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-v- ---m nm -a- we -at -a -a wrwi 7eather TO- .no n : v V t rii . ' UEmri Aw nr i aasui. AtfejUd Fraa h aaclu.lv.l- -nUllad to tha It or not oUmtwIm Bradited in thta rp-r awl a'-o INd I-OST to nnb of Tha Aaeoriatad i-rM aad t SU tha aiUraooa report. 7- FAIR TONIGIIT AND FRIDAY ,.Jv;. lAJUliKK . .' V i J i i. .- VOL. 16.N0. 38. VttlgF UlOI BELIEVE!) I GERMAN OCCUPATION IS VIRTUALLY i wiuriiUD -wire ALLIED FORCES SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY; MARCH 10, 1921 Allied Officials Believe i German Workers Have Definitely Abando n e d ' i the Soviet Idea.' ' '' - (Br Tha AmmUU4 Praia) , V Duisburg, March . 10. Vaguo hints that tha workers thruout (ho Ruhr district of ;Germany would cease work in tha next few days as an. immediate result of the al lied occupation 'of Duesseldorf, . Duisburg and Ruhort and the sel sure of the customs were made by ; German mine operators Beveral of-, ficlals and workmen here last night : mere seemed little tafjrest last evening among the workers after a full days work and thousands gathered on the streets to watch curiously the French sentry and inspect the French machine guns , and tanks. They were apparently cheerful and showed no resentment , toward the allied troops. . Well informed allied officials de clared they did not believe there would be a strike in the Ruhr dis trict, one asserting: , The people do not intend to strike,- The communist, are point ing toward Russia as Germany's only salvation but the workingmen already have repudiated that idea and will repudiate it again. Ap proximately 15,000 tons of mer chandise were handled here today. This is only half of the merchan dise tonnoge carried daily, when tne port held the world s record but business is not at a standstill, and, I think it never will stop." ' ''..' Tka AMaaUt4 Prm) i''- Allied Military Headquarters, Nuess. March . 1flAlliod virtually completed their occupa tion of the Rhine ports ef the Ruhr region, all that remains to be dono is me seizure or a few important villages " and important crosa' roads. .As yet the commanders of the allied forces have not arranged for a division of tha nvninial I between the British, Belgium and French units .'gathered along the ease Biue oi me nnine The nld I eOJtf operations wre delighted with the military promenade which was fa vored by unusually fair weather. They drew a comparison between the reception given them here and at rrannrort last year and seem ed to be pleased with the frank at mosphere in the occupation dis trict, " - ; . ;., i-: , A Duesseldorf newspaper said that if the allied authorities fol low the lines" laid dawn in tha n. lamstion of General Degoutte the occupation of the city would be ildierg enga ed in th " viiy wouia oe AMLuii'AM mnnnc1 IPA0 nmuiUrtiMiuuro uho: ARE STASDING PAT; ' mm No Additional Instruc tions Have Been Sent to General .Allen, Their Commander. ARE COMPLETED Sec. of State Ready to Col lect Dewar Will be' Re Republican, on State Budget Commission. LEAGUE SUBJECT EASTSPEHCER BEFORE U. S. PARiS f SELL SBOHDS TO OFFICIALS STATE ERECTSCHl- PRICE 2 CENTS WILL HE LOSE HIS JOB? State Department is Silent ToWn to Build a; $40,000 on, Jtrans Uispatch Sa3fr T BuUding for ; (Schools underway. ,fni, xrcn iw si was swtea at the foreign office today that the negotiations were underway . be tween the ' French .m) at Washington anil thm' tta Anntr- meat, in n en on to induce rresi dent Harding to favgr acceptance oi a moumea league of nations. Hughes Silent. L' Interest. i . " 1 1 l' i IBr A. W. HICKS) t opencer. Marcn iu-i'ne town or East SDencer has old a block of 140,000 of 20-yeaf 6 municipal bonds , to A. C Abbott & Co. of Oiarlnttpavill Vs.. . Iirn ntn. strutting firm which recently erect ed a prick cuiiding here for the reonies Kan It or Kaat KnonpAr. The same nrm nas oeen awarded a con tract for the erection of a new ... ,. ' " , i'. "Ki'iiur ui erecuon oi a new Washington, March O.Ad- brick and stone sholl buUding for (B7 Tha Aiaaciatad Prm) GARMENT TRADES ARE DISRUPTED Boston Mass., March 