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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1920. HEAD Of FAMILY " DEFIDtfJAX HISTORICAL COMMISSION ISSUES INTERESTING BOOK Complete Lilt of County 0 Ul cers of Every County ' la 8UU Unmarried Breadwinners For Others Are Granted Spe- cial Exemption Unmarried wen and women n U are. breed winners for othsrs arc granted special errinptioBs o their earning before' inuring the iaume tax aow being collected. Although a return mutt be filed Irr every uamirried ner nan, aad ty every married iKtraon liv- Tim North Carolina Historical Com mission lion just hwied very useful little booklet of 83 petes, entitled "Directory of ttio and County 4ne ia'la of North Carolina. It contains a complete' list of North Carolinn'a Congressmen, Hlut officers, heads of the Mate depart MM-tv-t4 and commis sions, judkiul officers, district tax supervisors, member of the Legislature and of county ofncinls whh their post ofhee aililreaort. It given for each liibIi liu tmaiA nMlt ' Of lfll lag apart from wife (or husband;, who I ... ' f sheriff, treasurer. register of deeds, cxtroner. r more in the I had a net income of,s)l,0H0 uuring iiin, recognition is niatie jn tnr :,..i, ,.f i,..i,i, ..-..ini,.i.,l Jaw of tke home, burdens csrrird by; .,.,.,. ; millions of such person and relief from , w,.,fnr emutY Ut ,upt.rvilwr, eountv ;.UMtt. tMW I b tommjssianer. Copies of la add.t,a to he ordinary personal;, gBcure(, fr uwn rmptfcm of flwi and additional - pJiMtioll Uf, M. Unuoa. legi.-, ?ct2?of-I,wi0.I" T:1 ," hr:'1: .- iibrri.. Rakish. HOW LORD ASTOR CAN GET RID OF PEERAGE Ey Tor Him and Hi Wife To Be Restored To American Simplicity, Sajrs Paper of families" mnl them im alaA nrnviAt a exemption of 200 for eat'h depend ent nader 8 years of. nge or who is j mentally or physically detective. - Tb 8200 for each dependent niiir I claimed by an.v tax payer who 'la the 1 chief support of auth df alriit. This ! ii aot rnfiud t deMndoitta wbo aro mrniheri of tlie family or rplatfvp. . ta rba other baad it dom aot indii.lo aanranti or oihera wbo are Mrainv their living. And it doea not apply 1 tlic -"wif or buabaad f tht caarrid tax payer, even though aurh perton innv have become a total burden. Maet QaaHfy f EwnaaHtoa. ft thou Id be remmibered taut tb yrraoa h -lauu eifwntioB aa "head of a, family" must "qualify for it Two ingle pertoua wbo diride bctv.rm them mora or leia equally the tnanrial and other reapouaihilltiea of a houtehold ' ranaot claia that either one in the head f the family. But if a ainsle lero i-u4i)l,v iHuni'i the total re kpaasiliilitica of the bouacliuUI and is aided by having one , of hi brothera r aiatari auuuort himaclf aad lontrib ii ting aa amount that eould not praet( Labor Throws Hat In Political Ring For Union Friends H oaliuued from Cage friar.) the tampaign coit of the executive rominitte, tho eiifht vv-e-premdenta of the federation: Jamea Dunran, Quitev, Maw. j Joiieph F. Valentine, Cincinnati; frank Duffy, Jadinapoli; WB,,ren, Coakoeton, Ohio: W. V. .Niflhon, rrtroit ; T. A. Rkkert, Chtengo; Jaeoh Tineher, liidiMBapollii; Matthew Woll, fhieago; Daniel J. Tobin, Iadianapolia, treamrer of the rodorntion; John Donlln, Oii rugo, president, and Wm. J. Hpeneer, Waabington, aeeretary of the Bnfldlng Trade Deportment; A. J. Beerea, Waeh ingtnn, aeeretary of the Metal Trades Department ; John W. Baya, Indian apoli', preeident, and John J. Manning, Washington, xecretary u( the I'nion Label Tradea Ie)artment; Jutnea Ixird, Waahinglon. president i.f the Minina Department ( Hert M. Jewell, Waahing- tun, aeting preatnent, ana Jotm rvou London, Jan. 2.I. (By Uil.) If Lord Aator U aineera in- hie deaire t rid liiBxelf of kin pierage, my tb current HatUrdav Heview, let biro tad the bagatelle of f , or ISjm to pay the xpennea of aa informer wha ahall aua him for penaUtira for voting illegally 1 the Houae of Lard. Or. as the peers seldom vote, let Lord Astormt up the, money for a similar action against Idy Astur for voting in th House of Coaimoaa." for,'' roatinnes the Satunlav He view. "Ird and Iilv Astor eta nd or surveyor, i fall together, hither they are both qualified to sit in boh Houses, or neither m qualified to ait ia either. Both were born out f the kingdom, not of Knglwh parents, and their abil ity or disability to be peer and peerens depends on whether the Naturalization net of 170 did or did not repeal the disabling section in the act of settle ment, passed in the reign of William III., which says that na peraoa born out ' of the kingdom of Dominion", except of J English parents, caa ait in either Houise of Parliament. Of ill the Privy Council. "In the Bpeysr-Ceeeel ease five judges decided thnt the act of 1870 repealed the clause in the art of settlement, but Lord Astor eaa afford to carry the ease to the House of Lords. "If liOrd Astor can get the House of Lords to decide that the act of 187U did not repeal the disabling clause in the set of settlement, then he and his wife will be free aa air, their title and privilege will automatically fall from them, and restore them to their primi tive American simplicity. Only, they will have to get a new act to enable them to rit in the Bonse of Commons There is indeed another reason whv wo think that laidy Astor cannot ait in the House of Commons. 