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SHDSLS Bill LOST
I
Bruce plan to Put the Plant
Under Civil Service
Also Defeated
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The
Bruce amendment, which would
place Muscle Shoals employes under
the civil service commission, was de
feated overwhelmingly in the sen
»te today.
This was the first amendment to
be voted on. It was designed as an
amendment to either the Norris ot
Underwood bills for the operation ot
Muscle Shoals. It was introduced
by Senator Bruce, Democrat, Marx
land, who contended it would keep
the operation of the property out of
politics.
The vote on the amendment was >
65 to 6. Those voting in the affirm:: |
five were Senators Bruce. Copeland,
Wheeler, Democrats: Edge, McCor
mick and Sterling'. Republicans.
This was .he first formal vote
taken at this session.
The McNary amendment to the
Underwood bill, which would put
the power development at Muscle
Shoals under the federal water-pow
er act, was defeated, 34 to 29.
Harrison Offers Amendments
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis
sippi, introduced several amendments
to the Underwood bill. The amend
ments would require the completion
of dam 3, change the amount a
lessee would be required to pay as
rental from 4 per cent of the cost of
dam No. 2, and the hydro-electric
units to 4 per cent of the total
, amount already expended by the
government at Muscle Shoals and in
addition what would be spent for ■
the construction of dam No. 3.
I Under the Harrison amendments
the secretary' of war would not be
authorized to .’ease the property, but
an organization committee would be
appointed to lease the property or '
organize a government corporation
to operate Muscle Shoals.
Another Harrison amendment ,
would extend the time from four ,
to ten ‘ years when the government J
corporation woudl be required to '
cease operation until notified by
congress to proceed in event the
interest on the bonds was not being
earned.
Harris Amendment Lost
Another amendment rejected by
the senate was that by Senator
Harris, Democrat, Georgia, under
which the lessee would not be per
mitted to transfer any lease or in
terest in Muscle Shoals without the
consent of the secretary of war.
The vote was 37 to 29. Twenty-!
three ItOpubhcaiis* - aiio fourteen i
Democrats opposed the amendment, :
while twenty Democrats, eight Re- |
publicans and one farmer-labor.
Shipstead, Minnesota, supported it. |
» An effort will be made today by ;
senate leaders to limit debate on the
Muscle Shoals issue so as to speed
up the vote.
Both Democratic and Republican
leaders say a vote on the question
will be called before the end of the
week. Sponsors of the Underwood
bill are making an effort to get the ■
Underwood bill to a vote ahead of
the Norris bill, but Senator Norris
may block the attempt by introduc
ing a new bill as an amendment to
* the Underwood bill, which is an
amendment to the original Norris
bill.
Votes will come first on the amend
ments w’hich have been offered to
both the Norris and Underwood bills
and many of the senators have ex
pressed intentions of speaking on
tne various amendments.
One reason givqn by the Georgia
senator for his amendment was that
it would prohibit control of Muscle
• Shoals from passing into the hands
of a foreign-owned corporation.
Senator McKellar. Democrat. Ten
nessee, offered and Senator Under
wood accepted, an amendment which
would prohibit lease to a foreign
owned or controlled corporation.
There also is an amendment proviso
that if the majority stock interest
of the leasing company is acquired
by foreigners the lease shall be term
• inated and the property revert to the
United States government.
Harris Beaten Again
The senate also rejected. IS to 47,
another amendment by Senator liar
, lis under which the secretary of ag
” riculture would have authority to
regulate the price and sale of fertili
zers manufactured at the Muscle
Shoals.
Senator Underwood accepted an
amendment by Senator Glass, Dem
ocrat. Virginia, which took out of
the bill the requirement that the
funds of the operating corporation |
should be placed in federal reserve
banks. It was adopted without a
, record vote.
Smith Proposes Change
Senator Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina, presented an amendment
which would require the government
to maintain Muscle Shoals until it '
had been demonstrated that a satis
factory. marketable fertilizer can be
produced and ihc product is stand
ardized.
