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The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05
ITALIAN ROADS AREREP0RTED
 MlSMANACED

ROME. Jan. 5.-Bonita Mussolni
 Italy's new Prime Minister who,
 until nine years ago was known as
 a Socialist, has begun his tenure of office by inexorably laying the axe to the root of all public service in stitutions owned or managed by the state, such as railways, telephones, telegraph, letter and parcel posts, which show a deficit, and eyen some
 others which are more or less suc- cessfully run.
 The railways in Italy are perhaps | the most striking example of the difficulties and weaknesses of state
 management. During 17 years of such control, declares Professor Ugo I Ancona, an expert on financial ques- tions, they have ceased to be the l largest producers of national profit, and are today virtually owned by the railroad men. Before the great
 war the railways brought in from | 40,000,0 ,000 to 50,000000 lire a year, ! which might be taken as interest on the five and a half billion lire which 1 had been spent on constructing them.
 The deficit in 1921 was over a bill
 lion lire, although the price of tickets
 is now three times what it was, and l it is said that the deficit for 1922 | will be still greater.
 In fact, says Professor Ancona, 1 the net result of Government man. agement is disorder on all lines, dc. ficieny Of material, deplorable con | dition of running stock, service de 1 teriorated, and discipline entirely 1 wrecked. The number of employees and their wages have enormously in creased; the average rate of pay having risen from 2,OO0 lire a year l before the war to over 10000 lire today. To this should be added the greatly increased number of strikes and the fact that thefts on the rail ] way, which used to amount to about l 10 million lire a year, have now risen 1 to over one hundred million. Five | billion and half lire were spent ill | 60 years in order to construct the
 railways; two and a half billion lire have been spent during the IF years
 of state control merely to enlarge them.
 Professor Ancona says further that these troubles are due in large meas ure to the fact that the Italian rail- road lines run through sections of the country each with widely diff ferent economic, social and climatic conditions, thus creating comrli- cated and difficult system impossible 1 for the state to manage successfully Political interests have been permit l ted too much influence in deciding where new lines were to be built. Another great drawback to the prosperity of Italian railways, Pro- 1 ISSSOI AuCoud pay 10 IiiSeS .AAS 'OA -A CTS have insisted on an eight-houc day, for all employees, even for those whose duty consists in opening and shutting a gate at a level crossing once or twice a day. This eight hour question has added 100000 or 50 900 to the number of the person nel, and something like 500 million
 lire to the expense of operation. The
 only remedy likely to bring in a reign
 of econmy and efficiency, according
 to this financial expert, is the radical
 one of gradually ceding to different
 private companies the lines which,
 as one great whole, have been such
 a failure in the hands of the state.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05
HOUSEWIVES OF SWEDEN
 UNITE FOR PURE FOOD

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 5.-A hall mark of purity and excellence on goods for home consumption has been estab- lished by the Swedish National Housewives Association, according to Mrs. Agnes Ingerman, president of the Association. Mrs. Ingelman states that the association for years has been working to secure the best merchandise for the homes, sub jecting different products offered to scientific purity and quality tests
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05

If there is a well-beaten path to mans door he is more likely to be running a speakeasy than dispensing wisdom.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05

A librarian says Americans do not read as much as they used to, pre- sumably because very few bottles have labels on them now.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmat'c lenses replaced. See Os' borne. tf'
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05

The vessels that get the biggest subsidy are drinking vessels.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05

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Evening star., 1923-10-24
SALE OF LEAD MINES
BRINGS $4,000, 900
Southeast Missouri Holdings Dis
posed of by Subsidiary of Ameri-
can Smelling Company.

NEW YORK. October 24.--Ssles of
the Federal Lead Company, a subsid-
larry of the American Smelling and
Refining Company, to the st. Joseph
Lead Company for s1o.O00,o00 is an
nounced.
1t was ANNOUNCED also that the ST.
Joseph company had entered into a
thirty-year contract, during which
10Th companies mines i'll southeast
Missouri will be smelted by, the Amer
ican Smelling and Refining Company.
The Federal lead mines. the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company
stated, were contiguous to those
owned by the st. Joseph company
lnR the accumulation of both prop
critics under one management is ex-
pected TO result in considerable op-
Grating economies and at the same
time permit a larger production of
ore, because much will be mined
which would not pay under former
methods of mining
0fiicials of the American Smelling
company also said steps would be
taken at once to install additional
Equipment at it's Federal smelter near
st. Louis to enable Ii to- smelt the
greatly increased tonnage it would
receive under the contract with the
st. Joseph company
The deal closed, officers of the St
Joseph company said, assures unin-
terrupted operation of u coinpany's
Herculaneum smelter in Missouri. The
company announced that il would
continue to sell the lead mined from
Its properties.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
LINDSEY WILL DEFY
DENVER GRAND JURY
Judge Says He Will Not Violate
Condolences Of Women
and Girls.
BY the Associated Press.


