal to repeal the excess profits tax as to next January 1. ActlVe fights for the sales tax and against repeal of the profits tax are promised, however, on the senate floot. Senator Smoot gave notice recently that he would speak at length on his plan next week. Senators Lenroot and McCormick went over the proposed changes in the bill with treasury experts recent ly and it was said later that while the changes would involve H shifting of a total of about $260,000,000 in taxes, the total to be raised under the bill amended as planned would be approximately the same as under the original measure?$3,324,000,000. With a flat 15 per cent tax on corporate income, the corporations would pay an estimated total of $S45,000,000 a year under the revised bill as against $71u,000.00o under the pending measure, the difference being accounted for through the proposed repeal of the $2,000 exemption and retention of the capital stock tax. Slattery Removed As U. S. Attorney Washington.?Sawyer A. Smith, of Covington, was nominated by President Harding recently to be United States attorney for the eastern district of Kentucky, succeeding Thomas B. Slattery, whose removal previously on recommendation of Attorney-General Daugherty. Charges That Girl Aided In Killing Cleveland, Ohio.?Testimony that Marian McArdie not only had knowi | edge of the plot to murder Daniel Kaber. her stepfather, but actually aided in the plans, was introduced by the state at the 20-vear-old girl's tr'y' lor first-.'ogree murder. Irish Delegates Arrive in London London.?The Irish peace delegates, I who are to begin negotiations with rep-; resentatives of the British government j on October 11? stepped from their special railway carries in Euston station and received a stormy welcome from ! se veral thousands of their countrymen t :ind partisans, whose cheers were reinforced by the thundering of a kilted j | pipers' band. Efficient Fighting Forces Are Urged I Columbus, Ohio?Maintenance of an ! efficient army and navy as against [ total disarmament were urged by Major-Genera 1 John A. Lejeune, commander of the United States marine | corps, and Robert G. Woodside, comi mander-in-chief of the veterans of for! eirn wars, in addresses at the convention of the American Red Cross recently. Hope for everlasting peace, however, was voiced by both these i military men. who asserted no one hated was as much as those who have | been through it. Says Debs Problem Is " Laid Aside" Washington.?The question of parole j or pardon for Eugene V. Debs has been i "laid aside for a while" by the departI ment of justice, according to Attorney! General Daugherty, who said recently i that such recommendation as he had : prepared would he changed in "phrase! ology" before going to the president. : Mr. Daugherty went on to say with a i laugh, "you see. we arc capable of ! forgetting the Debs case sometimes." i A fusillade of questions failed to el let further information as to probable ac tion by 'he department. Total Of Jobless Down Last Month Washington.?A slight decrease in unemployment throughout the United States was reported for September by the department of labor in a summary of conditions made pubil recently. On September 30. the department said, 1,438 establishments had 18,050 more workers on their payrolls than on August 31, an increase of 1-2 per cent. In 65 principal cities, employment decreased in 26 but increas- ! ed in 38 and in Columbus, Ohio, re-! mained unchanged during the month. I V.'f FIGHTEEN VICTIMS WHEN UNER SINKS STEAMSHIP ROWAN GOES TO THE BOTTOM OFF' SCOTTISH COAST TRIPLE COLUMN IN FOG The West Camak Helped In The Rescue Work?Captain Goes Down With The Rowan F.elfast.?Damaged by one vessel in a dense fogg off the southwest coast of Scotland and then sunk by another coming to its aid was the fate recently of the Laird line steamer Rowan, plyirfg between Glasgow and Dublin. Thirteen of the Rowan's crew and three passengers died after being rescued by vessels which responded to the wireless S. O. S. call. An official statement says that the Rowan carried 93 persons, including the crew, 77 of whom are accounted for by the four vessels which went to the Rowan's assistance. Aboard the Rowan was the American southern syncopated orchestra, composed of colored players, who had been touring this side of the water since 1919. One of the men who died after being taken out of the sea was the drummer of the orchestra. The accident was due to a double irVJAiioiisu in tuc iiui tix uuauuri un Corsewall Point. The Rowan first collided with the American steamer West Camak, both of them being damaged. The West Camak stood by with forepeak full of water, meanwhile sending out wireless calls for aid. The Clan liner Clan Malcolm responded, but in the confusion due to the heavy fog, ran into the disabled Rowan, which sank immediately. The West Camak helped in the rescue work, afterward putting into Glasgow with 26 survivors. 