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A MILLION MAY STARVE IS ? - ? I'ntaiH Amcriqu Send Relief the Near East Will Bt ? Death House Cullimtla. Dee. H ~Ca!ling atten? tion to S Statement Issue el b\ Pf??!? dent Wie?on In which he suhl that at least a rot 111*? 11 people Im the Near K im vv -II i" In linnilu u .1 ing< r of Btarvattea unl?'?? aid i* scm tin m by '> Blatte, treaauror Cor South Oarol I us ??f t ti? ? Sear Kast re 'i.f, > <*dt< iti.< \ issur.i another appeal t<> the people of the State to con? tribute ot this fund. The full text of the ?t if> i i e i.ss'led h\ I'rcsiclcn Wil aoa aas glvi n out i>y Mr. Mach um follows 'None of otr allies in ?he Kreut war suffered mow severely in proportion half numbers I he h did the at nonian*. Assyrians and other peo? ples of the Near Bast, arhu bravely with tin and for us. "During tin hist few years these peoples have suffereet unfohl hard? ship* and losses, und ijmv, at Ihe bo ginning of winter, when it was hoped Iii? se inireP-tis wouh! I., lighte ned, an? other great disaster hits overtaken them. Through the activities i l their enemies on all sldeS Turkish national? ists. Karda Bolslrevaua, the- Armen? tun republic has been overrun und thoosnntls of peopl who hsd be gun tee rehabllttsti ihemsvlves have i" en driven from thitii homos. Itecent cables state that the toads let l.atutu are jammed with refUg* s. women ?od e htldi ? n. sh '? ss ami <\ i' '-.out food, latrgc a limbers ??f refugees are h\**? appear ras at Tlflle, Aleppo nd ? ?tlur seniors In tin Kenr Baal. At b-j|*' 1 ante OOti |>e ..pi. Uli 1?. . \ lui ruinent danger of starvation unlesa aid is again sen! In ihem, ? Item r Work In this section of the world P entire!; under the direction e.f Sfe si Kas rell in orpurati d by tniagr i r" lanei this orgat was favaged M has reb* t and disbursed with k> ? a' ? ?iiomy and i mclency, more than H 1*000,000 in cash. It has commissioned more than 1,0 to ?orkers. of whom more than 509 uro now in ths .\<ar Bant id ml.ring 13* orphanages. 6;; hospitals, 11 reo SSJsj homes in adeldlon to un enor itiuus re lief nuik. A nation has been sjroad and at least 1,000,000 peraoni are alive today win. would have per? ished but for tin in re ?sei t > ?u Atur letllll. The 140.000 orphans who un now heilig cured for b> Near K.s relief nod wholly dependent upon it for all the nectssithn of lit" will furnish the future leadership of the Near East, We dar* not lei them perish now, Sine-, the OOty hops eU these Strii'k ' ii |e . |h in Alm i lea, I ol)< < Ul"l'e call upe?n ? or people to contribute gon?jrou*i\ oiii ol their ubundunce tlnrt them needs ma\ lie met and tire ?argam sal Ion which Is worth} of utmost eonlbb nee may be enabled to e Ol '.lllli IUI ille - In A'OI'A.Ji Ute Matter of Telephone Rates fjwlombla. Dee. 33. ?? Increasing b asis are reported by the Souttn rn It* 11 Telephone I'o.. to the South ?"nr ollua It itlroad commission, is argu? ment for granting the- proposed In ereuJMd t hnrRi's. Htiwever, a* >? t nee decision has beer? reached by Ihe railroad commission und none Is ex pceted at an sarl> date. Tin rom sssgstoners etated today that thej had not fiauo-ii any decisions in Ihe case and they wir |ota?l> In the d ti k as yet as b? what would lie the outcome of the ras?*, Tin y a-e giving conslil? seas)Ion lu the petition of the phone rosapan) and to the e . i|i nee submit? ted at the bearing ? .n lv in the in'ui'h, and tin v sre also consulting With other railroad commlssli?! s in reg ird to th?- statte r Membi is of Ihe com? mission were today asked for an ex* preoston as to the ease, bul Ihey re? filled tei talk. 'The rase Is one of great linporta ice, and we cannot reach an> deeisiou m make a i\ stale im nt until we have gons Into every p?a.f the Munition,' stated chalr inun Mica I,v. The i.-'i phene company el tfed In Its petition im ihe Increased i ?? ? that the company for tin- hrst half ??f this year, operated at a prod I or* onlv mil* nnd a quarter |?er cent. Mnteniei-t m o ?? b c?uopany Officials to the railroad com miss km lode) ire to the e f| . < ? tb'et the profits l.avi sn ath iii > i c mm'ii sinc e July, being bi?n than one per rent. The company e in ton loss* m in fleuitii Carolina for Ihn Baoatk ot s- pti ? i)?? r of appr"xl Bjaetely $t;i. Tin company also refei* to its ia vv plant SI el e< uipnicnt belna Instslled In Columbia, which it elalms will rost, when eompleted, m?