CAPE MAY COUNTY TTMEg TST.E CITY. R 3.

LATEST NEWS !N ABRIDGED FORM Events That Concern the Two Hemispheres Recorded So as to Be Read at a Glance. FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPITOMIZED Paragrkfhs Which Picture Executive and Legislative Activities at the National and State Capitals.

While the hanking situation has improved. Secretiirj of Uit Treasury Mellon Indicated that us yet he saw little

Improvement lu general

busi:

Ivlty.

Blair of

American soidiers >ip to and including sergeants who have married Europeans in ti c Khlneiaud were order-

ed home.

Hearings in the Investigation of the

appointment of Ituvii Korth Carolina as n internal revenue began.

By a vote of to -til the house

passed the bill authorizing farmers i to form association* for collective marketing, taintune from prosecutions;

under Sherman anti-trust law. Senate passed the immigration hill :

fixing udntissloii of aliens to !! per ; cent of eacli nationality resident in tile j

United States in 1910.

President Harding is opposed to any ! stipulation regarding a disarmament j conference being carried In the naval I

appropriation bill.

in a note sent by Secretary of State Hughes to U. S. Commissioner Lorlng Dresel ip Berlin It was made clear to the German government that Germany must deal directly with the Allies and that more definite proposals should he

promptly made.

| Waiter M. Bunting, a mail service ! aviator, was burned to death when his i uirplino overturned and crashed to 1 the ground while he was tukinc off j from Hock Springs, Wyo.. for CheyDlsnrinmncnt advocates In the sen- | nte arc attempting to overrun ’’reslj dent Harding. Tlie President s dec- | Inrntlnn Is tliut he will not eoirtidcr ! the question until tlie povemmont's j foreign relations ure satlsfactor ly ad-

justed.

Admission by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, ranking Republican of ’ tlie Senate Finance Committee, that | the anti-dumping provisions of tlie emergency tariff bill will be of no efI feet ao far as present conditions are j concerned, marked the opening of deReslgnntion of James A. Stillman as president of tlie <’ity National Bank. | New York, was accepted by the directors. Charles K. Mitchell, president of the National City Company, was elect-

ed to succeed him.

Fire destroyed buildings covering two city blocks in San Juan, Porto i Ilico. More than 500 families were rendered homeless. They are being

cared for In army tents.

i Tlie Dial bill, directed at Federal ! Judge Landis, requiring Judges to de- ] vote their entire time to the duties of j their offices, was roimrted favorably • by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

ONITEB STATES ALLIEBCOUNClLS Harding Cabinet Decides to Accept Lloyd George’s Invitation After Long Conference.

NATION’S BUSINESS

Reduction to rediscount rates of all Federal Reserve hanks following the lead of the New York and Boston hanks is expected by the Federal Reserve Board and the treasury. Executive council of the American

Bankert Finebur

tolatio

in

urged

wide

>»Io team defeated Hur- , by u score of 14 goals s Hitchcock, Jr- J. Wat son Webb, Louis K. .simldard and Devureux Miiburu composed Uie American Combined oxford-Cambridge uuiversiiles track and field team accepted, provisionally, the invitation of Yule and Harvard for on Iniernutiomil I Iniercoilegiate truck meet to be held j

in Boston in July.

Just as soon as the went lie r per- j mils open air boxing bouts will Lie | staged at Ebbets Field, the big Brook- J lyu biiscball grounds, and will be con-

tinued all summer.

New York fight fans and followers j of boxing in New Jersey are working ; to have Sum Lewis appointed referee j of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight. , Outfielder David Robertson of the | Chicago National la-ague Club, sus- j IM-ndcd because of his refusal lo join • the club for the spring training tilp, was reinstated by Judge Landis. J President Veeck of the Chicago Club : told Robertson that he would lie giveu ; a chance to play provided he spent j iwo weeks in training without salary. W. A. Meikelham ot New York city j

i up|

imed t

.-alii i

Angeles de-hired cantaloupe o p of the Imperial Valley, Caiforala. willnoi reach eastern markets utiiess freight A •- -rUable Mood of gold is sweeping upon the United States. Already tlie precious metal in the country has attained tlie unprecedented amount of fci.Wl.-IST.SH.V The National Association of Credit Men made public a summary of a coun-try-wide survey of business coiidltlous, lu which it was asserted thm industry had not revived this spring, as |-c

For tlie first time in is bought in noril nrkets for 14 cents i John Mci'artlund, ]

New

louai Tyi

rat Unto

lifted that the strike will end soon with conce; s from employers, rpurttnent of Labor figures sho ■mobiie industry employed 3'g.- p» more in the mouth of March tlia

ebreary.

i of the Hurvurd-Yale regatta

| lamdon.

