Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1921, Page 2

CESUL S AMEAD REEONSTRAETION Business Man Sees Greater Trade Restoration Here Than in: England. TLONDON. March 17—America ing with the problem of T is con- re emergetically and more success- than is the case in England. igernon Firth, former president of Rbe Association of Brittsh Chambers ot Commerce, declares in a Times in- " Rerview. Sir Algernon has returned grecently from his ffty-first visit to he United Siates g § Among factors cited as to American ?d\‘lmnx» in the situation, the Brit- sh business man s rnld reduction of * Jand and 3 Quciag the Wage Reductions Accepte * Mill workers in the United he said. are accepting wage reduc- ! “tions of as much as 33'%; per cent in order to enable manuficturers to turn jout goods at prices which the public ‘would pay. He said if this movement went much farth would m _that the United States w S “in a strong positi fexporiing =00 secure busn s come to Great Brita American hours « the same & « igland. he stated, but the men ked much Jharder while they were in the mills Believen .. % Trade Will Imarov, * Sir Algernon expressed ,that trade would improve in _America toward April. based on the fact that " bottom prices were being reached, promising restofed confidence and in- creased buying. He urged open and frank dealing with Americans and co- operation between the two nations. Me sald he did not attach much im- ! portance to the question of tariffs be- emuse of the creditor pasition of the United States. MURDERED LAD’S DOUBLE e in I work were about opinion | | Selected Today to Fill Important Federal Offices ¢ DENIES HE IS SLAYER| 'W& Clues and Motive, Youth Maintains Stoic Attitude in Jail. o WARSAW. Ind. March 17.—Virgil Decker. central figure in the death dmystery of his double, Leroy Lovett. Jmaintained a stoic attitude today in Ehe jmil here. where he is held on a murder charge. Unlike the usual murder mystery. lacking clew or mo- ve, this case abounds with both, but €..B. Moon and other officiais ;t;- eentering their efforts toward imniog a statement from the nine- 4 ~year-oid prisoner. * Decker was brought here last night Marion, Ind., where he w. but stoutly maintained hi any conmection with the . after having been submitted & severe griiling by the authori- Arthur Decke! sixteen-year-old her of “:fl! ;nhll in iail here, been brought here from Elk- Ind. where he was arrested for e to obey a subpoena. ordering |of Utah to appear ta testify at an over Lovett’s body, heid at Ind., yesterday. the murder case is piteh here. Last night the jail P& surrounded by a crowd of in- isitive persons, many of whom had e many miles to get the § murderer. 3. has far there has bees #0 démonstra- but feeling is.sald to be running MEXICAN RAILWAY RKERS STRIKING Refuse to Reached A Abide by Agreement 3 by Legders. MEXICO CITY, March 17.—Various L) organizations refused s have the agr reached by s and the $overnment for settiement of the rafiroad strike, not been on ernment officials a st R - ‘”f s and rikers as of this eity essert ther SUTT danger of 5 sont eympa LS strike. In spite of the f. the men have ref: to r!uu:: trains were running yesterday spproximately normal schedules, S TO AID ALLIES. Officials Will Help Collect Taxzes for Reparations. " German customs which will be col- p for the satisfaction of the rep- s ons Germany must make to the mization including both Germ: nd =l.|-..u l:.‘mll" to uvko:rea:;l: e Department today. of the German D on the eastern and western s will do the work under ision of allied personnel interallied high German customs 1l be chosen from those # stationed al the Rhineland “¥rontler axd will act under the orders 8 = gemeral director, ,_‘fi_mmw who will be e . REPORTS ON MURDERS. ' Confirmation of press reports that 60 Americans were murdered at pico. Mexico, on the might of h was received by the State 3 rtment teday from the American - a WPico. An urgent request immediately made to the local Ities 10 -effect the arrest and ment of their assailanta. ils of the killing were not r but it was stated that it w: customs