GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, DECEMBEK 27, 1321
BUSINESS CONDITION OF THE NATION
MURDERED SPORTSMAM
LIKES "THE RIGHT GIRL"
Quite Amusingr, Fairly Tuneful,
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( Fairly Pretty Show Gives
V Satisfaction.
STARTS SLOW, SPEEDS UP
"Th RIrM Ulrl," a frothy, fluffy,
pleniant musical comedy, hold the
boardt at th Grand Iat night, to the
dtcldtit aatinfaotlon of a holiday crowd
that filled tha thaatar to the doon.
"The Hllht Girl" la on lit thuaa ur
prlilng ehowa that allpa up on one, ao
to "apeak." Whan It atarted It wan
rather alow, and hard-boiled theater
goer! made tip their mlnda that there
was nothing to It. True, before the
first act ,Wai over Oladya Dors and
have Mullen had sung, "You'll Out
Nothing From Me," and Wade Booth
had put over a good ' one In "Old
Flamoa"; both of which rather shook
tha pessimistic opinion. Hut evon ao,
the show hadn't hit Ita stride when the
curtain cam down for the first time.
But It was In full swing when It
want up for tha second act, and thence
it swept on to a better and better
standard. The opening number, "The
Rocking Chair Fleet," was a novel and
Ingenious thing In Itself an unheard
of thing for an opening number. Then
Pam'a first dance specialty came In the
second act, and brightened up the
show wonderfully. Miss Pore landed
again with "Love's Little Journey,"
and with Dorothy Tlerney and Meesrs.
Mellon and Booth stopped the show
with "Harmony." But by that time the
show was going a gnlt that nothing
could prevent from winning.
Dave Mellen carried the heavy end of
tha fun-making and carried It well In
deed. Ha had some corking good lines,
to begin with the work of Raymond
W. peck and his comedy was suffi
ciently novel to give an effect of spon
taneity that vastly pleased his audi
ence. But he had able seconding from
Charles p. Morrison, the ponderoua fa
ther who every time he opened his
mouth let the moonnhlne in. Wade
Booth made an acceptable, If some
what stereotyped, lover, and the wom
en of tha piece were personable and
aang th not very difficult muslo ac
ceptably. A dancer, called after the
monoayllablo fashion for th moment
prevalent among; dancers, simply
"Pam," did some very pretty work.
Altogether "The Right Ulrl" proved
to be a good, standard musical com
edy quite amusing, fairly tuneful,
fairly pretty,
GERMAN SUMMONED TO
WAR DEBT DISCUSSION
IDs Mission Concerns Uermany Hrply
Ta the Reparations Commission
Inquiries Meeting At Parla.
Berlin, Dec. 116. lr. Fischer, chair
man of the (Jerman war dubt commis
sion, has been Instructed to proceed to
Parla for oral discussions with the re
paration commission. His mission con
cern Germany's forthcoming reply to
the reparation commission' Inquiries
and was decided upon after Informal
conferences between the member of
th cabinet, Dr. Rathenau and Rudolf
Havansteln, president of the relchsbank,
at which several under secretarlea of
the ministries of finance and economics
also were present.
Although Dr. Rathenau has been In
' constant touch with the cabinet and
also with President Ebert since his
return from London, where he was en
gaged In reparations affairs, official
quarters decline to discuss the Infor
mation he brought back, or to give
any Indication of the nature of the
reply, which It la expected will be dis
patched to Paris before th end of the
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FAMILY WIPHU OUT B KI'MK
PHOM UlilTriOTIVB PAH HEATER
Detroit, Dec. 26. Fume from de
fective gas heater caused the death of
Oaetano Mulmonti, his wife and three
children here Saturday night a the
family was preparing to celebrate the
holiday. Police, called by neighbors
whose anxiety had been aroused to
day by the fact thnt the Christinas
tree In the Mulmonti home was bright
ly lighted since Saturday night, while
none of the family had been seen,
broke down a window and discovered
the tragedy.
The bodies of Mrs. Malmontl and the
children were found In their beds.
Malmontl's body was found near his
wife's bed, where he had apparently
been overcome when h tried to arouBc
his wlf. t
VKIIDlcr Of HIIH'IUK Ah'Tl'.U
FALL KHOM A i llllll) FLOOR
Macon, 0a Deo. ill. A coroner' Jury
today rendered a verdict of suicide In
the case of P. F. Armstrong, of At
lanta and Miami, who died In a hos
pital after a full from the third floor
of a local hotel Sunday night. Police,
however, at the instigation of relatives
are searching tonight for a wnman who
is said to have been with him for throe
days prior to the time he registered at
th hotel. They claim he had 11,30 In
hi pockets Inst Frldny. Only 36 cents
- was found In his clothing.
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This map, put out by The Nation' Burinest, official publication of th United State
Chamber of Commerce, shows actual business conditions throughout the country in Decern-
&iWefljj.AKheiTO
ny ARcmcrt wall noroLA.
