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IP xu iir ■■ ■ K ■■■ EFFEGffi J116.20 P INCREASED CHARGES ON MILK AND EXCESS BAGGAGE WILL ALSO GO ON THEN. EXPERTS PREPARE SCHEDULES Mate Sheets Will Be Supplemented By Printed Tariffs For All Territories and For All Commodities. , 4 Washington.—The new passenger lares probably Vill become effective August 20, and the advanced freight rates August 26. Simultaneously with the effective ness of passenger fares the Increas ed charges for Pullman travel and the new rates on excess baggage and milk also will be put in force. Railroad rate experts have begun ihe preparation of blanket rate sched ules Increasing the transportation costs on a percentage basis. These will be presented to the interstate commerce commission five days prior to the proposed effective dates. The rate sheets will be supplemented by printed tariffs containing rates for all territories and on all commodities as aoon as the physical task of working ont the multitudinous details can be accomplished. Nm Government of Costa Rica Has Been Accorded Recognition, Washington.—Recognition of the government of Costa Rica by the Unit ad States was announced at the state department Ninth Marquis of Queenabury Dies at Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg, Union of South Afri ca.—Percy Sholto Douglas, ninth mar qils of Queensbury, is dead here, ac cording to announcement. Army Director of Finance Nolan,. Disappears'; Accounta Check Short. f0 , • * Chicago.—Lieutenant James Donald Nolaa. director of finance of the cen tral department of the United States ■ray, has mysteriously disappeared and auditors who are checking his ac counts have found a discrepancy •mounting to 14.000, it was announced. jp 4 • 1 Republicans and Democrats Are to Hold Joint Debate on League. Washington.—Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who was the administration leader In the senate treaty fight, has M«n selected by Governor Cox to represent the democratic party In a joint debate on the league of nations at Winona Lake, Ind., August 8. Rumania Gives Reds Three Days "» to Withdraw From Her Territory. Vienna. —Rumania has served an ultimatum upon soviet Russia, riving the soctets three days to withdraw their troopa from Rumanian territory, according to a Belgrade dispatch. In the event of Russia's fallurA to comply, it Is added. Rumania will de clare a general moblliatiom. IF . '■ « Fears Are FSlt That the Irish •Itustion May Become Desperate. Dublin. —Fears that *he Irish situa tion. which is dally growing mot-e tense, may burst Into a general con- flagration at any moment are express ed in responsible quarters here. At the present there is practically no civil law south of the Boyne river, ex cept that administered by republican courts. Disappointing Report on Population of Btate of Georgia Is Given Out Washington,—Georgia's 1920 popula- tion, with the exception of one enu, aeration district not returned by the supervisor, is 2.893.801, the census bu reau announced. Ten years ago the population was 2,609.121. The rate of growth for the ten years was 10.9 per cent, the smallest In the history of the state. Former Governor Hsnly of Indiana Dlaa In Auto and Train Colllalon. Dennlson, O.—J. Fnuik Hanly, for mer governor of Indiana and candidate for President on the prohibition ticket in 1919. and Dr. and Mra. C. M. Baker, of Kllgore. Ohio, were killed six mile* from here when a Pennsylvania freight train struck the automobile In which the party we#e driving to Kilgore. All three suffered fractured skulls and crushed bodies and neither recov a red consciousness. Quiet Prevails In Adrlanople Since Occupation by Qresk Troops. Athens. —Adrlanople is quiet at present, according to advices received here, Turkish and other elemenrs be ing either stunned by the presence of Greek troops in the city or resigned to the fate that has come to them. Large ndmbers are preparing to leave AdTla oople. The Greeks are restoring civil administration, in some cases retain ing Turkish officials, and telegraph service between Adrlanople and the oatslde world Is being resumed. * MT TD KlfflE BRIDBEHtWJ \ ' Great Stocks of Munitions of War Art on the Way to Warsaw From Dan zig and Ceecho-Slovakla. V Park). —The limitations which Great