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VOLUME XXXI, No. 299
SECRETARY WALLACE NEAR DEATH
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23 Clemson Students are Expelled; 112 Suspended
Board’s Action
Is Full Victory
For The Faculty
CLEMSON COLLEGE, S C.—One huiitired and
thirty-five young men of Clemson College Saturday found
themselves barred from further participation in classes
and other college privileges, 23 of them permanently ex
pelled and 112 suspended for the remainder of the
scholastic year.
This was the direct result of a week of investigation
by the board of trustees into the recent strike of nearly
half the student body of the college. The board made
public its findings late Friday.
The 23 who were expelled were
senior* and of the others four were
seniors and 108 juniors. Fresh
men who also joiend in the walk
out were dealt with more leniently
and will be allowed to continue
their studies but with the loss of
usual liberties.
The findings of the board were
viewed as a complete victory for
the faculty, not one finding having
been made for the students. The
mess hall and quality of food
which was complained of by the
students was found to be satis
factory I' the board. Also the dis
missal of Cadet R. F. Holohan,
which was given as the prime rea
son for the strike at the time, was
found by the board to have been
justified.
SAY WALKOUT
WAS "CHALLENGE"
CLEMSON COLEECfE. R. C.—
ranging: from out
right dismissal to measures of in
terior discipline, was prescribed
for all students of Clemson Col
lege who participated in last
week’s walkout by the hoard of
trustees which made public its
findings late Friday.
The walkout was characterized
as “a challenge not only to the au
thority of those entrusted by the
laws of the state of South Caro
lina with the government of Clem
son "likewise n chal
lenge of law wherever sought to be
enforced and wherever proper and
lesel restraints must be exercised."
Read to the students assembled
in the capel by Major Henry C.
Tillman of Greenwood, a trustee,
the report was received by the
cadets with no demonstration.
There were rumors, however, that
some of them, although they were
reported to have signed an agree
ment two days ago to abide by the
trustees’ action, would seek to leave
the college by securing honorable
dischargee. Clemson College is a
military Instituion.
DECLARE HOLOHAN’S
DISMISSAL JUSTIFIED
Dismissal of Cadet R. F. Holo
han, senior class president, football
star, and according to the trustees’
report, "perhaps the most popular
student in the corps" on a charge
of drinking, which immediately
oreceded the walkout, was found
Justified by the testimony in his
case, the statement said.
Most of the ’’grievances” of the
students, the report declared, "your
board is persuaded to believe grew
out of the great popularity of
Cadet Holohan."
The punishments announced to
the student body were as follows:
For seniors who left without au
thority and remained away 48
hours, dismissal.
For senior* who left hut did not
remain absent as long as 48 hours,
suspension for the remainder of the
year.
For Juniors and sophomores who
left but did not remain away 48
hours, suspension for the remainder
of the year.
For juniors and seniors who left
hut who did not remain away 48
hours, walking of sixty extra tours
of duty each, and denial of all pri
vileges for the remainder gif the
year. The president end comman
dant however, are authorized in
their discretion to restore these pri
vileges after January 25,
Freshmen who left, and who re
turned by 11 o'clock on the night of
October 29 will be permitted to re
enter the college, and required to
submit to forty extra tours, each.
For seniors who knowingly par
ticipated in unauthorized meetings
before the walkout, suspension of
nil privileges for the remainder of
the year, with provision that the
president and commandant may re
store the privileges on February 1.
For those who attended the un
authorized meeting, in Ignorance
that It had been forbidden, suspen
sion of all privileges to January 1.
with provision for restoration of
the privileges on December 1, In
the discretion of the president and
commandant.
ANNOUNCE NAMES
OF THE DISCIPLINED
CLEM HON COLLEGE, R. C
Cadets of Clemson College who
were expelled or suspended for
their part in last week's Rtrlke of a
portion of the student body were
named by the board of trustee* In
its report made public Friday
night:
Seniors expelled were: T. '•
" mount. IT. O. Croakeys. IV. F.
Covin, D. C. Clark, T. H. Clnrke.
