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increasing cloudiness, probably
showers on coast; little change'
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Food and Fashion Show
Eastern Carolina Is Invited to
Attend Wilmington's Food
and Fashion ShoWj'Pref
mier Business Events
October 25-28
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WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY' MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1921.
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CRISIS AT HAND
RAIL EXECUTIVES WILL
ASK
FOR 10
ADDITIONAL
1 4
ANNOUNCEMENT PUTS A f
SUDDEN END TO LABOR
CONFERENCE ON WAGES
Brotherhood Chiefs Walk Out
and Refuse to Say What
Will Happen Now
NO LOWER FREIGHT
Reduction in Kates Would
Mean Bankruptcy, Rail Exe
cutives Declare
CHICAGO, Oct. 14: (By the
Associated Press) .Represen
tatives of the nation's railroads
today, after announcing that
they cannot reduce freight rates
at present without going . into
bankruptcy, and that, they
would immediately seek a furth
er reduction in the employes'
wages from the United States
railroad labor board, went into a
futile conference with union
leaders in an effort to reach an
amicable settlement of wage dif
ficulties which at times liave
threatened to tie up the trans
portation systems of the coun
try. At the conference union lead
ers asked reconsideration of
their request of last July that a
12 1-2 per cent wage reduction
granted by the labor board be
not put into effect immediately,
that no further wage reductions
be sought at present, and that
no change be made in the over
time pay rates. This request'
was refused and the rail heads
presented a statement announc
ing the proposal to seek new re
ductions and not to reduce rates
until further reductions were
granted. '
The labor leaders left the con
ference immediately and few of
them would discuss ifs rrnrfd-
mgs or predict the results.
"I am r,0 aroDhet." said Warren S.
' one. prr.-iflfnt of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive ! .i , ; niri,.f rtvt
uullir;ciO. VVJ1CLV VT Hi
Jpppn is niorp than T ran cav "
V G president of the Brother-
;;fn?s tho situation after the meeting,
t prpjns to it said that "the roads
-jist he- n-azy to seek a nerw reduction
thr mf n have just authorized a
" ike OVfT an rlrl kto-a .,.4-
iway k xf-cutives, said that the
ansnort ti i. m t
' ETPtfict rriio Knt olan rfifn at A
'0 makft nrr1ir-tir,T,Q
that fhprp hnrl tt.en llftla lir.
otu-een th
ie committees In the
The r-,-t,nil,..
tho, ...
announced, however.
: ; tno rnnosal to pass future wage
t. t. ' trie puduc Dy a-iryiy iiir
'JIW Inti.n... j i
fr "ne commerce commission
'uur on in freight and passen-
spr rate? i, j . . ...
tf!n jj
-uuinr rate rolf
I ne rr.e
I jei, ..
"'""n was beeun
at th
tnvitar f the un'n leaders, their
m i .. r a meeting being accept-
tn ran u , n i
"ti
Tic rail
nOljn licxus lUUOWing LUC U.L1-
A ,rnient ncernins- freight, rates.
- i.
ti10 tuff
nar started tn committee
"Hpoint
av l-
tiff'S? s?TtiA most of the immediate
th'iir J""1 htwen the carriers . and
the meeting", al-
nme jnH1ratrf ft. nnrnfTtiA
,
almost nullified by the
lrFrncnt v. n 11
--'. 1 ir.n . .
- "na be sought
hoof of r " , Prsident of the Brother?
sinr-. tu 'Tay Trainmen, said that
thn,:..," IJ?1-!on men alrsadv had an-
'ift.r , ,ae'f leaderg to call a strike
cm d"cept th reo.unt 12 1-2 nir
foaas ra!.'',,01-'1' 1 do n't see -how f the
"ther cut- e the nrve Ufc-at-J5-PSfrt
P The lat'' comtnittee
PfostH... "l Xlir- ie. warren B. Stone.
tiv. Pt,. the Brotherhood of lioco-,
PER CENT
WAGE CUT
; : : : .
