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Cljc ZVflanla Lri -Wceldii n vnal VOL XXVII. NO. 33 POSTMASTER NEW CALLED TO EXPLAIN ’ NEW RATE PLAN » WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Post master General New was called to day before the senate postoffice subcommittee to explain details of the administration measure propos ’ ing increases in rates on practical V ly all classes of mail matter except letter mail to take care of tbs ad vance in the pay of postal employes, approved by congress but vetoed by President Coolidge. The subcommittee has set aside - four days for the hearing, today, to morrow, Friday and Saturday. Chair man Moses and other members hope to conclude the hearings Within that time so that a report can b= made to the entire committee next week. I While the salary increase meas ure, passed at the last session, has been incorporated into the mail rate advance bill introduced by Chair man Sterling, of the postoffice com mittee, there will be no hearings on that measure at this time. The ques tion of salary raises is pending in the senate and the committee will have jurisdiction only in the event that the president’s veto is sus tained, wlr’.h leaders now say is virtually assured. At the outset, the American News paper Publishers' association, through its vice president, John v Stewart Bryan, publisher of the i Richmond, Va., News Leader, pre tion against such speed in opening sented a protest from that organiza the hearings. The protest set forth that the post office department had been two years in preparing the cost ascer tainment report on which the pro posed mail rate advances have been i based and that the publishers should 1 be given reasonable time in which to study the report. It was decitired that in the brief time the report had been in the association’s hands “many discrepancies” in the state ments of tacts had been found. The protest asked that at least thirty days be given for analysis of the report. To this Chairman Moses replied that the senate committee ( had ordered, speedy hearings with a ♦ view to making a report soon after the Christmas recess and that the sub-committee had no choice but to go ahead. Advances proposed by the postof fice department are in accordance with the equities and are for the users of the several classes of mail, , Postmaster General New told the , committee. > Replying to the challenge of the publishers’ association as to the ac i curacy of the cost ascertainment report. Mr. New declared he had \ "absolute and implied confidence in 1 the accuracy of that report." Be fore he approved it, be said, he hail a nationally-known accounting firm go over it, "with a fine-tooth I comb.” Action Forced, New Says The postmaster general said he had not sought to raise rates, but that the situation grew out of ac tion by congress in raising the pay of postal employes. He added that all of his actions had been at the request or by direction of congress. Explaining the various rate ad vances. he told the committee he regarded it to be an imposition to 1 make an increase on every other . class of mail and none on the sec -1 ond-elass mail, • consisting of news papers and periodicals. ' “I concede as just many of the points made by the publishers.” Mr. New said, “such as that the people want leading matter, that it is a good deal of a public service to see that they get it. ' “All those things were taken into ! account and making the rates on \ second-class mail I fixed the figures y at $9,876,000.” V Mr. New said he regarded th : s as a fair proportion of the total in crease of $68,000,000 necessary to meet the postal pay advance. Representative Kelly, of Pennsyl vania, a member of the house post office committee, wanted to know why the postoffice department could not absorb the $68,000,000 increase as it ha<i absorbed an increase fol , lowing enactment ,/if the employes' t reclassification bill. Mr. New said this could be done ultimately but | that the department under such a i plan could not become self sustain ing within five or six years. “As matters are now." he said, "we will be on a self-sustaining \ basis at the end of the fiscal year \ 1926.” New’s Assistant Grilled Joseph Stewart, executive assist ant to the postmaster general, was questioned extensively as to whv \ the cost given of handling parcel post was much lower than that for newspapers and periodicals, when . the weight and bulk of the latter \was much higher than the former. Stexyact said the bulk counted only In paying for railroad service. The service in postoffices and delivery should be considered, he said, ex • plaining that a pound of parcel post would be only one package while a pound of second-class mail might contain ten or more pieces. The witness said the total num her of parcel post packages handled \ yearly is slightly more than one million. Parcel post rates cannot he increased a very great deal, he said without losing business for the post office department. Mexico Denies Texan Right to Float Loan MEXICO CITY. Dee. 23.