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COTTON
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Trading in
the cotton futures market this morn
ing was largely of a holiday char
acter with considerable evening up
in December contracts, rading in
which ceases at noon tomorrow.
The opening was steady, un
changed to 11 points higher. Prices
later easing off to 23.52 for January
and 23.94 for March, or 5 or 6 points
under the previous close, due to a
little selling by commission houses,
spot interests and New Orleans.
General rains occurred over the
central cotoon belt, but most of
Texas was still dry with prospects
for lower temperature in nearly all
parts of the south by tomorrow.
At midday the market continued
quiet with prices still about six
points under the previous close. Part
of the offerings were absorbed by
mill purchases but there was insuf
ficient outside speculative support
to hold the market in view of per-
Bistent though light pre-holiday liqui
dation. Southern spot news con
tinued bullish without, however, at
tracting much response in the fu
tures market here.
After selling down to 23.35 for Jan
uary and 23.78 for March or 21 to
23 points net lower influenced ny
local and western liquidation, the
market rallied a few points on cover
ing' and at 2 o’clock was 17 to 18
points under the previous close.
After selling down to 23.35 for
January and 23.78 for March, or
21 to 23 points net lower, influenced
by local and western liquidation,
the market pallied a few points on
covering and at 2 o’clock was 17 1o
18 points under the previous close.. ;
NEW YORK COTTON
Ths following were the ruling prices 1»
the excbsnge today:
Last I’rny.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Clow.
Dec. .. 23.72 23.72 23.30 23.38 23.38 23.59
Jan. 23.05 23.06 23.32 23.38 23.37 2.58
Mgr. ...24.03 24.10 23.74 23.78 23.78 12.9!)
May .. 24.42 24.44 24.10 24.17 24.15 24.36
July •• 24.50 24.55 24.22 24.28 2.28 21.53
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—The 1
cotton market made poor response j
to the favorable Liverpool cables at |
the opening, first trades showing
gains of only 4 to 8 points. The
initial prices prpved to be the high i
points for the time being as the!
market eased off right after the i
opening, January trading down to j
23.77, March to 23.89 and May to ,
21.20, or 10 to 11 points down from
< the opening highs and 3 to 5 points |
below the close of yesterday. Semi- j
ment appeared to he bearish on ;
larger crop ideas, the impending
Christmas holidays and fears of i
large January notices on bh iday I
which will be the first notice day
for that month. There was very
little news oj>-market nature. The ,
weathei 1, map showed widely ex- '
tended rains.
The market continued to ease off
gradually during the morning under
more or less pre-holiday liquidation.
Sentiment was also influenced bear
ishly by anticipation of liberal ten
ders tomorrow the last notice day [
for December deliveries, and also by :
anticipation of large January notices 1
ders tomorrow, the last notice day
that month. It is anticipated that
all notices will be promptly stopped
but until that actually occurs the
feeling is likely to be nervous. Jan
uary declined to 23.66, Mhrch to 23.80
and May to 24.11, or 12 to 16 points
below the previous close. Spot ad
vice ( were also less encouraging the
smaller sales leading traders to sur
mise that December commitments
have been about filled. Around noon
prices ruled about steady, a few I
points above ‘the low with trading
very limited.
The market was again under
pressure of liquidation during the
afternoon, notwithstanding more'
favorable spot advices and rather |
better goods trade news. The gen
eral rains shown by the mar and
promise of more also helped th'i
easier tone as promising the long I
delayed season in the ground. Some
selling is plso attributed to fears of
a lower stock market after the holi
days. January eased off to 23.57,
March to 23.69 and May to 21.00, or
30 to 34 points below Uie ( early:
highs and 23 to 25 points down, I
compared with yesterday’s close. Ex-I
port for the day from American '
ports totaled only 20,01*5 bales.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices la j
the exchange today:
Last i’ror i
Open Ilgli. I.i w S.-lie Close im.i. ■
Doc. .. 2.U0 21.C0 21.113 2.;.i:5 23.65 23.92
Jan. .. 23.90 23.1 U 23.56 23..58 2:1.58 23 '2
Mar. .. 23. VS 21.00 23.6 s 23.71 23.71 23.91
May .. 21.3)1 24.H0 21.00 21.01 21.01 21.2:
July .. 21.3 S 21.3 S 21.10 24. It) 21.t0 21.31
CHICAGO COTTON MARKET
The followin'; were the ruling piices in
ttie exchange toda) :
Lust Prev. '
Op'll. High. Low. Sale. (’lew. t ins,.
