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Trans-Oceanic Hops No 1
PIlflT JEF
WHERE FEAR STALKS THE STREETS
(By United Preaa.)
Trans-oceanic flying,
stimulated to its highest i
point by successful Amer-
ican flights across the]
Atlantic and Pacific, ap-l
pears to have been defi-l
nitely checked by both!
public and official disap-'
proval following the trag-|
edies of the' last ; few
weeks.
While hope for the Old Glory,
*10 Ita three paeaengere, and the
* Sir .John Carling, carrying two
persona, was abandoned, officials
newspapers, end even aviators In
several countries advised against
the taking of such air risks.
Following cancellation by tilt)
D. 8. Navy Department of. leave*
Stinted Lieutenant L., W. Curtin
and Ennlgn S. S. Edward*, who
warn to fly wiih Captain licnc
Fonck to Paris, tbo chief of this
proponed Now 5A'k to Paris fllshi j
admitted that Bi might dniicct tftf
Charles A. Levine, who with
Captain Walter lltmlu llffe Inis
been waiting to take-off. from.
England for the United Si
has decided that hit pinna, the
Columbia, will not attempt foe At.
Untie trip unless especially good
weather conditions ‘ trevnll Mon.
Edward S. Schlee and William
8. Brock, piloting the Pride of Do.
troll In a world flglht took off
from Shanghai to Toklo Sunday
morning deoplte the fact that
thtlr plana aro being vigorously
opposed.
PI'ota Phl| Wood anil <'. A.
Schiller, at St. John’, Newfound-
land, randy for a hop In the noyal
Windier piano to England, dell,
nitely abandoned their project.
The Irishman, Mclntoah who
ttanned to fly from Dublin to
either New York or Philadelphia,
Is expected to abandon bis flight
Bat Miss Buth Elder, Lakeland.
Fla., hu arrived In Tampa In the
SUnion-Detroiter p'ana, American
Clrt, and reaffirmed her IntenUon
to fly to Roosevelt Field- and
thence to Europe.
The Weatmfoattr Oatette hack,
lag Captain Frank T. Courtney,
who U at Corunna. Spain, waiting
an opportunity to continue bis
flight to the United States, cabled
him that aa far as hat paper was
concerned, ho need not continue
Wi flight.
The Unlte4 8|ates goyernroent a
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1THIFTH ff
Hrre are some of the actara In Kansas City a mysterious poisoning
drama. At' the left is little Jackie Comstock, who ,waa poisoned by
candy ho found In his wagon; above, at the right. Is Miss Katherine
DUIb, at whose party a box of poisoned candy was mysteriously de-
Itvcrid, and below in Mrs. R. P. Noel, who was poisoned by pears
from n tree In her own back yard.
LOUTS BUSTS
AGAI1ST
Mysterious Poisoner Strikes Terror
To Hearts of Kansas
City Mothers
KANSAS CITY.—A mysterious poisoner, who
roams the city unseen and strikes in uncanny, hidden
fashion at little children, is at large in Kansas. City.
Mothers are having gift candy closely analyzed
before they allow their children to eat it.
Refreshments at parties are in many cases con
fined to articles that are. not unwrapped from the
time they are made up at the confectioners until they
are ready to sejrve.
Even fruit from
frees growing in back yards is
looked upon with suspicion.
SEEK CRAZED WOMaN
All of this la because
one—a woman, it^js. belidvcl,
mentally unbalanced by some
straw hatred of children—haa
Lien golag about, the city
trying to put into exccuUon a
wholesale poisoning scheme.
Eleven persons, most of
them children, thus far hav’c
been made ill by the poisons.
Either because the poison
deseswere too small or be
cause none of the victims ate
enough to meet with serious
effects, there have lieen no ;
More Than 15,000 Folks
Visited University, State
College This Summer
Number Included Stu
dents in Summer School,
Camp Wilkins, and Visi
tors to the Egg Laying
Plant, Short Courses.