10. The garment trades of this city are disrupted by changes in the condi tions of labor employment. If statements by the manufactur. ' ers are carried out and their shops transferred as predicted there will , be little left of an industry which under normal conditions employs upwards of 12,000 persons. Two makers of ready maje mens' cloth- iAfc have already transferred their business to other cities. The ' AmalpamiitAfl : , Workers of , America declare the situation in the men's garment shops to be a lockout; manufac turers call it a,, strike. It follow ed the announcement on December 6 last of the manufacturers that no further agreements would be made by them with the Amalga mated Clothing Workers. ,Altho normally 6,000 workers are employ , ed in the shops effected, the 'great er part, of the machines were not running when the notice was issued and only a few have been started since ' ' " v 7 ; -V .. ( f . k The United Garment Workers, tin American f ederation of Labor; or ganization, has its 1,000 members at work and is not involved in the controversy,, according to its lead- , ; Local unions represented on the Joint Board of Cloak and Skirt Makers' Unions and affiliAtoH wh the International Ladies' Garment Workers and . the American Fed eration oi iaoor, declared a strike of their 2,000 members the latter , part of January after the manufac turers announcement that they in tended to sign contracts with in dividual workers and not with unions. , . ;',:..:;,-.','r ,:j. , Since this strike was called union leaders say the owners of 42 shops have signed agreements with the union and about 600 workers have returned to their machines. Strike benefits are ' being paid to 1,500 .. strikers.,-" ;.v .:-,,; .,v,.;,..; Early in February some ' 800 'membeds of the Journeymen Tail- , ors Onion walked out . on strike when the Custom Tailors Associa-. tion of Boston announced that the workers would be naM basis instead of under the weekly , wage .system.. ' .. The Waterproof Garment Work , ers' Union and the Boston Rain . . Coat Manufacturer's Association are at loggerheads tver several , changes in working : conditions. . Leaders of the - union say the changes v-:- mean establishment of . the onen shon and t-arv a lor. ... duction in wages but the union in tention Was -said to be not to de clare a strike, i . ,t Sporadic troubles have occurred in connection with the several dif , ferences. Half a hundred arrests have been made as a result of pick eting. Asault was ' charged in only a few cases, the arersts for the most part having been for vio lation of city ordinances. : :.j i; 1 XT V. nnvmn i ' Vt . 1 1 yaW 1 ttALi TU WashingtonMarch 10. Ameri can troops on the . Rhine are "sUnding pat,"- SecreUry of War Weeks said today, and a similar attitude as regards the situation growing out of the occupation of additional German cities by the al lies was expressed at the state de partment No additional instruction , have been sent to 'Maj. Gen. Allen, com mander of the American forces, it was said at the state department, ahd no inquiries had been made of me amea governments regarding nie Minions to oe imposed upon Germany, which include collection vi customs amies at the new line established on the Rhine and pay ments io me reparation com mis sion. 1 .The American troops, it is point ed out, occupy positions jn Ger manv under th form nf f ha ar4a tice and not to fulfill the treaty of Versailles, ionsequenuy it is considered unlikely that the state ueparimem wouia approve any pian oy wnicn they would assist in making the proposed tariff barrier arouna uermany effective. IMMENSE OIL FIRE V a m nnsxsx.;. ; (Br TJia Asaoctotcd Pra Nevf ;York.', Marrh 10 ir,v . , (Br ttAX ABEBNETUY) Raleigh, March 10. -The secre tary of. state's office today com pleted arrangements for collect ing the one cent per gallon on gas oline from' the oil companies as ia provided for in the fifty , million dollar road bill which was passed by the General Assembly. Col. Joa Sawver nf tha bile license, denartment nf tha a. fice completed the details with rep- Carolina. While tha