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_AGE - HERALD
VOL. LIV—NO. 237
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1924
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GARY SEES
RECORD ’25
FOR TRADE
Steel Magnate Says Year
Should Be Greatest In
U. S. History
OIL QUTLOOK GOOD,
SAYS W. C. TEAGLE
Railroads Hope For Ad
ministration of Trans
portation Act
BANKER PROMISES
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Silk Industry Is Getting Off To
A Flying Start, Says
Mallinson
(By Associated Press.)
/ NEW YORK, Dec. 28. — High
hopes for 1925, in some _ cases
Counting to conviction that it may
Prove the greatest year in the his
tory of American business, are held
by various leaders in basic indus
trial and financial activities here.
Forecasts for the new year expressed
Iy these executives agree upon the seem
ie certainty of a substantial prosperity,
'hey appear further to agree for the
lost part that the outcome of the last
residential election and the favorable
writing out of the Dawes plan should
rove major contributing factors. They
iso bank heavily opon the fortunate
hoincidence of great purchasing and
treat producing power at home and upon
(he promise of a wholesome recorvery
and expansion in markets overseas.
, Elbert H. Gary, chaiman of the
loard of directors of the United States
Hteel corporation, expresses as follows
Ms confidence in the coming twelve
months: . _
predicts Record Year
"If the policies oi me pnraeu.
Nitration shall continue in force and
practice, and the American congress is
reasonably disposed to co operate with
(the President, and the business interests
of this country will likewise be disposed
jbo support the administration in its ef
forts to assist the business of the poim
kry, the year 1825 should show the
(highest and most satisfactory prosperity
5n the whole history of the United
states.”
The business of the manufacturers
of the iron and steel industry of the
United States during the year 1924.
'up to the date of election, was rather
lull and depressed, Mr. Gray declared.
“It was good at the beginning,”
' be said, “but with the commence
i ment of March materially receded In
: volume. Commencing with June
I the volume gradually increased, but
1 the selling prices were lower. Con
saquently, with soma exceptions
the profits of the iron and steol
business for the first 11 months
of the year, on the average, were
small, and In many cases there
were losses. As shown by the pub
lished reports the Steel corporation _
was an exception and obtained con
siderable net profits, though they
were small, considering the capital
Investment.
“However, as predicted by some of
us, the election of the republican na
tional candidates has had a marked ef
fect upon the steel industry. Almost
immediately after our election the de
mand in this country began to show
improvement in volume, and this con
dition to some extent had a favorable
influence on some foreign countries.
At present the demand for the iron and
steel products manufactured in the
United States is large, persistent and
satisfactory.
No Wage Cut Seen
"The new year will probably com
mence with aU of the manufacturing
plants operating at full capacity. Also
selling prices have advanced to a con
siderable extent and should afford rea
sonable profit!* sufficient to continue
the wage ratfeT at the present standard.
These were not reduced during the de
gression, notwithstanding they were not
Justified by the results of business.”
, American railroads enter upon the
Ivew year with a hope that the trans
portation act will be so administered
as to accomplish what it was designed
to do, i. e., by efficient management
already attained to earn the statutory
income, which has never yet been done.
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the
executive committee of the Southern
Tactile company, thus summed up the
condition upon which the carriers de
fended to continue their accomplishment
of 1924; a showing which in itself was
a climax to what they had done since
(1920- He summarised as their per
formance in the past four year period:
Enumerates Gains
"I. ^Reduced operating expenses $4,
[802,000 daily in summer of 1924 below
[those at end of government control and
guaranty in 1920; collected $5,109,000
less in freight hills; paid $125,000 more
lin taxes. The payments by the public
Sin freight bills plus the taxes collected
*l>y the public exceeded the reduction in
expenses by $383,000 every day.
“2. Moved the greatest freight traffic
in 1923 in their history, without cat
shortage or congestion.
^ *** Changed the public attitude from
(Continued on page two)
7,
THE WEATHER
Happiness la the chief end ot life; bn
Vhe means of attainment must be carefully
* “ —mid '■“*
/
old pruperfuliy considered.
'VMahama: Increasing cloudiness
/owed by rain Monday night.
/Georgia: Fair. *
' Mississippi: Cloudy.
Tennessee: Cloudy.
(Complete weather data is on
I’age 10).
