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£l)c Atlanta evi-Ukckbi Waraal
VOL. XXV. NO. 138
POLICEMAN KILLED
IN BATTLE SPIES
' DIHERS ARE ROBBED
DETROIT, Aug. 20.—A man giv
ing his name as Herman Sakoloss,
of Brooklyn. N. Y., is under arrest
at Monroe, Mich., and four men
whose names are withheld, are in
custody here as a result of a spec
tacular holdup of the Allendal Inn,
a nptorious roadhouse just outside
Detroit, and the killing of Oscar
Reinhardt, motorcycle policeman, at
Monroe Sunday morning.
Police believe the same band of
seven gunmen who entered the road
house at 3 o’clock Sunday morning
and staged a “wild west” holdup of
150 guests of the inn and a score of
employes, five hours later shot and
killed the motorcycle policeman at
Monroe when he attempted to stop
a touring car speeding through the
city.
Patrons of the road house were
dancing, eatijjg and drinking when
five gunmen entered, two by the side
door and three from the front.
Either by coincidence or pre-arrange
"ment, the persons on the dancing
floor were engaged in watching a
verbal battle between two women,
one of whom was upbraiding the
other for being too attentive to her
escort.. The first warning given of
the holdup was when the gunmen
fired several volleys into tVe ceil
ing.
Money and Jewelry Taken
, Deftly the bandits rifled the cash
register, lined up the employes and
then went from table to table gath
ering jewelry ana money from the
patrons. One man, keeping watch
in the middle of the room, fired oc
casionally when any of the victims
spoke or moved. Some of the shot?
took effect, four men and tw’o women
being reported injured.
The injured were removed by the
time police arrived 15 minutes aft
er the holdup but two men and one
one woman later were located in hos
pitals. None of the victims would
make any definite statement regard
ing the affair. I
When the police arrived the inn I
was a scene of disorder. Tables were
, overturned, food, drinks and dishes
were thrown on the floor, men ex
hibited torn shirt-fronts where dia
mond studs had been torn from them
and clothing of some of tire women I
were torn where pins had been lip
ped from their gowns. In some in- I
stances the bandits used their teeth I
to remove pins and diamond set-
* tings from rings, rather than drop
- the pistols they carried.
~. Reinhardt was shot hours lat©M«
when he attempted to stop an au
tomobile speeding through Monroe
49 miles south of here. Th e driver,
drew a pistol, according to witnesses,
and the policeman drew his Weapon
firing five times into the car. The
driver returned the fire, hitting Rein
hardt four times in the stomach.
Reinhardt died later without regain
ing consciousness.
Slayers Abandon Car
A posse of more than 1,000 nel
sons was organized, including the
local Howitzer company of the na
tional guard, state police and police
men from towns. The automobile
was found abandoned about two
miles from Monroe. Bloodstains on
the cushions testified to the accuracy
of the policeman’s aipi. and a search
was begun for any wounded members
of the band who might be secreted
in the swamps or fields.
Shortly afterward- Sakoloss was
taken into custody near the p'ace
where the abandoned machine was
. found. H o admitted, according to
officers, being a member of the party
in the automobile, but asserted he
knew none of them and had been
invited to ride w’ith them. He was
identified later, police say, as one
of the men who took part in the Al
lendale holdup. The machine was
identified as one stolen from in front
of a Detroit hotel about an hour be
fore the holdun at the roadhouse.
Coolidge Escapes
* Photographers on Ride
By Starting at Dawn
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—Presi
dent Coolidge Saturday for the first
time since he became chief execu
tive went horseback riding, the
form of recreation it appears he
t will adopt.
Mr. Coolidge, in taking his ride
today either wittingly or unwitting
ly escaped some dozen news pho
tographers who ever since it be
came known that the new president
was going to take up horseback rid
ing had been getting up at daylight
so as to get a picture of him taking
his first ride.
Shoots Wife to Death,
Then Ends Own Life
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky„ Aug. 18.
