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VOL. XXVI. NO. 121
BODY OF SLAIN ARMY OFFICER IS FOUND IN WOODS
grain jump adds
BILLION DOLLJBS
TOWEALTHOFU.S.
Farmers of West Reach New
Prosperity After Hard
Year
CHICAGO, July is'—Upwardds of
a. billion dollars has been added to
the agricultural wealth of the
Kainited States and farmers of the
1 Canadian northwest have received
many millions of dollrs as a result
of the thirty cents a bushel increase
in wheat prices in the United States
and the forty-two cents a bushel
jump in Canada.
July wheat, which sold at $1.03 7-8
' on June 9, touched $1.30 1-2 Thurs
day, gaining 4 1-2* cents for the day
while Winnipeg was up to $1.40 1-2,
an advance of 4 1-2 cents. All cereal
futures except September corn were
quoted here Thursday at new high
prices for the crop.
Speculative trading on the board
of trade on Wednesday reached its
highest since May 1, 1923, with an
aggregate of more than 110,000,000
bushels of all grains of which 69,000,-
000 bushels were wheat for future
delivery. Six weeks ago trading was
around 20,000,000 bushels a day.
July corn has advanced from
78 cents to $1.03 in about six weeks
and cash No. 2 yellow corn brought
$1.16 1-4 Thursday, the highest ! in
several years. Oats sold at 61 cents
and are up 10 cents fcf late and rye
brought 87 cents, a gain of 20 cents
a bushel in the same time.
December corn, representing the
new crop which will be harvested
this autumn, sold ot 71 1-4 cents on
June 9, and was 94 1-4 cents at the
finish Thursday, which, on the pros
pective crop of 2,515,000,000 pushels
for the country, was considered by
grain men theoretically to have add
ed over $500,000,000 to the farmers’
bank account.
With the advance in wheat, prices
of wheat flour have advanced. Prints
were lifted 20 cents a barrel Thurs
day to $8 for best known brand of
Minneapolis patents, making a gain
of $1.20 per barrel since June 9,
and rye flour is up 75 cents at SI.OO
for the same period.
The poor prospect for the corn
crop, with the promise of a yield of
2,515.000,000 bushels on July 1, the
smallest, with two exceptions, in
twenty years, is considered respon
sible for the high prices prevailing
for the grain.
Hogs also have shared In the up
ward movement and touched SB.IO
Thursday, the highest price since
last October.
All of the speculative grain mar
kets are regarded by grain men as
somewhat strained and extremely
rapid price changes are expected.
New U. S. Submarine,
Twice as Large as
Any Afloat, Launched
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 17.
A submarine twice as large as any
built previously for the United
States navy was launched at the
navy yard here today. This big un
dersea fighter, to be known as the
V-l, is the first of a fleet of nine
that will be.able to accompany the
battle fleet at sea in any weather
and at any speed of which the fleet
itself is capable.
Exact statements as to the radius
in which the V-l can operate was
not given out by the naval authori
ties, but indication that she could
cross the Atlantic and return with
out replenishing fuel or supplies was
seen in the statement that the “V-l
w make any voyage of which the
a whole is capable.”
vessel i s 341 feet, 6 inches
over all, has a maximum breadth of
27 feet, 6 5-8 inches, a surface
speed of 21 knots and a speed of
nine knots submerged, and a sur
face displacement of 2.164 tons.
SSOO Reward Posted
By Governor Walker
For Escaped Slayer
Governor Walker. Thursday, of
fered a reward <>f SSOO for the recap
ture of J. C. Wilson, convicted mur
derer, who escaped from the Col
quitt county chaingang on April 4.
He also referred to the state prison
commission resolutions adopted by
the Wilcox county board‘of commis
sioners asking an investigation of
the manner of Wilson’s escape.
The county commission also has
offered a reward of SSOO for his ap
prehension.
Wilson was sent to the Atkinson
county chaingang in May, 1923, and
was transferred to Colquitt county
on Jul/ 2. 1923.
Police Chiefs to Meet
Next in Indianapolis
MONTREAL, P. Q._ July 38 _
After choosing Indianapolis as their
next meeting place, the Interna*
f ttonal Association of Chiefs of Po
lice Thursday elected officers and ad
journed their convention.
