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TO THE FLAG.
Executive Committee of American Le
gion Will Hold Meeting in Green
ville on January 18.
Raleigh.
American legion officials of the
state are elated over information im
parted to them liy Dr. E. C. Brooks
that the department of education will
add a chapter on the American flag to
the text book on civil government
taurht In the North Carolina public
schools.
State Commander Tom Bynty of
Asheville, was in Raleigh, anil he and
Adjutant Cale K. Burgess discussed
with Dr. Brooks plans for the addi
tion of this chapter. The state super
intendent of education Informed the
officials that this chapter would he
Inserted. It will tell the children of
the state the various ways of showing
respect to the flax and of the signifi
cance of the banner.
Commander Byrd came to Raleigh
for a visit to state headquarters and
to confer with American legion offi
cials. Plans for the membership drive
veceived attention at a meeting of the
legionaires and further plans for the
campaign will he taken up in detail at
a meeting of the executive committee
in Greenville on January IS.
The commander and Adjutant Bur
gess also visited Governor Morrison
and talked over legion plans with
lilm. The governor is a strong friend
of the legion and is interested in its
undertakings in behalf of the state.
The legion executive committee,
which will meet in Greenville, is as
follows:
Commander Byrd. J. R. Hollis, Wil
mington; Adjutant Burgess, Chaplain
T. fi. Virkers, Ayden; Historian Rob
ert S. McNeill. Fayetteville; Dr. G. 0.
Dixon, Aydn; R. T. Alle.l. Kinston;
Ton C. Daniels, New Bern; Daniel W.
Terry, Raleigh; Robert E. Denny,
Greensboro; Hubert T. Prosper, Ham
let; Thomas B. Marsh. Jr., Salisbury;
S. S. Chandley, Marshall; J. Will
Pie s. Jr., Marion; Dr. Paul Ringer,
Asheville. chairman of the hospitaliza
tion committee; R. G. Cherry. Gasto
nla. ihairman of the Americanization
committee, and Don S. Ellas, of Ashe
ville, chairman of the legislative com
mittee. Highway Officials Make Tour.
KuLi Page, chairman of the North
CaroVVa State Highway Commission,
StateIlighway Engineer I'pham, Con
slrucMmn Engineer Gardner and Main
tenance , Engineers Miller, McDanieln
and Clingman were visitors in Wash
ington V few days last week. They
were n their way to Hyde county
where t-liey reviewed a road project.
They were joined in Washington by
Frank C. Kugler, chairman of the
Beaufort county road commission,
who accompanied them to Hyde. While
on' thrs trip the engineers Inspected
the hard surface roads built out of
Washington and Btlhaven. and which
form a part of the State highway sys
tem. The entire road from Washing
ton to Lcechville was taken over by
the State several months ago.
The party returned to Washington
and inspec ted the hard surface road
now being built from Washington to
wards Wllliamston. Four and a half
miles of this road has been complet
ed and part of same is now open to
traffic. The visitors stated that Beau
fort county has made more progress
in the construction of hard surface
roads than any county east of Greens
boro except Lenoir, which had two
and a half times more money to spend,
and whose area is about the size of
Chocowinity township.
Chairman for Cabarrus County.
Rev. J. F. Armstrong, of Concord,
has been appointed chairman for Ca
barrus county for the near east relief
for 1922. according to an announce
ment by Col. George H. Bellamy, state
chairman.
Conference at Raleigh.
District Attorney Tucker and State
Prohibition Director Kohloss confer
red here on the status of "the Mes
senger of Peace," British liquor-laden
schooner, and its cargo of wet goods,
now in the customs house in Wilming
ton. The officials are gathering evi
dence against the ship's captain and
owner, and a strong case is being
worked up against them, they said.
Both refufe to consider the claim
of the captain that the boat was forc
ed into port in distress.
Ellgibles for Spruce Pine Office.
