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Differences Ovet* Rus- j
sian Situation Bring!
Allies Almost to the!
Breaking Point
Genoa, May 8 (By the Associat
ed Press).?Optimism \ws still!
professed tonight by Premier LloydM
Ceorge. The little Welshman was I
still smiling, but most of the dele-1
gates no longer have the heart to
smile.
"Many difficulties more than this)
have been passed and -we shall pass j
this one,"- said Mr. Lloyd George to j
the correspondents tonight after a |
frantic day, in which he conferred j
with ? nea^fe^^ the leading figures J
to"Gefl^^fM^M^Vnme such diffk-ul- i
ties,^^^^^^^rhy have the con- '
Genoa echoed with all sorts of
rumors, about the breaking up of
the entente and the imminent dis
solution of the economic confer
ence. The French and ; Belgians j
stand firm in their opposition to 1
the property clause of the' mem- f
orandum to the Russians, and in- j
sist that failure, of the Russians to
accept the memorandum will mark
the end-of the conference.
The Russian delegates, after con
ferring with Premier lAo$d George,
issued a statement denouncing the!
French and Eelgians for their at
tempt to break up the conference
and calling attention to the fact
that these two countries are trying
to make it appear that evei*ything
hinges on the Russian reply, while
they themselves have not indorsed
the very document they are dis
cussing.
Both Mr. Lloyd George and the j
French delegation denied . reports j
in the Briitsh papers that the in- |
terview between the British prime |
minister and the French foreign
minister on Saturday was a stormy
one and terminated with the dec-j
laration by Mr. Lloyd George that]
this disagreement meant -the end j
of the entente.
The Russian's attack on the Bel
gian position created roy.Q&jlLscus- [
sion. among both the" Frenc"h and!
e'ginn delegates and apparently !
ey will not reply. * j
Signor Schanzer .and othar Iral-j
r representatives labored ail last
evening and today trying to recon
cile the disagreements* but seem
ingly with no success.
Genoa, May J? fBy the. Associat
ed Press).?Premier Lloyd George
himself appeared this afternoon at
a meeting which had been arrang
ed for the British and American
correspondents apparently for the
purpose chiefly of denying reports
appearing in British and French
papers that Mr. Lloyd George and
M. Barthou came near the break
ing point.Saturday and that the
British prime minister had vir
tually announced that the entente!
was finished and that France and
Erjland must go their separate
ways.
^Mr. Lloyd George declared that
the difference between him and M.
Barthou in no sense constituted a
break between the allies and that
the stenographic record of their
conversation did not disclose any
such statements as attributed to
him.
London, May S.?Henry Wick
ham Steed. The Times* representa
tive at Genoa, says he is entirely j
unmoved by Mr. Lloyd George's j
denial to Austen Chamberlain, the
government leader, of the grave!
statements he made to M. Barthou
Saturday.
4 lr can only be a matter of
form," adds Mr. Steed. "There is no
doubt whatever that the premier
clearly gave M. Barthou to under
stand that inasmuch as France had
preferred Belgian friendship to
Britain's he must not be surpris
ed if Britain regarded the entente
as at an end and considered her
self free to pursue and conclude
other friendships.
It appears that M. Barthou in
duty bound telegraphed immedi- j
ately to Premier Poineare that Mr. j
Lloyd George's employed language
of exceptional gravity - . . There j
is no shorthand report of interviews j
like Saturday's. The persons pres
ent take notes or make minutes;
from me?iory, in which the spirit
of the statements made often dis
appears and actual phrases are
sometimes toned down. I do not j
hesitate in' affirming that the sub- I
stance of Mr. Lloyd George'., words ;
on Saturday was as I gave it. and
he ? afterwards repeated his state
ments o others. Indeed, he has I
repeatedy made analagous or iden
tical statements both privately and
officially during the conference."
