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VOL. XXIII. NO. 12.
Atlanta Man Shot
By Ex-Chief of
Detective Force
John S. Highsmith, Promi
nent Attorney, Seriously
Wounded by Newport Lan
ford During Auto Ride
Newport Lanford, former chief of
the Atlanta detective department,
•hot and seriously wounded John S.
Highsmith, prominent attorney of the
City, during an altercation that came
up while they were on an automo
bile ride 1 Monday night.
The bullet fired by the ex-chief
struck Attorney Highsmith in the
abdomen, ranged upward and emerged
through his chest. Physicians at the
Grady hospital believe that he will
live. The circumstances surround
ing the affair are so unusual that
teen interest has been aroused
throughout the city.
Mr. Lanford, mean-while, was tem
porarily held at police headquarters
without bond, pending the outcome of
Mr. Highsmith’s wound. He could
give no account of -what happened. He
■aid he and Mr. Highsmith drove to
Peters street in Mr. Highsmith’s au
tomobile met Frank Faucett and Os
car Williamson, and the four started
out for a ride. He said he drank one
•ggnog prepared for him by a Greek
on Peters street, and remembered*
■othing more.
Faucett and Williamson were
held by the police as material wit
nesses. Faucett is scheduled for
trial Wednesday- morning on a mur
der charge, having been jointly in
dicted with Ed Nichols some months
■go for killing Levi Williams, a ne
gro taxicab driver.
Mr. Highsmith is representing
Faucett in the matter of the murder
indictment. He and Mr. Lanford are
■aid to have formerly had a sort of
partnership. They went to Peters
■treet Monday night to confer with
Faucett, who was out under bond.
Faucett and Williamson got into the
front seat of the car, with Mr. High
smith and Mr. Lanford in the rear
■eat. They started out to see Walter
Jones, of 20 Anderson avenue, anoth
er client of Mr. Highsmith’s, regard
ing some matter of legal business.
Men “Skipped"
What transpired there is more or
less vague. -Jones, it seems, was not
at home. Mr. Lanford directed Fau
cett, according to Faucett, to ‘‘drive
on.’’ Faucett told him he couldn’t
Irive on, because there was a ditch
In front of the car. Mr-. Lanford, it
is said, insisted, and Faucett drove
the car through the ditch, got it out.
■nd proceeded to South Whitefoord
avenue.
Faucett says Mr. Lanford had his
revolver in his hand, and was curs
ing and threatening to shoot, and
he got uneasy and decided to “skip
■t the first opportunity. On arriv
ing in a clump of woods on Anniston
■venue, near South Whitefoord ave
nue, Faucett says, he stopped the
car, told Mr. Lanford he had to get
out and turn on the gas from the
reserve tank, and he and Williamson
took to the woods and found some
large trees and hid behind them.
Presently, he says, they heard a scuf
fle, a shot, groans and curses, and
went back and found Mr. Highsmith
bleeding from a wound in the abdo
men. They picked him up and took
him to Grady hospital, not bother
ing to find Mr. Lanford.
On arriving at the hospital, Mr.
Highsmith made a statement Monday
night, accusing Mr. Lanford of shoot
ing him without reason or provoca
tion,
A party of officers went to find
Mr. Lanford. They found him at
home, covered with mud, two deep
rashes in his head, unable to give
an account of himself. Some good
Samaritan (name unknown) had pick
ed him up near the scene of the
■hooting and taken him to 342 South
Boulevard, where he lives. When he
■woke at police station Tuesday
morning, a couple of officers es
corted him to Grady hospital to get
the gashes in his head sewed up.
One of them was deep and painful
■nd had to be bandaged.
Highsmith's Shooting
F‘T begged Chief Lanford not to
•Lot me,” stated Mr. Highsmith at
thhe Grady hospital Tuesday morn->.
Inp. “He seemed a wild man, and
after Faucett and Williamson had
gotten out of the car, Chief Lanford
declared he was going to kill me
Then he came at me I grabbed hold
o*i him and at the time the shot was
fired I had my hand on the gun. Hal
ing. my hand on the gun probably
t’he 6 shot was fired I took
theLun away from him and hit him
ever the head with it twice. Then I
called Faucett and Williamson to
come out of fehe
to the hospital. Me left Chief Lan
afternoon Mr. Highsmith
was transferred to the Georgia bap
tist hospital, where he will probably
Undergo an operation in an effort to
the bullet from his shoulder,
Growers of Wheat
On Strike in West
For Higher Price
t.’ax’MAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 27.