Ted Ray, who -won the American open gold chuiupiouship lust year, finds that be Is unable to cross the At 1 laatic to defend his title this year, so lie is reluming the trophy to the Uuit1 cd States Golf Association. Betting oh the Dempsey-Carpentier fight is becoming more important ii. Wall street, and money to back the ; French contender is reported to lie I prevailing odds of ii lo on Dempsey. Improved lyjM-s of the Javelin and ' d>scus have been Invented by Harry | till!, track coach at the University of : Rlin. :-, and are now being used by i siveriil middle western colleges. The way the Yankees drop games is i calculated to give the fan., heart failure. CuVl Mays lias now lost tw u weU ; imasted punch of the Vauks failed to : arrive ai the proper lime, i All boys win be admitted free to Mo., except Sundays end hollduys.

SETTLE WAR PROBLEMS United States Ambassador to France Will Be Designated at Unofficial Observer at Conference of Ambassador*. Washington.—America if again to 1 ho represented In the disc motions and ; decisions of post-war problems. I'besl- ; dent Harding •ns-epted the Invitation : of the allies to have American representatives on Hie allied Supreme : Council, the Cnum-il of Ambuv-udors • and the Reparations Commission, moot! lyiialon Evening StundurUlird ! Colonel George Harvey, the am- j baosador lo Great Britain, will nasnnie tiie functioiis of representative of | I’resldent Harding in the Supreme Council. Ambu-sndor Wallace will resume in Burls Ids Julies on the Council of Ambassadors, which lie discontinued Just prior to March 4 at the order of President Wilson. Roland W. Hoyden, who was unofficial observer until n few days before March 4, will resume the task of observer on tlie Reimratlons ComnilRslon. Text of the American Note Accepting Seat In Council Washington.—Following Is the text of the American government's note, as handed to Hie British ambassador. :iecepting tlie allied Invitation to tinine represeir.at'ves to tlie Supreme Council. Council of Ambassadors and Reparations * .'oniinlssion: “The government of the United States has received ihrottgh the British ambassador the courtcoas communication in which you state that, with the unanimous concurrence of tlie powers represented ut the allied conference in London, you are to inqu'-re whether tthis gov cniment la disposed to he represented in the future, a* it was in tlie pasi, at the allied conferences, ut the conferences of ambassadors In I'aris and on the Reparations Commission. "The govern in pot of the United j Slates, while maintaining the intdl-' tionni policy of abstention from pur- ; tlclpatlon in matters of distinctly Ku- ! repeat! concern,' is deeply interested in tlie proper economic adjustments and in tlie Just settlement . the matters of world wide importance which are under discussion in the conferences and desires helpfully to co-op-orate in tlie deliberation upon these

questions.

“Mr. George Harvey, appointed ambassador to Great Britain, nil! be Instructed on Ids srrival la England to take part as Hie representative of the President of tlie United States in the deltberationa of tlie Supreme Council. Tlie American ambassador to France wi'l be Instructed to resume his place us unofficial observer on tlie conference of ambassadors. And Mr. Roland W. Boydeu will he Instructed to sit j again in an iiuofflcial capacity or the Reparations Commission. "The government of the United | States notes with pleasure your ex- , pression of me belief of the rep re- | sentatives of tlie allied gov. f unents : assembled in London that American i .co-operation in the settlement of the ' great International questions growing | out of the World War will be of ma- ; terial assistance."

Roy G. Fitzgerald of Dayton is one of the two veterans of the World War who represents Ohio in the new Camgross. Gen. John G. Speaks of Colum-

bus is Hie other.

