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I cOTTON MARKET M,DDL!NG,... LTI 8 opEY. CLOSE.... e siie e IRVBE lvlol‘ 101. No. 151. THE Washington Lowdown ol e Rodney Dutcher M_________——-l Behind the Scenes l SIOO,OOO Fund uNo Conflet” Washington Correspondent I For The Banner-Herald WASHINGTON.—The not pehind- l pe-scenes battle over the make-l up of the new Federal Securiti-es! Jxchange Commission has cen- | ered on a mild, rather shy, spec-! iacled, and very intélligent fellow | hamed Ben Cohen. ( Conen’s {riends and admirers, | vho happen also to be the strong- | <t friends and admirers of strlctl stock exchange regulation, raised’ the issue both ‘on his behalf zmdi i protest against putting a couple ; of Wall Street men on the flve'l nan board. Wall Street, with all its emis- | qaries and friends here, its pipe- | jnes into high places and war | funds, has fought to have Roose velt put at least tweo of its insid ers on the board—and, if possible, o third man who would be “neu tral” or wobbly. Behind the drive for Cohen onel found Prof. Raymond Moley and Chairmen Sam Rayburn and Dun- | can Fletcher of the respective House and Senate committees which framed the stock market pill. Federal Trade Commissioner Jim Landis and Counsel Tom Cor coran of RFC. Rayburn’s entire cominittee en dorsed Cohen in a letter to -Roose velt. (Cohen, Landis, and Cox coran wrote the original bill and helped the committees “steer it b (hrough Congress.) : * - - The latter group wanted Landis, Federal Trade Commissioner George C. Mathews, Ferdinand Pe cora, and Cohen on the commis-; sion, (Cohen is associure wounsel for' PWA, in charge of railroad loans and a protege of Prof. Felix Frank turter. He was born in Muncie, Ind, 40 years ago, was graduated from Chicago University and Ha,r-l vard Law Schoel.dn- record time, and became .secretary to Judge! Jullan Mack of the U. 8. Circuit Court, who handled most big cor~! poration receiverships in Newl York. | Cohen was an attorney for the} Zionists at the Paris peace confer ence, working with Justice Bran-} deis, and helped manage Palestine colonization. He pywmetiCed law inJ Wall Street, handled some big re- | ceiverships, became & director of the Amalgamated Bank—only labor bank still surviving—and drafted and fought for women's minimum wage laws now operating in sev eral states, . . . Moley tipped off his friends here that a §sloo,ooo fund had been raised in Wall Street to finance hand-picked experts who would go to work for the new commission, unless aided. . . . W. ‘Averill Har riman, high NRA official and part ner in Brown Brothers, Harrimax & Co. at 59 Wall Street, was lfnmd busy: backstage., . . . And then there were the Hebrew finan clers from New York who urged Roosevelt not to appoint Cohen lest e thereby stir up resentment against both their race and the ad- Hilhistration among the anti-Semi- | tic element, J . 48 | It seems funny to some people that Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace, who launched the corn-hog reduction program, should be in interested in the Hi-Bred Corn CO..} ;H“Lih advertises in ‘“Wallace's ‘armer” a seed corn which will vield 19.8 per cent more to the acre than ordinary corn, | Walace geveloped the seed by per- Sonal experiment. He has a small f"""."ltb' interest in the company stock and Mrs. Wallace is the larg est stockholder. But the secretary, questioned, in- SlSts there jsn't enough seed in ex istence to plant more than one and one-half per cent of Yowa's corn L‘*lf«frxe and that it takes 10 years ‘\’v‘ l"f"'*d_ it, so that it couldn’'t pos- SiVly affect the general situation LOr years, ..1,3\1,;;“‘ ' mo conflict between ~‘f~i‘atg[l(m efforts for efficiency prodic “ same time controlling ;-f,,‘.”:(ft,"?n' he says. “It is absurd )vz-uduc:”:ezc‘rm work long hours to duce in gh s th'at S -CE, - e ':‘z'ivienm;r €{!‘t houfs. ‘SN Sies for e can and should be car ¢ on at the same time the total nh:ll‘Ut is controlled. r.@;:;:fiy would advocate that torked “stgl?‘kbECk o R e A |lo wealsiite Bae TR R | e wOB o decrease production. o e of beiter seed is In line with ,»A,,»-@:fsgf,()f better machinery and vhich tdi“mmg methods, all of more ] iend to give the farmer ~ © leisure and permits a greater N per hour for his labor.” '-Opyright, 1934, NEA Service Inc.) e sttt - RECREATION PROGRAM _oames B. Williams, Southern “bresentative of the National Rec ‘“ation agsociation with offices in 'icksonville, is expected in Ath :eis: this week to arrange a recrea +ion program for the fit’. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service California’s Strike Area Unsettled VIGILANGE AGAINGT FURTHER REVOLT Fo RESUMED BY NAZIS Party Spokesman States Roehm Revolution Had Wide Ramifications OTHER INDICATIONS Policy of Government Seems Headed Toward Conservatism By A. D. STEFFERUD (Copyright, 1934, By the Associat ed Press.) BERLIN.