VIEWS OF WALLACE ON HIGHER PRICES PENDULUM OF PRICE READJUST MENT SWUNG TOO FAR AND TOO VIOLENTLY. DOLLARS IST BE EQUALIZED Farmers Must Be Paid an Approxi mate Increase of 70 Per Cent for the Product of Their Toil. Washington.—Food prices must rise again—and rise soon- —before the com ing of real prosperity. All the farmer raises Is sold for too little; he is re ceiving fifty to sixty cent dollars for what he sells and paying 100-cent dol lars for what he buys. The pendu lum of price readjustment has swung too violently'and too far in his direc • tion. * . One of two things nitist happen, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace be lieves, before the country can be truly prosperous. As he sees the dilemma, the horns are described thus: 1. Farm products—and this means nil foodstuffs—must rise approximate ly 70 per cent in wholesale prices to the farmer; or— 2. The retail price of everything else must drop still further until the buyer's dollar and the farmer's dol lar are worth exactly the same amount. Present prospects are that both | movements will he noticeable within a short time. Increased prices of food stuffs will be brought about to som« extent, it Is believed, by the enact- ■ ment of a tariff sufficiently high to prevent the dumping Into American markets of farm products raiped abroad., these products at present be ing sold at prices lower than the cost | of producing the commiHllties on American farms. Harding Dines Newspaper Men. Washington. President Harding fulfilled one of his campaign pledges j when he gave a White House dinner to newspaper correspondents who ■ were assigned to him during hia race > for the presidency. These reporters, who organized themselves into "the order of the ele- j phßnt," gave a dinner for Harding last September. Want Amnesty for Prisoners. Atlanta. Ga —Samuel M. Castleton, j personal counsel In Atlanta for Eu- j gene V. Debs; socialist leader now serving a ten-year sentence In the federal penitentiary here for violation | of the espionage act, will appear he fore President Harding April 13 to present a plea for general amnesty to political prisoners. Cure Found for Seasickness.' Brussels.—Dr. Nolf, a professor at ! the University of Liege, announces ; that he has discovered an absolute • cure for seasickness by the use of I belladonna and atropine. Seasickness J according to the doctor, has its origin I In a nerve in the interior ear which , causes dizziness. - ■ Elks Take Ty Cobb In. Detroit. —Life membership in the Elks has been voted Ty Cobb, man ager of the Detroit American League j i team, by Detroit Lodge No. 34. A gold j membership card will be presented the Tiger manager before the open ing game of the season here April 13. Heaviest Holders of Bonds. Washington.—National banks are heaviest holders of government bonds. j Their total Investments in Liberty ■ bonds and Victory notes amount to j >2.269,575,000. The banks have in all j •oris of securities, both foreign and domestic, $4,136,465,000. Housing Shortage to Continue. Washington.—Hopes for relief from. j the housing shortage were shattered ; by John H. Donlln. president of the building trades union. There Is no relief In sight or a-ny in dication of a revival of building ac- , Uvtty. Donlln declared. Husband Only to Recommend. Washington.—Recommendations on appeals of Immigrants barred from entering this country will be made directly by Commissioner General of Immigration Husband. —— Jewell and Warding to Confer. Washington. President Harding bas Invited Bert M. Jewell, head of the railroad organizations affiliated with the American Federation of La bor. to confer with him here on the general railroad situation. It was learned In labor circles here. Watch Progress of Coup. Amsterdam. —Former Kaiser Wil helm and the former crown prince are -watching eagerly the progress of Em peror Charles' attempted coup, accord ing to reports received here. Request of Germany Denied. Paris. Germany's request that pending questions of disarmament be referred to Van Impartial commis sion." was rejected by the Allies. Ger many was informed that she must submit to the original disarmament jdemands of the Allies. J. R. FARR. J. R. Farr is one of the new mem bers of congress, representing the Tenth district of Pennsylvania. I —— ALMOST COMPLETE STOP/JOE Danger Threatens That Mines May be Flooded and That Many May be Irretrievably Ruined. j London.