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IH OFFICIAL DECREE
British Cabinet Meets in
London —Leaders of Anti-
Stresemann Party Report
ed Arrested in Berlin
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —President Ebert and
Chancellor Stressemann announced
In a formal proclamation today that
the German government had been
compelled through bitter necessity
to end the Ruhr battle. Adherence
t opassive resistance, said the docu
ment. would have brought on the
economic collapse of Germany and
consequently would have threat
ened the livelihood of the German
people.
The government appeals to the
nation to stand by the republic in
present hours of “severest soul
searching and material privation,
as only thus can the nation's honor
and life be conserved.”
The proclamation lays emphasis
on the statement that, under no
circumstances, can a particle of
German territory be conceded to
another power.
The nation is assured that the
government will do everything pos
sible to obtain restoration of ‘‘ele
mentary human rights” for the
German nationals evicted from the
Ruhr and the Rhineland.-
The history of passive resistance
is reviewed by the document which ■
sets forth that 180.000 men. women
and children have been driven from
their homes and firesides, while
many millions no longer#have any
conception of persbnal liberty.
“More than one hundred of our
fellow citizens have been forced to
lay down their lives,” it continues,
“while hundreds are still languish
ing in prisons.”
As to the expense of the support
given the passive resistance the
proclamation cites the fact that
only last week the assistance given
in the Ruhr amounted to 3,500 bil
lion marks, and that this would
have to be doubled 'the following
week. The cost of this assistance
had made the stabilization of cur
rency impossible, it was pointed
out.
“The entente no*" is able to give I
Germany peace,” the document de- |
dared.
Neither France nor Belgium will
receive formal notification from
the German government’s decision
to call off passive resistance, it is
said, it being assumed in official
quarters that the government's
proclamation gives due notice of
that action. <
REBEL LEADERS SEIZED;
PROCLAMATION TEXT IVEN
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—Police this aft
ernoon arrested a number of reac
tionary leaders who apparently were
preparing a/ coup d’etat against the
government, following Chancellor
Stresemann’s proclamation announc
ing abandonment of resistance in the I
Ruhr.
Simultaneously Munich dispatches i
said a socialist newspaper there had ;
obtained and published secret mo
bilization orders of the Bavarian fas
cist:, calling for a general concentra
tion of the fascist! “battle bands"
so- Thursday and Friday.
CABINET OF ENGLAND
HOLDS MEET ON RUHR
LONDON, Sept. 26.—(8y the As -
sociated Press.) —Germany’s uncon
ditional surrender in the Ruhr in
vests today’s meeting of the British
cabinet with additional importance
It is the first cabinet council in
several weeks, during which time
events of great moment directly af
-fecting British events have tran
spired. The deliberations are secret
and no official them is to
he expected. v 1
It is taken for granted that the ’
ministers will be given a full ac- I
count by Prime Minister Baldwin i
of his much discussed conversation .
with Premier Poincare. It is not ■
supposed, however, that the cabinet I
members will be called upon to de
cide any important point of policy i
in view of the present uncertainty j
in the general situation.
LABOR LEADERS URGE
GERMAN NATIONAL UNITY
COLOGNE, Sept. 26.—“ Give no
quarter to the secessionist traitors,”
is the command given by the labor
leaders in the Rhineland to their
following, who are urged to bend all
the efforts toward the -maintenance
of national unity.
The opinion of the German press
in the Rhineland area supports the
Berlin government's action in calling
off passive resistance, but warning
is given against possible advantage
being taken of the situation by the
separatist elements. ,
"This step deprives France and Bel
gium of their last pretext to dodge a
reasonable settlement,” says the
Cologne Gazette. The Volks Zeitung
admonishes the populace to observe
order and dignity, of which the
Rhineland is in urgent need.
Attorney’s Appeal
Adds Year to Term
Os Fulton Convict
Leo Morris, a student in the uni
versity of hard rocks, more general
ly known as the Fulton county chain
gang, is expected to ask some fellow
student to hit him with hammer or
somethin*', when he reads a decision
the Gee-via supreme court handed
down Wednesday.
Morris entered a plea of guilty in
the Fulton - superior court several
weeks ago ,to a charge of possessing
burglary tools. Judge John D.