law am Raft ed provides ; that the retailor should pay the tax but the oil com panies have agreed, with the con sent of the secretarv nf atsta ' Ia DSV the tax themselves. ThA ( will be paid in a monthly basis and unuer nis pian can oe done much more satisfactory, it ia tinliovod than under the system that would have required every retailer dis pensing gasoline to make a sepa rate report. Under thta law the Rtot will nt lect aODroximatelv thren nnirtor. of a million dpllars annually from the sale of gasoline. This money is to be directed to road, work in North Carolina. The Movie Law. The nearest law annrnaohiner-tfiir V. ' ri a censorship of moving pictures enacted by the 1921 session of the t " ty . v--v ubvi W ministrations officials today with held comment on the matter made at the French foreign office that negotiations were underway be tween the French emhatav and the state department with re- rasa La tna acrenraiwa hv tha I in ited States of a modified Uaim f nations. The imnression waa oHv. en. however that tha . initiation r . - , vetravia step in any such development rest ed entirelv with the Prwnch mi. ernment and that the matter had not ' yet reached a stage of nego This is diplomatic dav at the state department and Secretary nugnes-wiii deny himself to -all cauers except foreign envoys: ; It the town at a nrtce of 140 r.fl. lhe buudlng will be two stories. With liaaement and aiidlttritim and ten class rooms. It will be equipped with all nindern farilitlnn tnr m Sehool' huildinir infludlnc . a heat iig piant. it is to oe nnisnea py the ooenini? of the fall . term of ai.n & scnooi m iseptemDer. 'Stata hiovrarav aaaivtatinn an vevors are bnsv this week malcinv final levels, ete.. for the new dnnhle width bridge to span the Yadkin nver near spencer. The bridge, which is to be 1,000 feet long and Will COBt 100.000 will he lnrated Some 300 feet above the Southern railway bridge and the approaches will run between , the main line tentative, of thevars between the main line panies doing business in North IbTJK v- i 17 .i . fiicinucMa Uy m ivtk session oi tne broke out in the Standard Oil Comi. General Assembly (s the Gallert panvs Diant in th CItm nm'nf Section Of BrOOklvn. whirh mnra than a year ago .was the scene of one oi me Biggest oil fires in the nistory oi tne , city. Four tanks are reDorted to have btaa dangenng others. Two alarms had v , , v : "- . i iimi. u Buy person, xirm or been Sounded by jnoon and ambu- corporation shall, for the purpose' bill, which nassed both hmive ho fore ; adjournment Wednesday morning, making the exhibition of obseene oif immoral nictnrex a crime. ,., -y The textof the bill follows: -lhat if any person, firm or lnt 7 i;v.7v.i " iracas ana we plant or the lad- talk SI ilff h0U km finishing Co , according to the talk with Ambassador Jusserand tKM 0t way staked out this week JUSt befora the nreaentatinn f tka l?n ? WB' Bl.Ke? dinlomati. rn i. T " i . De P1""8 provide lor the el mina !d SLrn .J.rteK??i of higfi water trouble, a. well it was nnderVtond that "'irreatiy improved grades on both had to do larf wVtT tha or tne river.. tion of the 7 : whatu t KOWn county road biuldlng subiMt of th lemW the rce under Mr. Crawford Kennerly Cached0' S. nnT"?: f rAaMv culvert, under Salis- known gury avenue near the Southern ioreign affairs would come after 1 r j "".-jr v"'c tk A . - P IlerILanre drain mmnir is beina- laid - " yww.u vvmc nivrr the formation of a definite domes- iic reconstruction program and that nothing formal tmi14 Ka Jams - - - --....mmm nwvsava W UWIQ umu tne anituae oi xoreurn eov ernment had been felt out thm t . . - unonicia i cnannels. The French position in consilia by tunneling under the street in cluding stret car une whidhi is beine done without intemmtwin to atreet ear traffic It will re quire several days to complete the Job. . . ' , , .,. - - - nVa. . ' If : 7 U : ..... ' . " , , I Lenin leader of tha soviet government Is In daer of loslni Ma ioh ,l-.ss dcm of Russia, If reports from Russia are reliable: CLARA HAMOH JURY Ri R. FROGHT IS ;: ;! IWiiML fi PRETROGRAD IS UNDER FIRE FROM & SEVERJU. POIHTS Fate of the Russian City Hanging ; in Balance- Whole of Russia in State" of Ferment. a IS ABOUT READY Both Sides Think the Jury .Will Be Completed This Afternoon Recess is Taken. toray and is believed to rllltl Mn Leonard, . a well exnsXoXtri? the NSpencr .,;,u ri ... , . . "4 anoDV.'umierwenr a senoua oner a. with the present Washington ad ministration, made .