Whether farmers of the southwest
are obeying a “strike call’,’ issued re
cently by the Wheat Growers asso
ciation in the form of a proclamation
calling upon its members in several
states to withhold their wheat from
the market ufitil a basic price of $3
a bushel was reached could not be
ascertained here tonight. . .
Reports from some grain market
centers today attributed decreases in
the wheat supply received andl an
increase in price to the proclamation.
No widespread curtailment of wheat
offerings was reflected today in the
grain markets of the solithwest,
grain men "said.
J C Mohler, secretary of the Kan
sas'board of agriculture, tonight de
clared there was no farmers ‘strike
in that state and said that probably
onJy a minority of the grain- rowers
in Kansas would back the movement.
On the other hand, W. H. Mc-
Greevy, of Wichita, Kas., secretary
of the Wheat Growers' association,
declared the “strike” was in effect
and that the farmers are in the fight
to atay.
MEM IMO
VISITORS ATTENDED
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR
With crowds still moving through
the exhibit buildings, and along the
midway, reluctant to quit such a
place of interest and pleasure, the
Southeastern fair, successful almost
beyond the hopes of its directors,
reached its finale Tuesday night.
With the last spectator departed,
with owners of exhibits, sideshow
performers and bally-hoo men hur
rying to care for their property in
the haste of the get-away, there was
one expression on the lips of every
body: “The fair was a great suc
cess.’’ H. G. Hastings, president of
the fair association, together with
the other members of the directing
board, reiterated that statement.
People of Atlanta, and people from
all sections of the southeast, journey
ed to Lakewood during the week to
find every possible fair attraction.
The exhibits were large, well placed
and educational. No effort or ex
pense had been spared to have ev
erything ’just right 'and from the
smallest show on the midway to the
giant automobile exhibit, every item
won favorable comment.
The attendance during the ten
days of the fair was larger than it
has ever been before. The total of
paid admissions touched the high
level of exceeding last year’s
mark by some 12,000.
Exhibits from every section of the
southeast were brought to Lakewood
for the fair. Grains, cotton, garden
truck and strange and unusual prod
ucts from southern farn\s made up
a complete set of agricultural ex
hibits, occupying the huge building
set aside for that purpose.
The prize cattle and hogs alone
were well worth a trip to the fair,
and won high admiration from the
farmer and live stock man, and the
layman alike.
Excellent racing features, harness
and motor, featured every afternoon
of the exposition, and the mammoth
pageant, “From Days of Old,” was a
delightful example of what can be
accomplished ,by amateur stageiolk
when properly trained. ' ’
The fair for 1920 cost a great deal
of money to produce, but the money
was carefully and wisely spent, and
as a result the people of Atlanta
and the southeast responded by at
tending the exposition in great
throngs.
The profits realized from admis
sions and fees of concessionnaires
will be turned into the treasury of
the fair and used for enlarging and
extending the exposition in 1921.
ARREST 43 FOR
“NIGHT RIDING”
' IN ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 2.7. —
Forty-three alleged “night riders”
have been arrested in Cullman, Mar
shall and Blount counties within the
past day or two, according to an,
nouncement at the state law enforce
ment department and governor’s of
fice this morning.
State Fire Marshal William J. Wil
liams telephoned this information to
the governor. He is now in north
Alabama. It was said that special
sessions of the grand juries of these
three counties would be called to
meet soon and make a complete in
vestigation of the cases. The ipen
v ere released under, bonds of <-,000
each. '
English Coal Strike
Nears Finish; Lower
Prices Predicted Here
LONDON, Oct. 27.—1 t was stated
authoritatively today that negotia
tions now on at Premier Lloyd
George’s residence are expected to
end the coal strike.
With the announcement that the
results of the discussions in Down
ing street will be placed before a
meeting of miners’ delegates, it was
pointed out that Lloyd George had
declared he would not re-open form
al negotiations unless he was con
vinced a settlement was practical
ly certain.
The miners’ delegates will receive
the report probably tomorrow. That
would permit ending the strike by
Saturday and full resumption of
mining by Monday.
SOFT COAL OPERATORS
EXPECTED TO CO-OPERATE
CLEVELAND. 0.. Oct. 27.—At an
open general meeting of approxi
mately 1,000 bituminous coal opera
tors from all parts of the country,
held here Tuesday, following a
meeting of members of the National
Coal association, it was the judg
ment of the operators, both associa
tion members and others, that the
s«ft coal operators throughout the
■country wil co-operate fully and
heartily with Attorney-General Pal
mer in an effort to reduce coal
prices.