,T. P. Darby, F. L. Lamhrlglit. G.
Tl Phifer, .T W. Mosele'* O. B.
T’rausc. L T. Stelle. D. A. Reid. J.
E. Whltton. H. J. Zelgler, R. Zeig
ler nad C. H. Mclntosh.
Seniors suspended for the re
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LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
mainder of tiie scholastic year: C.
S. Allen, .T. P. Clavert, T. J. Tay
lor, and W. H. Wooten.
Juniors suspended for tile re
mainder of the year, W. V. Al
bright, T. J. Bomar,- F. W. Bush,
D. W. Bradley, J. E. Causley, J. T.
Crighton, R. H. Cureton, E. C.
Curdts, W A. Dial, E. C. Deloache,
C. P. Darby, H. R. Dorsett, W. R.
Duvernette, K. S. Easterling, C. AV.
Garvin, J. T. Guess, M. B. Horn,
J. P. Howie, E. M. Hinson, A. F.
Jordan, E. C. Kennedy, J. E. King,
J. V. Kinard, E. M. I.ong, A. T.
McCracken, P .F. Meredith, J. C.
Marshall, R. D. Nance, E. C.
O'Bryan, W. C. Parks, W. C. Pep
per, J. J. Ragin, S. B. Rhodes, J. R.
Rowland, W. K. Stringfellow, D. H.
Sileox, E D. Smith, C. B. Verdery,
J. H. Williamson, W. O. West, J. J.
Wallace, C. W. Anderson, H. T.
Bruner, T. B. Brown, AV. C. Bruner;
T. P. Brown. G. H. Beason, M. A.
Bailey, A M. Cannon, AV. R. H.
Counts, R C. Currence, J. D. Car
penter, T. L. Clinton, G. B. Cochran,
1,. D. Dunbar, W. S. Dove, D. B.
Davis, J. B. Darden, R. AV. Emer
son, M A. Elizey, M. C. Finch, H.
I. Finley, 11. G. Hart, E. M. Hen
derson, L. O. Hinson, L. W. Heriot,
H. M. Hodges, T. J. Hayden. T. AV.
Hayes. AV A. Jeffcoat, C. P. John
son. E. S. Kirk, J. A. Kirk, K. M.
Kirby, C. H. Lineberger. A. -F. La
bruoe, V. J. Lipscomb. AA’. A. Mas
sebeau, O. L. Miller, J. L. McFad
<len, E. W. Nettles. AV. R. O’Dell,
B. M. Percival, P. O. Poole, A.
Pruitt, M. B. Richardson. ,T. AV.
Ropp, B. R. Richey. I*. L. Robbins.
,T. M. Sheriff. AV. G. Shull, F. S.
Salter, 11. D. Shelamer. R. 11.
Sparks. .T. C. Sessions. AA’. Stokes,
T. E. Smith, T. S. Townsend, B. W.
Turpin, R. N. Trueluek, .T. K.
Thomson, A. W. A\ r alkins, AA T . U.
AA'iliiams, AA'. W. Wils, B. Ij. AA’il
liams, H. AA'. Wellborn.
ONE KILLED, FIVE
HURT, IN ACCIDENT
NEAR MONROE, GA.
ATHENS, Ga.—Louis L. Marks,
of Atlanta, federal narcotic agent,
is dead and five others, including
two women and a six-year-old
girl, ore Ruffering injuries when a
large automobile coach overturned
when it ran into a ten-foot ditch
late Friday about two miles west
of Monroe, Ga.
The injured are:
Mrs. Mabel Saunders. Athens,
skull fractured, may die.
Jeff Renpett, driver, serious in
ternal injuries.
Mrs. J. W. Jenkins, Athens, wife
of Professor Jenkins of the Uni
versity of Georgia faculty, slightly
hurt.
Barbara Jenkins, six-year-old
daughter of Professor and Mrs.
1 Jenkins, fractured jam and scalp
wound.
L. G. Winters, Mountain City,
Tenn., cut and bruised.
