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cj 1 a M0 North Carolina! Fair Fridavt warmer central portion, Sat urday (air. i " ,; . ,-. , ' It M a f ar. a-t'4 r"I I re tofere e-.ir."e siiS 4 - ! atnaw e. VOL CXtt. NO.T32 SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. J;. RALEIGH, i N. C, FRIDAY i MORNING, JULY ; 30, 1 920 "I SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS POLICE SEEK FOR MOTIVE OF TREBLE- GREEK HOMICIDE ""Principals' In Washington" City , ..-Tragedy Formerly Lived - ;ln Greenville . . BROTHER OF WOMAN IN ' - CASE HAS DISAPPEARED Jean Odisceos, Who Killed Sit ter and Her Sweetheart and : Then Himself, Becently Left With Her For Visit In Nor folk; Well Known In Green Tille Where He Had Cafe ' I Greenville, N C, Julr 29. Police au thorities, in this eity, today began aa investigation to ascertain ; lh where abouts of Philip Odisceos, wanted .by tb Washington City police in connec tion- with ' the killing of his sister, Kathriu Odisceos, ,a brother, Jean Odisceos, ferine.' Creek resident of tbli elty. and Thomas Apostolet, .an em ployee of the Norfolk Y; M. O. A., but up until. a late! hour tii search had been futile."'-''. , .,, It -was learned from a reliable source thi Cdiseeo disappeared few days go without any of his companions 'here leing aware of hia destination. It wi- learned, howeve", that be left ' with intention of going to the bone of an uncle, one J. J. Stefaaanov ia Lake City, 8. C. 'Bo far thia fact baa not been confirmed, and police are as soueb ia the dark concerning hie location. That the mysterious disappearance and subsequent murder of Jean Odis ceos, her brother and. her. prof eased lover. Thomas Anostoles. has created unusual - intereet in ' Greek , residents, some ef whom were intimately associat ed with the victims ef the tragedy, dur ing the etay here and while there are many different stories told concerning the incident, it is generally believed that the girl and her lover earn to their death at the hands of Jea Odiaeeos, who seriously objected to Apoetoles' af fections for hia aiater, and who upon learning of improper associations, fired the fatal shots and then killed himself. - Eeports ia circulation throughout the country convey the impression that the murder resulted from a desire of Jeane ' Odiseso to secure possession of aome 120.000 which it is claimed that the girl's lover bad recently accumulated, are considered highly improbable, for those Intimately acquainted with aim say that be had brought hia mater to this country to protect bet from Tur kish and Bulgarian- fore which were threatening, to invade Greece at the tirne They cam eirectly- to ni city npoa the girl's arrival, and ever since that time the brother watched over her carefully and did everything poeaible to prevent ber from' getting under bad environments. He- conducted a small cafe, and. to all appearances gave the girl the best of eare. " Their sudden disappearance several days age failed to creata more than usual interest. It was supposed that they went to Norfolk, as the result of the girl's persistent pleading to see let lover, but the trip to Washington in company with Apostele and following murder are incidents that have baffled friends as well as police. It ia sot believed, however, that the disappearance of Phillip Odisceos, who went by the name of Dnn Odiseeos, while employed in a candy kitchen here, was implicated in the murder although the fact that he still remains in ap parent seclusion haa produced much speculation. The theory that the young woman killed herself and brother after be bad shot ber lover In aa attempt to obtain possession at the money, is aeeepted as doubtful and it ia believed by those intimately acquainted with both the sis ter and brother that ha committed the crime after learning of Apostoles con tinued insistence to gam his sister s band la marriage. k. INFATUATION OF SERVANT CAUSED TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Washington, July 20. Infatuation of servant for the daughter of bis mas ter and the blasting of hia dreams at the moment he imagined himself on the threshheld ef their, realization, led to the triple