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HnATX T 17 A TTK A TTTT 7 TV A-. Vi) If "SllvllH Weather: Lcra Cotton 17 7 Cents r air ana KA)iaw VOL. XLIII. NO. 56. GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS MISS ALICE ROBERTSON TELLS WHY SHE BELONGS TO REPUBLICAN PARTY Andrew Jackson Kept Her Grandfather in Prison Years Ago When a Missionary Among Cherokee Indians in Georgia Declares Men Know Nothing About Poli tics Eulogizes Harding Administration. . (By The Aesociated Press.) KANSAS CITY, MO.. March 7. Miw Alice M. Iioberston. representative in Congress from Oklahoma, speaking ut a rally of RejKibliean women of this city tiero yesterday, told of her early antagonism toward womau suffrage, of her reason for being a republican und lier reason for running for Congress. Miss Robertson onee was vice -president of the auti-suffrngo society of Oklahoma. "I used to think that not one woman in a hundred knew anything about poli tic," ah" id, "but experience lias taught me that not one man in a hun dred knows anything about politics, so there you ore." She said that when she was first asked to run for Congress "she never was so flabbergasted in ull my life." A mcin ber of a certain organization came to me and asked me if I would consider the nomination," she snid. "At lirt 1 thought I couldn't successfully run for dog catcher, but the man argued and argued well if any man had approach ed me with the same persistence, insist ence and eloquence in the matter oi changing my name I never would have remained an old maid. ' ' Sho said she was often asked how she became a republican. "My grandfather was a missionary among the Cherokee Indians of (ieorgia.'' she said. "When the Stat- of Georgia sent the Indian out of the State, re relVscd to have tlnm. For this he was suitciiced to four years ill the penitentiary. The ease was tried in many courts and finally the I'nited (States Supreme Court decided that it wag illegal to hold him. Hut the sover eign State of (ieorgia, aided end abetted ly Andrew Jackson, decided that they would do as they pleased in the matter. "So whenever I am asked why 1 am a Republican, I always say that I never cari get over Andrew Jackson keeping iny grandfather in the penitentiary. " In conclusion Miss Robertson said con cerning I'resident Harding: "We have in the White House the most human kind of President your kind and my kind. It is an administration that recognizes God." "OfSIS BAND GAVE F!KE Shrine Musicians Under Direc tion of Bob Keesler Delight Large Audience Don Rich ardson Still Master of the Violin Gaston County Man There With Cornet. The. cr ert iriven bv Oasis Hand in O.istouia Monday evening ;is of the most enjoyable uffuiis held in Gas tojiia in a long time. I'recciling the foTinal concert at the Central school and itorium the Baud and I 'at rol gave a fan ey drill and parade on Main street ut C:.'iO o'clock. They were then entertain ed at supper by the Gaston county shrin crs in the Ilaptist Annex. A packed house greeted the band. F.v- crv teat in the gallery i ii I downstairs auditorium at the sc hool building was taken . Director Bob Keesler was never bet'er than he was last night and he gave the folks a fine concert. There were eight or ten band selections on the program und he gave an encore for nearly every number. It was a full, rich program. Notable was the aparanee of Ioij Richardson, violinist par execcelnce. a favorite in Gnstonia where he has been! hoard many times. Mr. Richard -on s , work was easily the feature of the even-! ing. Local interest attached to the up- pcarnnec of Fred Stowe, a Gaston conn 1 ty man, in u cornet duet. "That boy ( turo can play that horn," was the uni- j vorsal comment upon his playing 'i The concert was a benefit perform- I once given to raise money to help pay the ; txpensca of the band and patrol to the I national shrine meeting at Sau Francisco j this summer. A goodly sum was reali- I zed from last night's concert. A local j committee of Shriuers handled the event. I FACE MANY PROBLEMS ARISING FROM GOAL STRIKE (By The Associated Tress.) INDIANAPOLIS, I ml., March 7 Facing many problems arising particu larly from the threatened coal strike on April J, the executive Iwvard of the I'nit rd Mine Worker of America met here today with members expecting to center attention on conditions prevailing in va rious coal fields throughout, the United (States aud Comtda. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. NEW. YORK, March 7. Cotton fu tures dosed strong. March IS. 12; May 17.90; July 17.22; October 16.66; De cember 16.50. TODAY'S CliTTOS MARKET Cotton iced .......... -Strict to jood middlinz ..5lc . .17c Rva DeadrdMany Injured bN "fj TEXT OF Tornado Which Of South Carolina and Georgia HEAVY RAINS DO MUCH DAMAGE IN GEORGIA " . . Macon Has Heaviest Rainfall Since Weather Bureau Was Established 23 Years Ago. COLUMBIA, S. C, March 7. A gMfial to the Columbia Record says live j persons are dead anil 15 to 2(1 injured ut Warrenville. Houses in the path of the tornado were shattered. A morgue has i been opened at Aiken. .Several of the injured are expected to die. The tornado swept ('.own upon the mill village, located in what is known us Horse Creek valley, ut o'clock, with ter rific forre, destroying everything in its path. Houses were crumpled- up as though made of pasteboard, their vic tims being trapped within, trees were uprooted and nearby fields were ttrewn with rooting, househould furniture and wreckage. Four of the dead were children, under ten years old. Mrs. Helle Hoyd, 2d, was instantly killed. Most of the destruction "as wrought at Warrenville. In one row of a down hous-s one ivas undamaged. From this village the tonuulo swept on to Stiefcl town. a fpiarter of a mile distant, where four houses were destroyed. Relief parties were at the scene before daylight. Physicians from Aiken and Augusta rushed to the scene. A morgue and temporary hospital were set up. I'asaeiigers and train crews arriving in Columbia at noon reported that Gruil iteville, another mill town in Horse Creek vailey, has mffered from t lit" storm, but they were without details. Trains were running three hours late, owiuc to the blocking of the line by tel egraph pide mated, were wuv tracks. Fortv poles, it was osti- blown down across the rail- MACON. Ga., March 7. Following the heaviest rain in Macon since the weather bureau was established -.'! years ago, the Ocmulgee river was out of its banks this morning and the government weather observer vves preparing to is. ue flood warnings for both the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers. The rainfall from :t:25 p. m. yester day until i o'clock this morning was i.:i7 inches. The nearest approach to this record downpour was 4. Hi inches February 2125, 1919. The oVmulgoo river stood at 20.(1, two and a half feet above the flood stage, at h o'clotk this morning, and was rapidly lining. It has risen nearly 12 feet in less than 24 hours. A uashout occurred on the Southwest em division of the Central of (ieorgia Railway at I'owcrsvillc. The damage has been repaired. Nearly l.Oud tele phones in Macon were put out of commis sion . ! TWO CAROLINA TOWNS I REPORTED WIPED OUT Ai'dl'sTA. Ga., March 7. Langley. 'and Warrenville. two towns 10 and 12 (miles reflectively from Augusta in I South Carolina, are reported to have been wiped out by a storm that swept through jthis section early today, i Several people are said to have been j killed ut Langley. Telephone and tele- graph mconiuiiicatioii with the towns is lent ofT. I Warrcnton, Ga., several miles from Salary Lists For Major League Ball Clubs This Season Will Be More Than $2,000,000 Within Past Fifty Years Ball Players' Salaries Have Gone Out of Reason Owners of Clubs Are Fearful of Results j Babe Ruth to Get $75,000 a Year. j NKW YORK. March 7. George, interest on mortgages, offices arid clcri-j Wright, star shortstop of the Cincinnati'1 sauries and minor charges such as, H.-I K...U..n- ol-vr..! .l,rr,.,!,o. 4,. ' ud vert ising, t icket print ing a nd supj.lic. ! entire season of l'iP for a salary of 1.2ml. The Red Stockings played ' Karnes that year, of which they won fifty six and tied one, a record which' has never lieou duplicated. Wright was the highest paid member of the team. i Babe Itutli, home run hitter, extraor dinary, signed on Sunday a contract with the New York American League! dub which will net him approximately' 75,000 during the coming season. 'i1te ; contract is for three years with a renewal : option for two seasons additional. If; continued for the full five years George Herman Ruth will receive a total of not less than :i7o,000. These figures give an idea of the de velopment of professional ba-ball in this country during the past fifty years. 