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ff SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est, CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, MELLON FIRM FOR LOW TAX ON VERY RICH Secretary of Treasury Insists on Repeal of Excess Profits Taxes and Sur tax on Incomes 1^ Washington, Sept. 8.?Changes in the house tax bill recommended today to the senate finance com mittee by Secretary Mellon include: Repeal of the excess ^profits tax effective as of last January 1, in stead of next January 1. Retention of all of the transpor tation taxes for the calendar year 1922 hut at-half the present rates, instead of complete repeal as of next January 1. . Repeal of the capital, stock tax, effective next year, an entirely new proposal. k N Reduction of the maximum in I come surtax rate from 63. per cent, to 25 per cent., effective January 1,1922, instead of to 32 per cent, as provided in the house bill. ^ An increase of 5 per cent, in stead of , 2 1-2 per cent, in the nor mal corporation income tax, mak ing, the total 15 per cent, retroac tirge.to last January 1. / A manufacturers' tax on cos -~--*nietics and proprietary . medicines to replace the present stamp ta^es which were eliminated by the house. Retention next year of the taxes on insurance premiums but at one * half the present rates, i With these exceptions the treas ury secretary was understood to have approved the house measure with its provisions for an increase ?off $500 in the exemption to heads of families who have net incomes of $5,000 a year or lessr-and $200 additional for dependents; for de creased rates on sporting goods, yachts and furs and for other man ufacturers' . taxes on f ouatain syrups and other ingredients of soft drinks in lieu of the present so called nuisance taxes. Mr. Mellon was before the com mittee at two sessions and there w*3^ general discussion of his rec ommendations as well as of the probable revenue needs of the gov ernment for this fiseal year. The secretary placed, these at ,$ 4,034, ^000,000 on the basis of the reduc '"%f?n*?ln~*ei"^^ cgreed upom ax the White House tax conference last August 9 and estimated that $800,000,000 of--this total-would be raised from non-tax sources such as customs, salvage and the like, leaving $3,234,000,000 to come from internal taxes. . This total is $134,000J)C0 less than the estimated "receipts under the house bill for this fiscal year, .. the difference being accounted for' through repeal of the" excess pro fits tax of. last January 1. It was to make up the loss fron? the pro ;""fits tax that Mr. Mellon proposed an additional 2 1-2 per- cent, in crease in the corporation income tax, retention of the transportation and insurance premium taxes and restoration of the taxes on cos metics and proprietary medicines. The additional corporation in come tax is estimated by the treas ury officers to yield approximately $260.000,000 a year. Tire transpor tation tax would return $130,000, 00d next year at half the present rates and the insurance taxes and levies on cosmetics and medicines . an additional $25,000,000. i* Explaining his proposal for a further reduction of 7 per cent, in the maximum income surtax rates, Mr. Mellon was said to have told the committee that the lower rate would eventually return a greater yield to the government than the 32 per cent, rate because addition al money would be diverted to ac tive business instead of being in vested in tax exempt securities. It was stated that there was no discussion of new sources of taxa ?g tion-*-!md that none was recom mended by Mr. Mellon, who esti mated that the house bill as amended would meet the needs of the government, provided the econ omies agreed upon at the White House conference were effected. As to the authorization in the house bill for the treasury to is sue $500,000,000 additional in short term notes it was said officially that this had no relation to any an ticipated deficit and was not whol ly necessary as the treasury had asked for it merely with the idea of having a little more margin in i funding Victory notes and certifi cates of indebtedness into short term' securities. ? ? -? Chicago, Sept. 10.?Wheat has been on the upgrade continuously during the past week, gaining as high as eleven points while corn and oats likewise showed some ^strength in the same period. m m> *> New York, Sept. 10?.?The fu turity at six furlongs, the classic for the two year olds of Ameri can turf and carrying a purse of fifty thousand dollars will see 24 juveniles entered at Belmont Park today. -? ? ? Pekin, Sept. 12.?China will re fuse to entertain Japan's proposals fo: the settlement of the Shan tung controversy on grounds that the Versailles action awarding the territory to Japan was illegal is re ported. -? ? ? Washington. Sept. 12.?The ad mission of Belgium and Holland to . the discussion of the far eastern questions at the disarmament con ference will likely be permitted. ablished April, 1850. 