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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
S1l2,446,75l IS
 ADDED ID PUBLIC
 DEBT IN NOVEMBER
Despite Increase, Treasury 0f- ficiaIs Expect 300 Million Reduction of Gross Debt
 By End of the Year
Rx Ass0ciated Presa

Washington, December 2.-Despite the increase of sl12,44s,751 in the pub lie debt during November. announced today by the treasury. officials of the department declared tonight that at the end of the year a reduction of s300,- 900, 900 could be expected from the gross debt ot s24es7. 900. .00O as it stood on September 90.
 On November 30 the nations debt was s24,175,15S PA compare with s24,062.- 5O9,672 on October 30. Officials ex plained, however that the November Is issue of treasury certificates, amounting to s232 000.000, with only s94, 4,O00,O00 in certificates maturing in the month, was mainly responsible for the increase.
 Reduction in the public debt is pos sible only as tax installments come due quarterly officials declared. With judicious financing, 1t was confidently asserted that the last quarter of this year would show a reduction of from S1OO, ,O0O,0 to 5000 900 from the September totals.
 Nearly $700. 900. 900 of treasury certifi- cates mature December 15 officials said. with approximately $650,000. 900 due the treasury from income and ex- cess profits taxes to meet this debt. But the semi interest, aggregating about s140,000,000 on the first Liberty loan and the Victory Liberty loan also is payable on December Io and in ad- ditiop, ordinary requirements not GOV cred by current receipts are to be met through issuance of treasury certifi- cates of indebtedness
 Despite these liabilities it was as serted if there is no unexpected drain on the government, such as the s400.- 900, 900 sought by the railroads under the transportation act or Legislation calling for financing for farmers, steady reductions in the public debt will continue as it has quarterly from the war peak of $26,596.701,64s to the September 90 total of S24,087. .356.12S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
PLIGHT OF FARMERS,
 DUE ID PRICE DROP, !,
 TAKEN ID CONGRESS
Agricultural Committees of Two Houses Begin Joint Hearings Preliminary to
 Devising Relief
Bx Associated Press

Washington, Decemb 1.-The plight of farmers due to falling prices. was taken today to Congress.
 Agricultural committees of the Senate and House in joint session began hear iTgs on conditions brought about by fall ing prices preliminary to devising relief measures. They decided to ask Secretary Houston and Governor Harding of tho federal reserve board to come before them tomorrow after Eugene Meyer, Jr.. for mer head of the war finance corporation, had declared that rehabilitation or that body would go a long step towards fur n!shing the desired relief bv financing ex- ports of surplus crops.
 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska told the conference he planned to introduce meas ures making available the profits of the federal reserve banks; amounting to about s6o.o0o.00o for loans to agricultural interests. Governor Harding. with whom the Nebraska senator conferred, issued a statement saying that neither he nor the board had taken any stand on the proposition
 Legislation extending billion credit to Germany was advocated before the joint committee by J. J Brauer of New York, who claimed to represent the German government while Senator Smoot of Utah announced he would propose an embargo on imports of wool for relief of Amer iean wool growers in bill he will offer Monday.
 WOULD LOAN Sl00, 900, ,OO0
 Representative Campbell of Kansas sug. sested that profits of the grain corpora tion about s1O0, ,oOo ,0o0, be made avail able for loans to farmers.
 M1. tf,lI hA inf mi ttaa "a the act creating the war finance corpora tion was passed four months after the armistice and intended by Congress to bridge over the situation by financing ex- ports until normal economic conditions were restored He said conditions now were those which Congress- had in mind in enacting the measure, and that resto- ration of the corporation would have a tremendous stabilizing effect. Farmers in some sections of Nebraska have said they will burn their corn be- cause at current prices it would not pay for coal, l.. o. Scroyer. secretary of the Farmers union of that state, as- serted. He urged further credits, i'm mediate financing to export surplus crops, a protective tariff and appointment of a dirt farmer as Secretary of Agricul- ture.
 | Opposition to the "revamping of war time government agencies for peace-time | operation was expressed in a statement by Senat or IsSge representative of New
 Jersey. He was anxious, he said, to help thes farmers and other classes equally,
 but added that consumers were tired of I high prices.
 "The only durable and infallible barom- l eter of business is the law of supply and i demand" Senator Edge said, and to i set up an artificial, uneconomic and false structure for the maintenance of prices because some certain industries are suf- fering are postponing the evil day when i business and industry, including the 1 farmers, inevitably must face the music The joint committee hearings may com 1 tinue through next Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
LAST OF FIVE WHO
 PER|SHED IN FIRE
 IS DANGERS WIFE
Police Investigating Tragedy After Reports That StairWays Were Missing Between
 Some Floors
By Associated Pres.