—The \ Mexican government formally an nounces cancellation of an agree ment whereby John Arlitt, of Ctxat was to a $50,000,000 loan tor Mexico in this r- i entry. The Texan, the government's annvum inent said, had not emu-died with M xico s terms a .l can Cions. Contract Is Awarded For Douglas Postoffice DOUGLAS, Ga.. Dec. 23. News has been received from Congressman IV. C. Lankford, at Washington, that rhe contract for the erection of the Douglas postoffice building has been let to a government contractor, and that work will be started in Jan uary. The contract price is a little above $-12,000, not. including the equipment. i j Published, Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday RUSSIA’S BRILLIANT WRITERS COMBINE IN BITTER ATTACK ON TROTZKY’S SHORTCOMINGS Sick Man of Sovietland Re mains Impressively Silent at Health Resort in the Caucasus MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—(8y the As- I sociated Press.) —Although Trotzky 1 now is out of the political arena and far removed from the bitter party strife of Moscow, attacks ypon him both from within and without the communist party continue unceas ingly. : No man in American public life, I even in the heat of the bitterest elec tion campaigns, has had to face such a merciless fire of censure and con demnation as has been directed against the soviet war chief for the last six weeks. All the sins and shortcomings and failures of the bol chevik regime have been visited upon his head. Throughout the fusilade Trotzky remains silent, alone and broken in the resort in the Caucasus where he has gone to restore his health. Al though he is in admittedly poor phys ical shape, no note of sympathy is heard for the man who hitherto has ranked as next only in fame and power to Lenine. It is inaccurate to say that Trotz ky has been either expelled from the communist barty or banished from office, as foreign dispatches have an nounced. The present campaign against him is confined Wholly to literary politics, which probably will continue until the communist party congress in March, which will pro nounce final judgment on his alleged heresy in departing from the ortho dox communist principles and violat ing the party discipline. Whatever the issues may be, some time proba bly will elapse before he returns to his duties. , More of Personal Attack . An interesting aspect of the pres ent stage of the campaign is the. fact that the attacks are directed toward Trotzky's personal characteristics and his numerous dissensions with the communist party in the last seven years, which are now revealed. Various bolshevik leaders have made known for the first time that. Trotzky tendered his resignation niany times —whenever the central committee of the party attempted to Interfere in any branch of his activi ties, especially in his administration Court Rules Movies Must Pay for Playing Copyrighted Tunes RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 23.—Motion picture houses and theaters must pay royalties to composers or pub lishers when they use any portion of a copyrighted song or air during their programs or performances, ac cording to an opinion rendered here Saturday by Judge John Rose, of the United States circuit court of ap peals, when he affirmed the deci sion of tlie district court at Charles ton, S. C., that the Pastime Amuse ment company must pay M. Whit mark & Sons, publishers, for the use '•of a copyrighted song in its motion picture theater. The case was appealed by the amusement company on the ground that the music was played by a young woman pianist without the knowledge of the theater owners; that it did not constitute a part of the program; that only a part of the whole number was played; and on her testimony that she did not even know the name of the composition. The case was decided in Charles ton on May 13, and was argued here at the fall term of court. Legislator Arrested For Speeding Following 2 Crashes in Macon MACON. Ga.. Deo. 22. —William Lewis Dixon, a member of the state legislature from