Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 19, 1922, Image 3
GOVERNOR COOPER'S i
ANNUAL MESSAGE i
n
RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATIONS ?
OF NEARLY SIX AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS. 5
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PROPOSED REVENUE GRANGES I
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Message Dealt Almost Entirely With
Proposed New Revenue Measures ^
and Budget Recommendations.
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Taxation, the word that stays con- t
tinually on the tongues of the people
of South Carolina, was the keynote of e
Governor Cooper's annual message to c
the general assembly delivered to the g
joint assembly in the hall of the house
of representatives.
Some change in the tax system is <.
imperative and the change must come
at this session if a backward step is
to be warded off, the chief executive r
said, in recommending new sources of E
revenue.
"Any tax system which is not based
on the principal of ability to pay is f
fundamentally wrong," the governor
declared. Some paragraphs from the
governor's message give an insight
to the need for additional tax measures.
r
New revenue measures proposed by t
the governor are: An income tax, an j
inheritance tax, a gasoline and petro- f
leum products tax, an occupation and j
privilege license tax. a luxuries tax. c
In addition he favors proposed amend- f
ments to the constitution to give the v
state a just tax system. ;
In his message the governor gives
his recommendations for state appro- j
priations for this year. These recom- ^
mendations have been taken from the ,3
budget and the figures show that the ,3
governor recommends a total appro- s
priation for 1922 of $6,466,240.15. This g
la a aiiirht decrease from the amount P
appropriated by the 1921 legislature. ?J
iln 1921 the general assembly appro- e
priated $6,767,135.32 for all state pur- ^
poses.
Last year the governor recommend- r
ed that the legislature appropriate $7.- g
111.6S8.86 and this year his recom- j
mendations show a reduction of $645,- ^
448.71. As compared with the appro- f
priation bill last year his 1922 recommendations
are $3010,895.17 below ^
what was appropriated, including the t
extra $200,000 for the citadel. t
The message dealt almost entirely t
with the ptoposed new revenue meas- a
ures and the budget recommenda- {
tions. The governor took up every ,
phase of the proposed new bills and ?
of his recommendations as to appro- ^
priations.
"I wish again to urge the passage of y
the proposed amendment to our state e
constitution," the governor said, t
which is necessary before you may u
properly classify property for the pur- j
pose of taxation. This matter is so
thoroughly discussed in the report
submitted one year ago on revenue
* "* -4-1 lU-4 4 io Mn*vanoc?QrV
ana ihxsuud, mai n 10 uuuvwwwm*^
to add anything further here.
"I have recommended the passag^ v
of these measures in order to raise 1
sufficient revenue to support the state 1
government and to provide for Its c
different institutions and activities. 1
"It has occurred to me that some c
explanation of the budget recommen- r
dations for 1922 is appropriate in con- a
nection with the subject of revenue 5
and taxation. The following summary
of the budget recommendations for e
the present year gives a concise and, e
I think, intelligent statement of the c
purposes of expenditure. 11
"1. For expenses of legislative de- a
partment, $105,372. 0
"2. For expenses of judicial depart- a
ment, including the circuit courts, a
$157,698.66. v
"3. For educational purposes, in- ('
eluding $1,668,740 for administration 0
and aid for public schools, $961,951.67
for the five state colleges and $134,942.04
for the School for the Deaf and r
Blind and the John de La Howe In- *
dustrial school, $2,765,633.71. '
"4. For the six charitable and correctional
institutions and for the sup
port of the blind children and the 1
Catawba Indians. $1,067,128.36.
"5. For Confederate pensions, in- ^
eluding the infirmary and aid for the
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Highway Body Holds Meeting.
At the regular meeting of the state *
highway commission applications for a
federal aid for road building projects u
were received and acted upon and v
routine business transacted.