8he ii a peeress, whirh is a legal status, ahar ing tho privileges and disabilities of her husband. Washington, secretary ' the Railroad , eaily be considered more thaa his board, i 1'mployees' Department j John P. Krev, sue a trivial eireamstaacea must not be i Norwood, Ohio, edrtor International i MrmMers' Journal Jnarsml; Mrs. 8s rati ! A. Conbery, New York, secretary I'nitcd Textile Workers; MiAa Anna Fitr.gerald, nliowed to iatertere with his dear claim for etemitia. Asingle person 1s the hem) vf a family if by December .list he hail be some the sole support of close relatives (by blooiL marriage or adaption) living ia the same house with hlai and looked upon by them to exercise a greater or less nmuunt of control iu the matters steeling the support cai mainnleutnce of the heiiat'bold. The phrase 'sole support1', is here used ia the sease that thero 1s no other per aoa' to liooj the dependents are loot ing for a substantial portion of their support, There way bo another source of income (tuck aa interest on bonds, dividends on stocks, pension) which, if meagre enough to still leave the reci pient ilepoadeut, should not interfere rr;t the claim for exemption. Such meagre income of dependents, aa well the inconsequential Droit on the Voard of any self-supporting aiemhet of the, lioiischojil. must however be in cluded in the letura of the head of the tousehold. Maal k Sole Sapaort. But a division of responsibility will In every case exclude the parties from the claim for the additional exemption. Article 803 of Regulations 46 delaej that a head of a family ia "a person who actually supports aad aialntain in one luuieelii.ld or more individuals who are cl "., i.iHiiecicd, with him by blood Telnt' ! ip, relatioaahip by mar riage, or ty . tion, and whose right to exerts f. ,ii ly control and provide for these depi'iidvut iadirlduul it bssod upon some moral or legal obligation." I One the existence of the fact that a . tpayeg ia the priaeipal cause for the I r as tie a or Disinteaaiusc ef a boms ;is established it faaaot be destroyed bjr ki mere temporary or iiaavoidslile absence from it. If father is left with a young child to whom hs eaanot give the proper attoalloa hihself, and he place thie child wrlth relatives or elxswhere, be ahould still lie considered the head of a family even if yet further fore of elresjmstaaeee would oblige him ta lire elsewhere provided that be still exercised fatherly tentrol over the well-btiag.. education, and filial feelings of the child ,and did not (while furnish ing tb aupport) ellow the child to tw eome a Virtual orphan.. If, however, without necessity the dependent eoa- tiBuoesly makes hi home elsewhere, his bnnefactor ia aot the heal of a family, irrespectiv of the question of aupport. WAGE CONFERENCES WILL BERtSED M'ashington, Feb. 8. Conferences be tween railroad administration, eflMofs and head of railroad employes' unions over wag iemandf of the workers, will be resumed tomorrow, with the hop that this week will see some definite conclusion. Director General nines is is expected ta submit a definite proposi tion te the union official earfy in the reek, and with tain before tb confer ences, action in the opinion of both aide wit! not long be delayed. Bteinsneta Weston Ctemnioa. Milwaukee, Win., Feb. 8. William Hteinmetx, Chicago abater, won the western skating championship hers this . mternoon srith a total of M points. Hi : elonest competitors were E. McOowan, of St. Paul, and Roy McWhirter, of Chicago, -who each bad 40 points. FEES FOR CAPTURING STILLS GO TO SHERIFF Chicago, tiresdieut of Women's Inter national Ialsor Leagues Miss Mclindi etcott. New York, I'nited Kelt, Panama and Htravv Hat Trimmers nnd Operators and Mies Anna Neary, Baltimore, In tcnuitionul Brotherhood of Bookbinders. rIL TO LIT! CRNTCIY. rn Easmsjont of Lss Ufa talked y Fall Oa lee. aiontreal, Feb. Failing by eleven yrata te realise hie ideal of living to be a centenarian, Mr James Ornat died Fri day awning in-Ottawa n a remit of aa aeefeVat. ate and rigerou 8ir James, wk was Sanson for kia lecture on 'How to live to lie a Hundred," hade fair to reach that aaark, but January 20 hs slip ved on the ky sidewalk ewtaide the ttueseii Beus,v Ottawa, and broke hi kin. Trouble developing X rasa this aia hen caused bin death. Ceorgia Skoofly Wrecked. Macon, -, Feb. a. Tb eocoad en giae at a double bender on the Ucorgia Soother and. Florida BailrMd'i "fhoo. iy" train tamed )r atTifton at R:3S o'clock tl is morning. The com bination baggage rar and day eoack were derailed., ',.. Firemen Jim Murray, negro, sustained