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VOL. 17. NO. 123.
SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1921
PRICE 2 CENTS
ALDEl'N DISCUSS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Paying Employes When
Off Duty Likely to Be
Stopped-Aid Given Tu
berculosis Family.
T)i mU nUiniii lioM Vm a.
lar monthly meeting last night.
ma j lav in k ucru rvnt viicu nuiii
last Tuesday night. Mayor Stra
chan presided and all members
were present except Alderman
Julian, who was kept away on ac
count of sickness of a sister. . .
The parking ordinance was
amended as to Lee street, from
Inness to Fisher, by making it
read to allow parking of automo
biles and other vehicles only on the
cast side of this street. It formerly
permitted of narking anywhere on
OTHER IMS UP
C
I this block for a pcroid of not more
than 30 minutes at a time. This is
V in nvrifanf tVi n Amman in ffotfino
the fire fighting apparatus out of
the fire station.
In this connection the matetr of
r utomobilists, motorcyclists and
.bicyclists rushing pell mell to fires,
some in front of the fire trucks and
others right behind them or along
side of them was discussed. It was
the opinion that it was only a ques
tion of time until some one was
going to be killed, and that it also
interferes with the firemen. Just
what will be done in thia matter
was not definitely decided but the
, matter will be considered more
fully. In the meantime the city of
ificials ask the citisens in general
to help remedy thta condition when
a fire alarm is sounded, the matter
of roping off a block in which a
fire in the business district was
burning was discussed and some
thing of this sort will probably be
done should a fire occur in the busi
ness section. Chief of Police Kesler
stated that he always dispatches an
officer to the scene of a fire or sev
eral officers if their presence is
deemed necessary. ' '
Th fire committee was instruct
ed to secure estimates on opening
; the north side of the front to the
city hall, lower floor, in order to
permit of both motor trucks to be
jbrought out without delay or in-
, convenience.
; i It -was decided that in making
' ' new sewer extension prefeoenci be
; yett.ba-KU .mili district
f where an application for this work
I has been on file for some months.
Permission was given an adver
I tising promoter to solicit advertis
Xing for a fire rules and building ex
j tension card; the aldermen taking
no responsibility, neither endorsing
the scheme but merely giving per
mission to solicit for the same.
Mr. J7 C. Fulmer, liing on ' a
street near the Southern Power
Company's sub-station in East
Salisbury, asked the aldermen to
make aomo improvements in side
walks In that section and this went
to the street committee for action.
Mr. A. G. Peeler asked the board
to make a sewer main extension on
West Lafayette street, between
Church and Jackson, wihere he is
building several houses.
A cement pavement was ordered
put down between Fulton street
and the West Ward Bchool building.
Policeman B. F. Cauble petition
ed the board to allow him (pay for
two weeks while he was off duty
on account of sickness. As this had
beeji done . in 'the case of Police
man Mahaley who was confined to
H3 home a month or more it was
recommended by Alderman Hols-
houscr, chairman of the ponce com
mittee, who at the same time ex
plained that from now on he would
not recommend such action. An ef
fort was made to have the board
o on record a3 opposing pay to
uny officer or city employe who
who might be off duty but this
failed as it was stated some officer
or employe might be hurt while en
gaged in line of duty and then the
matter would be considered by the
board.
The sum of $25 was donated to
aid in caring for a negro family
on North Church street. This fam
ily is stricken with tuberculosis and
is in dire distress. The matter
Hwas brought to the attention of
the board by - Miss Lynch, com
munity - nurse.
It was 'decided to permit the
palmists now located here to con
tinue to carry on their work during
the winter month.
J. G. Hudson, representing the
National Dyeing : & Cleaning
Works asked '.he board to require
all parties in cleaning and dyeing
to pay the same license or reduce
the license of the above concern to
that being paid by others engaged
in a like business,' even though on
a smaller scale. ? ' .
