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GOVERNOR PLANS
1 COMMISSION ID
GON TAX PROBLEM
Extraordinary Term of the
Legislature, Probably This
Fall, to Consider Revenue
Matters, Forecast
Governor Walker Thursday issued
a statement reiterating his purpose
to convene the Georgia general as
sembly in extraordinary session for
the revision of the state’s tax system.
He has not announced the date of
the extra session, but his close
friends predict that it will be about
the middle of November. *
Pending the assembling of the leg
irfature at a date to be named sub
sequently, the governor announces
his purpose to appoint a commissior
of citizens “of conservative and
sound judgment, headed by mem
bers of the state senate and house
of representatives, and representing
farmers, bankers, merchants and
manufacturers, to snake a scientific
study of tax problems.”
Walker’s Statement
The governor’s statement in full
follows;
“Unshaken in the conviction ex
pressed in my inaugural address and
reiterated on every proper occasion
since, that the industrial progress
of Georgia and civic peace and har
mony among our people can be pro
moted as in no other way by the
stabilizing of the tax system of our
state. I feel compelled to call an
extraordinary session of the Georgia
general assembly to repeal the tax
equalization law and adopt in its
stead a system of taxation more fair
ly distributing the burdens of taxa
tion by placing a fair share thereof
upon invisible property.
“In the meantime, in compliance
with the platform on which I was
elected, I shall request committee
of citizens of conservative and sound
judgment, headed by members of
the senate and house of represen
tatives, and representing farmers,
bankers, merchants aid manufac
turers, to make a scientific and busi
nesslike study of the entire tax
problem, prepare, a budget of the
needs of the educational and elen.e
osynary institutions of the state,
project a ten-year program of con
struction and maintenance to place
these institutoins in line with those
of other progressive states in the
union, and formunate a tax plan to
meet those needs, without undue
burdens upon the owners of real
estate and tangible property, who
now bear practically all the burden
of taxation.
Commends Lawmakers
“I commend the legislature for
making adidtional provisions for the
Confederate Veterans and the high
ways of the state. The cause pf edu
cation and the care of the wards of
the state should now engage our at
tention, along with the reform of our
tax laws.
“I again earnestly beseech the busi
ness men of the state to co-operate in
the framing of tax laws which will
build the greater Georgia of the fu
ture.”
Governor Walker has under consid
eration the personnel of the special
commission he intends to appoint. It
Is not known when he will announce
the names of the men to compose
the body, or the exact date of the
extra session.
On the last day of the session, the
house of reresentatives to
table the subject of taxation and the
rules committee of the senate voted
to keep off the calendar the bills
providing for repeal of the tax equal
ization law.
Vainly Sought Action
Hopeful to the last that something
might happen to bring action on the
revenue bills to which his adminis
tration was committed, the governor
and his supporters in both branches
were powerless to break down the
sentiment that prevailed to force an
extraordinary session.’
Departing legislators debated the
question whether Jhe state now has
a general tax act in force. Many
take the position that the old tax
act was enacted for two years only
and that the action of the assembly
in deferring action on the new act
until 1924 leaves the state without
machinery to levy special taxes, At
torney General Napier is expected to
hold, however, that this contention
is erroneous, although many law
yers in both branches take an op
posite view.
Atlanta Bills Killed
Two measures of vital importance
to. the city of Atlanta were killed for
the session during the closing hours.
The viaduct bill, giving authority to
the city to erect bridges over the W.
& A. railroad tracks at Pryor street
and Central avenue, was choked in
the senate rules committee, while
the house bill paving the way for
annexation of College Park, East
Point and Hapeville with the city of
Atlanta', was allowed to die in the
house after the senate had voted an
amendment to the bill.
A number of conference commit
tees were kept busy during the final
hours, adjusting differences between
the house and senate over items in
the general appropriations bill and
over special appropriation bills. The,
chief contention was over the appro
priation for payment of pensions.
The pension question finally was
adjusted by a compromise which
increased the original ap
propriation'from $1,250,000 to 51,-
300,000.
A stermy debate over the state
highway department was a featdre
of the last session of the house. A
stir also was created by Repre
sentative Covington, of Colquitt, in
an attack on the senate in which
he charged ihat the special interests
had dominated the upper branch.
Without dissent the members of
the assembly depart for their homes
with the feeling that the session
has beep more or less .of a failure.
