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VOL. XXII. NO. 59
BIG CROWD VOTES
ENDORSEMENT OF
SEMS'S RECORD
i
f
He Uses Plain and Pointed
Language in Answering
Slanderous Attacks on His
Loyalty to Country
BY ftOGEKS WIKTEB
(Staff Correspondent of Tiio Journal)
GAINESVILLE, Ga., April 3.—A.
Mitchell Palmer may be able to come
Into Georgia and persuade the people
to give him a vote that will mean a
vote of censure of Hoke Smith’s rec
ord in the United States senate, but
it would be advisable for him to
change his schedule and make a start
in some other place than the city of
Gainesville and the county of Hall
Whatever prospects he may have had
to launch his campaign under favor
able auspices were destroyed' todaft
when Senator Smith presented his
record to 'more than a thousand Hall
county voters packed in the audi
torium of Hall county courthouse and
received from them in a direct an-'
swer to a specific question an almost
unanimous vote of approval.
While the senator spoke inside of
the courthouse carpenters were build
ing on the outside a stage and benches
for Palmer’s speech to be delivered
here Tuesday. And while he spoke
there was in progress a heated con
test for Hall county offices being
fought out at the ballot box in hear
ing distance of his voice. And when
he opened his presentation of his
record it seemed to the writer that
there must have been afoot in this
community in advance of his speech
a very general and active propaganda
of criticism especially directed
against his stand on the League of
Nations as well as other matters be
fore the senate in which he has tak
en an active part.
It did not seem to be a hostile au
ftience, neither did it seem to be a
jold audience. It seemed to be an
audience of sober minded men who
had heard the other side and had
tome there to hear the senator’s
side. It seemed to be an audience
eomposed in the main of men who
admired President Wilson, of men
who favor a League of Nations to
prevent future wars, of men who
were anxious to hear the reasons
why Senator Smith has not been
willing to accept without a change
the particular covenant submitted
by the man who has wielded over
lhe opinion of his country ruch re
markable power.
Vote for Senator
To say that Senator Smith began
it the bottom of the hill and fought
his .ay up would not be accurate.
Elather would the writer say that he
jommenced In the presence of a jury
who had heard one side, who wanted
;o hear the other side and who came
prepared to render a verdict when
they had heard. An audience, we
will say, who seemed to feel that the
raa before them would not play
upon their emotion or sentiment but
wo .Id give them the facts and sub
mit his issue to their judgment as
Iree Americans, able to decide a ques
tion for themselves, and accept their
lecision whatever it might be.
And they decided almost unanl
ously. With only a handful who
failed to vote, they decided in favor
>f Senator Smith’s position not only
In regard to the League of Nations,
b also in regard to his other dif
ferences with the administration. It
Is not the purpose of this account
to exaggerate or overrate or mag
nify the significance of their •d~-
!oa. If any error is committed, it
will be an error on the side of con
servatism. They did not decide for
:he city of Gainesville or the county
>f Hall, for all of the civ and all of
lhe county were not assembled in
lhe court house. But they decided
without equivocation so far as they
the- isolves were concerned and they
lecided in favor of Senator Smith
ind decided to cast their ballot for
him on the twentieth of April. And
lhe moral force of their decision.
Ki_re than one thousand strong, w<~
leem to go beyond the men actually
present and voting when the ques
tion was submitted to them.
No question was ever presented by
the presiding officer of a parliamen
tary body' with more exact directness
than did Colonel W. A. Charters sub
mit the question when Senator Smith
closed and turned the meeting over to
him and requested him to ask the
verdict of the audience.’
"All of you who approve the rec
ord of Senator Smith in the sen
ate,’’ said Colonel Charters, "and
will show your approval by voting
for him on the twentieth of April
please rise and stand until you are
counted.?'
It was the language almost identical
of a presiding officer submitting to
a body authorized to vote upon any
question submitted to them. In other
words it was the language used bv
the presiding officers of all parlia
mentary bodies of the English speak
ing race.-
And the audience voted. Prac
-tlcally every hand with a few scat
tering exceptions, went up and stay
ed up until Colonel Charters swept
the whole room in a comprehensive
eurvey.
"Those opposed will rise,” said Col
onel Charters.
Two hands went up. The colonel
paused. He urged them to vote on
one side or the other. Two hands
stayed up. no more went -up. The
two were all.
"Two lonesome hands,” said Col
onel Charters, and the audience
laughed as audiences will when their
decision is unanimous.
And thus was commenced Sena
tor Smith’s campaign in the presi
dential primary to be held in Geor
gia on the twentieth of April.
