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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
HEREIN MASSACRE .|S DESCRIBED. BY EYE WI I NE ESSE {
Events Upon Day of Tragedy Dramatically Told to Mem- bers of Jury in
 Marion
Bx Associated Press

MARION, Ill.,, Dec. 1.-The march of several hundred armed men driv- ing before them through the streets of Herrin six blood stained prisoners, and the later finding of 20 bodies, was described to the jury by, several witnesses today At the trial of five men in connection with the riot. Be- fore tense audience, which packed the courtroom, witnesses for the state. pointed out three of the de- fendants as s men they had seen with weapons the morning of the tragedy.
 Six of the bodies, according to J. Marshall Lentz, a Herrin real estate dealer and T. N. Lentz, hls brother, who is a blacksmith and member of the Gnii ed Mine Workers of America, was bound together with a single rope about their necks. Fourteen other dead or injured vic- ti1ns were found just on the out skirts of the town. they testified.
 Marshall Lentz. the first of the two 10 take the stand, testified to seeing a crowd of several hundred men passing his house in Herrin early in the morning of June 22, the day of the killings. He said that the crowd acted like a mob and thas about six prisoners with bloody heads were being driven ahead
 Saw Dead Men
 Later, he said, he had gone with his brother through the woods at the edge of the village.
 What did you see in the woods ?' he was askedA Fourteen men who had been shot down and some armed men" and added that he had gone toward the city cemetery.
 What did you find there?" asked Delos Duty, states attorney.
 T found six men in the middle Of the road, tied together with ropes about their necks. Three of them were still breathing, l think"
 Did you see anything else of wounded or dead mem"
 Yes. We drove down the road in an automobile and saw four more dead-one of them was hanging to . tree"
 Mir Lentz said he could not iden- tify any of these he had seen with guns except Herbert Walker, who is not one of the defendants in the present case, an indictment against him having been set aside at the re- quest of the prosecution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15

 S2OOOO made few whandsm enovty uneepe garments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
Bonar Law Addresses Impor. tant Message to America and France-Depicts
 Britain's Plight
By Associated Press

'
 LONDON Dec. 14.-Premier Bonsr Law in an important statement in the house of commons today declared frankly for the policy of the Bal four note, which advocates an ad justment of interallied debts by all all-round cancellation. England on her part surrenderlng her shore of separations to be paid by Ger many. Thus the prime minister in- dcated that the new government despite it's first declaration that the Balfour note no longer existed SC far as the present British govern ment was concerned and that it would not consider itself bound by it, feels impelled to the same policy as the previous government.
 The remainder of Mir Bonar Laws speech was clearly addressed to both France and the United States-to France. plea for moderation in dealing with Germany on the ground that the country already is on the verge of collapse; to America, a call for help and cooperation in settling the difficult problems of reparations and interallied debts.
 Another important phase of his speech was the dark picture drawn of England's economic and industrial future, should the much hoped for improvement in trade not materia lize.
 Show Anxiety
 The prime minister showed the utmost anxiety that there should be no misunderstanding British feel ings toward both France and the United States and said that it was only England's difficult position he was making clear. England was bur dened with very heavy taxation which was a clog on industrial enter prise, resulting in terrible unemploy- ment-a problem that made 1t neces- sary first that there should be no military occupation of German terri tory which would still further handi- cap European trade without produc- ing results in cash. and, second compelled him frankly to face the fact that England was unable to pay the American debt if she received nothing from Europe
 Strong points in the speech were the unfairness of the view that be- cause England had made sacrifices to pay her way she should be ex pected to pay her debts, while others who had made no such sacrifices escaped and the warning that too sudden deflation ill Germany might produce there all the evil of unem ployment from which other countries are suffering.
 Lloyd George Approves
 In the subsequent debate the most noteworthy contribution was by James Romsey Mcdonald, the labor leader. MT. Lloyd George also spoke but confined himself to a brief ex- pression of complete approval of MT. Bonar Laws speech.
 MT. Macdonald, on the contrary. gave complete elucdation Of the policy of the labor party. He main tained that the United States was the ony country able to give Great Britain any help. He differed from the prime minister, however, in be- lieving that it was inadvisable to mix together too much the questions of rerarations and interallied debts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
TO PROHIBIT TOY VENDING

