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By E. L. RAINEY
EXPLORER M’'MILLAN HOPES
o BAG RARE SPECIMENS
OF FISH AND GAME.
Hopes to Learn Much About Rare
Animals, Birds and Fish of Frozen
North. Red Snow Another Queer
Thing That Will Be Studied.
WISCASSET, Me.—The ships of
iheMacMillan expedition, sailing from
Wiscasset today for a summer of ex
ploration and study of the arctic, will
resemble nothing so much as an aqua
rium—unless it be a zoo—when they
return next September, if the hopes of
pr. Walter N. Koelz, of the United
States bureau of fisheries, material
izes.
Dr. Koelz, one of the numerous sci
entists in the party, took along with
him nets, seines, dredges and other
fchine tackle, together with an as
cortment of rifles with hairtriggers
and special sights. While other mem
bers of the party are studying the]
topographical, meteorological, geolog
ical and other aspects of the great
north itself Dr. Koelz plans to con
duct the most ambitious hunting and
fishing expedition ever undertaken by
the bureau of fisheries. |
[he specimens alive and idead|
which he brings back, together \\‘ithj
the studies he makes in the arctic, are|
expected to contribute largely to tth
world's lore concerning fish and game.
[he government is woefully igno-i
rant concerning the bowheaded whale,
ior example. It has no knowledge of|
the breeding plaees of many of our|
birds. Nobody, according to Dr. Koelz, |
has ever seen the egg of a white|
goose. Little is known of white Yeese |
cenerally, and American sportsmen |
are interested to find out where \\'hitc!
s € A"l.('l'(]. l
i Blue Goose Is Mystery. |
There are only 5,000 white g_ccsei
known to be in existence, and if it is|
found in the north country that these!
hirds are being exterminated by Amer
jcan sportsmen steps will be taken to
prevent it by limiting the hunting. It
is possible, says Dr. Koelz, that more
white geese exist than afe 110\\']
kiown.
« And. then nebody knows, according
o Dr. Koelz, where Ross geese breed.
S inid the hunter would be in
terested to solve some of the mystery
sirrounding them. Flying north and
sorth, this bird disappears over whole
stretches of territory. It is seen in Can
ada, takes to the air, disappears and
reappears again in California.
Another bird, the arctic tern, goes
from the south pole to the north pole
every vear, flying 100 miles a day. A
specimen has never been captured.
This bird will be breeding at the pole
when the expedition arrives and Dr.
Koelz hopes to capture one.
Nothing is known of the breeding
ground of the blue goose, and, accord
ing to Dr. Koelz, one of the essential
nceds necessary for conservation is
knowledge of the breeding groundsof
fish and game. He will search also for
specimens of the white hawk, and the
big white rabbits which are the larg
¢st gnawing animal of the north.
Mice Commit Suicide. !
The government department also
wants specimens of lemings, the lit
tle mice which turn white in the win
ter. They have the peculiar habit of
crossing Greenland and the polar is
lands in droves, ravishing all vegeta
tion before them. Traveling from west
to cast, nothing stops them until they
arrive at the eastern shore of a polar
island. Then the long skirmish line of
white mice, collectively, commits sui
cide by drowning in the polar sea. The
scientist vouches for its authenticity.
The white wolf and white reindeer
of which very little is known, also
are sought by the government scient
ists. They also want more specimens
ot white polar bears.
Red snow 'is another of thé queer
things which the scientists want to
study. Studies of this nature will be
made by Walter Gayer, of the United
Mates aerographic division. With spe
tal cquipment which reproduces nat
ural colors in their true values he
will make studies of clouds at the top
of the world, which will be of great
value 10 weather observers. He will
dlso photograph birds, animals, flow
¢rs and the eskimos.
~\'_“'r<‘mlogists and geologists intend
0 bring back proof that the north
Pole was once located in a tropical
f]””-x‘t-.' They expect to find the skele
ons of camels, horses and buffalo,
@d hope to bring back specimens of
Coal showing their formation by the
ropical trees.”