Wilkinson county, and W. L. Skelton, said to be a prominent resident of the same county, figured in an automobile wreck here last night that caused the arrest of both. The Dixon-Skelton car side-wiped another automobile and two blocks farther on crashed into a telephone | pole and was wrecked. Both men I fled and police found them in a I garage basement. Dixon was arrested on a charge | of speeding and violating the rules I of the road. Skelton was held on a I charge of intoxication. Both men later put up cash bond. R. M. Lester, night chief train dispatcher for the Southern railway, was driving the other car. which was damaged. Mrs. Lester was slight ly injured. Parrott Ordered Held Without Bail for Death Os Hilliard m Florida WESTVILLE, Fla.. Dec. 21.—Dan Parrott, who shot and killed Alton Hilliard, age 22, was ordered held in jail by a coroner on a first degree i murder charge. Hilliard was shot in j the back. Parrott alleges that Hil liard trespassed on his home, refused to leave when ordered and made threats, and the killing followed. The state produced damaging testimony against Parrott, resulting in the pris oner being held without bail to await the action of the Holmes county I grand jury. Both men were promi nent in their community. Many Hiccough Cases In Pittsburg District PITTSBURG. Pa.. Dec. 22.—Over 50 serious cases of hiccough have been reported in the Braddock dis ; trict in tho last few weeks. The latest to be affected was Post- I master Richard W. Edmunds, who is ' in Braddock hospital. Dr. J. L. North. Miami Philanthropist, Is Dead MIAMI. Fla., Dec. 22.—Dr. John Leopold North, 60. Miami physician, prominent in philanthropic work, died here this morning at the city hospital, where he had served as su perintendent in former years without ' pav. lie had be. c ill several months, 'th res'iltiog from angina pectoris. of military measures in the civil war. In no ease was his designation accepted but he was forced to submit to party instructions. Coincidental with the discussions of his theories and practices of the revolution, efforts are being made to destroy' his personal popularity among the masses and the red army by making it appear that his part in the bolshevik upheaval was a rela tively minor one as compared with the collective effort of the commu nist party as a whole. So thorough is the campaign against him that no phase of his political life is spared in order to convince the peasants, workers and soldiers of his alleged lack of su premacy in the revolution. Combine Against Him ' Stalin, Kamenef, Bukharin, Zino vieff, Kalinin and other communist writers have allotted among them selves the task of showing all ranks of communists not only Trotzky's political misconceptions and falla cies as they see them, but also the fact, as they allege, that in all his acts as war minister he has been guided by mere personal ambition. While one group of these writers concentrates attacks upon ques tions relating <o the peasantry, the second group directs its arrows against Trotzky's personal populari ty and the third focused the public limelight upon the differences which arose between the war minister and the communist party in matters of military policy. All these groups in chorus attempt to show that in all his acts Trotzky really coveted Lenin’s glory. Whatever the outcome of the con troversy, it may be said with the fullest conviction that the present fight against Trotzky will not result in an open split of the communist party, nor is it likely to go beyond a formal vote censuring Trotzky at the forthcoming party congress. Trotzky’s friends believe he will not attempt to form a faction of his own, even in the face of more ex treme measures against him. They believe he will either submit to fur ther party discipline or endeavor to defend himself by the written and spoken word when his health is re stored. For the present, while it is not true that be has resigned or has been deposed or exiled, he may be considered as out of the arena of political activity. Talk of War Is Purely Jingoistic, Without Foundation, Gary Says NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, said in a state ment published here today that only irresponsible jingoists visioned war between the United States and Japan. This country is fortunate in hav ing such men as President Coolidge and Secretary of State Hughes to direct its foreign relations, said Mr. Cary. Secretary Hughes’ statement declaring that bonds of friendship linked Japan and ihe United States was “timely as