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VOL. XXVI. NO. 79
EK STEEL MT
LEFT TO EMPLOYES
15 J TRUST FUND
Bulk of Estate Left to Wife, i
Marion Jackson Bequeath
ed SIB,OOO and Secretary
Kirk $12,000
The will of the late Mr. John Jos
eph Kagan, well-known Atlanta
business man, capitalist and philan
thropist, who died in Asheville, N.
few da vs ago, was offered Mon
for probate in solemn form at
the ordinary’s office in Decatur. In
many respects it is one of the most
remarkable documents of its kind
ever filed in DeKalb county.
Carrying out his belief that the
Golden Rule, should be put into prac
tical use in everyday business life,
Mr. Kagan left his entire holdings i
of common stock in the American i
Cast Iron Pipe company, of which
he was the head, to the employes
of that cqncern. These holdings, ;
IJ*BS shares, are to constitute a
trust fund, the income and dividends
from which ate to be used to supple
ment the wages paid th'e employes,
to reimburse them if incapacitated
by accident or other misfortune, and
to insure them a “living wage.”
The handling of the trust fund is I
placed in the board of management
and the board of operatives, with in
structions to administer the income
from the stock in such manner as to
improve the conditions of all em
ployes, now and hereafter, to the ut
most degree possible.
To Sell Products at Cost
Another remarkable feature of the
will is that Mr. Eagan instructs the
directors and executives of the Amer
ican Cast Iron Pipe company to sell
its products at cost —that is. a price
• ufficient to cover only actual ex
penses, depreciation and a very mod
erate return on the investment. Thus
Mr. Eagan sought to safeguard the
public against extortionate prices,
setting out that he wished to perpet
uate the Golden Rule policy in the
operation of tjie enterprise.
The will specifies legacies of $lB,-
000 to Marion Jackson, his attorney
and close personal friend; $12,000 to
J. E. Kirk, his private secretary and
long-time employe; SI,OOO each to
his two children, and the entire resi
due of his estate to his wife, Mrs.
•Sarah Young Eagan.
His mother, Mrs. Mary V. Eagan,
possesses an “independent fortune,”
according to the will, and so is not
included in the legacies, except that
she is given Mr. Eagan’s gold watch
and chain as a remembrance. He
directs, however, that should his
mother ever suffer financial re
verses, his wife shall make adequate
provision for her, adding that his
wife would do ’so in any event
whether or not the matter had been
mentioned in the will.
The wife is napied as executrix
and Marion M. Jackson as executor,
with full authority to sell or ex
change any properties or securities
at public or private sale.
The document contains no esti
mate of Mr. Eagan's fortune, al
though it is understood that his
holdings of real estate, securities and
other property ran well over a mil
lion dollars.
Raid on Town Fails
As Marshal Battles
Eight Auto Bandits
1 SHAWNEE, Kan., April 7.—Ban-
Kits attempting to raid Shawnee
Business houses and a bank were
off after a gun battle with
Residents and officers last night.
Marshal William Smith was
wounded.
The marshal, making his rounds
during the night,, saw three ban
dit autos in fronts of the Shawnee
State bank. The robbers had already
forced an entrance into the A. J.
Blattman store and were attempting
to gain entrance into the bank. As
the-marshal approached the robbers,
believed to number eight. opened
fire. The marshal emptied two re
volvers before he was forced to give
up the battle due to wounds.
Citizens, aroused by the sounds of
revolver shots. opened fire from
front porches and through windows.
Bullets from the bandits’ guns broke
windows in the bank and other build
ings. They kept up a tirp as they
escaped from town.
Georgians in Duel
Fire Ten Harmless
Shots at Each Other
FORT* GAINES. Ga.. April 7.
Bailing to inflict serious injury on
each other by old-fashioned fist and
skull methods, Cliff Foy and 1.. S.
Worthing’ -n, of the Cridell mill
community. resorted, to firearms in
a personal encounter here today.
The result, however, was little dif
ferent, as neither man suffered ma
tviially in ‘he firing of five shots
by each. The men were standing
close to each other, and. although
there w.i s some obstruction between
them, it is considered remarkable
that the bullets failed to find their
marks. Foy received a graze wound
on the atm. while Worthington re
ceived a blow on the head earlier
in the fight. '
The < tarrel started over a motor
boat nt he Georgia-Alabama Power
vompai—' dam. Foy operates a store
in the 'unmunitv and W orthing on
is man.’*®'- of the local power plant.
