THE NEWS-RECORD, MARSHALL, N. C.
COMMITTEES
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MORE THAN TWENTY SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES
ARE IN PARTY.
PROJECTS TO BE INSPECTED
Proposals of Ford, Engstrum and
Others Held In Abeyance Until
the Party Returns.
Washington. More than a score of
members ot the senate agriculture
and the house military committees
left here for a personal inspection of
the government's power and nitrate
projects at Muscle Shoals and Gorgas,
Alabama. Pending their return, it
was announced, the investigations of
the private offers for lease, purchase,
completion and operations of the prop
erties will be suspended by the house
committee.
The senate portion of the delega
tion was headed by Chairman Norris,
of the agriculture committee, to
which the offers of Henry Ford, the
Alabama Power company and Fred'
erick Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C.
have been referred by the senate for
study and report. The house mem'
bers had as their leader Representa
tive Hull, of Iowa, senior majority
member ot the military committee.
Senator Norris said the delegation
would confine itself to a thorough
study of the projects from a physical
standpoint and had decided before its
departure to refrain from side trips
to other places than Gorgas and Mus
cle shoals. The house members made
a similar decision in executive session
and like the senate committee, voted
down suggestions that the delegation
visit Memphis. Chattanooga, Atlanta
and other municipalities which had
extended invitations for the congress
men to visit with them during their
trip.
Both the agriculture and military
committees will begin active consid
eration of the Muscle Shoals question
as soon as the members return from
Alabama. Chairman Norris said then
pending offers would be taken up by
the senate committee and hearings
held on them collectively. He also.
announced that unless he altered his
decision while in Alabama, he would
Introduce a bill in the senate upon his
return proposing a government owned
and controlled corporation to take
over the question of future , develop'
ment of the shoals properties.
Farming Statistics In N. C.
Washington Farming statistics for
January 1, 1920, show North Carolina
far down the line in farm values. Here
are the facts, according to a report
issued by the census bureau:
Value of all farm property, January
1, 1920, $1,250,167,000 of the twenty.
first of the 48 states; the value of
all farm crops for 1919 totaled 1503,
229,000, making it the twelfth state,
and value of all livestock products
$35,860,000, the twenty-first state.
South Carolina is the twenty-seventh,
fifteenth and thirty-eighth state
in the foregoing values. -
PI tot of Flying Boat Rescued.
Miami, Fla. That a broken propel
ler compelled the flying boat, Miss
Miami, down and into the sea where
she kept afloat for 48 hours, was the
statement made to rescuers on the
steamship William Greene, by Robert
Moore, pilot of the ill-fated machine
before he became delirious. The Wil
liam Greene, bound from Bayonne, N.
J., to Tampico, picked up the wreck
ed plane and its lone survivor 130
miles north of this city and 41 miles
east of the Indian river inlet.
Arrested After 22 Years.
Doylestown, Pa. A man arrested
at Quakertown, a few days ago, on
suspicion of having killed a constable
22 years ago in the Haycock moun
tains while resisting arrest, was iden
tified as Adam Weaver, the man
charged with the crime, by James
Weaver, of Philadelphia, who claims
to be his son.
Whiskey Dumped Into River.
Chicago. The Federal prohibition
agents dumped 350,000 gallons of
wine, beer and whiskey into the Chi
cago river, while several thousand per
sons gathered along the bank to
watch the performance. The liquor
was ordered dumped into the river
by Prohibition Director Gregory, de
spite the tact that Federal Prohibition
director Haynes at Washington had
suggested in a long distance telephone
call that It would bring undesirable
publicity and too ostentatious a dis
SHOALS
Lower Rates on Melons..
Moultrie, Ga. A 10 per cent redue
tlon in 1 freight rates on watermelons
and cantaloupes from points east of
the Mississippi river until June 30 has
been granted voluntarily by the rail
roads, It was announced here by R. S.
. Roddenbery, vice president of the Na
tional Melon Distributors' association.
The fight for lower rates on these
products has been waged for the last
two years. Buyers Mere said1 all of
the Florida crop and about halt of the
South Georgia, crop would be moved
before tha expiration of June.
SEVEN BOYS DROWNED IN
LAKE WHEN BOAT SINKS
South Bend, Ind. Joseph N.