—(£)—A Nazi Jigil ance agalnst revolt was resumed today with disquieting reports that “something more is brewing"” among friends of ‘“liquidated” Nazi leaders. The Nazi party spokesman said the Roehm revolution had wide ramifications and was well organ ized, and that those delegated by Chancellor Hitier to preserve the regime are taking no chances on Roehm’s sympathizers. i Storm troopers in civilian clothes, under orders not to wear uniforms during a vacation period, were reported to have met today in the Wedding district of Berlin, former stronghold of Communists, and to have shouted ‘“revenge!” Other Indications This and other indications, the spokesman said, have brought re newed vigilance and determina tion to prove once and for all that “the iron fist angd a strong will rules Germany.” Meanwhile the course of govern ment policy was believed to have ‘taken a step toward conservatism ‘with the delegation of new pOwW ers to Kurt Schmitt, minister of ‘economics, who, it was hinted, 'might attempt to quell some as ;pects of the anti-Jewish aetivities of the government in order to better Germany's economic situa tion. ; He is authorized to impose un }llmited fines on persons and insti tutions who refuse to obey his k orders. Complaint Made Schmitt had complaired ' that his work was being hampered by the more radical doctrines of other cabinet members and Nazi lead ers. He has now obtained more or less a free hand in directing Ger many’s economic program. I This development came as lead ers attacked labor, financial and political problems with redoubled efforts and a spirit of “Well, that’s over.” The Nazi press made much of the theme of a party workers meeting at Flensburg that the “gecond revolution,” which broke out a week ago tomorrow, has been completed and ‘‘there is work to be done.” ' The unsettled situation in the | (Continued on Page Flve) SIAMESE TWIN TO “FIGHT IT OUT” Determined to Carry Point Despite Offers of Other States NEW YORK.—(#)—Violet Hilton, the staboard half of the Hliton sis ters, Siameme twins, s going to fight it out with, New York offl - who yesterday refused to is sue a marriage license to her and Maurice Lambert, musician. Turned down both here and in Newark, Miss Hilton at first con sidered the possibility of going to Maryland to get the license. She changed her mind today,.and is going to make an issue of it. Her attorney, Irving Levy, said he would apply in supreme court for a mandamus writ directing the New York ecity clerk to grantg the license, “I won’t permit Violet—and of courve, Daisy (Daisy is the sister) —to go to Maryland,” Levy said. “The city s2t an undesirable prece dent in refusing to issue the license. “We're going to have a show down on the matter. The oniy way to solve it is through the manda mus proceedings.” William C. Chanler, acting cor poration counsel, ruled against the marriage, saying: “The very idea i{s quite immoral and indecent.” In Newark, the applicants were turned down on similar grounds. OFFER NO. 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C.—(#)—Violet and Daisy Hilton, Siamese twins, are welcome to a marriaz> license in North Carolina. ’ i — ‘ OFFER NO. 2 MARION, Ark.—(#—Violet Hil ton, red-headed Siamese twin, and her fiance, Maurice L. Lambert, to [day were invited to come to thi3 Arkansas town to be married, Roosevelt Makes Second Trip Ashore At Puerto Rico By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer ENROUTE WITH PRESI DENT ROOSEVELT ACROSS PUERTO RlCO—(#)—President Roosevelt motored across this American possession in the Caribbean today between lines of natives waving flags after an early morning arrival at the western seaport of Maya guez and rode with' him over the mountainous route to the capital, San Juan, where Roosevelt will spend the night before going to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, tcmorrow. A threatened rainfall some what dampened the ardor of the reception for the president, who rode in an open car and responded to greetings along the way. The route followed the coast to Ponce De Leon and into the hills to Cayey. Lunch was taken at the residence of the governor at Jajome, Alto. The party is due at San Juan for dinner. The cruiser HoustOn was gighted off Mayaguez at 6:30 a. m. with the destroyer escort in its wake. i CHURGH SENTENGED T 0 LIFE IV PRISON Slayer of Earl .Gentry Hears Fate Two Hours After Pleading Guilty JEFFERSON, Wis. — & — & gwift stroke of justice had Carl Church; 86-year-old itinerant paint er, in a Waupun state prison cell today under life sentence for the murder of Earl B. Gentry. “I