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®be ail ant a ttri-ttkekln loimial VOL. XXII. NO. 128. 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 (Continued on Page 7, Column 2) | 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 w (Wsii 'hfll IHk " ' : wfvW I 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 y 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. p ■ ■ - ■ Z •' w ■ ~c ' '' 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.