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Columbia. 0
The senate killed the Wightman bill ^
to allow the supervisor and county n
commissioners of Saluda county to u
use 80 per cent of the automobile a
license fund in the county, at their c
discretion. H
By the killing of tie Saluda bill j,
the senate refused to disrupt the state ^
highway act and thus begin an under- n
mining of the highway commission, w
according to several senators who t
spoke against the measure. The sen- ^
ate was apparently surprised at itself s
as the bill drew forth a long debate, 8
but when the vote was reached the g
balloting was overwhelmingly against j
the measure. The vote was 24 to 11 t
to strike out the enacting words, this ^
being on the motion of Senator Young ^
of Charleston. p
The concurrent resolution offered j.
by Mr. Mclnnes in the house provid- c
ing for conferences between the rail- j.
road and highway commissions during v
the year in an effort to derive a plan c
to eliminate dangerous grade cross- c
ings was slaughtered by a vote of 26 s
to 6. Senator .Wightman moved to j
strike out the resolving words and j.
after a short debate pro and con the r
resolution was killed. j
Senator Hubbard's joint resolution c
to prohibit the planting of cotton in t
South Carolina for one year in order x
to eradicate the boll weevil was killed t
on a viva voce rote. This resolution
would not have taken effect until sim- t
ilar laws had been passed by s
Louisiana. Georgia, Alabama and a
North Carolina, but the senate did not r
think the bill to be along the right r
line3. Senator Moore moved to strike v
out the resolving words and this was s
done. t
The senate likewise situck oui me ?
resolving words of the Elerbe con- s
current resolution asking the tax com- j
mission to lower the assessments on v
land by 25 (per cent. The resolution v
was characterized as "confusing and u
useless." Senator McGhee moved to a
strike out the resolving words and the
ote was 14 to 8 to kill the resolufion. y
By a vote of 16 to 15 the senate
killed the Simonhoff marriage licer/e v
bill to require all males to pres/.nt 0
% certificates from reputable physicians c
that they were free from venereal r
diseases before they could procure 0
marriage licenses.
The senate also passed and return- t
ed to the house the university trus- v
tee bill enlarging the board of trus- jtees
of the University of South Caro- p
Una to 21 elective members by 1926. s
One amendment adopted by the sen- r
ate merely changes the years as the v
bill wr.i Introduced last year and $
this clerical change was necessary. r
but a last minute amendment offered
by Senator McGhee to provide that no s
member of the general assembly shall t
be eligible to be elected a trustee j
under the terms of the act may pro- j
voke opposition in the house. The (
senate agreed to the amendment. f
By a vote of 26 to 10 the senate t
adopted a resolution at the beginning j
? * xttrinnr oil tVm ro \'onno
oi me seasiuu "6 a" >?>vi?.v
measures now before the body and
those yet to come right of way over
all matters, with the exception of
local, uncontested matters. Later an
attempt was made to get up the income
tax bills for the purpose of sending
them to third reading with the
understanding that the debate come
then, and this brought on considerable
debate as to the advisability of
such procedure.
The brokers' license tax bill, a new*
comer among the series of revenue
measures in the house, was reached on
the calendar, but action on it was delayed
on the objection of Julius S.
Mclnnes of Darlington. Jesse S
Leopard of Pickens is the author of
the bill.
Duplicate bills were introduced in
the house and senate to provide for
the transfer and annexation of 8.900
acres of Lexington county territory
to Richland county and to ^lter the
county lines so as to eonforih thereto,
r The bills *re sponsored by the RichI
land county delegation. ^
k The territory affected by the bills
| lies in the extreme northeastern cor
ner of Lexington county, fourteen j
square miles of territory make up the
plot, which is bounded by Broad river y
on the east and north, on the south by t
Richland and Lexington counties and
on the west by Newberry county. r
The house also refused to concur in
the amendments of the senate on the P
gasoline and inheritance tax bills. (
The senate insisted on its amend- e
ments and a free conference committee
consisting of Senators Johnson. ^
McColl and Laney was appointed for j
the inheritance tax measure on the <
part of the senate. 0
An unfavorable report was made by ^
the finance committee on the bill by
? Senator Wells to require state col- j,
leges and other state institutions as f
well as county supervisors to purchase
supplies from the home mar- j,
kets where practicable. (
Two New Charters. p,
Boney & McCormick of Columbia
whs chartered by the secretary if
s'ate. with a capital stock of $1,000. v
"he firm will engage in a general h
brokerage business. Officers are: D. C
R Bonev. president: D. L. McCormick. u
vice-president and treasurer; J. L. V
Or^en. secretary. e
The Klloree Canery. incorporated, 1
- ..1 1 J ?:?u ? i.
