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VOL. XXII. NO. 100.
ANTI-REED MEN PAID BY TWO MISSOURI FACTIONS
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FIREMAN KILLED IN
HEID-ONCDLLISION
Four Other Trainmen Injured
When Southern Freight
and Passenger Flyer Crash
in Cut Near Pfedmont
Two Atlanta locomotive engineers
and a negro fireman were killed, four
other trainmen were injured and sev
eral passengers were slightly-hurt at
7:30 Thursday night in a head-on
collision between a southbound pas
senger train and a northbound
fruit freight, between Meansville and
Piedmont, about midway between At
lanta and Fort Valley, on the South
ern railway.
The casualties were:
Jesse H. Kinney, passenger engi
neer, of 60 Bass street: killed in
stantly. His body reached Atlanta
Friday morning.
John A. Hesterlet, freight engi
neer, of 54 West Georgia avenue,
who died just before reaching a Ma
con hospital.
John C. Adkins, railway mail clerk,
of Decatur, nose broken.
D. L. Fuster, negro firefnan, of
Atlanta; severely injured, now at the
Mercy hospital, Atlanta.
George Adams, negro fireman,
killed when he was, buried under q
locomotive.
V. E. Hudgens, flagman, badly
scalded.
John Bell, negro brakeman, back
and knee sprained.
Trains Meet Head-on
The smash-up happened when the
train crew of the freight overlooked
the schedule of the passenger train,
according to the report received Fri
day morning at the office of the
Southern railway. The passenger en
gine, pulling a mail car and three
coaches, met the freight engine head
on in a cut a mile and a half from
Piedmont and sixty miles south of
Atlanta. The freight train was made
up of ten cars.
Both engines were hurled from the
track by the crash, the forward end
of the mail car was telescoped but
none of the passenger < coaches or
freight cars left the rails. Engineer
Kinney and Fireman Adams were
buried beneath the passenger locomo
tive and were dead when their
bodies were recovered.
Freight Engineer Hesterley was
severely scalded and succumbed to
his injuries shortly before reaching a
Macon hospital on a Central of Geor
gia train.
,While several passengers were re
ported badly shaken up none was
injured seriously enough to require
medical attention.
Engineer Kinney was forty-five
years old. He leaves a widow and
three children, Misses Lois Kinney,
Eula May Kinney and Clayton Kin
ney. He had been in the Southern
railway service for more than twen
ty years and was a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers. The body is at the chapel of
H. M. Patterson & Son.
Mr. Kinney’s funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock
from his late residence, 60 Bass St.
Services at the grave will be in
charge of B. L .E.. No. 368, and in
terment will be at West View.
Engineer Hesterley was about fif
ty years old. He was a widower and
leaves two daughters, Vesta and
Hah, and two sons, John R. and Ir
vine. He had been in the employ of
the Southern for more than twenty
five years.
He was a member of Fulton Lodge
No. 216, F. and A. M., and of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers. The body will be brought to
Atlanta for funeral services at the
Cooper street Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 O’clock. The Rev.
G. D. Feagan will offifficiate.
George Adams, the negro fireman
who was killed, lived at 32 Tyler
street. D. E. Fuster, the pegro fire
man who was injured, lived at 36
Tyler street. At the Mercy hospital
Friday morning it was stated that he
would recover. His injuries included
a broken arm, a broken leg and a
dislocated shoulder.
It" was not the regular run of
Sngineer Kinney, but of Paul B.
Jernigan, of Atlanta, a veteran en
gineer of the road, who was indis
posed Thursday night and who ask
ed fo r a substitute engineer.
Birmingham in Gala
Attire for Reunion
Os Rainbow Veterans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 9. —
Veterans of the Rainbow division
from distant parts of the United
States began to arrive in Birming
ham Friday, to attend the first re
union of this faipous . ghting organi
zation. Eight thousand sons of the
Rainbow are expected to be in at
tendance. The state groups will be
gin to arrive in the city Sundays,
and by Monday evening it is expect
ed that all detachments will have ar
rived. The reunion will continue
through Wednesday of next week.
