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I INHERITANCE TAX i NOT RETROACTIVE! | SUPREME COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION TO J. EDWIN BELSER. I ONLY AFTER PASSAGE OF Ad! Tax Will Be Applied Only to Estates Where Death Occurred After Act Took Effect. Columbia. The inheritance tax act passed by the legislature at the last session is not retroactive and no tax can be imposed upon estates now in the process of settlement whfcre death occurred prior to the time of the passage of the act, according to an order of the superme court handed down and signed by all mejnbers of the court. In the order the court grants the petition of J. Edwin Belser, administrator of the estate of the late John E. Lowry, and thereby refuses to allow the tax commission to force Mr. Belser to appear before the commission with all the records of the Lowry estate in order that the commission might ascertain what tax is due the state. 1 J Under the terms of the order by the court, the inheritance tax will he applied only to estates where death occurred after the act took effect, February 23. and no estates not settled on that date will be taxed if the death occurred prior to February 23. The tax commission was anxious to get the court's ruling on the law as to what estates it applied to and when Mr. Belser carried the matter to the supreme court a test case was made. A construction of the recent act was the main reason for carrying the matter before the supreme court. "The question is," says the court in its order, "are estates in the process of settlement, at the time of the passage of the act, liable for the tax. The answer is estates now in the process of settlement where the deceas-. ed died before the passage of the I act are not liable for the inheritance | tax. The only question is as to the construction of the act. It is very clear that the act is prospective. "It is the judgment of this court that the petition be granted." The order was signed by Chief Justice Gary and Associate Justices Watts, Fraser, Cothran and Marion. Revenue Comes From Gas Tax. A total of $67,196.87 was collected during March under the new gasoline tax act, the tax commission announced after figures for March had been compiled. A few delinquent tax-payers have not yet reported, but the total as announced is practically the amount that will stand as the month's collections. -j March was the first month on which I the tax of 2 cents a gallon was paid | on gasoline, and judging by the fig- ; ures for this month a total of approx- I imately $67U.0UU will be conectea xor s the ten months of this year. How- j ever, these figures may be changed j as the sales may increase during the I summer months or they may decrease. Under the terms sf the gasoline tax act. one-half of the money collected goes into the state treasury and onehalf goes to the counties for building and maintaining roads. The commission is also certifying to the state treasurer the gross earnings of all the public utility corporations in the state. These public utility corporations pay a three-mill tax on their gross earnings and the commission is certifying a total of $S4,257.81 as the taxes due the state. Governor Receives Many Invitations. Governor Cooper is daily receiving invitations to deliver addresses from numerous towns over the state and from cities out of the state. A large number of requests for addresses at school commencements has been received and in addition to these the ! governor is in great demand as a ! speaker for patriotic occasions and other functions. Motor Vehicles Show Decrease. South Carolina has 71,157 automobiles at present as compared with 93,349 last year, or a decrease this year j of 12.192 machines over 1921, accord- | ing to the registration figures of the i ^ i stale nignway uepariineiu iu uaie. These figures indicate that either the ; state is doing without a large num- ! her of automobiles or that many persons are driving machines without license plates and in violation of the law. So far a total of 5.SC8 trucks have been registered. Move Health Offices. The offices of the state health department. which were formerly on the fifth floor of the Palmetto building. were moved to the second floor of the same building, the offices now occupied being thase formerly used by the internal revenue department. The internal revenue department is now occupying the old postoffice building near the Jefferson hotel. The different offices of the health departments wil be closer together now than under the former arrangement. Three New Charters. Th" Mullins Dry floods company. Inc.. was chartered by the secretary of stat? with a capital stock of $15.000. Officers are: Morris Fass. president. The Chester Tee Cream company of Chester was chartered with a capital sto"'-* of $7,000. Officers are: Jt. C. president; Earl Wilson, vice- i prec!dept. T'-e Dillon Realty. Insurance and "RroV^race company of Dillon was with a capital stoca of 15,000. 