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VOLUME 4— NUMBER 92
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SOME DEFECTS
EUE ISLAND
And Seven Recommendations Com
mittee Will Make For Immigra
tion Regulations.
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 16—Some of the
defects of Ellis Island and seven rec
ommendations which the Congression
al committee will make to the House
for a "tightening Uf) ' of immigration
regulations throughout the United
States, particularly as they apply to
anarchists, bolshevists and other ul
tra radicals, were indicated here to-1
day by officials of the United States I
Immigration Station and by Repre- j
. sentative Issac Siegel, a member of!
the committee which has been inves-1
tigating this port of entry.
These recommendations, according
to Mr. Siegel, will Include (1) Nat
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Yo« can t tell ^Red by looking at
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declared one of the Ellis Is- .
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You cant catch a
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Red by cross-examining him. They ..
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are far too wily and shrewd. It is .
only after they have been m the coun
try for s sufficient length of time that
yon discover their pernicious beliefe
and when you do no tune should be
lost m deporting them. No examina
tion, prior to cntry can give the pro
teetlon intended by he law. It is nee
essanly perfunctory and ineligible )n
aliens are bound to slip through be- .
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cause of our wrong methods- j
New York has the biggest .mm.
gration station m the country, he _
said, the others being at Boston Bal
timoré, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
San Francisco and Seattle, Wash.,
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Norfolk, Va., and Galveston, Tex., are
ports of entry with inspection officers
but are not classed as "stations" like
Ellis Island'and the rest. It is com
paratively easy to shut out the men
tally and physically defective when
they come in at these big ports, said
Congressman Siegel, but the big pro
blem is to prevent the entrance of
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undesirable aliens over our Northern
an 601 era "
Inadequate as our immigration
machinery may be in New York an< *!
other large ports," said the Congress
men, "it is much more effective than
the machinery we have along the in
temational boundary lines of Canada
and Mexico. We have no means of
uralization Courts in large cities; (2)
a method of requiring all young Am
ericans to take the oath of allegiance
upon reaching 21 years; (3) abolition
of the office of Comihissioner Gener
al of Immigration; (4) appointment
of an Assistant Secretary of ther De
partment of Labor to supervise all
immigration; (4) appointment of an
Assistant Secretary of the Depart
ment of Labor to supervise all immi
gration affairs, (5) mandatory legis
lation providing for more rigid in
spection at Ellis Island where 80 per
cent of incoming aliens arrive; (6)
a military immigration patrol on the
Canadian and Mexican borders ;(7)
more drastic penalty for ship own
ers who permit alien members of
crews to desert.
him,
land officials.
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democratic government, have surrep
titiously entered the United States.
St il another means of illegal ingress «
has been for Reds to ship as sailors
and desert upon reaching this coun
try. Under our present law the ship
owners can be penalized by a $10 fine
only. We purpose making the penalty
more stringent."
The House committee, Mr. Siègel
said, will recommend the establish
ment of the Naturalization Court so
that Federal and other judges, whose
time is taken up with hearing hun
dreds of civil and criminal cases, may
relieved of a task of immense import
ance to th ecountry's welfare but
which, by the very nature of tilings
at present, is generally slighted from
sheer judicial necessity.
Last year, Mr. Siegel said, the gov
ernment realized a net profit from
naturalization fees of $450,000 and
the profit to date since the beginning
of the immigration service has been
$10,000,000. Such a court ,it was said
could expedite bearings and "undesir
ables" instead of being released on
their own recognizance or paroled in
the custody of their lawyers .could be
* ordered deported within thirty days.
