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TT*E SUMTEIt WATCHMAX, Est? CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 NEW HEAD 1 FOR STATE UNIVERSITY William D. Melton, Prominent Colum bia Lawyer Elected by Trustees to Suc ceed Dr. Currell ? Columbia, March 11.?William TX Melton, one of the best known and ablest lawyers in South Caro lina and one of.the leading- busi ness men of Columbia, was last night unanimously elected presi dent of the University of South Car . olina to succeed Dr. William Spen - eer Currell, who had resigned at the January meeting of the board of trustees. Mr. Melton accepted i the presidency last evening. ' Mr. Melton will assume the du ties'of president some time between July l and September y and will abandon all his business and pro fessional activities, devoting his entire time- to upbuilding the uni versity. Concurrently with the eiociion of Mr. Melton as president of the university, the trustees elected Dr. Currell dean of the recently creat ed graduate "school. Dr. ~ Currell will become the. head of the grad uate school just as soon as Mr. Melton assumes the office of pres ident ajtd he expects to have the school well organized and equipped by the next scholastic year. This school was created by \he legisla ture at the recent session. Mr. Melton,* the president-elect, is a man of large business* and professional affairs and in accept ing the proffer of the tr>?stees last night told the board that he want ed to take up th^ new work as early as possible and woiild arrange matters as quickly as he . could. The new president was president of the South Carolina Bar asso ciation in 1920-21. In accepting the resignation of Dr. Currell the . trustees expressed their highest esteeih for the work the retiring president hf&;. done and instructed Governor " Cooper, chairman of the board, to conx^y the board's esteem to Dr. Currell by letter. In casting about- for a successor to Dr. Currell the board had two ideas in view, -to find a man .who would measure up to the require ments of a real university execu tive and a man of. ii^h^tjitiure and character. These>Jlfcfc^}5CT? 0? the board said, are believed to be em bodied in the presidentelect. Dr. Currell. the retiring presi dent, assumed the office of the presidency in~19i-t ands;since his administration the university has made much progress, both in schol arship and attendance, v '-, Mr. Melton, in his acceptance, told the members of tfte board that he would burn ail his business bridges behind hiih and? would de vote his entire time to the^ affairs of the university: that 4*e would do all in his power Uf increase and broaden its influence and make it a real vital force in the state. The members of the hoard of trustees pledged to him their entire support and cooperation in the large task ahead of him. Xo other man was Riven consid eration at the meeting than Mr. Melton, who was in no sense a can didate. The board, as exprsesed by each member, /as of the opinion that he filled all the qualifications making for a high class executive. William Davis Melton was born near Riehburg. Chester county. May 26. 1868, the son of Dr. VVil- \ liam C. D. Melton and Mary Jam*! Poag Meiton. His early education | was in the public schools of Ches-1 ter and after finishing his common j school education he attended the j University of Virginia from 1887 \ to 1890, graduating in the schools! of English, Latin. French, moral philosophy, chemistry, natural his tory and geology. He was licentiate instructor in Latin in the University of Virginia from 1889 to 1890. From 18!?0 to 1892 he attended the law school of the University of South Carolina, graduating with the degree of LI^B. He was admitted to the bar in June. 1&92, located in Ches ter where he remained until March of 1S93, when he removed to Co lumbia. He is senior member of the firm of Melton & Belser. He has made Columbia his home since. Mr. Melton was an alderman and chairman of the ways and means committee of the city of Columbia from 1900 to 1906 and was au thor of ordinances establishing the waterworks system, the sewerage system, the paid fin: department, the recorder's court, the police commission and other constructive measures. He was chairman of the state board of law examiners from 1910 fo 1919 and president of the South Carolina Bat association in 1920-21. During the world war be was state chairman of the "four-minute men." State chairman of the united war work campaign, city chairman of the Red Cross and V. M. C. A. campaigns and active in all Li be it y loan cam paigns. Mr. Melton has been elected to an honorary degree of doctor of laws by the university trustees and this degree will be conferred upon him at the commencement this June. Mr. Melton is associated with a large number of businesses ir. the city, being one of the leading busi ness men of Columbia. He is pres ident of the City Development com tblished April, 1850. 