“He Won Here Today”
Thus was rendered the decision by
the autnence assembled to hear him
epeak in the city where was started
the original petition urging him tu
enter the contest and the city where
his record has been as much criticis
ed by friend or foe as in any com
munity in the state.
One of those who has differed
with him, and who has criticized him
was Colonel H. H. Perry, an old-time
supporter, a "Hoke Smith man” back
in the days of 1906, when he ran his
first race. Colonel Perry was /seated
directly in front of the judge's bench
where the senator spoke. His eyes
were turned toward the audience and
not the speaker. As the audience
filed by in a long procession shaking
hands with Senator Smith and as
suring him of their support, the
writer ventured to ask Colonel Perry
( (Continued on Page 6, Column 5)
£l)c (tri -WccMy So uvnal
Palmer’s Candidacy Not
Taken Seriously in Own
State, Says Phila. Record
That Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer is not a serious candidate
for the presidency and that he is be
ing vigorously fought by the Demo
crats of his own state, was the state
ment given out at Hoke Smith head
quarters in the Piedmont hotel Sat
urday afternoon. To support the
statement the Hoke Smith managers
, gave out copies of telegrams receiv
ed by the mayor’s office in Savannah
from the Philadelphia Record, tne
leading Democratic newspaper of
Philadelphia, and the New York
World. The telegrams were in an
swer to inquiries sent by the mayor’s
secretary and t'hey were published as
paid advertisements in the Savannah
Prgss, April 1 and April 3.
According to the New York World.
Palmer is running in only Georgia.
Pennsylvania and Michigan, white
the Record declares that Palmer is
being vigorously fought by the Dem
ocrats of his own state, where his
candidacy for president is not taken
seriously.
following are the telegrams, as
given out at Hoke Smith headquar
ters: 4
(Western Union Telegram.)
Savannah, Ga., March 31, 1920
Editor the World,
New York City.
Please wire me, collect, whether
State's Attorney General Palmer is
candidate for president in the Demo
cratic preferential primary.
THOMAS GAMBLE.
Mayor’s Secretary.
(Western Union Telegram.)
New York, March 31, 1920.
Thomas Gamble, Mayor’s Secretar y
Savannah Ga.
Palmer is running in preferential
primaries in Georgia, Pennsylvan! i
and Michigan.
CHARLES MICHELSON.
New York World Correspondent.
(Western Union Telegram.)
Savannah, Ga., April 1, 1920.
Editor .he Record,
Philadelphia, Pa.
'Please wire me, collect, names of
Democratic candidates in presidential
primary in Pennsylvania. Is there
any great Opposition to Palmer in the
primary?
THOMAS GAMBLE,
Mayor’s Secretary.
(Western Union Telegram.)
Philadelphia, Pa., April 1, 1920.
Thomas Gamble, Mayor’s Secretary,
Savannah, Ga.
Opponents of Palmer are candi
dates for Democratic convention del
egates all over the state, but are for
no instructions. The opposition to
Palmer is general among Democrats,
and is led by Judge* Bonniwell, who
defeated Guffey, the Palmer candi
date for the -gubernatorial nomina
tion in 1918. Few Pennsylvania Dem
ocrats take Palmer’s candidacy for
presidency seriously.
(Signed) THE RECORD.
“pohtlTwe”
CHK DENOUNCED
K CAMPAIGN LIE
The campaign committee at Hoke
Smith headquarters, in the Piedmont
hotel, Monday issued the following
statement;
“This morning’s Constitution re
prints a publication from the Macon
Telegraph which, without the least
authority or foundation, purports to
state some sort of trade about dele
gates to the national convention
when Senator Smith carries the state.
"The Macon Telegraph’s story was
called to Senator Smith’s attention,
yesterday before he left for Dalton,
at which time he said he would
ply to the story in Macon, but that
it was such a ridiculous and fanifest
falsehood that he did not believe
even the few papers opposing him
would republish it.
“It now appears that Senator
Smith was more charitable in his
views of some of the papers than
the facts justified, and underesti
mated the extent and capacity of
their appetite for malicious false
hoods.
“In his absence from the city, but
on his authority, we denounce the
story as maliciously and intention
ally .false from beginning to end, and
is known to be false both by its orig
inal authors and those who recopled
it.
"It is merely a part • the cam
paign of malicious slander which
has been adopted in the desperate
hope of diverting the attention of the
people of Georgia from the ; ral
questions involved in the present
campaign. Fortunately we know
that many times before the same pa
pers have attempted similar cam
paigns of slander, and the records of
those campaigns shqw that the pub
lic has never believed the smallest
fraction of what they published.”