One judge, said the Congressman,
his mind "preoccupied with other cares
recently had a lot of naturalization
before kirn. The crowd in the
courtroom repr es ented several nat
ionalities. Soon a bailiff shouted:
"All you Czecho-Slovaks bold up your
hands!" Up went the hands of about
a dosen. The judge, t hinking of oth
knowing how many men and women,
hostile to American institutions and
•r pressing mutters, soberly remark
ed: "Gentlemen of the jury? » but
re c o v ere d himself and admin
the oath of citizenship. Here
ny which should have
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Assistant Secretary of Labor With
Jurisdiction Over All Immigration
Matters, Etc.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, December 16 —
Creation of an additional office of
Assistant Secretary of Labor with
jurisdiction over all immigration
matters, deportation of alien draft
slackers and strengthening of. border
patrol service againstf undesirables,
are among the recommendations made
by Commissioner General Camietti of
I the Immigration Bureau in his annual
j report.
suspended completely were opposed j
by the commissioner on the ground j
that st would have an "injurious ef-j
fect u P° n our efforts to further Am ~
Suggestions that immigration be
erican commerce and enterprise inj
foreign countries.
war-time passport vise regulations
and assignment of immigration bur
eau representtives at consular offices
to aid in excluding undesirables was
urged instead.
Only two aliens were excluded from
the United States "during the fiscal
year on anarchistic grounds, while 37
aliens in the same class were expelled
from, the country and 55 are now
awaiting deportation. To reach Am
erican citizens who engage in similar
propaganda, the report urges that
"the acts prohibited by the anarchistic
provisions of the immigration laws'
be made criminal offenses..
Deportation is "not punishment for
crime" but merely allows the alien an
archist to change his field of activity,
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An ad(Jitional Aasistant Secretary
of ^ together with a larger le
and administrative sta ff, is rec -
ommend< , d on the nd that it would
obviat( . dc|a now encountcred ^ th .
)n ^ d artmeat . The arreat *,r
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mg the year of many inadmissible
j apane se and Chinese, as well as sev-;
^ ^ enemlas> who had been
_ led tato the countryi prompted
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forces
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The bureau now has a small force
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A proposed new immigration law,
submiUcd by Mr Caminetto , would
put the bunler of proof of admissib
jjj^y U p 0n persons seeking to enter the
United States and provide for régis
tration of all aliens and B pro bation
aJ gtatus for those whose a dmissibil
ity ig not c i ear ] y established. The
law would add to the excluded class
Continuance of
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doing effective work along that line!
on the borders of Canada and Mex
ico and on our coasts, but this needs!
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to be materially increased" the report !
, - , ,__blunder
The class of work needs exper
said.
ienced officers who will devote their
entire time and all their energies to
the task. 1
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money or property,' 'aimed at mem
of Wack hand soc i e ties. I
Commenting upon the number Q f ;
« pict fc re brides" who have come toj
this country from Japan, the report!
declared the gentleman's agreement
with that country had "not brought j
thfe degree of restriction which might;
haye been and proba bi y was, antici-j
pated by those who took part in the
b egotiationSf « but that this # resuït
<4grows Qut of the terms of the agree .
men t rather than the manner of its
aliens who "practice, advocate, teach,
sanction or encourage the extortion of
observance^
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Court Denied The
Writ Possession
In the case of Mr. J. P. Jones vs.
M J. Wilson for possession of the
Holly Grove plantation, near Sidon,
which was tried yesterday at the;
courthouse, the court refused to grant
the writ of possession. It is not be
lieved than an appeal will be taken
and the case will probably be settled
out of court. It was tried before
Judge R. H. Hicks, assisted by Judge
Evans and Judge J. Jarman of Sidon.
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It required 18 months to complete
the enumeration work for the first de
cennial census in 1790. In 1920 thé
Census Bureau, plain to complete the
enumeration work for the entire conn
fry ill from two to four weel
announce the population figs
less- than three months from the date
tiie enumeration work is completed. \
and
in
over by Federal judges simitar to the
Circuit Court of Appeals and where
it would not be known who was to
administer the oath of allegiance, de
clared Mr. Siegel, would tend Ægnity
the alien
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LONDON, Dec. 16—Lord Mayors of
L 0 " 1 * 0 " »»? *> ' h « r " te •»
one a year - bat ' he ^ Mayar s »»
- secretary, Sir William Jameson
Soolsby, remains a fixture He was
. first appointed to that office m 1876
and he has just been reappointed for
the forty-fifth time.
