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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
WHAT HAB OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN
TRY AND ABROAD
EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE
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Foreign—
France’s acceptance of the experts’
report “as a base for negotiations” is
now assured, but Premier Poincare
will maintain a number of reserva
tions on political phases of the report
when the moment for negotiations ar
rives. France will not surrender or
modify her grip on the economic con
trol of the Ruhr until Germany has
passed the laws necessary for execu
tion of the experts’ proposals and has
actually started to execute the pro
posal#.
A wretched and tearful young wom
an, showing traces of her former beau
ty-said to have been a former wife
of Chicago millionaire —hobbled on her
crutches into the office of the public
prosecutor of Paris the other day and
made a plea for the release of Harry
Hussey, an erstwhile lover, held in
prison to await extradition on the re
guest of New York detectives, who had
been identified as Arthur Tourbillon,
international thief and suspect in the
now historic Shattuck robbery on Fifth
avenue, New York.
The reparation commission virtual
ly told Germany to get down to work
preparatory to a blanket acceptance
of the experts’ reports. Prior to this,
the commission decided unanimously
to take note of Germany’s reply ad
hering to the experts’ reports and to
approve the conclusions and adopt
(he methods proposed.
It is rumored in Athens, Greece,
that two men from the steam yacht
Corsair, belonging to J. P. Morgan of
New York, have been murdered at Ti
rana, Albania. The rumor, however,
lacks official confirmation.
A divorce has been pronounced in
Paris between Prince Otto of Windis
chgraets and Archduchess Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Austrian Arch
duke Rudolf. The couple have four
children.
The Roumanian government, it is
announced by liucharest newspapers,
has signed a contract to purchase air
planes from France to the value of
$2,100,000.
Hugo Stinnes’ fortune Is left to Ills
widow, Claire Stinnes, nee Wagen
kecht, who is admonished to consult
her sons and daughters in all things
affecting the magnate’s private and
business affairs.
Japan has expressed complete will
ingness to recognize the Soviet gov
ernment of Russia, according to reli
able information received from To
kio sources. The Japanese govern
ment, it is learned, has instructed Min
ister Yoshlzawa, its representative at
Pekin, to notify M. Karahau, Soviet
plenipotentiary, of this fact.
France wtl retain the Ruhr and the
Ruhr guarantee .until the experts’ plan
is executed, Premier Poincare recent
ly declared in a speech in which he
discussed the experts’ report. The
premier stated that France would not
withdraw from the Ruhr until full pay
ment is made.
Washington—
An order to break up an alleged
monopoly of the motion picture film
industry was Issued by the federal
trade commission against the East
man Kodak company of Rochester,
N Y.
The immigration bill of 1924, car
rying substantially the same provisions
relating to Asiatic exclusion and oth
er important changes in basic policy
recently approved by the house, was
passed by the senate by a vote of
62 to 6. On the final roll call, as upon
every important test vote taken since
'he measure was fir:-t reported, the
senate registered its decision by a
larger majority even than in the house,
when the vote on passage was 322
to 71.
Replying to the critics of President
Coolidge for his letter of protest
against the trend of senate investiga
tions Senator Lodge of Masachusetts
said the chief executive had acted
clearly within his rights.
There has rarely been a bill as to
which the outcome U more dificult
to foresee than the McNarv-Haugen
bill for aid in J the farmer by selling
wheat in the domestic market at an
artificially raised price through the
mechanism of a government-owned
and government-financed corporation.
Restriction of campaign contribu
tions is proposed in a measure just
introduced by Senator McKeliar of
Tennessee as a result of disclosures
Xnade in scandal investigations.
The American government does not
regard the Hanihara note protesting
against Japanese exclus\m legisla
tion as a threat. This was made
known on high authority following
two conferences between President
Coolidge and Secretary of State
Hughes.
Secretary Weeks has approved an
application for the construction of a
bridge across the Indian river at Eau
Gallie, Fla.
Chairman Cordell Hull of the Dem
ocratic national committee declared, in
commenting on the keynote speech
delivered by Secretary of State
Hughes, that the good character of
President Coolidge is not sufficient
ground for labeling him an ideal ex
ecutive.
Domestic —
Huntsville, Ala., has launched a
whirlwind campaign for the elimina
tion of al mosquito-breeding places in
Huntsville and vicinity, which was
planned in the early spring by the
health department. The campaign will
require much draining work
Lou B. Longer, 74, alleged icing of
an international ring of “confidence
men,” who were convicted in Denver,
Colo., last summer, died in the Colo
rado state penitentiary after a long
illness.
