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The New York herald., 1921-12-17
NEW WORK URGED
ON MUSCLE SHOALS
Chief of Army Engineers
Recommends Spending
S7,500.OO0.
REPORTS ON PROJECT
one-third Complete, Plant
Has Already Cost
S15,278,82S.
REPORTS ON PROJECT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Seven and one-
half millions of dollars "can be prohtably
expended" In new work on the Muscle
Shoals. Ala. nitrate and water power
project during the fiscal year OF 1928,
Najor-Gen. Beach, chief OF army engi-
ieers. says in his report to-day to the
secretary OF War. Work on the project
was shut down last April as a result OF
the refusal OF Congress to appropriate
iurther funds for it, and the Government
Is now negotiating for the sale and lease
Oh the plant TO Henry Ford.
a financial summary prepared by Gen
Beach shows that to date net total ef
s1o,21s,s2S has been expended on the
li oJect which the General Gays Is about
one-third completed. the percentages Of
completion for the various units being
wilson Dam. 45 per cent power house,
II per cent, and locks. 10 per cent.
The sum expended in the fiscal year
ended last June 80 was s7,S40.7S1, the
principal Items listed by Gen. Beach be-
ing
Dam construction. s3,1Os,S0o power
louise construction, s1.017.000; main line
railroads, construction, maintenance and
operation, 495.b0O; general plant, pur-
chase, construction, operation and main
tenance. 1891, 200; camp construction,
maintenance and operation. $72S,500 (:
general expenses, including flood losses,
labor recruiting and Office expenses,
S75l,S00, and lock construction, $143,30O.
On last July the money available OF
funds appropriated was $39s,921, and
Gen, Beach says this will be expende
by next August. as the expenses OF
guarding and maintaining the property
average $4,000 month
should additional funds ba ,:ovided" :"
Gen. Beach says, "the work TO be done
would be: Construction of cofferdam
No. and work therein. continuation OF
excavation for lock, continuation OF con-
crete work in dam and continuation Of
excavation and concrete construction for
power house. The amounts expended for
each would depend upon the date and
amount OF the appropriation. The ra te
OF expenditure should be approximately
f625,000 per month
Discussing the present state Of the
work, Gen Beach says:
"All preparatory work In the nature
of camps, roads. railroads, plants and
shops is completed. Earth excavation
for the lock is 80 per cent. completed
and rock excavation IS per cent. About
65 per cent. of the excavation and foun-
dations for the dam are completed and
about 81 per cent. OF the concrete placed.
About 4S per cent. or the eXcavati IN
for the power house section is COM
pleted and approximately 4.6 per cent.
OF the concrete placed.
"Followlng suspension of construction.
property has been collected and stored.
vented floating property returned and
construction equipment placed In con-
diticn for indefinite storage or layup.
The na vieation OF the river is COM
pletely blocked by the work In its pres
enl condition"
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
PLOTTERS ELUDED
ALL POLICE TRAPS

The Wall street explosion OF Septem-
ber 16, 1920. in which thirty-eight per-
sons were killed and hundreds injured.
was followed bv investigations by po-
lice, Department OF Justice kgents and
private detectives, which resulted In
many arrests but no convincing evidence
connecting any CT those arrested with
the outrage. On several occasions the
police and Federal agents declared they
knew the Identity of the driver OF the
death wagon which contained the ex-
plosive, but they failed TO name or ar
rest him. William ]. Flynn, chief OF
the Department of Justice agents. at
tributed the explosion to anarchists
Another theory was it was the work Of
rival labor organizations.
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
CITY LOSES S2,2SO.534
IN SUIT OVER CAR DOORS
Must Pay lnterborough for
Cost Of Installation.

