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BRIEF NEWS NOTES WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN TRY AND ABROAD EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE Gathered From All Parte Of Tha Globe And Told In Short Paragraphs Foreign— It is officially announced that the Relglan government has agreed to the terms of the Franco-British disarma ment note to Germany. The disaffection in the Greek navy reported in Athens advices is due to the suspicion of some of the officers that the minister of marine has been guilty of favoritism in making promo tions. The Portuguese cabinet headed by Alvaro Castro has resigned. The Cas tro cabinet was formed last Decem ber. Replying to the American notes of protest, the Roumanian foreign office states that the provisions of the pro jected mining law do not contemplate confiscation of American oil proper ties in Roumania nor interfering with the legitimate rights of American cap ital. Thirty miners were asphyxiated the other day by an explosion in the col liery at Harogleggnitz, Austria. The chief of the Yokohama customs force apologized to United States Con sul Kemper for discourteous treatment to the American passengers of the President Madison. A resolution establishing the prin ciple of racial equality has been intro duced by the Japanese delegation at the annual congress of the internation al union of the League of Nations as sociatmn, now meeting at Lyons, France. Pointer Herriot of France is deter mined that the Ruhr must continue to be occupied and that the funds to cover the expense of occupation must provided, even though he Bhould be defeated by his insistence on this point. Belfast.—A terrific tornado, unpre cedented in the history of Belfast, struck the city recently, resulting in extensive damage. Many buildings were wrecked and some persons injur ed. The tornado swept over the heart of the city with great intensity. Roofs were torn from houses, the slato Hhingles flying in all directions. Hun dreds of persons had to cling to lamp posts and railings for safety. Premier Mussolini, speaking in the senate on the case of Deputy Mat totti, believed to have been murdered, declared that Justice would be meted out irrespective of whether the guilty parties were high officials. The United States will be invited to send a representative to tho propos ed allied conference in London in July in any capacity the American govern ment thinks fit- Japan will be in cluded among the nations invited. It is hoped that Premier Mussolini of It aly will be able to represent his na tion in person. The entire majority of the Italian chamber of deputies, about 300 in all, met in the Hall of the Consistory at the Palazzo Venesia, listened to a speech by Premier Mussolini and unanimously voted a resolution of con fidence in the government. The journeymen bakers of Paris have voted an immediate strike, de manding abolition of night work and the institution of higher wages. The government is preparing to open mili tary bakeries. Suit for divorce was filed at Paris by Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, actress and so ciety beauty, on grounds of incompati bility. W ashington— Curt Jacobson of New York City, accused as a leader in a conspiracy to counterfeit SI,OOO bills, was sentenced in the United States District of Co lumbia supreme court to ten years in the penitentiary. Efforts of Joseph Wheless, New York attorney, to have the soldier bo nus law declared unconstitutional by iourt, failed when Justice Stafford dis missed his injunction suit. Dr. Robert Simpson Woodward, president of the Carnegie institution, died recently after a prolonged ill ness. His widow and three sons sur vive. The American round-the-world fly ers will hop off from Rangoon at dawn for Akyab, Burma, the air service was advised. The plane which received slight injuries when it alighted at Ran goon is being repaired. The ships are being adjusted to the lighter air conditions of the tropics by removal of excess weight. Continuance of the present wage scale and working conditions, with a few changes in favor of the men, has been agreed upon, it was announced at the shipping board by the Masters Mates and Piiots’ association, the Nep tune association and the Marine En gineers’ Beneficial association. The agreement is effective July 1 and runs for a year. Cyrus E. Woods, ambassador to Japan, formally presented his resigna tion to President Coolidge and it was accepted with an expression of appre ciation for his services. Referring to the Japanese exclusion provision in the immigration law, Mr. Woods de clared Japan was conducting herself in the situation "with the dignity of a great nation.” Republicans will direct an attack on the Democratic solid south in the ap proaching congressional campaign committee, said after a conference at the white house. The campaign in the south will be centered, he said, on Texas, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina. Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer has resigned as personal physician to the president. The action was taken, it was explained, so that he could re turn to Marion, Ohio, and devote his attention to the Harding Memorial association. The resignation was ac cepted by President Coolidge. Jules Jusserand, ambassador from France, called on President Coolidge to say goodbye before his return to France for a summer vacation. He will sail soon expecting to return In September. A laugh and a shrug of the shoulder greeted queries on re ports that he might be recalled by the new ministry of France. “I have been here for 22 years,” he said, "and dur ing most of that time I have heard these rumors. Some day, of course, it must happen.” Domestic — A swirling, twisting tornado, blown up out of the Northwest, took, a death toll that may reach two hundred or more in Cleveland, Lorain, East Lo rain, Vermillion, Sandusky, ( Cedar Point and other Northern Ohio towns, reports from all available sources in dicate. The property damage may run as high as twenty-five million dol lars. J. Frank Irwin of New York, chair man of the national committee on re habilitation, was elected national com mander of the Disabled American Vet erans at the fourth annual convention held in Salt Lake City, Utah. . A still at the United Refinery at Warren, Pa., exploded, resulting in the death of Melvin Evans,-who was caught under a shower of burning oil. Dorris Twomey, at Columbia, Tenn., shot Robert Wilson, negro, in open court. The negro died instantly. Wil son was being tried for an alleged as sault on Twomey's sister. The appellate division of the New York supreme court affirmed the or der of Judge McCook denying an In junction to the Producing Managers’ association against the Actors Equity association and the Managers’ tive association. Mrs. Albert Elder, 35, Chattandftfga;" Tenn., w r as trapped in an apartment house fire and burned to death. A score of other occupants escaped, in injured, in their night clothes. It is announced from Martinsburg, W. Va., that six plants of the. Inter woven Mills, Inc., men’s hose, have suspended indefinitely. Miss Elwild Wickersham, 21, Cuya hoga Falls, Ohio, and Howard H‘. Co vert, Medina, Ohio., were killed In’an aeroplane accident recently at Altv**! Ohio. AplW'. Fifteen indictments pendinglh&ainst Warren T. McCray, former gifvewior’ of Indiana, were dismissed .by J.sdge James A. Collins, at the request of Clarence W. Nichols, special pjtose'tu tor. ' . , t* • ; Amid scenes unprecedented, iq na. tional political gatherings, the ‘Demo cratic national convention adopted its platform, escaped the* Inclusion ofi-an anti-Klan plank by the narrow margin of one vote and then adjourned over Sunday. The New York City grand Jury de clined to indict Frank Tiney, actor comedian, on charges of assault made by Imogen Wilson, "Folies” chorus girl, and the complaint was dismissed. Louis Thompson, 24, committed sui cide at his home near Switzer, S. C., after fatally wounding his wife by beating her with a shotgun. Joint farm bureau and poultry pro ducers’ meetings will be held soon at Toney, Ala., and New Hoqje. Ala., and it is expected that great good will be accomplished for these interests. Resolutions holding that the church, in passing on an act for the declara tion of war, invades the prerogatives of the state, and declaring for funda mentalism, were adopted at the pastor al conference of the Northern Illinois District of the Missouri synod of the Lutheran church, held in Chicago. THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. 6A. HIGHWAY BOARD URGES BOHD ISSUE RECOMMEND ALL GASOLINE TAX MONEY BE SPENT ON STATE ROADS STATE NEWSJIF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta. —Recommendation that all money derived from the gasoline tax be spent on state roads and that a 70,000,000 bond issue be floated for the construction of a large mileage of hard-surfaced roads Is made in the annual report of the state high way department. . The amount of money received from the gasoline tax is estimated at one million dollars per annum, according to the report, which, matched with federal aid, 1b about the only source of revenue this department will have for building state roads, it is stated. Department officials believe that the county aid fund is about exhausted, and that future progress with perma nent roads will have to be financed by the state. The seventy million dollar bond is sue could be handled by the present organization of the department, and it is estimated that it would be put into hard-surfaced roads within a pe riod of seven years. Under the pres ent plan, Georgia would receive from the federal government, in this seven years, about fifteen million dollars, making a total of eighty-five million dollars, which would build roads and bridges to the extent of four thousand miles during that time. During the year 1924, approximately eight hundred miles of roads and bridges, making a total of mileage of 2,926.1, have been completed, are un der construction or will be completed, the report shows. The esimated cost of roads and bridges for which funds have been provided and plans made is $5,296,620.50, making a total of $33,- 050,896.83. The amount received last year from the motor vehicle fund was $2,099,- 179.09, and from the gas tax fund, 0261,505.26, It is reported. In addition to this the state received from the federal government $2,134,879.32 and $1,519,404.91 from the counties, making a total, including interest on bank de posits, of $6,018,239.80. The cost of maintaining dirt roads in Georgia is estimated at $250 per mile per annum, the report shows. Defunct Bank’s Liabilities Taken Over Albany.