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6 H. A. ALLEN OPENS ARGUMENTS FOR j - DEFENSE AT TRIAL (Continued From Page. 1.) He compared the examination of Mr » Martin by Reuben Arnold to th( Xcomedy act of a ventriloquist an< this dummy, to the amusement of th< Audience. ' '“Martin didn’t make his audit tc find out the status of the bank, bui to dig out evidence to convict W!1 Green,” declared Attorney Allen. “Did the state treasurer employ Martin for that purpose? Martin ad mits he has made no detailed report i# Mr. Speer. He admits that the only' two books that could show the true status of the bank have been destroyed and yet he charges Green with theft of the bank’s funds. Mar tin claims to be sorry for Green and says he testifies reluctantly. His at 'titudc on the stand doesn't bear him out.” Refers to Liberty Bonds Referring to the lost Liberty bonds alleged by Green to have been stolen by the robbers on the night of the fire, the attorney ridiculed the state ment of one of the state’s witnesses that jt was impossible for the rob- Jiers to have taken more than SII,OOO worth of bonds. He declared that the evidence introduced by the state showed that Green, on October 6. took from the Trust Company of Georgia Liberty bonds to the amount of $43,000, carried them to Fairburn and put them in the bank vault. Mr. ' Hen then paid his respects to W. T. 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Other pictures for this machine will be announced from time to time, and we will be glad to supply them to you for the small sum of ten cents, the actual cost of printing. The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. THE .ITL.TTr.I TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. thing except that Green had made her several presents,” he asserted. “She didn’t say Green took any of the bank’s money.” “My brother Arnold has put into this case a whole lot of stuff ju-t like that. He aims to ‘cover Dixie like the dew’ and doesn’t overlook anything. That’s the kind of a case they have put up to you jurymen. "Their whole case is a bunch of camouflage, gentlemen. When you look for positive evidence to show Green's guilt you can’t find it. All this talk about Green’s buying jewel ly and automobiles for Mrs. Brad street and his being seen with her in New Orleans has nothing to do with this case. It doesn't show that Green stole the bank’s money. There is nothing but circumstantial evi dence in this case and there isn’t enough of it to establish a case be yond a reasonable doubt.” Mr. Allen conclude his argument after having spoken for an hour and I fifty-five minutes. He was followed by Solicitor General George Napier ; for the state. t i In opening his argument Solicitor I Napier rea dthe section of the law under which Green is being tried, and which provides a sentence of 1 from two to seven years in case of l conviction, and cited 'as parallel ’cases several previous of the courts. Recounts Details “It seems in this case that every thing went well,” said Solicitor -xa pier, “until the appearance of a cer tain woman. I obtain my best de scription of this woman from the de fendant's description of her; that she was a very fascinating woman. “The defendant until that time was a mar. of excellent character and reputation and good standing. He was a trusted man. but you must re member, gentlemen, that in all cgses of bank defalcations the acts are committed by trusted men.” Solicitor Napier recounted again ■ the interesting details of Mrs. Brad street’s rapid rise from poverty to wealth with assistance of “Uncle Jack,” interesting the jury and the audience with a careful description of a “stork decorated” kfmona and the symbolic significance of this decoration. “This case has another peculiar ity,” said the solicitor general. “The directors and stockholders rehabili tated the wrecked bank so that Campbell county and Fairburn today stand fair before the world.” De claring thht the record of the cer tificates of deposits showed conclu sively that Green falsified the books, Mr. Napier insisted that on this one item alone the jury would be justified in rendering a verdict of guilty. He pointed out that several certificates were marked “paid” on the books, when as a matter of fact, they had not been liquidated. The solicitor general discussed in some detail the situation developing early in October, 1919, when the state treasurer called on Green for a state ment and notified him that the bank examiner would audit the books of the bank. He pointed out that on October 9, thj-ee days after this no tice was received by Green, the bank burned and the alleged robbery oc j curred. “On the night of the fire, the de fendant was in the bank,” continued the solicitor