>ri< lhan three- ?pieriei-, a mil? lion dollaii Tin- sallroad e?mimbi lott does not h?i?k with fa Vor in-*? at this tin.i Ihnt phase oi t o te lephmte comps iy*S pi iitlon which sayti the higher ral??s He n?*eded to wage und salary i ? sfeaai -? though it is ill p.. ..i t., Rivc remetderstlon tu tin truth concert ngj the coin pan ?< pientd besin in the stale, It Is not i !<.-'v that unj decision In tto ruse will lie i nd< : ? d at an e :.rly late, Ihoutfh th. matt?r is hetns nv *?n rajn rai ? sldi ? stlnn. Tm ? ed road ?otnmisMon his |s*en isod %y the North Carolina eommlxslon thnt it iM havlog an au Ii madi of ih" i ompnny's books The tloorgia rail road e??nimls^ou has advised tint it * not Baak It r any audll and lhat It u still iivtnng eoastderatloa !<? th< pe> fit km, no deeK.on haviuu us vet b en I ?? lefts d So ?title eon ni.. j i ld?*cl the case -< . ? t-k, le, !--??? ? i t Idle St< Wastllaaio . la-e ?3, The \' ilk ?feast Line Itailv i v e.euipan> a i d authorlly tod ? j? int? rs?ll. met*reo oeaasaleslon In sssume ??hliga IIOtlM Iflli.Ul ' ?!:.- i. <.. . . .?.. ,| t.\ a t i list lift ? en,, ||t e lid b a Set . J gtsfa to Ihe Hafet Depo? -\ , i. MHiiv, of 111 Itlmon of v b Ik i ii ? ?Mill I* pax > I>?? ii. . . I up ?> ill . * of i 11 un euulpnu .? Tin ? inp ?., plans lo Issue Ii usl cert Ith .ieM amounting lo |t ||0,(i ?0. t?i b at not lew* than Vi per ooat u| 'heh pax value, CLOTHING PRICES CHEAPER IN SOUTH Anderson Merchant, After Visit It New York, Talks Conditions Columbia, i fee, a,??'Clothing prices an h>w?r in the sou I h than elsew In re in tin- union, according t?? it. ??. Bvutis, a promineill clothing nun haut of An i doi son. J air, Brans made this statement in |8aiurdAy,i Andc*roon Mail. The state? ment follows: "Walle clothing is bolng sold to? day, now, al prices no one dreamed of Ihne numths am?, spring clothing in my opinion, is inu golnn lo be aa aheap as some dealera pi ? for the simple reason that mapufac. vn tight now ait ligurihg oti spring hu - in. ss. Ami this, of oourso, is. being based on the present prices of cloth, trimmings, and whatever they may deelde on as to labor costs, plus a profit. With these Hgures complete they win solicit business, ind if they do not, gel it on this basis, Why, tin y sn\ they .just won't make up the BOOdS But that is some months ahead yet, ami whatever comes there will be clothes for spring." ? win n i had finished my business in New V" rk." concluded Mr. Bvana, visited the retail district, or some I\ < w York's larger retail clothing si., v. |t may sound strange to you, inn in t?n* of these stores, l am con? fident tin e, were In stock 1,000 suits of ckutheS and 1,9011 ,,r more over? coats, in g store ||ke that you would think, with a slouk like that, one COUUJ buy a SUll at almost his own price, wouldn't you? There is not a Clothing store in Anderson but what has in Its eases today clothes that in over) particular would compare with What the) sin.wed nn- and tile cheapest suit i saw in this particular pine- was priced Si $17..'.". Now lu re els.-. eXObpl perhaps in tin West, at good clothing being sold as cheap as it e by the southern clothier, the clothier who. like us Hero, knows ins customers by their first names, sells tin in from year to year, rejoices with them in prosperity ami sticks along with them in SdVCrSity. "llegardh'SS of what he has paid for his stock, the southern clothier, like tin- southern cdtton'farmer, is selling his slock at a price he never d i - med of sonn moot Iis. ago. t.oi,|| HSU IN <.Ki:\T ABUND A.\t i:. Pari Clinton, Ohio, Dec. 11.?