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NEW AUTOMOBILE! IN LARGEJjUMBER! SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY DE PARTMENT GIVES INTERESTING FIGURES. RiCHIiND COUNTY IN LEA! A Total of 3,233 Automobiles Wer Registered During the First Four Months of Year. , Columbia. A total of 3,233 new automobile were registered with the South Cart lina hignway department during th first tour months or l?Z2, januar; February, March and April accordin to figures announced by L. i Thoma8, secretary of the state higl way commission. This total include nothing but "brand new" automobile: During January, February an March 2,305 new autos were registe: ed and during April 923 new mt chines were licensed by the depar ment. This would tend to show, to small extent, that the state is nc broke. For April Anderson county regi: tered 39 new cars, Charleston 7i Greenville 79, Spartanburg 87, an Richland 145. For January, Februar and March, Anderson county regii tered 104, Charleston 254, Greenvill 292, Richland 370, Spartanburg 18 and Darlington 78, The~,e were th leading counties. Richland county. It will be seer blared the way for the first fou months in new cars. The 7 ula priced vehicles far outnumbered th higher priced cars,, or in other word tie "Tin Lizzies" outstripped ever other make and also was more nume out than the combined total of a other makes. For instance, in Ocone county about 26 cars were registere In Aprih and 24 were flivvers. Eastover Road Open to Traffic. Opening of the paved road fror Columbia to Eastover was celebrate with a barbecue at Eastover given b tae Foweil raving company, wuic concern built the highway. Severs 'hundred persons from Columbia an lower Richland were on hand to enjo an appetizing 'cue and hear severs Interesting talks on good roads. Tom B. Pearce. senator from Ricl land county, was master of ceremonie at the "after dinner" speaking. Thos heard were F. William Cappelmani .president of the Columbia chamber c commerce; Joseph D .Miot. who wa president of the chamber of commerc when the road bond issue was pushe to a succesful conclusion; Eddi Jenkilns, who spoke on behalf of th automotive association; W. A. Cob man. Democratic nominee for mayc of Columbia; A. F. Lever, president c the Carolinas Farm Loan bank; C. 1 Oraydon and C. N. Sapp, of the C< lumbia bar. The stretch of road which was opei ed is 22 miles in length and give Columbia direct touch on paved higl way with lower Richland. It Is on of the most important parts of th paving program now being execute* under the $2,000 000 bond issue. The next stretch likely to be com pleted is the Newberry road as far a Ballentine. It is 42 miles from Bal Jgntlne to Eastover, yet scon th whole distance can be made oi paving. Time Given For Income Tax. All persons, firms or corporation who have not as yet made their ii come tax returns to the state govern vr? ?>ni oml noiH tho * a v Hum U'ori lUQlit UUU U1U IUV VU-> UU\JI ?? W4 ' granted an extension of time unti May 15 to make their returns am pay their tax by the South Carolini tax commission. This action was taken by the tax commission, unde authority vested in it by the law, am because of the fact that a number o firms and individuals did not receaiv income tax blanks. In connection with the extenslor the tax commission issued a staff meat in which it declared that it wa the dirtv of all persons, firms or coi porations to make their return whether they received blanks or not Reports on Health. The citizens of Columbia enjoyei good health during the month o April insofar as contagious disease were concerned, according to report filed with Dr .Jean LaBorde, the cit; health officer. Cicken pox led in the number o cases among the contagious diseases the number reported for the montl being 18. One care of diphtheria wa reported during April; one case o measles, one of mumps, one case o typhiod and two cases of smallpoj Whooping cough cases numbered foui Teachers' Council Talks of Contract The advisability of a contract bind / Ing teachers for more than one yea was one of the subjects of discussioi by the teachers' council at its rneei ing. Xo definite action was take: on this matter but it was referred t the committees on standardizatio: and compensation the committees t look info the matter and report a the next meeting of the council. Other topics of discussion at thi Imt't'iiiiK wnc uit' iiiauci ui aiauuaiui zation of salaries on the basis of el ficiency of the teacher. District Nurses Resign. The state bureau of child hygiem at.