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SEASON’S RECEIPTS Bales received Monday 371 Total bales received 15,362 WEATHER For Georgia—Probably cloudy and with showers in Central and North portion tonight and Wednes day. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 22 I Body Os Woman Found In Furnace Os Lumber Yard BELIEVED HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FIRE BOX ALIVE George Symuck, Fireman, Has Been Arrested in Connection With the Murder DENIES HAVING SEEN WOMAN IN THE YARD Fled When Questioned By Of ficer Regarding Screams Coming From Furnace NEW YORK, Sept 22. Mr». Sophie Poleski, whose body was found by police today in an East Side lumber yard kiln, was placed sn the furnace while still alive and was burned to death, Medical Ex aminer Schwartz announced fol lowing an autopsy. NEW YORK, Sept. 22 —One of the most heinous crimes committed in this city in several years was un covered by the police this morning when the body of Mrs. Sophie Po leski, young East Side woman, was discovered in the furnace of a lum ber yard kiln. George Symuck, fire man for the lumber yard, has been arrested. Police said they believed the woman had been placed in the fire box alive. Patrolman William Merrick, who was on duty near the lumber yard, hearing the woman’s screams com ing from the lumber yard, investi gated. As he scrambled over the pile of lumber in the direction of the large furnace, the screams ceas ed. Merrick found Symuck near the furnace, but the man denied that the woman was on the premises. He declared that he had heard no screams and that he had seen no one near the furnace in the last half hour. As Merrick questioned him, iymuck fled, and the officer fired his revolver in the hope of stopping him. Realizing that he could not ap prehend the fireman alone, the of ficer summoned two more patrol men and started In search of him. Symuck was caught within a few minutes and brought back to the furnace room, where the officer found the woman’s body inside the furnace. Mrs. Poleski’s cloths had been burned from her body and her fea tures twisted in- agony, were evi dence that she had been placed in the fire box alive. MITCHELL LOSES HIS ARMY POST Relieved of Duty As Eighth Corps Air Officer As Result of Charges SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 22. Colonel William Mitchell, center of a storm of criticisms of the army and navy air services made in a se ries of a stements beginning Sep tember 5, has been reliever of fur ther duty as eighth corps air officer by order of Major General Ernest Hinds, area commander. The or der, issued Saturday, was made public Monday without comment. Associated Press dispatches from Washingtonfi however, indicated thta General Hinds felt that Colonel Mitchell’s language in recent utter ances had been insubordinate to his superiors and that it would not be fair to have him in a place where he would require obedience from his subordinates. Captain Thomas W. Hastey, as-, sistant to Colonel Mitchell, auto matically becomes acting corps air: officer, t PET WALLABY SENT TO COOLIDGE AS GIFT WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. —ln formed that a pet wallaby was on its way to the Whjte House as a special gift for him, President Cool idge went into a hurried confer ence with Secretary Sanders on the nature of the prospective addition to :he executive mansion. It finally was determined that the wallaby is a species of kangaroo,' and it will accepted and turned over to the keeping of the son. The gift is from J. A. Newman, of Tasmania, in rembrance if the visit of the American fleet. americus-. THE T IMESaRECORDER QYftj|_PUBLISHED IN THE HE AR T-OF D!X| EASY PICKINGS Shrewd Atlanta Liquor Lovers Are Riled Because They Have Been Taken in By a Syndicate of “Colored Water’’ Bootleg gers, who have been Operat ing in the City for Two Weeks COMPLAIN TO BOYKIN Many Prominent Business Men Have Purchased Neably Wrapped, Beautifully Color ed Bottled in Bond Staff, On ly to Find That They had bought a Poor Grade Drink ing Water. Atlanta liquor levers, as smart as they are alleged to be,have proved easy pickings for a syndicate of “colored water” bootleggers, who have been reaping a harvest in the | capital city during the past two weeks, according to a story coming 'from Solicitor General John A Boykin’s office. “Many prominent business men -called at the solicitor’s office dur ing the past week have explained in detail just how they negotiated for liquor and obtained water for i their money,” said Mr' Donaldson. According to their stories, the scheme was the same in every case. [A suave stranger would call boon a prospect, explain that he had a I few quarts of real stuff—bottled in bond—left, but that he had to return to Florida in a hurry and was iwilling to sell to the man he ap proached because of recommenda tions by friends. I With the price arranged the al leged whiskey, neatly packed in cartons, would be sent to the pur chaser by a negro messenger boy, and since it would bear every ap pearance of being O. K. in each In stance the money would be given the boy who would deliver it to the salesman, receiving a small tip When the inevitable investigation came, the salesman would have dis appeared and the messenger would not have the slightest knowledge of his whereabouts. 