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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
PROFITEERs HIT RAILROADS
Labor 6lames High Iron and Steel
Prices for Roads Financial
Difficulties.

p Chicago and postwar
profiteering were held responsible for
large part of the financial difficult
ties of American railroads in an ex-
hibit by the railway unions before the
railroad labor board. Decreases in the
cost of materials have already brought
a large measure of relief to the roads,
the exhibit said, and this should be
taken into consideration before the
employees pay roll is sliced.
The two industries in which profit
eering was most rampant were those
from which the railroads purchased
the bulk of their materials-the iron
and steel industry and the coal mines
according to W. Jett Lauck, econ
omist for the unions, who complied
the exhibit, "a conservative estimate"
he said, of what this profiteering
cost the railroads from 1915 to 1919 Is
S75,000,000 year in coal bills and
$200,000,000 for steel and iron prod
ucts, including equipment and repairs
from locomotives and car companies" ;"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
GIVES HINT TO MOTHERS.
Famous Woman Leader Decries invol-
untary Child Birth.

Famous Woman Leader Decries fnvol
untary Child Birth.
London.-The future of the sexes
can only be made happy by the tire.
,mendous power Of joyous and volun-
tary motherhood" said DR.. Mario
Slopes famous woman leader, in a
lecture before the Woman's Freedom
League.
Weak women. undersexed, over,
heurotic, and oyer-intellectual, are be-
ing set mp as an ideal by the Church
of England, she complained.
Among advanced men and women, y
she said, Il have always found ten
dency to dislike .he opposite sex. Sex
ual Sperverts are more numerous today
than ever they were The only way
to stop that disease from spreading
Is for mothers to be happy In child
birth and not have unwanted chill.
dren."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER TAR.
lFF AND ADEQUATE CREDIT
FACILITIES. M
2-WEEK CONFERENCE ENDS
American Federation Formulates Rec
ofnmendations for congress-Ap-
points Committee to Study
Muscle Shoals.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the guar
anty section of the transportation act,
reduction in railroad rates, equal pro-
lection for agriculture under tariff and
adequate credit facilities for agricul-
ture was announced as the Legislative
program which the American Farm
Bureau Federation will recommend to
Congress as an aid to farmers. The
prdoram was formulated by the execua
tive committee OF the federation after
two-weeks conference here. '',aFi
Strong opposition was. expressed to
any sales tax, to repeal of the excess
profits tax and to any tariff on lum-
ber and fertilizer. Another recon-
mendation proposed the submission
of a constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the issuing of all tax free
securities as more than $4,000, ,00O,-
900 in securities now escape federal
tax" .sstsUaf ~.
Z The federation reaffirmedr its stand
for packer regulation vested in the
Department OF Agriculture, and oppo-
sition to any federal excess tax on
land. ''''
The. attention of Congress, was
called to the important and differ
ing factors affecting food products
from the American farm In their re-
lationship to imports of like products
from foreign countries" in consider
ing the labor cost in making up the
tariff law. Attention Of Congress also
was directed to the center Of food
production of the United States as be.
ing Somewhere" in, the Mississippi
Valley while the center of consump-
tfon Il in the populous areas of the
east, Hmany hundreds of miles away"
Ocean freight rates from competing
countries to the consuming .centers
were declared to be much lower than
are the exorbitant and increasing
freight rates from our farms to our
own censumers."
After setting forth that recent ex-
periences" have shown that the farm
ers are mot adequately financed" and
that their welfare is jeopardized when
they avail themselves of the present
shorttime commercial credits, the
federation recommended legislation to
provide proper authority for commod-
ity and cattle financing and for per-
sdnal credits secured by proper insur-
ance features. EK
Announcement was made that
committee consisting OF John Brown,
indiana; w. @. Jamison, Coloradog and
Chester H. Gray. Missouri, had been
named to study the Muscle Shoals,
Ala, nitrate project. 4 The committee
will hire engineers for the work and
report their findings to the executive
committee.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
Lower RAIL RATES LIKELY
CABINET HAS PLAN TO RESTORE
BUSINESS.
increases Granted During Control by
the Government Now Proving &
to Be Harmful.

