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VOL. XXV, NO. 141
WIL BfIBTER'
CHARGE IS DENIED
■ BY JUDGE HOWARD
Repudiates Allegations of
Edgar Latham “Con-
• science Clear/’ Judge
Writes Bar Committee
Breaking his silence and making a
' complete denial of Attorney Edgar
Latham’s "financial barter” charges,
Judge G. H. Howard, newly-appoint
ed judge of the Fulton superior
court, informed the grievance com
mittee of the Atlanta Bar association
Saturday afternoon that he proposed
to take his seat on the bench and
serve to the best of his ability, “sus
tained by a clear conscience and the
knowledge that I have done no
wrong.”
The judge’s letter was in reply to
one from the grievance committee,
inviting him to make a statement in
connection with charges, which the
committee investigated Friday.
“I am stating the facts fully, fair
ly and frankly,” Judge Howard
wrote. "I have never failed to
deny the charges to any one who
has made inquiry of me and I have
been willing to answer them any
time in a tribunal having authority
and jurisdiction.”
The judge requested the commit
tee to make his letter a part of the
record in the investigation, and the
committee members said this would
be done, and that full consideration
would be given the reply to the
charges.
Tells of Conference
Judge Howard said he and Mr.
Latham discussed the “uncreated
judgeship” shortly after Governor
Walker’s nomination in the fall of
1922, and that he told Mr. Latham
he did not want the office. Later,
circumstances in connection with his
personal affairs caused him to
change his plans, he said.
The judge said he concluded from
talks with Governor Walker that
Mr. Latham’s application for the
judgeship was “embarrassing” to
him and that Mr. Latham had no
chance to get the appointment. Thus
convinced, he said, he set out to try
to retain Mr. Latham’s friendship for
the governor by “satisfying him in
some other way.”
“Acting on my own responsibil
ity,” the judge continued, “I invited
Mr. Latham to my bffice. I tried to
persuade him not to set his heart on
the appointment, but he said he
would fight it out on the strength of
his strong indorsements. His atti
tude indicated anger and impatience.
“I urged him to think the matter
over and suggested that he might
get something else. I said that So
licitor General John A. Boykin had
been mentioned for judge and might
accept, in which event Mr. Latham
might get the solicitor’s place. Mr.
Latham said he did not want it and
did not propose to be mistreated. I
did suggest the name of a young
man for a place in the solicitor’s of
fice, but his compensation was not
mentioned. I did not suggest a di
vision of fees and do not see how
such an inference could be drawn
< from any thing I said.”
Denies George Opposition
Judge Howard denied he told Mr.
Latham he was planning a race
against United States Senator Walt
er F. George. He also denied saying
he could “make” Governor Walker
make appointments.
The jurist said shortly after his
talk with Attorney Latham, he
heard that the latter was accusing
him of being a “double-crosser.” He
said he did not hear the charge
about the division cf fees until aft
er he had received the ’-tment
from the governor.
"The charges were filed with the
governor,” Judge Howard said, “and
he, with al Ithe facts before hifff? de
cided adversely to Mr. Latham.”
The grievance committee will re
v Port its findings in the case Mon
" day or Tuesday, and the entire Lar
association will meet one night next
week to take actin-- it w-s stated
Saturday night.
In reply to Judge Howard’s let
, ter, Mr. Latham reiterated his
charges in the following statement:
“I see in the early editions of the
Sunday papers a statement from
Judge Howard in the shape of a
* letter to the grievance committee
of the Atlanta Bar association.
* "I do not care to make an ex
tended statement since facts were
fully covered in my testimony before
the committee on Friday. I consider
Judge Howard’s statement as cor
roborative of my testimony in near
ly all particulars. In all others he
tries to place the blame on the gov
ernor.
“I have sought an opportunity to
face Judge Howard and make my
charges in his presence. He has
declined to face me. He still de
clines. I do not care to carry on a
long-distance controversy with him,
especially as he presents no facts to
controvert.”
lhe Weather
/“"VIRGINIA: Tuesday showers,
mild temperature.
>»ORTH CAROLINA: Tuesday lo
cal showers, mild temperature.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEOR
GIA: Tuesday showers, mild tem
perature.
