THE MORNING STAR. WILSHNGTON. N. cj FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1920.
TWO
t
Uf S SEGUniTIES HURT
DY RELIEF MEASURES,
SAYSTREASURY HEAD
Refers Particularly to Soldiers
Bonus and War Finance
Board Resolution. . '
WASINGTON. DecraSC-T-Maket prices
of liberty bonds and 'other government
securities were said .today by Secretary I
Houston ' to be suffering: as a result of
te continued discussion of the soldiers'
bonus and the various legislative meas
ures for the relief of the farmers, such
as the revival .of the War Finance cor
poratiorf.'. ? ; .. '.. sX;X " r---C-- '?
Enactment into law of either of these
propositions; the' treasury "secretary, de
clared, would necessitate flotation by
the government of a loan,' which, won 1
add to the amount of sovernment 'securities-
npw outstanding and cause a
reaction on the. market for government
. bondsr .X:;X V .. .'-V ' ' '-. rX
Necessity of a bond issue to finance a
soldiers' '. bonnsr- Mr. Houston said,, is
readily understood : but At would 1 be J
. equally, necessary, for.-the government
to borrow in order to enable the War
Finance corporation, to "function. '
.'The "corporation, he said, has about
I370.000.0QO in book credits against the
treasury, but o resume its activities It
would have either- to issue bonds of Its
own to obtain funds or call upon the,
treasury for.itsJDalance, in which case
the treasury would.be forced tp issue
certificates of indebtedness in order to
raise the- money. . c - -
The "secretary - also said he was op
posed to the various proposals for ex
tending credit to foreign nations on the
basis of government funds, the admin
istration having decided there should
be an end to-foreign loans.
Discussing sales tax to provide
government revenues, ; a subject now
under consideration by the house ways
and ; means t committee, the secretary
declared himself opposed to a general
sales tax on the "ground ' that it was
contrary to theory 'of progressive tax
ation. He added, however, that he fav
ored a- selected sales vtax applicable
to certain classes of articles not neces
saries which , he said, would keep the
burden of the tax from those unable to
pay.
hardly be ' anything "closer to his in- j
teresttnan mflj priae in me uominaiu
JO,l V TW U1V11 11 " A' w
formation of the federal reserve system
and the care he. exercised; in selecting
for its members men of high character
and ability. . -,..tXy'X' '''-. T
-v The - federal preserve; system ! is one
of the great "monuments of President
Wilson's "administration; It.- was his
earnest v wish '. to make- the board' as
free from politics as V? the . supreme
court is. The fact that , the present
bill, 'apart from the degree of ..merit
it' has,.as X tainted wlthi the, iwishf on
the part '.of some senators- tr intimidate
the federal ; reserve board; , to - compel
the' board to j abandon an ' action based
upon "their conception of sound govern
ment finance; to, intimidate' the board
Into taking action dictated to some eXf
tent" by political considerations, and; to
make the board "' subservient . to - what
ever may happen to" be the momentary
temper of congress all this Constitutes
the sort of thiris that is .likely t in
fluence President Wjlsoh X against the
measure. & " ''$:' ,.--. t
r If ?he Should veto iCthe efforts r to
override, Tiia vetof, will - constitute one
of the most interesting episodes of the
present sesslon'TheV, vote oh the
nriffin&l 'bill.' both in the senate and in
fthe house, seemed to indicate that there
might be sufficient strengtn to over
ride the u presidents c veto.; - In the
senate the Vote passing- the bill .was
47 to 16 and in the house 212 to. 61.
ASHEVILLE'S CHRISTMAS ---LIQUOR
STOCK IS LOW
01dTimers Have Much Diffi
culty Obtaining Holiday Supply
' WANING CRIME . EPIDE30C
REPORTED IN NEW YORK
. Intensified Effort of Authorities
Shows1 Effect , .-;.
