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VOL. LIV. NO. 75 HARDING MAY P BLOCK BONUS Norris Proposes That i Treasury Collect In terest on Allied Debt to Meet Expense Washington, July 11.?Presi dent Hanimg plans to appear oe tore the ^senate tomorrow and asK tor temporary postponement 01 the soldier bonus bin. Plans.for tne president's ad dress to the senate were discussed late today by the executive with Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Republican leader, and Senator Curtis, of Kansas, Republican whip, it is understood mat tne bonus bill will be the only subject touched upon in tne aaaress and that suggestion for a joint aadress to the congress or tne transmis sion of a message have been abandoned. The president, it was said, had expected to address tne senate to nay but was prevented by pressure of other business. He is now ex pected to speak in the senate chamber tomorrow afternoon but if delayed turther, it is expected tnat ne will do so not later t?an Wednesday. It will be the second time Pres- i ident Harding has addressed tne senate, tne first time being imme diately after he was inaugurated when he presented, in person nis cabinet nominations at an execu tive session. He has addressed one ! joint session of congress, when he read his message at the opening of the special session. Decision to address the senate on the bonus bill at tne earliest opportunity was readied by the present in conference with the Republican leaders at the White House while the senate was de bating the measure. Senators Lodge and Curtis were said to have given him assurances that a motion to recommit the bonus bill would be adopted. At the conference the entire legisla tive station was said to have been discussed, although it was added that the president in speaking to! the senate would not discuss tar iff or tax legislation, When the senate resumed con sideration of the soldiers' bonus bill today, Senator Norris, Repub lican, Nebraska,- introduced an amendment "directing" the Secre tary of the Treasury to collect in terest due on allied debt, the fund to be set aside to pay the bill's ex pense. Senator Norris said he was ad vised by the treasury that ac crued interest on the foreign loans on May 15 was. nine hundred and twenty-two million dollars. Greece awi-ebba, alone, he*aaid, had paid ?^all their interest. Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis r*otiri, suggested that European na tions apply toward their debts "the money they now are spending in fighting over there." "Since this great league of na tions came along," said Senator "Norris, "the European nations have spent more in warfare and in attempting to subdue rebellious peoples than would pay all the in terest they owe." Senator. Watson, Republican, In diana, objected to the provision of \ the Norris amendment directing the secretary of the treasury to collect the interest due on foreign loans, explaining that provision might be a direction io the impos sible. Senator McCumber attacked the Norris amendment, declaring he could see no reason why the re ceipts from the foreign loans should be applied to any specific indebtedness. Washington, July 11.?Presi dent Harding was attacked today by Senator Harrison, Democrat. Mississippi, for visiting the capitol last week and urging deferment of the soldiers' bonus law. The I president. Senator Harrison told j the senate . disregarded public promises made early in his admin istration to avoid interfering with congressional prerogatives. Addressing senate Republicans, Senator Harb ison said. "For. eight long years you abused this side of the aisle, say ing we were nothing but rubber stamps and responded only to the ! will of the president. We thank ! God we responded to requests for j legislation for the people. You,' respond to requests for the defeat of legislation for the people." Senator Harrison asked the Re publicans whether they intended to "desert" Senator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, \i charge of the bonus bill. "Are you going to accept the view pressed by executive interfer ence?" Senator* Harrison asked, while the few Republican senators in the chamber remained silent. In his address retiring from the j senate last December Senator Kar- ? ris said that Mr. Harding had pledged himself not to interfere with congress. Yet, the Mississip-1 pi senator continued, the presi- j dent had