202 WHITE WAY POSTS ARE HERE Arrived Monday Afternoon and Will Be Installed As Soon As Cable Is Laid To hundred and two white way posts arrived in the city Monday afternoon, and will be installed in the business section as soon as the white way cable is laid, which will be within the next week, City Engi neer Walker announced this morn ing. , Mr. Walker stated that he was going to make every effort to have the posts and other white way equip ment in place by the end of the first week in October, Gangs will be put to work immediately laying the cable and making molds in which the concrete base for the poles will be cast. “Once I get my labor organized and all equipment on hand it won’t be long before the business district will be sporting one of the snappiest and brightest white ways in this sec tion,” said Mr. Walker. “I have practically finished the control board, which is to be located in the city hall building, and expect to ! complete it in every detail this af ternoon. FATHER OF FLOYD COLUNS IS MISSING, | SIOUX CITY, lowa, Eept. 22. (Police had been unsuccessful in (their search for Lee Collins, father ' of Floyd Collins, who died after be ■ing entombed at Sand Cave, Ky., last winter. Collins disappeared Saturday night, after leaving the fair grounds where he has an exhi , bit. He is said to have carried a large sum of money and officials' fear foul play. MRS. LILLIE HOLT BELIEVED A SUICIDE WAUKEGAN, Sept. 22 —Belief [ that Mrs. Lillie Holt shot herself is held by Dr. John Taylor, Lake county coroner, it was disclosed to day. An autopsy may clear Mrs. Clara' Haroq, 30, and her step father, | Arthur Holt, 40, held in connection with the fatal shooting of Mrs. Holt. Sent to Reformatory Five Y ears Ago; Now He’s In Charge Os Institution iE' t - s ?a „ J r t y- r ; WF' ■L. .W’WfflP*. ’ 'W~ Y r ~ JK. 'WwFaaw* i i ..a One of the new work-rooms at the Georgia reform school and (in-set) William E. Ireland, ATLTNTA, Ga., Sept. 22—Sen tenced five years ago to an inde terminate term in the state reform atory as a thoroughly “bad boy” William E. Ireland is today super intendent of the institution and is expending every effort to help its youthful inmates mend their ways and become good citizens again. Ireland’s case is surprising enough when you consider that in five years he rose from prisoner to superintendent; but when you learn that the reformatory, under his guidance, has become one of the ! model schools of the nation, it be comes fairly amazing. Ireland was sentenced to the re- ADVICE FROM CHIEF CHERRY Fire Department Head Asks That Dead Leaves Be Re moved Roofs, Sheds Get out your brooms and sweep the dead leaves from roofs and sheds. This little tip is given out kv Fire Chief Guerry, who announ • ed this morning that his men would | make an inspection of the residen tial sections of the city within a few days to see that all roofs and sheds are as clean as “hound’s tooth” be fore fall breezes begin to blow. “Dead leaves are the cause of more fires than any one thing.” I said Chief Guerry. “Soon it will be [ cool enough, I hope, to warrant fires in the house, and this means that .we will be called out on an average [ of three and four times a day to ex tinguish flue blazes. The danger is not so great if the fire remains In the chimney, but if a spark or flame should reach the roof while it is pil ed high with leaves, the chances are the roof would be practically de stroyed before we arrived. The fact that we have had no rain to speak of this summer has dried out the eaves and made them very inflam mable.” “If you want to save the fire fighters a great deal of work and trouble and yourself considerable money have the leaves removed from roofs and sheds within the next day or two.” REGISTERED MAIL IS STOLEN AT TOLEDO TOLEDO, Sept. 22. United States registered and first class mail of undetermined value were | stolen today from the registered ’ mail room at the Union station; here. I GOVERNOR SCORES LYNCHING OF BLACK | JACKSON, Miss., September 22.! '—The time has come when the law-' , abiding citizens of Mississippi should assert themselves in no un certain terms against such mob ac , tion and should rally to the support of the peace officers in maintaining the integrity of the law,” Governor (Whitfield declared in a signed state ment issued Monday in which he de nounced the lynching of L. Q. Ivey, a negro near New Albany yesterday. formatory which is located at Mill edgeville, Ga., and known as the Georgia Training School for boys., after a long series of boyish pranks and misdemeanors. He found a woman in charge, Mrs. Orian Man son, and she worked wonders with him. Convincing him that delin quency was .only another name for weakness, she soon had him show ing all the strength and courage of young manhood. He became a trusty. Then he was made superintendent of the re formatory farm, to become Mrs. Mansoti’s secretary a-little later. Then Mrs. Manson died. And Ireland was elected superintendent by the trustees —not from senti- OLD MISER HIDES GOLD FROM HEIR Relatives of ‘Aunt Ann,’ Search for $70,000 Believed Buried In Vicinity of Home HUNTSVILLE, Ark., Sept. 22- In the heart of the isolated Ozark hills, far from the railroads, the movies and other forms of civiliza tion, “Aunt Ann” Hawkins lived alone for many years in her moun tain home. Her few neighbors and her many relatives called her a miser. Like so many of the Ozark mountaineers, she trusted no one, and openly voiced her hatred for her relatives, saying she hoped they never would get a dollar