a sprained ankle. No passengers, . were hurt. . " Bcajamin Frssklia invented the bar onli-n. ' , OVERWHELM IN VOTE FOR TAlt f(Ht SCHOOLS Ahoskie, r'eb 8. At a recent election heUt in JWurf roesboro township, Hert ford county, on an increase hi taxation for school purposes, out of a possible vote of 54, that being the number ef qualified voters, 45 voted for the in rreaao, tho apposition registering not a single vote. The voto wns tabulated by the county commissioners at their regular monthly meeting last Monday, and the iuerrnae was granted the school district for the purpose of enlarging their school. ( Hollars Have lanioga. Madrid, Saturday, Feb. 7. Dollars, which even aome of tba big banks fail to quote on the eftu-lal lists posted at their entrances, had Uietr . inning this week. legitimate bnsinrsa 0em aci'i seat the dollar up to 6.H7 Thuradnjr. 1 doelined to 6.70 on Friday aad toaay hovered around 6.7ft. in Bareelona. -whsre the demand was steadier, the dollar remained firm it from 6A1 to No Trace ef Pol las Crew. Bock lead, Maine, Feb. t.S trace was found today of the eleven members of tba crew af the Steamer Folia, who left bore in a life boat after aha struck en Old Cilly Ledge en FridsySight. Captain f-oghlan and the twenty-aig members ef the crew who were rescued by eons guardsmen yesterday were quartered in hotels hero teaight. It ia beliercl"lhat efforts to float the Polias will have to await better weather. Cinard Fayette Osirt House. Lraiagtoa, Ky, Feb. .--Three hun dred armed militiamen with machine gnus and automatic rifles will guard the Fayette eoart house Mondsv morning, when William Lockett. negro, goes on trial here for the murder of 10-year olrt Geneva Hardman. 1 ) - TENTATIVE CALL ISSUED FOR VOLt'NTEBIt NlRSSo Fnyetteville. Feb. 8. A call for trd nnteer nurse has been issued by the nnrslng committee of the Fnyetteville Ked Cross aa a measure of prepared aeaa in eaaa the infiurnna here becomes serious. "Let it be understood, pri Biurity," said the committee, "thnt this is not an indication that influenza is as suming epidemic proportions in Fnyette ville, because H is not nnd may not. However, believing in preparedness and rrVoflting by experience, the Naming Committee is issuing this call for vol unteer in the event they are needed. Thia i a call to service, and ta a time of need it ia aa expression of love ef humanity without parallel in human ex perience. " " Princ Finds New risk. . Pari, Jan. 26. The Prince ef Monaco has discovered n new fish which lives at a depth af 80,000 feet under a pres sure of 60ft atmospheres. Although at such a depth there is practically no light, the Grimsldichtys Profnndisaimaa, a this dweller af the. depths bat been christened, has rndiamentary eye. Tha sh was brought p daring one, ef the Friac'u oaeanogrnphiral cruises off the Cap Vord island. Two other speeiea, aot hitherto known were caught in tha aam region nt a depth of ever 13,000 feet. Mm. GrihWa Death Shock to Friends. Xanhvill Graphic. . . The death of Mrs. Lois Jenkins Griffin, the estimable wife at County Coroner John H. Oriffin, which occurred at their homo about two mile from Nashville on , Tuesday morning about 10 'clock, was a shock to the auav friend of thia meat aetimable. woman and tb severe blow to befnll the be reaved husband and aow motherless ait children, left te linger in thia once happy and congenial home. airs. Griffins death rem I ted from pneumonia, which dert loped a boat ten daya ago, after auffering a -severe chill. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Broughtoa aad two little girl ef Troy are spending the week-end at the home of Mr. P. G. Allen, 918 Bnylaa Drive. Mr. Bronghtoa cam on legal business. j hhenffs of the eltste will be inter ested In a rulinguiinde by the Attorney General last week, that the law does not contemplate the turning of the twenty dollars allowed for rapturing blockade stills into the county trensury where officers are on a salary basis. The com missioners of Orange eonnty it seems, ruled otherwise, requiring the sheriff to account for thia twenty dollars. The Attorney General says, the officer who go to ths extra expense and peril of enforcing this special law, ia entitled to the special fee provided ia such eases, regardless of whether he ia oa salary or oa the fee basis. Thia ruling, while be ing nothing bat right nnd eommea senss, an official remarked when he read it, is a blow to blnrkaders, for th law must necessarily he enforced ia the main by alert county officers, and to penalize them for doing their duty ns would have been the rase under the Or ange county construction, would de cidedly diseoarage their attention to the moonshine industry of their constituents. BISHOP WM. ANDERSON SAYS AMERICA FLUNKED London. Boturdsy, Feb. 7r Bishon William F. Andersen, of Cincinnati, dis cussing today his observations on a trip just concluded through France, Italy, North Africa, Spain and Portugal in which countries ke directed the work of the General Conference of the Metb odist Episcopal Church, said in part: "When the whole world wat ready te follow our leadership the United Ptates somehow flanked. The necessity of the hour ia for. tho, recovery of the prestige of American idealism. , "Our task is to winks the European people realise that the heart , of Amer ica ia unchanged thnt firit, last and all the time her attiturlo is one of tym pathetis helpfulness. I regret F.urope'a interpretation ef tho stnteuicut of Car ter Glass,' Becretary of the American Treasury. I believe hie element of grneiousness is represeutative of the true American attitude towards the ruined. 