(l public health nursing will losi tv.o df its district supervisors in th< near future. Miss Helen B. Fentoi resigning her position May 15 am Miss Malinda Murphy resigning her tb" frst of June. These district nursing supervisor: have been with this department fo several years and have made man; fiends in Columbia and tbpoughou the state who will regret to see then ^ leave. Miss Fenton goe9 to Milwau g koe to be with Iyer Ulster. ^ 1 To Open Clinic For Veto. ins. )i The United States government will establish in Columbia a cliuic for vetI erans according to advices received ^ 1 from Atlanta and also according to a ]; statement made by Sidney C. Groes, chel, supervisor of the federal board of vocational education. The clinic, which will be the only one in. this state, will employ a staff of 20 men, ten of whom will be full time physicians. The equipment will be complete for the treatment of medical and dental cases and there will j also be an x-ray equipment. The clinic 3' will be opened about July 1. According to the advices from Atlanta, Dr. Kobert Durham will be in [ charge of the clinic and Dr. C. T. e Brooks will be chief dental officer. All disabled veterans in the state who need treatment will pass through the clinic. The exact location of the clinic has not yet been definitely decided upon, it was said, but a location >8 is under consideration. > Mr. Groeschel said that at the prese ent time there were 700 veterans in Y the state taking vocational training; g there are 2,500 who are eligible for I training, he said, and between 50 and j. 60 salaried employes in the work in addition to the men employed on a 0 9 fee basis. d Training centers have been estabr. lished at North Augusta Pine Heights sanatorium, at Veterans' Bureau ho3t. pital No. 26 at Greenville and there a is now being established at Chick i Springs a school which will start on with a minimum cf 200 men early in j. May. 5 Mr. Groeschel said also that medid cal units have been established in the y cities of Greenville. Spartanburg, j. Chester, Sumter, Florence and Coe lumbia. 0 e Adult Pupils Close Contest. The adult school pupils closed their \ second state contest with a luncheon r j given by the illiteracy commission, r Dr.. Patterson Wardlaw, chairman of e the commission, presided and his wells | come was bo sincerely given that it y I came as a fitting climax to the delightr-! ful occasion and will doubtless serva 11 i as a real inspiration to the pupils. ? ! The roll was called by Miss Will Lou d Gray with the request that each teacher respond with an interesting statement about her school. Their reports ' J ? ? - ? Av/inllant nrAflr uciiiuiisuaiou mc caiciicu ?. num n which is now being done by the adult d schools. As each teacher reported, y '4e pupils showed their pride and aph preciation by cheering for the local il schools, for teachers and leaders, and d for the city of Columbia. Baldwin mill y gave a most entertaining little sketch, il "The Baldwin Special," written by the pupils. i- Eleven teachers respoonded to the 8 roll call, as follows: Miss Beatrice e Arnold. Baldwin Mill, Chester, 11 pui? pils; Miss Ruth Williams, Judson if Mill, Greenville, seven pupils; Miss s Madge Harris, Brandon Mill, Groene ville. eight pupils; Mrs. Beatrice d : Sloan, Clinton Mill, Clinton, four pue pils; Miss Verna Humphries, ClifN.n e land Converse Mills, four pupils; Miss 1 Eva Hite, Aragon Mill, Rolk Hill, >r | eight pupils; Miss Hite as supervisor if J of schools in Rock Hill also reported p. nine other pupils from Blue Buckle, y. Wymojo, Victoria and Carhartt schools; Miss Era Littlejohn, Arcade* i-1 Victoria Mills, Rock Hill, ten pupils; s j Mrs, J. C. Pow, North, two pupils; i. j Miss Lessie Tiller, Columbia, foreign e ! class, four pupils; Miss Mamie Oweus. e I Hercules school, Barnwell countv, two d pupils; Miss Annie Bell Pltthan, Gaffney Mills, Gaffney, two pupils, i. Where the teachers were not pros s ent some pupil responded to the roll I-1 call. e Manning school, Dillon county, req | ported two pupils; Cowards school, Florence county, one pupil; Maple school, Horry county, four pupils, Conway school, Horry county, two s pupils; Red BlufT school, Horry couna 1 ty. one pupil; Pacolet, Spartanburg i- j county, one pupil. In all 82 pupils s j were present with nine teachers. 