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BANKRUPT TAXES TO BET ATTEUTi TRUSTEES IN CHARGE OF SUCI PROPERTY WILL BE HELD LIABLE. COMMISSION SENDS LETTEI -South Carolina Tax Commission Not ties Auditors and Treasurers What Should Be Done. Columbia. The South Carolina tax commissio: iddressed a letter to all the count auditors and county treausrers callin to tfte attention of these officials tha where persons, firms or corporation have gone into bankruptcy that taxe are a prior lien on all property an must be paid before anything is se< tied. Trustees in charge of such bankrup property and the auditors and treas urers are advised immediately t check up all such property with a viei to getting the taxes. The commissio says that it has come to its attentio that a number of trustees have faile to pay the taxes due by the bankrup person, firm or corporation. The coir mission is getting behind all sue trustees. A large number of pai sons, firms and corporations have gon into bankruptcy in the state during th preseni year and the commission i advising the auditors and treasurer to begin work on checking up thi property. , Following is the letter sent out h the tax commission to the auditors an treasurers: "Our attention has been called r< cently to the fact that taxes charge against various persons, firms rr corporations who have gone into ban! ruptcy have not been ptid by the tru: tees in charge of said bankrupt proj erty. "The laws of our 8*3to make taxe a prior lien on all property, said lei attaching at the beginning of the yea during which the tax is levied an said taxes shall be first paid from pn ceeds of sale of such property. "Federal bankruptcy laws also pr< vide 'if property subject to tax is sol the tax should be paid out of the pre ceeds before any part thereof is die tributed to the general creditors.' Th mandatory provision of the federa act, section 64-a, as to the paymen of taxes recognizes a comity ta should not require the assertion b the state of its claim for taxes in al cases to warrant the order for the! payment: but a suggestion that taxe are owing by the bankrupt is suff cient. "If you have any taxes charge against any person, firm or corpora tion who haB been declared bankrupt or hereafter may be declared a bank rupt. you should notify the trustee o rustees that they will be held liabl for all taxes charged, or to be chan ed. against such property. If the tru: tee has disbursed all funds withou having paid the taxes,% suit can b brought against said trustee withi two years ,ffter his discharge. "We ask your co-operation in givin due publicity to this letter in orde that all trustees and receivers o above mentioned property may knoi of their duties in the premises." Inspect Highway Work. r"Vio?-1oc IT \Tr?nn?flf?lrl state hiet way engineer, and L. M. Weisiger. d vision engineer, returned from a tri through Newberry. Union. Spartai burg. Greenville and I>aurens coui ties. They looked over the maintenanc work being done in the several coui ties and found the roads in Greenvilh Spartanburg Mid Newberry in fine coi dition. In Laurens and Union th roads were not as good as the official would like to see them. This is due t the fact that some of the surfacin material used was not of the bet grade and in Union the fact that th heavy maintenance equipment cannc cross some of the bridges also adde to the condition of roads there. Tw of these light bridges are to be n placed this year, in all probabllit: funds having already been provide for the building of structures over T: per river and Padgett's creek. Baptists Plan "Goal" Sunday. Sunday. April 30. will be known a "Goal Sunday" among thp Baptists ( South Carolina, being the day o which the first half of the $75,000,00 campaign fund will be completed. T date $2,400,000 has been contribute by the Baptists of this state, accon Ing to information given out by D C. E. Burts. I>r. Burtfi said that every effort I being made to finish up the fln half of the campaign in a creditabl condition in spite of the flnancii difficulties. Three New Charters. The H. C. Bland Motor company c Sumter was chartered by the secretar of state with a capital stock of $10,001 Officers are H. C. Bland, president an treasurer. The Mount Pleasant Mercantile con pany of Mt. Pleasant was charters with a capital stock of $2,500. Officer are: M. A. Pearlstlne. president an treasurer; Isabella