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VOL. XXIV. NO. 96
CONGRESS TO PASS
• SOLDIER BONUS Bill
OVER HORDING VETO
Fight Is Test of Executive
Backbone and at Same
Time Proof of Congres
sional Insistence
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1922.)
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi
dent Harding will teto*the bonus bill
if it conies to him in its present
form, which seems certain now, as
the American Legion leaders have
expressed -themselves as opposd to
the plan suggested by Senator
Smoot and in favor of Senator Mc-
Cumber’s proposals which are in line
with the house bill.
Should Mr. Harding veto the
measure, the chances are it will be
come law any way, as there are
more than the necessary two thirds
v es available in the house, and the
senate vote, while close, will be suf
ficient to enact the bill. There may
be a change, of course, by the time
the bill comes up for a final vote
following the veto, but if the presi
dent were to send such a message
tomorrow and the vote were to be
taken immediately thereafter the
measure would become law over the
veto.
Majority Assured In Senate
Enough members of the senate
hav_ committed themselves to the
bonus by public expression or pri
vate letters to insure a majority.
Realizing that the real fight might
come after the veto, the proponents
of the bonus are busy trying to line
up more strength for the initial vote.
If they can commit enough members
of the senate the first time, they
will have little difficulty after the
veto, as it rarely happens that votes
are changed after a veto message.
The president, ne. iherless, will at
tempt to swing public opinion in his
direction with the letter he is writ
ing to Senator McCumber, chairman
of the finance committee. He will
have another opportunity when the
veto message is written. Mr. Har
ding hopes that the tide will turn in
favoi' of postponement of the bonus
payments until government finances
are in better condition. He will not
oppose the bonus in principle. He
feels committed to that*because of
his campaign pledge. But he in
sists that it should wait.
Speculation On Veto
C. -vass of the senate by mem
bers of the American Legion snows,
however, that t ie president’s plea
v.ni not be heeded by enough sena
tors to postpone the bonus. Nine
teen senators have lined up definite
ly and answered te the Ameri
can Legion’s canvass, while 56 sena
tors have said “yes.” Twenty-cne
h' not been heard from, but out
r' these at least eleven are counted
upon to support the McCumber plan.
This would mean more than the
necessary two-thirds.
Cu .msly enough; despite Mr.
I’arding’s positive statement. to
Washington correspondents to the
effect that he hasn’t changed his
mind on the bonus question and
would soon reiterate his views to
members of the senate, s- culation
continues as to whether the chief
executive will finally veto the bill.
Some predict that he will not sign
it. preferring to let it becc • law by
the lapse of ton da; s. Others who
have heard the president express ir
ritation over the tendency in some
congressional quarters to regard
him as changing with the winds, be
ll-, e he will give -’n example of
steadfastness this time and stick to
his original position if for no other
reason than to stand by Secretary
Mellon and to impress congress with
the fact that he means what he
says.
Some presidents have had suf
ficient influence with their own par
ty in congress to pr emba.. ass
ing measures from being brought to
v>te by mere threat of a veto. The
inclination of Republican leaders
has been to force Mr. Harding to
approve measures which he would
just as soon see shelved for other
bills of more vital importance to tho
administration.
* The bonus fight is a test of execu
tive backbone, but at the same time
it tdso will be. proof of congressional
insistence.
$1,000,000 Plant
To Be Constructed
At Fairfield, Ala.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 10.—
Plans for immediate construction of
a new merchant mill at Fairfield, at
a cost of approximately §1,000,000,
by the -Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, were today an
nounced by George Gordon Craw
ford, president.
‘ Madison Warehouses
Burned Wednesday
In $250,000 Blaze
MADISON, Ga., May 10.—Fire de
stroyed two large stock warehouses
here Wednesday owned by W S.
Reid and H. T. Shaw. The loss, in
cluding live stock killed, was §250,-
000. The entire btisine«— section was
threatened before the flames were
co n t rolled.
Spanish Forces Surround
Moroccan Bandit Raisuli
MADRID, May 9.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Tazrut has been sur
rounded and the retreat of the ban
dit, Raisuli, has been cut off, accord
ing to an official statement outlin
ing th j latest Spanish operations in
Morocco.
