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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.
NO. 99.
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Huerta Wil! Eliminate Himself,
Gamboa Told O'Sn'aughnes-
sy, Who Toldiind, Who Told
Bryan, Who Told Wilson
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—Presi
dent Wilson admits that he has had di
rect assurance from Mr. Huerta, of
Mexico, that the latter will not become
a candidate for election as president of
his country.
It is asserted at the White House
that Huerta has agreed to eliminate
himself, yet it is flatly stated that the
information does not come from Huer
ta himself. The assertion is that Min
ister Gamboa told Charge d’ Affairs
O’Shaughnessy, who told John Lind, who
told Secretary Bryan, who told Presi
dent Wilson. Upon this the White
House builds an atmosphere of opti
mism that is cheerful and ^does credit
to the White House nerve if this round
about verbal statement from Gamboa
is the sole foundation for it.
And it is possible it is the sole
foundation. For it is repeatedly al
leged that Huerta himself has given no
direct assurance of any kind. At the
came time the administration professes
itself entirely satisfied with the verbal
Gamboa assurance. On the other hand,
it is suspected by some of those who
have given attention to this matter
that - the administration is not frank,
and that it has information not made
public. This suspicion comes here by
way of New York and apppears to em
anate from financial circles there,
where Mexicvan credit suddenly has
risen several points.
^ Those who entertain this suspicion
are thinking that President W r ilson is
engaged in making his assertion in one
df the John Lind letters to Huerta that
he would* intercede with American fi
nanciers in behalf of Mexico in case
Huerta would agree to the Wilson plans
for peace. This intercession, it is sus
pected, is now going on. And if going
on, direct assurances from Huerta nec
essarily would have to be a part or it
Bankers are not the people to * take
chances on a transaction as big as this
one would be.
As tending to substantiate the theory
that ^he administration is not frank, it
Is pointed but that at no time, even in
the face of the flippant and insoient
jnotes written by Gamboa to John Lind,
has there been admission at •the White^
House that the case was hopeless. Yet
from the documents published here and
In the City of Mexico, if these revealed
the true situation, the case was closed
with Huerta handing President Wilson
a most finished and sarcastic defiance.
The deduction of those thus dissecting
the ihatter is of course, that the presi
dent has been tarrying on two negotia
tions : simultaneously—one for the re
public of Mexico and the United States,
and the other for results.
It is claimed by those who say they
have been conversant with the Wilson
methods at Princeton, that this is ex
actly the line of procedure the presi
dent’s astute mind would advise for a
problem of this kind, and that In the
whole country over no greater artist in
diplomacy of this kind could be found.
William Bayard Hale
Consults With Wilson
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—William
Bayard Hale, who spent the last three
months studying political conditions in
Mexico, laid before President Wilson to
day information he gathered about the
Huerta government and also conferred
with Secretary Bryan.
He declined to discuss his visit with
the administration officials, but it is
Understood gave them an intimate de
scription of the negotiations conducted
by John Lind and the officials of the
provisional president up to a week ago
today when he left Mexico City. So far
a? is known Mr. Hale’s connection with
those negotiations was unofficial and in
formal.
Dispatches from Mexico City saying
prominent Mexicans believed Huerta
Would resign in favor of Geronimo
Trovino, and thus make himself an eligi
ble candidate for the presidency, lacked
confirmation here, but the news was not
surprising to administration officials.
While they are still hoping for a definite
assurance that Huerta will not be a
candidate, they realize that a plan to
Install him in the presidency has been
underway for some time.
No indication has been given as to
the administration’s future policy should
Mr. Lind*S efforts to obtain a definite as
surance of Huerta’s elimination prove
fruitless, but developments of either an
affirmative or negative character are ex
pected soon which will affect the United
States government’s policy materially.
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Accused of "Slavery, 1 ' He Ad
mits Part In Trip, but Says
it Was Not for the Purposes
Alleged
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 4.—
F. Drew Caminetti took the stand today
to try to convince the jury that he had
not contributed to “white slavery’’ as
the government charges, in taking Lola
Norris, in company with Maury I.
Diggs and Marsha Warrington, from
Sacramento to Reno. He freely admitted
his part in the interstate escapade that
has resulted in the conviction of Diggs,
but he reiterated again and again that
the trip was not made for the purposes
charged.
