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IV WEATHER CITY EDITION Era. Kaln tonight and possibly Friday morning: slightly colder Friday; Strong southwest winds. Published Dally Except Sunday by The New Era Publishing Corporation New Era Founded 1877 Examiner Founded 1830 LANCASTER. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29.

1927 Entered a Second Class Matter at Post Office, Lancaster, Penna. THREE CENTS EDUCATORS DEADLOCK IN PRESIDENCY VOTE COL LINDBERGH ADOPTED SON OF GUATEMALA CITY Ready to Resume His Tour of Nations of Central America Tomorrow. HAMILTON BUYS ILLINOIS WATCH FIRM JTRIGHT Lancaster Company Will Assume Charge of Plant January 1. WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY TO MEET BIG DEMAND HICKMAN ADMITS SECOND MURDER DURINGHOLDUP Shot Druggist in Robbery, He Says, and Implicates Young Bank Employe. LATTER DENIES GUILT IN DEATH OF VICTIM Slayer of Marian Parker Describes His Desire To Commit Crime.

Scranton and Mahanoy City Men Each Poll 249 Disputed Ballot Under Microscope. BRITISH HONDURAS OR SALVADOR NEXT STOP Event Marks Combining Two Great American Watch Factories. i Hailed by Guatemalan Army Chief as the Greatest Aviator of all Time. Balloting for two candidates nominated for the presidency of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, in convention here, resulted in a deadlock in the Boys High School this morning, each candidate polling 249 votes. When the official counters had tabulated the Ballots, officers of the association were informed, and hurried efforts were mads to! call them together to ascertain if it were permissible for the candidates to draw for the position.

As many of the officers had left the building, the task of rounding them up was difficult. At 2 :45 oclock this afternoon, the two candidates. President George D. Robb, and election officers were in conference at the Boys High school. It was announced that no decision on the election had been reached.

It was made known, however, that the deadlock may be decided by placing a disputed ballot under a microscope to determine the markings. If a mark is disclosed opposite the name TUBA KASCHE German aviatrix who said today that possible tragic fate ot Mrs. Grayson and crew has not disuaded her from attempting trans-Atlantic flight next DR. JOHN H. A.

KEITH Hope Fades For Safety Of Missing Plane Dawn Fear Expressed It Sank If Forced Down on Sea, But Five Destroyers Continue Search for Mrs. Grayson and Companions Education Is Finding Itself, Dr. Keith Says It Is the Most Fundamental Concern of Every State, He Tells Teachers at Convention; Sees Harmony in Progress. fof Joseph F. Noonan, it will be 1 suggested that the Mahonojr City superintendent of schools be elected.

The disputed ballot was placed under a microscope, but minute examination failed to clear up the problem, and it was learned that the executive secretary will mail ballots later to the delegates and a second election will be held. According to those in conference, the disputed ballot bore a vote for Francis B. Haas, of Bloomsburg, who had withdrawn. Beside the name of Noonan, another marking was found, those who examined the ballot claim. The belief was expressed that the person voting first voted for Noonan and then erased the mark in favor of Haas.

If the microscope will bear out this theory, an effort will be made to have the Powell supporters agree to the election of Noonan. The deadlock resulted when Francia B. Haas, of Bloomsburg. withdrew, and left the field to Rhys Powell, superintendent of the schools of Scranton, and Joseph F. Noonan, superintendent of the.

Alahanoy city schooW, There was evidence that a bltt'i struggle was impending when ti MRS. LINDBERGH OFF TOJETROIT Starts from San Antonio and Hopes to Cover 1,1 00 Miles in 12 Hours. GUATEMALA CITY. Guatemala. Dec.

29. (A. The capital ot the Land of the Eagle" entertained Its adopted son, the Lone Eagle, today, who came here on a mission ot goodwill. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first and longest leg of Uls Central American flight over a hazardous mountainous country in less time than he, expected.