METHODISTS REJECT
EXTREME DEMOCRACY
I Dr. Bascom Anthony Ridi
cules Proposal Amid
Laughter Georgians
Mourn Judge Evans’ Death
BY REV. HOMER THOMPSON
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 10
The advocates of extreme demo
cratic principles in the southern
Methodist church suffered a decided
setback Monday when a memorial
providing that the local church con
ference be abolished. That its func
tions be transferred to the quarter
ly conference and that all individual
members of the church over eight
een years of age be made members
of the quarterly conference, was re
ported adversely by the committee.
A stubborn fight raged for more
than an hour over the adoption of
the committee’s report, the following
Georgians participating in the spir
ited debate: Dr. C. R. Jenkins, of
Macon; Dr. Charles C. Jarrell, of Au
gusta, and Dr. Bascom Anthony, of
Macon, all of whom favored adop
tion of the report. Dr. Anthony’s
speech was the most humorous de
livered during The entire session and
literally convulsed the house with
laughter time after time. In the
course of his argument he charged
that the proposal if enacted into law
would create a specie of eccesesias
tical hybrid which would function
neither as a church nor quarterly
conference. He declared that the
memorial reminded him of a fat pas
senger who loverboard at a Geor
gia seaport. Owing to the shallow
depth of the water, the crew of the
boat made no effort to rescue him,
thinking that he would wade ashore.
However, it was discovered that he
was in danger of drowning and the
crew pulled him aboard again. When
asked why he waited to be rescued
he said, “The water was too deep to
wade and every time I tried to swim
I dragged the bottom.” With a gale
of laughter, the report was adopted.
The Tobacco Question
With the conference calendar lit
erally groaning under the weight of
committee reports which have been
properly filed and ready for consid
eration, there will be few dull mo
ments during the remainder of the
session. One of the most unexpect
ed fights and perhaps one of the
most strenuously contested will re
sult when the committee on temper
ance and social service makes its re
port to the conference carrying the
recommendation that the discipli
nary law requiring young preachers
who are admitted on trial to abstain
from the use of tobacco be made
more stringent. The law now in
force declares that the “committee
on admission shall require all appli
cants for admission on trial to agree
to abstain from the use of tobacco/
to which the committee will recom
mend the addition of the words “so
long as they remain in the itinerary.”
It is felt that such an amendment
would reflect upon the honor of the
young preachers and that the ex
treme position would result in a re
action against the law which has al
ready demonstrated its effectiveness.
The advocates of the measure do
not appear to be in the majority,
but they were able, contrary to ex
pectation, to engineer it by a safe
margin through the committee.
Every expectation that the various
issues which have thus far come be
fore the conference would divide its
membership into two hostile and ir
reconcilable camps has been con
sistently disappointed.
Better Balanced Feeling
There appears to be a better bal
anced feeling prevailing in the con
ference between the conservatives
and progressives than existed four
years ago. In fdet, one is impressed
that the conservatives have become
more progressive and that the pro
gressives have become more con
servative. There is a substratum
that is conservative, but even the
conservative element recognizes the
need of what is called progressive
legislation in view of the required
readjustments incident to the new
day. Georgia Methodists may rest
assured, judging from the evident
temper of the conference, that what
changes will be made in the law of
the church will arise out of a con
dition of the most urgent necessity
and be tempered with the most pro
gressive conservatism.
Rev. Paul Quillian, assistant pas
tor of the First Methodist church at
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and son of Dr.
J. W. Quillian, of Augusta, is at
tending the conference and greeting
his friends from Georgia.
Dr. Dempsey’s Book Pleases
According to A. B. Tarpley, head
of the sales department of the Meth
odist Publishing house, the book re
cently published by Dr. Elam F.
Dempsey, of Atlanta, entitled “The
Wit and Wisdom of Warren Akin
Candler,” has met, with great favor,
and a second printing has become
necessary to meet the increasing de l
mand. It is being translated into
Portuguese, owing to the requests
that have come for he book from
Brazil.
An interesting feature of Mon
day s session was the announcement
by the treasurer that the expenses of
the conference would total approxi
mately §70,000, an increase over
previous conferences of almost §45.-
000. When it is taken into consid
eration that there are 390 delegates,
some coming from the Far East,
and that all are allowed traveling
expenses and a per diem of §4, and
that the session is three weeks long,
the sum is not so amazing after all.
