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v'oiJ’ME Xil
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, -JULY 15, 1913.
NO. 84.
ROADS
’ AGREE 10 ARBITRATE
IEWL
If Pending Bill Is Passed by
the'House, Both Sides
Enter into the Negotia
tions
(By Associated Press.)
ANEW YORK. July 14.—The eastern
railroads involved in the wage contro
versy with the trainmen and conductors
issued a statement 'thia afternoon
through the conference committee of
managers saying they were willing to
arbitrate ‘the questions at issue under
provisions of the Newlands bill now be
fore congress but still were unwilling
to proceed under the Erdman act. This
is the roads reply to the ultimatum sub
mitted by the unions yesterday.
“POLICY NOT CHANGED."
The statement claims that the com
mittee’s policy never has changed.
“The committee has consistently fe-
fused,” -t. says, “to be coerced
through threats of strikes into paying
railroad employes wages out of all pro
portion to the duties performed. The
managers have been consistent in con
tending that the Erdman act does not
protect the interest of all parties con
cerned.
^‘Should the Newlands bill be enacted
into law the / committee will, of course,
be willing to submit to arbitration by
* board provided in the Newlands bill
all questions of rates of pay and work
ing conditions of conductors and train
men.”
The reply is addressed to Messrs. Lee
and Garretson, heads of the trainmen
and conduct's’ organizations respec
tively, and is signed by Elisha Lee,
chairman.
Whether the strike might be
avoided was the subject of a confer-
- ence at the White House today be
tween President Wilson and represen
tatives of the employes and the rail
roads concerned. %
President Wilson. Secretary of La
bor Wilson, Chairman Newlands, of the
senate interstate commerce committee;
Chairman Clayton, of the house judi
ciary committee, and Republican Lead
er Mann represented the government,
and President Samuel Rea, of the Penn
sylvania; Daniel Williard, of the Bal
timore and Ohio; George W. Stevens,
of the Chesapeake and Ohio; W* C.
brown, of the New York Central lines#
and Frank Trumblull, chairman of the
board of the Chesapeake and Ohio, rep-
4 resented the railroads. Presidents A.
B. Garretson, of the Order of Railway
Conductors, and W. G. Lee, of the
ii of Railroad Trainmen, rep-
i esented the employes.
Seth JLow, president of the Civic
federation, which has indorsed the
Newlands bill for amending the Erd
man act to provide arbitration of rail
road wage disputes in a manner satis
factory to the railroad men, also was
expected to take part in the confer
ence.
President Wilson returned to the cap
ital at 9:35 a. m.
WHAT CONFERENCE CONCERNS. -
Today’s conference concerns chiefly
two bills pending in congress for
amendment of the Erdman act provid
ing means for arbitration of wage dis
putes. It is understood that both the
brotherhoods and the railroads are sat-
„ Isfieh with’ the Newlands bill already
passed by the senate, but that the Clay
ton bill, introduced in the house, large
ly at the instance of Secretary Wilson,
is not so satisfactory. The latter pro
poses that the secretary of labor should
be included as one of the official me
diators. There has been considerable
objection to that feature.
Chairman Clayton, of the housg ju
diciary committee, who was. one of the
participants in the White House con
ference, declared there was . no dispo
sition to press his bill against the New
lands bill if it was apparent that both
the railroads and their employes fa
vored the Newlands measure.
Acceptance by the house of the New
lands bill as it has passed the senate,
which also has been approved by the
Ci\ic federation, undoubtedly would re
move the possibility of a strike.
While the president has taken no
stand in the mattter, he let it be known
that he did not regard as a serious ob
stacle the composition of the board of
mediation, tohugh he felt that it was
a most important question.
HOUSE TO ACT SPEEDILY.
Senator Newlands declared today that
the emergency should bring the house
to immediate action on the senate bill.
He * bad hopes that the White House
conference would lead to some definite
conclusion.
“The bill which passed the senate,”
said Senator'Newlands, “is unquestion
ably favorable to the public interest.
