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VOL. XXV. NO. 147
23 BEAD IN WRECK
: OF 0. S. DESTROYER
FLOTILLA IN MIC
Seven Warships Will Be To
tal Loss —Sea Disturbance
Held to Be ►Aftermath of.
Japanese Earthquake
_ WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The
theory was expressed today by high
> naval officials that a tidal wave or
other seismic disturbance, reacting
from the Japanese earthquake,
caused the disaster to destroyer di
vision eleven off the California coast
, yesterday.
Reports from naval officers on the
Beene have not yet given complete
information of the condition under
wbi>h seven destroyers were thrown
on the rocky coast, but from other
fiata officials said it was evident that
‘ a very unusual sea disturbance”
took place Saturday and Sunday.
“Until the department has com
plete information,” said Secretary
k)er.by, “we must withhold any
formal* judgment. We can only ex
press regret for the accident and
deep gratitude that the loss of life
was so comparatively slight."
( An investigation already is under
Way under naval regulations.
The loss in materiel in the wreck
was confined to a class of ships in
which the United States is over
whelmingly superior. Nearly 200 de
stroyers have been placed out ot
commission and are tied up in vari
ous navy yards.
INJURED IN HOSPITAL
AT SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 10.
|By the Associated Press.) —Twenty-
tree sailors dead and fifteen injur
►d; seven destroyers of the Pacific
iquadron of the battle fleet held fast
between rocks off Point Arguello
Light, in the Pacific ocean between
lan Francisco and Los Angeles.
‘ These are the outstanding conse
juences of the navy’s major marine
Jisaster in Pacific waters. The in
pred are being nursed at hospitals
Jere; a trainload of survivors is
leaded for San Diego, the naval
» lase, while the seven ships are fast
Jpproaching total wrecks by the in
pssant pounding of the surf.
The warships went ashore while
truising from San Francisco to San
Diego Saturday night shortly after 9
► clock in a dense fog. Mistaken
position in relation. to the coast line
■ believed to have caused the crash.
The destroyers were speeding
ihrough the fog hugging the shore
n single file formation when they
liled up on the rocks from 200 to
100 yards apart about 300 yards off
►ho re.
Fatalities Divided
The fatalities were divided between
lie destroyers. Seven were from the
' Delphy, and the others died on the
- Jestroyer Young, which turned over
ind sank in one minute and 37 sec
>nds after she struck.
The other destroyers, the S. P.
Lee, Nicholas, Fuller. Chauncey and
SVoodbury, went aground in posi
tions which gave their officers and
Srews a better chance for their lives
!han was afforded the crews on the
>ther craft.
The naval wrecks came while the
iestroyer Reno, a member of the
iquadron, had left the cruising line,
ittraeted by open boat loads of sur
rivors from the wrecked steamship
Duba, a passenger vessel.
1, The Cuba went ashore off San
' Miguel Island 12 hours before, and
its survivors were picked up by the
Reno, with the exception of one boat
©ad, which was picked up by the
Standard oil tanker W. H. Miller in
A the Santa Barbara channel, while its
>ccupants were rowing out to sea in
1 dense fog, under the impression
they were headed for shore.
Survivors Landed
The Miller will reach San Fran
cisco today. The Reno landed its
»urvivors at San Pedro last night.
Reports indicated that all on board
the Cuba were saved with the ex
ception of Captain C. J. Holland, the
purser, and eight members of the
crew who were reported to have re
mained on board to guard a ship
ment of bullion.
Last night it was reported the
Cuba parted and sank.
Whether the captain and his as
sociates foresaw the end of their
craft and paddled to San Miguel
Island in an open boat, or whether
they were caught unawares and
swallowed up with their sinking ship
was a qt 'stion unanswered early
today
Tnfe Cuoa was 'round from South
American ports to San Francisco.
Her wireless was crippled and had
«. calling radius of only e mile.
With a heavy sea running the
tugs Partridge and Sonoma are
standing by the smashed and twisted
wreckage of the seven U. S. naval
destroyers.
Two destroyers of the flotilla,
were net wrecked, have left for
San Dieeij with part of the crews of
the stranded craft, while others
have been sent away by train.
