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HEART FAILURE CAUSES DEATH
Came As A Surprise To Friends; As
He Was Expected To Take Seat
in Senate After the First
Of the Year
Washington. — Senator Boies Pen
rose of Pennsylvania, died here late
Saturday night alter a brief Illness.
Senator Penrose, who was 61 years
old, had been complaining lor some
days, but it was stated repeatedly by
his friends that his condition was im-
proving and that he would be able
to resume bis d.ties in Ibe senate
this week.
His recent work as chairman of the
finance commission In handling tax
and tariff legislation was a greater
physical hardship, his friends said,
than he himself realized.
Sudden Change for Worse.
Senator Penrose died of pulmonary
thrombosis, as a result of heart fail-
ure. Dr. Roy D. Adams, his physician
announced. Doctor Adams and two
nurses were the only persons in the
room when the end came.
High officials and leaders of both
parties Joined in expression of re-
gret over the death of Senator Boies
Senator Boies Penrose
Penrose of Pennsylvania, for a quart-
er of a century an outstanding figure
in republican councils.
Both branches of congress, upon re-
convening next Tuesday, adjourned
for the day out of the respect to the
late senator. A request of Senator Pen-
rose that his funeral should be private
and that no congressional committees
should be appointed was communicat-
ed to Vice President Coolidge for
Rpeaker Gillett and probably will be
"olios ed.
Body Sent Home.
The body of Senator Penrose was
taken to Philadelphia accompanied by
Dr. Charles D. Penrose of Philadel-
phia, a brother and others.
Penrose was born in Philadelphia
November 1, 1860. He received his
education In the public and private
schools of Philadelphia and attended
the law school of Harvard universl
ty, from which he was graduated in
1881.
The late senator was one of the
most interesting personalities In the
upper house, which he entered in 1897
as a successor to the late Senator J. I
Donald Cameron He was one of the I
wealthiest batchelor In the senate.
Author Bangs Near Death.
Atlantic City, N. J ,—The condition
of John Kendrick Bangs, author and
lecturer, operated upon for intestinal
trouble is exceedingly grave, his phv-
ilcian reported recently. The report
eaid that Mr Bangs was slowly loa
ing his vitality aud was failing to
respond to the treatment as he
should.
EDGAR A. G. PROCHNIK
Edgar A. 0. Prochnik, who has been
accepted by the State department aa
Austrian charge d'affaires at Wash-
ington.
BUSINESS IS NEARING NORMAL
RESERVE BANK SAYS RATES
CAUSER OMJNREST
Makes Statement That Lower Cereal
And Cotton Prices Retard Ac-
tion on Frozen Loans.
Sabine Porta Are Tied Up.
Beaumont. Texas.—Ports of Beau-
mont. Port Arthur and Orange of the
Sabin* district are tied up because of
a strike of longshoremen. The men
walked out demanding an increase In
wages afireed upon by a recent con
Terence between shippers, steamship
agents and longshoremen. In Beau
mont 125 men quit work
Organizes Chamber of Commerce
Okeene.— With plans for a year of
Intensive work, a permanent organixa
tlon of a chamber of commerce hat
been effected here The club Is begin
ntng wtrh a membership of twenty
n<ne business men Fred Mefaew is
president of the new organisation. F
A. Luder first vice president; F T
8'aider. second vice president; C C
Wisdom, secretary, and Frank Howley.
treasurer The first three men named
and E R Black and H Buckingham
eonstltue the board of dlrettors.
Washington. — Continued upward
movement of business and the grad-
ual restoration or normal conditions
are indicated In the comparison of
reports in the past month with those
of corresponding month of 1920, ac-
cording to the December review of
the economic situation issued by the
federal reserve board.
Net improvement wa» found by the
board despite the recession of busi-
ness activity in December as com-
pared with the same month last year.
“The holiday trade,” the board said,
“ia a test 6f the soundness of preced
Ing business activity.”
Demand la Increased.
Reports from the various federal
reserve districts covering over half of
the month show that this year's de-
mand in the eastern districts has reg-
istered an increase running as high as
10 percent of that of 1920, while in
other districts the situation is pro-
nounced satisfactorily.
Manufacturing conditions, however,
tile board reported, as far from uni
form, there being a decrease of ac-
tivity in the iron and steel industry
with textiles showed little change
from the previous months and uncer-
tainty exists as to the future of the
clothing industry, due to labor dis
turbances and the continued demand
of consumers for lower prices.
Freight Rates Rapped.
