Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4* fTderal i "for roadsjllotted OVER MILLION DOLLARS MADE AVAILABLE IN THE STATE BY RECENT ACT. STATE MAINTAINS 143 MILES r Allottments to Richland Allendale, Charleston, Lexington, Horry, Darlington and Other Counties. i Columbia. From the additional 51,061,0000 made available in federal road aid for I South Carolina under the recent act of congress, the state highway commission apportioned $290,000, <?ut of which Charleston coun;y got nbt exceeding $65,000 for one half the paving of the hard surfaced road leading from the city of Charleston to Summerville. Richland county received $75,000 applying for the hard surfac, ing of the highway from Columbia to Camden, and Sumter county was allotted $50,000 for paving the Statesburg road. Othe^ allottments were those of $10,000 to the Abbeville county, $15,000 to Allendale county; $13,000 to Dorchester county; $17,000 to Lexington county $15,000 to Horry county; $10,000 to Darlington county, and $20,000 to either the Western or Fort Mill roads in York county to be decided by the York county authorities. The commission made tentative allottments for projects in Bamberg, Barnville, Calhoun. Edgefield. Greenville, Hampton, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Marlboro, Orangeburg Saluda Spartanburg and Union counties. Up to Notember 30 there were 143 miles of highway under state maintenance, and for mainteance during the year has been spent $247,461.13. The federal aid claimed for November totalled $177,795.62. making an aggregate in federal aid for the year of $1,187,000. "Congress Kneeling to Whims." Washington. (Special).?Adoption by the senate of the conference report i on the first deficiency bill sent the measure to the President, the house having adopted the report earlier in the day. * Elimination by the conference of an appropriation of $100,000 for the relief of unemployment brought a charge by Senator France, republican, Maryland, that the "stupidity of our government policy" was aggravating rather than relieving the employment situation. Senator Dial, democrat. South Carolina, took issue with the Maryland senator with respect to the duties of the government to find jobs for work1 ers. saying that 'what is the matter with the county now i sthat most people are living beyond their means." Senator Dial declared that Congress ? I was Kneeling XU IUV iuauy ouuua and that there would be no prosperity until Congress quits meddling in affairs that are no governmental. Supreme Court Decision . 1 The state supreme court handed down nine opinions,- among them being the case of Mrs. M. E. Herndon against the Southern railway company for the loss of her trunk, while on her way to Columbia to be married to Mr. Herndon, while the latter was a soldier at Camp Jackson. She was awarded $550 and the verdict was sustained by the appelate court. The sentence against W. A. Mason, former treasurer of Hampton county, tried for a misdemamor for his failure to turn over to his successor all of the money credited against him in the treasurer's office, was sustained. New trials were refused A. J. Randall, convicted of manslaughter in Aiken county. Hamp Wlliams, convicted of manslaughter in Abbeville coun? ty, and Albert Thompson, convicted of mansluaghter in Williamsburg county. Charter for Mill. The Calhoun Twine mill of St. Matthews was chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stock of $50,000. The mill will manufacture and sell cotton goods such as twine, yarn, etc. To Discuss Tax Problems. Leading citirens of South Carolina ^ are scheduled to meet here to discuss the tax problems now facing the state. Approximately 200 prominent men end women, including the memhers of the 1^ two finance committees of the legislature. the governor and several otner state officials and the tax commission have been invited to be present l.y the committee. A solution of the tax problems will * be sought and resolutions may be drawn up to be presented to the legislature. I Governor Parolee Two. C. F. Winn, convicted of manslaughter in Saluda county during the past summer and sentenced to serve three years, was temporarily paroled during his good behavior by the-governor. Winn is reported to be seriously siclo and the governor paroled him until April 15, 1922 . Corbett Hunt of Chester, convicted of house breaking and larceny In March of this year and sentenced to serve 18 months, was paroled during his good hehavior. The