Washington.-A discussion. of ways
and means to revive agriculture ana IN
dustry and bring the nation back to
something approaching normal basis
occupied the cabinet meeting to the
exclusion of practically every other
topic. The talk revolved around the
railroad problem, especially as 1t relat-
ed to rate readjnstment and the distri-
button of coal. There was no am
nouncement of any definite policies
reached. but 1t is understood that two
principles were pretty generally ac-
cepted They are:
i. That railroad rates must be re-
vised downward with regard to their
relationship to industries and their
commodities. a
2. That steps must be taken, to
bring about more economic distri.
button of the coal supply so that con-
sumers will not purchase only to fill
immediate needs, thus inviting Short
age and high prices.
just how the solution is to be
worked out was left in doubt, but the
hope was extended that agriculture
and manufacturing Industries may ex-
pect radical departure, from the
present general scheme of railroad
rates. ~ sA
1t is said to be the belief of the adj
ministration that the so-called fiat in
crease in railroad rates, which was
put into effect during the period OF.
government control, worked iniquities
which today are proving not only
harmful, but In some cases destruc-
tive to certain branches of agriculture
and Industry. The principal increases
made under government control and
by operations Of the transportation act
Of 1920 simply covered rates on all
commodities, without respect to claims
that they were prohibitive where the
xH--x-- u - -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
BEAN BASIS OF LAWSUIT. /

Woman Claims 5000 for Slipping On
Leuume at Defendants Stall.
Hamilton, Ont.-Responsibility for
possessing a bean Of the ordinary gar
Zen variety furnished the basis Of a
$4,000 law suit in thepassizes court
here. The suit was brought by VIII.
lima and Isabel Gilbert against A. Nc.
Dougall, for compensation for injuries
suffered by Mrs. Gilbert when she slip
ped on the bean in front of the de-
fendant's stall in a vegetable market
nearly year ago. The plaintiffs were
unsuccessful in a lower court because
of lack OF evidence that McDougall
owned the bean. o. t.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
us. WISH FOR PEACE
MAY HALT INVASION
REPLY FROM FRANCE AND ENo-
LAND TO AMERICAN NOTE
is NOW LIKELY.
GERMANY WON'T GIVE UP GOLD
Premiers Expected to Answer Desire
That Repsration Farley Should 4
Be Resumed With the Ber-
lin Government.

London.-Dramatie efforts on. the
part of Germany to INDUCE the United
States to arbitrate the reparations
question between the Berlin and the
Entente governments and the refusal
of the Washington government to sit
In Judgment on the merits of the vex-
ing problem have lent new interest to
the conference at Lympne between
Premiers BRAND of France and Lloyd
George of Great Britain. ia 2
The expressed desire of the United
States that there be nan immediate
resumption g Of negotiations" has
brought into the situation a new ele-
ment and 1t has been popularity sup
posed the premiers would merely con-
slider plans for further occupation of
German territory and not a renewal
of exchanges between London and
Paris and Berlin. ~
The new factors entering into the
situation make it probable that Lloyd
George and BRAND will find them
selves called upon to make some sort
Of answer to the implication in tbs
Chitcd DtdtcS Hute ~ DtTllu ft0dt
further negotiations should be COM
menced.
1t is known that military authorities
Of France have perfected all plans for
the occupation of cities and towns In
the industrially important Ruhr dis
tricts of Germany and have formulate
ed economic penalties that will be put
INTO operation when occupation of these
places has been completed. f
Germany, at the same time she ap-
pealed TO Washington, sent commune
cation to the allies rejecting the. de-
mand that the gold holdings of the
Reichsbank in Berlin be deposited be-
fore May 1, in either Cologne or Cob
lenz as security for reparation pay
ments. These holdings amounted to
1,091 sos, 900 marks on April 15.
Washington.-Any reparations pro-
pOsals the German government may
submit to the United States for trans
mission to the allies must be of q
character those governments will be
willing to consider. and. therefore, win
probably be made clear to each gov
ernment separately. 3-Al Tsi
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
TO, EDUCATE THE INJURED.
Missouri Board Votes $1eo, 900 for the
Rehabilitation School.

