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** m. H lit % I ti l I : 9VBUB *"“? no mm ME WW= ; SHIM * “•= OEIIH OUEEIMES ALU, WmLUik t#rm lo*»a rovarinc op«ratloaa and dlaceuraffeinaot of urv- n»K-#aaary borrowlaft of all kind* will be tba foundation of the federal reaenre ayatera'a new policy dealgned to UeHate the natloanl flnancen. Amer ican bankers hare pledged themselves to cooperate with the reserve board In the effort to carry out the plan. Governor Harding, of the board, la of the opinion that liquidation of au- perduous loans will go far toward rectifying the present inflation. Ex pansion of banking credit due to war H i requirements, he told the banker del lionwide price cutting agitation that is ej;ates amounted to $11,000,000,000 steadily gaining ground, the principa wh jj e mo ney in circulation had in commodity markets q/ the county con- crease( i a b ou t $1,000,000,000 during tinned to “mark down” quoted values. Cotton, sugar and corn options broke violently here and in Chicago and ce reals and provisions, including pork, PRICK t OP PRACTICALLY PRINCIPAL COMMOOITIKK BEING -MARKED DOWN* PORK DECUNE SlfiKKNT Cotton, Sugar and Corn Options Broke Violently, as Did Ceroala on Now York and Chicaqo Market New York.—Influenced by the na- •UOOtSTION IS MAOS TO USK GULP AND SOUTH ATLANTIC' TERMINALS MORE PREELY SEVER SOUTHERN PORTS OPEN Seven Loaded Cars Moving North to One Being Sant South Which Adda to Jam North of Ohio River the war period. • The M alowlng down of industrial ef fort,” as indicated by decreased pro- »’l^‘ .aff.r^d "»h«rTp”r«*etlon. _ *9lcnlfl- j <1 « l ' on 1» Important ,i neB , represent. cane was attached to the drop In the'** lhe mo f* tm.atiefactory element in . , ___ the country s economical problem, pork prices as marking the first pro- _/ .. - . . . .... H Governor Harding said. The govern- nounced break in high priced roofl-| . , , . . _ meat s efforts, he explained, would be * . . . -la..—«•. toward a normal and healthy liqulda- The stock exchange showed im- JV.. 4 ,1^. pmeenient on a .harp recorery of ,n “ without curtailment o< ...ential Liberty bond, and Victory bond. “ d - , ,0 f * r ** f 0 **""* A larce part of llflutdarton In cotton * Uho °' 41,turb,B * ‘-«*mate com- and grains was attributed to the fur- nsrrce ther acaling down of cradlta by bank ing Institutions here and la otbar rw Oa»»eva la SeleeUd Aa Permanent •area canters, evidently la conformity A* -1 ^ ^e League af Natlona. with the raqmeat of the federal reserve — ■■■■ hoard Rome —The coo act) a# the league of la the local cottoa market May oatloae M a reeult of the Swlea ref eowtraru broke almost pofoU •reedvia derided to select Geneva aa - —' the seal of the loogwo aaoombly la- • *ed of hr .•••!• •hvrii w mli aa*e N SHno.eo TaeMrOne ood a Ms * rh< Louisville, Ky. — Headquarters in Louisville of railroads with Southern port connections have sent telegrams broadcast to connecting lines from Washington — A grave crtala. ~ln volvlng^bs industrial life of th# conn- try* kas resulted from failure of soft coal operators to obtain aa adequate car supply, the National Coal Associa tion declared tonight in a general sur vey based on reports from members In many sections. At the same time, the United Mine Workers of America, in a statement quoting John Moore, president of the Ohio miners, said that unless some thing was done immecfiately to relieve the car situation the public would find itself without coal next winter. Responsibility for present condi tions, Moore charged, "rests squarely on the railroads and their unjust and unfair discrimination in the distribu- ftEEiKS cum MAN WMO’KEPT UNITED STATES AND MEXICO IN CONSIETANT FEUD MEETS HIS END MOTHER! •OWorr Tip of Rf*" Child s Best Laxative CAUSE OF DEATH UNCERTAIN . i Pittsburg to San Francisco announc-; tion of coal cars.’ 7 ing free movement of freight in the South and suggesting the use of Gulf and South Atlantic terminals fur the movement of export business as one means of relieving freight congestion in the East. Middle lyest and West. The telegrams asserted that seven Southern ports—New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Brunswick, Savannah. Charleston and Norfolk—are open and that export business can be han dled If lines at Ohio river croeslngs. St. Louis er Memphis, could be reach ed. "As fnr as I know.