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VOL. LIV. NO. 81 PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO DESTROY PEN Set Fire to Buildings and Rush Guards?Six Con victs Are Shot Pittsburg:, July 18.?Prisoners in the western penitentiary here today broke all bounds of dicip line, fired four buildings and tor a time kejpit the institution in an up roar,, wnile prison guards, deputy sheriffs and policemen, reinforced by" armed citizens, battled to put down the disorder. Six convicts were shot and two others cut in the battle^ Prison officials said that (three or lour of the wound ed would likely die. "The outbreak," timed to start with the ringing of: the first fire gong, began in the dining room where the convicts sought to de tract ?the attention of guards from the fires," prison officials said. .". Alarms sounded from tour places in the in tsi tut Ion almost simul taneously when guards discovered the prisoners had fired the build ings with ny material available. Some six hundred prisoners had just taken their seats in the big din ins: room when one of ithem sent a soup bowl careening down one of the long tables. Instantly the room was in an uproar, for at the same moment the fire gong sounded an alarm from the con struction shop, the linen shop, the kitchen and the chapel. The guards in the dining room tried to quell the outbreak, but the thoroughly maddened prison ers pelted them with tableware and cutlery, all the time shieking and howling. The lire department finding the blaze was beyond its control, called the city firemen, while riot calls were sent in tor ?he police. Meantime the guards, in the dining room, had regained, in part, their control and forced some of the men back to their cells, but 200 or more dashed for the prison yard, and when faced by other guards backed into a building and ran for a "top of a tier of cells. From this vanitage point they pelted the guards, now reinforced by every available man in the prison, with bricks torn from the top of the wall. Deputy sheriffs and police from every pre cinict in the city soon added no the fighting force within the enclosure aid it was not long"until the pris oners had been chased from the wall to tfc^ir cells. They signaliz ed their reincarceration by break ing the glass in the windows and bhrieking and howling to the ithou bands of persons gathered in the streets, and filling the house tops .nearby. > Within j two . hours ? the fire was ^.jmder control but .not until a number of .h.uildings had been de stroyed with an estimated loss in ?excess of $o0.000. . ; ? John M. Egan, parole officer, af ,ier quiet had been restored, said that the outbreak was the result of a period of discontent among the 1,135 persons confined in the institution. About 800 of these, he said, were long term men, many of them desperate criminals. Re cently a party of convicts was brought here from the eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia. These men and women, Mr. ?gan said, made many demands which were not recognized in any penal institution, but which, when de nied, only added to the discon tent. So many cell locks were broken that tonight picked men from ithe Pittsburg police are on guard in the corridors, while outside, the streets are heavily patrolled. RACIAL EQUALITY TALK IS PROBED People Should Bear Tra dition in Mind, Says Judge Miami, July 18?The Dade county grand jury which convened today, began an investigation of the kidnapping last night of the i Rev. Phillip b. Irwin, white pas-, tor of colored church here, who was whipped, tarred and feathered and then dumped out of an auto mobile into one of the main streets - of Miami. j Irwin's alleged doctrines of rac- j ial eqnaiity were said to have pro-j yojed the attack. In his charge j to the jury, Judge Brannig said: j "The court suggests that while i this country allows freedom " of j speech, one exercising this consti-1 tutional privilege should advise j himself or bear in mind the time j honored traditions of a people." I Although Irwin was given forty eight hours to leave tne country i by the eight masked men who seiz ed him, he declared today that he would remain in Miami a,nd con tinue" in his pulpit. ''However," he added, "they won't find me so easily if they come after me again. Irwin told the grand jury that he would not be able to identify any of the men. He