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Want a Sininuil 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. r HbBSH xßbbh fl- ill - : > Jt I - •<«SI ran —\ (k Lil M 11 • I —k 'X • 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- 1 (Continued on Foffe 7, Column 6) 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 (Continued on Page 7, Column 4) 5 CENTS A COPI. $1.30 A TEAK. 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.