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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. HEALS~STOMACH TROU BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box B-64, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from -stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again.— (Advt.) 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 (Continued on Page 8, Column 5) 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.”