—The Georgia National bank will take over the assets and liabili ties of the Citizens’ First National bank, which closed its doors on Feb ruary 13 last. When the Citizens First National bank closed its doors, it had more than a half million dol lars of deposits. A committee ha# been at work on the problem foi> than four months. The just announced guarantees that’ de positors will receive their money in full. The Georgia National bank guar antees to pay one-third of the deposits January 1, 1925; one-third January 1/ 1926, and January. 1, 1926. W- ; Woman Enters Legislative Race Jackson.—The local political cam paign has been enlivened by the an nouncement of Miss Lucile Akin, of Jenkinsburg, for representative in the, general assembly. Miss Akin is oppos ing J. L. Lyons, incumbent, who is a candidate for re-election. Miss Akin is an honor .graduate of Shorter col lege and president of the Sixth trict Federation of Women’s Clubs?' Her work as president of the Butts’ county Federation of Women’s Club# gave her a wide announcement, sjie states, is prompted by the desire to render service to the people of" the tounty. Name Committee For Caravan Waycross.—The chamber of com merce has appointed a committee com posed of G. R. King, chairman; S. G. Coleman, J. R. Whitman, Max Gil more and C. L. Persons to have charge of the proposed tobacco caravan. This committee is now* actively at work .preparing to- round up at least 100 -ftutomoblllsts to go all through Wart county advertising Waycross as a .trade center To Generate Power Again Soon Moultrie. —Before the end of July the Baker county power company will be distributing hydro-electric energy generated in its own plant, according to a report received here from the cor poration’s office at Newton. The plant has been idle for about a year and a half as a result of serious washouts. It will be late this year, however, be fore the rebuilding of the dam is com pleted. GEORGIA TO MAKfc EXHIBIT AT NEW YORK Atlanta And Other Georgia Cities Will Be Represented At Industrial Exposition Atlanta.— Decision of the chamber of commerce to present an Atlanta exhibit at the Southern Industrial ex position, which is to be held in the Grand Central Palace, New York, next January, is the latest result of ef forts to obtain for Georgia the $5,000 worth of advertising offered by the Manufacturers’ Record as a prize for the best state showing. Aside from the prize, however, it was the opinion of B. S. Barker, sec retary of the chamber, that the pub licity resulting from participation in the big two-weeks’ show, in which eleven Southern states will be repre sented, will reward amply all exhibit ors. With this in mind, he will ask all industrial firms in the city to co operate in making Atlanta’s exhibit live up to her already high reputation as the industrial center of the South, the big two-weelts’ show, in which Savannah, Macon and Columbus also will have individual exhibits, with their prospective chambers of commerce in charge of arrangements. The Georgia Industrial association is supervising the state exhibit, co-operating in the work with the exposition committee appointed for Georgia by William G. Sirrine, of Greenville, S. C., who is president of the exposition. This Georgia committee is composed of the following: E. B. Walker, man ager of the Savannah board of trade, chairman; R E. L. Neal, Albany, vice chairman; J. Ralston Cargill, Colum bus; B. S. Barker, Atlanta, and Spen cer L. Hart, Augusta. The purpose of the exposition is to bring to the attention of the whole country the remarkable progress in in dustrial development made by the South in recent years. Unidentified Man Seriously Hurt Atlanta. —An unidentified white man, about 35 years old, found recent ly in a vacant lot at the corner of Spring and Mills streets, which is considerably below the street level, was treated at Grady hospital for a fractured skull and Internal injuries. Police think he met with violence and was thrown Into the lot by his assail ants. He had not regained conscious ness and doctors held out little hope for his recovery. A theory that the man fell down the bank accidentally, was discounted by detectives who found that the vicinity Is well lighted and who state that the victim had not been drinking. Although the man had no papers on his person which might aid In identification, police hope to find relatives. $50,000 Damage Caused By Fire Atlanta. —Flames destroyed the en tire stock of groceries and feed in the store of the Gordon Grocery company, 191 Peters street, and damaged the four-story building. The loss was esti mated at $50,000. The flames were confined to the store in which the fire started. The cause of the fire has fciot. been determined. It began in the rysar- of ,th£ store, where a quantity of hay was stored. In addition to the damage 'to the building occupied by the’. Jordon Grocery oompany, consid erate loss from smoke and water was at the store adjoining, 189 Pet ers’street. JU TpbAfcco Yield In Balnbrldge Is Good ‘ f Bainhjidge.