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TRUTH, PROSPERITY AND DEMOCRACY Volume XXXVI Washing ton, Beaufort County 1: N. dayyMay: 25th,r 1922, SY LAND AND SEA ari Rashes Which Bui in Condensed Style the Ne.vs of the World. " TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS Washington Which Loom Eer Crucial Happenings. as atrial Activities at , . Kc.-r.e and Abroad.- WASHINGTON i lie Federal Reserve ,, I iliat country banks are amounts of money to :,: lime loans. , : L-0nnick considers-Intro-.lutioii which wculd order 1- :Ipuii-n t navy uepartinem au- LVriv-v steel manufacturers, r -.'t.J "U iiite House dinner, agree 'n i rini to Harding's proposal to II l- 1 1 work day. J The Hunting. administration believes sucri neL-otiaiions as . these at Genoa ttrve -ly to delude Russia with false fc. ie .f recognition and possibility of l! an aul mislead the Russian delega ti'n in: making "absurdly impossible" de-:.a:.'is. 'all of which constitutes a Er.ace t.. the welfare of Russiau peo 'jV. .--.,. '' fording declines to permit Levia than to he named "or him. Administration believes develop n i- us result of Genoa conference that hrina' about situation in which E.uy their i , -i s t : i t f's would nurticiDate In debt Ir-airy iuto the Russian problem. Secretary Denby, despite the Mc O nuick resolution expressing Senate's ers cisaiiToval of the proposed trip Jsmaa V'V the naval chtss of 1881 r .vi.l transport,-staystUd 4su-riH.-nt:f te :!:;:! ed unless the President or Cvn'n-ss prohibits the trip." j NATION'S BUSINESS i at A::r:.-y General Iaugherty an- :: :--t-.i : :.at tie j:.verument will tile li.'...; in the federal courts' at Detroit -::i-ive' the 'payment of more than Mt against tlie iaucuia Jiuiors :;y of 1 etnit. J cenerally throughout the i.a.o surpluses of money for C' V "l.fie is no demand anu ng bor- r v. . 1 ary of Ouninerce Hoover" in d; i -ading producers of nonunion c.-ai r.i'.'K i the country to enter an ii-rt-Ki.eii! to control prices during, the fetrike e:uergency as a means of pre venting pr.Mu-ering. " I Attorney (General Daugherty sent trIei:ra!ns.to ..tiicials of the Bethlehem S:eel C mpany and the six other large fcttrei and 'iron companies, which are running a gigantic merger, requesting . tl.e:n to end representatives to Wash it.vu v discuss the proposed new co:i-;:.e i aster General Work announc s ' writing to a large number of P &; users to get theij views on d changes in parcel post rates, i'-e charge of 1 or 2 cents on mailed is one of the pro--rested. ' - -ary. Hoover In a speech to the "f Commerce predicted J the states will "never again I eu i -"Vt rnmental laans." He said td A V. .. Vn:-ed ' in tl-y w k for tlie destruction of c;.i ,Tnteriuyer in steel merger s to show price flxingl -ry Hoover induces coal oper--ive to plan that will prevent g and high prices as result Nr.- l" Mtft H strik Vt-vv Tv.-,. p:-t i- re-Hiv-fr. ;:: X-nny. . wners in New York plan to " d from England. . " ? - -'"drel and eighty New; York declared involved in whisky l,"t by seizures. j : -'n Car and Foundry Compa- unceu that an crder has been ' i'LL '.III HI fPTriiroMrup id e American Refrigerator Com ; rinur about .V.T,D00,000. J -' :ns 51 d 1; Valera confer ih fina t" Lain Tr5T, rsvx..n ! efT.. Han , . - . - .1 ? !ng tells Chamber, of. Commerce 1'!.:; Li ... ed S lates is fin v nf !--. our hnit T- I ..ai; i.ieads for "conscience i!!i:erce." coniei"e--e cot -naggrVs. ion p..! Ir..v.... iiit-eii: StaTf-v :r!isLi:v a . and; Hagu proposal ; Child iwkesrL'n! titeltl l'"Mtioii t .-;r.- i 0.,1:x-K:ia'ress Ziia of Austria Is t Ji .,'1 go-t... Pardo Cittie, .'o';"1' 1,,r ti,e th of her expt-t ,..u'v,jrilin' "a 'decisKoi of -fi '.lit'. . J- GENERAL-: . :';;: '-i of am itris. assadors announced -4 l ire destroyed tne wmte lead build ing of the plant ' of the United Lpd Company at Perth Amboy, causing a loss of about $1,500,000. ; : t After di year of disuse, the bl? in.n mines of Iron Mountain, Mich., win be jaln, employing thousands of passed the house bill provid- o opened men. Senate Ing .