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VOL. XXV. NO. 160
LLOYD GEORGE TALK I
EMBHSING TO
REPUBLICAN PARTY
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—Former ;
Premier Lloyd George's suggestion
that the time is ripe for an accept
ance of the Hughes plan to form *
commission to study the reparations
question is occasioning some uneasi
ness among those who constitute the
"irreconcilable" group in American
politics.
Never has there been a time with
the possible exception of the first
mention of the world court issue
when the prospect of dragging for
eign policy into the campaign was as
little desired by the loaders of the
Republican party, who sincerely want
unity instead of discord. While Sec- |
retary Hughes did not propose any
thing that commits the United States
government to ‘‘an involvement in
entangling alliances,” his plan even
at this date is looked upon by the
"irrecoucilables" as a ' step toward
greater participation in European af
fairs, and they don't want America
to indulge even in unofficial con- i
ferences.
Johnson Waits Chance
Out in California, Senator Hiram )
Johnson is waiting his chance to ,
make an issue of foreign policy if the .
Coolidge administration makes any ,
gesture toward Europe. Mr. Joljin- I
son has plenty of other things no '
doubt of a domestic character on •
which he could base a campaign, but !
his fight from the beginning has
been against agreements of any kind
with Europe, and on that platform
he may be seen campaigning again ,
unless the administration adopts a ;
strictly hands-off policy.
Secretary Hughes made his sugges- [
tion about an informal commission
of inquiry as early as last December,
and about the only thing that Mr.
Coolidge has divulged on foreign pol
icy has been an expression which
indicated that the Hughes speech
still remained the policy of the ,
United States governments.
In that speech, Mr. Hughes laid
down the proposition that unofficial
persons representing each country,
but not necessaritly each govern
ment could sign and estimate the]
capacity of Germany to pay and the
possibilities of extending credit to
Germany when once a satisfactory
settlement is reached.
No Commitments
No government was to be com
mitted to an icceptance of the plan
but was to have the right to ap
prove or disapprove the findings and ,
to act upon o rignore the report
made.
The theory back of this plan was
that once the representatives of all
concerned did get into conference
with the sincere purpose of reaching i
a settlement, an adjustment was in
evitable. Mr. Hughes hoped at the
time to avert an invasion of the
Ruhr but Premier Poincare was so
intent upon making that move that
the Hughes proposal was for diplo
matic reasons construed by the ;
French government as an informal
and unofficial proposal and France
is therefj' - e in the position of be
ing able to accept the proposition if
she desires.
With the ending of passive resist- ■
a nee the general belief was that a
direct settlement between France
and Grmany was forthcoming. But
the disturbed condition of affairs in
a de Germany has revived the idea
that the co-operation of the German
people and the consolidation of po
litical elements in Germany will not
be brought about until some sign of j
stability appears from the outside to
instill confidence.
Loan Inevitable
The fact that an international loan
unquestionably would come out of
the proceedings of an international
commission such as Mr. Hughes pro
posed would have a powerful effect
on economic conditions in Germany.
Bankers and business men are hope
ful that an economic settlement can
yet be made and that’s why the
comment of Mr. Lloyds-George that
it is still time to act on the Hughes
plans i$ regarded here as a signifi
cant boost for the Hughes proposal
back of which it is known British
and German governments are ready
to stand.
It is pertinent to note that treas
ury officials in denying rumors of
unemployment and pessimistic re
ports about future business condi
tions do not fail to conclude the pos
sible adverse effect which European
conditions may have on American
markets. Farm organizations are
beginning to take «n interest in im
proving Europe’s purchasing power
so that a fight for co-operation with
Europe might see a different line-up
than that which developed over the
League of Nations or world court
issues. It seems almost certain tnat
the group which favored an interna- i
tional economic conference a year ■
ago will- be found supporting the
Hughes plan for a commission of in
-2? iry ,J nto tlle re P a rations problem.
Should support develop it would not
be surprising if further inquiries
were made of France as to the pos
u e u acceptance aL this time of the
Hughes plan.
The Weather
Forcc.Tr:. for Thursday.
