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Weather ForecastTonight—Rain and Colder.

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, MAY 8, 1923. Price three Cents

Action Taffteif by AmericanBritish and Italian Minist rs

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Bandits Demand a Million Dollars For Re-lease of Captives—Some Belief ThatT^feiil^yi^dl^tP

Washington^ Majr 8—Formal demand was made upon the PeMn(tuvernment this taorni^Bg by tike American, British and Italian minis-ters that aQ ofjthejr citi|!ens eaptored. Vy tile Chinese bandits* be ran-somed by the Pekra^vernment itself and that this action be folio-wedby prompt "punitive measures against the bandits.

The formal demand that/the Pekin government immediately pro-duce the required ransom "money,: estimated at from one to two mil-,liuiis, and t s% punitive steps was conveyed to the Chinese foreign of-fice this raorrrilrff.lj^therPprtugues^ .minister, who, as dean of thediplomatic corps, is spokesman for the powers in matters of jointaction.

BANDITS DEMA|rl)$l,{K)O,000 RANSOMnn a i r ft1 A •*»AY*S\-»4- '«Ann»TA<} ii^. _ Aft; * _ ishanghai, May 8,—A report received in official quarters says the

bandits who raided the Pekin Express e_arly Sunday morning at Su-diow, Province of Baaflgsu, have .demanded $2,000,000 (Mex 1 f&L -000.000) ransom for all of the captives. * ^

Washington. May 8—The .UnitedKtates will wait a "reasonable time"for the tottering Pekitf* government tocfft-ct the release of the Americans. .irried off by Chinese brlganffs, but-ifi in v are not' speedily resetted sternermpnsures will be resorted to, it "waalcu-ned today."

sterner measures .may mean the em-iil-.wnent of Americanstroops'now sta&-t,i.Tied in Chim*—ther Doughboys, oft•..• 15th United States Infantry, theMnines of the Legation. Guard and!»••• uiue Jackets of: the Asiatic fleet.

Word to tibia effect, it la 'pttnid has already been co:

authbrities " at Fekingrconveyng "byhe Ame

S»d«fed to

S>rVja. ob Gotfld Schurman, the Ajrtferica^minister jfittijif- will' be.'-fQllo,*with a TniaiM. formal notltwhu-h wiU;a m m . ••'"'

The uselenitive expeditalready -ha*Jb«e,L, ,-, „liiis here, anfl rthere-ncobablyn.c ung._ Qnlnioii_.is ^general, i amoisg

a. tion must be taken if the kidnapedAmericans are not speedily forthconvr-.i i , . ' » - . ' - : ', '_ ' . - . . -,•

if the use o? troops Is authoHzeS Jn(lima, It is probable thai i t wJJl taketin- form of » . joint I#Wrnatiohat-ac>ti. ii. at least there:, wilj,be agree" "

the powers on this point.ti.-nuis of o'ther powers .axa amonlf'thuHi" looted ana carried away'by theinlands and "the indignation which

hustled forward at .top speed towardstn.9 .mountains. Sometimes a prlsoneiwduld stop and -attempt to dig. thobum from his bare feet -The Chinesewould grttnt a; warning .'If it waa dis-regarded «r slap in the lace or a pokewith a rifle barrel would follow. Withthe coming of dawji the party reach'efla grove of trees at the base of a to\/*ering mountain. - •

"On the *way two "of the womenprisoners had fallen exhausted. All

if the brigands could notThey were helpless. Fi-

nally,it waa deeded to'move on anSleave a guaM j>v,er .thehelples* women.* "The brigrarfffis moved Into & ehel-ter<jd spot on; " . . . . - . -ha<r Beenp^fa string. po^i

&mpuntairasidefor «e£en9ei.J

ana. ,* f ^ m e nl t cH^v^^K^ar^

fin.In;th.

