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HOOVER HAS ABOUT ALL WEEDED HE WANTS TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECTED PROGRAM FOR EXTENSION-OF TRADE. TO ENLARGE WORKING EORCE Secretary Expects to Recall Foreign Trade Commissioners in Order to Utilize Their Information. Washington.—Cotton manufacturers throughout' the South will be inter es.ed in the fact that Secretary Hoover will be given abfwU all the money he requested for his depart ment to carry out an elaborate pro-1 gram for the extension of toreign, trade. Mr Hoover is to get what he de sired in the way of supplemental es timates. \ I The total was fr.18.72H.34 and tV new work to bo undertaken calls for the addition of 175 or more regular employes (in the department. The! amount is to be carried In the gen-1 ersl deficiency bill completed by th6j house appropriations committee. The appropriations will enable the, secretary of commerce to carry outj at once his ideas for making the de partment of commerce more useful -| Mr. Hoover said he wanted to recall trade commissioners from foreign fields to the Washington office that their information may be utilized. Wage Cut Accepted by Carmen. New Orleans.— Accepting "a cut In wages from 4 to 13 cents an hour, more than 4,000 members of the street car men's union agreed with J. I) O'Keefe, federal receiver of the New- Orleans' Railway and Lighting com pany, that the time was not ripe for any more street car strikes. Mr. O'Keefe had asked the men to accept i wage cut of S3O a month. TheV com. promised on a cut of sl2 and he ac cepted. Success of Federal Reserve. Washington.—Ten billion dollars in potential credit for financing the legit imate demands of business —a tower of financial strength—so huge that Its dimensions stir the Imagination to be wilderment—has been built up through thrift, economy and sound policy by tk. banks of the federal reserve sys teir during the last twelve months. Has Ordered No Walkout. Charlotte,' N. C.—"No walkout of cotto.i mill operatives in the South has txsen ordered and will not be, at least until I have visited several other North Carolina Jextlle centers and have conferred with President John Golden," said Frank T. McMahon. vice president of the International Textile j Worker*' union. No Hope for Public Buildings. Washington. Efforts to write a public building bill this Bession has been dropped at the request of Presi dent Harding. He does not think it would be appropriate for the republi can party now, having just come into power on a plea of economy, to vote; milliors for pork: Hit by Aurora Borealis. New York. —Telepraph service was seriously affected by a recurrence of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights." as It id generally called News j agencies, using thousands of miles of teleyraph lines, were the hardest hit. Lips to Match Color of Dress. London. A rosebud mouth Is no longer the fashion. Lip-salve to | match the general color scheme of; the dress —mauve, green or brick-red —ls the newest idea. It made Its initial appearance at a Broad street dress show. Guards Ordered Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky.—Two companies of Kentucky national guardsmen were ordered to McCarr, Ky., in Pike coun-j ty, where a state of virtual war has been on for the lust two days. Collapse o Polish Revolt. Berlin. —Collapse of the Polish re- j ▼olt In Upper Silesia Is expected in authoritative quarters there, accord ing to a special dispatch received here from Breslau. Couldn't Find Typhus Germ. Mexico City —Search for the typhus germ, for the discovery of which the newspaper Universal offered a prlxe Of 26.000 pesos, has been abandoned by the numerous Mexican physicians who sought It, and the newspapers Offer has been aWhdrawn. Japanese CoUnial Conference. , Tokio. —Examination of Japan s po- j sitlon relative to the entire field 6f questions affecting the Far East Is tbi object of a colonial conference to? be held here soon. Would Provoke War. Paris—The entry of German troops Into Upper Silesia would provoke In tervention by regular Polish troops, which mean war, and in sucb a war France could not remain neutral, ac cording to expressions In official cir cles here I ,V MRS. G. B. CHRISTIAN, JR. A new photograph of Mrs. George B. Christian, Jr., wife of the secretary to the President. UNCOMMON WEST AND NORTH Within the Last Few Weeks Southern' Uiquor Has Been Flowing Very Freely in City of Washington. Washington.