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£l)c Mkmta Srt-Ulcckln Journal
VOL. XXV. NO. 178
130 SEPARATISTS
SLAIN IN BATTLE
AGAINST PEASANTS
Extra Police Guard Strese
niann at Stormy Reichstag
Meeting—New Note Ex
pected Wednesday
DUESSELDORF, Nov. 20. (By
the Associated Press.) —The battle
between the separatists and loyalists
in the region opposite Bonn now ap
pears to have been much graver
than at first reported. A dispatch to
the Duesseldorfer Nachrichten says
the separatists lost 130 killed, and
that they were completely routed.
Many were literally butchered by the
infuriated peasants, who used axes,
scythes and other farm implements.
PLOT FEARED AGAINST
CHANCELLOR STRESEMANN
BERLIN, Nov. 20. Extra police
guarded the reichstag when it open
ed today in fear of an attempt to
assassinate Chancellor Stresemann,
President Loeb revealed.
He said it was. feared some one
might fire at the chancellor as the
assassins of the late Herr Rathenau
did in the chamber.
At 4:20 o’clock the reichstag had
to adjourn for an hour because the
communists, yelling that police were
stationed inside the building, created
an uproar.
Some of them shouted at President
Loeb, “you criminal.’’
FRANCE GIVES IN
TO WORLD PRESSURE
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The moral in
fluence of the United States, Italy
and Belgium, as well as that of
Britain, was credited here today with
bringing France to the point, of yield
ing on her proposed military action
against Germany.
The compromise which it was
hoped would be reached when
the ambassadors’ conference recon
vened in Paris was said here to have
resulted from acceptance of Britain’s
proposals for stiff notes to Germany
about imposition of allied military
control and action regarding tl<e
crown prince.
JOINT NOTE NOT TO BE
ULTIMATUM TO BERLIN ;
LONDON, Nov. 20.—(8y the As- I
sociated Press.) The British goy- |
eminent officials considered this '
morning that all danger of disagree- )
ment with France on the question of .
the ex : crown prince and the resump
tion of inter-allied military control '
in Germany had passed. They ex- i
pected that the council of ambassa
dors would reach a compromise un- ’
less an unforeseen obstacle inter- |
posed at the last moment.
It was pointed out that the ques- I
tion was now largely one of appro- I
prlate phraseology in which to strike I
a mean between the two divergent j
viewpoints. The forecast here was I
along these lines.
The proposed joint note to Ger- I
many will not be in the form of an
I'ltimatum nor will it give the Ger
mans a time limit within which they
must comply with the allied condi
tions. Neither will it demand an im
mediate formal reply. It will be
mainly in the character of a firm, j
peremptory notice to Berlin that the i
allies intend to inaugurate 'allied in- I
spection of German armaments in :
certain chosen areas still under the
authority of the central government.
On the question of the kaiser’s
heir, the note will hold the German
cabinet responsible for any overt or
subversive acts looking to the res
toration of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
British officials consider that their
diplomatists have won a partial vic
tory over the French, but they show
no disposition to exult over it.
ANGLO-AMERICAN LOAN
TO GERMANY PLANNED
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —With regards to re- .
ports of the impending conclusion I
of an Anglo-American loan to Ger- j
many, the Boersen Courier says to- |
day that negotiations are in prog
ress between a well-known Berlin
bank and a group of American, Brit
ish and Dutch financiers for a credit
to Germany of 1,400,000,000 gold
marks.
The granting of this credit, says
the newspaper, is dependent upon
the conditions that there be no
change in the internal political sit
uation in Germany, and that the
offer be made only to the Strese
mann government.
12 Teams of Horses
Dash Through Streets I
Dragging Small House
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 20.—Horses
have run away -ince the time of the
Pharaohs, but it took twelve teams
here late yesterday to gallop off with
a. building.
A large shed was being moved on
a specially constructed truck, and
the roof of the shed broke trolley
wires. The -ackling sparks above
their heads terrified the horses,
which dashed off. Several horses
were dragged beneath the wheels of
the truck and one had to be shot.
-*h© runaways had gone a block
-/.nd broken down a telegraph pole
Lefore they could be quieted.