MacDonald Government
Defeated on Question
Os Rent Evictions
LONDON \ B l Asso
elated Press )—The Macdonald gov
ernment was det ated tn the lions'
ot commons today by it vote of 221
tr» 212 on the tent i -tion question.
Published E
H 7 or Id News
Told in
Brief_
ROME.—Two American merchants
are reported murdered near Tirana
in Albania.
SEATTLE.—Four army ’planes on
flight arßund world fly from Seattle I
to Princq Rupert. B. C.
WASHINGTON. President and
Mrs. Coolidge take their first cruise
of the spuing on the Mayflower.
SAN JOSE, Cal. —Charles B. Hur- I
ris, former American consul in Ja
pan and Austria, di&d. aged 80 years.
NEW YORK. —Ashton C. Clark
son, 64, wealthy oil dealer, shoots
and kills himself in his New York
home.
MONTREAL.—Dr. E. W. Fahey,
of St. Paul. Minn., is appointed su
preme physician of the Knights of
Columbus.
ROME.—Vatican authorities are
expebted to take severe disciplinary
measures against suspected modern
ists, the Giornale d’ltalia says.
WASHINGTON. — De La Huerta,
Mexican revolutionary group • head
quarters, announces General SarN
chez again is menacing Vera Cruz.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. —Labor
unions and railroad labor organiza
tions take over control of first big
labor bank operated entirely by
unions.
AIILAN, Italy.—Challenge to a
duel is sent by Sebasthmi Bondi, a
Sicilian lawyer, to Mrwrice Maeter
linck. famous Belgian poet and j
wright. z
AUSTIN, Texas. —Governor Neff
slightly bruised when a platform col
lapses at inauguration ceremonies of
construction -work on University of
Texas stadium.-
WASHINGTON. Hous« passes
independent offices appropriation
bill, carrying- $34'3.000,00(1 for Vet
erans’ bureau, and $30,000,000 for
shipping board.
NORFOLK, Va.—Wreckage from
ships lost in recent storms is strewn
along Atlantic coast from Cape
Henry to below Cape Hatteras, .. dio
messages say.
OSSINING, N. Y. —William H.
Anderson, former state superintend
ent of Anti-Saloon league, now serv
ing term in Sing Sing prison for
forgery, is made a professor in pris
on school.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge favors policy of retaining in
tdet alien property held by United
States government, and opposes use
of such funds for financing fo-eign ,
trade.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Borah, |
Republican, Idaho, addressing stu- i
dents' law e forcenaent conference,
decries acceptance by political par
ties of vast contributions from busi
ness interests.
CHICAGO. —Dr. Francis G. Pea
body, forty years a dean of Harvard,
in an address before the Chicago’
Sunday Evening club, recommends
members of congress "join an anti
basement club.”
NEW YORK.—William S. Hart, ,
motion picture actor, announces he I
will produce his film dramas hide- ,
following his refusal to '
renew contract with Famous Play- ;
ers-Lasky company.
FESSENDEN, N, D. George
Henry Richardson, Jr.. American
vice consul at Auckland, New Zeal
and. taken from a train here Friday
after several attempts at suicide,
died Saturday night.
PARIS. —The experiment of the
city of Paris in erecting apartment
buildings so as to furnish lodgings
at a moderate rental has proved
failure because of high wages and
low yield of labor.
NEW YORK.—John Daniel 11,
said to be only gorilla in captivity,
arrives in New York on liner
Deutscheland, occupying state room
ami accompanied by Miss Alyce
Cunningham, his “guardian."
WASII 1 NGTON. — Following decla
ration by President Coolidge against
new taxes, sengte finance committee
restores to revenue bill tax on tele
graph and telephone message pre
viously repealed by house action.
PARlS.—General Dawes’ expert
I committee continues finishing
touches on report on Germany’s fi
i nttncial ami economic situation,
which is scheduled to be submitted
this week to reparation commission.
WASI 11 NGTON. — Another worn
' en’s political organization, the Worn
- an’s Committee for Political Action,
begins operations in the capital, of
feting what is described as the first
I political program ever drawn up by
| women.
SCHENECTADY,—The organ re
. ital broadcast from WQV Saturday
night after being relayed by wire
i from New York, is received and re
i laved by radio from eight broadcast
j ing station in England. WGY used
a wave length of 107 meters.
WASHINGTON.—Frank A. Van
derlip, who has announced his de
termination to retire from various
i industrial directorates to conduct
his citizen's research bureau, makes
public a letter of encouragement
from William Jennings Bryan.
