THE NEWS-RECORD, MASHALL, N. C. BIG SUPPLY BILL FOR AGRICULTURE LAST MINUTE FOR RESTORATION OF FREE SEED RESULTS IN FAILURE, Washington. The annual supply bill tor the . department of agriculture, - carrying $67,000,000, wa passed by the house after an unsuccessful last ' mtnittA attnmnt huff hAAn muta a nm. Ide 1360,000 for distribution of free seed by members of congress. And amendment designed to break up an alleged boycott In packing con f ers against cooperative market agen cles was voted Into the bill by the house. , , , The -proposal made by Represents' tlve Rubey (Democrat) of Missouri would cut In half the $450,000 sug gusieu lur emurcemeui oi me pac&- ers and Uckyards act and authorise luv Buuroit&ry ui -agriculture iu uiaav up the difference by levies on com mission houses. The agriculture secretary also would a be empowered to require reasonable ' bonds from commission houses to , ae . cure performance of their obligations, and could after a hearing, on , not less than two days' notice, suspend any market agency or. dealer for a reasonable ' specified time because ol insolvency or violation of the act. Representative Aswell (Democrat) of Louisiana sought to revive the prac tice of seed distribution which was discontinued several years ago, but his amendment to provide necessary funds was rejected by a roll call vote of 207 to 111. A futile attempt also was made Juat before passage of the bill to ellml nate an amendment which would make $30,000 available tor the manufacture and distribution and black leg vac cine. The amount remained In the bill by a vote of 175 to 158. As sent to the senate, the measure carried an amendment, adopted by a vnta hf 7K in 25. which would Increase the powers of the secretary of agri culture under the packers and stock Of the bill's total, which Is $665,000 less than requested by the budget bu reau and a decrease of $211,000 as compared with last year's; $255,000 Is for eradication of the boll weevil and other Insects affecting Southern crops, The measure provides $176,000 for tha study V Insects affecting cereal and forage croDS and would authoribe a special Investigation of the Hessian fly, grasshopper and chinch bug., Fear Alcohol May Blow Uft Postoffice : Syracuse. Thousands of gallons of alcohol. caDable of blowing the build' lng to atoms, are stored In the base ment of the Syracuse nostofflce, imper iling the lives of more than 500 per sons employed In the postoffice and neighboring buildings. This alleged condition was brought to the notice of Patrick H. O'Hara, chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau, by Professor Ernest N. Pattee, Vad of the Department of Chemistry at Syracuse University, who said that If a single spark came into contact with the alcohol it would nreclnitate a ter rlble explosion. Chief O'Hara will make a rigid inspection, and it Is ex pected the liquor will be removed. Rail Would Float Great Bond Issue. Washington. The v Chesapeake & Ohio Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to pledge $487,000 of general mortgage 4 1-2 per cent gold bonds and $12, 898,000 of. first Hen and Improvement 20 year five per cent mortgage bonds as security for a note to the Federal Government for $9,200,000, covering the road's obligations for betterments during the period of Federal control. The debt would be payable In ten years after Federal control terminated or earlier at the option of the road. , Bandit Seiie Big Amount. Granite City, 111. Bandits robbed T. D. Gradlnarcff, assistant cashier of the Granite City National Bank, of $63,000 In currancy, which he had Just receiv. ed at the post office from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. Several shots were tired by Gradinaroff and the ban dlts but no one was wounded. German Industrialist Endorse Plan, 1 Berlin. Unequivocal ' endorsement of the German Government's action in accepting the Dawse report as a basis for reach!-g a reparation solution Is expressed in a resolution adopted by the powerful League of' German Indus tralists, which designates the experts' findings as a verdict founded on pr!n ciples of sound economics and emin ently suited to achieving the solution aimed at. . '. . ,'. Federal Aid Urged For Rural Health. ' Washington. Federal aid in safe guarding health in the 'rural seotlons of the country is proposed in, a bill introduced by Representative Bank head (Democrat) of Alabama. An an nual appropriation of $240,000 would be available for distribution Of $5,000 to each state. ; In addition, , funds would be appropriated tv be apportin ed according to the amount expended by the state at the rate of $250,000 for the fiscal year, 1926. $500,000' for the fiscal year, 1927, ' $750,000 followlns fiscal year and $1,000,000 thereafter. FIVE PERSONS KILLED . ' BY EXPLOSION OF GAS. Johnston, Pa. An explosion of accumulated gas which wrecked the home of Anthony Pracko caus ed the death of Ave members of the