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U. S. MUST PAY FOR
"IRKNMLES"
■ PEACE PACT FIGHT
BY DAVID LAVVRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The journal—Copy
right, 1924.)
Washington, Dec. 23.—The
first real penalty tnat the United
States government has had to pay
A for the unfortunate controversy in
, the American senate over tlae
\ League of Nations immediately fol
lowing the war has developed at last.
For the British government has
refused to recognize the separate
treaty of peace between Germany
and the United States as having the
validity claimed for it by senatorial
, proponents and even the department
i of state. And the Washington ad
\ ministration has a lively controversy
on its hands which may extend to
France and other allied powers.
The point in question was raised
when the late President Harding
\ through Secretary of State Hughes
\ submitted a separate treaty to the
* senate, as a consequence of the joint
resolution whiclupassed congress de
claring a state’of peace. in that
treaty, the United States claimed all
the rights which it would have en
joyed under the Versailles treaty,
I but renounced the principal obliga
. tions of the latter, including the
'League of Nations covenant which
was a part of the treaty., The alter
native course was to ratify the \ er
sailles treaty with reservations spec
i ifically disclaiming responsibility for
. the league covenant and other pro
-1 visions, especially the economic
Cases having to do with the claim
of reparations.
Feared Irreconcilable*
Mr. Hughes might have submitted
the Versailles treaty with reserva
tions, but President Harding thought
the “irreconcilables” in the senate
would block action. For the sake
of expediency, the separate treaty
was made. Not long afterwards,
France indicated unofficially that
she questioned the validity of the
separate treaty, but nothing .
\snid publicly about it. Great Britain
find the other allies were silent about
it, because the issue was never put
before them. The German govern
ment took the stand that it was not
necessary to get allied consent or
agreement to the Berlin treaty, since
it. was a separate document and had
nothing to do with the allies as puch.
Germany in the Berlin treaty gave
kthe United States the same benefits
she conferred on the allied
powers in the Versailles treaty.
Having secured Germany’s ratifica
tion, the United States did not worry
further about it.
Now, however, the expected argu
ment has beQn made, namely, that
the contract between Grmany and
the allied and associated powers for
the division of reparations was an
.agreement between the Berlin gov
♦eminent on tho one hand and a part
nership of nations on the other. Ger
many assigned her assets to the
partnership, but as having forfeited
everything that Germany was in a
position to bestow on the allied and
associated powers.
Hughes’ Argument
Mr. Hughes, however, had been
» through a controversy on the man
\date system ami had ignored the
Veraatllvs treaty, claming that the
United States was entitled to rights
, In the mandated territories because
Anierlca hnd been tin associate in
the \xnr and n paitner In the armi
n’,re. He could not conceive that
America would ho eliminated from
1 the group of victors simply because
jmf the tailure to ratify a particulari
rnrm of settlement Known as the
Versailles treaty, which contained
provisions so olmoxlous ns to pre
vent Its acceptunen as n whole,
Virtually the same answer now Is
being made by Mr. Hughes to the
British nmeu, namely, that, the allies
cannot shut off the United Slates
from receiving payments from Ger
many under tho Dawes plan any
1 mm a than the allies could bn exclud
•.rd by tho treaty from recoiling hone
VHs which they wore promised by
Germany.
The whole proeodmo of tho allied
governments l s In .a sense wholly
incomprehensible from a diplomatic
viewpoint, Technically, there may
bo much to say on tho subject of
whether a contract between Ger
many and the allied powers can be
; shared in by another nation which
refuses to bo n party to that con
tract, and whether an equity in as-
Vets delivered under that pact may
■will bo retained by a. non signatory
power.
Claims t<» Be Delayed
But America, bus secured recogni
tion for her claims in the mandate
controversy by persuading the allies
that, a spirit of amity must be ap
plied. The British and French may
ultimately agree to that in this in
stance, too. but if they can make a
case out. against, the validity of the
JSerlin treaty, they will prevent the
United States from getting any
priority in collecting war claims from
Germany. Thus the relative's of
those who lost their lives on the
Lusitania, and in submarine war
fare will not get early payment, and
\ there will be no compensation for
Vhe property of American citizens
Bamaged during the war until the
y.onsent of tho allies is obtained.