The arbitration as proposed eventually
would develop into an industrial court,
and for that reason it should not be
attached to the department of labor any
more than the interstate commerce
commission should be attached to the
department of commerce.”
i —
Her Attorneys Waive Prelimi
nary Hearing Before Justice
and She Is Bound Over to
the Grand Jury
TWELVE LIVES PAY
TOLL TO PRANK OF
LESOML
RUNNING A GOVERNMENT A HAZARDOUS JOB NOWADAYS
Youths Gave Signal That
Caused Train Collision in
Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford, who is
charged by a warrant with the murder
of her husband, Joshua B. Crawford, in
March. 1909, was released from the
tower Monday shortly after noon on a
$6,250 bond, signed by C. C. Jones.
Early in the morning Attorneys Bur
ton Smith and Reuben R. Arnold, who
represent Mrs. Crawford, waived a pre
liminary hearing before Justice C. H.
Girardeau, in whose court the warrant
against Mrs. Crawford was drawn, and
she was bound over by the magistrate
to the grand jury.
The attorneys then made a motion
for bail before. Judge W. D. Ellis, of
the superior court, and the case was
first set for noon. However it became
necessary for the judge to appoint a
solicitor general pro tern to represent
the state in the case, as the firm with
which Solicitor General H. M. Dorsey
is connected, had taken a part in the
litigation over the will of J. B. Craw
ford. Frank A. Hooper^was named.
While the court was attempting to
secure an attorney to act as solicitor
in the case, Attorneys Arnold and Smith
held a conference with Attorney J. S.
James, who represents C. B. .Crawford,
who swore out the warrant against Mrs.
Crawford. Mr. James agreed that a
bond of $6,250 was sufficient under the
circumstances, and when he informed
the court of his agreement, Judge Ellis
without hearing the case, made it the
court’s order that the sheriff allow the
defendant to make bond in that sum.
OUT OF WORK, WIFE ILL,
OLD MAN KILLS SELF
Henry J, Thomas, Well-Known
Macon Citizen, Sends gullet
Through Hi's Heart
Crap Game Raided
In Athens Cemetery
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ATHENS, Ga. July 14.—VThe Athens
/ police had quite a busy day of it yes
terday. They made a raid on the Owls’
club, arid are said to have found five
cases of beer, and the president of the
club. William Dootson, has a hearing
in mayor’s court today.
A raid a'so was made at the business
place of Van Deadwyler, and twenty
bottles of whisky were found there.
He will have a hearing in mayor’s
court Wednesday.
In Oconee cemetery a gang of some
ten ‘crap shooters were run upon, and
five caught, and it is probable that all
those in the party will be arrested.
FIFTEEN CHARGED WITH
THE DEATH OF FEUDIST
(By Associated Press.)
WINCHESTER, Ky., July 14.—The
trial o'f fifteen men charged with the
assassination of Ed Callahan, former
Breathitt county feudist, began here
today. It was said three of the men
had confessed, -but that the remainder
deny the charge.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., July 14.—Despondent
because he was unable to secure work
to care for his wife, who had been des
perately ill for several months, Henry
J. Thomas, sixty-four years old, and
one of the best known citizens of Ma
con, ended his life yesterday afternoon
at 6;30 o’clock, by firing a bullet
through his heart. The deed was com
mitted .back of the house, in a cow lot,
only a short distance from# where his
wife lay in a eerfous condition.
Hearing the pistol report, his elder
son, Henry J. Thomas, Jr., rushed to
the back yard and found his father ly
ing on his back, still breathing, with
the pistol by his side. He was hurried
in the house, where he died within a
few minutes. Besides his wife. he
leaves five daughters and two sons, H.
J. Thomas, Jr., of Macon, and Dr. West
C. Thomas, of Atlanta. The funeral
will be held today. He was formerly
in the wholesale grocery business here
and was well known.
Which 12 Died and More
Than 200 Were Injured
Millionaires’ Wives
Rescued From Yacht
Off New England Coast
PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 14.—
Picked up last night from the sinking
yacht, “William Jennings Bryan,” of
Stratford Shoals, Conn., Mrs. Mary
Stewart and her daughter, Mrs. Louis
Lewise, of Jacksonville, Fla., were
brought into this port Sunday aboard
the Colonial liner Lexington.