Crawford, vlc< president and secretary. The Electrick Maid Bake Shop c Chester was chartered with a capitf stock of $10,000. Tax Commission Working Steadily. TV South Carolina tax commisslo is daily erinding out a lot of wor connected with enforcing the tax law of the state and preparing to enforc tve new laws passed by the legish tu-e last session A test case has been started on tb nheritancp tax and the machiner 'or the new income tax Is speedil v>e'*n?t set up bv the commission. Thl . the most important of the new ta '\ws and its strict enforcement wi be necessary to bring In the revenu to run the state government. Prizes Awarded For Improvemoit. A meeting of the executive commit: tee of the South Carolina School Improvement association, in the office iof the state superintendent bf education marked the close of another ^ I year of this work in the school com- s munities of the state. The committee, | which is composed of on? member | from each congressional district, met H to award the $2,-100 appropriated by | the general assembly for'prizes for the work. There were five possible f entires for these prizes. The first one % was a $40 prize for a new building, f rj Buildings receiving this prize must f |j have been built according to state | plans and the community in which it | is located must have a school im- \ j. provement association. There wer? ' 23 of these prizes given at large over | the state and 76 applications were re- | ceived. Prize No. 2 was a $10 prize to the n association in each county raising and ; depositing with the county treasurer f r the largest amount of money during | ^ the year. Fifty-two applications were | ' received for this one and 24 prizes ' g awarded. j Prize No. 3. although the smallest f from a financial standpoint, is con- : sidered the most important in every j t other way and associations are enj couraged to try for it more than any J o. 4 if r*r\n at i t n t fhft 0 UlllCI ilC, OJUVt IV VVUVVI.O.V. ?- | v foundation on which the work is built j Q and carried on. It was a $5 prize to j _ n the associations holding and reporting , _ (1 12 regular meetings during The year. ' n t These reports gave a full account of | ( the meetings, including the amount of ; money raised each month and how j . raised. One hundred and thirty-two associations received this prize this year?an increase of more than 50 I ' per cent over last year's awards. j . s Xo. 4 was a $10 prize given to one ? g association in each county for growth, j upkeep, efficiency, and community v service. There was also a major prize j j of $50 under this head given to the best association in the state as viewed j. from these standpoints. This major j #j (j prize was awarded to Fletcher Memo- II j rial school in Marlboro county. Prize Xo. 5, $10 for each county, I j. was awarded for the best health and c h sanitary conditions. There was a ma- I jor prize of $50 under this head also, s which was won by High Hill school, n Darlington county. r The total number of applications (j reached 405, an increase or iou appn- r j. cations over last year's report, and represented 186 schools in 39 different ? j. counties. Although this was a gratify, (j ing increase in the number of applications there were numbers of other schools eligible but failed to send in e their applications. 1 ,j Reports received during the year int dicate an active membership of 14,140 x people working for the improvement ^ y of their local schools and communl- j II ties. These reports also show that ' r more than $30,000 have been raised 9 through co-operative community ef- jn |. fort in the local associations and ^ spent on the further improvement of w j the schools. i j. Schools receiving prize No. 1 were: j I Zarline, of Abbeville; Belvldere of E' Aiken; Greens Academy, of Barnwell, i a| r New Purity, of Chester; Linton of e Chesterfield: Lake Swamp, of Darlingr. j ton; Duncan Chapel, of Dorcheste.