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®be Mlanta ®ri4B«Wa> unuil VOL. XXIII. NO. 33. BOARD BLAMED FDR LOWERING MORALE OF ITlffl FORCE F 1 . ( J. C. Little Tells Investigat ing Committee That Beav ers and Poole Should Have Free Hand s Blame for lowering the morale of the police department was laid di rectly at the door of the board of pdf ice commissioners by J. C. Lit tle, who for two years was a mem ber of the board, in sensational tes timony Wednesday morning before the special committee of council in , I'estigating the police and crime in Atlanta. Besides scoring the policy of the police board Mr. Little charged that the fee system in vogue in Fulton county is a curse and caused crime 1 *■ to flourish. . Mr. Little declared that members the police board ought have been iispeached for allowing gam bling games to run at Lakewood last year. He denounced as pretty bad the policy of the board of re instating in twenty-nine days men discharged for drinking. He said t ether members of the force were ' hurt about this. He said the board used’ to disgust him by its ac tions. He declared that the morale •f the police would be greatly im proved if Chief Beavers and Chief Toole had an absolutely free hand •n running their departments. City Punished Enough Referring to the fee -system Mr. Little said tint while chairman of the police ■ committee of the city council, and as such an ex-officio Jnember of the police board, he en couraged the practice of allowing \ men caught in gambling raids, where the evidence was doubtful, to put'up collateral. “Frankly, I wanted to get all the money I could for the city,” he said, “binding such cases over didn’t stop gambling, the solicitor and other of ficials merely gojt the fees, the coun ty didn’t punish them any more than we did. The officers couldn’t get the cases tried. They would spend •"days getting up the evidence, only to be notiied that the cases had been settled in the state courts. Some times they would get men sentenced tr the chaingang and later meet them on the street. I just decided that it was better for the city to get the money in forfeited collaterals than tor county officers to get it in fees.” Mr. Little told of one raid on which he accompanied Lieutenant Shaw. The officer, "lie said, -risked his life in catching a notorious gambler. Mr. Little said he wanted to send this man to the chaingang, but the case .was settled by the court for a fine. Mr. Little said he “raised cain" and that Judge Calhoun reopened the case and when it was tried the man was sent to the gang. Favors Impeachment Mr. Little formerly was a member Os the city council and was chairman of the police committee of council. In that capacity he was an ex-officio jnember of the board of police com missioners. Besides attending all the board meetings, he was much inter ested in the police, and visited the stationhouse often and frequently Went on raids with the detectives. He began his testimony by stating that he wanted to deny H. G. Hast ing’s statement to the committee Tuesday that the board of police commissioners allowed games of chance to run at the fair grounds in 1919. “There never was an official meet ing of the board of poljde commis sioners on that matter.” he said. **Lieutenant Shaw had gone to Lake wood under orders from Chief Poole, and had put the lid on gambling. The next day the fair association had in ' dividual members of the police com mission at Lakewood to a dinner. •Members of council were there, too. They held an impromptu meeting on the midway and gave permission for the games to run. I think they oflght to have been impeached, and I still think so. “Chief Poole was thoroughly dis gusted. I was mad. but there were no minutes of the meeting and I couldn't get them on record or else ’y*u would have heard about this long •go.” Got “Idd Off” “We studiously avoided having you present at that meeting, didn’t we?” Inquired Attorney Aldine Chambers, smiling. “You did,” said Mr. Little, also smiling. “Was the dinner given to get the lid off?” asked a member of the com mittee. s “I think it was; 1 couldn't swear' to it,” said Mr. Little. “It was.” laughed Mr. Chambers, “and it got the lid off.” Comparing the Lakewood games to crap games, Mr. Little said that neither ought to run, but if eithei could it should be the crap games, because they were fairer. Telling about his experience at police board meetings Mr. Little said that he ' always voted to “fire” offi cers for misconduct and drunkenness. Disclaiming any intention to reflect on the board or its members he said the policy of the board in such cases was pretty bad. “Under the law,” said Mr. Little, “a man discharged from the force can’t even apply for reinstatement for twelve months, but the board doesnt pay any attention to that. They give a man only twenty-nine days’ suspension. For instance, they r