—All work ceased In the i coal mines of the United Kingdom at midnight with the exception of a very few districts and approximately 1,- '200,000 miners were idle as a result of the controversy over the wage is sue. In only two collieries in York : shire, one In Northumberland, one In Scotland and one in North Wales the men have promised to continue at their posts without prejudice to any terms that may be agreed upon, but all other pit workers, ln(ouding me chanics, pump men, ventilating men and pony men, came out with the n- Iners. Danger that the miners may be flooded threatens and many may be irretrievably ruined from the inrush of water. Strenuous efforts are being made to enVoll volunteers. Yorkshire pump men have decided to remain at work. Apprehension is felt that the Na tional Union of Railway Men and the 'transport workers' union, partners with the miners in dispute, may bo tempted to strike in sympa thy with the coal diggers. In such an event, the nation would be confronted by a crisis of unprecedented gravity. Germany Dumps on Belgium. Brussels. —In a formal note ad dressed to the Belgian government, the Belgian Federation of Contractors charges Germany with perfecting a gigantic system of dumping. This is declared to be so formidable that no Industry outside of Germany can fight against it unless determined and rap id action are taken at once. Death of "Uncrowned King." Berlin.—Wilhelm Sylt, known as "the uncrowned King of the Berlin proletariat," died as a result of a bul let wound received after he struck a policeman who arrested him on sua-1 plclon that he was planning a general strike. - ,Kft Want Chlnease Treaty Revised. Mexico City.—Declaring that Chi nees are monopolizing the labor Jobs In the northern district of Lower Cali fornia, a delegation of citizens of that territory has arrived here to ask that the treaty with CJilna, negotiated six years ago be abrogated or revised. Legion Asks Controbultions. Indianapolis, Ind.—A call for »»1 members of the American Legion «oi contribute ten cents to a Memorial Day fund for the decoration of Amert- j can graves overseas was sent out In ' a bulletin from national headquarter* of the legion here. One Woman Blinds Another. Jerome, Ariz. —Mrs. , Clarence V Hopkins, wife of a mining engineer, was rushed to the Prescott county jafl! to avoid violence against her, follow ing the throwing of acid into the fac« of Lucille Gallagher, a school teacher, i Fighting Has Spread. Athens. Fighting between thfc Greeks and Turkish nationalists has spread along the line In Asia Minor until the northern end of the active zone Is within 30 miles of Isinid. Beer Drinking Fall* Off. Washington—Beer drinking in Oer-; many has fallen ofT by more than 750,- 000,000 gallons a year as compared wRh pre-war consumption. Consul , , General Coffin, at Berlin reported. ! J Engage RuMlan Militia. Tokio. —The antl-bolshevik troop* j formerly commanded by the late Gen eral Kappel, armed with machine guns, opened an engagement with the Russian militia in Vladivostok, says i a dispatch from that city to newspa., ■ pers here. Campaign Wins Favor. ! Richmond, Va/—The campaign of the tobacco growers of Virginia for co-operative markets has already won a majority of the growers in five counties. Japs Know Nothing of It. Tokio-.—Authorities at the Japanese foreign offices say they know nothing lof the reported vlajt of former Pre mier Venlxelos of Greece to Japan. It has been reported that M. Ven l izelos would go to Japan ta the (neat of the Mikado. RAILROAD ASKING WAGEJDUCTION THE PRESENT COST OF LABOR MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY. DOST OF LIVING GOING OOWN The Pennsylvania Railroad System in February was Operated at a Loss of More Than $8,500,000. Pittsburgh.—lt has become impos sible to operate the Pennsylvania rail road successfully and continue to pay the "abnormally high" wages fixed by [the Railroad Labor Board, C. S. Krick general manager of the eastern region I declared in opening a series of confer j ences between officials of the com pany and representatives of its em | ployes to difcuss proposed reductions j in salaries and wages, j Mr. Krick maintained that the en tire world rapidly is getting hack to normal and that since the middle of last year, the cost of living has been steadily going down, j "At present," he declared, "nearly cent out of every dollar the Pennsylvania railroad receives frbm operation Is paid out in wages. The j remaining 30 cents is not sufficient to buy fuel and other materials and pay jour taxes and other obligations. "Without taking dividends into con sideration, the Pennsylvania system ! was operated in February at a loss of J more than $8,500,000. Removing Hero Dead. ' Washington. Announcement is ' made by the War Department that work is going on in removing the sol ; dier dead from the great American cemetery at Romagne, Fran.e, where 1 more than 22,000 bodies of those who gave their lives in the Argonne are in terred. the shipments of the bodies to be expedited. In all there was 75,882 dead overseas, been returned. Navy Recruiting Is Lively. Washington.—ln the Southeastern division of the Navy Recruiting Ser vice. Raleigh, N. C., heads the list for .•the number of recruits for the week ending March 31. With 91 recruits from Richmond and Atlanta tleing for second place with 18 each. "Offensive and Defensive." New York.