“I had to get out of Sacramento”,
he said, as Diggs had said, and his at
torneys tried in every possible way to
impress this upon the jury. The only
purpose that Caminetti nad in mind, he
said, was to escape the public scandal
all four participants believed was emi
nent if they remained.
What he did, according to the defense,
was “accidental and incidental” not
“wilful.”
Attorney Marshall Woodworth, in
outlining the defense yesterday, was
summarily checked when he declared
an effort would be made to show that
Caminetti had not transgressed the sec
tion of the Mann act having to do with
contributing to commercialized vice.
. “You must not criticize the law.”
warned the court, and Woodworth was
foced to abandon that tack.
Caminetti was expected to conclude
his testimony before noon and the de
fense to rest soon afterward. The sum
ming up probably will be brief, as it
was in the Diggs trial, and the case
likely will be in the jury's hands by
tomorrow night.
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STARTLES IIIIILLEN, GA.
Scene of Godbee Slaying in
TOrmoil When Rufus Bryant
Kills Divorcee and Self
Selling Is 13 Cents a Pound,
and Prospects Are Great for
Georgia’s Crop
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Sept. 4.—The Sa
vannah cotton exchange is one of the
principal points of interest in Savan
nah these September days. The price
of cotton—the price of real cotton, not
futures—is going up at such a rate as
to make everybody sit up and take no
tice.
It smarted off today at 13 cents a
potmd, with the tone very firm, and it
is confidently expected that the high
price of September, 1910, when it went
to 14 3-8, will be eclipsed. The stock
jn the west is short, while Georgia is ex
pected to make a big crop. This is all
going to be good for the Georgia plan
ter. It looks like a return to the pros
perous day of three years ago.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MILLKN.~-Ga. ( —-Sapt. -double
tragedy equally as sensational as the
Godbee slaying occurred near here last
night, when Rufus Bryant, a former
court bailiff, murdered Miss Isabell New
ton, a pretty divorcee, formerly Mrs.
Ira Clarke, and turning the revolver up
on himself sent a bullet into his brain
and a second one through the heart. The
tragedy occurred at 9:30 o’clock last
night, but Millen knew nothing of it un
til this morning, when L. H. Bradham, a
farmer, reported the gruesome affair to
Sheriff Johnson. The town was thrown
into a state of excitement that was not
equalled by the Godbee slaying. Per
sons left their places of business to con
gregate around the sheriff’s office for the
details and a large number went with
the coroner to the scene, where an in
quest was conducted.. There is less
known motive than in the Godbee case.
Three small children of Miss Newton
heard Bryant ask her for a glass of
water to take some medicine.
“You will find one in the kitchen,” she
is said to have replied. According to
her eldest daughter, Winnie, Bryant
went to the kitchen and returning a mo
ment later, fired upon Miss Newton
without saying a word the children
could hear.
He shot three times. All of the balls
took effect and two of them would have
produced instant death. Then running
wildly from the house, he fired two
shots. His body was found a .few feet
from the front steps.
Bradham, a farmer who lived near,
heard the shots, and rushed to the
scene. He found the two dead bodies
and the children frantic with grief and
fright. On account of the lateness of
the hour, he took the children to his
home and notified the coroner by tele
phone. The coroner did not make any
public announcement until this morn
ing-
Three small children survive Miss
Newton—Winnie, aged twelve; Kather
ine, aged eight, and Ben, aged five. They
are being cared for at the homes of
neighbors. Since Miss Newton obtained
her divorce Bryant had been staying in
the house as a protection to the de
fenseless woman and her little children.
He was regarded as of excellent charac
ter and nothing had ever been said of
Miss Newton’s character that was not
the most complimentary.
In 1899 she married Ira Clarke, a
young farmer, and for several years
they fared very well at the farm. In
1909 Clarke deserted, her. She waited
until the next year, when she filed a
divorce on statutory grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment. She was
awarded the custody of the children and
her maiden name. Since that time she
had conducted the farm.
Clarke was last heard from at Albany,
Ore. At one time he was said to be
in Savannah, but friends stated em
phatically he went direct to the Pacific
coast and had never returned east. An
effort is being made to locate him to
advise him of the tragedy.
CONVICTS TAKE OATH TO
PUNISH ERRING MATES
(By Associated Press.)
JOLIET, 111., Sept. 4.—Forty-five con
victs picked for the open-air road work
ing gang in Lee county, took a solemn
oath, unknown to officials of the Illinois
state prison, to deal summarily with any
man who violates the trust imposed on
them. The whispered ceremony was
overheard by one of the convicts in the
cell house.