'Captain Donald Brown, of Glasgow, is Reported to have gone down with the Rowan. Three other vessels also answered the call and completed the work of rescue as far as it was possible. The Clan Malcolm, which rammed the Rowan amidships, was damaged only slightly. $10,000 Diamond Mined In Arkansas Little Rock, Ark.?The largest diamond yet mined in Arkansas* field in Pike county was found recently, officials of the mining company announced recently. The stone weighs 20.25 carats in the rough and is estimated to be worth $10,000. It was one of a total of forty-eight carats of diamonds found in one hundred loads of material from the mines. The largest previous stone, 1S.3 carats, was sold in the rough to a New York firm for $6.000. The company has bedn operating several months and has made all its discoveries with inefficient machinery. A complete new plant of modern design has been installed and is ready for operation. Six More Held Are In Reed Killing t uzgeram, ua.? ine cnier or special agents for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway, \V. H. Fountain, and Deputy Sheriff Putnam made additional arrests in connection with the killing of W. T. Heed, engineer, who was shot on July 5. John T. Liles, engineer, previously charged with the crime and in whose case the last grand jury returned no bill was again arrested on a similar charge, and is in jail. J. M. Smith, engineer, Quarterman Lee, engineer; J. L. Malcolm, fireman; J. M. Bishop, train dispatcher, and S. A. Morris, carman, were also placed in jail charged with the murder. Fire Underwriters Lose In Decision Jackson, Miss.?Complete victorywas won by the state revenue agent over 139 fire insurance companies, defendants in the anti-trust suits, in a decision here recently by Chancellor | Strieker, who ruled that the Mississippi insi>ection and Advisory Rating bureau was merely the old Southeastern Tariff association, barred from the state fifteen years ago in disguise. , Red Cross Worker Dies At Mentone Nice, France.?Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Md.. who played a prominent part in American Red Cross work in uaiy (luring tne war. died suddenly in the garden of his villa at Mentono, near here. Postofce May Pal Special Extra Wage Washington.?Special compensation to fourth class postmaster for carrying mail between the railroad station and the postoffice may be granted for the extra work, in the discretion of the postoffice department, according to a decision given Senator William J. Harris of Georgia by Second Assistant Postmaster General Shaugnessy. The Georgia senator had inquired of the department as to their attitude hecause of speciai order No. 136, recently issued, which transferred the carrying of mail from station to the offie^. Chicago Centers Railroad Tangle Chicago?Chicago will be the railroad center of the country during the coming week, with the eyes of hundreds of thousands of anxious shippers and millions of railroad workers turned with equal anxiety on the executive and rail union conferences to be held ! here. Following a conference with President Harding, railroad evoeutives will gather here soon for a meeting that is expected to result in resolutions calling on the interstate commerce commission for an adjustment doVnward in freight rates. Senate Confirms Nine Nominations Washington.?Nominations of a nurnber of American ministers to foreign countries were confirmed recently by the senate. They were: Lewis Einstein of New York, Czecho-Slovakia; John E. Ranter of Colorado, Nicaragua; John G. South of Kentucky, Panama; Edward E. Drodic of Oregon, Slam; Roy T. Davis of Missouri, Guatemala; Charles L. Kagey of Kansas, Finland; Willis C. Cook of South Dakota, Venezuela; Charles S. Wilson of Maine, Bulgaria: Laurits S. Swenson. Norway WILL REMOVE FIELD AGENT Statement By Estabrook Explain? Reasons Why Break Was Made? Lack Of Funds One Cause Washington.?Together with an announcement stating that relations between the United States department of agriculture and the Georgia state market bureau were officially severed on September 30, by L. M. Estabrook, chief of the bureau of markets and crop estimates, officials recently announced that the present field agent for Georgia, John S. Dennee, will shortly