The Smith amendment would pro
k hibit the lease or any other disposi
tion of the property at Muscle
‘Shoals that might be needed for the
government's fertilizer experimenta
tion. Units of Muscle Shoals not
needed for the experiments could be
leased under the amendment. \
Senator Smith said ho had intend
ed introducing a new bill but had I
decided to present the amendment
instead. He said the .Smith amend
ment wouid carry out the purpose
„ of the original Muscle Shoals' bill,
of which Senator Smith was the
author.
Senator Norris opened discussion
cn the Bruce amendment, which he
opposed. The Nebraska senator re
ferred to the Underwood bill as the
“Coolidge substitute ’ ami declared it
would make Muscle Shoals “a foot
ball of partisan politics.’’
Since Senator Underwood, author
as the government ownership lease
.Man, has virtually agreed on changes
in his bill proposed by war depart
ment experts, both Democratic and
Republican leaders are anxious to
prevent further delay in reaching a
definite decision on the measure.
A stumbling block to an early set
tlement of the Muscle Shoals ques
tion, which has been troubling con-
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
ROME —Renewed expressions of
appreciation of League of Nations
in international affairs mark open
ing of council of league.
PARIS. —Chamber of deputies vote
confidence in the government of
Premier Herrriot, 319 to 29. many op
position deputies abstaining from
voting.
ROME. Austen Chamberltin,
British foreign minister, discloses
that in recent conferences with Pre
mier Herriot and Mussolini, the
whole North African problem was
discussed.
' NEW’ to the
jewelry trade through robberies
throughout country this year have
exceeded last year’s total by more
than $1,000,000. .Jewelers’ Security
alliance announces.
NEW’ YORK.-—Second shipment
of gold to Germany, representing
proceeds of share of German loan
sold in this country, is made when
J. P. Morgan & Co., consign $2,-
000,000 in coin to reichsbank.
SAN PEDRO, Cal—Two enlisted
men are dead and 25 other passen
gers of water taxi LaMoyne, ail
naval officers and men, are burned
more or lesV seriously when craft
is destroyed by fire in harbor here.
WASHINGTON. Republican
house leaders hold repeal of pub
licity provisions of revenue act
must await decision of supreme
court as to whether newspapers are
privileged to print income tax list.
CHICAGO. —Will H. Hays, former
postmaster general, appeals to na
tional JJTesbsyterian conference for
support to pension ministers, declar
ing under-payment of clergymen
“an economic and moral crime.’’
PEKIN, China. —Diplomaatic rep
resentatives in China of the United
States and other western nations
give the Pekin provisional govern
ment formal assurance of support,
provided treaty conventions are ful
filled.
W ASHINGTON. Reconditioning
of older battleships and inauguration
of a continuing building program for
auxiliary craft based on similar con
struction by other naval powers is
the program outlined by Secretary
Wilbur.
NEW’ YORK.—Sir Fame Howard,
the British ambassador in an ad
dress, says establishment of an in
ternational sense of security and sub
sequent reduction of armaments can
be effected by adoption of the Gene
va protocol.
WASHINGTON. Without com
mitting himself to any definite pro
gram, President Coolidge indicates
he will sanction inaugural cere
monies commensurate with the dig
nities of the office into which lie
will be inducted next March.
WASHINGTON. British debt
refunding settlement is closed and
an.V move by British government to
seek revision in event of another
nation being given more liberal
treatment is unlikely', according to
statement of American debt com
mission.
NEW YORK.—James B. Duke,
multi-millionaire power magnate, es
tablishes trust fund of approximate
ly $46,000,000 for creation of a uni
versity to bear his name and to
advance cause of education, health
and activities of Methodist Episcopal
church in North and South Caro
lina.
Youth Gets 30 Years
On Statutory Charge
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 10.
Sanford Dunning, 20, son of one ot
the most prominent farmers of the
Graysville section. Rhea county
was convicted Tuesday at Dayton of
attacking a young girl and given
thirty years in the penitentiary.