American government lias.Is shaped .generally- by

wat

etnfls

_._„., ... 'mf<S-YT€$~W'lcrtf2i$S:

dered me'to* take a Chinese' interpreterto sol-

-The bandit chief ordered, me to— - - •«»-• •!.•"•••• ~»i*-a1to arf ftileyprete? with tee as I catf-

at least there:, will-^be agreement W,speak .6h iS«se % I was to act as_ ,,._ _ . ^ _ . __ «.,„ -.„,„* w — ^ j a a i e m a n ^ n taki&g the .-message to

th6 soldiers. - 1 . . • ''.'•Exhausted and Bhiv;§ringx poxer

footed- arid dressed only.in nightclothes. 1 was forced down "• W1U-

• •• 19TH VISIT.QF STORK TO*• FAMILY IN BINGHAMTON, • Easthamton, N. Y., May 8-*An-<• other child has been born to Mr-• and Mrs. Alexander McQuire, it• became known today. They are• the proud parents of 19 children.+ The 19th, a girl, was born last• Friday. \•

HUMILIATEDBandit Raid Due to Weak

Pekin Government De-clares Opponent

- • — •

New York, May 8—Ma Soo, personalrepresentative in this country of Dr,Sun Sat Yen, first provisional presi-

STUDENT BELIEYiDMAM J1OQLLEGE HAZING

dent of China and now headCanton government, declared

of. the

The> body «of Ijeighton Mount, a freshman at Northwestern! University, jiear Chicago, who disappeared during thefreshnten-sophomore class rush, in 1921, has been found Ondjer a breakwater on tlte -shore of Evanston, Jncllann. Thebody was covered'wlth rocks, and the police assert 5>cld hA'ft been thrown over it to prevent tdentincation." lie liadevidently been tied with a rope similar to those usedTby the .sopohomores in their hazing. The police assert he died aaa result of .the phasing and that the sophomores hid his body to escape punishment

POLICE STILL -PURSUING THEBOY KIDNAPERS

Belief That They are NOM?in Montreal

Conflicting Stories SendDetectives on Trails in

Many Directions

Broi-kville Out . .iMy S—On tht? frailOf Ihi' kiiln-m-rs "f Verner Alexandear-son, ii->i-.ir ..hi S.-liem'ctady boy, vvh*was fmmil :it Theresa, N. Y.. lasftTliur.sdny, I'oli'e Detective Benjamia

of tictenectady ftani:idnaper,6|s. \'»n Uouawn

tUTU I'll—Ufl'f

wen.

VETO OF WET BILL URGEDBY EDITORS OF THE STATE

New York;—May -8—Newspapert 0 'd a y j opinion ,throusb,aHt.-the, State, with

' t h e 0xceP«01i ot New York City ap_ ., t 0 d a y j ,

that the seizure of foreign passengers' the 0xceP«.01i ot New York City, ap-from t i S h

e o ign passengersfrom a train-near Shantung peninsula"shows up the weakness of the Pekinggovernment and its inability to protectth«x, l ivea o f toreleners in China.".u ?e-w^«of t h e at*acH aad, kidnapinab b d i i lu ? - ^ « o f t h e at*acH aad, kidnapinaby bandits'of 160, passengers, including

USS&il!!?*"1* b*ii U n dd

.^ o m e n - board, •— ~ " - ' — ~~*t *.u**uc;j; 11CWS)

that they had been subjected to indig-nities, conies as a distinct shock andmakes painful reading for every Chlo-ese in country,

th B"Not since the Boxer outbreak in1900 has there been an event *whtchso disgraced China in the eyes? of theworld as'the present outrage. For thisdeep humiliation we have to thank thePeking government, which, by. its follyand utter impotence, has broughtChina to this sorry pass. . •-

"The United States,and other west-d aern powers now seeg o v e t i

p w e s n w see thffr the Pekinggovernment is powerless to protectforeign lives and property in ChinaT h e l s t k h

pp- mast know

* |iai® kept,thenjselveji.

,up

pears to b<S ov.erwh'elmirisljropposGft tothe repeal of the Mullan-Gage iStateLiquor Enforcement law, and In favotof Governor "Smith's vetoing the Cu-villier Repeal, bill* acording to a polltaken by the New York Times.

