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VOL. XXII. NO. 57.
PETITION FILED IO
put president on
PRIMARY BALLOT
Secretary Gardner Awaiting
Word From Mr. Wilson,
Senator Smith Defines Is
sues of Campaign
With the entry list closing at 12
o’clock Thursday for the Georgia
presidential primary to be held April
20, a new and interesting develop
ment came to light Wednesday in the
announcement that a petition has
been filed for the naipe of President
Wilson to go on the ballot.
.Henry B. Baylor and 117 other
Democrats of Atlanta filed the peti
tion. Acting at the direction of the
sub-committee on rules in charge of
the primary, Secretary Hiram Gard
ner, of Eatonton, has telegraphed the
president to know his wishes with
regard to the petition. It is believed
he will reply that Attorney-General
Palmer’s candidacy indorsing every
phase of the administration makes it
unnecessary for him to enter the pri
mary. In addition to this, his ac
quiescence in the use of hist, name
might be construed as an announce
ment of his candidacy for a third
term, and he has not yet made known
his position on this question.
In addition to telegraphing Presi
dent Wilson to know his wishes, Sec
retary Gardner has likewise tele
graphed all others for whom peti
tions have been filed and whose
wishes- are not known to the sub
committee. These, are Senator Reed
and Robert Lansing. There was nJ
inquiry sent to Senator Smith, At
torney-General Palmer or Thoma:/ E.
Watson, as their wishes are knot*i.
The repli;s received from the pres
ident, Senator Reed and Mr. Lansing
will govern the subcommittee’s ac
tion. No name will be placed on the
ballot against a man’s wishes. An
Associated Press dispatch from
Washington Wednesday afternoon
was to the effect that “White House
officials had no information as to
President Wilson’s probable action
concerning the petition,'* and that thb
petition was “filed without his know
ledge.”
J, B. Smith’s Statement
Chairman James J. Flynt, of Grif
fin, and Secretary .Gardner will meet
in Atlanta Friday to prepare the of
ficial ballot of the primary, and the
names going on it will depend upon
the replies received from tnose men
tioned above.
At Senator Hoke Smith’s head
quarters in the Piedmont hotel Wed
nesday morning a steady stream of
callers from all parts of the state
were being received by the senator,
and ‘ A “dorps were
busy replying to letters and tele
grams.
J. R. Smith, who is Jointly in
charge of headquarters with'. H. W.
McCord, gave out the following
statement concerning Governor Dor
sey’s decision not to enter the pri
mary:
“I believe it is the judgment of
everyone that the governor’s ‘nap’
served him well, for had the Palmer
committee swapped horses in the
middle of the stream by substituting
Dorsey for Palmer it would have in
volved the usual'hazard of such a
transaction, and would have been the
height of ‘camouflage,’ which the
governor realized as shown in his
statement, although it-appears that
some of the Palmer leaders failed to
realize it when they made the sug
gestion, of putting the governor into
the contest in place of the attorney
general.
“I heartily agree with the gover
nor that national issues should con
trol in this campaign. His decision
Cleary the way for a determination
of the most important national issue
before the country in a contest be
tween two conspicuous national fig
ures,\ Senator Smith and Attorney
General Palmer.
“The' governor’s decision, more
over, upholds the purpose of the pri
mary, which is to enable the Demo
crats of Georgia to determine for
themselves, at the ballot box on April
20, the policy they wish their party
to follow in the national campaign,
rather than, having politicians mis
represent them in the councils of
party.”
Senator Smith’s campaign, it was
stated by Mr. Smith, is going for
ward with the utmost activity and
enthusiasm. The senator will speak
next Saturday morning in Gainesville
and the same afternoon in Commerce.
He will speak next Monday morning
in Dalton and tbV same afternoon in
Rome. He will speak next Tuesday
night in Macon and will spend Wed
nesday of next week in Americus. He
will speak Thursday night, April 8,
in the Atlanta Auditorium.
Senator Smith will spend Wednes
day of next week in Americus to
see his friends not only in Sumter
but adjoining counties, and invites
them to meet him in Americus on
that day, saving them a trip to At
lanta.
Senator Smith’s Statement
Clement E. Dunbar, manager of
the Palmer headquarters, states that
the progress of the Palmer campaign
is entirely satisfactory, especially
With regard to newspaper support.
