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"BIG MOH" SPLIT
HINTED IN PROBE
OF WHEELER CASE
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Con
flicting' testimony as to the nature
of the work Senator Wheeler, Dem
ocrat, Montana, was to perform as
counsel for Gordon CamjjlaaiL Mao
tana oil operator, was given Saturday'
to the senate committee investigat
ing the indictment of the senator
by a federal grand jury in his
state.
Senator Wheeler is charged with
accepting a fee to prosecute land
matters before the interior depart
ment for Campbell after be was
elected to the senate. H. E. Glos
ser, formerly private secretary to
Campbell, testified Wheeler had
“left the impression” upon those at
tending a conference in Great Falls
that he would “fix up” one permit
at Washington for the oil operator.
On the other hand, E. M. Harvey,
of Eugene, Ore., formerly a trustee
of Gordon Campbell syndicate num
ber one, told the committee that the
trustees had passed on the terms
of Senator Wheeler’s employment
and that he was to represent the
syndicate only in court matters.
“Mr. Wheeler’s employment,” he
said, “so far as I know, was Io
appear in a receivership suit
brought by L. C. Stevenson and
some other actions we contemplated
bringing in behalf of the syndicate.”
“Was Mr. Glosser present when
the terms of the agreement were
ratified?” asked Chairman Borah.
“I think he was,” Harvey replied.
Permits Discussed at Meet
Glosser testified that the confer
ence at which Campbell’s business
was discussed was held on January
15, 1923, and was attended by
Wheeler, Camnbcll, W. W. Rhea
and Glosser. Oil land permits were
discussed, he said, and particularly
the Phil McGowan permit.
“Mr. Campbell said to Mr. Rhea
that if Mr. Wheeler could get this
fixed ■up in Washington,” Glosser
said, “ ‘we can afford to cut a lot
of money,’ or something like that.”
“What did Senator Wheeler say?”
asked Senator Sterling, Republican,
South Dakota.
"I don’t recall that he made any
reply; oh, yes, he did later.”
“But not that evening?”
“No, but he left us under the im
pression that he could fix it up at
Washington , because of the influ
ence hf? had there.”
Glosser testified he had made two
affidavits at the request of Blair
Coan, who was sent to Montana by
George B. Lockwood, secretary of
the Republican national committee,
and who had appeared before the
grand jury which indicated Senator
Wheeler. It was his understanding
that Coan was to use the affidavits
as the basis for news stories in the
National Republican.
The first affidavit was made at
Billings, Mont., he said, and the sec
ond at Denver, Col., and Coan paid
his expenses to both' cities.
The committee had a copy of the
second affidavit, but not of the first,
and Glosser agreed to furnish it. He
will be recalled later, probably aft
er the examination of Coan, who has
been in Washington for some time.
No Minutes of Meeting Kept
A. F. Sparling, of Great Falls, one
of the men of the Great Falls grand
jury who have been summoned here,
and Colonel Harrol Willard, U. S. A.,
retired, a stockholder in and a trus
tee of the Campbell company, were
heard before the committee ad
journed subject to call.
Sparling said the grand jury had
kept no minutes of the Wheeler case,
although minutes -were kept on the
first case that was taken up. He
stalled to characterize the Wheeler
case, but Senator Sterling shut him
off before he could do so.
Senator Wheeler asked that Spar
ling state the number of ballots
taken by the grand jury before a
true bill was agreed on, but Sen
ator Sterling objected, and Senator
Borah said ha would have to ex
amine the law before passing on the
question.
Sparling will be recalled.
Colonel Willard told the committee
that he had had c9rrespondence with
Senator Wheeler with reference to
his employment by Campbell and
promised to furnish later his letter
to the senator and the latter’s reply.
He was not permitted to tell what
was in them, the committee holding
that the letters themselves were the
best evidence. _
U. S. Girls Prettiest
In World, Briton Says
On Sailing for Home
NEW YORK, April 27. The beauty
of American women made a deeper
impression than anything else in
this country upon Lord Rotbermere.
owner of the London Daily Mail and
other British newspapers, who sailed
for England on the Majestic today.