881._ RAILROAD j ! COMMISSION ! ! MEETING! ! - ! Several Hearings Arej Scheduled For Next! I Week I ! Columbia, April 11.?The rail road commission has several hear [ings scheduled for its next regular I meeting time, Wednesday and !Thursday of next week. On the! 119th it will have a hearing in Co-j htmbia on the question of contin- j uing the railroad agencies at Horry. j in Ilorry county, and at Snellings. | in Barnwell county. On the 20th. the commission will j j go to Columbia to hold two hear ings, one on seed potato rates from the port of Charleston to interior i r*. ,nts on the Seaboard, certain ad justments being asked: the other j hearing on the question of train j service on the Walterboro railroad, j between Green Pond and Ehrhardt. ; The railroads want to discontinue j certain service put on as a "try- j out" service, and now said not tc \ have sufficient traffic. -r-? ? m george nichols released Judge iJischarges Man Held j For Fifty Year Old Crime j - Tuscaloosa. Ala., April 13.? j George Nichols, held here in con nection with the killing of Peter ! Mooney. at Rome, Ga., fifty-one i years ago, was released last night | by order of Judge Foster, of the j circuit court, on habeas corpus pro- i ceedi ngs. pany, the Argus Investment com- | pany, Liberty Realty company, Mu- j tual Holding company, and is asso- j ciated with other development cor- j porations. He is attorney, member! and director of the finance com- ; mittee of the National Loan & Ex change bank of Columbia, Colum bia Savings Bank & Trust com pany. South Carolina Insurance i company. Homestead Building & j Loan company. Acme Building & j Loan company. Rich land Building I & Loan company, Columbia Real j Estate & Trust company and in j addition to these is associated in other business enterprises of Co lumbia. May 10, 1S9S, Mr. Melton was j married to Miss Caro Heiser of j Summerton, who died May 10, | 1903. lie was married to Miss i Netta Loeb of Charleston Sep- j tember 17, 1911. Mr. Melton is a member of the ! Kappa Sigma fraternity, the First j Presbyterian church of Columbia and is a Mason. Following the receipt of a reso- I lution from the student body pro-I testing against the requirement of j attending church eyery Sunday the j trustees reitreated their regulation j that every student at the institu-; tion must attend church on Sunday j unless he is excused by the presi- j dent. The resolution said the students attended church but ob jected to the compulsory feature of! the attendance. They must sign a i I card stating they attended services.) The resolution was couched in language that indicated the student body was "against" the regulations as carried out at present. The board adopted resolutions to the memory of the late C. E. Spen cer of York, for years a member of j the board, and appointed a com- j j mittee to adopt suitable resolutions j I on the recent death of P. A. Will* ! cox. another member. Commendation to and a pledge] of cooperation with the efforts of j Prof. A. C. Carson and the Co nlmbia chamber of commerce in their efforts to have established a radio telephonic broadcasting sta tion at the university were ex pressed by the board. It was decided to leave the mat- I ter of procuring plans for the con- j templated women's building with j the building committee, with the! proviso that the plans should takej into consideration a structure to| house a oopulation of between 200 j and 300 students. The members of the board pres- j **nt were Governor Cooper, state; Superintendent of Education .1. E. | ' Swearingen, D. M. Winter of Co j lumbia, August Kohn of Columbia. ' J. Cordon Hughes of Union. James H. Sullivan of Laurens. Dr. R. O. McCutcheri ' of Bishopville. B. A. j I Hagood of Charleston. W. J. Cor . mack of Columbia and D. R. Cok ! er of Hartsville. The board was almost in con tinuous session from noon until 11 j o'clock last night. !dr. currell ! becomes dean Columbia. April IL?Dr. W. S. j Currell will become dean of the j [graduate school of the University j next September, with tin- opening j of the next session. Tie- new] j preside nt will succeed Dr. Currell j then, the resignation of the present' {president, submitted some weeks I J ago, becoming effective with hisi ?eb'vation to tin* position of head of ! tht- graduate school, j ~i he trustees were in session [practically all of Mon lay. going in j to the budge; Cor