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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
INCOME TAX FORMS FOR
1920 READY JANUARY 10

Washington. Jan. 5-Forms for r.
porting individual income tar returns for
1920 on net incomes of morc han -. .fSf
will be ready Tor distrIb,ition JAnunrv ~.
the Bureau n Internal Reveuue ynoun>
ed yesterday.
Distribution. viii 10 made by eoile-toTs
of internal revenue, She bureau said snf
not from Washington. A. the Same tifnf
forms Tor reporting farrn income an
expenses and partnership and p~rson.
service corporations incomcs Win - avah
. obto
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
SHOOTS HIS MoTHER.IN-LAw.
Man Says Her Nagging Drove Him to
Desperation.

Northampton, Mass, Jan 5.-Harold
A. Lewis, "a years old, who fred four shots
40 his mother-in-law, Mrs Blanche Graft.
Of Island Falls, Me. three Of which took
effect. pleaded not guilty 10 n charge Of
murderoIs assault in court Saturday and
was held in $4,000 bonds for a hearing
Mrs Craft is expected to recover.
The Young man does not deny the shoot
ing, which occurred at the supper table,
but told the police he was driven 70
desperation by the naggng Of Mrs Craft
who had urged his wife 10 leave him and
return to Maine
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
WILL DROP ALL UNION MEN.
Kansas City Printing Company {,
Take Drastic Action.

kansas city. Mo. Jan 5.-The
Schooly Stationery and Printing Com
l'any, employing fifty men, announced
that 1t would cease 10 employ union
labor.
X W. watson, Vice President. said
that the principle OF the open shop
would not be observed, but any en-
ploye affiliated with union would be
asked 10 quit the union or the firm
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
QUART Is GOOD EVIDENCE.
Court Holds Police Retention of Large
Quantity OF Liquor Needless.

Washington, Jan 5.-One quart OF
vhisl1ey is as good evidence as . car
load under the law which forbids ship
nents into-the District 81 Columbia.
The Court OF Appeals so ruled Mon
Gay and ordered the Police Depart
HIent and Internal Revenue agents 10
return 10 Fred Hughes 2.363 quarts Of
vhiskey. contained IN 49, cases. which
were seized several months ago from
q warehouse near the grounds Of the
American University in this City. The
police were allowed TO Keep one quart
as evidence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
LOST HIS LIFE TO SAVE DOG.
Animal Slipped Into Pond. Boy Il
Drowned.

northampton, Mass, Jan. 5.-In an
effort TO save his dog. which had slid
OF the edge Of the ice into Paradise
pond, on the Smith College grounds.
Monday, Harold Abbot. u years of
age, was drowned. The dog was
rescued.
The boys who was deaf mute. was
q pupil ~ the Clark School for the
Deal. Ills father. the Rev. David c.
4abbot. IS missionary TO India and is
now here on a furiough.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
TfNKHAM THREATENS.
VIII Go To Supr ame Court If Congress
Doesn't Act on Reapportionmenl

Washington, Jan. 4.-Warning was
given the House census committee
bv Reprose ntative Tinkham, Republican,
Of Massachusetts, thai if Congress in
passing n re-apportionment bill failed to
reduce the representation of stated in
which he charged that the right Of some
citizens to suffrage were abridged he
would take the matter to the Supreme
{ oYtt-f
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05

VERY EVE Mn )
Classified Advs. =
l Bring kesults-PTove ItO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05

