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A modern bazaar with hundreds of offerings every day—The Au gusta Herald Want Ads. VOLUME XXXI, No. 319 BIG FIRE IN JERSEY CITY Tennesseean Slays Four, Turns Gun on Self GRIER INDICTED FOR TAKING BRIBE Federal Grand Jury Accuses Him of Getting ’Shine Money Ga. The United States grand jury, which adjourned Thursday night, produced a sensation in indicting Clark Grier of Augusta and Atlanta, on three counts of accepting money from a moonshiner while in the employment of the government. Mr. Grier Friday morning made bond in the sum of $3,000, the sum of SI,OOO being required on each of the three indictments. Dan C. New ton, of Claxton, is his bondsman. He will be represented at the trial, which will not be until the next term of court, by Albert Anderson, of Statesboro. He is charged with accepting money from a moonshiner while he was connected with the depart ment of justice. ..Mr. Grier, who was in Savannah awainting indictment, stated this morning "I have no fear for the out come. There is no truth in the charges and I have no apprehension that I will be convicted.” Mr. Grier explained the ground for the charges, by stating he rep resented the moonshiner in ques tion after he had severed his con nection with the government. Fur ther than this he would .make no statement. He said he had not con sulted his attorney, who is not in the city. DIAMONDGOES TO HiS DEATH SAYING “I AM INNOCENT” MICHIGAN CITY. Lnd Pro claiming Innocence to the last, Har ry Diamond, 26, convicted of the murder of his wife, who was shot to death near Gary, Ind., last Feb rnuary, was electrocuted at the state prison here at 12:01 o'clock Friday morning. Diamond went to his death calm ly, stating to prison officials just before being strapped in the chair: "You men are more guilty of mur der than I.” Although informed late Thursday that Governor Branch had re fused his plea for cldtnency. Dia mond waited expectantly up to the time of his execution for word of a reprieve from the executive. ARMY AIRMEN Plan to Hop OH For Hous ton Friday NEW ORLEANS.—The Unitd States army world filers on their way from Seattle to Dayton. 0.. whose departure from New Orleans Wednesday was postponed on ac count of an accident to the Boston 11, while attempting to take to the air. planned to hop off for Houston Friday. MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Lieutenant L. B. Mobley, commander of the army air forces in Los Angeles and Lowell Thomas, official historian of the army’s round the world flight, hoo ded off from Memphis at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning for St. Ij>uls to rejoin the globe circling air squadron for the last lap of the flight to Dayton. A Mere Touch Upon the Evolution of Our Great Flag Colonial Americans created flags for the military companies which were formed in 1747. The women of the various colonies presented 20 flags of different designs and mottoes supplied by Benjamin Franklin to the companies to be used In their drills. Very little is said In his tory of the multitude of flags preceding the one adopted as the United States. Besides the 20 colonial Hags, there are 29 others in the evo lution of our present glorious flag. Contrary to common be lief that this was the first in stance where 13 stripes were used, a flag used by the Last India Trading Company had 13 stripes. Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, of Philadelphia, designed our flag, and It was adopted by ouf nation June 14, 1777. Gen«fhl Washington. Robert Norris, and Colonlel Ross was the committee appointed to de vise our flag. Our flag Is the tie that binds us to support with loyalty our nation and govern ment until the end of all time. Wo love it and protect It with a greater fervor than we love and protect our personal property. We would not willingly let a man rob us of our belongings, therefore, when a possession Is offered for sal. we take the course of protection, like that found In HERALD WANT ADS Bp f«urp to read tne whole classified section of today's Herald. THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. SAVANNAH READY FOR GENERAL U.O.G. MEET SAVANNAH, Ga.