The injured persons were thrown
against the seats and sides of the
coach when it came to a sudden
stop. None were thrown out. One
man whose name could not bo
learned, was injured.
Marks died of internal Injuries
received in the accident. He came
to Atlanta from Cincinnati, where
lie is said to have been a reporter
on the Cincinnati Enquirer. He
was married.
Willard's Farm to
Be Put on Block
KANSAS CITY. The farm of
Jess Willard, former heavyweight
1 champion boxer of the world near
1 Grantvllle. Kan., will be put on the
auetion Work Orotber 28th, It was
learned Saturday. A, desire to
l mak» California his permanent
I home is said to have led to Wil
( lard's decision to sell the farm.
FIRE AT AIKEN
AIKEN, R. C.—Three four-room
negro tenant houses occupied by
Son Miley and Lizzie Hart, In the
! n*.esetown section of Aiken, were
almost completely destroyed by fire
Friday afatemoon_.
The coroner's Jury investigating
the death of Pat McGhee, which oc
curred here Thursday night, rend-
I ered a verdict that the "deceased
I c ame to his denlh from gunshot
i wounds Inflicted by Tom Brown."
Tom Herron, white, serving a
sentence of 10 year* for the slaying
of Mike I). Corbett, at Salleys. In
1920. has been refused clemency
by the state pardon board at Col
umbia, it is officially reported.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
BIG CHIEF
. 'imL
With the rampaign on, Presi
dent Coolidge is doing a lot of
smiling for the cameramen. Ho
also is having many honors thrust
upon him. Here he Is with a hat
of tho Smoki tribesmen, sent to
him by the Chamber of Commerce
of Prescott, Ariz., when he was
made a member of the tribe.
President of
Central Gov’t.
Quits as War
In China Ends
PEKING.—Toao Kun has
resigned the presidency of the
central Chinese government.
It is understood that Gen
eral Feng Yu-Hsiang, who is
in control of the capital, has
instructed the cabinet to carry
on.
A mandate Friday night by
President Tsao Kun ending the
war in which the Peking forces
had been resisting the armies
of General Chang T6o-Lin, tho
Manchurian leader, and exiling
General Wu Pei-Fu, miltary
head of the Peking government,
to Tibet, led to the assumption
that Manchurian and Peking
military chieftains had reach
ed an agreement.
THINK CHANG MAY
HAVE KNOWN OF IT
The surmise that the overthrow
of the Peking government by Gen
eral Feng Yu-Hsiang, the “Chris
tian general” was with the know
ledge and probably by agreement
of General Chang Tso-Lin was
voiced in many quarters. General
Feng returned to Peking to oust
the government under th P banner
of which he was thought to be
fighting while his armies were sup
posed to be defending Jehol against
General Chang's Manchurian in
vasion.
Failure of President Tsao Kun
to fulfill his pre-election promises,
coupled with the domineering atti
tude of General Wu Pei-Fu, who
controlled the actions of the presi
dent and used his influence to pro
mote his ambitons at the expense
of others made possible to over
throw of tho government by
The action of General Wu, as
military head of the government,
embarking upon the war with Gen
eral Chang Tso-Lin without the
necessary preparation afforded an
opportunity for the dissatisfied ele
ments to effect a change which
they much desired hut which they
despaired of obtaining while Gen
eral Wu maintained undivided
strength at Peking.
WU HOPED FOR
DECISIVE BLOW
General Wu was aware of the
lack of enthusiasm In the ranks of
his pollteal rivals In hls camp and
sought to send the apathetic mili
tary chiefs ns far behind the front
lines as possible. General Wu seem
ed to hope that ho would he able
to infllrt a decisive blow upon the
-Manchurian armies with his loyal
front line troops before the hosti
lity of his political enemies in the
rear developed into an opposition.
