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WANT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BAPTIST CONFERENCE INTRO DUCE8 PLAN FOR RECLAIMING INSTITUTION. FEATURES OF FINAL SESSION Committee Named to Confer With 81m* liar Committee to Be Appointed By Cbnventlon. ? . ? a Memphis, Tenn. ? Inauguration of a plan proposing reclamation of George Washington university by the BaptiBt church and discussions of foreign and home mission work, stressing tho act ivities of tho laymen, were the out standing features of the closing ses aion of the southwldo conference of Baptist laymen hero. Tho plan to reclaim George Wash ington university took definite shape when the conference named a com mittee to confer with a similar com mittee to be appointed by the South ern Baptist convention when it meets In Atlanta in May. The two commit tees will be instructed to consider the proposition and formulate a definite plan by which the church may regain control of the Washington institution. The layment's committee is composed of Congressman B. G. Lowrey, of Mis sissippi; Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia, and J. H. Anderson of Knoxville, Tenn. The discussion of the missionary work conducted by the church in home and foreign fields covered a wide range. Dr. J. T. Love, secretary of the church's foreign mission beard stated that the Baptists were conduct ing mission work In 16 countries. Ex tension of the activity into seven now fields, ho said, had been made possiblo 'by tho response to the $75,000,000 campaign inaugurated four years ago. More Intensive evangelization of the south in order that the church might take care of their work at home and at tho same time, provide the neces sary support for the work abroad was urged by D. B. Gray, of Atlanta secretary of the Mission board. Dr Gray declared that more than $21,000, 000 would bo expended by less than 500 Baptist congregations of the south this year for new churches and addi tions to present buildings. Mission churches will spend even m!Te, he said, explaining that such expedltures will bo independent of tho $75,000 000 campaign through which the church proposes to raise $27,000,000 this year. Ilebels Lose 300 and Federalo 40. Mexico City. ? Further details of the engagement at Palo Verd show that It laBted eight hours, the rebelB losing about 300 dead and a large number of prisoners, while the federal losses were 40 dead and 100 wounded. Gen. Gonzalo Escobar discoverea by scout ing that the rebels were at that point, commanded only by Enrique Estrada Dteguo" having takdn another road to reach Ocotlan. General Escobar immediately order ed tho advance and tho enemy was taken by surprise. Est nda still sleep ing. Gen. Manuel Ramos and General Rodriguez struck the right flank of the re'-els. while General Escobar and General Aguirre attacked in tho cen ter. General Ramos made a long de tour for tho purpose of a rear attack. Tho engagement began early Tuesday morning and continued until 4 p. m Estro'1,1 wrt> nearly captured and tho rebols fled, leaving large quantities of war material and supplies. The federal cavalry was ordered to approach the rebels' stronghold and withhold fir^. Believing that the cav alry intended to surrender, Estrada pormittod them to approach to close range. Then, firing their revolvers the horsemen charged, completely dis organizing tho enemy and killing many with their revolvers. Officers Get 10.000 Cases Whiskey. New Yiirk. ? Mire than 10.000 cases of liquor, five barrels of alcohol, nnd a completely equipped "cutting" plant we-o seized by federal prohibition agents In a downtown warehouse Thn building is on Wator street, n few blocks from city hull. The agents had loaded about 100 cases of gin, 30 enres of whlsltey and tho barrels of alcohol on a truck, nnd were about tn loave the building when tho electric lights in the warehouse went "M*. Continuing their s?>nrch with " i "Mights nnd lanterns they found a. stairway loading from the second to the third floor at tho end of which was n barred door. Forcing tho ontrancet tho ngents dls covered tho 10.000 cases of liquor nnd the equipment for making whiskey from alcohol. Wilton Award Will Ho Made D?e. 2R Now York ?Tho first award by the Wood row Wilson Foundation to tho Individual who hnn performed diflng tho year nn act of "unnolflsh public norvlco of ondurlng vnluo," which o* ompllflon tho "Idoan nnd prlnrlplon for which Woodrow Wllnon cnvo hln life," will bo ninde on Dttcomber 28, noxt It waii announced horo by foundation offlolnlH. Nominations for tbo award mufit bo nubralttod to tho foundation by June I. ATLANTA AUTOMOBILE MAN AND WIPE BURNEQ ALIVE. Atlanta, Ga. ? C. \V. Dupree, an automobile dealer and bis wife were burned to death and Mrs. Du pree's mother, Mrs. H. M. Cottlng ham, of Marietta, Qa., was severely injured wben she lumped from a second story window to escape flames which destroyed the Dupree residence here. The charred bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Dupree were found by firemen. According to M.rs. W. A. Dupree, also a guest in the home, when the fire was discovered the entire in erior of the residence waB ablaio. She said she jumped from the sec ond story window and was followed by Mrs. Cottlngham. Just as Mr. and Mrs. Dupree reached the window, she said, the roof of the house caved In. Hospital authorities say Mrs. Cot tlngham will recover. Mr. Dupree was a widely known Atlantian, being president of a large automobile sales company. MrB. Dupree was active in Red Cross work during the war, being in charge of recreation and hos pital work for the American Red Cross at Brest. ARE SHOT WITH OWN GUNS DESPERATE CON VICT8 DYNAMITE PEN GATE IN WILD DASH FOR I LIBERTY. Blast Shattered Windows and Rocked i I Entire Woods Run District Caus ing Residents to Flee. Pittsburgh. ? Two prison officers were shot to death and a number of , convicts were wounded, more or less ; seriously lu a riot at the Western Pen- : itentiary. After an hour's fight, dur- ; ing which riot guns, tear gas bombs, | ! clubs and bricks were used, the pris- ; | on guards assisted by the county de- j i tective and Pittsburgh police forces, succeeded in quelling the disturbance, 1 which started when the convicts used explosives in an effort to dynamite their way to freedom. No prisoner 1 escaped. The dead are. William Pleffer, as sistant deputy warden, and J. A. Coax, an overseer. | Warden J. M. Eagan reported that ! the plot was born in the minds of I four or five "bad men,'' recently trans | ferred to the prison here from the : Eastern- Penitentiary to be disciplined. He added that ho believed the plot I was engineered by a quartet of con victs known as "the four hosemen." , They had help from the outside, i the warden declared. Prisoners numbering more than j I 1,000 had just breakfasted and were j j about to go to their tasks In the work I shops when tho blast ripped tho main ' gates and a section of the wall, rock- j ed the entire "Woods Run district, j shattered windows and caused resl dents to flee from their homes, Pleffer and Coax were near by. ! They started on a run for tho holt in tho wall but were intercepted by 15 convicts who disarmed them, beat I them and then shot the officers with ' their own guns. The prison yard be I came a battleground as other prison ers and other guards Joined in the fight. The guards concentrated near tho gates and threatening the prison ers with the sawed off shotguns, or dered them to their cells. But the explosion had signalized an attempt to escape, and with liberty In sight they wero stubborn and showed fight. Even the prisoners in their cells added thoir voice to the confusion, shouting and boating upon tho walls and bars, and crying defiantly to tho guards in the tiers. A few of the convicts got loose but tho guards met them had to hand and threw them back into the colls. Gastonla Fire Loss $100/XX). - Oastonla.. ? A loss of between $75, 000 and $100,000 was sustained here when tho Spencer Lumber company, a large plant In the heart of the city owned principally by S. Elmer Rpen ?er, was totally destroyed by fire which was discovered near the boiler room of the plant at 10:15 o'clock. The machinery In the plant was totally ruined, and tho largo stock of lumber practically all burned. The insurance on tho plant was stated to he very small. 81k Burned to Death. Ror.kvllle Center, N. Y. ? Before po licemen on tho scene had called the village volunteer flro department, six persons, Including four children, had boon burned to death In a flro, believ ed of Incendiary origin, which destroy ed a three story tenement house re contly converted from an Inn. 28 Killed In Fanatic Uprising. BatAvIa, Java/ ? One Dutch police officer and 27 natlvo religious fnnatlcs were killed and many others wound ed In a riot at Tangerang, near Wolt vroden. The trouble began when 41 fanatics, armed with swords and knives derlar ed they wished to proelalm a now kingdom of Mount Oeden. Natlvo police under the direction of Dutch police official* attempted to disarm tho fanatics and severe fighting oc curred before the police gained the upper hand. SPARROW KILLED ! IN VAIN EFFORT CAPTAIN OF THE TACOMA TRIE? TO AID MEN OF HIS CREW. WRECK IN VERA CRUZ STORM Commander, Another Officer and Four Radio Operator* Trying