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VOL. XXVI. NO. 120
OAVIS TO SELECT
CHIEF AIDESTOOAY.
WHITE ANNOUNCES
Campaign Manager and Na
tional Committee Head
as Team Likely
NEW YORK, July 16—John W.
Davis, Democratic presidential nomi
nee will select today his campaign
manager and the new chairman of
the Democratic national coriimittee.
This announcement was made
shortly before noon by George
White, former national chairman,
who, with Clem Shaver, of West Vir
ginia, spent the morning with Mr..
J>avis at the jionie of Frank L. Polk,
J'Xre.
Mr. Davis announced today that
in order to give his undivided at
tention to the campaign he had de
termined to sever all of his legal
and business connections. His law
partners were notified accordingly
of his withdrawal from the firm of
Stetson, Jennings, Russell and
Davis.
Among other employments sur
rendered by Mr. Davis was that o>’
general counsel for the Associated
Press. He also resigned the only
directorates held by him, namely,
in the United States Rubber com
pany, the Atchison, Topeka and San
ta Fe Railway company, and the
National Bank of Commerce, of
New York.
Townsfolk Start Early
So far his townsfolk of Locust
Valley and Glen Cove are concerned
the active campaign for Mr. Davis
began today. The Locust Valley fire
department, which consists of four
wagons of the usual diversity, start
ed out for the firemen’s tournament
of Nassau county at Framingdale,
carrying large banners reading:
“John W. Davis for president.”
At the Davis headquarters mat
t*rs have not reached the banner
•fid pamphlet stage.
The decoration of the fire depart
ment was part of the preparation
for a reception in honor of the
nominee, to be held in the town hall
tonight. Though Mr. Davis has been
a resident of the county for only
two years his neighbors, regardless
of their political predictions, are
obviously proud of the distinction
conferred upon him by his party.
Although Mr. Davis has not com
mitted himself publicly on the ques
tion of dividing the management of
his contest for the presidency, it was
said today by persons high in Demo
cratic councils that the candidate is
favorably inclined toward such a di
vision of responsibility.
The plan contemplates the sharing
of the campaign directorship by the
chairman of the national committee
and the campaign manager. Should
such an innovation be adopted, it is
reported that Clem Shaver, national
committeeman from West Virginia,
may be chosen for chairman of the
national committee. This, despite
rumors to the contrary. One of the
most seriously considered possibili
ties for campaign manager, is said
to be Thomas J. Spellacy, of Con
necticut, formerly an ardent McAdo’j
follower.
Holds Many Conferences
It is said that the campaign man
ager is almost certain to be an east
ern man. As a result, there is much
speculation regarding Vance McCor
mick, of Pennsylvania, and also
some discussion of Daniel C. Roper,
of New York, both of whom were
actively identified with the Wilson
campaign. When Mr. Davis return
ed to his home in Locust Valley last
night after a day of incessant con
ferences at the home of Frank Polk,
all these major matters of organiza
tion were still undecided. Among
thos? who conferred with him were
Daniel C. Roper, Norman E. Mack,
George White, and Norman H. Da
. Although there were rumors yes-
that the post of chairman
been offered ,o several
myMiri rejected by them, it was
emphatically last night that
Mr. Davis had offered the office to
no one.
The nominee has made arrange
ments to leave Friday night for
Islesboro, Maine, the home of
Charles Dana Gibson.
Commission Chairman
And County Attorney
Resign Offices in Bibb
MACON, Ga„ July 16.—F. Joe
Bishop, chairman of the Bibb county
commissioners, and Walter Defore,
county attorney, tendered their
resignations effective August. 1, at
the meeting of the county commis
sion Tuesday. Chairman Bishop sent
his resignation to Governor Walker
Monday.
Mr. Defore, who is also a member
of the Macon hospital commission,
Bays he has sent his resignation to
city council effective as soon as that
body can elect his successor. An
election will have to be called within
30 days of the date Mr. Bishop’s
resignation becomes effective to elect
his successor. •
Both men state that their private
business necessitates their full time
and for this reason they decided to
quit public office. Mr. Bishop is a
contractor and has been a member
of the board for four years. Mr. De
<ore has served as county attorney
for about the same length of time.
Policeman’s Son Found
Strangled to Death
With Own Suspenders
NEW S-ORK, Juh IG.—Police on
Staten Island today continued search
for the slayer of eight-year-old Fran
cis McDonald, sen of a policeman,
whose mutilated body was found
late last night in a hastily con
structed grave of brush and leaves
near the child’s home.
