North Carolina Newspapers

IMPORTANT HEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPNINO OF TMI AND OTHCR NATION FOP! IVtN DAY. QIVIN THE NEWS "oFtHE SOUTH What I Taking Piaea in Th tent, land Will Fauna la rlf Paragraph Foreign- Turkty is stnppid if ;:;;;.i:l.. ail her territory iu Kmvpe, liit r-;.utn the suvnj plans by tie treat new being completed by mc iiiiiv..ic .-i foreigu ministers and aiubu.-sad.ns ia London. Manuel Gonzales, b-aiicr of ihe Mex ican bund hiu shot and killed Au gustus Morrill, formerly consul al Munzauillo, uu February 'i. lias been killed by pursuing Rovernnu-tu troops, according to sc-un-otfa. i.tl ;-t.u uo-nis issued tit Mexico City. A bomb exploded under ilio pon h ( the American consulate u .turuli. seriously damaging the huildms. but injuring no one. Police authorities are believed to have seeurd lines as to the guilty persons. The London Kvening Standard states that the allied supietnc voun ill has decided to allow Germany to launch an international loan, because it w recognized that Germany ruined would mean a weak and dangerous spot in Europe. The loan, the news paper says, would take precedence over any indemnity payments Germa ny is called upon to make. V. O. Jenkins, former Vmted States consular agent at i'uebla, whose per mission to act in that capacity was recently revoked, is to lie expelled (rom Mexico in consequence of his alleged dealings with rebels, accord ing to insistent reports in Mexico City. The I'nited States embassy has hand ed a new note to the Mexican foreign office relative to charges preferred in an interview with Julio Mitchell, prosecutor of the stale of I'uebla, which involve procedure followed by the embassy during the progress of the Jenkins case. Serious riots at Munich and Straub ling, Germany arising from demands for complete freedom iu the distribu tion of foodstuffs are reported. A Dublin dispatch to an English pa per says the Irish situation is chang ing remarkably. It is stated that at least two hundred thousand nun are prepared to commit murder at any hour of the day or night. The Greek legation in l'aris Las made public a teltgram announcing the slaughter of a large number of Greeks and Armenians uy the Turks in JLodosio, sixty miles northeast o. Gallipoli on the sea of .Marmora. De tails are lacking. The Chinese premier has resigned, and a new cabinet will he formed under Gen. Chin Vun Pong, former acting premier. The cost of the principal articles of food in England rose iu January to l.'iti per cent above the pre-war .evel. All allied countriis will be (ailed upon to develop to the utmost then productive forces and advised that laws improving the conditions of all workers must be applied to that end, in a manifesto prepared by the eco nomic section of the supreme allied council at Parts. There is fear in Spain that Cath olic parish priests will strike, and the government is urged by the bishops to adopt conciliatory methods and also incraese stipends for the aged and in fir mclergy. Former Premier Asquith has return ed to active service in the British par liament as the result of his recent election to represent the Paisley con stituency. Charles Garvice, one of the fore most British novelists, whose books were read by the entire English-speaking world, is dead. He was a prolific writer and devoted his abilities to depicting affairs of the heart. The Leyland line steamer, Bohemian, bound for Liverpool from Boston, with 1S4 passengers on board, went on the rocks forty miles east of Sambro, N". S. Tugs rescued the passengers and carried them to port. Washington- It was learned at the white house recently that there is no present plan lor the president to leave Washington. His physicians believe that he will be more benefited by remaining at home than he would be by a sea voy age or a trip to some resort, as he can best follow out his desire to keep in intimate touch with official busi ness with the least expenditure of en ergy. It is expected that the necessary mil itary orders for transferring tha head H!r1ri of the Southenstern tl-ptirt-raeut to Atlanta from Charleston will be issued shortly according to Sena tor Harris. Washington awaits with new expec tancy a word from the white bouse on the treaty of Versailles. Once mora the center of interest in the great conflict has shifted from the capitol to the executive mansion. The fate of the treaty rests not with the senate, if it ever did, but with Presi dent Wilson. Investigation has shown that prac tically all of. the 300 and more Ameri cans killed In Mexico during tbe past few years by Mexicans were killed by I'nited States-made bullets. Definite steps have been taken to ward settlement of the railroad wage controversy which has been pending since last August. Representatives of railroad workers, with the exception of, one group, agreed to co-operate with the government and tbe rail roads in giving a trial of the new transportation act, with iti arbitra tion' clause. Both Il puK:. an Tv- -,. . ratit seiiat.