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CLAIM THEY SPOKE TO WAGON DRIVER Four Workmen Give Municipal Au1* thorities of New York a Description of Wagon Said to Contain Explosives. New York, Sept. 23.?Four workmen appeared at the Municipal build- 1 ing today and declared they hadj Bpoken with the driver of the death wagon that figured in the Wall Street explosion last Thursday. Particular interest was taken in their story for investigators vainly liorJ nrVif f f\ ocfoKllcVl lflpntltv D"f I tiau OVUgUV WW VMVMW?*v?4 .MV..?.V the driver. 1 The workmen said that five or ten ' minutes after the explosion of a bomb a man approached them when theyi' were standing in front of a buildinerl in the Wall Street district. According to their story the Strang- J er said his horses and wagon had' been blown up after he had left the ' vehicle to telephone to his employer. 1 He said he had been ordered to take ' building materials to Wall and Broad 1 streets but he had been unable to 1 - - - -. . , 1 * find the indefinite address given mm. After talking to the workmen, he 1 disappeared, they said. . The workmen, employed by a house 1 wrecking concern, described the 3 stranger as either a Slav or German 11 .about five feet seven and weighing!* < v 160 to 170 pounds. He wore a dark ' blue serge suit, they said. Miss Rebecca Epstein a 20 year old < stenographer who claims also to have seen the driver of the/ death wagon before the explosion previously had . told the district attorney that he wore < brown overalls. ( f POISONING PEOPLE TO J PREVENT STARVATION ] Sp.-' _. \ Honolulu, Sept. 23?Chinese in the n ? ?'Jr\-? QV>or?tnncr ] limine riuuca piwuivc va uuu?vm?d . are poisoning entire families to avoid ; slow death by starvation, according i to Tokio cable advices to the Nippu i Jiji, Japanese" language newspapers 1 here. A hhndred million dollar fund is needed to save the people in the j starvation districts, the advices ad- i ded. - J i i LCLCLCLCLELELCLELCLELCLEIELI JIJIJIJIJIJIJ UIJIJIJIJ U13 I i mamsmmmm I I Rai J: ? | g%\fi I 1 The War En ^ 7 | | Touring ffi Riinnhn ji | Coupe i [1 M The Ford M r 1 m that it has on 11 jjj This company Q; al bought at Y J order to brine maintain the i I j gj We are a I! 1 For ii I i LESS THAN CENT FOR EACH PERSOIN Membership Cost in League Of Na> tions?Total Figure Given. Washington, Sept. 23.?The Democratic national committee, in z statement issued here tonight, declared that membership of the United States in the league of nations this year would cost but a small fraction of a cent for each person in the country. The total cost foi this country from last April to next January was placed at $31,099.50. The stat'e department, according L ? -i-1- ? x^a^aiviam^ V?of 10 inc CUII1II11 LL^t: sidLeiiiciii<, imo igceived an official statement from the secretary of the league showing its budget for the nine months to be ten million gold francs, the present exchange value of each being approximately six and one-half cents. "If the United States were included," said the committee statement, 'this expense would be $31099.50 for each major nation, or twenty-eight and one-fifth hundredths of a mill for each person in the country, basing calculations on in approximate population of 110,000,000 people in this country. Appropriations for army, navy and fortifications made by the present congress from June 30 , 1920 to Tune 31, 1921, total $844,219,943.37." :holera claims thousands New York, Sept. 23.?Carpenters ire unable to build enough coffins foi :holera victims in West China de:lared a letter received here today bs :he American Baptist Foreign Mission Society from Dr. Jos. Taylor its representative. Chen-tu. Under date August 10, Mr. Taylor wrote: "The cholera is raging in Chen-tu P<rople are dropping dead in the streets and the supply of coffins has run out. Altho carpenters are working day and night, the dead have tc De buried in trenches. "The people look upon the scourge as a visitation of the supreme be :ng who is punishing them for theii ?ins." i n n rinn pin Finn riri lUlUlLllLllLIUlillUlUlJllilJL ,'T< : V, 'J I nBBBHnMHB is Over and War P Will : Car with StarU ut with Starter cith Starter and emountable Rim otor Company makes this re< hand immediate orders for 1 i will suffer a temporary loss ligh prices. They are willing I business back to normal as c momentum of the buying pow< it Your Command w d Service d Dealer FBMBggBRRgggfi NO CREDIT GIVEN