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NOTIFYING OF DAVIS
WILL TAKE PLACE IN
CLARKSBURG, W, WL
Event Scheduled to Occur
Within 2 Weeks, Giving
Sendoff to Campaign
NEW YORK, July 14.—The cere
mony of officially notifying John W.
Davis of his nomination for the pres
idency by the Democratic party will
take place at Clarksburg, W. Va.,
it was learned today. Formal an
nouncement of the arrangements for
the event, which probably will take
place within two weeks, is expected
within the next few days.
Mr. Davis will deliver the address
•’■‘bf acceptance, which will signalize
the opening of the Democratic cam
paign, at the house where he lived
as a boy and in the town that has
been the residence of his family for
a century. The house is now occu
pied by a sister of the nominee.
The nominee said he was anxious
to get the preliminaries out of the
way as soon as possible, as prolonga
tion of the convention already had
somewhat delayed the Democratic
appeal to the countrj 7 for control
of the government.
Will Go to Maine
After two days of comparative rest
at his country home in Locust Val
ley, Long Island, Mr. Davis drove
to New York this morning consid
erably refreshed and ready to plunge
into the last of the preliminary work
that must be done to set up the
party organization. This he hopes
to finish by Friday and if he suc
ceeds he will then go to Islesboro,
Maine, for a few days before return
ing to Clarksburg for the notifica
tion.
Mr. Davis’ hopes of carrying
western agricultural states have
gone up as a result of week-end con
ferences with Senator Walsh, of
Montana, and Carl Vrooman, of
Bloomington, 111., here.
Mr. Vrooman, who was an assist
ant secretary of agriculture', under
Wilson, saw the Democratic nominee
at Matapar., his extensive estate
there. It is understood that Mr.
Vrooman. who farms large tracts in
eastern Illinois, urged Mr. Davis to
address himself with vigor to agra
rian problems and presented practi
cal proposals for land reforms.
Starts Campaign Program
Both the western leaders recom
mended that the candidate devote a
large part of his time to a speaking
tour of their sections, and Mr. Davis
asserted he intended to do so.
Refreshed as a result of his rest
ful week-end. Mr. Davis motored to
New York City today to begin in
• earnest the program for his cam
paign. He was scheduled to see sev
eral party .leaders during the day at
the home of Frank L. Polk. Resi
dents of Locust Valley expect that
he wih mak*e Matapari his principal
headquarters during the campaign,
going to Clarksburg, W. Va., tor the
notification and for other ’brief stays.
Neighbors of Mr. Davis and trades
people and villagers in Locust Val
ley, mindful of the fame that came
to Ovster Bay during Thedore
Roosevelt’s campaigns from Saga
more Hill, hope that he will keep
to his home here until next Novem
ber. Sagamore Hill is less than a
dozen miles from Matapan.
Mr. Davis passed a quiet Sunday,
attending church and going for a
horseback ride in the morning and
£?ceiving gocial callers and taking
■* dip in the sound in the afternoon.
The nominee planned to meet Cor
dell Hull, Democratic national chair
man, tonight. During the day he
received calls from Clem Shaver, of
West Virginia; Isidor Dockweiler, of
Californie < Edmund Dj Moore, of
Ohio; M. Constantine, secretary of
the Marine Workers’ and Stewards’
union; Ti us Alexander, of Los An
geles, chairman of the National Ne
gro Democratic association, and
Bishop G. A. McGuire, of the African
Orthodox church.
In a statement issued just before
he sailed for Europe on Saturday,
h William G. McAdoo pledged his
■ wh/iTe-"hearted support to Mr. Davis.
complete text of the state
■■ent follows:
Pw “Mr. Davis and I have been
friends for the past 12 years,
und I had the pleasure of dis
cussing the political situation
with him yesterday. The great
body of progressive Democrats
who supported me so strongly in
the convention have been anx
ious to know my attitude to
wards Mr. Davis’ candidacy.
My visit was for the purpose of
learning* from Mr. Davis direct
his views on the important is
sues before the country. I am
satisfied that he is in full accord
with the progressive program
outlined in the Democratic plat
form.