The boy’s suspenders, knotted
tightly about the throat, had been
used to strangle him., Nearly all the
clothing had been torn from the
body and was scattered .about.
A neighbor saw the boy Monday
afternoon walking toward some
woods. Just ahead of the boy was a
man about fifty years old.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Tiny Dog and the Couple He Saved
Here are shown Mr. and Mrs. B. D. King, with ‘’Tech,” the small rat
terrier whose intelligence and devotion probably savel them from being
burned to death, Tuesday night, when their home at 21) Kalb street was
destroyed by fire. “Tech.” sleeping in the kitchen, was awakened by
the flames and spread the alarm, wakening his master and mistress in
time for them to escape from the burning structure. —Staff Photo by
Winn.
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BOLTS DEMOCRATS
FOR LA FOLLETTE
WASHINGTON, July 16.—Sena
tor Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana,
Democrtaic prosecutor of the
Daugherty investigating committee,
said today'he probably will support
Robert M. La Follette in this year’s
presidential campaign.
“I do not«rfsee how I can support
John W. Davis,” said Senator
Wheeler. “In view of my past po
sition, I could not ask the people ;
of my state to vote for Mr. Mor- I
gan’s personal attorney.”
Asked whether he would accept
a nomination for vice president on
the La Follette ticket, for which he
has been widely mentioned, Mr.
Wheeler replied that he would not. ,
The Montana senator added that ,
he was not “quitting the Democratic
party,” but merely was unable to ,
convince himself that he could con- j
sistently support the nominee cho- i
sen at the New York convention.
He would not commit himself defi- ■
nitel yregarding his support of the
La Follette ticket, but when he was i ■
asked directly whether he would do [
so, replied that such a course was |
“probable ”
Insane Woman Holds
Police Squad at Bay; ?
Tear Gas Beats Her
CLEVELAND, July 115. After :
j holding police and deputies who ,
sought to arrest her on an insanity ’
charge at bay since 11 a. m. with
| revolver fire, Mrs. Anna Kress late
today was dislodged from her bed- ,
room by tear bombs and taken into *
custody. Her ammunition was ex- ,
hausted.
When deputy sheriffs arrived at
her home this morning. Mrs. Kress j
barricaded herself in the bedroom
land fired through the door. The '
officers fled to a nearby home and '
called out the reserves.
These, too, were routed.
The officers returned at 3 p. m. '
and battered down the front door. ,
Three shots from the barricaded '
woman greeted them, and tear •
ibombs were ordered. When these'
had dislodged Mrs. Kress, it was ;
' found she had run out of ammtuii- '
tion, I
Maine Election Probe
Ordered by Governor p
> AUGUSTA, Me., July 16.—Gov
ernor Baxter today ordered Attor-
' ney General Shaw to investigate the
charges made by State Senator R.
'iC. Brewster, defeated candidate for
' | the Republican gubernatorial nomi
-11 nation, of irregularities in the state
- [primaries a month ago, and to prose
t’eute the offenders. This action was
Ltaken as the governor and counsel j
[began an examination of all the 97,-
[ 000 ballots east.
I On the face of returns, Senator!
J Brewster, who was supported by the ’
ti Ku Klux Klan, was defeated by !
[ Frank G. Farrington, president of
I |the state senate, by 320 votes.
• The Weather
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>i FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
i [ Virginia—Generally fair; slightly
r i warmer.
-, North Carolina, South Carolina
f and Georgia—Generally fair.
Florida and Extreme Northwest j
! Florida—Probably local thunder- :
j showers.
Alabama and Mississippi—Local
[ thundershowers.
Tennessee, ami Kentucky—Proba-
' bly local thundershowers.
; Louisiana—Partly cloudy; thun-
' dershowers in southeast portion.
t Arkansas —Cloudy.
i ! Oklahoma—Partly cloudy.
- [ East Texas and West Texas —Gen
. | erallv fair.
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GEORGIA SOLONS
■EINITHENS
TO VIEW SCHOOLS
BY C. E. GREGORY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
ATHENS, Ga., July 16. The
special over the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, with more than 300 mem
bers of the Georgia general assem
bly and state officials aboard, reach
ed Athens on the exact minute sched
uled, having made the run from At
lanta in two hours and fifteen min
utes. The train arrived in Athens
at‘lo:ls, Atlanta time, and watches
were then run up one hour.