A guard of ten picked men has
been left the scene of wrecks,
and two more tugs are expected to
arrive at the scene today.
West Virginian Leaps
Off Railway Trestle
t From Moving Train
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., Sept. 10.—
T. R. Shelton, forty, of Charleston
W. Va., is in a critical condition
heer following a jump from a moy
Ing train near here last night as it
trossed a trestle 100 feet high.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
World News
Told In
Brief
WASHINGTON.—Fire breaks out
in the treasury building causing
about SI,OOO damage.
NEW YORK. —Mayor Dylan, ot
New York, shows encouraging im
provement in illness at Saratoga.
LONDON.—Charles Toth, of Bos
ton, swims the English channel in
sixteen hours and forty minutes.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge contributed SIOO to American
Red Cross Japanese relief funds.
j CLEVELAND—H. C. Thompson,
of Harvey, Ills., air mail pilot, is
, killed when his plane falls near Na-
■ poleon, Ohio.
WASHINGTON.—It is definitely
established that Cyrus E. Woods, U.
S. ambassador to Japan, and Mrs.
Wood, are safe in Tokio.
ROME.—Salamauo, Italian driver,
wins the Grand Prix automobile race
at Monza; Jimmy Murphy, United
States entry, finishes third.
PHILADELPHIA. Secret ary
■Denby asks for greater religious tol-'
erence in address before national
conference of Catholic charities.
ATHENS.—Greece replies to the
note of council of ambassadors, an
nouncing readiness to conform with
decision of council in regard to Italy’s
demands.
NEW YORK.—lrish republican
sympathizers, at meeting in New
York, move to bar Lloyd George
from visiting the United States as
undesirable alien.
TOKlO.—Plans to rebuild a new
Tokio are made, while earthquake
refugees are grouped in ruined cit
ies; some of them are driven insane
by hunger and suffering.
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Governor
Pinchot appeals to President Cool
idge, urging that steps be taken
at once to protect the consumer
against increased coal prices.
PARlS.—Poincare asserts that in
dicated German reparation offers
have little chance of acceptance and
declares that France will insist on
definite commitments by Berlin.
WASHlNGTON.—Earthquake of
moderate Intensity, estimated to be
centered about 2.300 or 2,400 miles
from Washington, is recorded on the
Georgetown university seismograph.
CHICAGO.—F. Edson White, Jr.,
15, son of president of Armour &
Co., accidentally kills himself when
he uses his gun as club to s ke at
tacking bull at Lake Forest, 111.,
home.
NEW YORK.—Mayor Hylan, of
New York, has pleuro-pneumonia at
Saratoga; his physicians believe he
can withstand the attack and say
their patient is confident of recov
ery. ,
ESSEN —Taking of inventory by
French mission in Krupp plant
causes uneasiness because of past
inventories taken in other industries
and followed by requisitiqn of pro
ducts on reparation account.
CAMVILLIIRS,/ France. —Premier
Poincare,speaking at inauguration of
monument to war dead, says that
resistance in Ruhr has been over
come little by little and is now be
ginning to collapse altogether.
HARRISBURG, Pa. Governor
Pinchot gets miners’ leaders to agree
to chief principles in proposal to
settle anthracite controversy, but
negotiations are still under way to
adjust less important points n dis
pute.
WASHINGTON.—Twenty-one bat
tleships and battel cruisers of United
States navy are to be sold for scrap
at series of sales beginning October
25, it is announced. Scraping will
be compliance with treaty for limi
tation of armaments.
BRUSSELS —Belgian minister of
foreign affairs, Henri gaspar, in in
terview with Associated Press, asks
that his government be given cred
it for obtaining acceptance by allies
of amount of fifty billion gold marks
as minimum German indemnity.
WASHINGTON.
ing out of money market for three
months treasury announces new is
sue of certificates of indebtedness ag
gregating two hundred million dol
lars and returning six months from
September 15, bearing 4 1-4 per cent
interest.