“Mr. Davis’ professional con
nections and his association with
great banking houses and cor
porate interests, although con
cededly ethical in every way,
have raised doubts in the minds
of many as to his progressivism
. ’ and as to his conwlete sympa
thy with the great reforms
the Democratic party must exe
cute if it is to serve the genu
ine interests of the people.
These doubts are not justified,
because a lawyer’s views on
economi *, political and social
questions are no more to be
Judged-by his professional asso
ciations than are a physician s
to be judged by the character
of his patients.
“Mr. Davis should be judged
• by his (-Am not those of
his clients, and by the impres
sion of .iucerity and ability he
creates in the’’public discussion
of the issues.
“Mr. Davis’ high character, in
tegrity and service should satisfy
any apprehension of this sort. I
am confident that as president he
will faithfully execute the party’s
progressive mandate. If 1 did not
believe this. 1 could not render
aid, because I have always be
lieved that the interests of the
people -»Hould never be subor
dinated to a merely slavish par
tisanship.
“There is a deep seated de
termination on the part of the
progressive forces within the
Democratic party, and those out
side of it desiring to co-op
erate, to force prompt and de
cisive action on the part of the
next administration for solution
of the pressing problems of agri
culture transportation, tariff,
> on Page 6, Column •)
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
DEMOCRATIC CHANCES BEST
SINCE 1916 IF WEST THINKS
DAVIS IS REAL PROGRESSIVE
Lawrence Discounts La Follette as Major Factor, Pre
dicting That Either Davis or Coolidge Will Get a
Clear Majority in Electoral College
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 11)24.)
NEW YORK, July 12.—The op
portunity for a Democratic victory
at the polls next November lies in
the west. Many things may happen
between now and election day to re
vise one’s estimate, but not since
1916 have the Democrats had the
chance they have this year.
Eastern Democrats scoff at the
nomination of Governor Bryan as
vice president, for instance, but John
W. Davis, who made the selection,
had his eye on the west —the one
place which, may mean his triumph.
It is much too early to make definite
predictions but it is not too soon to
analyze the fighting ground on
which the campaign will be fought.
This is essential to an understand
ing of the strategy that will be un
folded by all the candidates in the
next three months.
First of all, the campaign starts
with fundamental impressions—the
Republicans for example, are cock
sure of victory. Their confidence
arises out of the eastern states which
at present writing it would seem,
they are likely to carry by over
whelming majorities.
Secondly, there is a deep seated
idea that Senator LaFollette will de
velop as much strength as did Roose
velt in 1912. There is no warrant
for such an assumption. His elee
torial vote may not exceed fifty. If
PREACHER-RAIDER
FOUND NOT GUILTY
UN MUROER COUNT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 12.
Rev. C. W. Gant, charged with the
murder of Anderson Green in a
whisky raid conducted in Jefferson
county last September, was (ac
quitted by a jury in United States
district court here this afternoon.
The jury verdict was returned 25
minutes after Judge Ben Hicks had
delivered his charge, the case hav
ing been on trial since Thursday
and being concluded today just after
noon.
Cross examination today of de
fense witnesses was centered large
ly on breaking down the evidence
submitted yesterday by W. O. Hill,
deputy prohibition agent, who tes
tified that Rev. Gant did not pur
sue and fire at Green, as had been
charged by prosecution witnesses.
Counsel for the preacher-raider in
troduced evidence today, showing
that the warrant brought against
Rev. Gant was sworn out by one
D. B. Hargis, of Jefferson county,
at the behest of Knoxville men.
Hargis testified that after the
death of Green, and while visiting
in Knoxville, W. M. Moore and
Sula Anderson suggested that Gant
be prosecuted for the murder. At
their instigation the witness said
he swore out the warrant, which
also named F. B. Morris as a de
fendant. Evidence then produced
was to the effect that Hargis did
not know Morris, or that the war
rant enotained his name. J. Arthur
Atchley, Knoxville attorney, testified
that he prepared the warrant
against Gant, and that the name of
Morris was inserted at the sugges
tion of a Johnson City man.
J. S. Remine, used as a witness to
combat the evidence, of W. O. Hill,
testified that he met Hill on the
street after the death of Green in a
local hospital and talked with him
about the case, and that Hill then
declared that he didn’t know who
shot Green, that he was sure he
did not.
