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NIYSTERYSURROUNDS
SHORTING OF TAXI
DRIVERNEARGRIFFIN
Wife of J. L Kelloy, Sought
by the Police, Declares
She Fears His Return
Home
Developments late Saturday in
th® probe into the murder near
Griffin Friday of Leroy Trexler, an
Atlanta taxicab driver, were a sen
. sational but somewhat rambling
statement by Jack L. Kelloy, of 133
West Pine street, charged by a
Spalding county coroner’s jury'
with the murder, following his ar
rest in Macon Saturday afternoon,
• and a detailed statement by Grant
land W. Doe, farmer and merchant
of Vinej r ard, Ga., four miles north
of Griffin on the Dixie highway,
who talked with Trexler and Kelloy
shortly before the murder.
\ Immediately after his arrest by
the Macon police Saturday after
noon, Kelloy, acording to dispatches,
ma.de a statement in which he em
phatically denied his guilt and de
clared that as he and Trexler were
passing Orchard Hill, a small town
sout hos Griffin, someone fired on
their automobile from the roadside,
the shots taking effect in Trexler’s
neck and causing instant death; that
he then placed the dead man’s body’
in an unoccupied negro dwelling
near the road and proceeded on his
way to Savannah.
Making a more detailed state
ment later Saturday afternoon to
newspaper reporters in Macon, ac
cording to a dispatch to The Jour
nal, Kelloy is said to have recanted
utterly from his first statement.
According to dispatches from Ma
con, he now asserts that Trexler
was murdered by another Atlanta
man who accompanied him and . the
young taxicab driver on the trip.
Ths name of the Atlanta man im
plicated by Kelloy is not made pub
lic because an investigation seemed
to establish the fact that he did not
accompany Kelloy, but was on his
regular job here Friday and Satur
i day.
Kelloy is quoted as telling report
ers in Macon that his wife had been
receiving calls from Trexler.
"When I learned Friday morning
that she had sworn out a warrant
for my arest I got this man to come
with me and we hired a taxicab and
left Atlanta,” Kelloy is quoted as
saying. “When I ordered the taxi,
I did not expect that Trexler would
r be the driver assigned to us."
Was Drunk, Ke Says
Kelloy is said' to have further de
clared that he was "half drunk”
ahd was seated on the back seat of
the car with the man he claimed
.went t?lth him. He stated that
when they were within a few miles
of Griffin, they turned off the road
to a place where they could buy
more liquor, and that tvhen the car
stopped, his companion alighted,
walked several paces into a patch
of bushes, turned and shot Trexler
twice, and then dragged him out of
the car and placed his body in a
branch running through the woods.
“Then he showed me how to change
th* gears on the car,” Kelloy is said
to have continued, “gave me $25 and
told me to dash for Savannah and
never to return to Atlanta, so that
the people would think me who
did the killing. Z
’ "A.t Griffin I did not know how
to handle the car, and went through
the town about fifty miles an hour.
The cops arrested me. The judge
told me to nay SSO and get out. I
hand only $25, so he took that. The
axle of the car broke about a mile
or two before I reached Milner.-
“I got ten dollars from a garage
there as a on the automobile,
intending to send back for it from
Macon. I came to Macon early Sat
urday morning intending to see a
friend so I could get the ihoney. I
was arrested on Cherry street about
noon.”
Macon police are said to have
placed no credence in Kelloy’s
statement.
The statement given The Jour
nal over long distance telephone late
Saturday by Grantland W. jJoe, a
well-known citizen of Vineyard, Ga..
failed to corroborate Kelloy’s claim
that he had a traveling companion
in addition to the taxi driver. Mr.
Doe stated that when he first saw
the automobile at 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon, its only occupants were
Kelloy and the driver. Later, when
the car passed his store, only Kelloy
was in it, he declared.
*Two men,” said Mr. Doe, ‘drove
up in a car in front of my store
about 2 o’clock Friday afternoon.
The young man who was driving had
very little to say; the man at his
side did practically all of the talk
ing. He did not appear to be in
toxicated, but he had a wild look
in his eye, and I at once began to
regard him with' suspicion.
Inquired About Address \
“He wanted to know,” continued
Mr. Doe, “where a man named Kelly
lived, saying that he wanted to see
him about buying some ho-.s. I in
formed him that no man by this
name lived in the vicinity, but that
Mr. H. V. Kell resided a few miles
back. Then he asked more ques
tions about how he should proceed
to reach Mr. Kell’s farm; and after
I had instructed him in detail, he
ordered the driver to start the ma
chine, and they drove In the
opposite direction on a side road.
