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»■« 4* I u&mss.*: • • PRESS « » DISPATCHES « VOLUME XXIV Outcome of the German Election Still Unknown Outcome Still In Doubt and lineup In Reichstag Can-j not Be Determined Until All Parties Confer. BAVARIAN PEOPLES PARTY HOLD POWER — i If They Support Socialists, Clericals and Democrats Coalition In Reichstag Will Be Made Possible. Berlin, Dec. 8 (By- the Associated Press). —The outcome of yesterday’s general elections leaves the parliamentary I situation wholly unclarified as the new party lineup in the reichstag precludes, the formation of a three-party coalition composed of the socialists, the cleriea’.sj and the democrats, in the .opinion of po-, litical leaders. According to the latest returns these three parties have elected a total of 227 members of the reichstag, and with only this number to depend upon, the lead-; era fear that this combination will be unable to command a dependable majority, even if it were given the sup port of the Bavarian peoples party, with its nineteen votes. . Provisionally final resultd compiled shortly after noon' todny, gave the so c'nl-democrat* 127 seats, a gain of 29 as compared with last May’s elections. The centrists (clerlca’s) and the German democratic party, the other two liberal parties represented 1 nthe government, - ont only held their own but each in creased its representation, the centrists by two seats,- and the democrats by three. , The standing was: social democrats 127. German nationalists 104. centrists 07. German peoples party 50. communists 44. German democrats 31, Bavarian peo ples party 19, extreme nationalists 14, economic 14, economic party 10, farm ers party 4, Hanoverians 4, other par ties 8. , WIDOW OF BRI CK SNIPES HEED IN WINSTON-SALEM Skeleton of Husband Was Found in Old WeH Near Twin City Several Days Ago. (By the Associated Press. I Winston-Salem, Deo. B.—Mrs. Annie Snipes, youthful widow of Snipes wbs disappeared four years and Pete Phillips, a family frietul. were held jtfyfFc'-raiyth county -)att here with out, bond pending investigation Into the death of Snipes whose skeleton was found in an old well on a farm near here sev eral days ago. Officers arc searching for Slowly O’Neal, who was reared in the Snipes home. The arrests were made on recommenda tion of the coroner' who filed a report cf his findings with the clerk of the court late Saturday night. The verdict was that Snipes came to his death “from a < blow on the head inflicted by some heavy blunt instrument.” The coroner recom mended that Mrs. Snipes, Phillips and O’Neal be taken into custody pending a ( full investigation. Officials today were silent as to the evidence they have uncovered regarding the circumstances surrounding the deatl of Snipes who was 21 years old and had been married but a few months when he disappeared. O’Neal has been seen on ly a few times since Snipes disappeared - Neither Mrs. Snipes nor Phillips would talk today. They Criticise Bible But .Haven’t Bead > It Cambridge. Mass., Dec. 6. The Rev. Dr. John Roach Stratton, famous Bap tist minister, orator and student of New York, who spoke here last night before 300 Harvard students, on “The Fakes and Fancies of Evolution," discovered that only five of his listeners had prayed and that only six had rehd the Bible in the course of the day, while only eigh teen were able to udinit they had read the Bible through. About one-quarter of the assemblage said they be’ieved in a living God and even less than that were willing to ad mit the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Com menting upon the small percentage who claimed to have read the Bible. Dr. Stratton remarked, “most of you 'nave been criticising the Bible when you have * not even read it.” Southern Railway Company Fined. Greensboro, N. C.. Dec hern Railway Co. was fined S9OO in Fed eral Court here today by Judge E. Yates Webb 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 fine being flt>o in each case. Non suits were ordered as to the remaining three causes. . Communists HoM Center of Stage. Paris, Dec. 8 (By the Associated press).—The communists continue to hold the center of thp sfage in France, appearing undismayed by the govern ment’s repressive measures. After a meeting at the-headquarters of the lnbor federation last night a group of radicals formed a procession and marched two miles. They were scattered by the police. - NOTICE I "Assessments against property for street paving, are due Decem ber Ist of eaclf year. Take notice that all assessments which are due must be paid at once or the prop erty will be advertised and sold. CHAS- N. FIELD, r City Tax Collector. . The Concord Daily Tribune SING “HALLELUJAH. I’M A BUM” j AS HOTEL FOR HOBOES OPENS Fashionable Neighbors in Chicago Resent Invasion and Will Carry Fight to Court. A Chicago, 111., Dec. B.