“I never saw prettier women than
in New York,” he said.
“Even prettier than in Paris?” he
was asked.
“Oh, yes—much prettier.”
And what of England?”
“For the moment I might even say
of England.”
Isle of Pines Treaty
To Come Up in Senate
After Revenue Bill
WASHINGTON. April 27—The
treaty fixing the status of the Isle
of Pines as a part of Cuba will be
taken up after the revenue bill, Sen
ator Lodge, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, declared today
in the senate. It-was proposed, he
said, to consider the matter in open
session.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MURPHY’S DEATH TO LOOSEN
TAMMANY’S GRIP, LAWRENCE
SAYS; SMITH BOOM SHAKEN
New Yorker Furnished Main
Obstacle for McAdoo at
Convention, Writer Says.
Situation Changed, Now
RY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Lensed Wire Io The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The
sensation of the hour is the effect
that the death of Charles F. Mur
phy, leader of Tammany Hall, will
have upon the next Democratic na
tional convention in New York this
June, and the subsequent campaign.
Most of the conversation here re
lates only to the influence of the
incident on Governor Al Smith’s
chances for the Democratic nomina
tion. But the sudden elimination
of Charlie Murphy means more
than that. It means the loss of a
great influence inside the party and
perhaps the most important factor
in the convention strategy of every
campaign manager.
Nearly every Democratic conven
tion of recent years has depended
to no small extent on what Charlie
Murphy would say and what he
would do. Other leaders were influ
enced not merely by the fact that
he controlled New York state’s 90
votes in the convention but by his
astuteness and vision. If Murphy
thought a certain obstacle was in
surmountable politically, others un
der his influence were likely to
think the same thing. He, more
than'any other man in the party,
was its leader until the Democratic
convention of 1912. After that it
was Woodrow Wilson vs. Charlie
Murphy, or the type of organization
politics which he represented. The
effort of William Gibbs McAdoo and
his followers to win the presiden
tial nomination is simply a continu- |
ation of the old fight against Mur
phy, against Tammany.
Remains Powerful
Tammany, however, is as strong
in a convention. Its spokesman,
George Brennan, of Illinois, who
succeeded quickly to the toga of
leadership on the death of Roger
Sullivan, in Illinois, is likely to take
charge of the Al Smith boom and
the general “organization” strategy
at the coming convention but it is
not probable that anyone in Illi
nois will permanently take Charlie
Murphy’s place in the Democratic
party. The position of democracy s
leader in the Empire State almost
always gives him a place of vantage
in the party, as a whole.
Tammany hall is a compact or
ganization but it can not overnight
furnish a leader of national influence.
It may develop that the absence of
Charlie Murphy will have quite the
opposite effect from that which is
supposed at first glance. Had he
lived, Al Smith would have been hail
ed as the tool of Charlie Murphy's
maneuvers. The delegates from oth
er parts of the country would have
come steeled to resist the Tammany
influence. The objection would have
been made that the Democratic con
vention meeting in New York could
not afford to appear to be yielding to
the dictation of Charlie Murphy.
Now all is changed ; Tammany’s pow
er will not be any more of a fac
tor than the same number of votes
from other states.
Tactics Will Re Missed
But in the tactics of the convention
will Charlie Murphy be missed. He
knew just when to throw his influ
ence to a candidate. He knew how
to persuade others to break in his di
rection. He was powerful because
he had political sagacity. And he
also ruled. New York state s politics
on the Democratic side. No anti-
Tammany movement ever has been
sufficiently strong to overthrow him.
He has controlled the nomination of
state, county and New York city offi
cials. Tammany is in greater dan
ger of defeat by fate than it ever has
been. Unless it can find at once a
man of convincing personality to
dominate the affairs of the Democrat
ic party in New York state, it may
find itself in the same situation as
the Republican organization did in
Pennsylvania when Senator Penrose
died. A number of leaders arose and
no one became dominant.