parole was* recommended by the pardon board. State's Birth Rate. Washington (Special).?The birth rate of South Carolina for 1920 whs 28.2 per thousand population, as against 26.6 in 1919, according to/' a * statement by a bureau of the census. South Carolina Is far ahead of the ' birth rate for the United States, which is 23.7, but trails North Carolina, the s rate of which is 31.6, the highest! in the United States. Births in South Carolina in 1*920 numbered 47.777. of which 23.813 wlere white and 23.964 negroes. The wl)lte birth rate is 28.8, negroes 27.T. \ w \ I 1 Mavises to Hold Cotcon. Farmers are advised not to sell bale of cotton at present prices u less absolutely necessary in a stat ment issued by B. Harris, commi sicner of agriculture. The s.atemei urges the holding of cotton. It follows "I see no reason to change my opi ion about the cotton situation. I st the ginners' report is 7,640,000 bah and it is hardly possible for it i even reach 8.000.000 bales. Even if does, that will be a bullish repor With a carry over of not more tha 6,000,000 bales of spinnable cotton ar at least 2,500.000 bales of this crc low grade, there will be a good d j mand for the good grades in the ne* future. "The bales of this year are bouc to be lighter than they were last yea and then the lint on an average ,'horter this year than last year?s this will bring about less quanity < lint. The world's consumption of cc ton is running over 1,000,000 bales month and the mills now are all ru: ning on full time, a great m ny ( them running at night. Most of tt mills are short on actual cotton bi they have bought from the cottc brpkers for future delivery and the will call upon them to deliver the a 1 V? rttr /tnn T\f\t CT11T* f luai CUUUII 1U1 uic; tau iiui I>^tu 1 ture contracts without it. Therefor I want to urge every farmer not i sell a bale unless he is compelled do so. "Ask your banker to take yoi warehouse receipts and float them f< you and put the money on your a count with him and I believe he wi do this for you. For God's sake dor accept the offer which the mills a; making?to let them have the cottc and pay you 14 cents and settle wii you any time up to July. If enoug of the farmers do this, cotton nevi will go up. "Farmers, don't get scared. Dor sell a bale unless you have to. 'S steady in the boat!" Js is not too la to sow oats and Canada field peas make good horse and cow feed. So on good land, and by May 20 you w! have some of the finest horse ar mule feed you ever fed. Sow two ai one-half bushels of oats and one-ha bushel of Canada field peas to tl acre. You can buy the seed at ai good seed store. Let your watchwoi next year be: To live at home ai keep out of debt,' and you will hai no trouble about financing your cc ton. You will then be in a positic to make the other fellow pay yoi price. Write a motto like this ar tack it upon your barn door whe; you can be reminded of it every da: 'Live at home?keep out of debt.'" Governor Makes Appointments. Governor Cooper has made the ft lowing appointments: 0. C. Hegle magistrate for Flat Creek townsh of Kershaw county, vice W. L. Adan resigned; J. E. Leonard, magistra at Blenheim, Marlboro county, vi< E. L. Napier, resigned; Archie Br land, member of the commission 1 investigate the proposed annexatic of a part of Colleton to Beaufort, vi< D. O. Easterlin, resigned; J. 1 Shirer, supervisor of registration f< Calhoun county, vice J. H. Arthur. Tinker to Charleston. Announcement was made at tl minor league meeting in BufTalo thi Joe Tinker former star Chicago Ci shortstop, would manage the Charle ton team of the South Atlantic ass ciation. Tinker was a great player his day, being the first name in tl famous "Tinker to Evers to Chanc< line in the double play section of m jor league box scores for years, t was a manager in the Federal leagi and later became president of the C lurabus club of the American associ tion. Quarantine Against Pink Worm. The President of the American Cc ton association, J. S. Wannamaker, i St. Matthews, has written to Seer tary Wallace, of the department < agriculture, requesting the immedia establishment of strict quarantir regions against Texas and Louisar cotton areas now infested with tl dreaded pink boll worm. "The most serious menace to tl American cotton industry is to 1 found in the presence of the pink be worm now being discovered in se eral of the largest cotton producir counties in Texas and Louisana says Mr. Wannamaker. "In behalf < the future