trasedy in Washington last Sunday wjyyi three ureexs were siuea in a downtown rooming house, accord ing to the story told here-today by a friend of two of the victims. TIRED OF GIRL'S CLOTHES AND WANTS A BOY'S WAGES t Beaderooavllle, July ' !. I'm tired of wearing glrl'a clothes and want t earn a boy's wages." said Miss Bonsiy King, of M Ashland Avenue, Ashevllle, who la la Jail -ber fr saaaqaeradlng -ws a boy. The girl is fourteen and very : pretty, wears everalla and bears a good reputation, according to Aahe vllle people's testimony, In mayor's ' - ceart herw today. ' She war her bslr cat the latest ' boy fashion and told the mayor she had hlddea ber long locks, expect. , Ing some day to make a switch, of them. ; ; Felling to get job wheeling tricky far which she 1 applied, ah was foand washing dishes In a eaf aear the depot. She left Aahevlll . Tues day and will be held her pending the arrival of her father, an am-. ployee or the Ashevllle Light and ' ;.Ppwer Company. :' ' Organise CnatltatlaalM Leagae. Nashville, Ten a, July 29 Several lawyers and business men Of Nashville today organized the Tennessee Consti tutions! League with the purpose of re sisting the proposed ratification of the Federsl Suffrage smendment by the Ten nessee Legislature, f INTERNED BY GERMANS ! . - s "i.'j Bela Kun, formerly Hungarian dictator, has be interned la' a camp at Passau, Germany. The Berlin government has aot replied to Huagary'a demand for hia extradition.' A group of. Independent Socialist staged a demonstration la the Lostgartea against the aurreader of Baltimore Lawyer Speaks To Audience of 200 Against Amendment - "The member of a Legislature whe vote 'for the amendment to th Fed eral Constitution that' will remove from the Bute its right to say who akaU vote ia its elections is a traitor, if aot In a legal sense, certainly ta a moral ise," declared William I Marbnry. a Baltimore lawyer, speaking last alght la the Aeademy of Muaio under thd au spices of th Bejeetio League.' : " :' The meeting was the opening gwa of th battle that will be waged agaiast the ratification of the Anthony amend meat by the special aeeeion of i' u I ialatur, which convene, n 't Taeaa-.y week. Aa audicne or about zm t'V was present, and listened to the siR'iMr with interest and with considerable en thusiasm. He waa introduced by 8. Brown Shepherd, and spok for an boar and a quarter. ' " " x Pleading a elos bond ef sympathy and interest between his tato of Maryland and the Tar Heel State, he Nirged North. Carolina to measure out to the amendment th . same late that was measured- out. to it iaA napolis a year ' ago, when aa effort was mad to "rush it through. There ii nothing Inevitable about th coming of suffrage, he declared, and ere a u It doe come it will have to pas . ta gauntlet of the United State 8upreme jjourt. ' " - Tine business 01 government 01 a eountry is a man sb, be asserted, but the government of mea U woman' job." , He described conditions that he had aeea about voting places In Baltimore and deelnred that women bad no business in sueb a place.. There were more men killed la a Baltimore election in one yenr than wer killed in the entire battle when the Btar Spangled Banner" was written, be went on. . ' 4 . Discussing the question from the angle of State's rights, he declared that BUte that surrendered to th gen eral government the right to nay whe should vote ia ' iU elections was as longer a state, but a province) of a bureaueratie government Th Ameri can government is xounaea on ins principle of state a right, snd if mors and more of theee right wer dele gated to th Federal organisation the Union would become as nothing, a men vassal to th centralized organization, which is the antithesis of the designs of the founder ef th constitution, he declared. Th ' racial question was - touched briefly.' th speaker saying that ks realised the delicacy of discussing it at all. He pointed to th probability of th amendment conferring - suff rag upon negro women, and opening agaia th eld core that is but lately healed by theassertioa of -th white man's control over government ia th South. Alary land fought autrrag oa that ground, h declared, and called upon North Carolina to stand by a sister 8onthern state, a '.,:..'