1 i-lect oiate Fair Manager. J. VV. Fleming, of Savannah, Ga., was elected by the executive committee of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society to fill the newly created position of manager of the State Fair, according to the announcement of R. M. Cooper, Jr., of Wisacky, president of the fair society. Dr. Frank Eiird, of Lexington, was re-elected secretary of the lair and David G. Ellison of Columbia, was named again as treasurer. Under the new management plan, approved by the executive committee at its recent sessioh in Columbia, Mr. Fleming as manager will have executive control of the state fair, devoting his full time to the fair in an effort to aid the fair society in its plans to make the annual exhibition larger and better than ever before. The position will require Mr. Fleming's time for 12 months in every year, his offices being located in Columbia. Mr. Fleming expects to move his family to Columbia May 1, when he will take over the management of the fair. Mr. Fleming was secretary of the Ohio state fair, one of the largest in the United States, succeeding his father in that capacity. The exhibition receives an annual appropriation of $180,000 from the state of Ohio. In Savannah he has been in charge of the Tri-State fair at Savannah, going there after his selection for the posttion by the owners of the fair to find only a vacant plot of land awaiting him. Out of this he created the TriState fair, erected the buildings and made the exhibition one of the best in the South. Mr. Fleming is 45 years old,'* Mr. Cooper said, in talking of Mr. Fleming's election, "and he is a man of pleasing personal appearance and undoubted executive ability. He is especially qualified for the organizing and building up of state fairs." Killing in State Every Other Day. South Carolina averaged a homicide every other day last year, according to figures compiled by Prof. Wilson Gee of the department of rural social science at the University of South Carolina. These figures based upon the records of the bureau of vital statistics, show that during the year 247 people lost their lives through violence in the Btate, an average of 14.7 homicides for every 100,000 people in the state. Of the 46 counties in the state, Dorchester has the only spotless record, while Bamberg, with 13 homicides, has the worst record of 62 violent deaths 1 for each 100,000 population. . Florence ! I--- J ~ i ranking 44tn in me use, iiau a iuiai < of 16 homicides, but only showed a i record of 31.7 homicides per 100,000 i population. Richland county is seventh in the list with a total of seven, i or only 9 for every 100.000 people. ] I National Guard "Gala Day." I Gov. Robert A. Cooper and Adjt. ' Gen. R. W. Grant are to be the prin- i cipal speakers at the National Guard 1 "gala day" Greer Saturday, May 13. I The "gala day" exercises will bring 1 four National Guard companies and a J National Guard band for Greer for the < addresses, instruction, parades, baseball game and sham battle that will i feature the occasion. These companies I are the Howitzer company of Greer, . Company F of Spartanburg, Company i G of Greenville and the Headquarters ' company of Easley. The "gala day" is being planned 1 with the double purpose of creating 1 interest in the National Guard and ( furnishing instruction to the companies participating. Tre day's program opens with a 1 parade at 10:30 o'clock, the four com- ! panies and the band participating with the schools. The parade will end at 1 the baseball park where then a com- 1 petitive drill will be staged. At 11:30 | o'clock the companies and audience will hear the addresses by Governor Cooper and Adjutant General Grant. ' Col. F. R. Day, instructor-inspector for the state, and Col. T. E. Marshall of the One Hundred and Eighteenth reg- 1 iment will also make short addresses. 