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' AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Todav'3 receipts , bales Season’s receipts -14082 bales stric t middling 22 cents WEATHER —Fair and continued ci, ] tonight and Friday... Frost in , I(irt .h and central portions tonight. fORTY-SiXTH YEAR—NO. 247 THOUSANDS ARE DEAD ON MINE FIELDS SHENANDOAH MAY PASS OVER GA. EWT DIRIGIBLE ■sioim FDPTWORTH.TFWS One Her Eastward Voyage She May Fly Over Atlanta and Other Georgia Cities (By the Associated Press.) EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 23. The navy dirigible Shenandoah early today was approaching the borders of the Lone Star state as she continues her cross coun try voyage Eastward from the Pacific coast to Lakehurst, N. J. She is expected to arrive over Fort Worth about 4 o’clock this afternoon. At Fort Worth to night she will take on 200,000 cubic feet of helium, according to her schedule. The crew will spend the night in Fort Worth, taking the air again tomorrow morning, providing the weather is favorable. > SHENANDOAH MAY PASS OVER GEORGIA. ATLANTA, Oct. 23. —Returning from the Pacific coast over a route that was charted following its fright westward from Lakehurst, N. J , on October 7, the Shenandoah, • first dirigible to span the North (Ameri can continent, will probably pay its second visit to Atlanta’ Friday. The great craft is scheduled to reach Lakehurst Saturday, and the record established on the westward flight indicates that Atlanta will be passed on the incoming journey ap proximately 20 hours before the home berth is reached. Whether the monster <>f the air will reach Atlanta during daylight hours is yet problematical. Thou sands of residents of tho city view ed the dragonlike ship by the faint light of dawn as it passed Atlanta at 4:45 o’clock on the morning of October 8. It is hoped by every resident of the city that the return voyage will permit a view by day. The Shenandoah will find, its "twin,” the ZR-3, at Lakehurst when it arrives at the hangars. The ZR-3 was landed on American sod after a record-breaking flight from Germany. The “twin” has been de flated since its arrival in America. It is reported that the helium gas will be transferred from the Shen andoah to the ZR-3 at an early date end that America, perhaps Atlanta h < luded, will have an opportunity to withness a cross-continent flight by it in the near future. dyal is acquitted OF PEONAGE CHARGE MACON, Oct. 23. —Forrest L. Oyal has been acquitted by a jury here of a charge of peonage after a trial lasting almost a week. The specific charge against Dyal was th "I holding Charlie Jackson, negro, ln a state of bondage on his farm. CHILD KEPT ALIVE BY MOTHER’S BLOOD SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Oct.. —T. C. Kelty, missing since Sun day, was found dead at the foot of a precipice off the state hig iway in ’he San Bernardino mountains to day. His wife was alive, but in jured, and Meredith Waterbury, aged 5, also was alive, kept from ■ eath by thirst and starvation by vood from Mrs. Kelty’s arm,.which he had gashed to save the child. | LITTLE JOE j many a shoe that hurts is merely a small MATTER/ thetWsßrecorder LN THE HEART OF DIXIET~feYt? Baker and Roosevelt Flay Walker for On Woodrow Wilson Governor’s Charges Groundless, They Say Memory of Nation’s War President Warm ly Defended by Former War Associates Newt D. Baker, secretary of war, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, emphatically refute charges recently made in the reports of a speech delivered by Clifford Walker, governor of Georgia, before the national klonvocation of the Ku Klux Klan at Kansas City. In telegrams to the Atlanta Constitution, these two aids to the late lamented Democratic president resent Walker’s criticisms. Roosevelt is now at Warm Springs, Ga., recuperating, and his telegram comes from there. Baker replies from his home in Cleveland. The two telegrams to the Constitution follow: former war secretary SENDS REPLY TO GOVENOR Telegraphing from his home in j Cleveland, Ohio, former secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, says: j The newspapers report a charge I ’ ro have been made by Gover-' .v alker 'to the effect that dur ins. my administration of the war j department discrimination was made : in favor of the Catholic church and again® the Protestant churches in tne war camps an,' card nments. I have not seen the full report of the address, but any s.’tli charge is false and could onl 3 h. made by one wilfully ignorant of tne facts. “I had direct person-! charge of the matter and assume all respon sibility for what was done. The subject was under the advisory con trol of a committee upon which every religious denomination in (Continued On Page Five) NfflllWll! tpf™ disaster Several Not Expected to Live; Two Have Excellent Chances of Recovery (By The Associated Press.) NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 23.