Destructive Ram
In South Georgia
VALDOSTA, Ga., April 5.—-Heavy
damage was done to crops in this
section Sunday by the heaviest rain
in years. From 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
three and a half inches of water fell
Lowlands are flooded, bridges wash
ed away and truck farms badly
washed.
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HOKE SMITH WS
HIS VICTORY BILL
RRINGRHIFICATIDN
i
Declares Palmer is Not a
Serious Candidate and
South Is Entitled to Name
Democracy’s Leader
BY ROGERS WINTER
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga.. April s.—TThat the
outcome of the Georgia presidential
primary will have great influence
upon the policy and action of
the Democratic party with regard
to the League of Nations was one of
the points emphasized with powerful
effect by Senator Hoke Smith in his
speech here this morning.
In spite of snow flurries and ex
tremely unseasonable temperature,
the senator was heard by an audi
ence that filled the courthouse to
its full capacity and occupied most
of the standing room in the aisles
and doorways. He discussed in de
tail his work in the senate, present
ed his views on the Leagiie of Na
tions, emphasized the fact that At
torney General Palmer’s candidacy
is not taken seriously by the Demo
crats of his home state of Pennsyl
vania, and declared that it was time
ly as well as proper for the Demo
crats of the south to present to the
national convention the name of a
southern Democrat for the presiden
tial nomination.
Senator Smith was presented to the
audience by Judge M. C. Tarver, of
the Cherokee circuit, who is holding
court here today. The address was
delivered in the noon recess of court
and the senator was presented by
Judge Tarver at the request of his
friends, who paid that deference to
the judge in preference to an extend
ed introductory speech.
Hew to Get Ratification
Discussing the influence of the
Georgia primary upon the Democratic
national policy regarding the League
of Nations, Senator Smith ventured
the prediction that the treaty would
be ratified within thirty days after
the primary if the Democrats of Ulis,
state, a party stronghold, indicate
their <|esire v to have it ratified with
the reservations necessary to safe
guard American interests, instead of
demanding the exact language of the
covenant without the “dotting of an
i or the crossing of a t.”
"For' the Democratic party,” de
clared Senator Smith, "to write a
platform at San Francisco upon the
theory that the League of Nations
must be ratified without a single
change, and upon the further theory
that President Wilson can do no
wrong and make no mistake, would
be the height of absurdity. It would
be a repudiation qf a majority ot
the Democrats in the sen
ate, and more particularly of the
Democratic senators from doubtful
states. It would alienate their sym
pathies from the party and would
place them in a position where they
could not support the party in the
next campaign without reversing
own attitude.
"The party’s wisest course,” said
Senator Smith, "is to ratify at once
the peace treaty with such reserva
tions as are necessary to safeguard
American interests, thereby taking
the treaty out -of the presidential
campaign and clearing the way for a
Democratic platform based upon the
constructive achievements of the
party In the past, and looking to
further constructive achievements in
the future. If the Democrats of
Georgia in the presidential primary
ot April 20 indorse this view, their
action is bound to have a powerful
influence upon the attitude of the
party as a whole. It is likely to re
sult in the speedy ratification of the
treaty in the senate, for if it is
shown to be impossible to obtain an
indorsement of the treaty without
reservations from the Democrats of
Georgia, a party stronghold, then
manifestly it will be out of the
question to undertake such a policy
in the country as a whole.”
‘Telegraph’s” Straw
Ballot Disappointed
Palmer’s Supporters
As evidence that the candidacy of
Attorney General Palmer has been a
disappointment to his eupporters,
Hoke Smith headquarters in the
Piedmont hotel Monday called atten
tion to the following editorial com
ment in the Macon Telegraph of Sun
day on the result of its straw bal
lot:
“Some of the cynics in Georgia
journalism have endeavored to dis
credit the poll of the people as to
their preference in the presidential
primary, wherein it was shown that
Edwards had a tremendous lead over
the other candidates all put to
gether. As a matter of truth. The
Telegraph started the poll hoping it
would show better for Palmer than
any 'one else, and was badly disap
pointed at the outcome. Some of
Palmer’s friends urged that the straw
ballot be abandoned, but it had been
started for the sole purpose of find
ing out how the people stood on Pres
idential candidates, and we even went
so far as to put Hoke Smith and
Tom Watson on the ballot, th<2y hav
ing announced just before it closed.”
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1920.
2D DEGREES IS IN
STORE TUESDAY;
FRUIT ONGES
Temperature Touched Freez
ing Point at 10 A, M.