—John F. Kr.imcr, pro hibition enforcement officer, thinks that m\onshining is on the wan in the South. He admits that $lO a quart for corn fresh from the worm is mighty tempting, hut his men are spreading fear around. Mr. Kramer must not have been through the houso and senate office building lately, for it is stated on re liable authority, those who buy It, that good North Carolina moonstiine can be had for $7 a quart. Within the last few weeks southern liquor has commenced to flow rather freely here. People who buy it pronounce it "fair to middling hooch." "The temptation to make moonshine is great,'* said Mr. Kramer. "It is selling for 110 a quart, but our men in the south say they are breaking up the business. In the north and west the moonshine distillery is not a com mon th,ing There is the private still, and home brew. These do not worry us much. Men will not wait around a month or so to get a drink. Home brew is a fad Most everybody wants to try it out, but they will soon quit it." Hill Wants Berlin Embassy. Washington.—Mr. David Jayne Hill, of New York, is understood to hatfe definitely declined to be considered for ambassador to Japan, and it Is be lieved he is foremost among those now under consideration for ambas sador to Germany when diplomatic relations are resumeu. Hun Workmen Strike I* Off. Berlin.—The general strike begun by the German workmen at Oppein. Upper Silesia, in protest against the attitude of the Inter-Allied Commis sion toward the Polish insurrection, has been called off. Plan an Adamless Eden. London.—What- is described as an "Adamless Eden" is about to be open ed here in the form of a small park where London working girls may rest and meditate undisturbe'd by young men. Dempsey and Corbett Present. Atlantic City, N J—Jack Dempsey and Jim Corbett, present and former heavyweight champions of the world, were the guests of the Atlantic City , Rotary club. No Protocol for Mexico.', Mexico City. Mexico cannot and will not sign a formal protocol as a condition to recognition by the Unit ed Slates, President Obregon told the newspaper men. «Convicts Mutiny and Escape. HuntsviJle, Tenn—More than a score of state convicts, many of them armed, mutinied, stormed the arsenal, shot two guards and fled. Deficit of >9,202,437. St. I.ouis—Officials of the Interna tional Fur Exchange announced a de ficit of $9,202,437 In the finances of the system. A circular containing this information Is being mailed to all stockholders. Harding But Little Concerned. Washington. Efforts to differen tiate between the foreign policy of the Harding and Wilson administrations respectively are not giving either President Harding or Secretary Hughes much concern. Fined for Profiteering. London. —For charging 16 cents tor a boiled egg at tU cafe, the National Provincial Cinematograph company was fined |250 under the profiteering act. Mulllns Elected President. , Chattanooga. Dr. ». Y. Mulllns, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention on the first bal lot at the opening session of 4he Mth annual convents- POISON GASES ARE TO BE TESTED OUT fi BOMBING EXPERIMENTS TO BE CONDUCTED OFF ATLANTIC COAST ON jyNE 21. ? TO FURNISH OBJECT LESSON — Attempt is to be Made to Show That Navy Must Immediately Build up Defense Against Asphyxiation. : Washington.—The use of poisonous gases against naval vessels under sim ulated battle conditions will be tested | for the first time during bombing ex periments to be conducted off the At lantic coast beginning June 21. While artjiy and navy aerial forces are co operating in an effort to demonstrate the effectiveness of aerial bo/nhs (against modern naval vessels; the ;Chemical Warfare.^ Service oL the, artny will be launching a poison gas "attack from the air against one or more warships in an attempt to show j that the navy must immediately build defenses against a new and ter-j ribie menace—asphyxiation. Under present plans, the ship to be ; gassed will have a crew aboard. Nine | explosive bombs filled with "tear gas" j will he dropped and every man on' board the vessel will be required to, keep within the protected areas and | wear a gas mask. Officers of the Chemical Warfa r c i Service believe that by using a gas of intolerable concentration, tb"ht is. j sufficient strength to incapaciate but! not to kill, the service can prove its : contention that, in the next war, bat-: tleships must be made literally air tight to protcet the crew. Not to Occupy Ruhr Basin. Duesseldorf. General DeGouette, commander of the Allied forces on the , Rhine, arrived here from Mayence and immediately ordered the preparations for occupation of the Ruhr to cease. Cereal Prospects Favorable. j Rome.—Prospects of this year's cereal crops are fairly favorable and j Indicate as far as it is possible to for see. a yield which will be satisfactory and sufficient to guarantee' supplies for the world during the coming sea son. This information was given out here by the International Instiute of Agriculture.. Celebrates 103 rd Birthday. Winston-Salem,N. C. —Mrs. Charity Hicks celebrated her 103.1 birthday here at which time there was a family reunion. Mrs. Hick's fiive children. 