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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1913.
NO. 98.
01 CURRENCY BILL:
Administration Measure Pass
ed. Up by Democrats After
Nearly Three Weeks of De
bate Over Details
(By Associated Press.'
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. —The ad
ministration currency bill, after nearly
three weeks of discussion, was finally
approved by the house Democratic cau
cus last ni^'it by a vote of 163 to 9. The
nine 1 dissenters were Representatives
Henry, Eagle and Callaway, of Texas;
Hardwick, of Georgia; Lobeck, of Ne
braska; Buchanan and Fowler, of 1111-
» uois; Neely, ot Kansas, and Sisson, of
Mississippi. After agreeing to the bill,
the caucus adopted a resolution by an
almost unanimous vote, declaring the
bill to be a party measure and that
members ol tills caucus are piouged for
* me mil to its final passage without
amendment, provided, however, the
banning and currency committee may
ufier amendments in tne house.”
The feature of yesterday's session was
Li;e adoption of a committee amendment
xs a substitute lor the section on bank
i t serves, which in ettect simply served
to clarify the section as originally
drawn.
The measure will be reintroduced in
the nouse tomorrow by Chairman Glass
and referred immediately to tne oanking
and curiency committee, wnich.will meet
next Tuesday.
It is expected the bill at once will
be reported back to the house, which
Mr. Giass predicted last night would
pass it within ten days, many Republi-
.uns having indicated their purpose to
support it.
The measure as it stands after adop
tion by# tne caucus is summed up by
Chairman Glass, wno piloted it through
* the caucus, as follows:
“There has not been written into the
t bill from one end to the other a single
* sentence except by the initiative ot the
t banking ana currency committee itself,
wnich nas not altered in the remotest
degree tne essential provisions of the
bill as originally reported by the com
mittee t£> the caucus.
“The bill estamsnes twelve regional
reserve banks is to be a federal reserve
'less than $5,000,000 each, to which na
tional banks are required to contribute-
an amount equal to 10 per cent of tneir
own capital slock and to become liable
for an additional 10 per cent in case of
. call. This, it is estimated, will give the
t regional reserve banks a combined paid
.up capital Odd,000. These -re
gional reserve banks also are made cus
todians .of a large part of the reserve
money-of member banks, estimated''at
. about $410,000,000 in the aggregate. They
also receive the government deposits,
estimated at from $150,000,000 to $250,-
000,000.
“Over the whole system of regional
reserve banks is to be a fedral reserve
board consisting of seven members. This
board is given extensive powers of su
pervision, examination and control.
"The measure provides an advisory
council of bankers without actual power
composed ol’ one member from each of
the twelve regional reserve districts.
"One important provision is for- the
gradual refunding, for a period of twen
ty years, of the United States 2 per cent
bonds into 3 per cent government bonds
without the circulation privilege. This
will mean Ihe eventual retirement of na
tional bank notes. The circulation privi
lege will thus revert to the government
itself, issuing through the regional re
serve banks on a gold reserve of 33 1-3
per cent to be provided by the banks.
"The notable reserve features of the
bill contemplate a reduction of the re
serve requirements of reserve and cen
tral reserve cities from 25 to IS per cent
and all country banks from 15 to 12 per
cent. The federal reserve board is re
quired to establish a graduated tax on
the amounts by which banks may be per
mitted to fall below reserve requirements,
such tax to be uniform in its application
to all banks.
"National bsfnks are compelled to be
come members of the system under pen
alty of forfeiture of charters, while
stc.te banks are permitted to become
members under regulations of the federal
reserve board.
"Concerning the provisions relating to
rediscounts, over which there was such J
a prolonged fight, and as a substitute for
which Representative Henry and others
offered amendments comprising eighteen
printed pages, the only change made was
to add two and ohe-quarter typewritten
lines, declaring that nothing contained
in the bill should be construed to pro
hibit the rediscounting of notes and bills
of exchange secured by agricultural prod
ucts and other goods, wares and mer
chandise.”
The bill was reintroduced today by
Chairman Glass, of the house banking
committee, which will formally report it
to the house early next week.
leaders expect probably ten days’ con
sideration before the bill will go to the
senate.
Both Unionist and Liberal
Parties Trying to Make Po-
’ litical Capital Out of Riots
• in Dublin
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Sept. 1.—Both the Unionist
and Liberal parties in England are try
ing to make political capital out of
the riots in Dublin. Latest reports say
that 320 civilians and 45 policemen
were seriously hurt. One of the civil
ians has succumbed to his injuries.