I “In about ten minutes the two men
again passed my place,” he continu
ed, “and they were driving at a
terrific speed—probably fifty m’les
in hour. I yelled to them to slow
down unless they wanted to be ar
rester About 250 yards above my
store, they stopped the car sudden
ly and backed approximately 150
yards to a crcs-> road; th-n .'hey
!>■■ -needed down the Damascus road,
which leads west from the Dixie
bigliw i >• ”
Mr. Doe said that a short time
later, Kelloy drove back by his
store, but that Trexler was not in
the car. “He started up the main
road,” he continued, “but appeared
to be very nervous, and would not
look toward me as he passed. He
seemed to be having a hard time in
steering the car, as it was zig-zag
ging considerably.”
Suspected Something Wrong
Two Spalding county policemen
were in Mr. Doe’s store when Ktilov
passed alone, he said, and he re
marked to them that “scme’bing
is wrong somewhere; that man who
just passed here took a young fellow
down the Damascus road with him,
but didn’t bring him back ’’ Mr. ’loe
said Kelloy appeared greatly ex
cited as he passed his place the last
time.
“Later in the <lay,” said Mr. Doe,
“a man who said he was connected
with the taxi company which em
l loyed Trexler, and officers came by
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| Tennessee “Vet”
Goes to Congress
CJEL/T L
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee
has a new log cabin story. Lieu
tenant Carroll Reece, a youthful
war veteran, born in a log cabin,
is going to congress. In France
he won three decorations. He
defeated the veteran congress
man, Sam R. Sells, for the First
district and there is no Demo
cratic candidate.
CRIPPLED GIRL IS
HELD PRISONER
SEVENTEENYEARS
JOILET, 111., Sept. 13.—A weazen
ed human plant, 19-year-old Mary
Kolwiski, released from seventeen
yearns in a basement prison, in her
own home, sought sunlight and
health today in a normal world.
The girl was found in her dark re
treat yesterday by health officers
who said her mother, hating the
sight of her crippled child, was the
jailor.
Medical authorities doubted that
the girl will recover, although the
aid of specialists was invoked. An
investigation of the case may result
in prosecution of those responsible
for darkening the life of the girl.
Discovered by health office inves
tigators, the girl cringed beneatn
her tattered bed clothing. Her out
cries were unintelligible. Officers
said she was unable to talk and that
her body had been stunted so that
she weighed no more than a normal
child of flfive. Her principal emo
tion was fear, expressed in 4 her cries
and the unnatural gleam of her eyes,
long accustomed to darkness only.
The mother, according to authori
ties, said her daughter was crippled
when two year old, fever twisting l
the body. To avoid further sight
of her deformed offspring, she put
th > girl •, away. -Bread crusts.-’-ac
cording to the- officers, appeared to
have been the prisoner’s chief food.
U. S. Report Expected
To Show Break in
Retail Fpood Prices
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—A break
in retail food prices will be "hown
in a price report covering the entire
country now being prepared by the
labor department, officials predicted
today. The report probably will be
issued late, next month.
Wholesale prices have oeen declin
ing for three months. Prices paid
farmers declined 10 per cent in Au
gust, according to the agricultural
department, while live stock men
got 2.3 per cent less.
Commodity prices also suffered de
clines during the past two months,
according to the federal reserve
board. v
Raw materials are sharing the de
cline. In some materials like crude
rubber and leather, prices are near
pre-war figures. ty
Unless speculators and middlemen
are reaping a harvest of prohts be
tween the producer and consumer,
retail food prices must now begin to
follow the general decline of whole
sale and manufacturers’ quotations,
officials said here today.
Ponzi Is Indicted
On 68 Counts of
Larceny, Conspiracy
BOSTON, Sept. 11.—The Suffolk
grand jury in the superior criminal
court today returned indictments
against Charles Ponzi, John S. Don
dero, Rinaldi Bosselli and Henry
Neilson.
They are charged with larceny and
conspiracy. Ponzi had twelve indict
ments. containing sixty-eight counts
against him. based on his famous
get-rlch-quick” exploits.
Indictments were returned against
Charles M. Brightwell. Raymond My
ers and Charles F. Meyers, of the
Old Colony Foreign Exchange com
pany. They are charged with larceny
and conspiracy. Eleven indictments
were returned against Brightwell.
They contained fifty-nine counts.
Daily Air Mail From
Coast to Coast Starts
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—An extensive
daily coast to coast air mail service
was begun today when planes left
five cities for points across the con
tinent.
One plane will leave each morning
from New York with mail for San
Francisco, one from San Francisco
for New York, one from Cheyenne,
Wyo., to San Francisco, one from
Salt Lake City to San Francisco, one
from Chicago to San Francisco, ev
ery day except Sunday, and one from
Chicago to New York every day ex
cept Monday.
The first Chicago planes to oper
ate under the new schedule left here
at 6 o’clock this morning for San
Francisco, piloted by J. P. Christen
sen. Each of the planes will carry
800 pounds of mail.
Governor Roberts’
Son May Recover
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 13.