17 | grandchildren. 35 great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren were present. Setfsment With Clara Hamon. Los Angeles, Calif. —A settlement, was effected by which Clara Simth ! Hamon relinquished all claim to the 1 estate of Jake L. Hamon, of •vhose al-, leged murder she was recently acquit-, ted by an Oklahoma jury, it was an- j I Lounced by her attorney. Cotton Acreage Reduced. Mexico City.—Less than one-third l Of the acreage of the Laguna district in the state of Coahuila, where most of Mexico's cotton crop is grown, has been planted and the entire region . is in dire straits financially, according to statements here quoting travelers. Virginia Woman Decorated. Paris. —Miss Hamilton Shields, of 1 Virginia, was decorated as a chevalier; of the Legion of Honor at a milttary I ceremony held in front of the Hotel i Des Invalides The honor was con ferred for the work of Miss Shields as a nurse during the war. Hawaiian Situation is Bad. ' Honolulu.—The great sngar, pine-, apple and coffee plantations of Hawaii; are facing near extinction as the re ' suit of the most acute labor shortage in the territory's history. The rice growing industry of the islands has j been wiped out by the same cause. Baptist Meet in Chattanooga. ! Chattanooga, Tenn.—More than 4,- 000 meassengers from the Southern: states, representing over 3,000,000 Baptists, assembled in Chattanooga to begin the sessions of the sixty-sixth annual convention. Two Killed in Tall Spin. ' Lawtoq, Okla. Sergeant Algoti Bloomist and C. E. McCullough. cot- j ton broker of Oklahoma City, were killed, and Sergeant B. Grogan. At- j lanta, Ga , 22. was probably fatally in jured In an airplane accident. Tragedy at Connellsville. Connellsville. Pa. Six men are dead as the result of the bursting of a 16 Inch steam pipe at the West Penn Power company at Fayette. Three of the victims were killed outright \ ,r Oppose Department of Welfare. 1 Washington—lndications that the proposals to create a Department of Public Welfare will not have smooth sailing through congress were furnish ed a' initial hearings by senate and hoase education committee friction . being clearly indicate* THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C. •• 4 -J® !t& J^jS ' X/ CAPT. ROBERT ROSENBLUTH. Capt. Robert Rosenbluth, U. S v A., was held In $25,000 bail on the charge of killing Major Alexander Cronkhite, U. S. A. Major Cronkhite met death, by a bullet while practicing with his pistol. ! i . DUTY ON SOUTHERN PRODUCTS ■ - Wheat and Wheat Products, Flaxseed, Corn or Maize, Cotton and Tobacco, Heavily Protected Under Bill Washington.—The senate has pass ed the emergency tariff and anti dumping bill, retaining all amend ments recommended by the finance committee, but rejected those indi vidually proposed. The vote was 63 to 28. As passed, the measure differs rad ically from the form in which it was passed by the house early In the ex tra session and now goes to confer ence. The bill as passed by the senat» provides the following comodity rates of duty on southern products: Wheat, 35 cents per bushel; wheat flour and semolina, 20 cents rer bushel; corn or maize, 15 cents per bushel; long staple cotton (1 5-88 inches), 7 cents per pound; cotton manufacturing, 7 cents per pound; wrapper and filler tobacco, mixed, when the product of two or more countries, unstemmed-, $2.35 a pound; other kinds of filler tobacco, un stemmed, 50 cents a pound. Rapid Extension Air Service. L.mdon. —Almost dail/ extension of pass.'nger and mail service air is rapidly making Europe a network of aerial transportation lines. Nem'.tiations are now ci m pletion fcr an'airway from Berlin via Riga to Moscow, and when this ser vice ;s u.mpleted* it will ho possible to travel by air from London to Mos cow, a distance of 2,000 miles. "Disarmament or Burst." Washington.—W. G. McAdoo, form er secretary of the treasury, espous ed disarmament as a curative for the economic and social troubles of the world in an address before the na tion league of Masonic clubs. "Disarmament or burst!" he de clared. "That is what the people have got to face." Kosciuszko Squadron Disbands. , Warsaw.—Americans who fought in the world war and then came to Po land to fight against the bolsheviki were honored by President Pilsudski and General Joseph Haller at cere mpnies attending the demobilization of the famous Kosciuszko aerial squadron, composed of young avia tors from the United States. \ # New Treasury Certificates. Washington.—lssuance of a new se ries of treasury certificates of in debtedness to the amount of about 1200,000,000 maturing in nine months and bearing interest of 5 1-2 per cent was announced by Secretary Mellon. Wife Killed, Husband Unhurt. Birmingham, Ala.