-Many tons of gft|d hak have been caught ill the turning grounds of Ihe Portage Kiver here, by local lisheriuen, dur ng the past few weeks. Where these tish conn- frogs is a mystery, although th? i have beeil seen in this section, but never in such large quantities, j According sonn- ol the fishermen llfeey inst scattering of tin tish was j found in i n:; after the big ii.is of Ohio and tin Lake r? gums, and it was I thought at that time that tin tish na\ hays bet i liberated from s<>mo of tin pat k ami resort aquaiiums, by thi ov rihvmg of the flooded artificial ponds. The first hsh were found in small numbers at Intervals by the Usher me.: wh<> bad tin ir nets in Luke Kile, ami an occasional tish would be brought nshort as a curiosity. Later tie Hah f.?und their a ? la the ; marshes and Inland waters ol the tlsh |tag grounds of the Portngi river, ami it has been Ont) during Ihe pas; j,w months thi! tiny have been caught in smh largo ipiantittes Hauls ??f front U ion to a ton and a half have been reported at a single tum by the fishermen who have then- seine groun is for carp fishing, ami these Holl have appeured in large schools, ranking a v ry inter, sting siuht when they are being romkled up for the tin mg of t h.- nets. 'i in- Hah ire not of the glass bow l variety, but seem to be more of a carp species, and will measure several Inches and weigh as much as a half pound each Thej are placed in live Ours and bTOUgtll her, to l.e loaded Into express cats aid 'shipped in tauks alive, to the New York markets J where Ihey an- sold to the reinll ami i". ai trade. Up to ibis lime tin lo? cal trade has m?i Indulged in tic gold Ash for a I.I product, although it is said tii.it the nah are of a very good ". I \ inn have ver| tine bones. Thi - see is to have no trouble with the oii.er m mi. is of tin carp fam 111'. ami their habits are said to be tin sumo, Vhu larger Hah have the feu tares ol i carp, with Ihe large sralet but u deckled difference in the coloring. These fish are highly col? ored in Ihe yellow and gold shades, w ih a little sprinkling of red which makes them \it) attractive, it |S said that s-lue of ItlOSO tish havi been plaeed .a glass Jans, and h-id -or some lime, but thai they did nol I ? 11 ii on add I! lo isl slsc Chat It s Kllngbell ol tin: United Si.it - Hatcheries here, Is of tin. opin? ion thai these hah canu from ihe aquariums ol Belle lak and Detroit ?b. i i n I t I . flood line - of I !? I ami Ci.it dtirlnu tin s? past seven years have multiplb'd until lluj shallow wa? ll i of ibis Virilit) hitvc income in habited hj millions of tish. As Iks i i llsh art adapted to tin warmer s In tin liuvt found Die marshes oi ? til seel dcMltubh quarters for |h< If Stimm? . maneuvers, and during Iht V Intel months they seek the ,|? ep si waters "i Ihe Portage river whore '1 are protts ted from t he Ice and freesilig wha n won't! conti, ot Ihem in th, murahes, ? IHIH N .11 A I ? \\ IMI I \ I It i \ i i.ond 'n. I?. Sit Ueorge Voting , hunlainil, i. of , h b wel House at [th? Towel i.-.|.,ium j|)H| ri ,,..,1 led 'b- fact ibut. in,- in;!full j PI own y Wels oi v im h In is ? IIS i tod,..i, c nit mil it i .e. Th. slam war [believed '? ? '?? ? masullieent nqttuinu , ? ine, Ian pro veil >n examination ; bi only i |ilt . . ot , oloi etl Kla> - It 1 figured fli t In th, , ,.,A,,, Klup ! James 11 'i n. in si,, \ ,,, ,x i,, ? iM, tm,I' lion M i| oil itltuied f< > <>a stout has ton \h < I, sol\ < d Halifax, \ s . i> , ?>,, .\ h..h m\[ linn dollni (In ot i ui red m i ht bust ic. djgtrlt '. 11 t bight, ?- -? ? ? REPITBLirANS PLAN j TARIFF REVISION ! Chairman Fordney of Ways and Means Committee to Begin Hearings in Few Days j Washington. Deo. s- lb-publican in? rabem of Congress took tin- first steps tndn) inwards revision of taxi and tariff laws at the extra session to I be culled soon after next .March i. I Chairman Kordnej of tit*' House \. i . ami means committee announced Ithai his committee would begin hear? ings within a few days on revision of Ithe t-''V laws, these hearings to con? tinue until January ,;. when hearings . [j| ; e started on tariff leg.station Almost simultaneous with Chairman I Pordnc.y's announcement, Senator Mc Cumber, i . North Dakota, acting :.? rmitn < . the Senate Rnanee com? um is- Lied u call foS a meeting of that o mittet tor tomorrow, when plans will be made for hearings sinu larto tin s, conti niplutcd bj the House commlttci. The Senate and Bouse committees alike hope io conclude iholr hearings by Ihe end of the present session. The House committee, Chairman Pordney said, expects to be able to begin the work of tariff measures as scant as the extra session Is convened, The Senate nommlttee's hearings are expected to be briefer than those planned by the HOUSe c ommit tec. Chairniun Kordncy's announcement followed a conference uf the majority Imembers ?