A large delegation of Athens citi
zens and state institution officials
met the legislators while the band
played “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All
Here.” The visitors immediately were
piled into waiting automobiles, and
formed into a parade that passed
through the downtown district and
on to the State Normal school.
Members of tne faculty and pretty
young teachers attending the sum-i
mer classes at the normal school ten-'
dered the visiting solons a recep-1
tion, following which the formal wel
coming exere.ses were held.
Dr. J. M Pound, of the State Nor
mal school, was the chief speaker on
the program, detailing to tne legislu-l
tors the work the normal school'
is doing - and outling the needs of the
institution. The exercises were
held in the Pound auditorium.
Dr. Soule Speaks
Leaving the Normal shortly
after the Athens noon hour, the vis-'
itors were taimen in separate cars to
tne State College of Agriculture, i
where they inspected the building'
and grounds, and then assembled in
Hardeman hall. ijr. Andrew M.
Soule, president of the college, spoke :
in detail of the work the agricultural;
institution is doing for the farmers :
of Georgia, and urged the need of an |
additional appropriation of $40,000 to |
replace federal funds that have been
withdrawn recently from the institu-1
tion.
Following the exercises at the col-'
lege, the visitors-were given a barbe-1
cue at Hardeman hall. Interest was
added t o the barbecue by the weekly 1
meetings of the Athens Rotary and
Kiwanis clubs, which held special I
exercises.
The afternoon schedule, starting at I
3 o’clock, included tours of the
grounds of the state College of Ag-1
riculture ami the University of Geor
jgia: inspection of Merial hall and
Ispecial program at Octagon, with!
I Dean C. M. Snelling as master of i
I ceremonies. On the program for ad-i
dresses -ere Dr. Joseph Stewart, of j
'the University of Georgia; Chancel-1
I lor D. C. Barrow, and Abit Nix, I
prominent Athens attorney and Ro-1
atrian.
! ’l* le .special train was scheduled
to lease for Atlanta at 6 o’clock,
I Athens time.
Governor Not Present
The Seaboard Air Line railroad ■
I gave the legislative party the usual |
■experience of traveling on a speciill
train that was not the least bit'
crowded, and for a time there was
‘one entire car with only two parsons
lin it. The train also pulled out on
i time, another unusual acconiplish-
I ment.
Governor Walker did not accom
pany the party, but Mrs. Walker
i came along. She reached the train
; platform after the train had started
I moving, but one of the legislators
I pulled the bell cord and the chief
executive’s wife was taken aboard.
Chancellor Barrow, veteran Uni
versity of Georgia educator, headed
the delegation that welcomed the
visitors to Athens, and was greeted
warmly by many former students.
Representative Frank Holden, of
I Clarke county, looked after - the com
ifo’-t of the delegation on the train.
I while Representative Toombs Du
jßose, of Clarke county, aided in the
'.reception tendered them after their
i arrival here.
Several state officials and legisla
tors who had automobiles in Atlanta
a :>me through iir their cans, some of
them leaving Atlanta eWlv enough
to beat the train here and join in
the reception at the station.
Scores Lobbyists
Featuring the last minutes of
. Tuesday’s session of the house of
representatives was a fiery speech
by Representative Knight, of Ber
rien, attacking “the recent tactics
of lobbyists, licensed and unlicensed,
and those trying to influence votes
on legislation.”
“I am giving fair warning so that
all may protect themselves and guard
their future conduct.” he said.
"Should there be a repirltion of such
tactics. 1 will take off my coat and
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ALLIES DETERMINED
TO CLEAR MR DEBT
MHODLE AT MEETING
Co-operation of Amercia Is
Urged by Premiers —U. S.
Observers Present
LONDON, Juy 16.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press). —American co-opera
tijn for putting the Dawes plan in
to effect to set Germany on het
feet and stabilize the European eco
nomic situation was emphasized at
the opening here today of the inter
allied reparation conference, with
England’s prime minister, Ramsey
MacDonald, and Edouard Herriot,
head of the new French government,
the leading figures.
At the conference table with the
delegates sat two American repre
sentatives, Frank B. Kellogg, Ameri
can ambassador to Great Britain, and
Colonel James A. Logan, Jr., Ameri
can observer with the reparation
commission.
Premier MacDonald in his opening
remarks made especial reference to
the presence of the two Americans,
who, although not full delegates, in
dicated by their presence, he said,
the good will of the United States
and its co-operation in the effort to
give effectiveness to the Dawes
plan.
