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VOL. XXIII, NO. 103.
OBREGONOUTLIiyES
MEXICAN POLICY
FOB MONITION
NEW YORK, May 27. —Mexico will
accept recognition by the United
States only on a basis which will
not affect her sovereignty. Presi
dent Alvaro Obregon declared today
in an exclusive statement.
The Mexican leader added that a
treaty is not necessary for his coun
try to recognize her international ob
ligations and that she “neither
evades nor will evade any of the
obligations which are he s as an in
dependent nation.’?
The statement follows:
Obregon's Statement
"Replying to your telegram of yes
terday relative tc a story publish J
by the press to the effect that the
government of your country may de
mand signature of a protocol pre
liminary to granting recognition to
the Mexican government, it is my
opinion that a treaty should not
exist previous to recognition, since
the rights and obligatior of Mexico,
like those of all other countries, are
established with all regard fcr Inter
national law, and that there is no
necessity for a treaty in order that
Mexico should recognize those obli
gations, establishing them anew.
"Mexico believes that she has the
right to be considered as any other
of the nations which are subject to
the rules of international law. The
United States of America, like any
other country, may ask for its na
tionals all the guarantees and pre
rogatives that international law con
fers, without the necessity that
they should be ratified in a protocol,
and Mexico neither evades nor will
evade in any way whatsoever any
of the obligations whi.h are hers
as an independent nation.
"Moreover, Mexico does not de
mand renewal of friendly relations
with those nations which still doubt
the stability of her government and
tier firm resolve to comply with all
her obligations; and those countries
may take all the time that their fore
eight and interests warrant for thp
renewal of relations when they may
believe it convenient.
“I am certain that the high per
sonalities who now administer your
country, interpreting the noble de
sires for harmony which are being
strengthened with the passing of
each day, will avoid renewal of re
lations between beth nations on a
which in any way affects the
rights and sovereignty of the Mexi
can people. This is the only condi
tion under which the government of
this republic desires renewal of re
lations with those countries where
they are at present interrupted.”
(Copyright, 1921, by United Press)
MEXICAN SITUATION
CONSIDERED SERIOUS
WASHINGTON, May 27.—-The .
Mexican situation was considered ,
“most serious” by the American gov- ,
eminent here today.
The statement of President Obre
gon to the United Press, indicating
that he would refuse to sign writ
ten guarantees as the only way to
secure American recognition, was re
ceived at the state department here
today and read with interest.
After Obregon’s statement had
been examined, the United Press
learned on good authority that this
government is now greatly worried
over the successful conclusion of the
negotiations that are about to begin
in Mexico City between General Ob
regon and .George T. Summerlin,
counselor oy the American embassy
in that capital, on the question of
American recognition.
With Bolshevist elements in Mex
ico ready to seize upon any oppor
tunity to foment revolt, and with dis
gruntled Carranza chieftains omin
ously in the background, the situa
tion is serious for Obregon.
What high administration officials
here fear is that although Obregon
may find when he receives the Amer
ican statement that the attitude of
this government is not so drastic as
was purported in reports stating that
Obregon must first sign guarantees
before being recognized, he cannot
then afford to change his position be
cause of the internal situation in
Mexico. These high officials are
known to be greatly concerned over
this possibility.
Meantime, Mr. Summerlin, bearing
the American communication, is near
ing Mexico City, and is expected to
reach there some time today or to
night. He probably will go immedi
ately to the presidential palace and
developments are expected to follow
rapidly.
TROOPS ARE RUSHED
TO SCENE OF REVOLT
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 27.
Federal troops were rushed to Ja
cona, Michoacan, today to suppress
soviet rioters who have killed the
chief police, two councilmer and a
number of private citizens. Two
judges narrowly escaped assassina
tion on the bench.
The rioters were radicals headed by
Benjamin Guerra, and their attack
was directed principally against the
Catholic church. They seized the
municipal building and ran up a red
flag. They then charged the church,
firing through the doorway and cre
ating a panic among worshipers.