~ Jefferson City, Mo.-Authorization
for the expenditure of fund of $780,
900 for the rehabilitation of persons
injured in industry was voted here by
the state board Of education, composed
of Gov. Hyde, Charles U. Becker, sec
sretary Fof state and secretary OF the
board;s Jesse w. Barrett, attorney
general, and Sam A. Baker, state SUI
perintsndent Of schools. The fund is
half federal and half state money, the
regular session of the Legislature hav-
ing appropriated $4,000 last winter
to be expended from the state school
moneys for this purpose. The COVER
nor signed the bill.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29

Hythe, England.-Premiers Lloyd
George anA BRAND of Great Britain
and France ;aiaye practically agreed to
tighten the screws on GERMANY
America sgrefusal 90 act as nedi-
ator between the allies and Germany
was interpreted, 7at the 3conference
here as permission to proceed with
their plans.
Another deolsioa Sin the 'two-hour
conference wasftotreject the German
offer to recbnstruGf the devastated re-
Gions of !Francelnn r9ueeic 10 rz4iso q
The two prassjens first took UP the
German note offering the reconstruc-
Zion program.
BRAND Argued earnestly against it..
III was appare4t that His decision had
been reached Before he crossed the
channel, and he hastehed to bring
Lloyd Georgetoshis view. 'sH'l
II His chief argument was that Ger
man workmen and German materials
IA large rreiioh area would tend to
make thht region dependent on the
Germans in the future. He also dis
liked settling one angle Of the dispute
before the whole matter of reparations
had been arranged. When the two
Seemed to be agreed on their attitude
they took up the question of further
occupation Of Germany. BRAND was
even more intent on occupation than
he was at the previous conference in
England. when 1t was decided ito oc-
cupy Dusseldorf and adjoining towns.
y The two had before them the Ger
man. and American notes in which the
Harding administration refused to i'm
4tercede with the allies. BRAND inter-
fpreted iuaas indicating American APP
'proval OF the allied handling OF nego-
tiations and was for an immediate de-
cision to advance.
BRAND said he would not be, con.
tented with mere occupation Of the
rich RuhY- valley He. declared that
occupation heretofore has not been
entirely satisfactory. 1--WE must ad-
minister as well as occupy" he declar-
ed firmly The matter was unsettled
at the close Of the conference.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
FEAR CATTLE PLAGUE.

Argentina and Uruguay Guarding
Against 6raxlI's Diseased Stock. d
Buenos Aires.-Argentina and Uru.
quay are surrounding themselves with
an unpierceable Gordon of guards from
their armies and navies to prevent the,
Iifdportat'on of cattle plague from
Brazil, where 1t has assumed serious
proportions. Small naval vessels are
patrolling the sea- and rivers and de-
tachments of troops are guarding all
frontiers. Uruguay is preparing an
aerial patrol of the Brazilian frontier
in conjunction with troops as special
precaution against cattle smugglers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
4&IndIctments Found.

Atlantai Interest in the council
manic Investigation of Atlanta's police
department. following charges of So
licitor Geteral John A. Boykin that its
members pad protected gambling
"syndicatH here for several years,
was increassax sthmannpupcement
OF the solicitor that 43 sealed indict-
ments were returned in its "buncho''
inquiry. He refused to divulge the
names of any Of the persons indicted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
TAKE COIN FROM THROAT.

Girl Had Quarter Embedded In Esoph.
Sa} &4tN G agus Two Years.
Scranton, Pa.-From the esophagus
of a 13-year-old girl, local surgeons re-
moved silver quarter that had been
embedded there for more than two
years. The soperatonawas performed
without the use Of the knife, the sur
geons making use Of rubber tube
with an electric light at it's lower end.
This was forced down the girls
throat. The light revealed the black.
ened coin. The surgeons then intro
duced forceps and extracted the coin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
ALLIES IN IA|9tA90D NO
! FOR 4 COMPROMISE. l||!P3|||l ms J
- +'@aH'rffNt NA+stAe~% -
LLOYD GEoReE AND BRAND HAVE
PRACTICALLY AGREED TO
TieHTENSsGR E@s.s sHnsc
SAY us. GIVES ec0ksENT
HnRG giqt Al
Lloyd George Won over to Briand's
visws-cermany'.s OTTER 70 Recon-
struSt France Rejected BY IS
Pren1iers. &SNlCs.13

Lumpne England.-The attitude of
ths British governpe eatfr asa disclosed
during the conversauons OF Premiers
Briand and Lloyd George here, isSto
stand firmly by the. decision of the
agreement arrived at 'fh Paris in Feb,
nary and require Germany to fulfill
HEM. Failuke, BY Germany to do so
must compel the Sallies to apply fur
Her pressure, the precise. nature Of
xhich will be the subject ofAexamina-
ffon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
U. sswHEAT CROP GOOD.
Rome Agricultural Bulletin Comments
On Prospects.