Maurice M. Roberts, assistant ad
jutant general of Tennessee and eld
est son of Governor Roberts, has a
slight chance of recovery doctors
sky, since he had his skull fractured
Saturday night in a collision be
tween liis motorcycle and an auto
mobile driven by J. B. Wright, lo
cal contractor. Wright is out on
bond for $2,000, charged with as
sault with intent to commit mur
der, but claims that the motorcycle
ran into his car. Mr. Roberts h\j
made no statement.
HARDWICK MEN TO
CONTEST COUNT OF
BARTOWJTOUNTY
Claim Correction of Irregu
larities Would Give Ex-
Senator Four Unit Votes
Required to Nominate
That supporters of Thomas W.
Hardwick are preparing to make a.
contest in Bartow county, with par
ticular reference to the Cartersville
box, waS the information reaching
Hardwick campaign headquarters
Monday morning.
The plan of the Hardwick con
testants. it is understood, is to de
mand that the Cartersville box be
thrpwn out because of alleged irreg- 1
ularities. If It were thrown out,
which would leave qnly the country
precincts, Hardwick would have the
county, as he came to town with a
plurality of nearly 100 vdtes.
A transfer of Bartow county from
the Walker to the Hardwick col
umn, with its four unit votes, would
give the nomination to Hardwick, as
it would increase his total from 190
to 194, which is the required ma
jority. Likewise a transfer of De
catur county, where his supporters
are making a contest on the ground
that, twenty unregistered men were
allowed to vote, would give him the
nomination.
To Occupy Stage
Hence the Bartow and Decatur
county contests are likely to occupy
tne center of the political stage un
til finally disposed of, since on their
outcome will depend the outcome n'
the primary. Eitner side that loses
in tile contests will have the privi
lege of appealing from the county
committee to the sub-committee on
rules of the state committee, and
from the sub-committee to the whole
state committee. There can be no
appeal beyond that, uoint, since no
state convention can be organized
under the Neill primary law until
there has been a nomination for
governor, for the law provides that
tne delegates to the convention shai!
be named after a nomination is
made.
A meeting of the sub-committee on
rules of the state committee has been
called next Thursday in Atlanta by
Chairman rlynt for the purpose of
consolidating the returns and declar
ing the result. Whichever way the
Bartow and Decatur contests are de
cided by the county committees, an
appeal is likely to be taken by the
losing side to the sub-committee. It
must then decide the contests before
declaring the result. Should the los
ing side appeal from its decision to
the state committee, an immediate
meeting of that body would likely be
called.
Meanwhile, much political specu
lation is going rounds concern
ing the cost of a run-over primary
between Walker, should
there be one. The Neill law requires
a run-over for governor in case no
candidate receives a majority of the
,county unit vote, but it makes no
provision lor the payment of the cost.
Chairman Flynt can see no way to
finance a run-over except at the ex
pense of the candidates, or unless
their friends in every county will
serve free as managers and clerks.
The preferential primary cost about
$13,000, but in that primary many
counties held county primaries on
the same day. which took care of
the cost, and in many other counties
only one box was opened, which cut
down the cost. It is estimated that
a primary in eVery county with a full
set of boxes will cost arpund s2u,-
000.
Besults of Primary
In the event of a run-over pri
mary, it will be held on Wednesday,
October 6, and will be held through
out the state. The state convention
will follow the run-over on a date
to be fixed by the state committee.
It will be held in Macon.
A consolidation of the election re
turns received by The Atlanta Jour
nal from its correspondents in ev
ery county in the state shows the
following results.
Mr. Watson carried 102 counties
for the .senate with a total of 247
county unit votes and a popular vote
of 103.328, giving him the nomina
tion on the first ballot. s.
Governor Dcjrsey carried 38 coun
ties with' a total of 103 county unit
votes and a popular vote. *>f 68,586.
. Senator Smith carried 14 counties
with a total of 174 county unit votes
and a popular vote of 55,742.
Mr. Cooper’s popular vote was 1,-
836.
In the race for governor, Mr.
Hardwick carried 78 counties with
a total of 190 county unit votes and
a popular vote of 98,252.
I Mr. Walker carried 69 counties
With a total 0f174 countv unit votes
and a popular vote of 90,645.
Mr. Holder carried eight counties
with a total o 22 county unit
votes and a popular vote of 37,776.
Mr. Brown’s popular vote was 3,-
28).
In the race for secretary of state,
S. G. McLendon carried 120 coun
ties with a total of 310 county unit
votes and a popular vote of 138,317.
Atkinson, Wilcox and Wilkinson
counties are missing as to results,
while Montgomery, Wilcox and Wil
kinson are missing as to the vote in
this contest.
Claud A. West carried 32 counties
with a total of 70 county unit votes
and a popular vote of 79,336.
In the race for attorney ;eneral,
George M. NJapier carried' 90 coun
ties with a total of 226 county unit,
votes and a popular vote of 122.260.