to Main tain Communication. Washington. ? Capt. Herbert O. Sparrow of the cruiser Tacoraa, wreck ed at Vera Cruz, lost hip life while endeavoring to aid men of his crew who had been Imperiled with him In the destruction of the Bhlp's radio house in the great storm that made a complete loss of the cruiser. Full details of the second storm, which struck the cruiser after she had been driven aground by the first north er encountered, have not reached the navy department. A naval board of inquiry is now in session at Charles ton, S. C., going into all the circuc stances surrounding the wreck. A partial account of what happened aboard the Tacoma January 16, when the second norther struck the strand ed craft, became available at the navy department, however, and shows that Captain Sparrow and another of ficer and four radio operators were in the radio room endeavoring to main tain communication with shore. "While so employed," the memoran dum said, "the continual pounding of the heavy seas which were breaking over the vessel finally destroyed the radio house and threw the occupants out amongst the wreckage on deck. Captain Sparrow and the others man aged with great difficulty to obtain temporary shelter in the hammock nettings, where they were almost, drowned by the continual wash of the seas. "Captain Sparrow believing that the men were less protected than ho was. Went to their rssctie, which prov ed to be the beginning of his own end. When ho left his temporary shelter be was badly knocked about by the heavy seas and finally became uncon scious Two attempts wore made by others to rescue him and these men in turn were either lost or seriously in jured so that of the six orginally in the radio house Captain Sparrow and three radio men were killed and the others very seriously Injured.'' Export Figures Reflect a Gain. Washington. ? Exports from the United States during January were $394,000,000 and imports $299,000,000, leaving a favorable blance of trade for the month of $95,000,000. During the same month a year ago exports were $335,416,000 and imports $329,253,000 leaving a favorable trade balance of but $6,160,000. The figures on exports last month compared with $426,798,000 In Decem ber, and $401,480,000 in November The Imports wero greater than those of any of the last six months of 1923 1 with the exception of October when they were $308,290,000. I The flow of gold into the United ; States resulted in Imports during Jan i uary of $45,170,144. This was greater than that recordod during any pre , vIoub month of the last two years, with the exception of May, 1923, when it was $46,156,000. Imports of silver for January amounted to $5,917,745 but exportB or the same metal from the United j States amounted to $8, 120, ?48. 17 Killed In German Fljht. __ Berlin. ? Fighting between Separat ists and inhabitants of Pirmasens in the Bavarian Palatinate resulted in the killing of 17 portions and the wounding of 20, according to dis patches received from Pirmasens. Tho casualties occurred during fighting for tho possession of the Gov ernment building, which was eventu ally set on fire. Of these killed 14 were Separatists. The attitude of tho French authori ties was described as neutral. Duegseldorf. ? The Separatists at ' 1 PirmasenR, thirteen miles aouthenHt ! of Zwolbruecken, were beselged over J night in the Government building. ? which wan finally net aflire Dinpatches Wrom Plrmasens say eight Keparatrata and nix of their at tackers were killed, but telegrams ' from Kalserslautern, oatimato the dead at more than 60. The Inter-Allied High Commission declared a Btate of siege In the Plr masons district and ordered the disso lution of certain nationalist organiza tions. Truffle In Beei4 and Boou Halted. Chicago. ? Declaring that "law en forcement Ir a reality In Chicago " Mayor William B. Dover, whoie cam palgn against illicit liquor has driven 23 breweries and more than 6.000 soft drink parlors out of business during the last four months, has served notice on bootleggers and beer runners that "this storm is not going to blow over." "The traffic In beer and hoo*e has been halted 1ft ttfitcago. And It will not be reaumod during my administra tion," th? mayor Bald. FORD SPECIAL TRAIN KILl 8 THREE BROTHER*. Olencllff, N. H. ? A special train on the Boston and Maine railroad, bearing Henry Ford homeward from Boston to Detroit, struck four sportsmen who were walk in the track on their way to an outing club. Three of the party, brothers, were killed Instantly and the fourth was seriously injured. The train crew did not know of the accident, and continued on their way. A southbound express picked up the