officers will amsist ing p. names of the mur- men reported to the State De- t_are: Frmest Small, Will and 8. Brown. m& traffic on railroads in the States is increasing for the first tim ;.g October. Tabulation of figures in 4 number of cars loaded with reve- “Aue freight for the week of March 5, . Just compiled by the Inte: ) Mmerce Commission, shows e Joaded, an Increase of 54,000 over the ous week, which was unusually B account of Washington's birth- since the traffic sfump of —— AUTOMOBILES BURN. nations will be collected by an | customs - om the left bank of the Hhine. | & Ansintant aftormey gemeral. CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT. Recess Appointments Given Goff, Spry and Fintey. President Harding today three recess appointments, Guy D. Goff of Wisconsin to the Attorney General; Spry, former Governor of Utah. as commissioner ‘of the gemeral land of fice, and Edward C. Finney of Kan- sas, as first assistant to the Secretary of the Imterior. President Harding, it was intimat- ed at the White House today, prob- ably will appoint Frank Hagenbarth tah, as a member of the inter- state Commerce Commission. Mr. Hagenbarth is now president of the ational Waqol Gpawers' Association.. nd the President’# action.is forecast | from: the' recent request of - western:| Senators and representatives to name a western man on the commifsiom:. .3 Mr. Hagenbarth is understood to have been agreed-upon as a-satisfac- tory candidate by the members of the gressional delegation. Definite Acceptance of Agreement to Arbitrate Controversy Is Reguested. Definite indication by Panama of its intention to ly with the request of the United States that the bound- ary controversy between that coun- try and Costa Riea be settled ae- eording to the terms of the White arbitral award. wae asked of Panama in the note of March 15. the text of. which was made publi ctoday. “While contending there was no ground for disputing that part of the award which referred to the southern or Pacific side of the bound- ary line. the latest American note, recommended the appointment of a joint commission of Panama and Costa Rican engineers to lay down the northern end of the line. not def- initely indicated by the award. DEFENSE IS FORCED ‘ TO PLEAD FOR GIRL (Continued from First Page.) man who would say this lttle girl should pay with her life?” Court Adjourns to Examine Law. The action off the defense yesterday in waiving their right to a final re- view of the case came as a surprise to Atterney General Freeling. When it was contended that the defense's! | move would bar any further argument i by state counsel, Mr. Freeling asked fet Russt ial I Of-| for an adjournment of court te give|Soviet Russia means social revolu- service ! him time to examine the law, and {tion in Ameriea” T Judge Champion announced he would give his opinion when court opened today. The Judgg's Charge. Under the Oklaboma lzw the judge charge to the jury had been given be- fore final arguments began. points were included in the judge’s charge, in the event the verdict is 1ty. The jury may return a ver- dict of murder, with a sentence of death or life imprisonment; first de- gree manslaughter, with four years to life imprisonment, and second de- gree manslaughter, with 2 minimum fine of $1 . Judge Cham; a person coul the plea of seif-defe exist reasonable grounds to appre- {hend a design either to take the life Yot the defendant or to de her some great personal injury, and it must roasonably have appeared to the de- fendant that re was imminent danger of such design being carried out.” J 1 and a share in the Hamon estate legitimate Insue, STATIONERY TRUST CHARGE. CHICAGO, March 17.