N CITY SENTINEL
NORTH CAROLINA'S
LARGEST CJT
Leads All North Carolina
Dailies in Home Circulation
(U. S.- CKNTOi)
Weather :Fnir and Colder Sixteen Pages Today LAST EDITION
cORTY-SECOND YEAR
1TTLL LEASED WIBB SrlRVTCH
OP THB A'.WOCIATSD FRIM
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1922
EMAND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF $241,000,000 M
& . ;
Jill
0CKS OF CHICAGO BURNED; LOSS $15,000,000
OUR BUS!
ESSB
IE FIREMAN IS
1 1 DOZEN
MORE HURT
t Believed to Have Been Of
cendiary Origin And One
Arrest Has Been Made
B. & O.BUILDING RUINED
Was In tle "Windy City" Loop
ktlon And IVr a Time Threat
Led To Assumo Unlimited Pro
portions; Heat Was Intense;
Harnett Visible SO Miles
IMfac). March 15. A spectaC'
early morning fire today de-
bved a full square of business
ildings Just outside Chicago's
pop. or uowmown ummia,
Va estimated at from 110,000,000
115.000,000. The fire started In
center of the block bounded by
Buren Canal and Clinton streets
West Jai kBon boulevard of un-
(m origin; burned every structure
hat area; leaped north across
kson boulevard and wrecked the
lnory" Chicago." Burlington and
itorv Railroad's general office
which also houses the Mer
uit Trust and SavingB Bank; and,
Ser a strong wind, dipped over
Huron street southward and
ied marly thru to Harrison
fft.
the fire was not brought unner
ro! until nearly 5 o clock ana
n then firemen were fighting a
ken different fires and others
kk out intermittently as the wina
(ted anarks about. One fireman
ii killed, another seriously Injured,
or more slichtlv hurt, and an un-
fm number of the hundred thou
lj snertiitors who thronged the
trains district slightly hurt by
ng bricks, burning timbers ui
fcrks
he fire for a time th 'eatpned to
ime virtually unlimited propor
s and every piece of tire lighting
wratns within five miles was
ed out in n series of ten alarms,
The ranlditv with which the fire
ad was astounding," Marsnai
ley. assistant fire chief said.
lie tire actually seemed to run
tu.
Ktn Of Inocndiarv Origin
That the original blaze from which
cfiulagratlim grew possibly was
incendiary origin was the state-
it or Shirley P. High, cuy n e
mey, who early today announced
arrest of an unknown man on
rmatlon supplied by P. T, Schiff.
Utnt ur the Confectionery ope
) ConiDanv. at 520 West Jack-
lwulevard. where the ftm started.
Mr.. lli;h refused to divulge the
Ime of the man, but said he was
ntf questioned regarding threat-
it letters Mr. Schiff said the man,
ormrr employe, had sent to him.
S"-h!ff told Mr. High the man
discharged when he became in-
1 over refusal to permit him
Purchase stock in the company
Bonds Worth Over
f 75,000 Found In A
Coal Bin In Virginia
Winchester. Va., March 15.
The conici: of a liberty bond
protruding from the door of the
stove, In which he was shoveling
cx)ul. led to the discovery by H.
A. Mitchell, railroad agent here,
of alMMit $75,001) In bonds, con
cealed In the station coal bin.
Some of the bonds were registered
In the name of ollleials of the
Grjatocs. Va., Suite Bank, anil
part at least, of the cache was
believed to represent loot secured
from that Institution when It wus
burglarized .lune .10, 1021.
Two-thirds of the bonds . re
covered were registered, the re
mainder being railroad and In
dustrial Lskucn. .Mitchell said he
had been scooping up "pers"
with the coal for Heveral days
and ho was speculating today as
to what may have been the In
trinsic cot of the stilt Inn (ire dur
ing the recent cold spell.
HARD COAL MEN SOUTH AFRICAN
IG
MEMBERSHIP OF
THE HOUSE NOT BE
INCREASED NOW
Two-Year Contract Expires on
April 1 and Probably Work
Be Stopped on That Date
LARGE SUPPLY ON HAND
IN CONFERENCE REBELS RETIRE
E
SCALE BEFORE TROOPS
Republicans Decide To Side
track Re-Apportionment Bill
For Two Years
CLAIM COST TOO HEAVY
This Means North Carolina Will Not
Get Congnwsinan-at-I.nrgo And
That tJen. Carr Will Not Get To
Congress at Iicant Not In Two
Years j Republicans Afraid x
Vnllko Situation In the Bituminous
Kleld Owners Appear Willing To
Try To Reach An Agreement
Willi the Vnlon; Miners Op
posed To a Reduction
New York, March 15. Anthracite
miners and operators were prepared
today to begin negotiations for a
new wage agreement to take the
place of the two-year contract, which
expires atUhe end of thia month.
