Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

2 r VICTORY WON IN CONGRESS FIGHT FOR FARM TARIFF WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Advo cate of emergency tariff legislation won a preliminary fight in the house today by adopting, 206 to 78, a mo tion to suspend calendar business tomorrow so as to give the Fordney tariff bill right of way. The measure, however, seemed un likely today unless Republican lead ers of the house and senate can di's u cover away out of the tangle into F which the decisioh to pass an em * bargo tariff bill as a relief measure for farmers has led them. The farmers alone have refrained , from attacking the bill since its in troduction. It will come to debate In the house Wednesday, assailed by producers and manufacturers whom it does not protect, facing opposition from both Republicans and Demo crats in the house and senate and almost certain veto by President k Wilson if it should pass. Word was conveyed to house mem bers today that Mr. Wilson has let it be known that he would like an opportunity to write a veto message to congress and the country on the bill. If it goes to him in anything like its present form, the president, it was stated, will send it back with a message condemning it as the most vicious aid to profiteering and the surest producer of high prices that congress ever enacted. All congressional opponents of the bill are against it for the same rea son. They declare It would leave farmers and manufacturers free to charge as much as they could get, because there would be no foreign competition in their commodities. The bill also has created a great clamor among manufacturers whose Ii not included. position of senate members ice rather than increase the [ items in the bill, and there j slightest probability that, js. it will include a third of lodities now mentioned in senate may reject the tariff ■eiy and substitute for the 1 a simple embargo on jol and such other articles conclusively be shown to aple or Egyptian cotton is in the list of commodities the tariff bill on which ort duties would be im hia item was omitted from ven oat last night by Chair ney because the committee unable to prepare esti the total revenue which would be derived on the basis of the seven-cent-a-pound duty Imposed. First Tax Receipts Show Total of $390,000,000 WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 21 Collections of the first installments the income and excess profits taxes totaled more than $390,000,000 for December 15 and 16, according to the daily treasury statements. Approximately $650,000,000 should have been paid to the government on or before December 15. Treasury officials say the -daily statements issued thus far do not contain all the money collected, be cause Os delays in arrival of reports from the internal revenue districts. The treasury statements thus far Issued show total collections of ap proximately $232,000,000 on Decem ber 15 and $158,738,947.25 Decem / ber 16. Will RADIUM AT LAST OPEN THE DOOR OF | THE GREAT UNKNOWN? n If yon are sick and want to Get Well ■and Keep Well, write for literature that ■ tells How and Why this almost unknown ■ind wonderful new element brings relief to ■ so many sufferers from Constipation, Rheu ■ matism. Sciatica. Goat, Neuritis, Neuralgia, I Nerfrous t Prostration, High Blood Pressure I and diseases of the Stomach, Heart, Lungs. ■ Liver, Kidneys and other ailments. Ton ■wear Degmen’s Radio-Active Solar Ped day Hand night, receiving the Radio-Active Rays into yonr system, causing a cireulaion. overcoming sluggishness, off impurities and restoring the and nerves to n normal condition— the next thing you know you are get well. on a test proposition. You are thor- satisfied it is helping you before the is yours. Nothing to do but wear No trouble or expense, and the most MP^nderful tact about the appliance is that is sold so reasonable that tt Is within the reach of all, both rich and poor.. No matter how bad your ailment, or how long standing, we will be pleased to have you try It at our risk. For full Information writ* today—not tomorrow. Radium Appli ance Co., 1218 Bradbury bldg., Loa Ange !•». Calif.