1 ucy also are the cause of frequent con ferences behind closed doors in which: baseball magnates argue the question as to whether they are buildiiijf a salary Frankenstein which will in time turn and destroy what hns been in the past a rea- son.ibly profitable business. Big league baseball club ow:iers will not discuss pub licly this siibjisrt except in the most ab stract way. It is the consensus of opin ion as exprcsxed by the magnates, how ever, that the situation in serious. It is estimated tliat the salary lists .of he sixteen clubs of the twa major leagues will apgrcgate more than 2, HHi.OOO this season. Tho maximum figures for any one club arc placed at about $22o.OOO and the minimum at a trifle over $100,000.. To this expense inust he added .ground rent, traveling tx--reuses, local, state and Federal taxes;! Parts Augusta, is :i!so reported to be n storm sufferer. Wire communication with that town is aho cut off. MILLEDGKYILLK. Ga., March 7. PrnMicnllv vel-v itirt rriflrl hridiro iu ! Baldwin county has been washed away, several miles of track of both the Central Uf Georgia and (ieorgia railroads washed up and other severe damage wrought by I the heaviest rainfall that has visited tins sect ion in years. All freight and pa senfcer service over railroads entering Milledgeville has been suspended . ACOFSTA. I. a.. Marci 7. Six per sons were killed and scores injure! in a tornado which ju t before daybreak to day swept tin- mill town of Warrenville, S. C, and the village of Stiiletou, S. C. Mauy of the ic.jurcd are expected to die. The estimates of the numbers in jurid in both Warrenville ami Stifleton are conservatively placed at 4't. Aid has been rushed from Aiken, ;.nd the Aiken chapter of the Red Cross is rushing relief measured. .Searchers are looking through the de bris of tbv honse-i for dead and injured, many of whom are believed to be yet trapped ui'd-r the fallen structures. Twenty-two houses were razed at Wnr renville and si, were razed ami blown n way at Stiilelon . Charles 8. linngiiart, general mana ger of the Augusta-Aiken Railway, said this morning that a considerable portion of his line between here and Aiken whs reported down, and that he iiad been in formed thut a large number of houses had been blown down in the vicinity of Warrenville and Langley and reveral people killed . Marion fS. Syms, malinger of the local telephone company, said his wires be tween Augusta and Aiken were down, but thut a lineman had sent in a message from the top of a pole in which he re ported that nine people hail been killed ami a large number, of houses blow n down. The lineman said that plans were being made to rush the injured to Aiken and Augusta hospitals. The Georgia Railroad dispatchers of fice reported thut they were having con siderable wire trouble on the Macon branch of the road, but htat they had no information concerning a report that S oople had been killed at Warrcnton. WAKHKNTON, Ga., March 7. War rentou today is drying out after the heaviest raiu in years. No wind of any consequence accompanied the downpour us reported in press disputches from Au gusta and no los.s of lifo is reported. All streams are swollen and railroad of ficials are quoted as nyiiig that the wa ter is at the highest level iu 20 years. Only one train has passed through Warrcnton since early Monday night . Dridgcs are reported under water in all sections of the futility. COLDER WEATHER. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 7. Low temperatures and high pressure wire predicted for the Atlantic coast States today by the Weather Bureau as a result of a disturbance attended by general rains) in the Mississippi valhy, the Gulf and south Atlantic, (States. Strong gales were reported off the Virginia and Carolina coasts ,"iid storm warnings were ordered from Jacksonville, Fla., to East port. Me. l A studv of baseball salaries over a! period of tho past 30 to 40 years shows- llie steady im reaso whic; has developed! frum year to year. In Die early s even-1 ; ties 41,501) was a tnpnotch figure for ai j star player. j ! At the bigiiiuiiig of IPUii players of similar calibre were receiving from! ; 5,(i0n to Slli.tKKi a season. j A few years la'er the famous Chicago National's infield drew the following Hg ii res: Frank Chance tlO.iMM); Johnny i,lillli; Joe Tinker, 3,500, and Kvcrs Weiii- feh It tUMiO. About the same time Pittsburgh paying Honus Wagner H.