Taylor, erecutive of the Boy
Scouts, and six boys, were drown
ed in Magician lako, seven miles
from Dowagiac, Mich. They drove
to the lake from here in automo
miles to prepare a Scout camp
for the boys this summer. When
thoy reached the lake they divided
into two groups, eight ot them tak
ing a steel boat propelled by a de
tachable motor, to cross the lake.
After they had gone a short way
a breeze struck the boat, causing
it to ship water and it sank, throw
ing the occupants into the lake.
The dead:
Joseph N. Taylor, scout execu
tive. Jamos Taylor, his son,
William Borrough.
William Kingsley.
Verne Murphy.
Judson Taylor.
Clinton Matthews.
It was late in the day before the
details of the drowning began to
reach the city because of the con
fusion among the survivors and
the distance they were from home.
NOTES SENT TO THE ALLIES
UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT
TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY
IN RHINELAND.
Troops Were Sent Into Germany Upon
Basis of Right to Be Paid the
"Actual Cost"
Washington. The American army
of occupation was Bent into Germany
and was continued there upon the ba
sis of the right of the United States
to "be paid its actual cost upon an
equal footing with the allies," and this
government "is unable to conclude
that the justice of Its claim is not ful
ly recognized," according to identic
communications delivered by diplo
matic representatives to the govern'
ments ot Belgium, Great Britain,
France and Japan.
The notes were delivered under in
structions from Secretary of State
Hughes and were occasioned by re
cent information from American ob
servers in Europe that the allied gov
ernments apparently contemplated ar
rangements which would ignore Amer
ican army costs, although estimates
both for army and navy costs and re
parations were being made on the ba
sis of the entire capacity of the Ger
man government to pay.
The amount of the claims of the
United States for its army cost, the
notesrdeclared, was understood to be
free from any substantial dispute, but
it was deemed to be appropriate, "in
view of recent developments," to ac
quaint the allied governments with the
repeatedly reiterated statements that
the government of the United States
was expecting full payment of the
costs of its army in the Rhlneland.
Basis for the American claim, the
notes pointed out, was found in the
armistice agreement to which the
United States was signatory and
which provided for military occupa
tion of Germany by the allied and
American forces Jointly. That Agree
ment, the notes recited, expressly pro
vided that the upkeep of the troops
of occupation in the Rhine districts
should be charged to the German gov
ernment and it was expressed as the
view of the American government that
the armistice agreement "had the
clear import" that the powers asso
ciated in the joint enterprise "should
stand upon equal footing as to the
payment of all actual costs of cheir
armies of occupation."
Active Spindle Hours Decrease.
Washington. The New England
textile strike was reflected in the
monthly report made public recently
by the census bureau on the activity
of the cotton spinning industry, which
showed a decrease of more than 600,-
000 active spindles for the month of
February as compared with January.
Active spindle hours for February
7,119,576,600 as compared with 7929,
358,136, also a decrease of more than
eight hundred million. The figures
made public were based oa an activity
of 23 2-3 days,' while the figures for
January were based on an activity of
25 1-2 days.
Sugar Rates Stand. '
Washington. Sugar rates in the
Fordney tariff bill, on the basis of
$1.60 per 100 pounds for Cuba raw,
were approved by the , republican
members of the senate finance com
mittee after, a prolonged fight
The Fordney rates were accepted
as a compromise. Senator Smoot,
ranking majority member, contended
for a rate of $2 per 100 on Cuban raw,
the duty asked for by American beet
sugar interests. This was slightly
less, however, than the tariff urged by
the Louisiana cane industry.
Block In Montezuma Burned.
Montazuma, Ga. Fire of undeter
mined origin wiped out almost an en
tire block in the business section ot
Montezuma, causing a loss of $75,000
to $100,000, with little insurance.
The fire started in the Montezuma
Steam Laundry and besides destroy
ing that establishment consumed Col
berts' pressing club, the Fields' gro
cery store. Joiners' grocery store, Mor
gan's pressing club, a barber shop,
Jake Powell's shoe shop and White
sire's meat market
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TREATY IS RATIFIED
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OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UN
SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO
QUALIFY ACTION.
FINAL VOTE WAS 67 TO 27
On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats
Vote For Treaty and Four Repub
licans Against It '
Washington. The four-power Pa
cific treaty, the center ot controversy
over accomplishments of the Washing
ton arms conference, was ratified by
the senate with no reservation except
the "no alliance" declaration proposed
by the foreign relations committee and
accepted by President narding.
