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Evening star., 1922-10-09
NAVY MEN WINNERS
OF FLYING. .HONORS
Lieut.. A. w. Gorton Takes
Curtiss Marine Trophy
in Field of Eight.
LIEUT.. ELLIOTT IS SECOND
Contest One of Maneuvering and
Piloting-Winner's Average Speed
1895 Miles an Hour.
LIEUT.. ELLIOTT is SECOND

DETROIT. Mich, October s.
Lieut. A. w. Gorton. U. S. N, won
the Curtiss marine flying trophy race
here today with an average speed for
the eight twenty-mile laps Of 1885
miles an hour. Eight planes piloted
by aviators of the Navy and Marine
Corps started.
Lieut. H. A. Elliott, Navy. won Sec
ond place. Lieut.. l.. II. Sanderson of
tne Marine Corps won the prize for
the pest average speed in the air
the race was not so much speed
event as contest demanding good
piioting. One of the difficult maneuv-
erinS feats required was that at the
end of the fifth. sixth and seventh
laps each pilot should bring his ma
chine down to the water and taxi
over .2o0-foot stretch before max
ing hairpin turn and again tax
ing the air.
Lieut. Sanderson had the race won
untii mile from the finish line on
his last lap. when he was forced to
land with an empty gasoline tank.
MS average speed in the air was
l21la miles an hour. He piloted a
Curtiss 1ST triplane
PiIoted Navy TE-I seapIane.
Gorton, winner of the trophy and
VINO was the only one to finish the
race. except Lieut.. Elliott. piloted a
Navy TR-1 seaplane. powered with a
air-cooled motor. His average speed
in the air for the first three laps
during which the contestants were
rot compelled to taxi on the water
was HIS miles per hour.
Lieut.. ElliOtt'S average speed was
1O9 miles an hour.
OF the six planes that failed to
finish the race, two were damaged
in forced landings
Lieut.. Rutledge Irvine's plane got
from under control when the left
wing pontoon became loosened He
brought it down on huge pile of
coal. The machine was partly wreck
ed. but the pilot was uniiurt.
Lieut.. David Rittenhouse had to
make quick landing when his pro-
peller broke in midar.
Wind High. Water Rough.
\ high wind and rough water played
an important part in todays seaplane
demonstration and these conditions
figured also to some extent in the
withdrawal of five of the entries
Naval officials pointed out that the
planes participating were not built
especially for the race, but were Sc
lected from the Navys fleet as rep
resentative of all types employed.
The race, according TO Rear Admiral
w \. Moffett. chief of the Navy bu-
reau of aeronautics, disclosed the
need for a greater effort in develop
ing means of defense in the air
The demonstration today was a
peace-time illustration of what would
occur We're the nation to be attacked
without warning and were the Navy
called upon to defend our coasts with
its present insufficient equipment"
said Admiral Moffett. 1T reveals
clearly the need for scientific devel-
opment and expansion of the naval
air force.
I'VE learned more today of value In
the construction of material and in
the training of personnel for duty
under conditions approximating those
of the war than we could have learned
in year of ordinary operations.
Evening star., 1922-10-09

getting what It wants, even at the
risk OF the general interest of the
citizens as q whole. and whose whis-
pers ring as shouts in the ears Of the
average legislator" said the state
ment, announce their determination
to obtain amendment of the Consti-
tuition to permit Congress to over
ride and nullify decisions Of the Su-
preme Court. This is the most dan
gerously destructive doctrine that has
been voiced in America since the
birth of bolshevism. Such an amend
ment would convert our government
over. night into a mobocracy under
the leadership Of the demagogues ard
destroy by one blow the inherent
rights Of all minorities against the
possible tyranny of a temporary po-
litical majority.
The National Security League in
tends to exert every effort in it's
power to controvert this movement
and to prevent such an amendment
from passage. The fact that the at
tack is by an organized body of hun
dreds of thousands of citizens makes
1T essential that a broad national
campaign Of opposition be started at
once
Evening star., 1922-10-09
100000, TRILLION :
MILES MAGELLANIC
CLOUDS DIAMETER
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, October o.
The largo Magellanic cloud, a group
Of stars and nebulae visible from
the southern hemisphere, which is
believed to be a sort Of small uni
verse in itself. proves to be of stag
gering dimensions, it was announced
from the Harvard College observa-
tory yesterday. The first measure
ments of the distance and the size
OF the cloud, accomplished by Har
ward astronomers from Photographic
plates made at their Peruvian sta
ton, have established that 1t is no.
600 light years from the earth and
that its linear diameter is about 15O.-
600 light years. A light year is six
trillion miles.
The large Magellanic cloud, which
resembles in appearance the milky
way. is separate from that system Of
stars Of which our solar system is a.
small part Photometric measures
Of the Magellanic stars indicate that
many are actually far brighter than
any yet found in our solar system.
Hundreds Of these stars, it is said,
were found to exceed the brightness
Of the sun by 10000 times.
Evening star., 1922-10-09

