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HAVANA, Cuba. — (UP) — President Coolidge
coiled for the United States at 7:45 a. m. Tuesday announced Tuesday that he was
StHiuR • », . • .1 u a mnuS/inH ®o*» and would not be a candidate
after his two day goodwill visit to the Pan-American fp r the vice-presidential nomioa-
Conference.
Thrilled with the warmth of Latin welcomes here
and happy over Cuba’s glorious reception to them, ,
they arose early to board the battleship Texas for SSEiSir" »?th ™Ne5
the iournev to Kcv West where early Tuesday after- York, if the governor should b«-
noon they board the “friendship special” for the b™ r ° er . tho democrat = danl
American capital.
The iintl official funclion of the
ktolidges wa3 attendance Tuesday
night at tho offical state dinner
in their Jitmor, 'given by tho Cu
ban president, Machado, in the
presidential palace.
The banquet was superb. The
fineit'foods were interspersed with i _
rare wines and liquors. The din- *
ncr started with El President cock
tails, a mixture nr Cuita's famed
Ilacardi rum, Burgundy and Cura
cao and Gin.
President Coolidge, according to
the guests, did not touch any of
"* alcoholic beverages.
Tho dinner was a rcfirmatlon
the friendship displayed in tho
visit to Cuba of the United Stales’
chief executive. There was an in
terchange of nddressej by Presi
dent Coolidge umt Prstdent Ma
chado that reflected this friendship
first shown’When thousands lined
path upon which the Anieti-
nartv entered Havana. :
/ AT SEA !
RD THE MEMPHIS AT
V Radio to United Press.)
ling in triumph from his
goodwill visit to the Pan-
Amcrkan Conference, President
Coolidge sailed from Havana for
Key West aboard the ~ cruiser I
Memphis at 1:45 a. m. Tuesday, j
■President Machado, of Cuba bade
farewell to President Coolidge anti
hi, party aa they boarded the 1
Memphis.
President Machado and Mr*. Ma*.
chado accompanied the American
President and .Mrs. Coolidge to the
dock as the bright, subtropical
atm was shining.
The Memphis cleared tho harbor
at 8:45 on its 99 mile cruise to
Key West, where the President
was to board his special train for
Washington.
The battleship Texas, aboard
Which the President made the trip
to Havana, cleared Havana harbor
an hour behind the Memphis.
“The phases which you have
dedicated to oqr country,” said
President Machado, "even though
sculptured iff marble and bronze,
would be .less deeply engraved
than they arc in the hearts of
Cuban people.”.
Machado was followed by Pres
ident Coolidge, who said:
“I have looked forward with
keen anticipation to this visit t)
Havana, but the warmth, kindli-
nei, and sincerity of the welcome
of the Cuban government and peo
ple have far surpassed anything I
could have expected though the
courtesy nnd hospitality of your
Countrymen are proverbial in the
L
Honor Preacher
As Best Citizen
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Sen
ator George, democrat, Georgia,
WASHINGTON — (UP) — All
of the capi'tolU fire figh+ing appa
ratus and ten companies from Bal-
There have been frequent sug
gestions in political circles here
of late that the Georgia senator
The visit to Cuba has been a
succession of triumphs in warm
hearted friendliness, such as Lnt-
Jns only can display, for the
United* States President,
, “For some- months mention has
- been made of my name as a .os-
_ 'slble nominee for vice president
' by the democratic party,” Senator
j George said in a formal state-
! ment-
I. “I am not nor liavo 1 ever been
a vice-presidential candidate. How-
4 ever, sinco my colleagues in the
1 senate and colleagues in the house
of representatives have seen fit
to suggest me as a candidate fox
the presidential nomination, I feel
that at this time Z tkBtU formally f
nnd publicly state that I am not I
and will not be a candidate for th: J
vice presidential nomination." •
thought to have been incendiary
here Tuesday.
Scores of firemen were over
come by a gas explosion in fight
ing a five and ten cent star®
blaze.
Twenty firemen w«ro taken to
hospitals.
Three of the larger fires were
under control at G:00 A. «M.
Tho Washington police force
was ordered to devote all its cn-
Clarcnce D. Chamberlain, New York -to Germany flier and former
hcltlvr of the world endurance roeor.l fcr sustained flight in an air- u ...
plane, was forced down for the third timo Monday afternoon when icc. erc r e , * a a e
formed on the plane while it was fljfng. Chamberlain missed the[the persori “ho -started the fires,
world rocord Saturday by less than an hour. The first hlarjj aUrted in a five
'and ton cent store on Pennsylvan
ia avenue, between the capitol
and the treasury about 11:00 P.