By . unanimous decision OF tie .hp-
pellate Division of the Supreme Court
yesterday the city was directed 10 pay
s2.2eo,53i 70 the Interborouen Rapid
Transit Company, representing the cost
OF Installing multiple car door controls
on $50 cars.
When the lnterborougl demanded
payment IN July, 1920. Comptroller
Craig refused to issue O warrant for
the money on the ground that payment
was not provided for III dual contract
No. 8. The court decided yesterday that
1t was due under an arrangement made
In 1900 when the city disputed claim
made und er the contract and board
or arbitrators nxed the amount due at
S2.260.J34 but permitted the city TO
hold the money and pay It out in in
stalments for extra work. The rail-
road obtained a mandamus directing the
payment OF the money last June. but
the city appealed from the order.
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
MAJOR HOFFMAN GUILTY
IN MOTOR THEFT CASES
Other ~. Y. Defendants Are
Acquitted in Carolina.

srce.al Despatch TO The New York HERALD
RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 16.-The jury in
the Federal Court trying the wholesale
automobile theft cases against c. j.
Kelley of Sanford, N. c.: Major A. w.
Hoffman, New York Harry Craig, Ger
mantown, Pa. Frank Moran. New York,
and George Scott. New York policeman.
returned verdidct Of guilty as to all de-
PENDANTS except Scott and Moran
Kelley was sentenced to five years in
the Federal penitentiary and a $4,000
fine. He gave notice of appeal and bond
was fixed at $4,000, which he gave.
Kelley owned a garage in a little
Carolina town near Sand Hill. which was
a receiving station for stolen automv
oiles. Motor numbers were changed
there. according to testimony, and other
changes made to disguise the stolen ma
on ines before they were resold.
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
SMALLEST RAILWAY
WILL BE SCRAPPED
Governors Island Road Was
Used to Convey War
Supplies.
2a,6OO FEET OF TRACK
Operating Force a Lone Ser
geant, Will Go Back to
Soldering.

One OF the most noted railroads with
a terminal In New York city has gone
under utterly as tire result OF business
depression following UPON war sros
perity. Practically all OF its tracltage
is TO be torn up and sold for what it
will bring. its trainmen have already
been dismissed.
The railroad In question is that OF the
Governors Island. Fort Jay. Castle
Williams and Filled Ground Railway
Company. This railroad IS noted
throughout the country as the smallest
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
N. J. COMMUTERS URGE
TRANSIT COMMISSION
Hope to Deuise Plan for
Easier Access to NeU York.

B. II. Saunders, chairman OF the BIZ
state rapid transit conference held In
PATERSON Thursday, began work yester-
day getting together committee Of
Gfteen, three each from 1--WE New Jersey
counties to persuade the New Jersey
Legislature to establish transit COM
mission on the lines OF the New York
Transit Commission to make it easier
Tor commuters TO reach this city. Nyack
representatives at the conference, 1t is
understood, will organize q similar COM
lliittee in New York State.
The proposed New Jersey commission
would cooperate with the New York
commission and the Port Auth rity
Board in improving transit conditions In
the metropolitan area, electrifying rail-
roads and pooling the committing busi-
ness.
The New York herald., 1921-12-17
KILL AUNT AND PROTEGEE
AND PUT BODIES AT TABLE
Servant Girl Tells Startling Story of Murder by Three
Nephews to Prevent Fortune of Roman Woman
Going to Adopted Cousin.

OF Nine. Cogo's brother broke into her
house. stifled the two women III TIER
beds dressed their bodies in their best
clothes, including jewels. placed them IL
chairs i'm sitting postures and then SET
fire to the room to avert suspicion.
The servant girl. says the despatch
told the police she saw the men from
a hiding place and said she thou2ht
they killed their victims for fear their
aunt would leave her fortune to the
adopted daughter. The three men and
their father have been arrested, the des-
patch added
The New York herald., 1921-12-17

LONDON, Dec. 16 (Associated Press).
"A story of the startling discovery by
the Rome police OF the murdered bodies
Of sp Italian millionaire. Nine. Cogo.
and her adopted daughter fully dressed
and sitting in chairs in her dining room.
was related IN a despatch to-duy to the
Central News Agency from rs Rome
correspondent.
According to the despatch the police
made their discovery as result Of tes-
timony given them by Nine. Cogo's SER
want girl, who asserted that three sons
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