“Freight rates,” the board said,
“continue as a disturbing factor due
to the belief that reductions already
announced may be much more widely
extended in the near future. "
Relatively lower prices for cereals
and cotton, the board continued, had
discouraged trade in the agricultural
districts and also had resulted in re-
tarding the process of liqulding
frozen loans. Hardware and related
lines were also said to be in an un-
satisfactory condition but wholesale
prices “are showing increased stabil-
ity.” Unemployment conditions were
reported by the board as but little
changed.
“A decided improvement in Euro
pean exchanges.” the board said, ' has
tended to some extent to help the for-
eign trade situation during the month
of December, but the extreme cau-
tion in the extension of bank credits
which was previously so notable a
phase of our freight trade still con
tlnues. Export figures indicate a still
further decline of activity in staples,
while imports show an advance.
Violence in Omaha Steika.
Omaha, Neb.—John Enright, who
gave his home at Invermay. Canada,
was slightly injured when attacked
by a number of men in the zone &f
fected by the strike in the packing
industry, now in its fifth w aek, Po-
lice Captain Allen reported. Enright
told the police he had come to Oma
ha to visit a relative and had no in
tentlon of going to work in a packing
house.
JUDGE CLAIRE C. EDWARDS
PEACE DISTANT
SECRET SESSIONS ARE TO
BE HELD IN ATTEMPT
FOR AGREEMENT
ME CHANGE FOR SIGNING
Leaders of Both Parties are Repre-
sented In Secret Session and
Neither Is Expected to Give
In To the Other
Dublin.—The Dail Eireann which
met with disruption threatened, ad-
journed in the hope that a basis of
agreement might be reached between
the supporters and the opponents of
the treaty.
The peace committee which is try-
ing valiantly to pateft up a- reconcil-
iation between the two factions, is
in session and will report at a pri-
vate session of the Dail.
Correspondent Is Rescued.
The announcement of the existence
of a peace committee was the chief
feature. A thrill was given to the
general situation by the revelation
that armed men, assumed to be re-
publication oppontents of the treaty,
had kidnapped the correspondent of
the London Times. Word lias been
received, however, that he was res-
cued by agents of Michael Collins.
No member of the cabinet is in the
peace committee, which is made up
almost exclusively of members of the
rank and hie of the Dail. The most
notable of these are Owen D’Duffy,
member for Monaghan, and liaison of-
ficer of Ulster, who is a supporter of
the treaty, and Liam Mellowes, an
uncompromising republican, who will
have nothing to do either with the
treaty or De Valera’s alterative pro-
posals.
The efforts of the peacemakers are
believed to be directed toward an ar-
rangement which would allow the
treaty to go through, at the same time
safeguarding the republican position
in the future. Owen O’Duffy explain-
ed the purpose of the meeting, where-
by De Valera’s leadership would be
retained and said the committee had
before it a document it a document
which could not reveal.
ASKS FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
Judge Claire C. Edwards of Wau-
kegan, III., is presiding over the trial
of Governor Small of Illinois, who is
accused of embezzlement of publio
funds.
CLYCLONE IN OKLAHOMA TOWN
WIND STORM WAS ACCOM-
PANIED BYJIEEDED RAIN
Power Houses Were Destroyed and
Oil Rigs Demolished Which Were
In the Path of Storm
Henry Ford Hae New Competitor For
Nitrate Plant.
Florence, Ala.,—The Construction
Company of Northern America is a
competitive bidder for the govern-
ments nitrate plants and power plants
at Muscle Shoals, C. C. Tinkler, presi-
dent of the corporation, announced.
The company proposes, he said, to
houses and to defray the cost by the
sale of an issue of twenty-five year
serial 4 percent bonds secured by this
project. The redemption of these
bonds, he explained, would reimburse
the government for the total amount
invested and after it was so reim-
bursed the corporation would operate
the plants under the direction and
control of a board consisting of five
members, two selected by the com-
pany and two by the government and
a fifth member chosen by the four,
With this board would rest final de-
cision as to the feasibility of com-
pleteing dam No. 3 and operating one
or both the nitrate plants.
Provide* Bonus From Foreign Debts.
Washington.—Division of the $11,-
000.000 foreign debt due the United
States among the men who served In
the American and allied armies on a
half and half basis, was proposed tn a
bill introduced by Representative
ber of the house appropriations mir-
Husted, republican. New York a men-
tnittee.
School* To Coach Postmastsr*.
Washington —Beginning with the
new year orders issued by Postmast-
er General Hays, newly appointed
postmasters will be required to at-
tend school, where they will be
taught, among the other things, how
to meet the public, their places in
the community; how. through public-
ity, to educate the public ia the uas
of the malls, how to handle com
ptaicts. guard the mails and maintain
proper relationship.
