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Atlanta Stonnuil
VOL. XXVI. NO. 125
SM LODGE IS
FIGHTING FOB LIFE
AFTER OPERATION
Resting Comfortably, but
Must Go Under Knife
Once More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 28.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, upon
whom an operation for bladder ail
ment was performed yesterday, was
resting comfortably at the Charles
gate hospital in this city today. His
physician, Dr. John H. Cunningham,
,jn a bulletin issued after his noon
Mhsit, said his patient’s condition was
Excellent, with temperature and
pulse normal. He added that the
senator was cheerful.
A second operation would be nec
essary, Dr. Cunningham said, but
he indicated that this would not be
performed for several days.
The senior senator from Massa
chusetts lay in a hospital here to
day utilizing all the strength of his
seventy-four years to recover from
the effects of the operation per
formed yesterday afternoon after a
critical recurrence of a former ail
ment.
The attending physician said the
operation, which was for removal
of an obstruction in the bladder,
would have to be by an
other, not an unusual necessity in
a. case of his disorder, they explained.
The senator, who had been under
a physician’s care since his return
to his Nahant home a month ago,
suddenly became severely ill yester
day morning. He was hurried to
the hospital here, and after a con
sultation his physicians decided to
operate. Mr. Lodge, in good spirits
and remarkable condition for his
age, rallied quickly and regained
consciousness last night. His con
tinued recuperation depends entirely
on his own strength, the physicians
•aid. A statement issued by the op
erating physician at the hospital
■aid: “It is a serious situation. 1
believe that Senator Lodge will be
all right, but nothing can be told
for another twenty-four or forty
eight hours.”
The senator’s grandson, Henry
Cabot Lodge 111, who accompanied
him on the hurried motor trip from
Nahant to Cambridge, remained at
the hospital throughout the opera
tion, and until his grandfather had
regained consciousness.
Dr. John H. Cunningham, the
•urgeon who is attending Senator
Lodge, said after his visit this morn
ing that the condition of his patient
was “excellent.”
“Senator Lodge’s temperature is
normal; his pulse 76 and for a man
of his years his condition is excel
lent,” the surgeon, said.
The second operation that
necessary to complete the removal
of the bladder obstruction responsi
ble for the senator’s condition may
take place any time that his condi
tion indicates it advisable, accord
ing to the doctor. A test will be
made within the next two or three
days to determine the best probable
time for the operation, he said.
COOLIDGE WIRES HOPE
FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Presi
dent Coolidge sent a message to Sen
ator Lodge today in behalf of him
self and Mrs. Coolidge expressing
the hope of his immediate recovery.
The president made several inquir
ies during the day as to the sena
tor’s condition.
Two Men Are Spotted
L Delivering Warnings
To Japanese Workers
SANTA ROSA. Cal.. July 26
Warnings to Japanese to vacate
their jobs as pear packers have
been delivered in the vicinity of
Hopeland in Mendocino county by
a party of men in two automobiles,
and by a note left on the steps of
the Earle Fruit Packing company
warehouse. according to Sheriff
Ralph Byrnes, of Uriah.
Advices from Tokio that Califor
nia correspondents of Japanese
newspapers had cabled articles tell
ing of effoi s by the Ku Klux Klan
to intimidate Japanese workmen oc
casioned the investigation which
brought to information today. The
-warning was delivered Tuesday
night to three ranches near Hope
land, and the note, reading “out
with the Japs! Fire Warning! K.
K. K.” was found yesterday.
Twenty Japanese workmen are
said to have departed from one
ranch saying they were going to
San Francisco.
Drowned on His Birthday
As Wedding Date Nears
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C„ July 38.
Alfred Biggers, of Marshall, N. C.,
was drowned Sunday, his 2? th birth
day. in the Mountain Island dam
lake in the Catawba river, near here.
Biggers is survived by his mother, a
widow, who lives at Marshall. He
was engaged to be married next
month. \
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia: Fair: not much change
in temper^-ure.
North Carolina: Generally fair.
South Carolina. Georgia: Local
thundershowers.
Florida: Probably local thunder
showers.
Extreme Northwest Florida. Ala
bama, Mississippi: Local thunder
showers.
Tennessee: Fair.
Kentucky: Fair; slightly cooler.
I.ouisiana: Generally fair, except
local thundershowers ii> southeast
portion.