188L ' II?JGHES j ROOT, LODGE I UNDERWOOD President Names Four Delegates to World Disarmament j Conference Washington, Sept. 9.?President Harding today announced the full j American delegation to the arma ment conference. It consists of i four members: Charles Evans Hughes. Secretary of State, former justice of the su preme court, one time candidate for the presidency, and twice gov ernor of New York; lawyer by pro fession. Elihu Root, once secretary of war, later secretary' of state, form er senator from New York, lawyer, jurist and statesman of internat- j ional reputation. The late Pres- | ident Roosevelt, his close friend and colleague once paid tribute to , his attainment by describing him as "the ablest man in public life' in America." Henry Cabot Lodge, senator from Massachusetts, Republican floor leader, chairman of the foreign re lations committee, long time stu dent of international affairs, and author of many works of an histor ical nature. Oscar W. Underwood, Democrat, senior senator of Alabama, leader [ of his party in the senate as he was in the house of representatives, re garded by colleagues of both par ties in the senate chamber as "safe and sane," lawyer by profession and in public and political life since 1892. He was for the treaty of Versailles and the League of | Nations covenant with or without j reservations. These four will represent Amer- j ica at the table at which will be j gathered four from each other na tion represented. Coi.fidence that both Mr. Root j and Senator Underwood would serve was emphasized at the White House, Senator Underwood's po sition as' minority leader in the senate, where he might be called upon to support any treaty or oth- J er agreement reached, was not ex- j pected to preclude his acceptance. In event, however, that he should find it impossible to serve, it was intimated unofficially that John W. Davis, former ambassador to j Dreat Britain might be the Dem I ocrat member of the American ! delegation. Mr. Underwc'od at .present is'in the mountains of Ten nessee. : The conference proper, or what might be termed its'' "supreme body,*' will consist of twenty mem I hers. It was announced, each of j the five major powers being rep resented by 'a "big four." An tin- ' derstanding to this'effect has been reached'with the other powers, ac-' cording to the White House an nouncement. Only the "Big Four" delegation from each of the five allied and associated powers, will sit in the general conference on armament limitations. The delegation from China, which was invited especially j because of Far Eastern problems, j will sit with the twenty delegates representing the principal powers, it was announced, only when Far Eastern problems are under dis cussion. Representatives of Bel gium, Holland and other nations, it was explained, will occupy a sim ilar status and come into the pow ers' conference only when their j Far Eastern interests are affected. Armament questions, it was em I phasized, would be left solely to disposition of the supreme body of twenty. No official advices regarding the j make-up of the other powers' dele- j gations have been received, but j Secretary Hughes, it is understood, is in touch with this question through conversations here with the diplomatic corps. After the announcement of the four American delegates, it was said that the next step would be the selection of advisory bodies, j This personnel at laest, so far as j the United States is concerned, probably will be limited to twelve or fifteen, including a staff of army and navy experts. The advisory personnel also will include one or) i more women. The American advisory bodies, it i was announced, would include j I "representatives of American wo j manhood, labor and other Ameri-j j can interests, peculiarly interested i in armament problems." The ad visory delegations, it was explain ed, would not operate separately as a group, but as outstanding in terests to be given a voice in the proceedings, j Foreign governments may have j more or less members in their ad j visory or supplementary bodies, no . limit having been placed on their number. Tlu- question of a secretary gen i era! for the conference is being I considered. George Wharton Pep j per, Philadelphia lawyer, has been suggested for the position, but of ficials are not yet ready for an an ' nouncement. - Storm in West Indies Cotton and Sugar Crops on ; Island of St. Vincent De stroyed j St. Vinvent, Win ward Islands. j Sept. 10.?