After shooting his wife to death at
their home near here, Marlin Shrum,
45, got a razor and slashed his
throat, dying soon after.
Shrum is said to have become
angered with his wife when she re
fused him money add he. assaulted
her with a broom handle. She es
caped and ran. He procured a shot
in gun and when his wife tripped and
fell, he her to death.
-A , ,
| lhe Weather
North Carolina: Partly cloudy
Tuesday; probably thundershowers
near coast.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
extreme northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Partly cloudy
■with scattered thundershowers
Tuesday.
Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky:
Fair Tuesday.
Louisiana: Tuesday partly cloudy;
local thundershowers in southeast
portion.
Arkansas: Tuesday fair.
f Oklahoma: Tuesday generally
fair.
East Texas: Tuesday partly cloudy.
* West Texas: Tuesday generally
®air.
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IT'orld News
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Brief
—
ST. PAUL. —Ten persons are
drowned when gasoline launch hits
snag in : the Mississippi.
HONG KONG.—More than 100
persons drowned and more than 100
hurt ashore in the Macao typhoon.
PENSAGOLA. Fla.—Woman and
four men are killed when comnier
| eial seaplane is wrecked near here.
INDIANAPOLIS. Firpo, the
Argentine fighter, decisively out
points Downey; Downey collapses
after match.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Hiram
Johnson calls at the White House
and pays his respects to President
Coolidge.
LOS ANGELES.—Fire end ex
plosion in 500,000 barrel oil tank at
San Pedro, Calif., causes estimated
loss of $1,000,000.'
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge urges Washington newspapers
to put in their stories “a word of
gladness and hope.”
PARIS. —Poincare expressed hope
t>at French may reach an under
standing with Great Britain on the
reparations problem.
WASHINGTON.—Resources of 8,-
r 241 national banks, practically all
those in the United States, totalled
$21,511,766,000 on Juune 30.
CALEXICO. Cal. A group of
bandits raid a number of ranches
and escape across border into Mex
ico with loot valued at SIO,OOO.
HONG KONG. —Disastrous ty
phoon strikes Hong Kong causing
tremendous property loss; British
submarine is sunk in the harbor.
CHICAGO.—Damage suit for sl,-
000,000 is filed in Chicago in behalf
of Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes against
W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., her stepson.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge is watching Cuban situation
with a view properly to protect the
interests of the Americans in Cuba.
DETROIT. —Seven gunmen hold
up Detroit Inn; several persons are
wounded by thugs who are reported
to have taken $25,000 in jewels and
cash and escaped in automobiles.
SMACON.—Three white men, ' ifie
Hudson brothers, are captured in
crusade against floggers; sheriff
deputies say they were caught beat
ing two negroes.
DETROIT. —Edwin Denby, secre
tary of nfcvy, is not candidate for
president, he declares, and would
not consent to formation of “Denby
for President club.”
OKLAHOMA City. Governor
Walton, of Oklahoma, gets anonym
ous warning to withdraw troops from
Tulsa; »martial law is extended to in
clude southern part of Tulsa county.
LOS ANGELES.—CoIIeen Moore,
moving picture actress, and John
Emmet McCormick, western repre
sentative of the Associated First
National Pictures, Inc., obtain a
marriage license.
BOSTON.—Message froni Presi
dent Coolidge to Knights of Colum
bus, read at Montreal convention,
was a tribute made before he be
came president, officials of the
Knights of Columbus declare.
LONDON. —Central News dispatch
from Berlin reports that all news
papers of central Germany will
cease publication for present on
ground that owners cannot meet
wage demands of compositors.
CHICAGO. —Four men are buried
alive in the collapse of a brick kiln
of the General Refractory company
at Rockdale, 111., three dying before
could extricate them.
Fourth is expected to recover.
MOSBACH, Germany. Hooven
Griffis and Victor Neilsen at pre
liminary hearing on charge of try
ing to kidnap Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, American draft evader, de
ny knowledge of such attempt.
