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Evening star., 1925-08-25
FLYER SAVED FROM PARACHUTE
RIDE THROUGH HAIL OF SHOT
''Umbrela'' Opens Accidentally, Nearly Dragging
Officer From Plane in Anti-Aircraft Gun Test
II Hits Scored on Aerial Targets.

During the day tests nine hits were
scored on another target before
tenth clipped the piano wire that held
the target, and sent it fiuttering to the
ground. Anti-aircraft guns fired 252
rounds at this target, 5000 feet in the
air.
Constant tWo-way wireless commu-
nication was maintained between the
fort and the planes. Maj. Gen. John
son Hagood said the tests showed that
200 anti-craft guns were needed to
protect New York properly. There
are only eight at the fort now.
Gen. Charles II. Summerall said the
tests were not a competition between
the anti-aircraft artillery and the Air
Service. The shooting is designed to
develop new weapons. he declared.
Army headquarters today issued a
statement terming the target tests of
last night as very successful" The
official score showed that gunners
fired 81 rounds at the 15-foot sleeve
target towed by an airplane, with only
IL of the shots observed because OF
the parachute accident. OF the IL
shots observed, four made hits in the
danger zone and there were four holes
in The target.
The plane towing the target was at
an altitude of 5,025 feet. the official
figures showed, while the horizontal
range of the guns was 1850 yards.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
FIRE IN MONTREAL
| CONSUMES BLOCK
Twenty Dwellings Swept by
Spectacular BIaze-61
Families Homeless.
BY the Associated Press.

oS the AsSOCldIeu IIeeS'
MONTREAL. August 25.-An entire
block of buildings in Montreal was
laid waste last night and early this
morning by one of the most spectacu-
lar fires the city ever experienced
The blaze started about IL o'clock
last night and under a half gale
spread rapidly and soon enveloped the
entire block lying between Sanguinet
and Emery streets. The buildings con-
sumed consisted of 20 or more dwell
ings, Il large apartment house, an ice
plant and other houses.
No estimate has as yet been made
of the material damage. The casual
ties We're comparatively few. Most
of those reported consisted of several
firemen being overcome by smoke or
cut by flying glass and a woman who
suffered a broken arm when a piece
of fire apparatus, in turning a corner,
dashed through the plate glass of a
cigar store.
Altogether 61 families were rendered
homeless by the fire. They were
taken care of for the night in the
nearby homes of more fortunate per-
sons and in various hospitals.
Water Pressure Low.
During the height of the conf1agra-
ton the water pressure was extremely
low. and this gave the firemen much
concern in endeavoring to stop the
progress of the flames, driven before
the high wind. Later, however, a
better water supply was obtained and
the tiremen, realizing the futility of
endeavoring to save the burning
block. centered their efforts on keep
Ing the flames away from st. Denis
street, one of the principal thorough
fares in the east end of Montreal. In
this they succeeded, and the buildings
opposite the fire zone on this street
suffered nothing more than scorch-
ing.
The blaze lighted up the entire city.
Added to the spectacle was a cloud
of burning embers driven high into
the air on the wings of the gale. The
people in the burning district were
aroused from their slumbers when
the fire started and there was con-
siderable excitement as they fed,
scantily attired, from the fire zone.
Numerous sick persons had to be
brought out of their homes.
BY : O'Clock this morning the flames
had been eXtinguished. except at a
feW places in the block.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
PRICE HERE 81 CENTS.
Lowest Cost Since Last Summers
Rate of 20 Cents.

The old family car chugs along to-
day on a cheaper fuel than yesterday
Price cutting in gasoline continues
merrily, with gasoline selling today at
p cents, very near the bottom price
of 20 cents a gallon, reached here last
Summer.
A cut of one-haf cent in the price
of gasoline, effective today, brought
the total reduction over the last five
weeks to 4 and cents. In mid July
gasoline stations were selling motor
fuel at % and 26 cents a gallon. The
price cuts here followed closely SINH
lar cuts in the Midwest, where a
gasoline price cutting war is being
waged between the larger companies
and the independents.
Gasoline today is being sold from
tank wagons at 16 cents a gallon, to
which is added the 2-cent District gas
tax. The general retail price is 21
Centr.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Killed in Fall From Car.