Their husbands, Robert Stewart and
James Lewis, Jacksonville millionaires,
and a sailor, remainedwit h the yacht
in the hope of beaching her off Port
Jefferson, N. Y.
The party had been cruising along
the coast from Florida for three or
four weeks. They left Bridgeport late
yesterday for Oyster Bay. when their
boat sprang a leak, disabling the en
gine.
When the Colonial liner came along
tey signalled her with a lantern and
the women, scantily clad, were taken
aboard. They left for New York on
the Lexington this afternoon.
Bryan Has to Lecture
To Live, He Declares
(By Associated Press.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 14.—During
the delivery of a lecture at Henderson
ville near here. Secretary of State Wil
liam J*ennings Bryan paused in the
course of his lecture to state that he
is compelled to deliver chatftauqua lec
tures in order to supplement his gov
ernment salary, which, he declares, is
not sufficient to meet his expenses.
“AjS this is my first chaptauqua lec
ture since becoming a member of the
cabinet,” said Secretary Bryan, “it
may not be out of place to say that I
find it necessary to lecture in order :o
supj b-rmnt the salary which 1 rscoiv-j
fron* the government. As I ha /e Kc
tur-Hl f A' eighteen years, this met!., d
of adding to my \ income is the
most natural one to which to turn, and
I regard it as extremely legitimate. I
did not think it improper to go from
the Chautauqua .platform Into a presi
dential race and if I had been elected
I would have thought it no stepping
dov'n to return to the lecture platform.
These meetings enable me to keep in
touch with the people.”
First Bale Brings
20 Cents a Pound
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, July 14.—To meddle
some youths wriho played, with the train
whistle is attributed the loss of twelve
lives and the injury of some 200 per
sons near here late last night, when two
Pacific electric trains collided, telescop
ing two cars and wrecking another at
Vineyard station, near the city limits.
Many of the injured cannot survive.
Three trains loaded with excursion
ists from the beach at Vanice, 10 miles
from Los Angeles, had stopped at a
very sharp curve where a switch is
turned. The last train began moving
forward, while the two foremost trains
remained at a standstill.
Carroll Bartholomae, conductor of the
last car of the center train, jumped to
the track with his light to flag the ap
proaching train. Some youths, passeng
ers say, pulled the whistle in\jest. This,
it was said by railroad men, was in
terpreted by the motorman of the on
coming train as the signal to continue
to proceed.
With a crash of breaking glass, splin
tering timbers and cries of passengers,
the motor car of the last train drove
into the rear of the center train. The
motorman of the moving train had giv
en full speed. A curve had prevented
his seeing the standing cars.
The rear of the stationary train was
filled to capacity. Even the aisles were
crowded with passengers. When the
crash occurred those who stood were
crushed against each other into the far
end of the. car. The seats were crum
pled. The lights went out.
Arthur Hill, a sailor from the torpe
do boat Paul Jones, carried out eight
bodies, including a woman gripping an
infant’s body in her arms.
Few of the Cristian Endeavor dele
gates were on the trains. Practically
all of those killed and injured ^rere resi
dents of Los Angeles and suburbs.
Investigation was begun today to fix
the blame for the wreck* The curve
In the tracks is held partly responsible
for the failure of the' motorman to Jfee
the stationary cars with which the
train collided.
The motorman was missing today.
His body was not found in the debris,
although It was thought certain that he
had been killed. Carrol Bartholomae,
conductor of the last car of the station
ary train, said he tried to “flag down”
theapproaching cars but that the mo-
toraian failed. to observe his signals.
Stories of the accident related by
passengers on the two trains differ
widely. Much difficulty will be ex
perienced in reaching the truth.
Helen Hane, of Escambia, Mich., was
reported today as probably fatally in
jured. Her body was crushed.
C. B. Craig and his wife, of Detroit,
were internally injured and their con
dition is serious.