An era of confusion in party coun
sels and friction resulted, and Pin
chot, an anti-Penrose man, became
governor. In the next Republican
national convention there will be no
Penrose. So in the Democratic na
tional convention this year, and may
be for years to come, there will be
no Charlie Murphy.,
mourners file past bier
OF TAMM AN t’.S CHI EFT AIN
NEW YORK, April 26.—-A steady
stream of mourners,. Including polit
ical associates and women and chil
dren he had befriended and aided,
today filed past the bier of Charles
F. Murphy, Tammany chieftain, who
died yesterday, in the parlor of the
Murphy home on East Seventeenth
street.
Mrs. Murphy, suffering from nerv
ous collapse, lay abed on the second
floor of the house, attended by two
fiurses. Dr. Herrity. family physi
cian, who attended the dying chief
tain, said, however, her condition
was not serious.
Policemen kept the line cf v.sitors
moving. Automobile traffic was
regulated within a radius of several
blocks.
Secretary Daniel F. Ryan, of Tam
many Hall, announced that the fu
| neral procession would leave the
Murphy home at 10 a. m. Monday
i and proceed up Fifth avenue to St.
Patrick's cathedral. Auxiliary Bish
op Dunn will officiate at the solemn
high mass of requiem at 10:30 in the
absence of Cardinal Hayes, who is
expected to arrive from Europe Tues
day on the Leviathan. The proces
sion will then proceed to Calvary
cemetery. There will be ro parade.
I Mounted police will escort the cor
tes'e. however, and 1.000 policemen
I will be stationed along the route.
Murphy Surely Had White
House Dreams, and Al
Smith Was His Vehicle,
Robert Small Declares
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
NEW YORK, April 26. —New York
City is a lodge of sorrow. Its grief
over the death of Charles Francis
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, is
deeper than that it has felt for presi
dents, or governors, or mayors. For
1 Murphy unofficially had ruled the
city for twenty-two years and been
a political power in its affairs for
much longer than that.
The flags of the city are at half
staff. Yet Murphy was but a private
citizen. He was the maker of city
officials and his great power behind
the throne was more to be sought
than the favor of any man in office.
Charlie Murphy was more than the
chief of Tammany Hall. He was one
of the last of a dying race—the
political leader who grew up from
the saloon. In the fact of this it is
no disparagement of the Tammany
organization to say that Murphy, the
ex-bartender, the ex-street car
driver, made Tammany more re
spected and more respectable than
anv of his predecessors. Murphy was
an exceptional man.
Had White House Dreams
Above all, Murphy had dreams.
Tammany Hall is almost as old as
the federal government. It was or
ganized 134 years ago. But it never
has sent one of its members to the
White House. Murphy had groomed
Al Smith for that coveted honor. He
was hoping personally to “put Al
across” at the Democratic conven
tion here late in June, and he was
confident in the belief that once
nominated, Smith would sweep to
victory. Al Smith had grown up in
Tammany, as Murphy did.
But Al was of a different fibre.
He did not spring from the. “gas
house gang” as Murphy did. He
was one of the newer types that
Murphy was developing in Tam
many —men to be made governor
and mayor and to be placed on the
bench. There are many who owe
their all to the favor of the grand
sachem who sat so long silent a«id
serene in the wigwam on. Four
teenth street.
There will be other and willing
hands to take up the fight for “Al,”
but Al himself is broken-hearted
and much of the life has gone out
of his rapidly growing boom. Mur
phy was to be the wise director of
the Smith forces in the convention;
his was the counsel to be sought
and followed. The commanding gen
eral is gone; the fighting will con
tinue, but Governor Smith, above
all persons, knows that he has suf
fered an irreparable loss.
As silent as Coolidge, and steeped
in the political wisdom which comes
from the long years of ripe experi
ence, Charlie Murphy was becoming
more and more of a power in the
national Democrary. There is no
question but that he has ruled
Tammany wisely and well. At the
moment of his death Tammany’s
power in the city was undisputed.
William Randolph Hearst tried a
last fling at the buzzsaw a few
months ago and he emerged a
pitiable wreck. There was no one
left to challenge the right of the
big Tammany machine to guide the
political affairs of the big city.
