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LUST Mi'S iIODY
FOUND IN WEIL:
WIDOW ARRESTED
Family Friend Also Held, and
Another Man Is
Being Sought
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Dec. 8.
Mrs. Annie Snipes, youthful widow
of Bruce Snipes, who disappeared
four years ago, and Pete Phillips,
a .' . : friend, were held in the
Forsyth county jail here today with
out bond, pending an investigation
into the death of Snipes, whose
skeleton was found in an old well
on a farm near here several days
ago. Officers are searching for
Moody O'Neal, who was reared in
the Snipes’ home.
The arrests were made in recom
mendation of County Coroner Dal
ton, who filed a report of his find
ings with the clerk of the court late
Saturday night. The verdict was
that Snipes came to bis death from
a blow on the head inflicted bj- some
heavy blunt instrument.”
‘ The coroner recommended also
that Mrs. Snipes, Phillips and
O’Neal be taken into custody pend
ing a full investigation.
Officials today were silent as to
the evidence they have uncovered
regarding the circumstances sur
- rounding the death ot Snipes, who
* w r as twenty-one years old, and had
been married but a few months
•when he disappeared. O’Neal has
been seen only a few times since
Snipes disappeared.
Neither Mrs. Snipes nor Phillips
would talk.
Bruce Snipes disappeared in No
vember, 1920. The last he was
seen, according to officers, he was
talking with his young wife. Two
days later his automobile was
► found standing near a Norfolk and
Western trestle in this city. This
was the last known of him until a
few days ago when workmen found
a skeleton in an old well on the old
Bedenhamer farm, near here! The
skeleton wa s identified as that of
Snipes by a shoe, a chain and locket
and fragments of clothing.
While declining to make public
their evidence, officers let it be
* known that they were working on
the theory that Snipes was lured
to the farm, slain and his body
thrown into the well.
SENATOR HARRIS’
AMENDMENT TO
SHOALS BILL LOST
(Continued from
gress for three years, has been pre
sented, however, by Chairman Nor
ris, of the senate agriculture com
mittee, which reported the Norris
bill. He informed the senate that if
the Underwood bill, which is before
the senate as an amendment to his
bill, should he accepted, he would
offer an entirely new bill as an
amendment to the Underwood bill.
Dis new plan thus would have to be
■ disposed of under the rules before
the Underwood bill could come to a
final vote.
Further delay also is expected
from the desire of some senators to
discuss numerous amendments al
ready offered to the Underwood bill.
NORRIS’ NEW I’ROI’OSAT.S
OUTLINED IN ADVANCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The new
Muscle Shoals bill, which Senator
Norris notified the senate lie would
introduce as an amendment to the
Underwood bill if it accepted as an
amendment to the original Norris bill
would declare the spirit and inten
tion of 'Congress in passing the act
to he: \
“Primarily to provide for the na
tional defense by maintaining ready
for Immediate use for war purposes
nitrate plant No. 2.
“To promote agriculture by devel
oping cheap fertilizers and other
’ things of benefit to agriculture to
the highest degree.
“To assist in the development of
electric power by the complete .stor
age and utilization of the waters of
our rivers and their tributary
streams in conjunction with steam
« and other .sources of fuel to the end
that electrical energy may be car
ried to all citizens.
“These objects shall he carried out
as nearly as possible without inter
ference with private, enterprise.”
Beneficiaries to Share Costs
Both the power and fertilizer de
velopments at Muscle Shoals would
be developed by a government cor
j poration known as the Federal Chem
ical corporation. The secretary of
xvar would be authorized to complete
construction of dams 2 and 3 from
government funds, and would be per
mitted to construct storage reser
voirs, but if any private corporation
is to benefit, by the reservoirs, it
would have to pay a proportionate
share of the cost.
• The chemical corporation would be
controlled by a board of three direc
tors appointed by the president at a
salary of SIO,OOO «. year. Employes
would be selected solely on a merit
basis.
The corporation would have the
use of both nitrate plants, Waco
quarry, railroads and other useful
property for the manufacture of fer
tilizer, which would he sold to farm
ers. A system of sale that would
prevent charging farmers unreason
able prices would be provided.