general. “He was seen pacing about, he was nervous and he had a right to be. There had escap- ed from that vault more thau. $35,000 worth of Liberty bonds. Do you believe they had been brought back from Atlanta? Then came the fire and wiped out much of the evidence what had transpired. "Then take the testimony of Mr. Stephens, who saw a man come out o fthe bank about 1 o’clock in the morning, walk to the middle of the street and fire a pistol, shouting “fire.” If this is true, no robbery occurred. He says it was Green who fired the shots.” Recess is Taken “There was no robbery; there were no midnight bandits. They are the pioduct of Green’s imagination to divert public condemnation from himself for the misdeeds he knew he could not longer conceal.” Mr. Napier’s address was conclud ed shortly before 1 o’clock, when a-, hour’s recess was taken. Green’s Statement The statement of Green on the stand in his own behalf—the only at tempt th- defense made to refute the state’s case—took up the majority of the athwjgon session. His story, substantially, was the same as he has told all along in regard to the looting and burning of the bank by two masked men. He admitted that he had “learned to care for Mrs. Bradst ee-t” and that she was a “very fascinating lady,” but he declared he never spent any money on her, al though making her loans which, he said, she always repaid. He ende 1 his statement with the declaration: ‘ Gentlcm’en of the jury, like every other man, I have done things wrong, but I cany today place my hands at my heart and say tnat I have never betrayed a friend, I have never abused a trust and J have never wrongfu l} used any man’s funds.” Green was perfectly composed as he took the stand and faced the jury. The courtroom was packed to suffo cation, for the wet weather had given the farmers of Campbell coun ty a holiday and they were out in force to hear what they believed would prove the most sensational feature of the trial. Gives Personal History “I am thirty-nine years old,” began Green, "I was born and reared in Campbell county. I have lived he-e all my life except for four or five years which I spent in Atlanta, Social Circle, and Chattanooga. “I stayed on the farm unHl I was nine teen years old. “I became connected with the Fairburn Banking company in Jan uary 1910, and was cashier until Apr.. 7, 1919, when I was made vice president. “I have never. taken one single penny of the bank’s money, without a check, a note or some other ac ceptable paper. “On the night of October 9, 1919, about 12:30 o’clock, two men entered the bank. One of them asked about the road and when I looked up the other one was standing in front of the grill pointing a pistol at me. “He told me to throw up my hands and I obeyed. While I stood with my hands up, the first man came around behind the counter and tied my hands and feet and put a gag in my mouth. Then they threw me to tite floor and entered the vault. “They were in there 15 or 20 min utes and when they came out they must have gone out the back door for I could not see them leave. “I then tried to get up. Bank on Fire “I got my hands loose and about that time saw flame coming up near the vault. I crawled over and shut the vault door. The smoke was so dense 1 couldn’t see anything al though the lights were turned on. Then I crawled out of the door and got my feet untied. I told the tele phone operator and then called Mr. Reed across the “Then I went back to the banw and in a few minutes Mr. Langford and others brought the hose. I helped conect the fire hose and asked that the water be directed in the front window, because I knew there were many important books and papers at this point. “Another hose was put at the back of the bank and then I, with others, took a hose on the roof of the store, where I stayed until the fire was un der control. “After getting the fire under con trol I came down, and the others in sisted that I should go home. After seeing that the vault door had re mained shut during the fire I went home, where I stayed until morning. “In the morning I went back to the bank to see what books and pa pers of value had been saved. “Some time during the day some one went into the vault and trans ferred its contents to the safe in Mr. Roberts’ store. I did not go Into the vault. '“On Saturday I went back and looked at the place in the vault where I had placed the Liberty bonds. They were not there then. Neither were the envelopes which had t>een with them. Papers were scattered all about the vault. “On Saturday night I was in • formed that two suspicious looking men had been seen in Palmetto, and I went down there with the sheriff. Why He Had a Gun “This accounts for the fact that I had a gun in my pdeket when seen by the