('0 was! and Tommy Leach $4,.ioii. The Athletics famous infield, consisting of Kddie Col lins. Frank Baker, t-tuffv Mclnnis. and Harry, drew an annual total of I7..run! -of which Collins collected close to a third. Some twentv vears airo the National' Trague had u salary limit of $2,400.) Ten years ago it was said that thei avernge salary- in the major league was! not more than t-1."i0. Todav is almost! u'huii- iiif-i- mains. i iioiri'ra ore. .... l - .l- . .1 ,i ti Ti i Sweeps iiwi, noi-cr, i i.r ufiiv ou-! nnu nave ' given oijvroiiiuj iu m.i uh u-i..sii. . - , . n . . benefitted bv the rising salary wave.' " Tax Collector for District No, I gets ! flasse, annua t..c IJ.l . .Spniner. w The managers of the clubs also profit.! 4 t"r cent, or t7iO; this year; Tax f rved scats will be on At Kennedy i In 1WS Frank (l.anre rec.dve.1 $ 1. 200; Collector for No. 3 get 5 per cent, or i Irug ;"' Wednesday, Thurlaj during his first vear as a idaver withil.G20. for this vcar: but they paid out's'"1 '"day a.tern.sjiis. thi tliicago Clubs. Fifteen years later.! he drew a salary of f 25,000 a year and! with collection of same, five rwr cent of the club profits as inanit-l "County paid for listing and comput ger of the Xew York Americans. About! ing taxes for year 1921, H72204.1.!. the Bame time Tris Speaker was drawing! "County received from court Bteno $15,000 a year with tha Boston AjauTi-l grapher 'a fees taxed in. eases for the (Coutiuued tin W-ae sxlI ' ' (CoatiaueJ on page kix) GET READY IN EARNEST! FOR INQUIRY INTO TAXES Large Number of Representa tive Citizens Gathered to Hear Report of Committee Board of Education Con demned for Change of ; School Books Delegates From Every Voting Precinct in County to Constitute Steering Committee. "It has been tho knockers who pre served the liberties of the people and all things els.' that wo hold deal." With this keynote sriitciice, K. M. Cole, chairman of the tax impiiry special com mittee thai has begun the work of in vestigating the cause of hih taxation iu the county, addressed an audience of be tween 4U0 and 5iio men at the City Audi tori uiir Monday morning as to the pur poses of the movement, says The Char lotte News Monday. The audience was composed largely of farmers. Here and there was a business man of the city or a representative of some profession, but the personnel of the body was almost t xcluoive.'y agricultural. Mr. Cole stated at the outset that tho movement "'deserves the coperation of every patriotic citizen who believes in re storing tlio government to the hands of the people.'1 The burden of his key-no'-i speech was to explain the origin of the effort now being made to relieve the' farim rs. the real estate owners, (iiiwe than their share of public, burdens. He contended that the farmers arc the' peo ple who are being oppressed under the present operation of ttie government and that it is among tl;f agricultural clashes' that may bo found the larger part of i the resentment and restivtinss against present methods of government. Mr. Cole said that it new chairman: would be designated for every meeting of the citizens, frank SS. Ncal of the Hugiu Creek neighborhood was nominated to serve until the next meeting which is to be held the first Monday in April. j l'luininer Stewart asked that others bo, named to serve on the investigating coin mittee and he forewith niiple n.uniiei tiom, of K. B. Bridges. H. L. Taylor. At torneys, and Frank S. Ncal. and said he would be glad to have the audience nom inate the other two men. J. N. Bighaui and .1. R. Ltley were placed on the com 1 mittee. Mr. (Stewart said that the April j meeting would nrcbably bo asked to, make other additions to the investigating! committee. Before taking his seat, Mr. Slewart, read a set of resolutions of a three fold denunciatory character, which were adop ' ted with thunderous applause. The lird' is in condeinintion of the Mtate text I ' commission for having adopted a n t. of school books which would great i.v increase the burdens of ediiea-j tion.il e:. 