New York, December Standardization of the last of five victims who perished early today amid flames that swept a five-story apartment house in West Fit- ty-seventh street as Betty Jones, the wife of Bobby Jones, dancer in Lon don, was made tonight.
 The other victims were:
 Dr. F NJ, Potter. veterinarian of the New York hippodrome. trainer of ami mals for theatricals and motion pictures and an owner of race horses.
 Mrs. Eva Lucombe. English dancer, the wife of Victor Luscmbe an employe oi Lloyds, London.
 Mra Harold Broswell Reid. vecal stu. dent of Goderich. Ontario,
 Mrs Jessie Jenkins of California, sis- ter of Mrs. Reid.
 The police startec an investigation ol the tragedy after receiving reports that stairways were missing between certain floors of the building and that there were no fire escapes They also reported learning that an automatic elevator was in use between floors not served by the stairways, and that the elevator had been run down to the third floor and stopped.
 TRAPPED BY FLAMES
 Mrs. Luscombes charred remains were found in 9 corridor one flight below her apartment and just few feet from Il passageway leading to the adjacent building. Apparently she had been trapped by flames when nearing escape.
 Mrs. Luscombe came to American from London about three weeks ago, and Betty Jones arrived in New York soon after ward from Boston to live with Mrs. Lus- combe. Last night they attended party given in the next door house. according to Mrs. Eric Brockdorff. friend, who identified the bodies.
 Mrs. Reid was reported to be the for mer wife of an English nobleman, Lord David Howard. Her daughter, Helen Howard said her mother later married Canadian manufacturer, Boswell Reid.
 Circus and theatrical folk 0< two con- tnents knew Dr Potter, who had cared for the Hippodrome's dumb performers for 15 years Previously he cared for the race horses for the scene in "Ben-Hui and appeared before the present King George of England when that spectacle was staged in London. He owned q stable of race horses and only fast night returned from Bowie, Md, where he su- peryised the shipping of some of his color bearers to New Orleans for tho winter track season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
MAHONEY DROWNED AS
 AUTO RUNS INTO BAY
Bx Assaciated Press

Tampa Fla, December 3.-J. T. Ma honey. prominent clubman and one of the most widely known furniture deal CTS in the south, was drowned at mid night when the automobile which he vas driving ran off the foot of the Mallory steamship docks. Charles J. Smith of St. Petersburg, who also was in the car, saved himself by jumping. The accident was due to an attempt of Mir. Mahoney to turn on the dock, which is poorly lighted, and which resulted in the car striking runway. according to MT. Smith
 MT Mahoney was for several years president of the Tampa Yacht and Coun- try club and captain of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, which holds an an- nual pageant here. He is survived by wife and two children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
DECLINES WILSON OFFER
Thanks, Says Harding, But He Will
 Travel By Rail
Hx Associated Press

Washington, December 2.-Senator Harding declined today President Will sons offer to place the presidential yacht Mayf1ower at his disposal next Saturday on his arrival al Norfolk to carry the President-elect to Washing ton. Il was necessary, the senator said in radio message to Secretary Dan- iels. who transmitted the offer yester- day to the steamer Psstores, that he should make the trip by rail. The senators S message as made public by the navy department, follows:
 Please thank the President for May fiower tender. Am obliged to travel to Washington by rail. My gratitude to you'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
AMENDMENTS ARE IN MINDS OF ALL LEAGUE DELEGATES
All Are Thinking of Revision That Would Remove Ob- stacIes to Entry of the
 United States
Rx Associated Press