The delay encountered by Gen
eral Wu In gelling General Feng
and General Wang Chung Rui to
depart for the north apparently
gave General Chang Tso-Lin time
to organize his forces which re
sulted In the halting of the Pek
ing troops at Rhanhaikwan, a town
near the Manchurian-Chlhllan bor
der at the eastern extremity of the
great wall. Meanwhile, negotutlona
were carried on between General
Feng and hls adherent* on one band
and General Chang Tso-Lin and
Taun Chi-Jul, former premier, and
Anfu leader, who has been living In
retirement at Tientsin, passively
opposed to the Peking government.
FROST IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON.—•Frost* again
were reported tills morning from
the Ohio Valley, southern Missouri
and southern Kansas southward to
the northern portions of Texas.
I/OUislana. Alabama and Georgia
and the central portions of Missis
sippi and North Carolina, the
weather bureau reported In a sum
mary' of condition*.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1924
‘SLUSH’ PROBERS
ILL ME UP
DIGEST POLL '
NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Wlitla its
process-servers sought witnesses
wanted in connection with efforts
to corroborate somewhat sensa
tional but as yet secret stories re
garding the alleged misuse of funds
in the republican campaign, the
senate campaign fund investigating
committee, Saturday, stood in re
cess .
Resuming the inquiry Monday,
the senators will explore new fields,
among them the “straw vote" taken
by the Literary Digest in the
presidential campaign- Committee
men, in making known that sub
poenas had been issued for officials
of the Digest publishing company,
said they wanted to know the
source of the funds used to defray
the cost of the nation-wide poll
and the manner in which it is being
conducted.
Another ns yet unexplored field
which probably will be entered
upon next week is the amount and
source of the funds collected in the
Pittsburgh district for the repub
lican national committee. W. L.
Mellon, nlphew of Andrew W. Mel
lon, secretary of the treasury, who,
the committee has been informed,
is chairman of the collection com
mittee in that district, will bo the
principal witness in this phase of
the inquiry.
Decision to issue subpoenas for
men who may be able to sub
stantiate stories told by two Chi
cago men about the misuse of funds
in the campaign was reached late
Friday after the character of these
stories had been told by the com
mitteemen in executive session by
Frank P. Walsh, of Kansas City,
and Samuel Untermyer, if New
York, counsel for Senator LaFol
lette.
The Chicago men were present
at the session, but were not called.
Mr. Untermyer said ho would hesi
tate to take the responsibility for*
having their testimony to go to tho
country until the committee had
run down the “leads” they could
furnish, and he suggested that they
be heard in executive session. Tho
committee voted the suggestion and
Chairman Borah announced later
that all testimony during the in
quiry would be taken in public.
SHENANDOAH
Passes Over Ohio on Way to
Lakehurst
DAYTON, O.—The Rhenandoah
passed over Greenville, 0., at 10 a.
in.
CONWAY, Ark.—(Aboard U. S.
S. Sheandoah, via Radio.) —Smoke
from the burning fortsts of the
foothills of the Ozarks filled the
navigating cabin of the Shenandoah
as she passed over southwest Ar
kansas on the last homeward
bound leg of Its record-breaking
10,000 mile cruise late Friday night.
Though tho head winds contin
ued, they diminished in intensity
after darkness fell and the Shen
andoah increased her speed from 30
to 35 miles an hour.
In the cool of the evening sha
was more than a ton heavier than
during the day and she tilted at
an angle of three degrees to main
tain her equilibrium. She was rid
ing smothiy in striking contrast to
the wild night passage through the
Rockies.
The course as laid out by Lieu
tenant-Commander Hancock, nav
igating officer for her, will be
across Jonesboro, Ark.: Paducah,
Ky.; Dayton. O.; Cumberland. Md.;
and York, Pa. Lieutenant-Com
mander Lansdowne, captain of the
ship, is anxious to head the Shen
andoah into the big hangar at Lake
hurst, N. J., Saturday before night
falls upon New Jersey.
The first accident of the voyage
occurred just before casting off
from the mooring mast at Fort
Worth, when the motor In the rear
gondola kicked back and broke the
wrist of C. H. Brown, aviation
chief machinist’s mate. He is re
turning on the Shenandoah.
