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Constructive
Fearless
Independent
DLUME XCVIII—NO. 123
Foil D*jr and Nigrht Service
of The AiMciitrd Preii
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1925
Constructive
Fearless
Independent
42 PAGES
Price 5 Cento
■ HALS FAIL TO
MAKE HEADWAY IN
! MURDER MYSTERY
k,, *y 0°* Man of Several Ar
■ested Remains in Custody as
Police Continue Probe of
Girl's Death
EARLY 2,000 PERSONS
ATTEMPT IDENTIFICATION
enver Contractor Reported to
Have Declared His Wife
Missing
GARY, IND., May 2.—By
he Associated Press.—Offic
ials investigating the murder, dis
lemberment and partial incinera
on of a young woman, whose
ody was found a week ago near
ie Furnessville road, east'of
ere, tonight were virtually with
ut a clue to her identity.
On* man still was In custody bo
lus* a relative of hls wife made tna
irifled statement that she was miss
S. but others arrested In connection
1th the Investigation were released,
hen positive Identification of the
ady were proven groundless.
The body tonight was In such con
ation that permission to the public to
Jew It had to be withdrawn after
hore than 1,800 persons had filed past
f Bn<l found no trace of resemblance
b lost ones.
As an object lesson to the public
t large, H. A. Flynn, the Chesterton,
ndlana, undertaken, who has had
harge of the body, planned with city
fftclals to bury It after a public cere
lony In Railroad Park In the center
f the little city of 2.200.
No date for funeral was set, how
ver.
Ellsworth W. Miller, Chicago con
ractor, was the man still In custody
nnlght. He was taken to see the body
1 afternoon, but denied it had any
ambiance to hls w-lfe.
STATEMENTS CONFLICTING
DENVER, COLO., May 2—Mrs. Re
ecca Stace, of Denver, on learning
oday that Ellsworth C. Miller, con
ractor, had been detained In Chicago
l» connection with the Investigation
(f the mysterious death of a girl at
.iry, Ind., said she received a letter
,om Miller laflt January 29, nnnounc
hg the death of hls wife.
Miller previously had reported to
hlcago authorities, according to press
ispatehes, that hls wife had been
ilsslng since April 6. He was taken
5 see the body of the unidentified
Irl, but denied that It resembled his
fife. Miller was held at the request
f an uncle of Mrs. Miller, who vlerved
he body and declared it resembeld
omewhat hls mlBSlng niece.
V.NE0F 16 DROWN
IN LAKE DISASTER
Kelly Island” Rolls Over in Erie;
Was Steel
Vessel
SANDUSKY, OHIO, May 2—Nine out
f a crew of sixteen who were aboard
re vessel Kelley Island, sandsucker,
hen It rolled over In LdVe Erie be
seen f and 2 o'clock today off Point
ele, were drowned.
The Kelley Island was the newest
eusel of the company’s fleet. She
as a steel boat and had a gross
mnage of 881. She was built at Lo
tin In 1914.
THE WEATHER
For Montgomery and vtctnltyi
Sunday, partly cloudy and warm
er.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
'. S. Department Of Agriculture, Weather
Bureau.
Observations taken at 8 p .m., 75th me
kllan time, May 2, 1925.
p
tlanta 60
I'ham 64
oston 64
uffalo 40
Hattrt 64
harleston 64
hicago 66
Chriatl 70
enver 70
Molnea 64
City 70
Worth 80
alveaton 70
Lavrtf 68
lelena 62
[uron 66
ackavilla 68
City 66
lemphia
leridian
liaml
loblle
66
68
72
68
<4 .
72 .
62 .
40 .
68 .28
72 .
66 .
74 .
72 .
62 .
74 .
82 .
74 .
68 .
68 .
72 .
72 .
68 .
72 .
72 .
76 .
74 .
Monts .. «S 7* ..
N. Orleans 74 76 ..
New York 64 68 ,.
N. Platte 72 76 ..
Oklahoma 74 78
Palestine 7U 78 .«
Phoenix 9(1 98 ..
Pittsburgh 62 64 ..
Raleigh 68 64 ..
S. L. City 73 74. ..
S. Antonio 78 80 •
Frisco 74 .82 ..
Savannah 66 72 ..
Sheridan 70 70 ..
