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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1921.
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AROUSED PUBLIC
riLGfilMS VISIT ROCK OF AGES, WHICH
INSPIRED THE WORLD FAMOUS HYMN
I COTTON MARKET
uriMUN NEEDED
U. S. Departmea! of Agriculture, Weatber Bsrefii.
CHARLES F. MARVIN. Chief.
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Thomas Warns of Sinister
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demand
iioniatiii 7.77; cables 7.77 1-2
. m francs, demand 7.56; cables
. . i demand 31.69: cables 31.71.
, ,- ,!-Mnand f.ri2.
demand 21.65.
, v demand 13.20.
, r. i demand 30.25.
'.an. demand 12.50.
t-.tl ;i 31-32 per cent discount.
CHICAGO POTATOES.
Sept. 3. Potatoes firm,
w twites 2. SO to 2.90. .
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v';.r, unsettled with prices hold
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September at i'.4 3-S; le
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
.::agp. Sept. 3. Cattle: Receipts
rntpared with a week ago better
15 beef steers 25 to 40 cents hlgh
iters steady to 15 lower; common
off most; she stocks steady to
-.li'ter: chi6ce cows and heifers up
bti'k 25 to 40 lower; veal calves
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25 cents higher than yesterday's
ze: mxied and packing grades
ii?t; good clearances; top 9.60;
'slit and light butchers 9.25 to
' tilk packing sows t.25 to 9.60;
' .Mninally steady.
en: Receipt 3.000- three decks
nf lambs 7. 50 to 7.75; four cars
ra: wethers 4.00 all steady; market
for v.-oek on fat lambs and yearlings
arr i 1.00 lower; fedeer and fat sheep
ab 7 5 lower.
1 I RARING HOUSE CONDITION'.
v York, Sept. 3. The actual con
dlt ! of clearing house banks and
tn companies for the week shows a
! of $400,070 in lefal reserves,
is a decrease of $6,209,650 from
veek.
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v York. Pept. 3. Butter, cheese
zzs nominal; prices unchanged,
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1 . It I N M UK ET RKVIEW.
.4; . Sept. 3. The prices for
have advanced 4 1-4 to 5 points
t1..- week; corn lost 5-S to 3-4,
riMies on oats show exactly
:.. ;':.:,!. wasi shown a week ago.
gained 35 to 70 cents,
of large sales for export
::i tlif week started the market
upwai-d trend. This was fol
;:i 'mid-week hv a private crop
.-howing 17.000.000 bushels of
'. than the goernment Au-:-.;ir.:t
for all wheat. This is
'": as a stimulant to the market
gain of 5 cents was noted
run was generally maintained
vesterday Jien. a closing of
between hfre and Winnipeg
the market and it slumped
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was reacnea wnen a noia 01
- to'.k place and tiie high mark
sustained.
:nr: demand for corn served as a
::.:r.g influence during the major
: the week, the market displaying
weakness toward the end.
:":!'-iv.- l torn througltont.
vi?:on? displayed a firm tone,
owing to the strength in
i WKKKI.V KINANCIAIi REVIEW.
f - York, Sept. 3. Partial recovery
Of rrif"? in the stock market this
W w.-ts Hffpcted largely at the ex
9 t!:r shorts. Tirat element evi-
: ,1 k : r. g heed of gradual im
in "many lines of trade and
)'- '.V5!' the outstanding features,
S' ' Ar. trie confusing course of the
' gr-up being accompanied by
" reports respecting tiie out
s' ;ie so'tiritions now in progress.
5 K i- '.vp re onlv moderately respon
1 ' f additional favorable statements
'irr.ir.K's and several of the invest-
-ii vision, notably the Hill group.
J'-' .:: !'-: pressure arising from their
w :1 dividend status.
I ' '.. an i equipments of the more
i(,-.,rf.ri t;.pes threw off much of their
'rpi-.r, althougli advices from
It't -r;rers reported slow revival of
J' fn 4rade circles, however, the
Y '' f prevailed t hat large contracts
V : would soon be awarded.