is a British subject, but declared he had no intention of reporting the matter to the British vice consul here, saying it would be an insult to the American flag if he appealed to him for protection. ?uring the war, Irwin was close ly watched by federal authorities after he was alleged to have ad dressed N?ssau negroes to resist United States draft laws? The Gazette would respectfully reifer Mr. Edison to its informa tion Bureau.?Arkansas Gazette. West Virginia's mountains may not be volcanic, but her mountain eers are-?Norfolk Virginian-Pi lot. _ ^_ COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close July 12.20 12.40 1113 12.37 Oct. 12.74 12.92 12.65 12.89 Dec 13.17 13.33 13.06 13.2$ aJn: 13.17 13.3* 13-08 13.30 Men 1343 13.58 : 13.35 13.55 Spots steady 5 up; Mid4?ng 12.65. _ ... AIRMENSEND GERMAN SHIP TO BOTTOM Old Ship Withstands Many Attacks But Fin ally Gives Up and Goes to Bottom I On board the Destroyer Leary, En Route to NortoiK, Va.. Juiy 15. ;?(By the Associated Press).? Bomoing aircraft destroyed the fonmer German hgnt cruiser Frankfurt late today sixty miles east of the Virginia Capes alter an ail-day attach whien both navy and army air officers had be gun to fear would be unsuccessful. A bomb which failed to hit the target, but exploded in it he water close by the starboard side near the bow, sent the cruiser down. Up to tne time this bomo, a 6 00 pounder, was launched at 4:22 p. m., by an army Martin plane irom 1 L?ngiey Field" Va., the Frankfurt j had withstod eleven direct hits, i five of them "duds," without be- | ing vitally damaged and prepara- | tions for a gun lire attack on i her by live destroyers had been put underway. As the bomb left its carriage under tne great wings of tue M?r tin plane from an attitude of I about 1,600 fe"et, it appeared as i though it would strike on the fore castle deck. It missed by a scant i few'feet and upon striking tne ; water exploded with terrific iorce. The. Frankfurt literally was rorc- i ed up several feet by the concus- | sion and upon settling down after j rocking and rojling lor a minute or two she began to go down grad dally by the head. Another army Martin plane put two other 600-n>sund bombs close by the port bow and these were believed to have hastened the end. The cruiser's bow filled slowly and in twenty minutes her forecastle deck began eolng under. The end was not long delayed then as the ship had sunk low" enough for the water to rush through two gaping holes in the hull at the upper deck caused by the explosion ~of bombs dropped earlier in the day. Twenty-eight minutes after it began to settle the battered and twisted bulk disappeared, the main mast, which had been weak-1 ened by the explosion of one bomb, snapping off as the once proud ship took the final plunge amid cheers from the crews of the ob serving battleships, destroyers and other surface craft. Brig. Gen. Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, whose declaration before a con gressional committee some months ago that aircraft tast were making capital ships obsolete caused some thing of a sensation, circled around the sinking hull in a last pursuit plane in which he had ac companied to sea the fleet of big uomoers under Capt. Lawton, which destroyed the cruiser. In all 78 bombs, 57 of 250 and 300 pounds, and 21 of 520 and 600 pounds, were launched at the Frankfurt by naval and army air craft which came S5 miles from Hampton Roads and Langley Field- The navy machines were the first to attack, beginning at 9.12 a. m. and noe direct hit was scored by the first division of F-5 L seaplanes to go into action. TOBACCO MEN TO GATHER Officers of State Associa tion to Be Elected i Florence, July 18.?The annual j membership meeting of the South I Carolina Tobacco Association, !comprising the tobacco growers of [South Carolina, will be bei'' in [Florence, Friday, July ?9 T. ' Benton Young, secretary of thp ?association, announced the meet Ting today, acting unoa instructions lot N. A. 'McMillan, of Dillon, pres ident. Every member is urged t?