—(Advt.) T b “Only One Thing [Breaks My Cold” Dr. King's New Dis covery, for Fifty Years I a Cold-Breaker’* IME-TRIED for fifty years and never more popular tian today. Nothing but the relief it gives from stubborn old colds, and on-rushing new ones, grippe and throat-torturing coughs could have made Dr. King’s b New Discovery the standard remedy it nis today. No harmful drugs, ft Always reliable, and good for the ■whole family. Has a convincing, heai ■uig taste with all its good medicinal Bmalities. At all druggists, 60 cents, |BL2O a bottle. ■hr coUtZg aadcongZtf rDr.King’s New Discovery Kle Results of Constipation Rre sick headaches, biliousness, sallow F skin, waste matter in the intestinal system. Correct this health-under mining condition by taking Dr. King’s Pills. Feel good every day. Keep Lthe system clean and virile. Same ~old price, 25 cents. All druggists. T\ Prompt! Won’t Gripe I IwTT* i l/EKinffs Pflfe 1 Women I Made Young ■Bright eyes, a clear skin and a ■body full of youth and health may ftbe yours if you will keep your ft system in order by taking [ COLD MEDAL ■ The world’s standard remedy for kidney. B liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, the B enemies of life and looks. In use since I 1696. All druggists, three sizes. ? Look for the name Cold Medal on every k box and accept no imitation HARDING BEGINS TO FEEL POWER OF HIGH OFFICE BY ROBERT T. SMALL (Leased Wire tervice to The Journal.) (Copyright, 1920.) MARION. O„ Dec. 21.—Men of na tional affairs who have sat in the Marion conferences recently all say that Senator Harding, perhaps a bit dazed at first by the magnitude of his victory, is beginning to find him self and beginning also to feel the power of the high office he is soon to fill. Whether he would have it or not, his friends and his callers from dif ferent sections of the country, are beginning to clothe him with the dig nity of the presidency long before he assumes the authority of the chief executive. Men who formerly would slap "Warren Harding” on the back are inclined now to stand to one side and lift their hat as “Presi dent-elect" Harding approaches. Men who came to Marlon during the strenuous days of the campaign and felt important in themselves be cause they knew Senator Harding needed their help, have assumed an entirely different attitude toward him. They have grown a bit hum ble, perhaps, and feel themselves in the presence of a man who has the power to give assistance rather than to receive it. All of which is slowly but surely having a slight but perceptible psy chological influence upon the presi dent-to-be. However much he might wish to remain the same, Senator Harding is finding that the man in the shadow of the White House can not do so. In consequence, he is growing more and more taciturn. He appears to surround himself with every safeguard of secrecy. He seems to stop, look and listen before uttering a word in the presence of those not pledged to hold that word in the strictest confidence. Showing Capacity for Work The president-elect furthermore is showing a capacity for work these days, which few of his associates believed he possessed. The sena tor has been regarded heretofore as what might be called an “easy go ling” sort of man, not entirely a stranger to the influence of pro crastination. At the present time, however, he is working: under a full head of steam. His days are filled with work from breakfast to bed time and there are no periods of rest or recreation. Mr. Harding scarcely expects any rest from the heavy duties which have fallen up on him, but he would like an hour or two of recreation. Marion, however, is not the ideal winter resort by any means. . The thermometer has been hovering in the twenties the last few days and the nearby countryside is covered with snow, making motoring a dan gerous and uncomfortable experi ence. Senator Harding sits for hours in a stuffy little conference room at the “headquarters” established in the home of George Christian, his secretary, and directly next door to the famous front porch which has taken its place in American history. The room is an affair about 9x12 feet in size. Its one window looks out on the side yard of the Harding home and through his window the senator may be seen at almost any hour of the day in earnest consulta tion with the men who make up his lost list of callers. The list is growing longer as the holidays ap proach for while Senator Harding has no particular plans of his own for the Christmas tide, Ee does not want to interfere with the plans of others by bringing them to Marion at a time when most folks want to be home. Hopes for Vacation in South It is not to be denied that Sena tor Harding is crowding his days with more than one purpose in view. He wants to get away from Marlon at the earliest practicable moment so as to get five or six weeks of out door life in the south before he goes into the seclusion of the White House. And Senator Harding has yet to find that the White House virtually is the only place where seclusion is possible for a president. President Wilson has found It so. Senator Harding now is hurrying his conferences so as to give himself as much »freedom as possible when he leaves early next month for Florida. When he starts for the south, the president-elect will bid farewell to Marion, for his plans do not call for a return to this section