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•FORD SHOALS OFFER
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Cheap Fertilizer Talk Brand
ed Bunk —Farmers Be
trayed, Senators Say
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Henry
Ford’s Muscle Shoals bid and the at
titude of the administration towards
it are denounced in vigorous terms
in the majority report of the senate
agriculture committee, which at the
saYne time recommends enactment
’of the amended Norris bill for gov
ernment ownershin and supervision.
Th report, drafted by Senator Nor
ris, Republican, Nebraska, chair
man of the committee, makes re
peated reference to what it terms
Mr. Ford's withdrawal as a can
didate for president and his deci
sion to support President Coolidge
and assails in particular the plan
replace in the properties the Gor
ges steam plant sold to the Alabama
Power Company for $3,472,487.
the sale of the Gorgas
says the report, “was made
secretary of war, in which
said he simply carried-out
made by predecessors,
My. Ford, who was at that time a
candidate for president of the United
States, became execeedingly angrv
and condemned the secretary of war,
and through him, the administration
in unmeasured discourteous terms.
Vacillation Scored
"To appease his anger, a vacillat
ing administration publicly announc
ed that the amount received for the
kGorgas’ plant would be credited up
on the five million dollars which
Mr. Ford agreed to pay for Muscle
Shoals, in case his bid was accepted
by congress.
“This kindly favor, perhaps su
perinduced by other considerations,
so pleased Mr. Ford that his anger
at the administration was not onlv
turned into love and admiration, but
he became so violently friendly that
he himself withdrew as a candidate
for president and announced his sup
port of the executive who had made
such a liberal concession.”
The house bill, the report says,
carried out the idea of the presi
dent in reference to the sale of the
Gorgas plant and directs the secre
tary of war to construct a steam
power plant of 40,000 horsepower on
the Warrior river, on which the
Gorgas plant is situated, upon land
to be obtained by purchase or con
demnation and to purchase or con
demn a right-of-way therefrom to
Muscle Shoals and turn it over to
the Ford corporation.
“This additional gift ought to sat
isfy Mr. Ford and keep him good
natured, at least, until after elec
tion,” the report adds. “No one has
ever offered an excuse for directing
the secretary of war to condemn
private property and pay for it out
of public funds, in order to turn it
over to a private corporation to be
used for the sole benefit of that
corporation. As far as I know,
this is the first time such a thirjg
has ever been attempted.
Sheer Gift to Ford
“This proposed new plant, like
the old one at Gorgas, has no con
nection whatever with Muscle
( Shoals. It will be. however, a very
valuable acquisition to the Ford cor
poration. It will, in effect, make
him a gift of a steam power plant
located at the mouth of a coal mine.
It ought to go a great way in bring
ing satisfaction to any person who
possesses a mania for great wealth
and commercial power.”
The report points out that the Nor
ris bill gives the secretary of agri
culture authority to lease nitrate
plant No. 2 to any person or corpora
tion, which, it cites, would include
Mr. Ford, for the manufacture of fer
tilizer and directs that power be sup
plied to operate the plant.
“The secretary of agriculture, un
der the terms of the bill,” It declares,
“would have authority to make such
.a lease, even without charging any
rent for the same. This leaves the
way open for any one to enter the
fertilizer field on terms much more
favorable than it is claimed by any
of the bidders so far they desire to
secure.”
Propaganda favoring Ford's bid,
the report states, has been spread
over the country from -two quarters
—one centering in real estate specu
lation and the other being directed
to the farmers —who it asserts, have
been led to believe that definite as
surance has been given that the
price of fertilizer will be cut in half
if i’ord gets Muscle Shoals.
Jt Farmers Are Betrayed
Washington representative
of the largest farm organiza
tions in the United States has bet*h
from the very beginning actively
engaged in spreading this propa
ganda.” the report alleged, adding
that “while drawing a. salary from
the farmers of America, he is care
fully feeding them deceptive litera
ture tending to mislead them into
Mr. Ford’s camp.”
“It is not known that Mr. Ford
himself is a party to this propa
ganda,” it continues. “Ry bis ignor
ing the request of committees to
come before them and discuss his
bid ho has made it impossible for
anyone to question him regarding
any of the questions involved. But
it would seem that a man of his
.prominence ought not to stand idly
by while in his name misrepresenta
tions are being spread over the coun
try.”