$.300, 000 additional for the Depart- ment ofi Justice; for prosecution ot fraudulent war contracts. Goner. 1 Wood asks four months extensio 1 of leave from University ol Pennsyli ania to- complete - work r in ;Philippinea ' Pope TIus XI. has addressed a letter to 'all R unari Catholic bishops In the United States asklng. them to assist the CatI olic University of America la every possible way. ' - : : Round ?for Xos Angeles, San Fran cisco and Seattle, the steamship Cali fornia of the American-Hawaiian Stenmsl ip Company left New" York with a full cargo. ? She is the first Die sel engine unit ship yet built in, this country; She has no funnels. - -. !; Europe In no mocd. to disarm, say Lgague of Nations experts. ' ' ; jPinclots" estimated majority over Alter b ?tween 10,000 and 15,000. ; j The Irish political situation, frpm discuss ons in the Dail Eireann, ap-T pears tJ be moving toward peace. i j New "Jersey offers cp-operatioi In war or pistol toters. ? , Chicigo apartment house destroyed by boi lbs and fire In labor war. ! Clev ?land dispatches report work Is plckin r up so fast there that industrial plants are havingdiff culty In finding men f r skilled Jobs. - ! i The United States, President Hard ing, thinks, will not need an invitation from Great Britain to join the investi gation!; of Turkish atrocities in Ar fneniair " Arthur Balfour, vice president of tfie Britisn Chamber of Commerce, distant relative of Sir Arthur Balfour, stirred the Chamber of Commerce convention at , Washington with the declaration he British people are determined government shall pay Its war to the United States and all oth- s promptly as possible. . Chicago's most livel Indoor sport is j . wrestling. Tliomas Fortune Ryan is now the owner of a "sister to the 'famous Mor vlchr. This two-year-old miss, named Runpliese. was-nut under the hummer the Jamaica (r. x.) tiack . ana brought 13,0tKi, tlie second top notch pride ot the baker's dozesi of young- steijs disposed of i Spibckels, who hi Cioldie Rapp, PI steifs disposed of on order of Adolph li. red Morvicb. ; " billies', third baseman. is tut tl' the game because of a sprain ed nnkie and. ..broken-" rib,-sustained wh .n he fell chasing a foul. 5yThitoy Witt, who has done some d poling of . the ball as one of the stitutes for Babe Ruth and Bob Mi usel during their enforced Idleness,, ha earned, a regular place in the Yan ke i outfield. !i L Hie University of Illinois has just bt aght ' 18 acres to be usedf or gym n; sium purposes. - The new area rounds oi t a section of 200 acres, to be used exclusively for athletic projects! j The II inois now beasts the greatest poten ti il sprtlng plant in the college world. Young Jake' Schaefer retains world Ui.2 billiards title by defeating Walter CoctJian-at Chicago l,oOU to lf5dJ. J.' S. Cosden paid $23,00 to Jim ; rthur for the contract on Chick .Laug, t ie little apprentice jockey The' price the. highest ever paid for' a jockey this country ' ' - i Bill Brennan, of Chicago, who once asted "twelve rounds'wTth Jack-Dcinp- ey, m Aiauison aquare ijarueu, iew York, knocked ,out Jim xracey, j-. ior- tner neavyweigm , , .rapiou wv . auis-; kralia, after one minute and tnirty- Uight seconds of -fightinr; in the eighth round; - - ':'" r' ; If Brennan Is under the Impression that his victory over Tracy is a recom mendation fcr another match with the champion, he probably is mistaken. Tracy- is beyond all question the poor est specimen of a boxer that has ever appeared in the final bout m a lew York club. . 1 f r According to the latest batting av erages of the Pacific Coast League, Jimmy O'Connell, center fielder of th San Francisco team, -leads with a per centage of .456. O'Connell Is the young- ster for whom the- Giants ;paid $75,- ' ooo. - - ' '"-1 .. -: . 'J ' w !:,.; t FOREIGN i ! to j- ; SPORTING J Aero competition predicted .at lunch eon on Majestic,-biggest liner, in New York. -i--y. 1 -: J Four master keyboards controlling transmission of stock; quotations " wiP be installed on the floor of the York Stock Exchange to replace pres ent methods of sending the sales. : ; Failure of a wife to get-breakfast for her-husband more thrn t'r? In eight years Is considered .