Never in the' history of Birming
ham has such enthusiasm been
sho n as in making preparations for
the entertainment of the Rainbow
veterans. Already the downtown
buildings have been covered with
flags, and Saturday Rainbow arches
will be placed on the principal
str ts.
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address today, as this notice may
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MRS. ROOSEVELT, wife of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy
and Democratic nominee for
the vice presidency. Mrs. Roose
velt, a niece of the late Colo
nel Theodore Roosevelt, mar
ried Mr. Roosevelt, a fifth
cousin of the late former presi
dent, in J 905.
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PARTY LEADERS TO
Confer with cox
ON 20TH-OF JULY
DAYTON, 0., July 9.—The first
Important conference to arrange
Democratic party campaign plans
will be h el d here Tuesday, July 20,
according to a telegram received by
Governor Cox, the presidential can
didate, from Homer S. Cummings,
chairman of the national commit
tee, today.
Mr. Cummings’ telegram stated
that he has called a meeting of the
entire national committee for that
date to confer with the governor.
Governor Cox stated, however,
that he was not definitely certain
whether the conference will be held
here or in Columbus, as in a pre
vious telephone conversation with
Chairma.fi Cummings, the latter had
indicated |he conference would* be
held in Solumbus. Governor Cox is
of the however, that the in
formation contained In the telegram
supersedes that conveyed in the
telephone communication.
The proposed conference with the
entire committee is understood by
the governor to mean that there will
be no subcommittee here for a pre
vious conference and that everything
intended to have been considered by
the subcommittee will be handled by I
the full committee in addition to
many 'things that the subcommittee
could not arrange. Plans for the
notification probably will be definite
ly arranged at the conference.
Cummings’ Telegram
Mr. Cummings’ telegram notifying
the governor of the proposed confer
ence follows: \
“After consultation with Moore
(E. H. Moore, national committeeman
for Ohio and manager of the go ver-’
nor’s pre-convention campaign) and
others, have called a meeting of
the Democratic national committee
to assemble at the Hotel Miami,
Dayton, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon
of Tuesday, July 20. This will en
able us to proceed in a body to
Trail’s End if this accords with
your wishes. A few of the com
mittee will probably arrive in town
the day before. I expect to follow
that course as there are various mat
ters I would like to have an oppor
tunity to take up with you person
ally. Please let me know whether
this is in accordance with your
wishes or whether you have any
modifications to suggest.”
Governor Cox indicated that the
arrangements were perfectly satis
factory to him and that he would
so advise Chairman Cthnmings.
Governor Cox has given no inti
mation as to whom he wants for
campaign manager. It is known,
however, that many of his friends
are urging the selection of E. H.
Moore, of Youngstown, Ohio, the
governor’s pre-convention campaign
manager, whom the nominee is
khown to give much ofthe credit for
the final action of the San Fran
cisco convention. Whether Mr.
Moore would accept the position, or
like Harry M. Daugherty, Senator
Harding’s preconvention manager
step aside for some other person,
may not be known until his return
from San Francisco. v
Inasmuch as Ohio is to be the
chief battleground in the- campaign
both candidates being from that
state, some of the governor’s friends
say it is imperative, that a manager
be chosen who is thoroughly ac
quainted with political conditions
in the state. They admit that Homer
S. Cummings, chairman qf the na
tional committee, and who is being
urged in some quarters for the posi
tion, would be a good man for the
job, but because of the expected bat
tle in the Buckeye state they feel
Mr. Moore is the logical man 'to
manage the campaign.
Whether Governor Cox has discuss
ed the question of selection of a man-
1 ager with any of the leaders is not
known. This" is expected to be one
of the questions considered at the
(Continued on Page 7, Column 5)
GERMANY YIELDS
ID ALLIED TERMS
OF DISARMAMENT
Envoys, After Communicat
ing With Berlin Authorities,
Refuse to Agree to Occu
pation of’Ruhr Zone
SPA, Belgium, July 9. — (By the As
sociated Press.)—Germany € dele
gates signed this morning an engage
ment accepting the terms of the al
lied note relative to disarmament
presented yesterday. This action was
taken under protest by the German
representatives.