Optimistic
ELBERT H. GARY
American Industries, particularly the
steel and iron plants, should experience
the most prosperous year in history in
1925, is the opinion of Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
the United States Steel corporation.
LONE OBSTACLE
STANDS IN WAY
OF NEW LIBRARY
Would Require Changes
In Tentative Rians
For Courthouse
Only one obstacle appeared Sunday
night to stand in the way of the se
lection of the site now occupied, by the
Tutwiler home ns the location of the
new library building.
This is the fact that the tentative
plans of the new courthouse, which the
board of reveaue has been considering
for some time, would have to-be changed
very considerably, in order to accommo
date the library'Njn the county property
at the corner of Park avenue and Twen
ty-first street. The proposed plans of
the county building would not have
room for the library, it is said.
But, unless the changes in the plans
would be very drastic, Capt. Lacey Ed
mundson, president of the county
board of revenue, asserted that the
county probably would accede the site
for the new library.
Site Not Asked
The subject has never been given
consideration by the county board, ac
cording to Captain Edmundson, who
said Sunday "that some of the other
members of the board may object to the
proposal, but I am sure the county will
co-operate with tile city commission to
the utmost.” While the proposal that
the new library be located on the
ground now occupied by the Tutwiler
home was first made by Erskine Ram
say three months ago, no co-ordinated
action was started until Captain Ed
mundson culled attention Friday to the
fact that no formal request for the site
lyid been made to the county.
Following this statement, a joint
meeting of the board of revenue and
the city commission was arraigned by
J. W. Donnelly, chairman of the library
board, for Tuesday afternoon.
Settlement Expected
In discussing the project Sunday D,
E. McLendon, president of the city
commission, stated that he expected to
have the question of the library site
definitely settled at the meeting. This
statement strengthens the belief that
the city is willing to give the county a
50-foot strip of land from Wes Twen
tieth street, in exchange for the building
site.
This exchange would make the coun
ty property 200 fett In width, and
would permit the construction of a
wider courthouse. The board of reve
nue plans to speed the construction ol
the new courthouse as soon as legal
technicalities in regard to issuance ol
the bonds are completed.
Architects, who prepared the tenta
tive plans for the new courthouse, are
to be consulted during the meeting Tues
day afternoon. Captain Edmundson
said, and it is thought that their
Recommendations will govern the action
of the county.
AUTO HITS GIRL,
FAILS TO STOP
Billie King Severely Cut Or
Neck And Head
Miss Billie King, 20, Belmont hotel
was cut severely about the neck ant
head at 7 :40 o’clock Sunday night whet
struck by nn automobile on Fifth ave
nue between Eighteenth and Nineteentl
streets.
The motorist did not stop and thi
license number was not obtained, i
was saitl. The girl was found by Missei
Louise and Ula Cooper, 2728 Nineteentl
avenue, south, who were passing in an
other car, and t -er to the Hillman bos
pital, where it was snid her injuriei
were not serious.
young girl burned
BY LIGHTED CANDLE
CHra Bell McKay Seriously In
jured By Ftymes
Clara Belle McCay, 5-year-old (laugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Manley E. McCay
809 First avnue, was seriously burner
Sunday afternoon when her clothei
ignited from a lighted candle with
which she is said to have been playing
The child's clothes were in flame:
when she was discovered, and she wa:
rushed to the Birmingham General hos
pital. She was burned severely on tin
chest, face, neck and hunds, aecordint
to 'hospital attendants.
»
MUSSOLINI FOES
SHOUT ‘RESIGN’
IN ROSSI EXPOSE
Opposition Dentands Res*
ignation Of Premier
After Accusations
FASCISTS DOUBT
NOTE IS GENUINE
Others Say Accused Mat
teotti Slayer Is Seek
ing Early Freedom
(Traced Wire To Age-Herald)
ROME, Dec. 28. — A crescendo
shout of “resign” is echoing through
Italy as opposition deputies and
politicians comment on the revela
tions in a memorandum alleged to
have been prepared by Cesare Rossi,
former fascist chief of the press of
fice in the ministry of integral
affairs, in which Mussolini is
branded as the instigator of many
of the violent crimes against oppo
nents of fascism which culminated
in the murder of the socialist dep
uty, Matteotti.