-'- -il for a legal, separation iu Brooklyn. Justice Benedict granted a -separation to Henry-Springier of :160 uth Ox ford street after hearing the plaintiff's testimony t-'C- i y . rZ:k:tK ? Offered Himself as Stave to Save .Mother's .Eyesight Charley" ; Jones, once ; pampered Lbaby of. a family of twelve, erstwhile runaway and 'roamer and now a me chanic at Anaholm, Cal., has otfered himself as a voluntary slate for life to save the fast falling eyesight of his mother. The purchase price is to go for surgical care. -! -" : ; FIRE BIG BUILDING Attacks. Were Threatened if Labor's "Big Three,'' Now in ; Cells, Were Not Released. ? Chicago. -Open defiance of the ef forts of the police to check - an - out break of labor warfare -which has. ter- :ur&e&' ttje-'-ityifiOT two jmonths ijwas seen in "a spectacular; fire which partly destroyed a seventy-family apartment building under construction at 7711 Sheridan road In the heart of the wealthy residence district. -' ! Starting just before dark at several points on the first floor, the flames' spread rapidly through ithe $500,000 structure, and practically all the fire fighting apparatus in the: northern sec tion of the city was cajled before It was brought under control, with half the building In ruins. The entire Rog ers Park police force was needed to keep back the crowds, ! estimated at more than 5,000. I Workmen on the structure were em ployed, under the Lamdis wage award, and the police declared the fire is an other step in the campaign of terror ism directed against the award which was "made by former . ' Judge K. M. Landls sitting as mediator in wage dispute between j the building trades workers and the contractors. The awarded was accepted by the contrac tors, but has been actively opposed by several of the unions which were dis satisfied with its terras. ; The fire lollowed several days of quiet, during which the police have been checking up much evidence seiz ed last week in raids on union head quarters, the arrest of more than 150 labor leaders and the indictment of eight, Including Fred Mader, president of the "Building. Trades; Council, in con nection with the slayirig of two patrol men by four bombers jwho escaped in an automobile. : v i j Russia: has returned a favorable re- ply to the aliled proposal for a confer ence at The Hague next month. Six thousand persons' are out ot work in Fiuuie. and hundreds are starving. ' ' ' -:" " : " '" ' The League of Nations council has agreed to take up the; qifestion f mak ing Palestine a national Jewish home h under a British mandate. f ' - -The Lock wood committee began its inquiry at New York into the Lacka-wanna-Bethlehem and the proposed six company steel mergers by: placing two captains in the industry on the witness stand. '"':'"' '' ; ' "-.-'"- " :'" ' Three Portuguese "aviators who started "from Lisbon in triplanes ar rived at Madrid, Spain, safely after covering the 300 miles in four hours. An Irish election will be held June 12, whether, an agreement : is reached between Free Staters and Republicans or not, .was the decision reached by the provislbnal government, r; i .Mother note will! be sent the United stiftcs as soon as' the allies decide P-aioong tnemseives exactiy wnai-iB iu be done at The Hague, ; The Russians have' asked' and received" time to cori r "n"o TTajrue Invitation. . ' About the only nation that appears to .be" m'i- , t Ai-roc -CHARLES JONES , 1 ' , ' ; Y-'; ' V- 'a s'"' ' '-W i tion of peace is imagination , ' ."" " . . -" ... .. . '" , ; ' 1 ; 1 - 111 1 . -. "" - " ,. !. ', ' ,.: j ' I ". ". T. 