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©be LAtlairta ©rMWtMa Soiunal VOL. XXIII. NO. 28. BOY SCOUTS START . MOVE ID EXPAND 1 OVERSOUTHEAST Membership of Boys in All Towns and Rural Districts to Follow Important Meet ing A particularly significant gather ing m the Interest of boys’ work in the southern states convened at the Piedmont hotel Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, when officials of national headquarters of the Boy Scouts of ■» representing more than half * million American boys, met in joint •esslon with the volunteer and paid scout workers of Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida, to con sider the establishment of a district Organization of these four states. The main purpose of the conference Is not only to extend the scout move ment throughout the cities, but to form an Interstate organization Which will give advantage to the boys of the rural sections. The meeting opened with a large attendance from the four states, the Georgia representatives being headed by E. R. Callaway, of LaGrange, State chairman of the scout work. Prominent also among them were of ficials of the Atlanta council under the leadership of Frederic J. Paxon, •hairman of the local scout executive committee. Members of the national council Were present In the person of Dr. George J. Fisher, of New York, depu ty chief scout executive; Stanley A. Harris, of Memphis, Tenn., national field scout executive; and J. E. ’ fiteere, of Charlotte, N. C., deputy national field scout executive. In attendance at the conference fclso was C. E. Carmack, of Memphis, deputy national scout executive ,and Father John F. White, who represents Archbishop Hayes, of the National Caholic War Council. Father White was present in behalf of the Catno lie boys in the south who are mem bers of the scouts. Among the voluntere scout offi cials present were; Scout Commis sioner Hugh Conley, of Augusta, Ga., 1. M. Fleming, of Augusta; Robert Graves, of Rome: J. M. Dimon, of Columbus; Rev. Silas Johnston, ot Americus; Felix Jackson, of Gaines ville: Dr. J. F. Wilson and E. J. Wagner, of Waycross; J. A. Stall, Os Florence, S. C.; Dr. C. B. Gib sbn, of Savannah; Roger Miller, ot Macon; R. M. Mauldin, of Charlotte, N. C., and a number of oth ® rs - „ . \ number of Georgia scout execu tives‘were also present, lhese oi- J ficials act in the various cities as ' organizers and directors of the 1 cal work. Among them were A. A- Jameson, of Atlanta; George Ben nett, of Rome; H. O. Hunter, of Macon, and R- M. Schiele, of Au eUThe’ morning session of the con ference opened with an address by Dr. George Fisher, of national head quarters. Boy Scouts of America. He explained the possibilities of a bet ter extension movement for the scout program, and declared that un der the new state organization plan the movement could be brought to the boys of the country much more easily and in a much shorter time, this territory. He said that Georgia was picked as the state in which to try out the atate organization for two reasons. The first was because only one boy In sixty-even in the state were scouts —a very low comparative per centage, and secondly because with in the past year the state of Georgia has lead the country in the growth of the scout movement. This, ac cording to Dr. Fisher, indicated that Georgia was probably the best state In which to apply the new ex tension plan. Frederic J. Paxon, of Atlanta, was the next speaker. Mr. Paxon spoke ■With enthusiasm of the great oppor tunity which this plan gave the state of Georgia. He said that in his • opinion the scout movement was un doubtedly the best plan for social work among boys ever conceived, and that Georgia would certainly carry out the extension plan with a suc cess which would set a pace for the other states of the country. Details of x the plan which are to be worked out in practice within the next six months were presented by Stanley A. Harris, of Memphis, and a general discussion followed in which the delegates participated with great interest. It is probable that following the afternoon session of the conference it will be decided to begin at once the organization of scout councils in the twelve con gressional districts of the state. A number of promiment Georgians have already signified their intention to assist in these organizations. The conference adjourned for luncheon at 1 o’clock, and resumed the meeting at 2 o’clock. It will » adjourn at 4 o’clock. f In planning a wider organization ' of the scout movement throughout the country, Georgia was selected