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VOL. XXV. NO. 153
Manslaughter Is Verdict
For Policeman Stigall
15-YEIR PRISON
TERM GIVEN WITH
VERDICT OF JURY
Decision of Guilt on Volun
tary Manslaughter Charge
Is Reached After ‘Six
Hours’ Deliberation
“Fight Has Just Begun/’
Stigall Says, Discussing
Verdict of the Jury
Seated in his cell at the Fulton
county tower two hours after the
jury had found him guilty of vol
untary manslaughter and fixed
his sentence at fifteen years,
Policeman E. C. Stigall, former
head of the Atlanta police de
partment vice squad, declared:
“We have not by any means
given up the fight; in fact, we
have just begun to fight, and I
feel sure that with another trial
I will be entirely exonerated.”
Stigall’s statement, made to a
Journal reporter, follows in full:
“I imagine the bootleggers and
loose women of Atlanta are hold
ing a celebration in Atlanta to
night. While I am disappointed,
I feel that the jury followed the
dictates of their consciences by
convicting me under the evidence
which was submitted, but I want.'
to say that more falsehoods were
sworn against me during the last
two days than were ever sworn
against any man in a courtroom.
“I did not have the proper time
to combat much of this testimony
and I am satisfied that if I get
a new trial I will be able to im
peach many of the witnesses who
swore against me. Just today I
learned that two of the witnesses
for the state were men of no
torious characters.
“My case now is entirely in
the hands of my attorneys and
we have not by any means given
up the fight. In fact, we have
just begun to fight, and I feel
sure that with another trial I
will be entirely exonerated.”
\ At 4j50 o’clock Saturday after
noon, after having been out mo’
than five hours, the jury in the
case of Policeman E. Q. Stigall.
charged with the murder of Private
Detective W. H. Hames, brought in
a verdict of voluntary manslaughter
• and fixed Stigall’s sentence at not
<less than fifteen years and not more
than sixteen years in the state peni
tentiary.
Stigall received the verdict with
< set face, lifting his eyes only once
from the time the jury came into
the box until he received the sen
tence of the court. He glanced
sharply at Solicitor Boykin when
Mr. Boykin received the verdict
from the foreman of the jury, but
instantly averted his face before
the verdict was read.
Judge Humphries passed sentence
immediately after the verdict was
read, Stigall telling the court t
he had no stateirient to make. He
was led quickly from the room
under heavy guard when cburt re
cessed and refused to comment on
the verdict to newspapermen.
Mrs. Stigall, wife of the convicted
man, who had sat by his side con
stantly throughout the entire five
days of his trial, and who had greet
ed him every morning with a kiss,
broke down in tears when she heard
■ her husband’s fate. She was led
from the courtroom on the arm of
her friend, Mrs. J. C. Mosely, who
had been with her at the defense
table throughout the trial.
Attorney Walter LeCrew, of the
law firm of Branch & Howard, was
the onlv defense attorney in the
courtroom when the verdict was tak
en. Attorneys William Schley How
ard and James A. Branch having
left for home at the noon recess.
Eater Attorney Howard commented
on the verdict as follows:
“We feel very keenly disappointed
that Mr. Stigall was not exonerated
fully by the jury. We realized from
the beginning that Mr. Stigall, in
the exercise of his legal duty, had
made many powerful enemies among
those who traffic in vice.
"We have not had time for a con
sultation with our client, but we
feel certain at this time that a mo
tion for a new trial will be filed at
once, with the hope that eventually
our client will be fully exonerated.”
Remarkable Time
When th e Stigall murder case wen;
(Continued on Page 6, Column 7)
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Gas Price Enforcement
Temporarily Restrained
By Jacksonville Court
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Sept. 22.
Judge George Couper Gibbs in the
circuit court here today issued an
order for a temporary injunction
restraining the city commission
from enforcing the price of gas at
$1.65 in accordance with the act of
legislature of 1921. It will become
effective -when the Jacksonville gas
company files bond, of $60,000. He
held that the rate was confiscatory.
Judge Gibbs had formerly denied
application for injunction and it
also has been refused twice in the
federal courts.
SIX JURORS CHOSEN
IN SECOND TRIAL
OF DO, YARBROUGH
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MACON, Ga., Sept. 24.—(8y the
Associated Press).—Six jurors were
in the box when city court recessed
for two hours at 1 o’clock today in
the trial of Dr. C. A. Yarbrough on
a charge of rioting in connection
with the flogging of W. O. Barnett.