Washington ( Special!. Represent R
tlve Bulwinkle announced the follow
ing eligibles in the civil service exam
ination for postmaster at Snniee Pine
E. P Prilchard. 81 .la ; Kstelle
Green, 710V Zob V. Hall, incumbent,
7305; Jake II. Potent. 71 95.
Senator Simmons has been notified
by the postoffice department it did
not intend to change the location of
the site at Phoenix postoffice. It had
been reported that a person who re
cently moved in had attempted to
have 'he site changed
Loan Association Chartered.
Washington (Special). Senator
Overman has been advised by the fed
eral farm loan bureau that the farm
loan board has chartered a farm loan
association, the local unit of the sys
tem, at Newland, Avery county, with
approved loans in the amount of $23,
800. Before the system was tied up by
litigation a great majority of the coun
ties were organized, and new organ
izations are now being organised. T.iis
Information is very gratifying to Sen
ator Overman.
f-ore.gn I c.- f w.wj rg su.f,
rut for tin- i t.n!,n-. ii.".u Into
North Carolina cf e mpiov n,--t sokrrs
from other t ,tes the per-eu.'g. of
idle p-'ople w.uiU be t-.v p!i,.na!;y lew.
There has i, . a t.oly cl. ill ir. l tor
skilled workers end i.'r.muti la'Mj-.-rs
during recent w-vks. eu.l the date and
federal employment bureaus l.avs
placed ia thiee months over 4.UW p 'o
pie. Idle men are continuing to desert
the soup kite hens of the North for
the chance of finding a job in this
state, however, and I.ahor Commis
sioner Shipman estimates the num
her of persons who have migrated to
North Carolina in recent months as
running into the thousands.
As a consequence, despite the
steady demand for workers and the
activity of the employment bureaus,
the percentage of unemployed in the
state continues large, although consid
erably lower, proportionately, than
nearly any other state in the union.
Employment bureau officials at
Washington headquarters have frank
ly advised workers to come to this
state, accepting government r"ports
on the employment situation as indi
cating that North Carolina is ! bettor
condition than other state?. An of
ficial wrote Commissioner Shipman
that he was interested in Nort'i Caro
lina and wanted to help iiicrcctiu the
population of the state; consequently,
he was constantly referring employ
ment seekers to come here.
Tim Immigrants are of all classes.
Including a considerable number of
foreigners who have failed to find
the land of opportunity in the large
center of population. A majority
of them, in the opinion of the com
missioner, are people who will make
good citizens. The employment bu
reaus have succeeded in placing
hundreds of these people In addition
to residents of the Btate.
A regular "war time" request came
from the Charlotte employment bureau
the other day, the director there want
ing permission to go into South Caro
lina for workers for the Southern
Power company's building operations
near Mt. Holly. Owing to the number
of idle people at home, however,5 Mr.
Shipman advised him to attempt to re
cruit the men within the state, with
the cooperation of the other employ
ment bureaus.
Of the 4.13S persons placed in
various kinds of work during October,
November and December, 3.3G1 were
men and 777 women. The Wilmington
bureau led. placing 1.078 people. The
placements of the other five bureaus
were as follows: Raleigh, 05.'?; Char
lotte, 802; Winston-Salem, .524;
Greensboro, 399; Asheville, 358.
Industrial Survey of State.
A study of North Carolina industries
particularly textiles, has just been
made by Edward Nelson Dingley for
the ways and means committee of the
house of congress. Mr. Dingley spent
several days in the larger cities. He Is
a son of former Congressman Dingley.
The use to which information he
obtained will be put was not divulged
but his stury was exhaustive, he go
ing into the various records of the
state department of labor and print
ing on Nort'.i Carolina's industries
and personally visiting the industrial
centers, including Charlotte, Asheville,
Wilmington, Raleigh, Gastonia, Wins
ton-Salem and other cities.
Road Building Program Doubled.
North Carolina's road building pro
gram for 1922 was doubled in resolu
tions passed hy the State Highway
commission, calling upon the governor
and the Council of State to provide
an additional ten million dollars for
road work during the year.