1 | Alex Long, president of the Aragon i ! nnrt Rnldwtn mills, and one of the a strongest supporters of the night sj | schools in the state, was present and r j made a most appropriate talk. This d was followed by the awarding of the f prizes: J. C. Guilds of Columbia cole lege presented the books given to each I pupil who made the highest score in i, the various contests. Only pupils at> tending school from 36 to 100 days s could compete in section No. 1. L. M. Brown of Brandon Mill. Greens ville. wus awarded the declamation t. medal given by Miss Mattie Thomas. Governor Issues Papers. d Governor Cooper issued requisition >f papers upon the governor of Pennsyls vania for the return to this state of 6 Kenny Ukphry, alias Rufus Carter, >' | wanted on a charge of murder. Sheriff K. A. Roof of Lexington county is f named as the agent to go for Ukphry *. or Carter. h Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick of Geors gia sent requisition papers to Goverf nor Cooper for the return to Georgia if of Will Haily, wanted in Elbert coun:. ty on the charge of obtaining goods r. under false pretenses. 1. Sweat Quits Office. 1- Magistrate George W. Sweat o! r Lowndes and Blake townships of Coln let* n county, who was to appear bo t- ' fore the governor to show* cause why n he should not be suspended from ofo flee, hanaed in his resignation to the n governor and it was accepted, accord0 ; ing to information given out at the t governor's office. Mr. Sweat had ueen I charged with misconduct in office and s the governor was to hear the charges. I- Manor L. Rice, of Wiggins, was api pointed by the governor to succeed Mr. Sweat. Governor Names Detectives. e Governor Cooper appointed the fole lowing constables ard detectives for e the Atlantic Coast IJne railway: it | J. N. Walker, raptain of police. 1 Charleston; F. B. Clark, H. L. Nichols, s J. L. Beaudrot. Nathaniel Harrison, i Mike Sage. J. W. Mouzon and D. W. s Griffin, sergeants of police, Charlesr | ton; J. A. Por6ey. captain of police, y | Florence; F. M. Meggs. J. D. Brown, t J. A. Swearingen and L L. Brown, l sergeants of police, Florence; C. A. - Hargrove, sergeant of police. Sumteri mm ^ammssxMiKXK*mmmmwmh ?H"" nr"l <?r?j. | Ly 1?Scene in Fort Worm, Tex., uu u for Nebraska's new $5,000,000 capitol un struck by a terrific, tornado recently. NEWS REVIEW OF = CURRENT EVENTS : 0 err art sh< Conference of Genoa Is Nearly pr( Wrecked by Divergence Over Russia Plan. Po< wo siti FRANCE AND BELGIUM BALK ? < wa Soviet Delegates Don't Like the Terms, the Either?Bloody Battle Near Pe- rn king?Truce In Irish Fight- ^ dri Ing?Beveridge Beats New . . ? cla in Indiana Primaries. . ^ ten By EDWARD W. PICKARD t0 Developments of last week ai- i most if not quite put the Genoa gre conference on the rocks. More than Ge that, they brought Great Britain and evi France to the verge of a rupture. At Ru this writing the prospect Is dnrk, for exl all except the soviet Russians, who thu appear to have maneuvered themselves rig Into just the position they wanted. Vei Prodded by Tchitcherln and his col- jec leagues to give a quick answer to the Gei proposals of the Russians, the allies drew up terms which Lloyd George -p. declared embodied the maximum that J_J would be granted Russia and the mini- tr,fl mum that would be demauded from t() her. Summarized, these were: Eu Russia recognizes her prewar debt. C0E The war debt will be recognized, yec but reduced. to Russia must restore foreign property nat or Indemnify the owners for damage or dor confiscation. inn Russia will be expected to take such reg judicial und other measures as will at- tha tract foreigners to Russia for business tho purposes. si a, France had yielded to the British on gov the matter of absolute restoration of int< confiscated property, at the insistence ing of Lloyd George, but forced an amend- He ment forbidding property In Russia to sta be allocated to other persons than the former owners. To this Lloyd George appended this rider: "If exploitation of property can only j j be carried out by its incorporation Io[ in a general group, the preceding ur- frQ rangements will not apply." {)re France then signed, but Belgium me) absolutely refused to approve the proposltlon. Barthou hurried to Furls | and Premier Polncare told