Vending of toys, dolls and novelties on the streets this Christmas will be prohibited. according to a statement by D. E. McLendon, president of the commission, Thursday. Only mer- chants may display wares on the side- walks. and then only after paying a special fec. which has tentatively been placed at $10, according to Mir. 'McLendon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
POSTPONE M ENT OF BIRT H DAY SUP PP E R

Mrs George W. Corners announces that owing to the death of Maj. E. T. Taliaferro. who passed away Thurs day the birthday supper to have been given for MT. and Mrs, W. C. Hagan has been postponed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
DIE,FICULT

From the Boston Transcript.
 Mistress (annoyed); How do you manage to make so much noise in the kitchen. Norahp"
 Cook: We'll yeu just try to break four plates without making q noise,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15
BALFOUR NOTE |S.TEST IF STRENGTH .TO BE POLICY OF.OF SUBSIDY BILL ENGLISH PREMIER MAY COME TODAY
Farm Group Seeks to Dlsplace Shipping Bill in Favor of the Farm Aid
 Measures
WA SHINGTON,

1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Plans were made today by Senate cham pions of farm credits legislation to bring to a head their effort to set aside the administration shipping bill ] in the Senate. The test, it was said might be made tomorrow or Saturday iand not later than Monday, with the result in doubt in view of the new. l program of the agrarian group. i Instead of waiting for the Senate ] banking committee to report a gen eral farm credits bill, members of the farm bloc who are also opponents i of the shipping measure laid plans today to urge the Norris agricultural export corporation bill for immediate consideration to the temporary dis placement os the shipping bill. The Senate agricultural committee was called to meet tomorrow to act l on the Norris bill. Committee mem ] beis sad they expected the bill to l be reported faVorably tomorrow or 1 Saturday and declared they would urre its being given immediate right of-wa in the Senate. Administration leaders promised to resist such a movement,
 Jones Opposed
 | Chairman Jones of the commerce committee in charge of the shipping bill and other administration leaders havd announced their readiness to lay aside the shipping bill when the gen eral' farm credits bill is ready for consideration, but they are against 1 giving away to the Norris export bill. iThey declared the Norris bill would 1 not muster the support either from the democratic opponents of the ship ping measure or the progressive re- | publican bloc that is assured for the 1 general farm credits program.
 Chairman Jones today made an un- successful effort to lengthen the Sen ate sessions to expedite the shipping bill A compromise was reached, how l ever by which routine business to- morrow is to be dispensed with but without requiring the Senate to meet earlier.
 The shipping measure was under another days fire today from Senator 1 Fletcher of Florida. ranking democrat on the commerce committee, and to- morrow Senator LaFollette, repub- l lican, Wisconsin. Is to open his at tack on the measure. While the ship 1 ping bill was being debated in the Senate, the banking and agricultural committees continued work on the 1 farm credits measures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15

or authority. you may rely on me 10 support you to the utmost even. with the military forces Of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15

authorities to maintain law and order throughout the state.H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-15

He admitted that Germany must be carefully handled. or she would fol- low Austria into bankruptcy. He feared that both France and England would need to lower their expecta- tions from Germany very. substsn tially.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08

self received 1900 pesetas or about
$500 year M commander OF the Santa
Maria. while the captains OF the other
ships. the Nina and the Pinta, received
800 pesetas a year. The members OF
the crews were paid as wages sim
equal to $3.50 a month now. The food
was furnished for about $3.50 month
per man., The cannon OF all three
ships cost aboat $4,000 pesetas. or
about what e costs TO fre single
charge from one OF the guns OF a pres
ent day dreadnaught.
q. What improvements did Thomns
Jefferson make in the plough? G. r.. NJ.
A. Jefferson seems To have been
the discoverer of an exact formula for
the construction Of mould boards OF
least resistance fon ploughs.
Q. DO parrots have TO have wood
to peck at? 4. D.
A. f'he birds muAt exercise their
bills and wocd fibre seems to be essen
| tlll To their digestive economy. Logs
and blocks OF soft or OF partially de-
cayed hard wood should be accessible
TO all confined parrots.
| q. How large was Mt. Vernon in
! Washington's time? =. A. L.
A. Mt. Vernon contained 10000
acres. about Is square miles. IL was
| divided into farms of convenient size
which were under the personal super
vision of Washington. In 1897 he had
| 500 acres N grass: sowed 600 acres OF
| oats, 200 acres OF wheat. as much more
in cerV barley. potatoes. beans. peas.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08
POSTMASTER APPEALS
FOR EARLY XMAS MAIL
Mr.. English Shows Advantag s
in Proper Wrapping and
Early Delivery.