18 GEORGIA
GOING DEMOCRATIC? 1
Possibly never before in a
Presidential election has theca
been *o much apathy and lack
of interest shown by the Dem
ocrats of Georgia. In thia there
it a real danger and menace to
the Democratic party.
La Follett# is going to poll *
surprisingly large vote in Geor
gia both among the farmer*
and from organized labor.
Among certain business group*
in Georgia Coolidga in turn will
get many vote* that are usual
ly Democratic. Unless loyal
Democrat* get buay and get
out the Democratic vote Geor
gia Democracy will cut a sorry
figure at the polls on Nov. 4th.
Georgia Democrats are asked
to contribute 130,000 to the Na
tional campaign. Only $6,000
ha* baan raised ao far. Mak* a
contribution to tha Democratic
campaign today. Chaek* eant
to the Herald will be promptly
turned over to th* Nations!
Committee.
Make up your mind to vote
and to gat your neighbors to vota
on Nov. 4th for Davis and
Bryan.
Bandits Tie Three
To T rees and
Get $7,000
WIIIPPANY, N. J.—Screams
of a young woman and two men
who had been tied to trees in
tho South Mountain reservation
'by five bandits, led passing
motorists to rescue them anil
reveal a $7,000 payroll hold-up
of tho It. 1,. McKwan Brothers
Paper Board factory at AVhip
p.any.
Three of the bandits were
captured Inter nt Edge,water
nnd $6,608 of the loot recovered
by Edgowater police ns tho
bandits jumped out of a tnxi
cab nnd attempted to board a
ferry for New York City. The
Edgowater police reported thnt
tiie bandits gave their names
as Harry Canton. Hoy Orton,
both of South Orange, nnd
llenry Leonard, of Newark,
driver of the bandit car.
12.8J5J1 BILES
NOW FOBECAST
AS CBOP OF
TBIS KERB
/
WASHINGTON. Col
ton production this year
was forecast Saturday at
12,675,000 bales by the de
partment of agr/iculture,
compared with 12,499,000
bales forecast a fortnight
ago and a crop of 10,139,-
671 bales last year.
7.600.826 GINNED
TO OCTOBER 18.
The quantity of cotton ginned
prior to October 18th was an
nounced Jay tho census bureau as
7.600.826 fqmiinff bales, omnwiisr
round ns half-bales, compared 'with
6,400,391 to that dale last year and
6,978,231 it) 1922.
The condition of cotton on Oc
tober 18th was 64.7 per cent of a
normal compared with a condition
of 83.5 per cent on October first,
this year.
THE GINNINGS
BY BTATE3.
Glnnlngs prior to October 18th,
by states, follow:
Alabama, 668,942; Arizona. 39,-
146; Arkansas, 632,099; California,
20,925; Florida, 16,296; Georgia,
668,179; Douisiana, 369,416; Mis
sissippi, 723,685; Missouri, 31,154;
North Carolina, 192,866; Oklahoma,
593.736; South Carolina, 361,366;
Tennessee, 105,796; Texas, 3,270,-
602; Virginia, 1,394; all other
states, 15,327.
Round bales included numbered
302,420 compared with 175,896 for
October, 1923, nnd American Egyp
tian included numbered 1,167 bales
compared with 8,745 for 1924.
The revised total of cotton gin
ned prior to October Ist was an
nounced as 4,527,671 bales.
CONDITION OF
CROP BY BTATEB.
Tito condition of the crop of Oc
tober 18th and tho forecast of pro
duction by states follow:
Virginia, condition, 54 per cent
and forecast, 25,000 bales.
North Carolina, 49 and 750,000.
South Carolina, 43 nnd 680,000.
Georgia, 51 and 1.050,000.
Florida, 65 and 27,000.
Alabama, 59 and 970,000.
Mississippi, 58 and 1.135,000.
Louisiana, 51 and 450,000.
Texas, 53 and 4,350,000.
Arkansas, 6» and 1,130.000.
Tennessee, 68 and 400,000.
Missouri, 69 and 200,000.
Oklahoma, 63 and 1,275,000.
California, 70 and 59,000.