*; u. j. Hodges, of Greewood; Cool Springs, of f( [t Horry; Poplar Springs, of Laurens; e Falrview. of Lee; Gapway, of Marion; n Dudley, of Marlboro; Reederville, of ci Newberry; South Union, of Oconee; jr Zion. of Oconee; Goodbye, of Orange- j| r burg; Dentsville. of Richland: St. An- ? f drews, of Richland; Buck Creek, of js lV Spartanburg, and Hagood, of Saluda, tl Asking For Bids on Highway Work. j,. Bids for the construction of 103 1 in j. miles of roadway in Allendaie conn- a| j. ty on the highway from Allendale to- l p ward Augusta are being Advertised C{ i. by the state highway department. ' p. The estimated cost of the work is rt $35,000. I w e Plans for the construction of a g j. bridge across the Pacolet river at \v >f Converse in Spartanburg county are D1 j. about ready and bids will be askod j tl e within the next week or two. This tr s structure will cost around $75,000. it o A survey on the road from Travelg ers Rest, in Greenville county, to- \\ it ward Brevard, in North Carolina, has c< e been started and considerable work al >t done. This route is an alternate in d to the one planned last year, it was d< o stated at the highway department. ! w ?. Engineers are now purveying the tl road from the city limits of Charles- m d ton to the concrete paving on the old w y. State road toward Columbia, this be; ?vto??lnn nf Win tr ! In 1U? ail CAICUOIUU VII D la Writing About Tax. w .s Numerous Inquiries are still being tl >f reeived by the tax commission In re* e< n sard to the new Income tax and the w 10 commission has mailed many copies of N o the act to persons requesting It. The o< d commission is fast completing Ita p 1- machinery for enforcing the la*' and ft r. will be in readiness before May 1, gl when the state tax is due. to put nes I o] s in the field and also to establish an It it income tax office. A director, six 11 e field men and an office force are being fe 11 arranged for. but final aelectlon of | c< the director has not as yet Loea made. ? ti Highway Bulletin leeued. ol >f The South Carolina Highway Buil?? n y tin, the official organ of the rtate al 5. highway department, made Its secmd m d appearance for this year. The bulletin is gotten out by the highway dei partment with a view to furnishing J d information to the counties and ?ht ^ 's people of the state. It is full of >*1- . d uahle information as to the work on ! the highways of the state, equipment | ji( available for the counties, how to ! ^ )f plan highway work, real progressive ^ il efTorts and numerous other matters of interest to the people. * Jail Commitments Increased. ? n The number of jail commitments Q k during 1921 in South Carolina showed j a an increase of almost 4S per cent over p e the jail commitments of the year i- before, according to statistics given out by the state hoard of pubMr we]e fare. During the year 1920 ih?r? were v 7.386 jail commitments In the c] y while during 1921 there were 10.S96 f, s commitments. * lr x The state hoard of public welfare V( II attributes this ilarmfni; increase, in "s, e large part, to the economic reverses u,( suffered by tho peopie of the stat#. 1?Miss Katherine Thompson of Wood, second son of General Leonard ut unveiling of memorial to King Ed' and Secretary of the Navy Denby un' lington cemetery. IEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS enate Ratifies Naval Limitation Treaty, Chief Fruit of the Conference. THER PACTS ARE APPROVED ffort8 to Save Navy and Army From Dangerous Reductions?Great Coal Strike Begins?Lloyd George's Genoa Policy Before Commons for Approval. By EDWARD W. PICKARD _T AVING mude their losing fight A against the Pacific four-power ict, the obstreperous minority in the nute ceased from troubling lust eek, and fell into line?all but Senior France of Maryland. The treaty 1 limitation of navies, chief work ' the Washington conference, after 1 inconsequential debate, was rati?d on Wednesday by a vote of 74 to Mr. Frunce defended his lonely ?gative vote by contending that the uited Stutes should continue buildg the largest navy in the world un1 all other nations had shown their illingness to abolish war totally. Of ie other Irreconcllables, Borah exained thut he favored the treaty cause it was a step toward the goal ; which he had been aiming for many ars. namely, complete disarmament, id that he believed this agreement as as much us the International consrence was able to accomplish. John?n of California did not disguise his islike for the pact, especially its I'ntic fortliicutions clause, but he voted ?r ratification on the assurance of ie navy general board that the United tutes would not give up anything that strategically vital. King of Utah, tough accepting the treaty, thought would have small effect In reducig naval expenditures, predicting that uge sums now would be spent on Ircraft and submarines. Immediately after the vote of ratiflition the senate took