Hanged Boy’s Mother
Says He Was Murdered
NEW YDRK, July 12.—The body
of Walter Muir, 21 years old, who
was hanged yesterday in Canada for
slaying Henri Laviok tte in a tavern
trawl at A alleyfield, was brought
back to New Y’ork today by his wid
owed mother and an ur-le, l a. ’ k
Cleary.
A crowd stood before the mother's
West Side apartment when the cps
ket was taken in. Many of the
neighbors who on their own initia
tive had appealed to Queen 'ary
of England, to stay the youth’s ex
ecution,. were weeping.
Mrs. Antia Morgan, a nurse and
friend of the family, gave out the
following statement prepared by
Mrs. Muir:
“My son was not executed; he was
murdered. He was the victim of
the cowardliness of Canadian poli
ticians.”
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia and North Carolina: Part
ly oxereast: not much change in tem
perature.
South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
; barna: Local showers and thunder
i storms.
Florida. Extreme Northwest Flor
ida: Local showers and thunder
storms.
Mississippi: Generally fair.
Tennessee: Unsettled, with local
thundershowers.
Kentucky: Local showers and
thunderstorms; not much change in
temperature.
Louisiana and East Texas: Partly
cloudy.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy.
Oklahoma: Generally fair.
West Texas: Tuesday generally
the election were to be a close on a
the fifty votes might throw the con
test into congress for settlement.
But this correspondent does not look
for a close result.
Either Calvin Coolidge or John W.
Davis will be the next president of
the United States and when the tide
begins to run it will run strongly in
one direction. The question of wheth
it will be a Democrat or a Republi
can depends largely on the way the
issues are crystallized. As for the
individuals nominated, they will not
be the vital factors that personali
ties were in 1912.
Three Strong Men
For the Republicans and Demo
crats have nominated two strong
men whose character is unimpeach
able and whose integrity is beyond
question. Even Senator La Follette,
who runs on a Ihird ticket, is a
man of rugged honesty and capacity.
The campaign will not turn on per
sonal fitness but on issues. When
Wilson and Hughes were the nomi
nees in 1910 the country was ready
to accept either personality but the
west had a conviction that the Wil
son foreign policies needed to be up
held. In 1920 neither Warren Har
ding nor James M. Cox were them
selves factors, in the result. The
tide of resentment against the Wil
son administration for neglecting re
ccnsiruction problems at home while
(Continued on Page 6, Column 5)
WARRANTS ISSUED
IS ROME FARMER
AND TEACHER FLEE
ROME, Ga., July 12.—Carl Brooks,
age thirty-eight, prominent Floyd
county farmer, and Miss Maggie
Reynolds, twenty-eight, school teach
er, both members of well-known fam
ilies in Barkers district, are objects
of a south-wide search instituted by
Rome officers after the father of
the young woman reported to Sher
iff R. E. Wilson today that the cou
ple had eloped.
Brooks has a wife and several chil
dren.
Two warrants were issued for
Brooks today at the request of Clar
ence Reynolds, brother of the young
, woman, one warrant charging aban-
I donment of wife and children and
the dther charging larceny of an au-
I toinobile.
| On the day preceding the elopment
I Brooks, according to William Rey
nolds, father of the young woman,
asked him to indorse a note of one
hundred dollars. ThP was done.
On the following day Miss Rey
nolds asked and received permission
of her father to use the family au
tomobile.
The father now believes that
Brooks met Miss Reynolds at some
trysting place and departed in the
car, using the money received from
the note as expenses.
The only reports coming back to
the homes of each family were two
letters, both mailed from Rome, from
Brooks to his wife, and the other
to the Reynolds family from the
daughter. Both letters, Sheriff Wil
son reported today, asserted that
Brooks and Miss Reynolds were de
parting together according to terms
of a love pact and that they would
never to return to this section of the
country. ( x
Former Governor
Harvey Exonerated
By Carolina Jury
ALLENDALE. S. C.. July 12.
; (By the Associated Press.) —Wilson
G. Harvey, former governor of
South Carolina and president of the
Etenrprise bank of Charleston, was
acquitted late today in the circuit
court here, of charges of violating
the state banking law in connection
with the failure of the bank.
It was charged specifically that
Mr. Harvey received deposits after
he knew his bank was insolvent.
The jury took the case at . 5 o’clock
and returned with a verdict twenty
minutes later.
