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Evening star., 1923-12-27
PEACE PRIZE AWARJ
SUBMITTED T0V0TE.
Referendum in January on
Box Project to Cover
Entire Country.

A day or two after New Year day
is the time now set by the American
peace award for the referendum
in which the American people Will
have a chance to register their opin-
ion on the winning plan. and on what
they think is the proper relation or
the United States to international ac-
tion looking toward the prevention
of war.
With over 5000 daily and weekly
papers carrying the ballot, the press
alone will see to 1t that ballot gets
into almost every home in the coun-
try. These papers represent differ
lng political tendencies and differing
positions on the subject of our for
eign policy Many editors have writ
Ten that in carrying the ballot they
are setting aside an established aver
sion to printing ballots because they
feel that the object of this referen-
dunn transcends all ordinary rules.
They are joining not in any indorse-
nent of particular plan, but In
what is the true judgment and feel
lng of the American people on this
question.
Query to Voter.
The ballot suggested to papers and
organizations by the award contains
space for the name and address of the
signer, question, DO you approve
the winning plan in substance?" with
I box for a yes or no vote, and a
question as to whether the signer is
u voter.
Since last July the policy commit
Zee in charge of the award has been
making arrangements with the
ninety-three national organizatioIss
on it's cooperating council to see
o it that members of the smallest
unit of these organizations in every
community receive a copy of the bal
OF and the winning plan. Three of
these organizations alone will reach
over 30,000,000 people and are send
ng the plan and ballots to over 100.-
700 ministers, rabbiS and priests who
Will see that the referendum is con-
tucted among their congregations.
$4,000 600 People Represented.
But in addition to these ninety
three organizations in the co-operat-
ing council, and representing a men,
pership of at least $4,000 900, orders"
or copies of the plan and the ballot
are deluging the award office, coming
rom every conceiva ole type of or
rom mayors of cities, from universi-
lies and colleges, from ministers,
rom labor unions, from chambers of
commerce, from war veterans groups,
tic.
A glance over the American peace
awards mail for one day now would
be an answer to the question as to
whether the relation of the, United
states to the rest of the world is a
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Radcliffe Girls
Defeat Harvard
In Mental Tests
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December
27.-In a series OF intelligence
tests given to lot Harvard stu
dents and 81 girl undergraduates
ing As per cent higher than the
college men, according to hgurAs
made public by DR.. A. A. Roback,
Harvard psychologist. In the tests,
devised by DR.. Roback and carried
out in the Harvard psychological
laboratory under the supervision
of Fl. S. Langfeld, professor of psy-
chology. the girls received an
average rating of SIS per cent and
the men sos.
The testing system was based on
relative speed in observation de-
duction, mental application and in
depreciation. One Harvard man
tied with a Radcliffe student for
first place with an Sc per cent
ranking. A Harvard student made
the lowest score, per cent. The
lowest level reached by girl was
26 per cent.
Commenting on the results Of
the tests, DR.. Roback said that
similar experiments had been con-
Quoted at Simmons College and
Clark University and that the
average intelligence of girls in
c / eg is apparently above that
of the men. He attributed this
condition to a more careful process
of selection on the part of parents
sending girls to college, while
many men "go to college merely
because it is the thing" In the
upper levels, however, man and
woman rank very evenly in the
race for mental honors, he said.
Evening star., 1923-12-27

matter Of concern to all kinds Of
people in all kinds Of groups in all
kinds Of communities. In yesterdays
mail alone one New York city, Utica,
ordered $4,000 copies of the plan and
the ballot; the labor unions of this
city ordered 100000 for their mem
hership represented in their differ
ent locals, and the West Virgini
State Federation of Labor ordered
another 100000; the mayor of Breck-
enridge, Tex, sent for 10000 copies
in order to poll a full vote in his
town.
A teacher in Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school in Akron. Ohio, sent
for 900 copies; the Kansas Gas &
Electric Company of Wichita, Kans.,
+ through its general manager, "or-
dered' $50 copies; the California
Teachers Association asked for $500
copies; the American Institute OF
Consulting Engineers asked for 12O
copies; the American Society of Com
posers. Authors and Publishers an
nounced that If sent $50 copies they
would thoroughly conduct the refer
endum among their members.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
HOME
REMEDIES