Humphries sentenced him to serve
from one to five years on the chain
gang. After Morris had been turned
over to Captain A. A. Clark, Fulton
county warden, his attorneys insti
tuted habeas corpus proceedings, on
the grounds that the sentence was
a nullity, us the statutes provided a
term of from two to five years for
the crime to which Morris had con
fessed.
Morris lost the proceedings in the
lower court, and appealed to the su
preme court. The justices of the
higher court agree with him that the
sentence was a nullity. However,
they also hold that they can not
elease him, since he pleaded guilty,
and remand him to Judge Huni
qhrles again for a proper sentence,
which will be a longer one.
Published E
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World News
Told In
Brief
i BERLIN.—PoIice declare they
, have proof that soviet diplomatic
j agents in Berlin are involved in ex
tensive communist arms plot.
LONDON.—Dispatch to Exchange
Telegraph from Constantinople said
I that Bulgarian communists held up
Orient express near Turkish frontier.
OK LAHOMA CITY. —Thirty-five
! thousand men in Oklahoma have vol-
I unteered for service in national
j guard in legislative crisis, Governor
■ Walton announces.
ST. LOUIS. —Vanguard of more
■than 100 army, navy and civilian
| planes entered in international air
I races here October 1 to 3 begin to
arnve -
BERLIN. —Chancellor Stresemann
will have more than comfortable
majority in the Reichstag which will
approve his efforts to end Ruhr
problem.
WASHINGTON. —Federal govern
ment sells for about $3,500,000 to
Alabama Power company Gorgas
steam plant—part of Muscle Shoals
property.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.—Captain Ed
ward H. Watson, commander of lost
destroyer squadron, takes full re
sponsibility for disaster off Cali
fornia coast.
ST. LOUIS. —Chauncey Ives Fil
ley, a delegate at large to Repub
lican national convention which
nominated Abraham Lincoln for
president in 1864, dies at age of 93.
ATHENS. —Italian legation in
forms Greek foreign minister that
evacuation of Corfu will be com
pleted Wednesday and that Corfu
wiil be restored to Greece on Thurs
day.
CHlCAGO.—President of National
Retail Clothiers tells meeting that
about half American men are prac
tically i mags and that men's cloth
ing business men is fifty per cent
virgin soil.
SPOKANE. —American Federation
of Labor will seek incorporation in
platforms of major parties at next
national conventions of a. "wet”
plank, Samuel Gompers, president
of federation, deciares.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Legislative
assembly, by a vote of 39 to 24,
adopts resolution declaring that
granting of titles is contrary to sen
timent of citizens of New South
Wales.
SOFIA. —Order has been restorea
in majority of districts of Bulgaria,
according to semi-official statement
showing only one important center j
where communists have not been
subdued.
PORT ARTHUR, Ont.—Norwegian
ships operated by Canadian compa
nies will supplant United States as
sociation ships which have refused
to transport Canadian grain, it is
learned from shipping circles.
CONSTANTINOPLE.—Statement
circulated in Turkish press that An
gora government has demanded
withdrawal of American flotilla from
Constantinople is erroneous', it is
learned. No such demand has been
made.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Federal
buildings in Oklahoma will be barred
to members of state legislature for
their proposed special session, Gov
ernor Walton is advised in telegram
from C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to
President Coolidge.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton directs state’s adjutant gen
eral to use necessary force of arms
to stop session of lower house of leg
islature called for Wednesday; de
clares state troops will be ordered to
shoot to kill if need be.
WASHINGTON.—Report of ship
ping board fleet survey committee
made public by Chairman Farley'
shows 427 steel vessels in class A
of merchant fleet requiring up to
$350,000 in repairs; and 84 steel ves
sels in class B in good condition.
CEDAR RAPIDS? lowa.—L. E.
Sheppard, president of Order of Rail
way Conductors, is cited to appear
in district court and show cause why
he should not be punished for con
fempt of court for failure to give
deposition in civil court against or
ganization.
GENEVA. —League of Nations
commission on disarmament adopt
ed resolution that temporary mixed
commission on armaments prepare
draft of a new convention to replace
that of St. Germain an dthat United
| States be invited to appoint represen
: tatives to co-operate with coinmis
i sic n.