be transferred to Baltimore, where he will conduct more important work in the organization of a similar branch in the stale of Marylanji. It is indicated that his successor will be Z. It. Pettet, of Atlanta, now engaged in departmental work in Washington. According to Mr. Estabrook's statement the severance of relations between the federal department and the state was made following a complaint of Mr. Dennee, charging the state commissioner with failure to provide proper facilities for the successful conduct of the office. He also said there was a lacK or irue co-operauve spiru on the part of the state commissioner. "The agreement between the United States department of agriculture and the departments of the various states where the idea of mutual co-operation is in effect,'' said Mr. Estabrook, "is that the two shall collaborate in compiling and publishing the data at hand. In the state of Georgia it has been shown by Mr. Dennee that the state department of agriculture has defaulted in its side of the contract, being unable to furnish proper office space and enough clerical force to materially assist in the conduct of the business. Defer Examinations Eastlake Murder Richmond, Va.?Richmond authorities decided recently to defer for several days their proposed rigid examination of Miss Sarah E. Knox, the Baltimore nurse, and Roger E. Bastlake, held in city jail here in connection with the slaying of Eastlake's wife at Colonial Beach. Donald Eastlake visited his brother in Jail recently. '"Roger Eastlake is not guilty," he said. This I am sure will be proved soon." The accused man has been placed in ;a cell in murderer's row in the city jail, where he will remain until taken back to' Montross on October 24 with Miss Knox to face the grand jury. The woman is confined in the female section of the jail, and the matron has been stationed in the cell with her for observation purposes. Postal Savings System Is Scored Los Angeles, Cal.?An attack on the proposed extension of the postal savings system, as outlined by Postmaster General Will Hays, featured the recent session of the American Bank ers' association here. This discussion followed the annual election of officers. The association elected Thomas S. McAdams, president of the Merchant's National Bank of Richmond, Va., president, to suceed John S. Drum of San Francisco. John H. Puelicher, Milwaukee, was named to succeed McAdams as first vice president. Walter W. Head, president of the Omaha National bank, was chosen second vice president, to succeed Puelicher. Missions Board Benefited By Will New York.?Bequests to seven religious and educational organizations in the South were provided for by the late George W. Wats, of Durham, N. C., whose estate was appraised recently at $12,705,545. Besides relatives and friends, the principal beneficiaries are the Watts hospital, Durham, $200,000; First Presbyterian church, $150,000; Durham Y. M. C. A., $10,000; foreign mission board of the Presbyterian church, Asheville, N. C., and Presbyterian home missions board, Atlanta, Ga., $25,000 each; Union Theological seminary, Richmond, Va., $50,000; Lees-McRea seminary at Dlnm Tv-asi XT n T? a j urn XI^I-, V.? auu ui I>.i iiiifi N r-lK, N C., $5,000 each. War Finance Loan Period One Year Washington.?The war finance corporation announces that it will make advances to banks in the Southeast through Chairman Ottley's committee of Atlanta for a period of twelve months with renewal privileges. The announcement comes in a letter to Congrik'sman Lankford of Georgia, who had been advisod of reports to the contropy and sought direct information. Inquires About Immigration Laws Lrndon.?The British government is taking up with Washington the entire question of the entry of British subjects in the United States, it was burned recently. British government officials point out that an individual may obtain arrival at New York that the total monthly number from the geographical category to which he may belong already had been admitted, and he. therefore, would be detained at Ellis island, with resulting serious discomfort. It was stated that a number of such cases recently have occurred. Railroads Plead Inability To Cut Rates Washington.?Financial inability to reduce freight rates was pleaded by railroad witnesses, appearing at hear ings before the interstate commerce commission to oppose applications of eastern, southern and northern hard wood producers for general reductions of tariffs on their products. F. A Burke, representing me Aasnvuie, | Chattanooga and St. Louis, said that I its operating expenses in recent