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VOL. XXV. NO. 158
EDWARDS IS GIVEN ■
. TWO-YEAR SENTENCE
■' IN BULLARD CASE
Chaingang Sentence for Ed
wards Comes After Only
Hour and Half Delibera
tion by Jury
BY RALPH SMITH
MARIETTA, Ga.. Oct. 4.—Simeon
Edwards, prominent young farmer
* of Powder Springs, Ga., was found
guilty in Cobb superior court Thurs
daj- afternoon on a charge of as
sault with intent to murder in con
nection with the shooting of D. 1)
L Bullard, a neighbor, and was sen
- tenced to serve from two to four
r J years on the chaingang.
Shortly before the jury came <F
after deliberating an hour and a
half, a jury was completed to try
Mrs. Bullard on a like charge.
Mrs. Bullard is represented by Cap
tain Fred Morris, while Solicitor
Wood will conduct the prosecution.
Solicitor General John C. Wood,
for the prosecution, and Attorney
Newt Morris completed their argu
ments shortly after 2 o’clock and
Judge D. W. Blair immediately
charged the jury. v
The trial took a sudden and unex
pected turn at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, when the defense rested its case
without the introduction of any tes-
* timony, relying solely upon the state-
* ment of the defendant, who denied
r any participation in the crime.
Bv agreement of counsel. Judge
D. W. Blair, presiding, allowed one
hour and one-half to the side for
the argument. Attorney Campbell
. Wallace, of counsel for the defense,
made the opening argument, fol
lowed by Colonel John Mozley. who
is assisting the prosecution. Attor
ney Gordon Gann, also assisting tne
prosecution, followed Colonel Moz
ley and the state’s case nad the
concluding argument John O. V ood.
Crowd Disappointed
The crowd in the courthouse was
disappointed at the failure of the
defense to introduce any witnesses.
They had expected to hear the testi
mony of Mrs. Ruth Bullard, wife
of D. D. Bullard, but Judge Morris,
' chief of counsel for the defense, con
’ < tented himself with calling only the
*, defendant.
* Edwards is a good looking young
fellow, well groomed and of good ad-
) dress. He made his statement in a
straightforward manner, without the
aid of notes or manuscript.
. He told the jury that he had no
« object for attempHng the life of Bul-
lard, had always Seen his friend and
still regarded him as a friend. Their
relations, he asserted, have always
been pleasant and neighborly. He
denied ever having been intimate
with the wife of Bullard and declared
the testimony of Quillian Petty of
having caught them in a compro
mising position was Wholly unfound
ed. He said that Petty should not
be believed because he had been
‘ turned out of the church for uttering
falsehoods about another good
woman.
Admits Meeting Brown
Concerning his actions on the
night of the shooting, about which
the state introduced evidence of
Grover Brown, the defendant admit
ted meeting Brown at Mitchell’s
* wagon yard, on Peters street, in At
c lanta, on the afternoon of July 9. He
said he had gone to Atlanta to car-
* ry a load of produce for Woody Bul
i lard, father of the wounded man. At
the wagon yard, he stated, Brown re
newed the proposition that he pre
viously had made that Edwards join
him on a liquor trip. He yielded to
the importunities. They drove, he
said, in his car to the Powder Creek
bridge, which is a mile or so from
the home of D. D. Bullard. Here, he
asserted, they parked the car on the
road side and together made their
way toward an illicit still in the
swamps.
As they neared the still, he said,
they saw several men engaged, as I
they thought, in a fight. They be-
I came frightened end hurriedly re
turned to the car. Brown, he said,
* then suggested that they could find
* some whisky at Dallas, in Paulding
k county, and together they drofe to
Dallas, but their mission was a fail
ure. At the further suggestion of
I Brown, he said, they returned to At
lanta byway of Marietta, because
Brown said they could find some
whisky en route.
i Declares His Innocence
f Edwards concluded his statement
with the declaration that h?. is as
innocent of the shooting of Bullard
as any man on the jury.