The Spirit of St, Louis performed mag-nlflclently on the trip of about 675 miles Jrom Mexico City, Lindbergh said. Seven hours and five minutes after he left Mexico City, he landed at Aurora Field here, at 1:40 P. central time. Lindbergh estimated that the flight might take nine hours and the crowds were wending their way toward the field when the plane appeared between the peaks ot the extinct volcanos Fuega and Agua (Fire and Water). Guatemala accepted him as a friend and in recognition ot his visit the city conferred upon the flier the title, Adopted Son of City." When Lindbergh arrived he received a message of felicitation from President Coolidge and.

others from the president of Salvador and the ministry of war of Salvador. Hello Guatemala, Lindbergh said as he stepped from the plane. "Wonderful: what a Joy, he added. Expects to Resume Tour Tomorrow. Lindbergh expects to resume his Central American tour tomorrow morning.

Several hours after his arrival, he returned to the flying field "and Inspected the Spirit of St. Louis found It in perfect condition for the continuation of his flight to Belize, British Honduras. He will land there if. the athletic field Is in a suitable "condition, otherwise he ex-ptected to continue to San Salvador. Should he land at Belize, which Is without a flying field, he intends to ily to San Salvador, January 1 and stay there two days, Entruslastic Ouaatemalans wel-' orned, him here.

Bunting covered their automobiles and the Stars and Hrlpes were displayed wih the national colors, of the country everywhere throughout the city. The airman was greeted first by Colonel Frahcisco Amado. speaking for the Guatemalan army, who thanked him for the honor accorded the country and city by visit from the greatest aviator of all times- Other government officials greeted him next and then Arthur Gelssler, American minister. Gelssler remembered the anxious, mother who had seen her son leave Mexico City and was on her way back to Detroit. Ho sent her a telegram reading: Your son has again achieved glory In making the first non-stop flight from Mexico City to Guatemala.

Presiden Chacon went to the flying field to receive the flier. The people acclaim him as a herald of peace and progress, the president said. Teachers In Rush For Berths on Trains A record number of reservations for sleeping accommodations on west-bound trains of the Pennsylvania railroad was made here today by members of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. The convention will close tonight, and practically all members will leave immediately for their homes. Several trains will carry two extra sections.

i LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (A. Confession to two murders in addition to other crimes, today found William Edward Hickman linked with Welby Hunt, Alhambra, youth, in the. slaying of a druggist In a holdup a year ago. Hickman, 19-year-old fox, who admitted kidnaping and murdering Marian Parker, weakened before relentless questioning and late last night confessed he shot and killed Ivy Thoms, RosehiU, druggist.

Hunt, implicated by Hickman in the shooting of Thoms last December, was arrested and made a confession, which corroborated that of Hickman. Hunt denied, however, that he fired the shot which killed Thoms as the youths attempted to rob his store. Digging into the records of the Hunt family, the police discovered that Hunts father, a prominent citizen of Alhambra, supposedly had committed suicide some time ago by Jumping from the Pasadena bridge a high structure from which many persons have made death leaps. The newest confession not only reveals Hickman as a double murderer, but also as leading a Jekyll find Hyde existence. Hickman was regularly employed as a messenger by the Los Angeles First National Trust Savings Bank, of which Perry M.

Parker, father of Marian Parker, is an officer. He worked at the bank about two years, ending six months ago, when he was discharged after becoming involved In a forgery case. Hunt also is believed to have been employed by the bank and to be on the payroll of the institution. Record of Hickmans Outlawry. record of Hickmans outlawry shows that he continued to work at the bank about six months after the drug store killing, and on being caught in a forgery case, was given probation for the latter offense.

He was 18 years old In December, 1926. An alleged suicide note left by Hunts father, who Is supposed Jo have ended tils life by jumping from a bridge some time ago, entered the new angle of the case when police announced it would be examined in an effort to determine whether it was real or forged. The elder Hunt was rated as a man of some means and just before his death was said to have transferred a large sum of money to the bank where his son was employed. Police declared Hickman's latest confession was written by him in return for kindness bestowed Upon him by jail officials here. Throughout yesterday Hickman was treated like any other prisoner.

He was given reading material and was asked frequently concerning his welfare. Occasionally one of the jail offl-, (Continued on Page Column 7.) SHOT TWIN BROTHER, HE INFORMS POLICE SCRANTON, Dec. 29. (A. While police were questioning suspects this morning, Peter Farrell, 27, of West Scranton, surrendered at headquarters and said lie shot his twin brother, Martin Farrell, who died early today In the State Hospital after he was found in a street with a bullet wound in his head.

