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.Vol. XXV. No. 173
COMMITTEE'S PUN
FOB TAX REFORMS
O.K.'DBYGOVEBIIIOR
Walker Gives Official 0. K.
to Recommendation of In
vestigating Commission
for Limited Income Tax
Declaring that he has positive in
formation that a clear majority in
the state senate will not agree to
the repeal of the tax equalization
law until some substitute revenue
measure has been adopted, Gover
nor Walker Thursday urged the
Georgia general assembly to first
pass the tax reform bills recom
mended by the state tax commission
and then repeal the equalization
measure.
“I would have approached the so
lution of the tax problem by first
repealing the tax equalization law,
bus faced by a clear majority with
opposing views in the senate, I can
do nothing but urge the passage of
the reform bills approved by the
tax commission and the repeal of
the equalization law upon the adop
tion of these reform measures,” the
governor said in his message, deliv
ered at a joint session of the two
houses Thursday.
The governor declared that the
report of the commission was not
his report, and he would have
changed it in some respects, but it
presents the best system that could
be suggested under existing laws,
•nd he approved every word of it.
The report recommended a limited
Income tax, a classification tax, the
reduction ol the ad valorem tax rate,
• limitation of county and municipal
tax rates and the creation of a bud
get commission, an auditing depart
ment and a department to enforce
the collection of all taxes.
Income Tax Favored
Governor Walker stated that there
•re well-founded objections to the
fcuthod of enforcement of the federal
income tax, but the sentiment all
over the state is -for an income tax
in Georgia, and he favors one un
reservedly.
Deferring to the question of pro
viding pupils in the schools with
free textbooks, the governor declar
ed that this is a step which should
be taken as soon as possible, and
urged the enactment of laws to lay
the foundation for providing free
books for all pupils. He suggested
that the $250,000 appropriated from
the proceeds of the cigar and
cigarette tax during the years 1923
and 1924 to build a new tubercular
sanitarium at Alto, be diverted to
the free school book fund after 1925.
“I pledge the calling of an extra
session of the present general as
sembly in older that you may fix the
rate of taxation and put the law into
effect at the earliest possible date,”
Governor Walker declared, in dis
cussing the income tax. The extra
session would follow a vote of the
people on an amendment to the con
stitution at the regular election in
November, 1924.
"To the General Assembly of Geor
gia:
Governor’s Address
"Students of taxation in Georgia
nave openly asserted for months that
less than half of the people and less
than half of the property of the state
are bearing all of the burden of tax
ation. Though the matter has been
actively agitated by the people I have
seen no sustained denial of this con- i
tention. It was this condition which
(formed the main issue in the gen- <
«ral election. In that election and
in the convention of the people which
followed, the voters of Georgia clear- '
ly registered their will. They direct- 1
ed that the burdens of taxation be
more fairly distributed. They direct
ed that the manner of effecting such '
fair distribution be decided by a com
mission composed of farmers, busi
ness men, bankers and manufactur
ers, representing all classes of peo
ple and all sections of the state. In
sacred compliance with this man
date of the people, such a commis
sion has been appointed, has func- •
tinned in the manner directed by the 1
people and has returned its findings
to the governor to be transmitted
to the general assembly.
System Not Perfect
"This report does not pretend to
present a perfect system of taxation.
Taxation deals with humans and,
therefore, can not be made perfect.
The report is not my report. In
some respects I would have altered
It. I would have approached the so-1'
lution of the problem by first repeal-1
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LOS ANGELES. Light earth
shocks are felt in Los Angeles and
nearby cities.
BASTROP, La. —Judge postpones
indefinitely trial of all Morehouse
hooded band cases.
MEMPHIS. —W. J. Crawford,
president of company that publishes
the Memphis Commercial Appeal,
dies.
REVAL. —Professor Piip, former
premier and minister to London,
has been appointed Esthonian min
ister to United States.
OAKLAND, Cal. —George Whar
ton James, of Pasadena, explorer
and ethnologist, died at St. Helena,
Cal., after short illness.