CALLS FOR FARM SESSIONS
Harding Is Expected To Be Speaker
As Meeting Is Called to Order.
Washington,—The national agricul-
tural conference suggested several
days ago by President Harding to con-
sider means of relieving distress a-
tnong the farmers, was called by Seo
retarv Wallace to meet in Washington
January 23.
The agricultural secretary. In an-
nouncing the call, said is was expect-
ed that Mr. Harding would open the
conference. Invitations to persons se
lected to comprise the personnel of
the gathering, it was said, are being
sent out and announcement of the
list of delegates will be made as soon
as all the acceptance are received.
The secretary. It was learned, is
making up the personnel not only
from the agricultural interests hut
also those interests which are inti-
mately associated with agriculture, in
the transportation, marketing and dis-
tribution of farm products.
State Farmers Get $107,000
Washington—Approval of 372 ad-
vances for agricultural and livestock
purposes, aggregating $13.$68 000 dur
ing the week ending December 31. was
announced. From December 29 to De-
cember 31 the board said, it approved
255 advances for these purposes, ag
giegating $9,350,000. and including
Oklahoma $107,0ft#; Illinois. $710 000,
Missouri, $845.00, and Texas $566000.
Tulsa, Okla.—Carrying the wreck-
age of five power houses from the
Turley and Braid creek oil fields be-
fore it, a tornado struck Turely, a lit-
tle town of about 300 inhabitants six
miles north of Tulsa recently smash-
ing three homes and a garage and in-
juring four people.
The strom, following a path about
seventy-five feet wide, and lasting
barely four minutes, just precieded
high winds that did considerable dam-
age in Tulsa. Damage in Turley is
estimated at between $7,000 and
$8,000.
Ponca City,—Terrific wind, accom
panied by the first rain here since
September, did considerable damage
throughout this district.
The Marland Oil company lost two
oil rigs in the immediate Ponca City
field and nine in the western Osage.
The home of J. M. Spencer in South
Ponca City was entirely destroyed and
six homes were unroofed with lighter
damage done to twenty-five others.
An immense hide tanning plant be-
ing errected at the 101 Ranch, was
blown down. The rain was greatly
needed by wheat and pasture crops.
ROBBERS LOOT MAIL SACKS
A Blue Overcoat Belonging To A
Youth Is Only Clue Left.
Perry, Okla.—Robbers broke into
the Santa Fe railroad station and got
away with thirteen pouches of parcel
post and one of mall.
Postoffice authorities, who arrived
In Perry to investigate the case de-
clared on the amount of the loss.
The only clue to the robbers is a
blue overcoat evidently left by one
of them in their hurry to get away.
The coat was about the size which
might be worn by an 8yearold boy
officers said.
The burglars entered the baggage
room by prying open me lock with
an iron bar. Tracks of a vehicle,
which might have been used to haul
aw'ay the mail, were not dlscernable.
The mall pouches were thrown off
at Perry from No. 405 Santa Fe
Bouth bound train, which arrives here
at 9 40 o'clock each night As the
postoffice is closed at that time the
pouches are kept at the station in
the baggage room each night.
Reorganize Fur Exchange.
St. Ixrais. Mo..—A tentative plan for
University Is Headed by Jones.
Columbia. Mo,—The board of cure
tors of the University of Missouri,
meeting in St. Louis, elected Dr. J. C.
Jones president of the university to
succeed Dr A. Ross Hili, who resigned
several months ago to become con-
nected with the American Red Cross.
Dr. Jones, who for many years was
head of the college of arts and sci
ences of the university had been act-
ing president since Dr. Hill quit.
TOLD BRIEFLY
THE NEWS OF SEVEN
DAYS IN ALL LANDS
Workers Lose Labor Board Appeal.
Chicago.—Two cases of railroad em-
ployes dismissed from the service for
absenting themselves from their work
without permission were upheld by
the railroad labor board. One case
was that A. L. Callahan, forman at
al A Great Northern, who turned his
FortWorth, Texas, on the Internation-
train over to two helpers without ob
taining permission from the yard mas-
ter. His dismissal was upheld by the
board.
Places Big Rail Order.