Lee Seems to Think
A Strike WiU Come
CHICAGO, Oct. 14 Late, tonlgkt,
W. G. l,ee, president of the Brotn
rtod of Railway Trainmen, said
that the dUntrlct chairmen of the
union would receive their, final In
structions tomorrow as to whether
there would be a strike Asked
point blank If a stsike would be
ordered, he said t
"I will.. not say definitely, but
wer I a bettlns; man I would place
my money that there wUl be : a
strike.
"Regardless of what action Is
taken , the final delclslon Is only a
atte-r- of the rising and setting of
a few more suns. The . district
chairmen will receive their final or
ders tomorrow and -then will , go
home, . My chairmen already hare
been sent home and will receive
their' Orders "by- mail.
Asked concerning the reports that
a. strike effective October-SO.- had
been decided upon, Mr, Lee replied:
"I wont aaswer that definitely
but If some one has told you that,
they have hit a lot of nails on he
headperhaps they are not exact
ly tght, 4but they are driving
doae. '
FLORENCE ROBBERY IS
TRACED TO TRIO WHO
ARE SAID TO CONFESS
J. Hugh Truluck,v Assistant
Cashier, Held for Theft of
$80,000 to $90,000 ;
GET BACK $26,000
Mystery of Theft of Farmer's
Safe and Rich Contents Be
lieved Solved
(Special to 1e Star)
FliORENCB. S. C, Oct. 14. Withjthe
arrest of J. Hugrh Trnluck, assistant
cashier of the First National hank of
,01anta, and his signed confession to
the part he played In the robbery of
the home of Sam W. Younp-, Florence
county farmer, of an Iron safe contain
ing: liberty bonds, war saving; stamps
and mortgages and other securities,
amounting to between $80,000 and 90,
000; events today followed thick and
fast in a robbery that has created no
little interest in this section ' of the
state.
In the absence of Mr. Young the safe
was removed from the house and was
found later in Lynces river, rifled of
its contents. ,
Arrest was made in Sumter yesterday
of two brothers, M. A. and A. I?.. Tru
luck, and they were brought here to
day and questioned closely by Ir.
Smithfleld, a representative of the
Burns detective agency, who has work
ed up the case and caused the arrest of
the two men in. Sumter.
When the third Truluck boy, a cousin
of the two men arrested in Sumter, was
arrested while in the bank at Olanta
this morning, a sensation was' created.
It was found later that M. A. Truluck
had nothing to do with the actual theft
of the safe and he was released. It was
established that the other Truluck,
however, had made a confident of him
and 'that he knew all about the busi
ness from beginning to end.
As a result, of- the work of. the de
tectives, $26,000 worth of bonds, war
savings stamps and securities have
been " recovered so far and the officers
believe they (wlll get the rest of the
stolen loot. ,'
When, they walked Into the. sheriffs
office here they entered at once into a
continuation of their confession to Mr.
Whitfield, - a Burns agency y detective,
who put the clinchers on; the informa
tion be had previously received by hav
ing one of the Truluck boys sign the
same name to a check he had signed
on a check drawn on the First National
bank, of Florence for $1,000. This check
bore the ' signature .of Fred' A; Jones,
which the boy confessed was .th as
sumed name he had adopted' to -carry
out In Florence the disposal of the sto
len .liberty bonds. '
With confession from Hugh Truluck,
the alleged master mind who engineer
ed the sale of the stolen securities, and
a. confession from the two Truluck
cousfna, who are said to commlt
tedthe actual theft, Mr. Whitfield be
lieves that-ae has closed a case upon
which he. has l'10!. 8T
months and one that has led him ftom
Florida , to -Maryland and on to New
York, for It was in a New York' bank
thathe found the first trace of oneof
the stolen, bonds, through -check for.
"ltPw?8h"eted in;the confeSsio5of M-
X- THlnck, that the . 6nly registered
bond i in; the lot , had been bnrned. It
was L bond for a ffiS'
Waatated2todaybMWhitfleldtt
followingr lthe, confession of the Tru-
lS5J thePreeby terian.
ctStctl Olanta, nd found, , stored
Sn3e?the tfitese the , war-.aving8 vcer-
5SteWhtak- they-declarfed had 'been.
HOUSE DECLINES AGAIN
TO ENLARGE. FROM 435
TO 460 CONGRESSMEN
Votes Down All Amendments
and Sends Siegel Bill Back
to Committee
AIMS LICK AT DIXIE
Tinkham of -Massachusetts Fails
and More to Cat Sonth's .
