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£ weather ■ —Partly cloudy to- 1 F« r probably show on th- coa3t - k 7 SrxIHYEEAR = NO;.IJ±_ Brazilian federals occupy rebel ‘capital’ efense Attorneys Struggling To Save Youths toUPLE HELD UP AND INSULTED|BY SHERIFF WIL 8M FOP KILTS IfffflJISWL Liss Bagget to Be Ifendant in Action to Be Filed | at Douglasville Lficer struck woman Ifficer Says Woman Abused ■Him and Denies He Used Pis | to Cower Couple I ATLANTA, July 28.—E. C. Illen said today that legal ac |cn would be taken against lieriff Bagget, of Douglasville, Lorn he charges struck his wife after stopping their automobile L search the machine for liquor lithout a warrant. No liquor las found in the car. I Sheriff Bagget says that Mrs., Ellen abused him after the [ had been completed and lei. 'What he used a pistol to Iwe i.l couple while the ma liine was being examined. lICDM TELLS OF ■DIGNITIES OFF&RED ■ ATLANTA, July 28. —After hav |g his car halted by Sheriff A. S. Baggett, of Douglas county, on the Itskirts of Douglasville, E. C. Al in, of this city, who returned here Ite Sunday night, stated that the ■ficer had hcdd him up at the lint of a revolver, conducted a. larch for whiskey, humiliated and lapped his wife in the face, and Bat he was himself subjected to pugh treatment. When reached over long dis pnce telephone the Douglasville lieriff is quoted as having admir ed that he had slapped Mrs. Alien, k well as having “to handle Allen Lughly,” but denied that he had bed a revolver at any time during lie search, and insisted that his ttion in slapping Mrs. Allen was [arranted by her language to him Iter he had stopped the automo le” ‘ | Allen stated, according to the lory, that he was undecided as ‘to Beflier he or Mrs. Alien Avould Ike action against Sheriff Bag pt, ' Allen declared that after e sheriff had struck Mrs. Alien bl that J. C. Harding, who accom- Inied the officer, “held Allen, -at |e point of a gun, preventing him I km leaving his car, finally fore-. K him to start the machine.’’ INo liquor was found in the ear. H neither of its occupants were rested. ■ ' »!■ IIWIH jghteen Passengners and Five of Crew Saved Following Ccllision at Sea ' Iul V 28.—One hundred I'l fifty persons were drowned in b wreck of the steamship Tairei F u wnieft collided with the Kam r' a Maru off Cape Notoro, north pt ot Hokkaido, at 10:45 last pht, say.-- a dispatch to Asahi, a Rio paper. The vessel of 1240 F burden* was bound for Otaro, fe'teen passengers and five of F crc 'w were'saved. I WILLS MB ffl BU WLUTEO' pNOXVILE, July 28.—A warn- F against public bathing was is M to da.v by the health depart- I I l , as five new typhoid fever r'J developed, bringing the total L‘o with those already reported. Phe health bureau announces r 60 springs of the city are poi kd and that a large part of the r supply is infected, which caus- Ithrcfj deaths in as |°rded. v ,, q THE fefLpUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE Albert H, Loeb I ■ I JilK w Albert K‘. Loeb, multimillion aire father of Richard Loeb, who will testify before Chief Just ice John R. Caverly in Chicago at a hearing to determine the men tal responsibility of Richard Lodb and Nathan Leopold, who have pleaded guilty to murdering Robert Franks. •* VIGOROUS ffllON E MN ■ Bl STATE DEPT. J CISE Assault On Widow of Murder ed American Provokes ‘Vig orous Action at Capitol PERSONS ARE WARNED Protest Lodged Against Con ditions That Lead to Unpro voked Attack WASHINGTON, July 28. Acting Secretary Crewe, of the State Department, today an nounced in a dispatch "vigorous representations ’ to Minister Kornfeld, Teheren, Persia, would result of an assault of Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, widow of Vice-Consul, who was killed re cently, by a mob at Teheran. SECRETARY CREWE SENDS COMMUNICATION WASHINGTON, July 28.—Act ing Secretary Crowe, of the state department, today announced the dispatch “vigorous representa tions” to Minister Kornfeld, at Te heran, Persia, as the result of an assault on Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, widow of the American vice-consul, who was killed recently by a mob at Teheran. The communication protested against the situation which resulted in an unprovoked attack. KU Kfi MIE IS WINNER IN I® Felix Robertson Nominated for Governor, With Lynch Da vison in Second Place DALLAS, July 28.