M. Monday. ' *
<11 III MENU10 111
in ion
FLINT, Mich.—(Ui > )—A frenzied city, defeated in
, . „ >» aeswe for mob action against Adolph Hotelling.
londViUM, fought a^dozen fit**, rhurchdeacon, who confessed he butchered Dorothy
Schneider, 5 years old, still flamed Tuesday with
dangerous indignation against the slayer.
Hotelling was arrested at his home in Owosso,
Michigan, late Monday. At first he denied he killed
the girl but later he made a full confession, police
said. *
Fiend’s Victim
GEORGIA GAME j
PRESERVE NOW j
RECOMMENDED
| ’ • ARREST SUSPECT
WASH I N Of T 0 N.—(UP)
! —Seven fires, charged to a maniac,
i -n - iterrorized the -national capital
ATLANTA, Ga. — (AP)—Crea- 11/001/ BCTCD DDTC from midnight to dawn Tuesday,
lion of a Georgia state game pro- U| I T!■ » Hill 1 All the city’s fire fighters, as-:
' .. ■■ Ullll ni ILII. • IIUUi I s i s ted by nearly 4 a score of com-.
»nnics from Baltimore and nearby
..
nerve, to be created or superim
posed on tho federal preserve of
14,000 •ciwgjvt the Cherokee na
tional forest in Fannin county,
was recommended in the recent
annual report of Peter F. Twitty,
commissioner, to the state board
of game und fish.
.T. P M Jl X" ft Maryland .and Virrinm* t f*we.
ll NjLH *®®d*d in subduing the j blazes nnd
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Con-
gross whirled around in a whirl
pool of activity Tuesday and get
its breath only after the republi
cans had weathered a constant
bombardment from the minority
on taxes and tho tariff.
Tho first democratic defeat
came in the senate finance com
mittee which voted along strictly
party lines to defer action on the
$290,000,000 tax reduction bill,
nurtil /hr the house until after
an alert ,citizen jwho reported
j fire gave information, which re-,
suited in tho arrest of» world war .
j veteran, a former psychopathic!
HAVANA C it b n l UP)— Patient, as a suspected firebug. |
A s!.T.i!sr;prsssrve <vn» .uegost- 1 Buoyetl up by tho groat outburst sgkp^rt. ’■ ral 'iPlyFlsfliMy29.
vu by Mr. Twitty for tho consul of frkndship shown to saa Hg* —
counties of the state, and the crca- Coolidge, both In his visit tv Hav. • Ee, “ arm} hospt.a! he. e, aumiit,-..
tion of a fish hatehery was urged ana and in his address urging co. attending three of the fires, but
state thC ’’ 0rthCrn Vt " X °* th ° ° pCnUi " : ’ Cf ‘ he America
Commenting on the proposed
state reserve in Fannin county,
Mr. Twitty’i report said:
“This preserve, if created, will
sorve as a breeding ground for
game in the mountain sections of
North Georgia, and in course of
time will furnish an abundanca of
aunting and recreation not only
for the natives of that section,
but also for tho thousands of vis
REV. WILSON
TRENTON, N.. J.—A preacher
has just boon honored as the citi
zen of Trenton who performed the
most outstanding service to t(ie
M , arch J.n I tors who visit the mountain coun-
Undeterred, tho democrats who „
seek tax reduction now immoJi- 1 ~ „ .. . .
ateiv prepared to sharpen their ^h° Georgia coast, said the
battle axes for a fight on . the, report concerning tho proposed
fl 00r coastal preserve, is rapidly oc-
The eccond skirmish which was
o^Sr dlsartroaa.to the minpret, ,^£^”££^£1
whli-h Mhip/igftJ^KS h *hJ‘coastal counties arc the natural
ate < rOBnluUnn 1 nsdclnw 1 s dn!n«nril habitat of the white-tailed deer,
reJlsM?. Of the ariff d turkey, fog squirrel, grey
**Senator-Select Frank L. Smith’s I
delegates to the sixth Pan-Amori: "' arr!cd man and drawing disobii-
can Conference Tuesday started *‘F comptnsatlon from tho govern-
tho business sessions. menu
At.-11 o’clock presidents of all
the delegations here will meet at
the University of Havana to draft
committee slates nnd decide the
community during 1927. Ho is ic £t^ was declared^^vawnt in a re- 1 rin K' netk pheasant, given proper
Rev. Gill Robb Wilson, national 22 rare- and attention will thrive iv
Rev. Gill Robb Wilson, national
chaplain of tho American Legion
THREE NEW CURTIS
PLANES TO GO TO
NICARAGUA SOON
renting loading civic roganizations
scloctetl hint no the recipient of n
8500 silver cup.