Virginia. Taiit
North Carolina, South Carolina '
and Georgia: Fair; little change in I
temperature. moderate to fresh !
northeast winds.
I- lorida: G< crally fair, except !
howers in extreme south portion
fresh northeast winds.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Fair, littl» i
change in temperature; fresh north- !
e-st and east winds on the coast.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair; I
not much change in temperature.
Louim.na- Generally fair in in
terior; local showers on coast.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
Oklahoma: Unsettled; cooler in
west portion.
East Texas: Unsettled; local show
ers in north portion. ‘
West Texas: Partly cloudy• possi- I
bly rain in Pan Handle; cooler in the I
Pan Handl®.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
IVorld News
Told In
\ Brief
CLEVELAND.—Tris Speaker de
nies reported engagement to marry
Miss Frances Cudahy, of Cleveland.
VICTORIA, B. C.—Coal oil poured
into stove causes death of five In
dian children in fire at Bellq Bella re
serve.
PITTSBURG, Pa—Self-appointed
vigilance committee orders all ne
groes to leave Stowe Township, -west
of Pittsburg.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Secretary
Hughes deplores thirst for sensation
and relentless need for motion in ad
dress at Brown university.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton, of Oklahoma, says he will
resign if legislature will enact an
anti-klan law submitted by him.
PHILADELPHIA.—FederaI judge
on technicality, declines to grant
temporary injunctions, closing six
saloons for violating Volstead act.
HAVANA.—Tarafa bip, providing
for consolidatoin of railroads and es
tablishment of national ports in Cu
ba, is signed by President Zayas.
BOSTON.—Oxford university’s de
bating team defeats Harvard at
Boston, defending disapproval of
French occupation in Ruhr.
WASHINGTON. Pessimistic re
ports concerning general business
conditions are regarded at treasury
department as being unwarranted.
NEW YORK.—October 31 is date
selected by Harding memorial com
mittee of National Republican club
for memorial services for late pres-;
ident.
MONTREAL. Llovd George
thanks Canadians for their great
help in war; says Hughes’ plan still
offers best solution of reparations’
problem.
BOSTON.—Massachusetts federal
court for first time applies padlock
provision of Volstead act and closes
Lowell cigar store as common nui
sance.
BERLlN.—Reichstag votes confi
dence in Stressamann government
against German Nationalists, Ba
varian People’s party and Commu
nists.
DECATUR, Ill.—Four men are
seriously injured when cage in shaft
of Decatur Coal company mine drops
more than feet when hoisting
cable snaps.
NEW YORK.-r-Eifly Columbia uni
versity students narrowly escape in
jury when compressed air tank in
basement of Havemeyer hall ex
ploded.
BUCHAREST.—Rumanian govern
ment announces discovery of a Fas
cist! plot to assassinate premier and
five other ministers. There ijave been
many arrests.
Burlington’ vt.—Porter h.
Dale, supported by drys, wins Ver
mont Republican nomination to suc
ceed late William P. Dillinham in
United States senate. *
PORTLAND, Ore. —American Fed
eration of Labor, in convention, re
vokes credentials of William F.
Dunne, of Butte, Mont., accusing
him of Communist activities.
PORTLND, Ore. —American Fed
eration of Labor emphatically de
cides against forming distinct polit
ical labor party; also rejects resolu
tion urging United States to resume
trade relations with Russia.
NEW YORK.—Fire Chief John
Kenlon, of New York, blames “perni
cious practice” of certain banks en- |
gaging in th e fire insurance busi
ness for growth of arson, in address
before International Fire Prevention
congress.
SCRANTON.—GeneraI grievance
committee representing union mine
workers of Hudson Coal company,
some nineteen thousand in number,
vote to calNoff strike in effect since
Monday, and to present grievances
in regular form.
BERLIN. —German government
instructs representatives at Paris
and Brussels to ask French and Bel
gian governments whether they arc.
ready to enter into negotiations for
resumption of work in occupied ter
ritories.
WASHINGTON. Supreme court
declines to review decision in case
brought by Farmers & Merchants
bank, of- Monroe, N. C., and others
against Federal Reserve bank, of
Richmond, Va., in which it was held
that states might authorize state
banks to charge for services in col
lection of checks drawn on them.
