Soft'Coal Operators Have for Weeks
Urged Upon Controlling Agencies
Necessity of Providing Cars
WMCtnON 18 MADE TO USE
|MiLP AND SOUTH ATLANTIC
tttllMINALS MORE FREELY
SOUTHERN PORTS OPEN
Leaded Cars Moving North to
Being Sent South Which Adds
te Jam North of Ohio Rivor
fJ:
IjoaisTillo, Ky. — Headquarters in
LooisviUe of railroads with Southern
•Bort connections have sent telegrams
. Broadcast to connecting lines from.
FIttsbnrs to San FYancisco announc
ing free movement of freight in the
Soufli and suggesting the use of Gulf
and Bonth Atlantic terminals for the
aMvement of export business as one:
■eans of relieving freight congestion!
la the East, Middle West and West, i
The telegrams asserted that seven!
Boutham ports—New Orleans, Mobile, i
Jacksonville, Brunswick, Savannah, {
(Aarleston and Norfolk—are open j
and that export business can be ban- i
died if lines at Ohio river crossings, I
St Loals or Memphis, could be reach-1
ad. j
"As far as I know," said R. L. Mc-|
Kellar, foreign freight traffic manager.
Sonthem Railroad, one of the leaders
la a movement centralized here to as
sist In relieving freight congestion,
*tte idea of using Southern ports for
Bovement of export business has hot
been advanced in the present crisis.”
"Moreover," he added, “the logic of
the situation is with the South, where j
two loaded cares are moving North to
one load being sent tg the South. This
aecessarily means an empty haul
South and lost motion and adds ma
terially to the freight jam north of
the Ohio river."
WMhington.—A grave crisis, "ia-
Tolvlng the industrial life of the coun
try,” has resulted from failure of soft
coal operators to obtain an adequate
car supply, the National Coal Associa
tion declared tonight In a general sur
vey based on reports from members In
many sections.
At the same time, the United Mine
Workers of America, in a statement
quoting John Moore, president of the
Ohio miners, said that unless some
thing was done immediately to relieve
the car situation the public would
find itself without coal next winter.
Responsibility for present condi
tions, Moore charged, “rests squarely I
on the railroads and their upjust and|
unfair discrimination In the distiibu-j
tion of coal cars.” |
The coal aasoclation said persistent j
efforts of operators to obtain relief
had been unavailing, that the short
age of open top cars In the coal fields
ran 60 to 65 per cent below normal,
and that not since the days Just pre
ceding America’s entry in the war had
the country been threatened with
“such a paralysis of industries.”
“The soft coal operators for weeks
have urged the intersUte commerce
commission, the commission on car
service of the American Railroad as
sociation, the railroad executives and
congress to do what they can to give
the mines sufficient cars,” the associa
tion statement said.
TO DISCOURAGE UNNBCESSARY
BORROWINGS AND CURTAIL
LONG-TIME LOANS.',
HOPE TO RELIEVE INFUTION
Slowing Down of Industrial Efforts
Shown by Decreased Production Is
Most Unsatisfactory ElemsnL
Italian Ex-Premier is Requested
By the King to Form New Ministry
Rome.—Signor Nltti, whose cabinet
resigned some days ago, has accepted
an invitation by King Victor Emman
uel to form a new ministry.
Manufacturers Sub-Committee On
Print Paper Close its Hearings
fncomplete Returns Show That the
Legion Has Gained 80,000 Members
Washington.'—Curtailment of long
term loans covering "non-es6ential”
operations and discouragement of ua-
necsssary borrowings of all kinds
will be the foundation of the federal
reserve system’s new policy designed
to deflate the national finances. Amer
ican bankers have, pledged themselves
to co-operate with the reserve board
In the effort to carry out the plan.
Governor Harding, of the boards is
of the opinion that liquidation of su
perfluous loans will go far toward
rectifying the present inflation. Ex
pansion of banking credit due to war
requirements, he told the banker del
egates, amounted to $11,000,000,000
while money in circulation had in
creased about $1,900,000,000 during
the war period.