Wrap your Christmas packages Sc
curely aud mail them early to avoid
the rush and to give the Po.tofYicc
employees an opportunity to have a
Merry Christmas.
This appeal IL made by Postmaster
English tn The public at large who are
anxious To have their presents de-
ivcred To friends and relatives in
distant cities on time and In good
condition.
Those sending gifts to points west
n the Mississippi river. especially TO
the Pacific coast. should have the
packages IN the postoff,ce by next
Monday. MIR. English said.
tf unable to go 10 the main post
office M Ninth and Shipley streets or
n dcsirous OF cyading crowds. there
are twelve sub-stations at which pack
ascs can he mailed. Mr.. English said
to-day. Tables on which packages can
b~ wrapped will be placed IN the wide
corridors Of the pos,ofi,cc within a few
days.
Last year all outgoing mail from
this once was cleared UP by four days
before Christmas. I'm hoping that 1,
will be as good or better this sea-
son," MIR. English added.
Tho sub stations are located AZ the
following places:
Cappcau's DRUG Store. Delaware
avenue and du Pont street. Philir
krugcr's store. Seventh and Church
streets Harry keech. 262s Wes
Eighteenth street: Evening Journal
Fourth and shipley streets; Grubbs
1914 Market street: Corone's Phar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Any reader can get tho answer 10 any
question by writing Every Evening lnfor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J: Hasktn. dircc-
tor, Washington. ID. q. This Offer applies
not Give advice on LEGAL. medical and
financial matters. does not attempt 70
settle domestic troubles nor to undertake
exhaustive research ON any subject. Write
full name and address and enclose two
cents in stamps for return. postage. All
replies are sent direct to the inquirer.
Q. How can toad thrust it's
tongue out 80 far? c. NJ.
A. Its tongue is attached to the
front OF Its mouth ard is free behind
1t Is therefore specially adapted fO.
f,inging forward 10 capture earth
worms. sowbugs. snails. spiders and
insects upon which II lives.
Q. What are the leading States In
hog raising? y. Nj. ID
A. In 1922 Iowa led with >7.5i6. 900
Illinois, 4.o46.00o: Missouri. 3,693.o0o;
Nebraska, 3,6sc.000: Indiana. 1861 900
Q. Please tell me how TO fix the
breast Of q pheasant to use II for hat
trimming. II. X. y
A. II the skin is blood stained. soak
IL in iukewarm water and swab on
with a piece OF cotton. IL the skin Is
grease stained place IT in gasoline
and soak well. Dry II by covering with
corn mea, which will absorb the gaso-
line; put on fresh meal from time tc
time unt'l skin is thoroughly dry. The
skin should then be rubbed with a little
white arsenic on the inside.
Q. Ia anything known about tn
cost, OF tho voyage when Columbus
discovered America? II.
A IL has been estimated that tn
fi-st voyage cost only about the eaui
valcnt OF $1,000 now. Columbus him
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

When you want to find word in the
dictionary. it's simply matter OF
turning TO where II comes in the alpha
betlcal order.
Suppose you want to find someone
who lives at SIS Blank street-all you
do IL TO take trolley to Blank street
and walk along till you come to "slS"
And when You want to get In touch
with the particular offers In the A
BIC Classified Section OF Every Even
ing that interest you today
It's just as easy TO be right the
first time and put your finger on
what you want!
These little ads are arranged In
A-B-C order like the words in the
dictionary and in 1-g-3 order like the
houses on the street.
>Read them regularly!
IffYou Know What You Want
Then You Know Where II Is-Whec
You Turn To The A-B-C Classified
Ads.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08