GREAT DAM WILL BENEFIT
BRITISH COTTON INDUSTRY
Irrigaticon System Costing $45,000,000
Has Just Been Completed.
dmrf'_" great Makwar dam in the Su
e been completed seven weeks
e the contract time called for its
‘Umpletion, according to British ad
(f;"‘u‘”“[‘hfl‘ operation of this dam is
the [ 10 have a beneficial effect on
b, tish cotton industry, which uses
o duantities of fine Egyptian cot
c“f.“_;‘jf{*.(H‘ifzinally' estimated that the
iy «'\;E:;m of this dam would cost
e ,000,000, but ultimately it
$45.000 oos oy te spend. more than
i The purpose of its con
biationg ils to make possible the cul
plaiy *hoi cotton on the rich Gezira
Nilo. €tween the Blue and White
THE DAWSON NEWS
FLORIDA PEOPLE BUYING BIG
TRACKS OF GEORGIA LAND
[rther proof that Florida real
sy, n and developers have
their ‘fi;;),,@?k-somh Georgia land
comes fron: @ dals county in the
form of an aml " Bament of the
sale of a seveNE S Bennd-acre
tract to a Mr. Gibs&i@i, Polk
county, Fla. The purchal price
is said to have been around $60,-
000. The property in the main is
cut-over land and will be put in
shape for agricultural purposes.
The purchaser of this property is
one of many individuals and
groups of investors from Florida
who are looking over this section.
There are many others of this
type of people looking around who
secure options and contracts to
buy before they leave. |
The same situation as to land
seeking exists throughout the
whole of south Georgia just at
this time, and the larger number
of the prospectors are people from
Florida who have been operating
extensively in real estate transac
tions in that state.
VALUE OF THE FOWLS SOLD
ALONG LINE OF SEABOARD
{ $50,472. PAID TO FARMERS.
‘ After a most successful season of
iopcrating poultry cars, to the purchas
|er, the seller and the railroad, J. N.
!,\lc}‘y:idc, general agricultural agent
of the Seaboard railway, announces
that 224,762 pounds of poultry was
|collected for which the farmers receiv
led _550.47.2.79.
‘|‘ Ii the amount of poultry collected
|by the _Seaboard cars were three and
jone-half pound hens and were scatter
|ed over a field, allowing one square
| foot to each hen, they would cover
{one and one-half acres of ground.
! At the present price of cotton, al
llomng even 500 pounds to the bale,
the money paid out for poultry on
,lhc Seaboard railway this season
| would amount to 440 bales of cotton.
| S SRR S e
WELL TAMED, SAYS
‘ ’
\MORGAN, OF FIRST DISTRICT,
| IS SURE THE STATE NEEDS
i BILLIONS IN MONEY.
| a 2 o e : 2
| ATLANTA, Gar—State Senator OS.
'H. Morgan, of the First district, from
;:(}uytnn. replying to an inquiry as to
| legislation he planned to introduce or
support during the session of the
Georgia legislature, issued this state
ment: ‘
“You asked me for an exprcssion‘
| for the press. I do not know what|
‘t]w_\' want it for, but I cannot find iti
in my tender heart to refuse. ]
. “I will introduce myseif by sa_ving'
i] am 62 years of age, and by God’s)
goodniess 1 have escaped both the jails |
land the divorce courts so far, I :inli
lalso endowed with a very sympathetic |
ihv:xrt and because of that, I :lssurvf
'vou, I will never cause the overworked |
’prvss boys to sit up nights to make |
up headlines for my speeches while ini
the senate. ] ]
; “My tastes are very simple, hahztsi
average, likes and dislikes nor_nml. My |
“favorite sob columnists are Bill Hxfi'.cnf
and Johnny Spencer. My favorite |
newspapers are the Georgia press.
Each of them brings to mind some
thing about their sections that Isi
worth remembering. . ‘
“My ideas of govermment since
elected are very vague. During my
campaign I went about and told the
people 1 was sure I could h?al every
ill the state had. The fact is I to]ldi
it so much that I began to believe 1t
‘myself. .