Sell Power Surplus
The corporation would have au
thority to sell all surplus power not.
needed for fertilizer manufacture,
but the board would regulate the re
salQ ,price of the power in the sale
contract. To broaden the transmis
sion of current over a. wider area,
the board would be authorized to en
ter into agreements with owners of
present transmission lines or to con
struct their own lines. The corpora
tion also womd be authorized to com
plete the steam auxiliary plant at
nitrate plant No. 2, according to the
original plan.
Capital stock of the corporation
would be created by turning over the
sum of $3,172,187.25 received from
’ the Alabama I'ower company for the
Gorgas steam plant. Receipts from
the sale of surplus property at Mus
cle Shoals also would he turned into
the capital stock, which the corpora
tion would be allowed to increase
from net earnings until $25,000,000
is raised.
Immediate conversion of the prop
erty into the production of explosives
in time of war is provided.
Vice Consul Dayton s
Body to Come Home
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—The
state departmen: instructed Consul
Kenneth S. i'atton, at Belgrade, to
day to send ’he body of Vice Consul
Harry A. Dayton to Auburn, N. Y.,
THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLY JOURNAL
TRUST FUND OF $46,000,000
FOR CHARITY AND EDUCATION
IS CREATED BY J. B. DUKE
(Continued from Page 1)
and spiritual lines, largely confining
the benefactions to those sections
served by these water power devel
opments (the Southern Power Sys
tem). I might have extended this
aid to other charitable objects and
to other sections, but my opinion is
that so doing would probably be
productive of less good by reason of
attempting too much. 1, therefore,
urge the trustees to seek to admin
ister well the trust hereby commit
ted to them within the limits set
and to this end that at least at one
meeting each year this indenture be
read to the assembled trustees.”
News Leaked Out
Announcement of the creation of
the trust, while not unexpected, came
seyeral days before it had been
planned, according to persons who
had been advised of Mr. Duke's in
tentions. It had been planned first
to call toegther representatives of
the beneficiaries of the trust and ad
vise them of its terms. This meet
ing was to have been held here Tues
day and it was understood that many
of the beneficiaries had not been
definitely advised of this plan. Word
of the plan, however, byame public
in some manner and Mr. Duke de
cided to make the announcement
Monday.
Reports have been rife for many
months that Mr. Duke planned to
create a large endowment fund for
Trinity college of which he and mem
bers of his family long have been
benefactors. Mr. Duke already has
given several millions of dollars to
the college. B. N. Duke, of New
York, and the late General Julian S.
Carr, of Durham, also were large
benefactors of the institution.
The only conditional item in the
trust, in so far as the announce
ment shows, is that fox Duke uni
versity. The items for Furman uni
versity, Davidson college and John
son C. Smith university are uncon
ditional.
NEW GIFTS BY EASTMAN
BRING TOTAL TO $58,602,900
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 9.
Bringing his total known benefac
tions to $58,602,900, George East
man, head of the Eastman Kodak
company, Monday announced new
gifts of $12,500,000 to institutions of
higher education, after recently an
nouncing a gift of $2,500,000 in the
greater University of Rochester
campaign. Those to benefit under
the latest gifts of Mr. Eastman are:
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nogoly, $4,500,000, which is added to
a previous gift of $11,000,000; Uni
versity of Rochester, $6,000,000;
Hampton institute, $1,000,000, and
Tuskegee institute, $1,000,000. t
Os Mr. Eastman’s total of $58,602,-
900 the sum of $23,578,500 has heen
given to the University of Roches
ter.
Despite the fact that Monday’s
PMENT OPENS
WITH KING GEORGE
MAPPING POLICIES
LONDON, Dec. 9.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —King Georg© opened
parliament in state today with a I
speech from the throne full of pro-1
nouncements on foreign and do
mestic affairs.
The king said the government
was unable to recommend parlia
mentary consideration of the soviet
treaties but he desired that “normal !
intercourse between the two coun
tries shall not be interrupted.’’ lie '
said the government proposed to pro- j
ceed with the naval base at Singa- :
pore.