Remarkably low levels to which the
cost of road construction has been
forced during recent months, and the
effectiveness with which the engi
neering forces of the commission have
been organized prompted the decision
to double the construction program for
the year.
One thousand miles additional road
is contemplated in the expanded pro
gram, 400 of which will be hard-surfaced
and 600 other types. I'nder the
schedule, approximately 40 million dol
lars will have been expended for roads
In the state for the years 1920, 1921
and 122.
N. C. Postmasters Named.
Washlneton ( Special.) The follow
Ing were nominated to be postmasters
in North Carolina:
C.eoree W. Lance, Fletcher; W111U
R. Smith, Garland; John C. Smith, Le-
nnlr- A H. Greene. Mooresboro Ira
E. Tucker, Parkton.
Liwvtri Preoare For Meeting.
The executive committee of thtt
North Carolina Bar association will be
called to meet during the present
month, probably in Raleigh, for we
nurnose of selecting the next meeting
place and mapping out a program tot
the gathering. President lohn A. Mr
Rae. of Charlotte, is expected to as-
sue the call within the next aver
days.
The committee waits to prepare
an elaborate program for the cext
meeting which will be held the latt -r
part of June or the first of July.
Foster's Sentence Commuted.
Jesse Foster, negro accomplice In
the murder over a year ago of Her
man Jones, white farmer of Wavne
county, left the death cell and took
lils place with the other prisoners
in the penitentiary. After two re-
j prieves. Governor Morrison commuted
the sentence to life imprisonment.
Foster was sentenced to be electro
ctiled last November 10. Governor
.Morrison first respited him for 30
days, and at the expiration of tha pe
riod continued the reprieve.
Ranks Second In Mllitaty Area.
Standing second, numerically,
among the eight stands In this ermy
area, the North Carolina national
guard now has a total strength of
2.0B3 enlisted men and 81 officers, ac
cording to the monthly bulletin of Ad
jutant General Metts' department.
The organization has 89 men less
than the ranking state of the area.
The total number of national guard
companies is 29, the majority of these
having been organized within the pRst
year.
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from the East End of London going to Buckingham palace with gilts fur Princess Mary and her Ha , Vis
count Lnseelles. 3 Arthur (irltlitb, elected head of the Irish provisional government. 4 tieorge Wharton
Pepper of Philadelphia, appointed senator to succeed the late Boies Vnnve.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Briand Resigns, His Arrange
ments With Loyd George
Being Opposed.
CANNES PROGRAM IS UPSET
Poincar Invited to Form New French
Ministry May Fight German Mora
torium Senate, By Close Vote,
Seats Newberry of Michigan,
With a Rebuke.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
CHANCE spilled the beans last week.
Brland and his cabinet are out.
l'olncare Is forming a new ministry
with himself as Its head. All the
cftlngs of the meeting of the supreme
council at ('unties are nullified, at
least for the present. Plans for the
economic' unci financial conference
may have to be revised. The Ger
mans probably will be called on icy the
French to make the reparations pay
ments when they in due or suffer the
lier.alty.
Lloyd George at CnnmM had agreed
that Great Britain would make a
treaty guaranteeing France against at
tack by Germany, provided, however,
that the French ministry of marine
and the British admiralty should reach
a complete agreement on submarines
and other naval craft, and provided
also that the French and British gov
ernments should make their foreign
policies conform, espe cially in the near
east. lie required, too, that France
co-opernte in restoring world econom
ics and finances and agree to ileal
with Soviet Russia. These conditions
all meant yielding hy France to
British policies and at once n storm
of opposition arose in Paris. P.riand
hurried to that city and after telling
the cabinet all about what be bad
clone nnd engaging in a heated con
troversy with President Millenind,
went before the chamber of deputies
and presented the entire program, tell
ing Its members they could take It or
leave It. Then he bluntly announced
the resignation of the ministry with
out waiting for a vote.