—The Federal Trade Commission, in a report mitted to the Department of Justic following & protracted investigatio; of the stationers’ trade, recommen: that charges of operating a trust brought against the Chicage Station- |'sioner stocks they have on hand. OF GPPOSITION: TG: WAR Dr. Arthur Deerim: Call' Upholds America as Example -of’ Right Thinking. America, “the hope: of" the: world,"* was upheld- as an exemplar of right thinking and idealisms by- Dr: Arthur in Call, seeretary of’the Ameri- can MPeace Society and editor .of the il the Distriet: Society Sons of the American Revolution at the Franklin Square Holel last' might. Dr. Call pictured; America as: & v 1 ing protest agminst the “war sys. |l tem.” because. the nation is made up { in' no small messure: of a popula- | tion whose ancestors came here. to ridthemseives- of a system: which | had proved destructive to Europe: He declared. that America is a “se ries of vital equilibriums off interna- tional importunce.” “It is an equillbrium between an- archy and tyranny. between. large and small states sud betweem rights and duties.” he said. 3 “The world's most vivid expression America. The most successful ma. 'chinery for the-maintenance of pea ‘between. the states- i needs to be made planet. 3 ‘altar of worid fate is- Americs’ 'liof opposition to the war system is America. This | i Kknowm around the fi Americals: libation on the [ Miss Lois Hayden Meek related two | i stories of Pilgrim days. entitled “The Discovery of Clarks: Isiand” and’ Return of the Mayflower. Special musie, a. buffat and a smoker were-other features of’ TO END BUSINESS MRAY 15 {Ban on Druggists’ Whisky With- drawals to Be Lifted on Megril 1. 'will be: lifted April' 1. under sn- |issued’ today Yy Prohitition: Commise Modification: of Cotneidentally, ki nounced. that wh #0 out of Business about May 15. H said aiso that planw of the buresu | proyide ‘for the completion of regula- tions based on former Attorney Gen- eral Palmer's opinion to be effective about the-same date. = “It will therefore be necessary, he adided.. “for the whalesale- lignor dealers who have liquor in tieir pos- session te gavern. themselves in tiie- light of titis: contempiated action amd legmily dispose of their stbcks be- tween this time and May 16" ligunors thus held, Mr. Kramer plained, may be disposed of to whale- sale or retail: druggists: having per- mits: te. purchase- liquor. The whole- sale deal . not being permitted: to further ‘withdrawaly from thus have practically to sell the Full' Power for Walkont Is. Given Dennis Lane, Secretary- Treasuren. . CHICAGO, March. 17.—Reports’ of the strike vote takem at middle west branches of the five big packing com- ies contimied to arrive n“u-h- they, mdicated a Inrge mi are, ix faver of & :"% of to esll the walkout’ haads and . Resslutions other' uniem lemders ‘butcher workmen of their sup was sent to Pr of the R Monday the representatives pack- ers and employes moet Vm;‘&crp tary Davis of the De; it of Labor. MILWAUVEBE, Wis, ers’ council of Cudahy Company, President M. nounces. The col q independ- ent concern. agreed to coatinue the The cut will affect ight-hour day. ;.0'..: workers. POLICE HUNT FOR REDS WITH RUSS PROPAGANDA Pamphlets Spread on Brooklym ‘Waterfront Say Soviet Success Means Revelution Nere. luncheon the evening. Selden M. Bly presided. | WHGLESALE LIGUOR WEN REPRESENTATIV) PRESIDENT REFUSES T LET U. S. TROQPS PARADE WITH IRISH (Continued: from First Page.) 'the law reghrding the wearing of regulation uniforms. * The manner in which the city’'s hol- ‘iday was combined witl the obsei ance of the annlveng ‘Ibrzllnd'! maint was indicate deev- l’:mfim in the South Boston district, the scene of most of the day's events. There the Stars and were shown freely and with them here and ‘there a touch of greem: that in some places was. part af the. tri-color flag of_the prowisional Irish republfc. Gav. Cox and Mayor Peters had their part in the program of the day which. while not & holiday, annually receives mumicipal recognition an. appropriation, for the observance of the anniversary of the British de- Darture. headn of state and city governments were places: in. motors at the front of the . it by Mayor Peters to the day. s Boston district in memory of <Charles /©’Connor and Raymond Flaherty, who fell in France, preceded the parade, which was the afterncon featmire. BIES BACK OFNICERS. — At .the reguest of Representative Gallivan of Boston, Secretaries Weeks by the commanding | 't ed with and no- expense o the government