Of the dead, four men remained un
identified early today, two Japanese and
two whites.
The known dead are:
MISS EDNA ALTER, Pasedena.
OLLIE A. AXLEY, San Francisco.
MISS VERONICA MILLER, Los An
geles.
MERLE EVANS, Los Angeles.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, JACOB BAR
MAN and EDWIN MURRAY, addresses
unknown.
P. R. FORESTER, motorman of the
wrecked train, missing.
The names of the few of the injured
were known early today. It was
thought virtually all were from Los
Angeles or vicinity.
While no formal statements have
been issued by railroad officials, they
are inclined to place the blame fdr the.
accident on Forester, the motorman, and
the conductor of* the stationary train.
According to Forester’s story no
clear account of the accident has been
received as yet.
Family of hour
Smashed by Auto
But None Are Hurt
Being- president op Mexico
Being- a
CABINET MEMBER
IN ENGLAND =
Being a lobbyist in Washington-
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LOHI
Muskingum River Rises Nine
Feet-Railroads Suffer Big
Losses
ASK STATE TUPS TO
GUARD STRIKEBREAKERS
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 14.—A heavy
rain storm that passed over a large
part of central Ohio early today caused
small streams to turn into torrents that
washed out bridges, caused landslides
and did other damage. The Muskingum
river was said to have risen nine feet
during the night.
Railroad and interurban traffic out of
Columbus was almost suspended be
cause of damage to railroads.
Thirty-Five Passengers
Marooned by Flood
_ (By Associated Press.)
MARIETTA, O., July 14.—Thirty-five
passengers on a Pennsylvania railroad
train were marooned at Stanleyville to
day by a washout caused by the heavy
rains.
Four men who were on a pontoon
bridge over the Huskingun, which was
swept away by today’s flood, were res
cued just before the structure swept
over a dam..
WAYCROSS, GA., FARMER
ROBBED AND MURDERED
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 14.—Search is
being made by the police today for a
green high-powered touring automo
bile, which crashed into a buggy, threw
the vehicle completely over the horse,
throwing out the four occupants and
injuring none of the frightened per
sons nor the animal. The driver of
the motor car did not check his wil'd
flight, but dashed off in the 'direction
of the city. The police regard the acci
dent as one of the most remarkable
in their experience.
William Harris, his wife and their
two little daughters were returning
from a day^spent in the country. When
they turned into a road on the outskirts
of the city the touring car swung
ground the bend and crashed into the
rear of the vehicle. The four persons
were thrown high in the air, falling
by the side of the road, the buggy was
hurled completely over the jogging
horse, which broke from the wreckage
and bolted. Aside from a bruised hand
and a scratched knee there were no
other injuries among the Harris family.
The William Harris referred to in
the above dispatch is not Wm. J. Har
ris, of Atlanta, who recently took charge
of the U. S. census bureau in Wash
ington.
SOUTH CAROLINIAN IS
HANGED FOR MURDERS
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 14.—The first bale
of cotton of the 1913 crop was sold at
auction on the New York cotton ex
change for 20 cerits a pound. The mon
ey goes to charity. The bale, weigh
ing 505 pounds, was raised at Lyford.
Cameron county, Texas, and was ship
ped through Houston.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 14.—For the
murder on May 18, of Aaron Campbell,
his youthful son-in-law, and J. W.
Campbell, the father of Aaron, at Bish-
opville, Lee county, with a shot gun,
M. L. Garrett, a notorious character of
the lowlands, met his death in the elec
tric chair at the state penitentiary here
this morning at 11:30. Garrett was
surrounded by blood hounds, and with
his daughter, whom he forced to ac
company him to the swamps, was saved
from lynching by the sheriff eluding a
mob by the quick work of an automo
bile. The man requested prison offi
cials to kill quickly.
