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WEATHER I For Georgia—Generally fair to night and Friday. FORTY-SIXTH Yf AR—NO. 200 FATE OF LEOPOLD AND LOEB WITH CAVERLY International! Jewel Robbery‘(Ring Uncovered POLICE ARREST lU INI) ilffl FOB BIG MON GEM THEFT Believed By New York Authori ties To Be Ring-Leaders In Criminal Organization GOT MILLIONFROM VICTIM Expected That Arrests Will Clear Up Mystery Surround ing Many Robberies NEW YORK, August 28.—The . two men and a Woman arrested here early this mornin-; for the robbery of th e diamond shop of Alexander Feldenheimer on last Friday of SIOO,OOO of diamonds, have confessed to the robbery af ter several hours’ grilling, police authorities announce. Mrs. Dorothy Burns, burlesque actress and wife of James J. Burns, one of the men held, and Harry Chance are the names of the prisoners held. Burns and Chance are both, just twenty years of age. NEW YORK, August 28—In the arrest early this morning of two men and a woman charged with the rob bery of a million dollars in uncut diamonds from Alexander Felden Heimer, police and private detec tives representing Lloyds of London believe that have taken the first step, in the disorganization of a clever band of gem thieves and the clear ing up of robberies involving mil lions. fumWoo M Householders There Warned To Conserve Diminishing Supply of City PHENIX cTtY, ’ August 28— Phenix City will be without drinking water unless rain falls within the next three days. The -city has already issued warn ing against lawn sprinkling. DAWSON SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN SEPT. BTH DAWSON, August 28. —Classes for the fall term of the Dawson public school will begin Monday morning, September Bth, according to W. E. Monts, superintendent, and a very successful year is anticipat ed. A special program will be ar ranged for the opening date to which the friends and patrons of the school are invited. The faculty for the coming year , has been completed and will be on hand to begin their duties on sahe dule time. The teachers are: Super intendent, W. E. Monts; principal, mathematics and science, 0. 0. Tol leson, of Sylvester; science, history and athletics, J. W. Morgan, cf Richland; Latin and history, Mis! lu-ois Williams, of Macon; Enghsl and French, Miss Helen Brannon of Pavo; home econpmics, Mis' Jewel Butler, of Camilla; music, Mrs. A. J. Paschal, of Dawson; sev enth grade, Miss Sarah English, of Dawson; sixth grade, Miss Rora Maffet, of Montezuma; fifth grade. Miss Idalu Crittenden, of Shellman; fourtn grade, Miss Zadie Cowart, of Summit; third grade, Miss Alma Harrell, of Quitman; second grade, Miss Dollie Highsmith, of Dawson; first grade, Miss Mildred Bohanon, of Lithonia. [ little JOF. BIRD DoeshY get the - SLEEP* | A- ) & r i THE TIMESf(RECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE JKjSwfe~HEART OF oo 0000000 o 0000000 o o DEMOCRATS R ALLYffORCES TO FIGHT KLAN INSPECTORS SEEKING; WIFE OF FAHY. HELD ftS MASTER CRIMINAL Deputy United States Marshal Roberts Questioned Con cerning Robbery BIG SHAKE UP IS COMING Clarahan Declines To State Ex tent of Fahy’s Participation In Roundout Hold-Up CHICAGO, August 28.—While postoffice inspectors sought the wife of Wiinam F. Fahy, postoffice inspector arrested and charged with conspiracy in connection with the $2,000,000 Rounaout, Ilk, mail rob bery, Deputy United States Marshal Roberts was questioned. ri'eld as the “brains” of the $2,- 000,000 Roundout mail robbery, has confessed to complicity in the crime, Chief Postal Inspector C. H. Clara han, of New York, stated Wednes day. “Fahy insists he had no bad in tent in becoming mixed up in the job,” Mr. Clarahan said. He refused to go into details of the degree or character of Fahy’s participation in! the crime. A shake-up that will rock the Post I Office Department in the Middle' West was in the making Wednes-’ day on the heels of the arrest of Fahy. Through further pursuit of in- wMeh. led to- Fahy’S ar rest, postal officials hope to connect a jseries of big postal robberies over a period of several years—at Toledo, Pullman, Ill.; Omaha and the Dear born and Union Stations here with the Roundout raid. Fahy