“Since my election, and after read
ing through tons of mail from dainty
missives written by dainty misses, to’
books and booklets written by every
body, I am only sure of one thing,
and that is that the state’s revenues
would have to be a billion or more In
stead of a few millions to grant thel
appropriations already asked for.
“With kindest regards to a long- !
suffering public, I am your obedxent|
and well-tamed senator.’ E
HUSBAND FORCED
HE NOW OCCUPIES SIX FEET
OF EARTH, AND SHE A CELL
IN THE CHATHAM JAIL.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Shooting and
fatally wounding her husband early
Tuesday because, she alleged, he had
beat her and threatened her life if she
failed to keep the fire burning under
the moonshine still in the kitchen of
their home, Mrs. Louise Someillan
was held in the jail here on a charge
of murder,
Someillan died in a Savannah hos
pital a few hours after the shooting.
He never regained consciousness.
In her cell, nearly pros!rated from
shock, but protesting she had been
forced to act because of repeated abuse
and fears for her own life, Mrs. Som
eillan presented a pitiable figure. She
told graphically of the alleged attack
on her just preceding 4he fatal shot.
The shooting took place at the home
of the Someillans several miles from
Savannah on the Ogeechee road.
Police, who investigated the - slay
ing, reported finding a still on the
kitchen stove and another in the yard.
IWORKERS GOING OUT OF THE
COUNTRY EXCEEDED BY 16,-
842 THOSE COMING IN.
Total Immigraticn Decreased 71.4 Per
Cent in Last Ten Months. Has Had
An Effect on Wages, Which Have
Increased 116 Per Cent.
The trend of labor has been away
lfrom the United States instead of to
ward it since the 2 per cent quota law
|wcnt into effect last July, according
to an analysis of the National Indus
trial Conference Board just made pub
lic.
The analysis shows that from July,
1924, to April, 1925, there were 27,908
common laborers admitted. as compar
ivd with 97,886 during the correspond
iing period of the year before. This
‘decrease becomes dn actual deficit
‘ ~ .
when the figures in regard to those
leaving the country are considered.
' The fiugres for the period from July,
1924, 40 April, 1925, show that 44,750
laborers left the country. This makes
‘a deficit of 16,842 for the ten months
since the operation of the new immi
gration law.
| Total Immigration.
I A decrease of 71.4 per cent is shown
in net immigration of all classes from
!l;ut July to April, as compared with
the figures for the corresponding pe
riod a year before, During the ten
;months under the new quota law a
total of 242,955 persons were admitted
‘as against 637,602 during the corre
sponding period the year before.
Departure from last July to April
totaled 78,578, as compared with 63,-
824 from July, 1923, to April, 1924,
The net immigration total during the
last ten months was 164,387 as com
pared with 574,274 during the corre
sponding ten months prior to the new
quota law.
Effect on Wages.
“While the ultimate effect of the
new quota law at this time cannot be
determined,” the report states, ‘‘the
scaling down of immigration to about
a fifth of what it was beiore the war
has the immediate effect of stabilizing
the growth of our population, with
the attending result of a sustained
high wage level. Actual money wages
in industry today are 116 per cent
above what they were before the war.
“Allowing for the decline in the pur
chasing power of the dollar, zm(! as
suming that the same standard of liv
ing prevailed as existed in 1914, the
wage earner today is about 30 per
cent better off, as regards ‘real’ wages,
than he was at the peak of the wage
level of 1920.” |
{
'RECORD BREAKING
!
~ COLD GRIPS CITY
|
| it
| TEMPERATURE DROPS FIVE
I DEGREES BELOW ZERO. DIE
]i FROM EXPOSURE.
1 A S
| BUENOS AIRES.—The ther
' mometer, which has been phenome
&nally low during the past fortnight
| throughout Argentina, took a down
g\vard plunge to 5 degrees below zero
last night (June 2lst) in Buenos Aires
and environs, causing extreme dis
’comfort to the well to do and terrible
sufferings to the poor, three vagabonds
!perishing of the cold during the night.
