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pohibition Referenda In
Pennsylvania And Illinois%
Are Seen In Coming Races
p‘mnsylvania Demeocrats ‘ |
mstructed to Work for{
Repeal of Dry Law.
flinois Republicans Are
jgainst Prohibition.
HARRISI”'RG, Pa.—(AP)—Dem.
yiic leaders today hailed the
ation of the Democratic state
apmittee X instructing its can
fijates for Inited States senator
al governor at the election mnext
yrember 10 advocate the repeal
,(pmhihition laws, as 2n opportu
ity for pennsylvania voters to go
g record in the prohibition .issue.
Both the Republican nominees,
garetary of Labor James J. Da
#, for senator, and QGifford Pin
dot, for governor, are committed
4 prohibition enforcement.
@ incorporating a “wet” plank
g its platform, the Democratic
qle committee, meeting yester
fay to reorganize for the 1930
ampaign, did so without a dis
m(ing voice.
mhe platform calls for the re
il of the eighteenth amendment,
fie Volstead act and the Arm
gong-Snyder state enforcement
yy, and recommends that con
qess submit a prohibition repeal
aendment “to conventions elect
« by the people of the states, us
provided by Article 5 of the Con.-
ditution.”
COMMITTEE BEATEN
AUSTIN, Texas.— (AP) —The
fexas Supreme Court’s order to
e state democratic executive
gmmittee to place the name of
gnator Thomas B..'Love of Dal
us on the party primary ballots
$a candidate for governor was
mal today. The court overruled
e committee’s motion for a re
jearing yesterday.
The court had previously held
flat the committee exceeded its
awiul authority on February 1 in
pistin when it passed resolutions
lrring as candidates for state
fiices persons who failed to vote
i the «Democratic presidential
gectors in 1928,
IN ILLINOIS
(HICAGO.—(AP)—Cook county.
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Mane Passenger
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Fatally Injured
In Boston Crash
I BOSTON.—(/P)—One_ passenger
ws perhaps fatally iMjured alnl
teven others suffered minor in
jiries and immersion today in a
ti-motored Colorial Air Trans
ot plane which fell into the
waters of the municinal airport.
Falure of the right motor was
givell by one of the passengers, a
Fench aviator. as the ecause of
the accident.
The big plane was taking off
fom the airport on a regular
New York yun and ‘while at
tempting to gain altitude sudder
ly came down in the water off
the flying field.
Surgeons worked over the most
seriously injured rassenger in
il ambulance. Identity of the
assenger was not immediately
made known.
Coast Guard boats were assist
el by privately owned c-aft in
Iseuing the twelve passengers
d two pilots of the plare, a
mmber of whom were removed
fhough a hole in the side of the
“‘bi;]- The plane was badly dam
aged,
br.C. C. Whelchel
Dies at Home at
Comer Thursday
\l”' C. C. Whelchel died at his
me in Comer, Ga., Thursday
Morning after an illness of five
lonths
He was born in Hall county, but
lad practiced medicine in Comer
o thirty_six years.
‘”" IS survived by his wife,
Is. Nellie® Suddeth Whelchel;
our sons, Dyr. G. O, Whelchel, of
ithens: Dr, T. (. Whelchel, of
dlto; H. H. Whelchel, of Moul-
UWie; C. C. Whelchel, Jr., of 8i1%2,
%2, Spain; one daughter, Mrs.
Hubert McWhirter, of Hapeville;
id by six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Priday in Comer.
First Trans-Atlantic Woman
; Flyer Is Reported Married
BOSTON.— (AP) —The Boston
Traveler today says it is reported
that Miss Amelia Earhart, the
It woman to make a trans-At
lntic flight, is to marry or al
*ady has married Samuel Chap-
Man of Marblehead, Mass. ’l‘he}
Traveler says members of the two |
smilies have meither confirmed |
Wr denied the report. - 1
Miss Earhart is now at Marble- |
lead with her mother and a ms-|
%r, Mrs. Muriel- Morrissey, fOl'l
the Summer, staying at a cottage
00t far from that occupied by
Cbapman’s mother. The paper re
DAILY AND SUNDAY—I 3 CENTS A WEEK
Tong Warfare Seen
- As Chinese Gunmen
Cut Down Enemies
NEW YORK.— (AP) —Chinese
guards and hatchet men went into
action in four eastern cities today
and last night, killing two men
and leading police to fear that
widespread Tong warfare might
be impending.