** said R. L Me- Kelfar. foreign freight traffic manager. Southern Railroad, oae of the leaders In n movement rent rail ted here to ae- In relleetag freight coogeelioa. of eetag Southern porta for of export beMaeaa has net In the present crtala' r ae added, the lagVr of the ettaetlea ie with the Booth North to The coal association said persistent efforts of operators to obtain relief had been unavailing, that the short age of open top cars In the coal fields ran 60 to 65 per cent below normal, and that not since the days just pre ceding America’s entry In the war had the country been threatened with “sicli a paralysis 9f industries.** "The soft coal operators for weeks have urged the Interstate commerce commission, the commission on car service of the American Railroad as sociation. the railroad executives and rongrees to do what they can to give ike miaee sufficient cars." the associa tion statement said. Italian E* Feem*er is Reaoeeted By the Kmg to Vmrm New Ministry r NtttL wb some dare ago has * tat aa hr Kmf YVIac > • a aaw *• •• v One of Many Reports is That He Was Treacherously Slain by Former Fol lowers After His Surrender .4 " Washington.—Venust»ano Carranza has joined the long line of Latin- Amecican dictators who have denied their stormy carers in flight and death. ^fugittive in the mountains of r ihi5na, the old man who kept the United States and Mexico in a broil for the last five years, was killed by some of- the troops which had protect ed him as a loyal bodyguard in his flight from the Mexican capital. Whether he fell fighting, or a victim- of the celebrated "ley fuega." which made dead men of Madero and Suarez, or actually was murdered in a coup d’etat, is obscured in such fragmen tary information as has come out of the tropical fastness of Tlaxoaltonga. Early dispatches from Meleo City said the former president bad been killed In an attack led by General Her rera. who bed gone with Carransa Is flight, bet later deserted to the revo lutionists Th# naneencement. made at headgnerters of Oee«ml Obregoo of the revolutionary mAvemenL the impceeetoa that ^Vronaa had died In battle Rat later advices recalved In B tiargvd that Cares m Accept “California’’ Syrnp of 1'iS* only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child Is having the best and most harm- less physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love Its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle. You must say “California.”—Adv. Was Keeping 'Em Secret “Have you any secrets in your past?" she asked. "None to speak of.” he replied. ASPIRIN INTRODUCED BY “BAYER” IN 1900 Look for name “Baytr* on the tablets, then you need never worry. If yon want the true, world-fam 'ns Aspirin •• prescribed by physician* for ever eighteen year*, you muvt a* far "Bayer Tablets of Avpirln Th* “Beyer Crow" Is stamped ee •aeh tablet sod eppeeru am each pe-1 •ge for year prafeetlan ngniiwt imi In vac* parksge af -Bayee Teh’** of Aeptria- afe mfm and pe«T*e dir**- f>Mdn Heads * Rararh* Rhenmatftam. NvMtia and for rata In k. € Wsshiagtae -Tbv we»e af price rw <ftKtk»a ta •sg eppu'vi as ten bee ■ pr««d to ever* taipartant etty Is due largely to pub t< vitbdruael from the merkvt ecd to ihv loveetigstlon coa ducted by th* d«pertanat of jutticn. to ihr opinion of Asslsieot Attorney Oenerui Gervan Produce Trucker Dumps Hi§ Load of Snap Btana Into Mobila Bay Mobile.—With loss pomp and less ceremony and lest of the Indian dls guise, the Boston tea party was par alleled hern when an eastern short produce truckrr, duinped his cargo of snap beans into Mobjle bay rather than sell them to local produce deal ers at 60c a bushel. Direct Lost to Leber Beceueo of F*hr. •trines ghew u# ae 1725.000.000 ■- ■ - Miner# Bent on BoaroKing Train# New Tork — An !■< emplote Hat of dt- far Feasible Strike Breakers reel lots#* due to stnket In ISIS. places the root te labor In wages at Roanoke. Va.—A band of 300 minora nearly $726.000 000 and to Industry at kas formed la Matewan. West Vlr- more than one aid one-quarttr billion gmia, bent ou searching all trains en dollars. Francis H Sisson, vice pres- tsrlng tbs town fsr Baldwln-Felts rntn. idem of the Guaranty Trust Company. of Nsw York, told the silver Jubilee Chinese Cabinet Will Not Open convention of the National Associn- Direct Negotiations With Japan tion of Manufacturers here. • He urged the conservation of our 1 London.