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ROANOKE EAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS Or THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS OVEN TEE NEWsITtKE SOUTH What H Taking ptac la Tka vt tan Will FwM la Brief Paragraph Deme-sti? Six de-Haviland plane left Elling ton geld. Houston. Tela, antler their power (or the Mexicaa border for enervation purposes. Six more plane ar to Wat later. and aa en listed personnel ot IS bi"B is to be eat I IU Paso fey rail. Two train rofebenc and thirteen bank bold up was the criminal re cord admitted by Cordon Favcett Hatuby. aim J. B. Allan, awaiting trial la New York City fr the wurdi r -if two nun when he robbed a llrock lya savings bank. Sealed ia hi cell, be told the reaiarkaM story of hit crtiues la aa Inn-crscnal and di;a ioBte toae, closing it nh a Jn'.ara (ob that he had so further interest la life except to be execu'ed a ied liy a possible. Arrested at Huntsville. Ala. with two other soldier and brought to Kashtille, Tena. Howard Moore, Zi of Mobile, Ala, winner of three medal and eleven citation for bravery, roo fessed that he and hi companion were the Biea who tied a local Uxi rab driver to a tree and took posses aion of his automobile. Moore served oversea with the Hath infantry for eighteen months. lie ient eight month in ths first line trenches, I ueasiue for the safety of Amer ican citiieas in northern Mexico i felt in CI Paso, Because ot the expe dition by United State troop into Mexico to disperse ViiU's force at tacking Juarex. it i feared Villa and hi men will attempt reprisal upon American person and property in th north ot Mexico. Mormon ofticial in El Paso and In Juarei are much concerned over reports that Villa is beadiug toward Caaa Grande. Chihuahua. This i near ths Mormon colony ot Colonia Dublan. where many Mormon fami lies livs. Several American mining companies la Mexico have ordered their Ameri can employee to leave for th bor der at toon a possible. Two thousand Yaqul Indiant havi been tent to I'arral by Gen. Manuel Digues, to reinforce that town, which was captured by Villa force on Eas ter morning Reports from Juarei that bitter feel ing existed between Americans and Mexican is denied by American Con sul General Edward A. Dow, who said he tad been courteously treated. General Cabell' statement here that Ui expedition to Juarei wat t closed Incident has been accepted at Iti face value and no further devel opments ar anticipated. Washington Wilson admitted that the labor con ditions In the peace treaty had been weakened, but ths American Federa tion of Labor, in session at Atlantic City, endorsed them, nevertheless. Arrest of 1,000 Chinese students at Fucbow by Chinese and Japanese military authorities is said in offficial circles In Washington to have resulted kiuui iuv Miu-rfat'aiieve uoycou grow' lng out ot the decision ot the peace conference on the Shantung ques tion. The menace bomb outrages still hangs over the county In the belief f officials of the department ot Jus tice. William J. Flynn, chief of the department'! bureau of Investigation, aid that he believed there were more "bombs to come," but said it was Im possible to say when the next attempt to create a reign of terror by ex plosions might be made. Ceneral hearings looking toward a general revision of the tariff will be tnrted bv the house wavs and mn. committee soon after July 4, Chair- man Fordney of the committee an- nounces at the close of hearings on the request ot the potash and dye : Industries tor protection. Announcements is made that Sec retary Baker has authorixed the re cruiting ot 26,450 mtn for service on the Mexican border. They will re place men who enlisted for the emerg ency and now eligible for discharge. Particulars of the action ot the United States troops in crossing the border at Juareg to protect the lives of American citizens, nave been pub lished In the Mexican City newspap ers without editorial comment. A resolution to interrogate President Carrania on the action of the Ameri can forces' was said to have received practically no support In the cham ber of deputies. Aauurlutu troops thai participated in the punitlva expedition againat th Villa rebels in