The first trouble came last
night when a ‘group of Chinese
adopting the modern manner of
gangland feuds rode through
Chicago’s Chinatown in an effort
to put Frank Chin “on the spot.”
Chin, a representative of the Chin
Oak Tin Tong, was not touched by
any of the bullets sprayed from
pistols and machine guns.
In Boston seven shots were
fire into the headquarters of the
Hip Sing Tong early today but
again no one was injured.
Ha Gong, a waiter, was Kkilled
in New York by two men who
hid in a doorway near his home
outside the bounds of Chinatown.
Two revolvers were found near
his body. He was a Hip Sing.
Scorning the modern methods
of killing by gunfire, assailants
attacked Eng Sing, a laundryman,
in Newark today, and left him
dead with a hatchet buried in his
skull.
CHICAGO. —(#)— Gang gun.
nerv went Chinese last night. 5
A group of Celestials armed
with pistols and a machine gun,
swept through Chinatown, raking
the territory in the neighbodhood
of Archer Avenue and Twenty-
Second Street. Their purpose,
police learned, was to assassinate
Frank Chin; but in this they
failed.
Chin told police he was a rep
resentative of the Chin Oak Tin
Tong, a hational organization de
voted, he said, to the interests
of the ancient Chin family.
Police questioned him at length
to learn just what the interests
of the ancient Chin family really
are.
This is believed to have been
the first Chicago appearance of
Chinese gunmen performing in
the Chicago gang manner.
TONG WAR SEEN
NEW YORK.—(#)—A Chinese
waiter was shot six times and
killed today ard police saw in the
slaving a possible tong war.
The victim, Ha Gong, 25 years
old, was killed by two men who
had concealed themselves near
the door of his fourth floor fur
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Athens Attorney
Pleads for Roark
Pardon or Parole
ATLANTA, —(/»)— The state
prison commissiolt today took un
der advisement petitions for var
don or parole in the case of
Claude Roark, 32-year-old At
lantian, who is serving a life term
on the Oconee county chain gang
for the murder of Miss Vera
Moore here six years ago.
According to the trial records,
Roark entered the Western Union
offices where the girl was em
ployed and <hot her in the back.
His defense was that he was
mentally deranged at the time
and was suffering from halluci
nations that Miss Moore was try
ing to turn his wife against him.
He received a life sentence, how
ever, by agreement of counsel at
the January term of Fulton su
perio- court in 1925.
Roark was represented today
by W. M. Smith, of Athens, who
submitted to the prison commis
sion a number of letters and af
fidavits, testifying that Roark
has recovered his health and has
been a model prisoner. One peti
tion was signed by 20 women of
Watkinsville, Oconee county seas.
A letter from Roark to Serator
Walter F. George also was refer
red to the commission in a brief
note from the senator without
other comment. Solicitor General
John A. Boykin, of Atlanta, wrote
the prison commission a letter op
posing the petitions for clemency
Roark has a wife an dtwo chil
dren living in Atlanta.
ports Mrs. Chapman as declining
to confirm or deny the report,
saying that she would have an
important announcement to make
soon.
At the time Miss Earhart made
her flight she was reported en
gaged to Chapman but later she
announced that the engagement
had been broken prior to the
flight although the two remained
friends. Some time ago it was
reported she was engaged to
George E. Putman, New York
publisher, but this later was de
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Gove W. J. H'olloway of Oklahoma directed officials to prosecute leaders of a mob who stormed
the. Grady county jail at Chickasha and fatally in jured Henry Argo, a negro accused of attacking a
white woman. The cell where thé negro was shot and stabbed is shown above.
GRAF ZEPPELIN IS AT
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GEVILLE, SPAIN. ON
HOMEWARD JOURNEY
SEVILLE., —(#)— Fresh from
her seventh crossing of the At
lantic, the homeward bourd diri
gible Graf Zeppelin flew over the
City of Seville today ready to dis
embark several passengers and
then to contintue on to Friedrich
shafen, .
The Graf, after fighting un
favorable weather conditiors off
the European, coast, arrived over
Sevilel at 3:&0 B, |y 110:20. 8.
m. E. S. T.) she had been ex.
pected here early this morning
but heavy rains and winds had
forced her to divert from a
straight course from the Azores
and to swing to the north so that
she made her landfall just south
of Lisbon, Portugal.
