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VOL. LIII.
No. 44
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ACTION TAKEN BY THE SENATE BIG EXPANSION OF FEDERAL
BY VOTES THIRTY-SIX PROHIBITION BEING
TO ONE PLANNED
LIEUT. G8VE8NQR IN CHARGE GUARD PLACED AT BREWERIES
Step Follows Submission By Lower
House Of Bill of impeachment
Against Executive
Will Cork Leaks At Breweries—Work
Will Necessitate A $20,000,000
Appropriation
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Governor J.
C. Walton was suspended from office
recently, when the state senate, by a
vote 36 to 1, adopted a resolution
Washington.—Expansion ofl!ke fed
eral government’s prohibition enforce
ment machinery in an effort to stop
liquor smuggling and to check what
temporarily relieving him of his of ft described by officials as rapidly in-
cial duties, following the submission creasing supplies of "high power"
by the lower house of a bill of itn- beer, 1b under consideration at the
peachment against hjm. treasury. The program contemplates’
: The impeachment bill charged tho practically doubling the strength of
iexecutive with entering into “a cor- the coast guard and the placing of a
rupt agreement” with Ur. A. E. Dav- prohibition agent in every brewery,
enport, state health commissioner, to ^Vhile the changes under constdera-
Iffl T : ffiagl «“ H| U.n (or tho coast guard have act yet
personal chauffeur, on the payroll of .... „ .
the health department at $200 a becm placed before Secretary Mollou '
month; ancf that hereby "certain ln charge of the service havo
moneys were diverted from the statu- cAl-nlated approximately $20,000,000
tory ohject and purpose for which they would have to be appropriated by cn :•
iwere appropriated by law." ^gross to carry them out. (
The suspension resolution w$ts in- Tentative plans call for the addi-
itrpuuced oy Senator W. M. Gallager ti.m of more than a score of cuttsrs
jof Muscogee. A committee was named and about 60 speedy power boats to
(to inform the governor and lieutenant b e Ufc ed in tracking down rum lun-
jgovernor of the action.
| Lieutenant Uoveruor Trapp is in
jSapiupu, uiiia,, and was notified by
itelepuone.
: Tnu coihmiitce delivered its mes
sage mj >ue governor in his office.
Immediately afterward the house
traismuiiLLeii Article 3, charging the
govBupr with preventing the meet-
STATE /KEWSJF INTEREST
'Brief News Items Gathered- Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
lien'll eff the coasts. Additional per
sonnel also is proposed.
Secretary Mellon is said to recog
nize that “high power” beer is be
coming all too common in many sec
tions of the country and, it is report?
ed, is inclined to favor a return to
Atlanta.—Another large and mag-
inificent building, at least ten stories
■high, to cost between $1,000,000 and
.’$1,600,000 to replace, it£ present quar
ters at 40 East Ellis street will be
ierected within the next two years by
Atlanta lodge No. 78, 3rP. O. Elks,
laccording to tentative plans sponsor
ed by J. Turner Fitten, prominent At
lanta business man, which have met
with general approval of the lodge
membership.
Mr. Fitten has had under consld 1
eration for several months past thd
advisability of a new structure to
house the membership of almost 6,000^
which includes hundreds of citizens)
of Atlanta who are prominent in all
walks of life throughout the entire)
southeast. Associated with Mr. Fit*
ton, who has been appointed chair
man of the new building committee by
Judge L. F. McClelland, exalted ruler)
of Atlanta lodge of Elks, will he Ar
thur I. May and Ed Bond, with Judge
McClelland and B. C. Broyles, secre-;
tary of the lodge, as ex-offlcio mem
bers of the committee.
A site upon which will eventually,
he erected the most magnificent Eiks*
structure in the entire United States,!
with the possible exception of the one
} recently completed by Philadelphia
ing. or a grand jury mat was to iu-'S agedt of the treasury on guard in all
the old arrangement of putting an | j 0( j ge No 2) i s the only obstacle which
quire iiuu nis oiticial acts, and the
senu.u accepted it also.
Tiie bcuate stated to receive the
charge uuu senator W. M. Gallager,
of iviuBiiugee, introduced the resolu
tion wmcii would suspend the gover
nor ami m a Re Lieutenant Governor M.
E. 'iripp acting executive until the
former s trial.
The senate notified tho house that
it would convene at any time to re
ceive additional impeachment articles
that mignt be adopted later by the
lower uuuy and then adjourned. The
house ended its session almost at the
same time.
Daughter Of Condemned Man Suicides
Los Angeles, Calif.—Despondent
over the arrest and conviction of her:
father, charged with a Georgia mur-l
der, pretty Elizabeth Satterfield, 24,|
is near death in a Santa Monica (Cal.);
hospital from acid poisoning taken in
attempt at Buicide. Speechless from
the caustic effects of the poison, the
girl is said to nave approached Mike
Demaris, in Santa Monica, writing her 5
request to be tatcen to police head-
quartdfs. After her power of speech
had failed to make known her desire
at police headquarters the girl hastily)
wrote the reasons for her attempted;
death before losing consciousness.
breweries so that daily tests may be
made of products.