The allied note, which amounted
virtually to an jjJAffmatum, demanded
that the Germans accept the terms
presented by ‘noon today, and stipu-.
lated that, in the event of the Ger
mans failing to carry out the pro
visions of the demands, allied forces
would occupy parts of the German
empire.
The Germans protested, in signing
the engagement, that the tf-eaty of
Versailles did not oblige them to ac
quiesce in further territorial occupa
tions except for failure to fulfill the
treaty terms regarding reparations.
The decision of the German cabi
net to obey the allied demand was
reached at an early morning session
today, the vote being unanimous. The
vote was taken after a telephonic
communication with reichstag lead
ers in Berlin approving the accept
ance and communicating the desire
of the reichstag and party leaders
for the cabinet at Spa to use its own
judgment.
Object to Occupation
A unanimous decision also, was
taken by the cabinet that the allies
should be informed that Germany
could not accept these stipulations
concerning possible occupation of the
Ruhr and other territories, provided
the disarmament was not executed
according to the allies’ judgment. It
was held the German cabinet was
precluded by constitutional reasons
from entering into any such arrange
ment without the authority of par
liament. Hence, the allies were re
quested to strike this paragraph
from their demand, it being said that
otherwise the Germans might not be
able to continue the conference.
The protest made by the Germans
in signing the engagement was sub
mitted in writing. In it the dele
gates denied authority to consent to
occupation of German territory ex
cept as provided for in the treaty of
Versailles.
The final decision of the alies .sets
forth that Germany must:
First—lmmediately disarm certain
of Its forces, including the security
police.
Second—Publish a proclamation
asking for the" immediate surrender
of all weapons and firearms in the
hands of the civilian population.
Third—Abolish immediately com
pulsory service.
Fourth—Surrender to the allies
all arms, guns and cannon which it
possesses above the limit fixed by
the treaty of Versailles.
The allied decision concerning dis
armament reads: a"
“If on October 1 the German army
is not reduced to 150,000, the allies
will proceed to occupy German terri
tory in the Ruhr or any other part
of German territory and will not
evacuate it until all the conditions of
the present agreement have been ful
filled.”
Germans Look Grim
Chancellor Fehrenbach, Dr. Simons,
the foreign minister, and Herr Gess
ler, minister of defense, left the con
ference in an agitated state. They
looked grim when they arrived at
German headquarters in a little notel
in the pine woods. Th§ chancellor im
mediately called a meeting of the
German cabinet, the members of
which have been arriving at Spa onA
by one until only two now remain in
Berlin—Herr Koch, interior, and Herr’
Raumer, treasury. General von
Seecht, chief of staff, took part in
the conference.
' Telegraphic communication was
opened with Berlin and the sub
stance of the allied decision com
municated to the foreign office, with
instructions to have Ministers Koch
and Raumer call together some of the
leading personalities in German pub
lic life and consider the allies’ de
mands, and later inform the Germau
cabinet here on their point of v1 e w.,
Japan Worried by
U. S. Shipping Law
TOKIO, July 9. (By the Associat
ed Press.) —During the session of
the diet yesterday the government
was interpellated by the opposition
of the subject of the new American
shipping law. The interpellators ex
pressed fear that this law might
have a disastrous effect upon Japa
nese shipping. Government repre
sentatives replied that the govern
ment was making an investigation
of the subject, but they added that
the’ shipping interests must take the
proper for their own pro
tect! on. yz ■
Thomas Growers Rush '
Watermelons to Market
THOMASVILLE, Ga„ July 9.—The
movement of watermelons from this
territory is heavy this week and the
season will probably hold on for
about ten days. The prices have
ranged from about S4OO to SSOO per
car, most of the melons being sold
on the track. The growers are all
rushing to sell as soon as possible,
fearing a possible embargo that may
arise from a shortage of cars. Every
effort is being made to obtain as
many cars as possible, and the inter
state commerce commission has
promised to order all roads to fur
nish aS many 1 cars as can be ob
tained for the use of the melon crop.
The crop is'a week or more late, but
the melons are in fine codition.
If the market does notzbreak the
growers will make good money, but
there are rumors that a break is
possible.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920.