and near Juarei. are now billetted in barracks and camps oa th Americas side atter twenty-tour hours ot campaigning. Seven ragged Mexican prisoners were herded to ' ward the Fort Bliss stockade by a de tachment ot the Filth cavalry while another cavalry detachment drove a herd of 100 captured Mexican borse and ponies to the remount station. It bag been unofficially stated that aporoxinrately fifty Villa follower werskilled la the recent scrimmage sand around Juarei. j THI MUSK RAT. Tbo musk rat, ax It name would In dicate, la a species of raL It is found nowhere bat In America. Its body Is shaped like that of the ordinary rat, bat Instead of the short, close hair et th land tpeciee, It ts covered by a thick reddlih-brown far, and because ft Uvea macs In the water It ba webbed toes. Although very awkward on land, It In lively and playful In wator, and to n great swimmer and Cnt, : Doom cf the daylight saving iaaara rated as a war measure. was pro tannced by distress, both senate aad house adopting By overwhelming vote Bieasure to terminal operation of the taw when tie period of summer time ends next October it The basse, following three hours' debate, by a vote ot ;jj to lit, passed a biU te repeal the law oa the Ust Susday ia next October, but rejected aa asuead ateat to make the repeal effective at once. The senate, by a vols f St to C after brief discussion added a rider to the agricultural approoria tioa bill providing fur repeal ot ths daylight measure en lb same dale fixed by the Boue bill German dye interests barred from France and Eng'-aad. look to America for disposal of their large surplus out let manufactured duricg the war. Jo pb H. Choate. Jr. counsel for ths Chenaical Foundation. Incorporated, told the bouse wa.i and nieans cvtu ; aiiitee ia urging a licains system : for the protection cf the American j dye industry. 'Something hi to be done to ui the dve inJustrv. and I Ul1( al.ne won t do It. he declared ' i Coder a resolutioa introduced by j Representative Fitzgerald, Democrat, Massachusetts, consress would "pn , le-t against any l.ague of nation mandate pier Mexico being given to Great Britain and express the feel ir.g that the United S'ale is am.dy ' able to take care ot an situatica that i may arise ia the neighboring ternlory j f Mexico The resolution was sent j to the foreign relations coiiiinatee. 1 Kstablishment of a biat line be tweea Mobile, Ala., and the west coast ot South America within the next few weeks, was announced by Assistant Director of Operations Tay lor, of the shipping board, after con ference with representative of the Mobile chamber of commerce. The delegation declared that at the post of , Mobile there Is cargo enough every sixty da to till 45 additional ships. The board will also hear the claims of New Orleans and several other South Atlantic port. Provision In the army appropria tion bill tor niainteflance of aa army of 400.000 officers and iren during the next fiscal year was tentatively acreed on by the senate military sub committee. The house bill, which was before the committee, reduced the site of the temporary arniy of S09, 00 i officers and men requested by the war department to 300.00". Considera tion of the bill wa virtually complet ed. "The Mexican government considers a closed the incident brought about hy the crossing of American troops into Mexican territory," said a state ment Issued here by General Can dido Aguilar, President Carrania- confidential ambassador to the I'ntted States. Announcement was made by , "'V. Lenoir; Amm Carson Duncan, the state department that American I fc: Rtrl Kugene Pittman. FUk officials in Mexico had made strong j '-'"d: Frtnk Leonard Ray. Wake Fnr representations to the Mexican go-j 'st- Willart Milo Strickl and. Wo ernment for the protection of Amer.