NEW YORK. —Dr. John Clarkson
I Jay, great grandson of famed chief
justice John Jay, dies at New York
City.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oklahoma
federal court denies application of
Governor Walton for restraing or‘
der to prevent his impeachment
trial.
CHICAGO.—Hugo Stinne.'s, Jr.,
son of German industrial magnate,
leaves Chicago with Harry JF. Sin
clair for trip to Texas and Oklahoma
oil fields.
WASHINGTON’—Harding Memo
rial association announces plans for
observing Harding memorial wee.--
throughout the United States De :
cember 9 to 16.
NEW YORK.—Samuel Untermyer,
counsel for Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes, arraigns W. E. D. Stokes as
a man who become obsessed with the
desire to hound his wife.
NEW YORK.—Richard Nicosia,
widely known opera coach and direc
tor, dies of apoplexy, which seized
him as he played last chords of the
"Miserere” on a piano in studio.
BUENOS AlßESz—Argentine gov
ernment suspends decree applying
minimum price law to purchase of
cattle for export, which has been
strenuously opposed by foreign pack
ing interests.
JUNEAU, Alaska. —Returns from
six out of eight cities voting on
question of separating southeastern
part of territory from southwestern
section, indicate large majority in
favor of proposition.
WASHINGTON.—American naval
aviator will participate in attempt
next summer to fly across north
pole to be made by Captain Ronald
Amundsen, the explorer, navy de
partment announces.
NEW YORK. —American marine
conference passes resolutions calling
•upon United States shipping board
and emergency fleet corporation to
retire without delay from shipping
business, ami place operation of
ships in private hands.
PINEHURST, N. C.—l. S. D.
Sauls, president of Continental Life
Insurance company, of Washington,
D. C., and of Southern Industrial
Insurers’ conference, dies suddenly
of heart trouble while attending
convention of conference.
WASHINGTON. Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel for Anti-Sa
loon league, denies that his letter to
Secretary Mellen on law enforce
ment had any bearing on Pennsyl
vania political situation or that it
was aimed at Governor Pinchot.
WASHINGTON. Sec. Hughes
hurries to White House with re
port to President Coolidge after con
ference with Ambassador Jusserand
and unofficial Washington believes
some progress has been made iu rep
arations negotiations, despite offi
cial silence.
LONDON. lmperial economic
conference approves further exten
sion of imperial preference, as out
lined by Sir Phillip Lloyd-Graeme,
president of board of trade. Tobac
co and canned salmon, produced out
side empire, are among articles upon
which tariff is recommended.
NEW YORK.—Charles M. Schwab,
great steel magnate, testifies that he
has loaned money to Mrs. Mrytle
Bowman Hayes from time to time
since 1902 to avoid unfavorable pub
licity after first loan to her of $2,000;
declares nearly all of his misfortunes
in life have come from kind acts and
that public might put wrong con
struction on such matters.
HERSHEY, Pa.—Milton S. Her
shey, candy manufacturer, five
years ago, transferred practically
his entire wealth of about $60,000,-
000 to Hershey, Pa., Industrial
school, an orphanage; Mr.'Hershey’s
chief legal representative confirmed
the report and deed has been kept
secret for five years, Harrisburg
dispatch says.
PLAN TO CAPTURE
G. URBANIZATION
IN FLORIDA IN IBM
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. B.—At a
( meeting here Tuesday at which were
, representatives from fifteen counties
from th e state-at-large, a state Re
publican club wag organized with W.
C. Lawson, Orlando, as president.
The club has been organized with
the intention of capturing the regu--
lar Republican pa ty when meets
in convention, it was said, by reason
of having the greatest number of
representatives and thereby estab
lishing itself as the Republican party
recognized by the nation I organiza
tion, even though it be ‘ ily white.”