--St. Vincent's sea 'island crop for 1921 was almost entirely destroyed by a cyclonic .storm. The sugar cane fields are washed flat. ?'Be Just and Fear 'UNDERWOOD MAY BE _NAMED President Harding Announces That One Delegate To Disarmament Will Be a Democrat I Washington. Sept. 9.?President Harding has written a letter to Representative Jefferson of Ala bama, expressed the hope that there will be only four American members1 of the delegation to the disarmament conference and that one of these would be a democrat. Senator Underwood is considered the most likely democratic pros pect. ? ?? ? A. C, LINE APPEALS FROM RULING Reduction in Cotton Freight Rates Tak en to Inter-State Commission Columbia. Sept. 10.?The recent order of the railroad commission, for a reduced freight rate on short hauls of cotton, will be appealed to the interstate commerce corn mission by the Atlantic Coast Line, according to a statement filed with the commission by R. A. Brand, of Wilmington, traffic manager of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. 1 .e other trunk lines in South Caro lina, the Southern and the Sea board, have agreed to the rate. The Coast Line has put it into effect, but under protest and with notice of appeal Lo the 1. C. C. In retaliation, the railroad com mission has refused the petition of the Atlantic Coast Line for discon tinuance of trains No. OS and be tween Columbia and Sumier. Chair man' Shealy, of the commission.' told Mr. Brand that'if his ; road' would hot abide by the ruling of the commission as to ' the : cotton1 rates, and would appeal this mat ter, which is entirely 'an' intru state proposition, to the interstate commission, then-he would have to take to the inter-state commission the petition for discontinuance of the two trains, bbth being.: intra '? state matters. Unless the I. C. C. orders dbcontinuance of the trains, they will remain in service. The order for lower freight rates on short cotton hauls follow ed the initiation by the railroads of a proposed revised schedule, whereby they proposed to ivduce rates on very short hauls, but to increase rates on hauls of more than 13u miles. This the commis sion would not agree to, but allow ed the reduced portion of the new schedule, while disallowing the portion making increases. ? * ? Florence is Easy Meat The Sumter Gamecocks contin ued their string of straight vic tories yesterday by defeating Flor ence by the score cf seven to live. The first few innings all went Sum ter's way and it looked as if Flor ence would be shut out. Three scores were checked up to Sumter's credit at the end of the first in ning and she added to this so that at the end of the fifth inning Sum ter had six scores. In the first in ning the first man up for Sumter got a clean singie and Shealy up next put the ball over the center field fence for a home run and also winning five dollars by putting the ball over the sign put up by Booth & McLeod to encourage heavy hitting. Carlson pitching for Sum ter pitched a wonderful game for Sumter until the seventh inning when he seemed to blow up and the Florence batters hit him al most at will. Florence brought in four runs in this inning by heavy hitting and added another run to their list in the eighth. Things began to look bad for Sumter but she made another run in the eighth putting her two runs ahead of Flor ence. No one scored in the ninth and the game ended in victory for Sumter making the fourth consecu tive win for thv Gamecocks. Today Sumter meets Florence again in tin* last game of the sea son and The fans will have one more chance to see Luther pitch. This will, w ry likely, be Luther's last appearance in South Carolina as In- leaves fur Chicago next year t;> play for the W hit.- Sox. .MI the fans are urged to turn <>ut lor this last game and give the team and promoter the necessary support. - Tornado in South Dakota Sioux Falls. S. 1).. Sept. 10.?A tornado killed two men and de stroyed many small farm buildings in West Sioux Falls last night. The towns of Ollis, Hartford and Fast Sioux Falls are reported hard hit and communication is demoralized. Not?Let all the ends Thou Afms't Sumter, S. C, Wednesday SAN ANTONIO S DEATH i I Searchers Have Foun I the Official Estim is Five H I Fan Antonio, Sept. 10.?Thirty ! bodies have been recovered from j the flooded district, the majority j being women and children, while j the military and city official search I { of ruins continues for other dead, i estimated to be at least five hun ' dred. The damage runs into mil j lions. I The waters are now receding. Two thousand are homeless. Re : lief plans are under way. with the j entire state aiding. A temporary ! morgue has been established to re ! ceive the bodies for identification, i Martial law likely will be un | necessary. The davastated resi i dential district was inhabited most I ly by Mexicans, while the busi- j j ness section is under water and j I suiters serious damage to import- J I ant business houses. The water was | j fifteen feet deep in some plants, j j Though threatening weather men- I j aces, the authorities fear no fur- I j ther flood waters. I San Antonio, Sept. 10.?Troops j ; from Fort Sam Houston are pa- i ! G. C. DUNCAN i Lineman's Hand Cam Wire Carrying Saturday morning about eleven ; o'clock 6. C. Duncan, in the employ i of the city of Sumter as a lineman 1 was electrocuted while moving i electric wires on the corner of Har | vin and Liberty streets. Duncan, ; at the time of his death was on a ? high pole a short distance from I the corner moving a cross bar up to j get the electric light wires farther \ from the telephone wires. Some i how his hand came into contact with an electric wire carry'ng twen L'ty-three hundred volts. 