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. v He I ls * haone lndlsp ™" ab ' e "" on
the Lord Mayor's staff. He knows
just how everything should be done
"according-to precedent." And to
follow that precedent m all things
_without a hair breadth's deviation is
. .
He 18 tha P ow ,f bejund the throne, the
man who pulls the strings on cere '
THEY COME AND GO
ONE EACH YEAR
The Lord Mayors of London—But
the Secretary, Sir Soulsby, Re
mains A Fixture.
Associated Press
the chief duty of the Lord Mayor . It
! is Soulsby who tells him how to do
it so as to avoid introducing an inno
j vation which would be regarded as a
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,__blunder worse than a crime. For, be
a ,,
it known, the code of etiquette by
which the official conduct of the Lord
Mayor is regulated is more rigid than
that which obtains at Buckingham
Palace. Each successive Lord May
or after his inauguration puts him
self unreservedly in Soulsbÿ s hands
and the secretary sees him through.
to
i monial occasions.
Foreign potentates who have been
entertained by Lord Mayors from time
to time have recognized Soulsby's
capacity for running things smoothly,
I consequence, besides being an E g
Q f ; ^ lsh . knlgh ^' he . ' s . a k ." lgkt of more
toj foreign °[ d ^ s ' sald ' than he can
co " at b ° tkhands '
The L ^ d Mayor that has to get
j a ? ong without him will have a trying
time But * n ls sported that
somebody is carefully understudying
the s ! c 1 f^ ary 80 " *° ^ able to P ass '
*? ^e gap»that must occur some
. time, for Soulsby is 68 years old.
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Important Notice.
If you want The Daily Com.
monwealth, you must pay your
subscription by the 1st of Jan
uary. We* are sending ont state
ments now and these Mils must
be paid or y oar paper will be
stopped promptly. There will
be no exceptions. News print is
very scarce and all newspapers
will have to save as much paper
as possible. We are going to save
our part by stopping all delta
quents, so if yon want Hie Daily
Commonwealth you most pay
for it. ,
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In 1914, the year the last manufac
turers census was taka, there were
275,000 manufacturing establishments
reported. The Census Bureaeu ex
pects about 300,000 estabÜhiments to
be listed in 1920.
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Seventy Five Thousand Dollar Issue
Sold At-; 5 Per Cent Par To the
Grecatirehd Bank & Trust Co.
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The city sold yesterday $75,000
worth of bonds to the Greenwood
Bank A Trust Co., for five per cent
par. The hoods were issued in order
to secure lands to pay for the street
paving contemplated in Greenwood.
They are dfted October 1st, 1919. The
first five thousand dollars worth of
bonds wijl ^mature October 1st, 1925
and $5,000 each iSeceeding year until
all have reached maturity. The last
five thousand to reach maturity will
occur on October 1st, 1939.
Mr. J. B.^Stirling of Jackson, pres
ident of the Greenwood Bank & Trust
Co., was a visitor here yesterday to
look after the purchase of the bonds.
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Ninety Five Per Cent
D . tit î
Miners xCetUrn W OrK
Associated Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 16—Reports from
the coal fields of the country today,
indicate that between ninety and nine
ty five per cent of the miners have
returned to work.
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News Of The World's
Cotton Production
The world's production of cotton
has grown from 500,000,000 pounds in
1800 to 1,500,000,000 in 1850; 7,500,
000,000 pounds in 1900, and 14,000,
000,000 pounds in 1913—the last nor
mal yield. The 1913 crop, if all con
verted into cloth, wou^i have averag
ed 35 yards per capita for the entire
population of the world,
averaged only three yards per capita.
Cotton has far outstretched all oth
er textile fabrics in its contribution
to the clothing of the world, and the
various other uses to which it is being
put are constantly increasing in both
numbers and quantities. The annual
yield, with all by-products, is worth
than that of all the gold and
silver and diamond mines of the
world, with the oil wells thrown in
Its losses, so far
In 1800 it
more
for good measure,
as production is concerned, are less
than one per cent of the worthless'oil
and mining stocks put upon the mar
It is still king, and
ket every year,
the most absolute monarch in exist
ence. Its sway is undisputed. It bids
fair, within the next decade, to make
the south the richest section of the
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Union, and the Delta the richest spot;
on earth. So far from yielding its
sceptre, it is just beginning to come
The Garden of Eden
into its own.
ig double discounted.