FLORIDA: Partly cloudy in
south, local thundershowers in
north and central portions Tuesday.
EXTREME NORTHWEST FLOR
IDA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI:
Tuesday local thundershowers, no
change in temperature.
TENNESSEE: Tuesday showers
and cooler.
KENTUCKY: Showers Tuesday,
cooler.
LOUISIANA: Tuesday, partly
cloudy, warmer in northeast portion
Monday.
ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA:
Tuesday partly cloudy, somewhat
•Unsettled.
* EAST TEXAS: Tuesday partly
cloudy, probably scattered showers.
I WEST TEXAS; Tuesday partly
Cloudy, _ _ . -■ ---
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
World News
Told In
Brief
OKLAHtnr?.L CITY. Governor
Walton declares he is determir- ’ to
stop lash rule in Oklahoma.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—White men
raid negro district, firing from mo
tor cars and killing one, injuring
several.
JACKSONVILLE.—Body of negro
riddled by shots and with hands
bound by handcuffs is fbund near
Jacksonville.
PRAGUE. —M. Daskaloff, Bulgari
an ambassador to Czecho-Slovakia,
is shot to death by fellow- country
man in Prague.
WASHINGTON. —Government re
gards internal situation in Germany
with serious apprehension, Washing
ton dispatches declare.
NEW YORK. —Two Belmar, N. J.,
boys are burned to death- at stake
by companions with whom they
were "playing Indian.”
/
PARIS.—“Pay, us, or we remain,”
Germany’s threat of 1871, is hurled
back by Pcincare in speech at
Chassey-Beaupre, France.
HAGERSTOWN, Md—Farmer’s
treasure find, exceeding SIOO,OOO,
may have been buried fortune of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
PITTSBURG.—Ku Klux Klan of
ficials offer $5,000 reward for ap
prehension of men who shot klan
member in riot at Carnegie, Pa.
WASHINGTON. Government
will stand squarely behind Gover
nor General Leonard Wood in his
administration of Philippine affairs.
BOSTON. —Earl of Birkenhead at
Williamstown, Mass., declares that
self-interest alone ought to decide if
the United States shall intervene in
Europe.
TOKlO.—Viscount Uchida, minis
ter of foreign affairs, has been ap
pointed premier ad interim of Japan
and will serve until a new cabinet
is formed.
NEW YORK. —Miss Maud Adams,
noted actress, will enter the motion
picture field, as producer, and will
film Kipling’s “Kim” In India, not
appearing in picture.
WASHINGTON. United States
will delay 'ormal announcement of
resumption of diplomatic relations
with Mexico until the middle or lat
ter part of September.
BRUSSELS.—Belgium's reply to
the British note on reparations sent
to Premier Poincare, of France, and
reiterates policy maintained by Bel
gium reflecting Poincare’s attitude.
WASHINGTON.—Late President
Harding in'letter known as “legacy
of newspaperman-president to the
press of his country,” exhorts edi
tors to continue efforts for universal
peace.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge designates Governor Pinchot, of
Pennsylvania, as special mediator
to bring about renewal of negotia
tions between anthracite miners and
operators.
LONDON. Eamon de Valera
made secret peace offer to Irish
Free State government fortnight be
fore his arrest and offer was re
fused, asserts dispatch to the
Daily Express.
NEW YORK.—Canon William
Carnegie, of Westminster Abbey, ar
riving in New York decries prohibi
tion, saying it is “outgrowth of
Puritanism and Puritanism is but
half Christianity.”
MELILLA, Morocco.—Men sus
pected of having led mutiny in regi
ment of Spanish expeditionary force
on Wednesday are singled out when
forces arrive here on board steamer
Barcelo and are taken tc jail.
WASHINGTON.—PracticaI diffi
culties in the way of a conference
for the limitation of aircraft build
ing for war purposes are considered
by President Coolidge to be even
greater now than at the time of the
Washington arms conference.
CHICAGO. —Railroads of country
for 31 weeks of 1923 ending August
4, have handled 28,990,341 carloads
of revenue 'freight, as compared
with 26,011,279 in corresponding
period of previous record year, 1920,
according to The Railway Age.
