North Carolina Newspapers

SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher ' ,\lh XLIX jatcome of the German Election Still Unknown Still In Doubt and 1 S In Can , \\ t > i)etermined Until 5 Parties Confer.. a xU! VX PEOPLES PARTY HOLD POWER j Support Socialists, lk riral' and Democrats: Coalition In Reichstag Will \ je Made i’ossible. I s .illy the Associated outiome of yesterday's i “ leaves tlie parliamentary 1 1 r' w! v miHarified as' the new i I in the reichstag precludes < P ,.f a three-party coalition ' I r ", socialists, the clericals 1 r? ,1.,, ( .cratr-. in the opinion of po~, 1 I ( r t<> 'the latest returns these j r V- ~- have elected a total 0f.,227 1 r f tin- reirhstag. and with only i I* i„r t" depend upon, the lead- 1 w. r ’,i. i: this liberal combination j E t<> command a dependable'« I ,v.ti it' it were given the sup- < f i> : iv:iri:in peoples party, with t votes. f . i:i!ly final reaultd compiled i r; a ,- Ir |' neon today, the so- i I_*T -eats, a gain of 2d t | wit! last May's elections, t I T i, i"finals i and the Herman 1 Ujm- ' art>. the other two liberal 1 f r,.,rcsento«l i nthe government, i ■ tiieir own but each in- c I -i illation, the centrists by I . ami Mu* democrats by three. J i ’anliiii was: social democrats 127. nationalists 104. centrists <57, !i- party 50, communists ( ELan democrats Ml. Bavarian peo- ELfjv i'll, extreme nationn'.ists 14, Lj/11. economic party 10, farin- K;v 4. Hanoverians 4. other par- l I I c Ly OF BRICE SNIPES « ■ HELD IN WINSTON-SALEM * ■ b s Les Husband Was Foil ml in Old t EVar Twin City iSeveral l>ays 1 E Eton-Salem. Dec. B.—Mrs.' Annie ( Epnithfiil widow of Bruce Snipes j Kt|j)[ietircd four years ago, gild a Hflipv. u family friend, were held c.amtv isii i,‘.:re -tf.it U; < [lending investigafionTKffr the t BrfSni)ie> whose skeleton was found t *d well oil a farin' near here sev- t ■fat, ago. Officers are searching Bely O'Neal, who was reared in f BuiV' lii nne. ( Eirr-i- were made on reeommenda- f Efthe coroner who filed a report £ Et3*ii:.2.- with the <-lork of the court t Wmnlay night. The verdict was j ■Jail*- came to his death “from a ■itthe head indicted by some heavy .] ■iwrnment." The coroner recom ■K that Mr>. Snipes, Phillips and 1 Ebe tak.m into, custody pending a ■mitigation. ■ti- today were silent as to the * E they have uncovered regarding EmmsfancP' surr '.unding the death E> wim was 21 years old and had J ■airre.l but a few months when lie t Enreii. if Neal has been seen on- ( ■hr rimes since Snipes disappeared • E Mrv Snipes nor Phillips would J I " i ■ Criticise llilde But Haven’t Read 1 I Eriiigo. m.-iss., Dec. (5. The Rev. E»« I.’oa.ti Stratton, famous Bap- > i.rat >r and student of New < ■ spoke here last night before I rr.-ird students on “The Fakes | Ewifs'of Evolution." discovered ] ■ r f.vi' of listeners had prayed ] E* l only six had read the Bible in ] of ;he day. while only eigh- | able to aiimit they had read i WG through. B® fltie-ipmrter of the assemblage be'ieveil in n living Hod and mb than that were willing to ad- 1 of Jesus Christ. Com tlie small percentage who ■l” have read the Bible. Dr. ■''"marked, “most of you nave ;he Bible when you have ■ read '■ It mil. Republican County. hy a large majority, Huil ■ - the Jtaliner Republican CaroHna in the number in the recent election, fig ■ !>ii!> 11c at the historical com-• today. Huilford coun-j Hk'. a ! , l li "\iinaic!y H.H(K> Republican the recent election, passing ain | Wilkes counties. Republi the figures show. Wilkes B^.“ ani: "i' lb-publican county in the H," I ' a number of years, but Ran- RW'ifk-s i„-the 1024 election. approximately <5.450 and ■ H' puhlican votes this year. R^ n Automatic Bank Clerk. K. l*i—. t'».—Large banks Rm ' N ‘" n will be using machines E.r-1iaq,,,,, and writing up pass- V- ril ' lr biire in do this work has :: >:4 tried nut successful- a '' "I a pass-book the eus- R o pewritten slip show-, ■tc/V 11 '! ' ! ‘‘'tit- and the current H a "!"'!at■ ir. after entering l K, "' I t'. pressi>s a key marked , ‘“ tl * lie balance appemrs- If xioimt is overdrawn, to act. R t l {i> ‘"''"-ant because of that (i f "'lh ’lie learned; for the bei n 2. ' ln !lr, ‘ not. closed. no 11 t<. ", .i" 1 , l'"^ ; '*ssion of the per Rm. "f I'lah-llotep, the H ‘' ,t discovered. THE CONCORD TIMES SING “HALLELIMAH. I’M A BUM” AS HOTEL FOR HOBOES OPENS Fashionable Neighbors in- Chicago Resent I Invasion and Will Carry Fight to’ Court. t hicago, 111., Dec. B.—Chicago, or at t least certain elements that make up the j population of the city, have a positive j j liking for hoboes, bums and the riffraff j I generally. They are given elaborate Christ mas ami other holiday dinners, entet*- , tained by concerts, and now they are to , have a new hotel. , The hostelry, which will be known as the "Hotel Hobo.' was until yesterday the, Granville Hotel in Grand boulevard. It was opened as a hobo hotel today with elaborate flourishes. Ben Reitman made a talk and a woman giving the j name of "Mary Harden”, also made a short speech. She said she is a graduate .of the Univresity of Wisconsin, but pre fers being a hobo to being cooped up back of four wails. Then the assembled hoboes joined in singing the hobo hymn, “Hallelujah. I'm a Bum." The^cracked j and beery old voices contained little of harmony, and the fresh air was desir able after the gang had exhaled its breath. , Residents of the fashionable apartments surrounding the hotel are being made to oust the new neighbors. The lessees of the hotel gave the hotel to the hoboes and also said they would note SSOO a month to keep the project going. The ' State attorney’s office lias heard rumors * that the bums have been installed in the district to "get even" with the neigh bors and the owner of the property. Proceedings will be begun at .once to close the resort because of alleged acts j of immorality and as a health measure. JOHNSON IS HELD TO THE HIGH COURT Gastonia Bus’ness Man Accused of Grave Misconduct. Toward His Two Grown Daughters. Gastonia, Dec. (». —R. E. Johnson, prominent merchant of this city, who was arrested late Friday night on grave charges of immorality preferred by his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Jordan, of Spar tanburg. S. (’.. and who was forced to spend the night, in jail, was released this morning at a preliminary hearing before Judge Capps under a SIO,OOO bond signed by H. W. Howell and others. Johnson was bound over to the January term of the superior court. Ht* waived examination. Johnson is alleged to have been guilty vs t iith tons of 4mn ters. Mrs. Jordan, who gave the inorma tion on which the warrant) for his ar rest was issued. It is alleged that Mrs. Johnson be fore her death Wednesday at Boone re quested her daughters to furnish the authorities this information. Johnson is an elder in the A- R. I*, church, and the family has‘been prominent socially in Gastonia for years. A number of leading citizens signal Johnson’s bond. DEFENSE NOW READY TO QUESTION ELIAS MORTIMER Chief Government Witness Says His Story Cannot Be Shaken. Chicago. Dec. S (Ry the Associated Press). —The government files subpoenaed by the defense in t*lie Veterans Bureau conspiracy trial of Chas. R. Forbes and John AV. Thompson arrived today in cus tody of Under Secretary Winston of the Treasury. The defense was expected to use them in the cross examination of Elias H. Mortimer, chief government wit ness which opened today. Mortimer said he had no fear that his story would be shaken in any important detail. Preceding Mortimer Mr. Winston tes tified the files he carried. One was a photographic copy of a letter from For bes to Secretary Melon, relating to the proposed purchase of the Livermore, Cal., hospital site. It was previously testified that this site was the only one purchased by the Veterans Bureau. Other site- | were donated. Reynolds Tobacco Company is Refund ed $257,276 In Tax. AVashingtong Dec. (5. —Included in the list of tax refunds approved by the In ternal revenue commissioner during the fiscal year ending June M 0 last was the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, of AVinston-Salem. X. C. The firm was re turned $257.27(5. The largest refund. $1,088,201, went to Libby, McNeill and Libby. Chicago, and the second largest, for $1,018,015, to Joseph T. Ryerson and Sons, In corporated, Chicago. The smallest, for tone cent, was to Burr Martin, of Dal ! las, Texas. Wears Same Overcoat For Forty-Odd Years. AA T inston-Salem. Dec. 0. —A sl3 over coat has been worn every winter for the past forty-years by R. F- A. Baker, prosperous farmer of Forsyth t-ouuty. according to a sworn statement by Mr.