Delta is literally a land flowing with
imllr and honey, and of streets pftved
with gold—knee deep in some parts of
'Greenwood.—Chamber of Commerce.
The Yazoo
jJEWlSHREL
COMMITTEE ASKS
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For Funds With Which To Save Mil
lions of Destitute Jews From Freez
ing and Starving This Winter. 8
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Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 16—While Am
erican homes are being brightened by
the annual holiday cheer, Isidore Her
shfield, Commissioner in Poland for
the Joint Distribution Committee,
writes :
"I must stand helpless at the death
bed of thousands of my brothers and
sisters who are doomed to freeze, -to
starve, to die.
Mr. Hirshfield is head of all Jewish
relief work in Poland ,and as such,
is directing the work of attempting
to save million of destitute Jews, in
cluding over one million Jewish chil
dren, from annihilation this winter.
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In a letter appealing for aid to
Henry Rosenfelt, director of the Am
erican Jewish Relief Committee, which
has already raised over $11,000,000
in campaigns held in half the states
of the Union, Mr. Hirshfield describes
appalling conditions in Poland, as fol
lows:
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My supply of adjectives to de
scribe the situation here has long ago
been exhausted. The present winter
will take its toll of many thousands
of Jewish lives, among them many,
many thousands of Jewish children.
They will die of starvation or cold.
"Disease is now and will be ram
pant all over Poland. Our meagre
American moneys will not be able to
save people here. Our funds avail
able are a trivial pittance. As a rep
resentative of the Joint Distribution
Committee here, I must stand help
less at the deathbed of these thous
ands of my brothers and sisters. They
are doomed to freezze, to starve, to
die.
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Can you help me save some df
them, at least the little children?
If our well-fed, well-clad Ameri
a
can people could see conditions here
and hear the pitiful appeals which
can not be adequately granted, I am
sure that their hearts—broken, torn
nd bleeding as mine—would . move!
to that of a mother with one loaf of
bread and 10 hungry children, who,
heartbroken, must stand by and watch
her children starve.
them to give much more generously." j
Mr. Hershfield likened his position
My heart beats for all the towns
and districts, only a small part of
which can be aided from American
j funds,*' he concluded. "
million marks we distributed in Sep
tember and October is far from suffi
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The twenty
cient to supply the terrible needs.
America has been doing all that is j
possible to save these stricken people !
from death this winter, but it has
been far from enough.
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Detectives Search
American 'Ships
DUBLIN, Dec. 16—The Dublin pa
pers report thaat the American ships
Fontana'and Franconia, and other
American ships have been searched
by detectives. Teh quarters of the
crew were visited, and seamen ques
tioned with a view to ascertaining
whether they had any arms or ammu
nition. In no ease were uiy arms
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ABOUTNORMAL
Railroad'Administration Is Now De
livering All Coal As BiRad With
a Few Exceptions
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16— Virtual
ly normal conditions in the distribu
tion of coal has been restored and the
Railroad Administration today began
delivering all coal as billed except in
a few emergency cases. The appoint
ment of a commission to investigate
wages and prices will not be made
before Thursday, it was said at the
White House today.
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Investigation Tips
In Stock Speculation
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dce\l6—The De
partment of Justice officials contin
ued today their investigation of re
ports of alleged "leaks" in connection
with the Supreme Court decisions that
tips had been used for stock specula
tion. Minor officials of the depart
ment and an attache of the Supreme
Court are implicated in the charges,
but the officials of the Bureau inves
tigation declare that so far no basis
for charges has been discovered.
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Bill Reported To
Deport All L W. W.'s
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The bill
defining radicalism' and primar
ly Chairman Johnson said "to force
the Department of Labor to arrest
and deport all alien members of the I.