London. May 8.? M. Barthou. re- j
sponding to Premier Lloyd Geoge's
appeal for his testimony regarding j
the much commented on coriversa- i
tion on Saturday has written to the]
British premier, according to Reu-j
ter's Genoa correspondent, as fol- j
lows:
'?Vou did not say that the en
tente was at an end. nor that your I
advisers were pressing you to come;
to an understanding with Ger- \
many . . - Vou did not pro- j
nounce one word which could be j
interpreted as expressing an inten
tion to break the friendship which
united our two countries, and 1 re
tain alTmy confidence in that es
sential union."
blished April, 1850.
SSI,_
RVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR !
LIBERIA!
Republicans of House!
Railroad Bill Au-j
thorizing Loan Toj
African Republic
Washington, May 10.?A loan by
the United States of $"?,000,000 to
the Republic of Liberia was author
ized in a resolution adopted to
night by the house.
The vote was taken after the
house had defeated a motion to re
commit the resolution to the ways
and means committee with in- i
struetions ,4o report it forthwith
with an amendment providing that
no parV- of the amount loaned
should be used in paying the in
debtedness of Liberia incurred j
prior to August 1. 1914.
The resolution was passed 14S to
139 with six members voting pres-j
ent. The motion to recommit was j
defeated 1C8 to 123. About 40 Re
publicans voted against the bill, al- j
though many Republicans in and j
around the chamber did not vote, j
The Democrats opposed it solidly.
In the all day wrangle, charac
terized by Representative Tincher
(Republfcan) of Kansas as the j
"most diabolical political fight in j
the house in the last two years,"!
there was what some members de- ?
scribed as the "remarkable spec-'
tacle of Republican leaders insist-!
in? that an agreement of the Wil
son administration should be car
ried out." with Democratic leaders!
asserting that the loan to Liberia j
was authorized in 1918 "in defiance;
of law."
Reference to former President!
"Wilson by Chairman Fordney of j
the ways and means committee, in j
charge of the resolution, which
Democrats charged was insulting,
started a bitter partisan fight which
eclipsed for the moment interest
in the Republican claim that the
government was morally and legal
ly bound to step to the aid of Li- I
beria. and a united Democratic de
nial.
While there were many allusions
to Mr. Wilson the statement by Mr. j
Fordney which aroused Democratic i
wrath was made during a sharp
passage bearing on the political
makeup of Michigan.
''We are intelligent people up
there and we know how to vote."
said Chairman Fordney. at which
the chairman was asked "if you
have any school teachers up there."
"Xone who received their educa
tion in Virginia," Mr. Fordnev
shouted.
"The gentleman says that a
school teacher is not much of a
man outside of his own job." said j
Representative Lowery (Democrat) i
of Mississippi and Fordney instant- j
ly broke in.
"Not unless he has considerable i
training in some other line." the
chairman declared. "Take him di
rect from school to the White
House and he is a glorious misfit.
But as a political boss he worked
well for a while, but he finally
overstepped himself. Let me say
that in that connection in 1020 I
made this statement?that the
then president was going to
change his boarding house on the
4th day of March and he did. t
said we would say to him what I
have heard suns at the close of a
school attended down in the back
woods.
" Goodbye scholars, goodbye school
"Goodbye teacher, you darned old
foot! "
The Republican side rocked with
laughter.
' Declaring that he "resented the
insult to Mr. Wilson," Represen
tative Conally of Texas, who re
plied to the attack, told the house
Mr. Fordney would eliminate his
statement from The Congressional
Record.
"The gentleman from Michigan,
as is usually the case when he ad
dressed the house,'" said Mr. Con-j
naily, "embraced the first oppor
tunity he had to indulge in the
same kind of coarse, livery stable
conversation about the ex-president
of the United States, Mr. Wood
row Wilson.
"Of course, it does not take any
school teacher t> understand that
the g?ntl?*man from Michigan in-j
tended by his language a nasty!
tling at tiie great ex-president who
is not able to come here on this
floor and defend himself against j
the coarse insults thai are from
time to time heaped upon his head.
That great man is ill. He lies
stricken. I think it is unseemly I
and unbecoming in the chairman'
Of a great committee to regale t he j
galleries and his partisan audience
here with these low, mean, nastj
flings at a former president of the j
United States.
