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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
Reduction of 22 1-2 Per Cent,
Agreed On BY Manufacturers
of Fall River Plants.
EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 3
Textile Unions to Meet Next Week
To Decide On Acceptance Or
RrjcCtiOn-MOst of Mills Are
On Part Time nnd Some Are
Entirely Closed.

FALL RIVER. Mass. Dec. ga
wage reduction OF % IL per cent
for the $1,000 mill operatives in this
city was announced today after "A con
ference between the Fall River cotton
manufacturers association and the
textile council The reduction which
will become effective on January ?
in all OF the 100 mills controlled by
members OF the manufacturers asso-
citation, brings this textile center into
line with the reduced scale OF wages
in other cotton milling centcrs OF
New England.
James Tansey. president of the
textile council. said that general
meetings of all the t"Ntil" unions in
the city would be held early next
week To vote on acccptanc" or r"joc-
tion of the cut. Less, than one third
of tn" operatives her" are union
members bur the action of the textile
council usually is accepted as the
guide among the workers
Most uf the mills in the city are
either closed or running on reduced
schedules. The American print
works. which embraces the Fall River
Iron Works corporation. controlling
eight cotton mills, was closed today
for three days.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
CUT WAGES i5 PER CENT. AND
ABOLISH THE MONTHLY RONU.

BRIDGEWATER. Mass. Dec. 23.
The Stanley Iron Works here. with
head Offices in New Britain. Conn.
today posted notices Of a Is per cent.
reduction in wages. affective at once.
A five per cent. monthly bonus also
is abolished, and drop from time and
a half TO straight time for all over
time is announced.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
MANUFACTURERS STRIVING TO
AVOID REDUCTIONS IN WAGES

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-The ma
tional association OF manufacturers
today issued statement asserting
that contrary to published reports
that manufacturers generally re-
garded wage reductions as necessary.
manufacturers In all sections of the
country are striving In every possible
way to avoid the reductions and cur
esis4eat Of operations wPAch might
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
COTTON CUMMINGS NOW
TOTAL 10,S7S,265 BALES
Census Bureau Announces This Num-
Der Up to December 1:s-Fnr
South Carolina, ,3O4,O5O.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Cotton
exclusive OF linters. ginned prior 10
December 13 amounted to lO.S7S,-
265 running bales. including 198.-
1874 round bales. which we're counted
as half bales. 54.467 bales of Amer
ican-Egyptian. and 1921 bales OF
Sea Island. the census bureau an
nOunced today.
Ginnings last year to December
13 amounted to 9.3S6.646 bales, in
cluding 103.662 round bales, 27,1O4
bales OF American-Egy and
6,236 bales OF Sea Island.
This years ginnings by states fol-
lows:
Alabama. 6O7.939; Arizont. Co.
1874; Arkansas. SS5.2O3: California.
37.s02; Florida. 17.553;G eorgia.
1,323.752; Louisiana. 354.798; Mis-
i5iysl9pi .775.619; Missouri. 1852;
s.: S:s;===.=:sssssso.o54; QelAaoma,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
WAR FINANCE MEASURE
RECEIVES FINAL ACTION
Resolution to Provide Relief For
Farmers Ready For Signature
OF the President

WASHINGTON, Dec 23.-Legisla-
tive enactment OF the Joint resolution
directing revival OF the war finance
corporation as measure OF relief
for farmers against falling prices,
was completed today when the senate.
without a record vote. concurred in
house amendments eliminating the
section suggesting that the federal
reserve board extend liberal credits
to farmers. The resolution now goes
to the president
Senator'S and representatives were
divided Today in their opinion az to
a possible veto. Some believed the
president would veto the measure.
while others were inclined to the be-
lief that with the elimination OF ad-
vice to the federal reserve board an
proval OF the executive would be Civ
en- the measure.
Leaders who were responsible for
the final enactment of the resolution.
however. expressed confidence OF
their ability to override a veto both
N. the sPpate and house. They were
TX drfr'f " S3Tdc6<. r.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
LUXURY TAXES IN CANADA
ABOLISHED by GOVERNMENT

OTTAWA. Can. Dec. 23.-An
taxes on luNuries in Canada, excert-
ing alcoholic liquors. confectionery
and playing cards. have been abolish
a by thte te eomin,en sotsrnnsnt
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
ATTEMPT ut RESURRECTION
REVEALED AT ASHBURN, GA