The final vote ot 67 to 27, represent
ing a margin of four over the neces
sary two-thirds, was recorded after the
opponents of ratification had made
more than 20 unsuccessful attempts
to qualify senate action by reserva
tions or amendments distasteful to the
administration. On the deciding roll
call 12 democrats voted for the treaty
and only four republicans opposed it.
Dying hard, the irreconcilable ele
ment, which bad opposed the treaty on
the ground that It establishes an alli
ance between the United States, Great
Britain, Japan and France, forced 33
roll calls during a four and a halt
hours' session set aside for final action
on the resolution of ratification. They
made their best showing on a proposed
reservation to invite outside powers
into Pacific "conferences" affecting
their interests, mustering 36 votes for
the proposal to 55 in opposition.
The committee reservation was ac
cepted in the end by a vote of 90 to 2,
two attempts to modify it failing' by
overwhelming majorities. It declares
that "the United States understands
that under the statement in the pre
amble under the terms of this treaty
there Is no commitment to armed
force, no alliance, no obligation to
Join in any defense."
Probably 18 Miners Killed.
Trinidad, Colo. Eight miners are
known to have been killed and ten are
missing as the result ot an explosion
in Sopris mine number two of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company near
here. Officers of the mine said they
did not expect the death -list to ex
ceed 18. Two of the bodies have
been Identified. The other two were
badly burned. '
The explosion occurred just as the
men were changing shifts. It is be
lieved that only about 40 were in
the mine at the time. All of these,
with the exception of the 16 still miss
ing have been accounted for.
There was no. fire in the mine and
rescue workers have been able to go
under ground to a considerable depth
No theory, as to the cause of the ex
plosion has been advanced.
Four Killed by Cloudburst.
Burlington, Kas. Four ; persons
were killed and property damage es
timated at $50,010 done at Burlington
by a cloudburst which flooded Rock
Creek and sent it swooping down
upon the city without warning. The
dead are Mr. and Mrs. T. S. McGee,
Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss Ole-
tha Failing.
Only the body of Miss Failing had
been recovered. Nine persons report
ed missing were found to be unharm
ed. '
For several blocks store fronts
caved in and about 25 homes were
swept away. Much damage was done
also to stock and crops in this dstrict
Streets here were piled high with de
bris.;-.
Levee System Will Withstand Flood.
Memphis, Tenn. With the Missis
sippi river rising rapidly at all points
south ot St. Louis and with all lndl
cations pointing to the highest water
since the flood ot 1916, government
and state engineers here express con
fidence that the levee system will
withstand the flood without difficulty
and that the damage from high water
will be small and confined entirely to
unprotected lands. .
Ford Adopts 40-Hour Weak. ,
Detroit Adoption of the 40-hour
week as a permanent policy in all the
plants of the Ford Motor company
was announced by Edsel B. Ford, pres
ident of the company. ' Under the new
plan the factories will be closed on
Saturday and Sunday and about 8,000
men will be added to the force. The
change will affect approximately 50,
000 employes, who will continue to
receive the minimum of $6 a day., "
New employes, however, will re
ceive a minimum of $5 daily. '
. Nephew of Hoover Drowned. '
Palo Alto, Cal. Walter Large, five-
year-old nephew of Herbert Hoover,
secretary of commerce, was drowned
in a swimming pool at the Hoover
home here during 'a family reunion.
Dr. Ray Llman Wilbur, president of
Stanford university, worked over him
three hours but hope finally was given
Up. '....'!
Servants found the child uncon
scious in the swimming pool shortly
before noon. It is not known how
long be bad been la the pool.
COTTON CROP OF 1921
LESS THAN BUREAU FIGURES
Washington. Cotton production
for 1921 was 7,976,665 . running
bales, or 7,952,539 equivalent 600
pound bales, the census bureau an
nounced in Its final ginning report
of the season. The 1920 produc
tion was 13,270,970 running bales,
or 13,439,603 equivalent 600-pound
bales.
The crop was estimated by the
Department of Agriculture last De
cember In its final report at 8,840,
000 equivalent 600-pound bales.
Round bales included in the crop
for 1921 were 123,791 bales, com
pared with 209,534 in 1920; American-Egyptian
cotton amounted to
37.094 bales, compared with 92,561,
and sea Island cotton amounted to
3,316 bales compared with 1,868.