1 "Secretary Dauicls was right when he declared that America still intended to do her full duty in the work on. recon struction. ' ' "Aa aa indication thnt tli United States doea ot intend to desert in this crisis the Methodist churches campaign for a centenary missionary, fund of eighty millions might be cited. To this fund mora than one. hundred and twelve millions have just been contributed, much of which 1 to be applied to Euro pean assistance. "The desperftioa in Central and Knst- iib Europe is such that revolutions me very actual danger. S. GORDON CUMMING FIGHTING, FOR LIFE Rielimoud, Vn., Feb. 8. Word from Hampton tonight indicates that 8. Gor- ,don Cuming is making a desperate fight to recover from the wounds he sustain ed Inst night when shot down In the highway. Cumimng was tor many years a member of . the House of Delegates here and at one time waa a candidate for attorney general. Mrs. Cumimng, whose arrest followed the shooting, is tonight under surveill ance in a prison cell, facing a eharge of shooting with intent to kill. 8he re fuses to make any statement to the po lice, who know only that immediately following the shooting she It alleged to have thrown the smoking pistoi into a gutter and then collapsed. WITH FLU RAGING VILLAGE IS CUT OFF FROM WORLD CHARGES BIG WASTE AT MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT Washington, ' Feb. .--An account fairly bristling with charges if criminal negligence and waste in construction 'of the Muscle Shoals air nitrate plant, wgs laid before the House War Expendi ture committee-today by Mark H. Evans, of Arcadia, California, formerly of the military intelligence service. Before he' was called off the job, he snid, h had obtained 129 affidavits, charging In competence, criminal negligence and graft, and cent them to Washington. Bo far as be knew, be added, nobody ever haa been haled ta court. . Evans dumped upon the table in front of Chairman Graham a hamper of type written reports and then began to de scribe conditions at Muscle Shoals dur ing the thirteen week he was detailed there for special government daty. While a cry was going up from all quarters for car to more munitions and foodstuffs, 7,883 cara stood idle at the plant from ten to twenty day, he said, with nobody seeming to care whether tbey were unloaded. Demurrage charge ranged from three dollars to 8308, and records showed, the- witness declared,, that failure to unload material cost the government 8AL0OO during the 8 rut six month of 1818. Te Continue Negotiations . - Washington, Feb, T. Wage iiiereaso negotiations' between Director-General Hiiies and representatives of the 2,000,- 000 union railroad employe promised tonijaht to extend well inte aext week. While no official view was expressed it was understood several "Important dif ferences remained to bo considered. NO BEER, NO Ml'SIC. RESOLUTIONS PASSED FOR MRS, L 0. MacKEEN Northampton, Mass., Feb. 8. Cut off from all phjni-'al contact with ,the outer world for four day si a result of the blizzard which has raged in this section, the village of Cumniington, in the Hampshire Ml west of here is suffering from a lack of food and medi cines, wilk an Influenza epidemic raging. Orer th telephone, the only presemt mean of communication with the vil lager the two over worked doctor of Cumnringtoa today appealed to the Northampton Bed Cross for aid. Relief parties with supplies will attempt to break through the snow-choked rotd te give needed assistance. I The King Dsughters have adopted the following ftMuttaa for Mrs. L. O. MacKeen, who was fatally injured in aa automobile accident several weeks ago:. "Inasmuch a it. ha aletssd our Heavenly Father to remove from our wilds t our' beloved member nnd co worker, Mx, J 0. MacKeen, therefor H . - ,.-. "Besolved, That we bow la humble eubmission to His will, knowing thnt H in hie great leva for Hia children doe aet err aad that though her tragic passing ia a mystery to us, we feel that God in Hia great plan will cause it to redound to HI honor and glory. "That we shall mia hr from our council! and ahall profit by our past association with her, "That a copy of these resolution be spread npon our minutes, a copy eent to local paper for publication and a copy also be sent to her immediate relatives. "MRS. H. O. HABBINOTON. MBS. L. B. AMKB." Much L'areet- In , East. Mukden, Manchuria, Jan. 5.