-' Dentil graduate were: V'ctor cans In the disturbed areas ot that country. With few dissenting votes, the sen ate naval committee decided to rec ommend an Increase in the naval avia tion fund for 1920 from $15,000,000 to $15,000,000, a requested by Seer ury Daniels. European The definite provision for Germany . admission to the league ot nations. which Is made in the revised treaty, i, oddly enough, tucked away in a section dealing with the disarmament of Germany. Copt. John Alcock and Lieut Arthur W Itmwn thai g trmttti wihn malA eh hrgt .io, flight from North Amer- lea to Ireland, were entertained at luncheon at the Hotel Savoy la Lon don by the Daily Mall, at which the transatlantic prize of $50,000 offer ed by the newspaper, wat presented to the aviators. It Is announced thai tue king has conferred the order of the knigh tot the British empire on Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown. The demonstration against members of the German peace delegation, ap parently had its Inception in the crowd's Interpretation of some gesture oy a uerman upisi or secretary as a provocative act. The throwing of 8t0Des nd oricks wnlcn truck the two German,, occurred a the auto- mobl,es of th Gennana passed ,hr0ugh chesnaT. Roquencourt and BaiUy' uburban Points, on their way to the railway station at Noisy el-Rol, Unrest among Canadian soldiers In England because ot continued post ponement of homeward sailings culminated In an attack by 400 Cana dians on the Epsom police station. Several policemen were wounded, one so seriously that he died. The pur- pose of the attack was to release a ' Th'" ,'-,al rM0r"-M mount to $194. Canadian soldier who had beeu ar j 992 602- Th mmary shows thst de rested. To avoid further trouble, the I pos!ts "b,ot t0 ch"ck Increased $!. police released another Canadian l!5nMS1: ,!m certificates of deposit whom the mob was not interested. During the last few days there has been trouble in the Canadian camp at Whitley where the soldiers burned huts and did other damage, according to reports. The king and queen of the Belgians said goodbye to President and Mrs. Wilson after a day ot functions and sightseeing that taxed the energies ot every Individual in the American party. The president made three speeches and an extended tour ot the battlefields, attended a luncheon and a formal dinner by the king. Had there been any doubt relative to the feeling between Americans and Bel gians, It was removed In the chamber of deputies when the president was warmly applauded by the members and those gathered In the gallarlea. WELL-PRESERVED STAKES Some of the piles in use In Amster dam are three to four hundred years old. That part which Is not In the ground In salt water Is often bored by a pile worm near the surface, but Is preserved by driving In Balls with very large heads, so as to give the pile an Iron coating. This coating la then transformed by the water Into a lajer of rust, which protects tbe wood from the pile worm. This process must ba repeated every ftftern " HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers fUG HI III FIEIC EGHOQL VPORTANCE OF THE MATTER sfloccKT sauARrtv up to the summer schools. M,t Miry SnotwtiL Now WHN Ws Loin 0tixi,t.9n of Fi'tn Ftdtral R- 0 tnct Nov en Tour. Rilegh. I Hrooki, uper;n:endeit cf i I r. E. C. 'u 1 " iustracti-.a. is call.ui utieatioa i : u nciors ot i..;e aud county sat: i-ier scumlj of N.irth Carolina to Cm tnr.it ca'iipUKa ia the puMc -i Hvis being prjmoted by the aa t.o'ul con rtimeni. Letters g.i.ng out Kiui h.s o.T ce e.nphaaue the purp.vse thncMd: to give the ch.ld a br ad understanding of the specific f wts and underlying pr.nciples of r;t; t tr.Jn the child in ha'i.t.i f con so r v .tioi and w se use of all of hi ie-i!in-o; to create through the schools 4 puldic sentiment iu favor of thr.ft ird economy. Mis Miry S'lotmell. now with he W-r l.un Orc'iaigitKia of the Fiftft FcderJ H vierve District, in the work .f rc)uriKiig thr.ft thr-urh the ohi!s is now on a t Mir of h- sum mer si nili of N.irth Cardina. Siie 'ia already h id concrete examples of low tlie thr ft idea can m ike itseir felt. Tar H-els Gft Diplomas. F rteen North Carolinians were In eluded n the list of graduates i.f th Med cil Collegi of Virginia. wNo -e- "ived d td inias at the Actdemv of Music. Rithmond. Va. Seven griilu fed in medicine as follnwi: Jnhn Gr-dy Dooe. Cans; Robert Hull Conn lrs Bc'l Wakefield; Ruddph Burn! Stvaw Hill; Mathew Futrell. Conway; 'rby Howard Hall. Zehnlnn; William Henry Lew!. Jr, Atk'nsun: Ernest Fredericks Pope, Coates; Ollle Le Premell. Ahboro; Thoma Avery I'tiiVrhill. Wendell. It was snnninced