Peter Farrell told police he had been drinking with his brother and two other men and that he had a revolver that figured in the case, but Could not recall much else that he had the weapon when the shot was fired. Although other members of the party said the gun went ofT accidentally while In Peter Farrell's hand, the police Intimated they would hold Farrell for investigation. All the assets, good will, trade name and plant of the Illinois Watch Company, of Springfield. have been purchased the Hamilton Watch Company, of Lancaster, it was announced today. They will assume charge Illinois plant January 1, 1928.

This is an event of major Importance in the annals of American watchmaking, as it marks the combining under one ownership of. the two great American watoh factories specializing in the manufacture of high-grade watches exclusively. The Hamilton Watch Company has found It necessary to increase their capacity. For the past several years they have been unable to supply the demand made upon them, and the purchase of the Illinois Watch Company answers their problem in a very definite and Immediate way. Puprchased Outright.

The assets of the Illinois company will be acquired by outright purchase. The Illinois Watch Company, was purchased by Hamilton, is a successful business In full operation. It has, for the past 68 years, been owned and controlled by the Bunn family, Spring-field. John W. and Jacob Bunn, of Springfield, are mentioned In biojfra-phies of Abraham Lincoln as having assisted Lincoln, as a rising young lawyer, in the Illinois city.

Robert E. Miller, vice, president, and Calvin M. Kendig, secretary of the Hamilton Watch Company, will temporarily assume the responsibility of the management of the Illinois plant, January 1. Most of the present executive force employed by the Illinois company will be retained. It is the intention of the Hamilton company to continue, in a general way, the policies of the Illinois company, maintaining at all times the high standard of quality and excellence that have always been associated with tha Illinois product.

1 Will Double Capacity. The plant of the Illinois Watch Company is about the same size as the Hamilton factory. Thirteen hundred employes are on active duty. The acquisition of the plant will practically double Hamilton's capacity for the manufacture of high-grade watches and will double the volume of business done by the Hamilton Watch Company. The work of co-ordinating production of the two plants and formation of sales policies will go forward after the details attending the transfer are completed.

WILLlOSTPONE TAX MEASURES Mellon and Smoot Agree to Defer Legislation Till After March 15. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (A. Postponement of tax reduction legislation until after March 15 has been agreed upon by Secretary Mellon and Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee on the theory that a better understanding then can be had of the condition of the governments finances.

The secretary, in a statement is sued today, said that only after March 15 would the treasury be In a position to know with reasonable definiteness the Income for the calendar year 1927 reported for" tax purposes on which we may rely for tax Continued on Page Column 3.) SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 29 (A. With a record for speed on the first lap of her homeward flight comparing favorably with that of her famous son, Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh hoped to cover the L100 odd miles to Detroit today In a series of short hops. Her trl-njotored monoplane piloted by Harry Brooks covered the 865 mile course from Mexico City here In eight hours and five minutes.

Sne arrived shortly before 4 P. yesterday, apparently only slightly fatigued. Mrs. Lindbergh said she was eager to re'ach her home In Detroit that she might be prepared to resume her duties as a teacher in the high school. The huge all-metal monoplane rose easily.

Its lights marking the course as Pilot Brooks headed north for Dallas. Brooks said he expected to reach Detroit In from 12 to 15 hours. DALLAS, Dec. 29 (A. Mrs.

Evangeline Lindbergh stopped at Dallas for 25 minutes today on her return flight to Detroit. Modem public education is finding Itself, People generally are coming to understand It, but there are unsolved problems connected with it." Dr. John A. II. Keith, superintendent of public instruction, Harrisburg, this afternoon told members of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association, meeting in St.

Pauls Reformed church. Every session of the Legislature has to deal with many bills relating to the public school system, he continued. Public education is the most fundamental concern of every State, and Is rapidly becoming the biggest business of every State. The significance of it, however, lies not In its magnitude, but in the fact that through it our democratic society is Intelligently seeking to perpetuate itself and also to raise the level of life. Viewed in the perspective of the centuries of recorded history, modern public education is the most significant achievement of the races in the field of social organization.

Says System Had to Be Free. Our forefathers desired schools for the purpose of developing good citizens, and, since practically every human being, except the slave, was a potential citizen, the educational system, from the very nature of our political ideals and of the system of government established to realize those ideals, had to be public in the sense that It was supported by all and open to all, and it had to be free to provide the opportunity of adequate participation, and. In due course of time. It had to be compulsory, so that parental shortsightedness might not overload society with ignorant citizen-voters. And this education must be moral, also, so that the individual may intel- (Continued on Page 17.