—Final arrange ment have been made for the general convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy which will con vene here next Tuesday evening, and last through Saturday afternoon. The convention will be a very Frll llant one as many delightful social features haga been planned for the visitors. Mrs. Frank Harrold of Americus, the president-general, will arrive tq morrow and will confer with MVs. A. B. Hull, the president of the Savan nah chapter U. D. C., who is the hos tess to the convention. An interest ing fact connected with the conven tion is that Mrs. Hull was the pres ident of the chapter when the gen eral convention was held in Savannah In 1914, haying been the head of the Savannah chapter for 19 years. On Tuesday afternoon at the Me morial hall there will be a luncheon for the officers of the General U. D. C. and the special guests. This will be tendered the visitors by the Sa vannah chapter. On Thursday, Frances S. Bartow Camp, Sons of Veterans, will give an oyster roast at the Shrine Country Club, and Fri day night the Georgia Division, V. D. C., will give the pages ball at the Hotel DeSoto which will be the head quarters for the convention. On Wed nesday, the Savannah chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu tion. will serve an Informal luncheon at the auditorium where the meetings will be held. On Friday the Lachlan Mclntosh chapter, D. A. R., will serve luncheon at the auditorium, and on Saturday the Colonial Dames, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Savannah Women's ,Federation will, combine and entertain the delegates at a luncheon at the new Y. W. C. A. building. PROMINENT WOMEN WILL ATTEND. Among the prominent women who will be in Savannah for the conven tion are: Mrs. Alex B. White, of Merlon. Pa., a former president-gen eral, at whose suggestion the Jef ferson Davis Highway was given its name. Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone, of Washington, D. C., who is honorary president of the U. D. C., and an ex president-general and a member of the president-general's staff since 1898, she has missed only two con ventions. Mrs. Roy Weeks McKin ney, of Paducah, Ky., Mrs. Living ston Rowe Schuler, a former presi dent; Mrs. St. John Lawton, of Char leston, who will be the chairman of the memorial evening on Wednesday night, Mrs. Norman B. Randolph, of Richmond, and Mrs. Walter D. La mar, of Macon, chairman of the pro gram committee. Mrs. Emma Fox will be the official parliamentarian. She Is the parliamentarian for the general federation of women's clubs. The music at the convention will be very interesting feature as Sa nah has some splendid musicians, who will take part on the various pro grams. The St. Cecelia Club, an organization of women’s voices, will sing "Dixie,” and '"The Star-Spangled Banner.” WOMEN'S CLUBS Of Georgia Close Annual y Convention ATLANTA, Ga.—The 28th annual convention of the Georgia Federa tion of Women’s Clubs was brought to a close here Friday with a short session, consumed in dealing with unfinished business brought over from Thursday. An executive board meeting preceded the regular convention gathering. Thursday night the convention held an “educational evening” pro gram with Dr. Willie A. Sutton, su perintendent of Atlanta schools, as the principal of the occasion. Others prominent in state educa tional circles were on the program. NEWSINBRIEF Representative John Philip Hill at Baltimore of violation of Vol stead act, said he Intended to ask congress to amend the law and pas< 2.75 per cent, beer bill. Ordinary expenses of government have been cut In half during first three years of budget, H. M. Lord, director general of budget, tells members of chamber of commerce of state of New York. Island of Java is shaken by earthquake Wednesday; manj towns are reported destroyed and 300 persons killed. Agricultural problem today President Coolidge says in addrese to Association of Land Grant Col 'leges Is concerned with distribution more than production and urges more attention to scientific mar keting. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, mem ber of one of New York's oldest families, is married to Alice Beat rice Jones, a daughter of a New Rochelle taxicab driver, it Is dis closed at New York. University of Pphnslyvanla foot ball team will meet University of Illinois and University of Chicago under home and home arrangement next season, Pennsylvania football officials announce. tyirjorle Schneider who drova automobile In which Charles A. Rogers, New York bond salesman was killed, at North Haven, Conn., November 1, will appear In court to face charge of driving car while Intoxicated according to her attor ney. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. Memphis Man Kills Wife and Three Others; Ends Own Life MEMPHIS. Tenn—Reesa Weber, brother of Henry Weber, crippled barber, who shot and killed four per sons here Thursday night and then slew himself, was Jailed Friday on a technical charge. Reese Weber is said to have made threats against a man whom ho held responsible for the beginning of the trouble that ended i in five deaths ThurAay night. While police were seeking to pre vent further additions to the homicide list, relatives of those slain Thursday night were going about the sad task of completing funeral arrangements for the four shot by Henry Weber. They are: His wife, Mrs. Bessie Web. or; Earl Shader, employe of a dental supply firm; Mrs. Earl Shader and Mrs. Thomas Alexander. SAY WEBER WAS INSANELY JEALOUS. Police assign as the cause for the killings “domestic difficulties. Weber and his wife separated alst Sunday. He was insanely jealous of her and feared that she intended to get a di vorce. A messenger sent to his wife by the barber Thursday night received a cold reception. The boy returned with Weber's letter unopened. De spairing of a reconcilation Weber, who had only one leg, hobbled the few blocks from a barber shop that he operated In the eastern section of the city to his home. With him he car ried a high powered rifle and he be gan using the weapon when he open ed the door and the image of death personified, interrupted the merry lit t > gathering of which his wife was the center. The Shaders lived in the same house v, ith the Webers. Mrs. Alexander, a neighbor, had dropped in for a visit. All were chatting and laughing—-Mrs. Weber merrily talking of divorce plans, according to police. Shader was shot first. He fell dead. Weber fired coolly and mechanically, not wasting a cartridge and in every case hitting his mark In the head. Mrs. T. D. Eddins, a roomer at the Webers, was the only person except Weber who walked alive from the room. Mrs. Eddins escaped through a hack door when Shader fell. Weber hurried out of the room as he stilled his wife's cries with a bullet, to his barber shop once more and there he turned the gun on himself. 532,629 BALES LINT, 55,095 OF LINTERS, USED IN OCTOBER WASHINGTON.—Cotton consum ed during October aggregated 532,- 629 bales of line and 55,095 of lint ers compared with 435,216 of lint and 49,976 of linters in September this year and 545,260 of lint and 57,491 of linters in October last year, the censua bureau announced Friday. Cotton on hand October 31 was: Held in consuming establish ments, 730,656 bales of line and 74,- 405 of linters compared with 514,537 of lint and 70,479 of linters so held on September 30 this year and 1,- 106,347 of line and 87,412 of linters so held October 3\ last year. , Held In public storage and ' at compresses 4,224,854 bales of lint and 46,958 of linters compared with 2,072,956 of lint and 38,202 of linters so held on September 30 tills year and 3,486, 005 of line and 35,117 of linters so held on October 31 last year. Imports during October totalled 18,113 bales compared with 9,654 In September this year and 7,618 In October last year. Exports during October totalled 947,556 bales, Including 4.380 bales of linters compared with 737,010 In cluding 3,498 of linters In Septem ber this year and 774,320 Including 3,938 of linters in October last year. Active spindles during October numbered 31,078,804 compared with 30,122,384 In September this year and 34,335,930 In October last year. “MYSTERY GIRL" At Columbus Is Still Un identified COLUMBUS, C!a.—ldentification of the “silent girl of mystery” lying at the city hospital, where she has been since found on the streets here last Saturday morning In a dazed condition, remained unsolved Friday. A slight threat of hope that a relative of the girl had been locatd was broken last night when Mrs. Ellison Lee, residing near here, de clared that she had been mistaken In her earlier expression that the girl was her granddaughter whom she had not seen In five years. Maintaining the silence that has murked the case since she was found the girl last night was Induc ed to answer a question of a nurse as to whether the woman was her grand mother. “I don't know, but I don't think so.” was the sole comment. Hospital attendants have had difficulty in administering nourish ment to the young woman, as she refUHoa food, almost going inio con vulsions at its taste. At one lime, while being given a liquid through the nose, she cried out “stop them they are poisoning me.” The girl Is apparently about 20 years of age. possessing a mascu line appearance. Her hair Is bob bed is a boyish style and she has weil-deflned features. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1924 / _ , ... ... ~ > \ Etf GoLL'i’.'