2 DISPATCHES 2 VOLUME XXIV Gaston B. Means Testifies Before Daugherty Committee and Promises to “Tell It All” “ASKING NO QUARTERS AND IS GIVING NONE" Means Says'He Received One Hundred SI,OOO Bills Prom Japanese and Gave It All to Jess W. Smith. SMITH AGENTOF ATTORNEY GENERAL Means Also Testifies That He Was Employed Once to Catch Secretary Mellon For President Harding, (By the Awwidilfd Press.) Washington. March 14, —“Asking no quarter and giving none,” Gaston B. Means, former Department el Justice se cret agent, today testified tc the Senate committee investigating Attorney' Gener al Daugherty that in February, 1922, in the old Bellevue Hotel in Washington he received “from a Jan representing MR fin' A Company” one hundred SI,OOO kills to stop Hie government prosecution in Uie Standard Aircraft rasp, and that he turned the money over to the late Jess' W. Smith, Attorney General Daugh erty's “bumper sad friend.” Secretary Mellon's name was brought into the investigation by Mranss. He said that that for President Harding he investigate matters connected with “cer tain permits” having to do with viola tions of the Volstead act. •Jess Smith wanted 11s to catch Secre tary Mellon and wc caught him.” said. Means. “President Harding wanted the information. The first time lip slipped through our lingers." "I gave Captain Seaife tl'ousands of dollars to catch him" (Mellon). Means •testified. Seaife was formerly a Department of Justice investigator who was active in pressing for investigntidfir- of tifretaft scandals. Means testified, he investigated Senator Carrs way. democrat, of Arkansas, and, also Senator JgiFollette, after the latter had been ’ agitating the investigation of tiie Teapot Dome scandal. “It had come trt our attention." Menus said, "that Secretary Mellon had to fur nish certain permits for certain pur]>os "Generally speaking you were investi- J . gating the liquor ring in New York, I were you .not?" Senator Wheeler asked, j “Well, it was into violations of the, prohibition law.” Jess Smith and \Y. T. CnderwootJ. said Means, gave him orders to investigate Senator I-aFollette, to learn what infor motion he ind. nnd “anything to stop him.” Smith paid the expenses. Means, however, could not state of his own knowledge that Smith was follow-, ing the orders of the Attorney General. ! I nderwood lie knew represented Pres ident Harding because he had seen a let ter to Jess Smith frpm President Hard ing, authorizing tian under-eover inves tigation." Senator Bruce, democrat, of Maryland, also was investigated right after election, Means declared, linger or ders by “Jess Smith, or some of them.” During the House impeachment of the Attorney General, Means said he knew the Department of Justice had agents following witnesses nnd watching the in vestigation. After declaring that Smith, Howard Mannington. Will Orr, and a Japanese 'named Muraa owned the Carpenticr- Dempsey fight films. Means said he re ceived money for non-interference In showing tlie films nnd turned it over to Smith. Means said he had handled “maybe $50,000” in money delivered to him by messengers in connection with the show ing of fight films, for delivery to owners of the pictures. Referring to his recent indictment, Means said: "When the Department was saying I was ip Europe. I was in my house. They told me to lie low, and I did. I phoned over to Assistant Attorney General Grim and told him I was ready to see him, but they skid ‘oh no, we don’t want to see you'." Means also said he had a Daura Ja cobson investigate Senator Carraway. The Carraway investigation was made after the Senator had attacked President Harding and the Attorney General, Means said. Senator LaFollette also was investi gated, Means said, adding that he saw to it that the LaFollette office was gone through, although he did not do It per- VVHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. 0 a dfcl Rate on the coast and mow in the interior this afternoon; fair .tonight and Saturday; rising temperature Saturday. The Concord Daily Tribune Ir'" ' ‘ - Rally ' The Very Rev. Michael J. Ripple , lbove), national director of the Holy Name Society, is planning to bring 200,000 members of the aod eiy to Washington, D. C., for a noxt September. There a**© I a million and a half members of h* society in tho United States. / FIND DEAD BODY OF \ WIFE OF POLICE CHIEF Bod of Mrs. L. C. Jenkins, of Thomas vitle, Fonnli iu Pool of Blood iu the Home. fßf the A *itocl*ii*d PrpwM High Point, March 14.