More than 16,000 atudenta and
educational visitor* remaining
here from one dav to nine weeks,
registered at the University Of
Ctoigia and the State Collage of
Agriculture during the past sum
mer. That waa an unprecedented
number and from a purely bust-
net* standpoint meant thousand*
of dollar* to the trade* people ol
the city. - . - • - '
TbU number of atudenU and
educational- visitor* were divided
Into four distinct groups and in
cluded the registrant* at the sum-
nwr. school, the attondania at
Capip .Wilkins, the visit* of gronp
M m-A ulaUAha to (ho TCftt*
ALMOST AS HIGH
AS BOOTLEG IS
OVER HERE
LONDON — (UP) — Stored
away In a little-known cellar in
London to $10,0QO f O0O dollar*
worth.of-brandy belonging to
vintage* going back 100. year*.
It i* here a* the re«ulf of one
of the nw-Mt ivuarlcable Iran*-
death*. egpft*
lift fear grips the city.
Most of the poisoning cases
have been confined to the ex-
elusive residential district In
the vicinity of 39th street and
Agnc* avenue. But mother*
all «w the city are taking
precautions.
The. mysterious trouble
started at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Rahner, where
tl.c four * children found a
nicely packed box of candy
lying in tho yard.
They ate part of It. and
akortiy afterward became seri
ously 111. A physician was
called and saved their lives;
then Mrs. Itahner had police
analyze the candy.
In it were found poisoned
grains of wheat, such as drug
DR. IW.
MACON, Ga.—(AP)—Dr. Ru-
fua W. Weaver, for tiino years
president of Mercer University,
announced hero Saturday after
noon that ho had decided to ac
cept tho position of secretary of
the Education Board of the South
ern Baptist Convention. He aaya
he will leave Macon October 1.
tor Birmingham, headquarters of
the board.
I The announcement of Dr, Wea
ver came after several meetings
farmers and'vlaltoto to the Nat
ions! Egg Laying Contest.
9,000, Farmers-
action* or It* king In th* hbto- I of the board of trustees of Mer
ry of the braooy maker* of cer University, to which he pro-
Krone. an4 1* the produ t of the srated hi* resignation, and a
The farmer ‘visitors, remaining* and liaison Lauir.lt have been
when the/ were
agricultural
the stor* wtU grounds, campus and giran sought
oientog within a 'after Information, led th* graujri
• to number*,t otalltog over 9,000.
Work of remodpl’lng the Inter-
w of tho large three story build-
in! at 251 East Clayton street, the
** home cl Sterchi Furnitnre
Company, Inc ,- Is being pushed to
completion, and the st
have Its formal oientng
"toS?Aliens wasMtoeted by the ^rro«ro’n^tor.group. ttat
Sterthl officio', for tho location P
»(th.tr forty-fifth store, a unit In . n fl^.i!M>o,. a'id g'lrls and wo-
tha large chain now being oper. . ^e dtA Joy* and rrlaana wo-
•ted.ll over the South, show, men »t C.mn F^llhtos «re^^
that t&l* clty'a pomlblllttea Jtmer iehwh with rix
•dvantatoe M ^jdely known aad njw WMk , courses, came
»rc genuinely -appreciated by pro. with a tota | , nr0 |lment of
•KKnivt business men. o M2
t. O. Stercht, of Kooxvllle. Toon. j n ' actua | pumbers tho t"g lav*
Pnatdont of tho big f* rn '“™ inr contest was second With *M0
manufacturing and oeBIng eorpor. jul, and August, but
•Uon. to looking over tho Sontb- ma0t> these visitors were count-
era field tor n location for another rwclaUy In tho one dav
Store. WO* attracted to Athena, < armer rtalt* and the Camp Wil-
snd together with several mem. ^j nJ RrwwI .
bent of the organlutlon. loclmllng . j n addition to the*- the opera
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estate ot Cognac.
“Home of It," *aid CUB M*
H tamo bis, who concluded the
deal at Bordeaux for f mr big
I> n-«>n houses, “I# worth f?f« n
bottle.
“It i* a ijftuor which in a
sense I* prlcele**,* lor there Is
no more of it ftv th* world. The
whole of th* estate of Chateau
de Cheaaeneuil, St. Aniunt -de
Grave*, Dr main#, JPt. Sever*.
signntion.
meeting of the Education
I Birmingham this week.