Seventeen talesmen were examined,
the defense peremptorily challeng
ing five, the state four and two be
ing excused for cause.
The selection was expected to pro
ceed more rapidly this afternoon as
the defense has only two more
peremptory challenges and the state
one.
Dr. Yarbrough still has six charges
against him while there are charges
-gainst J. E. Bloodworth, J. D. Pat
rick, W. F. Delamar, S. R., J. C. and
C. F. Hudson and J. P. Durkee, mem
bership solicitor for the Ku Klux
Klan in Macon.
Wallace Miller, former assistant
United States district attorney and
a noted criminal lawyer, appeared in
the case to assist Solicitor Roy W.
Moore and P. H. Lamb. Mr. Miller
was employed as special counsel by
Ollie M. Perry.
Dr. Yarbrough was acquitted Sep
tember 15 of a charge of rioting in
connection with flogging of R. F.
Mills, former barber and chroprodist.
A charge of assault and battery in
connection with this case is still on
the docket against the dentist.
Attorney Miller, when questioned
on demand of the defense as to who
had<employed him, said he was re
tained by Ollie M. Perry, an al
leged victim of the (loggers. Attor
ney Ross objected to his appear
ance in the Yarbrough case, but
Judge Gunn overruled the objection,
saying he understood any citizen
could employ special counsel tp aid
the state.
The first half hour of today’s ses
sion of city court was taken up with
calling and swearing the list of
jurors summoned for this week and
with calling the roll of witnesses.
The temporary court room was again
crowded to capacity,
Sunday Gasoline Sale
In Alabama Defeated
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 22.
Senator J. M. Bonner, of Wilcox
county, sponsor of two Sunday bills
which were rejected by the senate,
again suffered defeat last night
when the senate voted down his mo
tion to table the Williams bill legal
izing the sale of gasoline and motor
fuels in Alabama on the Sabbath.
The bill passed the senate by an
overwhelming majority.
6,000,000-Pound Coffee
Cargo Reaches Chicago
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—What is be
lieved by the purchasers to be prob
ably the largest purchase of coffee
ever made, about 6,000,000 pounds,
arrived here today at the Clark
street dock after a voyage of about
5,100 miles. This is the first ship
ment of Colombian which was con
veyed by water all the way.
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COOLIDGE PRAISES
RED CROSS IDEALS
BEFORE CONVENTION
Deep Faith in Spiritual
Things, Tempered by Hard
Common Sense, to Live,
President Says
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.).
(Copyright, 1923.)
1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Presi
dent Coolidge today made his first
long speech. Relatively speaking, it
was brief —not more than 1,000
words, but it says more than the
chief executive has been willing to
say publicly since he took office.
Although there Is no direct refer
ence to foreign policy in the speech
he delivered to the annual conven
tion of the American Red Cross here,
there are principles enunciated in
it which will without doubt chart
the course of Mr. Coolidge in world
affairs.
For one thing, Mr. Coolidge is not
an out-and-out pacifist. He says
that while force is not the “ulti
mate ruler of mankind” neverthe
less “mankind has not yet, cannot
yet, discard the use of these forces.”
He regards as significant that great
nations have agreed upon limitation
of armament and that civilization
is “coming to rely more • and more
upon moral force.”
Believer in Conscience
Using the Red Cross idea as a
symbol of a policy of practical ideal
ism, the president argues that its
appeals have been effective because
they have been “directly to the con
science of mankind” without “any
element of compulsion.
“The ancient ideals of human
brotherhood, of service, the applica
tion of the golden rule, of peace on
earth ana good will towards men
are idle dreams,” President Coolidge
says, “unless they can be trans
lated into practical action.”
jit this point Mr. Coolidge does
not outli: course would be
one of “practical action” in the
present disturbed state of world af
fairs but he sav guardedly that “it
is necessary, on the one hand, to
avoid the illusions of the visionaries,
and, on the other hand, the indif
ference of the selfish.” This idea of
not going to extremes in either di
rection but steering in the middle of
the lane was the late President Har
ding’s reiterated doctrine of cau
tion. Mr. Cool.’.' insists also that
“each individual and each nation
owe their first duty to themselves”
and that beyond that there is “the
obligation of the strong to serve the
weak but to administer such serv
ice in away that will not destroy or
degrade by making mendicants but
will restore and strengthen by mak
ing character.”
Warning for Europeans
This thought is in line with the
idea that the best thing that could
happen to Europe would be a reali
zation that she must rely on her
self. Otherwise she might get into
the habit of relying on others.
