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VOLUME 33—NUMBER 36.
MESIDENT VETOES BONUS
IN SYMPATHY WITH PURPOSE
BUT NOT WITH PROVISIONS
W>ll Suggests That Defense
is to be Inspired by Com
pensation Rather than by
to the Country.
SENATE LIKELY TO
SUSTAIN THE VETO
Reading of Message Given
Close Attention, But Was
Never Interrupted by Ap
plause.
Washington, Sept. 19. — President
Harding vetoed the soldiers’ bonus
bill today, informing congress in a
written message that while he was
in accord with “the avowed pur
pbses” of the measure he did not
subscribe to its provisions.
The executive’s action was re
garded generally in Washington as
making improbable a bonus for the
world war veterans, at least for
some time to come as it appeared
to. be almost certain that tlie veto
would be sustained by the senate.
.Unvote in the house was planned
tomorrow with senate action to
BeHow later in the day or on Thurs
day .
f rMr. Harding set forfh a number
ojf reasons for returning the bill to
the house without his approval.
These included:
failure of congress to provide n
means of financing.
inevitably the bonus would
mean increased taxation.
That the legislation would wipe
otit everything thus far accomplish
ed to reduce government expendi
tures wherever possible.
That a peace bestowal on the ex
service men was “a perversion of
of public funds” and suggested “that
-.future defense is to be inspired by
compensation rather than conscious
ness of duty to flag and country.”
.That to add one-sixth of the total
stun of the public debt for distri
bution among less than five mil
lion of 110,000.000 people would un
dermine confidence on which the
nation’s credit was builded, and “es
tablish the precedent of distributing
public funds whenever the proposal
0b ( l the numbers affected make it
seem particularly appealing to do
so.”
The $10,000,000,000 of maturing
public debt in the next six years
vfbuld be difficult to meet without
adding the complication of added
borrowings on account of a bonus.
' “Sacrificial Barter.”
hat the adjusted certificate plan
with its bank and gov
ment loans was little less than
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SERVICE f
What It Really Means
It means Genuine Ford Parts,
50 per cent of which retail for
less than 10 cents. It means a
Repair Shop where expert Ford
Mechanics perform the work.
It means giving Honest, Cour
teous, Prompt attention to the t
Ford Owner’s every need. |
It means to constantly supply \
you with a Ford Service that
will make you and keep you an
enthusiastic member of the
great Ford family.
We are Authorized Ford Dealers.
We can supply you with any pro
duct the Ford Motor Cos. makes.
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AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS
Louisville, Ga.
THE NEWS AND FARMER
IT CAME EASY; IT
WENT EASIER.
Chicago, Sept. 19.—Thirty al
leged gamblers were held up and
robbed tonight of $5,570 by two
robbers while they were waiting
in a pool hall for the returns
from the last race at Lexington,
Ivy.
After taking all the money in
sight and going through their
victims’ buckets, the robbers fled,
but one of the imvas captured af
ter a chase through the down
town streets during which he
threw away a pistol and SSOO in
bills.
BOILER EXPLODES
AT MONT PLACE
Negro Fireman Killed and
Two Others Injured. Gin
House Torn Up.
A thirty-horse power boiler ex
ploded on the Bellmont plantation,
six miles west of here about 8
o'clock Saturday morning and killed
a negro, Alonzo Gamble, and in
jured two other men, Jim Gibbons,
negro boiler helper and J. T. Thomp
son, superintendent of the planta
tion, which is owned by J. 'K B.
Morrell, of Sylvania.
The three men were sewing a belt
preparing to gin cotton when the
accident occurred. Several negroes
besides the two helping Mr.
Thompson were standing in and just
on the outside of the boilerroom,
and why more than one was not
killed is a miracle.
The gin house, it is said, was mov
ed a foot by the explosion and the
nails in tnc entire building were
loosened. One entire side of the
building was torn off.
SOW FOR A STAND
Under normal conditions, sow six
pecks of wheat per acre. On well
prepared rich land, the rate can be
decreased to five or even four weeks
of good seed wheat.
Sow' 10 peeks of oats to the acre.
Sow r only recleaned seed.
Sow/ four peeks of common rye or
five pecks of Abruzzi or Georgia
rye.—The Progressive Farmer.
AGEIT SPENDS
WEEK IN JEFFERSON
Mrs. Powell Divides Time
Between Wadley, Bartow
and Wrens. Gives Several
Demonstrations During
Stay.