Judge Evans’ Death Mourned
The committee on episcopacy Tues
day voted to retire Bishop Eugene
R. Hendrix, of Missouri, and Bishop
John C. Kilgo, of North Carolina,
owing to declining health. It is
probable that another bishop will be
also be retired, leaving five vacancies
in the episcopacy, including Bishops
McCoy and Lambeth, who have died
during the quodrennium.
News dispatches from Georgia
Monday announcing the death of
Judge Beverly D. Evans cause’d gen
eral sorrow among the Georgian
delegation. Judge John S. Candler
was deeply moved upon hearing of
the distinguished jurist’s death, and
said. “Judge Evans was one of the
ablest judges we have ever had on
the federal bench in Georgia, and
the main forces of the state have
suffered a great loss in his pass
ing.”
JURY IN MINE TSIIL
HEARSTESTIMONY
CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., May 10.
(By the Associated Press.) —A large
number of state witnesses are still
to be called in the treason case of
William Blizzard, president of a mine
union subdistrict and alleged to have
been one of the leaders in the at
tack on Logan county, C. W. Osen
ten, of the state counsel, said today,
expressing doubt that it would be
possible to rest the state’s case this
week.
H. L. Fisher, of Blair, mine super
intendent there for the Boone county
coal corporation, was on the stand
when court adjourned last night and
his cross-examination was reserved
until today. In his direct testimony,
Fisher told of the closing of his
mine by order of armed men, and
also testified as to a speech he heard
Blizzard make'from the steps of the
Blair school house, the miners’ head
quarters during the fighting. Bliz
zard, according to the witness, told
the men to surrender to the federal
troops when they came in but to be
positive they were United States sol
diers. This was about two days be
fore the troops arrived, he said.
Prolonged Ovation
Given Woodrow Wilson
At Methodist Meeting
BY REV. HOMER THOMPSON
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 10.—
Woodrow Wilson was given a pro
longed ovation by the general con
ference of the southern Methodist
church, in session here today, when
the committee on social service rec
ommended that greetings be sent to
“America’s great apostle of modern
democracy and world peace.”
Congratulations were ordered sent
to President Harding on his efforts
on behalf of disarmament.
The memorial presented to the
conference by the church at Emory
university, providing that district
stewards be privileged to elect their
chairman in lieu of the presiding
elder, as the present law provides,
was reported adversely by the com
mittee on revisals today. Dr. Bas
com Anthony, of Savannah, spoke
in favor of the memorial.
John N. Holder, chairman of the
committee on rules, has saved the
conference considerable time during
the remainder of the session by so
changing the rules that the reports
of the various committees can be en
tered on the calendar without read
ing.
The number of conferences in the
Southern Methodist denomination
was increased to fifty-three Tuesday
when the Cuba mission was made an
annual conference.
The rights of the women of the
Southern Methodist church were
broadened by the general conference
Tuesday when the committee on re
visals recommended that the district
secretaries of woman’s missionary
societies be made members of the
district conference.
Unrequited Love
For Peggy Joyce
Brings New Tragedy
PARIS, May 10.—Another victim
of the unrequited love of Peggy
Hopkins Joyce, in the belief of the
French police, lies in a critical condi
tion in a hospital at Nice today.
Lieutenant Rivas Muntt, an at
tache of the Chilean legation at
Paris, attempted suicide by swallow
ing an overdose of veronal last night.
Clutched in his locked when
he was found, was a newspaper clip
ping containing Peggy Joyce’s state
ment of her Ipve for Billy Errazuriz.
Errazuriz, another Chilean youth,
committed suicide at Paris ten days
ago because Peggy jilted him, ac
cording to her story. An American
army officer was reported to have
killed himself on Peggy’s account
several years ago.
Paris is greatly excited over the
attempted suicide of Muntt. The
general belief is that he, too, wished
to die because of unrequited love
for the beautiful “siren of the cen
tury” as they now call Peggy. The
former wife of Stanley Joyce is at
present in mid-Atlantic, America
bound.
President to Confer
With G. 0. P. Leaders
On Ship Subsidy Bill
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi
| dent Harding will confer tonight at
the White House with Republican
members of the senate commerce
committee andjphe house merchant
marine committee on the ship sub
sidy.
Chairman Lasker, of the shipping
board, also is expected to be pres
ent at the conference. President
Harding hopes, it is understood, to
have this legislation passed at the
present congress, and the conference
is held in order to expedite action
before congress.
Missouri Convict
Offered Million for
Mexican Oil Lands
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. May 10.
D. P. Hayes, a convict of negro and
Indian blood, has received two offers,
one purporting to be §2,000,000 and
the other §1,800,000, for his oil in-
I terests, prison officials said today. He
is serving three years for forgery.
Hayes is said to be the owner of
160 acres of Mexican land, classified
as oil land. He is reported to have
been advised not to sell the land for
less than §4,000.000.
Former Princess Sentenced
MOSCOW, May 10.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —The former Princess
Gegarin has been sentenced to five
years’ imprisonment by a soviet
court here because, while an agent
of the Cheka, or government police,
she acted as adviser to the Most
Rev. Dr. Tikhon, patriarch of Rus
sia, who is shortly to go on trial
charged with obstructing the requi
sitioning of church treasures by the
government.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922
SENATOR DENIES
WASHINGTON, May 10—Com
plete denial will be made by Sena
tor Culberson, of Texas, in a state
ment which he is expected to is
sue soon that he sought through
private detectives to get Alex E.
Robertson out of the country be
cause of the British war veteran’s
love for the senator’s daughter.
This was learned today from close
friends of the Culberson family, as
Robertson again conferred with
British embassy officials on the in
ternational love tangle.
Senator Culberson in his state
ment will assert that all he or any
member of his family desired was
some information concerning the
man who suddenly appeared as his
prospective son-in-law.
Hillis MUST PAY
EORUIMIP
PARIS, May 10.—The council of
ambassadors today announced its
decision that Germany must recom
pense the United States for Zeppe
lins destroyed and not delivered in
compliance with the treaty of Ver
sailles.
Cave Man, Alleged
Slayer of Girl, Is
Under Surveillance
HAVERSTRAW, N. Y.. May 10.—
Arrest of the cave man bluebeard
suspected of the murder of pretty
Lillian White, near his primitive
dwelling on a mountain top, near
here, is expected before night, ac
cording to officials of Rockland
county.
The man is under surveillance in
a small New Jersey town, where he
has been in hiding since his disap
pearance from the mountain top
cave, according to officials.
Should the suspect be taken into
custody, he will find a case of much
circumstantial evidence built around
■him, according to the district attor
ney’s office.
Several witnesses whose story, of
ficials say, built up a strong case
against the suspect as the slayer of
the girl, have told their stories, and
are being held in jurisdiction of the
Rockland county courts.
Reported Sun Yat Sen
Has Sent Chinese Ships
To Chekiang Province
AMOY, China, May 9.—(By the
Associated Press.) —Two of the cap
tured warships of southern Chinese
squadron are reported to have been
sent to a point on the coast of Che
kiang province by Sun Yat Sen,
head of the southern government,
the seat of which is at Canton. The
exact destii.- tion of the vessels and
the purpose of the voyage is un
known here, but it. is ' to be
in connection with the trouble be
tween Chekiang and the province of
Kiangsiu, which adjoins it on the
north.
Woman Strangles Leader
Os Strikers in Revenge
JOHANNESBURG.—Kendrik Kru
ger, one of the leaders of the recent
Rand strike, met death at the hands
of an infuriated woman, Mrs. Leon
Schmitt. Mrs. Schmitt’s husband,
a grocer, had been ruined by ex
tending credit to families of strik
ing miners. Meeting Kruger after
the strike ended, she knocked him
unconscious and choked him to
death with her bare hands.
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IN 6JLP. MOES
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Candi
dates for the United States senate
may spend unlimited sums of mon
ey in their campaigns in nominating
primaries, or in final elections next
November, without filing state
ments of their campaign receipts
and expenditures with the secretary
of the senate, according to an opin
ion by Attorney General Daugher
ty made public today.