'se, " lie said. The second resolution was in discoun tenance of the Legislature "for its ten dency in i reatini; new ollices" and ask-; ed that such that have been created be ; repealed. Which ones were in the miiulsj of the proponent of the resolution wore: not specified. i ''ItcBolvod, that this meeting go on' record as favoring th" return of local self government in North Carolina," was the third of the series of resolve in troduced by the school board chairman. Mr. Stewart made no speech in i Nplaua tion or def use of his r. .solutions. He evidently foresaw' that it was iinneces . sary. He chose a moment when tin- audi ence seemed ready for such action audi the applause which followed as well as tho unanimous endorsement which the meeting gave indicated that no defend ing speech was demanded. Mr. Cole went into a recitation of what the investigating committee had accom-; plished. Pamphlets were distributed on! which were printed the verbal report of the committee composed of Messrs. Cole Plummer Stewart, H. G. Asn rat't, L. H. Robinst.n. J. B. Watt and Miss Julia, Alexander. It indicated that the inves-i tigation had in. "rely begun, as was oral-! ly explained. The renort went largely! into tho merits of taxation and indirect ly rcsilved itself into what was con ceived to be a protest against the n vatna- , tion act. Few other features of county government were touched upon. : The following is contained in the printed report: i ''Total property valuation of county,! lOl, $12.:, !lil. IstliO; 1(1 ci nt tax levy,' 9'2. for gi-ner.il county pnipo-rs, 65.!)'.l; for l!-'0. '.i5.'.,5.01. "County spint. from Pocemb r 1, 1!1! to pecembi r 1. l!L'u. for chain! gang, roads, bridges, etc, J.I'JD.M Ci.'.M'. "Chairman lionrd county commission-! ers pail sa'ary for year, L'.loO; paid to other four county comini.ssioii'TX if.", ; per day each, for the day they met. for; year, 1 .1 ::7.:5 ; Treasurer. 14; Au ditor. $i,4Hi; janitor. 1 .fisii ; one as sistant janitor. f70; one assistant jani tor 49-: present salary of treasurer :;.li)0. "Interest paid on hmuleil imleliteiisess) from .lanuaiv 1, l'.21, to January 1. 1922, o..2s.(j7. j " I'ondeJ indebtedness of county. tl,-j 22-").'0ii; rate of interest. 1 1 2 'i p. ? : fcnt : couiitv now has b rrowed for cuv rent expenses, $I2",U"0 at ti per cent in-, tercst paid on loan for cm rent expenses from January 1, 1!21, to January 1,; 1922. 7."7.lil. About oui -third of 1921 county taxes collected bv February 1, !)22. "f'ounty funds are k pt deposited in American Trust Company and the Vntoii National Hank; the Union Xationa' Bank pavs per cent on daily balance. oilier oau& 'in nnoini. o.ius iiwij ; i .i :.. .i i i i....i-. ....( of these sums all cxikmikos in connection t - i SIMMONS SEES G. 0. P. TRYING A 'GOLDBRICK' SCHEME ON VETERANS Says No Banks Can Afford to Take Certificates Formal Presentation to House Will be Delayed Several Days Be-1 cause of Opposition. V..-IIIXCTOX, March C. S-uator j eMjiiiiuias wjid to day thut the lii publi- ; cans had been deceiving and mistreating j !!c i x scrvb e men iu numerous ways and , tha' now, in th 'ir compensation measure put ho ward, they are tryi.ig tj sell the siednis a "gold brick. '' He expressed. the keenest it ;"'e; that a great party i sin. ,,1, 1 aiti nipt to foist upon toe ex ser mon ntich an obviously uos;itisfae plan lor uoveniiueiit aid to those who fought for and triumphed for count ry. tory boys this "No bank," he siid. "would let out money e.u I lie proposed certificates, it would have to (.'o three years without the iiitens! on the money. The proposition Ili'di r culi'ilder.,1 i,ni in the house is a bad one from my .standpoint. j 'publican leader, cannot expect uch u measure to succeed.'' Th.- ex service men, ii is claimed hero, Wei.- in a very bad hnin.ir before this proposal was made. b. cause of their Ire.'ihuiul in the appointment of post inastiis, wherein they contend they have Hot been nivvti a fair chance in numer ous instance-', an I now 1o offer such a compensatory measure as the one pro posal, tiny way, is adding ins.dt to in jure. House Ways and Means committee I!e puhliinns encountered ino apparently iinlooked for smiys late today in their fiirlher eonsider.il 10. i of the compromise soldiers' bonos bill with a result that tin formal presentation of the measure to the house will lie delayed for K'Viral' days. It vv.-.s understood that an limine-' cessful effort was made to confine the1 bonus large'y to the adjusted service cor-' tificate option. The other differences were, said I i have le i n uuiiiiuortaiit. After a for noon session of the major ity committeemen, t. iuiiruiaii Kordney an nounced laat i! w.n the plan to complete the bill in the afternoon : introduce it in' the hou.