—Little hope was entertained here today for the recovery of Thomas Howard Bailey, who was injured in Mon day’s explosion aboard the Cru'ser Trenton, which cost fourteen lives and injuries to a number of others. Two of the injured are reported as having a fighting chance to live. The Naval Court of inquiry is still investigating the cause of the blast. NOMINEE DAVIS EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK (By The Associated Press.) ABOARD DAVIS TRAIN, En Route to Cleveland, Oct. 23. With but one more formal address, John W. Davis, Democratic nomi nee, is on his way East today. He is to speak tonight at Cleveland, The Davis specal passed out of Indiana early tody, “lead ed for Cleveland. From Cleveland Mr. Davis goes on to New York, where his final personal campaign will be started Saturday. KIPLING’S DAUGHTER WEDS BRITISH ATT/TIE LONDON. Oct. 23.—Miss Eble Kipling, daughter of Rudyard -vip ling, was married Wednesday at St. Margaret’s church, Westminster, to Captain George Rambridge, hon orary attache of the British 1 gallon at Brussels. A reception was held at Stanley Baldwin’s home in Eaton Square, which was lent for the oc casion. WOMEN CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT Two women, giving their names as Thelma Jones and Ruby Smith, Wednesday night were arrested by Officer Bass in the home of Eva Haves and lodged in the city jail a charge of disorderly conduct be ing placed against them. They will be held here until they can meet their bonds which Recorder Fort has placed at sls. Charges of running a disorderly house have been placed against Eva Heys, she is to appear before Re-, corder court Friday morning. One of the women giv,es her home as Savannah and the other ass Macon, • AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1924 OW' ' jgr- ' Ex-Legion Head Accused By Assailant Who Fired Two Shots GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 23. —With the words “Pou broke up my home” on his lips, Chedell Simp son, 44 years old, fired a bull'it yes terday into the left sho’.ri.. r < . Col. John G. Emery, vetera: ci Can tigny, the Argonne ar A i , Aih'ei, and former national con...:Jer pf the American Legion mooting was in Emery’s real 'M.it ■? office, where Simpson’s 26-year-o d wife is employed as a stene*a-at» ter. Today Col. Emery is at a local hospital recuperating from his wounds and Simpson, against whom ' Mrs. Simpson recently fried suit for divorce, is in a cell chiuged with assault with intent to kill. I Col. Emery, who is 43 j ears old and married, could give no reason why Simpson singled him out as the cause of his domestic troubles. The man’s wife, according to Emery, has been employed in the real estate office only a fortnight and ; had never seen either Simpson or Mrs. Simpson before that time. •j “Mrs. Simpson had told me she had filed suit for divorce,” Colonel Emery said today. -“This morning > j she came to me and said her hus- • bend had come to the office again 1 in a very itnoxicated condit : on and ■ I that she was afraid of him. ' “I walked into the outer office ' where Simpson stood and asked him what he Avanted. When I refused to permit him to enter my private i office, where Mrs. Simpson had re ; /pained, he pulled a gun, leveled it j at me and shouted, “You’re a dirty I dog and everybody knows it. Pou’re i trying to break up my home’.” ■ | Siriipson, according to Emery's . I story, fired two shots, the first hit ■[ ting Emery in the left arm and s ploughing through the flesh to the 1 shoulder, where it stopped. Th? : second shot went wild. Other per sons in the office grabbed Simpson I then as he aimed at Emery’s heart. , A speedy recovery is predicted for i Colonel Emery. ATLANTA SLEUTHS WAR ON GAMBLING HOUSES i ATLANTA, Oct., 23—The gam blers of Fulton county are being rounded up in the intensive cam paign now being carried on, the Fulton grand jury recently return ing indictments against 20 men, who were charged in true bills with “gaming.” Six of the number were charged with operating gambling • tables. SIOO REWARD OUT