Believed Tammany Right
Murphy believed that Tammany
was right and that the people were
wise to let it rule. He oft.a said
that New York was a city of in
telligence and that no city “dotted
with countless church spires and
school houses” would long permit
its affairs to be misdirected. Murphy
grew up under the machine and
revered it. Fifteen years ago he
began reaching out for state power
and got it. This year he was mak
ing his boldest bid for national
leadership.
Murphy’s life was an American
romance. There will be no more
like it. He was born in the teeming
east side of New York. He had
eight years in the public schools and
at the age of fourteen had to go
out and earn his own way. He
lived in the shadows of the big ; is
tanks and with the natural traits of
leadership in him, lie soon organized,
the “gas house gang” and the gas
house baseball teams.
The boys of the east side in Mur
phy’s days had two great ambitions.
One was to drive a cross-town street
car. The other was to own a saloon.
It was a foregone conclusion that
Murphy was to realize both of these.
Aud. as the owner of a bar, down
by Nineteenth street and Avenue A.
he was bound to come into political
power. Murphy was the friend of
the neighborhood. His saloon was
always honest and clean. Eventually
he bought another grog shop and
then a third, and he was still in the
saloon business when he was called
to the leadership of Tammany Hall.
Then he sold out, making his money
thereafter out of trucking concerns
and other business enterprises. He
died worth less than $1,000,000.
Was Croker’s Opposite
Following in the footsteps of
Tweed, of John Kelly and of Croker,
Murphy had the satisfaction of tak
ing Tammany to a higher plane than
any of his predecessors had reached.
He was a vast change from Croker.
He walked softly and said little.
Croker had been a spectacular fight
er, with many strong friends and
many equally- strong enemies. Mur
phy was known as “Silent Charlie”
when he came to the wigwam and he
remained silent until the end. No
man ever has been more bitterly at
tached. but he took it all as a part
of the game and never squealed. He
was not callous, however. Many of
the atacks cut to the quick, but
Murphy carried m. After the last
campaign with Hearst he announced,
however, that he would not permit
any of the Hearst papers to come
into his home again. This was the
bitterest outburst against an enemy
that ever came from his lips.
Tammany is a unique organiza
tion. It was not a product of poli
tics, but a forerunner of the politi
; cal system which has so long ob
tained in America. Murphy was a
- boss to the end and his growing
power was an indication that in
New York, at least, the masses pre
ferred the boss system m the selec
tion of Their own candidates. Murphy
chose the city officials. He gave the
voters the privilege of casting their
ballots for them. A city of 6,000,000
souls bent to his sway.
How Tammany Started
Tammany originally was a benevo
lent order. It was named for Chief
Tamanend. of the Delaware tribe of
Indians. George Washington was
one of its honorary members and
■ seven presidents after him.
A secret society with many mys
tic Indian rituals at first, the or
ganization gradually became a
political power and then devoted it
self exclusively to politics. It is or
i ganized in every ward and district
. of the city. It has become a state
power for without New York Cit) 5
GEORGIA SHERIFF
MS ■ FOR
KILLING IN 1881
QUITMAN, Ga., April 26.—After
having been a fugitive from justice
for 43 years, Foster Green, a negro,
now nearly 73 years old, was
brought back this week to the scene
of his crime Sheriff Colin E.
Clanton, who has spent four years
in trailing his man.
Green is wanted for murder in
Brooks county and has been posi
tively identified. The trail led
through Georgia and Florida and
the arrest was made at Tampa.
Green will be tried at the May term
of the Brooks county superior court
under an Indictment returned 43
years ago by the grand jury.
•Two eye-witnesses to' the crime,
two members of the coroner’s jury
and three members of the grand
jury which indicted Green appear
to be the only suvivors to the drama
except the principal himself, who is
now bent with age and rheumatism,
his liair as white as snow.
Curiosity Rewarded
Four years ago, when Sheriff
Clanton came into office, through
curiosity he began looking through
old records at the courthouse. One
paper attracted his attention in par
ticular, an indictment for murder
turned in by the May term grand
jury in 1881, against Green Foster,
for the murder of R. W. (“Red”)
Wilkins, on January 5 of the same
year.
'The records showed there had
been no arrest in the case and that
the indictment was still in suspense.