Attorney Campbell Wallace, in the
opening argument, contended that
the state has failed to introduce any
evidence connecting the defendant
with the commission of lha crime 1
He reviewed the testimony of many
witnesses, and insisted that none bad
sworn to a fact that could be incept
ed as establishing the defendant’s
participation in the shooting. He de
clared further that the cha’n of cir
cumstances which the state had
sought to link up furnished no sound
basis for a hypothesis of guilt.
Colonel John Mozley, fololwing Mr.
Wallace, analyzed at great length 1
the testimony of Grover Brown, in
sisting that the absence of the de
fendant on the night of the shoot
ing clearly demonstrated his pres
ence at the Bullard home.
. Long County Breaks
Precedent and Elects
Woman Tax Receiver
LUDOWICI, Ga., Oct. 4—For the
first time in the history of Long
county, a woman was elected to pub
lic office yesterday, when Miss Aida
Cameron defeated T. P. Gordon, an |
ex-county commissioner, in the race i
for tax receiver.
Miss Cameron is the daughter of
the late J. McL. Cameron, who held
the position of tax receiver up until
his death. She won the election yes
terday to fill the unexpired term, un
til next August, by a majority of 30
votes.
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W to- one person in each locality who will |
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you want oue, write today.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Negro Whose Attack
Caused Spruce Pine
Disorders Is Identified
I RALEIGH, N. C.. Oct. 3.—Accom- |
■ panied by her husband and a dep- j
uty sheriff of Mitchell county, the j
aged white woman of near Spruce
Pine, who is alleged to have been
stacked by a negro man last week,
precipitating the deportation of all
negroes from Mitchell county, ar- I
rived in Raleigh early this morning
and went to state’s prison, where i
she identified John Goff, escaped I
negro convict, as her assailant. GoffJ
repeated his denial of the crime |
charged against him and declared
that he had never seen the woman
before.
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COTTON CONTRACTS
UPHELD BL COURT
CARROLLTON, Ga., Oct. 4.—The I
validity of the contracts of the
Georgia Cotton Growers Co-opera
tive association was upheld here
yesterday by Judge C. E. Roop, in
the Carroll superior court, when he
directed a verdict in favor of the
association against Duffy Horton
for failure to comply with his con
tract to deliver his cotton crop in
accordance with the marketing
agreement he signed as a member 1
of the association.
Horton was permanently enjoined
ft'Orn selling cotton outside the as
sociation, and was directed to de
liver his cotton to the association
according to the sales agreement.
Another case of a similar char
acter was that of C. M. Sprewell,
against whom the association had
brought action for failure to deliver
cotton and for selling cotton out
side the association. This case was
settled when Sprewell paid three
cents per pound penalty to the as
sociation for every pound of cotton
sold in violation of the contract.
The three-cent per pound penalty is
provided in ,the contract. Sprewell
was also required to reaffirm his
membership contract.
The association was represented
by Aaron Sapiro; Bryan & Middle
brooks, of Atlanta, and Boykin &
Boykin, of this place, in the above
cases.
The action of the court here fol
lowed the granting of temporary in
junctions -against J. T. Williams,
W. J. Sims and W. C. Black, who
are alleged to have failed to comply
with their contracts and sold some
of their 1923 crop outside the asso
ciation.
Temporary restraining orders for
bidding them to sell cotton other
than to the association until further
orders from the court, as signed by
Judge Roop, were served on tne
above defendants Monday of this 1
week. A hearing to make the in
junctions permanent, upon petition
of the association, has been set for
October 12.
J. E. Conwell, president of the
cotton co-operative association, was
present yesterday when the asso
ciation won its verdict against
Duffy Horton, this case being the
first to be passed upon by any court :
in the state. Mr. Conwell stated :
that all contract violators would be ;
sought out and vigorous action will
be taken in all cases.
Mammoth Incubators i
Received by Carroll
County Poultrymen
CARROLLTON, Ga., Oct. 3.—A
solid carload of mammoth incubators (
has been received by Carroll county (
poultrymen. This shipment consisted (
of four 10,000-egg capacity incuba- {
tors, giving the county a total hate h- (
ing capacity of 40,000 eggs. (
Two of these machines will be in £
stalled by the Fourth District A. <Sc (
M. school, of Carrolton,»and the oth
er two by Mr. W. H. Kinney, of Car- ]
rollton, Route 1. These machines ,
will be installed for fall hatching.