Albert A. Carroll, of Grand Rap
ids. Mich., was named president.
Other officers were: G. Black. Wil
mington. Del., secretary, and I‘. S.
Kielly. Plainfield. N. J., treasurer.
Wins SSO Prize
BRUNSWICK. Ga., July IS.— Miss
' Susie E. Chambliss, of this city. 1917
Union street, was the fortunate win
ner of second prize in a recent con
test. “Save the Surface Campaign."
a co-operative movement by paint,
varnish and allied interests. Prizes
were offered for the best list of neg
lected surfaces, the first prize of
v SIOO. second prize of SSO and third
prize of $25 and several lesser prizes.
This contest was open to boys and
girls under sixteen years of age.
Miss Chambliss is one of the pupils
of the Junior High school, and a
very bright young pupil.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
World News
Told in
Ijj'ieJ
WASHlNGTON—lnterstate Com
merce commission denies appeal of
western states for reduction of west
ern railroad rates on grain, grain
products and hay, folding that pres
"ent rates are not unreasonable.
LONDON—American, Britsh and
French representatives to London
are reported as highly satisfied with
progress made during first two days
of deliberations.
PEKIN—FIood which recently in
undated Kilgan, Chihli province,
China, killed 700 persons and did
damage estimated at two million
dollars, Mexican.
CINCINNATI—BIack Gold, win
ner of 1924 Kentucky derby, is
among entries of Jockey club for
mile and a quarter race at Latonia
October .11 in which Epinard, crack
French thoroughbred, will be fea
tured.
PARIS—New airplane duraton rec
ord is made at Chartres, France,
when French aviators Coupet and
Drouhin remain in air for 37 hours,
59 minutes and 10 seconds.
PARlS—Sweden wins modern pen
tathlon in Olympic competition, tak
ing first and third places. American
finishes eleventh among forty con
testants.
BOSTON—Mrs. Isabella Stuart 1
Gardner, art patron and collector,
dies in her palatial Boston resdence,
aged 85 years.
SAN FRANCISCO. Continued
improvement in the forest fire sit
uation in the west states is noted,
with all either controlled or report
ed well in hand.
WASHINGTON.—Arrests by the
police for prohibitio nlaw violations
in Washington during the last fiscal
year total or 1,207 more than
for the previous year, officers re
port.
ROME.—Crown Prince Humbert,
of Italy, will not stop in Brazil on
his South American tour, owing to
the disturbed conditions there, dis
patches say.
KHARKOV, Russia.—The entire
administrative staff of the Radiey
evaky group of mines in the Ukraine
is placed on trial on- charges of
economic espionage.
NEW YORK.—Erasmus Darwin
Beach, intimate friend of Charles
A. Dana, editor, poet and author,
dies, aged 75 years.
■ PITTSBURG. —National headquar
ters of the American party, whch (
has nominated a national ticket, is
established in Pittsburg.
CHICAGO. —Three Chicago pack
ing companies file demurrer to man
damus proceedings by federal gov
ernment seeking to open packers’
books to government inspectors, de
claring proposed government action
an “inquisition.”
ROME—Pope Pius, in effort to
aid campagn against immodesty in
dress', offers medal to Catholic wom
en’s clubs which evolve most at
tractive modest fashioq in women's ,
clothing.
NEW YORK. —Judge Julius M.
Mayer, of the United States circuit
court of appeals, who sentenced City
Comptroller Charles L. Craig to
serve sixty days for contempt of
court, resigns.
NEW YORK. —One of the most im
portant contracts ever entered
by the union and employers in the'
garment industry of New York is
signed, and it is predicted that 75
per cent of the workers on strike
will return at once.
NEW YORK. —Appropriation of
$75,000 for a museum in Yosemite
national park, the first museum to
be installed in an American national
park, is announced by Laura Spell
man Rockefeller memorial.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Harry M. 1
Daugherty, former United States at-1
torney general, returns to his home j
to resume the practice of law after J
a. hectic tenure of office in which !
he figured in numerous controver-'
sies.
LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y.—John
W. Davis, Dmocra.tic presidential
nominee, makes his first platform ap
pearance since the convention in re
sponding to congratulations of neigh
bors.