The Graf flew over the city to
an accomvnlishment of cheers
from the inhabitants who saw her
last on May 20th when she left
for Pernambuco, Brazil and the
United States. The flight from
Lakehurst to Seville took 9
hours ard eight minutes.
After flvine over Seville, the
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Saunders Defense
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Attacks Evidence
Of Charles Ford
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—An at
tack on the four counts in the
bribery indictment against Coun
cilman W. E. Saunders and on
the testimony of Charles M. Ford,
the state's star witness, was made
by the defense today as the trial
of Saunders neared an end.
* The defense, which yesterday
devoted much of its efforts to
wards attempts to impeach the
testimony of Ford, a former
councilman and a former alder
man, turned today to an attack
on other counts in the indict
ment.
Ford, who charged he distribu
ted more than SB,OOO to city offi
cials and others in connection
with the purchase by the city of
a park site, supported the state’s
charge that he paid a SSOO bribe
to Saunders.
Today the defense introduced
testimony that Saunders did not
solicit money for his work on a
fire ordinance, at a conference
with dry cleaners who would be
affected by the law. Count one of
the indictment charges him with
receiving a S2OO bribe from T.
L. Taylor, a dry cleaner, while
the ordinance was being consider
ed by council, - Taylor said the
money was a loan.
Another count in the bill, char
ging Saunders with receiving a
bribe of SIOO from E. B. Respess,
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MAKES APPEAL i
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roy Lord Irwin received a’
deputation of 30 leadirg Pun- |
jub Moslem land owners Wed
nesday afternoon and appeal- "
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the British goverrment .in
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| WASHINGTON.—(AP)— Sen
‘ator Harris, democrat, Georgia,
last night issued the following
statement:
. “While I had hoped to be re
rominated and elected to the sen
ate without opposition [ fully rea-(
lize M- Slaton or any other e]i-[
gible citizen of the state has the |
same right as I have to become
a candidate for this high offiee.
- “I have bheen fully advised for
months that Mr. Slaton and his;
friends were writing thousands of
letters to renresentative citizenx"
of the state requesting expressions
from them as to the sentiment in
reference to Mr. Slaton’s probable
candidacy and that such expres- |
sions were also personally sought. |
In fact a general campaign wasl
systematically conducted along -
this line. |
“Information reaching me wn.\“
to the effect that a large nm‘-‘
certage of the replies to these |
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Trade Commission
Discusses Efforts
To Cotten Seed Men
WASHINGTON,—(AP)—Efforts
of individuals and organizations
to establish cotton seed price re
porting systems were discussed
before the Federal Trade Com
mission today in its investigation
of alleged cotton seed price fix
ing.
Placed in the record, while
Christie Benet, of Columbia, South
Carolina, was on the stand, were
several letters written by S. M.
Harmon, secretary of the Misssip
pi division of the National Cotton
seed Products Association. Benet
is general counsel of the National
Association,
In the letters and a circular
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Flashes Of Life
By
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON. — Women own
half of the wealth of the United
States, They outnumber men as
stockholders of big corporations.
More women than men pay taxes
on incomes exceeding $500,000.
Representative Ruth Hanna Mc-
Cormick so told the world in an
international radio address.
JUST A HABIT .
BATON ROUGE, La.—Governor
Huey P. Long, who in green pa
jamas received the commander of
the German cruiser Meden and
apologized, is to do nothing about
the case of Brigadier General
Frank R. McCoy, U. 8. A, com
manding the Southeast Army
Corps, and staff. Coming to pay
their respects they found him in
his underwear sitting on his bed.
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ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.
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| WASHINGTON, — () — An
lOpinion by Chief Justice Booth of
[thv United States Court of
'Claims favorable to the Hazelhurst
[(,‘il Company of Hazelhurst, Miss.,
‘U'nder which 300 seuthern cotton
oil mills will recover nearly $6,000.
‘OOO on war time contracts with the
Eg(n’ennm-nt has been handed down.
. The decision reverses a Previous
;rulim: of a United States court in
the Hartsville oOil Company Case,
lu Hartsville, Ark.