"There was a time when the now |
ex-president was abb- to take care!
of himself in his own prop* r way J
and during that time the gentle-j
man from Michigan and others who
have seen fit from time t<> time to
hurl at his defenseless load these
insinuations and insults would not
have dared to use such language."
Chairman Forney said the reso- j
httion. which now goes to the sen
ate, would be passed speedily and I
sent to the president.
Gasoline Price Raised
New York. May 11.?The Stand
ard Oil Company of New York to
day advanced the price of gas ohne
one cent a gallon.
"Be Just and Fear 1
NEW PLAN !
TO KILL j
BIG PLANT;
Republicans Framing!
Bill For Semi-Gov-i
ernment Corpora- j
tion'
Washington, May 10.?A semi
govcrnnionral corporation for com
pletion and operation of the gov
ernment's power and nitrate pro
jects at Muscle Shoals. Ala., prob
ably will be formally proposed to
the Senate agriculture committee
tomorrow, it was outlined partial
ly today by James T. Lloyd. Wash
ington. D. C. attorney and former
member of Congress from Missouri, j
who announced later that the pro- j
posal" would be completed tonight]
and prepared for presentation voA
the committee probaty at its next
session.
J. 11. Levering, a consulting engi
neer of Los Angeles. Cal.. Mr. Lloyd
said, had originated the idea and
asked him to draft it into the form j
of a bill for Congressional consid- 1
oration. It was the intention, xhe
witness said, to provide in the bill
for cooperation with a directing
body of seven comprising a repre
sentative for each of the depart
ments, war. treasury, and agricul- !
tare, to lease the projects for fifty
years, complete those yet in unfin- J
ished stages and at the termination i
of the lease period, return to the '
government every penny it had ox
ponded at Muscle Shoals.
Comment on Fowl Offer.
Henry Ford's proposed contract
for lease and purchase of the Mus
cle Shoals projects was made the i
subject of further comment today '
by Chairman Nortis (Nebraska) |
who requested R. F. Bower, local
official of the American Farm Bu- j
reau Federation, to criticize the J
Senate bill proposing a govern- j
meat owned and operated corpora - j
tion for Muscle Shoals development, j
In reply Mr. Bower said his opin- j
ion was that the bill could not be*:
passed by the Senate or House. In- j
fluences opposed to Mr. Ford's pro- \
posed operation at Muscle Shoals. ;
added to those Congressmen who \
were-against government participa
tion in business enterprises, the i
witness said, would make the bill ?
referred ro by Senator Norris a !
dead one before it was started j
through the executive mills.
Mr. Bower later informed the l
committee that his "only hope" to j
get Muscle Shoals developed in a I
helpful way for agriculture produc
ing cheaper fertilizers for the;
farmers and renewing fertility of
the soils, was in the. acceptance by
congress of Mr. Ford's contract.
Arguments of the officials of the I
Alabama Power Company, includ- j
ing Thomas W. Martin, president:
and Hubert Pent, council, wen-;
heard today and taken under ad
visement by Attorney General
Daugherty today as a preliminary j
procedure to the preparation by
him of an opinion regarding the
legality of claims made by the
power company of the exclusive
purchase rights of the purt of the
Gorgas Steam Plant, a power unit
connecting with the nitrate fac
tories ar Muscle Shoals, which was
built during the war.
PARENTS MUST
AID SCHOOLS
Cooperation Between Home
and School Aid to Education
Washington. May 11 (Capital
News Service).?Washington has a
very full development of the Par
ent-Teacher Association idea, which
has been developed during the ad
ministration of several school su
perintendents. The present head of
the schools in the National Capi
tal. Dr. Frank \V. Ballon, empha
sizes the need of interaction be
tween home and schools, and points
out that the teacher can influence
the child only during u few hours
a day. whereas the i'rj>me and par
ents influence child all the time.
If home cooperation is in eking, he
points out., the best efforts of tin
most skillful educator must fail.