DUBLIN, Ireland.—Free State
government releases Eamon de
Valera and Austin Stack 1 , republican !
leaders, from Arbor Hill barracks.
WASHINGTON?—Chairman Wil
liam M. Butler, of the Republican j
national committee, in letter to Sena-1
tor Borah, chairman of the senate ’
committee investigating campaign :
expenditures, agrees to make report ’
on party finances every two weeks
during campaign.
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The Weather
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY
Virginia and North Carolina.—
Generally fair and cooler.
South Carolina and Geo-gia—Lo
cal ihur.dershowers.
Florida. Extreme Northwest Fl r
ida. Alabama and Mississippi— 1 r-b
--ably local thundershowers.
Ten Tssee and Kentucky—Unset
tled with thundershowers in west
portion
1.0u c iana.—Partly cloudy; local
tha.dershowers in southeast >. r r-
Arkansas. —Generally fair.
Oklahoma. —Partly cloudy.
East Texas —Generally fair.
West Texas —Partly cloudy, prob
ably showers in extreme west por
tion.
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DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS
FAIL ID GET EXCITED
OVER WHEELER BOLT
Montana Solon Was Always
Much Like La Follette,
They Declare
BY ROBERT T. SMALE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
.(Copyright, 1924.)
NEW YORK, July 17.—National
Democratic leaders here, including
John W. Davis, the presidential
nominee, were neither alarmed nor
disturbed by the announcement to
day that Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
of Montana, had “bolted” the Demo
cratic ticket, and would henceforth
walk under the banner of Senator
La Follette on all national issues.
Leaders say it was a perfectly natu
ral thing for Senator Wheeler to
do, for his mind has run along with
La Follette’s ever since he entered
public life, and his being carried on
the records as a Democrat was just
about the same as La Follette being
recorded as a Republican.
Republican leaders, including Na
tional Chairman Butler, were in
clined to be a bit jubilant over the
Wheeler announcement and con
tended it had a distinct bearing on
their previous statements- that La
Follette would cut as heavily into
the Democratic ranks as he would in
the G. O. P. This, of course, the
Democrats deny, and they say that
when the so-called “Progressive Re
publicans” in the senate begin to
quit the regular Republican ticket
and begin to cast their lots with
La Follette, the single defection
from the Democratic ranks in the
upper chamber will be all but for
gotten.
Senators Brookhart, of Iowa; Nor
ris, of Nebraska; Ladd and Frazier,
of North Dakota, are among those
the Democrats expect to declare for
La Follette before the campaign
grows much older. The Republicans
say that Senator Dill, of Washing
ton, a progressive Democrat, will
also go over to La Follette.
Try Red Paint
This taunting back and forth be
tween the leaders of the two old
parties Is likely to go on for some
time, but as a matter of fact they
say the La Follette forces are devel
oping exactly along the lines expect
ed. He had gained no unexpected
strength from any quarter, but on
the other hand, has been handicap
ped quite a bit by the enthusiasm
with which he has been taken up
by the Socialists. The unqualified
indorsement of La Follette by Eu
gene V. Debs was viewed with evi
dent satisfaction in both Democratic
and Republican camps. The “red
der” the old party leaders can paint
the La Follette movement the better
they will Jike it.
They will attempt to show it is
merely a rallying place for all the
discontented elements in American
life; the abiding place of the “unde
sirables,” and in this way they hope
to hold to Republicanism and Democ
racy the progressives who are not
willing to associate with the radi
cals.
One Democratic spokesman de
clared today the national organiza- '
tion was glad to be relieved of the'
responsibility of having to defend
Senator Wheeler’s conduct of the
Daugherty investigation before the
Brookhart committee of the senate.
Chief Aid was Means
That investigation was conducted |
along far different lines from the I
oil inquiry in the hands of Senator]
Walsh, of Montana. Senator Wheel-1
er permitted any and every sort of :
testimony to be brought in, regard-!
less of whom it concerned. His j
chief dependence in the inquiry was
the notorious Gaston B. Means, in
ternational spy and investigator,
who boasted that although he had
been accused of every crime in the
calendar, he had never been con
victed. That proud record now has
been broken, however, for since the
senate adjourned Means has been
convicted in the federal courts here
and sentenced to two years in the
Atlanta penitentiary. He is out on
bond pending an appeal.
