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Washington*. ? ^Bluctl^ns In western
railroad rates on jRln, grain products
and hay, bought fWjofstates of the;
Mississippi-Missouri walley cereal ,
growing region under the leadership'
'.of Kansas and suppoYted by most
farm organizations concerned, were,
definitely refused by the interstate
commerce commission.
At the same time the commission
decided that the results of an inde
pendent investigation it had conduct
ed into the level of rates on these
same products in all sections of the
United States had demonstrated no
need for any changes, and proceed
ings before It bearing upon both is
sues were dismissed. ,
Railroad earnings in the western
region from the Rocky Mountains to
the Oreat Lakes and south as far as
Texas would have been reduced about
$17,600,000 annually had the conten
tion of the producing states been
granted. The commission held the
financial status of the carriers did not
Justify the step, while in general it
held that the financial condition of the
western grain farmers was Bhowlng
a slow improvement, relieving them
of the necessity for the reduction.
A sharp dissent was recorded with
in the commission over the viewB of
the majority, Commissioners McChord,
McManamy, Eastman, Campbell and
Lewis for various stated roasons re
fusing to follow the majority.
The rateB affected by the decision
are those applied to wheat growing
territory where It constitutes the
most troablesome and controversial
problem before the interstate com
merce commission in recent years
The Btates which led in the presenta
tion of the complaint denied were
Kansas, Nebraska, North and South
Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Mis
souri, Minnesota and Louisiana.
Ad Finish Conference.
London. ? The International adver
tising conference ended its 1924 con
vention, confirming Houston, Texas,
as the place for the 1926 convention,
and the election of Lou E. Holland as
president, and Jess E. H. Newell as,
secretary-treasurer for the next year.
Carrying out the keynote of this
year's convention, a resolution was
adopted calling upon all nations and
societies to pledge themselves to take
all efforts towards an exchange of
Ideas for international peace and to
adopt measures to safegard against
the recurrence of war. This resolu
tion was adopted unanimously, (tele
gate* from every nation represented
ascending the platform and signing
the text.
The convention approved another
resolution expressing thanks to the
Prince of Wales and others who took
part in the convention and those who
arranged for its success, and adopt
ed a personal code, which is for the
use of all advertisers, in which pledges
are taken to set forth only the truth
in advertising.
Dead Woman Grips Rattlesnake.
Anderson, S. C. ? The finding of the
body of an unidentified white woman,
with a large rattlanake clutched in
her right hand, and the curved fangs
still tastened in her neck, is reported
by the Senoca, S. C., Farm and Fac?
tory. The woman'B body was found
near the North and South Carolina
boundary line by a party of tourists, it
is stated.
The tourists are said to have met
two small children in the road crying,
and were told that their mother had
gone over a hill to pick huckleber
ries and had not returned. On inves
tigation, the tourists made the grue
some find. The snake's body gripped
in the woman'B hand, and its fangs
still fastened in her neck, according
to the Btory.
700 Lives Reported Lost.
Peking. ? The Iohs of life from the
flood which partly destroyed Kalgan,
Chilhl province early in the week, Is
estimated at 700 and the property loss
at two million dollars Mexican.
The losses occurred chiefly in the
congested section of the city adjacent
to the trading center.
The cause of the flood was the de
struction of. a protecting dyke, follow
ing the heaviest rain in years.
Foreign firms located on higher
ground escaped with slight damage.
The Japanene consulate la being re
ported to have been wrecked. Land
elides blocked the railway in several
places and the bridge connecting the
two parts of the city was washed
away. The flood Roon subsided.
In 8tat? of Prostration.
' Washington.? Mrs. Shrauol H. Me
Leary, wife of the army officer slain
and robbed noar Cheraw, S. C., was In
ft condition of prostration, having gone
through the strain of 15 days of search
(or her husband only to find that %e
had been killed.