Column 6.) House of Delegates opened their sea. slon at 9 oclock. It was at tha time that Haas announced his re-' tlrement as a candidate, following his nomination Wednesday. Dr. Gress Honored.

Dr. H. E. Gress, Superintendent of the Lancaster schools was elected second vice president. He had tha field to himself as Landis Tanger, of Reading, who also was nominated Wednesday afternoon withdrew.

The counting of votes for candidates for the committee on legislation and committee on resolution was slow. It was announced that John H. Adams, of Pittsburgh, had been elected to the former committee. Other members of the committee, whose election was made public this afternoon, are: A. P.

Cope, Wilkes-Barre; H. D. Freeland, Waynesburg: Holman White, Philadelphia; Mary B. McAndrew, Carbon dale. Benjamin Graham, Pittsburgh, was elected to the committee on resolutions.

This afternoon the other members of the committee were announced, as follows: Agnes C. Call, Allentown; M. J. Devely, Altoona; Mrs. Mary Mc- (Continued on Page 16, Column 7.) NEW YORK, Dec.

29. (A. (P.) Hundreds of coves and inlets along the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were believed today to offer the only possibility, that Mrs. Frances Wilson Graysoh and her three male companions in the Dawn survive. Five destroyers which searched 5,400 square miles south of Sable Island yesterday, separated today to cover a new area to the south and to patrol the north side of the island from east to west.

Commander R. R. Stewart, directing the destroyers, believed that todays search will eliminate the last of the area from which might have been sent, the radio call that the wireless station on Sable Island heard Sunday night find believed came from the The mysterious termination of the Dawn's flight, and the possible tragic fate of Mrs. Grayson and her crew Oskar Omdal. pilot; Brice Goldsbor-ough, navigator, and Fred Koehler, motor expert has not dissuaded Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, from attempting a trans-Atlantic flight next spring.

Miss Rasche told the Associated Press that she wanted to go with Mrs. Grayson, as co-pilot, but was not given opportunity. She said she would undertake the fight herself, perhaps with another woman as co-pilot, but with as navigator and mechanic. She said she would use a seaplane built to survive rough seas If forced down. More Report Hearing Airplane.

Additional reports from persons who are certain they heard an airplane Saturday night and Sunday, not far from Harbor Grace, N. brought a faint hope to the searchers. Mrs. Grayson was bound for Harbor' Grace when she left Roosevelt Field Friday evening. From there she Intended to hop oft for Croydon, England, with the first favorable weather.

These reports and the futile search of the destroyers and of the dirigible, Los Angeles, which searched an of 24,00 square miles Tuesday along the path the Dawn Is thought to have attempted, led friends of the party tq pin their flickering hopes upon the possibility that the Dawn Is In some inconspicuous cove or landed In barren country Inland, whence the crew has not been able to make its way to a settlement. Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, of the Los Angeles, ex pressed the opinion that there is virtually no hope and, If the plane was forced down on the water at night it sank Immediately. Aboard the destroyers the same belief prevailed and white the hunt will be continued today the searchers have practically lost hope of finding more than, perhaps, the wreckage of the Dawn. NAVY REGAINS TEAPOT DOME Motion for Sinclair Is Overruled in Cheyenne By Judge Kennedy.

CHEYENNE, 29. (A. The United States navy today regained possession of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming under a decree entered by Judge T. Blake Kennedy in federal court here. The court overruled a motion of counsel for Harry F.

Sinclair, oil magnate, to have Included in the decree a provision whereby the quit claims given the government by Sinclair at the time the lease was made would be returned- to Sinclair. MUSKOGEE. Dec. 29 (A. Mrs.

Evangeline Lindbergh, landed at Hatbox Field here at 11:15 A. today, completing the second leg of the days journey. Last Minute News Lindbergh Tells Story Of Flight Over Jungles Finds Steaming Volcano Cones Thick in Mexico, Guatemala; Rare Farms in Mountains; Few Plapes for Landing. BY COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH Copyright, 1927, In the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Central and South America.