. '',; Vb fight mad by th suffragists la Maryland to secure th adoption of th amendment was outlined at consider able length, and th mean by which it was defeated. He declared that the legislature of West Virginia waa stolen by one vote and that because public sentiment bad aot been thoroughly aroused.. He declared that " efforts would b made to Jam.th amendment through th North Carolina Legisla ture, and -appealed to his hearera to resist th effort with utmost vigilance. TWO PASSENGER CARS ON ' -COAST LINE DERAILED Fayetteville, July 29 Two ear on Atlantic Coast Lin psssenger train No. 89,- wer derailed aear Beard, -seven miles north of Payetteville oa th main tin this-afternoon There was no in jury to -paeeengers or member of trie crew. The train proceeded without the derailed ear after a delay of . 35 minutes.' The enuse of th derailment IRE FIRST ROUND I BATTLE waa aot known tonight. ; - j , is i 1 t&WH'" bint. , 1; , t , . - ,,. . :. , : . TO CONSIDER COAL Conference Called By Govern : ment Officials, With Leaders of Coal Industry, , Washjagtoa, P. C, July 8j Ifeaas of averting, winter eon! shortages and of defeating proteering ia . the coal trad will be disensaed at a eonftrenee la New York Uoaday1 betwwea repre seaUtires of f oar Government - depart ments aad a committee from ths coal industry. Acting - Attorney - General Ames, ia aaaonncing the ' conference temight, said the GovernmeaV hoped to derelop,! procram, wMeb'" the iateresta eoold come half-way". la 'riag th seal problem - - 1 1, ' IXt. Ames, who with Attorney-General Palmer, win direct the formation of th plan, deelared there . aa reason for a scarcity of fuel at the) present tine aad that if a aharteg existed it was through faulty, dutribntioa. He said thst thsr wer "no , aeonomleal reasons for th high coal price which obtain throughout the eonntrr. Thia particular phase of 'the eituatlon, he said, is being given close study -both by the Department of-Justice) and by 'many representative of th coal in dustry who' feel that present aonditlona should undergo a change. -. Although the question of aa embargo a export coal will bo discussed at th coming conference, Mr. Amee mid it appeared that the embargo could be dis carded as aa eneetiv meaaa : ef in creasing th supply available for do mestic use. Lee thea 10,000,000 ton ef coal have been exported during th trot six months of this year, including shipment ta Canada, he asserted, aad thia amount bad aot, therefor, materi ally reduced the stocks ber with a prodnetioa for th period estimated at Z53,(XX,,000 ton. r Wags questions probably will also com up for discussion sine Secretary ox .labor Wilson s aaderstooa to have recommended a reopening of the wage award ia a prepared report aa the coal siaatioa ia general aad strike conditions ia the Illinois and" Indiana telds, ia particular submitted today t president Wilson. Secretary of Commerce Alexander, secretary or u itavy paaieis and Cbairmsa Benson ' of th Shipping Board, have been invited to send rep resents tires t the New York eoa ferenee. :: --. - COAL OPERATORS REFUSE --TO CONFER WITH MINERS Chicago, 'Vial 'July 29. Coal opera tor today declined to participate ia a joint conference with the miners as sug gested by Job a L. Lewis, president of th United Mine Workers of Illinois, with a view to ebnaging or amending th interstate agreement aad th com mere commiasioa' award. ' ' .The executive committee of th Indi ana . bituminous coal operator! asssei stioa ia nnnonncing ita action, said it waa influenced , "by the fact that all contracts, state aad iaterstato wer but a reaffirmation and- acceptance) by th rporators aad miner of an award sua datory la ha provisions." Beplies to Mr. Lewte request for the joint conference have aot been suffi cient to indicate whether th majority of the mine owner favor sack a meet ing, Thome T. Brewster, Chairman of tha OpeifctorB scale committee said to day. . , Th coal operator are to meet ber tomorroe to discuss th coal aad strik situation. - ' ' . ATLANTA GETS NEXT. MEETING- OF ASSOCIATION. OF FIRE CHIEFS