A favorite slogan of this propa
ganda, says the report, is that Mr.
Ford will save the farmers from
the “fertilizer trust.” although the
'Ford Motor company, it asserts, is
now engaged in the fertilizer busi
ness and the manufacture either
must be a “part of the combine and
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TflE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MECHANICAL FORTUNE TELLER
PICKS STUDENTS’ CAREERS
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Top. Dr. Max Meyer giving a student the lectometer test. Middle
photo, Miss Gladys Johnson giving one the obeimeter test. Lower
photo, taking the concertometer test. " ,
Head of Psychological De
partment at University of
Missouri Devises Seriesyof
Machines to Determine
Subjects Life Work
COLUMBIA, Mo., May 31.—Stu
dents at the University of Missouri
here are sure of taking un the pro
fession that suits them best.
They are advised by mechanical
fortune tellers.
Instead of having their palms
read by gypsies, the students have
their brains tested by a series ot
machines devised by Dr. Max Meyer,
head of the psychology department.
By summing up the results of the
tests, Dr. Meyer is able to tell his
subjects just what life work fits
them best.
After an oral examination regard
ing the student's plans and prepara
tions for the profession he wants to
undertake, the machines are set up
to read his mind.
First comes the lectometer, re
vealing how quickly thq, student can
learn or follow instructions.
Next is the concertometer, which
determines the subject's ability to
play in concert with others. The
test is to sound notes in unison with
those sounded by the machine.
The obeimeter then reveals how
well one appreciates music regard
less of his musical ability.
The tirometer shows how speedily
the student can locate a. moving ob
ject and reveals accuracy of aiming
at it.
Then comes the exactometer
showing the subject’s exactness; the
hymnometer, telling how well one
can locate the direction of sound;
the tefpometer, measuring one’s
ability to discover the “tonality” or
melodiousness in sound '■•combina
tions, and other instruments.
The results of these tests tell stu
dents what career to follow.
following in their wake, or he must
be in a position already to break
it down by competition.”
The report sets forth that the Nor
ris bitt contemplates the distribu
tion of all power not needed for fer
tilizer production and would give
the government an important key
to a giant power system that could
cover the entire south, thus, it de
clares, preventing power monopoly.
Fertilizer, it adds, would be pro
duced either by the department of
agriculture or hy a private lessee
under the supervision of the depart
ment, and power production and
distribution would be administered
by a “federal power corporation,”
which would use as operating capi
tal, in addition to the sum obtained
from the Alabama Power company
for the Gorgas plant, accumulating
earnings sufficient to bring the
total up to $25,000,000. The sum of
$1,500,000 would be appropriated for
the fertilizer business, and, along
with numerous other clauses dealing
with completion of the properties,
construction work and experimental
activities, provision i s made for the
manufacture of explosives for use
of th® army and naw.
Dr. Montague Elected
To Vice Presidency of
Mercer University
• MACON, Gi., June 3.—-At the
semi-annual session of the board of
trustees of Mercer university here
Monday, Dr. A. P. Montague, pres
• ent dean, was elected vice president
'of the university. This office, new
|ly created, has for its duties the
| managing of student affairs.
| Dr. Montague has been president
I of three southern colleges and dean
of two others. As president he has
served Furman university, South
Carolina; Columbia college, Florida,
and Howard college, Alabama. He
has been dean of Columbian college,
of Washington, D. C., and of Mer
cer.
It is understood that Dean W. E.
Farrar, now head of the college of
I arts and sciences of Mercer, will
I succeed Dr. Montague as dean of the
I university.
Merchants m Tokio
Bar American Goods
As Boycott Spreads
TOKIO, June 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Several Tokio stores
! today are displaying signs which
[ read: “No American goods sold
here.”
A number of the vernacular
newspapers assert that the move
ment to boycott American products,
started as a protest against passage
of the new American immigration
law including a clause prohibiting
entry of Japanese, is gaining ground
among the middle and lower classes
despite the efforts of the govern
! ment to check its spread.
The home department announced
: today the arrangement of plans for
i sending three thousand emigrants
I to Brazil in the remaining months
I of this year.
