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Mtotrtw So ut nal VOL. XXVII. NO. 27 SEIMTBB BURRIS' I MOMENT ID 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- (Continued on I’age 3, Column 1) Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 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. HELP US AVOID THE RUSH THAT HURTS SERVICE C ÜBSCRIPTIONS pour in by the thousands after January 1. Our splendid staff of young women helpers is worked to death from .New Year’s day until theTirst 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 present errors in our own office which are not only annoying, but expensive. To mike it worth your while, we make the fol lowing proposition: We will enter every yearly subscrip tion fe.r The Tri-WeeUly Journal re ceived between now and January 1 for THIRTEEN MONTHS instead of twehe. This applies to our combinations and special offers, except Combination B-l and Combination B-3, both of which are priced so low that any further concession Would be a violation ot’ the postal law. If your subscription expires in January, February or even the later spring months, renew 'it now and reap the benefit of an extra thirteen issues at no cost. We make this offer solely in the interest of belter service to all our readers. We want to spread our work over a reasonable period of time, instead of concentrating it in four months. Renew Now and Get - Thirteen Months for The Price of Twelve 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. SAYS SANTA TO SANTA ’ j Listen, H JRwk I ' ‘WH fVE B&en PuVing SanTa To I W All The People of The whole SpW'.lx---x M ' W NOW CAN'T You LEAVE ■» ■ i GV \ TUT uTtle wage wcesase /JH MY sbCK This Year ? I \ /iW mb ■ 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 < CHRISTMAS I'lie ’1 ri-Weekly Journal will make an ideal Christ mas present tor 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! V . * If you care to do so, we will enter the subscription to begin with the issue dated December 2 5 and will write a letter to be delivered that day saying the paper is a gift from you. Use this coupon. Tri-Wcekly Journal, Atlanta, (ja. Enclosed jink -S//)'; /or u:hi<h send The Tri-Weekly Journal for thirteen months as a Christmas gift ot (Nome of Addresser) (Address) and. icrite saynnrj it is a from (Year Namr) 1 fl'our Address) • ••••• fttart paper and. write letter immediately. Start paper December and deliver letter that day. St l ike obt one of these last two lines. 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. a CENTS A COP¥, $1 A YEAR. DUKE ESTABLISHES 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 (Continued ou Pa*** 2< 2j