ol tiiioree. w,i? cuanereu wmi a ??? ?- i<
* Ital stock of $500 Officers are J. K. G
rimer. president: D. E. Keller, rice- li
? president; P. P. Hungerpillar. secre- P
tary and treastimr. It
The ultimate passage by the house
f the Sheppard-ikuuett "bad check"
ras foreshadowed when the house.
Iter considerable discussion of the
leasure pro and con. sent the bill
o third reading by an overwhelming
lajority. The one test vote taken
howed a majority of 73 to 34 favorag
the measure, and the bill is ejected
to encounter little, if any, oposition
when it comes up for third
ending.
The bill, which was first introduced
ist year with the idea of supplying
eeth to the check law of the state,
rovides "that it shall be unlawful
nd felonious for any person in his
wn name, or as an attorney in fact
ar any other person or persons or
s an officer or agent of any corporaion
or unincorporated association,
ociety or company, to obtain money
r other property of any kind or naure
whatever, with fraudulent intent
y means of a check, draft or order,
f which such person is maker or
rawer, or which, though he is not
laker or drawer, he, with like intent,
tters or delivers or aids or abets
nother to utter or deliver. If such
heck, draft or order is not paid by
he drawee, the person making, drawng
or uttering the same shall be
eemed guilty of the larceny of such
loney or property or thing of value
btaiced on such credit, and the fact
bat such maker or drawer did not
ave on deposit with the bank, peron,
firm or corporation upon which
uch check, draft or order is drawn,
ufficient funds to pay the same in
ull when presented, shall, as against
he maker or drawer of such check,
Iraft or order, be prima facie evilence
of fraudulent intent, and any
ierson so convicted shall be punished
iy fine or imprisonment in the disretion
of the court. Provided that
t such check, draft or order be paid,
nth costs and interest, upon "notice,
ir at any time previous to the trial
ir examination of such person, or if
uch person be not tried or examined,
f such check, draft or order be paid
lefore indictment by a grand jury,
10 such presumption shall arise:
'rovided, further, that if the amount
>f the check, draft or order be less
han $20, the offense may be triable
vithin the jurisdiction of the magisrate's
court."
Prospects for an adjournment of
he general assembly within the conititutional
40 days look rather slim
it present with the senate legislative
nill grinding exceedingly slow in com
>arison to the house. Those in touch
vith the inner workings of the asembly
seem to think that several exra
weeks will be necessary unless
more gas is turned on" and the mill
peeded up. One official said that
f much more speed was not shown
rithin the next week he was con*
inced the two bodies would be here
intil April 1. That, however, is prob*
.bly a little far-fetched.
iighway Engineer Resigns.
Charles H. Moorefield, state highway
engineer, has placed in the hands
f the chairman of the state highway
ommission, R. Goodvyn Rhett, hi8
esignation, effective at the pleasure
f the commission.
Mr. Moorefield's action grows out of
he construction put upon a letter
written by him to Thomas H. Mac)onald,
chief of the federal bureau o!
mblic roads, a copy of which was
ubmitted to members of the ways and
neans committee of the house last
reek, when highway matters were unler
consideration before that com*
nittee. ,
Certain leaders in the general as*
embly have insisted that such a let
or was an indiscretion on the port of
dr. Moorefield. In tendering his resgnation
to Mr. Rhett. chairman of
he highway commission, Mr. Mooreield
expressed his willingness to reire
if his elimination would harmonze
elements here that have been op osing
the highway department and
ts program. It is understood that cerain
leaders in the house and the sente
have assured Governor Cooper
hat Mr.Moorefield's retirement would
liminate the fight on the highway
lepartment.