Polncnre, the main point of whose
policy Is "Germany must pay," was In
vited to form a new cabinet and got
busy at once. It was understood that
Count Lasteyrle would be minister of
finance. He recently investigated con
ditions In Germany and believes the
Germans can pay the reparations with
out a moratorium provided their bud
get is properly balanced and sufficient
taxes are Imposed to bring their taxa
tion totals up to the level of those
paid In France.
In all the European capitals and In
Washington there was something akin
to consternation when the news from
Paris was received. The conference at
Cannes automatically came to an end.
The American government, which had
not decided whether or not to accept
the Invitation to take part In the
Genoa conference, halted consideration
of the question until there are further
developments. The German cabinet
saw the chance for a moratorium fad
ing and was correspondingly desiion
dent. The English were reticent bttt
plainly Indignant and relations be
tween them and the French, severely
strained for several years, were not
Improved.
THE allied supreme council decided
that tin economic conference to
deal with the restoration of Europe
should be held In Genoa in March,
and that both Germany and Russia
should be Invited to send representa
tives. No sooner did this news reach
Moscow than lice soviet irovenoneiif
hastened to accept the Invliation that
had not been formally extruded.
Foreign Minister Tchlt' her'.n w ired the
counc il that the central executive com
mittee would proceed to select the
delegates and would give them the
most extended powers. Of course
there was no doubt that Germany would
accept the Invitation of the council,
and the Japanese delegates to the
FOOD PRICES COMING DOWN
Figures Given Out by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics Are Gratifying
to the Consumer.
Washington. Retail prices In 10
principal cities in the United Stales
decreased PJ to 18 per cent In the 1"
months ending December lfi last, the
bureau of labor statistics of the De
partment of Labor announced. Tbe
bureau's figures show that prices pre
vailing last month In 13 of the cities
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Washington conference nnnoiiuc eel
that Japan also would be represented. '
Already steps have been taken to i
start the rehabilitation of Europe. The I
economic committee of the supreme I
come II has decided upon an Interna- I
tlotnil corporation with a capital of j
i'.'.OCHI.IKHI (about $S.(Kl,llOO) win, its I
seat In London and with a hoard of
directors nominated by affiliated com
panies In each Interested country.
These countries. Including the 1'nitecl
Slates, will organize corporations for
promotion only, with a combined capi
tal equivalent to fJtMHIO.ooo (about
SNO,(XH),X)u). These corporations will
serve as mediums for credit trims
actions and to facilitate the activities
of private enterprises In all countries
where the business field now Is ob
structed by lack of credits and dis
organized finances. This plan pre
supisises the organization of ntliliated
companies In Germuny as well as in
the United States.
C"INAL formulation of the naval
limitation agreement in the Wash
ington conference was delayed by sev
eral matters. One was a difference
of opinion as to the methods of scrap
ping the OS cnplttil ships that are to
be given up by the United States,
Great Britain and Japan. Six op
tional methods are prescribed, and
Mr. Balfour objected to the proposi
tion of Mr. Hughes that the bulk of
the retired ships be destroyed ab
solutely. The British were not will
ing to say yet what tonnage of the
eliminated vessels they would convert
to peace time uses. No doubt was
felt that this dispute could be ad
justed amicably. Another cause of de
lay was Huron Kato's desire to get
furl her instructions from Tokyo con
cerning the agreement to maintain the
stains quo of PiicHle oceun naval
bases and fortifications. The question
was as to what Japanese islands
should be excluded as comprising
"Japan proper."
Negotiations regarding Shantung
were resumed Inst week by I he Jnp
aiiese and Chinese delegates and it
was predicted an agreement would be
reached before long. Consequently
the delegates of all nations in the con
ference began drawing up a nine
power treaty dealing with far eastern
affairs and especially with Chinese
questions. It Is believed this will de
lay the adjournment of the conference
until the end of the mouth.