family and seriously Injury to three others. One child was killed Instantly while the mother, father and two children died during the day. The condition of the three other children was reported criti cal. , The cause of the explosion has not been determined, but fire de partment official believe it occur red when gas, leaking into tha house from a main, was ignited when a member of the family struck a match. No gas was used in the building. s ' -' C90H FAVORS PARLEY PUBLISHERS AT LUNCHEON OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAR U. S. EXECUTIVE. , New York. President Coolldg an nounced In an address at the annual luncheon here of the Associated Press that, with firm establishment of a set tlement of the German reparations question he would favor steps looking toward the calling of another world conference to consider further limita tion of armaments and the codification of International law. Disclaiming any ability to announce a formula that would guarantee the peace of the world, the President de clared there were, however, certain definite things which should be done to relieve the world "of much of the burden of military armaments and diminish the probability of military operations." ' "The Washington Conference did a great deal to restore , harmony and good will 'among the nations," the President said. "Another purpose of conference is the further limitation of competitive armaments. Much re main to be accomplished in that direc tion. "It would appear to be Impractical to attempt action under present con dition, but with a certain and defi nite settlement of German repara tions 'firmly established, I should favor the calling of a similar conference to achieve such limitations of armaments and initiate plans for a codification of international law, should preliminary inquiries disclose , that such a pro posal would meet with a sympathetic response." The United States, the President said, atands In positino to take the lead in such an additional move to ward world peace because America holds the respect of other nations and our position is such that we are trust ed and our business Institutions and Government considered to be worth of confidence." . .. v, - k The President spoke directly to 1,- 000 persons, Including the editors and publishers of most of the country's leading newspapers, and ta unnumber ed millions through 11 of the most powerful radio broadcasting stations, linked directly through , more than seven thousand miles of wire with the ballroom of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria, where the luncheon was held. 'Census Bureau Report, Washlngton.Cotton spinning 'activ ities declined further during March, the Census Bureau' monthly report indicated. . , Active spindle hours for the month totaled 7,072,965,368, or an average of 187 ' per spindle in place compared with 7,304,102,954 or an average of 194 per spindle in place in February this year and 9,531,022,951, or an aver age of 225 per spindle in place in March last year. Spinning spindles in place March 31 numbered 37,761,970 of which 32,392,- 171 were active at some-time during the month, compared with 31,742,143 In place February ' 29 and 32,683,786 active at some time 'during February this year, and 37,308,713 in place March 31, last year and 35,500,518 act ive atrsome time during that month. The average ; number of spindles operated during March numbered 31,- 125,530, 'or at 82.4 per cent capacity on a single shift basis, compared with 33,879,600, or at 89.8 per cent capacity In February this year, and 40,389,029, or at 108.3 per cent capacity In March last year. ' :.(.. C Crushing of Cotton Seed Increase. Washington. Cotton seed crushers in eight month period ending March 31, totaled 3,204,372 tons, compared with 3,016,365 tons for the same period a year ago, and cotton seed on hand at mills March 31 was 234,121 compar ed with 159,922 tons a year ago, the census bureau announced. Crude oil produced, ;' 876,594,668 pounds, compared with 922,224,522, and on hand, 110,115,460 pounds, com pared with 60,137,116. ' , Allen Urges Aid For the German. Washlngton.-r-Major-General , Henry T. Allen, former .: commander of the American forces on the Rhine, -urged the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee to report the bill authorizing ap propriation of $10,000,000 for German relief. '. .