LONDON.—Eamon de Valera has
been removed from Limerick to Dub
lin under heavy escort, London news
agency dispatch declares; Vatican in
forms Irish republicans that it can
not intervene officially in behalf of
de Valera.
NEW YORK.— Dr. Charles P.
Steinmetz, electrical expert of
Schenectady, N. Y., asserts that the
time is coming when people will
work no more than four hours a
day; that electricity will stop all
long, back-breaking drudgery.
MADRID. —Moorish tribesmen ii/
Morocco have launched general at
tack on Spanish positions betwdthi
Tizziazza and Afrau, reports dis
patch from Malilla to Heraldo de
Madrid. Fighting was reported
fierce and many natives killed.
HANKOW, China. The Rev.
Michael McHugh and the Rev. Dan
iel Ward, Catholic priests who were
kidnaped Thursday at Tkaoshih by
Chinese bandits who looted the
town, have made their escape, ac
cording to advices received hbre
HOUSTON. Texas.-After defying
efforts of y>o fire-fighters for more
than 24 hours, fire which started
by lightning it*, Humble Oil and
Refining company at Webster, burns
itself out, having destroyed sixty
thousand barrels of crude oil valued
at $120,000.
NEW YORK.—C. D. Mallory &
Co., owners of tanker “Swift Star,”
have decided that bolt of lightning
struck snip and that it went down
with crew of 28 men. since vessel
was not heai'd of since July 13.
and scorched body of man believed
tn have been one of crew w s pick
ed up amid wreckage in Caribbean
I sea recently.
BROTHER OF VICTIM
IN TRIPLE SHOOTING
SWEARS WARRANT
’A muncipa. court warrant charg
ing murder was sworn out late Sat
urday afternoon against Officer E.
C. Stigall, head of the police vice
squad, and he was lodged in the
Fulton county tower, almost simul
taneously with the announcement
by Solicitor General John A. Boy
kin that the Fulton county grand
ury will be called upon this week
to investigate every angle of the
triple shooting by the policeman,
which resulted in the death of W.
H. Hames, a private -detective, and
the wounding of his two compan
ions.
The murder warrant was taken
out by L. C. Hames, brother of t>«e
and an officer reached the
station house to serve it upon Offi
cer Stigall just as he was being sum
moned into Police Chief Beavers’
office. Solicitor Boykin had asked
that the officer be detained until the
grand jury investigation could be
launched. x
Saturday’s Developments
Issuance of the ipurder warrant
and the announcement of Solicitor
Boykin cam e in the wake of a se
ries of rapid-fire developments in
the shooting case, beginning with
the shooting late Friday afternoon
at Houston and Courtland streets
followed by the action of the police
committee less than an hour later
in voting to exonerate Officer Stigall
of any blame in the case, and culmi
nating in the death of Mr. Hames
at midnight Friday in Grady hos
pital.
J. H. Kirk, a former policeman
was shot twice by Stigall and re
mained at Grady hospital Saturday
night, while Ernest Stanton, inves
tigator in a local law office, who
also was wounded by the policeman,
was released from police headquar
ters late Saturday afternoon under
SIOO bond, charged with disorderly
conduct, i
It was announced Saturday night j
that Attorney William Schley How- j
ard has been retained to represent I
Stigall, and that he was making ef
forts to have Stigall released un
der bond. Bonds in murder cases
can be authorized by superior court
judges only. I
Another development of Saturday
night was a report that friends of
Mr. Hames are circulating a sub
scription list for the benefit of his
widow ancF children.
Solicitor Boykin was away from
the city on a vacation trip when
the shooting occurred. He returned
Saturday morning and communi
cated with Chief , Beavers imme
diately upon reaching his office in ’
the early afternoon, asking that
Stigall be held and that the best
men on the police force be assigned
to investigate the case. Chief Beav
ers assured the solicitor that this
jvould be done t apd that he would
"co-operate ~fn“ every way with the
investigation.