Other officers elect.. were Thomas
M. Philips, of Lakeland, vice presi
dent; D. P. Sias, Orlando, secretary;
H. W. Thurber, Delray, treasurer.
The state club is charged with the
responsibility of organizing county
clubs, which will be presided over
by a president, and other officers will
I be a vice president, secretary and
treasurer. Any white person over
18 years of age is eligible to mem
bership while any white person over
21 years of age is eligible to hold
office.
It is the aim of the organization— |
through its county clubs- to have )
enough representation at the state |
Republican c nvention to carry the ■
party aims its way an ave incor- )
porated within the state platform j
such planks as is now advocated by ;
what is termed the “lily white” wing. ;
According to Mr. Lawson, this would I
give the party .recognition from the |
national organizai.„... Mr. Lawson |
was. the Republican candidate to op- :
pose Senator F. tch-ir in the last j
senatorial election in Florida. At the j
conclusion of the election returns, he I
declared he was very much satis- '
fied with the showing his party
made.
Those chosen presidents for the
various county clubs were:
L. G. Pope, Moo rehaven, Glades )
county.
R. V. Hedges, Labelle, Hendry
county.
A. J. Shaver, Fort Myers, Lee
county.
W. H. Miller, Inverness, Citrus
county.
H. M. Hampton, Ocala. Marion
county.
C. L. Holton, Tallahassee, Leon
county.
Thomas Lundy. Perry, Taylor
county.
C. J. Stockwell, Tampa, Hillsbor
ough county.
Dr. G. A. Klock, Daytona, Volusia
E. W. Henck, Longwood, Seminole
county.
Judge T. L. Comer, Kissimmee.
Osceola county.
Charles Anderson, Groveland, Lake 1
county. 1
Two Confess in Taxi
Slaying Case, Says
Florida Sheriff
DELAND, Fla., Nov. B.—Com
plete confessions have been obtained
from Clara and Joe Brown, two of
trio held in connection with slaying
of Howard Usher, taxicab driver of
Daytona, several days ago. Sheriff
Lee Morris, declared follpwing -his
return from an interview with the
prisoners in Tampa, where they
were taken for safekeeping.
Charles Brown, third member
of the trio, has refused to say any
thing, the sheriff said. The prison
ers are not being hell in Tampa to
day, Sheriff Morris said, they having
been removed, but he would not dis
close their present whereabouts.
Investigation through finger
prints has disclosed that the wom
an’s real name is Clara Pascelli,
wife of Charles Brown Pascelli
alias Charles Brown, the sheriff
said, while the man giving the name
of Joe Brown is Joe Burns.
Their cases will be given to the
grand jury when circuit court con
venes Tuesday.
Former Klan Officer
Says Tar and Feather
Parties Were Defended
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. B.—Offi
cials of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta,
Dallas and Houston fougnt efforts
to stop tar and feather parties, and
other forms of mob violence, George
Kimbro, Houstonian, former grand
goblin of the klan domain of the
southwest, charges in a deposition
filed in district co rt here. The dep
osition was take in connection with
a suit for $24,000 by the klan against
Kimbro and cross-action by Kimbro
asking $38,000 damages from ths
klan.
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the head and nose, deafness and
head noises after many years of
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DECLARES WIZARD
I SHOULD CLEAR KUN
OF MOT IN KILLING
Colonel William Joseph Simmons,
■ emperor of the Ku Klux Klan, re
turned to Atlanta Thursday and
issued a signed statement in which
he assailed Dr. H. W. Evans, im
perial wizard of the klan, for re
maining away from the city after
• his publicity chief, Philip E. Fox.
had shot and killed Captain W. S.
Coburn, attorney for the Simmons
faction of the klan.
. Colonel Simmons’ statement, to
gether with another given out by
Dr. Fred B. Johnson, chief of staff
for the klan emperor, in which Dr.
Johnston declared he went to Bir
mingham Tuesday night because he
feared his chief’s life was endan
gered, constituted the principal de
velopments in the Coburn slaying
Thursday.