Dorchester county made application
for federal aid in the sum of $5,000 ^
for the building of the Charleston- t
Columbia road between Prettyman's
Mill and the Charleston county line. r
The application was granted. This j
approval makes a total of $18,000 of f,
federal aid. $1TOOO already having
been given for this road. ?,
Named by Speaker. (j
Speaker Atkinson of the house of t
representatives announced the follow- j,
ing committee appointments: John s
O. CJreer. of (Ireer. committee on ag- i a
liculture. education and commerce 0
and manufacturing; Eugene S. Itlease. t
of Newberry. judiciary committee; J. e
R Rritton. of Slimier, committee on j r.
agriculture, education and banking : ?
and insurance, and Dr. S. T. D. Lau- j,
caster, of Pauline, committee on f
rules.
Th? appointments were to fill va- j,
?inn<.U hv chances.
Plan to Fight Boll Weevil. ] ?
Government experts who have successfully
fought the boll weevil in s
every infested southern state, and f,
prominent southern agricultural work- f,
ers. have planned a South Carolina ti
campaign beginning at Aiken. The <>
object is to tell South Carolinians how a
to fight the boll weevil with success, j
Instances will be cited of how farm- o
ers In South Carolina and Georgia put c
up a successful fight last season. The o
success attending the work of govern- o
ment boll weevil experts will be re- a
counted. b
eterans' reunion, $640,429.50.
"6. For agricultural work, ncluding
ubllc service under Cleinson college,
11 regulation and inspection by the
epartment of agriculture and exense3,
cotton warehousing, grading
nd inspecting by the warehouse comlissioner's
office, $403,317.35.
"7. For public health, including exenses
of tubercular sanatoriums,
19S.919.40.
"8. For interest on bonded debt,
247,299.12.
"9. For road construction and superision
by the state highway departlent,
$133,785.75.
"10. For aid in defraying expenses
f county governments, including salries
of auditors and treasurers, and
or county auditing work, $158,933.34.
"11. For expenses of election to be
eld in 1922, $41,325.
"12. For maintaining the National
luard, including the 23 unite, $34,210.
"13. For public printing, including
he 1922 code, $70,000.
"14 For the administration of the
xecutive departments, boards and^
ommissions, including about 30 oranizations,
$442,282.34.
"Grand total. $6,466,240.15."
Senate Has Many New Bills.
Introduction of a joint concurrent
esolution to restrict the 1922 approbations
for all state purposes to
3.892.6S2, a bill to abolish the state
ax commission and one to provide for
wo months emergency appropriations
or this year as well as to restrict expenditures
by the state agencies until
he 1922 appropriation bill is passed.
The resolution to restrict the appropriations
was offered by Mr. Wells of
Sdgefield and was held over, no acion
being taken. In the resolution
t is set forth that in 1919 the appropriations
were $3,892,682 and that in
921 the amount was $6,534,000 and
lenator Wells claims there is no need
or such an Increase. His resolution
i'ould give the same appropriation
or 1922 as for 1919.
Senator Wightman introduced the
till to abolish the tax commission.
Jnder the terms of this measure the
luties of the tax commission would
[evolve upon a state board of tax asessors
headed by the comptroller
;eneral and seven members to be appointed
by the governor, who would
mid office coterminal with the govtrnor.
One member from each congressional
district is provided for.
Senator Goodwin introduced a joint
esolution postponing the payment of
tate and county taxes until April 1,
922, with a penalty of one per cent,
rhe resolution was referred to the
inance committee.
A concurrent resolution by Senator
fo'^ig to allow a bill to be introduced
o change the status of the trustees of
he Charleston high school so,the trusees
and the high school can receive
ind hold property, real and personal,
> II 11*1 Ilia die 0)/UUdUlO VI U UI1I VV
rovide for the retirement on two*
hirds salary of judges when they
each the age of 70. provided they
lave a record of ten years' service.
The bill also carries provisions for
he retiring on a like salary schedule
f any judges becoming physically incapacitated
to perform their duties
The measure was referred to the juliciary
committee.