- (By Mail.) An indication of the u a rest in the Far East ia found ia tba appear ance here of new magasine edited by Japans aad aallsd Great Asia. Th an nounced purpose of th new publication ia to create a pan-Asiatic movement by the formation af an Aaiatie League, tho aim of which will be "to endeavor to arouse the hundred of millions of Asia to n sense of th wrong and Injustice they suffer in aonseqitence of the op pression of the whlta races of Europe and America." Articles that appear la the current ixeua of Great Asia are abusive of Great Britain and America. Asiatics are admoaished that "if tha are t be saved from theinhraJtrtdnt It will not bo aa the result of the effort of the aon Aslatio people but by the enthusiastic effort of the Yellow races to win their freedom." Th artlcloa ar printed in Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, Turki . n .1 I. T- on. meni, reoruary ii.c oeer wn.cn claim, a membership at present 1.1s temperament requires will be forth. -of wlth brMfhei at lTtFn Cal. Rachmaninoff Bad to Have Dosen Hot. tlea of Geanlaa Article. Kansas City Times. St. Louis. When art aad alcohol join hands, the promotion of art is likely to be a dangerous thing in these dry times, but If Hergo Hnelimanihoff, the distinguished Russian eomposer pianist, is still thirsty when ha rsturns to Mt. Louis for his concert engage DE VALERA WANTED THIS COUNTRY J0JENTER WAR As BeprefientstiYc of 8-4 of . , People Denies Ireland . Xnifww Amoric ' .Worcester. Mas.. li. TEamaaa da Vabjra wa mad aa adopted aoat of Holy Cross College today when th col lege conferred on him tha honorary de gree of LLD., with xerelse String whirh greeting from the atudent war tendered te him in ten languages, Prerioaa to visiting th college, De Valera gav tha followiag etatement to The Associated Press to refute the charge that Ireland "knifed" America daring th waft "My attitude, which attitude h rep. reseats tire of three-fourths ef the Irish people whom I represent aad with whom I have been closely' connected, was thia i "It is generally understood that, there were two periods in the war, the period before America entered and the period after Asnrriea entered. Whea America entered the war, I wa 1b Lin coln jail serving a life sentence. I fait, a did many other,' that America' en trance would result la victory Tor the allies' rauae aad that British imperial lam Would continue, where there was a chance of t failure if America had kept out. I aald to my comrades: 'If I were president of th United States, I would, under such eircamstaneee, declare war,' That, I think, waa the general sentiment of Ireland. We never knifed America in tha bnek daring the wnr, as the Brit ish propagandists would hare the Am erican people believe." SPAIN EXPECTS CABINET CRISIS OVER A LETTER LIES DOWX IN TRAIN'S PATH. DISEASE PROBABLY ON WANE IN AHOSKIE Ahoskie, Feb. ft. On Wednesday of the past week, Hertford county physi cians had reported ta Dr. L. K. Wnlker, eonnty health officer at Ahoskie, a-total of 80 esses ef inflnenxa. On Thursday and Friday still others were added to tha list, and the total has now reached about 75 for the entire eminty. Reports throughout th eonnty, however, indi cate that the disease is in a lighter form thaa It waa a year ago, but few ease of pneumonia having resulted. No deaths bad been reported Friday night. In Ahoskie the situation had almost' reached an epidemic stage aa Wednes day? when the schools were closed, On account of the influenza and the con dition of the streets. However, the dis ease seems to be on the wane, and with the more favorable weather local physi cians are more encouraged. There are at present nbaut twenty eaaes ia Ahos kie, with on resulting ease of pneumonia. AUTOMOBILE WRECKED WHEN HIT BY TRUCK t Aa automobile belonging te N. H. Wiggs and drives by him wa wrecked yeeterday evening at 7:33 whea a ear drivea by Albert Bretaeh, who, Mr. Wiggi said, was drunk, crashed Into it at the corner of Person and Hargett atreets. According to Mr. Wiggs who waa bringing his father, Officer 'J. A. Wiggs, of the city police fore to work. tne smash Prisoner Eeeapea Pollcesnaa to Go Hln Death. New York, Feb. 8. A a northbound subway train sped Into tha station at 180th street shortlv before noon yester ity, Nathan PnKwtlne of No. 10.13 Stcbblna avenue, the Bronx, broke away from Patrolman David A. Owens, wko had him la custody, and jumped In front of It. Onlookers aaw the man thrust his head on the track and wait death, for tha train could aot bo brought to t halt before It struck him. Palestine wa killed instantly nnd hi body dropped through the structure to the street, landing on n number of man removing anow. Palestine wa' charged with being a pickpocket and we being taken to the Morrtsnnla Court. coming, and music need not pine lor lack of moisture. During kia recent