of the country prior to his inauguration at Washington. Mr. Harding will arrive in the national capital not edrlier than the night of the third of March. He will be sworn in at noon the next day and will deliver the inaug ural address, which- should outline in some detail the paramount poli cies of his administration. Tn many respects this Inaugural address will be of more importance to the general public than the later message to congress when the extra session is called. Senator Harding will have to prepare his inaugural address in the south and for that reason desires as much seclusion as possible while in Florida. He would have neither time nor opportunity for work on an inaugural address, here in Marion. That much already has been proved by the demands made upon him. The pressure is so great and the days so short, the senator has few moments for thought or reflection. He says he is gather ing in all the raw material possible at this time. Later he will put all the information he has gathered to use in his formal messages to the people of the United States and to the world. Girl Hiker Is Fined $6 By Recorder Johnson For Words to Officer Miss Catherine Hilliard and MiSs Mary Walker, girl hikers en route from Michigan to Miami, and ar rested at noon Monday near Five Points for wearing masculine attire, were released from the recorder’s court Monday afternoon after Miss Hilliard had been fined $6, not for wearing men’s clothing, but for call ing Officer R. A. Rakestraw a fool with a snappy prefix to the title. “I would add, however,“ said Re corder Johnson, “that if you young ladies are going to remain in Atlanta, you will have to put on apparel more suited to your sex, that being the law of this part of the land. If you are going on hiking across country, that is another matter. Your garb is well suited to that, and I shall not attempt to prescribe what you' may wear while trudging toward the Land of Flowers.” • Smokes His Meat, Fire Destroys Residence SYCAMORE, Ga„ Dec. 21.—-The residence and smokehouse of James Clements, a farmer residing near Sycamore, were totally destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Mr. Clements was smoking his meat when in some way the smokehoiise caught fire, the flames spreading rapidly in the high wind to the dwelling. There being no aid near no household goods or meat was saved. Woman Asks Harding To Quit Using Cigarettes MARION, Ohio, Dec. 21.—Harding headquarters had no comment Mon day on the announcement of Lucy Page Gaston, head of the Anti-Cigar ette League, that she had written President-elect Harding protesting against his use of this form of to bacco. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children in Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the //* Signature of THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Avalanche of Mud, Clay and Rock, Sweeping Over Railroad Tracks, Costs Pittsburg $50,000 a Day : ■•: • •••••••• * ! :V- : f W f>"'l "S.. >. - z,z r A.- PITTSBURG, Pa. A gigantic “land glacier," 2,000 feet from end to end, is sweeping the side of a huge hill across the tracks of one of America’s great railway yards and tearing to bits like pasteboard a costly boulevard that links residence and business districts here. Nothing will stop the slide, says General George W. Goethals, the man who built the Panama aCnal and won fame when he checked the Cule bra cut slides. Though the slide is costing $50,000 a day, and can only be held in check by 1,000 men working with 11 steam shovels, the advancing deluge of mud, clay and rock continues to sweep down the steep slope. Tracks Are Burled Within a week of the appearance of the appearance of the first tiny crack in the asphalt of Bigelow blvd, cut in the side of a great bluff high above the Pennsylvania railway yards, millions of cubic yards of earth had flowed to the bottom an dcovered eight railway tracks and menaced all of the ‘yard. The tracks were under earth from 30 to 150 feet across and covered from 20 to 80 feet deep. Three hundred feet of boulevard was torn away. A temporary bridge was built over the gap. Pittsburg’s officials and the rail way engineers were ii. a panic. They couldn’t determine the cause or the remedy. They sent for the canal builder, General George W. Goethals. Goethals came (at SSOO a day) sauntered over the slide, poked it with a stick and laughed. “Haul It Away” “Haul away the dirt,’ said Goe thals. “Thats all there is to do. It wont stop sliding until it is through. It is your own fault.” Then he reviewed the ancient his tory of the catastrophe. Eighteen years ago Pittsburg built Bigelow-blvd along the edge of the bluff. At one point it had to dump millions of feet of earth to make a hill. “In the first place,” said Goethals, “your slide is