From Cone Seller
To Movie Magnate
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. HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—Ten years ago
Aol Lesser launched himself into the
movie world by selling ice cream
cones in a Frisco nickelodeon. To
day he owns a chain of theaters In
California, distributes films to more
than a hundred movie house nd is
producing Annette Kellerman and
George Beban features at Hollywood.
COMMITTEE OF
SENATE TO PROBE
EXPRESS MERGER
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The proposed merger of the South
ern Express company with the Amer
ican Express company, final authori
ty to complete l which will be asked
of the interstate commerce commis
sion in a hearing beginning at Wash
ington Monday, will be investigated
by the railroad committee of the
Georgia senate with a view to pro
tecting the Interests of Georgians,
who have claims against the South
ern Express company.
A resolution to this effect was in
troduced in the senate Friday by
Senator Fowler, of the Twenty-sec
ond, who asked unanimous consent
to place it on its passage at once
on the ground that, with the senate
adjourning until Monday, delay
would mean that 'the investigation
could not start until the Washington
hearing is under way.
Senator Fowler’s resolution de
clared that the merger means the re
moval of the Southern Express com
pany’s offices outside the confines of
Georgia, that there are many claims
pending against the company, and
that, under the merger, it will have
no property in Georgia to serve as
security against collection claims.
His resolution gives the railroad
committee authority to call on the
Georgia railroad commission for any
information, data or records wanted,
and to take testimony and summon
witnesses. Under the resolution the
committee will report its findings
back tothe senate, which may then
take such action as it sees fit to
guard citizens of the state against
possible loss. >
The resolution was passed unani
mously.
Adjourn Until Monday
Before adjourning at 11 o’clock
until Monday morning, the senate
passed a number of bills, chiefly
house bills of local interest, includ
ing two measures by the Fulton
county delegation raising salaries of
Atlanta’s city and criminal court
judges to $7,500 a year.
The principal bill of general in
terest passed was that by Senator
Bowden, of the Fifth, providing that
no court shall inquire into the sale
of ice, newspapers, soft drinks and
gasoline on Sunday except under
grand jury indictment. The bill pro
vides that this shall not apply to
present regulations of any munici
palities. The bill, it is understood,
was inspired by a controversy- in
Waycross, in Senator Bowden’s dis
trict, in which a local organization
tried to stop Sunday sales of news
papers, ice and the like.
Among the important bills intro
duced in the senate Friday were a
bill by Senator Reynolds, of the Fif
tieth, allowing women and girls to
enter the academic department of
the University of Georgia, and a bill
by Senator Ennis, of the Twentieth,
which will repeal an old law gov
erning the admission of students to
I the Georgia Normal and Industrial
I Institute at Milledgeville, so that the
! schoo’s authorities will be able to
regulate this matter themselves.
Bills Passed
The following bills were passed in
the senate Friday:
By Senator Ayers of the Thirty
third—To amend the act incorporat
ing the city of Commerce.
By Senator Rabun of the Ninth—
To make the town of Morgan eligi
ble as a site for.g state depositary.
By Senator Bowden of the Fisth —
To amend the act creating a bond
commission for Ware county.
House Bill No. 686 —To amend an
act the town of Guyton.
House Bill No. 707 —To amend the
charter of the city of Griffin rela
tive to levs’- of annual taxes.
House Bill No. 696—T0 amend an
act establishing 'public school sys
tem for city of Thomaston.
House bill No. 656: To amend the
charter of the city of Pelham, so as
to have chief of police elected by
the people.
House bill No. 673: To amend tfie
act creating the city court of Elber
ton, relative to appointment of so
licitor.
House bill No. 702: To fix the sal
aries of judges of the city court of
Atlana tat $7,500 a year.
House bill No. 655: To amend the
charter of the city of Pelham so »as
to provide for election of councilmen
House bill No. 697 —‘To amend an
act incorporating the city of Thomas
ton. relating to grading streets.
House bill No. 751 —To increase
I the salary of the judges of the criffi
| inal court of Atlanta to $7,500 a year.