'T . . '. : lAGilE PPiOGriAr.l U.??S Declares With Finality It Take No Part in Russ Inv6stigati0nTh6re FnErJCH3"CAUSEDSC0NFUSl0N f,!ixup Caused iayFfench Disclosure in , n!e;gard to;RiissI a-ffProposal ol Djf-t ferent Natu re.OThey Sent. M et f 'ij Approval of Washington. -? - : .Washington. Any Question of the I Recognition by the United States of the Russian 'Soviet, government lies beyond the time' when restoration" or produc tivity In Russia shall have been set in motion by that country itselft .accord ing, to . an authoritative and plainly spokenoutlirieof : the attitude of the American government-, Refusal to par ticipate both in the G enoa conference andt in the " proposed commission con sideration, of Russian affairs Tat The Hague,;it was padded, was based on the conviction . that - i such a restoration could not be hoped for under the terms outlined in the Russian "memorandum of, May 11 at -Genoa. y;,x; ; :ln. the meantime, it was explained, the United States is ready to embark ; other powers on any purely scien- ' tific" investigation of conditions in Rus- sia with a view to recommendations as td.eteps necessary for the commercial, : financial and industrial revival of that fnnntVv hnf. tf will havA-'nn nart "in : any such deliberations which even lim ply! a recognition of the . So viet regime ahd c would thus tend to 'perpetuate delusions" among the Russian people. in tne American , view tne xtussiau Genoa memorandum, from which it at The Hague was an off shot, would ha veeiactly jtiiat effect in Russia. emorandi'rred; to by Mr. Jftfiesn: edlnlnthe invitation .to Thilague,' stands as an impossime harrier to the establishment of any re- lationsvith Russia," It was said. If it was in the delegatesVtliat minds of the Russian loans and other forms of credit might be established in the United States ing been set conditions as ments" there (without there first hav Up within k Russia such J would warrant invest on a sound, economic basis,' they ar4 laboring under a corn- plete delusion and no good purpose would be served, In the American view, by entering upon discussions at The Hague which could never reach "a hap py issue while the attitude indicated in the Russian memorandum remained unchanged. I ; It has been said repeatedly- by. American . officials "who have a hand in" guiding- the policies of the govern ment that recognition of the - Soviet government py tne u mtea otaies anu other countries would riot set afopjt the economic! rehabilitation of Russia. Secretary Hughes indicated this clear ly ; when he informed the Genoa group in his "recent note thaf remedies for Russia's problems must come from "with in. Jlussia herself " Administra ttdn officials I generally are wholly con fident that tbe American people would never approve recognition of the Soviet regime and indicate their belief that the assembled delegates at Genoa should by now fUIy understand the fixed naturej of the American policy Of standing wholly aloof fro in any inter national arrangement that migll Lave the appearance of moving toward such recognition. .y , '. ; " ;1 "'y. During the day it Was disclosed that an original;' French suggestion from Genoa, seeking to draw out an expres sion from the Washington government as to its attitude towards what was construed here to be a proposed purely economic affairs by investigation of Russian a- joint international'"; com- mission, luiu met .wun a wnoiiy sym pathetic reply, although no specific acceptance was - sent.' That exchange on the cables, one hour be- was hardly fore-the formal . invitation ' to Tlie Hague waif received, and proved to ce a wholly different matter, since it was presumably proposed as a. result of the -itussian iLijeiiJui uuuuui l. nxij. u. , me message rejecting this formal invita . -. . i .p nf. 11 ! in,. tion wasj expedited in the hope of avoiaing any coniusion oi iue repty iu the French proposal for a wholly non-: political, scientific . inquiry with the answer to The Hague invitation. ,: FUNDING OF WAR DEBTS " PosslblUty, of Negotiations With France and Great Britain. ' . - ; Washington.