Rossi is now In jail, awaiting trial
for his part in the brutal assassination
of Matteotti. The unsigned memoran
dum accuses Mussolini of actual com
plicity in the fascist crimes of violence.
That the astute fascist chieftain will
hearken' to the opposition demands for
his official head is far from likely.
He has heard the same request so often
in the last six months that he has be
come accustomed to it. And he has the
satisfaction of knowing that the clamor
of his opponents is no londer nor more
fervant than the racket raised by his
followers in his support.
Accusation Unsigned
Fascist newspapers opened up Sun
day with a bombardment of the opposi
tion's weak point—the glaring lack of
anv signature to identify the serious
charges in the alleged Rossi memoran
dum as having been written by the
jailed fascist. While the opposition
screams its belief that the document is
genuine, the fascist organs Impero,
Messagero and Popolo DTtalia, argue
that the opposition thunderbolt has
proved to be a dud, worthless and un
worthy of credence.
TheTtossi memorandum pf.ives "riofte
of its charges against the premier, the
Popolo DTtalia points out. Assuming
that Rossi wrote it, it was written in
mad exasperation and retaliation after
he had been made to know. that the
country could spare hts services.
Terms Note Blackmail
The Cremona, another influential
newspaper, calls the Rossi memorandum
a bit of bold blackmail to obtain Rossi’s
release from jail, and released for pub
lication in the opposition press when
the premier refused to be intimidated.
Meanwhile, the opposition politicians
can at least welcome the Rossi expose
as added ammunition for their campaign
against Mussolini which is to culminate
in an election, probably in March.
STUDENTS PROTEST
LINDLEY REMOVAL
Term Charges Against Ousted
Chancellor False
(By Associated Press.)
LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec. 28.—Four
hundred University of Kansas students
lied a meeting her this afternoon and
adopted a resolution protesting against
the removal yesterday of Chancellor E.
H. Lindley by the state board of ad
ministration, which is headed by Gov
Jonathan M. Davis.
It was decided to launch a state-wide
campaign with a view to inducing Gov.
elect Ben 8. I’aulen to reinstate Dr,
Lindley after l’aulen assumes office
January 12. Governor Davis has in
dicated he will not appoint a successor
to Chancellor Lindley before his term
expires. The resolution adopted de
clared the students believed "the five
published charged brought against Dr,
Lindley by the governor of Kansas tc
be unjustifiable, especially thnt un
founded charge of ‘aloofness’ of which
we are first hand judges."
Governor Davis charged that Dr,
Lindley maintained a "spirit of aloof
ness and aristocracy” and failed tc
come into contact with individual stu
dents. The other charges brought by
the governor were political activity, in
subordination, procrastination and in
competency.
The campaign to bring pressure tc
bear upon Governor-elect Paulen in an
effort to have him reinstate Dr. Lind
ley got under way tonight when tele
grams were sent to representative stu
dents in virtually every town in the
state, requesting them to act as leaders
iii the movement. The students will
ask citizens to write letters to the gov
ernor-elect urging him to reappoinl
Lindley.
MOTOR CAR OUTPUT
DROPS IN OCTOBER
Production For Month Placed
At 201,652
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—The Novembei
production of automobiles reported tc
the Seventh federal reserve districl
bank was considerably .under that ol
October, ns the result of seasonal cuts
of the manufacturing schedules of pro
ducers, the bank's monthly report said
tonight.
"Passenger cars produced by identical
manufacturers," the report set forth
“representing practically complete pro
duction, aggregated 201,052 in Novem
ber, a drop of 21.8 per cent from Octo
ber and 29.2 per cent from a yeai
ugo. This figure is the smallest shown
since September, 1922, when 187,451
pussenger cars were built."
Motor truck production for Novembei
showed a decrease of 14.2 per cent fron:
the previous month and 4.1 per cenl
from November, 1923. ftetail sales de
creased in November as did wholesale
distribution.
/
Arkansas Cleric
Deserts Pulpit
For Cave Life
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 28.—
Determined to rear hia aon« away
from the temptations of the city,
the Rev. H. S. Mobley has also
solved the problem of high rents by
becoming a cave-dweller.
While strolling among the Boston
mountains in Washington comity
recently Mobley discovered a dry and
light cave, 67 feet long and 9 feet
high with a ceiling of blended red,
black, brown, gray and tan sand
stone, in the south side of a propiti
ous cliff, and moved his family into
their new dwelling.
