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NEWS BRIEFLYTOLD DISPATCHES OF IMPORTANT HAP PENINGS GATHERED FROM OVER THE WORLD. FOR THE jUSY READER Tht? Occurrences Of Seven Days Given In An Epitomized Form For Quick Reading Foreign— The excitement is growing in Dub lin in connection with the mutiny in the ranks of the nationalist army as disclosed in the official communica tion issued saying that orders for the arrest of Major General Liam Tobin and Colonel Charles Dalton have been issued. The Greek Cabinet has resigned owing to the insistence of the Repub lican military group for immediate proclamation of a republic, said a news agency dispatch from Athens. Unconscious for nearly seventy days, nine-year old Jackie Higgins, of Boharm, Sask., showed the first signs of returning to consciousness recently. The trial for treason of former Field Marshal Ludentlorff, Adolph Hitler and other participants in the unsuc cessful “putsli” of last November when the Chief prosecutor left the court after declaring he was no longer willing to continue tlie prosecuting owing to the. constant humiliating at tacks made by the counsel for the defense. Major John Jacob Astor, who vacat ed his seat under the parliamentary rule that a member shall not vote be fore taking the oath, intends to pay the fine of 500 pounds prescribed for the offense. Luxor was. gay with flags and bunt ing in the Egyptian colors and crowd ed with sightseers and natives and distinguished visitors here for the official reopening of the tomb of Tutankhamen under government su pervision. In a practical effort to check the falling birthrate in France, an apart ment house builder at Bordeaux nas offered a number of small partmenta to poor couples at two-thirds of the normal rent for such flats, on condi tion they receive regular visits from the stork. Premier Poincare’s ultimatum to the finance committee of the senate that his cabinet would resign unless the committee approved his fiscal meas ures, caused the committee to an nounce it will again have a conference with tho premier and Minister of Finance do in an attempt to reach an agreement. It is stated on high authority that die government has decided not to proceed with the Singapore naval base scheme. The decision has been com municated to the dominion govern ments and the government is awaiting I heir replies before announcing Us de cision to parliament. Two American prelates will be ele vated to the cardinalate at a secret consistory to be held March 24. They are Archbishop Hayes, of New York, and Archbishop Mundelein, of Chi cago. President Ebert, of Germany, has authorized Chancellor Marx to dis solve the reichstag. according to an agency dispatch received by way of Amsterdam. Washington— While the senate finance committee proceeded with consideration of the revenue bill, n new fight involving this measure broke out in the house The special senate committee inves tigating Attorney General Daugherty Issued a sobpoena for Leonard Wood, Jr., to question hint regarding the story that a deal involving a cabinet appointment was proposed by oil in terests at the Republican convention in Chicago in 1920. Senator W. J. Harris, of Georgia, spoke in tribute of the late Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, at the memorial exercises of the senate. Absentee farm landlords are not an Important factor in the agricultural situation in most parts of the United States, the department of agriculture announced, citing figures which show not more than 10 per cent of rented farms In 19£0 woro thus owned. A proposal to make full cash pay ments on option in the soldiers' bonus bill was voted down by the house ways and means committee, which de cided to limit payments to paid up life insurance. The senate passed by unanimous consent a bill providing for the coin age of five million 60 cent pieces to be known the Stone Mountain Memorial coins. . They will be deliver ed to the Memorial association in At thnta when thev have been ndntoft ••<‘, t ' * , Investigation of Major lieuemi Wood’s regime in the Philippine Islands will be pushed from the floor of the senate by Senator Ladd, of North Dakota, who recently introduc ed a resolution calling for an inquiry into charges by the governor general that a huge Blush fund was being used In congress to further indepen dence of the Islands. A movement gained ground in the house to establish the identity of the two representatives charged in the re port of a Chicago grand jury with being guilty of bribery. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the veterans’ bureau, pleaded not guilty before a United States commis sioner to charges of fraud, conspiracy and bribery handed down by a Chi cago grand jury. Appointment of Representative White, Republican, Maine, as chair man of the special house committee which will investigate the shipping board was announced by Speaker Gil lett. Theodore E. Burton, president mem ber of the house and former senator from Ohio, is one of those now being considered by President Coolidge for appointment as secretary of the navy. . Standards for turpentine and rosin and regulations for the enforcement of the naval stores act have been adopt ed and issued by Secretary Wallace. Domestic— Thirty charred and mangled bodies have been brought up out of the mine of the Utah Fuel company, Castlegate, Utah. One hundred and forty-two men are still entombed within, as a result of the triple explosion, and it is not believed that any of them are alive. Thomas B. Felder, former Atlanta (Ga.) attorney, indicted by a federal grand jury, New York, on a charge of attempting to bribe Attorney Gen eral Harry M. Daugherty and two assistant United States district at torneys in the “glass casket" case, Charged in an interview with a re porter, that hts indictmbnt Is “polit ical, pure and simple." A husband may “spoon” with his wife in an automobile parked at a curb at night, the state supreme court ruled at St. Paul, Minn. Fire of undetermined origin deslrqy ed a central business block of Elk horn Pity, Ky., recently and three per - sons lost their lives, according to a report reaching Johnson City, Term. Santa Fe passenger train No. 401 was wrecked at Wiekenbury, 50 miles north of Phoenix, Ariz., according tc reports by railroad officials. Chester. S. C., has spent more than $325,000 in building in the past few’ months. Tho completion of the $75,000 fund Nashville needed to raise to assure the removal of Scarrltt Hible and school here from Kansas CUv. Mo., was announced recently by Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon. of the Methodist Fniseonal church. South, asserted that plans are being formu lated for the opening of the school at Nashville. Tonn.. next fall. That portion of the federal prohibi tion which nrovldes for the closing of a home for one vear on conviction of maintaining a nuisance was declar ed unconstitutional bv Federal Judge George W. Woodrough at Omaha, Neb. A score w ere In lured in a riot and free for all fight between rival nolit ical factions at a ward convention at Kansas CUv. Mo. Dr. Alexander Meikteiobn. former president of Amherst college, from which position be resigned following controversy over bis administration declared In an address before mem bers of the Town chib, <3t. Louis. that tbo American svstm of education was crude and insufficient. Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, New York City Christian Scientist. announces that she has spent $16,000 for adver tising space in New York newspapers in a campaign to strike the third stan za from "The Star Spangled Banner.” The state supreme court of Michi gan upheld the state normal school at Ypsllantl for expelling a girl who smoked cigarettes. Five Girard, Ala., men were given a hearing on chatges of theft of su gar and were held under bonds to the Russell county grand jury. It is estimated that nearly ten thousand dollars worth of sugar was stolen The Republicans of Louisiana, in a state convention, ordered their dele gates to throw their support to Coo lidge. Weather and market reports are to be interpreted in Chicago by farm leaders employed by a large mercan tile establishment. lowa'9 delegation to the Republican national Convention will go to Cleve land with instructions to support Pres ident Calvin Coolidge under an al most unanimous vpte of the state dele cate convention here THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. TOBACCO REVENUE FAR BELOW LEVEE 1924 REVENUE APPROXIMATELY S3,OOO,OOO—NOT WHAT STATE ANTICIPATED STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta.—While the state tobacco tax law enacted at the last session of the general assembly was framed to produce an annual revenue of ap proximately $3,000,000, the revenue for 1924 will be but a little over $600,- 000, if the cash and bond sales of tobacco stamps for the year continue on the ratio set in January and Febru ary, and the first seven days of March, figures for which were an nounced by Tax Commissiner J. M. Vandiver. Stamps sales from January 1 through March 7 netted $111,235.58, according to the announcement. Commissioner Vandiver seemed un disturbed by the small revenue. He said the difference between the fig ures estimated when the bill was pass ed and the return indicated by the figures he announced could be attrib uted only in a small degree to laxity in enforcement. “The bill is beir|; enforced,” he said. “Of course there has been some difficulty in getting started. We have been at a disadvantage, but on the whole the figures are encourag ing.” . “One qf the troubles we have en countered has been the situation right here in Atlanta when the deal ers took the state into court about the tax. Another is that many re tail dealers are dispensing cigarettes and cigars to customers by carton and box lots without the tax. Then, too, many people have quit smoking cigars and cigarettes and have taken up pipe smoking and tobacco chew ing—smoking and chewing tobacco un taxed. The revenue, however, will increase within the- next month or two, I am sure. Only the disadvan tages of putting the tax into opera tion and the attitude of the public has held it up thus far. Mr. Vandiver’s optimism was not shared by other state officials and at taches of the capitol. One pointed out that the money so far collected just barely paid expenses of the extra session of the legislature at which the tobacco tax law was enacted. An other expressed the belief that stamp sales during January and February should be in excess of all other months because the dealers had to buy stamps with which to stamp up all their stock. The $3,000,000 revenue which the legislators expected the tax to yield was computed on the actual distribu tion of cigars and cigarettes to retail ers in the state, another official com mented. Commissioner Vandiver also an nounced that hia department since January 1 has collected delinquent taxes in the sum of $11,031.42. Plans Survey Of Industries Athens.