Once More to Cut Month's
WASHINGTON, . Oct. , 14. The , house
recorded its opposition, tonight to any
increase! in its membership recommit
ting to the census' cummlttee by a
ote of 146 to 112 the S egel bill to,
increase it size from 435 to 460 mem
bers. The vote was taken on a motion: to
recommit- offered by Representative
Fairfield,, of Indiana, . a Republican
member of the census committee, after
nine hours of debate nd. wrangling
over parliamentary -procedure.-
Previous to recommitting the bill,
the house, rejected 140 . to 146 an
amendment by Representative Barbouf.
Republican, California, to authorize re
apportionment without any increase: In
uiempersnip. Airther amendment, of
fered by Representative Tinkham,. Re
publican, Massachusetts, .to decrease
the membership, to. -42jD.i was? smothered
under an avalanche of "noes."
Eleven southern atates, .which MrV
Tinkham, .charged . had disfranchised
negroes, would haye. lost. 33 seats and
Massachusetts one tinder his amend
ment while a gain of "24; seats would J
nave Deen spnt-amongra dozen isfates
which made considerable gains in population-
during thMast decade, '
xi- was the -secohd time within iAi
siow ;: bin to? fijr the , membership - jit
483 being lefeat At that time, an.
other bill, providing for reapportion
ment under -the. 1920 census without In
creaslngr the number of memhew was
passed by the. house but no action was
taken on it by the senate. 1 :'?'
Opponents, of the bill- toniirht-onn-
j tended that; the-' house already was an
unwieiajy Dooy and-that It would func
tion less efficiency w(th an increased
membership. ..Chairman; SieseU: and
RepresentativeLarsen of Georgia a
PemQCratic , member ; of -the committee,
pleaded, for the measure, while Rep
resentative iFairfl eld and Rankin, Dem
ocrat, Mississippi,, directed the attack'
against -it. . ' Party lines were- disre
garded in-the -final vote. , ; . ., : ;;
. 'Announcement by Representative
Moridell, the Republican leader.rthat although-
he . had proposed an increase in
the size of the house at. the ast ses
sion, he favored the Seigei bill, bro.ught
criticis'm from several Republicans, op
posed to the 'measure, Representative
Cooper, of Wisconsin, and Beedy, of
Maine, being' particularly emphatic in
their remarks. " "
PAROLES TWO, REFUSES
THREE PARDON PLEAS
Governor Morrison Extends
Clemency in Cases Approved
by Court Officials
By BROCK BARKLEY
RALEIGH, Oct. 14. The judge and
the solicitor both expressing doubt
as to the defendant's guilt, and the
jury petitioning in his behalf, Gov
ernor Morrison today paroled Matt
Lynch, of Rutherford county, who has
served two ' years of a 10-year sen
tence for second degree murder.
Lynch was ' convicted in October,
1919. Judge James L. Webb, who sen
tenced him, has written the governor
that he now doubts the defendant's
guilt and former Solicitor Shipman,
who prosecuted him, writes that from
information he has received since the
trial, he thinks it quite probable he
committed his act in self defense. Ev
ery member of the jury which at that
time held Lynch guilty has signed a
petition urging his pardon.
Upon the recommendation of the
Judge and the solicitor, and the ap
peal of his wife. Governor Morrison
also paroled Otis Falkner, of - Vance
county, .who has served eight - months
of a year's sentence for assaulting
his wife. He was under the influence
of whisW at the time, the governor
was informed, and the wife earnest
ly urged: the pardon as they have be-i
come reconciled and ; she needehim
to help support their four" small chil
dren. '
, Paul Vestal,' of Rowan county, "sen-;.
,ten,ed Ito 4wo- years for. receiving
stolen goods,; has been . granted at 404
day respite J. owing .. to - the j continued
illness 'of ;hla ,motherr . - . f , -
' Three requests .for pardons werede-i
clined today, J 'the Iprisonersnbeln: SJj!