Rome.--The bulletin issued by the
International Institute of Agriculture
says the prospects for winter sown
crops are. favorable in the United
States, where the promise for wheat
is nine Der cent above the average
yield of the last decade. In the south
ern hemisphere. the maize crop in
Argentina is estimated at So million
tons. Indicating decrease of II per
cent. as compared with last season,
but an t4erease of 21 per cent over
the avera p increase for five years. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
HOOVER WANTS ss1s, 900.
Asks Appropriation to Finance For.
eign Trade DEVELOPMENT.

ei9h Iraoe pevoiopment.
Neutrality-suspicious. of Secretary
Hoover for development of foreign
trade and assistance to American busi-
ness interests generally were outlined
in a request Of Congress for an ap-
Of $61S,O00 for the Depart.
ment Of Commerce. Need Of better ia
clities, for the collection and dissem-
ination Of trade information and for
compilation ofedata on housing condi.
tionsas well as recommendations for
the elimination Of industrial waste and
standardization OF business methods.
were emphasized by the secretary in
connection with the request. Creation
OF IL new divisions in the Department
of Commerce for studying world trade
opportunities was proposed by Mr..
Hoover.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
TAKE ALLEGIANCE OATH.


New Orleans.-Following the sing
ing Of the national anthems. the sa-
lutte to the American flag and frn-
Der OF patriotic addresses, 81 former
subjects Of the German empire took
the oath OF allegiance and received
their certificates Of naturalization.
The 67 newly made American citi-
zens were selected from list of 100
applicants for the honor. all the others
being rejected by the naturalization
officials. The principal reason for
the rejection Of the other applicants
was that during the war period they
claimed exemption from the draft on
the ground that they were aliens.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
HAPPY WITH NECK BROKEN.
/ Kansas Man Sustained Injury While
systA1. Fighting in France.

sgstA5, Fighting in France.
= Atchison, Kan.-Atchison boasts of
having the one living man with a
broken neck. Ind not only is her
broken-necked man living happily, but
he also has proven himself very
capable historian for the state Ameri-
can Legion organization.
/ John Allen, Of this city. is the
broken-necked historian. He sustain
ed his injury while fighting with the
American expeditionary forces on the
French front. His neck is now sup
ported by a metal frame work, and
Allen is able to get around almost as
well'as any man in the city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
Held for az. .ooo lfheft1 !

Denver, Colo,-Gen. SnJWalters, de.
clared by police officers to be one of
the robbers who held fup bank mes
sengers here April 12 stealing $685.
600, was arrested in Joplin, Mo-. ac-
,9efding to word received by the Den
Yer police.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
BENSON WANTS MILLIONS.
Shipping Board Chairman Needs $40,
$4,000 for Fiscal Year.

Washington. Chairman Benson of
the shipping board asked Congress for
an appropriation of 34,000,00O to fl
nance operations, of the governments
merchant fleet during the next fiscal
year. He also said another appropria-
tion Of $36,852,000 would be needed to
permit the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton to function until July 1.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
puehesa Ahhors lay.

Londpn.- of Englands greatefl
noblewomens the duchess of Rutland,
|mothsfs OF Lady Diana Cooper, former
ly Lady Diana Manners. has been sum.
moned before the court for refusing
to pay rates on her property In Chi
chester.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
$1o4,ooo.ooo Loss.

Atlanta, Ga.-Railroads of the Unit
ed States lost $1O4,OO,OOO in 1920 from
robbery of freight and damage caused
to freight, the latter due chiefly to
negligence of employees and defective
equipment according to figures pre-
sented here at conference of rs
freight claim agents and operating Of
ficials of railways in the southeast
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
j. w. MullIoan plea

Chicago.-John w. Mulligan, real
estate and tax agent of the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific railway. died
after long illness. He had complete
control OF the real estate and tax de.
partment Of the Rock Island and was
widely known. .''R & n II.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.