Europe and the British Dominions by The New York Times Comparfy and Lancaster New Era. All rights reserved. By Tropical Wireless. RUSSIAN THUGS MURDER ITALIAN VICE CONSUL ODESSA, Russia, Dec. 29 (U.

Authorities today sought bandits who murdered the Italian Vice Consul Kozzio, 75 years old, whose body was discovered by the police yesterday at Stilla Granda, a deserted section of the city. CUTTING IS NAMED SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO 1 SANTA FE, N. Dec, 29 (A. Bronson Cutting, Republican, publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican, was appointed today by (governor Dillon to fill the ynexpired term of the late United States Senator A. A.

Jones, Democrat, who died last week, in Washington. Mellon Does Not Seek Presidency, He Repeats GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Dec. 281 left Mexico City in the clear atmosphere of early morning at 6:35 oclock, and headed almost due southeast, following an airline to Guatemala City. The flight was smooth all the way, and I made the distance, which is about 675 miles by this route, in seven hours and five minutes flying time, landing at Guatemala City at, 1 :40, Guatemala time. The enthusiasm of the welcome here greatly impressed me.

In fact, for a moment when landing it seemed that the crowd might endanger itself. The first time I dragged the field which I have always done on unknown fields thousands of spectators apparently thought I meant to land. They broke through the cordon of soldiers and swarmed over the field. STORM-BOUND SHIPS CROWD CHANNEL PORTS PARIS, Dec, 29 (A. Ports along the English Channel, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean were crowded today with stormbound shipping.

A cold wave set in, adding to the hardships which a northeasterly gale has brought. The gale continued today, but there were signs that it might abate soon. DROPS CHARGES UPON GOVERNOR Oklahoma Senate Cancels Plans of Impeachment Against Johnston. OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 29 (A.

Impeachment charges against Governor Henry S. Johnston and two other state officials were dismissed today by members of the Oklahoma Senate sitting as a court of impeachment. By a vote of 22 to 16, the Senate adopted a motion by Senator Andrews, holding that the House of Representatives had no authority to convene itself and bring the charges. No adjournment vote was taken. The senators Immediately left the meeting which wns held in a hotel.

H. Tom Klght, House leader, who has fought for several months to bring charges against Governor Johnston, Chief Justice Branson of the state supreme court and President Harry Cordell, of the State Board of Agriculture, said the Senate vote meant efforts to convene the legislature against the rulings of state courts and the resistance of the Governor were at an end. Mr. Klght intimated there would be no attempt to hold the House members in Oklahoma City. I fought for what I was convinced was right," Klght said.

"There is no sore spot In my heart over this action. I have nothing to say about my plans, but when I can take tlmo to think a little, I will prepare a statement which I will have ready late today." woundstwoTthen COMMITS SUICIDE PITTSBURGH. Dec. 29. (U.

Enraged, police say, because he believed relatives were Interfering with his romance with Hilda Jabobaclc. 18, of Duquesne. Peter Svllor, 40, of Duquesne, Inst night shot and seriously wounded Mrs. Margaret Du-bnlcii, 24, the girls sister, wounded a man. and then turned the gun on himself.

lie died several hours Inter in the McKeesport hospital with a wound la the cue It. SAYS ALABAMA HAS NO MUSCLE SHOALS CLAIM WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (A. The claim of the state of Alabama to title to Muscle Shoals is without foundation, Assistant Attorney General Parmenter held today in an opinion submitted to Attorney General Sargent. BROCK-SCHLEE FLIGHT LASTS FIVE MINUTES DAYTONA "BEACH, Dec.

29. (U. The long delayed Brock-Schlee endurance flight attempt finally got under way today and lasted five minutes. The round-the-world aviators took off in their monoplane, Pride of Detroit, at dawn but found the plane too heavily loaded to fly safely and returned to the field. The fliers said a new propeller would be put on the plane and the flight would be attempted again, possibly tomorrow.

The plane was forced to taxi four miles along the beach before It coupld get into the air today. GOVERNOR BREWSTER SEEKS SENATE SEAT AUGUSTA, Dec. 29 (U. Governor Ralph O. Brewster will oppose U.

S. Senator Frederick Hale for the senatorial nomination In the Republican primaries next June. While Hale has made no statement, it was assumed that he would seek a third term. The governor announced his candidacy last night. The Brewster-Hale contest will be a battle between the individual and tl.e party machine.