Arkansas: Partly eloudv
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy io cloudy.
East Texas: Generally fair.
West Texas: Partly cloudy, prob
ably showers in extreme west por
tion.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
GILDED MURDERERS PIN HOPE
TO ‘DISEASED MINDS’ APPEAL;
I ’ INSANITY PLEA NOT PLANNED
Leopold-Loeb Defense Guns Likely to Open Fire Tuesday.
Darrow Shoots Perjury Insinuation at State Witness
Who Laid “Friendly Judge” Statement to Youth
Real Western Hanging
Promised Both Youths
By Applicant for Job
CHICAGO, July 27. Letters
expressing opinions on the Leo
pold-Loeb case and asking favors
from those connected with it are
being received daily from all parts
of the country.
Two men have written State’s
Attorney Crowe asking to be ap
pointed the boys’ executioner if
they are sentenced to be hanged.
One of them is M. S. Painter, of
Grand Rapids, Mich,, who says j
he is sixty-six years old. The oth
er is Walter IV. Buhr, of Oak- I
land, Neb., who says that “I am
prepared to give them a pictur- j
3sque sendoff in real western style j
high hat', boots and quick service,” ■
and adds that “after the boys see j
me and knew that they must |
hang, I think that they would |
want me to do it themselves.’
Jacob Franks, father of the I
slain boy, who has received many j
threatening letters since the kill
ing, said that since the opening of
the trial the volume of threats in
his mail had increased, most of
the missives advising him to cease
insisting on the death penalty for
his son’s slayers.
i
CHICAGO, July 27. —(By the As- '
sociated Press.) —Hope of saving
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb from the gallows centered ’last
night in the plans of their counsel
to demonstrate a degree of mental
irresponsibility for their crime, due I
to “diseased minds.”
“The defense will contend,” said ■
Clarence Darrow, chief attorney for
the youthful slayers of young Robert
Franks, “that the boys have diseased
minds, and that they were not re
sponsible for their acts.
“The question of legal insanity
will not be brought forth by the de
fense.”
An index of the line cf defense
was afforded by the appearance in
court today of Dr. William J. Hea’.y,
of Boston, and Dr. Benjamin Glueck,
of New York, two noted eastern
alienists, specialists in juvenile de
linquency. They were added to a
staff of five Chicago alienists select
ed by the defense to present the
story of the young men’s mental
debility to Judge John R. Caverly,
chief justice' of the criminal court,
who must fix the penalty for the de
fendants.
“Ironclad Case”—Crf.we
One of the grounds on which th?
defense will base its plea for mercy
will be the "outh of Leopold and
Loeb. Nither is twenty years of age.
Almost simultaneously after the
week end adjournment of the penal
ty advisory hearing before Judge
Caverly, State’s Attorney Robert E.
Crowe, in charge of the prosecution,
declared in, reference to the state’s
plea, for the death penalty:
“I think we have made out an
ironclad case.”
Mr. Crowe had touched bottonf in
the pit, which for four days had
supplied seemingly endless material
for “the mountain of evidence”
which he said would place the
wealthy young college students in
th§ shadow of the hangman’s noose.
He expects to scrape the bottom
clean on Monday.
Mr. Darrow and his colleagues in
the defense, Benjamin and Walter
Bachrach, struck back at the testi
mony of a state witness today for
ithe first time.
Officer's Word Assailed
Mr. Darrow attacked as a false
hood the story of Detective Sergeant
-lames J. Gortland. that Leopold, bril
liant student of law and ornithology,
who believed he had "important work
to do for the world.” had fold the
officer after his confession that when
he determined to seek life imprison- i
ment instead of death as his punish- |
nient, he would plead guilty before I
“a friendly judge.”
Gortland maintained the truth of
his remark.
It was t'ne first attempt of the de
fense to break down the testimony of
a state witness. It consumed virtu
ally the entire short session today.
’Now, Mr. Officer,” said Mr. Dar
row at the conclusion of more than
ho hour's stubborn cross-examina
tidn, “don't you know that this con
versation about ‘a friendly judge’
was pure fabrication, concocted for
the purpose of intimidating this
court?”
“No. sir, it was not.” the witness
replied.
Mr. Darrow led up to his accusa
tion without revealing- his purpose.