—Chicago, or at least certain elements that make up the .-population of'the city, have a positive liking for hoboes, bums and the riffraff • generally. They are given elaborate Christ mas and other holiday dinners, enter 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 wade a talk and a woman giving the I name of “Mary Garden” also made a 1 short speech. She said she is a graduate cf the Untvresity of Wisconsin, but pre fers being a hobo to being cooped up I | back of four walls. Then the assembled I • hoboes joined in singing the hobo hymn, “Hallelujah. I’m a Bum.” The cracked [ 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 mnde 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 has 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 of immorality and as a health measure. JOHNSON IS HELD TO,THE HIGH COURT Gastonia Business Man Accused of Grave Misconduct Toward His Two Grown Daughters. Gastonia, Dee. 6-—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. 8. C.. 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 G. W. Howell and others. Johnson was bound over to the January term of the superior court. He waived examination. Johnson is alleged to have been guilty of misconduct with one of Ins (laugh tees, Mrs. Jordan, who gave the inorma tion oh which the warrant for his ar- Whf was issued. It is al’eged 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. P. church, and the family has been prominent socially in Gastonia for years. A number of lending citizens signed Johnson’s bond. DEFENSE NOW READY TO QUESTION ELIAS MORTIMER Chief Government Witness Says His Story Cannot Be Shaken. Chicago. Dec. 8 (By the Associated Press).—The government files subpoenaed by the defense in the Veterans Bureau conspiracy trial of Chas. R. Forbes and John W. Thompson arrived today in ens _tody of Under Secretary Winston of the XreaShry. The defense was expected tb use them in the cross examination of Elias H. Mortimer, chief government wit ness which opened tpday. 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 sites were donated. Rqynokfci Tobacco Company is Refund ed $257,276 in Tax. Wasbingtou, Dec. 6.—lncluded in the lint of tax refunds approved by (he In ternal revenue commissioner during the fiscal year ending June 30 last was the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, company, of Winston-Salem, N. C. The firm was re turned $257,276. The largest refund, $1,988,201, 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 one cent, was to Burr Martin, of Dal las, Texas. Wears Same Overcoat For Forty-Odd Years. Winston-Salem, Dec. 6.—A sl3 over coat has been worn every Winter for the past forty-years by R. F. A. Baker, prosperous farmer of Forsyth county, according to a sworn statement by Mr. Baker. The overcoat was purchased at a local clothing store in the fall of 1880 , when Mr. Baker was 18 years of age. He is now 62. The coat is still in very good condi tion and is on display in the window of the stare where it was purchased nearly half century ago. I Several Lose Lives on Water Taxi. San Pedro, Calif., Dec. 8 (By the As sociated Press). —One navy sailor died, and seventeen sailors and two civilians were seriously burned in the burning and sinking cf a private water taxi, the La- Moyne, in the harbor here early today. 1 Forty-five men were on board the craft > when it caught lire in mid-channel. Supreme Court to Recess. Washington, Dec. B.—Chief Justice Taft announced today a recess of the Supreme Court from next Monday until January sth. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, *1924 New Senators • a Rice A. Meaus (above) of Colorado; and Jesse H. Metcalf (below) of Rhode Is land-ore two of the new, Senators now on the job in Washington. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Stead}’ at Unchanged Prices to An Advance of 8 Points. (Ur the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. B.7—The cotton mar ket opened steady today at unchanged prices 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 stock market. The bulge extended at 23.01 for January and 23 38 for Contracts soon after the opening, (‘Stive months stewing .net advance* of. 4 .Ota de mand was limited and eonugli selling peared to cause reaoations 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: Dec. 22 83; Jan. 22.94; March 23.33; May 23.77; July 23.84. VICE CONSUL DAYTON DEAD AT BELGRADE ' Announcement of Death Made at Wash ington—Reported He Was Shot by a Woman. (By the Associated Pi ess.) . Washington, Dec. S.r—Tlie death of Henry A. Dayton, vice consul at Bel grade. was reported today to the State department. ’ Mr. Dayton was first reported to have been shot by a young woman who after ! ward com mi ted 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. Dayton, it was