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mm GALDER GOAL BILL IS SENT TO THE SENATE Greatly Modified, Bill Is Unani mously Recommended for Passage At Once BARNEY GOOGLE Cool action on Barney's part '-t-By. BIJXY. DE , BECK THE MORNING . STAR, "WILMINGTON, N.v C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1921,. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Greatly modified In form, the Calder coal reg ulation bin -was sent to the senate to day by the committee- on manufactures with an unanimous recommendation for passage at the present session. " ''.'..' All provisions In the bill for federal control and operation of the coal In dustry during emergencies and all tax proposals aimed at elimination of .ex profits in coal dealings, were stricken out by the committee session, but requirements for full and cur rent publicity on coal mining - costs and profits, to be gathhered by the Federal Trade commission, were left intact. . - ' The committee inserted a section re fjuiring the trade commission; when ever in its general report It found in stances of extortionate or excessive profits .taken by coal mining corpora tions, to make individual and. corpor ate names available to the public, and to report them individually to - con gress. Further sections added would rVouire the commission . to compile iiiita on contract sale of coal, while the greological survey .is authorized to rompile current reports j on coal- pro duction, stocks and movements. The report of the committee said the Mil was "not offered as a complete legislative solution" of the problem of preventing "a recurrence of the deplor able conditions to which the consum ing public has been subjected,' more especially during the past year.". The committee finds," . the .' report added, "that no cause constituted either justification or legitimate ex cuse for the great advance In prices which occurred, which the evidence clearly shows was participated . in by operators, wholesalers and retailers, and aggravated by the entrance of a horde ot speculators. It is fair to say that not all operators, wholesalers, or retailers increased their prices unduly. Many operators, particularly I of the largest class, had a large proportion if their output on contract price be fore the close of the fuel administra tion." v The report concluded with, the asser tion that congress has a manifest duty ot this time to bring about publicity of costs and profits of industry and to declare that coal is a basic necessity, charged with public interest and use (TBAV RAW SUGAR OFFERED AT 4 3-4 CEIVTS PLUS FREIGHT NEW YORK, Feb. 24. It. B. Hawley. president of the Cuban-American com pany, and a member of the sugar finance commission appointed by Pres ident Menocle to normalize the sugar market in the United States, an noounced today that Cuba made its first offerings of raw spgar Jo - ". the American trade. . ." , ',' ' " '" ;..' , ' . The price offered was-;4T3-4 cents per pound and freight to- the I?aite4 States and 4.60 cents a pound', . o'. ib; vessels in Cuban ports. These off erlngs, , Mr. Hawley said, met : with veady accept ance here and in Canada. He added that the prices named were subject to change at 24 hours' notice, ; COMMISSION'S OFFER MADE HAVANA, Feb. 24. The sugar sales commission has offered for sale 100,000 tons of-sug-ar at 3 3-4 cents cost and freight. The commission has not re ceived an acceptance of tits proposi tion. ,,v " : - -r. The object of the sugar! salescom misgion is not to fix '. a price for the sale of the present crop In bulk, but to sell sugar by lots at convenient prices in order to pro-rate losses or profits among the sellers. .. . , ... it Is understood in sugar, circles that the sugar commission, upon receipts of in offer at an equlable price sufficient to cover the cost of manufacture of sugar aid provide for a reasonable profit, would consider the , sale, of the forthcoming crop in bulk. FORBST FIRES IS STATE The North Carolina insurance de partment sends out the following: "What shall North Carolina do about the great loss by forest fires? This Is a real live question and one on whose answer much depends. During the five year period from 1909 to the aver age number of fires reported per year in North Carolina was 633. '.These fires burned each year-about 415,000 acres, at an average loss of $650,000, and 'wo lives. . "The cost each year to private:- in dividuals Qf lighting these fires was about $20,000. The' losses and costs should be stopped,, if. possible; or at least greatly