The Democrats feel now that the
Wheeler activities which went with
out the scope of the original inquiry
can be laid at the door of La Fol
lette ihfluence.
Meantime it is apparent that the
leaders of all three parties at pres-!
ent in the field are looking to the j
east as a greater battleground than '
anyone could have expected two
weeks ago.
The Coolidge organization frankly
expected t,he Democrats to nominate
some one who would have made the |
east solidly Republican and would
have permitted them to give their
undivided attention to the central
stretches of the country and the I
far west. The Republicans had ex
pected to maintain a “branch” head !
quarters here in New York with a
small working force in charge.
Republicans Come to Life
With the nomination of Mr. Davis,!
however, plans suddenly were
changed. The Republicans alread'
have leased two floors of the build
ing at No. 2 West Forty-sixth street j
and are likely to take more space
as the campaign progresses. It still:
is proposed to have “great head
quarters” in Chicago, but the estab-!
lishment in New York will be al
most equally prett ntious and Chair
man Butler expects to spend a
large part of his'time here.
The Democrats are certain to
have their headquarters in the east
and feel that their success will lie
in capturing some of the eastern
states with large electoral votes to
add to the (.'Solid South." They are
hopeful at the same time that Sen
ator La Follette may cut so deeply
into Republican ranks in the west
as to give the Democrats a fighting
chance in states normally Republic
an. In any event, the west is re
garded as a fighting place for the
Republicans and the radicals, the ,
Democrats being perfectly willing
to act as residuary legatees of what
is left when the battling is done.
! McLaren, British Flyer,
Lost Since Wednesday,
Found Safe and Sound
TOKIO, July 18.—(Ry the Asso
, ciated Press.) —A Stuart MacLaren,
the Britsh aviator, on a fight around
the world who has beeen missing
since he left Lake Toshimoye, Ye
torofu Island, for Paramashiru, Ku
rile Islands, early Wednesday morn
ing, has been found.
MacLaren and his cg#n panions
were found safe in a bay on the
1 southwest shore of Uruppu Island,
the Island adjoining Yetorofu Island,
from which the aviators started
Wednesday morning.
The news was received in a wire
less message from a steamer at
, Uruppu island, picked up by the
Japanese destroyer Isokaze this
morning. The destroyer is proceed
ing to the island.
SUPPOSED DEAD. BOY
ARRIVES AT GRAVE
AS PARENTS MOURN
John W. (Woody) Hinton, fifteen
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam H. Hinton, of 115 Pulliam’
street, after being mourned for dead
for several days and supposed to be
the central figure in a funeral held
at Bogart Thursday afternoon, is
alive and well with his parents here,
and Collis Harris, sixteen, of Blake
ly, is believed to be sleeping in the
grave prepared for young Hinton.
The case of mistaken identity of
a boy whose mangled body was
found Tuesday on the railroad tracks
near Cartersville, was cleared just
after the supposed funeral for young
Hinton in Bogart Thursday, when
the parents of the boy believed, to
be dead were suddenly confronted
by their excited son. Young Hinton,
it developed, had been visiting at the
home of a relative miles
from Bogart.
Cartersville authorities# informed
of this fact, Thursday night obtain
ed from Horace Singletary, of
Blakely, who was seriously injured
at the time the boy believed to be
Hinton was killed, a statement that
the dead youth is named Harris.
Singletary is reported to have
stated that the reason he had not
disclosed the identity of his compan
ion earlier was because he (Single
tary) was in love with young Har
ris’ sister, and that he feared the
news of her brother's death might
end her regard for him.
The remains of the youth killed
in the accident had beeh identified
as the Hinton boy by his parents
and other relatives, and had been
viewed by numerous friends and
relatives and a large number of
schoolmates. They were so certain
that the body had been viewed by an
insurance adjuster and adjustment
papers signed.
The funeral party, garbed in
mourning, was about to board an
Atlanta train when the youngster,
whose whereabouts had been discov
ered by G. H. Warbington, the boy’s
cousin by marriage, came face to
face with them.