thumb and index finger Of his right
fangs against cloth spread ever
the mouth Of a glass. Whenever q
reptile struck. with lightniagiike
rapidity, the poison could be seen
running down into the funnel.
AS he worked the curator conyerc-
ed with newspaper men
This will probably be a great sur
prtsc and blow to most of you" he
said, but as far as science is con-
cerned the old theory that whisky
acts az an antidote for snake po[F1o
has beer exploded. Whisky only
stimulates the heart action and 4.
extremely detrimental to successful
treatment"
Evening star., 1922-10-09
zoo SNAKES SPIT POISON
TO AID SCIENTIFIC TEST
12o Drops Contributed by Bronx
Reptiles for Making of Serum
= to Counteract Own Bites.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 9.-One hum
dred and twenty drops of poison
were taken from twenty-four copper-
heads and nine water moccasins in
the reptile house of the Bronx Zoo
logical Gardens yesterday as the
first step In a process to be completed
in Brazil and which will consume
nine months for the making of a
serum to counteract snake bites.
Several score of visitors to the
zoo witnessed the operation, which
was recorded by half dozen motion
picture cameras Working with his
bare hands, DIR. Raymond l.. Ditmars.
curator Of reptiles at the zoo. seized
the snakes one by one between the
Evening star., 1922-10-09
FRICK HEIRS SUE U. S.
Claim $1Os,657 illegally Collected
on Insurance Policies,

PITTSBURGH, October 9.-Heirs of
the late H. c. Frick, the coke king.
Saturday filed in federal district court
statement Of claim for S108.657,
which, they claim. was unlawfully
and enormously collected" by the In
ternal Revenue Department.
The amount involved in the claim
was collected by the government as
taxes on eleven insurance policies.
The heirs contend that the estate
was taxed illegally. inasmuch as the
policies taken out by Mr.. Frick were
made payable to specific beneficiaries
Evening star., 1922-10-09
GIVES UP AFTER RAID.
Head of Firm Where Million Dol

NEW YORK. October a.-Morcy F..
,Birnbaum, president of the Standard
Carpet Company, Inc, where fedora
prohibition authorities last night dug
$1,000.000 worth of liquor from Sc
cret underground vaults, Saturday sur
rendered when he learned that a
federal grand jury contemplated in
vestigation OF the case. He was
charged with violation of the pro-
hibition amendment and released on
$4,000 bail
Evening star., 1922-10-09
Jay "BAYER" when you buy Aspirin

When you see the name "Bayer"
on package or on tablets you are
getting the genuine Bayer product
prescribed by physicians over
twenty-five years and proved safe
by millions for colds, headaches.
toothache, earache. neuralgia. lum-
bago, rheumatism, neuritis and for
Evening star., 1922-10-09

pains in general Accept only
"Bayer" package which contains
proper directions. Handy boxes OF
twelve tablets cost few cents.
Druggists also sell bottles OF "a and
100 Aspirin is the trade mark OF
Bayer Manufacture OF Monoacetic-
acidester OF Salicylicacid.
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TRIBUNAL DENIES
PLEA FOR BICHAM
United States Supreme Court Re
fuses to Order Rehearins
OF Case