Prices already have dropped in
many places, it was declared. J. L.
I Hatfield, of Morgantown, W. Va., a
i member of the northern West Vir
j ginia fair practices committee, said
■ in his district the price had dropped
i from sl4 to $6 a ton in some in-
I stances, even in the brokerage mar
ket.
Americans Killed
In Tampico Fields,
U. S. Is Notifed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Two
American citizens have been killed in
the Tampico oil fields, dispatches to
day to the state department said.
The Americans are Arthur L. Mos
ley and Gustave E. Salier (or Sailer).
The report said the men were killed
yesterday afternoon at Vega de Ota
tes, near Tampico. No details were
given.
A passport was issued to Arthur
L. Mosley, of Matagorda, Tex., on Oc
tober 7, this year, to work in the
Mexican oil fields, the state depart
ment said. „ .
THIRD IRISHSTRIKER
FINISHES LONG FAST;
DIES ON 76TH MI
Sinn. Fein Plot to Avenge
MacSwiney’s Death Is
Foiled;* Impressive Funeral
for Mayor
LONDON, Oct. 27. —Following fast
on»the heels of the dramatic death
of Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor
of Cork, came news that Joseph Mur
phey, another of the original eleven
hunger strikers imprisoned in the
Cork jail, has passed away. His fast
ended in death oh the seVenty-sixth
day after he renounced food.
Murphy was said to have claimed
American citizenship. His father,
however, sayl that although the boy
was born at Lynn, Mass., he was not
a citizen. The father never had com
pleted naturalization.
Sinn Fein leaders in Ireland
in requesting that no disorder be'
permitted. In this they were sup
ported by Father Dominic, Mac-
Swiney’s chaplain, whose request was
posted outside the Cork city hall. He
said that the Irish people should
“adopt the same dignified attitude
that prevailed at the time of the
death of Mayor Thomas Mac Curtain.”
Father Dominic in an interview
here, said the MacSwiney family and
friends were glad the fast was ended.
“His purpose has been accomplish
ed,” the priest said.
Father Dominic, describing Mac-
Swiney’s last moments, said the lord
mayor lay motionless for hours, his
eyes wide open and staring. He was
unconscious all the while. The priest
whispered prayers and left the room
while the physicians injected drugs
t ostrengthen the heart.
The physicians then summoned the
priest and Peter MacSwiney with the
announcement that the end was near.
The final prayers were said in
the Irish language at MacSwiney’s
request. The funeral orations also
will be in Gaelic. Home office of
ficials said MacSwiney’s funeral will
be under direction of the Irish gov
ernment when the body is sent from
London. It was said as few restric
tions as possible will be imposed and
that the body may lie in state as
friends had decided.
Impressive funeral honors will be
accorded Terence MacSwiney, who
began life as a clerk and died in a
spectacular manner.
The home office promised today
there will be no interference with
plans of Irish leaders who an
nounced that MacSwiney’s body will
lie in state in St. George’s cathedral,
to be carried later in solemn proces
sion to entrain so rthe journey to
an Irish grave.
Officials said the only restriction
on the funeral services will be that
no Sinn Fein firing squad will be
permitted to officiate -at the grave.
Qne of MacSwiney’s last requests
was that the funeral orations be
pronounced in Gaelic. There Wfts no
official opposition to that.
The deputy lord mayor of Cork
arrived here today with a bodyguard
of fifty Sinn Fein soldiers and rep
resentatives of many Irish societies.
It was reported that Dail Eireann,
the Irish parliament, may attend the
services in a body, onll those .mem
bers especially sought by the police
remaining away.
With three of Ireland s hunger
strikers now dead, it was reported
three more in the Cork jail were near
collapse.
REPRISAL ATTEMPT OF
SINN FEINERS THWARTED
LONDON, Oct. 27.—A "vengeance
expedition” of eight Sinn Feiners en
route to England to attempt repris
als for the death of Lord Mayor Mac-
Swiney, was apprehended today at
Kingstown, Ireland, the Irish office
announced. .
(During MacSwiney’s hunger strike
it was reported that Premier- Lloyd
George would be marked for assas
sination if the lord mayor were per
mitted to die.)
The eight men. described as des
perate characters,” were seized by
soldiers as they were about to board
a boat for Holy Head, the nearest
Eftglish land.