well as accurate;’’ Japan is “faithfully carrying out its disarmament pledges.” “The activties of individuals in private or in public life in this coun try or Japan to fan the fires of trou ble do not accurately represent the general attitude of the largo major ity of the people of the two coun tries,” Mr. Gary said. “1 believe from what I hear through many sources that Japan has faithfully, conscientiously and promptly carried out her arms limi tation promises. “Os course there is danger that agitation by unscrupulous persons, if long continued, may have bad ef fect. Still the large majority are too sensible to take any step that would be against the best interests of the people of the two nations.” Rebuilt Mississippi Pronounced Mightiest Battleship Afloat SAN PEDRO, Calif.. Dec. 22.—The I nited States ship Mississippi, vic tim of a turret disaster near here last June, in which forty-eight offi cers and men lost their lives, re turned Sunday to her home port after an absence of 6 months. In the 77 days spent in the Puget Sound navy yard the vessel was con verted into what naval officials de scribe as probably the highest de veloped fighting finit afloat. The Mississippi steamed into port looking like no other battleship in the world, with her outline studded with strange framework, towers and booths. She carried six fighting sea planes, all ready for launching from her decks by the navy’s new P-Mark 111 airplane catapault. by which a charge of smokeless powder whisks a 5.500 pound monoplane into instant flight. In addition, she had acquired new range finders, fire control de vices. flameproof doors for turret safety, and various engine room im provements. Recent tests of the new airplane catapult, held on Puget Sound, were pronounced a success. President Coolidge Cup Offered Anglers WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., Dec 23.—Sea bass will hav, a hard win .qr in southern Florida when mem bers of the Palm Beach Anglers' club, who are all striving to win the President Coolidge trophv, sally forth.’ Word has been received here that the oresident's cup. whk’h stands more than 36 inches in neight. has been prepared by a northern jewelry concern, and will be sent here about the first of the year. The cup is to be awarded to the club member who catches the larg est sea bass on hook and line Forty-one other trophies are includ ed in this year’s list of award®, and in sn'l'he.-n J.-:.-,..•'.1.. w . WHITE CUBISMS FOR MANY PLACES; WWE COMING WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—A white Christmas for considerable sections of the United States was forecast Tuesday by the weather bureau which said there would be snow on the ground over most middle and northern sections from the plateau I region eastward io the Atlantic coast. It also said that cold weath er will prevail almo generally over the country on the holiday. Although the temperature has moderated somewhat in northern New England, tlie lake region, the great central the plains ■ states, the gulf states and in por tions of the Rocky mountain region much colder weather again is over spreading the northw. I and th’ plateau region. There will be precipitation general ly over the states east of the Mis sissippi river Tuesday night and Wednesday. While the temperature will rise slowly in the Atlantic and east gulf states Tuesday night and along the immediate Atlantic coast Wednesday, much colder weathu again will overspread the lower lane region and the Ohio valley Wednes day and Wednesday night, and Tennessee, the east gulf states ami the middle Atlantic and north At {antic states Wednesday night and . I hursday, and the South Atlantic states except possible the Florida I peninsula Thursday. Snow Tuesday night is promised for New York state, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia, possibly changing to sleet, followed by colder weather in Maryland, the District of Colum bia. and Virginia, while sleet may fo.low rain in North and South Carolina. FRESH BLANKET OF SNOW BURIES WESTERN PLAINS KANSAS CITY, Dec. 23.