1 was ten j or fifteen minutes before the cur . rent was turned off and the body I brought down. Everything pos j sible was done to revive him but : all efforts were unavailing. Death I was probably instantaneous as only Former Football M Star Found Dead ? Handcuffs on Wrist, Small j Rope Around Neck- and I Head Almost Severed -. j Chicago. Sept. ft.?The body of Bernard J. Dougherty, who was ; chosen as an all-American end by j Walter Camp, when he played on {the Harvard football team in 1901 ! and 1902, was found manacled and mangled in the Desplaines river J near Chicago this morning. Carl I Ausmus, a fellow salesman of j Dougherty's, with Packard Motor , ; Car company, is missing and H. W. 1 Church, a twenty-year-old youth, j j to whom Dougherty delivered an j expensive motor car yesterday, is ? held tonight at Adams. Wis., in j connection with the death of ! Dougherty. A pair of handcuffs were at j tached to one of Dougherty's wrists, ! a small rope was twisted about his j throat and the head had been al i most severed from the body. Yesterday Dougherty undertook ! to deliver an automobile to Church, ! who said he was buying it for his ! ? father. He asked to be driven to a j I bank so that he could obtain a 1 certified check to pay for the ma j chine. Dougherty, accompanied by \ j Ausmus, a driver and followed | j by another car which was to return ; them to the salesrooms, soon after ! the transaction had been complet ed, started out with Church. I The two machines became sepa j rated and the second drove alone j to the bank and waited. The driver j finally became impaitent and en i tered the bank to look for Do ugh - J erty. When he returned he found I a note tied to the steering wheel j telling him to return to the shops j and signed with Dougherty's name. ! According to officials of the com i pany, this note was not in Dough I erty's handwriting. Neighbors toid of seeing Church drive up to his home in the car accompanied by two men. The three were said to have entered the hr-ise, which is a two-story apart ment building, the lower floor be ing occupied by Church and his mother. Xo one has been found who could remember seeing the two automobile men leave, but several hours later Church took the car to drive his mother and another wo man to Indiana Harbor. Early this morning Church and his moth ??r again took the car, telling neigh bor; they were v.oinK to Adams, Wis.. t<? visit at their former home where Church's father had just bought ;i farm. Voung Church was arrested as he entered the town in th?- machine tonight, but denied all knowledge of Dough ei ty's d< at I:. Bank of Draper Looted Pulaski. Sept. 1.0?One hun dred thousand dollars in bonds and cash and other valuables were stolen by robbers who lasted the safe of the Bank of Draper. at be thy Country's, Thy God's and September 14,1921 wepTby dealing flood d Thirty Bodies and ate of Death Toll undred trolling the flooded city and aiding in the rescue work. The water supply and the telephone and elec tric light service are off. The es timate of the loss of life may reach five hundred. Only six reports coming from the valley of the San Antonio river. Both of the banks and the river are strewn wfth the wreckage of homes. San Antonio ' Hit by Flood P-O- Antonio, Sept. 10.?The en ! tine business section of the city is und*r water as a result of heavy rains causing an overflow of the rian Antonio river and Lazon creek. I Six persons are missing and the ; damage is estimated at millions. Merchants are removing stocks. A number of dwellings along the ; creek have been washed away. A tornado striking Austin and some ! nearby villages soon before the | flood adds injury and damage to i persons and property. eletroc?ted e into Contact With High Voltage seventeen hundred volts are used ; in the electric chair to cause death. The inquest was held this after j noon at Geo. H. Hurst & Sons' un j dertaking establishment where the j body was taken. The jury in its f verdict said that G. C. Duncan came ! to his death from an electric shock ' received while attending to his duty I as a lineman, in the employ of the j city of Sumer. I Both of Duncan's parents are ' dead. He came to Sumter from ; Georgia and was unmarried. He is ; survived by four sisters and one brother. Three of his sisters live in Georgia and the other lives in North Carolina and his brother lives in Virginia. Arrest of Customs , Agents Predicted Alleged Suicide of Revenue Agent Results in- Sen sation j . ,_^ i New York, Sept. 10.?The arrest j of members of the United States ! customs service is expected as a re ' suit of the investigation of the sui j cide of Frank Fitzpatrick, internal ! revenue agent, following the spec i tacular raid on the Greek steam ! ship. King Alexander, when seven J of the crew were wounded in a pis I tol battle and vast stores of con i traband goods were seized. ?? <% ? ? ? - Lynching Threat Made by Negroes Charleston, Sept. 9.?Augustus YVeston, negro, charged with crim inally assaulting a negro girl of eight, was spirited to the county jail here early today from McClel lanville, whe.