Beginning with the declaration !
that British relations with foreign j
powers continued friendly, the king
pointed out that Egypt had accepted
Great Britain’s demands for redress
following the campaign of hostility
against British interests in Egypt
and the Sudan, culminating in the
murder of the sirdar
He expressed deep interest in the
important deliberations of the
League of Nations, mentioning the
visit to Rome of Foreign Secretary
Chamberlain, and said the British
and dominnon governments had not
yet had time to complete their study i
of the Geneva arbitration protocol, ,
which they were now examining.
The king announced that invita- :
tions had been accepted for the
prince of Wales to visit Argentina
next year, when he was also visit
ing South Africa.
Aid for Dominions
Closest co-operation with the do
minions and India would be a guid
ing principle of the. government,
which would also adhere to the
policy of encouraging empire Settle
ment and mutual trade, submitting
to parliament a recommendation for
further imperial preferences based
on the proceedings of last year's im
perial economic conference, the king
said.
The king’s speech was a more or
less f ill statement of the new con
servative government’s policy, and
its completeness is said to have been
inspired by the fact that the govern
ment with its safe majority, is
faced with a five-year tenure of of
fice unless the unexpected happens, j
Not the least interesting item in
the speech was the announcement
that the prince of Wales would!
visit Argentina next year. Thus the
activities of the heir to the throne,
who, despite his youth, has been
frequently characterized as Great
Britain's greatest ambassador of
good will, ore to be extended to
the South American continent for
the first time.
Splendor of Olden Days
Never in the olden days was the
ceremony for opening the parlia
ment carried out with greater re
gard for splendor.
The king's references to the
Singapore naval base and the
prince's visit to South America pro
duced moments when the silence
which the crowded floor and gal
leries usually maintain during the
speech of the ruler, was interrupt
ed. Twice his majesty was forced
to pause for a few seconds owing
to the stir among his hearers.
King George's reference to the
Egyptian crisis, bluntly and force
fully-worded by his ministers, is
considered definitely to have settled
Great Britain's attitude toward
Egypt.
for burial, in accordance with the
wishes of the family.
Consul Dayton died yesterday of
wounds sustained last Thursday
when he was reported to have been
shot by a young woman in his home
at Be'grade. The department ex
pects tn receive a complete report
in th® css® from Consul ration at
an early date.
; gifts mark the disposal of the last
large block of his personal stock
holdings in the Eastman Kodak
company, Mr. Eastman makes it
clear that he will continue to direct
the affairs of the company, and
hopes to as long as he lives.
Gifts made Monday and not an
nounced before are under terms sim
ilar to those made to employes,
is sold to benefiting institu
tions for $12,500,000 less than its
actual value. While provision is
made/that it may be paid for in in
stallments during the life of Mr.
Eastman, it is given without any re
striction ■ -'ling the time for sale.
It may be sold today if the benefi
c’aries desire to part with it.
PRESIDENT OF TRINITY •*’
EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE
DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 9. —Assert-
ing his gratitude to James B. Duke
for tlje provision made for Trinity
college in the $40,000,000 trust fund
announced last night, Dr. William
P. Few, president of the institution,
expressed the belief that “the trus
tees and all others connected with
the college will be equally gratefid
and equally anxious to co-operate
with Mr. Duke in his wonderful
plans.”
“A representative of the Associated
Press has just handed me a press
dispatch from Charlotte announcing
large gifts that Mr. Duke is making
to good causes in North and South
Carolina. I am naturally grateful to
Mr. Duke for the way in which he
has remembered educational institu
tions, especially the one with which
I am connected. As an officer of
Trinity college I will do everything
in my power to co-operate with Mr.
Duke’s purposes, and I feel sure
that the trustees and all others con
nected with the cillege will be equal
ly grateful and equally anxious to co-
■ operate with Mr. Duke in his won
• derful plans.”
OFFICIAL NOTICE AWAITED
BY (HAIRMAN OF BOARD
. | RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 9.—“1 had
. heard a rumor of something of that
I kind, but I have not yet had any
I official notice of it and would not
’ like to comment at this time,”
> stated Joseph Brown, of Raleigh.