Tho nineteen demands of the
miners, formulated at their conven
tion In Shamokin, Pa., In January,
a rntlfle.1 by the international
.nnmntinn at TudlanaDol is last
I month, are to he formally presented
to the coal operator ana expnuiwu
In details by-officers of tho union.
The operators are expected to Im
mediately take tnem uiraer num
eration and make a statement on
their position on Friday.
Tho miners are asking for a 20
per eent Increase on contract ratos
.mnny -other things, while the mine
owners are on record ns favoring a
decrease below the present working
basis.
It is not expected that an agree
ment will bo reached before the end
of the month and in that event the
scale committee of tho hard coal
workers Is under Instructions of trio
Shflmokin convention to oroer u-
Town of Fordsburg Captured
After It Had Been Bom
barded; Prisoners Taken
PEOPLE DESERTED TOWN
Warned That City Would Be Bom
barded Inhabitants Poured Out J
Many of tho Itebelu KHenrHMtl
Women and Children Aiding
Them; righting Wan Severe
No Protect From Responsible.
Quarter Regarding Expense
Account Been Submitted
Johannesburg, March 15. Ad
vices from Fordsburg. timed late
yesterday, reported the government
(nfnntrv was then clearing the
streets after capture of the town
from the rebels. Many prisoners
had been taken and the remainder
were retiring on ma iungiuin. nvm,
i..nflita were dropped by air
planes warning the women and chll
dien to leave before the town was
bombarded.
There was nn immediate response,
a steady stream of refugees pro
ceeding to a special camp outside
the zone of bombardment.
Many of the houses In Fords
burg were entirely deserted, men
women and children being found In
lh woods nearby when government
troops entered the town. One sniper,
apparently a woman, was enm
when the body was recovered it
was found to be that of a man In
woman's clothing. Women carrying
white flags sheltered aomo of the
rebels, according to the military re
ports, while groups of children sur
rounded other rebels to facilitate
their escape -
Transvaal Reottisn
EXPEDITION TO'" C.0 ON HUNT FOR PKK-H1STO1HC MONSTER Jj (f ) j j
lfrrgOfa SEPARATIONS IS
- -. .49
nniiTiiiiir n Tn i r.i -,.Kvi? -:-
Hi ii ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 r n ii! r smam
, w w ...... - - w ' - it j r.
I1 1 II IIAI IIL I'UL I1LL 1 T V ' VflT
: Trmv m - r' t .
Ik (
V
S. IS NOW PROTECTED
llitilng "I'-Htnhlliilicil Its Caw," IHstf
tifllclnl giiot..l A Naylng V, .
win Allow ati.oio.ooo kiiciio
Hill To He Paid At Horn
l'iiiiire Dine To lie Named
forces
took
de a series of threats . Mr. Schiff
ed his personal loss at $50,000.
Mr. Ilich summoned several of
aids while the fire was at Its
8lU and said an investigation
aid he begun Immediately. He
ed the total loss at from $10,-
M1 tu ns.noo.ooo.
r.lcitrlc Mnes Ilnndlcanned
Tritwrsing the main burned area,
Metropolitan ' West "Side Kle
'i Line today was seriously han-
Ileil in delivering Us thousands
patrons to the downtown dis
! as was the Aurora and Elgin
"tHr interurhan line, which also
(Dv TARKER B. ANDERSON )
Washington, March 15. North
Carolina will have to be comeni
with only ten congressmen for the
next two years at least. It has been
definite v decided by me nepunu-
can Administration that no reappor
tionment measure will be reporreu
by the present congress, 'juts means
that there will ne no raisrewni
at large for the state and that Cen
tral Julian S. Carr "of Durham will
not be given an opportunity to come
to congress for two years hence.