that Charles Lee Vane, of Peechland. N. C, and Wil I'am Cl d Osts of Grover. V. C. will receive dinlomis from th Vnrth Pim. nn!l Mdral Collere. They have hen trar-'e-rert to this city to complete their work. Of 13 But Eight Survive. MaJ"r W. A. Graham, commissioner of agriculture, has hern digclng into the past ra!n. Apropos of alumni day at the State t'nlvfrslly. Major Graham brought out an old sutograph' The mslir was a msmber of the cla? of '60 until 1S5!, when he went north to finish at Princeton He has nlwnys knt up with his former class msfs. however. There were 93 in the class, he ssld. ?.5 heing from other States. Of the ent e number, 92 entered the Confed erate armies. Of that group. SI were k'lled or died from wounds received in action. Eht of the number are still living. Milr Orahprn's record. They are: ClMi'n S VI Aleiander Charlotte- n p. Btdlock. Vane cruntv: C. K Orar. Pa! sh: C. H. Heigh. E. J. Hale ana r W. Pparre. Favttiv(ll; 8 E. Gay. M'sisirn1; E. S. Mirt'n. Wllming- tnn. and John H. f norpe, Rocky Mount t Binks Show Great Gains. A net gain In resources of $41,738, 1 07? Is shown In the summary of the I condit'on of State banks in North Car olina for the past year In a statement issued by the corporation commission. So 617 041; savings deposits $3.16187$. The summary shows deposits subject to check amounting to $78 975.256; savings deposits $30 fSl 031; time cert'flcate of -deposit $20 05 400. The total capital stock is $13,362,27$. an ncrnae of $555.64. Overman Park Amendment. Senator Overman has secured the adoption by the Senste of his amend ment to the agricultural appropriation bill for the allotment of $2,000,000 to "ontinne the purchase of land for the ppulachian Park ot Western North Carolina. The measure Insures the vmtinuance of the policy to perpetu ity and develop the Immense wood 'and domains of Buncombe, Mitchell nd other western North Carolina ottr.ties, whose wealth of timber and escurces invites government support nd designation. '1?re Recent Casualties. Washington (Special). Names of Vnrth Carolinians In the latest cas ualty list of the American Expedition IT forces are: Private Luther Dalton, Statesvllle, '!ed from accident. Private Lott O. Underwood, Jones 'I!e. wounded severely. Sergeant William James Croora, V'llard, wounded slightly. tn the "current casualties" Bulger ''tries Rndd. of Reldsvilte. IS reported 9 having died of accident or other a r-; .-et aewii svrt.c ba leua :s.-acd at Cvraell l a ver ty. ia New Yo. Sute, X. Yorx tLaa t Hind a denand far hiy ia the S mtV Hly a c !5ipany h s-Jx is tae .::c t:s: New lra, N. C- Lv ciaia. tia, and Um Vy V;"U.-.t, X. C. ,i:w.er si.;i..e..is aae also be-a miue i to ot'.ier p-' nts.' Tae pr.ces real's 4 on the hy rang ed frn ::.5i to $;j a t. a N. ;n t tiia a pretty howt vdi? i-k t.e n!i'"ji'a ii work. r iA ti-e State i oii. ee and le sr;ntt t Ar c:.l:itre. New York farmers are I , t i3 a ton t. la. m"lve. w.u oi oie f t short! grow a -aon . (lie 1 1 n.t.-nt Stsie. N.irth Cer.diba. a nxt- m i tr is c tinti v and w.ta au .-.II t'le liearri.unl grv t.t e.s..n. piling New Y.Tk tanitrs i'S a t.a for hiv. IwacB it is cue if the ejiest growa I af d eas.est handled crop l-al tae ' Slate kucw. Aa ecou m c study ot the hay situa tion ia North Carolina reveals the fact thut thoiijih we tntrased our acre.tte iur ng the l..t three y ar by UJ.O t cr . the tcreage tor I'Ai wis only 'HVO'W. On this area, .-.Sl.(0 t;m were produced, worth, according to a recent study of thi subject, fH.Siit. "VW. In spite, however, of thi in creased acreage, litis known ralue o the hi'y crop, farmer from all sec tion of the State import h. y hy the carload. It i true, say the extension work ers, that g.i! cold c.th can be real x ed on c "tton and t.ihacco. but what is tl.e ue of spend. ng this rash, for f ind and feedstults grown cut of the State, when these can b produced abundant ly within th State. As. Dt. Kaapp h:is sa d. "the S ,te sh Mild first buv a ticket for home before pHinping oa the cotton and tobacco gam'do. North Carolina Casualti, Wuhincton I Special l. Name rt 1 North Carol nia n In the latest c I ualtv I st of the Am Tican exyed.tion- ary fen-e are: &vi-..ii vv .iiaa i i.i.t tv v Boa