SPOKANE. —“Up to the present,
congressional, action has not seemed
expedient” for the relief of the
wheat farmer, George B. Christian,
secretary to President Coolidge, de
clares in letter to J. Q. Adams, presi- I
dent of Farmers’ Union of Washing
ton.!
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Teacher Is Fined
ANNISTON, Ala., Aug. 25.
Charged with beating the 12-year-old
son of J. L. Green, Professor J. K.
Howard, of Merrillton, Friday was
fined $lO and costs by Judge Thomas
W. Coleman in county court here.
Professor Howard was teaching in
the school at Merrillton. The teach
er was arrested on complaint of rela
tives of the boy. f He immediately
gave notice that he would appeal the
case to th© circuit court, asking for
a jury trial, „
ONE KILLED. MANY
HURT WHEN CROWD
HALTS KUN PARADE
PITTSBURG, Aug. 26.—One man
was killed, another probably fatally
wounded and an unknown number
of others were injured last midnight
when citizens of Carnegie, a suburb,
and robed members of the Ku Klux
Klan clashed at the Glendale bridge
over Chartiers creek.
Quiet had not been restored two
hours later, but all available deputy
sheriffs, policemen and Allegheny
county detectives were patrolling
the streets. A. motorcycle squad
was stationed at the edge of the
borough to prevent any further at
tempt by the klansmen to enter the
town.
The man killed was wearing a
white robe. At the morgue it was
stated that there was nothing on
his body to indicate his identity.
Two men were arrested early this
morning in connection with the kill
ing. In their automobile when ar
rested was found a shot gun and
pistol, the police said. Their names
were withheld.
The most seriously injured man
was Steve Zarzolbeck, w’ho, his
friends say, was discharged a few
months ago from the regular army
after six years’ service. He was a
member, of the party opposing the
parade and was shot through the
abdomen. William Williams, an
other ex-soldier and member of the
opposing force, was picked up and
hurled into Chartiers’ creek.
Burgess John Conley stated that
no permit had been issued for the
parade.
State Meeting
The klansmen had been gathering
all afternoon, and evening for what
is understood to have been a state
meeting on a hillside overlooking
Carnegie. Early in the evening their
leaders were told, police said, that
a parade through Carnegie would not
be permitted.
About 11 o’clock, however, the pa
rade wase seen to appear over the
hill and start toward the town. In
order to enter it, the klansmen "had
to cross the Glendale bridge, which
spanned' a small creek. A crowd
gathered at once at that bridge, and
automobiles were run on it and stop
ped, effectively blocking the struc
ture. When the automobile leading
the parade reached the bridge, it
stopped. The klansmen Immediately
made no attempt to proceed, and
paid no attention to the cries to low
er the American flag which
the parade. Neither did they make
any move to turn back.
After the impasse had, existed for
perhaps a half hour, the leaders of
the marchers seized an opportune
moment and made a wild dash for
ward. The automobiles were rolled
off the bridge and the crowd station
ed at the one end swept backwards.
The parade continued for two
blocks, with only isolated instances
of bricks and stones being hurled at
the marchers, when the opposing
crowd, seeming to have collected
their forces, rushed forward, bedlam
at once broke loose. All kinds of
missiles were hurled through the air
and firing began.
Ten klansmen are being held in
the Carnegie jail, having been ar
rested yesterday afternoon when
they appeared in the streets of Car
negie with pistols showing from
holsters, according to the police, and
began directing automobiles carry
ing klansmen to the scene of the
meeting. David Cabel, who claims
to be the exalted cyclops of the East
Liberty klan, one of those arrest
ed, said he together with nine other
klansmen was assigned to direct
traffic for the meeting and said he
had secured permission to that end
from S. H. Gardner, district attor
ney of Allegheny county .
Cabel and two others of those ar
rested wore army uniforms, being
veterans of the World war, they said,
while the other seven wore civilian
clothes. Cabel in his cell this morn
ing said that Sam Rich, who, he
said, wag the acting grand dragon
of Pennsylvania, had arranged for
the meeting and had assigned him
as traffic director.