The verdict was greeted with ap
plause from spectators.
Judge J. Henry Johnson, presid
ing, rapped vigorously for order,
and stated, “were it not for the fact
that Allendale is a young county he
would arraign the spectators for
contempt of court.”
This was the second trial of the
former governor, the fiist being
held in Charleston, which resulted
in a mistrial. A change of venue
was obtained because of alleged
public sentiment against the defend
ant in Charleston.
Two days were consumed in the
Allepdale trial. The defense intro
duced no witness, nor did it place
the defendant on the stand. It
rested, with the state, claiming the
state had not proved its case beyond
a reasonable doubt.
Hereditary Insanity
Looms Up as Defense
For Leopold and Loeb
CHICAGO, July 12.—Hereditary
insanity may be a part of the de
i sense of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, accused of kidnap 1 ng
and killing Robert Franks, a 13-year
old neighbor boy, for excitement,
their attorneys indicated today.
“We have traced the families of
both boys,” Clarence Darrow, chief
of counsel for the defense, said, “and
have found insanity in the families
of both youths.” Mr. Darrow sai 1
that it had not been decided if this
information will be introduced at the
i trial, but added that the matter was
under consideration.
LJ FOLLETTE PLANS
TO RAISE 5250,0011
FOB HIS CAMPAIGN
Union Labor Officials to Be
Asked to Aid Wiscon
i
sin Senator
WASHINGTON, July 12.—A tenta
tive program for raising $250,000 in
small subscriptions from labor or
ganizations and like groups to back
the LaFollette presidential cam
paign was laid out today at a meet
ing of executive committee members
of the conference for progressive po
litical action.
Alexander Kahn, of New York
City, was elected to head the financ
ing enterprise, and it was explained
that the sum would supplement the
total which might be raised for the
campaign by general public solicita
tion through Representative Nelson,
of Wisconsin, who is managing the
central headquarters at Chicago.
Senator LaFollette did not partici
pate in the meeting, although it was
attended bv officers of several rail*
road unions. Talk concerning a pos
sible vice presidential candidate was
kept hushed at the gathering, on the
ground that a larger conference in
Washington July 18, would sttele
the point, but it was stated with con
siderable positiveness that no con
siderable project of indorsing Gov
ernor Bryan, the Democratic presi
dential candidate would meet with
the approval of LaFollette adher
ents.
Every indication of sticking to the
announced plan of making the La-
Follette candidacy itself a single is
sue, with tickets of presidential elec
tors in as many states as possible,
but without accompanying candi
dacies of gubernatorial and congres
sional candidates was given by those
attending.
W. H. Johnston, president of the
International Association of Machin
ists and chairman of the executive
committe. said the railroad union of
ficers were working to analyze the
record of representatives and sena
tors of both the Republican* and
Democratic parties so that indorse
ments might be given those who had
voted favorably from the union view
point on railroad legislation and op
position mustered for those who vot
ed unfavorably. Anv introduction
of general LaFollette ticket candi
dacies, he said, would be considered
inimical to this objective.
Likewise .Mr. Johnston said he be
lieved the LaFollette plan of an un
supported presidential candidacy
might pave the way for gaining some
support from the American Federa
tion of Labor, even though various
statements have been attributed to
its officers indicating a disposition
to maintain that organization on a
non-partisan basis.
“Neither the platforms nor the
candidates of the two old political
parties can satisfy the labor move
ment,” he said, “and there is no other
place for them to go.”
j Senator LaFollette, although he
I discussed conditions causualiy wish
one or two callers, contented himself
i with an automobile ride during the
- afternoon and is expected to refrain
I from any sort of campaign pro
[ nouncement until after the Friday
I meeting.
M DON ALD’S EXPLANATION
OF WHY HE WITHDREW
■ SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 12.—(8y
i the Associated Press.) —Without spe-
I cifically indorsing Senator La Fol-
I lette, of Wisconsin, who, he said,
was regarded by many farmers as
the “Moses to lead them out of their
present dilemma.” Dunean McDon
i aid, of this city, nominated as Farm
' er-Labor candidate for president at
I the St. Paul convention, today told
why he had withdrawn from the
! race in favor of the Wisconsin sena
-1 tor.