. The litigation bas governed some
ten yours. The contract in question
dating to the time when President
Hoover, then food ' administrator,
and the war industries hoard stabi
lized the prices ol cotton seed pro
ducts.
l Linters, cotton fibre from cotton
[svml used for high explosives, was
among the products upon which
prices were ‘ixed. under a contract
with the mills the army agreed that
at the end of the war linters on
lhand ' an@ all produced within 30
days would be paid for.
’ At a conference with mill repre
sentatives in December 1918, the
|:u'my gave them one hour in which
to accept the proposal that it would
tuke all linters baled and ready to
isl)i;) if the representatives would
sign an agreement leleasing the
jarmy from obligations under the
previous contract. The representa
‘ti\'vs agreed but later contended
itlul'vs:-‘.
‘ ee R —
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First Superintendent
Of Poison Ivy Named
KANSAS CITY.— (AP) —
Coming in contact with poison
ivy on his favorite playground,
8-year-old Lee Houts hroke
out with a rash and a hrand
new idea almost simultan-
eously .
Down to the city hall he
marched and asked for the job
of eliminating the noxious
plant from parks and public
grounds. As a result of his
conference with the park
board, Lee yesterday became
the city’s first Superintendent
of Poison Ivy.
The appointment was made
formally when Lee insisted
that he wanted the majesty of
the law behind his campaign
against poison ivy rather than
a mere ‘“‘go ahead”’ from Judge
Joseph A. Guthrie, member of
the board.
| COME TO AMERICA
LONDON.—Protests have been
made by the Women's Freedom
League to Prime Minister Mac.
Donald over the insufficiency of
royal honors accorded women.
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SOUND ADVICE
. LAKEWOOD, N. J.—How to im.
prove your golf, by John D. Rocke
feller: Talk less; be deliberate.
He gave the advice to some young
fellows only half a century or so
old after he had come in on the
- winning side of a foursome,
FORWARD STEP
MEXICO ClTY.—Chief of Police
Mijares Palencia has ordered bhis
‘men to shave off forthwith any
‘sideburns they may have. He
- wants no sheiks on the force,
Bishop Cannon Walks Out
On Senate Lobby Probers
After Refusal To Testify
Tremendous Crowd Sees 104
Finish Athens High School
Diplomas DNelivered By
Dr. John D. Mell. San
ford Delivers Literary
Address Last Night.
Before a crowd which jammed
Mell Auditorium to its capacity
and left - many standirg in the
aisles and doors, 104 students at
the Athens High School received
their diplomas and bid -adieu to
their Alma Mater last right.
. The diplomas were awa ded Ly
Dr. John D, Mell. president of the
. Board -of Education. Dr. 8, V.
| Sanford, of the University of
!Georgia. delivered the baccalau
| veate address.
| Three students were awarded
‘355 in gold each for havirg com
pleted their four years at the
| High School under trying diffi
| culties by an unnamed Athens
!woman donor, who has been «giv.
iing sipiliar prizes for the past
| several years at the closing -ex
iev:iscs. The students receiving
the awards were Ralnh Ch-istian,
| Luelle Mitchell, and, Elizabeth
lWinn. i :
‘ The American college no long
er is a place only for the devel
'nnment of intellectual powers.
but it has become a great social
irstitution. Dean Sanford de
clared. Thi‘ty vears ago opvor
’funities were offered to only a
few. and the purnose was almost
solely for intellectual develop
‘ment. The situation is different
Inow. Colleges everywhere offer
cou-ses in most every occupation
trade, or profession, and students
from all walks of life are work
|ing- for degrees, he said.
The many differert kinds of
courses offered, the nature of the
American weople, caused partly
b their environment, and, other
opporturities are reasons for the
great number of American stu
| dents taking college work, the
| speaker declared America saw
|thirty vears avo that her condi
| tions were not the same as Eu
| rope ard therefore her plans for
(college education would have to
{be different. Today there are
imore students enrolled in the
{ American colleges than in any
| other country, figured in propor
| tion to ponulation. In 1900 there
iwere 65,000 enrolled, and in 1925
|there were 778,215, showing the
| tremendous orowth. If the p-es.
ent rata of increase continiues,
(over a million will erroll in Sep
ttember.
“College cannot educate a per
son, it cannot develop one’s brain.