From a legal viewpoint, this is some
what humiliating, but the “irrecon
cilables” in the American senate a'e
' responsible for what has happened.
(and it will take all the legal wit
of Charles Evans Hughes to secure
lor America what she is entitled to
and what the allies, if they choose
to be technical, may insist on with
holding unless they get in return
some other concession. It all may
become involved In the settlement of
war debts to America and interal
lied debts before the controversy is
actually solved.
Labor Federation’s
Election of Green
Pleases the Drys
WESTERVILLE. 0., Dec. 22.—Of
ficials of the Anti-Saloon League of
America and the World League
Against Aleholism, in a statement is
sued at national hearquarters here
Monday, declared the elevation of
,William Green to the presidency of
\he American Fedora.ion of Labor
is not only a victory for labor but
is victory to both national and
world prohibition and law enforce
ment.
M . the statement says, is
an active prohibitionist.
"I iterances of the late Mr. Gamp
ers and a few other ’wet’ -men in
the federation often were quoted
abroad as an argument against pro
hibition.” the statement says. “It
k now wil Ibe possible to point out to
the world that the president of the
American Federation of L»bor is an
active prohibitionist. This will have
a tremendous effect in other coun
tries in spreading the doctrine of
world prohibition, and in America
will tend to bfing about among many
classes a belter respect for the pro
hibition law and a higher regard for
its enforcement.”
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
NIGHT AIR MAIL SERVICE WILL START
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Are Made as Revenue
From Government Venture
Increases
BY I .ARRY BOA It DM AN
WASHINGTON, Doo. 7*'— Night
alrmal service between New York
and Chicago will start April 1.
The las- g i p in Ihe "way of light',’
is being closed now from Cleveland
eastward.
And a few months more probably
will see night flying extended from
Rock Springs, Wyo., to San Fran-
Cisco.
Gigantic Mat million candlepower
beacons, illuminating the skies in
every direction, will guide the idiots
even on the darkest lights,
’’When trnnseoninental through
service was Inaugurated lasi July,”
explain* Luther lx.. Holl, airmail
nervita (raffle manager, "night fly-
It g was contemplated only between
Chicago and Cheyenne, Wyo,, a dis
tance of 885 miles,
"Hut as the days grew shorter we
had to extend the lighted pathwa.x
<>n each end 240 miles from Cho,\
rune to Pock Springs, and 310 miles
from Chicago to t'lev eland.
"law als" to My Nightly
"The Htindlo stretch between
('ley clan I and N’OW York is being
lighted now, leaving inly 715 miles
out of the 2.720 across the country
st til unlighted. That Is the lap from
Rock Springs to San Francisco.
"Ami our experts ate drawing
plans for that now. Just as soon as
traffic demands it and the work van
be accomplished, night flying will be
gin between those two points also."
Night "local" service will supple
ment the regular daily flights be
tween Chicago and New York. The
"locals,” according to Hell, will leave
Chicago and New York at 9 and 10
w. in., arriving at their respective
destinations nt 6 a. m.
And when the San Francisco Rock
Springs night route is finished,
planes will leave New York and San
Francisco nightly on their trips from
coast to coast.
"Fstanlishmet of the new night
route is a result of the demand for
increased airmail service,” says Bell.
Beginning to Make Money
"Last July we received congratu
lations by the score. But I told the
congratulators, ‘Never mind the
cheers and kisses. What we want
is canceled stamps.’
"Well, that's what we got. The
first three months the airmail turned
tn a revenue of $50,000. Then it
jumped to $60,000. And now it
amounts to considerably more.
"Its principal patrons are banks
and financial houses, shipping and
transportation companies, import
ers and exporters and manufactur
ing firms with their own imports
and exports.
Three days after transcontinen
tal service started, those users were
clamoring for night service between
New York and Chicago. And it will
not be long now before they have
But night flying is not all the air
mail service is worrying about.