incurred. ! ber)." THE. Em STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY,) MARCH 17, 192L ] ducers, at R. CRAFTS PROPQSING . COMMISSION QN MOVIES 1s Plan to Producers Through- out\Coumtry—WHll Appeal to .Congress. | Proposals to request of the next Congress a law creating an inter- statel mation picture commission were | malled to. mowing picture producers thronghout the country today by Dr. Wilhur- F. Crafts, superintendent of the international reform bureau, who characterized his action as the latest plun for federal censorship of mov- ing pictures: Dr. Crafts returned to Washing- ton yesterduy from & conferemce in New York with motion picture pfo- which /he discussed plane or censoring moving pictures and bringing them ahkove standards agreed upon by producers. De. Coafts at this conference agreed to abandon his campaign against @nsuitable mov- ing pictures provided the ucers would undertake the. censorship plan themselv Dr. Crafts latest plan revealsd today in his letters to producers is to create by congressional action an interstate motion picture commissien, "‘compesesl of as high- men 29 the Interstate. |Commerce. Commisgion, but appeinted jby the United' Stat bureau of edu- cation, to keep It out of palitics.” The lexpense to the ‘mation. ploture memiabout ¥78 miles southeast of Kiakhta jWwas declared vacany for fin January showed would be the samhe now {maintaiing their own boards of cen-~ sorship. | Every motion picture would put his pictures ihto interstate commerce, according to Dr. fts, would have to be licensed, and bis license would he a contract to sbide by thirteen standards agreed upon by the producers. .. Dr. Crafts said today the campsign (for local censorship would <be un- necessary under his proposed law. He failed to. state, however. whether he will continue his efforts in that direc- ‘:odumr who | tion while the motion picture mes are E B. K. FOCED: |STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST WHITE SOX (Continued from First Page.) since your suspension (last Septem- said Comiskey’s formal notice to Risbe: McMullin, Jackson, Felsc Weaver, Williams and Cicotte, “h confirmed the bellef that your actions have been highly detrimental to the reputation. of the club and entirely in- fiv‘m‘ tent with. your obligations to ‘The contract with Chick Gandil, the other former member of the Sox under indictment, expired in 1919, and he left organized base ball to play with ‘“outlaw” teams. PLAYERS VALUED AT $300,000. ¢ ————ay Review of World Series When Scandal Started. The players released by the Chi- cago White Sox on account of the 1319 world series ftandal have beem valued at $300,000. lost the first two games of the series. and on these: various gamblers were said to have won Bfin_nfi of dollars. Claude Wil and Joe Jacksom. im their grand jury confessioas, said-that the players were promised a certain amount of money after each game, but enly te, Jackson and Wil. liams confessed to receiving money. Aeccording to some of the evidence, certain players me very angry when the gamblers ‘failed ¢o.make good on the promise of payments after each game and. baving thus been double-crossed by the mblers, did their best to 'win the same of the series. The ganiblers. it was said, pyramid- ed their bets, betting on the second inst Ch! Il they had The combined win- on Cincinnati te | win the third game, and when Dick to if of the Irish republic: wul parade. the hy an-ficarried in the Telegrams protesting against. the orders issued by military and maval commanders at Boston were received y Seeretary Weeks and Sacretary by - from Dr. William H GrifSa. ehief marshal of the parade, and Themas W. Nolan, secretary of the cimtion hl.: ;‘:“lli t the for- on o Irish Republic. “ 3 The attention of President Harding ‘was called to the matter by Secretary . who showed him a - telsgram, he bad drafted in reply to Mr. Nolan, Before making The sued by “the central executive com- |ta esmmunist party of mittee of the > that “succeses of ey added the enemies of Boviet Russia, starting “wild rumors” that the Lenin-Trotsky regime is about te