Criticizes Evans
“If I had been imperial wizard of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
and my publicity director had com
mitted such a flagrant and outra
geous and heinous murder,” Colonel
Simmons said in his statement, “you
can bet your last dollar that I would
not be hiding in some other city
I away from my headquarters and
I away from my desk where I could
! not see representatives of the press
' and klansmen of the nation who are
I justly entitled to any information
| available on this subject, and I
' would be attempting to prove beyond
I any doubt whatsoever that I had no
I connection with the murder and that
I my associates nor myself had in any
) way inspired this most dastardly
j deed on the part of Mr. Fox, who is'
publicity director of Dr. H. W
) Evans.” g
No information could be obtained
at the imperial palace, Dr. Evans
headquarters, Thursday, concerning
' the whereabouts of the imperial wiz
ard, all inquiries being met with
the stc.tement that Dr. Evans was
absent on a speaking tour. Like
wise, his chief counsel, Paul S.
Etheridge, was reported away from
the city. No klan official could be
located who would comment on Col
onel Simmons’ statement.
The statements were issued by
Colonel Simmons and Dr. Johnston
after a conference at the Simmons
home on Peachtree road, which was
attended by Edward Young Clarke,
former wizard pro tem of the klan.
The klan emperor and his chief lieu
tenant returned early Thursday
morning from Birmingham, where
Colonel Simmons had been at the
bedside of his sick mother, it was
stated.
Texans Reported Coining
The issuance of the statements
temporarily shifted the center of in
terest in the Coburn slaying to the
factional fight within the klan, while
defense plans for Fox, indicted
slayer of Captain Coburn, apparent
ly awaited the arrival of relatives
and attorneys reported en route
from Dallas, Texas, the former home
of the prisoner.
Dr. Linton Smith, the Fox family
physician, reiterated his opinion
Thursday that Fox was suffering
from a serious mental disorder,
diagnosed as “brain lesion” that may
have influenced his actions. The
prisoner arose early, took a bath
and a shave, but complained of a
severe headache. His wife, who was
reported to have suffered a nervous
breakdown Wednesday night, visited
the jail during the morning in com
pany with Philip, Jr., seven-year
old son, and they talked with Fox
for more than an hour.
Nighthawk.”
To Ask New Warrants
In giving out the statement con
cerning his trip to Birmingham,
after he had taken out peace war
rents against Dr. Evans and three
of his subordinate officials, Dr.
Johnston said he would seek to have
the warrants reissued, if the neces
sity arose. The warrant against Dr.
Evans is still on the court records,
as’ the process has not been served,
but Judge T. O. Hathcock dismissed
those against H. K. Ramsey, Brown
Harwood and T. J. McKinnon,
Wednesday at noon, for lack of
prosecution.
When Mr. Clarke came into the
conference at the Simmons home,
both he and Colonel Simmons ex
changed affectionate greetings, plac
ing their arms about each other. Oth
ers in the room were Dr. Johnston
and John A. Coyle. The group dis
cussed klan affairs at some length.
Asked if he would assist in the
prosecution of Fox, Colonel Simmons
replied that he could not answer
such a question until he had learned
the facts in the case and had talked
with Mrs. Coburn.
Clarke Aiding Emperor
Mr. Clarke, who now holds the
honorarj r title of imperial giant in
the klan, but who for several years
took an active part in its activities
and promotion, declared he never
again intended to have anything
to do with the klan or klan affairs,
but was aiding Colonel Simmons
only as a friend and not in .any of
ficial capacity.
Both Mr. Clarke and Colonel Sim
mons declared they did not believe
there was a plot on foot to kill them,
and the former added that he would
have repliefl in the same vein had
he been asked whether he thought
there was a plot directed against
Captain Coburn. Mr. Clarke said he
intended to enter the real estate
and publishing business in Atlanta
as soon as the Mann act case pend
ing against hi min Texas had been
disposed of.
No announcement of an attorney
for Captain Coburn’s slayer had been
made up to an early hour Thursday
afternoon, although Mrs. Fox is
(Continued on Page 6, Column 5)
The Weather
Virginia: Fair Saturday, with
rising temperature.