Questions Extra Session
George H. Carswell, president of
the senate, thinks both branches,
“by all means,” should have passed
amendments to the constitution
looking to allowing the people to
decide whether they want to change
their system of taxation. He
doubts, however, that an extra ses
sion this year will obtain the de
sired results.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
BERLIN. German communist
strike fails; labor and food situation
improves in greater Berlin and signs
of stabilization are seen.
NEW YORK. Democratic na
tional committee attacks selection of
Campbell Bascoin Slemp as secre
tary to President Coolidge.
DUBLIN.—It is unofficially stated
that Eamon de Valera will be in
terned until after election and that
he will escape trial for treason.
WASHINGTON. —American and
| Mexican mixed commission has
signed agreement designed to make
possible resumption of diplomatic
relations.
WASHINGTON. —President Cool,
idge approves plans of postoffice de
partment for issuing two-cent post
age stamp in memory of President
Harding.
PIERRE, S. D. —Governor Mo-
Master of South Dakota, who pre
cipitated gasoline war, consents to
increasing price of state supply
from 16 to 20 cents a gallon.
CHICAGO. —Two federal narcotic
agents are assigned to guard Mrs.
Wallace Reid, widow of late movie
star, after she complains that she
has received threats against her life
in her campaign against drugs.
INDIANAPOLIS.—Ku Klux Klan
announces that negotiations for pur
chase of Valparaiso university in In
diana are complete and that enroll-,,
ment will be open to any, regardless
of race or color, who can meet the
necessary educational requirements.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.—Elimination
df 12-hour day m independent steel
mills here is being attended by some
dissatisfaction and minor walkouts,
it is learned, men working 10-hour
days objecting to 8-hour day men
receiving same amount of pay.
N&W YORK. Prospects for
averting suspension of anthracite
opal production are bright when
United States coal commission, at
(neeting here, gets factions to degree
on elimination of the check-off and
to resume negotiations for new
wage working agreement.
CINCINNATI. —Secretary' Hughes
declares United States government
“will exercise’ utmost care to pro
tect interest of Lieut. Hooven
Griffis,” in prisdn in Germany, and
will attempt to bring back Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy draft
evader, whom Griffis tried to kid
nap, in telegram to disabled veterans
of World war.
i
LINDAU, Bavaria. —Eight direct
ors of a Badenese aniline soda fac
tory at Ludwigshafen are sentenced
to eight years’ imprisonment and
fined 150,000,000 marks each by
iFrench court-martial. Those con
victed include entire executive and
professional staff of plant and are
charged with refusing to assist In
delivering nitrogen fertilizers requi
sitioned by French. '
Four Dead, One Missing,
One Badly Hurt in
Tennessee Landslide
ROCKWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 15.
Searchers have to find
the body of an unknown negro be
lieved to 'have lost his life along
with three white men and another
negro here late yesterday after
noon when a landslide of slate de
scended upon a car loaded with min
ers at the plant of Roane Iron
company. The dead are:
William Viars,* aged about 24,
son of Fate Viars. Elmer Zar Rob
erts, an elderly miner. Morgan Mil
ler, also a miner, of middle age.
Bonie Swan, negro workman.
Another negro from Burleson was
severely hurt.
The slide came about 4:15 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, just after the
men finished work. Three small
cars which are' used to bring the
ore out of the mine, are used tu
transport the men to the foot of
the mountain, down what is known
as Wright’s slope. The first car of
what is known as> the “man ride,”
had passed the point where the slide
started without warning, but the
next two were caught in a storm
of flying slate, which came sliding
off the mountain side in larger and
larger quantities and momentum.
The slate had been held from the
track by some heavy wooden tim
bers and it is reported that this
gave way, but just what caused the
slide probably will never be known.
Mississippi Run-Over
Primary Date Fixed
By State Committee
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 15.—The
Democratic state executive commit
tee, after canvassing the vote of the
primary of August 7, today set Au
gust 28 x as the date-for a second pri
mary to settle the office of gover
nor, commissioner of agriculture and
railroad commissioners for the north
ern and southern districts.
The official tote for those offices
were:
Governor —Whitfield, 84,955; Bilbo,
65,178; Conner, 44,196; Franklin, 35,-
318; Bell, 17,956.
Commissioner of Agriculture—Gar
ner, 99,104; Holton, 63,823; Hower
ton, 56,000.