Clark House Contest
For Lee Moore’s Seat
Ordered Thrown Out
I WASHINGTON, June 3. The
house today adopted resolutions, of
! fared by one of its elections commit-
I tees, throwing out the contest of Don
,H. Clark, Republican, for the seat
:of Representative R. Lee Moore,
i Democrat, of the First Georgia dis
trict, and declaring that E. W. Cole
I has no valid claim to membership
!as a representative-at-large from
■ Texas.
Grave of Georgia Hero
Now Properly Marked
DANVILLE, Va., June 3.—After
more than fifty years the grave of
Sam Copeland, Langley, Ga., is
properly marked.
Copeland was hurled in a grave
with five other Georgians who died
in the Civil war. After it was iden
tified by R. Walton Sydnor, of Black
stone, Va., who helped to dig it, O.
F. Copeland, of Langley, read an
account of it in a. newspaper.
After much correspondence, Mr.
Copeland established the fact that
; the grave contained the body of his
brother Sam. He asked that some
honor be accorded it.
On Memorial day the grave was
decorated with the Stars and Bars
by a group of veterans.
The grave is on the Glascock
farm, near South Boston.
Governor Invited
To Legion Meet
SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 3—Gov
ernor Clifford Walker was today in
vited to attend the state American
Legion convention Thursday and
Friday and to present the prize to
the convention sponsor Friday night
at the De Soto hotel.
Senate Committee Puts
Foot on German Relief
WASHINGTON. June 3—Two
esolutions proposing appropriations
by the American government for
German relief were rejected today
by th® senate foreign relations com
mittee.
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COOIKMKE
PARAMOUNT ISSUE
OF H TAX LAW
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire tn The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
WASHINGTON, June 3.—Presi
dent Coolidge intends to make a
paramount issue of taxation in the
coming campaign. Signing of the.
tax bill does not preclude his appeal
to the country for the election of a
congress which shall ' support his
views.
Mr. Coolidge will insist that tax
reduction could have been greater—
that the burdens on the many mil
lions of people who pay indirect
taxes could be lifted, and a much
more productive measure framed.
Responsibility for the imperf lions
of the bill ‘will be placed squarely
on the Democrats. To the claims
of the latter that they have given
the country a bill which favors the
small taxpayer instead of the in
dividual with large income the Re
publicans will not enter their dis
sent, but they will point out that
the failure of congress to adopt
certain recommendations of the
treasury will hamper instead of
stimulate a reduction In the cost of
living.
The president proposes to tie up
the defeat of the surtax-proposals to
the general business conditions of
the country, arguing that a free
flow of capital would have meant
more industrial expansion, better
wages, more employment and eco
nomic progress. The idea that ev
ery taxpayer’s private affairs may
be open to everybody else also is
counted upon as ammunition for the
stump, because it is not limited to
persons of large income, but includes
everybody.
Repeal to Be Asked
Mr. Coolidge will* ask the Decem
ber session of congress to repeal
certain provisions of the new law
and to amend others. His request
would have more weight, of course,
if he happened to be re-elected, for
the congress chosen next fall does
not come into power until Decem
ber, 1925, unless a special session is
called after the present session ex
pires on March 4, next.
Imperfections of the bill could be
removed in the December session
and still affect the incomes received
by taxpayers during 1924, for the
first payment is not due until March
15 of next year. At best the treas
ury can delay publication of income
tax returns until they are fully col
lected and there is a theory that
the department may even delay pub
lication until the returns are fully
audited, -which sometimes take three
or four years.
As for the gift taxes, this Is
bound to be one of the mdre bitter
ly contested features of the new
law. The president’s admission that
it is of “doubtful legality,” -which
means that he believes it may bs
unconstitutional, will be sfeized upon
for test cases. The theory that a
man cannot give his own daughter
a -wedding present without being
subject to a tax and that he cannot
give presents to members of his own
family without payinc- a tax is re
garded by the treasury as an in
vasion of personal liberty and rights
upon which the electorate may well
ponder this year.
Many Loopholes Stunned
Mr. Coolidge's decision to sign
the bill was not a surprise. It docs
not contain a material reduction in
taxes for a large number of people.