fall, same mes whe are robbing you, re- ducing your wages, your llb"' and sheoting and ciuhbiag After conflscating thousands of the pamphlets, opinion they were the water froat te sew tien smong ‘shipyard werkers ewing (o‘:nn cuts April 1. Thiree | You. De Valera in Interview Also At- tesmani “is trying to weakness. A ing not on the weakest but the tua! y. e young men d are sayin E te themselves: Association, the National Asso-|Never. ors’ ciation of Stationers and all affiliated bodles. —— One of the coldest mistures kmows) = thves » muriate of that | 8 it does not reslise it, England is play- streag- Judge a: spared and of oy United The War b-fl”':l‘l not i - the rule ai in 1mmm judgment of Gen. Ruc! man ia the case in question.” Kerr came through with a 3-to-0 victory, in which he was aided by indicted players, the gamblers lost ."erlh‘l(.v, Felsch, eaver, Risberg and Mec- Mullin maintain that they never en- tered the conspiracy and never re- ceived money. kson and Williams deay they ti games, although admitting _they received money. Cicotte confessed to receiving mo and te one intemtional misplay. ©a dil has mever surr: but ¥ press statements was quoted as de- Bying_that he took any part in the deal He was mamed by Williams as Cveru08 for himeetd Vang 33,000 o lor ang $5,000 for Jacksen. TELLS OF WIFE'S SPIRIT. CHI ICAGO, March 17.—Every night since he killed his wife and their un- born child last Jume, Carl Wanderer bas talked with her spirit, according to testimony given by Dr. Harold D. Singen state: alienist, st Wanderer's trial on charges of murdnipg the “ragged strange alleged to have Dbeen hired to stage a fake holdup. Dr. Singer sald that Wanderer had told him that Mrs. Wanderer had come | 35 ta bim pightly in her wedding gown and holdiag & child in her arms. The witness said he considered ‘Wanderer sane. Two other alienists also testiffed to Wanderer's sanity, their appearance being the end ‘of the state's case im rebuttal. Space, in the New Star Building % Available Qctober 1, 1921 Special arrangements’ to suit requirem ents may be made-at this time for office . space or'rooms on the second, third, fourth.and fifth floors™ of The Star’s . on-11th stre pre Star new : building - g. High- ; present : est class:in every particular at mederate rates. : One or more entire floors; each containing 7,500 sq. ft., Apply to % Manag % available if desired. the Business er, The Evéning Star, 11th street and Pennsylvania [considering: hjs ion. . HAILSTORM IN SQUTH. COLUMBUS, . March 17.—A hall~ atorm which canged Dewvy to, early truck, a thunderstorm and a dowopour 4 rain. | Many tents and temporary Strwc- tures at Camp Benning; here, Were rej damae; and a 0 houae| was set afire by lightning, heav~ ieat d: was at Cuessta, olgliteen by hail stones de~ miles from here, scribed. as the size of guines eggs- ed and & The courthouse was damag: number of buildings unrcofed at Cus- seta. A negro child was stusned by lght- ning in Columbus, but this was the only casualty reposted in this. sectios. Al observas tod four feet long, broke four fee! 'y a1 bles, and was: WEST POINT, Miss, March i7.— Four persons were injured, none seri- ously, which ove! terday. Wires wene D _down an trees ‘uprooted by the high winds. Among Ex-Grand Vizier's Vietims. BERLIN, March 16.—In & statement made to the police teday. Salomon Tellirian, - the Armenian. who yostes+ day assassinated Talast, Pashs. . for- mer grand vizier and minister of Bnance of Turkey, sald ba committed the crisie as an act of vengeance. against it ot 2 ution of the Armemianm e, and ally for the murder of. Teiliriaw's' parents, whe, be rted, Were takon Deir o hil ‘that be m"‘" Rers foF the Purpese of Srsaseidsting Attoragy;Dectinee to Enter Motlen in Newberry Rerjury. Case 4 GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Mare —nitea Staros Disteici Atiernes Myron- H. Walker of the western Miohigan district, directed Wy Deparémest of Jistic"1c arop 1 perjury charge against Uni tes sfi:fi“fi.’az’“‘ufifi""""{a (% 'S.:_ He fotthed o Wptude the mut- or. ; ‘The ury in from the case now befure the Unit: od