Councilman Garland Cooper, a
member of the police committee of
council, visited Stigall at the jail
late Saturday night. After he left,
Stigall told reporters the councilman
had called to pledge him the full
support of 'the committee in any
way possible. Chairman Jesse
Armistead stated that, while he was
not aware, that Councilman Cooper
contemplated the call, his action
met with the entire approval of the
committee.
“I am, of course, glad to know the
committee intends to stand back of
me,” Stigarll said. “I have not told
the whole story of this affair yet,
but when the time comes I think I
can make some startling disclosures.
I was not surprised at my arrest.
I did not expect to be accorded any
privileges that would not be at- I
corded an ordinary citizen.”
Stigall’s Defense
Tn his statements concerning the ,
shooting Stigall has insisted that he i
fired in self-defense after he had
seen Hames reach as i* to draw
a gun. Chief Beavers, however,
stated late Saturday afternoon that I
no evidence furnished him showed
that either Hames or his compan
ions carried guns, and the two
wounded men both asserted to
newspaper men that they were not
armed.
According to the examination
made at the undertaking establish
ment of Harry G. Poole, the dead |
man was shot three times. One j
bullet entered the right shoulder I
from the rear and came out through
the right front breast; another
pierced tno abdomen under the right
shoulder and came out in a cor
responding spot on the left side; and ,
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■IS TOUR RURAL ROUTE IN DAGGER? |
Does your rural carrier leave his postoffice with a large*’
mail, or just a handful ?
If the latter is the case, you arc in a fairway to lose the
present mail service you have. ,
Routes once ordered reduced or discontinued are mighty ,
hard to get restored. Red tape and routine block 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 handled on every route and in every postoffice
in the country.
If your route or your postoffice arc not up to the stand- '
ard,* talk the matter over with your neighbors, and act before
it is too late.
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 Lhe
names for eight months. One hundred and fifty pieces of mail
matter a week will add a lot of strength to your 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 i
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 so& yourself and for him,
BOLIVAR JUST CAN’T HELP BEING NERVOUS
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ALLEGED FLOCDEDS.
CAUGHT IN THE ICT.
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MACON, Ga., Aug. 20.—City and
county officials today plan to com
mence a round-up of all automo
biles not carrying state license tags
■iw aw -effort to get at”ttre "bottonT—nf* 1
the facts surrounding a series of
floggings which have taken place
here in recent weeks. In nearly all
eases where kidnapers have borne
away their victims in motor cars,
their automobiles have carried no
tags.
Sheriff's forces last night cap- '
tured three alleged kidnapers and I
floggers while in the act of flog
ging two negroes. Two automo
biles, which were found near the
scene of the flogging and said by
officials to have been used by the >
floggers, contained masks, a small |
sledge hammer, and a piece of |
heavy, wet felt. One of th© cars
bore no license.
The capture of the three men last
night, who gave their names as S,
R. Hudson, C. F. Hudson and J. C.
Hudson, brothers, and all residents
of east Macon, s are the first ar
rests to be made in connection with
the recent “flogging wave.” When
questioned last night, they, refused
to talk.
Emory Roberts, one of the negro |
victims, is credited by officials with
the capture of the trio. One of the
alleged floggers, it was said, jump
ed onto the runningboard of Rob
erts’ automobile and commanded
him stop. Instead, he increased
the speed of his car. When the
man on the runningboard whistled
for his brothers to join him, Roberts
plunged his car into an embank
ment.
Officers Called
Other persons passing the scene
•phoned the sheriff and the entire
city and county anti-flogging squad
was rushed out to answet the call.