F. . Pitts.- of 'Forsvthvvcounty, serving
'two- years 2, for having' whiskey Lee
Green, . of . Jurhajri,serving.10 years:for 1
a crime i-agaiuBt nature, n.ua viia-rtesj
F. Joyce, jof "Forsyth, sentenced 1 as t
June . to two., yers ; for, making"' liquoctN
'- SEVERE MltfB EXPLOSIOlfllL1' f
MARSHALFIELD, lOegop, vOcfe'44i-4
Ei ghteen xnenv are inhospii al s,.a iNp'ijth
Bend - and iC6qjillle,.-as a resvIt,.ol a;
coat dust expiosion-tod'y'iatc the Beayerj
Hill - mine near'? Goquille. Six of j tjh'e
men ; are .seriously-burned- andf-'Bhy HI
owned
byUhe-'Southern-FaclflC!KaHre4uXadessno .kat,e:ln' dollars: ana., cen.istnrougn. 4iiie enoma i oe . caiiea -in to neip: wim toe t room ana space anqt eaung- xacunte
IN 1M.AGE
Opening Sesrf
'Pprpsm " " " ' ' f r"'' ' aUir&s&f w?MmwwnmmTi
sJH 4fC 4'
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1 ""' -iiiinn -v: '"--in rn r r - nin r : i n mi i ' "' ' T lljMSERMySSSt 1
A view brthe ope.ng' session of tfte Investigation into the actitvities of the Ku Klux' Klan conducted In the
capitol by the husg fules committee, " Col.f-William Joseph Simmons imperlitl wizard of ' the organization, and other
-Klan leaders. have' been;summoned to 'testify. Below is shown the 'rules committee. Left to: right, P. P. Campbell.
F. J Barf frett,-f SvTCreider,' P. H. Dale, S,' D. Fess W. A. Roderiberg and D. R. Riordan. The photograph of Colonel
Simmona was made-at the Inquiry, . , "' . ., . ' . . ' -
IMPERIAL
IS POSTPONED
t?
.P W PW
Head of the , Ku Klnx ; Klari
(', Sufferinrom Bronchitis
and. FirExhaustion
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READY:. BYi MONDAY
No Indication Committee ,Vill
Summon -Young.: J
Clarke or Mrs: Tyler - . :
WASHINGTQ? beC ;l'iB.eca.ase: of
the . Illness .of wjuiatn; J. : Simmon's,; im
perial w!a-'ofilutKli30an)y'
housV ruies Vomltf.M'8j.;'o.ii f ei
olutions calling fori! cpftgrfesional in
vestigation tf the," order, went oyeit to-J
day until Monday,, : i ;j
A Washingtofti physteian Called in
last night ' to " attend 'the' wizard -at a;
hotel after hs-dollapse at. the hearing,
yesterday, reported that, he ..-&s, in be&,
suffering , frpttt an .acute; attack of
bronchitis, e'haus-iion 'and an affection,
of the throi-.pV;thathe
shape to undergo exantipat.fon y com-
. ii" - l " In X ' VaaV' -
mitteemen the first of "the week".
WIZARD
HEARING
flflMMHltE
ii v umivk
f I I IIIJULIL
UUUIUUI ll-l-
There was no inoiciuon as lo."""-fto
n th oommLttee would summon" other
witnesses bef ore -' makhig' a report to
the house. . The suggestion that Ed
ward Young Clarke, imperial, kleagle.
and head of the? kian'a.-propagating e-
nartment. and Mrs- Elizabeth, Tyler, his ,
assistant," be called "to Hestlfy has not
been discussed by the committee. It
was said:' " " "' " . V
HEARING OF TESTIMONY IX J
RAWLINS CASE. BEGINS TODAY
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. 6ct, ' -1 i-r-Hearing
of testfrnonyE will being to
morrow -in the trial of Frank Rawlins,
charged- with , murder- in - connection
with the killing of George H. Hick
man,, manager "of -.the-.Palace theatre
here 'September . 4 when Rawlins robr
bed the playhouse: of 100, .