The Weather |
Forecast for Thursday:
Virginia: Fair and mild.
North Carolina: Fair probably;
moderate temperature.
South Carolina: Increasing cloud
iness becoming unsettled; no change
in temperature.
Georgia; Increasing cloudiness fol
lowed by rain over south portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida: Ala
bama, Mississippi; fair; no change
in temperature. ,
Tennessee, Kentucky: Generally
fair; mild temperature.
Louisiana: Generallyf air.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy to cloudy.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy to
cloudy.
East and West Texas: Partly
I cloudy.,
ery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
COURT'S SENTENCE I
UPHELD. ATTORNEYS
TO ASK REHEARING
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Counsel for Major Lee 11. Coart. i
former army officer, who was I
given a life sentence in the Tal
bot superior court for the murder j
of* A. B. McNiece, Talbot county j
school superintendent, were prepar- I
ing Tuesday to file a motion for a ■
rehearing, after a decision affirming •
the verdict of the lower court, hand
ed down by the Georgia supreme
court at 6:15 p. m. Monday. The
motion must be filed at once, as the
present term of the high court ends
Saturday.
The former army officer, married
to a member of a prominent Geor
gia family, shot and killed the school
official in the latter’s office. The
prosecution contended that Coart
took the life of McNiece “because of j
an abandoned infatuation for Mrs. I
McNiece, going to the length of mur
der when she told him that nothing I
but death could part her from her I
husband.”
Counter Charges
The defendant, in an unsworn j
statement to the jury, declared he j
had been to McNiece three times r
about “his notorious conduct with i
Mrs. Coart,” and that McNiece ad- I
mitted his love for Mrs. Coart.
■ Mrs. McNiece, daughter of a
gia minister, testified that Major ;
Coart had forced his attentions upon
her when she was calling upon Mrs.
Coart, and that she was able to free
herself only after a struggle.
The opinion of the supreme court
is said to be one of the most volumi- I
nous issued in many years. The
case went up on approximately
twenty errors alleged to have been
committed by Judge George P. Mun
ro, the trial judge, who overruled
Coart's motion for a new trial. In
addition there was the claim that
the record sent to the supreme court
was not the same as that in the -
superior court, but all these grounds
were overruled. The case has been
in the supreme court almost a year,,
and had to be decided this week,
or it would have been affirmed by
operation of law, as the present
term ends Saturday.
Dying Statement Scored
The dying statement of McNiece,
made in an Atlanta hospital, was the
object of attack by the defense, on
the contention that the signep did
not realize that he was at the point
of death, and actually signed the
statement a week before he died.
The state insisted that McNiece sign
ed two identical statements, one a
week before he died and the other
only a few hours prior to the time | <
he passed away. The supreme court I
held that these questions were for I
the trial jury to decide.
Coart’s defense in the lower courts j i
had been based for the most part, I j
on the “unwritten law.” I '
The opinion was written by Chief I
Justice Richard B. Russell and there ' ’
was not a single dissent from the ;
bench of six justices. Four of the i '
justices concurred -specially, being I i
agreed to the judgment refusing a '
new trial unconditionally, but re- j
'using to accede to everything that ,
was said in the opinion. The spe- I
pally concurring justices were Beck, i
Atkinson, Hill and Hines. Justice j
Gilbert concurred generally with |
the opinion of the chief justice.
Justice Russell Comments
Although he wrote the opinion ;
affirming the verdict against :
Coart. Chief Justice Russell did not :
Subscribe to the, theory of the state , '
that the defendant slew McNiece in I
order to possess himself of Mrs. ■
McNiece. Commenting on this con- i
tentio’n. Chief Justice Russell wrote: I
“According to the state’s conten- |
tion. Coart 4s supposed to reason as | ,
follows: ‘Mrs. McNiece loves her ,
husband dearly at the present time, I
and repels my advances. I will, | ,
therefore, kill her husband, which ; ]
will make me so attractive to Mrs. ,
McNiece that she will marry me. ; <
her husband’s assassin. To be ;
sure. 1 must first ged rid of my j :
present wife.'