I TO UPHOLD PRICES Government Not Party To Conspiracy?AH Appeals Denied. Washington, Sept. 23.?Gradual i return to the law of supply and de. mand as a governing influence over - prices ,and the end of "war charges' > for necessary commodities was preI dieted today by Government officials i in explaining the government's atti tude on credit extension. ; Secretary Houston declared requests for credit could not be list; ened to where such aid might mean the preservation of high price levels, i He added that many persons com' plaining of what they term the rei strictive policy of the federal re: serve 'board wish credit to enable them to hold their commodities until market conditions produce higher prices. Mr. Houston said the government could not lend its aid un der such circumstances without be ' coming a party to a conspiracy against the consumer. Credit for marketing of commodities may be had from the local banks. Governor Harding of the board has told the representatives of the cotton and wool growers ' stock men and farm associations who have sought the influence of the board for the extension of i rredit. DisDosal of their stocks as * \ the demand will absorb them, Mr. Harding said, will- enable^ producers to liquidate their holdings 5 and ease a falling market. Prices on articles which have been under governmental control ?? I FRANCE WILL FAY EVERY CENT OF LOAN Paris, Sept. 22.?France will pay( . every dollar of the $250,000,000 loan 5 due in New York October 15, M.| J Francois-Marshal, minister of finance' I ? . ! >'officially announced to tne caDinet council today. ; This sum is France's share of the: - $500,000,000 Anglo-French loan : floated in the United States during J the war. w fi f i i-i pi n r-i pi pi w pi riHiini lUUUUUUUIJUIJUUUIZ Price THE UNIVE rices Must Also Go. Be Sold F.O.B. Detroi ir . . . $510.00 mm on yjs * \yvy? v v is . . . $745.00 duction In face of the fact 146,065 cars and tractors. while using up the materito make this sacrifice in luickly as possible and * er of the country. rith Regular Ford Effic E. F. A1 unriripifinnnnnnririr SBDDnuuB IJIJMIJ BIJII have broken sharply, according to i Howard E. Figg (special assistant 1 to the attorney general in charge of 1 the campaign to lower living costs, 1 who cited recent statements of the i bureau of labor statistics and sub- i CICI nripin nnw nnripir ilJ IJIJUIJIJUUUUUUUI ??? s?f Ford RSAL CAR Effective at Once Fo t at the Following Pr Sedan with Stari Demountal Truck with Pnei Tractor Henry Ford says: "Trie over. There is no sense < standard of values. In th< ular effort was made to br of the country down to re( :iency in Service and RNOLD stantiating his claim. For the next c bwo years, Mr. Figg said, the distri- d bution of food, feeds and clothing n will be governed by supply and de- tl mand without the need for govern- p ment supervision of prices. Mer- fc 'Jr . Let's sett] this right No man ever, smoked better cigarette than You'll find Camels uneq any cigarette in the wor price because Camels every feature that can cigarette supremeI Camels expert blend < Turkish and choice 1 tobaccos puts Camels in themselves. Their sm will appeal to you, an you to smoke liberally w: ing your taste! Camels leave no unpleai retty aftertaste nor uc uigareuy uuui i You'll prefer Camels blen kind of tobacco smoked r Camels are Bold everywhere in edentifi packages of 20 cigarettes; or tea pac cigarettes) in a glassing paper-covered strongly recommend this carton for t Hk office supply or when you travel. Winston-Salem, N. C. Produi U >rd Cars, Trucks and 1 ices: \er and )le Rims . . . $1 imatic Tires . $5 $7 u/an to Avor anH it ic timfi WAP I or wisdom in trying to maintain e best interest of all it is time a ing the business of the country |ular pre-war standards." Eagerness to Fill You Abbeville, South Carolii ?! hants throughout the country, he eclared, are realizing prices must leet the demand for their good and ^ h hat the return to nearly normal or r?war conditions is not far disant v ' '9 i " i m i now! ,|| cLel! jf^M l d permit I 1 *a*?8 ^12? R I LI* J carton. Wo Q Jintf J be home or IU i . flpHHl , liiyitfMiiMifitfSinjiiJiiiTir TlrfMUUMWMMMWUMI " ' ]l -M i iim m cj 'rM cts j II tractors !! i . || '95.00 | [| Of) i! ' M t/ V V ==. . ? '90.00 I [i prices were I J | an artificial jjj [I ' real pratic- m [ j and the life I ( r Order jj I} | [ j rici 3 ^ fgiafiiigfiifaigiHiEfaiaian \ . ' - * .... . i . . .a