Arizona, 73 and 92,000.
New Mexico, 78 and 54,000.
Ali other states, 75 and 17,000.
About 64.000 bales additional to
California are being grown in
lower California, old Mexico.
IMPROVEMENT OF
*76,000 BALES
WASHINGTON. The depart
ment of agriculture's forecast of a
cotton crop of 12,675,00 bales from
data available on October IBtli,
shows an Improvement of 176,000
bales since October Ist.
The department issued the fol
lowing statement In connection
with the forecast;
“The warm, dry weather during
the period made condltons excep
tionally favorable for cotton, es
pecially in the eastern portion of
the belt where there was too mucFi
tain In Heptember. In the northern
portion of tile belt the plants were
still growing and fruiting and
showing Improvement but In the
southern. part, the season was too
far advanced for the favorable
weather materially to affect the
size of the crop. Picking nnd gin- !
nlng progressed rapidly under Ideal I
conditions; there was lltlte or no i
Interference from rain In port of j
the helt. Rome cotton has been ,
saved thnt was previously consld- ,
cred doubtful
•'The areas where Improvement
occurred were North Carolina, !
South Carolina, Tennessee, Ar
kansas nnd northwest Texas In
Oklahoma the crop shows little
change. In North mid Mouth Caro
lina many bolls punctured by the
Continued on Page 2
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Battling Death
jgjpjL ' •*' 1
a J
This is a recent photograph of
llenry AA'allnee, secretary of the
Department of Agriculture, who is
believed dying fronj toxemia poi
soning.
John W. Davis
Is Sack In N.Y.
To Open Final
Lap ot Drive
NEW YORK. Resuming Ills
campaign ln New York, John AV.
Davis, democratic candidate for
president, faced Saturday a selie
dulo of speaking engagements nnd
conferences hero nnd in New Jer
sey which 1h expected to take him
to the closing event of Ills per*
I iwwiil-JJiU LUAputlno in tile election
contest, tho speech at Carnegie Hull
on the evening of November Ist.
Ho motored to the city from Ills
homo in Locust Valley to address
a democratic women's rally Hatui -
day and afterwards was to ap
pear at a .Staten Island meeting;
winding up the day with a third
speech before a gathering in tho
Bronx Saturday night.
It is his intention to outline in
part ills experience In Ohio, Illi
nois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky
and Tennessee, supplementing the
statement he Issued upon his re
turn front those states last night.
Jfn evidenced a high spirit, of op
timism concerning the result of tho
election contest, reaffirming his un
qualified statement that tho de
mocratic party would he given n
majority control In congress.
lie appeared to enjoy the brief
i rest from travel made possible by
tho first overnight stay at Ills
home for more than two weeks.
Ho showed no outward sign of
fatigue from the middle west swing
and told friends he had gotton a
"second wind’’ nml In every re
spect was physically fit for the in
tensive finale they had mapped out
for him.
VISITS GRAVE OF
SUICIDE DAUGHTER,
THEN KILLS SELF
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Frank
Ross, member of a, wealthy New
York family, visited tho grave of
Ills 17-year-old daughter, Marl
louise, Friday, and returned to his
apartment In Kan Mater, nnd shot
himself to death while brooding
over the suicido of the girl two
weeks n go.
Marilouise Chambers committed
suicide in (he same apartment on
account of Jealousy toward Mrs.
Beatrice Chambers, 19, second wife
of her father.
According to the testimony giv
en at the Inquest over the death of
his daughter, the girl was addicted
to the use of stimulants. Authori
ties were concluding an Investiga
tion Friday over the mysterious
circumstances surrounding her
death when the suicide of her fath
er was reported. The girl met her
death after she rad returned from
Hnri Francisco with three unidenti
fied men.
Mr. Chamber* attended Cornell
University and was graduated with
honor, according to Rev. Frederick
K. Howard, of Berkeley, hls pastor,
lie formerly resided in Duluth,
Minn., and as an electrical engi
neer associated with hydro-elec
trlc projects moved to Olympia.