Buildings Blown from Their Founda.
IA tions BY Storm.
Durant. 0kla.-Many Buildings were
blown from their foundations, trees
twisted out by the roots and many oil
derricks were wrecked by tornado
that swept the central part OF Bryan
county, in southwestern Oklahoma. No
reports OF fatalities have been receiv-
ed here. Damage was estimated at a
quarter of a million dollars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
Amnesty In France.

Paris.-The general amnesty bill,
governing .offenses committed during,
the war, has been passed by the
Chamber. The vote was 52S for the
measure to IA against it, - ~ /
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29

Washington.-A resolution to auth
orize government loan of $500. .O0O,-
900 to farmers was introduced by Rep.
resentative Upshaw, of Georgia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
DEF End POPE BENEDICT.

Vatican Organ Says Peace Proposals
We're Not Of German Origin.
Rome. The peace proposals of Pope
Benedict In August, 1917, were made
upon his own initiative, without any
agreement with Germany declares the
Osservat9fs Romano, organ of the
vatican, in combating today recent
attempts by various newspapers, espe-
cially theTempo, to demonstrate that
the proposals were put forth after a
previous understanding with the Ger
man authorities.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-29
Fire Loss 100000.

Is Watertown,s N. Y--Twoss sbnildfuge
comprising the E. w. Coon Cheese
Storage Plant at Cape Vincent were
totally destroyed by fire with a loss
of 100000.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-27
SANTA CLAUS ON STEAMSHIP
CELTIC 500 MILES AT SEA

New York, Dec 26.-The ingenuity of
Santa Claus in overcoming obstacles on
his Christmas eve journey, brought mingl
ed icy and wonder Saturday night to
fifty children on the steamship Celtic, 500
miles at sea- They landed todly still
amazed over how he could have done all
the things he told them of in the main
dining saloon while the vessel pushed and
rolled in the grip of angry wind and
sea.
Before a Christmas tree ablaze with
light and heavy with gifts, Santa Claus
appeared. First he assured the spell
bound younr ers that he had not come
down the smoke stack. It was too hot,
he said, as the stokers were working
hard IT, force the ship through the gaze.
He left the land of perpetual snow in a
seaplane he related. but with an acci-
dent. Transferred to the back of a whale,
then to a seagull larger than an alba
tross, which overlook the ship.
The audience. passengers and crew
cheered as Sart'a hurried away saying
he had many other sh15s with waiting
| children to attend to.
Among the youngsters who enjoyed the
excitement was Ross Campbell Geddes
"A years old son of Sir Auckland Geddes
| british ambas assador, who, but for the
delay due to bad weather, would have
spent Christmas with his parents ir
| Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-27
Mexican General
Reyna Executed
By a Firing Squad in Noales
Had Figured Prominent
ly in Revolutions.

Nogales, Ariz.. Dec. 26.-General
Francisco Reyna, who had figured prom
inently in revolutions in Mexico in the
last 10 years, was executed by firing
squad in NogaIes, Sonora, across the in
ternational line from here late today. He
was alleged to have been caught dig
ging rifles, saddles and ammunition from
the ground near Canosa, Sonora, 10
miles west of Nogales.
General Reyna who has been living
in the mountains in Santa Cruz county,
Arizona, 10 miles northeast of here was
captured afi7ut nine o'clock this morning
and taken to the Nogales, Sonora, Jail
where he was tried by a military court.
Reyna's chauffeur also was arrested
Mexican officials said that after Rey-
rifles, 80 saddles and about 1000 rounds
of ammunition at the spot where he was
digging. Reyna and his chauffeur was
arrested by Is Mexican soldiers under the
command cf Captain Francisco Gonzales
Reyna and about 200 followers. it is
alleged, planned to launch a revolution
January 1. He also was charged with
having had connections with leaders of
another proposed revolution. The alleged
leaders of that affair were arrested IN
Nogales, Sonora, about month ago ana
were executed shortly afterward in Her
| mosilla, Sonora. Reyna was arrested BY
United States officials here at that timt
but later was released.