House bill No. . 669—T0 amend
I charter of town of Washington rela-
I (Continued on Page 7, Column 6)
NEWYORK-ATUINTA
AIR MAH. ROUTE
■JESOIW
Line, Which Would Touch
Raleigh and Columbia, Ex
pected to Be Operated by
November 15
WASHINGTON, July 9,—Bids for
the operr.tion of an air mail service
from New York to Atlanta, via
Washington, Raleigh and Columbia,
were called for today by the post
office department.
The service is expected to begin
November 15? The distance 13 ap
proximately 815 miles and the con
tracts call for at least 306 round
trips per annum, 1,500 pounds of
mail being the trip load.
The southbound schedule, provid
ing for the departure of the mail
plajie from New York daily except
Mondays and days following- holi
days, follows:
Leave New York not later than
7 a. m. eastern time; arrive Wash
ington 9:40 a. m. Leave Washing
ton 10 a. m., arrive Raleigh by 1:10
p. m. Leave Raleigh 1:30 m.,
arrive Columbia by 3:55 p. m. Leave
Columbia 4:15 p. m.; arrive Atlanta
by 6:55 p. m.
On the northbound trips the
planes will Rave Atlantans daily ex
cept Mondays and the days follow
ing holidays. The schedule follows:
Leave Atlanta not later than 5:30
a. m., eastern time; arrive Colum
bia by 8:10 a. m. Leave Columbia
8:30 a. m.; arrive Raleigh by 10:55
a. m. teave Raleigh 11:15 a. m.; ar
rive Washington by 2:25 p. m.
Leave Washington 2:45 p. m.; arrive
New York by 5:25 p. m.
A bond of $30,000 is required by
the contractor. will be
received until noon September 10.
Bids also were requested today for
the new routes to be established be
tweent Cleveland and Detroit; Pitts
burg and St. Louis via Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianoplls, and New
York to Chicago via Harrisburg,
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne.
FATE ENCOURAGES
LIGHT WINES AND
BEER ADVOCATES
(The Atlanta Journal News. Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.)
BY THEODORE TILLBB
WASHINGTON, July 9.—While the
heart of William Jennings Bryan is
”in the grave” because of his defeat
on the prohibition and the League of
Nations planks at San Francisco, it
appears here that fate, political and
otherwise, is playing into the hands
of the “wets” in the constituency of
the house committee on judiciary,
which handles prohibition legislation.
The house committee, long headed
by that consistent “dry,” Judge E.
Yates, Webb, of North Carolina, who
was< succeeded by the dry, Andrew J.
Volstead, of Minnesota, will have three
■ “Wet” members in ranking position,
if the Republicans retain control of
the next house. With such line-up it
looks distinctly more favorable for
“light wines and beers” measures,
which are certain to be dropped into
the house hopper.
Representative Volstead, chairman
of the judiciary committee, has been
defeated for renomination. He is the
author of the existing drastic pro
hibition law. The ranking Republi
can on the committee was Represen
tative Dick T. Morgan, of Oklahoma,
who would have succeeded to the
chairmanship hid he lived. Repre
sentative Morgan has died within the
week. This means that members fur
ther down the committee list will be
moved up and if ,the Republicans re
tain the next house, the seniority
rule will give the three positions of
greatest influence to "wets,” Repre
sentative George S .Graham, of Penn
sylvania; Representative Leonidas C.
Dyer, of Missouri, and Representa
tive Joseph Walsh, of Massachusetts.
Representative Thomas, of Ken
tucky, is the ranking Democrat, and
is “dry” in his votes, if not In his
views. However, members of con
gress not infrequently vote one way
and think another.
Defeat and death, therefore, have
paved the way for a decided change
in the house committee and the ele
vation of Messrs. Graham, Dyer and
Walsh.
“Light wines and beers” legisla
tion will have much more chance
with these three men at the head of
the house committee than with a
committee headed J)y either Volstead
or the late Representative Morgan.
Should such a /liberalization move
ment gain any headway in congress,
the prospetcive shift also means that
the conferees on the part of the
house on liquor legislation will be
wets.
Ranking Democrats on the house
comihittee are Representatives Thom
as, of Kentucky, a “dry;” Repre
sentative Igoe, of Missouri, a “wet,”
and Representative Gard, of Ohio, a
“wet.” The use of the word "wet”
in this instance means a liberaliza
tion of the existing law and not as
“wet as the Atlantic,” as Governor
Edwards would say.