W. W. and kindred organizations,*
was reported to the House today by
the Immigration Committee. Explain
mg the measures, Johnson introduced
letters and records to show that Sec
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iretary Wilson hadruled, under the ex-:
istmg lew membership in the I. W.
W. did not constitute grounds for ar
res an epo ion.
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Discuss Compensation
For German Warships
Associated Press
PARIS, Dec. 16—The new German
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delegation arrived in Paris this morn
ing to discuss the compensation for
the sinking of the German warships
at Scapa Flow.
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4UU lYliners öiriKe
Atf Protest In Wales
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Wales, Dec. j
cold morning was not heated, 400 min
ers went on strike here and returned J
to their homes as a protest against j
the railway company.
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MONMOUTHSHIRE,
16—Because the train in which they
were to travel to work on a bitterly
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MISSISSIPPI—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; not much change in tem
perature; moderate north winds.
Local Observations.
TEMPERATURE—Highest, 44 de
grees; lowest, 19 degrees; at 7 a. m.
22 degrees precipitation 0.0; river
guage 33.5; change in 24 hours 0.0.
Miss Annie Long Stephens,
Local Observer. -
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BLAZE AT WEILER HOME.
The fire department was called to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Weiler
this morning on West Market »Street.
A small blaze originated in the base
ment from an unknown origin. Tim
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NAY TAKE ACTION
AGAINST l). S. GOVT.
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Liquor Interests May Institute Suit
la Thé fight Against Pro
hibition.
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 16—Lawyers
presenting large liquor interesta inti
mated today that civil action against
the United States government might
be the next step in tee fight against
prohibition and the compensation for
losses estimated at #800,000,000 be
sought. * Lawyers said the decision of
the Supreme Court had virtually
fiacatod the liquor held hers.
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Ask Permission Test
National Prohibition
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The
ail liquor dealers association of New
Jersey asked the Supreme Court for
permission to institute original pro
ceedings to have the National Prohib
ition Amendment declared unconstitu
tional and the officials enjoined from
enforcing it.
The liquor suit brief was filed by
the Association, alleged that the con
stitutional amendment was interfer
ed with by state and police powers ta
violation of the Fifth Constitutional
Amendment, which prohibits the tak
ing of private property without just
compensate a and contends that neith
er Congréss nor state legislation had
the authority to ratify the amendment.
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-New re- /
Mnlmendations as a,, return of
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|the railroads to private control have
Leen laced before Preeident Wilnn
Diractor Gan< ,„ 1 Hi b ut neither
the whiu . House offj( . islll or Hi „ a ,
will say what the recommendap i
are or whether they advocate ehe
departure from the President's an
nounced purpose of the return of the
roads by January 1st.
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Recommendations Made
For Railroad Control
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Contempt Charges
Again Postponed
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16—Charf
of the contempt of court against x
officials of the United Mine Workers
Of America, with the exception of one,
were continued this morning by Unit
! d States Judge Anderson, until such
a date as it is deemed advisable to
j r i n g the cases before the court. The
xception is a charge. against Alex
nder Howat, president of the Kansas
'district mine workers, who is charged
J with continued violation of the Court's
j njunction against the furtherance of
the strike.
contins Sugar
Equalization Board
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—After ap
roaching the amendment to retain the
revision of the food control law giv
'he Preeident authority to control
prices and to regulate the movement
G f sugar, the House agreed to commit
j. f after the favorable report of
the Senate bill continuing the United
States Sugar Equalization board thru
1920.
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Adopt BÜ1 TO Extend
Export Credit
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The Sen
ate adopted the conference report to
day authorizing the organization of
corporations to extend credit in Eu
rope to stimulate export trade.
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Germany and Allies
Discuss Reparation
Associated Press
PjCRIS, Djc. 16—Germany and the
Allied experts met this afternoon to
discuss the note of reparation to be
followed by the Germans and the pay
ment for the sinking of the German
warships at Scapa Flow.
Vote Against Repeal
War-Time Prohibition
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The un
avorable report on the bill to repeal
he war-time prohibition taw ordered
oday by the House Agricultural OMf •
aittee by a vote of 16 to 8.
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