HERRICK HAS INNING
HARDIN
AS
6 ADVISER
Counsel tl'Said ltot ilave Ben
Based? On Observations
X MARiO.-'Q peace
and -Ainerlcan-! iu'sss'codltrpnlsief 4
foremost. again .r today in President-,
elect Haf'ding;conaUatl6ns v here
about Jtkrtpoil&
s r.-.v
JEW YORlC J)ec.' 23. New .York's
crime epidemic1 appeared to be waning
rapidly: today ; before intensified police
activity,, supported by drastic meas
ures of, criminal court, judges.
r Eighty-four " men. ' most of whom"
previously had , been released 'on low
bail, were sent to jail by judges In
the oourt of. general sessions, when the
amounts of the sureties were raised so
high the prisoners could- not furnish
them. , - "
.Bail amountinK to ?150,000 was oi
dered forfeited in the cases of 60 others
who-failed to appear whenordered.
jBail of one." prisoner, who, the' rec
ords showed,, had been at liberty under
a total . of $6,000 , on ; two separate
charges, was ; increased to $35,000 by
Judge . MClntyrewho declared if this
wast ' forthcoming he would . raise the
amount still higher; . "r ' f K 'Li
Announcement :wasl midej that -onT
Mdnday 500 men will be started, on a
course of intensive -training, prepara
tory to Joining - the regular police
force. . , . ' '
Police stations were ordered by Com
missioner Enrlght ' to report to head
quarters complete records of all vio
lators of the state or federal drug laws.
The records will be turned 6verto the
narcotic division as part of a new
plan to check up all Urug addicts in the
city, i-t - !' " ri".-- -
Two -men were arrested, today after
- detectives said thev had bought j$3
worth of drugs from them. Later the
officers reported seizures " of $1,000
worth of drugs In a candy.store run by
the . two.
Few serious crimes were . reported
todays .: - '
(Special 'to' The Star) ,
ASHEV1LLE.-- Dec . 53.--Christmks
liquor is coming high in Asheville this
year," much- higher, in -fact," thanit
ever has-been. -This information from
the nolice and county . officers comes
after the most sensational raids con
ducted here in years, when the .sheriffs
department last week rounded up
about thirty alleged bootleggers, every
one of whom was : bound over to the
higher court whenglven. preliminary
examinations in police court. ; , i
Old-timers who will awear thatthey
cannot live withoutrwhiskey are weep-J
ing and wailing for the want of some
thing of a liquid nature that will
stimulate and iavigorateTmt they are
having the times of their oldlives in
being able to dig , up something. Not
a-drop of .whiskey has been , shipped
into. Asheville by express or freight for
more than six months, the officials say,
'and the post' office, here has a similar
record, , with 'one exception. One Indi
vidual mailed a quart- of liquor to a
friend. He is now in the county ; jail
finishing up a six months' sentence and
fine which he was unable to payt
Brought back here from Denver, Col.,
where he "was transferred when '' the
detachment of mert. of the United States
army general , hospital was removed
from Oteen several months ago, Henry
Halg. . a soldier of the medical corps,"
will have to stand trial here before the
United States federal court on charges
of ' robbing the post, office - at Axalea,
the station dearest - the 6 big ( govern
ment hospital. ' ;
Telephone swearing is not a viola
tion of law, Judge;"Vrells ruled in po
lice court here.' The matter came up In
the case of Carl " Gregory, clerk In a
local hot el, who called tip the police
over the telephone- a few -nighta ago
Insisting ' that they t had a warrant for
him; "When told that they had none,
he proceeded, to "cuss" them out and
was arrested. - Judge Wells ruled that
toviolate thelaw the cursing must be
done in a puDlic j?lace ahd tKat A tele
phone booth iis'tenot a public place
Cregory d6Ing'his,phoniiigffpm? a tJay
station nearxtheidepot.' 1 4
tlon
, The plan-: for tn association of, na
tion he discussed withtrori, T; Her-
rick, of Cleveland,:; who was American
ambassador ranc
of theorldwar and who has been
suggested persistently; as n possible se
lection j; for a similar f .bst under , the
)jext President. '';-:'i;, .:?r V:X'' -.
; During the summer Mr.' Jlerrick made
an extended tour abroad and his ad
vice to Mr Harding-; on-ihe;peace prob
lem; is understood.. to have been .based
on information gathered in.conferences
with leading Eurppean statesmen. .