Professor N. V. Davis, a recent
graduate of the poultry division of ]
George State College of Agriculture, j
will have charge of the A. & M. (
school hatchery, also the inspection J
and culling of flocks. t
A feature of Carrol industry witli t
her hatcheries will be the fact that ,
she will produce, all eggs for the .
hatcheries from the very best pro- ’ t
ducing stock in the county. Last .
spring more than $26,000.00 was (
sent cut of the county for day-old 6
baby chicks, and by installing these <
hatcheries more than this amount (
will be saved for Carrol poultrymen ’
this y< ar. t
An or en poultry show will be held ;
under auspices of Carroll County
Poultry association in November.
1923 Sweet Potato Crop
Is 93 Million Bushels
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—A total crop of
sweet potatoes of 93,500,000 bushels,
15 per cent below last year’s produc
tion, is indicated, according to the
bureau of agricultural economics in
a review made public today, showing
a season peak of 27,013 cars of fruit
and vegetable shipments was reach
ed the last week in September. Ship
ments of sweet potatoes for the week
were 682 carloads, compared with 1,-
064 for the corresponding week last
year.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY
iVrginia: Fair, continued cool.
North Carolina: Generally fair.
South Carolina, Georgia: Mostly
cloudy, not much change in tem
perature.
Fldrioa: Uartly cloudy, probably
scattered thundershowers.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Miss
sissippi, Alabama: Cloudy and un
settled, probably local rains.
Tennessee: Fair; little change in
temperature.
Kentucky. West Virginia: Fair.
Louisiana: Unsettled.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy.
Oklahoma: Cloudy; probably lo
cal showers.
East and West Texas: Partly
cloudy with local showers.
H. ME SUED
FDRSIOB.OOOBREAGH
BY KNOXVILLE GIRL
Knoxville Girl Asks Dam
: ages Petition Alleges
i Breach of Promise Against
Former Klan Official
Charging that E. Y. Clarke, for
mer official of the Ku Klux Klan,
secured a house for her and lived
with her under an assumed name
on the pretense he would marry her
when his business relations permit
ted, Helen Katherine Steele filed
suit in Fulton superior court Thurs
day against Clarke asking damages
of SIOO,OOO.
The petitioner states that she
came to Atlanta September 1, 1922,
to attend the Atlanta Business col
lege as a student and was intro
duced to Clarke on November 5,
1922. She alleges he insisted upon
taking her and a friend upon an
automobile ride and made love to
her from the first. She states he
wooed her for five days, insisting
he had fallen in love with her on
; sight-
Gave Money
On November 10 the petitioner says
Clarke placed SBOO in her lap and told
her to go out and make the first pay
ment on a house and furnish it so
that they could live together until
he could marry her. He stated ac
cording to the petition that his busi
ness afairs would not permit of a
marriage immediately.
The petitioner claims that Clarke
told her his name was Ralph Clarke
and that he lived with his mother.
She said he told her he had never
been married and asked her if he
did not look like an old bachelor.
Taking these representations in
good faith, the petitioner says, she
made the first payment on a house
at 252 Ormond street and lived
there, Clarke visiting her frequently
and not permitting any other man
to visit her. She states that he
provided her with SIOO per "week for
living expenses.
Support Ceaess
The petitioner says that Clarke
left for Mexico City about the first
of March and before going told her
that he had made provision for her
support until he returned.
She says that at that time she
told him she was in a delicate con
dition and needeq an operation. For
a time she did deceive money from
Clarke through a friend, the peti
tion says. Suddenly, however, this
support ceased, she says.
The petitioner claims that she was
deceived by the false promises of
Clarke and has been damaged to the
extent of SIOO,OOO.
Two suits of SIOO,OOO were filed,
but only one will be prosecuted, ac
cording to Arthur W. Powell, at
torney for the petitioner. One ac
tion alleges breach of promise and
the other charges fraud and deceit.