4 OF. Castor Oil. .l5c
4 OF. Fluid Extract
Cascara .25c
3 OF. Tine. Iodine, Csc
3 OF. Aron,. Spirits
Ammonia .25c
Epson, Salts, per
ID. .......... &c
Seidlitz POWDERS,
box of 10. .19c
Improved Dobell's
Solution .25c
Bicarbonate Of Soda,
per u. -. ;. 15c
Spirits of Casnphor,
S 0ZS. ........ @c
Pint Witch Hazel Csc
Aro yn e Mouth
Wash ...... SOC
Vanilla E xtrac t,
3 0ZS. ........Sc
Evening star., 1923-12-27

shorty after the first message wa,
received, power company ernrloyas. ia
ing another youthful radio operator a,t
ms amateur sending set, were In flIi
communication with the snow boun,
,ngineers. and hep was on the way t,
them.
me value OF the chance discovery
radio experts here, lies In the possibI,
use OF all kinds Of land lines In "a,
same kind Of direct sendine. No
only can high tension lines be nressa,
into such service, they assert. bu
teiepnone and telegraph lines, and evel
the same way without interfering n
any manner with their other uses
The same wired wireless syste,p
they declare, fcan be used to send mes
sages when static conditions preverl
use OF regular radio methods.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
TOILET
ARTICLES

SOC DORM Rouge. 39c
$1.15 Othine 69c
Soc Java Rice Face
PorDder :. .39c
Pyroseptine 9th
Paste .25c
35c Ponds Vanish
ing Cream. ;. 29c
Three FloSOers Face
Posuder .z5c
rim C e s s at
Rouge .45c
$500 MiIk u eed
Cream. ..... 89c
z5c Ashes of Roses
Rouge $50
Ayers Face PoW-
der .75c
Sayn1an's Vegetable,
3 for ....... 35c
P0lmoliUe ShaUing
Cream, 29c
Evening star., 1923-12-27
PATENT
MEDICINES

Hypo-Cod ..... 8Sc
Castoria .25c
G u d e's Pepto-
n1G71gunl. SSc
Eskays Neurophos-
phites $3.50
$3.50 S. S. S. .$1.49
Nuxuted lros, .79c
Tanloc .........8 $50
500 Nujol .63c
$l.25 Absorbin e,
T. ...... .$1.10
500 Marn,ola Tab
lets. ......... .69c
$25c BeH-Ans .2Ic
500 Squib b s
Petroiatur, .75c
Evening star., 1923-12-27

lecture in Maryland. The house
stands between Whitehall creek
and Meredith cove.
Mr.. Leakin's will provided that
his offer should be accepted by the
United States government within
eighteen months Of his death. and
that IL this were not done the
money would revert to the Pea
body Institute, which was made
his residuary legatee.
No steps have been taken by
the federal government to accept
the money for the summer White
House and II 1t is not accepted by
next June the Peabody Institute
will receive the 100000.
One of the provisions of the
will was that the summer White
House should be within motoring
distance of Washington, which
Whitehall is.
The house and it's wings are of
brick. 1t commands a splendid
view of the Chesapeake bay and
1t is surrounded by landmarks OF
the bachelor Governor of Mary
land before the revolution. There
is crepe myrtle walk, a locust
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Historic Bay Estate Proposed
As Summer White House Site
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. December 81.
Whitehall. at Sandy point. Anne
Arundel county, once the resi-
dence of Horatio Sharpe, Cover
nor Of Maryland before the revo-
lutionary war. has been suggested
by some persons as a possible
site for the summer White House,
for which 100000 was left by ].
Wilson Leakin. who died a year
ago.
The place is now owned by Mrs.
w. c. Story, former president
general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and it is
not known that 1t Is for sale. But
some persons have said that be-
cause of the unusual beauty Of
the grounds and the house the
estate would be ideal for the pur-
pose for which Mr.. Leakin made
provision in his will. The house
itself is declared to be one of the
finest examples of colonial archi-.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
CATHEDRAL so YEARS OLD.
Episcopal Leaders to Celebrate An
niversary Of Founding.