was held in def ant of SSO,- '■ 000 bond. PBOLBBEKEPT OPEN EBB KIDDIES Rotary Committee Will Appeal To Council To Aid By Fur nishing Free Water A committee to be appointed b.' President Walter Rylander, from the membership committee of the Rotary club, will request the mayor and city council to provide water io the playground for the nevt two weeks, or until the heat spel) is broken, so that the pool may be kept open for the benefit of the children and adults after Saturday. J. T. Warren, president of the I Swimming Pool association stated I today that the pool could not be kept open longer than Saturday night because of the expense. “We are loosing money now, not taking in enough to meet running! .expenses. The loss the last two' weeks will be something like SISQ.” said Mr. Warren. “We can not run; into debt and therefore we are compelled to close.” After bis statement to th<f' club, several members expressed tho belief that the city might furnish the water free until after this heat spell, if they were requested. Mr. Warren and Mr. Harrell stated' that if the city would furnish the' water, the pool would be continued by them that the swimming pool: association would meet the other’ expenses. Several visitors were present at* the luncheon yesterday, among' them Miss Gertude Smith, who talked to the club regarding the' many duties that rest on the shoul-, ders of a congressman. She gave the club a most interesting mental picture of many of the congressmen as she saw them from day to day. Luncheon next week is to be served at the Country club, when the Rotarians will have as their guest District Governor Bill Lanier, of West Point. This will be the governor’s first official visit to Am ericus. NEIGHBORS BID CAL GOODBYE PLYMOUTH, Vt., August 28— Friends and neighbors have been calling in large numbers throughout the day to say goodbye to the presi dent, who leaves for Washington to night. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1924 k. - - _ . Brings'Cheer.to’Coolilge' Protege 'S# WL ■' V ; I \ A< W X Jf ;/1 /' .>• fTTn 1-- ” ■1 f A ® rr - » Ull M |te ** 11 I «IJL| i I \ ■■ / \ y \ / ■ ■' ‘ i I l y- Evelyn Nesbit, former wife of at Atlantic City Sophie, 12, . . has spent <*ll her life in bed. She Harry K. Thaw, is shown here tav<rt . lte of Mrs. Coolidge chatting with little Sophie Rokus and the two correspond. C. BE 8.01 BE CTORS HEAP WHITE TALK 8« GEORGIA KBM Atlanta Present Proposition Informal Meeting of Busi ness Men Wednesday LOTT ACTS AS CHAIRMAN Representative of Atlanta Trust Company Also Here In In terest of Project . At an informal meeting of a group of officials of the Americus Chamber of Commerce Wednesday afternoon, held in the Chamber headquarters in the court house, a proposal that Sumter county oe placed on the membership roll of the Georgia Association was pre sented by R. E. White, up Atlanta newspaper man, and Charles Tem ple, a director of the Association and connected with the Land Sales Department of the Atlanta Trust Company, and was given expressed approval. Since those present at the meet ing did not constitute a quorum of the board of directors of the Chem ber of Commerce, no official action was taken; but after the matter had been presented and explained in de tail by Messrs. White and Temple, each man present gave the proposal his endorsement individually as a citizen and business man of Ameri cus, but not as an official if the Chamber. After the purposes of the meet ing had been stated by Secretary H. P. Everett, James Lott was chos en chairman of the meeting. Others present were C. L. Clark, G. C. Webb, C. A. Ames and W. Fred Smith, directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. White, for several years chief editorial writer on the s’aff of the Atlanta Constitution now staff cor respondent for the Atlanta Sunday American and field representative of the Georgia Association, explain ed that among the immediate bene fits S'umter county would derive from joining the Association would be a full-page “write-up” in an early edition of the newspaper he represents. Each of the 30-odd member counties of the organiza tion has. received that service, and, (Continued on Page Five) JUDGE YEOMANS IS AGAIN A CANDIDATE DAWSON, August 28— Judge M. J. 