There are many persons in congress
who already are expressing the
opinion that the now measure will
bring a surplus instead of a deficit,
and that a. further cut in taxes
may be possible within the next
two years. Certainly the new law
will be more productive in the sense
that it stops up loopholes through
which large amounts of incomes
have been kept from the treasury
in the past. The administration fea
tures of the law are tight and many
a taxpayer who comes out to make
his return will discover that things
he thought he could do under the
old law cannot be done now. Meth
ods of computing losses have been
changed, assignment of property to
trustees has been made subject to
new regulations, and various fea
tures introduced to prevent tax
avoidance.
The administration of the new’
tax law will incur an increased ex
pense to the treasury, for it is a
complicated document. It probably
will delay the auditing of returns
considerably, as the changes in the
bill are fundamental in character
and will require in some cases the
application of an entirely new prin
ciple. The auditing of returns is a
slow process anvhow. but the bur
den on the treasury experts now
has been increased and it will be a
long time before the taxpayer will
know whether his return for 1924
has been finally audited. The in
come tax lawyers hereabouts are
smiling with clee —the new bill
means more fees for them, as it will
take a lawyer to understand some
of the provisions of the new legis
lation.
Suicide Machine Proves
Perfect; Originator Is
Asphyxiated in Sleep
NEW YORK, June 3.—Carl Dorn
field, fifty-two- utilized his mechan
ical apitude to commit suicide Mon
day in an original way. By means
of two alarm clocks, an attached
spring and a rubber tube inserted in
his mouth, Dornfleld was asphyx
iated automatically.
The contrivance apparently was
designed to turn on the gas while
its inventor slept. The alarms were
set for 5 a. m.
Io Sell Carolina
Cattle in Georgia
COLUMBIA. S. C.. June 3.—The
first co-operative sale of pure bred
bulls raised in South Carolina to be
held in another state will he at East
man. Ga., on June 7. when 15 se
lected sires from herds of the Poe
Dee Guernsey breeders will be sold
at auction. The sale will be con
ducted under the auspices of the
Eastman Chamber of Commerce. All
of the bulls will be federally certified,
it issaid. The shipment will be as
sembled at Bennettsville, Darling
ton and Sumter.
Barnett Again Heads
N. \. Cotton Exchange
NEW YORK. Juno —Edward R.
Barnett was re-elected president of
the New York Cotton exchange for
one year: Richard T. Harriss was
elected vice president and James F.
Maury was re-elected treasurer.
Members of the board of managers
elected were: Herman B. Baruch.
Louis rßooks. Thomas F. Cahill. J.
Chester Cuppia. Collier Estes. Max
Greeven. Gaines Gwathmey. Ralph
11. Hubbard. William H. Judson.
J eigh M ' rsall E Ri< h
lames Roi ' n H<>nrv H Royce.
1 George M. Shutt and William J.
Walsh.
COOLIDGE SIGNS TAX BILL,
STATING HIS DISAPPROVAL
OF MANY OF ITS CLAUSES
Every Federal Contributor to Share Benefits of Reduc
tions —One-Fourth Cut in This Year’s Payments
Effective and Immediate Refunds Are Planned
WASHINGTON, June 3.—A new
federal tax law is on the statute
books today but It will have to
weather a determined fight by the
administration to obtain a law more
to its liking at the next session of
congress.
President Coolidge served notice
In a statement issued coincident
with his signature of the tax reduc
tion bill yesterday that he would
bend all of his energies to obtain
passage at the next session of a bill
“less political and more economic.”
Despite its "obvious defects,” the
president said in his statement that
he had signed the bill as serving the
best interests of the country be
cause of “its advantages as a tem
porary relief and a temporary ad
justment of business conditions,”
adding that a “correction of its de
fects may be left to the next ses
sion of congress.”
The blil, which the president de
clares represents merely “tax re
duction, not tax reform,” cuts fed
eral revenues by an amount estimat
ed at $361,000,000 for the next fiscal
year and decreases tax rates gener
ally to the lowest level since 1917.
Almost every federal taxpayer
shares In the tax relief afforded.
Reduction This Year
Although the taxpayer’s pocket
book will not feel the actual benefit
of the reductions in income taxes
applicable to incomes of this year
until he pays them In 1925, he is
granted the immediate relief of a 25
per cent decrease in income taxes
for the current year now due. The
repeal of many excise taxes, such
as those on telegraph and telephone
messages, soft drinks, candy and
theater admissions of fifty cents or
less, also will be felt within 30
days.