-is. wj.o r a -. iri ..-..is. ag'.u h.i . fi!.::!.' I .:; .iu ;:.; tr save the p. !;. ,- -, .., h ii . ; ; t ii.lo a ..-.u:.... k -t r V'n:e X res-Ta: lei: A i'..e ;.t- t.ot fo: a (.! ght i i.!-ti. j't.tn of ;r,,. oriental reservation around whuh .: '-t of tfce tumult vert!' pat t ha t. -:i e ntered Leaders of both parties m the house have determined at this session of con gress, despite d ni;nd by organiza tions of srvne men for bomisis, vo cational "ii.ii at ton. farm and home loans. The position of these leaders is thai the value of the I.irge amount of Liberty bonds outstanding would be jeopard. .'d b the tss iatiee of ad ditional bonds iiecess.irv to finance any of the sobl'.-r a;d programs which i.t'.l for tinar.ii.il outlavs ranging from two bi.'.'.on to sixteen billion del !a.-s. An iiir.i.ed'.iite billion dollar reduc tion m f.d.iul laves was sugne.-ted m a statement issued ui W.ishirgtou by Wilham C Mi Adoo. former seen tary of the treasury. He s.ivs the present tax burden is too great and is having an ir.itmotis ettort on business 1:1 gen era!, lb' proposed that eel'.eition of a tax to establish a sinkn.c fund for the retirement of the war debt which was recommended by former St -e ret a iv Glass to begm with the fiscal year It'Jd. be postponed for two years, and that the deterred payments of Euro 1 an iiitcrn-t be funded until Europe is m position to pay Us interest i lunges. Senator Ransiiell of l.i"i.sriui to gether with S iii.oi Hoke s'nui of Georgia and oti"t senators are i re pa ring to make a strong fight before the senate c nr.nnttee on a.'iii ruliura to secure libe'iil appropna'iou fir tna eradication u. i'.c pink worm. l'ein V. unifiers, an Am taati tit inen, nas been 'nOnappej by Mexican rebels at Salini Cruz. Mexico a cord ing to n dispa'd to the statn depart ment from thai city. Lester II. Woolsey. solicitor of tha state department under Robert Lan sing, has resigned to take effect oa April 1 or earlier. The American Legion will soon be gin an aggressive campaign to seeura a universal military training law, leaders in Washington staet. The senate voted in response to the president's demand for a modification of the Lodge reservation withholding the Monroe doctrine from jurisdiction of the league of nations and setting forth m positive terms that the I'nited States is to be the sole imerpreer of that long-established policy. The vote was 5S to 22 for re-adoption of the reservation without change. Domestic- Lieut. Raymond F. Pearson, a I'nit ed States army aviator, was killed at Marsh field, near Riverside, t'.d.. when his airplane went into a tail spin too near the ground to recover. Yeggnien .secured $2,ti00 in silver and bonds from the Hank of Reform at Montgomery, Ala., but failed in their efforts to blow the vault of the Hank of Sumter at Livingston, Ala., accord ing to announcement by the state hanking department. Madison Wells, city pudge of Nash ville, Term., whose indictment on tne charge of oppression was recently the occasion of a clash between the Da vidson county grand jury and the dis trict attorney general, was indicted again by the grand jury on the charge of drunkenness. C. B. Pierce, young postal clerk re siding in Columbus, tla.. has been plac ed under arrest on a charge of rifling a registered mail pouch from Macon, Oa., said to have contained a pai kage in which SLOUO bad been consigned by the Fourth National bank of Ma con to the Reynolds Banking company of Reynolds. When the package was delivered at Reynolds it was found it had been broken open and $200 ex tracted. Capt. R. C. M. Page, pilot, and two passengers were burned to death near Everglades, Fla., in the fall of a sea plane which caught fire. All three of the victims were residents of Fort My ers, Flu., the passengers being G. Hunter Bryant, tax assessor of Lee county, and Thomas H. Colcord, mem ber of the city council here. Captain Page, who was 2" years old, had a distinguished overseas record. Lieuts. G. L. I sher and L. M. Wolf, American aviators who landed at Nac- rzitrio, Sonora, Mexico, February 2, face courtsmartial. They are under arrest at Douglas, Ariz., pending in vestigation. Approximately $12,000,000 worth of securities were stolen from oU0 brok erage houses iu New