At n recent meeting of repre
sentatives of all such associations
in the city, Superintendent Ballou
stiid:
"We get nearer to the problem
of th<- child when we meet with
the parent-teacher organization
more than with any other organi
zation. The schools need such
help. Officers of the school-system
need tin- cooperation of the home
in furthering education. Most
difficulties arise when parents and
teachers differ."
ZEPPELIN FOR
UNITED STATES
Germany to Build Airship Un
der Versailles Treaty
Award
Versailles. May 11.? Germany,
under award of the ambassadors'
council, will manufacture n Zep
pelin of seventy thousand meters
capacty to replace fh?- one allot
ted the United States by the Ver
sailles treaty, but destroyed in Ger
many. A German crew, accom
panied by several Amerean officers,
will fly the ship across the Atlantic.
Vot?T^et ;?1! the ends Thou Aimst a
Sumter, S. C, Sator
Exchanging View
Jack Dempsey, world's heavywe
at the Epsom Downs races with Joe
Georges Carpentier knocked out Be
ARNETTE j
MURDERED
! BY PARTNER
jj. M. Jeffords and Two|
Accomplices in Jail |
For Brutal Murder;
of J. C. Arnette at
Columbia Filling
Station
z
I Columbia, May lft.?>T. M. Jef
fords, a business man. and Ira
Harrison and Glenn Tr-eece. two of I
bis employees, are in the county!
[jail here, held for the murder of,]
; J. C. -Arnette. who, with Jeffords, j
(Operated a handsome tilling sta-j
! tion at the corner of Main and]
iKlmwood streets. Mr. Arnette's
j body was found in his overturned
? car at the side of a lonely road1!
'near the edge of the city, at an
j early hour this morning,
j A confession from the three men.
! which officers will not disclose in
j detail, pending an inquest tonight,
i is to the effect that Arnette was'
j murdered in order that .Jeffords
might get full possession of the
? business, .and with the plan of giv
; ing Harrison and Treece an interest J
in the business for their part in the
; undoing of Arnette.
I Arnette's body was taken, in hisj
j own car. after he had been killed;
j at the tilling station, to the lone-j
ly roadside, where the car with
the body placed in the front com-j
partnient, was turned into a ditch, j
I WINTER WHEAT |
CROP IMPROVESi
I - !
j South Carolina 66 Per Cent.]
of Normal, Report Says
Washington, May ".? improve
ment was shown in the winter'
wheat crop during the last month, j
the department of agriculture to-j
day forecasting this year's produc
tion at 5S4..793,000 bushels based
j on the May 1 condition.
Today's forecast is approximate-!
! ly 12.500.000 bushels more than;
was estimated a month ago, 2,
300.000 bushels less than produc- J
ed last year, and &.00?.000 bushels,
larger than the average production i
for the last live years.
There was almost 1 <?,ftrtft.ft(>0 !
bushels increase in the production |
forecast of rye compared with a
month ago. A total crop of 7'.*.-!
152.000 bushels is forecast.
Hay promise s a crop about 7.-j
000,0t?0 inns larger than last year's.}
the production this year b3ing fore- j
east at 103.579.000 tons.
Spring plowing and planting both j
were behind the average for the]
last ten years, while the condition
I of pastures was much lower than]
(a year ago and also below the ten
; yea r a verage.
j The condition of winter wheat on
j May I. and the forecast of produc-j
? rioti in the Southern States follow: I
Virginia, condition 91 per cent;
[normal, production forecast in,- ;
4'i!l 000: North Carolina. '.?1 and!
6.475.000; South Carolina M. ;m<l ;
1 1,21 a.000: Georgia 75 and 1.519,-i
(?00: Tennessee 5*3 and 5.t"l?*.OO0: i
Alabama. S-5 and 212.000.
j -?^
!Southern Whole
sale Grocers^
j St. Louis. Miiy 1" A proposal I
to change the name of the South- 1
Lern Wholesale Grocers' Association.
to American Wholesale Grocers*
Association w as discussed at the j
convention of the former ogauiza
I ? \
?inn here.