North, South Carolina and Geor
gia: Fair Saturday; somewhat warm
er in the interior.
Florida: Fair Saturday; no change
in temperature.
Extreme northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Fair Satur
day; slowly rising temperature.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair
Saturday; slowly rising temperature.
Louisiana: Saturday fan-, not
much change in temperature.
Arkansas. Oklahoma and east
Texas: Saturday generally fair.
West Texas: Saturday partly
cloudy.
Gen. Ludendorff Takes Command
Os German Revolutionary Army
ATTACK UPON FOX
WITH BRASS KNUCKS
RECALLEO IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. B.—How
Philip E. Fox, indicted slayer of Cap
tain W. S. Coburn in Atlanta, was
slugged with brass knucks by an un
identified man while on a recent trip
to Chicago, was related here today
by friends to whom Fox had told
the story two weeks ago when he
came here for “Ku Klux day” at the
local fair.
“I packed my grip and flagged it
out of there that night,” Fox laugh
ingly declared to friends in discussing
the incident. The attack occurred, it
was stated, in front of the Sherman
house.
Fox has no relatives here, but has
a wide circle of friends and acquain
tances made before he left to assume
the post of publicity chief for the
klan. He was in active newspaper
work for nearly ten years, principal
ly on the Times-Herald, an after
noon newspaper of wide influence
owned and operated by E. J. Kiest.
While managing editor of this pa
per, Fox wielded a wide influence
in building up the klan, it is said.
He is understood to have been one
of the inner political ring of twelve
who directed the senatorial campaign
of Earl B. Mayfield, and it was his
activity in this work, it is said, that
caused Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans
to offer Fox the position of publicity
chief and editor of the official pub
lication, “The Nighthawk.”
Fox came to Dallas as a reporter
ten years ago from Oklahoma City.
On one occasion, he had a fight with
Mayor Henry D. Lindsley in the lat
ter’s office and both carried black
eyes, it was recalled here today. How
ever, Fox was not regarded as a bel
ligerant individual, but was always
genial and kind, according to his
friends.
His wide circle of friends and ac
quaintances were shocked at the
news of killing Captain Coburn, and
many telegrams have gone forward
to him at Atlanta. Belief is express
ed here that the Texas klan will do
everything possible to aid Fox in his
trial for the murder of the Atlanta
attorney. It is undersfodd that Bob
Allen, a klan lawyer, has gone to
Atlanta to aid the prisoner.
At the offices of Sheriff Dan Har
ston and District Attorney Shelby
Cox, it was denied that they con
template a trip to Atlanta. Both are
warm friends of Fox, but they do not
believe a trip to the Georgia city
wo Ad materially aid their friend, it
was stated.
Fox’s last visit to Dallas was two
weeks ago on the occasion of the
fair, and at that time he made no
mention of leaving his post with the
klan, according to his friends. He
was welcomed back to Dallas with
open arms and not even Imperial
Wizard Evans was given more at
tention during the two-day visit of
the pair.
Fox described the growing popu
larity of the klan over the country,
according to friends, and seemed ex
ceedingly cheerful over the outlook.
He told one friend that $1,000,000 was
now in the klan treasury, as con
trasted to SIOO,OOO last May, when
Dr. Evans took charge of the organ
ization.
Memorial Marks Spot
Where General Johnston
Surrendered to Sherman
GOLDSBORO, N. C., Nov. B.—A
memorial to the “Lost Cause” on
the spot marking the surrender of
General Joseph E. Johnston to Gen
eral Sherman, April 26, 1865, was
unveiled near here this afternoon.
The Bennett rriemorial, two large
columns of marble with a park ot
thirty-five acres, was given by Mrs.
S. T. Morgan and family, of Rich
mond, Va.
A large gathering of people from
both the north and south w-ere here
to attend the unveiling ceremony.
Among the speakers was Colonel
Robert M. Hughes, nephew of Gen
eral Johnston. He discussed the
“South Cause,” while Senator B. K.
