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VOL. XXIII. NO. 10.
$12,000,000 Co.
For Financing Crop
Decided byßankers
Headed by R. F, Maddox,
of Atlanta, National Con
vention Approves Plan to
Relieve Cotton Growers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—(8y the
Associated Press.)—Plans for the or
ganization of a $12,000,000 cotton ex
port and crop financing corporation
were adopted at a meeting here late
today of bankers and representatives
of cotton interests attending the con
vention of the American Bankers'
association. The meeting approved
suggestions contained in a report of
a committee headed by Robert F.
Maddox, Atlanta banker, to move at
once in the direction of preliminary
steps towards organizing the cor
poration. Tentative arrangements
provide for the payment of half of
the capital stock, or an initial work
ing fund of $5,000,000 capital and sl,-
000,000 surplus.
Capital subscriptions, the plans
suggest, will be based on an assess
ment of $1 a bale on cotton raised in
the respective states, thereby making
the organization one of influence
throughout all territory .which has
had difficulty in financing the move
ment of the cotton crops. The decis
ion to call for the Initial payment of
only half of the total capital means,
therefore, that the subscriptions will
be prorated among the purchasers of
stock on the basis of 50 cents per
bale.
Purposes of Corporation
It was made clear by speakers at
■the meeting that the purposes of the
corporation, which will be organized
under the Edge act amending the
federal reserve act, is not to hold the
. jtton crop, but to insure that the
‘ ommodity be moved “at a time when
.he market is stagnant.”
Under provisions of the Edge act,
tiie corporation is enabled to han
dle trade acceptances—agreement of
ihe purchasers—to the amount of ten
..lines its capital and surplus, or in
die case of the proposed corporation,
the ability to handle acceptances of
cotton purchasers to the amount of
60,000,000. Although there was no
specific mention made, there were in
dications that formulation of the
c -rporation would immediately open
t e way for the sale of cotton in Eu
. >pe, where the demand is estimated
t 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 bales.
The committee informed those in
•tendance at the meeting that it
>uld make “no extravagant prom
•s.” but that it hoped that the es
blishment of such a corporation
uld be “of tremendous benefit to
? south.” The meeting was told
o that the corporation would rot
ove a “remedy for all ills,” al
>ugh_ j,t—would make possible the
.vision for markets in time of
1 ergencv such as the cotton pro
s ce -s are now passing through,
fi Although the corporation may in |
r ? future extend its operations to i
i her commodities, those in attend- |
ce urged that it devote its re
tirees at first to the handling of
his crop alone. The way was left
• on, however, so that enlargement
.d suggested extension can be made
as needed, speakers declared
Bandits Land $50,000
But Lose Loot and
Pals in Big Battle
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 22.
orge ("Jiggs”) Losteiner, said to
i e under indictment in many states
t>n charges of murder and rob
bery, is under arrest at a local
hospital shot through the neck, as
a result of a street battle at
Bedford, ten miles from here, late
today, which resulted in the death
of one bandit, the serious wound
ing and capture of two others, and
the probable fatal shooting of a
bank clerk. More than 200 shots
were fired.
The battle was the culmination
of one of the most spectacular
bank robberies ever staged in this
state, during which eight bandits
held up the Bedford branch of the
Cleveland Trust company.
The dead man was identified
by Bertillion experts as Albert
Joyce, alias Johnson. William Pe
trie, a bank clerk, was the victim
of a shotgun in the hands of a
citizen, who had answered the bur
(Ar alarm and mistook him for
one of the bandits as he emerged
from the bank. Physicians say he
is dying.
The robbery occurred just as the
bank was closing. Six of the gang
entered with drawn revolvers and
commanded the five employes and
three customers to the rear of the
building. The employes were forced
to lie on their faces, and the cus
tomers were placed under guard in
[ a.’ room.
. .Seizing all the money in sight,
safid to amount to $50,000, the ban
dits rushed to the street. Almost
instantly, George C. Flickinger,
manager of the branch, touched the
burglar alarm which sounded in
downtown business house of
Bedford.