Frozen water tanks, from which loco
motives were unable to obtain water,
held up several early morning subur
'ban trains, the passengers of which
‘were compelled to seck other means
of reaching the city.
| Arctic Conditions Prevail.
Glacial winds accompanying the
fierce cold intensified the arctic con
ditions in the regions in the far south,
where many people are reported to
have died of exposure or buried in im
mense snowdrifts in Chubut and Santa
Cruz, where heavy losses of live stock
are believed to be inevitable.
A lavish display of expensive furs,
which always is a noteworthy feature
of the Buenos Aires winter season,
was more marked than ever today,
which was the coldest registered in
the month of June in the past 20 years.
The fashionable shopping centers,
wherein women of the moneyed class
es wearing silver fox and chinchilla
coats worth thousands of dollars each
mingled with their less wealthy sisters
sporting skunk, sealskin, etc., gave
the appearance of an eskimo invasion.
Such cold weather in summier was
never before known.
Georgia Leads All Other States in Farm Progress
Great increases during the last sev
eral years in the value of Georgia farm
products and manufactures and a
noteworthy increase in population is
pointed out in a report by the Georgia
Real Estate Association, which de
clares Georgia now is leading - all
southern states in many lines of de
velopment. |
According?o figures released by the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment Georgia showed a larger increase
in farm products in 1924 than any
state in the union, the gain being 46
per cent over the previous year. Dur
ing the same year the manufactured
products of the state showed a valua-|
tion of $604,450,000, which was an in
crease of 58.8 per cent over 1921, the
DAWSON. GA.. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1925
MAKE 73,000,000,000
CIGARETS IN U. S. IN YEAR
A total of 73,000,000,000 cigar
ettes will be produced in the Unit
ed States this year, according to
David H. Blair, commissioner of
| internal revenue. This output, Mr.
| Blair declared, is an increase of
56,000,000,000 in ten years. Tax col
lcetions from the tobacco industry
alone will total $345,000,000 this
year, it is estimated.
The revenue from tobacco in the
United States far exceeds that of
any other country in the world, and
the consumption 18 greater than
that of any other country with
the exception of Belgium, Mr. Blair
states. Taxes and customs duties
collected on tobacco each year rep
resent $3.12 for every man, woman
and child in the United States, he
. declares. 3
~ IN THE COTTON ROW
1 o
'BUSINESS MAN SAYS FARMERS
" ON DAWSON ROAD GIVING
| BOLL WEEVILS FITS.
AMERICUS.—The farmers whose
farms front on the Dawson road be
?twccn Americus and Dawson are giv
ing Mr. 801 l Weevil fits with calcium
arsenate, according to a local business
man who traversed this section of the
county in his automobile recently, and
as a consequence brought back con
siderable dust on his clothing and the
body of his car.-
“Some of the farmers in the county
might be staying in the road instead
of the row,” said the business man,
“but these fellows are in the row, and
they don’t quit at sundown, either. It
was long past seven o’clock when I
rode over the Dawson highway, and
the great clouds of dust rising from
the fields was evidence that the wee
vils were, being bested in the battle
for possession of the cotton crop.”
“The crops in this section of the
county are the prettiest I have ever
seen, and it is not necessary to get
out of your machine to see that the
plants are well fruited. A casual glance
showed that many of the stalks have
from 10 to 14 blooms on them.” .7
|66 ” ¢ e
DRY” OFFICIALS ~ -
SEIZE 1,500,000 GALLONS LIQ
- UOR, 500 SHIPS#%OOO AUTOS,
‘! AND 10,000 DISTILLERIES.
! More than 500 ships and boats and
!murc than 5,000 automobiles were
| captured last year while engaged in
illegal transportation of liquor, ac
‘cording to official figures.
{ More than 10,000 illicit distilleries
i were uncovered. Seizures of distilled
!liquors amounted to more than 1,500,-
1000 gallons, and more than 5,000,000
!gal]ons of malt were taken,
| Three groups of federal officers are
'engaged directly in the work of pro
i hibition enforcement. They are the
i coast guard, the prohibition unit and,
to a minor extent, the customs ser
| vice.