During tho last three years
Trontcn has made a name for it
self in promoting philanthropic
enterprises. Large sums have been
raised for institutions for Care of
tho sick and the, poor. In this
work, Rev. Wilson took u prom)
rent part.
”Ho gives comfort nnd suste
nance to our poor, ho visits our
sick and buries our dead, with no
thought of racial or religious dif
ferences. .He gives of himself for
Trenton,” the committee of judges
said in making the award. «
Rov. Wilson, who is not yet 40,
served with the . A, E. F. flying
corps during the World War. He
accepted the Trenton pastorate
after the armistice. His work at
stato commander of tha American
I Legion attracted wide notice, and
* * as national chaplain
CURTIS FIELD, N. Y.—(AP)
rijhree Curtis attack pianos
"5*® hava ,been rushed to coin-
5525® tho Curtis faprury here,
he shipped Wedno day to Ni-
carif&ft for by the Marine
^jjj-csthere, officials of the piant
Ewh ship is equipped with; .- x
y*CTa®/guns, and racks fTT 30
.Two machine guns are
®J*ratc4 ,by th? i!ot, firing
tne propeller with anoth-
r "®*T operated by the observer
'“ the rear cockpit.
In addition there is a resole
for speed. Capable of a speed
r* 150 miles an hour, the planes
®sy to used, for diving at the cne-
They can operate os low as
fit* 0 ^ ^ ect ®bove tie ground,
'mng :j,000 machine gun bullet *
dropping 24 small bombs a
Amute. ^ ^
port filed by the Heed commitu-u , c ?= r ® ™ i
nnd a veto on resolutions puttingl this coastal environment.
‘ Mr. Twitty recommeded tho f.-Ii
nnd pastor of the Fourth Presby- the senate on record to this effect
tcrian church of Trenton. W as put off until Wednesday to I hatchery, he said, for the purpose
tho accompaniment of a remark of brooding rainbow trout, bass,
by George Moses, of New Hanp- bream, and other apecies of game
shire: . . nan. it, wouia he weit to eetnh-
■’The chute is nil greased; why! lj 3 h the first sucV hatchery in
delay tho execution.” I tne northern part of tho state, he
Renrescntntive Kent riemoent 'said, because the federal bureau
Pennsylvania, to'.d an e/iction com: l2 e H2 e Ji!jjdte Georein wfwnm
mltteo that James M. Bock, whoso ® ne . in n ’ l<ld , 1 °. Georgia, at Warm
seat is being contested in' the .fWW. aad »
grounds of (ncligiMi.ty, had been ] tohlj.-tnng a large hatchery near
•'groomed as a legatee of Varo.” * a '7''“ ta ' . .
The house received another big | Tho commissioner proposed to
supply bill providing more than.tho -board that he maxo a top,
half a billion dollars for federal -sonto time In th© near future, into
independent offices while its coin-.’North Carolina and other southern
mittco heard more about tho navy, states for the purpose of studying
4L„ V,:„ Uein inli.oilnH ! hutehprii>& an,) n-nthorir"’ infnmft.
tho'Columbia basin irrigation pro- hatcheries and gathering informs-
Ject nnd farm relief. I Don to assist with this type of
In the senate the interstate work in Georgia,
commerce committee’* right to in
quire into public utilities corpora
tion activities was disussed and
tho finance committee asked for
a conference with the Treasury's
dry chief. Assistant Secretary
Low-man, before it acted on tne
nomination.
PAY BACK DATE
, , BALTIMORE, Md. — (AP) -
number of committees necessary n,e c ity of • Baltimore .Monday
to handlo the work of tho confer- night and Tuesday was repaying
onco. a ~ I-ye nr old debt—net a financial
There was iittio indication Tucs- obligation, but the obligation to
day that the official agenda would servo a neighbor in time of need,
bo departed from. Tho agenda ia In 1904 Wnahlnglon firemen for
purely ncn-political and the open- two days fought shoulder to shoul-
ing of tho conference started dor with those of Baltimore ,o coa-
Monday without n reference to qnor tha disastrous firo which
any of the political d'.-putc* now swept Baltimore’s business district,
confronting various of tho Amcri-1 Monday night within a few
can states. (minutes after Washington asked
Neither President Coolidge nor for aid, ten companies of the Bal-
Prosident Machado brought up any timore department, including J5
of those issues, and it teemed un- firemen, aped with wide oo<n
likely the agenda would he altered throttles at e« mlnuti intervals
to include the controversial sub **“ ’’’*
He it 1 i. tilde Dorothy Schncidor
of Mount MotriR, Mich., abducted
on her way home from school and
slain.