—Revised fig ures of Saturday’s democratic pri maries put Lynch Davidson, of Houston, as second place over Mrs. Miriam Ferguson in the race for gubernatorial nomination. Judge Felix Robertson, avowed Ku Klux Klan candidate, gets first place. S'eventteen democratic congressmen, eight of whom had opponents, ap parently are renominated. SMALL FIRE LAST NIGHT ON STRIFE ST. A small fire last night damaged two houses belonging to Mrs. E. Pearlman on Strufe street. The damage was placed today at S7OO to SBOO by Fire Chief McArthur. The smallest things on earth may be the parts of an atom, but the ( too ’fenrallest'fftlhgS are electric fans, t-110l WMH BIBS BOTH HfPPIS MO POITOU WILLIAMS IK RFPLY Candidate for Senator Puts Per tinent Questions to Georgia’s Senior Senator CHARGES ARE' DENIED ‘Deliberate and Wilful Mis-state ment’ Charged to Senator Harris By Opponent ATLANTA, July 28.—(Special.) —Replying to the publication of an editorial from the Greensboro, Ga., Journal in the daily papers of the state last Sunday, this editorial hav ing, been given out by the head quarters of Senator William J. Har ris, Thomas W. Hardwick, candi date to succeed Harris, has prepar ed the following: In the papers of Sunday, July 20, a libelous attack on me was pub-. Jished in a guise of an ‘editorial from the Greensboro Herald-Journ al. In the interest of fair play, I shall ask such of the papers as print ed this attack to be fair enough to print my reply: 1. The jharge is made that I air. a ‘republican” because I held office under a republican president and attorney general. This statement is viciously untrue and its authors knew it to.be such when they 1 made it. What are facts? When I left the' governor’s of fice on June 30, 1923, I became and remained for about ten months a member of the advisory council of the JJnited States department of justice, in charge of-war fraud in vestigations. At the time of my ap pointment I was not even acquaint ed with Attorney General Daugherty (Continued on Page Two.) JNO. H. MS WOH'T UICTATE PH.TFDRMS Democratic Nominee Declares He Has No Desire to Inter fere With State’s Affairs DARK HARBOR, Isleb'oro,, Me., July 28.—John W. Davis, democra tic presidential nominee declares that he had no desire to dictate state democratic platforms. His statement was in response to inquiries concerning published re ports that he had been urged to re turn to New York early next week with a view to preventing a threat ened clash with Governor Alfred E. Smith, over the question of the adoption of a strong anti-Klux Klan plank by the New York state con vention in September. ‘I naturally am interested in the state platforms,” Mr. Davis said, ‘but my observation has been that state conventions reserve the right to write their town plats. rms.” Reports that he had been urged to return to New York before the scheduled time of ending his vaca tion next Thursday were character ized by the nominee as “pure ima gination.” “Would you object to Governor Smith as a candidate to succeed himself as governor of New York?” Mr. Davis was asked. ‘I would be Very glad to see him run,” was the reply. The democratic candidate varied in his routine today by abandoning his golf game to watch v. boat race in Penobscot Bay. He spent sev eral hours in his study, completing the first rough draft of his speech accepting the democratic presiden tial nomination and later conferred with Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, who is spending a vacation in Maine. The nominee will attend church services here tomorrow and will have as visitors during the day Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia, and New York publisher, and Wil liam A,, .8 df mp&ratim leader iot ncr* _ AMERICUS. GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1924 Its a\Good Show for Them! n _ | —in ■■iirary'ißM- n» V >k. JOT 1» X • W’ ' nm: •Y m I he noose is dangling before th. r eyes. Yet to see Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., (right) and Richard Lc b sitting there in Chief Just ice John R. Caverly’s court, one would think they were at a vaude vil e show. They gigle at the embarrassment of witnesses, Judge Crisp 7 o Speak for National Ticket Americus Congressman and Senator George Among First to Be Selected by Committee Information was received here today of the selection of Judge Charles R. Crisp, as one of a num ber of able Georgians who will be to take the stump for the na tional ticket in the coming cam paign. The national committee is eng, ged now in the compilation of a list of speakers from whom John W. Davis, the party nominee, and Chairman Shaver, will select campaign speakers at an early date It is understood that among oth ers who have offered their services to the national committee are form er Senator Hoke Smith, who is known as an effective campaigner, and it is believed that he will ne given a number of important as signments during the campaign. Congressman Crisp, who is now at his home in Americus, is garbed as one of the best posted among democrats in congress, es peci Jly on the tariff, which will bp one of big issues of the campaign jn certan sectins. He will be de pended upon, it is stated, to show the oulk of the voters of the coun try hat'their taxation is not direct, but indirect, and that because of this fact the Fordney-McCumber tariff act imposes a cost of $4.