The Times telepraphed,- to the ed-itors of 62 newspapers in different

further news, l.parts of the State, outside of NewYork City, asking for statements asto the position taken by their paperson the .Question of whether GovernorSmith Should approve or veto the re-pealer, • and thelr*'principal reasonstherefor. All of the renlies receivedwere strongly against the repeal andin favor of its veto- by- the Governor.Albany and Buffalo, two of the largecities where the sentiment is general-ly supposed to be wet, were Includedin. the li,st oT pagers opposed to therepeal.'' Editorials from New York Citynewspapers showed a wide division ofopinion. Among eight New York City

' ' *fn favor of.. „ to point dUt

advantages to follow the, r^-

wtthe Pekingt

''the powers

t .powers may assume< & sortnational epntroj, over •CWnarwnese themsglve?

a^yeBim

is recognized hy thepow-

regfarded by th& Chinesehuge joke, and treated

"3Sje time has how come for theUnited States and other western pow-ers to withdraw recognition from thePeking government. Common decencydemands this. To continue the farceof recognizing- a government that laneither able nor willing to pefforifJta" j,duties -incident to internationalexistence, Hoes not tend to advancethe prestige of the powers in the NearEast,

"No nation can afforcLto trifle with' honor and dignity.. Let the "United

Atfadng ihe opponents 6f the repealthe belief -was held by many that itwas inspired, by'a desire to open the

side to tell, the soldiers to .atop tiriBS states withdraw Its recognition from" tho captives would ^ep i l

ftat H. Jacofesea, abusiness -man and"

of vptting up a'igOyerjiin"en,t-whitifford a . reason&&f&vp.r-oiecti6xu tohvet andtli.-

1V jmaffi fof1^proceedlngf already" Ka?

gaKed the att^ntiAa of -jthe: noji.f-Min beforethe ba«dits> -who-raidedi,;t i- Pekln-Shanghai exprefsa ferougnttim situation^*& -a-.headi'-ContEtionsh.ivc boen steadily growing1 •worse inrh.na for monthsr-the Central go.varn-r

rni<*nt at Peking,,hec6mJng

k hil th '

andi n g , e c g . i tweaker while the .BOWe'p .;Ol ,th6r <I?U0h-i.ns. -or Provincial- governors, «achwith his little nrtny.ubecame stronger.s-. serious has. ttio- sUiiati6ri become,"f f f i

s ttiothe standpoint havin

Urf?e . ^_ ,s(''in» up of <an, international com-mission to assume.the helm.«f thingsin I'hina already-has been the sttb-}• ' of several 'conierences betweeni!" diplomats now" stationed at pekin,^•'i •the sanction of thfeir .respectivef vernmenta. i _ ^ j _ _ "*, :-

Bandits Make DemandThrough Capitive Emwsary

Shanghai, May fc-Ohlnese bandits•' i.. held up the Shanghai Pekin train

about. 16<> personsr, inc&diȣ

b X^4V <JKt n u l l aj-jTrn lTF * * ^ "TT" ~j' -

sent out as messengers

Troops May ,Be Sent After Bandits

».SHanshai.' May "iff—According to a

report from" Peking today, -the propo-sal has been made, in legation circlesto despatch allied troops to effect therelease of the score or more foreignersheld Captite in the hill regions of

following the holdup and

presA report, as yet unverified, todaysaid that British troops at Tlen-Tsinwere proceedin T^sha^ntupg to be inreadiness for orders to attack the ban-dita' strongrh'oldi "

nassary threatening deathlio all"theptives unleag the pursuing.Chinese,

soldiers are* recalifed. «. ' ' ,•. aemissaryi an American c.oriinier-ravler « h d % t l t t a | » e d P W

Conference of PowersBeing Held at Peking

Washington, May 8—A council of«,.nbassadorfc and ministers Represent;ing all the Great Powers is meeting inpebin today to decide upon a course of

-fa tho. Chtoesft * ' " —

s' -1 traveler «hd•%t*lt»t a | » i e d P W" 's a passengeird'ttrthe.train, capture^"• ng with thb -ottiefi. •\4*!&h)i»<JBe in-'• • iireter vra» -seni: ipAmg witht h t a'••in the-" robtieus1 BtfengHpld .in!the••'.••.untains. . ' ' . - . •'