discharge a man for deing drunk; in a short while he applies for re instatement. Under the law he can’t even apply, but the board gets around that by passing a motion to rescind its action in discharging a man. In my opinion that’s wrong.” Policy Encouraged Drinking Mr. Little explained throughout hie tdkimony that his criticism of the board was only his personal opinion as an individual, and he would go (Continued on Page 6, Column 6) ANOTHER VICTIM OF WIRE-TAPPING RING ID TESTIFY HERE Mysterious Witness Will Tell Grand Jury His Costly Ex perience With Syndicate of Swindlers Another alleged victim of the so called syndicate of gamblers, wire tappers and confidence men hais ar rived in Atlanta from a distant state and has been closeted with the solici tor general. He will probably be call ed before the grand jury to give evi dence relative to how he was fleeced, and to furnish a description of the men who were alleged to have swin dled him out of his money. It is also likely that he will be taken about the city in an effort to identify the place where the swindle Is alleged to have been perpetrated. Mr. Boykin declines to give the name and address of the man as, he says, it would spoil his plans at the present time. The man Is said to have lost over $3,000 while in At lanta on a visit. He has volunteer.'d’ to assist the solicitor general in the latter’s crusade against the syndi cate. Among the witnesses who were summoned for appearance before the grand jury Tuesday morning were Will Mills, brother of Ed Mills, the gambler, who is alleged to have been shot and killed by Floyd Woodward, at a local hotel two years ago; Gor don N. Hurtel, clerk of the record er’s court; Sergeant Connally, of the police force, and John Wood and Steve Selder. It is also understood that efforts are being made to find the house detective employed at the hotel at the time of the shooting of Mills. During the day Monday Mr. Boy kin was engaged in preparing evi dence to be presented to the grand jury and indications are that anoth er busy week confronts the inquisi torial body. New evidence has been secured and it is expected that some sensational exposures will be made within a few days. Although several vagrancy cases were on the calendar in the emer gency division of the superior crim inal court, presided over by Judge W. E. Thomas, of Valdosta. Monday, they were not reached and it is ex pected they will be called Tuesday. $150,000 Paid for Murder of Chicago Man, Police Claim CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—New evidence indicating that “Big Jim” Colosims wealthy case proprietor- and under world leader, who was shot to death last May, was slain at the behest of a powerful black hand organization in New York and that the price for the murder was $150,000 was reveal ed by the police today. A request to the New York police was made by Chief Fitzmorris for a picture of a notorious New York gunman be lieved to have been the actual slayer of Colosimo. Rocco de Stefano, executor of Co losimo’s estate, told the police that the murdered man was known to have had 150 SI,OOO bills in his pos session the day before he died, arid that no trace could be found afte.’ the murder. De Stefano gave the po lice a black hand letter demanding this money. Many times, police have learned, Colosimo defied the black hand. Pet Rabbit Vanquished Three Cats in Battle Having earned the right to hang the scalps of three cats at the door of its hutch, a pet rabbit, Byng, owned by Mrs. Ella Fields, of Ocean port, N. J., is now held in deadly fear by the feline members of the neighborhood. Cats have killed hundreds of young rabbits in that section each year, but war-grizzled "toms” who- picked out Byng as a prospective dinner have done so to their sorrow. Byng has a powerful kick and he literally kicked his would-be assassins to death. 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Please attend meeting in the direc tors’ room of the Hibernia Banking and Trust company, New Orleans, Friday, December 17, for the purpose of completing organization, when all signed subscriptions will be handed in. Think under existing conditions the response of the south has been very creditable, and we can now defi nitely proceed, to bring about some beneficial results.” The foregoing telegram, bearing the signature of Robert F. Maddox, president of the Atlanta National bank, and chairman of the campaign committee, went out of Atlanta Tues day night to prominent bankers throughout the cotton states. Mr. Maddox and John K. Ottley, president of the Fourth National bank, and a member of the permanent organiza tion committee, will leave Atlanta Thursday afternoon to attend the New Orleans meeting. Haynes Mc- Fadden, secretary of the Georgia Bankers’ association, will also attend the meeting. The telegram Was sent to practi cally all of the leading banks in the south. Although, as Mr. Maddox an nounces. over $6,000,000 has been sub scribed to the capital stock of the Federal International Banking com pany, none of the money has yet been paid in. The New Orleans meet ing will, it is regarded as certain, issue a call for the payment of 25 per cent of the subscription, with a vlewj;o placing the bank on a func tioning basis as speedily as possi ble. Mr. Maddox’s telegram, announc ing subscriptions exceeding the $6.