"I wanted to rear my boys away
from the temptations and strife of
city life,” he explains. "Here they
are blessed with the gifts of nature
and we can gain a good brewing
tempest between fundamentalists and
the modernists and the pacifists and
the militarists. As I see it now the
pacifists are becoming more belliger
ent' and the militarists in some quar
ters of the church are crying fur
peace.”
PRESS OF PARIS
FLAYS PREMIER
IN PBOSEOITION
Effort At Muzzle Seen
In Action Against
L’Eclair
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 28. * .emier Herriot
has crossed swords with the Paris lews
papers over the question of freedom of
the press. His initiation of the prose
cution of L’Eclair, for the publication
of “secret documents concerning na
tional defense and the external safety of
the state,” has brought a strong protest
from Count Etienne De Naleche, presi
dent of the syndicate of the Parisian
press, and a volley of vigorous retorts
from all the opposition and many of the
neutral newspapers, led l.y the Matin,
the Tempes, the Journal Des Debats,
the Figaro and the Intrasigeant.
Some of the newspapers construe the
government's act in ordering the prose
cution of L’Eclair rs a desperate effort
to muszle the press to save the sinking
ship. Count De Neleche, in protesting
“with the greatest firmness" without
waiting acthuyby the syndicate’s exe
'enttve committee, sayrf:
“I see, and the whole press will see
in it, with legitimate emotion, a fla
grant infringe ent of its liberty.”
The premier, in replying to Count De
Naleche, promptly denied that freedom
of the press was at issue.
“But since we have been in power,”
M. Herriot added, “we have seen on sev
eral occasions unfortunate consequences
of certain indiscretions, which more
than once embarrassed diplomatic nego
tiations and threatened to cause compli
cations.
“Only recently the newspaper for
which you intervene, published hi muti
lated form, a record the revelation of
which caused the serious inconvenience
of and involving not only the head of
the French government but the prime
minister of the British government.
“Today there is a document of an
especially confidential character which
cannot be made public without the as
sent of the allied governments. This
document, therefore, is both inter-allied
and secret. A search ordered by a
magistrate resulted in the discovery of
another report, equally secret, belonging
to the second lurt.ru of the army general
staff. The interest of France required
that records of this nature should not
be taken from the responsible custo
dians, or even given out by them.
“The government l ad not only the
right but the duty to prosecute this in
fraction, not of the law of 1881 regard
ing the press, but the law of 1886 re
garding the safety of the state. Prose
cution undertaken against the abstrac
tion or revelation of secret documents
in no wise infringes the freedom of the
press.”
GREAT LAKES FERRY
IMPRISONED BY ICE
Two Attempts To Pull Vessel
Away Fail
(By Associated Press.)
GRAND HAVEN, Mich., Deo. 28 —
With the wind howling across Lake
Michigan and piling more ice against
her seaward side, the Pere Marquette
car ferry number 19, which went
aground north of the harbor entrance
Friday forenoon, remained firmly im
prisoned today. There was little pros
pect, according to officers of the United
States coast guard, that the big ferry
will be budged from her position before
tomorrow.
Two attempts to pull her into open
water were made last night when the
car ferry Milwaukee put a line abonrd.
Each time, however, the huge hawser
broke and the efforts were abandoned
for the time being.
Capt. W. E. Preston of the local
coast guard station went aboard the
“19” today and returned to report
everybody aboard comfortable and plen
tifully supplied with provisions aud
fuel.
The field of ice) extending seaward
from the vessel now reaches out into
the lake about a mile and 1.500 feet of
floating ice has accumulated between
the ferry and the beach. The ferry ha?
a crew of 44 aboard.
CITRUS CROP LOSS
OVER 15 PER CENT
California Fruit Growers To
Meet Monday*
(By Associated Press.)
LOS fANGELES, Cul., Dee. 28.—
Southern California fruit growers will
meet here tomorrow and Tuesday in
an effort to estimate accurately the
amount of last week's frost damage to
the citrus crop. The loss now is placed
roughy at 15 to 20 per cent of the
crop. This, it is believed, will be offset
by higher prices due to shrinkage in
supply.