Atkinson, Montgomery and Wilkin
son counties are missing .-rom this
contest as to results, while Mont
gomery and Wilkinson are missing
as to the popular vote.
Other Winners
In the race for railroad commis
sioner, Paul B. Trammell carried 123
counties with a total of 212 county
.unit votes and « popular vote of
134.109. Atkinson. Baldwin, Mont
gomery, Schley and Wilkinson coun
ties are missing In this contest as
to results, whfle Baldwin, Mont
gomery, Schley and Wilkinson are
nrssing as to popular vote.
W. Trox Bankston carried 27
counties with a total of 64 county
unit votes and a popular vote cf 84,-
780..
In the race for the court of ap
peals to succeed himself. Judge C.
H. B. Bloodworth carried i.3S coun
ties with a total of 35’1 county unit
votes and a popular vote of 146,256.
Atkinson, Montgomery, Wilcox and
Wilkinson counties are missing from
this contest as to results, while
Charlton. Montgomery, Wilcox and
Wilkinson are missing as to popular
vote.
W. N. Dorris, the opponent of
Judge Bloodworth, carried 13 coun
ties with a total of 28 county unit
votes ibid a popular vote of 73.242.
In the race for the court of ap
peals to succeed Judge Charles W.
Smith, his opponent, Judge Ben H.
Hill carried 127 counties with a
total of 230 county unit votes and
a popular vote of 132,528. Atkinson
Bleckley, Gilmer, Montgomery. Wil
cox and Wilkinson are missing from
this contest as to county unit votes,
while Bleckley, Candler. Charlton,
Clinch, Gilmer, Montgomery, Wilcox
and Wilkinson are missing as to
popular vote.
I Judge Smith carried 22 counties
| with a total of 54 county unit votes
• and a popular vote of 83.428.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920.
Four Movie Stars Died
Lately; I Accidentally
And Two Mysteriously
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MOVIE STARS WHO HAVE DIED
RECENTLY —Top to bottom—Olive
Thomas, Lieutenant Omar Locklear,
Clarine Seymour and Robert Harron.
Olive Thomas, movie star, wife of
Jack Pickford, died recently in the
American hospital, near Paris, from
mercurial poisoning. She and her
husband had been abroad, for a
month.
Flimdom has lost several of its
stars in the last year. Robert Har
ron, Griffith star, died in New York,
recently, from a bullet wound. It
wag stated he accidentally shot him
self when hef dropped a loaded re
volver. ,J
Last April, Clarine Seymour, an
other Griffith star, died suddenly of
pneumonia in New York. Lieuten
ant Omar Locklear, the daredevil
“stunt” flyer of movie land, was
killed at Los Angeles, recently, dur
ing work on a movie thriller. Other
movie stars who have died in the
last year or so include Sidney Drew
and Harold LockwOod.
FRENCH HOLD AUTOPSY
IN CASE OF OLIVE THOMAS
PARIS. Sept. 13.—An autopsy was
to be held today to decide the exact
cause of the death of Olive Thomas,
American motion picture actress. If
the examining surgeons agree that
she died from the effects of acci
dentally drinking mercury, a permit
will be issued for her body to be
shipped to the United States.
Jack Pickford, husband of the
actress, has left Paris. He werit to
London in an airplane, accompanied
by Owen Moore, one of the party of
motion picture people which was see
ing the sights of Paris together. It
was understood that Pickford would
return on Wednesday.
The authorities are virtually satis
fied that Miss Thomas did not com
mit suicide, it was learned today. The
next step is to decide finally whether
the whole affair was an accident.
Pickford, in making a sworn state
ment, said that he and his wife re
turned to their hotel, the Ritz, ex
ceedingly weary from a night of
celebration. They had jnade a com
plete round of the gay Montmarte
cases, he said. Pickford Had already
gone to bed when he heard a cry for
help and running to the bathroom,
found his wife there with a bottle
of poison at her feet. She was un
able to speak on account of her
throat having been -burned. Pickford
said Miss Thomas was given anti
dotes. then hurried to the hospital,
where she made a stubborn fight to
recover.
“She did not want to die," he in
sisted. X"
As soon as the permit is granted
for removal of the body, it will he
shipped to New York, where the fu
neral services are to be held.
Dalton Man Killed -
By Fall on Live Wires
DALTON, Ga., Sept. 13.—Mr. Onie
Nix. aged twenty-four, son of A. J.
Nix, of this city, was instantly killed
shortly after 9 o’clock this morning.
While engaged in some electrical
work in the engine room of Crown
Cotton mill No. 1 he slipped and
fell across some live wires about
which he was working. He was em
ployed oy J. M. Clayton company,
electrical workers of Atlanta, who
are engaged in electrical contract
work for the mills.