This week's work lias been given
to the towns of Jefferson County
by Mrs. Leona H. Powell, field dem
onstration agent, who has Waynes- i
boro for headquarters this year. This
county is in her territory and from
time to time she comes here spend
ing the week in practical demonstra
tions for the women of this district.
At other times she is in constant
communication with the people and
directs the work from Waynesboro.
A demonstration in the making of
dress forms was given Monday after
noon by Mrs. Powell at the home of
Mrs. J. T. Reid. This call meet
ing was not previously advertised
as well as might have been, there
fore only a few ladies were present
to receive the practical information.
In a short while another lesson will
begiven and at this time all who
desire to make forms w’ill he invit- j
ed to be present. This will be of j
inestimable advantage to the wo
men who make their dresses at
home and who do their own fitting, j
The material for these dress forms i
can be purchased for a dollar or (
very little more while the ready- j
made forms sell in the larger cities j
for sixteen dollars and more. In
addition to the economical value it
is said that the home-made forms
are more satisfactory in that the
measurements are more accurate as
the forms are made on the figure
and are therefore identical with the
human figure.
As home demonstration agent here
Mrs. Powell did a great work and
Louisville is fortunate to be in her
territory as field agent.
SWEET POTATO MARKET
SHOULD BE ENLARGED
There are undoubtedly tremend
ous possibilities in the sweet potato
industry in the South. The peo
ple of America as a whole arc not
using much more than one-tenth of
the' sweet potatoes they should use
—and would use if tney fully under
stood how delicious, wholesome,
and economical a food the sweet po
tato is. But if this great develop
ment is to be realized, the farmers
of the South must make plans for
advertising and developing the
Northern market instead of merely
organizing marketing associations to
supply the demand that already ex
ists.
There ought to be a federation of
sweet potato curing and marketing
assoriations and a large fund raised
for advertising sweet potatoes to
Northern customers, just as the
growers of raisins, oranges, and
prunes have advertised and devel
oped the market for their products.
If Soutnern sweet potato growers
are content to organize simply to
supply the present national demand,
they will soon be wrestling with an
unmarketable overproduction. But
if they will set out in a really ef
fective way to teach the Northern
market the many and varied uses
of the sweet potato, just as the rai
sin growers have taught the use
of raisins, then we have only "touch
ed the hem of tne garment'’ of
sweet potato possibilities.—The Pro
gressive Farmer.
We ought to reduce county ex
penses in most of our counties, but
it ought to be done by better busi
ness management and not by doing
away with constructive agencies
such as the county demonstration
agent, home demonstration agent,
and public welfare officer, or by
decreasing the efficiency of the
county superintendent of schools.
Better business methods in the
various county offices would often
greatly reduce expenses. There is
almost no excuse for paying a man
a good salary as county treasurer
when a bank can be bonded and
handle the funds witnout expense to
the county. Again, it is a waste
of money to put up expensive build
ings and hir ea management for a
poor house with only 15 or 20 in
mates. Several counties should
unite and have one poor house and
one management for the whole
group, thereby saving much money.
—T he Progressive Farmer.
NOTICE
All permits given heretofore to fish
ar hunt on any of my lands, are
■ancelled on and after Sept. 13. 1922.
After that date no permits will he
issued to fish except upon payment
af SI.OO per day for each person de
siring such permission.
L. R. Farmer
LARGE TOBACCO SALES
Winston-Salem, X. C„ Sept. 19.
Estimated sales of tobacco at the
opening of the warehouses here to
day were 701,228 pounds which sold
for a total of $154,480.52, or an aver
age of s22.nil. The amount sold was
three and a half times as much as
on the opening day of last year and
the average price 78 cents higher
per hundred.
COTTON shipped to BAT
TEY & CO., The Efficient
Cotton Factors of Savannah,
Ga., yields satisfaction as is
evidenced by the large vol
ume of business entrusted to
them. Isn’t ir, to your interest
to try them? Do it now and
be convinced.
) OUISVILLE, (.A., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1922.
JEWELL PUTS STRIKE
RESPONSIBILITY ON
RAILWAY EXECUTIVES
Roads Had No Legal Right
To Deny Men Returning To
Work Seniorty Rights, Say
Defense Attorneys.