room for Jesus and His disciples. How
blessed to my home has bee1r,the stay
if Cody people. One of the greatest
blessings came by colored man,
Name of this man was not given but
his servce-for our admonition it is
written in our lesson. 1t takes John
to tell us of the feet washing. This
was no new thing and of course had
nothing to do with the Supper itself
il was an old custom. See Gen. 1874,
and many other texts There were no
servants there and says one, Il can
almost. see the disciples looking at
each other, afraid Of the place of the
servant, when Jesus took the towel
and did the thing they were ashamed
To do What a rebuke to silly pride.
A lot OF people don't know that true
greatness shows up best in true ssr-
vice, hence Jesus served. Christ
stoops because it is Godlike. Mr..
Moody said, Il can talk all night about
the awful agony Of Jesus and His
death and not a soul sheds tear, bu.
let me speak of the death Of one in
our home and tears start. Why? Be
cause the awful tragedy hasn't taken
hold of us yet. Why? Because OF The
pride of doctrine" That is true. Let
us get good understanding of His
interest and love for us. forgiving all,
praying for all. none to stand with
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12
Sunday School
Lesson
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scripture-Mathew. 26: 14-2O.

cripture-Mathew 90: 1870.
The dark clouds were gathering
round Jesus and the darkest spot in
il all was the treachery Of Judas, yet
| he had much good in him. He was al
ways kicking about the waste OF
| things used in behalf of Jesus, yet his
name means waste Don't that re-
mind you of people in the church to-
! day? They can blow money in things
/ Of the world without kick and be-
cause of that they have nothing for
cur Lord. Sad thing indeed to see .
Christian going down with the world.
Judas was all right until the tide of
! popularity turned against his Lord.
Has any reader ever seen anything
like that. One who'd sing in the big
choir. q members Of the big crowd,
hut the little struggling mot me-
Such people are the cause of the cry
that Christianity Is a failure, Judas
left Chrst-Christ didn't leave him.
One said, well he had to betray Christ
because Christ said he would. but that
isn't true. Christ said so because He
knew that Judas was going to do it,
Foreknowledge is not forordinatior
/ or fatalism. How gladly Jesus would
have taken him to His arms but he
would not. The world cant harm our
Lcrd nor the church until it gets in.
side the church, Mr. Moody said, THE
ship in the sea was fine, but the sea
in the ship" We must not confuse
the Lords supper with the passover,
spoken Of in VIZ. The disciples We're
acquainted with that and it was at
that time, but Jesus was a castout
from the great throne and they'd have
to eat alone. The passover pointed
back-this new thing was to point
forward to His coming. Jesus sends
His disciples to a man who had a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

union and about 500 workers have re-
turned to their machines. Strike
benefits are being paid to 1900 strik-
ers.
EARLY in February some 800 men,
bers Of the Journeymen Tailors'
MON walked out on strike when the
Custom Tailors Association of Boston
announced that the workers would be
paid on piece basis instead of under
the weekly wage system.
The Waterproof Garment Workers
Union and the Boston Rain Goat Man
ufacturers' Association are at logger
heads over several changes in work
ing conditions. Leaders of the union
say the changes mean the establish
ment Of the open shop and carry a
large reduction in wages but the
union intention was said to be not to
declare a strike.
Sporadic troubles have occurred in
connection with the several differ
ences. Several arrests have been
made as result Of picketing. AS
sault was charged in only few cases,
the arrests for the most part having
Leen for violation of city ordinances
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

last, Of the manufacturers that nc
further agreements would be made by
them with the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers. Although normally 5000
workers are employed in the shops ef-
fected the greater part of the ma
chimes We're not running when the no
tice was issued and only a few have
been started since.
The United Garment Workers, an
American Federation of Labor organ
ization, has its 1000 members at work
and is not involved in the controversy
according to its leaders.
Local unions represented on the
Joint Board Of Cloak and Skirt Max
ers' Unions and affiliated with the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
and the American Federation of La
Eor, declared q strike of their mem
bers the latter part Of January after
the manufacturers announced that
they intended to sign contracts with
individual workers and not with
unions.
Since this strike was called union
leaders say the owners of AZ shops
have signed agreements with the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Tuesday morning DR.. Stacey was
present AT chapel. He gave us very
humorous. interesting teeth talk
with moral.
Professor Jones gave a short talk
on smallpox one morning later in tn,
week. with Il suggestion that teachers
and pupils who are not immune IT,
smallpox be yaccinated if they care
to. However, as Mr.. Jones pointed
out. there has been as much smallpox
here other years, as there is this year.
Quarterly Examinations are due
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12
GARMENT TRADE
in BAD SHAPE
In NEW ENGLAND