“I would hate to be the man who
breaks that pledge given to the other
boys,” he said, “for he will be terribly
punished before he is trned back to the
authorities.”
According to the pledge, any convict
making his escape will be hunted down
by his fellows and delivered over to
the authorities.
SAY MS BEING
Board Meets to Deport Him if
He Grossed Border "by
Stealth" or Ever Lived in
Asylum for Insane
COATICOOK. Quebec, Sept. 4.—For
two hours today Harry K. Thaw, fugi
tive from Matteawan, faced a special
board of inquiry seeking to deport him
from the dominion under the immigra
tion act, and pressed the point that he
entered Canada as a tourist and as
such was not amenable to deportation.
The board agreed to “consider' his con
tention and at noon adjourned until 2
o'clock.
Thaw was sworn and took the stand
shortly after 10 o’clock. He was fol
lowed by II. Johnston, a farmer who
drove him over the border and there j
deserted him, and by Ben Cadiux, at !
whose inn at Bar ford he stopped late j
at night.
The questioning up to adjournment at'
noon all bore on the clause involving j
“entering Canada by stealth.” The point I
of insanity was not touched upon.
Expecting a quick decision and a dash
to the Vermont border with Thaw. Wil
liam Travers Jerome paced up and down
the station platform below the immigra
tion detention robm with his car ready,
to start, on instant’s notice. Rumors
flew about that Thaw’s lawyers were
planning a coup by^applying for another
writ of prohibition, but they were im
possible of confirmation here. Idlers
swarmed about the building but only
now and then could they get a glimpse
of Thaw through the windows.
Council for New York state an-!
nounced this afternoon that Judge
Hutchinson at Sherbrooke had refused:
to grant Laflamme, of Thaw’s counsel, j
a writ of prohibition.
The board convened again shortly
after 2 o’clock. Up to 2:30 no word
bad come as to th edecision on Thaw’s
claim that he was a “tourist.”
The scene of the secret hearing was a
tiny office just off the immigration de
tention room, where Thaw 'spent the
night under guard. E. Blake Robert
son, assistant superintendent of immi
gration, was the presiding officer. Drs.
Gurd and Beauchamp were on hand to
examine the prisoner and Dr. Raymond
Kieb superintendent of the Matteawan
asylum, was held in readiness to testify
as to Thaw's confinement there as the
insane slayer of Stanford White.
Thaw’s lawyers, somewhat demoral
ized after yesterday’s rapid develop
ments, spent the night, exhausted as
they were, in conference. All gave it as
their opinion that an attempt was be
ing made to “railroad” their client
across? the line. In the unexplained ab
sence of J. N. Greenshields, of Montreal,
recognized as chief counsel. N. K. La
flamme, of Montreal, assumed leader
ship of Thaw’s forces.
Thaw was indignant this morning
when he learned that reports of his
breaking down under the strain had
been circulated. Although no reporters
were allowed to se$ him, he sent this
word by a guard, adding that he had
received early today a message from
his mother saying she was on her way
here in response to his appeal.
William Travers Jerome, whose coup
pried Thaw out of the Sherbrooke jail
where he threatened to remain until
the king’s bench passed in October, said
he would not come to. the hearing today
unless it was necessary. He has with
him the almost unmentionable Thaw
trial exhibits, together with transcripts
of Thaw’s erratic testimony at the ha
beas corpus proceedings in New York
state. If called upon, he was ready to
submit these as evidence that Thaw is
not a sane man, or if sane, not a man
who should be allowed to enter the Do
minion.
the be;st steam roller of them all
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SECRET WRECK PROBE
BY CORONER BEGINS
Public Inquiry by Interstate
Commerce Commission
Starts Friday
NEW HAVEN. Conp., Sept. 4.—Formal
inquest into the wreck of the Bar Har
bor express, which cost the lives of
twenty-one passengers, began behind
closed doors today in the office of Cor
oner Mix. The facts adduced will be
turned over to the state’s attorney.
That premature publication of these
facts might prejudice the state’s case
and the interests of justice was the
reason given by the coroner for the se
crecy of the hearing.
H. W. Belnap, chief inspector of the
interstate commerce commission, which
will start a public inquiry here tomoA
row, was present at the inquest.