Railroad Commissioner, Northern
District—Lagrone, 31,124; O’Briant,
30,765; Sykes, 23,118; Horne, 937.
Railroad Commissioner, Southern
District Morgan, 23,875; Holmes,
17,963; Ramsey, 17,231; Dennis, 11,
811, and Brogan, 3,920.
DUBLlN.—Arrest of De Valera
stimulates interest in election cam
paign in southern Ireland.
i TULSA, Okla. —Four men
der military guard as result of state
inquiry into recent floggings.,
STEUBENVILLE, O. Mayor
stops all public < gatherings to Lvoid
recurrence of anti-Ku Klux Klan
rioting.
ATLANTA.—lnternational Typo
graphical union convention votes to
stick by the fight for the forty-four
hour week. i
DAYTON, O. Bank cashier,
whose shortage is close to $290,000,
declares his defalcations were used
to pay blackmailers.
WASHINGTON. Mrs. Harding
spends probably her last night at
the White House and goes to coun
try home of Mrs. Edward B. Mc-
Lean.
PARIS. —France and Belgium
have agreed to make separate re
plies to note of Lord Curzon, Brit
ish foreign secretary, regarding rep
arations.
DENVER. —Floods sweep down
the Platte Canyon toward Denver
after great .cloudbursts, but waters
do not strike city in immense wall
ad first anticipated.
NEW YORK. —Threat of strike by
anthracite miners becomes more se
rious when United States coal com
mission fails to get operators and
miners to resume negotiations.
WASHINGTON. Charles E.
Hard, appointment clerk and per
sonal assistant at the White House
under President Harding, resigns
and will return to Portsmouth, Ohio.
COPENHAGEN.-*—American dele
gates to conference of interparlia
mentary union and their ladies are
guests at royal reception held in pal
ace gardenT'and are received individ
ually by king and queen.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal.—Federal
forest rangers conscript men on
streets and rush them to fire in
Santa Barbara forest which has been
raging for two weeks and is reported
sweeping toward the city. \
WASHINGTON.—CIass one rail
roads, operating 90 per cent of coun
try’s mileage, paid a total of $256,-
679,263 in wages to 1,896,219 em
ployes during May, 1923, according
to statistics compiled by interstate
commerce commission.
WASHINGTON. Gunboat Go
pher, carrying Ohio naval reservists,
on annual cruise, is libelled and
seized by Canadian authorities be
cause of damage to lock in Welland
canal occurring during passage of
ship, navy department is informed.
ALBANY, N. Y.—Lieutenant Cor
liss Hooven Griffis, arrested in Ger
many and charged with attempting
to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
American draft evader, was in Ger
many under American military or
ders, according to message from,
Paris; 1 J
Baby Falls in Well,
Saves Self by Clinging
To Protruding Brick
SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 16.—A
2 1-2-year-old; baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Woodyard, of Carthage,
Texas, saved itself from drowning
yesterday by clinging to .. protrud
ing brick in a deep well for more
than half an hour, according to
word brought here today.
Missed by its mother a search was
begun. The child was discovered in
its perilous position at the bottom
of the well which contained ten feet
of water, keeping its head above the
surface by holding desperately to
the misplaced brick in the -wall.
The mother climbed the well
rope and rescued the baby who was
in an exhausted condition, but un
injured. tl is believed the ’• fell
in the well while at play.
De Valera to Remain
In Prison Until Strife
In Erin Is Lessened
DUBLIN, Aug. 16.—(By' the Asso
ciated Press). —Eamon de Valera, ar
rested under dramatic circumstances
at Ennis yesterday when he appear
ed -4o deliver a speech in the elec
tion campaign, probably will be
brought from Limerick, where he is
imprisoned at present, to Mount Joy
jail within the next few days. The
public safety act gives the govern
ment power to detain him and it is
considered li/ely that he will be
kept in jail until the condition of
the country is more peaceful.
Events in the Free State during
the next fortnight probably will in
fluence the government’s action with
regard to the Republican leader,
whose arrest has created a pro
found impression in county Clare
and throughout Munster.
Maryland Man Acquitted
Os Murder of His Wife
FREDERICK, Md., ' Aug. 16.—8.
Evard Kepner, prominent Frederick
business man, was today acquitted
of the murder of his wife, Grace
Simmons Kepner. who was found
dead last June 18.