A bill to confer upon all women,
rho have attained the age of 21 years,
11 the rights and privileges conferred
ipon male citizens and to make all
fomen subject to all the duties that
re possessed by male citizens was
lso among the number of statewide
icasures introduced. M. R. Cooper,
he author of the bill, holding that it
orrects errors made in a similar
aeasure passed last year. The women,
n Mr. Cooper's measure, are to be exmpted
from the payment of both muieipal
and county commutation road
axes.
Other measures of interest introuced
include a bill to allow cousins
o inherit under certain conditions, a
till to prevent the use and sale of
teel traps in the state and a bill to
How th<j graduates of the law school
f Furman university to he licensed
o practice law in tlie state without
xamination h"fore the state board of
xaminers. This privilege is now
ranted only to the graduates of tho
:t\v school of the University of South
'arolina. a state institution.
Governor Cooper returned a mim- I
ip.* of duplicate acts from last sesion
that he had vetv
lemand Tax Reduction.
The South Carolina legislature
tarted the second half of its seventyourth
session with challenges for reormation
of the state's antiquated
ax system, headed bv J. B. Atkinson,
f Spartanburg, speaker of the house,
nd Lieutenant Governor Wilson O,
[arvey, president of the senate, hoth
f whom delivered opening addresses
ailing for relief from the tax burden
f the state by creating new sources
f revenue and relieving real estate
nd personal property of the heavy
nrden it is now bearing.
jk - b 1
IS* I
11 jpil
n any amount, ana granting tu mo
rustees the power to condemn propsrty
for school purposes was passed
vithout opposition by the senate.
A concurrent resolution from the
louse fixing the time for meetings
very day and providing for sessions
hrough Friday as well as other regtlatory
clauses was held up upon obection
of Senator Wightman.
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Jills Introduced ir House.
Among the measures of state-wide
mportance introduced in the house
vas a bill, of which M. C. Foster is
he author, to regulate the maximum
irices to be charged by telephone
ompanies in the state. Under the
irovisions of the bill the maximum
harge for a one-party business teleihone
line will be $5 amonth, and for
one-party residence telephone line
3 a month. The maximum charge for
iuplex lines will be fixed at $4 for
ach business telephone and $2.50 for
ach residence telephone. The bill
arries a penalty of $50 for each vioation
or attempted violation, the penIty
to be "recovered in any court
f competent jurisdiction in the state
t the instance and on behalf of the
ggrieved party or parties.' The bill
ias referred to the house judiciary
ommittee. which will hold a hearing
in the measure at its meeting.
Julius S. Mclnnes and Ashton H.
rim ? Kill tn
1?Ambassador .Tusserand speai
from the East End of London goini
count Lascelies. 3?Arthur Griflith
Pepper of Philadelphia, appointee
NEWS REVIEW OF ~
CURRENTEVENTS
Briand Resigns, His Arrangements
With Lloyd George
Being Opposed.
CANNES PROGRAM IS UPSET
Polncare Invited to Form New French
Ministry?May Fight German Moratorium?Senate,
By Close Vote,
Seats Newberry of Michigan,
With a Rebuke.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
FRA/NCE spilled the beans last week.
Brland and his cabinet are out.
Polncare Is forming a new ministry
with himself as its head. All the
doings of the meeting of the supreme
council at Cannes aie nullified, at
least for the present. Plans for the
economic and financial conference
may have to be revised. The Germans
probably will he called on by the
French to make the reparations payments
when they are due or suffer the
penalty.
Lloyd George at Cannes had ngreed
that Great Britain wbuld make a
treaty guaranteeing France against attack
by Germany, provided, however,
that the French "ministry of marine
and the British admiralty should reach
a complete agreement, on submarines
and other naval craft, and provided
also that the French and British governments
should make their foreign
policies conform, especially In the near
east. He required, too, that France
co-operate in restoring world economics
and finances and agree to deal
with Soviet Russlu. These conditions
all meant yielding by France to
British policies and at once a storm
of opposition arose in Paris. Briand
hurried to that city and nfter telling
the cabinet all about what he had
done and engaging In a heated controversy
with President Mlllerand,
went before the chamber of deputies
and presented the entire program, telling
its members they could take it or
leave it. Then lie bluntly announced
the resignation of the ministry without
waiting for a vote.