Aviators Take-Off
For Try At Air
Endurance Mark
Despite efforts to keep Hotel*
nngl* whereabouts secret, the
United Press learned definitely
Tuesday that th« confessed slayer
was in the state reformatory at
Ionian where he arrived at 1:30 A.
M. Tuesday.
Authorities refused to permit
newspapermen to see him.
Police said Hotelling: confessed
to kidnapping Dorothy last Thurs
day, carrying her to field nerby,
and then hacking her to death.
Police attempted to disperse tho
crowd at the Flint jail with t-:*r
bombs, but the citizens to3scd the
bombs back into the jail as fast
us polic; hurled them.
Finally militiamon dispersed the
gath ring.
Tue ihci that tne mo3 laeicwr a
leader probably averted sertoua
consequences. Ir.div.dual group*
opened liostilitna by hurling^
v) Lmefc-V through the wimiowb of, the
i sheriff's office.
Hoars of “Let’s Go,” and “W»*U
'fict him,” filled the air. Police
I stood firm. Without attempting
retaliation*, they poshed back the
jsuqfinif lines.
But they were hopelessly out
numbered. The mob grew.
Then the police u»<.d tear bombs-
Plato in me pail for such an em
ergency. The raol> retreated, but
for only a minute.
One officer threw a bomb from
which he had not released tho pin.
The bomb fell harmless in tno
crowd, and one quick-witted m*m-
h r picked it up and hurled ft: to
the veranda outside the jail.
A bullet crashed, through the
window, passing over the sheriff’s
de.‘k, but harming nobody.
Plainclothesmen in the crowd,
jects.
on tho forty mile run through the
night to the national capital-
GOSSIP ABOUT
THE SOLVENCY OF
MERCHANT LIBEL
MILLS, FIELD, SAN FRAN-,
CISCO.— (UP) —Captain Charles!
Kingsford-Ntnith und Lieutenant' then arrested a dozen rioters, con-
George Fond took off at 8:11 n. m.isidered ringleaders.
Tuesday in the Kokker tnvnvySiiw! Mayor William McKeiehan com-1
“Spirit of California” on a new municated# with Governor Fred
attempt to break the world’s en-lGre^n at lonl£ trho authorised
durance record.
FRENCH AVIATORS
LEAVE COLON ON
LONG FLIGHT
TO
WASHINGTON.— (UP) -The
s nato finance committee voted
Tuesday to delay further action
on the $200,000,000 tax reduction
bill until nftcr the March 15 Treas
ury receiplsjcan be inspected.
The aetionfrns taken by a strict
party vote, all rcpublicaiu favor
ing the delay and democrats plead
ing for immediate action. (
NAVY COURT OF
INQUIRY VISITS
SINKING SCENE
BOSTON, Mass.— (AP) —The
navy court of inquiry, probing the
S-4 submarine disaster, left Tues
day, for Provincetown for a second
inspection of the scene under con
ditions approximating more close
ly those at the time of the sink
ing than at the time of their visit
last week. ,
Before it left the/court heard
Thomas Eadic, navy diver, who
risked his own life In order to
rescue a fellow diver, William
Michaels, testify that diving condi
tions that day were dangerous
und the only reason he made the
descent wan the existence of an
emerfency-
Cars In Head-On
Collision Tuesday
On Milledge Ave.
Two automobiles had a head-on
smash-up on * Milledge avenue
Tuesday morning. Ono car, that
of Albert E. Davison’s, was,driven
by a negro. Clover Williams. The
other was driven by J. K. Da/is,
thn contractor. No ono>wa» hurt*
but the two cars were almost de
molished.
* horn saves autoist
CAMBRIDGE. O.—Tho horn of
his auto saved R. J. Zahniser from
possible death when tho car skid-
ded off a bridge, rolled down an
embankment and pinned him in
the freezing water beneath tho
wreckage. Zahniser succeeded In
keeping his head above water and
freeing one arm. He found the
horn button and pressed it until
a passing autoist was attracted to
the scene.
ATLANTA — (AP) — Persons
making oral remarks denying a
merchant’s solvency or declaring
him to .be in pecuniary difficulties
lay themselves open to prosecu.