him some a t] things that had not cojne out at Genoa. tjie Thereupon the French cabinet agreed up unanimously to support Belgium and pav withdrew the assent to the proposals e]s't offered to Russia. This alone was S(K. enough to strain International relations, but the Paris press ndded to it by its explanation of the dispute over p* the property clause. It made the flat -L' charge that the Soviets were negotlat- Wti ing to transfer to English and Ger- in mans oil field property that belongs froi to Frenchmen and Belgians, and that the Lloyd George added the above men- tiee tioned rider to further that scheme, duj It did not seem probable, anyhow, fori that the Russians would accept the the terms offered them. They were espe- the cially displeased with the fact that pro recognition of the soviet government flgt was not included, and they did not seq like the article concerning foreign sufl property restoration. There were the other features that did not suit them, Wn and they got into communication with pen Moscow, with the Intimation that their Chi answer might not be reudy for some cry time. onl. eve Get THE second plenary session of the tint conference was held Wednesday "ftl ? ?wl ? Annn/IA ti'O a Ollhmlttuil f \ Til tlliu a iiurwivvj ? cj'wi i wuo ouiMuuicvt containing 10 articles In the nature of S recommendations without definite coin- Chi mltments. The main ones were: he lteturn of'stability of currency. n,1(^ A meeting In the near future of big ( 1,1 central banks. wei Ite-estnbllshment of the gold basis. ( lu Balancing budgets. Sir Lamington Worthlngton Evans, chairman of the finance committee, ad- A mitted that the proposals could not be ** carried out without the co-operation aloi of tlie United States. Tchitcberln de- unt clurod little could be accomplished by self the finance commission because the stej DECREASE IN LIVING COSTS n por Department of Labor Figures Show lb-1 Reduction in Prices Paid for bun Necessaries of Life. eon tor Washington.?The average cost ot' min living In the United States decreased l02i 1.2 por cent In the period from Do- 1' comber, 1021, to March, 1022, and 22.0 crei per cent from June, 1020, to last March, peri the bureau of labor announced.. The mot n M t :r, > MtttrmmausmmW4U ig iiutiu cua.icu uv uveiilow ut tilt; '11 der construction In Lincoln. 3?To' fjject of reparations was excluded, d then detailed a number of the prosals wtilch he said Russia would not :ept. It Is quite apparent that what the . let government wishes Is not a genii agreement with Europe, but sep ite treaties wltn the powers, such as i already has with Germany. It )bably could do this with Great [tain and Italy and the neutral nans, and probubly with some other ivers, and France and Belgium uld be left In an uncomfortable poion. And Russia will be able to on France the blame for the fall; of the Genoa conference. Soviet Russlu's defiant attitude tord the world was demonstrated In i May day doings at Moscow. Leon )tzky, minister of war, reviewed 1,000 most excellently equipped and lied soldiers, and In an uddress dered that Russia "will resist until last drop of blood is shed any atipts of the capitalistic governments enslave her." ''ranee consented to sign the nonagsslon pact proposed by Lloyd orge on three conditions: That ?ry European nation signed; that ssia agreed to recognize all her sting boundaries for ten years, and ,t France surrendered none of her hts to take action to enforce the "sallies treaty. The Russians reted the second of these and the rmans tne miru. kESPITE the hard working propagandists, the American admlnistlon shows no signs of willingness take part at present In all these ropean negotiations. Its position icernlng Russia was made clear by rretary of State Hughes In his reply u delegation of the Women's Interional League for Peace and Freen which asked him to advocate the nedlate recognition of the soviet Ime. Mr. Hughes told the women t recognition is In the control of se who dominate the affairs of Rus, and would be accorded only to a ernment competent to discharge its srnatlonal relations and demonstrate a disposition to discharge them, added that there are no legal obcles to trade with Russia. dIAT France fully expects Germany to default on the reparations is iented by a statement In Sketch of idon, which says It has learned m a reliable French source that paratlons are being