>: the committee, He said thai us soon as the eoiiuniltee had had Itime to sind- tin- tax reopmendatlons {contained in tin- annual report of Sec? retary Houston of the treasury sent to Congress toady, he would Invite Mr. Houston to appear be f uv tllO committee und explain hi>< vlewa more fully. The troueury secretary will be asked to doslgnute an official to rep? resent him nt the committee's sessions. The committee's program, the chair? man said, will be announced from day to day as the hearings proceed. Chairman Kordney said today that he had in mind a definite plan for simplification ot the lax on corpora? tion Incomes, One ot his proposals Is a Hat rate on the incomes of all cor? porations "having no qualifications of other modifying provisions," Mr. Kordney also said it was his put pose '-that ihe income tax laws be made I * * simple that a corporation will not have to hire an expert or a lawyer to Pi gun how much it oWis tin- gov? ern mant?H The ways and means chulrman de? clared that a simp, of Sec retary RfoUS tOll's report ha4. shown him that the "estimates for governmental expendi? tures are rdlculoueiy high." i can uo down the Hat of estimates of the secretary and chop out apro u u e|\ a billion und a quarter dollars as unnecessary." Mr. Fordney said, "flist for example, he wants $181,000, aoii for the War Risk Insurance t*u* reau. I think Unit is a hundred mil lllio dollars in more too high* "With the proposed consolidation of the various soldiers' relief ageholea Into ont bureau we can save ahundfed million and eliminate 3B,ooo clerks In Washington. The secretary wants $75,000 000 for rivers and harbors im pro> -ment, i do not think Congress will - rant an> such stiui this year." l>r. Kendall licgllis ?lall Sentence Collimblu, l?ei-. 23, In. Francis I >. Kendall, O'oll-known Columbia phy? sician, who was sentenced in the federal court in Charleston last week to serve sp months In the Florence couply lull and to pay a line of a thousand dollars, but who was allow? ed a few days in which to arrange his affairs In Columbia, left here Wed? nesday morning and began srvlng hb sentence In Ihe Florence jail in t'- afternoon. Mrs. Kendall and their son. Krank, are with him and wll) spend Christum? with him. Dr? Kendall pU'tid guilty before Judge Rmlth of violation of the Harrison nm i "t ic- act. I a Kendall's cell in the Florence Jail, according to Information re? ceived from Kloreucc, today, is made attractive bj a carpet on the lloor and other- comforts. The jail is steam heated. Asking in lie Itcllcvcd of Income Tax ; Shanghai, lice, 22'.-?American com-. I mcrclal liOdles here and American ;<c in lue rein I Interests generally in Chi? llis are engaged In n campaign to in? due*. th?- United states congress to piss n law relieving them from the payment of income tax to the United Sinti s t r< usury. They huve appealed to legislators ami mem Is is of commercial bodies in the United Hintes to aid them in bringing uhout the passage by uon gr< -s of a federal Incorporation act for American companies In Chlrta which la expected to ionic liefore con? ti i ? ss in I?. ce in her. The American busliv <v men bore have claimed that they are at a dis? advantage owlns to th? fact that diu British doing business In Chlmi <,?',,> exem|>i from payment of un Income law Tin Hhonghni Chnmlwr o* Commerce has sent representatives to Washington to present data to mcmltern of congress in support oi" tie ir np| ' al. in mi, is is n \i;k\i;ss. 1 inn I " c. 22?Plume has bee ; i com pel b-d to dispense with virtuell; i ali lights exe.pl those Of candles be. rausi in I* illan bluckudi nun stopped i' Importation of coal. When Tin.? v rhiled Press correspondent arrlv e ? h< 1 he found I In elty In a hsolul ? dark..ess, Hallway employees bearln:t ii fen Kg hted enndh - met the I rav elers us thej alighted from the train from Trieste and escorted them to a small loom wlnre the officer, also by tin light Ol a candle, examined their p ? (ports Outside the railway station there w< re neither porters nor cuImi nor was u Ugh I to ?