Cotton remaining to be ginned
after the March canvass, and
which was Included in the total
crop was estimated at 7,435 bales,
compared with 211,893 bales ginned
after the March canvass 'last year.
ARMY OFFICERS CUT T0 11,000
HOUSE READY. TO PLUNGE INTO
FIGHT OVER ENLISTED
8TRENGTH.
Vote on Proposal to Slash Personnel
From 133,000 to. 115,000 Is .
Expected Soon.
Washington. After approving a
clause In the army bill which pro
vides that by July 1 the number of
regular army officers must be re
duced from approximately 13,000 to
11,000, the house adjourned as it was
about to plunge into a fight over the
enlisted strength. A vote on pro
posals to slash the enlisted personnel,
which now appropriates 133,000, exclu
sive ot 7,000 Philippine scouts, to 115,-
or less, Is expected to be reached .
Standing by the recommendations
of the sub-committee which drafted
the bill, the house in quick succes
sion rejected three amendments
which sought to fix the, officer
strength at different levels. By a
vote of 142 to 68, an amendment by
Chairman Kahn of the military com
mittee, to provide the coming fiscal
year, was defeated.
An amendment by Representative
Sisson, of Mississippi, a democratic
member of the- sub-committee 1n
charge ot the bill, to cut the num
ber of officers to 9,000 was snowed
under, 180 to 40, while a proposal
Dy Kepresentative Hull, Iowa, a re
publican member of the military
affairs committee, to fix the maxi
mum at 12,000, was voted down, 115
tJ 65.
When the house quit work for the
day it had before it a series of
amendments which would Increase
allowance for the officers' reserve
corps. The bill carries $250,000 for
salaries an inadequate amount in the
opinion of Representatives Hill, Mary
land; Crago, Pennsylvania, and Rog
ers, Massachusetts, all republicans,
who proposed increases of the item
in varying amounts.
Once ' these amendments are dis
posed of, the house will be ready for
a skirmish over enlisted strength. The
framers of the bill have provided for
a reduction to 115,000 men, exclusive
of the 7,000 Philippine scouts. Mr.
Kahn, who has declared bis approval
of the war department recommenda
tions for 150,000 men, has indicated
he will offer an amendment to provide
pay for a force of that size, while Mr.
Sisson has announced he will propose
that the enlisted personnel be cut to
100,000 men.
Must Make Request Soon.
Washington. Requests from near
est relatives for the return of Ameri
can dead overseas will not be favora
bly considered after March 31, the
war department announced. The gov
eminent, it was stated, had afforded
all reasonable consideration to Inter
ested relatives in permitting them to
have nearly four years in which to
decide whether the bodies woull be
returned to this country or rest in
France. -
France to Pay Debt
Paris. President Polncare author
ized confirmation of the statement he
made recently to the finance commit
tee of the chamber of deputies in ex
ecutive sesion that France intends to
pay her debt to the United States.
M. Polncare's statement presum
ably was Impelled by the utterance
ot M. Laucheur, former French min
ister of reconstruction, in ' a speech
at Lyons last month when he declared
that France would never be able to
pay a cent to the United, Stbtes on
the French war debt account
Reduction In Naval Estimate.
Washington. Drastic reduction in
navy department estimates lor the
next fiscal year have been made by
the house sub-committee on appro
priations in framing the navy bill.
Instead of providing funds for an
enlisted personnel of 90,000, as urged
by Secretary Denby, the committee, it
was said, fixed the total at 65,000 and
authorized the commissioning ot about
115 of the 641 members of the June
graduating class., ' '
la round numbers the bHI will car
ry lomethiag like $200,000,000.
BONUS
MlAIICIID
IILMUUUIIL
PASSED BY HOUSE
BILL IS GIVEN AN OVERWHELM
ING MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE.
OF THE BILL
Member of Both Parties Divided In
General Debate and on Final
Roll Call.
Washington. The four billion-dol
lar soldleis' bonus bill was passed by
the house by an overwhelming major
ity. It now goes to the senate where
Its fate is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 333 to 70, or 64 more
than the two-thirds majority necessary
for passage of the measure under the
parliamentary procedure selected by
republicans for the expressed purpose
of preventing the democrats from of
ferlng a motion to recommit
Party lines disappeared both in the
general debate and on the final roll
call, 242 republicans and 90 democrats
and one socialist supporting the bill
tnd 42 republicans and 28 democrats
voting againBt it.