Selection , of a 4Jury was ' completed
today. Rawlins" "related This story of
the robbery andTJtilling. at the trial
of John H. Pope, who war-last' week
sentenced to life imprisonment in .cpn
riection with the' affair: ; Several , wit
nesses have been summoned . including
the arresting offlcerJand'"E.';S Harri
son, treasurer'of-the' theatre, who was
with' Hickman at'- the time .'-he met
his death. . Rawlins, claims the shoot-;,
ing of Hickman' was accidental and
it is understood his; defense will seek
to establish thia : with.?, ay View to ob
taining a mitigatedjentenqe., '
BOURKE COCBtftAJTVWAKT THtt
POWER OF ijs,BcirpiyBr- CI,EAR
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'. WASHINGTON, VOet: 1 4.- The I house
judibiaryT committee 'wuJd .'be direct f
ed "to inqiiirewhetherit ' farwithin
the scope of :th:cPteident' ;edistifij
tlonal 'j authority?; to ;addresjBtfi either,
house "of KcongrS without notice to
the '.other. . andvin its 'absence,' when -ever
he; 'may f please on j any- pyoposal
of-ilegisfatidh v Introduced- .onlght1 by
the resolution cphtlnVffd;' ."the s JudK
tiutiv'e ishduld .be, 'iteyuwijwiimit
ndwhether'h it
; Mr CopkraV? decUfd T. "at-HW4
dent rfHardiirfg in"1' addressing t'the? sen4
at
risrht
municatiOn;whIehV!the.'.Pj-esidntjnay;
K.epr.tsentaj.j,ve ,jDouioiwMq,, v--"!
ilf.'such'-'o'rb'toupKto.exlst,t
inquire t whether I th lVagpf f; the,
'constitution conferrIng.t4y
e, ailly 13on soWW ionus - leglsIaJ
i hadT'y tplated fhe constitutions.!
b f -teh o us to "tihare I hfal r cbm4
A the Ku Klnx Elairi Inquiry at Capital
Farmers' Union to Study
the Subject
LThis Is One oTthe ;Bi ; Items; on
:- mg State ConvenUon-il armers Have Faith in the Pro
gram Governor Morrison' Has Entered Upon
and Have Invited Him to Speak" " r
RALEIGH, Oct. 14. A half dozen
matters of yial interest wilL-receive
attention of the -state'' Farmers' union
at, its annual "convention- here 'Novem
Ver. 16, 17' and 18, and chief among
these is expected to be the ever-pres-entproblem
of taxation. '
'The farmers are always" interested
In this subject, and taxation talk has
not ceased since the first steps towards
revaluation were taken. -There has
been' only an intimation' that" this will
be the big -subject,but' the slating of
j. W". Bailey, who thinks taxation day
f and night, for a speech before the coni-
veritlon is taken as a positive, an
nouncement that the farmers want to
hpar all they can about1 it'. ;-
- The election of -officers, which some
times furnishes sensations at annual
meetings, will be "mild "this year, in the
opinion of . union leaders and members.
No opposition whatsoveer is expected
to- develop asrainet" R. W. H. Stone, of
Gujlf ord county, who has held chief
place for -the last two years. It is
recognized as certain that W. L.. Bag
Well, of Raleigh, who has Served as
Secretary" only a year; will be asked
continue In that places and friends
of Dr. J. M. Templeton, of Carey, Vice
president, anticipate that he will have
no. opponents. '
Although the union,- numerically, ! is
not, as strong as it was a few years ago,
members believe the organization a
more potent and. influential one. than, at
any time in" its history." The member
ship,' which numbers around 10,000, is
made up largely of- the most -influential
and substantial farmers of the
state, who take an kctive interest in
public affairs.
The farmers have great faith in Gov
ernor Morrison and the constructive
program he is carrying through in the
state', according, to expressions, of union
leaders. He has been asked, and has
accepted, the invitation to deliver the
address of welcome on the morning of
the 16th, in behalf of the state.
Several committees are to be appoint
ed soon to look after the several
phases of the plans for the convention.
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, already, has been' des
ignated as 'chairman , of the publicity
committee, and' it is expected publicity
measures wilUe adopted to induce the
attendance of union ; members from
every section of the state. " Those ' in
charge of preparations are .wanting the
Raleigh meeting to be large in point
of attendance as well as significant by
reason .of "the influential stage which
members believed they .have reached.
&ast year's convention 'was held dur-1ng-Oc6ber;
in Concord. At the meet
ing the previous year in Greensboro the
presidency transferred from Dr. H. Q.