“Our meeting at St. Paul,” Mr.
McDonald said, “was not so much
a matter of nominating candidates
as the forming of an organization.
In the Cleveland conference it was
apparent the purpose was the oppo
site for the capitalizing of the pop
ularity of one man.
“Had we continued in the race
there would have been a division and
naturally the majority of our oth
erwise supporters would have fol
lowed the banner of La Follette. In
this situation the only logical thing
to do was to withdraw and permit
them to follow his leadership. Those
who sue in La Follette no remedy
for this situation have now decided
to place a left wing ticket in the
field fostered and officered by mem
bers of the workers’ party, other
wise known as communists. This
will permit a clear line of demarca
tion which the right and left wing
of the Farmer-Labor party may give
expression to their particular hob-
I by.
“I am not in sympathy with the
third party movements. Generally,
I believe the two dominant parties
who are fostered and financed from
the same source should unite their
forces as there is little tu distinguish
them. Both have become playthings
! of what we usually refer to as Wall
; street. The leader of one party an
I attorney for Morgan, and the other
| acting as messenger for the oil in
; terests.
j “1 am convinced the lines should
i be drawn on different angles and
that the representatives of special
privilege should have their party and
, those in the other group should' have
I theirs. This would eliminate confu-
I sion and obviate the expenditure of
i some twenty million dollars in presi-
I dential campaigns that might well
be used for better purposes.”
“I do not believe the selection of
one man on an alleged reform ticket
"ill bring about the solution so much
I desired.”
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British Aerial Navigators
Cross Pacific Islands From
Japanese Territory
PARIS, July 14.—8 y the Asso
ciated Press) —The three airplanes
which are attempting to carry the
insignia of the American air serv
ice around the world and to girdle
the globe by air for the first time
in history, today practically finished
the Asiatic and European stages of
their long flight when they swooped
down upon the Le Bourget airdrome
field.
It was ideal flying weather with
the sky deep blue and with but a
few clouds here arid there moving
through the practically windless air.
Wnen the American airmen were
within easy sight of their goal, they
turned back and passed over the
Arc de Triomphe, escorted by a
squadron of French airplanes in
military formation, which had met
them after they, had flown over
French territory, relieving a squad
ron which had accompanied the
fliers part of the distance from
Strassbourg.
As the planes came to earth on
the French official landing station,
the six Americans were greeted with
great enthusiasm by a large throng
which had gathered about the air
drome.
The aviators, although showing
the wear and tear of their long trip,
were full of good cheer and visibly
effected by the warmth of their I re
ception.
“How do we stand in the Olym
pic games?” was the first question
Lieutenant Smith asked.
He was highly pleased when told
where the United States stood, and
then said: “I’m all right now. I’m
tired and have a lot of sleep to catch
up with, but otherwise I am ready
to go ahead.”
The fliers took almost twelve
hours to make the trip from Vienna
to Paris, being delayed not only by
their stop at Strassbourg but by a
three-hour storm into which they
plunged soon after leaving Vienna.
The heavy rain and low lying
clouds slowed them up.
The crowd rushed on the landing
field at the risk of accident as soon
as the Americans began to approach
the ground.
The machines were surrounded be
fore they had fairly stopped and
hundreds of hands were, raised in
greeting toward the pilots while the
Americans present sent up a big
cheer which the French echoed with
resounding “bravos.”
Lieutenant Smth and his com
panions took the demonstration mod
estly, almost shyly, but the officers
of the French aviation corps took
charge of thep arty after the formal
welcome, and soon made them feel
at their ease.
After welcoming the aviators on
the field. Laurent Eynac, the min
ister of aviation, escorted the Ameri
cans to the reception rooms of the
aviation corps, where he added to
the words of greeting given upon
their landing.
“France,” he said, “has been
watching your magnificent effort
with interest and at times with
solicitude, following all the vicis
situdes of your passage over Alaska
and the Aleutian islands, and cheer
ing you in our own hearts when
we learned your difficults had been
overcome.
“You are the pioneers of world
encircling commercial aviation and
your names will forever be con
i nected with progress toward the
universal utility of the airplane. I
'am glad you ate here and hope you
i will stay as long as you can and
come back again as soon as possi
ble.”
| Lieutenant Smith, who was so
! fatigued that he remained seated
most of the time, modestly passed
along to Lieutenant Leigh Wade the
task of replying to Eynac.