Florence, April 15.-Word was re-
ceived from Washington this after
noon that the United States supreme
court had denied the petition of Ed
mund D. Righam for a rehearing OF
his case, which means that the con-
viction and sentence of death in the
circuit count will stand. A. L. King,
attorney for Bibham, stated that ne
would exhaust every resource OF
law, and it is likely that the case
will find its way eventually to the
supreme court of the United States.
Bigham was convicted for the muir
der of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham
He is also indicted for the murder
of his mother, his sister and the lat
ter's two adopted children. The MUIR
der was committed at a plantation
near Pamplico in January, 1921.
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INvENTS SPRAYER
TO FIGHT WEEVIL!
cheraw Citizen Manufactures De
vice to Dampen Stalks During
Daytime.

Cheraw, April 16.-One Of Che
raw's best citizens has the invention
habit. J. N. Brasington has invented
and is manufacturing here in Cheraw
a number, of agricultural machines Of
undoubted value to the farmer. The
boil weevil got into Mr.. Brasington's
head, so to speak, and hatched out a
boil weevil exterminator. The feat
ure of this machine is that it has
force pumps which spray water upon
the cotton plants to hold the calcium
arsenate which the same machine
also dusts upon the plants. The ma
chine is horse drawn and may be
used in daytime-a decided advant-
age over those that are used only at
night after the dew falls. There is
already a great demand for these
machines.
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CALLS DEBT COMMISSION
To Meet at Treasury Department in
Few Days.

Washington, April 15.-Call for
the first meeting of the Allied debt
commission created by Congress to
negotiate the funding of the SILL
100000 foreign debt owed this coun-
try to be held Tuesday at the Treas
ury was issued today by Secretary
Mellon, chairman of the commission
The date for the meeting, however,
is contingent upon the convenience
of other members of the commission
The first meeting, it was said, at
the Treasury, will be for organiza-
ton purposes and is expected to re-
suit in the appointment of Elliott
Wadsworth, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, in charge Of foreign
loans, an executive secretary of the
funding body.
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The April meeting Of the Parent
Teacher association will be held at
the graded school tomorrow, Tuesday,
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The pro.
gram was to have been furnished by
the high school students, but on &C.
count of much pressing business to
come before the association tomor-
row it was deemed advisable to post
pone the high school program until
the May meeting.
Blanks are being sent out to each
patron of the public schools today
for signatures to ascertain whether
the patrons are willing to continue
the graded and high schools through
the ninth month. The board of trus-
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FAVOR TARIFF
BEFORE HOUSE
THAT REPUBLICAN
LEADERS AGREE WITH POSI-.
TON OF WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT THINKS FORMER
SHOULD HAVE PRECEDENCE

Washington, April 15.-President
Harding was declared today at the
White House to be of the opinion
that tariff legislation should be given
precedence in the senate over the
soldier bonus.
Although it was made clear that
the president had received no request
from Republican leaders in the SEN
ate for advice as to which measure
should be taken up first, it is under
stood that the views Of both the
chief executive and the senatorial
leaders coincide in this respect.
Under present plans the tariff will
be taken up in the senate next
Thursday while the finance commit
tee takes up the bonus bill with the
possibility that it may make radical
changes in it as it was passed by
the house. When the bonus measure
has been reported 20 the senate it
will be taken up for consideration
during lulls in the tariff debate. The
bonus bill is expected to be ready
for senate consideration in about
fortnight.
Benjamin C. Marsh, managing di.
rector of the Farmers National
council, declared in a statement TO-
night that the tariff bill reported by
the senate finance committee was
"the worst Of the many gold bricks
handed farmers by the present ad.
ministration."
'The whole scheme Of the tariff
bill as reported to the senate" he
added, is evidently to permit highly
protected manufacturers to continue
the same profteerlng which they
carried on during the war. Whateve,
the text of the tariff bill it is clear
that the duties levied on manufac.
tured products are on the American
basis. cost of production while those
levied on agricultural products are
on the basis Of foreign cost of pro
duction.
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CLEMSON TO SEND:
DA1ABY WIRELESS
EXPERTS ON TOBACCO, PEA
NUTS AND SOY BEANS TO BE
SENT TO ISTATE-RADIO OUT
, FIT TO BE OF BENEFIT TO
FARMERS