didn’t think it wrong to kill a rat,” Church sald yesterday as he was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge George Grimm, two hours after he pleaded guilty in justice court, He was started to prison with out delay—within 18 hours of his capture at nearby Fort Atkinson. Church said he killed Gentry be cause the one-time bodyguard of D. C. Stephenson, imprisoned for mer grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, abused Mrs Carrie D. Gill, Jltterson’s “Sunshine Lady,” and because Mrs. Gill had been kind to him while he was giek. i The “Sunshine Lady,” st called because of charitable acts, pleaded innocence to & change of first de gree murder growing out of Gen try's death. Gentry was found shot to death Sunday in his automobile parked near the Gill residence, where he made hi# home. With her brother, Ferdinand Porbest, Mrs. Gil] awalited a pre liminary hearing next Wiednesday. Ferdinand, arraighed on a charge of being an accesgory after the fact of murder, also pleaded inno cence. District Attorney . Harold M. Dakin said the widow’s brother helped the painter dispose of Gen try's body. Stephenson with whom Gentry was tried for thu death of Madge Oberholtzer, an Indianapelis girl, is now serving alife sentence. Gen try was acquitted. i Administration of Bankhead Act Begins In State Thursday Instructions concerning compll-i ance with AAA cotton contracts and the administration .of thel Bankhead act were begun 'Thurs-] day at meetings being held througout the state, to contmue} through July 11, | District agents of the Universi ty of Georgia agricultural exten: sion service are in charge. County 1 farm agents and committgemen are atending. ¢ | Measuring of land devoted to cotton as well a 8 the acreage rent ed to the government wlll start immediately, and in cases where the area in cotton is in eXcess of the amount stipulated in the grow er's contract an adjustment in ace cord with the agreement will be required. . Plans for administration of the Bankhead act are also being laid before the county agents and com mitteemen and applications for al lotments allowed farmers under the measure will be accepted be ginning at a nearly date. Exten sion and county organizations have been perfected. Control measures will, therefore, b= un derway in all counties shortly, Athens, GCa., Friday, July 6, 1934. Over Million Americans Have Openly Approved Of Roosevelt Administration Literary Digest Poll Is Source of Interesting Information SOUTH FAVORABLE Vermont |ls Only State to Disapprove of Policies |, Of President A total of 1,082,752 Americans have signifieq their approval ‘on the whole” of the acts and poli cies of the first year of President Roosevelt's administration, the eighth and final report on the Lit erary Digest poll, showea today. A total of 1,772.163 votes were cast. Of the total, 1,083,762 voted “yes,”” ang 688,411 voted unfavor ably. Forty-seven of the states fav ored the Roosevelt policies, only one, Vermont, showing a total vote against. The vote in Ver mont was 6,451 votes cast; 2,992 for and 3,459 against the Roose velt policles. The ratio of disap proval in Vermont thus is 53.62. The. New Deal’s greatest sup port is from the states in the 70-85 percent group, consisting of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Arkan sas, Virginia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, ‘Tennessee, Utah and Oregon. | Georgia Figures Georgia voted 14,279 for Roose velt’s policies ang 3,044 against. The ratio thus was over 4 to 1. Alabama and Mississippi almost 5 ‘to 1. The other states in the group voted down as low as 2% to 1 in | favor. . Ten states were in the group which recorded less than a 5 per !cent margin of approval. They | were Indiana, lowa, Kansas, South lDakota, Illinois, Nebraska, Colo irado, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In the 55-656 percent “yes’” group are Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, ,“’ashlngton, Wyoming, Michigan, ' Minnesota, Missouri, North Dako ’ta. Ohio, Wisconsin, Connecticut, . (Continued on Page Four) BOTHOF CHEMI3TS REPORT FOR DUTY Situation in State Agricul ture Department Still in Deadlock ATLANTA —(#)—Both Dr. C. Reynolds Clarke. discharged state chemist, and Dr. J. R. Cain, jrj, place, were on the job today with the situation in regard to the chemistry department still appar ently in a deadlock. Commissioney of Agriculture G. C. Adams last week eliminated the anme of Dr. Clarke and six of his assistants from the budget for the third quarter and appointed Dr. Cain in his place. Governor Tal madge, who under the law must approve the budgets of all depart ments refused to approve the eli mination of the chemist, ~ Dr. Clarke today was in his of fire