as a model state in which to try the new state district plan. It is proposed to organise the con gressional districts of the state into scout districts, and to place a train ed man in charge of scout work in each division. This worker would have a full-time position, and his du ties would be to unify the scout work in the sections of his district not covered by a city scout council, thus giving rural boys the full benefits or organization. Fourteen southern states have hitherto been organized into one dis trict undAr the leadership of Stanley . A. Harris, with headquarters in Memphis. The growth of the move ment in the south has necessitated a division of this territory into two districts, and the formation of a branch organization under the name of District 6, is also a purpose of the conference of scout officials. Na tional District 6 will take in the states of Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, and a national field scout executive will be placed in charge. This official will head the subordinate state district units in Beats Gas or Electricity New Lamp Has No Wick. No Chim ney. No Odor. Most Brilliant Light Known. 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Turner, Wife and Son, Former Tenants on Cutts’ Farm, Expected to Give Sensational Testimony BY ED H. BRADLEY (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) ABBEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 3.—De velopments here today indicated that Solicitor General Garrett’s office in developing the prosecution’s side of the Shepard mystery attaches much Importance to the statements much J. Peterson, former tenant on the Cutts farm on the outskirts of this city, relative to conversations he claims to have had with Mrs. Cutts on the day news of Mr. Shepard’s death in Macon reached the Cutts household. Peterson is understood to have given statements of a startling nature to detectives sent here by the solicitor’s office to gather affidavits and other data bearing on the case. Peterson, who lived on the Cutts farm for several years, says that he is going to repeat his statements on the stand when called upon, and he understands that the state attaches great importance to the trend of his testimony, which, he says, will con sist principally of the remarks made to him by Mrs. Cutts when Mrs. Shepard (now Mrs. Elmer) having heard that her husband had died in a Macon hospital, became “wrought up” over the news. Taken in connection with the testi mony to be given by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Turner and their son, John Tur ner, the evidence to be given by Pe terson is considered by the authori ties as materially strengthening the case against Mrs. Cutts, Mrs. F. E. Elmer, former wife of the dead man; Mrs. lone Henry, sister of Mrs. El mer, and Ernest Hopson, son of Mrs. Elmer by her first marriage. All four of these persons are now in custody, Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Cutts in the Bibb county jail; Mrs. Henry under guard at her home in Perry, and Ernest Hopson in the Houston county jail, at Perry. Peterson says that he was em ployed on the Cutts farm in the same capacity as the Turners, and that Mrs. Cutts had no hesitancy in mak ing statements concerning her pri vate affairs, both business and per sonal. That Mrs. Alice Crandall, of Fort Valley, came to Abbeville to see Mrs. Cutts after Mr. Shepard’s death and prior to the inauguration of the in vestigation by the state, was a state ment also made by Peterson. Dis patches from Fort Valley have stated that Mrs. Crandall was sent for by Mrs. Cutts some weeks after Mr. Shepard’s death, and that Mrs. Cutts told her the story of the circum stances surrounding his sudden de mise. Peterson says that Mrs. Cutts did actually send for Mrs. Crandall, and that the latter came to Abbeville on several occasions, although he does not know what passed between the two women. It is a fact, however, that Solicitor General Charles H. Garrett, of the Bibb superior court, began his in vestigation of the case very soon after Mrs. Crandall's conferences with Mrs. Cutts,‘ resulting in the ex humation of the body and the analy sis of the viscera by chemists and pathologists. These experts testified at the cor oner’s inquest that they found bi chloride of mercury in Mr. Shep ard’s vital organs. The four arrests followed within forty-eight hours. It also develops that rMs. Cutts, after the death of Mr. Shepard and after the Turners had been evicted from the Cutts farm following the shooting affair in which Turner shot John H. Hop