A. B. Miller, engineer of the White
Mountain express, which crashed into
the Bar Harbor train. and Flagman
Charles H. Murray, of the doomed ex
press, star witnesses, were the first
called. Both have been locked up since
Tuesday night without bail, chiefly be
cause the coroner wished to make cer
tain that neither talked about the case
for publication until after testifying.
The condition of five of the injured,
who were last night hovering between
death and life, was described by the
hospital surgeons this morning as crit
ical.
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Purs
O'
OEATH PI
FORMS ANOTHER MYSTERY
’OPE REFUSES TO REST
AS PHYSICIANS ADVISE
Found Dead in a Hoboken
Boarding House-Accident,
Murder or Suicide?
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—A mystery at
taches to the death of Carl Schoete, 43
years old, supposed to be a Hamburg
banker, on his way to the Pacific coast,
who was found dead from poison in a
Hoboken boarding house last night. It
may have been a case of accident, mur
der or suicide. The Hoboken police
have locked up a comely young woman
of 24, giivng her name as Adele
Schimmel, who came from Germany
with the man reently, and who had
been with him at the boarding
house. What she has been able
to tell about Schoete indicates
that e had lost or had been rob
bed of a a letter of credit for $32,000
and according to. her story, he had
talked of suicide.
Schoete bore the stamp of wealth and
refinement. At a Hoboken hotel at
which he had stopped just after his ar
rival he had eaten unusually expensive
meals and ordered the best vintages
money could buy. His companion, who
said she first met him on the steam
ship coming from Germany, told the po
lice that Schoete was planning a trip
to California on banking business and
that he had pleaded with her to go with
him. In one of Schoete's trunks four
kinds of deadly poison were found.
An autopsy will be performed.
His Holiness Again III—Indis
position Thought to Be
Only Slight
(By Associated Pres«.)
ROME. Sept. 4.—Pope Pius X again
is suffering an indisposition, recalling
the serious illness through which the
aged pontiff passed last spring. At the
Vatican it is said that his present trou
ble is slight, due to a cold, but it has
brought on hoarseness, headache and
slightly rising temperature, and the
Vatican physicians have suggested, a
complete rest.
His holiness, however, insisted upon
keeping engagements he had made for
today.
The general condition of the pope is
good, according to the doctor’s today.
They think that although he is troubled
by an occasional cough and some ca
tarrh he will be able easily to over
come the affection and will be assisted
in this by the favorable climatic condi
tions now prevailing.
ANOTHER EFFORT MADE
TO FREE JAILED
Army Aviator I?
Killed in Practice
NEW TURKISH WARSHIP
ONE OF WORLD’S BIGGEST
Displaces 23,000 Tons; Car
ries Ten 13,5-Inch Guns;
Has Speed of 21 Knots
BARROW-IN-FURNESS, England,
Sept. 4.—One of the most formidable
battleships in the worlcf, the Reshad-I-
Hamis, was launched here yesterday as
the first unit in the rejuvenated Turkish
navy. She displaces over 23,000 tons and
possesses an armament of ten 13.5-inch
guns, thus exceeding in gunpower any
vessel in commission in the British
navy. Her contraact calls for a speed
of 21 knots and her turbine engines de
velop 31,000 horsepower.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Sept. 4.—First
Lieutenant Moss L. Love, signal corps,
U. S. A., was instantly killed today
when his aeroplane plunged 300 feet
to the ground at the army aviation
school near here.
Shortly before the accident he began
to descend from an altitude of approxi
mately 2,000 feet. When 300 feet from
the ground, watchers say they saw a
puff of smoke on the machine and it
dropped like a shot.
Lieutenant Love Was
Native of Virginia
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Lieutenant
Moss L. Love was a native of Virginia,
was born in 1879, and appointed to the
United States military academy at
large from Virginia. After graduation
from West Point he was assigned to
the cavalry, serving in that branch of
the service until detailed to the signal
corps in 1911, after a course in the
graduate army signal school.
Eleven Have Met Death
In Work of Government
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Eleven avia
tors have been killed in army and navy
service since experiments were started
With heavier than air machines in 1908
—ten in the army and one in the navy.
In aviation the world over, 333 per
sons have been killed since 1908, 112 in
1913.
EX-KING OF PORTUGAL
WEDS HOHENZOLLERN
Manuel Is Married to Princess
Augustine Victoria by
Cardinal Netto
(By Associated Press.)