Charles O. Hearon, of Spartanburg,
nember of the state highway comnission,
who was in Columbia recenty
expressed surprise at the turn the
lght on the state highway department
lad taken in the demand for the resgnation
of Mr. Moorefield, state highray
engineer. It is possible, he said,
hat Mr. Moorefield's letter might have
>een an indiscretion, but in no way inlicated
disloyalty or lack of interest
n the development of highways in
Jouth Carolina. ,
Appointments by Governor.
Governor Cooper has made the folowing
appointments:
B. M. Hardy, rural policeman for
'larendon county.
G. M. Brannon, magistrate at Har[eeville.
Jasper county.
J. D. Feldnr, J. G. Rhoad and T. H.
barter, supervisors of registration for
tamberg county.
J. L. Reeder. W. M. Cobb and J.
V. Bowen. supervisors of registration
or Oconee county.
D. E. Godbold. magistrate at Maion.
vice C. B. Whilden. resigned.
Miss Clare Jervey and A. J. Moorer,
upcrvisors of registration for
'harleston county, vice W. B. Mitch11
and G. S. McDowell, resigned.
J. T. Scott. J. W. Johnson. W. R.
Jilchrist. W. T. Strom. J. P. Talbert.
j. W. Ridlehover, W. B. White and
\ R. Edmunds, members of the board
f equalization for McCormick county.
,Tr. Edmunds succeeds W. H. Palmer.
W. J. Condon, a member of the
>oard of assessors for the city of
'harleston. ward 11. vice M. P. Clair.
H. D Hartman. a member of the
ioard of assessors for the city of
"harleston. ward 3. vice A. J. Kealey.
James Delegates to Harbors Meet.
Delegates of the 17th annual conontion
of the national rivers ted
arbors congress were appointed by
lovernor Cooper. The convention
.ill be held at the New Willard hotel,
Washington. March 1 and 2. The delgates
are G. A. Guignard. Columbia;
\ C. Williams. Colembla; D. L. Sonk?r,
Charleston: A. F. McKissick,
ireenville; r.right Williamson. Darngton
; Nells Christensen. Beaufort;
I A. Hagood. Charleston; C. V. Boy- !
In M. Rutlec'ge Rivers, Charleston. |
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1?Judge Theodore Brentano of C
Guardsmen patrolling Newport, Ky.,
officers at Boiling Field, Washingtoc
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Arms Conference Ends and Its
First Results Appear in an
Order by Denby.
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STOPS WORK ON BIG SHIPS
Pope Pius XI Is Crowned in St. Peter's
Basilica?Secretary Weeks
Shows Flaws in Ford's Muscle
Shoals Offer?Devising
Revenue for Soldiers'
Bonus.
B>} EDWARD W. PICKARD
Achievements of the conference
on armaments signalize a new
era of understanding In which prepar
euness ior war win yieiu iu murui yitr
paredness for peace, said President
Harding to the delegates ut their lust
session ou Monday.
"Your achievement is supreme," he
continued, "because no seed of conflict
has been sown ; no reaction in regret or
resentment ever can justify resort to
arms. You have written the first deliberate
and effective expression of
great powers, in the conscientiousness
of peace, of war's utter futility, and
challenged the sanity of competitive
preparation for each other's destruction."
Although the President made no reference
directly to the hope he had previously
expressed that an association
of nations would come from the conference,
he predicted a continuance ol
international discussion to carry forwurd
the work.
Before Mr. Harding made his address
the five treaties agreed upon by
the conference were formally signed
nnd when the President concluded
Secretary of State Hughes declared
the conference adjourned sine die.
Now it is up to the United States
senate to put the stamp of approval
on the work accomplished by the conference.
President Harding indicated
that he would transmit to it without
delay the treaties, and the steering
committee of the senate, which met
witty liim Tuesday evening, promised
that they should have the right of wnj
until tlie tariff bill is reported. The
debate probably will be prolonged, bui
there seems little reason to doubt thai
the treaties will be ratified.