A scene of wildest confusion
reigned as the parents and the son
were reunited. News of the story
rapidly circulated, and a crowd
quickly gathered. At this moment
' the train rushed up. and without
I waiting to buy tickets, the overjoy
! ed Hintons and their friends climbed
aboard.
All Swoon as Spouse
Fires Blanks at Wife,
Tea Partner and Self
PHILADELPHIA, July 17.—Davis
Prettyman, 39. came home from
work to find his pretty 21--year-old i
wife, Ruth, serving tea to Sidney i
West. 25. of New York.
Davis drew his revolver and a gen
eral bombardment followed, only end
ing when the husband put the weap
on to his chest and pulled the trig
ger a final time, falling be.side the
bodies of his wife nnd West.
A policeman commandeering a
passing automobile, took the three to
a hospital where doctors and nurses
searched in vain for bullet wounds.
The revolver had been loaded with ■
blank cartridges and the victims had
fainted.
Prettyman was arraigned on a
charge of assault today while his i
wife and West were held for disor-
I derly conduct.
Five Children Killed
Drinking Water From
Weevil Poison Pail
BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss., July
!'•—Five children of a farmer
named Orman, who lives in an isolat
! ed section of Benton county, are :
i dead as the result of drinking water
from a pail which had been used in
i spreading posonous dust to kill boll I
weevil, according to reports received
: here. • t
The children drank the water by
! mistake, the report ; said. Two of
i them died in the woods while pick
| ing blackberries, and the other three
succumbed after returning to their
! home /
2 Held in Connection
With Murder of Boy
NEW YORK. July 17.—With the
■ holding of Jacob Gottlieb, eighteen,
an employe of the Sea View hospital,
as a witness, and with the subse-.
; quent questioning of Clyde Patter
son, forty-four, another employe of
the hospital, authorities are hopeful
of being near a solution of the mur
der of eight-year-old Francis McDon
• nell. The mutilated body of th* boy,
. son of a Staten Island policeman,
was found Tuesday night in the
| woods.
DISBURSEMENTBILL
PASSAGE IN HOUSE
STIRS GREAT STORM
r
Joker’ Discovered, Providing
All Moneys Must Go *
Into Treasury
Consternation prevailed In several
state departments Thursday after
noon as the result of the House of
Representatives passing the bill pro
viding that all money collected by
any state department must be paid
into the general treasury and drawn
out only through legislative appro
priations.
The state securities commission,
the state highway department, the
state oil, food and drugs inspection
department, the public service com
mission, the banking department and
other state agencies are supported
by fees and assessments that have
not been turned in to the state treas
ury. Officials of these departments
claim that if their fees are turned
in to the general treasury the com
mon schools will get one-half of
them under the constitutional pro
vision giving the schools one-half of
all money collected by the state.
Representative Copeland, Lowndes
county, one of the authors of the
bill, stated that the measure spe
cifically excepted highway money
set aside to match federal aid funds
and fees collected by court officials.
Little Done in Afternoon
The house was in session for an
hour and a half Thursday after
noon, but did nothing except pass
a resolution inviting Harry F. At
wood, a professor of political econ
oin yat Johns Hopkins university,
and Richard H. Edmund, editor of
the Manufacturers’ Record, to ad
dress the house at /some future date
on the constitutions of the United
States and Georgia.
Lengthy debate developed in the
house when that body resumed op
erations after a day’s outing in Ath
ens inspecting the property of the
University of Georgia, over the bill
providing that all moneys collected
for the state shall pass directly into
the state treasury and be paid out ,
only on the governor’s warrant.
The discussion was on the ques
tion of immediate or delayed action,
and several speakers took the floor
on opposite sides. Some argued that
the measure needed more study,
I while others insisted on immediate
action.
In amended form ft finally passed,
to become effective January 1, 1926,
ana exempting judicial departments,
the public schools and colleges. It
also permits all departments, bu
reaus and ageheies of the state gov
ernment to withhold from the state
j treasury funds sufficient to match
! federal aid.
j During the course of the session
Representative Sutlive, of Chatham,
issued a general invitation to the
legislators to attend a dinner to be
given Thursday night at the Ans
ley hotel at which the state port
project will be explained.