'This waa the firsfdirect *ord frpni1 - !>ri ands siffi^tBe-pasStnBer trainv « wrecked andilptW * m Stthdaywrecked andil

trary to a repbted andilptW m Stth

• Htrary to a. repbtt?'circulated ih1 »'ied p l a t J i i dlit de

BStthday.-

i tiy o a1 »'ied plates; oo f

?circulated ih tipasdlits made • nohi jl d d

p e s i i e pasdlits made-noon of rattponii their ojily demand

••'IIPT that thV;trxio b Clled oKthat tn*<s:;t?;dopia" "tn further 'ptoBUJit;>

"ny arrived at Tte*1 " •• *"* ge from the "v ' •' k from seVeW iBS' •cl laok of-reafe ' "

'•-• * narrative, '"•••••'jo m a r c h 4 ^ ,1 "'k to thfe-Miouiii

mare.

ojly emabe Called, oK

J

with hi*' ' i

Me*:ftt'the

He yr.ahi f t

ollow-

scene of thew!Sa a-.ghastlyd l J ^ l J

about by the robbing and plunderin*of'foreign travelers on the Pekin-'Shanghai express, «it was annoiinceaat the State Ijepartment today.

Motive of RaidMay Be Political

Shanghai, May 8—Despite the an"-no\ineem-ent that the banditahave cK-manded • a ransom of $2,000,000* theteal reason _^or the holdup is ais yev

Close observers of Chinese»««» affaire are unde'termlnedther this latest outrage deliberate-political

tne Peking -government now."

ONCE NOTEt) ACTRESS•'* DIES A PAtWER

i,. •• ' - - 4- i - .^ .-T--Og'densburgi May*8—Sadie Mpttinot

61, once famous as an. actress onBroadway, died a pauper at the Og,-densburg hospital yesterday after anlltness of Several months. ,- - She was registered at tho hospitalas -Sadie Martinot Nethersole, -She wasthe i idow^gf Louis Nethersole, theat-rical manager. No relatives surviveso far as ia known here. Superintend-ent Paul G. Taddiken stated todayshe waa brought here from the Mail'hattan state hospital, December 19,19W. .

Poison Suspected inDeath of Florida Witness

1 Tallahassee, Fla, May 8—The sud-den and mysterious death of JerryPoppell, star witness in the inquiry In-to the death-of Martin Tabert In aconvict "camp, was laid befdra ipover-nor- Hardeb today with the requestthat he order, an immediate investiga-tion. The Governor called in Attorney,General Buford and directed him im-mediately to order an inquest, have anautopsy performed, and lay the facts.•feeforo tho Gadaden coiinty grand furywhen it convenes two weeks hence.

Poppell'a son today reiterated to Re-presentative Davis a statement madelast night by Mrs. Poppell,,the -widow*that Poppell. In one of his consciousmoments a few hours before death,said ie had been poisoned,

Although the Bible has been trans-lated, In. East^jnlo-^?^ Janguages-and-dialects, new translations for freshlydiscovered tribes are always needed.

iy ^tanned against the most important

* * • • • • • • • • • • • • *+ , THE WBAT«ER *

train travel ;China has ransom or political-moMas the underlying catise;

Miss Aldrica and Maid

itSG'&etngrsli^d, Witli

• day.

Washington,, May 8—: st •York—Hain • ;

tanlgKt and W«9he8-' •i ;• — - • :

i .-' •T*mp«ratur.e« • •

7 a. m .,..52 •12 nodik... i . . i,<!S • -

certain —™-™,-_ ,-peal -tt!ltht)tit *;<6XpreS|ifHgr verypp

j ) , .Its, javoiv ed to the repeal.

ngiy

Very strongtwo sti'ongiy

WILL ENFORCETHE DRY LAW

New York Police to Up*hold Federal Authorities,

Repeal, or NotNew York, May 8—Police Commis-

sioner Enright said tod&yMhat even IfGovernor Smith signed the Mullan-Gage repealer the New York police de-portment woi'ld still continue to assisttho federal authorises in checking vio-lations of the prohibition laws.