ASflBURN, Ga, Dec. 23-what
county authorities say was an .atrs
tempe at resurrection, WAS rsvsaleo
here today whom the body or q
Robert Rouss, who died thsSS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

conscription law. If this measure becomes law every young man in the country who does not take up rifle or go 70 sea will be set to rals- ing wheat an ddoing other farm labor
 Although compulsory military ser vice is in force in Argentina, only small part of the young men actually go into the service at present, these being selected by lot, and as result according to La Nacion, there Is some dissati sfaction because of the exemp-
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Fighters Deny
 Their Bout Fixed

New York, Oct 15.-Reports cir
 culated in sporting circles and pub
 lished in some newspapers intimating
 that the bout between Georges Car
 pentier and Battling Levinsky was
 not fairly fought tonight brought
 strong denials from the principals
 and others interested in the contest.
 "Before 1 came to America" said
 Carpenter, in signed statement. II
 looked upon all Americans as the
 personification of fair play, of
 sporstmanship in the true sense. In fact, thought America was the land
 of the square deal. You went to war
 to insure the world of fair play.
 did all you asked me to do.
 fought the man you selected for me
 to fight, and this Is what I get-the fight is called fake.
 sGive me square deal. That is all ask.
 T pledge my honor as soldier and citizen of France to the great American republic, that I fought to the best of my ability and I sincere ly believe from the bottom of my
 heart that Leyinsky did the same" Lfvinsky's statement said in part: Tt is not possible for me to do anything to prove that this coward 1 ly attack upon my honesty is unde- served. In regard to therfight, know my vindication will come if ever Carpenter meets Dempsey. In the second round Carpenter hit me hard Ter than l have ever been hit before < From that moment to the end of the contest, was dazed.
 John s. Smith, chairman of the HNew Jersey boxing commission, ex- 6pressed the opinion that the bout |swas absolutely honest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

Belgrade. Sehbia, Oct. 15.-To the American visitor accustomed to the ordinary comforts Of life, II Is con- stxnt source of wonderment how the peasants and poor Of the Balkans are able to exist on the meagre food they have Corn bread of poor quality supplemented with goats cheese or ordinary leek or onions, forms the diet of large part of the village pop ui6tion. This slender regimen pro duees robust bodies, strong muscles and rosy cheeks. The old sdage that bread Is the staff of life finds its best proof here.
 On the whole, the poor of the Bal kGn countries have an unusually hard To. in life. Their poverty is praeti- eally permanent. Their plight seems 10 excite little sympathy from those who are we'll off. There is callous- ea indifference 10 the sufferings of the poor which strikes an American as almost hear.less. In few if any of the Kalkan states does the govern meut make any provision for the care of the poor This work in the past has been left largely 10 foreign re- lief agencies and private charitable organizations
 The eight-hour working day so coHi- mon in the United States Is unknown iu the rural districts of the Balkans. The peasant works from sunrise until after dark. He Is so bent and weath- er-gcared that he looks twice his age after 90. In some cases he belongs to nomadic tribes and leads an ex- istence unknown in the country dis tricts of America. At night one often
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APPOINTMENT OF ] CLARKE TAKEN TO
 MEAN HOME RULE
Believed in Ireland That Elf. forts to be Made to Make
 Peace With Factions