INDIANAPOLIS?* Creditors of
Governor Warren T. McCray vote
acceptance of his proposal that he
surrender to them his various hold
ings, which he values at $3,323,-
417.90. Committee will operate to
liquidate properties to meet gover
nor’s obligations, which he says, to
tal $2,652,682.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Weeks
refuses to intervene in Tulsa, Okla.,
flogging situation by replying to re
quest of Representative Howard, of
Oklahoma, that “declaration of mar
tial law by a governor of state or
insurrection against the government
of the state is a matter in which the
war department cannot intervene.”
GOVERNOR NAMES
BOARD TO STUDY
STATE TAX PUN
flames of Commission
| Selected for Study of
State Tax Problems
Following is the personnel of
the committee named Saturday by
Governor Walker to study the
state’s budget and suggest tax
reforms:
Fuller E. Callaway, of La-
Grange.
W. B. Baker, of Atlanta.
B. D. Brantley, of Blackshear.
W. T. Anderson, of Macon.
. \Sara Tate, of Tate.
Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, of
Athens.
J. E. Conwell, of Lavonia.
T. S. Mason, of Hartwell.
J. R. Phillips, of Louisville.
R. C. Ellis, of Tifton.
J. D. Haddock, of Damascus.
Freeman McClure, of LaFay
ette.
J. S. Peters, of Manchester.
The following other leaders of
public thought in the state have
been appointed to assist the com
mittee in an advisory capacity:
H. R. DeJarnette, J. M. B. Hox
sey, H. H. Swift, Martin Amorous,
W. H. Beckham, R. P. Jones, H.
W. Hopkins, .1. A. Holleman, L.
W. Branch, J. J. Wilkins, C. T.
Smith, E. R. Black, Courtenay
Thorpe, Charles B. Lewis, A. J.
Woodruff, F. G. Gordon. William
M. Howard, Fermor Bawett, T.
G. Smith, Sam Rutherford, R. L.
McClain.
Designating the members of the
so-called tax commission and outlin
ing, as having been suggested, a
tentative program of tax’ meetings
for the commission in various parts
of the state, Governor Clifford
Walker on Saturday took his first
step toward preparation of its work
for the general assembly’s extra
session. The assembly will meet
November 15 to enact new tax laws
for Georgia.
In releasing his statement, the
governor emphasized that the sched
ule of public meetings is essentially
tentative and probably will be
changed in some particulars. |
“From now on until the extra ses
sion convenes, I shall devote at least
half of my time to this work,” the
governor said. “I consider it the
most important subject before our
people today. I believe public atten
tion should be concentrated and
maintained upon it until it is solved.
Invites Suggestions
“It merits the best thought of ev
ery Georgian who can contribute
toward that solution, by helping us
to formulate the most helpful sug
gestions within our power to lay be
fore the legislature.”
The governor anticipates that the
members of the commission will
travel together from one point to
another in the itinerary of public
hearings, and that each meeting will
be made a feature of such intensive
local interest that the leaders of th©
entire surrounding community will
be moved to take active part in the
work.
Following is the governor’s state
ment:
“In line with pledges in my plat
form, I have selected a committee
to make a survey of the needs of tjie
state institutions for the next ten
years, prepare a budget covering
those needs, and make suggestions
of tax measures which v raise the
necessary funus by distributing the
burden fairly and by bringing to the
tax books property, tangible and
intangible, now escaping taxation.
Names of Commission
“To serve in this highly patriotic
work I have invited the strongest
men in the, state now available.
Fuller E. Callaway, of LaGrange;
W. B. Baker, of Atlanta; B. D.
Brantley, of Blackshear; W. T. An
derson, of Macon; Sam Tate, of
Tate; Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, of
Athens; J. E. Conwell, of Lavonia;
T. S. Mason, of Hartwell; J. R. Phil
lips, of Louisville; R. C. Ellis, of
Tifton; J. D. Haddock, of Damas
cus; Freeman McClure, of La-
Fayette; J. S. Peters, Manchester.
“Repsesenting the general assem
bly I have- selected Mr. Haddock, a
large planter of south Georgia, and
four students of taxation, including
the chairman of the tax committee
of the senate, Mr. Mason. The other
members of the committee are the
most upstanding, conservative, suc
cessful . d patriotic business men I
could enlist. Unfortunately, Mr.