Shreveport 76 R0 ..
St. LouU 64 66 ..
Tampa 66 V2 ..
Vicksburg 70 74 ..
Toledo 62 68 . .
Washgton 68 64 ..
Williston 64 68 . .
Winnemca 80 82 ..
lourlj Temperatures At Montgomery, Ala.
(00th Meridian Time.)
a. m.
noon
1:00 p. m.
llghest .
7:00
a. m.
8:00 a. m.
0:00 a. m.
0:00
1:00
3:00
m.
.04
-60
... .65
... .66
....67
....68
....70
.. 72
2:00 p. m.
3:00 p. m.
4:00 p. m.
6:00 p. m.
6:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m.
.. .71
...72
...71
...70
...60
...68
7:00
2:00
7:00
noon
p. m.
Lowest . 48
"Wet BuIP Relative
humidity.
...47 60
...IS 33
..63 30
P. H. SMYTH.
Alabama: Georgia: Fair Sunday,
varmer In north portion; M.nday
air.
Virginia: Fair Sunday, warmer In
entral and west portions; Monday
'air. ,
North Carolina: Fair and slightly
farmer Sunday; Monday fair.
South Carolina: Fair Sunday and
donday.
Florida, Extreme Northwest Flor
da: Fair Sunday and Monday, i
Kentucky and Tennessee: Fair and
varmer Sunday, Monday probably
fair.
Illinois: Partly overcast Sunday and
donday; slightly warmer In east por.
lion.
Missouri: Partly overcast Sunday
and Monday; not much change In tem*
perature.
f Louisiana: Sunday fair, warmer In
past portion; Monday fair.
Arkansas: Sunday fair, warm.r In
r»,t portion; Monday fair.
Oklahoma: Sunday partly cloudy;
Monday, partly cloudy, cooler In west
portlo^
French Elections
Today Attracting
Unusual lateral
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PARIS. May 2.—The
elections to be held Wo*''' 1,1
France tomorrow >. vjl -ract
greatej- interest -ustom
ary as they ' *** »d to be
an expressir ♦ whether the
country, wht, undergone a
change in poll . mind since the
legislative elections of May 1924,
still favors th'e left group or has
been won over by the more con
servative element.
Discontent over the adminis
tration of the late Herrlot gov
ernment appears to be far Teach
ings. but the Palnleve-Briand-Call
laux cabinet, whose declaration
has been much more moderate
than the original left group's pol
icy. Is likely to Interpret as suc
cess whatever turn the elections
take, providing It Is not too far
either to the right or to the
left.
Voting begins at 8 o'clock to
morrow morning and will con
tinue until 6 o'clock In the eve
ning. The final figures for the
entire country will not be forth
coming for two or three days.
The communists have made a very
spirited campaign, as have the
right Catholic elements. On the
other band, the left centre groups
have remained somewhat In the
background.
Massachusetts National Guards
man Fatally Injured on Day He
Was to Receive Recogni
tion; Woman Killed
BOSTON, May 2.—On the day chosen
by the army and navy club of Boston
to award him, among others, honors
for his record of safe flying, Lieuten
ant Alexander V. McAulay, of the
Massachusetts National Guard, was
fatally Injured when his plane plunged
800 feet to the mud flats of Boston
Harbor. He died a few hours after
the accident.
Private Angus D. MacPhee, of Chel
sea, a passenger, was severely, but not
fatally Injured. The airplane was
wrecked. MacAulay, a world war pilot,
made his home In Beverly, Maes.
The machine, one of a group of
army, naval reserve and national
guard planes, went aloft In maneuvers
of the 101st observation squadron on
the occasion of loyalty day and rose
drive of the army and navy club. Sev
eral machines were In the air to fly
In formation over the city when Mac
Aulay’s machine took oft from the
East Boston Airport.™'"’
Apparently some difficulty was en
countered and 800 feet up the ma
chine slid into a spin, then dived,
noes down, Into the ground.
Still alive, MacAulay and MacPhee
were taken from the wreckage. Mac
Aulay, pinned between the motor and
his seat, was suffering fractures ot
the skull, jaw, leg, arm and other In
juries. MacPhee sustained a broken
leg, broken nose and other Injuries.