-dnhn , k pcc conierence. . . lances were summoned. , Tha . w viivv reserves were called from five ta- tions.. me plant is known as the Sone & Fleming works and covers a large teritory. An effort to draw ou 1 rora other tanks waa mndo of train or otherwise ' exhibit anv obscene or immoral motion picture. 11 any person, firm or corporation shall nost anv abacene nr immnrol nlacard. writincra. nirturea nr dnur. ing on walls, fences, billboards or ,v .1. y : " , "'""w i'k wii wans, xences, oiuooaras or ffiftnw dtl 8eem t0 blow other. Pisces, advertising theatrical ing toward them. Thousands of people flocked to the scene, attracted by a heavy aiuuiie screen wnicn : roiled down on tne city PANAMA REFUSES exhibitions or-moving picture ex hibitions or shows,- ;or if any per son, firm or corporation shall per mits such obscene or immoral ex hibitions to be rnndiutad in nu tent, booth or other place or build ing owned or controlled by j said person, firm or ' corporation, the WUIf 1? A tir A tori I Per9on nrm or ' corporation, '. the Vf111." AKJLI person, firm or corporation per- REVISE WAGE SCALE Bjr Tha AatUtt PwaO "i:S New York, March 10,The New York Central Railroad today an t nounced that beginning April 16th - the wages of approximately 43,000 , employes In .virtually all depart ments would foe revised A confer ence will be held later to -agree on newscale.-., J vf;.; Camphor is now made from tur pentine by a synthetic process. Washington, March 10.-rPanama refuses to accept the White award s a 'Basis- tor peace with Costa Rica, it informs the American gov ernment in a note made public by me sue department todays The note U in - --- ... - iv iimi iciu to Panama and Costo Rica Satur- aay oy the state department de manding immediate cessation of hostilities and was made public without, comment, It is understood the Paama note was ot regarded by the state de partment as sati.qfaptnrv ani -m - j .. OMiiva B, counter proposal made by Presl- ueni. rorras may De the ibasis for further negotiations; He' is under-, stood to have suggested mediation of the boundary dispute Ay a board vi couin American members and representatives chosen W n universities or other bodies1 and maae up of dismtetested men. FIGHT LAX CENSOR. Kansas City Women Are Opening nar on uensor. - - w - m wjvw a va a forming either one or all of the said acts: ahall be tnillt nf a mla.i demeanor and punishable - in .the discretion oi the court. That for the purpose of enforcing this sta tute any spectator at the exhibi tion of an obscene or immoral mm. ing' picture may make the neces sary affidavit upon which the war rant for said offense is issued." -; . Whether this law ia not alreadv covered in the common law was questioned at the time the bill came up for consideration .but to be sure of it the statute was writ ten into the law. ; - Bud tret rVimmiatann. 1 Governor Mnrriann ia evnnrtad to appoint Senator Dewar of Cher-, okee county as : the Republican member of the State Budget Com mission as ia provided for under the law passed during the-.closing hours of the General Assembly. The name of Senator .Dewar and. nenreseniaiiva mamiire m snnv county were both submitted to the governor for consideration 'and from the two he will make the se lection, -The senator is the fath er 'of the -idea that tha minnritw party, should have some represen tation on tne commission and is the man Who went 'direct fn the ernor with the proposition hence it is believed that he will receive the apnointmen;. . ' The nassaire ' nf tha law creat ing a commissioner of taxation for the State, thereby relieving the State Corporation Commission of this work, ia evneoted tn oanaa hn appointment at an early date of