-j Bflker The overcoat was purchased at a local clothing store in the fall of If SO ! when Mr. Baker was 18 years of age. He is now The coat is still in very good condi tion and is on display in the window of the store where it was purchased nearly half century ago. I Several Lose Lives on Water Taxi :' San Pedro. Calif.. Dec. 8 (By (he «- I Mdawl Press)—-On- navy ™ ,! «^ E an( l seventeen sailors and t\\o civilian, were seriously burned in the burning and Tinking of a private water taxi the La- in the harbor here early toda.v. t Fortv-five men were on board the era * when it caught fire in mid-channel. * SiinrenwT Court to Recess. - Washington. S of^the ; »«* January sth. New Senators ! Rice A. Means (above) of Colorado; and Jesse 11. Metcalf (below) of Rhode Is land are two of the new Senators now on the job in AA’ashington. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady •at Unchanged Prices to An Advance of 8 Points. New York, Dec. B.—The cotton mar ket opened steady today at unchanged jirices to an advance of 8 points on pre bureau covering, promoted by compara tively steady cables, reports of increased mill activity at Fall Rover, and talk of a good tone in the opening slock market. The bulge extended at 23.01 for January and 2M.MS for March contraot* soon afttiii. tL- epe-,: *«« ci'.c m *'» • Jttd. advances of 4 to 8 points, but the de mand was limited and eonugh selling ap peared to cause reacations of 3 or 4 points from the best before the end of the first hour. Liverpool reported a very quiet mar ket awaiting the government report. The opening prices were: l>ec. 22 83; Jan. 22.94: March 23.33; May 23.77; July 2M.84. VICE CONSUL DAYTON DEAD AT BEIjGRADE Announcement of I>eath Made at A A’ash ington—Reported He Was Shot by a Woman. AA’asli ington, Dec. B.—The death of Henry A. Dayton. v vice consul at Bel grade. was reported today to the. State department. Air. Dayton was first reported to have been shot by a young woman who after ward commited suicide. No details of the tragedy, however, have been reported by Consul Patton, at Belgrade. Later press dispatches have tended to throw a veil of mystery over the exact manner in which Dayton was shot as well as the death of the young woman. Daytorr. it was said by the police, was shot from behind. Charlotte Projects Textile Exposition. Charlotte. I)<h\ B.—lmportant action lias jii'4 been taken by the board of directors of the Carolinas Exposition Company, when a unanimous decision was reached to ho'd in Charlotte in the fall of 192(5 and the fall of 1928 a a large textile exposition in connection with the exposition of Carolina Alade products, dates for 192(5 show being September 20-Octobcr 2. Textile machinery manufacturers of New England and the routh, ak well as new accessories, supply interests and other interests affiliated with the tex tile industry are being invited to make exhibits at the textile exposition here in 192(5. From information in hand it is be lieved that the textile show in 1920 will embrace exhibits from many ot Amer ica's largest machinery manufacturers, ns we’.l as exhibits from many Carolina mills. Morrison Will Resume Bract ice of Law in Charlotte. Raleigh. Dec. 7. —Governor and Mrs. Morrison left today for AVinston-Salem, where the governor will deliver the memorial address at the Twin ( ity Elks Lodge of Sorrow, and from there I they will go to Charlotte to make ar rangements for moving into their new home* in Myers Park upon the c.ose of the governor’s administration. Governor Morrison has already rent ed a suite of offices in the new Johnston building at Charlotte, and will resume the practice of law when he leaves ! public office. Southern Railway Company Fined. Greensboro. N. C., Dec. B.—The South ern Railway Co. was fined S9OO in Fed ' eral Court here today by Judge E. Yates I AA>bb for violation of the Federal safety ! appliance act. There were 12 causes of action in the civil suit and on nine of ■them the railroad entered a submission, (the line being SIOO in each case. Non suits were ordered as to the remaining three causes. 1 . r~rs —•' , In Spain a married woman cannot 1 even open a bank account without her husband's permission. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1924 CROP OF 13,153,000 BALES IS ESTIMATED BY THE GOVERNMENT Latest Cotton Crop Estimate Shows Increase Over Esti mate Made llecember Ist. —Much Ginning Done. CROP OF STATE MOSTLY GINNED Reported ThatTldready 674,- 429 Bales Have Been Gin ned in State, Which Is Most of Estimate for State. AA’ashington, Dec. $. —Cotton produc tion this year was placed at 13.153.000 equivalent 500 pounds bales by the De partment of Agriculture in its prelimi nary estimate based on facts available as of the date of December Ist. A fore cast of 12,992.000 bales, was made a-fort night ago. Last year’s crop totalled 10,- 139,(571 bales. There had been 12.225,025 bales, counting round as half bales, ginned piior to December Ist, the Census Bureau an noiinced at the same time. To that date la-d year 9,243.380 bales had been gin ned. The average weight per running bale this year is estimated by the Department of Agriculture at 499.8 pounds, compar ed with 498.5 pounds lass year. The preliminary estinlate of produc tion by states includes: Alrginia 30.000; North Carolina 7(55,000; and South Car olina 750.000. Hannings prior to December by states include: North Carolina (574,429; South Carolina 747.732 and Virginia 21,492. The revised total of cotton giuner this season prior to November 14. is 11,1(53,- 401 bales. There were 15,181 ginneries in operation prior to November 14. Value of the Crop. ington. I*<»e. S.—American cot ton growers have produced a crop this year with a value of more than one and two-thirds billions of dollars for lint cot t<.n, linters ami cotton seed. The pre iminary estimate annoufjeej to lay by the Department of AgricutjNire, placed the quantity of lint cotton at (5.289187.000 .pounds. Based on iho farm price of cut ioh on Decewb. i -Vjrreh \xj< 22.(5- cents per pound, the cwp is valued at sl.- 421.35(5.2(52. In addition, the value of cotton seed will be approximately $200,- 000.000 and the production of (inter cot ton probably will run into 800,000 or 1)00,000 bales. NEWSPAPER OFFICE IN KANSAS IS BLOWN UP Damage Estimated at $75,000 Caused in Office of Coffeyville Daily I>awn and Two Other Buildings. Coffeyville, Ivans., Dec. 8. —An explo sion early today wrecked the plant of the Coffeyville Daily Dawn, a morning newspaper, and two adjoining buildings. No one was injured. The newspaper -iffice was deserted, as no paper is issued on Monday—morning. The damage is estimated at approximately $75,000. Police held two theories, one that the explosion was the result of an accumu lation of gas, and the other that the newspaper was bombed by persons an tagonistic to its policy of support of the Ivu Klux Klan. Thirty-Eight Stolen Cars Recovered. Greensboro/, Doe. B.—Thtirty (eight stolen cars were recovered by the Auto mobile Theft Bureau of the Department of State during November, according to a bulletin received by the Carolina Motor Club today. Thirty-seven cars were stolen in this state during that month. Only a part of these have been recovered, but. the fact that the re coveries during this month exceeded the number stolen is considered a rather in teresting recommendation for the new j title law. Sett**e Over 300 Years Old. Raleigh. N. (’.. Dec. 8. —A settee more than 300 years old has recently been add ed to the large collection of antique fur niture in the Hall of History, Col. Fred A. Olds announced today. The seat was presented by a Perquimans county family. It is made of sweet gum and band carv ed. ONE YEAR FREE * We Will Give The Progressive Farmer —AND— THE CONCORD TIMES BOTH FOR ONE YEAR For Only $2.00 * THE PRICE OF THE TIMES ALONE The Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and every farmer should have it. This offer is open to both new and old subscribers. If you are al ready taking The Times, all you have to do is to pay up to date and $2.00 more for another year and The Progressive Farmer will be sent you a whole year absolutely free of charge. If you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 for another year, your subscription will be so marked and we will send . you The Progressive Farmer a full year. Address ~ THE TIMES, Concord, N. C. | BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION I Will Meet in Raleigh December oth Number of Outstanding Features. Raleigh, Dec. S.—Approximately 400 persons from the ministers and laity of the North Carolina Baptist State Con vention to be held here during De cember 9th through the 12th. according to officials of the State convention head quarters in this city. There will also be many young people in attendance at this meeting to take part in the discus sions ’of the Baptist Young Peopled Un ion and to present its cause for certain attentions. A number cf outstanding features will mark the interest in the activities of the gathering this year, it is the 'expressed belief of those arranging the program. Among these will be the report on the 75 Ali’.lion Campaign and the final plan to complete the