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ALEXANDER EISEMANN
Alexander Elsemann, international
engineer and multi-millionaire, who
recently married Mrs. Harry James
of Atlanta, Ga., noted for her beauty.
INFORMATION IS SUPPRESSED
No Further Explanation Is Required
Than That British Envoy Sought
i Loan of Four Billion Dollars.
Washington. William Denman, of
San Francisco, first chairman of the
shipping; board, declared in an open
letter to members of congress that the
reason Arthur J. Balfour, former Brit
ish secretary of state for foreign af
fairs, failed to disclose to American
government officials the existence ot
the secret treaties between Great
Britain and Japan required "no fur
ther explanation than his quest for
the four billions of dollars" which
the United States loaned Great Britain
early in the war. ( -.1
Mr. Denman said Mr. Balfour ar
ranged "for these moneys" In May, 1
1917, when he was In this country as
Ihead of the British war mission. I
i "His protestations of deep friend
ship tor the interest of the United
States," wrote Mr. Denman, "filled
our press and warmed his auditors
in the halls of congress and at the !
tables where our hospitality waa ex
tended to him. While he was making ;
them the Ink was scarcely dry on the
last of the three notes constituting .
treaties, which, from a naval stand
point, destroyed the island of Guam,
probably our most valuable naval
base in the Pacific.
New Birmingham Dally. '
Birmingham Ala. The Advance Co,
ihave announced the publication ot
the Birmingham Advance as an after
noon daily newspaper beginning
January 24. The plant Is now being
Installed.
Foundry Officers Murdered.
Cleveland, O. W. W. Sly, president,
and George J. Fanner, vice president,
of the W. W. Sly Foundry Co., were
murdered by five pay-roll bandits who
escaped with $4,200 in cash after hold
ing up the two men At the company's
plant. . .,. Tgzr
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J' 1,470 Automobile Victim v
New York. Automobiles killed t
470 persons In New York state last
year, and of these fatalities 748 were
in New York city, the National High
ways Protective Association announc
ed, here.
Huns Expect Early Peace.
' Berlin. The feature of Germany1!
International relat:ons which is arous
ing keen interest on the opening of the
new year is the prospective early
peace With the United States-.
Mining Claim- Bill Signed.
Washington. The bill extending for
six monthB the time in which 1920 as
sessment work on mining claims can
he done was signed by President Wil
son. Caruso Resting Comfortably.
New York. The condition of Enrico
Caruso, opera singsr, confined to his
hotel here with pleurisy and empyema.
Was reported comfortable.
More Killing In Ireland.
Belfast. Twenty-five persons were
kllied .or died from wounds in Ireland
between becember 22 and December
29, covering the Christmas holidays.
Attack on Italian Army.
Rome. The discovery of a plot in
Milan in which the fasclstl (extreme
nationalist party) and anarchists are
alleged to have been preparing a Joint
attack on the Italian army operating
against Fiume is reported by the news
papers here.
General Harris Sentenced.
Washington. General Peter C. Har
k rls, adjutant general of the army, was
sentenced to ten diys In jail by Jus
tice Siddons of tlu District of Colum
bia supreme court for contempt at nis
(court.
O'AnnunzIa to Leave Flumo.
I Trieste. The protocol effecting set
itlement of the Fiuuie question has
een signed.
; Gatrl-le d'Annu:Jxio an! his', leslon
alres will leave Fturco witlna nvn lajs.
at was annouueed here.
Speaks to Question of Paying a Long
Overdue Claim of W5.0OO.O8O Ow
ing to the State of Columbia.
Washington. American conduct in
the negotiations for the construction
of the Panama canal, begun first wi.h
the republic of Columbia and latar
carried on with the revolution built
State of Panama, were "without Justi
fication and therefore indefensible,"
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado,
declared in the senate, speaking for
ratification of the treaty involving
payment of a $25,000,000 indemnity to
Colombia, which has been pending
several years.