safety of the industry, beg that you will utilize every r source to confine and destroy the i sect in the areas where they are i present found." Fine Work in Rural Sections. The South Carolina School Improv ment association has recently issue a new bulletin in which are con^airt many ideas which, if put into effec will tend, it is said, to make the mee ings of the associations over the sta' more interesting and more effective. The bulletin tells of the fine voi whicli the association is doing, tells < the schools which have won prtz< and gives accounts of various aotiv ties engaged in. The report of Mil Mattle E. Thomas, school con:muni! organizer, is contained in the bulleti State Buys Big Interest. South Carolina will pay over $361 000 in interest on loans and the bon ecf indebtedness this year, judgeii by the interest paid last year and tl increase this year. Last year the state paid $222,299.: in interest on the bonded indebte ness and $128,739.54 on money bo rowed for state purposes in additic to other small amounts on a loan f< the adjutant general and the Citade The money borrowed for state pu poses last year was $4,000,000 ar this has already been borrowed. Rights of State Disregarded. "Under the terms of the presei transportation act states have pracl cally no rights.'' So the South Car lina railroad commission, writing 1 Senator Robert M. La Follett^ to i dorse a number of bill proposed 1: the Wisconsin senator to restrict ar curb the authority of the interstai commerce commission, epitomizes tt case against the transportation a< which practically gives the interstai commerce commission full authorit in both interstate and intrastate ral matters. Q- y i e* ?w3" di? 1?The Irish House of Pnrlian u" Shoals, the great power plant wli e' delegates on the balcony of the for li NEWS REVIEW OF i; CURRENTEVENT! re )n ? Pacific Peace Treaty Signed an 0r Agreement on Navy Plan it Is Announced. / . ut 5 CHINA PROBLEM IS HARDE 111 * Irish Pact Before British Parllamei and Dall Eireann for Ratification ie ?War Between Chile and ly Peru Threatend Over rd Tacna-Arlca. id '0 By EDWARD W. PICKARD (t" OTEADILY and sanely the Washlni m ^ ton conference Is performing tli great task which President Hardin 1 set for It. Such was the progres re made Inst week that It seemed likel 7 * ' the major problems would be solve before the holidays and that the coi ference would adjourn,\ leaving detail to be settled by experts and certain ( >1- the questions to be handled by futui r, conferences. 'P The way was cleared effectively b 18 the quadruple agreement for stabilize te tlon of peace In the Pacific. This, 1 -e the form of a treaty, was signed o ?" Tuesday by the delegates of the foil t0 powers and now awaits formal ratlf m cation by the legislative bodies ( :e those nations. That it will be ratlfle In Great Britain, France and Japan I 5r beyond doubt, and there are few wh think that the American senate wl not also accept It. Senator Borah c course has announced his opposlt;Io ie to the treaty, and Senators lteed an at LaFollette stand with him. They pr< ib fess to find In Its second article con s- mltraents similar to those in Artlcl o- 10 of the League of Nations covenan in and even worse than the latter. S 10 far no one else worth mentioning hr i" discovered the terrible danger In Ai a- tlcle 2. Those who approve of th le treaty?and they appear to be dech 10 edly In the majority both In the sei o- ate and in the country generallya agree with Premier Takahashl < Japan, who says the pact is "th grandest contribution to the cause c peace ever recorded in history." ** There were rumors in Washlngto that former President Wilson was ac e* vising the Democratic senators t D* fight the treaty, but more reliable r< t0 ports were to the effect that he ha 10 urged them not to commit themselvc ia until the conference had completed It 10 work and the pact could be studie in its relations to the other agreement 19 leached. Of course Senator Undei 50 wood, the Democratic leader in th 111 senate, cannot oppose the treaty fc v* he signed it as one of the delegate! When President Harding will send 1 in for ratification is not known. ] 0 may not be until after the hollda recess. en it "\I7ITH that treaty out of its wa; * * the conference resumed conslt eiation of the naval reduction an limitation plan. The Japanese plea< e* ej earnestly to be permitted to retai <1 their new pet dreadnaught, the Mutsi >d For several days the Americans hel t, out ugainst this, but finally It wa 1 --.1*1- *i.