Ambassador Kellogg, in reply de
clared the Americans were present
in the same spirit of co-operation
and helpfulness as the allied dele
gates, the American government and
people believing that to make the
Dawes plan effective would be the
first notable step toward European
stabilization.
MacDonald Named Chairman
After Premier MacDonald had
been chosen chairman of the con
ference and committees appointed to
work out the agenda, the conference
adjourned until Thursday.
It would be the business of the
conference, said Mr. MacDonald, tc
create conditions for the working of
the Dawes report, first being the
fiscal and economic unity of Ger
many, and the second, adequate se
curity for prospective investors in
the loan for Germany.
One great merit of the experts’
work, continued the premier, was
the business-like methods they had
adopted in preparing it, and he
hoped the present conference would
follow their example.
Report Adoption Essential
He pointed out that the Dawes re
port was not a final solution of the
reparation problem, but that it was
necessary to get this scheme into
operation before other problems
could be solved. Therefore, it was
his desire that the conference deal
solely with the Dawes report.
Responding to the British prime
minister’s welcome, Premier Herriot,
of France, thanked his colleague for
his “noble words.” He recognized
the apparent difficulties before the
conference, but he thought every
body was “imbued alike with love
of country and love of peace.” There
fore, he believed the interests or
the various peoples concerned could
be conciliated.
M. Herriot proposed Premier Mac-
Donald as chairman of the confer
ence after which the business of or
ganization was begun. Sir Maurice
Hankey was named secretary gen
eral and three committees were ap
pointed to work out the agenda
along the lines of the Herriot-Mac-
Donald communique issued from
Paris, July 9.
GERMAN COMM I SSI ON EK
OF DEBTS REACHES LONDON
By Hal O’Flalierty
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News —Copyright, 1924.)
LONDON, July 16. —Arrival of Dr,
Meyer, German commissioner of war
obligations, accompanied by two ex
perts, strengthens the belief express
ed privately by many diplomats that
the allied conference will agree upon
means of applying the Dawes
scheme.
Dr. Meyer declared on his arrival
that he cam?, to place himself at
the disposal of the conference, ap
parently upon receiving intimation
that his services would be needed.
German diplomatic representatives
in London, in guarded statements,
declare Germany’s sincere desire to
see the Dawes scheme in operation.
To some extent they are disappoint
ed at not having been invited to at
tend the conference, but they feel
that the allied premiers will turn to
them for final agreement upon a
reparations settlement.
Dying Polish Writer
Slain by His Fiancee
To End His Suffering
PARIS. July 16.—Slowly dying
from an incurable malady, Jan Zoz
nowski, a well known Polish writer,
repeatedly begged friend and attend
ants at the sanatorium at Villejuif,
to put an end to his sufferings. To
day his fiancee, Mlle. Stanislawa
Unicuska, 22 years old, visited him
and was so overcome at the sight
of his agony that she could not re
sist his pitiable pleadings. She shot
him in the head and he is not expect
ed to recover.
Following the shooting Mlle. Uni
cuska collapsed and officials who
were summoned to make the arrest
left her in the care of the sana
torium.
Armed With Pitchforks
Farmers Balk Sheriff
Serving Debt Papers
HOLLAND. Mich.. July 16.
Armed with pitchforks and other
small farm implements, forty-two
farmers foiled attempts of Sheriff
1). Fortney and a deputy to levy on
farm implements on the farms of
George Smythers and William Hoo
vers. living north of here ,to obtain
payment of a note.
Later in the day a compromise
was effected whereby the farmers
were allowed to retain their prop
erty pending a court hearing. The
amount involved was 56.000.
Prince in Plane Crash
BERLIN. July 16.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) Prince Otto von
Bismarck, grandson of the former
chancellor, crushed in : n airplane
while on his* way from Berlin to
; Nuremberg. He was not seriously
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WASHINGTON, July .16.—John J.
Parker, of North Carolina, special
assistant to the atttorney general,
today opened the argument for the
prosecution in the trial of four per
sons for alleged conspiracy In sale I
of government surplus lumber. The [
case is expeAed to reach the jury
Friday.