The first tangible results of the conference
appeured Wednesday, when
Secretary of the Navy Denby, undei
direction of the President, ordered the
suspension of work on eight battleships
und six battle cruisers now under
construction, pending finul octlor
on the naval treaty. When the treat}
has been ratified the contracts for the
ships will be canceled. The building
operations stopped by Secretary Denby's
order have been costing the government
about $5,000,000 a month. 01
the eight battleships, one will be completed
later?either the West Virginia
or thp Washington. The Colorado
which is almost completed and is not
included In the list, also will be flm
ished. Two of the battle cruisers arc
to be completed as airplane carriers.
Of the foreign countries represented
in the conference the only one where
there seems to be any organized oppositlon
to the treaties is Japan. Buron
Sakamoto is leading the opposition in
the house of peers and criticized severely
the agreements reached. I'rc
mier Takahashi and his ministers met
the attack ably. The premier said
that the government did not claim the
conference was an unquulitled success,
viewed from an Individual standpoint
but that it did believe, with the other
powers, that the agreements reached
were the first step toward a real und
lusting peace and would lead to a future
understanding for the total abolition
of defense equipments.
Japan, like the United States, has
stopiied construction work on Its new
capital ships.
AC1IILLE RATTI, who was cardinal
archbishop of Milan, was
crowned pope under the name of I'ius
XI on February 11!. llis ascension
PLANNING TO RETAIN POWER
Opponents; of President Irigoyen ol
A r-?~i a n f ini Prinn Ar.ru.
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sations Against Him.
Iiuenos Aires.?Charges that President
Irig iyen is planning to keep himself
in power by postponing tlie national
elec'lon, which otherwise would
be held on April 12. are made by leaders
of the opposition parties. There
is a constitutional prohibition against
a president succeeding himself in of
hlcngo, appointed minister to Hungary. 2to
suppress rioting in connection with stri
i, playing volley ball In the snow, dressed in
to the pnpal throne In St. Peter's basilica
and assumption of the triple
crown was accompanied by all the <
stately ceremony that has grown up <
about the crowning of a pope through I
i the centuries of the Catholic church's t
history. 1
Since the new pope Is an acknowl- 1
edged liberal and one of the group '
that supported the policies of Benedict 1
XV looking toward a reconciliation be- ]
tween the church and the Italian gov- i
ernraent, it may be that resumption of i
relations will come during his reign, i
This, though not especially desired by
! other European governments, is
strongly favored by many prominent
Italian Catholics. They believe the (
, church would greatly benefit beenuse |
the pope would be free to visit other |
countries. Americans in Itome hope |
that Pius XI may even conte to this ,
country, the first pope ever to visit the |
new world. ]
Cardinal O'Connell was decidedly |
vexed because the choice of a pope (
was made by the sacred college before |
? he and the other American cardinals .
could reach Itome, and there is talk 4
of changing the papal constitution so
that tills cannot happen in the future.
The. incident may also be responsible
for the report that two more American
. cardinals are to be created-.goon. The
. archbishops mentioned in this connection
are Mundeleln of Chicago and
Hayes of New York.
HENRY FORD'S offer for the taking
over of the government's
1 nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals was re'
ferred to the agricultural committee
of the senate. Acceptance of the offer
' was urged by Senator Underwood of
Alabama, Democratic leader, and it
was predicted the committee would
recoyimend it. Rut in the horse tnilli
tary affairs committee the Ford proposition
was having hard sledding. Secretary
of War Weeks was called there
as a witness nnd his testimony must
have been rather saddening to the au
tomobile magnate. It was thus suni'
niarized by a Washington correspond,
ent:
I That Ford will pay $.",000,000 for
1 that portion of the Muscle Shoals
project wmcn nns aireuuy cost me ,
i government $106,000,(XX). ,
I That the government, to complete (
the project, must spend $40,0(K),000 to ]
I $50,000,000 additional, which Ford will ,
: repay under exceedingly liberal terms. (
; That tlie government can realize be- |
; tween $8,000,000 and $16,000,000 snlv- ,
I age on tbe project which Ford wants |
t to buy for $5,000,000.