Britain and Francs would pat upon soviet demands of Poland in the ar ranging of an armistice are set forth In a notification which v has been de spatched to the Warsaw government by the British and French govern ments, It was learned here. Poland requested the views of Great Britain and France on possible armistice terms, and the governments at Lon don and Paris have notified the Polish government that they will not permit Pole/nd to accept possible soviet armis tice demands involving: , First—Whole or partial disarma ment of Poland; r Second —A change In the Polish sys i tem of government dictated or brought 'about by the Soviets; Third —Acceptance by Poland of a boundary line less favorable than that by Premier Lloyd- George; and Fourth —The use of Poland as a bridgehead, in any isense, between Germany and Russia. 4s bearing on the military situation, it develops that vast stocks of muni tions from the allies are moving to ward Warsaw from Danzig, on the Baltic, from Roumanla and Czecho slovakia. t Former Collector Nsw York Port Candidate For Governor of State. Ney York.—Dudley Field Malone, former collector of the port of New York, was selected as the third or far mer-labor party candidate for the gov ernorship of New York. The Turkish Delegation to Sign Peace Treaty Has Reached f^rls. Paris. The Turkish delegation which is to sign the peace treaty ar rived in Paris. The delegation is stopping at the hotel Dea Reservoirs in Versailles. Red Nswspapers and Magazlnea In Mexico Ordered Buppreeaed. Washington.—Suppression of bol shevik newspapers and magazines In Mexico has been ordered by President de la Huerta, the Mexican embassy was advised. _... Wrong Body Is Sent to Sorrowing Mother at Knoxvllle, Tsnneaaee. Knoxvllle, Tenn.—When an over seas coffin was opened at the home of Mrs. E. S. .Underwood, of Kodak, Tenn., It' was discovered that it did not contain the body of her son, Cor poral Vaughn Underwood, but that of a soldier unknown In thla section. Increase of Navy of Japanese Is Not Neoeesarlly Disquieting, Tokio.—"The fact that Japan wishes to increase Its naval strength does not imply that the stronger, nary Is aimed at any supposed enemy," Tom osaburo Kato, minister of the navy, declared before the diet. Miners Claim Operation Stole Thousands of Dollars From THsm. Pittsburg, Kan.—Alexander Howatt, district president of the United Mine Workers, wired John L. Lewis that Kansas miners would "use all the power in their command to compel the operators to return every dollar that was stolen from their wages." Seevral thousand Kansas miners are idle In protest against fines imposed by operators because the miners re fused to work Saturdays. Disposal of 406 Woedsn Vesssls , Is Difficult Government Problem. Washington.—Disposal of more than 1,500,000 tons of wooden shipping—4o6 vessels of various types—built as a part of the government's war time merchant marine program is one of ie most difficult problems facing the shipping board. Twenty-one of the craft, aggregating 82.000 deadweight tons, were offered recently, but no buyers were found. Only 194 of these wooden craft arc now in operation. ' An Eighteen Yaar Old Convict la Electrocuted In Sing Sing Prison. Ossl&lng. N. Y. —Eighteen-year-old Elmlra Hyatt, the convicted (layer of Patrolman O'Brien of Rocheater, v.is put to death in the electric chair at Sins Sing prison. Hyatt entered the death chamber to the ahouts of "good bye" from the other inmates of the death houae. "Good bye. boya." he called in return 1 as he calmly walked to the chair. Hyatt was the youngeat person ever : pnt to death in Sing Sing prison. Baron Confeaaes to Murder Por Which Yj>uth Was Electrocuted. New York—Robert Baron. 