1 The addresses will be followed by a 1 hnrhecue at 1 o'clock, given by the 1 town of Greer. At 2 o'clock will come J the baseball game between two of the companies, the baseball game being followed at 5:30 o'clock by the sham battle. The battle over, the compa- 1 nies will then pitch camp for the night ( and supper. A series of wrestling 1 and boxing matches at the ball park j at 8 o'clock and a dance at the Greer 1 armory later will complete program. 1 Invited to Meeting. State highway officials received an I invitation to be present at a meeting 1 of the board of directors of the Dixie Highway association to be held in 1 Jacksonville May 26 and 27 at which 1 the plans will be discussed for the building of one connecting direct allweather road from the North into Florida. ' The highway department of all the 1 states traversed by the Dixie highway have been asked to be represented at J the meeting and to participate in the plans for the road. . Submits Low Bid. The Palmetto Concrete Mapufactur* ( i*<r and Machinery conmanv of Co- i lumbia was the low bidder for the I manufacturing of some $12,000 to $15,- ' 000 worth of road pipe for the state 1 highway department to be used within the next three months or. projects to ' be constructed during these months. 1 Ten contractors bid on the work, 1 but the Columbia firm with prices from 62 cents to 75 cents on 15-inch pipe and from $3.45 to $3.60 for 36inch pipe was low. i Grants Parole For Two. Charlie Ferguson, convicted of murder in Laurens county in June of 1917 and sentenced to serve his life in prison, was conditionally paroled by the governor until Ferguson is able to complete serving his sentence. The parole is good until the physicians of Laurens county consider Ferguson as able to complete his sentence. t Tom Ford, convicted of manslaugh- 1 ter i nAnderson county in May of J 1921 and sentenced to serve two years I was sIfo paroled during his good be- 1 bavlor 1?First photograph of the econo American Revolution planting a tre on his birthday, one for each year < NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Wrangling and Politics Mark the _of hhxi hnnni UUliiyo ui 1110 ubiiva Conference. RUSSIA'S GREEDY DEMANDS Ftance Threatens Independent Action Against Germany and Lloyd George Is Angry?Centenary of General Grant's Birth Celebrated? Great Battle Impends In China. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Russia niny be forced to quit the economic conference nt Genoa. France, which Is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the way things are going there, may withdraw her delegates. But It Is announced that Lloyd George and his British fellow delegates will stick to the end, determined to get some results from the conference. With true Oriental wl'e, the Russians are bargaining with the other powers and last week succeeded In bringing about a deadlock. To end this condition the representatives of the big and little ententes and Portugal drew up what amounted to an ultimatum, warning the soviet delegates that If they would not accept the propositions made to them, the Russian phase of the conference would come to an end. Briefly stated, here Is what the Russians proposed: First, the powers must recognize Ihe soviet government de Jure, and must grant It sufficient loans f/* onn hie Russia to reorganize her national life. Russia will recognize her pre-war debts, but demands a thirty years' moratorium on these, with cancellation of arreurs of interest and of interest during the moratorium. Russia abandons her claims against the powers due to the anti-Bolshevik campaigns and in return expects that her war debts to other powers will be "written down" 100 per cent. Russia refuses to restore confiscated property because this is contrary to their policy of nationalization, but claims Russians have the light to possess property in foreign countries which are under a bourgeoise regime. In short, Russia would take all and give nothing. Though the British declared some Bort of a settlement with the Russians must be made, M. Barthou, chairman of the committee handling the matter, abruptly called a halt to further discussion of the Russian debt. The French, backed by their government, were absolutely opposed to recognizing the soviet government and to granting it credits, and, according to dispatches from Paris, Japan would lupport them In this stand, and prob-1.1.. ,.i? Unnmirv Pnlnnri aui.v msu oci^ium, uu..nu. j, Serbia, Rumania and Czechoslovakia. This only increased the widening breach between France und Great Britain, and each predicted that the policy of the other would U.id to another war. They