—Representatives of 175,- 000 organized railroad employes, in I special convention here, called upon the executive heads of the re.ognized | national and international railroad j unions to sanction the formation of district "offensive and defeiisive" al liance —Railroad District councils-—in New York district and other "strategic points in the railroading industry." Hold up Liat of Evaders. Washington.—Publication by the War Department of the ltet of war' time draft evaders has been post poned until Attorney General Daugh erty can prepare an opinion on the question of the legal liability of the government in the event names of in nocent men should by accident ap pear on the lists made public. U. S. Exports Much Mbrphlnft. Tokio.—Morphine brought from the United States every year to Japan for re-export to China amounts roughly to 65,000 pounds, Baron Fujimura, raising the question of the opium traf fic In China, asserted nt a session of (he budget committee of the Home of Peers. 30,000 Jugo-Slavs Ready. Vienna.—The Weiner Journal an nounces that thirty thousand Jugo slav troops have been massed in Var asdln in Croatia, with the intention of marching on Steinamanger and preventing a restoration of the Haps burgs by all means. Asks Provisional Reduction. Chicago.—Provisional reduction of the wages of approximately 26.000 un skilled workmen on the New York Central Railroad, to be effective April 1, was asked of the TUilroad Labor Board. Roosevelt and Hoover Invited. Washington.—Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover may attend the good roads meeting in Greensboro, N. C„ April 18 to 23. Fought Fire Among the Clouds. New York. —Firemen fought among the clouds for more than an hour be fore subduing a dangerous blaze on the 31st"floor of the towering Equita ble Building in the heart of the down town skyscraper district. It was one of the highest fires the firemen hare ever been called upon to light Fruit Crsp Safe so Far. Washington.—With the passing of the cold wave which came on the heels of Easter, officials of the depart ment of agriculture expressed the be lief that the fruit crop surplus of the country as a whole had not been ma terially affected. Temporarily Demobilized. Terijoki. Finland. Throughout Russia soldiers and sailors for the 1 first time in years are receiving leaves of absence or are being demobilised i temporarily - V -- .j- • - -r- • .• THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C. J. A. BARNET. | J. A. Barnet, the first minister sent I by Cuba to China, called at the White j House on his way to his post In Pe king. GALLED ON ADMIRAL HORTHY ! Commander Lehar of Steinamanger Declined to Accede to Pleading of Ex-Ruler for His Support. Budapest.—Former Emperor Charles |of Austor-Hungary hame his visit Ito Budapest with the idea of taking I possession of the Hungarian throne, | but was unable to induce the Hunga j rian government to fall in with his plan, it has been learned from unof ficial but excellent sources here. s Official confirmation of the fact of the ex-ruler's visit was supplied and numerous details have developed from vurious quarters. The former ruler, it appears, came to Budapest accom panied by two friends. He visited Admiral Horthy, who, after setting forth constitutional and political ob jections, refused the plea and induced the ex-monarch to promise to return to Switzerland. When Charles halted at Steinaman ger on his journey into Hungary, he made an efTort to align the military authorities there with him, pleading with General Lehar, in command at Steinamanger, for support. General Lehar refused the request, calling at tention to his oath of loyalty to the Horthy government. Three Appointments Announced. Washington.—The appointment of Charles H. Burke, of Pierre, S. D., a business man and former chairman of the house Indian committee was an nounced by President Harding as Commissioner of Indian AfTai'rs. The president also appointed George H. Carter, of lowa, to be public print er, and Thomas Robertson, of Mary land, Commissioner of Patents. Accidental Shot is Fatal. Bristol, Va.—Mrs. Sallie Lewis was accidentally shot and Instantly killed by her son, Charles Lewis, near Cop per Creek, Va., according to reports reaching Bristol. It is said the young man was cleaning a revolver and that his mother is passing his chair struck his arm. The weapon was discharged and the bullet struck her in the heart. Sparks Cause $578,000 Fire. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Fire which destroyed the Interstate Cotton Com press, nine box cars, a two-story of fice building of the compress company and approximately 10,000 bales of cot ton here at a total estimated damage of $578,000 was caused by sparks from a passing locomotive. France Wants None of Charles. Pairs. —France is strongly opposed to a return of former Emperor Charles to the throne of Hungary. Telephone Co. Property Values. Raleigh.