—Commissioners of Clarke county have approved plans of civic organizations to conduct an industrial survey in Athens by appropriating sl,- 750 to have the work done by ex perts. City council will be asked to appropriate a similar amount. Those appearing before the commissioners to request the appropriation were C. D. Flanigen, P. S. Johnson, W. F. Dorsey Miss Mildred Rutherford, Mrs. E. B. Hudson, Mrs. G. A. Crabb, A. T. Levie, Charles E. Martin, Bullips Phinizy, Joel A. Wier, M. J. Costa, C. M. Snell ing. Rev. J. C. Wilkinson and A. G. Dudley Found Unconscious On Railroad Track Atlanta. —John Herrington, 18 years of age, died at a local sanitarium as a result of injuries suffered supposed ly when he was struck by a train near Suwanee, Ga. He was rushed to At lanta. Details of the accident were not learned. Mr. Herrington was the son of Mr. and Mrs. El H. Herring ton, of Buford, and had been a resi dent of that city for a number of years. He was employed in the Bona Allen Shoe factory at Buford. Mr. Herrington left his home to visit friends at Norcross, ‘and that after noon he was found in, an unconscious condition -on the Southern tracks. Safe Of Rex Looted Of $1,025 Atlanta.—Cracksmen, adept in the use of nitroglycerin and arsists in covering their movements, blew' the heavy iron safe in the Rex Pool and Billiard Parlors at North Pryor and Peachtree streets- in the heart of the downtown district and looted it of $1,025; Saturday’s, receipts. Chaffin Charged With Sewell Murder Atlanta. —Following habeas corpus proceedings before Judge John D. Humphries, in the Fulton superior court, H. H. Chaffin, detained by the police in connection with the death of Parks Sewell, well known Atlanta life insurance man, was placed in the Fulton county tower on a warrant charging murder, which was sworn out by Detective Lanford. At the con clusion of the habeas corpus hearing, Judge Humphries ruled that the police were holding Chaffin illegally and un less a warrant was sworn out, he would be at liberty. Detective Lan ford immediately went to the office of Judge C. L. Pettigrew and took out the warrant. Chaffin was taken in custody after Chief James L. Beav ers had received an anonymous com munication. At the time of his death, it was generally presumed that Mr. Sewell committed suicide. Chaffin has been a boarder in the Sewell for time, and he and Mrs. Sewell were, the only persons on the premises when Mr. Sewell was shot. Immedi ately after the shooting, Mr. Chaffin stated he was in the backyard of the house when the shot, was fired and Mrs. Sewell was in the front yard. Lets Contracts For Roads And Bridges Atlanta—Road and bridge contracts totaling more than $120,000 were let by the state highway commission, un der the' federal aid plan of road con struction. The projects are in Wayne, Glynn, Colquitt and Laurens counties. The conlra,ctp let were as follows: .Wayne-Qlynn counties, 8.14 miles of graded road, on the Jesup-Brunswick road, let to Caye-Andrews company, Americus,' 'for $39,436-80. Lumpkin county! 6,832 miles water-bound macadam road on the Cleveland- Blairsville road, let to John H. Moore, Dahlonega, for $47,824.73. Colquitt county', 3,576 miles of local pebble surfaced road and one bridge on the •Moultrle-Camilla road. The roadway was let to Caye-Andrews company, Americus, for $17,975.95 and the. bridge of Savage & Amis, Newnan, for $9,840.27. Laurens colinty,' vitrified brick paving at bridge No. 1, Turkey creek, at the concrete bridge over Buds branch and approaches to bridge over Oconee river, let to C. E. Story, Augusta, for $8,033.26. . Manager Defies Hold-Up Man Atlanta.—lgnoring an automatic, thrust in his side by a husky negro bandit, Charles Gray, Jr., 21, manager of the Gulf Refining company’s filling station at Moreland and Euclid ave nues, frustrated an attempted hold-up recently. According to Gray’s story to officers, two negroes entered the office of the station about 11 o’clock and commanded him to surrender the contents of cash register and safe". Gray says he stood in front of the safe and refused to step aside. The negro then commanded him to give up his watch and when he failed to do so, snatched it out of his pocket. Gray grappled with the liegro who had taken his watch, he says, and recover ed his property. The Intruders, ap parently disgusted with their failure to frighten the young manager, snatch ed his overcoat from a desk and fled out Moreland avenue. Detailed de scriptions were furnished ;th,e offi cers. Teamster's Body Found Under Wagon Atlanta.