“All that can be said of Coart is
that if he did entertain any such , ,
scheme, he should be adjudged non j
.ompos mentis on the spot.” p
In the appeal, counsel for Coari. '
argued that under the decisions of (
the supreme court, the testimony of
Mrs. McNiece was inadmissable “be- I
cause she was testifying to alleged I
facts by which it was sought to i
show Coart guilty of a separate |
crime in order to prejudice the jury I
to produce a verdict of guilty' of ■ j
murder.” j f
The high court refused to sane- :c
tion Coart’s contention “that when !1
once it became determined, by the ; t
boast of one man, that he intewds
to continue intimate relations with I
the wife of another the latter can !
then and there shoot to kill, not be- I
ing required to hold back under the
rule, of the law that danger of the
commission of acts of intimack must ;
be urgent, imminent and pressing.” |
The court held as it has before held,
that to justify a husband to kill for |
this reasoh-,'**the acts of intimacy ,
must be in progress or about to ;
begin.
E. H. McMichael
May Be Candidate
In Governor’s Race
Representative E. H. McMichael,
of Marion county, whose activities (
in the legislature have been marked I
by his efforts to change the state ;
highway system, is considering en- ■
trance into the race for governor I
next year, he stated Wednesday. I
He declared that he has received ;
numerous requests to make the
race, but will not make his final de- :
cision until a later date.
“I believe in a thorough survey
of all departments and the applica
tion of rigid ecijhomy where possible
without injuring efficiency,” Mr
McMichael stated. “Methods which
allow departments to build up po
litical machines should be abolished.
They are dangerous to government.
I also believe the state should have
a highway commission sympathetic
with the idea of utilzing the forces
and co-operation of county commis
sioners.”
Mr. McMichael stated that, if hr
decided to make the race for gover
nor, one of the chief planks in his
platform would be the reorganiza- [
tion of several state departments., j
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Kansas City, Mo., is making an offer to st4kt
a handsome raincoat free to one person in each
locality who will show and recommend it to I
•friends. If you want one, write today.—(Adit.
FLOGGING CHARGES
DENIED DN STAND
Bl DB. YARBROUGH
MACON, Ga., Sept. 26.—Following
the statement on the stand of Dr. C.
A. Yarbrough, on trial on charges
of rioting in connection with the flog
ging of W. O. Barnett, and the in
troduction of Sheriff Hicks as a re
buttal witness for the state, both
sides announced closed at 9:55 o’clock
this morning. Each side is allotted
two hours for argument, and the
case will go to the jury following the
judge's charge this afternoon.
The case of .J. F. Alexander,
charged with being implicated in the
flogging on August 9 of Ollie M. Per
ry, will be called at 10 o’clock to
morrow morning, it was announced
today. City Judge Holmes Johnson,
of Gray, will preside, Judge Will
Gunn being disqualified by the fact
that h e is distantly related to Alex
ander.
When the trial was resumed this
morning, the defense offered more
character witnesses in an effort to
discredit state testimony.
John S. McHand, an automobile
dealer, was the first witness called.
He was asked about the closing of
his place of business because of the
death of a relative of his partner.
He said it was on May 9, 1922, and
that W. W. Arnold, then in his em
ploy, wa s not at work on that day.
A complaint by Arnold against Dr.
Yarbrough alleges the flogging was
on May 9, but Arnold testified it was
May 8.
R. 11. HaddaWay, who R. H. Hart
ley yesterday charged on the wit
ness stand was a member of a band
that took him out and lectured him,
was called,
“Did you go with Dr. Yarbrough
end others to the home of R. A. Hart
ley on th e night of July 26 last and
tak e him out to the country,” Chief
Defense Counsel John P. Ross asked.
“No,” was the reply.
“Are you a member of any club?”
“Yes, I am a member of the Evan
gel stic club of Macon, business
mne' s branch, and the Cross Keys
Methodist church.”
“Have you any definite knowledge
of where you were on Thursday
night, July 26?”
“I was at the Cross Keys church
at prayer meeting. »
“How do you know that?”
“I have been treasurer of the
church for years and go to the
?hurch on Thursdays.”