SIX MEN ARE HELD
IIU ABDUCTION IND
MURDER IN NEWNAN
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Father and Brother of Slain
Man’s Estranged Wife
Among Those Arrested by
Coweta Sheriff
NEWNAN, Ga., Aug. 16.—The
mysterious death of Millard Trouton,
whose body was found in Line creek
late. Tuesday, appeared nearer so
lution today with! six med under ar
rest in connection with the case.
J. XV. Minfcr, the father of his
estranged wife, formerly Miss Chena
Minter; B. W. Minter, her brother
J. G. Carpenter, thought to have
driven,the car in which Trouton was
abducted last Friday night in the
vicinity of “Brick Store” on Tem
pie avenue, and Ben Freeman and
W. M. Fe’tman, who came to the
home of Trouton’s mother, Mrs. Wi 1
Meeks, just preceding the kidnaping
and walked to the store with him,
were all, arrested Friday by Sheriff
S. P. Carpenter.
A. L. Pearlie was arrested later In
Carrollton and was to be brought
back here today by Deputy Sheriff
Walter Dial. It is. claimed that
Pearlie was seen in company with
J. W. Minter on the day Trouton
disappeared, and also that he plan
ned to go west and that Minter was
to gather his crop for him.
Trouton disappeared Friday night
/shortly after Freeman and Felt
man are said to have called hirr.
f?om his home for. a walk. His
body, with head riddled with bul
lets and skull crushed, was found
late Tuesday in Line creek, near
here.
When arrested, Freeman and
Feltman recounted the abduction of j
Trouton just after they left his i
borne Friday night by four strange j
men in an automobile. They had |
not made a previous report of the
kidnaping, the sheriff stated.
_ There had been
irouten and the Minters, the elder
Minter having once caused the ar
rest of Trouton on a charge of
wife-beating. This trouble was
thought by Mrs. Will Meeks, moth
er of Trouton, to have subsided.
Mrs. Bessie Meeks, mother / cf
Trouton, asked permission of the
sheriff to arm herself on account of
seeing suspicious persons loitering
around her home after the finding
of her son’s body* and the officer’s
consent was given.
Freeman and Feltman worked with
Trouton at Askew’s woodshop here,
but it is said that they had ziever
been to Trouton’s home but once be
fore last Friday evening. They
claim to have ,had no connection
with tshe abduction, and assert that
they were powerless to prevent it.
Trouton and his wife had been sep
arated on two occasions,, and had
not lived together in about two /ears,
it is sadi. When they last separated,
her father went to their Bessemer,
Ala., home and brought er back to
the Minter home. At that time, Min
ter had Trouton arrested, and he
spent about twenty days in jail.
Lieutenant Governor
Os North Carolina Is
Arrested in Bank Case
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 16.—Lieu
tenant Governor W. B. Cooper,
Thomas E. Cooper, his brother; Hor
ace C. Cooper, his, son, and Clyde
L. Lassiter, business associate of
the family, were arrested in Wil
mington Wednesday afternoon on
United States • warrants charging
conspiracy to wreck th£ defunct
Commercial National bank, of Wil
mington, N. C., and fraudulently us
ing the funds of that institution, it
was learned here this morning. All
four defendants were released when
they gave bond.
Lietitenant Governor Cooper and
Thomas E. Cooper, formerly vice
president of the Merchants’ National
bank, of Raleigh, were held in bail
of SIO,OOO each; Horace C. Cooper,
formerly cashier of the Commercial,
in bail of $5,000, and Clyde L. Lassi
ter, in bond of $2,000. All four de
fendants waived examination before
the United States commissioner and
will be tried at the November term
of United States court in Wilming
ton.
The specific charges against
Thomas E. Cooper allege misappli
cation of funds and moneys of the
bank, and conspiracy. Lieutenant
.Governor Cooper is charged with
conspiring with Thomas E. Cooper
to defraud the Commercial Bank of
certain sums of money and misap
plication of certain funds and
moneys. Horace Cooper is .alleged
to have misapplied funds of the
bank and to have made false entries
in the bank’s records. Lassiter is
accused of aiding and abetting
Thomas Cooper in the misapplica
tion of funds.
The Weather
Virginia: Cloudy -♦veather and
moderate temperature Saturday.
North and South Carolina. Geor
gia: Partly cloudy, scattered thun
dershowers Saturday.
Florida: Generally fair Saturday.
Extreme northwest Florida, Mis
sissippi, Alabama: Partly cloudy,
scattered thundershowers Saturday.
