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VAST INCREASE IN WEALTH OF NATION TOTAL OF $320,803,000 IS INCREASE OF 72 PER CENT 8INCE 1912. Washington. ? The wealth of the United States at the end of December, 1922, on the best estimates available of all properly classified by the Cen eus Bureau, was placed at $320,803, 862,000. The was an increase of 72.2 per cent for the decade, since In 1912 when the Census found the Nation's wealth to be $186,299,664,000. Many differences and necessarily wide margin for estimate? and error In putting together Its calculations, the Bureau said, made its findings Im possible of the close application given to its population estimates. The item of greatest value in the catergory of National wealth was real estate and Its improvements subject to taxation, which were found to be worth $156,908,625,000. The second lt?m in point of size was the grouped valuation of the clothing, furniture, vehicle and like property of individu als, which totalled $39,816,001,000. Third on the list was the value of manufactured products on hand and in distribution, placed at $28,422,848, 000, while the next largest item was $20,505,819,000 representing real prop erty and its improvements listed by the States as exempt from taxation. The value of railroads and their equipment as determined largely from compilations of Interstate Com merce Commission reports, was esti mated at $19,950,800,000. The mach inery, Implements and tools of manu facturing industry were found to be worth $15,783,260,000, while the value of public utility property, fhcluding telegraph and telephone systems, elec tric light and power systems, street railways, canals and irregation enter prises, was-flxed ,at $15,414,447,000. Commodity Prices Ar$ Increasing, Washington. ? Wholesale commodity prices Increased 2 3-4 per cent in De cember, as compared with the preced ing month. The Bureau of Statistics of Labor Department announced that its weighted index covering 404 com modities rose to 157 for December from 152.7 in November. In no month since April, 1923, the Bureau stated, have the prlcos averaged so high. Farm products showed large In creases over the previous month, due to advances in grain, cattle, hogs, eheep, eggs and hay, the advance in this group, reaching nearly five per cent. Food products also were higher as were metals, cloths, fuel, building materials, chemicals and drugs, and house furnishing goods. Of the 404 commodities, increases were shown for 193 and decreases for 53, with 158 unchanged. Bolsheviks Assail Hughes. MpAcow. ? The resignation of Secre tary Hughes and the suggestion in some American newspapers that his withdrawal presages a change in the American Government's attitude to ward Soviet Russia have greatly heart ened the Bolshevik officials and press. The belief is indulged in many quarters that Mr. Hughes' retirement was due directly to disagreement with President Coolidge and his colleagues over the question of recognizing the Soviet, and the prediction is freely mftdo that one of the first acts of the new Secretary, Frank B. Kellogg, will be In the direction of giving official countenance to tho Soviet regime. The Bolshevik papers print derisive cartoons of Secretary Hughes, usually referring to him as an uncompromis ing foe of tho Soviet. Those Who Gamble Must Pay. Washington.? Those who gamble must pay the government, win or lose or drnw. The board of tax appeals re cently hold that persons who win in gaming operations must pay an income tax on their winnings and Solicitor Hartson, of the Internal revenue bu reau, ruie<l that lossos are not de ductable from gross incomes In states where games of chance are illeg.il. Pulp Mill Burned. Harpers Forry, W. Va^ The pulp mlfl plant of the Harpers Ferry Paper company was destroyed by fire with a loss estimated at $300,000. ? College President Dies. Knoxville, Tent) - I>r Oshley M. Johneon, president and founder of Johnson Bif>lo college, near here, died fct a hospital in Baltlmori* according to a telegram received by friends here. Urge Maxwell For Federal Position. Washington? Southern members of Congress urged before President Cool idge the appointment of a southern man to the Interstate Commerce Coin iMkm to fill the vacancy soon to be created by tihe retirement of Mark W. Potter, of New York. Senator Simmons and Senator Over mu, Democrats, North Carolina, pre sented the name of A. J. Max wet'., a jp Member of the Corporation Com mis ?ioft of North Carolina. m ? I GERMAN PAYMENT8 TOTAL 86,263,557 GOLD MARKS. Berlin. ? German reparation pay ments during the four months the Dawes plan has been In operation reached the cumulative total of 286,263,447 gold marks, of which Great Britain received 65,800,000 and Prance 113,600,000. The collections levied by Great Britain under the discovery act during December amounted to 4.