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VOL. XXVII. NO. 26
MS STRIKE RACK
MURDERING FRENCH
POLICE INSPECTOR
Herriot Stands Firm in
Decision to Root Out
Trouble-Makers
PARIS, Dec. 7. — Murdering a popu
lar police inspector, Jean Faguet.
whose body was found early today
in a dark street of a Paris suburb,
communists struck back at the gov
ernment which has begun a nation
wide “house cleaning’’ of foreign
radicals.
Faguet. who had been assigned to
duty with more than 100 other in-
watching communist nests,
was shot in the back with a pistol.
Latest reports thi safternoon in
? Heated about 500 communists had
been arrested in the Paris region,
* 2*
--- nothin tne last twenty-four hours,
tut many of these were released.
Contrary to erroneous reports, ex
pulsion of foreign agitators began
c ily Sunday morning, when six Ital
ians who were arrested Saturday
were taken to the border.
Premier Herriot opened his war on
foreign agitators after talking not
only with Austen Chamberlain, Brit
ish foreign minister, who urged such
a move, but with Leonid Krassin,
newly arrived soviet ambassador.
Herriot Firm in Views
“The government is well aware
of its duty and will take action
against foreign communists who are
here agitating against the social
peace of France,” Herriot informed
the chamber at noon Saturday. A
few hours later, police activity began
, in every important city in France.
Wholesale arrests of communists,
more than 1.000 of whom were
taken to police courts for question
ing at the larger cities, followed.
The communist organ, L’Human-
■ e, published today an appeal to the f
proletariat, warning them that ar
rests of these communists was only
a prelude.
Among the prominent communists
who have been arrested recently is
the notorious deserter, Jacques Sa
doul. He has been transferred to
Orleans, where his ease will be re
viewed by the council of war. Sa
d ml’s case has aroused . particular
anger in communist circles. He was
condemned to death m 1919 for de
sertion from the French mission to
Russia. He came back to Paris a
tew days ago on the occasion of the ’
’ arrival of Krassin, and was promptly ■
arrested, after a search of commun- |
Ist s’ homes. '
Sadoul’s defense will be that he :
'fever went over to the enemy be
cause Russia never has been an i
•nimy of France.
Hailed as Reds’ Hero
The case has a serious political ;
» bearing coming as it does at the start
of the government’s campaign
against “reds.” Sadoul was hailed
today as a heto by communists. He
is not entitled to the benefits of the
recent amnesty measure.
L’Humanite today declared t hat ;
Austen Chamberlain “is demanding j
all sorts of measures for the pur- i
pose of carrying out successfully the !
Dawes and Mellon plan, but the
French proletariat will not abandon !
their friends in the communist party, i
► “We will free Sadoul from prison,” i
L’Humanite warns, "as well as all |
victims of this monstrous coalitoin
against labor.”
Meanwhile, the government search
of all “red” homes and strongholds
continued. Thousands of foreigners,
Russians, Germans, Poles, Italians.
Spaniards and Swiss, who are scat
tered through France, are under sur
veillance.
Most of them are working in fac
»' tories in the north, -where they are
active in disseminating propaganda.
While royalists naturally are
pleased at the anti-red activities of
the government, they are by no
means supporting Premier Herriot.
The premier went to Roubaix to
day to preside at a banquet, and
ten royalists were arrested when
they attempted to break up the of
ficial defile to the banquet, hall. One !
- communist was arrested along with I
them.
Cheers and Boos Mingle
When Herriot arrived, he was ;
cheered by a large crowd, but about ;
500 communists and royalists joined I
in a counter demonstration, blowing I
police whistles and shouting:
* “Down with Herriot!”
There was some hissing and boo
ing during the reception at the city
hall, but the demonstrators finally
got out of breath, and the military
bands drowned them out with the
"Marseillaise.”