visited the capitol last week, "buttonholed senators and j urged delay on the bonus bill." j Mr. Harrison'added that Chair-] man Penrose and Senator McCum-j her of the finance committee had | promised "quick relief" to former i service men. * Senator Edge. New Jersey, from |ge Republican - side, referred; briefly to Senator Harrison's j speech, decrying "political by- j play." Republicans would "seek to get : the president's viewpoint." he; said, "without cringing behind an j administration policy as democrats ; did for so many weary months in 1 1920." CRANKS TRUCK ?KILLED \> Car in Gear Bounds For ward Breaking Boys' Neck Lancaster, July 11 ?Hazel, Ghent, eleven years old. was killed 1 here today while cranking a Ford truck which was in gear Th* truck bounded forward and knock ed the lad against the rear of a. heavy truck, his .neck being broke bv the impact. Death resulted m about fifteen minings. I endeavors seek to pro mote peace New Slogan Calls For Warless World Within Two Years New York, July 11.?Adoption as its new slogan, " warless world by 1923," the sixth worlds' Christian Endeavor convention closed its session tonight by call ing upon President Harding and congress to "give us disarmament by agreement if possible, by ex ample if necessary and give us no narrow partisanship at all in this black hour." "We insisted," said the declaration adopted by the more than 16.000 delegates from all parts of the world, '"that as speedily as possible the United States be permitted to take its place of . leadership in such a council, association or league of nations as shall induce or com pel all peoples to learn was no more but brotherhood and be concerned for the real welfare of each." Declaring that opposition to national prohibition was. "essen tially bolshevism and treason," the convention called upon con gress to speedily conclude the passage of pending bills for mak ing more effective the enforce ment of the ISth amendment." Refusal .on the part of states to pass and execute laws to aid in the enforcement of prohibition "constitutes morally an act of rebellion and secession," a res olution stated, and the delegates pledged themselves to support at the ballot box only those local, county, state and n~tional officials "who do not \ -."jare themselves by favoring violators of this or any law of the land.." Pledging the delegates to up hold the socalled "blue laws" a resolution declared "we deprecate especially the carefully pianned campai^r of propagand "gainst the so-called blue laws, the design of campaign of propaganda against the Lord's Day Alliance which we again endorse, and make way for commercializing of Sunday by the movies and money-making sports, encouraging contempt the while for prohibition and other such laws." "We demand respect for the Christian Sabbath and endorse the aims of whatever helps young peo ple to right living, and decency and delicacy in conduct and dress and whatever promotes happiness in homes and wholesomeness and health in the lives of young peo ple. "Naturally,- -therefore, we~op pose the sale of cigarettes, partic ularly to boys and girls, and are against' the unchaste dance and all else that tends to weaken character: - Demanding for all Americans equality of opportunity before the law, a fair chance and a square deal for native and foreign born, freedom from laeial and national hatred in government, education and religion the convention de nounced as ''un-American and un Christian such cowardly and un justifiable mob murders and crimes of arson as have lately oc curred in the South and the North directly or indirectly because of race prejudice born of sin and ig norance. The movement for federal cen sorship of motion pictures was endorsed as was the movement in congress to create independent departments of education and public welfare, each with a sec retary in the cabinet of the pres ident of the United States. Universal teaching of public and private morality in the pub lic schools was also urged in a resolution which said "we shall tolerate the presence of no teach er who sneers at Christianity or makes a jest of the Holy Isible." NO MORE COM MISSIONERS Spartanburg Must Con tinue Under 1917 Act Spartanburg,. July 11?Under the act of 1911', through the pro vision of which the city of Spar tanbrug adopted the commission form of government, the city is entitled to only two commissioners or councilmen. City