Mr. Coolidge endeavors in his
speech to narrow down somewhat
the obligation of a nation. “The con
stant need of civilization,” he re
marks, “is for a practical idealism”
which does not undertake “to as
sume responsibility for all hu
manity” but when a crisis arises
“does not hesitate to go out and
make whatever sacrifice is neces
sary to master the occasion.”
Mr. Coolidge deciares that this
kind of idealism was illustrated in
the late war when America “went
to the rescue of Europe with treas
ure and men when their own liberty
and the liberty of the world was in
peril, but when the victory was se
cure, retired from the field unen
cumbered by spoils, independent, un
attached and unbought, still con
tinuing to contribute lavishly to the
relief of the stricken and destitute
old world.”
Hands-off Policy
This in a nutshell an expression
of the American government’s policy
which indicates that Mr. Coolidge
adopts almost wholly the attitude of
his predecessor in believing that
America had done enough for Eu
rope. There are those in European
chancelleries who believe the peace
of the world was not secure when
American power and influence con
tributed much to the chaos of recon
struction out of which Europe has
been struggling to emerge but the
view usually taken in the Washing
ton government since the war,
whenever the subject is raised by
Europeans, is that America has not
been responsible-—a conflict of opin
ion which time and history may
some day resolve.
The interesting thing is that Pres
ident Coolidge announces virtually
a hands-off policy in Europe, at
least, until Europe shall help her
self and work out her own salvation.
FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS
BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—A deep
faith in spiritual things, tempered
by a hard common sense adapted
to the needs of the world, is the
kind of practical idealism that is
represented in the history of Amer
ica, President Coolidge said today in
an address before the annual con
vention of the American Red Cross.
The people, he added, are not likely
to adopt any other course.
The idealism of which he spoke,
(Continued on Page 6, Column 5)
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
MADRID. King Alfonso signs
decree abolishing jury system in
Spain.
MADRID.—King Alfonso signs de
cree abolishing jury system in trials
in Spain.
BOSTON. Speedy recovery for
Thomas Taggart is predicted by
specialist, who declares his illness
not serious.
MEMPHIS. Clarence Saunders
testifies that an appeal to Henry
Ford for financial help in his Piggly-
Wiggly troubles failed.
NEW YORK. Babe Ruth is
awarded the American league
trophy for the season as most valu
able player to his club.
CAIRO, Egypt—Violent earth
shocks recorded Saturday night ar.
Helouan observatory and estimated
to be about 2,500 miles away.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton, of Oklahoma, declares that
the Ku Klux Klan will be a vital
issue in the next national election.
WASHINGTON. —Senator Under
wood denies having said recently in
Chicago that he is no longer a strong
advocate of the League of Nations.
ROME. Unidentified* group
breaks into Scottish Rite lodgJ
rooms near St. Peter’s and carries
off all documents that can be found.
NEW YORK. —Dr. Maurice F.
Egan, former United States minister
to Denmark, shown slight improve
ment at Beach Haven, N. J., but con
dition remains critical.
WASHINGTONS—President Coo
lidge has made up his mind that he
will not be responsible for expres
sions of his supposed views that are
given publicity by his callers.
WARSAW. —One hundred and ten
miners are believed to have been
killed in explosion in main shaft of
Redencoal mines at lombrova. Fifty
bodies have been recovered.
LONDON.—Less than one-fourth
of the antiques have been recovered
from Tutenkhamun’s tomb, declares
Howard Carter, American archaeolo
gist, one of discoverers of tomb.
PHILADELPHIA. Cardinal
Dougherty, of Philadelphia, says
conditions in Italy are better and
he attributes improved industrial
situation to Mussolini’s influence.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—House of
Alabama legislature passes Inzer bill
substituting electric chair for hang
man’s noose in Alabama. With gov
ernor’s signature bill will become
law.
WASHINGTON.—NationaI indus
trial conference board announces
that cost of living in last six months
has reached highest mark so far,
but that wages have gone even high
er proportionately.
I LONDON.—Reuther dispatch from
| Sofia reports that communists near
[ town of Kazanlik attempted to pro
' claim soviet republic but go-ern
ment troops quelled movement.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton declares that Ku Klux Klan
is whipped in Oklahoma.
WASHINGTON. Activities of
German agents in Mexico during
World war have been made basis for
new series of claims laid before Ger
man-American mixed claims commis
sion.
WASHINGTON. President Coo
lidge has virtually decided to hold
proposed conference of governors on
enforcement of prohibition and other
plans in Washington about middie
of October.