Washington. May 10. A marked
increase in bituminous coal pro
duction during the present week is
forecast by government agencies.
t he thy Country's. Thy God's and
day, May 13,1922
ri on Carpentier
ight champion (center) promenading
Beckett, British heavyweight (right),
ckett before Jack trimmed Georges
COLLEGE BOY
KILLS_FR1END
Tragedy Occurred On
College Campus at
Stillman, Oklahoma
Still-water, Okla.. May 0.?Beck
ham Cobb. 2:"'?. of Birmingham,
Ala., student ar the Oklahoma A.
and M. college here, was shot and
killed just outside the campus to
day hy Earl Gordon. 2.",. another
student, while escorting the latter
home at the point of n revolver to
demand an apology of his pretty
young wife for an alleged insult
offered by Gordon. Gordon is held
in jail pending an investigation,
but tonight no charges had been
filed against him.
Bertie Sue CObb, 16 year old
wife of Cobb. dec hi red tonight that
several nights ago Gordon met her
on the street and insulted her. She
had told her husband, sin- said.
Recently, she said. Gordon fol
lowed her into a motion picture
house and. seated himself beside
her. Sin- immediately left, she
said.
The story of the killing was told
tonight hy Alvio Cannon, a friend
of both men.
Cannon said he came out of the
chapel at noon and met Cold* and
Gordon talking.
Cordon asked Cannon to go to
his room, according to Cannon.
Cobb walked with them. As they
left, tile campus, according to
Cannon. Cobb said to Gordon:
''Are you going down there ,vith
me?"
"No, I don't think 1 am," Gordon
replied, Cannon said.
Gobb drew -a revolver. Cannon
said, and remarked, " guess you
will.
"Gordon then said: 'Put up your
I.iin. I'll go along.' "
Cannon declared lie then s:iid:
"Well, that lets me out if then- is
to be gun play." and turned and
walked away.
Cobb and Gordon walked on
ahout 20n feet and Cannon said he
turned just in time to see Cordon
shoot Cobb. Cold> tell over a
hedge into the corner of a yard anil
Gordon tired two more shots. Can
non stated. Cobb died instantly.
Witnesses reported that Cobb
stepped out in front of Gordon just
before the shooting began.
All three of Cordon's bullets took
effect. The palms of both hands
w<-re pierced, indicating, i: was said,
that Cobb threw up his hands n>
protect himself.
Mrs. Cob!) said she thought her
husband. a World war veteran, had
been gassed in France. Sin- declared
;h:it he was not unduly jealous.
Cordon did not make a detailed
statement. "Cobh was after use,"
he snid. Cobh's home is at F5ir
niingham, Ala. He is survived by
his mother. Mrs. I >. Cobb, two sis
ters and two brothers. Gordon's
home is a! M hi mi. Okla.
FOUR KILLED
BY GAS IN N. J.
Wont an and Throe Children
round Dead Near Atlantic
City
Atlantic City. May 1". Mrs. W.
S. Uuzhy and her three children
were found dead today from
asphyxiation in the home in Veu
nor City.
FOOD FOR 25,000
Estimate of Number of Desti
tute in Louisiana
Natchez, Miss., May i". -Distri
hution of food ;o .-ill the relief
camps in the Hooded area is under
way. It is estimated that twenty
five thousand persons in the area
flooded by the Weecama crevasse
in Louisiana must be provided for.
Truth's.*'
IN CONGRESS
Representative Wood-I
ruff Threatens to!
Start Impeachment
Proceeding's vs. At
torney General
Washington, May 0.?In a detail
ed statement concerning the prose
cution of war frauds eases, prepar
ed at the request of the president
and transmitted today to the house.
Attorney General Daugherty de
clared that examinations so far
Completed disclosed in each in
stance "sufficient indication that a
crinie has been committed to war
rant submitting them to a grand
jury."