Cameron Blackett, 80, of Wellesley
Hills. a Boston suburb, was instantly
killed when he fell from a North
Shore electric train in Wilmette, a
suburb The train crew was unable
t oexplain the accident. Identification
was made through d membership card
in the City Club of Boston. Mr..
Blackett was treasurer and general
manager of the A. c. Badger Fire
EXtinguisher Co. of Boston.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
WOULD TAKE LIQUOR
FROM DRUG STORES
President of Pharmacy Boards Says
Ethyl Alcohol Only Banned
Fluid Needed.
By the Associated Press.

DES MONIES, Iowa, August 20
Changes in the administration of the
Federal prohibition law which H.
Lionel Meredith of Hagerstown, Md.
president of the National Association
of Boards of Pharmacy. said We're de-
signed to relieve the profession from
the influx of the unscrupulous into it's
ranks We're recommended by him in
his address opening the annual con-
Nention of the organization yesterday.
Mr.. Meredith declared that ethyl
alcohol, made for manufacturing pur-
poses, is the only article absolutely
necessary to the pharmacist under the
Federal prohibition unit. 1t should be
taX-free when used for the manufac-
ture of medicinal agents, he said
For the dispensing of fermented and
spirit liquor Mr.. Meredith recommend
ed establishment of the Federal pro
hibition unit of dispensaries. with reg
istered pharmacist in charge, the Gov
ernment to supply the liquor tax free
and establish the profit at which il
could be sold to the consumer.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
''MOdern" Hamlet
In Tweeds and Tie
To Take the Stage
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, August 25-Hamlet in
plus fours" and armed with a pistol
instead of the traditional dagger will
give the English critics and the first
nighters at the Kingsway Theater
this evening something new to talk
about.
Shakespeare classic in most
modern of modern guises is expected
to prove a decided innovation, and
speculation is rife as to how the gal
lery will take the spectacle of a
bobbed hair Gertrude, sober grave
digger in mechanics pull-overs and
a Iaertes in a lounge suit.
Meanwhile the repertory company
which is making the essay in mod
ernizing the drama is enthusiastic,
and Cecil Hardwicke. who will i'm
personate the melancholy Dane, says:
The plays the thing, and this time
Shakespeare may have a chance"
Evening star., 1925-08-25
PRICE is CUT HERE.
Standard Oil Co. of y. j. Makes
Fourth Reduction.

NEW YORK. August 25 CP)-The
fourth reduction in gasoline prices
this month was announced by the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey today
when it lowered quotations y cent
gallon throughout it's entire terri
tory.
The latest cut brings the tank
wagon price down to 16 cents a gat
lon in New Jersey, Baltimore and
Washington, d. c.. and to II cents a
gallon in other parts of the territory,
including Maryland, Virginia. West
Virginia. North and South Carolina
The new prices are from to 31a cents
a gallon below those prevailing at the
first of the month.
The Gulf Refining Co. and Sinclair
Immediately announced that they
would meet the Standard Oil Co.'S cut
and other competitors are expected to
follow suit
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Border Inspector Back on Job.

PLATTSBURGH, N. Y, August
25 R-Immigration Inspector Sam.
uel NJ. Dickson, released last week
under bail of $4,000 furnished by
Clinton County residents, on a
charge of murder of Otto Eske, New
York bootlegger, is back at work on
the border. The inspector, with two
assistants, yesterday arrested two al.
legged bootleggers at Chazy, charging
that the men were transporting Ii.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
BUDNITZ NOT INFORMED.
New Dry Chief Awaiting News of
Appoin ntment.
specjaI Dispateh TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The star
BALTIMORE, August 25.-Ed-
mund Budnitz may be the new dry
director of Maryland, Delaware and
Washington, but he doesn't know it,
officially.
Il haven't received official Motif
cation of the appointment" he said.
land | can make no statement until
| do"
He refused to reveal what changes.
If any, he coE;emplates. and said he
had not been called to Washington
for a conference on personnel
Evening star., 1925-08-25
BOND FIRM SHORTAGE.
Mem Der of Company Missing, Cred
itors Allege 100000 Losses.

CHICAGO, August 25 CP.-A pc
tition seeking a receiver for William
Harris & Co, Chicago bond brokers,
disclosed the disappearance on July
20 of William p. Harris, who, after
disposing of his business assets. left
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Richter Will Filed.