* IS. W. Porter, a tire dealer, one
of those attracted, fatally shot
Joyce, who was at the wheel of the
waiting automobile.
Unable to start the engine the
other bandits fled, leaving money
infract in the machine. During the
enduing battle Losteiner, Harry
Stone and an unidentified man were
wounded, R. W. Osborne, proprietor
of ‘a grocery store, bringing down
tw<F» of them.
Rosses tonight are searching for
the four other members of the
gartg.
The men appeared t o be armed
witp more than one revolver, as
when they emptied one, during their
flight, they quickly prod ced an
othffli- and returned the fire.
$7,478 Expended by
Thomas W. Hardwick
in the Second Primary
Thomas W. Hardwick, successful
vancidate for governor in the Demo
cratic primary, expended $7,478.64 in
the ’run-over, according to his sworn
statlement of receipts and disburse
men|ts filed Wednesday with the
comptroller general as required by
law.)
Thie principal items of expense were
printing and advertising, $4,846; tel
ephone and telegraph tolls, $370;
heaqlquarters rental. $59; postage,
$295,; assessments of counties for em
ploying managers and clerks, $439;
clerical help, $775; traveling ex
penses, $l5O.
The contributions made to Mr.
Handwick for the run-over campaign
weije $5,969, leaving a personal ex
penditure of $1,509. In the first pri
of which $5,825 was contributed, j
PRISON PHYSICIANS
FEED M'SWINEY JS
HE LOSES SENSES
LONDON, Oct. 22.—Official con
firmation came from two sources
this iporning of the reports that
Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of Cork, had
been fed during a period of uncon
sciousness.
The bulletin of the Irish Self-De
termination league, dealing with the
condition of the lord mayor on the
seventy-first day of his hunger strike
in Brixton prison, announced that the
prison doctors had forced- meat juice
into MacSwiney’s mouth during a fit
of delirium which the prisoner suf
fered last night.
From the government side, it was
stated at the home office that the
lord mayor had been fed last night.
It was explained there that the pris
on doctors were under instructions
to use any possible means tp keep
him alive, but that during conscious
ness he resisted attempts to admin
ister nourishment. Their attitude is,
it was stated, that when the lord
mayor is unconscious and unable to
resist, they are carrying out their
orders if they then give him food.
The Self-Determination league’s
account of the feeding said that the
lord mayor, upon regaining conscious
ness, detected the taste of the meat
juice and said to a sister near him:
“They tricked me, and I didn’t
know it.”
Before lapsing into unconscious
ness again, continued, the account,
the lord mayor waved his arms vio
lently and shouted:
“Take it away.”
Lord Mayor MacSwiney was de
lirious during virtually all last
night, the league bulletins declared,
the deliriums for the greater part
of the time taking a violent form.
The bullein concluded:
“It should be made clear that
the meat extract given the lord
mayor during his delirium on the
sixty-rfinth day of his fast was the
first nourishment which had passed
his lips since his arrest on August
12.”
JAIL DELIVERY
AT U. S. PEN IS
NIPPED BY GUARD
Reports emanated Thursday from
the United States prison of a daring
attempt at something like a genral
jail delivery in the prison, frustrated
about 2:30 o’clock W’ednesday morn
ing when a patrol guard, hearing a
commotion, hurried to the isolation
floor and saw prisoners running to
and fro in the corridor, and the
guard, David Davis, prostrate on the
floor.
As the patrol guard appeared, the
three prisoners who were at liberty
ran quickly back ttTto the two cages
from which they had gained their
way, locking one of the doors be
hind them.
The„ patrol was unable to get into
the corridor, but kept guard until
the warden was summoned', and
their presence assured the prisoners
that their effort had failed.
Warden Zerbst said Thursday that
the plot was being investigated in
the effort to find out how many
men, beside the three who had at
tacked and slugged the guard, were
concerned in the effort at liberty.
"Somebody had smuggled fine
saws to these prisoners,” said the
warden. “They had sawed a bar
out of their cage, gained the cor
ridor, and slugged the guard with a
piece of pipe taken from the toilet
in their cell. He was knocked help
less, but not unconscious.