- 000,000 set as the minimum capital, and calling the final organization meeting for New Orleans on Friday, is the first official statement that has been made respecting consummation of the big export bank, and confirms in detail the story published in The Journal on December 10. To Name Directors At the meeting in New Orleans, in addition to calling for a payment of 25 per cent of the subscription, a board of directors will be elected and the bank’s charter perfected. This charter will be forwarded to Wash ington for the approval of the fed eral reserve board, following which the institution will begin to func tion as soon as possible. “It is our hope that the bank will be functioning by January 1,” said Mr. Maddox Wednesday morning. He added that the bankers of the south believe that the institution will op erate to relieve conditions with re spect to cotton and other southern farm products by facilitating their export to foreign countries through credit arrangements. Texas Cotton Planters Move to Form Million Bale Marketing Pool DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 15. —Amend- ment of the Texas . anti-trust laws permitting organization of a Texas cotton growers’ association and for mation of a million bale cotton mar keting pool, will be urged before the January legislature bv the Texas farm bureau, according to resolu tions adopted by the body meeting here today. < Organization of the growers will be along the lines of the California Fruit Growers’ association, accord ing to the proposed plan and efforts will be aimed at remedying price conditions. Texas wool growers, to meet here this week, are scheduled to form plans for warehousing and ex porting of millions of pounds of Texas wool, the price of which has fallen sensationally the last several months. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920. TWO OF THE PRINCIPALS IN SHEPARD CASE BAIL HEARINGS IN MACON. Left, Mrs. F. Eugene Elmer, the peach king’s widow, now the wife of a Jacksonville physician, who was ar rested on a charge of murder following the verdict of a Houston county coroner’s jury holding that Shepard’s death was due to bichloride poisoning. Right, Mrs. Annie E. Cutts, friend of Mrs. Elmer, at whose home, near Abbeville, the murder plot is alleged to have been formulated. These craybr sketches by Artist Brewerton were made from photographs taken several years ago. ' ■ ..n Mq HARDWICK PLANS MARKET SYSTEM FOR THE FARMERS ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 15.—Address ing a meeting of county demonstra tion agents in session here Wednes day, Governor-elect Thomas W. Hard wick said that the state’s most vital need at present Is a cash market for its crops, especially crops other than cotton. The time has come when the farmers must diversify, he declared, and to do this they must feel as sured of a cash market for grain, live stock, syrup, peanuts and other products. He then stated that the enlarge ment of the state bureau of markets into a great brokerage system with headquarters at the state eapitol. so organized as to enable the farmers to get in touch with the markets of the country and realize cash on what ever they choose to grow will be one of the first aims of his administra tion. Mr. Hardwick’s plan contemplates the establishment of a central office or clearing house in the.' bureau of markets at the state eapitol which would keep in, close touch by tele graph with markets in. aIL parts of the country, especially those mar kets having a demand for crops grown in Georgia. This information would be transmitted to agents of the system in each Georgia county. Farmers by consulting these agents would be told where their velvet beans, corn, their syrup, their peanuts, their hogs, their cattle or any other product would command the highest price. The agent or the farmer himself could then get in touch with the buyer through the clearing house at the eapitol or di rect. The farmer’s products could be shipped, bill of lading attached to a sight draft on the purchaser, and the grower could get his draft dis counted at the bank, thus getting his money on the day of sale. The governor-elect stated that the present bureau of markets under Lem B. Jackson had done much for the farmers, but something on a larger scale is a vital need in Georgia today. He asserted that time for talk and writing has passed, as evi denced by the present plight of the farmer who is “hog-tied” to cotton as his only money crop. Diversifica tion is the need of the hour, but di versification will never be widely practiced until it is possible for the farmer to get money for his side lines in the same manner he gets it for his cotton. Crawley Brothers Denied New Trial GAINESVILLE, Ga.. Dec. 14.