~ lAMa?nn/)ln(* fhn !l- agreed IO, Willi Hie uiiutrisiuuuiiife iim te to maintain the 5-5-3 ratio, the Amer can navy should retain the supei k dreadnaughts Colorado and Washln) nf ton in place of the Delaware and tli North Dakota, and that Great Brital rI- should retain two of the new Hoo 43 type battleships already planned. Bi :y those Hood vessels as designed woul n. be more powerful than either the Co orado or the Mutsu class, so It we suggested that they should not t ). built any larger than the Coloradi d- This plan was accepted by all an lg the naval agreement was formally ai le nounced to the conference. The pa< Includes the provision that there sha 12 be no Increases in fortlflcntlons an d- naval bases In the Pacific region, li r- eluding the British case and fortlfici >n tlons at Hongkong and Kow Looi This restriction does not apply to tl >1. Huwallun Islands, Australia, New Zei r. UnH on/i Innnn nrnn*>r nor tf> th I 1U1JU, UI1U U f. ^1^%.., ..v. 'd J coasts of the United States and Cai tula. n SHOW INCREASE IN EXPORT ti- ? ?* Figures for the Port of San Franci6c to for Month of October Are n- Gratifying. ly 'd San Francisco. ? Export busine; t? through the port of San Francisco l? oil the increase. It advanced in Oct -t per nearly a million dollars over Se] t? tember. Exports for October wei y $14,53o.4?8 and in September $13,641 :? 071. Exports for October In prevloi years were: lirJU, $^,024,048; 191 P^SKSEF-^? lent In Dublin, formerly the Bank of Ireium ich Henry Ford wishes to buy from the gov mor 070r'a nnlnno in \fflQPAW IUW *.?? ? China's delegation stepped forward f again on Wednesday with formal plea to the Far Eustern committee for \ k the abrogation of the treaties grow- 1 k lng out of the twenty-one demands c J of Japan In 1915, which China says v she was forced to accept. By these i treaties Japan retains her hold on Shantung and Jlanchurla. The Jap- r anese delegates quickly and sharply ^ objected to the Chinese proposal and c the committee adjourned sine die. t Meanwhile the negotiations between r the Japanese and Chinese outside the { conference are continuing, the latter t R putting forward a plan by which Chi- ^ nese bankers propose to purchase from i Japan the ownership and control of j the Shantung railroad?the nub of the v whole controversy over that province. \ It was said the Jupanes'e had so far c receded from their original claims for ^ retentlop c half- ownership that they t were now willing to give up the road. a with certain reservations concerning u the methods and security for payment, ?- and also preferential rights of Invest- ' ie ment. These rights might result In n g giving the Japanese actual control of { >s the management, but China realizes t y that she cannot get all she asks. ^ d The members of the conference evl- j, dently feel-that the best they can do1 Is for, China now Is to adopt a new "bill >f of rights" for her which will enable "8 her to organize a stable functioning government, nnd that to such a govern- Q y ment may be left many of the coun- 1 i- try's problems nnd troubles. v n To further complicate the Chinese 1 n problem came from the soviet govern- 11 ir ment of Russia a protest against dis- n 1- cusslon of the Chinese Eastern rail- * way by the conference. The road, * d which Is of Immense strategic and ^ la economic importance to Russia, China I1 o and Japan, was built by Russia and t H legally speaking belongs to Russia. 0 >f For several yenrs It has been managed ^ n by an Interallied board whose chair- * d man Is John F. Stevens of America. n >- Both the United States and .Tapun i- have spent large sums on the upkeep 8 * 01 me line. Secretary Hughes made public the 11 ? main points of the agreement entered lS Into between the United States and b r* Japan concerning Yap and the other e Islands north of the equator assigned i to Japan by the treaty of Versailles. I ** It confers upon the United Stutes s ~ equal privileges with Japan In all v )f those Islands but Imposes on It no ^ e obligations or responsibilities. h " ? s n DRITISH and French statesmen and j. *-* financiers have not yet been able n 0 to come to anything like agreement ^ g. concerning the German reparations, b ^ and from both couritrles come unoffl- 11 ,g clal but Insistent .calls to America d 8 to take part In the discussions. The n j hope is expressed dally that President b g Harding will call another conference r r. to handle this problem