The reports of the standing com
mittees were made and the board
cdjourned. i
FRANCE WILL FOREGO
CASH REPARATIONS
(Br Tha Associated Prtaa)
Paris, Dec, 14. France is will
ing to temporarily forego cash
reparation payment from Germany,
a high official of the foreign office
told- the Associated Press today.
Officials said it was generally
recognized in French official cir
cles that Germany must ins aided
and possibly compelled in setting
her financial house in order if fu
ture indemnity payments are forthcoming.
HIGH BEDROOM
mz r- 'Vr.q
A. Winters, of California, likes
to sleep above ths dust and. the
dampness and the heat of the
earth's, surf ace. So he has built
his bedroom on a steel tower 49
feet above the ground. He as
eends in a small electric elevator
Arrow shows him "going up." ?
Consumption - Shows In
crease Over October,
1921 and a Large In-
' crease .Qyer. Last Year
Washington, Dec. 14. CoUori
manufacturers showed an increase
in November, the monthly report
of the census bureau issued today
showed 47,000 more bales of cotton
were consumed in November than
in October while consumption was
194,000 bales larger than; in No
vember a year ago. v v I 1 '
Active cotton sinpdles shoWed an
increase of 2,687,000 over Novem
ber of last year and 616,000 over
October of this year.
Cotton consumed during Novem
ber amounted to 526.610 bales of
lint and 53,257 bales of linters com
pared with 332,712 of lint and 34,
827 of linters in November last
year.
MR. RUTH ADDRESSES
CHARLOTTE WOODMEN
Mr. W. M. Ruth, of Salisbury,
head consul of the North Carolina
Woodmen of the World, was at
Charlotte last night where he was
the principal speaker at an enjoy
able dinner given by Rocky Ridge
camp No. 94, located in the Bel
mont Park section of the Queen
City.' Several other state officers
were present and covers were laid
for more than 100 Woodmen. Mr.
Ruth told of the great growth, of
the order throughout the United
States, the membership of which
is now near the one million mark.
The banquet was held in the new
Chamber of Commerce dining
room. . ' ' , i .
ONE INSTANCE OF WORK
OF BOLL WEEVIL WORM
Alderman, O. C. Herrington, who
recently returned from Wayes
boro, Ga., where he went to attend
the funeral and burial of his
father, in relating something of. the
work of the boll weevil and its de
struction of cotton in that section'
said that the county of which
Waynesboro is the seat had been
the banner cotton producing
county of the state and that in
1919 73,000 bales of cotton were
produced there ;in 1920 it had drop
ped to 26.000 as a result of the-
inroads made by the weevil and
that in 1921 it was estimated that
only 12,000 bales were produced,
so great had been the destructive
work of the weevil.'
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
(Special to Tha Erasinc. Past)
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14. Reduced
passenger fares for the Christmas
holidays season will be put in ef
fect by the Southern Railway Sys
tem, tickets between all points on
the system being sold on the btfeis
of fare and one-half for the round
trip. This was the basis which ap
plied prior to the World War. Tick
ets will be sold at the reduced
rates December 22, 23, 24 and 25
with January 4 as the final limit. .
Special trains can be hired in
England at a cost of $5 a mile.
IRE COTTON IS
BEING USED 111
MARSHALL FOCH
BIDS FAREWELL
TO UNITED STATES
Loaded With Gifts and
Bearing Every Honor
Possibly Great French
Warrior Leaves.
(By Tha AsaacUtas Praaa)
New York. Nov. 14. Ferdinand
Focb. grey and slight, but bearing
with him every honor that America
could bestow on one of an alien
race, bade farewell to the cheer
ing1 throng here today and aailed
away for France. In his baggaire
was six great cases filled with gifts
from the people of this continent
who thronged to see him during his
tour of the United States and Can
ada and led their voices in ac
claim for the man who hurled the
German legions back from the soil
of France and won victory in his
tory's greatest conflict. .