> be present and personal letters ;.are being mailed to everyone of ifhem to this purpose, f Election of officers will be one i of the chief pieces of business, j Present officers are: President. IN. A. McMillan, of Dillon; vice president, Bright Williams, of Darlington; treasurer. J. W. Mc Cown, of Florence: secretary. T. B. Young. Central committee. I Bright Williamson, R. E. Currin, J. W. McCown, N. A. McMillan. T. ! B. Young. j Looking to whether to under take any legislation this year on ; the subject, a. further discussion !of the grading and tieing act, we ?proposed last session of the gener al assembly, will be held. This will be for the purpose of ascer taining the popular sentiment of the planters. Probably most important of all. the marke't will have been open ; nearly two weeks by that time and I there will be a full and free dis cussion of the market conditions land prices. The stringent financial I conditions, practical exclusion of j independent buyers because of I them, and strict dependence up on the old line companies are ex j pect^d to cause plenty of discus ! sion. - I CHURCH TO IN VESTIGATE IRWIN _ By The Associated Press. Miami. Fla.. July 1 f*. Church ; officials are investigating the ac tivities of R?--v. Irwin. who was tarred and feathered by uniden tified men here last Sunday night. MANY ENTER GOLF TOURNAMENT By the Associated Press. Washington. JnU- 19.- -The open golf championship if the United States is undo way here with half record fieid. two hundred and sixty entering the playing qualifying round. Second half will be played tomorrow. About all Thomas A. Edison's questions prove Is that it is' quite impossible to know everything.? Detroi: News. STEAMING Here's the old U. S. E. Iowa ct wheel. Her course is controlled b} ton Roads. Radio control of ships RATES ON COTTON DEMAND Reduction on Short Hauls of Cotton Not Allowed By R. R. Commission Columbia. July 19?The rail roads or' the state have been in formed by the South Carolina Rail road Commission that the recent ly proposed revised schedule of freight rates on cotton was not ; acceptable. A hearing is to be ! called by the commission at an early date, but as yet no date for j this has been set. ! The railroads proposed a read | justment of cotton rates, lower on i short hauls, but higher on hauls I of more than 130 miles. The rail I road commission has received pro j tests from cotton men. and one i railroad that bad publisher! the j revised tariff has withdrawn it. : this being the Piedmont & North I ern. an electric line operating ! from Greenwood to Anderson and j Grenville to Spartanburg. i The rates it was found, was a i reduction on short hauls, but this ' was of no benefit to the cotton ! planter or buyer, because of the ! fact that motor trucks are use:l ! so generally now for the very short hauls. For the longer hauls the new rate proposed was an ad vance, so that the railroad com mission took the position that to allow the new rates would work a hardship rather than a benefit on the cotton interests. No official order has been issued by the com mission and this will not likely be done until after the hearing' with cotton men and railroad of ficials. CABINET MEETING CALLED OFF I - Cabinet Officers Are At tending Fleet Man euvers Ey the Associated Press. Washington. July i\k?Because of the absence of cabinet members attending the bombing to:>ts off ? the Virginia Capes, the regular i cabinet, meetint hr?s h e pi.st ! THIRTY-FOUR COLLEGES CLASSED ! i _ j Distinguished Military I Institution Bestowed By W ar Department By the Associated Press. Washington, July 1 f??The war S department names thirty four edu i cational institution?; of the United } States as distinguished honor and j military schools, respectively for the year nineteen twenty * one. ! Among the number are Clemson ! and Citadel. South Carolin;'.. Vir I ginia Polytechnic. Virginia Mili ? tary Institute. Augusta and Staun I ton Military Academies of Virgin l ia. ALL BUT TWO I PRISONERS ESCAPE Excitement SHU Prevails I at Pennsylvania Peni tentiary By the Associated Press. Pittsburgh. July* I 9. -Peniten tiary officials have accounted for I all but two of the convicts who jyesterday rebelled and set Ii;-?' to a I number of buildings and fought the guards. E>:<*it< u'uti still . prevails in the big prison and t twenty-five policemen, who reih j.forced the guards, had their hands I full in quieting the convicts. NEARLY EVERY STATE HAS \ DELEGATE Business and Profession al Women Hold Meet in Cleveland, By the Assoeia ed Press. Cleveland. July 19 - Delegates from practically pvery stat'1 are liore for the annual convention <>f the federation of business and pro fessional wor.ien s clubs. Suinter, S. C, Wednesd; UPDER RADIO C( tting prescribed c urves in the wa1 r radio. The invention was used in has reached a remarkable degree SOME EXPORTS SHOW INCREASE Cotton and Dairy Product Has a Large Decline Washington, July 19?Exports or' breadstuffs, cottonseed oil and mineral oils increased substantial ly during the last fiscal year" over previous year while cotton exports fell off over a million uve hun dred thousand bales and meat and ad dairy products declined more than three hundred million dol lars, according to department of commerce figures. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Washington July 1!)?The Uni ted States is represented at the in ternational congress for Protection of Children wihch is meeting here. -? ? ? Pershing and Weeks Spectators Portsmouth. July 1 r??General i Pershing and Secretary of Weeks j have arived here for the army and ; navy maneuvers off the Virginia 1 ccast. -?? <? - i MANY FATALITIES IN MINGO FIELDS Washington, July 1 9?Twenty seven persons are kno"vvn to have ! lost their lives in tfie *Iingo..W. I Va.. coal fields since May, nineteen : twenty. Henry Olmstead, repre senting the operators. t?hl the Senate investigating coinmitte Startling Disclosures Made by the Mother of Bergdoll Washington. July !??Mrs. Em I ma C. Bergdol]. of Philadelphia, j told the house committ?3 mvestl j gating the escape of Grover Cleve ! land Bergdoll, her slacker so:./ she gave five thousand dollars fb Maj oi tsruce Camnbell. army officer at Governor's Island, for use ''among high officials at Washington*' to i nelp obtain his freedom. ! Asphalt- Placed Cpon Irov Lisi by House Washington, July 19?The ; house transferred asphalt from du j liable io free list and increase duty i on citric acid from ten to twelve ! cents per pound m tariff bill. Taft jDecomes \ Here is William Howard Tail ac j Justice Koehling of the District S ; oath of office to Taft as chief ju; ... j Court. Thi< was in the office oi 2 ' Lngton ay, July 20, 1921 3NTROL ?i i ter with no han? at the steering the aerial bombing tests off Hamp er' efficiency. FOR ANTI-PEL LEGRA WORK j Recurrence of Disease \ Feared Among Tenant Farmers Washington, July 18.?A letter has been written to Surgeon Gen 1 oral dimming, of the Public ! Health Service, by Senator Dial, j urging that the anti-pellagra work ! which was formerly conducted at i the Spartanburg hospital be re j sumtd for the protection of the j poor tenant farmers of South Car ; ulina among whom a serious re | enrrence 01 this dreaded disease is predicted by the experts of the \ puoiic health service because of I oad living conditions ciue to de , pressed conditions of agriculture. k. p. :\i. -??<*<?? 1 Get Land Ready Now for Fall Crop Times and Democrat ! ? I Farmers who are planning to ? put in fall beans or otner trucK ! crops during the montn of Au i gusi.shoul(! get then* lands in reau ! mess the very first dry day tney j have. This is especially important ! where stubble land is to he used, j une ot tue greatest trouble is grawonig tal chropsrfoamdha.vIHc growing fall crops is t;ie *act that i it is hard to get a stand and unless j land is prepared and narrowea j several weeks before planting time I it may be hard to got a stand. The ' land shouid have pienty of time ; to get settled on tue old stubble, j weecis or wnatever in on the land j now. The harrowing should be con I unuod every three days if possi ! ble so that a loose mulch is main ; tained oh the field and all the moisture now in the ground can be kept there as nearly as possible. Half handed methods won't do in truck growing and farmers should ' use every precaution to get ready j in time. Farm Demonstration j .ucnt L. S. Wolfe says that many in the county are planning to put is small fields of fall crops and it is for this reason that he is giving the above advice. - ? -t^-o ? Under the benelicient rule of self-determination, a small nation can do anything a lar.ue nation {wants it to do.?Cleveland News. -^ You ran say one thing lor this ?season -of depression. ' It isn't so difficult ??