Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, April 06, 1922, Image 3
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 /
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a
Lot of Evidence Obtained in Washing- e:
ton Found by the Committees to a
r tt
Be "Camouflage." w
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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
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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
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