) Since-Dr. Weaver came to MAr*
* ell for the eradication
of rati.. ‘ *
A »ew day* later.Jdiwi Cath
erine Dill* gave a party to th*
girl* of her Sunday school
class. During the prat) a
meftrenatr hoy delivered a t >x
' of candy. Miss Dills, suppos
ing that one of her guest*
i had had the candy delivered,
served it. Five girls hte 6f it
and. became* very sick.
’Gifdrta to find who sent the
candy have failed.
A little later Jacklf Com-
r tock, aged 5, found a package
of candy lying In hia little
nag in in the front yard. He
ate it and became sick.
Then Mrs. K. P. Noel picked
up Home pears which had<
fallen to the ground from. *
pear tree In her back yard.
Shortly after eating, them »he
fell ill and had to call a doc
tor. Examination proved .that
the pear* had been .pplapped.
■ How It waa done, and why, no
one knowa.
Ruth Tulpen aged 6, escap
ed similar trouble only because
her mother warned her not to
eat any candy.* The-little girl
found a box of chocolates in
the yard of hte Tulper hirne
and took it to her mother.-The
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Indiana Chief .
Executive Faces
Bribery Charge
IND1AN.VTOLIS. Ind.— (ff) —
(iov.-nmr Ed Jackson, who'took
office a little more than two yean
ago, Friday waa Indicted by 'the
Marlon county grand Jury op a
charge of attempting 'to bribe
Warren T. McCray, hi* predecee.
Mentioned For Wheeler’s Job
BY JOSEPH ff. WASNEY |
United Press Staff Cor respondent.
WASHINGTO N.—
Assistant Secretary of
Treasury Seymour fx»w-
man Saturday night was
placed under “censorship”
by his superiors.
The “dry czar” has made sever
al statements which officials de
scribed as “indiscrce” so henf^-
forth his speeches and pres*
statements will be vouchsafed and
approved b higher treasury offi
cials before they arc made pub-
IT' r*I. >
One of these men may bo named generaTcoun^l of the Anti-Saloon
Leai'us of Ararrica, succeeding the late M ayno B. W hee er. To tho
loft is A.’J, Barton, head cf tho Baptist Board at Nnshville, Tenn. To
the right it James A. White, superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon
League.
kimth
Another Indictment wa* retuni-
ed against John L. Duvall, mayor
of Indianapolis* It charged viola
tion of the corrui-t prattice* act.
Tho Jackson indictment charged
conspiracy to commit a felony,
and attempt to bribe, and grew
out of the al’eged offer by Jack-
son of $10,000 to McCray If he
would name Jamea E. 'McDonald
aa Marion county prosecutor. The
_ purported;offer came at the time
Board when Jackson was secretary of
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cer, 4,004 students have enrolled
at tlie institution, almost as many
as during the entire history of
the university up to that time,
bince 1918, '<86 degrees have been
more than
bouaht up.
••The FYeneh government tax %
I* ao heavy that thto I* an end
to the vintage*. Those which
have, been acquired aro of lltS.
1S7S. It4t. list, 1827, 1120
and 19! |.
NOT TO END PROBE
INDIANAPOLIS. —(AP)—
Inquiry into charges of poli
tical corruption In Indiana did
net end In return of indict-
menu against Governor Ed
Jackson and others. William
M. Remy, prosecuting attor.
ney, and his aide said Satur
day that many more wltnesaes
n would testify before the
grand jury. The prosecutors
did net reveal, howevpr, what
particular p*vase 'of the
charges would be investigated-
conferred no students, more than
in the previous history of Merc :r.
STATE BANK CHIEF
SAYS DEPRESSION
ATLANTA, Ga.—<'aP)—A. B.
Mobley. Georgia superintendent of
bank., believe* the depression per
iod responsible in Urge degree
for the eerie, of bank failure*
which in the put eighteen month*
have shaken Georgia!* financial
•trueture. I* definitely at an end,
he told the Associated Prees Sat
urday.
“I am not going to say that
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Annual Convention of the.