Injured man. Ralph D. Heed, of Manchester, N. H., and took him to that city. BATTLE LASTED II HOURS MANY COMMANDING GENERALS ARE KILLED CROSSING LERMA RIVER. Says Estimate of Losses Impossible Because Battle Did Not End Until ' Nightfall. Mexico City. ? The federal forces have achieved an overwhelming vic tory over the rebels after 11 hours of furious fighting on the banks of the Lerma river at Ocotlan, according to a report made by General Amaro to i President Obregon. Heavy casualties were suffered by both sides. A number of the commanding gen erals were killed during the crossing i of the river subsequent to the storm ing of "Death's Balcony," as the sol diers call the rebel trenches, accord ing to special dispatches from Ocotlan. After crossing the river the federal forces successfully attacked the rebel positions at Cultzeo, forcing the main rebel column to hoist the white flag and sound bugles, calling for a parley, | the dispatches say. The following dispatch was sent early to General Arnolfo Gomez, mill I tary commandant In Mexico City, by President Obregon. "I am pleased to report that our loyal soldiers have given the highest example that can be demanded In I bravery and loyalty while crossiug the Lerma river, where the rebels have organized defenses, aided by the nat ural advantages offered in that region. "The battle lasted 11 hours with out any truce, beginning at 7 o'clock (Saturday) in the morning and end ing at 6 o'clock in the evening. It is impossible to give an estimate of the 1 losses suffered by the enemy, because l the fighting ende dat nightfall over a I very extensive area. "Our troops suffered 300 casual ties. more or less, in dead or wound ed, because the crossing of the river over an improvished bridge and tTre subsequent assault had to be done under rebel fire. I Jpanese Loan Will Be Offered. i New York. ? Public offering of a ; Japanese government loan totaling be ; tween 1250,000,000 and $300,000,000 j j will be mnde by an international bank- I lng syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan ! i and Company, It was announced here. 1 The bonds, which will yield about ! seven per cent, will be offered simul I taneously In New York, London and on the continent. The major part of the loan will j be offered In this country and the I American syndicate will be composed ; of leading bankers of the United j States. It is understood that the pro ceeds will be used for reconstruction ; purposes and also for refunding opera i tlons. Put to Death By Lethal Gas. Carson City. ? Lethal gas as a form of capital punishment was used for the first time when Gee Jon, Chinese, j convicted of killing a rival Tong man, j was put to death. Physicians and scientists who at | tended the execution were unanimous In pronouncing n swift, painless meth od. Several of them said they con sidered It the most merciful form yet devised, less gruesome than hang ing, 'entailing loss suffering than shooting or beheading or any of the i other traditional ways of execution Capital Church Pays Tribute to Wilson, i Washington. ? Tribute wan paid to ! the memory of Wnotlrow Wilson In ! the Central Presbyterian church hr<re. ! where he had worshipped In his vlg- ! orous days. President and Mrs. Coolldge and many high government officials were present. to hoar tho Hov. Dr. JnmnH II. Taylor deliver his sermon. "A Oreat Man Has Fallen,'' and to listen to thoso hymns the dead President loved. They sat near Mr. Wilson's flag draped pew, which Is to bo In mourning for 30 days Rergdoll Seeking Huge Sum Por Hurtt Herlln. ? Grovor Cleveland Hergdoll, draft dodger, wants $150,000 damages for Injuries ho received during the attempt to kidnap him, by a party headed by lieutenant Corliss Hooven Orlffls, of Ohio. Orlffls recently was released from a German prison, whore ho served a sentence for the attemptod kidnap ping. Hergdoll also seeks $ 1 0.0( .> damages for tho proprietor of the hotel In Rattan where he was stopping at the tlmw for the attemtped kidnapping. COFFIN OF KING TUT IS OPENEO LID OF STONE CASKET IS RAI8ED AND NOTABLE FIND IS DISCLOSED. GILDED MUMMY CASE FOUND Egyptian Officials May Call Ceremony to Pay Ancient Ruler Honor. Luxor, Egypt.? The lid of Tut Ankh I Anion's sacrophagus has been raised. ? It is understood the body of the king I was found within. I When the lid was raised there wan revealed tho most splendid gilded I mummy case ever found in Egypt. It | is about three metres long. The mummy case bears an effigy in rellfe of the king wearing tho "tiems," or sacred head dress like that of the Sphinx, decorated with the head of a hawk and a serpent in pure gold set with lapis