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VOL. XVII. NUMBER 6.
LE SPEAKS
S OF WORLD
Bv Associated Press)
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Oct. 24. '
Lee iremoie. eereiar oi iut
riv-n-her of Commerce, of Grif
1 .A? A. 1-
Ga.. is one of today's speak-l
fin.
;it the Convention of the
S.-.Tith-Eastern District of the
Vv'orhl. The officers are to be
elected at the afternoon session
5E OF SMALL
(Bv Associated Press)
Washington. D: C. Oct. 24.
A campaign to discourage the
use of small sized Cliristmas
cards and envelopes has been in
augurated by the Post Office
Department.
SWEDISH STARS COMING
TO SEEK LP.URELS
(By Associated Press)
Stockholm. Oei. 2-1. As a re
sult of the purple to hri:ig
about closer relations between
Svreden and- the -United Sta?-ct. j
Swedish leaders in the theatre, j
the opera, science and athletics,
are about to leave these shores j
for America, there to appear
each in his or her particular
field.
Thus nineteen-year old Arnef
Borg. who has broken the
world's swimming records for
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with Weissmuller in a series of i universities the coming winter is
races under the auspices of the i Professor Behrandt Pick, direc
Iilinois Athletic Club. Another ' ToY ef the Gotlia collection of
athlete who deserves to bc'coins- The Gotha exhibit was
watched k Chrktr-nnn Swd-! established m 1712 and includes
en s best hurdler, who also is
somsr to America
Among the men of science who ;
have alreadv left is Dr. Robert
Barany, of Upsala University,
who has made important contri
bution to the knowledge of the
labyrinth of the ear as the or
gan of equilibrium. Dr. Barany
will lecture at American univer
sities and before various scienti
fic essociations. Another medi
cal expert who will lecture in
America is Dr. Einar Key, a
specialist in surgery.
iJi: Sven Hedin
discoverer of i
Aransnimalaya, also will lectura
m America this winter before
starting on a new expedition ixv
to Thibet
A theatrical star who has jusi
returned from America is An4
ders de Wahl, generally ratel
$ the leading actor in Swede i
He appeared in recitals in New
Jork City and elsewhere, and
has expressed his intention of
starting a more extended Ameri-!
fan tour two years from now.
Meanwhile Miss Xaima "Wif
strand, brightest comic opera
sar of Sweden, is going to cross
Atlantic in a campaign for
laurels.
Swedish names in the caste of
Metropolitan Opera in New
jork are not unfamiliar and,
fording to information here, a
list uueu iu uts
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FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
iNine Tragedies
A
in American
Busy Week
At School
This is a busv wk .q.v.!
in addition to the regular work
mere are several imc
fSl. Un I hnrsiinv -jftAn
-.v.io ij-iitrx
3 :10. the" Parent 'Teachers Asso-
demon meets with a snecial nrn
gram and business of interest is
to be transacted. On Thursday
evening at S o'clock, Wallace,
the Magician and Cartoonist,
will give his show In the Audi
torium of the Graded School
under jhe auspices of the Parent
i eaehers
Association. Tin
jtertauinient comes to Scotland
jXeek very highly recommended
I by the Schools, by the Ports-
mouth Rotary Club, and bv- the
National War Work Council of
; the Y. M. C. A. and others. As
all children and most adults arcicases deluded in'Los
; interested in magic, it is hoped
, that parents will bring their
I children. The admission is only
: 25 and 35c and any net proceeds
(from the entertainment will be
, used to advance the fine work the
Parent Teachers Association is
doing. They are interested
' just now in helping to make the
! School Grounds one of the show
; places in our progressive little
: citv.
On Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock the American Legion
will present to the School a
Steel Flag Pole and flag and The
Junior Order will present a Bible
- - a riaj.r. iu uiese ' exercises t
1 are most cordially inivted.
liERUi PROFESSORS
WILL LECTURE IN
UNITED STATES
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, Oct. 21. Among three
. st -i . -
iuu,uuu pieces, its ixreelv and Ku
man sections being especially
noteworthy.
