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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-27
ATLAS POLICY
 PROGRESSIVE IN ITS PLANTS
Growth Of Leeds Cement Industry Typical Of
 Company's Properties

The growth of the large, modern plant of the Atlas Portland Cement company located at Leeds, Ala, is symbol of the progressive policy which that com pany pursues in anticipating require ments and in being fOrehanded in the improvement of the quality of it's pro- duct by the most modern scientific and mechanical methods.
 When the Atlas company took over this plant at Leeds some five years ago, the productive capacity was be- tween 500,000 and 900,00 barrels per annum. Today it's capacity is twice that figure. The history of the Leeds plant is the history of the company it. self, which began in 1892, with man. ufacturing capacity of 250 barrels per day. Today its plant at Northampton, Pa., alone has daily capacity of 25,- 900 barrels, OF one hundred times the capacity started 32 years ago, This single plant now covers about 30 acres of ground, .and a fence built closely around the entire property would en- close about 60 acres. When in full operation, Atlas Northampton mills consume about 5000 tons of raw rock and 2,000 tons of coal per day, and em- ploys 4,500 men. These figures, which concern the Northampton plant alone, giv, an idea of the capacity of Atlas as whole.
 The company has other large plants at Hannibal, Mo-, Hudson, N. T., and Independence, Kas., which total pro- ductive capacity of Atlas Portland ce- ment amounting to approximately 18,- 000,0 barrels a year. The locations for the Atlas plants were made with two points in view. The primary con- sideration was. the highest obtainable quality in raw materials, and the sec ondary was location from a market standpoint.
 By virtue of it's enormous produc-
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FIRE HAZARDS ]. IN SCHOOLS 0N
 STEADY CLIMB
Manual Training Depart. ments One Of Factors
 Increasing Danger

The American Exchange and Review of Philadelphia calls attention to the fact that fire losses on school houses, which have been excessive fora num- Der of years, are steadily increasing. /
 Some measure of the cause for this is explained by the fact that modern educational methods have introduced new hazards in the schools. Al
 Manual training departments bring practically a factory hazard. Kitchens are provided for domestic science work. Motion pictures are in general use for educa tional and entertainment purposes and chemical and physical laboratories all introduce their own particular fire hazards. In addition there are the normal hazards that effect buildings, such as careless janitors and careless occupants. E.!-%.
 In addition to these accumulated hazards, school building houses a large number of children, most of whom are helpless in case of q fire or q panic created by fire alarm. The children are not ordinarily as we'll protected in the school building that houses them for eight hours a day as are their parents for the few hours then spend in q downtown theater each week.
 Theaters and Schools :
 Theaters are required by law to be built fire proof. The difference be- tween theaters and school houses is chiefly the fact that theater owners know they can not attract patronage unless they furnish a safe structure while children are compelled to go to school whether they wish to or not and the responsibility of furnishing fire safe school buildings rests with the en- tire community and not with an in- dividual or private corporation as in the case of a theater. -
 With the growing fire losses in school houses and the danger to their young occupants, campaign might well be- started which would provide the children with safe place to pur- sue their school work.
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tion, the Atlas Portland Cement com pany is able to develop and retain in its service the most skilled operating talent, which insures in Atlas thor oughly reliable and uniform product.
 In the early days, Portland cement was burned in dome kilns, much like those used for burning lime, the mix ture in various stages being put into these kilns with alternate layers of coal or coke. The output of such a kiln was seldom more than 100 barrels a day. This process was continued until the early nineties, when the Atlas Port land Cement company began experi- menting with steel cylindrical tube, known as rotary, kiln. It was ra- pidly developed by this company and today is being used in all of it's mills. More than anything else, the rotary kilns has been instrumental in reduc- ing the cost of manufacture to such an
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extent as to make Atlas Portland ce- ment an economical building material.
 Methods of Manufacture
 The methods of manufacture of Port land cement developed and perfected by the Atlas Portland Cement company are given constant consideration and i'm proved to the extent that the Atlas slogan is ''the standard by which all other makes are measured"
 In the manufacture of Atlas Port land cement, the raw materials are chemically selected and carefully mixed after automatic weighing machines have determined exactly the right quantity of cement rock and of limestone. These materials are then mixed by automatic mixers, which are controlled by chem ists in charge of the operation, not only during the day, but night and day. With this control, the mixture never varies.
 At the Atlas plants from time the rock is quarried until the cement is packed into bags and barrels, the work is supervised in all it's stages by ex- perts. The finished product also is constantly tested and the mill never operates for moment without the con- trol of the mill chemists.
 One grade of cement only-the high est-is manufactured, and every barrel shipped from the Atlas mills meets all standard specifications for Portland ce- ment, and also complies with Atlas specifications, under which each of the mills operates and which are more severe and more exacting than the re- quirements of standard specifications.
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Rex Payers and Mixers