Alien u. Maxwell to the new po sition. This would cause a vacancy on - tha Cornnratlon Otmtnlaalnn and it would devolve upon the gov ernor to fill this -vaeancy' by'ap-' polntmentS'.":"'-''K4r''-: ;r,In the event Mr. Maxwell U' ele vated to tha tax .work thera la CURRITUCK MURDER CASE IN PROGRESS Br MAX ABtBXETHT) Currituck. N. C Marrh in Th. case of St. Clair Leward and John Wicker., two miarda at a nrtu.t. - 1 o . vw xime d reserve in tnia emmtv own. ed bv Northern anartamen nh m rrrtiA With: murder trrnwino nut nt tha killine- of Derood rri.;; ThlnvZ ? " n ?nu!H?1 J ' t. " . V r 7r' iow ana annum. CKfar. ana local 71 n ki.k xay. wnen uauop and a l ermen are havmo- hh .W. lnV fMend were out hunting, scheduled with he hook and line for years tobegin yesterday wasjnbt called past Bob Allen, a well known car "J nv... mm w.avuv wvvxta tion on hia head- 'at Jnhna linn kins tinamtal Tiiealav - Ua want there the previous week for treat ment ana reports irom nis bedside are tuatne u improving njcfetyii Mm. P. T Hartar wifa nf a fn,. mer TpAstor of the Spencer-Baptist cnuTcn, accompanied oy two daugn- tera. ia tftio iriieat n Vj r r Gary this week. The family is en route from New York tn Plintnn where' Rev. Mm Carter has accept ed a call as pastor of the Baptist cnurcn. . ;. , ;- . The -Yadkin river naaainv fiiwn. cer is reported) as being unusually for trial until today. 'Counsel for tne state announced this morning they would not contend for - ennvlp. tion on first degree ' murder of emner aeiendants. The case was called shortly after 10 o'clock and the work of selecting a iurv f mm a special venire of 100 hetran t once. . ' --"'j . i DR. inspector holds' the record for best j. . a a . a a cawnes so, iar' naving .hauled in some fine cam one of whih weigh ed' 12 mounds, whiles- others ranged from 4 to 6 lbs.;.,' .,.; t Euflrene J. Almian: the one-vear. old son of i Mr., and Mr J. V. Aiiman, residing in the A, K. Josey noma near tne Nnencer y m r a dirtd Sntnrdav nilnnrincr a lwt kt ER NOW : ,8evere i"1" .Th little feUow; BRIG ADIER-GEN'L taketr -erlously ,a short time , be- ' ". -. TTOA hia Aaath intt haI Kaan ,ha " HHU VCVII tI!C sAwy I Waahinrton. MarvH .. in-Tho nomination nf iv r. F! .. q Of Marion. O.. the Preaidnnt's eonal physician, to be a: brigadier general in tne medical reserve Corns Of the. armv waa nnflrmsd by the senate today. Senators said the nomination had not been con tested but had gone thru "smooth ly." i ::X -; - ' , -General Sawyer will be called to acuve service in ma new rank at once. i". :!.:;-. ";'.-,ft':--.i1. TARGETS FOR JAiHKIES rZ' rM SPRING PRACTICE SENT 1 ., A W. UlUD women nf Vanua begun a fight on lax censorship of motion pictures, which some offl- t-inis vj. women-s organizations de clare is responsible for an increase in juvenile Crimea and immmraliti, A Jbill creating a, state board of censorsnip, iv oeioro the JlissdUrt ieg isiaxure ana n, nas received the indorsement nf a nnmka aftmlini- U. IVIIgl' uus anu women's organizations. ' The movement. , Vara avklnW ta . - - - - w) . mmg TOKtered hv tha 9iii ,P ltk..n Clnb of Kana -r.itu will ul - ; '-J I irv sirenguien v censorship regulations in iv a ns as vity to maxe motion Oictures aaf fir mt.Via . ft ma Announced.; A meeting of repre- i i.: . .. -ii - . . i . :r , T, 01 woen c'ttos n vatea to tna tax .worn thera la I cnance to prowl atbouta shore and the city will beheld soon to evolve reason to.believe that Otis, Self. Joa,d up iwith impreaslQns of nic- a Alan Tot Ma4nin-.atrUt M-lakla laW to ,t.. m ..... J 1 1 .i . r aorahf-rt.' T.f , .- .. . I ..11. J an j.,.. . 