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' tax am is PASSEDJ HOUSE THE ROLL CALL BALLOT SHOWED NINE MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF KILLING AMENDMENT. CHIEF EXECUTIVE SIGNS ACTS A Large Number of Local Acta and Statewide Measures Were Given Approval. Columbia. The house of representatives, following the lead of the senate, passed the tax extension resolution over the veto of Governor Cooper by the overwhelming vote of 79 to 9. Debate on the resolution was unusually brief and was confined entirely to the arguments of proponents of the tax extension that the house should override the chief executive's objections to the measure. The resolution thereby became part of the law of the state and the time v for the payment of state and county taxes, under the provisions of the act, has so been extended until June 1st, with no executions to be served until Septenfber 1. Penalties are imposed on delinquent tax payers as follows: For taxes paid during March, 3 per cent; for taxes paid during April 5 per cent; for taxes paid during the month of May 6 per cent, and for taxes paid during and after June, 8 per cent. Executions for unpaid taxes will be drawn up on June 1, but under the provisions of the resolution will not be placed in the hands of the sheriffs until September 1. Representative J. J. Evans of Bennettsville opened the fight to secure the passage of the resolution over the governor's veto, taking up the arguments advanced by the governor and bringing evidence to refute them. The objection raised by Governor Cooper 1 to the proviso carried in the bill to allow persons paying their taxes by June 1 to cast their ballot as usual, that this provision of the resolution was unconstitutional, Mr. Evans contended. should alarm no one since this did not affect the other provisions of the measure. The governor had also been misled, he thought, in arguing that the postponement of the time for the payment of taxes would injure the state's credit. "Governor Cooper," Mr. Evans said, "has argued that the passage of the resolution will 'materially injure the credit of the state," forgetting the fact that the sheriff's gavel will fall on many homes In the state if it is not passed." T. K. Vassy of Cherokee, E. R. Buckingham of Aiken. J. G. Wolllng of Fairfield and J. R. Bryson of Greenville also spoke 1n favor of the passage of the measure over the governor's veto, advanced practically identical arguments with those raised by Mr. Evans. Julius S. Mclnnes of Darlington then moved the previous question and the vote was taken on the passage of the resolution, the objections of the pnvomnr to the contrary notwlth standing:. Governor Cooper signed a number of acts, several of statewide importance, the acts becoming law with the signature of the chief executive. The McElveen - McCutchen - LewisFord bill to regulate the fees for the selling of leaf tobacco on the floors of warehouses was signed. This act makes several changes from the old law. The measure to regulate the fees charged by sheriffs in serving processes so as to provide that a sheriff cannot charge mileage for serving af three or four parties in one community at the same time was another act to get the approval of the chief executive. Representative Bradford's joint resolution to give the general assembly power to regulate the state printing was another measure to get the signature of the governor. ^ Representative Foster's bill to require textile corporations to pay their smployees during work hours was signed and became law. The Blease measure to provide for the borrowing of money by any school district In the state and to pledge the taxes for the payment of obligations made was in the li6t to be signed. The well known "corn cob" bill was another to receive the approval of the chief executive. Representative Duke's bill to amend the highway act so as to provide for the highway department to take over and maintain roads in towns up to 2.500 persons, instead of as now provided. was another to be signed. A large number of local acts and other state-wide measures were given approval. The finance committee returned a favorable report on the ways and means constitutional three mill levy bill. The Simonhoff marriage license bill, which had been advanced from a second to third reading by a practically unanimous vote, was ordered recommitted on the motioi. of Representative J. R. O'Rourke of Charleston, the ctandine 40 to 35 in favor of re committing the measure. This action is practically tantamount to killing the bill as the time of adjournment is so near as to practically make it impossible to secure its passage even though the committee sheuld report It out again. The house, however, refused to arnly the parliamentary clincher by a vote of 38 to 41. Representative Harnblin'n bill to require all foreign corporations engaged in receiving and transmitting messages in this state to send the messages over the shortest route between point of origin and delivery was advanced to third reading Senator Crr-son's bill to prohibit tne collection of a deposit from any person within this state before furni hing to the person water, gas or electricity by any person. Arm or corporation was advanced to third reading with the senate judiciary commi; toe amendments adopted as a substitute measure. 