PARIS. - Dispatch to Havas
agency from Sofia reports one hun
dred thousand peasants, majority of
them armed, are marching on Sofia
in attempt to overthrow the gov
ernment.
WASHINGTON. Supervision of
coal industry through specially
created division of interstate com
merce commission is recommended
to President Coolidge by coal com
mission in final report.
LONDON. —Permission is granted
by English authorities to Oglethorpe
university for removal to United
States of remains of James Edward
Oglethorpe, founder of institution
and first governor of Georgia.
WHEELING, W. Va. Three
miners were killed in explosion at
Benwood mine of Wheeling Steel
and Iron company, it becomes
known when bodies are found buried
beneath tons of coal and stone.
STOCKHOLM.—Swedish foreign
office issues statement declaring
that allegations to effect that Swe.i
ish charge d’affaires in Mexico hid
acted as German spy during war
had been carefully investigated and
found to be entirely without basis
WASHINGTON. Establishment
in Washington of national bureau
of criminal identification is decided
on at conference between Attorney
General Daugherty and representa
tives of police and criminal investi
gating organizations from all parts
of country.
NEW YORK.—George L. Berry,
head of Pressmen’s International
union, says workers will be provided
from outside cities for every vacant
press job on New York City news
papers, and that papers in other cit
ies will be stopped, if necessary, to
bring New York plants to normal
conditions.
NEW YORK. Publishers sign
agreement by which International
Union of Pressmen will seek to run
presses of metropolitan newspapers;
agreement calls for dissolution of
New York union, members of which
struck in violation of orders from
officers of parent union.
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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, September 25,1923
German Cabinet Decides on
Complete Surrender in Ruhr
LIGHTNING STRIKES
RAGING BALLOONS:
5 AERONAUTS DEAD
American Airship Destroyed
by Bolt in Bennett Trophy
Contest and Two Army Of
ficers Are Killed
BRUSSELS, Sept. 24.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —Five airmen, in
cluding two United States army
lieutenants, lost their lives, another
was injured severely and five bal
loons were smashed on the ground
or destroyed by lightning in the
James Gordon Bennett Cup race,
started yesterday under the most
adverse weather condition in the
history of the competition.
The dead are Lieutenant Olmstead
and Lieutenant Choptaw, of the U.
S. army balloon S-6.
Lieut. Von Gruningen and Lieu
tenant Wehren, of the Swiss balloon
Geneva.
Penaranda Barca, of the Spanish
balloon Polar.
Gomez Guillamon, assistant to
Barca in the Polar, was hurt.
The U. S. navy A-6699 and the
Fernande 111, a French entry pilot
ed by G. Blanchet, were the only
balloons reported up to noon today
as having landed safely.
Fear for Others
In view of the terrific storm
which broke out half an hour after
the last balloon took off and
which was raging over northern
Belgium and Holland and the
neighboring north sea water until
10 o’clock last night, fears are en
tertained for the safety of the ten
balloonists not yet heard from.
These are Bienaime and Ravaine,
balloon Picardy, France; Demuyter
and Weenstra, balloon Belgica, Bel
guim; Dunville and Spencer, Eng
land; Armbruster and Picard, Switz
erland ; Delasierra and Magdalena,
Spain.
Officials of the Brussels Aero club,
appalled by the catastrophe, point
out that they had advocated post
ponement of the race but found
that the rules were inflexible. They
will propose changes to overcome
this difficulty in the future. Many
members, however, favor cancella
tion of the competition altogether.
“St. Louis” Bursts
The third American entrant in
the race, the balloon St. Louis, nev
er took the air, bursting before the
start from the pressure of her an
chor rope.
The S-6 was caught in the vortex
of a terrific southwesterly gale in
crossing the Belgian frontier about
7 o’clock last evening, the rain
storm forcing the balloonists to un
load all their ballast. When the
balloon crashed at Nistelrode, in
Holland, both men were dead.
Lieutenant Olmstead was killed
when lightning struck the balloon,
while Lieutenant Choptaw suffered
death when the S-6 fell, in the
opinion of Dr. Van Binbergen, ot
Nistelrode, who examined the bodies.
Lieutenant Olmstead’s body was
found under the bag in the basket,
while that of his companion was
about 25 feet away, as if the victim
had jumped.
The disqualification of the U. S.
army balloon S-6 had just been de
cided upon because of her ramming
the Belgian entry. Ville de
Bruxelles, at the start of the race,
when news of the disaster to the
American balloon reached the Aero
club.
The families of the victims are in
Brussels.