because your original fill wasn’t properly drained. The water makes the earth heavy and greasy and it just naturally slips. Then, to make matters worse, you recently added more weight with new dirt and of course it came down. 138 Fire Insurance Companies Suspending Business in Mississippi NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—One hun dred and thirty-eight fire insurance companies are suspending their busi ness in Mississippi, where their ag gregate covering policies amount to approximately $1,250,000,000. This action is an outgrowth of a suit filed against them by the state revenue agent of Mississippi, charg ing that In collecting the same rates the companies have created a com bine in restraint of trade. Announcement of the suspension was made here today by the National Board of Underwriters. It was explained that the state revenue agent contends that the al leged violation of the anti-trust laws of Mississippi subject each company to a penalty of $5,000 a day since January 1, 1908, or an aggregate pen alty Os $2,000,000,000. To enforce payment balance due to the companies in Mississippi and held by their agents have been gar ni sheeid. This amounts to. $700,000. Kodakers Save Money Roll film developed free. Glossy prints, 2,3, 4 and 5 cents. Write for price list. Dept. M 25, Baldwin Stu dios, New Orleans, La., and St. Louis Mo.—(Advt.) 52 Get Indictments For Alleged Violation Os Anti-Trust Law NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—A blanket indictment against 52 defendants, charging violation of the state anti trust law, was returned Monday in connection with investigation of the "building trust." The indictment named 27 corpora tions and 25 individuals, all said to be members of the Master Plumbers’ association, which John T. Hettrick, already under indictment, served as counsel. With today’s grand jury ac tion, the list of indicted exceeds 120. Body Disinterred and Left in Open Grave SYLVESTER, Ga.. Dec. 21—The grave of Robert Rouse, who was buried about three years ago at Doles, in this county, was opened Friday evening and the body disin terred. It was found Saturday morn ing lying in the open grave. The authorities have been unable to fix responsibility for the disinterment. The sheriff says that on November 26 he prevented Mrs. Rouse, the widow of the dead man, from disin terring the body when he found her near the grave. It was said that she brought more than SIOO worth of clothing to the vault in. preparation for the “resurrection” of her hus band. Holiness ministers, it is said, had Informed her if she would go to her husband’s grave and pray he would be brought back to life. Liquid Christmas Cargo Os 100 Gallons Taken Louis Russell, a Peters street ne gro said to be well known to the po lice, was speeding through Hall coun ty in a seven-passenger car Monday night, en route to Atlanta with 100 gallons of newly-distilled corn whis ky, when he was intercepted by a squad of federal officers who had received a tip that he was on the way with a large supply for the Christmas trade. The officers poured the \yhisky on the red clay roads of Hall county and brought Russell to Atlanta and placed him in jail. Deputy Marshal Robertson, of the Atllanta office, was a member of the squad who made the arrest. The car In which the whisky was being transported probably will be condemned by the government, af ficers said. Here’s how the lower end of Pittsburg’s “land glacier” looks. nil n om oil In in 4- In o T 1— AL. _ X a . 1 « Here’s how the lower end of Pittsburg’s “land glacier” looks. The small mountain at the left is the terminal of the landslide which threatens the entire Pennsylvania railway yards. Only the slide itself is shown. It comes from a bluff not pictured here. The steam shovels are part of a battery of eleven machines busy uncov ering the buried railway tracks and loading the debris into cars to be hauled outside the city and dumped. Below—General George W. Goethals, left, builder of the Panama canal, who says nothing can stop the slide. He is talking with E. A. Richey, Pennsylvania railway civil engineer. Now, all you can do Is haul away the dirt until the slide is through sliding.” Thereupon he left the city of Pitts burg and the Pennsylvania railway to ‘haul qway the dirt. No one can make a good esti- Milady’s Styles Have -Been: a Riddle Since Day of Adam Dr. Charles W. Eliot has discovered that modern women “wear clothing in a wa ythat our mothers of the last generation would have put down as indecent.” I Q i c l‘ X ■ ® z VW a/ ■ Dr. Eliot is late. From the begin ning of the fourteenth century laws appear against Immodest dress. What one age considers modest an other considers improper. Fashions in dress have varied with every peri od, and every race. As