“It is my understanding that two
men made this preliminary attack.
They then took the guard’s keys and
unlocked another cage, liberating a
third convict. I do not know at
present how many others they plan
ned to release to join them in their
attempt to escape. The keys they
took from the guard would-have got
them out of prison, but not out of
the walled yard. The arrival of the
patrol spoiled their plan, and they
ran back into their cells as the patrol
guard appeared outside the corrl-
According to the warden, there
was no struggle after the patrol
guard reached the scene. The con
victs saw that the game was up, he
said, and returned as quickly as pos
sible to their cells.
"We have not yet found the saws
with which they cut the bar, said
Mr Zerbst. “I think they may have
been flushed out through the sink
There are sixteen cells and a dor
mitory on this corridor, occupied by
f °Davls. el the guard, has two cu . ts
his head, which is badly bruised, but
he is not dangerously injured. He
lives in Atlanta.
Gin Warnings Not
Heeded in Carolina
GREENWOOD, S. C., Oct. 22 —
Threats have been made to burn gins
in several counties in this state un
less they ceased operating until cot
ton had reached forty cento per
pound. The gins usually have cards
placed on the building with matches,
and in one or more instances fire
coals are said to have been, left. Gins
have not ceased to run on account ot
these warnings, but they are being
guarded, and while Governor Cooper
gives out information that he is not
able to furnish patrols, he pledges
all the forces at his command to ap
prehend the guilty parties and bring
them to trial.
The fields are white with the fleecy
staple, and it is being ginned, but
farmers are holding cotton -r<*r- ’he
market, with the hope that s-nne’ way
will be provided to save them from
sacrificing the crop. Instead of plac
ing it on the market, they are filling
up the warehouses.
STOPPED HER FITS
Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident of
Wurtsboro, N. Y., writes that she
stopped her fits with a medicine
that she read about in the paper. She
says she has not had a fit since she
took the first dose and that she
wants every sufferer to know about
this wonderful medicine and what
it- did for her. If you. a friend, or
relative, suffer from these dread 7
ful attacks, you are advised t> send
name and address at once to R- P.
N. Lepso. 895 Island avenue. Mil
waukee, Wis., who is generously of
fering to send a bottle of the same
kind of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar
tin. free, to any sufferer who
writes in.—(Advt.)
TEXAS TEAM WINS
CLUB STOCKPRIZE;
14STATESCPMPETE
Newspaper Men See the
Sights at Lakewood.
Boys’ Fair School Is Still
in Progress
The fourth estate held sway at the
Southeastern fair on Friday. It was
“Georgia Press day” and from all
over the state came editors of news
papers to inspect the exhibits at the
big educational exposition and ' to
take in the sights along the midway.
Since the newspapermen of Georgia
have had such an important part in
developing the Southeastern fair, the
management of the fair association
felt that it was eminently fitting that
the editors should be entertained as
the guests of the exposition on one
of the biggest days of the schedule.
The gentlemen of the press began
arriving in Atlanta on- Thursday
night and by Friday morning a big
delegation was on hand for the occa
sion. Met at the main entrance to
the fair grounds by a reception com
mittee of. fair association officials,
the newspapermen registered at the
big assembly tent in the plaza be
tween the liberal arts and automo
bile buildings. After a short get
together session, they started out at
11 o’clock to inspect the exhibits in
the several departments and then in
dulged in gastronomical exercises.
Lunch having been disposed of, the
press deelgation launched out on their
expedition into Larkland, where the
Johnny J. Jones shows are holding
forth with undimmed splendor. The
editors took in everything from the
wild west show down to the tent
where the “Missing Link” is exhib
ited to the accompaniment of a learn
ed discourse from a scholarly look
ing gentleman with a voice like a
phonograph. There was nothing in
the way of a formal meeting of the
Georgia Press association —on the
contrary, the session at the South
eastern fair was notable for its in
formality and complete absence of
anything that smacked of conven
tion.
The Texas team won the Interna
tional Club Stock Judging Contest,
which has been In progress since
Monday. Announcement to this es
■ feet was made Thursday afternoon.
