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Mexican Money is
 at Premium to
 Shanghai Buyers

Shanghai. Jan. 21.-While Amer jeans have been buying British pound sterling in New York for $3.70 or less, Americans here have been paying $l0O in American gold for 76 Mexican dollars, which are in current use here.
 This unprecedented advance in the rate of exchange in Shanghai has been duo to the acute rise in the price of silver. Probably no country in the world has been more sharply affected by this enhanced value of silver than has China.
 In consequence of the confused state of exchange. the foreign trade through this city, China's principal commercial lcenter, became more or less disorganized. Exporters ceas- ed to look for new business, and con fined their activities wholly to fill ing old contracts from the terms of which they would have been glad to escape.
 Shanghai bankers held frequent conferences day and night in an eff fort to determine what might be done to stabilize the exchange rates. For one day all but one of the lead ing banks in the city declined to issue drafts in connection with cX port shipments to America. These exporters who buy their goods in China for silver and sell them abroad for gold suffered most se- verely. They were obliged to re- strict operations or raise prices wherever the goods were sold.
 On the other hand, importers who buy their goods in America and are paid for them in Mexican silver dol lars have prospered.
 One of the difficulties arising from the exchange situation is that much of the business here is done under terms arranged several years ago when an American dollar was worth two Mexican dollars or more. Consequently foreign workers here have suffered.
 The bankers concluded that one solution of the problem would be to increase the price of China's pro- ducts throughout the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
13-Year-Old Boy Has Experience
 With MeXicanS

Houston, Tex, Jan. 20.-After four years of torture in foster home in Mexico City, William Alfred Moore 13-year-old American boy, has found real home again in the United States, after an adventure including wild ride from the City of Mexico to the Rio Grande, thence by va rious stages to Houstan.
 Through the efforts of Houston women. who clothed him and kept ! him under observation for several weeks, temporary home has been found for him and he will reside in Navasota until relatives have been located
 Williams story is that he was living with his mother in Corpus Christi when his father, physi- elan, perished with the sinking of the Titanic in mid-Atlantic. His mother died he says, at Corpus Christi when he was 8 years old and he was then taken to Mexico City by the woman who had done his mothers washings. William says he received nothing but beatings be- cause he could not understand the language spoken Dy her Soldler nus band and because he persisted in the use of his native tongue. So he ran away.
 Four days and three nights he spent riding on the trucks of pas, senger trains in Mexico. Only once did he stop, and then to obtain food Arriving at the Rio Grande border, 1 he swam across but was sent back to Mexico again. Dauntless, at an other place he again crossed and for l several months earned livelihood by shining shoes at Rio Grande City. Then he went to Corpus Christi where he worked in pharmacy for IS7 week. With what money he could save he bought a bicycle, and shipping it by express to Houston he followed it on the train trucks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
Northern, Central < Italy in ThrOes
 of Rail Strike

Paris, Jan. 21.--Northern anG
 Central Italy are in the grip of {
 general railway strike, but southern
 ItatNL is not so badly affected, ac,
 cording to the Turin correspondent
 of the Petit Parisien. The Italian
 government was able to run a few
 trains over the principal lines yes.
 terday, the trains being heavily
 guhrded by troops armed with ma.
 chine guns.
 Martial law is enforced in the principal cities of the country, the streets of which are patrolled by cavalry and are under the guns o1 { artillery units, it is said. Stores theatres and all places of business
 are ordered to close at o'clock in X the evening and every one is forbid der to use automobiles or bicycles
 Police authorities have ordered the < magnetos of all automobiles confis, 7 cated to prevent the strikers using ] thesl
 Relative calm prevailed yesterday there being few acts of sabotage. The z only disorders arc reported fro q < Gchoa, where shots were fired at a \ trRih.
 < i14idOH, hdNI refused to participate in the Italian { railroad strike, and as result, the ] walkout is not supported in the southern sections of Italy. Heavy { military patrols have been placed ] in the cities of Milan, Turin and Ge- noa,s accordingsNo an Exchange Tele- graph company dispatch from Milan Nome, Jan. Military forces \ occupied the Central Railway sta 2 stidSCin this city at midnight by order SofEfhe minister of transportation < n>spitc of the strike, most of the regular trains left here yesterday AonIy express trains being cancelled All railroad lines in Italy are being gguarded by troops who are under in- Attractions to fire upon any one sus- spected of attempting to interfere with the work The movement is sassuming revolutionary character and the government is entrusting sthe maintenance of order to the mili- stary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
Gap in Eastern
 Customs Burden
 of German Nation

Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Jan. 21. There is a hole or gap n the east ern customs border of Germany as well as in the west and through both it is charged articles of luxury and German money are Having. H. legal traders from Poland slip through the German lines every day and return to Poland with whatever they can purchase in the way of shoes, clothes, textiles, sugar and food, much of which Germany wants to retain for her own use but which also are greatly desired in Poland.
 There is no border and no him drance of this trade. It is alleged that the goods thus shipped from Germany into Poland has run up into millions of marks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22

nounced, but it is understood it runs into several hundred thousand dollars.
 The purchasers will have the ves- sels transported to their property at Bridesburg, Pa, near here, on the Delaware river, where they will be dismantled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
Declares Jenkins
 Case is Settled

Mexico City, Jan. 21.-The news paper Excelsior quotes Hilario Me dina, subsecretary of foreign affairs, as saying that the case of William O. Jenkins, American consular agent at Puebia. has been settled satisfac- torily. No details of the alleged settlement are available here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22

turnout the country, according to Sofia dispatches and attacks on King Boris and tie Royal family are fear cd. General Franchet D'Esperey, commander of the allied troops in the Near East, has been asked to hold his troops in readiness to sup press disorders.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
TYPHOID IS SPREADING

Prague, Jan. 21.-Typhoid fever in epidemic form, is spreading throughout Ukraine according to dispatch from Czerowitz. From other sources, it is reported that 2O,0oc persons are i'll with the disease Tn the government of Kharkov.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22

plan intended to give the men poise and confidence in using their arti- ficial limbs. Preliminary work along this line begins at the hospital, and later the officers may continue their lessons without cost if they desire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
Soviet Bulgarian
 Lines Restored

< Eicnna, Jan. 2l.-Direct tclegra- |phic communication has been es-. 5fabiished between Soviet Russia and 6the Bulgarian bolsheviki, it is said in 'sad adyices from Agram. In many com |Sn,urzties in Bulgaria the bolsheviki
 4hssTe already declared themselves in
 &lef5eudent of the government, 1t IS # ethrsaks are daily occurrence
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
INDIAN SCHOOL BURNS.

Durant, Okla, Jan. 21.-One ot the oldest Indian schools in this sec ton was destroyed when Armstrong Academy, 15 miles east of here, was burned to the ground last night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
Dancing is Being
 Taught Injured

London, Jan. 21.-Dancing is be- ing taught British army officers who have lost an arm or leg in the war, this instruction being part of a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22

To Fortify the System Against Colds. Grip and Influenza
 take GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. It purifies and enriches the blood. It builds up and strengthens the whole system. It fortifies the system against colds, grip and influenza. Price 60c.
 adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22
TO END INITIATION.

London, Jan. 21.-A new organI2a- tion called the Sound Currency AS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-22

sociation has been formed here to aid in eliminating the imitation of currency. restore the pound sterling to it's par value and the return to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
BANK TELLER "FRAMED"
$4,000 ROBBERY

Ottawa. H., Nov. u.--Admission that
he Engineered the whole thing himself"
was made tonight according to county
officials. by Francis ]. Carey, 81 years old.
teller of the National City Bank of Ottawa,
who gave himself up to-day following his
disappearance yesterday at the time Of
the robbery of the bank Most of the
$4,000 taken has been recovered. $500
being added tonight. Carey disappeared
after the robbery and it was at first
thought he had been locked in the vault
Carey was found at the farm house
of Mat Kerwin. near Utica, Ill, into
which he staggered late to-day. footsore
and weary. lie was brought back to
Ottawa and made his reported confession.
Carey denied the sheriff said, knowledge
of the disappearance of $4,000 Of the loot.
He had So in his pocket.
Sheriff Ayers said that n shoe-box con-
tanning $4,000 which was found following
the discovery of the robbery apparently
had slipped from the young mans hand
while he was going over the roof of the
bank, on which he had climbed to enter
the building. The $500 recovered tonight
was found under n mattress at Carey's
home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
George A. Robinson Dies