The “slowing down of industrial ef
fort,” as indicated by decreased pro
duction in important lines, represent
ed the most unsatisfactory element in
the country’s economical problem.
Governor Harding said. The govern
ment’s efforts, he explained, would be
toward a normal and healthy liquida
tion “without curtailment of essential
industries and, so far as possible,
without disturbing legitimate com
merce.”
Enormous Resources of Country Must
Be placed at Servica of Human
ity or World will Tkka Them
El Paso, Texas,—Admission tkat
Mexico te "a troublesome neighbor"
and a plea that the world "have a lit
tle patience and wait a trifle longer"
are contained in a statement to the
American people by Salvadore Alvara
do, provisional minister of flnan)ce for
the revolution.
The statement, a copy of which was
received here, follows, in part:
“The men of good will In iBexico
suffer an inexpressible anguish at this
time, because we know that the world
is tired of our dlsordens, because we
are a troublesome neighbor. We know
full well our duties if we wish to be
respected like a civilized people; we
know that we have to protect the lives
and property of nationals and foreign
ers, we know wo have to pay our
debts, as gentlemen; we know that the
difficulties of Mexico affect many parts
of the world; that we can not live be
hind a Chinese wall, and that, due ^
the swiftness of means of communi
cation, inter-dependence of nations is
an actual and positive thing, and that
no country can act as she herself de
sires.
“We also know that if we are not
capable of placing at the service of hu
manity all of the enormous resources
that exist in Mexico, the world will
come and take them. ,
FEITiEMilllEI
PRICES OF PRACTICALLY ALL
PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
'BEItIG’“MARKED DOWN”
French Soldiers Have Withdrawn
From Frankfort and Other Cities
Mayence.—The French troops which
have been in occupation of Frankfort,
Darmstadt and other cities on the
east bank of the Rhine have evacuated
those cities it is announced here.
IndianapoUs, Ind.—Incomplete re
turns into national headquarter^ here
Indicate that approximately 80,000
new members were obtained in the
first two days of the American Legion
■ationwide campaign for increased
membership.
j Washington.—The senate manufac-
j turers’ sub-committee which has been ^
I investigating the print paper sltua- i
I tion announced it had closed Its hear- j
i ings and that no further witnesses'
would be called.
Geneva Is Selected Ac Permanent
Seat of the League of Nations.
Msw York Banks Apply Pressure
to Many Importers and Merchants
New York.—New York banks is ap-
fOllIng pressure to jmporters and mer-
eAants in luxuries and non-
essentials in compliance with the re
quest of the federal reserve board that
Chey aid In the deflation of cerdits.
Either Craig or Osborn Selected
to Succeed Glenn on Commission.
Washington. — Former Governor
Ijocke Craig of Asheville or former
Comi&issloner of Interstate Revenue
W. H. Osbom of Greensboro will be
^(pointed to membership on the in
ternal boundary commission to suc
ceed former Governor Robert B.
Glenn, who died in Canada.
Both Imports and Exports Fell Off
Materially During March and April
Washington.—Exports for April de
creased $135,000,000 while Imports fell
off $30,000,000, as compared with the
trade figures for March, It was an-
pounced by the department of com
merce.
Exports for the month were valued
ml $684,000,000, against $820,000 In
March and $715,000,000 in April last
rear.
Hungary Will Sign the Peace Treaty
Presented to Her By the Allies
Budapest.—Hungary will sign the
peace treaty presented to her by the
allies, it was Indicated here. Count
Apponyi, who strongly opposed the
acceptance of the treaty, has resigned
from the peace delegation.
Present Coat of Food In England
in. 146% Above Pre-War Prices
London.—^The copt of food up to
May 1 had risen to 146 per cent above
the pre-war level and there is a p\3-
pect of Its going still higher, says
Charles A. McCurdy, minister of food,
in an official statement.
Rome.—The council of the league of
nations, as a result of the Swiss ref
erendum, decided to select Geneva as
the seat of the league assembly, in
stead of Brussels, which would have
been chosen had Switzerland voted
adversely.