LILLY. Pa. —Twenty-nine are ar
.rested, charged with rioting and
murder as result of riot Saturday
night at Lilly, Pa., between towns
people and visiting Ku Klux Klan,
in which two were killed and a
score injured.
WASHINGTON.- Former Attor
ney General Daugherty, replying to
’ speech of Senator Pepper. Republi
can. Pennsylvania, says attempt to
blame mistakes of administration on
former President Harding will wreck
Republican party's chance in coining
>, election.
RENO. Nev. —Sherwood Anderson,
author, was granted divorce from
Tennessee Mitchell Anderson, on un
contested grout.ds that she preferred
apartment houses rather than subur
ban residence and had too great an
interest in music.
ROME. —The pope express’s the
wish that he eduld attend Knights
of Columbus celebration of the open
ng of th ir welfare work tn then
’ ttil iing outside the \ati.-tn limits
cm it is not known whether he will
sharer the custom maintained since
1572 of popes refusing to leave th'
\at wan to step upon Italian ter
vito: .
WASHINGTON - Representa; Ive
Bi it ten, of Illinois, in a formal state
ment. ■ asserts Secretary Denby
"made t most excellent ba.*,;tin fcr
' .he government” in lensing naval
S
interests, and assails Democrats who*
arc attacking the leases.
very Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEW TO MEASURE
READY FOR SENATE
EARLY THIS MEEK
Mali Jong and Radio Sets
Included in New Schedule,
Bonus to Be Taken Up by
Committee
WASHINGTON, April G.—A last
minute attack on the revenue bill in
an all-day session of the senate
finance committee Saturday brought
changes in the taxes on radio sets,,
jewelry’ and estates, and postponed
a report of the measure to the sen
ate until next week.
The ten per cent radio tax was
made applicab 1 ' to all sets and parts
without exemption after the commit
tee earlier in the flay had voted to
increase from sls to SSO the mini
mum price of a ton which the
tax would be levied.
This and the ten per cent tax on
Mah Jong sets costing more than $5
are the only new taxes carried by
the bill. The taxes are levied on
the manufacturer. The radio tax,
('hairman Smoot declared, would not
result in an increase in the price of
the sets and parts to consumers.
Just which parts will be taxed,
however, will be left to the jurisdic
tion of the internal revenue bureau
as in the case of tax on automobile
parts, Mr. Smoot said. He figured
the tax would net about $10,000,000,
pointing out, luwever, that no ac
curate estimates were available.
Practically all of the rate sched
ules now have been agreed upon,
Mr. Smoot said, and he predicted
that the few odds and ends of the
bill yet to be taken up would be
agreed upon Monday, so that the
bill may be reported to the senate
by Wednesday.
Consideration Next Week
This, however, will necessarily de
lay actual consideration of it by the
senate until the following week.
Meanwhile, Chairman Smoot said
the soldier bonus bill passed by the
senate would be taken up by the
committee. Little time would be
necessary for disposition of this
measure, he added, and several Re
publican member predicted the
bonus bill would be given precedence
over the tax bill on the floor of the
senate.
The house provision .opening tax
returns to inspections by congres
sional committees was broadened to
day by elimination of a previous re
striction voted by t’e finance com
mittee, making it possible for the
committees to make public "any
relevant or useful information” ob
tained in inspection of the tax re
turns. The committee had previ
ously voted to allow congressional
committees to make public only the
names, addresses, amount of tax
paid and amount of refunds given
of the tax j "era whose returns
were inspected.
Secretary Mellon’s proposal to cut
out the house a nendment increasing
the estate tax in favor of the pres
ent rates was agreed to definitely
today. The committee planned to
keep the present rates but apply
them to different brackets so that
$12,000,000 additional revenue would
be raised, the same as would have
bee-u gained under the house amend
ment.
Changes at Last Moment
It also was decided today to limit
"articles exempt from the five per
cent jewelry tax on those selling
for less than $25 rather than those
selling for S4O or less, as voted by
the house. Musical instruments, eye
glasses and spectacles, which were
exempted by the house from any tax
under this section, were again
made subject to the levy, and articles
used in religious services were ex
empted entirely.
Changes—tiiade today in the bill
Witt not alter materially the esti
mate (hat it will fail by about $50,-
000,000 of raising sufficient revenue
to meet estimated expenditures of
the government next year. Chairman
Smoot said. He has predicted, how
ever, such a deficit. would be wiped
out by an increase over that esti
mated by tl.e treasury.