Monday and Still Is Fall
ing—Slight Snow Flurry
With a prospect of 26 degrees in
Atlanta Tuesday morning, and of
freezing temperatures all over Geor
gia, as far south as Thomasville, the
peach grow*ers of the state and over
much of the south faced a severe cri
sis Monday when the weather fore
cast went out from Atlanta.
"I’m afraid the peach crop is going
to be hit hard,” said C. F. von Herr
mann, local weather director. "The
blizzard raging in the northwest to
going to sweep its tall across Dixie
Tuesday morning, and this section
will have a temperature of about 26.
It will be freezing as far gouth as
Thomasvillle. The wind is dying
away, the snow flurries of Monday
morning amounted to nothing, and,
with clearing skies, the danger of
the fruit freezing is more pro
nounced.”
Mr. von Herrmann said iff was 36
degrees in Atlanta Monday morning,
after a night of high wind, at times
reaching 42 miles an hour —a real
gale. At 10 o’clock the thermometer
was right down to the freezing mark,
and falling slowly but steadily.
“This prospective freeze comes at
a bad time for the peach crop,”
said E. W. Williams, an official of
the Georgia Fruit Exchange. “The
blooms have been out four or five
days now. and are in prime condi
tion to be blighted by a sharp
freeze.”
Mr. Williams said that warnings
were being sent out to all the peach
growing sections in the state to be
ready to fire and smudge the orchards
Monday night.
"And that’s not very much good,”
he said. “Still, it’s all we can do.”
The weather department at Wash
ington also was Issuing its warnings
to growers all through the fruit
zone, and Mr. von Herrmann had
tagged his forecast Saturday with
a distinct warning against a possi
ble freeze Monday night or Tuesday
■night.
“It may be both nights, now,” said
the weather forecaster. “With the
cessation of the wind and with
clearing skies radiation will, of
course, be increased, and Tuesday
night may possibly see lower tem
peratures In Georgia than Monday
night.”
The feathery flurries of snow
Monday morning, beginning at 1
o’clock and lasting until along to
ward noon, were more spectacular
than anything else —merely traces,
the weather man said, and an evi
dence of the sudden depression of the
temperature. There was no danger
of a snow, such as was being ex
perienced in more northerly climes.
The danger was in the falling mer
cury and prospects of a killing frost
after the recent damp season.
Sunday was a disappointing sort
of Easter, from a climatic stand
point. There were heavy showers
just before noon, and while the after
noo nwas reasonably dry it was al
ways threatening and Juptier Pluv
ius made good shortly after sun
set with some more rain. The morn
ing was misty and threatening and
Easter finery was not much in evi
dence along Peachtree street or at
the church gatherings.
Col. H. H. Perry, of Hall,
Tells INhy p[ e is Supporting
Hoke Smith for President
Editor The Journal: When Lord
Bacon’s dog destroyed the manu
script of the Norvum Organon, mak
ing it necessary for Bacon to repro
duce it as best he could, he only ex
claimed “Little puppy, you do not
realize what mischief you have
wrought!”
■When the Hall county Democrats
saw looming up so grandly in the
public eye after the war the great
figure of Herbert Hoover they felt
with thousands of others all over
Georgia, that he was the most avail
able man t as the nominee of the
Democratic party for president. We
found him up to there in our ranks,
an outspoken supporter of the ad
ministration voting the Democratic
ticket, and in all his utterances ad
vocating sound, progressive Demo
cratic princples.
We filed a petition accordingly re
questing his name to be put on the
ballot. This did not suit the machine
politicians who, from all accounts
had already promised Mr. Palmer the
vote of Georgia, leaving the body of
the voters to be delivered like so
much merchandise. Thereupon the
little sub-committee instigated by
some pettifogging lawyer, who sug
gested this way out of the difficulty,
proceeded to subject Mr. Hoover to
a sort of third degree, indicating at
the start that he was an object of
suspicion. He of course waived off
their impertinent and uncalled-for
questioning in a dignified manner
and they arbitrarily refused to allow
his name on the ticket. Who can
tell what effect this "official” repu
diation of Mr. Hoover and his De
mocracy had upon him? or what he
thought of the kind of men we Demo
crats had for our leaders. If it caused
him to look more favorably upon his
one-time political associates who
begged to be allowed to support him
and Democracy thus lost its best
hope, it illustrates the havoc which
a few obstinate men accidentally in
position to do so, may bring about.