Wash., where ho built a plant. La
ter 1)0 resided at Portland. Ore.,
where MarlloUlso was born In 1907.
Mr. Chambers’ father resided In
New York City,
Jack Walton Has
Fight With Judge
ATOKA, Okln. -Jack Walton,
deposed goverr/ii and democratic
- enntorlal nominee, and Judge J. O.
lin 11st. 'if Atoka, came to blows dur
ing a Walton rally here Friday.
Walton denied llic statement
widely credited to him that "95 per
cent, of Iho preacher* In klahoma
are lower dow n than skunks." Judge
Ralls called Walton a liar. The two
rustled at euoli other but officers I
separated them. •
18 CENTS A WEEK,
IIUCATUCD Augusta and vicinity: Cloudy tonight
WLn I nun and Sunday; probably showers Sunday
Little Hope Held
For Recovery ol
Cabinet Member
WASHlNGTON.—Physician* attending Secretary
Wallace of the agriculture depairtment, who is lying be
tween life and death at a hospital here, said shortly be
fore noon Saturday that the secretary’s condition “could
hardly be more unfavorable” for recovery.
There still is a slight hope but Mr. Wallace has been
unconscious since early Saturday morning and the pois
oning which followed an operation a week ago appears
to have spread to all parts of the body.
FINNEY ON STAND
US OIL SUIT
CLOSES FOR
THE WEEK
BOH ANGELES. Cftllf.—With hos
tilities suspended over the week
end due to the usual Saturday
court recess, opposing counsel In
the government’s suit, to cancel Elk
Hills naval oil reserve lenses held
by Dolieny interests, Saturday,
were organizing thoir forces for
resumption of tho legnl battle in
federal court Monday. ,
Edward C. Finney, assistant sec
retary of the interior, was on the
stand when tho first, week of tho
lease cancellation frlnl wan Icon
eluded late yesterday and his cross
oxnmlriatlon by defense cuonsel Is
expected to furnish the feature of
Monday's session.
ft was but a fortnight after Al
bert B. Fall took office na secretary
of tlio interior In March, 1921, that
ho called specifically for detailed
Information on naval oil lands, Fin
ney testified. Two months later
President Harding signed un
executive order transferring con
trol of naval oil reserves from the
navy department to the department
of the Interior, and a few months
after that the disputed Elk Hills
leases and contracts were awarded
to K. D. Doheny’s Pan-American
Petroleum nnd Transport Com
pany.
An important sliaro of these
leases, It was brought out in Fin
iiey’s testimony, was authorized by
Fall on the eve of lilk departure
for his ranch at Three Rivers, N.
I M., with a $109,000 loan obtained
from E. Ij. Dolieny. This $100,009,
according to previous testimony,
wai» drawn from a .New York bank
and turned over to Fall Just before
he left for New Mexico.
Prior to tho questioning of Fin-
Viey. Dolieny’s explanation of the
SIOO,OOO transaction ns given to the
senate oil Investigation committee
last January, was read Into the rec
ord by Owen J. Roberts, govern
ment eounsel. TWs was to the ef
fect that Doheny and Fall wore
life-long friends and that the $ 100,-
000 loan to Fall was only one of
many loans made by the oil mag
nate under similar conditions.
ATLANTAN SHOT
By Proprietor of Japanese
Restaurant
ATLANTA, Ga.—Abbey Nikko,
proprietor of a local Japanese rest
aurant, in being held In Jail with
out bond nnd Dillard Moore, 17, Is
in a local hospital lit what is said
to bo a serious condition sn s. re
sult of nn altercation between the
Japanese and a party of men who
are said to have left the restaurant
after refusing to pay their bill.
Young Moore was wounded by a
stray shot fired by tho Japanese at
the fleeing men and is said to have
had no connection with the nffalr.
Ho was more than a block from
the case when wounded.
A large crowd aided police In the
nesreh for the Japanese, who whs
found in a hotel after a cordon lind
been formed around the entire
block.