... Army dfflcers were keeping her ad
vised of developments in the search
and rendering her every aid. Friends
alto were attending her at a hotel
Aer condition was described as rest
less and very weak from the long
trail she had been forced to endure
FOUR DIE PROM
VIOLENT POI80NING
Billings, Mont. ? Dick Richardson,
23, *ol Germantown, Pa., dle4 at St.
Vincentes Hospital here as a re
sult of what doctors say was bo
tulism poisoning, the result of
eating imported ripe olives at a din
ner given by Mrs. Paul Ache^
of Pittsburg^ at Aldrlch Lodge, near
Cody, Wyoming, Richardson is the
fourth victim of the poisoning.
Richardson and three other pa
tients were brought here from Cody
for treatment. Richardson was the
only one seriously ill. He was tak
en immediately to the hospital
while the serum was wired for at
Kansas City with a request for aer
oplane service if possible. Miss Eu
genia Jones, tutor of Paul Ache.,
Jr., one of the first of the three to
die; Toby Richardson, and Miss L.
Richardson, brother and sister of
the fourth victim, were the others
who were ill.
SIX FLIERS GIVEN OVATION
ARRIVE W FRENCH CAPITAL
NINETEEN DAYS BEHIND
SCHEDULE
Paris. ? The United States army
fliers who are circling the globe,
swept #ver Paris and landed safely
at Le Bourget airdrome. 19 days be
hind schedule, but with a gain of 12
days to their credit since they left
Toklo.
The pilots of the three planes and
their assistants were In fine health in
spite of weeks of heavy strain, but
they were tired and almost overcome
by the enthusiasm of their reception.
Six men in all, under command of
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, have
come over the long air trail, from the
Pacific cioast of the American con
tinent to their present resting place,
a distance of 18,000 miles in some
thing less thsfi four months. They
will not remain hero long, but will
proceed to London from there, flying
by way of Orkney Island, Iceland, and
Oreenland, Labrador and Quebec, will
go speeding back to the homeland.
The stars and Stripes floated in
profusion beside the trl-color as far
as the eye could see at Le Bourget,
and squadrons of Frecnh aeroplanes
were in readineBB throughout the
day to ascend and accompany the
American aviators as soon as word
jcame that they were approaching
Paris.
Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant Leigh
jWade and Lieutenant Eric Nelson,
I the pilots, with their mechanicians,
^Lieutenant Leslie P. Arnold, Ser
Mflfet A. M. Ogden and Lieutenant
John Harding, Jr.,* set forth tronfe
Vienna for Paris, upon which shin
ning mark they had fixed an expect
ant eye, and a mighty shout went up
from the airdrome, when with their
French escort In perfect alignment
they sailed over Le Bourget at 4:46
p. m., and continued onward to circle
the Arc de Triomphe and the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
Then Wheeling back from abov?
Paris, they planed down to the avia
tion field 10 minutes later. So great
were the crowds to wtlcome them
that the small force of guards was
overwhelmed and soon the field was
black with people.
U. 8. 8ends 4,500 to Convention
London. ? Men and women who
make advertising their business In
22 countries of the world opened their
first international convention In the
heart of the British government's :
greatest advertising attempt ,the ex
hibition at Wimbley.
There were 4,600 delegates from
these countries who attempted to en
ter1 the hall, 1,800 of whom crossed
the water from the United States and
BOO who are counted as foreign to the
British Isles. Tho next largest dele
gation to that of the United States
was from Scotland, Ireland and Wales,
with their representation of almost a
half thousand. Last year at Atlantic,
City there were 3,000 men and women |
present at the convention.
Long beforo tho conference began
the seats were all filled and the ad
joining conference rooms had been
opened for overflow meetings.
The appearance of the Prince of
Wales to declare the convention open
allowed the Americans a chance to
Indulge In 10 minutes of cheering and
singing. After the noise had subsid
ed the prince delivered his speech of j
welcome and announc ed that the con- ?
vention was open.