On Boston Common, where exercises
were being held In connection witn
the presnetatlon of awards to the
aviators to different branches of the
services for their records of safe lo
cal flying unknown to the hundreds
of watchers, an epic of the air service
was enacted.
Lieutenant William Miller, seriously
crippled In a war time crash, was
chosen to present the trophy and read
the list of awards. Miller and Mac
Aulay had served together In the war.
They had been together last night.
Word of the accident, of which the
crowd Jfnew nothing came. MacAulay
was hovering between life and death,
perhaps dying. Miller was told. "He
was my best friend," he remarked
quietly. And then the time for presen
tation came. To Lieutenant R., I>.
Thomas, of the naval reserve force,
he presented the trophy of the club
for his 424 hours of safe flying. "It
Is appropriate that it should be pre
sented by one who has struck and
grounded," Miller said as he faced him.
"Safe flying means a lot. It Is for
safe flying that I, present you this
trophy." ’
Then he read the list of winners
and their times: "Ltteutenant A. Ver
non MacAulay, fifty-eight hours,"
Miller read. Readjusting his crutch, he
turned and went to his seat.
CRASH KILLS WOMAN.
URBANA, ILL., May 2.—Miss Flor
ence Feist, 16, died today from In
juries sustained when a plane crashed
300 feet.
L. B. Wler, Madison, ICy., pilot of
the plane Is In a critical condition.
He wasNpllotlng Miss Feist on k free
ride.
ELMORE FARMER IS
SHOT BY NEIGHBOR
Hiram Peavy Killed by A. J. Wil
liams Through Mistake
in Identity
IVKTUMPKA, ALA., May 2.—Special
to The Advertiser.—Hiram Peavy. far
mer about 40 years of age, residing
five miles north of Wetumpka, was
shot and almost Instantly killed Fri
day lnght by A. J. Williams, a neigh
bor In the yard of Williams’ home. The
shooting was entirely accident, It Is
said.
Williams. It appears, had been hav
ing- some trouble with tenants on his
plantation and when Peavy entered
the front Kate of his home, he called
out to him, thinking him an enemy
perhaps. Peavy. who was deaf, failed
to answer, and Williams shot, fatally
wounding him.
Funeral services for the. dead man
were held Saturday in the neighbor
hood cemetery near his home. He was
single and leaves no family.
BOND COMMISSION TO
OPEN BIDS ON BONDS
Body to Hold Session In Governor’s
Office
Bids on $7,000,000 of state' highway
Improvement bonds will be opened by
the state bond commission at a meet
ing of that body to be held In the
governor’s office at the state capitol,
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The
state bond commission la composed of
Governor W. W. Brandon, Attorney
General Harwell O. Pavts, and Chair
man John A. Rogers, of the state
highway commission.
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TAX REDUCTIONS OM
.. INCOMES SEEN BY
’ TREASURY BEADS
Unofficial Estimates Place Prob
able Cut at Twelve Per Cent;
Proposed Decrease Made on
Analysis of Returns
MELLON NOT LIKELY TO
START ROW WITH CONGRESS
With Increased Receipts Expect
ed Surplus Will Show
Big Cains
WASHINGTON, May 2.—By the As
sociated Press.—Unofficial estimates
by treasury officials indicate that a
twelve per cent reduction in Income
taxes may be possible as the next
step in lifting the federal tax bur
den.
This figure, while calculated with
out intention to commit Secretary
Mellon to any policy, \yas suggested
today on the basis of ‘an incomplete
analysis of returns on Income taxes,
under the present law as shown in the
March or first quarterly instxillment.
It would bear out previous estimates
that another two hundred million dol
lar total reduction could be made, ef
fective on taxes paid in 192$.
Present indications are that the
treasury will avoid making any def
inite proposul to the next congress
when it is expected the tax question
again will be live. While Mr. Mellon
has made no direct statement on the
subject, most of his advisers favor
keeping the treasury out of the fight;
they are urging that the treasury in
form congress of the state of the fi
nances and point out what is possible,
thus leaving the Uhole question of
rates for the congressional leaders to
decide.
The first indication that another cut
in income taxes was possible was giv
en when the March Installment ex
ceeded the treasury’s estimate, made
last summer, by about eight million
dollars. Further evldegbe that total
revenue receipts will “be larger than
originally calculated is given also in
receipts from import tariffs which
Just now are about five million dol
lars above the amount collected up
to the same cate in 1924.