—Those farmers who planted tobacco this year, and espe cially those who poisoned for insects, are jubilant over the good crop and are gathering iL It is said that this cf&p *will. be the best that has b4eri raised in, ( this county. Some of .gplpg-to have as good crops as here p4o*fqre on’account of not using poison ispr inserts that infected the leaves a 'few w.g'eks ago. ■Lft •' ' , Shellrhan Man Killed In Auto Crash Shellman.—S. B. Johnson of Shell man was killed near Cuthbert at night whep the automobile in which he was riding collided with a heavy car driven bjl Doctor Patterson of Cuthbert, John son’s car turning over several times The Injured man was taken to a ho* pltal In Cuthbert, and died about two house later from a broken back. Decatur County Gets Carload Of Cow* Balnbrldge.—Decatur County Fanr Agent D. E. Sawyer has left for Nash ville, Tenn., for a car of cows. One half of the cows are registered stock They will be placed on the farm ol Fleming & Hines for sale to the farm ers. Feed is being raised for winter use and barns are being put in bettei shape for the cows. Prepares For Bumper Hog Yield Moultrie. —Figures gathered by buy ers on the Southern stockyards here indicate that from 10 to 12 per ceD; fewer hogs will be marketed by sout't and middle Georgia farmers this fall I and winter 600011 ROADSf3 ENGINEERS WATCHING DETROIT EXPERIMENT - Ultimately, when the horse and bug gy idea gives place to the motor tract partation plan nationally, automobiles must be allowed to travel over long stretches of right of way at their max Imum speed. Wider roads entering population centers, division of high ways into their logical freight, local and express lines, and the unification of transportation laws throughout the United States will make all this pos sible. So, at least, say engineers of the Middle West and the transport experts now busily engaged in working out the growing road problems of practically every community of any size in Illinois, Indiana and lowa, writes J. L. Jenkins in the Chicago Tribune. All of them are looking eastward this spring toward Detroit, where Wayne county pavement pioneers are pushing the construction of a 200-foot right of way from Detroit to Pontiac, with just this idea of segregating high way traffic and putting automobile op eration into the scientific transporta tion field where It belongs. When completed this highway will provide tracks in its center for fast and local railways. On the outside two 40-foot pavements will carry the nuta mobile traffic. These one-way lines will provide for slow-moving and local cars on the inside lines and for fast, through motors on the outside speed ways. Cross traffic will be protected, according to the first plan, by elevat ing the intersections and dividing the grades. Thus the cars used to transport pas sengers or light freight for long dis tances will be given a chance to oper ate at maximum efficiency and mini mum expense without endangering the joy-riders, the slow-moving trucks and the myriad other tardy vehicles which form the real barrier on any open road. Uniform Road Rules Are Being Urged by Railways Arguments for a federal rules of the road act to secure uniformity and re duce automobile accidents all over the country were advanced before the com mittee on commerce, trade and com mercial law of the American Bar as sociation by Herbert E. Rowe, chair man of the committee on the preven tion of highway crossing accidents of the American Railway association, and D. E. Minard, general attorney of the Erie railroad. The committee met at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 65 Liberty street. Doubt as to the legal practicability of the plan was expressed by some members of the Bar association com mittee. Mr. Rowe will file a briei and the recommendations of the com mittee will be announced at the forth coming annual meeting of the Bar as sociation. W. H. H. Piatt of Kansas City, chairman of the committee, said tha the differences in the rules of the road in various states were a decided de - riment, now that country-wide au tomobile travel had become common. Method for Increasing Strength of Concrete The strongest concrete will he oh tained by the least possible nmui of water In the mixing to produce plastic mortar or mix, but ft er concrete is placed the concrete s m be kept wet for at least ten days, great strength of wear or strai needed as in highways. Keeping the concrete damp tne ten-days adds 75 per cent to its presslve strength, and adds >• cent to its resistance to wear. weeks of constant moisture " still greater strength and res - ; Constant sprinkling may not 1 sible. Cover the concrete deeply dirt, sand, hay or anything hold moisture and it will se purpose desired. Good Roads Facts 000000<>0<KK>0<><X><><> v '' ' It is estimated by h ’/ h 'J. ay that the extent of surfaced • he< j the United States win have e at least 450.000 miles by the the first quarter of 1924. + • • Massachusetts has b^’’ n wide drive against the billboa ~e„artl ine its highways. The ,f ta heer.‘em inent of public works ba? . Over powered to regulate biu UII ( that tising by the process of industry. Violation of the n ?lOQ lations is punishable by ann • {he for the first offense and second.