Alan Holubar, Noted
Film Producer,- Dies
I.OS ANGELES, Nov. 20. Alan
Holubar, prominent motion picture
producer and actor, and husband of
Dorothy Phillips, film star, died sud
denly here today of pneumonia.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Virginia: Partly cloudy.
Florida: Partly cloudy.
Extreme northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Partly cloudy
and cooler.
Tennessee: Fair and colder.
Kentucky: Fair and colder.
West Virginia: Cloudy and colder.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy, colder
in north portion.
Arkansas: Cloudy, colder.
Oklahoma: Generally fair, colder.
East Texas: Cloudy, colder in the
Interior.
Fair, -colder,
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
LONDON.—Capitals of Europe
show much satisfaction in more
hopeful news from Paris.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Eugene
V. Debs is ill at home here, but his
I condition is denied to be alarming.
CASPER, Wyo.—Midwest Refin
ing company announces increase of
ten cents a barrel in posted price of
Osage crude oil.
LONDON. —Lady Astor, in spite
of hostile critics and repeated heck
ling. tells British voters she is surely
going back to the house of com
mons.
HAVANA. —University students
cancel lecture invitation to .Vincent
Ibanez, Spanish author, accusing
him of selling his talents for Ameri
can gold.
NEW YORK—The Tribune de
clares that 24 New York theaters
have boosted price of tickets for
next Saturday night, day of Army-
Navy football game.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oklahoma
senate court of impeachment re
moves John Calloway Walton as
governor after finding him guilty on
eleven of sixteen charges.
DUESSELDORF. Dispatch to
Nachrichten says that in fight be
tween separatists and loyalists near
Bonn, separatists lost 130 killed and
were completley routed.
HIGHLANDS, N. J. —Seven rum
runners land cargoes of liquor along
the New Jersey coast and two are
forced to abandon cargoes by coast
guards, in reopening of holiday tnade
along “rum row.”
PHILADELPHIA.—Mrs. Gifford
Pinchot tells Republican women of
Pennsylvania that Governor Pin
chot will comb the state at next pri
mary election to find out how all
candidates stand on the problem of
law enforcement.
WASHINGTON. Department of
justice accuses Swift Packing com
pany of fraud and overcharges in
its war-time contracts for army
bacon. Swift officials deny govern
ment’s charges and ask public to
suspend judgment until court’s de
cision is given.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Wal
lace, of department of agriculture,
announces that he has demanded
that big Chicago meat packers allow
government auditors complete, ac
cess to company books; packing
company officials declare they Wil!
resist the demand even to taking
case into the courts.
SAVANNAH LIDDOB
INDICTMENTS COVER
ALL PARTS OF 0. S.
SAVANNAH, Ga.,
ndictments returned by th© federal
grand jury yesterday include 126 dif
ferent defendants in various parts of
the United States, according to a
statement today by Charles L. Red
ding, United States assistant district
attorney. It is stated between forty
and fifty indictments were returned.
Mr. Redding stated in response to
an inquiry by the Press that the
indictments reach all parts of the
country, north, south, east and west.
They involve charges of conspiracy
to violate the national dry law,
shipping, transportating, posses
sion and importing of liquors.
Names of those indicted are not
available for publication at this time
because of the fact that arrests are
to be mad© in various sections under
the indictments, It is understood
from the government attorney that
out-of-town defendants are named in
indictments in which Savannah peo
ple appear and for this reason none
of the indictments are available for
publication.
The action of the grand jury is
classified in official circles as one of
the greatest coups in prohibition
law enforcement in the eastern sec
tion of the country.
Reports from Washington today
were that the indictments are the
result of the work of department of
justice agents radiating from Wash
ington. Not all of the details are
known locally, but it is understood
the investigation covers coastwise
shipments and other big liquor ac
tivities.
Coolidge Takes Place
As Movie Star; Plays
In Henry Ford Film
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Presi
dent Coolidge became a full-fledged
movie star today, backed by Henry
Ford.
Laying aside his unfinished mes
sage to congress, the president faced
the camera in a two-reeler, which
Ford, auto magnate and potential
opponent of the president in the
1924 election, is helping pay for.
“Steady there, Mr. Coolidge,”
shouted the director. “All right,
camera.”