SIGMARINGEN, Germany, Sept. 4.—
Manuel, former king of Portugal, was
married here today to Princess Augus
tine Victoria, daughter of Prince Wil
liam of Hohenzollern.
Cardinal Netto, former archbishop pa
triarch of Lisbon, conducted the relig
ious ceremony. Count August Zu Eulen-
burg, grand marshal of the Prussian
court, presided over the civil function.
Observation of the religious rites be
gan immediately before noon in the Ro
man Catholic church near the palace.
The road along which the bridal pair
passed from the palace to the church
was spanned with flower-covered arch
es. On both sides of the street were
lines of soldiers and school children.
The little capital of the principality
of Hohenzollern had made every effort
to render itself attractive, although it
was understood that the marriage ws%s
to be celebrated in as quiet a manner
as possible owing to the political situa
tion.
COTTON IN ROME IS
BRINGING 13 CENTS NOW
ROME. Ga.. Sept. 4.—The new crop
of cotton continues to pour into Rome
by wagon from all parts of the county,
and indications are that the crop will
almost equal the record-breaker of 1911.
The local market is 13 cents, and every
one is highly pleased at the prospect
for a good crop and good business*
“AMERICAN BEEF CHEAPER
IN EUROPE THAN HERE”
(By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Represen
tative Kinkead, of New Jersey, by way
of proving bis assertion that American
beef is sold cheaper in Europe than in
this country, read a letter to the house
today from a Binghamton minister, say
ing that in England recently he bought
both American and Argentine beef at
prices almost 50 per cent lower than
the prevailing American prices.
MOTHER AND SON SLAIN,
HUSBAND IS SOUGHT
(By Associated Press.)
FREMONT. Neb., Sept. 4.—After the
murdered bodies of Mrs. Rasmus Peter
sen and her two-year-old son were found
in their home this morning, authorities
began a search for the husband. The
Petersens separated several weeks ago.
Four Governors Have Failed to
Set Day for Her Execu
tion for Murder
(By Associated Press.)
READING. Pa., Sept. 4.—Another ef
fort is to be made to free Mrs. Kate
Edwards, who has been in the Berks
county jail for twelve years, under sen
tence of death for the murder of her
husband, John Edwards. Four gover
nors have failed to set a day for her
execution. She was sentenced to death
in 1901, during the term of Governor
Stone, who left the case for his suc
cessor to dispose of. Governor Penny-
packer left the fixing of a date to Gov
ernor Stuart, and the latter passed it
up to Governor Tener, who has made
no move.
The trial has been through all the
state courts and has several times come
before the board of pardons without suc
cess and now aother attempt Is to be
made to free her. Lawyers have drawn
up a petition^ which will be presented
to the board of pardons at its next meet
ing on September 17.
Mrs. Edwards was convicted of first
degree murder along with a negro. The
negro worked in a nearby stone quarry
with her husband. Five days after Ed
wards was found beaten to death, both
Mrs. Edwards and the negro were ar
rested. After her conviction Mrs. Ed
wards confessed and exonerated her al
leged accomplice and he was later by
special act of the legislature given a
new trial and acquitted.
Would Limit Smokes of
Those Who Make Cigars
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Regula
tions to govern the grant of “free
smokes” to employes of cigar factories
were issued today by Secretary McAdoo.
The cigars, which are to be exempted
from taxation under the laws passed
last February must not exceed twenty-
one a week for each individual, and
furthermore, must be smoked by the
employe to whom they are issued.
ARM STRIPPED OF FLESH
IN WHIRLING MACHINERY
Superintendent of Oil Company
Narrowly Escapes Death in
Mill Accident
DUBLIN. Ga., Sept. 4.—W. R. Arnold,
superintendent of the Empire Cotton
Oil company, of this city, had his right
arm horribly mangled in a gin upon
which he was working yesterday.
The arm was amputated later, as it
was found the bone in the joint of the
elbow was crushed and broken so badly
that it could not be saved. The flesh
was stripped from the wrist to the el
bow'.
Mr. Arnold was making some repairs
on the gin whil eit was running. The
sleeve of his overall jumper was caught
in th ©machine, pulling him arm into
it. He had great difficulty in keeping
his entire body from being drawn in.
Mr. Arnold is resting well and it is
hoped that he will soon recover from
the shock of th ©accident and operation.
THOMAS A. EDISON HAS
RECOVERED FROM COLD
LOWELL, Mass.. Sept. 4.—Seemingly
in his usual health, Thomas A Edison
proceeded today by automobile to Lake
Sunapee, N. H. Mr. Edison said he had
recovered from the effects of a severe
cold.