Dunning’s victim was 18. She was
brought into court in a chair, hav
ing been unable to walk since the
attack, July 24. 1924. Immediately
after the conviction of Dunning, he
was brought to Chattanooga for safe
keeping pendin ga motion for a new
trial. It is said that eleven of the
jurors held some time for electro
cution. but were unable to bring the
twelfth man over, so compromised
on thirty years.
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GOVERNOR WALKER
OPPOSES SALE DE
WIJ.TERMIMLS
Governor Walker announced
Tuesday that he is opposed to any
plan for selling the terminals of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, in
Chattanooga, owned by the state of
Georgia.
The stand of the governor was
made known when he read a letter
from C. E. James, Chattanooga
financier, offering the state $3,000,-
000 for its railroad properties in
Chattanooga.
“While as a matter of course I
have given the letter of Air. James
courteous attention, I have not for
a moment considered selling any por
tion of the state’s railroad terminal
in Chattanooga, and will not do so,’’
the governor declared.
“The terminals are the vitals of
railroad life and authorities in charge
of such properties can not be too
careful in preserving terminal facil
ities. I will be glad to co-operate
with the city of Chattanooga in ad
justing any of its traffic congestion
problems, but must decline to con
sider The sale of Georgia’s property.
“In this connection, it is well
enough to remind our people and
the people of Chattanooga, that the
state of Georgia years ago granted
valuable concessions to Chattanooga,
and that in consideation of these
gants, the city obligated itself, legally
and morally, to see that the rights of
the state of Georgia were perpetually
preserved. We will expect the spirit
of that agreement to be carried out
in the present and future negotia
tions.”
The governor’s reference to pres
ent negotiations concerned an effort
of the city of Chattanooga to extent,
streets to the W. and A. railroad
yards. The city of Chattanooga re
cently sought to condemn the state
of Georgia’s property there, but the
Georgia officials won the case in the
Chattanooga courts.
Alabama Power Co.
Buys Sheffield Firm;
Big Price Is Paid
• SHEFFIELD, Ala., Dec. 9.—lt
was officially announced at the of
fices of the Sheffield company here
today that the company had dis
posed of its holdings to the Ala
bama Power company, for a large,
but unnamed consideration. The
Alabama Power company will take
over the newly acquired property
on December 16.
The Sheffield company owns and
operates the interurban car line
which serves the Tri-Cities. It also
owns ’he power plant which dis
tributes light and power, and the
water plant which supplies Sheffield
and Tuscumbia. In addition it is
the owner of more than 3,000 city
lights in Sheffield, and has numer
ous other properties.
It was stated that Henry Parsons,
of New York, the owner of the Shef
field , company, (had not included
the Sheffield National bank, in which
he owns a controlling interest in
the sale of his other properties here.
Twins More Likely
To Be Lefthanded
Than Single Child
BERLIN, Dec. B.—Twins are
more frequently left-handed than are
single-born according to investiga
tions conducted at the Siemans
Works, manufacturers of electrical
apparatus. Fifteen per cent of the
iwins examined were left-handed,
while only 7 per cent of the others
qualified as “lefties.” Left-handed
r.ess, contrary to general belief, is
not hereditary, the investigation
sit owed.
There seems to be a definite rela
tion between left-handedness an 1
stuttering, it being found that 22.5
pet cent of the left-handed employes
were stutterers, while only 9 per
cent of the right-handed stuttered.
FRANK IMOERLIP
CALLED BI DEFENSE
IN TRIAL OF FORBES
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. — (|>y the Asso-|
dated Press.) Defense counsel have ‘
issued a subpoena for Frank A. \ an
derlip, widely-known eastern finan
cier, in the trial of Charles R. b orbes |
and J. W. Thompson on conspiracy j
charges growing' out of the veterans .
Bureau administration.
PAPERS STOLEN AND GIVEN
FORBES, MORTIMER SAYS t
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—(By the Asso-.
ciated Press.)—Col. Charles -R.
Forbes, during his term as director
of the veterans’ bureau, sought “only
high class, reliable, able and finan- {
cially responsible contractors” for
hospital work, he repeatedlytold Elias
H. Mortimer, contractor’s tigent, the
latter testified in ctoss examination
in the trial of Colonel Forbes and
others on conspiracy charges grow
ing out of the veterans’ bureau ad
ministration under Forbes.