Right now it is devising plans for
the creation of new branch routes
New Routes to Be Created
"An act of congress." says Colonel
Raul Henderson, second assistant
postmaster general, "is necessary be
fore we can establish these two lines.
Rut when the’demand is strong
enough, you can be sure congress
will pass the act.”
' line pr »ba lj n m
’?cm N-’w York to Boston irrj ng
New England mail. Another yy 11 be a
loop between Chicago and Omaha,
i taking m St. Louis and Kansas City
I A third will be a fork of the trans
[ continental line and run north -o
Portland and Seattle from Sal; I i e
City, and -south to Los Angeles and
San Diego.
After that there probably will be
routes from New York to’Philadel
phia. Baltimore. Washington and
Atlanta. from Chic go u
t«- Milwaukee. St. Paul and Min
neapolis on the north, and Memphis
and New Orleans on the south.
And then—of course it will prob
ably be a long way off—‘here may
three transcontinental lines,
northern, centra! and southern.
For the demand is growing day
by day.
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11 he way lor night fix ing.
Bottom, map showing tho present route and its contemplated 1
I branches, The heavy dotted line shows the route that is lighted from
New York tn Rot k Springs, Wyo,
| Loft, Colonel Paul Ilemlerson, second .assistant postmaster gen
eral in chtirgo of air mall.
DEMOCRAT DEFICIT
NO CAUSE OF WORRY.
FINANCE HEM SHFS
At.lft.ntn .Tmirnnl Nw Btirnftu,
■IOB Evans Blds.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON. D. C., Doe. 23.
Prediction that the Demo' .its of the
Country soon will pay off the deficit
of the Democratic national commit
tee. and a statement that "there is
no use speculating about, the future
of the party, it will live," came to-
I day from Jesse Jones, of Texas, fl
miner chairman of the national com
mittee, who is in Washington.
Mr. Jones also said that Demo-
I crafie senators and representatives
I “would support the administration
of President Coolidge in all measures
having in purpose the welfare of all
th? people."
The national committee treasurer
is conferring with Democratic mem-
I bers of both houses. His statement
I said :
j "There is no occasion for specula
. tion as to the future of the Deino-
Leratic party. it was founded on
’principles that will live as long as
free people rule the world. Neither
{ individuals, factions nor temporary
issues can seriously affect the party.
It ha*; had many vicissitudes in its
more than 130 years of existence,
but always comes back more virile
and alive than ever before. The
principle, ‘equality of opportunity for
all men.’ xx ill survive, and anything
else is a makeshift and will be of
short duration.
"I am sure there is. and will be,
every disposition on the part of the
j Democratic members of the house
and senate to support the adminis
tration of President Coolidge in all
measures that have for their purpose
the welfare of all the people. While
no Democrat or Republican is ex
pected to sacrifice party views on
fundamental or even specific ques
tions, every opportunity and as
sistance should l>e given the parti
in control to render the greatest po*
sible service to the country.
•
campaign deficit is not of serious
consequence. The money will be
raised and the committe’s opera
tions financed in an orderly manner
While no definite plans have yet
been adopted, members of the parte
. • • on throughout the - conn-
, try need feel no serbms concern
about it. The amount, approximate
ly $300,000, is not large when appor
tioned to the whole country and
■ ■ s»iven ■ ■ iso it.”
A. C. L. Will Acquire
North Carolina Line
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—The I.
C. C. today authorized the Atlantic
. Coast Line railroad to acquire and
operate a 22-ntile from Spring Hop?
N. >' ’: . ~ • ■ N. i
to operate a spur track es three
nr’. s ft cm th® end of the di to t.
granite quarry.
MIDWEST FARMEES
PAYING IIP DEBTS IN
REMARKABLE STYLE
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23.
Normalcy will bo with the agricul
tural middle west again with one
more year like .1924, according to
financial experts.