DENVER, Colo, October "a Judge
Ben B. Lindsey, chief figure In Den
ver's widely known children's court,
Is unuer subpoena to appear before
the grand jury today as result or
his recent statement to the press that
fully one thousand illegal operations
annually are performed in Denver
In letter mailed to the grand jury
yesterday Judge Lindsey announced
his intention Of refusing to violate
condolences of women and girls who
had told him their troubles. How
ever, he said he was willing to give
such general information as might
lead to proper legislative enactment
to stop the criminal practices, and
outlined his position in a manner. the
Judge believes, that would obviate
the necessity of his appearance.
Philip s. Van Cise. district attorney,
declined to say what would be his
attitude on the judges refusal to ap-
pear He intimated that some action
would be taken.
Judge Lindsey was fined $500 sew
eral years ago for contempt of court
when he refused TO divulge the con-
fidences of fourteen-year-old Neal
Wright during the trial of the youth s
mother for murder of her husband.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
TRANSLATOR BLAMELESS
OF SHORTENING PRAYER
Version of Petition in Luke Mis-
r. taken for One Used From
Matthew by Goodspeed.
Dy the Associs ted Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 24.--The recent
publication of DR.. Edgar j. Good
speeds American translation of the
New Testament reveals the explana-
ton of the curious Charge widely
made against the translator of hav-
ing shortened the Lords prayer. A
Chicago news writer took the form Of
the prayer found In Luke. chapter IL.
and declared that to be DR.. Good
speeds version.
The statement then was taken up
by various papers.
The fact is the Lords prayer in
general use is found, not in Luke,
chapter IL, but in Matthew, chapter
6. The shorter Lukan form is never
used in churches, and usually passes
unnoticed. The Goodspeed form of
the Lords prayer, as given in Mat
thew, chapter s. shows no abbrevia-
tion of the prayer as II appears in
the Latin Vulgate (the famous Pater
Noster), the first English translation
from the original Greek by William
Tyndale t1525), the English revision
of 1881, the American revision of
1901 or any modern translation.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
II INDICTED FOR RIOT
In NEGROES EXODUS
Fifteen Plead Guilty, Including
Husband of Woman Attacked
by Colored Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BAKERSVILLE, N. c.. October "a
True bills against seventy-seven men
charging conspiracy. unlawful as
sembly and riot were returned by a
Mitchell county grand jury yesterday
in connection with the recent forced
exodus of negroes from Spruce Pine,
following an attack on an aged white
woman, for which John Goss, negro,
was sentenced Monday to die in the
electric chair.
Eighty-five men were charged with
having a part in the conspiracy and
these were named In the bill of in
dictment sent to the grand jury by
the solicitor.
Fifteen OF the seventy-seven men
against whom true bills were return
ed pleaded guilty and prayer for judg-
ment was continued until the regular
term of Mitchell county Superior
court, which will be held early in
November. Bonds of 5000 each W ere
given for their appearance and bonds
OF similar amount will be required of
others to be arrested Immediately.
The fifteen men who pleaded guilty
included the husband of the woman
who was attacked by the negro.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
GIRL Of a RULES
GROWING BUSL|NE
Helen Schultz of Mason City
Carries Thousands and
on Schedule Time.
Special Dispatch 10 The star.