The ban marched into the city be
hind a red flag, shouting, “Long live
the soviet republic! Long live Gov
ernor Mugica!”
Federal officials blamed Mugica for
the disturbances, alleging he sup
ported them in their attack on the
church.
Troops sent to Jacona were ordered
to suppress the band at any cost and
to punish the leaders, especially
Guerra, as severely as possible. The
outbreak was the second clash be
tween Catholics and radicals in that
state.
Great Customs House
Os Dublin in Ashes,
12 Slam, 50 Arrested
DUBLIN. May 26. (By the As
sociated Press.) —Smoking ruins
marked today the site of the his
toric customs house pf Dublin,
which was burned yesterday after
noon by a raiding party of civilians.
During the night sullen bursts of
the flame in the twisted chaos of
stone and steel lighted up the scene,
about which British armed forces
kept vigilant guard.
Fifty men, arrested by crown
forces after a pitched battlS in and
about the old building, spent the
night in various prisons in the
city, and the bodies of upwards of
a dozen persons killed during the
struggle reposed in morgues. It was
believed that some of the raiders
perished in the fire they kindled.
The exact number of wounded had
not been learned early today.
“Illuminated Cops”
Now Steer Traffic
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New York now boasts of “illu
minate traffic cops.” The new
signal device is a three-way elc\-
tric lantern which hangs around
the officer’s neck. The lights are
red, yellow and green. A reflector
above illuminates the officer’s
face. v
WiMLfE
ARMIES IN MOVE TO
SLASH MMAMEHTS
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service tc The Journal.)
• (Copyright, 1921.)
WASHINGTON. May 27.—Presi
dent Harding and Representative
Mondell, Republican leader of the
house, have practically agreed that if
any expression is made by the con
gress of the United States on tlft
subject of disarmament it ought to
include, not merely the reduction of
naval armament, but the land arma
ment as well.
Mr. Mondell today asked the pres
ident’s advice on a situation which
has arisen in the house which must
now pass upon the Borah resolution
unanimously adopted by the senate
and providing merely that the Unit
ed States consult with Japan and
Great Britain about the reduction of
naval armament. The house mem
bership, generally speaking, feels
that the Borah resolution is not
broad enough and that not only the
naval but the military forces of the
world should be reduced in size in
order that the tax burden may be
less everywhere and economic recon
struction thus aided.
Would Broaden Scope
Again and again the house has ex
pressed itself in favor of either a
naval holiday or general disarma
ment and Representative Mondell
told the president that he believed
that the house would like to broaden
the scope of the Borah resolution.
He inquired if Mr. Harding had any
objection to such a course and found
that the president would sign any
resolution which the leaders of both
houses worked out.
The president is committed to dis
armament —so are all the Republican
leaders—but the method and form of
reaching a conclusion on this vital
subject has brought out some differ-,
ences of opinion. Fundamentally,
there was no objection to Mr. Bo
rah’s purpose, but it was felt that
the subject was one that should be
left to the president to work out in
his own way.
Purchasing Power
Os Dollar Increasing
As Depression Wanes
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Based
on its pre-war value, the dollar today
has a purchasing power of 71 1-4
cents, Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale,
said today when he arrived for the
Stable Money league meeting, to
convene tomorrow.
Two weeks ago the dollar’s pur
chasing power was 71 cents, four
weeks ago it was wlrth 71 1-2 cents
and two months ago it could only
buy 68 1-2 cents worth of merchan
dise.
What the Stabl j Money league
proposes to do is to make the dollar
behave and at all times have a value
of 100 cents.
Prog. Fisher, an economist and
author of several books on econom
ics, believes the dollar can be sta
bilized by making it shrink and ex
pand with the fluctuating prices of
necessaries. At the meeting tomor
row he will answer criticisms of his
plan by bankers and others.