Probe Plans Denied
j Rising to a point of personal priv-
I ilege, Representative O. R. Bennett,
j of Dodge county, denied reports that
j he had been secretly urging an in
i vestigation of the state public serv
ice commission. Mr. Bennett is a
candidate for membership on the
commission, opposing John T. Boi
! feuillet. He declared that an inves
| tigation of the commission would ac
i complish nothing, and that the legis
lature could employ its time to bet
ter advantage.
The house inaugurated double ses- '
sions Thursday. <
Representative Milner, of Dodge i
county, vice chairman of the rules <
! committee, announced Thursday that
the rules committee is anxious to
j have double sessions continued until
j the congested calendar is cleared.
I There was some misunderstanding
! as to the hour of convening Thurs
day, several members of the house
thinkin" (hat the body would con
vene at ?•) o’clock, but the speaker
had announced the opening hour as
9 o’clock.
Representative Tope, of Walker
county,y introduced a privileged res- i
olution thanking the citizens of :
Athens for the entertainment of the
| general assembly on Wednesday. It
: was adopted unanimously.
I Representative Arnold, of Lump
! kin, introduced a bill to amend the
i act providing for the commitment of |
■ patients to the state sanitarium so
as to revise the requirements and
(Continued o n Page ?, Column 2.)
manner of commitment and the num
ber from each county.
Representative Wood, of. Fulton,
and others, sponsored a bill to levy ;
an occupation ta xon “Drive It Your- ■
self’’ enterprises. t
Copeland, of Lowndes, and Flem- *
ing. of Hancock, were joint authors c
of a bill asking an appropriation of (
$25,000 to the emergency fund of the [
military department of the state. (
Faces Busy Days
( The house faces busy days from =
now on, as three committees were }
prepared to report important meas- x
ures as ready for passage Thurs- c
day. These measures include the bi-P
ennial sessions bill; the bill to ao-iv
point judges of the supreme. appel- !v
late and superior courts instead of’
having them elected by the voters. P
and the resolution of Representative
Wimberly, of Toombs county, pro-1
riding for a joint committee of the !
house and senate to investigate the,'
Georgia public service commission.!
The house has refused on two oc- !
casions to resolve itself into a com- I
mittee of the whole to investigate <
reports of alleged friction and dis-! £
agreement on the commission, but ! a
Representative Wimberly believes: i
that the members will approve an | i
investigation by a special commute '
that will not interfere with regular 1
j (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) i
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, July 19, 1924
Beloved Teacher of “Uncle Remus”
Captain John S. Reid, first instructor of Joel Chandler Harris
at “The Little Red Schoolhouse,” over on Abercrombie Hill, at
Eatonton, and veteran of the Battle of Gettysburg, was buried
Friday morning. Photo shows Captain Reid at the unveiling of
the Harris memorial in Eatonton, December 9, 1923, tjie 75th
birthday of “Uncle Remus.”
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CAPT. REID. TEACHER
OF -UNCLE DEMOS,'
DIES IN EATONTON
EATONTON, Ga., July 18.—An
nouncement of the death of Captain
John S. Reid, at his home here, will
carry sorrow to a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances. The gal
lant and courtly Confederate veteran
and first teacher of Joel Chandler
Harris, at "The Little Red Scliocf
House,” over on Abercrombie Hill,
died after less than a week's con
finement at his home. On the open
ing day of the Oxford district con
ference held here last week, Captain
Reid drove in town to hear Bishop
Warren Candler's sermon and re
mained to mingle with friends and
relatives at the dinner on the
grounds near the church.
Captain Reid was remarkably
well preserved for one of his age and
bore himself with erect military bear
ing up until the time of his death.
He was noted for his courtly south
ern manners of the olden days. He
served as representative of Putnam
county in the state legislature and
also in the state senate, and for
many years was ordinary of Putnam
county.
Captain Reid, who was 85 years
old, was a veteran of the battle of
Gettysburg, and several years ago
attended the first reunion of both
armies held on the famous field.
Captain Reid was a favorite
cousin of the late Mrs. William D.
Grant, of Atlanta. He was twice
married, first to Miss Louisa Dennis,
who died of diptheria, anj later to
Miss Mary Johnson. He is survived
by one son, Prof. William Dennis
Reid; a sister, Mrs. Susan Reid Wal
ton, of Madison, and a daughter-in
law, Mrs. Lucian Lamar Knight,
who was the widow of the late Dr.