York and oth er cities last yiar. The Middle Georgia Oil and Gas company let the drill drop the first time in search for oil March 1 with several hundred present in Sanders ville, Ga., to witness the interesting event. This is the first break of earth in eearch of oil ever made in that section of Georgia. The house of representatives of the West Virginia legislature ratified the federal suffrage amendment by a vote Of 46 to 42, bul the senate killed the measure by a vote of 47 to 40, Replying to the manifesto issued by forty alleged raicals held at Youngs town, Ohio, demanding action on their cases, J. A. Fluckey, federal officer at Cleveland, advised them that they would be deported soon. F. D. Cnderwood, president of tha Erie railroad, declares that he believes passenger fares should be reduced to two cents a mile except on certain lines serving a limited territory. Brookline, Mass., a town of 33,490, after being dry for thirty years, ha voted wet. The large plant of the Chevannea Lumber company was destroyed by fire at Knoxville, Tenn. The indus try covered several acres of ground. The loss is nto yet estmiated, but will be considerable. Five persons were killed and one fatally injured when the automobile in which they were returning from an American Legion dance at Ardmore, Okla., was struck by a freight train at a crising in the western part of that city. HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers RESERVATIONS BT ! LODGE NULUHERS THE PRESIDENT IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN COVENANT OF LEAGUE. UfCY mVT C TUDriTCWCr ILIII ilL.AU I IJ HlliLniLULL No Etcapmg the Moral Obligt.on Which Are Expretied in Pot'tive Termt In Artclt Ten. I Washiiijtton. I'reMdent WtUon re .tared for democratic .enator his opposition to any peace treaty reser vat.ons which would weaken the full force of article 10 or otherwise mate rially impair the prov.ions of the lxastue covenant. Without savin specifically what qualification he would or would not accit. he wrote a letter to Senator Hit. holt, the administration leader, that almost all of the renervat ions h had heard suggested were "In eftect virtual nullifications" of the treaty ar tides to which they applied. "I hear of reservat ionists end mild resxrvationists." the letter added, bul I annot understand the difference be twen a nullifler and a mild nullifier" Disiiis-inB article 10 particularly, the President wrote that there was "no e'apin? the- moral obligations which are expressed in positive terms in this article." though there could be no ohiection to evDlainlng In an in, rpn-tutlon Hie constitutional meth ods hv which such an obligation would have to be fulfilled. The "very heart" of t be covenant. h reiterated, would be imp -rilled by weakening article 10. QUICK HEADS WINDING UP RED CROSS COMMISSION. Was'mirton.-- - Herbert Quiik of West Virginia, former member of the Farm Loan Board, was named to head the commission of winding up Red Cross artivities in Siberia. RUSSIAN SOVIET GOVERNMENT MUST NOT BOLSHEV IN JAPAN Tokio. - The peace offer of the Rus sian soviet government to Japan is reported to include as one of its terms a stipulation to foreao bolshevik pro paganda in the Japanese empire. ADHERENCE TO LEAGUE IS CONFIRMED BY THE DUTCH. Th H.-igiif The first chamber of the Dutc'i porliament voted. 31 to 2. for the adherence of Holland to the League of Nations. The second cham ber cast an affirmative vote on Feb ruarv 19. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ARE ASKED TO REDUCE PAPER USE Washington Chairman Steenersnn of the house postoffice committee, has written newspaper publishers railing attention to the committee's request that they reduce consumption of news print paper ten per cent because of the acute paper shortage. "BONUS" QUESTION MIGHTILY WORRIES HEADS OF LEGION Louisville, Ky. Franklin D'Olier national commander of the American legion, announced here that a confer erence of legionnaires of all states would be held In Washington March 22 for reconsideration of the so-called "bonus" question. DIVIDENDS ON STOCK MAY NOT BE TAXED AS INCOME Washington. Stock dividends may not be taxed as Income, the supreme court held in declaring unconstltution al the provisions of the 1916 income tax act taxing as income such divi dends declared by corporations out ol earnings and profits accruing aftei March 1, 1913. MAN DEVELOPING SINISTER FEMINISM SAYS CARDINAL Boston. Growing weakness on thf part of the men of the country is de veloping a sinister feminism, Cardi nal O'Connell told a gathering of men at the cathedral of the Ho'y Cross. Man Is the head of the house, he