The offices of physicians in Car
negie were crowded early this morn
ing with people obtaining treatment
for cuts and bruises. The list of
those wounded in the shooting was
increased one more when it became
known that John Carrick, a bystand
er, had been shot in the leg.
Streamline Effect
At Last Adopted
For Ford Models
DETROIT, Aug. 26.—The Tjrd
automobile takes its place among the
automobiles of "streamline” with
the 1924 model, to appear September
1, it was announced Saturday. There
will be no price changes.
A radiator on all types is
the outstanding feature of the new
design. The radiator is one and a
half inches higher, allowing a
streamline, running from the radia
tor to the back of the body. The
abrupt jump from the hood to the
body is reduced by the higher radia
tor.
The cooling system is improved
by the larger radiator. An apron
at the bottom of the radiator, join
ing the two front fenders gives a
finished appearance to the front of
the car. A most drastic change in
design is made in the new model
Ford coupe, which has an entirely
new body construction.
The streamline effect is also ap
plied to the four-door sedan. The
one-man top and the slanting wind
shield is continued in the touring
car. The radiator and hood im
provement also feature the road
ster.
Man Shot Dead Reported
To Have Killed Seven
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., Aug. 25.
Green Garner was killed and Noah
Whittaker was believed fatally
' wounded in a shooting affray on
Cache river near Cedric Saturday
and S. E. Stringer is being sought
tonight by officers who received in
formation indicating that Stringer
was the assailant of the two men.
Stringer, aged thirty, is proprietor
of a- hickory mill near Jonesboro.
Officers declared that Garner, the
dead man, was reputed to have
killed seven men during bis life
time.
POLITICAL POWER
OF NEW ENGLAND
TO BECOME ISSUE
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Al
ready it has become apparent that
one of the foundation stones of the
Democratic campaign next year will
be laid upon the slogan: "Turn New
I England out.”
During Democratic control of con
gress! there was much criticism of
the ascendancy of the south in gov
ernment. Nearly all of the impor
tant committees of house and sen
ate were presided over by southern
ers —men who had been in congress
for a great many years and had won
their chairmanships through the ap
plication of the seniority rule.
Now the Democrats claim that
New England is dominating the
government and they believe that a
protest against New England rule
may arouse a lot of enthusiasm in
the Democratic south and the radi
cal and progressive west.
The Republican leaders profess to
see no sort of peril in this latest
threat from the opposition which has
grown up since Calvin Coofidge be
came the occupant of the White
House —the first New England man
in seventy years to attain the goal
of presidency. The Democrats have
boasted that they could have car
ried Massachusetts against Senator
Lodge in 1922 if they had made a
little more intensive campaign. The
Republicans are now asking how
they can hope to carry Massachu
setts next year on an anti-New Eng
land platform.
all Electoral Vote
Even before the hand of fate sent
Mr. Coolidge from the task of pre
siding over the senate to the higher
duty of presiding over the affairs
of the nation, there had been a cry
that New England was monopolizing
the center of the stage in Washing
ton. Now, of course, the elevation
of the man from Massachusetts has
lent more emphasis than ever to the
claim.
It is claimed that New England,
with a total electoral vote one less
than that of New York alone, con
trols six of the most important com
mittees in the senate.
Oddly enough the students of sta
tistics have just discovered that
three other important senate com
mittees are under the chairmanships
of three of the most sparsely set
tled states of the west.
Massachusetts, of course, bulks
particularly large in the government
just now, with Mr. Coolidge in the
White House, Mr. Gillett a$ speaker
of the house of representatives, and
Mr. Lodge as leader of the senate.
It is said that Mr. Lodge could be
named as president pro-tempore of
the senate if he desired the honor,
but the chances are that he will pre
fer to retain his floor leadership and
the chairmanship of the committee
on foreign relations.
Mr. Chief Justice Taft, having
been appointed to the supreme
court bench from Connecticut, al
though born in Ohio, gives the Dem
ocrats the opportunity to claim that
New England dominates all three
of the constitutional branches of the
government—executive, legislative,
and judicial.
Head Senate Committees
In the senate not only is Mr.