GEN, ft. LEJEUNE Cent lues *» Commandant ■cf United State* Marines

FARM COMBINE BlfiPASSES Legalizes Corporate Undertakings by Associations of Producers’ Under Supervision. GUARDS AGAINST MONOPOLY Volstead Measure Adcpted by 294 49—House Allows Cdinbine Sale* of Farm Food* — Bill Now

Goe* to Senate.

Washington.—Associations of sgrt-

cnllunil prnduru|s under tlie supervision of the secrejnry of agriculture are authorized by the Volstead bill passed by the house. Tlie vote on Hie measure was 2S4 to 4!>. some opposition arising from those objecting to tlie legalizing

or ram,Hum™, m f.nu.-r, ™d <ra» n„. j oL „ A. LeJ.un. I, otliers who objected to the power given ||m|) , comninn j afft „f o,,. United S'at to the secretary of agr'culture. marine corps. He suits both P The bill Is simllur to one which pass- | Hardir-g and Secretary of the Na

Ml botli houses In the last session hut > Denby died in conference ns a result of n deadlock over a senate amendment, which was regarded by friends >'f the hill ns nullifying Its purpose which is to make it clear that co-operative marketing of ngriculturat products is not

In violation of an'.l-trust law*. Under the terms of the hill all but

nettml 'nmiors and associations not | operated for the mutual help of their members ure excluded. The associn-

niust not pay dividends of more

| than 8 per cent per annum, tlie Intent

Sir James Craig Then Visits New this provision being to compel p»y-

ment to the a embers of ns lagte a purs of Hie proceeds derl-ed from the sale of their products us possible Instead of paying it ns a dividend upon Hie money

used as capital.

While Hiis bill confers on farmers certain privileges, it cannot .properly be said to be class legislation, snid Representative Volstead in supporting

whl.b M MMM to pro,Lion, tor ; «» «“•, "uuS ,m I, “ to ,1m mlmiiiihini,loll | '"“ 1 " “"““V l "'' “*

of home iiff:i[rd'^A;)to make (or satis-

ULSTER'3 PREMIER MEETS DE VALERA

Lord Lieutenant, Who

Leaves for London.

Dublin.—The meeting of Sir James Craig und Pro fogs of deYalera is regarded hi-re-BS of^neat ini|M>rtnnee. In view of dd Vulciirs proclamation to Hie Irish people early this week. In !

faction ami contentment. The belief '

privileges sought to be conferred i farm organization by this bill. Instead

„ , of granting a class privilege, it aims to itat ,l,m .«.>« of U,o for- „„ ,„ lv | k . m b , rnic-o wo, „„ mOoovor o,,.,™ ,,,,, of,™ ^ „„ tte ,

MV Juu., lo m*r fn-iii Ik- V.lom „ ,|,« f-,r,„cr.

oxplloli lop nifft"lloii of OK ; ,. to . dlD „, D „ „ i, „„

ptirnsc in <ie Valera's proclntnatii... The depicture of Viscount FiUalnn, Lord Lieutenant and Governor General of Ireland, for Loudon Is supposed to have a bearing on peace negotia-

tions.

Tlie anno'.iiiceineut that Sir James had Interviews with both Viceroy Fitxulun and de Valera lias created tlie greatest interest liere. Tliey are being especially connected with the reports of the Earl of Derby's Interview with de Valera and Sir James Craig's cull for u special meeting of the Unionist

party.

The conference between Sir Janies Craig and de Valera is regarded us a most hopeful sign for peace. It is said Involve on de Valera's part no nec-

GERMANY iS STILL MENAGE TO ALUE

She Could Put Most Formidabte

Army in Field, Lloyd George

Informs Commons.

London.—“Fair and workable." That » how Premier Lloyd George described o tlie House of Commons the final pram of the Supreme Council !<• Gets-

ran take advantage of It.

ewer tliut farmers may acquire the status and secure tlie rights of a business corporation by deeding their fanns to u corporation. Thai Is neither practical nor desirable from any standpoint. Without doing that they cannot associate themselves together for the mutual profit of the members without being threatened witli prosecu-

tion.