30. of Brooklyn, was to Bellevue hos , pltal for psyconatblc rumination aa a result of his alleged confession to i responsibility for the r. urder it l»a --jO-olman O'Brien, of Rochester. fir | which crime Elmer Hyatt was electro cuted in Sing Sing. 1 Baron, who, the police say, typed his confession, refused to sign it after being told that Hyatt had beak execut ed aa hour before. A ■■■■■* ■ Tfl -M■ ■■ I ■l■■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ 111 111 - PASSENGER FARES PERMISSION GIVEN TO PUBLIC CARRIERS TO MATERIALLY INCREABE RATES. A RJUSE OF 11,500,000,00 New Schedule to be Put Into Effect September 1 if Arrangements Can be Effected by That Date. Washington. Authority for the railroads of the country.to increase taelr revenues by approximately one billion and c half dollars was grant ed by the interstate commerce com mission. Frsight rates will be ad vanced about one-third, passenger fares one-nun and Pullfnan charges one-half. Coastline' and inland \ steamship l'neo and electric railway companies a so were granted permioslon to in crease their freight rutea- In propor tion to the increase granted to the railroads the same territory. The new rates, which are to con tinue in force until March 1, 1922, will become effective upon five day*' no tice by the carriers to. the commis sion and the public, and they must be in operation before January 1. Since the government guarantee ex pires September 1, the carriers are expected to bend avery effort to put the advances into effect by that date. Another Dally Newspaper, Btrnogly Backed, is to 'Appear In Norfolk. Richmond, Va.—Charlee B. Cooke, former president and owner of The Richmond Evening Journal; John Cooke and Harry Tucker, of this city, are to be identified with The Norfolk Tribune, a new dally newspaper which is to make its appearanec In Norfolk within a short while. Junction Between Atlantic and Pacific Fleete In January Next Washington.—Tho greatest concen tration of sea power in the history of the American navy will result from the Junction of the reorganised Atlan tic and Pacific fleets off the Patjflc coast next January under plans now being prepared by naval operations- Digger Indians, 144 Year* of Age. Wltneaaea Independence Day Pete. League Mountain, Callf.-*-Said to have been born 144 ears fg°> the ? ear the Declaration of' Independence was signed, on a spot which Is now a gov ernment reservation and which he etlll oalla home, Domingo Jacinto, chief of a tribe of Digger Indians, was one of the spectators at the In dependence day celebration here. Ac companied by his daughter, a grand daughter and a great grandson, he evinced keen inteerst in the program. All Recently Appointed Federal Judges Are Liabls to Income Tax. Washington. Under in opinion erndered by the department of Justice which was asked for a ruling by the treasury department,-'federal Judge i who have taken office since the pas sage of the revised Income tav law cannot be required to pay an income tax. This decision, made by Acting Attorney General Frierson. In North Carolina the decision will mean that Judge B. Y. Webb will pay an Income tax. , President Cannot Assist Mine Workers UOntli They Go to Work. Washington. —, President Wilson through the United Mine Workers of America appealed to striking mine laborers in Illinois ani Indiana, to re turn to work. He added that he could "not' recommend correction of any in equalities until the strikers returned to their Jobs but that when they did so he would Invite the joint scale committee of operators and miners to meet for the purpose of adjusting any such. The U. S. 8. Chamber of Commerce , la On Record For an Open Shop. Washington.—By an overwhelming referendum vote, the membership of the chamber of commerce of the Unit ed Statee has adopted a platf inn on industrial relations which, among other things, declares for the right of "open shop" operation in Industry and tor making labor organisations the same as organlsatlona of employers, legally responsible "to others for their conduct and that of their agents." increasing Exorbitant Price, of Coal Is Blsmed on The Speculator Washington.—Blame fo.- exorbitant coal pricea was placed on speculators in a formal V.itement issued by (He National Coa* association Federal i trade commission figures giving the j available aalea price at the bitumln ov* mines during last April ss s3.si. It Is said, "clearly Indicate the slen der average of prollt per ton realised by the Industry as a whole." Indications pointing to relief are aUAt > •" ■ : • Governor Cox, as the Nominee of the •an Francisco Convention Beeomea Naturally Real Head of Party. Washington.