Mr. Haddaway said that he only
knew that he was at the church
that night because it was his cus
tom. On cross-examination, he ad
mitted he sometimes missed Thurs
day nights, but declared he did not
know Hartley. He admitted that
lie was a member of the Ku Klux
Klan. Asked if he was a member
as the Vigilance committee of the
klan, he said he did not know what
it was. He denied ever having
talked to Dr. Yarbrough about flog
gings.
A. F. McGinnis, who Hartley yes
terday testified came to his home
rm the night he was first taken out,
told of going to the Hartley home
td see C. E. Corley, a carpenter.
He said Hartley told him some Jews
had come there to “take him out.”
He said he laughed at him and told
him to go to bed.
Mr. McGinnis sought to evade a
question as to whether or not he
was a member of the Ku Klux
Klan. The state insisted that he
answer and he' said he was.
Defendant Takes Stand
The cross-examination testimony
of Dr. J. H. Heard given in the
trial of R. F. Mills was read to the
jury. Both sides agreed to this
owing to the fact that Dr. Heard
had been called to Birmingham.
Ala., because of the critical illness
of a relative. Dr. Heard had testi
fied regarding a visit Dr. Yarbrough
and J. P. Durkee made to him in
regard to an anonymous letter the
Ku Klux Klan had received about
a man named Fielder.
The defendant then took the
stand to make his statement.
5100,000 Blackmail
Plot Announced by
Postal Inspectors
CHICAGO. Sept. 26.—An alleged
dot by blackmailers to extort SIOO,-
100 from John B. Drake, one of the
iwners of the Drake and Blackstone
intels here, has become known
hrough the activities of four post-
Last Call on Our
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Oklahoma Legislators Are Dispersed
By Troops; Offer No Resistance
A CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY WEEK
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COLI’MBIA, S. C.. Sept. 26.—Gov-
I ernor Thomas G. McLeod late
I day announced his decision to re
i quest Governor Gliffurd Walker,
of Georgia, to' grant extradition
papers for Frank H. Barrett, Julian
Barrett and ’Thomas Barrett, Jr.,
members of the defunct Augusta
Georgia, cotton firm of Barrett and
copany, wanted i n Aiken county,
S. C., on charges of obtaining prop
erty by false pretense.”
The warrant for the arrest of the
three Barretts was sworn out pn
August 11, by J. C. Lybrand, in
Aiken county, charging that they
had defrauded C. R. Lybrand, his
brother, of Wagener, S. C., out of
$13,007 by representing to him that
the Barrett firm could handle his
cotton more profitably than other
firms, although they knew that the
company was then insolvent. The
j request for requisition papers was
I made August 17. and a hearing was
I held before Governor McLeod,
’ August 20.
‘ office department inspectors working
with city and hotel detectives.
' Threats of death if their demands
were not compiled with were made
by the blackmailers in letters to Mr.
Drake and his son, John B. Drake,
Jr., sent during the last two weeks,
it was said. One decoy package con
taining paper was sent in reply to
one of the demands, resulting in let
ters corning through the mail makin?
further demands.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, September 27, 1923
Democrat Leading
Washington G. 0. P.’s
House Candidate
I SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 2G._With
i 86 precincts cut of a total of 509 un- j
< reported early this morning, Demo- i
I eratic leaders were proclaiming a j
I victory for their candidate, Jttflge |
I Samuel R. Hili, over State Senator j
I Charles E. Myers, Republican, by a j
I plurality of 359 votes. This is the '
! first special congressional election i
i sine.- Mr. Coolidge became president, i
The vote over the entire district I
| was light, in spite of the pleas of I
leaders of both parties for a heavv I
turnout, less than 42 per cent of the
registered voters appeared at the
polls.
The fight, which was waged over
I national issues and received the at
i tention of political leaders, is not yet
I over, as there are more than 200 ab
I sentee votes to be counted, besides
I the precincts still out.
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| John P. Haunson, chairman of the |
city executive committee, announced
• the committee would meet at noon:
: Thursday for the purpose of consoli-1
1 dating the -vote in the run-over.:
Chairman Haunson urged all mem-,
bers to attend the meeting.
