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FALL IN MONEY IS II HELP TO PEOPLE CUT OF ONE PER"CENT MADE IN INTEREST RATES ON NEW CERTIFICATES. NEW ISSUE IS $200,000,000 Cheap Money Carries Along With It An Enhancement in Value of Every Form of Liberty Bond. Washington.—The price of money Is tumbling. There was a time when an announcement of this sort meant nothing to t)ie mass of the people, it was but a sign that the man of Wall Street would, have more and cheaper funds with which to work. But. each time money takes a drop now, it means millions of dollars to the plain people of the tTnited -States for falling money carries with it an enhancement of the value of each lib erty bond issued by the government of the Utilted States. It meanjj,further that the government Is enabled to bor- ■ row money at lower rates to retire short-time securities issued at much . higher rates. The -easing up of money prices has enabled the secretary of the treasury to make a cut on one per cent in the Interest rate on a new issue of cer that will go to make up the nation's floating indebtedness. The new issue of treasury certifi cates and one-year notes is 1200,000,- 000. The interest rates are 4 1-4 and 4 1-2 per cent, according to whether a short or longer term obligation is purchased. Six weekß ago thj same sort of obligation wai offered at in terest rateß of 5, 5 1-4 and 5 1-2 per bent. Promise# of Russian Reds, Rlgu.—The Russian Soviet govern ment at Moscow has sent a note to afl the allies and associated powers promising to recognize all of the Rus uian foreign debts of the old czarist regime up to 1914 on condition that the .Moscow government is formally, Confirmation is Lacking. The state department had no con firmation of dispatches from Riga that the Soviet government has sent a note to the principal allied powers * announcing that it will recognize the czarist debtß. Great Outlay of Red Cross. Washington.—Three years sifter the end of the world war, the American Red Cross is maintaining an annual expenditure of 110,000,000 in its ser vice to the disabled veterans- 5 of that struggle, it was announced, Wilson to Remain Aloof. Washington. Woodrow Wilson, ono of the central figures at the great Versailles peace conference three years ago, has decided to remain r.loof from tho forthcoming limitation of ar mament conference. Liberalize Prohibition Laws. ' Washington.—Congressional lenders are counting on liberalizing the pro hibition law to help them to raise the necessary taxes in the next few years, members of the senate finance com mittee admitted. Urges Exclusion of Japs. Kansas City. Practical exclusion of the Japanese by a new International agreement Is recommended in the re port of the oriental committee of the American Legion, submitted to the convention. Death Toll of Cloudburst. Seattle, Wash. The terrific cloud burst that wrecked Brlttanla Beach, a mining town In British Columbia, took a toll of 36 dead and injured. Threatened With Destruction. Oxnard, Calif—This city and the towns of Owensmouth and Triumpho. near here, were threatened with de struction by forest fires. In Trance Nine Year. Johannesburg. After being In a cataleptic trance for ! nine years, Anne Swanepoel has awakened in pos session of all her faculties. Her voice Is weak but distinct. Foch Loves His Pipe. Washington.—Marshal Foch. who Is known as an Inveterate pipe smoker, before boarding the steamship Paris for his trip to America made sure that a sufficient amount of his favorite French tobacco was on board. One of Ills military aides has It in charge. Wireless For Fire Protection. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Wireless telephone stations will be Installed in all volun teer engine company houses in lle jphenv county and In the city fire de partments, Fire ffarshal Thomas L. Pharr announced. Medical Beer For the Sick. Washington. Announcement of * definite treasury policy for making available Immediately medical beer to the sick under the new regulations may be expected shortly, high officials declared GREETED ALSO BY PERSHING Tumultous Thousands Line the Water Front to Welcome the Gray Haired Soldier of France. ! New York —A mighty bombardment of cheers greeted Marshal Foch when he steamed into New York on the" lin er Paris to sit with his American "bUddles" at convention 1 in Kansas City, Tumultous thousands lined the i water front to welcome the gruy | haired little man, soldier of France | and citizen of the world, who held the : Allies' cards in the great game of war |—and turned the trick. Up the harbor he came, escoTted by fleet destroyers and soaring airplanes —to the boom of guns from forts guarding the harbor's mouth, great blasts from whistles afloat and ashore. To greet him at quarantine was the navy cutter Vigilant, bearing Ambas sador Jusserand, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Alton T. Rob erts of the American Legion, and of ficials of country, state and city. General Pershing meantime won an other victory. Time was the van quished. ! flaring into port on the liner George