<>' scon In tin- streets anywhere Weighed down with their baggage, ihe ti ivelers grouped thetr w to the hol I only to find thai also lp do1 kiv ? -. HAMPTON COUNTY ___________ The Treasurer Reported Short, And Charges Against the Auditor Columbia, Doc. 23.?Governor Coop? er staled today that he would Imme? diately confer with th?' attorney gen? eral regurding Lhe situation in Hamp? ton county, Where the grand jury re? ported a shortage ol Over seventeen thousand dollars in the county treas? urer's Office and oilier irregularities in thf management ot the county af? fairs, and that suit would probably bo brought by the attorney general against the bondsmen of the Hamp? ton treasurer, \V. A. Mason, it this was found to be the correct course, "We will do whatever Is right for the protection of ihe public," ihe governor stated. Copies ot the grand jury present? ment were filed with the governor and with Attorney General Wolfe, and these are bemg Investigated Closely. The amount of shortage in the oilier of Treasurer Mason is re ported at $17,801.91. 'The affairs of ihe county are not being conducted In the manner requfred by law," the presentment says, it says there are outstanding lax executions in the bauds of tin. sheriff and constables, where the prisons against whom they are issued have the actual tax re? ceipts It says that executions for 132,133 of 1918 and IUI!? taxes, are not yel presented for collection, and Buys thai if these are nOl presented Immediately, action should be taken to remove from office those officials falling to perform their duty. In addition to mentioning the shortage lit the books of Mr. Mason, and urging thai action bo taken ogalnst his former bondsmen, the pre? sentment scores the comity auditor, T. Hagood flooding, for not opening the tn\ books prior to December 1 I, and suggests thai the governor be asked by the legislative delegation not to re-commlsslon him. Mr. Good ing has been auditor of Hampton for twelve years and was re-elected this year. His new term is due to start July 1, 1921, it recommends that ho should be forced to perform the du? ties of his pfllCe, even to the extent of being required to show causa why he sh?uld not be removed from Of? fice. I TO CONS^UCT? HIGHWAY ROADS ?_ ' Dorchester and Clarendon Coun? ty Projects Columbia, Dec. 23.?The state high? way commission announced yesterday thai bids for the construction of ap? proximately ii! 1--' miles of roadway in Dorchester county, running from Rcevesvllle through st. George and to Dorchester, would be opened^ January 14. Tin project will be sand-clay ami jwill cost ItDO.OOO, one-half of this being federal aid. The county law provides for the .expenditure of this sum. and unless the bids are equal or below this amount they will be rejected. The $on. 0011 IlicludeS tin- road and bridge work. Bids will be advertised for in the next few days for the construction of approximately eight miles of high? way in Clarendon county, the rood to run fro,ii Manning t - the Sun t. : county line, These bids will lie open Jed January 20, AMtTCftlt'AXS IN POIiAND IM'.to it vi i:n. j Lemberg, Dec, it. Nine members I of the Kosciuszko ulr s<|uadron, made I up chiefly of Americans, were deco? rated iccently with the highest mlll tary honors of Poland and. simultan? eously with the presentation of the medals, each aviators was kissed on the cheek as is the Polish custom by General Stanislas Holler, com? mander of ihe sixth polish army. The pit sen in i ion took place at tin- squad? ron aerodrome mar l^emberg which Cltj was defended by the Americans during the bolshevik drive in Aug? ust. Those decorated were Captain George \l. Crawford, Brooklyn, N. v.: Lieutenant RUioM w. Chess, ESI Pnso Texas: Lieutenant Harmon C. Itobl son, Wilmington, N* C; Lieutenant Kenneth t). Shrewsbury, Charleston, W. Ya.; Lieutenant Carl Clark, Tulsa, Okla.; Lieutenant George Weber, Peking, China; Lieutenant Wlady.Oiv Konopka and Alexander Senkowsk', the Insl two named being liaison ofu I cers. Tin- list of IhOSc ' "? oratrd also In? cluded the name of Captain Merlan G. Cooper of Jacksonville, Pia., who at lasi accounts was a prisoner in the hands of tin bolshevlkl; having been sind down in his airplane last sum mer. ; Lieutenant Colonel Cedrlc B. l-'aun jlh rov, oi' Chicago, and Met lin e, Ark.. Icommander ol Ihe nlr forces of Ihe Isouthern front, and Lieutenant ESdwln Noble, of Boston, wounded early In tin spring, were decorated previous i L ? \UloLi; Will:AT IMSUM) BEST. ! Adelaide, Australia. Dee. 8.?Dr. 111.ugreaves, a distinguished Austral? ian chemist, declared at a conference of master biker.; hero that the nations Which eal SVhltSJ bread Were gelling I(lose* t0 the border lino of neuritis '!!