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V ■. f; vWr V f t. \ - THE PEOPLE, 3AEHWELL, 8. 0. BLAMES SPINSTERS MAN OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS DECLINES TO PAY THREE- DOLLAR BACHELOR TAX. CUSS LEGISLATION LAW H* Refuted Either to Get Married, or Pay a Tax for the Purpose of Escaping a Term in Jail. Great Falls, Mont.—Declarlna that “spinsters are responsible for my not being married in their refusal of mjr %-^ii Tsit mm lii + ] NO AMNESTY FOR MEXICAN REBELS RECENT OBREGON ORDER WlLL EFFECT ALL OFFICERS ABOVE THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY Serious Danger From the Murguia Re volt, it Is Said, Has Been Averted by Federal Troop Operations. Mexico City.—Rebel chiefs will in future receive no promise of amnesty from the Mexican government. Per sonal orders were sent to military commanders in all districts by Presi dent Obregon that all rebels holding f » v ADMIRAL . ER. STITT. Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt, na- .w . .. . V * 1 '"•dlcal director, has been appoint- wooing In the pn.t. William Aulnger, >d tu ,, of the ^ H< 35. » member ot the board of director.: h ., trop|(! „ ;, rlc> "he a»»e»»or ST'choute.it "rounTy th.t the 0rl * nt ‘ r ‘ d Siuth *' n,rk *' He '•[ranks higher than captain must sur- he WIU refuse to pay poll lax of three. " 0 '' d ** * l “ !,ur ' r tn ’ ,lc ‘ l ! ra " ,ler "Ocondltlonanljr Thl. order dollar, levied by the la.t legislature! medlc '"'*- , ( rema “• “ »' IDdlr8ct o'"™ “r apon hachelnre. I Krancl.co Murgut. through various Tax the spinaters of the same age UIWC 1 PDCIT MODI FFfFPJ promised executive leniency ami I will gladly but otherwise llfllt « OnWI ITIUnflL UlXUl | , n . l(Jmlnj8tratton circle8 here, the it Is class legislation and 1 stand upon j . i President’s order is taken as evidence my rights,” he declared. Furthermore j . - ^ ' thit General Obregon feels he is IretusetoKet raarrledtoesba^ejall Hun Proposals, if Made In Good Faith,, Htrong eqy^h to cope with the threat- Should Have Been Addressed to ening situations without temporizing m m m M WmSF\ m •t*«eS I) GOV. L. J. FRAZIER. Political factions opposed to the Non-Partisan Leagua in North Da kota have ordered that a recall elec tion be held on or before November 8. The election is directed against Gov ernor Frazier, the attorney general and others. BEING E! Name “Bayer” on Genuine r ■ , REPRESENTATIVE FINANCIERS -* AND EXPORTERS MEET TO “j" . _ . DISCUSS SITUATION. r ‘ . CREDIT ON BONA FIDE SALES LETTER READ FROM HARDING and I refuse to pay a bachelor escape jail.” To Lay Case Before Harding. Washington.—-Falling to reach an agreement with the shipping board and American steamship owners on Reparations Commission. or giving concessions. There have been persistent rumors that Mexicans ParlSs — Fremief Brland, to press now ln the .United States were plan- correspondents here, spoke of the ^^* bespeaking^ contlnuance of prospective bc<:upation of the indus- Davis Said That Our Foreign Policy Can Be Based^Only Upon the Exactness of Information. New York.—A letter from President trial region of Germany as a foregone a basis for re-adjustlng wages and j conclusion and declared that the op- conditions In conference here, repre- eratlon would have imb. only a great sentatives of the unions announced moral effect.upon German^shut would they would lay their case before give material results. President Harding. Refe they hrve caused the President little m ^ .... . . . . . . r- v, /m tlle lofty motives that inspired Ameyi- apparent alarm. When Pablo Gon- , . , . j . . , can newspapers during the war was ..I.. wa. reported to have croa.ed read at th() annual lunch(jon the mter-natlonal boundary at the Assoclaled Pre , 8 at , he Waldor( . As . toria. Managing Director of War Finance Corporation Promises the Co-op- eration of His Qepartment. Atlanta.fc-The movement . to expe dite the of American cotton took a long step forward in. the opin ion of more than one hundred repre sentative exporters and financiers who discussed the situation with .govern ment officials and were promised as great co-operation as possible by Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing dorec- tor of the war finance corporation at Washington. For one thing," Mr. Meyer prom ised to recommend to the corporation that credits be extended on bona tide sales of cotton at interior points for export, instead of while it is at ports as at present. W. L. Clayton, a cot ton exporter of Houston, Texas, in making a plea for such action, de clared it would “render invaluable aid to Exporters.” Warning! Unless you see the nafloe “Bayer” on package or oiMabiets y° n are not getting genuine Aspirin pre scribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for Colds, Headache, Neural gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As pirin cost fefr cents. Druggists - also sell larger packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of Salicycacld.