Expenses of All Candidates for
the Presidency Will be Audited.
Washington.—Favorable report-was
ordered by the senate auditing com
mittee on the Borah resolution calling
for an-Investigation by the senate uiLo
all expenditures made by republican
and democratic presidential candi
dates as well as into contributions re
ceived in their behalf.
Knoxville Shoe and Department
Stores Have Inaugurated New Era
Knoxville. Tenn.—A large depart
ment store has inaugurated a 20 per
cent discount on Its entire stock ex
cept a few contract prices. A shoe
store announces a similar reduction
in its entire stock of shoes.
Co-Operation of the United States
Largely Counted Upon by France
Paris.—Co-opera^n by the United
States Is verly largely counted upon
by allied circles, and particularly by
the French, for success of the scheme
of liquidation of war debts and repa
ration, the principles of which were
laid down by Premiers Lloyd George
and Mlllerand at the recent conference
In Hythe.
LeagSe Decides Bolivian Matter
Is Purely an American Question.
Buenos Aires.--Responding to a Bo
livian memorial to the council of the
league of nations asking that Bolivia
be granted a Pacific port, the council
has decided that it will not intervene
because it is a purely American ques
tion, says a dispatch from Rio Janeiro.
Leglo'i Reaffirms Its Advocacy of
Fourfold Soldier Relief Measure.
■fliners Bent on Searching Trains
for Possible Strike Breaker*
Roanoke, Va.—A band of 300 miners
liAS formed in Matewan, West Vir
ginia, bent on searching all trains en
tering thef town for Baldwln-Felts men.
Meat Packers Protest to Congress
Against Charges of Profiteering
Chinese Cabinet Will Not Open
Direct Negotiations With Japan
Liondon.—The Chinese cabinet has
dteeided to decline to enter into direct j
- nagotistions with Japan regarding a !
• aettlement of the Shantung qeestion.
Vioe President Prescribes Equal
and Exact Justice Unto All Men.
Indlanaolis, Ind.—“Equal and exact
jMtice to all men” as a remedy for
Rurost was prescribed by Vice Presi-
4ent Marshall in bis keynote address
hoCore the state democratic conven-
tlon. He also urged Jail sentences
tor profiteers.
hhld that the democratic doctrine
of equal and exact justice to all men
and of special privileges to none will
Beet all the angry and irreconciled
ij'Ui'u ikAf. xviiirsuaii.
Washington. — Protests against
charges of profiteering being lodged
against the meat packing industry
were presented to Vice-President
Marshall and Speaker Glllett by 60
firms styling themselves the “Inde
pendents.” The slghers of the protest
offered to prove to congress and the
public that the average profits are
less than two cents on the dollar and
that packers’ profits represent leu
than five cent an average family.
Washington.—The executive , com
mittee of the American Legion adopt
ed resolutions reaffirming Its advo
cacy of the four-fold soldier relief plan
pending before the house wr^vs and
means committee and “insisting that
the measure become a law before con
gress takes its summer recess.”
Direct Los8,to Labor Because of
Strikes Show up as $725,000,000.
Had French Revolutionary Strike
Won, Soviet Rule Was to Follow
Paris.—Soviet rule in France was
, to have been established if the rev
olutionary strikes inaugurated May 1
had succeeded, according to the
French, police, who said they had ob
tained complete eviaence. *
The police declared the bulk of this
evidence was found among the.papers
^seized at the residence of Boris Sou-
' varine, a socialist editor who was ar
rested on^^he charee of hayiorr ’’tet-
I'ted against the safety of the state.
New York.—An incomplete list of di
rect losses due to strikes in 1919,
places the cost to labor in wages at
nearly $725,000,000 and to Industry at
more than one and one-quarter billion
dollars. Francis H. Sisson, vice pres
ident of the Guaranty Trust Company,
of New York, told the silver jubilee
convention of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers here.
He urged the conservation of our
natural resources as a means of main
taining our economic position in the
woFld.