Lieutenant Wade, taken aback,
said he would rather fly a thousand
miles than make a speech of a
hundred words.
Babe Knocked Out of
Its Mother’s Arms by
Auto in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July 12
Mrs. Josephine Womack was struck
: by an automobile here toady cross-
■ ing the street anti her two-months-
■ old baby knocked out of her arms.
The infant’s skull was fractured
against the pavement and Mrs.
Womack was seriously injured.
E. R. Rivers, driver of the car,
was placed in jail pending the out-
I come of the baby’s injury. Wit
nesses reported to officers that the
car was running at a rapid rate and
; that Mrs. Womack was knocked 15
feet.
Epileptic Shot Dead
In Fight With Brother
As Mother Watches
IRVINGTON, N. J.. July 12.
Harold Humpele, 28, an epileptic,
was shot and killed in his home to
day after an arugment over his
younger brother's refusal to accom-
I pany him to a barber ship.
i The brother, Robert J. Humpele,
22, was held by the police who said
he admitted the slaying. Robert’s
I story, as given out by the police,
was that Harold, anger d by the re
fusal, hurled ' hie knives at him
and his mother. Mrs. Josephine
Humpele, who took the younger
brother’s part.
“I did it for mother’s sake,” Rob
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lanta, Ga., Tuesday, July 15, 1924
Southern Beauty
Cartels at Virginia Military academy think Agnes Towers, of
Jacksonville, Fla., is the prettiest girl they know. They have
adorned the “beauty page” of their annual, “The Bomb,” with her
picture.
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DOUBLE SESSIONS
VOTED TO.CLEAR
HOUSE CALENDAR
The Georgia house of representa
tives got down to serious considera
tion of its congested calendar Mon
day morning and voted to begin dou
ble sessions Thursday, following an
appeal by Representative Milner, of
Dodge county, vice chairman of the
rules committee.
"Numerous members ot this house
are asking the rules committee to
get their bills on the calendar in or
der that they may be brought, up at
some time during this session,” Mr.
Milner said. “However, the calen
dar already is congested and it is
absolutely necessary that we con
serve every minute of our time dur
ing the remainder of this session.
We will lose Wednesday, when we
go to Athens to inspect the Univer
sity of Georgia, an din order to make
up that time and clear the calendar,
we must begin double sessions on
Thursday.”
The house voted to begin an hour
earlier, or at 9 o’clock each morn
ing, and to have sessions at 9 o’clock
in the morning and 3 o’clock in the
afternoon, starting on Thursday.
The bill to creat (’each county was
placed on the calender as a special
and continuing order of business fol
lowing the motorbus bill, considera
tion of which again was taken up
Monday morning', but on which a
vote was not reached befpre ad
journment. There was n<> oppo
sition to the recommendation of
the rules committee that the Peach
county bll remain a special.
Another effort to abrogate the
rule that forbids smoking was lost
Monday, when the house voted 68 to
59 in favor of a report of the rules
committee adversing a resolution to
prohibit smoking in the house.
Probe Move Defeated
A resolution by Representative
Wimberly, of Toombs county, that
the house resolve itself into a com
mittee of the whole to consider in
vestigation of the public service com
mission was voted down 71 to 61.
The privilege of the floor was then
extended to Mrs. Rachel Don, presi
dent of the W. C. T. U. of New Zea
land.
Mrs. Don made a brief address to
the house, saying that she had al
ways heard of Georgia because of
Georgia watermelons, but that in the
last seven years, the neonle of New
Zealand had heard more of Georgia
because of her prohibition law and
the excellent enforcement of it. She
congratulated the house on the pres
ence in the membership of two wom
an representatives.
After Mrs. Don finished speaking
Representative Wimberly moved re
consideration of the action of the
house only a few minutes before in
voting down his resolution ,but his
motion was lost, 92-77.
The house adjourned at 12:55 p. m.
Arrest Threat Falls
The threatened arrest of absentees
from Frdiay’s session during the fili
buster on the motor bus line bill fail
ed to materialize Monday, when Rep
resentative Knight, of Berrien, au
thor of the proposal to arrest absen
j tees, introduced a resolution to grant
. leaves of absence to all members
j who were not in their seats when
I the call of the house occurred Fri
day. The resolution was adopted,
i and the incident passed.