 Dublin, Oct 16.-The appointment of Sir Ernest Clarke as pew under secretary in Ireland specially fo, the Northeast area, is regarded here as showing the intention of the gov ernment to proceed with it's Hons Rule bill. The essential feature of that bill is the provision of two par liaments in Ireland and so long as the Coalition government lasts II IS expected 10 insist on preserving the separate treatment of Northeast Uu- ster. Since 1t is contemplated 10 have parliament in working order in Belfast early next year, whatever the rest of Ireland does. 1t Is ob- viously convenient to have during ths interval an official administration which will lead up to the change
 The plan of enrolling '-well dis posed citizens in Belfast 10 assist the authorities which means the ster Unionist organization and it's Volunteers, is looked at here from the same point of view. It is vigor- ously denounced by the Nationalists throughout Ireland as yielding by the government to Sir Edward Car son. In view of the government it is merely an anticipation by a few months of the powers. which the Bel fast government will have when the Home Rule bill comes into opera ton. The belief is that the recog- nized existence of such force would tend to check the rioting of irrespon- sible people. Though the government decisions will be agreeable to Union ist Belfast they have disheartened southern Unionists who see that they point to partition.
 The Irish Times says: 'So long as it is possible to assume that the appointment of an assistant under secretary for Northeast Ulster isn- plies and enforcement of the Parti- tion bill that appointment will be an obstacle in the path of peace"
 The same paper objects also to the recognition of the Ulster Volun- teers. It says:
 .The Ulster Volunteers are we'll drilled and organized. Many of them are men of substance and education, accustomed to the exercise of large responsibilities. Our fear is. howev- CT, that the official recognition of the Northern Volunteers or of any large number of them would complete the unhappy marshalling of Ireland into two armed camps. If the Northern forces are taken into the service of the crown. the republican armies will accept the challenge and the stage will be set for a tragedy of civil war, provoked perhaps, by some trival in- cident, may drown the last hopes of Irish settlement in sea of blood"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17
Americans Wonder How The Poor
 People Live in Balkan States

passes whole wagon loads of them go- ing from town 10 town Every man is asleep on the top of his load, and is not disturbed by thoughts of burglars or highxaymen.
 The peasant removes his hat 10 everyone better dressed than himself ard gets his ox-eart off the road for every automobile that passes. He is e simple, honest. homelOviag per SGT with much homely virtue. The peasan. women have enormous fam ilies Of children, about half of whom ever Survive the rigors of the child life in the extreme conditions that prevail III ths> Balkans
 Cottages Rude.
 The cottages of the peasants are crude structures with matched roofs and mud walls. But they eontrive 70 adorn them with attractive exteriors and take great pains 10 produce the utmost decorative effect This ena- belishment frequently takes the form of 2 porch with a wall background bearing 6 border design whose con trssting colors and compositions sug eest the patterns used by the Nayaios O. the American Southwest in their blankets and carpets.
 But while the exteriors Of these homes art attractive, peep into the interior shows tthe economic sress under which these people live. There is seldom any kind Of food except cos rse corn meal. The cooking uten- sils are limited to few home made pewter pots. The furniture consists Of table and few rudeiy-construct- ed benches. The beds usually are
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17
BALLOT
 TO FILL ASSEMBLY
 SEATS ON MONDAY
Second Parliament of COun- trv's History is to be
 Chosen by Electors

Vienna, Oct. 16.-The voters of Austria will ballot tomorrow for members of the National Assembly only. No other federal offices are involved
 l. will be the second parliament of the Austrian republ.> and will come into being in February, 1921.
 The present assembly. consists Of si cosial democrats. 7e Christian so- ciaiists and 26 Crosse Deutsch depu- ties. Prediction estimates of lead CTS do not indicate any radical change in the proportionate strength of the two dominant parties. but do predict gain from both by the center of Crosse Deutseh party. The various little parties or groups of whieh there are some five or six without representation in the parliament, seem 10 have thrown their fate with the Center and probably will give 1t from ten to twenty more seats
 This party Is classed as bourge- oise or conservative as opposed to the left or Social Democrats
 Communists Weak.
 The Communist party is Austria is almost negligible, according to best information. It is reported to number not more than I2.o00 votes. has no representation in the present assembly and is not expected to mus ter sufficient strength to gain seat in these elections
 Austria, like many of the new states of Europe, has provided in her election laws against the lost vote. 4 vertain number of votes is reguir- ed to give a mandate" that is to elect a member. The surplus vote for a member, if any, is thrown into a general pool. The pool is divided proportionately to the parties and additional membess of the assembly elected throuh it. Il is estimated that the new assembly will thus be given I5 more members than the pres ent body.
 It is provided that the women's votes shall be cast on ballots of diff ferent character this year in order to determine party utilization.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17
COMPULSORY FARMING

Buenos Aires. Oct 71.-Compulzory farming is provided for in bill just introduced in the Chamber of Depu- ties with the idea Of forming an economic army 70 be composed of the youth Of Argentina who are not call ed into the army and navy under the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

9 huge scale with an exts,,:.
 drome, custom house. bsr
 pairing shop, signaliing a say and every improvenan. h fpa'' international seria. ravigo.; .9S' will place Bremen i7 fs position than Ham6erg ws;ot 2 exhibited the same sta,os. ' '''' tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17
Shoots Sister At
 Her Own Request