If it is safe not to place a limit

upon Hie size of an ordinary corporu-

Uon, there certainly is no reason to I the House of Couiranus. said: fear monopoly from farm associations. [ "The Ruhr Valley is the largest proBut in tlie event timt any such usso- ■ during single coal field in Hie world, elution should monopolize or restrain It provides 'wo-tbirds of Germany's trade so us to unduly enhance the . Iron and steel. It was her real arsenal price of any agricultural product, during tlie war. Therefore yon will ample provision is made in Hie bill . understand the alternative to tlie ae^-

— --•ptance of tlie terms by May 12."

•f the premier's complaints wat

Tli Premier made the speech shot

ly after he hud handed to Ambassador j SHniiner the uliiinntum ordering Get tunny to m-cept the terms or submit Us

the o«aipution of the Ruhr.

TIiA- German ambassador and tho Premier-chatted for ten minutes. Lloyd George *reuiHrk»ii tlint the Supremo Council had tried to make the terms such that Germay could fulfill them.

The German ambassador left by

hack door with the documents In hi* pocket. He immediately telegraph! the text of Hie deniniids to Berlin. Premier Brland, when he was board. Ing Hie train to leave i^Hidon, said: “I believe Unit Germany now realizes tlint the hour has come when she must loyally carry out the treaty oliliga--

Hons."

One of tlie last acts of the Suprem* Council was to dispatch to Washington a note inviting the United State* tq resume n seat at tlie Reparation* CeminlsKion and Supreme Council :

meetings.

Lloyd George, in ids speech befor*

essary change In attitude, for the Sinn ! to protect the public. Tlie secretary Folnet's have always asserted their j „( agriculture, in a sundey fashion, can

willingness to meet any irishman, it j Rra i,t relief, and lie. with his expert ; that Germany still retains enough big is argued that Hie North has always j knowledge always ut baud, can act I guns, machine guns and rlfies to equip held aloof and timt Sir Edward Car- j , uore expeditiously than could any j a big army, while the irregular forra*

so- ! nmliitaUied throu

tlie Ulsterite leader, refused i

I other agency, in the event an s

the late John Redmond on Hie 1 elution fulls to abide by his Judgment, reiTuiting platform. It was also said | t t CU inot only lie haled Into court but that deValeru might meet Craig with- | u temporary injunction can at once be out affecting ids position, for he has j j* su , a against it.

electoral difficulty and his party is

Lockwood I eg is

MEMORIAL TO BURROUGHS Forest of 14,000 Trees at Big Indian Is

Ded cated to Naturalist.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y.—The Burroughs j Ml mortal i orest at Big Indian In the Catsklii Mountains was dedicated with npproprhtt" ceremonies. A tablet at , tlie entrance to the forest was uni veiled. Ellis 3. Staley, Co' serVgttOQ , Commissioner, represented the State of New York at tlie exercise*. Among those who took |iart were Judge A. T. cieanvater of K ngaton, ' tlie Rev. Father Hnghaon of the Holy Cross Order. Westpnrk: Julian Burroughs, son of the late naturalist, and his family: Dr. Clark Rnrrux, literary

( certain to have a

Hipposed victory.

WORLD NEWS IN, CONDENSED FORM

+ 4- + + + -H- + + + + ++ ■*• + + + + - + SOUTHERN SILESIA + > : + SEIZED BY POLES + * * : + Oppelln, Upper Silesia.—Or- + : + gtinlzcd Polish forces, estimated + I 4- at 20,000. have occupied nil of +

roughout Germany, In-

cluding 1100,000 in Bavaria, constitute the nucleus of a formidable army. Tlie Allies believe, he declared, timt a regular army of 100,000 in strong enough to deni with all possible revo-

latiunary uuibreuks.

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHINGTON

HELENA, Ark.—The break in the * Upper Silesia south of a line + The Knox peace resolution has White River levee near Georgetown + 1 counte _ r#d house. Chair,

exiui tided 'mm 180 to 500 fe<

dv- +

of .

i Burro of Rio

and

..u. . with the exctptlon of noflOoTcrM of land'l0 p* j + few lar C e aua ivnt <*f whlcli is under cnitlvatlon, is , ln «-' furilier northward.