-e immediately and formally pre sent it tomorrow alter a sciiSion uf the entire, committee. !! s"i ins that the proposition to re quire the 1 oiimerats on the committee to cast their votes on the bill without iuivnjT lull (.pportunity to consoler it, met with sonic opposition from the ma jority -lib' and il was indicated that when tin niea.iuri" was put in final form, by the ll.'ptiii'icans, liie minority nu :n-L-i rs would be (liven time to study its provisions before final committee action. The bill will be taken up aaiii tomor row by the Hepubl ica ns, it was said. Cholines made in the bill at the two sessions o' the majority members today were said lo ha,v h.vn largely of a tech li.al character. Committeemen declared, that no important alterations had been in: .e in the compromise plan eliiuiiiatin the cash bonus except where tile men ; were entitled to f-'O or less and sub-j stitutinn a bank loan section to the ad- justed service certificate title authorizing! national Mid Mate banks and l:i:st com-! pane s orani. d under state laws to. loan c.ililicale hollers up to .() per cent' i i 1 lie a 'justed rvii e credit. II i rc-cntative l.onijworth. of Ohio, a member of the committee, told ne.vspiiper corn 'upondeiit-. that he thought the for- incr svrvn no i vvoiilil nave no uiiueiniy i th" certificates, nyinr , ! of each loan would be t he small banks would be i.e only a comparatively. in realizing that the am small a"d th asked to ad s.'iial1 tola'. The ccrti'', enuritabl' !. clitllilllled, I the original d:s. oiinte ; li ,!.- wou-d not be re lis le. h ral reserve banks he ,r could the bank making ij.iii have the certificates re oi ie r banks. He added that tl ccrti'i. ; . sc. t ion w as so lis could net get drawn that thi oul of the luind- iho bai.k. eovi rnti'e veept 1 hi oiigh tranfi r tu DAVIDSON COLLEGE GLEE CLUB HERE FRIDAY NS6HT Aggregation of College Musi cians to Give Concert at Central School Friday Even ing Under Auspices of the Spinner. Finn- aria ngeiueni s a -e bdliiT coin e'ed tor the Davidson rollege i-'v flub pie-, com . hijrh Mh i rl . c. hu ll will tie encn ;it '.lie local i hool auditorium on Frid'iy night, ' I, o. ( (illejrians i nine to re un der the a uspii c of I n' l'.ej Sp:ui:--r nianaeeiiieet of the Senior I'iass ot" the Castonia High Sch'sd. The ( ilee flub maiia t.. ai promises a real treat lo lo overs, who enjoy a program of ;! mu l.-isoe.l ami rairtime music aioug Willi, emit clean readings and monologues. The same eonci rt was given in Charlotte a few woks ago. and was gi catty enjoy- : cd by the 'narlotte jH'iipl 1'r.ie. ei s iro n me sale n i n ncu nuo . a. .:i .4.....ii.' ... - en for the I'Ui. iciituui of the Senior THE WEATHER North Carolina, generally fair and colder tonigbt; Wednesday fair and cold er in cast portion. BANK LOANTROVISION OF COIIPMISE SOLDIER BONUS BILL Final Draft of Bill Will Not Be Presented For Several Days Plan Provides That Veteran May Borrow Money From Bank Upon Adjusted Certificate at Rate of One Dollar Per Day For Domestic Service and $1.25 Per Day For Foreign Service Up to 50 Per Cent of Its Value. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 7. Final agreement on compromise soldier bonus bill was reached today by House Ways and Means Republi cans who authorized Chairman Ford ney to present the measure to the House before adjournment today. j WASHIXliTOV. March 7. The . om ' promise .soldiers' bonus bill was before j Itepublicans of the House Ways and Means Coiiunitloi' again today and they! i were hopeful of perfecting the final ' draft before night. It then would be' ' submitted to the entire committee ami . after formal approval be reported to the House. It was indicated that its pnsen I o I i H i in the House probably would be ; delayed for several days. , , One of the more important proposals, ! on which the majority has yet to act is -I that covering payments to immediate' relatives of former service men who have : died or who may die before the enact-; 'mint of the legislation. Representative ' l.ongworth, of Ohio, and some others are 5 opposed to this provision, and it appear ed doubtful whether it would bo approv-i ed. ruder the provision of the bill as now .drawn, a veteran would mean an indivi-i illinl who was :l Itii'lllbcr of the mi lit :i rv ' or naval forces of the United States ati1""1 '''''"'ales is contained any tune after April .", 1917, (the date ot' the war declaration) and before No vember 12, 19IS, (the day after the sign ing of the armistice). In computing the length of service credit, would be; given for time served up to July 1. 