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MB IS RECEDING
IN FLORIDS TOM
DAMAGE IS SLIGHT
MOOREHAVEN, Fla.. Oct. 10.—
The storm at Moorehaven abated a
little early last evening, but the wind
rose again during the night and th>-
water reached its highest about 3
a. m. At S a. m. the water has fal
len so rapidly that the highest point
in the middle of the streets in places
can be seen, making walking easier.
The wind is much quieter and : the
water in the lake, though still run
ning in ata i.. . rate, is running
off as rapidly. No visible damage
was done to any buildings, and only
a slight damage to floors in the
stores and to stocks.
Th e dredge Panama was started
tip to assist in strengthening the
dykes, but the strong wind made the
cumbersome vessel unmanageable a
half mile from where she was to be
gin her work.
A steady stream of rural reel-,
dents -were, arriving, making their
entrance into the city via the banks
of a canal as all roads and bridges
have been reported washed awa.\.
They brought along pai't of then
live stock. However, they reported
crop and live stock losses w-ould be
exceedingly heavy.
All high buildings in the city
weres reported filled with refugees
from the lowlands outside the city.
They further reported that the en
tire section was under
The negro section of the city was
completely inundated, this part of
the town's population being provided
with shelter in packing houses.
The sale started churning the
lake into a fury shortly after mid
night Tuesday. Four hours later
the dykes showed signs of weaken
ing. An alarm, was given. F. W.
Nolte, a member of the staff of
the Democrat, a local newspaper,
related today the fight made to saw?
the city from the flood by, a small
band of citizens.
Hampered by the high wind and
heavy sprays from the lake, the
army fought with sandbags, filling
in. broken places in the dykes.
Shortly before daybreak citizens be
lieved they had conquered the swirl
ing waters. The wind’s velocity in
creased end. the dykes began to
crumple. With sandbags, Nolte, said,
they charged and recharged the on
rushing water, but in vain. Water
began to pour into the city and the
volunteers had to scramble to safety.
He described many narrow escapes
The lake was nineteen feet deep,
according to last soundings taken
before the. gale.
Masons Celebrate
1 OOth Anniversary
Os Tennessee Lodge
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Get. 9.
Rhea lodge, No. 47, Free and Ac
cepted Masons, of Jonesboro, Tenn.,
said to be the oldest Masonic lodge
in the state with a record of con
tinuous existence, commemorated
100 years of activity today. A pub
lic program was held in the court
house, addressed by George L. Hard
wick, grand master of Tennessee,
and Phil S. Taylor, a member of
the lodge, and a fraternal meeting
will be held in the evening at the
lodge rooms.
Rhea lodge was chartered on Oc
tober 9, 1823,,. the charter being sigh
ed by Andrew Jackson, then grand
master of Tennessee, and said to
be the only charter in this region
signed by the former president of
the United States.
The lodge has a unique record of
participation in national events. It
holds a receipt for a contribution to
the building of the Washington
monument, with its architectural de
sign showing the original plans to
have been for a lower building, sur
rounded by colonnades and statuary.
Records show a contribution of SSO
for Civil war relief, at a Lynchburg,
Va., hospital, and a school known
as Martin’s academy was wholly
supported by the lodge for some
years prior to the War Between the
States.
The time of regular meetings is
determined still by the old by-laws,
which sets the period at “early can
dle light on the Monday on or be
fore the full moon,” which was for
the convenience of members living
at a distance, when streets lights
were unknown.
Presbyteriap Synod
Os Florida to Face
Educational Problems
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. B.
The Presbyterian synod of Florida
will hold its thirty-second annual
meeting here on October 16. Seven
ty or eighty representatives are ex
pected.
Among the important matters to j
be considered at the meeting is the j
question of taking over Rollins col- I
lege, at Winter Park, and conduct
ing it by joint action of the Pres
byterian and Congregational
churches in Florida. Another ques
i tion that will be considered is a|
campaign for raising funds for Pal-
I and other educational institutions
l and other educational insittutions
| now being conducted by the Pres
byterian church.