Frank IV Kellog~, the American |
ambassador, then delivered an ad
dress in which he expressed confi
dence that work of the conference
would tend to bring about interna
tional accord.
Cancer Causes More Deaths
Philadelphia. ? Deaths due to can
cer and "otheo* malignant tumors"
and to diseases of the kidneys showed
tho greatest increase during the first
five months of 1924 over the corres
ponding period for 1923 among
Mutual Life Insurance company of
Philadelphia
Suicide likewise showed a gain. Th?
report also showed that a smaller per
centage of deaths was credited to
nervous Infoctlous and respiratory
disease and Insanity and sensibility.
CONFERENCE LOOKS
FOR ASSISTANCE
HOPE8 AMERICANS WILL BE ABLE
TO HELP EUROPE OUT OF
DISA8TER.
London. ? The Importance with
which the European powers view
America's participation In the Inter
allied conference on the Dawos report
on German reparations was clearly in
dicated during the deliberations of the
delegates of 10 nations, whom the
British prime minister, Ramsey Mac
Donald, formally welcomed them at
the foreign office.
Mr. MacDonald extended a special
welcome to the American representa
tives, Ambassador Kellogg and Col.
James A. Logan, Jr. He remarked
that America's mind illuminated the
Dawes report, which had brought the
delegates together, and he hoped that
the Americans, although only official
spectators, would be ablo to help the
Europeans out of the wrecks and dis
asters of the reparations negotiations
of the past six years.
The merabors of the other delega
tions likewise voiced the view that
the presence of the Americans was
likely materially to aid in bringing
about an allied agreement that would
make the Dawes plrtn workable, there
by placing reparations on a sane and
reasonable basiB satisfactory to the
allies and acceptable to Germany.
Major McLeary Shot to Death.
Asheville. ? Major Samuel H. Mc
Leary, missing army officer, was kill
ed by Mortimer H. King, of near Can
ton, and a companion whose identity
is still unrevealed by authorities, on
the afternoon of July 2, according to
a sworn confession made at Canton
by King, to federal and local authori
ties. A search Is now being conducted
for the body of the major which is
said to be hidden in the brush about
10 miles from Cheraw, S. C.
The motive for the killing, accord
ing to King's confession, was robbery.
After the major had taken King and
his companion into his car and offered
to give them a lift up the road, they
compelled him to stop, at the point of
a pistol, forced him to get out of the
car, shot him to death and carried
his body into the brush at the road
side.
Stripping the body of valuables,
they returned to the car and drove
it to ABheville, thence toward Canton,
where King lives .according to the
near Canton they returned to the
confession.
Veterans Will Meet Next In Chicago.
Columbia, S. C.? Veterans of the
famous Rainbow (42nd) division
brought their sixty annual, convention
to a close with the election of officers,
the passage of resolutions on national
iBsueB and the selection of Chicago as
their next convention city.
Fred B. Crawford, of Chicago, for
merly a sergeant in company "C,"
149th field artillery, was elected pres
ident of the association by a vote of
acclamation. Other officers elected
were Raymond S. Cheseldlne, of Co^
lumhuB, O., first vice president; Char
les Kalm, New York, second vice pres
ident; and A. C. Davis, Lob Angeles,
third vice president. Father Francis
P. Duffy, of New York, was re-olectcd
chaplain of the division.
Resolutions condemning pacifism
were adopted by the veterans, and the
spread of "the doctrine of unprepar
edness" by citizens and organizations
was "unsparingly condemned."
Appointment of a committee to In
vestigate the feasibility of holding a
reunion In France during 1928, In ad
dition to the reunion in the United
States that year, was authorized. The
convention also adopted resolutions In
regahl to transportation rates to con
ventions, which It was asserted should
be lowered so as to conform more
nearly to those granted the American
legion.
Coal Cashier Is Killed.