Toronto, July 29. FlrChlef Mi J. Healy. of Denver,' Col., was elect un- nnimouily president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs at the con cluding sesaioa 'of the convention here today. Chief Frank Reynolds, of Augusta, Ga, was nsoved up from the second to the rst vice-presidency. At lanta was selected as the meeting place PRICES Of! iOilr of aext year' convention. i HEW CHAI1 III OPTIMISTIC MOOD ABOUT CIPAIGII Peace, Progress and Prosperity - Will Be Slogan of Demo- - crats This' Fall " NOT FORGETTING WOMEN, i GEORGE WHITE STATES ProgTcssiTeiim1 Encompassing Spirit of League of Nat'ots win Be Battle Cry; No Iron Bound - Contract Between President and Cox Regarding League Oorenant ' ' The News and Observer Bureau, -1 . 603 District National Bank Bldg. V . ;. By B. E. POWELL. ' By.Speeinl Leased Wire) " . Washington, July 19 Progressivelsm, neompaaaing completely th spirit of th League of Nations, will bo the key note of th Democratic campaign this fall, George White, th new head of the National committee, aatd today: Th party will make it strongest ap peal to the farmers and the laborer, aot forgetting at' any time the women for whom it is working' over time ia both Tennessee aad North Carolina. "Peace, progress afld prosperity, will be th campaign slogan. The- first th party pledge itself to get with honor, the second it believes it ha safely con templated ia ita San Francisco platform aad th third at promises to continue. i Chairman White, functioning for the second day ss National Chairman, held two conferences with the newspaper cor respondents today in addition to seeing Chairman Hal Flood of th Congression al campaign committee, Senator Pat Harrison, the newly appointed head of th speakers bureau, Judge James H Uoyle, assistant Secretary of th Treas ury, and Mr. Da rice, a Wisconsin Demo crat. H was also ia conference awhile with Judge Timothy Ansberry, Gover nor Cox'a doe friend here. No Iran Bound Contract. Ia amplifying what Governor .Cox said after th Whit Hous -conference several day ago. Chairman Whit said that thsr has been ao iron bound eon tract between the President and th Democrati candidate with respect to the position of th latter oa th League of Nations. ..,;''...'.,. " ; By "iron, bound' be' said he meant that Governor Cox had catered Into no agreement with the President to sup- Trt-tfc Versailles- document, without the dotting of an. i" r th crossin of a "t," something every on besM Fe publieaa pre agents hav iiiou for sons time. He explain ! further thnt it would be improper. for him to say bow Governor Cox will treat th subject in hi speech of acceptance of August 7. Speaker will get on th hustings within a week after this -date, be said. He earn to Washington thia morning after 'a long conference in New York yesterday with William Gibb MeAdoo who will take off his coat for Governor Cox. Mr. MeAdoo will be consulted later this week by Senator Harrison and an itinerary arranged for him. A tenia. tiv itinerary for Governor, Cox and Mr. Roosevelt will also be arranged this week. NaUoaal la Scope. , Th party's campaign will be national ia scope, Mr. White indicated to th eorresooadents, rather than ia th states most promising. So far as the general policy baa been determined upon, th strongest appeals will be made to th progressive element of th country. , The appeal to labor, for instance, wui do oasea on uovernor Cox s records as Governor of Ohio for three terms during which be secured the passage of so many measure favorable to labor. Among them, he said, the Ohio work men compensation act will not only be used for purpose of illustration but thsr will be a pledge made to nation. aiiz It If the Goveraor become th na tion' exeutive. He referred also to the coal screen of Ohio passed during the Cox administration.