man H'ik..ry; Privates W. E. Rry son. Balcni; O. R. Holder. ILgh Point; CharVs Watson. Trplett; Ju 1 en Wood. Jr., Edertton; Jefferson Pone. St. Paul; Jo. Burton. Iler.der son; W. E. Poind -iter. East Bend; A. L. Dixon. Haw River; J. L. S. Roark. Grover; Wdey W.lliams. Wake For est; M. G. Woodhouse. Grandy; Jss. Barnes, Aurellan Springs; Edgar L. Wod, Thnniaivtlle; J. W. Smith. Ra leigh; Mark Woodie. Tlney Creek. Slightly Wounded E. P. Tolar. Fay etteville; C. B. Teague, Granite Falls; G. H. Fuquay. Randleman; A. L. Shu, Charlotte; J. W. Mort3n. Wilmington; W. W. Pollock. Trenton; C. A. Watts. Tobaccoville; E. D. Hale. Wlnton; W. G. IMiir.gsworth. Mount Airy; R. U Wetherington. Kinston; C. E. Bray. Morritt; Jesse Wood. LaG range; Day ton Roherson, Frosty; J. B. Mintum, Aulander. Died of Diiease Claude H. Davis, Ransonvllle. After On Million Dollars. North Carolina soon will be almost $1,000,000 richer If the Stye Tag Com mission surceeeds In collecting thi amount as inheritance tax from th Reynolds estate in Winston-Salem. Ac cording to figures submitted by tbe management of the estate, the Tax Commission Is assured ot about $760,- 000 from the heirs of the Winston-Salem magnate. The commission, bow ever, ti rough special agents, la work lng with a view ot getting a million dollars In taxes.' The Reynolds estate Is valued at $15,000 000 in the financial statement to the Tax Commission. The commis sion thinks the estate Is worth more than ths stated value. Special agents and the attorney of the Inheritance tax division now are working on the prob lem of ascertaining the true value of the estate. Many New Nurses. Nlnety-s:x nurse, graduating by hospital training schools of North Car olina. successfully stood examinations at Raleigh, May 2S. 27 and 28. before the State board of examiners. One hundred and five nurses took the ex am'nations. Miss Rosa McCorkle. of Alexis. N. C graduate of Watts hospital, of Dur ham, made the highest average, 95ty per cent, if was stated. Miss Drunllla Tonng. of Bessemer City, graduate of Clarence Barker Memorial hospital, of MaJtimore. Md., was second. Horn NurtHe Court. Arrneemenfs were completed at the Stale College Summer School for fe pffrifr rf a ?4-lson course In home nursing by the Summer School and th rd Cross. Mm. William Grime, president of the RMelgh Chapter of the Red Cross, and Mrs. C. R. Barhee. chairman of the department of home nursing, pre sented th plans agreed upon, togeth er with their recommendations. A hundred or more students at the school hiv declared their intentions of taking the course. New President of University. Dr. H. W. Chase, chairman of the (faculty of the University since the death of Dr. N. H. Stacy, was elected president of the University of Xorth Carolina, at Chapel Hill, to succeed the late Dr. E. K. Graham. The trus tees had been In session since naon. with one hour recess for dinner and the election came about S o'clock. Sup porters of others proposed for the presidency turned to Dr. Chase as soon 1 aa tbe majority centered on him and the election was mad an an I m out. GARLOAO CATTLE BOUGHT RECENTLY CLUS IS O'CANIJCO CATTLE EXPECTED TO DS A GREAT SUCCESS. iDUESS :,D STCCS 01115 Th s WitJt Otee Frsjtctte FureSast Wilt Grstiy Rsfiev tl F.-tStnt Shortage id Mdk Supply. W luinrtcn The People's Saving ft.rik of tais t-;ty ha fiaanced a car load of bl.mtt d Cvernscy cows i r farmer In t;,e Castle Hayne .-ctii:-. of the county, f. llowiuf ie flaancir.g of a pig club ia the i.unty by tvic V.MniiBRton Sivinys 41 Trust C m pan.v. Tiie latter venture turcel out to be aa jmirij aurcess, fl waciali; and otherwise, and the People's Baak scheme pormise not ouly i;i trov Hi d.iiry cuule. but Incrensfd m Ik s :t r'T. wh', h is badly seeded here. 15 -tn venture were h: n I ed thr utsh t ' farra fxtension erva under direc tion of County Agent J. P. llerrin -,. New Dances Oubbtd Immsrel. Asheville Charqing th .t d mre which are being d m by tae dancing set of the city are abs.ilu'eir d '! ins. Immoral and dreadful " a co-i m ttee of women, reire-ienting the city federation of women' clu'is mi beaded by the president and ot'irr rf fleers of that organ iition epne.ir-d before the city c imii;u!oners