> lino V.ie reading mat ter in the magazines.?Canton Re i positor> Chief Justice hieving his life ambition. Associate mprcme Court is administering the >t:ce of the United States Supreme Attorney General Daugherty, Wash FARMERS IN SENATE BLOCK DRYCROWD I Pleas For Anti-Medical Beer Bill Ignored? j Other Matters on Slate Washington, July 18.?Pleas for mniediate enactment of the Wil is-Campbell anti-medical beer bill j tell on deaf ears today in the sen- ; ate whichby a vo.e of 4 7 to 7 de- i cided to give priority to ithe Norris | farm export finance bill. Delay and not defeat of the i beer bill it was said woud result, : the senate vote being regarded as i expressing the view tnat aid to ! farmers was more of an emerg- i ency than amendment of the Voi- j s^ead law. By making the Norris bill to ; create a federal corporation with ; one hundred million dollars of ? capital and power to issue one bil- | lion dollars of securities in financ ing farm exports, the senate some- j how set its future program, foi- \ lowing recommitment last week of the soldiers* bonus bill. During the week the senate expects to pass the Sheppard "baby Dill" for ; government aid to maternity and ' infancy. Other measures in im- j mediate prospects are the Sweet I bill to coordinate soldier relief J agencies, the administration bill for refunding the allied deb;, and several more farmer measures. Prohibition leaders today urged i the senate to take up the beer j measure instead of the Norris bill, ! but the senate heeded counter j pleas of the agricultural "bloc.'" ' Several senators of the prohibition ; group voted to push ahead the Norris bill, declaring that the ag ricultural situation was more crit- j icai prohibition measure soon would be passed in any event. | Those in charge of the beer bill ! planned to call it up for an hour or j two daily until, under senate rules. \ it is forced to give way to the Norris bill. When the beer meas i ure could be presented under the prcedure was .said by its managers J to be problematical. They ex pressed belief that the treasury department would continue to hold up regulations permitting prescrip tion of beer as medicine. The contest between the pro hibition and agricultural groups ! developed that another movement ; was on foot for a summer recess I or adjournment of the senate, i while its finance committee con siders the house tariff bill. Sena | tor Jones. Republican, Washing ton, opposing any suspension said ? the Republicans 'were being poll ; ed on the adjournment question, j It was learned, however, that I adjournment proposal was meeting I with small favor. More than a 'dozen Republican aenators were I said to have been pledged against j it acd leaders said that prospects for even a brief, temporary vaca i tion for the senate were "slim." -? ? ? + j NO SHERIFF YET FOR CHARLESTON j j _ \Two Names Suggested \ But Governor Will j Take No Action Yet i - ! Columbia, July 19?Two names j I have been presented to Governor j j Cooper for appointment as sheriff! of Charleston county, to succeed ! the late Capt. J. Elmore Martin.; ! who died last week. Scores of let- j ters and telegrams 've reached! j the governor's office up to this! ? afternoon, endorsing the two men.! ; Joseph M. Poulnot. present post j master in Charleston, and J. El more Martin, Jr., son of the late sheriff. Governor Cooper will take no action in the matter immediately. ? He will confer with leading Char- j j lestonians and whatever action he! : takes will likely, be forthcoming; ' within a week or so -? ? ??= COLA DENTISTS \ CLAIM DISMISSED Penitentiary Was Under No Contract Claim Judge Townsend I Columbia. July 19?Judge \V H. Townsend yesterday afternoon j dismissed the "motion of Dr. G. F. i Miller of Columbia foir mandamus to require the state penitentiary to I pay him $41* 1 for dental fees"for j work done for prisoners. The court sustained the contention of ! Superintendent. Sanders that no j contract had been made by the ; penitentiary with the dentist. The j case will likelv be appealed, it is I stated. I COTTON MILLS TO FIGHT TAXES About Half of South Car olina's Mills Asks For Readjustment of Taxes Columbia. July 1 :* Approxi mately ninety cotton mills of tue stale, out of a total of L8H, have protested their l'.iji tax asses ments. as fixed by the state tax commission and nave he en ad vised of hearing in the matter, to he held in Columbia this week. I Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be the days for the hearings and the ninety mills of the Pied I mont are expected to have repre sentatives here on those day*;, to ; uo over with the tax commission. j the details of