reduced. . .This can. be done by the exercise of ordinary. care, -specially at this season ' of the year, when fires are so likely to get out and 5pread. "The insurance commissioner appeals 'o all citizens not to start outside fires, n windy days or leave them to "be fan nPd into flames or spread by winds vising during the night. Fire is used too promiscuously and . cartesely f or ourning of new lands being opened, as weij. as other lands covered with vege tation. Hunters, teamsters, and smok ts must exercise more care with their firps and matches. . . "All-cases of careless as well as In tentional starting of fires that damage lands and forests should be reported to the insurance commissioner, so that 'hey may be investigated and, where the evidence Justifies it. vigorous pros ecutions instituted. ' . . " , " "The loss from these causes since '!,13 has been even greater each year." STRONG ANABAPTIST ; TREND I'ARIS, Feb. 5. (Correspondence As sociated Press). The Rumanian " gov ' "iment, with the object of checking 'he strong anabaptist movement In I'ransyivania. has issued a decree for-Mddin:,- a,change-of religion without 'crmission of the ministry of -the 'In-. frlor, says a dispatch from Bucharest '' the Hungarian .pews egency. . r . The anabaptists deny the efficacy of 'nfant tfaptism' and" Insist; 6n..baptisra ' immersion. , . - .. .. . - -', ' mi. i i :. A ' IVDIAN STUDENTS STRIKE ! ; CALCUTTA, Jan. 17. (India Infor 'nation Bureau). Ten Calcutta colleges arc now affected by the strike of stu dents who are putting into practice the Program of boycott .of Brltislv Institu tions recently proclaimed by the . AIl- ndia students' conference at Nagpur. 't is estimated that 2,000 students are ut. Meetings are being held at ;which students are Urged by the speakers-to spread the boycott to all T educational institutions under British control. Strikes of taxi-drivers Und of drivers t Private cars still" continue. - ' When.lumb'ermen'or Are destroy f or est, dwellings are costlier to build, making it harder .to own a home in "own or city, for -as .the forest - falls lumber rises. ' ?t . i cr ) J& ) 'iss I the tee- idvsta . ,. m.m-mm - I, . . .. . Over Nine Million United States Registered 1920 Of Total Number, 8,234,490 Were for Passenger Use and 945,826 for Commercial Use North Carolina Registered 140,860 and South Carolina 82,818This State Collected Enormous Sum of $1,785,000 From Cars. v (Special to The Star) ...WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Official figures compiled by the American Au tomobile association indicate that there were 9,180,318 passenger and commer cial motor vehicles registered in the united States during 1920, of which ap proximately 8,234,490 were for passen ger USe and about 945,826 were com mercially employed. During the same period 271,230 motorcycles were also registered. The total receipts from registrations amounted to $99,141,097, In two states, namely California and New York, the figures given -in cover only the first 11 months of the regis tration year ending February 28, 1921. The total registrations for the year will therefore exceed 9,300,000 cars and receipts will probably reach $100,000, 000. It thus appears that there 'is now one motor vehicle for about every 11 persons,; and that receipts - from regis trations and licenses amount' to more than one-fifth of the total 'annual ex penditure for all roads and bridges in the United States. The gain in regis trations over 1919 amounts to 2,114,870, which .Is the greatest increase ever re corded in a single , year. This expan sion is considered remarkable in view of the adverse business conditions dur ing the latter part of the year. Receipts from registrations and li censes showed a gain of $34,443,842, or 53, per- Cenfbver 1919, the greatest, in crease ever recorded " in T a single year. The registrations" include : in a few FIVE jfEGRO PRISONERS BREAK DECREPIT JAIL Cumberland vCounty. -Prison . Not Very Tight ' (Special to The Star) FATETTEVILLE, Feb. 24. Five ne gro prisoners, Norman Thompson. Jo-hn Williams, Louis ;Dunn .and Dave Mc Iver, awaiting trial on a charge of bur glary, and Albert Ray, recently bound over from the recorder's court for au tomobile theft, escaped from ' Cumber land county's decrepit Jail early Wed nesday morning after sawing through the top of .a cage on the third floor and digging a hole in the back wall. Ray was recaptured shortly after the de livery, but the other negroes are still at large. Ray's capture was effected in a e culiar manner. When the Jailer