He recounted the involved story of
tho diplomatic and commercial deal
ings of 1903 that finally resulted in
the canal's construction and charged
that President Theodore Roosevelt
"acquired the right of way for the
canal from a band of filibusters by
bartering for it the honor of the na
tion." "The only comofrt one gathers from
the shameful and sordid story is that
it finds no precedent in our history,"
he said in stating his conclusion. "I
trust that we may soon acknowledge
the wrong and make some reparation
lest it be invoked sometime to shelter
cr justify assault upon the integrity
of some week and helpless nation.
Decrees are Set Aside.
Washington. Federal court decrees
holding that the Clayton act in effect
legalized "secondary boycotts" by or
ganised labor, were set aside by the
supreme court.
The court hell in the case of the
Duplex Printing Press company of
Battle Creek, Mich., against the Inter
national association of Machinists to
restrain the latter from boycotting its
product, that the "immunity clause"
of the Clayton act oould not be
stretched to covr -illegal" acts of la
bor organisations. ' --u,
Joins the Plain Smiths.
New York. Alfred E. Smith, retir
ing governor of New York, ended a
twenty-two-year career in public life
when he shed his hat and coat in the
offices of the United States Trucking
corporation and went to work
chairman of its board of directo.-s.
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Anarchy In Armenia.
Constantinople. News from Arme
nia continues confused. The territory
of the Armenian soviet republic is the
scene of important military move
ments of Russian troops. The country
appears to be in a state of complete
anarchy; the bulk of the Armenian
army has taken to the hills and many
towns and villages are being looted.
, "' Planning a sick Spell.
Washington. A bill designed to
prevent the doctoring or adulteration
of the sick man's liquor was Intro
duced by Representative Tare, repub
lican, of Pennsylvania. Specifically
It would stop the manufacture and
sale for medicinal purposes of whis
key containing less than 45 per cent
of alcohol.
Surrender Much Material.
Pafts.ajMar8hall Foch's report on
Germany's disarmament, according to
The Temps, says that the Germans
have surrendered 41,000 cannon, 29,
000 unmounted cannon barrels, 163.
000 machine guns and barrels, 2,800,
000 rifles. 16,000 airplanes and 26,000
airplane motors.
Cone Reduces Wages.
Greensboro, N. C Cotton mills ot
the Cone interests, employing 8,000
workers, announced a wage reduction
of 25 per cent. The company also an
nounced a reduction of 25 per cent In
the prices ot merchandise bandied In
its stores, which supply the employes.
Hawaii's Crest Sugar Crop.
Honolulu, T. H. There are pros
pects for an enormous sugar crop In
Hawaii in 1921 with comparatively
low prices prevailing, according to
the Hawaiian Trust company.
Made Homeless by Earthquake.
Paris. Fourteen persons were alli
ed, 300 injured and 10,000 rendered
homeless by an earthquake which
rearly obliterated the city of Blbas
sah, Albania, accorling to an undated
despatch, . received here from the
American Red Cross at Tirana.
Seek Ways of Raising Revenue.
New York. Tax reform and, new
means of raising reve.iue will take
first place for discussion in at least
15 State legislatures now about to
open judged by lep.irts.
Toklo Is Seventh City.
Toklo. The figures of the recent
census show that Toklo is the seventh
cit? of the world with a population of
12,147,190. The population of Osaka,
' the sf c.J-.d city of Japan, is 1,248,069,
but if the suburbs ace included
i Osaka's population is 2,579,361.
"Nifty" is my name.
I have hired myself to the niftiest clothing store
in this town.
You will SEE me and my pet lamb in this paper
every week. We will remind you where to buy the
clothes you need.
REMEMBER when you see us (and see us you
MUST) that we mean good, "nifty" clothes for a low
price.
Fm going to work for
Dockery-McNair Clothing Co.
Outfitters for Men and Boys.
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Jf CAR as dependable as butane
transportation is important-no
matter what the weather. That is Buick,
and that is why Buick cars are in such
great demand in business everywhere.
The new Buick Nineteen Twenty One
models combine utility with beauty; re
liability for business with riding comfort
so pleasing in hours of relaxation.
A nation-wide Authorized Buick Service
guarantees initial Buick dependability.