New York,—The first large steel ex-
the reorganisation of the International port contract of the year—13,000 tons
Fur Exchange was announced to in-J of rails for the Japanese government
elude the issuance of $820,000 worth J —wav annuenced by the U. S. Steel
of stock. The amount would be equal-1 Products company, the export agency
ly divided wto common and prefered
holding* Stockholders of the old
company will be given the opportun
Ity to purchase the common stock
The creditor banks, which have been
liquidating the ease's of the old com
of the U. S Steel corporation. The
rails will be manufactured at the En
sley plant of the Tennessee Coal ft
Iron company, the largest southern
subsidiary cf the V. 8. Steel corpor
allot Officials ef the U. 8. Steel
psny will probably buy the prefered , Corporation declined to meke public
stock, la is acnounoed. j tbs selling price.
Peace Notes.
M. Sarraut, head of the French
delegation to the arms conference,
has branded as utterly false the
charges of the republic of Chita that
France and Japan were secretly mov-1
ing to establish a protectorate over
Siberia and thwart America’s aims
there.
+ + J +
An invitation to the United States
to join the proposed financial cor-
poration of 20 million pounds backing
to aid in the economic restoration of
Europe will be extended to Ambassa-
dor Harvey at Cannes, it is stated on
good authority.
*§• *§• 4*
M. Sarraut, head of the French dele-
gation at th§ -arms parley, has defi-
nitely put his nation on record as in
lending fully to live up tq her finan-
cial war obligations. He attempted,
at the same time, to set at rest ru-
mors and suspicions which have been,
in his belief, unjustly turning public
jpinion in America against France.
+ + +
Lloyd George is reported on highest
authority to have decided to engage
in preliminary conversations with Pre-
mier Briaud just before the Cannes
meeting convenes. He will attempt
to dissuade France from the policy of
detachment.
+ + +
The German financial representa-
tives, who met the members of the
reparations commission in Paris, were
not able, or not willing, to give any
promises as to dates or methods of
payment of the 500 million gold marks
(125 million dollars) due January 15.
The fact remains, however, that
France feels herself justified in ad-
vancing January 15, unless Germany
pays.
+ + +
So intense has been the feeling en-
gendered by developments at the
arms conference in Washington that
it is likely to have A repercussion in
Cannes early in January, when the
allied premiers meet to discuss eco-
nomic and financial matters.
+ + +
Efforts to limit the naval strengtn
of the powers in submarines and aux-
iliary warships came to an abrupt end
at Washington after they had drawn
the French and British arms confer-
ence delegates into a plain spoken
exchange over the possibilities of a
future war between France and the
British empire.
+ + +
Premier Lenine and War Minister
Leon Trotzky, after lengthy perora-
tions before the all-Russian soviet,
won a vote of confidence from that
body for military warfare against all
enemies, if necessary.
+ + +
Washington.
President and Mrs. Harding threw
the White House doors open to the
public for the first New Year’s recep-
tion held there in nine years. The
number responding to the general in-
vitation was estimated officially at
0,500.
4 4 4
Immigration based on blood re-
lationship, instead of the present per-
centage basis, will be championed by
Representative Albert Johnson of
Washington, chairman of the house
immigration committee, in the pres-
ent session of congress.
+ + +
The government’s nation-wide cam-
paign against profiteering and food
law violators has gathered momen-
tum. Launchel by Attorney General
Daugherty with an appeal to all state
attorneys general for closer co-opera-
tion with federal prosecutors. The
movement forecasts a fight to the
finish for lower prices.
4 + 4
President Harding has directed Sec-
rotary Wallace of the agricultural de-
partment to call a national confer-
ence to meet in Washington within
the next few weeks to “consider the
agricultural problems of the Ameri-
can people.”
4 4 4
The question of leaving a small
representation of American soldiers
indefinitely with the allied armies of
occupation in Germany has not yet
been decided, it was said recently at
the White House, but if any are left
the number will be small.
♦ * ♦
Domestic.
Gov. Len Small of Illinois has been
freed of every charpe against him ex-
cept that of conspiring with Lieut.
Gov. Fred E Sterling and Vernon
Curtis to defraud the state of $2,000,-
000 during Mr. Sterling’s term as
state treasurer.
+ 44
Lieuts. Samuel M. Davis and Wil-
liam Sinclair were killed and their
bodies burned when their airplane
crashed five miles from Arcadia. Fla.,
recently. The officers were stationed
at Carlstrom field.
♦ ♦ ♦
The full weight of the administra-
tion. from the President down, ia to
be thrown behind further legislation
designed to give relief In the agricul-
tural sections, when congress recon-
venes This policy was decided upon
after several conferez.ee* of adminis-
tration officials with members of sen
green
♦ ♦ ♦
High officiels of the administration
believe that the conference, if it does
noth lag more, furnishes a distinct net
gain for the United Staten, whatever
else may transpire
A million dollars a day will
saved by the American people in
1922 in freight and passenger rates,
according to estimates just made at
Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha.