Waterbury. Nov. Is. - George A..
Robinson. "a, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ID, Robinson, died last evening
at the Fanny Allen hospital. The body
was brought here this morning and
funeral services viii be held Wednes-
day afternoon at two o'clock at the
home OF his parents.
George Austin Robinson was born in
Waterbury "a years ago, January II.
He was educated in the public schools
here and AT Burlington high school
He was for a time in the department.
of justice in burlington. a government
position For some time past he has
been at home here assisting people IN
their work and conducting clothing
agency for Philadelphia firm Last
winter he was appointed census en-
umerator for Waterbury village. he
was the only child of Charles ID ana
Nina tBeals) Robinson and the sym
pathy or all is with them. He had been
III win jaundice for few days past
but Few knew of his serious condition
until they heard of his death. The de-
ceased was we'll known both here ana
in Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
ST. JOHNSBURY STAGES
FAKE BOLSHEVIST RIOT
Feature Of Towns Big ArInisticc Day
Celebration

st. Johnsbury, Nov. 11.-W. r. Knapp
Post of the American Legion fittlngly
observed Armistico Day which opened
here with the national saluc at sum
rise and closed with n grand bail at
the Armory. Tho parade after dinner
was participated in by all the pa
triotic and fratcrnal organize tions, tha
school children, automobiles and Floats
and was follow ed by public speaking al
the Colonial. Rev. Paul n. Moody OF
New York city. former st. Johns
bury clergyman. and an eX-chaplain,
was the principal speaker. Others who
spoke were Lieut.. Fred NJ. Caswell. u,
S. A, and w. A. Fletcher. A fund OF
over $4,000 raised by the Caledonian-
Record by subscriptions from several
hundred townspcople was presented to
the post for the erection Of memorial
tablet to the soldiers who gave THEFT
lives in the war. Following the pubic
exercises there was n fake Bolshevis'
demonstration on the street whict
brought out the police and the eN'
service men. Many shots were fired or
both sides ard the Reds were finally
captured and led away. During the
afternoon the academy football clever
defeated the boys from the vocationa'
school by tho score of 81 to q.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
DETERMINED CRUSADE
AGAINST "HOME BREW

Washington. Nov. ~. tBy the Asso-
ciated Press)--The internal revenue bureau
in formal statements to-day confirmed
reports that Il crusade against home
brewing of alcoholic beverages is plan
ned by the governments prohibition en-
forcement agencies. The bureau did not
reveal however. the means it proposed
to employ in the campaign nor admit
that It had approved preliminary instruc-
tons by Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer directing that sales of malt and
hops he restricted to bakers and confec-
TONERS.
"If malt extract hops. isnglass CELIA
tine or other materials are sold or adver-
tised for sale in circumstances whit h
show that they are advertised or sold
for use in the unlawful manufacture of
intoxicating llnr"-," said the statement
issued tonight by Commissioner Williams
of the interna! revenue bureau. at is
the purpose OF the bureau TO prosecute
persons 50 Offending.
THE so-called nome brcwed Soc"
manufactured in the home for bcYe-a sc
purposes. even though for the sole use
of the family and hona fide guests is
under the bureaus construction of the
law illegal and the sale of materials for
the purpose of such manufacture Is like
wise Illegal"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
LOW DEATH RATE FOR
y. S. IN YEAR 1919

Washington. Nov. 1.-THE 1919
death rate in the death registration
area Of continental United states. en-
bracing 81 per cent OF the total popu-
lation. was shown in statistics made
public to-day By the census bureau to
be the lowest recorded for any one
year Tho rate was 1913 per 1000 popu-
lation. IA drop of 81 per 1000 from the
unusually high rate of 1918 resulting
from the epidemic Of influenza.
The total number of deaths In 1919
was 1.096,43G, of which 111,579 or 10.
per cent were caused by heart disease.
while tuberculosis resulted in 106,95S,
or 9.s per cent. Deaths attributed to
pneumonia totalled 105.21s; influenza
S4,113; nephritis and brights disease
1905. and cancer and other malig-
nant tumors. 6S.551.
Delaware Florida and Mississippi
were added to the registration area in
1919. making Il total OF 30 States. the
District OF Columbia and IS cities in
non-reg istration States in the area.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
HYMANS CHOSEN
LEAGUE PRESIDENT
Belgian, Elected to Head of As
sembly, Gets 35 votes-Says
in Opening Speech He Hopes
u. S. Will Join League Soon