—Funds tor fl nan clog the democratic national campaign will be received in any amounts, and party leaders will be concerned only with the loarees from mtaclh the mon ey comes, George White, the new na tional Chairman announced. In paying his first visit to the party's national headquarters. He characterized as "buncombe" .the suggestion that cam paign contributions be limited to sl,- 000 . tor each contributor. Party heada will scrutinise careful ly all campaign gifts, in order that "no obligation will be. entailed, on the candidate," Mr. White asserted. The new national chairman, in discussing campaign developments, declared that KJovernor Cox, "as the nominee of the San Francisco con vention," had become the now head of th# democratic party. Three Railroada Secure Loana Aggregating About $19,000,000. Washington.—Approval of three new loans to railroadb aggregating $lB,- 916,000 was announced by the inter state commerce commission. Amundsen la to Head Five-Year Expedition Into Arctic Regions. Nome, Alaska.—Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, who has arrived here, will remain two weeks and then steer his vessel into the Arctic ocean tor a five-year expedition, he an nounced. Report Current That 8ovlet« Have Overthrown Lithuania Government. Warsaw. —According to word recelr ed fcere a soviet revolution has -start ed at Kovno, where the Lithuanian government has been overthrown. No details of the revolt have reached here. Armed Men In New Jersey .Steal Twenty-five Barrels of Whlakey. New Brunswick, N. J. —Five armed highwaymen held up a motor truck chauffeur near liere and stole 26 bar rels oNUquor being shipped to a New York liquor concern from Philadel phia. New York Historical Boclety- Pre aented With Washington's Portrait. New York.—A rare and compara tively unknown portrait of George Washington, painted In oils on a mar ble slab, has been deposited in the New York Historical Society by Tar rant Putnam, a lineal descendant of tile artist. | New England to Get 650,000 Tons I Coal a Month Under Priority Order Roanoke, Va. —The Norfolk k. West ern, Chesapeake k Ohio and Virginian railways will ship 650,000 tons of coal to New England a month in accord ance with the recent priority order of the interstate commerce commis sion, it waa announced at the general offices of the Norfolk' k Western here. * Bupply of Natural Qas May Be Exhausted (n Twenty-five Years. Pittsburg, Pa. —Natural gas will last only 26 years longer' and only that time unless the supply is conserved, according to an opinion expressed by Samuel S. Wyer of the United States bureau of mines, at the natural gas conservation conference being held under the direction of the Pennsylva nia public service commission here.' Russians Are Draft«o Into the Service of Army of General Cantu. Ban Diego, Calif. —Members of a Russian colony at Guadadulapd, on the highway between Tiajuana and Enxen ada. Lower California, have been im pressed into the service of the army of Governor Cantu to assist in the transportation of rifle and machine gun ammunition from Mexlcvall to Ensenada, where troops of the Mexi can de facto government are expect ed to land In a movement against Cantu, according to reports. French Officer* Are Assigned to Polish Unite, Acting ae Advleore. Warsaw. —Additional French officers attached to the military mission have arrived. All of them will be assigned to various Polish units as technical advisors. A large school for office'rs, was opened at Rembertoff. a suburb of Warsaw. The newspapers continue to express their Contention that the soviet* do not want peace, but desire to Invade Poland. They aay it to dear the Bolahevtkl Men are directly threatening Warsaw. Florida Corrupt Prectlcse Act Declared {o be Unconstitutional. West Palm Beach, Fla. —The Flor ida corrupt practices Isw as pertain ing to publication of information held to be detrimental to * candidate for pub office was derlared nnc insti tutional In a decision, by Judge E. B. Donnell here. "I do not believe th legislature can In snch manner prohibit the freedom 'of speech and press," Judge Donnell jsald in ruling on a case in vVUch the tissue was Involved. , IN HIGH SCHOOLS RETURNS FROM PROJECT WORK '* SHOWED A PROFIT OF 41 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR NET PROFIT PER PiIPIL $1.50 Individual Incomes of Agricultural Students were Greater than those of Any Other Southern State Mr. R. D. Maltby, federal agent tor agricultural education, who spent a day at State