learned about 5:30 o'clock that the prisoners had flown, he telephoned immediately to Sheriff N. H. McGeachy and Deputy Sheriff Al J. Pate. A few minutes later the sheriff was speeding in his car towards Pate's home on the west ern outskirts of tne city to -pick up the deputy and start the man-hunt. As Pate -emerged' from his house he saw the negro Ray coming up the road. He called to the fugitive, and on Ray's failure to halt, fired on him, when the negro turned and ran down the road t thfl sheriff. w- - The prisoners reached the ground after Cutting their way through the wall of the Jail, by dropping to the roof of a passageway that leads from the main building to. the kitchen. The easei with which the five men, awaiting trial on serious offenses, made their escape from the county prison, is another illustration of the necessity for a. new Jail, . which has been demonstrated times without num ber in the past and has become such a crying need that the immediate erec tion of a new Jail and courthouse with in one building lias been determined! on, it is said, by a committee appointed by the county commissioners and the bar association. The committee, how ever, has not yet made its report. Thompson, Dunn, ' Williams and Mc Iver all young negroes-,- were arrested In connection with the robbery of William Breece's grocery store on Ramsey Street some time ago. Ray is charged with stealing an automobile belonging to, ( John Robinson, colored, which he abandoned near Wade when his gasoline gave out. ... .. i t , ii ii TAKE STEPS TO FORM TIME MERCHANTS, ASSOCIATION i , special to The Star) - ROCKY? MOUNT, Feb. 24. Repre sentatives' pf 47 supply firms and time merchants from Nash and Edgecombe and several adjoining,: counties, met at the chamber of commerce rooms here last night and J took . definite steps towards ' organising state associa tion ol time merchants." .-.While.- perma nent -officers and? an executive febm mlttee were - chosen last -night, definite organization will be completed at an other meeting: to be held here next Tuesday night' following a session of the executive committee ; that after noon.'' - : -:; "'"'. : --;-h:--c:':'"V ' r, . ' Last night's meeting had been called as the outcome of a preliminary ses sion of Nash county merchants some time ag'o when the Bohem of a state organization , was y broached .and the machinery - put in motion to ' perfect such a plan.- The meeting was opened with an outline of the proposed plan, Its absolute; necessity to aid the, mer chants to solving their present prob lems, and the benefits ; to r be derived from co-operation and uniform ' ac tion. These matters were discussed by Secretary Norman Y. Channbliss, of the local chamber of commerce; M. C. Braswelli W. ,R. Qt lffln, Mr;, Carter, B, JiA.lford and jl. C. Joynr, ' - : ' Automobiles in cases, notably in Maryland and the Dis trict of Columbia, duplicate registra tions, but these' do not materially af fect the grand total. The race for supremacy between New York and Ohio in the number of motor vehicles is again in New York's favor. The mid-year registrations last summer showed Ohio leading, but dur ing, ll months of the registration year New York scored ,683.919 motor vehicles and Ohio ran second with 620,600 for the entire year. Pennsylvania occupies third place with 570164 cars; Illinois, fourth, 568,914; California, ' fifth, 568, 892; Iowa sixth, 437,030; Texas, sev enth, 427,693; Michigan, eighth, 412,717. As California figures are for 11 months, the chances are that' the total for the year will equal or exceed that for Illinois, and possibly of Pennsyl vania. In reeeipts from registrations. New York leads with $8,817,709.' Pennsyl vania comes second "with $8,090,873; Iowa, third. $7,487,830; Ohio, fourth, T6.400.000; Illinois, fifth, $5,780,612; Cal ifornia, sixth, '$5,554,265; Michigan, seventh, $5,494,486. ' Noith Carolina reports 140,860, of whiclt 127,405 are passenger cars and 13.455 re commercial cars. There are 1,418 motorcycles registered. The total receipts from license is $1,785,000. South Carolina registered approxi mately 8o,618 cars for passenger use and 9,200 fcr commercial use, total of 82,818. There arer 008" motorcycles and total receipts from motor vehicles are $527,868.' - BRITISH ARE PLANNINC1 TO , L . . . CLIMB UP MOUNT . EVEREST LONDON, Feb.