son, son of Mrs. Elmer, gave the Turners a fine thoroughbred bulldog which they had expressed the de sire to own, but which Mrs. Cutts had steadfastly refused to give them. They say she mes them in the road one day and» voluntarily gave the dog. There had been hard feel ings between the Turners and Mrs. Cutts as the result of the shooting of John Hopson. It was the shoot ing that brought Mr. Shepard to Ab beville a few days before his fatal illness. The opinion is generally express ed here that the trial of the four defendants will take place in the Wilcox superior court. It is pointed out that evidence is to be given in dicating that if a crime was commit ted it was committed in this county, thus giving the Wilcox superior court jurisdiction in the case. \ BY ED H. BI'IDIiEY (Staff Correspondent of The Journal.) ABBEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 2. —That some of the most important evidence sunpporting' the prosecution in the (Continued, on Page 7, Column 4) BARGAIN NO. 1! 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Assertions were made that yester day’s decision of the committee on the admission of new states, which held, in effect, that the article does not guarantee the territorial integ rity of any member of the league, represented the view of a majority of the delegates at the present meet ing. This interpretation, and the postponement of the consideration of certain changes In the covenant were the principal topics of conversation here today. These changes, which were pro posed by Scandinavian countries, was said In nowise to prevent con sideration at this session of any other amendments. , Brought Out Clearly N. W. Rowell, a Canadian dele gate, brought this out clearly by questioning A. J. Balfour, of Great Britain. The committee to which was re ferred the question of how to choose the four elective members of the council of the league had not report ed. The question is whether these members shall be elected for four years or two, and it still is being de bated whether their terms of office should begin from the first entry of the council into operation or from the present meeting of the assembly. If the latter idea prevails, the four representatives must be elected here. The chance of Brazil returning to her place on the council is consid ered excellent, but Greece, it is thought, will lose her place. Note to Wilson Sir Eric Drummond, secretary gen eral of the league, has sent the fol lowing message to WUson expressing the gratitude of the as sembly at his acceptance of Armenia arbitration: The president read to the full assembly this morning your—. telegram and the reply sent by the council to it. The assembly welcomes your acceptance of the offer with enthusiasm and asks me to convey to you its unani mous assurances of the com plete moral support of every member of the league in the great mission you have under taken, ahd I beg confidently to declare that the opinion not only of the people of the United States but of the whole civilized world is with you in your en deavor to secure that the tragedy of Armenia shall finally cease. The committee on the admission ot new states today recommended unan imously the admission of Costa Rica into the league as a foreign state. The United States and twelve other countries have recognized the de jure government of Costa Rica, it was pointed out. Text of Invitation The invitation to the United States to participate in the armament conference follows: “The council of the League of Nations, acting on an unanimous recommendation of the permanent military, naval and air commission of the league, passed at its meeting in Geneva on November 25, invites the government of the United States to name representatives to sit on that commission in a consultative capacity during the study by the commission of the question of re duction of armaments, a study which the council has requested the com mission to undertake forthwith. “The permanent advisory commis sion was constituted by the council of the league at its meeting in Rome last May and held its first session at San Sebastian in August. The commission is at present composed of military, naval and aerial officers of states represented on the council of the league. Its decisions are purely advisory and not in any sense binding, but they represent the com mon technical judgment of the ex perts of many countries. “It would, of course, be perfect ly understood that the presence of the representatives of the United (Continued on Page 7, Column 5) ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920. “Mind