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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-04-04

President Coolidge's demand for
the resignation of Attorney Gener-
al Daugherty, followed of course by
the latter's resignation, is COM
handing the widespread approval it
deserves. Mr.. Coolidge gave Mr..
Daugherty every opportunity to re-
sign voluntarily for the good of
the party and his own good, as
we'll as for that of the people, so
that the Executive cannot be ac-
cused of snap judgement. On the
other hand, there has come grad
ually to the attention of the Pres
ident-what under other circumstan-
ces he would have been the last to
learn-the appalling incompetence of
Mr.. Daugherty's administration of
the Government great legal de-
partment,< an incompetence which
has characterized it ever since Mr..
Daugherty beanie Attorney General
Since the Senate investigation star
ted, conditions have become pecu-
liarly embarrassing. The Senate COM
mittee recently demanded it be per-
mitted to send an investigator into
the Department to search for evil
dence. Mr.. Daugherty refused, on
the ground that it would be against
the public interests. The refusal if
made by any other Attorney Gen
eral would doubtless have been
proper; but when made by Mr..
Daugherty it had sinister ap-
pearance. 1t is curious instance
of ones deeds coming home to
roost that most of the men who are
aiding Senator Wheeler in his fight
on Daugherty are former agents
of the Department of Justice whom
Daugherty refused to dismiss even
when advised of their untrustworthy
character.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-04-04

Starting Sunday, one man trolley
ears are being operated on the p.
r. T. Co., line from Doylestown to
Willow Grove Because of the in
creased travel, cars were run part
Of the day on an is minute sched-
ule.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-04-04

Mrs. Edwin Keller, Quakertown,
was greatly surprised when her
cousin, Fred 0rgett Rhell, paid her
a visit, few days ago. She has
not seen him for IS years. He
learned Of her whereabouts through
the death of her husband four
months ago.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-04-04

Every man who conducts himself
as a good citizen, is accountable
alone to God for his religious faith,
and should be protected in worship
ping God according to the dictates
of his own conscience.-George
Washington.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-04-04

The first known advertisement APP
peared in a Greco-Roman drinking
cup, it is said. 1t bears the inscrip-
ton, Made by Ennion. Let the
buyer remember"
1t pays to advertise!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
MEMORIAL COINS
 MAY NOT BE MINTED
G. A. R. Pressure Likely To
 Bring Repeal Of Bill

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Resolu- tions to repeal the bill passed last year providing for the coinage of 5,00O,00O half dollars to commemorate the cary ing of the gigantic monument to Con- federate generals on Stone Mountain, Georgia, win soon be introduced in both houses, it was learned today.
 Pressure by G. A. k. encampments on republican leaders is back of the move.
 Under the bill the coins will bear the reliefs of General Lee and General Jackson and President Jefferson Davis. Minting is to begin by the treasury very soon. A resolution passed by the last meeting of the G. A. R. branded the enactment of the bill ''an insult to the nation and the union army" " Congressman are continually hearing from G. A. R.'s about the matter. As result, leaders have come to the conclusion that the measure should be repealed. They contend it was passed hastily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
HANOVER BUTCHER
 ASKS EARLY DEATH
Confessed Slayer Of IA Hopes
 To Die By Christmas
.(By Associated Press. )

HANOVER, Germany, Dec. D. T want to be dead before Christmas, is the insistent demand of Fritz Haar- mann, the Hanover butcher" whose trial for the murder of 27 young men since 1918, opened here yesterday.
 Haarmann, who at the time of his arrest gloated over the murders he had committed, now acts like man vio- lently insane, jumping about excitedly tearing his hair and suddenly breaking off in the middle of sentences.
 Haarmann has confessed the murder of IA persons and agrees with sugges- tions that his victims may have been more. He admits cutting up the bodies and disposing of them but denies selling the flesh as animal meat.
 References to his late father invar- iahly provoked outbursts from the pris- oner.
 My last word before being beheaded will be a curse upon my father he cried on one occasion. Haarman's al- legged chief helper, Hans Grams, denied all the charges of complicity in the crimes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
COTTON IS SLOWER:
 MARKET UNCERTAIN
Weeks Trading Attributed To
 Evening-Up