The attorney general will speak in
Gainesville next Tuesday morning
and Atlanta next Tuesday night.
Senator Smith on Wednesday is
sued the following statement:
“Let me call the attention of the
people of Georgia to the great ques
tion to be passed upon by the voters
o fthe state on April 20. The Atlan
ta Constitution and its satellites are
doing all in their power to divert at
tention from it.-
“As an illustration of their efforts
in this direction I will mention the
utterly false publications they have
made about the call I paid Senator
Reed when he was in Atlanta. My
call had no reference to ’politics, and
not one word was said that bore di
rectly or indirectly upon the coming
Georgia primary or upon my candi
dacy or upon Senator Reed’s candi
dacy. It would have been a breach
of courtesy for me to have failed
to call upon a senator visiting m.y
home city. Others were in the room
besides Senator Reed and Mr. Hard
wick; a Constitution reporter was
admitted while I was there. There
was no secrecy about the visit, and
not one word was said which I
would object to see published. I do
not know Senator Reed’s plans; 1
had nothing to do with his visit to
Georgia, and, so far as I am con-
y Continued on Fagre 6, Column 1)
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CEBMINy REFUSED
PERMIT ID SEND
SOLDIERS 10 PL™
French Government Holds
That Such Concession
Would Be Useless as Well
as Dangerous
. PARIS, March 31.—The request of
the German government that it be
permitted ‘o send troops to the Ruhr
district in the neutral zone near the
German border, has been denied by
the government of France.
Conversations over the German
requests have been in progress be
tween Premier Millerand and Dr.
von Mayer, the German charge
d’affaires in Paris. M. Millerand yes
terday indicated he would give the
German charge an early reply, and
it was handed to Dr. von Mayer to
day.
The reply read:
“Replying to your/ note of yester
day, I have the honor to confirm to
you the conditions to which the gov
ernment of the French republic de
sires to subordinate Its eventual au
thorization to permit German troops
to enter the Rjjfir valley.
“Such an Authorization, which
would constitute a derogation of
Articles 43 and 44 of the treaty of
Versailles, could be justified only by
imperative and evident necessity.
The commission charged with the
control of the execution of the pro
t col of August 21, 1919, has ex
pressed to me, as I informed you in
our conversation yesterday, its for
mal opinion, confirmed also from
other sources, the military interven
tion in that region at present would
be useless as well a dangerous.”
SOCIALIST LEADERS SEND
ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNMENT
BERLIN, March 31. —Leaders of
the three Socialist parties here have
sent an ultimatum to the govern
ment requesting that it respect the
Lielefeld-committee and immediate
ly suspend all military measures in
the Ruhr valley. The government
is given until 3 o’clock Thursday
afternoon to accept or reject this de
mand.. Should it be rejected an im
mediate proclamation of a general
strike will follow, Chairman Muell
ler was informed by a Socialist dele
gation.
The executive council of workers
in the Ruhr district at the last min
ute accepted some modifications of
the government’s ultimatum, accord
ii to the Gazette, and government
troops have received orders, to
await nerw instruction.
CITIZENS SEEK SHELTER
WHEN TIME LIMIT ENDS
ESSEN, Germany, March 31. —The
time fixed in the Berlin government’s
ultimatum for the workmen’s forces
in the Ruhr valley to surrender their
arms and recognize local and govern
ment officials, expired at noon today
and almost immediately the popula
tion of Essen, which had been about
the streets during the morning,
sought shelter in their 'homes.
Communist army leaders say the
government troops have begun to
march, but information received from
other sources indicate they have not
started, as was threatened in the
ultimatum.
A state of ferment prevails in the
workers’ army and a number of con
tingents from conservative towns
like Dusseldorf have withdrawn from
the front. A majority of the troops
are demanding payment of their
wages immediately and a paymaster
with money was rushed in an auto
rnoble to the front. It is believed,
however, a large element of the
workers’ army will not lay down its
arms. ,
SENATOR SMITH
LEADS IN ATHENS
HERALD’S POLL
ATHENS, Ga., March 31.—Although
Herbert Hoover had led the field
for three days with a large margin
Hokq Smith ousted that candidate
from first place in the Athens Her
ald straw vote Monday and has main
tained his lead continuously since.