Callaway is just recsove g from a
recent illness and may not be able
to attend the hearings over the
state. Dr. McPherson is selected as
the tax expert for the committee.
Advisers Named
“In close, association with this
committee in an advisory capacity,
I have invited to attend the hear
ings and make suggestions the pres
ident of the senate, the speaker of
the house, the chairman of the tax
committees of the senate and the
house, the authors of tax measures,
the professors of economics in Em
ory and Mercer universities, the
foilowing special students of taxa
tion: H. R. DeJarnette, J. M. B.
Hoxsey, H. H. Swift, Martin Amor
ous’, W. H. Beckham, R. P. Jones,
H. W. Hopkins, J. A. Holleman,
L. W. Branch, J. J. Wilkins, C. T.
Smith, E. R. Black, Courtenay
Thorpe, Chas. B. Lewis, A. J. Wood
ruff,. F. G. Gordon, Wm. M. How
ard, Fermor Barrett, T. G. Smith.
Sam Rutherford, R. L. McClain, and
any other citizens of Georgia inter
ested in real tax reform.
“A tentative program of meetings
has been suggested as follows:
“Preliminary meeting at the capi
tol, Atlanta, Monday, September
17th, 4 p. m.; Rome, September 18th;
Athens, September 19th; Augusta,
September 20th; Macon, September
25th; Columbus, September 26th; Sa
vannah, September 27th-28th. These
dates may be rearranged for con
venience later.
“Members of the general assembly
will be especially invited and expect
ed to attend at least one meeting at
the most convenient point.”
MfICDNS FLOGGING
HEARING POSTPONED;
SURPRISE PROMISED
MACON, Ga., Sept. 10.—(By the
I Associated Press.) —Trial of the Ma
icon flogging cases will not be called
until tomorrow, it was announced
by Solicitor Roy W. Moore, just be
fore the hour set for the city court
jto convene. The solicitor this morn
; ing decided that cases of men who
I hav e been confined to jail would be
I heard first and disposed of.
Solicitor Moore declined to state
I just what case would be called first,
jof th© Hudson and Alexander
charges, but promised an announce
ment either late tonight or early to
morrow.
The cases of S. R., .T. C. and C. R.
Hudson and J. F. Alexander were
on the docket of the court for to
day, but Solicitor Moore said that
the cases would not e called to
day.
Although the cases of the Hud
sons have been set over until 10
o’clock tomorrow morning, it was
said ’today to be possible that these
cases would be set over again until
a later date during the term and
that one of the five other defend
ants might be put on trial. The
Yarbrough, Bloodworth, Patrick/
Alexander and Delamar cases all
are said to be considered of more
importance than the Hudson cases.
More Arrests Predicted
Eight arrests have been made to
date in the campaign of Bibb county
officials to stamp out flogging in
Macon and it was stated in officia,
circles that a number of other ar
[rests probably would be made dur
ing the week. None could be found
to give an idea of how many would
be taken into custody, but one of
ficial said “quite a few arrests prob
ably will be made.”
That the court proceedings in the
flogging cases might be long drawn
out was indicated by the statemen:
of Solicitor Moore today that he in
tended to press every charge again. st
the men now under arrest.
“I intend to stamp out this law
lessness in Bibb county if it costs
me my life,” the solicitor said.
There are seven cases against Dr.
C. A. Yarbrough, dentist, who is al
leged to have been the "whipping
boss” of Macon and to have directed
the whippings that Wave the city
and county in a turmoil I’or months.
The solicitor stated today that each
charge would be pressed separately.
The case of J. F. Alexandei was
continued until next Monday, Sep
tember 17, when another judge will
be present to try it. Judge Will
Gunn is disqualified in this case be
cause of being related to Alexander.
The cases of the Hudsons were
continued until tomorrow morning
at 10 o’clock.
The court then took up the regu
lar docket.
Yarbrough for Mayor
A new angle in the coming mu
nicipal election developed today when
Dr. C. A. Yarbrough, rflleged leader
of a flogging band in Macon, statea
he had been approached by nearly
1.000 persons who asked him to make
the race for mayor against Mayor
Luther Williams and that he might
be a candidate.
“In the event the cases against me
now are concluded before the elec
tion is held, I will most assurely
make the race,” Dr. Yapbrough said.