and that of e world finances generally. Meantime v ,r the senate finance committee Is fuss- n 3 Ing with the administration's foreign 1 lt loan refunding bill and trying to do b r? things to lt which Secretary of the 0 y Treasury Mellon does not like. He a especially objected to a proposed provision requiring foreign nations to make payments of Interest on their P* Indebtedness to the United States 1 semi-annually. He said this would c ^ seriously handicap negotiations for re- J ** funding the loans. e n ? J. c d DOTH the British parliament and the ,s Dall Elreann, the "peasant parlla- ^ t, ment" of Ireland, met last week to s 1- receive the reports of the peace dele- jj r- gates and to act on the treaty they ?- drew up. The British lawmakers were ^ e urged both by the king and Premier n Lloyd George to ratify the treaty and, d despite the opposition of a few "dieit hards," there was no doubt that they d would do so. | 1* In Dublin the agreement was not is having quite so smooth a path. From the outset De Valera made plain his / r> if nnf tho u'hnlo t roo f V A A. UVI, VV ki?V ? ..V.v , d at least to certain of Its provisions, r 3- and he accused the Irish delegates f1 Jt of exceeding their powers In signing n 11 It before submitting It to the dull (> d cnblnet, Collins and Griffith, leaders d > of the treaty supporters, vigorously a- upheld their action and the debate ben. came so warm that the dull went Into f ie secret session to settle that point, v a- with the understanding that the debate r ie on the acceptance of the treaty should d a- be public. Observers were confident tl thnt u majority of the dull members h ? $10,430,080; 1918, $18,007,570; 1917, 4 $13,802,500. U ;0 The four big Items of export, whose ? values exceeded a million dollars, were ,s oils, dried fruits, canned fruits and 1 barley. Nearly three-quarters of a ;s million dollars' worth of cigarettes and ti is a like value In cotton were also ex- g i). ported. Canned sulmon and rice to the h I), value of half a million each were ex- u ;e ported. h i,- Gold exports during October were n is $9,727,370 and silver $1,011,290. com- v 9, pared with $15,095,555 gold and $3,539,- v \ (3) \ Vm/ j '** - ' * [J. i?Unfinished Unra at Muscle eminent. 8?American Communist t 'avored ratification, and they felt equally certain that If the question vere referred to a plebiscite, as De >'alera might ask, a large majority ?f the people of southern Ireland could vote for acceptance of the >eace terms. The opposition In the British parllanent wns voiced In the house of lords >y Lord Edward Carson and In the nmmons by Capt. Charles Craig, rother of the Ulster premier. Aleady the Ulster cabinet had sent word o London that Ulster would not enter he Irish Free State, and It protested Itterly against the making of an Irsh agreement without Its consent t charged that the treaty violates the vord of King George and Premier Joyd George. In the Ulster note exeptlon wns taken also to the bounlary commission plan, It being conended that, to remove territory from ny government without that governaent's consent Is without precedent. . Over here In America a lot of the irofesslonal Irish, like Justice Cohalan f New York, are wildly denouncing he treaty. Just what they want us o do about It?whether to weep, or to leclare war against England?they ave not yet stated. ' 7 NLESS someone Intervenes. Chile ^ and Peru are likely to have a war ver the long disputed territory of 'acna-Arlca. Technically a state of tar has existed between them since he Peruvian assembly decreed the rencorporatlon of Tacna-Arlea and Tarpaca in Peruvian territory. Now, hough there are no diplomatic relalons between the two countries, Chile as Invited Peru to take part In a leblsclte In the territory, and has InImhted that If Peru declines, Chile's nly alternative Is to annex Tacnairlca. No one expects Peru to'-accept he Invitation, and the government's rgan, La Prensa of Lima, character's the Chilean note as "a gross Inult following the deportation of 'eruvlans from the captured provrices." This journal suggests arblratlon by the United States as the est way out of the tangle. 