made for im;liute mobilization of the 1918 class reserves, numbering about 150,000. Lloyd George gave up his plan for ueeting of the nations signatory to Versailles treaty in Genoa to tuke the matter of enforcing the German ments, but still hopes It may be held 'where. The French insist that no h meeting be held with after May 31. ITJRING most of last week the predicted battle between Gens, i Pei-Fu and Chang Tsao-Lin ruged the vicinity of Peking. Judging in the dispatches, Wu was having best of the conflict. The casuali were rather heavy. On Wednes' President Hsu made another eft to stop the hostilities, calling to attention of the rival commanders fact that the foreign diplomats had tested three times against the itlng and had warned of serious eonuences to China should foreigners 'er from the hostilities. Almost ail plans regarding China made at the shington conference have been susided because of the warfare. The ! nose press is almost a unit in deIng the fighting, asserting that it is y harmful to the country, whichr side wins. Early In the week leral Chnng Issued a statement t General Wu had been killed by lllery fire. This has not been conled. mi Ynt Sen. head of the South nn government at Canton., asserted had combined with General Chang I would soon start for northern na. Sun's own government was ikened by the defection of Gen. n Chiung-Min, who resigned the ernorshlp of Kwuntung. S FOIt the other current war, that between the Irish factions, it ran lg us merrily as a Donnybrook fair II midweek. Then I ?e Vulera hlm' asked the Dull Elreann to take ?s to stop it. Accordingly a truce if four cities cited, Atlanta, Ga., feted the largest decline since June, J, with 22.4 per cent, and Blrmingi since December, i'.L'l, with 4.5 per t. Atlanta's decline since the lutdate was 4.1 per cent, ami Birighnm's drop since the middle of il was 21.8 per cent, hiladelphia's cost of living delsed -1.2 per cent in the 21-month iod and 3.5 per cent in tli'e tlireejtli period, -while the statistics for Francisco and Oakland shewed de jiukjw m i mw'mK.vmvsxg&itmito rniity river, z?Architect's drawing wn of Clear Valley, Minn., after it was I 1 of four days was declared and a pear committee of Ave members of each fa? tlon was named. It Is hoped the o; posing sections of the Irish army wl be able to find a basis for unificatloi Before this the Free Staters hu stormed and captured Ormonds cai tie, the last stronghold of the lrregi Jars In Kilkenny; the police barrack In Mullingar, occupied by Irregular; had been blown up, and there were ni merous bloody encounters -elsewheri The situation on the Ulster border wu reported as again becoming serious. WHEN the fifth Pan-American coi ference is held next March 1 Santiago, Chile, It may become ur other conference on limitation of arn anient. Acting on Instruction froi his government, the Chilean ambai sador to Washington has suggested t the Pan-American union that the que! tion of reducing mllltnry expenses c the American republics be placed upo the agenda. IN THE United States the most Ii teresting event of the week was th aereat or senator Harry s. i\e\v ic renomlnatlon in the Indiana RepublU an primaries by former Senator Albet J. Beveridge. Since New was runnin on the record of the national admlnls tratlon his failure was looked on a something of a blow to that admlnli tratlon and the "regulars" In the set ate were frankly disappointed. Sent tor McCormlck, chairman of the Re publican senatorial committee, how ever, said the committee had taken h part in the contest and would suppor the nominee energetically. Mr. Be> eridge served twelve years In the ser ate and was a leader in the Progressiv party movement. He made his cair paign on such planks as demands fo the repeal of the Adamson law, repea or amendment of the Sherman law adoption of a sales tax and the promt tion of greater efficiency and wise economy in government. Samuel Ralston, former governor o Indiana, easily won the Democrat! nomination, and In him Beveridge wll find a strong contender for the senat seat. It may be that modification o the Volstead act will become a proml nent Issue of the campaign. SAMUEL GOMPERS was In the put He eye and the public ear to a cor shlerable extent last week. In a Ma; day manifesto the venerable head o the American Federation of Labo made a vigorous attack on Bolshevism declurlng that