Rex Payers and Mixers . Rex Payers, sizes l l4-E and 21-E. Rex Concrete Mixer. 3N, 7, l4, 21 and 26 cubic feet capacity. P. & H. Excavating Equipment Gasoline and Electric Shovels, N, 34 and 1 yard capacities; Dragline Excavators, Clamshells, Buckets and Cranes.
 Barnes' Pumps Barnes High Pressure Force Pumps. Diaphragm Pumps, Centrifugal Pumps.
 Acme Road Machinery Gasoline and Steam Rollers, Rock Crushers. Screening Plants, Dump Wagons.
 Ord Concrete Road Finishers The standard finisher required in many states by Highway Commis- sions.
 Hotchkiss Steel Forms Road forms, sidewalk forms, curb and gutter forms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-27
GOOD ROADS HAVE
 ECONOMIC VALUE
Maintenance Cost Is Reduced
 And Vehicle Life Is Longer

"There is cash value to good roads in the saving of wear and tear on ve- hicles that cannot be too strongly em- phasized,' says George Hogarth, chief engineer of the department of public highways, Ontario, Canada. The bene. fits of good roads are shown by the re- duced cost of maintenance and longer life of automobiles run over good roads on one hand and bad roads on the other. One type of car with which you are all acquainted and of which the department has a number has been used since 1917 and 1918 was run over the roads in the condition the highways
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Baker Nancy WheeIers

Baker Nancy Wheeiers Tractor Drawn Wheelers. A-yard and IN yard Wheelers and all sizes Bulldozers.
 Yancey Highball Wheelers Made especially for the Southern trade. A reinforced. good quality Wheeler. ~.
 Red Star Barrows Wheelbarrows and Concrete Carts the Wheelbarrows with standard in- terchangeable parts.
 Le Roi Gasoline Motors . A full line of gasoline motors, of es- tablished power and durability.
 Red Edge Shovels The well-known Wyoming Red Edge Shovels and Picks. tss.-
 Waukesha Gasoline Motors A standard motor for all power re- quirements.
 Camp Equipment Tents, cots, mattresses, dining flies, etc.
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were in when taken over and in some cases the cars were practically wrecked in seasons wear.
 When turning in such cars and re- newing them we were allowed a sum of money which represented an average depreciation exclusive of repairs of $240
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extent as to make Atlas Portland ce- ment an economical building material.
 MethndS of Manufacture
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per car per year. In 1923 we turned in a number of cars for replacement and the actual depreciation was $125 per car per year. This is saving in depreciation alone of $115 per car per year.
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MAIL P|LOT ELLISON DAMAGES PLANE IN
 hiAKINC 4 LANDING

FAIRBANKS, Feb. 25.-Mail Pilot Ben Eileson, in returning from his initial trip from McGrath got lost in the Kantishna valley owing to faulty compasses, and was forced down near Tolovana. He arose safely but crip- pied his landing gear on his arrival at Fairbanks. The plane was equip ped with skis for starting on the snow
 Eileson states that his trip was great treat to the sourdoughs living along the route who had never seen plane before. The flight was made at an elevation of 20OO feet, and was without incident, save on the return trip, which was made up the Yukon on account of darkness. The distance made by Eileson in a little over six hours requires II days by dog team each, hence the plane reduced the time between the two campps from 22 days to six hours and 26 minutes.
 The landing skis are being repair ed and another trip will be made ear ly in March.
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DELWOOD WILL ARRIVE AT
 KETCHIKAN ABOUT MAY 10