—The replacement value of the property of the Southern Bell Tel ephone company in North Carolina is approximately $6,500,000, according to figures which Vice-President Yondt, who has charge of operations, gave the corporation commission. Lieutenant Coney is Dead. Natchez, Miss.—Lieut. William De voe Coney, 27, fc-ho was Beriously in jured when his airplane crashed into a tree near Crowville, La., died of his tnjuries. Mill Workers Strike. Columbus, Ga. Several hundred textile workers of the Eagle and Phe nix Mills, one of the largest in this section of the state, walked out after making a demand for a 30 per cent increase In wages. Passed Worthless Checks. Miami, Fla. —J. T. Hill, lawyer, of Cordele, Ga., who came here several months ago, was bound over nndier $2,500 bond on 11 charges of passing worthless checks and three charges o/ embezzlement. Rioting Occurred in Belfast. Belfast. Rioting occurred in the North Queens street and new Lodge road districts of Belfast. In the for j mer, a man was wounded when the police fired on the crowd. In the lat ter, a woman was shot in the head. No Reasonable Doubt. New York.—Supreme Court Justice Biljur dented a certificate of reason able doubt to Robert P. BrindMl. labor leader, convicted ol extortion in con nection with the building, trust tavae tigation POLICY OF ALLIES IS tLSOJR OWN HUNS MUST MAKE REPARATION TO THE UTMOBT LIMIT OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. % | " HUGHES EXPRESSES PLEASURE Says That United States Government Stands With the Allies in Placing Blame for War on Germany. Washington.—Formal statement of the attitude of the United States as to German reparations is contained in an exchange of communications with Ger man government officials made public by the State Department. They are in the form of memoranda transmitted through Loring Dresel, American high commisioner at Berlin . The German communication, dated March 23, was written by Dr. Walter Simons, German foreign minister, and assorts it was "entirely clear" both to the government and people that Ger many "must make reparations to the limit of her ability to pay" but sought "examination by unbiased experts" to determine the extent of her ability. In his reply Secretary Hughes ex pressed pleasure >at Germany's "un equivocal expression" of its desire to pay to the limit of ability and de clared the United States "stands with the governments of the Allies in hold ing Germany responsible for the war and therefore morally bound to make reparations, so far as may be pos sible." Robbed by Mexicans. Douglas, Ariz. —L. R. Bailey, post master of Bisbee, Ariz., who was found in his office bound and gagged, said he had been held up by two masked Mexicans, who forced him to open the postofflce The robbers escaped with $50,000, according to word re ceived here. Endorse Trip of Delegates. San Francisco. —The American La bor Alliance for Trade Relations with Soviet Russia, at a meeting here gave endorsement to a delegate elected by the Potters' Union of Richmond to at tend an international industrial con vention in Moscow, Russia, on May 1. Secretary Denby Has Returned. Washington.—Secretary Denby has returned to Washington on the de stroyer Pruitt from a two-weeks' visit to the Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo, Cuba, and navy and marine corps shore stations in Cuba Haiti and San Domingo. Western Union Growing Concern. New York. —Gross operating income of $119,991,825 for the year 1920, is re ported by the Western Union Tele graph cbmpany, an increase of 17 per cent over 1919. Other income for the year brought the total to $121,473,685. Operating expenses amounted to $106,838,713 an increase of 20 per cent. Stinnes Buying Press. Vienna.— According to reports cur rent in newspaper circles Hugo Stin nes, the great German capitalist, is buying up the Austrian press on a big scale. It is said that he has acquired three papers in Vienna, one in Linz and one in Graz and has started a new paper in Klangenfurt. Many Roads Destroyed. Dublin.—Flying columns'of the Irish republican armv are officially reported to operating in Fermanagh, Armagh. Tyrone, Kildare and Queens counties. There has been much destruction of roads. Greek Prince Killed by Turks. London, —Prince Andreas, of Greece brother of King Constantine, has died from wounds received in fighting near Brusa, says a Constantinople dispatch. American Radical Deported. Mexico City.—Linn A. E. Gale, an American radical who was arrested here has been deported from Mexico by the way of Vera Cruz, it is said by newspapers of this city. Request of Greece Refused. Constantinople.—The allies will re fuse the Greek's permission to trans port their troops in Thrace to Asia Minor by way of Constantinople or to use the Ismid railway. Tremendous Powder Explosion.. Frederickburg, Va. —Two men were Injured, at least six freight cars were destroyed and traffic on the R. F. & P. railroad was blocked for hours when 40,000 pounds of black powder In a car exploded in the freight yards neai here. • Three Year Egg Contest. Murphysboro, 111'—Four hundred hens have been entered to date in a three year national egg laying contest starting here November 1. The race is regarded In Illinois as the first of Its sort ever held. Daughter Sees . Father Suicide. Miami. Fla.