—The Chinese cabinet has natural resources as a means of main- decided to decline to enter into direct taining our economic position in the negetiatione with Japan regarding a world. settlement of the Shantung qeestlon Fifteen Hundred Former Carranxa - Most Comprehensive Statement of Officers and Men Are Released Losses of France During the War Meat Faekere Protest te Congress Age met Chargee of Profiteering Washington — Protests against chargee of profiteering being lodged against the moat parking Industry were presented to Vice-President ; Marshall and Speaker Glllett by <0 firms styling themselves the “Inde pendents.” The signers of the protest offered to prove to congress and the public that the average profits are less than two cents on the dollar and that packers* profits represent less than five cent -an average family. Vice President Prescribes Equal and Eixact Justice Unto All Men. Laredo. Tex.—Fifteen hundred for- ' Paris.—What is perhaps the first ir.er Carranza officers and men have'concise and comprehensive statement been released from military prison of France’s war losses has just been and sent to their homes. made by Captain Andre Tardieu, for- ! General Mandez, commander of the mer French high commissioner in the prison, addrr-ssrd the prisoners, asking United States. In describing what he them to devote themselves to the pa- calls the "balance sheet” of France, trlotlc work of helping to restore the Captain Tardieu states 8.000,600 men country to peace and prosperity. The were mobilised . 6f whom 1.400.000 revolutioDorSe ;. he said, were not dis- were killed, 800.000 maimed and 3.000.-1 posed to n-p ira.s cr revenge and had 000 wounded. France thus lost 67 per "forgotten all c!d rancor" cent of her men under 42 years of nge. Pesos Hsailntfin Advgted by the American BuffragetiM House e*d S«*»t te the PreeAgewt Iwterwettewel Had French Revolutionary Strike Won, Soviet Rule Was to Follow Indianaolls. Ind.—^“Equa! and exact I justice to all men’’ as a remedy for unrest was prescribed by Vice resi dent Marshall in his keynote address before the state democratic conven tion. He also urged jail sentences for profiteers. ‘*1 hold that the democratic doctrine k of equal and exact justice to all men and of special privileges to none will meet all the angry and irreeonciled views of today.” said Mr. Marshall. Paris.—Soviet rule in France was to have been established if the rev olutionary strikes inaugurated May 1 had succeeded, according to the French police, who said they had ob _ tained complete evidence. The police declared the. bulk of this evidence was‘found, among the papers seized ut the residence of Boris Sou- varine, a socialist editor who was ar rested on the charge of having plot ted against the safety of the’state. Washington — Anthracite operators and miners were warned by Predident Wilson that there most be ae strike la the anthracite coal fields during this critical period in the readjust moot of the country. Writing te the members of tbe Joint scale committee which has been con ducting negotiations for two months the president smd that if they should be unable to rtach an agreement he would Insist that the questions in dis pute be submitted to the determlna | tion of a commission to be appointed by him .and that work be continued in the mines pending the decision. HONE CANNED |«B>7*rtWBki»c tit.•§ an* ■»»***. cn •iag Tmit an* Vrf«-uble* tor anrkat nnito fcar* en* banc mac mtb a "FAVORnr* ROMS CAMVfBR Colby Decides That Committee Can Act on Pending Irish Resolutions Made better, tut lane or. no wane, ftrea brat Rwha. o»-» Era* fuel, any to operate. Frlcea, $2.30 an* af Wr Rum ,h cans an* labels. Write ter F*rF BOOKLET The Carolina Metal Pest Of f Icai Vex 19 Co., N. C Washington.—Secretary Colby wtote Chairman Porter, of tke house foreigi affairs committee, that there "were no facts” in connection with foreign relations which should deter the com mittee from action on pending resolu tions dealing with Irish freedom "which is dictated by good judgment.” and the committee felt "conscien tiously impelled to tak?.” The committee took no action on the resolutions before It. 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