Wheeler, of Montana, spoke on the
“North Cause.”
General Julian S. Carr presided at
the ceremony, and Mrs. Morgan and
family, Governor Cameron Morrison,
Colonel Benehan Cameron and oth
ers took pai;t in the memorial cere
mony.
The old chimney of the house
where Generals Johnston and Sher
man signed the peace still remains
and will be kept intact as a lasting 1
memorial.
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Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, November 10, 1923
FIRST PICTURE OF PHILIP E. FOX AND HIS FAMILY.
Left, the klan publicity chief, who shot and killed Captain W. S.
Coburn, attorney for the Simmons faction of the Ku Klux Klan,
and, right, Mrs. Fox and their seven-year-old son, Philip, Jr., who
visited the prisoner at the Fulton county tower Thursday morning.
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LABOR BOARD ORDER
DEFIED IN STRIKE ON
VIRGINIAN RAILWAY
♦
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. B.—Between
400 and 500 locomotive engineers
and firemen, constituting approxi
mately two-thirds of the engine
crews of the Virginian railway,
walked out at 6 o’clock this morn
ing despite an order from the United
States railroad labor board that the
threatened action by the men be
held in abeyance pending a hearing
before the board on November 14 of
the controversy between the road
and its enginemen over the dis
charge of several employes.
Vice President C. H. Hix, of the
Virginian, telegraphed the labor
board today asking authority to em
ploy men to fill their places in order
that the entire schedule of trains
might be kept in operation pending
settlement of the dispute.
Train schedules, according to Mr.
Hix early today, are not being seri
ously handicapped. Freight and pas
senger traffic over the road are both
very light just at this period, he
said, and the walkout was not ex
pected to reduce the operations by
more than 20 per cent unless other
operatives go out in sympathy with
rhe engineers and firemen.
Officials of the Virginian here did
not anticipate such action by the
other brotherhoods. Conductors and
brakemen on all trains were on duty
early today and there had been no
threats of a spread of the walkout
in this direction.
I Kansas City Reports
Say Klan May Move
Headquarters There
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Nov. B.—The
■ Ku Klux Klan is negotiating for
. space m Kansas City buildings to
move headquarters of the organiza
tion here from Atlanta, F. E. Mc-
Nulty, real estate operator, said to
day. McNulty declared he had au
thority from Dr. H. W. Evans, im
perial wizard, to negotiate for the
property.
EFFORTS TO CONFIRM
REPORTS ARE IN VAIN
Efforts were unsuccessful Thurs
day afternoon to get in communica
tion with klan officials who would
discuss the report that imperial
headquarters are to be moved to
Kansas City, as stated in press dis
patches. Officials were reported
‘ out” by the telephone- operator.
Carolina Farmer
Kills Estranged Wife
And Commits Suicide
SMITHFIELD, N. C„ Nov. B.—A.
E. Flowers, a tenant farmer, Wed
nesday shot and instantly killed his
wife, slightly wounded Earle
Stephenson, a youth, and then ended
his own life, according to a report
made to the sheriff’s office here.
Stephenson was struck by a stray
bullet while sitting on a long log
in the front yard of the Flowers’
home.
The Flowers couple had been sep
arated for several years and, accord
i ing to the sheriff, the shooting fol
lowed the refusal of Mrs. Flowers
tc return to her husband when he
called on her Wednesday. Flowers,
according to the authorities, has i
served a term in the federal peni- i
tentiary at Atlanta on conviction of I
illicit manufacture of liquor. ,
POWELL'S FATHER
POSTS DMO FOB
SDN'S ASSAILANT
A reward of SSOO for information
leading to the capture of the man
reported to have stepped from be
hind a tree about midnight Wednes
day on Peachtree street, near Persh
ing Point, and fired point blank at
Arthur W. Powell, well known young
Atlanta attorney, was offered Thurs
day by his father, Judge Arthur G.
Powell, prominent Atlanta attorney.