Repeal of the Mullan-<Gage law, waabrought about by political influence,originating in New Tork City, by a po-pnftrttoiror BStuiSTBsea cltteens, fromalt comers of the earth, who are far:from being repfe'Bentatlva AmericanCitizens, led by'a few native-bfcrnAmericans, declares Palmer Can-tieliU atata prohibition director today,announcing he would atten^fhe hear-ing to be heia by Governor Smith, and

York and to nullify -the prohibitionamendment by.taking, away the en-fofcemeril law; <JTaking away the en-forcement law .without putting any-thing in its place was called a folly.It was also declared that no StateBhould take any action that wouldmake' the enforcement of a rederallaw more difficult.

If the people wish to be rid of pro-hibition, it was argued, they shouldtry tadj? s.o> by legislation at Wash-ington rather than at anj» State Cap-itol. Governor Smith was urged toveto thV repeal aaa uphold the Con-gtltution. of th&rUnltod States. If hedid not; it was predicted that NewY*orK 'would: be wide open for viola-tions of the Eaghteeiith Amendment- The*- n*wfpapers>Iffi<f&tinB the repealbased thejiFar.gume.nt9.upon the graftblackmail'and corruption made possi-ble'by» the Mullan-Gage law; the useot police officers for prohibition en-forcement instead of protecting ' lifeand property; the cost to the State ofenforcing a FederaJ*law and the plac-ing of citizens J,n double ieopartly Bymaking them subject • to prosecutionin. both- the State -and: Federal ewartstor the same offense.

April Postal Receipts*Increase 10.01 Per Cejnt

Washington, - May 8—PostmasterGeneral New has announced' that pos-tal receipt* of the 60totalled 10.01 per cent

28 th h

largest cltS*greater for

f

^•LogiL .P£gosfiJhe.jsigning of tho repeal bill.> | I W « When Mr. Gatffieia" a&»eSf¥"gr tKg-

hearlng at Albany, May 21, he is ex-pected to take the position that if Gov-ernor Smith approves the repeal he Isnot abiding by the United States con-Etittttlon .and -is-not siding- the federalgovernment.

Rome, May 8—Italian nevispaperstodav porfesseil belief that the visitof King George and Queen Mary ofEngland, is the beginning of an Anglo-Italian entente. King George todayvisited the pantheon, and placed awreath upon tomb.of. Italy'er unknownwarrior,' It is reported that King "Viv-tor Emmanuel and Queen Elena, of It-aly will visit London lateir in the year.

Heavy Sentences Meted Outto Germans by French

Military Court |"Werden, Germany, May 8—Oustave

Krupp von Bohlen und Halbaeh, pres-ident of Crupps, the greatest indus-trial wjrks of Europe, was this after-noon found guilty of conspiracy by aFrfneh military court and sentencedto 15 years imprisonment. DirectorBruhn was sentenced to ten years ant"to pay a fino of 100,00(h00O marks.

Director Obsterle was sentenced tlfifteen years and to pay . a l.Ot'd.uOimarks fine,

Directors Bauro and Schuospr weregiven twenty years and 1.000.00Qmarks fines.

33iveeti3r Hartwig was sentenc-d to•15 years an^a fine of 1,000,000 marks.

jHerr Mueller of the ICrupp WurUeraCouncil, who parleyed with the Frenchsoldiers oft March' 31st Just before thetroops fired on the crowd killing sixwas sentonead to six months. TMswas the lightest sentence.

There were three French army offi-cers. on tbe.^ejach..^ _

Grand Juries Instructedto Disregard Repealer

- New York, May 8—Two grand Jur-ies, sworn In yesterday were Instruct-ed by Judge Charles C. Nott to'pay n°attention to the Mullan-Gage prohibi-tion enforcement law repeal. Therewill be,time enough to consider adopt-ing a new attitude toward liquor lawviolators when and if Governor Smithsigns the bill, he said. ( He lnfos-medthe .furies that for the present theyshould return indictments In all easeswhere evidence warranted."