NORTHWEST RADIO MEN
PROTEST “El \l IO ’” IAN
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., April
Asserting that “radio is a necessity,
not a luxury." and that' imposition
of a ten per cent tax on radio sets,
as recommended by the senate fi
nance committee, would work a
hardship on farmers and other own
ers of receiving sets, the Northwest
Radio Trade association, broadcast
ing station supporters and amateurs
tonight telegraphed Washington pro
testing agAinst the tax.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia: Generally fait.
North and South Carolina: Fair.
Florida: Fair.
Extreme northwest Florida. Ala
bama, Mississippi. Tennessee. Ken
tuck \ : Fair.
Louisiana. Arkansas. Oklahoma:
Fair.
East Texas: air in north, partly
cloudy in south.
West Texas: Generally fair.
Gin House Burns
("HESTER. S. C. April 5. —Infor-
mation has been rccei.cd from the
Taxahaw section stating that the
gin house with thirteen bales of
cotton belonging to J. Craft Cook
burned. Origin of the blaze a-- un
known. r
WILL TREAT ( VIAKRII DEAL
Nl>> AND HEAD NOISES-FREE
Pnvcni>ort, lowa.—Dr. W. O. Coffee,
suite 2146 St. Janies Hotel Bldg., an
nounces he found a treatment which com
pletely cured him of catarrh of t.ie nose,
deafness and head noises. Thousands
have used it successfully. H-' believes it
v. ill relieve any case. He offers a to
day supply Free to every readet <>f this
l>ai«-r who writes him. S-nd nan:-'
vnd address. <Advv iti- m- nt.)
2 AMERICANS SLAIN;
ALBANIA DECLARED
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Soldiers Seeking Bandit As
sassins of New Yorker and
Californian on Mountain
Road in Balkans
TIRANA. Albania, April 7.—(By
the Associated Press.) —The murder
of Robert Lewis Coleman, of San
Francisco, and George B. De Long,
of New York, waylaid on the Tirana-
Scutari high road Sunday, is at
tributed to highwaymen who infest
the back country of this mountain
ous and sparsely settled* European
states Travelers along many of the
country roads are an easy prey for
these bandits and the region where
the Americans were traveling is
among the wildest inAAlbani a
mountainous area where an ambush
by highwaymen is easily laid. Peo
ple on the high roads are constantly
exposed to danger.
Two men from the American lega
tion here, Messrs. Stephens and
Tyler, have gone out to the scene
of the crime to make an investiga
tion. They were accompanied by
a heavy guard.
Martial law has been declared and
extended throughout the country so
as to prevent any outbreaks that
might be caused by the seizure of
any person accused of the crim°,
and aid in dealing with an uprising
by any of the mountain tribes which
might be ready to take advant:'
of an act that would weaken the
government.
The authorities are taking these
severe measures and making a rigid
investigation, fearing that the crime
will have an important repercussion
on the country’s international status.
SLAYING REPORTED FIRST
FOREIGN CRIME IN COl'N’Tin
LONDON. April 7.—The Albanian
press bureau in London received to
day the following dispatch -from
Tirana, dated Sunday.
“At 10 o’clock Sunday morning two
American merchants were killed by
unknown persons on the Tirana-
Scutari road at a spot forty kilo
meters from Tirana. Tile Albaian
government and the Tirana popula
tion are profoundly moved l>y the
crime, which they deeply regret.
“This is the first occasion on which
such a crime has been committed in
Albania, where foreigners have al
ways been the object of the great
est hospitality and sympathy on the
part of the population. The Alba
nain government is convinced that
the unprecendented crime was com
mitted with a poliitcal aim with the
intention of discrediting the Alba
nian state in the eyes of the world.
“The government immediately took
strong measures to secure the arrest
and punishment of the culprits."
MIKDERED AMERH ANS
WERE EN RIH TE TO PARIS
NEW YORK, April 7.—George B.
De Long, of New York, and Robert
Lewis Coleman, ot San Francisco
who were waylaid and murdered on
an Albanian highway, were on their
way to Paris and London after a
trip through the Mediterranean.
Richard Lounsbery. son of Mrs. De
Long, declared today.
Mr. De Long and Mr. Coleman
left,here January 26 and went as far
as Returning, they
passed through Bucharest, Athens
and ’ other cities arid were going
through the Balkans on their wav
to join Mrs. De Long and her son in
London the 19th of this month.
Mr. De Long, a son of Senator De
Long, of California, ami up uniil
seven years ago was a resident of
that state, was forty-nine years old
and a retired real estate broker.