Attorney George W. Nichols, announced this morning in a decision ren dered to city council. No in crease in the present number of commissioners can be made un til the electors of the city are af forded an opportunity to vote up on the proposition of whether or not Spartanburg shall have a mayor or four commissioners. The mere fact that the populat*on of the city has increased beyond the limit; prescrilx-d in the art. of lOlt does not automatically en title the city to "more commis sioners than it now has. Judge Nichols holds that the city can not change in present form *ol government without a vote of the people. KILLED iiY* LIGHTNING Robert Fulton Siruck at Plant in Charleston Charleston, July 11.?Robert Fulton, a mechanic at. the Ashe poo fertilizer works, was struck and killed by lightning at the plant Sunday afternoon. The re mains will i>e sent to his former home at Johnstown. Pa. Mr. Fulton had been a local resident for 15 years or more. cottoTmarket New York. July 11' Open High Low Close July . . 1 2.50 12.50 1 2.15 12. I 6 Oct. . 13.16 13.17 12.mi 12.s.r Dec. . . 13.55 13.56 13.24 13.2^ Jan. . . 13.55 13.55 13.25 13..27 Mch. . . 13.63 13.63 13.44 13.45 Spots quiet; 30 down. Middling 12.49. HENRY FORD WOULD BUY NITRATE PLANT , Automobile Manufactur er Seeks to Develop Mighty Power Plant Washington, July 11.?Henry Ford has initiated negotiations for acquisition of the $100,000, 000 government plants at .Muscle Shoals and for the power to be generated following the comple tion of the Wilson dam. While the offer of the Detroit manufacturer is as yet -tentative, j it is in such state of development that according to reports it might | be made public in the near fu ture. It is understood that Mr. Ford will offer to acquire the two cvanamide plants at a cost ap proximating $10,000.000 and to lease the prospective waterpower lor a period of 50 years or more. It will be a fundamental principle of the contract, it is understood, j that Mr. Ford will guarantee to charge for power electric current and fertilizer a price not to ex j ceed 10 per cent above actual I cost. The lease of power will j give the government a reason- j i able return on its investment, j Thirty million dollars will be re- \ quired to complete the dam. The J secretary of war lias agreed to { recrmmend the appropriation ot" thai sum provided responsible people guarantee a satisfactory return. In addition to power electric current and fertilizer it is the re ported plan of Mr. Ford to oper ate at Muscle Shoals a Southern unit of his automobile factory and serve a vast territory at the Detroit price, less transportation charges. It is understood, too. that he would deevlop a new trax-tor which be hopes eventual ly to produce so cheaply that it will be used generally on the farms of the United States. Mr. j Ford is represented in Washing- j ton at the present"time by agents. I j S. Worthington, Washington rep ! resentative of the Tennessee Val I ley Improvement association, has j just returned to Washington from j a week's consultation with Mr. I Ford. ) Muscle Shoals power will be suf ficiently great to turn the wneels of industry in and light the south and to electrify steel mills I and furnaces. Nitrogenous fer tilizer can be produced in such quantities and at such cost as to make it available to the poorest ; farmers, to make the south, it is ( claimed, as rich as the basin j of the Nile. j BANK PRESIDENT t DIES NEAR AI KEN j _ i H. M. Dibble Succumbs j at Country Home ! - Aiken, July .?Henry Mont gomery Dibble, president of the Bank of Western Carolina, and one of the financial leaders in this section of the state, died at his j home, Vale of Montmoreuci. about; five miles from Aiken. at 7:30 ! o'clock tonight. Mr. Dibble hadj bet.n in ill health for the past few months and at his country home had relinquished much of^Tls financial work and worries. Mr. Dibble was in no sense of the word narrow or one sided in his activities and interests, but it i was in the lield of finance that j ! he found the strongest call for his ! } talents and it was largely due to ! his energy and genius that the i Bank of Western Carolina has } been built up as one of the largest I and soundest financial instifu [ tions in the staU>. Mr. Dibble was born in Marshal. ! Mich., nearly <;0 years ago and I was a graduate of "Cornell univer ! sity. I SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA I Wireless Message Says Vessel is Doomed j London. July 11.?The Ameri-i ?can steamer Western Front, of i I S^attlo, which left Jacksonville on ; June :J for London and Hamburg, i is afire six miles south of the; ; Uishons and is beyond assistance, | according to Lloyd's. ! The steamer British Karl, which j | sent the wireless message telling : ; of the tire, adds that she is taking j off the crew of the Western Front, j j grain elevator I strike at end l j By the Associated Press Chicago, July 12.?The strike [of grain elevator employees here is ondo(} us far as the grain opor- ! ators are concerned. ;js full crews have taken the strikers' places in all elevators, the operators an-! nounCed tod;: .-. .?ISA' re vision in i freight rates By The Associated Press. Atlant;*. Juh 12 Confer- ' ences on proposed changes in I freight r;it<-s to points in rhe southeast holds t!><> attention of' representative shippers*' and car-' riers' nwctint here, which is ex- j pected to continue through the; week. ask IOIilwV()n~ j 10,000,000 pairs shoes By the Associated pre<s. Washington. Julv rj " Kid's tor' the purchase of more than fortv million pairs of surplus army shoes has (>??<?!; asked for by the : wa r de pa ri mem. steeT company I cuts wages again By the Associated Press. Youngstown. Ohio. July l" The Sharon Steel Hoop cbmpan> took.the lend among the independ- I ent steel companies in announcing] further wage reductions. Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, July, 13, 1921 This is the mightiest gun ever ifc^ented. Ti:< H ,ooks like a bicycle pump, noted American inventors and engineers" who gave a pub'ic test in the Wool worth tower. New York, call it c weapon that wilJ make war '"too terrible for nations to risk." The invention, in the form of a small riveting gun (as shown here) drove three-inch steel slugs through a three-quarter-inch steel plate. Tims in peace time it can be used as a riveter in building const ruction and ship building?and in wartime its giant counterpart, experts say. can hurl five-ton projectiles or explosive gas bombs from 2o0 to 300 miles. It uses smokeless powder, -makes no more noise than the click of a cash register, and dwarfs "Big Bertha." REAL WIST ON YANGTSE RIVER IS LIKE A FOG Blows From Gobi Desert Mere Than Thousand Miles to the North SIMMS TELLS ABOUT ODD HAPPENINGS How the "Pig Tail" Was Started and Why It is Disappearing Jiy Wm. Philip Siimns On Board the "Woosung." Yangtze-Kiang, China, July 9.? "It's very dus.y on tne river to night." J. used to hear Eddie Foy say this as lie toyed across the stage J to the great delight of iiis audi- j ence. i little thought, how ever, I that I should ever lind ;t so. Between Nanking and Chin kiang. a'bout 1">U miles up the Yangtze, a thick haze enveloped the "Woosung." and momentarily j became thicker as the breeze freshened. Though there was a brilliant sun the "fog put it out. and the ship seemed to be lloating j in a yellow cloud. The river was yellow and the' haze was yellow. The only bit of i color was a glint in the water caused by the sun?-itself invisible --beating through the gloom. The glint was bluish white, like moon light. "Quite a fog." I remarked to Chief Engineer McGregor. "ICs not a fog." lie said. "It's dust?(lust from Gobi Desert, hi .Mongolia, a thousand miles to the north." So it was. The coolie deck-boys went about closing doors and win dows, but in spite of that an hour later found everything covered with a miscroscopic dust of dull ochre. It was just another phase of the Yangtze. The phenomenon las t d 24 hours. Nanking, where the "Woosung" just halted, is the capital of Ki angsu province. The population is a little more than 4G?.U?0. It used to do more populous than Paris. Its walls. to 4" t'< et thick, are 22 miles long, but ihe city is now lost inside its own en closure and huddled down in one corner by the Yangtze. The city is over 2.0G0 years old and its chief pastime seems to be being the capital of China. When in doubt the Chinese always make Nanking it. The name means "southern cap ital." When the first of the Minus moved to Peking. Nanking had already been seven times capital of the empire, changing i?s name a t ime or t wo menn while. The Lost Bridges Its wall was built about 1500 years ago and many a siege, it has seen. The longest was during the Tai ping rebellion. This last.? id from 1853 to 1S64 11 years. Nanking was tie- Taiphig capi al as a matter of course jus! as i; became the Republican capital when hr Sun Yai Sen took oath of office on Jan. 1. 