Sheriff Clanton began investigat
ing and found a few of the older
citizens of the county who recalled
the tragedy.
In the year 1880, R. W. Wilkins
came to this country from Colum
bia, S. C., and secured a job as box
inspector for a turpentine still. He
was 23 years old at that time. It
was his duty to stay in the woods
with the box choppers and to see
that their duties were performed.
On January 4, Green Foster, who
was one of the box choppers, went
to Valdosta and got drunk, return
ing to his job in the woods on the
following morning.
The Slaying
Wilkins came upon him during
the morning round on inspection at
the old Jim Patrick place near Blue
Springs, and found that Foster was
slighting his/work. He called his
attention to this fact and Foster,
who was half drunk, cursed Wilkins
and started toward him with a
raised chopping ax with a blade
eleven inches long.
Wilkins threw up a guard with
a sharpened ax handle, which he
used to fest boxes. Foster threw
down his ax and Wilkins turned to
leave. As he did, Foster quickly
picked up his ax and struck Wil
kins in the back a terrific blow, the
keen edge cutting through the back
bone and passing through the body.
Wilkins probably never knew what
struck him. He fell, dying almost
instantly from hemorrhage.
Fortune and Elai Sampson, two
other negro turpentine choppers,
were eye-witnesses. They say that
Foster deliberately ate his breakfast
and watched with interest the dying
contortions of his victim, after
which he walked away and com
pletely disappeared, although a man
hunt for days was carried on in
the county.
The coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict of murder and the grand jury
indicted Foster. Tobe McNeil was
sheriff at that time and I. L. Fol
som and W. J. Parker were members
of the coroner’s jury.
Sheriff Clanton, although the
crime was committed five years be
fore he was born, has finally trailed
his man to Tampa, secured requisi
tion papers and left Monday in his
car, with Fortune Sampson, one of
the eye-witnesses. -Sampson’s Iden
tification was complete and Foster
is now in the Brooks county jail,
broken with age and disease, his
mind wandering in its do'age, await
ing trial for a crime committed here
when the Indians still roamed
through the swamps.
JOURNAL RADIO
CALENDAR
Tuesday
12 to IP. M. —Noon entertainment. I
3:30 P. M.—Details of Atlanta base
ball game.
5 to fi P. if.—Miss Ronnie Bernhardt's
songs and Burgess' bedtime story; “Home
Gardening’’ talk by William B. Deckner,
and markets.
9:30 P. M. —Ringside description of
the Tiger Flowers-Robinson boxing bout
at the auditorium.
10:45 P. M.—Darky spirituals by Big j
Bethel choir No. 2. colored singers.
WEDNESDAY
12 TO 1 P. M.—Old-time gospel, program
by Rev. Andrew .Tonkins and family.
3:30 T. M.—Details of Atlanta baseball
game.
5 TO R P. M.— Vick Myers melody orches
tra, Miss Bonnie Barnhardt’s songs and
Burgess' bedtime story, news, markets.
8 TO 0 P. M.—Silent.
10:45 P. M.— Concert for Huntington, West
Va.. featuring Miss Bonnie Barnhardt,
'staff singer, in her southern lullabies; Miss
Annie Bennett, soprano; C. D. Wellborn,
tenor; T. Roy Liddell, pianist, and others.
THURSDAY
12 TO 1 P. M.—Organ concert by Dr.
Charles A. Sheldon.
3:30 P. M. —Detail of Atlanta baseball
game.
5 TO A P. M.—Miss Bonnie Barnhardt’s
songs and Burgess' bedtime story; news,
ma rkets.
8 TO 9 r. M.—Special May Day program.
10:45 P. M. —-Organ concert by Dr. Charles
A. Sheldon, from the First Presbyterian
church.
FRIDAY
12 TO 1 P. M.—Noon entertainment pre
senting pupils of Kirno Kalohi, and other
at reactions.
3:30 P. M.—Detail of Atlanta baseball
game.
5 TO A P. M.—Vick Myers melody orches
tra. .Miss Bonnie Barnhardt’s songs and
Burgess' bedtime story, news, markets.