Ajexandey to R. W. H. Stone, after the
Mecklenburger had held it for a num
bet'bf years! . '
Insurance : Commissioner. Stacey W.
Wade favors exempting , builuing and"
loan associations ; i . from" - taxation,", he
statesin hls'anjiual; report, r in showing
that last ' year over '$80,000 ' i n taxes was
coilectedjfrom them,. not one cent being
used for , supervision. --".' ". .. -'
roun dinir communlty,'rMr; Wade writes.
ripme of our 'p.eoplQ fail to ilook ; upon
them 8 entirely: co-operative 'enter
prise"i' but"ass corporations ychich should
befaked - 'all the' -traffici will hear;T
kvhen-one; considers ,that- SO.OOO.was
reol3fbe in 'taxes from- thenx;last'af
he -points ot. "ltmust oe apparentinai
thedayer,of'oyieV-'tatlon
without some" rerpeaiai? legiBiioa, tis
-iIn s3ite" of.t'the philanthropic nature
bflthfse.-ihstitutions-their.cpntribution
tk-'n aforier&K advancement iof the t sur-
nrobabie vtPQjruseiuinessvwinetxiTScnaTge -it successiuiiy, us meraperg
BISPUTE
of Taxation
the: Program of the Approach-
lessened by a far. greater amount than
the tax collected ;f roin , them."
The assets' of all the associations in
the state at the end of 1920 amounted
to $29,368,11$ as agftlasttf 23,452,771 in
1919, while thecnumberjofjshareholders
have.: increased to 831,-0ff35 per cent
greater than the year previously.
Another fight ' amon:itSlelgh print
ers has been started as the result of
the passage and ' immediate repeal of
an ordinance by the city .commission
ers requiring the union' label on the
city's printing Jobs. The.-commission
passed the ordinance .Wednesday, pro
viding -that the; union label., should he
on all printing done for; the city. Op
ponents, of the '"u'nioir-ambn gthe em
ploying printers ; kicked and the ordi
nance was rescinded. Today the union
printers .went before the board and
made a protest against the repeal. The
federated shop crafts of the Seaboard
railroad joined with the printers in
the protest.
The commissioners are in deep water,
as opponents of the union and the
union printers both have intimated
that they will create afuss if the board
fails to decide as they wish it to. Con
sideration of the protest of the union
printers was postponed until Monday
when it is expected both sides will be
on hand to 8ee what the -board does.
In their statement of eomplaint the
union -printers -expressed - surprise at
the action of the commissioners in re
pealing - the -ordinarrce, as- they- feel i t
would in no way involve ",the- interest
of the taxpayers or affect the opera
tion of the city"" government, and in
view of. the contention th4: the, present
commissioners would "not have been
elected without .the Votes of ; union men
and, -women who generally supported
them.' : ' - '.
G.O. P. SENATOR WANTS
REPUBLICANS PLACED
Indignant That Eight Months
After "Tjme" a Democrat
Should Hold Office
WASHINGTON,' Oct. 14 --Speeding up
of the' replacement of Democratic fed
eral office holders Republican appoin
tees was; urged today by Senator El
kins, Republican, West Virginia, whp
wrote a' letter of complaint to every
member "of -the cabinet and later pre
sented his views in an individual with
President Hardjng.
To the President, Senator Elkins de
clared that the Republicans , of hMs
state were "expressing impatience and
disappointment that so little progress
had heenmade in the past eight months
in calling to the Support' oft he ad
ministration, men loyal to it and in full
sympathy . with it." '.'''