-. - ' Inadequate and. Improper food, he as serted, had gardually . weakened the German public morale physically and spiritually, and a lump gift such, as that proposed would go far towards Inaugurating a National recovery. P01W0M SOUTHERN INTERESTS WRITE CHAIRMAN MORRIS OF THE- ,', . ' SENATE COMMITTEE. Washington. The southern power companies associated In the offer for lease, of Muscle Shoals have written Chairman Norrls of the senate com mittee that they stand ready "to con sider the question on some basis other than Is outlined In our proposals or on a basis involving modification of the terms of our proposals," should the committee desire. The letter, made public by the com panies here, said "we are holding our selves ready to conform, so tar as we are able, to any reasonable program that the government may finally, con clude to adopt with respect to these properties." . I - "During the - hearings before thel military affairs committee of 1 the house," the letter said, "Mr. E. A. Yates, on behalf of the undersigned, stated that 'at the option of the gov ernment we would be .willing to take the lease of the nitrate plant number one and all the, water power project under the terms' of our proposals, to be owned and controlled by Americans.' "We stand ready to carry out the terms of these proposals and furnish Information in regard thereto as may be desired by the committee, both with respect to fertilizer production and a 50-year lease of the Wilson dam under the terms of the federal water power act. If the government should con struct dam number three we will lease it under like conditions, as expalined in our offer, or we will, construct dam number three at our own expense, the government contributing a portion of the cost in consideration of navigation Improvements. ' ' "Our offers were formulated with a view of serving the interests of the government the production for ferti lizer, and the most advantageous use of excess power' through its distribu tion to the public In the surrounding states. - If, however, the committee should desire to' consider the Muscle Shoals question on some basis other than is outlined in our proposals or on a basis involving modification of the terms of our proposals, we will be glad to discuss that qeustlon at such a time as the committee may desire, holding ourselves ready to conform as far as we are able to any reasonable pro gram that the government may finally conclude to adopt ; with respect ' to these properties." BLUEJACKET8 REPORTED ' " KILLED IN HONDURAS. San Salvador. Several American marines have been killed In Honduras, according to advices received here. An attache of the American lega tion In Teguciaglpa Is said to have proceeded to Le Liberta, San Salvador, a cable station, In order to communi cate with the government In Washing ton. i ' A dispatch, from Amapala says ad ditional re-lnforcements for the pro visional government forces, who are besieged in Tegucigalpa, have manag ed to slip through the revolutionary lines and enter the capital. Other dispatches , are to the effect that none of the political parties lit Honduras cares to shoulder the re sponsibility of intervening with Sum ner Welles, representing the American government, in an endeavor to bring about peace between the discordant factions. .;'':-....-' ;,.v-,-v , . American marines were landed some time ago and sent to Tegucigal pa to protect the American consulate and American citizens. Recently the rebels in Honduras have been beselg ing Tegucigalpa, and despatches from San Salvador reported that rebel air planes bad dropped bombs on the cap ital. ' : Colony of Japanese Proposed. Atlanta. Proposed establishment of a colony of Japanese rice farmers in south Georga would not be' desirable at this time, according to an opinion handed down by Attorney General George M. papier, ot Georgia. The opinion was asked by the commission er of immigration, when G. Ledsinger advised him that he was considering a proposal td bring a colony of Japan ese to this state from California to develop neglected rice plantations on the Satlllo river," in Camdon county, the Japanese lther to purchase or lease the property. , Under tHe Georgia law ' Japanese have the legal right to purchase or lease lands ia this state, the attorney general said, but In view of the action by Congress, "it would seem desira ble not to encourage the settlement of the California Japanese in Georgia at this time." .. ': ' - ' '. ,: --' -i .' ' : Fire Burn Over pillions of Acres. Washington. Asserting that in the future the southern pine region would have to furnish one-fourth of the na tion : lumber supply, one-third of the paper pulp, and nine-tenths ot its tur pentine, R. D. Forbe. director' of the southern forest experiment station, has outlined the main problems en countered in successful timber grow 'ng .ln the south. '''.;: Million of acres of southern pine forests are burned over every, year, said Mr. Forbes, chiefly with tha mis taken idea of benefitting grating. FIVE PERSONS KILLED BY A RUN-AWAY ENGINE. Chicago. Four person were kill ed, ' one seriously hurt, and one escaped uninjured when a Balti more and Ohio railroad, engine run wild from a round-house and crash ed into an automobile more than a mile away. Railroad authoritle could not give any reason for the sudden start of the engine. Police heard that two small boys were seen running away from the engine as it started to move. The'dead: Otto Bowlmark and wife, Olga, and son, Ircing, 10, and