1 After a general agreement was j reached to include iu the Atkinson ; public service commission bill an ! amendment so that the law would not ! break up existing contracts or inter, fere with municipally owned utilities, I the senate, by an overwhelming majority, passed the public 3orvice commission measure, thus ending the most determined light of the legislative year. When the amendment to exempt contracts already existing and municipal plants were agreed to the wnole fight on the bill practical1^ collapsed, only seven votes being cast to sfike out the enacting words as against ?1 not to strike out the enacting words. The bill was taken up and also the . efforts to recall the Miller railroad commission bill from the hands of the governor, and the two matters were debated at length. Senator Miller led an untiring fight to pass the public service commission bill and to prevent the recalling of the railroad commission measure from the hands of the governor. He spoke for over an hour and a half and declared he was absolutely determined to see that the public service commis! sion bill had a square deal for once. 1 He spoke on the effort to recall the railroad commission bill and declared that if the senate passed a concurrent resolution to ask the governor to re turn the bill the house of representatives would not for a moment agree to it. He said such a resolution would get no further in the house than "a snowball down below.'' The committee on military affairs made a favorable report, with amendments. on the bill to enact a new i military code for South Carolina. The senate concurred in the house amendments to the bill to incorporate I the Superannuate Aid association of the South Carolina Methodist conference and the bill was ordered enrolled for ratification. Senator Laney's code amendment measure was passed and sent to the house. The Richland and Calhoun delega; tions' bill to provide for a bridge across the Congaree river at Bates ferry was advanced to third reading with an amendment by Senator Pearce to allow for 8 per cent interest instead of 6 if necessary. This amendment was adopted. Several statewide bills were ad? vanced to third reading with the understanding that the debate come then. The free conference report on the : J. O. Williams cutout bill was adopted. This report recommended that (he ! senate amendment allowing spotlights to be used where they are extinguished within 200 yards of an approaching vehicle be adopted. The report recommended tne cftange or tne uue of the bill so as to take i/i spotlights. The bill prevents the use of cutouts on public highways. A concurrent resolution by Senator j Goodwin providing that the general ; assembly adjourn sine die not later I than 11:55 o'clock, March 11, was adopted by the senate. This resolution also forbids that the clocks of the two houses be run up or stopped. The finance committee bill to amend the law in regard to fees for the inquiry and reporting of the origin of fires was passed and sent to the house Senator Rogers' bill to regulate health and accident insurance companies collecting premiums by the week, or by the month, known as industrial companies, and to levy a tax on their I premium collection and to provide for I the better supervision of such com; panies was passed and sent to the I house. The finance committee bill to authorize and empower the tax commission to order an abatement or refund of taxes in certain cases was sent to third reading. The committee on education's measure to allow the state board of education to use its discretion in the selection of school texts upon which the prices have been raised was given its third reading. On motion of Senator Duncan the vote whereby the Sapp engineers' license bill was killed ras reconsid-1 ered and the bill nlaced back on the calendar. It developed that the records of the senate had shown Senator Ragsdale voting to strike out the enacting words of the bill, when he was not present. An unfavorable report by the finance committee on the bill from the house to authorize the governor to 4iave the Washington monument in front of the state house repaired was adopted and the bill killed. Increase of Stock. Authority to increase its capital stock from $50,000 to $60,000 was granted by the secretary of state to the Spartanburg Coca-Cola Bottling company. Authority to increase its capital stock from $125,000 to 4155.000 was granted to the Charleston Warehouse and Forwarding company of Charleston. Authority to increase its capital stock from $6,000 to $25,000 was granted to Beai^drot-Beirs Quality Shop of Greenwood. Two New Charters. The Barron-Caldwell Motor company of Rock Hill was chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stock of $20,000. Officers are: J. R. Barron, president and