-. Negotiations may be conducted simultaneously- with France and Great Britain for the funding of the war debts to the United States. ""High officials declared that the al lied debt j commission was still without official notification of the intention of France to send a special debt commis- 1 sion- to this country,- but indicated a to treat with theFrench mission if sent. 11 LEAGUE HMDS Survey of i Its Experts -Shows Reduction of Land Forces : r S Unlikely Hdr years M I LLIO N IVI ORE TH AN IN 19 1 7 Onry Another Washington Conference i.i;-: Cduid "Bring Abcut Disarmament Next Five Years Powers i Answer Frankly on Subject." Geneva. The nations of Eir4pe are In no mood to disarm "or even substan- , tially reduce the size of fueir armies, and no materiar progress toward the reduction of land 'armaments can be looked "for during the next three or four yearsr -'.' ; -H".- - . Such, is'the opinion of tlie jdisartna ment experts of League of Nations and the members of the temporary mixed commission on armaments; which is the instrument through wljich the League has been trying- for j the last two years to make some headway ; in the direction of world disarmament. The commission, created in) Septem ber, 1920, but the first assembly of the T AomVa '-tt511 onrl - tfes trnrlr TloTt JfrniA.. wm be drawn ud- fQr the September meeting ojCj the as- sembiy. Only twenty replies have ;Cen received so far to the kjuestlon- naire sent -r out nearly, eight ' months ago by. , the League- to its fifty-one members asking lor aetaiiea Inform a- armies, bnhand Hon on the present size o the amount of waT material and contemplated reductions. - All the ' big world . powers, t with the exception of Russia and the United, States, to whom the questionnaire was not sent, have, in the opinion of the experts, replied with reasonable frank ness. '-': . -' . . j i ; "':' The Genoa : conference and the Ruso-German;, treaty,' in theUestima tion of the commission merjibers and lett gnevffilvshave dealt 4a-erious. L blow to- the disarmament jcatnpa ign of the' League.. Information reaching the League" Indicates the representatives of the various countries a leaving Genoa with greater uncertainty as regards; the future than jtien they started for the Economic Conference. Consideration of the disarmament problem itself Is out of the; question for the present, owing to the. Russo-. German attitude," League experts be lieve. The only outstanding j exception to what League circles call the gen eral refusal of the world to disarm Is the Washington Conferenc.j But for the .initiative of 4 the United; States government, it Is pointed out, tlie rec ord of disarmament since j the armis tice, excepting, of course, former enemy countries, would be virtually J)lank. " : .A . " The only thing that could bring about general land disarmament with. in the next - five years would be an other Washington Coijfernce, called and strongly supported by! the United States, experts- say. The add that America's great influence, morally, commercially and financiajly, through out the world, would compel- the-na- efforts of the League, which is made up of and is .the Instrument ..of these states, wouHl fail. , ; , Barring action by the United States the experts have little hope in the immediate; future for - disarma The League- intends to efforts for disarmament ing aherd with the ide continue Its quietly, go- that while nothing definite can be Hone, It will in any event have the machinery, ready for tlie day when jthe members decide to disarm. f j - A Although the figures gathered by the commission are being withheld until being reported the assembly, uncon- J Week' he had sold 214 crates of ttr firmed estimates recently reached the . i - c cn Tfl'smP that tberf ara 1.000.000 moro men under arms in Europe today than just previous- to the war. This, figure takes into account the Hviping nut " of the German army. . S j . The. Washington . government has shown -considerable in erest In the Lea gu e - d i sa rm ament. wo irk , acco rd i n g to one official been received Two requests have recently from official American sources asking! for all avail able information in thehands of the League, and the League has forward ed much confidential Information ' to the American government. DRAGGED TO DEATH BY PLOW rarmer- is rmea OlO$e IO where a Daughter Lost Hands in Mower.. Bloomsburg, Pa. In j the same field ' in; which his daughter T lost, both her hands in a mowing machine two . ears - ; m m m . ago Harry Beck, aged wood township f rmer, he fell from a .sulkyi forty, a Green was killed when plow and was dragged for a quarter -of a mile by his team. The spot where he met his death was not more than .00 feet from the place where his daughter was so clmetlnL"-! f hurt . - -mnV WORLD'S NEWS IN. CONDENSED FORM LONDON Great Britain ' will not play Eamonn de Valera's game, by In tervening in Ireland. The British are perfectly aware that that is what De Valera wants, with the idea of discred iting England and destroying the Irish governments." MOSCOW.