American recognition o the Russian Soviets would constitute i "needless and base betrayal of civilize tlon." He denounced the Bolshevis propaganda In this country and assert ed that he hud ample proof to substan tlate the charges that "Red" million have been sent to America for propa ganda purposes and that "W. Z. Fos ter, who had no money, went to Mos cow and came back and announce* that he was building a great secre machine to undermine the Amerlcai labor movement and turn It over to th< Red Internationale, owned by Lenin He began publication of un expenslv magazine and proclaimed 'a thousam secret agents In a thousand communi ties.'" A few days later Mr. Gompers wa one of the principal speakers at i mass meeting called by the New Yorl branch of the Association Against th? Prohibition Amendment, and in his ad dress snid that "labor must make thi tight now. and we will never stop fight ing until the rights of the people hnvi been restored to them." Continuing he said: "I and the federation I repre sent are In favor of beer and ligh wines and against any attempt to en force sumptuary laws alined at per sonal liberty. Temperance was thi rule of the great mass of organlzec labor, but the prohibitionists and th< so-called Anti-Saloon Leaguers hav< done n*ore to undermine the moralitj and temperance of the worklngmar than any other agency I know. I hav< traveled all over the United States be fore prohibition, including Its so-callec dry territories, and today as I pass through these sections I have founc more drunkenness than ever before." THE senate finnnce committee '.ins adopted McCumber's soldiers' bo nus plan, with the bank loan provision Smoot still clings to the 20-year en dowinent life insurance plan. respectively, in the two periods. In I'biladeipbia, the bureau sel forth, the uveruge of living costs it March was 68.2 per cent higher that in December, 1914, while Hi San Fran clsco and Oakland the level was 57.f higher than at the end of 1914. Marcl prices at Atlanta were calculated 134 per cent h ghe- than in December. 1917, and at Blrirliigham, 11 per cet.1 higher. I BRIEF NEWS NOTES ? wl WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING fd lo^ WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN- on TRY AND ABROAD I)a wl EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE re | Gathered From All Parte Of The ^ i . Jr Globe And Told In 8hort na Paragraphs ho Foreign? pe RoncJd True former major In the pu British aviation service, on trial for ce the killing of Gertrude Yates, was to found guilty recently of willful murder c0 and sentenced to his death. M Mount Etna has broken out again with eruptions of increased violence e(] and is emitting continuous roars ur which can be heard for several miles, ho Dense black smoke is filling the sky. The peace conference between the ca rival factions in Ireland met and de- th B cided upon a truce between the rival th army forces, lasting for several hours, he The conference was a mo3t friendly one, and the fact that it was prolonged is taken here to point to the fo arrangement of a plan for unity which (j.u the Dail Eireann can accept. "I c. Claiming to have discovered the s? y. existence of a highly developed es- in U pionage system organized by commun- to x ists in France for the benefit of the gj d Russion soviet government, the French Ce r\rv1 loo moHo tVirOA orrnata In eonnoo. ... *ll?uv bUl VO ai>C0iO IU VV74i UUV/' j. tion with the alleged plot and promis;g ed ntimerous others within a few days. tu s. There are many conflicting reports f0 l- about the battle raging in front of Pe- tr: e. king, but all seem to agree that so ce ia far the defenders of the ancient impe- pr rial city are holding their ground. It g? is charged that Japan is backing the in- th vaders. qr l There were clashes in Mexico City til n during the celebration of May day be- a tween alleged union laborers and mem- th bers of the Association of Young Catholic Men. in which one man was killed. _ o The fire department put out an ensuing L ( fire and scattered the crowd of angry ^ combatants. _ n The Allies propose to aid Russia financially to the extent of 20,000,000 pounds sterling (normally $100,000,- j0 i. 000), to be extended through the e agency of an International consortium, tJ( ,r it became known when the \llies' UI ?. statesman completed the preamule to t the reply which will be made to Rus- cj, g sia. j- The civil scrap in China goes merrily N( s on. Corporal Mason, an American r 3* marine from Colorado, was shot in the i- arm, but was not seriously wounded, jc i- when he ventured too near to the firing pr 5" line. There has so far been no decir' sive battle, but one is looked for In the ^ 0 near future. . t ? '* Washington? i. Intention of congressional leaders th r to delay passage of the annual army fi| and navy appropriation bills until the ht rt new pay schedules for the military y services recently wonted out Dy a joint ?