Indebtedness of country banks to
Kansas City banks has been reduced
more than 50 per cent since Au
gust and is lower than it has
been in 10 years, bankers said. An
other indication of prosperity was
that the flow of money i? not from
| Kansas City to the farmers, but
| from the farmers to Kansas City.
I Farmers are taking advantage of
i high-priced crops to pay off their
indebt od ness.
E. F. Swinney, president of the
First National bank here, report
ed country loans of his bank the
lowest in 10 years.
IL Y. Lemon, vice president of
the Commerce Trust company’, said
country banks were reducing their
indebtedness at a much higher rate
than has been known since normal
times.
That country banks have deposits
. I enough to take care of their own
■ credit demands was one of the rea
| sons given for country banks show
, ; ing decreasing amounts of redis
counts.
I I If conditions are normal during
. the marketing period, from August
.Ito January, farmers are able to
, pay- off obligations Incurred during
' the months when they were with
' out income. Instead of paying his
; debts i n the years of poor crops the
. i farmer is forced to renew his obli
, i triors and often to increase them.
This year, a year nf good crops
I and general prosperity, it was dis
, I fei> nt. From the proceeds of their
.'crops, farmers have been busy can
celing their mortgages and other
i | farm indebtedness.
. 1 Bankers pronounced the situation
.'as phenomenal. Wheat and corn
• | territi ? virtually have cleaned up
. ; their bills in fil'd.
Central Tram Ploughs
Into Herd of Mules
And Horses: I 7 Killed
M \CON. Ga . Dec. 22. —The north
• bound Dixie Flyer Sunday morning
■ ran into a herd of seventy-five fine
mules and horses at the Echeconee
! crossing. Dixie highway and Central
lof Georgia railway. Sixteen mules
and one horse were killed.
The tram was not derailed, but
was delayed The accident happen
,i ed shortly before 6 o'clock. The
’ mules and horses were ow ( ned by
• the J. L. Wallace Construction com
pany. which has the contract for
I building the highway from Eche
conee to Peyry. The animals were
1 ! kept in a corral nearly a quarter
’ of a mite auay from the crossing.
. bu‘ had-, hrek»’i o t dwing the night
and strayed onto the railroad track.
Ml PILOT KILI.EO
IS LHP IS Pl.l
CRASHES TO EARTH
AURORA, 111., Dqc. 22.—(8y the
Associated 'Press.) —Clarence Gilbert,
relief air mail pilot and first of the
night flying mailmen to lose his life
in the service of the government,
was killed last night in a. plunge to
earth. His body was found near
Kaneville, fifty miles west of Chi
cago. The parachute apparently had
failed him in a leap in the dark and
he crashed to death as the snow,
swirled down about him.
For six months the transcontinen
tal day-and-night air mail has car
ried its valuable freight without a
serious accident since the establish
ment of night flying until Gilbert
vanished from the electrically-illumi
nated overland trail.
For fifteen hours farmers search
ed and representatives of the air
mail had scouted around the open
country near Kaneville where the
lights of the lost pilot's plane last
were observed. Searchers came upon
the wrecked plane a mile north of
Kaneville with the mail intact.
A searching plane, piloted by R.
G. Page, sent out from Chicago soon
after daybreak, picked up the mail
and started westward bound for
Omaha. A short time later the farm
er-searchers found the body of Gil
bert, a part of the torn parachute
still attached to his belt.
Since the establishment of the
transcontinental air mail last July 1,
the postal pilots have carried their
cargoes with the same fidelity char
acteristic of the United States mails.
Over the great cities, across the
plains and above mountain
the mail had been carried day after
day in all kinds of weather. More
than 1,200,000 miles lidd been tra
i versed by the air mail flyers with
out other than trivial mishaps.
The cold wave had receded and
the tempelrature had climbed to 13
degrees above zero at 7 o’clock last
night when Gilbert set out from
Chicago.
The snow soon was s\virling about
his plane but jit kept the course un
til it. vanished into the darkness as
Kaneville was reached. Gilbert was
a former army flyer and is survived
by his wife, living in lowa City, la.