— Adv, Find an Ancient Temple. Greek archaeologists have mi- earthed an imposing temple at Ker- ras, Thessaly. The structure is in an excellent st-ate of preservation and is stated—to l»e'as large as the temple 6f JUpit'er at Olympia. The^ironze inscriptions establish the “ date at 4(H> B. C. Numerous, tablets Receivership for Germany, r Berlin.— An International receiver ship for Germany to control repara tions will be suggested to the allies if an important group of bankers and manufacturera represented in the Federal Industrial Council can break down the opposition of what Is known as the Stlnnes group. the proposals addressed to ton, he said: if Germany wanted to show good head of a considerable force, the n«? ! President expressed small concern, -tv* , v “R lo . . . , V The guest-of-honor at the luncheon, WnsHimr- 1 declaring it was a mere escape valve ’ wasntng- , „ * .which was held in connection with 'for malcontents.’ Operations by Federal troops have the annual meeting, was John W. Da vis, formerly ambassador to Great faith in executing the treaty of Ver- av «KPd any, serious danger from the B r i ta j I1( who ma( j e ^is fl r9 t sallies, she had only to address her proposals to the reparations commis sion, as has been done in other cases. "The fact that she applied to an Murguhkrevolt, it is said in a war of- ce statement. appear ance before the members as general ctmiisel for th^ Associated Press. Remarking that editorial comment was secondary to the news column In Bank Rafe it Reduced. intermediary is suspicions in Itself, London.—Announcement was made! i n fl Uence up0 Q publ j c opinion, he con- all the more so, on account of the fact by the Bank of England Ujat the bank g ratu j ate< j t j, e Associated Press "he- 1-2 per cause, by the general verdict of man- that she walled -until the eve of tile irate had been reduced to'' Regular Quarterly Dividend. New York.—Directors of the Beth lehem Steel Corporation declared the regular quarterly dividend on both classes of preferred and common stock. cent. For the past 12 monthsHt has day of reckoning to apply_to the Unit ed States In. the.-hope that the Amer- remained at 7 per cent, lean government would Intervene and that an Interminable discussion would follow, during which French public opinion would be unnerved and Ger- All-Woman City Council. Thayer. Kan. — The feminine gov ernment of this town, swept into pow- man propaganda would work, on I er at the recent municipal election.| i )eeome t h e foreign opinion with a view to di- promises Thayer a “business-like, () ur national lifeNhe said it could be kind, it has performed its duty with out bias, without prejudice and wlth- ut partisanship and in an earnest PUfajiit of the truth where it might be Foreseeing that foreign policy must at important factor ia Senate Passes Peace Pact. Washington.—The administration’s first step toward placing the United States on*a technical legal basis of peace in adopting the Knox peace res olution. The -vote for adoption of the reso lution was 49 to 23. . Three democrats voted for the res olution and, although no republicans voted against it. Senatpr Nelson of Minnesota, was paired againsT iCfThe" democrats voting for it were: Sena tors Myers. Montana: Shields, Ten nessee, and Watson. Georgia. also have been found bearing indica tions of laws of ancient civilization. This is the second temple which lias been discovered within a month, the first having been foiled near the city of Volv. The wyrk is continuing. Some women work for their hus bands, while some others work them. Nsw Trial Denied to Townley. St. Paul, Minn.—The state supreme court denied a new trial to A. C. Townley. president of the National Non-Partisan League, and Joseph Gil bert, former organization manager of the league, convicted on a charge of conspiracy to teach sedition. forward-looking administration. based only upon irmation trans mitted with exactness. - «* - ¥ Villa Now a Freeholder. Mexico City.