-"--- A plague r of locusts, promising greater destruction than that of last yVar, has developed in the Caucasus, Baku, Kuban and the Cri mea. It is a serious blow to south Rus sia's "hopes for successful crops, and the peiisai.ts have 'mobilized to fight 4,iie pest with .gasoline and alf other I known means. " " "GLOUCESTER, Mass John Hays Hammond, "Jr.," apparently has revolu tionized radio communication by a new invention. He has; perfected a com paratively simple, apparatus to prevent any station from taking; messages ex-" cept those for which they are Intend ed. .:. -r '";; LONDON. Until Prime Minister Lloyd George returns from Genoa and analyzes for himself the position In which the government stands after Its defeat in the House of Commons, the cabinet will hold in abeyance any de cision to resign or call for a new elec tion. ; . . - GENOA. The Economic Conference refused to accept the American re fusal to participate at The Hague as final. . PARIS. The French Cabinet de cided to refuse to send delegates to The Hague , to consider the Russian question . If - the proposed conference is In any respect political. WILKES BAR RE, Pa Twenty-four disabled soldiers were made tempo rarily blind by bad whisky sold to them at the United States Veterans Training School at Pocono Pines, ao cording tol harges entered before Commissioner Smith. OPPOSJES STARTING PAPER But Union Authorizes Officials to Move to Establish a Paper Mill. Houston;"' Tex. The convention of the International Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen voted down the proposal to create a $5,000,- 000 fund for. the establishment cf daily u6wpapt?riMa In:-puiUIsiicd Ja"the in terest of organized labor. Tlie con vention voted to indrseoi Joint . labor press',- but stated that assessments at this time would be a burden on tbo brotherhood. I t ONE STEEL MERGER, RESULT Lackawanna :' Plant Jaborers Get Un- - asked-For Pay Increase. New York. Tlie Lackawanna Steel Company announced a wage increase of more than 10 per cent to common laborers. ; k The increase, from 23 to 20 cents an hour, was unasked by the workers. II was understood to have been made fox the purpose cf equalizing wages with those paid by the Bethlehem Steel Cor- , poration, by whica the Lackawanna been absorbed. MAY BE $1,500 PER ACRE x ' IN STRAWBERRIES. One of Pender County's luck strawberry growers has alread ad ded near $1,300 to his farm icome n but jugt what is t a matter of conjecture, for he is still gathering strawberries and selling J . . . , Plant that same valuable acre 6f land jn this goodly portion of the -" The man who has pocketed more 1 monev from one acre of ber- ries than a cottontot in the cotton belt could get out of 20 acres -ot land in a normal season, is Mr. S. V. Bowen, Up to the middle of last a average.wi. wvtf his receipts from shipments being" $1,117. ! From that same acre he has sold $120 worth of plants mak ing his jacre income $1,297. Wil mington Star. - KILLER MAN BECAUSE OF A PINT OF WHISKEY. Greenville, May 22. Ifi Carolina township, near-Whichards, Will Flem ing, negro, shot and killed "Will Newsome, also colored, Sunday morn ing for refusing to pay for a; pint of monkey rumthat he, the forme? ac cording to reports reaching here to day. Eye witnesses state that the shooting was done with a shot gun the load from which struck Newsome in the back." Fleming made his es cape and has not been heard from since. It is said that he was a no torious distiller and bootlegger in - Y.t-.'"-.' i f, I.'!'