* 200,000 and France was charged with 179,000 marks out of the same source. Qermany delivered dye stuffs to the value of 117,800,000 marks to Japan during December. The report of Seymour Parker Gilbert, agent-genoraT for repara tion payments, for December in cludes the reimbursement to Ger many of 26,500,000 gold marks out of amounts collected by the French and Belgians in occupied territory. ' . i i NATIONS MAKE AGREEMENT GERMANY TO PAY THE UNITEDj STATES $25, (XX), 000 A YEAR FOR 25 YEARS. Paris. ? The British and American, delegations at the conference of the j allied finance ministers have reached j a final and definite accord relative to the payment of the United States of the costs of the army of occupation i and war damage claims. This was' officially announced. The agreement is subject to ratifica tion by u pre ? vbkgqjvbgkqjjjj ; ference, but, inasmuch as Italy, France and Belgium entered the nego- : tiations already pledged to support! the American viewpoint, -and diver- 1 goncles existed only between the British and Americans, ratification Is regarded as a foregone conclusion. ] The United States, under the agree- j ?ment, will receive about $25,000,000 yearly on the total of her claims,' amounting to approximately $600,000, 000. Thus reimbursement of the Unit- j ed States will occupy a period of 25 ; years. The sum remaining due for the costs of the American occupation Is fixed at between $250,000,000 and $260,000,000: while the amount of war damage! claims the conference has agreed would be on the findings of the mixed ' claims commission. This ha* been tentatively fixed at $350,000,000. The terms of the agreement pro vide: First ? The payment to the United J States of 550,000,000 gold marks year- . ly by priority on the cash payments under the Dawes plan, to apply on the! American army of ocouptlon coets ! These payments are to begin Septem- ' ber 1, 1926, or after the extinguish ment of Belgium's priority payments. If the Dawes plan functions normally that part of the United States claims will be written off the reparations book in 1943 or 44. Second ? The United States will share In the Dawes annuities at the rate of 2 1-4 per cent, tho total pay ments not to exceed 45,000,000 gold marks annually, beginning retro ac tively September 1. 1924. Those pay ments will be used to amortize the amount of the war damage claims as j fixed by the mived claims commission, j The American representatices have ! agreed that this latter amount should not exceed $350,000,000, or with in terest. roughly 1,500,000,000 gold nuirks. Repayments under litis head would normally take over. 30 years, but it is expected that tho heavier pay ments made In the later years of the 1 oporation of the Dawes plan will can c e 1 tho claim in about 25 years. Third? The United States obtains the immediate release and possession, upon ratification of the protocol, of $15,000,000 now In the federal reserve' bank, which was de.posited there by the allies under the Wadsworth agree ment. These are tho broarl outlines of! the agreement reached between Am- 1 bassador's Kellogg and Herrlck and j James A Logan on tho one side, nnd Winston Churchill and Sir Otto Nie 1 mover on the other, much to the sujr prise of the continental delegations because of the speed wit n which ai situation that to them seemed a hope- ( less deadlock, the past three days has been cleared up. Plan Big Epworth Meeting. Memphis, Tcnn. Announcement was mado that a^commlttee of Kp- | worth league leaders would meet hero j February 2 to perfect plans for a south- j wide convention of Methodist young people. The date and place of meet ing will be decided at the conference ' hero. St. Louis, liirnfinghain. Rich ntond, Chattanooga and Memphis aret among the ollies which htjve extende<| invitations for the south-wide gather j Ing. Big Fire at Chicago. Chicago One fireman was severely burned, a dozen others were overcome i by smoke and damage estimated at from $500,000 lo $1,000,000 wan onus ed b ya fire which burned for more than five hours In a furniture 'building in the business distrWrt. Hundreds of! guests in the nearby Congress Hotel I were routed by the smoke and by fire men who used the hotel ha a vantage point for hose lines Valuable oil pain-tins and antiques were among the furniture ?tock destroyed. SENATE APPROVES ! UNDERWOOD BILL t ' > '.PLAN PROVIDES FOR THE PRI VATE LEASING OF HUGE PLANT. Washington.? With final approval of the Underwood private leasing bill, 50 to 30, the senate got Itself out of 'the parliamentary tangle into which it ! became enmoshed and so washed Its j hands of the whole Muscle bhoals problem, temporarily, at least. [ The measure, alter a tempestous six weeks' voyage in the senate, now goes to the house, which, at the last bos 'sion, passed a bill