And Mr. Coolidge, obedient to the
bark of the man behind the mega
phone, stepped into the glare of the
kleig lights and went through his
role. The Coolidge starring vehicle
is to be distributed throughout the
country by the highway educational
board, to promote national highway
construction. It tells the story of
a poor country - boy who won a
scholarship with an essay on good
loads.
The president’s part shows him
conferring the scholarship and giv
ing the young man good advice.
L. G. Taber Is Elected
National Grange Head
PITTSBURG, Nov. 20.—Louis G.
Taber, of Barnesville, Ohio, was
elected national master of the Na
tional Grange at today’s session of
the annual convention here.
Hunger Striker Dies;
Foodless 34 Days
DUBLIN. Nov. 20.—Dennis Barry
died in Newbridge internment camp
today after being on a hunger strike
for ihirty-foyr days.
BERLIN. —Adolph Hitler, leader
of the Bavarian fascisti, is reported
seriously ill in Lansberg fortress.
CHICAGO.—Mayor Dever tells
bar association that h eexpects to
enforce the law regardless of politi
cal consequences.
LONDON.—British liberals attack
government’s foreign policy as
Prime Minister Baldwin assails
Lloyd George.
FARGO. South Dakota voters
seem to have declared for McAdoo
as Democratic standardbearer as re
sult of state-wide conventions.
CEDAR RAPIDS? lowa—Frieda
Denton, 13, of Bristol, Tenn., is sen
tenced to 15 years in women’s re
formatory at. Rockwell City on
charge of forgery.
OMAHA. —Nebraska progressives,
at meeting here, declare for Henry
Ford for' president and will send
delegates to Detroit meeting Decem
ber 12. '
NEW YORK. Resignation of
Rev. B. M. Tipple, president of In
ternational college at Rome, is pre
sented to Methodist Episcopal con
ference here.
CHlCAGO.—Progressive leaders,
meeting here to launch a third
political party, vote to hold na
tional convention either in St. Paul
or Minneapolis next May 30.
CHICAGO.—R epresentative
Graham, of Illinois, announces his
candidacy for Republican leadership
of the next house, opposing Repre
sentative Longworth, of Ohio.
PHILADELPHIA. Charles M.
Schwab says Mellon’s plan for re
ducing federal taxes embodies all
elements of fairness, and if enacted
will be great boon to the country.
BERLIN. —Reichstag is forced to
adjourn by disorder occasioned by
a communist deputy, preventing de
livery of Chancellor Stresemann’s
address on policy of government un
til Thursday, when session will be
reconvened.
ROME. —King Alfonson and Queen
Victoria, of Spain, as “their Catholic
majesties,” kiss the pope’s toe and
then his hand, thereby restoring an
cient cerenfonial to denote humility
and homage due the pontiff by
Catholic sovereigns.
NEW YORK.—Senator Smith W.
Brookhart, of lowa, in address, de
clares federal government should
aid farmers in marketing their
products profitably and efficiently by
establishing “farmers’ and laborers’
co-operative national reserve bank
and marketing system.”
LENGTHY DEBATE
ON IK TAXES
SLATED IN HOUSE
Argument on the Lankford income
tax bill was resumed in the hduse
of representatives Wednesday after
a day s delay spent in having the
bill and various amendments and
substitutes printed for distribution
among the members.
Representative Rowe, of Rich
mond county, was the first speaker,
arguing in favor of a substitute that
he had offered for the Lankford
bill. His substitute provides for a
classification of property for tho
purpose of taxation.
Representative Bozeman, of Worth
county, spqkc against the income tax
measure and Representative Coving
ton, of Colquitt county, spoke in fa
vor of the Bussey substitute. '
Other members who had given
their names to Speaker Neil, indi
cating that they would discuss the
income tax, were Representatives
Peter :on, of Montgomery county;
Harris, of Jefferson; Mann, of Glenn:
Bozeman, of Wgrth; Elders, of Tatt
nall; Stewart, of Atkins; Culpepper,
of Fayette, and Bussey, of Crisp. It
also was understood that there would
be several other speakers.
Under the rules of the house, each
speaker is allowed one hour, and
with at least ten members prepared
to make addresses, there appeared
to be little chance of a vote on the
bill before Thursday or Friday.