Officers are still investigating to
RETURN OF DANCE PARTIES
FORECAST AT WHITE HOUSE
UNDER COOLIDGE REGIME
Social Life of Capital to
Take on Fresh Spirit With
Advent of the New First
Lady
~WAsiiTnGTON' Aug. 19'.—Before
the snow flies, dancing couples will
glide over the polished floor of the
east-room and gay laughter and
music will ring again in the White
House, which tonight stands bleak
and untenanted, with the departure
of Mrs. Harding.
Mrs. Coolidge loves dancing. Those
■ who know her best predict a festive
• regime at her mansion, once the
I period of mourning has passed.
Althougn ihere are no girls in the
new presidential family, which will
move into the White House some
time next week, Mrs. Coolidge is
young enough and fun loving enough
I to hold out pleasant prospects to the
I younger et.
New Year Prospects
By the urst of the new year when
the entertainments ror off.cial and
diplomatic Washington begin the so
cial season at the White House will
probably be well under way.
learn whether there were more than
the three in the flogging party.
Their theory at present is that the
Hudson brothers are not attached to
any organization, but, were operat
[ ing on their own initiative. Officials
reported that the Hudsons have been
in trouble before.
Adjutant General Charles 11. Cox,
who was sent here Saturday night
by Governor Clifford Walker to in
vestigate the advisability of declar
ing martial law’, returned to Atlanta
yesterday with his report, which it
is expected he will tender to the
governor today. Before his de
parture he declared he would issue
a statement on the situation after
he had reported to the governor. It
was understood here that his re
port would recommend that there
be no martial law declared in Macon
for the present, but whether he will
change this recommendation in the
face of the events of last night is |
conjectural here. x
No arrests was reported today 1
in the case of J. B. Hartley, World J
war veteran who reported he was i
( flogged Saturday .light. Rewards
totaling $2,100 have been offered ‘by >
the state and county for the arrest I
and conviction of the “floggers,” j
anjl appeals will be made this week ■
to all civic clubs in Macon to in
crease the rewards.
Brothers Separated
Jailer Tom McCommons today de- j
nied anybody admission to the jail |
for the purpose of talking with the
Hudsons. The jailer has £-parated
the brothers, having each in a sep
arate cell on a separate floor so as
to completely cut off all communica
tion between them.
Sheriff J. R. Hicks and the jailer
will talk with the men today in au
effort t? get as much inform itic.n
as possible regarding floggings that'
have occurred here recently. The
men wid be kept separated, the jailer
declared and no one is to be per
mitted do see them today.
Other Flogging Cases
The first flogging in Macon that
created unusual activity among the
authorities of the law was when
Lynwood L. Bright, former resident
of Macon, and Mrs. Frederica Pace,
New York apartment house owner,
who was visiting here, were seized
by a Lend of unmasked men while
out automobile riding. They were
carried to the woods several miles
from the city and Bright was flogged
in the presence of the woman and
ordered to leave Macon. Both left
the city .several days later and have
never returned.
A short time later, Patrolman
Homer Boden, of the police force,
Was carried out and whipped by an
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, August 21, 1923
John Coolidge, at 17, hithough re
sembling his mother, has the v grave
temperament of his father, but Cal
vin, Jr., despite his father’s red hair,
has his mother’s love of gaiety.
Whenever they are home on vaca
tions, parties for the “sub debs” may
be expected.
Both of the boys are “regular fel
lows.” If they stay in Washington
next summer, the days of the Roose
velt boys—Queptin, Archie and Ker
mit—who played baseball in the
“back yard” of the White House,
may return.
'Social Secretary
Mrs. Coolidge is expected to take
into the White House as her social
secretary Miss Mary who
should prove a strong ally for gaiety.
She is one of the Randolphs of
Virginia.
The popular Laddie Boy will un
doubted! v\ have a successor. Mr.
Coolidge, like Eugene Field, wouldn’t*
“give much for a boy who grows up
without a fiiendship subsisting be
tween him and a pup.”