Edmond Hunter Reid. Funeral serv
ices were held Friday morning at
10 o’clock from the home, con
ducted by Captain Reid’s pastor,
Rev. T. Z. B. Everton, of the First
Methodist church.
Grain Freight Rates
Fair, I. C. C. Rules;
' Complaint Dismissed
WASHINGTON, July 17. The
benefit which would accrue to the
average farmer in case of a reduc
tion in freight rates on grain, and
grain products generally, is small
compared with the disastrous effect
on certain ' railroads’ revenues and
on their credit, the interstate com
merce commission declared today in
the opinion in the general grain rate
case.
The commission held also that the
general basis of rates for transpor
tation of grain, grain products and
hay are not unreasonable, or other
wise in violation of the interstate
commerce act, and the complaint
was dismissed.
At the time an investigation pre
viously ordered by the commission
wag discontinued.
Standard of Indiana
Cuts Gasoline Price
One Cent a Gallon
CHICAGO. July 17.—The Standard
Oil Company of Indiana Thursday
announced a reduction of one cent
a gallon in rhe price of gasoline for
its entire territory, effective tomor
row. The comnany said the action
was made possible by a reduction in
the price of crude nil recently made
by the companies furnishing crude
petroleum.
EX-POLICEWOMAN
CONFESSES PART IN
HOLD-UP IN TAMPA
TAMPA, Fla., July 17.—Mrs. Edith
M. Conway confessed this morning
to participation in the daylight hold-
I up of A. C. Clewis on April 23, when
J the banker was robbed of $24,000 he
was personally transferring from a
branch bank in West Tampa to the
Exchange National bank here.
Sheriff Spencer says that Mrs.
Conway, a former police woman,
made a written statement admitting
her part in the plot that led to a bold
stroke of banditry which mystified
the public until this week, when five
widely known Tampans were ar
rested.
In her confession, Mrs. Conway
absolves her son, Byard, also arrest
ed for the holdup, according to
Sheriff Spencer. It is understood
that she says he was only an inad
vertent informer, or innocent “tip
off” man, when he informed the
others that Mr. Clewis made, a prac
tice of carrying large sums un
armed. ’
A bag of silver currency in original
packages, identified as part of the
$24,000 snatched from Mr. Clewis,
was found yesterday afternoon in
the house of R. D. Hogue, former
finger print expert of the police
department, and one of five prison
ers held in the county jail on the
charge of robbing Clewis. Another
money bag, empty, bearing the name
of the Exchange National bank, also
was found.
Further search uncovered two re
volvers, used in the holdup, accord
ing to identification of Ted Albury,
one of the five prisoners who is al
leged to have confessed and impli
cated the others.
The grand jury began investiga
tion of the case this morning.
Nurses Injured Neck
Two Months, Then
Finds It Is Broken
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 17.
Living for two months with a brok
en neck without knowing it was the
experience- of James Scott, a farmer
living nera*Boyne City. Scott came
to a hospital here yesterday to have
an examination made after suffering
p..in in his neck and after paralysis
had developed in one arm.
An X-ray photograph showed five
fragments of Scott’s spine were frac
tured arid, the spinal cord was in
jured at the seventh vertebrae. He
was placed on a cot and warned not
to move. Scott was thrown from a
wagon two months ago.
Street Car Kills Child
Toddling After Mother
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 17
Ollie Dean Waites, two years old
was killed instantly here this morn
ing when she toddled in front of a
Tidewaiter street car. The child, ac
cording to witnesses, ran in front
of the car while crossing the street
after her mother, who had gone to
a vegetable wagon on the opposite
side of the street from the home.
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IN CONFESSION IS
SOUGHT IN GADOLINA
Missing Major Murdered and
Body Hidden by Men
He Gave Lift
t
CHERAW, S. C., July 17.—(8y
the Associated Press.) —Mortimer H«
King, alleged self-confessed slayef
of Major Samuel H. McLeary, coast
artillery officer, today led officers to
a little heap of bones which he said
were he remains of the murdered
army officer.