agreed that this would result from a combining of Russia and Germany. The German delesates had accepted the command to keep out of the discussion of Russian affairs because of their separate treaty with Moscow, hut this was not enough. The Russian delegates were enraged by the fact that I'olaud Joined In this disciplinary measure und In the note signed by eleven of the powers reserving the right to declare null and void any clauses of the Rapallo pact held to he lu violation of the treaty of Versailles or any other treaty. In a note to the Roles, the Russians declared that the soviet government could in no case permit treaties made by it "to depend for their legality on the action of powers not signatory." Considering that Russia has powerful forces massed on the Polish frontier, the language of the note was taken to carry u distinct threat of hostilities against Roland, as well as a warning to all the powers. MEANWHILE Premier Polncare. in a speech at Iiar-Ie-Duc, assert ed that trance, ir necessary, win u?DANUBE AS TRADE ARTERY Three Countries in Keen Rivalry for Predominance of Shipping on Big Waterway. Prague.?Keen rivalry for predominance la the Danube shipping is developing among the three land-locked fragments of the dismembered Hapsjurg empire?Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The Danube river is their S4u, and port facilities mean trutlic and national income. Hence -. ',;?{ jjflv mic conference ut Genoa in session. _ Mi e at Mount Vernon. 3?Chauncey M. Depi f his life. dertake alone to see that the treaty f of Versailles Is executed If the Ger- c mans default In their reparations pay- s ments, Intimating that French troops i fta ??- 3 will be on the marcn on May 01 umess r by that date Germany has accepted * the conditions laid down by the rep- t nratlons commission. The premier 1 declared he ardently hoped for the co- S operation of the allies In case Germany v defaulted, "but, according to the terms u of the treaty," he added, "each may, s In case of need, take, respectively, such t measures us are deemed necessary." I This also stirred Lloyd George to d wrath, because the statement was f made without consulting the allies, c Said he: "The matter Is not connected e with Genoa, but French opinion anx- t lously and excitedly believes that the li liusso-German agreement Is the out- n come of this conference. That Idea Is being fostered In France by serious f misstatements to the French by certain F English newspapers"?the reference d being to Lord Northcllffe's press. t To meet thte situation, the British I asked a meeting In Genoa of the pow- E ers signatory to the Versailles treaty s to discuss measures to be taken If v Germany does not meet the reparn- f tlons commission's demands by May 31. ' Premier Polncare objects to this plan, c LLOYD GEORGE seems honestly r determined - both to preserve the c peace of Europe and to satisfy the 8 trade demands of the British, which 1 latter are thus expressed by Lord 0 Chancellor Birkenhead: "England's desperate economic condition, her dependence upon world trade as the only means of sustaining her life blood, make Imperative the resumption of po- 1 litical and commercial relations with t snvlpt Russia?whatever the charac- ~ ter of the government the Russians I choose to adopt." In his eagerness for t these results, and perhaps coerced by b political conditions at home, the pre- f mler lays on France the blame for the I threatened failure of the conference; r and he is volubly supported in that by " the English financial "expert." John t Ma.vnnrd Keyes, who, according to the $ I'aris press, Is in the pay of a group of 1 Berlin backers. At this distance one K is rather inclined to accept the view ? of the New York Tribune, which says: "The Francophobes and the Teutophiles are the real factor threatening ^ disruption at Genoa." t Berlin dispatches say diplomatic re- 11 latlons between Germany and Russia o will be resumed at once. Prof. A. n Bern hard WIedenfeld will be the Gcr- (. man ambassador in Moscow and Leo- ^ nld Krassiu the Russiun ambassador in t Berlin. a s THE hundredth anniversary of the a birth of Ulysses S. Grant was ob- c served on Thursday in his birthplace. <] Point Pleasant, O.; in Washington and t in many other places throughout the \ country. President Harding went to o the Ohio town with a large party of h prominent men and women, viewed what Is left there of the house In 1 which the soldier-president was born, J and then delivered