Brewster upset the regular organization's plans In If 24 by winning the gubernatorial nomination. Hale, who Is chairman of the Senate's naval affairs committee, has held his seat for 12 qears, STORM RAZES 500 HOMES IN JAPANESE REGION TOKIO, Dec. 29 (U. A severe storm today razed 500 houses in the. Akita Prefecture, reports from there indicated.

The steamer Dainichi Maru was reported aground off Akita. Th crew of 30 were endangered. Treasury Secretary Says He is Not Candidate, Does Not Care to Be. WASHINGTON, 29. (A.

Secretary Mellon reiterated today that he is not a candidate for the presidency. When his attention was called to published reports that he is a candidate, the secretary said: That Is not true, I am, not a candidate and I do not enre to be. He said he had 'called W. L. Mellon, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican State Central committee, on the telephone and had been Informed that the report emanated from Washington, but the secretary said he did not know from what source.

HARRISBURG, Dee. 29. (A. W. L.

Mellon, chairman of the Republican State committee, may return here about the middle of next week to resume conferences on the selection of a secretary to the state Senate and the state committee, It was learned toduy. The chairman, who was here yesterday for an all day conference with party lenders from vnrlous counties, said that no definite decision had been reached on these vacancies. While. A. Boyd Hamlltoln, private secretary to Governor Fisher, hud been mentioned for the place, Indications were that he will remain with the Governor.

A number of other names also have been mentioned, Including J. Me- mala City, so that tla land was visible only intermittently. Some of these fog areas were as much as fifty miles long. They lay chiefly over the lowlands, especially toward the Gulf, which was not once visible. I saw the Pacific Ocqgn at one time, some fifty miles distant.

Sailed Past Smoking Volcanoes. Mountain-peak volcanoes, which seem very numerous In this region, are usually visible, with a mist covering the valleys between them. Several both In Mexico and Guatemala, were smoking that it, there was a slight vapor or steam rising from their cones, These mountains are extremely high and very rugged, but are covered almost completely by vegetation. Their difference In this respect from the Rockies struck me. Some of the mountains were entirely covered with palms.

Whnt was even more Impressive wns to see the farms which men are cultivating high up the 'slopes of these mountains. Some of these fields were fully 10,000 feet above the sea, and there wefe fields clinging to the sides of the peaks at an angle of more than 45 degrees. The Ingenuity, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) When I did land after dragging the field once more, the crowd had been pushed back, hut evidently it broke through immediately. They were all around the plane the moment after It taxied up In front ot the hangar. It was some time before a space could be cleared to put the plane into the hangar.

No damage was done to it, however. Did Not Expect a Crowd So Large. Realizing that Guatemala City has a population of only 125,000, such a crowd seemed hardly to be. expected, and I deeply appreclte the warmth of the greeting. The flight Itself, unusually interesting from the viewpoint of the scenery above which I flew, which was quite new to me.

Unfortunately, the land could not always be seen. After leaving the hospitable capital of Mexico, I flew south to the volcano, Popocatepetl. The Mexican liters who had escorted me turned hack after reaching the mountains. Soon after clearing Mexico City low-lying fog and cloude began to appear, covering much of the land, though at the altitude at which I flew it was clear. These patches of tog continued almost the entire distance to Guts- PRESIDENT, KING ALBERT EXCHANGE GREETINGS WASHINGTON, Dec.

29 (U. President Coolidge and King Albert of the Belgians today exchanged New Year greetings for the happiness and prosperity of the two peoples. Andrew W. Mellon Bride, Pittsburgh, former chairman ot the House appropriations committee; William R. Douglas, secretary to United Btntes Senator-elect Vure, and John H.

Fertlc, assistant director of the legislative reference hureuu. The conferences of yesterday, AT r. Mellon said, were for the purpose of discussing conditions In the different counties and districts with a view of Insuring party solidarity at the com lM iui4 election. STATE-WIDE HUNT FOR AUTO THAT KILLED MAN POTTSVILLE, Dec. 29 (A.

A statewide search ia being instituted for a large closed car with one parking light broken off, which last evening dragged Peter Maurer, an aged resident of this city, 200 feet along the city street in front of his home, leaving only those meagre clues behind. Maurer was iiwtilv killed. 1 I.