Q1hstance, Switzerland, Oct 16.- Jcll&un Strugger, formerly a Captain Lin tHe Austrian army, has ben ar rested on a charge of murder for his sister ther own request EThe sister suffered fracture of the |sp;ne in an Alpine accident last year Knew her illness to be incurahle and [had repearedly begged the physicians Eof ' sanstarium of which she was a lpatient to relieve her of her suf Eferings by an overdose of morphine. Strugger delivered an ultimatum fto the physicians that if they failed Ito comply with his sisters wishes within five days he would shoot her {himself. This he did with the full
 eonsent of the girl.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

tions. If the new law is passed, says the newspaper, it will result in the cheapening of food stuffs and some n fine vast tracts of uncultivated pub Iic lands in Argentina can be put to producing food.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

Damp wet familg aa-h s,,.. New Way Laundry. Pbona Sa os.
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TO PROVIDE AIR PORT

Bremen, Oct. 17.-Eleven million marks have been subscribed for the egta blishment of an air port here on
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

pitched upon the floor and upon rough-hewn boards.
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DON'T FAIL TO CALL

DON'T FAIL TO CALL Dop'tsfaii to call us for our cotton Eover floater form. Covers most Sny old place full value. III np to you, we are at your zS} \ service
 rAYLOR & co.
 BIS ORANGE IS6eo lO32-1052
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17

IF we had a tornado would you be protected? IF not, WHY not now. A policy will only cost you s2.00 per thousand for one year, or S5.00 for three years.
 See me
 CHAS. HANCOCK
 204 Citizens Bank Bldg.
 Phone 296 CHOOSE THEM NOW-Boys and Glris' yelocepedes. auto express wa gons and all kinds of toys, at Cleye- land Matthews Hdw. Co.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
Meade no Rold Sham RattIe

To the rattle of machine guns and
the roar of artillery. the Red army
will attack Camp Meade tomorrow
The soldiers, however, are not Boil
shevists, but loyal American troops
stationed at the camp, and the bat
tie" will be one of the features of the
graduation exercises of the unit school
for non-commissioned officers of in
fantry.
At an early hour airplanes from
Bowling Field will begin circling
above the trenches of the Blue army
which is detailed to defend Camp
Meade Then tn emimic struggle vii,
begin. Military tactics will be closely
followed and tanks and other weap-
ons of modern warfare will be used
At night Bengal flares will be burned
by the soldiers.
Thirty-five men will be awarded Oil
plomas by Mai.-Gen. Crete Hutcheson.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
"DRY" COMMISSIONERS
WARNS PHYSICIANS

In the opinion of State Prohibition
Commissioner Richard S. Dodson
physicians are issuing too many per-
mits to obtain liquor from druggists
and further, that the physicians are
not exercising sufficient care in CIV
ing their patients proper medical ex-
aminations before issuing the permits
Mr.. Dodson also sounded a note OF
warning to the physicians against the
practice of writing the names and ad.
dresses of their patients in an illegi-
BILE manner In many instances, he
stated, the names are written in sort
of scrawl and the addresses likewise
He asserted, however, that he had
found less opposition to the prohibit
ton law than might be anticipated or
the part of those who would naturally
be expected to oppose it, adding that
many people had expressed them
selves as being DESTROYS of conform
ity to the laws of the country. Mr.
Dodson stated that as yet no action
had been taken ON the deputies which
he named over a week ago. He has
appointed Miss Florence T. Warwick
and Mrs Bessie c. Hutson as his stem
ographers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
Anita Ferrr Rate AIIowea

The Public Service Commission yes
terday rendered a favorable opinion
regarding the increase in rates pc
titioned by the Claiborne-Annapolis
Ferry Company
The figures shown by W. Thomas
Kemp proved that the company had
been operating at loss. even with
cut depreciation Osborne |. Yellott
representing the Automobile Club OF
Maryland, opposed the measure. Pre-
viously the ferry company has had 3
rate of So for automobiles, including
the driver. Charges under the new
scale will be $3.50 for machines witt
wheel base up toS110 inches, 81 to Slt
will be charged for autotrucks, VIII
so cents for motorcycles and 90 cents
extra for side cars. Drivers will pa!
the regular fare of Go cents.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
CONGRESSMAN MUDD
WINS HIS FIGHT FOR
SOUTHERN ND. ROADS