said by the police, was 1 shot from behind. Charlotte Projects Textile Exposition. • Charlotte, Dec. 8. —Important action ! has just been taken by the board of l directors 'of the Caroiinas Exposition ' Company, when n unanimous decision was reached 'to ho’d in Charlotte ip the fall of .1926 and the fall of 1928 a a large textile exposition in connection with the exposition of Carolina Mnde products, dates for 1926 show being September 20-October 2. Textile machinery manufacturers of New England and the rrouth. as well as new accessories, supply interests and other interests affiliated with the tex ti'e industry are being invited to make exhibits at the textile exposition here in 1926. From information in hand it is be lieved that the textile show in 1926 will embrace exhibits from many ot Amer ica’s largest machinery manufacturers, as well as exhibits from many Carolina milk). Morrison Will Resume Practice of Law- In Charlotte. I Raleigh. Dee. 7.—Governor and Mrs. Morrison left today for Winston-Salem, where the governor will deliver the memorial address at the Twin City Elks Lodge of Sorrow, and from there they will go to Charlotte to make ar- 1 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. An Automatic Bank Clerk. y New York, Dee. o.—Large banks probably soon will be using machines for ledger-posting and writing up pass books. A machine to do this work has been invented andi tried out successful ly. Instead of a pass-book the cus tomer receives a typewritten slip show ing debits and credits and the current balance. The operator, after entering debits and credits, presses a key marked ‘Total," when the balance appears- If the customer’s account is overdrawn, the machine refuses to act. CHOP OF 13,153,000 BALES IS EWED Bill MM Latest Cotton Crop Estimate Shows Increase Over Esti mate Made December Ist. —Much Giiuiing Done. CROP OPSTATE * MOSfLY GINNED Reported That |Llready 674,- 429 Bales ljpwe Been Gin ned in State, Which Is Most of for State. (By tl»te Associated Press.} Washington, Dec. B.—Cotton produc tion this year was placed at 13,153.600 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 12,902,000 bales was made a fort night ago. Last ycat's crop totalled 10,- 139.671 bales. f There had been' 12.225,025 bales, counting round ns half bales, ginned prior to December l«t, the|Census Bureau an nounced at the sarne’tinic. To that date last year 9,243,380 fades had been gin ued. . t The average weight per running bale this year is estimate)} by the Department of Agriculture at 4ff).B pounds, compar ed with 498.5 poundq last year. The preliminary estimate .of produc tion by states includes: Virginia .'10.000; North Carolina 705,(1)0; and South Car olina 750,000. ©innings prior to (December by states include: North Carolina 674.429; South Carolina 747.732 anj Virginia 21,492. The revised total <jf cotton ginner this season prior to November 14, is 11,163,- 401 bales. There were 15.181 ginneries in operation prior to November 14. Value of Qte Crop. Washington, Dec;' B.—American cot ton growers have produced a crop this year with a value bfjuiore than one and two-thirds billions of'dollars for lint cot t-n, linters ami cotton seed. The pre- | iminar.v estimate announced today by t,he Department of Agriculture, placed the quantity of lint cotton at 6.280 187,000 pblinds. Based on to" farm price of Cot ton on December was 22.61 ce'nt.s v-Jiued nt sl.- 421,350.262, In. addition, the value of cotton seed will be approximately $200.- 000,000 and ‘the production of linter cot ton probably will run' into 800,000 or 900,000 bales. NEWSPAPER OFFICE IN KANSAS IS BLOWN UP Damage Estimated at $75,000 Caused in Office of Coffeyville Daily Dhwn and l Two Other BuUdinga. * • j (By the Amociated Pmn( Coffeyville, Kans.. Dec. 8. —An explo-1 sion early today wrecked the plant of the Coffeyville Daily Dawn, a morning j 'newspaper, and. two adjoining buildings. | No one was injured. The newspaper office was deserted. as> no paper is issued on Monday morning. The damage is estimated at approximately $75,000. • Police «lield 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 Ku Klux Klan. Thirty-Eight Stolen Cars Recovered, j Greensboro/, Dec. B.—Thirty (eight 1 stolen cars were recovered by the Auto mobile Theft Bureau of the Deparnnent 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 ' title law. * ( Settto Over 300 Years Old. Raleigh, N. C.. Deo. B.—A settee more 1 than 30(1 years old has recently been add- j I 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 hand \earv . “ d - The Concord Perpetual Building & Loan Association I OPENS ITS 72ND SERIES On Saturday, December 6th, 1924 Books Now Open at Cabarrus Savings Bank, Concord, N. C., and Kan-. napoHc, N. C. 1 Thirty-six years successful business. A good, safe, tax-free investment ; for your savings. A good way to secure money to buy or build a home. " NOW IS THE TIME. Take a running start for the next six and - j a third years—for every share taken now and kept up you will have SIOO “ six and one-tbird years from now—Only 25 Cents Per Week Per Share. j C. W. SWINK, President. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec.-Treas. jj f P. B. FETZER, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. 3t3^iii:a;%.ga.:4j":i ! ;T'r:iPiS!;if3'3HyiTyiyg BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION Will Meet in Raleigh December 9th— Number cf Outstanding Features. Itah'igl), Deo. B.—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 Peoples' Un ion and to present its cause for certain attentions. A numßer of 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 fin the 75 Million Campaign and the final plan to complete the quota of this state'; dis cussion of the future of the neiV Mere dith’College and the laying of the corner stone of the instibtion 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 for the 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 Wednesday, the program shows and the hospitals of the denomination will also be taken np 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 organizations. Preceding the Baptist State Conven tion gathering, the North Carolina Bap tis pastors conference will be held on Monday. Pastors and evangelists from a'.l 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 ,n»te in Baptist circles in North Carolina) .. . . Tlie keynote addetos "tgl- ffie 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 Bagby. 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 Weeks, I. M. Mercer, G. W. Paschal and L. E. jM. Freeman. Walter L. Gilmore is j secretary of the convention. .Taft Endorses Meekins For Federal' % Judgeship. I Washington, Dec. 6.—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 H. F. Seawell. In letters in response to these requests 'he made known his position, which was stated before in this correspondence. I Mr. Meekins hid planted his pits' j pretty well for this job long before any appointment had to be made. He had the uromise of former Attmey General Daugherty for his support. Greensboro Man Shot By Negro in I Mistake. Greensboro, Dec. 6-—I. F. Stout, furniture denier here, w’ns shot and i severely wounded in the hip this after noon by mistake, his negro truck driver. James Austin, bitting him when Austin fired a pistol at a negro, Cicero De i lapp, in a dispute over a two dollar ! payment. Mr. Stout' is in a hospital 1 with good chance to recover, while Austin is in jail. » Speaking of veteran golf officials, a record that is probably without an equal is that of Edward B. Tufts, who has held the presidency ofthe Southern Cali fornia Golf Association for twenty years. Sec. For The Undeswood Bill * — ♦ WOULD GAS SCHOOL CHILDREN TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK Army Expert Believes Chlorine Would Save Many From Attacks of Infectious Diseases. Atlantic City. Dec. B—Lieutenant Col. Edward B. Velder, chief of the medical research division cf the United States arsenal at Edgewcod, Md., addressing the annual convention of the New Jer sey Sanitary Association at Haddon Hall tonight, advocated systematic "gassing” 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 Vedder, who lias been experi menting with the gas with the object of making it a beneficial agent of medi cine, declared that out of 1029 persons 64 per cent, were reported as cures, 30 per cent, as improved and six per pent, as no change. “I think.” he said, “we estimate that from one quarter to a third of tlie dis eases that incapacitate 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 ipain ventilating duct. This could be done an hour or two three times a week under tlie supervision of the school physician.” Speaking on the subject of oil pollution of coital waters and harbors. Congress man*elect T. Frank Appleby, of Anbury Park, president of the association, urged the assembling of 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 Time. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 6.—Announce ment was made today by the Fail Rriver C’-otton 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 mnny 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 arid Stafford mills. Included in the list of the plants resuming operations Monday are the Weetamoe and Troy mills, which hnve been closed for many months. A targe number of the other plants have either been closed or operat ing. on part time. \ At one time in the past year it was, estimated that, wore than* 30,000 textile operatives were out l of work 1n Fall Ifiver. The announcement of the manufactur ers said that tlie demand for the finished product of Fall River looms had 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 eo a6 to give additional looms to each work. NEGROES OPPOSE THE APPOINTMENT OF MEEKINS Letter to Attorney General _ Written in Hot Terms—Calls Him a Demogogue. Raleigh, Oec. 6.