FERTILIZER HEAR
BITTERLY ELAYS
UNDERWOOD BILL
Shoals Measure Would
Ruin Nitrate Industry
Says Ober
PREDICTS PRICES
WILL BE BOOSTED
Government Plants Could
Not Supply Whole
Market, He Avers
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. —The
Jnderwood bill for the disposal of
he government properties at Muscle
Ihoals, Ala., was assailed in a
nent by Gustavus Ober, Jr., of Bai
imore, president of the National
fertilizer association, as threatening
lemoralization of the fertilizer m
I us try.
Ignores Justice Charge
Regarding Senator Underwood’s criti
•ism of the association, the statement
-ontinued: “In connection with nis
•eading in the senate on December 10
>f the association bulletin reporting to
its members the status of his Muscle
shoals bill ignores certain fundamental
tmiciples of justice and equity.
“In the first place the industry is
isking nothing of the government: at
most it is engaged in an open effort to
protect its lawful Interests agninst com
petition which Mr. Underwood frankly
avows he would make possible, and
continuously maintain, by a grant of
government property and what amounts
to a bonus of government funds. The
senator’s purpose to diviert public assets
to the use of private ownership that it
may work grave Injury to nie property
of other private citizens could be no
more clearly stated than in his own
words.”
The senator admits, the statement
added, that the waterpower development
could be leased for a rental of 0 per
cent on the cost of the dam or approxi
mately $2.500,<)00 a year. Thus he pro
vides what amounts to an outright cash
bonus of $500,000 a year to the pros
pective lessee, but this is not all any
means.
ClteD Value Of Shoals .
“The Underwood hill would turn over
a leasehold title for 50 years to physi
cal and personal property which cost
the taxpayers $90,000,000, which has
a realizable value of more than $15,0(10
(kX), and a replacement value of several
times that amount. This property con
sists of nitrate plants One and Two.
with sleam power plant at number two'
of 80,000 horsepower capacity. In ad
dition there are 48 miles of standard
gunge railroad track; 13 locomotive
engines, a large number of cars nml
railroad equipment; 312 permanent resi
dences equipped with every modern con
venience including electric light, heating
plants, running water, bath rooms, etc;
two large water filtration systems with
storage reservoirs.
“All of these assets become the abso
lute property of the lessee as firmly
as though lie had fee title. For posses
sion of stioh'property during a period
of 50 years, the life of the lease is the
measure of its natural use and exist
ence. All of this property belongs to the
government in which nil citizens have
an equal stake. Yet Senator Underwood
calmly purposes to turn these assets
over to a favorable lessee together with
the nnnunl rental bonus of $500,000.
Industry Menaced
“In return for these goverhmental
gifts Senator Underwood's bill would
require the lessee to produce Innually
10,000 tons of nitrogen which, he says,
would be converted into 2,000,000 tons
of complete fertilizer. The annual pro
duction of fertilizer in this country is
about 7,000,000 tons. Thus the fertilizer
industry is confronted with the possibi
lity of government subsidized eompeti
tion amounting to 30 per cent of the
normal demand.”
Production of 2,000,000 tons of fer
tilizer a year, Mr. Ober declared, as is
proposed by Senator Underwood, "would
not be enough to supply the entire de
mand, but would seriously disrupt the
market.” This fertilizer, he added,
"would have to be sold, and for any
price it would bring, and it would dis
place tonnage for which there is now
more than adequate manufacturing
equipment, causing demoralization in
the industry.”
Such a condition. I19 continued,
“would be reflected in the aggravated
credit and financing difficulties of fer
tilizer manufacturers. The fertilizer
industry represents an investment of
more than $300,000,000 and any gov
ernment nction that impairs this invest
ment is bound to have far reaching ef
fects that will cause curtailed produc
tion and enhance prices to consumers
beyond the shipping radius of Muscle
Shoals.”
The fertilizer Industry, the statement
said, is one of the few “whose prices to
consumers are now at about pre-war
levels," and the association feels enact
ment of the bill would be an “injustice
to private citizens.”
CANNED HEAT JAG
RESULTS IN DEATH
Victim Falls In Front Of Engine
At Alice Furnace
Canned heat caused its first holiday
death in Birmingham Sunday nigh:
when a man thought to he J. C. Price,
of West Palm Beach, Fla., committed
suicide by falling in front of the hot
metal train at the Alice furnace.