Boston, Mass, March 1.-THE gar
Eent trades of this city are disrupted
by changes in the conditions of labor
employment.
If statements by the manufacturers
are carried out and their shops trans
fefred as predicted there will be lit
tie left of an industry which under
normal conditions employs upwards
of 10000 persons. Two makers of
ready made mems clothes have al
ready transferred their business to
other cities.
The Amalgated Clothing Workers of
America declare the situation in mems
garments shops to be lockout; man
ufacturers call it a strike. 1t followed
the announcement on December 6,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

Him and we are done fussing. ! was
i" the congregation of DR.. Buchtel a.
il iian&pOliS when they remembered
their Lord in this Supper, not dry
eye in the house. Everyone saw them
selves unworthy and their unworthi
ness made them worthy or showed
their need of Him. 1t is wonderful
HAT cur Lord surrounded by foes out
side and within the little bond and
TIE terrible death before Him, showed
how thoughtful of Him leaving this
J. es3ed memorial service for His dit
plies Of all ages. You see the truth
Of Rom 8 50 and 80. The bread was
not the object of the blessing, hut
Cod. It's giyer-Our II aVenly giyer
We don't read in so many words tha'
Jesus partOOk of the bread and wine,
NprG 70, This is my blood" Verse
%, This is my "t3dy." A lot of fuss
Ger those two words. With this
thought in mind, read ! Cor. 100, and
t!e word reckon in Rom. Gil. The
word reckon there comes from the
word -ciunt and can be SO read. Now
tie gist OF the whole thing is: In the
blood is the forgiveness of sin. And
He'd leave His children an institu-
ton by which all could remember Him
until He comes again and what a
blessed thought that though the devil
has the people of God divided in dec
trine, yst we are all keeping it going
Let MS FORGET our petty differences and
go to the table with Him. in spirit, re-
membering Him, His love. His sorrow,
His lonesome hours for us, so when
He cnmpS Or we pn we can Snrine To
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

The princess effect that is so much
admired, but is so exacting as regards
the figure which essays it, yields much
OF its severity by the addition Of
panel. The model pictured is in Palm
Beach gray broadcloth, stitched with
gray and black silk braid. While the
neck is shown in round outline, provis-
ion also is made for deep V with round
collar Medium size requires 81 / yards
81 inch material
Pictorial Review Dress No. 9257.
Sizes, 81 TO 46 inches bust. Price, IS
cents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

next week. No doubt much mid.
night oil" is being burned these few
ey, nngs before examinations.
Yesterday a census was taken OF
tourist pupils i'm the Lakeland High
choOl. CLASS REPORTER.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

Bryant Allen Norris. sentenced to
five years at Richmond, Va. for the
theft Of an auto. said he had been
circuit minister in North Carolina for
six years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

Him in JOY and gladden. His great
tlrObbing heart.
]. NJ. BERWICK.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

a 2-year-old boy vas operated on at
New York for an abacess, A pencil
T. inches long was removed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-12

Wisconsin saloonk epers have been
foeced of $loo000 by the operations
cf - gaus Of bogus revenue AGENTS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-21
oooooooooooooooo oooooooo 10000
Candles and
Yule Log
OoOOOOooooooooOOOOOOC

~ HRISTMASl gifts were common
W in Medieval times. Accounts
tell of the chambers guild send
ing out gratis to everyone a special
sort of big, fat candles which were
burned with the Yule log tor-light
the houses for the coming Of super
natural Christmas visitor. The bak-
.ers also sent out "Yule cakes" or
"Yule babies" which were little i'm
ages Of Christ. This custom, in fact,
seems to be even older; it being re-
corded on. the old Roman calendars
that on the Vigil Of the Nativity little
images of>the Christ Child were, made
in great numbers and presented to
the fathers in the Vatican.
Gradually the sentiment Of "Peace
on earth, good will to men" and the
celebration ,tof the spirit by general
gifts seems to have spread through
the other guilds, and finally to have
become general.
In England today there is survival
OF the ancient custom practiced by
landowners Of setting big sacks Of
grain or other products outside the
gate, that whoever came might help
himself. It is said that an extra
Christmas eve feed is also still given
to the cattle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-21
GROWTH OF CHRISTMAS TREE
Abandoned Farms in Foothills Of
Green Mountains In Vermont Pro-
vide the Yuletide Sprouts.