an address which s was "broadcast" over the land by a radio. In the national capital all gov- b eminent business halted while an im- s - 1 I- xl. ~ li inense mrong gainereu in me uumme u gardens to witness the dedication of f the magnificent Grant inemorinl, which ti Is virtually completed after 15 years' ? work. Vice President Coolidge and h Secretary Weeks made the chlff addresses, and the memorial was un- i veiled by Princess Cantacuzene, grand- J daughter, and Princess Ida Cantaeu- ij zene, great-grandduughter of General tl Grant. v | ? f UNLESS President Hsu Shlh Chang is able to avert It by his appeal, p Just issued, the Impending civil war in d China Is soon to culminate in what ri will probably be the greatest battle a that country has had in many years, ti The big armies of Gens? Chang Tso- u Lin and Wu I'el-Fei are prepared for tl the conflict, near Peking. The presl- li dent lias called on them both to with- ci draw from that vicinity and from si Chihll province and to send mediators o for adjustment of their differences, n The acting premier has asked the gov- f< ernor of each of the IS provinces to send to Peking a commissioner to de- e vise measures to rid the country of the L armies, which are now the largest in u the history of China. American, Ilrlt- S lsh and French warships have been tl sent to Chinese waters and the Anieri- u can legation guard at Peking has been a reinforced. If necessary, the allied t< one fortn of their competition is to pi build up their respective ports? c< Vienna, ressburg (now called Iiratl- t< slave) and Budapest, situated close to c< each other on a bend of the river. b! With the prospect of a connecting C canal system between the Danube and o the Rhine through Bavarian enter- y< prise, the Danube is coining to he re- ci garded as the greatest artery of trade in Ihirope of tomorrow, ard the ti British were aware of tills when they <' founded their river syndicate. si The tirst struggle between thq, three n J rshal Joffre and Daughters of the jw lighting his eighty-eight candles l 1 leet will land tfloops to keep communl I atlons open between Peking and th< i ea. ] lyf ICHAEL 'COLLINS, head of the j Irish Free State, recently accused ( TTI c?Ffir? rrntrarn m on t nf fa 111 n IT to "V V> IClV/l ^UTVtUIIIVUI. V* CJ ? I Ive up to the peace agreement. This ( !Ir James Craig indignantly denied In j I'ords that lend observers to believe ( . direct break has come. Sir James } aid that, notwithstanding the under- 1 aklngs, unued Incursions across the Jlster border continued and the borler outrages have had a deplorable ef- * ect. He declared Sinn Felners had ' ommltted outrages against the prop- ' rty of tJlster Catholics to intimidate ' hose who were anxious to work in * larmouy with the northern govern- 1 uent. 1 Fighting between the Free State 1 orces and the "rebels" reached the 1 roportlons of a real battle on Thurs- ( lay at Mulllrigor. The regulars cap- < ured the town. Dall Elreann met In 1 Dublin and henrd reports from the ( irovlslonal ministers, who severely cored the element fighting the pro- i Islonal government. De Vulera was t here, but had little to say. His fob r owers, it was said, smiled and buckled at the arraignment of the j rebels," who were accused of many j obberlei train wrecks and other c ?I T?lnU kletinno la. rimes. 111c xnsn vaiuuuv; uiouv|/o to- g ued u statement strongly Indorsing j he treaty with England, and unequlv- j tally condemning republican mllltar- r Bm. g r [XTABNED by Senator Watson that c ?V it would be futile to consider he house soldiers' bonus bill because ( he President would certainly veto It a -he had Just been talking with Mr. larding?the Republican members of r he senate finance committee last week t iegan consideration of a new bill c ormulated by Senator McCumber. t ts outstanding feature Is that It would t equlre an outlay next yeur estimated t $100,000,000, as compared with he Treasury department's estimate of \ 300,000,000 required by the house bill, tepresentatives of the American Lfe;ion were consulted, but seemed to 1 irefer the house measure. 