Polncare. the main point of whose
policy is "Germany must pay," was invited
to form a new cabinet and got
busy at once. It was understood that
Count Lasteyrle would be minister of
finance. He recently investigated conditions
In Germany Hnd believes the
Germans can pay the reparations without
a moratorium provided their budget
is properly balanced and sufficient
taxes are imposed to bring their taxation
totals up to the level of those
paid in France.
In all the European capitals and In
Washington there was something akin
to consternation when the news from
Paris was received. The conference at
Cannes automatically eume to an end.
The American government, which had
not derided whether or not to accept ,
the Invitation to take part In the
Genoa conference, halted consideration
of the question until there are further
developments. The German cabinet
saw the chance for a moratorium fading
and was correspondingly despondent.
The English were reticent hut
plainly Indignant and relations between
them and flie French, severely (
strained for several years, were not ,
improved.
!
epHK allied supreme council decided I <
1 that an ecotuMnic conference to
deal with the restoration of Europe
should be held In (lenoa in March,
and that both (Jennany and Ilussia
should be invited to send representatives.
No sooner did this news reach ;
Moscow than the soviet government i
hastened to accept the invitation that I
had not been formally extended. ;
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin wired the i
council that the central executive com- i
niiitoe would proceed to select the ]
delegates and would gl\e them the ]
most extended powers. of course j i
there was no doubt that (Jennany would ' 1
accept the bivltntion of the council,
and the Japanese delegates to the i
FOOD PRICES COMING DOWN
Figures Given Out by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics Are Gratifying
to the Consumer.
Washington.?Retail prices in 10
principal cities in the 1'nifed States i
decreased 12 to IS per cent in the 12
months ending December lfi last, the 1
bureau of labor statistics of the I?epartnient
of Labor announced. The i
bureau's figures show tlint prices prevailing
last month In 13 of the cities
Jlng at unveiling of Jeanne d'Arc monum
? to Buckingham palace with gifts for F
, elected head of the Irish provisional g
1 senator to succeed the lute Boles F
Washington conference announced
thut Japan also would be represented.
Already steps have been taken to I
start the rehabilitation of Europe. The 1
economic committee of the supreme 1
council has decided upon an International
corporation with a capital of i
?2.000.000 (about $8,000,000) with Its <
seat in London and with a board of i
directors nominated by affiliated com- 1
panics In each Interested country.
These countries, Including the United
States,- will organize corporations for
promotion only, with a combined capital
equivalent to ?20,000,000 (about
$80,000,000). These corporations will
serve as mediums for credit transactions
and to facilitate the activities
of private enterprises In all countries
where the business field now Is obstructed
by . lack of credits and disorganized
finances. This plan presupposes
the organization of aftillated
companies in Germany as well as In
the United States.
E*INAL formulation of the naval
" limitation agreement In the Washington
conference was delayed by several
matters. One was a difference
of opinion as to the methods of scrapping
the 68 capital ships that are to
be given up by the United States,
Great Britain and Japan. Six optional
methods are prescribed, and
Mr. Balfour objected to the proposition
of Mr. Hughes that the bulk of
the retired ships be destroyed absolutely.
The British were not willing
to say yet what tonnage of the
eliminated vessels they would convert
to peace time uses. No doubt was
felt that this dispute could be adJusted
amicably. Another cause of delay
was Baron Kato's desire to get
further Instructions from Tokyo concerning
the agreement to maintain the
status quo of I'aciflc ocean naval
bases and fortifications. The question
was as to what Japanese lslunds
should be excluded as comprising
"Japan proper."
Negotiations regarding Shantung
were resumed last week by the Japanese
and Chinese delegates and it
was predicted an agreement would be
reached before long. Consequently
the delegates of all nations in the conference
began drawing up a ninepower
treaty dealing with far eastern
affairs and especially with Chinese
questions. It Is believed this will delay
the adjournment of the conference
until the end of the month.