But it can inc-ease the student’s
power t~ uderstanrd himself,
power to concentrate, and the
power of sustained effort. There
are a great many things sta-ted
in this world but very few fir.
ished, And for this reason the
power of suhtained effort is im
portant to the student who wish
es to succeed,
It can also help the studert to
find his place in the scheme of
things and to unde-stand those
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Work of Stampin
ork of Stamping
Out Tuberculosis
in Cattle Started
ATLANTA ——(P)—J. M- Sutton,
state veterinarian, said today that
livestock tuberculad eradication
work had been completed in 26
north * Georgia counties and was
nearing completion in four more.
Mr. Sutton is back from an in
spection trip in Madison, Franklin,
BEanks, Stephens and Hart counties
ang =aid eradication work in those
counties should be completed in
July and August,
This work will be cone in every
county in.the seate. Alter the work
ig completed in each county, only
attle that has been inspected is
allowed to enter the county,
If You Must Fight
Don’t Do It Until
After Your Meals
] SPOKANE, Wash.—(AP)— If
vou must fight with your fam
lily, don’t do it at meal times,
lbecause you can't fight well and
| digest well at the same time.
| Using that as a thesis in a
{ sneech prepared for delivery to
day, Dr. W. W. W, Pritchard, Los
Angeles, told osteo~aths from
Washington, Idaho, and Montana,
that the two kinds of nervous
systems in the human body can
only do ore thing at a time.
“The para-svmpathetic system
attends to the digestion of
‘meals." he said, “while the sym
pathetic system takes cave of the
lbusiness as fighting and quarrel
ing. Only one system can work
PR Bt N RPG T
DAILY AND SUNDAY—I 3 CENTS A WEEK
A B C. PAPER.
LIGHT STUDENTS IN
ATHENG HIGH GET
HOMRS AT CLOSING
Eight students of the Athens
F.igh School graduated with hon
ors last night, having attained an
average of 90 or above in all sub
jects for their entire High 'School
course. Fourteen students, attain
ing an average of 85 or above,
graduated with distinction.
Following is a list of the honor
graduates: Claude Upshaw
Proach, scientific course; Margue
rite Crowley, D. Cartledge Fowler,
Hugh H. Jackson, Jr., «Luelle
Mitchell, Richard Harrison Patat,
Laura isabel Smith, and Roma
Thompson, with the classical
course.
Students receiving distinction
are: Ralph Waldo Anderson, Mary
Nell Bryant, Jeanne McCommon,
Scott Rogers Williams, and M.
Troutman Wilson, with the classi
cal course; Ralph William Chris
tian, William Edward Hines, Jr.,
Hester Ann Smith, with the scien
tific course; Dorothy Hirton, Dor
othy Beatrice Lightfoot, Mary Mc-
Coy Myers, T. Tribble Todd, with
the elective course; Annie Ruby
Nflson,' with the commercial
course; and Ruby Irene Rumsey,
with the home economics course,
Eligible For Honors
The fo'lowing boys and girls are
eligible' for honors: (fourth class,
half-advanced), Sam Crane, Max
Michael, and Billy Steedman;
(third class, half-advanced), Ml?
garet Costa, and Hart Smith;
(third class), Lucy Burkhalter,
Minnie Cutler, Mary Sfark Davi
son, Edith Dearing, Evelyn Epps,
Hutchins Hodgson, Deupree Hun
nicutt, Mary Frances Lord, Lavi
nia Maynard, Sarah Reynolds, Ma
bel Stephens, Mary Will Teat,
Sarah Thurmond, Adelaide Wil
king, and Effie Williamson.
Second class, half-advanced—
Sarawill Gollins, Russell King and
Richard Winston; (second class),
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Tariff Bill Goes
Back to Conference
For 4th Time Today
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
‘tariff bill was returned to confer
ence today for the fourth time
when Vice-President Curtis up
held a Democratic point of order
against its rate provision.
While the decision will delay
the long-pening legislation, Repub
lican leaders expect speedy cor
rection of the rates and return of
the bill for a final vote next
week.
The rates questioned today are
embraced in the original confer
ence report already approved by
the house.
The house will have to reap
point conferees before the two
houses can negotiat.e Democrats
in that branch will attempt to in
struct the conferees on many
rates but house Republican chiefs
will obtain a rule to thwart their
move and save time.