Contrary to all expectations, the
French premier, in his speech at the ;
» banquet, did not say a word about
the communists, but talked mostly
about lay teaching in the French
schools. He declared he would do
his utmost to establish external and
internal peace and appealed to the
“democratic population to assist in
the triumph of the republic.”
Ending with a slight reference to
the present situation, Herriot prom
ised :
t ■ "I will fulfill my duty with in
vincible firmness.”
Georgia Farmer Uses
Overcoat 44 Years,
And Sells It for $ 10
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.. Dee. 7.
JI. F. A. Baker, a prosperous For
t syth county farmer bought an ver
coat for sl2 -14 years ago, wore it
every winter and then traded it in
for $lO toward a new one.
The c.at, which is on display at
the store from which it originally
was purchased, was bought in 18S0,
according to a sworn statement
made by Mr. Baker. Hr asserted in
the statement that he wore it every
winter.
The coat ,s still in good condi
* tion.
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
SAX' JUAN. P. R. —General
Cipriano Castro, dictator of Vene
zuela for 10 years, who died in ex
ile, is quietly buried.
NEW YORK. — Alaska may de
mand statehood within the next four
i years, Scott Bone, governor of ter
ritory, declares.
PARIS. French government
agents expel 60 more foreign agita
tors, including 43 organizers, at
communist school at Boligny.
NEW YORK.— Mrs. Anna Buzzi.
convicted of the murder of Frederick
Schneider, wealthy New York con
tractor, is acquittea as result of new
trial.
BIZERTA, Squadron of
General Baron Wrangell, who head
ed anti-bolshevik forces in 1920, is
disarmed after' lying deserted for
four years.
WASHINGTON.—GeneraI unrest
is increasing in Honan province.
China, state department is notified
by Consul General Heintzleman at
Han kow.
NEW YORK. ,- — Choice manu
scripts and drawings from Pierpont
Morgan library are placed on exhi
bition at New York Public Library
by J P. Morgan.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge returns from visit to Interna
tional Live Stock exposition at Chi
cago, pleased with experiment of
using regular sleeper.
NEW YORK. —Ambassador Jules.
J. Jusserand. retiring dean of diplo
matic corps in Washington, receives
honorary degree of doctor of laws
from New York university.
MEXICO CITyT Bandits sack
town of Tapalpa, state of Jalisco,
killing eleven civilians and wounding
many during celebration of inaugu
ration of President Calles.
WASHINGTON. lmmigration
into U. S. has more than doubled in
past two fiscal years, due to in
creased influx from Europe, says re
port of bureau of immigration.
NEW YORK. Jewels, valued at
$60,(100 brought allegedly into Unit
ed States without proper declaration
by Mrs. Irving 1. Bloomingdale, are
seized and owner assessed $120,000.
CHICAGO. Groups of Catholic
priests, members of passion ist order,
are captured by Chinese bandits,
says cable from Chem’u-Chow. to Fa
ther Greegan, of Chicago, head of
order.
OTTAWA.—Japan is reducing ex
penditures on army and navy to
save money for air force develop
ment, Major General J. H. Macßrien,
chief of staff, says on his return
from Tokio.
NEW YORK.
Rockefeller, grandniece of John D.
Rockefeller, has been an nistructress
in biolo .;~v in the Teachers' college
o' Columbia university since fail
term began.
GENEVA. Bishop Brent, of
Protestant Episcopal church, an
American representative at Interna
tional Opium conference, on leaving
Geneva expresses disgust at pro
ceedings.
BERLlN'.—Reichstag elections re
turns shew great increased strength
of socialists, gains by Democrats and
obliteration of General Ludendorff’s
“Fascist! party;” social Democrats,
lead on face of early count.
WASHINGTON.— Prize of' $25,000
for best plan for world peace through
education offered by Raphael Her
man, of Washington, D. C., is award
ed to Dr. David Starr Jordan, chan
cellor emeritus of Leland Stafford,
Jr., university.