months had amounted to 103 per cent of its income, without regarding it? investment charges. Special Probe Of Weevil Activities Washington.?A special investigation of cotton conditions caused by ravages of the boll weevil in Putnam county, Georgia, and vicinity, is asked by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace by Senator Harris. The sona\>r acted on information given him by Putnam county farmers and merchants that the crop seemed to be about 2 per cent of a normal yield of 15.000 bales and these letters have been presented to Secretary Wallace. They report only nine bales of new cotton marketed thus far ? ?? ?? ? The Cord or Death. An extraordinary method Is employed for hanging criminals in the San Quentln penitentiary, California. No photographs have ever been taken of the death chamber, but this is what takes place. Three guards hide behind a screen nenr the gallows. They are employed to cut the cord which releases the trap door for the execution. In order that none of the men will know who cut the fatal strand, three cords are stretched across a table. All of these are cut at the same time, so that there Is no way of knowing which one actually released the trap. New Material for Silk, Discovers' has been made of a process by which the muscular tissue of horses and cattle can be converted into silk?a use being thus found for condemned cows and horses killed because of accident or old age. The flesh is softened by saturating It in a liquid, which separates the muscle fibers by dissolving the substance that holds them together. Then it is soaked in-another liquid, which strengthens the fibers and gives them a silky chari acter. Silk thus obtained can be rubberized and made waterproof by soaking it for some hours in a bath of I rubber. Tk. ?A ric'l ni/J Advertising is not n new nrt by any means. Advertisements of a kind approaching our modern ideas were in vogue in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. These, however, we're mostly descriptions of runaway slaves, ofTers of reward for lo?t property, and so on. The people of I'ompeii went much further. On the excavated walls of the burled city have been found announcements of gladiatorial shows, with rough pictures of favorite gladiators, etc., that must he taken as anticipations of the modern picture poster. WR The new sugar i chewing gum which everybody likes?you will* too. i I How vou. too. cut down on y coal this year Over a million families by using the Per, Perfection Oil Heaters \ ical than ever this yearcosts but a trifle more th year ago. i It's wasteful to "rush" ] I two or three rooms comfc ical way is to warm the your coal heater and the you use most comfortab additional heat of a Perf The Perfection Oil Ilea ?A-r...Ul/% 4/> 41.-a r*nvt ? I1L? IIUUU1C IU lanw wu? < forabout 10 hours onasin Most hardware, houseni ment stores sell Perfect ! or black, with nickeled t STANDARD Oil (New Jei PEF I m*?' "7"7"7_v.' ^ 4RK91 *M( jj FKk'C DO you know that? the < poultry raisers make is i make hens lay? This more than ar their hens don't lay. Scratch feeds won't make h< make Scratch Feed the bulk of your eggs. The feed that Makes H abundantly is Ful-O-Pep Di Th? Onalfcr Date Cj rectly balanced fee animal foods and ot hen picks up hers< for the world's gri Come to our sto about this feed?tl Co. guarantee will i CHESTERFIEL DISTRIBI IGU IPeppcrmii that will aid : 3^T tlon. polish yoi your throat. THE FLAW I feet ion vill be more econom Aladdin Security Oil lan half what it did a Kour heater to make >rtable. Theeconomi house all over with n keep those rooms le and cozy with the ection. ter is simplicity itself e of it?and it burns glc gallonof kerosene, irnishing and dcpart111 Oil Heaters?blue .rimmings if you like. . COMPANY scy) iFECTl I Heatei < JHHi Fpep " MASH A >ne great mistake most > n feeding scratch feeds to iy other one thing is the reason >' sns lay?just so long as you hen's ration you will fail to get Iens Lay y Mash? manufactured by >. It is a soft, finely ground, cord, a combination of green foods, her ingredients as near like the ilf in the 9pring as it is possible eatest feed experts to produce. re and let us tell you more he feed that The Quaker Oats make your hens lay more eggs. For Sale by . * yi ,L GROCERS ,D GROCERY JTORS Irs . t. . S -AFTER EVERY MEAL" FOR 5^ A delicious peppermint >red sugar Jacket around nt flavored chewing gum your appetite and diges ir teetb and moistco B122 iMi )R LASTS t 1 SEOIR1TYOII STANDARD OCLCOMPANY S.? Ask your dealer about the Perfection Oil Heater Contest? $5,000.00 in prises ON "S_ ...:4 a