—Re liable news received here today is to the effect that Judge J. B. Jones, holding court at Toccoa, has denied the Crawley brothers’ motion for a new trial. The Crawleys were con victed in the Towns county superior court of complicity in the murder of Deputy United States Marshal Dixon. Awakened Volcano Flattens Hills and Kills Many Cattle VALDIVA, Chile, Dec. 14. —The Vol cano Lanin, due east of here on the Argentine frontier, is reported to be in a state of eruption. The volcano is approximately nine thousand feet high. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 14.—Ad vices to the ministry of the inte rior today confirm the reports of the eruption of the Volcano Villariea, near the town of Pucon, in Valdiva province. The volcano is throwing out quantities of lava and the mes* sages state that considerable damv age also has been done agricultural lands in the vicinity as a result of a series of earthquakes last week, centering in the valley of Trancura. Several rivers changed their courses and Lake Villariea, which covers about 250 square kilometers, over flowed its banks. Entire hills have been razed and many cattle killed by landslides. So far as is known, there has been no loss of life either from the erup tion or the earthquakes. The volca no of Villarfea •is atesul' OQOBI 1 fldt high. Carolina Farmers Favor Strict Means To Reduce Acreage YORK, S. C., Dec. 14.—At a meet ing of the farmers of this county here today, a petition was freely signed, calling upon the bankers and merchants to refuse credit for 1921 to farmers who refuse to agree to a reduction of cotton acreage approxi mating 50 per cent of their 1920 planting. $5,000,000,000 Loss In Country’s Crops Shown in Report WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The val ue of the country’s important farm crops tnis year is $9,148,519,000, compared with $14,087,995,000, trier value last year, the department of agriculture announced today. These values, based on prices paid to farm ers on December 1 represent about 90 per cent of the value of all farm crops. ' Germany and Brazil Re-establish Relations RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 15.—Dlplo matic relations between Germany and Brazil, which were broken in Appil, 1917, were resumed today when Goerge Alfred Plehn, German minister to thia country, arrived here. ’ CONSTANTINE REACHES VENICE EN ROUTE HOME VENICE, Dec. 15.—(8y the Asso ciated Pr^ss.) —Former King Con stantine anff> Queen Sophie of Greece, with their children, arrived here early this morning from Lucerne. In the harbor the Greek cruiser Averoff and a squadron of smaller Varships awaited the hour when the king would go on board and depart for Phaleron, the port of Athens, where he is expected to arrive on Sunday. The trip from Lucerne to this city was made without incident, Constan tine his family remaining in se clusion during the entire journey. When the train reached Chiasso, on the Italo-Swiss frontier, last evening, the special car in which the royal party was riding was detached from the regular train and coupled to an other train coming direct to this city. The car on which a number of news paper correspondents were traveling was left on the original train and went through to Milan. A number of prominent Greeks, among them Lambros A. Coromilas, -G^eek-minister to"ltaly. —were here to greet Constantine upon his arrival. Billion Dollars In Unpaid U. S. Taxes, Treasury Official Says WASHINGTON. /D.ec. 14.—The treasury department estimates that “more than $1,000,000,000” is out standing in unpaid taxes because of the government’s inability to audit the returns. Dr, Thomas S. Adams, of the treasury staff, testified today at a hearing in taxation before the house ways and means committee. Because of the complex nature of present revenue laws. Dr. Adams added, the internal revenue bureau has been unable to complete the checking u]l of tax returns for 1917. He saw no immediate hope of making the audit current with the tax re turns filed. Low Tobacco Price Explained by Board WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. —Low o bacco prices are due primarily to three causes the federal trade com mission says in its report to con gress, giving the result of an inves tigation ordered by a resolution passed at the last session. The first cause is attributed to “lessening of foreign purchases -,ue to unfavorable exchange rates and the contraction of domestic credits resulting in unfavorable financial conditions.” 