It is claimed by the itepuniican
leaders that the main reason for
this decision is that In a number
of s'ntes it would be necessary to call
special sessions of the legislature In
order .tu provide, inuciimvi j
districting such states, in -uaiiio ioi
instance it is said that a special ses
sion . o -tho . legislature would cost
the slate in the neighborhood of
fifty thousand dollars, wnai is uu
In Mains is also true in a number of
other states. --
- In addition to the cost to the sev
eral states It is stated privately that
members fori thai me ram "
coming primary, should ft rcajipnr
tionmeiu measure be passed at this
time would be enormous. In practi
,n ii of iho close states, espe-
the so-caneu iwi ,,u,.... ....
the Democrtits 'wlould put
!;.n.ian nt nilnlnir until a satisfactory
rt on Hundav bv a frontal at
agreement is In sight A referendum ,tark w)th the bayonet, but the
on the question of sUftponslon ' waI Utretcher bearers were unable to re
n, tnUen In the arthracite nelds, tn. winrtea owing to con-
i n; n..
i within thn n.iet t tun months had I ,.
- - . .... " - - - ...
i.n candidates against tnn nep u. ,
rjtory'
cans aim a tree iu ;"''"",,; ,,
u-nnld fo l ow. i"i i "
cans want to avoid
Whenever ongi c- - -
, ..,... reniinnrtinnment uui
,h' Molina is certain logaln at
(Continued on Pag Two)
300 TO BE AT BANQUET
fOR HARDING TONIGHT
1 "Angustlne, Fla., March 15.
iisomai press.) The special
n. convevinc PresWent and Mrs.
-rrtintr and their nartv from Palm
J(h. arrived hern this morning at
o'clock." The President break-
r"i on his car and went imme-
MWy tn 'he link a for ft round of
i.
President will be the hon
sr' UiV. tnnieht at the Ponce de
""i note! banimu for which l.buu
f-ntatinr-.p have been ifunied. Mrs.
Pinc. wlien naWH nn to hOW
it;-, i'ations should be issued
onieht. Rinrirpstpd 1.500.
yt tf.ru with anv receutlon UP
M', but on a rest trlD that is
"Hi!." she said pxnlainlnc her
16"U(jf.
leaat one' congressman.
eirlslatur does not provide In the
L e 'isln.ion -re-iistrH'ting
the state a congressman -at -''P9 ,
of course be elected. Many conser
vative nemocrats declare that
would be foolish to reuisir.c, .lu.w
, ii, heeaiise by so aoiiib
i,i in all nrobabiliiy
solid Hepuhlican district
If no redistrirnug ";
L fnr sometime to come at
nwu nnnrt'ED.
1 1,'TTl ( It -I ,IUL ..""
and action of tho convention haying
expressed the wisties in uiu on...
The national p'olicy committee of
the mine workers has the power to
set aside a suspension, if It soeiJ tu,
but according to union leaders here,
auch action is not likely. It is the
minora mil many of tne
operators that a suspension In the
hard coal fields of Pennsylvania Is
certain. If It comes it is .
will be a complete cessation
of production as on two former oc
casions when wago negotiations
dragged over many weeks.
shortage of anthracite coal ts
not anticipated unless the expected
suspension should run into the sum
mer, which is not looked for by the
miners. Tho demand for anthracite
during the winter was below normal,
due to a mild winter and high prlcew,
but despite this tho anthracite mines
i,en kent steadily at work in
contrast to those in the bituminous
fields, and there is a rair buimmj
coal on hand wnn in t " " .
yards of the mining romimnla and
in the larger retail yards of the Kast,
it wan said. -, , .
, Tho miners enter this joint con
ference determined, they said, to re
sist with all their power any effort
to reduce their present ' wage scale
M indicated by the operators There
must, be no backward step, I resi
dent Lewis has said and the miners
are unanimous in supporting bun.