Geneva, December 2.-Amendn ants for revision held the floor of the fs- sombly of the League of Nations today, the debate bringing out clearly -hat an endment of the covenant was i1 the minds of nearly all the delegates, tome of whom were more pressing in their desire for perfect instrument than others. but all thinking of revision that would remove obstacles To she en- try of the United States.
 Article x was not mentioned in the debate. but has been frequently dis- cussed in small circles, and ~. w. Row ell of Canada, when he insisted that adoption of a resolution by commit tee should not be misunderstood as closing the door to presentation before this assembly of other amendments than those proposed by the ,,can1i- navians, is said to have had in mind the article that has been subjected to ,nuch contention.
 The delegations of the British co- minions have been studying now to approach the assembly favorably on this subject The eventual proposal 10 eliminate Article x Is somewhat cop promised by the general understanding that consideration of all prop osed changes should be postponed until studied by a special committee. This understanding. however, came lar gely from the anxiety of the delegates not to precipitate revision until the atti- tude of the United States under the new government is known.
 TREATY MUST STAND
 Leon Bourgeois of the French dele- gation is preoccupied lest the investi- cations of the committee should lead it Ito consider alterations involving re- vision of the treaty of Versailles. ard Ee demanded today that it be Inder stood that the committee should de- clare itself incompetent to consid sr any amendment to the covenant that in- volved modification of the treaty.
 The close of the debate brol .sht a moment of great suspense, when Senor Pueyrredon of Argentina. who failed to take part in the debate. voted aloa nc against the resolution rejecting congid- ei ation of amendments to the covenant at this session. sr
 The presiding officers hcsitate,d as if unable to believe that single dele gate would prevent unanimity.
 NJ. Vianini. France. relieved the ten sion when he remarked that postpone ment of consideration of amen In ,nts involved only question of proced,ire lon which unanimity was not necessary. Thereupon thechairman declared adopt CAntinned an paxe rwe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
ROTARiAMS ARE ACTIVE
Troy Club Has Successful Session. Several Visitors

Troy. December 2.--tSpecial. IA splendid meeting of the Rotary club was held this week The guests at the luncheon were Weldon Seals of Waycross. Ga, and 0. E Harraur of Illinois. Both made interesting talks. The new members present for the first time were Hubert Brawn. lumber dsal- CT: Charles Copeland. retaIl grocery man. A. C. Ramsay, merchant J. II. Wilkerson made an instructive and en- tertainins talk on Rotary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
SEVEN ARE POISONED
One Soldier Dead From Drinking
 Wood Alcohol, Belief
9s Axseclat..d Pres.

Columbus, Ga. December 2.-Sayen sol ders were poisoned. one fatally at Camp Benning here today from drinking what is believed to have been wood alcohol
 Private George c. Hall of Waco. Tex. died during the day; two others were reported tonight to be in critical condi- tion, while four were on the way to re- covery.
 investigation was said to have shown the men purchased the drink for corn uquo-. Search fnr lauot throushout the 6 000 acres of the camp was instituted today and it was said at the camp that quantity was found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
l,200 Bales Damaged By Fire

New Orleans, Decemuer 2.-Approxi- n,ately 1 200 bales of cotton were damaged by fire and water as a result of the fire in the holds Of the American steam stip Calno, which raced into the Mis- sissippi river early yesterday from the gulf when members of the crew were un- able to successfully cope with the blaze. The vessel. en route from Port Arthur, Tax. to Liverpool. is docked here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
To Change Place of Meeting Az

Little Rock. Ark, December 2-The next meeting of the United States Good Roads association probably will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn. instead of Greensboro. N. C., as previously am nounced, it was stated today by Gov. Charles R. Brough of Arkansas. presi- dent of the association-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
SEARCH CONTINUES
Hamon's Business Manager Leaves for
 Unannounced Destination in Texas
By Associated frss-