<j r congressional commission, Is enacted tb into law, was made known. a f Two naval aviators, Lieutenant Har- in c old F. Seldon and Ensign Frank Miller, tw II fell to their death in the Potomac' at e river near Washington, when their as,f sembled "PT" flying boat collided with th I. another craft in midair. st Canada probably will be invited to th participate in the fifth Pan-American se conference which convenes in Santi- di i- ago, Chile, next March, it was learn- te i- ed on high authority. Initial steps m y already have been taken among mem- w: f bers of the Union of Twenty-One r American Republics toward sounding ch i, out the governments of.Canada and $7 f Great Britain to ascertain their views st a upon a proposal for Canada to take wi i- part in the conference and later be- ed t come a member of the union. tr By a vote of six to five the house ha i- rules committee decided to give privi3 leged status to the Johnson-Woodruff ui resolution calling for congressional in- co ' vestigation of charges of alleged lax- A. ^ ity in the prosecution of government so i claims arising out of war contracts ba t and settlement thereof. ti< 1 The senate in executive session re- ov 8 cently adopted a resolution authorizing Jo ' the president to revive between the to e United States and Austria and Hun- th d gary the former extradition treaty * with the Austrian Hungarian mon- ed ! archy. It also adopted a resolution F1 ? i nuthnHzfnc the rhief executive to re- ne a vive with Hungary an old copyright J protective treaty. tw b The Miller bill, designed to shut the toi - gates against import and export of all $8 s narcotics except crude opium and > cocoa leaves and providing for Crea- er b tion of a federal narcotics control cei board to administer the law as tight- ac * ened up, was passed unanimously by ke t the house and sent to the senate. ed Erection of the twelve soldier hos- 1 - ptals at a cost of $17,000,000 and with lai b a total capacity of 6,450 beds, is pro- Hi 1 vided for in a bill reported by the by b house appropriations committee. inc Inquiry into Henry Ford's proposal ] x for purchase and leave of government An j nitrate and power projects at Muscle fie [ Shoals, Ala., was completed by the An j senate agriculture committee in so far ut? ? as examination of W. B. Mayo and ' I J. W. Wortbington, the two designated of spokesmen for the Detroit manufac- a 1 turer is concerned. ist Amflnnon roailrAnHa aro arnrth 418. tor 900,000,000, live billion more than the anl ' price set upon them by railroad labor I> in recent rate hearings C. S. Duncan, kil [ expert economist, told the Senate In- by terstate Commerce Committee." the Idleness of many coal mines through- I out the United States owing to the off miners' strike caused a material in- un< ' crease in the number of idle freight cae 1 cars on April 23 over the number idle Mr i the week before, the Association of the Railway Executives announced. gre One year of idleness in the govern- of 1 ment's construction of a water power T 1 and nitrate project at Muscle Shoals, bef i Ala., will be broken within thirty me t days, it was predicted by Senator Nor- Col ris, Republican, of Nebraska, chair- ow: fini Senate finance ans were attacketf^^raMnBraH nator Fletcher, d?TmVB^|H6H| 10 asserted that the ^RSHb9X&| that the tariff commi^HnS?2|H| ved to take no' part in BsSWBHgH| the pending tariff bi^HflKH^BX rt in the framing of lile representatives of tBraHSflng Lerests were heard with<^R?