And Mrs. Coolidge intends to have
a pet of her own. She is not par
ticularly fond of cats but she is look
ing for a talented canary bird to
greet her in the mornings with
' cheery trills.
unmasked band. He was caught near
his home in east Macon at 11 o’clock
at night. After Boden was whipped,
reports were circulated several days
later that another policeman had
been carried out and given a warn
ing but not whipped. The officer re
ported denied it.
Next came the flogging of Ollie
N. Perry and Gus Roberts, kidnaped
at Perry’s store here on Alabama
street and carried out of town and
whipped. The same night, an un
masked band kidnaped R.■ E. Bobo,
Syrian storekeeper, and beat him un
mercifully in the woods near old
Camp Wheeler, where they left hirir.
Bobo was ordered to leave and he
caught a train two days later £or
Florida.
Perry tvas so badly beaten that
he- has not yet been able to leave his
bed. He was also ordered to leave,
but on account of his condition he
has not been able to travel. He has
tuberculosis and doctors say he can
not live long unless given relief.
Gus- Roberts, seized and whipped
with Perry, left the city the day aft
er he was flogged.
Friday night, a man was seen to
have been seized and thrown in a
ear and spirited away. Police fired
a number of shots at >he machine
when cries for help were heard. The
occupants of the car returned the
fire. More than 25 shots were fired.
No word has been heard from the
man seized. The car in which ke'
was thrown eluded officers.
Due to the fact that. . floggings
and reports of whippings have been
so persistent here for the past six
weeks, many persons are said to
be carrying arms that never before
carried a pistol.
Great Liners, in Dash
Across Atlantic, Will
1 ry Out Their Speed
NEV.’ YORK. Aug. 19. —Prospects
of a race across the Atlantic, the
first comparative test since the giant
Leviathan was put into the Euro
pean passenger service under the
American flag, loomed Saturday when
the American pride and the White
Star Liner Olympic steamed out of
the harbon within a few minutes of
each other.
While officials of both lines and
the ship commanders denied there
would be any race, it was admitted,
that bulletins shewing the respective
positions of the two vessels would
be posted daily in salons.
BIBMSPBOBE ■
DFCHARGESAGAINST
JUDGE G. H. HOWARD
President Branch, of Atlanta
Association, Instructs
Committee to Investigate
Latham’s Accusations
At the request of a number of
leading lawyers who met voluntarily
in his office Monday, James A.
Branch, president of the Atlanta Bar
association, has caled orr the griev
ance committee of the association
to conduct a sweeping investigation
into the charges made Saturday by
Edgar Latham, widely known at
torney, in connection with the ap
pointment of Judge G. H. Howard
as judge of the newly-created di
vision of the Fulton superior court.
“The meeting did not undertake
to pass upon the truth of the
charges,” President Branch said,
but it was the unanimous opinion
that in view of the grvity of the
charges they should not be permit
ted to pass without a prompt, full
and fair investigation by the griev
ance committee at public hearings,
evidence to be reported by a stenog
rapher and the committee’s findings
reported to the entire association
for action.”
Inquiry Board Named
The hearing will be started within
a few days, and all parties involved
or concerned will be surraponed to
give their testimony, Mr. ’Branch
said. He added that the following
members of the grievance commit
tee probably would conduct the in
quiry: Robert P. Jones, John A. Sib
ley and Marion Smith.
It was learned that the meeting
in President Branch’s office lasted
for more than two hours, and that
there was a full discussion of Mr.
Latham’s charges, which W'ere to the
effect that Judge Howard made him
the proposition that he would have
Governor Walker appoint Solicitor
John A. Boykin as judge of the new
division, and have Mr. Latham
named solicitor, if the latter would
agree to split the fees of the office
with Judge Howard. Mr. Latham
j charged that he laid the full facts in
] the case before Governor Walker be
• fore the appointment was made, and
1 advised the governor that he did not
i believe Judge Howard was a “fit sub-
I ject” to hold any judicial office.
Expected Appointment
Mr. Latham, with practically the
unanimous indorsement of the local
bar, he said, had expected to be
I given the ’appointment.
