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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States. . ... . .
VOLUME XXI. 'NO. 312.
AMOUNT OF CITY’S
TOTAL PAYROLLS
TO OF MADE KNOWN
i)r. D. D. Atkinson Will State
Amount Distributed by All
Manufacturing Plants.
FIGURES WILL SURPRISE
ALL BY THE LARGE TOTAL
This Will be Done at Meeting
of Brunswick Young Men's
Club at Weekly Lunch-Meet
Tomorrow.
While thousands of Brnnswigkians
are, of course, interested in ih e total
Payrolls in the city and and in order
that his information might he had,
at a recent meeting of the Brunswick
Young Men’s club, Dr. I) D. Atkinson
was named as a committee of one to
secure Ibis information and his re
port will be rendered at the regular
lunch-meet tomorrow and it is need
less to say that a majority of the
club’s membership will b e present to
hear this report.
While many cities and even towns
in this and other states have their
figures, these have never be e n com
piled here and it is stated by those in
position to know that the enormous
total sum paid out will cause greatest
surprise. Of course several here, iu
eludjng th e Board of Trade heads,
have a rough estimate 0 f the amount
but the Ugure s to he furnished by Dr
Atkinson will be accurate and will be
Used by various organizations and
b ’siness houses jn informing tile out
side world what a real manufacturing
city Brunswick has become.
Chairman Scarlett urges all mem
bers to he Present as the report of Di .
Atkinson will not be the only interest
ing feature of the meeting.
NON-PARTISAN FOREIGN
COMMISSION DEBT
FUNDING IS SOUGHT
Washington, Dec. 20.—Declaring
that he wanted the work of the For
eign Del't Furwling Commission mane
tion-Partisan, Senator Harris, dem
ocrat, Georgia, announced today he
had prepared for introduction a bill
to amend the act creating the debt
commission to increase the size of
the body from five to eight members
and to provide that not more than
four members shall lie from the same
political party.
The Georgia Senator pointed out
that alb of the Present members of
the commission were Republicans and
added:
"The Sixty-ninth Congress—the
oik; to serve after the next congress
ends—may have a majority of Demo
crats, and if the debt funding com
mission is now made non-partisan, it
""'ill provide a continuous body in
stead of furnishing agitation to turn
opt all of the Republican members
and substitute Democratic members."
BRENAU STUDENTS LEAVING
TO SPEND HOLIDAYS HOME
f ßy Associated Press.)
Gainsville. Ga , Dee. 20. —With the
closing of Bi'enau College conserva
tory hei> today, hundreds of girls,
Comprising th p student body and rep
resenting thirty-two states, vv>r e re
turning to thejr home- Tor the Christ
ma s holidays Because of the
some of the girls will not go home,
and for these Christmas will be ar
ranged at th e college. The college
resumes work o.n Jonuary 5.
NO CLUE TO DENVER MINT
HOLD-UP IS YET FOUNS
(By Associated Press.)
Denver, Dec. 20. Investigating
scores of reports given to them bby
residents of Denver and vicinity of
suspicious looking, characters or au
tomobile-parties, the police nearly 48
hours after after the bobbery of $200,-
Oitfl from he Federal reserve hank
smployes seemingly a?e without defi
nite robbers. Altohugh th e identity of
the robbeis- Although banks here
in Denver are alert for the appear
ance of some of the crisp $5 bills
which were stolen, none has yet been
reported as having been found.
MISS BLOODGOOD CLAIMS
ROBBED IN PULLAMN CAR
Macon, Dec. 20.—Southern Railway
agents here are investigating the re
port made to them this week by Miss
Mabel Bloodgood, of Atlanta, that she
had been chloroformed and robbed in
a.Pullman car at the terminal. Miss
Bloodgood asserted that she was
robbed of one hundred and fifteen
dollars -
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
WIFE OF "HONEST” JOH>’
BKI'NEN IS FREED FOR HIS
MURDER: BROTHER OUII.TY
(By Associated Press.)
Mount Holly, X J., Dec. 20—
Mrs. Doris Brunei) was tonight
acquitted and her brother, Har
ry Mohr, found guilty of murder
in the first degree in connection
with the slaying of the former's
husband, "Honest'’ John Brunen,
carnival owner.
The jury recommended that
Mohr be punished by life impris
pnment.
KUKLUXKLAN
SEEKS CONTROL
OF CONGRESS
Imperial Wizard Evans, in
Washington Admits
Purpose
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Doe. 20 11, . \V . H.