and asked that such dTnce be stopped. The ludio charge that at on of the hotels of th city a crowd cf dineers wis put out of the h tt be cause of the way in wVrh thev d meed and thnt they went to a public dmr hall Immed's'ely sfter and danced f 'r everal hours. Th stat thit thev have hesrd many "dreadful th'ns-" about the dances and k the ronim'? sioaers to make i i Investigation a' oace. Hosiery Mill la Burned. Burllnpttnn Msny people wer rnud from their slumhers. whe" lightalng struck the Sellers' h.isirr" mill, located near the business crter of this place, during an electrlcil storm. The b'g brick building is al most a complete loss, th damage amounting to between $30 000 ani $40,000. wh'ch Is only pirtially cover d by Insurance. Th machinery Is badly damiged and It Is doubtful if It ran be salvaged. Owing to the electrical storm, the lighting plant waa put out of comn's slon and In the darknen It was diffl cult to fight the fire. Hospital at High Pelnt High Point A real Mtate deal hs been consummated which assure! the erection of a modern hnap'tal In tV city within a very short time. Th real estate In question, on which th new Institution will be eonstructed. I situated In the heart of the city, ly'i adjacent to the Greensboro road. T1"' consideration Involved hat not bee" made known. Profit-Sharing Plan Proposed. Winaton-Salem. Representatives of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com'v at a meeting of 600 foremen, outlined th preliminary details of a pr". sharing plan which the comrnnv eg pects shortly to put In effect It ' expected the plan when fully mtturd w'll materially Increase the earnings of the company's employes, Compensation in Europe. Kinston. Even being left In Eurone when most of the "fellows" have re turned home has Its compensations, according to McDanlel Lwis. first lieutenant In the 11th Infantry, who writes friends here that many of the Sammies overseas are Jak'ng advan tage of the reiaxed restrictions on travel to tonrWh parts of the conti nent as thy can. Numerous leave areas are being closed, and Hrussl seems to have turceedtd Psrls as ths mMl popular place to "go by way of." "However, I went by Paris a month ago." Press AssoclM'on Meeting. AsheviHe. On Jnlv 7, id I af Grove Park Inn th vntenth an nual convntion of the Southern News psper Publishers' Association w'll hold forth. At the asm I'm, con tinuing for one day. ths Southern di vision of the Associated Press. xcn tive bosrd of A. A. A. A., souther" council A. A A. A., and Southeast Advertlslng Agents' Aioclatton, w'H hold their annual convention. Th latter convention win hold forth for one or more dsyi of ths time occupied by the S. N. P. convention. Southpsrt Honors VtUrane. Bouthport. Before one of the larg est crowds that ever assembled K Brunswick county. Lieutenant Dover nor O. Max Gardner delivered a st'r ring address to the Confederate v' erans. vetenns of the 8nin!sh-Amr' can war and returned sold'ers fr the world war. His address wss strong one and appealed to th crow fudging from the applause during after the address. In the afternoon State Con"' Woodtts Kellnm delivered an ed"" aud the first flag unfurling took SENATOR SIMMONS OUT ON WAR PATH USURPATION CF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY BY DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS MUST STOP. COTTON PRICES ENDANGERED Hereafter Actie by Any DM t Calculated ta Hals! Dotam er Lower Prices Will Be Lsektd Inta. Washington. Senator Simmons ttV- 4 his ammunition bag with hand grenades aad went after officers uf government bureau that are nied tiling with cotton. The war trad board aroused his ire. Senator 9 mmon served aotk-e oa the floor of the east that the usur pation cf legislative authority by ex native departments aad bureau had to cease. On ot the partk-atar thing which roused the senator, was a report that Germany ia. at thi tim very anxious to purchase. Immediately upon the agning of th peace treaty a very large amount of cotton, per- hap a much aa one million five hun dred thousand bale. According to the report, on of the executi depart ment cr bureau contemplated issu ing certain order that would restrict Germany purchase of cotton In mll quan tine