Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, October 13, 1921, Image 7
MERCHANT MARINE
'TROUBLES' TALKED
SLGJECT OF LONG CONSULTATION
BETWEEN PRESIDENT
, AND CABINET
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FULL REPORT ON SITUATION
Whole Question Of Rehabilitating Carrier
Industries Considered In Its Domestic
and International Aspects
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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