Prof. Sumner points out, “There never is any rational judgment in the fashion of dress. No criticism can reach it. We all have to obey it. We hardly ever have any chance to answer back. Its all-sufficient sanc tion is that ‘everybody wears it,’ and wears it so.” Taylor says that an African belle wears big copper rings which become hot in the surr, so that the lady has to have an attendant whose duty it is to cool them down by wetting them. The queen of the Wavunias on the Congo wore a brass collar around her neck, which weighed from sixteen to twenty pounds. She had to lie down once in a while to rest. The Herero beauties wear iron bracelets and leglets and iron beads from the size of a pea to that of a potato. They carry weights up to thirty-five pounds and are forced to mate of the amount of earth yet to descend, but the railway engineers think about 12,500,000 cubic yards— enough to block the entire system. It costs $3 a cubic yard to haul the de bris. Curfew Law Invoked During Crime Wave In New York City NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—A modified “curfew law” designed to aid the police in combatting the “crime wave” had its first trial today. Under orders of Commissioner En right, uniformed policemen stopped persons traversing unfrequented streets between midnight and day light, searching them for weapons and required them to account for their presence there. A few of those held up in this manner justified the precaution, revolvers or knives being found in thfeir possession. The ordetr, however, worked a hardship on Frank Woodward and Wallace Gondon, two farmers from Gouvenneur, N. Y., who came to the city to see tlhe sights and fortified themselves against bandits. They were detained on a charge of car rying concealed weapons. The net restlt of the round-up of known crooks which extended through Sunday into yesterday, was the detention of 37 men on charges ranging from carrying concealed weapons to asstault and robbery. Senate Adjourns for Three Days and Plans Two More Recesses WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The sen aate today was in recess, having ad journed last might until Thursday. With all immediate pressing busi ness disposed otf, including passage of the measure reviving the war fi nance corporation, the senate plan ned another three-day adjournment Thursday until Monday. A similar recess over New Year’s also is plan ned, although there will be no sus pension of comjnittee activities. Cave Springs Store Destroyed by Fire With $60,000 Loss ROME, Ga., Dec. 21.—The store house and stock of merchandise own ed by tne Tumlin Mercantile com pany, at Cave Springs, in this coun ty, was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss will exceed $60,000, par tially covered by insurance. D’Annunzio Is Given Ultimatum by Italy ROME, Dec. 21.—Gabriele d’An nunzio has until tonight to disband his legionnaires and release his war ships. The ultimatum from the Ital ian government gave him that long to comply with its demand. In his reply he declared he would maintain his position by force. walk with a slow, dragging step which is considered aristocratic. In Behar, Hindostan, the women wore bress rings on their legs, which could only be put on by a blacksmith with a hammer, while the fair beauty writhed on the ground in pain. The women of the Barito Valley wear a girdle around the thighs so tight that it restricts the steps and produces a mincing gait which they think beautiful. A tribrf in Guiana have an ideal of which is marked by a large abdomen. They wind the abdomen with many girdles to make it appear large. Some of the Arab tribes put on a bride seventeen garments, a silk one and a muslin one alternately, then a mantle over all and a rug on top of the mantle. In our country no dress was ever more denounced than the ugly, incon venient and indecent crinoline, but all the women from 1855 to 18t>5, wore it. Fashion is something which even the wisdom of Dr. Eliot must give up as hopeless. M’FADDEN WILL DIRECT CAMPAIGN i FOR EXPORT BANK The campaign for additional sub scriptions to the capital stock of the Federal International Banking com pany, organization of which was per fected last Friday at New Orleans, will be directed by an Atlanta man. Haynes McFadden, secretary of the Georgia Bankers’ association and publisher of the Southern Banker, was called to New Orleans Monday night to assume active charge of the campaign for the additional sub scriptions that will increase the cap ital of the big export bank to $lO,- 0000,000. The selection of Mr. McFadden to direct the campaign was made by a committee of New Orleans bankers, to whicn has been delegated the duty of raising the additional $3,000,000 in stock subscriptions. The committee was influenced