A.. II depends upon fts condition.
II should make from elk TO eight
quarts. Corn often becomes too dry
10 pop. Minute quantities OF water
In the cells OF the interior OF the ker-
mel change into steam and cause an
explosion. II kept I'm n covered crock,
n usually pops easily.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08

ct cetsra. and 80 acres IN turnips. His
stock consisted Of 40 horses. liz oDws,
235 working oxen. heifev and steers.
and 500 sheep. In 1885 he slaughtered
i50 hogs for the use Of his family and
provisions for hiS negroes.
Q. How much popped oorn will
one pint OF shelled corn make? =. -.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08

macy. 1914 West Fourth street: Jacks
Pharmacy. Third and Jeffer4on
streets: Bernardo. Sixth and Lincoln
streets: Zion's. New Castle avenue.
South Wilmington: Gradwohl's Van
dever avenue and Church street; j. j.
Kerr. southeast corner Front and
Union streets: Fell's. Concord ave-
nue. and Monroe street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-08
Eastern Star Bake Tomorrow.

The annual bake and Christmas sale
o. 81. Johns Chapter. No. 4. Order OF
the Eatern Star. will be held at the
offices OF the Wilmington Gas Co.,
SS7 Market street. tomorrow morning
Home made articles will be on sale.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
STRONG TESTIMONY IN CASE
 AGAINST WILLIAM BLIZZARD

Charlestown, W. Va, May Il (By the A. P.)-A new step in the states case against BilIiam Blizzard, charged with treason, was brought into testimony to- day when s. P. Enabry. of CIothier, de- clared more than 10O shots were fired in to his automobile on the night of August 22, by a group of armed men in the road. Ava Rowe, another witness on the stand late today, testified that the armed men concerned in the march and fighting around Blair, seemed to listen to Blizzard and seemed to y be under him"
 Ernbry, besides testifying as to the shooting up of his automobile which oc- cured on the road near Clothier, also told of being forced as conductor of a freight train to make a trip with his train gathering up men from Whitesville and ether points to be taken to Jeffrey, one of the base points of the miners forces. during the fighting.
 Rowe. coal miner of Blair, testified that jIm Morrison, president of the local union. ordered him and others to guard the roads, about week before the fight ing began Morrison styled himself ma jor and issued orders to all the armed men about Blair, he said later. The speaker also said that c. Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney, district officers, could take no part in the fighting and would have to adopt 8 hands-off policy, because thuy were needed to carry this thing onY afterwards
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
SAYS RUSSIAN REPLY IS AN
 INDICTMENT sOF THE POWERS

Genoa, May II (By the A. P)-'It is jess an answer than an indictment of the powers, coupled with a fiat refusal to reply 10 the questions put to them," said M Barthou to The Associated Press correspondent tonight in commenting on the soviet reply. He made this remark as he was entering his hotel where he gave a dinner tonight in honor of the American ambassador, Richard wasn- burn Child, Signor Schanzer, Baron Hayashi. Viscount Ishii and other allied leaderS
 NJ. Barthou added: T have telegraph ed the document to Paris and expect to receive instructions from my government tomorrow morning"
 Other members of the French delega- tlnn shid the reply could only cause deep disappointment because it fnsistently dis misses the past and concerns Itself with tho future. Its references to confiscated property were declared to be unsatisfac- tory, as it refused to accept points al ready raised in documents which had not been approved by Belgium or France.
 In the view of the French delegates the soviet W shed reconstruction left in It's own hands; that was its right but t was doubtful whether foreigners would Yenture into Russia on such terms. Com nentlng on the idea of a commission of experts, the French spokesman said {: 'sThis has the effect of postponing defi- nite action and paves the way for hope less qushbling."
 NJ. Barthou conferred tonight with Mir. Lloyd George prior to the dinner, and other conferences between the English and French delegates will be held tomor- row.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
DAHL EIREANN IN SESSION
 LESS THAN AN HOUR

Dublin. May Il (By the A P.)-The session of the aDil Eireann today oecu- pied less than an hour. The reports from the various participants in the peace conference revealed break on funda- mentals. The republicans will not agree to settlement of the situation on any terms which involve their admission that the Anglo-Irish treaty Is acceptable to the people or that it's endorsement by the Dail Eireann has altered the situation.
 There was an almost complete agree ment in the Dali Eireann for an adjourn ment for a week in order to allow the peace committee to try again to smooth over the difficulty. Nevertheless the op- position to adjournment showed the re- publican section itself divided into more moderate and more extreme sections. Seamus Robinson. who commands an i'm portant part of the dissident army in Tipperary, wanted the real issue faced immediately, while Harry Roland favored a new attempt to bring about peace.
 The attempt at army unifcatton also has failed thus far, and pending the set tlement of the political situation it Is not intended to further pursue the unifcation negotiations
 Nothing definite has been settled even concerning the true now in existence, but 1t probably Will continue in force. It has been agreed between the politicians to suspend all public meetings until this question Is threshed out, probably next Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
AN 11-HoUR DEBATE ON
 TARIFF IN THE SENATE