- The attention of the farmer of th country will be di rected to the Democratic candidate's ef forts for the Ohio- farmers, efforts that were crowned with such success as to make him a national figure before be wo "mentioned' for the presidency. Air. Whit adverted particularly to the school and roads legislation enacted la Ohio during the Cox Frwhlbltloa Not Is. He agree with ex-Chairman Homer Camming that the liquor question will hot be aa issue in the coming campaign aad doe not think that th Anti-Saloon League' presentation of Governor Cox's record along with th record of th Republican candidate will do th Democratic choice any harm. . tfovernor Cog takes the position" ex plained 'th Chairman, "that th eigh teenth amendment is a law and that there i nothing about it now to be considered eave its enforcement." i - William Jennings Bryan will be ask. d to make Speeches in th campaign, Mr. Whit said, just ss other Democrat ia th country. Included among the other is Attorney Genera' Palmer, for mer Ambassador Gerard, Secretary of the Navy Joeephus Dsniel and a host of National figure. Expect Bryaa to Help. Mr. Bryan hs nlwsys been fond ef Governor Cox," aaid Mr. White. "He stumped the SUto for him ia 1914 end 1918, while he was making prohibition speeches in th State, he prefaced his addresses with th statement that he would vote for Cox against th Be publlcaa candidate if he wer a resi dent of Ohio." ... . '--y "No." he said ia answer to a ouee- tlo. "h haent been spelng very kindly of the Governor lately but I ex pect hia heart to come back from the grave. Th Governor and-Mr. Bryan are' together on a great msnyi of the leading questions ef the day. Chairman. Whits elaboration this sr- ternooa of his morning statement . (Continued en Pag Twaj; 1 AftY AMOUNT WILL BE RECEIVED FOR DEMOCRATIC FUND Source Rather Than Amount - Will Be Inquired Into, Says . , Chairman White J - .V . : . . i. r . . . .. TO SCRUTINIZE CAREFULLY ' ALL MONIES RECEIVED Former Secretary MeAdoo To Lend Assistance By Slaking Speaking' iTonr Over Conn try; No Definite Announce" ment But Expect ' To Carry Campaign Into Every State Washington, July 19. Funds for fi nancing the Democrati National cam paign will b received la any amounts snd party ' leader : will b eoaeeraed rnly with th sources from which the money comes, George White, th new Nstional cbnlrmaa announced today in paying hia first visit to th party's No tional headquarters. H characterized ss "buncombee" the suggestion : thst campaign contribution b limited to f 1.000 for eseh contributor. Psrty heads will scrutinise carefully 11 campaign gifta ia order that . "no obligation will be entailed oa th can didate," Mr. White aaserted adding that any plans to restrict th amounts . of gifts would be aseless line such could b easily circumvented. Cos Head ef Party. Th aew National chairman in dil cussing campaign developmental de clared that Governor Cox, "as th nomi nee of the Baa Francisco convention had become the new head of th Demo cratic party. N 'v With respect to interpretation plac ed oa the reeent conference nt the White House between President Wilson and Governor Cox oa the League of Na tions issue Mr.. White aaid there were, no iroa-elad eontracte entered into and there was a certala amount of elasticity ia th statements.' Mr. White said b hsd aot received aa invitation toy the Whit Hons but be expected to call and leave hia card."' He added that whether he saw th President at this time - depended entirely oa th White HouseA ..- - Democrati campaigner will go before the country with the slogan! "Peace, progress and prosperity " Mr. Whit an nounced. . With this line, he added, humorously, w will be 'cox sure' ef winning. '- '' Campaign " plans a developed ' thos far, Mr. Whit said sail for a tour by Governor Cox of most of the (tatee. He referred to th state f Ohio. Indians, and Illinois as th "battlegrounds." The nomine is eipeeted also to make a special ipeaking trip through New Eng land. l' "' :"" -' -- MeAdoo To Lend Aid. : The aid of William G. MeAdoo, run ner-up to Governor Cox at Saa Fran eiseo, has been obtained as a speakjr, Mr. White said. The chairman expects to sea Attorny General Palmer before leaving Washington to ask him to take th stump during th campaign. Sec tion of a campaign committee number ing probably fifteen, will be announced soon as will the westera manager of th campaign who will hav headquart ers ia Chicago. T. H. Moore, Governor Cox's pre-onvention campaign manager, Mr. Whit indicated, will