Washington, April 15.-Clemson
College is soon to have a complete
agricultural radio outfit and experts
from the United States department
of agriculture will on July go to
South Carolina to cooperate with
farmers in the growing of tobacco,
soy beans and peanuts, according to
W. w. Long Of that institution who
was in Washington today.
Mr.. Long said that Clemson will
be the third agricultural college in
the United States to use radio in the
receiving and dissemination of agri-
cultural news of all kinds. This SER
vice, he said, will permit growers of
watermelons and other produmts to
know each day not only what the
climatic conditions are but also the
price conditions in all the important
Northern markets. Market quotations
will be sent to every demonstration
agent in South Carolina and dis
tributed by them to growers and not
only will the growers know what
their products are worth, but how
mny cars are actually moving to
the markets each day.
AS to tobacco, peanuts and soy
beans, Mr.. Long said experts on to-
bacco would go to Florence and on
peanuts and soy beans to Aiken at
the time indicated. Mr.. Long was en-
thusiastic concerning the good re-
suits which he believes the establish
ment of the radio station and the
sending of experts to South Carolina
will produce.
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S. A. l. WRECK

Two special freight trains on the
Seaboard Air Line had a rear-end
collision Sunday morning about II
O'Clock at the curve near Long Cane
trestle. Jake Bridges, colored fire.
man on the rear train, had a should
er broken but not seriously hurt. Os.
car Jackson was engineer on the
rear train and had his face scratched
up a little when he landed in briar
patch, having jumped at the Last
minute. II C. Hafner, flsgman on
the rear train, also jumped and es-
capped without serious injury.
Train number one was supposed to
head-in at the siding at Long Cane to
meet another train, and was over
taken before it cleared the switch.
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PLAN
TARIFF BATTLE
WILL MAKE FIGHT ON ADMINI-
STRATION BILLS-MEN SUM-
MONED FROM NEW YORK
AND ELSEWHERE TO GIVE
THEIR VIEWS

Washington, April 16.-Besides
hearing government experts, some Of
whom have been summoned from
New York and elsewhere, the Demo-
Gratis in their study of the admini-
stration tariff bill are examining
manufacturers and importers as to
the probable effect Of the measure
and particular duties proposed on
their lines of business. This is all in
preparation for the fight which the
minority plans 10 make on the bill in
the senate. American valuation was
under discussion today. Aside from
this question the minority is giving
close study to the provisions which
would authorize the president to in
crease rates within a radius Of so
per cent and to proclaim American
valuation on given lists Of imports
when in his judgment, after investi-
cation to be made by the tariff COM
mission, this would be necessary to
equalize competitive conditions in
the United States and in the country
from which the import originated.
The study which the Democrats
are making of the bill may require
more than the nine days allotted for
the purpose by the committee majori-
ty. Should that prove the case, they
would be granted an extension Of
time beyond next Thursday for the
filing Of the minority report.
Chairman McCumber plans to
call the bill up next Thursday but
the fight over the measure may be
delayed some time beyond that date
as the first procedure will be the
reading Of the 440 page document, a
task that will fall to the reading
clerks working in relays, and one
that will interest few of the senator's,
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MISS AMANDA ZANER

o. Miss Amanda Zaner died at her
home in the Bethel section April ID,
and was buried at HopeweN Sunday
afternoon. Rev. J. B. Hillhouse con-
Quoted the funeral services.
Miss Zaner was 70 years Of age
and had lived in the old home her
entire life. She had been in failing
health for sometime, and her sister,
Mrs. Henry Napier, Of Florida, has
been with her for the last year look
ing after her comfort. She lived a
secluded life and her interests we're
the interests Of other years
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IMPORTANT MEETING Of THE
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION

tees have definitely announced that
they are unable to finance the last
month of this session. A report on
this matter will be made tomorrow
at the meeting of the association.
The mass meeting of citizens re-
Gently held in the court house decided
to ask the taxpayers Of the district
to hold an election to vote two mills
special school tax for running ex-
penses of the schools next session,
This meeting also asked that the Par
ent-Teacher association assist IN
circulating the necessary petition a.
mong the electors and freeholders OF
the school district. This will also be
discussed tomorrow afternoon.
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JUST FROM GEORGIA