' Vice-President Curtis sustained
points of order against some con
ference rates on cheese.
Louisiana General Slated To =
Be Next Head Of War Veterans
BILOXI, Miss.—(AP)—A day of
intensive business and an evening
of pleasure today confronted the
South’s Civil War veterans as
they arose with the sun’s first
rays from their tent cots in Camp
Sneed and ventured forth eager
and ready for further activities of
their reunion.
The day’s schedule called for
election of officers, and while the
high post of Commander in Chief
of the veterans appeared uncon
tested the filling of the lesser of
fices commanded interest. |
The annual ball, always the
highlight of color in Confederate
reunions of years past, will be{
held tonight. Its prospect livened
the day son the veterans, many of
whom, while they can no longer
trip the reels and waltzes they[
knew as they marched away in
‘6l, will nevertheless attend the
affair and be reminded by it of
the young and geutle ladies with
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WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Bishop
James Cannon, Jr., walked out on
the senate lobby committee today,
and his questioners decided tot
take no legal steps ior the press
ent to bring him back. 305
The committee will not meet
again until next Wednesday, and
meantime it expects peither (o
issue a subpoena nor begin cop,*
tempt proceedings to punish thqg%
Southern Methodist leader for hlc;;g
refusal to testify about his an(hg;é%
Smith campaign activities in 1928.;&{;&%
As he withdrew, unexcused, and
followed by applause, hisses and
layghter, Cannon flung back ati
the committee another challen
of its authority, He had appear
voluntarily, he sgid, had answered *
‘all the questions he ' considered =
_proper, and was through unless
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the senators chose to formally subs
poena him, Cagee
Chairman Caraway, who agreesl
with Cannon that he should not =
be questioned gbout his leaders
ship in the anti-Smith campaighy
will return to Washington Tues= "
day. On the following day the f ‘fi
committee expects to make its ns¢
cision. -
~_After the adjournment Senato g
Walsh of Mm’l‘zana, the acting’ =
chairman, told newspapermen thati
he regarded Cannen as “in plaing
contempt of the state,” gf;t
Walsh said in his opinion, Cans
non's refusal to answer ope
l the way to one possible contempt =
| proceeding, while his withdrawall
| today constituted a second fi“
' for a contempt charge. ke
‘ Although Cannon had appeared
voluntarily, Walsh held that onces
having placed himself under coms
mittee jurisdiction, he could no§ -
withdraw until excused. vk
The Montanan added theres
might be doubt as to the commit
tee’s authority to inquire intof =
lCunnon's political activities, bu ;
there was no doubt the withe =
drawal today amounted to coliy =
tempt, e
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Convict Attends §
Funeral of His %
Brother; Escapes
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, —(&)—
Roy Kitchens, convicted of autos
mobile theft and sentenced to twea
years in the penitentiary, came
here to his brother’s funeral, ags
comuanied by a state officer. He
went ianto the front door of hist
brother’s home ~with the officesg
went out the back door unaccom=
panied, and now the authorities
are looking for him as an escaped
convict. o e
Meanwhile the bride of eighti
days of Burntard Kitchens, tha
man to whose foneral Roy came,
charged local pclice with beiig ™
responsible for her hushand's
death, s
The widow claims Burnard w ;f%‘
not allowed medical treatmenfi
while he was in the city ail. The
doctors said he died of a’ fraes
tured skull. It was reported he 7
injured himself when he fell “*
er fumping from a moving cas
He as arrested on a charge Of
drunkenness. T
| whom they danced last fare %
!dances before they left »mr: ghtf
| the battles of the Confederacy.
| Harmony prevailed in the r: 1
'and file of the warriors as the
entered into session to choof
their leaders for another year. ™
. At a conference yesterday,
- was tentatively agreed that Gel
‘eral , W. Stephens of Coushat:
- La., would be the next Comn 2
*der in Chief succeeding Gene:
'R. A. Sneed of Oklahoma - Cit,
It was likewise tentatively deg
ed that the 1931 reunion would:
held in Montgomery, Ala., and #
one in 1932 in Houston. = (08
| With the mid-stage of their 8
union reached the wearers of the&
Confederacy’'s ~ gray, -many f
whom are near the century mies
stone in age, were bearing |
well under the physical w’
their mental vitality continued:
be manifest in their interest
all proceedings, o 2