accepting the offer of Henry Ford, since withdrawn. The procedure there remains to be deter mined. The bill either can be sent direct to conference or can be referr ! ed to the military committee. Friends of the measure are making efforts to have it sent to conference between the two houses with a vlow to obtaining final congressional action ! before this session expires on March fourth, while opponents are laying their lines to have it referred to o com mittee in t.he hope that there will be no final action by this Congress. Senate approval of the Underwood measure was brought about by a coali tion of administration republicans and a group of democrats. It came after Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the major ity leader had conferred with Presi dent Coolidge at the white house. Immediately after the senate met, the Underwood bill was accepted for the second time, 4G to 33, as a substi tute for the Norris government opera tion plan which had been approved, 40 to 39, over the Jones proposal to re fer the problem to a commission. With the Underwood measure back before the senate, Senator Jones, the republican whip, re-offered his propos al, which displaced the Underwood bill, but it was rejected, 43 to 38, ten of the administration republicans who supported it deserting it for the Under wood plan. Although Senator Norris previously had announced he would not again of fer his bill to the senate, opponents of the Alabama senator's leasing bill did not glvo up tho- fight. Senator ' McKollar, democrat, Tennessee, offer- j ed a substitute proposing to refer the \ Muscle Shoals question to President Ooolidge for settlement without con gressional restriction. With this measure out of the way, the question came up on the final pas sage of the Underwood bill and this prevailed after Senator Norris had made a last plea to the senate f.o with hold its approval. Opposing the Underwood bill on the final vote were 13 republicans, from western states, voted for the bill. from southern and western states, and one farmer-labor. Thirty-four republi cans, 14 of them from western states and 16 democrats, three of them from western states, voted fo rthe bill. Earthquake Kills 140. London. ? Four villages have been destroyed and 140 persons killed in an earthquake at Ardahan, in Trans Caucasia, says a dispatch to The Dally Mail from Constantinope. The dis PV'itch adds that 2,000 persons are homeless with the temperature 22 de grees Ferlielnheit below zero. Radio Business Expands. Now York ? Rap'.d expansion of the radio industry which is fast becoming one of the country's leading enter prises, is attracting the capital of prominent financiers, it was revealed in an announcement that Percy A. Rockefeller, Malhew C. Brush, ft It. Harriman and others associated with (hem were taking were taking a large 'nterest in the recapitalization of the Music Master corporation, of Philadel phia, said to be one of tho largest radio distributors in the United States. Movies Cost $86,418,170. Washington.? The nation's motion picture output In 1923 based generally on the cost of production, was $80, 418,170, an Increase of 11.7 per cent over 1921, according to figures made public by the census buroau. The bu reau's figures cover all processes and activities connected with "movie" pro duction Including stage Bettings, "shooting" of the pictures, and de velopment of the films. Gives Girl Check, Ip Arrested. Wfrfi ngton. ? A $.r>0 check which police say ho gave a girl friend for a eiir'stmas present, has landed Fred crick Crydstorm. a 24 year-old drafts man, in Jail here. Tho young woman reported there was no <1 c* jx?a it. to cover the oheck and Orydstrorn was arrest ed on a charge of violating the local "bad" olwk law Two Florldisn* Drop Dead. Jacksonville, Fla Two men died horo while tihoy were at tho wheels ol their automobiles Tho tragedies oc curred on the same street and within a few minutes of earth other. William T. Slmmona, 69, died of heart disease His car was parked Harry II. Parfltt died from a c.erogral hemorrhage. J Ollmoro noted Par fltt's car passing slowly across a street with tihe driver slumped down In the seat, apparently dead. Ho jumped on ?the running board, applied tho brakes and cut off bhe engine. WEDDING JOKE 18 FATAL TO TWO; MANY POI8QNED. Pottavllle, Pa. ? Two men died, three others were made critically 111 and numerous members of a wedding party at Ollborton. near here, were being treated in homes along the Mahanoy vulley as a re sult of what is reported by police and phyaicl&ns to have been either a wholesale poisoning plan, or an ill-timed Joke. The names "of the victims were not given out. According to reports among Gil berton residents someone at the wedding put metal polish in the punchbowl at the wedding feast. First reports were that poison