- 4. (Correspondence Associated . Press). The Royal Geo Wraphfcar society IspushTng forward its plans for the conquest of Mount Everest, the hiKhest mountain in the world, the ..summit of which no white man has, ever reached. The main at-" tempt will be made next year. - Sir Francis Younghusband, the pres-. ident. of the society, has announced that Col. Howard Bury, who had trav eled much in Asia, had been chosen to lead this year's expedition, with Har old Raebum In charge of the actual reconnaissance of the mountain. This will be in preparation for the real at tempt next year to reach the summit. Sir Francis said that the society had the. utmost confidence that Colonel Bury would conduct the expedition in such a way as to preserve the present good-will of the Tibetans, friendly re lations with whom was regarded as of the utmost Importance. Mr. Raebum is the most experienced mountaineer in the Alpine club now available and has just returned from a reconnaissance of Kankehanjunga, a mountain in the Himalayas with an al titude of 28,146 feet, nd it is hoped that he will be able to leave England about the middle of March. The society is also hoping- to secure the services next year of Brigadier General Bruce, the originator of the idea of ascending the mountain. VAST NATURAL WATRRPOWER RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED SANTIAGO,. Cfclle, Jan. 21 (Corre spondence Associated Press). Vast natural waterpower resources in the central provinces of Chile are to he put to use to generate" electricity for Santiago, Valparaiso and neighboring cities and towns. A company, capital ized at $3,250,000. has been formed for the purpose and work already has been started on a- hydro-electric plant on the Colorado river. . near Santiago, where it is expected 18,000 horsepower can be developed. The project is backed largely by Chilean capital. Basis for the promotion of the com pany was the need of more power by both the Valparaiso and Santiago street railways and by mining and in dustrial enterprises. Until recently no waterpower concessions In Chile were granted by the "president of the repub lic for more than 35 years, but the latest concessions are said to be per petual. Mother's Friend For Expectant Mothers ; v Used by Three Generations Write tor Booklet on Motherhood and Baby. Free ' . Bradheld Regulator Co., Dept. G-D, . Atlanta, Ga. R)R ITCHING TORTURE Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo There is one' remedy that seldom f jails to stop itching torture and relieve skin irritation and that makes the skin soft, clear and healthy? ' Any druggist- can supply you 'with Zemo 'which generally overcomes "skin disease. Eczema, itch, pimples, rashes, blackheads, in ntost cases give way to gemo. Frequently, minor blemishes disappear overnight. Itching usually stops. instantly, Zemo is a safe, anti septic liauid, clean,, easy to use and dependable It costs only S5ct an extra large bottle, J1.00. It will not stain, is not greasy or sticky and is positively safe for: tender,, sensitive, skins'.. The E. W. Rose Ctf.y Cleveland, O. (Adv.) BRITISH CENSUS WORK STARTS IN APRIL, COSTING MILLIONS LONDON, Feb. 4. (Correspondence Associated Press). Details of the de cennial census of the British Isles were announced here recently by S. P. Viv ian, the ww registrar-general, show ing that the enumeration of the peo ple, which is to begin April, will cost approximately from 2,000,600 to 2,500. 000 pounds and require a staff of 400 wprkers in the London headquarters alone to deal with the schedules. There will be 38,000 enumeration districts with a separate enumerator for every two or three hundred households. "The war has cut clean across every' branch of our national life," said Registrar-General Vivian. "It has broken up and redistributed all local popula tions. It has violently upset all birth, marriage, and death rates. It has al tered the whole occupational and in dustrial configuration of the country and completely changed many of the customs, habits and conditions of the people. Thete is hardly a single ques-. tion upon which we can look back to the results of the last census for guid ance." r DR. HENRY B. DAY EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Successor to Sr. Connor Offices 32-33 Trust Bnlltling Phone 245 KODAK DEVELOPING AND PRINTING DONE PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY AT c -.-. Green's DRUG Store 109 Market Telephoae . 191 Kedvyeoat aingies. AsphmState Surfaced Cypr-esSKngles., ' ; ;; - JunipetrSingles Roger Moore's Sons Co. 125 Ptiricesa Street "A BEAUTY!" That's what you'll exclaim, my boy, when we show you the ftne.pbints about this Harvard Bicycled We cannot describe all of the., adyantages about this dandy wheel in this small space, but we would - like to have you call and examine this handsome "bike." GERKEN & LERAY 216-218 Market Street Telephone 6T3 V irm' carefully aelect your Docter Why not your Draggistt He's your last ; . check: t the mouth . "DEPENDABLE DRUG STORE" 117 N. Front St. Phones 181-1S2 - r '-..