treasurer; J. N. Caldwell, vice-prestdent and secretary. The Johnson-McCracken company of Newberry was charteed with a capital I stock of $50,000. The firm will conduct a general mercantile business. Officers are: J. Duncan Johnson, president: J Thaddeus McCracken. vice president, secretary and treasurer. Wynn Loses Parole. Governor Cooper revoked the parole extended to Henry Wynn. convicted of assault with intent to kill in Greenville county in October, 1916. and sentenced to serve five years. The parole was revoked because of alleged violation of the prohihibition laws on the part of Wynn. The parole was granted November 26, 1919. In the revocation order the | chief executive directs that Wynn be returned to jail to complete the sentence imposed upon him in 1916. I j. m ;^- .-^ & 1 $?? "vwsbw.v.'. ^wwii-.v.v./v.aw.wa'. '^ >,.mw.^v/>.v,,wrtw>wv/ x[^ i.?funeral at Arlington cemetei Ington memorial to be erected at Alex England and Viscount Lascelles, who NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS ; I l Ratification of Yap Treaty Indi- 1 catcs Other Pacts Will Gc ! Through Senate. j J NOT ADMITTED BY ENEMIES ' ? Fight to Modify Volstead Act Begun | by Federation of Labor?New Plan I to Finance Bonu6?President Asks Congress for Ship Subsidy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 1 IN THE preliminary bouts of the ' treuty fight In the senate the ud- : ministration has scored victories which j leud Senator Lodge and others to predict certain triumph in the main con- , test over the four-power Pacific pact, as well as In the other bouts. Expression of this confidence came j after the senate, on Wednesday, hod ratified the treaty with Japan concerning Yap. This is not proj>erly one of the Washington conference series of treaties, but Its acceptance was considered necessary before action is taken on the other Pacific treaties. It puts an end to the dispute between this country and Japan by recognizing the Japanese mandate over Yap and nt the same time securing America's cable rights there. The final vote on the Yap pact was 37 to 22 and wns preceded by the voting down of a number of reservations which certain Democratic senators thought necessary to make American rights on the Island entirely secure. Thirteen Democrnts voted for ratification, and three Republicans?Borah, France and Johnson?against It. Although the administration forces said they were entirely satisfied with the 1 vote, the "Irreeoncllables" also pro- i fessed to be Jubilant. The latter as- t serted they hnd made small effort to f defent this treaty and that they were ' confident they could muster enough * more votes to beat the four-power I pact. On motion of Senator Lodge the 1 senate Immediately took up the four' 1 power treaty, and the Indications were s that the debate on that would last sev- ( eral weeks. As It was reported to the senate by the committee on foreign ' relations. It carries but the one Innocuous Interpretative reservation that was approved by President Harding. To Borah, Johnson, France and a few other senators might well be applied a sentence from one of the late Ambussador Page's letters during the ? war: "In the United States we lie * down every night In George Washington's feather bed of no entangling alliances," During the debate Borah de- c cleared he would support the Yap * treaty If he could be sure that It would < get rid of America's one-fifth Interest t In the mandated islands of the south seas. "I cannot Imagine a more serious entanglement," said Senator Borah, "than owning a one-fifth Interest In these islands. We are becoming very seriously Involved and more so every day." Senator Reed of Missouri deplored the refusal of the nations to recognize the principle of self-determination in dealing with the question of Yap prohibition. He declared thnt the Yaplanders had never been consulted as to whether they "liked llkker or not." He drew a "dismal picture of thirsty Yaps groanntg under the tyranny of a Japanese Volstead." The treaty as ratified applies the prohibition amendment only to natives. THIS mention of prohibition leads one to venture the personal opinion thnt if there is any force thnt can bring about the modification of the Volstead act so that the country will once more have its beer and light wines, that force has Just been set In motion. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has taken up this cause and seeks to make f of it a political Issue In the fortheom- t Inp congressional entniwlgn. It Issued a declaration In which the Volstead en- * forcement net Is denounced a moral ? DEMANDS OF BRITISH LABOR g Among Other Things Are Independence for Egypt and Genuine Self-Gov- 11 ernment for India. London.?Recognition h.v (!rent Ilrlt- v aln of the Inde|ienilenee of Kgvpt and I genuine self-governinent for India are t planks of the policy of the Itritish I lahor party as just defined In an ad- t dress delivered h.v Arthur Henderson, t secretary of that parly and menthol- i ?. f parliametii. | i / / y of victims of the Roma airship di.sn nndrin, Vn., by the Free Masons. 