up the treaty inhibiting the use of poison gas and ;airi(Jllll& IIIC use Ui auuinauuno iu arfare und accepted It unanimously, efore casting his vote Senator Wadsorth of New York, chairman of the illltary affairs committee, expressed ie opinion that In the next war this eaty would not be worth the paper was written on. "For my own part," said Senator 'adsworth, "I shall be very much dlsniruged if the United States army jould stop trying ?o perfect gas asks because of this treaty. We un't dare stop. And the only way e can perfect gas masks is to test tern with the kind of gases which we iay have to combat. We might as ell look the facts in the face." Before the week closed, the remainig treaties, the nine-power pact reitlng to China and the one dealing 1th the Chinese tariff, were put trough, and thus the senute completi Its part in making the great 'ashlngton conference a success, uturally, and with reason, the Dem:rate claim a share in this accomlishment, especially asserting that trmer President Wilson must be Iveu much credit for arousing public pinion In favor of naval limitation. is evident, however, that the Repubcans will make large use of the con>rence and its results In this year's mgressional campaign. There is every reason to believe the eatles will be speedily ratified by the ther powers party to them. Indeed, ot one of them is in a position to fford to hold back from full agree ient. \ LTHOUGH the naval treaty places our navy ou a level with thut of rt*at Britain, It will In fact he scarce equal to that of Japan If the naval pproprlatlons subcommittee of the Duse has Its way. That body, under le leadership of Representative I'at elley of Michigan, Is determined to jt the naval enlisted personnel to 3,000, which is 25,(XX) less than the IAIN IN CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ifty Denominations Report Gratifying Increase Made During 1921? Baptist Figures Unavailable. New York.?An Increase of 7(51.727 Inirch members in 1921 is reported Dm 50 denominations, In a survey lade hv Dr. II. K. Carroll, who several ears ago compiled the first otliclai cenis of religions for the United States Dvernment. The reports from which je survey was made were obtained Wilmington, Del., former army nurse, v Wood, Is announced. 2?The Prince c ivnrd VII at Delhi. 3?Rotary Interr veiling the Rotary memorial tablet at I number necessary according to the estimates of the department's experts, nnd which would force out of commission many craft that are positively needed. It is not likely, however, that tills crippling program will succeed, hecuuse the "big navy" men of the house are prepared to combat it, the majority leaders in the senate declare they will not stand'for it, and President Harding probably would veto the appropriation bill If It came up to him in that shape. When the bill is reported to the house this week, according to the plan, Rogers of Massachusetts will offer an amendment placing the minimum strength at 9(5,000. If this fails, as it likely will, McArthur of Oregon will propose 8(1,000 us the minimum. NO LESS than the navy men, the army men are exercised over the tendency toward what they believe to be false and dangerous economy shown by many members of congress. The house passed on army appropriation bill which limits the army to 115,000 enlisted men and 11,0000 officers. General Pershing, chief of staff, and " ? T T 1, 1 .1 ...... vxeiitrrui nuiuuiu, urpuiy t.uici, owned such a reduction "would Introduce an unwarranted element of danger In our plan of national defen|e" and that an army of *150,000 men and 12,000 officers is absolutely essential to the nation's needs at this time. At first the bill carried a provision limiting the President's right to determine the size of garrisons in the Hawaiian Islands and the Panama Canal Zone. This was eliminated when Anthony of Kansas said he had the prpmise of the War department to reduce those garrisons, but Secretary Weeks Indignantly declared that he not only had made 110 such promise but had no intention of making the reductions. General Pershing says the Hawaii and Panama garrisons cannot be cut down without violating the soundest principles of security, AS PASSED by the house, the army bill appropriates about $288,000,000 for the expenses of the War department, but the representatives made their claim for genuine economy look (\pcldedly foolish by the adoption of an