8 TO 9 r. M.—Concert by the Girls' High
Mandolin club, direction Mrs. Reynolds
Clark. •
10:45 P. At.—Concert sponsored by Eleanor
Craig Carlton, dramatic soprano, presenting
Miss Josephine Ingram, contralto, and other
artists.
SATURDAY
12 TO 1 P. M.—Noon entertainment.
3:30 P. M. —Detail of the Atlanta base
ball game.
5 TO 6 P. M. —Foreign trade and com
merce message by B. C. Getsinger. Miss
Bonnie Barnhardt’s songs and Burgess’ bed
time story, news, markers.
8 TO 9 P. M.—Entertainment by the City
Hall Democrats.
10:45 P. M.—Jamboree by The Journal's
Hired Help.
Longest Thoroughfare
In Chicago Is Named
For Woodrow Wilson
CHICAGO, April 26—Woodrow
Wilson road, longest street in Chi
cago, came into being today, the city
council adoptinig an ordinance
changing the name of Western ave
nue.
vote the Democrats of the state
could do nothing.
Murphy’s death leaves Governor
Al Smith as the Democratic leader
of city and state. There will be no
disputing his kingship.
STATE BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION
INDORSES COTTON CO-OP MEN
AT ANNUAL MEET IN AUGUSTA
Georgia Financiers Hear
Speech on Public Health,
Shortage of Appropriations
Is Pointed Out
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 26.—The
Georgia Co-operative Cotton Grow
ers’ association was indorsed by the
Georgia Bankers’ association at the
close today of their thirty-third an
nual meeting held at the Bon Air-
Vanderbilt hotel.
It was recommended that all mem
bers of the ‘ bankers’ association
stand behind the co-operative cotton
movement by rendering all possible
financial assistance, and to encour
age an increase in the membership,
which is at this time 41,000 farmers
in the state.
R. A. Cooper, former governor of
South Carolina, now a commissioner
of the federal farm loan board, Wash
ington. D. C., spoke at some length
on “The Government’s Agricultural
Credit Institution.” Mr. Cooper
sketched the history of these insti
tutions, and told just what they
mean to the farmers of th ecountry
and how they can take advantage
of opportunities offered them by the
government. The farm mortgage
debt of America today exceeds eight
billions of dollars, according ,to Mr.
Cooper.
Questions Answered
Howard C. Arnold, secretary of
the federal land bank and intermedi
ate credit bank, Columbia, S. C.,
talked at some length on “Functions
of the Federal Land Bank and Inter
mediate Credit Banks,” and the man
ner in which the banks over the
country may secure more money fir
their farmers for from six months
to three years at a small rate of in
terest for making and harvesting
crops, buying live stock and farm im
plements, etc. - number of ques
tions from members of the associa
tion as to the way' in which the ma
chinery of the act functions were
answered.
Speaking on the .“Public Health,”
Robert F. Maddox, of Atlant?, chair
man of the board of the Atlanta-
Lowry National bank, told his audi
tors of the economic loss of life in
Georgia through the ravages of dne
disease, malaria. According to a re
port of Dr. Carter, of the U. S.
public health service, it was esti
mated that the death from malaria
were one to every three thousand
sick days, with 584 deaths in 1922.
This would indicate that Georgia
lost 1,752,000 sick days from malaria.
“It is estimated that one death
from malaria,” he said, “ represents
400 cases of the disease, and means
that, during 1922, there were in this
state 233,600 cases of malaria.
Money Loss High
"Assuming that medical attend
ance, medicines and nurses’ bills, in
cluding the loss of time of the fam
ily caring for those who are sick,
will entail an average expenditure
of $7 for each case, this amounts
to $1,635,000 spent on this one pre
ventable disease in 1922. In addition
to this loss, wherever malaria exists
crops are far below normal, due to
lack of help.
Due to Lack of Help
“Besides deaths that can be at
tributed to malaria, there occur a
great many more which are caused
wholly by the lowered vitality from
this disease, thereby making it more
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easy to contract some other disease
which may often terminate in death.
“In the past few years there has
been very close co-operation between
the United States public health serv
ice and the state and city depart
ments of health, and in the control
of epidemics of infectious diseases,
the work of our health departments
has been very efficient.