Her attorney declared Thursday
that Miss Steele is originally from
Knoxville, Tenn., although she is
now living temporarily in this city.
She is 23 year s old, he said, but he
declined to give her address, for
“good and sufficient reasons." Miss
Steele, h e stated, might soon return
to her home in Knoxville.
Cotton in Poorest
Condition Since 1866
In Several States
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The con
dition of 49.5 per cent of normal for
cotton, reported by the department
of agriculture yesterday, is the low
est for September 25 since the first
report in 1866, except the condition
department statement today. For sev
eral states, the condition of Septem
ber 25 is the lowest of record —31
per cent for Georgia, 20 per cent or
Florida, 37 per cent for Mississippi
and 47 per cent for Tennessee.
“The deterioration in those states,”
the department stated, "has been due
largely to the damage done by the
boll weevil, though other causes have
contributed as follows: Excessive
rains beating out the lint and rotting
the bolls have occurred in some sec
tions. The leaf worm defoliating the
plant has been common in many
areas but in a number of the states
this has been of considerable benefit
as it has let in the sunshine, driving
the weevil out to some extent and re
sulting in an earlier opening of the
crop. Drough and its effects have
continued in spots and damage from
cut worms, grasshoppers, the flet,
and hail is responsible for sections!
here and there.”
lowa Physician Makes
Startling Offer to
Catarrh Sufferers
Found Treatment Which Heal
ed His Own Catarrh and
Now Offers to Send It
Free to Sufferers
Anywhere
Davenport, lowa. —Dr. W. O.
Coffee, Suite 784, St. James Hotel
Bldg., this city, one of the most
widely known physicians and sur
geons in the central west, an
nounces that he found a treatment
which completely healed him of
catarrh in the head and nose, deaf
ness and head noises after many
years of suffering. He then gave
the treatment to a number of other
sufferers and they state that they
also were completely healed. Tlr?
doctor is so proud of his achieve
ment and so confident that his
treatment will bring other suffer
ers the same freedom it gave him.
that he is offering to send a 10
days’ supply absolutely free to any
reader of this paper who writes
him. Dr. Coffee has specialized an
eye, ear, nose and throat diseases
for more than thirty-five years, and
is honored and respected by count
less thousands. If you suffer from
nose, head or throat catarrh, ca
tarrhal deafness or head noises,
send him your name and address
t oda y.—(A<i vertiserae n t.)
London-to-New York
Air Mail Is Planned
With ZR-3, Says Chief
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 3—(By the
Associated Press.) —Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the bu
reau of aeronautics of the United
States navy, said just before his de
parture in the ZR-1 yesterday,
that when the ZR-3, under construc
tion in Germany, was completed, it
would be put in mail service be
tween New York and London a
schedule of two days. He added that
the next long flight of the ZR-1
would be from Lakehurst, N. J., to
Panama and return, via Cuba.
NONEWTAXLAWS
NEEDED IN GEORGIA.
COMPTROLLER 5M
Comptroller General William A.
Wright does not believe any re
forms will be enacted in Georgia’s
tax laws by the extraordinary ses
sion of the general assembly In No
vember.
“I base my opinion," he said to
day, "on the fact that the same legis
lature that refused to enact any re
forms at the last regular session will
pass on the measures suggested in
November.”
In addition to this statement, Mr.
Wright said that in his opinion no
new tax laws are needed for the
state. Amendments to perfect the
present system will remedy what
ever inequalities existing and give
the state the right laws, he said.
"Our system of taxation is funda
mentally right,” the official contin
ued. “It has been created and
amended by some of the most capa
ble leaders in Georgia. The income
tax is not necessary. We have
plenty of tax laws and machinery.
What we need is a few amendments
to perfect them.”
Even if the assembly should pass
a law changing the tax system, he
asserted, it would have to be
upon in a general election and re
ceive a two-thirds of a majority vote.
With the present sentiment among
the people, Mr. Wright said, no such
constitutional amendment would
pass. New laws mean more taxa
tion, according to the interpretation
placed on tax measures, he said.