visit, tha pianist mid: , "I'll play anything you want; any where yon like but oa one condition : I must have a doaan bottles of gen uine beer." Th hunt went on unsuccessfully for necks, coming ultimately te August A. Buseh, the brewer. The hunt wsnAa.G- ddimUhroUupuu "Yeu eaa say for me that If it isn't a penitentiary offense, I II be glad to accommodate Mt. Rachmaninoff." Buseh aaid, "I'll do anything for the uplift of art that won't gtft me into trouble with the federal authorities. "Bo aura and tell Mr. Rachmaninoff not to. go to the brewery, however. Have him come to Grant farm, my home. A brewery ia theilhst place in the woild to look for beer ia thesa days." NEVER TO BE REBUILT. cutta and Constantinople. nre Japanese. It officers New Texan OH Field. New York, Feb. 8. Th Ryan Petrol eum Company ha just brought in n new well in Htephens county, Tex where It controls n Inrge nereage in what had been considered wildest territory notwithstanding it very promising geo logical formation. The wall hes bees flawing 1,600 barrels a day for nearly, thirty daya. Th company is now drill Inng three new well la thl acreage. It ia 'also drilling thro wall la Iowa Park .adjacent to th Kemp-Munger well, where tha Burknett-Vaa Cleave haa aeveral promising locations. Ryan ia alao drilling in Crockett county. The company now haa producing wells not only ia three Teas field but la Kansss and Oklahoma. Th Prairie Olt and Gae Company ia taking about S.000 barrel a day from tba Company's Burk-Wag-goner tract. up was caused bv Mr. Bretsehs failure to make the "loan I , Awtryvllle'a Creates Tree. turn. I Correspoidenea of Sampaoa Democrat. Mr. Wtgga wss coming south and the j There stands a Urge syrnmore tree ear of Mr. Bretsch going north, accord-' the yard at Mr. H. M. Barefoot In ing to those who aaw the cara after thai hie eeetioa and furniehee a fine shsde crash. The athsthup occurred at the i in ba summer time. Tb tree wa aontheast comer of the street internee- t there several year ago whea a tion, and had Mr. Bretaeh a ear not been etnfe by hitting ' Mr. Wiggs' machine, he would hnve etrurk the pave ment, aye-witaessaa stated. STEAMER BRADBOYNE MAY'' HAVE FOUNDERED AT SEA Halifax, N. S, Feb. 8. The British steamer Brudbeyae, from New York for Cherbourg, in believed to have foundered in Mid-Atlantic nnd aome Inu of lif is feared, according te radio messages received here tonight. The British steamer Oxonian, from New Or leans for Liverpool reported that she had rescued S3 of the crew and the Brit ish steamer Monmeath reported picking up two of the erew. The Bradbome registered 3,190 tons. " AFTER RENT PROFITEERS Federal Goran meat Joins Chicago Aa taorltie la Campaign. Chicago, Feb. 8.-Tae Federal gov rnment took a hand in hunting dewa Chicago's reat profiteers yesterdav. Die. mei Attorney cilna neat half doaea areata ant to find a rent profiteering enea that wilt stand the test of Vnelt Sam's courts. The city Council las a committee oa tha trail ot rent boosters. Complaints ef extortion are coming in rem nil over the city. . On University of Chicago girt charged that tha reat oa her apart moot haa beta raised from 8.17 JO to 80S a month since the echool teat opened. Th average increase is from 50 te 100 per cent. smnll limb or bush by Mr. Barefoofs father, Robert Msxwell, Esq., who has been dead" several yea re. Tha tree measures close to th ground .where tha large reota grow lata tha ground 18 feat in circumference making aeven feet ia diameter. Up where tba nor mal sixe of th traak begins it measures 18 feet ia circumference making six feet in diameter. Vancouver Adrift Baddsrlees. Halifax, N. 8., Feb. 8. Th French steamship Vancouver baa lost her rud der and is drifting ont af the trans Atlantic, steamship Lane, about 400 mile from Halifax, a wireless message receive from th Cunard Liner Maiir etaaia atated tonight. Th teasel 1 in seed of assistance. The Vancouver Bail ed from Norfolk, "Va January (8, aa a voyage from VaacbaverrB. C., Decem ber 10, for Qaeenstown, Th message said tba distressed vessel was approxl mately 100 miles south of the trans Atlantic lane. The tonnage of the'an eosver ia aet liateM. . " l ' ' '" ' . Arrested for Draakaaneas, - Will Browa. Beg re, waa arrested yee terday eveaiag from a atraet car aa Fsyetteville atraet for drunkenness. Brown waa aa druak that aeveral men were required ta get him to th station house. H will be givea a hearing ia city court thia morning. : Mr. F, H. Johnson, who haa been spending the week-cad with ki sister, Miaa Aaaie .Johnson, at th home of Mra. I. T. W aiker, r 505 Cleveland street, left yesterday evening far his ham ia Hamlet. , 1 Ia France 188 Village Slice -Are Tea Dangerous to L'ae Again. Lson (France) Correspondence of The Btars and Htripes, Washington. Fifteen village ia tho Aisna district, destroyed by war, will never be rebuilt. There are 17 town in th Marne dis trict which will be abandoned, and prob ably 100 in all of