States Supreme ‘ea’ has not deen based upon am ater Newherry, in Nuw that “mo " eoat tures of momey or t B e DENIES $72,000 SHORTA Bank Teller Says Charges of Q& Hoaton former oo L S ent Scandinavian-. nt u& vuA-ofla‘-_Nl. Heaton denied that charges made saying he wo court WOMAN, 70, SAVES LIFE. Leaps Inte Swift Florids Curremt as Another Woman Is in Peril ST. PRTERSBURG. Fla. March 17— Mre, James Rogera, seventy years old, | Jumped htol the deep water at Johna Sire "amen T W W drewn: Mrs, he ‘was ‘llhm ‘ahal! inte the gwift waters of chaa! which skirta the beach at that poiat. Mrs. Rogels apparestly was net the| ‘worse becansa of the exertion neces- sary to bring Mre. Wilkineea to shore. BOLSHEVIST'GUNS BATTER KRONSTADT (Continued from First ge.) is megotiating with Kronstadt bas heen given to Gen. Tuchatschewski, former commander on the Polish front, whe declares that he seon will reduce the fortrees if the peace over- tures are refused. ANTI-AEDS CAPTURE TOWNS. ! Semenoft's Forces Active Between Siberia and Mongolia. By the Asuciated Prom. ch 18.~—Occupation of towns of Kiakh Proitskosavsk, located on the fron- tier between Mongolia and Siberla, 2Bout 170 miles southeast of Irkutsk, by Gen. Baron Michel Ungern-Stern: berg. chief lieutenant of Gen. Semenoft. I8 reported here. These towns ar about 125 miles south of Udinsk. through which Transsiberian railwa. emerly of great commercial impor- tance. being trading stations which Chinese and Russian merchants meet. Gen. Samenoff's forces have been In the process of organization around Khalera, northwestern Manchuria, but the capture of the city of Urxga, runs They that anti-bol- shevik elements had moved westward from Manchuria to a point within striking distance of the frontier. There have been reports of anti-bol- sbevik uprisings at Irkutsk, and other points west of Lake Baikal, and it seéms probable the occupation of Kiakhta and Troitskosavsk may fore- shadow an gttempt on the part of Gen. Semenoff’s followers (o join forces with elements in. Siberia which are opposing the authority of the soviet government in Moseow. Bolshevik eficials are not permitting tafic toward Russia beyond Omsk over the Trans-Siberian railway. tive reason givem for this attitude being the * tray tion of i porr 2 iy Yy transportation of provisions Al ight shipmeats west of Man- churl, & station on the Trans-Siberian nig Udmsk. s i e s i v U. S. OIL MEN OPPOSED. T0 RECOGNIZING MEXICO Declare Obregen Government Has Failed to Protect Life and Property of Amerieans. GALVESTON, Téx., March 17. claring: that the Obregon government bad failed te protéct life and property of Americans, members of the Associa- tion of Producers of Petroleum in Mexi- cement of the stand taken by was made by Guy Stevens, a the associgtion. that .expécted from any other 2 E PACKERS’ CASE DROPPED. ,Dismissed in New York. NEW YORK, 'March 17.~Federal Judge Garvin i Brpoklyn today for- mally dismizsed indictments charging Drofitecring, ‘veturned under the Lever the “Biy five” meat pack- Toenr 3.0, Sxitt & Co. Mo MICHAEL FALVEY DIES. Pixgialan Wss Engaged in Scuiptu- T} Work Here 35 “Years. Michasl I. Falvey, for thirty-five Ye@rs engaged in sculptural work here, died shortly after noon today at his bome, 1735 Park road, following an ilimess of sevemal weeks. Funeral onuts, - ha not been com- , who was fifty-eight Was born in Virgiala. He when quite . Mor- W‘" s : w the action of th . MP:II' the hve: uncenstitut! Smi at | e Rev. E. J. Lewis A?h Injunction , to Prevent Dea¢ons From Ousting Him. Erasmus T. Lewis, pastor of Baptist Chureh (colo ot D. C., for twenty-one ybars, Seventeen years were served withoudt compensation, he deciares, today $led suit for injunotion in the District\ preme Court against For- rest Hesrns. Louis Fitzhugh, ¢ Grissom and Hen fa the chuah deacons, to prevent ouster as paster has cited | _Rew | Trini | Tvy CAt of whi* his Justice Stafford o deacons to show caus: should not issue. The pastod® charges a conspiracy separate hin) from hi alleges that yleacons hs the church m eetings whe attempt to address them, them, he asseqts, brought a revol with him to a. meeting last fall a flourishing ther weapon, warned pastor. “Don’t ol with this r if it goes off soniebody Boing to get ,,Im-n Wedbesday why the injun and one . Mr. Lewis tells the court that the locks on the door of the church were changed to \vrevent his gaining access to the builging, and at a pre ternded meeting tin» offi He s of pastor he al- him is in vio- 1 of the Baptis may not be re- ‘rate without & leged attempt to ou lation of the manu Church and that he n his pusth J. Ryan and E. Mooers appear for the yastor. 