1. . r. - - - i i w Hiug upvn io iiu lot vacancv. " ii-i i-.ii i i. I . ' .. . . ' The f!hine- and -J,mum . in 1 ' T- initn v.i. l -i i wio iiuiajr way uuv worm ex goons irom tha. Un mwtm mm iiHvaui V- B1,C4 - UJina, ' ( I1CCU OiateS, Norfolk. Vs.. March OA ahin pload of . targets;,. Mir.' little and medium sized and made to float or fly, has been forwarded to Guan tanamo for ;- destruction by the Jackies of the Atlantic fleet during the Spring gun practice. ! The sup ply ship Lebanon carried 16,000 pieces of target material when she nosed out to sea, including the huge box floats on her decks at which the 14-inch triplets of dreadnaught main batteries will be turned loose. fresh irom , jomt - maneuvers with the Pacific fleet in the Pacific navy youngsters are expected, by officers at the base here to show, a high degree of skill with their long nased shooting ! irons this year They have i added zest for their work in the jplaytlme they put in with Admiral Wilson cruising on the Pacifie coast of South America. The officers, mayhap, had to attend many" format banquets and cere monies of reception at porta vis ited, but the f. bluejackets - got . a chance to prowl about shore and tWeSCUe tronieAlf.eiKea. : man t them. They wiH 4iave a lot to tell the folks at home when tV Pan.. sylvania points the way north for the fleet in-April and Jack gets j short liberty in home pofta. pride of his loving parents as well as grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E, Allman, who were likewise deep. ly grieved at ws death. , The sym pathy of a large circle of friends and acquaintances in Spencer goes out to the bereaved '. father ,, and mother On account of the death of this bright little boy. The funeral services were held from the home Sunday at 1 p. m.' by Rev. E. E. Williamson, pastor - of Spencer Methodist church and the body was laid to rest at Chestnut Hill cem etery.-' i- .-, - -: Mr. J .H. Grubb aiid other pro gressive citizens of the Smith Grove section of Davidson are trying to get an improved road irom tne cnurcn leading in an east erly direction out to the Church land highway near the . home of Mr. Koontz. A- petition is belag sigmd by the land owners along this road Askinsr the DavMann missioners to have a ainnrev mada with the undrestanding that the landlords In that vicinity will build tha ' road Without ' nynense -tn -tha county. During the . recent bad weather the road has been almost impassable and many people, could not get to their church.' j ; ' The R. M. Rudaon Co.. rn trac tors on the building of three miles of National ; Hiehwav . between fcpencer and Yadkm,., is moving soma or - cne neaw mhiiwrvifai Other nointl: the haan 4nv tha rniA havinar been omnlted.- A. lanre caterpillar tractor attached to some I a ... . ouier neavymaoninery attempted to "pass up Salisbury avenue Wed nesday hut was halted in the busi ness part of town on account of the excavations on Salisbury ave nue Where a larca metal enlvwrt ia being laid near the eattle pens. n S ' Contraqtors hava finished tlhje main base for the read to the river and it only remains now ta ipiaee Ardmore. fOkla.. March m When 12 men who did not dianunl. Ify themselves on the examination, were seated in the iurvhnxthada. fense.in the trial of Clara Smith itamon, alleged murderer of Jake I Hainori waived peremptory chul. lenges.. e state exercised 1M peremptory challenge. A, brief re cess was ordered. . Attorneys for both sides expressed the opinion that, the jury would be selected by midaftemoon. ' ' ; v Ardmore.' Okla ' "Mawh "-IftLL. Mrs. Clara Smith. Ha with the murder of Jake L. Ham- on, on millionaire and former Ok lahoma' ' national '' onnimittaiMtiat, went" on trial .here 'this ; morning! Judge Thomas W. ' Champidn v is4 presiding: ' v ..-.,. j,.,-,j c f The 'court rOOlht Whlnh' had wlrl tually been; empty until a 1 few minutes - before - the atrial was .filled with 1 a' - rush before court convened and iwhen th trial started every seat was taken and ! persons lined tne walla on all sides. -Mrs. Clara Smith- i Ha mnn da. companied by her mother and' sis ter, entered the court room at' 9 o'clock and alt thraa i tnnU. ..t. just -behind those reserved for her counsel, vi ..