J "r ':e:nands prompted interior
J- '1 draw heavily against local
causing call loans to hold at
-- '-ent. There were freer pur
f":""" merchants' paper, bank ac
?'rHr;. ;.s also being in better demand.
I -d.'i.-ke-i improvement was manifested
r : investment market. This was
' ' hv the higher range quoted
' ! ' bonds and the speedy sale,
-' '.'.000 of Brazilian government
v (. together with smaller domestic
r"' " is;ti offerings.
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Vork banker, and Anatole Le
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'lf Iiiarrir.rt tVn'ci mnrnlrw in IVia office
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of Paris. Miss T. de R. Hawley
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' ' ' i'i, Ohio., Sept. 3. Slipping
: ! his coat when seized by Federal
"uon onieers. ;l man eiuaea tne
t";:fr- by running. The attempted ar
f;:.M: fl" 'irreri during a raid on an auto
'ii ii uinn -.y
Kverybody in Charlotte
Should See
WM. . DeMILLE'S
"TIF LOST ROMANCE"
IMPERIAL THEATER
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
s in methods of
Federal legislation.
of E?11' 0MTSe"pt. 2-Members
S Thomas f meS Senat0r Charl
he dSivSrt w Co,rado- an address
ThuSinv the As6ciation her
iha S iVT?6 publlc Pln,n to
tin V 4escribed as "sinister condi
tion VLthe of Federal legisfa.
combat a ''rFnt t0. the lawyes to
whhSf i f waste and Profligacy
sssti-v ,ms
th?,ieS the asaciation to show
t f.how ey had departed from
f" f niPartial enforcement
u Jn A Quality of rights and to
sm Vnd, dangers of Paternal
foHsh L 1 at the sovernment "must
on;, 1,w,"cu inio a colossal
f n f for th bestowal of privileges
and the distribution of its revenues to
!tV?uthSny" itS cntro1 and wicldins
3r,i Thomas is a democrat, whose
March 1 in th Senate expired 'last
The former Senator criticized the de
velopment of Federal at the expense of
stute authority and enumerated many
ways m which the legislative encroach
ments of the Federal government had
invaded state authoritv. II l.i-.rej
that, "if the range of political authority
be ultimately covered into the central
the
results may fulV tustifv
me assertion that it is impo.il.i!
ir
i uemocracy to govern an emnhe."
Federal aid for numerous xor.t.-s
such as improvement of rivers and :ir
bors, he declared, is now to be supple
mented by the grant of billions to the
ex-service men snd women -.f the re
cent war. subordination of the resour
ces and administration of the Fo.lt r:l
reserve banks to ths exigencies of
speculation, agriculture and labor and
by the proposed creation of a national
corporation capitalized from the Treas
ury for the purchnse and storage of
surplus commodities unable to find an
immediate maket.
Revenue, he said, is raised as exten
sively as possible by levies imposed
upon specific interests frankly design
ed to impress the voter with the con
viction that the public burden is placed
upon other shoulders than his. Taxes
he added, are dictated by political exi
gencies and controlled by political con
siderations. MANY CLASSES FAVORED.
Statutes especially favoring groups
or classes of people had become a fea
ture 01 congressional action, he con
tinued. The groups seeking this ,gis
lation had multiplied throughout the
years until they embraced all kinds of
men except taxpayers. They wero, he
asserted, about 250 of them with head
quarters in Washington with active and
vigilant lobbies. They draft bills, se
cure their introduction, distribute them
at public expense and bombard commit
tees and Congress for their speedy en
actment. They have members of both
Houses , card-indexed. Their aim. i'e
said, is to obtain discriminatory legis
lation and tieir heaviest guns are turn
ed on the Treasury, whose former ds
fenders had become either corrupted
or chloroformed.
.The speaker asserted that numerous
leagues and associations had been form
ed since the war to obtain the passage
of joint resolutions in Congress favor
ing the creation of new principalities
writhin the dominions of nations in
whose domestic affairs the Fnited
States had no legal or moral concern.