Lodge the floor leader and head of
the foreign relations committee, but
one finds that the banking and cur
rency committee is presided over by
Senator McLean, of Connecticut; the
immigration committee by Senator
Colt, of Rhode Island; the judiciary
committee by Senator Brandegee, of
Connecticut; the navM affairs com
mittee on finance is just about to
and the public buildings and grounds
committee by Senator Fernaid, of
Maine.
Through the seniority rule, Sena
tor McLean, of Connecticut, also is
eligible for the chairmanslyp of the
committee on territories and insular
possessions in the next senate, but
there is no doubt that he will prefer
to remain at the head of banking
and currency, turning territories
over probably to Senator Hiram
Johnson, of California.
Mr. Brandegee, of Connecticut, Is
yet to be confirmed as chairman of
the committee on the judiciary, but
he naturally succeeds to the post
through the deaths of Senator Nel
son, of Minnesota, and Senator Dil
lingham, of Vermont, who were his
only superiors in rank.
Coupled with this dominance of
the senate committees by the small
states of New England, one finds
that the all powerful senate com
mittee on finance is just about to
pass into the hands of Senator
Smoot, of Utah, a state of four elec
toral votes. The powerful senate
committee on Sppropfiations is pre
sided over by Senator Francis E.
Warren, of Wyoming, a state with
three electoral votes, and the pow
erful senate committee on postof
.fices and postroads is to be presided
over by Senator Sterling, of South
Dakota, a state with five electoral
votes.
Senator Moses, of New Hamp
shire, is to be ranking member of I
the committee on postoffices and
postroads, and Senator Hale, of
Maine, is ranking member of the
committee on rules.
House Situation Different
In the house, New England has I
nothing of the dominance that it I
has in the senate. In fact, it is I
outranked on nearly every commit
tee.
Naturally there is a lesson in the
ascendancy of New England in the
senate. The New England states,
once they select a senator, seem
to have the habit, of sticking to him
so long as he can carry his phrty to
victory. In this way the New Eng
land senators simply push their way
from the bottom to the top of the
committees by lomrevity of service.
It was this same’*idea of longevity ,
that gave Wyoming the floor lead-J
ership of the house of representa- i
tives in the person of Frank Mondell. ;
Youth Shot to Death
By Unidentified Person
BELLE, Tenn.. Aug. 26. —John
Harris, eighteen, son of Dr. John
Harris, was seriously wounded by
an unidentified person Saturday as
he was standing on the street talk
ing to friends. Feeling against ne
groes, occupants of houses on that
street, and ’from where it appeared
the bullet was fired, was intense
here.
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TARRED MIN IS LEFT
IT CHURCH. PUTTING
IN END TO SERVICE
BEAUMONT, Tex., Aug. 25.—In
terrupts . of a church service at
Honey Island, north of here, in
j Hardin county, Thursday night, by
the appearance of a man . coated
with tar and feathers and clad only
in a sheet, added another incident to
the acti/ities of bands of n oper
ating in Texas during the p • t J
years.
The man, whose name has not
been learned here, said he was seiz
ed by six unmasked men while
driving from Honey Island to Sara
toga, an oil town. The abductors
coated him with tar and feathers,
he said, after charging him with
failing to provide for his wife and
warning him to leave the com
munity. He was then taken back
to Honey Island, where he was
dumped inside the church, causing
immediate adjournment of the serv
ices.
R. F. Bobo, Alleged
Flogging Victim,
Returns to Macon
MACON, Ga., Aug. 26.—With Ma
con having returned to normal fol
lowing several weeks of terrorism
caused by alleged flogging raids, F.
F. Bobo, one of the score of whip
ping victims, returned here last night
from Jacksonville, Fla., the police an
nounced. Members of his family said
that he would be guarded while here.
Neither the police nor his family
could say how long Bobo was ex
pected to remain. Three weeks ago
he was taken from his store by a
gang of men, flogged and ordered to
leave Macon for good.
Ollie M. Perry, an alleged tuber
cular victim, flogged shortly after
Bobo, was reported tonight still con
fined to his bed, and doctors said bis
condition remained serious.
Since the arrest of S. R. Hudson,
J. C. Hudson and C. F. Hudson,
brothers, a week ago, no further
masked activities have been reported
to the police. The three brothers,
the police said, were in the act of
flogging two negroes.