- 000,000,000 on those least able to pay. LA FOLLETTE TO HAVE REGIONAL HEADQUART’RS V. ASHINGTON, July 28.—The establishment of six regional cam paign headquarters is planned by the managers of Senator LaFol left ’s campaign for the oresideney whi h, they believe, will enable them to perfect a nation-wide or gan, zation quickly and carry on a drive for votes. LITTLE JOE OUE PIECE- . BE*F\NE EATIHM COR>4 -ON 4HE whose testimony may send them. to the gallows, and laugh even when the state’s gruesome ex hibits—such as the chisel with which they killed Robert Franks, Chicago schoolboy— are paraded before the court. BIG COTTON MILLS TO RESUME ON FULL TIME NASHUA", . Nashua Manufacturing com pany, manufacturing cotton goods, announced today full time schedule will be in effect at Nashua and Jackson mills Sep tember 2. The present sched ule is for four days a week. LABOR TROUBLES CAUSE AMP RIOTS IN CALIF. San Francisco Consul-General Informs Tokio Foreign Office Concerning Agitation KLAN NOTMENTIONED Demonstration Held At Two Big Fruit Packing Plans With Many Shots Fired By Associated Press TOKIO, July 28.—Recent anti-Japanese activities in Cali fornia, reports of which were printed in Japanese newspapers, causing a sensation here, were apparently due to labor troubles, San Franci.sco consul general reports to the foreign office, after a thorough -investigation. The Ku Klux Klan, to which the first report attributed the disorder was not mentioned. Inquiry by the consul general dis closed a demonstration was held at the plants of two fruit packing complies in Hopeland, California, when the shots were fired. INDICT BOYS FOR EXTORTION LETTER CHICAGO, July 28.—True bills have been returned by the Cook county grand jury, charging two 19-year-old boys with attempting ■to extort SB,OOO from Jacob Franks, father of the 14-year-old boy mur dered by Nathan Leopold and Rich ard Loeb. The two boys—Walter Borycka and Ignatius Ciombras—sent a let ter to Franks on June 21, one month after the murder of Rojbert, threatening to kidnap Josephine, Robert’s 16-year-old sister.’ They demanded SB,OOO. Borycka and Ciombras admitted sending the letter because of the publicity given the Franks murder case, believing the elder Franks was so terror stricken by his earlier loss that he would pay. EXPERTS CALLED BY CROWE TO IDENTIFY BOYS' HANDWRITING Second Week of Hearing at Chi cago Featured by Introduc tion of Expert Testimony CONFERENCE IS HELD Defense Attorneys Busy With Details of Battle to Save Boys, May Change Plea By Associated Press CHICAGO, July 28. Be ginning the second week of the trial of Richard Loeb and Na than Leopold, Jr., for the kid naping and slaying of 14-year old Robert Franks, State’s At torney Crowe called handwrit ing experts in furtherance of what he termed "his perfect hanging case.” DEFENSE LAWYERS IN CONFERENCE CHICAGO, July 28.—Attorneys representing Leopold and Loeb held an important conference Sunday at which the decision was reached to launch an aggressive counter at tack against the prosecution in a last and desperate effort to save the two 19-year-old intellectuals, sons of multimillionaires, from hanging for the crime which th?y have ad mitted committing was reached at a conference Sunday presided over by Clarence S. Darrow. This gath ering was attended by Benjamin Bachrach, Darrow’s associate, sever al alienists and other physicians re tained by the defendants. Among those who conferred with Darrow were Dr. William F. Healy, of New York; Dr. Bernard Glueck, of New York, and Dr . William A. White, of Washington. They are among the most eminent specialists in mental and psychical abnormal ities in the United States. One result of the conference, it become known today ii that the defense is seriously . considering withdrawing the guilty pleas of the prisoners and demanding a trial by jury. It also is considering ma neuvering so that an insanity hear ing may be ordered before a com mission of experts. It was the testimony of Detec tive Sergeant James J. Gortland, that Leopold, the day after his con fession had told him the program of his family to save his life would be a guilty plea and “a friendly judge,” that aroused Darrow. Got