Mrs. Edith llaggin Lounsbery »e
Long, who is a daughter of James
Ben Alf Haggin. was married to Mr
De Long at her home here in Jan
uary. 1917. She inherited a large
part of the estate of Mr. Lounsbery.
amounting to $ 1.500.00*1 .and a large
legacy from her father’s estate. She
planned to sail Saturday to meet In r
husband.
I. S. STATE DEPXRTAIENT
Olibl.'l'S INA ESi IGA I ION
WASHINGTON. April 7.—Cable
grams driecting Amerii-au diplomatic
and consular officials in Albania to
investigate and report on the m.ir
tier of two .American merchants in
that country Simda.v. w> re dispat- h
edw today from the state depart
ment. No official information o',
the situation has reav hed the depart
ment from its representatives abroad.
SLAIN AMERICAN NOTED
EH.I RE IN ( \LIEORNI \
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.—Rob
ert Louis Coleman, reported to have
been lolled by Albanian bandits, was
an outstanding figure in California
finance for many years, and was
the son of Captain Coleman, of the
famous S.in Francisco vigilantes <>f
the Argonaut days. George B. De-
Long, who also suffered death with
Coleman at the hands of the bandits,
was a former resident .at this citv.
but moved to New Yoik several
years ago. He had been engaged
in the real estate business hero.
Three-Story Tumble
Doesn t Even Scratch
Two-\ ear- Old Boy
MERIDIAN. Miss Apt 4 7 A
face washing is mon» serious than
a tumble from a third-srory window,
in the opinion of two-year-old David
Pinkney, son of Mr. ami Mrs. C. A .
Davis, here.
Examination of the child todav
revealed that he had not suffered
as much as a scratch as a result
of falling from the third-floor win
dow of his parents’ apartment ves
tcrdli.' . Young David turned several
somersaults and landed on the
ground in a sitting postui'. He
didn’t erv until his mother washed
his f .ce.
HUGHES ATTACKED AS BETRAYER
OF CHRISTIANITY OF ARMENIA
BREAKFAST TABLE
JT WHITE HOUSE
BECOMING FOR
President Beginning io Make
His Influence Felt, as Sen
ate's Revision of the Reve
nue Act Proves
in DAVH) LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service i<» The Journal.)
• Copyright, 1924.)
AV AS HI NGTON. A mil 5. Con
gress and the president have been
getting closer together this week.
Breakfast, luncheon ami dinner sees
some Republican leader at the White
House discussing the legislative pro
gram. Mr. Coolidge is beginning to
exorcise bis influence on Capitol Hill.
First atul foremost has been the
president’s intervention in the tax
situation. The senile finance com
mittee is virtual!} rewriting the tux
bill passed by teh house. And there
have been so many changes that the
senate leaders have found it desirable
to consult tlie president constantly.
His decision against the levy of new
forms of taxation is significant. The
house repealed several taxes w'hich
.Secretary Mellon did nut recommend
for modification at this ime. As a
consequence, lhe house bill will not,
in the opinion of treasury experts,
get the needed revenue. This means
that the whole scheme has to be re
constructed.
The. tix on radio Sets was sug
gested as a profitable source of reve
nue, but Mr. Coolidge interferred.
Now the senate finance committee
will revive the tax on telegrams and
telephone messages which were rut
out of the house bill, but which are
in the present law. In deed, many
of the so-called nuisance taxes will
be reconsidered as the cutting of the
Mellon plan in the i.ouse turned the
whole scheme upside down and the
seante is compelled to rehabilitate
the measure.
Time Well Occupied
Mr. Coolidge finds that sum
moning the leaders for conference,
he cannot depend upon their getting
to the White House during daj, be
cause so many of them have im
portant committee meetings. AVhjlc
lhe Republicans are not interested
in investigating themselves, they
must be present to watch that the
Democrats do net turn he sessions
into campaign carnivals, asking ques
tions that make damaging headlines
and furnish political ammunition for
the coming presidential and congres
sional contests.
The president has found that
about the only time of day he can
get a number of men from congress
into conference is early in the morn
ing. the breakfasts have not been
numerous, but they probably will be
one of the features of the Coolidge
administration henceforth.
The spirit of congress at this
moment, so far as the legislative pro
gram is concerned, is mu h better
than it’was a week ago. The agita
tion of the country against the al
leged waste of time in investigations
has aroused the Democrats who
point out that the responsibility for
the delay is o nthe Republican party.