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Trading in the cotton market here during the past week
 has been attributed largely to the evening-up of accounts in preparation for the government crop report which IS scheduled for publication Monday
 Private estimates published ranged all the way from 12,704 ,O0O bales up to 13,- 675,0oo bales, and uncertainty as to the showing of the official figures evidently had restricting effect on fresh busi- ness. Further trade buying was report ed on scale down orders, however, and after selling off to about the 23-cent level for March contracts, under liqui- dat1sn, the market steadied toward the end of the week on covering. The pri- vate crop estimates mentioned averaged in the neighborhood of 13,230, 900 bales and when trading tapered off toward the end of the week, local brokers were in clined to believe that a government re- port of about 13,225, ,O0O bales had been pretty we'll discounted. The tendency to wait for official crop figures was pro- noted by continuance of the Hull in the cotton goods trade, and some of the selling reported earlier in the week was accompanied by talk of a prob able increase in spot offerings before thc AoiiudyS. mere was some southern selling here also, supposedly in to way of hedging, but offerings from this source were less in evidence toward the end of the week and local brokers said they saw no immediate indication of spot liquidation. The few additional notices issued against December con- tracts were stopped without much fur ther change in the difference between months. and there was considerable comment on the relatively steady rul- ing of contracts for next October to- ward the end of the week. Their pre- mium over the January position was regarded by some traders as indicating a feeling of uncertainty as to future crops emphasized, perhaps by the dry weather of the past two months, and recent reports that more weevils were going into Information this year than last. Private reports on ginning to December 1 have ranged around 12,- 250,00 bales, and the movement of cot ton into sight continues heavy. On the other hand, spinners' takings have been increasing and now amount to more than 5,000,00O bales compared with 4,750,000 to this time last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
Wall Street Briefs

Railway equipment orders for the first week of December are estimated by Railway Age to have total value Min excess of $8,000,000 and include 50 locomotives, 1,512 freight cars and 43 passenger cars. In addition, orders were placed for 50 locomotive tenders and l. 657 freight car underframes. Equip ment orders for November totaled 90 locomotives, 13,038 freight cars and 215 passenger cars with a value of $44,- GOO, ,00O. October orders were valued at SAC, ,00O, ,00O and those of September ESQ., 100000, making total of $152,ooO,ooo worth of equipment ordered since the present buying movement began, the first week in September
 Pierce Oil. corporation has bought the Consolidated Pipe Line running north and south through Pawnee, Okla, consisting of 50 miles of 4-inch main trunk line and s6 miles of branch and gathering lines and pump stations. The replacement value is about $55O,oOo.
 The New York cotton exchange will close for 20 minutes beginning at 10:55 a. m. next Monday, when the govern ment's final estimate of the years cot ton crop will be published. The New Orleans cotton exchange will follow the same procedure. This innovation, which was started when the last government report was issued, was praised by bro- kers as a stabilizing influence on prices
 Commercial Solvents company will is- sue $3, 100000 5-year 61z per cent notes convertible into class B stock at $11O. An increase of 30,000 shares in class B stock will provide for the conversion. The notes will be offered at par to class A and B stockholders of record December A.
 Business failures in the United States this week show little change from the number a year ago, 427 defaults, being five more than in the earlier corre- spending period, R. G. Dunn and com pany reports. There were decreases of seven ,n the south and 24 in the west, which were more than offset by increases of 27 in the east and nine on the Pacific coast.
 A consolidation of the bag compa- nies, manufacturing burlap, cotton and paper bags has been formed, made up of the following companies: American Bag company, Memphis, Tenn; Buff falo Bag company, Buffalo; Chase Bag company of St. Louis and Kansas City; Cleveland-Akron Bag company; Cleve- land; Milwaukee Bag company, Mill waukee and Northern Bag company, Minneapolis. Operations will begin January 1 and the organization will be known as the Chase Bag company, each branch retaining it's original identity. Executive offices will be established in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