Doctor Pick also is a lecturer
at Jena university. His tour in
the United States, during which
he will discuss numismatics
at various seats of learning, will
begin in October.
Doctor J. Elbogen, professor of
history and literature of ths
Jews at the Berlin college for the
study of Judaism, and Rabbi Doe
tor Perlis, of Koenigsberg, have
been engaged for three months of
lectures in America. They are
to appear in the curriculum of
the Jewish Institute for Religion
recently founded by Dr. Stepb.
an b. lse, and will speak on
Jewish history and Biblical in-
terpretation.
STUDENTS
THREATEN
STRIKE
T
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(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, Oct. 24. .Rus
sian students to the number of
10,000 will be fed by American
relief during the coming schol
astic year. They are located in
Moscow, Petrograd, Odessa, Kiev,
Ekaterinoslav, etc.
There is a dearth of profess-
lonat men throughout Russia at
. - .
the present time, and it is pur-
p0sed to help remedy this defic-
i iency by extending help to the
glasses which eventually will
graduate and fill
posts.
the vacant
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DRAMATIC SPECTACLES
SIX OF WHICH ARE MUR
DER CASES. SOME BEING
TRIED FOR THIRD TIME
AMONG THESE THE HALL
MILLS MURDER CASE
PROBABLY MOST CONSPIC
UOUS., ALL PRESENT
WOMEN IN THE LEADING
ROLES.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, 111., Oct. 24. Nina
tragedies stand out as dramatic
spectacles in the news of America
today. All of hem present wom
en in the leading roles. Thev
have their setting in six differ
ent sections of the countrv. Six
acxiauonai muraer eases are in
their various stages of trial.
Another woman. " Peggy" Beal.
won her freedom from""the jury
m Kansas City last night. Mad-
eline Obenchain awaits her third
trial in Los Angeles. In other
Angeles.
Arthur Burch faces a third trial
ror murder. The Los Ansreles
jury to try Mrs. Clara Phillips
for murder is virtually complet
ed. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Cath
erine Rosier is accused of killing
her husband. In New Bruns
wick, the Hall-Mills murder case,
and in Hackensack. X. J.,
George Clin and others ae on
trial for the murder of John Ber
gen, the actor.
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aNACDUR FOR GOLFERS
(By Associated Press)
LOXDOX, Oct. 23 The Princ
of Wales established another
great bond of sympathy " with
thousands of his countrymen re
cently when he duffed "a shot
that was heard around the gol
fer's world. This happened the
latter part of September at St.
Andrews as he was "playing him
self in" as captain of the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club.
Today thousands of duffers at
golf are rejoicing at the enrich
ment of the golfing vernaculf-.r
by a phrase used on a course
near London, shortly after the
news had been received of the
prince's ordeal at St. Andrews.
A player sclaffed his shot and
remarked: "Ah! that was a
Prince of Wales!"
This phrase is likely to be gen
erally applied to a drive which
moves a considerable amount of
turf as well as the golf ball.
LONDON POLICE SUPPLY
THE NEEDY WITH CASH
(By Associated Press)
London, Oct. 23. The fame
of the London Bobby for his
politeness and affability is world
renowedjbut, contrary to the old
legend, he is held in greatest hon
or in his own country.
A story recently appeared in
a Lon4on newspaper relating
how a policeman lent a medical
man seven shillings with wliicn
to return to his home in Brigh
ton. The doctor wrote a letter
of commendation to Scotland
Yard, which resulted in the
statement by an official of thai
office that daily many such let
ters are received, and that in
many cases policemen go to re
markable extremes in aiding the
unfortunate.
This summer a little American
girl lost her parents while sight
seeing. She was found by a po
liceman, and when he learned
the name of the hotel at which
her people were staying, he hail
ed a taxicab and paid the driver
to take the child there. The of
ficer did not give the little girl
his name, and it was only several
days later that the father, a
Chicago banker, and the girl I
came across the man on duty.