D.UI. EIIIEANN having accepted
the Irish peace treaty, the parlia
ment of southern Ireland last Satur
day completed the uctlou by formally
ratifying the pact, and the Irish Free
Stale Is In process of being con
stituted. Funic in de Vulera resigned
on Monday as president of the Irish
republic nnd his re-election was
moved. The motion was lost, 58 to
t0, and for a few moments De Valera
appeared as a really great man, de
claring lie would loyally accept the
decision, would do all he could to
avoid embarrassing the new govern
ment, and would even help it when
that was possible without sacrificing
his principles. Later the Sinn Fein
Irreconcilable women persuaded him
to modify this generous position, and
the chances of unity In the ranks faded
away.
Next day after a message of con
gratulation to Ireland from the pope
had been rend, it was moved that
Arthur Griffith be elected president
of the Dull and a hot debute ensued.
Finally De Valera and Ifis supporters
walked out of the hall and the tio
remaining delegates unanimously elect
ed Griffith. The new president at
once announced that his cabinet would
be as follows: Minister of finance,
Michael Collins; Foreign minister,
George Gavan Dufl'y; Home minister,
Eanmn J. iMiggan; Local government,
William Cosgrove; Economic affairs,
Bryan O'lliggins; I lefense, Itlc hard
Mitlcahev. These, then, are the men
who will constitute the provisional
govrntnent of (lie island to which the
eM!nii't "If" v.'i! I"' turned over
bv the British authorities as rapidly
as possible. The bolters returned in
the afternoon and e Valera' staled,
llieiigh be considered Griliilh's position
Impossible, he would do nothing to
hamper him so lung as lie iliil not
appear to he subverting the republic.
Later. Ie Valera told a correspondent
that lie would ret'i'se to reeoLtiize
any government but the Irish republic
from which HUM statistics were avail
able bad Increased since that year
from Ik'i to fifl per cent.
Inning the month from November j
.", HV.'l, 12 of the cities reported de
creases In food prices, two reported
increases and the two others, Man
chester, N. 11., and Minneapolis, Minn,,
reported a decline of 13 per cent for
the year.
Mobile, Ala., and Snvnnmih, Ga.. had
the highest percentage of decrease In
prices for the 'J months perlol, each
reporting an 18 per cent decline.
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even if It was set up by vote of the
I I'le of Ireland, becinise be was
satisfied Hint such a vote would nut
he free, but weiuld be laken under
coer : in of a threat of war.
Already the British have reumved
the barbeil wire and sandbags with
which Imblin Castle was protected and
they are transferring the records to
London. Amnesty was agreed upon by
the two governments and all Irish
prisoners. Including those condemned
to death, have been set free. In a
word, the English are evacuating Ire
land as rairidly as they can, and they
seem mighty glad to get out.
npriCMAX II. Newberry Is rightfully
Cuited States senator from Mich
igan, but he spent too much money
In winning the place. Such is the de
cision of the senate, reached by a vote
of -hi to 41. The democrats were solid
ly against Newberry and nine Repub
licans voted with them to oust him.
But the clay was saved for him by the
addition of a clause to the resolution
seating him, criticising the acknowl
edged expenditure of $lP"i,(icKt in his
behalf and condemning the lavish use
of money In political campaigns. This
brought Into line a number of Repub
licans who had been waverlni;. Sen
ator La Follette of Wisconsin inti
mated that he would reopen the case
at some future date.
Mr. Newberry appeared to speak
In bis own defense, breaking the
silence that he had malnlalned for
the three years since his election.
He read a carefully prepared address,
the substance of which was that when
the Michigan primary and election
were held he was absent from the
state performing bis duties as a
lieutenant commander In the navy;
that he hud no personal knowledge of
the expenditure of inonev by his
friends In his behalf, nnd that he was
astonished and grieved when later he
learned that about $1fT,HO0 bad been
spent In securing bis nomination nnd
election, lie closed thus:
"As God Is my witness, I am not to
this day ami hour onseious of having
done, In connection with either the
primary campaign or the general elec
tion In litis a single net that was or
Is in nny way unlawful, dishonorable,
or corrupt, and this I say to the
senate without reservation or qualifi
cation." CENATOIt PKNKOSE'S seat has
been tilled by the appointment of
George Wharton Pepper of Philadel
phia, and this selection by Governor
S'proul has met with general approval.