Tennessee, Kentucky: Partly
cloudy, local thundershowers prob
ably Saturday; not quite so warm in
extreme west portion.
Louisiana: Saturday, partly cloudy,
probably thundershowers in east
portion.
Arkansas: Saturdav, partly cloudy,
local showers in east portion, cooler
in east and south portions.
Oklahoma: Cooler Saturday, part
ly cloudy.
East Texas: Saturday, partly
cloudy, probably showers in north
portion, cooler in northeast portion.
West Texas: Saturday, partly
cloudy.
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HURT IN OUTBREAK
AGAINST KU KLUX
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 16.
A tens 6 situation prevailed here
today and police were prepared Tor
quick action to prevent a repetition
of the outbreak last night against
the Ku Klux Klan, which culmi
nated in a pistol fight between Dar
win L. Gibson, said to be one of
the local kian officers, and a group
of men who fired upon him as he
was driving along d, darkened street.
EaiXier in the evening a group of
about 100 men, said to he members
of the Ku Klux Klan from nearby
towns, was attacked in one of the
downtown streets. A score were
badly beaten and several automo
biles wrecked.
Gibson has been active in prohibi
tion enforcement and was
upon, he told police, as he was on
his way home. He returned the fire
and three of Tiis alleged assailants
were bounded, but he fell with a
bullet, lodged in the base of the
brain. Gibson was taken to a hos
pital in a critical condition as was
John Disentis, who “tFas shot
through the left eye. The other two
men under arrest, who received
minor wounds, gave their names us
Domineck Spenetti and Frank Vel
ta. ■
Z A riot followed shortly after 25
automobiles from Chester and Wier
ton, W. Va., ana East Liverpool,
decorated with American flags and
bearing electrically-lighted crosses
on the radiators, parked along one
of the principal streets and the
members of the party went to an
adjoining hotel for a meeting. The
disorder started, police -were told,
when z a bystander voiced his objec
tions to the American flag being
used to decorate the automobiles
and words quickly led to blows.
■s, A riot call sounded by four po
licemen on duty at the time, brought
a score of additional officers, who
were able to restore order, but not
until a score or more had been
beaten and a number of automo
biles wrecked.
Last night’s disturbance came the
day after an exciting election cam
paign in which the candidate for
mayor reported to have had the
backing of the klan organization,
'was defeated by a close margin!
A renewal of the rioting was nar
rowly averted, it was reported at 4:30
a. m., when five automobile loads of
klansmen from East Liverpool, 0.,
armed with shotguns and revolvers
arrived here expecting to lend aid to
their organization.
They were met on the main street
by Sheriff Lucas and deputies. Guns
flashed from all the machines as the
sheriff\halted them and he was com
manded to throw up his hands. He
quipkly informed them of his identity
and ordered th£m to step out of their
cars and deposit their artillery wtih
him. They complied. Eight of these
men who had guns on their person
were detained as suspicious charac
ters. The others were ordered to
leave the city to prevent further
trouble.
Texas Farm Bureau
Cotton Association
Closes for Big Loan
NEW YORK, August 15—(By
The Associated Press) —A New York
banking syndicate, headed by the
Seaboaifl National Bank and Gold
man, Sachs and Company, today
completed arrangements for a large
loan to the Texas Farm Bureau Cot
ton association to assist in the or
derly marketing of the cotton crop
in that state.
While the amount of the loan was
not disclosed it is understood that
will total at least $20,000,000 and
maybe substantially more, depend
ing upon the size of the crop and the
market price for the product.
Atlanta, Ga,, Saturday, August 18, 1923
Guardsmen Arrest '
Two Suspects in Tulsa
Mob Flogging Case
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 16.—(8y the
Associated Press.) Two men, al
leged to have been members of the
unmasked band which abducted and
whipped Nathan Hantaman here last
Friday night, were arrested by, Okla
homa national guardsmen early to
day.
The arrests are the first tangible
result of martial law, invoked here
by Governor J. C. Walton because
of recent outbreaks of mob violence.
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SHOT TD DEATH BL
ESTRANGED HUSBAND
COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 16—Une
of the most gruesome life tragedies
in the history of Phenix City was
enacted Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock,, when Charlie Wilder,'
age 42 years, slew his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Alex Wilder, age 75. as\ she
stepped to the front door, went
into a rear rooi», placed The same
revolver to his own head and blew
out his brains.