Geneva, Nov. Is. tBy the Associated
Press)-Paul Hymans of Belgium was
elected permanent president of the
League of Nations at the opening session
Of the leagues assembly here to-day.
He received 3j votes to four votes for
President Motta of Switzerland and one
each for ex-President Ador Of Switzer-
land and Leon Bourgeois Of France.
NJ. Hymans had called tho delegates to
order and introduced President Motta
of Switzerland. who in his address cor
daily welcoming the delegates expressed
the hope that the United States would
not delay much longer In taking Its
legitimate place in the league"
When NJ. Hymans, who heads the Bel
gian delegation and is n former foreign
minister of Belgium. declared the first
session of the assembly open. the hall
was crowded with men and women and
there were several women among the
delegates. Their toilettes, with the
quaint red and yellow gowns of the
Swiss guards, gave touches of color TO
on otherwise sober scene.
NJ. Motta, in his greetings to the dele
gates. thanked the peace conference for
having selected Geneva ms the seat OF the
League of Nations and also thaEked
President Wilson for calling the meet
ing of the assembly in the seat of the
league
The first session OF the league assembly
was greeted with the ringing OF all the
bells in Geneva after several minutes
silence on the part of all the people OF
the canton. President Motta of Switzer-
land was followed by NJ. Hymans.
The socialist leader, Hjalmar Branting
head Of the Swedish delegation. provoked
tho first debate by objecting to the cleo.
ton of Paul IIymans as president Of the
league by reclamation. NJ. Hymans him
self decided the question by holding that
since one member requested a secret vote
he was entitled to it.
a more animated and more signifi
cant discussion grew out OF the adoption
Of the agenda. Lord Robert Cecil, who
applications of Albania. Bulgaria anG
Austria, which were received since the
agenda was made up. should be addet
to It,
The assembly so decided after the
French delegates. NJ Vivian and NJ
Bourgeois. had made It clear that the
applications would be referred to com
mittee to be examined and a decision
taken as to whether they would be re-
ceived.
This reservation, it is commended. will
establish precedent so that if Ger
many's application is received later thu
French delegates will be able at once Il
raise the question Of eligibility.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
EVACUATE CAPITAL
OF ARMENIA
People Flee from Ervan-ArmcniR
Isolated from outside World

New York Nov. l5.-Ervan capital OF
tho Armenian republic. has been evacu-
ated, communications between the great
railroad junction of Alexandropol and
Tiflis, capital of Georgia, have been ndcf-
initely cut. completely isolating Armenia
from the outside world. and the road
from Arabian to Ardanautth is jammed
with Armenian women and children flee
ing down the valley of the Tchorok riv-
er towards Batum, according to cable
dispatches received by the headquarters
Of the Near East relief here to-day.
At the same time reports were received
that Mustapha Renal Pasha in person
at the head of the Turkish nationalist
forces operating against Armenia has Or
dered the Georgian government to evac-
uate Batum. on the Black Sea and that
the Georgian army has been modified to
defend that port.
Charles V. Nickrey, general secret airy
of the Near East relief said to-day that
part at least Of the needs OF the situa-
ton in the Caucasus had already been
anticipated by the Near East relief and
that cargoes were now on the seas bound
for Batum consisting Of 5S13, 0O0 cases and
bales of old clothing and shoes; 300
bags of rice. 1850 bags OF sugar and 2s0
tons of soap and other supplies. Mr.
Vlckrey also stated that beans. flour
and other food staples would be shipped
To Batum at once from Constantirople
if transports could be secured. The steam
er Gu Diemal leaving New York. No
vember 90 will carry 1000 tons of wheat
four, 400 tons Of rice and 100 tons of SUI
gar for relief purposes in the stricken
district.
Every precaution will be taken to
prevent these supplies reaching other
than the refugee population" Mr.. Wick
rey declared.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
STOP TRAIN LONG ENOUGH
TO LYNCH NEGRO

Bristol, Va Tenn, Nov. A-Dave
Hunt, negro. %, captured after n chase
on a passenger train and held for an
alleged assault on an aged white woman.
was taken from the Jail at Wise, Va,
early to-day by a mob of about Is men
and henged to bridge near Kent juno
ton.
After the lynching the mob quietly dis
persed and tonight no arrests had been
reported. Entrance was gained to the
jail by breaking down the doors. The
negro was taken to the scene Of the
lynchng in an automobile.
The alleged attack on the woman, who
is GO years old, occurred at her home
Friday. Shortly after she tagged a pas
senger train as it came by and told mem
bers of the crew that she had been at
tackled by the negro whom she could see
walking on the railway right of way some
distance ahead. The train was started
after the negro who headed for tho
mountain side when he saw that he was
being pursued. The trainmsn left their
train and took to the woods after the
fugitive who soon was captured.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
JURY AWARDS MAYO
VERDICT OF S12,750

Rutland. Nov. 1S.--In the United
States District Court in this city this
afternoon a jury awarded William s.
Mayo of Albany, n. Y, n travelling
salesman. verdict of Sl2,750 dam
ages against the Rutland Railroad
company. Mr. Mayo sued for 100000
because of injuries ne received ut Bel
lows Falls on March II. 1920. when
the Rutlands Green Mountain Flyer
on which he was a passenger, met
head -on, a freight train of as loaded
cars, going So miles an hour, and 10
persons were killed. Mr.. Mayo claims
that he was reduced to n nervous
wreck from shock. Tho railroad had
admitted liability In the case.
Although tho petit ju!S has been
discharged tho Jury calendar is not
clear of civil cases. Th<re are three
$4,000 negligence suits. resulting from
crossing accident at Berlin July 80,
1918, the Goethe cases which are set
for trial These will not be heard at
Rutland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
CHINESE PIGTAILS
B Y THE CARLOAD
Queues Of 100000 Orientals
Will Be Made Into Filter
Cloth in U. S.

Washington. Nov. 15.-Establishmcnt OF
carload rate on Chinese pigtails pressed
into cloth, from Houston, Texas, to var
ious parts Of the country, was asked OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day by the Oriental Manufacturing com
pany of Houston.
Clifford Thorne, of Chicago, representing
the applicant. told the commission that
the pigtails pressed into cloth were used
for liberation, straining soups and similar
purposes. The commission took the APP
plication under consideration.
Mr.. Thorne explained that prior to the
war European supplies of goat and camel
hair were drawn on for ter purposes,
but that when this source was cut OF.
the industry he represented turned to
China where the fail Of the Manchu
dynasty was followed by adjustment of
the edict directing Chinese subjects to
wear queues. Tho Houston company,
which is joined by the Southern Cotton
Seed Oil Crushers' association, chief users
of hair cloth filters, in the petition has
accumulated 100000 pounds of Chinese
hair, the equivalent OF the former pig
tails Of 100000 Chinese and now seeks
carload rates to move II north for the
consumers, nineteen carloads already hav-
ing been ordered and the prospects being
for sixty more to move during next year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
SENT PHOTOS By WIRE,
NEW YORK TO ST. LOUIS

New York, Nov. 15.-The New York
World announces the successful trans
mission of four photographs by wire be-
tween its office here and the office of the
ST. Louis Post Dispatch Sunday.
Two photographs, one or the Yale
Princeton football game and the other an
airplano view Of New York city. were
sent from New York to st. Louis and a
picture of an Indian chief and one of n
Mississippi river steamboat were sent
from St. Louis to the word offices. The
total time of transmission for one picture
was eight minutes,
In the method successfully tested to-
day, the photographs to be sent by wire
were placed on n cylinder over which
passed II needle attached to n send ng
instrument The vibrations of the needle,
transmitted by electricity, We're repro
duced In the receiving instrument which
vibrated a tiny mirror. he ray of light
reflected from the mirror Prayed through
a glass screen graduated from propacity
to transparency, allowing the light to pass
in varying degrees of Intensity upon u
sensiti2ed plate.