ATLANTA.—In letter to Federal
C ouncil of Churches, in session here,
Cyrus E. Woods. former United
States ambassador to Japan, de
scribes Japanese exclusion act as
‘international disaster of first mag
nitude.”
ROME. Austen Chamberlain,
British foreign secretary, in Rome
to attend session of council of
League of Nations, confers twice
with Premier Mussolini- official com
munique says conference affirmed
intention of two countries to con
tinue close collaboration.
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■LES E. JAMES
BIDS FOB GEORGIA
RAILWAY PROPERTY
Would Pay Million Cash on
Depot Holdings at
Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 6.
Charles E. James, local capitalist,
today forwarded to Governor Clifford
Walker of Georgia, an offer of
$3,000,000 for property in this city
used for railroad purposes and sug
gested that a special session of the
legislature be called to consider the
proposal.
Mr. James proposes to pay $1,000.-
000 in cash and the remainder in 10
years, interest to be paid at the rate
of 5 per cent.
The property is now under lease
by the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railroad, and this corpora
tion's consent would have to be ob
tained before the sale could be
made.
The city of Chattanooga is now at
tempting to force the opening of
streets through the property and a
condemnation ordinance was passed
by the city commission a few weeks
ago, since which time the Nashville
railroad has agreed to partial open
ing of th e streets and negotiations
are now on in an effort to reach an
understanding.
Mr. James is well known through
the country as a successful promo
ter, is the owner of the Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia railroad and
has developed vast properties on Sig
nal mountain.
PROPOSAL AWAITS RETURN
OF GOVERNOR WALKER
A letter containing a' proposition
of some sort concerning the West
ern and Atlantic properties in Chat
tanooga was received at the state
executive department on Saturday
and filed away for the attention of
Governor Walker when he returns
to Atlanta next week, according to
M. C. Bennett, private secretary to
the governor.
Mr. Bennett stated Saturday night
he did not read the letter through,
and therefore did not recall the ex
act proposition. The state executive
department has been closed since
last Thursday because of the death
of Colonel B. S. Walker, of Monroe,
the father of Governor Walker, and
for that reason no correspondence
was taken up on Saturday.
The Chattanooga terminal, in the
heart of the city, and the Atlanta
terminal, in the downtown district,
constitute the most valuable portion
of the property of the W. and A,
railway, estimated by the Georgia
public service commission to be
worth $25,000,000.
The city of Chattanooga recently
made an effort to condemn certain
portions of the W. and A. yards in
Chattanooga in order to extend sev
eral streets through the property
owned by the state of Georgia. The
state resisted the condemnation pro
ceedings and the case is now in the
supreme court of the United States.
The W. and A. properties are un
der the supervision of the Georgia
public service commission, and in
order for any -portion of these prop
erties to be sold, it would be neces
sary to have the approval of this
.commission, as well as the governor
and other state officials in the Geor
gia general assembly. It is said to
be probable that an amendment to
the state constitution would also be
required.
New Treasury Bonds
Are Oversubscribed
By Large Amount
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—A "very
heavy oversubscription” of the $200,-
000,000 treasury 4 per cent 30-year
bond issue was registered in the two
days the subscription lists were open,
Secretary Mellon said today.
Since the treasury needs only $200,-
000,000 cash to carry it through to
the March financing, allotments were
made- as follows: Subscriptions of
SI,OOO and under sold in full; 65 per
cent of subscribers offering between
SI,OOO and SIO,OOO, with a minimum
of $1,000; and all cash subscriptions
of more than SIO,OOO will be declined
FARM AID AHEAD
OF WORLD COURT.
BORAH DECLARES
Unfair to People to Waste
Short Session Without
Relief, He Says
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. While
anxious to bring the world court
proposal before the senate, Chairman
I Borah, of the foreign relations com
| mittee, declared today he was unwill
ing to put discussion of that long
pending issue ahead of farm relief
legislation.