It is argu *d oil both sides that Irish
passions have been stirrea by the home
rub* campaign and that this has been
responsible for lawlessness in Dublin,
and also for the recent disturbances in
Londonderry.
The Unionist newspapers warn the
♦government that the home rule bill has
aroused antagonism and lawlessness
throughout Ireland. The Liberal news
papers blame the revolutionary prepa
rations in Ulster made by Sir Edward
Carson, leader of the Irish Unionist
party.
James Kerr Hardie, the Socialist and
Independant Labor member of narlla-
ment, left today ror Dublin to partici
pate in the strike movement of the
transport workers.
Frederick Handel Booth, Liberal
member of parliament from Pontefract,
who witnessed the rioting from the
balcony of a hotel, accuses the Dublin
police of brutality.
The correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian makes similar charges and
declares that many of the police “ap
peared to be inflamed with liquor.”
His Lawyers Plainly Worried
Over Possible Outcome of
Decisive Session of Sher
brooke Court on Tuesday
‘UNCLE DUDLEY’ DIED
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
the basic principle of habeas corpus.
Known to Many by Pen-Name Bhould these arfruments fal1 and tha
Jehu G, Posteli Is Mourned
Throughout State
Jehu G. Posteli, familiarly known as
“Uncle Dudley,” his pen name signed to
articles on poultry raising and related
subjects, died Saturday night at li
o’clock at his home on Gordon street in
West End. .... , r .
Mr. Posteli was in his seventy-third
year, but was actively engaged In work
until a short time previous to his death.
All the members of his family were with
him when the end came. The news ol
his death brought grief to many friends
who loved "Uncle Dudley” for his kindli
ness and cheery disposition.
He had been a resident of Atlanta for
five years, and prior ta that made his
home in Macon where ne lived for 22
years. He was born in Orangeburg, S.
C., in 1841, and lived there for years.
During the war between the states he
served as private in the Washington
Light infantry, of South Carolina, ana
at the time of his death he was a mem
ber of the Macon U. C. V. *
He is survived by nis wife, two
daughters, Miss Mary Posteli, of At
lanta, and Mrs. Charles C. Martin, of
Macon; one son, R. C. Posteli, of Tif-
ton; and two sisters, Miss Lou Posteli
and Miss Jtilia Posteli, of Macon.
The body was carried to Macon for
interment, the funeral services being
held Monday afternoon from the Mul
berry Street Methodist church, of which
he was a member. Tne interment was
in Rose Hill cemetery.
CAPTURE NANKING
(By Associated Press.)
SHERBROOKE, Que., Sept. 1.—Harry j
Thaw’s lawyers showed plainly today
the anxiety with which they look for
ward to tomorrow’s court proceedings.
The decision of Superior Judge Mat
thew Hutchinson tomorow on the right
of John Boudreau, chief of police ot
Coaticook, to demand freedom for
Thaw, whom Boudreau arested two
weeks ago, will determine whether there
shall be set in motion at once the
machinery looking to Thaw’s deporta
tion and subsequent extradition from
a border state, or whether he shall be
remanded to the Sherbrooke jail until
October. #
if Judge Hutchinson sustains the writ
of habeas corpus which was obtained for
Boudreau by counsel acting tor the
stale of New York, Thaw immediately
may be turned over to the immigration
authorities lor deportation. Against
this contingency his lawyers have iaia
plans for a bitter fight.
Boudreau in applying for the writ
contends that Thaw is held illegally, not
being charged with any crime. There i©
the aded clause that Boudreau, con
scious of the illegality of holding the
prisoner, is apprehensive lest he be liable
to damages.
NO DAMAGE SUITS.
In their preparation for fighting the
case in its present, status, Thaw’s ad
visers have caused him to swear before
a notary that he contemplates no damage
suits; In fact releases Boudreau from
any responsibility' in this way they
hope to show that Boudreau is a dis
interested party in the proceedings ana
has no right to ask for Thaw’s liberty.
They have gone a step further in having
Thaw swear that he is m no way de
sirous of being set free at this time
and that the proceedings are contrary to
j Georgia Senator Confers With
Secretary Bryan for More
; Than Hour Regarding Gen
eral Situation
... (By Associated Pros,.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.—Senator
Bacon, chairman of the foreign rela
tions committee, conferred more than
an hour today with ' Secretary Bryan,
after which he declared the Mexican
situation seemed to be marking time.