Pinkerton man that night. “This man asked me if I had not spent a lot of money on Mrs. Brad street. I told him no, that I had not spent anything. Later I was arrest ed and Sunday afternoon a warrant was sworn out and I ■was released on bond. I came back to Fairburn. “When Mr. Martin was appointed to audit the books I offered him all possible assistance.” Green then asked permission to see the statement which had been submitted by Mr. Martin to the in surance company. Over the objec tion of the state’s counsel he was given this statement. - About Liberty Bonds , “Mr. Martin asked me to explain to the insurance company about the number of the bonds that were stolen. To the best of my knowledge they were between $33,500 and $34,- 000 worth of Liberty bonds In the vault that night. I had brought in that day from the Trust Company of Georgia $43,500 in Liberty bonds that I had there as collateral on the bank’s paper. I carried them by the state treasurer’s office. to show Mr. Cagle, who had called my attention to the fact that in the last audit of the bank there had been no receipt for these bonds. “On the night of October 9 I had the bonds out of the vault to make a list of the numbers and to separate the bonds belonging to Mr. Roberts and one or two other people. I was working that night to prepare a state ment for Mr. Speer to show my $13,000 notes as bills payable as he had required. I also had some other notes and casffi items out of the vault. Some of these have since been found and collected .others have not. “Sometime in September or Octo ber, 1918, during the fourth Liberty loan campaign, I was introduced to Mrs. Bradstreet, at the Piedmont hotel, by a soldier I knew. Her hus band was at Camp Gordon. I saw her five or six times in a month and when I would go to the camp to ar range for a band to come to Fair burn for Liberty loan rallies, she would ride out there with me to see her husband. “I learned to care for her and per haps became infatuated with her, for she is a very fascinating lady. “After the period from October to December I saw her only a few times. She and her husband seemed to have money. They were always well dressed and spent money • freely. I was informed that their people were well off. In December, I made her a loan of SSO of $75, and then loaned her various sums, not over SIOO, till April, 1919, These loans she always paid. In April, 1919, she bought a house and lot on St. Charles avenue, in Atlanta, and I loaned her larger amounts, not on long time, however, but mostly for 30 days. I made her loans to buy jewelry and to pay the bill at Allen’s of $5,200. “This loan she repaid $2,700 in cash and the balance in notes. I had this as a cash item for 15 days or more. “I.answered many phone calls in the back room, for it was too noisy to hear up in the front part of the bank. We always did this on long distance calls. In July I loan ed her $3,500. This was t" - check cashed at the Third Natiopal bank in Atlanta. I wrote them saying I understood her to be the daughter of a wealthy Atlanta man. “I saw Mrs. Bradstreet in New Orleans in December, 1919, when the Shriners were holding a conxfention. She was with some ladies I didn’t know and I was with her only about two or three hours. “As to the certificates of deposit, these enteries on the register were merely as a memorandum and were not considered accurate. I know nothing about the other certificates being marked “paid” with the rub ber stamp. Completes Statement “In regard to the check of the cash book 1 in August by Mr. Ed mondson we had talked various times of him taking the cash book, but we had so much and kept him so busy that we hardly ever had time to do It. He checked it up, as I remember, about SIB,OOO short as it appeared to him. I was never advised by my attorneys not to talk to Mr. Martin about affairs of the bank but in talking to Mr. Martin I have never seen the books or pa pers of the Fairburn bank. All of, my talks with him proved to be a series of cross examinations. I could not tell him about entries without seeing the books. “I have never talked to him about the collaterals of mine or other peoples ijotes because he has never asked me about them. "The cash book was about 400 pages, and was on my desk that night with daily statement. I have been keeping books since about 10 years old. I do not see how you can get an accurate record without the cash book and the daily statement. All these other discrepancies could be fully explained by that cash book. “Gentlemen of the jury, like ev ery other man I have done things wrong, but I can today place my hands at my heart and say that I have never betrayed a friend, I have never abused a trust and I have never wrongfully used any man’s