The dead man had been ejected from
the plant 15 minutes before jumping
in front of the engine, according to
information given Coroner J. 1). Bus
rum. At that time, Fred Haynie, en
gineer, and other employes of the fur
nace said that the man was intoxicated
from canned heat.
The man appears to he about 35 year
of age, and papers bearing the name of
J. C. Price were found on the body
by the coroner, who also found evi
dence of canned heat intoxication. The
body was sent to Johus by the coroner.
$25,000 Wilson Peace Prize
Presented To Viscount Cecil
For Efforts To End War
Britisher Lauds Wprk Of
League While Refusing
To Criticize U. S.
(By 'Associated Press.)
NEW YORK Dec. 28—Before a
distinguished gathering, which included
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Viscount Cecil
of Chelwood was presented tonight with
the $25,000 peace award and medal
given under the Woodrow Wilson Foun
dation for meritorious service in the
cause of international co-operation and
peace. The presentation was made at
a dinner at the IIotel(Astor.
In accepting the award, V iscount
Cecil asserted that the advance in the
past five years in the direction of in
ternational co-operation had been "little
short of marvelous.’’
Stresses League Achievements
Praising the United States for hav
ing consistently stood for peace. Vis
count Cecil said that he would not
utter a word of criticism of the atti
tude of America toward the League of
Nations. He stressed, however, the ac
complishments of the league since its
inception under the leadership of Wood
row Wilson, whom ho characterized
as “a great American and a great citi
zen of the world," adding: "There
is no title to fame higher than that.”
Mr. Wilson’s contribution, he said, was
(he idea that peace wns based on unity
and solidarity of mankind, an idea con
trary to that motivating the pre-war
system, which Viscount Cecil enlled
"international anarchy diversified by
war.”
In explaining the actions and atti
tude of the league throughout its exist
ence, Viscount Cecil dwelt on the prob
lems raised by the Egyptian and Corfu
controversies. lie championed the stand
of the league in both cases, affirming
that the outcome had been a victory
for peace.
Recalls (Egyptian Case
"The league is there to deni with
international relations, not with rela
tions affecting the national administra
KID M'COV MV
AFTER 59 HOURS,
FAILS TO AGREE
Last Ballot Stands At 10
To 2—Deliberations
Resume Monday
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—The jury
in the case of Kid McCoy, former
pugilist, churged with the murder of
Mrs. Theresa W. Mors here last Au
gust, retired to its hotel shortly after
i» o'clock tonight without h .ving reached
a verdict.
Bailiffs were instructed to bring the
jury back into court at 10 o’clock to
morrow, at which time Judge Charles
S. ('rail will decide whether to dismiss
it or demand further deliberations.
The jury foreman’s last report to the
judge wns that the vote stood 10 to 2.
The jury has been out 59 hours.
About 8:20 after they had returned
from dinner and had been deliberating
for about an hour and a half, the
jurors were brought into the court
room. They asked Judge Charles S.
Crail to allow them a little more time
ut least enough to take another ballot,
intimating that they might come
to an agreement.
Judge Crail asked the foreman to tell
how the last ballot stood, without in
dicating whether the majority was for
or against conviction.
"Ten to two,” was the reply.
II. L. Geisler of the defense counsel
expressed the opinion later that the ten
iurors were holding out for manslaugh
ler and the two for murder.
STONE TO ACT SOON
IN VAN RIPPER ROW
Winne Controversy May Be Set
tled This Week
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.—The
coming week is expected by department
of justice of officials to see a settle
ment of the controversy between the de
partment and Walter G. Winne, United
States attorney, and Walter Van Rip
per, assistant United States attorney for
New Jersey which has been developing
almost a year.
Although there has been no hint as
to the probable end of the dispute. At
torney General Stone'has full informa
tion in hand as to conditions in Mr.
Winne's office ns the result of an exam
ination into affairs there. He has held
two conferences with Mr. Winne and
Mr. Van' Ripper and has asked the
former to come here for another talk,
likely to take place tomorrow.
It has been indicated also that
George Vickers, the special state pros
ecutor in the Weehawken, N. J., rum
scandal, an affair into which the fed
eral government has thus far declined
to enter, will meet the attorney gen
eral this week.