Three Hurt When
Auto Turns Over
Near Orangeburg
ORANGEBURG. R C.—Leon Bel!
and Henderson Fulmer, young men
of Springfield, are nt a local hos
pltsl following nn accident about
midnight when their nuto turned
over on the road from Orungeburg.
These two with William McLeod,
met a buggy nnd a wheel of the
unto broke when It turned aside.
McLeod was bruised. Bell's shoul
der was hurt and Fulmer's head |
Injured but not seriously. It Is
thought Fulmer Is a student nt
Furm.nn nnd the otiicr two arc high
school students.
HOME
EDITION
Dr. Joel T. Boone, the White
House physician who is in attend
ance. indicated after hie morning
examination that it wat only a
question of how long the heart ac
tion would hold out. There was
grave fears that tho end might
come within a few hours.
The sericulture secretary is In
hi* 59th year and although natural
ly of a robust constitution, the ef
fects of the toxemic poisoninn have
mado serious inroads in his vi
tality.
LOSES GROUND IN
BATTLE FOR LIFE
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Wal
lace lost ground during the night
in his fight against toxemia poi
soning, which set in Friday after
an operation last week for remo
val of his appendix and gall blad
der.
Suffering from toxemia poison
ing, following an operation for re
moval of his ars?* n d' x and gall
bladder, Secretary Wallace passed
the night in a condition described
by hie physicians as “very serious."
Dr. Joel T. Boone, one of the
White House physicians, who is at
tending the agriculture secretary at
the naval hospital, spent the niqht
near the patient’a bedside with Mrs.
WUltat-S.
LA FOLLETTE WANTS
MELLON AND BLAIR
QUIZZED IN PROBE
KINGSTON. N. Y.—Senator
Gouzens, chalynan of a committee
authorized lor investigate the In
ternal revenue bureau, was urged
Saturday by Senator LnFollette.'
independent presidential candidate,
to call Beci-etary Mellon and Com
missioner Blair, of tho bureau, be
fore the committee and to ask them
"By wljat authority they seek to
subvert the will of congress?"
In sending a telegram to Mr.
Gouzens suggesting such ael ion. Mi .
LaFollette who was on hls way
south from Syracuse, took cognlz
ance of published reports that the
two officials have objected to th >
publication by newspapers of the
taxpayers and the amniint of their
Income taxes. Declaring he under
stood Mr. Blair had issued a warn
ing "threatening newspapers with
fine and imprisonment” if they pub
lished such information, Senator
LaFollette said he believed the
commissioner's throat violates tin
spirit of tile publicity amepdmen’
of the revenue act and subverts the
intent of congress that tha public
should know who Is paying taxes
and how much they pay.”
"The purpose of this amendment,"
continued Mr. LaFollette’s telegram
to Mr. Gouzens, “was to provide ft
means of cheeking up on tax-dodg
ers by exposing the facte to public
scrutiny. This purpose will be de
feated If publication is prevented.
"Secretary Mellon is quoted ae
saying that congress did not intend
to permit newspaper publications tr.
satisfy idle curiosity. Secretary
Mellon mar regard it as Idle cu
riosity. Secretary Mellon may re
gard It as Idle curiosity for the pub
lie to know who is paying taxes and
who Is dodging them but congress
did not so regard it when it passed
this amendment at an end of a
fight extending over more than ten
years.
"Tills Is another example of the
arrogance of Secretary Mellon In
setting himself up as a Judge ove
congress, similar in purpose to hls
action In attempting k* block in
vestigation tiy the senate of his own
department.”
THREE INJURED
In Auto Accident Near
Thomson
THOMSON, Ga.—Frank Walker.
John Riddle and W, C. Scott, stu
dents of the Riverside Military
Academy at Gainesville, Ga., en
route with the academy football
team to Savannah to engage In ft
game with tho Benedictine College
football team of that place, were
injured Friday afternoon two miles
east of Thomson as a result of the
automobile in which they were rid
ing, being wrecked because of a
broken radius rod. The Injuries f>
the young men were not serloul,
and after receiving medical aid tft
Thomson they continued on thek
Journey to Si'"tannah.