’ chairman of the board of trustees of
, Trinity college, when informed of
. the offer of a trust fund to be given
. to Trinity college by James B. Duke
. provided its name is changed to
’ Duke university.
i “The matter of changing the name
of the college is one solely for the
; board of trustees,” Mr. Brown
I stated. “The next regular meeting
of the board will not be held until
- June and no special meeting has yet
been called, but I should think that
■ any board would convene promptly
to consider such an offer, coming
> from such a source.”
IMW MERGER
DF MS PfiOVIDEO
MEW BSE GILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A hill
providing for voluntary consolida
tion of railroads for a period of five
I years and relieving the I. C. C. from
the duty of preparing a plan for
1 merging the carriers into a limited
number of systems, was introduced
in the house today by Representa
tive Winslow, Republican, Massa
l chusetts, chairman of the interstate
' commerce committee.
No provision is made in the bill
| for compulsory consolidation. At the
: end of the five-year period the bill
; provides that the I. C. C. shall pre
i rare a plan for consolidation of the
' loads that have not been merged
. into systems. This plan, however,
I would nor. become operative until
congress had acted further with re
spect to making it effective.
CUMMINS TRIES TO END
RAIL BOARD CONTROVERSY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The pos
sibility of settlement of the contro
versy raging about the Howell-Bark
ley bill to abolish the railroad labor
board and set up new’ machinery for
adjustment of railroad labor board
disputes was discussed with Presi
dent Coolidge today by Senator Cum
mins, of lowa, ranking Republican
I member of the senate interstate com
! merce committee.
“It is my hope that through some
i compromise we can end this contro
versy,” Senator Cummins said after
his conference. “I have discussed
the matter with representatives of
railroad labor and of railroad execu
tives, and I am hopeful that an ar
rangement can be made at this ses
sion of congress that will be satis
factory to both groups and at the
same time protect the public.”
The Howell-Barkley bill, one of the
legislative storm centers at the last
session of congress, now’ is pending
in the house, with privileged status
two Mondays in each month.
Mary Miles Minter
Off for Fiance’s Ship;
Wedding Is Expected
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 9.—Mary
' Miles Minter, motion picture star,
i today' chocked out of the local hotel
I where she had been registered for
i the last several days and was
■ whisked away in a taxicab to the
j ferry between here and the navy
yard, where the V. S. JJ. Jason,
commanded by her reported fiance.
Lieutenant Commander Ridder, is
! being overhauled. It was reported
around the hotel yesterday that
Miss Minter and the naval officer
would be married aboard the Jason,
but this could not be confirmed.
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The inventor. A. N. Johnson, 642
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it. Write him today for "ill partic
ulars Also ask him to explain how
you can get the agency, and with
out experience or money make $250
to SSOO per month.
FAMOUS JURISTS
TO DRAFT CODE OF
INTERNITIDM
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The .Journal- Copy
right, 1924.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Decision
by the council of the League of Na
tions at Rome to summon fifteen
jurists of world-wide fame to draft
a code of international law will re
ceive the co-operation of America.
For many years the United States
government has been anxious to see
a start made toward the real codifi
cation of international law. Elihu
Root succeeded in including a clause
to that effect in the Republican na
tional platform of 1920. Mr. Harding
was in sympathy with the project,
and both President Coolidge and Sec
retary Hughes have since empha
sized its importance. Indeed, in the
last message to congress, Mr. Cool
idge made a special paragraph on
the subject which now has been
taken seriously by the League of Na-1
tions, whose initiative in calling the
conference is the first practical Step
taker} since 1909. It is pertinent in
view? of the action by the League of
Nations council to quote Mr. Cool
idge’s exact words:
Coolidge’s Suggestion
“Our country should also support
efforts which are being made toward
the codification of international law.
We can look more hopefully, in the
first instance, for research and
studies that are likely to be produc
tive of results, to a co-operation of
representatives of the bar and mem
bers of international law institutes
and societies, than to conference of
those who are technically representa
tives of their respective govern
ments, although when projects have
been developed they must go to the
governments for their approval.
These expert professional studies are
going - on in certain quarters, and
should have our constant encourage
ment and approval.”