Mr. Parker declared evidence of
fered by the prosecution disclosed
that John L. Philips, of Georgia, per
sonally gained more than $500,000
through the k;tle of Imber from army
cantonments and that Frank T. Sul-'
livan, lumberman, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
obtained large quantities of valuable
lumber at half its true value and
made SBOO,OOO on its resale, which the
prosecutor claimed had been divided
with John L. Philips. Mr. Parker
also asked the conviction of Charles
Pinlips, Jr., brother of John L.
Philips, and Charles S. Shot’ell, for-1
mer business manager of the army)
air service as “aiders and abetters” I
in the alleged conspiracy.
Attorney Abner H. Ferguson, on
behalf of John L. Philips contended
the government had failed to sustain
its charge because the testimony did
not show any connection between
any two or more of the defendants
in any conspiracy. He also contend
ed that the testimony failed to show
that the government had been in any
respect defrauded in the sale of the
surplus lumber, but on the contrary
had gotton a fair and reasonable
price for the lumber.
Present School Board
To Stick Through 1925,
Under Mayson’s Ruling
That the present board of educa
tion will operate the schools through
out 1925, regardless of whether the
plan to change the method of elect
ing such officials receives the ap
proval of the voters, became known
Wednesday morning when it was
announced by Councilman W. E.
Saunders, of the charter revision
committee, that City Attorney James
L. Mayson has ruled that members
of the present board were elected by
the people and could not be displaced
from office except by a recall, until
their terms expired January 1, 1926.
Under the terms of a charter
amendment passed by council some
time ago, the present board would
be abolished at once, and in its place
a board consisting of one member
from each ward, elected by council,
given control of the schools. The
mayor and chairman of the council
school committee would be ex-officio
members of the board. At present
the board members are elected by
popular vote.
The charter amendment provided
for a referendum vote by the people
in the election this fall, and it has
beet, the prevailing belief that if the
people approved the measure, it
would become effective next Janu
ary.
The measure has not been acted
upon by the state legislature, being
one of several items in the general
omnibus bill for the city of Atlanta!
now pending in the general assem-1
bly. _
NEWS OF SOUTHS DEATH
BRINGS INQI IKIES FOR
MISSING SOI THER.X JXn S
CARTERSVILLE. Ga., July I
16.—News that an unidentified I
boy had been killed by a train i
here, as published in The At
lanta Journal Tuesday, brought
to the undertaker in charge of
the body here some three dozen
telephone and telegraph in
quiries from twenty cities and
towns, a dozen of the calls com
ing from Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, July 17, 1924
IT or Id News
Told in
Brief
BARIS.- —United States wins Olym
) pics field and track competition for
; eighth successive time, scoring 255
I against 166 points for Finland, which
I takes second place. Allen Stenroos,
i of Finland, wins Olympic marathon
I by running the 26-mile course in two
! hours, 42 minutes and 22.6 seconds,
I nearly six minutes ahead of Bertini
of Italy, his closest rival. Clarence
de Mar, of Boston, is third.
LONDON. Bishop Durham, of
Westminster Abbey, and Father
Knox in Westminster ca'hedral, sur
prise congregations with sermons on
the influence of advertising in mod
ern life, bn occasion of the interna
tioal advertisers convent on here.
NEW YORK. President Cool
idge’s conception of heaven as an
abode of the vital and vigorouus,
young as well as old, is described
| by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, the
) president’s pastor, in sermon at Mar
) ble Collegiate church, New York.
BUENOS AIRES. —Brazilian reb
els, after setting up provisional gov
ernment at Sao Paulo, advance on
Santos supply base of government
troops, according to cable advices
from Montevideo.
LONDON.—Prince of Wales, as
Lord Renfrew, will sail from London
for New York August 23 on Beren
garia to witness polo matches at
Meadowbrook and later tour Canada.
LOCUST VALLEY? L. I.—John W.
Davis tells newspapermen he be
lieves the Democrats will carry the
middle and northwestern stites de
spite La Follette.
PARI < General Nolle*-, minis
ter i f war, says France offers arn
i nesty >c all Frenchmen who staved
in Aageiitina and fail-d to join the
colors during the World war.
OMAHA. Nebraska national
committeemen for the Farmer-Labor
party charge the executive commit
tee in nominating M'. Z. Foster, with
“double crossing” them and quit
posts.
AKRON, O. —• Police confiscate
$150,000 worth of narcotics and ar
rest three in a drive on a dope sell
ing ring.
A JENNA.—United States aviators,
flying around world, arrive at Vi
enna from Bucharest.