Jan. .. 21.60 2t.ro 23.77 23.71 23.75 23 90
Mar .. 21.15 21.15 23. 5323 .S 5 23.95 21.0.1
May .. 21.30 21.50 21.19 21.19 21.25 24.39 '
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 2'• 25c
Iteeeip, I.': > |
Shipments 1.372
Stocks ...r.:,.22j
SPOT COTTON MARKET j
Ailiinta. steady. 23.2’>< .
New York. steady. 23.9", .
New Orleans, steady. coc.
Galveston, steady, 23.90 c.
Mobile, steady, 2,t.::5e.
Savannah. steady. 23 Site.
'Wilmington, steady, 2:1. Le.
Boston, nominal
Dallas, steady. 22.90, .
Montgomery, sternly. 22.97 c.
Memphis, steady, 23 $
Charleston, steady, 23.35e.
St. Louis, steud.l 23 s„ .
Houston, stead) L'X.'ih
August i. stead) . 23 6|> .
Norfolk, st. ad) 2.: 73
LIVERPOOL CJITON
tlt F.RPOI . I>. 23. S quiet;
price* stead): strict!) good nt .1' i:g. i 21:
gooil mld liiiig. 13 ss str., tl) in.<’. lin~.
13. US; m'dilline 13 :•>; ytri.tly low mid- ’
filing. 13.08: |,-v mirrling. 12.6'. >• r ■ ;)
good eriiiiii'. 12.2 s goo I ord nary, II tiS;
sales, 5,0H0 tab invln ling I.’Cal Aaicri an;
receipts, 46,000 odes, inch;,ling r.'. iOil Vine;-
lea 11.
Futures c>, se,| quiet, net 4 to 6 pouts
lower than src. ions , 1..5,.
Tone, quiet; sales. 5.0.>0: goal uiidvL ing.
tS.it'd.
I‘ret.
Op -n. Close. i'|. s .
December 13.11 13 07 13.1 '
January . 13.0 i1" OS 1,1.12
•'ebruary 11.10 13.0' i: II
•larch 13.16 13.11 13.1 v
«pril tli.ttl 13.21
May 13 26 13.21 13.2'
Juno 12.23 13.2'
nly 13 2' 13.2 1 13.31
Vuyust 13.1' i : 21
t September 13 o ’ 13 11
". lob,- 11 *■'
November ... . 12.'1 12.'9
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
‘ Spots 11 •" •' 1 ’
|te><emt>vr 11 . •(> bid It '•<■ It so
January 1* 11..'u H4l(.t It . 13
February 11 37«i11.50 ll.ttrtt t.»
March 11 50m 11 ■ * 11 •< ’ * »*l
April tl • 1 ' 1 ' 1 .'i
May .. it .90 ■’ 1 "7
June It .!>.'•?'l2 >' t’ t.’.to
July 12.05 -12 10 2 U 12 11
Tone, steadv; s<le«. 11 ' 0.
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
Ti'i El'
'til 15. new s;o p c . ~
■narT. stp 50.
• tl tk.< ,'M «!?«•» r#" S!2'S'
■',} «•; :.\5 I'o,-emt'er. $3.35.
THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLY JOURNAL
GRAIN
• I
’ CHICAGO, Tuesday, Dec. 23.—A
. better feeling existed in the wheat
market today. A disposition on the
< part of longs to take advantage of
; the present low price to reinstate
j long lines was responsible for the
I higher range of values. Corn also
j showed strength with holders who
i recently sold out taking their corn
i back again. The strength in other
1 grains had a firming influence on
I oats.. Provisions had a good recov
; ery after a lower opening.
1 Sentiment in wheat was more bull
ish. Liverpool was not as weak as
* expected and this encouraged many
! holders to reinstate their lines. On
! the whole there was less pressure to
js.'ll, although on the opening ad
; vance some of the sellers of yester
[ day again were active on that side
iof the market. The .pressure was
j famed by tne big ineiease in the
' Canadian supply last week, over 9,-
| 000.000 bushel. 1 -.
Wheat closed at the top. showing
gains of 7-8 to 1 1-4. December,
$1.69,3-8; May, $1,73 3-8 to $1,73 1-4;
July, $1.48 1-2 to $1.48 3-8.
Corn scored good gains. There
I was a broadening of buying power
; with some of the influential houses
' taking back corn they sold a week
i ago at higher levels. Shorts cov-
1 ered because of this buying. Pres
| sure to sell at no time was heavy,
j The country shows a disposition to
'hold back their corn for higher
! prices This is reflected in the light
. offerings to arrive. I’nsettled weath-
■ er also is a factor in the small of
i fcrings to arrive. The east con
i tinues to take hold sparingly and
shipping sales over night were mod
erate.
Corn closed 2 to 2 1-8 higher; De
cember, $1,24 3-8 to $1,24 1-2; May,
$1,29 3-8 to $1,29 1-2; July, $1,29 7-8
to $1.30.
Oats were higher with other
grains. Shorts covered freely and
there was buying by an influential
local trader. Shipping demand was
quiet.
j Oats were a quarter to 3-8 higher.
(December, 58 3-8; May, 63 1-4; July,
( 61 5.-8.
Liquidation by discouraged longs
caused a sharp setback in provisions
:at the start. Commission house buy-
I ing was heavy on the break and
■ prices responded wish a good gain.
i Advices from London indicate-that I
t the British government may modify
its ruling in regard to giving domin
| i'ci meats preference.
I . Lard closed unchanged to 12 1-2
f lower and ribs unchanged to 2 1-2
f lower; no trade in bgllies.
| Local cash sales were 34 000 bush-
I els wheaf, 26,000 bushels corn, 12.000
bushels oats .and 5,000 bushels bar
ley. 'rhe seaboard reported 400,000
; bushels wheat and 100,000 bushels
i barley taken for export.
CHICAGO OUOTATIONS
I’ne following wore the ruling price* In
■be exchange today:
I’rev.
Open. > High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
[ Pec 1.681.7 1.69% 1.68% 1.69 1.68’4
j May .. 1.72 1.73% 1.17', lA.T’I 1.72
July .... 1.47% 1.48% 1.47% 1.4,8% 1.47%
CORN
Dec 1.22 1.21'j 1.21% 1 24% 1.22%
May .... 1.•_•!)% 1.r!)% 1.27', 1.29% 1.2’7%
July .... 1.28 1.30 1.27% 1.29% 1.27%
OATS
Dec 58% 55% sfi% 58% 58
Ma|- .... 62% 62% 63% 62%
July .... 61% 61% 60% 61% 61%
ItY E—
j Dee 1.43'.. 1.15 1.13% 1.45 1.44
| May .... 1.51 1.51 %J. 19% 151 % 1.51
j I.AlltT=_
tJiin 16.52 16 57 16 50
' May .... 16.95 16.95 17.C0
July . .. 17.10 17.12 17.05
SIDES -
M.’ '•••• 15.65 ].-,.(i2 ....
| itI'N.I.IES
Jan 15 ....
•Bny .... 16.20 ....
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
' Hit AGO. I'ec. 2'. Wheat. N',,. 2 red.
.$1.83(01.'I,; No. 2 hard. Sl.(>9 % 1.70.