3 EPRESENTATIVES of 35.000 rallway maintenance of way and hop laborers met In New York and ^/v ontf iwana m/1 noHnn nrn. Ult'U iu ICJC\.1 nuj tiugv ivuuvviv.. r.w osals nnd to appeal to the railway laor board for increases In pay. Two ays later that board dealt the malnenance of way men a hard blow In ew rules It promulgated. Under this eclslon time and a half rates are to e paid after the tenth hour of work astead of after the eighth hour as uner the old national working agreejent. The "basic" eight-hour day, owever, Is reaffirmed; but the new ules allow the carriers and employees oi make agreements for reduction of working hours below eight to avoid taking force reductions. The starting tme of any shift, too, Is to be arranged y mutual understanding. This knocks ut rigid hour stipulations in the old greement. rHE United Mine Workers of America won a partial victory on 'hursday when the United States Clrult Court of Appeals at Chicago found udge Anderson of Indianapolis was In rror In enjoining the operation of the checkoff" system and remanded the ase back to him for rehearing. This ction of the Court of Appeals was beleved to have prevented a general trlke of coal miners, already started i Indiuna and Illinois. Wives of the striking coal miners of Kansas, followers of the discredited nd expelled Howat, were the leaders f mobs In the Pittsburg region which ercely attacked miners who wished to rork and raised such trouble generally hat state troops were sent there. GOVERNOR HARDING of the federal reserve board, whose annual eport was made public last week, Is airly optimistic. He says basic busless and financial conditions throughut the country have improved greutly urlng the past year, though normalcy > yet to be attained. "Until the purchasing power of the artner Improves," he continued, "It . 111, of course, be Idle to look for any apld or substantial Improvement In omestlc trade. I think, however, that he outlook for the farmers Is more opeful." 03 silver for the corresponding month ist year. Gold Imports totaled $1,252,47 and silver $121,358, against $533,01 gold and $584,274 sliver in October, 020. Imports of duty-free goods in Sepfinher were $3,518,000, and dutiable oods $2,114,034. Five million and a ulf pounds of coffee, worth $610,837, as the principal duty-free article of nport. The principal dutiable commodities Imported through this port i-ere linseed and flaxseed oils which fere valued at $126,246. IMPORTANT NEWS : THE WORLD OVER; U b IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS o AND OTHER NATIONS FOR ? li 8EVEN O*.Y? *tl VEN , THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH a v What la Taking Plaoa in Tha South. CQ land WW Be Found In p Br'et Paragraphs t -? e Foreign? c President Elfcert, of Germany, is now ? paid a salary equivalent to $2,00 a ^ year. The reichstag budget commlssion has agreed to raise his stipend, In, view of present high prices and hard times. A report that has gained considerable circulation during the recent days that Fritz Kreisler, noted violinist and composer, had been appointed Austrian miniated to the United States was officially denied at the Austrian foreign office. German motion picture film manufacturers have perfected a co-operative organization one of the prime pur- ' poses of which is to capture the Euro- ? pean trade held by American producers. In the effort to compete with the p American film the Germans are en- r deavoring to develop a "screen c humor" which heretofore has been _ lacking in their productions. 1 Withdrawal of American troops stationed in Cuba will be requested by 8 the government under a joint resolu- p tion passed by both houses of con- 2 gress. The resolution states that "it a would be regarded as a friendly act" a if the American government acceded n to the request. The troops referred e to are marines, which were stationed at Camaguey in March, 1917, at fhe n request of President Menocal. k The national assembly recently rati- M fled the treaty of peace between the n United States and Hungary at BucTa- g pest. Count Albert Apponyi, chairman 0 of the committee in charge of the j peace agreement, in an address in the n chamber after the ratification, said: 8 "Though we are not yet acquainted ij with America's future world nolicv. a this separate treaty is proof of her disinterestedness and her sincere wish t< to help In the reconstructions of east- tl ern Europe. This single peace, which |] was not dictated, recognizes Hungary a as an equal." o The text of the note addressed re- i< cently by Chile to Peru In regard to p the dispujte over the provinces of e Tacna and Arlca, proposes that the plebiscite, provided under the treaty of Ancon, be advanced so as to do tl away with the necessity for malnte- tl nance of excessive military establish- j ments. t