Bussey’s Mother 111
Representative Bussey, of Crisp
county, author of one substitute for
the Lankford bill, had not returned
Wednesday from Cordele, where he
was called by the critical illness of
his mother. It had been reported
that Mrs. Bussey was dead and the
house adopted resolutions of sym
pathy Tuesday, but corrected the res
olution Wednesday cj as to express
sympathy in the serious illness of
Mrs. Bussey.
The bill under discussion is the
measure of Senator Lankford, al
ready passed by the senate, provid
ing for tax upon net incomes, and
the reduction of the ad valorem tax
rate from live mills to three mills.
The constitutional amednments
committee of the house has offered
three amendments, one of which
strikes out “net incomes” and sub
stitutes the word “income,” another
of which eliminates the scale of ex
emption, and the third eliminating
the right to set off ad valorem
taxes against income taxes.
Would Raise Exemption
Representative Mann, of Glynn
county, has offered an amendment to
reduce the ad valorem ta xrate from
5 mills to 4 mills, and Representative
Lindsey, of Wilkes county, proposed
to make the exemption for married
men $5,000 instead of $2,500.
Jack Dempsey Buys
$600,000 Apartment
Hotel in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 21.
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion, boasts another valuable pie-a
of Los Angeles improved real estate,
it was disclosed here today.
Dempsey has just added to his
already extensive holdings the pur
chase of a $600,000 residence hot ;’,
which may be operated under the
direction of the fight king and his
manager, Jack Kearns*
WALTON. DEPOSED.
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
IN FEDERAL COURT
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov.
20.—(8y the Associated Press.) —J.
C. Walton’s gubernatorial career, as
spectacular as it was brief, ended
yesterday.
Deposed by the verdict of a. sen
ate court of impeachment which
found him guilty of charges of moral
turpitude, corruption in office, neg
lect of duty and incompetence, his
term of office as Oklahoma’s fifth
governor was broken off after little
more than ten months, sensational to
the last.
But as his successor prepared for
mally to take over the reins of gov
ernment today, Walton girded for a
last desperate effort to retain the
■office by 1; voking the aid of the
United States courts, clinging tena
ciously to the plea that he was not
given a fair trial, with the promise
of more dramatics yet to come.
His next move will be made to
morrow when his legal staff appears
before a federal judge here for a
rehearing of his application for a
retroactive injunction to annul the
action of tho court of impeachment.
This failing, an appeal will be taken
as a last resort to the United States
supreme court, accompanied by a pe
tition for a writ of supercedas to de
clare him the incumbent until the
case is threshed out before the tribu
nal.
Former Appeal Denied
The deposed executive’s original
application was denied the day be
fore the impeachment trial opened,
and observers see scant likelihood
that the decision will be reversed
after the rehearing. Neither is it
probable, they say, that the United
States supreme court will intervene
should the local tederal court affirm
its previous ruling on grounds that
it has no jurisdiction in the case.
Walton’s removal was decreed last
night by unanimous vote of the sen
ate court after he had been convict
ed of eleven of the sixteen impeach
ment articles upon which he was
prosecuted, and his application had
been denied for a new trial.
The proceedings were carried off
speedily, immediately the house
board or prosecution announced it
had completed presentation of evi
dence. One by one the articles were
voted upon, and after each, the ver
dict was announced by the chief jus
tice of the state supreme court, pre
siding.
At the end the record showed ver
dicts for acquittal on but five of the
charges. The votes on two of the I
articles were unanimous for convic-l
tion and the others, upon -which
guilty verdicts were passed, were
voted by substantial majorities.
Six Charges Dismissed
Six of the original twenty-two
charges upon which the executive
was impeached by the lower house
were dismissed on motion of the >
board of prosecution. All these grew I
out of Walton’s martial law declara
tions in the state.
When the final vote had been
tak£n, chief of counsel for the ex
ecutive laid an application for a new
trial before the court, which prompt
ly was rejected.
The court then adjourned until
this morning, at which time it was
to consider a motion to assess all
costs of the trial against the deposed
governor.
Walton, having withdrawn from
the hearing Saturday after denounc
ing the court for what he de
clared was its unfairness in the
proceedings, was not represented
by counsel at the final session of the
trial except for the filing of the new
trial n otion, and the defense pre
sented no evidence,
A statement reiterating his deter
mination to continue the fight was
issued here today by J. C. Walton.