General Wright also pointed out
that any action taken at the extra
session, in the form of a Constitu
tional amendment, could not relieve
the present situation, as the
measure niust be voted on at the
regular election in November, 1924,
the summer of 1925.
"There is no power that can
change the state tax system prior
to January 1, 1926,” General Wright
declared.
Among the reasons expressed by
those who predict the extraordinary
session of the assembly will kill all
proposed tax reform bills is one that
the so-called tax burden is not the
result of state levies.
The state ad valorem tax rate is
five mills. The ayerage county tax
rate is 14 1-2 mflls, according to
Comptroller General Wright. Last
year, the state of Georgia collected
from ad valorem taxes the sum of
five million dollars, w’hile the coun
ties during the same period took in
more than twenty-three million dol
lars, according to the Georgia Pub
lisher, a publication of the State
Press association. The Publisher
made this statement in connection
with the assertion that only five
cents out of every $25 go to pay
salaries of state officials. It has
taken no position agaipst tax re
form.
Bride 77 and Groom 74
In This Nuptial Ceremony
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—Being a
boarder at the age of more than
threescore and ten, was a prospect
not relished by Leopold Gess, sev
enty-four, and home without a hus
band was not pleasing to Mrs. Ma
tilda Lindrum, widow, seventy-seven,
so yesterday they were married at
the home of the bride.
Last Call on Our
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with other publications. Thousands of our readers have
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each $3.00
ME GUARDSMEN
SENT TD DISLODGE
CONVICT SLAYERS
Besieged Desperadoes Hold
ing Out Third Day Desipte
Attacks With Gas Bombs
and Machine Guns
EDDYVILLE, Ky., Oct. s—(By
the Associated Press.) —The "siege
of Eddyville” entered its third day
today.
Their hands red with the lifeblood
of three prison guards, Monte Wal
ters, Lawrence Griffith and Harry
Feerland, convict murderers, still
lurked behind the bullet-scarred walls
of the two-story brick mess hall of
the western state penitentiary.
For more than two days and two
nights the gunmen had held the im
provised fortress despite combined
efforts of prison guards, a troop of
national guard machine gunners and
volunteer citizen riflemen to dislodge
them.
The desperate courage of the lost
legion—those men with "all to gain
and nothing to lose” —carried the trio
through two barrages from high
power rifles and two machine guns
that drove a hail of steel-jacketed
bullets through the mess hall walls,
tearing out large holes in the north
and west sides at points where there
was concentrated a gas attack re
leased by tear gas bombs lobbed into
the building through the breaches in
the walls and a bombardment of rifle
grenades.
Just before midnight Governor Ed
win P. Morrow ordered additional na
tional guardsmen to the scene. Act
ing upon a request for reinforce
ments from Warden John Chilton,
who said the machine gunners were
worn out by the strain of the long
watch and needed guard relief, Gov
ernor Morrow ordered twenty-five
members of Company L, 149th infan
try, from Mayfield to the scene.
They were expected to arrive by
noon today.
It was announced early today, fol
lowing a conference between Warden
Chilton and officers of the machine
gun troop, that it was expected the
siege would be ended today. What
plans were made to dislodge the des
peradoes was not divulged, however.
Twenty-five thousand rounds of am
munition, together with a supply of
rifle grenades, arrived late yesterday
from Camp Henry Knox. In addition
the besiegers have obtained a quanti
ty of dynamite and it has been inti
mated that an effort might be made
to mine the building and raze it with
a heavy blast of explosive.
Three Young Millionaires
Fail in Their Attempts
To Break Into Movies
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.—The story
of three young millionaires who
came to Hollywood to break into the
movies, and failed, became known
here today.
Craig Biddle, known as the “mil
lionaire extra man,” is now trying
his hand at selling California real
estate. His brother, Drexel, is work
ing in the oil fields near here. Both
young men are scions of the well
known Philadelphia society family.
Park Benjamin, Jr., a brother-in
law of the late Enrico Caruso and j
son of a wealthy New York family, |
is working in the oil fields with I
Drexel Biddle.