Nevertheless, who knows what may
happen? Mr. Hoover has not as yet
aligned himself with the Republi
cans. He has simply said: "There’s
my platform; if you see fit to come
up to that chalk line» and give as
surance of sticking to it, I will not
refuse to serve.” But it happens that
his platform is exactly in accordance
with the principles always proclaim
ed by all progressive Democrats and
the platform on which the Demo-
GREEN IS IN JAIL
ON A L UNA CY WRIT
■ SITUATION IS
IN HINDS OF FOGH;
FRENCH® READY
Troops Prepared to Advance
Into German Territory at
Moment’s Notice.— 200
Killed in Hun Riots
PARIS, April 5. (By the Associat
ed Press.) —French military meas
ures destined to force the German
government to ■withdraw its troops
from the Ruhr basin now are entirely
in the hands of Marshal Foch, It was
said at the foreign office today.
It is advanced in w*ell-informed cir
cles that occupation of Frankfort,
Darmstadt, Homburg and Hanau is
unlikely to evercise sufficient pres
sure upon the Germans, since they
may ■well argue + hat this occupation
is distasteful to the French as well
as themselves and dhnnot continue
indefinitely. On the other hand, the
expense of the operation comes up
as a vital question in the present
state of French vinances. The news
papers recall war tributes imposed
by German troops upon French and
Belgian cities and suggest similar
measures being applied to German
cities occupied by French troops.
Dispatches from Wiesbaden say
ing that General Goutte’s forces are
under "alert” orders are explained
as not necessarily meaning an im
mediate advance, but complete read
iness to move forward unless Ber
lin promptly recalls the troops which
have entered the Ruhr district
against protests from France.
No censorship has been established
on mews of the intended operation,
but since the matter now fs entirely
in the hands of Marshal Foch, com
munications from the army'probab
ly will be surrounded with the usual
precautions, although the operations
is not considered on a basis of war.
The latest information reaching
the foreign office confirms its belief
that, despite the assurance officially
given by the Gen; »tr.H tl.'t only a
very limited number of troops had
been sent t<> the Ruhr in reality the
number amounts to an army of
40,000 men. \
All in formation from the country
bordering on the Ruhr basin, it was
said at the foreign office today,
tends to prove that there was no ne
cessity of sending an army into the
Ruhr, as the workers and commun
ists were exhausted and without
money, food or ammunition. Con
fi: atory information also has been
received that the movement in the
industrial regions was not Bolshevik
in nature, although many aliens were
involved, and was essentially anti
rcllitai istic.
cratic party will plant itself it' it
expects to win.
When the hard and fast reaction
ary political machine of the Repub
lican party flouts him and his poli
cies,. as it undoubtedly will, and the
Democrats in San Francisco recogniz
ing him, as they must, as a true
brother, adopt him, they will carry
S 3 1-3 v>er cent of the Republican
voters as well as the Democrats.
Supports Senator Smitii
It will be the old story of the
“ugly ducKlmg. ’ So in spite of the
uncouth questioning of our little
committee, 1 am inclined to think the
ultimate nomination of ivir. Hoover
by tne to be manifest
destiny. Upon his own declaration
of principle, ne could not as a patriot
decline our nomination.
1 have been asked how those in
Georgia who favored Mr. Hoover
stana with regard to Senator Smith. 1
can only speak for myself and all of
those with whom I have spoken, wit'i
two exceptions, agree with me. I will
support Sena lor Smith.
It is true, 1 resented last Novem
ber, very emphatically, tne voting of
Senator Srnitn and that of other
Democrats with the Republicans on
lhe reservations and wrote the card
recently dug up and republished in
the Constitution which is misleading
many. I understand that Senator
Smith, himself, had previously advo
cated equivalent reservations an I
was not simply following the’ Re
publican lend, which it then seemed
he was doing. 1 stil regret that the
senator could not have seen his way
to vote for the treaty without reser
vations, but he had a right to bis own
convictions, and I do not question
their sincerity.
H-.iwever, in view bf my disagre
ment with Mr. Smith’s position, I
could not consistently at the time ap
prove of the selection of Senator
Smith as a presidential candidate ard
declined to sign the petition to him.
But other Hoover men here chafing
under the intolerable situation of be
ing disfranchised by the. arbitrary
action of the subcommitte and not
wishing to be gagged or else vote for
a candidate dictated by a little gang
of would-be political bosses, request
ed Senator Smith to allow his name
to be put on the ballot.
Aftter he consisted in response to
the appeal to enter the race and make
the fight against boss rule in Geor
gia, throwing into the scales nis own
political future, I recognized the
patriotism of his action and felt It
my duty to support him.