All are lined throughout
with beautiful figured silk.
Think of buying a good coat
of snappy new style and COM
fort-giving warmth for as
little as S1s.75-it's truly
wonderful
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

al wound. 1t was h tn, aefenee ss ss- vannAh. Inc standard of the South Car oiihA regiment had been planted by Lieut. Hume. when 1t ~As shot down Hunhe tried to replace It he was killed. Jleue Gray neSf took it upon himself to fasse ft. but he met a similar fate
 when Cray fell Jasper. who hAa beeh severely wounded. struggled through the ditch, up the pafapeh and replaced the flag; but no sooner had he done 60 than he received a second. and thfs time lat al wound.
 Suffering the most aEOhlzing pain from this second wound. Jasper held tht banner steady for time, and then. re
 alizing that It would fAM into the enc
 niles hands If It remained there. he sum fifoned all his waning strength and car
 riea the flag back to his company. H, was carried dying from the he3d. Tn banner he died in saving was captures
 latef in Charleston, when that city sur
 rendered to the British and now is on
 of the war trophies to De seen ih tn
 British Museum.
 (Monday -- The F5fst Newspaper 1 Ameffcal
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
SELLING OUR SUPPLIES.

In spite of the testimony that has been given by Charlos G. Dawes, brigadier general during the war, there is plenty of evidence that heavy losses were sus- tained from the supplies forwarded to France for war purposes, but he takes care to lay emphasis upon the fact that such losses were necessary because of the conditions. He points out that it would have been the height of folly Co have done anything else or to have at seEnrted to have waited for higher fig ure for the goods disposed of after the war was over
 This he pounds home when he says, 'Tt is just that sort of a fool argument chz1 forced Great Britain to hold onto its seoclCs and attempt to drive hard bargnan. The stuff is there today rot tinG. You cannot discuss an ex parte question 5000 miles away. There is nc use to try to throw mud when you were not there to know conditions. England lost billions of dollars by listening tc thaS sort of talk. listening to a lot of people who were afraid of muclzrakers al home. They are raising the devil in En. gland now because England did not seT it's supplies when We sold"
 This ali goes to show that war ac4ivi Kies cannot be expected 10 be carried or With the same close figuring and on tn, same economic basis that business is. H, doesnx deny but what there was takel Ter the supplies far less than they wer worth but he points to the fact that con dit1ons made it necessary and he uset the English argument with telling effect Mir. Dawes directs attention to the fac that while there was what might be am generally is referred to as waste unde 'ordmary conditions it could hardly b -egArded as such when they had to dea W1th it, and that 1t wasn't a case s nzush of blocking waste but of salvagin no prevent a total loss Mir. Dawes threy ai17A on the matter from different an lgie and in a way that must please tn 1AmaniBtrztion
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
ENFORCEMENT PROGRESS.

s Thus far the enforcement of prohibi- ton has come far from accomplishing all that was expected. There has been a curtailment in the amount of liquor made and used and there have been many who have been denied the beverages they were accustomed to use. but liquor in different forms is availabhle and under the ad- vanced prices large sums are being paid for it. Prohibition hasn't however stop ped the sale of liquor because the steps taken toward enforcement have been en- tirely inadequate in comparison with the task undertaken.
 Nevertheless while prohibition is the law it calls for enforcement and not the winking at it. If the idea was held thai the passage of the law was going to be sufficient 10 wipe out liquor it must have long ago been dissipated. Not only has it been shown that the initial methods of enforcing prohibition were inadequate but it has been found necessary to intro. duce new measures from time to time, St that there can be no surprise that it has recently been declared that wholesale dealers cannot withdraw liquor hereafter from warehouses and that no permit. except 10 manufacturers and wholesa1, GruggN.s will be issued. This ruling ha! apparently been found necessary to sted up a leak, which was making it irnpossi ble for those engaged in enforcement t oiEtain results and which was apparent. helping to frustrate the purposes of tn law.
 | When distillers and bonded warehouse are notified that they must not homo wholesalers permits the possibility 0 using fraudulent permits is overcome s far as wholesalers are concerned and 1 is to be presumed that 1t will permit 0 a closer check upon those to whom per mits are actually issued.
 It is one of the steps made necessar by conditions and witil the idea of maA ing prohibition mean something It improbable that it will put an end to tn illegal traffic but it Is a move towar
 such an end, and makes it evident ths the task of seeing that the provisions {
 the law are carried out Is by no mean
 an easy one.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
THE BERGDoLL CASE.