Most Comprehensive Statement of '
Losses of France During the War
Paris.—What is perhaps the first
concise and comprehensive statement
of France’s war losses has just been,
made by Captain Andre Tardieu, for
mer French high commissioner in the
United States. In describing what ho
I calls the “balance sheet” of France,
Captain Tardieu states 8,000,000 men
were mobilized , of whom 1,400,000
I were killed, 800,000 maimed and 3,000,-
I 000 wounded. France thii.s lost 57 nc’-
I cent ot her men under 42.years of age.
No Attempt to Suspend the Laws
on Immigration at this Session.
Washington.—No attempt to enact
legislation, suspending immigration
for a period of years, will be made at
this session of congress. Chairman
Johnson of the house immigration
committee announced.
Anglo-French Conference Decides
on Amount Cash Germans Must Pay
Paris.—It is understood In official
circles here that the Anglo-French
conference at Hythe, decid'ed that the
sum total which Germany should pay
as reparation would be fixed at 120,-
000,000,000 marks gold (approximately
$30,000,000,000.
Raiilway Executives Want Pay of
Many Railroad Workers Advanced
Chicago.—Wage advances should be
granted to many railroad workers to
enable them to meet the high cost of
living, the Association of Railway Ex
ecutives declared in its opening state
ment before the railroad labor board.
Strike at New Bedford Resolves
Itself Into Sympathetic Affair
\
New Bedford, Mass.—The textile
unions of this city, with the exception
of the loom fixere, voted To accept the
16 per cent advance in wages offered
by the manufacturers.
At a mass meeting of the operatives
it was voted to continue the present
strike in 18 cotton mills in support of
(he loom fixers.
PORK DECLINE SI6NIFI6RNT
"VlDT"'
HOLOJITLONGER
Virginia >Lidy Realized Shft
Couldn^Stay Nervous, Weak,
Pale, aniT Hold Out Much
Lonjier.—Cardul Helped .
Her.
Cotton, Sugar and Corn Option/ Brok#
Violently, as DicTCerialson New
York and ^Icago Market
New York.—Influenced^by the na
tion wide price cutting agitation that is
steadily gaining ground, the principal
commodity markets of the county cou'
tlnued to “mark down" quoted values.
Cotton, sugar and corn options broke
violently here and in Chicago and ce
reals and provisions, including pork,
also suffered sharp reaction. Signifi
cance was attached to the drop in the
pork prices as marking the first pro
nounced break in high priced food
stuffs^ ^
The stock exchange showed im
provement on a sharp recovery of
Liberty bonds and Victory bonds.
A large part of liquidation in cotton
and grains was attributed to the fur
ther scaling down of credits by bank
ing institutions here and in other re
serve centers, evidently in conformity
with the request of the federal reserve
board.
In the local cotton market May
contracts broke almost 400 points
Sugar Prices Soaring Sky-High,
it Bringing Twenty-One and a Half
New York.—An increase of one cent
a pound In the price of sugar, making
the new basic price 21 1-2 cents per
pound was announced by the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company.
Another Old Veteran Passes and
ih Resting Under the Shade
Little Rock.—General Jonathan Kel
logg, aged 78, adjutant general of the
trans-Mississippi division of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans, died in a lo
cal hospital here.
General Federation of Labor at
Paris Decides to End Strike
Paris.—The General Federation of
Labor decided to call off the strike It
had ordered In support of the railway
men’s walkout. The decision for the
resumption of work was reached by a
vote of 96 to 11.
The “Hoover Herald” to Have Run
During the Chicago Convention
Chicago.—The “Hoover Herald” will
be published! dally during the Repub-
•lical national convention in Chicago
next month In the interests of the
presidential candidacy of Herbert
Hoover, it was announced.
Methodist Foreign Mission Board
Has Expended Sum of $10,000,000
Des Moines, Iowa.—The report of
the board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal Church to the
general conference in session here
shows an estimated expenditure of
$10,600,000 in foreign missionary work
or the ye^ 1920-
Maryland Democratic Leaders May
Offer “Wet” Plank in Convention.