Crnmlall and HarryK-I;<1 hero from MallorytowBst ntt,~where-tfaey were fee-lkused,

to hnvc been swn Friday. Dominionpolk-f jttlnetl in H"' yursuit. " " : '

dem:e,banks

d

tuvrn, AJ.i\ A-—ronfllctingi.nli.<-:\t)ii lliyht of Harry Fair-ninl Ruuili j Crandair, alleged;

of Yi-mar Alexandei'son, $$of Scht*ne<'tttd\, in Canada and con*verseJy to New Ymk or Syracuse, Issitll being followiii up today by Si-he-no tad-y ami ji'lfi'ison county author-ities, working in uluse co-operation and?bringing t<> tiion aid the police forc%»of two mitlniiM.

That tht> two fugitivesget-uw:iy "into Canada on Fx-ldav"tiighjfe *•via motorboat from the Amerioaatshoie at Alcsuinlria Bay or environs tittho latest l>e!ief upon which the offi*.ciuls are «»iki!iK. This craft, identity,-,. t which Is s:ild to be lyiown, VMtraced Sotm-iJ:i> night and early Sun*'.Hay morning by Sheriff Ernest S. GiJ- _letto ana Dfputv ' Daniel Snow. If th»boat contulncd the men, as some be,«.,Have, thej aro now thought to be^safie* :

ly hiding in Montreal under the-aHas-r-es said to hav<> i>cen adopted by botijmen when l>o >

Further o\llrn.-.j pubslantiating ttL0.:fr-thoory that Fairbanks and Crandatt". Vescaped by jumping freight trains waiisupplied today by a man named Ass 1noid of L>'u ona, a former resident Aliexandrla Buy. He knew Fairbanks iltthat village, Ho aBserts that he.re&j..,ognlzed Fairbanks in L-icona at »o'clock Thursday ufternoon. Anotherman aci-umiianled Fairbanks and oriicarried a •.ultca.ue, ho said.

So muny porni-i.<. in widely scattereiilocaHtiea are asserting .positive identicflcation of one <-.r both of the men ^that little t-reUence is being given the#reports tinless there are subStantlai*ing features. " ,

NO CHANGE IN U. S. POLICYTOWARDS FRANCE AND GERMANY

SEE NEW FACES

But This Government Steady to Help Create an Interna-tional Commission of Financiers and Business Men toDetermine What Germany Ought to Pay

IN THE ASSEMBL1

Veterans of Lower HouseWho Say They Have ^Served Long Enough ;

'**-" ' • " ' • • ' • • J S V

Albany May 8—In all probability,•'-•V~thero will be many new faces- tn th' i.1924 Assembly not so much becausesome of the present members may fo£

(defeated if, they j-ae candidates for re telection but because some of then*"are going to take it easy."

For instance, there is Assembly-man Daniel R Witter of Tioga counts'

[Mr. Witter has been in the lowftjvhouse of the Legislature for the lasJ13 years,, ift 71 years old, and saysis going to "rust* next winter,was the oldest member in the 1

i Assembly, but not from point of sec*

"I haven"t been home a winter - in28 years and if X haye_mjr vnot coming back next year," said Mr.Witter the day after the seasiop ad»journed. "For IB years I traveled

. about thb state fpr the State A-grieuI-xWashington. May. 7.-Characteristic. Icy and that If they had- not It would' a m ' e n U & T a res tV™ X t h f n J C *

BY DAVID LAWRENCE(Copyright 1923. Geneva TfmcsT

April, 1928, than the-receipts for April, aiiencB is maintained by officials of [furnish a dangerous campaign issue for i Mr. Witter was endorsed by the Re,-if*".-..1922. the United States government as notes ithe opposing party here, they ha\ o publican. Democratic and PrqhTbittoirk -?

Tj*j«^A c i t l G S ftllOW^Gtl' K*£llTlS' 1 * TttOrG . ... _n_.. . *. _ A. J-* . _ , i ' t »„ j_^__.« i i ^ r . _ _ '.^« *.*(«*. i>. i.i., . _* . . i.. *, &*. >i i *i J. . *•• ' "•'%than 20 p.er cent, Forth "Worth, ^leading with an increase of 31.98. Oth-er cities in the lead were Los Angeles*26A2 percent: Memphis, 21.28; NashrVille, 21.05, and Dallas, 20.34.* "April receipts" said the .postmaster-general, "are especially" significant^ Ayear ago this April, postal business.torpien.1 of tho nation's buwlnpfm, beganIts meteoric rise, with every monthehov/ing the1 thrpttle of trade open.