Treasury officials denied that the
new program waS due to rfecent criti
cism that has come from several quar
ters regarding prohibition enforce
ment. On the other hand, It was de
clared, the .changes have been under
consideration for some months, and
the internal revenue bureau has been
engaged constantly in an effort to
iron out dificultieB in the enforce
ment situation.
Participation In World Court Sought
Washington.—Participation by the
United States in the permanent court
of international justice - is included
among the measures for promoting
world accord recommended' in a re
port prepared for presentation to
President Coolidge by a commission
of the National League of Women
Voters. The commission, beaded by
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of
the league, was appointed last sum
mer, to study post-war conditions,
.chiefly as they affect European wom
en and the prospects of improved in
ternational understanding.
Save Europe, Says George To U. S,
Cleveland, Ohio.—Declaring that
Great Britain seeks nothing in Eu
rope except a cessation of strife and
that "there you can help us," David;
Lloyd George, the war-time premier
of Great Britain, at a chamber of,
commerce luncheon here renewed his
plea for "effective co-operation" be
tween the two great English-speaking;
commonwealths.
Harvey Stands On European Broils
' * London.—Ambassador Harvey de
livered a long farewell speech at the
Pilgrims’ dinner, in which he reitera
ted the willingness of the United
States' to help assess German’s ca-
pacity to pay reparations, reviewed
the Monroe Doctrine and deedarod.
that America must and would keep
aloof from the broils of Europe.
confronts the committee. It is de?
sired, if possible, to obtain a site oni
Peachtree street, conveniently and
centrally located.
With the exception of the street^
frontage, which will be rented out as;
stores, the entire building will be de-!
voted to the purposes of a first-class)
hotol, with club facilities, and a lodge;
room or auditorium to accommodate;
at least 2,600 members. There will;
be a rathskeller, public grill and din
ing rooms, a magnificent ball room,
banquet hall, bowling alleys, billiard:
and other amusement rooms, swim--
ming p6ol and gymnasium. The base-'
ment and sub-basement will contain
storerooms, machinery, heating plant,'
filtration plant, etc. The second floor
will be largely taken up by lodge
offices, committee rooms, lounge and
reception rooms, and the remainder
of the building, consisting of from
160'to 200 rooms, will be given over
to guest rooms, with the exception of
the tenth story, which will be devoted
to a lodg room. All the guest rooms
will be unusually spacious, with con
venient alcoves for beds, and large
windows allowing light and Ventila
tion.
Banker Put On Trial In Big Failure
Joplin, Mo.—H. H. Hohenschild,
president of the defunct Night and
Day bank, of St. Louis, is on trial on
charges of receiving deposits after
the institution was insolvent. The
bank failed in January, 1922, with
losses of aprpoximately one million
dollars to depositors.
Atlantic Coast Hit Hard By Storm.
New York.—A fifty-mile northeast
er, reported to be raging along the’
coast from Newfoundland to Cape Hat-:
teras, hit this section hard, endanger-;
ing several craft and leading indirect-.
Presbytery Going To West Point
West Point.—Extensive prepara-,
tions are being made for the meeting
of Atlanta Presbytery in West Point,;
October 30-November 2, when a hun
dred and fifty delegates are expected
to attend. The beautiful new church
has just, been completed. It is mod
ern and complete in every detail.
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Blow From Propeller Biade Kills Man
Washington, N. J.—Marshall Rue-
land, an airplane mechanic, who re
cently came from Paris, France, was j o£ the* Third District Press Associa-j
instantly killed here when he was'tion at Vienna, Friday, October 26, in;
Writers Invited To Press Meeting
Savannah.—Savannah’s newspaper;
men have been invited to attend the)
third quarterly meeting for the year;
struck by the propeller of an aero
plane on which he was working.
the home town of Miss Emily Wood-;
ward, sedond vice president of the]
state organization. A practical pro-')
gram has been arranged and enter-j
tafnmeDt features will be provided.
1 Killed; 9 Hurt; Auto Leaves Track
Shreveport, La.—One person was
killed and nine others injured, two ot
them probably fatally, when a racing'wife Slugged On Refusal To Re-Wed)
automobile, driven by Max Markmann, I Atlanta.—The police Jiere were!
ol Chicago, at the Louisiana state fair, | searching for S. C. Stigall, who, ac-<
crashed through the race track fence cording to police reports, struck his
and plunged into a crowd of specta
tors.
divorced wife, Mrs. Jennie Stigall, onj
the head with a blackjack when she-
refused to remarry him. Mrs. Stigall;
Brother Of Chief Of D.ail Succumbs reported to be in a critical con-’,
Dublin, Ireland. Philip Cosgrave, dition a t her home. ..She was said toi
brother of President William T. Cos have a fractured -skull. Policemen,
grave, of the dail eireann, died re-) McDaniel and Hajos, who investigated'
cently after a brief illness. He was , the case, reported that Mrs. Stigall
x ., . ] - , . M .. . . elected to the dail from South Dublin told him her husband inflicted her)
Jy to the injury of more than half a; j Q the recent Free State election, injuries and fled. They have been;
^ozen persons. , ^ ea ding the poll from that district. divorced several months, she saidJ
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