Locally, at least, the paramount
question with us is: Whether the
free action of the rank ‘•and file of
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Green Sentenced to Five
Years; Mrs. Bradstreet’s
Trial Is Not Yet Settled
520.000 IN MONEY
AND JEWELRY ARE
TAKENFRDM STORE
i Loss Is Covered by Burglary
Insurance Explosion Is
Muffled by Closed Doors
of Vailt
'
The main’ vault of the Cham
berlin - Johnson - Dußose department
store, wherein the cash, books, jew
elry and other valuables of the com
pany are stored, was entered some
time between closing time Saturday
afternoon and Monday morning, by
safe blowers who succeeded in se
curing considerable loot and making
a clean getaway.
The exact loss has not yet been
determined, but according to Henry
S. Johnson, president of the com
pany, it is estimated at approximate
ly $20,000. Mr. Johnson said that
there was about $7,000 in cash in the
safe, part of which was in silver and
which was not taken, while a number
■of Liberty Bonds and a quantity of
jewelry were in the safe. Just how
much of these latter were taken
could not be learned Monday. Mr.
Johnson said the company’s loss was
fully covered by burglary insur
ance.
The vault of the company is lo
cated in the southeast corner of the
third floor front, the entire front
end of this floor being occupied by
the business offices of the company.
The robbers entered the vault by
drilling into the dial of the door and
punching the combination locks
completely out. They then blew open
several small safes inside the main
vault, took the cash boxes and pa
pers outside of the offices and rifled
everything.
Theory of Bobbery
Whether the robber entered the
building from the outside, or allowed
himself to be locked In the building
Saturday when thd store was closed,
is a matter of spe®ulation. A win
dow on the second floor was found
open and ladders placed to it from
' the Inside of the building, but as the
company employs no inside night
| watchman ,lt is not known whether
this window was locked. No evi
: dences were found of a forced en-
■ trance.
| The however, are in
clined to believe thit he entered
from the outside through an office
building next door, climbing on the
roof of Jacobs’ pharmacy, which is
at the corner of Whitehall and
Mitchell streets, and walking across
the roofs of buildings to the level of
the second floor of the Chamberlin-
Johnson-Dußose store, where he en
tered. The office building next door
is never locked, and affords an en
trance to the roof of Jacobs phai
macy from a second story window.
Experts Did Job
The job was performed by an ex
pert yeggman, the detectives de
Glaring that it was one of the most
modern and complete they had beer
called upon to investigate in some
time. They further declared that an
electric drill was used in entering
the vault, evidences being found
where the safeblower had tapped the
wires and had used the motor of an
electric fan to run the drill. It was
also said that the nitro-glycer’n
charges w’hich opened the siffaller
safes had been touched off with elec
tricity.
After securing the many small
cash boxes which were inside the
smaller safes, the robber simple
smashed their locks to open them,
scattering the papers and checks,
which were not taken, into a disar
ranged heap on the floo|. Many thou
sands of dollars’ worth of checks
were not taken, as was a considerable
•number of expensive watches ano
other items of jewelry.
In order to carry off the loot, the
robber visited the leather goods de
partment in the basement of the
store and selected four leather hand
bags and a leather coat case, the
total valuation being $317.50. He
used discriminating taste in select
ing the bags, a number being moved
from their accustomed place's, but
not taken.
Chamberlin-Johnson-Dußose is one
of the largest department stores In
: Atlanta and the entire south. It is
located in the main shopping dis
trict, on Whitehall.
Trotzky Looking for
Peace, Says Report
LONDON, April 5.—A news agen
cy dispatch from Copenhagen tonight
■ said an unconfirmed report from
I Warsaw declared Leon Trotsky, Bol
shevik war minister, proposes to vis-
, it London and Paris to negotiate a
■ definite peace.
The Truth About Gall Stones
A ne,W booklet written by Dr. E.
E. Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City,
] Mo., tells of an improved method ot
; treating the Catarrhal inflammation
of the Gall Bladdei- and Bile Ducts
■ associated with Gall Stones from
I which remarkable results are being
i reported. Write for booklet and
i free trial plan.—(Advt.) _
BY 3D H. BRADLEY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
FAIRBURN, Ga., April 3. —Five
years’ imprisonment in the state pen
itentiary was the sentence imposed
on William B. Green, former vice
president of the Fairburn Banking
company, convicted of embezzlement
of $64,000 of the bank’s funds. The
jury returned its verdict at 9 o’clock
Friday night, having deliberated
about one hour. Green’s counsel im
mediately moved for a new trial and
Judge John B. Hutcheson, of the
Stone Mountain circuit, who presid
ed over tho trial, set the hearing
on the motion for May 22. The $25,-
000 bond of the defendant, given at
the time or his indictment several
weeks ago, was renewed and as the
bond of $15,000 covering his indict
ment on the charge of arson, is still
in force, Green is under* a total btaid
of $40,000. x.
