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VOL. XII. NUMBER 69.
FOUR O'CLOCK- EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, IT. 0., T?UESDAY, BiAY 3rd, 1921
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
Alexander Gratiiaim
Bell OW Radium
(By U. S. Press)
Washington,; May 3. In connection
with the visit of Mme. Marie Sklodow
ska, Curie to the United States, the
Xationnl Geographic Society has is
sued the following bulletin concerning
her discovery of radium, "the great
5c PER COPY
RICHMOND TO HAVE
LARGtM
PRES. LAUNCHES DRIVE
EOICAL COLLEGE AGA1HST EXTRAVAGEHCE
OF GOIIERIIMEIIT
DEPARTMENTS
(By Associated Press)
Richmond, Va., May 3. A report
favoring consolidation of the Medical
School of the University of Virginia
and the Medical College of Virginia
of Biehmond was adopted by the Med-
j.uzzle of the twentieth century,' ' bas-jieal Educational Commissioners. The
united institute will be located here
if legislature approves.
j oree,
ed oa a communication from Dr. Alex
ander Graham Bell:
'Radium has recently upset our
st cherished theories of matter and
''writes Doctor Bell. "The
whole subject of chemistry has to e
rewritten and our ideas of the consti
tution of matter entirely changed.
Here is a substance which mits light
uhI heat and electricity continuously
without any apparent source of sup
ply. It emits light in the dark, and
iu a cool room maintains itself con
stiiutly at a higher temperature than
its environment. It emits the roten
gen rays without any electrical ma
chineiy to produce them, and we have
now discovered emanating from that
substance several different kinds of
r:i"8 of the unknown or X-ray variety;
:md now recognize the Alpha, Beta,
iiud Gamma rays as distinct varieties,
Slaving different properties. Though
radium behaves like an elementary
sul istance, it is found in process of
time to disintegrate into other ele
mentary substances quite different
i'rom the original radium itself. Hel
ium is one of its products, and, after
New Wage Scale
For Stetel & Iron
Workersi
Hamilton, Ont., May 3. A new
wage scale and working agreement
for the independent steel mills of the
United States will be the most impor
tant matter before the biennial con
vention of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers,
which will open here tomorrow with
representatives of 25,000 steel work
ers present.
(By Associate d Press) . . r
Washington, May 3 President ; Hard
ing has launched a drive against what
he 'terms the dangerous tendency of
government departments to live be
yond the means provided by congress,
and submits a request for emergency
appropriations. The President in a
letter to the cabinet members ealled
attention to the fact that the request
of two hundred and sixteen million
deficiency appropriation is now pend
ing and that estimated deficiencies
will run much beyond that sum.
CONFEDERATE BATTLE
ABBEY OPENED
Eichmond, Va., May 3 With prom
inent Confederate veterans from var
ious parts of the South here to attend
the ceremonies, the . formal opening
of the Confederate Memorial Institute
known as the BattTe Abbey of the
South, will take place this afternoon,
when the famotis military paintings
will be inspected by the publie for the
first time. Commander-in-hip.f Van
Zandt, confederate veteran, unable to
attend.
NaVal Reserve to
Keep Ships Going
Washington, May 3. Chairman Ben
son, of the Shipping Board, looked to
the naval reserves and discharged
seaen, to keep American transatlantic
naval ships in operation during the
present wage dispute between
board and marine workers, if
service is neeessary.
ALLIED COUNCIL PLEASED
WITH AMERICAN NOTE
TO
GERMANY
the-their
While the wage scale adopted, by
the convention will only directly af
fect the plants with whic hthe Amal
gamated has agreements, Michael
Tighe, international president, point
ed out that it would also "eventually
affect 150,000 steel workers in
BACH
TERY MAKES
A SUGGESTION
(By U. S. Press)
Hoover Is
Comforti
ng
plants of the United States Steel
Corporation whose Avages are general
ly based on the standard set by our
several transmutations, it apparently organization. ' '
turns to lead-"
DIN
MAY
1
OK
, BUT ANI-
'T LIKE
Z
(By Associated Press)
Xew York, May 3. Humans may
like jazz, but, animals don't.
This was the conclusion reached by
;i group of scientists who recently as
sembled in the Central Park zoo to
.see what a saxophone and traps would
-do to the emotions of monkeys, lions,
leopards, elephants and other jungle
beasts.