Evans, imperial Wizard of the Ku-
Klux Klan in a statement last night
virtually confirmed reports which
startled Washington early in the day
iliut his real mission jn visiting the
capital is to lay foundation for an
ambitious scheme seeking ultimate j
control of national legislation.
EVans set forth In his statement
that the Klan aims so to saturate the
•country with its spirit that "w,. can
expect intelligent legislation from
the congress of he United Stated
which will drag down the whit,,
of K urpihe inria from our legislative
balls and rise in its place the mili
tant flag or red, white and blue.”
This declaration of purposes has I
-produced amazement among officials
to whom it was referred and was ac
cepted as meaning that the klan
openly confessed its intention <>f
thrusting its influence into congress.
The Evan s statement was designed
primarily as an answer to Governor
Alien of Kansas, following his debate
jn a h/del, with thc.khm loader,.
"W\\ r PRESIDENT
ELECTED AND SWORN®
Wauso'Y, I.)fcc. 20. —Stanislao \VM
.jciechnwgki was t-Hacted preflidoot
'Poland to sur cocd Ganriel X&rnofwU>
, rt.
Th 0 npw n*as sworn in
oniKht and at assumed the du-
of the
ENGINE AND COACH TURN
ACROSS TRACK AT MACON
(By Associated Press.)
Macon, De' 1 . 20 - The engine and
baggage coach of (he Jaskscmville ex
press, a fast Southern train between
Jacksonville and Macon, were derail
ed in the terminal yards here this
morning. Th e engine turned over
diagnoally across the tracks. No one
was injured. An investigation was
ordered by officials to determine the
cause of the derailment .
SENATOR HARRIS
URGES SOUTHERNER
ON SUPREME COURT
NONE FROM SOUTH O.N THREE
IM PORTA N T GOVERN M ENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20. A fight to
secure recognition of the South in ap
pointments to the United States Su
preme Court, the Federal Trade Com
mission, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and other federal agen
cies, has been begun by U. S. Senator
Wni. J. Harris, of Georgia, according
to news just received here. The sen
ior senator has written a letter to
the President showing that there is
no member of the Supreme Court
from the South.
Senators Harris and George are ex
pected to vote against the confirma
tion of Pierce Butler as an Associate
Justice as a protest against the fail
ure of President Harding to name
someone to the court from the south-
ern section, it is stated here.
The two Georgia Senators are co
operating in their efforts to secure
recognition .on the grounds that the
court should have at least one mem
ber who is familiar with the customs,
conditions and traditions of the
South.
As constituted at present the only
member of the court who is indirectly
connected with th* South is Justice
! Mcßeynolds, a native of Temiejiae,
'by appointment item) N*w Turk.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1922.
TWO DEFENDANTS
IN HERRIN RIOTS
ARE POINTED OUT
TWO OF THE FOUR SURVIVORS
IDENTIFIED HILLER AND
CLARK.
(By Associated Press)
Marion, Ills., Dec. 20.—Peter Hill
er and Otis Clark, two of the five de
fendants charged with murder in con
nection with the Herrin riots, were
pointed out today in court by two of
the four survivors, who took the wit
ness stand. Survivosr of the strip
mine were the main witnesses today.
Robert Officer, University of Penn
sylvania graduate and survivor of the
Herrin riots in which twenty non
union miners winy killed, today faced
another Period on the witness stand,
subject to additional cross-examina-
11ion by attorneys defending five nn-n
on trial for murder in connection
I with the slaying.
Officer, employed as a bookkeeper
at the strip mine where the principal
riot occurred, was on the stand most
of vestenlny, describing the mob's
attack on the mine. He told of the
surrender of the mine defenders and
the subsequent death of fourteen of
I the Is men when they were lined up
| before a barbed wire fence and fired
upon.
By falling on his face and then
running a mile through the woods,
where he hid until nightfall, Officer
said he escaped. Throughout the day.
he asserted, men went through the
woods searching for those who sur
vived.
On cross examination. Officer tes
tified he was at present employed in
Kentucky as a mine official, by W. J.