Special Dispatch 80 The Star.
MASON CITY, Iowa, October 2f.--
Transportation magnate - and stfll
just q fluffy. frilly, maroelled girl
of twenty-four
That is Helen schultz of Mason
City. bus line proprietress, against
whom the railroads and interurban
lines ahereabputs found 1t necessary
to protest to the Interstate Commerce
Commission this week because sne
was taking SO much of their business
away from them.
A little over a year ago Miss
Schultz didn't have a bus to her
name. Now she has a whole fleet
that whis back and forth over the
thousands of passengers on schedules
that never vary, You can almost
set your watch by her busses any
where along the route, SO closely do
they stick to their schedule.
Hasn't Become Masculine.
But for all her Ragnateship. Miss
Sehultz-Helen, still, to most Mason
City--is u living contradiction of the
idea that success In business tends
to make women masculine.
She wears fully dresses, silk
stockings. pumps and all the furbe-
toys that other Mason City girls
like.
She has dates" occasionally-as
often as her business will let her
She belongs to the crowd and she
hasn't an inflated sense of her own
Importance. In short, she is regu-
lar girl. The other girls admit it.
SO it must be So
Indeed, the fact that she is Just
girl seems to have a lot to do with
her success She has a slow, demure
way of talking to her drivers, that
takes with the boys that work for
her, and she doesn't have to issue an
order more than once.
Many bus lines have failed. Miss
Schultz thinks, because the owners
got too chesty with their drivers and
the drivers. disgruntled, passed the
chestiness along to their fares. But
You aren't to get the Idea that she is
a softfe. Her drivers still talk about
the thorough way in which she fired
the last employe that was guilty of
insubordination.
Got Idea ON Coast.
Miss Schultz got the idea of start
ing bus line on a recent visit to
California. Riding in comfortable
shine seemed to her so much superior to
the stuffier travel by rail that she
determined to try IL back home. So
back home she came and managed to
get hold of couple of busses.
OF course, She was laughed at a
little bit at first, but she stuck by her
guns and gradually the little feet
began to grow. Now IL burns over
1S0 gallons of gasoline a day. and she
expects to double it's size again be-
fore winter sets in.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
TEST|F|ES STOKES
CHARGE NOT TRUE
Friend of Wallace Never Saw
Correspondent With Wife,
He Declares.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 24.-Clarence
Mccormick. friend of Edgar r. wal
lace, correspondent named by w. L.
d. Stokes, in his suit for divorce
from his wife. Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes. today denied in testimony at
tho trial that he had been In Bunce-
ton, Mo-, In 1904, in company with
Wallace and Mrs. Stokes. as has been
asserted by witnesses for the wealthy
hotel owner.
Mccormick declared he had seen
Mrs. Stokes for the first time in his
life when he entered the courtroom
To-Day. He asserted he was in Europe
In 1904 at the time when it had been
alleged he was in Bunceton. He de-
MED other testimony of Stokes wit
nesses, that he had been in Boom
vile, Mo-, and at the home in Bethel.
Conn, of w. L. Pepperman, a friend
of Wallacs's.
wallace I'm Courtroom.
Wallace. who came from Califor-
MIA two days ago 10 testify for Mrs.
Stokes, today made his first appear
ance in the courtroom.
An attempt of Stokes to obtain
Evidence against his wife from Henry
Williams, q negro waiter on a trans
continental train. in return for testi-
mony favorable to Williams. who had
been charged with stealing Mrs.
Stokes jewels, also was recorded.
Mr.. Stokes alleged efforts to obtain
damaging testimony from Williams
We're brought out while Bernard II.
Sander, attorney for the waiter in
the theft case, was on the stand. Mr.
Sander took the stand just before
Clarence Mccormick.
Mr.. Sander testified Mr. Stokes had
come to him with an offer to ex-
change evidence of value to William $
in his theft trial for evidence against
Mrs. Stokes in the divorce suit He
denied Mr.. Stokes had offered WILL
liams money through him. He pro-
duced letter from the hotel man to
| the waiter. then in Pittsburgh peni-
tentiary on a murder charge, men,
tioning pawn tickets for jeweiry Will
liams was said TO have left before
being acquitted OF stealing the gems
and asking Williams to write and
tell him all he could to help him in
his divorce trial. adding he would do
all he could to help the waiter.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
MUCH -MALIGNED JAZZ
FINDS FRIEND IN RAVEL
Composer Says Melodies That Are
Popular Should Not Be
Ridiculed.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October F24.--Maurice Ra-
vel, the famous French, composer, is
of the belief that the origin of jazz
music is not alone attributable to the
American negro, but the English and
Scotch people had something to do
with it. But whoever started It, those
composing 1t In America have the
approval of NJ. IRavel.
1.-THE best jazz Is written by good
musicians and contains the essen
tial harmonies." he said to interview
ers who sought his opinion on the
banana school, of music when he
arrived in London this week to CON-
duct special symphony orchestra in
q festival OF his own composition.
Melodies that are popular ought
not be rfdiculed." he continued. You
may be assured that when popular
music becomes national there is moth
ing artificial about It"
NJ. Ravel said that next year he was
going to America to accept invita-
tions to conduct orchestras in Phila-
delphia, New York. Boston, Pittsburgh
and st. Louis. Fiji
Evening star., 1923-10-24
POISONED FOOD STOLEN.
Thieves May Die If Articles Are
Eaten, Doctors Saw.