1 i A X AFTERMATH of the West Vir- 1 glnla coal field war of 1931, the 1 rial of nine miners' union ofllciuls and [leathers on charges of treason, has pened in Charles Town, W. Vu. The uost prominent of the defendants are * 5. Frank Keeuey, president, and Frank ' looaey, secretary of district 17. For- j y-four others ure accused of treuson ml many others of murder and con- 1 piracy. Some of these have not been f nested and some have obtained hai ?e of venue. After motions to * uasli the indictments had been denied * he court ruled for separate trials und 1'llliam Blizzard, known us "general ? f the march against Logan," was se- 1 ected as the first defendant. ( I - . t 3 RESIDENT HARDING Is working j > out a plan for settling the coal trlke and preventing future strikes, ' nd which he hopes will serve to sta- ? illze the Industry. Details of the s cheine have not been given out, but 1 : is known that It does not Include s ederul supervision of the coal Indus- * ry, but provides for a standing com- * lission empowered to deal with wage I .sues und other disputes us they arise. I1 ^EDERAL aid for the upbuilding | a and development of the American s jerchunt marine is given approval by h lie American Farm Bureau federation, o Jilch has wired President Harding as a allows: r "While opposed to any subsidy on h rlnclple, we realize the necessity for , v eveloping the American merchant ma- ti Ine as naval auxiliary und us an o gent In the development of foreign n rade. We approve aid temporarily f< util our tlag can be established on g le high seas, but no longer. Subsidies, ke tariffs, should be flexible, und not ^ pntlnue after Industry becomes self- j( upportlng. If subsidy be supported n naval grounds It is essential that a lerchant ships be available and used tj >r training of naval reserves." Just now our merchant marine Is ngaged in a little rate war with the ^ umport A Holt line of Great Britain, ^ hlch slashed passenger rates to i - , , I tl OllUl America. ( llllll IIIUII iwi^ixn ui le shipping board immediately made c cut below the Lamport & Holt rare e ml told that Arm be was in the tight 0 i a finish. ? orts was to get the allies' Danube r( unmlssion. Bratislava won, but the >rm was fixed for five years, and the 0 pi jmnilssion will next go where tlu Iggest trallie is. Tills is spurring the zechs t<? increase the traffic capacity ai f Bratislava to 1,000,000 tons this 3i i-ar and ultimate plans call for a i pa city for 3,000,000 tons. a< A company has been organized to da* over the shipping under the zecli flag on the Danube, and Czecho- 81 ovukla means to keep the Danube e' iiuuilsslon at Bratislava. f i? BRIEF NEWS NOTES s w WHAT HAS OCCURhED DURING 01 m WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN- fl( ' TRY AND ABROAD ti EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE ol latlisrsd From All Parts Of Tht u Qlobe And Told In 8hort al ta Paragraphs b, Foreign? si A heavy earth shock, centering in pl roklo, occurred recently. Considerable c' iarnage was done to buildings In the ^ i(ty and their contents. a] Thlrtv.two lives were lost when the French steamer Deputy Albert Tail- g' ander, a vessel of 3,000 tons, bound a1 'or Rotterdam for Brest with a cargo Ja )f coal foundered off the northern g ;oast of Brittany during a violent gi itorm. The captain of the ship, the sole survivor, was picked up by the 3reek steamer Pelagia. Voluntary economic readjustment or q inancial intervention by the United q States,'' is, according to La Prensa, ^ :he basis of a report which has been g submitted to the Cuban government jy Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban d minister to ,the United States. A breach between the Dublin and Belfast governments, which Ulster poitical quarters declare may also en- t] :ail a rupture of the London agree- ^ ment, is indicated by a statement Is- ^ sued by the provisional government In Dublin announcing that it is unable to :o-operate with the Belfast govern- a nent in an inquiry into the Irish railCl arays. g Announcement by the British dele- t( ;ation that a meeting of the signa- d :ories of the Versailles treaty will be t| leld in Genoa within a fortnight to letermine upon action in the event of Jermany's falling to meet her repara- * dons obligation at the end of May was * ;he chief feature of conference actlviies. This call for a meeting of the lilies was Inspired by Premier Poln- c :are's Bar le Due address intimating q Jiat France was prepared to act alone j, f the allies failed to support her in 0 mforcing the treaty. Physicians have lost hope of former t] 'resident Paul Deschanel's recovery, -j he Paris Le Journal states. The for- jj ner president is suffering greatly. a Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Min- ^ ster Schanzer of Italy, M. Barthou of France, M. Jaspar of Belgium and Barin Hayashi of Japan met recently