The story of business conditions
which comes from th four corners of
the United States la that of continuing
stagnant markets for all farm com
modities, coupled with price below the
cost of production.
Tha situation differs as to localities
in deprree rather than In kind. Farm
ers are buying only things of Imme
diate and pressing necessity, for the
very good reason that most of. them
have neither money nor credit. .y They
are In an economizing mood that ha
taken grim hold upon them. Country
tanks are loaned up all they deem
Is safe, and tiic statements of many
of observers Is, that "getting money
from banks fur any purpos la Impos
sible." Business Is quiet In the spring wheat
states, especially where the harvest
was poor, or where the quality of tho
wheat was not good. Much the sam,e
situation prevails where corn Is the
principal money crop, and where Its
price is so low that It Is tragic in Its
effect on business and on the needs
of the farmer. The price is now far be
low what It was during Its high period
in war times. These condition aooount
for poor business In the spring wheat
states of the northwest and the corn
growing sections of the middle west.
One reason for the lack of a better
demand for corn Is the enormous crop
of this cereal produced this year by
the south, more than enough for Us
own needs, when In the past It drew
upon the surplus corn states for much
of Its wants.
Livestock, wheat and oats are on'y
a trifle higher proportionately in price
than corn and consequently there is tin
especial reason, save necessity, to a.1!
them. That Is about the only reason
that agricultural commodities are com
ing to market In such volume aB now
prevails. The farmer must have money
to make some purchases, since credit
is difficult for him to obtain. But the
scanty return he receives for his pro
ducts offer no Inducement for him to
sell, and consequently business upon
the countryside continue in moderate
volume, although it is really larger
than would seem likely under prevail
ing conditions.
Matters are somewhat better In the
southern states although the recent de-
oline In cotton put a crimp In that gen
eral buying which had got well undor
v ay. Th! buying wa also affected by
the revelation that an official estimate
of this year's production of cotton was
apparently wide o th mark.
As always, there are many minor
causes that relieve and alleviate the
stringency In th agricultural situa
tion. There Is the dairy cow and the
poultry bird, whose products furnish
much money to the farmer on the
whole. There are fruits In the north
western mountain and desert states and
in California. There is garden truck
In the Gulf states and th Pacific
slope. There are many minor cropa,
rice, beans, cranberries, and sweet
potatoes, whose use and market is be
ing extended by drying and preserving
processes. There Is tobacco, where it Is
selling, as In North Carolina and Vir
ginia. But where It la pooled, as In
Kentucky and Tennessee, there Is a
deadlock between buyers and seller,
with nothing doing, and consequent
stagnant business. There I the oil
business In many states, undeniably' on
tho upgrado both a to production and
prices, although proapeotlng and drill
ing seem to ba generally quiet, save In
a tew localities, notably the Mcxla
field In Texas.
More building is going on than Is
generally realised, because It Is local
and acattered, Also there 1 much more
looked for next spring a It Is believed
by that time that high priced labor and
material will have got theirs. There
Is likewise general expectation that
with the opening of spring It will be
easier to obtain money for construction
In the country district.
Other industries are not so well off.
The shipbuilding Industry has become
nonexistent. Mining In genera! offers
little encouragement. Phosphato mln
ing In Florida is mostly shut down
because of lack of demand from Ger
many. Coal mining, save in , th
anthracite regions, Is not booming. The
lumber business has helped the situa
tion much In localities, especially In
the yellow pine district. Just now It Is
slowing down because of the approach
of cold weather, but expects all sorts
of business next spring, especially If
the handicap of high freight rate ba
removed.
Lower costs of transportation Rre
umong the matters of moment that add
hope o! better businaaa In some lines
after the corning of the year. In agri
culture It means a moderate Increase
of price to the farmer, although not
necessarily to the consumer of farm
products.
Industrial life, where now active,
adds distinctly to th welfare of some
communities. There haB been better
business recently In many scattered lo
calities where shoe factories are full
of work, or Because, of the presence of
furniture factories that are fairly busy.
ThroiiKhout the nation local Industries
of one kind or another are the saving
grace of an otherwise Intolerable sit
uation. The universal feeling la that there
can be no better times than are endur
ing or worth while until the prices of
farm product advance materially, or
else the prices of other commodities
decline proportionately.
OHIO IIIVKH IH HlSllVCi A1VO IS
E.PKC TI'I TO It I' At 11 6(1 FEET
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 26. Continuing
to rise at the rate of approximately
one-tenth of a foot every two hour,
the Ohio river at Cincinnati registered
55 feet at 7 o'clock tonight. Indica
tions were, according to river men,
that the rise would continue at a dimin
ishing rate until a crest of about all
feet is reached late tonight
Report from up-river points Indi
cated that all th larger tributaries
were receding while tha main stream
continued to rise slowly.