DAIL E1REANN having accepted
the Irish pence treaty, the pnrliu
merit ui suuiiioru nemuu mat ouiuiday
completed the action by formally
ratifying the pact, and the Irish Free
State la In' process of being constituted.
Earaon de Valera resigned
on Monday as president of the Irish
republic and his re-election was c
moved. The motion was lost. 58 to
00, and for a few moments De Valera 5
appeared as a really great man, declaring
he would loyally accept the 1
decision, would do all he could to (
avoid embarrassing the new govern- c
ment, and would even help It when f
that was possible without sacrificing "
his principles. Later the Sinn Fein
Irreconcilable women persuaded him 1
to modify this generous position, and '
the chances of unity In the ranks faded f
away. {
?ext day after a message of con- (
gratulation to Ireland from the pope f
had been read, It was moved that
Arthur Griffith be elected president |
of the Dail and a hot debate ensued.
Finally I>e Valera and his supporters *
walked out of the hall and the 05 '
remaining delegates unanimously elect- f
ed Griffith. The new president at 1
once announced that his cabinet would 1
be as follows: Minister of finance. '
Michael Collins; Foreign minister, 1
George Gavan Duffy; Home minister, '
Eamon J. Duggan; Local government, s
William Cosgrove; Economic affairs, I
Hr.vaii o'lliggins; Defense. Itichard
Mnlcaliey. Those, then, are the men j
who will constitute the provisional !
srnveninont of the island to which the | t
conduct of atTairs will lie turned over ! t
l?y the Hrltish authorities as rapidly j
is possible. The lathers returned in ! f
the afternoon and I)e Valera slated, v
lliough lie considered Crillitli's position v
linpossilile, lie would do untiling to |
liatniier him so long as lie did not I p
appear to lie subverting the repuhlie. S
l-aler I >e Valera tnhi a correspondent s
that lie would ret use to recognize i v
iny government hut the Irish repuhlie t
from which 1013 statistics were avail- I (
:ihie had increased since that year j !
front 33 to f'O per cent. ! I
Jhiring the month from November ,r|
1.1. 1P21, 12 of the cities reported tie- ^
creases In ft tod prices, two reported '
increases and the two others, \lan- | *
chester, X. 11., and Minneapolis. Minn.,
reported a decline of 13 per cent for I
the year. r
Mobile, Ala., and Savannah, flu., had I
the highest percentage of decrease in 2
prices for the 12 months period, each i it
reporting an 18 per cent decline. | v
ent in Washington. 2?Children
'rineess Mary and her flnnce, Vls;overnment.
4?George 1 .Wharton
'enrose.
oven if It was set up fry vote of the
people of Ireland, because he was
satisfied that such a vote would not
be free, but would be taken under
coercion of a threat of war.
Alreudy the British have removed
the barbed wire and sandbags with
which Dublin Castle was protected and
they are transferring the records to
London. Amnesty was agreed upon by
the two governments and all Irish
prisoners, Including those condemned
to death, have been set free. In a
word, the English are evacuating Ireland
as rapidly as they can, and they
seem mighty glad to get out.
HP HUMAN IT. Newberry Is rightfully
United States senator from Michigan,
but he spent too much money
In winning the place. Such Is the decision
of the senate, reached by a vote
of 46 to 41. The Democrats were solidly
against Newberry and nine Republicans
voted with them to oust him.
But the day was saved for him by the
addition of a clause to the resolution
seating him, criticising the acknowl
pdged expenditure of $195,000 in his
behalf and condemning the lavish use
if money In political campaigns. This
brought into line a number of Republicans
who had been wavering. Senator
La Foliette of Wisconsin intimated
that he would reopen the case
at some future date.
Mr. Newberry appeared to speak
In his own defense, breaking the
dlence that he had maintained for
the three years since his election.