Lester, who owned the Jleiriti strip
mine at the time of thepridts. . Tjt
itia-ss said there went VJjjmt W
al ined guards at the njgpV 'Ms aid
'Mi :o' feAuHHnk pf aiiTi
All- tile Ilf tin- C t W
a at la I Ij.of -. 'j f ' •
-.-• re in j - 'T.'-si' ' i AyK,
' they I
JL' lull n|.
j Officer They arc JiSfpWu’Rourke.l
i Willi;®??? v qpfßeroai-d Jones, allj
|.f wl j, \ guards at the time, j
Tlu-fi over the
’><■ 'f,' ' f til ,(l Jan-j
jfj / , I
Js)pe’> 1
i JP f M M \JMjO
PROFITS
■TROD SHOWEI“) REAS
PROFITABLE AS COTTON
IN DIXIE
-
Washington, growJg
ing of swiyt PC he twicjl
as profitable to iisj
'■niton, ai'e.oiding ri**Bkde j
ri-er, j
Texas Farm BurOstu |
Grower's Association, tjefortSpie con-j
vention of Farter’s Go-oPeratiVe mar-1
kei.ing council.•which convened iiuj
Washington.
"Eighty Per c e nt of the sweet p<sj||
loos grown |n tb l; United States
grown in the south,'' said Mr. Farrer, I
‘and yet only 20 per cent of sweet I
potatoes shipped ar e< southern sweet j
potatoes. Tli e per capita consumpt- j
tion in the United State s is three
quarters of a bushel, while in the]
south, the Per capita consumption is
two and one-fourth bushels.''
After speaking -of the cajse .with
which sweet potatoes are prdduetd in
all southern states, Mr. Farrer urged
the formation of a southwide sweet
Potato exrhange.
'in urging th e establishment of the
southern sweet potato organization."
continued Mr. Farrer, "I suggest the
finilding of a trade name, standard!-j
zatlon, inspection, advertising to con
sumers. quality product, creation of
ne"' uses for potatoes through < Ho
ning and dehydration, field service for
information to growers and the cre-
ation of a volume of business to meet
consumers' demands."
Th e Farrar suggestion was hailed
a a wise one.
An Interesting statement was made
by J. J. Parrish, manager of the
Georgia Wateruelon Growers’ Kx
ehangt.
'•EiglHy.iive per cent of the water
melons grown jn the United State
are consumed in six stales- ’’ he said.
‘‘The Georgia association has ship
ped nndon s into twenty-eight states.''
GOODBREAD AND MOORE TOi
BE HERE UNTIL AFTER XMAS j
\
J, S. Goodbread and Bill Moore,j
both of whom have been convicted j
and sentenced to terms, to he served i
at places to be designated by the:
prison board, will not be taken away j
from this county until after the
Christmas holidays, it was learned,
yesterday.
Their remaining in the city will
mean that many friends will think of
them during the Yuletide season and
any remembrance, be it ever so small,
iwiil b appreciated by either.
UI’SHAW WANTS ALL
HIGH-UPS TO REMAIN
SOBER FOR CHRISTMAS
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 20.—High
government officials, govemosr,
judges, members of congress
and other high-ups, were asked
today by Representative Up
shaw, democrat, of Georgia, in n
speech in the house, to emulate
Marshal Koch, who came here
and who refused to touch intoxi
cants while in America out of
respect for the dry constitution.
Representative Upshaw urged
that PiPi : lent Harding issue a
procla . alion calling on all citi
zens. especially officials, to total
ahstainenic for common good.
CLEMENCEAU HAS
REACHED PARIS
I .
FRENCH TIGER SENDS BACK A
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
AMERICANS
y
<By Associated cress.)*
Havre, Dec. 20.—-Georges Clemen-]
I'eaii arrived home from American I
pilgrimage today in n hilarious mood, I
but apparently suffering from fa-1
tigue.
Tb e Tiger received representatives \
of France in his e.abbiu us the liner j
w a s entering port. A large crowd'
of relatives and fruuAs, a> Well as j
correspondents and al
so greeted hint steamer I
docked. Cleineneeati mgyvhis visit'
with he newspaper denying]
Various interviews printed in the’
French press, partietitai ly one sent |
from New York to ih,. ) Ait Parisen- ]
viam'ioUj, Imt under tfi,. urt'ace his,
t'rWilds say that his <xp lienees in j
the United States had been almost too
much for him. He will go to his Paris'
home for ;wn weeks and (hen take a
longest at his •>’t;ie e in the
Vfit St. Vincent ilii.Jpr
"I liable for i>' j from my
UniU^flj^L
' * fis a rare comT
*e "Maybe it Is too
it is my b,>st opportunity.