AIR ROUTE PLAN ,
FROM ATLANTA TO
NEW YORK READY
The Atlanta Journal Nows Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE T11L53
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—After
the opening of bids for the New
York to Atlanta airplane mail de
livery, and a talk with the success
ful bidder. The Journal correspond
ent is able to present the program
for both a passenger and mail serv
ice by air to and from Atlanta.
Alfred W. Lawson, of the Law
son Airplane company, of Milwau
kee, who will be awarded the con
tract, is constructing planes pow
erful enough to carry 1.590 pounds
of mail and ten passengers between
the Metropolis and the Gate City.
The service will be a daily one, ex
cepting Mondays and the day fol
lowing holidays, and Lawson prom
ises to deliver an Atlanta business
man in New York ’n twelve hours,
or about fifteen hours less time than
the journey by rail.
The contract will ca.l for stop
overs of the mail planes at Colum
bia, S. C„ Raleigh, N. C„ and Wash
ington.
Following the opening of bids at
the postofflee department at 5
o’clock Friday afternoon it was in
dicated at the department today that
the actual award will be made as
soon as formalities can he observed.
Mr. Lawson said he, expected to
make the New York-Ar •anta service
operative between Ja.iuarv 1 and
February 1 next, at the ’atest.
Planes to handle the several con
tracts upon which Lawson bid are
now being built at ’he Milwaukee
plant.
Several months ago, In a demon
stration flight, Ladson brought 26
persons from New York to Wash
ington. His giant plane subsequent
ly proceeded to Milwaukee, the site
of his factory, with severs! passen
gers aboard.
Lawson’s bid for the New York-
Atlanta mail contract was $300,600
per year.
The specifications call for trans
portation of 1,500 pounds of mail
daily, 306 days per year, which elim
inates Mondays and days following
holidays.
The $300,000 bid is the maximum
allowable under the regulations of
the postoffice department and the
law passed by congress. The law
stipulates that the postoffice depart
ment may not establish additional
air routes unless at a rate not ex
ceeding cost of delivery by train.
The Lawson Airplane company was
also the only bidder on proopsed
aerial routes between Pittsburg and
St. Louis, and New York and Chicago.
The former route brought a bid of
$147,000 per year and the latter
$238,000. Maximum allowances were
respectively $200,000 and $238,000.
.Second Assistant- Praeger — rjUßfeivad .
no bid on the Detroit-Cleveland route,
but one is expected and the time
was extended for it.
Official specifications for the New
York-Atlanta route are ’from New
York via Washington, Raleigh and
Columbia to Atlanta; approximately
815 miles, and back, 30G times a
year, carrying 1,500 pounds of mail
on a single trip each way.” Leave
New York daily except. Mondays and
days following holidays, not latere
than 7 a. m.. Eastern Time, or with
in one hour after the mail has been
delivered to the contractor at the
postoffice or railroad station.
Arrive Washington 9:40 a. m.; leave
Washington 10 a. m., arrive Raleigh
by 1:10 p. m., leave Raleigh 1:30
p. mq arrive Columbia by 355 p. m.,
and leave 4:15 p. m., arrived Atlanta
by 6:55 p. m. Leavk Atlanta daily
except Mondays and days following
holidays not later than 5:30 a. m..
Eastern time, or within one hour
from time the mail has been deliver
ed to contractor at postoffice or rail
road station. Arrive Columbia by
8:10 a. m„ and arrive Raleigh by
1G.55 a .m.: leave Raleigh 11:15 a.
m.; arrive Washington by 2:25 p. m.
“Leave Washington 2:45 p. m.,
arrive New York by 5:25 p. m.
eastern time. Bond requ.iel, 550.-
000; bids to state rate per annnum.
The committee of award met in
the office of Mr. Praeger at 5 o’clock
Friday afternoon and open 3d ’he
three bids presented by Mr. Lawson.
The bids were deo!ai-»d to be in
proper form and subsequently it was
indicated at the department that the
contracts would be let formally
within a few days.
8-Year-Old-Boy Dies
Trying to Rescue His
Mother From Flames
GREAT NECK, N. Y„ Sept. 11. —
Albert Kaminski, eight years old,
gave up his life today in a vain ef
fort tq have his mother and baby
sister in afire which destroyed their
home.
His father was believed to have
been fatally injured in trying to save
the boy.
Leo Kaminski, forty-eight; Mrs.
Catherine Kaminski, forty-six* John,
six; Catherine, four, and Albert weiw?
sleeping in the second story of their
home when thev were awakened by
the shouts of neighbors. They found
the entire first floor in flames.
Kaminski thrust his wife and
daughter out upon the roof of the
porch, telling them he would get a
ladder, and dashed down the blazing
stairway with Albert and John in
his arms. Before he could return
with a ladder from the barn the
porch collapsed, carrying the woman
and girl with it.
With a scream, Albert rushed into
the flaming debris where his mother
and sister had disappeared. His fa
ther followed him. Both were drag
ged out by neighbors, the boy dead
and the father dying. The woman's
and child’s bodies also were recov
ered.