JUDGE INDICTED;
SAY HE SOLD 200
FAKE DIVORCES
ANNISTON, Ala.. Oct. 27. —As
many as 200 illegal separations of
married people, most of whom were
residents of Georgia, were found by
the federal grand jury here to
have been brought about by alleged
sale of illegal divorce decrees by
Judge J. F, Creen, of this city,
former city recorder, it became
known today.
Judge Creen, who was arrested
October 12, is under bond<on charges
of using the mails to defraud and
of wholesale distribution of forged
divorce decrees at the rate of s2o
apiece. He was indicted by the fed
erju grand jurv here late Tuesday,
the indictment containing five speci
fic and two general counts.
Judge Creen who for more than
ten years was citv recorder was ap
prised, it is said, in September that
postal inspectors were investigat
ing charges against him. He se
cured leave from his office, saying
he was going to Stafford Springs,
Miss., to regain his health. He
went to Mobile instead, it is said.
He returned to this city volun
tarily over a month ago. Since that
time’ he has ben confined at his
home with a complication of dis
eases which are said to be serious.
He was unable to attend a prelim
inary hearing, and it is thought he
will not recover to face trial which
was set for next May.
OPPOSITION TO
RAISE IN ’PHONE
RATES VOICED
The city of Macon, the city of
Eastman, the city of Warrenton, pri
vate citizens representing subscrib
ers in numerous other cities and
towns, and subscribers appearing by
letter in a number of others, were
before the railroad commission Wed
nesday morning to oppose the peti
tion of the Southern Bell Telephone
company for a general increase of
rates in all its exchanges in Geor
gia.
-■ R. C. Turner, city electrician of
Atlanta, moved that the commission
postpone the hearing until December
15 and require the company in the
meanwhile to print and circulate a
schedule showing the exact in
creases proposed, in every exchange,
as was done, he said, by the Louisi
ana state commission a few days
ago. The motion was over-ruled.
Mr. Turner said he would attend the
hearing and at the proper time
would ask to be allowed to present
certain figures showing a sub
stantial decline in the cost of cop
per wire, rubber, cotton and other
materials entering into the manu
facture of telephone equipment.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1920.
WITH THE PASSING OF KING ALEXANDER, of Greece,
a dramatic struggle for the throne is expected. Ex-King Con
stantine is trying to get back his old job. An American woman,
Mrs. Nancy Leeds, formerly of New York, may become queen.
Her husband, Prince Christopher, of Greece, is mentioned as
the new king. Others mentioned are: (left) the British Prince
Arthur of Connaught, and (center) Prince Charles of Belgium.
Above and at right are Prince Christopher and his American
wife.
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R. F. Maddox Will Gall
Meeting of Organization
Forces of Export Company
Robert F. Maddox, president of
the Atlanta National bank, who
launched last week in Washington,
at the annual convention of the
American Bankers’ asociation, a
movement looking to the organiza
tion qf a corporation to finance the
export of cotton to Europe, will call
in the next few days a meeting of the
organization committee, of which he
is chairman. . (>
Ne'vv Orleans will probably be
named by Mr. Maddox as the place of
meeting, on account of its convenient
accessibility to bankers of Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma. He ex
pects a full attendance, and hopes
that the meeting will get the project
actually underway.
Mr. Maddox states that he was
never connected with a movement
that received stronger encourage
ment at the very outset than did this
movement for the benefit of the cot
ton situation. It was received with
enthusiasm not only by southern
bankers attending the convention, he
states, but also by northern bank
ers who expressed great satisfaction
over the promise of southern capital
blazing the way to handle the south’s
great staple crop into the markets
of the world.
"It is absolutely necessary to put
a large quantity of cotton into Eu
rope before we can relieve the strain
on the market,” said Mr. Maddox
Wednesday.
"Our estimated crop this year is
12,000,000 bales. That is the esti
mate made bv the government, and I
believe it will reach that mark. Me
have a carry-over from last season
of about 3,009,000 bales. This makes
a total of 15,000,000 bales which must
be disposed of. The American mills
have never consumed, in one year,
more than 6,500,000 bales. They will
do well to consume in the next year
6 000,000 bales. This leaves a total
of 9,000,000 bales which we have got
to sell in foreign markets.
Foreign Consumption
“Tngland normally consumes from
3,000,000 to 4,000,000 bales. So we
have as a final remainder of some
thing like 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 bales
to be sold in markets other than
the American nuiilet and the. Eng
lish market.