3.?L were "hinrrled February 28. failure and a dangerous breeder of discontent and contempt for law, and which concludes: "We urge that all citizens In every walk of life demand from their representatives and senators In Washington Immediate relief from the unwarranted restriction contained In the Volstead act; and we likewise suggest to the citizenship of our country the wisdom md advisability of bearing In mind :he attitude toward this Issue of office lolders and usplrants to office In coning elections In order that there may >e restored to the people the lawful jse of wholesome beer and light wines, which, under the provisions of the eighteenth amendment can and should ie rightfully declared as non-lntoxlcatng beverages." The executive council asserts It aolds "tliut the eighteenth amendment ander u reasonable and proper legisutive Interpretation would be beneficial to our country and would have the support of the great majority of our people." But the council says an exhaustive Investigation which It has conducted shows these effects of the Volstead act: "1. A general disregard of the law imong all classes, Including those who iiade the law. "2. Creation of thousands of moonshiners. "3. Creation of an army of bootleg;ers. "4. An amazing Increase In the trnf1c In poisons and deadly concoctions md drugs. "5. An Increased rate of Insanity, illndness, and crime among the users )f these concoctions and drugs. "8. Increase In unemployment, due :o losses of employment by workers in lOrty-flve Industries directly or lndlectly connected with the munufucture >f liquors. "7. Increase In taxes to city, state, ind national governments amounting o approximately $1,000,000,000 per ,ear." REPUBLICAN members of the house ways and means eofnmlttee havng rejected the sales tax plun for fllanclng the soldiers' bonus, the comnlttee went on trying to devise other ichemes, with the alternative of adoptng a bill that contains no financing eature. A subcommittee suggested one dun which would not Involve a heavy lraln on the treasury during the next wo years. This contemplates the elimnatlon of a cash bonus. Adjusted ;ervlee certificates would be Issued ?qual to the sum of the adjusted scrv /?M n ,1a.. *SVM Ct* I>H,V OI lilt: vtriciuii n>i u uaj iui lomestlc service and $1.25 a dny for orelgn service, leas the $00 bonus paid it the time of discharge), Increased by 10 per cent, plus interest thereon for wenty years at the rate of 4^ per ent a year, compounded annually. The otal face value thus would be apiroxlmutely 8.88 times the amount of ;ash that a veteran would have re elved under the cash feature. Immediately after the certificate cas received the service man could >btaln from a bank an amount equal o 50 per cent of the total of the adusted service pay. If at the explraloe of three years the sum thus obalned, plus Interest, had not been mid by the service man, the bank ould make demand on the federal reasury for the amount due. The gov>rnment thus would take over and arry the loan. Some members feared the borrowngs under this plan might affect the lnanclal situation harmfully, so treasiry experts were called in to advise he committee on that and other >olnts. If the scheme Is feasible and toes through the government would vot have to pay any cash for two or hrce vpnrf, excent for administrative I mrposea. rHK house appropriations committee gave the navy another severe olt last week, reducing the deficiency tern for naval fuel for the remainder f the fiscal year to $6,200,000? little nore than half what the navy departnent estimated was needed. It was iredlcted that Secretary Denby would e forced to Issue orders forbidding all iavnl ships to operate under steam for lie rest of the year. This would mean hat the vessels must remain at anchor r tied up at docks, and that all tral:. rig Tor wnr service must ue niseonInued. Secretary Denhy, Rear Admlrnl Wllion, superintendent of tlie naval ticad my, and Rear Admlrnl Washington, Mr. Henderson's statement is re- > :nrded as Important tieenuse of the Towing strength of the labor party, j nd the plans to hold a general eleclon next spring or summer. Mr. Henderson declared that labor vas out for a new International polcy founded on tlie principles of Jusice, co-operation and good will. The chief objects of the labor par- I y's foreign policy were, lie said. In- | emotional peace, the building up of stable economic and political cotidi- j ions in Ktifope, and tlie re-establish- j I ster. 2.?Accepted design for Washatest portraits of Princess Mary of chief of the bureau of navigation, a trying to combat the movement in tl house to turn back to civil life the 5 members of the academy class th graduates next June. They told tl house''naval committee that these m< were needed, that the three oth classes should be allowed to gradua and that there should be no reducth In the number admitted to the acaden next autumn. PRESIDENT Harding last week ram a long and earnest appeal to co press to give direct aid to Amerlci shipping, and Immediately after