Curii. N’<>. 2 mixed, $1.24; No. 2 vellow
$1.2.87/ 1.28%..
Oats. No. 2 white. tjO7/(ll%e; No. 3
White. 577/ 7.S : , e.
Rye. No. 2. si. 11%.
Harley. Sl)f</95i .
I Timothy seed. $6,007/7.1'.
I Clove,- sell, $25.757/v.
I I ll’-.1, sl6 1.-.
I Rihs, $15.09.
| Bellies. $16.25.
j ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. I.Oi IS. Dec 23. t'a-li n he/rJ. No. I
I t'.'iril. 5t.73: co ii. No. 2 white, $1.21' . x>.
2 yello". st. 2! Oat-. No. 2 white, ftl %<-. I
No 3. 51i%(0';0,'. Futures, wheat. Decern I
tier. Xl.i: >••■, ; May. St 72%. Corn. D?eeiii I
i oer. $1,20: Ma) . $1.29. Oats, Decenil>. :,l
Lip ty Bonds
NEW YORK. De,. 23. United State-'
■ governineiit bonds dosing;
1 Libert) 3%s SIOO. >
, First Is. tod nit. ,o
j Second bid 100.1 s
' First I% s to , ;
So -olid 4% s 100 2,
Thi rd 4 1 , s |a |
. Fourth 4%> un
; I . S. Treasury Is p)o. 12
Tre.isui) l%s ;,,,
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YuRK. I', . 2:: toffee. Rio. No.
17. 22%. Sanios, No. I, 2<i", .
Open. Close,
De, 21.85 21 SO
■Maid 19.97 19.257/ 10.26
‘ Ma.' I!>'. 12 19.257/ 19 29
bi'pt 17.9 G 15.07,
Metal Maiket
NI.W YORK. Dec. 23. Copper. firm:
I dedrolytic spot and nearbv. lid f tl .
tU.es. I|%.
Tin, firm: spot and iiearbv. $57 U 2 In
Itu es. $57.75.
I Iron, stead) . prices uucliatiged.
| I.cad firm. spot. $11,504/10.25.
| _ Zin.-, firm: East St. Louis spot. $7 65,
full.res $7.70. Yntimoii) spot. $14.75.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. Dee. 23 Flom : quiet and
Cits) .
Fork- Dull; miss. $;; | 1)1'7/co.
Sjivar Ran. quiei; centrifugal, mites',
relined. . , , ; gniuliited. 7 10 •/7
• "Hee Rio \. 7. v i, spot. 22 '•,'■/ 23 I
I'llloo St spe,mis. lo \.t,/ r<|i ~ .
: II i) Millet No 1. >1 ,\o. |.‘,m
I.
■ D. i sso.l I’oulti ) Irr.".-ul.ir: nirl.o) s. 25',/
> bivkens. 2O'u 15.-. lapoe-.. 304/.V2e:
fools, 1.’.'./.io. , ducks, j, ; |,. ng Island.
Live I’oiiltr) I lls -tl led geese. :'.2'<i :
.'links, •12,(4-. fowls. 15-,/25e; nuke's.
•'•/d*e. loosters, 12c; cliieKeus. Is'u2s<
bro lers. ,
< aces,, r ,-m state milk, i-ommen to spe
cials. imiio 24 %■« . skims, common to spe
oa's. 144/l.ie
Eggs stv.-i.u ■ . ;p:s. i 2 77t «ses; near
"lute tai..' 7'', . nr*' '•» sta'c «b
i”, .fi - firsts s . . i' . . oas
extras, t7 .ti>s. . western whites, til-,, t;m
ticar-b) browns. 6ti«i 70< .