Rev. W. A. Cleveland,_pf Jackson
j ville, is moderator of the synod of
Florida, and Dr. William B. V.
Wilkie, of Dunedin, is state clerk
' and treasurer.
Wholesale Jail Break
At Opelika Blocked
OPELIKA. Ala., Oct. 9.—A bold
i and well laid plan for a wholesale
j jail delivery of eleven white prison-
I ers from the Lee county jail was
fVustrated Sunday by Deputy Sher
iff J. L. Vaughan, according to an
nouncement made today. The pris
oners, by means of steel saws which
had been slipped Into their cells,
sawed the bars to the larger Inner 1
| cells.
Arrival of an officer at the jail
! broke up the plans to escape. The i
i prisoners were dressed, armed with 1
i an Iron bar and had a long rope to ,
I let. themselves down the wall to lib- ,
erty when discovered.
EXCAVATING PARTY
TAKES OGLETHORPE'S
BODY FROM VAULT
I
CRANHAM, England, Oct. 10.—
I (By the Associated Press.) —The body
lof General James E. Oglethorpe,
founder of the state of Georgia, was
unearthed today by the excavators
under the direction of Dr. Thornwell
Jacobs, who plans to have it removed
to Atlanta.
For eight hours Tuesday expert
stone masons burrowed through sev
eral layers of flint-like concrete
which a local archaeologist declared
was harder to pierce than the walls
of the Tombs of the Theban kings.
The chisels and hammers which were
brought from London were found to
be too light for the purpose and to
morrow heavier demolishing tools
will be brought into play.
The setting for the ’excavation is
the quaint and lonely church off All
Saints in the hills of Essex, where
General Oglethorpe worshipped aft
er his return from America. The
building of rough hewn stone is sur
rounded by trees which Oglethorpe
brought from Georgia and planted
himself. The auditorium is lighted
by kerosene lamps and has only suf-’
ficient pews to accommodate about
one-fifth of Cranham’s population of
450.
Oglethorpe’s Chalice
In an adjoining room is a silver
ch alice from which Oglethorpe took
communion. Near the altar is a mas
sive slab upon which is recorded the
fact that in 1728 General Oglethorpe,
as chairman of a parliamentary com
mittee, liberated several hundred op
pressed Englishmen frosi the Lon
don jails, -who “rendered strangers
and helpless in the country of their
birth sought asylum with the liber
ator in the wilds of America.”
Both sides of the Oglethorpe fam
ily have died out, and the only per
sons admitted to witness the exca
vations besides Dr. Jacobs, who. is
the president of Oglethorpe univer
sity, weye the rector of the parish
and the correspondent. z
“This is a historic day for Geor
gia and the whole south,” said Dr.
Jacobs, who feels that his years of
labor in bringing about the search
for the founder’s body are now about
to be rewarded.
“General Oglethorpe,” he con
tinued, “was the first great Anglo-
American, and when we transfer
his body, his shrine in Atlanta will
naturally become the center of that
wider patriotism in America which
will cherish in abiding memory the j
common ties, traditions and inter- ,
ests of the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations.
Horde of Pole Cats
Storms Virginia Town;
Citizens Are in Panic
WINCHESTER, Va., Oct. 10.—
Business has almost beeg,Jblocked at
Stephen City, a thriving Frederick
county town, eight miles south of
here, by the appearance Sunday of
a horde of skunks, or pole cats.
Where they came from in such large
numbers no one seems to know. And
how to get rid of them is a prob
lem that is harrassing the town
council, the police force, the county
board of health and school trustees.
The presence of the pests has dis
rupted business, and it is feared
schools will have to be closed up.
No less than sixty of the animals
have been killed, but they seem to
be so numerous, especially in the
suburbs, that the attempted exter
mination has had little effect upon
their numbers.
Texas Given Million
By William Buchanan
For Charity Work
TEXARKANA, Texas. Oct. 10 '
William Buchanan has given Texas
one million dollars.