Passage of these resolutions, he de
clared, committed the nation to a policy
involving it in grave responsibilities.
Yet. he knew of no Senator or Repre
sentative who had challenged the au
thority of Congress to do this.
Mr. Thomas advised the citizen con
cerned for his country to stuly the
measures on the calendar of this Con
gress and acquaint himself with the
programs of "these swarming organiza
tions which seemingly are enlisted in a
struggle of every class for itself, and
the devil take the hindmost."
"We therefore confront the evolution
of a political system wherein rhal x)'r
ties eagerly contend for the mastery
of their government by bartering its in
tegrity and its resources for the puf
frage of the people." said Mr. Thomas.
"Our fixed charges for administration
exclusive of sinking fund requirements
and interest nn the national debt, have
reached appalling dimensions. Thty
are too vast for comprehension in terms
of monev. They comprise not less than
four billions of dollars, while Congress
with each passing week adds something
to the burden.
"The threatened bonus will add hun
dreds of millions to the sum total. The
recent dispassionate and unanswerable
appeals of" the President and the Secre.
tary of the Treasury for relief against
the overwhelming tides of expenditure
have 'encountered violent and unmeas
ured denunciation, their purpose ques
tioned, their motives assailed. They
have succeeded in postponing but not
in preventing the riot of waste and
profligacy, which has so long disgraced
the country's affairs."
BUDGET A MISNOMER.
Mr Thomas characterized the budget
bill as "a budget law in name only, a
miserable abortion, an imbecile scheme
of legislation." He declared that it
made provision for estimates for appor
tionments and recommendation for ap
propriations but did not restrict Con
gress to the maximum. Congress, he
paid, mav accept or repudiate them as
He declared that all distinctions be
tween the two great parties naa ueen
obliterated and added: "Roth live upon
traition. and practice identical methods
of administration. Even the tariff has
become the basis for. common plunder.
Republicanism and democracy are meet
ing on common ground. Party differ
ences more and mors concern them
selves with competition in the making
or granting of much and promising
m"The conditions which I have imper
fectly outlined indicate our progress
from a representative republic to a
continental democracy. They are not
enly altering our scheme of government-
thev threaten to transform it al
together. " Their progress can be ar
STonlv by an aroused public
opinion."
NORTHIRELAND TO
WELCOME COLLINS
rif crt 2 (Hv the Associated
Press) Special trains will run from ill
parts of south Ulster to the city or
Armagh, bearing crowds to welcome
Michael Collins, Sinn Fein minister of
commerce and commander-in-chief of
the Irish republican army, on his firs,,
visit to north Ireland. Mr. Collins, who
was elected to the northern parliament
for Armagh, intends to deliver an :id
r.aea st a meeting to be held in Ai-
mash tomorrow afternoon. f
The Armagh council, whlcn has a na
tionalist and republican majority, has
decided to present an address to Mr.
Collins.
STOLE SOLDIER CHECKS.
Atlanta. Sept. 3. In connection with
charges of the theft of scores of dis
abled soldiers' pay checks fron tho
headquartera of the Vocational Train
ing Board here ten days ago, Julian
H. Fincher, 25, of Covington, Ga.. an
overseas veteran, today was held wi la
out bond.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Otnratlons taken at 8 a. m.. 75Ui meridian tii.:e. Mr presSur3 reduced to sea level. Isobars (continuous lines) pass through points
of etjual air pressure. Isotherms (dotted lines) pass through points of equal temperature. O dear: 0 partly cloudy; cloudy;
g) rain: snow; fe report missing. Arrows fly with ihe wiad. Shaded areas show precipitation of 0.01 inch or more in past 24 hours.
X WEATHER CONDITIONS.
September 3, 1921.
The upper Mississippi valley distur
bance has moved rapidly eastward to
the middle St- Lawrence valley. lower
pressure prevailing in all Atlantic and.
east Gulf States. It is still, however,
relatively high over the southeastern
rtates.
A "low" of moderate intensity is cen
tral north of west North Dakota, close
ly followed by rising pressure in the
extreme northwest.