—Hard on the heel s of his recent drive, m the havoc of whit a the southwest had not yet recovered winter has launched another offensive accom panted by a barrage of snow flakes that already has blanketed Missouri ‘i.itl j Kansas, and will continue thioug-hot.it ton!" ■■ and tomorrow Temperatures not nr above zero Tuesday night and zero or below for Christmas eve anq Christmas morn ing wat m- acted. , The snowfall was -aid to be gen eral over Kansas ;■ ;-i Missouri and as far - "th as northern Oklahoma. While train servL- I not en tirely recovered • < last week’s terrific storm. • •""Icials said service was <~ ’ ajlv getting back to nor mal. Most of the delay was ascribed to b making of telegraph wires. Adel Youth Killed By Accidental Shot From Comrade’s Gun ADEL, Ga., Dec. 23. —John Crow ley, eighteen, was shot accicentallv and instantly killed by a. friend. Wilhe Hayes, eighteen, while they were on their way to a shooting match. Hayes’ gun was accident ally discharged as he started to en ter a buggy in which Crowley was seated, the shot entering Crowley’s chest. Coroner Wiseman went to the scene of the killing, but did not hold an inquest, as there were eye-wit nesses to the accident. Coolidge Will Have A Quite Christmas WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Christ mas at the White House will be quiet this year because of the death within the last year of the younger son of President and Mrs. Coolidge John, son of the president, who is attending Amhurst college, will arrive home Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, of Boston, the Coolidge family’s closest friends, will come early in the week. The choir of the First Congrega tional church, which the president and Mrs. Coolidge attend, will sing Christmas carols from the north portico on Christmas eve as last year, and Mr. Coolidge at dusk will turn a switch, lighting the big na tional community < Christmas tree, brought from the Adirondacks and planted in Sherman park south of the treasury. Charge of Bribery In Senate Dropped WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—The de partment of justice’s investigation into charges that a senate commit tee employe accepted money for the use of his influence in behalf of legislation has resulted in a find ing that no law was violated. Attorney General Stone declined to divulge the nature of the legisla tion or the name of the man in volved. Officers of postal workers' organizations charged that the case was concocted by opponents of the postal pay increase bill to try to defeat that measure and demanded that the attorney general make the facts public, but that this 'never was done. 250 Prisoners Freed In North Carolina RALEIGH, N. C.. Dec. 23.—Gov ernor Cameron Morrison yesterday and last night gave his biggest Christmas present. In addition to paroling J. D. Farrior, of Wilson; Willie Burke. Cumberland county - Hubert G. Steed, Guilford county, and Roy A. Hooker, of Rowan, and pardoning Walter Oxenedine, Rob son county, he ordered the release of about 250 prisoners whose sentences expire within 30 days of Christmas. Cross Word Puzzle Fad Causes Library Rush LOS ANGELES. Dec. 22 —As a re st It of the abnormal popularity of dictionaries due to the cross-word puzzle fad, the Los Angeles public library has been compelled to set a time limit of five minutes on the use 1 < f the dictionary by any one person at one time. In case cf an argument ; among those in the waiting line, par ties tn the difference are requested ••• “ph ;.se settle differences at the *•> iavian’s desk.” A G EORGIA SANTA CLAUS • ——— ■ ■ • • ■ - . -..z ’• i'fSTEMATiC j ■ I !( j „ " A pi I 1 /AvuivA-.x. •* -r.'- $263,085,896 Georgia Crops Value, An Increase of Nearly $27,000,000 The United States bureau of agricultural economies, state deuartment of agricul ture. State College of Agrtelilure. reports Georgia crops valued at $263,085,896. Georgia crops are listed this year at a total value of about $263,085,896, which is an fncrease of nearly $27,000,000 over last year, and praeticlly $51,000,000 more than the total vglue of 1922 crops. Greatly increased cotton production (well distributed over alt sections), together with greater corn, tobacco peanut and watermelon crops, is primarily responsible for the considerable gain in total value. Apples, pears and sugar cane also made larger returns, while there is little difference in value in most of the other crops compared with last year, except wheat, oats and peeans—these three being reduced about one half. Calculations are based on December 1 prices received by farmers, except lor fruit crops. Siiminary Crop Statistics 1924-1923 Yield Price Total Value Crop Year Per Acre Production Dee. I Value Per Acre Corn (bu.) I’l2l 12.2 .■>0.203,000 $ 1.12 $ 56,227.360 $13.66 11123 12.2 4!).215 000 1.07 52,660,000 13.05 Wheat, harvested (bt1.)..1924 10.5 850.000 J (ill 1,436,500 1 7.73 1023 •> 1.; 30.000 1.47 .2.556,000 13.52 Oats, harvested (bu.) .1924 1 7.0 3.978,000 .95 3.77'9,100 1 6.15 1923 18.0 9,378.000 .85 7,971,000 15,30 3ye, harvested (bt1.)