He asked the witness first about his
record on the police department and
brought out that Gortland, in 12
years’ experience, had worked chief
ly as a police stenographer and clerk.
The witness described his habit of
making either shorthand or long
hand notes of conversations with
prisoners and of taking down their
formal statements by direct dictation
on the typewriter. He said he had
made numerous notes of conversa
tions with Leopold and he produced
them confidently.
Darrow Traps Him
Mr. Darrow had the witness point
out the summary headings on “eon- I
sessions,” “sorrow for crime,” “mo
tive.” and other subjects on which
Gortland had tried to draw out Leo-I
pold s thoughts. He also brought j
out that on June 16, Gortland started '
writing out a. full report of his ac
tivities in the ease for the superin
[tendent of the city police department,
j The cross-examiner developed that >
I the detective and Leopold were alonsd
j when alleged remark about a
I "friend judge” was made, although
■the other conversations were gener-j
ally before witnesses. /
Going back to the report. Mr. Dar
row asked if it contained any refer-■
I cnee to the remark.
j “I am not sure.’’ said Gortland
i “Search and see." said the at’or- :
I ney.
The witness found none. He next |
|stated that he had told John Savage. I
an assistant state’s attorney, and
several newspaper reportets about
the remark, but had first mentioned
it to the state's attorney July 24.
Previously Gortland had admitted
talking over the case and the per
sonality of Leopold with "whoever
asked me about it.*’
Mr. Darrow went back to the of-
ficial report. He asked about the
time consumed in completing it.
Interval of Weeks
“Just give your best judgment. I
am not trying to get you to say
something you might not want to,"
he assured the witness.
They agreed on “two or three
weeks,’’ as the interval.
There were a few more perfunc
tory questions. Then Mr. Darrow
suddenly raised his voice and shot
his accusation of falsehood. Gort
land's denial came without hesita
tion.
Mr. Crowe, on re-direct examina
tion, brought out that Gortland had
volunteered the information Thurs
day evening.
Attorney Darrow gained the last
’ word by having Gortland state again
that he had written out in full a. con-
I versation with Leopold at the Hotel
I LaSalle, but had wiitten nothing on
I the defendant’s alleged hope for the
j “friendly judge.”
In the presence of the court and
; spectators today, the bearing of the
: defendants was in marked contrast
with that of previous days.
Earlier in the week they sat for
I noticeable intervals, apparently pay
ing only casual attention to the pro
ceedings. They talked light-hearted
ly, and whispered frequently in jovial
mood to their attorneys and guards.
Several quarter-page newspaper
photographs depicting the boys with
full-width smiles were features of
the public accounts of the trials.
| Today, however, the lads sat
I through the two-hour session under
apparent self-restraint. They ap
peared to pay strict attention to the
trial, and spoke to each other only
on two or three occasions—and then
with serious expressions; not, per
haps, troubled, but in sharp con
trast to the jaunty demeanor of oth-
I er days.
I And yet. outside the courtroom,
I the restraint seemed tossed to the
winds, and the easy nonchalance of
the young students again was in evi
dence.
Wearied by Interviews
“With our looks and Darrow’s
brains, I think we’ll get along,-.pretty
well,” was Leopold’s comment after
he and his fellow prisoners were
taken back to the jail.
But he and Loeb appeared confi
dent at the result of the questioning
of Gortland by their chief counsel,
although they expressed weariness
at being constantly interviewed.
Nathan Leopold’s spectacles, set in
an imitation tortoise shell frame,
the slender clue on which the state’s
attorney began the examination of
the two youths, were again before
the court today. They were identi
fied positively by Jacob Weinstein,
head of the optical house which pro
duced them, as those constructed ac
cording to the specifications on a
job ticket bearing Leopold’s name.
The prescription had been previous
ly identified by the optician who
drew up the formula.
It was these glasses, found neat
young Franks’ body in the desolate
and water-filled railroad culvert, that
first led the investigators to the
home of Leopold. Large pictures
of the spectacles, the only clue in
the hands'of the police were printed
in the newspaper several days after
the body was discovered and opticians
and xoculists were asked to aid in
identifying them by means of the
lens analysis printed beside the pho
tographs.
Added also to the mountain of
evidence today were half a hundred
large photographs taken by the
state’s attorney’s forces during the
investigation which culminated on
May 31, ten days after the murder,
in the confessions of the boys.