In the first, formal statement issued
since his elevation to the post so
long held by Senator Lodge, the
Idaho senator said that to pass the
appropriation bills and then spend
the remainder of this short session
in discussing the world court and
kindred questions, adjourn and go
home for a year without doing any
thing on domestic legislation “would
be unfair and unjust to the people
Senator Borah s personal judgment
is that there can be no final action
on the court at this session because
of the press of other business. He
said today that it would take some
time to work out a program which
would divorce the court from the
League of Nations and that speaking
for himself, it was vital that this be
done.
League Friends Eager
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, the
ranking Democrat on the foreign
relations committee, and other pro
ponents of American adherence to
the world court, are preparing to
press for decisive action before this
congress expires by limitation next
March 4. They believe President
Coolidge’s recommendation for a res
ervation under which the United
States would not be bound on ques
tions of a domestic nature not vol
untarily presented to the court will
operate to remove much of the ob
jection to the court proposal in the
senate
Even these senators are con
vinced, however, that there will be
a. pressure of a determined char
acter for domestic legislation ami in
view of the fact that the annual ap
propriation bills have the right of
way they are not over sanguine
that the court issue can come to a
vote at this session.
“I am quite willing as chairman to
help,” Senator Borah said in discus
sing the proposal to call up the
court matter from the senate calen
dar where it was placed at. the last
session. “Indeed am anxious to
bring before the senate the world
court just a.s soon as the appropria
tion bills, which have the right. of
way, and agricultural legislation
have been disposed of. I am not
who sent us back here.”
willing personally to put the world
court discussion, which will be pro
longed, ahead of agricultural legis
lation.
Unfair to Voters
“To pass the appropriation hili
and then spend the rest of the short
session in discussing the world court
and kindred subjects, adjourn and
go home for a year without doing
anything on domestic legislation
would be unfair and unjust to the
people who sent u.s back here; n vio
lation of every pledge made by all
the political parties in the last cam
paign.
“It will take some time to work
out a program which divorces the
world court from the league and
make it an independent judicial
body. And, speaking for myself, it
is vital that we do that. I have
favored for 20 years a world court.
But I would regard the effort to es
tablish an effective judicial tribunal
as wholly fruitless if such a trib
unal were left s o that it would in
evitably be drawn into international
politics. When I vote for a. world
court I. would like to feel that I
have voted for something that will
be an aid to world peace.”
Astride Huge Buck,
Huntsman Kills It
On Run, With Knife
TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. 7.—Riding
astride a 200-pound buck through un
derbrush and under tree limbs. J.
Walter Champney, of this city, Sat
urday brought to earth his prize
with a hunting knife after he had
wounded the deer with shots from
a double-barreled shotgun.
Champney had wounded the buck
and found him lying in a little clear
ing. The hunter was standing astride
the body when suddenly the buck
got to his feet and Champney throw
ing his arms around the animal’s
neck, was rushed through the woods,
his face getting scratched and his
clothing torn. Leaning forward.
Champney finally was able to kill
the buck with his knife.
Prince Subscribes $25
For Pressmen’s Home
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The prince
of Wales, who last September was
made a member of the New York
local of the International Printing
Pressman s and Assistants’ union,
has donated $25 to the Christmas
fund for the tubercular sanitarium
of the pressmen’s home.
The Weather
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FORECAST FOR TH I" DAY
Illinois: Partly ove.-.-ast and con
tinued cold: shifting gales.
Missouri: Partly overcast and
continued cold.
Virginia: Clearing and colder:
hutch colder Tuesday night.
North Carolina. South Carolina
and Georgia: Clearing and colder:
mu< h colder Tuesday night.
Florida: Showers and cooler.
Extreme Northwest Florida and
Alabama: Colder.
Mississippi: Fair and colder.
Tennessee and Kentucky; Fair
and colder.
Louisiana: Fair and colder.
Arkansas; Fair.
Oklahoma; Fair, warmer in west
portion.