<? advocated brown bread, saying ii.ii modern science demanded that wheat should be milled whole. He said thai, undoubtedly, cam? paigns in favor of whole meal bread i win be shortly launched m the Unit? ed Stales and Lngluiul. and it be hooVes Australia to lake prompt ac? tion. Tin members of the conference| agreed with tin doctor's observations, bul s.ii.l that Australians, with the [exception of (tanks and dyspeptics,! refused to eal brown bread. Jacksonville, Dee. L'l - t ?rtes w. Johnson, ;' Chicago (raveling sales? man died last nighl att.-r taking one drlill oi liquor purchased from a bell WOOD USED FASTER III AN GROWTH Washlntgon, Dec. 18- Forests east Of the Itocky Mountains arc being devastated so rapidly by cutting and burning that tin nation soon Will be dependent for the hulk of 'its con? struction lumber upon tin- forests ot' [the Pucltlc coast, William B. Grecley, ! United tttatea forester, declares in I bis annual report made* public today. j'J'hc situation. Mr. Greeley says, is one. thai affects the public welfare or the [entire country ami he urges a federal law to stop the devastation of the re imairitanlng forests and to put the idle fores! lands at work. "Twn-t birds of the original forests of the United States have been culled, cut-over or burnt, three-lifths of the i merchantable timber is gone," said Mr. Grcoley. ? The country is tak? ing about 26,000,800,000 cubic feet of wood annually from its forests ami is glowing about 8,000,000.000 cubic ( feet. We are cutting limber of every jelass, even trees too small for the saw? mill, much faster than tin y arc be? ing replaced in our forests. There are I still large quantities Of timber In the i United States, bur they are not in the right place. Sixty-one per cent ot J w hat is left lies west of the Great I Plains, far from the bulk ot our pop? ulation agriculture ami manufactur? ing. The exhaustion id' one forested section after another in the Eastern 1 states has been reflected in rising , transportation costs. The distance between the average sawmill and the average home builder is steadily in? creasing; ami we ahall soon be de? pendent for the bulk of our con? struction lumber upon the forests of tin Pacific coast. These conditions , have had a vital hearing upon the high cost of lumber, which, during the xear, reached a prohibitive tigure for many uses and checked the build? ing of homes which is so urgently needed. "We have used Up our foroets with lout growing new ones. At the bottom of the whole problem is idle forest land. Th? United State:; contains 826,000,000 acres of cut-over and de? nuded forest: containing; no saw tim? ber; 81,000,000 acres of this have have been ct raplotely dev&stsd byj foreit bits and methods of catting which destroy or prevent new tim? ber growth. The ana of idle or largely idle land is being increased by from 3.<)(>().(mo to 4,000,000 acres an? nually as the cutting and burn?_g of forests continue. "To stop the devastation and put Idle landa to werk tho P.rsl Stop must be tii< enact men! of a federal law whose two chlof provisions are ?. 1) i a comprehensive plan of federal co? operation with tho States in tire pre? vention ami the development of for ? dry practice, and ('1) extension of tin- national forests through ;>u,chaf? es, through tlic inclusion of other timberlands now- in federal ownership, ami through ex< hangt ." Speaking of a national forestry I policy, Mr. Groeloy said the program hid down by t.\ 1. Graves had been further tu vsloped. "This program,*' he said, "is based on the conviction that the problem of baitin?v forest devastation is funda? mentally a national, not a local, pro? gram, and must be treed ami handl? ed as suCh. At the same time it is fell that the specdiOSt, surest, and most equitable action can be secured through dependence on the police powers of the slates for the enforce? ment of such reasonable require? ments is should be made of private owners and on the state governments tor providing orginized protection- of private lands against lire. "Because the problem Itself is cs seMially national?that is, on e af? fecting the public welfare of the en? tire eduntr] and requiring to be at? tacked as a whole, not piecemeal? both federal leadership ami a largo measure of federal aid are Obligatory, it should be obligatory upon private j ow ners to a] ply the safeguards neces? sary to prevent devastation. There is a practical unanimity of agree? ment that the first and most essential step Is a nation-wide protection from forest tires, applicable to all classes of forest land and borne jointly by the landowner ami the public." i sasassssassssssaassssaassMaaM?? Philadelphia, Dec.