Business conditions, were taken jp
by the President-elect; with Fred Up
ham, r William Wrlgley - and Marshall
Field, aU of Chicago, MrUpham. who
is treasurer of -the Republican national
committee, 'also discussed various"" or
ganization questions lef t ove? from the
campaign,1; - -t
'- Othera who' saw'Mx, Harding during
tha j day ; Included.-' Mrs.. .Harriet Ta'yiqr
Upton of Warren,' Ohib vice-chairman
Of the Republican"; national -committee,
and Harry;M. Paugherty.vof Columbus,
a member of the Republican campaign
comm!ttee.v: n;';:-,-..,, : r. ? t
y Former President Taft' is .to come to
Marion tomorrow- in response eo Mr,
Hardinsf a.-, invitation to discuss .' the
peace association plan and other Bub
jects. Althongn ran advocate 'of fthe
Veraaf lles'-'Hagtier' Mrr Taft has indi
cated' that he will supportany other
prajtlcatlJlattT'toprombte f peace : and
he' is counted on to contribute partifcu-
lariy : to' the proposal? for an: interna
tional courts ""
GEORGIA" BANlElitBIIEr
- "$ECOD COURT 1NMXO
ATL.ANTA;rGk.-rDec. 23.---the deorgia
-court f appeals today" declined to grant
a new trial r for William : B. , Green,
forme.vieeipreaidentof the Fairburn
Banking company, whof was convictad
lastsprlng '6f emb'exzlement' and '.sen
tenced to "five Tears' Imprisonment: ;
Green was vice - president of the
bankwKen Its buirdlng'was' burned in
the fall of "im - He w in the building
at the time, and latersaid that robbers
entered the?" bank, bounds and gagged
him. looted the safe and' then set fire
t6 the trucut-e.-f Aid .-audit 'Of Greens'
books was said to place Green's short
age In ther neighborhood of $100,000. K
Mrs. KatTierine..Bradstreet, vsho was
jointly indicted with Green on the em
bezzlement charge,-4 was , found not
guilty, when she was tried a few weeks
after- Green's conviction. - x
ACTION OF PRESIDENT. ON
FINANCE BOARD BILL
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED r
IN GINNERY ACCIDENT
Neck
Is Broken By Contact
With. Largd Belt n C ;
r rSjMMTlnl to The tr - a J
WARSAW Dec. 23. Jesse i Tucker,
twelve-year-old s6h of Mr. and Mrs.
Dude Tucker, was killed instantly at
the Best cotton gin Wednesday af ter
rcon at a o'clock. The boy was em
ployed at the gin ane in some' way ap
proached, too near th belt, when-he
was caught in it, having his leg -amputated
at' the knee, and his neck
broken before the machinery 'couldlbe
stoppca. . :. . - ... ..
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when h,e said that it was wholly a case
of the senate "passing the buck" to the
federal reserve board. Senator Glass
added, "we ought to expunge this sec
tion". '.It does no credit to the senate."
Nevertheless, the senate passed the
bill by. a vote of 47 to 16. Thereupon,
in the house we had the rather unusual
spectacle of that body' taking the con
servative .side of an issue on which
the senate had taken the merely pop
ular side. r - -
The house dropped the objectionable
Section 2 and passed Section 1 alone.
Later, In conference, the senate' agreed
to the action of the house, and as tha
. now lies on President Wilson's
desk it provides merely for the revival
of the 1 War Finance corporation. .
"Tkree Reason, for Veto
The practically overwhermlnff belief
here is that President Wilson will veto
the bill.. To do otherwise would be to
override the action of his secretary of
the treasury and disagree witir the
K?K!Uy S L1 Ad:! ferment in the famHy buriaTVround.
The Warsaw tobacco market closed
last Friday for the Christmas holidays.
and will Teopen about the 11th of Jan
uary; While .prices have been consid
erably lower than last, season, they
nave comparea iavoraoiy with, those
paid on other. markets, .and-a good-bit
of the weed hag been marketed, wtih
probably-better prices for that part of
the crop yet unsold.
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN V" V
. FACES-OPERATING ' TABLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Physicians
aitenaing senator cnamoerlain of Ore
gon, who haa been ill i in a hospital
here since early in the 'week decided
late today that an-operation would oe
iieccosar. ine operaiion will- D.per
formed, t was said, either tomorrow
or. Saturday.
HAZEL CHARLES
montauub, pec. Z3-Little Hazel
Charles, the 12-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, U. FvCharles of Montague,
died yesterday afternoon at d'o'clock.
Funeral, services were held today with
might not be decisive, but there is the
additional .ground- that this measure
whatever merit it .may have aa .an
emergency and however great the -need
of the farmers who are intended to be
benefited,, nevefthless is the opening
step toward a course which will be a
constant temptation for years to come,
the temptation that .plagued our his
tory for 20. j&ears following the Civil
war, the temptation to try. to remedy
hard! conditions Ith.easy-money.