“Only the rats leave a ship in dis
tress,” the deposed executive assert- |
cd. “Few have deserted me in this I
fight, and the ship is not sinking. I
It is only the shadow they see in ;
the water.”
Lieutenant-Governor M. E. Trapp,
who has been acting executive since
Walton’s suspension before his trial
and who automatically becomes gov
ernor -with Walton’s removal, de
clared he would address the legisla
ture within the next two or three
days and added:
“It will be my purpose to give an
efficient and economic administra
tion. That is the kind of an admin
istration this state is entitled to and
I shall bend all my efforts to the
accomplishment of such an end. To
be successful we must have the sin
cere co-operation of all factions. I
do not believe in a one-man govern
ment, ‘I. me and my,’ must be drop
ped from our vocabulary; in the fu
ture it must be ‘we, us and our.’ I
expect to take the people into my
confidence and with the co-operation
of the legislature we will soon work
oir way out of our present difficul
ties.’
Basis of Conviction
The charges upon which Walton
was convicted follow:
Padding the state payrolls by em
ploying many superfluous workers;
exceeding his pardon and parole au
thority to provide lucrative fees for
his political supporters and friends;
diversion of public funds by placing
his private chauffeur on the state
payroll; preventing a legally con
stituted grand jury from assembling;
suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus during military rule over the
state; illegal issuance of deficiency
certificates when no occasion de
manded (two charges); attempting
to prevent a special state election,
rendering a false report of his cam
paign expenses; soliciting gifts and
contributions after he was elected
to office; general incompetence.
Acquittal was voted on the fol
lowing articles:
Using his official position to ac-1
quire private property and credit; ’
receiving a bribe to approve an ap- |
propriation for a state institution;
abrogation of the death penalty for j
capital offenses; illegally naming
hundreds of irresponsible persons aS
special state officers; illegally ap
pointing a member of the state legis
lature to a judicial post.
Announcement was made at the
office of Governor M. E. Trapp today
that the state legislature would be
asked to recess at once until the
second week in January.
Members of a senate committee
considering an anti-Ku Klux Klan
bill introduced by Senator Tom An
glin, of Holdenville, indicate that a
favorable report would probably be
made, pgrhaps, this afternoon.
M'AOOO BEATS FORD
BY 2 ID I VOTE IN
DAKOTA ELECTION
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 21.
(By the Associated Press.) —Claim
ing better than a two-to-one victory
in the county proposal conventions
over sponsors of a state-wide presi
dential campaign in behalf of Henry
Ford, supporters of William G. Mc-
Adoo today began work on a state
platform which they hope will be
carried into the national arena by
their candidate.
Returns today from counties rep
resenting approximately three
fourths of the K,tate voting power
gave the McAdoo forces 30,000 votes
in the state convention against less
than 10,000 for the Ford men, accord
ing to leaders in the tK’o campaigns.
Republican and farmer-labor senti
ment was less clearly indicated by
the county proposal nominations to
the state conventions at Pierre De
cember 4, but in both groups the bat
tle lines are drawn, in the Repub
lican camp between' President Cool
idge and Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, and in the third party be
tween Henry Ford and Senator Rob
ert M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin.
A majority of the proposal men in
all three parties were sent unin
structed, but in several important
counties presidential preferences
were indicated. The three-party con
ventions at Pierr e will nominate ma
jority and minority tickets for all
elective offices, from president down,
to be voted upon in primary elections
on March 25, 1924.
THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT
TURNS INTO FORD BOOM
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 21.—Plans to
amalgamate two groups of progres
sives into a f hird party movement
have gone glimmering in this city
during the last twelve hours and in
the place of this movement has come
a boom for Henry Ford for president
and the indorsement of the regular
progressive party of Nebraska for
the principles outlined at Chicago on
Monday by the group headed by J.
A. H. Hopkins, of New York.
The Ford-for-President group met
again today. According to the lead
er of this group, Roy O. Harrop, of
Omaha, national temporary chair
man of the progressive party, four
teen states were represented at the
meeting last night that indorsed
Ford. The meeting, however, was
executive and few knew of it.