DETROIT, October 24.--Police are
searching for an Unidentified thief
ous preservative from the corridors
of the city hall. The food was part
of an exhibit used by the visiting
Housewives Association to exemplify
it's work. ss :
AS the exhibit was to be on display
for some time the food was treated
with preservative. Doctors assert the
preservative would not cause instant
death, but was a slow acting poison,
which would prove fatal to any per-
son eating the food unless medical
treatment was obtained.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
McADOO is NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 24.-william
G.. McAdoo has been in New York for
the past week holding conferences
with his supporters for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination. He is
accompanied by his pre-conYention
manager, David Rockwell-of Ohio.
Mr.. McAdoo's friends said he would
soon make an important address in
some large eastern city other than
New York and that, while he would
not definitely announce himself as q
candidate for the nomination, he
would go far enough to make ii plain
that his hat was in the ring.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
WIDOW OF PRISON RIOT
LEADER HELD FOR TRIAL
Mrs. Lillian Walters Aided Snug
Cling of Guns Into Eddyville
Penitentiary, Police Say.
BY the Associated Press.

EDDYvILLE, KY. October "a
Mrs. Lillian walters, widow of Monte
Tex" Walters, reputed leader of
three murderers who killed three
prison guards and were found dead
in a barricaded mess hall at the
Western state penitentiary near here
October 6. after a four-day siege,
waived examining trial when ar
ranged in county court on a warrant
charging murder and was held with
out bond for trial In the December
term of circuit court.
Mrs Walters, in a statement al
legged to have been given to police in
Louisville, detailed methods by which
pistols were secured and smuggled
10 the rebel Convicts and the pre-
arrangement of plans for the prison
delivery. The warrant against her
was based on the allegation that she
was an accessory before the fact to
the death of the three prison guards
and the trio of convicts.
James Sparks, former convict, ar
rested recently in Guthrie Center,
Iowa, who was named by Mrs. Wal
ters as an accomplice in the prison
delivery plot and who also was named
in a warrant charging murder, was
arraigned for examining trial today.
Police sard Sparks admitted he was
participant in the plot. sa
Evening star., 1923-10-24
ExlLED KING BECOMES
POLITICAL OBSERVER
Manuel Close Student Of Interna-
tiona1 Affairs Stree He
Lost His Throne.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 24.-Manuel, the
exiled king of Portugual, appears to
have developed qualities of states
manship since he lost his throne. He
is a welcome guest in the highest
political circles in Paris because of
his shrewd observations on the polit-
ical and economic situations in the
important countries of western Eu-
rope. He Is in constant correspond
ence with notable persons in Ger
many, and especially in Italy and
Spain, and is regarded as being in
position to form independent judg-
ments on the course Of events In these
disturbed countries.
He has become semi-esthetic and
brilliant conversationalist, so that
at small dinners he holds the atten-
tion of all the guests by talk which
is often amusing, as well as instruc-
tive.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
IS BISHOPS ATTEND.
81 ,ooo, 900 Catholic Seminary Dedi-

CINCINNATI, Ohio, October "a
Ceremonies of the most solemn char
acter marked the dedication of the
new million dollar Catholic Seminary
of Mount st. Mary. near the resi-
dence of Archbishop Henry Moeiler
here, yesterday.
His Excellency Pietro Fuma soni-
Biondi, apostolic delegate and papal
representative, who came from Wash
ington, officiated at the dedication,
which was attended by fifteen bishops
and approximately twenty-five mon
signori, high dignitaries of the Cath
Ollie Church.
lowed by solemn pontifical high
mass, which was sung by Rev. Hart
ley, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
EUROPEAN DUELlNG
FARcIcAL SINCE WAR
Military Men Now Go Into Courts
to Settle Their Griey-
sF. - ances.

VIENNA, October "a. - Pre-war
duels in Europe otter were serious af-
fairs, but postwar dueling has be-
come largely q farce. Military men
have come to a more sane view of
the field of honor" and civil courts
are taking the place of meetings at
dawn with brace of seconds and a
doctor in attendance.
A tarcical duel Is reported from
Budapest. Both principals were di-
rectors of prominent banks. They
duly appeared on the field of combat,
faceu each other, and cooked their
revolvers. When the signal to fire
into the ground and the other did not
fire al all. Unreconciled, the con-
testhnls left the field.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
WOULD END TREATIES.
Economist Wants Spain to Reform
Trade Pacts.

LONDON, October 24.--A CONNER
cial tribunal set UP by the military
directorate and presided over by Senior
Detoda an eminent economist. has
recommended to the government the
abrogation of all Spain's commercial
treaties, except that with Great Britain,
according to dispatch to the Central
News from Madrid. New treaties
would be negotiated with the other
powers. according to the proposal of
the tribunal.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
NO HEARING ON CHARGES,
Lack of Quorum Prevents inquiry
Into Mexican Finances.