Mr. Pepper, who is a lawyer of dis
tinction, lie ; la "ii prominent In the
councils of the Ilepubllcan party, but
has not before held public office. lie
will be a candidate for election for the
complete term in November.
In accordance with the rule of
seniority, Senator McCumber of North
Dakota has been made chairman of
the senate finance committee to suc
ceed Penrose, and the vacancy on the
committee was filled by the selection
of Senator Frelinghuysen of New
Jersey. That committee Is still work
ing on the tariff measure, especially
the American valuation feature. A
delegation of southerners appeared
before the committee to tell it that
southern business men had become
convinced that prosperity was pos
sible only under a high tariff.
CHAIRMAN FOKHNEY of the
house ways and means committee
announced the administration's plan
for a soldiers' bonus. It provides for
the pnvnient of cash bonuses from the
Interest on the $H.fHH.(HtO,(KM) allied
debt to the Cuited Stales as soon as
It, or part of it, is refunded into long
term obligations. If the interest is
not siilhcient, the proceeds of tbe
sale of pint of Hie securities to the
public will be used for the purpose.
ONE of the uiosi Important court
decisions ever won by labor was
that rendered by Justice Wagner of
the New Vol!. ..;;;:.!,. i i,.i,ri. ten
joiiing the garment aiauufncturers
from combining l eiilotvc a ill hour
week ami a piece woik sisiein. This
was the first time a labor union bus
Invoked legal action to restrain em
ployers from breaking a contract.
Suits or several million dollars, repre-
; seining wages lost tiv the garment
! workers who have been on strike for
two months, will be begun at once.
Ol her declines were: Indianapolis and
Salt Lake City. 17 per cent; Detroit
Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis
and Washington, 111 per cent : Omaha.
1" per cent; Bridgeport, Dallas and
Philadelphia. 14 ; Manchester, 13, and
New York, 12 per cent.
Decreases during the month ending
December lo were lisled hy the bu
reau as follows: Indianapolis and Salt
Lake City, 3 per cent; Washington,
2 per cent ; Bridgeport, Louisville,
Mobile, Omaha, Ph'ladelphla and Sa
vannah, 1 jer cent.
HPOPJANT HEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF TH!8
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign
Terribly mangled by the prematun
axplosion of dynamite Olaf Peterson,
a farmer of Kamnaes, dragged himself
400 yards and drowned himself to end
his agony.
While Lieutenant J. M. Robl) was
piloting a military machine across the
English channel, the machine fell onto
its tail. Lieutenant Robb was rescued
by a boatman.
The kings' proclamation of amnesty,
announcement of the departure of the
auxiliaries and the resolution of the
Sinn Fein executive council to sum
mon an extraordinary convention soon,
to decide upon the future of the or
ganization and its policy, after Eamon
lie Valera had predicted a split in the
organization, were the chief develop
ments in the Irish situation.
President Mlllerand recently accept
ed the resignation of Premier liriand
and his entire cabinet and indicated
he would not ask anyone to form a
new ministry. Minister of War Bar
thou and former President Poincare
were mentioned prominently in par
liamentary lobbies as likely candi
dates for the task of forming a new
government.
Marquis Okuma, former premier of
Japan, died recently at Tokio. He was
field marshal in the Russo-Japanese
war.
The Irish dail eireann defeated de
Valera for the presidency of the Irish
Republic. It is now thought that the
next step of the eireann will he to aid
in making a stable government for
the "Free State."
The volcano Ometepe, on the Is
land of Ometepe, eight miles from
the western shore of Lake Nicaragua,
is In active eruption. Many thousands
of coca plants have been destroyed,
large areas of grazing lands are cov
ered with ashes, and many cattle are
dead.