be appointed to the campaign committee. Financial arrangement will be left to Wilbur M. Marab, National Treasurer, who has beea asked to organise a committee to direct the work. . ( MeADOO AGAINST COLLECTING IMMENSE SLUSH FUNDS New York, July 89-Willkm G. Me Adoo, former Secretary of tSe Treasury and a candidate at Saa Francisco for the Democratic nomination for Presi dent, announced today that he had con sented to deliver soms speeches In be half ef Governor Cox, the party s nomi nee, during what he said would be a vigorous and aggressive campaign. Ia a statement issued after a confer ence with George White, chairman of th Democratic national committee, and Governor Cox'i secretory, held at Mr. MeAdoo' bom in Huntington lent night Mr. MeAdoo warned that the people would aot stand for a pur chased presidency," and urged that the spotlight of pitiless publicity be turned oa campaign expenses during th forth coming campaign. I Mr. MeAdoo stated that at tb eon forenee "th ' formidable . campaign fund under control of th Bepubliean national committee and it serious mensee in th forthcoming campaign" was discussed. Mr. McAdoo's statement ia part fol lows - -- ' i A vicorous and aggressive campaign will be undertaken, and' no effort will be srsted to make the people of the country acquainted not alone with the Governor Cox' progressive ides and purposes, but to inform them of the exceptional record made by th Dem ocratic administration under President Wilson during th psst seven years. "The .formidable campaign fund un der control of the Republican national committee aad its serious mensee in the forthcoming eampnign were discussed. If the Senate investigating committee, of which Srfator Kenyoa ef Iowa Is Chairman, does it full duty, it will hold frequent sessions throughout th cam paign and investigate fearlessly ths sources from which is drawn th money to finance both the Kepublicen and Democratic parties and the manner ia which th money is expended. "It ia easy for contributor snd po litical committee to evade the Federal corrupt practises, laws. Every subter fuge, such as subscriptions In the names of dnmmies aad to stats committee in- stesd of to notional committees, ad vertising by, private Individuals or sya dicates so as to avoid accounting to ths federal authorities, must be brought in- ... (Continued on Pag TwO. Aj "LACK OF HABMONT CAUSES . CHUECH CHOIR TO STRIKE KiBstoa, Jnly M"Lack ef bar. meny is supposed to have beea th eases ef th first strike ef charch choir la tola part at th ceemtry. The chorister of a catered charch here are reported to hav "walked at" recently, sr rather, to hav re frained from "walking ia," with th result that ta congregstiea waa polled to furnish It ewa mass toi porarlly, . ' v--r-. .. (...;; SAYS TENNESSEE E E Mr. A. B. Davies, of Tennessee Legislature, Predicts Ratifi- cation By His State- Mr. A. B. Davies, member ef th low er house of the Tennessee Legislature, who 1 aow In Raleigh, brings, with him a report calculated to cheer all good suffragists to th . effect that, ia hi opinion, there Is a doubt that th Ten nessee Legislature will ratify tha suf frage amendment early la ita special sessldnr '' " Mr, Dales says that hs belleree that had th question of ratification of the amendment beea brought before the session of th Teaneeee assembly in 1919 when women wer accorded munic ipal and national enfranchisement, it would have passed even then.. Now the increase ft popular sentiment favoring suffrage ' makes ' th assuraaea ef iU passsge ia August doubly tor. , According to Mr. Davie, 43 member of th Tennessee . legislature bar al ready pledged themselves to th suf frage cause. He says that h believe that the stat senste will pas th amendment by a tremendous majority, and that th house likewise will muster without difficulty a majority sufficient for its ratification. Ha believe that the suffrag amendment will be present ed to both kous oa fh first day of the sesaioa of th Legislature, aad that it paosag will ia all probability tak place a few day later.. Although the apeeial eessloa ef th Tennessee assembly will also consider tax revaluation aad th ' question of poll