alcohol was responsible but a phy sician who treated the victims stated that it was a powerful pois on but that it had none of the characteristics of alcoholic poison ing. SECRETARY HUGHES flETIRES AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND 18 SELECTED BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE. Washington. ? Charles Evans Hughes has resigned as secretary of state and will be succeeded by Frank B. Kel- i logg, of Mlnnesoto, now embassodar to Groatn Britain. The resignation of Mr. Hughes will be effective March 4 when he com- j pletes four years as head of the state department. Mr. Kellogg is expected | to take office immediately afterward, j The prospective cabinet change was | j announced at the white house. Mr. I I Hughes, it was said, desired after 20 i I years of public life, interrupted only I by a short period, to return to private life. In his letter of resignation Mr. Hughes expressed to President Cool- j idge his "deep appreciation of the con fidence you have reposed and of tho i privilege of serving under your leader ship." Tho news of Mr. Hughes' withdrawal | from the cabinet just at this time sur prised the capital. It had been un- I dorstood for some months that he de- J sired to recoupe his personal fortunes ! by again engaging in the practice of j law, but recently his friends had said he prol\bly would remain for at least another year In the official family of President Coolidge. Appointed by President Harding at the outset of his term of office, the secretary took from the start a firm grip on tho conduct of the foreign af fairs of the country, and was the ad- j visor of the white house alBO on many i questions of domestic policy. He car- | rtfod a heavy load of responsibility at I the Washington Arms conference as head of the American delegation, and j In the period of his service handled also many Intricate questions growing ' out of the war. I Now British Battleships. , I/ondon. ? The design of the battle ships, Nelson and Rodney, now being built by Great Britain under the pro- j visions of the Washington naval' treaty- is so revolutionary, according to tho Dally Express, that It marks i the end of the dreadnaught era, just j as the dreadnaught ir>nrke>d the end of previous types. The new ships will be entirely dif ferent from any others in the world, , the paper says. Both will be floating fortresses and airdromes and will have | a radius of action covering thousands of .miles. Nine 16 inch guns will be mounted on each in three turrents. all forward. There will be no gunB on the after part, which will constitute a flight deck, and the ships will carry ihnir own flying corps and planes. Another feature, Tho Express says ' is that there probably will be no fun- j nels, the products of the furnaces be j ing discharged through pipes running alongside the storn. The distribution of the armor also will be revolutionary. The magazines, llko the guns, being all forward, the usual armor bolt extending for three' parts of the ship's length, will be un necessary, ahd the weight saved on the sides can be added to the deck protection against high angle fire Bear Races Motor. Ketchikan, Alasak A taxi taking passengers to Peninsula Point near hero, recently caught up with a bear .?(inning along the road. The driver*' speeded ii p. but the boar, refusing to ;>o passed, accelerated h?1a own gait For a mile the car and tho bear raced (iruln led. Than, unable to take a curve at high speed, he catapulatod ? lown a bank to a beach and disappear ??d. Announced New Method For Cunver. I/onlngrad, Russia.' Dr. Molotkoff, professor in the neurological academy bore, announces tho employment of a new method of treating cancer which ho claims will effoct cures The treat mont consists In cut/ting tho nerve leading directly to tho cancerous growth. According to Professor Molotkoff, '.he nerves play a vital part In all .:ases of cancer, At tho Academy of \1odlcal Science ho exhibited several ;atlents, who, ho said, had been cured '?y the new mothod. HOUGHTON GIVEN LONDON EMBASSY COOLI DGE GIVES NO HINT OF WHEN NOMINATION W^L BE GIVEN SENATE. Washington. ? Alsnson B. Houghton, of New York, now Ambassador to Germany, has been definitely selected by President Coolidge to succeed Am bassador Kellogg at London. Cablegrams have been exchanged between Washington and Berlin and Mr. Houghton has Indicate*! a willing ness to accept the post at the Court of St. James, which will become va cant when Mr. Kellogg assumes the duties of Secretary of State. Although Mr. Houghton's appoint ment is assured, there Is no indication as to when his nomination will be sent to the Senate. Mr. Kellogg still must j serve at the London post until he is j prepared to rwturn for his new d.it:e?, j and his nomination as Secretary of State also will have to be passed