—B. C. Williams, former deputy sheriff and Dade county Jailer, shot and killed himself in his home here while his daughter peeped through the doorway a witness to the tragedy. , CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE SHOOT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. Rutherfordton.—John H. Wood, 68, one of Rutherfordton's wealthiest and best known citizens was buried at the local Methodist church. -> Greenville.—Edward Wearthering ton died at the age of 51. Death was due to apoplexy. Mr. Weathejjegton had large farmihg interests Tn Pitt county. Durham. —The city manager form of government was adopted by the citi zens of Durham in an election. Offi cial tabulations gave the managerial form a majority of 805 votes out of 1,811. Spencer. Mrs. William Kester, wife of one of Franklin township's well known citizens has been in a pre-, carious condition for several days as the result of An attack by a hog. Kinston.—John Pully is the Repub lican favorate for postmaster at La- Grange, second plum in importance to be awarded to a Lenojr county man by the new administration at Wash ington. Pully has been connected with the office several years. Statesville.—Bruce Fesperman, age 16 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.-E. Fesperman, of Statesville, was drown ed in the 'Southern Power company's pond, about 12 miles fr%m Statesville on the Catawba river. Durham. —Durham citizens voted in the managerial, form of government for this city by an overwhelming ma jority. The official count has riot been made, but members of the cam paign committee predict that the new charter was carried by a 3 to 1 vote. Greensboro. —A peanut lodged in the windpipe of C. W. Hufflnes, Jr., the 13-months'-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Huffines, of this city, caused the child's death at a local hospital following an operation. Greensboro. —An effort will be made to get Calvin Coolidge, vice president of the United States, here for the conventions of the United States Good Roads association and the Bankhead National Highway association, the week of April 18 to 23. , Salisbury.—R. A. Kohloss of this city, who is slated for the position of prohibition director for North and South Carolina, will continue Salis bury as headquarters of his depart ment. Charlotte. Establishment of an employment bureau with state and federal aid may be effected in Char lotte according, to T. T. Allison, busi ness manager of the chamber of com merce. Statesville. —A 50 gallon liquor bar rel, buried near the home of Flake Holland in Union Grove township, is the latest discovery of Sheriff M. P. Alexander and Deputies Privett, Tom lin and Policeman Gilbert. Lincolnton.—Mrs. Hosea Carpenter died at her home tit Elm Grove from the effects of burns received more than two weeks ago. At the time of the accident Mrs. Carpenter was nurs ing her baby before an open fire. Concord. —Mark Teeter, 18 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Teeter of Mecklenburg county committed sui cide at the home of C. A. Smith, near Irvln's crossing, by drinking a quanti ty of carbolic acid. Hamlet.—T. F. Mofrit recently elect ed secretary of the Hamlet chamber of Commerce, has arrived in Hamlet and is on the job. Mr. Moffit comes to Hamlet from Henderson where he was for the past years secretary oi the Henderson chamber. Wilson. —While returning to their their homes, S. 41. Viclj, ex-postmas ter of Wilson, and Alfiert Robbinson, retired railway mail clerk, both lead ing colored men of this city, were help up and robbed of their watches by two masked highwaymen. Asheville.—Damage to fruit in west ern North Carolina by reason of the freeze will not exceed one-tenth of the total crop, according to the estimate of James F. Gray, district agricul tural agent. Fayetteville.—One of ttie greates victories for education in the history of Fayetteville was won when a quar ter of a million dollars bond Issue for Improved public facilities was carried by a vote of 1,160 out of a registra tion of 1,349, only three votes being cast against the bonds. Durham. Lizzie Harris, negress, employed as masseuse, has been ar rested in connection with the disap pearance of diamond rings, valued at $2,000, the property of Mrs. Thoma* J. O'Brien, a neice bf Benjamin N. Duke. , • Charlotte. —As the result of severe burns sustained about four weeks ago when his clothes ignited as he sat by the fireplace in his home, N. J. Win* gate. 86, Confederate veteran died at hla home in Berryhill township, this county. 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