“This is especially true of typhoid
fever, which formerly took toll of
more than 50,000 lives annually in
the United States and which has
been reduced to something less than
10,000, and with the use of proper
preventives the loss from this dis
ease should be reduced to a mini
mum.
Meager Health Funds Available
“Speaking to Georgia bankers
who are in close touch with all the
activities of our state, I would call
your special attention, humiliating
as it may be, to the very meager
appropriations made by Georgia for
the promotion of public health.
“An Inquiry into the progressive
states will show you that those
states which buy health in the larg
est quantities progress commercially
and individually in ratio to the in
vestment.
“It is with shame that I acknowl
edge that Georgia—our Georgia—
does not starid well in the compari
son. I will only call your attention
to the appropriations made by the
neighboring states:
“Alabama, 6.3 per cent per capita;
South Carolina, 6.4 per cent per cap
ita; Virginia, 7.3 per cent per capita;
Kentucky, 10.6 per cent per capita;
North Carolina, 12.6 per cent per
capita; Florida, 25.8 per - cent per
capita; Georgia, 3.1 per cent per
capita.
“With our splendid soil and cli
mate, our wealth of natural resources
and splendid type of people, we must
wake up to oifr deficiencies in public
health work.”
Lone French Flier
Off on World Trip
In Great Airplane
PARIS, April 26.—Winging his
way- eastward in' a lone attempt to
snatch for France world supremacy
in distance flight. Lieutenant Pel
letier D’Oisy has become the French
hero of the hour.
With American planes and a Brit
ish machine already started on world
flights, Lieutenant D’Oisy hopped
off from Villa Coublay, accompanied
by a single mechanic. He flew a
big Brcguet army plane, with no
spare parts. The first day, D’Oisy
reached Bucharest without a stop,
and Friday “hopped” another thou
sand miles to Aleppo.
Up to 6:20 p. m. Saturday the air
ministry said it had no message of
D’Oisy’s deparlure, but it was con
sidered possible he might have taken
off without notifying Paris, and al
ready be on his way to Bassorah, at
the head of the Persian gulf.
If the plane did start from Aleppo
this morning, as scheduled, air min
istry officials estimated that it would
cover the 900-mile lap between the
two towns in less than eight hours,
making the arrival in Bassorah some
time this evening. If possible,
D’Oisy will go on to Japan.
TUESDAY. APRIL 20, 1924.
I BASEBALL I
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Southern League
Atlanta. 5; Mobile, 3.
Birmingham, 4; New Orlennn, 8.
Memphis, 8; Chattanooga, 6.
American League
St. Lovis. 11; Cleveland, 2.
New York. 4; Boston, 3.
Detroit, 16; Chicago, 7.
Philadelphia, 2; Washington, 1.
National Leagu*
New York, 5; Brooklyn, 2.
Boston, 5; Philadelphia, 4.
Pittsburg, 2; Cincinnati, 1.
Sally League I
Spartanburg, 7; Greenville, 8.
'Augusta, 7; Asheville, 6.
Macon, 7; Charlotte, 6. J
FRIDAY’S - GAMES
Southern League
Mobile, 6; Atlanta, 24.
New Orleans, 2; Birmingham, 3.
Memphis, 5; Chattanooga, 1.
Nashville, 5; Little Rock, 4.
American League
Detroit, 2; Cleveland, 10.
Washington, 5; Philadelphia, 6.
Boston, 2; New York, 5.
Chicago, 6; St. Louis, 3.
National League
Cincinnati, 10; Pittsburg, 4.
New York, 2; Brooklyn. 3.
St. Louis, 5; Chicago, 7.
Sally League
, Charlotte, 7; Macon, 5.
Asheville, 0; Augusta, 3.
Greenville, 10; Spartanburg, 14.
Florida State League
Orlando, 11; Bradentown; 3.
Lakeland, 6; Tampa, 3.
Daytona, 10; St. Petersburg, 9.
Piedmont League
High Point, .10; Winston-Salem, 4.
Greensboro, 12; Jlanville. 12.
Raleigh, 10; Durham, 19.