He said he knew of np better
method of showing his vindication of
the seven charges resting against
| him than at the ballot box. Mayor
Williams has no opposition so far.
The trial of Dr. Yarbrough is to be<
gin in city court here tomorrow. He
is charged with rioting, pointing a
pistol and assault and battery in con
nection with flogging here.
A crowd that overflowed the Mul
berry Street Methodist Episcopal
church, south, here last night stood
in silent protest against the wave of
floggings that has swept Macon and
Bibb county in recent months at
the close of a sermon by the pastor,
Dr. Walter Anthony. The rising
vote was taken when Bishop W. N.
Ainsworth, who was present, told
the audience that he indorsed the de
nunciation of lawlessness the pastor
bad uttered and asked that all who j
deplored and opposed the floggings
here stand.
Dr. Anthony, in his address, char
acterized the floggers as traitors,
criminals, slackers, draft dogers,
cowards and seditionists. “No man,
not a traitor to his country, has any
reason to have recourse to the
mask,” the minister declared.
Mobsmen Never Patriots
“Underneath all mob violence
there is the enthronement of self
above the country and common
good, the speaker said. “The men
who compose mobs are not patriots.
They are generally the scum and
criminal element of a community.
They engage in their illegal prac- j
tices, not because they love their j
county, but because they desire ex- ■
citement, adventure—or, as they ex- ■
press it, fun. Professed patriotism
is ‘the last refuge of a scoundrel.’ ”
Dr. Anthony then described how
on one occasion, when a mob was
seeking a victim in a community in
which he lived, he disguised himself
and entered the mob to see what
sort of persons composed it.
“Thejr were a gang of crooks as- i
sembled for a gala day,” he declared. |
“And the men who compose the
mobs in Macon. Who are they? Do ,
you believe they are made up of the I
really brave boys, patriots 1
who went overseas at the call of
their country to do battle for civili
zation? 1 will venture to make a
prophesy: If ever the leaders of
these mobs are found and convicted
you will find among them, not sol
diers, but the slacker, the draft
dodgers, the seditionists, the sym- !
pathizers with Germany and the
community cowards. Nobody but
the dirtiest type of coward chooses
the night and numbers and a mask
to ‘mete out justice’ to wrong
doers.”
Dr. Anthony formerly was pastor ’
of St. Marks Methodist church in !
Atlanta, and of churches in Athens, 1
Ga.. and Lynchburg, Va.
OKLA. GOVERNOR FORBIDS
PARADE BY KLANSMEN
j OKLAHOMA CITY, , Okla., Sept,
j 10.—(By the Associated Press) —
■ Governor Walton today ordered tifie
I sheriff of Stephens county to swear
■in extra deputies to prevent a pa-
' rade of the Ku Klux Klan which the
I governor has been informed will be
' held tomorrow night at Dune n.
I The executive declared he will use
■ the national guard if county author,
Lities are unable to bar the demon
Fstration.
OKLAHOMA CITY? Okla., Sept. 8.
WONDER WHEN CAL’S GONNA UNPACK THIS ONE
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(By the Associated Press.) —Ouster
proceedings against Henry Kiskad
rlon, commissioner of police at Tulsa,
will be filed Monday in connection
with alleged mistreatment of prison
ers by the police, J. W. King, as
sistant state’s attorney general, an
nounced iher© today.,
At the same time? Assistant At
torney General King said, criminal
charges will be filed against, four
members of the Tulsa police depart
ment who are alleged to have been
involved in the brutal handling of
prisoners while the latter were held
without charges having been filed
against them.
The names of the policemen were
given as Ed Irwin, Bird, Bowley and
Squires.
Mr, King, who has been repre
senting the attorney general’s de
partment during the martial law
rule at Tulsa, stated the testimony
■of Joe D. Morris, a 19-year-old boy,
will be given as a basis for the
•charges.
Morris told state investigators
that he was questioned by the po
lice after interviewing a man on the
street in Tulsa and that of his fail
ure to give a “satisfactory answer”
he was beaten until he could “not
up.”
At one time during the question
ing, he continued, the policemen
threatened to kill him.