France is willing temporarily to b forego cash reparations paymfcnt from a Germany a high official in the French, foreign office told the correspondent ? of the Associated Press. d Further shooting occurred ' recently t< in the Newtownards road district, k Belfast. Sexsral women were wound- p ed. h The former German crown prince, n who, since November, 1918, has lived p in Wlerlngen, is now planning to re- it turn to Germany and expects to request permission of the Dutch govern- d ment for his departure early In the 4 spring. Frederick William looks for- t ward to life as a country gentleman c with his wife and children on an es- 1 tate at Oelst, (Oelsin, Prussia) 1< Meeting simultaneously in the Irish G and British capitals, the dail eireann t< and the British parliament have start- a ed to work on the Irish peace treaty, l and will decide whether peace or war 8 shall rule in Ireland. E There is a report that revolutionary troops operating in eastern Peru de- tl feated the government forces In a bat- e tie. The Peruvian censorship is of r< the strictest character. ii President Obregon of Mexico, while r< ! entertaining a group of friends a* Cha- b pultepec castle, saw the great volca- a no southeast of Mexico City, >erupt? n Popocatepetl. He sent aviators to the tl mountain to ascertain the seriousness of the erpption. a ii Washington? * Secretary Herbert Hoover has asked for twenty million dollars to feed the t< starving Russians. He*bays the vol- t' untary plan is a failure, and that only e the government can save the day. p The new four-power, treaty to pre? ^ serve peace in the Pacific has been n formally sealed and signed by the plen- f< ipotentiaries of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France. a Western Washington was counting tl its damages recently after four days a of floods that resulted in the loss of a 13 lives, rendered hundreds tempo- n rarily homeless, washed out bridge and roads, disorganized traffic and cut tl wire communications in many parts c< of the state. The property loss was T estimated at a half-million dollars. b The conditions by which Japan's league of nations include provision for tl free admission of missions an<i protec- fi tion of American interests in the man- p: dated territory, and require that Ja- tl pan shall report to the United States ai as well as to the league on details of hi her administration of the mandate. o< Subject to Tokio's approval, the Jap- ei anese delegation accepted the Chines offer to pay 53,000,000 gold German ci marks fo rthe Klao Chow Tsinanfu rail- cl road in Shantung, plus what Japan has M made in permanent improvements, but S less deterioration. ol The body of Representative John A. Elston, of California, was found float- in ing in the Potomac river recently. A tl note found in the congressman s coat at said he was caught in "a chain of cir- g< cumstances which spell^! ruin." F Another attack upon the four-power O Pucific treaty was made in the senate m by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, who characterized it as a "gold brick'' ct and "American-Japanese alliance." h) The senate adopted the Curtis reso- fa lution that congress adjourn for its di holiday recess from December 22 to 01 January 3 jgi ^ ju aii u Approval of 182 advances for agriculural and live stock purposes aggress [ng nearly $7,000,000, was announced y the War Finance corporation. Of his amount Georgia receives $461,000. An appropriation of $10,000,000 to be sed for the purchased of 10,000,000 ushels of corn and 1,000,000 bushel" f seed grain to be distributed in Ru&. la Is proposed in a bill introduced a the house. The American and Japanese govern, lents have composed their differences ver the Pacific Island of Yap, and re preparing to sign a treaty by rhich Japan retains administrative ontrol over the island and the United Itates secures the cable and wireless riYllege^s there for which she has conended since the Paris peace confernce. i Japan has indicated conditional ac* ' eptance of the American "5-5-3" naval atio and a final settlement of the queslon appears imminent. After a meetag of the naval "big three," it was tated that only a very small point regained to be determined. Agreement of the "big three' naval owers on the "5;5-3" naval ratio plan ras officially announced recently at he state department. Under pl^n apan retains the superdreadnaught lutsu instead of the old battleship etsuand the United States retains two dditional ships