The Arizona foot and mouth block
ade on the Arizona,California state line
has been re-established. The disin
fecting station at Yuma, Ariz., has
been shut and on orders from the state
quarantine office automobile travelers
are barred from entering Arizona from
the west.
Four negroes, employed at a mill
near Grenada, Miss., were instantly
killed and two others seriously injur
ed when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by an Illinois
Central freight train.
The political attitude of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers will
be settled by delegates to the broth
erhood’s triennial convention which
begins in this city June 5, and con
tinues for several weeks, Warren S.
Stone, president said recently.
Three persons were killed, two se
riously injured and one other escaped
unhurt when a Baltimore & Ohio en
gine ran wild from a roundhouse and
crashed into an automobile more than
a mile away. Railroad authorities
could not give any reason for the sud
den start of the engine.
Eight firemen and one civilian were
killed, and a score of persons, includ
ing two women, were injured, some
probably fatally, when a burning wall
of a four-story box factory on the west
side collapsed after an explosion. The
men killed and injured were trapped
on the fire escape of the structure, on
ladders against it or on a fire tower
which was playing streams on the
blazing roof. Chicago authorities are
holding the proprietors for a thorough
quizzing.
Illness of his pet dog caused Pader
ewski, world famous pianist and for
mer premier of Poland, to abandon
part of his concert tour and rush to
Chicago to obtain the services of the
best veterinary surgeons of the Mid
dle West.
Wall street is revising its estimate
of the national political situation. Up
state money has swung betting that
President Coolidge will succeed him
self in the direction of evens.
Formation of an organization to
shape the campaign to obtain consid
eration for the name of Gov. Al Smith
of Now York at the national Demo
cratic convention has been begun by
New York Democrats.
Rev. John Quincy Adams, pastor of
the Dallas, Texas, Holy Pentecostal
congregation, is charged with strip
ping his congregation of all its worldly
possessions in order to “finance the
return of Christ.”
Democrats of the Tenth Virginia
district will hold a party primary on
August 5 to choose a nominee for
congress.
Claiming that they cannot operate
their proptrtie3 with any profit un
der the 1920 wage scale at the pres
ent prices of coal and alleging that
the miners breached the former con
tract, operators of coal mines on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway and the Tennessee Central
recently discussed with Governor Peay
of Tennessee the situation with re
spect to the mines located on these
two roads.
Clarence Saunders of Piggly Wiggly
fame has filed an appeal in the l nit
ed States district court at Cincinnati
against an injunction granted by
Judge J. W. Ross of the United States
district court at Memphis, which pre
vented 'him from opening stores in
Memphis. -
Three airplanes of the United States
; army world flight expedition, reaching
j Chignik. Alaska, have been ordered to
; proceed to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Robert Williams, who said his home
was at Colon. N. C., was arrested re
i eently by Richmond, Va., police on
’ the charge of haviug counterfeit mon-
I ey in his possession and selling liquor.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIE LSVILLE, GEORGIA.
EXPLOSION KILLS
WIFE OF BANKER
MRS. PAUL J. BROWN IS KILLED
BY EXPLOSION OF GAS
WATER HEATER
STATE NEWS - OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Albany.—Mrs. Paul J. Brown, wife
of the president of the Albany Ex
change National bank, died at her
home here recently as the result of
injuries received about an hour earlier
when a gas water heater in the bath
room of her home exploded.
T he exact manner in which the acci
dent occurred is not clear. Mrs.
Brown .remained unconscious after
she had been found in the bathroom.
She had gone into the bathroom a
few minutes before, and when her
servants reached her they found her
helpless She apparently had not he<-n
burned, though towels and othei arti
cles in the room were scorched.
A fire alarm was sounded, and
firemen who reached the Brown home
in a few minutes immediately began
the use of a pulmoter in an attempt
to restore Mrs. Brown to conscious
ness.
Clemency Denied 55 Petitioners
Atlanta. —Out of 72 pleas for clem
ency submitted to the Georgia prison
commission at its April session, the
commission refused to recommend
pardon, parole, probation or commuta
tion in 55 cases. All cases reviewed
have been sent to Governor Walker
for his consideration, it was stated by
William G. Mcßae, pardon clerk. Rec
ommendations for seven paroles, six
commutations, two pardons and two
probations are included in the other
seventeen cases. Among the cases in
which clemency was not recommended
was that of J. H. Buessee, former
cashier of the Bank of Gray, of Gray,
Ga., who is serving seven years on
embezzlement charges to which he
pled guilty. Another case in which
parole was refused with that of
'Claude West, former secretary to Gov
ernor Hugh M. Dorsey, who was con
victed of embezzlement of state funds.