Presented on the eve of a Repub
lican caucus, called to consider a
legislative program including a Re
publican resolution for investiga
tion of chargca of alleged laxity in
prosecution by the department of
justice, the attorney general's let
ter provoked a partisan row. in
which Representative Garrett, the
Democratic leader, broadly inti
mated that it was intended to
smother the proposed investigation.
Representative Mondell, the Re
publican leader to whom Mr.
Daugherty's letter was sent, by the
president, did not indicate, in reply!
to a question on the floor as to
whether it meant the resolution al
ready given privileged status by the)
rules committee never would be!
heard from again.
Taking issue v. itlj the attorney!
general. Representative Woodruff;
(Republican) of Michigan declar
ed the former was requested six j
months ago to appeal to congress
for $500,000 to clear up his war!
time docket, and that he never act-]
ed until Republicans had assailed
the department in the house. Mr. i
Woodruff reiterated that unless thej
attorney general allowed the court j
to decide the pending case against!
the Lincoln Motor company '"on i
its merits, 1 will move his im- j
peachment in the house of repre- j
sentatives."
The M ichigan representative as-j
.-tried that a Republican congress]
could "not face the'country in an j
election unless it clears up war
fraud eases which smell to high:
heaven."
Charging that "little or nothing" '
had been done by the former ad-;
ministration to bring war robber- j
ies to light. Mr. Daugherty wrote!
the president the country would;
soon have reason to know that "in* i
fluential personages in the govern
ment who had knowledge of these
transactions and were in a posi
tion to make disclosures, were per
sonally interested in concealing
them.'" The department, he said,
was handling upward of 200 war
contract cases and if recoveries
were obtained in all, the total
would reach ?l00^000,000.
It was a terrible thing, the at- I
torney general said, to charge a!
citizen with robbing his own gov
ernment and for that reason, he j
said, he insisted upon a painstak
ing investigation of all cases in-j
voicing charges of criminality. It !
was regrettable, too. he declared, j
I that public attention "should have;
been so strongly focussed on these
[eases on the eve of their prosecu
tion."
I Given special fund of $500.000
and with the passage of pending
bills for 23 additional judges and
an additional grand jury in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Mr. Daugherty
said the work of clearing the
dockets would be .accelerated.
Two cases of the first magnitude
were ready for prompt submission,
he said, adding, however, that
it showed others lurking in the
"shadows*' and involved in the un
lawful transaction, and that prin
! cipals and different groups of in
dividuals in other parts of the
country might be soon indicted.
Mr. Daugherty reiterated what
he said recently concerning the
east- of the Lincoln Motor company
involving "alleged irregularities in
connection with the adjustment of
j a contract with that company for
I the manufacture of Liberty mo
I tors."
j At the conclusion of the reading
j Mr. Mondell said that the attorney
j gem nil's wishes would !?<? complied
j with to "the end thai all who
! sought to detrain! the government
I would be brought to justice."
??The attorney general comes
i along now after 14 months." said
! Mr. Woodruff, "and asks congress
j for $500,000 with which to prose
[ cute war fraud's. The chairman of
j the war investigating committee,
! Mr. Graham, more than six months
I ago wrote the attorney general and
! urged him to a?k congress for suffi
! . ient funds for the purpose. The
j attorney general is doinx today
just exactly what many other heads
Inf departments have done in the
past?passing the lan k 10 con
, gress."
! North Carolinian
Attempts Suicide
I New York. May 10.?D. A. Raits.
! of Wilson. X. (.".. attempted suicide
lai the Hotel McAipin by stabbing
j himself three times in the neck
I with a pen knife. He was remov
i ed to a hospital i'1 a serious eondi
j tion. In a note addressed to his
friends the reason for suicide is not
announced but he requested that n
telegram he sent the sheriff of Wil
son apprising him of the act^
TflF. TRUE SOn
BUDGETBUNK !
IS EXPOSED
BY BYRNES
I _
I Extravagant Claims
of Savings by
Dawes Shown to Bej
Nothing But Jug-!
gling With Figures
i Washington, May S. ? Sharp
(Democratic attacks were made in
! the house today on the report by
! Director Dawes, of the budget bu
j reau, transmitted to the appropria
? tions committee by President
; Harding setting forth reductions in
i government expenditures.