-. , .. . Car Demand and Bank , Clearings . Point , to Early Business Revival - Says Trade Observer. ? (By ALBERT APPLE) Railroads are handling' almost as many cars of freight as in 1919. In the first six weeks ef 192J (latest -ngures obtainable) the numbers ; of cars foadedwith ireignt on air American railroads was -,im,6Bd. compare this with 4,927,483 care loaded in the cor responding period of 1919. ' ' PesimiRta rptnrt. that tha aa age car may be only partly loaded nere s sometning they "can't ex ' Huge Bank Clearings MONKEY HAS DIAMOND ' .v : INSERTED FOR TOOTH Wichita. Kan.. March 1 ft 11m1V. lie, a ,four-Vear-old 'mnnlnv t.i- day put to shame those; humans wno snuddered at the thought of visiting a dentist. Nellie not only visited the dentist, but ahn hd in serted in her mouth a real diamond wnicn - replaces a ; tootn knocked from her mouth some months ago. ' The monkey , belongs to J. W. Baker, s Dr. V. E. - Baker of this city believed it nossible the. tooth with a small diamnnil The owner bought'one, and to-day it was inserted 'in the animal's mouth: ' Happy chattering disclos ed Nellie's haoDinesa at hevino tha cavity filled ; $ ARMOR FOR POLICE j : (Continued on page six.); New York Department Considers : ew invention - , New ,York, 5Mrch lO.'Police officials here are considering, adop tion of a plan already in use else where of eouinminar the nnliVa fArra - mm r With armor. . . . , Dr. Guv Otis Brewster, inventor of the eauinment that ia hain considei-eo, is . an 't experienced ar morer, -..:.,. . " . . -.". Before he endeavored to nut hia armor-suit on the market, ha says, he donned a suit of it at Lake Plpati , frozen i'lake,. and ordered a ma- I i,',.. . a a . . . . cmne gunner .stationed on the many to 'opeh up. ' ."Bullets rained ' all over me," he .says, "I fel,t a rocking sensa tion, as ,if . I were fn a hurricane. But there was no shock not even discomfort. These are averaging less than a vea rao-rv but hiotr,- than iaia Total bank i clearings ; in United states, from XTirtstmaa to March 1021 i-A 7Q Rfit too Ann 1920x , i i X. 88,1 11,000,000 .1919 .. . .169,338,000,000 sr '.In -addition.' nrioea r - inuur now and S10O in a hanV r-holr fepresentes as much business trans- aetea as stw eid two years ago, according to a Bradstreet's price vital ta. , :..".;'.. '.v s..-., Last, week's clearings were two and a half -tones'aiWg as the same week in 1915. i Business is slovly returning' to'normbL J "fr aii ujfru on nieei : United Statea Steal Tnmnra. tion's mills 'are , 40 , iDer cent shut aowni udge ary is not as em phatic in denvintr that he will eht prices. Two months ago, his com panies were at capacity.. , Conservative bankers and man ufacturers are telling each, other: "Watch Steel,' When it. nriaa collapse, business is due for .quick recovery.", v ,i ' ' . The. raraKa Mam i Number' of business failures in February 1512. Thie wan than same montih iftlK and 'iqia In rebruar.v. 1912.: a nromal vear xauures totaled Vim. y Number, of unemployed steadily-decreasing, says National In dustrial Conference Board. ; Wheat exports last week ,two -ana nan times sa Dig as year ago .and - corn -exports over ; 13 times as big as same week, 1920. ' Number nf aharea anld nn Man, lYork Stock "Exchange last week ,ouo,azo, against 3)4JS6 same week last , year and 4,701,240 same week, 1919. Course of the market is traditionally upward in March. Wise, men will remain In the cyclone cellar. , v ' .JUimber mills on Pacific coast operating 46 per cent capacity. 1 Sears-Roebuck mail order sales in Febmarv half leas than iraar ago, reflecting farmers' decreased buying, power. , , . ; - , In Civil War at Ten Pontiac Mich., March ' 10. Rel atives' of H. XH. Davenport are claiming for him the honor of be ing the youngest drummer boy in im uvu war. - ne entered the service fit Vi H -fitH Vmun wwv , Wf WVBO, v (OJ V 4 V eanunanded oy his father, Aug, COLOMBUN TREATY MATTER GOES OVER (By Tha A woe la UW f km) ( Londnn. Marih in P.Ai. from Russia regarding the revolu tion against the soviet regime con tinue to he nhamira and nnfUs.tn A Reuters dispatch from Helsing fors filed yesterday . states that the Kusian agency there has issued a statement that the fate of Pet rograd was still in the balance and denies that the revolutionary troops now occupy three quarters of the city. . ' . ( 1 .... - ' The dispatch says ' the, insur gents have taken possession iof part of the city which is under fire from Krondstadt and that it is also being shelled by Bolshe vik! batteries located at Boulkovo. Another Helsingfors " ; dispatcn states there is artillery duel fight- ine between thr fortreaa nf Vraa. novo Gorka and several armnred trains and that foreign couriers nave Deen.unaoie to leave retro- grad. .. ':';'' ,!': : -v,; , - , . 