Morris, a diminutive lad, declared
the policemen broke his nose and
that when they released him his
body “was like a beef steak.”
Threats 'to turn him over to the
K. K. K. when they were through
with him were made by the four,
Morris was quoted by the assistant
attorney general as adding.
In addition to Morris, ' Assistant
Attorney General King declared, in
vestigation has developed that sev
eral men without being officially
held for crimes were roughly han
dled by the police department.
Evidences indicated, according to
King, that the details of such as
saults could not have escaped Com
missioner Kiskaddon unnoticed.
Drug Clerk Fatally
Burned as Cigarette
Fires Keg of Alcohol
WEST PALM BEAH, Fla., Sept.
10.—larence W. Rocker, 24, clerk in
a drug store here, died today of
burns received last night, when a
cask of alcohol exploded. Rocker had
left the alcohol running slowly while
he went to the front of the store
to wait on a customer apd lighted
a cigarette as he returned to turn
off the spigot.
Ten thousand dollars damage was
done to stock and fixtures of the
Josey Drug company, on which
there was five thousand dollars in
surance.
Chicago Yeggman
Spares Lodge Brother
In Street Hold -up
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—Lodge broth
er met lodge brother. One stood
behind o. pistol, the other in front
of it with his hands in the air. Jo
seph Cooney, the man in front
started to take off a ring engrave!
with lodge insignia.
“Wait,” ordered the robber, “what
lodge is that?”
They found they were members
of the same fraternity and the ban
dit decided not to rob Cooney but
took sl2 from Cooney’s companion,
who was not a lodge brother.
Desperado Surrenders
After Shooting Wife
And Battling Police
BELLEVILLE, 111.. Sept. 10.—
(By the Associated Press.) —Harry
Kettler, 27 years of age, who had
the local police force at bay for
some time after having shot and se
rously wounded his wife, mother
in-law and' two police officers, sur
rendered to the authorities this aft
ernoon, after his supply of ammuni
tion had become exhausted. Offi
cers who entered t£e house where
he had barricaded himself found him
concealed behind the kitchen stbve.
He was brought to the St. Clare
county uninjured.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, September 11, 1923
■MILL
IS HER FIRE OF
DAUGHTER, CUTOFF
The courts of Fulton county will
be called upon to test the validity of
the will of the late Mr. James G.
Woodward, four times mayor of At
lanta, which has been filed for pro
bate in solemn form with Ordinary
Thomas H. Jeffries.
The will is to be contested by Mrs.
J. N. ■ Renfroe, only child of Mr.
Woodward, who was cut off without
a penny from her father’s estate of
approximately $60,000.
Mrs. Renfroe, formerly Miss Nan
nie Woodward, became entranged
from her father when he married a
second time, and later they were in
volved in litigation over certain prop
erty belonging to Mr. Woodward’s
first wife, Mrs. Renfroe’s mother.
The relations between father and
daughter were very bitter for many
months and Mr. Woodward’s will,
part of which -..as written before the
legal proceedings and part of It aft
erward, reflects his feelings toward
her.
Leaves Wife Annuity
Mr. Woodward leaves J • his sec
ond wife, Mrs. Violet McCraney
Woodward, an annuity of $75 per
month as Jong as she shall live, to
gether with the Woodward home
and its furnishings on East Hun
ter street, and also makes provision
that all extraordinary expenses,
such as sickness, etc., shall be paid
from his estate.
To Mrs. Renfroe, in a clause aft
erward cancellde in red ink, he left
an annuity of SSO per rponth
"should she • ver get to the actual
point of necessity for ■ «so.nable
comfort.” This bequest Weis can
celled February 5, 1923.
The balance of the estate goes to
the Union Printers’ Home in Colo
rado Springs. Col., an institution
which was suggested by Mr. Wood
ward many years ago, shortly after
gave up active work as a jour
neyman printer. He served on the
first board of trustees of the print
ers’ home.
The will sets forth that Mrs. Ren
froe was guilty of “gross unfilial
conduct towards me and unwar
ranted inhuman treatment.” Never
theless, the instrument declares, the
sum of/SSO per month is to be paid
to her in the event of her actual
necessity for reasonable comfort.