The league council realized the
truth of Mr. Coolidge’s words about
technical representatives of govern
ments, so in line with his idea the
jurists who will be asked to draft the
new code will not be representative
of governments, but a committee of
specialists. This is exactly the way
the constitution of the international
court of justice was framed when
Elihu Root was invited as a jurist
and not as a representative of the
American government to sit with
jurists from other countries.
When, however, the committee
concluded its investigations and
recommended a definite protocol the
latter was submitted to the govern
ments of the- world for approval. So
also may the recommendations of
the international lawyers be submit
ted to the different governments for
ratification. The fact that the
League of Nations took the initia
tive in summoning the conference
complicates the problem no more
than t,he action that has been taken
in summoning an international
opium conference or other humani
tarian activities in which the United
States has participated.
Aid to Peace
The making of a new code of in
ternational law is in itself one of the.
most vital steps toward preserving*
peace that has been needed since the
last European war. On all sides
there has been agreement to that
effect, but the process has lagged.
The first and second Hague confer
ences were designed to codify the
rules of war, which constitute the
bulk of international law, and the
conference which resulted in what
is known as the declaration of Lon
don in 1909, prepared the last docu
ment on international law to come
from a large gathering of important
powers. The declaration was not
ratified generally, and those nations
which did ratify it made important
reservations so that when the war
of 1914 broke out, the belligerents
were disposed at first to adhere, but
later disregarded some of the most
important provisions in the code.
No code seemingly has been
drawn which has been considered
binding in time of war, and the
jurists will have as their major prob
lem the making of such rules as can
be obeyed in war time, 'rhe jurists
will have no difficulty, but thex-ex
perts in the armies and navies of
the countries concerned- usually
bring pressure to bear to prevent
ratification of anything which in
hibits their effectivness during war.
for while it is true that all nations
are bound by the same rules, they
sometimes operate to diminish the
power of a maritime nation with a
large navy more than they do other
rations. But it’s a beginning, and
with the peace movement through
out the world growing stronger each
year the navalists and militarists
will find it increasingly hard to
stand in the way of a new code of
international law.
BABY GIRL ABANDONED
NEW YORK. Dec. 9.—A two
months-old girl baby was found yes
terday in an ash can in the hallway
of a tenement house in Brooklyn
with a cat sitting on her chest and
another crouched over her.
Ernest Califin, a tenant, took the
child to a police station and later
she ■was sent to a hospital. p to
late this morning nobody had ap
peared to claim her.
Baskets for Flowers
Lovely baskets of china, just large
enough to hold a few flowers, are
meant to hang on the wall or at the
side of the dressing-table.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
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CONFESSION BARES
MURDER METHODS
OF IBMIMIML
BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
(Germany’s Foremost Publicist) *
(By Radio Io the Atlanta Journal and the
Chicago Daily News.)
(Copyright, 1924, by the Chicago Daily News)
BERLIN, Dec. 8. —Interest in Ger
many is centered, not so much on
the elections on Sunday which are
destined to have the greatest import
ance on the Empire’s future, but
have degenerated into personal and
party wrangles, as on the Hanover
trial of Fritz Haarmann, and his
companion in crime, Hans Grans.
Hanover, once the residence of the
Guelph dynasty, today is a super
modern amusement resort and capi
tal of crime.
Boys often vanished without a
trace, and suspicion centered on “fat
Fritz.’ But, although bloodstained
clothing was found in Haarman’c
apartment, no serious step ever was
taken against him. lie even was
permitted to enroll in the voluntary
police and when in 1923 two women
of the streets whom Haarmann had
sheltered for pay took to the police
a human mouth which they found
boiling in Haarmann’s soup kettle,
the police commissioner said it might
be a pig’s snout. ■*
Skulls of Victims Found
Haarmann appeared to bear a
charmed life. Even when the wom
en testified they saw an apparently
dead youth in his bed, he was not
charged with homicide. Only last
summer, when human skulls and
bones and clothing of his victims
were discovered in the house was
he arrested. He since has confessed
thirty murders, which may be less,
than half the number he actually
committed.
Haarmann lured boys and youths
to his apartment and, according to
his own statement, killed them ay
biting through their adam’s apples
and sold their flesh for food. When
questioned about packages smelling
of raw flesh which he was carrying,
he produced police license as a
foodstuff dealer.