East Texas: Fair.
West Texas: Fair, warmer in
b north portion. 1
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GEORGIA WOMEN'S
COLLEGE 0011 DING
DESTROYED BY FIRE
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Dec. B.
Fire, believe'. 1 , to have originated in I
the boiler room, destroyed the ad
ministration building at the Geor
gia State College for Women here
this morning, causing a loss esti
mated at .$75,000. Insurance of $33.-
000 will partially cover the damage.
Parks hall and Atkinson hall,
dormitories housing also 1,000 stu
dents, were slightly damaged, but
the city fire department and the
fire fighting corps of the state sani
tarium prevent destruction of these
buildings. Chapel hall also was dam- ■
aged but not seriously.
The flames, which were discovered j
shortly before daylight, had gained
tremendous headway before the fire
men could get into action. They ;
concentrated their efforts on saving I
the two dormitories, one of which I
is connected with the administration
building by a covered passageway.
Only fifteen feet separates the two
structures afid but for a change in
the wind, Parks hall would have
been destroyed.
All students in the two dormi
tories escaped without injury or j
loss of their effects, moving their!
belongings out of the. buildings when '
it was indicated they might be
bu rued.
The administration building was 1
devoted to offices and class rooms.
It was the, oldest building on the j
campus, of brick construction, ami
also contained the college audi- ;
torium.
Intense heat from the burning j
building broke windows in Parks ■
hall, Atkinson hall and Chapel hall,
blistered the woodwork in all three
structures and caused considerable
damage to the roofs.
The residence of Otto M. Conn,
near the campus, was threatened,
but was undamaged except for
cracked windows and smoke.
Dr. M. M. Parks, president of the 1
college, stated this morning that ar- ■
rangements would be made imme- :
(Lately to reconstruct the administra- :
tion building and to’ repair the dor- ;
mitories. The college program will I
rot be affected, according to Dr. i
Parks, and classes will continue
without interruption.
The administration building was
one of the most handsome of the en
tire college plant. The student body
at G. y. C. \V. numbers more than
1,200, and the fact that all escaped
from thfir rooms in adjoining dormi
tories during .• ? excitement without
a person being injured, is considered
miraculous.
$24,000 INSURANT E CARRIED
ON BUILDING BY STATE
It was stated at the executive de
partment of the capitol Monday that
the state of Georgia carried insur
ance in the sum of $24,000 on the
Georgia State <’ollege for Women,
which was destroyed by fire at Mil
ledgeville.
It was further stated that the
auditorium or main building of the
institution, which was* burned, was
officially valued at about $50,000,
but that a conservative estimate
would place reconstruction costs of
this building ar around $75,000.
Makes Autos Go 49 Miles on
Gallon of Gasoline
SIOUX FALLS. S. Dak.—Jame-
A. May. 1866 Lacotah Bldg., this
city, announces the perfection of an
amazing device that is enabling ca>’
owners to more than double their
mileage from gasoline used and at
the same time remove every particle
of carbon from their motors. Many
cars with this device attached hav?
made over 49 miles on a gallon. It
is automatic and self-regulating and
can be attached by any one to any
car in a few minutes. Mr. May
wants agents and is. willing to send
a sample at his own risk to any
on? who will write him. Just send
him your name and address.
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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, December 9, 1924
BELOW-FREEZING
WEATHER SEEN
FOR WEDNESDAY
The rains of Sunday and Mon
day will be followed by a precipi
tous drop to below freezing on Wed
nesday, it is forecast by C. F. von
Herrmann, head of the local weath
et bureau.
The weather man prophecied more
, rain Monday afternoon, with the
skies clearing* Monday night. He
expects the mercury to drop io ap
proximately 4(1 degrees Tuesday
morning wilh a, still further drop
Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning.