Miscellaneous receipts, a general
source of revenue from which it has
been expected about J127.000.000 would
be cut off through the reduction bf
the last law, have not dropped to that
extent, and indications are that the
decline will only slightly exoeed
$105,000,000.
With larger reoeipts expected from
the several sources than had previous
ly been predicted, it was apparent to
teh treasury officials that the surplus
will be far greater during this and
the next fiscal year than it had been
apparent when the last budget figures
were drawn up. It is obvious, how
ever, that definite calculation is out
of the question until the June or pos
sibly the September quarterly in
stallments has been counted.
Some officials favor the application
of the bulk of the next tax cut to the
middle class of incomes and those de
rived from business. Their argument
was that the smaller Income earners
were given Important relief in the
last tax revision, and that the class
which is maintaining the flow of life
blood in industry should be treated
next. Should their views prevail, it
would mean substantial cuts in in
comes from $25,000 to perhaps as high
as $200,000.
Tax experts in the treasury are con
sidering current payments in an ef
fort to determine what may be ex
pected when the count is all In. They
calculated the 12 per cent total cut
on the basis of figures now available
but explained that complete figures
may allow a greater or less reduc
tion in the total which the federal
government must call from the pock'
ets of the tax payers.
MISSIONARIES ARE
TAKEN BY BANDITS
Protest Wired Chinese Authori
ties by American Consul
on Crime
HANKOW, May 2.—Mtes Elizabeth
Berglund, American and Miss Inge'
borg Nystul, Swedish, of Lutheran mis
sion at Juchow, Province of Honan,
about 200 miles north of here, were
captured again by bandits yester
day.
The two women were captured In a
bandit raid on Juchow last November,
but escaped and returned to their
posts.
The American consul here has wired
a strong protest to the Honan pro
vincial officials, demanding Immediate
steps for the rescue of the mission
aries, Where the bandits have taken
the two has not yet been determined.
Miss Berglund and Miss Nystul rep
resent the China missionary society of
the Augustan synod of the evangelical
Lutheran church of North America.
FLOATING COLLEGE
WILL TOUR WORLD
Four Hundred and Fifty Students
To Be Aboard Sailing
University
NEW YORK, May 2.—A floating
university which will combine a year's
college study with a trip around the
world will sail from New York next
September with 450 college youths se
lected from all parts of the country.
It was announced today by New York
University.
An 18,000 ton steamship will be
campus, dormitories, class rooms and
laboratories for the unique student
body for 240 days, during which five
continents and fifty foreign ports will
be visited.
Dean James E. Dough of New York
University's extra-Mural division, will
be In charge.
The Itinerary Includes Cuba, Panama,
Hawaii, Japan, Korea, China, the Phil
Uplnes. Dutch Indies. Malay peninsula.
Burmada. India. Ceylon, Arabia. Pal
estine. Egypt, North Africa and Eu
rope.
Courses of college grade, planned to
fit Into the students work for a de
gree In any standard university, will
be offered, but special emphasis will
be placed on foreign affairs, govern
ment, languages, art, history, commer
cial geography and foreign trade.
The work of the United States con
sul service will be studied and an ef
fort made to pre.pare the students for
leadership In International affairs.
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IN STATE GAIN
S2,000J00 IN YEAR
Report Shows $37,554,371.50
Expended in 1924; Total In
cludes Over Seven Million
For Fire Premiums
In 1924 citizens of Alabama patd for
Insurance premiums of all kinds, in
cluding fraternal life Insurance, the
sum of $37,554,371.60. This total ex
ceeds that of the previous year 1923,
by $2,000,000.
The figures quoted are contained In
the preliminary report of the -state
bureau of insurance, which has been
compiled under the direction of State
Superintendent of Insurance Frank N.
Julian, and which shows the transac
tions of the qualified Insurance com
panies In Alabama for 1924. This re
port Includes other most Interesting
statistics.
For fire Insurance premiums paid
to the stock and mutual fire compa
nies In 1924. the premiums amounted
to $7,516,632.32. For this sum the
companies assumed a liability of $576,
986,592. During the year of 1924 these
companies Incurred losses of $4,838,
593.70. The ratio of losses Incurred to
premiums received amounted to 64.38
per cent, the average rate was $1.30.