Defense to Start Tuesday
They were taken, the state ex
plained, to preclude the loss of im
portant parts of the story through
the possible inacessibility of wit
nesses. All were identified by Ed
gar H. Yates, "the photographer in
charge.
William F. Barnes, chief clerk in
the auditing department of the Pull-
I man company, the third state wit
ness today and the seventieth for
the hearing, developed that the par-
I lor car ticket sold the day after the
murder, calling for a seat to Michi
gan City, Ind., never had been used.
He affirmed that the ticket possibly
had been purchased for the purpose
of affording the purchaser entry to
the car. It was on this car that the
second ransom letter, instructing Ja
cob Franks, the victim’s father, how
to deposit his ransom money, when
found.
There the story stopped.
On Monday the state plana to of
fer testimony calculated to identify
the handwriting of the prisoners.
Then will come the testimony of
John Levinson, son of another
wealthy family, who was once con
sidered as the possible victim of the
slayers instead of young Franks, and
Irving Hartman, a school-mate, who
was the last person to see Franks
alive. The grand finale of the state's
case probably will come in the aft
ernoon. when stenographers will be
called to read the confessions of the
defendants.
1 hen, perliaps. Tuesday morning,
the defense will
Two elevators in the criminal
efiourts building, where the trial was
in progress, fell short distances this
morning. Chief Justice Caverly was
on one of them, but the emergency
cable checked tlie descent after the
eletator had gone about three feet.
The other elevator dropped about .10
feet. No one was injured.
Court opened seventeen minutes
late at lp:17 a. m.
Gortland was called track to the
stand after the clerk had intoned
the customary "bear ye, hear ye.”
Mr. Darrow then started cross
questioning Gortland. He started
by drawing out a history of Gort
land’s work in the police depart
ment. Gortland's work proved to
have been chiefly clerical and sten
ographic.
“You have been called on, then,
for twelve years to take statements
from accused persons?” asked Mr.
Darrow.
“That is coned,’’ said Gortland.
He explained he usually took these
by direct dictation on a typewriter.
“Did you do that in this case?”
“No. sir; I made notations,” said
Gortland.
Mr, Darrow -called for these notes
and then elicited that the sergeant’*
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PLANS TD ADVANCE
IMPORTANT BILLS
HOE or SOLONS
Measures Pile Up in Assem
bly-Proposal to Block
Recess Fails
The Georgia legislature had
only fifteen working days left,
counting two Saturdays, when it
reconvened Monday morning, and |
there are several hundred general ;
and local bills that have not been
disposed of.
Bills introduced Friday brought
| the total number on the house cal
i endar for the two sessions of the
i present legislative body to 904, while
I the senate calendar has run up to
I approximately 400. However, many
| of these measu'res have been dis-
I posed of, so the number unfinished
is probably less than 500 in both
houses.
The rules committee of the house
will make a serious effort Monday
to advance«»he bills regarded as the
more important, in view of the short
time that now remains, it was stated
Saturday by Representative ’Milner,
of Dodge county, vice chairman of
the rules committee.
When the house adjourned Friday,
house bill 90, Introduced by the
Chatham delegation and other south
Georgia representatives, providing
for a revision of the state game and
fish respect to the fish
ing industry, was under considera
tion.
Vice chairman Milner stated that
the rules committee will, on Monday
morning, recommend the following
order of business following the dis
position of the game and fish bill:
Test for Gasoline
1. The Mann bih providing for a
distillation test of gasoline, which
will be offered as a substitute for an
oil inspection bill to be sent over
from the senate.
2. A bill by Representative Bar
rett, of Stephens county, providing
a method for contesting primary
elections in Georgia.
3. The bi-ennial sessions bill of
Senator Mundy that has been passed
by the senate.
4. The resolution by Representa- ;
tive Wimberly, of Toombs county, |
providing for an investigation of re
ported friction and disagreement on
the Georgia public service commis
sion.
The rules committee will recom
mend that these measures be taken
up in the order arranged, and that
debate on them be limited to thirty
minutes to each side, in order that
they may be disposed of as rapidly
as possible. A two-thirds vote is
required to disagree to the calendar
fixed by the rules committee, and it
is not expected that there will be (
any serious fight on the recommenda
tions.