The steamship Delwood will arrive at ketchikan with the new cable May 10, and the cable will be connected May 12, according to reports received at that place last week. The cable from Ketchikan to Seward will not be com pleted until September IS. The ca bleship gives out the following sched- ule:
 Arrive London, March 5, leave Lon- don March 24, arrive Seattle May 8, leave Seattle May 5, arrive Ketchi- kan May 10, leave Ketchikan May 12. arrive Seward May 15, leave Seward May IS, arrive Seattle May 24, leave Seattle May 26, arrive London, July 5, leave London July 25, arrive Seat tie September 6, leave Seattle Sep tember 8, arrive Seward September IS.
 The Army and Navy Register quotes the price on the new cable at S1,O00 foot, including laying.
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ALASKA SHIPPING IN 1923
 LARGEST IN HISTORY

Last year was the greatest year in the history of Alaska in the number of vessels which entered and cleared at Alaska ports, according to the re- port of Collector of Customs John c. Mcbride, made public the other day The total number of vessels entered at Alaska ports last year was 2,080 the year before and 2,221 in 1920, which held therecord before 1923. The total number cleared was 2,441, com pared with 2,O04 in 1922 and 2,199 in 1920, the previous banner year.
 Last year was also the banner year in the tonnage entering and clearing both foreign and domestic. In the domestic trade there were 1,243 ves- sells, 473,885 tons, entered and 1859 vessels, 478,103 tons cleared last year In theforeign trade the vessels enter ed numbered 1925, tonnage 317,866, and those cleared numbered 483, ton mage 152,322.
 This is compared with an 1922 re- cord of 839 vessels 394,4O7 tons enter ing in the domestic trade and 1,5O2 vessels, 395,5O9 tons, clearing; and 1,341 vessels, 173,278 tons, entering, and STOP vessels, 135.S51 tons clearing in theforeign trade.
 There were BPS more vessels enter ed at Alaska ports last year than in 1920 the previous record year and the number of vessels last year exceeded those clearing in 1920 by PAP.
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O|L COMMITTEE
 STARTS QUARREL AMONG THEMSELVES
LENRooT ABOUT TO RESIGN THE HlP-MEsSAGEs
 TO BE PRODUCED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Senator Kenneth McKellar, democrat, of Ten nessee, introduced resolution in the Senate today calling upon President Coolidge to send to Congress the tax returns of Sinclair, Doheny and Fall.
 Senator Heflin, an Alabama demo crat, branded Senators LenrOot and Shoot as unfit for membership on the oil Investigating committee, for hav- ing held a secret conference with Al bert B Fall recently.
 Senator Lenroot in reply said he would be very glad to be relieved ot the duties of chairman of the investi- gating committee if the investigations were to go on indefinitely. He de- clared that the telegraph companies should be forced to produce all tele- grams between MT. Fall and MT. Me Lean, subsequent to February l.
 Chairman Lenroot declared the Democratic members Of the commit tee were devoting more time to poli- tics then they were to bringing the parties guilty of oil graft to justice.
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H|CH OFFICIALS
 TOOK BRIBES SAYS
 HENRY WkTERH0USE
PRESIDENT AERO LEAGUE OF AMERICA GOES ON WITNESS
 STAND

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Henry Wood. house, president of the Aero League of America, will tell the Senate oil Investigating committee. before whom he has been subpoenaed the names of high officials Of the Harding ad- minisiration, who received $10O,00o brib-s for their influence in connec- tion with oil matters, he declared to-
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M LEAN HAD LEASED
 WIRE PALM BEACH
 KEEP TOUCH FALL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The Sen ate committee today in executive ses- sion, delved into telegrams sent to Edward B. Mclean when the latter was at Palm Beach. It developed that Fall, through Mclean, was in touch with every thought and action of the Senate Investigating committee sitting in Washington, and that Nc Lean who had a leased wire to Palm Beach, Florida, received and sent hun dreds of telegrams to Fall
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Want McAdoo Recalled.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-.The statement by McAdoo that his law firm of Los Angeles would have made million dollars off Doheny ha it secured Mexican oil concessions is a most amazing one," said Chairman Lenroot of the senate Investigating committee, intimating that McAdoo would be recalled before the commit tee to testify as to how this could be done.
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LIEUTENANT GRIFFIS
 HOME FROM GERMANY

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Corliss Hoo ven Griffis, of Hamilton, O., who was released recently from prison in Mosh bach, Germany, after serving part of sentence for complicity in a plot to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader, arrived home today on the Albert Ballin and was given a reception at the city hall.
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Will Call Palmer