the d livery of his address bills prepared 1 the shipping board and embodying tl administration recommendations we iutroduced by Renresentatlve Green Massachusetts, chairman of the hou committee on merchant marine at fisheries, and by Senator Jones < Washington, chairman of the sena committee on commerce. The program embodied In the measures would cost the govemme about $15,000,000 the first year, ai the annual expense ultimately mig reach $.10,000,000. Besides direct cot pensatlon to American vessels engag< In foreign trnde the program Involv< the sale of government ships at pric based on present market values, co struction loans to private companU and various forms of Indirect al IN HIS ship subsidy address to co press the President took occash to reiterate his approval of the Gre Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway pr Ject, and thut was also the topic for lively debate before the Nation Rivers and Harbors congress In Was lngton last week. The project wi there championed by Gov. Henry Allen of Kansas and H. H. Merrick < Chicago, and was opposed by Go Nathan Miller of New York. Allen ur Merrick set forth spiritedly the demar of the middle west for an adequate ou let to the seu for Its products, ar urgued that the proposed waterwi could be financed from the 1,0(50,(K horsepower to be developed. Govern* Allen said the New York barge can was all right so far as It went, bi Its capacity was not over one-twentlel of that demanded by the 18 stutes ( whose behalf be spoke. Governor Miller attacked the pro ect as Impossible of successful coi: pletion and not in the best lnteres of the United States. He especial protested against the proposed methc of financing It, saying the waterpow* rights of the state of New York shoul not be taken to pay the bill. ENGLAND Is enjoying a real poll! cal crisis, In which the conservi tlves ure steadily losing strength ac the liberals under the leadership < Herbert Asqulth are gaining. The d tails do not raeun much to most of u hilt there Is irrent Interest In one < the possible results?the retiremer of Premier Lloyd George. He has bee much annoyed by "Insulting dlctatioi and criticism from some of the Toi lenders and Is especlully Irritated t Sir George Younger, boss of tl Unionist organization, who vetoc Lloyd George's plan for a generi election Immediately nfter the coi ference at Cannes. It is believed tt premier will resign unless au electlc is ordered very soon. Great Britain abandoned i protectorate over Egypt on Tue day and set free the land of tl Pharaohs. The terms of the withdraw! were presented to Sultan Hussein Ken al by Lord Allenby and the fact wt announced In parliament by PremU Lloyd George. The British governmei reserves to Itself security of the con munlcations of the British empire I Egypt, the defense of Egypt again; foreign aggression or interference an the protection of foreign Interests an the minorities In Egypt. LLOYD GEORGE and Polnoare I their week-end conference settle a lot of disputed matters bet wee England and Frunce, and, especiall; came to full agreement on the Angl< t< rencn alliance. me ireniy win pieuji England to come Immediately I France's nld If she Is attacked by Ge many without provocation. Englnn also will support France In enforcin German disarmament and both nailor will act together to protect Polan from Germany. The alliance will ru for 20 years. In all this France seem to have gained her ends. ment of friendship and confidence b< tween nations. I.alior also stood In favor of n corn prehenslve I.eagne of Nations, a drat lie and progressive reduction In arms meats, prohibition of the export o Instruments of war by private mam fa< i lit ers, and against secret trentle and the economic boycott. Of nneui]doyment he said the pol Icy of leaving localities to bear th burden of unemployment was Indefens Ihle because It converted n nntioni duty into a local responsibility. BRIEF NEWS NOTES ? ferei WHAT HAS OCCURKED DURING resei (with WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN- ,)Ie , TRY AND ABROAD Yap. A I EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE bors i Oathsrod Prom All Parts Of Tht sess mon Globs And Told In 8hort arm Paragraphs prov . bors j Foreign? forTl j The American firm of Belanger's, Prop : Inc., at Blueflelds, Nicaragua, has fail- ot ot j ed. The liabilities were placed at en t ] three milion dollars. Tt | Max S. Green, chairman of the Irish ! prison board, was shot to death in hous | Dublin, Ireland, recently. He was a com; J son-in-law of the late John Redmond, p f? the Irish Nationalist leader. Numerous clashes occur almost dally in the dail eireann, the feeling run- dugt ning high. De Valera continues to met( press for recognition of the dall's su* Ti premacy, but the ministers of the pro- rend visional government hold firmly that cjar( they are supreme and responsible only gtat( to the public. Three persons were killed and 24 the others injured, some seriously, in a corp disturbance at Tanta, Egypt, 55 miles 8tat( at north of Cairo, says a Central News to