Nevertheless the Democrats are so
•adjusting their campaign as to keep
lhe investigations going but at the
same time insisting upon legislative
action. Senator Robinson, the Dem
ocratic leader who is an unusually
aggressive type, will not ict the Re
publicans attack his party for de
laying legislation.
Robinson Counters
He has begun making speeches
showing that the Republicans have
not made much progress with their
own program. In fact he is likely
to turn the occasion into an attack
himself for most every! c<ly includ
ing the president knows the Ilepub
li'-an leaders have not been particu
larly energetic in handling the leg
islative program thus far.
The outlook is for a legislative
jam just about the time most of the
members of congress want to get
away for' the nation-'' political con
ventions. The biggest fight of the
session over the McNary-Haugen
bill, providing an agricultural export
corporation under government super
vision ,is yet to come. The farm bloc
is almost solidly for the bill, while
the millers ami grain exporting in
terests are fighting the proposal
tooth and nail. The champions of
the idea for the moment have
switched their tactics and plan to
get • bill through the house next
week ~so that when the senate acts
th? bill soon thereafter can go to the
president for signature. The sup
porters of the Haugen bill seem sure
it will pass the house without dif
ficulty. They are not certain what
rhe presn’ent will do when it comes
to him but, at the moment it rep
resents the oustanding piece of ag
ricultural legislation for farm re
lief.
There have be*jn somealternative
osals made by Senat or Cui
*f Kansas," providing for a federal
marketing board to co-ordinate al'
the co-operative organizations and
arrange for more orderly marketing
and distribution, but until the Me-
Nary-Haugen bill is approved or re
jected, no. other agricultural pro
posals will get much attention.
Breaking 47-Day Fast,
Ohio Manx Passes Away
On His 61st Birthday
DAYTON. Ohio. An il 6.—Daniel
J ’h::-- n died Friday night, his sixty
first birthday, soon after breaking a
47-day fast. He start' d fasting early
: i February to rid himself of stom
ach trouble. His wife. Mary, start
ed fasting four days later. Both
broke the fast Sunday night.
Johnson n tak I hospital
Thursday unconscious. His wife
will iecover.
*
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, April 8, 1924
CORLISS PALMER IS MADE
DEFENDANT IN ALIENATION
SUIT BY MRS. E. V. BREWSTER
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Miss Corliss Palmer, former Macon girl and winner of a national
beauty contest, who is sued by Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster, wife of the
motion picture magazine publisher. Mrs. Brewster demands $200.-
OiHif. charging alienation of her husband’s affections. Brewster re
cently sought an annulment of his marriage, announcing his inten
tion to wed Miss Palmer.
Wife of Motion Picture Mag
azine Publisher Asks'
$200,000 Refuses to|
Bring Divorce Petition
|
NEW YORK, April 5. —The worn-<
an who would not divorce Eugene |
V. Brewster, millionaire publisher, ■
that he might marry lovely Corliss [
Palmer, struck today at the south- j
era beauty from Macon.
Mrs. Eleanor V. Brewster, who the •
publisher married in 1916, filed suit]
in the supreme court demanding !
$260,000 from Miss Palmer for al- j
leged alienation of her husband's as- *
sections.
Declaring herself still adamant j
against divorce, Mrs. Brewster, who '
is mother of one child, Virgil, born j
in February, 1920, charges that in j
the fall of that year the defendant
“conceived, and at all times since
has entertained, a design of obtaining
for nerself from Eugene V. Brew
ster his financial support, affections
and consort and of depriving plain
till an said child of these benefits.”
Action Is Surprise
The action came like a thunder
bolt at a. moment when Miss Palmer
was auctioning off expensive, fur
coats and diamonds given her by the
publ'sher, in the same sales room
in which Brew-tc r himself was dis
posing of tapestries, paintings, art
treasures and furnishings from the
New Jersey estate in which he es- .
tablished the famous beauty.
The names of Mis’s Palmer and i
Brewster appeared together on elab- I
orate announcements of the auction. ■
Miss Palmer was quoted as saying*
they were “getting rid of old things,” :
preparatory to refurnishing Cherry j
Croft, the luxurious Morristown es-;
tate built by Brewster.
”It';4 nice to get rid of one's old !
things.” fair Corl ss said.
Reiterates Marriage Promise
Recently Brewster had announced,
however, that Miss Palmer was go
ing to a western city to begin life
anew under a different name, un- ’
handle ipped by the publicity attend- '
ant upon her relations with him. At *
this t me he was quoted as reiterat- ;
ing his intention to marry the girl j
if his wife would consent to a di- |
The romance which led up to the t
present suit began in 19’20, when ’
Corliss Palmer, a Georgia girl, won*
a. beautv contest conducted by Brew- ;
ster. who publishes several motion I
p'eture magazines.