WASHINGTON, Feb, 2S.-The Sen atorial Committee decided today to call A. Mitchell Palmer to the stand. Senator Dill declares Palmer to have been a go-between in the delivery of the Mclean messages to Fall, read today. John A. Mayer, a Mclean en- ployee, said that the Philadelphia publisher was busy with Underwood Curtis and Zev.
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Ask Immunity for Mclean.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2S.-Senator Underwood, democratic candidate for the presidency, was among those who have gone to Senator Walsh with pleas to excuse Edward B. Mclean from testifying before the senate in the Teapot Dome oil leasing investi- gation. Senator Walsh also announc- ed that A. Mitchell Palmer will likely be called as a result of his efforts to keep Mclean off the stand.
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HOUSE NAY ADOPT PROPOSED TAX BILL
 N0W AMENDED

WASHINGTON, Feb 27.-The House is considering the tax bill as amended, which will decrease the rev enue about ten million dollars. The bill increases the tax on cigarettes $1.00 per thousand, but abolishes the amusement tax on all tickets up to 50 cents.
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BIDS OIg SHIPPING BOARD FLEET D
 CLOSE MARCN A
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Bids on the Shipping Board fleet of 1885 yes sels were asked for toda. The bids will close March 14.
EDISON ADMITS HIS QUESTIONNAIRE PLAN
 NOT ENTIRE SUCCESS

WEST ORANGE, Feb. 29-Thomas A. Edison's famous questionnaire for determining the fitness of men for the jobs they seek is failure, the wizard admitted at his laboratory, where he celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday by working.
 "The questionnaire system does elim mate the unit to a certain extent" !" he said, "but something more is need ed for the selection of good men,"
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Many Secret Messages.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Many se- cret and more or less damaging mes sages, which passed between Wash ington and Palm Beach for E. B. Nc Lean and Albert B. Fall were made public this afternoon by the Senate committee.
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CURTIS R. MORFORD
 ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY

Curtis R. Morford, U. s. Commis- sioner and long time resident of Sew ard has announced his candidacy for reelection as clerk of the school board. Mn. Morford has served very acceptably for several terms and is a very capable officer.
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SENATOR REED STATES
 COOLIDGE SHOULD RESIGN
CHARGED THAT SHIPPING BOARD IS PAYING THE SINCLAIR INTERESTS TEN MILLION DOLLARS YEARLY FOR TEAPOT DOME OIL FOR ITS VES- SELS- LS-INVESTIGATION IS SEMI POLITICAL

WASHINGTON, Feb 27.-It was revealed in the tes- mony here today that the United States Shipping Board paying the Sinclair oil interests ten million dollars each year for oil from the Teapot Dome fields
 Another development of the oil scandal is that Sena tors Lenroot and Shoot members of the Senate inves gatng committee held secret meeting with former sec retary of the interior Albert Fa the result of which was never transmitted to the Senate committee.
 Declared an Outrage
 Senator Moses caused to be read into the Congress sOnal Rec0r Senator James A. Reeds speech, charging Wm c. McAdoo with selling his information to the De- heny interests Whereupon Senator Pat Harrison intro duced into the record Senator Hrams Jonsons speech which he held President Coolidge responsible for the present oil scandal Senator Moses is New Hampshire Republican, while Senator Pat Harrison is Mississippi Democrat Both evidently trying to dlscredt oppos ing political candidates for the presidency.
 Simultaneously with the action of the above Senator Kenneth Mckelar, Tennessee Democrat in speech the floor of the Senate declared outrage that punish ment is not being meted out to rich criminals Then the announcement of Special Prosecutors Pomerne and Roberts that they intended to prosecute all persons tant ed with the oil scandals in the courts of the country within few days.
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Conspiracy to Loot Lands

ST. Joseph, Mo, Feb. 2S.-Albert B. Fall resigned superior position in the Senate to accept an inferior posi- tion as Secretary of the Interior, as a part of previously formed con- spiracy to loot the oil reserves, Sen- ator J. A. Reed, democrat, of Missou. ri, charged in an address here last night
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McAdoo Gets Biz Fee

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.-Wm. c. McAdoo, democratic candidate for the presidency, confirmed the report that his firm got a $15OOOO fee from the Republic Iron and Steel company, of Youngstown, Ohio, but said the work was for helping the company out in a tax matter at Washington.
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MILL IF WILSON
 LEAVES ESTATE
 TO MRS. NILSO|V