funds.” Green completed his statement at 3:50 o’clock. The defense an nounced that was all it had. Rebuttal Testimony In rebuttal President Roberts, of the bank, was placed on the stand ,by the state and asked to repeat the ’conversation taking place between himself and Green on the night of the fire. “I said, Well, what did they get? What did they get? and Green re plied that they got some cash and about $35,000 in liberty bonds.” The state placed Detective Burke, of the Pinkertons, on stand to tell of his investigation of the fi nancial condition of Clarence Brad street’s family in Metechuan, N. J. The detective stated that the Bradstreets lived in a small house in the country worth about $2,800 and being bought on the install ment plan. Bradstreet, he stated, had been an insurance solicitor before entering the army, and Bradstreet’s father had been a mill hand, who had lived and died a poor man. So far as he could find out, he stated, the family had no money and no resources. W. O. Martin was recalled to the stand in rebuttal testifying that Mrs. Bradstreet had no deposits with the Fairburn Banking com pany except $195 shown by the books at one period during 1919. He asserted that Green admitted to him that several checks made pay able to Mrs. Bradstreet and signed by Green as vice president, wei;e drawn on the funds of the bank and that the money of the Fairburn Banking company went to Mrs. Bradstreet. Mr. Martin also Identi fied several burglary, automobile and fire insurance policies made out to Mrs. Bradstreet and found In Green’s desk in the bank after the fire. These policies, with the can celled checks cashed by Mrs. Brad street, were introduced as docu mentary evidence. Saw Running Man Otis Stephens, a farmer, testified that on the night of fi;he fire, he had taken a bale of cotton to the gin. He saw the smoke, he stated, and drove to within 75 yards of the bank. From this point, he saw a man cross ing the sidewalk in front of the bank. The man walked out in the street and turned around and looked at the smoke. “I could see no fire then, but soon it burned through,” said the wit ness. “The man fired several shots and went off toward the drug store cor ner at a rapid speed.” “Could you recognize that man?” “Not positively.’* “What size man was he?” “About six feet tall, and weighing apout 175 pounds.” “You couldn’t say who it was?” “No.” “Who did it look like?” “It looked like Mr. Green.” On cross examination, when asked if he could swear that it was Mr. Green, he said no. The witness de clared positively that the man was not Alton Milam, the town marshal of Fairburn. State Closes The state closed at 5 p. m. Green was recalled to the stand in rebuttal after the state closed its' cases to deny a statement made by W. O. Martin, to the effect that Mrs. Bradstreet had a book of checks signed by Green. “She never had but two such checks and I knew what they were for,” said Green. In explanation of the funds tele graphed by. him to Mrs. Bradstreet while she was in New Jersey in Feb ruary, Green declared that the Brad streets wished to come back to Geor gia for the trial, which was original ly set for the February term of the court. They needed money to come back, he said, and he wired SIOO on two occasions. “While I was in the telephone ex change the night of the fire, I heard somebody fire some shots out in the street,” he said, referring to the tes timony of Stephens. ”1 did not fire them, for I didn’t even have a pistol.” —This concluded his statement and the defense closed its case immedi ately, Judge Hutcheson adjourning court at 5:10 o’clock. GOT SIO,OOO FROM BANK LOOT, SAYS MRS. DICKERSON / SEALE, Ala., April 2.—Testimony from a number of witnesses concern ing the Ford car in which the ban dits who looted the Phenix-Girard bank, January 16, of $27,000 in cash and $25,750 in Liberty bonds, are al leged to have escaped, after leaving the Ford Brothers ’store, two miles from Girard, and to have driven to Montgomery, and a confession from Mrs. Irene Dickerson, herself a de fendant, that she made three or four small black masks used in the rob bery and discussed plans with the participants, featured the second day of Rufus Ford’s trial, in Russell county circuit court here Thursday. Mrs. Dickerson declared when she left Rufus Ford’s home, after the cash had been divided into five shares of $5,430 each, she. carried approximately SIO,OOO in currency and the entire amount of Liberty bonds. She declared she was pres ent at the “goose supper” at the Ford home, when the plans for rob bing the institution were perfected. Other witnesses examined were John Collins, S. M. Morris, Dr. Ashby Floyd, Sheriff Ragland, Seabe Jones, Detective Waggoner, of Atlanta; Chief W. H. 