a ,he treneral statement
that the workers shall share in the
general deflation by accepting a wage
, the mine owners have not ind -
"... .h. r,,nnnttioil they Will
make. It. has been reported that
they are not a unit on what percent-
.lire of decrease uiej
move the wounneu owing iu
tinued firing from the houses, un
til reinforcements arrived In the aft
ernoon, the report slated. F.very
house on the main street of Benin!,
captured last week, was found for
tified and barricades had been
placed in the streets. On Hunday
night houses and shops were ran
sacked and saloons wreo looted,
llevolutlon Alxmt Over
London. March 15. (Ily Associa
ted Press) With all sectors of the
disaffected area In South Africa
cleared of rebels except certain
nortiona of the Johannesburg, or
central reclon of the Rand, the
struggle" apparently has entered lis
final nhase Jeppstown, in the east
em! nf Johannesburg, seems to be
tho principal remaining center of
resistance
Artillery, tanks and airplanes were
used In the rapture of Fnrusburg
rrom the revolutionists. They disre
garded notices dropped from Siir
nl.ines eivliiK them until 11 o'clock
in the morning to surrender, but
capitulated Hfter 76 minutes of bom
bardment. Another success was Achieved In
tho Kast Hand, where extensive
proprietary - mines were wrecked
and a number of revolutionists cap
tured. '
GLOTZBACH BACK AT THE
WHEEL AND SATISFIED
T)el Monte. Cal.. March
Klovd Clotzbach, chauffeur,
it
one
is
least
V". i
puxi)
.11 RY INniCTS
man murder charge
w 11 1
U0's:.H r,a.. March 15. An in-
Ilatit t hareinc V. 1.. Tavlor with
,',' tdward Funk, of Ft. Wayne
as returned by true grand jury
w irt.e WHtprrlflv nftprnnon.
who was a jewelry sales-
U5k.
IS
-J ah,. .. ... . la
lPn rnnpg irom jjuiii"
a t""-idside. with his throat cut
,"n,"T'i Jury, investigated and
,,'d a verdict accusing Taylor
of ten
men from the Pat ten ,
he f eda't large this nmn-
eontrot th "state and there doe hot
a -atthMJniaoa ;
ity that .urui -"' -
publican. I
.vti in: KX.VX KLAN
ST A RTED 1 f ijnn"Jin
Healdton. . 01ka., March 1-"
anti-Ku Klux,r.m. "X".Mhh
known as the is.nifii"-'' " -Knit
ire has been formed here.
Vhn'o Hvde one of the organ
ic ?n a .taVen.ent today sai'd that
liuose of -he society o pro
tect against ; - k.. , Klux
siitll1 11E ll
RENO'S BIG HOTEL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
In the
u'i;ic." 11yd-
U'n believe In
bv those empowi-
them," he said m
is a local auoi.o'-.i.
law iiiriiri:n''"
red to cniurce
con. lusion.
Airthe100" Guests' Escaped,
But Few Saved Personal Ef
fects; Loss $250;000
Peno Ncv., March 15. Tho
Riverside Hotel, lino's chief hos
telry, was destroyed by Hie earl
today The loss is Umated at
J2f.0,000, while the total insurance ,s
J1Th'rnre started in the basement,
.u.. r,!,.,. n,om. oresumauly
?nVm defective wiring and spread
lr .... ... elevator shaft and
U,al pa of the building, preceded
"y dense clouis of suffocating
hundred guests were in Jhe
bul'ding at the time and were
ed from the third and fourth
flXr windows by firemen and police-
ir..
whom
Mnriraret Miinzenauer. grantl opeia
singer married because he was "I'm
per cent man" and whose separa
tion from the diva was because she
did not want him to get up for
breakfast, drive bis own automobile,
or to jazz, had a Job or driving an
other man's automobile last niHt
and presumably was enjoying him
self. Carlos Stanley, hotel manager,
who hired cllotzbttch a few days ago
to drive a sightseeing car and other
wise make himself useful around
the hotel's fleet of automobiles, said
however, that tJlotziiach had eon
tiimd tho atory of his adventuru-in
atrimony as published in Associru
ed Press newspapers.
American Exports in February
$78,000,000 Less Than in
Month of January
IMPORTS ABOUT THE SAME
Tor Past Klght Months Value ' '
porta Is J.4HO,427,T0 Agalnxl
5,tJ2,757,00O In Same Period
Year Previous! lli-avy Kx
poru of ld Ixvil Month
Washington, March 16. Ameri
can exports for Kobruary amount.!
to $251, 000, oou, as compar wnn , uivnuin
$278,872,690 for .liiniiary, ami im
ports last month wore valued at
$217,000,000, us compared with Im
ports of $217,195,190 tho previous
month, according to the foreign
trade survey Issued today by Uu de
partment of commerce.
The department figures showed
exports for the eight months period,
ending with last month, amounting
to 'J, 480, 425. 7110, aitaiftst $5,122.
757,390 for the eight mouths ending
I.. ! 1l!l .
Imports for the bit eight months
were valued in im.i,,i, -compared
with $2,7 57,109.6X5 for
tli. eight months ending, with 1'i'U
lliary a yeur ago .. ...