“Germany and Austria consumed
about 3.000,000 ba.es a year before
the war. Japan consumes a large
quantity, so do Spain, Italy, Belgium,
Switzerland and various small coun
tries in central Europe. All of those
countries are anxious to buy cot
ton, but the exchange rates are high
and they are obligee, to have long
time credits. They need terms run
ning from six to nine months.
“The purpose of the export corpora
tion is to handle their paper. The
Edge act, passed by congress for the
special purpose of financing exports
to European countries weakened fi
nancially by the war, is really not
an act by itself, but an amendment
to the federal reserve act. It au-
Hunger Strike of
War Objector Does
Not Release Him
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Habeas
corpus proceedings brought here on
behalf of Benjamin f Salmon, a con
scientious objector during the war,
who went on a "hunger strike” while
confined at a government hospital,
were dismissed today. Justice Bai
ley held there was no reason to in
terfere with the action of the mili
tary authorities nor the detention of
the prisoner.
Salmon was sentenced to twenty
five years’ Imprisonment by court
martial on conviction of refusal to
do military duty during the war.
The sentence was later cut to five
years by reviewing authorities. He
was sent to the hospital for observa
tion, after which he began his
"strike.” Hospital physicians told
the court they considered him sane,
and he will be remanded to a mili
tary prison to serve the balance of
his term,- which has three years-to
‘run.
thorizes national banks to subscribe
as much as 10 per cent of their cap
ital and surplus to the stock of a
corporation organized for the pur
pose of handling paper which repre
sents exports of raw mattrials or
manufactured products. The corpora
tion thus formed is required to op
erate under .federal supervision, like
a national bank, and every safeguard
is thrown around it for the protec
tion of the stockholders. The act
further .authorizes such a corpora
tion to discount paper up to ten times
the amount of its capital.
"We propose to form a corpora
tion with an authorized capital stock
of $12,000,000. This represents $1
per bale for the estimated cotton
production. The stock is to be pro
rated among the cotton states ac
cording (c cotton production. It is
proposed tr> start business with 50
per cent of the stock, amounting to
$6,000 COO, paid‘in. This -would en
able rkc corporation to handle $60,-
000,000 worth of paper.
Bnslneas of Corporation
"The corportrtion would not engage
in the business of buying cotton
here and selling it abroad. Its busi
ness would be to handle the paper
taken by cotton exporters in pay
ment for cotton -which they bought
hetfe and sold abroad. Thus the cor
poration would not interfere at all
■with the export corporation (or com
pany) which South Carolina business
men are undertaking to un
der the auspices of the American
Cotton association. That company
proposes to buy cotton here and sell
it abroad, as I understand its plans.
The financial corporation which we
are proposing to launch with south
ern banking capital would be a help
to that company and to all other con
cerns engaged in the export of cot
ton.
“Not only would the corporation
be prepared to handle paper repre
senting expprts of cotton, but also
paper representing exports of any
other raw product of the south, as
well as manufactured products of the
south.
“The time has come, in my judg
ment, when we have got to push our
exports. There has been a sug
gestion of a great national exporting
'Corporation to finance all exports of
whatever kind from all parts of the
country. I do not believe there is
sufficient national cohesion of in
terests to bring it about. What ap
pears to me to be more suitable and
useful is a number of smaller corpor
ations organized in the different sec
tions to handle the exports of their
particular sections. Thus, in the south
an export corporation established
primarily to handle the cotton ex
exports, with the financial capacity
to handle other exports as -well.
"We have in the south the capi
tal necessary to handle our products
in a big way on .the markets of the
world. It will strengthen us im
mensely to help ourselves.”
Georges Carpentier and
Jack Dempsey Matched
For Fight Before July 1
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. —Jack Demp
sey and Georges Carpentier were
matched here this afternoon for a
fight for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world. The contract will
be formally signed tomorrow.
Under the terms of contract as
agreed upon today, the pugilists will
meet some time between .February
1 and July 1, 1921. The conditions
stipulate a bout, between ten and fif
teen rounds for a record purse and
a percentage of the motion picture
receipts.
Birth Rate Doubles
Death Rate in October
SACRAMENTO.—For every person
who died during October in Sacra
mento two were born. Seventy
deaths reported to 146 births. Twenty
of the births were to Japanese
parents.
