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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-
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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
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Pittsburg to San Francisco announc-; tion of coal cars.’
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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