'taylor, Montgomery; Detective Avant, Montgomery, and Tom Pace. President Mullin, Her bert Shouse and William Crawford were recalled to the stand. Ford will know his fate today some time. Judge J. S. Williams delivered the charge at 8:30 o’clock and Immediately thereafter the case {against Tom Ford was called for trial on a similar charge. The trial of Rufus Ford came to a sudden close at 8 o’clock Thursday afternoon after the defendant had been placed on the stand and emphat ically denied any connection with or knowledge of the plans to rob the bank, which state witnesses had pre viously declared were laid at his home. He denied knowing Roy Dick erson, alleged ring leader of the band, and said he boarded them about fifteen days as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith. Small Increases Are Shown in Southern Cities’ Population WASHINGTON, April 2.—Popula tion statistics announced today by the census bureau included: Wilkesbarre, Pa., 73,828, an in crease of 6,723, or 10.0 per cent over 1910. Waterloo, la., 36,230; increase, 9,- 537, or 35.7 per cent. Murphysboro, Hl., 10,411; increase, 2,926, or 39.1 per cent. Long Branch, N. J., 13,521; in- crease, 223, or 1.7 per cent. Clinton, S. C., 3,767; increase, 495, or 15.1 per cent. Union, S. C., 6,141; increase. 518, or 9.2 per cent. Lake City, S. C., 1,606; increase, 532, or 49.5 per cent. Pulaski, Va., 5,277; increase, 470, or 9.8 per cent. Radford, Va., 4,627; increase, 425, or 10.1 per cent. Elizabeth City, N. C., 8,925; in crease, 513, or 6.1 per cent. Tarboro, N. C., 4,568; increase, 439, or 10.6 per cent. RESOLUTION ON PEACE RAISES MANY QUESTIONS BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright,' 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, Apriil 2.—Peace by joint resolution of congress instead of a treaty has raised such a serious question as to the relative powers of the president of the United States and the congress that it may require a decision by the supreme of the United States to settle the dis pute. Republican leaders in the house have framed a resolution not only declaring the war at an end, but un dertaking to communicate to a for eign government an ultimatum which, under the constitution, heretofore only the executive branch of the gov ernment in its own discretion has been privileged to send. Here is what is likely to happen: President Wilson surely will veto the joint resolution on the ground that it trespasses on the constitu tional right of the executive to con duct the foreign relations of*the country and to make treaties and agreements with foreign powers. Congress may decide to pass the resolution over Mr. Wilson’s veto, as suming that a two-thirds vote oE both houses is possible—something which is doubtful because in the senate the treaty itself was beaten because enough Democrats stood steadfastly by President Wilson and prevented ratification with the Lodge reservations —a grave question would arise as to the validity - * the joint resolution. Wilson Holds Whip Hand Constitutional lawyers disinterest ed in the present dispute declare that if congress gave a two-thirds vote to the joint resolution wlten vetoed by the president it would not stand in the same category as a bill which becomes law that way, but would be absolutely invalid. If congress disputed the invalidity of the joint resolution under such circumstances, any citizen of the United States whose property is af fected by the statement in the joint resolution that the war has come to an end may bring a case into court to determine the validity of that res olution. The executive branch of the government itself through the de partment of justice, could bring such a case. ' Inasmuch as the supreme court lately has shown that when the pub lic interest demands, it can dispose of cases without the delay of so many months which commonly attends cases on the calendar, It might be possible to get a decision in a few weeks. But the effort to make peace by joint resolution really is doomed to failure simply because the president has so many moves by which the measure can be blocked. People in administration quarters realize, though they may not be willing to admit it, publicly, that there is much merit in the contention of so many members of congress relative to the irhplied right of the legislative branch of the government to termi nate a war. If congress alone can declare war, why can’t congress bring the same war to an end? • Troubling Both Sides That simple question is what Is troubling law’yers on both the Demo cratic and Republican sides of the controversy. The constitution does not say anything about the power of congress to end wars, but it does specifically give the president the right to make treaties