A revived War PJ nance , corporation
can onlyget the money to finance, its
operations by , selling c bonds to Uhe
public This (would occur :t at a time
when, as Secretary Houston' says, the
treasury is already under the necessity
of selling half a. billion dollars In
bonds to the pjiblic, or . the . purpose
of paying current accounts. '
No one could follow, the I testimony
at the hearings, or the debates in the
senate without being favorably m
pressed by the. reasoning of-Secretary
Houston .and Qoveronr Harding and
less favorably impressed by the attitude
of some of ; the advocates bf the meas
nre ; For V example,. Senator Harris of
Georgia, Jn casting his .vote . for the
1 measure, said: "I will say that if th
friends of the farmers In this body
( wlH.oin ..with me,, we will not allow
uonnnneo any .memoef ,of . the
i6
jeaerai reaerye, board who 'has been
against helpingr the farming' Interest
.of th country in "times, of such dis
tress, and, we will not : wait -for their
. resignation." ;-v-r:' :T: y ' '-'.",--a
H is thls'sorf of threat which! will
. probably . influence "President ' Wtlnrtn
19 EGGS A DAY FROM ;
3 HENS, IN WINTER
BIr. Ilonr It ens Increased Every ' Jay.
- rua In EaiUjr Td .
We baie tt-fhivktsn and hadn't had
jn egg all wiuter.v. In Are days aftei
iccuing von pung,, we got 4 to o eggs
dy$ in three weeks, we were getting 10 to
a. a cay; in nve weeks we got 15 eggsa
oay.; jonn unni, io2,
Cherry Valley. Pa. -
Mr.' Duni started - giring
Don Sung-; la ; January, in
zero weather. He now
keep his hens busy In win.
rrtf "sin, ter when hens usually loaf.
ii it fj tin .a t trim v.pisri, .nikn
Here's our ofTr: -vr--; r . ...-. -
Give year hens Don 6nng and watch re
snltsfor one raonthf If you 'don't find that
profit beiides, simply tell os and your
money will be cheerfully refunded. . '
Don Sung .(Chinese for egg-laying) i a
scientific tonic and conditioner. It is easily
given in tho j t eed, improTea the hen's
ceaun ana "inaes aer stronger and more
actlTe. It tones up the egg-laying -organs,
and gets the eggs, no matter how cold or
wet the. weather. - -;v;,-- -;--v ;:-";:;. .
Don Sung can be obtained proniptly from
your drogglat or poultry remedy dealer, or
send $1.04 (includes war tax) for a pack
are by mall prefald Burrell-puf get Co
In view of the fact that the report of our price ihvesti-
Rations' WteheIin
15o:Uf'i"iiJi:rilIfll:;.iirtt afa fiivino ? thft ;fipiirM'-hub.l
Ushed as'followis tfi
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all'
: 'iu KickuuOJkd. i
09
.60,'. r.,'
iceler5v..per::talk,,3 or '.'.'..fty.85.;:
'a' coffee j .. i ''.. -27 - . '. . "
's baked -beans . . . .i . . --.10..;,. '-,'.' V, ..-?, - , . -la '
X Sugar, best ' granulated . . . . . . .
iillsb,uryflburl2'po
Gold Mdalf flotrrl£:bags-.'
' Brookfield "butter" 'IX Xf . .
rlEcesh; cotrntry. pnttet:'i:ri'
AUO DUjtieiV y V ?' 1-"V" -vTi ' a i--Xv ''f
f.Blocki butter.. t 'it "i-'i" Xh 'X-.Xy l lXX $2 v
Best
it ...
Cabbage
Arbuckie
Campbell
:- Tomatoes'-. . w V- ' ".'i'.s.i'.:. . .10".:.. !it,
Pineapple . Tv ,-'-..; T . . i . . ..V -.25 ,.1-.