He was rewarded, and a letter
of commendation sent to head
quarters, i
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VERDICT OF WOT
GUILTYIilBRIGGSl
CARSON CASE
(By Associated Press)
Athens, - Ga.. Oct. 24. A ver
dict of- not guilty was returned
last night in the case of Briggs
Carson, Jr.. who was charged
with the murder of Benny White,
a negro, last Summer.
SCIENTISTS LABOR TO
CONTROL LOCUSTS
(By Associated Press)
n .ipna, Oct. 24. The
TStrU?tlv? or of two
"ntipuia scientists durin re
cent years in the realm of lo
custs, grasshoppers, and katy
dids may save the United States
millions of dollars, in the future.
It is demonstrated each vear in
the Near East, South America,
and other regions, how possible
it is for a locust hordes, larire
enough , to darken the sky for
hours, to rise out of no where
and eat to the ground thousands!
of miles of harvest. This has
happened even'in the United
States, and a recurrence is what
the scientists are laboring to
prevent.
The two" men, James A. G.
heJjm, recording secretary
the Academy of Sciences,
city, and Morgan Hebard.
or
this
re
j search associate, returned recent
: ly from a tour of Southwest
United States in the course of
which ;they gathered " no- less
tlian4 '0,000 locust' specimens: Mr.
Rehm declared that they are now
approaching the end of the sur
vey they set themselves to make
of this portion of the insect
world fifteen year ago.
"One can never know," declar
ed Mr. Rehm, "when some spec
ies will arise in overwhelming
numbers, as the Rocky Mountain
locust did in the late seventies
and early eighties. This species
swept from its native habitat in
Montana and the Northwest gen
erally, clear down through the
wheat states as far South as
Texas, devouring every growing
thing in its path.
k
"The annual cost to the world
at large of locust plagues is
aooui $iuu.uuu,uuu. .Last vear
5,000 acres in British Columbia
was stripped and in the Orien:,
South Africa, the Levant, and
South America these insects des
cend on crops with deadlyxregu
larity. The great value of the
expeditions fostered by the Acad
emy is that they place at the
disposal of agricultural stations
in ?ths country -and elsewhere!
definite information of the
habits, geographical preference,
and data on the conditions which
favor their development.
In the building o'f the Academy
of Science here there are approx
imately four ' hundred thousand
specimens of locusts, represent
ing 40,000 separate and distinct
species, the largest collection in
the world. Supporting the spec
imens is an unparalleled store
of well correlated data, readily
available for reference.
PORTO RICAN COMMERCE
SHOWS DECLINE
(By Associated Press)
San Juan, P. R.. Oct. 23. Is
land commerce for the fiscal
year ended with June, amount
ing to $136,317,720, shows a de
cline of "$81,410,558 from the
previous year which, next to
1920, was the banner trade year
of the jjsl&nd. Exports were
valued at $72,142,571 and Im
ports totalled $64,175,149.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVTrm
i .
I Chamber of
operates
(By Associated Press)
Nijjw ' Brunswick. N. J.. Oct.
24. The name of the woman re
puted to have witnessed the dou
ble murder of Rev. Edward Hall
and his choir singer, Mrs. Elea
nor Mills, today became known.
She is Mrs. June Gibson, a wid
ow, who, with her son. conducts
a sixtv-acre farm on the Hamilton
road, in a sparsely settled s
tion near here. Shp is s:V t
have told the investigators ,Tat
ehe saw a man and woman com
mit the crime.
BONAR LAW
CONFERS WITH
IRISH LEADER
(By Associated Press)
London. Oct. 24. Premier Bon
ar Law held a conference today
with William T. Cosgrave, head
of the Irish Provisional Govern
ment, with regard to the Irish
affairs.
COST DF LIVING UP
' 2010 PERCENT
IN AUSTRIA
(By Associated Press)
Vienna, Oct. 23. It is estimat
ed that the cost of living in
Austria has increased over 20.
000 percent, since January of
this year.