Preparations for administration
on the act went forward today in
the treasury and a formal estimate
of $20,000,000 for refunding the
25 per cent retroactive reduction to
those who paid their 1923 income
taxes in full March 15 was before
Director Lord, of the budget. These
refunds, for which congress must
make the necessary appropriation,
are to be paid as quickly as possible
without application from taxpayers
to whom they are due.
President’s Objections
The president’s criticisms were di
rected chiefly at the measure’s fail
ure to make greater reductions in
surtaxes or forbid further issuance
df tax exempt securities, at the in
crease to a maximum of 40 per cent
in the estate tax, the publicity fea
tures, and the action of congress
in reducing the salaries recommend
ed for members of the board of tax
appeals and affecting their terms of
office. He also intimated ha might
call a conference prior to the next
session of congress to work out a
scheme for division of taxes between
the federal and the state govern
ments.
Secretary Mellon announced that
organization of the board of tax ap
peals would be started immediately,
but since nominations probabiy
could not be made in time for con
firmation under pending laws for ad
jourment of congress, he would ask
for a resolution removing restric
tions, making the payment of mem
bers given recess appointents con
tingent upon senate approval at its
next session.
TREASURY ISSUES DWTAILED
EXPLANATION BOR TAXPAYERS
WASHINGTON, June 3.—Official
directions were issued today by the
treasury department covering the j
process the taxpayer should go i
through In determining how he :
should pay his taxes under the new
revenue.
“If at the time you filed your fed
eral income tax return you paid
three-fourths of the amount of the
tax reports, no further payments
will be due,” the treasury said.
“If at the time you filed your re
turn, you paid one-half of the
amount of tax reported, no payment
will be due, until September 15.
‘ If at the time you filed your re
turn, you paid only one-fourth of I
the amount of tax reported, you'
must pay on or before June 15, one-;
half of the amount paid by you I
when you filed your return.
“The main point to be borne in
mind is that one-half of the tax due
from you this year must have been
paid on or before June 15.
“The usual notices have been Is
sued by internal revenue collectors
reminding income taxpayers that
the second installment of tax is due
June 15. Os special interest to tax
payers i.« the provision carried in the
new revenue law to the effect that
the tax on incomes received by indi
viduals in the calendar year of 1923
will be reduced by 25 per cent. This
means that every individual who is
subject 1o income tax will be re
lieved of one-fourth of the tax lia
bility which he reported on the re
turn filed on or prior to March 15,
or, if the tax was paid in full, that
he will reecive a refund of onp
fourth of his payments.
< m’t Miss Whole Payment
"Taxpayers who paid onlv one
fourth of their tax in March, how
ex er, should not make the mistake
of thinking they may take credit for
the full twenty-five per cent reduc
tion at once and not pay anything
when the second installment comes
due. The new law provides that
the 25 per cent reduction shall be j
prorated over all four installments. I
For instance, if an individual report-]
ed a tax of SIOO on his return, hei
can consider that the new law has i
reduced his tax to $75. If he paid;
$25, or one-fourth of the amount re
ported when he filed his return, then ;
ho must pay $12.50 on or before ;
June 15. This amount, together;
with the $25 previously paid, will
make up one-half of the $75. A
special way for a taxpayer to ar-1
rive at the amount of his'June pay-;
ment is to remember that if his!
March payment was one-fourth of
the amount shown on his return
his June payment will be just one
half of his March payment. The ■
tax remaining unpaid after June 15 -
may be paid in equal installments
on or before September 15, and De- j
comber 15. respectively.
“A considerable number of taxpay-'
ers who are accustomed to paying!
heir tax when they filed their
returns, anticipated the 25 per cent i
reduction, and this year paid only I
three-fourths of the amounts report-1
ed on their returns. This class of I
taxpayers will, of course, have noth
in" further ._> pay this year unless
additional tax is disclosed when their
returns are audited.
On Settlements in Full
“There will, no doubt, be many in- ]
dividuals who will desire to settle !
their tax accounts in full now that j
•he 25 per cent reduction is an ac-i
gompl .-bed fact. Th° amount du°
n any instance where a taxpayer
desires to pay in full will bo the to
tal amount of tax shown ...t the time
of filing the return, less 25 per cent
and less the amount paid at the time
of filing the return. The collector
of Internal revenue states that such
action would be advantageous from
the government’s viewpoint, as it
would eliminate considerable book
keeping.