and let forth in writing the concessions a hey are ready to make to Russia. It s stated that it contains western Euope's final proposals to Soviet Rus;ia and explains exactly what Russia oust give to western Europe in ex- a hange for the concessions. Bitter exchanges between Arthur * Griffith, president of the dail eireann u md Eamon de Valera, republican lead- " ir, more intense than any heretofore, 0 narked the proceedings of the dail he other day in Dublin. Charges and E :ounter-charges of responsibility for d he present disorders characterized the C lebate. A s . o Washington? The case of W. 0. Watts, special E igent of the department of justice, n emoved from office by direction of S Utorney-General Daugherty "for dis- c oyalty to the department of Justice," vas laid before the house by Repre- e tentative Johnson, Republican, South Jakota. Summing up a three hours' attack is thp nonrlinc tariff hill in tha san- V ite, Senator Simmons, democrat, f< Morth Carolina, declared that it was \ lis "deliberate judgment that the e< neasure was "fraught with more dan- ji jer to the pople of the country and n he institutions under which they live si han any bill, which ever crossed the c< hreshold of this chamber." An appeal to the "conscience'' of the ci tupreme court is made in a brief filed c< iy Robert A. Wiidenmann, an unsuc- C :essful litigant. Assertong that the si leople are "entitled to be fully inform- w ;d as to what, if any, and the limita- n ions upon the delegated authority of heir legislative servants in proposing C tnd ratifying amendments to the con- N ititution," the brief respectfully points y< >ut to the court that, until it delivers iuch an opinion, "it will not fulfill R dther its funcions or its duty as a a< iody of Judicial servants of the peo- r< )le." ' R An advisory committee of twelve B o be appointed by the president to ui ssist the secretary of commerce in h< upervising radio communication has een recommended in the final report ai f the recent national radio conference T s submitted to Secretary Hoover. The of eport approved the allocation of wave H mgths to various classes of users, U] rhich was made in the tentative reive report of the conference and vari- m us detailed suggestions for improve- la ?I ?nl/\no nnmrntini/toHnn cot til leill UI W1IC1COO tUUIUlUUlvuvivu WW jrth in that document. Further sug- Ci estions will be heard. lu Scores of naval reserve aviators who I armed the backbone of the navy's air of arce since the war will be retained C. 1 the regular navy by congressional vi ction. newspaper men recently wired fii leir papers. August Probst, the Swiss waiter who P1 as charged that he was "kidnapped" w] ecause of his romantic interest in tie daughters of a wealthy member of te ie fashionable Rolling Rock Country an iub, near Pittsburgh, will be deport- of d from the United States under an tit rder issued by Assistant Secretary Sr ienning of the labor department. at Plans of the Seaboard Air Line rail>ad to obtain approximately $4,400,- th )0 for new equipment by the issue pa f equipment certificates has been ap- da roved. ro It is predicted that there will be Pa a old-fashioned tariff debate in the Ql mate in the very near future, and the ca lr is expected to fly in all directions, Or icording to some of the oldtimers. Cotton exports increased slightly tri uring March as compared with the in trae month last year, according to for- Pr [gn trade reports issued by the com- He lerce department. pr< Woodrow Wilson emerged from his >me for the first time since Armistice A ay to greet thousands of women * ho gathered there, on the afternoon April 28, to pay homage to the forer president. The ex-president was jggg ower in his felicitations and apprecla- S on of the women's work. ^ A report from leading lawyers of le country charging that the seizure f the United States of the republic I Haiti is in violation of our Constiition, our treaties and of internationlaw has been presented to Secreiry Hughes. It demand evacuation v American troops. The outlook for solution of Cuba's igar problem is more promising at resent than for many months past, ac>rding to a survey of the situation repared by the commer.te department. 