year ahead] and also setting up the new school, of graduates, authorized by the re-| Jcent legislature. A_ | BANKERS ENDORSE - - MARKETING Far Seeing Financiers Convinced That Co operative Market ing is the Solution of Cotton Selling Problem Columbia, April 11,?Believing that cooperative marketing of cot ton will mean much for the future welfare of the state, bankers all over South Carolina are Throwing themselves actively into the light to sign up the 40i?,000 bales by May 1. necessary to perfect the organization of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative As sociation. In some counties the bankers have gone out into the rural districts canvassing for con tracts and urging the growers of cotton to sign. "I am glad to see that the farmers are realizing the benefit of cooperative action ior the purpose of disposing of the basic crop of cotton in an orderly manner and securing to themselves a reason able return upon the capital and la bor expended upon it," says R. O. Rhett, president of the People's' Bank, of Charleston, in a message received today. "The methods pursued heretofore have been most disastrous, cooperative marketing on the plan proposed would not only aid the farmer but would stabilize the price and in tin- end benefit both the "manufacturers and the consumer. 1 earnestly hope that the campaign will ter minate successfully." From Wm. C. Bcaeham. presi dent of the Peoples' National Bank of Greenville, came this message: "I am very glad indeed of the op portunity to endorse the present effort to form a cooperative asso ciation in this state for the mar keting of cotton. Cur farmers have suffered great losses in the past on account of the marketing methods of their cotton, and co operation, as suggested, appears to me to be the only practical meth od of relief that has been suggest ed." ->. YV. E. Atkinson, president of the Planters' Bank of Orangeburg, sent this message: "I am veiy glad to know of the splendid pro gress the organization committee' is making towards the quota. Effec tive, organized, cooperative mar keting of our cotton through such an organization as the movement proposed appears to be the solu tion of our largest marketing probleim. I am very glad to en dorse such a movement that prom ises so much for the cotton pro ducer and this section in general, and I trust that the campaign now on in this state will be brought to a successful conclusion." - METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE Four Year Time Limit For Minister lo lie Discussed Columbia. April 13.?A discus sion of tlie four-year time limit for Methodist ministers, with the pos sibility of lifting this restriction, will feature the general confere . -e of the Methodist Episcopal church of the south, to be held at Hot Springs, Ark., in May. Many Meth odist ministers from all parts of this state, will attend the bi?; con ference, leaving on a special train which starts from Columbia on May 1. over the Southern Rail way. The Hot Springs conference opens May 1 and lasts about three weeks. Among tin; ministers from ihe Cpper South Carolina confer ence who will attend are: Rev. .1. R. T. Major, Rev. R. E. Stack house and Rev. Mark L. Carlisle, of Columbia, and Rev. B. R. Tur nipseed, of Spartanburg; and lay men include. Dr. IL N. Snyder, of YVofford College. Spartanbtirg: c. C. Featherstone, of Greenwood: L. L. Hardin, Columbia, and .1. C. Smith. Waterloo. Among those who will attend from the lowei conference are Rev. B. M. McLeod, of Marion: .1. YV. Daniel of Sum ter: G. E. Edwards, of Orange burg, ami Rev: Peter Stokes, oi < >rangehnrg. New bishops are (o be elected at the Hot Springs conference ami many other matters of' importance ;*re i<? be considered. CHILD DRINKS GASOLINE Little Girl Thinks It Is Olive Juice Florence. April 1-2.?Four-year old Eugenia, daughter id Mr. .mil Mrs. .1. C. Kendall, had a very nar row escape from death last even ing, when she drank pan of :i bot tle of gasoline. Wit .hin a few ser onds alter she had swallowed lh? stuff her mother found her denthH sick in the bathroom. The lit.!. e.irl just was able to Jell her rnothei that something sic- had drank <nii ? >t' "that bottle" had made her v< r> ill. Medcial aid was called imme diately and her life was saved on)} by two hours of heroic effort. Not?Lot all the ? nds Thou Aims'! S?mter, S. C Saturd; v * Miss Lillie Raynor breaks a bot ?which Captain Raold Amundsen wll He named It "Kristina," This, at V DOMINANT FACTOR IN j MARKET ; Cooperative Market ing* Associations in Control of Nearly Four Million Rales of 1922 Crop Columbia. April 12.?Approxi I mately 3.725.OO0 hales will have j been signed up to lie sold through I the various state-wide cotton co operative marketing associations I in the belt before the crop ; goes to the market, according to ' figures compiled by officials of the . South Carolina Cotton Growers' 1 Co-operative Association. These i figures were received from the i heads of the various state-wide or jgnnizntions, and show that a very i heavy percentage of the crop this i year will be controlled by the co | operative associations, i The sign-up of the Texas associa tions. 