Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-10-13

army. as was also Maj. Gen. Joseph
r. Dickman. The brigadiers promoted
to fill these vacancies in the list OF
major generals were Charles j.
Bailey and Samuel d. Sturgis, and
when he gave out these names, Secre-
tary of War Weeks made 1t known that
hereafter merit will be the test for
promotion to the rank OF brigadier
general. Secretary Weeks, In letter
to General Wood, paid high tribute to
the latter's achievements. II do not
consider" he wrote, that 1t Is TOO
much to say that your efforts con-
tributed more to remedy our unpre-
paredness for war than those Of any
other individual, and for this your
country will give you credit long
after the circumstances which denied
you the privilege of commanding IN
battle the troops you trained are for
gotten
In accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the conference on uncmploy-
ment, President Harding issued
public statement asking governors and
mayors throughout the country to
organize In each community ma
chlnery for the correction Of economic
conditions along the lines worked out
by the conference. Local cooperation,
he declared, Is absolutely necessary
to success, and to give national CO.
ordination to the efforts for re-
habilitation, central agency Will be
maintained in Washington under the
auspices of the conference. Secretary
Hoover appointed as head OF this
agency Col. Arthur Woods. former
police commissioner Of New York.
Mr. Harding believes that large
number of men now jobless would be
given employment If congress would
pass the railroads credit bill, which
would mean the payment of about half
a billion dollars to the railroads.
Therefore he is urging that the meas
ure he adopted at this session.
William Howard Taft was sworn in
as chief justice of the Supreme Court
Of the United States last Monday and
took his seat as the fall term of the
court opened. Two days later he took
off his gown and appeared before the
senate judiciary committee to advo-
cate enactment Of law creating
eighteen additional federal judgeships
The Volstcad act, he said, has added
considerably to the congestion i:' the
federal courts. and he continue1: u
do not hesitate to say that I b-.lieve
violations Of the prohibition law VIII
greatly increase before they begin to
grow fewer"
Attorney General Daugherty, also
before the committee, disagreed with
this opinion, saving prohibition cases
have reached their peak and VIOLA
tions will decrease. as the people want
to see the law enforced and ths ten
dency Of state authorities TO lea-e en-
forcement to the government is Sngin-
ming to disappear. Mr.. Daus ierty
should know what lie is talking oout,
but the news columns of the, Tally
papers do not bear out his assertion.
Col. Charles r. Forbes. director OF
the federal veterans bureau. returned
10 Washington last week after an IL
spection trip throughout the country,
and at once made Il startling report
TO President Harding. He asserted
that Of the 100000 disabled soldiers
who are being given vocational edrl-
cation at the governments expense.
10000 are being EARNED out" to
sweatshops and "mushroom inStitu-
tions created for the purpose of get
ting federal trainers and government
money" Forbes declares the Chicago
situation IS especially bad in this re-
spect and adds that II Is nothing short
Of crime and slavery to put men In
some of the places they have been put.
He gave orders for the dlScontlnuance
Of training Mt certain schools and In
stitutions IN Chicago. Chieagoans
interested in the vocational training
of ex-service men conld not brlrfg them
selves to believe the truth Of Colonel
Forbes accusations. though admitting
there might be isolated cases q eX'
ploitation.
In m Authoritative" summary of
the programs the big powers are eX'
pected to bring to the conference on
limitation of arnS,ments ar'6 FaI
Eastern questions il is stated that
Great Britain, France and lta'y VII
try to make the cancellation hf ne
allied debts to the United Sf"tcS o!
eleven billion dollars one Of re SID
icr;s 10 be discussed. OF course TOY