NEW YORK. December 27.-The hf..
tieth anniversary Of the founding OF
the Cathedral Of st. John the Divine
and the thirty-hrst anniversary OF
the laying .of the 20 ner stone were
celebrated today. The cathedral, will
when completed, be the third largest
in the world. being surpassed only by
st. Peters at Rome and the Cathedral
of Seville. Among the speakers al
exercises tonight will be Bishop VIII
H"m T Manning and George w
wickersham, former Attorney Gen.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
walk and a willow walk, all lead

walk and a willow walk, all lead
ing to the w"ter.
one of to most striking fea-
lures of tfl,' place Is said to be
the splendid carving of the wood,
work inside the house. 1t is told
that this was done by young
man who came to America as
redemptionist servant, VINO was
offered his freedom by the gov
ernor If he would decorate the in
terror of the house, and who nc-
complished that task and dieo
when he was about to receive the
freedom he had been promised.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
GIVEN JAPANESE HONOR,

CHICAGO. December 27.-Dr. II. 3
Jewett, vice president of the WesteT1
Electric CcRpany, has been decorate,
with the fourth class Of the Impertz
Order OF the Rising Sun by the En-
peror OF Japan in recognition OF il
given the Japanese government {,
telephone engineering. DR.. Jewett &
past president of the American In
stitute OF Electri cal Engineers.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
|STORM PRISONERS
! SEND DIRECT RADIO
Accidental Discovery OF
"Wire-WireIess" May Rev.
oIutionize Methods.
Special D'sps tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VACAVILLE. Calf. December 81
"A half dozen hydro-electric engineers,
showed In by blizzards and complete
ly cut off from communication with
the outside world In mountain camp
260 miles north of here. today are
attesting the verify of the old adage
that necessity is the mother of in
vention."
Hemmed in by huge drifts from
Evening star., 1923-12-27
AVALANCHES IN ALPS.
Houses Are Swept Away in One
Village.

BERN. Switzerland, December 27-'
The series of devastating avalanches
in the Alpine region is continuing A
number of houses were swept away
at LIE Sepey. in the canton of Vaud.
The bodies of man and his wife
who occupied one Of these dwellings
were found enveloped In their bed
clothes. 500 feet away.
Evening star., 1923-12-27

SHOWS which started early last week,
and confronted not only by turkey
less but by foodless Christmas when
the only telephone line to the camp
went out Of commission, the party
summoned both food and help by
evolving a new method Of directed
radio transmission. Not only did
they save themselves, but their ex-
periments may go long way toward
revolutionizing present land use Of
wireless.
Find New Methods.
The results Of their efforts to OBJ
tain Christmas day succor is a new
wired wireless method by which
radio messages can be confined to one
direction and sent without conflict
with any other radio sending or re-
ceiving station In the use OF the air.
The discovery was made when the
engineers, who are employed In hydro
electric development work by the Pa
cidc Gas and Electric Company, tuned
small radio set which they carried
in the direction of high voltage trans
mission lines which ran past their
camps. The sound waves precipitated
against the power wires were carried
to the terminus Of the lines here, a
distance of $50 miles, where they were
picked or by small boy with an
amateur receiving set.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
HOLDEN NEWS

James Dynes has broken ground for
a new house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Stadley were
Watertown visitors last week.
Mrs. w. w. Rush returned Monday
after a two weeks stay in Miller with
her daughter, Mrs. C. w. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Steed and Master
Glenn are visiting relatives in Illinois.
Mrs. Carl Strutz of Pierre is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. And
rev Stadley.
Geo. Yearous, Garfield Jones and
Ray Nanderwert' were among others
from this vicinity who motored to
Huron Tuesday to attend a meeting OF
the stockholders of the Farmers Pack
ing Co. ,. -
Miss Alice Hyde has returned from
a several weeks visit with friends and
relatives in Pierre, S. ID.
Miss Gertrude Smith is visiting at
the Barnes home.
Harry Heinizen, who has been at
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Peterman are
the proud parents of a brand new
girl born May 31st. Mother and baby
both doing nicely. .
Chas. Gray ~leavesD yrhursday for
Hot Springs, S. ID. to which point he
goes in the interest of his health.
Earl Dennis and Maynard Van
Cleave Will attend to Mr.. Grays farm
work while he is away.
Base ball has arrived with a bang
In addition to the youngsters who vii
Congregate at the Sunbeam next Sat
urday to play ball, several relics o.
a former day have signified their in
tentiCn of turning out and showing thu
Riddles how is was done, say, thirty
or forty years ago.
1t sounds interesting to the writer
and he is going to be on hand to cheel
and urge these ancieuts on. Maybe
they will let him pitch. Lets go.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14