Sugar Market
NEW YORK ~ Dec. 23. Tlie raw sugar
■ . ■ . , s- ■
were un. I.ange<l at 177 <lut) pai.l, but tan
CIO s: .;,,,,.-,;, ;,( | \ ~f
11. bags of Cuban « i- mn.ie to a T .. a I
refiner for first half Januarv clearance a'
. I ?; Is •. ■ ■ |»... K S '
1,1, a.l'ame of tne isents on .v'ering. raw
sm-.-.r f tr.-. s ve-e i,'"er under Bquidal on
and ,'onmissn.n house seeing, o" mg to :he
easier teding in the stmt market. Prices
a m d,l.i) wore 5 taints h. i er to 6 net
lower. N.> .'.i.,;.s oeeurred in refyiod
s.ig.i' with I.St prices ranging from 7.10
to 7.30 for fine g initiated. Refined futures
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
, Open. Close
D- »4 ’ '. 2 o— 9
.1 i . . . ......... 2. 2. M
Md ’ 2 j W
I.• 1 V »04 'v .01
| Sept 3.15 3.13
WSJIMES
GROWING OBSOLETE.
I MOFFETT TESTIFIES
k.
; WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. —Only
[• i 224 of the 840 planes of all kinds in
| possession of the navy could be used
' | effectively in case of war, Bear Ad
! : niiral Moffett, chief of the bureau of
1 ' aeronautics testified Monday before
’ ■ the special aircraft investigating
' ' committee of the house.
' i About 500 airplanes are obsolete,
ij he said, and even the 224 which
- I could be used effectively' are becom-
ing out of date. Among the 221 are
. included 53 Douglas torpedo type, 32
. three-seated TS fighters, five three
. seated CS fighting and bombing
( planes and 33 spotting planes. These
types have been improved upon, Ad
’ miral MoffetX said, the Douglas tor
pedo especially, the newest type be
ing superior to any other in the
‘ world.
> At the beginning of November, 117
’ planes were afloat doing service on
- ships. It is the policy of the tie
partnient, the admiral said, to install
planes on all fighting craft. Two
fighting planes and one observation
; plane will be put on every battle
ship, and even every' destroyer will
, have its plane.
As far as efficiency' of performance
and air personnel and type. of planes
’ are concerned, Admiral Moffett said
that “nobody is ahead of us, in fact
we are leading.”
“We are so far ahead of anybody
else in naval aviation that it will
'[take them a long time to catch up,"
he declared.
Several JCtiropean countries have
a greater number of planes and pi
lots than the United States, the ad
miral said, but he noipted out that
they have not done the experimenta
tion and the research carried out
here. No other country has devel
oped planes for duty' aboard ship, he
added, and the catapult for launch
ing aircraft is a purely American
invention.
Several European countries are
ahead of the United States in com
mercial aviation, Admiral Moffett
said, because European governments
subsidize the industry as part of the
national defense.
Adhiiral Moffett disagreed with
assertions that the next war will be
fought wholly in air.
“The air is merely a new arm. but
will not displace apylthing,” he
said.
Freight and troops will still have
to be carried by ships, he added,
and they will have to he protected
by aircraft, but planes, he said, are
handicapped liy having to rely' on
landing bases.
Hq opposed the suggestion ad
vanced by' Brigadier General Mitch
ell. of the army air service and oth
ers. of a unified air service, as not
beneficial either to the country’s de
fense or to air commerce.
If naval aviation were controlled
by people not experts in the navy's
needs, he said, “disaster” would re
sult in operating with the fleet.
Landsmen, he added, are not com
petent to pass on naval aviation.
The admiral approves the cross
license agreement between manu
facturers as beneficial to the gov
ernment, making it possible to build i
planes speedily when they are need-I
ed.
lnvention and designs submitted I
by individuals to the navy depart- I
ment, he said, .ire carefully' invest!- i
gated by experts.
Lowly Dirtdauber
Blamed for Wound
Suffered by Hunter
JKUFERSONVI LLE. Ga., Dec. 22. '
Hunters in this section are examin- ,
ing their guns which have not been
in use since last season to find out |
if the lowly' dirted anbers construct- |
ed homes in the barrels during the j
summer months.