Mr. Harrop stated that he expects
thirty-six states to be represented at
today’s session and that in his opin
ion they would readily agree that
Ford was the man for president and
that representatives to the Ford-for-
President conference at Detroit on
December 12, would be selected prob
ably today.
Lankford-Milner *
Bill Again Given
To Senate Committee
The senate on Wednesday took
the Lankford-Milner enforcement
act from the table and recommitted
it to the finance committee, which
met immediately after the senate
adjourned and referred the bill to a
subcommittee composed of Senators
Lankford, Munday. King, Handy,
and Moor© in an effort to compose
the differences arising over the pro
vision which transfers the collection
of the motor vehicle license tax from
the secretary of state to the comp
troller general. This feature is
opposed by Secretary S. G. McLen
don.
After naming the subcommittee
the finance committee resumed con
sideration of the general tax act
paragraph b.v paragraph.
Rhine Bank Cashier
Chases Gypsy Band
And Recovers $350
ABBEVILLE, Ga., Nov. 21.—S. J.
Brown, cashier of the Bank of
Rhine, proved too smart for a band
of gypsies which stole $350 from
the bank right under his eyes Tues
day. It took an automobile chase
through the country, however, and
drawn guns, to recover the money.
They presented a SIOO bill for
change, and as Mr. Brown was
counting the money, a woman slip
ped around the railing. The cashier
saw her, became suspicious and
counted his money as quickly as
possible. He found himself $350
short. He telephoned Ulcers in sev
e* al towns, and the marshal in
Chauncey tried to stop the gypsies,
but was unable. Mr. Brown and his
party, in hot pursuit, overtook the
strangers at Jaybird Spring, and
with drawn guns, told them they
had to have the money, and it was
given up, although the gypsies tried
to retain SIOO of it. The three men
and two women had about $7,000
with them, according to Mr. Brown.
No arrests were made.
Transport Slows Down
And Officers Discover
Ship Is Carrying Whale
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.
When officers of the navy transport
Argonne found difficulty in keeping
up speed off the coast of lower Cali
fornia they started an investiga
tion.
At daybreak they discovered they
were carrying a whale on the bow
of the vessel and it was nec&ssarv
to back the ship to get rid of the
creature.
Moonshine Explodes
At Police Station;
Aged Helper Killed
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. —John McDon
igal, 62 years old, a lock-up helper at
a police station, was burned to death
last night when eight barrels of
moonshine that had been stored in a
“solitary confinement” room of the
lock-up exploded.
Goodyear Raincoat Free
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locality who will show and recommend it to
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Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, November 22, 1923
GASTON MEANS HAPPY AGAIN;
IS IN CLUTCHES OF TROUBLE
Or
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Gaston B. Means, who says he loves trouble, should be satisfied
with life, because he gets plenty of it.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Gaston E.
Means is in trouble again.
But he likes it.
For he has become a champion at
it—charged in his time with mur
der, forgery, conspiracy and fraud.
Freed of all. he now faces another
indictment. This time as the alleged
principal in a gigantic bootlegging
conspiracy.
But he merely shrugs his shoul
ders and laughs.
“Great fun this,” he says. “I’m
going to get a big kick out of it.
For it’s the thrill of such adventure
that makes life worth living.”
Ten years ago Means was a school
teacher down in the Carolina moun
tains. But the dull routine of school
work palled on him.
“When I was a kid,” he went on,
“I always dreamed of the time when
I would grow up to be a real detec
tive. It was my boyhood ambition.
“When the chance came to give
up my school work I grabbed it. I
wanted to go north and indulge in
the fancy of my childhood dreams.”
Becomes Detective
And he did. He soon gave up his
job of being representative for some
cotton mills, and became an inves
tigator for a private detective
agency. Most of the time he work
ed for William J. Burns, now head
of the United States secret service.
In 1914 he became a special agent
for the German government. He re
ceived SIOO a day for his work.
“I worked for Captain Boy-Ed,
German naval attache,” he says,
got mixed Lip in innumerable
messes. But it was all part of the
game.
“When I foresaw that the Ger
mans were forcing this country into
the war, I quit their service and
began working for our government.
Following a tip. I discovered that
the Germans were making arrange
ments to get Huerta of Mexico into
this country- I exposed the whole
scheme, and Huerta was arrested as
he tried to cross the border.