A quintet of musicians guaranteed
to rag anything from Wagner down
was massed in front of the monkey
cages for the first laboratory test to
determine whether? the line "music
liatli charms to soothe the savage
1'ieast" was, after all only poetic
license.
According to a corps of unscientific
reporters who journeyed to the zoo
with scientists from Columbia Univer
sity, American Museum of Natural
History and Xew York Zoological
l'ark. the monkeys registered emotion
Mr. Tighe declined to indicate the
probable action of the convention.
"We cannot tell until our wage
committee reports what the men
want," he explained. "Some lod
ges may. recommend increases or con
tinuance of the old scale. Our com
trittte. hsa-Jtieen.. sifting -out . h& various
resolutions and will present a concrete
proposal. ,
"The Amalgamated during the time
of the present agreement has main
tained most cordial relations with the
steel companies ' ', Mr. Tighe said.
' ' We have an exceptionally smooth-
working contract, providing for wage
reductions or increases according to
Washington, May 3. Women "with
positive conversational powers" can
maek a bigger dent in retail prices
than the whole Department of Justice
machinery, Attorney General Daugher-
the'ty declared. A squad of women so
i - i ,
equipped could do more with a dealer j
than the government, he said, adding
that retail prices remained up despite
the slump in wholesale figures, Reav
ing profits in which he could see no
reason in meats and other household
commodities.
(By U. S. Press)
Washington, May ' 3. Herbert
Hoover: "We have much upon which
;to congratulate ourselves.Our difficul
ties are infinitely less than those or
Europe; we have weathered the dan
ger point of a great crisis, our finan
cial system has proven its strength
and for the. first time we have passed
safely through a commodity crisis
without a monetary panic. "
(By Associated Press)
London, May 3. The French Pre
mier read the note of Secretary Hugh
es' to Germany urging them to make
clear, definite and adequate proposals
to the allies, and he declared that he
was greatly pleased with the note.
The Supreme Allied council met at
eleven o'clock this morning to receive
jthe report of the financial experts
jwho have been working out the details
jof the guarantees to be demanded cf
(By U. S. Press) "Germany for payment of reparations
Limrick, Ireland, May 3.-In a five and also to hear the views of the milt
hour battle here last night between, tary experts on tfte meagure8 to w
one hundred and fifty civilians and taken if Germany failB to comply with
crown - si-x. civmans were the terms of th(J aUied ultimatum
killed and fourteen wounded, and one
Irish And
British Fight
policeman wounded.
STOPS ADMISSION OF
Lenine9;uks Be
f oi ehth Com
munist Congress
(By Associated Press)
New York, May 3. The text of the
speech delivered by Nikolai Lenine,
the Russian Premier, before
London, May 3. The allied supremo
council today decided to take no naval"
action against the enemy without con
sulting the United States. This was
agreed to after a rather full discussion
of the members with Admiral Bxtty
iof England and Admiral Grassett of
France, regarding plans for naval
pressure on Germany.
FUGITIVES FROM BOLSHE-
AID IN
TORKEY
CHINESE
(By Associated Press)
companies' books.
' ' The employers have adhered
Constantinople, May 3. Just as the
Mennonites of the United States have
furnished unexpected help to those or
business conditions as shown by the j South Russia, so the Old Believers,
who centuries ago fled from religious
persecution in Russia and found ref-
our agreement and we have had lit- !uge jn Turkey, are now aiding the
tie trouble in making adjustments. 'members of their faith who were
' ' While our men have taken redue- among the hundred thousand refugees
tions in many cases their wage is from the Crimea.
still considerably above the pre-war i When it became a question of find
base." inr homes for this great army of fugi-
Beeause of depressed industrial con- tives f rom Bolshevik Russia, a com
ditions, Mr. Tighe said that the atten- mittee appeared at the refugee head
dance at the convention was not ex- qqUqarters of the Russian Embassy,
peeted to be as large as in past years, speaking the Russian language of 150
"Thousands of our men are out ot years ag0 aix& announced that it rep
work," he said, "as many of the In- reSented a group of villages of Old
Berlin, May 3. The note of Secre-
the 4tary Hughes to the German Govern-
Tenth Congress of the Communist ment replying to their counter propos
Party, as printed in the official Bol- ' als was delivered to Foreign Minister
shevist newspaper Pravda of March ' Simons at eleven thirty this morning
10 was made publie today by A. J. (by American Commissioner Dresel.
i
Sack, director of the Russian Infor-
dependent companies have
down or are working at greatly
ill right but of a rather savage kind, j :cuce capacity
Then the latest jazz was banged in
to the ears of lions and their mates.