non- essentials, is a fluent commentary on the personal spending habits of the American people.
 For clothing, a recognized essential, only a little more than twice this amount, or $7,700,O00, 900 is spent. The nations annual retail bill for food, ac- cording to Mir. Nystrom's studied esti- mate, is $15,300, ,0O0, ,0O0. Furniture and furnishings get $1,300, ,0O0, ,0O0; jewelry and musical instruments an even billion dollars; and miscellaneous items $3,300,- 100000, brings the total of our annual retail expenditures to the sizable grand total of $35,OO0,0 100000. Since the most authoritative estimate of the national income for 1923 is $70,O00, ,000, ,O0O, it will be seen that one-half of our total in- come finds its way into the cash regis ters of the retailers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
STOCK MARKET
 TURNS ABOUT
 AFTER UPSWING
Average Of Leading Rails And Industrials Show
 Loss At Close
By EDWARD J. CONDLON Tcased Wire to Age-H erald)

l
 | NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-In an enor-
 nous volume of trading, the like of which has been rarely seen in the his
 tory of the stock market, many railroad | and industrial shares catapulted to new highs, and many of the leaders sue
 cumbed to profit taking in the closing | hours of today's session. The averages
 of the leading rail and industrial stocks
 showed a net decline of s and A Of point, respectively. .t 2.
 The foreign exchange market turned
 reactionary, French francs being espe- cially depressed by speculative selling on the reports that Britain intended to question France on the debt funding negotiations with the United States.
 well, including the Argentine rate, de-
 spite the fact that bankers who offered | the Argentine loan earlier In the week
 announced Friday that the Issue had been oversubscribed. ...sE>.
 The grain marKets closed h1gher. wheat advanced on stronger foreign
 markets while corn moved up on re-
 ports that the Argentine corn crop had
 been damaged. Cotton showed but few
 changes. The market clearly has been
 marking time, prior to publication of the governments annual report on the
 cotton crop Monday. Traders are evil
 dently discountipy yield of 13,OOO,OOO
 bales. Incidentally, the New York cot
 ton exchange will be closed from 10:55
 eastern standard time, until 11:15, dur
 ing which time the government figures will have been disclosed. The New York cotton exchange has also announced
 that it has amended it's rules so as to
 provide that trading in the current
 month shall cease on the tenth day of the month. The weekly mercantile reviews in-
 dicate that further concrete evidence
 of the industrial revival appeared this week. Duns feview stated that ex-
 pansion in various basic industries had
 been augmented by the improvement in
 prices scored by the commodity mar ketS. .-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
THE WEATHER

Extreme Northwest Florida and Ala bama: Fair Saturday; Sunday probably showers; mild temperature. Florida Generally fair Saturday and Sunday. Mississppi: Fair and somewhat warmer Saturday; Sunday showers. Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair Satur- day; Sunday unsettled, probably showers. Virginia and North Carolina: Fari Saturday: Sunday increasing cioudiness; probably rain in extreme west portion moderate temperature. South Carolina: Fair Saturday; Sun day increasing cloudiness probably show CTS in northwest portion: moderate temperature.
 Georgia: Fair Saturday; Sunday ln- creasng cloudiness, probably showers in north and west portion; moderate tempera- <ure.
 Louisiana Saturday generally fair, warmer; Sunday cloudy and unsettled, colder in north portion. . Arkansas: Saturday increasing cloudi- ness warmer: Sunday unsettled, proba bly rain.
 Oklahoma: Saturday unsettled, colder in west portion; Sunday rain snow, colder in east portion.
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States weather bureau. during the 24 hours ending at D. m., 90th meridian time, December 5, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