'The second explanation is that “increase of quantity of .ow grades for domestic absorption due to crop conditions and farm markets” and the third reason is .s --signed to “purchasing methods by large buyers.” (MESTIffIIN WORLD FOR 0.5. IS ASKEDJYDANIELS Secretary Insists on Contin uation of Building Pro gram—Borah Would Seek Disarmament WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—• Decla ring that world conditions of “chaos, disagreement and trouble" made con tinuation of naval and aircraft build ing by the United States imperative, Secretary Daniels today, before the houso naval committee, reiterated his recommendation for an American navy equal to any other in the world and asserted that “the United States must protect what it has.” “No one knows the future rela tion* of the nations of the world,” said Mr. Daniels. “It would be a blunder almost equal to a crime for the United States to enter into an alliance with any two or three na tions, eithei to suspend or curtail naval building or for any other pur pose. It would certainly make for suspicion among the other nations of the world. I profoundly believe that the United States canriot afford to take a five-year ’naval holiday’ as It has been rumored England and Japan will suggest to this country. I wish that w» couFd have a world agree ment that would settle disputes with out recourse to arms, but until that comes and comes surely, we ought to carry out our naval building pro gram.” Koontz’s Testimony In support of the belief that the United States could not agree with Great Britain and Japan to stop the building of armament, the secretary allowed Admiral Koontz, chief of naval operations, to quote .figures showing the relative first line strength of the three nations. “If the three nations should stop all' construction now the United States would have a first line strength of 468,000 tons, Great Brit ain 864,650 tons and Japan 326.020,” said Admiral Koontz. Secretary Daniels referred to-the fact that an alliance exists between Great Britain and Japan. While Mr. Daniels was testifying. Senator Borah, of Idaho, introduced in the senate a resolution requesting the president to enter into agree ments with Great Britain and Japan to reduce naval armaments. Completion erf the present build fhg program, vpth the addition of a few vessels to round out the fleet, will make the United. States su preme, Mr. Daniels said, unless a vast amount of construction is un dertaken by another nation. ”I’proclaim myself a pacifist,” said Mr. Daniels, “and I make these rec ommendations regretfully. But until a world agreement on disarmament comes surely and has been in opera tion long enough to assure its estab lishment, we must continue our building. “It ’ would be a blunder worse than a crime for the United States to enter into an agreement with two or three other nations to stop building. It would create world suspicion, in stead of world stability. Unless we enter into an agreement with all the nation/* of the world we must be prepared to protect our great coast line and all our island posses sions by a preponderance of naval strength.” Mr. Daniels claimed President-elect Harding in a speech at Norfolk shar ed this view. “I think it is rather fortunate -i.at his mind runs along with mine,” the secretary said. Mr. Daniels said that he does not propose any immediate appropria tions for the new building program, because of the incompleted state of the present program and the fact that the condition of the treasury prohibits any appropriations for a new program. To round out the present building program Mr. Daniels recommended the construction of two huge subma rine cruisers, five mine laying sub marines, one airpfane carrier, five cruisers anrrtwo gunboats. Senator Borah in his resolution took the exact opposite of Mr. Dan iels’ view, citing the recent declara tion of the Japanese delegation of the League of Nations assembly that Japan cannot reduce armaments an til this country does. The naval building programs of these three great powers would be reduced annually for the next five years by fifty per cent of the esti- (Continued on Page 6, Column 3) 5 CENTS ▲ COPY. $1.50 A YEAR. mm EXPERTS SEVERELY GRILLED IN smo CASE State Plans to Call 42 Wit nesses —Defendants, Hav . ing Scored Point Tuesday, Appear in Cheerful Humor .. by ED H. BRADLEY (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) MACON, Ga., Dec. 15.