“In view of the fact that the tax
notices were prepared prior to the
enactment of the new law, a taxpay
er who paid three-fourths of the tax
on filing his return may receive a
notice from the collector advising of
the amount assessed, amount paid,
and the remaining balance, hut in
(cases of this nature no further pay
ment is due. The payment made in
June, plus the amount already paid,
must equal one-half of the total tax
due, after taking the deduction of 25
per cent. Likewise, the amount paid
in September, plus the amount pre
viously paid, must equal three-fourths
of the total Hx liability after the
deduction of 25 per cent has bean
taken. .The remainder of the tax
'liability will be payable on or before
December 15.
“In oases where taxpayers paid
the full amount of tax shown on
their returns, refunds will be made
of one-fourth of the amounts. It
will not be necessary for claims to be
filed. In fact, correspondence from
taxpayers relative to such funds will
probably serve to slow down the
work of the collector in listing all the
items and sending the necessary
schedules to Washington in order
that the checks may be drawn. The
collector states that this work will
be carried on as rapidly as it can
be performed by his force of em
ploy
Two Balloonists Die
When Bag Explodes
On Midnight Flight
BELLEVILLE, 111., June 3.—The
mangled bodies of Dr. C. Leroy
Meisinger, of the United States
weather bureau, Washington, and
Lieutenant James T. Neely, of Phila
delphia, who left Scott field late yes
terday in the army balloon S-3 for
the ninth of a series of air test
flights, were found near Bement,
111., today. The balloon had ex-
I ploded and was destroyed by fire.
Bement is about 150 miles north
east of Scott field. A watch on
Lieutenant Neely’s body had stopped
at 11:15, seven hours after the
flight started. Both men were pi
lots, but Lieutenant Neely was in
charge pf the balloon while Dr.
Meisinger made his observations.
ONE OF THEIR BALLOONS
RECENTLY FELL IN GEORGIA
WASHINGTON. June 3.—Dr. C.
L. Meissinger, killed in trfe explo
sion of a balloon near Mojiticello,
111., was one of the foremost meteor
ologists in the United States. He
was attached to the weather bureau
her© and with Lieutenant James T.
Neely had been engaged in exten
sive balloon flights to test atmos
pheric currents and conditions.
, The runaway balloon that settled
recently near Woodstock, Ga., was
one in which Dr. Meissinger and
Lieutenant Neely had started from
Scott field, and had abandoned Aft
er riding several hundred miles be
fore a storm. The two had traveled
across the Canadian border before
a gale, to gather data.
The compilation ot information
covering cyclonic disturbances was
one of the main purposes of the
work and in doing it the two bal
loopists repeatedly rode out severe
storms.
Examniation of the wreckage con
firmed the belief that the balloon had
been struck by lightning. Dr. Meis
singer’s body was found in the bas
get which sank two feet in the reath.
Half a mile west was found the body
of Lieutenant Neely. A quarter of a
mile northeast was the wrecked par
achute and a quarter mile farther
was the silk hag, in which a large
hole had been burned.
The flight of the balloonists was
undertaken particularly to prepare
a chart of the air at 1.000 feet ele
vation. The S-3, a balloon of 80,-
000 cubic feet capacity, left here
about 4 p. m. yesterday and was
last seen headed in a northeasterly
direction.
Scott field officers declined to ex
press an official opinion as to the
cause of the accident but it was
assumed that the gas in the bga had
become ignited by lightning.
The TC-3 left Scott field soon aft
er 11 a. m. for Monticello to bring
back the bodies.
Dr. Meissinger, who was one of
the foremost meteorologists in the
country, came to Scott field, March
30 and completed arrangments for
a series of ten or fiften test flights
in a free balloon to heights of ap
proximately 20,000 feet. The first
flight was undertaken with Lieuten
ant I. A. Lawson as pilot, the craft
landing at Walterboro, S. C., 675
miles distant, after drifting two days.
Two other flights were made sub
sequently i na balloon piloted by
Lieutenant Neely, the flights end
ing nt St. Thomas, Ontario, and near
Appleton. Wis., respectively.