dispatch from Cairo. Native soldiers pr quelled the disturbance and restored the er order- of tl te Japan is disposed to recognize the advi )n Soviet government of Russia under expl 3y certain conditions, it is learned in on ( Toklo from an authoritative source. In- oper ttructions to the Japanese delegates poWl at the proposed Genoa economic conn_ ference are now being prepared, but rv ln have not been completed. e_ A strike affecting 90,000 coal min- Ju )y ers in western Canadian fields is has tje threatened, for April 1. Robert Livett, pire re chairman of the scale committee of tain 0f the United Mine Workers of Amer- read se ica, declares that a walkout is pos- M id sible in the event that wage reduo re-o] if tion announced wereN put into effect, text te The territory affected is district No. the 18, comprising southern Alberta and mor se part of eastern British Columbia. W nt March 8 i3 the date set by Prime Ado id Minister Lloyd George of Great Brit- to 1 ht ain for fulfillment of his ultimatum spac n- to Austen Chamberlain, according to a Call Jd report in parliamentary circles. If K es by then he has not received satisfac- misf m ?ory assurances of the loyal support a fe n* of the Coalition Conservatives, it is tics rtaid, he will present the king his res- friei -gnation of the premiership, which he S3 Is now figuratively carrying in his Phis D* pocket. mon )n Lady Scott, widow of Capt.. Robert m,ui at F. Scott, Antarctic explorer, who, with ter ?" four other members of his party, per- Fl a lshed during a blizzard while returning l5am a' from the South Pole early in 1913, Oliv married Lieut. Com. E. Hilton Young, ,ars j3 financial secretary of the British 14x51 ' treasury, in London, recently. The P5an ceremony was performed in the crypt M ^ of the chapel in the house of com- won mons by the bishop of St. Albans. Aus- kno' ten Chamberlain, government leader in thre l(1? the house of commons, gave the as a iy bride away. , c^ai jq All Paris is awaiting the outcome ar' of an effort by Louis Latzarus, retir- ?' 13 al ing editor-in-chief of the Figaro, to may [lt obtain satisfaction from the new edi- cagc tors of the newspaper for their inl- mini )n tial editorial, to which he took of- t0 1 fense. M. Latzarus first challenged ?Per ,j. Alfred Capus, but the latter, who is ^ u. 64 years old. told Mt. Latzarus' sec- ^?3 ts retary he had long ceased to be even ^ous ly amused by such challenges, and that are >(] anyway it was customary that the tlwir younger man should be challenged lor' ? % mnr Id wnen two were jointly involved, referring to Marquis Robert de Flers, s&y aged 50, his co-editor. Washington? LTr^ jf Dr. Hubert Work, first assistant cour e. postmaster general, was nominated by ^as 3> President Harding and confirmed by at a if the senate to be postmaster-general. ty ll it He will suceed Will H. Hays resigned. Mrs. A deficiency appropriation of $108,- tach i" 415,287, approximately $75,500,000 less a 83 y than the amounted requested by vari- T1 ty ous departments, is recommended in le a bill reported by the house appropri- *,re' ;d ations committee. ers il The supremacy of the interstate u8e a- commerce commission over state utili- ,ng ie ties commissions and similar state *ivea >n bodies in matters pertaining to the regulation of railroads has been estab- coun lished by the decision of the United wer ts States Supreme court in the Wiscon- teet s- sin rate case The case was over man >e the higher rates put into effect in 8et3 al Wisconsin under act of the state leg- ples Islature of 1920. twe' 18 The Supreme court has upheld a de- Re ;r cision of the Oregon courts giving the ers 11 government a judgment of $18,204.84 the a* against Willard N. Jones, who had Islac in a fraudulent scheme of putting old state 3t soldiers on homestead sites in Oregon atior l(* and then binding them up in con- subn l(* tracts under which the land would ul- chaii timately fall to him. ter. I Mr. Heflin, senator from Alabama, Ms ^ has so far been unable to get a con- Mrs. n gressional investigation of the Federal the v Reserve bank at Atlanta. clain ' ' ST0tti Complete reorganization of the nav:e al reserve is proposed in a tentative ? bill prepared by the navy department r* and forwarded to officials of the naval Si: d reserve association by Secretary Den- men K by for comment before it is presented gatei 13 to congress. Includeed in the pro- retur d posed act is the provision for a mer- New n chant marine reserve section and for j aKe 13 certain merchant ships to fly a res- ( cial erve emblem. ! pend ~ The National Rivers and Harbors W1 f- congress, in session in Washington, is victe taking up considerable time in dis- malii i- cussion of the proposed Great Lakes exam ?- to the Atlantic waterways, via the hypn i- St. Lawrence river. | of m * A compromise soldiers' honns plan ' on under which the cash feature would . 