at a time, at periodical date. Senator Smmon 1 determined that heresfter any action of any department calculated to hold down the price of cotton and restrict the freedom of trad In thi great (outh era taple, shall be subject to th closest scrutiny and any unauthorised attempt to lay restrictiona upon th cotton market should be called promptly to account. At the conclusion of Senator Sim mon' speech, in a colloquy which he had with Senator Fletcher, of Florida, it was disclosed that in th matter of freight rates btwen American ports and the foreign ports the South Atlan tic States are verv grrwsly discrimi nated against. Senator Simmon' dander la up. AN APPEAL FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SECRETARY DANIELS Washington. President Henry Breckenridge. of the Navy league, ap pealed to Sherman Butler, of the bouse committee on naval affairs, for protection for his organisation agtlnst Secretary Daniel. In a lengthy letter he replied to an attack mad on th league by Mr. Daniels two weeks ago. "We are imbued with no malice against Mr. Daniel." said Mr. Brack enridge. "but following out the In alienable American right of petition, w do petition, so tar as you may 'be abl to protect us as American c al ien from the unjust application of the power ot an official of the execu tive arm of the government, who by all our traditions it a servant of the people and not a master ot tbe peo ple." WASHINGTON RECEIVES NEWS WITH PROFOUND SATISFACTION Washington. News that the Ger man delegation had been Instructed to sign was received by officials hers with profound relief and satisfaction. Reports of violent dissensions among the various Oermna elements and of powerful Influence working to com pass tbe rejection ot the treaty, even at the cost of tn entente military oc cupation ot Oermany, had cauaed an prehension In some quarters thai even at the last moment the negotia tions might fail. GERMAN SIALORS SHOT BY THEIR OWN OFFICERS Thurso, Scotland. German sailors wer shot by their own officers when they attempted to obey the commands ot the Rrltish offtenrs to return to their ships and shut the seasncki. This statement waa made by Lieuten ant Nuttall, of tbe steamer Alouette, who reached here from Sea pa Flow. SENATE ADOS S4O.0O0.0OO TO AIR SERVICE APPROPRIATION Washington. Taking up the $S8. 000,000 annual army appropriation bill and continuing Its consideration at a night session, the senate tentatively approved an appropriation of $55,000, 000 for the army air service, an In crease of $40 000.000 over the amount voted by the house. Although the army bill was under consideration inn progress wai made, action upon many commutes amendments being deferred. 44 HOUR WEEK FOR WORKERS IS PRESENT MECCA OF LABOR Atlantic City, N. J. The American Federation of Labor at the cloalng set Ion her ot Its minus convention, nledged Itself to obtsln a grneral 44 hour week for workers In all crafts throughout the United States and for employes In the government service. The demand was based on a determln atlon to prevent unemployment, which the delegates delcared Is one of the two primary causes of Industrial un rest SIXTY ARE REPORTED DEAD'AS RESULT OF RECENT TORNADO Fergus Falls. Minn. Telephon communication from Fergus Falls and the nearby storm stricken territory f other cities in the state has been re stored and over the telephone Adju tant General W. T. Rhlnow gave an estimate of (0 dead from the recent awful tornado. ' Work ot searching the debris whic marks the sites of nearly 400 home and stores will be completed by mid night General Rhlnow said. GERMANS AGREE TO SIGN THE TREATY BIS FOUR DECLINES TO AGREE TO FURTHER ALTERATIONS IN THE DOCUMENT. KAISER MUST SIMQ TBIAL 100,000 American Traope Will Ait la IvIm of Hm Territory n? Orar to Advance la Given. Berlia Germany win iga the peace treaty ot th allied aad asocl ated powers. The aatioaal aeahlr by sot of 237 to 114. decided to siga. Tbe assembly also voted roe 8 tear ia the new goverameat of Herr Bauer 33 la tJ. Before th vote of ronRdearw waa taken, Herr Bauer, th aew premier, declared that the government would sirs th treaty, but without acknowl edging the responsibility of th Ger man people tor th war aad