—That Fred S. Shepard, ■wealthy Fort Valley peach grower, whose mysterious death June 1, last, has developed one of the most sensational cases in the history of the state, came to his death from natural causes, and not by poison administered with criminal intent, is the contention of the four defendants 'now under arrest charged with Shepard's murder. This was developed today at the preliminary hearing before Judge H. A. Mathews on the applications for bail of Mrs. Elmer, former wife of Shepard; her sister, Mrs. lona Henry; her son, Ernest Hopson, and Mrs. Annie Cutts. Dr. Edgar Everhart, an expevt chemist, of Atlanta, under cross-ex amination by Judge- John P. Ross for the defense, stated that some au thorities claim that calomel when ex posed to sunlight turns to corrosive sublimate, or bichloride of mercury. The chemist had previously testified that he found traces of bichloride of mercury in Shepard’s viscera, which were taken from his exhumed body November 17 for chemical an alysis. Dk Everhart declared, how ever, that the conversion of calomel into bichloride of mercury by action of the human digestive organs has not been positively demonstrated. This phase of the defendants’ case was developed rather exhaustively by Judge Ross and General Walter A. Harris, counsel for Mrs. Elmer, who quoted medical authorities to Dr. Everhart in support of their theory. The defense also emphasized the fact testified to by Dr. Everhart that Shepard’s body was first exhumed November 7 and a chemical analysis showed no traces of poison. When court was recessed to 3 o’clock, Dr. John Atlanta pathologist, had testified only briefly concerning his examination of Shep ard’s vital organs at the time the body was exhumed a second time, declared that the viscera was w6ll preserved. He said that the inner lining of the alimentary can/, was badly corroded, indicating the action of a corrosive poisoning. Solicitor General Charles H. Gar rett, in charge of the prosecution, indicated before the opening of court that he would depend almost entirely upon oral testimony instead of afli davits, Judge Mathews having ruled yesterday that affidavits could not be substituted for oral testimony in the preliminary hearing of this case. The court’s ruling threatened to cause a postponement of the heal ing, but by agreement of counsel on both sides, it was decided to go ahead this morning at 11 o’clock summon ing the state’s witnesses, who had been expected to appear only through the affidavits. The four prisoners, their attorneys and their friends, of whom they had many in the audience Tuesday, were plainly pleased with Judge Matthews’ decision. It was conceded generally that the defense had scored in the first skirmish of legal wits. Attor neys ‘for the defense asserted confi dently that their clients would win the right to bail. State Has Forty-two Witnesses Before announcing ready, the so licitor general called the names of forty-two witnesses for the state, incU|ding more than fifteen from AblWville and several from Perry and Fort Valley. Most of the wit nesses were present, although it was explained that some could not arrive until later because their subpoenas were not issued until last night. The witnesses answer ing to their names were sworn and ordered sequestered. All four of the defendants ap peared in ' the courtroom several minutes before the opening of the hearing. They were apparently in excellent spirits. Mrs. Honry wore a new red velvet hat, adorned with a pearl buckle, while Mrs. Elmer had on a fancy black veil, which did not hide her features. The courtroom was packed to ca pacity, the crowd being even larg er than yesterday. After the preliminary details had been completed the state proceeded with the introduction of testimony, calling as the first witness Dr. Edgar Everhardt, connected with the state Chemist's office in Atlanta. Dr. Everhart was the expert mak ing the chemical analysis of the viscera from the body of Fred D- Shepard. He testified at the coron er’s inquest in Fort Valley Novem ber 27. immediately after which the four defendants werj arrested on warrants charging murder.; Dr. Everhardt described his opera tions in making a chemical analysis of the Shepard viscera, testifying that earlv in November he received from the authorities the kidneys, spleen and liver taken from . Shep ard’s body on its first exhumatiop Making a chemical analysis of these organs, he found no poison, he said, but on November 17. wfifen the body was exhumed for the second time, he made an analysis of the esoph agus, intestines and bowles, find ing traces of mercury, bismuth and copper. He declared that his an alysis showed that the mercuric salts had been administered to Shepard in solution, while the pres ence of hydrochloric acid indicated that the mercury had been in bi chloride form. Scouts Calomel Theory Dr. Everhart, answering questions by the solicitor general, said that he had never found a case in which calomel, which contains a form of mercury, has changed into bichloride by chemical action in the human body. Some authorities, he said, held that such a change could occur. If such a change should be brought about, declared Dr. Everhart, even a large dose of calomel would produce only an infinitesimal quantity of bi chloride. Under cross examination by (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) i T '