—Guarded by her five-year-old daughter, who sought tc. prevent any one entering the room. Mrs. L. C. Jenkins, wife’ of the chief of , police of Thomasville, was found dead in her room at Thomasville today. The body lay in a pool of blod. Efforts are being made to locate Jen kins who left Thomasville, according to police, at 1 o’clock yesterday morning ui the police department, automobile, aftfr telling the night desk man at headquar ters that he was ou the trail of boot leggers. He "has not been heard from since. « «• *—s —**-rt»V--sr<|ST« Cone Lights a Cigarette as He Bills , Adieu to America. New York. Maich 12.—Tc continue his lecture on auto-suggestion in Germany'. ; Belgium and Italy. Kmile Coup sailed today on the French liner Paris, for Havre. He said his second visit here had only augmented his interest in the ! United States. j Mr. Cone was war Uni entering the I pier shed to extinguish his cigarette, i He lighted another passing up the gang , plank. He said he smoked upward of | .10 cigarettes a day anil did not believe them harmful. He said the prohibition law was too severe, and people who never drank before now do their best , to defeat the law. 1- ' • I soniilly. j Means said he thought Smith was 'a j closer friend of the President of the j . United States than he was of the Attor ney General. Smith, he said, got reports constantly j On the stock market over Attorney Gen eral's telephone. Sometimes Smith later read the stock reports to the Attorney- Genera 1. j The Bruce inquiry. Means qualified, was "not a regular investigation." He promised to find out from his records who ordered that investigation. Menus denied making an investigation of Representative Woodruff of Michigan. Senntor Wheeler returned -to Means receipts of money. “Who did you pass the money on to when it was received by you." lie asked. “Mr. Jess Smith and Mr. Underwood.” was the reply. , Means said he paid off the men "they” had employed “and who were working under me.” "A man named Jarnacke also collected some money and paid it to Underwood.” YJean.s declared. f The first money he collected. Means said was one hundred SI,OOO bills in connection with the Standard Aircraft ease, “The SIOO,OOO was received in the old Bellevue Hotel here in February, 1922, just before Smith went .to Florida," Means added. The money was received, he said, from a "Jap acting for the Mit sui Company." 7 “The SIOO,OOO was rei-eived at night and given to Jeff Smith," he said. jAff Smith came aloug and got the money -the same night, he said. “I didn’t know what it was for at that time.” Senator YVheeler brought out that one charge against the Attorney General in the recent impeachment case was in con nection with the Standard Aircraft case. The prosecution of the aircraft case, Means declared, was withdrawn by the War Department from the Department of Justicp. Means said he was aligned by Burns to assist Captain Seaife in the war fraud cases Give - Committee More Ptnrar. Washington, March 14, —A resolution \ broadening still further the powers of the Daugherty investigating committee Was adopted today by the Senate. Under it the Committee can hold meetr ings outside the city of Washington, whenever nnd wherever deemed neces sary by the chairman, and any commit* tee member can subpoena witnesses and papers, administer oaths and take teeti ■ mony. . • 1 During Means’ testimony the cominit • tee adjonrned until 10 o’clock tomorrow. CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924 ■ ** IS MOST IPORTINT WITNESS DURING DAY 1— Concord Man Who Has Been Connected With Govern ! ment in Past Creates Sen- I sation With Testimony. READY TO GIVE j PUBLIC ALL FACTS Means Says He Reached j This Decision Although He ! Was Advised Not To Do So j by Personal Attorney. | (B'■ the Associated Press.) ' Washington, March 14.—Carton B. , Means, former Department of Justice ; agent nnd a man of many connections, was the first witness called today at, the Senate investigation of Attorney General Daugherty. | Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of .Toxs' , Smiirh. who has been telling of "al-1 leged deals" between him and Attorney j General Daugherty, was reported sick and unable to' continue her testimony today. * I Means testified that he had been urged and advised by’ his counsel. T. B. Fel -1 dor not to, but had decided to waive immunity and “tell it all." I At the request of .the attorney gen eral's counsel. Senator Wheeler, demo crat, of Montana, gave assurances that"' Miss Stinson would remain here until I cross examined. Means is under fwo - Federal indict ments, cne in connection with a liquor case and a neither with the New Y" rk bribery case. Before Means began his testimony Seuator Wheeler read a letter from the Department of Justice suggest ing that Means might receive immunity under his pending indictments if he tes tified. Asked if he waived immunity Means ...... V A. . "1 waive immunity. T ask no qinir , ter and will give no quarter.” ' When aßked what his present business was, Mr an- Sort said "answering indict ments.'’ Afterward, he said his busi ness was Unit of "investigator.” Senator" Wheeler brought up Means’ indictment for the murder of Mrs. Maude King. He said his evidence in that ,case wan in a large suitcase in the room. Means said he had done work for Henry C. Frick iu 1910 or 1910. in the coke fields iu Pennsylvania. He said he had also worked for the German. British. Mexican nnd United States gov ernments, first for the German govern , ment. | “Have you collected money on various occasions and from various people ’iu j your employment of the Department of ! Justice?” Means was asked, i “No, sir. 1 had money delivered to me for some one else. I did not go ' out and look them up myself." | When asked who he meant by “they.” Means replied. “Oh. Jess Smith, and IV. T. Underwood—l saw him last at Palm Beach.” Means said he was sent to Palm Beach by Sidney Thompson, who had business with Underwood . Senator ' YVheeler suggested that Men ns was the go-between after Jess Smith died. "T* lo money carrier," interrupted* Means. ” Sidney Thompson. Means added, was “Ilie messenger for Underwood." Underwood, Mentis explained, was "the man who worked with Jess Smith." and helped him (Menus) make investigations. He understood Thompson was a friend of Smith's and without any connection with the Department of Justice. Means said he understood that. Underwood want ed information regarding his diary and testimony in the New York trials. Underwood, Means stated, was making ail investigation for the President of the ! United States. He later said. Underwood worked for President Harding, i Menns said Jess Smith and Under wood wanted to "catch Secretary Mel : lon and we got him." President Harding, he added, wanted the information. Means testified, that lie too, had work ed for President Harding. The charges against the Attorney General. Means de . clared, were not rue. MASSACHUSETTS’ OLDEST ELM FALLS BEFORE GALE . Famous Tree at North Andover Said to , Be 300 Years of Age.“ North Andover. Mnss., March 12. The Hiibbnrd Elm, situated in Dale street. North Andover, and said to be | the largest, tallest and oldest elm tree in . M#soachusetts, was blown down iu the I storm that swept this section yesterday , and today. The tree, whidi was 30 feet in cir cumference and 125 feet high, was 31)0 , years old. according to tile State Forcs f try-Department. VanderUp Tailed to WasMngton. (By the Associated Press.. . New York, March 14. —Frank A. Veu - derlip today cancelled speaking engage * meats for tonight and tomorrow, and 1 took an afternoon train for Washington - in response to wbat his secretary said had been a sudden call. The secretary - described the mattes as of “great import • ance” but would divulge its natura. Getting Ready. j m >srii!i t Republican Ammon are sharpening their tongues for “the coming campaign. Photo shows group at National Women's Republican Club. New York City, .where trained speakers instruct rookies. On speakers platform, left to tight are: Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore. Mrs. Netty Shuler, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton and Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney. l McADOO TALKING TO VOTERS OF GEORGIA I Says People Must Choose Progressive Demon ac.v or “Corrupt” Republican i Rule. it)- the As.okc to a large audience in the city of his birth. Reviewing ithe Wilson administration and hs own services in the cabinet. Mr. .McAdoo pointed to tariff reforms, the Federal Reserve System, the establish ment. of Federal land banks, the en lightened policy of the government rnil- T-mid administratiqtfTfie'rtvideuced by the i progressive prineiplesof' "his party. SNOW. MAY CONTINUE DURING THE NIGHT Snow Forecast by Weather Bureau for! South Atlantic States. (By (he Associated Press, l YY’nshington, March 14.—Snow is in • propect this afternoon in the Carol ipaH i and southern Virginia and tonight frost .is probable over the South Atlantic ami East Gulf States except in southern} Firida. the weather bureau announced l today. Storm warnings are displayed on the North Carolina and Virginia coasts. Higher temperatures are ex pected in the South Atlantic States to morrow. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Advance of From 15 to 29 Points. (By tNr Associated Press.) New York. March 14.—Cotton opened steady at an advance or 15 to 29 points in response to relatively firm Liverimol cables, higher domestic consumption fig ures than expected, and buHislt spot ad vices, from the. South. However, there were reactions of 14 or 20 points from the best. Cotton futures opened steady. March 28.70 bid, Mav 29.00; July 28.28; Oct. 25.70; Dec. 25.33. With Our Advertisers. Order a ton of gas coke and see how you will li|ke it. See new ail. of Con cord and Kannapolis (ins Co. Try a can of Roy moth to 1 remove car bon and give your motor more pep. Sold by Southern Motor Service Co. The Sanitary Grocery Co. is getting many compliments oil the quality of the fresh .meats it is serving. See new ad. today. The Ritchie Hardware Co. has a large stock of tennis, golf and all sporting goods. See hew ad. and go to this store and get anything you want. See change ill the ad. of the sale of the J Frank Smith farm. The traot that contains 215 acres and the second' tract is only five miles from Concord. Opportunity Sale at Robinson’s | Robinson's will start tomorrow a big | “Opportunity Sale” of seasonable dry j goods. This is a sale to induce you to become better acquainted with this store anil with the splendid quality of mer chandise handled there. In this sale will be included all the new things that are fashionable and fresh. The sale will last till Saturday night. March 2. See big nil. in this paper today. Nomination of Wilbur to Senate. (By (he Associate# Press.) Washington. March 14.—The nomina tion of Curtis D. Wilbur, to be Secre tary of the Navy, was sent to the Sen ate today. Basketball Tonight At Y Concord Highs vs; Concord Y Team Game Called at 8 O’clock. REV. MILTON DANIELS IS KILLED BY AUTO . Charlotte Presbyterian Minister Run Over in Greenville Just After Deliv ering Sermon. • Greenville. S. Mar. 13.—The Rev. Milton F. Daniels. 23. of Charlotte. , was run over an killed by an auto j mobile here tonight just after leaving i the First Presbyterian church after the (first sVrmon of a revival he was con ducting. j Mr. Dante's had Just left the church' land was crossing the street when an ! automobile is said to have backed out of a side street and knocked him to the ground. Before the minister could gain his feet another automobile ran over him: crushing his chest. The injured man was taken to a local hospital where he dide shortly after being put under an anesthetic. Both automobiles drove rapidly away after the accident and the identify of the driverp is unknowns. Afc Daniels- had 'for sometHor -bewe eonneeted with the Mecklenburg presby tery in North Carolina and is well known in that state. He is survived b,v j a wife and two children. VANDERLIP’S LITTLE ESSAY IS SUDDENLY Cl-T OUT Insurance Men Fall to Hear Heralded Speech on “Courage.” | New York, March 12.—For some un- I explained reason, Frank A. Vanderiip ! failed to deliver a scheduled address last giit. Several weeks ago the Life Underwrit ers’ Association, of New York, announc ed he would speak on “Courage” at a dinner Inst night. He later explained Hint hi- talk would touch on national l>6litios. When he failed to appear, n reporter asked him why. "I am not going to speak anywhere this evening" was all he would say. It developed that n few days ago the asso ciation sebt members the bare announce ment that Vanderiip would not speak. COTTON .CONSUMPTION During February 507,867 Balts of Lint and 40.6881 Bates of Linters Used, fßy the Associated Press.) Washington. March 14.-—Cotton con sumed dnriag February totalled 507.367 bales of tint and 41.008 of linters. com pared with 576.644 of lint and 40.681 of linterK in January this year, the Cen sus Bureau announced today. Cotton consumed during February in the cotton growing states totalled. 349.76!) bales. Court- Upholds Stillman Devision. tßy the Associated Presa.) New York, March 14.—The appellate division of ti e Supreme Court in Brook lyn today unanimously upheld the recent findings of Referee Gleason in favor of Mrs. Annie U. Stillman, wife of Jas. A. SHllman, former head of the National City Rank, in her defense of a suit brought against her by her husband. Sentences Commuted, ffy the Arsoclated Press.) New'Y’ork. March 14.—President Cook lidge has commuted from oue year and one day. to one year the sentences of J)r. Edward A. Rpmely. former owner of the I Evening Mail: S. Walter Kauffman, and X. R. Lindhim, wfo were sentenced after conviction for defrauding the Alien Property Custodian during the war. Plead Guilty to Smuggling. •By the Associated Press.