She then was engaged to appear ;
in a film production backed by the!
publisher, am’ shortly :hereafte |
took up residence at his New Jer
sey estate. I
Th- ’-omplaint filed today takes j
up the story. It sajs Brewster:
maintained Miss Palmer "in great I
luxury,” and that she received large |
sums of money from him.
Mrs. Brewster charges Miss Pal-■
mer “paraded before the public” ;
the fact that she was Brewster’s
“affinity,” and lived with him as
'itch in violation of the marital re
lations of the publisher and his
wife, “thereby scandalizing the
p'tintiff and bringing the name
w hich she and her son bear into un- j
■ asant and injure “ oriety.” j
Wife Aided Brewster
Thia 1 - ula !y sadd nit
to M s. Biewcter, who did not be j
■ieve in divorce, because, she alleges,,
sne "had Jved happily with Erew
ster until 1920, and moreover, had
aided him materially in his entei
priacs, which have prospered so
that he is now a man of great i
wealth."
Brewster admitted opcr.iv court-j
■ . . but Mrs.
CHATTANTOGJI WINS
POINT IN SMUTS
: W. & fl. BT. SUIT
WASHINGTON April 7.-The
I original bill brought against Chatta-
I nopga. Tenn., by the state of Geor-
I gia, to restrain it from opening a
! street through the yards of the
j Western and Atlantic railroad was
I dismissed without prejudice for want
j -f equity today -by the supreme
I court.
* Georgia, a« the owner of the rail
i road, asserted that the opening of
* streets through the railroad’s termi
j rel yards at Chattanooga as pro
posed by the city would mater Lally
destroy the value of its property for
railroad purposes. The city chal
lenged the jurisdiction of the su
preme court to consider such a pro
ceeding, contending that its orginal
jurisdiction extended only to cases
where a, state sues in its sovereign
capacity, insisting that in the pres
ent instance it appeared as a private
o: quasi-public corporation. The city
asserted among other reasons for
asking that the case be dismissed
that Georgia had acquired the land
subject to the express condition that
it had been liable to suits in the
state courts of Tennessee like any
' other railroad.
The supreme court denied the
| motion of Georgia to have dismissed
I the proceedings instituted by Chat
: tanooga, in the Tennessee courts. It
I <!eela*ed that Georgia, having ac
i quired bind in T' nnessee, the land
I is held as laud by private parties
and cannot claim lhe immunity of «
; sovereign.
It also held that Georgia had con
sented to be sued.
Georgia having taken the charac
ter of those engaged in the railroad
business in Tennessee, its property
is liable to condemnation like other
, railroad property.
Georgia’s blit was so lacking i“.
| equity, the supreme court stated,
that it must be dismissed without
prejudice*
DISEASED ALIENS MAY BE
DEBARRED, (Ot RT RILES
; WASHINGTON, April 7.—Aliens
j affected with a dangerous contagious
d'sease and incapable of naturaliza-
i tion, the supreme court held today,
i can be debarred from admission.
The question was raised at San
Francisco by Chung Fook, a native
-1 born citizen of Chinese parentage, in
behalf of the admission of his wife.
* STATES MAY NOT LEVY TAX
ON INDIAN JANOS OF U. S.
I WASHINGTON. April 7.—States
■ cannot tax lands held by the United I
i States in trust for Indians, it was I
' held today by the supreme court.
j The question was raised in a case
I brought by officials of Osage coun |
fly, Oklahoma, and others against
* the United States.
would have none of it. In 1921, she
tiled suit for separation, but the fic
tion was ’settled out of court on
terms satisfactory to the plaintiff.
Attached to Mrs. Brewster’s com
plaint today was an affidavit by
‘ Wili«*i Wilten, who, with his wife,
l.ept bouse for the publisher and
j the ntovie star at Cherry Croft.
' It says that Brewster once refer
:ed to Corliss as “an empty head.”
“She is attractive, no doubt, but
> very uneducated and ill-mannered ”
i the affidavit said.
M.s. Brewster also attached pa
pers referring to .the auction in
which the couple were disposing or
belongings on the same block.