Georgia League of Women Voters
en-ti will be held this year at
Athena on October 27-28-29 will
>0 one of the most notable sea.
stuns in tho history of tho organ!-
utlon-
The members ol the Athena
t <*-i tho 'oral Chamber of
Commerce nml the people of tho
city have united Ip extending the
.most cordial Invitation to tho
'ft'-te l**e»e and plana .are rap
idly maturing tor til" rut.rtIn-
mont of tho delegates aa well a*
for the comfort, and convenience
of tho organiiatlon.
All ,e-slona wi'l be held at the
Geoiglal Hotel which I. centrally
located and which offer, all need
ed accommodation*.
The increaied number of mom-
hara It terse who have Joined tho
League during tho past year In
sures n representative attendance
of nromlnont T Georgia women nml
many 'oral Lesgues are appoint-
log delegate at the nm «»* 1
m The m-Convontton meeting of
Fie State Hoard will be held'on
the afterKoon of October 28. tho*
making it necefoary for .Board
member, tq.reach Athens
twelve hoars before th« ConT*n.
Hon form*!', open*. 1 "“J;
her* have already knnojne^th*#
IntenUon of niaklng tile, ,
Athens by aatomoblle M 'J®
j*'Tbfprogratn for the Coi
tion la being <yn MJ
'and inclndes an addraaa by Mrt.
Mary O- CowJdr, Director of the
(Turn I" o*f* nve.l
Tobacco Market
For Athens Next
Year, Secretary
Thomas States
Surround Man
Charged With
Double Murder
BURO, Pa. — OTP)—
Wllmot IVWagner, of Rush ord, H-
MIDD1
r YJ'i
iJw
hfsli
T.. souchf'since Thursday In con
nection with the murder of two
state trooper*, wa* surrounded Sat
urday night In a. wood near here.
It was planned *to guard the wood
throughout the night and clo*o In
on' him at sunrise.
Wagner wa* seen t£ dash into
the word Saturday, afternoon and
waa recognized by several women.
They reported to state police and
a- doubt* 'gpard waa thrown about
th*;*#otKu.
Deputy Sheriff M. I». Ray, of Al-
tagaheny county Sew York *ald
Wagner cam* bora In an antomobllo
which hq abandoned when the gaa
gavef our. He then proceed# one
fcqr along the rallrohd tr^ck until
Amiounrctnent was made at tho
Chamber of Commerce here yes.
tcrday'htat a tobacco market will
be established in Athens provided
nn adequate number of fanners in
this section will agree to grow tho
‘ crop.
Tho Chamber of Commerce
statement regarding the tobacco
industry follows:
“At a meeting of a number of
farmora of Clarke and adjoining
countieu which was held In tho
rooms*nf the Chamber of Com
merce on lust ■Tuesday September
Pth. at whic.i time Mr.-W. M.
Fields, tobacco expert and demon-
strator. was in Athens and confer
red with those farmers present
relative to tho growing of tobacco
in Clarke and adjoining counties
Mr. Fields has been tobdcco ex
pert pud demonstrator ln*Og
thorpo for a number of farm*
who experimented In raising to
bacco in t int county. There wa«
about 60,000 pounds of tobacco
raised iu that section and it waa
shown to he of the best quality,
fully equal to that raised In tho
South Ceprghi section. This to
bacco was taken to the south
Georgia market and received an
excellent price. Some of it re
ceived ut high ns 27 centa per
pound for it Tho remainder of
this crop Is to be taken to the
North Carolina markets whidi ore
now opening.
"The Chamber of Commerce,
through a visit of Secretory C. C*
Thomas to Oglethorpe county
some weeks' aeo. has been In com
munication .with tho four largest
cigarette manufacturing comflan.
let Id America and they have
agree to e* tab: I-th a tobacco mar
ket In Athens and P'-nd fteir buy
ers here provide^ tnv farmers will
grow the tobacco .The Chamber
of Commerc has advised that ar
rangements for the use of a ouiu
ablo warehouse haj already been
made and so far as the establish
ment of a tobacco market In Ath-
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GENEVA -(UP)- A quMtlon ol
United State* 1*Itor -a* brouaht
he:ore the Lomue ef Nettona Coun
cil In session her* *8tunfcy when
Honor Euseelo Moralla. rx-ofrslxn
'minister - ct Penems. - ehalt*na*d-
'America’* rtoht to continued eov-
crelenty over th* P*n*ma Canal
Zcne. /
Overshadowlna th* temporarily
the eobpeet of Lwuut dtoarment
which hie been under dUcuerion a
alter, rim. before, the remark., of
he reached the
Addition
Sautrday. night to Middlebury.
wa* e*timat«d that tapproxlmately
115 men surrounded the w< od.