The will Of John Richter, who died
August 6. has been filed for probate.
He leaves $500 TO a niece. Elizabeth
Pett. and the remaining estate to the
widow, Mrs. Louise Richter, for life.
then to the daughter, Mrs. Dorothea
J. Loeffler.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

the city and his Whereabouts is un-
known. BIS
The petition was fled by an attor-
ney representing five creditors who
claim their losses total 100000. The
attorney stated that warrants would
be sworn out against Harris charging
him with embezzlement.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Assigned as Ordnance Officer.

Maj. William B. Hardigs, ordnance
department, at the War Department.
has been assigned TO additional duty
as ordnance officer. District of Wash
inGtOn.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
GAS PRICE SINKING
WITH RATE WAR
Cost in West Goes as Low as
1873 Cents a GaI|on-Many
Factions in Fight.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. August 25.-Motorists of
the Middle West these days are thank
ing their stars for competition.
For that is behind the Midwest gas
oline war which RACES between the
big oil companies and the independ-
ents, between State-operated stations
and big companies. and among inde-
pendents themselves. AS a result
gasoline is selling as low as 1873 cents
in Wichita. Kan.
The Standard Oil Companies of In
diana and Nebraska have officially
entered the fray with announcement
of 2-cent reductions in gasoline prices.
The Indiana company, solely to meet
competition" made price changes in
Indiana, Michigan. Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri Kan
sas, Oklahoma, North Dakota and
South Dakota
"BootIeggers" i'm Game.
Part of the competition comes from
'bootleggers of gasoline" says John
J. Mitchell, president OF the Illinois
Merchants Trust Co. and a director
in the Texas Co. Other oil officials
here say the cuts are an attempt to
eliminate the gas outlaw" from the
field.
The bootleg" they say COMES from
industries which use oil products and
buy crude oil from which to extract
their needs. From the crude oil an
inferior grade of gasoline is made
which has an outlet through certain
stations.
The price cut of the Standard Oil
Co. of Nebraska is effective in Omaha.
Lincoln and Fremont, where the sell
ing price.is considered by the company
as being below normal.
From 1873 cents d gallon in Wichita,
prices in the affected area range up
ward to % cents a gallon in Rapid
City, S. Oak, where the State main
tains a serving station.
The big companies in Wichita, how
ever. hold their prices at 1T.S cents.
Similarly, even with the reductions
the big company stations are being
undersold by independents.
Fight in Illinois.
Peoria, H.. has two prices, the Dar-
kin Co. quoting IA cents, the sweeney
Oil Co. and the Standard, 10 cents. A
local gas war in Decatur has dropped
prices from % cents to Is and II cents,
so the Standard Oil cuts bring no joy
to motorists there. Quincy. H., motor
lists pay 1872 to 222.
The new prices in Nebraska vary
with freight rates, but the lowest, in
Guiding the State tax, is 1914 cents a
gallon. Prices in Rockford. H., are a
mite higher, the lowest price being
1914 cents.
The State of North Dakota, which
a few weeks ago renewed its fight
against the Standard and independent
firms. sells it's gasoline at 20 cents a
gallon. except in Aberdeen, where 1t
is 20.5. and in Rapid City, % cents
Standard gasoline in Sioux Falls sells
for 20l2 cents a gallon from the tank
and 2212 cents at filling stations. The
State operates two dozen filling sta
tions.
Chicago's new price is 10 cents, re-
duced from p.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

All organizations and individuals in
Peru must keep books In Spanish &C
cording to a new law that imposes
heavy fines for infractors.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

SAILED YESTERDAY
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
CLASSIFIED ADS
WANTED

CASH PAID FOR FALSE TEETH
dental gold, platinum, magnetic
points, diamonds and discarded jewel
ry. Hoke Smelling & Refining Co..
Otsego, Michigan. tt
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
GEORGIA FARMERS WILL
HAVE FINE OPPORTUNITY
TO SWAT BOIL WEEVILS
Unusually Early Crop Offers Oppor-
tunity to Planters to Plow I'm
der Cotton Stalks

Due to the dry weather in the ried-
mont section the cotton crop is I'M
usually early. This offers an excellent
opportunity for the farmer to "swat"'
the boil weevil by blowing under or
otherwise destroying the cotton stalks
according to r. P. Bedloe, agrono-
mist Of the state experiment station.
The dry, hot weather has greatly
decreased the weevils in the fields
and very few are Matching out.
If the cotton stalks are destroyed
right after the cotton is picked there
will be almost two months before the
weevil ordinarily goes into winter
uarters during which time he will be
without food. If the stalks are left
in the fields it is likely the fall rains
will start tn eplants to squaring again
and large brood of weevils will
hatch out before winter comes. These
will go into winter quarters and a
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
EDITORS LIKE VIEWS
OF BOYKIN ON CRIME
Prosecutor Takes Position That Ger
tain Punishment Will Prove
Great Corrective of Pre-
sent Conditions