S “.V, T*ldsp, to our frieud K of LK|
United Wates: ’My first thought J
• 'PfH oC'rNance, was that I was glad
|be that l was sorry
Bad 4 States.
\ a s
friend •
wcalher p.e^-mitte^^pli ( . ex-premier j
often gtroltril aboi^tli e decks i hat-'
ting with the many of the passengers.
HiftoaPPellte continued good through
os l.hi' voyage with always the fogy
bmp'd eggg a nd on,, big grapefruit ah
khyoakfast, whil e bis other meals w m,.\
Equally heartijy. f
“ Among the many packages
charge of hi s valet, Albert Biudin,
arc two case H of grapefruit.
“1 shall, live as long as that supply
lasts," said Clenvenceau. "I lov t , them
too ninch to die before eating them.
Anyway, ther ar e certain contrlbbu
tions to longevity."
The Tige demined to be photograph
ed on landing.
"I no I won’t, he. exclaimed when
the newspaper cornerman asked him
to po g e. "I have suffered a thous
and times. Its ( ,nougli. ’’
ffe also denied interviews to the
correspondents who boarded the liner
at Plymouth last night■
As he walked down Hie gangplank
this morning the crowd on th e docks
i cheered. He got into the front seat of
a waiting limousine, chatting with his
chauffeur a moment and then was
driven toward Paris.
SOUTHER FIELD MAY 1
BE DISCONTINUED
ALSO FORT JACKSON. WHICH
WAS FORMERLY FORT
OGLETHORPE.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, Dec. 20.—Authoriza
tion by the war department of nearly
fifty pieces of property not needed
for military Purposes was provided in
■i bill introduced today by Chairman
Wadsworth, of the senate, military
i committee to see same,
i It includes air and intermediate de
i pots and Souther field, Americus, Ga.,
land Fort Jackson, formerly Fort
j Oglethorpe.
! PRINCE OPERATED UPON
[ London, Dec. 20.—Prince George,
the king’s youngest son, wa# success
fully operated upon for appendicitis
today. The operation was performed
jut the King Edward VH hospital for
I officers.
CUBAN CRAFT IS
HELD AT FERNANDINA
AS A RUM RUNNER
YACHT MIGUEL FERRARER 1"
TAKEN ON ORDER FROM
l'. S. OFFICIALS
(By Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 20. Prohi
bition agents remained in Fernandina
in connection with the seizure of the
Cuban yacht Miguel Ferrßrer, thfl
seizure being made on orders fii /
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.*
The craft put into Fernandina wiiV
flags inverted on December lti, its PaX
pers showing it having cleared front
! Havana for St. Miquelon. The vessel
j had blown several of its boiler-pipes
land "as disabled, although it entered
i port under its own steam. The mast
er said the vessel became disabled oft'
] Hattems and drifted south. The
! ship’s papers showed that there were
13,000 eases of whisky and 1,000 cases
of alcohol were also found. The offi
j vers had not completed counting the
j cases of whisky and other liquors
[that might be Contained in the cargo
'of the disabled Cuban'vessel. No ar
j rests Were made in connection' with
the seizure of the craft.
TEXTILE MILLS ARE
MORE NOipL NOW
i LACK OF RAINFALL; WERE'
FORCED' TO CURTAIL
WORK.
\ (By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, X. Dee. 20. Textile
mills throughout the Piedmont sec
tion of North and South Carolina to
day prepared to resume a more
mal schedule as the result of resui|®
tion of full power facilities by tne
Southern Power Company, following
a curtailment since November 27,
whejaone-eighth of the nation’s spin
dldflWvere forced to shut down one
■ lay each week because of lack of
frainfall.
aiinmjhcelffept of power eom
ffnny night tout the cur-
torn ,^J)|Uiulled
vN p9l>d
'suppß' in' the pow
per coitij/ahy's reservoirs, vhich, ac
cording to the statement, have been
I sufficiently replenished by the recent
i gains to warrant the return to full
i power force.
I Hundreds of mills in eleven South
| Carolina counties and twelve North
] Carolina counties are affected.
WA J*yCE REID REPORTED
improved
l.os Angeles, Dec. 20. Improve
ment 'a s reported today In the con
dition i* Wallace Reid, motion -pie.
tune actor, whose recent breakdown,
according to relatives, the
quitting the use of drmjPffiwffquor.