College in conference with the officials of the State Board for Vocational Education and teach ers of vocational agriculture, stated that North Carolina will lead all Southern States In many respects last year in the results obtained from the work in agricultural high schools. Mr. Maltby said that for each dollar Invested in teaching agriculture the returns from the project work of the students enrolled in the agricultural courses was one dollar and forty-one cents. That Is, the students, while going to school, realized a net profit from supervised practical work at home a sum which. » several'thous and dollars in excess of the cost of mintenance of these agricultural de partments. Also the individual in come of NortA Carolina agricultural pupils was greater than that of any other Southern State. Records show that the average net profit of each pu pil was $160.43. Population of Granville 26,840 i Washington, (Special).— Cen sus Bureau announced the census of Granville county North Carolina, at 26,846. The figures show that the county's population Increased 6.7 per cent during the past decade, the growth in number of person* being 1.744- No Place to Lay Hl* Head Where- Governor T. W. Blckett will reside when his term as chief execu tive expires is something that he him self has not figured out. He will do mesticate In either Raleigh or Wins ton-Salem, he said. Textile Engineering Course A new course has been added to the courses already given by the North Carolina Textile School, the textile department of the State Colege. It will be known as the Texas Engineer ing Course and will make four courses offered by this department as follows: .Pour year course in textile engi neering, textile manufacturing, and textile chemlstry.and dying and a two year course in textile manufacturing. "Carthage Must be Destroyed" Old Cato always wound up hie speeches in the Roman Senate with a declaration that "Carthage Must be destroyed" and William McGirt, of Wilmington, who boosts for good roads most of the time, likewise'has a slogan that "the cattle tick must go." McGirt hae gotten out a letter reminding members of the State Gen eral Assembly of their duty and tells them to go to It. It is plain and sim ple; there are 22 countlep in North Carolina that are still tick Infested. Buffs Pay no Attention to Us Washington, (Special).—Miss Alice Paul, head of the nationaj woman's party, said that she is not giving much attention to the North Carolina situation but is concentrating her ef forts on Tennessee. If we get Ten neesse we will not need another state, but we hope to add North Carolina within the next ew weeks." ; The Greatest Bummer School When the summer school at the University of North Carolina closes, out-going trains from Chapel Hill will carry at least one of the 1,192 stu dents to every county in the state ex cept five which are hidden beblnd the Blue Ridge—the counties of Ashe. Graham, Mitchell, Bwain, and Watau ga. The Methodists and Baptists as usual are far In the lead. Odde Agelnet Ratification The forecast to now being made that neither North Carolina or Ten nessee will be In a hurry to ratify the Anthony amendment, but that each state wjll try to pass the buck Out side of those prominently affiliated with the "cause" there are few who harfl been heard to exprees It as their opinion that North Carolina, will rati fy the amendment. It to khown that sentiment In the state to opposed to ratltcatlon In spite of the plank in the stale platform. Charlotte Recorder Wins Out Hamilton C. Jones. Charlotte Re corder. to to be the new assistant dis trict attorney for the western district of North Carolina, the appoint ment having been decided upon by Senator Lee 8. Overman at hie home la Salisbury, where he was waited upon by a Charlotte delegation and when Mr. Jones personally presented his recommendations for the position With the character of these the sena tor was strongly impressed and ren dered his decision at the conclusion it the interview. the .