He read a carefully prepared address,
:he substnnce of which was that when
the Michigan primary and election
ivere held he wafe absent from the
date performing his duties as a
leutenant commander In the navy;
Ihat he had no personal knowledge of
:he expenditure of monev by his
'rlends In his behalf, and that he was
istonished and grieved when Inter he
earned that about $195,000 had been
spent In securing his nomination and
?lection. He closed thus:
"As Clod Is my witness, I am not to
his day and hour conscious of having
lone, In connection with either the
primary campaign or the general elec:lon
In 1918, a single act that was or
s In any way unlawful, dishonorable.
>r corrupt, and this I say to the
lennte without reservation or qualification."
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SENATOR PENROSE'S seat has
I 1 UIU.1 !?..
?' uitii mini w) uic ui
3eorge Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia,
and this selection by Governor
Iprottl lius met with general approval.
Sir. Pepper, who Is a lawyer of disinctlon,
lias been prominent in the
ouncils of the Republican party, but
ias not before held public office. He
vlll be a candidate for election for the
omplete term In November.
In accordance with the rule of
tenlorlty, Senator McCumber of North
Dakota has been made chairman of
he senate finance committee to succeed
Penrose, and the vacancy on the
wnmlttee was filled by the selection
>f Senator Frellnghuysen of New
Fersey. That committee Is still workng
on the tariff measure, especially
he American valuation feature. A
lelegatlon of southerners appeared
>efore the committee to tell It that
southern business men had tteeome
convinced that prosperity was posilble
only under a high tariff.
CHAIRMAN FORDXEY of Ihe
^ house ways and means committee
innounced the administration's plan
or a soldiers' hontis. It provides for
he payment of cash bonuses from the
nterest on the $11,000,000,000 allied
leht to the United States as soon ns
t. or part of It, Is refunded Into long
erin obligations. If the interest is
lot sulficlent, the proceeds of the
ale of part of the securities to the
mhllc will he used for the purpose.
3XK of the most important court
decisions ever won by labor was
hat rendered by Justice Wagner of
he New York supreme court, enjoining
the garment manufacturers
rout combining to enforce a -Ill-hour
reek and a piece work system. This
r:ts the lirst lime a labor union has |
i yoked legal action to restrain einilo.vers
from breaking a contract,
oiits for several million dollars, repre- j
eniiiig wttges |n<i by the garment j
corkers who have been on strike for
wo months, will be begun at once.
?
)ther declines were: Indianapolis and
halt I.akc City. 17 per cent: Detroit,
.ottisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis
ind Washington, 1f? per cent: Omaha.
per cent; Bridgeport. Pallas and
'hlladclphia. 14: Manchester, 1.1, and
few York, l'J per cent.
Decreases during the month ending
"lecetnher 15 were listed by the Intent!
as follows: Indianapolis and Salt
.nke City, .1 per cent: Washington,
: i?er cent: Bridgeport. Louisville,
[oldie, Omaha, Philadelphia and Saannah,
1 per cent.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WW OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The 8outh<
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign?
Terribly mangled by the premature
explosion of dynamite Olaf Peterson,
a farmer of Ramnaes, dragged himself
400 yards and drowned himself to end
his agony.
While Lieutenant J. M. Robb was
piloting a military machine across the
English channel, the machine fell onto
its tail. Lieutenant Robb was rescued
by a boatman.
The kings' proclamation of amnesty,
announcement or rne departure ut me
auxiliaries and the resolution of the
Sinn Fein executive council to summon
an extraordinary convention soon,
to decide upon the future of the organization
and its policy, after Eamon
De Valera had predicted a split in the
organization, were the chief developments
in the Irish Situation.
President Millerand recently accepted
the resignation of Premier Briand
and his entire cabinet and indicated
he would not ask anyone to form a
new ministry. Minister of War Barthou
and former President Poincare
were mentioned prominently in parliamentary
lobbies as likely candidates
for the task of forming a! new
government.
Marquis Okuma, former premier of
Japan, died recently at Tokio. He was
field marshal in the Russo-Japanese
war.
The Irish dail eireann defeated de
Valera for the presidency of the Irish
Republic. It is now thought that the
next step of the eireann will be to aid
in making a stable government for
the "Free State."