tax for tax for women, aew muaio- 1 pally aad nationally enfranchised, th suffrag amendment will, Mr. Davie thinks, receive th first attention of the Legislature, aad itet satisfactory dispo sition la aa almost certain result, - ' H say that public sentiment ia Ten nessee ia unquestionably for suffrage, aad that the anti-campaign which has beea waged there hss bee almost aa tirely ineffective The majority ef peo ple In Tennessee want suffrage, aad Mr.' Davie beuevee that their legisla tor will see to it that they get it aad get it quick. - .' Th Tennesse representative is him self a good suffragist, as well aa being a person who strike one ss aot easily iaaueneed "by every wind or doctrine, aad a person likewise whoee opiaioa is based oa a discriminating kaowledge of th political situation ia th state which h represent." . ' Mr. Davies is ia North Carolina aow la behalf of oil interest of hi own, and ha beea lavestigatnig conditions relativ to these ia the Eastera part of tb state, '. ;, KILLED BY LIGHTNING EN ROUTE TO CHURCH Mount Airy, July Sfc-Mlaa Mary King, th U-yeatMrid' daaghter ( Mr. Jerry King, met aa untimely death by Ugktalag aear her hose la Wsatfield towwahlp, white aa her way to charch. Mother aad daagh- - ter had started to prayer-aseetlag whs, the weather suddenly grew . threatealsg, aad they took a short cut acre the Sold la order to reach tha charch before the expected "downpoar. A barbed wire fence . k4rted their progress, and tb yoaag lady had Just grasped th wire to make aa opening between tha strand large eaengh to permit her . - mother to pass through, when lightning st rack the fence tm diatenc swny. So heavily wer th wire Immedletely ehnrged with electricity thst th child waa elec trocuted, death belag Instanisnssas. Her mother waa aot hart. ' DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL PROSECUTE PROFITEERS Washington, July 9. Prosecutions oa charges of profiteering ia coal sale hav beea instituted against about SO eoal mine operators and - broken ia Eastera Tennessee, the United States attorney general at Kaoxvilla today ad vised the Department of Justice. . The attorney, who acted on reeent instruc tion from th department, reported thnt th men would be taken before- United States commissioners ss soon as they bad been arrested, aad evidence presented to show that they have been selling bituminous coal at from 97 to 99.76 pr ton. NOT TO RESUME PROBE IN ; THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE ' St. Louis, Mo- July 9. United States Senntor James A. Reed here todsy aa- aouaeed the penal sub-committee would aot resume its investigation of cam paign expenditure of presidential can didate until September.. Senator Reed 1 a member ef tb sub-committee. Senator Reed explained that be is Dretiarinsr to tske a vacation and that Senator Kenyoa, th committee chair man la at present on a vacation aad that under these circumstances, early resumption of th investigatloa is un likely. : Virginian Named by Wilson. Washington, D. C July t9. William R. Williams, of Richmond. Virginia, has beea appointed- assistant, secretary of war, succeeding Benedict Crewel 1, who resigned recently to return to pri vate business, - . i 0 FfllAG READJUSTLiEIITIll FIJIANCES FEATURE Federal Reserve Board Reports Curtailment of Indus-1 trial Activity: f CANCELLING OF ORDERS BECAUSE OF LESS DEMAND Speculation In Many Commodi ties Beported To Hav Been Greatly Beduced; Increase In Efficiency of Labor Beport ed; Bright Outlook For Ti nancing of Cotton Crop Washington, D. .C, Jury 29 Curtail- ' ent" ef ' industrial activity, du to lower demand, . cancellation of orders and general readjustment wer th ut- staading developmental ia th business of the country during July, the Fed eral Reserve declared tonight ia its monthly, review. Ia some districts, however, prodne tioa continues upon old orders which are still ea th books, despite th fact that aew business has fallen eft," the review ' declared. "Ia th agricultural rer'ions, improved crop condition aad ta development of a mor confident tote ia buaiaee are reported to hav brought about a turn distinctly for th better. ' " - ,;- .