MEXICO CITY, October 24.-Lack OF
quorum In the chamber of deputies
last evening prevented the carrying
out of the proposal to have Alberto
J. PAM, secretary of the treasury, ap-
pear before that body in connection
with the financial situation. Secretary
Pani was to have been questioned re-
Rarding the charges which he made
to the effect that his predecessor.
Adolfo de Ia Huerta, had mismanaged
the national finances.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
CURE OF SPINAL TUM0R
is DESCRIBED IN PARIS
Surgeon Uses Oil in Vertebrae to
Locate Trouble Before Per-
forming Operation.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, October 24.-Two cases Of
absolute cures of what has been con-
sidered hitherto an incurable disease
were presented lately to the Society
of Neurology of Paris. Tumors
pressing on the spinal marrow have
always proved fatal owing 10 the diff
ficulty OF diagnosing them and of To-
eating them. Prof. Sicard has intro
duced a method Of injecting iodized
oil into the bony canal formed by the
vertebrae of the spine which enables
an x-ray to he taken showing where
the iodide has been deposited, and
where the deposit has been interrupt
ed by the tumor. The exact spot for
operating is thus seen.
The application of this method is
described as delicate but not ex-
tremely difficult, nor beyond the pow
er of any good surgeon.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
York,

Sunday and Monday, Constance
Talmadge. in "Dulcy"; Dippy-Doo-
Dad comedy. THE Knockout" and
Pathe Review: Tuesday, Kenneth
Harlan and Eileen Percy. in East
Side, West Side" and Harry Pollard.
in The Green Cat; Wednesday,, An
dree Lafayette. in "Triiby"; Thurs
day. Priscilla Dean, in Drifting" and
Cliff Bewes. in Plus and Minus" /;
Friday, Hoot Gibson, in "Blinky," and
George O'Hara, in Fighting Blood; /;
Saturday, Jack Hoxie and Mary Phil
bin. in ''where Is This west?"; Priz-
mas algeria" and Our Gang'' COM
edy. Lodge Night"
Evening star., 1923-10-24
GEORGIA TOWN BURNING.
Report Of Plot to Wipe Out Com
munity Excites People.

oUITMAN, Ga, October 24.-Fire
Of undetermined origin is reported to
stores ana dwellings, are already
burned. The report of the fire, fol-
lowing on the heels of concerted
move sevens. days ago to burn Quit
man, caused considerable excitement
here.
Pisrtisa are having FOR aforren 70
investigate the report.
Evening star., 1923-10-24
NEW TIPPING RECORD.
By the Associated Press. t.

By the Associated Press. r,
NEW YORK, October 24.--Estab-
fishing a new record for. typewriting
speed, an average Of +147 words a
minute for one hour, Albert Tangora
of Paterson, n. j., won an official con-
test at the, opening session of the Ma
tionai Business Show. .N@s2 -s-..
Tangora defeated George T. Hoss-
field by one point. who eclipsed his
own world record OF 143 words a
minute, made last year. The winner
wrote 9,120 words and made twenty
eight errors for a net score of S,S40
words
Evening star., 1923-10-24
TakoYna.

Monday and Tuesday, Agnes Ayres,
In tRaeing Hearts; comedy, Hot
Water" also kinograms. Wednesday,
matinee, 2:30 pm. and evening. also
Thursday, Sears of jealousy; COM
edy, Before Public" also Kinograms.
Friday and Saturday, Jack Holt In,
While Satan Sleeps" comedy and
Acsops Fables Saturday matinee, n
special feature replacing while
Satan Sleeps" .......-..-
Evening star., 1923-10-24
Savoy.

Sunday and Monday, "iupert of
Hentzau" and Aesop fable, Aged in
Wood: Tuesday and "wednesday,
"The Green Goddess" and Lyman H
Howe's speed Demons; Thursday
and Friday Earle Williams and Bar
bara La Marr, in '"The Eternal Strug-
gle" and Dippy-Doo-Dad comedy,
The Knockout; Saturday. The Tie
Busher"
Evening star., 1923-10-24
Princess.

Sunday and Monday. Dc w. Griffith's
Friend and Mine; Wednesday,, Ru-
dolph Valentino, In Beyond the
Rocks; Thursday, Katherine Mac
Donald. In The Scarlet Lily: Friday
and Saturday, Gloria Swanson, In
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife,