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COTTON RISES TO NEW HIGH LEVEL FOR MOVEMENT
RUSSSS OFFERED
B LIST CUKE
IN ALLIED NOTE
British Say New Ultimatum
Is Maximum They Will
Give and Minimum They
Will Accept
GENOA, May 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —It was announced by
the British representative here this
afternoon that the memorandum to
ba handed to the Russians "embodies
the maximum the powers are willing
to give the Russian government, and
the minimum which the powers will
acet pt from Russia.
"If the Soviet delegates do not ac
cent the general lines of this docu
ment,” it was added, “then it is cer
tain all negotiations with Russia will
be suspended for some time, prob
ably until another form of govern
ment arises in Russia.”
Poincare may come here for tae
Closing sessions of the economic con
ference. President Millerand s re
turn from his African trip will make
It possible for the premier to leave
the capital and the question whether
he Will join the other premiers here
Will be a subject he will discuss with
M. Barthou, head of the French
here, who is leaving here
•today for several days’ conferences
jn Paris.
Taft Is Honored
The most important question to
be talked over by M. Barthou and
his chief, it is understood, is that of
France’s attitude on the non-aggres
■ion pact proposed by the British
prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George.
Whether M. Poincare will consent to
a meeting of the signatories of the
treaty of Versailles to discuss Ger
man reparations before May 31 is
another subject for the parley in
Paris.
Frenchmen here believe it unlike
ly that M. Poincare will agree to
talk reparations at fjenoa.
The subcommission on Russian af
fairs was to meet this afternoon for
final approval of the memorandum
to the Russians, the details of which
were completed last night. The
memorandum probably will be sent
to the Russians later in the day.
The document pro vides sor kestablish
ment of a mixed arbitral commis
sion for controlling the debts owed
to holders of Russian government
bonds, the chairman of which would
be named by Chief .Justice Taft, of
the United States supreme court.
Mixed tribunals will be set up to
deal with the question of property
of foreigners in Russia which has
been nationalized.
Belgium alone was against the lat
ter feature, France abandoning her
objections to Great Britain’s project.
The Belgians insisted on restitution
of nationalized property to its for
mer ownes.
Chief Justice Taft, of the United
States supreme court, will be asked
to name the chairman of the mixed
arbitral commission to be establish
ed for controlling the debts owed by
the Russian government to foreign
bond holders, according to the plan
arranged Monday. The other mem
bers of this commission will repre
sent all the bondholders and the
Russian government respectively.
Commission’s Po. .‘i s
The commission will have power
to remit interest and decide all
questions affecting foreign bond
holders and Russia’s ability to meet
her obligations; a time limit will be
fixed in which bondholders may
make their own arrangements with
the Russian government if they de
sirs.
MlLred arbitral tribunals, one for
every interested nation, will be set
up to deal with the question of the
property of foreigners which has
been nationalized; the chairman of
each will be named by the chair
man of the mixed arbitral commis
sion. In the plan adopted practical
ly everything which savored of capi
tulations or infringement on Rus
sia’s sovereignty was waived. The
French suggestion that a provisional
administration be set up pending
Russia’s establishment' of courts on
the basis desired by western Europe,
was not approved.
Vice Premier Barthou, head of the
French delegation left for Paris to
day for a conference with Premier
Poincare and his cabinet. He is ex
pected back Sunday or Monday
morning. Before leaving he con
* ferred with Prime Minister Lloyd
George.
Mr. Lloyd George, •it is under
stood, impressed again upon his
French colleague, his view of the de
sirability that a meeting of the sig
natories of the treaty of Versailles
be hold at the earliest possible
moment in some Mediterranean
town.
M. Barthou’s reported decision not
to return home before the end of
the week was in view of the status
of the Russian negotiations, it was
said, as the Russian reply to the
memorandum the allies will present
is not expected before Monday next.
U. S. ASKS FRANCE
ABOUT WAR DEBT
FARIS, May 2.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —The American debt
funding commission has informed
the French government it will bo
glad to receive the government’s ob
servations on what it has to offer
concerning the payment of the in
terest of the French debt to the
United States, and the' amortization
of the capital.
The matter will be referred to the
minister of finandb, who is expected
v to prepare a reply to submit to the
' cabinet for its approval.
RELIEF IS NECESSARY
FDR FLOOD VICTIMS
NATCHEZ, Miss., May 3.—Thou
sands of people of Concordia parish,
Louisiana, still are in their flooded
homes and will not leave them ex
cept in the last extremity, flood re
lief officials stated this morning. The
majority of families have only such
quantities of food as usually found
in farming communities at .his sea
son, and with the prospects of the
parish continuing to be inundated
for weeks, suffering is certain unless
relief arrangements are speedily per
fected.
The people of the flood zone are
reluctant to leave because they wish
to start planting operations at the
earliest possible moment after the
flood waters recede. A survey to de
termine the number who remain in
their homes wili be made at once.
In some instances it is reported
that residents of Concordia who
have been compelled to place their
belongings on hurriedly constructed
rafts are suffering greatly from the
exposure to the weather.
The Mississippi river still is show
ing a fall here but the rate hasi de
creased to two-tenths in 24 hours.
With the strain on the levees in a
large measure relieved above the
crevasse, flood fighting forces have
been reduced. No serious trouble
has been reported by officials for
three days
The spread of backwater has pene
trated in to the lower part of Frank
lin parish in the vicinity of Wisner.
CONGRESS MEMBERS
VISIT SCENE OF FLOOD
ABOARD MISSISSIPPI RIVER
COMMISSION STEAMER MISSIS
SIPPI, En Route to Arkansas City.
Ark., May 3. —Members of congress,
‘’surveying the rampage of the Mis
sissippi river on one of the most,
severe of its annual spring floods,
traveled today along the southern tip
of Arkansas from Old Town, where
the delegation late yesterday had its
first actual view of the fight being
waged to hold the waterway within
its barriers, to Arkansas City, anoth
er battleground in the flood fight.
The first day of the tour, begun
at Memphis, took the par
ty, traveling aboard the river com
mission steamer Mississippi, to Hele
na from which point the trip to Old
Town was made in automobiles.
Contrary to expectations, the con
gressional committee will not visit
Yazoo City, Miss., and take the trip
down the Yazoo river to Vicksburg,
but will go by train to Natchez from
na, from which point the trip to Hele-
Vicksburg. Governor Parker, of
Louisiana, will meet the paryt ( at
which the congressmen will go either
to» Baton Rouge, La., or direct to
New Orleans, as most of the party
i wish to be back in Washington by
I Tuesday.
Florida Constable
Field for Conspiracy
To Smuggle Chinese
I TAMPA. Fla., May 3.—Constable
i Norris McFall, of Hillsborough coun-
I ty, is held here charged with con
! spiring to smuggle aliens into thsi
{ country, and the arrest of others
' believed to have been implicated in a
i gigantic plot to foil the immigra
| tion laws was thought imminent.
i McFall was arrested on a warrant
‘ sworn out by Immigration Inspector
i Whalen, following a confession said
I to have been given authorities by
j Captain William Hood, of the schoon-
;er Etta who was arrested here a
< week ago.
! Captain Hood was arrested when it
j was reported he had slipped 29
I Chinamen into Florida via the "un
i derground route.” Five of the Ori-
I entals have since been arrested.
I They were found W’andering in a
| swamp south of Tampa. Police - and
| immigration authorities still are
I combing this city for the remaining
two dozen, who are believed in hid-
I ing hereJ
Hood will be granted immunity
for his complete confession of the
smuggling plot, according to author
ities, who declare that those impli
cated received $2,500 for the job. The
Chinese were brought here from
Cardeneas, Cuba, according to
i Hood's alleged confession.
| Although it was known that fed
■ oral officers were making a thor
i ough probe of human smuggling
j along the Florida coact, McFall’s ar-
I rest came as a complete surprise.
IHe probably will- be arraigned be-
I fore the United States commissioner
|in the next few days, when it is
| believed possible that others of prom-
I inence will be charged with partici
I pation in the smuggling ring.
Numerous instances of alien smug
I gling in the last year or so have
I been uncovered by federal investi
gators, it was said. Not only have
Chinese been slipped through the
I coast, but other foreigners—Ger
mans, Italians, Greeks, Poles and
Russians—have been brought in. it
was said.
The possibility of a government
drive against human smuggling,
such as was recently put on to stop
the flow of booze into this country
fi om Cuba and the AVest Indies, cre
ated interest in this section today.
Sleeping Sickness
Is Fatal to Two
PATERSON, N. J., May 2.
Alarmed at the death of two sleep
ing sickness victims within a week,
medical authorities were making des
I perate efforts here today to awaken
I and save the lives of-two other peo-
I pie afflicted with the disease.
I Both of the patients are in a hos-
I pita!.
| -The second victim of the' disease.
1 within seven days, was Charles
| Wise, two years old.
j Remaining sufferers are both chil-
I ilren, Solomon Grune, aged fifteen,
and Tony Gautlo, aged nine.
TREASURY BDILDING
IS BADLY IMAGED
INMYSTERIDUSFIRE
Early Morning Blaze at
Washington of Unknown
Origin Threatens World’s
Money Storehouse .
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The
United States treasury —the world’s
greatest monby storehouse —was
damaged by fire to the extent of
more than SIOO,OOO early this morn
ing
A large portion of the roof of
the historic structure was destroyed
by the fire which blazed fiercely fol
lowing an explosion.
Many valuable records of the de
pattment probably were damaged by
the large amount of water that it
was necessary to pour on to the
roof of the burning building.
The best information obtainable
early today was that no Liberty
bonds or currency were destroyed.
These securities, with the vast hoard
of gold and silver held by the United
States, are kept in vaults in the
basement of the treasury, and the
fire was confined to the upper floors
of the building.
Because of she huge amount of
money in the building, marines were
called out and a cordon thrown com
pletely around the building. In addi
tion. all the secret service and de
partment of justice operatives in the
city were ordered on duty in and
outside of the building.
A most searching inquiry was be
gun by government officials today
ifflb the cause of the fire.
It is the second blaze that has
"menaced the treasury this year, the
, other one also starting on the roof.
It is one of a series of mysterious
fires that have broken out on the
roofs of big Washington buildings
within the last two weeks. The
origin of these fires, such as those
in the Willard hotel ballroom, the
Portland hotel and Liggett’s drug
store, has not been determined.
The explosion, which may have
started the fire, occurred in a room
on the top floor of the treasury
where chemicals used in making
blue prints are stored. It was de
nied these chemicals were used in
testing bootleg liquor.
A hole about twenty feet in diam
eter was blown out of the roof by
the blast. In an instant flames forty
feet, high were shooting in the air.
It was not until then —about 2
o’clock this morning, that the fire
Was discovered.
irtrarioN
BEGMIMD
DUBLIN, May 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Southern Ireland to
day awaited the first results of the
definite move to unite the contend
ing military factions, taken at an
unheralded conference yesterday.
Ten army officers, five of them
members of the dissenting section of
the Irish republican army, signed a
statement agreeing to “army unifi
cation” on the basis of holding elec
tions “with a view to forming a gov
ernment which will have the con
fidence of the whole country” and
recognition of “the fact admitted on
all sides, that a majority of the peo
ple of Ireland are willing to accept
the peace treaty.”
Those signing ,for the regular
army included Michael Collins, head
of the provision free state govern
ment, and Richard Mulcahy, min
ister of defense in the dail cabinet.
All five dissenters have been
against the treaty, it was stated.
DISSIDENT FORCES RAID
13 BRANCHES OF BANK
LONDON, May 3.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Thirteen branches of
the Bank of Ireland were raided by
the dissident forces of the Irish re
publican army yesterday, late re
ports adding at Ballinrobe and
Clairemorris, County Mayo, to the
list-
' The sums taken were not stated in
four of the cases, but according to
reports here the others yielding near
lly 100,000 pounds. The raiders gave
receipts for the amounts taken.
Governors of Twelve
Federal Reserve Banks
Open Annual Meeting
WASHINGTON, May 3—The
probability that it will give consider
ation to the expected invitation to
Governor Strong of the federal re
serve bank of New York to attend
the proposed international confer
ence of banks of issue, lent spe
cial interest to the annual meeting
here today of the governors of the
twelve federal reserve banks with
the reserve board.
While it was said no formal invi
tation had yet been received asking
the board to send a» representative
to the proposed conference, it is be
lieved such a request is on the way
and President Harding already has
let it be known that he would look
with favor upon £overnor Strong’s
attendance.' It was expected, hereto
fore, that in addition to their usu-
I al discussion of the administration
| policies of the federal reserve sys
' tom the reserve officers would give
’ some consideration to the possibilit\
of the New York governor taking
part in the conference, the authoriza
tion of the board being necessary
before he could participate.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922
BEVERIDGE IN LE*D
kiimui
Bl ILLINOIS RACE
Former Governor Samuel M.
Ralston Has Big Lead for
Democratic Nomination.
Most of State Heard From
WASHINGTON, May 3 Partial
returns on the Indiana senatorial
i primary created a near panic in Re
' publican senatorial ranks today. Sen
ators were amgzed and incredulous
over the news that returns from
’ half the state showed former Sena
tor Beveridge more than 12,000 in
the lead over Senator Harry New.
Less than one-fifth of the precincts
in Marion county (Indianapolis), had
been reported.
The fact that many of the pre
. cincts yet to report are from sec
tions where Beveridge should be
> stronger than New added to the
■ gloom of New’s friends and party
colleagues.
I Senator Jim Watson, New’s col-
I league, was surrounded by an eager
• group the minute he appeared in the
! senate. He had no later informa
; tion than that conveyed in press
dispatches. New, he said, continued
confident that the total count would
i show him victor for the nomination.
If New loses, his defeat will be
interpreted as a direct slap at the
Harding administration. This s
' more emphatically the case with re
-1 .gard to New than any other senator,
both because of h close personal
■ and political friendship for Presi
dent Harding, and because of their
' political similarity. They both
stand for and represent the same
> things. New is first and last a party
' organization man.
, This is the reason Republican sen
i ators were so stirred up today, and
! so alarmed at the returns. They
had counted on New winning easily
. an.l to discover that he was running
behind, and would win by a close
margin, if at all, caused them alarm
which (hey did not : tempt to con
i ceal.
The press gallery was besieged for
late returns and bulletins were ea
. gerly perused on the floor and in the
cloakrooms.
“It was the women who did it.”
This quccinct summing up of the
I result of the Indiana senatorial pri-
I mary was given this afternoon by
Senator Jim Watson, Senator New’s
colleague. At that hour partial re
turns showed New considerably be
hind former Senator Beveridge for
I the Republican nomination.
“Then you think it is all over?”
Senator Watson was asked.
“Not entirely,” he responded. “But
■ the woman vote, which nobody could
count, was responsible for upsetting
( the situation.”
Senator Watson entered an em
i phatic denial of charges by some of
- Senator New’s friends in Indiana
that Mr. Watson was secretly for
. Beveridge during the campaign. This
■ charge apparently was based on the
fact that Rush county, Senator Wat
son’s home, went for Beveridge.
CHILE PROPOSES
■ ARMS LIMITATION
WASHINGTON, May 3—Chile
‘ I has definitely proposed limitation of
■ | armament throughout Latin-Ameri-
| ca, it was learned»today.
Acting on instructions of his gov-
I i ernment, the Chilean ambassador
> ' here, Don Beltran Mathieu, has sent
I a communication to Dr. L. S. Rowe,
, ’ director general of the Pan-Ameri-
■ • can union, making this proposal.
Child “Crusaders ”
Abandon Plan for
Picketing Capital
WASHINGTON, May 2.—Leaders
' I of “the children crusaders” who are
to “camp” in the national capital.
I until their fathers and relatives —
i the political prisoners—are freed
[ i from federal prison, today decided
. | to abandon militant picketing meth-
i ods.
■; From now on a campaign of peace
’ ! ful persuasion will be conducted,
I with the idea of getting “the real
facts” before congress and the ad-
! ministration, R. R. O’Hare, one of
. I the leaders of the little army, said.
■ i The crusaders turned their cam-
’ . paign against congress today.
' i The plea for amnesty has present
! ed to the members of congress who
■ ’ represent districts from which the
; 112 political prisoners came. Senators
and representatives from seven states
; —Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Michi
gan, Illinois, Oklahoma. Missouri
■ and Arkansas —were interviewed.
Leaders of the little army, O’Hare,
, his wife, Kate Richard O’Hare, and
Mrs. W. B. Hough, attempted to en
’.sit the strength of congressional
leaders in these seven states. The
children were taken along and in
troduced to the senators and repre
sentatives.
MOS ASSAILS
I 6. FELDER ON
FLOOR OF SENATE
Caraway Renews Attack on
Attorney General for Par
don of Morse and Is Joined
by Georgian
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Renew
ing his attack on Attorney General
Daugherty. Senator Caraway, Dem
ocrat, Arkansas, charged today in
the senate that Mr. Daugherty had
“fired all the honest inspectors in
his department who wanted to pros
ecute swindlers of the government.”
Referring to Mr. Daugherty’s
statement that the attack of the sen
ator yesterday showed that cabinet
officers should have the privilege of
the floor in the senate and house,
Senator Caraway declared that he
waived “all immunity, personal or
otherwise” as to what he said yester
day and today, and would meet Mr.
Daugherty “anywhere at any time.”
The Arkansas senator said a man
name dT. B. Felder, .of Atlanta, Ga.,
had “rushed” into his office today
to say that he took full blame in
' connection with the pardoning of
Morse. Senator Caraway then ask
-1 ed Senator Watson, Democrat, Geor
gia, if he knew Mr. Felder.
' “I have known him for the last
1 forty years,” responded Senator Wat
-5 son, “and I know him to be a
" crook, and I knew him to be the
■ professional lobbyist of the whisky
I ring that tried to defeat every tem-
• peiance measure in my state in
’ which I was interested.”
i “f would not say this about the
‘ ! man if I had not already .said it to
’ | his face,” added Mr. Watson. “He’s
I not a lawyer, but a lobbyist; not an
I htfflest man, but a crook.”
I [ “That’s the kind of man that was
' | sent to me to assume responsibility
'I in this matter,” declared Senator
; I Caraway. “I assume he was sent to
! me with the attorney general’s
i knowledge and at his request.”
MYSTERToUS DEATHS
OFHUSBANDSPROBED
Ohio, May 3 —Act
ing upon orders of County Prosecu
tor Edward C. Stanton, Coroner A.
P. Hammond was expected today to
exhume the body of a man buried
here and to examine it for traces
, of poison, which, if found, is expect
ed to result in the prosecution of a
woman for murder committed for
I SII,OOO insurance.
The post-mortem examination was
ordered following the questioning of
the woman, who is being held on
charges which have no connection
I wi n the murder. Coroner Hammond
said the examination probably would
, “take several days.
The woman under suspicion is
1 known to have been married five
i times, and recently is said to have
acquired her sixth husband. Three
of her husbands, Prosecutor Stan
ton said, died under mysterious cir
cumstances. In addition, he said,
two children by her first marriage,
died from what was claimed at the
time to be accidental poisoning. The
woman was divorced from her first
two husbands. Her third husband
died in 1917, and her fourth in 1919,
Stanton said.
The third husband, Stanton said,
carried SI,OOO insurance, while the
fourth was insured for $5,000.
1 Hei- fifth husband was a former
• soldier. She married him in Pitts
burg seven months after the death
of her fourth husband, and came
here to live. He died suddenly about
a year ago, leaving government in
surance of $5,000. Efforts to have
this increased to SIO,OOO failed.
The woman claimed that death in
this instance was due to her hus
band having been gassed overseas
and no physician was called, Stan
ton said.
No traces of disability in the gov
ernment records of this man could
be found, according to Stanton.
The suspicious circumstances were
reported to Prosecutor Stanton by
officials of the Red Cross, which
since her arrest has been caring for
two children of the woman by her
si co nd narriage.
Death Mystery of Girl
Found m Parsonage
Still Is Unsolved
HOOPESTON, 111., May 3.—Au
thorities who have been investigat
ing the death of Miss Gertrude Han
na, whose body was found nearly a
week ago in an unoccupied parson
age here, today still were without
a clue as to the method of her de
mise and the case virtually was rele
gated to the realm of unsolved mys
I teries.
I After exhaustive interrogations ot
: members of the Hanna family and a
I former fiance of Miss Hanna. John
C. Wyman, who confessed he had
I been intimate with the young worn
I an. Sheriff Knox and State Attor
I ney Lewman admitted their invest:-
• gation had divulged nothing.
| Possibility of a clue remained, how
. ever, with the report expected to
; day from the University of Illinoi •
i of analysis of the young
woman’s vital organs.
BLOODY FIGHTING
RAGESNEAR PEKIN
j IN CHINA CIVIL WAF
Japan Announces Throtigl
Foreign Office That Sh(
Will Follow Policy of Non-
Interference
PEKIN, May 3.—(By the Asse
ciated Press.) —Wu Pei-Fu’s drive so
| Pekin was vigorously resumed ii
i I the vicinity of Changsintien, twelve
: miles south of the capital yesterda;
afternoon, the Chihilites attackin;
gallantly and striving to turn botl
’ of the enemy’s flanks.
The Fentieners, under Chang Tsc
Lin, at first were handicapped by :
shortage of ammunition, but stave
; off the attacks until supplies wer
brought up from Fengtai. The Chi
. hilites were unable to make heac
• way against this opposition, an
. eventually retired to Liuliho, fiftee:
miles to the southwest last night.
- The casualties of the Fengtiener
was severe, and the Changsintie
1 station is filled with wounded. N
> details have been received regardin;
• the losses of the Chihilites.
There also has been brisk fightin;
on the Hun river, at Kuan, fort
miles south of the capital, the Ch
- hi.'ites driving General Chang Tsc
. Lin’s forces from the town.
It is reported that General Tun.
Cheng-Kun, of the Chihilite forces
and General Lian Chou-Tung, c
. the Fengtieners, were killed.
i JAPAN NOT TO MAKE
J ANY MOVE IN CHIN;
' TOKIO, May 3. —(By the Assc
. ciated Press.)—Japan, according t
1 the foreign office, is adhering to he
policy of non-interference in Chins
and will take no action in connec
i tion with the present disturbed cor
> ditions in that country without con
sultation with the powers, especial!
’ Great Britain and the United States
1 if action seems necessary, and wii
observe the agreement not to suppl,
s either faction with arms and an
munition. Yukuchi Obata, Japanes
' minister to China, who has broke
’ off ’his visit to Tokio to return t
> his post, carries instructions to thi
, effect, it was stated. ,
Japan has been advised that thu
far no anti-foreign feeling prevail
in China, but she is taking precau
tions, in common with the othe
powers, for the protection of he
nationals. It is considered here tha
Sun Yat Sen, of the southern gov
I! ernment, is without practical in
fluence in the present strife owin;
to differences in his cabinet with re
gard to the agreement with Cham
Tso-Lin, so that whatever the resul
of the present fighting, condition
■ in China are likely to remain un
settled.
MINE-TiLCOHI
CHARLESTOWN, West Va., Ma;
| 3. —The prosecution in the trial o
1 | the coal miners today drew its las
} trump card from the deck in ai
‘ effort to defeat the defense of Bil
Blizzard, on trial for treason.
! Captain J. R. Brockus, leader o
. the state constabulary at Sharpies
was this “trump” on whom th
, hopes of the prosecution were pin
ned. Brockus was to be called t>
tell of a vicious skirmish at Shar
, pies which preceded the march o
the miners on Logan county. I
was this skirmish which the con
gressional investigators blamed so
the ensuing “war” and the batt!
of Blair mountain.
Correspondence Course
In Hypnotism Fails
To Awaken Subject
DURHAM, N. H„ May 2.—Aftei
I taking a correspondence course ii
; hypnotism, Ralph H. Seaman, o
; York Village, Maine, a freshman a
I New Hampshire college, tried ou
i his powers on his roommate and fel
■ low-townsman, W. Briant Hobson
before an admiring student audience
, The spell worked. The subject fel
' limp, and the amateur was satisfiec
he had acquired the knack. But wher
I he tried to bring his roommate bad
(to consciousness, Seaman discoverec
■ that all passes, snapping of fingers
J shaking, pinching and shouting wer<
1 of no avail.
A druggist was summoned anc
brought stumulants; a physiciar
was called and ga(ve medicine; twe
! members of the faculty were seni
i for and considered the case.
j In the end Hobson was broughi
i out of the coma by a combination ol
; all known antidotes for hypnosis
I and fainting. Prof. Charles E. Sum
, mers, head of the college depart
ment of zoology, declared it a mile
case of hypnotism, and Seaman saic
ihe was through trying to demon
I strate hypnotism.
Oil Multi-Millionaire,
Harry Sinclair, Races
To Bedside of Son
PALESTINE, Tex., May 3.
Harry Sinclair, oil multi-mliionaire
raced across the continent forth?
bedside of his six-year-old son in New
York today.
Mr. Sinclair, chairman of the Sin
clair Oil company, passed through
h-;p in a special car attached to a
brack International and Great North
ern train in a dash from Mexw-r
City, where he received word his
son was ill.
fit left San Antonio at c :?0 o clock
last night, and will pass through St.
Louis Wednesday morning, accord
jug to present schedules.
SUICIDE MS JILTED
BY W JOYCE
B PARIS, May 3.—Police todaj
started an investigation of the state
ment of Peggy Hopkins Joj-ce tha
h William Errazuriz, young Chileat
diplomat, killed himself in a roon
_ next to her suite in the Hotel Clar
idge because she rejected his arden
love.
Erraauriz, whose sister, Bianct
De Saulles. caused a tremendoui
sensation in America in 1917 b;
slaying her husband, wealthy so
° ciety man and former Yale athlete
H was found dying Sunday with a re
n j volver grasped in his hand. It wa:
e I at first a mystery.
Y j Then Peggy Hopkins Joyce, whosi
ig matrimonial adventures have gaine<
h fame for her on two continents
came forward and told a dramati
story of young Errazuriz.
She told of frantic court paid b;
a the wealthy young, and of how h
id has been insanely jealous of th
L - e attentions showered on her by Hen
ri Letellier, owner of Le Journal
, whom Peggy says she intends t
u ‘ wed.
1/1 The three, Letellier, Peggy am
>n Errazuriz, went to dinner Saturda;
night and later to a dancing clul
s in the Rue Caumartin. Accordin;
to Peggy, much champagne wa
Jo consumed and the party returns
L to the Claridge early Sunday morn
ing.
lg After Lettellier had left, accord
tying to Peggy, Errazuriz made :
ii final desperate plea for her hand
q- He wished her to marry him whei
a papal divorce had ’been granted
ig she said. On his knees ii>her bon
■s, doir, he begged her to give u;
of Letellier. With all the' ardour c
his race, he pleaded. But the for
mer wife of Stanley Joyce remain
ed firm in her intention to be faith
A ful to Letellier. She refused hirr
o- gently at first, then sternly.
to Errazuriz withdrew in tears. H
Br went to his room, which was nex
a > to Peggy’s. The actress declare
c ’ she heard a muffled shot. Whe
n " the dor was broken in the youn;
Chilean lay dying from a piste
Y wound in his head. He lingered .
S’ while, but made no statement.
j 1 Peggy declared she was prostral
y ed with grief. The hotel author
I, 1 ’ ties considered asking her to move
® because of the notoriety brough
t 0 upon the ultra-conservative hote
i s but Peggy’s doctors said she wa
too ill.
JS The police today began a rigi
] s investigation of her story. Th
u- Chilean legation cast doubt upo
it. The legation pointed out tha
?r Errazuriz had long been a neuras
it thenic, and had left letters sayin;
v- he was in financial difficulties.
n-
•: FORD MODIFIES
; HISJFFER AGAIP
I WASHINGTON, May 2.—Henr;
Ford’s offer to develop the govern
Pment’s nitrate and power project:
at Muscle Shoals. Ala., was modifiei
again today by W. B. Mayo, chie
engineer for the Detroit manufac
turer.
Announcement of the new chang<
iy was made before the senate agricul
jf ture committee following the reques
3 t of Chairman Norris, made at yes
n terday’s hearing, that the languag<
U of <he proposal clearly state wha
priced power would be used in th<
. manufacture of fertilizer.
Senator Norris contended that th<
s ’ cheapest power developed at Mus
ie cle Shoals should be used in makjnj
•o fertiliers rather than for manu
, facturing metals or’ automobib
parts.
I When Mr. Mayo resumed his tes
timony on the Ford offer today, h<
ir immediately called attention to th<
modification made overnight bj
■ which it was agreed “to operate ni
trate plant No. 2, using the mos
economical source of power, in th<
production of nitrogen and othei
commercial fertilizers (said capacitj
being equal to approximately 110,’
000 tons of ammonium nitrate pei
annum) throughout the lease pe
-L riod.”
> r Senator Norris and other commit
n teemen expressed satisfaction witl
the alteration.
it Objection was indicated by th<
it Nebraska senator and others to th<
1- section giving the American Farrr
i. bureau, the National Grange anc
2- the Farmers’ Educational and Co
U operative Union of America repre
d sentation on the board which de
n termines the cost of manufacture
and sale of fertilizers.
5 Senator Norris declared the organ
izations changed in complexion and
personnel and might not live during
the 100 years of the contract. Spe
n cial interests might also secure con
o trol of the organizations, the sena
it tor said, and he believed congress
should reserve the right to change
it j the names of teh organizations
>f whenever it thought best for the
s public’s interest.
i- The senate committee adjourned
t - shortly after noon, Chairman Norris
d ‘requesting Mr. Mayo to continue his
statement tomorrow.
b The house military committee met
today for a brief forenoon session
to continue its efforts to draft a re
port so rthe house embodying the
recommendations and conclusions of
the various private offers it has
investigated. While progress was
made the committee, it was said.
1 reached no definite agreement and
adjourned until tomorrow.
e Prohibition Director
To Start Drive Against
* Prescribing Whisky
G WASHINGTON. .May 3 —lnaugu
s i ration of a nation wide campaign
j against physicians and druggists
[j I who have been over-prescribing and
i supplying liquor for imaginary ills
i i sfas announced today by Prohibition
I Commissioner Haynes.
5 CENTS A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
NEWYORKFUTIIRES
F IDE UP 5? J BALE
; IN LAST IM DAYS
lt
* Bull Drive Mainly Directed at
New Crop Months —Octo-
ber and December Up
a I ,
1S Nearly $lO Since April 1 ■
•y .. ,
0- ;
e BY ESTES DOREMUS
e . Now York cotton futures rose to
is new high levels for the present
movement Wednesday after the mar
ie
;d ket had sold off sharply as a result
s ’ of profit taking during the early
ic
trading and evening up of commlt
>y ments by long interests. The en
ie
ie tire list was from 17 to 27 poipts
above the previous close at one time
J,
to and last quotations found values
, around the crest for the day, with
id ;
iy net gains of from 12 to 17 points
ib Atlanta spots were unchanged at
18.35 after having advanced 95
points Tuesday as a result of the
Q. bull drive.
Active options again crossed the
d- 19-cent level and remained there
j 1 after the natural reaction from the
_ n big bulge had spent itself.
While spots here remained Fta
u- stionary, New York advanced
>P cents and New Orleans spots Wer<-
o£ up 25 points at 18.12.
£•-
n- T he advance during the last thre<-
days over a iponth ago amounts to
n, more than $8 a bale for near months
and about sl2 a bale for new crop
deliveries. >
In the last two days the advance
I n has been more than $5 a bale over
ig Monday's close, when the first sign
ol of the. bull movement was' seen.
a May opened at 19.70, ten up.
( I touched 19.75, and then sold off to
’.j. 19.50 on evening up of commit
e, ments and stop losg orders. Oe
ht tober went to 19.10, later selling
at 18. SO, and December, which also
touched 19.10, cased off to 18.98 un
id der pressure of profit-taking,
tie -The natural recessions, however,
m were only slightly below the close
lt of Tuesday, when values saored
advances of from 71 to 91 points.
The reaction strengthens the tech
nical position of the market and'
on the floor of the Atlanta Com
mercial Exchange predictions are
freely made that the 20-cent level
■ I will be passed this week,
y The weather report was consid
m ered unfavorable throughout the
belt with cloudy weather and rain*
predominant.
j END OF COAL MINE
: WES IS SEEN
st
s-
T WASHINGTON, May 3. PresJ
‘t dent Harding believes he has foun 1
ie a permanent solution of the trouble
in the coal industry—one that will
ie practically safeguard the country
s- against strikes in the future. J
S The president has outlined hll
J- plan to several members of congress. ' :
le it is based, it was learned, on this
fundamental principle:
s- That the coal Industry must bo
ie made less seasonal. Production must ■ ■
!e go ahead at a steady rate through- ’zi
,y out the year, thus affording fewer 1
j. men employment, but assuring those
3 t remaining of steady work. Distri
p bution from the mines must also bo
, r kep’ at an even flow. To accomplish 3
this, the government must- direct .
y that surplus coal mined in the sum- • W
’’ mer be stored in the centers of in-
* dustry and population to await the
e " demands of winter.
The plan, said by Mr. Harding to
*•’ ba “still in the rough,” is being
11 worked out with the aid of Secre
tary Hoover.
e They expect to have it completed
e within a few weeks, it is underyrfwd,
n and will then submit it to congress
<1 with the request that laws be eneict
)- ed to carry it into effect.
j- Th« president also has a scheme, -.
?• the details of which still are to be j
e worked out, for settling the present
coal strike, but he has not revealed
the nature of the step he will take
ij in this direction.
g The house labor committee was
scheduled to wind up its
’_ tion into the coal strike situation
today by voting a favorable report
on the bill by Representative Bland,
’’ Indiana, creating a federal fact finii
c ing agency with power to obtain
s complete information from mine op
e erators regarding costs of produc
tion, wages, prices received, etc.
1 There is said to be little opposition
s to this bill in the committee and
s only a small group against it in the
I house, and its passage is expected
I . within a few weeks.
II j The fact that the committee is go-
■■ I ing ahead with the bill, after consul- 1
e : tations with President Harding, is
f I taken to indicate that it fits in with
s i the president’s own plans for set
s I tling the present strike and prevent
I. ; tie-ups in the future.
State Challenges
Three Small Jurors
Chosen by Defense
r WAUKEGAN. 111., May 2.—(By
the Associated Press.)—A final panel
of four jurors, satisfactory to the
i i defense in the trial of Governor Len
- : Small, was completed today to the
1 . satisfaction of the governor’s attor- ■
s 1 neys and tendered to t.Jfc: state this
3 I afternoon. Three were at once chal-
I lenged.