The French Bluebeard Landru,
seems an amiable fellow alongside
this monster.
Haarmann Man of Forty
Haarmann is a man of forty, with
thin hair, a broad flattened nose,
deep set, thick browed eyes, a brutal
protruding chin and a wolf-like
mouth. Despite his brutality, he has
been effeminate otherwise since
childhood. He is the very prototype
of hysteria, now ’ growling, now
shrieking. With his witless smile
and his childish laugh, he talks of
tilings which make the blood run
cold with horror.
“The first thing to be done was
to bite through the Adam's apple,”
he says. “Then the head must be
wrapped up in paper, because, after
all, it continues to stare at one so.
Even when the eyes are closed, they
do go on staring at you like that,
don’t they.
“And then a package was made of
the head and set in the corner—ha,
ha, ha! —why was it—ha, ha, la—
that it kept on happening like that,
over and over again?”
Then he calmly continues to show
how he cut the youthful bodies to
pieces.
‘ Often, when a skull with empty
eyesockets was lying beside me, it
seemed as if it was still staring at
me—ha, ha, ha.”
Yet ail the time Haarmann re
mains self possessed and cunning,
and gives the piosecution no loop
hole. lie keeps open all avenue of
appeal, and counts on a judgment
of insanity, as when twenty-eight
years ago he was declare of unsound
mind for mistreating children.
Grafts Denies Knowledge
Grans is the personification of
youthful strength, haqdsome, sen
suous, lazy. With unshakable calm,
he denies all knowledge of the m ir
ders and, like a child, earnestly as
serts his innocence despite the over
whelming testimony. Haarmann
seems to fear only for this fair hair
ed Ilans.
“Grins,” he repeatedly cries,
“knew nothing. He must not suffei
the death penalty.
“Insane? Every murderer is more
or less insane. No sane person would
assume such gigantic risks'”
After all, it is a matter of indiffer
ence whether Haarmann is executed
or committed to an asylum for life.
What is more important is whether
Germany will continue to" allow the
further propagation of that perver
sity which already has spread to an
unimaginable extent among all class
es, and on which tke press reports
in detail so “objectively.”
George to Scrutinize
President Coolidge’s
Postoffice Nominees
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Ernest
E. Slack was nominated by Presi
dent Coolidge Monday to be post
master at Tifton, Ga.
Charles W. Page was nominated
for postmaster at Shreveport, I.a.
Ashland, Ky., George P. Ginn.
Rock Hill, S. C„ Andrew R. Bar
rett.
The first Georgia postoffice nomi
nations sent in since Calvin Coolidge
became president were submitted to
the senate Monday afternoon. The
nominations are for comparatively
small offices in the state, but indi
cate that the dozens of vacancies in
Georgia may soon be gradually
filled.
Nominations submitted by the
president Monday afternoon were in
addition to Mr. Slack, as follows:
Adrian, George E. Youmans; Ala
mo. Mazie Brett; Cairo, John B
Crawford; Colquitt, Henry M. Mil
ler; Hazlehurst, John H. Boone;
Lumpkin, Anna U. Williams; Soper
ton. Ben 11. McLarty; Ty Ty, Maude
D Thompson.
Senator Walter F. George, the
Georgia member of the senate post
offices committee, said Monday after
noon after a hurried examination
of the nominations submitted that
a majority of the postmasters named
appear to be Democrats and that
the list on the whole appeared to
be unobjectionable. However, Sena
tor George announced his purpose
closely to scrutinize all postoffice
, nominations sent in for Georgia be
fore agreeing to confirmation.
“So far as I know” said Senator
George "None of the names sub
mitted is that of a person involved in
any of the charges recently made
in Georgia against the operation ot
the Henry Lincoln Johnson organi
zation. I shall look into the records
of each, however, when the names
are referred to the senate post of-,
fices committee.”
Mrs. Anna C. Williams, appointed
at Lumpkin, had served as postmas
ter at that place under the Wilson
administration. Sena: r George re
called. Representative Charles R.
Crisp was interested in her appoint- ■
menu
THURSDAY, DECEMBER If, 1924.
Holding Three Offices,
Ft. Gaines Man May
Enter Mayoralty Race
FORT GAINES, Ga., Dec. B.—J.