Smce coming to America late in
October Marshal Foch traveled
nearly 15,000 miles, made on ore
than 500 rpeeches and attended
Irnc.leons banquets beyond compu
tation and heard the voice in Amer
ica of upwards of 17,000,000 men,
women and children.
MAY DISINTER BODY OF
THE NOTORIOUS BANDIT
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 14. (By
the Associated Press ).-r-The body
of Tom Slaughter, desperado,
buried in a local cemetery in the
presence of thousands of curious
spectators yesterday afternoon,
may be disintered. Governor Mc
Rae late last night announced the
receipt of a long distance tele
phone message from G. D(. O'Brien,
at - Dallas, Texas, a brother-in-law
of the bandit, protesting against
the funeral service held yesterday
and denouncing the woman known
here as Mrs. Myrtle Slaughter,
supposed to be the bandit's widow,
of Eldorado, Ark. The governor
said O'Brien declared, the woman
pesing as the widow of the bandit
was not Slaughter's wife and anr
nouneed his intention of coming to
Arkansas and claiming the body. -
CROWN PRINCE MAY
RETURN TO GERMANY
Ma Ta ASMMM prasai -
Doom. Holland, De;. 14. The
former German crown prince who
since November 1918 has lived at
Wieringen is planning to return
to Germany and expects to request
permission from the Dutch gov
ernment for his departure early in
the spring;.
, Frederick William is looking
forward to a life as a country gen
tleman with his wife and children
on an estate at Oelst (Oela in
Prussia). Several . members of
his staff and a few of the former
kaiser's friends, it is .said, have
gone to Oelst to prepare for the
coming of the former crown
prince , ' , "
WOMAN KILLER ASKED
FOR NOISELESS GUN
(Br Tha Associated Prtsi)
Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 14.
Mr Charles S. Raizen held ' in
New York city Ipr the killing last
Saturday of Dr. A. B. Glickstedn
wrote a local hardware concern
while in Dayton last month for in
formation about the cost of a re
volver with a noiseless attach
ment, according to local police who
have the communication in their
possession. The letter as dated
November 26 and the pistol with
which the doctor was - shot was
purchased here December 2.
WHAT'S MASCULINE
OF SUFFRAGETT
Gretna, Neb. Dec. 14. Men
have won out in their first skirm
ish for equal rights in Nebraska.
An amendment to the constitu
tion of the Nebraska Federation of
Women's Clubs permits clubs hav
ing men members to affiliate with
the federation.
Now the men are planning" to
further step. - They want the fed
eration to give 'em power to at
tend sessions of the women's fed
eration as delegates. .
"I feel sorry for a women's club
that hasn't men members," says
Mrs. E. F. Fetz, who helped the
men in their equal rights fight.
"Men are such a stimulus!"
CHARGE AGAINST DR. "
RUMWELL DISMISSED
San Francisco, Dec. 14. The
charge against Dr. M. E. Rum
well of performing an unofficial
autopsy, on the body of Miss Vir
ginia Rappe, whose death resulted
in a manslaughter charge against
Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle wds
dismissed in police court yester
day. The prosecution said it was
convinced Dr. Rumwell did not in
tend o violate the city health ordi
nanceinder which he was charged.
ASHEVILLE DOCTOR DEAD
(Br Tha Associated praaa)
Chattanooga. Dec. 14. Dr. Wil
liam T. Tull. of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Asheville, N. C, was found
dead in his bed at a local hotel this
morning. '
HOT DOO KENNELS
WENT FAST, UNTIL
TESTED BY THE COPS
1 i
(Br Tha AasarUtoS Praia)
' New York, Doc. 14. The secret
of what makes the hot dog wild is
out.
New York's frankfurter tasto has
always been keen but recently po
ilice on doty at the Madison Squaro
Garden during the iCx-day bicycle
races were unable to understand
why certain venders had no trou
ble in dispensing of their entire
kennel at thirty cents a dog with
out even serving the customary
mustard. 1 ,
They considered some means to
And out So one blue-coat pur
chased a hound and punctured it.
Pure Moonshine!