Southern Pine Barometer
Shows Increase in Orders
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 4.—The
Southern Pine association barome
ter for last week shows orders re
ceived increased 7.3 per cent over
the previous week; production in
creased 4.1 per cent and shipments
increased 5.5 per cent. Reports
from 133 mills show 88,299,315 feet
ordered, 78,952,458 shipped and 81,-
473,546 feet produced. Orders on
hand at the end of last week were
272,915,565 feet.
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, October 6, 1923
Macon Schoolboy Given
Championship, Only to
Have Title Withdrawn
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
BERLlN.—German cabinet resigns
and President Ebert asks Strese
mann to form new government.
TOKIO. —Severe earthquake shock
is felt here, driving people from
their homes and cutting off electric
lights in some places.
CONSTANTINOPLE.—New Turk
kish constitution will provide that
Turkey be proclaimed republic with
elected president, it is announced.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—McTigue-Strib
ling fight schdeuled for Thursday
afternoon is called off, with an
nouncement that McTigue broke a
hand in training.
NEW YORK. Argentine prize
fighter, Firpo, withdraws application
for American citizenship and de
clares he acted under misapprehen
sion of seriousness of his step.
ATLANTA, Ga. —Helen Katherine
Steels, at Atlan i, files suit against
E. Y. Clarke, former high official of
the Ku Klux Klan, and asks SIOO,OOO
for alleged breach of promise.
WASHINGTON. —Resignations of
Ambassadors Harvey at London and
Childs at Rome, mark first vital
change in American diplomatic serv
ice since President Coolidge took of
fice.
WINNIPEG.—Prince of Wales
tells representatives of unemployed
British harvesters that it is ad
visable for them to get work in
Canada as England offers little hope
for jobless men this winter.
TORONTO.—H. J. Daly, president
of Home bank, which recently fail
ed fc-r over eighteen million dollars,
board of six directors and chief ac
countant are arrested and released
on bail ranging from $50,000 to SIOO,-
0)0 on charges of having made false
returns concerning bank’s condition.
CHICAGO. —Former Senator Atlee
Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio, con
demns advocates of government
ownership of railroads and declares
that William G. McAdoo, as direc
tor general of railroads under gov
ernment operation, had thrown “dust
in our eyes to advance his aspira
tions to the presidency.”
BALTIMORE.—United States dis
trict attorney announces that he
will ask grand jury to Indict Con
gressman John Philip Hill on
charge of violating Volstead act,
growing out of the congressman’s
experiments with home-made intoxi
cants, made to establish what con
stitutes illegal alcoholic content in
fermented fruit juices.
HAHVEY AND CHILD
RESIGNED BECAUSE
OF MONEY BURDEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—The ad
ministration faces the necessity of
filling the first important vacancies
to occur in the American diplomatie
service since President Coolidge took
office, in the resignations of Am
bassador Harvey at London and Am
bassador Child at Rome.
That of Ambassador Harvey, ac
cording to the state department’s an
nouncement of the acceptance of
both, will take effect about the first
of the year, while Ambassador Child,
who is returning to the United
Sta.tes probably within a week or
two, will not go back.
Both ambassadors, it was dis
closed, are resigning after an agree
ment reached with President Har
ding several months ago as to the
length of time they could continue
at their posts retiring to give atten
tion to their personal affairs. There
was no further explanation in offi
cial quarters, but there previously
had been intimations that both were
finding their posts unduly burden
some in a financial way.
There had been no official intima
tion today as to possible successors
to be chosen by the president, and
indications were lacking that the
two governments had yet been ap
proached as to the acceptability of
possible appointees.
Both of the retirin gambassadors
will leave behind them important
accomplishments in negotiation
having to do wit hpost-war develop
ments since entering upon their
diplomatic duties.
State Farm Will Feed
Many Georgia Convicts
The state prison farm at Milledge
ville will go a long way toward
feeding the inmates of the penal
institution this year, according to a
report made to the state prison com
mission by Judge B. H. Duna-way,
superintendent of the farm.
Judge Dunaway was in Atlanta
Tuesday afternoon. He reported to
the commissioners that the farm
has produced more than 12,000
bushels of corn this year, as well
as other food for the inmates of
the prison and feed for the live
stock. More cattle and hogs are
being raised, Judge Dunaway said.