Rock Springs, Wyo. ? Clyde N. Fish
er. cashier of the Ounn Quealy Coal
company here, who disappeared at the
same time that the semi-monthly pay
roll of the company vanished, was shot
and fatally wounded by J. Walker,
A search of the vicinity revealed a
cache of food, water and blankots
and also the entire payroll of the com
pany totaling more than $6,000.
Troops Augmented by New Forc*y
Washington. ? The Brazilian govern
ment troops operating against tho Sao
Paulo Insurrectionists have been aug
mented by new forcoB, whose organiza
tion has Just been completed, it was
stated in an officially communique is
sued at Rio do Janeiro and*receivod
by tho embassy here. An important
action Is under way on the whole
length of tho Rao Paulo front.
Hanga From Limb of Tre*.
Spartanburg, S. C. ? Claude Rims, 23,
well kno n farmer of the Cavins com
munity, killed himself by hanging
himself from the limb of a pine tret
with a rope which he had a few mo
ments before used in plowing, accord*
ing to a report received from officer*.
The body wan not discovered until 11
o'clock at night. Hamp Ltttlefluld, %
negro, found it.
Rural Policeman M. W. McAbee, Of
Woodruff, was notified and went to tho
scene to take charge of tho body.
GIRL IN CANOE 8AVED
WHILE 2 BOYS DROWN
Brechin, Ont. ? Having drifted in
a disabled sail canoe for three days
and nights after her two boy com
panions were drowned, 16-year-old
Margaret Murchlson collapsed as
reaourerB found her, half-crazed,
struggling through the marshes
skirting Lake Simcoe.
With Wilbur Hosklna and Ed
gar Smith, the girl set out from
Utg Bay Point in a light sailing
draft. VThey had reached the mid
dle of the lake when a sudden
storm descended upon them, par
tially overturning the boat and
pitching its occupantB into the wa
ter.
Hoikins and Smith, realizing
that the disabled craft would not
bear them all. shouted to their
companion to "hang on," bade her
adieu, and in the gathering gloom
headed for the distant shore. They
sank before they got out of sTsht,
Mls? Murchlson related.
LAWYERS GO TO CONVENTION
'CHARLES E. HUGHES HEADS 850
IN MT ^7 IN WESTMINS
? TER ABBEY.
i Nef York. ? Headed by Secretary
i of State Charles Evans Hughes, as
j presidf'nt of the American Bar As
sociation, 850 distinguished lawyers
and their families sailed on the liner
Herengaria to attend the convention
of the association in London on July
20. The barristers will meet in West
minster Abbey and one of the features
of the assembly will be the presenta
tion of a statute of Blackstone, the
author of the world famous commen
j taries, by the American lawyers.
! In addition to those on the Beren
sarla another party of American law
yers numbering 400 sailed from Que
bec, 300 others on the Laconia and 400
members of the association on the
Acquatania last Thursday.
Among those on board were former
United States Attorney General Geo.
W. Wickersham, who will make the
dedicatory address at the presenter
tlon of the Blackstone statue.
| "Blackstone was a vital force in
shaping our constitution." said Mr.
Wickersham. "For 150 years his
book has been the greatest text in the
education of American lawyers."
Other notables on the . Berengaria
included Henry W. Taft. brother of
Chief Justice Taft; Charles S. Whit
man, former governor of New York;
Alton B. Parker, Samuel Seabury and
Rv E. L. Saner, retiring president of
j the American Bar association.
Market Shows Trend to Lower Level*
Ifew Orleans, La. ? Starting out
Monday after a long holiday the cot*
i ton market showed a disposition to
seek lower levelB following the belief
in a much improved crop condition
created by the government report of
{ July 2. Under selling pressure July
traded down to 26.60 und October
22. 86 or close to 200 points below the
levels prevailing prior to the publica
tion of the government report.