GILBERT FORMER ARM'. FLIER,
IN AIR SERVICE SIX MONTHS
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Clarence
Gilbert, first of the night flying
aerial mail pilots to lose his life in
the service, whose body was found
near Kaneville today, was a former
army flier who had been in the
' aerial mail service about six months,
according to attaches of the air mail
field here.
Gilbert took, off from Chicago with
- the westbound mail at 7 p. in. Sun-
I da, - . The lights of his plape were
i seen at Kaneville ami then the flier
vanished ami had been reported
missing until searchers found the
body, the parachute torn loose, a
half mile from the point where his
plane had crashed.
Gandhi’s Legislators
Must Spin 2,000 Yards
Os Yarn Every Month
i BELGAUM, British India. Dee. 22.
Mohanduh Gandhi, priesident-eleet of
the annual Indian congress opening
on Friday, has stipulated as q. con
dition to retaining leadership that
every congressman must spin 2.000
I yards of yarn numthly. One of the
objects of the noTFeo-operative move
ment headed by Gandhi is boycott of
foreign cloths and emouragomont of
home spinning.
Gandhi has been eonferiing with
those representatives who have
hitherto opposed Indians cnteil'g
I the various legislatures, with a view
l to persuading them to make a pact
I with the Swarajists whereby tills
I boycott of the legislative bodies and
also of the law courts and schools
i would be suspended.
Up to the present lie is said tn hnve
won 200 of the 212 delegates to his
view.
Stolen Stamp Buyer
Given Pour Years and
Must Pay $ 1,000 Fine
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.—Federal
Judge Davis today sentenced Henry
Flaehshamm, 57. stamp collector and
broker, to a four-year term at
Leavenworth prison and to pay a
$5,000 fine for possessing unused
pdbtage stamps known to have been
stolen from the government. Bond
pending an appeal was denied.
Herman C. Davis, an employe of
the postoffice department at Wash
ington, hnd confessed the theft of
approximately SIOO,OOO worth of
, stamps which he said he sold at re
: duced prices to Flaekshamm, who
I re-sold at a profit.
Davis pleaded guilty and was sen
i teneed to a 5-year term but was
paroled immediately in consideration
■ of his having made restitution of
, $48,000 and his assistance to the
> government in Flachskamm’s prose
! cution.
Carbon Monoxide Gas
Kills Three in Garage
j FLINT, Mich., Dec. 23.—Three
men were found dead in a garage be
tween here and Holly this forenoon,
the result of carbon monoxide gas.
according to physicians who wecx
summoned. The dead are Harold
Duberville, 21; Fr d Wagner,
land William Brown, 20. The bald
were discovered b« iluberville’s fa-
■ ther. who called at the garage m
learn what progress had been made
on work that was < at it'd last night.
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I you can get the agency, and with
out exnerience or money make $250
to s’>9o per month.
THURSDAY, DEC. 2S, 1P24,
Prayer of Mother
Answered as Error
Holds Up Execution
COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 23.—A
mother’s prayers were answered but
Joseph Clarence Kane today peered
through the bars of the death cell
at the state penitentiary and
laughed at justice—laughed at life—
laughed at death.
A mistake by Chief Justice Car
ington C. Marshall, of the Ohio su
preme court, was responsible for
Kane being granted 20 more days
of life—it also answered the pray
ers of Kane's mother that he be
permitted to live until after Christ
mas.
Kane was to have been executed
at the penitentiary early Saturday
for the murder of seven-year-old
Paul Prologo, but the chief justice’s
mistake brought a reprieve from
Governor Donahey.
The chief justice explained today
that he had granted a stay of execu
tion of the sentence to pay a SI,OOO
fine imposed upon Norman G. Kena
dall, proprietor of the Nemo theater,
of Cleveland, for violation of the
child labor law and that he had
confused the stay granted to Kane.
The condemned man’s mother had
appealed to Governor Donahey yes
terday that he reprieve her son
until after Christmas.
“It was an awful crime,” she told
the governor’s executive clerk. “I
know he must receive the same
punishment others have received
But can’t the electrocution be post
poned until after Christmas. If he
dies tomorrow morning, we will be
so unhappy next week.”