of her money. They found her dead the other day. There was no will but much wealth, for her father had left her $70,000 in cash in 1895 and for thirty years she has spent almost nothing. The funeral was no sooner over than relatives began to swarm to the little mountain home to claim their share of “Aunt Ann’s” for tune. The relaltives soon found that "Aunt Ann” in her efforts to keep relatives from getting her her money had hidden it all over her home and little farm. A great money hunt began at once. The houuse and farm are almost wrecked, but the hunt for gold continues. So far about $39,000 of the $70,000 believed secreted on the place has been found. The money was hidden in every conceivable place. When the great eight-foot walnut I mantelpiece was removed form the ! wall, gold worth $1,300 tumbled out. The native stone hearth was torn up and beneath it was found a can of gold. An old gourd in the [ kitchen, when emptied of string, netted $75. Coins worth $l2O were round tn. the cellar. Asack of old ginned cotton was I ' worked over by hand and gave up many gold pieces. Excitement prevailed when some one found an old pocketbook con taining $7,000 in. bills but this [proved to be old Confederate money. ” mental reasons, but becauuse they were convinced that he was the ideal person to lead all the “bad boys”at the reformatory to the path of good citizenship. Ireland has installed many changes. First of all, there are no guards at the reformatory. The windows are not barred. The boys govern and discipline themselves through an honor system. They are taught how to work, they, are al lowed to come and go to town on frequent occasions, they are given training that wili enable them to live honestly when they return to (Continued on Page Eight) 200 WHITE WAY FLAGS ARRIVE Will Be Distributed Among Mer chants As Soon As White Way Cable Is Laid The flags to be used in decorat ing the white way at its opening, and on special occasions thereafter, arrived Monday morning and were turned over to the city engineer, who will distribute them among the merchants as soon as the white way cable is laid, Walter L. Bell, Com mander of the American Legion an nounced today. The flags, 200 in number, meas ure 4 by 6 feet and are the very best material. They will be erect ed between the white way posts on special occasions and on all legal holidays. The sockets in which the flags will be placed will be installed along with the laying of the white way cable. The members of the local post of the American Legion are re sponsible for the idea of beautify ing the city on special occasions and devoted a great deal of time in selling them to the merchants of the city. Merchants who have signed contracts for the flags are request ed to mail checks to Commander Bell. SHERIFF CHIEF SHOT TO DE ATH PEORIA. 111., Sept. 22.—Sheriff < Orville Litchfield, of Marshall coun- i ty and John Leonard, chief of po lice, of Toluca, 111., were shot and killed last night by Joseph Spenraz a former coal miner, whom the of ficers tried to capture at Toluca (After the shooting Spenraz barri [caded himself in his home and de fended capture. A crowd of men, well armed, sur- j .rounded the house where Spenraz I had barricaded himself but leaders of the posse said no attempt to i«torm the place would be made un j til day light. Litchfield and Leonard were called to Toluca early tonight fol j lowing many complaints from the i neighborhod that mines were theat ening them. Spenraz opened fire , on the mbn with a double barreled t shot gun as they attempted to enter ,1 the house. 1 WILBUR WITNESS Secretary of the Navy Advocates the Maintenance of the Navy Air Service in Substantially Its Present Form, When Call ed Before the President’s In vestigation Board. FIRST TO BE CALLED Asserts That the Air Forces Form An Essential Part of the Navy Itself. Would Be Grave Mistake to Create a Depart ment of National Defense, He Says. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. The weight of those charged with the administration of the navy today was thrown into the scales against any sweeping charge in the organ ization of the nation’s air defense. 1 Testifying before the President’s air board. Secretary Wilbur, Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle,, chief of naval operations, and other high ranking naval officers vigorously opposed the reorganization plan advanced by Col. William Mitchell. | WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The maintenance of the navy air service in substantially its present form | was advocated today by Secretary (Wilbur before the President’s air board. i Called as the first witness of the , day by the board Mr. Wilbur em phatically opposed the creation of a 'department of national defense, de claring that it would be “a well nigh irreparable mistake.” I He asserted that the air forces' from an essential part of the fabric ,of the navy itself, and its adminis tration and organization will be 'Solved with the same efficiency and Results as has been obtained with other problems in the past. | For seven and a half hours Mon day the board heard those charged .with the administration of the army | discuss the policy, fundamental iground work and prospects for its I lair service, about which Acting, | Secretary Davis said there was no cause for alarm, despite that it was I operating with inadequate equip ment and was in need of additional ■ funds. j Although