land’s testimony admittedly created an unexpected dilemma for the de fense and placed Justice Caverly in a somewhat embarrassing position. Darrow was shaken from the lethar gic attitude which he had maintain ed almost from the time s he hearing to determine mitigating circum stances started, and no sooner hud Saturday’s session ended than a se ries of conferences were convened by members of the defense staff. Darrow said that the continued effort of Crowe to convince Justice Caverly that Leopold • and Loeb should hang had both surprised and (Continued on Page 7.) DEPORTED MANICURIST ARRIVES AT HAVANA HAVANA, July 28. Blance Lourdes, former manicurist, wbc was refused permission to land in New York last week when she ar rived on the same steamer with Luis Firpo, from South America, reached here today. She is a Spanish subject, and a native of tl.e Canary Islands. CONDITION OF SENATOR LODGE IS ‘EXCELLENT BOSTON, July 28.—The condi tion of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was declared to be ‘excellent” this morning by the attending surgeon. Senator Lodge, the senior sena tor of Massachusetts, .aged 74, is in a Cambridge hospital recovering from an operation for a serious re currence of a former ailment. Tie has beeh fonder the rare of a physi cian for th# plikt month. New York Futuree Pc. Open High Dow Close Jan. . 28.42 28,70 28.95J28.28 28.35 Mar. . 28.55|28.93,29.00 28.56 28.60 May , 28.75|29.04 29.15'28.58'128.68 Oct. . 29.35j29.50i29.92i29.28|29.40 Dec. 28.45[ ——-28.91 !28.40|28.50 I New York middling spots 30 cents. I PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 PAULO REBELS DESERT CITY: NOW HELD BUEDERRLS State Department Advised of Fall of Stronghold Held son Weeks By Insurrectors SEE END OF REBELLION Civilians Given Opportunity by Federal to Escape Before Final Assault * - By Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 28. Withdrawal of revolutionary forces from Sao Paulo and the occupation of that city by Bra zilian sfovernmen-t forces, was announced today on advices of the State Department. Occupation of Sao Paulo by government troops, it is believ ed in Brazil, means the end of the rebellion. s FEDERALS ATTACKED SETTLED SECTIONS BEUNOS AIRES, July 28.—A1l civilians have been notified by tlm Brazilian government to leave Sao Paulo where federal troops plan to launch a decisive attack and crush the revolutionists, according to au thoritative reports from Rio de Ja neiro, today. The attack js to be launched! against the rebel stronghold through thickly settled sections of the cUy. President Bernardes, of Brazil, is keeping a launch ready day and night, prepared to flee, should the occasion warrant, aecoriiing to re ports brought by steamers from Rio de Janeiro. Official Brazilion government re ports, however, show nothing to in dicate such extreme gravity ai this. They declare the fighting around Sao Paulo is continuing virtually without change. Censorship still prevents accu rate information from the battle zones. Border reports from rebel sources say that disaffection is spreading to government taoops who are restive and do not desire to be dfafted t(> put down the rev olutionaries. MCE ST'' PUT ON TRIAL Jenkins County Man Faces Third Jury for Slaying of Watson Allen Two Years Ago STATESBORO, July 28.—R. H. Chance, charged with the murder of Watson Allen, in Jenkins coun ty, two years ago, is on trial for the third time for his life here to day. The case comes here on a change of venure. Chance has been twice convicted, one of the sentences being for life, while tha other was a mistrial. SOCUUSTWRTY ' DENOUNCES KLUXERS Klan Named in PJatform As Pernicious Champion of Into!' erance and Terrorism NEW YORK, July 28—The de nunication of the Ku Klux Klan was contained in the following plank of the platform of the Socialist party here: “We denounce all attempts at di viding the people along racial and religious lines and as the most cou spicious offenders in this respect, though not the only one we poiift to the Ku Klux Klan and condemn it especially because of its pernici ous campaign of intolerance and terrorism against large sections of the people, and as the handmaiden of reaction, the servant of exploit ing influences and as a grave men ace to the integrity of domestic in stitutions and orderly progress.” The formation of a labor party; in which the socialist will proba bly join was forecast in the follow ing excerpt from the platform which followed the endorsement of the indeeendent nominees: “Confident that this must lead to the early organization of a power ful labor party, the. socialist party pledges its fullest support.”