The attorney general held that
the decision of the supreme court
in the Newberry case has invali
dated the provisions of the corrupt
practices act, so far as concerns
senatorial candidates.
POLHENW
IN n WAR
CHICAGO, May 10.—Two police
men were shot and killed and three
buildings dynamited early today in
a new outbreak of Chicago’s labor
war.
Terror was spreading throughout
the west side and dynamiters hurled
bombs and fired volleys of shots.
The bombings and the murders
were attributed by police to resent
ment of extremists against the wage
awards of Kennesaw Mountain
Landis, who acted as arbitrator in
the dispute between building trades
employes and contractors.
Former President
Os Georgia Bank
Sent to Chaingang
Gainesville, Ga., May 10.—Hoyt
Brannon, former president and
cashier of the defunct Farmers and
Citizens’ bank, plead guilty Tuesday
to an indictment charging forgery,
and was sentenced to seven to nine
years on the chaingang. He will
begin his sentence Wednesday in
Hall county.
The indictment is one of several
in connection with the bank’s fail
ure, more than a year ago. All of
ficers and directors of the bank are
under indictment. All cases con
nected with deposits have been
transferred to Hall superior court,
as no jury could be secured in Daw
son county. Several more cases
against Brannon and the other of
ficers remain to be tried in that
county at the next term of court.
Bolshevik Patrol Boats
Take to Piracy in White
Sea, Rob Fishing Fleets
BY HAL O’FLAHERTY
(Sppcial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News—Copyright, 1922.)
STOCKHOLM, May 9.—Bolshevist
patrol boats operating in the White
sea north of Archangel have inaugu
rated a campaign of piracy and are
systematically raiding the Norwe
gian fishing fleets and robbing them
of the richest catches made in many
years. The Bolsheviki use motor
cutters armed with machine guns
and mercilessly shoot down the un
armed fishermen who make any
show of resistance.
3 Dead, Many Injured,
Crops Badly Damaged
In Oklahoma Storm
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 10.
Three dead, over a dozen injured and
property and farm damage of several
hundred thousand dollars is the toll
of the wind and rainstorms which
swept western and northwestern
Oklahoma Monday, according to re
ports today.
TEN-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTER
SHOOTS BABY PLAYMATE
BUD BALLEW, last real
two-gun man of west, who was
killed last week by Wichita
Falls. Tex., chief of police, who
was “a little quicker.”
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JUSTICE PROBE
WASHINGTON, May 10—Repub
lican leaders in the house laid plans
today for balking passage of the
investigation of the conduct of the
department of justice in war graft
cases.
From a reliable source it was
learned that Floor Leader Mondell
and other party leaders, apparently
working in close touch with the
administration, have decided to do
everything they can to stave off
the investigation. Taking at face
value Attorney General Daugherty’s
statement that prosecutions in
fraud cases are soon to be started,
they will vigorously oppose any at
tempt to bring the resolution be
fore the house for consideration and
if they fail in this, will try to mar
shal enough votes to kill the reso
lution when it comes to a vote.
Five of Family Die
When Fire Destroys
Home; Three Saved
MARENO, 111., May 10.—Five per
sons were burned to death here late
last night in a fire which destroyed
the home of August Bourke, Jr. Th)
dead are:
August Bourke, and four children,
Harold, nine; Walter, five; Hek-n.
three, and Verna, two.
The mother and two children, one
a six-months-old baby, were saved
by the father, who lost his line in
an attempt to save the remaining
children.
Daugherty Defends
Departments’ Record
In War Control Cases
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Attorney
General Daugherty, in a statement
prepared at the request of President
Harding and transmitted by the
president today to Representative
Mondell, of Wyoming, Republican
house leader, declared “the record of
the department of justice in connec
tion with war contract cases calls for
no apology and none is intendedV
Infant Refuses to Obey Or
der to Help Clean-Up Play
room, and Is Instantly
Killed
BY NAIN GRUTE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1922.)
CINCINNATI, May 10.—What
shall be done with little Robert
Lutkehaus, who, last Thursday,
shot and killed his baby playmate,
Richard Abram?
That problem is puzzling Cincin
nati, officials and citizens alike.