Washington, the leader of America's forces in the World war reached quar antine about 11 o'clock, in ample time to greet Marshal Foch, who followed him several hours later into the har bor on the steamship Paris. Merely a Truce Effected Washington. The railroad strike may have been averted, but the issues which threatened have by no means been . settled. Most everybody in the government realizes that a truce haa been made and nothing more. Fur ther wage cuts are up in the air, so are further freight reductions. The status quo will he maintained for at least nine months more. Discourage Increased Acreage. Birmingham, Ala. The American Cotton Association in annual conven tion here, unanimously adopted a res olution urging that the farmers of the South "do not In 1922 increase the acreage planted in cotton in 1921." Well Known Engineer Killed, Columbia, S. C.— : Del G. McAllister, potentate of Omar temple of Shriners, and veteran engineer of the Southern railway, was instantly killed here when the.engine of a passenger train he was driving backed into a freight train and was overturned. Earnings Exceed Dividends, [ New York.—Earnings of the Beth ! lehem Steel C'jwporatfon for the last j quarter were in excess of dividend re ; qulrements. President E. G. Grace an- I nounced after the regular dividends on both classes of common shares had been declared. ■ Convicted of Desertion. New York.—-Linn A. E. Gale, former Albany newspaper man and one thne state employe, was convicted court martial of desertion from the army as well as on two charges of se ditious publication. Harding Returns to Washington. Washington.—President Harding re turned to Washington from his South ern trip, his special train completing a run from Atlanta, Ga., in two hours less than the scheduled time of the Southern Railway's Limited. U. C. V. Reunion Adjourns. Chattanooga.—A ball in honor of the i Sens of Veterans and official ladles marked the tinale of the annual reun ioif of the United Confederate Vete rans. Texas Strike Still On. Houston, Tex Outwardly the strike situation on the International & Great Northern railroad remained unchanged. The 600 trainmen who went on strike Saturday, October 22, still were put and no adjustment ing to their return to work has been made. The strike was authorized some time previous to, and put into effect after the recent permission for a national strike by the Big Five Brotherhoods. The International & Great Northern strljce was unaffect ed by recAll of the general strike. Forecast of Cotton Crop. i Birmingham, Ala. The American) ,: Cotton association has announced -a -jforecast of the cotton crop of the » United States in 1921 to be 6,427,700, bales. " Dr Hadley In Death Cell. i Richmond, Va.—-Dr. W, A. Hadlejr, I ; convicted of murdering his wife, Mrs.' i Sue Kathleen Hadley. has been re t moved to the death cell in the Henrico j county jail and will remain there until f he Is sentenced to die in the electric | chair. Irish Question In Committee. 5 London. The Irish conference - seems to have resolved Itself Into ► meetings of the small committee which p-1 was appointed to find a formula as !. , a bridge between the negotiators. Mine Wrecked by Dynamite. Pittsburgh, Kan. The Orav Wolf i mine, near Gross, Kansas, waa'wreck -5 ed by two charges of dynamite short > ly before midnight. Onfe charge of i dynamite wrecked the tipple of the i mlns and the other exploded at the mouth. • - . - fife . . RAILROAD STRIKE HAS BEEN AVERTED VOTE IN INDIVIDUAL UNIONS WAS UNUSUALLY CLOSE, ES PECIALLY FIREMAN. FORCE OE PUBLIC OPINION President Sheppard, Conductors' Or der, Said There Was Little Chance of Gaining Their Objectives. Chicago.—The rail strike scheduled for October 30 was averted when lead ers of the switchmen, trainmen, con ductors, engineers and firemen, at a joint, meeting, adopted a. resolution withdrawing authorization of a walk out, and officials of the railroad teleg raphers' organization announced they would take similar action. These were the only unions which had authorized a strike. The vote calling off the strike wns unanimously by organizations, VV. G. Lee, president of th? brotherhood of railroad trainmen, announced. Tho official wording of the resolution adopted was that "the strike be de clared not effective." ■Unofficial reports were that the firemen's executives had strenuously opposed adoption of the resolution. None of the presidents would confirm this, however. The vote in the individual unions was unusually close, however, the fire men particularly holding lengthy ar guments before agreeing to cancella tion of the strike order, the labor chieftains said. L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, said: "It was evident that the entire Wash ington administration was opposed to us and that we have had little chance of gaining our objectives. Charles Detained on Cruiser. Paris, —The Allied Council of Am bassadors decided that former Em peror Charles, of Austria-Hflngary, and ex-Empress Zita should be placed immediately upon a British battle cruiser in the Danube pending another meeting