At the time the United States en
tered the world war Dr. Meissinger
was doing graduate work at the
University of Nebraska. He enlisted
in the signal corps as an instructor
in meteorology. / At the close of the
war he became connected with the
United States weather bureau, spe
cializing in the study of upper air
conditions.
Lieutenant Neely was about 30
years old and unmarried. He served
in the World War in both the British
and American armies.
Weeks, m Statement,
Urges Johnson Bill
Passed for Islands
WASHINGTON, June 3 —Secre- ■
tary We'eks transmitted to the sen
ate committee on territories today a
statement urging passage by con
gress at this session if possible, of
the Johnson bill which would pro
vide for a changre in status of the
Philippine Islands to a constitu
tional commonwealth and pave the
way for complete in lependence after
25 years.
Various changes in the measure
were suggested by the war secre
tary on his own motion and other
changes desired by the Philippine
mission now in Washington were
included. If these changes are
made Mr. Weeks, he would regard
reduction of the 25-year period to
20 years as designed by t’ e mission I
as a “fair compromise,.”
The statement was sent In re- I
spon se to a request from th® com- '
mittpo for a writ‘®n declaration b: I
the secretary on the bill. j
THURSDAY. JUNE 5, U>24.
| BASEBALL|
STANDING OF CLUBS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
CLUBS— Won. Lost. Det.
MPiuphis 32 II .G 9
Atlanta 24 IS .571
New Orleans 27 21. .563
Nashville 24 21 .533
Mobile 25 22 .532
Birmingham 21 24 .447
Little Rock 15 29 .341
Chattanooga 14 33 .298
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLUBS— Won. Lost. Fct.
New York 23 14 .622
Boston 22 14 .611
Detroit. 21 IS .571
Washington 19 19 .500
St. Louisi 18 21 .462
Chicago 17 20 .459
Cleveland 14 22 .389
Philadelphia 11 23 ....
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUBS— Won. Lost. Fct.
Now York 26 1 5 . 634
Chicago 25 18 .581
Brooklyn ...21 17 .553
Cincinnati 22 20 .524
Pittsburg ... 20 21 .488
Boston 17 21 .458
St. Louis .18 24 .429
Philadelphia 12 25 .324
SALLY LEAGUE
CLUBS— Won. Lost, Pct.
Augusta ... 29 10 .744
Charlotte 22 16 .579
Greenville 21 18 .538
Asheville 18 19 .483
Spartanburg 18 21 .462
Macon S 32 .200
MOND A Y’FgASIES '
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Memphis, 3; Atlanta, 4.
Little Rook, 12; Birmingham, 12 (ton in
nings, darkness).
americanTeague .
Washington, 8; Philadelphia, 3.
nationaiTleague
St. Louis, 2; Pittsburg, 6.
Boston, 6; New York, 9.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Asheville, 3; Macon, 9.
Greenville, 10; Charlotte, 4.
Augusta, 6; .Spartanburg, 4.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Raleigh, 9; Danville, 1.
Greensboro, 7; Winston-Salem, 10.
High Point, 12; Durham, 3.
TUESDAY'SGAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Little Rock, 3; Birmingham, 7.
Chattanooga, 1; Now Orleans, 2.
Nashville, 1; Mobile, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, R; St. Louis, 7.
Washington, 11; Detroit, 1.
New York, 6; Chicago, 3.
nationalTleague
St. Louis, 0; Philadelphia, 6.
Cinclnantl, ’; Boston, 1.
Brooklyn, 2-2; Now York, 9-3.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
All games postponed, rain.
PIEDMONT‘LEAGUE
All games postponed, rnin.
VIRGINIA - LEAGUE
AU games postponed, rain.
LEAGUE
Tampa, 3; Lakeland, J.
St. Petersburg, 6; Daytona, 3.
Bradontown, 5; Orlando, 3.
Huge Tomato Crop
In Pavo District
Ready for Market
MOUUTRIE, Ga., June 3.—Near
ly 1,000 cars of tomatoes will be
shipped from the Pavo section witn
in the next few weeks, according
to railroad men here. The first
cars will go forward the latter part
of this week end the movement will
be heavy in ten days. It is
the first season that tomatoes have
been grown on such a big scale in
Georgia, according to agriculturists
here.