It is understood that his wife,
from whom he was separated many
months ago, was in the house at
the time the shooting occurred.
Wilder carrie to the front door of
the Harris home, it is said, called
Harris out, then shot her down.
She lived but 20 minutes afterward.
Wilder was taken to the dity hospital
in Columbus where doctors say he
is dying.
The joung daughter, who before
her marriage to Wilder was Misk
Annie Harris, escaped, keeping out
of the way of flying bullets. Wheth
er they were intended for her is not
known. Wilder is said to have been
drinking. /
ISYOUR RURAL R OUTE IN DANGER?
Does your rural carrier leave -his postoffice with a large
mail, or just a handful ? 1
If the latter is the case, you are in a fairway t.o lose the
present mail service you have.
Routes once ordered reduced or discontinued are mighty
hard to get restored. Red tape and routine block z the effort
at every turn, and it takes a lot of patience and expense.
We understand that from September 21 to October 20
there is going to be a careful examination of the amount of
mail matter h-andled on every route and in every postoffice
in the country.
If your route or your ( postoffice are not up to the stand
ard, talk the matter over with your neighbors, and act before
it is too late. v . I
There is no more practical or inexpensive way to build
up a weak route than by getting up a club of fifty or one
hundred subscriptions for The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal.
The special clubbing offers we now are making are ideal for
the purpose.
Canvass your route, obtain 50 subscriptions, remit S2O
and we will mail The Tri-Weekly Journal to each one of the
names for eight months. One hundred and fifty pieces of mail
matter a week will add a lot of strength to route, and
may save your daily delivery for you.
Better still, obtain 50 names, remit S4O and we will mail
The Tri-Weekly Journal to each for sixteen months, which
will take your route through this special test period and also
through the usual January and July weighing periods. *
If your route is far below the standard, you had better
make it 100 names and remit twice the amount stated above.
Your carrier is prevented by the regulations from acting in
his own behalf.
It is up to you to act for yourself and for him.
HARDWICK PRDDABLE
LAWYER IN PROBING
FARM DEPARTMENT
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Thomas W. Hardwick. fowner
governor of Georgia, may appear
as counsel for seVeral hofise leaders
in the approaching investigation of
the department of agriculture, ac
cording to a plan announced Thurs
day hjy Representative Charles
Stewart of Atkinson.
“I am communicating with with
the former governor,” Mr. Stewart
said, “and have every reason to be
lieve that he will consent to act as
attorney for those who expect to
press charges against the depart
ment.
“Mr. Hardjyick is thoroughly fa
miliar with the operations of the de
partment, and the charges he made
against the department in his fare
well message are still ringing in the
ears of many members.”
investigating committee is
composed of Senators Lankford, Lit
tle, Smith of the Twenty-third, and
Green, and Representatives Bennett,
McGarity, Dykes, Howard of Screv
ven, Calloway, Parker, Davis of
Floyd, and Guess.
The first meeting of the commit
tees "will be held Friday or Satur
day, and thereafter sessions will be
held almost daily until the probe is
completed, members of the commit
tee said Thursday.
Movies to Be Made
Os the Sun’s Eclipse
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —Motion pictures will
be taken of the total eclipse of the
sun on September 10, which will be
observed from Santa Catalina island,
off southern Cailfornia, by Director
Efjwin B. Frost and- a party of scien
tisfts from Yerkes observatory, it be
came known today. While the eqlipse
will comprise about two hours and
fifty-five minutes, the period of total
obscuration will be about three min
utes.
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SAVANNAH BANKER
AMONG 84 GMT
iNPROHIBITIONNEI
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Large Flotilla Used to Im
port Liquorsj It Is
To Be Indicted Under Vol
stead and Smuggling Laws
WASHINGTON, Aug. <l6.— With
84 persons already under arrest at
Savannah, Ga., urfder the conspiracy
section of tire prohibition enforce*
’ment act, department of justice offi
cials said today they believed they
finally had rounded up one of, Jt
not the largest bootleg for&s in the
United States.
Other important arrests were fore
cast, and it was stated that indict
ments would be sought not only jin
der the Volstead act but also un
der customs laws against smuggling
and statutes making it unlawful
to transport smuggled goods.
Justice officers charged that Wil
liam Haar, C. Graham Baughn, Sam
Goldberg and Richard Bailey, who
were among the 52 arrested in the
first roundup yesterday, constituted
the “big four” of the force which
they alleged operated a large flotilla
of- craft in importing liquors from
the Bahamas, the West Indias and
Europe?