said, and should assert his proper author Uy In the home. Failure to do this, the cardinal as serted, leads to a false feminism which, unless it is curbed in time, will have disastrous results. NOT PROFTEERING IN SUGAR SELLING AT $66 PER POUND Washington, D. C. A form of sugar intensely sweet and valued at $66 per pound, has been discovered, growing on fir trees in the Province of British Colombia, according to an announce ment by the American Forestry Maga zine. An article prepared for this magazine says the discovery will h', of the greatest value to chemistry and scientific experimentation, but doubts the value of the new sub stance in the manufacture of sugar. LIFE INSURANCE S U36.000.0OO IS PLACED IN STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DUR ING THE YEAR 1919. MPOriCC nC OQn CrO PCUT IHUIILflUL UI LWU I Lll ULIli Splendid Organliation Combined with Improved Saving and Investment Spirit la Rtiponbl. Ralaisti. Life insurance business not only In tha United States, but especially ia North Carolina, last ysar. according to statistics compiled from informa tion at the state Insuranca commis sioner's office, broke all records. It Is estimated by tha commissioner that tba total Increase over that of 1(18 will reach the enormous aggregate of ten billion dollars, a ti per cant ln creass. Of this, North Carolina, ha says, placed on the books 1136.176.600. an Increase of 290 per cent. 6peakist of this huge increase In North Caro lina, Commissioner Young declares It does not at all indicate over-Insurance, for the reason that the per capita In surance of the state has lagged In comparison with many others, but it does denote a splendid organisation personnel of Ufa insuranca companies, combined with an improved saving and investment spirit of the great army of aew insurers. Highway Contracts Signed. State Highway Commissioner Frank Page has returned from AshevlUe and Greensboro, where, on Monday and Tuesday he let contracts for road construction in four western counties totalling more than $400,000. Bun combe. Transylvania, Catawba and Surry counties were included in the number. Baker Sends Regretv Washington. (Special) Secre tary Baker will be unable to go to a get-togtther dinner in Elizabeth City March 17. He informed Senator Sim mona and Representative Brlnson of his Inability to make the trip. Joseph G. PennT has been appointed , , . , , , postmaster at Garner, Wake county, instead of J. I, Broughton, retigned. Governor Reviews Cadets. Governor Bickett, his staff and oth er prominent North Carolinians re- viewed the State College cadets In front of the Governor's Mansion. The cadets, headed bv the band. lUide a striking impression as they marched up Hlllsboro street, to the Capitol. As the regiment passed the municipal building, it was reviewed by Mayor Eldridge and the city offi cials. Mobile Schools Called Off. The eleven Mobile schools, which were planned to be held simultaneous ly. March 8-12, In Hertford, Scotland Nek. Wilmington. Maxton, Hender son. Burlington, North Wilkesboro, Newton, Mooresvllle, Marshall and Sylvia, have been called off for the time being, on account of the contin ued prevalence of Influenza through out the state, according to a statement sent out bv Dr. W. R. Cullom, direc tor of the Mobile schools. Investigating Election In Ninth. Washington. (Special) Agents of the republican congressional cam paign committee have begun an In vestigation of the recent special elec tion in the ninth North Carolina con- gresslonsl district. Representative I Fess. Ohio, committee chairman, an- j aoanred that It was not planned to con-1 tes the election of Representative Hoey, democrat, over his repn-blltsn opponeat. John Morehead, but to dis close acts, which, he said, were com plained of by republican workers In the district. Although declining to outline specific charges. Mr. Fess Is vn dorstood to have complaints ef illegal voting and alleged intimidation voters by election boards. of Farm Demonstratora Qathtr, Two score farm demonstrators and home demonstration agents from the central district gathered here for the opening session of a threa day confer ence with State Agent, C. R. Hudson, and Mrs. Jane McKtmmon. A joint sessloa of the men and women agents opened the conference in the Hall of Representatives, and later the farm agents went with Mr. Hudson to the senate chamber. - The opening day was devoted to general discussion of plane to be fol lowed during the coming year. 97,000,000 Spent en Education. Washington. (Special). North Carolina spent $50,000 on education In 1850. and $7,000,000 last year, P. O. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, told the members of the Southern Sociological congress at a dinner, tbe last feature of the organi sation's annual meeting. Increased expenditures, be asserted, was indica tive of the growth of educational work throughout the south, adding that la HO North Carolina would spend $, 000,000 on school work. BREAK Vttting tor Womtn A Woman Cor.fernce. to which will be Invited the women from all aenon-.mar.oas in the state, will tie jheid in Charlotte on March S. 9. and 1 10. in connection with the pastor'i 'conference which is scheduled under jthe auspices of th Intenhurca World MoveraenL At the annual meeting of the Coun cil of Womea held In New York city in Jmiary the tremendous import ance of the Interchurch Movement was go evident that it was decided to k e movement to call a national ronr erence of church women In order that the aims and objects of the move ment might be placed before the women of the church. In response to this atiRirestlon the conference was held In Washington on January "9 and It was at this meeting that plans were perfected for putting on the se ries of women's conference In the forty-eight states In connection cr at least parallel to the conference of tbe Protestant pastors. The North Carolina conference for pastors will meat in the Second Pres byterian church and the ladies will use the Tryon Street Methodist. Great Need for Roada Internal conditions In the Vnited States have become such In recent tn the construction of a per- manent system of highways In each state has developed into a problem involving the very basis of the nation al progress and prosperity, it was de clared in a statement by Col. T. L. Ktrkpntrlck, president of the Char-lotte-Ashevllle-Wllmlngton highway association and one of the leaders la the movement for a state bond Issue of $59 000.000 for permanent road con struction. In this state are about 112.009 au tomobiles, on which more than $1. 200.090 I paid aanttally In direct taxes to the state government. The bond issue ef $50,000.00 proposed for the financing of the plan of develop ing the state's highways during a five year period would cost In Interest at jinir per cent 2.00(i.o10 year. mat hit" n; ;ri. rest is ms man of the estimated cost of feeding the ststt's 250,000 stray dogs, it was pointed out whfn turning to a new series of estlmats. and these dogs I cost the state an additional 20 000- 000 annually in their depredations. Hoey Will Not Run Washington, (Specisl) Disclaiming that his action has any bearing on the vnkAwn a f r a 1 ia n a hat nr a ats lamamn . . . , . , Morrison, Robert N. Page and his brother-in-law, Max Gardner, Repre sentative Clyde R. Hoey, North Caro lina's youngest Congressman, made public a statement in which he an nounces that he Is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination to succeed hlmseIf ,n ColfrMi. j Influenza Decreasing Although cumulative reports of new cases developed during the past week ran the totals for the day to more than 1.000 authorities at the State Board of Health are Inclined to the belief that the 1920 epidemic Is rapid ly passing out of history and that by the end of this week daily reports will have been dispensed with. Several counties sending In their report cover ing the entire week It responsible, it ia said for the larger total. There are yet several counties In the State that are suffering severely. 2,067 Tar Heel Deserters Washington, (Special) Tbe war department authorizes publication of the following report concerning de sertions under the selective draft ia North Carolina: Total registration, 482.46S; total re ported. 6.113; accounted for as not de serters. 293; net reported desertions. 8.821; apprehended or cases disposed of. 3,754, and outstanding desertions, 2.067. Piedment League has Qualified Auburn, N. T., Secretary Jihn H. Farrell ef the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, an nounced that the Piedmont league, In cluding the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, Raleigh and High PoinL N. C. and Danville, Va has qualified for membership la Class D. Church Haada Committee. Governor Bickett announced the ap pointment of Morton L. Church, of Charlotte, active chairman of the North Carolina state committee for America's Olft to France" the Mac Monntes statue to ronimeininorate the battle of the Marne. During the week of March 22 a collection in the form of a free-will offering will be taken throughout the country to rair-e the IS50.000 necessary fer the memorial. The national com mittee is headed by Thomas W. L mopi. Presbyterians Reach Qeal One million dollars