! Representative Byrnes, Tennes
see, ranking Democrat of the com
> mit tee, who had asked for specific
! information in a resolution,
' charged that careful analysis of the
! report showed that the figures were
; "plainly deceptive." and that they
j had been '?manipulated in an effort
to mislead the public info the be
I lief that some economy has b^on
I effected by the administration."
Joining in the attack, Represen
I tative Byrnes, Democrat, South
Carolina, also a member of the ap
propriations committee, declared if
i the president had had opportunity
ito examine "the itemized state
ment of alleged savings constitu
ting the total of $130,000,000 he ?
would discover that it is pure
hunk."
Defending the report. Represen
! tative Mondell. Wyoming, the Re
| publican leader, asserted that Mr.
Byrnes (Tennessee) was "rtuib
I bling" as ;o details of saving ef
fected, and that "some of the eco
nomines had resulted quite as much
from the vigilance of congress as
j from the activities of the budget
! bureau director."
j Chairman Madden of the appro
J piratinos committee said "some
| body had raised the question of ve
j racity," and that while Mr. Byrnes
I had mentioned deficiency estimates
! for this year of $447,000,000, it was
a fact that only $12,000,000 of this
total could be attributed to the
j Harding administration, the bal
ance being a hang-over,
j Such a multitude of figures were
j hurled at members that few seem
ed able to grasp them off hand. Mr. |
[Byrnes enlivened the proceedings,)
however, by informing the house
that Director Dawes had claimed
a saving of $20,000 on "the salaries
of congressmen." and then asked
\ .1 they could say where.
"Here's an illustration of what
Gen. Dawes saved the taxpayers,"
the South Carolina member shout
ed. "He claims a saving of $7,500
authorized to be paid the widow of
Senator Proctor, who died in 1WS.
.Mrs. Proctor declined to accept it.
j She died some years ago. There
is no one to whom it could be
paid?and yet he saved it."
In the same fashion, Mr. Byrnes
continued, Director Dawes claimed
to have saved $19,000 "in building |
a canal from the Atlantic to the {
Pacific," and $100,000, authorized
some years ago and which can not
j now be used, for enlarging the
! capit?l grounds.
I Characterizing "alleged savings
las budget hunk," Mr. Byrnes said
j it was regrettable that the presi
l dent should be misled by claims
! of savings "of the paper variety."
THE STATE
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
j Meeting to Be Held in Colum
bia Next Wednesday
j Columbia. May 10?The state
j Democratic convention will meet in
i Columbia next Wednesday. It is
'not known whether there will bej
! any local contests presented, but it
j is understood one or two counties
' will send protests against action of
j the county conventions. These
; protests, however, have not yet
: reached H. N. Edmunds, secretary
of the state committee.
The first primary comes on Aug- ?
i \ist 2ft. The campaign will start
[probably the last part of June, the
i dates ami the itinerary of eandi-|
? dates to lie provided for by the j
state Democratic committee, which!
I will meet in Columbia Wednesday j
; night of next week, following the
! state convention.
SEN. REED ?
SYMPATHIZES
WITH WILSON
Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May]
1". -Senator James A. Reed, who
is a candidate for reelection, in a
campaign address here, declared
that he regretted mentioning the
name of Former President Wilson,
but he had a profound sympathy
for him in his ilness. "There has
been much misunderstanding about
my differences with Mr. Wilson.**]
Reed declared.
CHICAGO
POLICEMAN
IS KILLED!
Chicago. May 10.?Two police
men were shot and killed, another j
wounded, and two buildings bomb
ed today in disorders the police at-j
iribmed to labor warfare. The
shootings were followed by a run
ning pistol fight. The slayers es
caped.
HRON', Established .lane l, i?i??.