K'xportH of gold toluled $I..S1,.14
lust month as compared with $"''
y S3 in Jaiiiniiy while linort of gold
were $2K, 7011.5119 compared wi'h
etuiTi :i7i f.,r January.
Kxpnrtn of gold for I lie eight
months ending In . I'ebniaiy wero
$1 9,975,690, compared with $130.
(IOH.323 for the elghl liionlbH ending
In 1'ebrimry 1921 Imports nf f"1'1
for the eight months period ending
in February were $4il,677,4iiS, com
pared with) $4K. 777.91111 In the eight
months ending February, 1921.
Silver expoiis last mouth were
17 nnl.Ar.n. comnared with $3.7i.-
1 1 II In 1 n TMIfi rv. while Imports of sil
ver for February were $4,771,032,
compared with $.49!i,5 m
urv. .
Kxports of silver for eight months
ending In - February were (ii.nn,-
687, compared with J4l,:-J.-"'
the eight months ending February.
1921, while luiporis of sliver for the
eight niontlie ending lust February
were $47,059,09. compared with
4 1 .61 7.K33 for the eight months
ending In February. 1021.
ii lo. i in" ""H
f-t;..,.;.
.. .... ii... nf..r..i. m iltv lb.. Associated Press.) It wns not
. , .,immiii in nn Andean Isks r.esnlly, but praur
IZSTiX nm .Hh;; o? ibe horliy p.ated glyi-lo-lon, r .f tN
rh.o.,7m. Ill the opinion of Professor tin-lit, Ulrarlor of the Hueno.
ber week, as a total of 7.000 pesos was needed. " ' ; " ' "
.losaurus I. a pseudonym the newspaper, have given , I .ml
bns stuck" he said, "hut I bellev, It I. a huge nulnuil of the glvtodo,
w e w b ch were found In J.tgonla In IHHT and one of which wis filed
i on and bit hy the explorer, Ha.non Usl. In IHIIO without bulling II.
" l,unedy..iat while the pleslosauruH dated bad, ten -nl l,t years,
the edentates mlC, as the glyplodon and imga.i.he, belolia , d II u
i.ai ternary era of only a million years ago. II.. said I hut from 1S0 to
I' tl", .hers!,-,. twelve places In '' l
tu es 3H ami 62 at which mysterious creatures Were repor e. to have . I).
.een These, he ieves. constitute a few survivors of the genius which
existed In that period
1
expmsjs of tne ixj urefnicd It to be ftnanced by popului
I urn or Ill Hioiuai, . , ,
, srtZTZM iiivi-iii,i . ..... in- '."'-
rnr njinninn itwjwij --
. The ,eg,.th. rlu... was a - llflWfl lull and bind
, length. It bad . .n. .o ,.
)...-With Its strong,, pi -
,.,, which It silbslsled.
Wsshlngtnn, March 15 Heeognl
lion by other Interested govern
men's of the rights of the United
Stale. In connection wllh dlstrlbu
tl.m of Herman reparation H
that was sought at this tints In th
recent demand upon th allied
finance minister for pnymsnt of
:i l.otiii.oiui enpenses of th army
of occupation, it w as staled today
bv a high administration official.
Having "established It. case" 1$ ,
was said the United Stales will not
pre.s further now its demand f Of ,
payment nf ins hill. " """ v-
Presentation of tho denisnd lasf
week before I Im finance minister. I.
regarded ns serving notice by thl
government, that It right ho
.peeled, It was said by a prominent
goveinmcnt official.
There bos been no protest from
responsible quarter against th
l nlted States obtaliilng eUal right
with the allied government thru op
rtlui of the separate treaty ot
i.eiicn with (lermany, It wa ex
plained, and the mailer of payment
for the American forces In U
Uhlneland will bo allowed 10 tK
Its due course.
MORE FIRES AT AUGUSTA;
LOSS IS PLACED AT $23,000
Augusta, Oa., March J il-r-A..''.h"Ck
of the loss entailed by the S Htelii-
1.-.. urlmeilt Store. Ml HI'
Will
WfDDERS FOR STORM IS CENTRAL
68 MILES OF ROAD OVER STATE TODAY
i - i
State HiRhway ('timmission Is
Flooded With liids; Con
tracts Made Late Today
25 BIOS RECEIVED
BY SHIPPING BOARD
lUlelgh. March 15 - (SpeHall
The stale highway i-i.iniiilwtloii is to
day opening bids for len prnje ts. to
tal ng 'sixty eight miles of highways
and bridges, for immediate construe
Itain the fourth, ttf'h; sixth, see.