“1 dug deeper into the intriguing
of the German spy system and dis
covered the plots to blow up the
capital at Ottawa and the Canadian
bridge. Both schemes were nipped
before their execution, Van Horne,
the German spy, being caught red
handed as he was approaching the
bridge.”
Accused of Slaying
Meanwhile Means had been acting
as business advisor to Mrs. Maude
A. King, of North Carolina.
While out shooting on day, she
was killed. Means, who was with
her, was indicted for murder in the
first degree.
It was a sensational trial. Colo
nel Thomas B. Felder, who has been
kept busy getting Means out of
trouble every time he got in, went
from New York to North Carolina
to defend him.
In a short time the jury acquitted
him.
Then came a long line of new
charges and indictments following
the filing of a second will of Mrs
King’s millionaire husband. Three
million dollars were involved. Means
and others would have benefitted
by it. Judge Jesse Baldwin, of Illi
nois, called it ■ a forgery.
An appeal followed, and with it
came long drawn-out litigation
brought to a close last month when
the supreme court of Illinois ruled
to throw out the second will.
When cleared of all charges grow
ing out of the Mrs. King death and
will contest, Means went back to
his investigating work.
More Thrills in Sleuthing
“Standing trial for murder is ex
citing enough,” he says, “but it
takes real sleuthing to give a real
thrill.” •
He became a special agent for the
department of justice investigating
liquor cases.
“I unearthed the society bootleg
ging conspiracy,” Means says,
“which resulted in the imprison
ment of the La Montagne broth
ers.”
And he worked on many other
important cases.
But trouble seems to follow him
wherever he goes.
In a short time he was indicted,in
the gigantic bootlegging conspiracy
He is now out on $15,000 bail
awaiting trial.
But he isn’t worrying.
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INCREASE IK PRICE
OF COTTON PASSED
OUICKLYTOGROWER
According to "announcement by
President J. E. Conwell, the di
rectors of the Georgia Cotton Grow
ers’ Co-operative association have
authorized all members to draw 20
cents a pound as initial payment on
cotton at the time of delivery.
The resolution is now in effect
and ail banks in the state have been
notified to accept members’ draf's
drawn for 20 cents per pound on
all cotton delivered to the associa
tion until further notice. Previous to
this time, the association has ad
vanced 15 cents a pound as an ini
tial payment to the member when
he delivered his cotton.
It is announced further that work
has already been commenced in
sending out an additional five cen f s
a pound on all cotton delivered by
members heretofore, which, when
completed, will bring the advance up
to 20 cents per pound to all mem
bers.
The association officials state that
mailing the additional five cents a
pound will requite several days in
view of the large number of ac
counts to be handled but that this
will be done as fast as possible.
On this date last year the asso
elation had advanced to its mem
bers on cotton delivered at that
time, less than $2,250,000. This year
th© association has advanced ap
proximately $3,750,000 to its mem
bers at 15 cents a pound, who de
sired an advance at the tim? of de
livery. This year many thousands of
bales of cotton have been received
from members who did not desire an
advance when they delivered their
cotton.
“This increase in our initial pay
m nt is in line with the policy of
the association to pay the members
just as much money as is consistent
with good business,” stated Mr. Con
well. He said further that this pol
icy is all the more helpful in Geor
gia this year in view of the fact that
the state has the shortest cotton crop
in over forty years.
“If we, as individuals and business
firms, are to prosper in Georgia, we
must co-operate,” he said. “I mean,
all of us—farmers, merchants and
bankers. Our lack of understand
ing. wherever such is the case, must
be wiped out. It is gratifying to
know that co-operative marketing is
doing this among so many people and
lines of business that heretofore
have not worked together for mutual
benefit.”
Deputy Comptroller
Dies When He Hears
His Chief Is Jailed
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-—Deputy
Comptroller Henry Smith died this
morning at his home. It was said
that the immediate cause of death
was shock over the decision of the
United States supreme court that his
superior, Comptroller Charles L.
Craig, must go to jail for contempt
of court.
“I’ve been able to get out of so
much trouble before,” he says confi
dently, “that I’m sure I’ll get out
of this, too. As is usually the case,
I am not guilty.
“But I hate to have it Interfere
with my detective work, even for a
short time.”