Friday’s filibuster by the friends
' of the motor bus bill, who prevented
I the measure from uming to a vote
■ because barely a quorum was pres-
■ ent when the measure was ready for
I consideration, gave promise of de
| veloping serious consequences when
I Representative Knight insisted that
members absent without leave be ar
rested and brought before the bar of
the house. His change of front Mon
day solved the difficult situation.
Among the new bills introduced
in the house was one by the dele
gation from Lowndes countv- to au
, thorize the city of Valdosta to ap
propriate SIC' !| .OOO to aid in the es
tablishment. of rhe Woodrow Wil
son Memorial university, Valdosta.
IP or Id News
Told in
Brief
WASHINGTON. Readjustment
of business conditions, marked by de
crease in industrial and trade activ
ity and by Jower prices, is under way
in United States, according to state
ment of Federal Reserve board.
WASHINGTON. More than ten
thousand messages of condolence
reach White House since death of
Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
CODY, Wyo. Four persons die
from botulism poisoning caused by
eating ripe olives at Aldrich Lodge,
summer resort, near here.
NEW YORK.—A blood poisoning
scare, believed to have been caused
by the death of President Coolidge’s
sen, is reported by New York hos
pitals.
DEHLl.—Seven persons are re
ported killed in a clash which was
the outcome of aA quarrel between
Hindus and Moslems.
NEW YORK. —Prohibition agents
raid the Ritz-Carlton roof, sieze
seventy-five bottles • partly filled
with liquor, they said, and arrest
six employes.
ROME. —William Marconi, the.
vireless inventor, is appointed presi
dent ot the Italo Radio company,
»»hich has started building an ultra
powerful station in Home for com
municating with Argentina.
NEW YORK.—The Prince ot
Wales will leave England, August
26, to attend the international polo
matches between the American and
British teams at Meadowbrook in
September.
BOSTON. —Creditors of Charles
Ponzi are allowed $456,146.25 to be
divided among them immediately in
a supreme court decision.
KRASNOYARSK, ~ Siberia—Rus
sian archaeologists unearth several
human bodies, skeletons and imple
ments belonging to the Stone Age.
LONDON. —Colonel James A. Lo
gan, American observer of the rep
arations commission, joins Ambassa
dor Kellogg to participate in the
allied conference on the Dawes plan.
PARIS: Prime Ministers MacDon
ald and Herriot terminate their con
ference after agreeing that in execu
tion of Dawes plan authority of rep
arations commission will not be in
fringed and providing for American
arbitration of any differences.
INDIANAPOLIS: National Inde
pent party nominates John Sahnd,
Indianapolis, for president and Roy
M. Harrop, Omaha, for vice presi
dent.
RIO JANEIRO: Sao Paulo rebels
are still in possession of Luz bar
raclis and portion of city, official
bulletin says.
LONDON: Nomination of John W.
Davis as Democratic presidential can
didate is commented on with satis
faction by British newspapers.
NEW YORK: Former Governor
Whitman, of New York, in an ad
dress to American Bar association,
scores as lax and dilatory the trials
of criminals in this country and as
serts they are increasing at higher
rate than genera] population.
NEW YORK—Democratc national
convention adjourns sine die after
nominating Governor Charges W.
Bryan, of Nebraska, as vice presi
dential running mate to John W.
Davis, presidential nominee. Perma
nent Chairman Walsh declines nom
ination for second plac? on ticket
when convention seeks to name him
by acclamation.
NEW YORK—In statement issued
after nomination as Democratic pre*,
idential candidate, John W. Davis
declares there can be no compromise
with reaction and that liberal princi
ples must prevail.
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HUGHES TO SUGGEST
NEW ARMS PARLEY
ON EUROPEAN TRIP
Secretary of State Cleans
Up Work Before Sail
ing for England i
z’ *
WASHINGTON, July 12.—Upon
taking two more important steps to
protect American interests abroad,
Secretary of State Hughes, leaving
the slate of problems before the
state department cleaner than it has
been for many years, departed from
Washington today and later sailed .
for Europe.