700.000 bales: Oklahoma* ; 450,000 bales: Mississippi. 225.000 i bales; Arizona. fiO.0'00 hales; Ar Ikansas. 225.000 hales; .Vorth Car olina. 400.000 bales, and Georgia, I 2c5^0O'0 bales; making a total of 2.325.000' bales. South Carolina is I expected to sign up 400.000 by May j 1 and Alabama 200.000 oales by f.!iirte 1. Oklahoma is expected to j signup 200,000 additional. Texas 500v0t>0 additional and tin- other I states Hi0,000 additional, making ja grand total of 3.72?.O00 i>ales. j Officials of South Carolina asso | ciatiou said today that this was i certainly a heavy enough percen j tage of rhe crop to prove a very i stabilizing factor in the market i next fall and everv rear thex*eaf I ter. Over 22.moo bales were sign I ed in the- .state Monday and Tues day. i ? ? ?_ ! PENITENTIARY CHAIR FACTORY I Contract For Operation to Be j Given to Highest Bidder ,| Columbia, April 13.?That con tract for the op.-ration of the chair factory in the penitentiary, will be let to the highest bidder Oil May is. was a decision reached at a meeting of tin- board of directors of the stat.' prison held in Colum bia Wednesday afternoon. The di rectors mei to consider the proposal > to renew the contract which has been in force for the p ist five years with the Pibereraft Chair com pany, of Prankfort, Ky.. operators , of the factory in the penitentiary. The Pibercrafl company asked for a renewal of the contract with a the per cent increase in its share of the profits, due to increased ' j selling expenses. The directors con sidered the matter for several ! hours, and it was finally agreed 10 j i postpone action until a meeting, , i May is. at which time the best bid j will be accepted. There was ou?j j other hid submitted Wednesday. The chair factory has been in I operation for five years. It pay* tithe state l?iu returns. being a I money making proposition. At the :sam<! time u gives employment Ui M prisoners, most of whom are crip ! pie or otherwise ineapacifated foi oi lo r more severe w oi k. FLIERS "STILL AT CAPE VERDE Trans-Atlaniic Flight Pre vented In Rad Weather Lisbon. April 13. Bad weatbei ? prevented the start of Captain* ? I Sadnra and Coutinho. the I'ortu ? j guese aviators, on th?< third Stage .lot' their flight t<> Brazil from Cape j Verde Islands to St. Paul Lock j in mid-Atlantic. ?t be thy Country's, Thy God s and iy, April 15, 1922 Plane Christened :le of (?) on the propeller of the plane 1 use for flights from his Arctic ship, le Curtiss Flying Fieldj Long Island. RICH NEW YORKER KILLS Frank W. Duryea an Officer in the Army Kills Himself at San Francisco ? Cause of Deed Unknown San Francisco, April 11.?An army board of inquiry into the death of Major Frank W. Duryea. in his quarters today, found that he had committed suicide by shoot ing, but learned nothing of any motive. Major Duryea, a member of a wealthy New* York family, was a son of <"en. Hiram Duryea. Zouave leader in the civil war. He served two years overseas in the ordnance department und had been stationed tit Ninth Army Corps | Ari a headquarters here about a i year in tin. nuance department. Death Hovers Over Family. Xew York. April 11. ? The spectre of violent death whieh ap parently lias been relentlessly tracking tin- male line of the Duryeas, wealthy Xew York so ciety family, claimed its third vic tim with the suicide in San Fran csico today of .Major frank IV. Duryea. The first w;is G.en. Hiram Dur yea. a white-haired, picturesque figure, win) led the Zouaves in the stirring flays of tin* civil war and who on May f>. 