"So far as I know," said the senator,
"the Mexican situation Is absolutely at
a standstill. No word of importance
has been received from Mexico City
and nothing has come today from Mr.
Lind, who remains In Vera Cruz. I
do not know what he plans to do.”
Senator Bacon said the suggestion by
Mr. Lind to Senor Gamboa that the ad-
l ministration here would use Its
| offices with American bankers
j courage loans to Mexico
sense an offer by this
guarantee any loans.
"Mr. Lind meant simply that If the
American proposals for peace were ac
cepted,” said Senator Bacon, "that this
government would regard conditions in
Mexico so hopeful that business could
; be safely carried on. and to that ex- v
tent would bo glad to encourage bank
ers who might make loans to the pro
visional government/’
Americans who did not wish to heed
the advice of President Wilsor to leave
the country would be protected In
every possible way by this country, Mr.
Bacon said.
good
to en-
was in no
government to
DON'T OVERDO IT. PEDRO
Chairman Flood, of the house foreign
affairs committee today submitted to
Secretary Bryan letters from a large
sugar company in Vera Cruz asking to
whom Its property should be entrusted
if President Wilson’s advice to all
American to get out of Mexico were to
be followed. The letter stated that the
company's plant cost $1,600,000, that it
j had a growing crop valued at $600,000
and that if those In charge left Mexico
valuable property would be at the mercy
of bandits.
writ be granted, they hope to appeal ana
stay the proceedings.
Lawyers representing New York main
tain today that even in the event of
an appeal, the prisoner already will
have been released, the immigration au
thorities will have seized him and ac
complished the state’s desire.
When on Wednesday last Thaw’s law
yers succeeded over the opposition
counsel for New York in withdrawing
the writ on which Thaw was then to
-have been liberated*-Judge Arthur Gio—
bensky, presiding in the superior court,
declined to hear counsel representing
the state on the ground that the pro
ceedings were ex parte and that New
York had no standing in court. Tomor
row matters will be exactly reversed.
It will be the New York lawyers who
are before the court with a writ. Those
who have studied the case were won
dering today whether Judge Hutchinson
would follow the precedent set by his
brother jurist and refuse Thaw's coun
sel a hearing.
TALKS COTTON MILLS
Says Report-show That In
crease in Stock and Trade
Is Gratifying
PORTER CHARLTON IS
QUIZZED BY ITALIANS
Accused of Wife Murder He
Is Rigidly Examined by
Officials Before Trial
Rebel Forces Flee Through
Gates When Army Batters
Way Into the City
SHANGHAI, Sept. 1.—The city of
Nanking was captured today by the
Chinese troops. The rebel forces fled
into the country through the southern
gate.
TRANS-CONTINENT HIKE
AS BRACER TO HEALTH
ran to rescue
was too late but clutched at her cloth-
Pedestrian Narrowly Escapes ins - Both chlldren plungred down the
Arrest When He Reaches
' N, Y, in Shabby Attire
NEW
Hoover,
nent in
(By Associated Press.)
YORK, Sept. 1.—Herbert H.
who double crossed the conti-
822 days, narrowly escaped ar
rest today when he arrived here at the
completion of his journey. His long
hair and ragged clothes attracted the
attention or a policeman, but after the
officer had seen letters from chiefs of
police of towns all the way across the
country which the pedestrian carried
with him, he respectfully directed Hoov
er to police headquarters, where Hoov
er told his story.
The walker said that by tramping to
San Francisco and back he had won a
wager of 51,'‘000, but that his principal
purpose in making the journey on foot
was to improve his health. In this he
has succeeded. When he started he was
threatened with consumption and weigh
ed only 104 pounds. Now he weighs
140 pounds, and is In the pink of con
dition. Hoover is 21 years old.
(By Associated Press.)
COMO, Italy. Sept. 1.—Porter Charl
ton, the young American who was
brought here to stand trial on a
charge of murdering his wife at Lake
Como in 1910, tpday was subjected to
a lengthy preliminary interrogation.
Judge Regnonl, examining magis
trate; Signor Mellini, Charlton’s coun
sel, accompanied by a clerk and an in
terpreter, appeared at the prison soon
after the breakfast hour. During the
examination Charlton was self-pos
sessed. The prison officials declare
that thus far they have not observed
any sign of mental deficiency.
The result of the preliminary exam
ination. as well as of the investigation
of the affair by the detectives, is to be
kept secret. It is said the trial is to
take place in November.