Shall the laws applying to juvenile
delinquency be enforced here? It
was not the usual case of “did not
know it was loaded.” Instead, al
though Richard was killed while the
two boys were playing, there is* evi
dence that, in the eyes of the law,
the act was premeditated and car
ried out with careful deliberation.
Robert, ten, and Richard, four,
were in the Lutkehaus apartment
along with Robert’s brother. George,
seven. Both parents were at work.
Before leaving to take her sister’s
place as a hotel stenographer for
the day only, Mrs. Lutkehaus told
Robert he must not bring any of
the neighbors’ children into the
home. Robert did not heed.
After playing throughout the day
the floor of the apartment was lit
tered with toys and games. To
avoid his mother finding out he had
disobeyed, Robert ordered Richard
to aid in clearing up the rooms.
Instead of doing as he was told
the four-year-old went ahead play
ing.
“You do as I tell you or I will
kill you,” said Robert sternly. The
little tot assuming this all was in
play simply laughed.
Without another word Robert ran
into an adjoining room occupied by
P. W. Wright, a boarder. He knew
that Wright kept a revolver on top
of his bureau. Procuring this weap
on he returned to the kitchen, press
ed the pistol against Richard’s breast
and pulled the trigger. There was
a sharp report, a frightened cry,
and little Richard crumpled to the
flooi.
Little George stood horrified. Turn
ing to him and warning him that if
he made a noise, “I’ll beat your
brains out,” Robert half dragged,
half carried the limp body of Rich
ard down the stairs whicji led to
the front porch. There for an hour
he stood panic-stricken, gazing out
of the glass which made up the up
per half of the door trying to make
up his mind what to do.
A workman entering to perform a
task, opened the 'door and Robert
dashed pellmell down the street.
George followed in abject horror.
He ran across the street to the
Abraham home and screamed to
Mrs. Abraham that Dickie was dead.
Meanwhile the workman, discover
ing the body, lifted it as the mother
entered. He placed it in her arms,
stepped a passing auto, and the child
and mother were rushed to the Gen
eral hospital, where a hasty exami
nation showed death had been almost
instantaneous, the bullet entering
near the heart.
Hours later Robert was discovered
by his grandfather wandering about
afraid to return home. Yet since
then, in the juvenile detention home,
he has romped and played, appar
ently unmindful of the tragedy.
That fact has puzzled the authori
ties. He has shown no remorse,
neither has he seemed to care one
way or the other. Asked why he
shot he replied:
“I did not think the revolver
would go off so easily.”
Determination of Robert’s fate
rests with Judge Charles W. Hoff
man. head of the juvenile court, who
has a wide reputation for humanity
and broadness of vision in dealing'
with children. He has a nation-wide
reputation for commencing a case
by addressing a boy accused of a
murder of his entire family with:
“Look here, young fellow, you
ain’t been acting right.”
He will act after the coroner has
returned his formal verdict. Mean
while Robert will be examined by
the psychological experts of the
state bureau for juvenile criminals.
It is not thought that person un
der eighteen years of age can be
convicted of crime but held as de
linquents.
More Farm Money
Than Usual Is Made
Available to Georgia
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Commis
sioner Lobdell, of the farm loan
board, has informed Senator Harris
that of the §75,000,000 worth of farm
loan bonds placed on the investment
market Monday, §10,000,000 vyill be
allotted to the federal land bank at
Columbia, S. C. This is §2,500,000
more than was allotted the south
eastern central bank on past bond
sales. It is also §1,500,000 more than
allotted any other central land bank
out of the present issue.
Senator Harris was, assured that
Georgia would get a relatively larger
amount out of the present issue on
sale than from any other sale in the
past. The Columbia bank officials
have advised Senator Harris they
plan resuming the acceptance of
farm loan applications within the
next two weeks. The applications
will be allotted to the various local
associations by the bank in commu
nications to the secretary-treasurers.
Method Is Reported
Discovered to Extend
Lives to 150 Years
PARIS, May 10. —New lives for old
—a system of rejuvenation of hu
mans whereby we all can litfe to bs
a r least 150 years old, was explained
to the geographical society today by
Doctors Javorski and Vachet, noted
French scientists.
As explained by the doctors, the
newly discovered system consists in
muscular injection of new cells for
old ones. The doctors cited several
instances where their method of re
placing worn-out cells had been suc
cessful in greatly prolonging life.