-ported lntoMlon of the Prison •ra Relief society of Washington, oi which B. E. Dudlng' is president, to Investigate prison camps in Norta Carolina, but he will not permit It. He said so in very emphatic terms. "I do nbt propose to allow anybody outside of North Carolina to investi gate any of our institutions. We have a state superintendent of health, Dr. W, 8. Rankin, who looks after sani tary conditions, and a state superin tendent of public welfare, R. F. Beas ley, who looks after the moral and humanitarian condition of our Institu tions. I hare more confidence in the Judgement and iincerlty of purpose oi these officials than I have in any ex convict agitators. ■"I have been cussed all over the state, from Cape Lookout to Slick Rock creefc, on accoudt of my Senti mental love for convicts. One leadihi newspaper accused me of trying to turn our prisons into reformatories. "I am perfectly willing to take thlf cussing from our own North Carolina folks. I am their, servant and it is the constitutional right of every Tar Heel to cuss public officials, a right they freely exercise and about which I make no complaint But I absolute ly refuse to take cussing or criticism on account of my official conduct from any outlarfders." Committee of Investigation Former Adjutant General Beverlj S. Royster, of Oxford; Colonel A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury, and Judge W. H. Whedbee, of Greenville, hare been named by Governor T. W. Blckett as members of the commission appoint ed by him to investigate the conduct of the Durham machine gun company in Graham. More Recruits for the Navy Ten men were accepted for service in the United States navy during the past week at the local naval recruit ing station, declared. Chief i Quarter master W. A. Wilson recruiting officer, at Charlotte The iist lacludes: E. R. Revis, O. A. Wesson, Gastonia; J. H. Tarlton, J. P. Waddell, Concord; E. R. Limerick, Bessemer City; J. ,W. Wofford, Enoree S. C., H. B. Mills, Mooresville; J. J. Thomas, J. C. Deese, Peachland, and P. B. Long, Charlotte. t Jenkins Going to Antwerp Washington.—John Wilbur Jenkins, formerly of Jforth Carolina, now his torian of tw navy, under Secretary Datalels, ts going to Antwerp for the Olympic games. He will be one ol the Interested observers and record ers -of events. Reward for Graham Rapist Governor Blckett has offered a re ward of S4OO for the arrest of the ne gro who perpetrated the assault upon Mrs. A. A. Riddle In Graham or foi evidence that will lead to the convic tion of the criminal. The announce ment of the reward waa made after the Governor has conferred with Solic itor S. M. Gattis, who was here to re port to the chief executive his obser vations of the trouble In the Alamance county-seat. The solicitor declined to talk fqr publication, or to discuss the situa tion. » Suffragettes Open Headquarters The North Carolina Equal Suffrage association Is opening state headquar ters In the Sheperd building at Ra leigh. Mrs. Jerman, EJiss Well, of Goldsboro. and other ladles who are leading the light In the state for ratifi cation will be in charge. Headquar ters will be maintained until after the action of the special session of the legislature. Mrs. Jerman and others Interested In the movement express a belief that their fight will be success ful. ' „ Funeral of Lieutenant Manning Funeral services for Lieut. Frederick Manning, son of the attorney general, who died of influenia in France in the fall of, 1918, were held at Christ church.' There were 200 former serv ice men present, most of them In uni form. The service followed a trerific storm, J)Ut the sun had come out and a large rainbow appeared directly over the efourch. Interment was In Oak wood cemetery. The body was taken to the attorney general's home under military eecort. Organized DMflnnge Entorprii* Washington, (Special).—Director ot the Census Sam It. Rogers announces, subject- to correction, that 123,192 acres of land in organised drainage enterprises have been reported in Bladen. Columbus, Cumberland, Har nett, New Hanover, Pender and Robe son counties, North Carolina. Of this area 58,643 acres represent improved faarm lands, 88.020 timber ed and cut-over land and 6,629 other improved land. The of the organised drainage enterprises is placed at $646,600. Important Examination Pending Washington. (Special).