Simon Frye, a negi4>, did not fol- I
low this precaution when he went ■
hunting the other day on the Paul
plantation, about five miles from
here. and. as a result. his bun
‘backfired,'' blowing off part of the
stock and sending the entire load
through the palm of his hand. Lx-'
.iminatioii proved that there was an
■inlier's nest in the barrel about six
inches from the end.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
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DAH WHAH HE B>N, Folks
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11 Plunder.
12. I tain bow.
13. Woven.
15. A Bolshevik.
17. Tumult.
19. Lyric poem. .
2(1 Part of verb “to lie.”
21. Organ of hearing.
I 22. Mimic.
2 • Tall, pyramidal roof.
25. Beak.
27. Personal pronoun.
28. To that degree. %
29. Another part of very “to be.”
31. As.
32. Active.
33. Develop.
34. Type meaure.
3G. You.
38. Negative. \
39. Pronoun.
40. Stick.
42. Heavenly' bodies.
45. Clear.
46. Over (poetical).
48 Employ.
49. Top.
50 Sea eagle.
51 Body of water.
52. Liquors.
54. Job.
56. Rant.
58. Narrow passages.
59 Commences.
VERTICAL
1. Call for help.
2. Run away from.
3. Solitary.
4. Toward.
5. Strip of leather.
6. Horesman.
7 Conjunction.
8 Grow fatigued.
9. Inhabitant of Asia.
10. But.
14. Head of the Catholic Church.
16. One of the Great Lakes.
118. Mineral substances.
| 22. Yellowish resin.
[ 23. Afflictions.
24. Merits.
I 26. Wearied.
j 28. Catch sight of.
I 30. Lowing of a cow.
3.,. Fasten a boat.
37. Comfort.
39. To conceal.
41. Impressions.
143. Long, protruding teeth.
' 14. Backs
145. One who vexes.
4'. True.
1 49. Molten rock.
I 50. Age.
I 53. Distress signal.
55. Point of compass.
| 57. Preposition.
Answer to Tuesday's Puzzle
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Georgian Loses Fight
With Obsession That
He Must End His Life
I M’RAE, Ga., Dec. 22.—J. IL Beard-
I son, a farmer living near here who
! ended his life a few days ago with a
shotgun, pulling the trigger with a
■ cotton sta.k had previous fears that
■he would kill himself, it is learned
: here.
It is said that he gathered some
i of his friends around him last Sun
i day after he had been obsessed with
I the idea that he was going to end
; his life ami held a prayer service,
i I'Tiends and r/latives thought that he i
j had given up the idea, and were
I shocked to hear of his death in a cot
' ton field mar his home. 11l health
i is blamed for his act.
He is survived by his wife and six
' small children, besides other reia
j rives in South Carolina, where he
I lived previous to coming here sev-
I eral years ago.
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HF 0. S. WHENCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —Means of reduc
ing loss of life in the coal mining in
dustry will be considered at a na
tional conference to be called early'
in the new year by' President Cool
idge.
Steps already have been taken by
the department of interior and its
bureau or mines to arrange a pro
gram for the conference, and invita
tions will be sent out soon after gov
ernors-elect in the coal states have
taken office.
All states in which coal is mined*
will be asked to send representatives
including Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois. Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama,
Utah, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
'rhe frequency of coal mine ex
plosions with great loss of life to-
I gether with the ordinary hazards
; of the industry have brought of-
I ficials to the conclusion that the
■ federal government, might properly
seek the co-operation of the states
in promoting greater safety to coal
mine workers.
The governors of all of the prin- I
| -ipal coal producing states will be
l asked to send representatives, and
as planned the gathering will in
clude besides federal and state au
thorities representatives of the man
agement and of the workers in the
industry.
Georgia Pays 5 Million
In Education Drive of
Southern Methodists
Collection on the fourth payment j
to the Christian Education move
ment of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, began October 1.5 and
is to continue through January' 15,
it was announced Monday by Dr.