Contrary to expectations Liverpool
instead of declining, advanced trad
ers there becoming alarmed at the
shlnkage of their supply of spots and
realizing that a late crop replenish
ment was some months off and more
over, receiving unfavorable crop re
j ports from the eastern portions of the
cotton belt. The action of the English
market checked selling in the local )
market and started shortB to covering i
As advices from the eastern por- I
tion of tho belt, particularly the Car- |
olinas and Georgia indicated that the {
crop was suffering from too much rain
and consequent grassy fields and as !
portions of tho western bolt also re I
ported insufficient moisture and rls- I
ing temperatures qhorts took alarm
in the latter portion of the week and !
covered rather freely finding con
tracts rather scarce in their efforts to I
buy back what they had sold In addi
tion, the process of liquidating the
July option disclosed the strength of
of tho spot situation. It also wns seen j
that certified stocks were being ship- j
ped out steadily nnd consequently (
wore being rapidly reduced. This con- j
flitlon started covering by July shorts
;ind there was more or less talk of cot
ton being shipped from the south and
brought back from Germany to he
delivered In the northern market on
July contracts.
New York Leads In Shipping.
Washington.? A survey of water
borne tratflc. completed by the ship
ping board's bureau of resoarch and
made public, discloses that nearly
120,000.000 tons of freight, exclusive
of coastwise commerce were handled
by American ports during the year
ended last Docember 31.
Police Lock up Liquor Raiders
New Orleans, I>a ? Four federal pro
hlhttton agents, Including Max Over
peck, divisional chief, were arrested
by police when they raided a fashion
able restaurant at West End, on I<ake
Pontchartlan.
The raiders, after being locked In
the station for a short tlme^ were pa
roled. They were ordered to'appear In
pollc* court and answer charges of
dlaturblnf the peace and dlsordely
conduct. In addition to Overpeck they
wait Lftfca Holland Lauren it Collins
and L J. Hoyt. *
BAD AIR PRESSURE
CAUSES DISASTER
CASUALTIES INCREASED BY PRC
SENCE OF UNOFFICIAL
OBSERVERS
Washington. ? The turret explosion
aboard the battleship Mississippi off
the California coast line June 12 In
which 44 men and three officers were
killed, resulted from insufficient air
pressure used in cleaning the bore of
the big gun, according to findings of
the naval court of inquiry.
The fire in the upper handling room
the court said in its findings announ
ced, was"caused by the safety doors
not being entirely closed," and casual
ties were increased by the presence
of unofficial observers "who crowded
the passageways, making exits more
difficult."
The court made no recommenda
tions, its report being confined solely
to findings of fact. Secretary Wilbur
and his technical staff have taken the
document under study to determine
whether there should bo further ac
tion in connection with failure to
comply with regulations requiring
that safety doors in turrets be closed
during firing operations and also with
regard to the presence of unauthoriz
ed persons in the turret.
Summarizing the report the de
partment gave the following as
"facts" establihed by the court:
"At about 11:45 a. m., Juno 12, 1924,
the U. S. S. Mississippi while firing
advanced practice B. together with
the Tennessee and Idaho, suffered a
casualty in the right gun of No. two
turret which resulted In the death of
three officers and 44 (or 45) men and
the injury of nine other men. About
four hours later the left gun of No.
two turret was accidentally discharg
ed and 10 additional men were injur
ed
"The 10 additional men appear to
have been Injured while standing out
side the turret and by the blaBt of the
gun. The entire turret crew were kill
ed with the exception of two men
from the right gun, five men from the
center gun and two men from the left
gun by the original casualty. There
were a number of observers both of
ficial and unofficial in the turret,
some of whom escaped.
"All who escaped did so by meant
of the exits into the lower handling
room. The entrance doors underneath
the overhang of the turret opened up
ward and apparently could not be op
ened In time to permit escape. En
sign Smith entered the turret by pry
ing open one of the doors under tRe
overhang about 15 minutes after the
casualty occured. The gases were bo
thick that he was able to remain in
the turret only a few minutes.
Coast In Grip of Forest Fires
Spokane, Wash. ? Mine workers.'
homesteaders and others reported
trapped by forest fires in eastern
Washington and northern Idaho, and
whose fate was in doubt, have escaped
the flames reports received here de
clared.