the assesment lig i ure. The n.:i!s have claimed in the ! ninety instances that they should I have reductions, in some cases slight, in others more. The assess ments against some of the mills ; were increased this year, due to ; increased nroi>ertv values. Sumter Bey Fell While Painting Stack at Southern Cotton Oil Co. Claude Richardson, white, son I of J. B. Richardson, was almost : I tstantly killed yesterday when ue fell down the insid^ of the smoke stack of the Southern Cot- | ton Oil mill. Young Richardson was helping to paint the 'aside of I the stack and "was being hauled j up with a rope and tackie when ; the hooks at the top slipped, let- : ting him fall. He was rushed to ! the hospital and lived about au i hour. EIGHT PER CENT \ DIVIDEND PAID Panama-Pacific Pays One of the Only Dividends i Ever Paid by inter national Fairs San Francisco. July IS?One of the few cash dividends ever declar-: ed by a world's fair wa<; annou&c- ! ed here recently by trustees of \ the Panama Pacific" International Exposition, which attracted thou sands from all parts of the world to San Francisco in 1915. The dividend, the first and last paid by the exposition company was for eight per cent on the stock approximating $0,500.000 Checks covering the dividend wi 1 be sent to stockholders August 1. The exposition company also gave the city of San Francisco the huge exposition auditorium here and its organ. The last dem ocratic national convention was held in the auditorium. Another gift to the city result ing from the exposition, is an area of four blocks along the Marina, a bay front stretch of the exposition grounds not far inside the Golden Gate. It came from stockholders who decline to accept their divi dend and put the money into the property to give to the city. It is probable the tract will be convert ed into a marine park and boule vard. COTTON LOOKS MORE OPTIMISTIC END Ex-Governor Manning Reports a Brighter Out look For Cotton Con ditions Columbia. July 19?-If the gov ernment's figures, predicting an acreage reduction of approximate ly 2S per cent, are correct, then cotton will go higher; if this es timates is incorrect, then the price of the South's staple will go low er, but the salvation of the finan cial situation facing the cotton producer is a matter for him alone, and he need not expect outisde aid. This is the substance of in formation brought by Former Gov ernor R. . I. Manning f rom the World's Cotton Conference, held in Liverpood and Manchester,! from which Mr. Manning has just returned. The eyes of the English manu facturers and of the world are on the present cotton crop in the south. Governor Manning was told in England. The future price of cotton deepnds on how large the 1921 crop will be. Governor Man ning says the cotton men of the world make it plain that if the cotton farmer is to get a fair liv ing out of the staple& it is up to him to work out his own salvation. The southern afrmer must make his farm self-supporting; cotton growers must cooperate in market ing, and cotton must be exported as the demand warrants. With the present supply, exportation is the hope. Governor Manning said: Over one hunderd Americans at tended the cotton conference in England. The International Asso ciation of Cotton Growers was or ganized during the conference and D. R. Coker of Hartsville, was elected president. The Americans were received with cordiality on the part of the Englismen. Givernor Manning spoke inter estingly to newspaper men today of his trip. He told of .the enthu siasm with which the settlement of the coal strike was received. He told of the spirit of optimism with which the English are facing their present situation, due to the reconstruction period. He said that England is bearing a heavy burden, as well as is America. The income tax ranges from one-third to one-half of the Englishman's income. Speaking of the exportation of cotton. Governor Manning stated today that the American! roducts Exports and imports Corporation of which he is president, has seen a steady increase, in exportation of cotton, and that recently the demand for cotton abroad has shown an increase. Governor and Mrs. M truing left Columbia on June i. They lcached Now ork on th'eir return last Wednesday. The} report an exceptionally pleasant trip. All of their time was spent in Eng land. PREMIER CR Alt" RETURNS HOME Docs Not