The capitalist. lumberman and '
railroad president's method was this: ;
He created a trust fund with six
teen trustees to be known as the
William Buchanan Foundation, into
which he paid one million dollars,
consisting of $400,000 in cash and
$600,000 in United States bonds, the
income from which is to be used
for charitable purposes and for the
alleviation of suffering and distress,
through the establishment and main
tenance of charitable and benevolent
agencies and institutions.
Farmers to Blame
For Own Troubles,
Wallace Declares;
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 10.—Sec !
retary of Agriculture "Wallace at
the world’s dairy congress, declared I
today farmers are to blame for ]
their own troubles. They have j
made the mistake of producing toj •
much food. Production must de
crease and prices increase until the
gap between prices for farm pro
duce and what the farmer must
buy, is closed before farmers find
tWemselves in as secure a position
industrially as other business '
groups, he said.
He believes the readjustment now ■
in progress will straighten matters J
out for farmers and that President |
Coolidge will work out some system
which will benefit them.
40 Cases of Liquor and
Boat Seized at Daytona
DAYTONA, Fla., Oct. 10.—County j
officials Tuesday seized the motor- |
boat Dorothy, bound from Nassau |
to Charleston, S. C., which ran <
aground near Daytona Beach dur I
ing a heavy gale. A search of the ■
boat revealed 400 cases of liquor ;
aboard, officials said.
Train Kills Negro
QUITMAN, Ga., Oct. JO. —Jesse
Newsome, a negro in the employ of •
John Duncan, about four miles j
from town, was struck and instant- j
ly killed by passenger train No. 2 .
of the South Georgia railway near ’
Fodie.
Cuban President Signs
Port and Railroad Bill
HAVANA, Cuba. Ors. 10.—Presi
dent Z:i\as today sismed Hie Tarafa
port and railroad bill. t
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JO VALOREM TAX
SYSTEM DEFENDED
BY GOMPTBOLLEB
Georgia's ad valorem system of
taxation was ably defended before
the special tax commission Wednes
day morning by Comptroller Gen
eral William A. Wright, whose long
experience with such problems
ranks him as a recognized expert.
The general declared that the state
does not need a. new system of
taxation.
‘‘You have law enough now,” said
he. “What you need is administra
tion and enforcement, amendment
and protection. There is enough
property in this state escaping taxa
tion annually to support most hand
somely every institution in the
state.” (
General Wright’s defense of the
present ad valorem law was sup
ported in part by J. K. Orr, promi
nent Atlanta merchant and head of
the Merchants and
association of Georgia. Mr. Orr.
conceded, however, that as a, last
resort, a graduated income tax on
gross incomes with a maximum
rate of three, per cent and few ex
emptions might be necessary.
Mr. Orr thought it unwise to con
sider seriously abandoning the ad
valorem system.
Explains How Navy
Gets So Much Speed
From Racing Planes
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.—Doubt: cam
ber wings, which increased the lower
and upper lifting surfaces of the
plane, enabled the United States
navy airplanes to attain the unprec
edented speed of more four
miles a minute in the Pulitzer speed
event at the international air races
here last Saturday, Commander
Mitscher, IE S. N., who was in
charge of the navy entrants, de
clared today.
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Atlanta, Ga„ Thursday, October 11, 1923
IN OCTOBER
Klan Injunction Suit
Is Kept in Court by
Amendment Action
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—A bill for an
i injunction against William Joseph
■ Simmons, emperor of the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan, and three rep-
I resentatives of three Chicago klans,
I against whom a temporary injunc
i tion recently was granted "to pre-
I vent t.hem functioning as" klan?,
Monday was found technically faulty
by Superior Judge Foell. The court,
however, allowed Charles G. Palmer,
attorney and grand dragon of tha
realm of Illinois, of the klan, to
amend the bill and the injunction
stands.
The three klans .are alleged by
' "Attorney Palmer to have seceded and
aligned themselves with Eimperor
Simmons, who has organized the
Knights of Kamelia, which he de
scribes as a higher order of klan
craft, and later were banished by
the national body.
Engineer of Flier
Dies at Throttle as
Train Rushes Along
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 10.—
Death held the throttle of a Rock
Island passenger train as it sped
thro.ugh eastern Kansas last night.