-i CanT j I ALL ~WS j* aeHEßosflY Oir\. / "M Case of \weTtsooDs I >\' Pv * r _ -y 1 See They have v •* H / Many Pay Tribute to Slain Gunman-Florist CHICAGO —Thousands of persons filed past the ornate, flower be decked casket of Dion (Dean) O'Banion all night and Friday morning in final tribute to the florist, gunman, rum runner and hikacker slain Monday morning in his flower shop by three gunmen who called him from his task of trimming chrgyanthemum stems. His funeral Friday was looked forward to as as the greatest In Chicago's history, even surpassing that Thursday of Michael Merle, friends of O'Hanlon and leader of the Unione Slciliana, when 1,000 automobiles 25 of them carrying only flowers, formed the cortege from St. Clements church where 10,000 persons had gathered for the last rites. O’Banlon’s funeral today wa3 without the blessing of the church, although burial In consecrated ground was permitted. Incensed by the great amount of publicity and the open threats of O'Banion followers to “shoot It out” with adherents of other groups of gunmen, Mr. Dever directed that every known pistol toter be search ed on suspicion as frequently as encountered. He planned a confer ence today with Chief Collins to de cide on measures for eliminating pistol carrying or forcing ‘be gun Summary of the News GEN ERAL Jersey City scene of dissstr sue conftsgrstion. Memphis men slays four an d takes own lifs. 532,629 bales of lint <onsum ed during Octobsr. Gompers says Labor fared w ell in general election. McNary Haughen Bill may n ot come tip at next session. W. C. T. U. Golden Jubilee opens at Chicago. Thousands pay tribute at b isr of slain gunman-florist. Two men held as suspects i n Katz slaying. “Master Forger” declares hs w ill gain liberty again. Boston has its &h. rainlea t day. Diamond goes proclaiming innocence. GEORGIA AND 80UTH CAROLINA Clark Grier indicted as bribe- taker. Savannah ready for genera I U. D. C. convention. Columbus "Mystery Girl” sti II unidentified. Sesreh Georgia mountains so r alleged slayers of officer. Farm census headquarters established at Orangeburg, S. C. McCormick Farm and Poultry Bhow set for Saturday. South Carolina Lutheran Byr, od ends sessions. SPOR T 8 Bulldogs In fine trim for g ame with Auburn. Tech to have “home-coming” day againat Vandy. Marines and soldiers battle here Saturday. A. R. C. off to tackle Savannah High squad. Mercer battles Florida at G reenville Friday. Furman meets Mississippi a t Greenville. Shamrocks off to play Ridge Bpring team. Ermino Spella challenges Jack Dempsey. t LOCAL New whits way here soon t o be lighted. Children’s Day at Festival S aturda^. Dokeys announce important meeting. Bister seeks missing broths r here. Many troubles aired in Reeo rder’a Court. Negro to appeal for new tria I. James E. Wiggins died Thursdsy evening. Kiwanis Club to distribute Augusta Burvsy. NOVEMBER men to leave Chicago. “It Is time to determine whether organized outlaws shall continue to shoot and rob With Impunity or whether decency and order shall prevail," the mayor said. Rhineland Marries Cabman*s Daughter NEW YORK—Society was sur prised Friday at the news that Leonard Kip Rhineland had been married to the daughter of a New Rochelle cabman. On October 14 Mr. Rhinelander, who is 22 years old, married Alice Beatrice Jones, in the city hall at New Rochelle. Mayor Scott per formed the ceremony and two minor city officials acted as witnesses. No member of the groom's family was present. Since their marriage the couple has lived In a frame dwelling which is the home of the trifle's parents and where two slsteipi of the bride also live with their husbands, one a chauffeur and the other a labor er. The ancestry of the Kip and Rhinelander families goes hack to the early Dutch settlers In New Amsterdam, now New York. Rhine lander recently came Into a for tune of more than $300,000. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF • NATIONAL W.C.T.U. OPENS AT CHICAGO CHICAGO, 111.-EWorld prohibition, world purity anrl world peace are the objectives of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, accord ing to the opening address of Miss Anna M._ Gordon, world and national president of the organization before the Golden Jubilee convention here Friday. "The work of the Women’s Christ ian Temperance Union is Just begin ning,’’ said Miss Gordon. ‘‘The elec torate of the United States needs to know the truth about the benefits of prohibition and we must more and more persistently circulate the con firming evidence. Many good friends of the 18th amendment, because un informed, fall to treat It fairly. “Although this amendment Is not yet five years old we have reason to be distinctly proud of It. Perhaps this child of our affections does not possess the education, ability and power he Is bound to show when he is 21 years old but that is not a cause for discouragement but is a call to In creased motherly activity. At 21 years of age, the 18th amendment will dis play the staying qualities that today, at the age of four years, some of our citizens unreasonably expect of him for the dry electorate of America and especially the republic's women are determined that he shall. "We shall not be Indifferent to the menace of the would-be sponsors from the 18th amendment ,who Insistently advocate feeding him 2.76 beer In the hope of stunting hls growth, those who, if they could have their way, would IlbarallM the VolitiM cod# In tfci vein hope of committing our youthful amendment, to the prison cell of uncertainty." Recommendations made by Miss Gordon Included a series of border conferences to aid in preventing boot legging and rum running. Miss Gor don m. 