of the Maryland class astead of the Delaware and North lakota. Great Britain- as an equivamnt will build two superdreadnaughta lmilar to the Maryland and Mutsu ypes, but of greater tonnagej scraping four old battleships of the original stained list suggested by the Amerian plan. domestic? Negotiations are under wky for the ale by southern pine interests to the 'rench government of approximately 40,000,000 feet of pine lumber, valued , t between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000, ccording to an announcement at a leeting at Memphis, Tenn., of southrn yellow pine producers. Twelve years ago, when Harold Fener was nine ye%rs old his mother was illed by a blow on the head., Nothing ras done about it at the time; the case ,ot even reported to the police, being enerally accepted as an accident. HarId Fenner recently went to court at ersey, City, N. J., and swore out a manslaughter complaint against his tep-father, Richard Townes, 66, alleg* ig he struck the blow which caused eath. Equipped with "dust" shooting pisols to bring down high-flying insects hat cannot be netted, Jesse H. Willamson and John W. Strohm, a retired rmy captain, will sail from New York n the steamship Polycarp for the jungjs of Brazil in behalf of science. They lan to penetrate beyond the River of loubt Coster shops of the Southern railway rere closed at Knoxville, Tenn., in rneir entirety and operations, except in le roundhouse, are suspended until anuary 3. Closing the shops means hat between 1,000 and 1,200 men will e out of employment for a period of bout fifteen working days. Operating coal mines at night as rell as throughout the day, a radical eparture from the established cusmm, has been decided by the LaFolJtte Coal & Iron company, and its emloyees, at LaFollette, Tenn. This } not only intended to give miners aore work, but to reduce the cost of roduction, according to a statement ssued by L. C. Crewe, president The body of Tom Slaughter, slain esperado, buried in a Little Rock, irk., cemetery in the presence of nousanus 01 cunous spectators r6ently, may be disinterred. Governor \ C. McCrae announced receipt of a >ng distance telephone message from r. D. O'Brien, of Dallas, Texas, prossting against the funeral service, nd denouncing a woman known at ,ittle Rock as Mrs. Myrtle Slaughter, upposed to be the bandit's ,widow, of 11 Dorado, Arkansas. Murder was given as the cause of tie death of Charles Nelson, 55, formrly of Columbus, Ga., at Mobile, Ala., Bcently by the coroner following an lvestigation after the dead body was iund at the bottom of a railroad emankment. Nelson was last seen alive t bis home, when he left in an autoloblle in company with a man that le police have been unable to locate. An earthquake that rocked buildings nd which was accompanied by a roarlg noise, was felt at Rockwood, Tenn., nd reports that the tremors were seere at Spring City. Tommy O'Connor, two-gun man, senenced to be hanged for murder, and wo other notorious Chicago criminals, scaped from Jail, fighting their way ast half a dozen guards, most of rhom were beaten into unconsciousess by the desperadoes in their dash jr liberty, were later apprehended. Jack Howard, the convict who shot nd killed Tom Slaughter, leader in le spectacular prison jail delivery t Little Rock, Ark., recently, has been rrested on a charge of first degree lurder. Acreage and diversifiqation will be le theme of the second annual cotton onference to be held in Memphis, enn., during the week ending Decern er 17. Adoption by the senate recently of le conference report on the first deciency bill sent the measure to the resident, the house having adopted le report earlier in the day. The bill, 3 agreed to by the conferees and ouse carried approximately $103,000,50, of which $66,000,000 is for the vetrans' bureau. The woman sheriff of Allamakee Dunty, Iowa, admits that there is no lue to the murderer of Miss Edda agneson, a school teacher of Waukon. he has sent bloodhounds to the scene [ the murder. One man was killed and ten others ijured when two surburban trains of le Illinois Central, railroad crashed : the Thirtieth street sf^tion, Chicab, during the rush hour recently, ive are reported seriously injured, f the seriously injured, it is said two iay die. Mrs. Lillian Raizen, who recently miesseu iu mo oiayiug 01 ur. ADraim Kllckstein in his Brookyn home, linted twice after she had been in* cted by the Kings county grand jury 1 a charge of murder in the first dfe ee.