The controversy with Mr. Winne ap
parently lias centered arming Mr. Van
Ripper, who has been ordered specific
ally by Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille
brandt, assistant attorney general in
charge of liquor law prosecutions, to
remain out of prohibition cases.
Teachers to meet
Butler Instructors To Gather In Green
ville January 3
(Special Leased Wire to Age-Herald.)
GREENVILLE, Ala., Dec. 128. —
Prof. I*. R. Pepper, county superintend
ent of education, has announced a meet
ing of county teachers to lie held in the
auditorium of tlie Butler County High
i school here at 11:30 a. in. Saturday.
January 3. Over 150 teachers are ex
i peeled to attend the meet. Some im
1 portnnt matters are to be discussed.
I and the matter of the county school fail
is expected to he brought up.
V
Peacemaker
VISCOUNT CECIL.
tion of any country,” Visconnt Cecil
explained, and he pointed out that the
"relations betweene England and Egypt
are of a very special character.”
He asserted that '‘no objection can
be justly raised to the British action”
regarding Egypt, wheih he said was an
international matter. England's offer
after the controversy to lay before the
council of the league a full statement
of her action in Egypt, he declared to
be “one of the most striking testi
monals of the progress of the idea of
international unity.”
The viscount defended the league's
stand during the Corfu incident as
“one of the most distinguished successes
of the new inteinational conception."
He said that the league is not a super
state and that if two nations are in
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SCIENTISTS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
IN WASHINGTON
3,000 Noted Scientific
Men To Attend Opening
Session Monday
( By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Scientists
from nil parts of the country gathered
here tonight for the opening tomorrow
of the seventy-ninth annual convention
of the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
Secretary Hughes will address^ the
opening meting on the subject of "Some
Aspects of International Co-operation,
and Sir Esme Howard, the British am
bassador, will speak tomorrow night be
fore the American Political Science as
sociation on the "British Policy and the
Balance of Power.”
More than 1.000 scientific papers are
to be presented, nearly all describing
some piece of research work carried out
since the last meeting. Many will be
of a highly technical nature, but it is
expected that nearly all will have some
bearing on the problems of- the scientific
world, such ns the liberation of the en
ergy of the atom, the control of the liv
ing process, and the fight to control in
sects dangerous to human life.
Radio To Be Used
Radio will be used for the first time
to give publicity to the meting and sev
eral addresses are to be radiocast.
Specialists in all branehe. of science
will attend 'the meain.s which will be
based on the general idea of the service
of science to man. This will be particu
larly emphasized by the address of the
retiring president, Ur. Charles D. '»al
cott, secretary of the Smithsonian insti
tution, who will speak at the. opening
session on "Science and Service.” i _
The association is the largest organi
zation of scientific men and women in
the country, having a membership of
more than 14,000. This is divided
among more than 50 affiliated organi
zations, each devoted t. some separate
phase of scientific work. Most of these
smaller organizations will hold tlreir an
nual meetings during the week. A total
attendance of more than 3,000 has been
indicated.
To Award Prize
Davlight hours will be devoted to the
presentation of the technical papers and
evenings to gen * addresses. Late.111
the week the second annual association
prize will he awarded to the author of
one of the papers. This prize is worth
$1,000 and is offered by an anonymous
donor. The winner last year was Pro
fessor Lee Dickson of the University of
Chicago, for a mathematical paper.
WARFIELD TO QUIT
SECURITIES BODY
Will Resign As President Of
National Association
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—S. Davies
Warfield, president of the National
Association of Owners of Railroad
Securities, in u letter sent to members
today announced his intention of resign
ing as head of the organization. He
will continue his uctive interest in its
work, however, through membership on
important committees. Mr. Warfield,
who is president of the Seaboard Air
Line railway, has been head of the as
sociation for seven years.
SHEFFIELD TO LEAVE
Ambassador To Mexico To Recuperate
In Florida
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.—James R.
Sheffield, the American ambnssador, will
leave Mexico City during the week for
Florida, where lie expects lo remain
three weeks to recover his health.
2 MILLION ,
ESTIMATE I
OF DAMAGE
Thirty Stores, Post Office
Bank And Museum
Are In Ruins
108 ARE MISSING
IN TOKYO BLAZE
Thirteen Bodies Are Re
covered In Insane Asy
lum Disaster
FOUR CHILDREN
PERISH IN FLAMES
Victims Burn To Death When
Oklahoma Farmhouse Is
Destroyed By Fire
(By Associated Press.)