nth. eighth and ninth district.
it Uftparuneni. s.o.e, , i f ,. horolre.l hi..i-i" .
ch early this morning k""; '" I ,,,ntr,.t..r si being siibmiue.l. in
VlTCCEf. SAVED BIT t AK1.W "-"'., no u attempted to save
OF CORN IS A lui'
. .. . ".i, is The Amer-
Hamhurg. hnm wheh
-f" "tated that they believed
bfery was the motive for th
nan...... vi.inharn whien
!iXrU!inS hist week
while on her way to Russia .
cargo of corn for famine relief, was
"floated last evening and pro
ceeded to th nver -Ihe ;n;-- me
U was saul th cargo , ;
total loss in case th .1
jettisoned m an effort t .
tlhe left Nortolk.
ary 8 for Libau.
any
The smoke was so dense that
-1 t.i save
of their personal effects.
BIG ITKK AT HOHOKKN.
Tlohnken. N. J.. aiar.11 '
today In the
Hronze com-
which started eau
L. Wa.'eenev
MSI,er ,, Thir
1, anv bin aing hl --
enth streets destroyed the struc
urS spread to a five-story tenement
Clinton street and burned eight
VUe"TfovV..I wa. controller
Early estimates placed the 1M M
$200,000.
ROAD CONSOLIDATION
HEARING SET FOR APR. 19
Washington, March 15. The
Interstate Commerce CommUslun
moved today to take up the plan,
authorized. In the transportation act,
for bringing about the consolidation
of the principal American railroads
into nineteen major systems. A
hearing was ordered for April 19
before Commissioner Hull for con
sideration of tho consolidation pro
posed for the southeastern region as
the first phase of the public Inquiry
into tho ulan, which already has
been the subject of considerable pre.
limlnary study. by thff commission.
Consolidation of the railroads as
proposed by Congress, according to
the official explanation made at the
time, to meet the situation growing
out of Inability of small railroads to
operate under ratee which produced
sufficient profits for stronger lines.
IOW KXTKXDKI) 25 Y 10 A IIS
Washington, March 15. Metion
of Senator Idge, Itepubllrsn. of
Massachusetts, extending for 2.1
years the loan of $50,0011.00(1 made
to Austria for famine relief was
adopted today by th Senate and
sent to the House.
second floor, was being made today
by the owners. Flr department oi-
llclals place ine iusn ... " -hood
of $25,000. The cause or the
blaze hail not been determined, ac
cording to Fire Chief Keynobls.
Five fire calls, one a general alarm,
were recorueu iicm i,e..
night and 1 o'clock. The depart
ment was called to the negro section
f ihn eliv before being recalled from
ih hiiHloess section tire. A burning
frame dwelling threatened the neigh
borhood, the llames being fanned by
a stiff wind. The blaze was brought
under control after il had consumed
two small houses.
commission -will sward n.
ttacls tonight-- lujuiuiow ,
DODGE TO BE GIVEN A ( v
HEARING NEXT TUESDAY
t-.i ,. Mi h . M"f h I'1
alight improvement was ieprte, to
day in the - or loo of Ml- b.,t
normal ...hool stiidei.t, whose ekul
was fractured wh-r. si... Jumped
n,m m at.. o Liven by John
i. Podge, of U-lrolt, early hunday
""'.'a.'iti be arraign...! In rniinlc-
lal court next T.ola y on charges
... ,i,i.ln an antoloObll" Willie in
toxicated and with possessing, trans
. fMriimbliig llitoslcatlng
ll.iior.
Iji.Re Part of Country East of
Mississippi Had Heavy Rains
In Past 21 Hours
Washington, March 15 Warning
of a storm, which It was predicted
would effect1 tho terr loty from
sooth of Norfolk to anil Including
Matleras, wild Issued today by- the
weather bureau. Tho disturbance
was ectilral over the extreme south
eastern portion of Virginia st noon,
Lha announcement .sal.1. nd win
. iiuse strong noiili ami northwest
winds this afternoon and tonight. ,
Opening of Bids Delayed; One
Man Offered $225,000,000 For
Ships; Fake Offer
Washington," March IIS The "hip
ping boHid today bad received 25
lids In response to the advertise
ment nf Hs entire fleet hetng for
sale, The bids opening, ''t for to
4'nv, has been postponed as a result
,,f ihe absence of W. II. Farley, In
charge of sales.
tln.i bid opened Inadvertently be
cause It was improperly addressed
was from a man In North llakota.
who offeied rib. 0ml, 000 for the en
tire fleet. 11" failed, however, to
enclose a certified check for 2 Mi per
cent of the amount of his bid,-
OBEIKH IN" C ASlTwl LL
GO TO JURY TOMORROW
I, os Angeles, March .16.- Another
tiny of itiijument today was ahead of
I be com I when the trial of Mrs.