Sentiment favoring the senior sena
tor is rapidly crystalizing in this sec
tion if the straw vote can be taken
as an indication. It appears that
the people who have consistently fa
vored the adoption of a League of
Nations have gradually come to un
derstand the position of Senator
Smith as enunciated in his announce
ment last Thursday in that he favors
the acceptance of the league with
reservations whose purpose is to clar
ify and make understandable the
mooted articles of the covenant.
One point in particular is the ap
pointment of representatives to the
assembly and council. In the absence
of an sarticle providing for the ap
pointment of these representatives it
is assumed that the president will
made the appointments. In this in
stance the representative might feel
that he is the special representative
of the president and might be com
mitted to a policy as a result of
presidential dictatitotn which might
conflict with the views of the con
gress and friction would consequent
ly ..ensue.
Now They’re Robbing
The Stocking Bank
AKRON.—Mrs. Fanny Sheridan re
fused to give her money to highway
men. They knocked her down and
took S6O from her stocking.
CURED HER FITS,
Mrs. Paul Grain, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
of relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned. I
wish every one jvho suffers from this
terrible disease would write R, P. N.
Lepso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which he gave
me. He has generously promised to
send it prepaid, free to any one who
writes him.”- —(Advt.)
SUFFRAGE ASSURED
BYAGREEMENTDF
DELAWARE ANTIS
(I
> Reluctantly Yield to Major
ity, Report Says, and Will
Vote to Ratify—Mississip
pi Decides Wednesday
DOVER, Del., March 31.—Unable
to longer withstand the terrific
pounding of both national and local
Republican leaders the anti-suffrage
Republican members of the Dela
ware legislature in conference last
night reluctantly yielded to the
wishes of the majority, according to
information given out, and have
agreed to ratify the suffrage amend
ment. Another meeting of those Re
publicans opposing the measure will
be held today, but it is a foregone
conclusion that the meeting is sim
ply called for the purpose of enab
ling the objectors to gracefully with
draw from their present unpopular
position and “save their faces” with
the folks at home.
The vote on ratification is ex
pected to be taken in the house this
afternoon, and since the meeting of
last night is practically assured of
passing. This will be followed by a
vote in the senate, but the senate has
had a suffrage majority from the
beginning of the session and the vic
tory predicted in the house today
will practically settle the suffrage
question not only for Delaware but
the tiatlon, as Governor Townsend,
who has been a strong supporter of
suffrage from the beginning, Will
not long delay affixing his signature
to a measure giving the women of
the nation the right to vote.
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR
URGES RATIFICATION
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 31.
Governor Roberts today urged Mis
sissippi to ratify the suffrage amend
,ment in the following telegram to
Governor Russell:
“Permit me to urge upon you the
justice and wisdom of Mississippi
ratifying nineteenth amendment, I
thus insuring full suffrage for wom
en at hands of Democratic party.”
THEMACON NEWS
COMES OUT FOR
SENATOR SMITH
The Macon News, in its issue of
Tuesday comes out editorially in sup
port of Senator Hoke Smith in his
campaign for the Democratic nomi
nation in the preferential primary.
The New*. - with its big circulation
and state-wide influence, will un
doubtedly be a great help to the
campaign, and the an
nouncement of the News’ stand will
be received with enthusiasm by the
Hoke Smith champions throughout
the state.
In the opinion of the News, Sena
tor Smith’s candidacy meets a de
mand of the people who were about
to be disfranchised by having to
choose between two extremes, A.
Mitchell Palmer, indorsing every act
and every phase of the Wilson ad
ministration, and Senator James A.
Reed, opposing practically every phase
of the administration.
“At this juncture,” says the News,
“Senator Hoke Smith, realizing the
embarrassment of the party in Geor
gia, and actuated, as we believe, by
motives which do him great credit,
permitted the use of his name as
a candidate in the primary, chiefly
on the platform of the League of
Nations with those reservations,
vitally important, for which he
labored and voted in the upper house.
“The Macon News has, therefore
reached the strong and deliberate
conclusion that the only course for
the Democrats of Georgia to pursue
is to vote for Senator Hoke Smith
in the presidential preferential pri
mary on April 20.
“The whole course of events point
to him logically as the only man in
Georgia around who'm the Democrats
of this state can rally in adopting
a middle course between the two ex
tremes represented by Reed and Pal
mer, and the expressions of opinion
that have been heard since Senator
Smith permitted the use of his name
confirm the view that he will be
triumphantly elected.
“That he is a man of ability his
enemies themselves will not deny.