Speaker Neill has repeatedly re
minded the members of the house of
j the fact that the present session is
| passing rapidly, and has appealed
■ for the attendance of every mem-
I ber at all sessions of the house, and
close attention |o business at all
I times. Many members of the house
I are in favor of the rules committee
I taking charge of the calendar im
mediately, and directing an effort
to relieve the congestion.
Would Work Over Week
Several members wanted to forego
the usual week-end adjournment
Friday, and spend Saturday on the
job, but there was barely a quorum
at adjournment time Friday, and I
I the house voted by a large majority
I to adjourn until Monday morning at
10 o’clock.
Representative Knight, of Berrien
co’’nty, offered a resolution culling
attention to the fact that only sis
teen working davjs remain, and
providing that no leaves of absence
be granted to investigating commit
tees or to individual members for
i any excuses except sickness arid
providential hindrances, but his reso
lution was tabled by a vote of 65 to
49.
The sentiment for the advance
ment of the more important meas
ures pending befoer the house of rep
/resentatives appeared to be increas-
I ing last week, and there was no
| filibusters or adoption of delay tac-
■ tics. Representatives who have local
I bills to pass already clamoring
i to get early consideration of them,
■ in order that they may be kept out
of the last minute j»ftn.
The senate has a comparatively
clear calendar, but officials of that
i body are anticipating the receipt of
many local measures from the house
during the coming week. The most
I important measure before the senate
at the ipresent time is the Atlanta
viadtict resolution, on which the
Western and Atlantic committee is
expected to pass Monday, after con
ducting a public hearing last Thurs
day afternoon.
Supporters of the bill to provide
for the inauguration of the gov
ernor and other state officials in
January, instead of wailing until
June, following their elections in
November, and further providing
for sessions of the legislature in
January instead of June, will make
an effort to have this bill considered
early in the week. It is already on
the calendar.
Farms Busy in Summer
Advocates of the measure contend
: that diversified farming and the
change in crop seasons has made
the summer a very busy time for
farmers, and business men who de
pend upon of farmers. For
this reason believed that Jan
uary sessions' of the legislature will
■ find unexpectedly strong support in
'the house. •
South Georgia representatives are
anxious for a vote -on the bill of
Representative Barrett, of Stephens
county, to permit counties to turn
over their convicts to the state high
way department for work in their
own counties on highway construc
tion. This bill is being supported by
representatives of counties that now
lend their convicts to other coun
ties.
The constitutional amendments
committee of the house will consider
the Mann bill providing for a bond
1 issue pf $48,000,000 for highways
and schools, at a special session
Tuesday night at the Kimball
se.
The bill to issue sls.ooo.oftft in
j bonds for a state port will be con-
MELLON IN FOR RUM PROBE
AS COUZENS GIVES SIGNAL
FOR ACTION BY COMMITTEE
MINISTER MUST WATCH HIS STEP AS TWINS |
ARE MARRIED TO TWINS IN DOUBLE CEREMONY
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M’KIE.
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Unique Courtship to Culmi
nate in Wedding at Omaha. ■
Principals to Guard Against
Marital Mixup
OMAHA, July 26. —The minister ■
will have to be sure he is wearing
his spectacles when he marries Lo
ren McKie and Verna Scoville.
For without his “cheaters” he is
liable to see double and make Verna
the wife of Lawrence McKie, and ■
Loren the husband of Vera Scoville.
Loren and Lawrence are twins .
So are Verna and Vera. I
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
LONDON. —Five hundred visiting
American lawyers visit Suigrave |
Manor, ancestral hbme of the Wash- ;
ington family.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge hopes to complete his notifica
tion address by the end of this week
or garly next week.
BERLIN.—The German govern
ment through Chancellor Marx de
clines to discuss the foreign situa- .
tion in the reichstag.
PLYMOUTH, Vt. —Colonel John
Coolidge, father of the president, re- I
turns to the family homestead after ;
a ten days’ visit at the White House, !
CAMBRIDGE? Mass. Senator
Lodge is seriously ill in hospital |
here after an emergency operation
for recurrence of bladder trouble. i
LOUISVILLE. Early appear
ance of "black fire,” a tobbaco
blight, in western Kentucky, is
causing alarm to tobacco growers, j
LONDON.—The foreign office de
nies a story that the Anglo-Russian
conference will break up witl in a
fortnight without having accom- :
plished anything. I
NEW YORK.—For the first time ;
in New York's history, a woman, 1
Magistrate Jean H. Norris, presides
in a homicide court, disposing of ;
three cases.