Col. D. A. Rogers blew into town
Friday with a car which he had pur-
chased in Atlanta and brought in
over the dirt road. The Colonel says
the roads from Atlanta to the
Savannah are like a great many 9TH
er things in Georgia, "simply hell. "
The people about Conner, Berkeley,
Winder and Lawrenceville will call
for an explanation on his first "out."
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LAST DAY TO VISIT

Your Children in Sehoolroom Before
Awarding Of Prizes.
To make a visit count in the Par
ent-Tescher contest patrons must
visit the schoolrooms Of their chli-
dren by 2 p. m. Tuesday. While more
than 100 patrons have observed the
work in the schools during the past
four weeks, there are 200 or more
who haven't been Interested enough
in their children to see them at Work
in school.
The prizes will be awarded at the
meetine of the Parent-Teacher Asso-
o;o+ion tomorrow afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock at the graded school.
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BIG NAVY" MEN
SCORE VICTORY
PUT THROUGH AMENDMENT TO
BILL-WILL INCREASE EN-
LISTED FORCE FROM SIXTY
SEVEN THOUSAND TO EIGHTY
SIX THOUSAND.

Washington, April 16-With near
ly so votes to spare "big navy" men
put through the house today by a
vote of 1T to 130 an amendment to
the 1923 naval bill increasing the
enlisted force from $1,000 to $4,000
There are other sections to be taken
up next week, but the big fight was
on the enlisted provision.
The vote today was in committee
of the whole. When the measure
reaches the house proper demand
will be in order for a record vote,
but the wide margin by which the
amendment won means, according to
most leaders, that the result will
stand.
Some administration leaders as
serted tonight that the letters pre-
sented yesterday from the president
urging that the force be not reduced
below $4,000 swung the tire in favor
of the amendment, which was offered
jointly by Representatives Macarthur
of Oregon and Ware of Pennsylvania,
both Republicans.
Fighting to the last, holding his
ground through four solid hours Of
debate, Representative Kelly Of Mich
igan, in charge of the bill, took the
defeat with a smile when roar, ris-
ing and growing, swept the chamber
as the march Of members down the
aisle for a man to man count showed
that the amendment had won.
Breaking into the debate towards
the close, Chairman Madden Of the
appropriation committee said he
wanted to warn Republicans that If
the right verdict did not come today
on the vote it would come in Novenl-
Der, when they would be forced to
explain why they had failed to bring
about economy, one of the objects
hoped to be obtained by the arms
conference. Mr.. Madden asserted the
amendment as adopted would add
$50, 100000 in one lump sum to the
total of s233, 100000 carried in the
bill.
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BUREAU TO RESUME WORK
Government Engraving and Printing
Plant Starts Friday

Washington, April 15.-The bu-
reau of engraving and printing will
resume operations tomorrow, it was
announced tonight at the treasury.
The plant was closed Sunday by
Secretary Mellon for an inventory
of it's stock valued at millions of
dollars following the removal of
James L. Wilmeth as director and
other high officials by executive
order of President Harding.
Mechanical work of the inventory
such as counting the stock Of paper
and plates, has been completed by
the inventory committee, officials
said, but it will probably be a week
before the checking up Of the
count is finished and a report pre-
pared.
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CONTRACT TO BE LET

Bid. on New School Building Will
Be Opened Thursday, May 4
The bids from contractors to erect
the new high school building will be
opened in the Office Of Barnwen &
Link Thursday, May 4. At recent
meeting of the board it was decided
to relet the contract for the new
building.
The architect has drawn specifca,
items for six additional class rooms
to be added to the original plans,
making a total of fifteen class rooms
in the new building.
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MAYORS COURT

Sue West and Laura Fisher were
before the Mayor this morning for
disorderly conduct. Sue West was
fined $500 and Laura Fisher $3.50.
Jim Darlington and Tom Jackson
for disorderly conduct. Jim CARING
ton was dismissed and Tom Jackson
paid fine Of $3.50.