The latest report issued from hi?
bedside in a Hollywood Sanitarium
stated that his temperature and res
piration wpre normal and his pulse
down to 100.
BUILDING OWNERS AND
MANAGERS TO MEET
IN ATLANTA JAN. 16
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20—'The first an
nual southern conference of RutMir.y
Owners and Managers will meet in
Atlanta January 10-17. The south
ern conference was organized at the
last annual Meeting of the National
association and the first meeting is
expected to regult in further develop
ment of promotion of
the welfare owners and
managers the southern
states. i
Fred Shacfer, of Atlanta, is secre
tary of the southern conference, and
is also secretary of the Atlanta as
sociation arid has been active in Pro
moting the nlaqs for the coming con
ference of men from the southern
states. Owners and managers of sky
scrapers and . office buildings from
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North
Carolina, Florida, South Carolina,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
| Kentucky, Texas and Virginia will at-j
tend.
Discussions regarding matters per-1
'taining to the erection and manage
ment" of office buildings will feature 1
the sessions of the conference.
Officers of the conference are: E.
M. ITorine, of Atlanta, President;
' George Randolph, -of Memphis, first
vice President; T. H. Lynch, of New
Orleans, second vice president; Fred
Shacfer, of Atlanta, seeretary-treus
( urer. /
5 Many prominent owners are- ex
pected to attend and address the con
ference. Among those scheduled for
addresses are' Earl Shultz, of Chica
go, president of the National associ
ation, and Lewis B. Erttfeting, evreu
tive secretary.
INDIANA TiANK?I£
KOI'HJ% WICK IN
YEAH, SXME MAN.^K
j (.By ApsoLtafed Presl
Dyer, Inch, f Pen 20.--Jrbw l 'o
barnffi** this* afternoon robbed
the First National Brwijl, Wrap-,
in et with five thousand dollars.
One of the bandits, dressed as
a "oman, was shot and appar
ently wounded but was carried
away by companions. The same
hank robbed ill the
mnnn® a yea' ago of twel\%
five hundred dollars. •
TUMS-ALLIES
MAY CONCLUDE
ON AGREEMENT
Svery Reason to Relieve that
Lausanne Meet to Have
Good Results
(Hv Associated Pr*‘Fs.)
Lausanne, Dee- I|o.~ Turkish and
the allied delegations were relaxed
in- their attitudes today and discuss
ed eohtrol of straits in s neh a con
ciliatory manner that there is every
indication Some soft of a. strait's con
vention will he signed within a. very
Cow days-
Agreement is likely .to he reached
exempting the zone
along the straits from control by the
•proposed internaioual commission
which will huv e jurisdiction only over
navigation of the straits, leaving
even pilotage to the Turks.
herd C'urzon and other speakers
expressed their satisfaction of the
Conciliatory attitude of Turkey.
EARLY END SEEN*
DAUGHERTY CASE
UNLESS WOODRUFF HAS FUR
THER EVIDENCE; CHARGES
FALLING
(By Associated Preps.)
Washington, Doe. ltd. Unless Rep.-
rosenattivo Woodruff, republican.
Michigan, w as prepared to lay before
the holme jucicUary eonlmltfee
as aresult of examination of Certain
department* of justice documents,
evidence of a nature to occasion fur
ther hearings in conne lion with the
impeachment charges nrough against
Attorney General Daugherty, an early
wind-up of ihe ])roeeding s appeared
certain.
Opport unity to examine certain
papers in tl>c department relating to
alleged war frauds was granted Mr.
Woodruff at his request-on appearing
before (he cocmittee yesterday, a s a
witness ''alb'll 0 n lt s own initiative
after the withdrawal of Representa
tive Keller, republican, .Mflfcp'sota,
from prosecution of h; s impeachment
The' papers he desires to examin. he
sit id, related to the "Wright-Martin
'asp-'' Representative Johnson, re-'
publican, South Dakota, also appear
ed before thp committee yesterday
hut stated that the ■ he Had
made in (lie house relating to alleged
war frauds s hould he direetely at the
war department.
WILL FILE BIG
SUIT AGAINST
AIRCRAFT FIRM
RECOVERY OF WAR CLAIM OF i
$3,601,715 WILL HE
SOUGHT
(By Associated Dregs.)