Njw coppers are casting a mean
eye at every hot d3g in town,
ALIENS IN YEAR
Secretary of Labor's Re
port Shows More Than
Twice the Estimated
Number Entered.
Waihinzton, Dec. 14. The tide
of immigration which was ap
proaching its flood when the re
striction law went into .efTect
brought 05,228 aliens into the
United States in the . fiscal year
ended last June 30, according .to
the annual report today cf Secre
tary Davis of the Department of
Labor. This number compared
with 430,001 in the previdua fiscal
year and is more than twice the
estimate of 850,000 which 'Mr.
Davis makes for thjs fiscal yar
under the operation of the restric
tion act
More than one-fourth of the 1
aliens admitted last year were
Italians, the number being 222,
260 as compared with 95,145 in
the fiscal year of 1920. Numbered
by race, apart from nationality,
the report says, the Jews arriving
numbered 119,036.
Chinese admitted numbered 4,
017, an increase over the preced
ing year, but the admissions of
Japanese decreased from 12.863 in
1920 to 10,675 in 1921. In Hawaii
the Japanese arrivals showed .a
slight increase, with a, total of 3,
699. The number of aliens in general
deported, the report says shewed a
considerable incrpna. with a tntsl I
' ZlT-ZZiZtJ ATi'ZTT
It cost nearly $4,000:000 to pass
upon and admit the immigrant
tide for the last fiscal year, Mr.
Davis says. To enforce the laws
against alien anarcnists cost an
additional $590,000, while the de
portation of. undesirables added
$$127,000 to the total.
"Thg Bureau of Immigration,"
says the . report, "raises , com
plaint as to smuggling and surrep
titous entry of aliens. The 'sea
men route' is a favorite device.
That is they arrive as aailosw and
manage to disappear an the depths
of the country. Many others ar
rive at Mexican ports and sneak
across the border. . Several hun
dred of these were arrested and
deported ddring the year as rigor
ous deportation Jo the country of
origin has been thought the only
effective means of breaking this
practice."
Aliens filing petitions for citizens-hip
during tha year number
198,530, while the number of de
claration of intention was 304,
481, an increase of 4,375 over the
number in the previous year.
Citizenship training activites of
the department, have been ex
tended to 3,526 communities over
the. country, Mr. Davis aays, but
"industrial unrest resulted in a re
duction in the number who availed
themselves of these benefits, the
total this year beting 117,073."
Despite the cost of handling the
aliens, Mr. Davis says his depart
ment Was more than self-sustaln-iing
during the year. The total ex
penses, covering appropriations by
Congress, amounted to $6,660,888,
while balanced against this were
receipts as follows: Immigration
head tax, $5,712,763; naturaliza
tion fees $912,303; fines for - at
tempted evasion of the immigra
tionlaws, $352,411 and i forfeiture
of bonds $41,000.
Reviewing the activities of the
Division of Conciliation the labor
secretary notes that durng the
year department conciliators were
asked to adjust 457 industrial dis
putes, ranging from the strikes in
the packing and shipping indus
tries to minor differences, in volr
'mg only a score of men. These
disputes, it is stated, affected 420,
745 workers directly and 172,261
woikers indirectly and in only 48
cases were the conciliators unable
to reach a settlement.
Secretary Davis asks Congress
for means and authority to add ad
ditional ' conciliators. He urges
that additional funds be appropri
ated for the United States Em
ployment service, declaring that
"the government has, already or
ganized within Kself, a means of
uccwig uic prvuiem ul unemploy
ment which could be made avail
able at once with an appropriation
of si.ono.nfMt - j
In the interest of economy, it is
stated, Mr. Davis wrote tha short-
est Labor Department report ; of
recora,,xne document covering oa
ty 53 printed pages. . Copies of it
were not issued lor general distri
bution to the newspaper of the
country as heretofore, the depart,
ment giving out only- an ab,
stract
ADMITTED 805,228
DOPES
IRISH PEACE,!