WAS HIN G T ON. —Improvement in
general business conditions is ex
pected by President Coolidge to re
sult from the advances in prices of
wheat, corn and other farm prod
ucts.
WINN 1 PEG. —Thirty-seven t hou
sand harvesters will be needed to
harvest western Canada's wheat
crop this year, a conference of gov
ernment, railway and farm organi
zation officials decides.
WASH! NGTON.— Preliminary or
ganization work in Washington is
virtually completed by Clem L.
Shaver, Democratic national chair
man. who went to New York on
Monday to supervise organization of
campaign headquarters there.
NEW YORK.— j7~P. Morgan, on
the eve of departing for Europe,
saidt American bankers had no de
sire "to make any political sugges
tions. much less to attempt to en
force any political views." in connec
tion with the discussions for a Ger
man loan now under way in London.
WASHINGTON?—Reverence for
nature, law and God is laid down as
the fundamental of Boy Scoutland
and American institutions by Presi
dent Coolidge in an address by tele- i
phone to a farewell meeting In New ;
York for a Boy Scout group leaving
for the international gathering at
Copenhagen.
sidered in the senate on Wednesday.
The bill of Senator Grantham to
abolish the present system of local '
oil inspectors and establish a new '
organization with eight state-wide
inspectors, has b«cn set as a speciil
order in the senate for Tuesday.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, July 29, 1924
Loren and Verna are engaged. So |
I are Lawrence and Vera.
j The two couples are gojng to have j
a double wedding. It will be a fitting |
climax, they think, to a double ‘
courtship.
The two sets of twins met three |
years ago when Loren and
rence, then on the DeWitt (Neb.) I
high school basketball team, played I
at Peru. Neb., where Verna and [
Vera were, attending school.
At the banquet given the visiting
team, partners were drawn. And
the twins drew twins.
“Mother, look what we found — |
twins who match just as muchfes
I we do,” shouted the girls when the
McKie twins escorted them home.
i Strange as it may seem, each of I
VIENNA. —Three hundred persons
| take part in an anti-war demonstra-
■ tion.
LOS ANGELES. —Four persons
are killed when new cabinet -qnono
plane falls to earth in flight here. t
CHICAGO. —A group of Illinois
progressives indorse the candidacy!
of Robert M. La Follette for presi
dent.
' MOSCOW. —Soviet Russia is faced
by a sugar famine due to the fail
ure of the Ukrainian sugar beet i
. crop '
HARTFORD, Conn. —The friends
of Irish Freedom indorse the can-
■ didacy of Robert M. La Follette for
president.
I LONDON.—A skeleton, believed to
have been that of King Richard Til,
is unearthed and presented to the i
Leister Museum.
| WASHINGTON.—Senator La Fol
lette and his advisers have decided
to place no arbitrary limit on cam
paign contributions.
[ DENVER.-Dr. James F. Nagle,
of New York City, is killed near
1 Flep-iing, Col., when automobile up
sets on his way to Denver.
MEXICO CITY.—The rebel gen
| erals. Canido Guilar and Alberto
Pineda, agree to surrender uncondi
tionally to the legal authorities.
DALI.AS. Tex. —Judge Felix Rob
ertson. Ku Klux Klan indorsed candi- j
date for Texas governor, keeps sub- >
stantial lead in Democratic primary. |
BEACH CITY. O. —The engineer:
is killed and scores of passengers •
narrowly escape death when a bridge '
collapses with a Wheeling and La'ke
Erie train. ,
CHlCAGO.—Richard Loeb was the
■ directing mind and Nathan Leopold.
Jr., his "willing slave.” report of
two alienists reveals in the Franks
case.
PHILADELPHIA. Nearly 500 '
church congregations pass resolu
tions urging the retention of Briga
adier General Smedley Butler as
commissioner of public safety.
MARION. O. Mrs. Warren G.
Harding, accompanied hv Brigadier
General and Mrs. Charles E. Saw
yer. attends a memorial service to
the late President Harding.