> That the government can realize ,
t more for the Warrior river plant and ,
I neighboring property tban Ford is (
willing to pay for the entire Muscle j
. Shoals undertaking.
! In reply to a direct question as to ,
what lie would do with the offer if he
. were a member of congress, the secretary
said he would vote to accept it j
. if he thought certainly it would proi
duce cheaper fertilizer for the farm- '
> era, but that he was greatly in doubt
t as to this, and he believed Ford and
; his engineers also were uncertain of it.
He added that he would soon submit
to congress two other offers for Muscle
' Shoals.
TENTATIVE estimates of the cost
of the proposed soldiers' bonus '
: place it at $350,(XX),000 a year, and the
Republican members of the house ways
! and means committee spent a lot of
time last week discussing how this
I wus to be obtained. President Hari
ding made it clear to the leaders that
the bill must Include a provision for
i the raising of the necessary revenue, '
i and thnt it must not be too oppressive 1
on the public; he agreed with Secre- !
tary Mellon that a bonus based on for- '
eign bonds Is out of the question. LlkeI
wise, the plan of raising money by any i
t form of general sales tax Is going Into 1
, the discard, for a majority of the Re- 1
, publicans evidently are opposed to It. I
Consequently the mnjorlty members of I
I the committee have agreed that varl- <
I ous miscellaneous taxes shall be Ira- '
posed, but have not yet decided Just 1
what these shall be. Chairman Ford- 1
ney favors an lncrenseu tax on totiac- I
; co and cigurettes, u tax on real es- I
' tate transactions and a light tax on j
stock and bond transfers. Other mem- '
hers urged taxes on gasoline and bank s
checks, a federal automobile license t
i tax based on horsepower, and an in- t
i crease in tirst and second cluss post- i
age rates. 1
| lice, but President Irigoyen's oppo- *
nents allege that lie Intends to evade i
f it by delaying the election by some <
manufactured excuse. I
They see proof of their charges in *
the fact that the radical party, which '
now controls the government, lias >
. | failed to announce a dale for I's convention
to nominate a presidential can- <
1 didate. They openly say that the j
radical party plans to continue the de- t
> lay and that no candidate will lie noin- |
Inated. t
Dr. Francisco J. Iieazley, chairman | (
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?Army taaks manned by National
ke of steel mill workers. 3?Army
bathing suits.
IN ORDER to relieve the congestion
in the federal courts, the senate juliciary
committee has decided to recommend
an Increase of 13 in the num
ler of United States Judges. These
lew Judgeships, according to the plan
tvlll iro one each to the following dis
:rlcts: Massachusetts, eastern New
fork, southern New York, easterc
Pennsylvania, northern Texas, eastern
Michigan, northern Ohio, middle Ten
lessee, northern Illinois, Minnesota
lorthern California, northern Georgil
ind Arizona.
ALTHOUGH the United States hna
not accepted, and Is not likely to
iceept the invitation to take part in
the economic and financial conference
in Genoa next month, preparations fdi
the opening of the meeting are being
made by the Italian government. All
the city's hotels and others along the
Italian Riviera as far as ltapallo are
leing requisitioned, rapid transporta
tlon and communication arranged and
the ancient palace put In order for the
fittings of the conference. Baror
Avezzuno, formerly ambassador to the
United States, Is general secretary Ir
charge of local arrangements, and Pre
mier Bonoml, though he has resigned
Is devoting most of his time to the affair,
pending the appointment of his
successor.
If America avoids this conference
It will be because, among other rea
sons, the soviet Russian government
not yet recognized, is to be represent
cd; because certain European power?
show no disposition to help matter?
t>y reducing their military establish
ments; because none, except England
Is trying to balance its budget, and be
cause few of thein recognize the rela
tlon of the general recovery of Europt
to the recovery of Germany.
tiYITAR" broke out in Ireland
again last week, this time be
tween the Irish themselves and along
the Ulster border. Presumably be
cause they had nd't learned that thret
political prisoners sentenced to death
it I>erry had been reprieved, raiders
who were identified with the army o)
the Irish republic invaded Ulster anc
curried off scores of prisoners, doing
also if lot of shooting. A few of tht
captured men were released at once
t)Ut the others were held, supposedly
as hostages. Naturally, tne nortnerr
counties at once blazed with indigna
tlon and thousands of armed mer
swarmed to the border and formed 8
line of steel there.