'Yeomans has announced bis candidacy for re-election. He was appointed to succeed the late Judge Wm. G. Worrill, and per haps no judge who has occupied the bench of the Pataula circuit has made a record that has met with more general‘approval. He has ac quitted himself in such manner that not only is he unonposed, but there has been no suggestion of op position. Judge Yeomans will be voted for in the primary of September IQth. ICE ANQC EXPERIENCES VIOLENT EARTH TREMOR L' INDOIf, August 28.-—A violent earth trenwr of ten seconds’ dura tion was ®t in Iceland Tuesday evening, afcordtng to o. dispatch froi Copeimagen. 'imwii' PfflTS HOP-OFF OF FLYERHO LABRADOR Storm is Sweeping Auanuv sea board, Striking Northern Harbors Today RESUME FLIGHT ON FRIDAY Favorable Weather Indicated With Hop-Off Expected Certain Tomorrow U. S'. RICHMOND, At Ice Tickle Labrador, August 28—The fringe of violent storm sweeping the At lantic, struck Labrador coast neces sitating the further postponement of jthe world flight. W’ith clearer weather indicated, however, the avi ator may make the hop tomorrow. gohWeSs OEFEIKE ffl MS Vice Presidential Candidate Re fers Again To ‘Militaristic’ Plans of Department L.hTCOLN, Neb,, Aug. 28. Despite President Coolidge’s interpretation jo plans for the observance of “de fense day as a purely voluntary prop ositiqn," Governor Bryan, demo cratic vice-presidential candidate, de dared today that the war depart jnent is proceeding with its “mili taristic program” for the day. COLQUITT ESCAPES REMAIN AT LARGE MOULTRIE, August 28— Posey Abernathy, slayer of Will Jackson at i country dance near Moultrie thr e years ago, who with three oth r white prisoners escaped from the Ellenton camp of the Colquitt county chaingang Monday were still at large last night. The four pris on* s were followed several pules by track dogs but the trail was lost men had a good start. It was not made clear just hoi* the quartette managed to get away, and intimated at the office of the board of county commissioners thi't a rigid investigation would be made. Ab rnathy was convicted of volun tary manslaughter and was given a 10- dir sentence. The three man, wh< escaped with him were long term men also. COOLIDGE UP EARLY TO GLIMPSE BOYHOOD SCENES PLYMOUTH, Vt., August 28— President Coolidge was up early to day taking a last glimpse of his boy hood haunts before preparing for his return to Washington tonight. FRENCHCABiNETWILL CUT EXPENSES DEEP TO BALANCE BUDGET Governmental Expenses To Rec.eive ‘General Overhoul ing’ As Result START TASK ON SEPT 8 Herriot and Clementel Assigned Duty of Pruning Unneces sary Expenses Down PARIS, August 28.—The French cabinet today decided upon a radical overhauling of governmental expen ses with the view toward balancing a budget. It was agreed that Pre mier Herriot and Finance Minister Clementel should begin September 8 the task of eliminating all un necessary expenses from the budget OUTLOOK GLOOMY IN BERLIN. PARIS, August 28.—The outlook for German ratification of the Dawes plan agreement has become worse, according to a dispatch from Berlin. FlMfflG 9K BILLS IS POSTP 81E 0 BERLIN, August 28.—Final bal loting in the Reichstag on bills neces sary to carry out Germany’s part of the Dawes reparation program has been postponed until tomorrow be cause of prolonged interruptions from communists. KLESffIFUSIL TOOHIHTim Was Prominent Citizen and Re lated to McCleskey and Shef field Families of Americus ATLANTA, August 28.