lazuli. The handa | are crossed, one bearing a crook sceprre and the other a flail. A pathetic touch is given the effigy by a little crown of withered natural I flowers set about the gold head dress. ; The royal mummy case has not yet | been opened. Apaprentl ythe decision that the opening of the sarcophagus would be strictly private was changed during the morning. Shortly before 3 o'clock a distinguished company of some twenty persons assembled in the well of the tomb. It was 3.05 o'clock when, escorted by Mr. Carter, the party entered the tomb and soon there came to the ears of the watch ers. who sat on the parapet in a blaz ing sun, the clank of pulleys and the sound of ropes slipping through the blocks. At 4 1 5 the party emerged from the tomb Experts characterized the disclosure I of the mummy case as th~ greatest discovery in the history of Egyptology, or possibly in all archeology. The 1 iii of the great pink stone coffin was raised about two incheas, during a test of the hoisting machin ery, which has boon erected in the mortuary chamber by Howard Car ter, and his assistants, but no attempt was made to disern the contents, as it bad been agreed to have Egyptian government representatives at the opening. Mohammed Pasha, under Secretary of State for Public Works, who is one ! of those here for that purpose, de clared that the. operation would be strictly private and informal. It t would depend, he said, upon his re | port to the Minister of Public Works on what the sarcophagus was found to contain whether a ceremonial open ing would afterward be arranged. It one or more mummy cases were found in the coffin these would be opened and investigated on tho spot, he said. i j Preparing For Cruise to North Pole j Washington. ? Final orders for in j stallation of a mooring mast on the fuels hip Ramado at Mare Island Navy j Yard in preparation for the flight of ! tho Shenandoah on an Arctic, explora tion cruise this Summer were approv ed by Secretary Denby on recomen datlon of Rear Admiral Moffett, chief , of the Naval Air Service. Revised ; plans for the mast equipment will gc forward within the next few days, j The orders completed the prepara ; tory steps for the flight and set at | rest rumors thta the trail might not be I carried through. The fuel ship Pato i ka is now en route to Norfolk Navy ? Yard for installation of a mooring mast and will be used at the "stand by" base at Spltzergen, while the Shenandoah Is en route to and from tho pole from Nome. Members of the party sent to Nome, to make preliminary inspection and begin the works of developing the Polar flight base there, left Washing , ton sevoral days ago. They will arrive in tho Far North before tho Ice has i gone out, permitting entrance of ship ; P'ng I" the Alaskan harbors, and will 1 make tho trip into Nome by sled. Oppone Shaft Over Tomb. Washington. ? Secretaries Wooka and Denby, who nro members of the commission in chnrge of the Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National 1 Cemetery, aro understood to disprove plans of the Fine Arts Commission for the eroctlon of a 35-foot shaft over the tomb of the Unknown Sodler. In a goneral wny both cabinet officers are said to favor rotentlon of the Un known Soldier's tomb practically as It ! Is. without the addition of any stat- I uary or other devlco that might mark a departure from Its present simplic ity List 16?, 792 Pnople on Ford'n Payrolln. Detroit. ? Henry Ford now employs In his major Industries here and ! throughout the world 162,7f)2 pernons, | It Is announced by the Ford Motor ! Company. Of this number 121,214 are employed In manufacturing plans for the company In the United States and ? 24,323 In thn American branches Km ployea In foreign lands number 11,028. In addition to thone employed by | ?he Ford Motor Company? at totnl of 1 56, 66lt~ there are 2.525 men employed . on Ford's D. T. A I. Railroad. DON'T DO THIS TRY TH WAT? TE3I Can You Hear? rue. witch to wr lK?n draw W?|. You ahouU (mat tick at H boiii. D*m i riaiiu in mx' tart prniot you* picptf lmno|9 LEONARD EAR OIL refceree both Heed Noieee eod De*f? mm. Joel rob it beck *1 etn OM UO ? t in nwtnk For SaU E*trywk?w. Zntrmating d?crijytiv faJdt ??nf upon r*j Mat A. O. LEOUAKD. U?. T fttfe Jk*? PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM naauoT** Daaa ru 0 -? t op? 0 *1 r rid Rotorn Color ud B?*uty to Ctty and Ftdtd I 60c. and $1 00 at ProcTrUt*. Rlw>n? Chfrn. Wilt HjgjjMMj HINDBRCORNS Remorw Ootml Iouhb. ?to., (tons *11 palo, rniurva comfort U fret, mftkfi walking nti, 16a. by nail or at ? -l?U. lllsoOK Chau9<c*l Work*. Patchocu*. 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