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The will of President Wilson was filed in pro- bate today. It leaves the widow the entire estate, with the exception of
 an annual income of $2,5OO which will be paid to his daughter, Margar- ct, as long as she remains unmarried.
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TEX RICHARD ON CARPET

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-The state boxing commission is considering the charges that Tex Rickard acted in collision during the seat sale for the Dempsey-Nrpo fight. These charges were made by Tom O'Rourke, sport promoter.
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HENRY FORD EMPLOYS
 162,792 PERSONS IN
 HIS MAJOR INDUSTRIES

DETROIT, Feb. 29-Henry Ford employs in his major industries here and throughout the world 162,792 per sons, it is announced by the Ford Mo- tor Company. Of this number 121,- 214 are employed in manufacturing plants in the United States and 24,- SIP in the American branches.
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FORMER PUBLISHER
 AT POINT OF DEATH

W. p, Grant, former Wrangen pub fisher and pioneer member of the Territorial legislature is dangerously ill at hi s home with intestinal influ- enza. His recovery is said to be doubtful
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NO HOPE FOR FLIGHT
 SHENANDOAH THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Congres- sional leaders informed the Navy de- partment today that there was little hope that congressional approval would be given in time for the flight of the Shenandoah this year.
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SEATTLE PREACHER RESIGNS
 CHAPLAIN KU KLUX KHAN

SEATTLE, Feb. 29-The Rev. P. L. Wilkelm, pastor of the Ballard Pres byterian church announced his resig- nation as chaplain of the Seattle branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-It devel- oped shortly after a visit of Senators Lenroot and Shoot to Albert B. Fall, that Will Hays, Republican National committeeman, held secret confer ence with Fall.
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ABANDONED STEAMER
 IS CLAIMED AS PRIZE

HONGKONG, Feb. 29-The Hong kong Whampoa Dock company has claimed as a prize the Kailan Mining company's chartered steamed Hwah- wu, after refloating and towing the vessel to Kowloon following it's aban- donment at Ninepins, near Hongkong.
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cLEMENcY BOARD TO MEET

LEAVENWORTH, Feb. 29.-The
 War department ordered the clemen- cy board to begin it's investigation of all world war prisoners convicted by court martial with view of effect ing possible release in many cases.
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SENATOR REED ASKS M'ADOO TO DEBATE
 CAMPAIGN ISSUES

KANSAS cF'Y, Mo-, Feb. 29.-sen- ator James A. Reed, of Kansas City, tonight challenged William c. McAdoo to meet him in debate on the issues of their presidential candidacy. Me Adoo has made no reply to Reeds challenge
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CALIFORNIA COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION
 BERINC SEA CASES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-The House Judiciary committee today fla vorably reported the senate bill con ferring upon the U. s. court, North ern District of California jurisdiction to hear claims against the govern ment arising out of seizures of sealing vessels in the Boring sea in the late seventies.
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Will Not ResiQn.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-'It is not my purpose to even consider resign ing until after a fair hearing on the charges preferred against me- At torney General Daugherty said today, as he was leaving for Palm Beach, Florida, via Chicago.
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E. Coke Hill and wife, who are now in California, will return on one of the next boats to Ketchikan where Mir. Hill and family will locate. The mail contract from Nenana to Flat has been sub-let.
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VALDEZ HAS A DENTIST

After going without a dentist for several months, Valdez again has dentist, new D. D. S., arriving from the states on a recent boat. Dr. H. Cockerille, one of the pioneer dent ists of the Territory, left there last fall.
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M ADO W0ULD NAvE
 NlDE MILLI0N 0FF
 DQHENY INTERESTS

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-William c. McAdoo, democratic candidate for the presidency, said that his firm would have made a million dollars of. the Doheny oil interests if they had succeeded in securing wanted oil con- sessions in Mexico.
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Reed Says Coolidge Should Resign

HANNIBAL, Mo-, Feb. 27.-SenatOr James A. Reed, Missouri Democrat addressing heretoday assert ed that if thecabnet was not purged it would be me for President Coolidge to resign He charged that Hoovers control of food products during hewar deprived the farmers of five billion dollars.
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Wm. Grandjean, conductor on the Alaska railway, who has been on a trip to Los Angeles and Long Beach returned today on the Alameda.
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PIONEERS INSTALL

The Hyder Pioneers installed offic- CTS recently. Clyde s. Hager is presi- dent, and Robert Stewart, secretary.