- - , "Speculation in . eommoditle I la many parte af th country reported to hat beea greatly reduced aad ia erne, practically eliminated. There is a res- era! feeling that extravagant living 1 al least lea extreme aad daageroui than it was some time- ago." j - The transportation problem continued unsolved during th month, th review reported, aad whil soms local improve menu wer anted there remained great freight congestion, provoking "aa ua- ue and unnecessarily severe strain npoa credit." . ' Labor Mar ESIdeat. Tb Iran and steel industry "is aow placed ia a serious eesdition according to th review, which add that ZfiOOfiOO tons ef produetearetiednpla th hand of producer throughout th country by mea oi transportation. Lakewis. th grain movement haa beea retorted by ear shortage. . Commenting on the labor aituatloa th board declared that aa increase la th efficiency at labor waa "one aotabl feature'' of the month, thia improve ment being attributed to th develop ment of sMBslsrsast ia varioa parta f th country- Increased - anemptoy ment, wag ascribed by the board's re- porta to curtailed manufaeturina- on (laws, eaBrvujiuoa er eraer aa ability to btoia capital for con uoa wore. -,. n ".: - r - - -- Coal prodnetioa, th review aaserted, -,' Kmr puvrwaw, WRII local labor trouble wer aaid to be canting an" undercurrent of nnrest in com districts. Ths eoel output la Pennsylvanin, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio and Illiaci was estimstsd at one- half r less of normal, with th coun try's total production averaein 0 my) . 00 tons a week ia comparison with current demands showing a need for tAflWW too Bigger Wheat Yield. Prospects of a winter aad spring wheat yield "considerably above, nor. ami" war reported by th Minneapolis district, whil th Pacific coast report forecast a yield of 10,000,000 mor bashele ef spring wheat thaa la 1919. Th St Louis district, however, said th wheat there waa lew In quantity but high in Quality, while tha r.n. City district predicted a big yield. utaer crops, including corn, oats and eottoa, wer reported a having im proved past month. Uv stock conditions were IA Y,- tb board to To exceptionally good the country ver, with prices generally higher except for sheep. Th. raw wool msrket, kowever, continued it charac teristie Inactivity which baa lasted sev. era! weeks, th dealer ia th Boston district placing practically a ardor. Such wool aa ia going into th market ia oa a consignment basis. , - Ia the woolea aad worsted mod (. dustryl the board found th yara spin. acre rtceiving lew inquiries for theia products with condition equally dim conraging for finished textile. Good returned to tb mills together with cancellation wer estimated 'at 100,- 000,000. - Cettoa Cooda Slack. Blackeaiag of acUvity ia eottoa roods ale waa reported many mills de clared taeir raw eottoa supplies wer sufficient to last until next year, aad th boatc' review aaid tb chances Seem to favor a farther reduction of activity ia th industry. Ittl Improvement la the leather aad oho trad was noted daring th . month, with New England munnfaetnr. era further curtailing operation. Th manufacturers, however, wer aaid to anticipate a brisk autuma business du to belated orders. The board reported Improved finan cial conditions, asserting that th New York district bad noted that tha big expansion ' of loans snd discounts bsd beea "wholly ' checked," with other dis trict declaring this condition hnd been largely eheekedJ- Cettoa Crop Improves. Improvement of the cotton crop pros pects during the month were declared by the biard to have reduced any anxi ety that had beea felt in th eottoa good trade concerning a prospective scarcity. Price it wss mid, are about 90 per eent higher thaa ia 191 for the beet grade- '. ' A reduction of activrry ia cotton goods wis noted during the month, mnny New EnsUnd mills reporting - supplies of raw eotton sufficient to last until next year, while the eottoa yara interests ia tha rhiiaeiphia district wer aaid to be placing few orders. The price cutting movement la th 8outh slowed down during th month ia th Richmond district whil the At- OF DAI ACTIVITY JCentland on Peg Two. h Y