in its choice by recog nition of Mr. McFadden’s work in putting Georgia over the top in the original campaign. li> co-operation with Robert E. Harvey, who acted as field agent, Mr. McFadden was large ly responsible for the remarkable showing made by the banks of Geor gia—a showing that astonished the bankers attending the permanent or ganization meeting at New Orleans last week. The decision of the New Orleans meeting to increase the capital of the Federal International Banking company to $10,000,000 was influenc ed largely by the success of the stock subscription campaign in Georgia. In proportion to its quota or allotment, Georgia far outstripped the nine oth er southern states in subscribing to the stock of the export bank. The original purpose of its or ganizers was to launch the bank with a capital of $6,000,000. This idea was abandoned and the bank incorporat ed for $7,000,000 at the New Orleans meeting last week, when it develop ed that the stock had been over subscribed by $1,000,000. Georgia’s stock subscription of $1,400,000 ex ceeded the state’s quota by $600,000, on a basis of a $6,000,000 capitaliza tion. Noiseless Revolvers Are Latest Fashion With Gotham Bandits * NEW YORK. —The use of revolv ers equipped with Maxim silencers seerhs to have been recently adopted by gunmen operating in New York city and northern New Jersey. The noiseless revolver made its appearance in Bergen county, New Jersey, Saturday night, December 4, and has been used in a series of hold-ups in different parts of Ber gen and other Jersey counties. Since December 4, bandits armed with Maxim silencer revolvers have committed crimes in three Jersey towns —Peetzburg, Hackensack, Oak land, Ridgewood, Fairburn, Midland Park and Bergenfield. Two clubs, the Ridgewood Country club and the Palisades Township Community club, were held up by noiseless gun gangs. The authorities have been unable to say positively whether or not these robberies have been com mute d by the same band. Hike of 300 Miles Taken by Couple To See Sick Child SHREVEPORT, La.—After walk ing about three hundred miles over land from there home in the Ozarks of northwestern Arkansas, Thomas Alexander and his wife, carrying a shotgun and an umbrella, respective ly, have arrived at Monroe, La., in response to letters from their daughter, critically ill there, who begged to se them before she died. Unable to buy railroad tickets, they started afoot and made the journey in three weeks, sleeping under trees. Two-Pound Baby Is Bom in Illinois QUINCY, Ill.—What is said to be the smallest child ever born in Quincy, a girl, was born here to Mrs. John Feith. The infant weighs one and three-quarter pounds. Physi cians say it is perfectly formed. Earlier in the week a boy was born in Quincy weighing fifteen pounds, which was said to be the heaviest ever born here. Three Golden Balls At Pawnbroker’s Taken The three golden balls that have hung for years above the pawnshop of Jake Jacobs at 120 Decatur street, were gone Tuesday morning. Mr. Jacobs himself was distracted over his loss. The police, though sorely puzzled to account for the robbery, have add ed the three golden balls to their list of stolen articles for which dili gent search is being made. All-Wool Attire Is Latest Fad g I re B r Ml WI ■ - rIII h fe k' ' Tz-M I H .. ••; ' 'J i All-wool costumes for sports wear is fashions latest fad. This attrac tive knitted suit is trimmed with bands of brushed wool. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, Gone But Not Forgotten .1 aMMr «.*’ HI PJ W *■***’•: iFTmiri A dead dog Is a dead dog, but, take it from anybody who has lost a fith ful canine friend, many a long month follows before you forget \the pup. So why shouldn’t there be a dog cemetery. There is! Indeed, there are many. The accompanying pho tograph made in the dog cemetery at Washington, D. C., shows a live dog paying a visit to the grave of a dog pal. Hundreds of dogs are burled here, and many a human friend of the dead dogs, men, women and children, visit the graves often. WHAT WOULD BE AT FOOT OF HOLE 12 MILES DEEP? It is surprising how little we real ly know about the planet on which we live, says the Kansas City Star. We have examined its surface pretty thoroughly, but of what is beneath a thin outer crust we are almost wholly ignorant. Volcanoes from time to time throw up great quantities of stuff out of the bowels of the earth. But there is no telling from what depth it comes; and at the present time there is a good deal of dispute among geol ogists as to whether tihs molten ma terial is derived from localized pock ets or from a fiery mass occupying the whole interior of the ■ terrestrial globe. There are even scientists so heret ical as to query whether the core of the globe is hot. They