Mortimer also told of an agree
ment between himself and Forbes, '
reached early in 1922, tinder which ,
they would divide between them 3-5 ,
per cent of the profits on contracts
awarded to firms which Mortimer
represented in negotiations with the
veterans’ bureau.
Mortimer was on the stand for his
second day’s cross-examination to
day. is the chief government
witness' against Forbes and J. W.
Thomson, Chicago and St. Louis con- i
tractor, on trial for conspiracy to
defraud the government in the allo
cation of hospital contracts.
' Tells Os Meeting Forbes
Mortimer recounted his meetings
with Forbes in March, 1922, two
.months after Forbes was appointed
to the bureau post. After several
conversations with Forbes, in which
he represented himself as soliciting
agent for various contractors inter
ested in veterans’ bureau awards, he
had been given a list of proposed
hospital sites by Forbes late in May,
1922, Mortimer said.
James S. Easby-Smith endeavoring ;
to bring out that each of three sites I
on the lits had previously been defi-1
nitely selected by President Harding I
as a hospital site and the announce
ment published in the newspapers.
Mortimer told also, under a rapid
fire of questions from Forbes’ coun
sel, of the disappearance of some of
his papers from his apartment in
the Wardman Park hotel in Wash- I
ington, and from a safe deposit box !
in Washington.
Theft of Papers Charged
“The papers were stolen at three
different times and given to Colonel
Forbes,” Mortimer replied in answer
to Colonel Easby-Smith, defense !
counsel, questioner.
The answer was permitted to stand
despite the objection of the defense.
Coming to the $5,000 advance to
Mortimer from Thompson in June,
1922, the witness said that the
amount, with SIOO more, had been
deposited in three Washington banks.
A heated wrangle between counsel
followed attempts to question Mor
timer as to the use he made of the
funds.
The court sustained the govern
ment’s objection that it was a purely i
personal affair of the witness.
Defense counsel persisted in an I
argument that the distribution of the j
funds might prove to be of vital im- '
portance to the defense.
■Says He Gave Forbes $5,0C0
Mortimer was on the stand for!
the second day of cross examination. I
He told of iiis first meetings with j
Forbes, soon after the latter became ■
head of the veterans’ bureau in 1922, |
and of giving him $5,000 in the 1
Drake hotel here in June, 1922. 'l’he
money was part of a loan of $lO,-
000 to Mortimer from Thompson, a
member of the firm of Thompson &
Black, the witness said.
He told of 'mtering his hotel suite I
June 20. 1922, to find Mrs. Mortimer '
and Forbes shooting dice on the bed.
After cross-examining to develop'
the testimony that ‘he two were in I
the room alone. Easby-Smith read •
from the senate records extracts of i
Mortimer’s testimony to the effect :
that when he entered the room, per- |
haps fifteen persons were there.
Judge George A. Carpenter re-as- j
firmed his ruling several times, but !
later when it developed that all the ;
bank statements and cancelled checks j
were in custody of the government, '
ordered them presented to the defense I
counsel for examination.
Mortimer told of his visit to Chi- '
cago in June, 1922.
On June 20, he said he went to the ;
Chicago office of • Thompson and
Black between 10 a. m. and noon and .
signed a note for a $15,000 loan.
That afternoon. Mortimer said, he j
went to his room in the Drake hotel !
and found Mrs. Mortimer and Colonel I
Forbes “shooting craps on the bed.” ;
“It cost me $220 to pay for his I
‘fun’ that afternoon.” Mortimer said, i
over the objection of the defense.
Gene Stratton-Porter
To Be Buried Thursday
LOS ANGELES. Dec. B.—Funeral '
services for Gene S: auon-Porter.
novelist, fatally injured here Satur-I
day night in a collision between her i
automobile and a street ear. will be
held in Los Angeles Thursday.
The Weather I
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Virginia—Fair.