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Soviet Persuaded to Make
Alterations Paris Hears
Demand Will Be Made for
Billion-Dollar Loan
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GENOA, May 10.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —The Russian reply to
the allied memorandum which was
ready for presentation this forenoon,
was not delivered to the allies, as
expected, as at the last moment,
after a conversation between Foreign
Ministers Tchitcherin, of Russia, and
Scbanzer, of Italy, it was decided
the reply would have to undergo
some alteration.
M. Tchitcherin left Genoa at 2 p.
ml, returning to Santa Margherita
to consult the other members of the
Russian delegation. It was not ex
pected therefore that the reply could
be presented until tomorrow. The
fact that the delay was due to M.
Tchitcherin's visit to Signor Schau
zer was regarded in some quarters
as a favorable indication.
In a statement handed to the As
sociated Press this morning before
anything definite was known con
cerning the Russian reply the
French delegation announced that
France’s attitude on the foreign
property issue as regarded Russia
would probably remain firm, what
ever attitude Belgium might event
ually adopt.
The attitude of the French dele
gation is the result of public opin
ion in France, which is bringing
great presstre to bear on the gov
ernment to make no concessions re
ga.-ding the inviolability of property
rights, the statement says, French
industrial companies, it adds, have
recently conferred with Premier
Poincare and urged him to take a
strong stand for the restoration of
foreign property, as otherwise, they
argue, future investments in Rus
sia would be hopeless, as the French
public would refuse to advance funds
when it had no assurance that
property rights would be respected.
In French circles the belief was
expressed that an attempt was be
ing made to influence the Russians
to modify their reply so as to per
mit the conference to continue.
RUSSIANS TO DEMAND
BILLION-DOLLAR LOAN
PARIS, May 10.—(By the Asso
ciated Press). —The Russian reply to
the allied memorandum will be
stiffer than was expected, says a
Havas dispatch from Genoa this aft?
er noon. The change is understood,
the message states, to be due to
instructions received overnight from
Moscow “demanding allied recogni
tion of the validity of the principle
to nationalization.”
The reply, it is added, also insisfS*
upon a credit of §1,000,000,000 for
Russia.
“Profound Sympathy”
Expressed by Reed
In Answering Wilson
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., May 10.
United States Senator James A.
Reed, candidate for nomination and
re-election, in a campaign address
here last night, said he regretted to
have to mention the name of former
President Wilson, but that he had
“profound sympathy for the former
president in his illness.”
“There has been much misunder
standing about my differences with
the former president,” Senator Reed
declared. He asserted that the state
ment that he voted against every
thing the former president wanted
was both untrue and unjust.
He said he was criticized for fight
ing the former president because he
insisted upon hearings of the federal
reserve bill which bankers declared
would plunge the country into a
panic unless amended in many par
ticulars.
Senator Reed discussed what he
declared was a tendency toward cen
tralization of government, and de
clared that was just the opposite of
what was intended by the founders
of the government.
Husband and Wife!
Fight Duel to Death
Watched by Children
SARNIA, Ontario, May 10.— A duel
to the death between husband and
wife, armed with butcher knife and
ax, in the presence of their three
smali children, today was being in
vestigated by a coroner’s jury which
has viewed the bodies.
The duelists were Joseph Lambert,
thirty-three, and his twenty-nine
year-old wife, who staged their bat
tle yesterday in their farmhouse in
Elkton, a few miles from Port Hu
ron, Mich.
Edward, aged four, who was in
the house with two younger children,
told the prosecutor that “Mama” cut
herself with a knife and then tried
to hurt “Papa.”
Joseph, Jr., aged ten, and his
eight-year-old sister, returned from
school to find their parents lying in
a pool of blood in the barnyard. The
three younger children sat sobbing
in an old buggy.
Suicide Attempted by
North Carolina Man
NEW YORK, May 10.—D. A.
Batts, timber merchant of Wilson,
N. C., slashed his throat with a pen
knife in his room at the Hotel Mc-
Alpin here today, and is in a serious
condition at a hospital. He left let
ters to two daughters in North Caro
lina. saying he was “at the end of
his rope,” and did not wish to bring
them further trouble.