and submit them to congress for approval. The point never has before arisen. It will establish a precedent. On the other hand, the Republican leaders have included in their joint resolution the proviso that the pres ident is instructed to communicate to the German government that un less Germany concurs in the action of the American cong’nc"" and be stows the. same rights and privileges to America as would have be'n gain ed by the treaty of Versailles with reference to property and trade ad vantages, commercial intercourse w'”i Germany will be suspended af ter the lapse of the forty-five-day time limit. In other words, congress u, . ,<ej to dictate the naturte of a communication to a foreign govern m'—,x the ron«'.titut ; -'i says the president alone shall have that right. pendulum Swings Back The pendulum has swung from one extreme, in which the president sought to make a treaty without tak ing into account the sentiment in congress, to the other extreme In which congress will, if the joint res olution is passed, attempt to dictate how the president shall conduct for eign relations. The partisan atmosphere, together with a government divided on pollti c ' lines, is —-oducing constitutional tangles unknown in American his tc - and is -’owly building up a bit terness of feeling that may make it difficult to decide ny question ex cept through the roundabout but nevertheless effective process of the courts. Only the calm and disinterested judgment of the supreme court of the United States, set up to say what laws are valid or invalid, now can settle the dispute to the satisfaction of everybody concerned unless • the Republican congress withdraws its complicating joint resolution and President Wilson sends the treaty back to the senate with a statement showing his willingness “to compro mi~e on reservations. Prosperity Ahead For Georgia, Says Americus Banker AMERICUS, Ga., April 2.—L. G. Council ,a leading banker here, has just returned from Atlanta, whee he said evidences of industry he saw convinced him there is a lengthy period of prosperity ahead for Gear • gia. “When freights move promptly and in large volume, it spells pros perity for the nation,” said Mr. Council, “and that is whac Is going on all over Georgia. Three weeks ago, when the government first turn ed the railroads back to their own ers, the greatest congestion was ex perienced everywhere, espcially at the ports. It was impossible then to get ’a shipment of anything through, and I was actually com pelled to send a special representa tive to Savannah to get through some supplies needed by my indus tries at Americus. “This has changted now, though, and I am especially impressed with industrial and commercial condi tions as I found them in Atlanta. The hysteria which seized the world during and just after the war is rap idly passing away, and people every where are getting down to business again. When people come to their senses, and workmen produce anJ business again is settled, the whole commercial and business world can not fail to be benefited thereby, and this, in my opinion, is just’ ahead. People in Atlanta are all optimistic over the outlook, and there is every reason to believe that within a few weeks even the 'remaining obstacles will be removed from the path of business, and trade channels will again assume a normal condition.” SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920 “Gypsy’ Smith, War Hero And Famous Evangelist, Tells Oj' Narrow Escape on Front How he lay outside the German lines from 8 o’clock in the morning until 11:30 at night, with arm and leg broken, then crawled 700 yards back to his own trenches, fainting seven times on the way and not reaching there until 9 o’clpck the next day, was told Friday by Cap tain Gypsy Pat Smith, the fighting preacher, who arrived in Atlanta from Miami to begin a three weeks’ revival Sunday morning at the Bap tist Tabernacle. His slight Scotch accent, his boy ish spirit, his quick wit and ready smile, which are a part of his gypsy heritage, give him a charm of man net that promises to draw thousands to his meetings. In many ways Captain Smith has the most engag ing personality of any evangelist ever known here, and by all odds the most romantic history. Gypsy, sol dier, singer, preacher, he furnishes one of the most picturesque figures in the pulpit. In Toronto, Canada, where he held meetings just before his trip to Miami, over 40,000 people heard his sermons in a few days’ time. He will open his three weeks’ re vival in Atlanta with a sermon Sun day morning at 11 o’clock at the Baptist Tabernacle. He will preach again Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, and Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. In an interview