Prof. Fisher today declared that
the end of the business depression
is at hand. A change for the better
is now going on and the general im
provement will be seen within the
next two weeks, he said. His pre
diction is based on the steadily in
creasing purchasing power of the
i dollar as reflected by two hundred
commodities.
Passenger Rates Cut
By Alabama Railroad
MOBILE, Ala., May 27.-—Accord
ing to announcement by President
John T. Cochrane, of the Alabama,
Tennessee and Nothern railroad, a
preduction of 16 2-3 per cent in intra
state passenger rates will be put
into effect June 1 over that road.
The decrease, which was author
ized by the Alabama Public Service
Commission, will be allowed on one
, way fares and round-trip fares with
i a return limit of thirty days. A
; decrease of thirty-three and one
third per cent will be made, on
i j round-trip rates with a return of
five days.
GOVERNMENT AGENT
SEIZES PROPERTY DE
TOEKWOLL
PHILADELPHIA, May 27.—A1l of
the property in this city of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted draft
evader and army deserter now in
Germany, valued at about $850,000,
was seized today by Colonel Thomas
W. Miller, alien property custodian
of the United States. It consists of
real estate and money on deposit in
four local banking institutions.
The property was held by Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll. Grover’s mother,
under a power of attorney.
The seizure. Colonel Miller an
nounced, was by direction of the
president and under the authority of
the trading with the enemy act. It is
the first seizure since June, 1919.
Colonel Miller arrived in Philadel
phia from Chicago and was met by
Major Vincent A. Carroll, his person
al attorney, at North Philadelphia
station. Miller and Carroll then get
in touch with the United States at
torney and the U. S. marshal who
had previously received instructions
from the attorney general as to the
contemplated action by the govern
ment.
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, who re
cently testified before the house
committee investigating the escape
of her son and who testified that
she held a power of attorney for
him, was sent for by the United
States marshal and was there exam
ined by Colonel Miller and Major
Carroll as to her holdings.
Bank Accounts Tied Up
Mrs. Bergdoll was immediately
served with a formal demand to
make a detailed report of all of the
holdings of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll and was notified that all of the
estate of Grover in Philadelphia,
which included the “Bergdoll castle”
at Fifty-second and Wynnefield ave
nue, would be taken over by the
alien property custodian and would
be administered by that office.
Miller and Carroll then went to the
several banks where Bergdoll’s funds
are deposited and served similar de
mands on the presidents of those in
stitutions. When it was learned at
the banks that funds belonging to
Grover were deposited in the name of
Emma C. Bergdoll, the presidents of
the institutions were directed to se
quester all deposits in Mrs. Berg
doll’s name until the interest of
Grover Bergdoll in the deposits can
be ascertained.
The banks where the Bergdoll I
funds are deposited are the Peoples
Trust company, Northwestern Na
tional bank. Real Estate Title and
Trust company and Drexel and com
pany.
An attachment on all of the
slacker's holdings in the Bergdoll
brewing company plant was also
made by Miller. All mortgages to
Grover Bergdoll and the tenant in his
properties will be served likewise,
Miller announced.
The Bergdoll properties will be
taken over by Major Carroll and ad
ministered by him for the alien prop
erty custodian and any money will
be turned into the treasury of the
United States with other property of
alien enemies that was seized in the
early part of the war. Colonel Miller
said. This has been the first Seiz
ure since June, 1919.
Founder of Legion
Colonel Miller, who was one of
the founders of the American Legion,
in France, and was prominent in its
organizatiqn in this country, inau
gurated the movement to seize the
Bergdoll property. Colonel Miller
during the war served on the staff
of General Kuhn, of the Seventy
ninth division and was cited for gal
lantry. He is the son of ex-Gover
nor Miller, of Delaware, and before
the war was congressman from that
state. He also served a term as
secretary of state of Delaware.
Major Carroll also is a veteran,
serving with Colonel Miller in
France.