As passed by the house, the bonus
bill would provide for immediate cash
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service pay would not exceed $50, and
would give the other veterans the op
tion of these four plans:
Adjusted service certificates, with
provisions authorizing loans by banks
in the first three years after next
October 1, and by the government
thereafter; the certificates to run for
20 years and to have a face value at
maturity of the amount of the ad
justed service credit at the rate ot $1
a day for domestic service and $1.25
a day for foreign service, increased
by 25 per cent plus Interest at the rate
of 4 1-2 per cent compounded annual
ly.
Vocational training after January 1,
1923. at the rate of $1.75 a day. the
total payments not to exceed, how
ever, 140 per cent of the adjusted
service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans who purchase or improve
farms or homes would be paid after
July 1, 1923, a sum equal to their
adjusted service credit Increased by
25 per cent. .
Land settlements, under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision of a special board and
farm units established for sale to
the veterans at a price fixed by the
board, less the amount of the adjust
ed service credit due the purchasers.
Exports of Corn Increased.
Washington. American exports of
corn during February increased, as
compared with the same month last
year while exports of wheat and cot
tonseed oil last month tell oft sharply
from February, 1921.
February exports of corn amounted
to 22,052,216 bushels of a value of
$14,020,090, compared with 3,144,346
bushels valued at $6,918,863 in Febru
ary, 1921. .
Exports of wheat in February were
6,476,489 bushels valued at $6,928,655,
compared with 18,408,711 bushels val
ued at $36,836,026 In February a year
ago. ' ' -
Cottonseed oil exports last month
were 9,097,374 pounds of a value of
$794,306, compared with 39,689,396
pounds valued at $4,276,772 in Feb
ruary, 1921. .
German Marks Fall Off.
New York. All previous low rec
ords for German exchange at this cen
ter were shattered when the mark tell
to 30-one-hundredthe, or less than
three for one cent Dealers attributed
the further weakness to the changes
in the German reparation payments
-nnounced in Paris recently and the
firm attitude of the United States
government for the payment of the
expenses of the army of occupation
on the Rhine.
Submarine and All Hands Lost
London. The British submarine
H-42 has been lost with all hands in
the Mediterranean, says an Exchange
Telegraph dlBpatch from Gibraltar,
Census For Pigs to be Taken. '
Washington. The department of
agriculture, through the help ot rural
mail carriers, will set up machinery
early in May to obtain the probable
pig population of the 14 states lead
ing in the production of swine. More
than 24,000 carriers connected with
the 9,500 postoffices will take the pig
census.
As they start out with their pack of
mail the carriers will distribute card
questionnaires on which will be ob
tained reports from the farms on
each route. ' i
Present Evidence Against Exchange.
New York. Assistant District At
torney Jerome Simmons began the
presentation of evidence to the grand
Jury against officers and directors of
the American Cotton Exchange, whose
practices were recently condemned by
Chief Magistrate McAdoo after a John
Doe inquiry into its affairs.
Several witnesses have been sum
moned to testify against the aleged
violation ot the statute prohibiting
bucketing orders. Mr. Simmons .said
that the inquiry probably would con
sume three days.
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CALOMEL USERS
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Next Dose of Treacherous Drug;
May Start Misery ,
for You.
Calomel is dangerous. It may salivate'
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soreness of gums, tenderness of Jaw
and teeth, swollen tongue and exces
sive saliva dribbling from the mouth.
Don't trust calomel. It is mercery ;
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If you feel bilious, headachy, consti
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and if it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without making;
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If you take calomel today you'U be
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It may salivate you, while if you take:
Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up
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it to the children because It Is per
fectly harmless and can not salivate.
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Pickpockets In Hard Luck.
A social worker reports that 'New
York pickpockets who used to slip a.
finger into a vest pocket and get a
watch, now get only a scratch from a
pin used to hold the watchless chain
In place. ' '
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Giving the Old Man a Treat.
Goodpatter I tell you, Nlckelpinch,
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Nlckelpinch I reckon they see now
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Rastus (to Sambo, in an under
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Time wuz when I could whip the.ol'
woman In a fair, stan-up fight.
. The Old Woman overhearing)
Tou's black liar, Rastus Johnalng.
Tlntt wuzn't, time ain't, an' time ain't
gwine to wuz. Nashville Tennesseean.
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