G. C. P. DELEGATION
HEARS WILSON ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Committee 'of Republicans
Impressed by Evidence of
President’s Long Illness as
•He Talks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—President
Wilson, speaking to a group of pro
league Republicans today at the
White House, declared that “the so
called Americanism which we hear
so much prating about now is spuri
ous and'invented for party purposes
only.”
Appealing for the completion of the
“great moral achievement,” which
he said the war represented, the pres
ident asserted that “the war will
have been fought in vain and our
immense sacrifices thrown away
unless we complete the work we be
gan.”
“There is only one way to assure
the world of peace.” the president de
clared, “and that is by making it so
dangerous to break the peace that nc
other nation will have the audacity
to attempt it.”
Show* Effect of XUness
In a formal statement issued aft
er they left the White House, mem
bers of the delegation said they were
“deeply touched by the physical ap
pearance of the president who re
ceived them sitting and plainly
showed the effects of his long illness
and the tremendous strain wihch he
has been carrying.”
“He read from a manuscript his
reply to the address of the deputa
tion,” the statement continued, and
was greatly moved as he did so,
said the statemen. “More than once
his voice choked, especially when’he
referred to the soldier boys and the
mothers of those who had fallen in
battle.”
Whole Occasion Solemn
“It was evident that he was voic
ing the profoundest emotions of his
heart,” the delegation added. “The
whole occasion was unexpressibly
solemn and tender. ‘
“It was evident that the presi
dent’s intellectual powers were in no
way impaired,” the statement con
tinued, “but the deputation felt that
it was nothing less than tragic that
the great president of the United
States should have been brought to
such a stricken physical condition as
the result of his indefatigable labor
for his* country and for humanity.”
The delegation said they felt that
this might be the president’s final ap
peal to the conscience of his country
men in the supreme moral decision
that they are called uport to make.
Other Imperialists
The president warned his hearers
not to be deceived into supposing
that imperialistic schemes ended with
the defeat of Germany or “that Ger
many is the only nation that enter
tained such schemes or was moved
by sinister ambitions and long-stand
ing jealousies to attack the very
structure of civilization.”
“There are other nations,” said the
president, “which are likely to be
powerfully moved or are already
moved by commercial jealousy, by
the desire to dominate and to have
their own way in politics and in en
terprise and it is necessary to check
them and to apprise them that the'
world will be united against them as
it was against Germany if they at
tempt any similar thing.”
Discussing Article X of the cove
nant, the president said:
Dlscnsses Article X
“One thing ought to be said and
sayj very clearly about Article X
of the covenant of the League of
Nations. It is the specific pledge of
the members of the league that they
will unite to resist exactly the things
which Germany attempted nd matter
who attempts them in the future.
It is as exact a definition as could
be given in general terms of the
outrage Which Germany would have
committed if it could/’
The issue before the country now
is,” the president said, “whether we
will make good or quit. We have
joined issue and the issue is between
the spirit and purpose of the United
States and the spirit and purpose
of imperialism,” he said.
The president declared that no one
who opposes the covenant has pro
posed any other adequate means for
permanent peace and asserted there
is no other means.
“The nation never was called upon
to make a more solemn determina
tion,” the president said, “than it
must now make.
"The whole future moral force of
right in the world depends upon the
United States rather than upon any
other nation and it would be pitiful
indeed, if after so many great free
peoples had entered the great league,
we should hold aloof,” said the presi
dent. “I suggest that the candidacy
of every candidate for whatever of
fice be tested by this question: ‘Shall
we or shall we not redeem the great
moral obligation of ,the United
States.’ ”
Wilson Shakes Hands
Hamilton Holt, of New York, told •
the president: "We have reason to |
know that w® represent a vast num- ■
ber of other Republicans throughout i
the United States who are ready to'
put patriotism above party in the !
present critical hour.”
Arthur J. Brown, of New York, •
secretary of the Persbyterian board ;
of foreign missions, also spoke brief- '
ly. He told the president that the ;
Christian people of the country were ;
with the executive. |
The delegation included three;
women. They were received by the i
president in a small room on the)
first floor of the White House. The
president was seated when they en- •
tered the room and shook hands with !
each member of the delegation as i
they were presented to him.