—The civil service commission announced several important exasnlnatlons for Jotoe in tbi fourth civil service district, compris ing Maryland, North Carolina, Vir ginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Examinations will be held for clerks and carriers, male and female, salary of which at beginning la |1.400 per annum. July 81, nt Durham, Edenton. Washington, Greensboro and Green ville; August 7, at High Point; July 28 at Oxford. I A l7l|ri *'|Yl II T| 111 UIHUIU I ■■■ill I 111 lifIHHP REDS TO NEGOTIATE TERMS OF ARMISTICE WITH POLIBH DELEGATION. WARSAW CRITICALLY MENACED Resistance of Polish Army Has Again Relaxed Under Powerful Pressure of Bolshevikl Forces. London. —All advices indicate that the situation In Poland, from the Polish-allied standpoint, is approach tag a crisis. ~ The Polish delegation, which went to Baranovitchi to negotiate an armis tice, not only failed to obtain terms from the Russians, but was sent back to Warsaw by the soviet authorities, who demanded that the emissaries ob tain a mandate to take up peace nego tations.' This will delay even the be ginning of the armistice negotiations. Meanwhile, the resistance of the Polish army, which apparently had been stiffening, has again relaxed un der the tremendous pressure of the bolshejrlk armies. Warsaw, from which the Russians now are only 60 miles distant, seems critically menac ed, If not doomed, to capture.. Ameri cans remaining there have received official intimation that they stay at their own risk. Coincident with the serious military developments comes an announce ment from Moscow that'a soviet gov ernment has been set up in the por tions of Poland which bolshevik! have overrun. Our Gross National Debt Reduced During Juyl to $24,222,917,013. Washington. Thfc gross national , debt was reduced * total of $76,404,- 453 during July, according to the treasurv statement today. This leaves the public debt at $24,222,917,013. Increase In Freight Rates Hit Steel Manufacturers Heavy, Blow. * Youngstown. O. —• Increases In freight rates allowed by the Interstate % Commerce Commission will cost th 6 steel manufacturers more than $6,000,- • 000 annually, in materials alone, it was estimated here. Speculation Causes Wheat Prices/ to Soar Fifteen Cents a Bushel. Chicago.—Wheat made a steep ad vance In price as a result of Increased speculative buying. In a little more than a single hour, an extreme up ward swing of 15 cents a bushel had taken place. By Btate Publication of Bchool Book* People of Kansas Save Money. Manhattan, Kin.—More than 1500,- 000 has been saved by the people of Kansas to date by the state publica tion of school books, Tom McNeal, member of the state textbook commis sion, told students of the Kansas State Agricultural College. The President Insisted on Doctor Qrayson Taking Needed Vacation. Washington.—Doctor Cary T. Gray son, President Wilson's physician, started on his vacation, explaining that he was going by direction' of the president. Dr. Grayson said the presi dent had shown such marked improve; ment of late that it was not necessary to put him in the care of another phy sician. National Woman's Party Appeals Again to Governor Cox For Aid. Dayton, Or- Another appeal for aid to secure ratification of the woman suffrage amendment in Tennessee was made to Governor Cox. Mrs. Abble Scott Baker, political chairman of the national woman's party, brought aim reports that, unless efforts are in creased, Tennessee's legislature would refuse ratification. Secretary of Jap Association •f America Denounce* Charge. \k San Francisco. —The charge of Rep resentative Albert Johnson, chairman of the house committee on immigra tion and naturalization, at Tacoma, Wash., that Japanese associations in Pacific coast states have assisted in the smuggling of Japanese Into the United SUtes was characterised In a statement by K. Kansakl, secretary ot the Japanese association of America, as "being as astounding a* It If groundless." Defenses of Brest-Lltvsk Taken By Reds, But Net the City ItseH Paris. —The la est advices receivtd by the French foreign office confirm the reports that the Russians have captured the defenses of Brest- Lltovsk. but state that the city itself, which is more than three miles dis tant, has not yet been taken. The first Polish army, defending Warsaw, is retreating, notably between the Big and Nerew rivers. The fourth Polish army, defending the Brest- Utovsk district, also is retreating.
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