Tennessee Women
Can Vote in November
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 11.—-All
that will be required of the women
of Tennessee in order that they may
vote next November is that they
register. The opoprtunity to regis
ter wil be given them at a supple
mental registration, which must be
he’d twenty days before election.
Attorney General Thmopson, of
Tennessee, in a»statcment last night
said: ‘I think that with the nine
teenth anjendment adopted, as it is,
the only requisite to the women vot
ing is for them to register at the
supplemntal registration before the
November election.”
RECORD IS
POLLED in MAINE;
■EM ME
Democrats and Republicans
Express Confidence in Re
sult Which Is Generally In
, dicative of November
Election
BANGOR, Maine, Sept. 13.
Spirited voting characterized the
election here today, women seeming
to vie with the, men in getting to
the polls early. Up to the noon
hour,* the vote was a record-break
ing one, in spite of rainy weather,
and the polls presented lively scenes
with large number of women of both
parties on hand to assist and in
struct women voters. Special wom
en clerks also were on duty at each
voting place. \
REPUBLICANS CLAIM '
MAJORITY
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 13.
Maine men and women went to the
polls today for the election of state
and county officers, a legislature and
congressmen, after having been told
through the campaign that the eyes
of the nation were upon them to give
the traditional indication of political
sentiment in the country in the presL
tlential election.
The weather was clearing after
Sunday’s rain and all indications
l-cinred to a heavy vote. Both par
ties expressed confidence in the re
sult. The Republicans claimed a
victory by a 30,000 plurality. Th-e
Democrats indulged in no figures.
The issues have been national, with
chief emphasis placed on the League
of' Nations.
For the first time women voted in
this state. Both parties claimed the
support of this new element.
Portland women v had cast as many
ballots as the men up to noon, and
the total vote in nearly all wards
heavy. Women actefl as checkers
in many wards, and others furnished
automobiles in an attempt to bring
out all voters of their sex.
For governor, Frederic H. Park
hurst, of Bangor, Republican, Is op
poosed by Bertrand G. Mclntire, of
.\orway, r«-mccrat All four con
gressmen in this state are Republi
cans, three are standing for re-elec
tidn. Congressman Louis B. Goodall
is retiring in the Frist district, and
Carroll Leedy, county attorney, is
running for the Republicans against
Frank H. Haskell, Democrat. In the
Second district Congressman Wallace
H. White, Jr., is opposed by Dr.
Wallace N. Price. In the Third dis
trict Congressman John A. Pqter has
as his opponent Archie L. Towle, and
in the Fourth district Congressman.
Ira G. Hensey is opposed by Leon
G. C. Brown.
The polls will close everywhere at
6. p. m. Eastern standard time.
POLES ADVANCE
AGAINST REDS
NEAR LEMBERG
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WARSAW, Sept. 12. —Further ad
vances against the Bolsheviki, both
in the , Lemberg and Brest-Litovsk
sectors were reported in the Polish
communique today.
“Polish and Ukrainian cavalry oc
cupied Bukaczovce, Brursztyh and
Ernastaszyn (southeast of Lemberg),
capturing 200 reds,” the statement
said. “In the region of Brest-Litovsk
we occupied Wiel, Korytnica and
Kiehicki, capturing armored cars and
machine guns.
“All Bolshevik attacks were re
pulsed.”
WRANGEL’S ARMY REPORTED
TO BE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED
LONDON, Sept. 13. —A ’Bolshevik
official communique made public here
today again reported that General
Wrangel’s army in the Crimean re
gion again had been virtually wiped
° U The statement also declared the
Poles were retreating before a hew
Russian counter-offensive in the vi
cinity of Brest-LitoVsk. The Bol
sheviki claimed to have occupied sev
eral fortified positions along the
R iver Bug.
Belgium Officially
Accepts Military
Pact With France
PARTS, Sept. 13.—The Belgian
minister today notified the French
foreign office that the Franco-Bel
gian military alliance had been of
ficially accepted by Belgium, and
was effective immediately.
While the terms of 1 the Franco-
Belgian al'iance never have been
made public, they are suposed to pro
vide for both a defensive and of
fensive agreement, whereby Belgium
would immediately join France if the
latter went tc war. If such terms
were accepted, Belgian “neutrality”—
violation of which by Germany caus
ed Great Britain to enter the world
war—would be abolished, and Ger
many would have a legal bight to
invade Belgium in case of another
war with France.
Reports from Belgium two weeks
ago indicated the labor element there
had prevented the government from
ratifying the treaty.