Judge Hutcheson also signed an
order fixing August 11 as the date
»f the trial of Mrs. Catherine Queen
Bradstreet, on whom Green is alleged
to have lavished thousands of dol
lars and who is charged with con
spiracy in the embezzlement of the
bank’s funds.
Whether or not Mrs. Bradstree-t
will 'be tried is problematical. At
torneys for the bank Saturday re
fused to state that they would ask.
as reported, for the state to drop the
case against her. This, they said
was a matter for the solicitor and
the judge to decide, and what steps,
if any, the bank would take in the
matter would have to be left for the
future. They indicated that the po
sition of the bank toward Mrs. Brad
street would depend largely on the
outcome of Green’s appeal for a new
trial. They said, too, that the possi
bility of dropping Gren’s trial on the
arson charge, which is also set for
the 'August term of court, will await
developments.
The trial of the banker had last
ed five days. Friday was taken up
with arguments by counsel on both
sides and the case went to the jury
at 6:50 o’clock last night, although
the jurors did not begin their delib
erations until 8 o’clock, after they
had been given supper. There were
only a few spectators in the court
toom when the jury announced the
verdict. Green sat surrounded by
bis attorneys, while near him were
his wife and his mother, Mrs. E. W
Green. Solicitor General George M.
Napier represented the state. The
defendant’s mother wept when the
verdict was read, but Green himself
showed no sign of emotion and his
face never lost its expression of in
difference. His wife was apparently
unmoved as she tried to comfort
Green's mother, saying, “God will
take care of us; everything will come
out all right.”
Green Protests Innocence
“I have nothing to say except that
they have convicted an innocent
man,” declared Green, after the ver
dict had been announced. Attorfiey
Allen stated that every effort would
be made to secure a new trial and
expressed his confidence that a ver
dict of acquittal would eventually be
returned.
The crime for which Green was
convicted came to light last fall,
after the burning of the Fairburn
Banking company’s banking house on
the night of October 9, 1919. Green
declared that while working on the
books of the bank at midnight, he
was held up by two masked robbers,
who tied him hand and foot, looted
the bank vault and then set fire to
the building, leaving him bound and
gagged on the floor. He said he
managed to escape and give the
alarm, but the building was prac
tically consumed, together with
many of the bank’s papers and ac
count books.
Investigations set on foot'by the
state, bank examiner and the offi
cers of tffie bank developed the fact
that there existed a shortage of ap
proximately SIOO,OOO, including $35,-
000 worth of Liberty bonds. Green
was arrested on October 11 along
with Mrs. Bradstreet, her husband
and their negro chauffeur, Robert
Ellison. The Bradstreets were tak
en into custody at the Georgian Ter
race hotel, where they had apart
ments. More | than $20,000 worth of
jewelry, furs, wearing apparel, auto
mobiles and other property were seiz
ed by the authorities and although
a portion of it has been returned to
Mrs. Bradstreet, the greater part was
turned over to a receiver who dis
posed of it and turned the proceeds
over to the bank.
Green was charged with having
looted the bank to lavish gifts on
Mrs. Bradstreet through his infatua
tion for the young woman. During
the trial of the case much evidence
was introduced to show that the
banker was with her constantly, fur
nishing her with money to tho
amount of many thousands of dol
lars. The trial was held at a spe
cial term of the Campbell superior
court and sixty veniremen wero
examined before a jury could be ob
tained.
Tried for Embezzlement
Green was tried only on the indict
ment charging embezzlement, al
though there is another true bill
against him charging arson in the
burning of the banking house, as the
state says, to conceal the evidences
of his defalcation. Whether this ar
son charge will be pressed has not
been indicated.
The state introduced voluminous
evidence to sustain its charges, but
the defendant relied solely on his
own unsworn statement to the jury
and the argument of his counsel The
taking of testimony was concluded
Thursday and four arguments to the
jury, two on each side of the case,
consumed all of Friday. Attorneys
H. A. Allen and George Westmore
land spoke for the defense, while So
licitor General George M. Napier and
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, special
counsel for the state, made the argu
ments for the state. Judge Hutch
eson’s charge to the jury covered the •
law in the case and took forty I
minutes.
SCENTS5 CENTS A COP'.
$1.50 A YEA::
JURISDICTIONOF
CAMPBELL COUNTY
ORDINARY DISPUTEi
Arnold Will File Writ of Pro
hibition —Wife Says Ex ■
Bank Official Is Not in
Right Mind
William B. reen, former vi< ■
president of the Fairburn Bank!; .
company, who was sentenced la t
week to serve five years’ imprison
ment on the charge of embezzlir.;
funds of the bank, was placed in tl
Campbell county jail at Fairbu; i
Sunday night on a writ of lunacy
taken out by his brother, Dr. G.