For nearly thirty years, including
the period of his service as a mem
ber of the Cleveland cabinet, two
terms as governor of Georgia and
his present tenure in the senate, he
has been a conspicuous figure in state
and national politics. He has ac
quired a store of knowledge and ex
perience ■tfhich make him the peer
of any man whose name is mentioned
for the presidency. On the issue
which President Wilson has delib
erately made paramount in the forth
coming election, he is In line with
the enlightened and patriotic senti
ment of this country. He stands for
the League of Nations, but only on
condition that it shall be brought
Into line with the constitution of
the United States, the supremacy of I
the Monroe doctrine and the duty of ■
this country to keep its sovereignty
unimpaired.
“Senator Smith is strong enough
to measure up to the duties of the
office if he should be nominated and
elected to the presidency, but he tells
the people frankly that he will readily
stand aside in favor of any other
Democrat of ability who develops
sufficient strength at the San Fran
cisco convention to secure the nomi
nation on a platform such as Sen
ator Smith himself stands on and
which the people of Georgia would
indorse by sending him as their
“favorite son” to the convention.
“Wisdom, patriotism and common
sense point to him as the man for
the place, and the Macon News trusts
that Georgia Democrats will elect
him by an overwhelming majority "
Girard Plant Lost
In SIOO,OOO Fire
GIRARD, Ala., March 31.—Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed the
plant of the Butts Lumber company
here early today. The loss is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920.
STORM DEATH LIST FOR
GEORGIA NOW TOTALS 32
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THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, MADE BY FLOYD TRAYNHAM, a Journal staff photographer, in
the Swift Fertilizer plant district, show better than words can tell the extereme punnishment suf
fered by that LaGrange colony in the tornado Sunday afternoon. The hoyses were completely
wrecked and dismembered. Homeless people stand about, looking, for fragments of their be
longings.
Armed Men Attack
Police Barracks at
Durrtis, Ireland
SKIBBBRrEN, County Cork, Ire
land, March 31.—More than one hun
dred armed men attacked the police
barracks at Durrus, seven miles
southwest of Bantry, County Cork,
with rifles and petrol bombs, last
night. x
A portion of tke building was
blown up and two ' policemen were
wounded, one seriously.
After a fierce fight, the raiders,
some of whom are believed to have
been wounded, were driven off.
Can’t Dodge H. C. L.
Even After Dead
TOLEDO.—Prices of graves have
been boosted in most cemeteries
here. As a result the final resting
places are pretty well picked over.
Many persons are buying to escape
higher price in the future.
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Five Children Found
Murdered in Tent;
Mother’s Throat Cut
ELK CITY, Okla., March 31,-*Five
children were found dead today :
a tent near here, their throats cut
and heads crushed, and their moth
er, Mrs. Elmer Cowart, lying near
the bodies with her throat slashed.
An ax, a razor and a all
bloodstained, were found in the tent
in which the family was temporarily
making their home.
Revolution in Turkey
Against the Alies Is
Reported in Dispatch
PARIS, March 31.—The breaking
out of a revolution all over Turkey,
except in Constantinople, directed
against the allies, is reported by the
Pester Lloyd, of Budapest, according
to a dispatch from Basle to the
Fournier agency here.
Florida Town Shows
Largest in
Latest Census Report
WASHINGTON, March 31.—The
census bureau today announced the
following 1920 population results:
Harrisburg, Pa., 75,917; Oshkosh,
Wis., 33,162; Grand Rapids, Wis., 7,-
243; Peru, Ind., 12,561; Maywood, 111.,
12,072; Lake Forest 111., 3,360; Sul
phur Springs, Tex., 5,558; Lakeland,
Fla., 7,062; Concord, N. C„ 9,903.
Increases since 1910:
Harrisburg, Pa., 11,731, or 18.3 per
cent; Oshkosh 100, or 0.3 per cent;
Grand Rapids 722, or 11.1 per cent;
Peru 1,651, or 15.1 per cent; May
wood 4,039, or 50.3 per cent; Lake
Forest 11, or 0.3 per cent; Sulphur
Springs 407, or 7.9 per cent; Lake
land 3,343, or 89.9 per cent; Concord
1,188, or 13.6 per cent.
Father of 23 Won’t Pay
LONDON, Eng.—A miner who was
summoned for non-payment of in
come tax objected on the ground that
he was the father of twenty-three
children, eight of whom were still
under fifteen.