- v.- -, 1tlbOMI CORNER i- vrJ Consult MeAhoC .You ADMINISTRA.TOR SALES ; , PKRSON.il PROPERTY . OR 4 ' reaJl. ;estatb u k v y' R. O. HANBdi, Auctioneers 618 Grace Street : - Phone tSZto-MV GIVE A TREATMENT We tie a can to the tall of trouble When your car Is loft At Our Service Station There Is at Your DSspor.nl n COMPLETELY EQUIPPED SHOP, SPECIALIZED MECHANICS, GENUINE FORD PARTS, STANDARD LABOR CHARGES I . Jones Motor Sales Co. 225 Market Street Telephones 725-760 GAS t OILS i FREE AIR j WATER. AUTOMOBILE S V D. MacMILLAN, JR. WORTH-OVERLAND CO. i ySSSV Phone. 345-aj03 - ft SALES AND IfAVaU iSSjfX-' SERVICE ' lagJJ Packard :: Buick $?&5iF Overland Sp Dodge Brothers Commerce Trucks j Ncrth Second Street 8.10 st Phene 2163 BURNETT SALES AND! NEWKIRK AUTO ALES SERVICE COMPANY MSI COMPANY Snreessor to 5sfll Page Soles and Service - " ' MOTOR CARS CHALMERS-DOBT ' sMvlCP 14 Market Street XJJV SERVICE Phone 2048 j 12 Market Street -i- Telephone It 05 v ff SERVICE STAT10H FOR vAUTOHCBILE CQUIPMEKT M. W. McINTIRE S Dock Street CITY TAXICAB COMPANY Phones 15 and 16 AUTOS FOR HIRE Cars Washed.' 'PDMsned and . Greased' Storage 10S-112 North Second Street C W. LASSITER , Distributer ;t Briscoe f and Mitchell 11 N. Second St. Telephone 13 Supplies, Repairs and Service Rabey Storage Battery Co. ' k - " ' C ' 111 19 S. Front St. Tcleph4e 845 THOMPSON-BERNARD CO. h CnVirnfRr s Publle LlabiUty. Property JBilvUUV2lKll9 Damage, Collision, Fitre and Theft &JiGJbSwj' iS, TSA TwSi ' ' Protection, We onr Om CSg Iffllgiil P Adlustment v.. rSfegCjjrML ML mi lllUIl ROBERT IC CHRI811K, .Mr. j. r---"--:-JOjpjijr 112 Princess St. Telephone. 162 WHEN TIRED of Tire QUINLIVAN '1 WE IN OUR "Acquire JiB: McCABF. & CO. - ( E-tablJUhed 112 ( . CERTIFIEP; PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 7. "-A- .'.'.' :a i-. p. o, 1248 f ' - . 4 -I Hi! WILMEVG1VK1T. If. C YOUR DIRECTORY W. D. MacMlLEAN, JR. Fifth and .Wright Streets n ' ' A r a ixenerai ivuiomoDne Repairing HUES PETTE1V Superintendent Phone lilB-W. CARTER'? MACHINERY MARKET The Place to Bay and Sell Machinery OLIVER CARTER 210 S. Water St.-i-Telphoe 1195 -Wilmington, N. C. WILMINGGTON AUTO PAINTING CO Painting and Triinmlug and Repairs ins on All Wood and Metal Work " For Elsttniates, Call: at 208 Market Street, -or. Phone iol Trouble at & ELMORE ABE ' - : VV SEnVICE The Habit" mr Mrehism Balldlas RETIRE 1 . , , : . f Pillsbury's Family Of Foods 1 The now 7 have in stock; Pillsbury's whole family:' Pillsbury's Pancake Flour Pillsbury's Buckwheat Flour ...Pillsbury's Bran Pillsbury's Wheat Cereal All of the S3me high quality of Pillsbury's Best. Grocers' Specialty Co. 17 Market St. Phone 65 "Vident" A TOOTH RRUSHES Propliylactir, KuUbcrKet and other Tooth Bnuihes Kver ready mid Rnhbersct Lather J. HICKS BUNTING DRUG COMPANY Second and Princess Sts. .: FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 20 sacks Rosen Rye. " v : 300 rolls U. S. Fence. 200 coil.4-Point Hog .Wire. 25tt coils 4rPoint Cattle Wire. ' ".;'. Plenty of Wire Nails and Cut Finish -.-' Nails Expected Dallyi One car Serv-Us Flour. 250 bags Burt Oats. D; L. GORE COMPANY Wilmington, N. C.- STARKEY & GOLDBEHG STILL LEAD THE WAT BACK TO 1914 TRICES ; 4 Taking: chances Js an' awful ex pensive proposition. ; Why not 'let the TRAVELERS take ttie chance when the' cost is so low? - Phone James & James to put Liability J surance. on your car at once. -,. JAMES & JAMES,- Ine Agents . Southern Building Telephone)! Nos. 507 and 163 W E. & J. H. TAYLOR F.ABULY GROCERIES AND COUJV TRY PRODUCE Fruits, Candies, Cigars and Tobaeca Chickens, Eggs, Meats, t. , v- Aorth Carolina Meats a v. 812 Castle . St, Phone 1910 CITY ELECTRIC CO. 20v Princess St. Phone P9S APPLIANCES t MAZDA LAMPS - WIRIAG i - StJPPLIES i L. W. MOORE Buys, Sells and Rents REAL ESTATE ' - Z05 Princess FOR SALE We. offer on cash basis: Y , 200 TONS ACID- PHOSFJSATB . SDO TONS ISH SCRAP " . B00: EMPTY TAR CASKS 'r' ' ' FRANK A THOaiPSON. CO. Have yon thought of th danger . drl ylas;, Tflth oat ' complete ? li ability protection f .-j-eiepnone turn and 'we will cover you; JAMES JAMES Telephones W7-l3 Read Star Classified Arts. t I.'-,' JO 1 . . .. - .u ,v.- i : i! -'v -f i I
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