Esch-Cumirjns Law
Lauded by Rai! Man
As Cause of Success
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7.—The Esch-
Cummtns railroad law has brought
I to the railroads a greater degree of
i .success than they have enjoyed in
■ a dozen years, John .1. Cornwell, gen
eral counsel for the Baltimore it Ohio
Railroad company, said last night in
; an address before the southeastern
I group of the Investment Bankers
1 of America.
I Any change in the law. or further
railroad legislation, he asserted, is
likely to put a blight on the present
prosperity.
The recent election, Mr. Cornwell
declared, was in part a mandate of
the people to retain the Esch-Cum
mins act.
“Certainly the result of the last
| election.’” he said, “would indicate
| that an overwhelming majority of
' the American people registered their
opposition not only to Senator La
Follette’s proposal of ultimate gov
l ernment ownership, but likewise to
his demand for immediate repeal of
, the transportation act. The verdict
was against any more railroad legis
lation at present.”
Ramsay MacDonald
Plans Jamaica Trip
I,ON DON, Dec. 8. —Ramsay Mac-
Donald, ex-prime minister, and a
party of friends have booked pas
sage for Jamaica on the liner Camito,
! sailing from Avonmouth December
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
OF DOCTOR PROBED,
IN DEATH MYSTERY
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 7.
Despite a day of feverish activity
among authorities investigating the
murder of Mrs. Annie Lou Edwards
in her Fairfield home, Tuesday,
nothing tangible resulted except the
statement from the office, of Solivi-,
lor Ben Ferry, at Bessemer, that
“satisfactory progress had been
made by the state.”
While state authorities tonight
had not made public whether they
had found a motive for the slaying
of the woman, it was known that
the official inquiry had centered
upon determining whether there had
been domestic trouble in the Ed
wards home and upon the personal
life and habits of Dr. George T. Ed
wards, husband of the woman, who
is now held on a coroner’s warrant
in B< mer jail.
An official inquiry today into re
ports that Dr. Edwards had made
conflicting statements soon after the
murder was discovered brought a
vigorous statement from George
Ross, attorney for Dr. Edwards,
that his client had made no state
ment of any nature whatever ex
cept the physician’s origin’ll story
telling officers the manner in which
an assailant had attacked him after
murdering his wife. The solicitor's
office made no statement as to
whether Ibis angle of the inquiry
had produced results.
Authorities were relict tit in dis
| cussing the lines of inquiry, but it
was known that they led into inti
mately nersonal affairs of the Ed- .
wards household, every phase, of the i
couple’s private 11'” being explored. |
Previously the solicitor’s office had
been informed by neighbors, mem- |
bets of each family and associates I
of the physician that absolute do- I
mestic tranquility had always pre- i
vailed in the Edwards home. The
fresh official inquiry was prompted,
the solicitor's office said, by various
reports, the nature of which were
not divulged.
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UNDERWOOD ALTERS
SHOALS BILE AFTER
WEEKS’ CRITICISM
More Time to Find Lessee
and Bond Guarantee
in Amendments
WASHINGTON. Dec. B.—Amend
ments meeting the major objections
raised by Secretary Weeks to the
Underwood Muscle Shoals bills were
offered today in the senate by the
author of that measure, Senator Un
derwood, Democrat, Alabama.
With the more important of the
administration’s objections to the
bill thus removed, leaders on both
sides in the senate are hopeful of an
early vote.
One amendment extends the time
for the leasing of the plant by the
war secretary from next July 1 to
next September 1. Another changes
toe requirements as to the produc
tion of nitrate for fertilizer so that
instead of 10,000 tons the first year
there would be 10,000 tons in the
third year.
Senator Underwood explained that
a fertilizer plant would have to be
constructed and that in the usual
ccurse this would require two years.
In tne fourth year the lessee would
he required to turn out 20,000 tons
of nitrate; in the fifth year 30,000
a“d thereafter 40,000 tons annually.