After Three Weeks' Search,
His Body Is Found Near
Railroad Camp
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS, Ga., July 14.—Searchers
who have been trying for a week to
find Mack Spain, a well-known farmer,
whose home originally was in North
Carolina, were rewarded this morning
when they found his badly mutilated
body in a shallow pond two miles from
the construction camp of the \yaycross
and Western railroad, Twenty-one miles
west of Waycross. ^
The man’s skull had been beaten al
most to a pulp, and but for the clothing
on the body it would have been impos
sible to recognize the remains. That
Spain was murdered and robbed seems
certain, but so far no,trace of the
party or parties who committed the
murder has been found.
Spain had the reputatoin of keeping
from $1,000 to $3,000 with him. Nothing
but a pocket knife was left in his
clothes and all pockets had been turned
inside out. A shotgun that Spain ,had
borrowed from E. T. King, superinten
dent of the Waycross and Western, was
found close to the body, with both bar
rels empty.
Spain probably shot at whoever at
tacked him, but whether he inflicted any
wounds is a question that is unanswer
able. He had been gone from home
three weeks when the body was found.
Until two months ago, when Spain came
to Waycross, he had not been further
than seven miles from his farm.
Kentucky Traction Company
Works Cars at Lexington
Under Difficulties *
(By Associated Press.)
LEXINGTON, Ky., July 14.—Disorder
marked the attempt of the Kentucky
Traction company to operate cars with
strikebreakers today, and as a result
appeal* has been made lor state troops.
Many of the new men were pulled from
the cars. One car was filled with pas
sengers, bpt every one was ejected by
the strikers. Another car was burned
on the tracks, and the company aban
doned its efforts by 8 o'clock. A score
of arrests were, made, while a number
of strikebreakers and deputy sheriffs
were badly beaten.
Francis Douglas, secretary to Gover
nor McCreary, is in the city, and has
asked the governor to send troops to
guard the cars and strikebreakers.
Circuit Judge Kerr has also been asked
to call out the Lexington militia com
pany to take charge of the situation
and suppress the rioting.
The men struck on Saturday for high
er wages and recognition of their newly
formed union.
CLASS DISTINCTIONS
FA
American Commission Abroad
Makes Very Interest
ing Report
SMITH TELLS
HID I. S. HIHDV
"It Was Entirely Too Much:
for Congressman Bell to Ex
pect Me to Help Hardy When
I Refused My Friends"
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, July 14.—The follow
ing interview was given out today by
Senator Hoke Smith:
"As I understand the publication by
Congressman Bell, he complains because
I did not aid him to Isecure the position
of postmaster at Gainesville for a gen
tleman who had bitterly opposed me in
every poltical contest I have ever had.
“Congressman Bell urged that I should
help him because ‘his indorsement was
opposed by an outside party who had
no interest in the Gainesville office, and
who he understood had always opposed
me.'
"I told Mr. Bell that I would vote
for the confirmation as postmaster at
Gainesville of any one whose name was
sent to the senate. It was entirely too
much .for him to ask that I should aid
Mr. Hardy in obtaining the appoint-
( ment, especially since, In the Interest
of harmony, I had declined to interfere
In behalf of my own friends In this
very matter.
"In this connection I wish to state
that it has been my policy wherever I
made a recommendation at all in refer
ence to appointments in ^Jeorgia to
secure efficient service from the govern
ment, and at the same time to repay as
far as possible the political obligations
I owe to my friends. Surely no con
gressman can complain of this. It Is
the rule they all adopt and is one that
properly suggests Itself to every man
with a spark of gratitude in him.
"I have endeavored aj all times to
recognize the rights and obligations of
my colleagues In both houses. There
has been absolutely no disposition or
purpose here, so far as I know, on the
part of any one to exclude from recog
nition those Georgia Democrats who
saw fit to oppose the president In the
recent primary In an honorable and
proper manner, and any statement to
the contrary Is entirely unfounded.
“f have, however, Insisted, and shall
continue to Insist, that nowhere in
Georgia men be discriminated against
because they have been supporters of
the president or of mJWelf, and I think
It but my simple duty to see that they
have a fair and Just proportion of the
appointments.”