SURVIVING AERONAUT
TELLS STORY OF JUMP
MALINES, Belgium, Sept. 24.
Gomez Guillamon,, of the Spanish
balloon Polar, which crashed here
late yesterday, while competing in
the James Gordon Bennett cup race,
had sufficiently recovered from his
injuries today to tell the story of the
accident. Guillamon, who is under
treatment in the Malines hospital,
said the Polar was struck by light
ning while at an altitude of 3,500
feet. It had only a few second pre
viously escaped crashing to the
ground. Beranda Barca, th© other
occupant, threw two bags of sand
overboard and the balloon shot up
right into the teeth of the storm.
Then came the lightning bolt,
which set the bag on fire It burned
speedily, with the exception of the
upper part, which was of slower com
bustion and acted as a parachute.
Guillamon jumped when the baskrt
was a hundred feet above the ground
and landed in a soft, bushy swamp.
Both of his legs were broken. Barca
was killed by the lightning bolt.
The Weather
Forecast for Tuesday:
North Carolina and South Caro
lina, Georgia: Partly cloudy and
probably showers near the coast.
Virginia: Fair an,d mild.
Florida: Partly cloudy with local
showers
Alabama, Mississippi and Extreme ,
Northwest Florida: Fair.
Tennessee, Kentucky, West Vir
ginia: Fair and mild.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy to cloudy
and unsettled.
Arkansas: Unsettled, probably
showers,
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy to
cloudy, showers Monday night or
Tuesday.
East Texas: Partly cloudy to
cloudy pro! bly showers.
West Texas- Partly cloudy to
cloudy, probably showers.
Patrols Searching
Colorado Canyons
For Lost Explorers
KINGMAN, Ariz., Sept. 22.—A pa
trol has entered the canyon of the
Colorado river to search for the
government exploration party chart
ing the Colorado river, whose un
known plight had cast a wave of
alarm over Arizona.
A book marked as belonging to
the United States geological survey
was seen floating down the river
Friday many miles from the /."t
where the survey party was thought
to be.
ND SPECIAL SESSION
WITHOUT REAL PLAN
DF FARMER RELIEF
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Presi
dent Coolidge has given to the
“farm bloc” in congress its most
I difficult task. The farm “bloccers”
have found that the new president
is a pretty hard-headed politician
and executive. Mr. Coolidge is as
much interested as anyone else in
gyving relief to the farmers. It
should always be remembered that
he stepped direct from the hay
fields of his father’s farm into the
White House. But Mr. Coolidge has
said in effect to the members of the
farm bloc in both senate and house:
“Bring me a concrete plan for the
relief of the farmers and I will call
an extra session of congress. Until
we have a plan, why bother with
congress?”
This is the president’s answer to
the insistent and clamorous de
mands that have come to him from
many directions urging that con
gress be called into extraordinary
session to pass some sort of reme
dial legislation.
Reaction Might Result
As the prospective candidate of
the Grand Old Party for the presi
dency next fall, Mr. Coolidge is as
desirous as any of the men on Cap
itol hill that the farmers of the
country should be appeased as to
temper and given relrtf as to their
financial difficulties. But Mr. Cool
idge does not believe In calling an
extra session without a definite plan,
thus raising false hopes which can
not be met and which might cause
a reaction decidedly disastrous to
party prospects at the poles in No
vember, 1924.
President Coolidge was gravely
impressed by the story of farm con
ditions in the west brought to him
by Senator Borah of Idaho. The sen
ator said conditions could hardly
be worse. The department of ag
riculture is not inclined to take so
gloomy a view of the situation and
insists that the remedy for the
farmer lies in his own hands. The
government, it is contended, can
neither guarantee the price of wheat
I nor provide a foreign market for it.
If the farmers of the west grew an
over-abundance of wheat this year,
anticipating a foreign outlet, they
were the victims of a mistaken eco
nomic idea. The prevailing opinion
in Washington still is that the
United States should keep out of
Europe and the American wheat
farmer will have to take his chances
along with all the rest of the coun
try on- the consequences of such a
policy.
Price Guarantees Opposed
That the farm bloc senators who
have visited him or written him
have no plan which he regards as
practicable at this time is indicated
by the fact that President Coolidge
has intimated within the last twen
ty-four hours that he sees no rea
son at this time for calling an ex
tra session of congress. He will not
close his mind to such an idea, how
ever, and if the “bloccers” can give
him something definite to go on, he
will act. Otherwise congress will
not convene.