—Mrs. AUde Bin yard was instantly killed by lighten ing as she plept in her home at Say reton. William Binyard, the hus band. sleeping by the side of h;« w.fe, was uninjured. Harding Wires Old Confeds. Albany. Ga. —President Harding tel egraphed greetings and best wishes to the United Confederate Veterans of Georgia, assembled here in their thirtieth annual" reunion. Agreement It Announced. Warsaw. —Premier Witos announc ed in the diet that an agreement which he thought would facilitate a solution of the Upper Silesia problem has been reached by the Inter-Allied Commis sion in Silesia and Adelbert Korfan ty, leader of Polish insurgent forces. ___ House Passe* Army Bill. Washington. The army apropria tion bill carrying approximately $320,- 000.000 and providing for an arm/ of. 150.000 enlisted men, wa» paused by ! the house and senate after a bitter Ipc __ ~p- — r Opposition to Sale* Tax. Washington.—Opposition to enact ment of a general sales tax fiw de veloped at a hearing before the sen ate finance committee. At previous sessions only arguments In support lof the plaa had been given. PROPERTY LOSS BT FIRE LAST MONTH EXCLUSIVE OF FOREST FIRES MILLION AND A QUARTER WENT UP IN SMOKE. MUCH LEAF TOBACCO BURNED No Explanation Has Been Advanced by Department for Wide Preva lence of Fires During Month. Raleigh. Exclusive of forest fires, more than a million and a quarter dollars'worth of projfcrty was destroyed by fire in North Carolina during the month of April, nearly doubling the losses for the preceding month and trebling the losses for April last year. . Destruction of leaf tobacco by fire accounts for nearly half the losses reported to the insurance department during the month. Appraised on the basis, of prices a year ago, the month's fire losses would have gone well beyond the two mil lion mark, acording to Insurance Com missioner Stacy W. Wade. Wilson and Rocky Mount both staged big warehouse fires that ran up the total from tobacco losses, a combina tion garage and warehouse fire in Henderson that accounted for nearly $200,000 more. No explanation is advanced by the department for the wide prevalence of fires during the past month. The tabulation shows that actual reported losses for the month at $1,284,075 as against $718,000 for March and $485,- 000 for April of last year. Two rural school houses of the better class, two hotels, two churches and one hosiery mill are included in the lists. Twenty fires in the SIO,OOO class are noted. Money for North Carolinians. ■(interest amounting to more thar $560,000 will be payable May 15 to holders of Liberty bonds of the second issue bought through North Carolina banks and trust companies. The to tal amount of bonds of this issue sub scribed in this state was $28,025,950, there being over 56,162 subscriptions. The 4 per cent bonds of the first and second Liberty loans which were issued in temporary form have no coupons attached for interest payable after December 15, 1919, for the first loan and November 15, 1919, for the second loan. Therefore, holders of these bonds are urged to present them to their local banks which will for ward them to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond for conversion' into permanent four and one-quarter per cent bonds with coupons attached cov ering interst from the above dates to the maturity of the bonds. Amount Due Reserve District. In this Federal reserve district the interest payable May 15 on the second Liberty loan will be in excess of $4,- 000,000, and a Treasury Department statement suggests that as much of this money as practicable be reinvest ed in government savings securities. In the district, the records show, the total subscription to the second Lib erty loan was $201,212,500, there hav ing been 454,002 individual subscrip tions. The per capita subscription, that is, the average amount bought by every person In the district, was $22.03. Governor at Dress Parade. Governor Cameron Morrison re viewed the cadet corps of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering at a dress parade given in his honor on the drill grounds at the college. Following it, Gover nor Morrison made a brief speech to the students and assembled specta tors and later dined in the college mess hall. Address by Senator Stanley. Washington (Special.) t — Senator Stanley, of Kentucky, one of the lead ing orators of the senate, has accept ed an invitation to address the North Carolina Bankers' association at Greensboro. He was invited by W. A. Hunt, president, and T. A. Uzzell, sec retary. Municipalities Plan Action. Municipalities of North Carolina will start at once through the courts in the hope of getting corrected the senate error invalidating the munici pal finance act passed by the last general as?e»*io!y. This course was determined at a meeting of the executive of the executive committee of the North