Plan To Reduce Water Rates
Atlanta.—A tentative step toward
water rate reduction was made by the
finance committee of council in desig
nating the chairman, Alderman J. R.
Bachman, and Waterworks Superin
tendent W. Zode Smith to work out
anew scale of w r ater rates to give
800 cubic feet instead of 500 cubic
feet of water for a minimum charge
of $1 and to scale down the rate for
larger quantities in the same propor
tion. They are to report the reduc
tion such a revision would make in
waterworks receipts, in order that
similar revision of the city’s budget
can be considered at a later meeting
of the committee.
Inaugurates Drive Against Rats
Sparta.—County Agent S. D. Truitt
announces that he will inaugurate a
“rat killing campaign” in the next
few r weeks. The rodents have become
so numerous that much damage is be
ing done to all kinds of foodstuffs.
Many of them are large wharf rats
that will soon destroy a whole brood
of young chickens. The agent intends
to put on an intensive campaign, and
will no doubt get the full co-operation
of all the citizens of the town.
Is Elected Insurance Men’s Head
Columbus. —Coke Davis, of Atlanta,
was elected president of the Georgia
Association of Insurance Agents at
the concluding session of the two
days’ annual convention. The other
officers elected are: Julian Thomas,
Atlanta, first vice president; F. W.
Clark, Savannah, second vice presi
dent, and Albert R. Menard, secre
tary and treasurer. The next meet
ing place is to be decided by the ex
ecutive committee to be named by the
president.
Atlanta Negro Killed At Madison
Madison. —The body of Lawrence
Bachelor, 35, negro, of Atlanta, was
found in a road five miles from here,
with bulet holes through his neck and
heart. He had come back to his old
home in Morgan county for Easter.
Sheriff Baldwin found Charley Bache
lor. in a swamp, and is holding him
in connection with the murder. Law
rence has a wife and five children in
Atlanta.
Atlanta Girl Wins Shorter Scholarship
Rome. —President D. J. Blocker, of
Shorter college, has officially an
nounced the award to a student of the
Atlanta High schol through Miss Jes
sie Muse, the principal of a tuition
scholarship at Shorter. The scholar
ship is valued at $l5O, and is good for
the freshman year.
Increases For Fulton Judges Proposed
Atlanta. —That Fulton county com
missioners will increase salaries 'of
the five judges of Fulton superior
court, the judge of the city court of
Atlanta and the judge of the- criminal
court of Atlanta from $7,500 to SIO,OOO
at their meeting on the first Wednes
day in May loomed as virtually a cer
tainty, when it was learned that such
a plan had been referred to the fi
nance committee of the board. Com
missioner Virlyn B. Moore, stating
that the matter was referred to the
finance committee at a recent execu
tive session of the full board, declar
ed the committee’s report probably
would be acted on at the board’s next
meeting. A majority of the five com
missioners favor the increase, it was
stated. The seven judges referred to
now draw $5,000 a year from the
state and $2,500 a year from Fulton
county. It is the plan of the commis
sioners to pay them a sum equal tQ
that paid by the state, bringing the
salaries up to SIO,OOO a year. Those
who -would benefit under the increase
are Superior Court Judges W. D. Ellis,
George L. Bell, John D. Humphries,
G. H. Howard and E. D. Thomas,
Judge H. M. Reid, of the city court
of Atlanta, and Judge Andrew M. Cal
houn, of the criminal court of Atlanta.
Drunks Attack Woman And Two Men
Macon. —Following an invasion of
Macon s tourist camp by two drunken
men recently, and assaults upon two
men and a woman, Oscar Williamson,
motorcycle officer, and J. L. Stribling,
street car motorman, have been
placed under arrest charged with
felonious assault and drunkenness.
The victims of the assault were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Morrell, of Kanka
kee, 111., and B. E. Parker, 82, of St.
Lawrence, N. Y., who went to the res
cue of the Morrels when he heard
their cries for help and saw two men
beating them and dragging them from
a tent at Central City park. The vic
tims were taken to a hospital. Mrs.
Morrell’s feet were cut by being drag
ged on the ground and her head was
bruised from blows from a blunt in
strument. Parker’s scalp was split
open and his head bruised. Morrell
sustained two lacerations of the head
and body.