Mr. Davis and two of his high ranking officers vigorous-1 ly opposed the creation of a depart-; ment of national defense, with ai directing head of all air forces, which has been urged by Colonel > Xv illiam Mitchell, this proposal drew | the favor for Major-General Patrick ( chief of f .e army air service. General Patrick said that such a | department would utimately be ad-i visable in the system of national defense hut in the meantime the air service should be made "semi-auto-1 nomous” with a position similar to [that of the marine corps in its rela-, tion to the navy. I WOMAN’S DEATH SIM MYSTERY Police Unable to Determine How Richmond Woman Came to Her Death RICHMOND, Va„ Sept. 22. How Mrs. Herbert E. Richardson Jr., came to her death was as much a mystery today as when her body I was found yesterday, after her husband, with a self inflicted bullet wound asked physicians to go to the house to see if his wife was still alive. Richardson’s condition was first discovered when citizens of north Richmond . heard a shot yesterday morning and notified police. Offi cers who hurried to the scene found the man suffering from a serious wound in the abdomen and rushed him to a hospital where an imme i diate operatito nwas found neces sary. Meanwhile, however, Rich ardson turned over keys to his apartment and directed the offi cers to go there to ascertain if his wife were still alive. Already in a state of partial de- ( composition, the body was found nude, lying in bed and to all appear ances death had taken place several 'days previous. Officers reported they found no signs of violence and I 'that the perfect order of the house ; told nothing of aay struggle that might have taken place. , A society for prevention of cruel ty to animals is erecting a statue in ' . London in memory of th eanimals ' killed in the World War. NEW YORK FUTURES < Pc. Open 11am Close j Oct. 24.03|24.14|24.18)24.16 5 Dec. 24.41|24.55|24.52|24.52 ’ AMERICUS SPOT COTTON > ) Middling 23c. WILL WE HAVE : AN EXTREMELY COLD WINTER? Prognosticators Who Predicted a ‘Summerless 1925’ Missed Their Guess ARCTIC EXPERIENCED UNUSUALLY COLD SUMMER I Weather This Summer, Al though Freaky, Has Not Been Abnormal, Say Authorities The prognosticators who during .the recent cold spring asserted that we were in for a “summerless year” have been conclusively proved to have missed their guess, it was pointed out here today by weather prophets. And now comes predic tions of an exceedingly severe wint er, | Although the average citizen be lieves that the present year has been thoroughly abnormal and freaky in respect to the weather, weather bu reau authorities maintain that there is nothing particularly queer about it. except possibly inthe matter of the long drought. There has been some unusually hot weather recent ly, it’s true, but authorities here do not regard these waves as particu larly abonrmal for the season ak .which they arrived. | What the weather bureau hopes may prove a clew to some further light on weather conditions and their causes, was contained recent ly in reports from MacMillan Arctic expedition. MacMillan found an unusualy "cold summer” in the Arc tics, and this wag the primary rea son for calling off the expedition . for the remainder of this year. Up the coast of Labrador Mac- I Millan found more ice than had ! been present in that season in the jmemorr of the oldest sealing skin | pers. While the mercury was rising to heights in this section that broke the records for many years, abnor jmally low temperatures were ob tained over the Arctics and inroads .into the United States of subnorm ,al temperatures in the latter part [of June, are suppose to haVb been 'a reflection of the unusually cold weather in the far north. If this unusual cold of the Arctics does actually follow the sun south !ward during the next few weeks, it may be that fears of a very se vere winter in this section may be realized. However,- it is perhaps toe early yet to be apprehensive. | If the weather over the United States thus far this year has really been averaging about normal, as 'the weather bureau maintains, ’t was pointed out here, that is good [reason to hope that there may con tinue something like normal temper latures for the next few months, at any rate. ' SENATOR ISHELD ' IN TAG ROUNDUP ’ Weller of Maryland, Accused ’ With Other* of Using OC. 1 License Plates r r Silver Springs, Md.,22. —A round t up by Montgomery county authori b ties of Maryland residents using 1 "fictitious automobile tags” result ed. in the arrest of United States t S'enatorO. E. Wel’pr, Maryland, h along with 117 othf- motorists. y District of Columbia license i- plates cost $1 a year while the d Maryland fee runs as high as S2O. s To evade the heavier tax thous -1 ands of Marylanders have been us- - ing District of Columbia tags on - their machines. Sheriff Plummer, Montgomery f county, learned that the state ■ treasurv was being defrauded of i approximately SIO,OOO a year by this juggling process and opened a “tran" to arrest offenders. Weller was one of the first "cap tured.” The senator will be ar raigned before Judge Riggs at Rockville, Md., next Tuesday. I CITY OF TIAJUANA MAS SI.OOO 000 FIRE SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22.—Flamee early today swept through an en tire block In Tiajuana, that included some of the best known resorts in i 'the border city, causing an estimat ed loss of $1,000,0000.