amendment increasing by $15,000,000 the uinount carried as a lump sum toward continuation of work the coming fiscal year on river and harbor projects. The budget bureau and the appropriations committee of the house had recommended an appropriation of $27,000,000 for this purpose, but the "pork barrel" forces, under the generalship of Mann of Illinois, Insisted upon the larger sum, nod had their way despite the earnest efforts of Mondell of Wyoming, Burton of Ohio and others. President Harding was somewhat disturbed by this open defiance of the budget system, for he believes In the budget and Intends that It shall be given a fair trial. AT MIDNIGHT Friday operations ceased In all the unionized bituminous and anthracite coal mines of the country, 595,000 miners laying down their tools. All efforts to prevent the great strike were futile. According to some of the union lenders, the walkout Is likely to last about sixty days. During that time, presumably, both sides will formulate their demands and present their cases, and It may be that these will result In the negotiation of new contracts. The operutors Insist that wages must come down in correspondence with the decline In the cost of living, but they have not yet reveuled what percentage of reduction they will demand. The miners, 'n reply, say that the stagnation In the coal Indnstry Is due to wasteful methods of production, excessive profits, violation of the laws of supply and demand In control of markets and prices, and that costs of IlvI ? llig iu I lie nunc aicun im>c nuvauixu while wages remained stationary. In some regions, as Pittsburgh, southern Ohio and Kanawha, Va., the operators have posted notices of wage reductions and hope to he able to run their mines with nonunion labor. In Illinois the miners, though not in entire sympathy with the strike, stuck by the international, and the Indiana men did the same. Probably In both these states separate state agreements could have been negotiated, but this wus forbidden by the Internutlondirect from each of the 50 denominations, and therefore represent their own figures. Four of the chief bodies of the Baptist group are missing from ibis survey fo?- the reason that their statistical year is the calendar year, and no returns for 1921 were available, 'if Baptist increases for 1021 were included, the total gains of 1921 would almost certainly reach 850,000," Doctor Carroll states. The 1021 Increase compared with that of 1920, which was 814,094, ac1 k'hose engagement to Lieut. Osborn C. >f Wales and Viceroy Lord Reading intional President C. C. McCullougb tomb of tile Unknown Soldier In Aral. The Illinois mines cannot be op-* erated by pick-up labor because of a state law which requires that no coal digger may be employed unless he can show at least two years' experience uiiuer gruunu. wnui uuvcruw aucu und the Industrial court will do In Kansas Is a/ouslng general Interest. If the promises of the union heads are kept, there will be no violence In connection with the strike. Nor will the mines suffer physically, for enough men will be permitted to stay In them to keep them from being flooded and otherwise damaged. NIKOLAI LENIN, premier of soviet Russia, is again dead, according to reports, but, as on previous occasions, It is believed that the rumor Is "greatly exaggerated." Probably It is true that he is quite ill, and it Is not likely thut he will be able to attend the Genoa conference. However, the soviet delegates to that confab are luxuriously on their way to Italy by way of Riga and Berlin, rejoicing In the fact that at last their government Is to have a measure of recognition t from the capitalistic and bourgeois governments they hate so Intensely. They are hopeful of obtaining financial and commercial assistance for the task of definitely establishing the communist regime In Russia, but Lenin recently declared communism there had reached the limit of yielding to capitalism and was now in a position o <ro I r? l-A Qilvnnpa Wnt ho tnlfl tho communists they must cease their dreaming and get to work. PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE'S policy concerning the Genoa conference was to be submitted to the liduse of commons this week for approval or rejection, and on the result depends his retention of ofliee. Moreover, It was said that the small majority that was assured hlra on a vote of confidence would not satisfy