—Funer al services for Major Lucius La mar McCleskey, prominent Atlanta railroad official, who died Tues day night at the residence, 302 Myr tle street, were held at 4 o’clock this afternoon from St. Luke’s Epis copal church, with C. W. Wilcox, the rector, officiating. Interment was in West View, with 11. M. Pat terson & Son in charge. Maj. McCleskey, who was 78 years old, was born in Monroe, Ga., but had resided in Atlanta for many years. He was a civil war veteran and fought in the battle of Atlanta. Before the war he was educated at Athens and at the Geor gia Military Academy, and following the close of hostilities he attended the University of Georgfia for two years, being a charter member of the Georgia Beta chapter pf Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was one of the most promin ent railroad officials of the south, and when ill health forced his re tirement several months ago, was assistant general freight agent of the Southern railroad, having serv ed in that capacity kince 1911. He had been connected with the South ern since 1881, and had been in railroad service since 1874. Deceased was an uncle of Lucius McCleskey, who with Mrs. McCles key, attended th e funeral; Jeff Mc- Cleskey, Mrs. John Sheffield, and Robert and Willis Hawkins, of Americus. He also had other rela tives residing in this section. GERMAN FIRM COLLECTS ALL CLAIMS BY LOTTERY PYLSNITE, Germany, Aug. 28. Creditors of a local firm have been advised that every Saturday night all bills which are due will be put into a revolving wheel, and the ones which come out . first must be paid. Olffi WINNING VOTES Bl FM STAND UPON M M ISSUE Democrats Rally To Standard Os Presidential Nominee Fol ing His Pronouncement PLAIhUKM IS ENDORSED Anti-Klan Stand Being Made Ba sis of Appeal to People In Many States Now NEW YORK, August 28.—As the presidential campaign begins to emerge from the usual depression of August dog days, John W. Davis, the democratic standard bearer, is finding increasing evidence of the failure of his effort to remove the klan from the realm of politics. On the contrary, he is learning (that the klan is the one issue on the tongues of the voters. And the democratic politicians are making full use of the issue wherever pos sible, for they know that voters cast their ballots on the issues they talk about with their friends and neigh bors. Davis returned to New York Wed nesday from Columbus, Ohio, where he witnessed the signal failure of a section of Ohio democracy to keep the klan issue out of the state cam paign. IDAHO ENDORSES DAVIS TWIN FALLS, Idaho, August 28. —A plank condemning by name the Ku Klux Klan and another endorsing uie pronouncements of John W. Da vis, democratic candidate for presi dent, on the subject," were included in the platform adopted today by the Idaho state democratic conven tion. LITTLE ROCK APPLAUDS LITTLE ROCK, August 28—Any candidate for office in Pulaski coun ty who his or her name in a preferential primary “in a ledge, klan or other secret organization” will not be permitted, to have his or her name placed on the official tick et in a democratic primary in the county, under a resolution adopted by the county democratic conven tion. The resolution, offered by Donald K. Hawthorne, a local attorney, re ferred specifically to the Ku Klux Klan. The resolution appealed to citi zens of Pulaski an dother counties in Arkansas to unite in “casting the Ku Klux Klan out of the democratic party and forcing it to come out in the open, under its own colors as a Ku Klux Klan party, instead of seeking to hide its identity withir the folds of the democratic party.” TEXAS STANDS FIRM AUSTIN, Texas, August 28— Resolutions were framed today for presentation to the democratic plat form convention here next Tuesday, releasing all “loyal ’ delegates from “all pledges to support James E. Ferguson, directly or. indirectly, i*nd Barry Miller beepuse of their poli tical treachery.” \ The “treachery,” the resolution recite, w’as due to alleged violation from pledges in previous primaries to support democratic nominees. Mr. Miller is the democratic nomi nee for lieutenant governor, whi'e Mr. Ferguson as the husband of Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, the party nominee tor governor. The resolutions were prepared by 11. P. Davis, of Austin, who, when a member of the state legislature from Van Zandt county, offered the original resolution of impeachment against Ferguson, who then was gov ernor of Texas. They will be offered, Mr. Davis said today, if the resolution prepared by Albert S. Burleson, of Austin, former postmaster general in the cabinet of President Wilson, is pre sented to the convention. The Burleson resolution would bar klansmen from participating in dem ocratic primaries in Texas on the [ground that they