NEW YORK.—John W. Davis
plans speaking tour of west to coun
teract activities of La Follette pro
gressives.
WASHINGTON.—The naval board
of inquiry holds that the turret ex
plosion aboard the U. S. S. Mississip
pi June 12, which killed 47 men, was
caused by the use of insufficient air
pressure in cleaning the bore of the
gun.
LONDON.—Winifred Emery, the
actress, wife of Cyril Maude, come
dian, <jes at Bexhill, Sussex.
NEW YORK.—Friends of Felton
Elkins, New York and San Francis
co, wealthy sportsman, confirm the
report that he married Mrs. Lan
sing Kellogg Tevis, of Boston, on
June 24.
NEW Y'ORK.—An injunction to
j '.-lose for one year the Ritz-Carlton
! hotel, world-famous establishment,
i will be sought by United States at
i torneys, under the provisions of the
federal prohibition laws.
NOGALES, Ariz. —Rudolfo Calles,
, state treasurer of Sonora, Mexico,
■find son of General Plutarco Elias
! Calles, is appointed treasurer of the
! National Railway of Mexico.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.—The
; will of Richard Croker, former Tam
' many chief, made in 1919 and be
' queathing all his property to Bula
E. Croker, his wife, is admitted to
probate.
LONDO27. —International adver
tising convention will meet in Hous
ton. Texas, in 1925, governing body
decides.
FARM LOAN BOARD
REDUCES INTEREST
TO CO-OPERATIVES
WASHINGTON, July 16.—The
federal farm 10an board today an
nounced a reduction from 5 1-2 to 5
per cent in the rate of interest
charged on direct loans to all co
operative marketing associations.
Board members declared the re
duction should aid materially in the
financing of this year’s crop move
ment. The intermediate credit
banks which make the loans to the
co-operating marketing associations
last year loaned more than $58,000,-
000 and this was distributed among
approximately 200,000 farmers.
The 5 1-2 per cent rate has been in
effect since the credit banks were
organized under the agricultural
credit law passed early in 1923. Abil
ity of the board to lower the rate
was declared by Commissioner Coop
er to mean that the system was es
tablished permanently as an insti
tution for financing the farmers. It
would mean, he said, considerable
savings to the takers of loans from
the credit banks and at the same
time permit the banks to operate at
a small profit.”
Capt. Cecil Strobhar
In Critical Condition
After Lung Operation
Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
408 Evans Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, July 16.—Captain
Cecil Strobhar, of Atlanta and Sa
vannah, is in a critical condition
at Walter Reed Army hospital here,
following the first of a series of oper
ations for an abcess on the right
lung late Tuesday afternoon. He
has been ill for some time and reach
ed Washington last week from Sa
vannah.
Captain Strobhar served in the
World war with the 82nd division
after receiving his commission in
the army at the first officers’ training
camp held at Fort McPherson. His
illness is reported to be a result
of being gassed in the Argonne fight
ing on the western front.
He married Miss Mary Hawkins,
of Atlanta, and she is here with the
veteran’s mother, Mrs. W. J. Strob
har, of Savannah.
Officials at the hospital stated it
would be several days before a defi
nite turn in the condition of Cap
tain Strobhar developed. Captain
Cranston Williams, secretary to Sen
ator W. J. Harris, called on Colonel
J. D. Glennon, commanding officer
of the hospital, to make known the
senator’s personal interest in Cap
tain Strobhar. The wife and also
the mother of the seriously ill vet
eran are receiving messages from
Georgia expressing solicitude over
h.’s condition and hope for his re
covery;
$40,000 Gems Is Loot
Os Daylight Bandits
NEW YORK, July 16.—Three
bandits today held up the jewelry
store of Louis Fried on crowded
Avenue A., on the lower East Side
and escaped with gems valued at
$40,000.
"Sunshine Girl of Argonne”
Visits Nation’s Sick Vets
CHICAGO, July 16. Miss Cloris
Aiken, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, called
“the Sunshine Girl of the Argonne,”
who with a party of four is traveling
across the continent from the east
to the west coast on a missionary
tour to visit sick soldiers, arrives
here next Sunday. She is stopping
a day or two at a time in the cities
of the country.
5 (JEN 13 A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
CHANNEL GROSSED
BT WORLD FLIERS
IN DDF TO LONDON
♦
British Flier Feared Lost in
Pacific —Jap Destroyer
Searches Ocean
CROYDON, England, July 18.—
(By the Associated press.)— Th«
American army airmen on their
world flight landed here at 2:08
o'clock this afternoon.