quota of this state; dis cussion of the future of the new Mere dith College and the laying of the corner stone of the instiution on Thursday af ternoon; the 1925 Unified Program; min isterial relief and annuities; and a re port from the historical commission. A special order has been set Tor ihe nearing on Friday, the last day of the convention, of the report of the commit tee on Greek letter fraternities. Keen interest is being manifested in this forth coming report. ,says the officials and it is expected that the report will be of much importance to those offiliated with the denomination. There will also be reports and dis cussions on social service, the Sunday Schools, home missions, state missions, foreign missions .and education. The memorials will be a feature of the clos ing session as will the school of ap plied stewardship. A new plan for the endowment of the Baptist orphanage will be presented at the afternoon session on AA’ednesda.v, the program shows and the hospitals of the denomination will also be taken up at this time. These two institutions are said to be of the most importance to the Baptists of the state and the plans that will be presented will call for the per fection of these Preceding the /Baptist State Conven tion gathering, the North Carolina Bap tis pastors conference will be held on Alonday. Pastors and evangelists from all over the state will attend this meet ing at which some of the vital condi tions now confronting the pastors of the churches will be discussed. A number of the departmental heads'will also at tend this meeting as well as the pas tors’ banquet to be held on Monday night. The sessions of the Baptist State Con vention will be held in the Baptist Tab ernacle and will begin at 2:30 on Tues day afternoon. Sessions will be divid ed into morning, afternoon and evening sections and each will be opened with prayer led by a different pastor or lay man of note in Baptist circles in North Carolina. The keynote address of the conven tion will be made on Tuesday afternoon by R. J. Bateman and the convention sermon will be delivered on Tuesday night by A. Paul Ragby. The entire meeting is to be one of note, it is said, and besides the regular program of the convention a number of entertainment features have been arrang ed by the committee, which is .composed by Charles L. Greaves. Howard AVeeks, I. M. Mercer, G. A\ T . Paschal and L. E. M. Freeman. AA’alter L. Gilmore is secretary of the convention. Taft Endorses Meek ins For Federal Judgeship. AA’ash ington, Dec. (».—Chief Justice Taft has let it be known that he has indorsed Col. Isaac Meekins for the North Carolina judgeship. He was ask ed by Roger »A. Derby, of Jackson Springs, who is a kinsman of the Roosevelts and Miss Sophie Busbee, of Raleigh, to support IT. F. Sea well. In letters in response to these requests he made known his position, which was stated before in this correspondence. Mr. Meekins had planted his pipe pretty well for this job long before any appointihent had to be made! He had the uromise of former Attrney General Daugherty for his support. Man Who Slaughtered Thirty is Un- 1 concerned- Hanover, Germany. Doc.- o.—Much of the third day of the Dial of Fritz Haarmann, the Hanover butcher, for the murder of nearly 30 young men since 1918, was taken up with expert testimony regarding a box of human bones which had been placed in evi dence. Experts testified that the bones for the most part were those of young men under 20 years of age. As the trial pro ceeds Haarmann shows no realization of the seriousness of the deeds charged against him. Death, awaiting him or inflicted on his alleged victims seems to have no meauin. Sec. Weeks ''^jnges ForTHc underwood Bill WOULD GAS SCHOOL CHILDREN TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK Army Expert Bflifves Chlorine Would Save Many From Attacks of Infectious Diseases. Atlantic City. Dec. B—Lieutenant Col. Edward B. A’elder, chief of-the medical research division of the United State* arsenal at Edgewcod. Md., addressing the annual convention of the New Jer sey Sanitary Association at Haddon Hall tonight, advocated systematic "ga.-idug of school children with chlorine gas two or three times a week, while they are in their class rooms, as a preventive of colds, whooping cough and other diseases of the upper-respitatory tract. Colonel A'edder, - who has been experi menting with the gas with the object of making it a beneficial agent of medi cine. declared that out of 1029 persons 04 per cent, were reported as cures. 