Fourteen states were represent
ed in the contest by teams of
three boys each, Georgia tieing with
South Carolina for eighth place |n
•he competition.
Th© International Club Stock
Judging Contest is under the super
vision of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and is a per
manent feature of the Southeastern
fail. This is the first year of its es
tablishment and the boys entered
here represent half a million club
members from the Gulf of Mexico to
the Great Lakes. The contestants
have been showing their ability to
detect the fine points of thorough
bred cattle, hogs and sheep, their se
lection and placing of animals in the
judging ring determining their posi
tion in the content. The winners
are to be given free trips to the
Royal Livestock Show in London,
England, this winter.
The Boys’ Fair School is still in
progress and will continue through
Saturday. In this institution are 200
Georgia boys from every county in
the state, selected after competitive
examination by the respective coun
ty agricultural agents. The boys
are given instruction in all depart
ments of agriculture, their teachers
being members of the faculty of the
State College of Agriculture, while
the exhibits of cattle, hogs, sheep
and farm products are used as prac
tical demonstrations for the lessons.
A dinner given by the Southern
Ruralist to the visiting stock breed
ers and another function given by
the fair association to the visiting
horsemen were features of Thursday
night’s program. ,
King Alexander of
Greece Resting Easily,
Say Last Reports
ATHENS, Oct. 22. —King Alexan
der, of Greece, was resting easily
last night, according to a bulletin
issued by his physicians at 11 P.
M. The king at that hour was in
a calm, sleep. His temperature was
39.2 Centigrade (102.56 Fahrenheit).
The reports regarding the king’s
condition, however, were not consid
ered at all satisfactory. His temper
ature, it was stated, had shown dis
quieting fluctuations.
The bulletin issued at 7 o'clock
last evening said the king had spent
a restless day and that his tempera
ture was then 104, with pulse of 136
to 150 and respiration 40 to 48. The
day had brought about no improve
ment in his condition, it was added.
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE
GREEK KING IS CHARGED
ROME. Oct. 22.—Injuries inflicted
upon King Alexander by a monkey
were the result of a plot to assassi
nate the young monarch, according
to Dr. Georges Fernand Vidal, of
Paris, who has been attending the
king and was interviewed by the
Messagero, while passing through
Rome on his way home from Athens.
“While the story of the monkey
biting King Alexander was true.” Dr.
Vidal is quoted as saying, "the mon
key was suffering from rabies with
which it had been artificially inocu
lated. Hence a veritable attempt
against the king’s life was commit
ted."
Death-Car Driver
Is Found Guilty and
Gets 3-Year Term
After two hours and a half of
deliberation, a jury in the trial of
Frank McDonald, driver of an
automobile which struck and kill
ed Mrs. Carabel Holly Smith, on the
evening of September 25, in Atlan
ta, returned a verdict of guilty of
involuntary manslaughter. McDon
ald was sentenced to three years
on the chaingang, the maximum
sentence. Te was tried in the crim
inal division of the superior court
on an indictment charging him with
murder in six counts.
Bumper Apple Crop
For Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 23.—The
crop of apples in Pennsylvania this
year as a result of the mild weather
in the last several weeks is esti
mated by the federal reserve bank
for this district at more than 21.-
900,000 bushels. Last year more
than 7,000,000 bushels wer» pro
duced.
ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1920.
MINERS’ WIVES PROTEST STRIKE!
Bm Miv - n LUm
S| H miners
■I H, AGAINST LU
Hr-ijg- A STRIKE k jgma
LONDON. —Wives of British miners are not in sympathy with the coal strike called Saturday,
ntly, as part of a demonstration, they paraded through the streets of London. These wives, many
hem mothers, say they fear a strike would mean the starvation of their children. *
Final Appeal Is Made to
Georgia Democrats to Give
To Party Campaign Fund
JOE SPARKS, assistant treasurer of the Democratic national
campaign committee, has sent to Georgia Democrats the
following final in the drive for funds;
‘‘The tide of victory has turned. There will be a triumphant
Democracy in November, no matter how loudly the calamity
howlers may howl. The south has never been so prosperous as
during the seven years of Democratic administration, yet the Dem
ocrats of the south have contributed only one-fourth of the amount
expected of them by the national committee.