Many Fine Trout CatchesMade on Lake Sunday

Sunday Was an" ejtceptronally goodfor itlPFlT trf^lt fjahorman

ing to reports" o^ catdheg made at theS Drufc eompany^Elmei* lauten-ig pSeneca. Drufcslager made the

h k i n t

mei ueat.$ti of theb t aslager made the WJSSe .$

aa«, hooking a ten-pound beauty nearthe wiHovys., His catcii was placed onexhibition In the drag, company's storewindow yesterday. ,

Other catches reported .were as fol-Bi S d H e r

Other plows: Harry Bines,

dHomerlows: H a y , p :

Scott, T'""pounds.ana 4-1-8 pounfls;Henjrjf King; I poutads; perman Reetf..3-pounds, The above named were allhookoi n«ar the Wmowg with. N,o. 66

sftdtjns, made by tliij GenevaCot&paw, P, u O0f»g? alsoa ? founder near -tteftft' i h ^ j e ' Vtiw-ot TmM,tio

Creek

are exchanged between Germany andEVance with respect to the reparationsdispute.

As a-oaatter-of coui-tesy, the Frenchgave the American ambassador inParis a copy of what they said to theGfcermans but since" no- communicationwas addressed -directly to the United'Slates, tlie Uoparlment of Bta.tethe position that comment is not re-quired. , ' •

About the oniy thing said officially,however, which .carries wiliji It somesignificance is that no, change of policy Oi\ tho part of the United Statesis contemplated. ,

Unofficially of course (here areviews ..on "the •wisdom* of th©

French" attitude toward the latest Ger-man proposals. The argument con'-

missedha\ o , p q o j I i 7

iscd the meaning of developmenta i p a r t l e s l " h l s '••°unty Iast fall, and tpm^.-.,'-vthis side of the Atlantic in the last ,.eive? a " h u t t l v e v o t e s - XbiB I s "*?•"..'> ^^ , ,o- r o '"Ol|lieved to bo a recorcL sever befoEfti'-«5

\™**iH »,, u.» . t. , . jequallea by any member of the lowerl^mfriC?- h a s . o n e b i t o t h ^P t 0 ° f f e r i house. For -many years he has bee4and stands ready today as It did sever- chairman of the Assembly Committal*

al months ago to assist in the execution on Agriculture, und it is said that h#of that suggestion, namely, the creation jknows the agriculture laws backward,f i ! Ah tof an international commission of fin-! Another \eteran member of th»

an-clefs and ISBsIneasmen who would i l o w C J l ' ,h o?"e ^rinj- _doesu't want X&'e m m i n . t h Q .ui.r.ia _,,m *, , !corns bai-ls is Assemblyman John Val»2 ™ the whole subject and recom-.of P u l n ; l I l l . Hfi has been a membeCmend to their respective governments of the. lowvr house for years. He say*wnat.they think Germany ought to pay. he is guJiiK1 to i-lmiia next -winter a"* (

Secretary Hughes has been the father j try and forgot all about tho troiiof that Idea and riS is still of the belief °* t h e *>UlP. For many years hit"that, only by some such plan can the b ,ee" '•'•airman ot^ihe Assembly 'w#rld get a fair notion of what Ger-, " ""*""" """"'"«anyje, capacityto pay really 1« or 'of 7 ^ ^ ' ^ ' ^ ^ i j o m T 1 ^ 1 1 Sat W

be. - Germany swoija win not lie* day h,e told" the other members, of' thVwttl

hand or the Gerfrikn offer on the otherslmtnera down to a-aueatlon of guaran-

' htees' andGermans

good faith. Even if theexpressed a readinessp

Jo pay the full sum dertiand.ed byPrance; the French would have askedfor .guarantees and siftie none wouldbe available rnore satisfactory *tha,niVtentfefi of the Kuhr, this *ould pro-duce/ & stumbjine biocte to an agree-ment. 'The oniyrotHer p^siUle guar-.