Chicago, SepL Resposibility for
the railroad shop crafts strike was j
charged to the Association of Rail- 1
road Kxecutivcs by Bert M. Jewell
head of the strikers, in answering
Attorney-General Daugherty's in
junction bill today.
Mr. Jewell did not appear before
Judge Wilkerson in person, but bis
attorneys read into the record a 28-
page affidavit in which Mr. Jewell
recited the causes which he main
tains brought on the strike, detailed
the history of the various unsuccess
ful peace conferences which preceded
the agreement reached with some
roads here last week, and declared
the union leaders had never coun
tenanced violence.
He declared that since August 2nd,
when the strikers accepted President
Harding's second peace proposal the
railway executives have maintained
! a lockout against them.
“To all intents and purposes,” Don
ald R. Richbcrg, attorney for the de
fense said, interrupting the reading
of the affidavit, “the strike ended
August 2nd when the men told the
president they accepted his plan of
settlement. After that it was a lock
out.”
Mr. Jewell said he had been ad
vised by counsel that the railroads
had no legal right under the rules
of the United States railroad labor
board to deny his men their former
seniority rights when they resume
work.
The defense attorneys preceded
the Jewell affidavit with the intro
duction of 89 injunctions obtained
by various railroads against strikers
on their lines. They contended that
these local injunctions gave suffi
cinet guarantee against violence and
that a nation-wide restraining order
was unnecessary.
Assistant Attorney-General Crim
objected that the government had
the right to ask injunctions to pre
vent the destruction of interstate
commerce and interruption in the de
livery of the mails. The cause lead
ing up to the strike as the strikers
sec them date back to 1920. accord
| ing to the Jewell affidavit.
At that time the labor committee
| of the railway executives’ association
; beaded by President Gray of the Un
! ion Pacific, adopted a report lavor
| iug steps to organize regional ad
justment boards, as provided bv the
transportation act. \V. \V. Atter
bury, vice-president of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, presented a minority
report opposing such boards.
The majority report was rejected
by the association, and T. DcWitt
Cuvier, president of the executives,
appointed Mr. Atterbury to succeed
Mr. Gray as chairman of the labor
committee.
“This action of the Association of
Railway Executives,” Mr. Jewell
said, was regarded by the officers of
the railway employes’ department
and generally by hv the employes as
the begininng of a campaign by the
Association of Railway Executives
against the railway employes’ organi
zations and disintegrating their
memberships, and also as the be
ginning of a concerted effort to des
troy the effectiveness of the United;
States railroad labor board.”
On January 81. 1921, the affidavit
continues, Mr. Atterbury “made a
peremptory demand” before the la
bor board for abrogation of the na
tional agreements reached between
roads and employes under the rail
road administration during the war.
The board abrogated the agree
ments and referred dispted rules j
back to the principals, but when
they were unable to agree the board
again heard the case and promul
gated new rules, to which the shop
men objected.
Roads Violate Board Decision.
During the same period, Mr. Jew
ell said, two other controversies
were brought before the board and
decided in the employes’ favor, but
the “decisions were violated and dis
regarded by the railroads concern
ed.”
One dispute grew out of the prac
tice of letting contracts for shop
work to outside contractors who paid
their employes the prevailing local
wage scale instead of the rates fixed
by the board. The board declared
this practice unlawful.
The second dispute originated on
the Pennsylvania where union men
claimed the committee to represent
them in dispute was “hand-picked”
by the railroad executives. The
board ordered a new’ election. The
Pennsylvania sought an injunction
to rsetrain the board from interfer
| ing and Judge Page in district court
i here, graqfed it, but his decision was
reversed by the court of appeals
last June.
Denying the attorney-general’s
| contention in the government’s in
junction bill that the refusal of the
shopmen to accept a wage cut or
j derccr by the labor board prompted
; the walkout July Ist. Mr. Jewell dc-
I dared th eabove disptes were the
j prime motives behind the strike. In
point of fact, he said, the wage re
duction had not been passed on by
the board at the time the shopmen’s
convention authorized the strike vote
last spring. The question of wages
was added to the strike ballots, he
said, after the convention had ad
journed.
The unions involved, the affidavit
continues, had never countenanced
unlawful acts and in their strike in
structions warned members that vio
lence would not be supported.
The defense is expected to take
tomorrow and probably part of
Thursday in closing its case. The
temporary restraining order now
j temporarily in effect expires nuto
uuaticaJly Thursday at midnight.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
OPEN OCT. id#
Larger Attendance Expected
Than Ever Before. Good
Teachers Secured for All
Schools and Splendid School
Year Prophesied.