at the chemistry department while Dr, Cain, who was a mem ber of Georgia Tech’'s.l92B national championship football team, occu pied a chair in the agricultural de partment. Mr. Adams has . not Indicated what his future will be beyond a statement several days ago that his original budget recommenda tions stood. Governor Talmadge approved the budget as it had been amended by him and said that so far as he was concerned there was no fur ther action to be taken. Collector of Internal Revenue Answers Suit By University Regents ATLANTA, Ga— () —A suit brought by the Board of Regents of the Unviersity of Georgia Sys tem seeking to restrain collection of $15579 in taxes alleged to be due from admissions to athletic contests, has been answered by W. E. Page, collector of internal revenue, with a declaration that the board is not an interested party. The receipts, Mr. Page set forth, are the ¢ property of the Georgia Tech Athletic association. He also said revised federal stat utes prohibited maintenance of a suit in which the assessment and collection of federal taxes were involved. ~ Penalties for non-payment of taxes has brought the sum due from the Athletic association up to $20,148, Mr. Page said. WORK IS APPROVED : P I o N T RS O S oy /\?:" S 48 Sy Y ) ~i e SR o FTTARIN R P L R (BEE, e TN ey WL } : Ty W W % h ieR s Y T Ve »‘“*‘%w@ G GO . o SGiras) { LN e ol AN T < 0™ T e B Rs 2 % Moot 7 T e e S O R ”/‘t\ e S ?“ /@ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT A 1 Members Vote to Change Meeting Day From Wed nesday to Thursday At a meeting of the Pilot eclub, held 4t the Georgian hotel Thurs day with 25 out of the 28 mem bers present, it was voted to change the date of the meetings from the first and last Wednes days to the first and third ‘Thurs days of each month. Miss Rebecca Fowler gave a report on the recent Lions club meeting at which Pilot elub mem kers, were guests angd delivered the invitation of the men's civic club to join with them in a highway beautification project which the Lions expect to take as one of their objectives for the current vear. The matter was referred to the civic committee. Following the routine business taken up at the meeting, the members were entertained by a group of dancers from the Lucy Lampkin School of the Dance. The first number was a Russian Ma zu-ica, danced in costume by Jead Creekmore and Mary Anne Bras well. This was followed with a Spanish folk dance, danced by Jane Weatherly and Catherine Davis, which was very colorful with the lively tempo and bright (Continuéd on Page Five) Fred Perry Defeats Crawford for World’s Tennis Championship "WIMBLEDON, Eng—(®)—Fred erick John Perry, 25-year-old Eng lish tennis star, today defeated Jack Crawford, of Australia, the defending champion, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 in the men's singles final of the all-England tennis championships to keep the title in England for the first time in 25 years, It was the year Perry was born that A. W. Gore, one of the im mortalg of the ¥nglish courts, won the Wimbléedon championship. Since then the stars of Australia, France and the United States have mono polized the titles. Lester Soefén and George M. Lott, jr, United States Davis cup doubles combination, won their semi-final mateh from the Aus tralian - German combination of Harry Hopman and Daniel Prenn 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 and will meet Jaeques Brugnon and Jean Borotra for the title tomorrow. LOCAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy, probably showers and thunderstormg to night anfi‘Saturday; except fair in southbafsit portion tonight;’ cooler Saturday in north por tion. TEMPERATURE S, . 880 Tt ... . . 8000 B ... L e IR T, s TRO RAINFALL . Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 < Total since JUIY lia.iovncon - 80 Excess since, July 1........ 0.00 Average July rainfall...... 4.96 Total since January 1......30.22 - BExcess since January 1.... 2.98 THREE JUDGE COUAT CONSIDERS PETITION OF PHONE COMPANY Federal Jurists Refuse to Cite Gov. Talmadge into Court Covernor's Testimony Is Not Thought Material To Point at Issue ATLANTA —()— A three judge fedral court which refuged to cite Governor Eugene Talmadge as a witness on the grounds that it did not consider his testimony materi al to the issue, today considered the petition of ten telephone com panies for an injunction to prevent rate reductions set up by the Georgia Public Service commie sion. The telephone companies, all in dependent, are asking, in addition to the injunction, that the commis sion members be cited for con tempt of federal court. The com mission contended that the court did not have jurisdiction because of the Johnson bill which throws utilities controversies into state courts. 