Brewster frequently referred to
I his “love that will not die” for Cor
.’.iss, and declared he would “marry
her if it takes one hundred years.”
a CEXib A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
GEMD DECLARES
RIGHTS WERE SOLD
TD TURKEY FDR OIL
Early Failure of Ottoman
Kemalist Republic Fore
cast—U. S, Urged to Re
pudiate Lausanne Treaty
NEW Y'ORK, April 6.—Cafifnf
upon the senate to reject the Lati*
sarnie treaty, James W. Gerard, fo*r*
mer ambassador to Germany, dM*
Glared before the foreign policy as-,
sociation Saturday that the state de
partment had sold the cause of
Armenia and American rights in #
Turkey for the Chester oil conces
sion.
“1 will put to Secretary Hughe*
two pertinent questions,” Mr. Ger
arl said.
“Why did he take so active and.
vigorous a part in behalf of the
Chester oil concession, even at the
risk of forcing resumption of hos
tilities, and why does he now deny
that he has had anything to do
with it?
“Why did he request General
Goethals to accept the presidency of
the Chester company and in what
capacity did he direct the reorgani
zation of that company?
Inglorious Retreat Charged
“Secretary Hughes made a hur
ried and inglorious retreat from th*
position which he took in iXcember,
1922 He accepted the Turkish views
on the capitulations and upon the
Armenian case. In other words, in
consideration of the Chester conces
sion, he surrendered to the Turks
the rights which he claimed for
American nationals and tor Arme
nia before the granting of that con
cession.
Obviously he went to Lausanne
fully prepared to make any and all
sacrifice to cinch this oil concession,
and he betrayed Christian Armenia,
and his own country to attain his
purpose.’’
Referring to the Kemalist govern
ment, Mr. Gerard said:
"The Kemalist regime is on its
last legs. Factional armed conflict,
widespread banditey and hopeless
economic chaos seriously threaten
Kemal’s regime. The establishment
of a ‘republic,’ and abolition of tha
caliphate in a country of illiterate,
primitive and fanatical peasants are
floqucnt proofs of the instability of
Kemal's government. Kemal is not
removing, as is alleged by some su
perficial observers, hindrances from
the path of progress, but he is, in
reality, resorting to desperate meas
ures to get rid of his opponents.”
Kemal Downfall Forecast
America stands to gain nothing by
resuming relations with Turkey in
this state, Mr. Gerard asserted. "The
downfall of Kemal is inevitable and
imminent. By now surrendering out
rights to him we shall find it difficult
to reassert them against any regime
which may overthrow and succeed
him. We can well afford to wait/*
Professor Albert Bushnell
ot Harvard, in a letter sent to the
meeting, said the fundamental
trouble with the Lauasnne treaty
was that It assumed that “the so
called republic of Turkey is a mod
ern civilized nation.”
"There is no assurance that th®
' Turks who authorized the signature
of the treaty will carry out any pro
visions that hereafter may seem in-1
convenient,” Mr. Hart’s letter con
tinued. "The Turks have been mak- \
ing the same kind of promises of
good behavior and protection to th®
foreigner and recognition of the
rights of minorities for more than a
hundred years, and they have never
observed one of those pledgee.”
Albert W. Staub, American direc
tor of the Near East colleges, favored
the ratification of the treaty and
maintained that the Turks had made
sufficient progress during
vears to justify the confidence of the
Urtited States.
REAR ADMIRAL BRISTOL
TO ( (INFER WITH ISMFT PASHA
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5.
(By the Associated Pre»s.) —Rear Ad
miral Mark L. Bristol, American
high commissioner at Constantinople,
has gone to Angora to confer with
Tsmet Pasha, the Turkish foreign
minister, regarding the future of
American educational and religious
institutions in Turkey.
In consequence of a strong protest
by the state department against th*
closing of such institutions, all
Young Men’s Christian associations
in Turkey have been authorized to
reopen.
Go West, Young Man!
And Just Take a Rope '
In Place of a Motor
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 5. —•
Half way across the continent, from
Fort Scott, Kansas, to Los Angeles,
in an auto without an engine—that’®
the unique record of Alex Packard.
Packard wanted to come west
the worst way. He had a 1907 Ford,
but the motor was missing. He
brought a stout tow rope and shov
ed his flivver out into the roan.
A passing motorist kindly offerel"
to tow him to the first garage.
Reaching a repair shop, Packard
thanked his benefactor, unhooked the
rope—and shoved the Ford down the
road a ways, past the garage. An
other tourist came along, towed him
to the next shop—and so on, to Los
Angeles.
“Wonderful scenery, fine trip and
not a bit of engine trouble,” Pack
ard reported.