WASHINGTON.—President and
Mrs. Coolidge observe their eight
eenth wedding anniversary at White
House.
PHILADELPHIA.—Governor Pin
chot visits saloons here and sees
open defiance to his order to stop
business.
HALIFAX, N. S. —Trustees of in
ternational fishermen’s cup, meeting
here, declare American schooner Co
lumbia eligible to compete for tro
phy.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Harry Ertle,
referee dt McTigue-Stribbling prize
fight twice changes his decision and
under his last ruling match stands
a draw.
FORT WORTH.—Fort Worth de
feats New Orleans team 7 to 1 and
wins post-season series from South
ern league champions, having- been
victorious in four games out of
seven.
DELMONTE, Cal.—Edison medal
for scientific research was awarded
to Professor Robert .Andrews Milli
kan, of the California Institute of
Technology.
PORTLAND, Ore.—American Fed
eration of Labor convention at Port
land, Ore., indorses stanfl of Inter
national Pressmen’s Union in strike
on New York newspapers.
PARIS.—Gales of almost hurri
cane proportions continue on French
coast and the shores of English
channel and seaboard are strewn
with wrecks, with probable heavy
loss of life.
WASHINGTON. Major George
W. Cook, commanding officer at
Fort Eustis, Va., is found guilty by
courtmartial oa two counts of charge
resulting from treatment there of
Private Guy Pendleton, who later
lost both of his legs.
LONDON.—More favorable senti
ment toward Secrcatry Hughes pro
posal for an extension of the three
miles limit to permit search and
seizure of illicit liquor on British
ships by American authorities is
noted with arrival here of several
dominion premiers for coming im
perial conference.
NEW YORK.—Frank A. Munsey,
publisher, tells meeting of commit
tee formed to bring conventions of
two major parties to New York,
that New York has financed national
campaigns of both Democrats and
Republicans for fifty years and that
refusal to hold conventions there
would be “little short of impudence.”
HULL. DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN. SEES
VICTORY FOR PARTY
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—Cordell Hull,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, expressed himself as “ex
ceedingly optimistic’’ on prospects oi
Democratic success in the next presi
dential election, while attending a
conference of Democratic leaders
here last night. He said he had been
going about the country gathering
the views of the state and county
leaders of the party.
He would not commit himself on
Chicago’s chances of getting the
Democratic national convention, and
would not discuss Democratic presi
dential possibilities. He was accom
panied by Edward E. Goltra, na
tional committeeman from Missouri.
Chairman Hull declared that the
“Old Guard” is back in the saddle in
national Republican politics and that
“conditions have changed for the
worse since Taft’s time, in fact, are
five-fold worse than they were then.
“This is the group that does the
financing for the Republican party ”
he said. “If Roosevelt were alive
no doubt he would be after it ham
mer and tongs and denouncing its
members for the political porch
climbers and second-story men that
they are.
“They are costing the people of the
country between $3,000,000,000 and
$4,000,000,000 a year. This money
goes to the manufacturers of the
country, who in 1920 put up the
money for the election of the Repub
lican administration in return for
the privilege of putting over the
highest tariff in years."
Sunday School Secretary
Not Absent in 25 Years
SALISBURY, Md., Oct. 4.—John
G. Brittingham, since becoming sec
retary of Bethesda Methodist Prot
estant Sabbath school, in 1898, never
has been absent from his desk in
twenty-five years, it became known
today. He once missed a trip to
Niagara Falls in order to be in his
accustomed place on Sunday.
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REFEREE DECLARES
HE WAS OVERAWED
BE MENACING FAN P
Newspaper Men at the Ring
side Unanimously Decidi
Against McTigue Hugs
Crowd Storms Arena
COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. s.—Micha;
McTigue, of Ireland, last night wn
| speeding out of this city with h ■
light - heavyweight championsh
crown, following his fight wi '
Young Stribling, the eighteen-yea -
old Macon, Ga„ youth, who for thr<;
hours after the fight had in his po
session what was supposed to ha"
been the official title. Referee Har:»
Ertle, closeted in a private residem,
away from angry spectators, iasu •
a signed statement declaring that 1
had officially declared that the te .
round battle a draw and had not i
versed his decision even in the fa 1
of threats that “unless I award .
the decision to Stribling I won
never leave the arena alive.”