1 1 _'. Another famous sb*ge was Lhe one laid on Nanking by old Kox iuga. the pirate, who wanted to kick the Munchu dynasty Over and restore the Minus. He failed, ov ing to a bloody sortie by the Nan king garrison, when I hous.ands of the pirate's followers were butch ered. With each war and each siege, [however, part of the citv crum bled. t Today fertile farms grow in syl [vau peace inside the walls of Nan king, on ground once covered by ithe city. Great bridges of stone I cross streams in the middle of lonely fields, used only by an oc casional peasant or water-ox. In the .Metropolitan .Museum of Art. New York, there are some green 'es from y Chinese pagoda. That pagoda, or the rums of it.-is here. It was the great porcelain pagoda, the most beautiful in all j China, but was destroyed by the Taiping rebels. Its bronze cupola j is now on the ground, upside down, like a water basin. Emperor Yung-lo built it in .memory of ins mother, about 6<'0 i I years ago, using only the finest of white glaze.1 brick. Tin- superim posed roofs were of green tile. Scores of bells hung from the up tilted cornices and tinkled to ever\ ;breeze. The poem, "Keramos." by Hen ry W. Longfellow, was inspired by tiiis wonderful structure. The .Ming tombs are here. Know the Mings? Message to Spirits Hack in 1300 and something a humble servant in a Buddhist tern I pie near here beaded a revolt against the Yuan dynasty, or Mon-I gois-?brothers of the Huns, the j isame who invaded Europe under lAtilla?and overthrew it. captur jing Nnaking in 1335 and pro-! claiming himself emperor in 1348. This poor plodder was the i j fodder of the Ming dynasty. He | chose the title of Hung Wa. For j 1300 years or thereabouts this first I pure Chinese dynasty for centuries ; ruled the country; then the Ttar-I Itars overthrew it. establishing the I 'Manchus from Manchuria. As a 'sign of submission the Manchus! compeled the Chinese to shave their heads and plait the top tuft ! with a queque. ? Whence the "pig-tail." which I disappeared when the Manchus Ithemselves were brushed into the I discard by the Republic. Colossal stone figures represent- ? ing lions, tigers, camels and other ahimaTs face an avenue leading [through the fields to the tomb ot I the Mings. ! It was here that Dr. Sun Yat Sen went to inform the spirits af ter the overthrow of the Ttartars. "that tiie Chinese auain ruled in ; ( hina. Guns Versus I*oscj i Chinkiang. so miles nearer the 'mouth of tne Yangtze than Nan king, has i he reputation oi being ; the prettiest city between Hankow land the sea. It has about ido,o00 j inhabitants. Golden Island, in tin- Yangtze. J Golden Mountain behind the city, the picturesque rocks, peaks, val leys, grottoes and the like group ed about Silver island 1'ass. the j''Gateway to the Yangtze." make the region very attractive. Emperor Chien Lung wrote i reams of verses, creating a school [of poetry almost, and all about ' Chinkiang. Nevertheless the phlegmatic j British came up the river in IS42 j with a fleet. Leveling their guns jar the forts frowning down on the passes, both gold cad silver, they I silenced ever.yl iii:: u. ! Aftei -hat there was loss poetry nun more sordid business in and '. around Chinkiang; which became an open port for foreign trade in is?n. Tiro place where five Uritish fleet anchored in tie' middle ot the ; Ya'ngtze >s mm dry laud, with ! grow ing crops aad houses cover ; in- it. Th:s is die- to the n'ver ? changing its course Some of the natives claim i' did so because i' i.'li it f;:u] disgraced itself by lead ing tiio enemy to Chinkiang. "Yangtze mud ware" is one of tin' principal article, ot' trade 'here. First they take a piece oi ! wood ;i tray, nip or whatever Itliev wish :<> make then cover it i with mud .nul '".ike j;. Fre.juent ly they inset hmthervof pearl or other substances, making designs. Tlie finished product looks soine Ithing like lacquer and is very , cheap. Accept Harding s Invita tion to Conference Without Reserve By the Associated Press. Paris. July 12. ? French govern ment will accent without reserve another invitation to a conference on limitation of armaments, it was stated in a letter seilt to the Amer ican embassy here by the govern ment .for President Harding. AMERICAN By the Associated Press. Washington. July 12.?Ameri can merchant tonnage has increas ed by more than one hundred and thirty-one per cent., sine" the be ginning of the war. according to a statement issued by the bureau of navigation. discT'ssTng freight rates By the Associated Press. Memphis. July 12.?Lumber men from virtually every hard-! wood producing southern sr.