ArdmOre, OAIa., DecerIDer z--5earrn continued tonight for Clara Smith. wanted in connection with the shooting of Jake L. Hamon. republican national committeeman from Oklahoma. Reports from Kansas City. where two trunks, said by the police to belong to Miss Smith, were opened today. showed notn- ing that wolld throw any light on the whereabouts of Miss smith. Frank l.. Ketch, lannon's business manager, left today for an unannounced destination in Tex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
Cement Prices Reduced
ny NseOciated Freas

Hy NHkOCIsE6u FTfNN
 Chicago, December 2.-Price reductions from s2.50q3. co, f. O. b. mill to sl.9sN225. f. O. b. mill, were announced to- day by three cement companies having mills in Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee and other states. At present there is cement available in any quantity for building, ac- cording to officials of cement companies in this city, with almost immediate de- livery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-03
GOVERNORS URGE
 THAT J. s. GO ID
 FARMERS RESCUE
Favor Foreign Finance Corpor- alton to Aid Growers Who Face Ruin for Lack of
 Market for Products
By Associated Press


 Harrisburg. Pa. December D.
 Under the leadership of Governors Harding of Town and Bfckett of North Carolina, the governors con ference, in session here today. went on record as favorinS creation by the federal government of a for eign trade finance corpora ton, de- signed to come to the rcscue of American farmers who faee ruin hecanse there Is no market for
 steir surplus stocks of foodstuffs
 ana other products
 The report adopted by the governors without dissension included also the recommendation that the federal re- serve serve board use its good offices to ob- tain refunding of farmers debts through system of rural credits from banks throughout the country.
 On account of a rule prohibiting the passage of formal resolutions by the governors conference the action taken by the executives was not as direct as was contemplated when the, proposition was first explained by Governor Hard ing to his colleagues yesterday At that time it was proposed that n com- mlttee of five governors should go in person to Washington to press passage Of suitable legislation
 Rather than suspend the rules. the governors decided to accept the pro- posed resolution simply as a report, which it was explained would be equally effective and at the same time avoid committing possible impro- priety.
 TEXT OF REPORT
 Following is the report as adopted:
 "The financial situation in the whole country is cause for the gravest concern but rot for despair All lines of business are realizing heavy losses but the swift decline of prices of farm commodities to far below the cost of production threatens a national disas- ter
 "The situation demands infinite pa- tience and for5earance and supreme wisdom and courage Nothing but evil can result from anger or fear.
 We believe that the tenseness of the situat ton can be relieved in several ways:
 q. Let every individual do all he can to help and encourage his neighbor. Let there be a complete mobilization Of the financial and spiritual assets of every community Neither God nor the government should be asked to help those who do not first make every effort possible to help themselves. There ought to be united effort in every community to keep any good man from being de- stroyed becanse he cannot immediately meet his obligations. Under existing conditions 1t would be the acme of in- humanity and of unwisdom to force any debtor into bankruptcy if by tho most liberal indulgence he would be ultimately able to pay. Business fail- ures do more than wreck business; they ofttimes destroy men.
 Liberal indulgences and renewals should be granted by the manufac- turers to the jobbers by the jobbers to
 Continued on Page Two)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10
NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS

The Workmen's Compensation Law
of Idaho requires employers to carry
insurance for the protection of their
employees in case of accident in the
course Of employment The STATE
INSURANCE FUND was created and
is operated to furnish this insurance
at actual cost. The State Fund Is
erfectly able to meet the cost Of
compensation and medical services
on any and all accidents to employees
of its subscribers. The State In
surance Fund has accumulated a
splendid surplus and reserve which IS
invested in absolutely safe, interest
bearing securities. Our rates are very
low. being based on actual costs.
Settlements on accident claims are
made promptly and fairly. Investi-
gate the State Insurance Fund before
placing your compensation Insurance
business for 1921.
If you are employing men and are
not insured, you are violating the law
and are subject to a penalty of One
Dollar a day for each employees for
every day that you operate without
insurance. Upon continued violation.
'ou may be enjoined from CARVING
IN your business.
Application blanks and full infor1na-
m VIII be furnished promptly upon
equest. Address: STATE INSJJR-
NNCE FUND. D. w. Church, Manager.
Boise. Idaho
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10
NOTICE.