He admitted that fight promote i
had forced him to grab the rig
arm of the challenger and raise '
aloft, naming Major Paul Joi i
Jones, heading the committee of tl
local post of the American Legi< ’
staging the fight, as the man wl i
grabbed his and Stribling’s han<.
and raised them aloft.
RINGSIDE, COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct
4.—Changing his decision, after d >
daring the McTigue-Stribling bout t
draw, Referee Harry Ertle awardo
the light heavyweight championslj.i
title of the world to “Young” Strib
ling, the Macon schoolboy battlei
after ten rounds of fighting here.
The huge crowd, refusing to leav,
the arena, protested the eirly chi
cision. They were immediately join
ed ih teh ring by the newspapermen
from the ringside, all declaring th J
the fight was Stribling’s for his a*
gressiveness and the number of clear,
blows landeq by the challenger of
the champion.
After conferring with high authoii
ties present. Referee Ertle recon
sidered his announcement of a driri
decision and awarded the verdict, if
Stribling, making the 19-year-oU
youngster light heavyweight charm
pion.
The crowd roared itself hoarse as
the new announcement, which wtq
made after McTigue, the conquerci
of Siki, had beep escorted from th)
hotel by armed guards and police.
Os the twelve newspaper men call
ed into the ring by Ertle, each vot |
that Stribling had won the battl-.
and that McTigue had failed to show
any championship ability.
The referee then held up the chai
lenger’s hand, and, amid the plaudit!
of the crowd, declared him winner.
The champion, it was announced
weighed in at 162 pounds. Th e chai
lenger was 165 pounds.
The spectators came to the arena
direct from McTigue’s headquarter*
in a downtown hotel. They appeared
in glee after having, they said,
“checked a eleventh and three-quar<
ter hour effort on the part of thM
champion to “chuck the fight.”
There was a grand rush for gen
eral admission seats when the gatei
were thrown open. There was plenty
of police protection on hand, to<
getber with military police front
Fort Benning, located near here.
The twenty-ninth regiment band
from the fort proved to be a regu
lar band, the first on record in re
cent prize fighting encounters not
to open up with a melody bewailing
the shortage of a well-known tropi
cal fruit.
Indications were that many of ths
thousands of visitors who carn»
here- early today to receive the news
that the fight had been called off
had returned to their homes. Tha
expected record-breaking crowd was
not in sight.
Many women at the ringside were
about to witness their first prize
bout and appeared real timid about
it.
The band kept up a steady chant,
and played “Hail to the Chief” when
Walter A. Ricards, city manager of
Columbus, entered the arena.
The khaki color of the army was
everywhere.- The Fort Benning
contingent had one section of the
general admission seats reserved.
Up until this morning the enlisted
personnel were ardent McTigue
supports. It is understood they
now are on the fence.
Fre-Fight Statements
After both fighters had hauled
down their training flags and the us
ual “pink of Amdition” pre-fight
statements were issued, the cham
pion noticed the sting in his left
thumb growing worse. He decided
that a drug properly administered
would deaded the pain and allow the
fight to go on.
A physician was summoned and an
X-ray picture of the swollen hand
was advised. This disclosed, accord
ing to a signed statement, Issued by
four doctors, “an imperfectly healed
fracture of the metacarpal bone of
the left thumb.”
The fight was called off, McTigue
refunded the local post of the Ameri
can legion the amount paid him. Ev
erything appeared satisfactory until
the fight fans began to pour into
town at tlje brdak of dawn and then
things began to take on another
color.
Before dispersing the crowd lis
tened to a speech from the lips of
the champion.
“I’ll fight him with one hand,”
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McTigue shouted.
A member of the throng yelled:
“Cold feet!”
McTigue retorted: "Did you fight
for your country like I did?”
There were cheers mingled with
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