^^HH American financial conce^EBB|Hn vision to provide longer ? for agriculture, EugeiHBHKH ., managing director of nee corporation, declared HhRHH use banking and curren<^EBnEH9 3, which is conducting nding agricultural relief An increase of $45,584,8<^HKBflB blic debt during April d by the terasury. On tal debt stood at $23,190,^^90999 mpared with $?3,144,6^H?m|^H arch 31. ffijflfffBHB Another comrade from F^RSHhH American's unknown h^KHBBOB igton national cemeter^HsufflgKB dy of Major General^Hg^Bra|9 ldrew, chief of staff n Expeditionary Force^OsBBO^Hgl e days of Its fighting, ^BBhHSh e receiving vault with fH^BE^Hfl mors. jwflMSIJigEH Charges that the RoessleflS^mHX lemical company ,of NeBHflHnX rmer German owned conHg|^9HS nconscionable profits" <^H0B9Nfl )rld war were made in thqHSHBffifl nator Smoot, republican, g a general cross fire -whether the company ven a tariff protection WKmMBH nt, ad valorem, on its Pr<HSR anide. |?fg9|fi?&Ei Investigation by the senaHHB^Si re committee of the prii^BftHH r development of the poi^BSGSH ate properties at Muscle ^HnSHE eded more expeditiously evious time. At the sug^BSfifB mator Norris, committee e path was cleared for^HgNHH| ieedy progress by the com^^^^HH the investigation is concHSHRjfl report on the oifers preHS9HB| e senate itself. SMMinpgi domestic? 1BBBH Portsmouth, Va., recently 25,000 fire?a mercantile EgHHffiB ent was totally destroyed. ^HQnH| Anthracite coal operators int sub-committee on wageflHa^nHj rns refused to subscribe toMAgflgj an offered by the miners^QHS )on federal officials to begi^^BHH ediate investigation or te Industry, from mine to c^HH| All available prohibition ew York state are being id sent to the Canadian borc^HgHR fort to suppress liquor sn^^^SH ihn S. Parsons, director of tb^HEB& obibltlon field forces, decIarHfi^BR Samuel Gompers, preside nt^figuj merican Federation of LaboKfl^Hg g t oa crowd in a meetin^EBMS r the New York branch of iHffi ation against the prohibltioi^Braj^H ent, declared that labor "mtflWBB e fight now and we will ;hting until the rights of th^E^HB iv been restored to them." SB A letter from former Presid^KH^S >n advising him not "to co^H^fl e contest in Missouri" by b^BKHB candidate for the DemocratflSSS ation for United States sena^ERHM sen received by John C. HigHKH torney at St. Louis. ^HbEH "No new sin has been InveiHnBB e past 4,000 years," Dr. R. C. ein of Dover, Del., decIared^H^H e Southern Christian converSHsl ssion at Suffolk, Va. MorB^EK tions now are challenging, heBBHS d, but* declared that those ^^RuB ent for "the good old days^HRH rong. ' BSEE Walter J. Pierce was arresteBjH|| targe of having in his posflj^H ,500 worth of the Liberty ISBfl olen in March, 1921, from i^^BS agon in Los Angeies. fierce 1 be got the bonds in a legflBRj ansaction and did not knowWfiH id been stolen. ffflHS District Judge Bozarth po-tBHH itil the opening of the June t^H^^H urt the arraignment of Gov.HHH Robertson and fourteen otheKgH ns indicted in connection with^Hffi nk failures in the couty. ThHRHj >n was taken after the cour^HH erruled a motion by attorneyHHR hn H. Rebold, one of the defen(H^8| disqualify Judge Bozarth in tBH e case. jaflH The Alabama supreme court fSmkS a new trial to F. Whit orence, convicted of murder inHBH ction with the slaying of his Robbers who wreckecf the saf^^^H o stores and the postoffice of S^HH a, S. C.. obtained $1,200, incli^HK 60 in gold. WaSi Directors of the Merchant and fHS 3 bank at Pine Bluff, Ark., ann^^H d that a shortage of $21,758 in^KNg counts of Willard .Jarman, a bHSB eper in the bank had been disrj^Bn Location of a million and a half? Hp ' cement manufacturing plant atHBI ckory powder plant was annoui^^H officials of the Nashville, T^HB lustrial organization. x v TT J SHI Lieutenant j. n. Lwuiuuo auu idrews, flying in an army airpl^R| w to San Deigo, Cal., from HBj tonia, Texas, in 12 hours, 20 >s, a distance of 1,800 miles. wse&E The Laymen's Missionary Moven^^H North America was organized ai^H| :wo-day conference of laymen, n^BH ers and missionary board sec^^H ies representing twenty-one Prot^HB t denominations. |9B eroy O'Kelley, a forest rangor, i^Rj led and his wife seriously inju^^| a bolt of lightning which tr^^B sir home near AshevilJe, N. C. t was indicated after a check H9 icial Cool' county figures and official* downstate figures of ro^^H it at the recent Illinois primary tl^H| s. .Winifred Mason Huck has w^H i republican nomination for cflB iseman-at-large to fill the vacanBB h,er father, William E. Mason. "Ije Bluefield (Va.) Daily Telegr^BM ;?n the printing of the New Te^KR n{t in serial form and will, flK o.ael H. I. Shott, the editor B| ae.r, continue the practice of Revelatioc^E^SHa