Two Little Chilren ‘‘
Fall to Their Death
Down Elevator Shaft
(3y Associated Press.)
new YORK. Sept. 1.—Edith Killo-
rean, aged two, toddled to the elevator
cage in the apartment house where she
lived and opened the door today. Her
brother George, five years old,
her peril and ran to rescue her.
IDENTIFIES NEGRO WHO
KILLED ALDINE JOYNER
Slayer Killed by Woman in
Pistol Duel-Three Others
Are Hurt
shaft seventy-five feet to death.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
GRANTED NEW TRIAL
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS, Ga., Sept. 1.—Sheriff
Joyner, of Screven county, came here
today to identify the body of a negro
saw j who was shot and .killed In a logging
He ; camp in the Okenenokee swamps Sun
day. thought to be Cleveland Mitchell,
wanted for killing Aldine Joyner si
Sylvanla early in August. The body
was identified as that of Mitchell. Rosa
Wheelis killed him and wounded three
others in a pistol fight She is held in
jail here, one of those wounded mighv
die from the wounds.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
QUITMAN, Ga., Sept. 1.—The court
of appeals has handed down a decision
granting Frank L. Gibson, former tax
collector of Brooks county, a new trial
on the charge of embezzling the county
funds. This decision, reversing the
lower court, reopens a case that is un
paralleled In the county.
Gibson was tried about two years
ago on the charge of embezzlement and
was convicted by the jury, which, how
ever recommended punishment for a
misdemeanor. A shortage of thousands
of dollars was shown, but Gibson
claimed the shortage was originally in
the account of his father, J. N. Gibson.
Upon his father’s death, F. L. Gibson
succeeded to the office and he; claimed
that upon discovering the shortage in
the accounts he tried to conceal it and
applied funds he collected on his own
account to covering this shortage in his
father’s account.
Parallel With News
Of Heir's Death Was
News of Inheritance
DALTON, Ga., Sept. 1.—Printing the
information that the three Cook sisters,
whom came here from Hall county about
forty years ago, had been named heirs
to an estate in Gainesville, the Dalton
Citizen carried, in another column, a
death notice from Mount Pleasant, tell
ing of the demise of Miss Sarah Cook,
one of the heirs to the estate.
The unusual circumstance passed un
noticed until one of the readers yester
day called it to the attention of the pa
per. Miss Sarah Cook was an aged and
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 1.—“Upon a
study of the tables,” said Commissioner
Watson, "and very close observation of
the state factory inspectors, those who
are interested in the welfare of the cot
ton mills of the state will be much
gratified, I judge, with the excellent
showing made this year as compared to
that of last year.
“There has been an increase of $7,-
250,137 in capital stock, and increase of
$1,811,404 in total capital invested,
increase of $5,239,513 in the value
ARMOR PLATE FACTORY
IS URCED BY SECRETARY
Mr, Daniels Declares Govern
ment Could Save Itself
Much Money Annually
(By Associated Press.)
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 1.—Secre
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels,
speaking at the Connecticut state fair
today, urged that the government should
own its armor plate factory.
“We are up against the same thing in
armor* plate as we were with gunpow
der and guns when we started making
them for ourselves,” he said. "Exhorbi-
tant prices were charged for those
goods and now the prices are coming
down gradually. We should have a fac
tory and make at least a part of the ar
mor we neeed. Then we will be able
BLEASE TO MAKE FIRST
‘SENATE’ SPEECH MONDAY
Silent on Candidates Who
Would Succeed Him—Will
Speak at Aiken
American Refugees in
Force at Los Angeles
_ __ . . (By Assooi.ted Press.)
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 1—Amer
ican refugees are in force here today,
having landed yesterday at San Diego.
Sixty persons were brought north from
Guaymas and vicinity by the United
States cruiser Pittsburg.
Among them was T. W. Findley, who
still is suffering from the effects of
wrauas &£■
in Durango.
Findley gave a graphic description of
the raid on the city of Durango by *
band of 6,000 reebls.
"There was a colony of about 160
Americans in Durango at that time.”
said Findley, "and they suffered like
the rest, all their money, watches and
jewelry being taken from them. The
! rebels did not even respect the United
of annual products. The year seems to
have been a very favorable one for the j arm or at a reasonable figure,”
The re’
textile industry of the state. ^. %% ,,
port shows that the mills have added j tl CLTTy 1 HdW
153,516 spindles and 4,813 looms to
their productive power during the
year.
>‘The most gratifying showing, how
ever, is in the improvement of labor
conditions.
In a Fake Extra
That Fools N.
Y
(By Associated Press.)
, . NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Thousands of
Notwithstanding the fact that capi- | New yorkers pourlng from beach tralns
tal, spindles, and looms have been ma
terially increased, the statement shows
that there have been employed this
year only 1,110 more grown men. while
the increase in the number of women
has been only 315. There has been only
an increase of 66 male children between
the ages of 14 and 16 years of age, and
there has been a decrease of 136 female
children between the same ages. Look
ing at the figures for children between
the ages of 12 and 14 we find that there
has been a decrease of 66 boys and the
increase of girls of this age has only
been 28. In other words, there has
been a net decrease notwithstanding the
development of the industry of 108 in
the number of children. At present there
are 8,583 children employed in the tex
tiles, and it is exceedingly gratifying
that 5,003 of these are above the age
of 14. The results of factory inspec
tion and of co-operation on the part of
the managers of this matter of eradicat
ing child labor are manifest.”
Sister Tried Suicide
Because Brother Did
She Dies But He Lives,
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—Mystery
surrounding the death of Miss Jane
Jamison, w;ho, with her brother, George
Jamison, was found unconscious in
their home in Radnor, near here, yes
terday, was cleared up today when
the police got possession of a letter
written by Miss Jamison to a woman
relative in Philadelphia informing her
that her brother had declared his in
tention of committing suicide, that she
had not the courage tp live alone, and
•would, therefore, join him in death.
Miss Jamison was sixty and her
brother was sixty-two. The woman
died soon after removal to a hospital,
but the man is recovering. The Jami
sons had been well-to-do, but recently
had lost some money, and fear of pov
erty was said to hate caused the man
to decide upon suicide.
at Brooklyn bridge during the night
were victims of a fake sensation when
they went down in their pockets for
nickel to buy a “newspaper'
whose front page in black letters three
inches high they read: “Harry Thaw
Shot Trying to Escape.” The papers
sold like wildfire, and those who bought
received an even greater thrill for their
money when they read below the report
that Thaw was “killed” and one or more
men with, him in his dash for liberty
were also “killed o r injured,” qualified
however, by the statement that the
report was unconfirmed.
On close inspection the fake become
apparent, as the issue was “Volume 1,
No. 1” of the “Sunday Telegram,”
“printed in Philadelphia,” where no reg
ularly established paper of that name is
known. The similarity which the name
bore to a New York newspaper led to
protests to the police and confiscation of
about 500 copies which the newsboys
then had unsold. It is estimated that
over 100,000 copies of the fake news
paper had been sold in cities between
Philadelphia and New York and in this
city with a profit of about $2,000 to the
f perpetrators of the enterprise.
The story was wholly unfounded,
Thaw not even having attempted to es-«
cape.
Accepts Rome Call
(Special Dispatch to The Jotlrnal.)
ROME, Ga.. Sept. 1.—Rev. W. L.
Walker, of Charlotte, N. C., has accepted
the call to the pastorate of the First
Baptist church of this city, to succeed
the late Rev. Dr. R. B. Headden. who
HORSES RESIGN TO AUTOS
IN GOTHAM MAIL SERVICE
Substitution of Automobile
Trucks Forces Horse-Drawn
Wagons Out of Business
was pastor for thirty years. Mr. Walker
respected resident of the northern part will assume his new duties on the first
of the county. » Sunday in October.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Seventy-five
horse-drawn mail wagons, the last in the
postal service on Manhattan Island,
were forced out of service this morning
by the subtitution for them under a new
contract of eighty three-ton and twenty
two-ton automobile trucks.
The motorizing of the postoffice de
partment in this city has been under
way for some years. The idea of doing
away with horses altogether received
the hearty support of Postmater General
Burleson, who April last approved con
tracts for transporting the mail by mo
tor trucks in the lower part of the city
where the greater part of New York-’s
mail matter is handled. The motor wag
ons were installed above Forty-second
street four years ago.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 1.—Gover
nor Cole L. Blease will open his cam
paign for the United States senate for! states ^*onsiilat^ VC 'TH« eBPeC f ^ nlte< j
I states consulate. They entered Consul
the seat now held by Senator E. D.; Hum’s residence and forcibly took pos-
c* 4-t. —’ -- ~ '-'session of all arms and ammunition,
although they did not molest his per-
Smith when he goes to Horse Creek
valley near Augusta on September 1,
and makes a labor day address to the
people of that section of Aiken coun
ty. The speech will be made at Lang
ley, which is on the interurban line
between Aiken and Augusta, Ga.. and
right in the heart of the cotton mill
section of Aiken county. It is expected
that several thousand people will be
present to hear the governor.