[ Coast Guard Active.
I It is now about a year since the
' coast guard was given the specific task
lof stopping liquor running between
i “rum row,” off New York city and
_other eastern cities, and the coast.
| Since their campaign began they
have seized 280 “rum runners,” or
members of the mosquito fleet of mo
torboats and launches engaged in land
ing liquor.
In shipping alone the value of the
seizures during that year amounted to
$15,250,000. Between 1,000 and 2,000
prisoners have been captured.
[ Records showing the amount of lig
uor captured by the coast guard are
incomplete. On store ships at the base
at New London, Conn., they have
about 20,000 gallons of seized liquors,
including the last shipments which
battered Sir Frederick Hartweli’s hope
of huge profits, |
But coast guard officials point out
that *their seizures represent only a
fraction of the liquor which leaves the
ship’s side out on “rum row” and nev
er gets ashore. In virtually every casel
when the chase gets hot the runner
iheaves his cargo overboard. '
| Bootlegger Losses Heavy. l
A check kept.by the prohibition:
‘unit on all its seizures since the Vol- |
stead law became effective showed
that at the close of the last fiscal year, |
June 30, 1924, the total appraised value
of all property which had been seized
in the four years and a half was $37,-;
638,334.82. The estimated total {o date
is put at approximately $47,000,000. |
Since Jan. 17, 1920, the prohibition ,
unit has seized 4,564,257 gallons of|
distilled liquors and 20,971,513 gallonsl
of malt potables.
last year for which comparative fig
ures were available. These figures are
made public by the census bureau at
Washington.
According to official figures the gas
oline tax and income tax in Georgia
rank second, the report continues.
In population increase during the
five years since 1920 this state is sur
passed among southern states only by
North Carolina, the present figures
being 3,038,360, as compared to 2,-
910,5998 in 1920. This was an increase
of 147,662. Increases in ather south
ern states during the same period are
as follows:
Alabama, 108,207; Florida, 111218;
Mississippi, no increase; North Caro
lina 86,690, and Tennessee 78846, ac
cording to the statistics by~the cen
|
CHICAGO IS NOW SPREADING
‘ WIDE NET AND TAKING HUN
' DREDS INTO CUSTODY.
i
iHOLD. THE LAW IN CONTEMPT
| Gunmen and Their Associates Are
Feared and at the Same Time Hon
ored, Living in Wealth and Ease
In Their Own World.
In the alley dives, the basement
ldens. and the corner saloons there is
|a haunting fear in Chicago today.
!Guns are being worn where they make
| the least conspicuous bulges; here and
|there in the darker corners huddle the
'grim-faced, desperate men who are
|the gangsters and the gunmen. |
l In apartments, hotels and mansions
in some ot the most exclusive sections!
of the city there is a cunning dread.‘
Crimes which have been done in the
past haunt the visions of rich men.‘
who take more trouble than ever now
to cover their tracks. They are the
gang leaders.
! For Cicago has declared war upon
ithe gangster and the gunman.
Authorities Join Hands.
The county authorities under Pros
‘ecutor Crowe and the city police un-,
der Superintendent Collins have join
{ul hands in a drive against the under
’\-.'url(l kings and the men they boss.
| “We will seek an indictment agamstl
every gangster and gunman,” Mr. |
Crowe has warned. !
~ Hundreds of arrests are being ma(le.i
Hard-faced men and well-dressed men, |
their only difference their personal ap-|
pearance, are being questioned. Scores
are being indicted by the juries. ’
. Chicago has a new aristocracy. The |
gunman or gangster is lawless, but|
honored.
Since the era of beer-running be
gan gangsters and gunmen have come |
out into the open. They throw littlc‘
or no secrecy about their operations, |
except when they kill or are Kkilled.
“Fhen there is silence until the “eye
{'im: éve” policy is executed.
' More Than Thousand Gangs. !