Washington, May 1.-The senate had another eleven-hour session today with the tariff bill, but again made cornpara- lively little progress It's most important action was the approval, 35 to 24, of a committee amendment proposing to re- move nitrate from the free. list and to make t dutiabie at one cent pound.
 Four repubiicans-Borah, Idaho; Cap per, Kansas; LafoIette, Wisconsin, and Norris, Nebraska-voted against the amendment and two democrats-Brous- sard, Louisiana, and Kendrick, Wyoming It.
 Explaining the amendment, Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota. n charge of the bill, said ammonium nitrate was one of the items on which the com msttee had '-wobbled," proposing first that it be on the free list He explained that this item was regarded as being in the twilight zone" between the free list and the protection list and told the sem ate that the placing of duty on it would make necessary compensatory duty on explosives
 After the vote, Senator King, democrat, Utah, who led the fight against the pro- posai. said he wanted to congratulate the bloc for standing by the farmers road builders and others who use explosives and dynamite ana Tor making this pres ent to the trusts"
 Senator Frelinghuysen. New Jersey. a republican of the finance committee, urged the amendment, declaring that the duty was necessary to protect from the German nitrate trust the nitrate industry built up in this country during the war. He added that the issue would have a bearing on the Muscle Shoals proJect
 At the suggestion of Senator Simmons democrat, North Carolina, the senate de ferred action on ammonium phosphate and ammonium sulphate. Senator Sim mons said that consideration Of these items would open up the-whoIe fight over free fertilizer materials and that time would be saved by postponing action uatil the senate reached the potash schedule with its proposals for duties on that commodity
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
Gen. ChangPreparing
 For a Final Stand
A erie a n Missionaries at chang-Li Have Been, Or dered to Withdraw.

Tien Tsln, May II 6By the 4. P.).-
 Although formally dismissed from the
 military governorship of Manchuria. Gen eral Chang Tso-I.in, defeated near Peking last week by the forces of General Wu
 Pei-Fu, apparently intends to attempt a final stand at Luanchow. about 65 miles
 south of the Great Wall. on the Mukden railway.
 The Manchurian general is still trans
 porting troops from Mukden to the point and his generals are sending trucculenl
 messages from Kalptng saying they will treat as enemies any foreign troops that may accompany the Chih-Li forces to that region. Chiq1-Li troops are now de. training just this side of Tangshan, 7t
 miles northeast of Tien Tsin, and are re-
 ported to be preparing for an envelopins movement against Kaiping. The American missionaries at Chang. Li were ordered to withdraw today. The situation at Mukden was reported quiet yesterday evening, but the news oi the mandate disrnissing General Chane 9fso-Lin apparently had not been re. ceiy ed
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
NO SERIOUS IRREGULARITIEs IN ENGRAVING BUREAU

Washington. May 1.-The report Of tn, special committee named by Secre- tary Mellon to make an inventory of the stock of the bureau of engraving ano printing, after shake-up in the person. mel there by order of President Harding. has been virtually completed, it was said tonight at the treasury.
 According to treasury officials the in- ventory will show no serious irregulari- ties. although t is expected a number of minor discrepancies in the millions Of dollars Of supplies charged to the bureau VII; be reported.
 The completed report. officials said which will itemize the stock of the great plant checked against the books. prob ally viii be submitted to MT. Mellon to- morrow wno vii in turn transmit the re- suits of the inventory to President Hard ing lp view Of the presidents absence from the city over the weekend, 1t is believed probable that the report will not be made public for several days. While tue crmp.cted report Is not vel available officials declared It would bea. out MT. Melons statement that minol discrepancies occurring in the bureay have not been of sufficient importance tc slbstantiate runners that the country was flooded with duplicate govern mcnt bonds and counterfeit currency and stamps