—Francisco Villa, for mer rebel chieftain, holds absolute title to his ranch in the state of-fiurango. Final payment of 500,000 pesos to the former owners of the ranch was op dered by President Obregon. viding the allies and estranging sym pathies. Requisition Papers Turned Down. Four Irishmen Executed. Sacremento, Calif.—Governor Ste- Cork.—Four men convicted of mak-1 phens of California, denied the re- ing war against 'the British crown; quest of the state of North Carolina forces were executed at the military | for the extradition of Mrs. Marian A, barracks here. ' Barrett, and Ashfleld Stow, her at- r- jtorney, charged with having kidnap- come here In the next few days from Will Return to States. „! ped Mrs. Barrett’s son, William H. Savannah to lift a cargo of U.0W Warsaw. — Members of the famous Barrett, from Asheville, N. Q., last bales of cotton and 500 tone of cotton Coming for Cotton Cargi Charleston.—The steamship Pinel las was turned over to the Carolim company by the shipping board for operation and management and will Kosciuszko squadron! which was re-jFebruary cruited In America for service In Po land against the Russian bolshevikl, Intend to return to the United States seed meal to be taken to Liverpool, the ship being due to sail May 14. This will be the largest cargo of Alaska Has Plsnty of Pulp Wood. Washington. — There is sufficient pulp wood In Alaska to furnish per petually one-third of the print-paper consumption of the United States, Colonel Greely, chief forester, who re cently made a survey, announced.- Sailing Datss Are Advanced. Baltimore.—Sailing dates advanced Relief for Storm Sufferers. Washington.—A resolution authoriz-1 cotton loaded here this season Immediately after being demobilized. ; ing an appropriation of 150,000 for , relief of storm sufferers in Arkansas Fulmer Denied • Hearing. $40,000 Worth of Liquor. and nearby states was introduced by Washington. — Representative Ful Miami, Fla — Federal prohibition. Representative Parks, democrat, Ar- me r of South Carolina had no oppor officers seized 200 cases of high-grade kansas. J^he. money would be used tunlty to tell the house and the na- lYquors In the vault in a private for the purchase of cotton and other • tion just what he thought tof the apartrabnt of Miami Bearti aquarium crop seed. ' periling naval appropriations bill. No arrests were made. The intoxl- . — Benson Orders Wages Reduced. WaBhlngton.-*-Just one concrete re sult came out of a series of confer ences here looking to a settlement of can ship owners, the shipping board and the marine workers There was the wage dispute between the Ameri- an order by, Chairman Benson to all operators, of government merchant craft to reduce wages 15 per cent. • " Mexico Faces Three Problems. El Paso. Texas.— Mexico is con- Lted with three big problems in an effort to obtain recognition and peace at home. . The first of theee is the education of the masses, the second is a middle class, the third la better means of communication.. U) D GENUINE 'BULL'' DURHAM tobacco makes 50 cigarettes for 10c Z * 1 f cants were valued at $40,000.' Lieutenant Ward Dies. a new federal, department of public Hampton. Va.—-Lieut. Thomas H. welfare, though still in a formative Ward, post adjutant of Langley Field, stage, have aroused enough opposi- — j ' Though denied such opportunity, he President has Hands Full.^ | voted against the bill and secured per- Washington.—Plans’for creation; of mission to express his sentiments in the Congressional Record. Villa Gets Final Payment. Mexico City.—The secretary ,of the treasury has just paid Francisco Villa, the former bandit chief. 317,016 pesda., as the final installment due according to the terms of the peace convention signed by Villa with the government. Sugar Lowest Since 1917. on outgplng steamships, urgent hasto who was severely Injured when a De- tion to. indicate that President-Hard-, New York. Sugar prices reached In loading cargoes and unusual ef- Haviland machine, in which he was ing will have-much work to do before forts are being made to sign up crews. riding, crashed to oarth, died at the whipping the project into shape. In advance of the threatened strike of p 0 8t hospital without having regained r ? .. .--t*.. • •. i>. ! ■ ■ marine workers. ■ consciousness. Reducing Overhead Expenses. I. W. W. Leader* Jump Bond. Chicago.