An "anti-flogging” police squad is
being kept ondutv, it was said. Bail
for the threeTludsons was lixed to
day at $3,000 each, and their cases
were set for trial on September 10.
Rioting was the principal charge
against the trio.
Satterfield Defense
Nearly Ready, Says
Counsel Statement
Attorney Murphy Holloway an
nounced Saturday that he expects to
be ready the first week in September
for the trial of the case of his client,
J. B. Satterfield, who is charged with'
the murder of his brother-in-law, i..
H. Hart, on December 27, 1921.
“I cannot indicate at this time
what line of defense my client will
make,” said Attorney HolloW'ay, “but
I expect to be ready when the case
is called.
"My client la confident he will be
acquitted, and I am confident regard
ing the case. Evidence is steadily
being accumulated, and I believe we
will be able 'to spring a surprise or
two when we go to trial.”
Heavy Rain Floods
Charleston Streets
CHARLESTON, S. C., Aufe. 25.
Charleston had experienced a 5-inch
fall of rain, with no prospects of a
let-up early tonight.
The downpour began early yester
day, but was not as heavy today.
Streets were flooded, and street car
service was demoralized.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, August 28, 1923
DRIVING HIM IN
Jurisdiction Question
In Oklahoma Flogging
Brings New Charges
WAGONER, Okla., Aug. 25.—Act
ing on the report that the flogging
of Ben Wagner, Wagoner county £
farmer, had occurred in this county
instead of Tulsa, authorities here to
day instituted criminal action against
nine men on charges of riot. The de
fendants are + hose arrested In Tulsa
after an investigation by a military
court there.
Information filed in district court
charging the men with having whip
ped Wagner, were signed by John
S. Moss, Wagoner county attorney.
Warrants were issued, and Sheriff
Corgan left at once for Tulsa county
to take the defendants into custody.
The men named are:
Ben Sikes, Grover C. Sikes, Earl
Sack, A. M. Calloway, W. M. Bills,
Avery Barbour, T. V. Venator, W. M.
Lewis, Hal Benson, Dick Fisher and
Harve Akers.
Both the Sikes brothers and Sack
pleaded guilty in Tulsa, and were
sentenced to two years’ imprison
ment in the state penitentiary.
It is thought probable that they
will be taken before one of the three
district judges into whose jurisdic
tion the cases have been moved, and
permitted to re-enter their pleas.
STATE AID IN PURSUIT
OF FLOGGERS PROMISED
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug 25.
State and in apprehending floggers
who victimized George Elver at
Kiingfigher three weeks ago was
promised by Aldrich Blake, execu
tive counsellor to C. W. Smith,
county attorney of Kingfisher .coun
ty, at a conference today in Blake’s
office, according to an announcement
there.
The announcement said that Smith
appealed to the state, declaring that
the enforcement machinery at his
command was inadequate to control
the situation, but requesting that
no national guards be sent to King
fisher county until every other
means of apprehending the whip
pers had been exhausted.
SHERIFF LEARNS LITTLE
ABOUT TEXAS TARRING
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25.
Sheriff Nelson, of Hardin county,
said over the telephone fnom
Kountze this afternoon that he had
been able to learn little of the re
ported tarring and feathering of a
young man near Honey Island.
Thursday. The man’s name, he said,
had been given him as Simmie Knap,
but he did not know his occupation
or his age. >
Armed British Ship
Loaded With Whisky
Seized Off Mobile
MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 26.—The
British schooner, Aramy, seized off
Biloxi, Miss., Friday with a car
go of liquor, consisting of from 600
to 800 cases, will be brought into
Mobile in order that her cargo may
be stored at the local customs build
ing, according to A. R. Noble, col
| lector of port for the Mobile and Bi
loxi district, who returned from the
coast today.
This is the largest seizure of liq
uor ever made in this customs dis
trict, it was stated here today. The
ship is -believed to have unloaded
about 1,000 cases before being
caught. The British schooner was
well protected against rum pirates,
according to Collector Noble, a large
number of former German guns and
other weapons being found aboard
her. i
Ware Coutny Boys Win
District Judging Meet
WAYCROSS, Aug. 25.—Six teams
of boys, from as many counties of
the eleventh district, gathered in
Waycross Thursday to compete for
honors in livestock and poultry
judging for this district. The team
from Ware county, with R. J.
