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zUlauta Sotmral 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. How Many Pounds Would You Like to Gain in a Week? If you are thin and want to gain weight, weak and want to be strong, I will send you a sample of famous Alexander Vitamines absolutely Free. No money, just name and address - sample. Alexander Laboratories. ’ (’u.tew ty Statii n. Kansas City, |F —(Advertisement.) Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 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. HELP US AVOID THE RUSH THAT ( HURTS SERVICE Q DESCRIPTIONS pour in by the thousands after January I. Our splendid staff of young women helpers is worked to death from New Year's day until the first of April. When people are rushed and hurried in clerical work they are bound to make mistakes, it matters not how capable they be. Let us join together in a plan to soften as much as possible the rush this year and so improve delivery to our readers and prevent errors in our own office which are not only annoying, but expensive. To mike it worth your while, we make the fol lowing proposition: \\ v will enter every yearly subscrip tion le.i The Tri-\\eekl> Journal re ceived between now and January .1 for THIRTEEN MONTHS instead of twelve. This applies to our combinations and special otters, except Combination B-l and Combination B-3. both of which are priced so low that any further concession Would be a violation of the postal law. If your subscription expires in January, February or even the later spring months, renew it now and reap the bend it of an extra thirteen issues at no cost. We make this offer solei', in the interest of better service, to all our readers. We want to spread our work over a reasonable period of time, instead oi concentrating it in four months. Renew Now and Get Thirteen Months for The Price of Twelve ■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 ______________ » 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 SO THAT’S THAT / N ft \• MW O- . 'feotT '.T„ _ ' —' / / 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. (Advertisement) j . 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 I 22 CHRISTMAS 'Hie Tri-Weekly Journal will make an ideal Christ mas present for a dear relative or friend. It will be a thrice-a-week reminder of your thoughtfulness for thirteen months. How different from so many presents! If you care io do so, we will enter the subscription to begin with the issue dated December 25 and will write a letter to be delivered that day saying the paper is a gift from you. Use this coupon. J oh mu I, Atlanta, Ga. Enclosed ilnd Sl/"i fur n-hbli send The Tri-Wcekly ■Journal for thirteen months as a Christ mas gift ot (Na m c of A ddresscc) ............... (Addres*) * • • • nnd saying it is a gift from (Ncvr Napie) (Your Address) Start paper and write letter immediately. Start paper December ~G and deliver letter that day. Strike out one of these last two lines. 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. COPY, <1 A YEAR. 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.