upon. The formal action in the case of Mr. j Kellogg may be delayed until after | March 4, in which case he would ba given a recess appointment pending ' the assembling of the new Congress In ! December. Mr. Houghton was appointed to the I Berlin post by President Harding At | | the tmio of his selection for the diplo matic corps he was serving as a mem ber of the House from New York. | Mayor and Attorney Killed. Florence, S. C ? W. H. Whitehead, ?4 7, mayor of Lake City, S. C. and Q. P. Stalvey, 50, an attorney, were kill ed when the automobile in which they were riding was struck and demolish ed by an Atlantic Coast Line passen ger train at a crossing about 10 miles from here. The machine was struck broa<aide by the fast tmin and shattered against the pilot of a freight locomotive stand ing nearby on a sidetrack. Both were killed instantly. W. L. Dean, engineer of the freight, who jumped from his engine to warn them of the approaching train also missed death by inches when the ma chine was dashed against his locomo tive He escaped in a mass of flying glass and splintered wood. Senate Passes Fund Bill. Washington. ? The senate passed the first deficiency appropriation bill for this year, carrying $159,000,000, of whioh $150,000,000 is to be used for tax refunds. A sum of $2,600,000 was added by the senate to the measure as passed by the house. Of thi? amount, $200, 000 was approved for use on the Yuma, Arizona, irrigation project on the mo tion of Senator Cameron, republican, S& that state. The measure also included an item for $3,501,200 approved by the house, for continuation of work on Dam No. 2 of the Muscle Shoals plant. Lefllon to Meet In Omaha. Indlannpolis. ? The seventh annual convention of the American Legion will be held in Omaha. Neb , October 5 9. The national executive commit tee selected the datos. James A. Drain, national commander, was auth orized to appoint a committee to in vestigate erection of a memorial on tho battlefield of Yorktown to French sailors and soldiers kiiJod in the Revo lutionary war. Nominates Federal Judge. Washington. ? Charlton H. Beattle was nominated by President Cool id pe lo bo federal Judge for the eastern dis trict of Louisiana. Senator Itansdell. democrat, ouislana, said that while he would have preferred that a democrat be named as the eastesn district, neither ho nor his colleague. Senator Broussard, would interpose any opiK>si tion to the satisfaction of Mr. Beat- i ties nomination France Honors U. 9. Judge. Washington. - Acceptance by Henry ! D Clayton, United States district ' judge of Alabama, of the decoration and diploma of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, was approved by bouse committee on foreign affairs A bill authorizing the department of state to deliver the decoration was favorably reported. Ban on Cottonseed. Washington. Cottonseed originat ing in the pink boll worm Infected section will not be permitted to move into the Interior of the state before being crushed under nn order issued by the department of agriculture The order is to apply to the 1925 cotton crop Score Are Dead In German Wreck. Berlin More than a score'of lives are known to have been lost when the Herlin to-Cologne express crashed into a train standing In the station at Heme, Westphalia. Three oars were completely demol ished, killing or Injuring many per sons. Dispatches said 21 bodies had been Amoved from the delxris Heme Is situated five miles fro?m Bouchum, in the Ruhr valley, the dis trict until recently occupied by French and Belgian soldiers. MOTHER! Child's Best Laxative "California Fig Syrup' ITurry Mother ! A teaspoonft "California Fig Syrup" now will oughly clonn the little bowels and few hours you have n well, playful ogaln. Kven If cross, feverish, bl constipated or full of cold, chl love Its pleasant taste. Tell your druggist you want onl genuine "California Flu Syrup" v lins directions for babies and chl of all aires printed on bottle. Mc you must say "California." It any Imitation. African Negroeg There are said to be more thai CXX>,(HH> negroes in South Africa, c Ing P.uslnnen. Katlirs and Ilnttent? DEMAND "BAYER" ASPI Take Tablets Without Fear If See the Safety "Bayer Cross Wnrnlng! Unless you see the "Buyer" on package or on tablet! are not getting the genuine 1 Aspirin proved safe by millions prescribed by physicians for 23 j Say "Rayer" when you buy As Imltutlons may prove dangerous. Record Clam Bed J Off the southwest coast of I'll Is the largest clam bed in the ifl States. It covers lot) .square udf "CASCARETS" IF BILIOlB CONSTIPATED? 10c A I If Dizzy, Headachy or StomiB Sour, Clean tho Bow6ls.^| To cleni bowels cramping fu-tlnp, tak^ caret s." headncho, ness, billot gases, indlgl sour upset ach and all distress pone by mtirnlnK. 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