DARK HARBOR. Me.—John W. 1
Davis plans to leave here for New
York next Thursday. He assarts
mat treaties should be ratified by '
majority vote of both houses of con-
N. M—Mayor
Hylan, of New York, passing ■
through here, asserts that his sup-;
I port of John W. Davis depends upon ;
1 "what Mr. Davis has to say for him- ■
' self.”
MOSCOW.—The exe~u‘ive coun- ‘
< : 1 of the n'.munist in crnational
in a statement on the anniversary
of th® outbreak of th® World war
soys th® countries at the inter-sjllied
! the boyS generally knew which he
I was courting. And each of the girls
I generally knew which of the Me
i Kies she had a date with.
True, Loren once sat down beside
! Vera in a street car wnen he meant
to sit beside Vera.
And once it took the girls nearly
I a whole breakfast hour before they
discovered who was who after the
boys had swapped ties.
But —
"Well, if the preacher gets us
mixed,” declares .Loren, "he’ll have
■ to ilo it right over again.”
Loren and Lawrence live in De-
Witt. They are 22. Verna and Vera,
' 21, reside here in Omaha.
EX-GDVERNOR’SWIFE
■ING THIRD IN
TEXAS PRIMARY
I DALLAS, Texas, July 28,—Re-
I vised figures from the Saturday
Democratic primary early today
from 231 of the 252 counties put
i Lynch Davidson, of Houston, in sec-
I ond place over Mrs. Miriam Fergu
son in the race for gubernatorial
nomination. Davidson had 95,232
votes and Mrs. Ferguson 94,903.
| Felix D. Roberson, of Dallas, was
leading with 124,853 votes.
The close race between Davidson
and Mrs. Ferguson for second posi
! tion and a place on the run-off pri
mary ballot with Judge Robertson
has overshadowed the interest in the
Ku Klux Klan issue.
Robertson was tne klan candidate
I and Mrs. Ferguson and Davidson
both were anti-klan. Mrs. Ferguson
was a candidate because her hus
band, Jim Ferguson, former gover
nor, but impeached, was unable to
get his name on the ballot under the
judgment of the court of impeach
ment. One of her pleas for support
was that she sought to vindicate the
name of her husband and family and
that her nomination and election
would bring this about. Mr. Fergu
son conducted her campaign, made
virtually all the speeches for her and
said she would guided by his ad
vice and judgment if she should be
: come governor.
j At one time last night, Mrs. Fer
i guson had a lead of about. 8,000 votes
i over Davidson, but that was for a
1 few minutes only.
■ Election bureau tabulators esti
mated today that possibly 150,000 to
175,000 ballots yet were to be report -
' ed. Judging from the returns so
far received, Davidson’s strength
' seemed to be In the cities and Mrs.
Ferguson's in the rural districts.
The unreported vote was in both
places.
\I.L TEXAS CONGRESSMEN
APPARENTLY RE-ELECTED
DALLAS, Texas, July 28. —The
seventeen Democratic Texas con
gressmen apparently all were renom
inated in Saturday’s primary, the
scattering returns to the Texas elec
tion bureau early today indicated, |
In the eight districts where the in
cumbents ‘had opposition, the pres- !
ent congressmen were leading.
1 .
Bolls Opening in Lyons
LYONS. Ga., July 26.—The first i
open bolls of cotton in Lyons were :
i brought in last Monday. Some farm-1
' ers will be picking in a short time. I
The cotton crop jn this county is the ■
• best so far for several years. The ;
j hot weather is making the squares j
J and small bolls shed rapidly but at I
; the same time there is a good crop of*
: large bolls matured that this weather
I is beginning to open.
conference all cxn Of 't salvation*
throush th® intercession of the ’
United States. j
z CENJ a A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
SPECIAL ATTORNEY ■
TO GUIDE SENATORS;
WATSON QUITS JOB
WASHINGTON, July 27.—Secre
tary Mellon’s enforcement of prohi
bition is to be investigated coinci- |
dent with the national campaign but
the sudden decision of the senate |
committee charged with the task to
go ahead brought out formal state
ments from Senators Watson,
Indiana, and Couzens, Michigan, Re
publicans, explaining their concep
tion of events leading up to it.
Meanwhile, Democratic members
of the committee, Senators King, of
Utah, and Jones, of Neyv Mexico,
although officially silent made it
clear that they were for investiga
tion, full and immediate, and had
been all along. The committee re
jected the proposal that Francis J.