without accepting the obligation contained l article !!7 lo It ia th treaty relat ing to the trial of th former emperor and the extradition of other German personage. Pari. The council of four baa defi nitely rejected lh German suggestion that further alteration be m&de In the pear treaty. Th council received four note front the German, which ar supposed to aav been prepared la advance and were held to await advice from Wet mar on the' result ot th meeting of the assembly. President Wilson went at oni to th residence ot Premier Lloyd George, where th council took up consideration ot the notes. Coblem More than bait a mllHom allied soldier la th occupied areaa are ready for a further Invasion of Germany. The troop concentration ordered by Marshal Foch ha been completed up and down the Rhine, and every detail ha been worked out tor an advance. In th event that Ger many doe not accept the terms. Evea orders to th civilian popula tions, printed tn French. English and German, as framed by Marshal Foch. are ready for distribution In the dis tricts and tillages taken over by the. allies. One order In the military regu lation ays that any house from which civilians may fire upon the marching troop (hall be burned Im mediately. Another order provide for the requisitioning ot the railways, telegraphs, telephones and other utili ties at well aa those emnloyed In these services. About 100.000 Ameri cans will move forward it th final or der com. KNOX RESOLUTION HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR THE PRESENT Washington. Senate leaders oppos ing the league of nations abandoned their plan to try for a teat vote In the Immediate future on the Knox resolution, and turned their attempts to crystallising aentlment behind Ellhir Root's proposal that th league cove nant be ratified with reservations. The decision was taken as a fore cast that th league fight would re main In a quleirent state during the coming week and probably until th treaty is submitted for ratification. Leagu supporter hav maintained all along that they had aulffclant otee to defeat th reiolutlon and Senator Hitchcock, aenlor Democrat ot th for eign relations committee, said be nev er had expected that the measure- would be brought to a roll call. "I am not at all surprised," saltf Mr. Hitchcock, 'at the disastrous fail ure of the Knoi resolution. It haar disappointed Us friends and divided the Republican party." LIFE OF NEW CABINET DECLARED PRECARIOUS London. Commenting on the pre carious life of tbe new cab!nF, once peace la afgned. th Reuter corre spondent In Berlin says that a mere accident er a few abstentions may at any moment result In Its defeat as the centrist and socialists enhloc. nn which It depends, commands only MR out of the 423 deputies. HUN FLEET AT 8CAPA FLOW COMPOSED OF 71 VESSEL London. When tbe German high est fleet surrendered last November and was taken to Scapw Flow, It com prised nine battleship, five battle cruiser, seven light crullers and SO destroyers. As far as Is known, air the ships are still nt Scapa Flow. Th battleahlps at Reaps Flow arat the Kaiser, KalseHn, Kotnlg Albert, Bayern, Markrrsf, Kronnrlni Wllhelm, Prlnsregent laillpold, Orosaer Kur furt and the Prederlch der Oroee. QOMPER8 RE-ELECTED HEAD OF FEDERATION OP LABOR Atlantic CHy. Samuel Oompersi was re-elected president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor at the orgaav liatlon'i convention and was voted a salary of $10,000 a year. One radical voted againat the reelection of Mr, Oompers and a handful of delegate sat In their chairs while the rest staged a demonstration m honor of their leader who said his election wis organised labor's answer to It t re ducer and opponents. CHICAGO MAN KILLED BY THE BOLSHEVIK Vladivostok. Walter Keller-man, of Chicago, waa killed and C. H. Batoa eler, of Kansss City and Cheater BnrV t of Antlgo, Wis., were captured In at' fight between IS troops and $00 bol shevlkl June 13 one mile to the north of Vladivostok. Burt was later released baring: bean given note laying that Batch -ler would be freed only upon tbe re lea of ill bolshevik prisoners. Burl Mid Batch alar was betag weU treated,
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