WO have gUtten to the point in the present administration where there ap- pears to be no probability of anything ibshs done regarding the statements lrnade by Grover C. Bergdo1l the draft 1oager. who is now located in Germany. Ht isne unreasonable to believe that some sof his talk must be discounted He k,peaars from a vantage point which may iencoTzge him to brag a bit about his aGenpIismen4s, but the whole affair c1upled with what he has to say gives ,r2osns en0ugh for wanting to know rWAerO the responsibility lies for giving 11ln the chance to get away.
 ; BUgdon says some things which dc not look good. He indicates that what he hes done could be repeated by mos Hnyone proYided they were able to pro duce sufii rz funds or make 1t appeal khaa they SSdld. He indicates that graf lwfa accomplish most anything for a fel h0w, situated as he was, and whether tha is the case or not he is at least sup ;poF%sd by the fact that he got away any Riere are certain phases in connection rherswsth which have never been satis kacturily cleared up.
 From the fact that Bergdon was abl ko get away from a military prison ol Buca a nfnsy prtext as looking for ; htGdsn pUt of gold. placed somewhere il khe weaa Virginia mountains quite a
 uvsteriousiy as if Captain Kidd himsel bad 6oas-1t, and from the circumstance
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
asten the accentance of hia ofrer.

hasten the acceptance of his offer.
 The state of Bikanir lies In that Bec- tion of India awarded to the Methodists as exclusive territory for mission activf- ty in the division Of India among the various Christian organizations working in that land. The Maharajah's eager- ness in the mathter of establishing col lege of American agriculture Is based Ip- on the fact that production of t,cd is the most pressing problem of his people large part of his province is covered by the great Rajputanah desert, vast fer tile ract of sandy soil, on which 1t has 50 far been impossible to conserve the rain fall, and Is arid and untillahle. Dry farming, such as Is now in advanced ex- perimental stages In the southwestern part of the United States, Is the only possible solution and the maharajah Is desirous of obtaining the services of agri- cultural missionaries with experiences Of | this kind.
 The natives of Bikanir. known as the Raaouts, arc the most intelligent and aggressive race of India. Large and vigorous of physique, they have proved | themselves unconquerable since the days of Alexander the Great, whose three in- vasions of Indidia were defeated by their camel cavalry. They afe still an iBde- pendent people acknowledging only their
 maharajah, who has a treaty which op.
 crates as a protectorate with Grea' Britain.
 The city of Bikanir is one of thu most important railroad centers n north
 west India, and was to have been t.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
CHINA FAMINR gUNpAY.

With full justification there have been special efforts put forth in behalf of the sufferers in central and eastern Europe and in Armenia. Large responses have been made to relieve the starvation con- ditions which exist in those sections and prevent death from taking ss many as possible until better conditions exist there. While this has been going on an- eother cry for help has come from the far east where war is not blamed but the inability to get food is threatening the lives of millions of Chinese. Lack of supplies and lack Of ttahsportati6f to get them from other parts of China where plenty prevails makes it easier to send goods from this country 6r other ones than to try to move it from one point to another in that big country.
 Regardless of what is done it will be impossible to prevent large loss of fife. Help is already being given there through missionary efforts but that must necessarily be limited, so that 1t is in keeping with the efforts which have been put forth in behalf of others that the American committee working for the China famine fund Should make an ap= peal for concerted response to meet the needs in the province of China where starvation stalks.
 With such an idea in view arrange | ments have been made for the obssrv- aRce tomorrow in churches of all de- nominations of China famine Sunday for the purpose of setting before the 57 mil lion of church goers in this country the need that prevails in the far east for such help as they can give.
 1 It makes little difference from wha; part of the world arises the cry of sui fering humanity this country has neve1 been inclined to turn deaf ear Be cause it has always been eager to give what it could it is likely that it is look ed to immediately Such frightful condi tions are disclosed, The fact is that in
 asmuch as we possess both the dispesi
 tion and the means to relieve such dis
 tress there will be a generous respons,
 to the call the spreading of which vii be greatly assisted by the attention givel
 to it in the churches.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
| DisaENaMENT CoNFERENcE.