‘‘Let me put these questions to the Democrats of the south:
“Will you stand idly by and witness the destruction of the
Federal Reserve system, which has meant the financial salvation
of the southern states?
“Will you stand idly by and see important federal offices
filled by negroes? If Senator Harding intends to give a square
deal to southern people, as he assured them he would in his Chat
tanooga speech, why does he not remove the negro who holds the
office-of Republican national committeeman from Georgia?
“Will you stand idly by and see your representation in con
gress cut down by a Republican administration?
“Your Democratic comrades in the doubtful states are mak
ing a splendid fight. They need your contributions to pay the
actual and legitimate expenses of presenting the issues of this
great campaign. Do not fail them now, in the crucial hour.”
Cox Attacks Critics
Os League Covenant
In Baltimore Speech
BALTIMORE, Oct. 21.—Governor
Cox, of Ohio, in addressing a large
audience at the armory here tonight
pounced upon and lashed vigorously
the League of Nations speeches yes
terday by Senator Harding, former
President Taft and Senator John
son, of California, declaring that
they evidenced further "wobbling”
by Senator Harding upon the league
issue.
At the same time the Democratic
presidential candidate further em
phasized his league policies, declar
ing that "helpful” reservations
should be a prerequisite to ratifica
tion.
“Every one who is against the
league is against me,” Governor Cox
declared, insisting that Senator Har
ding, his Republican adversary,
stands for "scrapping” the league.
The governor also asserted that be
cause of league differences between
powerful Republican groups the elec
tion of Senator Harding could not
bring ratification.
"It is this League of Nations or
no League of Nations,” was another
doctrine laid down by the Democrat
ic nominee, speaking from the plat
form where President Wilson was
nominated eight years ago. The
governor asserted, quoting Judge
Taft, that a new peace association
of nations was impossible.
Our “Newsy-Farm” Offer
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you know, is $1.50; however for a very
limited time we are going to give you
the opportunity to take advantage of the
above offer. In other words you get for the
regular price of the JOURNAL, a weekly
paper, a farm paper and a home magazine.
Can you afford to let this opportunity
slip by?
You will note that we are not allowing
any agents’ commission on this offer, which
means that since our regular commission
is 35c, this amount has been deducted
from what we would ordinarily charge,
therefore you get the advantage of a very
low price, provided you will act right now.
Telephone Company
Argu es for Increases
Before Commission
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company filed with the
state railroad commission Thursday
a detailed schedule of the new rates
it is seeking, revealing the fact that
it wishes increases ranging from 20
to 33 1-3 per cent.
The comiJajry some time ago filed
a petition for higher rates, without
announcing at the time the amounts
of the various proposed increases.
Hearing on the petition has been set
for October 27.
Following are the proposed", in
creases :
Atlanta: . Business phones from
the present rate of $7.50 to $10.50.
a month. Residence phones from the
present rate of $4 to $5.
Macon and Augusta: Business
phones, from $5.50 to $6. Residence
Phones, from $3.25 to $3.90.
Savannah—Business phones, from
$6 to $7.50: residence phones, from
$3.50 to $4.75.
Athens, Rome, Waycross, Valdosta
and Brunswick—Business phones,
from $4.50 to $5.40; residence phones,
from $2.75 to $3.30.
Americus—Business phones, from
$4 to $5; residence phones, from
$2.50 to $3.10.
New schedules for all other cities
in Georgia served by the company
were filed, the proposed new rates be
ing proportionately the same as those
listed above.
We are right frank to admit that we do
not expect to be in a position to continue
this offer for any great length of time,
so in -order that you may be sure U • get
it—SEND YOUR ORDER WITHOUT A
MOMENT’S DELAY.
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RAILROAD STRIKE
CALLED IN BRITAIN
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
LONDON. Oct. 21. —Orders have
been issued for British railwaymen
to strike Sunday at midnight in sym
pathy with coal miners.