. Wealthy gangsters drive automo-|
biles over the same boulevards with|
mu!irjnzmircs and industrial chiefs; th(:yi
live in exclusive homes and have their |
boxes at the theatres. When they div,‘;
‘most irequently by assassination, they |
are buried amid great pomp.
’ In a survey of gangland in Chicago
‘experts have found 1,313 gangs withi
probably 50,000 members. Five hun-I
dred gangs, it is said, are composed |
entirely of boys, and one of both l»oysl
and girls less than 21 years old. [
Beer running has become a favorite |
occupation of the gangsters. There are |
rivals in this business the same as c»th-‘
er busipesses, but the only law is the|
law of the gun and death. ,
The police, however, have dctcrmm-?
ed to wipe out the gangs. The gang- |
sters and gunmen are too bold; too|
many policemen and citizens are be-|
ing shot down. So the police are|
hunting down every gangster and gun- |
man of the great city. !
STATES TURNED
SLOW TO CLAIM THE GERMAN
TROPHIES FROM UNCLE SAM.
DRUG ON MARKET.
Uncle Sam has discovered that tro
phies of the world war are a drug on
the market just now. The federal gov
ernment has notified the 48 states that
!thcy may now apply for their allot
‘ments of war trophies from the sup
ply on hand in Washington.
. “But it looks as if the states wish to
forget all about the war,” one high
government official laments.
| Only Seven Accept Offer.
Only seven states have accepted
their shares of the trophies. The Wis
consin legislature has definitely re
jected the offer.
There are several reasons. One is
that decorating public squares with
war tools no longer is in style. An
other is that, since the states must pay;
freight charges for shipment of the
trophies, governors have turned the
matter over to the legislatures, but‘
they have been too busy with other
matters. ‘
Every kind of German war device
conceivable—from cannons: to paper
blankets—is in storage in Washington
waiting for a taker. It was assumed
that almost every city and hamlet in
the country would battle for the priv
ilege of getting the choice of these]
victory memorials. {
But now the federal government!
finds that it cannot get rid of them. |
sus bureau. »
“These figures serve as a fine illus
tration of what the state is doing,”
says the report. “A study of the situa
tion will show any citizen that Georgia
[is progressing in a very substantial
| way and very rapidly at this time.
| There never has been a time when our
‘people have been as willing and as
'ready to develop and promote the ag
'ricultural and industrial expansion of
Georgia as at present.” ™
Officials .of the Georgia Real Es
tate Association expressed themselves
'as particularly pleased over the in
crease in agricultural values and ac- |
tivities, as it is believed that better—}
ment of agriculture will have a pro-|
found effect on all lines of business in|
Georgia. l
JAIL INMATES DRAW RUM IN
RUBBER HOT WATER BOTTLE
ATLANTA, Ga.—lt’s a bad
case of rheumatism that brings no
good to anybody.
That's one adage. Another is:
Stone walls will never make a
prison so long as there is a con
venient bootlegger and a means
of supply.
These lessons were drawn from
observation by custodians of the
Fulton county jail when, investi
gating the occasion of mysterious
bacchanalian revels held every
night in a tier of cells in the sixth
floor the last six weeks or so, they
found the prisoners there have
been lowering a rubber bottle, de
signed for hot water, into a va
cant lot behind the jail, there *to
receive each night a ration of corn
“licker.”
The hot water bottle, the inves
tigation disclosed, had been given
a rheumatism sufferer six weeks
ago as a means of easing his pain,
and then had been fiorgotten.
A census of hot water bottles
was started at once—also of neigh
borhood bootleggers. I
|
‘I.IBERIY BONDS AT
'NEW TREASURY CERTIFICATE
ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED.
EASY MONEY INDICATED.
NEW YORK, N. Y..—New high
prices continue to be paid for United
States government loans. Both treas
ury issues, the 4's and 4]4’s, made
new tops not only for this year but
since they were first put out. Practi
cally all of the liberty loans have sold
at record figures for 1925, and in one
instance at the highest for all time.