Word to the effect that an interna- tiona1 conference would be called for the purpose of discussing the question of dis armamsn<. as given by Chairman Butler of the house naval committee, does not cone as a surprise but as the logical re- suN of the effects which have recently been put forth in that direction. That zhe conference will be held in this coun. try and at Washington Is to be expect cd.
 The intimations are that the call will Dc issued after the inauguration of MT. H7rdGng as president, which seems fit in view of the fact that the conference shohid take place under the same ad- uanEgtration that calls it, and there is no probability that there will be any great delay occaspned by waiting until next month.
 How extensive the conference will be and that propositions will be advanced at that time remain to be disclosed. There D no disposition to disregard the fact ehat while there is an insisrence that this cOS.atry see that it Is properly pro- eected h the way of defense now and for the future. the need of checking the tremendous expenditures which are in. volved In carrying on a constant compe- titton in increasing the war machines of ehe respective nations is not only needed buk called for.
 The course to pursue therefore is fol the nations to get together on this mat. Ger and reach an understanding and il possible enter into an agreement where by each can benefit by the curtailment of such expenditures without interferins wSeh their present naval strength. Int fghf to get to the top is bound to be a1 endless proposition. The more thi! cogatry spends the more some of tn, othefs are going to do. and just as lon. as other leading naval power insist upor making large additions to their navie. this country nEEt for it's own protection teep up with the procession and striv, tor the lead The result will be tha
 here will be tremendous navies but thei relative strength will be no greater tha, is now. The enormous outlay in suc naval construction competition can b avothed through an international agree rnens and 1t is to such an end that tn conference referred to would be called.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

riffic bornbardmeht of ten hours did little damage. The flag stan received more then tweEy shots and was almost wreck ed. Eventually 1t was broken by a can- non ball and the nag fell outside the fort. SerSt Jasper leaped down the eni- brasure in the face of the enemy's fire. gathered up the fallen banner and plant ed 1t in the sand on the bastion. And the story Is still related at the American dreslde as an example of the heroic valor of the n1en of the Revolution.
 Jasper wass an illiterate youth. who | could neither read nor write What does that matter? Valof, patriotism and mod esty are qualities of the heart What l does 1t matter that the place of his I birth Is in doubt and ha his grave Is un- 1 marked? His fame Is none the less
 secure.
 At the time of the incident Sergt.
 Jasper was only 26 years of age, and
 had been one of those to help raise the flag Oh the morning of the attack. Walk
 ing Into the jaws of death to save the flag was not the whole service Jasper
 rendered. Above all other things his service in typifyiIS at that Tflomest the
 spirit of the American people. Such ana act at such a time and under such condi
 tions means more than any ordinary dee1 of vaior. Was 1t Jasper's bravery thai
 caused the defenders of the fort to per
 sist until they had inflicted such punish nhent upon the British fleet that the!
 were glad to sail back to New York, no
 to make another attack for three years : The Clinton army, which was to over !, run the southern colonies, had been de l feated. if not disgraced by volunteers And Of Mouitfie's men only ten wer } killed and twenty-one wounded. Nor ? than a thousand shots were packed u
 about the fort. Hundreds of shells cam
 into the fort and fell in the moat of tn
 middle of the work the water of whfc
 extinguished the fuses before the fir
 reached the powder.
 As the vahquished fleet sailed ava } and an Charleston rejoiced, poor Jaspe found 1t more difficult to face gratef, people than a hostile foe. To the youn ! sergeant the Governor of the state, Joh Il Rutledee, afterwafd Chief Justice of tf
 United States presented his handson : sword and thanked him in the name ? his country. A lieutenant's commission . too, was offered him, but neither swoI s nor commission would he take. q a ], but sergeant" he declared. T am n :. At to keep officers" company.
 S It was, however. in another flag inc f dent that Jasper was to receive his nor
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05
Stories That RseaH othsrs
Didn't Ins ths Decorntions.