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 192
11 FROM ITALY “VIA EXPRESS”
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Young immigrants from Europe are now arriving' in the United
States “via express.” Here are two who arrived from Italy wearing
express tags on their coats, Venanzio Eavre, Jr., and his brother,
Aime. Their father, Venanzia Eavre, Sr., made arrangements with
the express company and the boys were delivered at his door in Car
bondale, Colo. On the ship coming over they had a great time.
Passengers took an interest in “the express packages” and bought
them candy.
Stillman Divorce
Hearings to Start
Again on Wednesday
NEW YORK, May 26.—Hearings in
the divorce suit brought by James
A. Stillman, millionaire banker,
against Mrs. Anne U. Stillman will
be resumed next Wednesday before
Referee Daniel G. Gleason, at Pough
keepsie.
This announcement, z made by one
of Mrs. Stillman’s attorneys Wed
nesday, was taken as an indication
that the settlement negotiations said
to have been inaugurated by counsel
for the banker had come to a halt.
Refusal of Mrs. Stillman to comply
with her husband’s demand that she
live abroad for five years after the
suit has been formally withdrawn
was reported to be the reason for
this action. Another condition, al
leged to havA been imposed by Mr.
Stillman’s attorneys, was that she
give her consent for the children to
choose between their parents. This,
it is said, she has declined to do.
Mr. Stillman’s offer is reported to
have included the withdrawal of his
suit, legal recognition of the legit
imacy of the infant. Guy Stillman,
whose paternity has been questioned
in the proceedings, and the granting
of an allowance of between $50,000
and $90,000 a year to Mrs. Stillman.
Mrs. Stillman plans to attend the
hearing Wednesday with her son Guy.
British Soldiers
Disperse Riots in
Streets of Belfast
BELFAST, May 26.—Charging
through fightiiig- mobs and firing
as they ran, British soldiers today
broke up a number of riots growing
out of the recent elections.
There was fierce revolver fight
ing, particlarly in Butler street, op
posite the Catholic monastery of the
Holy Cross in Butler street. The dis
turbances covered a wide area.
The rioting developed after rival
processions had clashed. Snipers,
mounted on buildings, picked off
their enemies in the streets. Fist
fights and stone throwing were sup
planted by revolver firing.
The mobs scattered right and left
as the big armored cars roared
through the streets.
Additional troops were brought in
today and guards were stationed at
important intersections to prevent
renewed outbreaks.
Belfast began to assume the ap
pearance of Dublin, which has been
occupied by large bodies of troops
since the first Sinn Fein uprising.
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The first witness will be Dr. Hugo
Russell, of Buffalo, a chiropractor,
who testified at the last hearing that
Mrs Stillman had confided in him
th." he banker was not the father
of ■ youngest child. He will be
ci’ xamined.
MEDICINAL BEER
REGULATIONS SOON
WILL BE ISSUED
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The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Builfing.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON. May 26.—The un
derstanding here is that soon after
the new commissioner of internal
revenue takes office, Secretary' Mel
lon will approve the issuance of reg
ulations for the medicinal use of
beer on a physician’s prescription.
These regulations are said to have
been prepared in tentative form and
await the inspection of Secretary
Mellon and Commissioner Blair, who
is expected to take office as soon
as confirmed by the senate.
Meanwhile, the ultra-drys in the
house, spurred on by the Anti-Saloon
league, are trying to enact emer
gency legislation forbidding the pre
scribing of beer, and setting aside
the ruling of Former Attorney Gen
eral Palmer, that beer prescriptions
were legal. Such a restrictive bill
is being rapidly whipped into shape
by the judiciary committee.
Secretary Mellon has indicated’
that he believes the beer regulations
should be issued by the treasury de
partment and the Palmer ruling put
into effect. It appears to be a race
between Mr. Mellon and the drys on
capitol hill.
That numerous breweries are ready
to turn out four per cent beer for
medicine as soon as the medical beer
regulations are issued is claimed
here by the dry advocates. These
claims are not denied and the brew
eries seem to be ready to supply beer
as a medicine as soon as the reg
ulations are officially®announced.