VOL. LII. NO. 20
Underwood Raps Plan
?Sees Danger of
Making People "Pay
the Price of Indus
trial Monopoly"
Washington. May 8.?An attack
on the flexible tariff plan proposed
by the senate finance commission
on the recommendation of Presi
dent Harding was launched roday
in the senate and in the course
of the four hours' debate Chair
man McCumber in charge of the
tariff bill, announced that some of
the objections raided to the plan
would be considered by committee
before final senate action on it.'
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon
tana, opened the discussion with
the delivery of a prepared address?
in which he cited many authorities
and court decisions to support his
argument that the provisions were
unconstitutional. Senators Under
wood, of Alabama, and Simmons of
North Carolina, the Democratic
leaders, joined him, arguing that
for the first time iu the history
of, the country it was proposed
to protect the profits of American
manufacturing.
Chairman McCumber and Senator
Smoot. Utah, defended the plan the
former insisting that if the Amer
ican producer raised his price to
an exorbitant figure it was not
contemplated that the President
would increase tariff duties to pro-"
tect him.
Senator Walsh told the senate
that the constitution specifically
reserved to Congress the power to
lay and collect taxes and import
duties and that Congress could not
delegate this authority.
In this connection the speaker
said debate on the bill had dis
closed that the committee made no
investigation yielding any fruit
into the relative cost.of production
in this country and abroad, but
had guided largely,' if not wholly,
by the prices of domestic and for
eign articles, in American mar
kets.
Senator_J*nderwood "told the Sen
ate thatr^of~~only was he con
vinced the flexible fariff plan was
unconstitutional, but that it. was
wrong in prinicple And would lead
to the "oppression of.the American
people" and in tl^e end ruin of the
business and prosperity of the
country. The Alabama Senator ar
gued that if Congress could dele
gate to the President authority to
levy taxes at the Customs Houses
to the extent of 5(> per cent, on
the value of imports it could dele
gate power to levy it on home con
sumption declaring that he knew
of no way to equalize conditions of
competition in trade except through
equalizing prices. Senator Cnder
wood declared that the result of
such a plan would be to make the
consumers of the country "pay the
price of industrial monopoly."
3,500 OVER
100 YEARS
Dr. Copeland Tells the Rotar
ians at Physical Culture
Meet ine;
New York. May 5.?There are ?..
"?00 people in the United States
over 100 years of age, according to
Dr. Royal S. Copeland. commis
sioner of health of the city of New
York. In his address at the Ro
tary Club this afternoon. Dr. Cope
land said there was no reason why
every man and woman in the coun
try should not live to be l.Ou.
"The chief offenders in wrong
living- are you business and profes
sional men." Dr. Copeland shot at
the Rotarians. "During Physical
Culture Week, which is here, make
up your mind to do your duty to
wards yourself by daily exercises.
Many business men work hard at
their desks all week Ions and then
take a week end and play s or in
sets of tennis on Saturday and
Sunday and wonder why rhey feel
poorly the next week. Daily exer
cise is the panacea for what ails
you. Make it. an every day affair.
Take this advice, even though t
don't set a good example myself.
"1 weigh more than I should.
Multiply the number of inche^-you
stand over 5 feet by i; and add 110
pounds, and you will get what your
correct weight should be.
"A man 50 years of age who is
50 pounds overweight has lessen
ed his length of life 50 per cent.
This has been proven by statistics
of life insurance companies after
studying a half million policy hold
ers' span of'iife. During Physical
Culture Week learn to live r'.ght *
by proper exercise and not eating
too much."
Among the other speakers at the
Rotarians* luncheon, which was
designated at Physical Culture
Day. were: Anthony Kiala. Arctic
and Tropical Explorer, who told
how Col. Roosevelt kept in good
condition. William Muldoon, chair
man of the National Physical Week
committee, who urged the neces
s:*. of a 100 per cent life, normal
a i mental as well as physical, and .
IU narr Macfadden. publisher of
Pr sical Culture Magazine, who
' d the members how to Cat and
.ercisO.
Now they sad insects talk by
vireless. Real radio bugs.