JAPAN PRESENTS CUP
TO CRUISER CHARLESTON
Washington Diplomats Guess
ing as to Outcome or Cal-
/ ifornia Controversy
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 14.—While dip
lomatic Washington is conjecturing over
the voluminous correspondence between
the United States and Japan, the'two
countries, by alternately extending
courtesies to each other, are keeping the
curious ones completely in the dark
as to the real situation regarding the
California controversy.
During the past few weeks the Unit
ed States has officially welcomed a doz
en or more eminent Japanese visitors.
Now the Japanese government has pre
sented the United States cruiser
Charleston with a silver loving cup.
In August, 1910, there was a flood
in Tokio and the officers and men of
the Charleston and the cruisers Sara
toga and New Orleans, which were near
the stricken city, raised a relief fund
and sent it ashore. The incident was
forgotten until Ambassador Chinda sent
the cup to the state department, with
a request that it be forwarded to the
Charleston.
Pastor Takes His
Whole Congregation
To Another Church
(Bv_ \Ae?Di?iated Press.)
FRANKLIN, Ind., July 14.—“We have
been preaching Christian union for
(By Associated Press.)
COLOGNE, July 14.—The Ameri
can commission on agricultural oganl-
zation, co-operation and rural credits,
while investigating conditions in Aus
tria-Hungary, found that agriculture
there has been complicated by extreme
class distinctions among the population,
and also by political troubles, mainly
based upon racial divisions.
The commission saw little in Hun
gary pointing to the moral of self-help.
The most interesting visit was to the
government far mat Moso-Hegyes, con
sisting of 55.000 acres of apparently
fertile' land. It belongs ' to the govern
ment, but evidently is not an experi
mental or educational institution, but
is run as a business enterprise.
A stud farm, a fertilizer plant and a
machine repair shop form part of the
equipment. The stock was mainly Eng
lish or Norman, but like everything else
on the farm, showed signs of great
off-breeding, so thkt there is now a dis
tinctive type. The purpose of these
horses is simply to serve the army in
time of war.
In Budapest the government’s work to
further co-operation in agriculture is
certainly more state aid than co-opera
tion. The keystone of the situation is
the land mortgage bank, a more or less
co-operative institution for land owners,
for raising money On their property.
Most of the capital is provided by the
state. It is based on the security of
titles.
In Budapest there Is a very large co
operative store for agricultural pur
poses, which has branches throughout
the country and a milk distributing
plant for the city.
This latter appeared to be truly* co
operative and quite independent of the
government. Its members are mainly
large farmers who keep up an even
supply of milk and its records showed
it to be prospering exceedingly.
Impeachment Trial
For Tardy Jurist;
His Name Is Hasty
PASTOR SHOCKS CHURCH.
BY PREACHING IN WHITE
CHICAGO, Jilly 14.—Rev. Arthur J.
French, pastor of the First Presbyteri
an church of Englewood, defied church
tradition yeterday by apspearing in his
pulpit dressed entirely in white. There
was almost a gasp from the congrega
tion when he stepped on the platform.
The preacher appeared comfortable in
a temperature of 93 while many mem
bers in "Prince Alberts” and stiff Sun
day gowns fanned vigorously.
After the Sermon Rev. Mr. Francis
said he thought the conventional heavy
black coat and stiff collar were “non
sense.” He said yesterday’s costume
permitted him to “deliver three times a
better sermon” in hot weather.
practical steps toward cultivating the
spirit of union,” declared Judge H. C.
.Barnett in the Tabernacle Christian
church here yesterday. Then he pro
posed that the entire congregation go
across £he street to the Presbyterian
church for worship as an evidence of
good will and Christian brotherhood.
• • 'met? ers of the congre
gation fell in with the plan, and, head
ed by the pastor, Rev. William .T.
Wright, crossed to the. other church.
They received a hearty welcome. The
two congregations joined in singing
“Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” and the
Presbyterian pastor, Rev. W. R. Tyler,
insisted on the Tabernacle pastor as
sisting in the service.