In the past 24 hours there have
been moderate showers on the North
Carolina coast, and light showers in
Raleigh and vicinity aid Asheville.
There have also been light scattered
showers in Georgia, Florida, southern
Alabama, and at a few widely scattered
stations elsewhere in tho cotton belt.
Rainfalls in northern districts have
increased since yesterdaj' light to mod
crate showers being reported from east
ern Virginia, Maryland, upper Ohio
valley, lower lake section, the lower
Missouri valley, the middle and north
ern Rocky Mountain states, and west
ern Washington.
Warm weather for the season con
tinues throughout the cotton belt, with
an excess in temperature of four to
six degiees over the western and eight
to ten degrees over the eastern ror
tion. Maximum temperatures of 100
are reported from a few stations in the
Curolinas and eastern Georgia.
Temperatures have rl;s ;n in Montana. !
North Dakota and Wyoming, and also
on the north Atlantic coast where they
range this morning from 12 to 1!) de
crees above normal.
Fair and continued warm weather
may be expected in this vicinity to
night and Sunday, and probably Mon
day.
TIIE WEATHER.
Weather Bureau Office.
Charlotte, September 3, 1921.
Sunrise 5.57
Sunset 6.48
Moonrise .. .. 7.35 a. m.
Moonset 7.45 p. -m.
Moon phase 1st. quarter on the 8th.
TEMPERATURE.
Dry Bulb.
8 a. m. .
10 a. m.
Noon . . .
7S
89
92
Wet Bulb,
8 am 71
Noon 72
Highest yesterday 95
Lowest last night 71
Mean yesterday 84
Normal 74
Mean same late last year 75
Excess for month 21
Excess for year 473
Highest of record for September,
99 in 1896.
Lowest of record for September,
38 in 1888.
PRECIPITATION.
Total for 24 hours ending 8 a. m. 0
Total for month to 8 a. m 0
Normal for September 3 22
Deficiency for year 8.65
HUMIDITY.
8 a. m.
Noon . .
70
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Oi. S. LINDGREN,
Meteorologist,
TROOPS ARRIVE
(Continued From Pate tine.
at the Logan county line. The soldiers
arrived late and did not leave the 23
cars that conveyed them to Madison.
They, however, had a strong guard out
Both the Federal and State military
authorities believed today will see the
end of the belligerency on tne isoon
Logan boundary line and the miners
and others gathered there will rapid.y
disperse and return to their homes :n
der the protection of the Federal
troops.
International Vice President Philip
Murray, of the United Mine Workers,
expressed his personal judgment in a
statement last night that the presence
of the l?eaerai troops win result in im
mediate quiet being restored.
"The men will welcome the Federal
troops with open arms," he said. Dis
trict Vice President William Petry, of
Charleston, said he had assurances
from the men that they would not op
pose the regular troops and would
obey their orders and regulations.
General Bandholtz did not anticipate
meeting any trouble and it is not ex
pected the two thousand troops held
in reserve in army camps will be need
ed. There were reports here early today
that there was a movement, towari
home in progress late yesterday. It
was expected the Federal authorities
would arrive at a decision today on the
question of declaring some form of
martial law in the counties of Kanaw
ha, Boone, Logan and Mingo. Drastic
proclamation, if one is issued, is .not
expected here. ,
TWO BODIES BROUGHT IN.
Logan, W. Va., Sept. 3. The bodies
of two men killed in the fighting on
Blair mountain yesterday were brought
here today. They were members of
theattacking forces, the authorities
said, but their identity was not dis
closed. Firing was resumed a short time be
fore noon, from a machine gun 'along
Crooked Creek. The defenders said
they had been unable to locate iU
EflADCHJUiG
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Holywood, Cal., Seept. 3: Going
downtown last week to buy a new pair
of fancy slippers, of which she is noto
riously fond, the recently maried Doris
May, at nineteen years one of the
screen's newest stars, saw several un
happy looking men standing in front
of an American Legion post building
heree. Upon inquiry shee learned theey
were World war veterans, jobless for
weeks and hungry for days.