> New York, jflareh 14. Five of the seven membersiof the crew of the Royal Mail Liner Orduna. pleaded guilt y to smuggling today and were remanded for sentence Wednesday. A dining club in London bears the tiunint title of “Nobody’s Friends." Its members Ijave met once a year con tinuously for something more than a century past. The Queen (if Spain is reputed to be the most extravagant of European royalties in the matter of her wardrobe, on which she spends from $15,000 to $20,000 a year. A record crowd of nearly 10,000 peo ple sow 'the Michigan-Purdue basketball game, which served as a formal opening of the new Yost Field house at the University of Michigan. NO. 60. | MAN SLAIN BY DAUGHTER ! I TO BE BURIED IN CHARLOTTE i Has Daughter l iving i» Charlotte; Oth er Relatives Near-by. j Tampa. Fla.. March 13.—Describing in i detail how s'*e stamped her father about' j the face and chest for 30 minutes or ' nu e, pasing only at intervals to ascer tain whether or not he was dead, John I Eva Winchester, lti. held in the Hills- J borough county jnil, together with her "j mother, I-mini Eva Winchester, talked , calmly of the killing of John Edward Winchester. 55. which oecitrred sliortly after midnight. All the while, John Eva declares, her mother was holding her firmly by each arm and threatening to kill her if she showed the least signs of relenting "before the old devil' was dead. v “For the first few minutes, father beg ged for mercy. His pleadings, shortly were supplanted by groans, but it was ever so (ong befo.-e mother said he was dead." the girl concluded with a shud der. Accounts of how Winchester came to -be on the ground are Neigh bors declared Winchester lmd suffered two strokes of apoplexy previously and they suggested that the excitement at tendant uimn the threatening attitude of his wife may have brought on another shock, and that his daughter and wife bound him h<4plesK on the ground. John Eva. together with her mother, were taken into custody at Seffner ear ly, Wednesday morning by Sheriff's l)ep>- uties Stephens ami Tom Gibbons. When the officers arrived, they found the two ill front of a neighbor's house, snrround edc by residents of the community who had learned of the killing. To the officers at the scene of the killiug and later, the pair related what is one of (lie most un usual stodies in the history of Florida’s criminal annals. “Jesiis made me do it." Mrs. Winches ter calmly declared at the time of her arrest, “and I, the queen of the universe, made John Eva do my bidding." Later Mrs. Winchester declared she .had been restored to her right senses and de manded tint Raymond Richey, “healer evangelist," conducting a series of reviv al services at Bt. I’eternburg. he arrested anil charged with the murder. "l'was hypnotized." ill’s. Winchester stated. "Richey did it. He is lo blame for the death of my husband. I was un der his power. It was his influence that spurred me on and directed my wild im pulses. John Evil is not to blame, i made her do it." (Winchester had a brother ill Gaston ia, W. Winchester, and n daughter living in Uhiirlotte. Blanche Winches ter. Winchester's body will be brought tot Charlotte and interred there.—Edi tor.) Zangwill Found No Great .Men in U. a ami Democracy on Trail Plymouth. Mar. 14.—'Israel Zangwill who arrived here recently said demo cfiir'y 'Trt-~trm frtft)--lTf --¥^ there are no more great nil'll fn Amer ica. It was nothing more or less tiinn politicians playing down to a crowd which was ill-informed on most sub ice! s and knew nothing al all about Europe, he said. "There is more justice, sense of honor, and more efficiency iu England than ill America."; lie said, before pro-1 reeding to describe American as being, the "kindest-hearted and most charitable people in the world." Many of them, he added, "are very lovable and very cultivated, but some are unable to make a stand against a flood of vulgarity." Six Georgians Sentenced For ’ Violating Cattle Tick Laws. Y r aldosta. Ga.. March 13- —Six Geor gia cattfe raisers late today were found guilty of violating federal cuttle dipping laws and were sentenced to serve six months in the Lowndes county jail here. Thirteen other defendants in the case were found not guilty by the jury, which also re|K.rtpd it was unable to agree upon a verifier as to Will and Maun Carter, well known Echols county citi zens. i “Thg Dangerous Age.” London, Mar. 14. —"The Dangerous Age" in the case of Owen Connolly, of Laskey, County Siligo. Ireland, seems to be ail even 199 years. Connolly, lmlc and vigorous, walked nine miles to the Courthouse recently to answer a charge of having "used threatening language and abused” one Patrick Brady. "He jumped over a fence and threat ened me with a black thorn." declared Brady. The_ magistrate dismissed the ease. Falls Dead in Charlotte. , Charlotte. March 13.