think that perhaps it may be cold. Tempera ture, it is true, does rise as one de scends into the earth, but conceiva bly this may indicate merely a hot zone beneath which it cools off. An eminent British engineer has advocated the digging of a shaft twelve miles deep, which, he says, could be sunk in thirty years, at an expense of a few million dollars. He believes that the knowledge obtained would amply repay the investment. As an engineering proposition the task would be attended with unde niable difficulties. The tremendous pressure in the depths might crush in the hole from the sides. But the main obstacle would be heat. The deepest hole ever dug is a well, sunk for oil, near Fairmount, W. Va. It is six inches in diameter and nearly a mile and a half in depth. At that point it stopped, because a slide of rock choked it. The temperature at the bottom of this hole is 168 3-t5 degrees Fahren heit, and the guess is tfcat the boil ing point of water would be reached at ten thousand .feet. At a depth of thirty miles, it is surmised, rocks would be hot enough to be plastic like putty. The earth has been weighed by as tronomers, who say that it would just about balance an iron ball of equal size, if the two could be put on a pair of scales. There seems to be no other inference than that the interior of the planet is mainly composed of heavy metals. But nobody positively knows, And it is not in the least likely that anybody will ever find out. The fact that some regions are highly vol canic—such'as the Aleutian Islands, the Caribbean and the neighborhood of Java—while others, like the United States, are free from such disturbances, has never been ade quately explained. We do know that under our feet are untold stores of energy. If only we could tap it there would be no more worry about the exhaustion of the world’s fuel supply. Southern Italy and its geographic neighborhood (including Sicily and other islands'! is a typical volcanic region. In many places, where steam issues from the ground, the people trap it and put it to work. Chief of Militia Not To Be Named Before First of the Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. —The new chief of militia, the office for which General Charles L Martin, of Kan sas, has ben prominently mentioned, will not be named until after the first of the year, Secretary of War Baker said today., The appointment will be made by President Wilson on Mr. Baker’s recommendation and he has given no indication he will give Mr. Martin the place althbugh thb lat ter claims to have indorsement of two-thirds of the state governors. In addition, Senator Curtis, Representa tive Anthony and other Kansans haVe been Urging Mr. Martin. Secretary Baker is said to favor an eastern man and is said to have offered the job to one who declined it. Major General John F. O’Ryan, of New York, is listed among the possibilities. Greek Premier Tenders Cabinet Resignation to Ex - King Constantine ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 21. —Premier Rhallis yesterday tendered to King Constantine the resignation of the Greek cabinet, but was requested to remain in office until parliament be gins its sessions. During his visit to the palace, M. Rhallis encountered Princess Cather ine, youngest daughter of Constan tine. “What have you brought me from abroad?” he asked the princess. “Papa,” was her laconic reply. Donna Enrico Ruspoli, Georgia Girl Princess, Arrives for Holidays NEW YORK, Dec. 21. —Donna En rico Ruspoli, an Italian princess, ar rived here Monday on the steamer Nieu Amsterdam. The princess, who was formerly Miss Eugenia Berry, of Oak Hill, Floyd county. Georgia, will spend Christmas at her former home there. Bandits Get $16,000 From Express Company TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 21.—Six men armed with shotguns and with the lower part of theii faces covered by bandanna handkerchiefs, overpower ed ten guards, of the American Rail way Express company here early last night and escaped with safe contain ing about $16,000 in cash and lib erty bonds. DORSEY NOT TO CALL ASSEMBLY IN EXTRA SESSION That Governor Dorsey has recon sidered his views in regard to an extra session of the legislature, and is not now inclined to Issue a call, was the information obtained Tues day from reliable sources at the state capitol. The governor himself practically confirmed this information by stat ing that the attorney general and the tax commissioner had altered their original opinions concerning the effect of the United States su preme court decision upon the tax equalization law of Georgia, and were now of the belief that the law could be made to function with rea sonable effectiveness without an im mediate amendment to make it com ply with the constitutional defects found