The site was about 12 miles soutU
of Cheraw ,on the Raleigh-Columbia
highway. King, after pointing out
the spot to the officers, was taken
to Columbia for incarceration in ths
state penitentiary.
He had been brought from Union
byway of Camden, S. C., Up to the
point where he >gaid he and his com
panion forced Major McLeary to
leave his automobile and accompa*
ny them to the woods where they
are alleged to have shot him.
An inquest was held immediately
after the finding of the remains.
Major F. M. Williams, of the regu
lar army, was the only witness to
testify. He told of King’s alleged
confession, implicating another man,
who was not named, in the murder
of Major McLearf on July 2, and
how King led the officers to the
scene.
Miss Bonnie McLeary, a sister of
the dead officer, came to Cheraw to
day, but did not see the remains of
her brother.
The searchers failed to find Frank
Harrell, age 22, who, according to
Major Williams, was implicated in
the confession of King. Harrell was
reported to have been at Union, but
in that city it was said he had de
parted for Lockhart. No trace of
him was found in the latter town.
Both .Harrell and King are resi
dents of Union and operatives in lo
cal mills, although King gave Can
ton as his home. Both men. are mar
ried. Recently, the mills for
a short period, and it is stated the
men left here afoot with their des
tination unknown. Harold, however,
has a sister living at Lockhart, as
well as relatives in Rockhill, S. C.,
and in North Carolina.
DESERTER TELLS HOW
HE KILLED O’LEARY
RALEIGH, N. C., July 17—(By
the Associated Press.) Major
Samuel H. McLeary, coast artillery
corps, whose mysterious disappear
ance on July 2 Raffled government
agents, officials of three, states and
members of his family for two
weeks, was slain by two men whom
he “picked up” while en route in
his automobile from Norfolk, Va., to
a new post of duty at Fort Moul
trie, S. C.
This was admitted by one of the
assassins, Mortimer H. King, a de
serter from both the army and ma
rine corps, who confessed last night
to authorities conducting a search
for the missing officer at Canton,
near Asheville, N. C., that he and a
companion shot and killed Major
McLeary to rob him and obtain hia
automobile.
Capture Imminent
Meanwhile, a drag net has been
spread over the surrounding coun
tryside for King’s companion in the
slaying, whose name officer's de
clined to divulge,--and his capture is
said to be imminent.
Rearrested late yesterday after
one of JMajor McLeary’s shirts had
been found in his home near Can
ton, King broke down after a gruel
ing period of questioning and con
fessed to officials in the presence of
newspapermen that he and his com,
panicn, hailed. Major McLeary not
far from here, and after he had
consented to give them “a lift,” sho r .
him down when he obeyed their com
mand to leave the automobile and
dragged the body into the bushes
after taking all his valuables and a
sweater which he wore.
King admitted that he fired twice
at the officer, both shots taking ef
fect. After they had disposed of
the body, he asserted, they drove
the automobile sopie 200 miles to
Canton, and failing in an attempt to
cross the mountains, near there,
abandoned the machine when It went
into a ditch.
After deserting the automobile on
the night of July 3, the day after
they had slai nthe major, King said
he and his companion rifled the of
ficer’s luggage, appropriating sev
eral articles of attire and secreting
the remainder, including clothing,
army orders and various papers, in
the hills near by.
Automobile Found
The machine, which was found on
July 4, but not identified until July
13, furnished the first definite trace
of the officer. Rumors before and
after the men answering Major Mc-
Leary’s description had been seen in
various parts of the state were
traced by the score by friends of the
family and officials without avail.
Discovery, piecemeal, of his bag
gage shortly after the officers took
charge of the automobile, started a
widespread search of the mountain
c-ountry of western North Carolina.
Posses directed by two army officers
who were persona! friends of the ma
jor, department of justice operatives
and various county wfficials, soon
learned that two strafige men had
been seen in his automobile shortly
before it was found abandoned.
Efforts to identify them proved
futile, but the search was redoubled
with the arrival in Canton of Ains
worth and Miss McLeary, both of
whom expressed the belief that the
officer had suffered a mental lapse
and would be found wandering some
where in the woods close by.
The hunt also was spurred by the
statement of a woman in Norfolk
Tuesday that she saw an army offi
cer traveling with two men in an an
(Continued on Tag? 3, £olumn 5)