Reader” Declares Pittmans Are Right in Mi xed Baby Case FORMATION OF JUVENILE COURTS IN STATE IS PLAN -That steps will be taken to bring about the establishment of juvenile courts throughout the . state, and to prevent the incarceration of children in jails or other lock-ups, was an nounced Thursday by the state board of public welfare, of which Buri Blackburn is secretary. The juvenile court law of Georgia makes it mandatory on judges of the superior court to designate in every county in their respective circuits “an existing court of record to act and be known as the juvenile court of said county.” According to Mr. Blackburn, only fifteen juvenile courts have been es tablished in Georgia, while in all other counties the children who of fend against the law are tried in the regular way, incarcerated in the reg ular jail or lock-up, and In other re spects handled like regular criminals and law violators. The board of public welfare has obtained from Graham Wright, as sistant attorney general, a ruling as to whether superior court judges have any discretion under the ju venile courts. Mr. Wright ruled that they have no discretion, because the provisions of the act are mandatory. The board of public welfare is plan ning, therefore, to bring the law to the attention of the judges and re quest them to establish the juyenile courts at the earliest possible’ mo ment. In the western judicial circuit, stated Mr. Blackburn. Judge Andrew J. Cobb has designated the ordinaries of the counties to act as juvenile court judges, these counties being Banks, Barrow, Clarke. Gwinnett. Jackson. Oconee and Walton. The juvenile court law provides that no girl under seventeen years and no boy under eighteen years shall be incarcerated in ,a jail or other lock-up, but shall be placed in the juvenile detention home, or put under probation to some reliable citizen in counties having no detention home. In Savannah. Macon and Atlanta, detention homes have been establish ed and are regularly maintained. In other counties, juvenile delinquents are handled on probation or in homes de s i gnated for the purpose. “Human Fly” .Aids in Anchoring Tottering Walls in New York NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Aided by a “human fly.” workmen today assum ed the hazardous task of anchoring tottering walsl of the nine story Strathmore apartment and store build ing- at Broadway and Fifty-Second street, hall of which collapsed Wed nesday, burying, it is believed, seven workmen in debris. While the steeplejack in the glare of powerful searchlights scaled the walls and at aech tier made fast cables anchored in the center of the structure, a corps of firemen dug in tons of brick and piaster below, searching for bodies of victims. Traffic regained closed in Broad way for two blocks and in Fifty-Sec ond street, city building inspectors have declared the remaining walls might topple at any time. At a late hour today the inspectors said no further search for victims would be permitted until the building was pro nounced safe. Whisky Bottles and Labels Will Repose In Alabama Archives MONTGOMERY. Ala., Dec. 2. Several hundred labels of whisky and other alcoholic bottles have been pre sented to the Alabama archives by the state pure food and drug depart ment. These relics of a by-gone era will keep company with Indian skeletons, Confederate sabres and continental war uniforms as memen tos of the state’s past. Tax Installment Must Be Paid December 15 WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—The fourth installment of the 1919 in come taxes must be paid December 1 sto avoid penalties, according to a warning given out by the internal revenue bureau. The ten day grace period allowed in former years ’was revoked by the last revenue act, and payment must be in the offices of revenue collectors by midnight on the date stated or the tax-.is declar ed delinquent, the statement said. Mother Gives Birth to Four Children; All Well SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Dec. 2. Mrs. Vina T. Knight, wife of a fann er at Plain City, Utah, gave birth to four children, f ’’.ree boys and a girl, last night. Dr. G rge Baker, of Ogden, reported that the mother and children are progressing favor ably. A Twenty-five Cent Piece Turns the Trick! Get on the Bandwagon! A landslide of subscriptions! That’s the only way to describe the way Tri-Weekly Journal readers have snapped up our GREAT "TWO-BIT” OFFER! Fall in line! Your pocketbook will never know the "quarter” is gone! But YOU and your FAMILY will welcome