Heyde as county agent, won the
contest and have been awarded a
prize of $75 which is to be used in
sending the team to the Southeast
ern Fair in Atlanta, where they will
compete with teams from every
tjier district in the state, ,
SEES
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
INMUSCLESHOALS
FLORENCE, Ala., Aug. 26.—Sen
ator Oscar W. Underwood, candidate
for the democratic nomination for
president, addressing audience of
several thousand persons here today
declared that the disposal of the fed
eral property at Muscle Shoals near
here is a national issue now and
will be one of the prime issues in
the next presidential contest.
“If the members of congress do
not accept the Ford proposal for
Muscle Shoals,” the senator asserted,
“they will be very foolish and will
have shown very poor business judg
ment.”
Senator Underwood devoted his
entire speech to a review of the
Muscle Shoals development, and
took occasion to point out how vital
ly important the nitrate plants and
dam are, both in war and peace.
He said that only one business-like
offer had been made to the govern
ment for the project and that was
the Ford proposal. He asserted that
there are only two alternatives be
fore congress, the acceptance of
Ford’s offer or the authorization of
government operatiofi of the project.
Previous to his address which was
made at the state normal school
amphitheater, Senator Underwood
was the honor guest at ti luncheon
tendered by the civic clubs of the
Muscle Shoals district, and after the
luncheon he headed a parade which
passed through Sheffield, Tuscumbia
and Florence.
Birkenhead Silent
Under Reproof for
Wilson Criticism
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Earl
of Birkenhead, former lord chancel
lor of England, who began a lecture
tour of America with an address in
Williamstown Friday night before
Institute of Politics. Saturday was
charged by Henry Breckinridge, as
sistant secretary of war under
Woodrow Wilson, with having made
impudent remarks concerning the
former president.
In a letter to John W. Davis,
president of the American Bar asso
ciation, Mr. Breckinridge, as a mem
ber of the association, expressed re
gret that Lord Birkenhead had been
invited to address the organization
at its annual convention in Minneap
olis and said he hoped "if it proves
necessary for him to fulfill his en
gagement to speak, it may be in
timated to him that the expression
of such opinions concerning a great
American statesman is distasteful
and intolerable to any self-respecting
American audience.”
Lord Birkenhead, in Saratoga Satur
day for the races, declined to com
ment on the criticism of his address
in which he asserted that Mr. Wil
son went to the peace conference
with hope as his principal equip
ment; that the world was not ready
for his idealism, and that, by mis
judging his own countrymen, he be
came the agent of post-war develop
ments from which his mind would
have recoiled.
America Would Aid
British Again, Owsley
Says at London Dinner
LONDON, Aug. 25.—Alvin M.
Owsley, national commander of the
American Legion, at a luncheon
given by the British government to
day, said that if the same issue
were to arise today as in 1914-17 the
British would find Yankee dough
boys by their side ready to defend
the interests of justice and human
ity.
He complimented the British up
on their contribution to American
citizenship and asserted they were
not sending enough of their peopl-’
to America..
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NOTE WRITING VAIN;
DIRECT ACTION IS
. URGED BY BELGIUM
Premier Baldwin in Paris En
Route to Resort—Poincare
to Answer Cuno in Sun
day Speech
BRUSSELL, Aug. 25.—(8y the As-,
I sociated Press.) —The usefulness of
exchanging diplomatic notes over the
reparations question has been ex
hausted; the allied governments have
completed their study of the prob
lem, and the time has arrived for re- ■
sumption of direct conversations be
tween the governments.
These are the conclusions of Bel
gium's reply to the latest note from
the British foreign secretary.
ONLY 8 BILLION MARKS
PA|D, FRANCE DECLARES
PARIS, Aug. 25.—(8y the Asso
dated Press.) —Exception is taken
here to the reparation figures given
by Chancellor Stresemann of Ger
many in his speech yesterday, based
on <an estimate by the Washington
institute of economics that Germany
has already paid a total indemnity
of between twenty-five and twenty
six billion gold marks. It was de
clared at the headquarters of the
reparation commission today that
the institute’s estimate undoubtedly
was based on an erroneous inter
pretation of the treaty of Versailles.