William Llndberg, who died later in a .hos pital. GET SEMI-M3OTHLY REPORT HOU8E PASSES SENATE BILL FOR DEPARTMENT TO .PUBLISH THEM. Washington. The house passed the senate bill providing for issuance semi-monthly of cotton reports by the department of agriculture and for their publication simultaneously with the ginning reports of the commerce department The measure now goes to the President. Another bill passed by the house would authorise the census bureau to take census to determine the amount of cotton In warehouses and other places, and to make an estimate of the number of bales on farms. The meas ure, which was introduced by Repres entative Byrnes, democrat, South Car ollan, now goes to the senate. Under the senate bill approved by the house, acreage reports based upon the Intention Of cotton growers , to plant would be discontinued. The re ports of the department of agriculture as to conditions, progress and probable production of cotton would be issued twice a month, between July 1 and December 1. Between August 1 and December 1, the crop and ginning re ports would be- made public at the same time. The bill, which was sponsored by the "cotton bloc," will result In the opinion of the house agriculture com mittee, which recommended Its pas sage, in preventing, among other things, violent fluctatlons in price due to different Interpretations of the two reports. In its report the committee said that during the critical growing period of the cotton crop, weather' and other factors may, 'greatly change the out look within a week or so. ONE-MAN AND 165 HORSES ' DIE IN RICHMOND FIRE. Richmond, Va. Police and fire de partment officials at the end of a day's Investigation were without a clew as to the origin of the fire that de stroyed the plant of the Southern stockyards and cost the life of Char les Bernicchi, 30-year-old stable hand. One hundred and sixty-five horses also were burned to death in a blaze that caused damage estimated at $300,000. Three negroes escaped by jumping from a second story window ot the structure, which covered several acres of ground. One of them, a woman, was taken to a hospital suffering from cuts and bruises. . . .",!:, The lnevstlgators are inclined to the belief that the fire was started by a cigarette being carelessly thrown into a feed. bin. The flames' had gained much headway when discovered by a passing policeman, and before the ar rival of the fire department had spread to virtually the entire plant. The keys to that portion housing animals were left in the office by the night watch man,' who was engaged at the time in assisting in unloading a shipment of horses and mules from a freight car nearby.. Little could be done to rescue the animals in the stalls and many of those that were "cut loose rushed back into the flames. Bernicchl'B body was found several hours after the fire had been extinguished. University Student Killed In a Wreck. Leaksville, N. C Louis S. Jones, 18, student at the University of North Carolina, was Instantly killed, and P. V. Godfrey and Homer Kranitz were serlouBly injured in an automobile ac cident near here. '' ;'. The automobile In which the three men were riding left the road and struck a large stump, demolishing it. Jones is said to have been driving the machine. ,AU were residents ot Leaks ville. Two Mexican Generals Killed. Mexico City. General Marcial Cava zos, rebel leader, who for months has menaced rail communication north ot Mexico City, was surrounded near the village of Pueblo Nuevo, near Pac huca. with 20 followers, and was kill ed along with General Lorenzo Alaniz6. Huaband and Wife Killed. Fort Smith,. Ark. Mr. and Mrs. At las Harper of Greenwood, Ark., were instantly killed when their automobile was struck' by an engine on the Mis souri Pacific railroad. v ? Mr. Harper, a druggist, was driving with hi wife from his home in Green wood to Fine Springs, Ark., to attend a family picnic when tQelr automobile was struck by the train. Their bodies were thrown clear ot the wreckage. Of the three childran who survive, one, Harold, 19, Is on the University of Illinois basebsll team. - SUITE PASSES SOLDIER BOIUS MAJORITY FOR MEA8URE 8UF FICIENT TO CARRY OVER PRESIDENTIAL VETO. Washington. The senate, following in the footsteps of the house, passed the soldier bonus insurance bill by a majority sufficient to carry it over a presidential veto. The vote was (7 to 17. President Coolldge has declared against a bonus, but proponents of this particular kind of adjusted committee compensation legislation are hopeful that it will meet with his approval Before the bill reaches him, however, It must go to conference for adjust ment of minor differences with the house. . Assured by republicans that they would vote to override a veto Of this bill, but would support a veto of a cash bonus measure, the senate re sisted all efforts to add a cash option. The test of this question came with the rejection, 48 to 37, of