the GREATEST PA PER IN THE SOUTH, three times a week, for THREE MONTHS! Remember—this is a SACRIFICE OFFER. We hope to profit SOLELY by holding our old friends and readers. In DOLLARS and CENTS, we lose on every sub scription. Time is flying. The chance can’t stand open long! Clip the Coupon! Mail it TODAY! If Alexander, the self-styled' crys tal gazer at the Atlanta theater, will come to Atlanta three weeks hence and testify under bath at the trial of the “mixed babies” case, his as sistance will be welcomed and all his expenses will be paid by Wil liam E. Arnaud, attorney for Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garner. Mr. Arnaud made statement Thursday morning, after Alexander had told Mr. Garner at the theater Wednesday night that the Garner baby is dead and the baby they are seeking is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Pittman. In brief, Mr. Arnaud lays down a public challenge to Alexander to prove his statement. When Alexander called out the name of John Clarence Garner at the theater Wednesday night in the course of his "Simla Seance,” Mr. Garner rose from his seat in the front of the house. “Mr. Garner, you are wondering if a member of your family is alive or dead, are you not?” asked Alexander, holding Mr. Garner’s hand. Mr. Garner nodded. “The member of your family about Whom you worry was an infant—a girl. Was t not? Another nod from Garner. “That baby is dead,” said Alex ander. He continued, "You are in doubt whether a living uaby is yours or is the baby of another family?” "Yes,” said Garner. “That baby is not yours," declared Alexander. “It l a the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Pittman.” Such was Alexander’s own solu tion of the question as to whether Louise Madeline, the living baby, or Mary Elizabeth, the dead baby, was born to Mrs. Garner. Afterward Mr. Garner said that Alexander’s statement had by no means satisfied him. He announced his intention of going on with the case, which is on the calendar in the superior coart for trial by jury in about three weeks. Mr. Arnaud had more to say Thurs day. “This is a serious matter,” declar ed the Garners’ attorney. “The hap piness of two families is involved, and the destiny of a little child. If Mr. Alexander can assist us to solve the problem, we welcome his assist ance, for we only want the truth. “However, it seems to me that if Mr. Alexander knows the truth of this case—and he makes no bones about saying he ‘knows’ all and tell all—he will, be willing to tell the truth in court and to explain how he arrives at his conclusions. “Therefore, 1 wish to ask Mr. Alex ander two things—first, if he will be willing to come to Atlanta and tes tify in the case? And, second, if he will be willing to answer ques tions as to how he reached his con clusion? I am sure Mr. Alexander, who is a professional question an swerer, should be willing to do this. And I wish to say that "I will pay all his expenses to come to Atlanta and remain here during the trial, even though his testimony should be against my client. "In other words, if Mr. Alexander has anything really authentic to go by, we would like to know it. Or, if it is merely guess-work on his part, we feel he owes it to everyone in terested in this case to admit as much.” Inquiries at Alexander’s hotel as to whether he would accede to Mr. Arnaud’s request were met with the answer that he could not see any one, as he was too busy answering questions. Citizen-Policeman Charged With Murder After Fatal Shooting M. V. Ragsdale, a citizen police man twenty-two years old, who shot and killed A. B. Smith, of 78 Corput street, while trying to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly, was bound over to the state courts Thurs day by Recorder Johnson on a charge of murder. This action followed a three-hour hearing in the course of which Attor ney Jesse Wood, representing the prosecution, declared the citizen po lice force should never have been crev. ated, because its members are not fitted to perform the functions of policemen. "If you let this young man go, you virtually license him to shoot any man who does not hold up his hands when approached by him for any cause whatever,” said the attor ney. “It means that no home in At lanta will be safe. If an officer is guilty of creating a disturbance when his duty is to maintain law and order, and if he kills a man as the result, he is more reprehensible than the ordinary slayer.” Witnesses at Ragsdale’s hearing testified that he and Policeman B. R. Hutcheson went to Smith’s home to arrest him. after