1919. lb re is the text of the blink loan pro-i vision of the compromise soldiers' bonus' bill: j ' ' I A i ' 'That a loan may be made to: any veteran prior to (September dO, 192.1,. upon his adjusted .service certificate only1 in accordance with the provisions of this! scclion. j " ( li ) Any national bank, or unyi hank or trust company incorporated un der the laws of any State, territory, possession or l)ristriet. of Columbia (hereinafter in this section called bank) is authoiied tu loan to any veteran up-1 on his promissory note secured by his! adjusted senicc ceitili.ale (with or with-, out the consent of the beneficiary there-' of) any amount not in excess of 5i) per centum of its loan basis (ns defined in subdivision F of this section) such loan to mature on or before? Heptember ISO, i 192". The rate of interest charged up on the loan by the bank Khali not exced b in. oe than 2 per centum per annum the rate (harmed at the date of the loan' the discount of commercial paper j r wet inn 11 of the Federal reserve' by the Federal reserve bank for the rr.il reserve district in which the: Ki oank is le.caled. . "(C)-- If the veteran docs not pavl the principal and interest of the loan within six months after its maturity, or in any event by rVpt ember .'iU. 192-", the' bank shall present the certificate and the note to the secretary of the treasury noC earlier than May Jin, 192."). and not lab r than O.-tober lo, 192."). The wcretary shall thereupon cancel the note and the! certificate and nay to the bank the a mount of the unpaid principal due it, and the unpaid interest accrued, at the late fixed by tin" note, up to the date of the clu". k issued to the bank. The difference, belw."ii ciylity iier centum of the loan1 basis i,f the certificate at the time of its' receipt by the sis-ntarv and the amount! so paid to the bank sh:1l immediately paid by the jr-cn-tary to the veterans if; livii.g. In case of the veterans' diath' ,'if n r the expiration of the six months : Iter the maturity of tie loan or in the' cisi of his death after September I92"i, such difference .shall be paid to tie beneficiary under the certificate, 1x11)1! tii.it it sin h beneficiary dies before tin veteran and no new" bein ticiary is name. I, I or if the iMiieficiarv in the first in .stance has not yet been named, then Jhi; pa.vineiit shall be made to the estate of the veti ran. "!l)i If the veteran dies before the; principal is due. the amount of the un paid principal and the unpaid interest accnii I up to the ilate oi Ins death, shall be immediately due and payable. In such cn." or if the veteran dies after tin- principal is due but U fore thr1 ex piration of the six months after the principal is due or before October I, 192"). the bank shall upon notice of death prMit the certificate and note to the secretary, who shall there upon cancel the note and pav to the bank ill fu'l satis faction of its claim the amount of the unpaid principal and intereit. at the rate fixed iu tin1 note, accrued up to the date of the check issued to the bank; ex eopt that if prior to the payment the bank is notified of the death by the seen' tary of the treasury and fails to presents the certificate and note to the secretary within fifteen days after notice, such in- j terest dm II only be up to the loth day af ter ouch notu-e. 1 lie secretary shall de duet the amount no paid from the face value (as determined under section Ml) ttf thf rertificntp "(F) when any loan is in default, the bank shall within 30 days then-after notify the secretary of the treasury of the facts relative to the note, the name of tho veteran, and the number of tits cer tificate.' " f w "(F) The loan basis of an eertifi- (i-ate at any time, shall, for the purposes i of this section, be the amount of the ad justed service certificate, plus . interest ! thereon from October 1, 19:12, to tudl j time, at the rate of 4 1-2 er centum per I annum compounded annually. "Mil No payment upon any nolo . shall be miido under this section by the Secretary of the Treasury to any batik, unless the note when presented to him, is accompanied by an affidavit mado by an otlicer of thy bank before a notary ; public or other officer designated for tho purpose by regulation