1914. at the age of eighty-one, was shot down and killed by his son, Chester, in his home in tin- Day Ridge section of Rroo klyn. Chester, who was alleged to have fired the fatal shot after his father had refused a demand for money, now is in an insane asy lum. Tie- next Duryea to tall was killed by his own hand. lie was Harry 11. Duryea, a brother of Chester ami Prank. A man of prominence in tin- li nancial world he ivas found shot to death in his Madison avenue of fiee on .July l'T. 1921. His attorney declared that Mr. Duryea. inherit ing a large fortune from his father who had been President and found er of thi- National Starch Company, had no linancial worries. Tin- widow and sou of Major Frank Duryea who holds a hi;4ii position in the business world and social life of the city were stunned today when dispatches from the coast tcid tie- story* n' another siucide. Mrs. Duryea received word of her husband's death over the telephone. Although she said sin- was pre pared for bad news, she dropped the receiver with a gasp and fainted when tin- blow came. V.'right Duryea expressed himself entirely mysriiied at Iiis father's sudden end. declaring he knew of no reason which would cause him to take his own life. OLD TOWN LEVEE BREAKS Mississippi Cuts Sixty Fool Kol? in Hank i - ? ! Helena. April I.: - Fifty men have been dispatched to Oldtown.! Ark.; to throw up embankments i I-hind a sixty foot hole discovered! in the Mississippi river iev?-e iasr night. Nine Villages in i Ark., Mood Bound; Helena. Ark.. April !::. - - Nine \ villages, in centers of the farming and commercial activities of east ern Arkansas, are either inundated or surrounded by water as a re sult of the Hood of the Arkansas and White River. froth's." CONFERENCE OPENS WITH BIG CLASH Russian and French Delegates Disagree Violently i n t h e Opening Session at Genoa Genoa. Apri 110.?A clash over a disarmament proposal by George Chitcherin, the Russian Soviel for eign minister, which occurred be tween Chitcherin and M. Barthou. of France, threatened to disrupt the conference. M. Barthou said that France categorically refused to discuss disarmament at Genoa. M. Chit cherin replied that Russia thought France would be ready to discuss this question because M. Briand. the former premier, had said at the Washington conference that Russia's armaments had made dis arma ment im possible. Russia to Forefront. Genoa. April 10 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Russia, the status of which is one of the questions of supreme importance to be decided by the economic conference, came to the forefront soon after the opening of that great assembly to day. Speeches had been made by the presiding ollicer. Premier Fac ia, of Italy; Premier Lloyd George, of Great Britain; Dr. Wh-th, of Germany, and spokesmen of France; Japan and Belgium; all of a conciliatory nature and voicing adherence to the Cannes resolu tions, upon which the present gath ering is based. Mr. Lloyd George said that all the delegates met on a footing of equality, provided they accepted the conditions set forth, which, briefly. declared that countries must not repudiate their contracts, that they must nor wage war on the institutions of another, that they must not engage in aggres sive operations against others and that the people of one country should be entitled to justice in the courts of another. George Chitcherin, the Russian Sovi?-t foreign minister, in speak ing for his delegation, announced their adherence to the resolutions and then declared that Russia was ready to support any proposals that would avoid war or lighten the burden. M. Barthou immediately protest ed and declared with some heat that France would absolutely re fuse to discuss the question of die armament at this conference. Mr. Lloyd George hastened to intervene, and in his contention that disarmament could not be tak en up. certainly, not,before a peace basis had been reached at Genoa, he was supported by Signor Facta. Eventually, the discussion on this point ceased, after M. Chitcherin said the Russian delegation would bow to the collective will of the conference. The clash between the Russian am.l French delegates disclosed the fact that disarmament is not on the agenda, and that therefore this matter is not to be taken up Coi considerat ion. The k-.-ynoie of Lloyd George's speech was peace, and lie made a powerful appeal to the delegates to work in unison for (he restoration of good relations and normal eco nomic conditions throughout the world. He believed that if the con ference was successful in its achievements, the United States '?would not merely come in, but conn- in gladly." The Italian premier, who was elected permanent chairman of ths conference, was equally earnest in Iiis desire for unanimity and prom ised the aid of Italy in carrying out any resolution likely to guav antee peace and stability among the nations. M. Paribou pledged the loyal support of France in whatever t.r* conference might do to put ?nto execution tite tasks of reconstruc tion and good relationship whie.i i; has mapped out. Genoa. April LI.?The admis sion of tlie Russian ami German representatives to membership on principal committee of the econom ic conference, was strongly oppos ed by the French and Belgians, but Premier Lloyd George, with Pre mier Facta, and Foreign Minister Sch?nzel*, of Italy, intervened and succeeded in smoothing over the differences, resulting in the ad mittance of both i he Russians and (; t-rmaas. -?