Creanx.. corn X ... .10 X;'X j
Hershey's iipOiUttd-tin cocoa:4,.1il..'.a&
i; Hershey'8;r,po4ind,cake chocolate ilxX. ..20 ,' -;'
Wesson oil pints f ? -'. - i ..s " XXxf?3to X0$X
Smoked , government .bacon .. : i. . .1i . .20 ' .22
Sliced bacon .,".'., . . . .1 . . .t. L.25 , .Z5
Best sliced breakfast bacon . . . . . I . .V--.36 40
'"Smoked sugar-cured arid Picnic hamsn ;2i
,' STIced "ham, i "" '"j --..SS ,;
"Pure- lard .V . . . . ; 7A"i ,2X"riXX i . .'' .20
. ..Compound lard' ei vi'1 i-lf.i'-ivi 'iK't i"...j;-l-.
Klngan's pure lard, .1-pound carton 4 l:gQ'-j
. Sirloin steak ...'.'.?. ' -to -
Porterhouse- ateak . ;.-. .V T. .25. .
" Hound steak . . v . . v . . .-; . . : .20 X
"Chuck steak " . . . , ......... . . . . m i 4;. " .18 :
Hamburger steak....... . . . . . r . . .', .20
Stowing beef . . . .v; . . : .. .. iXl.X.,. &Xrttft XU
-., Veal cutlets -V-... j ' ..... ... :i.
fy "Veal breast .iv . ;.... ..
Veal loin or rib, chops . 1 . V i XX.XJ.
Lamb chops ..'i-.... .. ;.
.' Chuck roast . , . . ...... .s. . y . . . . . t-
Rump- roast . ..,..:;'.',
4 ' Rlbdtit;vvxi.ri-'.'.
Dressed chickens
Aii-porK sausage . . . .-j
Liver; pudding':' t f ivv . .'
:1 - Wilmington.' ,"
' LOO-"
- ;;;'oo''' ':;v
r ; ' '.70 -.75 .
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.20. ,25
.20 .25
.38- .40,
Vivv:.' J 2B. ""'":
ns .is
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.60
.28
.80
, - Klngan's all-pork sausage ;
Bread, 18 ounces
12 ounces .10
-SPECIAL COmTlTTEE KIWANIS GLUB
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D. C. JURY CONSIDERS
CASE OF NICKY ;
ARXSTEIX
WASHINGTON, ? Dec. . 23. A. iury of
the District of Columbia supreme court
tonight' was considering -testimony - pro
duced at the trial of Jules W. (Nicky)
Arnstein, and three others, indicted
for conspiring; to bring into ithe 'Dis
trict securities involved lit the. $5,000
000 Wall street bond thefts :of 'a year
ago.', - V V-
The; Casej.oCT-ArnsteIn and thethree
others, -David-W. Sullivan, Norman S.:
Bowles and .W. W. Easterday, was sub
mitted to the Jury at three o'clock thia
afternoon, and at ten o'clock . tonight.
after, ""seven hours of .deliberations,.
justice ijouia preoiaing in me case,.
ordered 'the Jurors locked tip for the
night" ' - . - .
Mother's Friend
Vot Rxpectaat Jlether
Used by Three Generations
Write for Booklet o : Motherhood
' and Baby.' Fieo -;.'--....-
Bradfield Regulator Co Dept. S-D
pi , - Atlaata, Ga. - , .
4Colaa)bla Eldg., Indlanapolla,- Ind.
-
Butter Tallt
Owinp; to the decrease ' in
this product we have cut the
price of our special Table: But
ter. If you have never tried
this, we would be gla(J tphave
you do so. We get it in f resH
by express every other day;
assuring you that you axh get
ting it fresh everyvtime. Spe
cial per pound
1
60c
' '4 -
4"-V'"t
Granulated sugar, pound
illioc
1 ' .
'.f : 3 v-
Fresh eggs all have been
candled and-all are good: Per
dozens
s. nrj.
68c
.. If ice! large No. 1 Irish pota
toes, rer.pecjk ' -v. c . -t
50 c
.Ribboit hams. - small
average 4 to 6 pounds ; every,
one guaranteed. Per pounds
XX si'XfX-
Slf ESSMarshburn
35c
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fTke PlumeCTPuvWIV:,?Soal
Our Budget PlanWUl Do Uy .
. So
Xonie in today and ask
how? -There's still time to
geta" New Edison for
Christmas, and make the
family,, supremely .' happy.
X)ur Budget-Plain requires
only a small Christmas.out- J
lay; It distributes the; bal
ancethrougHi 1921& in such 4
. a way that you'll never feel :x
r" " :- "v h
the payments.
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Just a few of the leading styles left;,; Select yours
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to suityoiir pocketbook. j -; ; .......
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