*e it is said a mob of negro men were gathering for the avowed purpose of lynching him. Judges of World Court I Geneva, Sept. 3.?The internat i ional court of justice, on which the j hope of the league of nations seems now largely to be centered, was foremost in the pre-occupations of the delegates of the league assem bly here today and likely will re main so until the judges of the ; court are elected next week. The assembly committee in the mean while will establish a basis for the work of the session on disarma ment, amendments and blockades. The time limit for nomination of judges closed Monday with eighty I nine candidates put forward by j thirty-live different states. Five of i these since have been removed I from the list on account of declin | ations to stand for election. No direct word has yet been re j ceived from Flihu Root and the I league council still considers him a j candidate. j The American group of judges \ at The Hague court allowed the 1 time limit to expire without ..end { ing in a nominee. The delegates . here generally agree that an Amer : ian must be elected to the court. |and that he will be .Mr. Root, if he i does not officially decline, in which lease probably John Bassett Moor?-, j will be chosen. The election is expected to be a long on.-, with many of the coun j tries voting for favorite sons, who j are considered as having no real ? chance of election. It will require twenty-one votes to elect, if all the states now present at the assem bly participate in tin- election. The appointment of a joint committee of the assembly and the council, composed of three men from each party, as provided for in tin* statutes, it is generally expected will not be necessary in order to reconcile the lists which will be elected separately by the council and the assembly. Truth's. DEMOCRATS ! OPPOSE THE ! TAX SCHEME _ ! Leader of Minority! Party Says There Will be Solid Op position to Re peal of Rich Men's Taxes Washington, Sept. 10.?A solid ! I democratic opposition to the retro active repeal of excess profits tax : and a reduction of income surtaxes ; is likely to delay the completion of ! j the tax bill. Senator Simmons, of j j North Carolina, says the Democrat- , I V i ; ie party will carry the fight, if nec- 1 j essary, to the floor of the senate. I I i Latest Estimate of the j Loss Caused by the Flood That Swept San Antonio j San Antonio, Sept. 12.?The I : property damage from the flood is I now estimated at eight million dol ! lars with a death list probably j i reaching one hundred, including I ! forty-seven bodies received from j ! the train service in and out of the I ! city. Normal relief funds are be mg j j raised and the Red Cross caring ! for the refugees. -? ? ? Shot Himself Through Head j Greenville Man Was Too Careless With Pistol Greenville, Sept. 11.?As his, ?wife was in the act of warning him I to be careful with a revolver which j he held to .his head, Sam Skelton,. j 26, bookkeeper of this city, blew I his brains out at the house in i which he lived on River street here j this afternoon. Young Skelton'; had been exhibiting the pistol to! j some friends that were spending i j the day with him and had offer- j j ed to sell the weapon to one of ' { them and when he became careless 1 j in handling the pistol, he was j I warned to be careful. He then j unbreeched the pistol and, as he j thought, all of the cartridges fell ! ! out. It was then that he held the j weapon to his temple, apparently i to demonstrate that there wa~; no , harm in it, and, pulling the trigger. j shot himself through the head j with the one cartridge that remain- j ed in the chamber. His wife, hav- ; ing heard the warning of his friends, stopped at door and as she j begged him to be careful the fatal, shot was fired. Young Skelton lived about 45 minutes after he was shot, though the bullet went clear j through his head, spattered his brains on the floor and lodged in I the wall beyond. He never regain- ! ed consciousness. - ? ? ? j Lexington Murderers Arrainged For Trial _ i Columbia, Sept. 12.?A true bill! ; was returned at noon in the Lex- ! ington court against Gappins. Fox j and Kirby, charged with the mur der of William Brazeil, the Colum- j bia taxi driver. McKenzie Barre. T C. Sturkie and A. B. Martin of the Lexington bar, were'named by the court to represent the men, and the court recessed to allow the law yers time to confer. They will an nounce at three o'clock whether or not the men