has been raise! for the benefit of the Presbyterian col leges of North Carolina. Announcement that the million mark had been reached was made at noon the last day. Charlotte was the center of activity the last week, with cltUens bera being called upon to subscribe the last $100,000. Money obtained through the drlva will be distributed among the Presby terian re-llages, with Davidson Col late. Peace Institute and Queans Col- jlege fatting tha larger shares. RESERVATIONS BY LODGE NULUHER5 THE PRESIDENT IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN COVENANT OF LEAGUE. VERY HEART IS THREATENED No Escaping the Moral Obligation! Which Are Expressed in Positive Terms In Article Ten. Washington. President Wilson re- I stated for democratic senators his i opposition to any peace treaty reser-i vations which would weaken the full force of article 10 or otherwise mule- j ria'ly impair the provisions of the j league covenant. Without saying specifically what qualification he would or would not acceivt, he wrote a letter to Senator Hitchcock, the administration leader, that almost all of the reservations he had heard suggested were "In effect virtual nullifications" of the treaty ar ticles to which they applied. "I hear of reservatlonlsts and in i Id reservalionists." the letter added, hut I cannot understand the difference he. tween a nullifler and a mild nullifler." Discussing article 10 particularly, the President wrote that there was "no escuping the moral obligations which are expressed in positive terms in this article," though there could be no objection to explaining in an interpretation the constitutional meth ods by which such an obligation would have to be fulfilled. The "very heart" of the covennnt. he reiterated, would be imperilled by weakening article 10. QUICK HEADS WINDING UP RED CROSS COMMISSION. Washington. Herbert Quick of West Virginia, former member of the Farm Ioan Board, was named to head the commission of winding up Red Cross artivities in Siberia. RUSSIAN SOVIET GOVERNMENT MUST NOT BOLfHEV IN JAPAN Tokio. The peace offer of the Rus sian soviet government to Japan is reported to Include as one of its terms a stipulation to forego bolshevik pro paganda in the Japanese empire. ADHERENCE TO LEAGUE IS CONFIRMED BY THE DUTCH. The Hague The first chamber of the Dutch parliament voted. 31 to 2. for the adherence of Holland to the League of Nations. The second cham ber cast an affirmative vote on Feb ruary 19. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ARE ASKED TO REDUCE PAPER USE Washington Chairman Steenersor of the house postoffire committee, has written newspaper publishers calling attention to the committee's request that they reduce consumption of news print paper ten per cent because of the acute paper shortage. "BONUS" QUESTION MIGHTILY WORRIES HEADS OF LEGION Louisville, Ky. Franklin D'Olier national commander of the American legion, announced here that a confer erence of legionnaires of all states would be held in Washington March 22 for reconsideration of the so-called "bonus" question. DIVIDENDS ON STOCK MAY NOT BE TAXED AS INCOME Washlngton.Stock dividends ma not be taxed as income, the supreme court held in declaring unconstltution al the provisions of the 1916 incomf tax act taxing as income such divi dends declared by corporations out ol earnings and profits accruing aftei March 1, 1913. MAN DEVELOPING SINISTER FEMINISM SAYS CARDINAL Boston. Growing weakness on th( part of the men of the country 1 de veloping a sinister feminism, Cardi nal O'Connell told a gathering of men at tbe cathedral of the Holy Cros. Man is the bead of the hoiwe, he said, and should assert his proper author Uy In the home. Failure to do this, the cardinal as serted, leads to a false feminism which, unless It Is curbed in time will have disastrous results. NOT PROFTEERING IN SUGAR SELLING AT $66 PER POUND Wat-hlnglon, D. C A form of sugar Intensely sweet and valued at $66 per pound, has been discovered, growing on fir trees in the Province of British Colombia, according to an announce ment by the American Forestry Maga zine. An article prepared for this magazine says the discovery will be of the greatest value to chamlstry and scientific experimentation, but doubts the value of the new sub stance In the manufacture of sugar. GREAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT BUBONIC PLAGUE New York. The United States health officers at foreign embarkation ports must exercise the greatest cau tion to prevent immigrants importing typhus and bubonic plague from "in fested Europe," Surgeon General H. S. Cumming of the United States Public Health Service, warned. General Cumming, who was recent ly appointed by President Wilson to succeed Surgeon General Blue, hat been In Europe since 1918. 