The further chargeFvas made that
this force supplied the bulk of the
liquors reaching the market along
the Atlantic Seaboard as far east'as
New Jersev.
Agents of the department, it wtfs
asserted; also had traced shipments
ak far west as St. Louis, Chicago
and Cleveland.
Haar, it was stated, formerly was
a grocery clerk, but now is reputed
to be worth millions. Officers said
he had been indicted recently for\
failure to make returns on an in
come of $1,000,000. ,
Indictments of those arrested will
be sought from the federal grand
jury now in session at Savannah, it
was stated, and Federal Judge Wil
liam J. Grubb, of Alabama, will be
transferred to Savannah to sit at
the trials.
The arrests followed twp years of
investigation by special agents of
the department of justice and the
intelligence unti of the internal
revenue bureau.
GRAND JURY NOW SITTING
WILL HEAR EVIDENCE
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 16.—Two
Unitecj States commissioners in Sa
vannah are making arrangements
to give, preliminary hearings to th«
great number of defendants caught
in the great liquor roundup in Sa
■vannah which began last night. ’
Comnfissioner Richter will hold
preliminary hearings on Monday
and Commissioner Morcock has set
his hearnigs for Tuesday. This will
enable the cases to be presented to
the federal grand jury now sitting,
and the cases will likely be tried by
Judge Grubb, of Birmingham, who
is sitting here.
At 1 o’clock this afternoon a num
ber of defendants had arranged
bond in the sum of SI,OOO each.
Federal officers have not yet
finished their gigantic task of t
rounding up the alleged liquor, vio
lators and their work is continuing
today, although little information Is
being given out about it locally. Ar
rests are being announced as made.
I Those Arrested
Among those arrested this morn
ing are some men well known in
Savannah. F. 11. Haar, the elder
Haar, was held on a chftrge of con
spiracy. R. A. Bailey and C. G*
Tuten were jointly charged with
having a bottle of gin in their pos
session. Nockman Goldberg end
Newton C. Hamm were charged
with having sold a small quantity.
Wylie Griswold, charged with con-
is alleged to have had
eleven quarts. All gave bonds Kin
the sum of SI,OOO each. Others who
gave bond this morning are R. D.
Pinckney, sale of whisky; H. Cen
ter, conspiracy; Felton Brown, .pos
session and sale of liquor.
The arrest of the elder Haar
makes of this family now under
bond on charges of conspiring to
violate the dry law. The others are
Willie Haar. Fred Haar, Jr., arid
Ca.rl Haar ®
The federal grand jury, in return
ing indictments against William
Haar and others, charged in severa
counts wholesale conspiracy to vio
late the prohibition laws and reveal
ed alleged to smuggle liquor
from France, Great Britain and her
possessions, and Cuba. The govern
ment further charged intoxicating
beverages were landed at Fernan
dina, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach
and Miami, Fla.; Wilmington, N. C.:
Charleston, S. C., and divers other
placers “consisting usually of 500
cases, or 15,000 gallons.”
Haar and others were also -ac
cused of transporting from storage
and distribution such as
Louisville, Chicago, St. Louis, Cin
cinnati, Philadelphia and New York
City in like quantities. Haar was
aiyested and after being hailed be
fore a federal commissioner was re
leased on SIO,OOO bond.
' Danker Arrested
John J. Powers, vice president and
cashier of the Exchange bank, prom
inent in local financial circles, wan
amoqg the first to be apprehended-
He was released on bond after fil
ing* arraigned on a charge of violat
ing the national prohibition act.
According to federal officials, the
evidence against the alleged con
spirators-was secured in a carefully
planned campaign by a small army
of dry enforceme : agentst, who are
said to have contracted with th
men for large quantities of liquor to
be shipped to certain points.
The more prominent of those
taken into custody are:
Joseph B. Berner, merchant; Sam
uel Berner, former sergeant of po
lice; A. Carlson, merchant; C. Grv
ham Baughn, lawyer; Frank Balcun,
grocer.
Willie Haar, Fred Haar, Jr., Carl
Haar, Roy G. Ryan, Wolf Silver.
Rueben Tenenbaum, J. H. Thomas.
Jacob Williams, Mrs. Jacob Williams
and Robert Williams, all well known
in Savannah. • /
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