William R. Riley, 59, of Kansas
City, veteran engineer, died of heart
disease, as he was opening the throt
tle wider and wjider to make up for
lost time.
Homer Casteel, fireman, took the
throttle and piloted the train into
Kansas City. Passengers were un
aware of the eng-fneer’s death. Don
Henry, who was “riding the blinds,”
took Casteel’s place.
Riley had been with the Rock Is
land thirty-four years as engineer.
Coolidge Said to Expect
Child to Return to Rome
[ WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—President
. Coolidge expects Richard Wash
burn Child, American ambassador
to Italy, now en route home on leave
I of absence, to return to his post at
1 Rome after conclusion of his leave
and then to retire at his pleasure, it
R-as said today at the White House.
BRY AGENT S HOME
fflffllTED; BA9Y
ANO MOTHER HURT
! STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 10.—
j The home of Charles Pearce, 36,
prohibition enforcement officer at
Smithfield, Ohio, west of here, w r as
blown up today by dynamite.
Pearce, his wife and baby escaped
serious injury.
The blast partially wrecked the
city hall opposite the Pearce home,
the Spragg restaurant, the home of
Mrs. Mary Merryman and broke
windows in three score residences.
The dynamite, placed undfer the
front of Pearce’s house, wrecked Ihe
structure and it collapsed inward,
the walls and roof falling into the
basement. Pearce, his wife and 17-
months-old baby, were thrown in' j
the cellar with the debris. ,
Pearce extricated himself, rescued
his baby and then with the aid of
neighbois, dug his wife frertn the
ruins after an hour’s hard work.
The baby was cut and bruised. Mrs.
Pearce had her back Injured and
suffers! greatly from shock.
Mrs.Wlerriman’s home, adjoining,
was so Badly wrecked that the aged
lady, who had been seriously ill, had
to be removed from the tottering
structure with ladders to the second
floor.
The damage caused by the explo
sion is estimated in excess of twen
ty thousand dollars.
Miners en route to work claim to
have seen four strangers standing
on a corner near the Pearce home
and others report they saw an auto
mobile with several men passengers
leaving the town at a high rate of
speed shortly before the blast.
Sheriff Ed Lucas and deputies of
Jefferson county are working on the
theory that liquor law violators
prosecuted by Pearce were respon
sible for the outrage and according
to latest reports, are seeking sus
pects at Piney Fork, a njining town
near Smithfield.
Pearce claims he has received no
threatening letters, but has been
openly threatened by bootleggers ar
rested recently.
BARN OF PATROLMAN
WRECKED IN BLAST
SNOW HILL, Md., Oct. 10.—The
barn of Patrolman Sylvester Mes
sick, active in the prosecution of
bootleggers at Pocomoke City, was
dynamited today. No one was in
jured but numerous windows in the
viqinity were broken by the force
of the blast. Nothing of value was
stored in the barn and no animals
were quartered there.
The authorities held that the same
element Y:hat fired the parsonage of
the Rev. J. R. Bickering, of Poco
moke City,' last August, were con
cerned in the dynamiting of the Mes
sick barn. Mr. Bickering has been
prominent in the prosecution of boot
leggers in the community.
Late Editor Herring
Praised by Governor
“Georgia has lost one of its best
citizens,” Governor Walker stated
today in expressing regret of the
death Saturday of John L. Herring,
Editor of the Tifton Gazette. Fu
neral services for the editor were to
be held in Tifton today.
“Mr. Herring was a true patriot
and held the interests of his state
close to his heart,” the governor
said. “I have lost a close personal
friend and the press of the state a
great editor.”
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DEMAND AUTHORITY
TO NEGOTIATE WITH
OCCUPATION FORCES
Stinnes Presents Ultimatum
to Government Soon After
Reichstag Votes Confi
dence in Stressemann
BERLIN, Oct. 9.—Drastic de
mands were made of the. German
government today by the group of
Ruhr industrialists headed by Hugo
Stinnes, who recently were in con
sulfation with General deGouette,
tl)e French commander-in-chief at
Duesseldorff.