will demand the three days in which to prepare the de fense. No Mob at Lexington Columbia. Sept. 12.?Before day light this morning Gappins. Fox j and Kirby, the three men who are 1 ! to face a jury this week for the killing on August 9 of William ! Brazeil, Columbia taxi driver, were taken by automobile under civil guard a dozen strong from the state j penitentiary here to Lexington. ! There they were placed in the j court room under heavy guard to awai! their arraignment when] I court opened at 10 o'clock. There: : were no siyns of mob violence dur 1 ing the early part of the day. : though, small groups of citizens] gathered at various places in Lex-] ' ington to talk over the happen ings. Solicitor Callison stated that! ilx- hopes to have the trial done j j with today. -? ? ? Sau Francisco, Sept. 12.?Fatty ; Arbuekle is under arrest in con- i ; nection with the death of Virginia Kappe, a film actor. He continues refusal to talk or to see visitors. except counsel. Twenty witnesses! are to tfo In-fore the grand jury tonight. The coroner's inquest into! Miss Rappe's death has been call-; ed for Thursday. ' THE TRUE SOU Resourceful Diplomat Places Responsibili ty For Peace or War on Sinn Fein London. Sept. S (By the Asso ciated Press).?Premier Lloyd George's letter to Earnonn De Valera, the Irish Republican lead er, which was forwarded to Dub lin after the meeting of the Brit ish cabinet at Inverness on yes terday, seems at last to insure thru Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries will meet the special committee of cab inet ministers at. Inverness on Sep tember 20, for the purpose of clear ing up any ambiguity the Sinn Fein leaders may entertain about the six conditions the British govern ment s*ipulated as reservations in granting Ireland a dominion status. The premier's letter, like all his communications since the Irish ne gotiations began, is characterized by punctilli?us consideration for the Sinn Fein. While it suggests a date for the proposed conference it is in no sense an ultimatum and sets no tim * limit tc the negotia tions. In fact it tends to prove what has been maintained through-" out by those close to the premier that he earnestly desires a settle ment. "We have invited you to discuss our proposals on their merits." says th premier and he adds that it will i> ? open to the Irish leaders to raise the subject of guaran tees on hny particular point. The belief is almost universal to night that Mr. De Valera will ac cept?that what the premier offers is what Mr. De Valera desires, namely an untramelled conference with the single condition that Ire land remain in the British empire. The guarantees which Mr. De Val era is supposed to have in mind are membership in the league of nations and the dominion confer ence and these, it is believed, the government would be willing to grant. . Assuming that the conference will meet as suggested, there is still the question of Ulster which is not touched in the premier's let ter. Mr. Lloyd George's original proposal was for a tripartite con ference including Lister but up to the present there is no sign that Ulster has yielded in the slightest in its determination to base itself on the home rule act and the northern parliament. A representative of the govern ment in an interview in Inverness today - aid that.in the event of the conference failing the government would proceed with the home rui~ act, tfhich by inference may be in terpreted to mean that the govern ment "regards the act in partirl abeyance. Even should the proposed con ference at Inverness surmount the initial difficulties there would still remain Ulster, en which Mr. De Valera holds strong views The questi. i of the desire of Ferma nagh and Tyrone to be separated from the northern parliament alsc is likely to be raised in the con ference and this would bring a bit ter conflict with Ulster. It will thus be seen that tin re are yet many dhficuLies ahead. Dublin, Sept. 8 (By the Asso ciated t-ress).?Arthur Griffith and other Sinn Fein leaders awaited at the Mansion House this evening with some impatience the arriv al of Robert C. Karton, who is carrying the British cabinet's re ply to Ireland, because, although the ti rms of the reply are known, the Sinn Feiners are anxious to learn further details. The forecast printed in the newspapers prepared the public for a much stiffer note. The Sinn Fein leaders are still silent re specting their intentions, but in other Irish political circles the opinion is expressed that .Mr. Lloyd George has shown a disposition to meet all difficulties. Mr Lloyd George's letter leaves for a further conference ail points of objection raised by Mr. De Val era and goes back to the sole con dition under which tin-, original) negotiations at Downing Street are understood to have taken place. Tin next step will be considera tion of the letter by the Dai] Eire ann cabinet to which the conditions of tin* negotiations are entrusted. Although the Republican leaders j decline to discuss tin- matter pub-j fiely. Those in touch with them re-j gard :f as certain that thev will a -- ' cept the invitation to meet at In verness. Hunting Victims of Auto Thief i Police Dynam* ing Chicago River to Find Body Chicago. Sept. 10.?The authori ties :? re dynamiting the river at I Mayv. jii suburb in an effort to re- ! cov* r tin- body of Carl Ausmus, the companion of Bernard .1. Daugh erty. automobile salesman, whose , hand- uffed and mangled b?'dy was | found in the river. Ausmus is be lieved to have suffered a like fate. Harv?