Of course the provisional govern
ment of the Irish Free State was nol
responsible for the kidnaplngs, noi
could It prevent them. It was be
lleved by some that the attacks wert
planned largely to embarrass Michael
Collins and his colleagues.
Owen O'Duffy, chief of staff of th?
Irish republican army, Issued this
statement:
"That there should be spontaneous
and determined action In Ulster Is nol
surprising. The patience of our peo
pie there has been sorely tried lately
t>y continued raids, urrests and tor
Lures lulllcted upon them by agents ol
the northern government.
"The majority of those In prison Ir
Belfast and Derry are suffering be
cause they carried out my orders
while I was liaison officer, to protect
the lives and property of Catholic
civilians from the ravages of Orangt
mobs when those who are intrusted
with law and order refuse to give pro
tec tlon."
Ulster and the Free State are still
ilsputing over the settlement of th?
boundaries of Ulster, and there Is
some talk by British officials of calling
an General Smuts to mediate.
SECRETARY OF* THE TREAS
URY MELLON announced last
tveek that the government will pay off
the Victory 3% per cent bonds on 01
Defore June 15 next, und after that
late they will cease to bear Interest,
These bonds, of which there are about
?400.000,000 outstanding, were Issued
May 20, 1910, and mature May 20,1923,
jut the government reserved t|ie right
to call them for redemption this year,
\t any time before June 15 the bonds
ivlll be redeemed by the federal reserve
banks at par and accrued interest.
If they are held until June 15
they should have attached the coupons
payable December 15, 1922, and May
it), 1923, in order to obtain full value.
>f the convention of the Concent radon
Nacional, an opposition party,
diarged, at the convention of that
tarty, that President Irigoyen and bis
supporters intended to do everything
I, their power to retain control of the
,'overnment.
"There has even been tulk," the
speaker said, "of a general revolutiontry
strike promoted secretly by the
xeeutlve power and stimulated and
trolonged by its tolerance so as to aford
a pretext for the postponement
>f the elections In April."
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
WHAT HAS OCCURhED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
AND ABROAD
EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE
Qathsrsd From All Parts Of Thf
Glob# And Told In Short
Paragraphs
Foreign?
The municipal employees of Berlin
recently voted to continue their strike
unless the municipality agrees to extend
the present scale af wages to the
end of December, instead of to June, as
proposed by the arbitration court.
Cardinal Achille Ratti, archbishop of
Milan, has been chosen sunreme non
tiff of the Roman Catholic church to
succeed the late Benedict XV. His
coronation as Pius XI will take place
February 12.
The British government has received
a note %yn the French government
making strong representations
that the Genoa economic conference
should be postponed three months.
The celebrated pearl necklace, which
once belonged to Maria Theresa,
i queen of Hungary, which was pawned
by ex-Emperor Charles before his last
attempt to regain the throne of Hungary,
has been sold to Jeferson Davis
1 Colin of England for a million dollars.
Dispatches from London report that
the British Indian police fired on a
mob of ten thousand natives during
a serious riot at Tiruvannamalai, about
' eight-five miles southwest of Madras,
in the Tanjore district, killing three
persons and wounding eight others.
Dissolution of the Italian parliament
and the holding of a general election
has been practically decided upon
1 in the event of the failure of Pre1
mler Orlando to form a government
J to succeed the Bononi ministry, which
recently resigned. Signor Orlando
has been invited by the (king to at[
tempt the formation of a new cabinet.
Count Admiral Sukenori Kabayama,
a member of the Japanese privy counI
cil, and former minister of war, died
at his home at Tokio at the age of 85
| years. He had been suffering from
, cancer for some time.
It is unlikely that the French government's
request for a three months'
delay in the opening of the Genoa
conference will be met by Great Brit,
ain, it is stated in London.