The Republican ranking members
give promise of sticking in their
present places. Representative Thom
as, Democrat, is also likely to be re
turned and would be chairman should
the Democrats regain possession of
the housel Representatives Igoe and
Gard intend to retire from congress,
and until the new committee is made
up after next March, it is difficult
to forecast the entire personnel.
Nevertheless, the defeat of Mr.
VilsteacTand the death of Mr. Morgan
leave the judiciary committee top
heavy with “wets’ 'in event of a
Republican victory. Should Gov
ernor Cox, a “wet” Democrat, be
elected president and congress re
main Republican notwithstanding,
the prospect for a liberalization of
the Volstead law would be increased.
The situation on the whole makes
for comment and speculation and
may play its part i nthe coming cam
paign. ___
U. S. to Be Represented
At Brussels Conference
WASHINGTON, July 9. The
United States will be represented un
! officially at the Brussels financial
congress under the League of Na
tions. on July 23, Secretary Houston
announced today.
A Sign of the Times
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They’re here.
The season for election bets is on, and the first victim on record
is George Randolph, garage man, of San Francisco.
Not that we envy Sam Cerf, who won. Sam bet Randolph that
Hiram Johnson would win the California state nomination for presi
dent by 150,000 votes, the Joser to wheel the winner from way up
town down through the business center in a wheelbarrow.
Johnson won by over 160,000, and Cerf got the ride. He looks
like the Irishman who was being ridden on a rail, and who said that
if it wasn’t for the honor of the thing he’d rather walk.
Quick Committee Report
Indicated on Referendum
On Removal of' Capital
John Y. Smith, Fulton Repre
sentative, Surprises Advo
cates by Agreeing to Refer
It to State of Republic
Committee
The capital removalists .In the
house of representatives were treated
to a surprise Friday morning, when
Representative John Y. Smith, of the
Fulton delegation, cohcurred in a re
quest of Mr. Anderson, of Jenkins,
that the substitute for thft Dixon
resolution which passed the senate
on Thursday be referred to the com
mittee on the state of the republic
instead of to the committee on pub
lic property, to which it would have
otherwise been referred. Mr. Smith’s
agreement caused the capital re
moval advocates somewhat of a
shock, for they expected that in some'
manner the gentleman from Fulton
better information as /to what
the committee would do than the gen-
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tieman from Jenkins who made the
motion.
Consequently, after the resolution
had been referred to the committee,
the leaders of the capital removal
forces immediately busied them
selves to ascertain the views of the
committee members. They wished to
check up their previous canvass of
the committee to see if any of their
calculations had gone amiss.
It is now indicated that the capital
removal resolution will be considered
in committee without delay, and will
be reported'“back to the house early
next week. Whether It can be
brought up on the calendar for final
consideration within the next week
or ten days, is considered problemat
ical.
Hydro-Power Commission
The devolpment in the capltol re
moval situation was the principal
feature of Friday’s session' of the
house, although several important
measures were Introduced. Among
them was a bill amending the state
constitution so as to crea,te a state
hydro-electric power commission
which would have authority to incur
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PALMER ■ COX
LEfiDEHS PAID FDD
DELEGATES' TRIP
Qne Delegate Says Some
Members Were for Sena-
• tor—Senator Kenyon Fa
vors Campaign Law
ST. LOUIS, July 9.—Delegates to
the Missouri Democratic state con
vention, which helped oust Senator
Reed from his national convention
seat, were supplied with expense
money by two antagonistic factions
one lavorable to Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer and th® oth«“" to
Governor Cox, according .to witnesses
today before the senate committee in
vestigating campaign expanse*
Checks signed by Eflwarfl F.
Goltra, Democratic national com
mitteeman from Missouri, were
given to delegates to pay their
expenses to the Democratic state con
vention at Joplin, accordihg to testi
mony given today by members of the
St. Louis Democratic committee be
fore the Senate committee investi
gating presidential campaign expen-.
ditures.