Zuber Of Tulare and Mrs. DIR. Scheller
of Gettysburg were outside visitors
at the M. Il. ladies aid last Wednesday.
Mrs. Hubert Bushong departed last
Thursday for Mitchell where she will
spepd a few weeks visiting friends.
Mrs. Byron Dempster was a Tulare
shopper last Wednesday.
|, Miss Doris Dempster spent Monday
and Tuesday visiting with Miss De-
lores Bultman.
The Children's Day exercises at the
Burdette M. L. church were postpon-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
ed until next Sunday.

ed until next Sunday.
Miss Alice Mcdonald has been on
the sick list for several days.
The ball game played at Hand City
between Rockhsm and Burdette ended
In the ninth inning with a final o
of IA to 16 in favor of Rockham.
Teacher: "In what part Of the bible
is il taught that one man should have
only one wife.
Little boy: "I guess its the part
that says that no man can serve more
than one master"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
BURDETTE ITEMS

Mrs. Sheldon Bottum and little
daughter, Geraldine departed last
Friday morning for Winona, Minne-
sofa to visit with relatives.
Ernest Peterson hauled hogs to
washington last week.
Mrs. ARA Lawson, Mrs. Ray Law
son, Mrs. Donald Rhulman, and Mrs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14

Note announcement of childrens day
at the Sunbeam church in another
column of this issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-31

1914 on the basis of 100-cent dollar, he paid off during the war with the 4o-cent dollar. but new obligations which he undertook then, that is, dollars worth only 40 cents apiece he now has to pay off with a dollar worth 62 cents, and it is at this point that the shoe plnches the hardest. It is purely the question of supply and demand that regulates the price, and as wheat is a world proposition, the only solution is for the farmer to raise less wheat.
 Corn production gave us one of the largest crops on record, amounting to 3.054, 100000 bushels, compared with 2,905,00o,000 bushels last year. It has been a profitable crop All crops according to estimate of the department of agriculture have created new wealth this year of a billion dollars in excess of last year. That this means prosperity for the farmers Is reflected in the heavy business being done by the mail order house, by the chain stores and by the automobile con- cerns. The strictly agricultural states of Iowa and Nebraska have mora Automobiles per capita than any of the other states in the Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-31
FR|CE ST T|MU[ATES GENERAL INDUSTRY
Iron And Steel Have Active
 YeaJ-Wheat Farmer Is iDnIy Real Sufferer
By WALTER B. DROWN

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-The come back in cotton values has been the d3stinguishing feature of the cotton ihdustry during 1923. The advance -bf something like 10 cents a pound. has not only enabled the south to re- @cover it's economic equilibrium, but has revived its buying power so that nt has stimulated industrial activity Throughout the country. It has been an excellent illustration of the truth that no one part of the country can suffer without affecting the whole. Following 70 cent cotton in 1919-20. the growers could see nothing but high priced cotton for all time, but In this they were no different from other members of the community, who refused to look ahead to thet in- evitable deflation following cessa- tion of war wages and war profits and the collapse of foreign credit. The drop from 40 cents pound to a nominal price of IS cents, but in reality to no price at all, when it was practically impossible to sell the cot ton, produced condition that is of too recent and painful history to need recounting here. On this crop cotton IS back to 36 cents and it is by no means wild prediction to say that it will soon be back to 40 cents.
 The boil weevil is in large meas ure responsible for the recovery in the price of cotton, but not alto gether. It is due to the law of sup ply and demand. The cotton mills re- quire an annual supply of about 12,- 100000 bales. a figure that has been overlapped but once since 1914. The department of agriculture has given it's final estimate for 1923 as 10,0S1,- 900 bales, and it is commonly spoken of as the third successive short crop, but with the exception of 1920 it is the eighth short crop, as the follow ing comparison will show:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-31
YEAR IN TEXTILES

