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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
GERMANY WILLING
TO PAY 36 BILLION
Fixes Limit Of Amount Of War
RepaIdtI0rs,
dAY POSTPONE pkRLEY
Appeal to American Arbitration Said
to Be Planned il Negotiations With
Allies Fail.

appeal to American Arbitration Said
to Be Planned il Negotiations With
Allies Fail.
Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE ministry Of H.
lance las reached the conclusion that
he utmost sum Germany can pay in
eparntinns Is 100 go, ,H0o,0 900 marks
normally So, I30. .011,UG1(, th:> TO in
lude al she has 20 tnt paid in cash
md goods, according 70 Information
;Eich The Deutsche ZeitunG says il has
'eCelTC7( fr'm 4 special scarce.
This 100000, ,000,0O0 marks would be
:&-d off in thirty years, nudcr the plan
,urlincd by the newspaper $ informant,
Who also is quoted as declaring that
he proposal 10 pay il Wt'l he submit
Cd t. the authorities At Paris for the
purT0-E Of learning whether the COM
NJ London conference un rcparatious
will permit of its consideration, along
Wilt, the allied proposals adopted at
be recent Paris conference.
(The proposal that Germany be re
Iuired TO Fay 4 war Indemnity Of 21G,
N0, 100000 gold marks 1853 SO, ,HQl,
;N0), in Installments extending over
i period of fortythree years, was
adopted at the meeting IF the allied
premlers In Paris on January 80
In the Deutsch Zeitung article the
7nggestion was made that the London
der 10 give the new Washington gov
.rninent an opportunity t0 participate
Refusal to allow certain OF The Ger
nan contemporaries would result in
Germany absenting herself from the
.ond0n conference, :Gt for March !,
he newspaper declares 1t has learned
II adds that Germany wO1ld then sug
est that the United States be called
as an arbitrator for the purpose Of
preventing the entente from accepting
measures such as an Invasion Of the
sGhr district, which it declares wodlo
e looked upon by Germany as an act
war which would positively destroy
he trnety of Versailles.
Tn, ugsestion that the United
,tatcS be invited TO mediate fails to
rouse enthusiasm In the conservative
lie Post, which expresses fear that
ne American verdict IN such q case
.ouid be more likely 20 incline toward
she sum the entente IS demanding.
American mediation would only be
-eleon1e," says this newspaper, 'if we
ould ascertain tire American attitude
Il advance We do not Want to repeat
m mistakes of 1918"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
live Stock Quotations,

cH!CAGO.-CATTLE-Beef steers
and Shestock, 25c to SOC higher; top
steers, so; bulk beef steers, $500
SO. bulk butcher cows and hcifers,
$596.25; bulk Gamers and cutters,
and hc1oeras, $47506; veliers to pack.
ers, $10d11; shockers and feeders,
H0GS--Lights, 15c to CSC lower {;
Others, 25c to Soc lower; top, S10.f5;
bulk, 200 pounds down, SS.7561O; bniS
200 pounds up, $06925: pigs, steady
to 10C lower.
SHEEP-Lights, 2Jc over; top,
$40: bulk, $9@10; yearlings and sheep,
etrcng TO PIC lower; choice, 90-pound
yeaYl.ngs, ST top ewes. *5 BULK S4GI5 ).
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
THANKFUL TOWN WAS DARK
Victim Of an Automobile mieAap tn
iured Mostly In Trousers.

NaStim OF an @uIcNloO'Ic "'s9"p ''-
jured Mostly In Trousers.
York. Pa. Feb. TT. Z. Taylor
: told Mayor Hugentugler IN police
court that he was thankful that it
was very dark and stormy about E!id
night Thursday night and that The
streets were practically deserted. TA"
occasion OF his thanEfulncsS was thai
Caylor's trousers were torn of in an
automobile accident and he was fore
ed to make his way home with "n'y
a few shreds of cloth hanging IL his
belt.
He appeared as witness in 4 hear,
'ng of Herbert .etW!ler and Charles
Schroeder, whose automobiles ti%-
ured in q collision Of which Taylor
was the only victim, though his II
IurIes were confined TO his trousers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
EACH SKIRT HID SALOON
Smuggling System uncovered" With
Stout Grandmothers.

New York, Feb. 12.-Six women
smugglers, whose contour showed pro
nounced expansion after i visit 70 the
Italian steamship Gluseppi Verdi were
arrested by customs inspectors and q
search revealed twenty-one q0,.r,S o.
llauor, sewed In bags, hangiH.; rom
their waists beneath thclr Sir.
The liquor was condscated and each
woman, a grandmother, V as fined S25.
Recent orders were issued to Gus
toms guards to scrutinizc carefully all
persons. especially women, who visited
vessels at piers, Il IN effort to check
the flow of contra'HHd liquor coming
ashore. The discovery Is believed To
have uncovered one means by which
an extensive traffic has been carried
on.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
DADDY'S REVOLVER KILLS
Chilli Finds Weapon Under piiio"
and Shoots Himself in Head

Pottsviile, Feb. 12.-Harold. 1-ye&r,
I'D son o. Harry Shirley, of CTcSs"..,.
HE'D himself while playing with Ia,
VS. revolver.
Mrs Shlrey allowed the boy tn ~lo,>!
ate and, unknown TO her, Ii" 1"Gns'
lie revolver, which was under Il I'll! ~
If bed. While examining II H. -.
li!nstlf in the forehead.
Tie father Is railroad man ~ -,
he faInily's protection while T., Vi
bsent at uight the revolver us -:
handy spot.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

Judge Sends Home Underpaid Bank
Worker Who Stole $e6, 500.

Judge Sends Home Underpaid Bank
Worker Who Stole $e6,5 500.
Chicago, Feb l2..-Aftcr pleading
uilty Of embeZzling S96,5O0 from the
:ationai City Bank, of Ottawa, III.
'rancis J. Carey, 2o, farmer receiving
nller of the bank, was released on
is own recogniZance oy Federal judge
.andis, who criticized officials Of the
ank for the small salary paid the de
endant.
When Carey said ais pay was 500
: month, Judge Lands exclaimed: :
This Is astounding. 1t puts the re-
possibility entirely on The directors
f the bank.
''Gou were not getting any n"re
han the elevator operators In the fed
raj building; you 60 on holne. m
md for YOU again"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
TRINITY CHuRCH

GAS A. NJ. Baraca Glass; 10 A. NJ,
Sunday School; II A NJ. Preaching
7 P. NJ. Epworth League; 7:45
Preaching; Thursday night, Prayer
Meeting.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

FOR SALEI-Seven room dweTlinp
tth three acres of land. Oskley stree
steRded
Store and dwelling with vacant Io'
ttached. Choptank avenue.
Six room dwelling. West Hnd Ave
seven room dwelling. store build
* and 7acent lot attached. Linden
venue
Besides several other residences iI
Ifferent sections OF Cambridge 9lGI
..veral farms. Apply to
w. g. RODDINOTT.
homes 30 and 41S-W Cambridge, Mo
IS ~
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
SECRETARY CHURCH

2 p. NJ. Sunday School; 8 P. NJ
Preaching; Tuesday night, Prayer
Meeting.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
CiIUlIG LOCALS

EAST NEW MARKET CHARGE
Oren B. Rice. Pastor
Services for Sunday will be as fol-
lows.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

The meeting of the Official Board
of Trinity Church held last Monday
night was very largely attended and
much business was attended to.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

.Incubatora and brooders. Phil
lips Hdw. Co.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

Field and Garden. Herbert Hearn
Hdws. Co,-Ady,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12
SDScial

The Box Social at the Cabin Creek
School House adjoining the church
will be held tonight February 11th,
(Fridayl,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

There will be preaching at the
East New Market Baptist Church
Sunday morning, February 18th, by
the pastor, Rev. G. r, Brooks.
Friends are invited. 2!9-2t
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-02-12

FOR SALE TO QUICK BUYER-On,
of the most desirable residences II
Cambridge. Splendid ten-room dwell
ing, complete in every detail. Electro
lights, bath and cellar, large porches
This property Is located in one Of thu
large lot and ample out-buildings
best residential sections of Cambridge
and for q quick sale, an attractively
price can be made. This should appea
to anyone seeking a frst-class home
at a reasonable price. For informa-
RTNGT0N, HARRINGTON & WAL
LACE. 1I27-tl
The star-progress., 1921-06-15
otant Changes Made
In Louisiana Basic Law

7. Members of the legislature are
prohibiting from trading their votes
on any bills or measures under PEN
atty OF forfeiting their seats.
8. Creation of Legislative bureau
to be composed OF one member OF
each house and tat attorney general
or his representative for the purpose
of advising on the constitutionality OF
bills.
9. Authorizing the Legislature to
consolidate or merge state department
boards and commission.
10. Requiring the legislature to en-
act laws reserving the mineral rights
in ali public land sold.
II. Empowering the legislature TO
establish minimum wages for women
and girls and to regulate their hours
Of labor.
12. Requiring the governor to CON
vene the legislature in extra session
on pedtion of two-thirds Of the mem
hers Of that body. and IL the COVER
nor fails to act the lieutenant gov
ernor. speaker Of the house are author
ized to issue the call.
IA Pocket vetoes Of bills by the
governor is abolished, the governor
being given ten days after the adjourn
ment of the legislature in which q
approve or veto the measures
a. Authorizing the legislature e
adont resolutions providing for invest
tigations without the signature OF tne
governor.
IT, Directing the legislature to pro
vide for mothers pensions In the state
16 Authorizing the legislature +
mass enabling acts when constitutional
amendments are submitted.
II. Fixing the size'of the senate =
thirty-nine and the house OF repre-
sentative 1O1.
Taxation and Exemption
The taxation and exemption artielel
Of the constitution were entirely =
cast. Among the new provisions are
/. Providing for classified prop
erty tax.
Authorizing the legislature to I'm
pose an income tax Of not eTceedinl
q
! 3 per cent.
). Changing the name OF the DOar'
Of state affairs TO the Louisiana -
commission.
Exemptlng enterprises locates
ON the industrial Canal Of New VI
leans for fifteen years.
8. exemption Of farm imprO'
ments -, -,
exemption from municipal ta'
at,an Tor four years all new dweliln
houses in New Orleans and snrest
port. ,,...,..rce.
j NOT exceeding per cent
8. Fixing the tax on banks OrsA.
,qea under section 25 tAl Of the lee
aral reserve act at $500 q year, q
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T. Peterman of st. Mary parish is
chairman. follow:
Municipal Government
/. Providing that parish seats may
not be changed unless twO-thirds OF
those voting at a special election vote
for it. Present law requires two
thirds of qualified electors voting In
favor thereof
2. Making a two-thirds vote Of
electors voting in the parish to be
dissolved to merge it into another
parish and a majority vote in the par
ishes into which the other parish is
to be merged.
3. Gives parishes and municipalities
the right to acquire property either by
purchase, donation or appropriation
for navigation canals. This is espe-
cially intended to provide for the COM
pletion of the intercostal canal
through Terrebonne parish.
4. Provide that no parish, Orleans
excepted, shall levy. for parochiaI pur
poses on property located in munich
palities of 1000 or more population,
which provides and maintains systems
/ Of street paving, any general parochial
tax is excess of One-haH the levy for
general parochiaI purposes. A new
clause added to this, reads: "Previd
ed that this article shall not apply II
a parish which had a general unbond
! ed Indebtedness on January /, 1921
until said debt has been paid O
funded into bonds"
4 s. Prohibits any parish tax, Or
leans excepted. from exceeding fou
mills but not to apply to any othe
! tax levy authorized in this constitu
tion. Also gives the legislature tn
right to authorize parishes and muni
cipalIties to levy an additional tax no
to run longer than ten years, and no
to exceed one mill for the purchas'
and Improvement or grounds and 70
premium awards for municipal ta'
limit, New Orleans excepted, at sever
mills, except parishes exempted b,
: charter of law from payment Of pal
ishes, which may levy up to ten mill;
! Also provides that any municipalit
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elusive Of real estate.

elusive OF real estate.
9. Limiting special taxes in par
Ihes and municipalities to 25 mills for
all purposes.
10. Authorizing the city of New Or
leans to vote a special tax of one-fifth
of mill for the support of zoo.
IL. Prvlding ior :and maps in all
parishes.
IL. Providing that the rolling stock
OF corporations hall be taxed at not
exceeding 40 mills at the state capital
for state purposes only.
49, Fixing the state tax rate at ;
IA mills, with authority to the legislas
ture, by a two-thirds vote, to increase
/ the rate to "a mills.
IA. Requiring the legislature to
prohibit the use Of any process by any
tax.
Is. Fixing the severance tax on oil
and gas at 3 per cent, with one-third
up to 5000. 900 year for the parishes
where severed. Other natural re-
sources fixed at 2 per cent.
The judiciary was almost complete
Ily reorganized. Outstanding features
OF the new system are:
Changes IN judiciary
/. Enlargement Of the supreme
court from five to seven judges. with
Iauthority to sit in divisions, and with
1.-The further right to call in judges Of
the courts of appeals to sit on the
thigh court bench.
| 2. Terms OF judges Of the supreme
court heightened from twelve t.
fourteen years.
|. 8. Supervision Of all inferior courts
lis lodged in the supreme court.
4. Domiciles of the courts Of ap
Ipeals are fixed at New Orleans, Bat
| on Rouge and Shreveport.
Il S. Jurisdiction of the courts OF ap
peals is Increased.
i 6. Terms OF the judges Of tn
court OF appeals are fixed at twelv'
years.
4. Z. District courts reduced to TWEEN
lty-fiye and the number of distric
Judges to twenty-nine in the countr'
| parishes.
Il 8. Salaries of district judges fixe'
lat $4,000 year each until January
1925, when they are to be Increased
to $4,000 a year each.
9. District judges are subject to n
. terchange or required to serve In tn
courts Of appeals by order Of the su
preme court.
10. Judges Of the district court ar
required to write their opinions.
III. The criminal district court a
New orleans was enlarged to fiv
Judges and the inferior city crimina
courts abolished. with authority to tn
. legislature to change the system q
ter 1924.
12. Terms Of the judges Of the dii
: trict courts in the country parishe
: were fixed at six years.
Is. The attorney general was give
/, supervision over all district attorneys
il. District attorneys were place
!. on flat alaries and all fees must b
I paid into the parish treasury.
! Is. No woman shall be drawn 70
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which has heretofore been authorized
to levy a tax rate in any one year
and has pledged or dedicated por-
tion thereof may, until such bonds are
paid or refunded. levy a tax Of ten
mills including the seven mills. and
the millage so dedicated or pledged.
Z. Municipalities are given the
right, when authorized by the legis-
iature to issue negotiable bonds for
reclaiming. preserving or improving
lands owned by the municipality and
fronting on navigible stream. and may
dedicate the revenues from the pro-
ceeds of sale OF such lands to the pay
ment of the principal and interes:
of the bonds so issued.
8. Provides for the creation OF road
and subroad districts, but prevents
one road district from comprising the
entire territory Of a parish.
3. Grants of power to the legisia-
ture to authorize police juries to
create gravity drainage and subdrain-
age districts. composed wholly of one
parish or partly within two or more
parishes.
10. Gives municipalities the right
to issue ten year bonds for the devel-
opment OF parks, as well as the paw
ing and improving of streets andalleys.
to be secured by excess revenues OF
the municipality.
/ II. Gives the Legislature the right
to authorize gravity drainage dis.
tricts and to impose and collect an
acreage tax, or forced contribution,
not exceeding fifty cents per acre for
a period not exceeding 40 years. Pro
vides for the issuing Of bonds.
II. Makes it mandatory for the
legislature to provide a civil service
or merit system in cities of more than
1000 population.
13. increases the office expense
appropriation for the state tax col.
lector of the city of New Orleans
from sS5, 1000 to $4,000 a year and In
creases the salary OF the tax collector
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
IA. Rewrites article 319 of the
existing constitution so that the state
Is not deprived Of its police power
Makes it impossible for state com.
missicners to investigate the city Of
New Orleans by authorizing the ap-
pointment Of any board or commits,
sion with full authority in the city OF
New Orleans other than that Of con
trolling the ordinary governmental
functions of municipal government,
/ Is. Gives the sewerage and water
board Of New Orleans the right to in
crease water rates when authorized
by the legislature.
16. Authorizes the sewerage and
water board to sell water to adjoin
ing parishes.
II. Provides that no director, ct
torney, officer or employees Of any rail
road shall ever be member OF tn
: public belt railroad commission.
is. Authorizes the city Of New Oh
leans to issue s5.OOO.OOO of public bel
: railroad bonds for development pu'
poses, If authorized by vote OF tn
majority of the qualified voters vot
ing at the congressional election i
November, 1922
10. Also provides for the issuanc
OF 5000, 600 OF public belt bond
for building a bridge across the Mi
sissippi river to be paid for solel
from the revenue of the bridge an
not by any tax levy. The belt railroa
! is prohibited from granting switehin
privileges over the bridge to an
other railroad but may allow tn
CONTINUED on page ~
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CRY COUNCIL PRocEEDtNos
Opelonsas, La, June On. 1871

Opelousas. La, june 7th. 1871.
The board Of aldermen met this
day, in regular session. Present: p.
L. Loeb. mayor, presiding; Aldermen
MOuret, Daniel and Clark.
Absent: Aldermen Deiean ana
Sicily.
Quorum present. Meeting called to
order on motion of Mr.. Clark, second
ed by Mr.. Mouret, and carried. tbs
reading of the minutes OF the previous
meeting was dipensed with.
On motion OF Mr.. Daniel, duly sec
onded, and carried. the regular order
of business was suspended.
Moved by Mr.. Clark, seconded by
Mr.. Mouret, that the sum Of Twenty
five ($25.0O) dollars, be and Is here
by appropriated, payable out Of the
contingent funds Of 1921. for the pur-
pose Of assisting in the education Of
Miss Roberta Young.
Motion carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: MOuret. Danel ana Clerk.
Nays: None.
Absent: De1aan and Sicily.
Aldermen Sicily now present.
Ou A4OSAOAS VuAJ pCSOAuGN AAA ~ :
ried, the monthly reports OF the
street commissioner. OF the CITY
clerk and tax collector and Of the
city treasurer. were received az read
and ordered flied.
On motion Of Mr.. Sicily, seconded
by Mr.. Daniel, and carried the mayor
and clerk were authorized to issue q
warrant in favor Of the Hope. Hook
1 and Ladder Co. No. L. for the cum
OF Four Hundred Twenty-fouF and sS-
100 dollars. being amount received
from the State OF Louisiana TO cover
insurance funds for the Fire Depart.
ment.
On motion OF Mr.. Sicily, seconded
by Mr.. Daniel, and carried. the mayor
was authorized and empowered ID
make arrangements, II possible, for
the extension of q four inch water
main pipe to Bayou Rawles, on East
GrOlle street.
On motion, duly seconded and car.
TIed. the following bills were approv
1 al
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pnss. La, June 1.-THE
al convention has nearly
as new constitution OF the
y he week closes but few
Iemala on me Il lar for
Before the end of an
ths work OF the c"nven-
eampleted. Submission
sn defeated by a large ma
M nan organic law will go
Immediately after il IS
promulgated.
~ most important ordinances
sd, the work 81 The on
ii be reviewed. "he PEOPLE
lie' are now in losi.ioa TO
nent On the new lsf' G law
nVtnment. What this verdict
huf Developments will dis
ga zane constitution" IS
nnnlmous opinion Of the
VITO wrote it. Taking the
unmi Is 3 whole, the men,
~ eayeneOn are well pleased
mrk
aIatlon made many changes
lniamental Law. While many
mraoas Of the old constitu-
h iohnd in the new docu-
Hasl important articles wore
snsnttsn. This was notably
WITH taxation. judiciary, suf.
Auiioa and municipal and
amment affairs.
ase embracing the bin Oh
q brought forward from the
sullun With but one import.
That vas q prohibition Of
9 lhe third degree methods
Iillag the use OF confessions
Z accused persons unless the
a.e freely and voluntarily
q akeratlons or additions
Y the articles governing
iVs ana executive depart.
these we're:
ag the name of the law.
flom the general assem-
sislasnre.
ag the compensation o.
E Ne legislature from IS to
lls that enacting clauses
q the beginning OF tbs
a each act and may mo-
Y subeQuent sections.
the legislature shall be
e ten days after promul
81 lWenty-days as pro
old constitution.
ea Of presiding Officers
a and house shall be omit
1lica1ion OF acts OF tht
Hviaior OF public &C
Rea TO audit the ex
lsgialature and publish
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Mems Sennit Straws $500