Under the orders sent out today
railroad men throughout United
Kingdom will walk out Sunday mid
night, unless specific instructions to
the contrary are issued in the mean
time.
Announcement of the strike order
followed the statement of J. H.
Thomas, secretary of the railway
workers an da member of parliament,
that an ultimatum will te served on
Premier Lloyd George today.
The ultimatum will demand imme
diate granting of the miners’ wage
demands or re-opening of negotia
tions with the alternative of the sym
pathetic strike. ; If Lloyd George
capitulates the railway strike will
be called off.
The decision of the railway dele
gates added to the seriousness of
the situation Since it was believed
these workers would not call a
strike unti leverything possible had
been done to settle the miners’ con
troversy.
Transport workers, the other di
vision of the ‘triple alliance” an
nounced through their secretary,
Robert Williams, that if negotiations
were not opened within 24 hours the
issue would be clearly drawn be
tween the government and the work
ers.
The British government, having
passed safely one attempt at censure
in parliament,, faced another vote to
day on the labor situation.
After long debate yesterday on the
Irish situation in which the gov
ernment was attacked for its "pol
icy of rpression,” a motion for an
investigation of Irish affairs was
voted down in the house of commons
last night by a big majority.
Today the labor situation was to
be brought to the fore and it was ex
pected that an attempt would be
made by William Adamson, labor
member, to bring up a resolution
touching on the strike and general
u n e m ployment.
Governor Coolidge
Denies He Indorsed
League of Nations
ON BOARD GOVERNOR COOL
IDGE’S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 21.
Governor Coolidge denied in a state
ment today that he had indorsed the
League of Nations in his address of
welcome to President Wilson at Bos
ton in February, 1919, upon the re
turn of the latter from his first trip
to Europe and the peace conference.
The governor, as presiding officer
of the meeting where President Wil
son spoke, lauded the president for
his efforts in behalf of peace.
Germans of Nation
SuggestGreatßank
For Cotton Exports
DECIDED DRIFT ID
COXINUSTW
WEEKSJLAIMED
EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR
COX, WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 21.
Governor James M. Cox, as he be
gan his stump campaign in Dela
ware and Maryland today, declared
political events have taken ■ uch a
decided turn within the last two
weeks that “there ’are incipient
manifestations of a landslide” for
his candidacy.
"If I am any judge cf crowd
psychology,” he said, "the under
current of independent thought is
growing so rapidly since Senator
Harding declared at Des Moines for
rejection of the League of Nations
covenant that it is engulfing the
party wall.”
Governor Cox’s optimism was due
in some measure to the receptions
he received during the last two day s
in New England, generally consid
ered a Republican ffronghold. Large
crowds, including many women,
heard him in Connecticut.
YOUTH DECLARES
DOCTOR PAID FOR
BURNING OF CAR
Three men, one a well-known At
lanta physician, were arrested and
now are out on bond for their ap
pearance in the recorder’s court Sat
urday morning, on a charge of dis
orderly conduct, growing out of the
burning of a Peerless coupe automo
bile belonging to Dr. David B. Haw
kins, the night of August 25 after an
apparent wreck in a plunge down an
embankment on the road to Marietta,
where it crosses over the railroad
tracks near Collins’ switch.
Dr. Hawkins, owner of the car, was
arrested Thursday afternoon at his
office in the Candler building, follow
ing the arrest of "Jimmy” Neal,
twenty years old, and O. N. Cribbs,
proprietor of the Cribbs garage on
Capitol avenue. The detectives say
they alwo are looking for another
young man whom they believe to
have been connected with the af
fair.
Dr. Hawkins talked freely of
the matter Friday and issued a
statement in which he characterized
the charges against him as a
"ridiculous frame-up,” and said that
Cribbs was trying to "pass the
buck” to him after the car had
been dstroyed, while Cribbs was re
sponsible for it.