Most of the older loans, however, are
still below the high points of midsum
mer a year ago when call money on
the stock exchange was loaning at 2
per cent, \
Illustrative of the demand for gov
ernment securities is the oversubscrip
tion for the new 3 per cent issue uf|
treasury certificates comprising the
government's June 15 financing. The
amounts “applied for were between
three and four times the total which |
the secretary of the treasury asked. |
The " significant feature, officials de- |
clare, is in the greater proporlinnatc{
strength of the longer maturities, indi- |
cating banking belief that easy moncyl
is no temporary affair. |
|
~ HOUSE DOORKEEPER
'
!NEILL RE-ELECTED SPEAKER
| OF HOUSE, AND ENNIS IS
l SENATE PRESIDENT.
s The general assembly met in its
ilast annual session Wednesday. 1t will
il*crcaftcr meet once every two years.
| In the house Speaker W. Cecil Neill,
|of Muscogee, was re-elected without
| opposition. Representative J. H. Mil
ner, of Dodge, withdrew from the
race. »
Senator J. H. Ennis, of Milledge
ville, was chosen unanimously as pres
li(lcnt of the senate. The only contest
m the upper body was between sena
ltors J. A. Dixon, of the 17th district,
tand H. P. De La Perriere, of the 83rd
district, for president protem. Senator
Dixon was chosen with a majority ot
(17 votes. <
‘ Major D. F. McClatchey was un
animously re-elected secretary of the
senate. By a vote of 27 to 15 A. E.
Strother, of Lincoin county, was chos
en messenger.
In the house Representative R. B.
Russell, jr., of Barrow, was elected
spe"iker protem by acclamation, and
E."B. Moore was elected to succeed
himself as clerk. C. M. Hooks, of
Monroe, was again chosen as messen
ger, and J. E. Dennard, of Weston,
was elected doorkeeper, defeating
three opponents. Some years ago Mr.
Dennard represented Webster county
two terms in the legislature.
' Flood of Bills.
A great many new bills, covering a
wide range of subjects, have already
been introduced. In one day 94 new
laws were proposed, 7 being intro
duced in the senate and 87 in the
house. |
l
’WAREHOUSEMAN IS
IBURTS SENTENCED FOR VIO
| LATING FEDERAL LAW. IS-
I SUED BOGUS RECEIPTS.
‘ A. M. Burts, cotton warehouseman
lat Albany, has been convicted in the
| United States district court of the
\fraudulent issuance of cotton ware
{house receipts.
f The conviction was the first under
the United States warehouse act. Its
purpose is to provide a warehouse res
ceipt of such character as to make itf
acceptable to bankers as security for!
loans made to farmers and others
lhandling agricultural products. 5
| The court fined Burts $lOO after
the prosecutor, pointing out that /o
iio»cs had been sustained through the |
defendant’s acts, recommended a light |
sentence.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are
loaned annually by bankers on federal
ly licensed warehouse receipts, and
many co-operative marketing organi
zations depend entirely on these re-|
ceipts to carry on their operations. |
Judge Barrett in passing sentence
said: “It is very, very important that'
these receipts be in every way pro
tected.” ;
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VOL. 42.—N0. 44
|SECRETARY OF THE TREAS
j URY MELON IS AT TOP WITH
' FORTUNE OF $520,000,000.
PAYS MILLION DOLLARS TAX
Hoover, Kellogg, Davis and Work
Also Rated as Wealthy Men. Wil
bur, New and Jardine Are Leanest
Of Coolidge’s Official Family.
The forthcoming resignation of John
W. Weeks as secretary of war will re
‘dnce the wealth of President Cool
idge’s cabinet by several millions. The
exact Bradstreet rating of the cabinet
as it stands today-—six millionaires
and four “poor” men—has never been
computed, although it has been the
subject of much speculation in Wash
ington, writes Robert T. Small, news
paper correspondent and political com
mentator at the national capital.