~y W. Church, aged 20, the j arrested salesman, delivered the. ear lo the church, home, and then disappeared. I THRON, Established June 1, 1S6C. VOL. LIIL NO. 9 IATTLE SMUGGLERS Seven Members of Crew Greek Steam ship Shot at Brooklyn Dock by Officers New York, Sept. 9.?Seven mem bers of the crew of the Greek steamship King: Alexander' wer? shot and wounded by federal pro hibition agents in a pistol battle cti the vessel which is ' lying a. the Brooklyn dock when fifty thousand dollars worth of liquor 'and sev enty-five thousand dollars worth of drugs were seized. ? The authorities cay the crew of fered to sell this liquor and drugs for fourteen thousand doliar-s. Suicide Follows Battle New York, Sept. 9.?Following the raid on the Green Steamship King Alexander, in which.^seven members of the crew were wound ed Frank J. Fritzpatrick, chief narcotic officer, who led the pro hibition agents in the pistol bat tle, was later found dead with two pistol bullet wounds in his heart in a nearby ferry house. The po lice say he committed suicide. The motive is unknown. Tobacco Crop Shows Decline Washington, Sept. 8.?There was a decline in the production of to bacco in the principal southern, producing states during August, with the exception of Ten nets a* shown by the department of ag riculture's monthly report today. The forecast of production, based on September 1* conditions, was placed at i'KS.OOO.OGO pounds, com pared with SSy.Ou?.?OO pounds a month ago. The improvement, amounting to 59,000,GCO pounds, was almost wholly in the northerly producing states, Kentucky show ing 63,uo0,0o0 pounds more than a month ago, with a total of 314, 738,000 pounds; Pennsylvania 10, U?u.Ou? pounds more, with 55;523, 000 pounds, and Ohio 7,000,000 pounds mere, with - pounds. North Carolina's foreca.it show ed reduction of 23,000,000 pounds, Virginia's a reduction of 10,000, 000 pounds and South Carolina's a reduction of . 3,500J)00 pounds. Tennessee's forecast increased 7, 0OO.?00 pounds. ^The September 1 condition of to bacco and the forecast of prod?c-' tion by states'follow: Virginia: Condition 53 per cent ; of a normal; production forecast SJ,270.000 pounds. North Carolina: 61 and 182,7S#i* 000. South Carolina: 65 and 52,954, ! 000. Tennessee: 72 and 52,531,000. Clipping Coupons Richmond, Sept. S.?More than j $-100,000 wilNbe paid out in South Carolina by the United-States treas ury on September 15, when the semi-annual interest on Liberty Bonds of the third issue falls due. Holders of bonds bought in this state cr sold through South Caro lina banks will clip coupons amounting to $412,SOS. It is urged by treasury officials that the inter est collected on the bonds be re invested in other government secu rities. A complete list of these securities, ranging in denomina j tion from 25 cents to $1,000 is now j on the market at postoffices, and J offers an exceptionally attractive ! investment .opportunity. Figures compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond show that there were S7.?0 5 subscribers i to the third loan in South Carolina. This represents a per capita sub scription of $12.20 as the total amount of bonds sold in the state was $19,426,250. In the Fifth Reserve District, ru-arly $4.0o0,000 in interest will be paid out September 15, A total of $186,259,050 was subscribed in the district at large, by investors ?imbering So 3.35$. The per capi ta investment for the district aver aged $20.40, Stabalize For eign Exchange Washington, Sept. 10.?The sec retary of the treasury calls a meet ing of the finance ministers of the Latin-American countries in an ef fort to stabilize foreign exchange. Meetings will be held simultaneous ly here and in other countries on December 21. ? ?*? ? Williamston, W. Va., Sept. 12.? The second Matewan battle trial began with the taking of testimony in the case of Reece Chambers and Fred PurgraT. charged with the killing of vY. J. Ferguson, on* of seven Baldwin Felts detectives slain In a gun fight in Matewan in May of last year when ten men were killed. -?fr o- o Washington, Sept. u>._The gov ernment takes st?p to get the fa mous BergdoU "pot" of gold "when alien property custodian Miller de madeti of the mother of the slack er fugitive "nil of his property in cluding the gold coin taken from tin- treasury*" that belonged to her "on before he fled to Germany.