...192+ 9 2 184,000 1.83 336,720 10.81 1923 9.0 180,000 1.90 342,000 17.10 Potatoes, Irish f bu.) .. . . 1924 67 1.608.000 1.50 2.412,000 100.50 1923 70 1,540,000 1.60 2,464,000 112.00 Potatoes, Sweet, (bit.) ... 1924 68 8.704.000 1.60 8,704.000 68.00 1923 84 1 1.508,000 .76 8,746,000 63.81 aTobbaco (lbs.) 1924 761 31,201.000 .266 8.299,466 202.43 1923 661 11,237,000 .31 3,483,470 204.91 Rice (bu.) ...1924 15.0 4 5.000 140 63,000 21.00 1923 22.7 68.000 1.32 90.000 29.96 Hay. tame (t0n5)1924 .58 455.000 19.00 8,645,000 11.01’ J 923 .66 455,000 18 90 9,639,000 12.47 Hay, wild (t0n5!1924 .60 10,000 15.00 • 150.000 9.38 1923 ’ .90 14.000 14.80 207.000 13.32 Sorghum syrup (ga1.)...1924 11 1.755,000 .81 1.491,000 59.6! 1923 S 3 1 158.000 .69 1.489.000 57.27 Peanuts, harv'd fib5.)..1924 600 118 890.000 .056 6.652,800 33.60 1923 512 77.821.000 069 5,310.000 33.33 Apples (bu.) ,1921 J. 388.000 121 1.162,760 1923 864,000 1.5’) 1.296.000 Peaches (bu.) 1924 8.312.000 1 01 8.125.420 1923 5,248.000 1.65 8.659.200 Pears (bu.) 1921 232.090 1 2 7 294.640 1923 1'12.000 1.16 223.000 Pecans (lbs.) 192 1 2.215.000 .10 886000 1923 .... 4.815.000 .31 1.782.000 bCotton Ibales) 1924 150 J .000.000 .221 112.000.000 35 19 1923 82 588.236 .320 9 1,117.760 21'51 Cotton serd (tons I 1921 'til 500 000 36.70 18.350,000 5.77 1923 164 282.000 48.00 13.530.000 3.91 (Sugar cane (gal.) 1921 125 3.196.815 .95 3.607.031 118.74 . 1923 138 4,692.000 69 3 237.000 95.20 Watermelons Com. (cars) 1921 355 15.975 115 00 2.795.(125 62 19 19-.-3 .118 7.189 228.00 L 639.000 40.57 Cantaloupes Com. (c'ts I. J 921 156 250.800 1 75 491.400 161.90 1923 4 1 223.000 2 00 416.000 81196 Cucumbers Com. (hrs). 192 1 112 II 250 100 7.1.250 35.63 1923 80 48.001) 2.00 96.060 160.00 AH other Hr.’! .... 16.204.824 Totals 1924 $263,085 869 x 1923 236.177,700 Valuation based on Duuembcr I nriip to f trnnrs ip\<rpt fruit, etv. J. aMI t.YDH included —*übie<’t to ad.i»i«t<<l final revision. bKroni official uotton renort. as of December 1. cAcreagre harvested for syrup. xSnbiect to adiu<ted fina’ revision—hypothetical total. STORY DE SUICIDE NOT GOTOWEO IN M'COY TRIAL I.OS ANGELES, Cal.. Dee. 23 Kid McCoy, former star of the prize ring, entered the superior court to day to witness the last round of his fight for freedom as the accused slayer of Mrs. Theresa Mors, di vorced wife of a wealthy antique dealer, in her apartment here last August. ’ His story that Mrs. Mors commit ted suicide in the apartment which they occupied was uncontradicted by evidence and his attorney was busy erasing any unpleasant picture left there yesterday by the prosecution. Defense counsel Geisler yesterday began a detailed presentation of the suicide version of Mrs. Mors' death which McCoy sketched when he tes tified Friday. Geisler described the woman as a wife distraught over threats of death hurled at her by her divorced husband. Albert A. Mors; worried over a jewel smug gling Jtfngle in which federal inves tigation apparently had implicated her; reomrseful and anxious over her relations with McCoy with whom she had been living for sev eral weeks in an apartment leased to “Mr. and Mrs. N. Shields.” A bailiff silenced Mors when the former husband, incensed by Geis ler’s reference to his quarrels with Mrs. Mors, shouted from his seat in th° court room "Why didn’t you cal! me to the stand?” Atlanta, Ga., Tursday, December 25, 1924 Pope Pius’ Illness From Influenza Denied at Vatican ROME. Dec. 23. —(By the Associat ed Press.) —In response to '.queries prompted by a report that he was il, with influenza, it was stated this j forenoon from the Vatican that Pope! Pius was perfectly well. The pope appeared in perfect health when the cardinals paid their visit. Their group included all the members of the sacred college who i live in Rome, and also Cardinal Mer- j ?ier. the Belgian primate, who was warmly greeted by his colleagues. Cardinal Vannutelli, the dean of the college, delivered a short ad dress. in which he said the Christ inas felicitations of the cardinals were even warmer than usual, owing to the general rejoicing over the jubilee year. Pope Pius replied in a clear, strong' voice, thaq-king the cardinals 1 for their congratulations, and ex- ! pressing satisfaction at the univer- ! 1 sal response that had come to his ■ appeal for the celebration of the holv year, which he said showed an ' encouraging revival of faith every- j where. The pontiff afterwards conversed • cordially with each of the cardinals. I devoting especial attention.to Cardi nal Mercier, and thanking that pre- ; late for undertaking the long jour- ; ney to be present at the opening of \ the holy door tomorrow. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch received in London from Rome last night said ’h" nope was suffering from i bchr form of influenza. HIGHT TESTIMONY GLOSES; CASE GDES TH JURY TONIGHT MT. VERNON, 111., Dec. 23.—Hear ing of evidence in the joint trial of Lawrence M. Hight, former clergy man, and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, for the poison murder of her husband, Milford Sweetin, was concluded at noon today. Each side was given four hours for arguments and a night session was ordered so the case might go to the jury tonight. Rebuttal tiinony was offered by the state today to controvert the contention of the defense that Hight is of low mentality and not responsi ble for his conduct at all times. Dr. Frank Fry, St. Louis alienist, testified that he had examined Hight and found his ’nervous system nor mal. -ossexamined bv Attorney Nelson Layman, representing Hight, he was questioned as to the nature of ihe examination which he gave Hight when he pronounced him sane. Dr. C. 11. Anderson, superintend ent of the State Hospital foe the In sane, at Anna, 111., dewense alienist, testified Hight had the mentality of a ten-year-old boy. “What about a bright light Hight saw when converted?” Dr. Fry was asked. “He told me,” the witness replied, “that he had a rather sudden feel ing of comfort of soul, accompanied by an effulgence of brightness.” “Hight’s reputed belief that he had seen deceased relatives near his bed was merely an apparition,” Dr. Fry added. “They are frequently 'hangovers’ from the dream state. Concluding Dr. Fry stated that mental depression sometimes follow ing a period of religious emotionalsm is not upusual, resulting in the “Blue Monday” of preachers. Previous to Dr. Anderson’s ap pearance, dozens of Hight’s former neighbors testified that Hight was sane when he preached in Ina last summer. One Killed, Another Jailed Following Brawl m Thomaston THOMASTON. Ga., Dec. 23. George Jarrell, of East Thomaston, i is in jail here on the charge that he | shot and killed Raymond Parrott | Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock. Jar- j rell and Parrott, with two other young men, had been drinking dur ing the night, according to officers. Jarrell claims that the others ha« beat him early in the night and had thrown him into a ditch. Later, he went to the home of his brother-in law and stole a twelve-gauge shot gun and four shells, he says, and returning to the main street of East Thomaston shot Parrott through the left lung. Parrott died almost in stantly. The other men held Jarrell until officers and doctors arrived. Jarrell is about 23 years old and unmarried. Parrott was somewhat older, and is survived by his wife. $1,337,500 Bonds Are Placed on Market By Edith Rockefeller NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, of Chicago, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, and divorced wife of Harold McCor mick, is offering $1,337,500 bonds in the investment market today. The bonds are based on the Edith Rockefeller McCormick trust, estab lished at the time she won her di vorce. McCormick later married Ganna Walska, a singer. The pur pose of the bond offering was not made publie. Neither is it known why any additional funds were ncc <-<®ary for the trust. a CEN A COPY, SI A YEAR. LEAGUE’SAUTHORITY PUT TO TEST 8T GERMANS REQUEST Debate in U. S. Senate Re called by Berlin's “Res ervations” Plea BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Spci'ial I.emcd W'l-c 1o rli e Journal—-Copy ' ri-rlit. 1921.1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Ger many's effort to have the covenant of the League of Nations modified so as to permit her to have freedom of action, as well as freedom from obligation, to preserve peace by phy sical or economic force is regarded here as likely to give the Americans who have been debating the subject their first concrete idea of wllal the league really means. From the first the United Sta.tt4 has balked at the thought that the ’league might, if America joined, In volve a moral obligation to u!