"I just couldn't think of buying
things that I just as well get along
without with the look in the eyes of
those boys," she declareed upon entering
the Legion's clubrooms. "You take this
money that I was going to use to buy
those slippers and give them all a good
meal for me."
The young actress has started a cam
paign among her associates in the movia
colony here to have them "do away
with unnecessary frills and finery" while
the equivalent in money can be used
to better advantage in helping the un
employed service men.
Since Rev.- John W. Inzer, national
chaplain of the American Legion, an
nounced that he would perform wed
ding ceremonies without charge for
Legionaires who attend the national
convention of the Legion at Kansas
City, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, a Kansas City
jeweler has agreed to supply the wed
ding rings and a number of merchants
have announced that they would do
nate wedding presents.
Out in the Yakima Valley, Wash
ington, where they learn to ride horses
about the same time they begin to
walk, posts of the American Legion
have organized a polo league. The
towns of Yakima, Sunnyside, Wapato
and Mabton have., entered teams com
posed of Legion men.
Men from Oregon, Washington. Idaho
and California, who served in the army
during the World War, led the coun
try in breadth and stature, according
to a report of the war department on
soldiers' measurements.
A buffalo barbecue will be held by
members of the Sigourney. Ia., post
of the American Legion. TT,e Buffalo
for the occasion was purchased from
a rancher near Keota, la.
Frank Borveick, a farmjer living
near Canby, Minn., was stricken ill
just when his fruit and grain crops
were ready for harvest. Twenty mem-
STATE HIGHWAY
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had twenty-eight units formally organ
ized and recognized by the federal war
department on the first of September.
These units represent seven branches of
the service. A number of other units
are to be organized sometime during
the coming year, snd the adjutant gen
eral's oflfce is hopeful that conditions
will be such that they can be organized
and federally recognized during the win
ter months. Two additionil batteries
rf artillery are practically ready for
muster, but they cannot be taken into
the guard until authority is secured
from the war department.
All of the companies have had good
enlistments, showing a gratifying inter
est in the guard in this state. Many
of the companies had more than could
be carried to camp during the summer
months. The work in North Carolina
at the present time is somewhat fihoad
of the war department schedule for or
ganization of the guard in the different
states. Ncrth Carolica stands well in
the list for organization as compared
with other states in the southern crea
and. also in the whole nation. Some
other states have more men, but these
states have large cities where many
companies come from one locality.
ATTITUDE APPROVED
The stand taken by Governor Cam
eron Morrison in calling for some set
tlement of the textile workers troubles
in Cabarrus county has met with gen
eral approval of officialdom in Raleigh
and visitors who come here. They
do not want to see the troops snt back
to Concord, and do not behove 't will
be necessary if the officers of the coun
ty and the police of Concord will do
their duty.
The demand for the resignation of the
chief cf police is regarded as cntirely
proper, and many people here 1 clieve
the. sheriff should also resign or make
more effort to quell the disturbances fa
ther than calling on the national uuard
every time something turns up which
he does not want to handle.
LABOR ON DISARMAMENT.
Geneva. Switzerland. Sent. 3. (By
the Associated Press). Leon Jouhaux,
president of the French general reoper
ation of labor, who represents labor
on the disarmament commission of the
league of nations, has presented a res
olution for a special international con
ference on disarmament, at wnicn an
countries and all classes, including la.
bor, would be represented. He &lso
asks that supervision of the league 1
over armaments be extended .o private j
manufacture.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
Dunnin, pitching in the Industrial
League at Plainfield, N. J., pitched
17 scoreless innings and eleven con
secutive hitless Innings in a doublu
header. He was found for three hits
and two runs in the first game and
no hits and no runs in the second
game.
Brooklyn went back into first place
in the National League race.
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bers of the American Legion volunteer
ed to gather the harvest for their
stricken "buddy" who served durin
the World War.