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Depart
ment of .Justice is preparing to file
■mit. against the Wright Martin Air
craft Corporation, for recovery of a
war elgjni amounting to $3,601,71.5,
the House judiciary committee was
told today by assistant Attorney Gen
eral Seymour at the hearing on im
peachment charges against Attorney
General Daugherty.
RELATIVE FIGHTING
EFFICIENCY BRITISH
AND U. S. SHIPS TALKED
Washington, Dec. 20.—Relative
■ lighting efficiency of British and
; American battleships, particularly
at long range, is understood today to
hove b*’en called sharply to the. at
tention of the senate naval commit
tee during consideration of the lienri
! in- naval appropriations bill.
■ Naval officers are greatly eonoeiu
cd as the British virtually completed
the post war modernization of. their
fifteen inch giin and no start on
jlar work will he m&% in, the Amcwi
••tm na w !
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
Peat on the South Atlantic
Coast. .'
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TWENTY TWO ARE
ARRESTED IN NEW
i YORK NAVY THEFTS
\j
i Government Property is Worth
More Than Million Was
Taken.
| ENORMOUS STORES TAKEN
FROM BROOKLYN BASE
Indictments Against Those Ar
rested Were Returned by
Federal Grand Jury Several
Months Ago.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 20.-—Twenty-two
[civilian employes at the Brooklyn
Navy Base were arrested today on in
dictments returned several months
ago by a federal grand jury charging
that government property to the val
ue of more than $1,000,000 bail been
[stolen since the war. The arrests
Were made by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice.
Tin grand % jury indicted twenty
three men after its investigation of
the alleged wholesale thefts, which
the authorities said included cloth
ing, oil, and various other materials
used at the navy base. The twenty
jthird man umler indictment was not
found at the naval base today. The
investigation has been underway for
months. Navy intelligence officers
undertook to find out the cause for
the discrepancies between the inven
tories and the stock supposed to he
on hand, hut the thieves "’ere too
running for the regular naval detec
tive force, the members of which
were apparently .well known to those
who were doing the stealing.
William J. Burns, chief of the bu
reau of investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice, then Was asked for
help and ordered Edward J. Brennan,
head of the Bureau's New York office
|to assign operatives.
, .liueijnMil consulted Police Commis
;sionsr iSniLighf and. bowuwtri l,bi*. %*-
[vices of Detective •Francis Tvainbr.
Under the direction of federal agents.'
j Robert Walsh and Ralph Navarro arid
Lieutenant Trainer, men were put in
o the warehouses as recherkers, la
borers, watchmen, atffi booflkmpers.
These detectives foui*L thetwolves
watched narrowly until flkey toA^ad
vantage of opportunities obviously
put in their way of stealing small ar
ticles such as wrist watches and ma
rine glasses. Not until they actual
ly concealed these articles and Pre
tended to steal them were they able
| to get any evidence against the men
now in custody.
They then learned that government
I property was being stolen -by the
j truck load, including great box'es of
i clothing, Paint by the barrel, crates
if glass ami commercial alcohol by
j the gallon. Instances Were found in
i which waste and salvaged materials
| bought by contractors was substitut
jed by new goods or by other mor
[ehandi.se than that mentioned in the
I contracts; other cases twice the quan
tity of actual salvaged stuff, contract
led for was' delivered.
STRANGER PREACHES
FROM TREE TOP SEVEN
HOURS ON STRETCH
(Bv Associated Press.)
Derider, La., Dec. 20.—Travellers'
along the Derider-Ludlington high
way were recently baffled by the
unique performance of. a. stranger
! who preached for seven ' hours on a
1 stretch, while standing on a limb of
in tree forty feet from the ground. He
I began the tree-top service with .a
ring and then, taking a text, launch
ied into his lengthy discourse, which
attracted throngs of people.
He. delivered seven distinct 1 ser
■ mons before being persuaded to des
, rend from the tree. When brought
! here yesterday, he appeared almost
i exhausted and was given food and
then placed in the Parish jail while
i the authorities determined what
course to pursue in his ease.
OLD EMPLOYEE OF CHICAGO
BANK IS AN EMBEZZLER
(By Asioci/ited Press.)
Chicago, Dec. 20. —National Bank
examiners announced this afternoon
that they bad discovered a shortage
of s7o,oori in tlu? First Natipnal Bank,
of Chieqso, the *ecpnd largest, bank
it'S institution in the city
y, Seth Anderson ail employee of the
batik for more than twenty years,
admit ted' ern bezzlement