> ? ?-? COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case of \V. N. Milier Results in Mistrial The ease of W. X. Miller VS. Walker I >. Nines, director general i.t the A < *. L. railroad; w hich was taken up for trial during the court session of Wednesday was placed in the bauds of the jury on Thurs day morning. A mistrial was de clared a;t<r the members of the jury had remained for several hours in deliberation und with no pos sible agreement as to a verdict reached. 1'Iaintiu's counsel. Tal ma and Wood.-; defendants, Rey nolds and Reynolds and D. McKay. Case now being tried. J. Y Pair. Adm. vs. Lime Cola Bottling Co. the trite sou FURMAN - SUES FOR ? _PLEDGE Courts Asked to Re ouire Estate of C. A. C. Waller to Settle Greenwood. April 12.?Trial of the ease of Furman university vs. the estate of C. A. C. Waller began today in the court of common pleas. Judge James S. Wilson is the presiding judge. The plaintiff is bringing suit for $9y900 against the estate of the late C. A. C. ?Valier. alleging ihat Mr. Waller pledged the sum of $10.000 to Furman university in the Bap tist $75.000.000 campaign, only ?100 of which has been paid. Dr. Coieman P.. Waller of Spartanburg and Hunter Gibbes of Columbia, as administrators of the estate, are de fendants in the case. Witnesses called by attorneys for the plaintiff today were Dr. J. R. Jester, pastor of the First Baptist church of Greenwood: Dr. W. J. MeGiothiin. president of Furman university, and H. L. Watson, form er president of the Furman Alum ni association and a member of the board of trustees. Furman university is represented by Haynsworth & Haynsworth of Greenville and Tillm?n, Mays & Featherstone of Greenwood. The defendant is represented by GrLr & I'ark of Greenwood. AUGUSTA STREET CAR SERVICE Augusta City Council Comes to Agreement With Augus ta-Aiken Corporation Augusta. April 12.?City council ami the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric corporation came to agreement tonight and the street cars, which have been in the barn for a month, will resume operation Saturday. The cars were halted because unrestricted competition by jitneys had cut deeply into the com pa ny's revenues. The city now agrees to restrict jitney operations to the. extent of not allowing them to take or dis charge patrons within one block oi! streets on which street car tracks are laid. Street car fares are sev en cent < when tickets are purchas ed and ten cents for casual riders. MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD Situation Growing More Seri ous in Helena District Xew Orleans, April 12.?Reports from Helena. Ark., that approxi mately 235 square miles of land in the lower part of Phillips county were covered by Hood waters from the White and Arkansas rivers, whict .if.' backed up by the high stage of the Mississippi river, gave a more serious aspect to the rlood situation today. The village of Melwood. in the Hooded area, was reported covered with from eight to ten feet of wa ter, while Elaine is completely surrounded by water with water a few inches deep in the streets. Railroad and all vehicular traf fic lias been stopped in the flooded area ami few people remained in j their homes to take chances with the high water. Practically all live stock has been removed to higher grounds. A hurry call for levee builders : was sent out from Arkansas City today and men were rushed to that point to aid in strengthening a one mile stretch of levee along the Mississippi river. The levee is holding, being raised to a greater height t<> meet tin- increasing floods expected. In tin- Helena districts scores of houses, whi? h were flooded by backwater, have been washed off their foundations and a number demolished by the high waves re sulting from the winds, which have contributed largely to the present higher river stages by pre venting the water from Mowing sou: hward. Levee engineers in all tin- dis tricts continue to express confidence there wilt he no serious break or overflow at any point. Strict guard is being maintained at all prob able danger points, while material and equipment to handle any emergency has been placed at strategic pbints. At Old Town. Ark,, where a se rious break was successfully over come about ten days ago. renewed sloughing was reported today at tit.