of the Council, when a final decision regarding their disposition is to be made. Defaulting Cashier Suicides. Augusta, Ga. —In a note to W. H. Sherman, assistant cashier of 'the Merchants' Hank, which closed its doors here, Eugene E. Rosborough, vice president of the bank, who com mitted suicide here, divulged that he was short $167,000 in his accounts and that the money had been taken during a period of 15 years. Lloyd George May Not Come, London. —Prime Minister Lloyd- George probably will have to abandon his visit to Washington, or at least postpone it until the closing sessions of the conference there, because of the critical situation of negotiations with Ireland, it was asserted by sev eral well-informed newspapers here. Usurpation Is Protested, Washington. Complaints against the Interstate Commerce Commission were made before the senate inter state commerce committee by state railway commissioners, who charged that the federal commission had usurped their powers over intrastate rates. Cigar Stores to Be Absorbed, New York. —Negotiations for ab sorption of the Schuite Retail Stores Corporation, one of the largest chains of cigar storps in the country, by the; United Cigar Stores Corporation, own ed by the Wbeelan-Duke Tobacco in terests, are under way. Not Wanted In England. London. —Under no circumstances will" former Emperor Charles, of Aus tria-Hungary, be allowed to come to England. This was the answer in official circles to a reported desire |of the ex-Emperor to accept exile in the British Islea. Five Deaths In Storm. Tawpa, Fla. —Five .persons are known to be dead in this city and St. Petersburg across Tampa bay as the result of storm, which caused a local property damage estimated at be ! tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. Excess Profits Tax Is Doomed. ! Washington.—Repeal of the excess profits tax as of next January 1 was made certain with the adoption by the senate of a provision in the tax revision bill providing only for its col i lection this calendar year, Carr I* U. C. V. Commander. Chattanooga. Tenn.—Gen. Julian 8. Carr of Durham. N. C., was elected commander-in-chief of the United Con federate Veterans to succeed K. M. Van Zandt of Texas. Damage Done In Sacramento. Sacramento, Cal. —Many houses were unroofed, windows were broken and other damage, as yet uneatimated. was done by a strong wind approach ing the strength of a tornado, which' swept through the southern and east ern parts of Sacramento. ' » * v THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C IS K1 (NIK LOSS IF LIFE After Sweeping Across the Florida Peninsular the Hurricane Passed on Into the Atlantic Ocean. Miami ,Fla. The powerful radio station at Maimi Beach, one of the strongest on the American continent, was unable to reach Tampa or St. Pet ersburg on the Gulf coast. It is in communication with Key West and al so with the Panama Canal Zone and points along the Texas coast, but no appreciable storm damage was report ed from these points. John S. Rowland wh,o arrived here from Tampa, reported that the water on the bay shore boulevard was over the lamp posts and Franklin street was under four feet of water. The loss at Tampa was placed by a conductor on the Atlantic' Coast Line reaching here at a quarter mililon dollars. Jacksonville. The gulf hurricane apparently having passed into the At lantic ocean after sweeping across the Florida peninsula in a northeast erly direction, cities and towns were taking stock of the damage done. Apparently there was no loss of life hut meagre reports indicated damage to the orange crop and inundation of the lands. # Harding on the Negro. Birmingham, Ala. —The right of the American negro to broader political economic and educational advantages, based on a pride of race, but never on an aspiration for social equality, was championed by President Harding here in a plainly worded enunciation of his views on the whole American race problem. American Consul Stabbed. Washington. Lloyd Burlingham, American consul at Sallna Cruz, Mex ico, was assaulted and stabbed by un identified assailants in the consulate, according to advices to the state de partment. The consul's injuries were not of a serious nature. Another Priest Is Killed. Lead, S. D,.—Father Belknap, parish priest at St. Patrick's church here, was lured from his home here and shot to death. The priest was called from his bed by a man who represented that he wanted him to answer a sick call. Million For Celebration. Washington.—Legislative action on the resolution providing an appropria tion ot $1,000,000 for American partici pation in the Brazilian centennial cel ebration at Rio de Janeiro next year, was completed by the senate. Shoemakers' Wages Reduced. Lynn, Mass. —Proposals for an im mediate 20 per cent reduction in wages of the 13,000 shoe workers in factories affiliated with the Lynn Shoe Manufac turers' association were submitted to the workers' union for approval. Brewers Receive Permits. Washington.