Mudelynii Obenchnln. for tho mur
der of her sweetheart, J. Helton
Kennedy, . opened.- Alfred V. Mc
Mclioiijild, .Ir,, defense counsel, be
gan placing the dorfndant's cause to
the Jury late yesterday and was)
ready to resumo when court opened
this morning.
( was to be followed by J. IT.
Hud. I, senior counsel for tho de
fense, and Asa Keyes, deputy a
Slslant attorney, was experted to
make final argument for tho pros
ecution tomorrow.
Mrs. Ohenchaln cried softly ye,
tcrrtav when Mr. McDonald ad-
ilr. ssed the Jury, declaring that tho
state's theory Ihut she wa a "wom
an scorned" had been disproved. ,
WOMAN HEADS PARTY
SEEKING liURJED GOLD
War. .lose, Cosia P.lca,
A treasure
SPANISH FORCES DRIVE
BACK MORROCAN REBELS
Madrid, March 16. Spanish forces
continue their successes against the
Moraccan rebels, despite stiff resis
tance. The latest official statement
8a'": ii i ,.
"Three columns commanded n
General Hanjuro have occupied I'-htl, A i Ha
Hidl, Salam and other pos t ons j a d d i
u.-),ich dominate Aroaf and Tiker- sail from n .
ht. desneratR- i Isn't.
ly alopg a 15-ki!omter front, but
was repulsed and pursued. Tanks
and armored trucks aided in the
pursuit nnd defeat of the enemy
whose resistenre was tenacious
"Spanish warships bombard"! the
coast between the mouth of the
river Kert and Afra-u."
March IS.
hunting expedition.
Hands, titans to
or :ocos 1s-
rnlleS WPSt -SOU th West 01
........I ... rf.rf.vpr
I the gold supposed to have been
I buried thereby the pirate .Morgan
Mi. 120.
i cocoa Island, hich hns been
'seir. h. d for treasure many tltn-s bv
I va'rloii- expedition, was the lncI
habitation of Hubert, Stevens.,
Washington, March 15 Advisory
northeast storm warnings were dis
played today on tli" Atiaruic rami
from .NorroiK, va., w i.n..i..
N. J. The disturbatiCH was central
over North Carolina and moving
,-astwaid. It will bn attended by
st long northeast, and north winds
diminishing tonight.
The disturbance that was central
over Oklahoma Tuesday morning
has moved dir. -cUv eastward and Its
center was over North Carolina, this
morning. Il has bemi attended by
K. neral tains In th., Ohio and mid
dle Mississippi valley, Missouri Ar
kansas T'liness.-e nnd the Middle
Atlantic South Atlantic and Kast
...... .,... The rainfall was heavy
l the Ohio nnd middle Mississippi
valley and Virginia.
Generally fair weather will pre-
r,t and Thursday In tho
, ..,..! of the
hv rain today In the Mid
Atlantic sta'es and
S'.oMi Atlantic c"S-
ti. ietr.il, ratut " will be I
eiKbt. lm.ii g. nrrnllv east of the
Ml.sissli.pl liver, except in Ohio and
p,-,l,.i.s or the Lake 1' u!"ii, nd It
,11 ,,ot chang" materially during-Thursday.
Mississippi river,
1 the Mld
along the
awer to.
. S. Expects To Get
$460,000,000 Today
From Tax-Payers
Washington, March 15. Trca
nry oflldala expeited tho KOrcrii
meiii's rceclpU of liMtime and
liToflia tuxes, duo today, to show
a dreuo of more tlian $300,
UdO.OOO from the idl.tlons made
during March of last year.
While the shrinkage In business
and irrollt during Uio calendar
year 1921, Secretary Mellon said
today, makes tho figures some
what umicrtaln, ofllelal eMlnutte
that the first Installment on In
comes and pronli! for Uio year will
amount tn 9460,000,000, a com
pared wllh 9727,000.000 received
from the rlrst Installment on tho
1 9S0 taxes.