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.--Unless there is radical change in the economic situation of which there is at pre- sent not the slightest indication, clothing, dress goods and textile manufactures generally will not be sold at prices as low as those now prevailing for months to come and probably not during the entire year, Practically all raw materials have advanced and will have to be ab- sorbed in the selling prices for 1924 goods. Cotton goods for example now being offered by the retail trade ere manufactured from raw cotton purchased when 1t was selling for 10 cents a pound less than it now commands. When these stocks are exhausted they will have to replensh with higher priced goods. Distrib
 utors have been afraid to place their orders ahead and lacking such orders the mills have been afraid to go ahead on their own account with the result that in New England fully one million spindies are now idle Southern mills on the other hand, be-
 ing right at the sources of supply have appreciated the situation and have stocked up with cotton at the lower prices. They are not only rum ming full time but many of them overtime. Nevertheless they will not be able to supply the demand which will come to life next spring and the mills now idle in New England will have all they can do to keep pace with the orders that will then be placed and there are likely to be delays in deliveries resulting in ar tificial shortages.
 In finished cotton goods the year began with primary markets quiet because of the advancing prices. Job bers operated cautiously for forward needs but later bought freely, their purchases covering a large range of goods for spring and fall, practically all lines of finished cotton sharing in the improved demand. This ac- tivity continued during the first three months until most of the mills were sold out and withdrew from the market. Higher prices were seen to be developing and buyers with drew and have since been feeling their way while the mills on their part have been confining their op- eratons to orders actually booked. Manufacturers have advanced prices but not in proportion to the ad vance in the staple and present wholesale prices of cotton goods are still far below replacement costs The mild weather has retarded the retail demand so that inventories at the close of the year will be larger than expected. Information received from wholesalers from various parts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-31
o o o

O O O
 Below Requirements.
 The average of these nine crops is 10,S76,000 bales. so that for the last 10 years production has been below requirements. It is probable that the high prices would have been main tained if the foreign credit situation had not gone to pieces for it was only the lack of this foreign outlet that caused stocks to temporarily pile up here. As credit conditions abroad have improved, the exports have in- creased so that for the period since August 1, the shipments have amounted to 2,797,125 bales, as com pared with 2,579,514 bales last year. The fact that this increase in exports seems to be offset by a correspond Ing increase in the supply does not signify. Our foreign customers not only require this additional quan- tity, but several times as much to meet their demand for finished goods. Last year and more particularly the year before, this same demand ex- isted. but it could not be supplied for fore had to get along without the goods. Hence, from the standpoint of demand high prices for cotton are le- ultimately in order.
 Considered from the standpoint of supply number of advance causes dIs rcSponSlDle TOT the present SIt- nation. AS has already been pointed out. the boil weevii heads the list. Tbe other causes were weather con dftions varying from excessive rain in the southeast to extreme drouth in the southwest. No one can fore tell what the weather will be next year, but it requires no endowed foresight to count upon even greater weevil damage next year. Two years ago an intensive campaign was car ried on to keep down the acreage as the only means of averting con plete disaster which would follow the pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-31
BUS|NE ESS LEADERS. EXPRESSOPT TIM|SN.
Sentiment Among FinanCierS Is Cheerful Despite FeWDiS-
 appointing Developments

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-As the year ends, senti- ment among business and financial leaders is cheerful, despite the fact that developments within the last 12 months have been somewhat aisap pointing.
 Remarkably strong buying early spring. Since then production has fallen off slowly and forward buy ing has been suspended. Price ad vances and wage increases of the spring served to revive memories of 1920. A wave of caution and con- servatism spread over the country. Speculative positions were reduced and hand to mouth buying became the rule. In a word, the country ex- perienced mild slackening inactivity after an upward movement which lasted for about two years.
 0 0 0
 Emphasize Favorable Aspects.
 Bankers regard a recession of this kind as preferable to a sharp down ward movement which follows a crisis, and emphasized the favorable aspects of the existing situation.
 Employment is high, stocks of goods are moderate, credit is plenti- full and speculative positions are small. Maintenance of a high rate of activity in the building industry is expected. Automob bile makers re- port a good demand and buying of railroad equipment, while hardly likely to be as urgent as during the last year, appears to be moderately good.
 In the steel industry the year-end is witnessing the usual shut downs for repairs. Buying during Decem- Der, however, was better than ex- pected. Pig iron prices show further signs of having hit bottom, and steel prices remain firm. The trade is in clined to doubt whether production in 1924 will quite equal that during