There's not many of these StraWS at this price
and they won't last long fine grade sennit in the
0oOuIar yacht shape. An unusual value at $500
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jury service unless she shall have pre-
viOusly filed with the clerk Of court
a written declaration of desire to be
subject to such service.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-29
Railroad Counsel Is
Plunged to Death

Washington William Magruder
Coleman, general counsel of the Hud-
son and Manhattan Railroad Compa-
ny OF New York City, was killed in
stantly this afternoon when he leap
ed from the tenth floor Of the Hotel
Powhattan. Mr.. Coleman was dead
when persons on the sidewalk pick
ed up his badly mangled body.
Apparently Mr.. Coleman had been
considering the act for several days.
He was not seen to jump from the
window. His flying form narrowly
missed several pedestrians on the
street below. He landed in jack
knife style, his head and feet strik-
ing first. The man was pronounced
dead by DR.. H. B. Stibb. of the E.
mergency Hospital, who arrived soon
after the accident. The body was
removed to the morgue and Coroner
j. T. Neville issued a certificate of
suicide.
F. H. Sellick, who came to Wash
ington Thursday night with Mr..
Coleman and who is comptroller of
the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Company. gives no reason for the
suicide. However a note dated jan
uary 18th, which directed that all
his property be left to his wife, in
dicated that he had been consider
ing the act for some time.
Mr.. Coleman was As years old.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-29
HENRY GRADY'S ADVICE TO
FARMERS.

Just before his death. Henry Gra-
dy made the following suggestion,
which every farmer could read with
profit today, for if carried out it
would solve some of the present lay
problems:-
When every farmer in the South
shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his pastures and dis
turbed by no creditor, and enslaved
by no debt, shall sit amid his teem-
ing gardens, and orchards, and vine
yards, and dairies, and barnyards,
pitching his own crop in his own
wisdom and growing thep in inde-
pendence, making cotton his clean
surplus, and selling it in his chosen
market, and not at a masters bid
ding-getting his pay in cash and
not in a receipted mortgage, that dis
charges his debts but does not re-
store his freedom-then shall be the
breaking of the fullness of our
day."