North and South Carolina —Fair.'
Get>rgia— Fair; rising ten -
in northwest portion.
Florida Probably fair except!
showers and cooler in extreme south
portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi—Fair with
slowly rising temperature.
Tennessee— Fair.
Kentucky—Fair; rising tempera-j
ture.
Louisiana—Part cloudy.
Arkansas—Fair, warmer.
Oklahoma —Fair, warmer in east
and south portions.
East Texas —Partly cloudy cxceut
probably rain in lower Rio Grande,
valley: .warmer in north and west
portions.
West Texas—Partly cloudy, some
what warmer.
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EMM LEGATION
POSTPONED; BANK
BILL TO BE URGED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—Post
ponement of agricultural legislation
until after the receipt of the report
of the president’s agricultural com
mission and the pressing of the na
tional bank branch and other bills
now on the senate calendar is the
tentative legislative program de
termined upon today by the senate
Republican steering committee.
Ten measures are included in the
program, in addition to the. Muscle
Shoals bill, now under considera
tion. the appropriations bill and
trffetiest reported or now before the
foreign relations committee. The
ten bills were selected becaiske of a
belief that they would meet with
a minumum of opposition and delay.
Besides ifhe McFadden measure to
permit national banks to establish
branch banks, the bills which the
committee desires io see put for
ward are:
To establish foreign trade zones
at certain ports: for reorganization
of the government departments; to
establish a federal reformatory for
first offenders; to permit the su
preme court to amend its rules so
as to put important cases ahead: for
payment of the French spoliation
claims: to extend the civil service re
tirement act. and to construct the
McKinley memorial bridge.
Included in the program .also is
tho Wadsworth constitutional amend
ment changing the methods of
amending the constitution so as to
require ratification by Igeislatures
after an amendment has been sub
mitted by the congress.
88-Story Skyscraper
Planned for Gotham,
According to Reports
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. —New York
is to have an 88-story office build
ing, outranking in height the Wool
worth building, which has 51 sto
ries, according to information ob
tainable in real estate circles. A
test to determine when the Wool
worth tower sways in winds of
high velocity is said to have been
planned in contemplation of the new
skyscraper’s construction.
At the offices of Cass Gilbert, ar
chitect, it was admitted that the
project was under consideration, al
though details are being withheld
because negotiations for the site
have not been closed.
The new mammoth structure wi.l
occupy an entire block in downtown
Broadway, it is said.
Leaders in the architectural, engi
neering and construction World were
called into conference to determine
the practicability of rearing a
structure of such a height, and as a
result it was decided to make a
study of the Wool worth building.
The tests of the great tower which
now tops al] other buildings in New
soi k city has been under way for
two weeks.
Whether the new skyscraper will
lie built to the height contemplated
will depend upon the outcome of the
tests of the Woolworth building.
The United States Steel corpora
tion and the Dupont have been men
tioned as possible backers of the
new building; project, although no
definite information has been ob
tained.
Makes Autos Go 49 Miles on
Gallon of Gasoline
SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak. —James
A. May. 1866 Lacotah Bldg., this
city, announces t lie perfection of an
amazing device that is enabling car
owners to more than double their
mileage from gasoline used and at
the same time remove ever}’ particle
of carbon from their motors. Many
cars with this device attached have
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 simple at his own risk to any
one who will write him. Just send
him your name and add; nss
lAd’ertisemen' >
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, December 11, 1924
ORGANIZED GROUP OF SPIRITS
COMMUNICATES WITH EARTH,
SIR CONAN DOYLE ASSERTS
Lord Northcliffe One -of
Many to Talk With Living
Friendsj Famous Author
Says
LONDON, Dec. 9.—A group of
scientific spirits, not dead but
“merely beyond the gulf.” have or
ganized for spirit research and are .
in communication with the earth,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle announceu
in an interview.
Sir Arthur joined Sir Oliver Lodge
in asserting positively that im
portant communication between de
parted spirits and living spiritual
ists, had been established.