Carolina Municipal association after a sub-committee had learned from the supreme court fiat a test case can be heard before adjournment of the spring term. Skeptical of Court Decision. There will be no further appeal to the governor to call an extra session of the legislature. One municipality in the association will pass an ordi nance carrying a levy in excess of the provisions of the old act. Some tax payer will then ask the court to enjoin the city from making the levy and the test case wil be brought to the higher court. Members of the association here were frankly skeptical of the higher court decision in view of the ruling of Attorney General Manning. Watte Beetled by Applicants. Col. Alston D. Watts, the state's commissioner of Revenue, found time between visits from job hunters to talk some about the tax policies of North Carolina for the future. The colonel talked as he signed a great batch of letters, the most of them going to applicants for a berth „ in the administration. Between 400 and 500 actual applications have been received by the new commissioner for jobs since he came to Raleigh and took the oath of office. For every letter or personal applica | tion, he has received —and is ing.—an average of 10 letters and teie grams of endorsement. Not since the state was aroused over the job he re ceived has there been such a flood of personal communications into any of the departments. For instance, he has received to date the applications of exactly 144 men who have been or are now employed in the revenue ser vice, in the main Tar Heels, who ds sire r either to ra-assume, or to main tain their jobs. Memories of "Flanders Field*" Memorks of "Flanders Field" and of the other spots overseas made sa cred by the blopd sacrifices of heroes will be freshened, and tribute to those who fell in the World War will be paid throughout the nation May 30 by the bearing of crimson popples, ac cording to plans of the American Le gion and other organizations and in dividuals who cherish the associations of the war. Plans are being distribu tion of poppies made of crimson silk, the handiwork of French widows and orphans in every city and town of the .United States on that day, which has been established as World War me morial day. Some New Incorporations. Sleepy Mineral Springs, Inc., of Mebane, with $75,00 authorized capi tal and $25,000 subscribed. The Eagle Oil Company, Inc., of Mebane, with $50,000 authorized cap ital and $6,000 subscribed. Hinshaw-Mickle Company, of Win ston-Salem, with SIO,OOO authorized capital and $5,000 subscribed. United Motors, Inc., of Raleigh, 116 East Morgan street, with SIOO,OOO au thorized capital and $6,000 subscribed by C. L. Jenkins, Fred F. Drake and S. D. Alexander, all of Raleigh. Make Watts Party to Suit. Colonel Watts expects to be made party to the suit started here by at torneys for Cabarrus county over the assessment against the Cannon mills, at Concord, and the Cabarrus mills at Kannapolis. * This matter is pending now on an application for a mandamus made before Judge George Connor. Since service, the office of revenue commissioner has taken over all mat ters affecting taxation and the records the Cabarrus attorneys want are in possession of Colonel Watts. Revenue Agent Resigns. Alfred W. Brown, special agent for the state of North Carolina, in the in heritance tax department, has for warded his resignation to Col. A. D. Watts, state revenue commissioner. Mr. Brown has been in the state tax service in various capacities since 1916 and has been with the state tax commission for two years past. Mr. Brown was transferred to Colonel Watts' office recently, when he was put in charge of the revenue office of the state. John Skelton Williams to Speak. Washington (Special).—Three ex aminations in North Carolina, at EIK Park, Lilesville and Star, for filling' of presidential postoffice vacancies will be held by the civil service commis sion. Notice at the offices will be : given when the date is fixed. John Skelton Williams has accept ed an invitation extended by Senator Overman to speak at the A. and E. college commencement at Raleigh. Examinations for Nurses. The board of examiners of trained nurses of North Carolina will meet in Raleigh June 8, 9 and 10 and give ex aminations in the house of represen tatives to applicants for certificates Of registration to nurse professionally in the state. Examinations will begin at 9 o'clock each morning and at 2 in the afternoon. Application blanks may be obtained from Effie E. Cain, secretary, Salisbury, N. C. Governor Meets Trustees. The board of trustees of the North Carolina College for Women in session here conferred with Governor Morri son relative to the distribution of the $875,000 building fund authorized by the last session of the General As sembly for the use