Friday afternoon he told of the gypsy life that he lived in his youth and of his war experience which began with his en listment as a private in Kitchener’s first 100,000, and ended on Armi stice day, at which time he held the rank of captain and was an acting major. Boni in Gypsy Tent “I was born twenty-six years ago in a gypsy tent in Glasgow,” he said. “So, you see, I’m Scotch, not English. My people have been gyp sies through all the ages, and until I was eighteen years old 1 lived a nomad’s life. A gypsy’s life is fine if you have money, but it’s some times hard if you haven’t. Many times as a lad I was sent out to bes breakfast. A great many people think that gypsies steal, but they don’t, not real gypsies. They may find things, but that’s all. Many of the so-called gypsies in this count try aren’t gypsies at all. Simply because a man - is born in a doesn’t make him a gypsy any more than a cat having kittens in an oven makes them ’scones. Scones,” tie added, “are our Scotch name for lit tle cakes.” Captain Smith said he was con verted at sixteen years Os age and began preaching when he was eight een. At first his father drove him from home because he had embraced religion, but later Captain Smith converted his father and mother and his two sisters. , The day war was declared he was just about to go aboard ship to come to the United States for a series of revival services." He abandoned those at once and enlisted as a pri vate in a Scotch cavalry regiment, which was a part of Kitchener's first 100,000. He stayed in the ranks ten months and then became a‘ sergeant. He was never a cM&plain, but always a fighting man. Later he was com missipned as a second lieutenant and finally rose to the rank of captain. “At the first battle of the Somme,” Classified Advertisements WANTED HELF—Maj*. BE a detective. Excellent opportunity, good pay; travel. Write C. T.* Ludwig, 168 Westover bldg., Kansas City, Mo. MEN—Age 17 to 45; experience unneces sary; travel; make secret investigations, reports; salaries; expenses. American For eign Detective Agency, 322, St. Louis. 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I was one of the five offi cers who survived. All I had was a broken arm and a broken leg. After I had lain out in front of tha man trenches from 8 in the morning until 11:30 at night, I heard a groan on my right. One of the Huns was moving about among the dead bayo netting them. I began to crawl back to our lines and got there abojit 9 the next morning. I dropped into our trenches in a dead faint. JVhen I woke up I was at a dressing sta tion. I was in the hospital for nine teen months after that.” x Arrival of Americans Captain Smith has terrible scara on his arm and his leg from these wounds. As soon as he was dis charged from the hospital, he went back to the front and was there when the war ended. He told Friday of how the arrival of American troops restored the mo rale of the Allies, which was at a low point; he declared that the-war did not end prematurely, but was brought to a close at the right time; and, touching for a moment on the Irish question, he declared that e Y alera, “president of the Irish re public," is in the United States to get money and for no other purpose. “He is a Spaniard. He doesn’t care nearly as much \about Ireland as I do,” said Captain Smith. “If I had my way he would be in blazes, wher ever that is.” . “Speaking of Bolshevism, he said: “There is no Red element in Britain, or very little; nothing like as much as there is here. The British throne has never been more secure than it is now. I am not a labor man my self,” he continued, “but the labor or ganization in England is now headed by very sane men. For that reason I wouldn’t mind seeing a labor gov ernment in England.” In conclusion he said that he thinks the talk of Red, or Bolshevist, forces in the United States is exag gerated, and declared with utmost emphasis that he fiqds no ill-feeling, but only good will between the Uni ted States and England. All Physicians’ Offices in Toccoa •_ Robbed Recently TOCCOA, Apr*ii 2.>—Every doctor’s office in town has been robbed re cently. Not only the medical doctors suffered, but the dentists also were visited and relieved of a few things. It is thought that some one who “dopes” decided to lay in a • large ( supply, thinking they could secure it from the doctors’ offices. Entrance was through the transom. KNII’B-ItEVOLVER * A useful “gun knife,” in shape and size same as ordi -I,ary pocket knife; in service an in —l genius revolver. Shoots real ,22-eali bcr cartridges. Always reliable and safe. Excellent for Hunter, fisher or defense purposes Price $4.95 Send with order 25c for postage. 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