qow have a party standing and hence are not entitled Ito have a voice in the democratic I party. -—, New York Future* f Pc. Open High Low Close Mar 24.30 24.34 24.75 24.33 24.30 May 24.30 34.46 24.90 24.46 24.36 Oct 24.30 24.45 24.81 24.38 24.40 Dec 23.95 24.00 24.43 24.00 23.95 Americus Middling Spots 24.38 c. Receipts today, 260 Bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS mm ENDED IN TRIAL OF YOUTHS WHO KILLED BOBBY FRANKS Last Statement By Attorneys In Case Made at 11=30 This Morning ADMIT KIDNAPING, TOO . Formal Hearing Held To Permit Millionaires’ Sons To Plead Guilty On Second Charge UHiCAtjG, August 28.—Af ter portions of the closing argu ment of States Attorney Crowe had been stricken out by Judge Caverly as a “cowardly attack upon thig court and an attempt to intimidate it, ’ the court took under advisement the penalty to be inflicted upon Nathan Leopl-jd and Rich ivd Loeb and announced that he wc’-ld give his decision at 9:30 on the mornin,; of Septem ber 10, with only court official* end newspaper men present. CHICAGO, August 28. —Argu- ments on the murder of Roberl ■ Franks by Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb ended at 11:30 o’clock , this morning, after which the court took up a brief formal hearing on j the pleas of guilty to kidnaping for ransom, also punishable with death. The case has gone to the judge. State did not complete Wednes day its demand that Nathan F. | Leopold, Jr., and Eichanl A. Loeb pay the penalty on the gallows for murdering Bobby Franks. After hours of argument in favor of the death penalty, State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe was un able to finish late Wednesday after noon, and the conclusion of the , famous trial went over until Thurs day. Chicago rioted two days ago fit di«Mtt-«y»re>ice Darrow- mako his eloquent plea for mercy. And Wed- ' nesday it stnftgled and fought to hear Crowe empty new vials of ,»« sarcasm upon the mercy plea, and demand the death sentence. Judge • J Caverly’s court room was a sar- .?«( dine can, with its occupants packed tightly and almost boiling in tha heat qf a torrid day. A hint of lynch law for the young S slayers was thrown into the day’s proceedings by the State’s Attorney. “Clarence Darrow speaks about not heeding ‘the voice of the mob’,” said Crowe. “Well, they haven’t ' heard the cry of the mob yet be cause they have been well pro tected. But if they don’t get what W they deserve in this trial I’m not sa sure they won’t hear the cry ot the mob.” SUMINS EIGHT BE NARRGWIMIB NEW YORK, August 28. —-(By the Associated Press). —W. L. “Young” Stribling, Georgia light heavyweight, and Paul Berlenbach, slugging New- Yorker, fought to a draw last night in*a slashing battle between two of the ring’s youngest, and latest fistic sensations. A shade of ringside newspaper opinion apparently favored Stribling Tiuf there was a little outburst of approval when the judges declared the match a draw after six rounds of speedy fighting before a crowd of approximately 25,000 in the New York Veldrome, Tex Richard’s Har lem arena. Stribling, younger but more ex perienced, outboXed fcis rugged rival from start to finish, bewildering Bor" lenbach with dazzling speed and scoring repeatedly with a lightning like left jab, varied occasionally with a crashing right cross. Berlenbach, on the other hand, carried the fight to Stribling in the last three rounds and rocked the Georgian with a series of rights and lefts to the head in the fourth round that kept a stream of blood flowing irom the Southerner’s nose. Strib ling was guilty of holding repeated ly. He waA cautioned several times by the and once was bossed by the crowd for pounding Berlen bach’s while the latter’s back was turned. Stribling had an effective defense for Berlenbach’s famous knockout I punch, a blow that has floored more than two score of his opuonents for the final count. Except in the fourth, and fifth rounds when Berlenbach was at his best, Stribling’s whirling elusive style of battle had the New Yorker baffled. The Georgian easily piled up a, lead in the first three rounds on hist speed alone, while he stuck his long left into Berenbach’s face.