All hopped to their feet, with fur
bristling.
As for Mrs. Murphy, hippopotamus,
she merely wrecked the experiment
by diving into her tank and shutting
out the racket. The elenlxants seem
el to tremble with rage.
Only one beast was found that ap
parently was able to endure, if not
4 'yoy, jazz. That was Bagheeta, the
'opnrdess. But when a hymn was
piayed, she started a six-day race
;l' "iind her cage, spitting sparks. The
yi ientists however put a question mark
'iter Bagheeta '8 test, for attention
culled to the fact that, at the
''"'"ent, a keeper whom she chose to
T-iish only as a potential meal, had
-i't passed her cage.
closed Believers, located near Pandemia, on
re" the Marmora Sea, and would take j
Jcare of as many as possible of their;
Washington, May 3. The Depart
ment of Labor has cancelled the ar
rangement with the Chinese Merchants
lissociation permitting Chinese indus
trial students to enter this country
Assistant Secretary Henning said he
was, informed this was a scheme to
--feiin -30)06 Chinese laborers. For
mer Assistant Secretary JPost address
ed a memorandum to the Chinese Mer
chants Association, New York, and ,
orders were issued, it was said, grant
ing authority ' to bring Chinese into
this country under a bond of $1,000
each, for the purpose of working in
industrial plants plants as students.
Mr. Henning said the plan had been
repudiated by the Chinese Merchants
Association, officials of which declared
the arrangement a scheme to defraud
the Government, and that information
had reached them that Chinese were
being solicited to come under the au
thority granted by Mr. Post, and were
being assured that they could remain
here., forever. The Chinese officials
Mr. Henning said, declared that they
had put all of their former officials
connected writh the arrangement out
of the organization. So far as he has
been able to find, Mr. Henning said,
no Chinese have taken advantage of
Mr.-Post's ruling.
mation Bureau in the United States,
representing in this country the Rus
sian democratic anti-Bolshevist forces.
This, is the speech which led to reports
that Lenine had repudiated a world
revolution and communism for Russia.
Referring to the question, of world
revolution, Lenine said:
"Aid is coming to tfS from the Wes-
London, May 3. The British and
French governments will continue to
examine the means available for naval
action after the final adjournment ot
council for the purpose of equal ao
tion, . if the occupation of the Ruhr
district should be insufficient. Unof
ficial copies of American note of Moa
day to Germany were circulated infor-
tern European countries. It is not mally among the ministers and ap
community
TYPHUS AND CHOLERA
SWEEP RUSSIA
proved by the representatives of the
allies, who agreed that the United
States must be invited to send a rep
resentative to the Supreme Council.
coming as fast as we should like it,
but it is coming nevertheless and gath
ering strength. Of course, the world
revolution has made a great step for
ward, in- comparison with last year. Of
course, the Communist International
which last year existed merely in the
form of proclamations is now existing
as an independent party in every
country. In Germany, France and
Italy the Communist International has
become not only the center of the la
bor movement but the focus of atten
tion for the whole political life of
those countries. This iis our conquest
and no one can deprive us ot it. ine iiamentary representation. In the re-
world revolution is growing stronger, lcent congressional elections two seats
First Socialist In
Chamber of
Deputies
(By Associated Press)
Santiago, May 3. For the first
time in the history of the country,
the Socialist Party has obtained par-
in the chamber of deputies were won
by socialists while the Democratic
"Conditions are the worst we have fait
experienced in years. Not onjy ind-3- i ho men stated their
pendent but the plants of the United ha(j ieft what is now Cossack Russia
States Steel Corporation have been in the earv part of the 18th century,
working at about 30 percent, or less, because of religious persecution by Associated Press)
of their capacity." " 'the Orthodox church and had found New ' York, May 3 More than
The convention, wliihh will probab- asylum amGng the Turks, who Had, 8,000,000 cases of typhus have . been
'Jly continue for nearly three weeks, during all these years, permitted them ; reported in Soviet Russia with a mor-
will be executive sessions, unless a to liv0 peacefully and as a separate jtaJlt7 as high as oO percent m some
new rule is adopted opening the meet
ings to the public. Mr. Tighe said
that he favors "open sessions" and
such action may be taken.
community. In the world war SOme a.ieuu - "
of them had served in the
Red Cross, but had not been compelled
to bear arms.