Members of Delegation
The delegation of pro-league Re-
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Bite of Monkey
Brings Death to
King of Greece
TEXT OF
WILSON’S
SPEECH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The text
of President Wilson’s League of Na
tions statement read to a delegation
of pro-league Republicans at the
.Vhite House today follows:
My fellow countrymen: »
It is to be feared that the Su
preme issue presented for your
consideration in the present cam
paign is growing more obscure
, rather than clearer by reason of
the many arbitrary turns the
discussion of it has taken. The
• editors and publishers of the
country would render a great
service if they -would publish the
full text of the covenant of the
League of Nations, because, hav
ing read that text, you would be
able to judge for yourselves a
great many things in which you
are noS,V in danger of being mis
led. I hope sincerely that it
will be very widely and general
'y published entire. It is'with a
. desire to clarify the issue and to
assist your judgment that I take
‘he liberty of stating again Xhe
•ase submitted to you, in as sim
'le terms as possible.
H«f«rs to War >
Three years ago it was my
luty to summon you to the con
cert of war, to join the free na
tions of the world in meeting
and" ending the most sinister per
il that had, ever been developed
in the irresponsible politick of
the Old World. Your response
to that call really settled the
fortunes of war. You will re
member that the morale of the
German people broke down long
before the strength of the Ger
man armies’was broken. That
was obviously because they felt
that a great moral force which
they could not look iii the face
had come into the contest, and
that thenceforth all their profes
sions of right were discredited
and they were unable to pre
tend that their continuation of
the war was not the support of a
government that had violated ev
?ry principle of right and every
•.onsideration of humanity.
It is my privilege to summon
you now to the concert of peace
tnd the completion of the great
moral achievement on your part
which ‘he war represented and in
he presence of which the world
found a reassurance and a recov
ery of force which it could have
experienced in no other way. We
■ntered the war, as you remem
ber, not merely to beat Ger
nany, but to end the possibility
>f the renewal of such iniquitous
chemes as Germany entertain
'd. The .war will have been
ought in vain, and our immense
acrirfees thrown away unless we
omplete the work we then be
an, and I ask you to consider
hat there is only one way to as
ure the world of peace: That is
y making it so dangerous to
>reak the peace that no other
lation will have the audacity to
ittempt it. We should not be de
ceived Gnto supposing that im
perialistic schemes ended with
rhe defeat of Germany, or that
lerinary is the only nation that
■ntertamed such schemes or was
noved by sinister ambitions and
ongstanding jealousies to attack
he very structure of civilization,
.’here are other nations which
- re likely to be powerfully moved
r are already moved by com
lercial jealousy, by the desire
i dominate and to have their
wn way in»politics and in enter
rise, and it. is necessary to
heck them and to apprise them
hat the world will be united
gainst them as it was against
errnany if they attempt any
i nilar thing.
Must Consider Mothers
The mothers and sisters - and
I ives of the country know the
; icrlfice of war. They will feel
hat we have misled them and
■ompelled them to make an en
l cirely unnecessary sacrifice of
their beloved ones if we do not
make it as certain’ as it can be
■ nade that no similar sacrifice
ivill be demanded of mothers and
listers and wives in the future.
This duty is so plain that it
eems to me to constitute a pri-
I nary demand upon tho conscience
>f every one of us. It is incon
' ceivable to most of us that any
| men should have been so false or
io heartless as to declare that
the women of the country would
again have to suffer the intoler
| ible burden and privation of war
i if the League of Nations were
idopted. The League of Nations
I is the well-considered effort of
i the whole group of nations who
i were opposed to Germany to se
; cure themselves and the rest of
! mankind against a repetition of
the war. It will have back of it
' the watchfulness and material
I force of all these nations, and
I Is such a guarante of a peace-
I ful future as no well-informed
I man can question who does not
doubt the whole spirit with which
the war was conducted against
; Germany.
i The great moral Influence of
1 the United States will be absc-
• lutely thrown away if he do not
I complete the task which our sol-
> filers and sailors so heroically
i undertook to execute.
I One thing ought to be said,
'and said very clearly, about Ar
; tide X of the covenant of the
i League of Nations. It is the spe
! cific pledge of the members of
the league that they will unite ‘
to resist exactly the things
which Germany attempted, no
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Third Son of Former King
Constantine Will Be Of
fered Throne of Deceased
Monarch
ATHENS, Oct. 27. —Alexander,
King of Greece, died at 5:20 o’clock
Monday afternoon from wounds Buf
fered when he was bitten by a mon
key while trying to protect a pet
dog. The young monarch was badly
mutilated in the encounter and had
been lingering between life and death
for days. King Alexander was bare
ly twenty-seven years old, was idol
ized by his people and had figured
as a romantic and picturesque world
figure.