Elam F. Dempsey, secretary of this
fund in the two Georgia conferences
of the chinch.
rhe collection has been successful
! in Georgia. Dr. Dempsey said.
Dr. JI. H. Sherman, associate sec
: rotary of the board of education of
the denomination, has written Dr.
Dempsey stating that of the $9,000,-
0(10 due prior to November 1. $5,000.-
000 has been paid and that the fourth
payment will round up $2,000,000 on
the fourth payment and overdue
amounts.
Poison Liquor Causes
3 I Deaths in New York
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Poison holi
<lav liquor, indirectly and directly
has caused thirty-one deaths in New
i York city since the first of this)
i month, the city’s chief medical ex
aminer. Charles Norris, reports.
A special detail of police detectives
has been unable tn trace the poison
liquftr. City authorities tear that the i
alcoholic death toll will mount stead
ily throughout the Chris.mas and
New Year festivities.
The lower east side was said to i
have been literally ‘looded with poi
sonous concoctions labeled “whisky."
THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1924.
HBIDC SEEKS
TOHU.S.ffI
ELECTRIC LINES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. A new
electric power “bloc” with visions
of the day when the United States
I will be supplied with government
! electricity for operating all its sac
I lories, railroads and home- utilities—
has been formed in congress.
Ultimately its members hope to
have a web of government electric
lines that xyill reach into every city
tind town in the country. The use
of coal would be supplanted by elec
tricity' from rushing streams, har
nessed by federal funds.
Just now they' want to put through
this session of congress the Norris
bill for government operation of
I Muscle Shoals, the big boulder can
yon project in Arizona and the great
falls power project on the Potomac.
These three projects form the ba
sis for the movement. If they can
be adopted, twenty slates will be sup
plied with government power. Mus
cle Shoals will spread its electric ten
l taeles through Tennessee, Alabama,
[ Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, tiie
Carolinas and Florida, and perhaps
even as far as St. Louis. The boulder
canyon would benefit California, New
Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Col
orado and perhaps western Texas.
Great Falls would supply Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania • and even
some of West Virginia.
The bloc moved its activities today
from the floor of the senate, where
it has been fighting against the Un
derwood bill, to the senate irriga
tion and reclamation committee,
where hearings are being opened on
the boulder canyon project The
i Groat Falls development project,
which would cost the government
j nearly $60,000,000, already' has pass
! ed the senate and is pending in the
| house.
Hearings are to be held through
j the holidays in the hope that the
I boulder canyon project can be forced
|on the floor as soon as Muscle
Shoals is completed.
“These projects are national 1s-
I sues which' affect every' individual
I in every city," Senator Norris, one
of the prime movers of the move
ment, says. “Action must be ob
tained at this session of congress,
and there is ever.v reason for haste,
especially in connection with the
boulder dam project, where at any
time the temperamental Colorado
| river may wash away' the earnings
of the farmers of the Imperial Vai-
' ley
“Theoretically Muscle Shoals is
( largely a fertilizer proposition, and
boulder dam is an irrigation propo
sition. But fundamentally they' are
both the same—power propositions.
“If the boulder canyon is har
nessed for irrigation purposes, it
would be foolish not to utilize the
power produced. I understand al
ready that the city of Los Angelos
has offered <a proposition to use the
power produced.
“These three projects are just the
i beginning.
“There will come a day' in these
United States when electrical power
will operate the nation.”
U. S. Defers Action
On Gun Elevation
Notes From Britain
■WASHINGTON. Dee. 22.—Until
congress has made known definitely
its attitude on the question of appro
priating funds to change gun eleva
tions on canital ships, the Washing
ton government will engage in no
controversy on the subject with
Great Britain.
Two notes received rast summer
from the London foreign office, con
tending that alter; lion of the guns
tn give them increased range would
I violate the <.-| hit of the arms treaty,
I will nut he answereo until the sen
timent in congress has < rystallized.