COTTOK MARKET
V
July
October ,
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Important amendments to . the by
laws and constitution of the Amalga
mated are also to be considered dur
ing the sessions as well as other reso
lutions affecting the welfare of the
organization. , ,
Resolutions tending to support the
campaign of the Executive Council of
National and International Orgamza-
tions in the Steel Industry to unionize I
the plants of the United Steel Indus- j
trv to unionize the plants of the Unit- Cash
Turkish -rv l02 of this city, head of a Jew
ish medical unit operating in Poland,
just made publie by the American
1 t i tt: .e n
Several hundred homeless Old Bc-i,uwlbU omimnc. .
lievers, among the Don Cossacks, were I addition to typhus, the report
a I, 9;,,p beonifi mem-, stated that Russia has been swept by
(H1VL UW v "v-
bers of the Pandemia community.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED TO
CHINESE RELIEF FUND
Formerlv contributed and sent in
cholera during the last two years. In
Petrograd there was a total of 12,000
cases with a mortality of 40 persent
and cholera has broken out in some
while the eonomie crisis in Euroe 13
getting worse at the same time.
t f "Rn-f ot o mr tq o ttpt -wo r drJI W I j i. 1 i
from this the conclusion that help jmbor, substantially increased its re
would come to us from there within a presentation in the lower house.
brief period in the shape of a solid j . ,
proletarian revolution, we would be; economic forms we offered them. We
simply lunatics. We have during these ' must not conceal anything but admit
three vears learned to understand that that a form of relationships which the
the staking of the game on the world 'peasantry does not are for will never
revolution does not imply any figur-j exist. The peasantry has become far
ing on a definite date and that the; more middle-class than before. The
pace ot its development, growing village has been leveled down. The
more and more rapid, may bring us middle-class peasant now predomi
the revolution in the spring, or may j nates. We must, therefore, see what
not. Me must, therefore, know howjthis peasant wants. He demands: 1
to adapt our activity to the mutual A certain freedom in his economic
class relations existing within our j turn-over; 2. Opportunity to market
own and other countries, that we may; his products in exchange for goods."
be able for a long time to retain the
dictatorship of the proletariat and, at
In conclusion, Lenine recommended
concessions amounting to granting to
least gradually, to cure all the ills be. the peasant the right to dispose free
setting us. Only such a view of the jly 0f that surplus of his products
problem will be correct and sober." 'which will be left him after giving to
The most urgent roblem now in Bus-i the Bolshevist government what will
sia, according to Lenine, is the rela-j be . levied on him as taxation in kind,
tions between the working class and ; Besides "freedom in local trade for
i
the peasantry. "These relations,' 'small farmers," nothing is mention-
parts of Poland the entry of Russian said Lenine, ''are not what we had led in Lenine's speech about any other
refugees.
from other sources
TO COMMONWEALTH
$335.80 ! "Dr. Plotz ' report dealt particularly
with health conditions in Poland which
13.07 ed Steel Corporation are also to be Dr. O. F. Smith !
$3.00
$5.00
believed them to be.
concessions or changes in the funda-
13.77
considered. This . committee,
1 "'ember 14.18 j by Mr. Tighe, will launch its
headed . Cash
active
. ' $1.80
Total $9.S0out the country.
These relations represent a , peril 'mentals of the existing Bolshevist
many times greater than all the-'perils .economic policy.
he declared to be "still distressing. " threatened by the Denikine, Kolchak Commenting upon Lenine 's speech,
lib outlined plans, which have the ap- and Yudenitch campaigns put to-Mr. -Sack said it is clear that the main
proval of the Polish government, f or , gethe?. Russian industries and Kussia s jrans-.
"The peasants are not satisfied," (ort will continue to oerate upon eora
said Lenine, "They do not are for the ' munistic principles.
reestablishing publie baths through-
'niarv
14.2S
campaign on June 19.
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