« force. The league itself did not in terpret its covenant on that point, and Amrican entrance to the league to a large extent has been prevented by that very point. Now Germany’s request will bring forth a definite expression, not only of the opinion of the league, but a treaty between Germany and ths league which defines the limit of Germany’s obligations. The Question Should the league Insist that Ger many must agree to use physical or economic force when some nation has been unanimously declared by the council to have violated the covenant and broken the peace of the world, then the anti-league de baters in the United States will feel that their lung light against Ameri can entrance was well worth while, and that the “irreconcilable” view point was absolutely right. Should the league, on the other hand, admit Germany ami give her the right to act as -be pleases with respect to assistance in a military way, the biggest argument made against American admission, will have been punctured. It is interesting to note that the principle in the famous reservation to article ten penned by tlie late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is made the main condition by Germany, though she asks not only a limita tion of the obligation to preserve peace, but brings out the implica tions of another article in the cove nant relating to penalties to be im posed by the several powers agairjst a state which has started or threat ened a war of aggression or injus tice. These provisions have never been invoked, but in the United States this has not been accepted as indi cating their lack of validity or poten tial value in n crisis, Germany on Article J# Germany’s contention tiiat artlOA 16 of the covenant, which outlines the penalties to be imposed ofi a state breaking its pledges or carry ing on a war of aggression, jnay bring on a state of war, is an inter esting sequel to the debate in the American senate, for the Berlin gov ernment says plainly that a block ade of embargo will imply a state of war and Germany wishes to specify that she may remain neutral. This is the first time the rights of neutrals have been brought into play in connection with article 16, ami it will mean a great deal of dis-, cussion by the international lawyers before the German viewpoint will be fully answered. The United states will -watch the debate with more than passing in terest, because, with the league con troversy moribund so far as ]>oliti cal parties are concerned, there may come a time when the pendulum will swing in another direction, and if Germany has secured an agreement with the league conditioning her membership on certain reservations, the American government would be able to demand the same thing. The League’s Position From the viewpoint of the league, however, the question will be an swered not so much with tho thought of placating Germany or giving the latter a special position. It. will be a matter of self-preserva tion for Europe. Will the peace of Europe be preserved if the implied obligations of article 10 and article 16 are retained and Germany is left outside the league, or will the or ganization be strenghtened by modi fying the covenant so as ultimately to make it possible for Germany and the United States to enter? Thus far, the league has shown every dis position to want America and Ger many admitted, but the making of a special case means that other na tions may ask to be relieved of the obligations to* preserve peace by eco nomic force. Germany has put the issue squarely before the league. Anderson’s Rearrest At Gates of Sing Sing Is Ordered by State NEW YORK, Dec. 23. —William H. A derson, former state superintend ent of the anti-saloon league of New York, will be re-arrested as he leaves Sing Sing prison tomorrow on pa role, it was announced today by the district attorney’s office. Four in dictments are pending against him. Anderson will be brought to New York from Ossining and arraigned before General Sessions Judge Man cuso, who Mill be asked to fix bail at $5,000 and to place the pending cases on the calendar to be called in the usual course of court procedure. Anderson has served part of a year's • ntence for forgery by false entries on the league’s books. The indictments pending against the former Anti-Saloon league lead er charge extortion and grand lar ceny. Bench warrants tor the ar rest were filed at Sing Sing at tho time Anderson entered the prison, Assistant District Attorney Pecora said. Pecora prosecuted Anderson. The dry leader went to Sing Sing prison March 25 after having made an unsuccesful appeal for a writ of reasonable doubt sought after his conviction by a jury before Supreme Court Justice Tompkins, who sen tenced him to a term of from 1 to 2 years. His release on parole of Christmas eve was due to time off for “good behavior.”