30 per qent. as improved and six per cent, as no change. “I think,” he said, “we estimate that from one quarter to a third of the dis eases that incapacitate school children are infectious, and acquired through the respiratory tract. It is quite practicable in any school having a ventilating sys tem to introduce chlorine into the main ventilating duct. ’ This could be done an hour or two three times a week under the supervision of the school physician. Speaking on the subject of oil pollution of coastal, waters and harbors. Congress man-elect T. Frank Appleby, of Asbury Park, president of the association, urged the assembling cf an international con ference to discuss the question. MILLS AT FALL RIVER TO START UP MONDAY All But Five of the 121 Textile Plants to Open Up on Full Tune. Fall River, Mass., Dec. (s.—Announce ment was made today by the Fall Rriver Cotton Manufacturers’ Association that all but five of the cotton mills of the city will reopen at full time on Monday, af fording employment for 20,000 persons. Some of the mills had been closed for many months. Improved conditions in the cloth market are given as the rea son. The five mills of the 121 in the city which will remain closed are the Ameri can linen, the Arkwright, the Flint, Sea Connett and Stafford mills. Included in the list of the plants resuming operations Monday are the AA’eetamoe and Troy mills, which have been closed for many months. A large number of the other plants hav£ either been closed or.operat ing on part'time."" At one time In the past year it was estimated that more than 30,000 textile operatives were out of work in Fall River. The announcement of the manufactur ers said that the demand for the finished product of Fall River looms bad shown decided improvement and that many or ders had been placed with the local mills. There has been on wage reduction in ► Fall River textile mills but several plants have re-arranged their machinery so as to give additional looms to each work. NEGROES OPPOSE THE APPOINTMENT OF MEEKINS Letter to Attorney General AAritten in Hot Terms —Calls Him a Demogogue. Raleigh, Dec. (5. —AA’hite Republicans who favor somebody else as federal judge and not Colonel Isaac M. Meekins, are disposed to think that the new assault of negro Republicans on the colonel may prove the irony of political fate in North Carolina. A letter hat* come to the Correspondent of this paper which is being sent to the attorney general of the United States. It has taken the form of a petition from negroes in Salisbury. High Point, Greens boro, AVinston-Salem, Durham and AVil mington against tlie appointment of Col. Meekins and some of the negroes who are presenting it are graduates of Am herst College, the President's institution. With Our Advertisers. Protect your private and business pa ! pel’s and other valuables by renting a safety box at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. * The big Change of Ownership Sale at the Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store is proving a success. Special prices on ladies ami misses’ tan oxfords in all the late pat terns and shades. Fisher’s will be open every night un til Christmas. Every section of this store is a gift shop. Hats and gloves specialties just now at Patt Covington's. Toys galore and then some more toys at Parks-Belk Co.’s. Go to this store and see the wonderful assortment. Greensboro Man Shot By Negro in .Mistake. Greensboro. Dec. (»• —I. F. Stout, furniture dealer here, was shot and severely wounded in the hip this after ' noon by mistake, his negro truck driver, I James Austin, hitting him when Austin fired a pistol at a negro. Cicero De ' lapp, in a dispute over a two dollar I payment. Mr. Stout is in a hospital I with good chance to recover, while j Austin is in jail. I Communist* Hold Center of Stage. I Paris, Dec. 8 (By the Associated I Press). —The communists continue to hold the center of the stage in France, appearing undismayed by the govern | ment’s repressive measures. Afti»r a I meeting at the headquarters of the labor I federation last night a group of radicals 1 formed a procession and inarched two \ miles. They were scattered by the police, 1 LaFoHetto-AVheeler CYowd Spent $221,- 977.58. j AVashington, Dec. 6.