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. Georgia
newspaper editors are commencing
the views recently expressed by Soil
citor General John A. Boykin, of the
Atlanta Judicial Circuit, who declar-
ed that certain punishment would
prove great corrective of the gen.
eral crime conditions.
"Such men as Darrow, and others
of his like, make things easy for the
criminal by always crying for mer-
cy, peace, tenderness, etc, when the
criminal is hailed before the bar Of
justice" says Clarence H. Leavy,
president and editor of the Bruins
wick, Ca, News. "The law-abiding
element of society is not crying for
the blood of punishment of the
criminal simply because it is cruel
and would inflict that punishment for
personal reasons, but most of US re-
cognize, just as Mr.. Boykin does,
that the criminal element is getting
so bold it can presume on the SYM
pathy of the people and thus escape
"This constant escaping makes
criminals out of others, who realize
that none are adequately punished,
and so yield to the criminal urge. The
public needs mercy as well as the
criminal. The public needs protection
the potential criminal needs deter
rent influence. The most effective de-
terrent is the realization of the fact
that punishment will quickly and
surely follow. A great deal of this
psychological bunk would find cure
in the conviction and adequate punish
ment of some of the criminally in
sane. 1t would keep whole lot
more of the weaker kind from "go-
ing crazy" enough to commit crime"
Editor Leavy thus expresses him
self in agreement with the views of
Solicitor Boykin who decried the
"coddling" Of criminals and public
with the courts"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
Filler Is Attacked
BY .Enraged Eagle;
Escapes Unhurt

New York, Sept. 7.-Attacked by
an eagle while plotting plane 5000
feet above Mitchell field, Lieutenant
James M. Bouvard fought off the
bird and managed to speed away be-
fore it's sharp talons could cut
through his helmet.
Bovard, on descending, said the
bird had swooped out of the blue,
screaming defiance at the hum of
his motor. When the propeller blast
hurled the eagle back. Bovard sent
the plane into greater speed and rap
idly distanced the bird which had
started pursuit.
The aviator is carrying an eagle
feather which he says he snatched
from the tail of his sky antagonist.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
FLORIDA BOOM BIG
GEORGIA ADVERTISEMENT
Former U. S. Senator Hoke Smith
Sees Great Benefit to Empire
State from Florida
Movement

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 9.-The Flor
ida boom is a good advertisement
for Georgia, into which the "tide OF
investment of northern and eastern
capitalists" has just begun to pour,
former U. S. Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, declared at a luncheon here
of the City club.
Senator Smith spoke on the BUS
mess Outlook for Georgia" and told
of the remarkable increases of real
estate values and the value of the
crops produced on Georgia farms dur
ing the past few years. He esti-
mated 1925 increase in the main
Georgia crops Which will be sold
outside the state at $10,000,00O.
Eastern papers are telling the
world of the fine commercial oppor-
tunities of the southeast all the time,
and Georgia is included prominent
ly among Them" the Senator said.
Georgia offers more opportunity
than possibly any other state. She is
the best located state in the union in
regard to climate, water power re-
sources and agricultural possibilities.
All we need to do is to populate
farms Of the state with trained farm
ers. There's money in Georgia soil.
/ have complete confidence in it and
l believe immigrant farmers of the
east and the middle west should be
attracted here.
"There are now in Georgia 100
textile plants valued at $150,00O,000
and fertilizer and cotton seed oil in
dustries of the state are valued at
100000. The state has 1880
miles of railroads and earnings of
corporations and large businesses are
ever on the increase. Why shouldn't
we believe in a state like that?"
Mr.. Smith paid high tribute to
the newspapers for fostering the
Georgia spirit
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10

any Of the honest business men OF
Florida want to see these men come
to Florida and spend their all, coming
back home in a worse condition than
when they left.
"If they stay at home and expend
the right sort of energy on Georgia,
waiting for the boom that is even
now on it's way, they can profit to
far greater extent"
Mr.. Damn was in Atlanta recently
visiting with A. P. Phillips, an old
friend. He expected to be here thru
+ba remainder of the week and rturn
to Florida, on Saturday or Sunday,
he said.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10