of the secretary, and statins; that the "bunk has not charg ed or collected or attempted to charge or collect, directly or indirectly, any fee or other compensation (except interest as .luthoii.od by this section) in respect to I or because of any loan made under this t section by the bank to a veteran. Any bank which, or director, officer, or em ploye thereof, who does so charge, ol- ; led or attempt to charge or collect any Hindi fee or compensation, shall b liable to the veteran for a penalty of one hun- drcd dollars to be recovered in a civil suit brought by the veteran. "(II I "--The secretary of the trens- ury shall make regulations for th . en forcement of the provisions of this sec tion." This H.-I fcgUHl'd ing provision us to loans in the bill: .mi ceniiicaie issuoil or riglit con ferred under the provisions of this titlo shall be negotiable or nuignable or serve as sei 11 .ity for a loan other than Oiie made under the provisions of 502 and 0114, (the provisions authorizing loans by banks or the federal government.!. Any loans made in violation of any pro- ' vision of this section shall be held Void. Whenever the sofietnry of the treasury finds that any such certificate or right hns been negotiated tor assigned or has served as" security, in violation of a Vro" vision of this section, the rights of the veteran under this title s'lall be for feited." After September :!(), 92."), the govern ment would loun to veterans on certifi cates, tin" amount advanced if the loan were made before October 1, 1928, being s") per cent of the sum of (1) the ad justed service credit of the veteran .'figured on the basis of $1 a day for do mestic service and 1 1.2.') for overseas service with' the maximum fixed' at .sii2"i for those who served overseas and $5iiii for those whu did not) us (2) , thereon from October 1. 1922, to tho date of the making of the loun, at the ! i.ite of t 12 per cent annually, com- j pounded annually. . , , If the loan were made after October lry 192s, and before October 1, 1912, (the date of tlie maturity of the certificate) th.' amount advanced would be 70 per cent of the mm of (1) the service credit" increased by 25 per cnt, plus (2) inter est at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent coin- poiinde I semi annually. If a veteran defaulted for one year in his pav im nts to the government his cer tificate would be voided, but if he bor rowed less than the maximum authoriz ed by the law he would be iaid 1)0 per , 1 nt of th" difference between what he ' bornn I'd und what he was authorized by the law to barrow. 1 1' a veteran held his certificate for" tiie full 20 years he would be paid the s.im of his service credit increased by u'.'i per cent plus 4 12 per cent interest, coiii".iiiided nnilll. illy . PEACE REIGNS AGAIN IN THE STRIKE ARIA l'l!U II'F.NCF., IC I.. March 7. 1'iace 1' iyiied early today in all sections of the lihodo Island textile area where many mills nr.- closed by a strike now in its seventh week. Three mills that re sumed partial operation yesterday were 1, inning today and the Hope Company's mid at Hope, in tho I'awtuxct valley,. winch nopene.l last weex, aa several departments in oSTatioii. Troops anil" deputy sheriffs guarded the plant and kept stiikirs from other villages away : from the Hope company 'a property. Tin- Home Bleach and lye Company, in Attlelioro, just over the Massachusetts line. oK-ned its gates today. A few . workeis r sponded to the call. The Crown Manufacturing Company, of AMU'IhiYo, announced that 20 addi tional workers reported, at its plant. Tho Hope Company ulso announced an in-' en -a ". . In the Blackstone valley whero mass picketing was inauguarted yesterday tho situation was quiet. The main body t. strikers assembled early today at the' Unittsl Statu Cotton Company in Cen tral Fall owned by the Jenckes Spin ning Company. There was ni The announced purpose of the demonstra tion was to induce thoso workers in tho mill to leave but none resjwnded. Few pickets appeared at the Tama rack No. I plant of the Jeneke 6pin ninjf Company in i'aw tucket, which re opened yesterday. 1 The eity council netrts in regular j session at the city hall this evening at j 7:30 o 'dock, j Mr. J. t Thomson, manager of IT. j P." Stowe Co.'s store, has rvtnrne,.! from j a purcliasing trip to New York. ) Mr. T. ; Hope Us s T v., i Northern markets to pur.!. " ! ; i aud auinti.er guoli.