people in the neigh borhood had complained that Smith was drunk and was dangerously dis orderly. Ragsdale borrowed a loaded revolver from Charles Etheridge, manager of a service station across the street from Smith’s home. The prosecution claimed that the motives of Hutcheson and Ragsdale were to search Smith’s home for liquor as well as to arrest him, and that they had no search warrant. WAR ON WHISKY PEDDLERS DECLARED BI BOYS MOTHERS Discovery of “Liquor Party’’ in Western Heights Leads to Active Crusade Against Alleged Practice War on whisky peddlers has been declared by the mothers of Western Heights, following their discovery last Sunday of a “liquor party” be ing staged in the neighborhood by their young sons, one of whom, only seventeen years old, returned home so drunk he was sick for two days. Two of the mothers, with two of the boys, appeared before United States 'Commissioner Colquitt Carter Thursday morning to prosecute cases against the peddlers of the whisky, and they announced their intention of taking the matter to the state courts as well, and of enlisting the help of other mothers in Atlanta in a city-wide “mothers’ crusade” against blind tiger traffic. “I dont know how it is in other parts of Atlanta, but I know out our way it isn’t safe for a boy in knee pants to roam the streets, for fear some older boy will persuade him to take a drink of vile stuff that may kill him,” declared Mrs. D. V. Al len, of 552 Walnut street. "I am going to do all I can, and so are other mothers in the neighborhood, to have every blind tiger or whisky peddler we hear of arrested. And I am going to the courts to do all I can to have them put in jail. It is terrible when young boys in high school and just starting to work drink this stuff. The man who sells it to them ought to be sentenced for life.” Mr*. Allen told the story of the “party” last Sunday which resulted in the arrest of two youths of eight een, O. C. Voiles and Amos '.-omp son, who are charged with selling the whisky to their companions. /‘The boys in the neighborhood have a ‘gang’ like most neighbor hoods have, and they all congregate at a vacant lot at the corner of Kennedy and Elm street," said Mrs. Allen. “They were there Sunday, as usual. I never would have known what they were doing, if my young-i est boy. Eugene, hadn’t told me.” Boy Gave Warning Eugene, who is fifteen years old and in the first grade at the Com mercial High school, stood sturdily by his mother’s side. “Yes, sir,” he chimed in. “I went home and told mother. Call it ’tell tale’ if you want to. but I knew what was going to happen if my brother drank any of that stuff, and I didn’t want him to do it.” “I asked Mr. Allen to find the boys," continued Mrs. Allen, "but he went the wrong way and said he didn’t see them. So I tok off my apron right there,* and left my din ner cooking on the stove, and went after D. V. —he’s my oldest —and took him home with me. I stood at the edge of the lot and called him, so I didn’t see exactly what the other boys were doing.” One of the other boys was Hubert Meadors, seventeen years old, of 506 Walnut street. The full story came out later that afternoon when it is said his comrades tried to smuggle him into the house' of a neighbor. Mrs. Meadors was having dinner at the house, it seemed, and the boys were caught. Herbert was stag gering. Sick for Two Days “It Awas terrible," said Mrs. Meadors, who was present with Mrs. Alien. “He was so drunk there was a white froth on his lips. I believe if he’d had another drink he would have died. He was sick for two days.” The neighborhood was aroused. The boys were cross-questioned and ad mitted they had bought the whisky from Voiles and Thompson. Voiles lives in the neighborhood; he is only eighteen himself. Thompson lives be yond Buckhead. He, too, is eighteen. They are ‘cousins. The Meadors boy said they had given , Voile's and Thompson $1 “down” for a pint and promised to pay them $3 later in the week. He saia they had also arranged to buy a whole quart Wednesday night. Accordingly, the boys were sworn to secrecy and the mothers got in touch with A. V. Daly, a young man in the neighborhood, who is a broth er of a city policeman. He secured the help of City Officers West and Payne, and a United States revenue officer. Young Meadors said he had an ap pointment to meet Voiles and Thomp son at a drug store in Buckhead Wednesday night, when they were to turn over more whisky to him. He met them there, according to sched ule. But the officers were also on hand, and arrested the pair. Men Are Silent