TC v A HI
II
Dail Cabinet Put Off Rati
fication of the Irish
Peace Agreement Until
Thursday.
(By Tha AaaarlataA Prtaa)
London, Dec. 14. At the open
ing of the British parliament call
ed to consider the Irish peace set
tlement, King George in his mes
sage from the throne said:
"It is my earnest hope that by
the articles of agreement now be
fore you the struggles of a century
may be ended and that Ireland as
a free partner in the common
wealth of nations forming the
British empire will secure fulfill
ments of her national ideals."
DAIL PUTS IT OFF
Dublin, Dec 14. The question
of ratification or rejection of the
Anglo Irish agreement by the Dail
EV 1 1 . I ..
ft "Si"' "X" lTlK?X:?
'?.V L J2 &
a decision Meanwhile the DAil is
K- j7., if-. i T Z -
the disputes between the dele-
gates to the London conference
who were the signers of the agree
ment and Eamdnn de Valera, the
republican president and his ad
herents, on the issue as to whether
fhe delegates had the power to
conclude an agreement
ULSTER STAND ALOOP
FROM FREE STATES
London, Dec. 14. (By the As
sociated Press.) Ulster's inten-
i Tion to stand aloof from the Irish
free state, provided for in the
treaty between Great Britain ant
South Ireland, was expressed in a
letter sent to Prime Minister Lloyd
George today from Sir James
Craig, the Ulster premier, accord
ing to a Belfast dispatch to the
Evening Standard. ,
LUXURY CRAZE AND
LOW WAGES HELD
AS CRIME CAUSE
London, Dec. 13. Lower wages
and a craze for luxurious living
are held accountable by English
priton ,'eov emorrtfpwarr , pres-eiilMfay-crrmcy-fea
ftrf;ma!e
by them' ia the Home Office.
Although crime has . dwindled
considerably during the past 20
years, the number of prisoners for
the year 1920-21 was 49.712. or 9.-
925 more than in the ; previous
year. The report, however, states
that "so smell an increase in a
year in which there has been much
unemployment and Industrial un
rest is noteworthy."
Ine governor of Durham prison
says:
A . new stamp of offender has
sprung into existence. Men ' and
.women of respectable antecedents
and parentage, in regular employ
ment and in no respects associated
with the criminal class, are tak
ing to serious crime with-astound-
ing .facility."
The suggestion that a spirit of
lawlessness acquired by men while
on military service is responsible
for this is rejected by the gover
nor, on the ground that women in
equal proportion to men
offenders. His explanation is
... ?
nn explanation is utl
nlgn wages, once easily earned
.d .il .f ,
obtainable "
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would be hopeless to Carl Bronner,
war hero, injured by the accidental
a perfect typist. Notice the foot
shift keys. 1
"YEPJBELICATE'IS TOE
fAnnnnu7iiTAiT am a ittititt
NEGOTIATIONS
SQUIRES
N N
BILLS J HOUSE
i Both House and , Senate
Prepare for Early Ad
journment School De
ficit Bill Passed.
(By Max Abernethy.)
'hoSS senate tookTfetoia'y
Zftfw Z "a" It" rS
. lution "xin today aa the last day
on whi(vh nBW hm. m.v h. ,t '
duced, and the senate by working
through the local calendar and ar
ranging for a night session to han
dle public bills.
a The only feature of the morning
session of the senate was the pas
sage of the $710,000 deficit bill on
third rending, making it law upon
ratification, without a dissenting
vote and without discussion. The
last year's deficit in the school
fund is now taken care of through
the authorization of bond issues.
Attempts to pass a large num
ber of special pension bills failed
because of the constant objection
of Mark Bquires, of Caldwell coun
ty to third reading. These bills
had favorable Teport of the pen
sion committee but Mr. Squires
thought the general pension law
amply sufficient to cover practi
cally all cases. He will read the
bills before the next session to seel
lr ne wants to nght them ,
The house refused to adopt the
daisy as the state flower. ,
It took most of the morning ses
sion of the house to complete tha
local roll call calendar and to con-
the department &qtfaty.nWj&l
inaung me . present . scnoof : tax
rates and fixing .39 cents as "the
proper tax for next year came up
at the end of the meeting and
many amendments were seaf up,
provoking a fight. A vote was not
reached.