The County schools of Jefferson
will open Monday October the six
teenth and present indications are
that every school will have a lar
ger enrollment than ever before.
Jefferson County has now twenty
nine schools, about eighteen of
which have opened for work on a
date previous to the sixteenth, and
eleven schools which depend solely
on the Gounty for revenue and
therefore are unable to have as long
shoot terms, will commence the Fall
term in October. Eighteen schools
arc supported in part by local taxa
tion and as these schools have ex
panded in scope and embraced the
out-laying districts of the towns,
certain of the smaller schools known
as the “one-teacher” schools have
been closed and the enrollment con
solidated with the town schools.
These pupils are brought inti) the
towns by free trucks. Since last
school year two more schools have
been consolidated thus dispensing
with thirteen of these little country
schools.
The County Superintendent of
schools has secured the services of
an unusually strong teaching force
this year. Something over seventy
have applied for positions in the
schools and probably over a dozen
will qualify at the special examina
tion to be given next Saturday. Af
ter all available places were filled
there is even yet a long waiting list
of applications.
Every child in the County of
school age who is not enrolled in
school now should get ready to en
roll on October 16th. Jefferson
County has made some long strides
toward the better education of her
boys and girls with free schools,
free transportation and cheaper
school books, there is no reason why
every child should not avail him
self of that priceless heritage—an
education.
CONVICT CAMP TO BE
BRIGHTLY LIGHTER
Street Lighting System Ex
tended to Forks on Wrens
Road. Work Goes on Rapid
ly and Will be Completed in
Few Days.
The convict camp in the out-skirts
of Louisville will soon be lighted by
electricity and the street lighting
system will be extended to the folks
oT the Wrens Road.
Street lights on the Wren Road
heretofore extended only to the city
limits or to the house generally
known as the old Henderson home,
but as soon as work on the line can
be completed lights will he placed
at intervals as far out as the forks.
The convict camp will be wired by
the county and the camp as well as
the adjoining plot will have an all
night current. This plan will pro
tect country property from thefts
by night, and will reduce to a mini
mum the danger of friends of con
victs helping them to escape by giv
ing them any tools or outside aid.
The new’ lighting system will be a
satisfaction to all concerned, we be
live. The city of Louisville will re
ceive revenue from the additional
sale of current, the lights will prove
helpful to the chaingang guards and
to the convicts, and the people liv
ing along tiie Wrens road who may
connect with the city lighting sys
tem at a very small expense the plan
will prove pleasant as well as help
ful and economical. The line will
be in easy reach of the residences
of Mr. W. Y. Smith, Mr. Alexander,
Dr. L. D. Gale, Mr. Rubun, Mr.
Yearns and Mrs. Gibson. A number
of these people have made arrange
ments to put in electric lights at
once and others will have their home
wired at a later date.
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLUB
HOLDS MEETING.
The fall meeting of the Jefferson
County Federation was he'd in Bar
tow. The Bartow Woman’s Club
being the hostess.
The ladies of this club proved to
be ideal in their reception. A re
ceiving committee greeted us at the
door with a friendship how of white
and green ribbon. (Club colors.)
Our own dear Mrs. Hines in a
most enthusiastic manner gave an
interesting talk on “Club Ideals.”
A delicious barbecue dinner was
spread at the noon hour.
A wonderful spirit of co-operation
prevailed and Jefferson County has
a splendid future in regards to club
work.
Our county being as well organiz
ed, is due to the untiring efforts
of Mrs. P. K. Wren, our former
president.
Stapleton will entertain our spring
meeting.
MRS. M. A. EVANS,
Jefferson County Fed. Pres.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
The superintendent of Jefferson
County Schools announces the open
ing of all county schools on Monday,
October the lfith.
,Mr. Prcssly further calls attention
to the special examination to he held
at the Court House at ten o'clock
Saturday morning September the
28rd. All who wish to take the
teacher's examination will remem
ber the time and date.
NEW SERVICE OROER
MADE PUBLIC BY
I.C. COMMISSION
Covers Preferential Ship
ments Eastward of Missis
sippi ; Coal Has Been Put
in Priority Class.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The inter
state commerce commission today is- 1
sued anew service order covering
preferential shipments eastward
from the Mississippi and adding l
mine supplies, medicines, fertilizers,
seeds, news print paper and petro
leum to the list of commodities t
be given priority movement. The
order, effective at midnight, Sep
tember 20th, also permits use of op
en-top cars, after the discharge <l
coal carried in them, for transporta
tion of road and building construc
tion material, ore and mine sup
plies.