large per cent will emerge next
spring. : -.
Flowing under the stalks is tne
most satisfactory way of destroying
them. This stops the feeding ana
breeding of weevils at once, destroys
many of the live weevils and places
the cotton stalks under the ground
where they will furnish food for the
aext years crop. If it is not possible
to plow, the next best method IS TO
rip the stalks up, but they should not
be burned, as that destroys vaiuaDie
plant food for next years crop.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
FLORIDA REALTOR
TELLS CONDITIONS.
Elk ISTING THERE

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. IA man with
out money who goes to Florida to find
a gold mine won't find the gold mine.
but will come back to Georgia poorer
by the expense of his trip and find
that Georgia is a much better place
to make living than the peninsuiar
state, Gard Damn, one of the biggest
real estate operators in Orlando, Fla,
said in an interview with The Journal
recently.
'sFlorida is a great state and there
is a lot of money to be made by men
with money" said Mr.. Damn, but
The man without money hasn't got a
ghost of a chance to do anything but
lose what he has.
seThere is lot of money for a
man like that right here in Georgia,
with its great undeveloped farm
lands, the established businesses and
the comm building and business boom
that has got to hit Georgia.
Mr.. Damn said Georgia was lead
irg all states of the union in the num-
her of people Ocking into Florida.
Msay of these, who are going down
after selling out here, taking their
wives and families and arriving in
Florida without more than just
enough to live on for month or so,
ere coming back. AS matter of fact,
il esaid, Georgia is also leading the
states of the union in the number in
people returning to their homes.
Mr.. Damn, who has developed eight
cen subdivisions in and around Or
lando, ha been greatly impressed
with the situation in Georgia. He
believes that Georgia farmers could
raise truck and vegetables at sea-
son of the year when Florida, the
greatest truck state of the union
could be her greatest buyer.
cit has been largely the laboring
class of people that has suffered the
most by coming into Florida" said
Mr. Damn. 'They hear that they Cd j.
make $1.50 an hour in Florida, whe{ !
they can make only ninety cents here.
They Immediately pack up and move
TO Florida. They don't realize that a
state like ours as fine as it is, can't
take care of them and as a result the
cost of living is proportionately even
higher than it is here. AS result the
laborers are suffering severe losses.
This applies to carpenters, brick
masons and all branches of skilled
tabor as well as to unskilled labor.
They can't help but lose. They have
not a chance not to.
''This may sound funny" he said
parathetically, Coming from a real
estate man, whose living comes from
th einfiux of people into the state
and the continued growth of the en-
tire state. But, believe in every man
knowing the truth and | don't believe
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10

defied Gordon Of police and attacked
IA woman in her home.
The prowler fed when she creamed
and made his escape under rain of
bullets fired by police officers.
Changing his time of attack from
early m orning hours, the masked
marauder shortly after 10 p. M, Wis
tied the home of D. M. Turner. Mrs.
Turner had gone to the front of the
house to latch the door when she step
ped out on the front porch and was
seized b. the marauder.
"Do aot scream, or I'll kill you"
he hisse 4.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
MCMILLAN GIN BURNED

Osierfeld had a disastrous fire
Wednesday morning when the only
cotton gin of the community was to-
tally destroyed by fire about 8 o'clock
The gin was owned by DR.. McMil-
Ian, and besides five bales of cotton
and two wagons and auto, about one
hundred tons of cotton seed were to-
tally destroyed. The damage will
reach more than $4,000, with no in
surance.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED

Mother: "Come jimmie want
you to go to town with me for a new
suit. You know school starts next
week"
Jimmie: ooh, Mom-will you buy
me one of them with two pair of
pants?"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
TERROR SEXES new
VICTIM In NASHVILLE
MASKED Marauder" Flees in Hail of
Bullets-Curfew Law Declared
at 10 O'clock

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 6.-A 10
O'Clock curfew law has been declar-
ed as an emergency and more than
hundred policemen and detectives
i n plain clothes have been detailed
to guard North Nashville against the
Masked Marauder, arch-fiend, who
has more than a score of women VIC
tins to his credit and who last night
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-10
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Ford Touring Car for
sale cheap. Apply to ]. Pope Teal,
3Os south Grant street. 1tpd