The family possessed a large Airedais dog and was much attached to 1t, even to the young lady of four.
 One day, however, she startled her mother by expressing the wish that the family pet-Has dead.
 "Why, what do you wish any such thing as that for, thought you liked the dog7' remarked the mother in as- tonishment.
 'weil. do like him." said the four year old, but his tall Is too mussy"
 Slow Gun.
 The five year old son of a wep known business man said to his father:
 Papa, what is a slow gun?" Hh father replied: John. don't know whai you mean"
 'Oh, yes you do. You told mamma thai counting was to be the slow gun wher all the delegates come to town" It dawBed on the father that the chilC referred to "eourtesy" and slogan"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-05

eiEn alfaifs in the Russian provisiDn. | al govefnmeit; A. l. Konovalov and | M. M. EinAver, sit and work together, | party of Socialists s-RevolHtienists, N. | ih full harmeny, with the leaders of the P: Asssen1ey. shair.,sn Eana.sf, of the ar con, prime minister In the provisional gov efhmknt, and Catherine Bfeshkov- skaya, the grandmother of the Russian
 @The Rassian diplomatic teptesenta- lives abroad are also atteAding and co6pefating with the conference, in- cliiding the Russian ambassador In | metef, the Russian ambasSadoF in ! Washington his just affived in Paris I and joined the conference, All the l lenders gathered at the conference re- cegniEe. to use Paul Miliukov's ex- !, pEessieh that the bridges to the old ottef are burned forever. New RUS
 sla can De built only upon principles Of absolute popular Sovereignty, the
 transfer of the land to the peasants al | their property, and the reconstfuctloti
 Of Russia on fedefetive basis, with
 the absolute gtafahty of the right to
 cultural and national self determine ] ton for the peoples ifahabiting Russia. The pnfpese or the Paris conference
 is Ito devise Whvs and means for the defence of the honor, the self-respeet
 and DAtflrnony Of Russia before tbe
 peoples of the entire world until such time when the peoples of Russia, by
 theif own action and free will, will re- l store a legally constituted Russian government.
 Tho conference Is supported by many
 of the labor and socialist leaders of Eu- i, rope who heretofore were either express
 ing their sympathy towards bolshevisK : or pfofessing enutrality in the struggle gelng on tn Russia
 'sThe vigoF with which Lenine tfeatet all those labor and Socialist leaders oi , Eufcpe who did not subscribe to 100 pei , cent bolsheSisSn, branding them al } traitors of the working class, servants o . the bourgeoisie,' etc, contributed greatl,
 to the new ofientation of the Burepeai
 labor and socialist elemeiHs in the Rus sian problem. The majority of the Euro ! pSan labor stands ready to support tn. i Russian democracy In it's struggle agains ! boishevism, as actively as it was oppose' i to the policy of military intervention. : "At the same time, the situation wlthii \ boishevist Russia is critical The eco
 homie life Of the country is destroyed f i according to the bolshevist official dats e According to the ofheial bolshevist daily a Pravda, Rcleh contains a coSnparativ e first half yenf of 1920 as compared wit e corresponding period of 1914, the preser - output Of iron in boiShevist Russia Is onl d 1s per cent Of the output before the wal !, steel I per cent, cotton 20 per cent, cos # 25 Der cent The area under cultivatio =. Is only 24 per cent as compared wit v land cultivated in 1914.
 ltt "This winter not only the Russia
 cities and towsh put the Russian village y as well are going through the 4orment y of starvation. This Is due not only e the decreased area ef land under cultiv; Il ton but also to fatal crop failure in te = central provinces of Russia