The Irish situation has taken a
, startling turn with the news of wholesale
and organized kidnaping raids
against prominent Ulster unionists in
| the early hours of the morning. In,
eluded among the numerous victims
, are many special constables who had
been dispatched to aid in stopping the
raids, some of whom are said to have
! been spirited to unknown destinations.
Statements made openly in official
; 'quarters in London^ coupled with dispatches
from India, indicate that as
o <-r,e.,n /->f (ho inrmftsine disturb
ances throughout the eastern empire,
and the stubborn defiance of Mahatma
Gandhi, "prophet" of the non-co'
operative native elements, the goyern|
ment is about to adopt an iron policy,
; possibly beginning with the arrest of
J Gandhi?to restore order.
I
\ Washington?
i Construction work on fourteen cap,
ital ships was suspended recently by
r order of Secretary Denby under direci
tion of President Harding. The step
wa3 taken in anticipation of ratificai
tion of the naval limitation treaty
t which resulted from the Washington
conferene and under which only three
of the vessels involved will be comt
pleted as war craft.
: A bill appropriating $25,000 for es
tablishment by the department of agrii
culture of an experiment station to de1
velop pecan nut culture was introduced
by Senator Harris, democrat, Geori
gla.
' A legislative program, contemplating
ratification of the treaties grow?
ing out of the arms conference and
t passage of the tariff, soldiers' bonus,
farm credit and merchant marine
' bills, with adjournment of congress
about June 1, was said to have been
t- agreed upon at a white house dinner
recently.
1 The house co-operative marketing
bill, a measure designed to aid the
1 agricultural interests and pressed by
: the farm bloc passed the senate, there
: being recorded only one vote against
! the measure?that of Senator Gerry of
' Rhode Island, who is a Democrat.
Funds to pay the soldier bonus will
be raised by direct taxation, imposing
a burden of at least $400^)00,000 a
! year for three years. The house, ways
| and means committee has reached this
' conclusion, and is now seeking the
taxes that can best be utilized. Included
in the general scheme is the
raising of first class postage from 2
: cents to 3 cents.
Means of lending the aid of the government's
credit to the railroads of
the country are under consideration in
administration circles.
The bill creating a commission and
otherwise making provision for the
conversion of the eleven billion dollar
debt owed the United States by the
| allied powers has been signed by the
president.
The field of possible soldiers' bonus
i' taxes has been virtually narrowed to
i eight sources by the Republican members
of the house ways and means
committee.
The first effect of the armament
conference on the employment situation
was felt when several thousand
: mechanics and artificers in navy
yards were temporarily laid off. after I
Secretary Denby had ordered suspend- j
ed all ordnance work designed for na- ,
val vessels slated for "scrapping" under
the naval limitation treaty. The j
instructions wore issued in line with
, President Harding's order suspending
work on the vessels under construe- j
tion effected by the treaty. Probably
eleven thousand employees will be effected
by the order.
While the parents of 16-year-old Marlin
Mathis were preparing to escort
the body of a youth from Amarillo,
Texas, to Haynesville, La., for burial,
having postively identified him as
their son, the boy returned home here
after an absence of several days, and
wired his parents that he was in good
health.
A blow to senatorial dignity is not
soon forgotten. This was shown when.
In the midst of belated debate on the
Newberry election case, several senators
rose from their seats and denounced
the war department for placing
the senate far back, as they said,
in the funeral procession for the unknown
soldier last Armistice Day.
Japan promises to prove the center
of congressional fireworks when discussion
of the arms conference treaties
begins. A renewed outburst of "yellow
peril" talk already has occurred
in the house and Senator Johnson of
California is Understood to be preparing
to discuss the conference treaties
with particular reference to Japan's
position.
Preparation of a deficiency appropriation
bill will be begun shortly
by a committee of the house appropriations
committee, Chairman Mad
den announces. The measure will ne
ready for the house in a few weeks
and passage will be expedited to relieve
urgent deficiencies which fiave
arisen in various government departments.
An increase of thirteen in *be number
of United States district judges
was agreed upon by the senate judiciary
committee as a means of relieving
the congestion in the nation's
fderal courts.