FOR NEGRO FUGITIVE 1.. ‘ V * ! TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 23—Rewards aggregating SI,OOO were offered for the capture of Will Flenring, negro fugitive wanted for the mur- I der of W. W. McCaskill, who was shot to death Sunday or. his farm near here. The negro escaped into the woods and a posse has been un able to get a trace of him. Th? sher iff and friends of the dead man have offered rewards. * Examination of the house yes terday where McCaskill was killed showed six bullet holes in two dis- 1 fcrent walls and the floor, sutstap -1 tiating the story of a fierce struggle related by Mias Leo Dougla:, who t was present, ' 1 PROBE COMMITTEES I EXAMINING BANKERS I M NEW YORK La Follette Ready to Launch New Slush Fund Charges Against Republicans By the Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Approximately five hundred thousand dollars has been added to the Republican campaign fund in the five days from October 10th to the 15th, bringing the total contributions up to within SBOO,OOO of the three million mark sought by the national com mittee, it was announced today. (By the Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 23—Fash ing its inquiry into' the charges made by Senator Robert La Fol lette, that huge “slush funds” are being raised to swing doubtful states into the Republican column on November 4, the senate cam paign fund investigating committee probe began a.ifain today. The committee is devoting the day to the examination of bankers and others from New York City, summoned yesterday. George W. Simmons, New York banker under subpoena, is to be questioned with particular refer ence to letters he_syrote to other bankers urging them to contribute funds for the conduct of the cam paign in Western states. The ob ject of these funds, it is claimed, was to “kill off” the Western La- Follette movement. In the letters Simmons signed himself as acting for “the bankers committee.” Others to be questioned are Wil liam B. Knox, Charles D. Hillis and W. W. Ttterbury. The committee Wednesday turn ed its attention practically to Re publican contributions in Pennsyl vania and examined among others E. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia banker; Samuel M. Vauclain, presi dent of the Baldwin Locomotive works, and Joseph Grundy, of Bris tol, Pa., chairman of the commit tee making collection outside of the Pittsburg district! It also questioned T. V. O’Con nor, chairman of the shippingl board, concerning the payment of expenses for a group of labor lead ers who came to Washington on Labor day to hear President Cool idge deliver an address to them. Under questioning, Stotesbury denied that he headed a committee of bankers named at Chicago to collect funds for the Republican campaign organizations from bank ers of the country. He added he had collected “in the neighborhood of $50,000” (rom “all the people in Philadelphia ” Vauclain stated he had not been collecting Republican campaign funds, but had himself given $6,- , 000 to the national committee and SIOO to the Union League club, of which he is a member. Grundy testified that $365,000 had been collected for Republican campaign funds in Pennsylvania i outside of the. Pittsburg district ' up to yesterday. LA FOLLETTE TO MAKE NEW SLUUSH FUND CHARGES, PEORIA, 111., Oct. 23—Robert M. La Follette, independent candi-l date for the presidency, is prepar ing a new “slush fund" statement which will be made public from his special car within a day or two. Those of his advisers who are in mi the secret assert that it, will set off firework generally over the poli tical landscape. i For several weeks La Follette has ' had his agents in various states mnk ing investigations as to the use of money by his opponents, particular- ’ ly the republican organization.. He is now about ready to make use of ’ this information in his campaign. 1 C .OF GA. CABOOSE DAMAGED BY FIRE A caboose, attached to a work ' train at the Centra lof Georgia de- < pot, caught fire early Thursday morning from a defective flue. An alarm was sent in to fire headquar- » ters and the engines were prompt in arriving on the scene. Hand extinguishers were used < and in a short time the first was i qut. The freight agent reports that 1 only slight damage was done to the sleeping compartment of the caboose, .......... I 12 Were Killed Aboard Her i i- . ■ ■fih t ; I "" \ ■ II ,I—Ml——f ■ nnur ewni —«tti .wiki* «»—nxin-i - • Tins is uie scuui cruiser ir neon figuring in the latest navy explosion off Cape Henry. 