71 believe this to be no longer a
matter for conjecture,” the distin
guished British author, creator of
"Sherlock Holmes,” said. “It is al
fact and must be accepted as a
fact.” • ’ I
Spirit Group Organizes
Conan Doyle said many mem-',
bets of the society of psychical re-1
search, a pioneer body for spir
itualistic investigation, have “passed
on,” and in their new life are con
tinuing their researches.
“The spirit group, groping
through tlu> void. has established
communication with the living
group here, and an enorfnous
amount of material has been inter-'
changed between them,” said Sir I
Arthur.
“This matter will all be published
in d'le time. It is of vast, importance!
ami is being studied and analyzed
daily.”
His amazing descript ion of a ce
lestial branch of the Society of Psy
chical Research was by no means
the only disclosure Sir Arthur had
to make.
“1 can vouch personally for the|
fact that many persons who’ ha ve I
passed on, and who were of vigorous;
and vital personality while on earth,
retain the personality. And some of <
them, still intensely interested in as- i
fairs on earth, are trying to break j
through." lie asserted.
“Most of these persons have told ;
us little about conditions beyond th'. '
void. They ate more interested in
happenings heiv ai.d so far most of <
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their energy has been directed to
ward watching their friends and
comrades still alive. One such in
dividual closely scrutinizing the earth
is Lord Northcliffe.
“As is well known. Northcliffe has
several times managed to gain com
munication with the earth through
various mediums and he has talked
with’some of his friends. This com
munication which’ I hiave myself ob
served is absolutely a. fact.”
Impeded by Skepticism
Sir Artur said that a cloud of ig
norance and skepticism was impeding
the work of true scientific believers
but that sooner or later it would be
dispersed. Meanwhile, he said, psy
chic investigation is making vast
progress.
“It is a matter of education pure
and simple. As soon as the man in
the street recovers from the murk
of superstititious ignorance which
clouds him, he will understand. Even
our ‘educated class’ —our prelates
and our scientists—are woefully
purblind. But meanwhile our work
goes on.
“America lacks normal courage to
see this thing clearly. ’There is no
great leader in America like our own
Olive:- Lodge. And the American
people, hoodwinked by fraud and
charlatanism, have tumbled back
ward into ignorance.’’
Sir Arthur said that several great
American public characters were
susceptible to psychic influences,
notably Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln,
be added, was helped to win the
Civil var by advice from spiritual
istic sources.
(Copyright, 1924, by United Press
Association in U. S. and Canada.)
Leo Koretz Becomes
Prison “White Wing”
STATEVILLE. 111., Dec. 9. Leo
Koretz, serving a sentence of from
one to ten years for swindling in con- <
nection will’, the promotion of a 1
phantom Panama oil scheme in |
which relatives and friends invested ■
$2,000,000, has been made a prison j
“white wing.” He will police the >
yard of the state penitentiary for bits
of paper and rubbish.
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546,000.000 IRUST
ID HELP CAROLINAS
Trinity College te 3e Nu
cleus for Great Duke Uni
versity If Name Is Changed
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 9.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Establish-
ment of a trust fund for charitable
and educational purposes in North
and South Carolina, embracing prop
erties valued at at least $46,000,000,
was announced here last night by J.
B. Duke, multi-millionaire North
Carolina power magnate. Among
the securities thus set aside are
about three-fourths of Mr. Duke’s
holdings in the Southern Power sys
tem, the income of which during the
next few years will aggregate ap
proximately $2,000,000 a year.
The trust will be administered by
fifteen trustees, who will constitute
a self-perpetuating bo’dy.
The trustees first are directed and
empowered to expend not exceeding
$6,000,000 in acquiring lands and
erecting and equipping thereon
buildings “in the state of North Car
olina to be known and operated as
Duke university,” but with the pro
vision that if ’Trinity college, at Dun
ham. N. C., sees fit to change its
name to Duke university, this suni
may be spent in expanding jjnd ex
tending Trinity college.