ad amend ment by Senator Copeland, democrat, New York, which would have left with the former service men the choice of full cash payments or the insurance certificates provided tor in both the senate and house bills. Many democratic senators who voted for the measure In its present form denounced it as a "miserable make shift" and a "gold, brick" and formal notice was given that at some future time efforts would be made to amend It so as to enable the veterans to get cash. ' - On the final vote on the bill, nine democrats and eight republicans op posed it, while 83 republicans, 32 dem ocrats and the two farmer-labor sena tors supported it. : ; THIRTY KILLED, FIFTY INJURED IN WRECK, Berne, Switzerland. Thirty persons are reported to have been killed and fifty Injured when the Zurich and Milan expresses collided near Bellin . zona. Twenty-one bodies have been remov- led from the wreckage; most of them so badly burned that Identification was impossible. . Each, train was driven by two large electric engines, all four engineers were killed. " Both trains had numerous foreign passengers coming from or going to Italy. Jury 8ay Harry Thaw Sane. ' Philadelphia. Harry K. Thaw waa declared sane by the jury that had been hearing testimony to determine his mental condition. The Jury declared him fully capable of looking after his estate. The jury deliberated seven hours. William A. Gray, counsel for Evelyn Nesblt, divorced wife of Thaw, said that a motion probably would be filed for a retrial of the case. Thaw was not. in court when the verdict was announced. Japs Talk Immigration. Tokio. Reports on the American immigration legislation as It affects Japan were submitted to a meeting of the orivy council by Premier Kiyoura and Foreign Minister Matsui. It Is un derstood that tne council generally en dorses the Government's conduct. Ex tra precautions have been ordered by the police to protect the person and property of ' American residents of Tokio. Sends Poison Candy Through Mail. Statesvllle. Chai eea with sending poisoned candy through the mails to his divorced wife, Chap Burroughs was sentenced to tour years in the Atlanta penitentiary. - Burroughs was charged with send ing a box of candy poisoned with bichloride of mercury from Hickory, N. C, to his former wife, Miss Bessie Hargrove, at Cottondale, Ala. His de fense was that the charge was a frame up against him. v- Judge E. Y. Webb, after sentencing Burroughs, Instructing the clerk of court to write a letter to the peniten tiary authorities 'requesting that allan lets observe Burroughs to determine whether or not he 1 sane. Man and Mother Die. ' Norfolk, Va-Charles Mero, aged 45, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Eliza beth Kathleen Fentress, 68 years old, died within tittle more than an hour ot each other at their home at Ocean View. Death In each case was pro nounced due to heart trobule. Mero dropped dead at 9:15 o'clock. ., The shock was too much for his wife's mother, and she collapsed. At 10.15 she died. . : Convention of U. D. C. In Savannah. Amerlcus, Ga. The next general convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at Sa vannah, Ga.; November ,18-22,; Mrs. Frank P. Harrold, president-general of the organization announced. The in vitation of the Savannah chapter has Just been accepted by the executive board, Mrs. ' Harrold stated. It Is expected that iipproxlmately 800 delegates will attend .the Savan nah convention, representing 37 states, end a membership of 1W.O0O Daught ers of the Confederacy. Hs"7 1 Suffered ril!i uy Stcnch tn i Ca tarrh cf tb Head" ' i Took Foot bottles of PE-RU-IU end now cannot praise it ft I s enei Miss EmeUe A. Haberkorn, 2251 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, Mo writes : "For over two year I was troubled with internal catarrh.. I read a Pe-nu-na booklet and began taking the treatment Tongue cannot describe how I suffered with my stomach and the catarrh in my head. I began to feel better as soon as I had used four bottles and now I cannot praise it enough. I now ,enjov as good health as eve$ and would not think of doing without Pe-ru-na." Dr. Hartman't famous remedy has become the standby in thous ands of American homes for the relief of coughs, colds, catarrh and every catarrhal disease. Insist upon genuine Pe-ru-na and ' enjoy satisfaction. ' .' Tablets or liquid and sold every where. Finds Paper Worth $300,000 What Thomas McCarthy, age four teen, believed to be a worthless piece of puper thnt lie kicked outside of the Detroit post office, turned out to be a Urnft for $300,000 on ,'a New York bank. -The boy, thinking that the un stamped envelope was without value, placed It in his pocket, where it re mained until next morning, when hi father discovered It and returned It to a Detroit bank, y Indignation sometimes does good used spnrlngly ; but not so much as calm calculation. 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