Mr. Hughes will be absent from
Washington approximately a month,
during which time he will visit at
least London and Piris among the
European capitals.
Uydn Mr. Hughes’ return, the
next move of the United States in
the field of foreign affairs, so far
as can Li seen now, is expected to
be an effort to bring about another
disarmament conference.
Such a step by this administra
tion, however, would depend on the
election of President Coolidge in No
vember, as it is believed doubtful
t iat any action along that line
would be taken before the elections.
While Mr Hughes’ European trip
is for the announced purpose of at
tei ding the meeting of the Ameri
can Bar association in London and
taking a vacation, it is believed here
that he will take advantage of the
opportunity to judge when the Eu
ropean nations will be prepared to
join in another disarmament move
ment. . ' . i
The two steps taken by Mr.
Hughes before his departure frow
Washington were:
A note was dispatched to
Britain, France and Spain replying
to the invitation of those gove-r*.
ments that the United States ap
prove the Tangiers convention signed
in Paris to provide a new adminis
tration for that international zone
jn Morocco.
Mr. Hughes in his reply made
two main conditions to approval of
the pact by this government: One.
the guarantees for protection of
American rights under the conven
tion must be specified more clearly,
especially in regard to the mainten
ance of the “open door” at Tan
giers, and, second, this government
must decline for the present, he
. said, to accept the role proposed for
the United States in the administra
tion of Tangiers, as American repre
sentation under the present form us
’ the convention would be too slight
. in comparison with the other pow
ers.
The fact that apparently no specif
ic objection was made by the Ameri
-1 can note to the provision of th?'
: Tangiers convention abolishing th-t
extra-territorial rights of the power-?
in Tangier was taken to indicate
that Washington will approve this
I of the agreement if its other
objections be met.
| A note was completed and prepara
tions made for its dispatch to the
Chinese government through the
American embassy in Pekin on the
question of China’s obligation to pro
tect American and other foreign
rights in the Chinese eastern railway.
. This document is a reply to the
recent communication from China,
rebuffing this government’s position
on the railroad question and stating
that this is a matter to be dealt
with alone by China and soviet Rus
sia.
Mr. Hughes’ answer today is un
derstood to reaffirm the position
, taken by this government in its note
. last May holding China responsible
[ ns trustee of the railway forth«
rights of American and other credi
| ors of the road.
DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS
SAIL ON RERENGARTA
NEW YORK, July 13.—Headed b.v
’ Secretary of State Charles E.
Hughes as president of the Ameri
can Bar association, 850 distin
guished lawyers and their familiftf
> sailed Saturday on the Bereu
T garia to attend the convention o!
” the association in London on Julv
I 20. The barristers will meet in
1 Westminster Abbey and one of tbt
of the assembly will hr
the presentation of a statue ct
> Blackstone, the author of the w’orld
famous Commentarie, by the Amer-
i I ican lawyers.
In addition to those on the Ber
engaria, another party of American
’ lawyers numbering 400 sailed to
day from Quebec, 300 others on the
• Laconia yesterday and 300 members
• of the association on the Aquitania
. last Thursday. /
So igreat was the number of men
. famed for their knowledge of legs I
, lore and for their activities in put»«
lie service on board the Berengaria,
that J. Hamilton Lewis, former
United States senator from Illinois,
remarked as he stood on the sun
deck:
“I don’t think any vessel has
• sailed from America since the
i with so lany influential men as
seem to be on this ship.”
Among those on board were for
mer United States Attorney General
; George W. Wkrkersham, who will
make the (ledicafory address at the
pesentation of the Blackstone stat
ue. The statue, made by Paul W.
Partlett, will cost $20,000. The
sculptor has virtually completed the
i cast which will be used in the dedi
cation. The site for the monu
ment will be either the great hall
of the law courts in London or
near the site of Blackstone’s one
time chambers overlooking Fleet
street.
“Blackstone was a vital force in
shaping our constitution,” said Mr.
Wickersham. "For 150 years his
book has been the greatest text in
thn education of American lawyers.”
Other notables on the Berengaria
included Henry W. Taft, brother of
! Chief Justice Taft; Charles S. Whit-
■ man. former governor of New York:
■ Alton B. Parker, Samuel Seabury
I and R. E. Saner, retiring presi
! dent of the American Bar associa
tion.
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