him. Unless he was given a majority of at least 300, asserted his friends, he would resign. The resolution prepared for the house to act upon read: "Resolved, That this house approves the resolutions passed by the supreme council at Cannes as a basis for the Genoa conference and will support his majesty's government In endeavoring to give effect to them." Already Mr. Lloyd George had quieted the opposition In his cabinet by the assurance that he does not intend an Immediate or unconditional recognition of the soviet government of Russia. Appreciating the dangerous state of angry unrest throughout the Mohammedan world, the failure of the Greeks to defeut the Kemalists In Asia Minor and other conditions, the allies' Near East conference In Paris decided that the Turkish empire should be restored, with restrictions. According to the plan adopted, the Turks obtain Constantinople, a sovereignty throughout Asia Minor, lnclud ing Srayrnn and Thrace with Rodosto. The Greeks retain Adrlanople and a buffer corridor reaching to the Black sea, fencing off the Bulgarians from the Turks. Abandonment of the Interallied regime of the Golden Horn and the restoration of the sultan's power Is safeguarded through the British Insistence that Galllpoll be left to the Greeks, Dardanelles demilitarized and the allied mllltury Inspectors oversee the razing of all fortifications. While the Greeks are not at all satisfied with this arrangement, all factious except the Venlzellstx are supporting the Gounaris cabinet In accepting It. The Turks, however, are far from pleased and have not yet agreed to the proposals. Nor liave they accepted the recommendations of the allied foreign ministers for a settlement of their differences with the Greeks. For this latter the French are blamed by British officials. They are warning the Greeks much as did Lord Byron long ago when he wrote: " Turkish force and Latin fraud "Would break your shield, however broad." OPTIMISTIC folk base renewed hope for h unified Ireland on a peace agreement signed by representatives of the Free State and Ulster governments. It is not apparent how this will operate to pacify the republicans. whose latest exploit was the destruction of the plant of the Freeman's Journal In Dublin. cording to corrected returns, Doctor Carroll notes. The present survey will appear officially In the Christian Herald on April 1. Doctor Carroll's figures show that communicants in 1921 totaled 43,323, 206 us compared with 42.761.479 in 1920 and 36,095,68o In 1911. The net gain for the ten years Is reported as 7,427,."21, or somewhat more than * per cent per year. There was an increase of 88 in the number of churches In 1921, as compared with a decrease1 ( of 1,030 In 192a / | TLUKISh^ FIF In a new pac At a price tl The same un Turkish, Viri COMMITTEES ARGUE PROBEEM ~ ei P ADVICE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST la ENGINEERS WILL BE SOUGTH. tl O] a Lot of Evidence Obtained in Washing- e: ton Found by the Committees to a r tt Be "Camouflage." w c< Florence, Ala?The foremost engi- re neers of America will be called to appear in Washington before the senate if agricultural committee to aid in solv- C( ing the Muscle Shoals problem, Sen- 01 ator Norris, chairman of the committee, announced here after the govern- s( ment's plants had been inspected. fc Members of the house military af- ni 1 ?n*v> lirViink w{fVl fha OQT1. At Ictus CUIlUUlllCC, WHICH nuu iuu ovu u< ate committee, is inspecting the nitrate and waterpower projects, expressed the view that Muscle Shoals actually and Muscle Shoals on paper ol looked quite unlike, and Representa- st tive Hull declared the house commit- m tee would never consent to the plants ai being scrapped. S1 Mr. Hull said the plants might well bi be used in time of peace for making w fertilizers but thqt they must "ever p< be kept in readiness in case of emer- li) gency." Chairman Norris did not share the to view of a few of his colleagues that ci the Muscle Shoals problem might be si speedily disposed of on return to Washington of the committee. He said he would invite the presidents of four chemical and technical or- F: ganizations to appear before the com- as mittee at once. They are the Ameri- th can Society of Electrical Engineers, \\ American Society of Chemical En- s< gineers, American Society of Civil th Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. or "We have a