12 men were kill ed and approximately a score in jured. The blast, occurring daring Loving and Monahan Nominated in Primary C. O. Loving and John F. Mono han were nominated Wednesday in the municipal primary as the two members of the police board to suc ceed G. 0. Loving and S. L. Ham mond, whose terms expire January 1. S. L. Hammond, running to succeed himself was defeated by a margin of four votes. The total registration was 825, and there were 312 votes cast. The three candidatse polled votos as follows: John F. Monohan 260 votes G. O. Loving 173 votes S. L. Hammond 169 votes Running in the primary were J. E. Poole to succeed himself as may or; R. E. Allison, E. L. Carswell and W. E. Mitchell to succeed themselves as aidermen. None of these had opposition and the only interest in the race was in the race for police commission. A number of women voted during the day and many citizens whose names were not on the registration list turned over to the managers of the poll, secured tax receipts from the city clerk and were allowed to cast their votes on these. JOE M CORD LEAVES FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ATLANTA, Oct. 23.—Joseph A. McCord, chairman of the board of agent of the Federal Reserve Baartl at Washington, it was announced Wednesday afternoon by Mr. Mc- Cord. The resignation is to take effect December 31, when Mr. Mc- Cord will retire definitely from of ficial life and devote his time to private business interests. TRACTOR TURNS OVER, DRIVER IS INJURED DUBLIN, Oct. 23.—Joiner Cur ry, of this city is recovering from I wounds sustained when caught u i ' der a tractor which turned over pin ning him underneath for several hours. Mr. Curry was engaged :n pulling logs out of Turkey Creek when the accident occurred. His injuries while not considered seri- I ous were very painful and it is cx -1 pccted recovery will be slow, MUST FILE PENSION APPLICATIONS BY NOV. 1 ATLANTA, Oct. 23. —Announce- ment is made from the State Pen sion Department that November Ist, will be the last date on which appli cations for pension may be filed in the department to be passed upon for the pay rolls of 1925. Applications filed after that date, it is said, will not appear upon the 1925 pay rolls, but will have to be held over and passgd upon for 1926. Letters on this subject, it is fur ther stated, have already been ad dressed to the Ordinaries of the various counties in the state, as well as a supply of the necessary print ing blanks being sent them. Oil persons who have not at this time made application ,and are con templating doing so, are urged to confer With the Ordinary of the county in jvhich they are a resideqX and such applications under the law, be made before the Ordi nary and left with that official to be forwarded te the Pensien De partment/ target practice, was in the forward twin gun mount and radio room. It is believed to have been caused by a flareback from one of the six inch guns. .<4, miner™ FHOWIW One Dead, Two Others Missing In Shaft Wrecked By Gas Expldssor (By The Associated Press.) MADISONVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 23. —The body of Paul Wheeler, 19- years-oid, a miner was recovered to day from the Hart coal company’s mines. A gas dust explosion, in the mine Wednesday night entombed at least lb men. Fourteen men escaped from the death trap last night. It is believed that two other miners are still miss ing and their bodies may be buried under the coal and slate ;hat '‘ell as a result of the explosion. Rescue work was hampered by the fact that the 300,000 volt line which supplies power and light to the city was cut by the force ot the explosion. The line passed di rectly over the mine. The regular mine crew of 250 men left the mine only a short time before the explosion. The entombed men were “snoot ing” coal in preparation for the next shift when the explosion oc curred. It is believed that gas formed in the mine had become ignited. VALDOSTA PLANNING ARMISTICE CELEBRATION VALDOSTA, Oct. 23. —Armistice Day, November 11 will be a day of celebration in Valdosta this year, many American Legion officials from the National organization and from other departments having an nounced their intentions of being present. The State executive com mittee of Georgia will hold its an nual meeting here on that date and state commander Fitzpatrick has in vited commanders of every negion post in Georgia to attend. One of the primary reasons for the coming of the Legion- officials lies in the fact that their eyes are turned in the direction of the seat of the Woodrow Wilson memorial College which will be erected here. CHILD IS VICTIM OF FATHER’S ERROR FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Oct. 23.