Federal rulings, of course, would
not permit the issuance of beer pre
scriptions in states that have local
laws forbidding a doctor to pre
scribe alcohol in any form for sick
ness. It would let down the gates
of moisture, however, in states
where there are no state laws pro
hibiting beer as a medicine. That
the Palmer ruling will be put into
effect by the treasury department
as soon as the new commissioner
qualifies is the general understand
ing here.
INJUNCTION FILED
AGAINSTW BOARD
The Augusta-Aiken Railway &
Electric corporation, in a petition
for injunction filed Friday in United
States court, asked for relief from
the recent refusal of the Georgia
railroad commission to grant it in
creased power rates and increased
trolley fares.
The injunction was directed at the
rail commission, and asked the court
to enjoin the commission from inter
fering with its rates.
Judge Sibley set the hearing for
June 6.
In February the railroad commis
sion denied the application of the com
pany for power rates,
which if granted, would have given
the company an increased annual
revenue of 235,000. Early in March
the commission refused the com
pany’s petition for an increase in
trolley fares from 7 to 10 cents.
Boykin Wright, well-known Au
gusta attorney, files the petition.
Mr. Wright declared the company
only wanted a fair return on its in
vestment.
Admiral A. S. Fetcheler
Dies at Hampton Roads
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Admiral
A. S. Fetcheler. commandant of the
Fifth naval district, died at his
quarters at Hampton Roads early to
day. The admiral had been ill for
some time.
During the war Admiral Fetcheler
was commandant of the Norfolk
navy yard and directed part of the
plans of defending the coast from
Maryland to Florida. He was made
commandant of the Fifth district
eaVly in 1918.
First Death Sentence
Imposed by Woman
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Florence E. Allen, of Cleveland,
; first woman common pleas judge
in the country, made another “first
; woman” record when she sentenc
l ad a murderer to the electric chair.
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SHOMSBAND
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga„ May 26.
s Gus Reeves, a painter, of Simsville,
; near Atlanta, was brought tj the
Gwinnett county jail las: night by
Deputy Sheriff Bennard, of Norcross,
* the officer having arrested him late
yesterday afternoon following the
footing of Lee Clark, Reeves’ broth
er-in-law on the Clark farm near
' Norcross. Reeves claims that he
shot in self-defense, but it is under
stood that Clark’s neighbors found
nothing more than a small pocket
knife on -the body after he had been
killed. Mrs. Clark claims that her
husband was holding his hands above
his head when shot by her brother.
Reeves says that Clark had struck
him and was making a move as it
to draw a pistol from his pocket,
and he shot because he thought his
life was endangered.
According to Reeves’ story, he
heard Tuesday night that his young
er sister, Lucile Reeves, about sev
enteen years old, who lives at the
Clark home, had given birth to a
child about two months agj, wnich,
having been born ?Head, was buried
on the Clark farm, and chat Clark
was the father of it. Desiring to
hava his brother-in-law suffer the
penalty of the law, he took with him
to the Clark home as witnesses three
neighbors, Joe Sanford, Bud Duncan
and Ben Waddell. They were driven
to the farm by Terrill Bolton, of
Norcross.
Clark and his wife were sitting
on the front porch when Reeves and
his neighbors camfe up. Lucile
Reeves went back into the House as
the men came up, and her brother
Gus tried to persuade her to come
to the porch and tell her s .ory in.
the presence of- the witnesses. This
she refused to do, and Gus Reeves
went to her and tried to force her
to come out. The girl began crying
and Reeves and Clark got into a
dispute, Clark telling Reeves to let
her alone, the wrangle causing Clark
to strike him, according to Rieves.
The shooting followed, Reeves
claiming that Clark seemed to bo
teaching for a
stood here that M-s. Clark, who,
with Lucile Recvt.c and Bud mA.-
can, witnessed the shooting, claims
that her ausband was shot a* ha
held his ha.ius over r.is head. Reeves
says he shot thrie Lines. Mrs. Clark
says that he snot four times.