- A large majority of the Important
positions: In ; the government, the West
Virginia senator asserted,-still are held
by ''deserving Democrats" whose party
members he charged- with having . laid
a ' "thoroughly organized and' adroitly
handled plan" to keep their appointees
in .power.:
; "In the campaign," said Senator El
kins. in abatement issued at the White
?Hpuse;'; the' Republicanavcharged ,and
pelieved, ' and convinced tne American
people to th effect .. that.. these . men
were' Inefficient. , The Republican par
ity? was :yoted?the; responsibility, and to
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BUSINESS IN EUROPEAN
STATES GENERALLY IS
CHANGED VERY LITTLE
Improvement in Some Coun
tries Is Ballanced Elsewhere
by Depression
BRITAIN THE SAME
Germany Rather Active but
This Is Largely Due to
Value of Marks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. F.conomlo
conditions in Europe durinjr the past
month remained practically unchanjteo,
improvement in some countries r.ing
nearly ballanced by unsatisfactory- de-'
velopments in others, according to a
summary of cabled, reports ssuedi to-
night by the commerofe department,'
There were no real changes In gen
eral economic conditions in England
during September, said Commercial At
tache Dennis at London Toward the
end of the month slight stringency
developed ih the money market, he de
clared, and even the decline in prices
of some commodities was Interrupted
for a time by rather. Bharp fluctuations,
but these soon leveled out. Exchange
had risen, he added, as a result of a
considerable advance in British ex
ports. Increased industrial activities in
Germany were reported by H. A. Adams,
at Berlin. The . stock exchange was
very active he said and both whole
sale and retail establishments were
doing much business. There was,
however, he asserted, great ; concern,
over the fact .that the present '"boom did
not so much- indicate an economio re
covery as. it. showed the result of the
mark depreciation arid the rusk, of buy
ers who feaVed- a- further increase
Unsettled conditions prevailed in
Austria during the month, W. F. Upson,
at Vienna, informed the department.
Government finances were Irs. even a
worse cond.itio.i than formerly, he re
ported, while prices were soaring and
supplies in general were inadequate.
There were symptoms of .a panic, he
said, and runs were being made on
stores.
A substantial improvement in the
textile industry of Csecho-Slovakla, es
pecially In cotton and knitted goods
for Rumania, Poland and the Balkans,
Was noted by Trade Commissioner Ger
inger at Prague. The unemployment
situation was improving, he declared,
and while there was considerable wage
reduction, efficiency was increasing.
The general situation of the Italian
industries showed very little change
during September, according to Com
mercial Attache McLean, at Rome.
While the usual activity was maintain
ed in the textile mills, very 'little en
couragement could be gleaned, he de
clared, from th conditions prvailing In
th other major industries of the coun
try. A large budget deficit, diminution of
foreign trade tolls, and abnormally
large purchases of foreign grains, con
stituted the outstanding features of the
economic situation in Spain during the
month, as reported by Commercial At
tache Cunningham, at Madrid.
HUNTING FOR DRUGS, FIND
STARVED CHINKS IN TANKS
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Customs offi
cials searched the British freighter
Helenus today for smuggled drugs, but
instead fought 15 half starved Chinese
hidden in empty ballast tanks, several
of them afflicted with berl beri. A
report that another Chinese who had"
the disease had been thrown overboard
before he was dead either in the harr
bor or on the voyage from Boston,
started the harbor police on a search
for the body
The 15 were taken to Ellis Island
and, after they had been questioned,
Fong Yow, known on the ship as "No.
1 Chinaman" or "Boss" was detained
on a charge that for f 1,000 a head he
had undertaken to smuggle the batch
into the United States, from a port In
China..
GOTHAM POLICEMEN WEARING
STEEL. CORSETS LATEST .STYL.B
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NEW YORK, Oct.- 14 Steel corsets
for blue coats Js the latest fashion
f n New York.
Ten pairs, it became known today,
had been . purchased after tesf'ts had
shown them bullet .proof. They will
be distributed in emergencies t6 mem
bers of the bomb. ' -Italian and loft
squads. ' i r
Although they are Intended primar
ily for use when barricaded criminals
are to be attacked, they later, maybe
introduced generally among the force.
Made of silk, canvas and Norwegian
steel, they weigh only -6 pb,unds.
ROLL. AT UNIVERSITY WOW ;
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CHAPEL, HI LI ;Oet; 14-Attendance
records at the university are broken by .
this year's registration. Fifteen hun
dred and elghty-threej students have
beementered on the.'rolll.. This is 250
more than had -baen ' ehrelled on the
same day of last year.- .There are 535
members of the freshman class. ';
The registration 5 to the date 1 would
indicate a total- of labout -.1,800 (before "
the college year :. is vtr if there were,
accommodations for that number. But
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