'opes of the Cuban sugar trade for a advance in demand are based on le invisible trade shortage of refln3 sugars in this couatry estimated t 400,000 tons; the increasing popuition and consumption in the United tatos; the continued absorption of agar by world markets even during le height of Cuban production and le demand in Europe. The supreme court of the District of !olumbia has ruled that the estate of rover C. Bergdoll, slacker, valued at 750,000 mu3t be surrendered to the overnment if the -government proves lat Bergdoll has been convicted of esertion and Is now a fugitive from istice. The Supreme court has denied the pplication of Erwin R. Bergdoll, in le penitentiary at Leavenworth for illure to perform military service durlg the war, a writ of habeas corpus. Increased duties on drugs, dyos, inks nd paints proposed in the adminis ation tariff bill came under fire reently from senate Democrats in the eneral debate on the measure. Sena>r King charged that the increase on rug commodities would only enhance le already swollen fortunes of rich lanufacturers. )omestic? Postoffice authorities recently beeved they were in a position to re- ' V | over the greater part of the $2,500,00 loot taken by three armed bandits 1 their daring raid on a mail track n lower Broadway, New York Fire equipment answered a call to lie west end of the city of Knorville, 'enn., only to find that the flare which t the sky was apparently caused by n electrical display resembling the urora borealis. - / J Ben W. Hooper, member of the pubc group of the railroad labor board nd former governor of Tennessee, ras elected chairman of the board at tie annual meeting, succeeding Chairlan Barton. Dr. Enrigue Claya Herrera, newlyppointed minister to Washington for tie Colombian republic, arrived at Tew York on the Sixaola after a trip, p the coast during which a sneak hief kept him and other passengers n the ship in constant worry. The trial of Miss Sarah E. Knox, laltimore nurse charged with the mur- .* ' J er of Mrs. Margaret L. Eastlake at \ lonolian Meach, got under way at lontross, Va., after Judge Chinn had rdered all women spectators to leave tie court room . The action of Attorney-General f augherty is dismissing the govern- / lent's sut against the Postal Tele- J . raph-Cable company for $2,400,000, ' laimed as "excess earnings" during / ' tie period of wire control by the gov- - v r rnment, is regarded as a victory for ie telegraph company. The hand of the federal government t once more reaching out toward C. if. Morse in connection with his of msive operations during the war. lorse and several others were indict- , d in New York by federal grand irjr charged with conspiracy to use mils to defraud investors in selling ;opk of the United States Steamship M Dmpany. Tbp ancient law of the Hebrews was ailed into play in a Memphis, Tenn.,^KB^HH out recently when Judge Ben apell instructed a jury in a damage^RSH^HH ait to return a verdict in accordanc JHHHM ith Exodus XXI: 28 and 29. JudgeflV?B||ffiB tent for $150 was awarded. The brokerage firm of Strauss and ompany was suspended from the .^H9| ew York Stock Exchange for one While writing a letter to his son, obert Brauer, of Fort Worth, Texas, ^counting several deaths which have ^ jcently occurred in the family at ^ ichmond, Va., Col. Frederick Casper rauer, Confederate veteran, 82, died , nexpectedly of heart attack in the ame of his daughter. Frank F. Hill, Jr., son of a millionre banker, went to jail at Memphis, enn., for five minutes for violation an automobile parking ordinance, e was released when his father put ? a cash bond. Election of officers and announceent of winners in the debating, decmation and expression contest feared a recent session of the South irolina High School League, at Co mbla, S. C. Folks who reside in the neighborhood East Whitner street, Anderson, 8. , were going armed because of a cious squirrel, police were uuable to id and kill. Johnny Meyers, middleweight chainon, and Henie Engle, of Dubugue, restled to a draw at Chicago. ^ Wi^h two men of the second panel ntatively accepted by both sides, d two more, completing the paneal four, examined by the state, seloc> not a jury to try Governor Len nail of Illinois, made good progress Waukegan, 111. President Harding's adventuresome irt-mile voyage up the Ohio river to rticipate in the one hundreds birthy anniversary of General Grant, narwly escaped serious disaster when rt of the third deck of the Island teen crashed to the deck below rrying with it some 200 persons, ily thre persona were injured. Discovery of the body of Miss Gerlde Hanna, 25, on a narrow ledge the basement of the vacana United esbyterian parsonage, has shaken lopster, 111., to its foundations and ivided authorities with a mystery.