The loss ratio experienced In Ala
bama In 1924 has only been exceeded
six times during the past 25 years.
All business written by fire Insur
ance companies and classified as
“other than fires" show total prem
ium payments by citizens of Ala
bama of $1,467,779.24 for which the
companies assumed liability of $328,
704.503.00 the losses for the same pe
riod amounted to $730,725.69; the ratio
of losses to premiums received on
this class of business amounted to
49.78 per cent. 4
The total property coverage In 1924
amounted to almost one billion dollars
or to be exact the amount at risk Is
shown to be $926,640,208. For assum
ing this risk the Insurance carriers
recleved total premiums of $9,264,
653.40. It Is noted that the premiums
paid show a fraction less than 1 per
cent of the total amount at rjsk.
The figures quoted deal with prop
erty values and Include In the grand
total all business written by stock
companies, mutual companies and
reciprocal associations, and represent
the returns made to the bureau of In
surance by qualified companies; the
grand total at risk and the grand to
tal of premiums paid would be in
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SUCCESS ATTENDS
CONFEDERATE DRIVE
Funds Secured From Sale of
Flags to Send Veterans
to Reunion
Succes* met the efforts or members
of Confederate organizations Satur
day In raising funds to aid In send
ing Confederate veterans to the an
nual reunion in Dallas, Texas, it was
announced Saturday evening by Mrs.
Belle Allen Hose, general chairman of
the drive.
Mrs. Ross did not make known the
full amount raised, but stated that
while contributions were small prac
tically every person on the down
town streets wore a Confederate flag
showing they had contributed.
The drive was conducted by the
Sophie Bibb Chapter, U. D. C., the
Cradle of the Confederacy chapter, the
Dixie chapter and the Confederate
Memorial association. The presidents of
these organizations were aulstant
chairmen. ~
The workers were at their posts
Saturday morning at 8:80 o'clock and
remained until 5 o'clock. The funds
were turned over to General M. B.
Houghton and General Hal T. WaU I
ker.
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Methodist Bishops
Fail To Complete
Yjsitation Plan
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NASHVILLE, TENN., Mar
After remaining: in executive ses
sion until late this afternoon, the
College of Bishops adjourned
without completing: Its work on
the plan of visitation. The plan
probably will be announced Mon
day, members of the Episcopate
said.
Running all through the schem.e
of Methodism, th'e clergy, from the
pastor of the humblest charge to ,
the highest officials In the con
nection, must receive his appoint
ments annually. And It Is this
work which falls upon the assign
ment committee In determining file
presiding bishop of Episcopal areas
which together with the date and
place of meeting, form the Epis
copal plan of visitation.
The committee this year Is com
posed of the last five bishops
elected as follows: Bishop W. B.
Beauchamp, H. M. Dobbs, S. R.
Hay, H. A. Boaz and J. E. Dick
ey. After the assignments are
made, the bishops have no more re
course to decline an appointment
than any other minister. In tha
church. • "
Music and Educational Address
es Arranged For
Every Day
While the opening of good homes
week la eight days away, the special
committee of the city federation of
women's clubs, which has charge of
the celebration, has completed the pro
gram for each day of the week, begin
ning May 11, and will have music and
educational addresses each day at the
demonstration home on Falrvlew ave
nue.
The workmen and decorators have
nearly completed thr demonstration
home, under the personal supervision
of Fred J. Cramton, builder and con
tractor, who has given much time and
personal effort to making the work the
model It Is Intended to be. H. P.
Tresslar, photographer, made a picturo
of the model home Friday,, which will
be used to Illustrate the printed pro
grams supplied to those who attend
the celebration. It Is stated by tho
woman's committee that the programs
are going to bs handsome souvenirs of
the occasion.
Governor W. W. Brandon. Mayor W.
A. Gunter and other notables ore on
the program which will have a prom
inent speaker each day during the
week that the celebration will last.
It ts planned to have a band play on
the grounds of the model home each
afternoon and a string orchestra at
night.