Under the provisions of the
League of Nations, the treaty must
be z madc public, and be acceptable
to the league before it can become ef
fect i v
Bandit Is Out,
Garage Man In
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A. J. Karsner,
head of the Dixie Auto company, has
a headache and S4O belonging to an
auto bandit. The bandit deposited the
money on a new car and asked for
a demonstration. While Karsner was
demonstrating, he was cracked over
the head with a revolver, gagged and
bound to a tree. The landoit left
with the auto, but Karsner freed
himself and overtook his machine.
The bandit escaped.
Gets $1 a Day for
Going to School
MARIETTA. Ohio. —Clarence Mil
ler. sixteen, of Lawrence township,
Washington county, is probnbly the
only boy in the United States who
is paid $1 a day for going to school.
The board of education, which mst
furnish transportation to all stu
dents living more than two miles
from a schoolhouse, found it cheaper
to pay Clarence the cash, than to
furnish'him a conveyance.
LOUISE MADELINE, the
survivor of the pair of “mixed
babies,” who is the principal in
a spirited legal contest between
two Atlanta families. Blood
tests may be resorted to in
order to determine who are the
parents of the child.
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Blood Tests May
Solve Baby Tangle,
Now in Court Again
With the renewal of the legal
fight between Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Garner and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L.
Pittman Wfor the possession of
Louise Madeline, the survivor of
the famous pair of "’mixed babies,”
it was indicated Saturday that
blood tests may be resorted to in an
effort to ascertain who are the par
ents of the little, girl.
William E. Arnaud, attorney for
Mr. and Mrs. Garner, announced
Saturday that one link in the chain
of evidence he will present on Sep
tember 18 will be the introduction
of specimens of the blood of his
clients in the attempt to prove‘that
Louise Madeline is their child.
One of Attorney Arnaud’s wit
nesses will be Dr. Allen H. Bunce,
who announces that he will testify
that blood tests often are indica
tions of a child’s parentage. The
effort will be made by Attorney Ar
naud to have blood tests made off
the Garners, the Pittmans and
Louise Madeline.’
Mr. Arnaud said he understood
that Mr. and Mrs. Pittman, thrpugh
their atternoy, James W, Austin,
had declared their intention of -re
fusing to submit to blood tests, in
view of the fact that Louise Made
line is already in their custody. Mr,
Arnaud said he will attempt to en
force the tests through the courts.
All Georgia is familiar with the
history of the mixed bableb case.
The final hearing of the case Was
set for September 18 before Judge
George L Bell. _
COLBY WITHOUT
JURISDICTION IN
SUFFRAGE CASE
Mrs. L. McLendon, president
of the Georgia Equal Suffrage asso
ciation, and one of the best known
suffrage Readers of the south, has re
ceived a telegram from Secretary of
State Bainbridge Colby to the effect
that he has no authority in the mat
ter of securing her a vote in the
Georgia Democratic primary.
Mrs. McLendon presented herself
at the polls last Wednesday and de
manded the right to cast her vote.
When this was denied, she appealed
to Secretary Colby by wire, his an
swer being received Friday night.
Mrs. McLendon declared that the ac
tion qf the managers in refusing to
permit her to vote was a violation of
the suffrage amendment.
Mr. Colby’s reply stated that he
has no authority in the matter.
Secretary Colby’s telegram said:
t’The matter to which you refer is
not within the province of the depart
ment of state and I am not in a posi
tion to give you any advice with re
gard thereto.”
Mrs. McLendon stated Saturday
that she is determined to push the
matter and to take whatever legal
steps she can to obtain votes for the
women of Georgia » in the general
election.
“I have already seen one lawyer,"
she said, “and he refused to handle
the matter, I don’t think any of the
men lawyers will take th£ case. If
nbt, hdweVer, doubtless some woman
lawYer w!M. I want to take out an
injunction or a mandamus or what
ever is necessary, and get-the way
clear for the women to vote in the
genera] election.”
City Physician of
Columbus Jailed on
Charge of Murder
COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 11. —Co-
lumbus is without a city physician
due to Friday morning’s pistol duel,
which ended in the death of Ace
Bishop, aged 22 and well known cit
izen, and the jailing of Dr. M. H.
Blandford, on a charge of murder.
Self defense will be the-plea of the
physician, who has employed coun
sel to defend him.
The shooting occurred at a pool
room in the lower part of the city
just after midnight Friday, follow
ing a dispute between the two men.
Dr. P. W. Jordan is acting city
physician and it is expected that a
physician will be appointed to suc
ceed Dr. Blandford.
Dr. Blandford is a son of Mrs.
Willie Blandford, of Atlanta, and a
grand son of the late Judge Mark
Blandford of the supreme court. He
has a wife and baby.
Mr. Bishop, the dead man, is a
brother of J. M. Bishop, of Atlanta,
and is well known here. He leaves
a wife and baby. His funeral took
place from his home this afternoon.