5 [Circuit Judge Samuel H. Sib ley said the guestion of ‘jurisdiction will be the first to be decided. Refused Summons Governor Talmadge last week refused to accept a summons to appear as a witness yesterday. At torneys for the telephone compa nies said they had hoped to show through Talmadge that before ap pointing the commissioners, he had pledged them to reduce rates and that they were under duress to the extent the governor would remove them if reductions were not made. ; Judge Sibley se#id “whether or not the governor made the com migsioners pledge themselves to (Continued on Page Five) COMPLIANGE GROUP CTARTS WORK SOON County Members Meet This Afternoon to Make Arrangements Measuring of areas planted in cotton in Clarke county will begin Monday, it was announced by Luke Watson, county agent. The meas urement will be done by the Cot ton Compliance board for the country, and is to act as a check on farmers who have contracts un der the cotton acreage reduction program this year, to see whether they are complying with the con tract. The board is composed of mem bers of the country Cotton Produc tion contract committee: John Pittard, Winterville, chairman; J. W. Morton, Puryear's district, and John M. Fowler, Athens; and R. ¥. Johnson, W. D. Amis, J. R. Tuck, T. W. Morton, Luther Craw ford, Harris Thurmond, Joe P. Nunnally, G. C. Daniel, and N. O McWaters. These men will be as signed various districts to be cove ered. l ‘The group met this afternoon at 12:30 in the county commissioners e office to discuss measuring the [land. ‘County Engineer H. K. !.Nicholson led the discussion explaining the varioug¢ methods ot ‘doing the work. The board and County Agerit Watson attended a distriet- meet ing in Madison yesterday, when T. 1. Asbury, distriet agricultural ex tension agent for Northeast Geor gia, explained the work. U. H. Davenport, Athens, discussed ways of measuring the land at this meeting. City Authorities in Amsterdam Order “No Leniency to Rioters” AMSTERDAM, Holland. —(#)— City authorities ordered today that “no quarter” be given in a two day-old battle against rioting un employed and communists. Thr2e demonstrators have been Kkilled and a score injured. Police were ordered to take the most severe measures toward the demonstrators, who have barri caded themselves up in the Jor dan workers' district. Disturbances continued this af ternoon with increased violence. Authorities considered asking for military reinforcements. Special guards were posted at the gas works and other public utilities and barricmdes were erect ed cutting off the affected area. The rioters are protesting a dole cut. They resisted repeated police charges after rebuilding barricades which were torn down during the night. gl a ! A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—>s¢ Sunday TO AID PROJECT o e e B e R S S .w:fi::c-.»:-:::::;:::::;:,::~:.::i:3:1:-:‘:;:;:;:;':'»,:::::;1;5:3: B S A sL s A N g L RS s R, e s .'4"2‘.7:1:‘:1:-s‘/.%;'(‘ e R e R s = .- B s el e B B e ~.;3;’1;:;:;:;:;:;:-" KA B B B R R B B e B O BB Sor rd B s R A s Ry L e ';"':-:;:;:-.;. B Qe RO S i B e % B B e v R R S S B R B sLy S S e . S . 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McHat ton of Athens, Ga., had been ap pointed manager of the Chancel lorgville Homestead project in Georgia. ‘Dr. McHatton is horticulturist at the University of Georgia. A governmient official said Dr. McHatton was “a fine gentleman and a scholar” and wag thorough ly fitted for the post. As mana ger, Dr. McHatton will work out details for the propect and have charge of operations for 60 days. Dr. McHatton is one of Geor gia’s best known educators, and has been prominent in civic affairs for years. Among the other organ izations in which he has :been prominent is the Reserve Officers association, of which he was state president for a year. He holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the chemical warfare service. The Chancellorsville homestead project is located in- the lower Piedmont section of Georgia and will be built with a $2,500,000 grant of public works money for a co operative back-to-the-farm move ment on 16,000 acres. One hundred families will form the nucleus of the project. Located in Jasper and Putnam counties, the project centers in the establishment of maintenance units of fifty acres for each family of which thirty acres would be arable and the remainder marginal and forest lands. The hundred families thus would take up 5,000 of the 16,000 acres, leaving 11,000 acres to be handed from a community standpoint or as (Continued on Page Two) Two Governers Give Freedom to Convict For Valuable ‘Tips’ TOPEKA, Kans.