The new order cancels and super
sedes service order 23, and puts ail
coal shipments into the priority
class. Use of open-top cars for com
modities otherthan fuel is permit
ted under the ruling only when their
destination is in the direction in |
which the cars arc destined for coal,
loading.
The order was issued, the commis
sion explaiancd, as a result ot com
plaint that various necessary com
modities have not been handled cur
rently and promptly by reason of
embargoes issued by railroads dur
ing the rail and coal strike.
‘The production of bituminous
coal,” the commission said in an-
I nouncing it action, “has increased to
! approximately 9,500,000,000 a week
i and should with reasonable use, take
care of current needs, if tonnage and
new storage and waste of fuel and
equipment are carefully avoided.
The commission therefore feels that
it can now relax its previous order
by omitting general priorities by
classes of consumers,
j “By virtue of the general priority
which is given both the movement
j and use of open-top cars for coal. I
the effect of the change now made;
I is to advance all coal into a priority '
j class, instead of only those classes,
; of consumers formerly embraced in |
priority designation.
“While it was necessary . to
give priority in use to certain high
ly essential classes, this necessarily
involved deferring others. Under
existing circumstances, it is believed
that the course now taken will tend
to a considerable improvement in
the production of coal by facilitat
ing its movement and general dis
; tribution."
The railroads were directed by the
j commission to refuse open-top cars
to any shipper who fails to load
within 24 hours of the placement of
a car, or any consignee who fails
to unload in a like time. The com
-1 mission also amended the service
; order covering priority movement
on western railroads, to conform to
j the new order.
Important Caution to Those
Sowing Oats or Wheat
Wheat sowed with the drill has
every advantage over that sowed
broadcast. In some instances the
! seed are more evenly distributed.
I They are planted at a uniform depth
| where moisture conditions are like
ly to be more favorable and germin
ation much better. And wheat seed
led with the drill is less likely to
i suffer from winter-killing.
While the drill is an important
' factor in securing a*’heller stand of
wheat and carrying it through the
winter, it is practically a necessity
in the production of fall oats. Over
much of the South it is unsafe to
sow fall oats broadcast. Test after
test conducted by the experiment
stations have shown heavy or total
loss of stands of oats sowed broad
cast, while those sir-wed with the
grain drill in the same field on the
same day stood the same winter
freezes with little or no loss of
stand. Even in those sections of
the lower South where drilling of
oals is not absolutely necessary it
will pay in the same way that it
pays with wheat.
Before the grain drill came into
general use, farmers in some sec
tions of the South began to plant
oats in deep furrows to escape the
danger of winter-killing. This
method proved very effective. But
with the one-horse implements gen
erally used, this method is too slow.
It is doubtful if this deep furrow
method is any more"' effective any
where than seeding with the regu
lar grain drill provided the sowing
is done in proper season. It cer
tainly is not more effecitve in most
sections. If sowing is delayed so
late that the young plants do not
have time to get well established
before freezing weather the deeper
furrows might he of some advan
tage. At any rate, it may well be
said that sowing by the broadcast
method is not safe except in the
very lower portion of the South.
Those who do not have grain drills
and cannot secure the use of them
bad better use the open furrow
method of seeding oats where there
is danger of winter-killing.--The
Progressive Farm re.
SHOPMEN RETURN TO WORK
Mobile, Ala., Sept- 19.—Shopmen
of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad repair
shops to the number of 600 strong
who went out on strike eleven weeks
ago will return to work on Thurs
day.
•Notice to this effect was posted
today at the shop gates by railroad
officials. During the time that the
shops were closed not a man was
employed and not the slightest dis
order occurred among the GOO work
men.
METHODIST LADIES
MEET HEBE
Group Rally Great Success,
Marked by Good Speeches.
Basket Dinner Served
x
<hi Se|V Ihe Jefferson
ty grotoT>s/ M
ary Societies '-^Meth
odist church at Louis
visitors were present.
The meeting was called to o'**- ,*
b.' Mrs. Dillard, our district secre
tary. who was present and lead the
devotional services. Mrs. < . L
Powcres was elected group sccre
t a ry.