The home economics department at
Auburn Is Interested in the work and
will have leaders in the various
branches of Lome-maklng present each
day to present educational Information
for housewives. This work will be un
der direction of Miss Agnes Ellen
Harris, dean of women at Auburn and
head of the home demonstration serv
ice in the state..
TEN STATES GIVE QUOTA
IN LEGION CAMPAIGN
Drain Explains Object at Drive ter
Vetcraas and Orphans
NEW YORK. May 2.—Ten states
have given their quotas in the Amer
ican Legion's campaign tor an endow
ment fund to finance work for dis
abled veterans and orphans of men
who died In the war, National Com
mander James A. Drain said here to
day, Just before leaving for Culver,
lnd.. to attend a state meeting.
OF
OIL COMPANY TO
-1EOTED UP
Manufacturing Industry to Pay
Creditors in Full and Continue
Business; Officials Visit
Montgomery
The Southern Cotton Oil company
will be entirely out of the hand! of
receivers by the end of this month,
with all creditors paid In full, after
being In a receivership for one year;
the company will go forward with
renewed impetus adequately financed
for Its enormous operations and the
headquarters will be In New Orleans,
Instead of New York.
This Information was brought to
Montgomery Saturday, by A. D. Geo
hegan, tho president of the new cor
poration, formed In New Orleans,
which bought all the stock of the old
corporation and all of Its physical
properties throughout the southern
state, along with the Immense joll
refineries at New Orleans, Memphis,
New York, Chicago and Savannah,
manufacturing Snowdrift and Wesson
oil.
Mr. Geohegan was accompanied by
C. D. Jordan, an official of the new
Southern Cotton OH company, and for
mer vice president of the old com
pany. They are on a tour of inspec
tion of the plants of the company and
had been through Tennessee. Missis
sippi, and Arkansas, before coming to
Alabama. They spent only part of Sat
urday In Montgomery, 'having com
pleted Inspection of the company’s
properties In Alabama, apd left here
for Atlanta, to go through Georgia and
the Carolines.
New Psesldent Native •( Snath *
Mr. Geohegan organized the syndi
cate In New Orleans, which took over
the properties of the old company.
He Is well known in the business and
financial affairs of the south and Is
a native of Fayette. Mississippi. Al
though the new head of one of the
biggest corporations In America end
one of the most Important In point of
Industrial operation, and Its relation
to the great ataple crop of the scut*
he Is easily approached and frank In
giving Information about *he new cor
poration and its operations.
"We have in North Montgomery one
of the largest seed crushing plants In
the entire south." said the new presi
dent. "and Its full working force of
300 men will bs employed In the sea
son of activity, which t*r this big
*“*H w*'* *>• the greater part of the
year. This Is one of the best plants
we have seen. It Is In splendid con
dition and the promising crop pros
pects give warrant for expecting a
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THIRTEEN HUNDRED
BABIES IN SHOW
Wealthiest Entrant To Be De
dared by Illinois Medical
Society Heads
CHICAGO, May 2.—Thirteen hundred
babies or more, smiling, cooing- and
squirming, chattering in a language
that only they themselves seemed to
understand, were on exhibition here
today at the opening of the first an
nual national baby congress conducted
under the auspices of the American Med
ical association, the Illinois Medical
society and th# Chicago Medical so
clety.
The healthiest baby In America will
be declared at th# close of the show
after all of them have been examined
More than 7«5 physicians will work lri
shifts as they examine each child and
award the prlxes. It Is distinctly a
health show and not a beauty contest
its sponsors declared. A prise of 2500
and a silver loving cup they said
would be awarded to the health'ieet In*
fant.
rwo Remain in Air; First to Land
Made But 125 Mites; About
500 Miles Longest Dis
tance Covered
fWO OF FOUR CONTESTANTS
DISQUALIFIED BY REFEREE
Goodyear 3rd Probably Will Win
Right to Represent
America
ST. JOSEPH, MO., May 2.—
By The Associated Press.—The
national elimination balloon race
that started from here late yester
day had been narrowed down to
two contestants tonight and there
was the possibility that one of
these would be ruled out.
The two entries aloft were the St.
Joseph, piloted by the veteran Cap
tain H. E. Honeywell and the Good
year Srd, piloted by W. T. VanOr
man.
Captain Honeywell and Herbert V.