Report of Damage and 15
Deaths at Stovall Is De
nied —LaGrange and West
Point Arise to Occasion
Based on reports from thd mayors
of LaGrange and West Point to
Mayor James L. Key, of Atlanta, the
death list of those cities In the tor
nado Sunday now stand at 22 for
LaGrange, with 80 persons in the
various hospitals; and 8 for West
Point, with 20 severely injured.
Added to the single death in Ma
con and another at LMllner, this puts
Georgia’s death toll from the storm
at 32.
An early report by the Associated
Press from Columbus, quoting
sources considered reliable, - but
not 'conclusively confirmed, added
15 deaths to the list Tuesday morn
ing by the statement that the lit
tle town of Stovall in z Meriwether
couny had been terribly scourged by
the tornado, losing almost one-third
of its population.
Beport Denied
This report, at first credited, was
later denied conclusively by the of
ficials of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railway in Atlanta, on
whose line the town is situated, 11
miles east of LaGrange.
Legare Davis of the Red Cross
headquarters in Atlanta, just back
from West Point and LaGrange, at
once took up the Stovall report, and
G. B. Matthews, of the A. B. & A.
officers denied it to Mr. Davis and
j The Journal, after a telephone con
' versation with the company’s agent
,at Stovall.
Stricken Towns Bally
“Our agent reported that the tor
nado missed Stovall entirely,” said
Mr. Matthews. “No one was killed
or injured."
LaGrange and West Point were
reported Tuesday to be coping gal
lantly with the disaster. Both towns
have declined with thanks all offers
of financial aid, accepting
only the Red Cross medical and
nursing assistance with the wounded,
and the tents, cots and other army
supplies sent from Camp Gordon.
West Point, terribly punished in
the business section, rallied gamely
and proposed not onl yto look after
its own sufferers, but also offered
aid to LaGrange, its stricken neigh
bor. (
Meeting Called
LaGrange, however, was making
its own fight most bravely.
Meeting Monday afternoon at the
Troup county courthouse, Mayor S.
D. Dunson and the leading business
men of the town and county decided
to decline with profound thanks of
fers of aid from Atlanta and Macon
and other cities and towns, accept- j
ing only the work of the Red Cross
expedition from Atlanta, whose doc
tors and nurses had been working
all day long, operating on and car
ing for the injured. The Red Cross
party established an emergency hos
pital in a warehouse, where the vis
iting physicians worked on the pa
tients and the nurses, aided by La-
Grange volunteers, made them as
comfortable as possible.
Government tents were set up in
three districts at LaGrange—the
county fair grounds, the Unity mills
district, and the Hamilton road dis
trict; about 100 in all, furnished with
cots and bedding, and ample to shel
ter those who xtere rendered home
less by the wrecking of 350 dwell
ings, and who were not being cared
for by relatives or friends.
No Outside Aid Wanted
Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta
announced Tuesday morning that a
message from Mayor S. H. Dunson,
of LaGrange, just recived, placed
the number of dead in LaGrange at
twenty-two, with eighty injured per
sons in the various hospitals.
“Mayor Dunson thanks Atlanta for
offers of .financial aid,” said Mayor
Key, “but expalins that LaGrange
will be able to carry that part of
the burden itself A : .eeting is to
be held Tuesday afternoon, he said,
at hich it was planned to raise
$55,0P0 to care for the sufferers in
the disaster This was deemed ade
quate.” *
Scents a corn/
$1.50 A YEAS
ARDENT LETTER TO
MRS. BRADSTREET
IS BEIJJ COURT
Salespeople Testify to Large
Purchases by Gretfh of
Clothing, Jeweiry and Au
tomobiles for Women
BY WABD GBESN
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
FAIRBURN, Ga.. March 31.—The
reading of an ardent love letter al
leged to have been written by Wil
liam B. Green, the former Fairburn
banker, to Mrs. Catherine Queen
Bradstreet, and the introduction of
evidence to show that Green pur
chased thousands of dollars’ worth
of clothing, finery and automobiles
for Mrs. Bradstreet, were the out
standing features of today’s session
of Green’s trial on charges of em
bezzlement and arson.
Several salespeople from Atlanta
department stores testified as to the
purchase of dresses, jewelry, furs
and automobiles by the former bank
er for Mrs. Bradstreet.