Throughout Monday his heart
action grew W’eaker, , his gener
al debility became more pronounc
ed and pulmonary symptoms were
intense. Breathing at tirties was
difficult and alarming, and at noon
it was announced that the king’s
condition was hopeless.
Nominated by Constantine
Alexander succeeded to the throne
of Greace in June, 1917, when his
father, King Constantine, abdicated
in response to the demand of France,
Great Britain and Russia, the three
powers which had guaranteed the
constitutional liberties of the Greek
people. Alexander was the second
son of Constantine and at the time
of his accession was not quite twen
ty-four years old. His elder broth
er, Crown Prince George, was con
sidered ineligible for the throne be
cause of alleged pro-German «ym
pathles/
Reports of lack of harmony be
tween Alexander and Premier Vene
zelos were circulated in the spring
of 1920, but- the premier disposed of
these in a statement in which he paid
tribute to the king’s patriotism. One
respect in which the king and his pre
mier were said to have been at odds
was over the king's morganatic mar
riage to Mlle. Manos, daughter of a
former aide-de-camp to his father,
which is said to have taken place in
November, 1919. No record of the
marriage was obtainable owing to the
fact that it was not recorded with
the Metropolitan of Athens, the su
preme eccleclastic authority .of
Greece.
The young king and his morganat'e
wife were childhood friends and
sweethearts. Alexander asserted that
he had a right to marry whom
ever he pleased and took his
bride to the palace in Athens.
Wife Goes to Live In Paris
This aroused a storm of discus
sion which so displeased his wife
that in the early part of 1920 she
went with her mother and sister to
live in Paris, and Alexander visited
her there in the following May. It
was announced that the Greek con
stitution did not grant him permis
sion to enter upon the morganatic
marriage and that action by the
Greek parliament would be necessary
to determine whether Mlle. Manos
could become queen of Greece or re
main the king’s official consort.
refusal to give up his
wife was said to have greatly wor
ried Venizelos and there were re
ports that the king would not re
turn to Greece. He did so, however,
and witnessed Greek operations in
Thrace in the summer of 1920, enter
ing Adrianople, which had been sur
rendered to the Greek troops, amid a
great demonstration.
On October 3 he was bitten by a
monkey while endeavoring to pro
tect his dog from an attack. His
wound became infected and several
operations for the removal of flesh
were performed. His condition for
several days was reported to be crit
ical.
Once Bitten by Dog
The monkey’s attack on the king
recalls a somewhat similar episode
that occurred in the spring of 1919,
when the youthful monarch was bit
ten by a dog which had been present
ed to him by an admiring member of
the Scottish Woman’s Hospital at
Saloniki. The correspondent of the
Associated Press who visited the
king at his palace in Athens at that
time found the king wearing his
right arm in a sling.
“Did you snoot the dog?” he was
asked.
"No,” replied the king, “he’s only a
pup, and I decided to give him an
other chance. He bit me only In a
playful spirit."
The king at one time was report
ed engaged to an American girl, Miss
Josephine Kelly, of St. Paul, Minn.,
a stenographer employed by the
Greek Commission of the American
.Red Cross. Indeed it is said that he
actually announced his engagement
to her in Corinth the early part of
1919. Miss Kelly, however, who re
turned to the country a few months
later, denied the report and subse
quently was married to an American
soldier.
Liked American Women
Miss Kelly frequently was invited
to receptions and tea parties at the
palace and danced occasionally with
the king, who was particularly fond
of the society of American women.
King A'exander was tall, of me
dium build, blonde hair and light
complexion. He invariably wore a
monocle. He had many of the fea
tures of his mother, Queen Sophie.
His education was gained from prl
| wife tutors and he had an excellent
command of English. His favorite
nastime was automobillng. He own
■ ’ several American cars which he
used to drive through the streets of
Athens at high speed. He was per
sonally popular among his people,
but was not liked by the followers
of his deposed father, King Constan
tine,’who were anxious to return the
older man to the throne. He exercis
ed little power In the affairs of his
country, <ll state and foreign mat
ters being handled by Premier Veni
zelos and his ministers.
The throne of Greece, mane
vacant by the death of King
Alexander, will be . offered to the
young Prince Paul, third son of for
mer King Constantine, It is officially
announced.
Nashville Woman Gives
$2,000 to Democrats
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 26.
Matching President Wilson’s subii
contribution for each of her tvo
grandson and doubling it for her
self. Mrs. E. W. Cole, prominent
Nashville woman, today contributed
$2,000 to the Democratic national
Campaign fund.