-it" mot ; here in conference and directed the i Southern Hardwod Traffic Asso ciation to plan an appeal to the in-! terstate commerce commission for a downward revision of freight 1 rates on low grade lumber. no more foreign ! liquor in u. s. By the Associated Press. i Washington, July 12.?All car-; goes of intoxicating liquors ship ped intot he United Sta'es from j foreign countries with prohibition ? permits have been ordered-forfeit ed, George W. Ash worth, treasur er of the customs divisons an- \ nouneed today. -K. ?S? ??- ' By the Associated Press. Xew York. July 12.?Two form-j er German warships left for the j Virginia Capes today. They will : be useii as targets by the . Ameri ca!; battleships. ALLIED TROOPS TAKEN TO TURKEY \ Will Seek to Guarantee Against Violation of \ Neutral Zone by Turks Constantinople, July li (By the Associated Press).? Steps have been taken by the allies to guar- ? antee against violation of the neu-; tral zone around Constantinople by the Turkish Nationalists, in their campaign against the Greeks and also against possible risings in Constantinople itself. The allied! garrison here has been reinforced i by the arrival of additional French j and Italian troops the latter com ing from Adalia. while the pres- j ence of the British Mediterranean I Beet in Turkish waters is a high! importa nt safegua rd. Beef Cattle Development in Sa- \ luda. Clem-son College. July u.?A ! number of Sahida county farmers ! under the leadership of County Agent J. M. Eleazer and Exten sion Livestock Specialist W. J. j Sheely are establishing the foun- j dation for a good beef cattle de velopment as a sideline in that ! county. For several years these : extension workers have felt that . some Saluda county farmers were 1 in position as to pastures, etc., to j go into beef cattle on a small , scale. Recently a trip made by leading farmers to examine the. sweet potato curing house at Aiken was used as an opportunity to visit the polled Hereford herd of -Mr. C. B. W?olse.v. Immediate-' ly. says the county agent, four of the farmers in the county became ' much interested in polled Elere j fords and decided to start pure bred herds. At their request. I j Messrs. Eleazer and Sheely ar- j i ranged a trip into Georgia to se-1 ! lect breeding stock. Six farmers ; : wont on this trip, and one of these purchased a foundation herd of) lone bull and font cows and heif-< ? ers and the oher five are now ne- j I go tin ting for similar deals, j These are to serve as fcunda- ! ition for sideline cattle work, says ! the county agent, to be pushed on (most farms in the county, it Is j j figured that those having good pasture lands can prepare them j with grasses and clovers for per | manent pastures and grow velvet j beans in the corn fields for tem porary pasture, so that this side.; ; Hue cattle can bo carried prac I tically the year round without the, i necessity of stall feeding. This' plan should net considerable pro-j (it on good soil and is bound to build up tlie land. It is a plan which can be adopted with profit j;, many other counties in the state. |>c;:lii. Mrs. Emily Dunne, wire of Mr. Eddie Daun, died today alter a,' brief illness, aged twenty-eight, years. Sin- [oaves, besides her bus-/ baud, two young children. She' was the daughter of Mr. \Vile> J. McKain. -.> ?4r?* The difference between a good and a bad reputation is that the former is easily lost.- Spokane Spokesman Review. Daily Metal Trade reports that prices have been reduced on nuts. There is an over production the way it is.?Joplin Globe Gene to Confer With Bri tish Over Irish Problem By the Associated Press: Dublin, July 12. - The Irish re publican leaders left for partici pation in the conference with the. British government in London on Thursday over the Irish, problem. They were He Valera. Arthur Grif fifth. Austin Stack and Robert C. Barton. farm FIGURES Values Increased Ne? 1 Three Hunderd bi Cent in Ten Years Washington. Jiy 11.?The di rector of the census announces, subject to correction, the follow ing preliminary figures from the' :-ensus fo agriculture for Suinter L-ounty. South Carolina: Farms and Farm Acreage: Farms, Jan. 1. 