Virginia League
Portsmouth, 4; Wilson, 7.
Richmond, 7; Norfolk, fl.
Rocky Mount,.3; Petersburg, 7.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Southern League
Birmingham, 1; New Orleans, 2 (eleven
innings).
Memphis. 2; Chattanooga, 0.
Atlanta, 3; Mobile, 7.
American League •
Philadelphia, 2; New York, 11.
Boston, 6: Washington, 9.
Chicago, 3; Detroit, 4.
Cleveland, 10; St. Louis, 9.
National League
New York, 9; Brooklyn. 5.
Pittsburg, 2; Chicago, 4.
St. Loilis, 6; Cincinant.l, 4.
Woriel Flight Leader,
Plane Repaired, Goes
To Rejoin Squadron
SEATTLE, Wash., April 26.
Major Frederick L. Martin, flying
the world flight flag plane, the Seat
tle, arrived at Chignik, Alaska, at
5:50 p. m. Friday after a. 150-mile
hop from Pearl Creek, near Kana
tak, according to radio advices to
the navy station at Bremerton,
Wash., early today.
His plane had been forced down
at Kanatak last week when his
crank case developed a leak.
Last advices were that the repair
ed air cruiser would depart early
this morning for Dutch Harbor to
rejoin the three other pilots now
there avyaiting him.
When' Major 1 Martin arrives at
Dutch Harbor he will refuel his ship
and the quartet of American army
pilots will resume their flight to
Japan, en route around the globe.
FRENCH AVIATOR RESUMES
FLIGHT ACROSS THE ORIENT
BUCHAREST, April 26.—Lieuten
ant Pelletier Doisy, French aviator,
who arrived here yesterday from
Paris, filled the tanks of his machine
today after a night's rest and hopped
off on the second stage of his jour
ney to the Far East. He expects to
reach Aleppo, Syria, about 6 o’clock
twoight.
miNGOFBURTON
!S C.O.P. WEI
SURPRISES PARTY
WASHINGTON, April 26.—Selec
tion of Theodore E. Burton, of
Ohio, as temporary chairman and
keynote sounder of the Republican
national convention .has caused a
near sensation in political circles
here.
Burton is an ultra-conservative. /
He was chosen by President Cool- j
idge personally when everyone had
expected some concession the,
progressive wing of the party in se- A C
lection of convention officials.
Therefore, in seeking the meaning Ji
of the choice of Burton, political
observers here were impressed by ' -i
these things:
1. That the choice of this most j
conservative of conservatives t<>
sound the party keynote for the <
campaign, and this means the Cool
idge keynote this year, shows that
the president intends to stand paT
on those conservative doctrines to
which he always has remained true, |
and will not surrender anything to
tlje liberals.
2. That Mr. Coolidge’s running
mate in the campaign also is likely
to be a conservative and not, as
some believed likely, a member of
the progressive wing of the party.
3. That the emphasizing by ths
president of his conservatism is
likely to give further impetus to
the independent or third party
movement.
It is in connection with this last
point that the choice of Burton
caused most disappointment here j
among those Republicans who would *H
like to see the administration pla- <
cate, as far as consistently possi- ’
ble, the liberals within the party. \
Instead of placating them, the nam- i
ing of Burton will tend to drive l
them towards the independent move
ment, liberal leaders here fe,ared.
'The conservative leaders hailed
the choice as an indication that th
president intends to stick firmly to
his political principles. _
Fort Valley Will Lose
Old Trees, Landmark
Nearly Seventy Years
FORT VALLEY, Ga., April
Those familiar with the residential ;
section of Fort Valley will be in- >
terested to know that the two mas
sive oaks which stood for almost
three score and ten years in front
of the old John A. Houser home, on
Church street, have been uprooted
to make way for the paving project
in Fort Valley.
These trees came from what is ,
now known as Bliss, four miles
north of Fort Valley, on the Macon
road.
They were planted in the edge of
t ie silewalk and with the years as
sumed such large proportion that
the trunk of the tree; took up almost ,
half of the walk, but the beauty and
majesty of the great <aks privileged
them to stand until the past few
days when it became necessary to
uproot them for paving. _
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