After the opening song and pray -
cr. Mrs. Kinman of Bartow, talked
on “the Devotional in the Mission
ary Society.” Mrs. Alien and Mrs
Gomors of Stillmorc, told of visit to
“Door of Hope” and to Wesley Me
morial hospital and of the great
work being done at these places. The
Yashti school was also discussed.
After song and prayer the meeting
adjourned.
At noon hour a lunch was served
by ladies of the Louisville Misison
ary Society on the church lawn.
The afternoon session was called
;to order by Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Brown
, oj Midville. gave a talk on the im
| portunce of Junior work. Mrs. Mil
i lard then told of the good work bc
i ing done in this district by the Ju-
I niors. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. ('.on
ners sang a duet which was greatly
j enjoyed. Mrs. Brown gave a most
; interesting sketch of Dr. Susan
| Brown's life. Dr. Brown is a medi
cal missionary who lias recently
j gone to China from this district,
i Mrs. Thomas read a paper on the
treasurer’s work.
A reading ‘What the Dollar Paid
l at Judgement” was given by Mrs.
Smith. A talk on tithing concluded
the program.
The next group meeting will be
i held at Wrens.
HOG SALE OCT. 10th.
There will he a co-operative fat
| hog sale in Louisville Tuesday , Oe-
I tober 10th. It had been planned
ito have this sale earlier but since
, several of tne farmers arc not ready
j to sell and also there has been a
• slump in price. Sec or write ('.. Y.
Shirley, county agent, and let him
i know how many hogs you can put
in this sale.
GOES TO SUPERIOR COURT.
Harlem. Ga.. Sept. 19. —J. I). An
i derson- white has been committed
to superior court on a charge of
shooting into the home of N. S.
Turner, at Sawdust, Saturday night,
barely missing Mrs. Turner and
her children.
This is a Mighty Good |
Time To Rid Your |
Premises Of Insects I
Of Ail Kinds
Royal Roach Powder 10c
Roach Rid 25c
Roach Terror 35c
Bee Brand Powder 60c ,30c an • subject to
_ _ -t and all
LeGears Insect Powder PTfoVId
Black Flag 40c antt““i&
Red Wing (Bellows Pkg.) 10c n
Flies and Roaches, like the 801 l \\ eevil,
seem to get a little worse each year, and
this.is a mighty good time to rid the place
of them.
-THE-
Louisville Drug Cos.
REXALL STORE
Louisville, Georgia.
“Going Since 1896—Growing All the
Time.”
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
LEAGUE OE NTlOffi
DISCUSSES DERIS
AN 0 REPARATIONS
Upon Such Questions. Says
Lord Roberts, Depends the
Whole Scheme of Disarma
ment.
READING OF REPORT
CAUSES SENSATION
Belgian Delegation Obliged
to Refer Matter to Its Gov
ernment; Method of Action
Presented Thursday.
Geneva, lnter-allied debts an i
reparations were brought into t
discussions of the league of nations
today when Lord Robert Cecil threw
into the disarmament committee bis
long-promised bombshell. It was in
the form of a supplemental report
to the committee, in which rie bold
ly opened discussions of the whole
question of inter-governmental war
debts and reparations, upon these
questions Lord Robert said depend
ed the whole scheme of disarma
ment.
His reading of the report caused
a sensation, which was intensified
when M. DeJouvenel, in behalf of
France, arose and said he was in
accord with Lord Robert that the
question of disarmament does de
pend on the economic situation to a
great extent and that the economie
situation is inseperably bound up
with the question of inter-govern
mental debts and reparations.
'The Belgian delegation announced
that it would be obliged to refer
the matter t<> its government. M.
DeJouvenel said he would present .*
method of action to the committee
when its meets again Thursday. It
is generally understood here that
Lord Robert and M. DeJouvenel are
in perfect accord, but not in full
harmony with the British delegation.
FORD REOPENS
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19*—Reopen
ing of the lord Company's plants
here and in other cities throughout
the country probably will await a
clearing up of transportation diffi
culties. particularly that now en
countered in moving fuel from the
Ford mines in Kentucky. E. G.
Lcibold, secretary to Henry Ford,
today told the Board of Commerce
| fuel committee. Withdrawal of the
: intetrstate commerce commission’s
“serviccorder” No. 23, which de
prives certain industries of coal,
I also was advocated by Mr. Lcibold.