In the event congress indicates its
[ willingness to supply' the money and
: authorize th(> work cn the ships,
then the question may become one
tor diplomatic treatment between the
two governments.
it is possible, however, that should
the money be provided, President
: Coolidge would decide not to author
ize a gun elevation program. He is
undecided at present whether thf
nionev required by the navy for this
work should be expended upon the
old ships to which it would go. It
has been said that he will defer ac
tion until he has receised t le report
cf the special board created to study
■be comparative values of capital
ships ami aircraft, and until he Is
able to (lotermine whether the ex
penditure would be in keeping with
his policy of economy.
$8,900,000 Is Spent
On Arkansas Roads
T.ITTLE ROCK, Dec. 23. —One
thousand, five hundred and ninety
six miles of highway were improved
in the state ot Arkansas during 1924
at a total cost of $8,900,000, accord
ing to a report compiled by the stale
highway department and submitted
i to the state labor bureau.
Estimates for 1925 indicate that
about 2.160 miles of road will be
improved at a cost of between $7,000,-
000 and $8,000,000.
During 1924 approximately 5.000 t
men were employed on highways. I
Roads built were of the following |
i types: j
Graded 1.150 miles; grave) 415;
macadam 15; asphaltic macadam 15;'
asphaltic concrete 51; concr'te e so. !
Itinerary Announced
For Spring Maneuvers
Os Fleet m Pacific
LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. 23.—Of
ficial orders received by. Admiral g.
S. Robison, commanding the Pacific
fleet, give the itinerary of the
navy’s maneuvers in the Pacific
next spring. Sixty-five warships,
comprising the scouting fleet, air
squadrons and control force of the
; Atlantic will leave Pensacola and
> Hampton Roads January 12, for San
i Diego. The vessels are to arrive at
San Diego and San Pedro March 9.
The fleet will sail March 31, and is
due at San Francisco April 5. Ten
days later the vessels will depart for
Honolulu, arriving April 27.
July 1 -to 10 the fleet will engage
in tactical maneuvers while en
route from Honolulu to Pago Pago,
Samoa. From Pago Bago, the bat
tleship divisions, .accompanied by a
destroyer division, will sail for Aus
i tralian and New Zealand ports.
I Btween August 20 an.d August 25
the fleet will bo mobilized at Auck
land, leaving for Pago Pago and
Honolulu. The ships are to arrive
at the latter port September 10, and
will leave ten days later for the
mainland, arriving home Septem
ber 28.
Oklahoma Cotton Pool
Will Distribute Million
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 22.—A
Christmas present of $2,210,000 will
he distributed among the 54,5511 cot
ton growers, members of the 'Okla
homa Cotton Growers' association,
this week. The money is partial
proceeds from the sale of 91.630 bales
of cotton, disposed of through the
association.
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INBICTED UNCES
JNIIJUSIJ LAWS
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 22.
Eleven nationally known cedar pole
firms and fifteen individuals were
indicted 'on a charge of violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law by the
grand jury here Saturday.
The indictment chrges the defend
ants were in communication Rom
March 5, 1915, to December 20, 1924,
to restrain trade, have uniform
prices, freight charges and treating
rates.
The output from Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho. British Columbia an<
Montana was affected by the com
bination, it is alleged, which handlec
70 per cent of the poles sold in the
United States.
The follow’ing firms were listed in
the indictment:
Lindsley Brothers company, Spo
kane; National Pole company, Es
cambia, Mich.; A. T. Nagle Pole and
Tie company, Chicago: Page & Hill
Co., Minneapolis and Spokane; Bal
latine, Clark company, St. Paul and
Spokane; E. J. Carney company,
Grinnell, la.; E. T. Chapin company,
Spokane; Lost Creek Cedar com
pany, Tone, Wash.; McGillis & Gibbs
(Jo., Milwaukee; Metropolitan Cedar
Company, Spokane, and Sandpoint
Lumber and Pole company, Roy
Montana.
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