E ORTY-FOUR cents out of every dol E lar spent in retail stores in the United States Is in exchange for food. Clothing gets g cents and the automo- bile industry 70 cents out of each dollar which the nation spends annually at re- tail. These striking conclusions are the result of an appraisal made by Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, director of the Retail Research association.
 While it is interesting to know that ten cents out of every dollar taken in by retail establishments the country over goes to the automotive industry, the information that candy and bever- ages and tobacco and it's products near ly equals this amount is something of a surprise. A yearly bill of 8 3,200, ,000, 900 spent picemeal in nickels, dimes and quarters for articles, easily classed as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
CONGRESS TO HONOR
 MEMORY OF WILSON
Memorial Services To Be Held
 December 15
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Final ar engagements for the congressional me- morial service to be held for Woodrow Wilson in the house chamber Monday, December 15, were completed today by the joint committee of the senate and house of which Senator Swanson, demo- crat, Virginia, the war presidents na- tive state, was selected as chairman.
 Invitations to attend the services will be sent to the President and his cabinet. The members of Mir. Wilson's cabinet, former Vice President Marshall, Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary of the late presi dent, and the governors of various states, the supreme court, the diplo- matic corps and the ranking officers of the army and navy, also will attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
WOMAN'S SLAYER
 DIES M HOSPITAL
Emilio Griggs Confessed To
 Many Crimes, Say Police

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 5.-Emilio Driggs, who was wanted in Havana, Cuba, for the murder of his sweetheart, died at a hospital here last night.
 Driggs' career of crime, begun as lad of IS in New York City, ended here at the Vauclain Home for tuber- culosis patients. His identity confronted with a cablegrame from the Cuban government, he confessed to the many crimes of which he was accused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
HUGE FORTUNE
 MAY BE DIVIDED
McClintOck Heir Dies After
 Holding It Seven Months

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The $6,0OO, 900 Mculintock fortune, which for years has never been enjoyed long by its posses sors, is likely to be divided among distant relatives of the family as the result of the death yesterday of William McClirto"k, who held it just seven rrc%.-~ r,e he became 21 last April.
 .ncC lntock died while his financee, Miss Isabelle Pope, of Wilimette, his school days sweetheart, waited with marriage license to be married to him in the hospital. Miss Pope was men, tioned as q possible beneficiary under the will by attorney William Shepherd, who drew it up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
WALES MINE BLAST
 TAKES NINE LIVES
Many Others Missing In Fire
 Damp Explosion
(By Associated Press. ]

WREXHAM, Wales, Dec. 5.-Nine men were killed and many are missing in consequence of colliery explosion early this morning.
 An explosion of firedamp caused the casualties which it is believed were con- fined to the nine known dead Eight of the badly burned have been brought to the surface and the rescuers are working hard to find the ninth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

""
 { ThS big men I lave most :. regard I,r are those who lave been able for |. long period of Tears tp keep their |eople satisfied and
 sappy. Of course,
 cards of directors 10 not pay $25,M 900 gr $50, ,000 or $100,- tO0 a year to a resident simply to l.eep workers con- Ient. The directors want profits, divl-' ends. But dfrec- |orS oro coy,rinO tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
SCHOOL BEQUEATHED $12,OOO
Wealthy NegrO's Will Is Read At
 ShreVeDOrt

SHREVEPORT, La, Dec. 5.-The Caddo Parish school board was be- queathed $12,000 by Joe Herndon, wealthy negro who died last week at Texarkana, Texas, his will probated yesterday disclosed. At one time as a poor farmer Herndon became almost Il millionaire when oil was discovered on his Pine Island farm. The remainder of his estate was bequeathed to rel a tivoa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
STONE GIVES RULING
 ON SUGAR MERCER
Court Decree Must Be Modified,
 He Says

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Merger of the American Sugar Refining company with the National Sugar Refining com pany of New Jersey will require court modification of decree entered in 1922, in the opinion of Attorney General Stone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

Uncle Sam's post office has come to a reliable barometer of business. The annual report shows an encouraging gain in revenue of 7.53 per cent over last year. Meantime expenses only in- creased 5.4 per cent so that a net re- duction of deficit amounting to $9,- GOT, ,227 was accomplished. It is now the proper time for some public spirited publicity seeker to step forward and offer to run the post office department with its present service, and with 1c postage at such a handsome profit. It always happens when the. deficit Is pub lished. As a matter of fact, the United States post office department is a serv- ice to business that may as justly be supported by general taxation as the judicial legislative or any other branch of the governing machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
LOCAL DATA