Some financial experts have estimat
ed the cabinet wealth as being in the
neighborhood of $526,000,000. The sec
retary of the treasury, Mr. Mellon,
would make any cabinet the richest
ever known in American history, but
in the Coolidge advisory board he is
joined by other millionaires who swell
its wealth to an unprecedented total.
The six millionaires of the cabinet,
rated according to popular belief as
to financial relative wealth, is as fol
lows:
! A. W. Mellon, secretary of treasury.
Herbert C. Hoover, secretary' of
commerce.
Frank B. Kellogg, secretary of state.
John W. Weeks, secretary of war.
James J. Davis, secretary of labor.
Hubert C. Work, secretary of the
interior.
The non-millionaires of the cabinet,
without relative rating as to_‘“poor
ness,” are as follows:
Curtis Wilbur, secretary of the navy.
. Harry S. New, postmaster general.
~ William M. Jardine, secretary of
‘agriculture,
John G. Sargent, attorney general.
There is no means of computing Mr.
Mellon's wealth. He is unquesionably
in the very comfortable position of not
being able to tell within $10,000,000
or $20,000,000 himself. There have
been computations of the Mellon for
tune as high as $600,000,000 and some
lus low as $300,000,000. He generally
is conceded to be one of the three
'richest of Americans, ranking with the
}Rockcfe”crs and the Fords.
| Mellon Pays $1,000,000 Tax.
Despite the fact that Mr.' Mellon
'says the rich men of the country need
no guardians or protection as to the
various means of investing their mon
ey so as to escape a heavy income
penalty, the secretary himself last
year paid a tax into the government
of more than $1,000,000, which would
pay his salary as secrefary for some
thing like 70 years. All of this proves
that in Mr. Mellon the government
has a very sound investment. The Mel
lon fortune was made in various ways,
in railroads, banking and oil as well -
as steel. It has many ramifications.
Secretary Hoover generally is rated
as the second richest man in the cab
inet,” but here¢ again nothing like a
precise estimate has been made. Wash
ington believes the secretary of com
merce to be worth anywhere from
$8,000,000 to $10,000,000, possibly
much more. Mr. Hoover made his
money in mining and other invest
ments. He has had mining interests
all over the 'world.
Kellogg Worth $5,000,000.
Secretary Kellogg is what might be
called a very quiet and unobstrusive
millionaire. Few of his old colleagues
lin the senate realized how much he
i was worth. Today his fortune has
been estimated at $5,000,000, most of
it accumulated in a very lucrative prac
tice of the law. When Mr. Kellogg left
the senate he probably was the rich
est “lame duck” of recent years—“ex
cusing” Col. T. Coleman Dupont, who
lost to a democrat in <1922, but has
now come back in triumph from the
little state of Delaware.
Secretary Weeks’ fortune was made
as a banker and a “broker when he
was a member of the Boston firm of
Hornblower & Weeks.
Secretary Davis, the richest man
ever to hold the labor portfolio in a
cabinet, began life in this country as
an iron puddler. He became a mil
lionaire through his work in organiz
ing the Loyal Order of Moose and as
|a banker in Mg. Mellon’s home town
{of Pittsburg.
Secretary Work, probably the “lean
est” of the millionaire cabinet minis
jters, accumulated his fortune through
[the practice of medicine, through care
[ful investments and the establishment
{of a sanitarium. .
| Secretaries Wilbur and Jardine,
' Postmaster General New and Attor
ney General Sargent have joyed
‘through life without feeling the “thrill
ing” of great riches or the impulses
to get them.
When Secretary Weeks resigns, as
it is understood his family is now trj
ing to induce him to do at an early
date, there will be much speculation
as to the financial standing of his suc
cessor.
Once the senate ‘was known as. the
millionaires’ club. Today the cabinet
has won the souariquet.
16 LYNCHINGS IN 1924 IS
COUNTRY’S LOWEST RECORD
Sixteen lynchings took p%ce ‘in the
United States last year. This is the
smallest number recorded since the
gatlhering of annual statistics on the
crime was begun forty years ago, it
was shown in a report made public
by the commission on race relations
of the Federal Council of Churches.