in it by the supreme court. If this be true, the governor’s principal reason for considering a call for an extra session no longer obtains. There is some room for question, of course, as to the future effect of the court decision upon the enforceability of the law, and there fore upon the revenues of the state, but the disposition of the attorney general and tax commissioner is to believe that substantial enforcement can be had without immediate amendment. It was the doubt as to whether 1921 revenues of the state would be undermined by the supreme court decision that caused the governor to consider an extra session. Tax re turns are made in the early spring, while the legislature meets in regu lar session in midsummer. Hence if it was necessary to amend the law at all, the amendment should havr been made prior to the tax returns All that, however, is disposed of b’- the later diagnosis of the attorney general and tax commissioner con cerning the effect of the decision. Another factor influencing the gov ernor's views in the matter was a strong expression of sentiment from the business Interests of the state against an extra session. He has received, it is learned, a large num ber of letters on the subject, and nearly all of them vigorously op posed the issuance of a call. Educational Center to Be Established in Capital WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Estab lishment in Washington of an edu cational center for advanced study in the scienc ■ of government and de partmental administration will be undertaken by a committee of col lege professors and others recently appointed by Paul S. Reinsch, presi dent of the American Political Sci ence association. The committee, an announcement today said, will nw!<- plans for the systematic use of Th; facilities available in Washington so political research by both American and foreign students. Don’t lose sleeptg because of anl itching skin ■ Resinol! will make it well P How can you expect to sieep tonight unless you do something to relieve the trouble? Eczema and other itching skin troubles don’t often heal themselves. But it is surprising how quickly Resinol does heal them. Almost daily we hear from a *Hn-«ufferer who says, “Resinol Ointment stopped my itching at once and I got the first good night’s sleep I had had in weeks. Now my skin is well.” At all druggists. GOVERNMENT SHOES At Their Tine Value 20,000 pair genuine , . Russet Army Shoes, KfKeaf 1 I slightly worn, but neatly repaired and OlttFG lepolished Wherever necessary. All sizes from 5 to 7 Mi, dyed I laek and with rubber Heels when requested without additional cost, $2.48 a pair. Sizes from 8 Up, with leather heels and an 4* and dyed black When re- ’ . quested, without ad- $2.90 W pan dltional cost, $2,90 a pair. These shoes are eaally worth , wearing value. 25,000 pair Field —eaa ' n.u Shoes, slightly worn .rteM but neatly repaired eu— and repolished wher- duOv ever necessary. Man- 'SSI ufactured under Gov eminent specifications for strength and dura billty. Three thick- nesses of sole leather, $3.90 Pair foot leather lined, waterproof, slightly worn, but a $15.00 value. Our price $3.90. NOTE: We alsd have the Fiefld Shoe, same as above, with Hob Nalls in both heels and fl, soles for SI.OO additional or $4.90 a pair. Asi an evidence of good faith mail us a deposit of SI.OO for etch pair of shoes ordered, stating style shoe desired. Balance on delivery. Be sure to mention Mize and style shoe. KINGSLEY ARMY SHOE W., 8858 Cottage Grove Ave., Dept. H-806. Chicago, 111. FITS If yon have Epilepsy, Fits, Falling Sick ness or Convulsions —no matter how bad — write today for my FREE trial treatment. Used successfully 25 years. Give age and explain case. Dr. C. M. Simpson, 1628 w, 44th st., Cleveland, Ohio. SAYS IT IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD There is one remedy that those who know depend upon for relief from coughs that “hang on” after the grip. Foley’s Honey and Tar clears the passages, soothes raw, inflamed membranes and banishes irritation and tickling in the throat. A. H. McDaniel, Box 51, Llndside, W. Va., writes: “I am glad to tell you that Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best medicine In the world. I have had a severe cough and before I used half a bottle I was better." —(Advt.) 1 Money o®ck without Question *’ x \1 if HUNT’S Salve fails In the 1 treatment of ITCH. ECZEMA. VIJ RINGWORM, TETTER or r 1 I Pz other itching skin diaeasea. f J i Try a 75 cent box at our risk. V -* sold by all druggists. I Watch, Chain and Two Rings @««* Genuine American XA/aWSII Watch^uaranteedby A mak<r and ,|| th f. jewelry givenlorsell ing only 40 packets Garden Seed* 11 toe each Manyoiherpre miums Writetoday > narZ The Wilson Seed Ce. Defl.C uTyreee.P*.