OUld b t h W l l "f lbunderwiitten byjthe allies,-which whenfiSQWft ft fi

and ob!n- •$a few scat- •<

ri«Sn«car»-$*oi!ii-a train fey h a n a i t g > , ^ a r e i | , ^ g a , ^ | i dV0&3 felt during t h e **fi»6k^d ioda*-jto.: bs i)M«i * , W?»M.'•* |ftoi<rilMg,.-;f'i%, jyind continued •(it « » * i Shintnnff piavmcc nor <. f e o m the south and the meicury •

i the scene of the raid <• hovered irpund the r0 degreo ».oondiWon is not seriousf uid 4. mark dtirjng tbft nfeht «nnd it •wSed that they will be a >le to 4 noon had, climbed yoae. to 70 •«»•«" wolvin shortly They wer& • liocal coftdition?( Indicate 1 Jin •*•

fi Ight shock and exijo- 4 beforethat there were +

9»VL the'tTjiitefl States' l» thes»ii! isia -aiTiny, -jfl,y hig loans •m

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Ija^e. to

\ f tPovc-nP- «mJ*'i i-V •

an ' ' a <• %i I^CT.1 b I

? pu ^ ..o-a getting large nulnfaefa* of

in America. All "hints aboutreadju-tBient of inter-allied

. hard..

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W C C.t5\tlft)i, i n A ho- Slightest in, J"=w

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trf ;mn«GMfey'thia-

taken by France and the latter is too • house that he was not coming bacltmuch filled With the antagonism aft!i<»,n©xt year. Mu lias been active In tb.9hour to look upon reparation * " * ' ' " * ~~* — J u~"business standpoint rather tifjBj

tainecl In the Trench note on the one; hour to look upon reparation front a'^8^1*11111 ^or K ' v e r a l years anjj- haa|-- • - * ' • - - • ' • — - - - « been chairman of the Codeis-ewmmit* •

wtH-ldffoKHl*?6- L a s t y e a r "Mr- D u k e sained .-on- !wtnjuoMes's|fleraj:jj6 pH^Hfjty througrh sponsor- '

. .. . , , I they are , ing a bill to regulate dances.f01 tn, diplomatio eorresporfa- While samp <•£ the veteran member*oespond While some <>t the veteran member*

ence will g&t nowhere and the cdndi.'do not r.n-e to come back thero aretion of Germany wfll tend to grow i other yuunger members who waat toworse instead of bettor with a coiTe-s-' r e t u m but art- not sure that the vo-ponding ill effwt on the economic posi-i t e r a l n Ul<?"' t 1 i s U i l o t s vfUI t h ' » k t n ^L O l h T ^ W i*,-_. . . ,. , i s l ^ 6 view- i should <jny" political development ;T,^, ,nere-Ati° ^ Is one with which the 'remove Speaker Maehold from th» .British are sympathetio though they, Assemoly ammbej-, rfc.4s genet-ally b a - \have no^ yet publicly expressed their j Ueved. at this eariy date that Asr

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willingness to abide by the decision of : somblymati .fos<>j)h MeQinntes POt ''.' ChttUtamjua. xvFB l»t In Htt&for t ie o£-~'-fire of pi'psldiriff officer of thehouso. For se»vei-fil ..years Mi\(Jinnies best l>e*ii cttairman o£

Yl%'comntteision aniSi as Mr,pos«a; The question now __the fiYeneh will continue to believe _.•feet negotiations wftfe .Germany" will Ways and

ttotwer thaand ttiefat

hte

g t o n s wftH .Germany will „„ ,„a-betterresult with a more fatia- house,

factory guarantee than some co»pera. Iti l t i I

y g e o p .tive settlement'in which aU the allies I

teite0 l

Committeeth»,h

M«> s A wage Increase of,th<s can s-

that ana S« .the American govern-t b i in watchful waiting

whiff events and facts have theij- offeoton.

e m p ! y . «fis !i;ini>unced hero todaa*,by the- StamUrcJ Oil Co.. of Indintui^,-.:; "]Tfi» Vh. re.-t*.e \v:ll add 2 1-2 million.': s -'dollam to the uunuat pay roll of tn« 3-

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