—White Republicans who favor somebody qlse 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 has 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, Winston-Salem, Durham and Wil mington against the appointment of Col. Meekins and some of the negroes 1 who are presenting it are graduates of Am herst College, the President’s institution. With Our Advertisers. Place your Order now for a Christmas radio set. Yon can get them from the Concord Telephone Co. from $lO to $450 each. Protect your private and business pa pers 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 and misses’ tan oxfords in all tlie late pat terns and shades. Fisher’s will be open every night un til Christmas. Every i section of this store is a gift shop. Is your proprty or plant adequately insured? If not see John K. Patterson & Co. at once. Hats and gloves specialties just now at ratt Covington's. See list in Cline’s Pharmacy's new ad. of just a few things for Christmas pres ents. Toys galore and then some more toys at Parks-Belk Co.’s. Go to this store and see the wonderful assortment. Visit the Concord Furniture Co.'s gift shop for useful Christmas gifts. A big sale of coats and wraps at one fourtfi off for Christmas giving is now on at Efird's; '■ Mas Who Slaughtered Thirty Is Un concerned- . Hanover, Germany, Dec. 6. —Much of the third day of the trial 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 jj denee. 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 11 of the seriousness of the deeds charged i against him. Death, awaiting him or inflicted on his alleged victims seems to hate no meanin. f 4 SIB »•****«•• & TODAY’S • * . NEWS * * TODAY • NO. 287 Secretary of War Says Un derwood Proposal For Op eration of Muscle Shoals Must Undergo Changes, . PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN HIS VIEW Understood That He Has Made Plain to Underwood How He Feels in Matter.— Senate Wants Action Now. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Dec. B.— Secretary Weeks’ report on the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill suggests a number of amend- to the measure, and declares “un less careful and thoughtful amendments as (jointed out in my report are adopted, the Underwood bin is unworkable.’’ Among the objections raised by the Secretary of War, is 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 learn 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 Muscle Shoals could not be operated by a lessee to produce fertilizer under the cyanamid process without obtaining authority for the use of patents. President Gave Views on Bill. Washington, Dec. B.—President Cool idge is understood to have presented his views on the Underwood Muscle 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 White House today following the . President’s return, that he would not send a letter to the. senate setting forth bis views as had been expected by republican senators. The views of the War Department are to be presented to rite Senate through Secretary Weeks in a. coramunieutiten which waaJayt'JWfeg » " n*hinffti/n, f ’CC. n.MHB. ipll 1 ijog the tQ&jot tgtaft) oja? s rotary Weeks to the Understood Mus- ; do sTuiais bill were offered in the Semite today ’tW"*'sninlhr orthe 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 Carolina State Psychologists Think Moat Are Too Difficult. Greensboro, Dec. 7.—Dr. J. A. High smith, head of the department of psy chology of the North Carolin’a College for Women here, declares that the cross word puzzle really has considerable value, that he finds it highly interesting him self 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 aloYig this line for work among students. Intelligence tests are one of Dr. High smith’s main interests and it is for that purpose that he 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 dross-word puzzles 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.” Chicago, Dec. B.—Miss Inez Harden, of Drew. Mississippi, judged the most perfect girl of 350,000 in the health contest in connection with the Interna tional Livestock Exposition, with a rat ing of 0!).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 ponder or rouge. Don’t wear high heels. r - Miss Harden is 16, weighs 117 3-4 pounds and is five feA, two inches tall. She goes to bed every night at 8 and is up at. 6:30. 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 SMITTYS CAT BATS Rain tonight, colder in the west end central portions; Tuesday partly cloudy and colder, preceded by rain in east por [tion; much colder Tuesday night.
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