Thirty-five persons including eleven
children who were trapped at Wheel"
er's Mill, six miles west of Blue Slide
In Pend Orllle Country, Washington,
have escaped the fire, two reports
from Blue Slide said.
One hundred and fifty refuges from
the Constitution, Highland Surprise
and Nabob Mines of the Coeur d'Alene
district of northern Idaho arrived in
Kelfog. They brought confirmation
of the destruction by fire of the sur
face workings of the Nebob mine and
said property of the Constitution and
Highland Surprise mines was serious-,
ly threatened.
This fire, which in on Pino Creek,
is burning on a twelve-mile front.
It was said to be the only serious
blaze In that vicinity, all others re
ported as being under control.
The Blue Slide fire was reported
to have destroyed two ranches si*
miles west of the town.
The Shamokane Creek fire in Stev
ens county. Wash., still was beyond
control today, burning In green timber
along a front to nine miles long.
Flood Does $1,000,000 Damage
Washington. ? Damage to foreign
properties In Kalgan, China, estimat
ed at $1,000,000, were reported in con
sular dispatches to the state depart
ment, as a result of flood waters
which destroyed virtually the entire
section of the city on the south bank
of the waterway there.
The loss of life, however, was not
great, although the railway hridgo
and hundreds of houses were destroy
ed Advices from Peking at the simo
time expressed fear lest the dikes pro
tecting the city of Tlenslin would not
hold against the onrush of waters and
perhaps precipitate a flood condition
worse than that of 1917.
Automobiles as Dre Jng Rooms
Savannah. ? The Increasing prac
tice of dressing and undressing In au
tomobllos on public thoroughfares by
persons who change from street clo
thes to bathing suits has caused the
town council of Tybee, a seaside re
soret near here, to pass an ordinance
today prohibiting the changing and
Imposing penalties for violations.
The now law mAkes It unlawful for
any one to dress or undress In an au
tomobile, motor, motor truck, vehicle
or other vehicle of any other kind
whatever.
MOTHER!
Watch Child's Bowels
"California Fig Syrup" is
Children's Harmless
Laxative
Children love the pleasant taste oF
"California Fig Syrup" and gladly
take It even when bilious, feverish,
Blek, or constipated. No other laxa
tive regulates the tender little bowels
so nicely. It sweetens the stomach
and starts the liver and bowels with
out cramping or overacting. Contains
no narcotics or soothing drugs.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine "California Fig 8yrupM
which has directions for babies and
children of all ages printed on bottle.
Mother! You must say "California"
or you may get an Imitation flg syrup.
Hurt by Bobbed Hair
The future commercial prosperity
of Chefoo, China, n city of 100,000
population, depends largely on whether
American women will continue to
boh their hair. Chefoo's chief Indus
try Is making hnlr nets and they Bell
$5,000,000 worth to this country each
year, In addition to exporting $:5,060,
000 worth to France and other coun
tries. In China the price for the nets
runs from $1 to $2 a gross and for
making them factory workers are paid
7 cents a day.
Cuticura 8ooth?? Itching 8calp.
On retiring gently rub spots of dan
druff and Itching with Cuticura Oint
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Outicura Soap and hot water. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
hands. ? Advertisement.
Opening Up Brazil
A new railway line which will open
up country In the eastern part of thd
state of Plauhy, Brazil, which has hith
erto been accessible only by primitive
means of transportation, Is soon to be
constructed. This line will
town of Petrol Ina, In Perria'mbuco,
Therezlna, the capital of the stat^K
Plauhy, and when completed will
able travelers to go by rail from l9
hia to San Lulz de Maranhao, a dfl
tance of more than 500 miles. ?
improvement in Engine ? 1
That automobile engines of the near
future will double the number of miles
obtained from a gallon of gasoline la
predicted by those working on new de
signs.
Stops Eczomat
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