'A mesaire to the Tvmdnn 'Itmaa from AbOi Finland, states that the batteries of Rrnnatadt tha Pn,kn naval base whare the revnlntlnn began, , opened fire yesterday against seven Bolshevik! divisions which attacked the revolutionary forces near Oranienbaum on the southern shore of the Gulf of Fin land. "The whole of Russia," the message said, "appears to be in a ferment". . ,,,-. f : DETROIT LABOR ;V REPRIMANDED BY '' (V r !' : '.. :Ay (Bjr Tha Aaaciati tnu ' '" Detract, , March lO-JA .' repri mand bv Samnel Cnmnarv nraai. dent of the Amariran federatinn of. labor for what he termed "sup port CI the Russian soviet govern ment" bv the ' Tletmlt- fa of labor was followed by a vot tnat a representative or the loc; federation be - sent to Moscow t attends a labor Mnmu .fncbr: the soviet government and sched -uled ta npi Mau T PrairiQ- William Bailey, was authorized to appoint, a aeiegate. 'i ,v . In his letter to the Detroit fed eration Mr. Gomnera' pharo-e.f t! matter Withbeta? "xervanta nf tH. soviet ' governm ent "and reeom - mended 'that thev wmrv hm: selves "with organizing unorgsniz ed workers matead 'nf the "doctrines of Lenine and 'Trot- SKy. V , ,;;.;i- r ' " ,A committee iwas ' named to Answer . Mr." Gompers' letter; ; i - BROWN AND WIFE GO TO STATE priso:; tBf Tha AjMdatea Fta) :' -Washington, ' March . -M0-An agreement to defer action bn the Colombian treaty until tha April session 01 congress and to vote cn the treaty eight days after con gress convened was reached today by ; the senate. The question of opert or closed debate on the trfiat V also went Avar and laadara I aaid it waa Alannod tn ,(iiimm t)ia j present sesison of the senate Sat- rienittw ' .QhalA7 ', .UVlu ' I Chief of Police ICesler ' left " thi.i morning shortly after C o'clock on No. 44 , for Raleigh with ' R; K. Brown and wife lta where they are' by this tfme be ginning tmeir. sentences of 10 and four veara rtmmwtivaUr- tr v,.wVJ ; I. . V , . states penitentiary, havlnsr 'ibeen sent up in the sensational diamond robbery case, which was tried 'at the recent term of Rowan Snnertn court. Notice of appeal as to both Jh.mIA 1 1 I . .1 wiruuwiu iiau ,vwn maae ana tne bonds of the two were fivad hv Judge ; Bryson ' at 10,000 for Brown arid $5,000 for Mrs. Brown, but the idea of carrvinir their cases to' the Supreme court -was nnaiiy aropped. " "fnl-ir,-;'1 , it win oe remembered tjat Brown waa nnvi-ted nf th.. ! - cenv of about 12.005V wnrth f diamonds, four rings and a wrist watch, from Annie Farris, a young: Charlotte woman, when he attacH- ' ed her 'i On ,.the I Pmanrar - i mr-hAni grounds after luring her to that spot. Mrs. Brown was convicted.' Of ' havinir received atnlen nwuio knowing them to have been stolen. m j, i . . 11, oviag auegea mat sne naa come into nosseaainn nf . the . All efforts to .have Rrnwn and blt wife reveal the ;disposition -roado 01 tne diamonds were without suc cess. ',; . V .,(;,fi, , . Brown is Said to Jv anftersp 1 down considerably and seemed, de pressed wnen on icers started on the trio from the fail for their Hoc. . tination at the penitentiary. How ever, Mrs. , Brown seemed to be pretty cheerful, her orjy expressed reeret heinc that' . the . total ' 1 1 years the two are, to serve had hot oeen .equany ..divided t and . each given seven; years-;. ; v;:?' , FRIEND OF HARDING SUCCEEDS WfLLlAI !. (fly TW Aoiatiat4 Fraak Waahinann Matoh 1ft:r ' T Crissenger of Marion, Ohio, nominated , tooay - y iTe Hard in ir to be comptroller tf currency to succeed John f Williams, who -resiirned t before tha Harding admirv bepan. He ia a la wver - i : and life long frtend of t. . i dent. .. ' ' v is, leoi. e was tnen ten. - -
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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