—A victim of mistaken identity, the 9-year-old son of Philip Calvert, Prince William county, is r’aad, his head literally blown oft by a shot gun in the hands of his own father, who mistook him for a burglar. The tragedy occurred Sunday night. The lad had gone outside to get a drink of water from a near by spring before going to bed and when he returned found he house dark and everything quiet. His father, a prohibition agent, had re tired early ■ but was awakened by the footsteps of the boy upon the /fairs. Fearing burglars he seized hig gun and, at the bead of the stairway, called to know whe was there. When no one answered, he says, he fired. Then he turned on a light and was horrified to learn that he hud killed his own child. -U NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11am. Closd Jan.........23.09122.92’23.04122.92 Mur 23.37:23.31 23.32i23.22 May .23.G2 i3.5H 23.56123.40 Oct 23.90123.75 23.85'23.70 Dec 22.98i22.90i22.94j22.82 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 PEKING COMPLETELY CUT OFF TODAY FROM OUTSIDE WORLD Mukden Trcons Drive . 15000 Chinese Soldiers On to Mines lnfested Grounds (By the Associated Press.) SHANGHAI. Oct. 23. Peking was suddenly and com pletely cut off this morning from all telegraphic communication from outside points. - . „ A Announcementmcnt fr o m Shanghai of the complete cut ting off of Peking follows close ly information received through so eci al dispatches from Mukden that the forces of the Peking government has suffered serious setbacks at the hayds of the Mukden troops. An all-night battle launched by I 5,000 Peking troops has re sulted in the Mukdenites being able to turn the left flank of the Peking troops and lheir pressing right flank upon a battle field previously prepared to receive them. The ground on which the Peking troops were forced was a veritable mine field, where thousands of troops were killed as the hidden mines were ex ploded. Ihe Peking forces are said to have also been defeated inside the great wall and on the Jenol front. wliwWr HTEB OUR MUI Empployees Put Up Desperate Fight and Finally Rout In truders (By The Asi-ciated Press.") CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 23.—Ban dits entering an outlying state bank here today, probably fatnf'.y wound ed 'Stephen Kovao, Cmhier, in <:.n exchange of shots by employees, whom drove the bandit'; awry, CHICAGO CUBS GET $426 EACH FOR SERIES CHICAGO, Oct 23.—Check- : :• $420.55 today were mail: d by Com missioner Landis to each cf the 27 members of the Chicago National ;, losers to the White Sox in the Chi cago port season series. The victori ous White Spx players reecmod $719.80 each. GIRL DIES FROMTALL ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CHATTANOOGA. Oct. 23.-- .Elizabeth Sims Sniartt, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond son Smartt, of Lookout Mountain, and grand-daughter of S. R, Read, president of the Chattanooga cham ber of commerce, was killed near her home this morning when she fell over a 75-foot bluff on the east brow of Lookout mountain. FRANK CHANCE LEAVES $40,000 TO WIDOW LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 21, —Frank Chance, baseball’s “peer less leader,” who died September 15, left an estate valued at $lO,- 000. By terms of a Will admitted to probate Tuesday, the entire estate, which consists of cash, stocks, mort gages and personal property, was left to Edythe L. Chance, his wid ow. MORGANS TAKE TRIP TO SOUTHERN FRANCE PARIS, Oct. 23—J. P. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan left for an auto mobile trip through soutern France to return next Wednesday. It is understood nothing will be definitely decided respect.ng the proposed French loan to be tamed in America until after the Amerktm presidential election. JURY ACQUITS YOUNG BRIDE OF MURDER SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Oct. 23. —Mrs. Agnes Johnson, attractive bride of two months, was acquitted by a jury here Wednesday of nur« dering her husband. Wesley John son, mill worker. Mrs. Johnson pleaded self-de fense, sitting calmly through thd court proceedings with her baby gurgling in her lap. She said she was grataful f'-r tho acquittal “because of the baby.” Johnson was shot to death during a quarrel, -r- J