196,195 HOMES IN \D. C. CENSUS BUREAU R:PORTS Figures for January, 192), Show 28,503 Are Owned by Teir Occupants. There were 96.195 homes in tilg Dis- trict of Columbia i1 January, 1920, when the census was en, of w hich 28,503, or 29.6 per cent, were owned by the ts, the census bureau \an- Of the total numler i e 2037, or 2.1 per cem - for which the tenure was not reported Of the 28503 homes reported as owned by the occupants, 12,354, or 43.3! per cent, were free fro 15375, or 53.9 per cent, were in bered by mortgage indebtedness, and were 744 for which no informa- ion was supplied. Owners of 13,365 of th, hom on which there were mortzages r ported the incumberances on January 1, 1920. as amounting to 323,582,248, Jue of their property as the incumberances repre- 3 per cent of the val The prevailing rate of Interest A. on a or 76.9 per cent of the total being reported at that rate. The returns show alse that on $2.207.013, or 9.2 per cent of the total indebtedness, the rate of interest was 5% per cent, and that on $1,375, 5.8 of the total, the rate was 5 per cent. The, remaining indebtedness bore other rates of interest varying from less than 5 per cent to more than 8 per cent. EIGHT MORE ARRESTED IN NARCOTIC DRAGNET Following the several raids made by the police; and revenue agents in an effort to capture persons engaged in the business of handling nagcotics and alcoholic preparations, Detectives Sanders and Evags, assisted by reve- nue agents, madejeight additional ar- Testsc; yesterdy - m?_op angd; last night. Chiarges of ged violations of thé;Harrison narcotic law were ciiirged against them. The eight persons arrested regis- tered as Edward L. 'Mitchell, 100 E Frederick - Hunson, National Roy Bryant, colores southwest, and Irving street. It is said, by the poMce that arresis of persons charged with violations of the Harrison act followed investi- gations in progress the past several weeks, the raid adding very little to. what testimony the officers already had -in their possession. Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, said it had been found that a number of young men who returned from the Army after the close of the war had formed the habit of using narcotics. Sixteen persons apprehended by the ilocal police wnd federal narcotic in- Dealers’ ane f ts Columbus: the comry'&ru Hi: “uu'l uc"“'é".'?i‘ ) - wife, Mrs. - erine Falvey, es. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.. March 17. +=A ministere barroom was un- i7thed 8 the eab of Norfolk and eatern froight train No. $7 here when oficers the cab and found about Eellons of whisky . empty bottles, 3:3-“ containers. The train was barge of Capt. T .W. Epking, wh & uw::&-uub::i."'" D ot ‘The “shoeting eucumber”’ is a vege- table elomely to the edible cu- cumber, but when fully ripened it ex- pectors in the raids several nights ago appeared before United States Comupissioner Hitt this afternoon. He held them each in §2,000 bond, and set the hearings for April 18, 19 and 20. The defendants were Sylvia Robin- Maine avenue southwest imms, 3153 3d street south- west; Malinda Willlams, 410 3d street southwest: Chdrles Willlams, 410 3d Frederick Hansen, $mith, National Hot 308 34 street southwest:. G: Murphy, 1709 Sth street southwest Clifton Taylor, 223 3d street south- west; Albert Street. 336 H street southwest: William H. Virginia_avenue southwest: Carter, 221 B street southwest; Roy Bryant, 337 Maryland avenue south- west. apartment No. 2; Edward L. Mitchell, 100 E street southwest, and Ruth Brown, 208 L street southwest. ( ] f