—Mr. Charles Click, of Rock Springs avenue, a teamster for the Southern railroad, was found dead on the North Boulevard road, between the Armour and Rock Springs roads. Mr. Click’s body was founded by How ard Cremen, negro, truck driver for Armour & Cos. Cremen. who was com ing to Atlanta from the Armour plant, stated that he noticed a team of horses grazing along the road side and that Mr. Click’s body was lying beneath the wagon. His lines were entangled in the reins and his body w r as crushed, having been run over by the wagon. Mystery In Farmer's Slaying Woodbury. Mystery confronted Meriwether county officials recently as they searched for information that would establish a motive for the slay ing of Tom Riggins, widely known Upson county farmer, at a spot on Flint river near Woodbury. Bill Pryor, a Meriwether county fanner, is de clared to have admitted the slaying, and was in the custody of town au thorities of Woodbury, "preparatory to being lodged in the Meriwether coun ty jail at Greenville. Pratt Interests Injunction Lifted Marietta.—With the lifting of the temporary restraining order filed by the Washington Land company to pre vent the condemnation of certain lands on the Coosawattee river in Gilmer county for the purpose of de veloping the $5,000,000 hydro-electj'lc project there, indications here are that officials of the Pratt interests, against whom the injunction \va brought. 'will begin at—once to pus’ the -proposition. • .. • gOAin ADVOCATE MORE CASH FOR IMPROVED ROADS Increased federal appropriations f or highway aid were advocated at tii convention of the American AssocU tion of State Highway Officials held at New Orleans “for the mutual profit of more than 13,000,000 American mo torists and ail the states,” accordina to Charles, -M. Babcock, Minnesota commissioner of highways and former president of the organization. Discussions of good roads plans, poll, cies and progress of the association made up the major part of the pro gram. Delegations from nearly a il stgtes in this country and from several Canadian provinces and . European countries were in attendance. “The tax on automobiles now takes five cents of every dollar paid for new automobiles, tires and accessories and three cents of the new truck purchase dollar,” said Mr. Babcock. This rev enue since 1917 has totaled $589,012,- 021, against $264,782,216 of federal highway aid appropriations during the same period. The government Is there fore using less than half the amount collected directly as taxes from high way users in the manner to give them the most direct benefits. “Besides these federal taxes, auto owners are paying county, township and city taxes, wheelage taxes, gaso line taxes and other levies on their cars. . ; . “The most constructive policy de mands increase in federal highway aid appropriations, and certainly in sums closely matching federal income from the automotive source. Any other puts our government in the posi tion of retarding highway develop ment, standing in the way of the car and truck owner, who would advance the good roads program along the most sound economic lines.” Highways in Ohio Cost $12,702,731 During Year During the fiscal..vear ended June 30 last, Ohio spent $12,702,731 for con struction and maintenance of high ways, according to the annual report# of State Auditor Joseph C. Tracy, part of which lias been made public. He said corrections in vouchers dur ing the year saved the state $21,- 412.71. The two inspectors provided by spe cial appropriation to make continu ous inspection of construction and re pair work upon the highways, trav eled 38,500 miles and made 1.200 in vestigations during the year, the re port said. The method now in use in Ohio of awarding road contracts on competitive bids was commended in the report, which declared the "cost-plus system the most wasteful. It was asserted in the report that road contractors must be permitted i0 make a "reasonable” profit or a time will come when experienced contrac tors will not bid on jobs. Paved Roads in Illinois Pass All Other States According to the latest report of the state highway department, Illinois now has 3,351 miles of paved roads In service on the bond issue and state-aid systems. This mileage ( oes not Include pavements built bv cou ' l ties, cities or villages. A total 1,011 miles of new roads were com peted in 1923—a record by anv state of the Union, bv end of 1924 officials estimate that t state will offer 4,400 miles of sta pavements In addition to the roads. , This record construction work P tically has completed the main or *■ Issue system which serves both tme state and intrastate traffic pavements have been laid °' er natural traffic channels. They all of the principal cities and and directly serve 80 per cent people living In Illinois. Mason Says Indians Were First Good Roads’ Touts The good roads movement ln Americas had Its inception a 500 years ago among the Ind Columbia, Dr. J. Alden Mason, ologist attached to the Flelc here, has found. , ny Lopg before white pe ° p * |can eon thoughts about the two An fluent* the. Indians of ColomffiaJ walking on stone paved jji cordfng to Dr. Mason, reporting recent visit to the country. ..users ••And at that time the road {|)flD had some other object in - , )wf those of today. Instead o .streets to keep their f, ' et j n ~-,j r ed natives are said, to have * , . kee p in all probability by a off ticks, minute insects. w ' uc the territory."