The wife •>* the dead man, aceoro
ing to reports from Norcross, stau:-
iy denies that har husband was re
sponsible for her sister’s condition,
declaring that a man in Dunwoody,
in DeKalb county was to blamo. It
is understood here taat Deputy Ben
nard, of Norcro.=s. went to Dunwoidy
early today to investigate this charge,
and an a< rest is expected later tn
the day.
Reports from Norcross say that
neighbors of the Clarks knew noth
ing of ’the child’s birth before tho
tragedy Wednesday.
The Clark farm belongs to Mrs.
Clark, having been purchased with
money rece’ved from a railroad as
damages ft r the death of her father
ten years ago, he having .been struck
by a train. \
Clarx was buried Thursday after
noon in the McThursday cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and a sev
en-year-old son. Mrs. Clark has two
brothers living in Atlanta, W. J.
Reeves, 17 Russell street, an I J.
Reeves, Central place. Gus Reeves
has two small children. He is about
thirty yea; s*old and so was Clark.
Mrs. Clark is about twenty-eight.
Retention of Gordon
Urged on Department
By Senator Harris
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Reten
tion of Camp Gordon, Georgia, -was
urged upon the war department to
day by Senator Harris, Democrat, of
Georgia. He also discussed the
question with Brigadier General
Sawyer, and at the request of offi
cials, telegraphed Representative Up
shaw, of the Atlanta district, to se
cure data regarding the camp for <
the consideration of the department.
Loss of $50,000
In Fitzgerald Fire i
FITZGERALD, Ga.. May 26.—Fire
Thursday morning totally destroyed t
the Lockett Motor .company estab- £
lishment, distributors of Hupmobile *
and Jordan cars. Mr. Lockett is out t
of the city, but his loss is largely i
covered by insurance, though the i
building was not insured. r
Kratzer’s bakery sustained consid- f
erable damage, but the loss is prac- t
tically covered. The Watt Holmes i
Hardware company alsp sustained ,
slight damage. The total loss is I
rbout $50,000. J
Charles Ponzi Is Denied
Writ of Habeas Corpus
BOSTON, May 26. —Federal Judge f
Clarence Hale Wednesoday denied a t ]
write of habeas corpus to Charles j
Ponzi, sentenced last fall to five
years in the penitentiary in connec- c
tion with his quick rich foreign ex- I
change scheme, ruling that Ponzi t
would have to stand trial in the a
state courts on indictments charg- t
ing him with larceny. f
Attorney General Allen announced t
that Ponzi would be placed on trial v
Thursday.- i
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BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1921.)
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Presi
dent Harding will name former Presi
dent Taft as chief justice of the
United States. That is his present
intention as disclosed by those who
have discussed the matter with him.
Mr. Harding is not likely to de
lay an announcement. The more time
elapses the more candidates appear
and the more hours must be given
to the consideration of appeals from
friends of the candidates. Mr. Har
ding is having enough troubles fill
ing important positions without add
ing to his cares. He has yet to find
a chairman of the shipping board. He
has yet to name an ambassador to
He has dozens of appoint
ments to make.
Should congress create a depart
ment of welfare, there are many
candidates for that job, but it is
coming to be understood that Briga
dier General Sawyer, the president’s
physician, in whom he has the ut
most confidence, will be named for
that place.
Aside from appointments, the
president finds himself with a com
plex situation in congress. The big
gest jobs still are undone—making
a permanent tariff and enacting a
new tax law. He feels relieved that
the senate hasn't crippled the Amer
ican navy by reducing the personnel,
and though it is disquieting to see
the Republican ranks divided so
early in the game, it nevertheless
is comforting for the president that
the Democrats did not see fit to be
petty partisans, but contributed four
teen votes—sufficient to save the
program from defeat.