192?.?, 4.s:*7:: April 15. 191'). 4.261: Increase or! lecrease. per cent. ?14.9. Operated bv white farmers, Jan. 1, 1920. 1.125; April l?. 1910. 1.050; Increase or decrease, per cent. ?7.1. j Operated by colored farmers. ; Jan. 1. J92u. 3.772; April 15, 1910, .'1.211: Increase or decrease.; per cent. ?17.5. Operated bv owners and man agers. Jan. 1. 192<i. 1.552; April! 15. 191n. 1.!5S; Increase or de-1 L*rease. per cenc. ?34.0. Operated bv tenants. Jan. 1. 19 20. 3.345; ?pril 15, 1910, 3, 103; Increase or decrease, per tent. ?7.8. Land in farms: Total acres. Jan. 1. 19 20. 265.755: April 15. 1910, 268.490; Increase or de crease, per cent. ! 1.0. [proved acres. Jan. 1. 1920. IGT.457; April 1". 1910. 1 49.863; Increase or decrease, per cent. ?11.7. Farm Values: Value of land and buildings: January 1. 192o. $25.428,357; April 15. 1910. $9.160.214; In crease. 1910-1920, $16,268.143; per cent. 177.6. Domestic Animals: Farms reporting domestic ani mals. Jan. 1. 1920, 4,530; April 15. 1910. 3,879. _ Animals reported: Horses, Jan. j 1. 192o. 2.477: April 15, 1910.' 2. :?4l'; Mules. Jan. 1. 192". 5.621; j Ann'! 15. 19Iu. 3.215; Cattle. Jan.; 1. 1920.-8.87a; April K*. 1910. 6.-| 557: Siieep. Jan. 1. 1920. 1S5; April 1."?. 1910. 221: Swine. Jan.: I. 1920, 30,034; April 15. 1910'. 1 18.82 31 ! Principal crops: j Com. 1919, 46.460 acres; 912.-1 597 bushels: 1909. 38.111 acres.! 55-1.796 bushels: Oats. 1919. 179 a.-res. 2o3.567 bushels; 1909, i II, 2S2 acres. 274.09S bushels: Hay. 1919. 20.637 acres. 16.351 j tons: 1909, S;530 acres. 6.692 t tons; Colon. 1919, 78.1SO acres. I 47.521 bates; 1909, 67.727 acres. 32.639 bzales. The figures for domestic animals ! in 1910 are not very closely com-! parable with those for 192o, since the present census was take:- in January, before the breeding sea son had begun, while the 1910 [ rensus was taken in April, or I :iliout the middle of the breeding season, and included many spring i calves, colts, etc. VOCATIONAL TRAIN- \ ING CONFERENCE j By The Associated Press. Washington. July 12.- -Plans for a four weeks' conference of State supervisors, foreman and teacher, by vocational trainers will \ be conducted at .Minneapolis. Minn. ( beginning July 18th. it is an-j noifnced by the federal recreation-; a] board. HARDING h'OMr PLETES MESSAGE, i i i Bv the Associated Press. Washington. July 12.?Presi dent Harding completed prepara- j tion on the special message he ex-; ports to read to the senate on the bonus legislation. White House1 officials sr.id the document con tained less than three thousand ; words. W. IF. MOUNTAIN GRAND EXALTED RULERi By the Associated Press. j Los* Angeles. Calif., Jury l2.? William W. Mountain, of Toledo. ' Ohio, becomes grand <-\au!?->d| ruler of the Elks, at convention | bring held here. opposed TO CONSTRUCTION By tlw Associated Press. Chicago. July 12. Opposition to paternalism, which would pro-" rid ? for government construction 'f homes is expressed by former President Judd here today in wel- J ?oming delegates to the annual ! ?onventiou of the National Asso iation of Real estate Boards. THeIuYiL^D ~~ killer ON trial By the Associated Press Cleveland. July 12. The state's ?ont cation that Mis. Eva Ca the - ine rCaber attempted to kill her husband. Daniel F. Ivaber. by pois oning, was attacked by the defense is an initial effort to discredit the State's case. Mexico's idea of disarmament seems to be to take one pistol : away from each of its two-gun soldiers.?ilarrisburg Telegraph. ; ~ - L ._l_ j - FIVE CENTS A COPY, Shi BY PRESIDENT Utterances cf Lloyd George Greeted With Cheers Washing-ton. July 11.?The sug gestion of President Harding look ing to a disarmament conference at Washington was expected by of| facials here today to meet a ready response from the capitals of the powers concerned. The probable attitude of the powers toward such a proposal, it was said. was. sounded in advance through Amer ican embassies and legations' abroad and the impression was ' gainted that replies to formal in.