Fund to Reach $80,000,000
The trust then provides that 20
per.cent of the income shall be re
tained each year and added to the
principal until such funds have ag
gregated $40,000,000, making the'
total of the trust fund approximate
ly $80,000,000. After this percent
age has been set aside,, the other 80
per cent of the income is to be
divided as follows:
Thirty-two per cent to Duke uni
versity for all purposes of the uni
versity.
Thirty-two per cent for maintain
ing and securing hospitals primarily
in the states of North Carolina and
South Carolina on the plan of pay
ing to the hospitals a sum not ex
ceeding $1 per day for each free bed
occupied and in assisting in building
and equipping hospitals.
Ten per cent for the/benefit of
white and colored orphans in North
and South Carolina.
Six per cent for assisting in build
ing Mcthotdist Episcopal churches in
the sparsely settled rural districts of
North Carolina.
Eour per cent for assisting in
maintaining Methodist Episcopal
churches in the sparsely settled rural
districts in North Carolina.
Two per cent for pensioning su
petanntrfft-ed preachers and widows
ami 'orphans of deceased preachers
who have served in North Carolina
conferences.
Five per cent to Davidson Col
lege, Davidson, N. Davidson is a
Presbyterian institution.
Five per cent to Furman univer
sity, Greenville, S. U. .Furmaij is a
Baptist university.
Four per cent to Johnson C. Smith
university, Charlotte. Johnson C.
Smith university formerly was
known as Biddle university and is a
negro school.
Trustees Selected
The trustees rimed by Mr. Duke
include Mrs. James B. Duke, Sonier
| ville, N. J.; George C. Allen, Wil
liam R. Perkins, William B. Bell, An
| thony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., Walter
<’. Parker and Alexander H. Sands,
.lr., all of New York; William S. Lee,
Charles I. Burkholder, Norman A.
Cocke and Edward C. Marshall, I
I Charlotte, ami Benjamin E. Geer, »
' Greenville, S. C.
The trust indenture according t»»
last night's announcement, is now
in course of preparation and will be
executed by Mr. Duke on his return
i to his liumc in New Jersey in a few
days.
Recalling that he has for years
i been engaged in developing water
power resources of North Carolina
■ and South Carolina, Mr. Duke in a
I statement set out in tho indenture
' for the guidance of the trustees,
•says that "my ambition is that the
i re venues of such developments shall
! administer to the social welfare, as
l the operation of such developments
'is administering to the economic
; welfare of the communities which
! they serve.” He then commends to
I the trustees the securities of the
Southern Power System as the prime
i investment for the funds of the trust
and advises the trustees not to
j change such investments unless ur
| gently necessary.
T recognize that education,
! when conducted along sane and prac-
■ tical, as opposed to dogmatic and the
oretical lines, is, next to religion, the
greatest civilizing 'influence,” says
Mr. Duke's statement, in giving his
re.-i'-ons for creating Duke university. •
He asks that a faculty assuring
the university “a place of real lead
ership in the educational world” be
secured and that courses be arranged
primarily for training preachers,
teachers, lawyers and physicians.
Hospitals to Benefit
Hospitals have been selected as an
other means for distrlbuKng the in
come of the trust, because, accord
ing to the statement, they not only
minister to the comfort of the sick,
but increase “the efficient of man
kind ami prolong human life.”
Orphans are included in the trust,
Mr. Duke's statement to the trus
tees says “in an effort to help those
who arc unable to help themselves.”
He adds that in his opinion, how
ever, "nothing can take the place ot
a home ami its influences,” adding
that “every effort should be made
to safeguard these wards of society.”
Superannuated ministers and rural
churches of the Methodist church are
chosen as "a very fertile and much
neglected field for useful help in re
ligious life” in order to assist “by
way of support and maintenance in
those cases where the head of the
family through devoting his life to
the religious service of his fellow
man has been unable to accumulate
for his declining years and for his
widow ami children and assisting
in building and maintenance of
churches in rural districts where the
people are not able to do this prop
erly themselves.” He expresses the
belief that such a pension system”
is a just call which will secure a
better grade of service.”
In conclusion he says:
“I have endeavored to make pro
vision in some measure for the needs
ot mankind along physical, mental
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