'he advantage of pro hibition over state control be made a preeminent feature of the program and be discussed by expert*. Khe also recommended that 10,000 young men and 10,000 young women be en rolled In the youiftr people’s branch. She also urged that the birthday on August 20 of the first president of the W. C. T. U., Mrs. Annie Wlttenmyer, he made a red letter day and that on this day special gifts be sent to the aoldlers In hospitals. DEFENSE ARGUMENTS In Oil Lease Case to Begin Friday LON A NOBLER—Defense argu ments In the *100,000,000 Elk Hills Inane cancellation suit brought by the government against tho Pan- American Petroleum nnd Transport Company were slated to begin In federal court hero Friday. Opening argumenta for tho gov ernment, prcHented by Owen J. Itoberto and Alice Pomerene Thurs day acored .the failure of K. L. Doftcny and other Important offi cials of the defendant company to (entity concerning their part In the naval oil lease negollatlona and Mtreaaed the element of fraud, eon apiracy and illegality which they charged formed an Integral part of tho negotiation*. 18 CENTS A WEEK. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Loss Will Run Into Millions; Many Casualties O * o NEW YORK.—Firemen and apparatus from New York city Friday afternoon were ordered to Jer sey City to assist in fighting the fire in the business | section of Jersey City. 0 O Jersey City, N. J.—A conflagration which started in the saltpetre plant of the Richardson Chemical Company, leaped beyond the control of the fire forces of two cities to the abandoned plant of the American Sugar Refining Company and then destroyed several smaller factories and two rows of tenement houses, raged for four hours before firemen declared it under control at 1 o’clock Friday af ternoon. The loss, it is estimated, will run into millions of dol lars. Fifteen persons were seriously injured or burned; scores of others were cut by glass blown out over a half mile radius by a series of explosions and 900 families were made homeless. McNary-Haugen Bill In Repose at Next Session WASHINGTON.—The McNary- Haugen farm relief bill, will be pressed for enactment at the next session of congress, Senator Me- Nary, Oregon, co-au thor of the measure, said Friday upon his return to Washington. LABOR FARED WELL IN THE ELECTIONS, GOMPERS DECLARES EL PASO—Labor fared ‘‘almost phenomenally well” In the general elections, Samuel GompA'i, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor said Friday in a public statement commenting upon tho re- Bulta of the November 4 balloting. "In tho face of the tremendous Coolldge landslide there were elect ed to the new house of representa tives more members having labor’s endorsement thnn are to be found In the present house,” Mr. Oompers asserted. "The new congress Is not likely to pass any measure greatly detri mental to the Interests of the workers and our people generally” the statement continued. EL PASO, Tex.—Co-operative ac tion by Ift International labor un ions affiliated with the budding trades department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor to obtain periodic Information on labor con ditions throughout’the country was planned Friday by tho exee.utive council of the department as a step In a program seeking to minimize and eliminate the hardships of sea sonal occupation In the building In dustry. Under a resolution as proved by |he final session of tho department's convention yesterday, officers be gan Friday to set up machinery for collecting and disseminating In formation concerning labor supply and demand In various localities, wages, hours and conditions, living Posts and other factors bearing up on employment. GEORGIAN CHOSEN President-Elect of Dental Association DALLAS, Texas—Dr. Sheppard W. Foster, of Atlanta, Ga., un animously was elected president elect of the American Dental Asso ciation at the closing session of Its ftftth. annual convention here late Thursday. Dr. C. N. Johnson, of Chicago, elected president-elect at last year’s meeting, was made presi dent of the association Thursdayl Louisville unanimously was chosen as the 1925 convention city. Think Dolan Has Abandoned Suit NEW YORK—The sudden de parture of Cozy Dolan from New York combined with the failure of hls attorney, William 3, Fallon, to file papers In the threatened dam age suit against Baseball Commis sioner K. M. Landis, has led to re ports thaht plans for court action have been abandoned. Dolan has given up hls apartment on Washngton Jleghts and moved all hs furniture, hut It Is not known where he has gone. Fallon would not comment on reports that tho suit would not be filed. SEARCH MOUNTAINS ! • - - -1 —r 0 For Alleged Slayers of Mil ton County Officer CUMMINS, Oa.