L. Hurst, of this city, who now
holds three political offices, is con
sidering entry into a race for the
fourth. He has just been re-elected
justice of the peace, is game warden
and oil inspector, and is said to be
thinking of running for mayor
against Judge B. M. Turnipseed, the
incumbent, in the election Wednes-
U FOLLETTE GROUP
TO MEO OUSTER
ON SENATE FLOOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—The La
Follette group in the senate, which
has been silent since the election
while senate Republicans ousted
them from the party meetings, will
take the warpath this week. At
east one ousted member intends
to bring the action' formally to the
attention of the senate and his
peech is expected to prove the torch
hat will set off A general blast.
Senators Borah, Norris, Couzens
and others in the Republican ranks
have indicated that they wish to
steak on the question and the de
cision of one of the ousted members
to defend his position will give them
the opportunity.
Senator La Follette himself has in
tended to say nothing about the
ouster proceedings. He has let it
be known that he is not especially
concerned over the action of the Re
publican majority in expelling him
and Senators Ladd, Frazier and
Brook hart from the party caucus.
Senators La Follette and Brookhart
never attended any Republican
meetings, anyway, and they were
willing to let matters rest where
they are.
Coincidentally with the scheduled
explosion, two other La Follette
n ovemeijts will be inaugurated.
Senator' Brookhart will demand in
the interstate commerce committee
that some early action be taken upon
the Howell-Barkley bill for abidition
ot the railroad labor board and will
follow up his demand with every
possible legislative maneuver.
Then on Friday tnr executive
council of the conference for pro
gressive political action is scheduled
to meet here and decide whether to
continue a third party movement or
merely approve nominees of the two
old political parties in the next con
gressional elections.® Indications are
that no decisive action will be taken
at this time and perhaps not until
the entire conference gets together
in Cleveland in January.
New England Leads
In Thrift; South Has
188 Per Cent Increase
NE WYORK, Dec. 8. —New Eng
land is the thriftiest section of the
country; the middle Atlantic group
of, states is its closest competitor
and the south has made the greatest
relative advance in savings, a report
covering the last twelve years made
public by the American Bankers’ as
sociation reveals.
The data shows that per capita
savings deposits in New England
this year was $443 and that the sec
tion held the lead by a wide margin
in each of the ; ears considered.
Per capita savings in the other
state groups follow: Middle Atlan
tic. $305; Pacific, $240; East Central,
$168; West Central, SB7, and South
ern, $52.
Although the south, where sav
ings banks development was tardy,
is shown to have the lowest per
capita rate, in the twelve years con
sidered in the report, the section
has advanced 188 per cent. Its per
capita saving in 1912 was only $lB.
The advance in other sections
was; New England from $245 to
$443; middle Atlantic from slsl to
$305; Pacific from slOl io $240; east
central from SBO to $l6B. and the
west central from S4O to SB7.
Coolidge Appoints
Fort Worth Man on
Farm Loan Board
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Albert
C. Williams, of Fort Worth, Texas,
was nominated by President Cool
idge Monday to be a member of the
federal farm loan board, succeeding
Merton L. Corey, who recentlj- re
signed.
The nomination list also included
reappointments of Harry L. Fidler,
of Indiana, and Edward T. Franks,
of Kentucky.
Governors Asked to Aid
Tour of Latin-America
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 9.—Better
trade relations in South America
were urged in an appeal issued here
yesterday to the governors of the
United States and the mayors of 150
principal cities, asking their co-oper
ation in organizing a national dele
gation to sail from New York Feb
ruary 5. 1925, on a special study tour
of Latin-America, according to Eu
gene J. Roesch, who is arranging the
trip.
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warnings, due to radio development
and increased efficiency and econo
my in service, are described as the
outstanding achievements of the
weather bureau in a review of its
activities in the last fiscal year.
Meteorological forecasts and warn
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farmer, “fire weather” warnings in
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Radiocasting stations to the num
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advanced the marine meteorological
work of the bu*gau.
The report estimated that warn
ings issued by the bureau prior to
the Ohio river flood in the Pittsburg
district last March resulted in a
property saving of $10,000,000.
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