This was written in November, 1922,
after his second marriage to which
Mrs. Renfroe maie vigorous objec
tion.
Then came th© legal complications
involving Mrs. Renfroe’s interest in
her mother’s estate. This suit is
still pending in the Fulton superior
court, awaiting the report of the
special auditor to whom the case
was referred for hearing.
The Weather
Forecast for Tuesday:
Virginia: Fair.
North and South Carolina and
Georgia: Generally fair, no change
in temperature; light, variable
winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy, with scat- j
tered thundershowers; light, varia j
ble winds.
Alabama,’ Mississippi: Fair, except I
thundershowers near the coast; light, j
variable winds.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair
and mild.
Louisiana: Generally fair, except
local showers in southeast portion.
Arkansas, Oklahoma and West
Texas: Generally fair.
East Texas: Generally fair; light,
southwest winds on the coast.
GEORGIA CO-OP
BffiES BICE
TO 575 PER BALE
BY EDWIN CAMP
The Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co
operative association announcess
that it will advance 15 cents a pound
to its members on delivery of cotton
this fail, which is at the rate of $75
a standard bale.
This advance was authorized at
a meeting of the directors, after a
thorough canvass of the situation.
The advance is made possible by
the fact that the association in its
conduct of business during the past
year has established an enviable
credit rating and is able to borrow
at a favorable interest rate all the
money needed for financing the ad
vances pending the gradual selling
of the crop.
Last year the association made an
; initial advance of twelve cents a
pounds, S6O a bale, at time of deliv
ery.
Conwell Discusses Move.
Commenting on the action of the
i board, President J. E. Conwell says:
“It is hoped that this increase of ap
! proximately sls a bale as an initial
advance will enable our members to
be in a better position to take care
of their obligation at the present, as
well as to facilitate the delivery of
all cotton against which there are
mortgages or encumbrance.”
The present rate of advance will
remain in effect until further action
by the board-of directors.
The cooperative association re
cently made final ©sttlement with all
members who delivered their 1922
crop to the association. The aver
age gross sale price for all mem
bers’ cotton received last year was
27.60 cents and the net average price
to the grower member was 26.03
cents.
Since the first of the year the as
sociation has added approximately
25,000 new memebrs, which brings
the total membership up to approxi
mately 40,000, as against a member
ship of 13,500 for last year.
New Economies Planned
The association made an enviable
record last year in the matter of
economy of operation, and promises
to do even better in that respect
this year. With a membership that
has been trebled in size and with
. the certainty of receiving more than
•twice as much cotton as last year
under the same overhead expense,
the cost of handling its members"
cotton will probably be reduced
sharply.
Various direct steps of economy
have been taken. For one thing,
the directors have decided to have
all cotton delivered by’ members to
be shipped immediately to concen
tration poipts instead of being left
in local warehouses. This is expect
ed to save at least $1.50 on each
bale of cotton handled.
River Boat Is Scene
Os Double Killing
Near Tuscumbia, Ala.
SHEFFIELD, Ala., Sept. 6. —Ac-
cording to information received here,
a boat in the Tennessee river about
i fourteen miles up from Tuscumbia
sas the scene of a double killing
• Thursday night. John Butler, Will
. Pitts and his son, Eugene Pitts, are
said to have been in the boat when
Butler and the elder Pitts engaged
in a dispute. The son took up for
his father with the result that he
and Butler fired simultaneously,
j Both shots were fatal, it is said,
and Butler fell from the boat into
’ the river. Young Pitts fell in the
1 boat and was brought ashore by his
I father.
The report did not say whether
Butler’s body had been recovered.
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!Athens Now Lays Blame for
Italian Assassinations on
Government of Albaniai
League in Quandary
K
GENEVA, Sept. 9—Both Greece
and Italy have accepted the allied
ambassadors’ proposals as a basis of
settlement.