—lssuance of permits to brewers for the manufacture of med icinal beer under the new treasury regulations will proceed promptly In ternal Revenue Commissioner Blair said. Storm Takes Light Toll. "" Orlando, Fla.—Three known deaths have resulted from the tropical storm that swept across the peninsula of this state during the last two days, according to a four-page issue of the Tampa Tribune, printed at Plant City. Wirth to Form New Cabinet. Berlin.— Joseph Wirth, who resign ed from the office of German Chancel lor, Jias been designated by President Ebert to form a new cabinet.! Morrison and Cooper to Speak. Nashville, Tenn.—Many notables, in cluding Gen. J. Pershing and a military of- and former gover nors /from at least thfee states will in the Thirtieth division re union program here November 4 ton 5 Gov. R. A. Cooper of South Carolina and Governor Morrison of North Car olina will respond to the addresses of welcome delivered by Mayor Wilson of Nashville and Governor Taylor of Tennessee. Labor Board Make* Suggestion. Chicago.—Labor board suggests to roads that they temporarily postpone seeking further wage cuts because the docket is so full that a decision could not be rendered before July, 1922. > Taylor Talks to Veteran*. Chattanooga, Tenn. — Characteristic addresses given by Governor Alf A. Taylor and former United States Sen ator James B. Fraxifer of Tennessee featured the opening of the thirty-first annual reunion of the United Confed erate Veterans here. Bandit Kill* Mall Clerk. San Francisco. —Frank B. Adams, mail clerk and guard, was shot and killed by a masked bandit who enter ed the ferry postoflice and escaped [ with a sack of registered mall. Japan Hronors an American. Toklo—E. M. Sutllff, one of the rice presidents of the American Trading company, has been granted the Third Ordar of the Rising Sun by the Japan ese government la recognition, 0f.24 years' service In promoting trade be tween the United States and Japan. MOVEMENT STARTED FOR PARDON BOARD INITIATORY STEPS TAKEN BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CITY OF ASHEVILL'E. STRONG RESOLUTIONS PASSED Suggested Board Would Consist of Five Members of Whom Two' Would Belong to Minority. Raleigh. A definite movement for a state par don board to be composed of five men with the lieutenant governor as pres ident or chairman has been initiated by the Asheville Chamber of Com merce in a resolution passed in a special meeting. The strain placed upon Governor Morrison during the Harris case led the Asheville organi zation to. initiate this movement for a pardon board for North Carolina, and it hopes that the next legislature may enact such a law. The resolu tion follows: " The directors of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, recognizing the seriousness of the situation which is almost daily confronting his excellen cy, the governor, in applications and petitions for pardon and commutation of sentences which is a continual an noyance and embarrassment person ally and as a chief executive, believe that his time should be given to more important matters of state. "In order to correct the condition and pr&bable evils set forth, It is the consensus of opinion of the board of directors of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce that legislation should be passed at the extraordinary session of the general assembly, providing for a board of pardons to consist of five men, not more than three of whom should be menirbers of the majority political party. • Dissolve Printers' Injunction. The injunction obtained by the non union printing houses of,- Raleigh against members of the three printing trade unions, after the strike of May 1 tor the 44-hour week, was dissolved by the supreme court here when it found error in the hearing or the case before Judge W. M. Bond, in Wake county court. The court held that evidence then adduced was not suf ficient to warrant a continuance of the restraining order. Hospital Service Improved. Philiraelphia (Special). Hospital service to the patient in North Caro lina has shown a markea advance in the past year, according to the third annual report of the American Col lege of Surgeons. This report Is bas ed on a survey which included per sonal visits to every hospital in the United States and Canada. Fil'e Loss is Large. The September fire loss for the state, according to the completed tab ulation of official reports made to the state insurance department, announc ed by Commissioner Wade, was $644,- 567, against $221,805 for August, and brings this state's fire loss for the nine months' period to the big total of $5,088,329. Students at State College. Ninety-six counties of North Caro lina, 14 other states and four foreign countries are represented in the stu dent body at State College, according to tabulations of the enrollment made by E. B. Owens, registrar. The registration to date has reached 1,041, the largest for this time of the year in the x history of the college. To Appointment Field Deputies. Thirty-two field deputies of the in ternal revenue department of North Carolina, including five at Charlotte, will be appointed soon by Gilliam Grissom, the new collector. A divis