ONE MINER DEAD AND
FOUR OTHERS ENTOMBED
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Morrison, Colo., Dec. 14. One
miner is known to have lost his life
and four others still are entombed
In the Sanatic mine of the Colo
rado Colliers company, where they
were entombed by fire damp while
fighting a fire in the mine. Other
miners in the property when the
explosion occurred escaped or were
rescued. ' v:
Small Fire This Afternoon
The fire department was called
oat this afternoon to a blaze at the
intersection of West Bank and
West streets, where a small cot
- tage, the . property of Dr. - F,
hi - Lu. ,i. i..ni!
a... v.. . u'
" . "" not wiuiuui consiu-
erable damage, and the blaze was
i1T1TlT1a11 T f AM a f mi a a
X
gone. You'd think that life
of Baltimore. But no! This
explosion of a hand grenade, is
levers he uses for space and
THREE HANDS
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I-
New York police have discover
ed a new trick of Christmas shop
lifters. A gloved artificial hand
rests upon the. counter while the'nave referred to Tokia the-matter
real hand, unnoticed, slips valu
ables into an inside pocket.
9
TOSIOPWEII
Three Companies To Be
Sent to Kansas Field
Where Militant AVomen
Have ; Sto?peL3I i n e
'' - ill nam -M J , t, .sfefc-sfraa y,.
rnuourgn, Aas.,',i7ec. , i.
While State military' 'authorities
were mobilizing national guard;
forces lor entramnient to. the
Pittsburgh mines today, the mili
tant women of the Kansas mining
ifield adherents of Alexander Howat
engaged in their most ambitious
program so far attempted in their
program, of stopping by violent
acts the operations of coal miners
who responded to the call of the
coal operators for men to man the
mines. ' : 1
Sheriff Gould was besieged by
miners who wanted to work and
sought 'protection from- the. horde
of women relatives and friends of
coal miners who for two days have
overpowered workers and - police
officials about, the mine shafts and
prevented them from golng to
work and beating some miners.
The women again were active this
morning, more than a thousand of
them marched to mine 49 of the
Central Coal and Coke Company. '
(Except for beating one man,
however, there was little violence.
The string of motor cars bearing
women to the mine shaft was more
than a mile long. ,
Sheriff Gould was at mine 49 but
with his small force of deputies was
powerless. .
The three national guard com
panies to be sent to Pittsburgh to
tal about four hundred men.
A MOB COMPOSED OF
WOMEN ON THE MARCH
, 'By Tha AsaaciataJ Prcaa)
Pittsburgh, Kas., Dec. 14. Fol
lowing insistent reports that a
mob of women marchers was head
ed toward Pittsburgh and that
seizure of Van A. Bittner, repre
sentative of the International
Miners here, was planned, a squad
of American Legion men was has
tily formed for duty at the hotel
which is the headquarters for Bitt
ner. In the lobby was found a stack
of rifles.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton Opened Firm
New York, Dec. 14. The cotton
market opened firm at an advance
of 16 to 33 points today owing to
continued strength of Liverpool
' and large domestic consumption
figures for November as reported
by the census bureau. January sold
up to 17.45 and March to 17.43,
making recovery of 65 to 88 points
from the low level of yesterday but
met scattered Southern selling as
well as realizing which caused re
actions of 10 to 15 points right
after the call.
Opening Firm
New York, Dec. 14. Cotton fu
tures opened firm.
December ........ Ij7.60
January ....... ...17.40
March 17.4CI
May 17J9
July 16.95
Concord Market
Concord, Dec. 14. Cotton sold
for 17 cents on the local market.