Effective January J, regular equipment
cn all mudeL vail include cord tires
Richmond Buick Co.
j W. JENKINS, Prop. R. R. SIMMONS, Mgr.
BUICK
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If the Statute Deee Net Express the
Will of the People It Should Be
Either Changed or Repealed.
Marion, Ohio. The people of the
United States are going to learn what
prohibition means before the last da
of 1921. President-elect Harding, it Id
learned, is determined to enforce the;
Volstead act strictly, smiting viola
tors hip and thigh. It the law does!
not express the will of the people
Senator Harding believes it should !a
changed, but until it is changed it
should be obeyed as honestly as other
and older laws.
Enforcement will be accomplished,
if necessary, by the use of the United
States army, for the present situation
is considered intolerable. Chronic
violation of the law, in the mind of
the President-elect, can only result lir
the development of a national hypoo
risy that will degenerate into a gen
eral contempt for all law and all an
thbrlty.
Senator Harding la understood tc
believe now that If the law is enforc
ed the public will become aroused to
such an extent that Congress will be
forced to consider the eighteenth
amendment anew. He gave a hint ot
his feeling In his speech accepting the
-epubilcan presidential nomination.
; Big Business Events of 1920.
The big business events of 1920
jwere:
, One: The greatest crash in whole
sale commodity prices since 1873
.Caused largely by a buyers' strike
i Buying power of the dollar starts
j coming back as cost of living beg ins
.toppling.
' Two: Shrinkage of excess of ex
i ports over Imports with same speed
las our trade balance increased during
ithe war.
Three: Ending of government con
trol of railroads and coal, with a gen
'eral tendency back to private owner-
ship and away from governmental in
terference with business.
( Four: Intense credit Inflation which
led to frenzied speculation, was check
jOd by banks calling loans and makin
money tight. War profits and wa
! prices doomed as period of defiatlo
' begins.
j During 1920 wholesale commodit
I prices dropped an average of 35 pe
'cent. They now average lower tha
'when the United States entered th
war, but still are 56 per cent abovi
-prices August 1, 1914.
Senator Penrose Comes Back.
Washington. Senator Penrose, oi
Pennsylvania, prominent republican
leader, signalised Ms return to Wash
ington and to public affairs, legislative
and political by airing as Interview,
discussing tariff and other govern
mental affairs, receiving a few sena
tors, posing for motion pictures and
prspariag for active work in Con
gross, beginning this week.
Subject to Deportation.
Washington. So long as tho Rus
sian Soviet government seeks to stir
up insurrection against the govern
ment of the United States its mem
bers resident here will be subject tc
deportation, Secretary Wilson said in
,a letter to Charles Kecht, counsel for
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, soviet agent
in the United States now under sen
tence ot deportation.
Trade With Huns Increases.
Washington American trade with
Germany continues to '.inprove, the
monthly statement of the department
of commerce showing exports last
month of $35,061,000, as compared
with $23,044,142 in the same month a
year ago and imports from Germany
ot $7,577,688, as compared with $3,
212,831 In November, 1919.
! Four Drown In Gulf.
j Philadelphia. Clarence Oibbiney.
attorney for Grover C. Bergdoll, oon
Wictsd draft dodger and fugitive from
(Justice, and three other Philadel
Iphians, were drowned in the Gulf r-
Mexico, near the port of Chankin, on
the coast of Yucatan.
60,000 Matches Made.
Berlin. Reports received here from
Moscow, said communistic marriage
bureaus have been established and
that 60.000 "matches" have been
made through them to date.
i ; Senator ChamBeriatn Better.
Washington. Senator Chamberlain.,
nf Tit-oirnn. who underwent a second
1 operation, was reported to be restih,;
j well. His condition was said to be'
satisfactory.
Detective Gave Wrong Tip.
Geneva. M. Wader, a wealthy resi
dent of Bienne. Switzerland, has just
sued a detective agency for wrongly
recommending an immoral man as
bnahand for his daughter and has ob-
! talced a verdict of 140 pounds with.
the agenoj.