Each monthly index number,
on which all government salar
ies as well ;as agreements be
tween employes and employed
are based, has mounted steadily,
until this month government em
ployes receive salaries ,equal to
156 times the amount paid in
March of 1921. This and oth-.
er government outlay has been
met largely by the printing press.
until1 the current statement of
the . Austro-Hungarian Bank
shows a total note circulation
of nearly two thousand billions
of kronen. One week's increase
alone was 180,000,000,000.
Within the last month strict
government control over all
dealings in foreign exchange has
raised the krone from about
84,000 to 74,000 to the dollar.
But despite this there has , been
no appreciable check in rising
prices. It is claimed, for exam
pie, that flour, margerine, beef,
fats, coffee, clothing, shoes and
fuel are above world parity.
The government and private
interests recently initiated a
fight against the index numer
system. An amendment to the
statute was brought in by which
the government will pay only
one-half of any . future increase,
while private employers served
notice they would not meet it,
but would negotiate the basis of
increase with the unions Or
ganized labor of every kind rose
as a man, and more tlmn half a
dozen unions are still on strike.
The unions claim that the in
dex system is not a cause of in
creased prices, but a thermome
ter, and that the basic fault is
lack of control over profiteering
m necessities. y
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With Region
THE DIRECTORS MEET TO
DISCUSS WAYS AND
MEANS OF HELPING THE
SOLDIERS ON -ARMISTICE
DAY.
At a called meeting 0f
Qireetors of the Chamber
I T"k1 T-V - .
the
or
v.wiim:n:e yesterday, which
meeting was called for the pur
pose of discussing wavs and
means of helping the members
ot Koanoke Post of the American
Legion m their celebration here
vm umiMK'e lay. it was decided
on
unanimously to prmtrihn
nvo hundred dollars townr.l th .
expense of this big event, and
more if neeessar-.
An extra of la auto
mobile 1- ordered and
i:lra" , -tor advertising
' ot the newspapers or
Ja adjoining counties
vere discussed. It was also mr
gete4 that large streamers be
placed across the . principal
streets of all the nearbv towns
wherever there is no objection
raised to doing so.
The matter of closing the
stores 'for the' occasion was de
ferred until a meeting of the
Merchants Association can be
had, at which time that body
will take the matter up. The
eleventh coming on Saturday will
make it rather inconvenient for
the merchants to close, but the
members of the local post hope
hat they will suspend business
for at least a portion of the day.
With the Chamber of Com
merce, the Merchants Association
and the Roanoke Post all co
operating, together with the pa
triotic citizens of the town and
community, the occasion prom
ises to be one of the very biggest
events ever staged in "Scotland
Neck ...
Everyone is enthusiastic ahout
n BIG DAY ALL DAY ARMIS
TICE DAY.
COTTON MARKET
TODAY'S MARKET
October 23.95
December 24.05
January 23.77
March . 23.86
May 23.78
July 23.55
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
October 23.50
December 23.59
January 23.37
March . . . . 23.47
May ";23.40
JulV 23.19
WEATHER REPORT
JPor North Carolina: Fair to,
Uini and cooler on the north
east coast. Probably- li,h"t
fresh winds tonight. Wednes
day fair and warmer. Diminish
ing north-west and north winds.
'S POOR MAY
GET GOVERNMENTAL
HELP
s
(By Associated Press)
Hamburg, Oct. 21. Two hun
dred and eighty million marks
are required to help the poor of
Hamburg city and state through
the winter, according td an esti
mate of the public welfare office
which has been submitted to the
state senate.
This sum would include the fol
lowing provisions: 100.000,000
for general welfare activities,
20,000,000 for war "sufferers, 50,
000,000 for fuel for the4 needv,
10,000,000 for clothing and shoes,
25,000,000 for reducing the prices
of milk, 40,000,000 for lowering
the cost of foodstuffs, 30,000,
000 for the establishment and con
duct of school-childrens' feeding,
and 5,000,000 for;iding aged
persons and limited wage-earner?.
The likely, g6urces of ths30
funds have not yet been speci
fied, although large contributions
a.re expected from the centra
government.
HAMBURG