3 he eliminated where the former serv- *n c' ice men would be entitled to more husbi I- than $50 adjusted service pay was] deatl: ? agreed upon tentatively, but unanimously, by a special subcommittee of' doort d the republican members of the house stM'g{ ways and means committee. I mess; king its first ratification roll call the series of international cove- / s negotiated during the arms conice, the senate ratified without rvation or amendments the treaty Japan confirming American caund radio rights on the island of "demand'* was made on congress resolution adopted at the closing ion of the national rivers and harcongress that it approve at this * ion not less than the amount of ey recommended by the chief of y engineers as necessary for imements of national rivers and harle hearing on the Ford proposal Muscle Shoals, Ala., government erty has ended, and consideration ther propositions will now be takip. lomas W. Martin, president of the iama Power company, told the ie military committee that his pany had made a thorough study ower markets within a radius of miles of Muscle Shoals, Ala., and this company was surt that a hyalectrict power sufficient to inrialize a territory 800 miles in diair could be generated. ie Supreme court, in a decision ered by Justice Brandeis, has dead woman suffrage in the United es to be constitutional, ie Supreme court has held invalid Arkansas state law prohibiting orations doing business in that a from removing cases from state sderal courts. ancis I. Jones, director general of United States employment service he department of labor, has* been sed that employment agencies are , oiting the people and preying upthe unemployed with prospective ations at the Muscle Shoals, Ala., er and nitrate projects. imestic? idge Julian W. Mack of New York been selected to serve the unexd term of Judge Kennesaw MounLandis, whose resignation is ally effective. inor disorders accompanied the? , pening of the Hope company's ile plant at Hope Village, R. I., in Pawtucket valley, with a score or e of employees. illiam G. McAdoo and Mrs. Mc0 will, in the near future, respond :he lure of the wast and "open :es" and settle in Los Angeles, f., permanently. ennesaw Mountain Landis, commoner of baseball, who resigned as deral judge, will not go into pollin Chicago, he has informed a id in a letter, it became known, rlvester S. Shoemaker, 72, Mem, Tenn., could not raise enough ey to pay his life insurance prem and suicide. His farewell letto his wife asked her forgiveness, ve men held up and robbed Wil1 Ormsby, payroll clerk of the Palm e company, of ten thousand doljust as he was getting out of a cab in the company's Milwaukee t. rs. Mollie Turner, Kentucky's first ian moonshiner in so far as it is wn, is under sentence to serve o mnntha in ia.ll and to nav a fine i result of being convicted on that ge In circuit court at London, Ky. ie threatened nation-wide strike iltuminous coal miners on April 1 be averted, it Is asserted in Chi?, if the policy committee of the ers will allow district presidents rame state wage agreements with ators. rs. John Rupp recently told the Angeles police that she "kept ie" for the six drug peddlers who said to have been implicated in murder of William Desmond Tayfilm director. The police attach h importance to her story, and that if her story is true, the murmystery is solved. / illiam F. Wendt, Los Angeles millire, formerly known as the "iron " of Buffalo, N, Y., where the ts recently held him incompetent, been found to be "mentally sick" session of the Los Angeles couninacy commission, and paroled to Jean McCracken, a court ate. It is planned to place him in nitarium. ie special grand jury investigating Lexington hotel (Richmond, Va.) February 7, found that the ownhad been too prodigious in the of the word "new" instead of fixthe hostelry for the safety of the i of the guests and employees, leodore Roosevelt would give the try one of his broad smiles if he i alive. Mr. and Mrs. William Poof Brownsville, Ky., have been led six years, in which time, four of twins and one set of quadruhave come to bless their home? ve in all. jpresentatives of the manufa'cturand of both unions involved in strike in cotton mills in Rhode id rejected the proposition of the i board of mediation and concilii that the wage controversy be litted to Judge J. Jerome Hahn, -man of the board, as sole arbiiry Pickford does not have to pay Cora C. Wilkenning any part of $108,000 which Mrs. Wilkenning is was due her as commission for ng the film star a raise to $10,000 >ek, was the verdict of a federal at New York. i more indictments, naming ten whose affairs have been investi] in the bucket shop inquiry, were ned by the grand jury, at York, and three more brokerhouses became involved in finantroubles and were forced to susaether Harvey W. Church, cond murderer, is an untra-skilled igerer or the most remarkable iple of mentail death by selfosis ever coming to the attention edical authorities will be proved ie gallows in Chicago, s. Thomas McGovern complained ty court at New York, that her and sent out a report of her i which caused their home to be with mourners and kept the >ell ringing incessantly as mes?r8 delivered floral pieces and ages of condolence.