81 INCE FIVE million Christmas
81 trees are annually shipped out Of
Vermont, it is only natural to
wonder where they all come from.
They must come from ,farms-not
farms operated to produce the Christ
mas tree crop, but abandoned farms
where the trees have planted and
reared themselves.
These abandoned farms lie in high
valleys in the foothills Of the Green
mountains. One may see sections COW
cred by thirty-odd farms, once thriv-
ing settlements, but now all but two
or three may be ,unoccupied. Such
land, once under the ,plow is gradual
ly coming back to forest. Along the
fern-choked, faintly-traced burrows,
young spruces come up and IN the
open sunshine take on a vivid green.
And more than that-the symmetrical
branches are lively green clear to the
ground.
Christmas trees cannot be cut in
areas of spruce forest, because when
they grow in dense clusters the. un-
der branches die for want of light,
and hence the trees have no value as
decorative Christmas trees.
Few, indeed, see the harvest. One
or two lonely partridge hunters, per-
haps, will see it, as it lies covered
with the first early snow squalls In the
mountains. But back in October, when
the days have not lost all Of the mel
lowness Of autumn, gang Of twei1ty
choppers will have been busily at
work cutting the scattering young
sprpces and tying them with twine.
The cutting and bundling is the
easiest part Of the harvest, for the
trees must be hapled for miles to the
railroad, and at this time of year the
mountain roads are nothing more than
frozen ruts and waterholes. Despite
this fact, however, heavy two-horse
wagons and even motor trucks, bris-
tling with great criblike bodies, strug-
gle slowly out, loaded high with the
trees. Two horses are able to draw
out at al load about seventy trees of
average size. i.i
At the chosen town on the railroad
every disused spot Is hired and a
mouataie of trees begins to grow, till
eight thousand of them may be packed
In solid mass.-st. Nicholas .s....
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-21
SETTING UP
THE TREE
aT ALMOST every corner grocer's
III stands can be purchased very
cheaply that will hold the Christ

MT ALMOST every corner grocer's
A stands can be purchased very
cheaply that will hold the Christ
mas tree firmly in position.
The simplest of these consists of
crosspiece of wood raised little from
the floor by wooden supports and hav-
ing hole in the center to insert the
trunk of the tree.
More elaborate ones take the form
of wooden square, painted bright
red and surrounded by low wooden
railing.
Country dwellers who. cannot pur-
chase these trees at the corner sstore,
but have to cut them in the nearest
wood lot, must devise some other way
of holding the Christmas tree in posi-
tion.
The easiest way to do this, if the
tree is not too large and heavy, is to
insert the trunk into the hole through
the bottom of a wooden box, and
either paint this box green or red or
cover it with green or red paper.
A starch box will hold up small
tree perfectly, but somewhat larger
box must be chosen for one of larger
growth. If, in spite of all precautions,
the tree seems too heavy and is in
clined to wobble, weight the box on
either side with heavy stones. Some
times the box is filed with sand, the
trunk planted in that, and then The
wooden cover nailed in place to make
Iall very solid.
If one has any talent for carpentry,
even Of. the toughest sort, an effective
support can be made by mailing two
pieces Of wood in the shape Of a
square cross, holding the tree upon.
this and mailing cleats to both tree
and support until it stands firmly.
a very pretty effect can be obtained
by covering the support OF the tree
and the floor directly around it with
white cotton batting on which silver
tinsel, called srain" in most shops, has
been sprinkled. This makes the tree
look as, if it were growing in a bunch
Of snow glittering in the sun. Y 2