Baltimore.—The attitude the demo
cratic state convention should assume
on the prohibition issue was the prin
cipal problem which confronted the
party leaders prior to the assembling
of the convention here for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to the na
tional convention and adopting a plat
form. Conferences which lasted un
til a late hour failed to reach an agree
ment and a “wet” plank may be offer
ed in the convention.
House Committee Approves Stock
Dividend Tax for Soldier Relief.
Federal Reserve Board Meets With .American Suffragettes Are Off to
WAsbington.—A ten per cent stock
Shri^nd tax retroactive to last March
IS sras approved by the house ways
asd Beans committee as a part of
dii« taxation scheme for financing
Bfldler relief legislatiop.
Its adcBtion of the (&x provision by
B margin of one vote precipitated
fHMsh a fight In the committee that fa-
iroiBble report on the bill was de-
ISfeC with opponents ot the stock
'Milt —okina neonslderatioA.
Advisory Council for Discussion
Washington.—While the Interstate
commerce commission was working on j
details of a program which it hoped,
would overcome the rail freight tie-up, j
the federal reserve board met with Itu |
advisory council and reserve bank of-j
jflclals to discuss the freight blockade!
Jfrom another angle.
Primarily, the conference of bankers i
was aimed at the credit situation, lint
the menace of a traffic tie-uif assiim-1
ed s fall front position in the session. 1
International Suffrage Meeting.
New York.—Headed by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Ciatt, 30 delegates, alternates
and visitors, are sailing from New
York to attend the eighth congress of
the International Woman Suffrage Al
liance at Geneva, Switzerland, June
6-12. During their stay abroad the
women propose to Inaugurate a world-
league for women voters.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels .will he the
official representative of the United
States government.
Thirty Publishers Meet to Devise
Ways and Means to Secure Paper,
Washington.—Thirty publishers, rep
resenting approximately 80 small
newspapers east of the Mississippi,
met 'here to devise means of assuring
an adequate supply of print paper for
their publications.
A temporary organization was per
fected with W. J. Pape of the Water-
bury, Conn., Republican, as chairman,
and Joseph B. Finan 'of the Cumber-
tary.
Chicago Coliseum Turned Over to"
Republican National Committee.
Chicago. — The Chicago Coliseum
was turned over to the republican na
tional committee and' W£^ started im
mediately on the alterations necessary
for the big convehtlon June 8- Offi
ces of the committee and convention
leaders in the Coliseum annex are
nearly "Kiomplete and will be ready on
May 31, when the national committee
begins hearing contests.
One hundred and four contests have
already been' filed.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Grocers
Strike Against High Cost Bread
Norfolk, Va.—The Norfolk and
Portsmouth retail grocers have united
in an agreement to refuse to handle
baker’s bread costing more than 8
cents per loaf, and- to retail at 10
cents.
The Wave of Price Reduction in
Clothing Only Partly Explained
Washington.—^The wave of price re
duction In wearing apparel which has
spread to every important city is due
largely to public withdrawal from the
market and to the investigation con
ducted by the department of justice,
in the opinion of Assistant Attorney
General Garvan.
Produce Trucker Dumps His Load
of Snap Beans into Mobile Bay
Mobile.—With less pomp and -less
ceremony and less of the Indian dis
guise, the Boston tea party was par
alleled here when an eastern shore
produce trucker, dumped his cargo of
snap beans into Mobile bay rather
than sell them to local produce deal
ers at 60c a bushel.
Fifteen Hundred Former Carranza
Officers and Men Are Released
Laredo, Tex.—Fifteen hundred for
mer Carranza officers and men have
been released from military prison
and sent to their homes.
General Mandez, commander of the
prison, addressed the prisoners, asking
them to devote themselves to the pa
triotic work of helping to restore the
couat*y-to peace and prosperity. The
revolutionaries, he said, were not dis-
r '- ' .- " and had
“forgotten all old rancor.”