The love letter was found in a
drawer of a dresser seized by the
authorities from Mrs. Bradstreet’s
apartments and later returned to her
to be stored at the home of her
father, A. P. Queen, at Panthersville.
Attorneys for the defense objected
strenuously to its Introduction and
the crowd in the court room evinced
lively interest In its contents.
Two witnesses identified the hand
writing of the letter as Green’s.
Over heated objections by the de
fense, Judge John B. Hutcheson ad
mitted it as evidence and it was
read to the jury. During the read
ing severafl “sniggers” broke out in
the court room. Green listened with
out a sign of emotion and Mrs. .
Green, seated right behind him, also r
showed no feeling save an unusually
high color.
Green’s X>etter
The letter was written on station
ery of the First United War Work
Campaign committee of Campbell
county, W. B. Green, chairman.
It was dated Monday night, No
vember 18, 1918. The letter follows:
“My Own Darling Wife;
“Dearest: You can’t imagine .
how much I want to see you,
don’t see how I can wait until
tomorrow. Darling Catherine, I
just love you so much I want to
be with you all the time and
can hardly stand it when I know
you are oft so far. Some selfish,
am I not? Dearest, I wish you
were here tonight: you don’t
know how much giood it would
do me. The drive went over the
top this afternoon and have just
wired my report in and am all
tired out. z
“This makes six drives since
the war started in which I have
acted as county chairman and
have carried them all over the
top.
“Dearest, I wish -I could be
with you on your trip back;
wouldn’t we have a grand time?
I have Just had notice of a
Shrine ceremonial on Wednesday
night and am so glad will be able
to see you then.
"If I could only see my Angel
Sweetheart for a few minutes
and hear that sweet voice I
would feel so much better.
Dearest, can you realize even a
small part of how much I dove
you and how much you mean t®
me? I never realized I could
love any one even a small part
of as much as I love you.
“Darling wife, will have to
stop now and work some, and I
hope I will be able to see you
tomorrow.
“With all my love and a great
big good-night kiss, darling, I
am,
"Yours only and forever,
“BILL.”
DECLARES GREEN SENT
MONEY TO MRS. BRADSTREET
- BY WARD OKEENE
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
FAIRBURN, Ga., March 31.—Testi
mony of witnesses that in January
and February of this year William B.
Green telegraphed Mrs. Katherine
Bradstreet money while she was in
New Jersey and that as late es last
week, they were seen together In At
lanta featured the monting session
Wednesday of Green’s trial on
charges of embezzlement.
The state introduced this evidence
to support its contention that Green
and Mrs. Bradstreet not only con
spired together to rob the Fairburn
Banking company, but that they are
still conspiring to keep and spend
the bank’s money. \
Other interesting testimony waa
furnished by detectives who arrested
Mrs. Bradstreet and who declared she
told them Green had spent between
$40,000 and $50,000 on her, and that
she had practically no other money
Another significant witness waa
George Edmondson, cashier of the
Fairburn Banking company, who said
that in posting Green’s books last
August he found Green was short
SIB,OOO.
Mr. Edmondson said that on the
night of October 6 he left the bank
about ten o’clock and that Green
was still there. He described the
shelf where Green is said to have
claimed he placed the Liberty bonds
on Monday, October 6. In response
to a question from Mr. Arnold the
witness said that he had been to the
exact spot where Green is said to
have left the Liberty bonds and that
he did not remember seeing the bonds
at all. In telling him of the rob
bery of the bank, said the. witness.
Green,made no mention of the Liber
ty bonds. On cross-examination Mr.
Edmondson named half a dozen peo
ple who, he said, had the combina
tion of the vault.
Clashes between counsel for Green
and the prosecuting attorneys oc
curred frequently during the morn
ing, as objections were made to Mi - .
Edmondson testifying witheut bring
ing the bocks into court. Attorney
George Westmoreland, for the de
fense, declared Attorney Reuben Ar
nold was “leading” the state’s wit
nesses and was making comments on \
the testimony that amounted to ar
guing his case to the jury.
Green in Good Humor
“I’ll refrain from that if it hurts
my brother,” said Attorney Arnold.
“Nothing hurst me except wiwt
hurts the right,” said Mr. Westmora
land.
“You mean except what hurts your
client?” countered Mr. Arnold.
Such sallies, occurring frequently,
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