Green, and the bondsmen who stoc I
on his bond of $25,000 were release I
from the bond. He is still under a
$15,000 bond onwthe charge of arso
Due to the disqualification of tv.
of the members of the county boa;
authorized to hear lunacy cases tl
hearing of the writ has been set I
W. S. McLaren, Campbell county or
dinary, for Wednesday morning at 1
o’clock in orde£ to give time for tl.
selection of a jury of three to he:
the case.
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, o
counsel for the Fairburn Bankit •;
company in the case, announce
Monday, however, that the couns .
on this side would contest the an
thority of the county ordinary i >
bear the case, on the ground th
Green had become a prisoner of th
state and the case must therefore I
heard before the state prison
mission. Mr. Arnold went Mond;
to Conyers to file with Judge Job
B. Hutcheson, of the superior court < !
the Stone Mountain circuit, in whi< i
Campbell county is included, a wr
of prohibition to prevent the hea
ing of the case by the ordinary ar i
to bring it beUore th^/state prist, i
commission.
Green to Stay in Jail
Pending deijision of the court as ; >
before which authority the writ o:
lunacy will be heard, and pendir: ;
the hearing of the writ itgelf, Gre<
will remain In jail in Camphell cou:>
ty, unless the bond of $25,000 ffx<
by the court is aagin assumed by h’
bondsmen. The bond of $15,01 '
which was required in the ■
Charging arson, due to the allege i
burning of the bank, still s’ands, brf
under the court’s order is not suff.
cient for Green’s release.
L. S. Camp, of Green’s counse .
stated Monday morning that M
Green undoubtedly was insane an .
that the relatives who were instn;
mental in his arrest on the lunac;
writ will present at the hearing tha:
Green’s actions during the last two
months have shown his mental in
capability; Mr. Camp stated tha
there probahlj will be no attempt t<
show that Green was insane durin;;
the period when he is alleged to hav
embezzled funds of the bank, bv
that counsel will show that the nerv
ous strain following his arrest ha l ‘
resulted in a weakening of the mind
This worry,'the attorney stated, a;
peared to have been brought abov.
more by fear of what would happe
to Mrs. Bradstreet than the fear o',
what would happen to himself.
In discussing the writ of protiibi
tion to ’remove the lunacy hearim,
from the hands of the county ord
nary to the state prison commission
Attorney Reuben Arnold stated Mon
day that the case was not with; ;
the authority of the county.
Arnold’s Contention
“We find," said Mr. Arnold, “tin
under the law an ordinary has n «
right to proceed with a lunacy wr.
after a man has been sentence ■
Only the state prison commissio
has such authority after a sentenc
has been pronounced. » ;y the ss
perior court would have such autho
ity after a man was indicted an -
before sentence was pronounced.”
Thus the contentions of the sta*
are that Green is a convicted pni
oner, due to begin the service of hi
sentence unless a new trial is gran
ed, and removed from * • author;
except that of the prison commi
sion. The bondsmen having surre;
-dered Green, the state is, expect;
to endeavor to quash the writ of In
nacy through a writ of prohibitlo
and also o keep Green in custod.
Green, convicted last week of en
bezzlement and sentenced to fiv
years in the state penitentiary, wa
rearrested at Fairburn Sunday nig :
on a writ of lunacy sworn out b
his brother, Dr. Alber' Green, ol
Un n City. Monday morning, a
callers were told that he was to'
sick to be seen. He refused to en z
breakfast, refused to talk with new
paper men and, according to renort
was on the verge of a nervous co! f
lapse.
It was originally planned to ho
a hearing at Fairburn at 9 o’cloc..
Monday morning to determine hi
sanity. The usual procedure woui
be to call him before a commission
composed of the ordinary, the so
licitor general and the county atto> •
ney.
Whan it developed that Lawrenc
Camp, county attorney, was one 1
Green’s lawyers and that Solicito
General Napier had represented th
state at the recent trial, Ordlnar
W. S. McLaren anno~Cs< tu.-** h.
would apopint a special commtssio
which would meet at Fairburn at
o’clock Wednesday morning. Subs
quent to the announc
ment came the w*ord from Mr. Arne! .
that the writ of prohibition would I
taken out.
Mrs. Green, who has • consistent!,
stood by her husband throughout th
case and who was in constant ai
tendance at his trial, declares tha
Gieen is not in his right mind.
“Mr. Green is not a sane man,” shr
said this morning. “For severa'
months I have thought that his mlnci
was not normal. lam convinced.that
lie is Insane.”