Fraaee. For many years, at least, the aoll on which tho villages stood will not even be tilled. It will become a permanent no man's land. According to government advices, the -! . . . . . . ' sues or ineso villages are too danger ous to be used again. In ordc to avoid lost of life the government haa nur. chased the land oa which tha Tillage stood and will keep possession of It until it can be made aafe. These ite are the one often fought over, on which th ground ha been turned over aad aver again, burying explosives of alt kinds to unknown depths. There is no truce of buildings left in the IS villages,, se the refugee faced more thaa tho usual hardships. They returned, however, and lived in tha worst makeshift eaves and .dug outs. . , ' Only aign maintained by tha govern ment will mark th alte of the villnms. ' ' OI lau '"""iff dangers. aTloqneat, Bat Ineffective. Pittsburgh Chroniele-Taleershh. ' "You have acted in n dseldedl A'i. gentlemanly War. Annatus.1' t bus, spoke the father of Augustus, -L ...... 1 . 1 . . - uo no isuna ai eon aad stolen jam from the lafdr. ' "It may aot seem a very great crime iv you, Augusiua," continued hi par eat. -Hut little things lead ta big things. The child is father to tha man, toy boy, and the little petty thief of today may be tha great criminal of to morrow. Beside, Augustus, you I were disobedient. You were forbidden to take the jem and yon took it Dis obedience, Augustus, ia tha root of all evii. jKemember that, my boy, and yon will rise in th world to cast off the lur of eommonplac duplicity." A hi father panted for breath Au gustus turned a beaming fact ta his mother. "Oh, nil ha exclaimed, "ltu't pa in'-terestingf Goodyear Increases Wages. Akron, O., Feb; 7. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company today an nounced that beglaning March 38 the minimum wage for male employees would be 86 a day for women worker 84 a dsy. This plan will apply to those wha have beea continuously em ployes six months or more.' It affects between 25,000 and 30,000 workers. In addition, to establishing a . minimum wage tha company alao announced in crease of 5 to IS per cent of hourly rate and pieea work effective February 15. Oil Gale, Conditions ia Oklahoma whea tba .great Cashing pool eame in, illustrated another -aspect of tha ell situation. Th lush prodnetion, for a tiara, waa far la excess af storsg and traasportatioh faellltiee, so that ail waa stored oa the groaad, behind earthen dikes, aad nre into arj ereeka that were darned ap te form reservoirs. From sheer excess ef production over th local demand. the price fell t forty esnts, a barrel, not Decs use that waa tha value af the oil to a refinery at Chieaco ar Bay- onnr, but because there was aa way. st the time, to get it there, aad new wells ware coming ia, by th dosen, day after day.- Ray Morris, la tha World's Work. J - I " i ' . Sam Sxclleaseat la Oil Well. Competitive drilling plays a great Part among wall la a Single rieinity because oil lease leak at th . edge and whether, yon get your aeighbor' oil or he get years la largely a mat ter of apeed. Consequently well in the middle of n Urge tract ia usually let aloa by vthe 'ewaer, or, at least, hs undertake further drilling with de liberation, but if he strikes ail near hi boundary h drills hia horde ra , with all haste,, knowing tat his aeighbor will, "offset" hiaj walla, aa tha ether side of. the bouaUsry just as feat at he can get the equipment, an tha ground,. Bay Morria ia tha World Work. Chiaa Threatened By Japan. Washington, Feb. 7, Urging that many American missionaries be eent to epread sad maintain tue spirit of Chris tianity in China, Dr. Mary Stone, head of the largest hospital in tha Orient, today told tha National Conference of Chnreh Women that the Chinees were threatened with corruption by opium smuggled from Jspah aad liquor pro duced by American brewers. Many Veaaela Cease In. Newport News, Vn., Febi 7. Arrival here today of several ships quieted alarm ana anxiety which had beea felt for their safety dur lag the recent sever storm, but with' out exception, th masters of tke vea aela declared that tha storm they had experienced waa the worst of their en tire career. Niua ships arrived and eleven departed here today. War Department Make Correction. Washington, Fb. 7.