Two hundred members of Hood
River, Oregon post of the American
Legion, headed by Governor Olcott of
Oregon, have completed a climb to th
highest point of Mount Hood ever at
tamed. -
An unusual military funeral in New
York last week was that of Robert
Bue, a Chinese member of the A. E
F.. who was killed in France fightin
with the 306th Infantry of the 77th
Division.. A military guard of honor
composed entirely of Chinese of the
On Leong Tong who served with Lhe
American forces, a regimental band
and representatives of the America
Legion were present.
When all the present members of
the North Shore post of the Amen
can Legion are dead, the post treps'ury
will have a fund of approximately
$180,000 accruing from insurance po
licies carried by the post members, eac
of whom has insured his life for $1,000
or more, with the post s.-s beneficoary
for half the amount of the policy.
Woman's
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Brogue
This is one of the new fall mod
els. It is very attractive. Made of
high quality calfskin in two tones
of brown. Has low walking heel and
welt sole.
$9 and $10
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36 East Trade St.
Pilgrims from all parts of the world gathered at the foot of the Rock
of Ages at Burrington Coombe. Somerset, England.
1 .PiljPmaSs to shrines and famous places are always more plenti
ful m the summer months, and it ia in August that the .Rock of Aes
Th rrfn f. vto- rock, which is situated
at Burrington Coombe, Somerset, England, is the one which inspired
the Rev. A. M. Toplady to write his world famous hvmn. The pC'
graph shows a scene taken at the foot of the rock with hundreds of nil-'
KLTabout.eVCry Part f thC WrW yisitin the famous Pt they have
BELGIUM TRIES
TO HELP CHILD
Development of Youth
Pushed as National
Health Measure.
Washington. Sept. 2. Belgium is
working out a program for the con
servation of childhood, according to in
formation reaching the Children's Bu
reau of the Department of Labor.
How intelligence, determination and
united effort triumph over conquest,
war and famine is vividly portrayed
in a paper read at the second Interna
tional Conference on the Protection of
Childhood, recently held in Brussels,
by Dr. Rene Sand, of the University
of Brussels, a copy of which has
reached Washington.
According to this paper, even during
the years of occupation, when the
government had left Belgian soil and
the only central co-ordinsMting agency
was the voluntary Comite National,
public health activities Avere started
on a hitherto unknown scale, and for
the first two years there was an actual
decline in infant mortality. Dr. Sand
accounts for this in part by the cessa
tion of industrial work for women.
RETARDED FULL YEAR.
"The average Belgian child was at
the time of the armistice, one full year
backward in normal development; the
weight of the average Brussels school
boy was three pounds below normal,
while the average school girl was
seven pounds below normal.
The first step in the medical recon
struction of industry was the estab
lishment of an independent Labor
Medical Service, which includes in its
functions the protection of expectant
mothers and nursing working -women
and the care of the health of working
children. The service immediately for
mulated a constructive program which
enlisted the co-operation of all agen
cies concerned in the promotion of
public health,, including the health of
working mothers and their children.
In the United States eighteen states
provide for the physical examination
of every child entering industry, but
no state has provided for examina
tions of working children at regular
intervals. Belgium has adopted the acl-
I vanced program of a medical examina
tion ior every juvfime nut laici liii;i
a month after it has entered an in
dustrial occupation, to be repeated
once a year until the child reaches
eighteen, and oftener in case of dis
ease. WORKING YOUTH PROTECTED.
Belgium has realized that health
protection in the community must go
hand in hand with health protection
in industry, and Dr. Sand emphasizes
the following points: General public
health work, child - welfare, housing,
the restriction of alcohol consumption
and education and recreation both for
adults and children.
A national children's board has been
established, which is maintained by
public and private funds. The child
welfare program includes the periodi
cal free examination of children under
three years of age, brought by their
mothers for examination; the establish
ment of free medical dispensaries for
expectant mothers, the diffusion of
i knowledge relating to infant health
and maternal nursing, and the super
vision of boarded out children under
seven years of age. The cost of child
welfare work is borne one-half by the
state, one-fourth by the province, and
one-fourth by the municipality.
SEATS TO IRELAND.