The supreme council at Cannes re
cently examined the situation created
by the departure of the French dele
gation and ruled that decisions on
which a complete agreement had been
reached become operative, especially
that regarding the Genoa conference,
for which Premier lionomi, of Italy,
was charged to issue invitations.
Thomas S. Ryan, a newspaperman,
at Paris, has been arrested charged
with attempting to murder his wife,
formerly Miss Audrey Crelghton, of
California, by forcing her to swallow
bechloride of mercury tablets on a
threat he otherwise would kill him
self.
The Irish politcal prisoners in
London. England jails Brixton,
were released recently under the
amnesty proclamation issued by King
George recently. Instructions were
sent to the provisional jails for sim
ilar releases.
The British government has given
its assurance to Indian officials, at
Calcutta, India, that "conscientious
objectors" who sought to evade war
service will not be allowed to com
pete at future examinations for In
dian civil service positions.
Washington
The French government has ap
proached Henry Ford by cable asking
if he would consider the purchase of
battleships. In announcing the re
quest here Mr. Ford said he had re
plied than unless he could buy the
entire French navy he would not be
interested in job lots. No answer had
been received, he said.
Senator Truman H. Newberry,
Michigan, given his seat in the senate
by a vote of 46 to 41, declared he
would not resign. Reports have been
current that the senator would re
tire if vindicated by the senate of
charges of personal knowledge of ex
cessive use of money in his campaign
against Henry Ford.
The most encouraging feature of the
business situation at the opening of
the new year is that a positive foun
dation has apparently been establish
ed upon which to build banking and
business development during 1922, the
federal reserve board declared in its
monthly bulletin for January.
The resignation of Aristide Briand
as premier of France was received
with almost bombshell effect in arms
conference circles, the action being
considered likely to have great effect
on decisions already reached or about
to be reached.
Organization of a local chapter of
the Ku Klux Klan in tho nation's cap
ital has been started with the initia
tion of three members at a ceremony
L'l lick U Creek l'.ii k, .tueielecl b aii
the formulae of the older.
Direct negotiations lie: ween the
Chinese and Japanese delegations on
the Shantung railroad question, re -
sinned at the suggestion of Secretary
Hughes, have resultm! in an agree
ment on one ol the collateral issues,
namely the withdrawal of Japanese
trcops from the rail road and from the
leasehold of W'ei-Hai-Wei.
The most encouraging feature of the
business situation, at the opening of
the new year is that a positive founda
tion has apparently been established
ufion which to build banking and busi
ness development during 1922. the fed
eral reserve board declared in its
monthly bulletin for January.
Provisions of the Snell-McCormick
forestry bill were indorsed by Elbert
H. Baker, who appeared at a hearing
before the house agriculture commit
tee as a representative of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers' association.
rte.-idcnt Millenind, of Fram e, nasi
directed M. Sarraut. head of the'
French delegation, to continue in that
caj.acity until the end of the Wash
ington conierenee. Instructions te
this eH'eet were received p'cently in
a cal,!e;;iam from M. Be i and. retiring
French premier, who continues under
French proceiiu.-e to exercise the func
tions of his office until his successor
takes up his duties.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is
considering a tentative draft of rules
and regulations for administration of
the federal highway act, under which
$75.10.0 bOO is maid available for con
struction of federal aid roads.
Senator Truman H. Newberry will
retain his place in the United States
senate. This was determined, when
the senate, by a vote of 41 to 48, dis
missed the contest of Henry Ford, and
declared that New berry was duly elecU.
ed and is entitled to his seat.
Henry Ford, who is in Washington
for a conference with Secretary of
War Weeks on the Muscle Shoals ni
trate project, announced a reduction
In the price of Ford automobiles.
Nearly a dozen witnesses all from
Virginia, broke about even in num
bers in testifying for and against
Heirome L. Opie, of Staunton, Va., be
fore the senate committee investigat
ing charges that American soldiers
had been hanged without trial in
France.
George Wharton Pepper took the
oath recently as United Slates sena
tor from Pennsylvania, succeeding tha
late Senator Boles Penrose.