The three machines taxied easily
into the Croydon airdrome after an
uneventful flight across the channel
from Paris.
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, the
flight commander, was the first to
land, and one o/ the first to greet
the America anrmen -was Mrs. Stu-,
art MacLaren, wife of the British'
world flier, who asked news of her
husband, now in the Far East.
“I am sorry we missed him, but
am glad we could help him,” Lieu
tenant Smith replied to Mrs. Mac-
Laren, referring to the new machine
with which the American forces
were able to supply the British
aviator in India last month.
Immediately following the flag
ship “Chicago,” in which Lieuten-,
ant Leslie P. Arnold, accompanied 1
Lieutenant Smith, were Lieutenant
Eric Nelson and Lieutenant John
Harding, Jr., in the “New Orleans,”
and Lieutenant Leigh Wade and !
Sergeant A. M. Ogden in the “Bos
ton.” i
As the three planes swept up the
field, the crowd, which had grad- 1
ually increased from a score or so to
several hundred, burst into loud ap-;
plause and hurried to clasji the 1
hands of the airmen and have them
write something in autograph al- 1
bums, on the backs of envelopes
or on anything else handy.
“We are all well ahd feeling'fine,’'
Lieutenant Smith said.
The aviators made the distance be
tween Leßourget and Croydon, esti
mated at 225 miles, in three hours
and three minutes.
A French commercial air liner ac
companied the three United States
planes to a point on the -way to th* 1
channel. They were followed by a
French military escort of three
planes which took them to the coast.
The world-girdlers had fairly good,
weather for their farewell to
France. There was a slight breeze
and a hazy sky, but official reports
were for satisfactory flying condi
tions.
The three American airplanes took
off unostentatiously. The pilots ar-'
rived only a few minutes before the
departure. Their machines were
brought out of the hangars only,
when they were about ready to
start, and were ready for the air at
exactly 11 o’clock, the time set for,
leaving, but they waited five min
utes to have the commercial express
plane as a guide.
Colonel De Goys, chief of staff to
Laurent Eynac, under-secretary for
aviation and Major Carlyle H. Wash,
assistant military attache represent
ing the American embassy, were on
hand to see the airmen off with a
crowd of admirers.
The machines will remain at the
Croydon airdrome overnight and
possibly until Friday when they hop
off for Brough where they will be
overhauled and new engines in
stalled preparatory to the jumps to
Iceland, Greeland and home.
JAP DESTROYER SEEKS
DELAYED BRITISH FLIER
TOK JO, July 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —A. Stuart MacLaren,
British aviator flying around the
world, is six hours overdue at;!
Paramashiru island, Kuriles, where
he was to have landed.
A Japanese destroyer has set out
in search of his airplane, according
to a report received here from
Paramashiru late today. «
“LEGION OF HONOR”
TO BE GIVEN FLIERS
PARIS, July 16. —(By the Asso-,
dated Press.)—President Doumegere.
of France, expressed his desire to
award the legion of honor to tho
American fliers in Paris. He was in
formed, however, that American
army regulations require that ap
proval for the bestowal of foreign
decorations be first obtained from
Washington.
This will be asked for immediate
ly, and the pleasant duty of deco
rating the air heroes will be dele- 1
gated to the French ambassador at
the American capital. z
Report of Big Damage
To Canada Crop Sends
Wheat Sky-Rocketing
CHICAGO, July 16. —Assertions
that great stretches of the Canadian
wheat crop are damaged fifty per
cent, beyond recovery, sent wheat
sky rocketing today. The market
closed excited and as much as five
and three-eighths cents a bushel
higher than yesterday, with Septem
ber delivery at ?1.26 7-8 to $1.27, a
new high record for the season.
The sharpest advance in prices
today took place during the last
fifteen minutes of trading and
amounted to two cents a bushel in
that brief period.
Spot Cotton Here
Soars $5 a Bale
Recent heavy rains in the South
Atlantic district, coupled with fore
casts of continued showers, were fac
tors behind a 100-point advance Wed
nesday in Atlanta spot cotton, the
staple being quoted here at 29.75
cents. This represents an advance of
$5 per bale.
New York futures closed 37 to 74
points up, and New Orleans futures
closed 38 to 81 points up.
New York spot cotton was 31.45
cents, or 40 up, and New Orleans
spot, 2K90, or 30 up.
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