^^ <?-tT.es through wht$fl while journeying thrdof of South A mem . I ?>?. Ilaniilton Kice. explorer,?! I" leave for Kgypt in Sj in locate a eertain specF which is invaluable in n search work. He expressed '..is inUnsiodi address on South America, befdfl Geographical Society here. :i Dr. Kice said his irip thtW* Souih America took him up the^ [Negro, the largest tributary of Amazon, through a natural ci more than 200 mjles lang eonn jing it with the Orinoco, into hith i unexplored portions of Hrazii. It here that in came into actual con with < I uaharihos. virtually Known tribe of Cannibal Indians, w for se venteen days pursued his par in an effort to cut off their returi The attack occurred In a wild sf along the banks of the Orin [where Dr. Hue had made camp th I night bet?re. Two of his lndiajf% 'guides had gone up Die river in a ca-. hoc to test the depth of the water, when tin y saw something movingj along the banks. Looking closer L they perceived the forms of Indien* closing in on On camp, and hastily turning about, hurried back to warn, the remainder of the party. "A few minutes after the guide'* return." Dr. line said, "the entire bank was literally lined with wildly shrieking and gesticulating figure* j who brandished bows about seven feet high, with arrows six feet long. Just .opposite me l saw one huge and foam ;ing creature, evidently the chief or leader, who was shouting and foaming at the mouth anil making motion*,, that meant to express anticipation of a hearty meal that night. He wan neither ncj;ro or Indian, and he had i black hair on his upper lip?a thing I have never seen on a Indian. "We tried talking to them in every language and dialect at our command. We laid hatchet, knives and shes on the rocks in an attempt to pacify* them, but they apparently had no idea what they were for, and there wae no doubting the fact they intended to fight. "Finally when one of their arrow* landed just at my feet, I decided it was time to do something, and we fired the Winchester rifle and Parker gurs our only weapons, over their j heads. That frightened then, for the 'moment, and gave us time to get 'out things packed together and a start, down the river. Shortly af'erwara, j darkness descended, and all night long we could hear their blood-rurdling screams as they kept at our h?ela "When morning broke," he weapon, j "a thick mist covered the entire river, and it was this that gave us our chanc e to escape. When we finally reached deep water we knew that we were safe, for the Guahariboe do not use lioats or canoes, and it was too .a c p for them to wade.' L11GAL FIGHT TO BltKAK WILL. Lebanon, Pa., Dec 21.?A legal battle for the possession of several million dollars will be staged in the orphans court of Lebanon count} on January i4. when Judge Henry will hear the contest to break the \*lll of the, late Kosaline Parent Coleman, of Paris. France. The contestant is her son, Dr. Guido Henckle, of Freiburg, Ger? many, and efforts are being made to ? ?ia.a passports for him to come here for the trial. Dr. Henckle, who was a surgeon in the German army during the world war, was a son of Mrs. Coleman by her marriage with the late Priimo Donnersmank, of Germany. In her will made in ls0 7 she made him her universal legatee, but disinherited him in a codicil in 1916 when Ger? man.\ declared war on France, de? claring him "dead to her on account of the war." / Tue tight here will involve the Hos? tile Parent Coh-man interest in the Cornwall Iron ore mines at comw.,1!, Pa., now controlled by the Leihle ?hem Steel company. Nl ILL O'DONNEMj President O. Is VATBS, Cashier Lamed Capital Most Dependable. "Come easy, Go easy" is an expres? sion that la appliable to a great many. 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