Judge Powell explained that his
son had received two threatening
notes from an person
who warned Mr. Powell that if he
did not drop the SIOO,OOO breach of
promise suit he had filed against
Edward Young Clarke, former of
ficial of the Ku Klux Klan, in be
half of Miss Helen K. Steele, alias
Annie Mae Garland, he would be
dealt with harshly. “” r ~
Judge Powell scouts the idea that
his son’s connection with the Steele
case had anything to do with the at
tack Wednesday night and says he
is convinced the person who wrote
the notes and di dthe shooting was
using the case to conceal his real
motive.
Mr. Powell, according to his own
statement, had just left his father’s
residence at 1096 Peachtree street to
go to the drug store for a soft drink)
when he discovered a man trailing)
him in the shadows of the trees lin-1
ing the sidewalk.
He said he went to the drug store |
and told a number of acquaintances ,
there that a man was following him,
but they took it lightly and said he
was just nervous on account of the |
warning notes he had received. He
said he started home and as he ap- ;
proached a pile of building materials I
he saw the man dart back. He re- ;
turned to the drug store, according
to his statement, and repeated his )
story, but was not taken seriously, I
Mr. Powell said he then determined
to return home at any cost and, with
his hand on a revolver given him
' during thg afternoon by a friend who
j was concerned over the notes he had
received, crossed the street. When
i opposite the residence of G; M.
Mitchell he says a man stepped from
' behind a tree, and fired point blank,
I the bullet piercing his hat and in
flicting a slight scalp wound.
Stephen Mitchell, of 1149 Peach
tree street, in front of whose resi
dence the shooting took place, stated
Thursday that soon after the pistol
shots were-fired he saw a Buick
roadster, with a. man on each run
ning board, dash away from the
spot at high speed in the direction
of Brookwood.
Mr. Powell was lying unconscious
on the sidewalk when found by resi
dents who were attracted to the
scene by the pistol shots. He was
rushed to Davis-Fischer sanatorium,
where he was revived sufficiently
to give police details of the shoot
ing.
On Tuesday Mr, Powell had made
public the receipt of a badly scrawl
ed warning, demanding, he said, that
he drop the SIOO,OOO breach of prom
ise suit he had filed against Mr.
Clarke for Miss Steele.
This warning, Mr. Powell said, told
him no further warning would be
given, but that unless he dropped
the suit the next warning would
bring lead. t
Police questioned several residents
of the neighborhood where Mr. Pow
ell was found who said they heard
two shots about midnight and a man
I calling “help! help!” Captain J. E.
i Chandler and Call Officers Williams !
| and Barker investigated.
Bonded Whisky Worth
$200,000 Is Reported
Stolen at St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 7.—Police
today sought an unnamed third
owner of the 147 barrels of bonded
Kentucky whisky, which vanished
from the F. M. Head & Co. ware
house here last March. The liquor
was worth $200,000 at bootleg prices,
it was estimated. The theft has
just been revealed by prohibition
agents.
Max Davis and Griffin Murphy,
Gethsemane, Ky„ two of the own
ers, said they knew nothing of the
disappearance until they were told
by dry agents.
A permit for shipping the whisky
here was issued in August, 1922. Nc
applications for withdrawal were re
ceived.
Theft of 1,043 barrels from two
other warehouses here a ithin the
last 12 months has netted bootleg
gers a million dollars worth of whis
ky, it is believed.
5 CENTS A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
TROOPS DF BAVARIA
PREPARE TO LAUNCH
ATTACKS DN BERLIN
<
BERLIN. Bavarian government
i is overthrown by Adolph Hitler.
Fascist leader; General Ludendorff is
: made supreme head with essential
i powers of dictator and Hitler will
■be h : " -h'cf political adviser, Munich
dispatch says.
MUNICH. —General Ludendorff In
accepting dictatorship, said: “We
. have reached turning point in the
i history of Germany and the world."
. Revolutionists are reported to have
i arrested Premier von Knilling and
j other ministers.
LONDON.—Late advices from
. Berlin declare German capital Is
I alive with troops and that cabinet
I is in interrupted session.