High Court Upholds
War Bride’s Verdict,
Appealed From Macon
The blasted romance f a Macon i
soldier and his: French war bride fig j
i ured in a decision in the Georga su- I
; prerrie court Wednesday on whch the ;
: six justices divided equally, the de- i
i cision of the Bibb superior court in |
I refusing the husband a new trial be- j
, ing affirmed by operation of the law. I
A jury had granted the wife a di- |
: vorce and awarded her $3,009 in prop- ‘
erty, as well as S4O per month ali- !
I mony.
The case -was that of Henriette ’
Wise against Basil A. Wise, former >
soldier and now a sailor in the Unit- ‘
ed States navy. The plantilf alleged 1
l cruel treatment and desertion, declar- |
ing she was left to earn her own liv- 1
I ing as a stranger in a strange land I
She declared she could not speak I
I English and had to sell her jewelry ;
for living expenses.
Justices Russell. Atkinson and i
Hines favored affirming tlie verdict |
of the lower court while Justices I
i Beck, Hill and Gilbert favored re-1
versal.
There were two cases in the su- I
preme court based on the litigation. I
In the case brought by the bill of i
exceptions of the defendant, the I
judge was affirmed, and in the easel
brought by the bill of exceptions of I
the plaintiff, the judgment of the J
trial court was reversed.
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SHERIFF'S COMRADES
Kill WOMAN AFTER
SHE MS OFFICER
I PENSACOLA, Fla., Sept. 26.
I Sheriff A. Cary Ell|s, of Escambia
I county, was shot and killed instant
j ly here late Tuesday by Susie Mc-
Clane, fifty, when the officer at
! tempted to arrest her on charges of
■ contempt of court, and the woman
in turn was shot to death when two
city policenien, who accompanied
the.sheriff, fired into the house. The
policemen began firing wnen they
saw the sheriff fall on the front
porch. One shot struck the woman,
killing her instantly.
According to police, the woman
had been suffering from an affected
mind, and, according to them, had
annoyed families living at the house
owned by H. M. Cobb, of Bagdad,
Fla., which house she is said to
have claimed as hers. She had been
ejected once before by Sheriff Ellis
| after some resistance. Mr. Cobb ob
tained an injunction to prevent her
i from entering the house again,
which she is alleged to have violat
' ed. and she was quoted as having
j told persons in the vicinity she
: would “die in the house.” Ellis, [
i armed with a warrant, went, to ar-!
I rest her, accompanied by the two '
j policemen.
! Ellis found the doors locked and
all shades drawn. He asked the
woman to come out, but she refused.
When the officer tried to force the
door she fired twice, neither bullet
' taking effect. He again remonstrated
i with her to open the door and sub
mit. She refused again. Ellis suc
ceeded in opening the door and had
started to enter when she fired again
and he dropped dead.
Captain of Police Harper at the
front door near where Ellis stood
began firing. Captain O’Connel fired
■ through a side window. One of their
I shots struck the woman.
Sheriff Ellis was serving his sec- !
! ond term as sheriff. He is survived |
I by his widow and three daughters, i
' all residents of Pensacola. Before
I becoming sheriff, Ellis was a con- '
I ductor on the Louisville and Nash- !
j ville railroad.
Body of LaGrange
Man, Lost 5 Days,
Is Found in Woods
LAGRANGE, Ga„ Sept. 26.—The
body of Mr. H. T. Allman, who has
been missing since last Thursday,
was found in a pine thicket within
the city limits of LaGrange Tuesday.
The body was badly decomposed, in-1
dicating he had been dead for sev-|
eral days. It was discovered by A. ■
1 B. Duffy and J. B. Spikes, who were i
returning from McLendon’s Park.
Since his disappearance, search
ing parties have been at work and
even dragged the Chattahoochee
river. Mr. Allman was fifty-nine
years old and had been employed as
a truck driver for Powell’s bakery,
j He checked in last Thursday, put up '
I his truck, went by a meat market
and that Was the last seen of him
’ until his body wa? found. The ver
' diet of the coroner’s jury was that
he came to his death from an tin-1
i known cause. It was at first thought!
I that he had been murdered and sev-j
j eral negroes were held under suspi-1
: cion.