- southern end of the old slough. RICH MAN TO PAUPER Former Hank President Dies in County Jail Chicago. April 12.?Dr. .1. C. WilbN. formerly a famous surgeon and bank president, and ren years aso worth half a million dollars, died :n the county jail today where he was awaiting trial on charges of passing $123 worth of bogus cheeks. Mr. Willis wrote many medical text looks and was a recognized authority on certain nerve dis eases. He lost his fortune through speculation. TJTROX, K>? tblishcd June I, lS?6. VOL. LIU. NO. IS ?RBUCKLE ! FINALLY [Fat Film Comedian Escapes on Third I Trial Sun Francisco. April 12.?A ver dict of acquittal was returned by a jury tonight in the third trial o? Ro"=ooe C. (Fatty) Arhuekle on a j manslaughter charge growing out of the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress. Th? jury wax out six minutes. The defendant was deeply nf | fected. He received the verdict with a great sigh of relief*. There was no demonstration, the-court j having warned against it. Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckie, the de S fondant's wile, cried quietly. Both j she and Arbuckle shook- hands with the jurors. ^ The quick return of ?he jury was a surprise. Edward Brown, whose presence on the jury was objected to by the prosecution, was foreman. There j was t slight delay when the jury ! returned, due to the absence of the district attorney. The verdict was by acclamation, the deliberation taking less than a minute. The additional time was consumed by details. MONEY QUES TION DISCUSSED AT GENOA Another Step Toward Restor ation of Normal Conditions (Jenoa, April 12.?The necessity of bringing about equilibrium in na tional budgets, if the European sit uation > to be stabilized, formed the m?-< important subject of dis cussion at the meeting today of the sub-commission on s finance at which Sir Robert Stev<msoa-Horne, the chairman, proposed an inter national conference of the great banks issuing currency, including the American reserve banks. The commission decided to make the London experts' report the ba sis of-Us-"4elU>erat:ons and to ap point another sub-commis.<ion to examine exchange, with a second sub-commission to study credits, the commission itself devoting its labor to the question of currency. Dr. Andreas Hermes, the German minister of finance, created some commotion by alluding to the ques tion of reparations. He declared that the Germans had examined the London report and were in a'ceord on many points but wished to em-, phasize that Germany would find extreme difficulty in establishing equilibrium in her budget while ? obliged to support heavy payments externally. Germany, he promised, win bring in practical s. ggestiona i later. ! A report was current In confer jenoo circles that the German chan jeellor. Dr. Wirth. would return to j Berlin within a few days, conc-rned over internal conditions in that country. After making the statement that in two years the Russian army had been decreased from 5,3G0,0jQu to l,4")0,fl00. it.was said by a mem ber of the Russian delegation: ??Russia has already disarmed but all will be useless until the great ! masses of gold, which rightfully j belongs to all countries, shall be j distributed fairly, instead of being I concentrated in the hands of a few I nations." Emil Gluckstadt, Danish delegate, j who was a member of the eommis I sion which investigated the tinan j cial situation in Austria, urged the ?imperative necessity of returning ! rapidly to the gold standard- as the real basis of world currency, and j thus bring about equilibrium in the ; budgets. Sir Robert " outlined the gnvi goal of the conference as: first, t<? establish an agreement on the tin tn icial programs of all govern? j meats: second, to achieve the unaa jcial equilibrium of the budgets of ? all states. a.nd. third, the estaM'tsh i meat of the gold standard as an ! effective monetary unit. The Russian and German a- le gates announced that they hoped tomorrow to submit definite sug gestions based upon the report of the London experts. The day's de i velopments showed distinct prog i ress in the serious application and J study of the economic problems of i Europe. j In the meantime the plans on j which Russia will he permitted to I reenter the comity of nations on j the basis of social order prevalent j in the remainder of the world is I now squarely before the Bolshevik delegates. I GAS RATE IS I REDUCED Savannah is Given Cut of Fifteen Cents . I Atlanta. April 12.?The State I Railroad commission today reduced the Savannah gas rate to $1.4.1 net a thousand cubic feet, a cut of 15c from the present net rate and low j ered the Valdosta rate to ?05 'net, a reduction of 15c. Applica tions from eight other Georgia I cities and towns are pending. v When the political pot boils there's always lets of smoke.