Both congregations were so well
pleased with the plan that several of
the leaders said similar visits to other
churches would follow.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) >
MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 14.—De
claring that a report of J. T. Gor
man, state examiner of public accounts,
shows that Judge Hasty, probate judge
of Marengo county, has allowed his ac
counts to become irregular and that
he has been guilty of corruption in
office and neglect of duty, Governor
O’Neal instructed Attorney General
Brickel to institute impeaenment pro
ceedings against him.
Examiner Gorman filed a report last
week in which he stated that Judge
Hasty had been negligent about set
tling with the state for fines and costs,
that he had allowed twelve months amt
more to elapse before paying money
into the treasury and that there was
evidence of incompetency and lack of
system.
FLOYD COUNTY CROPS
ARE IMPROVED BY RAINS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.!
ROME, Ga., July 14.—.Recent rains
have greatly improved the crop situa
tion in Floyd county. All crops, es
pecially cotton, were suffering from
lack of moisture, and the farmers, mer
chants and all interested are greatly
encouraged by the recent showers. The
rains have missed the city of Rome,
and as a result the gardens are drying
up and there is almost a famine of
■beans and other vegetables.
The statement Issued by Congress
man Thomas M. Bell to which Senator
Smith has replied, was published in
Atlanta lasts Friday. In this state-
men Senator Smith was taken to task
for his failure to help him Mr. Bell
secure the nomination of A. S. Hardy,
for Postmaster at Gainesville.
Mr. Bell issued with his statement
copies of a letter which he had written
Senator Smith iTrging that he assist
fn securing the nomination of Mr.
Hardy, who had been for years a bitter
political enemy of Senator Smith. In
the letter Mr Bell admitted that Sena
tor Smith had offered no objection to
anyone of five people who at an early
date Mr. Bell had considered endorsing
for the position although Mr. Hardy’s
name was among the flvt. And in the
letter Mr. Bell urged that Senator Smith
use his influence to help him in getting
the place for Mr. Hardy against whom'
he sad the postmaster general had
been prejudiced. Mr. Bell did not say '
that Senator Smith was opposing the
man, he as congressman from the dis
trict had endorsed for the postmaster-,
ship, but took the senator to task for
not himself assisting securing the
nomination of Mr. Hardy.
Mr. Bell also made public several
affidavits from people in Gainesville,
who asserted that Mr. Hardy worked
openly, but fairly against Gor. Wilson
at the preferential primary.
Aviators and Plane
Burn in Mid Air;
Their Ashes Found
(By Associated Press.)
VERSAILLES, July 14.—The charre?
wreckage of an aeroplane with the in
cinerated bodies of two avi
ators lying in the ashes was found this
morning near Nonacou^t, on ithe rail
road from Paris to Granville.
The dead flying men were recognized
as a man named Percin, who wa's ex
perimenting with a' new monoplane of
his own invention, and his son who had.
accompanied him as a mechanic.
Their keroplarte capsized from an un-
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known cause at a height of 150 feel.
It fell with a crash to the ground and
the violence*of the impact caused the
fuel tank to explode.
Pinned beneath the motor, the avi
ators were unable to extricate them
selves and were burned to death.
French Array Aviator
Makes Record Flight
(By Associated Press.)
CHATEAUDUN, France, July 14.—
A record non-stop flight with a pas
senger was made yesterday by Lieu
tenant Adolph E. Leopold Varein, of
tile French army aviation corps, who
accompanied by* Sapper Chapeau, of the
engineer corps, flew direct from Pau
to this city, 360 1-2 miles.
Farmers in Kansas
WaronGrasshoppers
With Poisoned Bran
DODGE CITY, Kan., July 14.—Nearly
1,000 Ford county farmers were up
early today with 100 pounds of poisoned,
bran to fight the grasshoppers, which
have done so much crop damage in this
vicinity in the last three weeks. For %
lack of a better name, the poison is re
ferred to as "grasshopper dope.” The
county commissioners authorized the
trustees of the township .to distribute
a quantity of grasshopper poison to
every farmer in the county who would
avail himself of the opprtunity to make
the experiment. This was the day
named on which an organized fight
against the pest should begin.
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