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BERLIN IS WILLING
ID ACCEPT ALLIED
TERMS FDR PEACE
Reichstag Leaders and
Heads of Federated States <
to Hold Meeting—General
Uprising Is Feared
BERLIN, Sept. 22. —Germany de
elded today to give up passive resist
ance unconditionally.
Allied sources here tonight indi
cated the offer would be accepted.
The struggle of wills in the Ruhr
which has cost a hundred lives and
a billion dollars is expected to end
next week.
The German cabinet met with
Chancellor Stressemann late todav
today and decided that the passive
resistance for which the government
has paid out a quatrillion of marks
must cease if the republic is to be
saved from economic disaster and
revolution.
It voted, therefore, to exceed ftji
offer of Wednesday, made through
the Belgian minister. This offe.
had two conditions attached:
1. Release of Ruhr prisoners held
by the French.
2. Return of persons deported.
The new decision is for surrender
without conditions.
Allies’ Position
Allied representatives, believing
this proposal would be acceptable,
said the French and Belgians were
disposed to return the captives, and
those deported, voluntarily, follow
ing the capitulation.
With Ruhr resistance called off,
discussion of reparations on a scale
larger than Germany hitherto has
agreed to is in order.
The United Press, which had ex
clusive information regarding the of
fer made through the Belgian min
ister Wednesday, twenty-four hours
before any other press association,
obtained information about the un
conditional offer from unquestion
able sources inside the government.
Besides accepting the German sur
render and making certain conctes
sions regarding prisoners, etc., the
allies are understood to be prepared
to withdraw part of their Ruhr
troops.
Everything indicated tonight that,
while the government will not .«&!»->
the distasteful word “capitulation,’’
the decision to abandon resistance
really amounts to l f ttle more than
total surrender to France.
Outbreaks Feared
Premier Poincare, relentlessly fol
lowing his “bitter end” policy, has
for, I Germany’s back to the wall.
Many officials believe that re
sistance to the Franco-Belgian occu
pation already has been carried too
far and that the government will
not be able to prevent serious in
ternal outbreaks when a public
statement of its surrender finally is
made.
Conservative Germans saw the
government threatened from all
sides, with the communists and the
monarchists ready to join hands tem
porarily, if necessary, to force an
Internal upheaval in the hope that
one or the other will be able to seize
power in the ensuing disorganization
of the nation.
The government today was report- 1
)ed to have discovered the location
Os several large supplies of arms,
presumably for use in anti-govern
ment plots. ' A
Raids Ordered
Police were instructed to carry
out extensive raids against the plot
ters Sunday.
Meantime, officials fear of renew
ed communist outbreaks were partly
realized by reports from Dresden,
which said that several thousand
food demonstrators clashed with po
lice there today in the market plac*
and later in the Post platz.
RUSSIAN AID SOUGHT
FOR GERMAN REVOLUTION
MOSCOW, Sept. 22.—-(By the As
sociated Press.) —The German Com
munists’ leaders, Heinrich Brandlef
and Herr Talmeyer, have arrived
in Moscow and informed the Rus
sians that the time for a revolution
in Germany is ripe. They express
themselves confident of their abil
ity to obtain control within the
German state, but need the help of
the international proletariat against
outside capitalistic enemies.
The German Communists ar* so
■ certain of their ground, accordins
]to Herr Brandler’s speech to the
! executive committee of the Bolshe-
I vik trade unions, that many observ
i ers here feel that the peace of Eu
rope may be said td rest upon ths
j conferences in Moscow in which the
i Germans are now taking part,
i From this viewpoint the issue re-
I volves around the question of
I whether the Russian Communists
deem their proletarian state suffi
ciently strong to overcome the capi
talistic forces of the world combined
against them and proletarian Ger
many.
NEW CURRENCY ’ UNIT
CIRCULATED IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Sept. 22.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) Germany’s new
unit of currency is to be the “bo
denmark,” worth .358 gramms fine
gold and equal to 100 “bodenpfen
nigs,” it became known today
through publication of the measure
providing for establishment of the
new current bank.
The bank is to be established by
the> representatives of agriculture,
industry, trade and commerce. In
cluding transport and by the bank
ing world and owners of Urban
Realestate. It will be independent
of the government as regards ad
ministration and the conduct of its
business. The capital of the bank
which will be free from all taxes, is
to be 7,400.000,000 bodenmarks.
White House Denies
That Denby Will Resign
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.—Offi
cial denial was made at the White
House today of reports that Secre
tary Denby is to resign and to be
succeeded by Assistant Secretary'
Roosevelt. „