tremendous responsi- or billty before us," asserted the chair- th man, "and we are going to endeavor in to thresh it out along business-like U and sound scientific lines.'' sj r- - iua *via in saying inai me vioii. ui wv i ? committees has shown many new angles to the situation not covered by the hearings in Washington, Mr. Hull declared "we had a lot of evidence before us which we have found here to be mere camouflage." It was his opinion, he said, that much of the ground must be gone over again. The entire day was spent in a tour of the two nitrate plants and other properties of the reservations. Data before the committeemen showed that the government spent $81,237,656 on the nitrate plants and that the salvage value as scrap was estimated at $7,850,000. They were told that plant No. 1 was obsolete and that $4,000,000 would be required to make it modern. After an inspection of the site for proposed dam No. 1, 17 miles east of Florence, the party will leave for Washington. Wins Jewels By Birth of Daughter. Oakland, Calif.?James C. Blum, Jr., by becoming the father of a girl, has won the right to inherit two necklaces, one of diamonds and the other of pearls, valued together at $100,000. His mother. Mrs. Rosa Blum, bequeathed them to be his when his wife gave birth to a daughter. Blum, who already had come into . possession of the rest of his mother's $330,000 estate, brought suit last ? year to get the necklace because his wife had borne a son. Many New Offenders. { Washington.?Only 14 per cent of ? the crimes registered by civil authori- 1 ties in the last six months can be at- * tributed to previous offenders, according to E. E. Dudding, president of the Prison Relief society. Based on statistics, which he said had been obtained from official prison records, Mr. Pudding estimated that 86 per cent of those definitely connected with crime in the past half year have been new offenders. Some are wealthy and commit crime without hope of gain, lie said. Eight Persons Drowned. San Salvador. ? Flight passengers were drowned, among them two children and a newly married couple, when the steamboat Elenita was wrecked on a bar in the Colorado river, northeast of Costa Rica, says a dispatch received here. >1 ?n???? me-eleven igarettes St *VV Three Friendly T\ t# Gentlemen BURLEY VIKC.INIA^^ .ft kage that fits the pocket? uxt fits the pocket-book? -*-? 1 i-f ^ matcnea viena oj jINIA and Burley Tobaccos ^ 111 FIFTH AVE. " HI HIW YORK CITY \ft*S Ratification Program Concluded. Washington.?The senate completJ its part of the arms conference rogram by giving its approval to the ist two treaties of the group of seva submitted to it for ratification. On the final ratification roll calls le affirmative expression of senate pinion was all but unanimous. Not signle vote was cast against the far istern treaty, drawn to guarantee new bill of rights to China,, and lere was only one dissenting voice hen the constitutional "advice and jnsent" was given to the pact for ivision of the Chinese tariff. The momentum with which the ratication program was (swept to a >ncluslon exceeded the expectations ! the administration leaders. By the day's accomplishment the mate set a new record for action, iur far-reaching international cove- ? ints having been ratified within two \ lys, and six within the last .weik. Swift Faces Charge. Chicago.?Louis F. Swift, Jr., son ! the packer, was free on bond but iheduled to appear before the police agistrate on a charge of driving an ltomobile while intoxicated. Mr. svift was arrested after his automole had collided with another car and as held four hours at the Evanston ilice station until his brother Wilim appeared and furnished bond. Mr. Swift denied the charge of indication. He explained that the acdent was unavoidable, due to a ippery pavement. Joffre In Victoria. Victoria, B. C.?Marshal Joffre of ranee, now here in his own words i "an envoy of peace," arrived from ie Far East on the liner Silver State. Mth him are Madame Joffre and imuel Hill, of Seattle, whose guests iey will be. The hero of the Mama-came as an dinary passenger, he explained. His lly mission, he said, was "solely in e interest of a permanent and lastg peace." During his tour of the nited States and Canada he will ieak for peace. t Our Hobby Is Good F==== j Printing samples of I I our busi* ?q? ness cards, ? visiting ? 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