Fulton Supplies To Cost $200,000
Atlanta. —Contracts for 1924 sup
plies in cement, gasoline, kerosene
and paving materials totalling approx
imately $200,000 were awarded by the
public works committee of the Fulton
county commissioners at its regular
meeting. The DeJarnette Supply com
pany drew the contract for 50,000 bar
rels of cement, its bid of $2.67 a bar
rel being the lowest offered. This
contract contemplates an expenditure
of $133,500. The Wofford Oil com
pany was awarded the gasoline con
tract, its bid of “tank wagon price”
being accepted. It was estimated by
the committee that the county would
use not less than $20,000 worth of
gasoline during the year.
Liebs Returned On Larceny Charge
Atlanta.—Albert Liebs, accused of
larceny after trust in an indictment
returned by the Fulton county grand
jury in connection with the alleged
theft of money from women employed
by a local automobile agency with
which Liebs was connected at that
time, was placed behind the bars in
the Fulton county jail, following his
return from Richmond, irt custody of
County Policeman W. A. Riley.
Knights Ros Croix Relight Lights
Macon.—James L. Mayson, thirty
third degree Mason and city attorney
of Atlanta, was the principal speaker
at the service of relighting the lights,
observed by all members of Kuights
Rose Croix, in the Scottish Rite tem
ple here. There was also a mystic
banquet. The Scottish Rite hall was
filled to its capacity. The service
was in charge of P. S. Steed, thirty
second degree, K. G. R. F. Zeigler
had charge of the musical program.
Minter Sentences Are To Stand
Atlanta.—The state supreme court
affirmed the death sentence of J. W.
Minter and the life imprisonment sen
tence of Grady Miller, charged with
the murder of Millard Trouten, a son
in-law of J. W. Minter, in Coweta
county, several months ago. It wa3
charged that the Minters and several
companions drowned Trouten by
throwing him off Arnold's bridge over
Line creek, between Coweta and Fay
ette counties.
Firestone Warehouse Looted
Atlanta. —Officials of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber company were tak
ing an inventory at their warehouse
at 20 Walker street recently in an
effort to determine the amount of loot
taken by burglers who made a raid
on the establishment. Police express
ed the belief that at least a truck
load of tires were carted off. The
burglars entered the building through
a second story window.
On the
SHE’D TOLD HIM SO
The professor and his wife were
talking over the remarkable discoveries
n King Tutankhamen’s tomb.
“Isn’t it wonderful, my dear,” said
the professor. “They’ve actually
!ound In the tomb couches and chairs
thirty centuries old and in good condi
tion.”
“Well,” replied his wife. “I’ve al
ways said it pays in the long run to
buy the best.”
CAUSE FOR JOY
“What makes you look so pleased?”
“I was sold to a vegetarian!”
A Farmer’s Experience
It crops have failed and times are hard,
Now, don’t it beat the dickens
The way it helps a fellow out
To have a flock of chickens?
No Particular Character
Butler, at fancy-dress ball, who has
been told to announce people by the
characters they represent—What char
acter?
Guests —Oh, no particular character.
Butler (at the top of his voice)—
Two ladies of no character in particu
lr.
Hard Luck
Young Lady—Were you pleased
vith the new school, little boy?
Little Boy —Naw! They made me
wash my face and _\vhen I went home
de dorg bit me ’cause he didn’t know
me.
Newest in Furniture
Old Lady—Goodness, my old set of
teeth don’t fit any more.
Dentist —In that case, madam, I’ll
have to make you anew set of dining
room furniture.
EVIDENTLY WORTH A LOT
"Always thought Jones dldn t think
Ms wife worth much; but I hear be 9
bought her a fine piece of ground.
“In that case he evidently thinks
she’s worth a lot.”
Any Times
Any times are good times
Be they old or new;
Any time when Love says:
•'Good mornln*. Howdy do?
Not Improbable
Judge—/This man says that after he
fired a shot, he saw you run from ms
chicken coop.
Rastus Johnsing—He could easy
mistaken, jedge. Fast ez Ah was run
iln\ it mought have been someone
else what faintly resembles me.
Does He “Short-Circuit”?
He—Here comes a friend of mine.
He’s a human dynamo.
She—Really?
He —Yes, everything he has on 1*
charged.
If You Please —
"I see by your catalogue that you
have just received two thousand I •<•••
of ladles’ court shoes from Vlennu
“Yes, madnm.”
“I wish to try them on 1”
Getting Better
“How Is your wife getting on:
“She’s improving slowly. She i- sn
well enough to attend to her ou?
hold duties yet, but yesterday she
out shopping.”