Goltra, who was supporting the
candidacy of Attorney General
Palmer, was active in the fight of
Senator Reed, when the latter, after
being rejected by the state conven
tion, as a delegate from the Fifth
district to the national convention,
sought -to obtain his seat at San
Francisco. (
Senator Reed is a member of the
investigating conimitee, which in
cludes Senator .Kenyon, as chairman,
and Senator Spencer, of Missouri.
A nation-wide primary law drawn
to end large campaign expenditures
will be recommended by the senate
committee investigating presidential
primary campaign expenses. Chair
man W. S. Kenyon Intimated.
The backing of those who voted to
exclude Senator Reed as a delegate
from the Democratic national con
vention will be investigated. Senator
W. S. Kenyon plainly intimated. .
Mr. Kenyon, chairman of the sen
ate committee investigating cam
paign expenditures, in opening the
hearing here today said:
“I want to make.it plain that cer*
matters will come up for Inves
tigation which personally concern
Senator Reed. Senator Reed, there
fore, will take no part In these pro
ceedings. He is sitting here simply
to make a quorum.”
Patrick O’Neill, member of the
Democratic city committee, and a
delegate to the Joplin convention/
told the committee he was given a
check for $l5O signed by to
pay expenses to the conventidiffi
Lawrence P. Daly, chairman of the
ci y committee, gave him the check,
he said. When O’Neill declared he
was “against Goltra,” Senator Spen
cer asked if it “wasn’t unusual to ac
cept Goltra’s checq thep?”
“No,” answered O’Neill “I thought
the money was subscribed. Why
shouldn’t the Democratic partp pay
my expenses?”
Henry Struetker, another city com
mitteeman, said his check for $l5O s
was iven him at committee head
quarters. He aserted the money
didn’t pay al lexpenses and thq dele
gates had hoped they would gfet more
“Goltra was against Reed, but most
of the delegates who traveled on his
money were for Reed,” Streutker de
clared.
Streutfler said he “presumed every
froin the Tenth district, got
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He denied he had anywintention of
'helping Goltra.” ▼
Tony Steuver, another delegate to
the st-’t- convention, also gave him
SIOO, Streutker said. Steuver was a
friend of Senator Reed and favored
Cox for president, he added.
"In other words, you got $l5O from
tne Goltra faction and SIOO from the
Steuver faction when you knew these
factions were antagonistic?” asked
Senator Kenyon.
“Well, I thought the money had
been subscribed and was to help the
Democrats,” Streutker replied.
“Goljra made is plain the money
was for expenses and told the dele
gates he was sorry he could not
get more.” ,
Savannah Man Sang
In Village Quartet
With “Jimmy” Cox
SAVANNAH, Ga., Julv 9.—Savan
nah has two members of the Cox “I
knew him when” club. One of them
is Conrad Winkler, a butcher, who
played with “Jimmy” Cox when they
were boys together in Butler county,
Ohio. Mr. Winkler says he and the
nominee grew up together in Jack
sonburg. They used to sit on the
store steps together and discuss the
issues of the day, he says. Mostly at
that time the issues were crops and
girls. They used to sing together
as a part of a village quartet and
do a lot of things that half-grown
boys do.
Thomas Halligan, the clerk of
council, knew the candidate a num
ber of years ago when Tom was the
agent for a system of lighting for
country homes. He used to go to
conventions where the salesmen for
this concern met and he says on
three occasions he met'fCox there. He
grew to like him very much. He
hasn’t seen him since the people of
Ohio elected him governor and Mr.
Halligan doubts very much if the
candidate would know him now.
Will Recommend Bill rc
Cut Assembly Session
Just after the adjournment of the
state senate Friday, its committee
on constitutional amendments met
and voted to recommend for passage
the Kendall bill cutting the annual
session of the legislature from fifty
to thirty days,
Coal Price Advanced
NASHVJLLE, Tenn., July 9.—The
price of coal in Nashville today was
advanced from $8.50 to $9.75 per
ton and a, further advance is looked
for this winter, according to an an
nouncement of the Nashville Retail
Coal Dealers’ association. Shortage of
coal cars and high cost of labor and
material is responsible for the
vance, dealers stated.