The volcano Ometepe, on the Island
of Ometepe, eight miles from
the western shore of Lake Nicaragua,
is in active eruption. Many thousands
of coca plants have been destroyed,
large areas of grazing lands are covered
with ashes, and many cattle are
dead.
The supreme council at Cannes recently
examined the situation created
by the departure of the French delegation
and ruled that decisions on
which a complete agreement had been
reached become operative, especially
that regarding the Genoa conference,
for which Premier Bonomi, of Italy,
was charged to issue invitations.
Thomas S. Ryan, a newspaperman,
at Paris, has been arrested charged
with attempting to muraer nis wne,
formerly Miss Audrey Crelghton, of
California, by forcing her to swbllow
becbloride of mercury tablets on a
threat he otherwise would kill himself.
The Irish politcal prisoners in
London, England jails ? Brixton,
were released recently under the
amnesty proclamation issued by King
George recently. Instructions were
sent to the provisional jails for similar
releases.
The British government has given
its assurance to Indian' officials, at
Calcutta, India, that "conscientious
objectors" who sought to evade war
service will not be allowed to compete
at future examinations for Indian
civil service positions.
Washington?
The Frendh government has approached
Henry Ford by cable asking
if he would consider the purchase of
battleships. In announcing the request
here Mr. Ford said he had replied
than unless he could buy the
entire French navy he would not be
interested in job lots. No answer had
been received, he said.
Senator Truman H. Newberry,
Michigan, given his seat in the senate
by a vote of 46 to 41, declared he
would not resign. Reports have been
current that the senator would retire
if vindicated by the senate of
charges of personal knowledge of excessive
use of money in his campaign
against Henry Ford.
The most encouraging feature of the
business situation at the opening of
the new year is that a positive foundation
has apparently been established
upon which to build banking and
business development during 1922, the
federal reserve board declared in its
monthly bulletin for January.
The resignation of Aristide Briand
as premier of France was received
with almost bombshell effect in arms
conference circles, the action being
considered likely to hav/e great effect
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to be reached.
Organization of a local chapter of
the Ku Klux Klan in the nation's capital
has been started with the initiation
of three members at a ceremony
in Rock Creek Park, attended by all
the formulae of the order.
Direct negotiations between the
Chinese and Japanese delegations on
the Shantung railroad question, resumed
at t he suggestion of Secretary
Hughes, have resulted in an agreement
on one of the collateral issues,
namely the withdrawal of Japanese
troops from tire railroad and from the
leasehold of Wei-Kai-Wei.
The most encouraging feature of the J
business situation, at the opening of
the new year is that a positive founda- j
tion has apparently been established
upon which to build banking and business
detelopment during 1922, the federal
reserve board declared in its
monthly bulletin for January.
Provisions of the Snell-McCormick
forestry bill were indorsed by Elbert
H. Baker, who appeared at a hearing
before thp house agriculture commit- I
tee as a representative of the Ameri-1
can Newspaper Publishers' associa- j
lion. - j
President Millerand, bf France, hM
directed M. Sarraut, head of the
French delegation, to continue in that
capacity until the end of the Washington
conference. Instructions to <
this effect were received recently in
a cablegram from M. Briand, retiring
French premier, who continues under
French procedure to exercise the functions
of his office until his successor
takes up his duties. ,
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is
considering a tentative draft of rules
and regulations for administration of ?
the federal highway act, under which
$75,000,000 is maid available for Construction
of federal aid roads.
Senator Truman H. Newberry will
retain his place in the United States
senate. This was determined, when
the senate, by a vote of 41 to 46, dismissed
the contest of Henry Ford, and
declared that Newberry was duly elected
and is entitled to his seat.
Henry Ford, who is in Washington
for a conference with Secretary of
War Weeks on the Muscle Shoals nitrate
project, announced a reduction
in the price of Ford automobiles.
Nearly a dozen witnesses all from
Virginia, broke about even in numbers
in testifying for and against
Heirome L. Opie, of Staunton, Va., before
the senate committee investigating
charges that American soldiers
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France.