of the Normal. Following the preliminary session, the trustees met with Governor Mor rison and named a building commis sion to have complete charge of the plans and contracts for the construc tion of the new buildings which will greatly enlarge the present plant. ' Agricultural Department Home. North Carolina is going to build its handsome home for the agricultural department on the site now occupied" by the commissioner and his staff. Director B. W. Kilgore said in a re cent interview. Three hundred and twenty-flve thou sand dollars is available for imme diate building, if the treasurer can float state bonds, and if more is need ed the department contemplates relief from the special session which may be called, or from the regular ssaaioa in 1923. CAMPAIGN AGAINST PINK BOLL WORMS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO STAMP OUT P6TST. SUGGESTS NON-COTTON ZONES * I - Texas Delegation Excuses Failure to Co-operate by Declaring That the Questjon is a National One. Washington.—A new campaign to stamp out the pink boll boll worm menace in the cotton growing states is to be launched by the' Department o£ Agriculture. A special committee to recommend measures to be adopted was appointed after a conference be tween representatives of the cotton -i.ates and officials of the Department of Agriculture. Chairman Marlatt, of the Federal Horticultural Board, told the confer ence that establishment of non-cotton zones in places of infestation was the oily means of getting rid of the pink: bool worm. Charges that failures of Texas to provide adequate measures of control and failure to co-operate were met with declarations from its delegates that the question was a na tional one. Tobacco Planters are Warned. Danville, Va. —The enormous over production by the tobacco farmers in the Bright Belt is accentuated in the annual report on local market! condi tions made by W. Crews Wood, presi dent of the Danville Tobacco associa tion. Unless the 1921 crop is cut very materially,* Mr. Wooding declares, the next season* will be disastrous. West Point Row Settled. Washington.—The appointment of General Pershing to be chief of staff settled a row in the army. Secretary Weeks had selected Major General Harbord to succeed General March The West Point clique vigorously in terposed objections. Harbord entered the service a private and fought nis way up. Sale of 3,200,000 Feet Lumber. Mobile, Ala. —One of the largest lumber deals concluded in many months was closed when the E. D. Flynn Export company sold 3,200,000' feet to Cuban interests. Winter Wheat Acreage Retfuced. Washington.—Winter wheat acre age for the 17 countries in the North ern hemisphere growing the crop was placed at 99.400.000 acres as compar ed with 103,200,000 last year. Newberry Sees Harding. Washington. Senator Newberry* republican, of Michigan, who recently resumed his official duties after re versal by the supreme court of hi» conviction for violation of the corrupt practices act, made his first call o» President Harding. Dial Bill is Delayed. Washington.—The Dial bill, to pre vent Judge Landis, of Chicago, from holding his $42,500 a year job as na. Onal baseball arbiter, came up in th»- senate momentarily, but was deferred. $P3.000.000 to be Called For. Washington.—Uncle Sjam has $83,- 000 000 of some people' money waiting' in the treasury for them to come and 1 get it, according to the latest official' figures of outstanding temporary lib erty bonds. .( . ' , Government Wins Contention. Washington.—The government won in the supreme court its contention that increased value, of any capital as set must he considered in a corpora tion's ' profits when taxes were com puted. Turk Says Hit Age Is 147. Constantinople.—Zora, the human pack horse, who claims to be 14T years old and still can carry 200 pounds with ease, attributes his long' life and health to hard work and prop er diet. , . For Army of 175,000. Washington.—An army of 175,000 men was decided on by the senate sub-committee considering the army appropriation bill. The measure as passed by the house provided for 150,- 000 men. Estate Tax Held Valid. Washington.—The estate tax pro vided in the revenue act of 1918 was held valid by the supreme court in passing upon the appeal of executors of the estate of the late J. Harseo Pu'rdy, of New York. Avlatrlx Breaks World Record. Mineola, N. Y.—Miss Laura Brom well. 23 year old ariatrix, broke the world's loop the loop record for her sex when her plane, starting at the height of 8.000 feet, performed 19!> complete loops. Plan for Marketing Cotton Crop. Washington.—A plan for marketing practically the entire cotton crop of the country through a national grow ers sales organization was adopted at a conference held at Oklahoma City. \
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