Representative Sydney E. Mudd
yesterday won his fight on the floor
of Congress for the construction and
resurfacing of roads from Washing
ton CITY leading into his district and
connecting with the state roads of
Southern Maryland. On the subur-
ban roads bill appropriating s25o,OOO
as lump sum for current work of
repairs OF district roads. Mr.. Mudd
took the floor and offered the follow
ing amendment:
ITO include for matchmaking the
Bladensburg road from Fifteenth and
II streets northeast to the District
line. s51. 600; for matchmaking Ala
bama avenue, from Pennsylvania ave
nue. TO Ridge road and Bowen road
between Ridge road and District line
sol 600: for matchmaking Central
avenue, from Bennings road TO Dis
trict line, $4,000; for matchmaking
Thirty-eighth street southeast, be.
tween Bowen and Suitland roads, 49,.
000," in all, $4,000.
Mr.. Mudd. some time ago appeared
before the Appropriations Committee
and submitted his case, but was turn
ed down by the committee on the
ground that his request was far too
excessive, and in none of the above
items did he receive favorable re
port. Not despairing in his efforts
4, ,,,.o,.o- ba da+arn1iued IN Mace the
matter squarely before the House
and his amendment was passed aftel
much contention and debate by thu
oppoments of the amendment in thu
committee on the whole.
Mr.. Mudd also made fight to re
tain for his constituents in Primes
Georges county the privilege OF OBJ
tanning from the District of Column
bia a part of the garbage and refus'
which is used by them for the feed
ing Of hogs
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
ADOPTS WAR ORPHANS

New York, Mar. 30.-Miss Margaret
Wilson, eldest daughter of the Presi-
dent, has adopted" two Serbian war
orphans, a boy and girl, whose father
was killed in battle in 1914, according
to Nine. Slavko Grouitch, wife of the
Jugo-Slav minister at Washington
and director of the Serbian Aid Fund.
The children will continue, however, ii
was said, to live with their mother al
Negotin, Serbia, which is near the
Roumanian border. Nine. Grouitch is
now seeking other Godchildren an6
aid for Serbian children in a tour o.
Texas and Oklahoma
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
MORE HORSES FROM
NEW ORLEANS TO BOWIE

F. Fl. Fizer. J. A. Mcdonald and
John Thornby are new arrivals at
Bowie track from New Orleans and
they have brought strings Of seasoned
horses The stables at Bowie are full
now and late arrivals from the south
and east are seeking stalls for their
thoroughbreds at Benning. There will
be available for racing OF the spring
meeting Of the Southern Maryland
Agricultural Association during the
first thirteen days of April upward Of
1000 horses OF various ages and kinds.
The track at Prince Georges Park is
in splendid condition and even the
backward eastern horses are begin
ming 10 show some real speed. Halves
in so seconds and five furlong galiops
in 1903 and 1904 are common.
OF the horses at Bowie that Win
tered in the East, Uncle's Lassie, OF
the Crown stable, which George Zeig-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
Avn THE REPuRLIC TONIGHT

In "A Woman Who Understood
Bessie Barricale plays the part OF
Madge Graham, an aspiring young
sculptress who operates tea room in
Greenwich Village. the artists quarter
in New York until she marries a
young musician whom she has diff
Guilty in holding because of the arts
of meddling woman. This Robert
son-Cole Superior picture will be seen
at the Republic Theatre tonight.
This picture gives Miss BArricale
one of the roles in which she appears
to the best advantage, that of wife
struggling to keep together her little
household, and not to let adversely
render her sour or discouraged. In
her.litlle tea room called The SPUR
rel Hole" she serves tea and other
refreshments, eagerly awaiting the
moment when she can get upstairs to
her living room and studio where she
is at work on a model.
So her life is proceeding until the
time when she looks across an ali
shaft to see a handsome young man
about to take his own life. He is a
musician, Robert Knight, who has
been dismissed from the orchestra, In
which he played, for trivial cause
Throwing a dish through his window
and startling him, the sculptress save~
the man and begins to carve out her
own future.
All is happy for her until three OF
four years later when her husband
is drawn into the net of one of the
wealthy idle women who come down
to Greenwich Village obsessed with
the idea that they must be artistic
and possessed with no talents for any
sort of art save nerhans '.yamping"