He is survived by his wife; two j
: sons, H. L. and Frank Allman; five
' daughters, Mrs. M: McLaughlin,
i Mrs. M. B. Blackman, Mrs. Ruth
! Stoniger, Mrs. Bessie Harman and
! Miss Ruth Allman, all of LaGrange;
Wne brother, Frank Allman, of New
j nan; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey How
ell and Mrs. Mollie Simmons, of
Griffin. The body was carried to the
family burying ground in Coweta
y Wednesday for funeral and I
j interment.
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PREVENT MEETING
I
i Momentary Tenseness Pass-
i es as Crowd Quietly
■ Leaves Building on Colo
nel's Orders
! Fight Is Just Begun,
; Legislator Declares
After Their Dispersal
I OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.,
i Sept. 26. —The Oklahoma legis
| lature has not given up its fight
i to convene for the impeachment
■ of Governor Walton, according
I to a “war bulletin” issued this
j afternoon by Representative
| W. D. Mcßee.
Mcßee’s statement, made im
mediately after the legislators
had obeyed the military order to
disperse, follows:
"About 70 members of the
house of representatives, feeling
it their duty to convene to re-
constitutional government
in Oklahoma to take the place of
a condition of despotism, have
met the enemy by convening
with a duly elected speaker pro
tern, and temporarily ‘we are
theirs.’
“We realize our constitutional
rights are in the balance just as
did our forefathers in 1776. We
feel that our cause is just and
we will carry on. Never in the
history of the American republic
has such a complete dictatorship
been established and carried on
to such an extent as now pre
vails in the once fair state of
Oklahoma.
‘There is more to follow.”
STATE HOUSE, Oklahoma City,
Sept.’ 26. —(By Associated Press.) —
Oklahoma's rebel legislators were dis
persed by the military at noon today
when they attempted to convene •
special session of the lower house
to seek the impeachment, of Governor
J. C. Walton.
Colonel William S. Key, military
commander of Oklahoma county, at
11:58 read to members of the lower
house of the state legislature the or
der of Governor J. C. Walton, forbid
ding the assemblage of “any or all
members of the legislature during
the present period of unrest.”
He ordered the legislators to dis
perse immediately, and refused to to
amplify or explain his order in any
manner when approached by leaders
of the lower house.
Lawmakers Depart
The lawmakers began to disperse '
immediately without any show of re
sistance to the order of tl?e military
commander.
At 12.4)5 p. m., all of the legislators
had left Hv corridor outside the
house chamber and the military were
alone in command of the building.
The scene that attended the dis
persal was unprecedented.
i House members and newspaper
men were grouped as closely as pos-
' sible to tbp entrance of the chamber.
, when Brice, from the back of the
I crowd and across the open court that,
i pierces th e rotunda, suddenly mado
. an effort to call the session. Yo order.
There was a shuffle as members
I sought to gain places of vantage. The
' sharp command of the guard com- ’
I mander to “stand where you are” ar-
I rested the movement.
Women and girls who had fringed
■ the crowd about the house entrance
! were caught in the midst of the floor
i as the members faced about and all\
I stood silently while the order waa
I read.
Then, in groups of twos'and threes
I the crowd scattered.
T ? for Moment
For a mome,nt the situation took
!on a threatening aspect. There was
lietermination written on the face of
j Colonel Key as he issued his com
mand to the legislators to disperse
lat once. He spoke in a harsh voice
i that left no doubt as to his determi
nation to carry out the orders of his
superiors.
. A moment of suspense followed.
i The crowd seemec taken at»
| the suddenness of the action and the
I change in demeanor of the armed
i guardsmen posted around the ro-
I tunda.
| There was, however, no indicqtio i
j of resistance, and within the span of
a few seconds the assembly broke up.
Not more than 200 persons wit
j ne e sed the scene.
Members of the legislature went
I from the capitol to their headquart
! ers in a local hotel. They were met
I by about ten of Governor Walton's
armed operatives in civilian clothes
I and informed that there could be no
■ session of the house of representa
tives in the hotel. Several leaders
of the movement left immediately for
another hotel.
The military occupation of the
state capitol building, to pre
vent the scheduled convennig of
the extra session of the lower bouse
I of the state legislature at noon, had
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