Thaden, who landed near Selma. Kas.,
early today, were disqualified tonight
by Keferee A. B. Lambert because
of delay In starting yesterday. Mr.
Lambert Informed Carl li. Wolf ley.
manager of the race, that there was
"no excuse" for the action of these
two pilots In refusing to take gas dur
ing the afternoon. He said they had
been warned repeatedly that they
would delay the race. A meeting of
the local contest committee was Im
mediately called by Mr. Wolfley to
take action on the referee's decision.
This committee. It was explained, has
authority either to uphold or overrule
the referee's decision.
The pilot balloon with Major Mau
rice Smith In charge, landed safely near
Crenshaw, Miss., early tonight, having
covered the greatest dtaance of any
entry that has come to ground. Thtsts
balloon however was not a contes
tant. Thaden covered a distance of
about 12S miles. Army S-14 abq.ut ISO
miles distant and Smith about 600
miles.
The St. Joseph and the Goodyear
Srd, probably were somewhere In iow
er Arkansas or in Mississippi tonight,
it was Indicated by reports from those
sections. Two balioons were reported
to have been seen over Cotton Plant.
Ark., this afternoon about 400 miles
from here. An engineer on an Illinois
Central railroad train reported at
Memphis tonight that he had seen a
balloon this afternoon at Courtlant^.
Miss. This la about SO miles south
east of Crenshaw, where the pilot bal
loon landed.
■ MITH LANDS NEAR MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS. TEN'N., May i.—The bal
loon MWA, Major Maurice R. StHIth,
pilot, landed nehr Crenshaw, Miss.,
shortly after 6 o'clock tonight, ac
cording to a long distance telephone
message received Mere tonight.
Major Smith said that he and Lieu
tenant W. J. Paul, his aide had a
very good trip. He said that they slept
during the night and awakened this
morning over Baxter county, Arkan
sas. They crossed the Mississippi riv
er at Helena late this afternoon.
MORALE IMPROVED
IN FARM CIRCLES
Review by Department of Agri
culture Shows Conditions
Much Better
WASHINGTON. May 2.—In a review
of the agricultural situation, the de
partment of agriculture today an
nounced there la a "somewhat better
morale In the country than last
spring.'’
“The pressure of hard times, though
still In force, has relaxed at least
slightly and temporarily. It le an
early spring with general conditions
more tolerable than farmers have seen
since 1920."
Both in tne United States and In
Europe, the department said, the out
look for spring crops Is generally
favorable. Crop work Is well ad
vanced in the main agricultural re
gions. The livestock Industry was re
ported In much better general condi
tion than last year.
"Sheep are apparently at the low
est peak of a price cycle. Hogs have
doubled In price since last spring and
If history repeats Itself will bs high
for at least a year to co^ne. Beef cat
tle have recently turned upward In
their price cycle and If history again
repeats Itself eight of ran years of
rising prices are ahead."
ATLANTA WINNER
OF P.-T. A. MEET
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National Convention Will Be Held
May 3 to 8, In
clusive
AUSTIN, TEXAS. May 2_After
agreeing on a program of coopera
tion with the general federation of
women’a club* and rearranging its or
ganization to care for the 1925 In
crease in membership, the twenty
ninth annual session of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers was
brought to a close today.
At the morning session the board,
by a vote of 24 to 10, awarded the 1028
national convention to Atlanta over
Omaha, after Norfolk. Detroit and
Swampscott, Maas., had withdrawn
from the race to prevent a prolonged
deadlock.
The convention dates were set for
May S to S Inclusive.
The program of cooperation with
the general federation of women's
clubs calls for Joint efforts on home
training, child welfare, cltlsenshlp
training, Americanization and improve
ment of motion pictures.
For -convenience the two national
organizations formed the motion pic
ture council of national organizations.
In order to better obtain opinions from
local groups, assimilate tbs Informa
tion and convey It to the producers
as concrete suggestions for improve
ment of motion pictures. As the tri
ennial election will be held In 19J(
the following nominating commutes’
was named: Mrs, H. N. Rowell. Berk
eley. California, chairman: Mra. K.
W. Hale, White Haven, Tenn.; Mrs
E. G. Quamrat, St. Paul; Miss Rgtli,
Bottomley. Worchester, Maes,
Mra. J. W. Huff, of Clavsland.
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