—The real leaders in the conscWusness. the lowest level since 1917 when an other decline of one-quarter of a rent in the price of refined sugar was an nounced by two New 'York refiners, i Washington. In an effort to lower The rductlon brings the cost to the prices American busines men are mak- basis of 6 3-4 cents for fine granu- To Make Momentous Decision. Washington.—The National Assera- ! bly of Costa Rica will convene to de- I t ide whether the country shall con tinue as, an independent nation or re linquish _its sovereignty and become a state within the already created Federation of Central America. WANTED—All Ford Car Owners to write for literature explaining the BHOZ-U Oil Gauge. Shows • accurate amount, v of oil In engine without leaving driving seat. Price $2.50, postage prepaid. Agents wantHl Todd & Paterson. Bales Agents, 80 WesN^th St., Charlotte. N. C. Worn Cause Widespread Discontent. Washington.—Modification of Fed- ing a determined attempt to reduce lated sugar. group of I. W. W. convicted for anti- era ] grades on spring wheat was asked their overhead expenses, it was indi- government war-time conspiracies 0 f Secretary Wallace by represents- rated hy a survey completed 'by the Huns May Force Our Hand, have jumped their bonds. tives of Minnesota. North and South United States chamber of commerce, j Washington.—America’s hand may ' Dakota on the ground that they are be forced by Germany in the contro- Ten NA/orkers Killed. too technical to he applied by . the Night Riders Plead Guilty. versy over reparations. lA’hile the Pamplona. Spain — Ten workers coun t r y buyers and are causing “wide- Jonesboro, Ark.— Twenty-three* men UnUed States is reluctant to partici- were killed and a dozen others badly spread discontent” among the farm- under indictments on charges growing pate directly' in the settlement of the burned through an accidental explo- erH . ~ out of night, riding here last fall, reparation question, word has reach- aton in the cartridge factory of Juan , pleaded guilty .and were sentenced e d the government here that the Ger- Martulez Goni, in outskirts of town. Navy Bill Sent to Senate.. to prison terms ranging, from two mans are planning a. prohibitive tariff town j Washington — After defeating all month* to a year. ‘ 0 n American pork products. [amendments designed to register sen-: : Short Skirt Penalty. 1 tfYnent towards 'disarmament, the Decline In Wholesale Prices. ^ Protect Holy Sepulchre. London.—It has been ruled in Eng- bouse passed the afifaual naval appro- Washington.—A decline of -3 per London.—Provision for the protec- land that a woman eftn’t get com- priation bill, carrying $396.000.0(k>. of cent in wholesale prices during March tion of the Holy Sepulchre against pensation for a dog bite if she hap- which $90,000,000 is for continuing con- was announced hy the federal board fire has been made by Sir Herbert pens to be wearing a short skirt at struction of vessels. The hill now on the basis of index numbers compil- Samuel, high commissioner for. Pales' the time 5,000,000 Yet to be Saved. New York. — Five million of the goes to the senate. Will Not Reduce Rate*. Washington.—The interstate corn ed for tire purpose of comparison. Young Woman Gets Seven Years. ^ Spartanburg, S. C.—Frances Sch- tine, says the Palestine Weekly. Noted Ball Player"'Arrested. San Jose, Cal.—Hal Chase, noted starving in China “still remain to be merce commission refused to order* martz, young white woman,-was con-..former major league ball players, was saved," according to a cable just re- reduction in railroad rates from victed in the court of sessions here on arrested by local officers on a wgi- ceived from the President of China points of origin east of tke Rocky the .charge of being accessory to high- ran t which had been issued in con- by Alfred S. Sze. newly appointed mountains to points in intermountain minister to the United States. territory. District Attorneys for Vi^-gin'a. Labor Board is Growing. Washington. — President Harding Chicago—The arrival of two of nominated Thomas J. Muncey, of Vir- president Harding’s' new appointees way robbery and given a sentence bf nection with recent inquiries into tne seven years Imprisonment. baseball scandal charge. i- Case of Canada Cited. Meteohlc Shower Expected. _ Washington,—The exafiiplii of Can-. Berkeley, Calif.