Mr. Latham said Monday he aid
not care to discuss the situation fur
ther. He declared he had given the
“full facts” in his previous state
ment, in order that the local bar
and the general public might under
stand how the matter had been han
dled.
Governor Walker also had no
statement to make, resting on his
previous statement that he had
named one of his loyal friends to the
judgeship. Judge Howard managed
the governor’s campaign last year.
Judge Howard said he nad no
statement to make, and that he felt
I it would not be proper for a superior
court judge to engage in a newspav
per controversy oi>er a matter that
was terminated with the governor’s
official action in making, the appoint-.
ment last week.
PLACE FOR NEW JUDGE
TO BE ARRANGED SOON
Quarters have not yet been assign
ed for the new criminal division of
the Fulton superior court, to be pre
sided over by Judge G. H. Howard,
but definite arrangements are ex
pected to be made Wednesday after
noon at the regular meeting of the
Fulton county commissioners.
Judge Howard stated he is holding
himself in readiness to begin work
as soon as the preliminary details
are arranged. Nothing but emer
gency business is being transacted
in the state courts this week, and
it was not believed he would be
called on to begin work before the
September term.
"Red" Wingo Is Sold
To Detroit; $50,000
Is Price Paid Toronto
TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 20.—Presi
dent Solman, of the Toronto Inter
national League club, announced to
day that negotiations had been com
pleted for the sale of Adelbert "Red”
Wingo, left fielder, to the Detroit
club, for $50,000. Wingo will play
out the season with the Maple Leafs,
then join the Tigers.
Wingo,’who set a new home run
record for the International league
last year, hitting 34, was obtained
from the Atlanta, Southern asso
ciation, club for S. .000. was
given a trial with the Philadelphia
Americans three years ago. Wingo
is a Georgia lad, his home being
Norcross. Ga.
Mme Disaster Hero
Mentally Unbalanced
As Result of Ordeal
EVANSTON, Wyo., Aug. 18.—
John.Pavlizon, Austrian coal miner,
pronounced the outstanding hero of
last Tuesday’s explosion in Kem
merer Coal company mine No. 1 at
frontier, near Kemmerer, Wyo., was
brought to the state mental hospital
here %today. He apparently is in
sane as a result of his experiences.
Pavlizon had to fight with his
twenty or more companions on 29
level —about one mile under ground
—to get them to erect barricades
again st poison gas.
One Killed, Two Hurt
In Ice Plant Blast
BAYOU LA BATRE, La., Aug. 18.
One man, Robert Cox, forty, was
instantly killed, and two others seri
ously injured in an explosion of
ammonia at the ice plant of the Ala
bama Canning company here late
last night.
The plant was demolished and
heavy property damage resulted. No
estimate as to the amount of the
damage to the plant could be obtain
ed early today. The injured, Willie
and Aimee Castello, father and son,
though seriously injured, are expect
ed to recover. .
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LATHAM CHARGES-
Atlanta Lawyer Issues States
mentj to Place Whole Mat
ter Before Bar Association,
He Declares
To his unwillingness to engage in
an alleged “financial barter,” in
volving the office of solicitor gener
al of the Atlanta judicial circuit and
a race for the United States senate,
Edgar Latham, well-known Atlanta.
attorney, in a sensational statement
Saturday afternoon, attributed his
failure to receive the appointment to
the new Fulton superior court
judgship, created by act of the 1923
legislature.
Mr. Latham charges that Judge
G. H. Howard, appointed to the
judgeship by Governor Walker, made
him a proposition recently whereby
Judge Howard said he “would have
the governor appoint Solicitor John
A. Boykin as judge, and secure m.v
(Latham’s) appointment as solicitor.
I in the event I would agree to divid?
with him the fees of the office.”
Mr, Latham further charged that
Judge Howard "endeavored to justi
fy this proposition by stating he
needed this income to finance his
race against United States Senator
Walter F. George in 1926.”