—{#)—Two gov ernors moved today to reward Francis Sharpe, a Kansas convict, with freedom for informing au thorities of a plot to Kkidnap the daughter of one of the state ex ecutives. . Keeping his word to the prison er, Gov. ‘Alf M. Landon, of Kansas, made known he will parole Sharpe for “tips” last year that fallow prisoners and outside friends planned to kidnap Miss Peggy Ann Lado, 17-year-old daugnter of the Kansas executive. At the same time Gov. W. H. Murray, of Oklahoma, announced that he had acceded to a request of Governor Landon that Sharpe be paroled from a 25-year prison term pending against him in that state, Governoy Landon satd the plot to abduct his daughter was de signed to force him to free “about ten of the worst offenders in the Kansas penitentiary.” The scheme was laid at the door of the des perate Wilbur Underhill gang The governor said we was con vinced Sharpe’s story hastened the death of - Wilbur Underhill and Ford Bradshaw and the capture of several of their henchmen. . Sharpe. is serving a sentence of from 10 to 25 years. H2YE GUARDS CONTINUE 10 PATROL SECTION ALONG WATERFRONT Strikers NUrs@ Wounds Today After. Bloody Battle Thursday.-- BYSTANDERS HURT Two Thousand Soldiers Occupy Battleground = ° . During Night = = SAN ~FRANCISCO. —(#)— Bay onets bristled dlong San Francis co’s blood-stained waterfront to day. { L R RS e Two thousand national guards men patrolled the area where 34 persons were shot down, at least two of them fatally wounded By police gun fir: yesterday. Scores were gassed, beaten and trampled, The soldiers occupied the bat~ tleground, of .the Pacific coast maritime strike during the night. Embattled strikers huddled silent ly around picket fires and nursed wounds. of yesterday's bloody riots. “We are . lot going to retreat from the.. waterfront,” declared Ralph Mallen. of .the International Longshoremen’s Association pub lieity committee. “We avo going ahead and expect to obtain plenty of help: from -all' other unions to ward a - general strike.” ‘- To Protect Life The 'National gaurdsmen were specifically ordered by California’a acting governor, ' Frank F. Mer= riam, to protect life and property and maintain o¥dér along the five and . one-half mile waterfront. They were under orders, issued by Adjutant Genéral Seth E. Howard, to do no shooting “until there is evidence of an attack upon you of upon state property.” ) Howard Sperry, 49, a striking Longshoreman, ang George Coun eourakls, about 45, a member of the cooks and waiters’ union and reported to be connected with the ‘lnternational Labor Defense League, died from bullet wounds. Innocent “Bystander” Mrs. .Josephine Fuentes was struck in . the head by a bullet while riding . through the strike zone in.a. street car. A number of other .. non-combatants were among the injured. From -Rincen Hill, where the whine of bullets gave the first war note, the fighting swept down the waterfront - streets - to the Inerma national’ Longshoremen’s Associa fion headquarters and to Steuart and Markei streets. It was at this sreet jntersection that a bomb ex ploded during ‘a Preparedness Day parade in 1918, killing 10 persons and wounding 40 others. o Acting Governor Merriam's for mal order calling’ out the state troops came while the rioting was (Continued on Page Five) FOR LEGION POST D. Weaver Bridges Select ed President of Corpora tion Lsat Night = D. Weaver Bridges was “elected president of the Allen R. Flem ing, jr, Post No. 20 of the Amer ican Legion, Inc. at the meeting of the post held last night at the Georgian hotel at 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing directors and officers of the corporation. Dr. H. W. Birdsong was elect ed vice-president; V. G. Hawkins, secretary; and Harry Heins, treasurer. Other directors are Mayo C. Buckley, Tony Camara ta, Grace B. Cook, R. H. Drift meir, B. F. Grant, H. B. Higgin botham, Dr. H. B. Hodgson, Harry Heins, Frank BE. Mitchell, James White, jr., Jim Costa, and Thomas J. Echols. : ; The incorporation is a separate entity from the Legion post, and is for the purpose of furthering the park and playground move ment of the Lelion, giving the group the right to enter imto con tracts and do business as a firm. . The board of directors will be called together shortly to adopt and approve the by-laws. ... Commander of the post is B. P, Grant; H. B. Hodgson is Come - mander-elect. o \ T L e NUMBER OF BOMBS TOSSED IN HAVANA " HAVANA.—(#)-—A number _of bombs were tossed In -Havana to day, apparently by radicals in their ‘teens, leading to redoubled police vigilance. : i Authorities had been warned that left wing high school sm%§ planned to place 60 bombs in vari= ous parts of the eity. ;i % Fourteen bombs were distributed last night and early this momfi Six exploded, causing considerable