On the afternoon of labor day Gov
ernor Blease will make an address to
the laboring people of Columbia. He
was asked to speak at the formal ex
ercises in the morning along with May
or Wade Hampton Gibbes and others,
but on account of his previous engage
ments will make his address later in
the afternoon at the state fair grounds
where the exercises will take place.
The governor goes to Orangeburg on
September 2 to speak before the State
Rural carriers’ convention which will
meet for Its annual session in that city
across then. United States Senator E. D. Smith,
Congressman A. F. Lever, of this dis
trict, and Commissioner of Agriculture
sonal belongings.
“Immediately following the raid, a
number of Americans left for Hazat-
lan by way of a nmuntain pass and
have not been heard on The supposition
is that they fell into the hands of the
bandits.”
C. K. Sigells, another American refu
gee, corroborated the story.
LORD HALDANE DELIVERS
TOE
McGill University Confers Hon-
ary Degrees on .-Distin
guished Attorneys
(By Assoolat.il Press.)
_ MONTREAL, Sept. 1.—Premier
E. J. Watson are also on the program <lcn opened the annual meeting of the
Bor-
to address the rural carriers’ convention.
The governor is optimistic over the
prospects of his race for the United
States senate. He is confident of beat
ing Senator Smith, Congressman Lever,
or any others that enter the race. He
believes that his hold on the people
today is stronger than ever before and
is confident of election when he again
faces the people on the stump.
While leading Blease leaders from
American Bar association with an ad
dress of welcome to the most distin
guished body of men ever gathered in
Canada The leading jurists of the
United States are here almost without
exception and besides them are some of
the most prominent members of the
bar in Canada, England , and France.
The session of the bar association
this morning was devoted to the ad
dress of welcome by the Canadian prime
different parts of the state have called > minister, the annual address of the
on Governor Blease at various times in i president of the association delivered
the past few weeks seeking to know j by Frank B. Kellogg, of St. Paul, Minn ,
his choice for governor he is steadfastly j the nomination and election of new
refusing to meddle with the race. He I members and reports of officers.
this The event of the afternoon was the
j delivery of an address by Viscount Hal-
I dane, lord high chancellor of Great
; Britain. The day’s program concluded
1 with the conferring of honorary degree,
by McGill university upon the follow-
tells his friends so and makes
statement in private and public.
More Aviators Wanted
For Service in Army ^ f “ uishcd raembers of the ,ega ’
■ j Viscount Haldane, Chief Justice Ed-
(By Associated Press.) ward Douglas White, of the United
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Scarcity of | States; Prime Minister Robert L. Bor-
army officers volunteering for the avia-! den * °t Canada; Maitre F. LaBori. ba-
. , tonnier l’ordre des avocats a la eour de
tion corps, has called out an appeal from j Paris; William H. Taft, ex-president
Brigadier General George P. Scriven,
chief signal officer. The announcement
yesterday that France was about to re
cruit its aerial squadrons on an unusu
ally extensive scale, may add impetus to
the decision to strengthen the United
States army force in this direction. At
present there are ten vacancies in the
squad, with no recruits in sight.
General Scriven says in his appeal
that while married men are not barred
from this branch of the service, bache
lors not over thirty years of age are pre
ferred. As an added inducement why
youthful bachelor officers should seek
entrance to the air service, the, head of
the signal corps declares;
“The military aviator will receive a
handsome certificate signed by the sec
retary of war and the chief signal offi
cer, and under existing regulations wears
a badge indicating that he is a military
aviator.”
However, aspirants for the ' handsome
certificate" and the "badge” are informed
they must have “excellent eyesight,
good hearing, endurance, quickness of
action and presence of mind.”
of the United States; Charles H. Do
herty, minister of justice and attorney
general of Canada; James H. Choate
ex-ambassador from the United States
to Great Britain; Elihu Root. United
States senator from New York; Frank
Kellogg, president of the association.
“SECRET ROOM” CHARGED
IN LOBBY INVESTIGATION
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The lobby
investigating committee spent some time
on the charges that McDermott had to
do with the use of a "secret room” in
the basement of the capitol by the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers as
a headquarters for spies on congress
men.
Chief Clerk South, the house lock
smith, and others were called. South
testified that at McDermott’s request he
had six keys made to the room. Mc
Dermott denied having received them.
The committee will meet again Tuesday
and continue cross-examination of Mar
tin M. MulhalL