Meet a uiipture in Irish Situation However R\ the Associated Press. Belfast. Ireland. July 19(As sociated) The return here of Sir James Craig. the Ulster premier, niut not be taken for a rupture of the Irish peace negotiations, de clared Colonel Spender, secretary of the delegation. It U thought the delegation w'll be recalled to l .ondon FIVE CENTS A COP FEDERAL RE SERVE BANK COHERENCE Plans For the Formation of Uniform Policy Fe^ Cotton Loans to Be Discused Bv the Associated Press. Washington. July 19.?The raation of a uniform policy cov ing cotton loans during the com ing marketing season is undertak en in the conference here be tween Governor Harding and rep resentatives of five federal reserve banks in the cotton growing sec tions. Governor Harding said the necessary new loan scheme would cover all factors of extension nec essary for credits such as terms, maturities and the adequaticty of securities. SOUTHERN WOOD WILL MAKE PAPER Loblolly Pine and Tupelo Gum Will Make Satis factory Sulphite Paper Madison. Wis.. July IS?Estab^ lishment of paper .mills ?? in the; southern states is all that is needij ed to utilize such southern nine ftsg the manufacturer of book pape^ the Forest rPoducts Laboratory, here announces. Its experiment^ are said to have determined thal| pulp madetrom one variety of pm? is suitable for this purpose. Southern pine has often beem suggested as a possible supp1"^*** material for pulp purposes.'-^tjut" experiments met with failure unt the local laboratory, working wit loblolly pine, successfully turne' . out book paper by the sulphate process. Further experiments will be made here with other varieties of southern pine to determine wheth er they will be equally adaptable* to the manufacture of pulp* What work has been done with other woods froni the south-? black and tupelo gum, swamp ma ple and other similar material?\ shows that they are all substan tially as well suited for the pur pose as the loblolly pine and the red gum. the engineer says. TO MAKE* WAR ON THE I. WrWr Following Two Murders Within Forty-eight Hours Omaha. Neb., July IS.?Fol lowing two murders within forty eight hours, alleged to have been committed by men carrying L W W. cards, sheriffs in practically, every county of South Dakota to" day wired the attorney" general demanding that the state take im mediate action to curb the out break of lawlessness, according to a dispatch received today from Pierre. Enforcement of setX?hs of the code relating to criminal' syndicalism was advised by At sistant Attorney General Sickel. replying to the query of Sheriff Getchell of Hand County. Dis arming of all 'hoboes" is advis ed by Sickel, along with enforce ment of the statute prohibiting riding trains without payment &? full fare. Reports of sabotage have be received from many sections the state. Another shooting:jk, curred at Wilbank today andl^ fleers are rounding up tramps the territory. With the arrest of Al Hudson, Bisbee. Ariz., declared by Omaha police to be an organizer of the I. W. W.. first intimation that lo cal train crews were being serious ly troubled by I. W. W. bands was brought to light last night. Three ex-soldiers were slugged and robbed in local freight yards here when they refused to join the I. W. W. organization, po lice said. Two other men were refused permission to ride a freight out of Omaha when they held aloof from the band. Sim ilar reports from over, the state are reaching Omaha dail>\ Guns are being used freely by trie I. W. W.s the reports state. EXPENDITURES OF GOVERNMENT LESS A Decrease of Nine Bil lion Dollars Shown in Comparison With Last Year By the Associated Press. Washington. July 1 9?The to tal expenditures during the recent fiscal year dropped off nine billion dollars compared wirb the prev ious year, according to th.- annual treasury statement. It is repre sented the decrease of a billion three hundred and eighty seven million dollars in ordinary dis bursements and the reduction of seven billion eight hundred and forty six million dollars in pay ment on public debt. LARGE CROWDS AT BASE BALL TRIAL Second Day of Trial Be gins With Many Inter ested Spectators By the Associated Press. Chicago. July if?. ? Large crowds witnessed the opening ot the second day's trial of former White Sox players and alleged gamblers who are charged with conspiracy in throwing the 191:) world series.