Senator Weeks Offers Resolu
tion Directing Banking Com
mittee to yVithhold Action
Until December Session
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—A resolution
to direct the senate banking committee
to withhold final action on the adminis
tration currency bill until the December r-
session of congress was introduced by
Senator Weeks, of Masachusetts, Re-
Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, Re-
Suggestions by Senators Reed, Owen
and other Democrats on the committee
that they would like to discuss the res
olution resutled in Senator Weeks agree
ing that it should go over until tomor
row without action. He said he would
then endeavor to force the senate td
decide whether it wants to proceed now
on currency revision or allow the bank
ing committee to conduct hearings until
December.
“There is no emergency at the present
time that has not existed in an equal
degree for the past two years which
would necessitate banking and currency
legislation.” he said.
Festus J. Wade, of the Mercantile
Trust company of St. Louis, one of the
representatives of the Chicago confer
ence of bankers, told the senate banking
committee today that the administra
tion currency bill would put the whole
burden of organization on the “commer
cial banks of the country.”
“The national banks are simply the
commercial banks moving the merchan
dise and the commerce of the nation.’’
he said. “This bill. In its principles
ignores the great banking strength that
has really developed the country—-the
state banks and trust companies that
have financed building, land develop
ment, farming and internal improve
ments. Inducements necessary to draw
in the state and national banks have ap
parently been lost sight of.”
Wade declared the issue of currency
and the handling of the bank reserves
should be divided and not joined as
now in the bill.
“It would be a fatal economic mistake
for the government to issue the cur
rency of the nation,” he said, “because
it would put the government In debt
just that much more than is neces
sary.”
He declared the bankers appeared not
as bankers, but as public-spirited citi
zens in urging the change.
Wade said a central bank v^th
branches in the large cities would be the
nucleus of an ideal federal banking sys
tem; the power of note issues should
be left to banks, under government con
trol, the banks to have representatioli
on the federal board of control. These
notes should be obligations of the banks
and not of the government, said Mr.
Wade; they should be redeemable in
gold with a 50 per cent gold reserve.
The federal reserve board should have
the power to increase or diminish this
percentage of reserve in time of flan-
cial distress. The law would then pro
vide that national and State banks and
trust companies could do business un
der the system provided jthey became,
members o ffhe central bank. Mr.
Wade’s plan provided for the retirement
of the present government bond-secured
national bank currency and the refund
ing of the bonds. '
Mr. Wade said he did not expect the
central national bank plan to be adopt
ed, however, and he favored building up
as perfect a system as possible on a
small number of regional reserve banks,
preferably five.
Mr. Wade thought national banks
should be permitted to own or loah upon
real estate, up to a certain definite
limit.
SULZER’S TRIAL IS
BUT TWO WEEKS OFF
Investigating Committee Fin
ishes Probe and Turns Ev
idence Over to Managers
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—The legislative
committee investigating Governor Sulzer
expected to finish its work today so far
as public inquiry was concerned. The
Sulzer impeachment trial is now but
two weeks off and the committee will
turn over its evidence and its task to
the board of impeachment managers of
the state assembly.
The impeachment managers have
opened headquarters in an office build
ing at 39 Wall street. Today their law
yers were at work on plans for the
prosecution. The legal staff already in-
clueds Alton B. Parker, Edgar T.
Brackett, Eugene Lamb Richards' and
others.
TWO GERMAN AVIATORS
CRUSHED UNDER MACHINE
Both Were Officers of Army's
Flying Corps-Were Test
ing Aeroplane
(By Associated Press.)
BRIEG. Germany, Sept. 4.—Two more
officers of the German army’s flying
corps were killed in an aeroplane acci
dent here today. Lieutenant Von Ecken-
brecker and Lieutenant Prinz, both
young men, were testing a new aero
plane over the military aerodrome when
the left wing collapsed. The aviators
were crushed to death.
LIFERS CAPTURED AFTER
ESCAPE IN EARLY AUGUST
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 4.—Floyd'
Brown aLnd Ddn Bell, negroes serving
time for murder, who escaped from the
state penitentiary August 9, were re
captured in Birmingham and returned
to prison yesterday. Brown was sen
tenced to life imprisonment by a Bir
mingham court and Bell was convicted
in Mobile and given fifteen years.