Notice s hereby given that !. Mar
ION z SpsngEer. who. OF June 18th,
1911. in the District Court OF the
Fourth Judicial District. il and for
Lincoln county. State OF Idaho. plead
guilty to q crime OF murder in the
first degree. and who was sentenced
20 serve tn. balance OF my natural life
ir the Idaho State PenifentiarJ By
the said court. and whose sentence
was committed BY the State Board
OF Psrdons. at their meeting, held
January It'll. 1926. TO twenty years.
viii make application at the next
regular nesting Of the State Board Of
Pardons after the legal publication Of
this notice. for full and complete
pardon.
(sIsned) Marion H. spangier.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10
OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT
AL EXTRAVAGANCE

Two different bills are before Con
gress designed TO extend to our ex-
service men n bonus through the
reclamation Of desert. swamp and cut
over lands. Each of these bills calls
for the expenditure OF three hundred
million dollars during the coming per-
iod Of ten years. The bills are opposed
by the administration on the grounds
OF lack Of funds and condition of the
L. 5. Treasury. The men who are Of
fering this opposition TO these bills are
the men who during the past four years
purchased nine saddles for each horse
in the army. bought thousands OF sets
of harness for the motor ambuIances
repaid their political friends by build
ing nitrate plants costing hundreds of
millions of dollars which never pro-
duced pound of nitrate. squandered
and plundered two billion dollars thru
the shipping board. These are the men
who squandered and plundered and
threw away and stole so many billions
of dollars the past four years as to ex-
seed all the money collected by the U |
!. Government from the first day of
administration until the
advent of Woodrow the Great, and now
hey gag at three hundred million for
he benefit of the ex- service men.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10

degree while az the same ti-ae the Of
fee q Superintendent has been .fues
With officials who were the exact op-
posite II disposition always ready &c
yield without nurnur whatever pow
Ct and honor and prominence and
leadership demanded Of them By the
more aggressive Commissioner
Two children Of tender years were
once overheard IN their play contend
- follows 7 am big. TOO said the
little boy. Yes. you are little boy
but an bigger" said the little girl.
The little girl in the diaIog stated ex-
actiy the position Of the Idaho State
Commissioner Of Education towards
the State Superintendent Of schools.
The people have been asked several
times to abolish the office of State
OF Schools and each
lime have responded in the negative. /
70 legislature has yet taken count Of
hat referendum and the result is that
We stiH have the Two Headed" de-
Of education. II is hoped
he coming legislature will remedy this
vii and restore the office OF State
Of school to the dig
ity and power designed by the con-
.itution. A department with one big
owerfui head to 1t instead Of dou-
Ie-headed creature having no logf-
Il place outside A side show tent
ong with the fat woman the wild
an and the snake charmers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10
AfD0UBLE HEADER

A few years ago somebody in ths
legislature decided 70 reform our state
school nystem so they got law pass.
ed creating what they termed Com
missioner OF Education" There being
no particularly new duties to assign
to that Office Il was decided to dis
place the State Superintendent OF
schools. 30 far as possible with this
new oascisl and thus make our school
system =. sort OF double headed mon
etrosfty- II was impossible for the
Legislature to abolish the State super-
intsnde1ts Office as II was already
created By the state constitution. The
state constitution also prescribed a
few Of the duties Of the State SUPER
fntendeat and these duties could not
be transferred to the new head OF IN.
schools the Commissioner except bv
IN amendment 70 the constitution. I,
nas - happened that since the new
head wss created It has been filed
y officials who were 20 arressrve-z
gotistfc - to push themselves into
he pssf,rc prominence 70 an unusual