London, Sept. 3. The Weekly Na
tion expresses the belief that ther3
is no doubt that the British govern
ment intends to offer to Ireland the
right to a seat on the league of nations
and the imperial conference.
SPAIN BUYS MULES.
St., Louis, Sept. 3. An order for
1.400 head of mules involving $150,000
was placed here today by a represen
tative of the Spanish government. The
mules will be used by the colonial
army in northern Africa and" for do
mestic purposes.
REBEL LEADER ARRESTED
Calicut, India, Sept. 3. Ali Mudalier,
the rebel leader and thirty other Mop
lahs have been arrested.
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CONFERENCE AT
THEWHITE HOUSE
President and Weeks Dis
cuss the West Virginia
Situation.
Washington, Sept. 3. The situation
in West Virginia, where Federal
troops were taking their stations to
day in accordance with directions to
restore order and put a stop to the
mine disorders was discussed by Presi
dent Harding and Secretary Weeks at
a conference held shortly before noon
at the White House.
The nature of the subjects discussed
at the conference was not revealed but
it was presumed that the war secre
tary laid before the President the latest
reports from West Virginia. Whether
the question of declaring martial law
in the disturbed area was taken up
likewise was not disclosed.
Declaration of martial law was un
derstood to be - dependent on reports
and recommendation from Brigadier
General Bandholtz, commanding the
troops ordered into the State. The pro
clamation has been ready for promulga
tion for several days and its issuance,
it was stated today, will rest entirely
upon General Bandholtz's recommenda
tions, which, it was added, are not ex
pected until the troops reach their desig
nated stations.
Indications that the situation was
viewed by officials generally in an opti
timistic light was seen in the decision
of President Harding to carry out his
plan to spend the week-end and Labor
Day cruising down the Potomac and
in Chesapeake Zay. Secretary Weeks,
however, abandoned his plan to accom
pany the President and other high offi
cials of the AVar Department and offi
cers of the general staff cancelled en
gagements which would have taken
them out of the capital Sunday and
Labor Day
Prior to the conference between the
President and Mr. Weeks, Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and James Lord, presi
dent of the mining department of the
Federation, called at the White House
and spent some time in conference with
the President discussing the West Vir
ginia situation.
WILLIAM SPENDS HIS
TIME IN SOLITUDE
Doom, Holland, Sept. 3. (By the
Associated Press) Former Emperjr
William, of Germany, finds his almost
constant sta.te of solitude in exile sinca
the death of former. Empress Augusta
Victoria strongly oppressing him, de
spite his efforts to gain diversion
reading, walking, sawing wood and car
ing for his garden. The visits of rela
tives and friends have decreased great
ly. At 7 o'clock this morning Wlll'am
was seen walking in the park of hi '
estate. Some minutes later he appear
ed at the entrance and took a few
steps in the direction, of the village.
He evidently changed his mind, how
ever,' and went back into the grounds.
The only trip the ex-Kaiser, who sti l
walks briskly, but has the appearance .
of a man suffering from nerves, ever
takes, is to the home of Count von
Bentinck, his former host in Ameron
gen. The two men participated in tne
celebration of the birthday of Queen
Wilhelmina, of Holland, last Wednes
day. When some weeks ago the Duke and
Duchess of Brunswick spent a few days
in Doom the ex-Kaiser expressed a de
sire to have them live with him, but
the Duchess declined. The wife of Wil
liam's fifth son, Oscar, is expected 'n
Doom soon to stay a couple of weeks.
WANTS CHURCHES TO
AID DISARMAMENT
Cleveland, Sept. 3. A movement to
have all churches of the country open
one hour on the morning of Armistice
Day, November 11, for appropriate ser
vices "to crystalize public opinion in
support of the disarmament conference
which will convene in Washington that
Iday", has been started by the Na
tional League of Women Voters.
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser. of Girard,
Ohio, chairman of the committee on dis
armament of the league, today sent a
letter to President Harding, urging him
to issue a formal call to the churches
to co-operate in the solemn public de
monstration. Letters were also sent
to all national women's organizations
inviting their co-operation