1115 GOVERNMENT TO BUY UP UQUOR 60,000.000 GALLONS WHISKEY ARE STILL IN GOVERNMENT BOND ED WAREHOUSES. iT WOULD AVOID TEMPTATION After Purchase, the Stuff Should be at Once Converted into Denatured Alcohol to Supply Demand. Vesterville. Ohio - Purchase by the federal government of all liqmr stocks in bond is urged by the Anti Saloon league in a statement Issued here at the league's national headquar ters by Finest H. Cherringtcvn. secre tary of the league's executive com mute. The statement says: "Now that prohibition has gone into effect everything which the govern ment ran do to make it easy to en force the law should be done. "With over 60.000.000 gallons of whisk" It. bonded warehouses there Is a constant temptation to deviso ways snd means of utilizing that li quor In spite of the law. "The government of tha United Slates should prvhae that whiskey at a price to be fixed by a federal com mission, which price should represent the actual cost of producing it. Vpon purchasing the whiskey the govern ment should convert promptly into de natured alcohol for which there ia an ever Increasing demand. "By such an arrangement the dis tillers will get all they actually have Invested in the whiskey. The great est temptation to break th prohibitory law will be removed. The Inventive to spend vast sums of money to se cure repeal of prohibition or a seri ous modification of the law will b. eliminated." FORMER SENATOR WHITE WILL APPLY FOR SENATE VACANCY. Birmingham.- Former I'nited States Senator Frank S. White of Birming ham formally announced his candi dacy as successor to the late Sena tor John H. Bankhead. TAX OF FIVE DOLLARS ON CANARY BIRDS IS PROPOSED. Washington A resolution propos ing to place a tax of $5 on each canary bird imported into the I'nited States was Presented to the nous by Representative Clarence MacGregor, of Buffalo. HERBERT HOOVER REITERATES THAT HE IS NO CANDIDATE. San Francisco. Herbert Hoover will not permit his name to be usd in the California presidential primary as he is not a candidate Mr the office, according to a telegram from him read here bv Gavin McNah, at the demo cratic state committee meeting. OUR COURTMARTIAL SYSTEM IS ATROCIOUSLY OBNOXIOUS Washington. Further efforts to amend existing cotirtmariial regula tions will be made when the house takes up the army reorganization bill. Representative Johnson said. "The existing conrtmartial system Is atrocious to the Prussian degree.'" Johnson said. "It subjects every man in the army to the whim, caprice or ill will of any officer." INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE OF COTTON MILL PROFITS Atlanta. Declaring that one cotton mill in Georgia cleared $1.000,00u dur ing the last year of the war above hundreds of thousands of dollars spent for improvements and that another had paid 100 per rent dividends In the lasl two years, John A. Manget, fair price commissioner for Georgia, announced appointment of a committee of cotton mill men to aid him in determining a "fair margin of profit" on the out put of Georgia cotton mills. ROPER RESIGNATION MUCH REGRETTED BY PRESIDENT Washington. In accepting with "great regret" the resignation of Dan iel C. Roper as commissioner of in ternal revenue. President Wilson told Mr. Roper In a letter that he appre ciated his services to the government "for many years in difficult positions and always with distortion." Commissioner Roper based his resig nation, his lettw to the President on a desire to "re-enter private life to pursue my personal plans." INCOME TAX RETURNS MUST BE IN BY MARCH FIFTEENTH Washington. Alibis of th negli gent will not be accepted as excuse to escape penalty for failure to file income tax returns for 1919, the bu reau of Internal revenue announced. "Did not know" or "forgot about it" and similar pleas will be of no aval! to the tsrdy, the bureau said, but s person who is physically unable to gel his returns in because of illness, may secure a 30-day extension on applica tion to collector of his district. RETAIL DRY GOODU DEALERS MOVING AGAINST PROFITEERS New York. The National Retail Dry Goods Association opened it campaign against profiteers by placing large posters in all buyers' office in New York, urging its members to re sist price advances and Insist on de liveries. The merchants are asked 10 report all "unfair manufacturers and wholesalers" to the department The action Is In response to th -equest of Howard E. Flgg, assistant attorney general of be United Statca