—County and city officials today \were endeavoring, to establish the identity of an aged man who dropped dead in a barber shop here yesterday. The man. apparently was n farmer. He was about 79 years old. wore blue overalls and a well-worn eon . a dark hat aud heavy army shoes. He was about five feet five inches tall ami weihisl about 159 pounds. There were no marks in his clothing and no papers by which his identity might he established. uniiiKiiHiiiiiiiiimimiiim^ g* There are many real pleasures in life that E 55 money will help you get; some cannot be ob- B 2 tained without it. T Bank something regularly and smile through Ei the years. ? /CITIZENS BANK S? TRUST CoJßliiEll M Jk C» _ ..j- .... HI _J ........ « TODAY’S * « NEWS m © TODAY « OIL COMMITTEE IS ! RECESSING DUE TO P^orM Senator Has Been Unwell For Some Time and Has Been Forced Now to Rest Next Several Days. CONDITION IS NOT SERIOUS But He Has Been Advised to Rest—The Commtitee Will * Hold Next Sessions on Tuesday of Coming Week. (By the Associated Presa.) Washington. March 14. —Plans for to day's hearing by the oil committee were suddenly camelled because of the ill ness of Senator Walsh. The hearings will be resumed on Tues day. bur there has been no decision as to what line of evidence wiH be examined next. Senator Walsh has been suffering from cold and will be confined to his apart ment for a few days. He has not been in good health for some time, bur it was said at his office today that his condi tion is not serious. Oil Question up in Senate. Washington, March 14--—While the oil committee was in recess today the Senate got into a squabble over a report from Secretary Hughes in response to a Senate request for information as to possible oil influences in negotiations of Hie Colombian treaty. Asserting the reiiorts had a definite bearing "upon the Fall case.” Senator Dill, democrat, of Washington, contend ed that it should be referred to the oil committee. Senator Imdge, the repub lican leader, wanted it referred to the foreign relations committee, and his de mand finally prevailed. Tlie Senate resolution had been adopt ede after attention had been railed to the fact that the treaty, after having been pigeonholed for many months was brought out and ratified, after Interior - Secretary Fall had asked that action on it ’be taken to protect. American oil in terests in Colombia. IMPRISONED BY BANDITS, BANKER IS NEAR DEATH Unconscious When Rescued Front Air , - - agm vanif -hr -efcvrtatt*.- Cleveland, ft., March 14.—Imprisoned in an airtight vault by two armed bau dits. Clayton Webb, manager of the City- Savings ami l.imn Company, was carried out unconscious today after 45 minutes in which lie faced death b'y suffocation. From the vault and cash drawer in hi>* cage the bandits took approximately l $4,000 and escaped. They overlooked another $5,000 in the vault. Webb wim quickly revived. Before officials from the- maiu office reached the branch bank and rescued ■Webb. East Cleveland ixiliee worked for 20 minutes in an effort to rescue him, after Webb had shouted the numbers of the vault's combination through the steel | and concrete walls. Pays For His Liberty. Lancaster, 0.. March 14.—A vow • made by Wesley Jordan, 75, a farmer, who died recently, that he would "‘pay his debt of gratitude" to tlie Government for liberty and happiness under the Stars and Stripes will be fulfilled. Jordan's will, probated yesterday, pro vides that his property be converted into east, and all over his burial expenses be turned over to the Treasurer of the United States. The estate is valued at $16,000. D. A. R. Meeting in Greensborb. t ay the Associated Press.) Greensboro. March 14.—The twenty fourth annual convention of the North Carolina I laughters of the American Revolution opened here today. An nd dress by Mrs. Charles W. Tillett. of Charlotte, was n feature of the morning session. Vote on Bonus Tuesday. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 14.-—The House will vote next Tuesday on the soldiere bonus bill under an agreement reached today. With safety pins and sealing wax. a girl in Washington, D. C-. has made a practical radio set at a cost of eighteen cents. No 10. Downing .Street, lias been the official residence of British prime I ministers for nearly two hundred years.