According to Mr. Latham, he flat
iy refused this proposition and there
by incurred the enmity of Judge
Howard. Ha. said he placed all the
facts before the governor before the
appointment was made, and told the
governor he did not feel that Judge
Howard was “a fit subject” to hold
the office of a superioi/coui-t judge. I
Judge Howard’s Reply
Judge Howardf, when told of the
charges made by Mr. Latham, issued
this statement: •' i
“I do not feel that it is appropriate I
for a superior court judge to engage
in -a newspaper controversy. The
race is over now, and no comment
from me is necessary. If Mr. La
tham wants to make his charges to
the bar association or lay them tre--
fore some court or tribunal, he has
that right.” >
Mr. Latham charged in his state
ment that he laid the full facts in
the case before the governqr; that
he presented indorsements from
practically all the lawyers at the At
lanta bar, and that his statement
was made for the purpose of show
ing the “real conditions under which
the practically unanimous indorse
ment of the bar in my favor has
been ignored and overridden.”
Governor Walker would not dis
cuss the affair with reporters, other
than to say that he had named one
of his loyal friends to the judgeship,
and that his appointee was fully
qualified to hold the office.
The executive left the inference
that he investigated Mr. Latham’s
charges before making the appoint
ment. Judge Howard was the gov
ernor’s campaign manager in his
race against Governor Hardwick last
year.
Wide Interest Shown
Mr. Latham further asserted that
he appealed to the governor before
the appointment was made to let
him confront Judge Howard and
make his charges, but that his prop
osition was declined.
Yhile he did not say so In his
statement, Mr. Latham indicated
that he would not allow the mattei
to be dropped but would take his
charges before the Atlanta Bas As
sociation.
The affair; haS stirred state-wide
interest, and the next developments
are being eagerly awaited in all
quarters. Judge Howard was sworn
in Saturday and will take his seat
on the bench Monday.
Here -Is Mj.-. Latham’s full state
ment:
‘‘As a lifelong friend and political
friend of Govern r Walker, I had
received assurances sufficient to
satisfy me and my friends that if
the bill creating an additional judge
of Fulton superior court should be
passed, I would receive the appoint
ment as judge.
‘‘When the legislature convened,
Judge G. H. Howard, who had man
aged Governor Walker’s campaign,
arranged a conference with me, and
immediately broachdd the subject
of tl.is appoin ment .
"Judge Howard suggested a plan
under which he would have the gov
ernor appoint Solicitor John A. Boy
kin to be judge, and secure' my ap
pointment as solicitor general. Judge
Howard stressed the fact that the
judicial salary was small, whereas
the fees of the solicitor general
were large, or, to use his expression,
‘three times as big as the judge's
salary.’
Fee Division Asked
“He stated that he could make
the governor carry out his plan,
but would do so only in the event I
would agree to divide with him
(Judge Howard) the large fees to be
earned from the office of solicitor
general.
“He endeavored to justify his
proposition by the statement that
it was his purpose to enter the race
for United States senate, to beat
Senator W. F. George, and that he
would need this income to finance
his campaign.
He stated that he had no idea
of devoting any part of his time io
the discharge of the duties of the
office if the arrangement' was made
but that he could have it carried
into effect by designating a nominal
representative to-act in his place.
“I promptly declined the proposi
tion, because I had no ambition to
become solicitor general, and lie
cause I had received the practically
unanimous indorsement of the At
lanta bar for the judgeship, and be- ~
cause I wa# unwilling to become a
party to any financial barter that
would dishonor my commission if ap
pointed thereunder.
Support Withdrawn
“When I flatly’ rejected Judge
Howard’s proposal, he informed me
that I would no longer have the
benefit of his support and could not
be appointed judge without it. and
that if necessary to secure my de
feat. he would demand the appoint
ment for himself and would obtain
it.
“I replied that he wouM have t.q
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