- Corrected fig- urea on casualties in tha American Ex pedlttonsry Fere published today by tne war Department, brought the total to 808,813, inetcad Of 893,081. aa shown in figure compiled from weekly re ports furnished te the press. The cor rected figure wera Z$l,039 wounded, 77,118 dead, 4,433 captured by the enemy, and 3 missing in action. Caa unities In Liberia were not included. Rusaiaae leave Far London. Paris, Fab. 7 Representatives of the Buaeiaa co-operative unioaa ia London ansa left for. Moscow te) study the pea. sibilitics for bringing about trade re lations between Bussia and tha alllos, aa provided for la the recent allied proposal. Th ee -operative ualons, later th approval af tha allied govern ments I received, will" send represen tatives ta Fran. -s ' WH Net Obey Order. ' Tampa, Fla Fsb. 7. Florida citrus fruit grower and ahippera will not obey aa order issued by tha regional director f railroads to load 408 box of fruit lata sack refrigerator ear. Tha' Florida Citrus Kachaaga, acting for its membership of thousaada af growers, according ta Seerstary Stewart, wired Regional, Director B. L. Winehell today that "wa do not intend to comply with thia order, .but ahall continue to load car with 880 boxes and shall tender them to transportation eota panics In tha usual manner," ' 1 CLAIMS PRESENT MIDDLE CLASS GIRL HAS BEEN SPOILED Madrid, Feb. 7 Complaiat by Count Bomanones, former premier that Cap tain General Milana Boeeh, civil govern or of Barcelona, need for 'political pur pose a private letter which passed be tween the Romanonee' government aad the Captain Genernl may, in the opinion of aome of the morning newspapers, lead to another eahinet erlais. Tha conn cikof Minister will meet this afternoon to consider the matter. ' it ia aaid that Coant Bomanones had demanded the dismiasal of Milana Bosch, threatening that otherwise the representatives of hit party in tha cab inet will resign, Th liberal newspapers strongly eon dema the actios of Milana Beech. They say that this Is the third or fourth gov ernment which he pUiaged lata difficul ties and rail him ''a specialist la cab inet crises." WIFE OF NEWPORT NEWS LAWYER HELD FOR KILLING Newport, News, Va., Feb. 7. 48. Gar don Cummiag, formerly a Virgiaia State Senator and one af tha best-knewa. attorney in tb Old Dominion, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded on the streeta of Hamptoa, Va, thia afternoon. Hia wife, Mra. Mittie Jester Cummiag, was arrested a shert time later. Mr. Cummiag had beea divorced bv hia Srat wife, Miaa Beaaia Waller, now of Baltimore, aad after marrying Miss Mittie 'ester about ix years ago, h aooa separated from her aad etarted . proeeediaga for a divorce. Aa order of so pa ration wa granted a year ago, but Richmond attorneys for Mra. dim ming took aa appeal ta tke United State Bupreme Court, which case waa; recently argued. "Mr. Cummiag ia a; brother of. Dr. Hugh Camming, recent la nominated by President Wilson ta ba' surgeon-general of tha United Statu Public Health Service, aad tha attorney, haa beea prominent in legal and politi cal life. ORGANIZE GARDNER CLUS ' y AT TRINITY COLLEGE ALSO Trinity College, Durham, Feb. 7. Trinity College tudnta bar raeentl& manifested aa unusually keea later rt la th coming gubernatorial primary af the Democratic party. All three af tha leading candidate. Gardaar, Page and Morrison, have beea supported by a tauaiaetie groups af atadeata who are aaxious ta see thsri ehoiea af eaadldates go ever tha top in the coming election., xaa wues movement ana resulted in the organisation af a "Gardner foe Governor Club. Th club waa orgaalaed oa laat Thursday night following tha circulation af paper pledging IU sigasrs ta taa aupport or O. Max Gardaer 1b apirit and in ballot. ' It ia reported that araaaimtiona la upper! af Pag aad Morrisea are aooa ta be consummated. Ml Issa atarhd I Kw Tt.w.. rv.. P.K in., n : ( i vn we ess sat bsim a e - a man ajragggiw oeratie Bute Cantral Coatmittee at it meeting today want oa Meerd a in fa vor af th nomlaatiea of Homer .: Commings, of Stamferd, chairman of. the Demorratie National Committee, tor! the Preeidearr. It waa Sanidad haM th Dam oars tic state eenventian in this ty en May a. aad 8, London, Jaa. 88, (By Mail.) "Tha present-day middle-Claas girl ha bcn polled: th it lary. re it less, vreasar- seeking aad egotistical, has a better time than any at bar woman u tha world, bat tba ia aewjr atstscd," accuse a woman" writing te Tha London Dally pewe over tne signature, -Victorian. Th yaung married woman of today appear to think that aha ia tha eaty woman wha haa ever bad tny domestic difficulties, or had ta da aay work, aha writes. Tha fact is, af coarse, that the haa a far easier time thaa women had la my day. "Ia taoee days we diqat grumble, ar look upoa ourselves as victims. W didn't talk about any 'revalt of house wives, or worry our husbands ta death With demands far a better time. Wa worked hard and eheerfullvi did with aot luftrie had txpeaulv holiday, and Dreugnt ap urge lamtlie without oa side ring ourselves martyrs. "Tha trouble ia th 't th preeent-day m!ddl-elaee.girt ia "spottt.' Usually ah dislikes childrea, aad resvate having to glva up any tlm ta loahlng after them. tha would rather play brllk thaa hear a ehild'i prayers. - t? Th.e mora I set of the young married womaa ef taday, ind the mora I bear as? her coast ant grumbling, tha mare frond I am of being an old ytrtoTlaa. Tba people wha eouat their eClrkeas before they ark hatched are mlehtv lucky even to have tha eggs. , . S H 1 A I
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