The unanimity with which Senator
Borah’s proposal that the president
call a disarmament conference was
passed by the senate may be per
plexing to the outsider who recalls
that the Borah measure met at first
with determined opposition which
later melted away.
The answer is that with the out
cry for disarmament as a means of
reducing taxation, the administra
tion saw no reason for opposing a
mere -request for a disarmament
conference. It was feared that if
some concessions were not made to
the advocates of a disarmament con
ference, they might go further and
actually try to secure the passage
of legislation which did reduce
American armament even in advance
of action by other powers.
The Democrats, of course, voted
for the Borah measure, because it is
identical with a paragraph inserted
by Representative Hensley in a naval
appropriation bill passed under the
Wilson administration whereby the
president was authorized to call a
disarmament conference.
There is nothing in the old statute
or the new law which compels the
president to call a conference of th»
powers to discuss disarmament.
Proposal Harmless
The time of the conference is left
to Mr. Harding’s discretion. That
makes the Borah proposal harmless
from the viewpoint of interfering
with the freedom of the executive
and that’s why. when the adminis
tration forces began to analyze the
true value of the Borah amendment,
it was decided that fighting energy
might better be reserved for an
other and more worth while oc
casion.
Meanwhile the defeat of Mr.
Borah’s suggestion that the person
nel strength of the navy be cut down
indicates clearly that the adminis
tration will be able to get through
the present session of congress at
least without serious injury being
done to the American navy as a first
line of defense. All that the ad
ministration wanted with respect to
the army’s size was not granted and
it had been feared that a similar fate
would bo met by the naval program.
The coalition of Democrats and Re
publicans is something new. but it
proves that on many subjects at
least President Harding can count
on support from both sides of the
political aisle. This would be par
ticulary true of the foreign policy.
Briefly the insurgency against Pres
ident Harding’s policies thus far
manifested is not strong enough to
worry him.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Continues on Flight;
Riding in Mail ’Plane
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 27. —Eddie
Rickenbacker. American* ace in, tha
world war, resumed his transconti
nental flight from this city at 6
o’clock this morning, as a passenger
in a mail plane piloted by C. V.
Pickup.
At Omaha Rickenbacker intends
to take command of the ship and
drive to Washington, arriving there
in time for a dinner Saturday night.
Before taking off this morning,
Rickenbacker inspected the machine
wrecked when he landed here last
night.
Examination of the ground showed
Rickenbacker landed near the center
of the field. After touching the
ground his ship ran about 800 feet
before it smashed into a gulley
wrecking his landing gear.
Officials declared today that the
flaming “T,” placed for guidance at
the end of the field, was improperly
located, causing Rickenbacker to
land his ship tail to the wind.
RICKENBACKER ARRIVES
IN OMAHA IN ’PLANE
OMAHA. Neb., May 27. —Eddia
Rickenbacker, American ace, arrived
at 11:53 a. m. in an air mail ’plane.
Jewelry Stolen
Five Years Ago Is
Returned in Mail
ANDERSON, S. C.. May 27.—Two
boxes containing $250 worth of jew
elry, stolen from his home here five
years ago, have been received through
the mail here by R. L. Robinson, he
announces. Robinson said the words
“From Carrie Catts” was written on.
the upper left-hand corner of each
box, but the postmarks were
blurred he could not read them. Ha
never heard of “Carrie Catts,” be
fore, he added. One scarf pin was
the only thing missing from the orig
inal collection stolen.
Little Boy Killed
By Charged Fence '
Protecting Peaches
WEST POINT, Ga., May 27.—His
fondness for peaches led to the
death of little Charlie Will Johnson
in Langdale.
He and several playmates had
climbed into the peach orchard of
Lee Clark, superintendent of elec
tricty, who had placed a small volt
age on the wire fence surrounding
his orchard. In some manner the
fence became overcharged as the
boys started out, and little Charlie
■was killed immediately. Mr. Clark
is heartbroken over the incident.