—A meteoric shower ada and the United States dwelling m ay take place about June 27 if Ahe £inia, to be 1 United States attorney, to the railroad labor board will In alongside one another without fortlfl- Pons-Wlnnecke periodic* comet at for the western district of JVjjginiar crease that body to sqyen when the cation for 100 y^ars was pointed to as present approaching the earth has and D. Lawrence Groner, of. Virginia, wage reduction hearing, involving . one other nations might emulate by meteoric material in its wake, it was eastern district of Virginia. [nearly 108 railroads/reconvenes. j President Harding. 8a i(j. She’s a Real D. A. R. Eastford, Conn;—Mrs. Sarah Bos- worth Bradway. a real daughter of the American Revolution, will ob serve her one hundred and third birth day anniversary at her home here. , v r ; Unidentified Liberty Bonds. Memphis, Tenn—Attorneys for the; state still had before them the task of Identifying liberty bonds marketed In Memphis as among those stolen In the holdup of a messenger of the Brooklyn brokerage firm 6f Kean, Taylor A Co. last November. j To Legalize Sale of Liquor. Washington.—Sale of liquor on pas senger steamships of American and foreign registry beyond the three mile limit, would be authorized under a bill introduced by ' Representative Ed munds. • - Walsh is Severe Critic. Washington.—Treatment of former soldiers in the matters of^lbospital cars, compensation^ vocational train ing and insurance wal criticised se verely by Senator Walsh, Massachu setts. Railroad Reduces Dividend. The Horror of thfr Rope. Philadelphia, — The Pennsylvania Washington — The" horror oft the. , -railroad company reduced its quarter- r0 p e shall no longer, be perpetrated ly dividend to 1 per cent. }*, the District of Columbia if Senator j The decrease is a quarterly reduc- Bi a i has his way. He has again in- tion of one-half of one per cent. » ^jtroduced a bill substituting electrocu- **— : tion for ‘hanging. - Continue to Probe Peonage. —--e Atlanta. Ga —Federal agents coiF 1 Good Presents Budget Bill. V> tlnued Uveir inquiry into reports that Washington—The national budget negroes had been held in peonage bill, with the same provision which and that at least three had been killed caused its veto by President Wilfi' - on a south Georgia plantation, but no was reported to the house by Ch;. reporta on the situation have beer mall Good, Q f the special budget e;;; ,made public here. mittM % Double-Header Freight Wreck. Crtlumhus, Miss.— Four men. em ployed on the Columbus A Greenville railroad are dead and several others are Injured as the result of tho wreck of a double-header freight train 15 miles west of Columbus. Indicted on Four+een Counts. • Macon, Ga'—R. F. Willingham, foe* mer president of the Shippers Com press company and the Willingham warehouse, was indicted on 14 counts of larceny after trust here by the Bibb county grand jury. The charges in volved approximately $240,000. Made Yo Bright eyes, a dear skin and a body full of youth and health may be yours if you will keep your system in order by regularly taking COLD MEDAL The world’s standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric add troubles, the enemies of life and looks. In use since 1696. All druggists, three sizes. Look for tb« noma Gold Modal on every box and accept no imitation Taft Begins Lecture*. New Yprk.—William Howard Taft opened his series of political lectures here with an excoriation of corpora tion influence in •political campaigns which is steadily dwindling down. . -n,- —* -V '•*- • -—— • - —i—j_. John Robinson, Sr., is Dead. Miami. Fla.—John F. Robinson, re tired circus owner, died at his winte* home here of chronic bronchitis. He was 77 years old. Mr. Robinson had beeh subject to bronchitis for a num ber of years. Army Reduction Bill Approved. Washington. — Reduction of the standing army of the United States to an average of 150,000 men during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, was. approved by the house. The vote vfras iq9 to 82. - 7 . French Press is Hostile. Pari8 j: r=Premier Lloyd George’s pro posal touthe supreme .counc il that Ger many be given *even 'da^s to meet the allies’ indemnity terms received a hostile reception in French offic'al Dr.T utts Liver Pills —CONSTIPATION I—UPSET STOMACH. COCKROACHES EASILY KILLED TODAY • Coal Industry Out $500,000,000. London.—The coal miners’ strike, now in its fifth week, already has ’ost the 'industry ISDO.OOOiOOO it was estimated here. This figure included ’he total, destruction of fifty mine* oy flooding. ' BY USING THE GENUINE Steams’ Electric Paste ACRE DEATH to Wttvrfcnft, Amu. b*u xod Mice. These peats »re the urentest carriers c? dlseMe and MCSf BE KILLED. 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