I lion for slander under common law
■■ *■ - ■ (the state court of appeals declared
ivaviacmta ui.am.mn /TTP) I® ® ruUngluuidbdflown this wiek.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua.-(UI) The QQ * n rcver3cd the decision,
—Ono of the leaders of General of JuJ([e E> £ j omcroy in Fulton
Augustino Snndino» rebels has Superior court which dismiss.il cn
been killed in battle by United de ^ urrer tlw p ] a i nt if£'a petititn
States Marines, according to offt- fat damage , i* tho case of Gcr-
cial advices Tuesday. Ishon and Green against Mendel.
Tho leader,. General Blendes, | 37* plaintiff company had
was leading 0 group of Sandino brought suit for $45,000 damages
followers in the Geronimo Range alleging that they had been injur-
ncar San Albina Sunday morning. e d to that extent as a result of a
when & Marine detachment was
encountered.
In a sharp skirmish, General
Mcndes was killed and another
rebel was injured. There were no
Marine casualties.
calling out the 119th field bttiL
lory.
.Meanwhile police sent out-word
that two couaTne of Hotelling tould
go through the Jail and testify
whether tho slayer was there.
The offer was accepted and the
cousins returned and declare^ that
their relative no longer was ia tho
rjail. But the crowd was too an-
——- gry to be appeased and lock
COLON, Panama —(AP)- Dio- j throwing broke out again,
utdonne Co.tcs and Joseph I.clhix I ,252^2 .5 thren5b’t»
French flyers,,hopped oil at <J:j2 *
A. M., Tuesday, from Franco I J 81 *. an “ satisfy^ themseiv^j J®®^
Field, Canal Zone, fur Caracas, their quarry bad booa reared.
Venezuela. As they will follow 11 tor vaults '
tho coast virtually the whoe way The deltg.te. returnod aBd re-
a fight of approximat-.ly 1,000 jported that Hotelling wa. |(gln
miles was ahead of them. |^* e J a U- The spirit of . th riao
The flyers expect la arrive at, was broken.
Caracas at dusk as they will lose I Thereafter the crowd to
one hour from the sun cn rout.-. . (Turn to page fl«.f '
The equipment of th* rebel
croup .was captured, tho official
advices said.
Meanwhile tho United States
Marine force* in Nicaragua ware
being inspected by MajorlGeneral
LeJeuno, comm*nder of the United
States Marine Corps,
Young People In
Charge Of Sunday
Service At M, E.
A largo crowd attended the
Sunday night service nt tho First
Methodist church. Thomas F.
Green, Jr., spoke on “Frohfbitfon.”
Mrs. Nell Upshaw Gannon was an. ^
other interesting speaker. Thejer case. Gershon and Goldstein,
young people had charge of the versus Mendel, the appellate court
servlet* ^ I handed down a similar utciHon.
remark made in Atlantic City, N.
J., by Herman Mendel. Evidence
showed that Mendel in conversa
tion with a third party, said ho
had “seen where” the oor.ccm had
been forced to close by, creditors.
Tho court of appeals in its tie-
is ion, quoted commentator* a* fol
low*: “The law guards most care-
folly the credit of all merchant*
and trader** Any imputation of
their solvency, any suggestion
MITCHELL' FIELD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.—
— P. - . ,—Min (UP)—Brought down twice before by mechanical
Theref^ UB «tfonab)J; trouble and gasoline leaks—once barely short of
without proof• of special damages, equaling the world’s flight endurance record—CUr-
affectlng thMiecurdary /redit'ofa cnce D. Chamberlain and Roger Williams Moiiday
merhant it meed not averred or wcrc forced down On their third attempt to briny
SSLV&ftgSLHSFS l back the honor to America. ■
merchant; for in their nature they Undeterred by the other fail-
strike at tho root of tho mercan- arcs, Chamberlain, trans-Atlantic
tile character." flier, and Williams, commercial
Tho plaintiffs sat out In their pilot, took off at 12:52:22 P._ M.
petition that they are a firm do- The big Bellanca plane at 4:33 F.
ing business in Elberton, Toccca. M. (unofficial tim:) drifted back
Cornelia a ndaLonIavHuuR,ptc,’rH to earth, coated-with ice from "
Cornelia and Lavonvr In anoth- fleet
aped
fi fore Chamberlain landed. This
would have been enough, bavring
accidents to have kept the flier*'
rdift for 00 hours, barring aeoh
dents.
... r As the ice on the fus-Iaga and
ad rainstorm which dev l- j wings added to the Wright ot the
while the craft was in the,already heavy plane, Ckamberhdii
Three hundred gallons of feared to stay in tht air any Iffgti
the 475 were dumped over the fieldJer. - nTn - ^
^ - ~Egr,