The immense seving is due to the re-
duction in rates, plus the sum saved
by the abolition of the government
tax on freight bills and passenger
tickets.
♦ 4
A campaign to defeat Senator Lodge
for renomination at the Republican
primary next fall was launched in
Worchester, Mass., recently at a
meeting of the council presidents in
Worchester County of the American
Association for the Recognition of the
Irish Republic.
+ +
One man was killed and thirty-
five persons injured in a rear-end (
crash of two 5-car trains on the Ninth
avenue elevated line at Fortieth street
and Ninth avenue. The rear car of
the first train and the foremost car
of the second train telescoped.
4 + +
Miners in the Tennessee-Kentucky
coal fields have agreed to a wage cut
of about 30 per cent on piecework
and $2.50 a day for day labor, ordered
by D. Stewart Miller, refereee. Many
mines in the Tennessee-Kentucky
fields are not working.
+ 4 +
A plan to use four thousand unem-
ployed men in Philadelphia as night
watchmen, their wages to be paid by
contributions of 15 cents weekly by
each family in the territory they are
to guard, has been suggested to the
unemployed committee by Mayor
Moore. The plan, it is said, has the
indorsement of police department of-
ficials.
+ 4 +
Southwest.
Clem Stuart, 11, is near death at
his home at Malvern, Ark., with a
knife wound in his back aud lungs,
and John Stanley, 12, is under arrest
as the result of a fight between the
two boys over the propriety of ring
ing the school bell to welcome in the
new year.
+ + +
Continued rains in the Bradshaw
Mountains north of Phoenix, Ariz.»
have caused Cave Creek to break
through the Arizona canal, the north-
ern boundry of the Salt River Valley
irrigation district again.
4 +
The Osage Indian agency has re-
ceived a government order to begin
paying claims against incompetent
Osages, under bill of March 3. The
claims amount to more than $700,000
It is estimated $200,000 will be paid
within a month, or as soon as the
claims are checked.
+ + +
A degree of dofctor of laws has been
conferred upon Jean James Jusser-
and, French ambassador, by Washing-
ton university of St. Louis. Ambas-
sador Jusserand Is president of the
American Historical Association in
convention there.
+ 4 +
Sheriff D. C. Livingston of Sdpulpa
claims the distinction of having cap-
tured the first stolen airplane in the
state of Oklahoma. This machine,
stolen from Mart Adams of Ok’ahoma.
City, was found by the sheriff parked
in a field south of Sapulpa.
+ 4 +
Foreign.
Serious trouble between sailors
from Italian and American warships
at Shanghai developed when a band
of some too score Italian sailors sur-
prised and attacked about a dozen
American Jackies in a cafe and then
I went from one cafe to another seek-
I Ing out and attacking isolated groups
! of Americans.
+ 4 +
A statement from Premier Lloyd
George has been issued in London to
the effect that the government had
gone to the utmost limit in the Irish
treaty and that it was impossible to
reopen the discussion.
+ + +
A bomb was exploded among the-
crowd listening to a band In the mar-
ket place of Dinkelsbuehl. Bavaria,
New Year's eve, injuring fifty per-
sons, twenty of them severely. The
thrower of the bomb, a youth, and
several other persons were arrested.
4 4 4
Chile has broken off negotiations
with Peru regarding the dispute over
the provinces of Tacna and Arica, de-
claring that furthere exchange of
views is useless. In a note sent in re-
ply to the latest Peruvian communi-
cation.
4 4 +
A substitute for coal, having all the
uses and costing only half as much
as the genuine article, was demonstra-
ted In Berlin recently by the inventor.
Ludwig Preuckner. an assistant in the
medical investigations office at Mu-
nich.
+ + 4
Americans holding claims against
German subjects are permittel now
to make settlement direct. It was an-
nounced. since the American govern-
ment has declined to become a party
to the inter-allied clearing process
provided for in the treaty of Versailles
4 4 ♦
The Mexican chamber of deputies
was invaded by armed forces recently
for the first time in Its history, when
troop* were called into quell fighting
m the galleries between factions sym
pathizing with the Liberal Constitu-
tionalist party and the Social Demo-
cratic bloc
4 4 4
Leon Trotiky ears tne strength of
the bolshertst army of Ruszia at pres-
ent Is 1.175.000 men and he urged
that It be kept at that figure on ac-
couat of danger of war with Poland.
* FtoUad Rumania or ia the Far Eaa*
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