Authority to continue negotiations
with the occupation officials in th®
Ruhr was one of these demands.
Provision for longer working hours
for German laborers, both in the ,
mines and above ground, was an
other., - Ji
The demands were handed to the
government by Herr Stinnes him
self. He asked an answer by noon
today. A meeting of the cabinet
took them under consideration this
morning.
The industrialists also demanded
compensation for the coal confiscat
ed since the beginrting of the Ruhr
occupation and for the forcibly lev
ied/coal tax; the abolition of the coal
tax for the Ruhr region; a guaran
tee that all future deliveries of repa
rations coal be placed in their hands;
preferential treatment for the Ruhr
in supplies of raw materials and
foodstuffs.
TMte working hours underground, j
if the industrialists demands were
granted, would be eight and a half
houps and above ground ten hours.
The industrialists also asked what
the government’s attitude would be
toward the creation of a railway
company in the occupied territory t
in which the Rhineland, France and
industry would participate. ]
STRESEMANN IS VOTED
REICHSTAG’S CONFIDENCE
BERLIN. Oct. 9.—Having givei)
Chancellor Stresemann a vote of con
fidence in the face of opposition b.”
• ( the nationalists, the communists en I • a
the Bavarian people’s party, the
reichstag today considers the meas< (
ure that gives the government ex»
traordinary authority in dealing
with economic and financial probij
lems. The bill was approved yes*
terday by the reichsrat or imperial 7
council.
Chancellor Stresemann’s victory in
obtaining a vote of confidence wa I
strengthened oy tne rejectton of I
resolution to abolish the state o|
I emergency in the Reich and in Ba»
I varia, and by the passage of a social
ist resolution endorsing the govern'
ment’s constitutional attitude to«
ward exceptional measures in Ba'
varia.
There was a turbulent scene ir|
the reichsrat yesterday when Coun|
Westrap, the German nationalist,
criticising the central governmem,
demanded “a breach of relation)
with France with all its cons- •
quences.” Westrap’s supporters a;4
plauded and shouted "war!” whicj
called forth a demonstration in op
i position from the left.
Man Is Found Dead
On Huntsville Road;
Poison Clue Traced
FLORENCE, Ala., Oct. 9.—Law i
rence P. Lloyd, 53, was found dead ,
Sunday afternoon on the road lead
ing off Huntsville road to Brus'.ii
creek, which is about one-half milsi
from Killen.
There were no bruises or woundt
on the body to indicate a fight
violence of any sort. When found
the dead man was covered with
prespiration although cold and stiff;
He had probably been dead abou f ,
eight hours when found and the fact j
that he was still prespiring wheq
found indicates that he died of somd
powerful poison. There is no clu< *
other than poison.
Lloyd’s wife stated that siH
thought her husband had met witli
foul play and either been poisoned
; or smothered and robbed as he had
] about §BO in his pocket when he lef'J
| home' and only a small sum was
I found on the body. ’ i
Minister Kills Himself,
Driven to Desperation
By Marital Troubles
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 9 Aj|
unrequited desire to maintain a
home for his five children, rangin.4
in age from 12 to 19, was believed by
the police today to have been tha
principal motive behind the suicidfi
here yesterday of the Rev. John Win
liam Jones, forty-seven, prominent
Episcopalian clergyman. His bodj*
was found early last night in a hotel
room where he apparently had sho?
himself several hours before.
In a letter addressed to his wife,
a. theatrical woman of New York,
the Rev. Mr. Jones said:
“We never seem to have gotten
anywhere on the divorce question
nor have we succeeded in making i
good marriage. The kids need a
home. For nearly six years now, I
have been unable to do the right
thing by you and them. Let’s call
it quits, and may God take care of
you all. lam well in body and mind,
but sick in heart and-soul and have
decided to go ‘beyond the vale.’ ”
Plane Wings Break;
Aviator Is Killecj
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. Harrj|
J. Quinn, St. Paul aviator, W**
killed near here Monday afternoon
when the wings of a new monoplane
h* was testing dropped off at an
Pf aix>ui fjya hundred feet