CORINTH. Miss., Dec. 28. — An
entire business block, on the west
side of Courthouse square here, was
destroyed by fire today. Early es
timates of the damage placed it
between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
Among the building destroyed were
the postoffice, Dr. Oke's jewelry store,
the old opera house, the Corinth Bank
and Trust company, G. W. McCulley's
store and the Ford museum. The fire
is believed to iiave started from an oil
heater in a cafeteria.
Over 30 stores were destroyed by the
fire which, starting early this morning
threatened, for a time, to wipe out the
entire business district After a fight
of over six hours ir. bitter cold weather,
the fire department succeeded in confin
ing it to the single Llock.
A call for help brought a response
from Jackson, Tenn., and a fire truck
was sent to Corinth on a special train.
Several persons were painfully but
not seriously injured. Probably 150
persons were thrown out of employ
ment, and the fire, wiping out the main
business block, was such a blow to t tie
business men of the city that tonight
they were unable to state whether they
will start rebuilding soon or the amount
of insurance carried by the-meirantHe
firms which were destroyed. All mail
was taken from the burning postoffice
and the furnishings of the building were
saved.
The building occupied by the Cum
berland Telephone Exchange was de
stroyed, and the First National bank
building suffered extensive damage.
The Masonic building, in which were
numerous offices, was burned. The
Henry Moore building was also a total
loss. Among the firms which suffered
the most severe damage were the
Corinth drug store, M. Br.vnes and
Sons, the Jacaw Lumber company,
Ernest Waites, jeweler, W. R. Sim
mons, Martin Grocery company, Koyal
Grocery company, and Joe Gray store.
A temporary postoffice was established
in the basement of the courthouse.
108 MISSING IN BLAZE
Huge Los* Of Life Feared When Jap
anese Insane Asylum Bums
(By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Dec. 28.—A fire in a private
institution for tlie insane here late last
night is feared to have resulted in a
serious loss of life. Of 343 reported
inmates of the institution, 108 are de
clared to be missing. Thirteen bodies
were recovered today. Fifty other res
idences in the vicinity were burned
before the flames were subdued.
FOUR CHILDREN CREMATED
Bum To Death When Oklahoma Farm
House Is Destroyed
CADDO, Oltla., Dec. 28.—Four chil
dren were burned to death while sleep
ing in one room of a farm house near
here which was destroyed early Sunday
morning.
The dead are: Allen and Olive,
twins, 5 years old ; Fred, 10, and George
Taylor, 14. The father, M. I?. Taylor,
ill in a room on the first floor, tried
to save the children from the flaming
room, which was on the second floor,
but the fire had gained such headway
that he was driven back. The origin
of the blaze was unknown. The Tay
lor home was nine miles west of Caddo.
THREE DIE IN FIRE
Aged Insane Patients Burn To Death
In Illinois Blaze
(By Associated Press.)
ALTON, 111., Dec. 28.—Three aged
patients of the slate insane hospital,
three miles east of Alton, were burned
to death early today when a frame
farm house was destroyed by ft re.
The dead are: Charles Sunderland.
67, of Alton; Henry Lagguth, 70, Mon
roe county, and Fred I.tings, 50, rela
tives unknown. Thomas Guyn, a fourth
patient, Vas severely burned.
There were 14 patients in the farm
house, in charge of Fred Teekenbrock
and his wife. Teekenbrock ^said he was
awakened at 4:30 a. m. by the smell
of smoke and saw the portion of the
house occupied by the patients bursting
into flames, apparently from an over
heated stove.
Arousing his wife and pniients, Teek
enbrock directed the latter to a nearby
barn, and summoned fire apparatus from
the hospital. The flames gained such
headway that the building could not be
saved. Guyn, who occupied a room
with the three wlto died in the fire, said
he escaped only by running through tbo
flames and that the others apparently
had been overcome by smoke. He was
severely burned and was reported in a
critical condition tonight.
$100,000 FIRE IN OKLAHOMA
Business District Of Haskell Is Men- ,
need By Blaze,
HASKELL, Okla., Dec. 28.—A fire
which threatened to wipe out the busi
ness district of Haskell tonight was
halted after it had done about $100,000
damage. Three buildiugs were de
stroyed.
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