League of Nations leaders are con
fident that the conflict is at an end.
i But the turmoil that threatened»
j for a time to cause war has left the
I league with a serious problem on its
j hands —the problem ot saving its
i face before the world,
j Leading statesmen at Geneva uni
! versally recognize that as a result
' of Italy’s challenge of the league’s
; competency to adjudicate the dj«-
I pute the question cannot remain uh
; settled. If decisive action to reaf
; firm the league’s power is not taken.
| its future will be irretrievably com
i promised. JJ 1
I It is still uncertain what steps th©
league council will take for estab
-I.shing its competence, but there
were three possibilities under con
sideration tonight. •
1. That members of the council ,
themselves, on behalt of their gov- '
ernments, formally announce the
league’s competency.
2. That the question be submitted
' to the assembly of the league, where.
1 with the exception of Italy and pos-
| sijjly France, it is believed a unan- t
; imous vote could be secured.
3. That the question be submit-
■ ted to The Hague, where a formal
decision based on the' four treaties
in which the league covenant is in
corporated, would be promulgated.
It is possible, however, that before
Monday some other method for the '
league to assert itself will be found.
In the meantime, world pressure .s
being brought to bear, not only on
the league itself, but on individual
governments demanding establish
ment of the league’s competency.
The Scandinavian countries, the
Balkan group, the “little entente”
and Poland are leading the fight
within the league itself which is
certain to culminate as soon as the
assembly is allowed to take up the
question.
GREECE HOLDS ALBANIA
RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDERS
CORFU, Sept. 8. —An ultimatum
has been delivered by Greece to Al
bania, demanding the surrender
within five days of the slayers of
the five Italian officials near Janina,
according to a report here.
Greece made the demand on Al
bania following an investigation
which demonstrated that Albanians
assassinated the Italians, the report
stated.
Demonstrations against the Ital
ians are going on in Patras, accord
ing to reports reaching Corfu, and
if Greece has sent an ultimatum to
Albania, as reported, Athens merely
is believed to be attempting to
transfer the blame for the Italian
assassinations, it was stated in of
ficial circles here.
Prosecution of Macon
Floggings to Be Left
In Charge of Solicitor ,
ROy Moore, solicitor of the city
court of Macon and commander of
the American Legion post in that
city, member of the Kiwanis club
and one of the ablest young lawyers
of the city, will have entire charge
of the staxe’s case in the prosecution
at Macon this coming week of th©
various defendants awaiting trial
there in connection withi recent flog
gings.
This much was settled definitely
by Governor Clifford Walker Satur
day, when the governor issued th©
following statement:
“1 have had under consideration
the employment of special counsel to
assist in the prosecution of the de
fendants in the flogging cases at
Macon and Milledgeville. Upon irt
vestigation, I find that Solicitor
Moore, of Macon, has the prosecu
tion well in hand, and I am ad
vised that he will be able to take
care of the state’s interest in the
matter. Unless there are further de
velopments, the case will be allowed
to rest with him in charge.”
There had been discussion, until
the governor’s statement was issued,
of the possibility that Mr. Moor©
would be given associate counsel by
the state, largely on account of the
volume of the work ahead and par
tially because the Macon cases are
said to be involved in some particu
lars with the corresponding cases at
Milledgeville. From a source close
to the governor, it was learned that
Solicitor General Charles H. Garrett
was the only prosecutor who might
be considered as an associate, for
Mr. Moore.
Jockey Is Killed
By Kick of Horse
In Big Derby Race
WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. B.—-
.Mickey Mountain, a Montreal, Que
bec, jockey, was fatally injured in
th e fifth of th© Derby >day running
races at the West Virginia State fair
today when he fell with Maym e Tufri
fifty yards from the barrier. Her
hoof struck Mountain’s skull, frac
turing it. He lived but a short while.
Hi© wife witnessed the accident.
Earlier in the afternoon Tactless
11, owned by Mrs. A. Tingle, of
Baltimore, stumbled and fell during
a race, breaking her neck. G. Camp
bell, th© jockey, suffer-ed a concus
sion of the brain. He will be detain
ed in a hospital for several days.
Child May Reconcile
Bill Hart and Wife
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. B.
Bill Hart, Jr., may yet reconcile his
famous daddy and mother. For
when Bill, Jr., celebrated his first
birthday yesterday, Bill, Sr., sent
him a loving cup.
When she saw the cup, Mrs. Hart
said: “I don’t believe in divorce
when there is a child to be consid
ered.” .