Sales of scores of tracts owned by
the war department and the consol
idation of a number of army activities
are recommended by a house subcom
mittee which, after months of Investi
gation into the advisability on dispos
ing of war department property made
public its report recently.
Domestic
The state recently had left four
peremptory challenges and the do
fense ten for use in continuing selec
tions of a jury in superior court open
ed in the second trial of Roscoe C.
("Fatty") Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter, growing out of tha
death at San Francisco, Cal., of Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture act
ress. When court adjourned recently
eleven jurors had been passed tem
porarily and only eleven persons re
mained in the original empanelment.
The leaking transport Crooke, with
900 men of the army of occupation
aboard, is In no danger, will reach.
New York soon, it was said at tha.
transport service office recently
The first snow of the seaso.
The lower house of the legu
at Jackson. Miss., passer the S
bill, providing for a compulsory c.
of moral training in the public sen
based on the Mosaic ten commi
ments.
Dallas county deupties arrested
Frank Powell, a negro, recently in
connection with the killing of Ander
son Mixon, another negro. Powell Is
in jail at Selma, Ala.
A merger has been completed at
Cincinnati, Ohio, of the Hagenheck
Wallace, Sellst-Floto,- Howe's - Great
London and John Robinson cirens or
ganizations, it was announced at Peru,
Indiana, recently.
San Francisco was awarded the 1922
convention oft the American Bar asso
ciation by the executive committee
of that organization in session at
Tampa, Fla.
A. L. Howe, for more than half a
century identified with Memphis news
papers as a writer and publisher, died
at his home at Memphis, Tenn.
The modern girl la not quite as
much of a "flapper'' in the south as
she is in other sections of the coun
try, Dr. Valeria H. Parker, ow Wash
ington stated recently.
Mrs. Emily Grayy, 91 years old, has
left her home In the Boe Tree section,
Asheville, S. C and is on the way to
Texas, where she expects to grow up
with the country.
C. M. Hovey, assistant manager ol
the Nashville Industrial corporation,
recently purchased the Tennessee
Central railroad at the upset price ot
a million and a half dollars.
Ford Estes, finding his wife in com
pany with another man on the streets
of Hot Springs, Ark., shot her. She
may die. The man with her was
wounded, and a bystander shot in the
leg.
The Southern Kansas "rump" min
ers' strike has been called off in an
order Issued by Alexander Howat, who
has asked the men to return to work.
George Wharton Pepper of Phila
delphia has been appointed United
States senator from Pennsylvania, to
succeed Boisce Penrose, deceased.
Ralph Culver Bennett, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of
art and president of the Metropolitan
College of Law, at Dover, Del., quali
fied as a full-fledged absent-minded
professor when he was arraigned In
Washington Height police court on a
charge of assault.
Lottie Pickford, motion picture ac
tress, sister of Mary Pickford, became
the bride of Alan Forest at Los An
geles a few days since.
Roger D. East lake, acquitted on a
charge of murdering his wile, at Col
onial Beach, Va., will he used as a
star witness against Miss Sarah E.
Kliox, uliii Mauds indicted tor tha
crime, when she comes up for trial.
The Dow Jones news agency announ
ces a cut in the price ol llunmobila
' cars ranging from $21 j to $2C5 each.
Ripe cherries, cotton blooms and
morning glory blossoms reported out
of season last month, can't hold a
candle to the record of nice size water
melons that turned ripe on a farm la
i Greenville county, S. C.
If Henry Ford obtains possessions ot
the Muscle Shoats projPct in Alpc
bama he will take immediate steps 1
make that part of the South one of trtta
largest industrial centers of the coun
try, the Associated Press learned r
cently. J. G. Callahan, fireman, was killed;
S. B. Caldwell, brakeman, and Louis
K. Perry, enginees were badly Injured
nad scalded when the engine, tender
and three coal cars of a freight train
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Northern
plunged down an embankment at
Sciotsvllle, Ohio. ,