-, vitations to such a conference .' would prove favorable. Tending to connrm this belief, in the opinion of officials, was the statement of Premier Lloyd:; George in the house of com m uns today welcoming the initiative of President Harding in the matter. In the preliminary question ing through American" : -presenta-f tives abroad it is understood r.hat the Far Kastern question was tioned to ascertain if this would be a proper question for disco* sion in connection with disarmsi men:. It has been indicated as a result that the impression was giv-;: en that this question would 6S treated prominently in the confer-", ence program. The scope of the proposed con ference, however, is understoo^H not to have been definitely deterij min'ed while the derails 01 orgazfij ization will be left - until formal2 answers to the invitation hava? been received. In this conneciioi*! it was said today that before the| conference actually meets tiierol may be some definition of the sn jects to be considered and an iu\-" derstanding given of what tne powers consider their special in-' terests. No date for the gathering has as yet been set nor has the Ameri can representation to the confer ence been determined although it is believed that Secretary Hughes may head the American delegation. Whether any decisions reached will require special treaties or other forms of agreement is a sub ject which officials have indicated ? is too earlv for the discussion. London. July 10 (By the Asso ciated Press). ? Premier Lloyd George in a lengthy statement to the house of commons today gave a full and frank explanation of the steps leading to the proposed con ference for the discussion of arma ments. The first principle of British policy.- he- 4?cia.:v=d, friendly cooperation with the Unit ed States, ue are all convin< said the prime minister, "that m on this more than any single tor. depends the peace and weil ?$-r? ing of the worl*.** i . The initiative of Ptesidteflt^ Harding with respect to an kite:-;.: national conference on the limit;:- - tion of armaments had been 're ceived with the utmost pleasure by Great. Britain, he declared, and he added that he spoke for the em-, pi re as a whole. At the same time Grea. Britain desired to maintain close friend ship and cooperation with Jap^n. which harmonized the influences of the two great A.siatic powers and constituted an essential safe guard to the well being of the British empire and the peace of the east. ''The open door", of China was another aim of the gov.r eminent together with opportuni ties for peace and progress of the Chinese. Great Britain and Japan desire that the Anglo-Japanese agree ment be brought ir.:o complete harmony with the covenant of the league of nations. Notice to this effect had been given to the lea The latter statement developed the fact that Lord Curzon. secretary for foreign aaffirs. and Baron Havashi. the Japanese ambassa dor at Londou. had signed on July 7 a new joint note to the league of nations in which, after refer ence to the previous joint note in 1920. it is set forth that: 'The British and Japanese, govern ments hereby notify the league that pending further action they agreed that if any situation arises while the Anglo-Japanese agree ment remains in force, in which procedure prescribed by the term?', of the agreement is inconsistent with procedure prescribed by said, covenant it shall be adopted and shall prevail over .that prescribed hv the agreement." ' There were only two occupants of the distinguished visitors' gal lery (iuring the prime minister's statement?the American ambas sador. Mr. Harvey, and the Chi nese minister. Dr. Wellington Koo. Baron Hayashi was not present but two assistant secretaries of the Japanese embassy in the pub lic gallery took notes. John Ward. Independent Labor, asked the premier if China would be treated as a '?sovereign power." The premier looking at Dr. Koo replied tha China would be treat ed a> * what she is?an independ ent." Commander Kentworth, Inde pendent Liberal, sought to inter pose a question during the pre mier's pronouncement but w.is "booed" down. The premier's more important declarations were, greeted with cheering and a show of enthusiasm seldom equalled in the house. TO SELL OBSOLETE WARSHIPS Bv the Associated Press. Vallejo, Calit.. July 12.?The Mare Island navy yard has receiv ed word from Washington that a dozen or more warships, some of them historic, would be sold as thev have become obsolete. PAPER MILLS By the Associated Press. Kala ma zoo. July 12.?Wage re ductions amounting to approxi mately two milion dollars yearly wen: in all paper mills of "south western Michigan. About eight thousand workers are affected by the cut CUT WAGES