Barred From Dance Hall
He Attempts Suicide
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 11.—John
McElroy, twenty years of age, a son
of Judge P. A. McElroy, of Marshall,
who is said to have attempted sui
cide because he was refused admis
sion to a dance hall, was reported
late yesterday afternoon to be re
covering in the Mission hospital
front the effects of three gunshots,
said to be self inflicted.
/ Hospital attendants say that he
has every chance for recovery. It
is said that the shots were fired
Tuesday night, when the management
of the dance hall declined to allow
him to enter.
Scents a copy.
$1.50 A YEAH.
DDV. CDX RESUMES
HIS SPEAKING TOUR
TMGHIffiO
Candidate Disregards Doc
tor’s Advice About His
Throat and Will Employ
Masseur on His Trip
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 13.—Governor
Cox, after speeches today at Sa
lem and Portland, is booked to
make a swing eastward as far as
Salt Lake City and double back west
ward to the coast, where he is to
fill engagements in California before
resuming his eastward trip.
Following an address here at •
o’clock the governor spoke at Port
land, leaving at 5 p. m. for Salt
Lake City. Several stops en route
were scheduled at points in Oregon,
but owing to the condition of the
governor’s throat, he will not make
any rear platform speeches.
Governor Cox is accompanied by
a masseur, who is to administer
treatments to his throat prescribed
by Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain, of
Portland, who examined the, gover
nor yesterday. Though the doctor
advised the Democratic presidential
nominee to cancel some of his spik
ing dates to give his voice a rest,
the governor said he would not do
so.
BUDGET SYSTEM IS
ADVOCATED BY COX
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13. —Busi-\
ness reorganization of government
bureaus with an efficient budget sys
tem as its outstanding feature was
pledged by Governor James M. Cox
in speeches here today.
• Speaking in the municipal audi
torium, Governor Cox promised one of
his first acts, if elected* will ‘be to
ask congress for authority to ap
point a budget commissioner as as
sistant to the president to bring
economies in appropriations.
He charged the senatorial oligarchy,
by blocking the peace treaty and
keeping wpr legislation in force, has
prevented the return of the govern
ment to a normal peace status. A
real business administration is nec- >
essary if reductions are to be made
in war taxes, Governor Cox said.
The governor declared his trip
through the northwest has convinced
him the vast undeveloped public do
main in this section “offers in some
measure the means of the govern
ment’s paying off its debt to those
who fought our battles in the world
war.”
t 'with war. bu't. we must
repeal the burdensome war taxes and
definitely reduce cost of government
in norma] times,” said Governor Cox.
“An economical and efficient ad
ministration of government business
must be preceded by two measures.
In the first place there must be
business reorganization of govern
mental bureaus,and agencies for the
purpose of eliminating the overlap
ping of functions and the duplication
of activities.
“The budget system must be de
veloped as a fundamental basis for
federal finance. We are all familiar
with the defects of the hit or miss
method of raising revenue and mak
ing applications which has charac
terized our national government In
the past.” z
Governor Cox’s voice showed im
provement today after several treat
ments and the Sunday rest, but h*
has canceled all open-air speeech**
in Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and
California on his physician’s order.
$200,000,000 TAX
VALUE INCREASE
FOR STATE SEEN
A total increase of approximately
$200,000,000 in the tax values of
Georgia for 1920 is’ anticipated by
Tax Commissioner H. J. Fullbright
on the basis of present returns from
the various counties. This will be
the largest increase in the history of
the state and will mean $1,000,000
more revenue, according to Mr. Full
bright.
Thus it is expected that the 1919
appropriations will be met without
difficulty and the 1920 appropriations
totaling about SBOO,OOO will also be
liquidated, with a margin left in the
treasury.
Mr. Fullbyight announces that In
creases in tax values thus far have
been $175,733,814 exclusive of the
$10,000,000 increase expected from
Richmond and five .other counties.
Which have, not yet reported. It is
also anticipated that another $lO,-
000,000 increase will be shown from
the $22,000,000 now tied up in arbi
tration proceedings, bringing the to
tal increase to approximately $200,-
000.000.
The figures made public from the
tax commissioner’s office indicate
that the state’s revenues will be in- /
creased by about $1,000,000 this year,
while the special taxes for the first
six months of 1920 show an increase
of $150,000 over ”’(> first six months
of 1919. X
To Probe Drowning
Os Mrs. Anna Jones,
Portrait Painter
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Investigation
into the death of Mrs. Anna Mitch
ell Jones, formerly a New York por
trait painter, and wife of John
Jones, president of Chicago’s Dill
Pickle club, was being made today
following her drowning in Lake
Michigan late yesterday.
Mr. Jones and his wife were on
their honeymoon, when, according to
his story, she was washed overboard
after he had chained her to the
craft. They were married last Au
gust after Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
divorced Jones.
A dramatic account of the accident
was given by Jones when rescued
last night. He said he had righted
the dory three times after it had
been upset by waves. He said h®
said he burned clothing in an at
tempt to attract attention.