The difference between the repara
tion commission’s credits to Ger
many of about eight billion gold
marks in round figures and the
forty-two billion gold marks which
Wr. Stresemann claims as the total
value of the deliveries in kind and
payment in cash, consists largely of
“restitutions,” it was said, which
under the treaty are regarded simply
as offsetting articles and products
carried out of the allied territories
by the Germans during the war.
These restitutions, a high official
of the commission asserted, un
doubtedly had been charged to the
reparations account at Berlin, but
they could not enter into the total
received by the allies. There Is a
big difference also in the amount
credited by the allies and the amount
claimed by Germany for the mer
chat Peet aggregating th’ree million
tons which was turned over to the
victorious powers.
The commission, added the official,
always granted a hearing to the Ger
mans before finally, fixing upon the
amounts to be credited and when
ever there was a doubt in the minds
of the members as to the exact
value the estimates were raised
rather than lowered, as every one
on» the commission believed the full
132,000,000,000 gold marks should
never be forthcoming in any case
and that the deliveries consequently
might as well be credited generously.
The Germans, it is declared have
never made official protest against
the amounts credited to them by the
commission.
The reply covers twenty-five type
written pages. While not indicating
a time or place for the conference it
advocates, the Belgian government
expresses the hope that inasmuch as
neither Premier Poincare nor Prime
Minister Baldwin seem hostile to th®
idea, direct negotiations on the ques
tion, “which has been greatly clari
fied by the documents exchanged,
should be scheduled as soon as pos
sible.
BLADWIN REACHES PARIS;
POINCARE TO ANSWER CUNO
PARIS, Aug. 25.—Prime Minister
Baldwin, of Great Britain, arrived
here tonight and was greeted by a
representative of Premier Poincare,
who expressed the premier’s official
greetings.
Baldwin, who was traveling Incog
nito, stayed only a short time in
Paris, continuing his journey to Aix
Les Bains for a rest.
The foreign office took no notice
of Baldwin’s visit, since the British
prime minister was traveling in a
purely unofficial capacity. Premier
Poincare left tonight for the Meuse ’
to deliver his usual “Sunday ser
mons” tomorrow in the devastated
zone.
Paris still was without positive
confirmation of reports that Mr.
Baldwin would confer with Premier
Poincare on his return from the
watering place, and it was believed
discussion regarding the conversa-'
tions might not take place until
after the British premier has seen
Marquis Curzon, the British foreign
minister, who also is resting here iu
France.
In the event the foreign minister .
and the chief of the British govern
ment consider the atmosphere here
favorable, it was believed Mr. Bald- <
win might carry out the previously
reported plan for a new internation- '
al conference to discuss the whole
problem of reparations and Franco-
British divergencies.
Premier Poincare, in his speech at
Gondrecourt . tomorrow during the
ceremony commemorating arrival of
American troops was expected to
reaffirm France’s determination not
to sacrifice “one centime of repara
tions” and to remain in the Ruhr
until Germany has paid her obliga
tions in full.
It was generally believed Poin
care’s address would take the form
of a reply to the speech of Chahcel
lor Stresemann before the banquet
of the German industrialists in Ber
lin yesterday, and that the French
premier would reject Stfesemann’s
renewal of the reparations offer of
the Cuno government just as, forci
bly as he rejected it at the time it
originally was made.
The French premier spent part of
today studying the text of the Bel
gian reply to the British note and
instructed the French ambassador
in Brussels to report his impres
sion of the document immediately.
Georgia Man to Buy
Tobacco in Greece
CRAWFORDVILLE Ga., Aug. 25.
Mr. Lawrence Brown, of Sharon,
Ga., who ha e s been connected for
some time With the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co., at Winston-Salem, N.
C., has been sent by his firm to
Greece as foreign representative in
examining and buying Egyptian and
Turkish tobaccos. It is expected
that Mr. Brown will be abroad for
three years or more.