W. T. Gloer, general manager of
the Adams National Detective
agency, brought about the arrests
Thursday, following an investigation
made by his agency at the instance
ol a local fire insurance agenev
which had insured the Hawkins car
for $4,200. Neal was arrested at
Cribbs’ garage, and, Mr. Gloer* says
made a confession that implicated
Cribbs, Hawkins and the third young
man. Cribbs was arrested at his
home, 199 Crew street, and Dr. Haw
kins at his office. The third young
man is being sought. City Detectives
Malcolm and Meeks made the ar
rests.
According to the officers Neal made
a written confession in Which hq.
stated that he and the other young
man had been hired to burn the
Hawkins car, Cribbs acting as a go
between for the owner and the boys.
They each were to receive S2O, Neal
said.
Neal’s confession said that the oth
er boy had driven the Hawkins car
out on the Marietta road the night of
its destruction, while he had gone
out in another car and had brought
Neal back to the city after the coupe
had been wrecked and set on fire.
Cribbs stated, the officers said, that
Dr. Hawkins had for some time been
making remarks to him about burn
ing his car up, he having wished to
dispose of it, and not having been
able to do so. Cribbs said he thought
at first that Dr. Hawkins was joking;
but finally concluded that he ( actual
ly wanted the car destroyed,’ wnere
upon he referred the business to Neal
and the other boy.
Dr. Hawkins’ Version
Dr. Hawkins made the , following
statement Friday morning:’
“I know absolutely nothing except
what I have heard as to the way my
car came to be destroyed, so of
course these absurd charges by
Cribbs, and the statements of this
boy Neal are part of a frame-up—an
effort by Cribbs, I take it, to pass
along the responsibility to me as the
owner of the car, after it had been
destroyed either with his knowledge
end direction, or after being damaged
I by one or more of his employes while
joy-riding in it while it was in his
hands for repairs.
"Cribbs was recommended to me
by a real estate man as a good
automobile mechanic. This was Au
gust 23. The car needed some gener
al readjustments; carbon ground out;
brakes relined and so on. Cribbs took
the car on Monday and AV ednesday he
called me up and informed me that
the car had been stolen from in front
of his home, 199 Crew street, where
he had left it the previous evening.
He said he had been trying it out
and had punctured a tire, so he left
it in front of his home instead of
running it to the garage.
"I asked him if he had notified the
police and he said he had not. I said
I would do it, and attended to it at
once. I also notified the three news
papers. Soon afterward I was noti
fied by The Journal that a car with
my license number was lying wrecked
and burned near Bolton.
■ Car Was Stripped
“I went out there with a Blun-
Dimmitt salesman and we looked
over the wreckage. It appeared that
the car had been stripped of abso
lutely everything that was of any
value and that could be removed.
Upwards of SIOO worth of tools were
among the things missing which we
might have expected to find in the
debris. .
"Os course I have no way or (
knowing whether Cribbs stripped
the car and paid the boy or boys to
destroy it; or whether the boys dam- '
aged the car while out joy-riding
and decided to destroy it as the 1
simnlest way out of a scrape. I un
derstand that Cribbs was charged I
by Neal with paying him and the 1
i
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SCENTS A COPT,
X3$J st> A YEAii,
Letter to Senator Hoke
Smith Proposes New
Means for Opening For-
■ eign Outlet to South
I An entirely new prospect of finan
cial assistance in opening up the ex
port of cotton to centraf European
I countries, which have bought little
• cotton for the past two years, and
which would greatly relievb the sag
in the present market if they could
1 be financed, was announced Thursday
1 by Senator Hoke Smith.
' He has received a letter from Hein
rich Charles, an American of Ger
man extraction and a member of a.
large banking concern of New York,
informing him that Germans in this
’ country, of German birth or extrac
’ tion, are willing and anxious to form
a large bank for the particular pur
pose of financing the sale of cotton
' to that country, and asking him for
an expression of his views concern
, Ing such a project.
. Their object, primarily, would be
s to assist financially in the rehabili
. tation of the German textile industry,
, which is practicallyin a state of coma
for want of cotton. In serving that
object, they believe, they would like
wise render a service of great value
to the growers of cotton In the south
ern states. The German cotton man
ufacturers have idle machinery, idle
labor and idle coal. The only thing
they need is cotton. Prior to the war
they consumed 2,000,000 bales a year.