The Pavo district also is pi ducing
other truck crops on a big scale.
The northbound Georgia Northern
train recently carried 1,250 crates
of beans and squash, or a little more
than two carloads.
Doerun, Norman Park and Ellen
ton are rapidly becoming big truck
centers, and large shipments have
been moving from those points. The
money being brought is having a
stimulating effect on business in all
lines, Moultrie retailers assert. Fur
ther improvement will be registered
when the melon season starts about
June 15, and this will be followed
by the marketing of tobacco in July
and earlv August.
Governors to Greet
Obregon at Nogales
NOGALES, Ariz., June 3.—Gover
nors of three American and four
Mexican states will greet President
Obregon, of Mlexico, on his arrival
here June 7, if plans arranged by
officials of the two cities of Nogales
materialize.
Governors Hunt, of Arizona; Hin
kle, of New Mexico, and Richardson,
of California, are expected to accept
invitations to meet Obregon here.
Stunt Fly er Jailed
As Traffic Offender
NEW ORLEANS, La., June 3.
The first arrest for violation of the
air traffic law was made here today
when police took into custody Wil
Ham Brooks, 30, and charged him
with violating a city ordinance which
prohibits “stunt” flying over the
city at an altitude of less than one
thousand feej. Brooks is with a fly
ing circus now playing here. He
was released without bail for trial
at a later date.
New Irrigation Bill
Is Reported in House
WASHINGTON, June 3.—A blh
designed to afford relief to settlers
on reclamation projects and to pro
vide sweeping changes in the recla
mation laws was reported toda.y by
the house irrigation committee.
The measure is in line with the
recommendations of Secretary
Work’s fact-finding commission on
reclamation, which has been ap
proved by President Coolidge. The
vote was 12 1o 1.
French Radicals Demand
Millerand’s Resignation
PARIS, Jun® 3.—(By the Asso
i.ited Press.) —The radical and the
radical Socialist senators in caucus
Tuesday adopted by a vote of 122 to
5 a resolution demanding the retire
ment of M. Millerrand from the
presidency charging him with having
practiced personal politics.
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KAGOSHIMA, Japan, June 3.
(By the Associated Press.) The
American aviators flying Around the
world spent today- in I'est and in
tuning up their planes, after the
strenuous flight (from Kushlmoto
here yesterday. They hope to hop
oft for the flight to Shanghai tomor
row.
On this jump of about 500 mile*
straight across the China sea, they
will have the aid of a number of
American destroyers, if needed. The
destroyers have been stationed ih
line across the sea at intervals of
about sixty miles.
FRENCH FLYER REACHES
CITY IN NORTHERN KOREA
NAGASAKA, Japan, June 3.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Captain Pel*
letler Doisy, flying from Paris to
Tokio,/nade the jump from Mukden
to Hingyang, in northern Korea, in
three and a half hours today.
Hopping off from the Manchurian
city at 5 a. m., he reached the an
cient Korean city, about 275 miles
distant, at 8:30 a. m.
SARCH FOR MAJOR MARTIN’S
VVECKED PLANE IS FUTILE
SEWARD, Alaska, June 3.—Lieu
tenant Clayton L. Bissell, who made
arrangements in British Columbia
and Alaska for the flight around the *
world by four planes of the United
States army, said here today search
ers had tried un vain to find the
machine wrecked against a moun
tain on the Alaskan peninsula by
Major Frederick L. Martin, com
mander of the expedition.
Mauretania Crossing :t?
Sea 305th Time
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., June 3.
When the Mauretania left for New
York on May 31 she began her 305th
crossing of the Atlantic and on dock
ing will haye completed one million
miles of steaming.
It is claimed that the Mauretania,
has already steamed a greater dis
tance and carried more passengers
than any other trans-Atlantic liner
in commission.
Canadians Consider T
Anti-Japanese Steps
OTTAWA, June 3.—Measures
which virtually would bar Japanese
Immigrants from Canada are under
consideration bu> the Canadian gov
ernment, the minister of immigra.-
ticn disclosed today in the house of
commons.
King George Celebrates
Fifty-Ninth Birthday
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day, receiving a multitude of fellclta- i
tions from friends and officials. The
newspapers printed the customary 1
laudatory and congratulatory arti
cles.
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