—Expenditures of |'the LaFollette-Wheeler campaign eom -1 mittee to December 2nd, as reported to i day to the t/lerk of the House totalled 1 $221,977.58 and receipts amounted to I $225,930.50. $2.90 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Secretary of War Says Un derwood Proposal For Op eration of Muscle Shoals Must Undergo Changes. presidentlias GIVEN HIS VIEW Understood That He Has Made Plain to Underwood How He Feels in Matter.— Senate Wants Action Now. AA’ashington, D. C., Dec. B.—Secretary AA’eeks* report on the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill suggests a number of amend ments to the measure, and declares “un less careful and thoughtful amendments as pointed out in my report are adopted, the Underwood bill is unworkable." Among the objections raised by the Secretary of AA’arris one dealing with the finances of the operation of Muscle Shoals, and said unless the bonds, which would be issued are guaranteed by the government, they would practically be worthless. He declared that he believed it would be unwise to require the operator to at tempt to produce a maximum of 40,000 tons of nitrogen within the four year lim it set by the bill unless it was first W arn ed that the fertilizer could be sold prof itably. The Secretary said that next July Ist was too short a time to obtain a suitable lessee for the property. He also said that Aluscle Shoals could not be operated by a lessee to produce fertilizer under the cyanumid process without obtaining authority for the use of patents. President Gave Views on Bill. Washington, Dec. 8. —President Cool idge is understood to have presented his views on the Underwood Aluscle Shoals bill directly to the Alabama Senator dur ing the Sunday cruise on the Mayflower on which Senator Underwood was a guest.. Announcement was made at the AA’hite House today following the President's return, that he would not send a letter to the senate seating forth his views as had been expected by republican senators. The views of the AA ar Department arc to be presented to the Senate through Secretary AA’eeks in a eoimnusk*atitou which was laid before the President Sat urday. „ ‘ Amontimenls Offered. Wash ington, Dee, B.—Amendments meeting the major objection* raised by Secretary AA’eeks to the Underwood Mus cle Shoals bill were offered in the Senate today by the author of the measure, Senator Underwood, of Alabama. The time for leasing the plant is extended by one amendment from next July Ist to „ September Ist. CROSS-WORD PUZZLES ARE HELD VALUABLE North CaroHna State Psychologists Think Afost Are Too Difficult. Greensboro, Deo. 7- —I>r. J. A. High smith. head of the department of psy chology of the North Carolina College for AA’omeu here, declares that the cross word puzzle really has considerable value, that he finds it highly interesting him *elf and he sees in it possibilities for use in educational work. Dr. Highsmith has not yet used this form of puzzle in his work at the col lege but has considered it from this stand point and he finds that it recommends it self for adaption in intelligence tests. It is possible that he will work out some thing along this line for work among students. Intelligence tests are one of Dr. High smith’s main interests and it is for that purpose that lie thinks cross-word puz zles may be used. They involve a num ber of the elements that go into intel ligence tests, he says, such as vocabulary and substitution of letters to complete a word. But he thinks that the tfross-word puzzle# that appear in the newspapers are too difficult for the average test, stating that it takes a person of compar atively high intelligence to solve them. Health Schedule Given By “The Per fect Girl.” _ohicagQ, lura Harden, of Drew. Mississippi, judged the most perfect girl of 350,000 in the health content in connection with the Interna tional Livestock Exposition, with a rat ing of 99.04 per cent, gave as her recipe for perfect health : . Sleep ten hours a night. Drink a quart of milk a day. Eat lots of vegetables. Don’t use face powder or rouge. Don't wear high heels. Miss Harden is 10, weighs 117 3-4 pounds and is five feet, two inches tall. - She goes to bed every night at 8 and i« up at 0:30. In addition to deep breath ing and setting up exercises she keeps fit by doing part of the housework and playing right guard on her high school basketball team. WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS /'+ I Rain tonight, colder in the west and central portions; Tuesday partly “Cloudy and colder, preceded by rain in east por tion ; much colder Tuesday night. NO. 45.