Dublin, Va.—Mrs. Sallie Hnghett, of
Route 2, this place, recently related
her Interesting experience In recover
ing her health, saying: "When . . .
came on I was in a very bad condltioik
and nothing the doctor gave me didl
me any good. Some say you have to
let this take Its course . . . but I knew-
there ought to be something to give-
relief. I was nervous, weak and pale..
1 couldn’t eat or sle^ to do any good,,
and felt I couldn’t stand this very long-
“I heard a.nd read of Cardui, and
how it had benefited other women la
the same condition, so decided to use
It myself. After my first bottle I felt
better, so, of coarse, kept It up, and
it did the work.
“It helped me as nothing else did-
I began to pick up right away. I ate
and slept and could rest. I knew I!
was getting better. I kept it and
It did wonders for me.”
Thousands of women, suffering as:
this Virginia lady did, have used Car
dui with equally happy results, andi
voluntarily relate their experiences, so*
that others, troubled with disorders
common among women, may learn to*
take Cardui.
Let your druggist supply you, today-
—^Adv.
Her Particular Tree.
Christine was visiting Aunt Loulscr
while the latter worked in her garden-
“Have you any pickln trees?” asked
Christine.
“What?” was aunt’s puzzled reply-
“What are they?”
“Why, a pickin tree,” rejoined
Christine in a tone full of surprise-
that anyone should not know the-
spedes, “why, my grandpa has some im
his garden. They have pretty ilowersp
for me to pick. I can’t pick any oth
er without being naughty.”
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured'
by local applications as they cannot reach,
the diseased portion of the ear. There is;
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE act*
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces:;
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness la
caused by an inflamed condition of the-
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is Inflamed you have a.
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
When it is entirely closed, Deafness Is the*
result. Unless the inflammation can be re
duced and' this-tube restored to its 'nor
mal condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are*
caused by Catarrh, which is an inflamed,
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any-
case of catarrhal deafness that cannot:
be cured by HALL’S CATARRHS
MEDICINE.
All druggists 76. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Additional Charge.
"Twenty dollars for this job of"
plumbing?”
“That’s correct.” ,
“But you were not on the premise®
more than an hour, and I paid for al?
the material you used.”
“There was a piece of glas.s on your
driveway. I damaged a tire,” said the-
plumber, briefly.—Birmingham Age-
Herald.
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper
Thousands upon thousands of womeis.
have kidney or bladder trouble and never-
suspect it.
Women’s complaints often prove to be;
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the-
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy con
dition, they may cause the other organs*
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita
ble and may be despondent; it makes-any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr-
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, by restoring:
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome su^-.
conditions.
Many send for a sample bottle to sen-
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., yoix
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. _ You can purchase medium and.,
large size bottles at all drug stores.—Adv..
Ups and Downs.
“An orator has to come down to*
the level of his audience’s Intelli
gence,” reiharked the mild egoist.
“There used to be some such Idea,’"
replied Senator Sorghum. “But the-
orator nowadays has aH he can do to
rise to the occasion.”
ASK ^ FOR “DIAMOND DYES”^
Don’t' titiy'' a Poor Dye i hat f
Streaks or Ruins Material.
Peace Resolution Adopted by the '
, House and Sent to the President
Washington.—The Republican peace
resolution has been adopted finally by
the house. It now goes to the presi-
debt.
The house majority accepted rithe
senate substitute for the original
house resolution, ' Demwrats ^ainl^
opposing it. The house vote approv*
Ing the resolution was announced as
228 to 139, which was taken to indi
cate that a veto by the president cottld
not be overriden.
Each package of “ISUamond Dyes”
contains directions so sli&pje that any
woman can diamond-dye a new, rich,
fadeless color Into worn, shabby gar
ments, draperies, coverings, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.
Buy “Diamond Dyes”—no other kind
perfect.results are guaranteed
even If you have never dyed before.
Ctroggist has color card.—Adv.-
Catty Comment ^
“■^at a lovely color Anna has.”
“!?es; she alwasrs declares It is wise
o bnj the best of everything,”
(V