ion chief also must be appointed for the Charlotte office. State Not to Furnish Troops. Governor Cameron Morrison indi cated that' the state will not furnish troops to railroads In the event of a strike unless there is disorder suf ficient to warrant it. The governor had not received let ters said to have been written by the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line, asking for troops. "If such a letter has been written, it has not been received," stated the governor. "I have no statement to make upon the Subject. I do not believe there will be any disorder. Consumption of Wood Pulp. Thirteen mills in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia 'consumed in 1920 a total of 417,854 cords of pulp wood, at a total cost of $6,370,- 136. The total consumption of the United States was 6,114,072 cords, val ued at $116,495,730. The United States imported 186,- 000,000 worth of news print paper; 189.000,000 worth of wood pulp, and 158.000.000 worth of pulp wood to op erate its paper mills, while in 1918 the importation of Canadian pulp wood was only »14,#00,000. Highest Honors at State Fair. John Davis, tenant farmer from Wayne county, carried home th» high est honors awarded by the Stat© Fair association for individual exhibits of agricultural products, winning out over great landed estates like more," General 'Carr's "Occoneechee," and a varied array of splendid exhib its offered by landed farmers. Like John Smith whose life story in The News and Observer, has stir red considerable comment lately, John Davis lias been a tenant farmer for 28 years, but there the parallel stops, except that he has nine chil dren also. He has not movd once since he went to fanning; he has pros pered moderately, but most of his sav ings has gone into the education of his children. All have or will finish high school. John Davis exhibit has attracted wide interest at the Fair, particularly the wording of his banner, which reads "John Davis, Tenant." He lives on the land of T. B. Parker, State Warehouse Commissioner. Another placard with the exhibit probably ex plains the fact that Mr. Davis was able to win the highest honors and 300 in prize money. It identifies the ex hibit as belonging to "Mr. and Mrs. John Davis." It is the only exhibit at the Fair where the wife is included in the ownership. Fire Losses in September. The Efird fire gave Charlotte the highest fire loss of any city in the state for September, acocrding to In surance Commissioner Wade's month ly report. Fire losses for the state jumped from $221,805 in August to $664,867 last month. Nine towns in North Carolina have not reported a fire in 10 years, and they, with a few others places with an unusually low loss, have been put on an honor roll. These towns are Morehead City, Forest City, Kinston, Statesville, Washington, Wadesboro, Hendersonville, Waynesville and Falk land. Five Road Contracts Let. Contracts for five construction pro jects in the upper counties of eastern North Carolina, representing an ag gregate amount of $375,000, were let by the state highway commission. In the five projects are 30 miles of road work, all but about five miles being graded highways.. Commissioner Frank Page is planning to let several contracts in the second, fifth and sixth highway districts. More Stills are Captured, Launching an offensive against the strongholds of the furtive moonshiner revenue forces marshalled by Depu ties N. E. Raines, collected six distil ling plants with an aggregate capacity of 350 gallons. A wide terrain was covered in the offensive, extending from as far east as Garner, and westward to that lo cality long known as Choplin, the stronghold of the moonshiner. New Species of Mosquito. Exports of the International Health Board have been sent from Kinston to the Bayboro section to Investigate ma larial conditions there. Data will be procured for comparative purposes in the work at Grainger, where the board is conducting mosquito-control experi ments. A new species of mosquito is understood to have been found in the vicinity of Grainger, not before known to efist on the continent. North Carolina Negro Fair. A "Better Babies" contest will be conducted by the Wake county health department. There will be demonstra tions in cooking, laundering, millinery, sewing and in tuberculosis control and preventive work, the latter by Mrs. Florence C. Williams under the aus pices of the State Sanatorium. Great Game of Football. In the presence of 9,000 people, North Carolina State College defeated the University of North Carolina by the score of 7 to 0 in the annual fair week gridiron clash- between the two state institutions. New Postmasters Named. Washington, (Special).—These post masters -have been named: Carter street, Buladean, Mitchell; Wade L. Marshall,.-Salem Chapel, Forsyth, and Mrs. Mattie Hall, Smithport, Ashe. Governor to Attend Unveiling. Governor Morrison will speak at the unveiling of the monument on the courthouse lawn in Charlotte Armis tice day in memory of the 104 Meck lenburg boys who died while in -the service during the world war. The appeal of the Charlotte pa triotic society for the presence of the governor at the tablet unveiling was due to sentimental reasons, he hav ing known personally many of the sol diers in whose memory the tablet has been placed. Mra. Vanderbilt Re-elected. Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt was re elected president of the North Caro lina Agricultural Society in the an nual meeting of the society in the Hall of the House of Representatives. At the 8-j ne time the society elected t)r. Josem Hyde Pratt, State Geolo gist, assistant to the president Both CoL Joseph E. Pogue, secretary of the Society, and C. B. Denson, as sistant secretary and treasurer, were re-elected, while Major W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, was named vice-president at large. LEGION OPENS IIS THIRD CONVENTION NATIONAL COMMANDER EMBRY SAYS FIGHT FOR COMPENSA TION IS STILL ON, HEIRS OF PATRIOTIC IDEALS Convention Was Opened by Madame Schumann-Heink by Her Singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Kansas City, Mo. —Amercan Legion delegates, here for the opening of the third annual convention of the organ ization heard Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, speaking as President Hard ing's representative, tell them they were heirs of the patriotic ideals of Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt and cheered Commander John G. Em erj; when he declared the legion was in the compensation jigh* to stay. and filled the arena balcony and the gallery, while the floor of the hail was given over to the delegates. Rep resentatives from Alaska ,tlie Canal Zone, Hawaii, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Turkey, Africa, France,/ Spanish Honduras and the British Isles raised their standards on the floor in addition to the delegates from every state. Lifting the American flag high above her .head, Madame Ernestine Schu mann-Heink opened the convention by singing "The Star-Spangled Ban ner." Greetings from Marshal Foch, of France, and Gen. John J. Pershing, en route to Kansas City to attend the legion convention, were read by the national commander. China's Delegates Arrive. Washington—China's advance guard to the Washington conference on Pa cific and Far Eastern questions, to be held in connection with the discussions on limitation of world armament, ar rived. The more than 90 members of the party were received by the gov ernment officials representing the state department, the army and navy, and were given an ovation by the crowds assembled to greet them, Plans to Convert Heligoland. Hamburg.—Plans are now afoot ot convert Heligoland, the dismantled German fortress, into an international waterng place and a center for regate, tas and water sports. A company with, lrage caiptal is organizing a scheme which will include very extensive beach improvements and establish regular transportation routes between Hamburg and Bremen. Anderson Issues Injunction. Indianapolis, Ind. An injunction directed at stopping the United Mine Workers of America from efforts to unionize the Williamson coal field in West Virginia, where miners have been on srtike for more than a year, was issued by Federal Judge A. B. Anderson on the ground that the union was seeking to restrain trade. Co-Operative Organization, Washington.—Figures just obtained at the department of agriculture show that »farmers' co-operative organiza tions last year did a business of $375,- 714,660, as against a little more than $60,000,000 in 1919. The figures for 1921, it is claimed, will show another tremendous gain. Grant Germany Extension. Paris.—Germany has been granted by the reparations commission a 15- days' extension on the first install ment of 500,000,000 gold marks of the second billion of her reparations pay ments, due November 15, it is an nounced. Higher Rank For Delegates. Washington.—The, rank of ambassa dor was given to the American del egates appointed by President Hard ing to represent the United States at the forthcoming Conference on Limi tation of Armament and Discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern Questions. Charles Will Not Abdicate. Budapest—Former Emperor Charles has again refused to sign hs abdica tion, Government plenipotentiaries who went to Tihany, where Charles is Interned, have so reported. Mellon Deprecates Expansion. Atlanta.—No additional legal tender notes should be placed in circulation by the government at this time, ac cording to an opinion expressed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in a letter to George M. Traylor, At lanta capitalist. 9' Two Very Fast Women. Paris.—Miss Lines of England es tablished a world record for women by running 100 yards in 11 4-5 sec onds. Miss Bleard of France ran the thousand metres in three minutes 17 4-5 seconds. Plenty of Meney In Russia. Mioscow. —. Paper money reaching the enormous total of 5,7704)00,000,000 rubles has been issued by the gov ernment, the latest output being 750,* 000,000 rubles In new money for the opening of the national bank.
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