Would Guarantee Bonds
To meet another major objection
by Secretary Weeks, the Alabama
senator offered an amendment under
which the government would guar
antee the inteVest and principal of
the bonds issued in the event of de*
fault by the lessee.
As to the objection that the cyana-’
mid process could not be used by the
lessee, Senator Underwood said the
judge advocate general of the army
had settled that question with referj
ence to the Ford bid; holding that
the contract of the government with
I the American Cyanamid company
■ provided for use of the patents by
I either the government or a lessee.
Senator Norris, chairman of the
senate agricultural committee, at’
the opening of today’s session, pre
sented Secretary Week’s report to
the senate without comment.
At the request, of Senator Robin
son, Democratic leader, the message
was read.
Senator Underwood announced
later on the floor he saw no serious
objections to the suggestions of Sec
retary Weeks and would propose
necessary amendments to his bill to
make it conform.
Norris Still 1 lisa
Chairman Norris, in discussing (he
bill outside of the senate, said today
the. war department suggestions for
amendments were “good ones,” but
that he would not support the Un
i derwood bill even if the amendments
were adopted. He declared he felt
his own bill offered a better solu
tion of the Muscle Shoals problem
and that the Underwood bill would
’ place the property “in politics.”
M’. G. Waldo, who is associated
.with the Tennessee River Improve
ment company, which has taken an
active interest in Muscle Shoals, said
today afte ■ a conference with Sen
ator Underwood that he believed the
Underwood bill would meet the ap
proval of the farmers throughout
the country.
He said that hfs associates were
favorable to the Underwood bill.
President Coolidge is understood t«
have presented his views on the Un<
, derwood Muscle Shoals bill directly
:to the Alabama senator during the
, Sunday cruise on the Mayflower on
which Senator Underwood was a
1 guest.
Announcement was made at the
i AY hite House today after the presi
dent’s return that he wotrld send
; ini letter to the senate seting forth
bis v.t-ws as had been expected by
Republ can senatois.
I” inal Action Draws Near
With Republican leaders informed
of President. Coolidge’s attitude on
the Underwood bill,, the Shoals issue,
I before the senate after an adjourn
| rnent since Friday, was rapidly shap
ing today toward final action in th.J
body.
changes in the financing pfavi
i sions as to operation of Muscle
i Shoals are understood to con
stitute the . principal amendment
suggested by the president, whie|>
calls: for government ownership with
<it her private or government opera
tion.
Senator and Mrs. Underwood were
members of a small party that ac
) companied the President and Mrs.
Coolidge on a Sunday afternoon and
overnight cruise on the Mayflower
and it was indicated today that the
, trip had afforded the president an
opporunity to discuss the legislation
directly with the Alabama senator.
USELESS UNLESS AMENDED,
WEEKS’ REPORT SAYS
WASHINGTON, Dee. B.—Secretary
Weeks’ report on the Underwood
Muscle Shoals bill suggested * num
ber of amendments to the measure
and declared “unless careful and
thoughtful amendments as pointed
out in my report are adopted the
Underwood bill is unworkable.”
One anong the objections raised
b.y the secretary of war dealt with
the finances of the operation of Mus
cle Shoals and said unless the bonds
which v-ould be issued arc guaran
teed by the government they would
be practically worthless.
He declared he believed it would
be unwise to require the operator to
attempt to produce a maximum of
40.000 tons of nitrogen within the
four-year limit set by the bill tm-
Fss it was learned first that tbs
fertilizer could be sold profitably.
The secretary said that next July
1 was too short a limit to obtain a
suitable lessee for the property.
Secretary Weeks said in his re
port that Muscle Shoals could n<>t
be operated by a lessee to produce
fertilizer under the cyanamid process
without obtaining authority for the
use of patents.
Bandits Work Quietly
And Get $2,410 Haul
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 7.— Three
unmasked men last night held up
and robbed the Missouri Savings As
sociation bank of $2,410 and quietly
disappeared in the darkness without
attracting attention of passersby.