Inundated. Nearly 2.000 refugees arc + Fighting Is in progress to thsafe ut Peach Orchard Bluff ami ! + llorl11 ot lhc At Uros Cotton plant. + Str ohUtx, fifteen miles uotlheast + Formal CHICAGO.—Summing up the entire ! * furies ,,f * testimony of the rn'lway unions afrill- putlon opened lively artillery -h and with the American Federation of + hre on 2.000 to 8,000 Poles win 1 +

' were nltempliiig to take Hie city. + The Poles replied with field + f4--i-* + + 4- + + * + + 4 + + + +

CANADIAN HANGMAN PAID $12,500 Income Tax Collectors Receive Large Slice. Montreal Quo - Arthur EUi-. ..ffipiuj hsngiiiiin. niMde s„ murh m-nev Inst

B. M. Jewell, lieud of the gunlzatirm. declared there was no Justification for redaction of railway workers' wages and moved that the wage reduction case be dismissed. NEW YORK.—Downward revision in wages vffedve June 3. and revision of working hoars and londltions. elective July 1. were announced uy the American Railway Express Company. Eighty thousand employees, about half of Hie"i unionized, will he affected. MANILA, P. I.—N.nety Mores, ineluding Maharajah Usitong. a fanatical

religious leader.

BOND CASE JURY DISAGREES Chicago boy May Not Be Tried Again

for $772,000 Theft.

Chicago.—The Jury In the case ul Willie Dalton, tin slstifii eij-oid employee of the Northern TniM Coiiqiauv who is charged with stea'ing STTL.Uo* In Lilierty bonds lu Muiili di-ugrec : and Judge McDonald discharged it. While seven of Hie Jurors voted !■

of Ph

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let Da

TagllbL

■ pr.

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lUty.

It is t

! Dial

0000 IN RUM SEiZELi

lect.-d I > t!..

\Jcos which have been r

| ceivi-d ut constabulary headquarter MANILA. — The American missio | composed of Major General Leonai i V\\n-d and W. Cameron Forbes, fo - : mer governor get . rul of the i'hlli

{lines, arrived at Manila.

SPRINGFIELD, III.—Governor Smj ^ signed th*' soldier honas hill, provl

COBLENZ. — All American enlisted

man Porter and other members of the foreign affairs committee said It was uncertain when the peace resolution will be considered. Republican Leader Mondell said it was uncertain.

itation from the allied gov-

ernments to the United States asking the appointment of America representatives as members of th^ Allied Supreme Council, the Council of Ambassador* and the Repara. * tions Commission, was del versd at the Slat. Department by Sir ivuckland Geddes, the British Ambassador. The nomination of Montgomery Schuyler of New York to be m.ni,tsr to Salvador was confirmed by the een-

of the currency be

abolished are contained in a Treasury Department statement furnished to the House Bankin a Committee. which is ccnsidering a bill em-

bodying the proposals,

resident Hardir.g accepted place as honorary member of the United

Golf Association Executive

NO PROBE OF ENGRAVERS

Governor Miller Rejects Propoeal of

Meyer-Martm Bill Supporters. Albany, N. Y-Governor Miller tutt-

ed down flatly tlie proposal at n hearing on the Meyer-MurS bill to uppoiut

uiumiMiloii to investigate the Photo

Stati

Commltt!

, The President

' Uu

f bringing ii lonneily Ant Represents Union and Hi

i-Tru

I law.

f the

the Engravers' Federation of La-

order affect* about j por opposed the measure. Newspaper I putoiadiers appeared fur the bill

itimated that he did

net want a disarmament proposal tacked on the naval bill Nevertheless. disarmament resolutions by

both Senator Borai

t ® i add thtrn ‘o *he pending

Jules W. (Nicky) Ametein and four

other giefendants, jointly on trial In criminal court. Washington, on charges of conspiracy to bring stolen securities into the District of Columbia. were found guilty by a Jury. The maximum penalty is two yean!

end a fine of S'-O.OOa