The heavy depreciation of the Ger
man mark as compared to the high
• value of the American dollar, coupled
I with the lack of credit facilities in
this country, holds them at a stand-
• still. Their machinery is rusting and
■ their labor is restless.
! Senator Smith has replied to Mr.
Charles that he approves wholeheart
edly the suggestion of a bank In this
1 country, to be financed by. German-
Americans and to be engaged in the
business of financing exports of cot-
1 ton to Germany. He sees in the plan
a prospect of Immense financial
1 benefit to the south. ' *
Other Aid Also In View
In connection with his announce
’ ment of the correspondence with
■ Heinrich Charles, Senator Smith took
1 occasion to refer also to the move
ment launched in Washington by
Robert F. Maddox, president of the
’ Atlanta National Bank, one of the
■ foremost bankers of the south, a for
mer president of the American Bank-
. ers’ association, and a recognized au
thority on southern economic condi
i tions.
[ As announced on Wednesday in
The Journal. in a dispatch from.
• Theodore Tiller, its Washington cor
respondent, Mr. Maddox has called
together the southern bankers at
tending the convention of the Amer
ican Bankers’ association, now in
session in Washington, and laid be
fore them a project to form with
, southern banking capital a very larg®
corporation to engage in financing ex
ports of cotton to central European
countries. Mr. Maddox' pointed out
to southern bankers the fact that the
Esch bill passed by congress allow
' national banks to subscribe ten per
cent of their capital stock to cor
porations engaging in the promotion
of the export trade of the United
States. His project is to form a
corporation composed of all south
ern banks, the capital stock to be
pro-rated among the states of th®
belt according to cotton production,
and the total capital to be around
$25,000,000. The bankers received
his suggestions with the utmost in
terest. it was further stated in Mr.
Tiller’s dispatch.
. “The movement started by Mr.
Maddox is exactly what we need and
is launched exactly at the right
time,” said Senator Smith. “I am
extremely anxious to see him get
the support he deserves from the
banks throughout the south. H®
could render no greater service to
his section of the country. It he can
get his eimort corporation started
right away, and if the German-
Americans will organize their bank
as suggested by Heinrich Charles, I
believe we can put 4,000,000 bales of
cotton into central Europe this win
ter. The resulting benefits to the
south would be enormous.”
Harding Confident
Os G. 0. P. Victory
As Campaign Ends
WITH SENATOR HARDING, EN
ROUTE TO MARION, 0., Oct. 22.
His speaking campaign closed ex
cept* for four days of stumping in
Ohio, Senator Harding was on his
way back to Marlon today, confident
that his five excursions from the
front porch hhve clinched thousands
of doubtful votes.
Twenty states, several on tn®
derland of the Democratic south,
have been visited by the Republican
nominee
As the campaign draws toward th®
eleventh hour, Harding is taking a
more aggressive attitude on the
league issue. In all speeches re
cently he has emphasized the treaty
deadlock which he says would re
sult from ’''ction of Governor Cox.
Not enough votes could be obtained
to put through the Cox ratification
program in the senate, Harding in
sists.
“His attempt to carry out his
promises would only result in a four
year stalemate,” Hardin™ said in his
speeches at Rochester and Buffalo,
N. Y. "I have been unwilling to
accept the Democratic program Re
cause it is not only unAmerican and
unwise but because it is wholly im
possible of fulfillment and simply
tends to keep the American people
in a ferment of useless controversy.”
Harding appeared somewhat, tired
today ns a result oi ms steaay trav
eling recently. A cold left him with
a slight cough and hoarseness.
Prohibition Defeated
By 15,000 Majority
In British Columbia
VANCOUVER. B. C., Oct. 21.—Re
pudiation of the. British Columbian
prohibition law, indicated by the 15,-
000 majority already recorded from
Wednesday’s plebiscite, brought gov
ernment officials to consideration of
how the liquor traffic shall be ad
ministered.
The vote was on the preference
between prohibition and “an act to
provide for government control and
sale in sealed packages of spirituous
and malted liquors.”