He is now taking it easy, dividing
his time between Colonel Felder’s
office and his home in Washington
D. C. : where he sits down with his
children and tells them, not fairy
tales of idle creation, but real de
tective stories that make the young
sters’ blood tingle.
* CENTS A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
IIUEW 3-YEAR MARK
SET WHEN COTTON
SOARS TO 35 CENTS
U. S. Report Showing Only
8)368,683 Bales Ginned to
Nov. 14 Brings Rush of
Mill Buying
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—December
cotton crossed 35c shortly after the
opening of the market today, a new
high record for the season and the
highest price since 1920.
It rose to 35.10 on heavy mill and
commission house buying, resulting
from the federal report of only 3.
368,683 bales ginned to November 14.
Shortly after noon prices ruled
around 2t o 15 points from the early
highs. Much of the excitement
which accompanied the early ad
vance and carried December to 35.25
and March to 35.05; May, 35.33. and
other options in proportion, subsided
and trading was more normal in
character.
Heavy buying from the trade, mill.
Wall street and speculative interest
more than absorbed the heavy real
izing, south and hedge selling and
profit taking from scattered sources
Trial of Dr. Ridley
In Recorder’s Court
Postponed Again
Trial of the charges of drunk and
operatirg an automobile preferred
against the Rev. Caleb A. Ridley, for
nier pastor of an Atlanta church,
again was postponed when the case
came up Tuesday afternoon before
Recorder George E. Johnson.
Recorder Johnson granted a con
tinuance until December 12 after re
ceiving a special delivery letter from
Mr. Ridley, who is in Silsbee, Tex., in
which the former pastor declared h<
was undergoing a series of treat
ments and was physically unable to
return to Atlanta at this time. The
letter promised that the minisfei
would be here to face trial on De
cember 12 whether he was “sick or
well.”
Mr. Ridley was arrested on Peach
tree road about two months ago
while driving his automobile. The po
lice charged him with being intoxi
cated at the time and ckUmed ..to
have found a small quantity' of whls
k” in nis car.
Trial of the case has been Severn I
times postponed because of the con
tinued absence of the minister from
the city.
President of German
Reichsbank Is Dead;
Financed World War
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—(8y the As,
sociated Press.) —Dr. Rudolph E. A
Havenstein, president of the reichs
bank, is dead.
Dr. Havenstein became president,
of the reichsbank in December,
1907, and directed the imperial Ger
man government’s financing of the
World war, which was accomplish
ed by a long succession of internal
loans. After the armistice he repr?
sented the reich at various finan
cial conferences with the allies, in
eluding the negotiations with th
Bank of England for the guarar.
tees demanded by Belgium.
When the i.—rk began to fall.
Dr. Havenstein warned against th
consequences of the collapse of tfi •
currency and. emphasized the neces
sity of retaining th© reichsbank’s
gold reserve.
His resignation was demanded
by several sections of public opln,
ion, but he retained his high posi
tion, and worked toward the estab
lishment of the new rentenmark,
which was placed in circulation, on
a gold basis, only a few days ago.
He was sixty years old.
Dr. Havenstein’s successor! prob
ably will be Dr. Hjalmar Schacht,
currency commissioner of the reich
and managing director of the Darm
staedter bank. #
Three College Park
Homes Are Burned;
Another Is Damaged
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed
the College Park homes of J. F. Stub
blefield, Miss Lily O'Connor and J.
E. Harper, and badly damaged the
residence of Dr. D. R. Bridges, on
North Madison avenue.
When discovered shortly before 11
o’clock by Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefield,
who were at work in the rear of
their home, the flames were breaking
through the roof. The fire depart
ments of College Park, East Point
and Fort McPherson responded to
tho alarm, but a brisk breeze inter
fered with their work.
Students of the Georgia Military
academy helped to remove the fur
nishings from Dr. Bridges’ dwelling,
but the fire gained headway so quick
ly that little was saved from the
other three homes.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The damage is estimated at more
than $15,000.
Coolidge Says Wood
Still Has His Support
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Presi
dent Coolidge took occasion today to
let it become known that Major Gen
eral Wood continues to have the sup
port of the administration in the con
duct of his duties as governor gen
eral of the Philippines. The presi
dent’s views were given out in con
nection with a denial of reports that
General Wood was to return horns,
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