•hert rime before, tne remarg* ox
! Moralla attract—t onnsldtrahl# at-
, tent ton. He aektd th* rtoiraeent*.
live* of th* ferty-nlnr ration* rsp-
iwMnted on the ConacU to ooaskfor
Panama’s claim.for contlnuel sev-
crclentv over the Canal Zone and
outlined those cl ilm* In detail*.
New Ordinance
To Be Enforced
By Police Dept
Chief Beusse wishes that tho
publi’s attention be called to
three ordinances that the P^l©#
department is to enforce in Ath-
lic.
Authorities indicated that Low-
man was virtually “talking him
self out of a job.” While adminis
tration leaders were endeavoring
to keep prohibition out of the
limelight and to carry on enforce
ment work without great publici
ty, Lowman issued a blasting
statement charging the entire fed
eral dry force is honeycombed
v/ith graft and corruption and
that it will take f'ftv vears to
make prohibition effective.
Secretary of Treasurer Mellon
has called Lowman on the grift.
Under-secretary Mills has also
conferred with Lowman on “frog
speech” subject.
Meantime Lowman is tricking
to his guns, contending he haa
stated nothing but the tnitlS
though refusing to elaborate on
the subject.
Political reaction to the Low-
man statement of rampant brit
bery, crokedeness and corrup *
has been tremendous,
of letters and telegrams have 1
received at the Treasury in twen
ty-four hours commenting . on
i/owman's observation*.
Some administration laadere
indicated that Lowman's asser
tions at this time were net view«
<1 as helpful with a preisdentl
lection year in the offing.
It was also hid by some $
tho Assistant Secretary’s
at Buffalo, attacking the
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COLLEGES SHOULD
BROOKING, S. D. —(JP)-
'mpluislH by educational tnstli
In the development of chaj>
urged’ by President CooL*
’ here Hutuidi
the Lincoln j
liio South 0
hail* of learning are
' he declared. "WMdlft
nro to bo approached by our youtir
in un attitude of reverence, -«oaee*
crated by worship of thetruth, they
will ail end'In delusion. . . r
‘Our college* must teach net oik
ly Hclence, but character. Our ineU-
tutlons of learning must be didlea-
ted to a higher purpose. Tho life^f"
our nation must rlae to .higher
realm."
Stopping here on'hi* Journey froth
thl* great agricultural region,
which he has made his residence
for three month* , the prvefclent
fnve another word of piuiee td
rijuth Dakota but he malptslned
hi* Nlience on tho farm relief prob
lem.
TALMADGE HOPES TO
One of these ordinances require
that automobile* bo parked with
in-tho lines indicated on street!
' re parking spaces are indieat-
„ TW» ordinance has keen pass-
ad to conserve parkin* space and
to check the practices of the
“parkin* ho*" that persists in
•-** -’ *niA«( fnr
uitins up two space* for his car.
Another make*, it unlawful to
sweep trash and other waste In
Rutters.
Tho third is against placing
hand bills and other matter in au
tomobiles.' Thl, stuff Is usually
tossed out hy-thc car drivers and
Utters up the streets,
STITE DEFICIT
ATLANTA, Ga— (AT> —Eu
gene Talmadge, commissioner
agriculture, exnects to reduce tho
estimated deficit of the state gov
ernment for the next two yetvi
by about 25 ncr cent through th>
collection of bank payment* from
oil inspectors, he declared Satur*
back follPCtlon* sinew the*
new administration took office in
June, un to September 15, when
the oil inspection business will bw
finally turned over to the i
troller general, will nm ap
mateljr 575.000, the comm
estimated Saturday. _
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