BERLlN.—General von Seeckt has
been appointed commander-in-chief
of the national army with absolute
military authority, Berlin advice®
assert.
PARlS.—Hitler’s troops have bo
gun march against Berlin, and Hitler
• has proclaimed himself chancellor of
whole reich, newspaper reports- from
Berlin say.
BERLlN.—German central gov
ernment breaks all relations with
Bavaria and withdraws federal sup
port until constitutional conditions
are restored.
LONDON. Dr. von Kahp accepts
governorship of Bavaria as repre
sentative of the monarchy, late Ber
lin dispatch declares.
LONDON, Nov. B.—The Berlin
correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph, forwards a telegram
from Munich which says that the
Bavarian irregulars have decided to
march on Berlin tomorrow.
BERLIN, Nov. B.—Chancellor
Stresemann’s government prepared
today to head off the threatened
march of the Bavarian borders to
Berlin.
Rechswehr troops occupied the
railroad center of Weimar, near the
border of Thuringia.
It is believed that in any attempt
of the monarchist borderers to
make a sudden rush on Berlin in a
new putsch they would probably try
to use the railways passing through
i Weimar.
The commander of the reichswehr
troops who took over Weimar an
nounced that the city -would be sur
rounded immediately “to prevent
undesirable persons from entering."
• While the occupation of Weimar
was announced as' only ' a move
against reds, it was known to be
actually directed against the bor
derers. It was part of General
Reinhardt’s scheme for the defens®
iof the republic in the event of the -
I monarchist putsch freely talked of
| as scheduled for the anniversary of
I the founding of the republic Novem
' i>er 9.
President Ebert assured visitor®
they need not worry about the bor
derers march from Bavaria to Ber
' lin because the government was
1 much more active than generally
j suj>posed.
STKESEMANN PROGRAM
PROVOKIDISTRUST
BERLIN, Nov. B.—(By the Asso
i ciated Press.) —Chancellor Strese
i mann’s hastily proclaimed measures,
i intended to bring relief in the na
I tion’s financial and food situation,
) meet with varying degrees of ap
proval among the financial critics.
They ,yiew the government’s decrees
as primarily possessing psychological
importance, in hat they assured the
public that the paper mark is not al
together worthless.
The government’s failure to fix
definitely the value of the paper
mark in relation to the present Ijmi
ited issue of gold loan notes ;s th®
chief source of popular disappoint
ment.
The government now makes its
final appraisal of the pap mark
contingent upon its ability to halt
the money presses and obtain suffi
cient new revenues through the com- ,
mandeering of foreign currencies
and the levving of new taxes.
PARIS ESTABLISHES
BANK IN RHINELAND
PARIS, Nov. B.—The occupation
authorities have decided upon the
creation of a bank of issue in the
Rhineland, the capital for which is
being subscribed by German, Dutch,
British, Belgian and French finan
ciers, says L’Eclair. The object of
the new bank is to facilitate trade
which has been paralyzed bv the
fluctuations of the currency.
ENVOYS’ COUNCIL TO BAR
RETURN OF CROW' PRINCE
PARIS, Nov. B.—(By the Associat
ed Press.) —Th e allied council of am
bassadors decided today to request
the Dutch government not to allow
former Crown Prince Frederick Wil
liam to leave Dutch territory, where
he has been in exile since th© war,
and also to ask the German govern
ment not to —••-'W him to enter Ger
many, as he is on the list of per
sons charged with war crim rt s whosa
arrest is sought by the allied gov
ernments.
Another Defendant
In Bastrop Hearings ‘
Is Declared Guilty
BASTROP, La., Nov. 7.—(By the
Associated Press.) —T. Jeff Burnett,
tried jointly with Harley Rogers lor
assault with a dangerous weapon in
connection with the hold-up of
Harry Neelis near here in August,
1922, was declared guilty by Judge
Fred M. Odom in district court here
today. The case of Rogers was
taken under consideration.
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