HA
L GUARD
TODAY
L RATIO IS
CUED VERY
Japan's Desire ' to Keep
Musu is Issue Have
Wired to Tokio for In
structions on Shantung:.
Washington, Dee. 14.(By the
Associated Press.) The naval
ratio and Shantung, now the two
overshadowing issues of the arms
conference, both were at a crucial
stage today with varying pros
pects for- an early settlement
There is every indication that the
naval ratio discussion is proceed
ing favorably and some of the
delegates believe a .final solufon
will be reached at a conference of
the "big three" late today. The
Shantung negotiations, on the oth
er hand, have developed a situa
tion described in official circles' as
very delicate, and the Japanese.
at Kiao Chow railway which has
developed an issue. It is hinted
that the Japanese and Chin9
plenipotentiaries will refer lYe
matter to the "big four,! compos
ed of the heads of the American,
British. Japanese and Chinese
delegations.
Japan's desire to retain the
battleship 'Mutsu is an issue about
which centers the naval discussion,
with the Japanese apparently
ready to accept America's "5-5-3"
plan if she is permitted to keep the
Mutsu and scrap in its stead an
older vessel. ' Similar concessions
for the British and . America 1
navies would be requisite as ?
offset and the tasVr arrarv-'
for. all the technical do "ri ;
, ed-- j t? otkt re q .4 : . , . .
discussion. " "
If the Shantung negotiations aro
met " to the Kiao Chow railroa 1
the Chinese make pledges of pay
ment which the delegates think
ample to compensate Japan for
the improvements she has. made on
the road, but the Japanese dele
gates are unwill'.ng to accept the
offer and consequently have cabTjd
Tokio for further instructions as
to what form of securit? should be
required, ,
OFFER TO BUJ R. R.
1 Washington, Dec. 14. The counter-proposal
of China for the pur
chase from Japan of the .Kiai
Chow Tsinanfu railroad in 'the
Shantung province has been cabled
to Tokio by the Japanese arma
ment conference delegates which
'have been carrying on direct con
fversations with the Chinese dele
gation in an effort , to settle the
problem outside the conference. .
2,5M 'POUNDS YEARLY : "
INCOME TOO SMALL
London, Dec. 6. The Bishopjof
St. Albans complains that hisori-
cial income "of 2,500 pounds a yea
is entirely inadequate" to meet tho
necessary expenses of : his offbe
and the upkeep of his "official res
idence." So the diocese over whih
he presides has to eke out his in
adequate income by giving him ap.
additional 700 pounds a vcar f'to
meet secretarial and office 'ex
penses and the cost at runnig a
motor car." The candid Bishop. le
clarea the situation to be "scanda-
lous."
"Has not the time come." asked"
the Bishcin, addressing the Dio
cesan Conference,, "when bisfcops
should cease to live In Urge houses,
and live in ' far smaller houses
which would provide for entertain
ing in a simple way, not more than
two or three guests . at a time ?
Should not his home be his home
and not a sort of hotel?" t ;c
,. 1 ne tsisnop 01 ix)naon on com
plained bitterly that hecoulrl not
make both ends met on 10009
nounds a year while he had to live
in a -palace" with something line
two score bedrooms :and was ex-v
pected to exercise hospitality on a
somewhat commensurate scale. He
said that if he could live in a mod-:
erate house he would be content
with very much less' than half tho
salary and certainl ywould not .D9
any less efficient as a bishop. : -
China claims the invention of the
taxicab some 603 years ago.
Switzerland is electrifying' her
railways to save importing coal.
Nineteen million misaddressed
letters annually e to the Dead
Letter Office in Washington. J
Russia now. has 67 higher tech
nical institutions, with 39,000 stu
dents.' --.'' f"
Earliest form of ballroom danc
ing was the quadrille, started about
1815. ' ' ..
There are 500,000 depositors 1
the U. B. postal savings banks, ;
three-fourths of them are of f. -eign
extraction. ,
NEAR A HON