i' f'.. 5V Eastern t '.I ,1 H " t I 1 lie f cci, witi uuajr f. Generally fair today J Sunday increasing cloudiness, probably showers on coast; little change' in temperature. i- Stage of river at FayettevjUle5 yesterday at 8 p. m., 1.8 feet, - Food and Fashion Show Eastern Carolina Is Invited to Attend Wilmington's Food and Fashion ShoWj'Pref mier Business Events October 25-28 3 t '- In. (i b 1.1 1(1 l yv ; us, i I1 J if .4 it! VOL. CVin. No. 38. WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY' MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1921. ....... ........ - , " j f t. ? , OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE, Villi October 2&-28 I . ' m ai., Art: A r.n -it - i . - : - ' .......... . ........ r ... . : : - . . ' i , t. K .. 7 - - - 1 V -Ml 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' : : L-J2Ssj$- - "y-'Nu 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 : : 'J'V ' - -V ; ;.ggg.ri .', ; -;" : 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 ' ' ''" ' " ;- ' . V" I '. 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 j t w - . . . . m a ; li . - . 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 v 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 ; , BREAKS ALL TQE RECORDS (Special to Th star.) , 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 there are notr" '"X(Iviijr79urter8' class- it' I yi k . -i i. If i ! ,i' ti ft V If S 'V Tl ii! J i i i ' iff i i-'r' f'.f 1 'J j ;l i1 t' f i II -! ! r i h if 5 $ ' 4 A' 1 mi i'.i. 8 -f 1 1 I 'I' ii . ,'.V .--:rr J i 4. 1 2 ? i - n tr . ers; B- Sheppard. pres-r company. i ;