Voiles and Thompson refused to talk, but the detectives said they hoped to make them reveal whom they got the whisky from. “We have had several complaints that Buckhead is the ‘distributing point’ for the whisky traffic in Ai- (Contlnued on Page 7, Column 4) BARGAIN NO. 2! Here’s the SECOND tremendous opportunity to SAVE! Tell the GOOD NEWS of The Tri-Weekly Journal’s GREAT TWENTY-FIVE CENT offer to FOUR of your neighbors?. Take their orders at 25c each. Send us ONE DOLLAR ($1) only. We will fill their subscriptions. And as payment for your trouble, we wil\ extend YOUR OWN subscription up to March 15 without cost. Clip the Coupon! The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find sl. Send The Tri-Weekly Journal until February 15 to the following four addresses. Also extend my subscription to March 15, as per your offer. Names Postoffice R. F. D. I Put your own name and address here. 580.000,000 ASKED TO HELP 111 Hi PUGHTOFFARNIERS Congressional Committees Meet to Consider Means of Remedying Present Low-Price Situation WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The plight of farmers due to fallins prices was taken up yesterday to con gress. Agricultural committees of the senate and house in joint session began hearings on conditions brought about by falling prices preliminary to devising relief measures. They decided to ask Secretary Houston and Governor Harding, of the federal re serve board, to come before them to morrow after Eugene Meyer, Jr., for mer head of the war finance corpora tion, had declared that rehabilitation of that body would go a long step towards furnishing the desired relief by financing exports of surplus crops. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, told the conference he planned to in troduce measures making available the profits of the federal reserve banks, amounting to about $60,000,- 000, for loans to agricultural inter ests. The money which Senator Hitch cock would have advanced to the farmers is the government’s share In profits of the federal reserve banks payable next month and which, un der the law, would be used to in crease gold reserves or amortize Liberty bonds. Loans would be made through the federal land banks or chattel mort gages or warehouse receipts with agricultural products or live stock as security. Loans on grain would be limited to six months and those on live stock to one year. “This would bo only a drop ih the bucket toward meeting the enormous needs of agriculturists,” said Sen ator Hitchcock, "but it would have a good effect beyond the actual amount of money made available.” Governor Harding, with whom the Nebraska senator conferred, issued a statement saying that neither he nor the board had taken any stand on the proposition. He declared he had criticised Senator Hitchcock’s plan, but that the matter was one not within the province of the board as it concerns the use of funds which the law required should be paid into the treasury. Legislation extending a billion-dol lar credit to Germany was advocated before the joint committee by J. J. Brauer. of New york, who claimed to represent the German government, while Senator Smoot, of Utah, an nounced he would propose an em bargo on imports of wool for relief of American wool growers in a bill he will offer Monday. Representative Campbell, of Kan sas, suggested that profits of the grain corporation, about $100,000,000, be made available for loans to farm ers. Young Harris Fraser Absolved of Blame For Hitting Preacher A charge of disorderly conduct against Young Harris Fraser, Atlan ta lawyer and formerly a major in the army, was dismissed by Record er Johnson Friday morning. Mr. Fraser was charged by the Rev. J. D. Swaggerty with approach ing him at Whitehall and Alabama streets Thursday morning and hit ting him on the nose. Mr. Fraser ad mitted he struck Mr. Swaggerty, but said Mr. Swaggerty had called Dr. B. F. Fraser, father of Mr. Fraser, a liar. Dr. Fraser is pastor of Wesley Memorial church, where Mr. Swag gerty formerly was Sunday school superintendent. There was a contro versy between him and Dr. Fraser after Mr. Swaggerty left this post, tn the course of which Mr. Swag gerty accused Dr. 'Fraser of violat ing a verbal contract they had. At the request of Dr. Fraser, the North Georgia Methodist conference, meet ing recently in Atlanta, investigat ed Mr. Swaggerty’s claim and re turned a “clean bill” for Dr. Fraser. Young Fraser, testifying in court Friday, said he had heard Mr. Swag gerty had been repeating his charges against Dr. Fraser and that, when he met him accidentally Thursday, he asked Mr. Swaggerty what he meant. When Mr. Swaggerty replied that he could prove The charges against Dr. Fraser, Young Fraser said he considered this an insult to his father and thereupon hit Mr. Swaggerty.’ Although Mr. Swaggerty requested that Mr. Fraser be punished by the court, Recorder Johnson dismissed the case, advising both of them to smooth over their difficulties and suggesting that Mr. Swaggerty keep silent about his controversy with the pastor. 5 CENTS A COPT. $1.50 A YEAB. GMO JURY PROBE i OF GAMBLING HERE WILL GEMMED Bond of Mrs. Powers Is As sessed at $1)000 by the Solicitor —Court May Take Recess Monday Indications Friday were that th. grand jury will be In session prac tically every day next week to con tinue its investigation into gam bling, wire-tapping, “bunco-steering* and loitering in the city. At the request of Solicitor Gen eral John A. Boykin, who is con ducting the probe. Judge John D. Humphries said Friday he would re cess the superior criminal court Monday for the bsflance of the week to allow Mr. Boykin and his as sistant, E. A. Stephens, to give their entire time to th© investigation. Jurors, who have been summoned, for the week will report to the court Monday and at the close of the day’s session will be ordered to appear again the following Monday. Mr. Bijykin said that his investiga tion has developed to such an extent that it will be necessary for the grand jury to meet every day, If possible, to act on various matters to be presented, the greater part of which, Mr. Boykin says, Is In connec tion with the crusade against gam bling. Eighteen Arrested Eighteen men have been arrested since action was taken by the grand, jury Tuesday, and the police Friday were continuing their search for a number of men who were indicted on vagrancy charges, but who have not yet been apprehended. Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole stated Friday mornkig that he now had a much larger list of names than he presented to the grand jury Tues day, and that investigations were being conducted to determine wheth er sufficient evidence could be ob tained to convict them of being va grants. “The general public is aiding Us In our war on vagrancy," Chief Poole stated. “A number of people have called and submitted the names of people to me who they said have no visible means of a living, and they have all stated they would be glad to testify against the men. This makes it much easier for the police department to run down va grants. and it also makes it easier to convict those whom we suspect.” Policemen on all beats Friday were armed with a list of those who were indicted last Tuesday, and were Instructed to be on the lookout for the men. It was expected that prac tically all would be placed under arrest Friday. Those who have been arrested since action by the grand jury are: Sid Allen, Tom Crabb, W. E. Gro gan, Clarence Hart, Cooksie Levy, Aaron Floyd, “Slim” Morgan, “Wash” Mills, O. O. (“Shot”) Marks, Clar ence Nichols, Pat Prater, Bill Pep pers, Harry Reeves, Jim Smith, Lu ther Sharpton, “Buck” Smith, R. F. Ware and Clint Woods. Mrs. Abe Powers, who was arrest ed a few days ago when she ap peared in court to attend the trial of her husband and who has been in the Fulton county Tower on a Mnnket charge of suspicion, pending an in vestigation of her alleged connec tion with the operations of her hus band, was granted an opportunity by Solicitor General Boykin Friday to make a SI,OOO bond. Up to noon Fri day she had not furnished the bond* It was stated unoirrcrauy Friuay that an attempt would be made to In dict Mrs. Powers on a misdemeanor charge, no specific charge being(men tioned. Officers Active Deputy sheriffs and members of city detective force were active Thursday in trying to locate some of the men already indicted for va grancy and, while some have left for parts unknown, the majority have given bond for their appearance in court. It is planned by Solicitor Gen eral Boykin to strike while the iron is hot and try all vagrancy cases as quickly as possible. Those who are charged with gambling and main taining a gambling house will be tried jointly, if possible, therefore expediting matters, according to Mr. Boykin. During the series of raids on the alleged gambling houses at 25 West Peachtree street, 35 1-2 South Broad street and 49 1-2 Central avenue,'.evi dence was seared by the solicitor general’s department to warrant the belief that the same people, were in terested in all three place. 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