East Gulf Moderate southeast and south and weather partly overcast Saturday.
 West Gulf: Fresh southeast and weather overcast Saturday becoming unsettled.
 Caribbean Sea and windward passage: Moderate easterly except variable over extreme south portion and weather over cast Saturday.
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Fresh to strong Saturday.
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Fresh south and southwest and weather partly over cast Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
ELECTION COMMISSION URGED
CabeI Would Form Group To Revise
 BaIIOting System

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-A special commission to draft, a constitutional amendment removing present points of doubt from the system of electing president, vice president, senators and representatives was proposed in joint resolution today by Representative Cabel, republican, Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
80 DROWN IN FLOODS

CONSTANTINOPL Dec. D. Eighty persons were drowned in exten- sive floods which swept the famous Vilayet of Aleppo during the past 24 hours. More than POO kilometers of railway line were damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
ATTACKS COMMUNISM

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The Soviet philosophy is a menace to religious and spiritual life throughout the world, Captain Francis McCullagh, American and British. journalist, said last night in an address before members of the American Defense society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
Two textiles mills in Rhode Island are back on a full-time basis!

Industrial accidents are declining. ac- cording to the department of labor. In the iron and steel industry the rate of accidents in 1913 figured at 6O.3 for every million working hours. Last year this had been reduced to 12.S per work ing hour in half the industry. The to- tai for all iron and steel plants during 1923 was 33.2 accidents per million hours This Is very encouraging but when we realize that our annual industrial fa- talities still cost about 21,0OO lives and that injuries, largely preventable, total to over two and a half million result ing in a wage alone of over a billion dollars, we see that there is still plenty to be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
TAKE WORKERS
  I VERIFY ADVISES
Head Of American Roll. ing Mills Tells How To Preserve Harmony

By B. c, FORBES Aren't you inclined eto have your
 oubts about any employer who has S,rious trouble with his workers every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

| government mas provided the trade this season with Il estimates of the current crop in bales and each government-es esti- mate is now preceded by from 20 to 25 l private estimates. We would suggest serious consideration of this whole mat ter of crop estimates with a view to re- ducing them within some reasonable roportion.-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-The mar ket was a small, quiet affair today with fluctuations confined to a range of Is points. What little trading there was. was mostly of an evening up char acter. It's steadiness was the only mo- table feature. MT Hester's weekly fig ures shows continued heavy movement into sight but the outgo is likewise large. Spinners' takings are now well ahead of last year, being 4,S74OO0 against 4,604000. American mills are fast catching up in theiR takings while foreign mills are 439,000 ahead. Ex- ports continue to run heavy and are 804000 larger than a year ago. The market gives indications of having dis counted an estimate around 13,200,000 and Is not likely to be upset if the gov erment's figures are not over that ow- ing to the belief that the world will need at least that amount of cotton. Many in the trade believe the world will take more if it is produced.-Fen- ner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-With accounts apparently well evened up, the cotton market Is merely marking time pending the bureau report. Public interest has deserted cotton almost entirely to fol- low the boiling stock market. Senti- ment m the main is against the mar ket, but it will be remembered that year ago when prices were over 35c a pound, professionals almost to a man were bullish; at 23c they are bearish. Exports now are about three-quarters of million bales ahead of last season at this time, and as yet there are no indications of any let-up in this huge foreign demand.-Steiner, Rouse & Stroock. ~''-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

evidences, an improvement in trade. Continued report of an abnormally low failure record, however, would fore shadow a day of reckoning to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
MT. Verify added this word of warn.

"The man engaged in big business to- Hay must regard himself simply as a Trustee for thousands of people. To discharge this trusteeship successfully he must study human life, human emo- kions, human ambitions-and then con- vince his people, by laying all the cards bn the table, that he and his organiza- lion are playing the game fairly and Isquarely all around"
 Does this not strike you as horse Isense?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06

|ealize that unless an executive has the
 hack of getting along we'll with labor, |kofits and dividends are likely to suf- |er. \. Satisfied workers mean satisfied -