ItlllAMI ftHKKTg LLOYD CHOUGH
AH LATTHH BOBS TO CANNES
Paris, Dec. 20. (By Assclted Press)
Premier Ilrland greeted Premier
Lloyd George, of Great Britain as he
passed through Paris today on hi way
to Cannes for the meeting of th u
prome council. The statesmen convert
ed for half hour before Mr. Lloyd
George's special train left for tht
south.
M. Drland will leave for Cannes on
January 3.
grhoonrr Sinks In Onlf.
Mobile. Ala., Dee, S6. Th American
three masted schooner Florence Har
vey, 803 tons, from Mobile for Bantl
ano, Cuba, wlili a cargo of lumber sank
today off Fort Morgan during a north
west gale. The crew wa saved.
Slrlbllng and Hndd Draw,
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26. Young- Strlb
llng of Macon and "Battling" Budd, of
Atlanta were given a draw by Referee
Dewltt at the end of a fast 10-round
lightweight bout here tonlRht.
Father Lllla Dead.
London, Deo. 26 Father Lais, vlc
director of the observatory of the Vati
can, died today In Rome, according to
a dispatch received here from that
city.
JUST KIDS-'Long About Now
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FIND MISSI1VO MAN WITH
TOP OF HEAD BLOWN AWAY
Bristol, V.-Tenn Deo. 2S. Tha body
of Charles Swlnney, aged it, with the
top of hi head blow away by the
charge of a shotgun, wa found today
by searchers within a stone' throw of
his home in Holston Valley, after he
had been missing since last Tuesday.
An examination of the body led
members of his family to believe that
he had been shot to death and robbed,
as it was known that he had about
1500 on his person when he left home
Tuesday about noon to investigate a
forest fir a hort distance away.
County officers said tonight that they
had learned that he had been seen sit
ting on a log with a young man a few
minute after he had left his home.
VIQOROrjg PROSECUTION OF
Liqt'OH aWIOGLlNO CASES
rJew York, Deo, 26. Vlgorou pro
ecution of liquor smuggling cases, con
sideration of which will be resumed
In the federal court of Memphis. Tenn.,
next month, 1 planned by the depart
ment of justice, William J. Burns, chief
of the bureau of Investigation, said
tonight.
Mr. Burn said he would go to Mem
phi early In January to look over the
situation and see the pending cases
through. He intended, he declared, to
hava every person Involved prosecuted.
He had not yet decided what day he
would start south, he said.
HANLON AND CHANEY WIN
AT BOt'TS AT BALTIMORE
Philadelphia, Deo. 26 Jimmy Han
Ion, Denver, and George Chaney, Balti
more, were tha winners today in two
of the principal bout of holiday mati
nee. Hanlon outpointed Joe Tipllts.
Philadelphia, In a fast eight-round
light, while Chaney easily defeated
Mike Paulson, St. Paul, also In an eight
round bout. .Chaney had the better
of every round.
To Stop a Cough Quick
take HAYES' HEALING HONEY. It
Stops the Tickle, Heals the Throat
and Cures the Cough. Price 35c. A
free box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds
and Croup is enclosed with every
bottle. Mon.-Sat. tf.
Detective Comes Upon Body of
B. L. Hartsell After Following
Trail of 1,500 Miles.
MISSING SINCE LAST APRIL
Aheville, Dec. 26 'Mystery which
for months surrounded the disappear
ance of B. U Hariell, wealthy clubman
and Bpurum&n of New York, who has
been mifisina; since last April, Is be
lieved to havo been solved with the
Identification of a body In the woods of
Mitchell coiinty, as that of the missing;
cluubman.
Detective Elmo W. Brrm, of Galax.
Va., reports having- traoked the club
man over 1,500 miles, 340 of which
he made on foot through the Appala
chian mountains, and claims to have
information that H arse 11 was murder
ed by persons in the Pigeon Roost
creek section of Mitchell county.
Upon leaving New York, Mr. Harsell
announced he would walk from Roa
noke, Va., to north Georgia for the
purpose of hardening his muscles and
preparing for a big game hunt in a
foreign country which he contemplated
with - other New York clubmen. He
was to write his brother each SO days
of his whereabouts, and after more
than a month had elapsed and no word
had been received a hunt was started.
Detectives arrived here about six
weeks ago and began work upon a new
clue which led them over Mount Mitch
ell, highest peak east of the Rockies,
through the mountainous sections of
Yancey county and Into a remote sec
tion of Mitchell, where the body was
found.
rillin ACCEPTS PHOPOMAL OF
PERU TO TALK OVER DISPUTES
Santiago, Chile, Deo. 88. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Th Chilean govern
ment has forwarded a note to the
Peruvian government accepting Peru's
proposal that the two countries desig
nate plenipotentiaries to meet at Wash
ington to continue negotiations for a
solution of pending disputes. The
negotiations between Chile and Peru
were begun a fortnight ago. Their
chief need Is a settlement of the Tacna
Arlca controversy.
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