—Federal nnd state authorities Friday were searching the mountains lri this sec tion of Georgia for Glenn House, "Gulna” Ransom und Guy Ander son, all of Atlanta, alleged to have been Implicated In tho killing of Deputy Hherlff A. J. Webb, of Milt ton county, and the beating of County Policeman V. V. Klson. HOME Imbition WEATHER Augusta and Vlclnltyi Partly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday. ENTIRE BLOCK IS ROARING FURNACE. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—A fire start ing in the salt petre plant of the Richardson Chemical Company on Warren street Friday spread to the hufle American Sugar Kptinery plant nearby and to a building used by the Colgate Soap Works. The entire city block bounded by Essex, Morris, Warren and Washing ton streets was a roaring furnace at 11:30 a. m. The flames leaped through dozens of streams of water and be yond control, while explosions blew out walls and roofs of the saltpetre plant, .broke V/indows In a half-mile area and spread terror among resi dents. Fifteen firemen were overcome by fume* and scores of people were treated for cuts from flying glass and and effects of the fumes which rolled across the city and the Hudson river. fire boats used IN THft FIGHT. A hurry call for assistance to New York city brought the fire boats John l’urroy Mltchel and New Yorker to the New Jersey City side of the river. At 11:30 o'clock many ambulances were at the scene. The surgeons were caring for the IB firemen who hail been overcome by the smoke. Among the Injured was a man with a broken leg. When til* smith wall of the sugar refinery on Dudley street caved In, th* huge plant was seen to be a roaring mass of flames and al hope of saving any of It was abandoned. The Hoboken fire department Joined fire boats from New York city In heplng the Jersey City firemen. Sev eral hundred volunteer firemen were engaged In battling small blazes which caught In various buildings and tenements. A special watch was kept on nearby piers. CALL FOR DYNAMITE TO BLAST BUILDINGS. At> noon. Fire Chief Boyle called for tons of dynamite with which to blow up buildings In the hope of cutting off the onward sweep of the confla gration. City Commissioner Engan closed one city reservoir, directing all its supply to the fire nozzles which In creased the water pressure from 32 to 9fi pounds. Stores of sulphuric sold In the sugar refinery began oxplodlng after noon and tnrew blazing debris Into groups of firemen. Additional fire lines were brought to bear upon the new danger and other streams were direct ed on the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal pockets In the burning aria. At 12:*u p. m. firemen expressed the belief that they had the fire un der control. A shift In the wind aided them and the flames were reported to be spreading no further. BABY BORN IN POLICE STATION. A baby was born In a police sta tion during the fire after hls mother had beeh carried from her home by firemen. Three fire boats and six Lehigh Valley I tall road tugboats poured water on the Colgate warehouse In an effort to save a million dollars worth of soap In storage. An overhead walk which connected the warehouse with the burning refinery threatened to carry the blaze to the stored soap. The threat was ended when tho wall col lapsed. ALLEGED KLANSMEN Found Guilty of Larceny of Catholic Vestments Vt.—A verdict of guilty of petty larceny was returned Friday by the Jury In the cases of ‘Win. McCreedy and Gordon Wells, of this city, alleged Ku Klux Klan pro bationers, who havs been on trial for a week on charges of grand larceny based on the theft of vestments and other nrtlcles from St. Mary's cathe dral here August 8. Boston Enters Its 37th Rainless Day BOSTON.—As Boston entered Friday upon its 37th rainless day. tho longest period of drought pre viously recorded by tho local wea ther bureau had ben surpassed. The 36th rainless day ended last night at midnight. Since October 8 no rain has been recorded at the weather bureau here and only flv* traces of rain were reported. In 1915, a dry spll of 3ft days was recorded beginning In late Febru ary and ending In April. OLDEST PENSIONER WASHINGTON—Mrs. Mjdiala Huff. 106 years of age Is tho oldest pensioner on the government rolls and Is ono of the 29 surviving widows of veterans of the war of 1812. Hhe lives In Louisa, Ky„ and Is the widow of James Huff, who was a private In the Virginia mili tia. The youngest Is Mrs. Arming I. Anderson, 64, of Cedar Orov*, Go.