George Wharton Pepper took the
oath recently as United States senator
from Pennsylvania, succeeding the
late Senator Boles Penrose.
Sales of scores of tracts owned by
the war department and the consolidation
of a number of army activities
are recommended by a house subcommittee
which, after months of investigation
into the advisability on disposing
of war department property made
public its report recently.
Domestic? ' J
The state recently had left four
peremptory challenges and the defense
ten for use in continuing selections
of a jury in superior court opened
in the second trial of Roscoe C.
("Fatty") Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter, growing out of the
death at San Francisco, Cal., of Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress.
When court adjourned recently
eleven Jurors had been passed temporarily
and only eleven persons remained
in the original cmpanelment.
The leaking transport Crooke, with
900 men of the army of occupation
aboard, is in no danger, will reach
New York soon,1 it was said at the
transport service office recently.
The first snow of the season fell in
The lower house of the legislature,
at Jackson, Miss., passer the Sherard
bill, providing for a compulsory course
of moral training in the public schools,
based op the Mosaic ten commandments.
Dallas county deupties arrested
Frank Powell, a negro, recently in
connection with the killing of Anderson
Mixon, another negro. Powell is
in jail at Selma, Ala.
A merger has been completed at
Cincinnati, Ohio, ef the HagenbeckWallace,
Sells-Floto, Howe's \ Great
London and John Robinson circus or^
ganixations, it was announced at Peru,
Indiana, recently.
Han Proiiplorn wan nrcnrriori fflo
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convention oft the American Bar association
by the executive committee
of that organization in session at
Tampa, Fla.
A. L. Rowe, for more than half a
century identified with Memphis newspapers
as a writer and publisher, died
at his home at Memphis, Tenn.
The modern girl la not quite as
much of a "flapper'' in the south as
she is in other sections of the country,
Dr. Valeria H. Parker, ow Washington
stated recently.
Mrs. Emily Grayy, 91 years old, has
left her home in the Bee Tree section,
Asheville, S. C., and is on the way to
Texas, where she expects to grow up
with the country.
C. M. Hovey, assistant manager of
the Nashville Industria' corporation,
recently purchased the Tennessee
Central railroad at the upset price of
a million and a half dollars.
Ford Estes, finding his wife in company
with another man on the streets
of Hot Springs, Ark., shot her. She
may die. The man with her was
wounded, and a bystander shot.in ths
leg.
The Southern Kansas "rump" miners'
strike has been called off in an
order issued by Alexander Howat, who
has asked the men to return to work.
George Wharton Pepper of Philai^olnMo
Vino hnon gnnnfnlpd TTnltpd
States senator from Pennsylvania, to
succeed Boibce Penrose, deceased.
Ralph Culver Bennett, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of
art and president of the Metropolitan
College of Law, at Dover, Del.,.qualified
as a full-fledged absent-minded
professor when he was arraigned in
Washington Height police court on a
charge of assault.
Lottie Pickford, motion picture actress,
sister of Mary Pickford, became
the bride of Alan Forest at Los Angeles
a few days since.
Roger D. Eastlake, acquitted on a
charge of murdering his wife, at Colonial
Beach, Va., will be used as a
star witness against Miss Sarah E.
i Knox, who stands indicted for the
crime, when she comes up fcr trial.
The Dow-Jones news agency announces
a cut in the price of Hupmobile
cars ranging from $215 to $265 each.
Ripe cherries, cotton blooms and
morning glory blossoms reported out
of season last month, can't hold a
candle to the record of nice size watermelons
that turned ripe on a farm In
Greenville county, S- C. i
If Henry Ford obtains possessions et
the .Muscle Sboais project in Ale*
bama he will take immediate steps
make that part of the South one of tlTVj
largest industrial centers of the cotjn- \
try, the Associated Press learned r?cently.
J. G. Callahan, fireman, was killed;
S. B. Caldwell, brakeman, and Louis
K. Perry, enginees were badly injured
nud scalded when the engine, tender
and three coal cars of a freight train
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Northern
plunged down an embankment at
Sciotsville, Ohio.
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