Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, May 11, 1922, Image 3
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.
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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
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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 :
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Conference of Genoa Is Nearly pr(
Wrecked by Divergence Over
Russia Plan. Po<
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FRANCE AND BELGIUM BALK ?
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Soviet Delegates Don't Like the Terms, the
Either?Bloody Battle Near Pe- rn
king?Truce In Irish Fight- ^
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Ing?Beveridge Beats New
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in Indiana Primaries. . ^
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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 ?
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WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING fd
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WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN- on
TRY AND ABROAD I)a
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EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
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| Gathered From All Parte Of The ^
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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
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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