But the governor denied the moth
er’s request.
She returned heme amt spent the
night in prayer that her son be
spared. This morning she was noti
fied her prayers had been answered.
American Tobacco Co.
Loses Suit to Recover
Losses in Smyrna Fire
LONDON, Dec. 23.—Thes uit for
400,000 pounds brought by the Amer
ican Tobacco company against the
Guardian Assurance company for
losses sustained in the Smyrna fire
of 1922 was decided today in favor
of the Assurance company.
Justice Rowlatt said that the ques
tion before the court was whether
tiie Smyrna fitwas an act of war,
resulting from the hostilities be
tween the Turks and the Greeks, or
whether it was an accidental con
flagration. War losses were not cov
ered by the policy.
The justice’s decision stated:
“The Turks were exultant over
their triumph. Can it be said that
the site was not connected, even
indirectly or remotely with the mili
tary occupation? 1 do not think it
can ”
The action was in the nature of a
test case to determine the liability
of insurance companies arising out
of the Smyrna’holocaust. It was es
timated that approximately 20,000,-
000 pounds was involved.
French and Russ
Commerce Pact
Goes Into Effect
PARIS, Dec. 22.—(8y the Asso
ciate! Press.) —All Russian seaports,
beginning today, are open to mer
chant marine ships flying the French
flag, while similar treatment is ac
corded Russian tonnage ir. French
ports. T <. ision to is ac-
tion was reached after an exchange
of telegrams 1> .. n ' •>: ' r Her-
riot and M. Tehitcherln. Russian
foreign minister, announced by the
Soviet embassy in Paris and con
firmed by the French oreign office.
Hoover Is Named Chief
Os U. S. Secret Service
WASHINGTON, Dec, 22.—J. E
Hoover, who has been acting direc
tor of the justice department's in
vestigation inireau since the retire
ment of William J. Burns, today was
.appointed director of the bureau by
Attorney General Stone.
Mr. Hoover has been a member of
tho department's force of secret
agents for several years, nnd served
under Mr. Burns as assistant direc-
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INCREASE IS SHOWN I
IN C’NCER IfflNS;
TUBERCULOSIS OFF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Deaths
from cancer increased in the United
States in 1923, while the fight
against, tuberculosis made progress.
A total of 86,754 deaths was re
ported to the census bureau as hav
ing resulted from cancer last year
in a registration area composed of
territory containing 87.6 per cent of
the total population. This represent- i
ed an increase of 5,816 deaths over
1922. The rate per 100,000 popula
tion was 89.4 against 86.8 in 1922.
In the same area tuberculosis
caused 90,732 deaths against 90,452
in 1922, but the rate per 100,000 de
creased from 97 to 93.6.
The census bureau estimated that
if the unregistered areas maintain
ed the same ratio of deaths, cancer
caused 99,000 deaths in 1923 against
95,000 in 1922. I
Adjusted rates were made in com
paring the figures on both cancer
and tuberculosis by states. In the
case of cancer, the adjusted figures
were made to allow for difference
in age and sex distribution of the
population, because, generally
speaking, only persons in middle
life and old age have cancer, and
consequently a state with a consid
erable number of the aged may be
expected to have more deaths from
the disease than a state with a
comparatively small proportion of
aged people.
Ip the adjusted figures for 34
states, cancer deaths increased in
twenty-three. The highest rate was
102.6 per 100,000 in New York and
the lowest 52.2 in Soy th Carolina.
The greatest number of ddaths was
in New York, where 12,247 died
from the disease, against J 1,697 in
1922.
Florida had 650 deaths again.it
556; Georgia. 1,337 against 1,182;
Louisiana, 1,126 against 1009; Mary
land 1.630 against 1,482; Mississippi
836 against 800; North Carolina 1,-
220 against 1,228; South Carolina
657 against 670; Tennessee 1,192
against 1,146, and Virginia 1,4.2
against 1,366.
The lowest number of fatalities
from cancer occurred in Wyoming,
with 116 against 97 in 1922.