The fatal shooting from the Mexican
line of the border about twelve
miles above Laredo, Texas, on the'
Rio Grande river, on February 5, of
Walter G. Swinn,y, of Del Rio, TexaB,
an American citizen, has been reported
to the state department.
The opening sessions of the house
military committee'^ investigation of
the Ford contract offer for purchase
and lease of the governments' properties
at Muscle Shoals, Ala., revolves
principaly about the clauses relating
to manufacture of fertilisers for the
nation's agriculral needs.
The interior department appropriation
bill, carrying $295,622,112 has been
reported by the house appropriations
committee. The total is $19,513,037.67
less than the amount appropriated for
the current fiscal year and $3,754,920
less than the amount requested in the
budget estimates.
Further efforts are being made by
the senate committee investigating the
charges that American soldiers were
hanged without trial in France, to
clear up the alleged shooting of a
soldier by a firing squad near Cha?
teau Thierry, in July, 1918.
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Domestic?
Dental work on the uper left molars
in his mouth served to identify the
charred body taken from the ruins of .
the Lexington hotel, Richmond, Va., as
that of Captain Frank Linwood Shaw,
64 years old, native of Goshen, and
veteran conductor of the James river
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway.
Eighteen of the crew of the Furness
line ffreighter, Thistlemore, which
Tiron f o rrr*/"\i i rt A nn Don Hill rioar
"cui o^i vuiiu uu x wancu inti, uuui
Highland Light, Mass., bars were rescued
by breeche* buoy.
Four hundred gallons of whiskey
consigned to Washington. D. C., was
seized in a car on the Norfolk and
Western railway atl Roanoke; Va., by
revenue agents on morning recently.
The mayor of Pascagoula, Miss., has
requested the naval air station at Pensacola,
Fla., for airplanes to search
for John Westfall, ex-service man who
has been missing for some time, having
bene blown out to sea on the fishing
smack X-Ray.
The fire which destroyed the liner
Northern Pacific off Cape May, N. J.,
with the loss of four shipyard men,,
started on t,he lower deck amidships,
and burned for hours before it was
discovered. The origin of the fire remains
a mystery.
The British steamer Thistlemore
went aground on Peaked Hill bar, four
miles north of Highland light, at the
tip of Cane Cod, Mass. A coast guard '
crew went to the rescue.
Sale of the Missouri and North Arkansas
railroad which suspended operation
last July, by its receiver, has
been ordered in a decree issued by
United States District Judge Jacob
Trieber at Little Rock, Ark.
Eight men killed, two badly injured
tviiaolnor ta tVl/> rP91llt of a
auu UliC 111 igutug vu-w a vwwav v. ?
mine explosion which wrecked a
mine of the Marietta Coal- company
on Pond creek, Pinson Fork, Ky,
Six known dead, thirty reported
missing or unaccounted for, twentyeight
known injured, fourteen of whom
are believed to be fatally hurt, is the
toll of the fire whi:h swept over an
area of half a city block at Richmond,
Va., destroying the Lexington hotel
and several other buildings, and en- ,
tailing a loss estimated at from $250.000
to J500.000.
Private T, W. Willis of the United
States marine corps, who shot and
killed Wiley Clark ut Blanchard, La.,
while serving as a mail guard on a
Kansas City Southern passenger train
several weeks ago, will be tried by
general courtmartial at the naval air
station at fensacota, r ia., uu a cuaigg
of manslaughter. ,
Officers trying to solve the mystery
of the murder of William Desmond
Taylor, motion picture director at Los t
Angeles. Cal.. report that they have
made only slight progress in the case
thus far.
One man was killed and a number
of others wounded in a fight at the
plant of the Wheeling Steel company
ai Yorkville, Ohio. The dead man was
Elmer Cost, a resident of Tiltonville,
and was said to have been on duty
as a union picket when the shooting
occurred.
The fourth southern forestry congress,
in session at Jackson, Miss...
adjourned after electing W. D. Tyler
of Dante, Va? as president, and reelecting
other officials and adopting
resolutions relating to national/ and
state forestry matters.