In figuring tuberculosis the white
and negro populations were separat
ed in some states. In this group,
Tennessee had the highest adjusted
rate in 1923 for white population,
129.3 per 100,000, and Maryland the
highest for negroes, 290.7 per 100,-
000. Mississippi had the lowest rate
for both races, 51 for the white and
159.7 for the negro population. For
the 25 states which show adjusted
rates but not by color, Colorado ha 1
the highest, 158.6 per 100,000, ami
Nebraska the lowest, 34.2.
The largest number of deaths from
tuberculosis occurred in New York,
where 10,611 persons succumbed to
the disease against 10,695 in 1922.
The lowest number of tuberculosis
deaths occurred in Wyoming, whete
77 died against 86 in 1922. Florida
had 1,082 deaths against 1,032;
Georgia 2,737 against 2,613; Louis
iana 2,111 against 2,198; Maryland
1,882 against 1,939; Mississippi 1,79-1
against 1,924; North Carolina 2,667
against 2,716; South Carolina 1,834
against 1.891; Tennessee 3,624
against 3,520, and Virginia 2,901
against 3.092.
Mrs. Kahn Will Seek
Husband’s House Seat
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.—Mrs.
Florence Bragg Kahn, widow of Con- 1
gressman Julius Kahn, who died at
his home last Thursday, announced
today that she would accept a nomi-,
nation to s u coil him in congress.
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GEORGIA METHODIST
COLLECTIONS RAPID.
REPORTS INDICATE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec, 23.
Church-wide collection campaigns up
to January 14 are limited to solicita
tion of funds for the'Christian educa
tion movement, throughout the
bounds of the Methodist chiireh»
south. According to Dr. H. H Sher
man, secretary in charge of this in
terest the commission appointed by
the general conferenc filed the
period from November 1, 1924, to
January 15, 1925, as the time when
the educational interests should have
right of way throughout the denomi
nation.
With the collection period at its
height, Dr. Sherman is of the opin
ion that the new year should witness
a good increase in collections. He
believes that with the annual con
ference meetings, practically out oi
the way, secretary-treasurers of the
movement will settle down to the
business of rounding up overdue sub
scribers and getting pledges for ad
ditional gifts to the $18,000,000 fund
for the benefit of Methodist schools
and colleges.
With the improvement in business
conditions, particularly in the south.
Dr. Sherman is of the opinion .hat
the outlook is bright fqr securing the
biggest part of the fourth Install
ment now due, and full payment of
all delinquencies.
As to the present status of collec
tions for Methodist educational in
stitutions, reports show that of the
$9,000,000 due, upwards of $5,000,000
ras been collected and turned over
to the colleges to say nothing of $3.-
000,pOO collected on $8,000,000 sub
scribed to individual institutions out
side of the $18,000,000 fund.
In the North Georgia conference,
Dr. Elam F. Dempsey, secretary oi
education reports over $215,000
raised. The special effort will in
crease this quite satisfactorily, it is
expected. All Methodist, are urged to
do their utmost to pay all due
pledges before January 15, 1925.
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Vote Gives New York
Lead in Number of
Influential Preachers
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—New York
city leads the pation in the number
of influential preachers, according
to a vote taken by the Christian
Century, a religious magazine,
among 25,000 ministers throughout
the country.
A list of the 25 preachers receiv
ing the largest vote showed New
York had 7, Chilcago. 5; Detroit, 2,
and the others distributed through
out the country, no more than one
to any city. Among those listed
was Wm. F. Dowell, Washington,
and James I. Vance, of NashvilD,
Tenn.
Vance C. McCormick
To Wed Mrs. Olmsted
HARRISBURG. Pa., Dec. 22.— The
engagement of Mrs. Gertrude Olm
sted, widow of Marlin E. Olmsted,
who represented the 19th Pennsyl
vania'district in congress for a num
ber o£ years, and Vance C. McCor
mick, former chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, was an
nounced here, today. The wedding
is expected to take place during the
holiday season.
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