Heney, California graft prosecutor,
be retained as special counsel, but
authorized selection by Senators Cou- \
zens and Jones, of someone else for
the work. September 2 was fixed
as the date for open hearings in
Washington. Heney's name had
been brought forward originally
when the committee was holding
hearings during the session of con
’gi-ess and it had aroused bitter de
bate in the senate. At that time
the committeew as devoting its atten
tion to an investigation of the inter
nal revenue bureau and tax ques
tions in general, and the charge was
made and denied that there was a
"drive” on against Secretary Mellon.
Open Mind, Says Couzens
Explaining the committee decision,
Senator Couzens, who, with the two
Democratic members, hold the ma
jority vote, said:
“On Tuesday, July 22, Senatoe
Watson called me at Detroit on long
i distance telephone and said that
Senators King and Jones were in his
office and that they were all desir
ous of having a meeting and wanted
to know when I could attends
“I was in the midst of my cam
paign and told him that if the meet
ing was wanted at once I could
come. So 1 cancelled several en
gagements to attend a meeting Fri
day of this week. The date was
satisfactory to Senator Watson, who
was on the telephone, so I left De
troit Thursday and we met in Sen
ator Watson’s office Friday moiming
July 25, at which time Senator Wat
son said he personally was opposed
to going ahead with the investiga
tion and, if the committee decided
; to go ahead, he would have to re-
I sign as chairman, which he did. The
I committee then accepted his resigna
j tion and elected me as chairman,
j Senator Watson wired Senator Ernst
I (Republican), Kentucky, at Denver,
l and got his permission to cast his
i ballot.
“Considerable discussion wa*s had
I as to the selection of, 1 the income
■tax unit and the prohibition unit
of the internal revenue bureau, for
the purpose of seeing whether the
laws are being properly carried out,
and if any ameiAlments to the law
would improve the functioning of the
internal revenue bureau. The com
mittee is going into the matter with ■ A
an entirely open mind as to condi
tions, and as to what they, might
find, or recommend to congress when
it convenes again.” '
Watson Makes Statement
I Senators Couzens and Jones left ’
j Washington immediately after the
| session, but Mr. Couzens said lie
j would return within ten days. Sen-
I ator Watson, on learning of th<;
‘ Michigan senator’s public statement,
■also summarized the events leading
up to the committee meeting, in a
I statement of his own.
I “Senator King, Senator Ernst and
■ I are members of a subcommittee
i on the Mayfield case, which rpet at
j Atlantic City about three weeks
, ago,’’ he said. “At that time Sen
| ator King said wanted to find
out what Senator Couzens and Sen
ator Jones wanted to do with ref
erence to the committee appointed
to investigate the internal revenue
bureau, saying that he regarded the
action of the senate as a mandate
to proceed. About ten days ago he
and Senator Jones came into my of
fice in the senate office building to *
talk with me about the ijrocedure.
“I said that I was opposed, to any
investigation whatever and that I
did not believe that we had a right
to meet during a recess. /Senators
Jones and King said that they
would look that question up and re
port to me later. Three or four days
after that they came back and Sen
ator King had a, legal opinion on
that subject which he had prepared,
showing that the committee had a
right to sit during recess. Ar. that
time they suggested that they wanted
Senator Couzens present, and there
upon Senator Jones suggested that
I get the secretary of Senator Couz-
■ ens to come to my office to ascer
: tai.i his whereabouts. Senator Couz-
■ ens’ secretary came to my office
and informed us that Senator Couz- z
ens was on his farm near Detroit,
but probably could be reached by tel
ephone, and stating that he would
put in a call.
May Quit Committee
“Within a few minutes my tele
! phone bell rang and I found Sen
| ator Couzens at the other end of the
line. I told him that Senators King
' and Jones were in my office at the
time and wanted to know whether
or not he wanted to proceed with
the hearing. fl« stated that he did.
«nd*l then told him that they wante<i
i me to tell him to come on to Wash
[ ington. He said that he would leave
that night, which he did. I told him
oc the telephone that I was opposed
I t<> any hearing, but that the other
, members of the committee wer?
' present and wanted to proceed.
“I have persistently opposed these
I investigations and made two speech
es on the fluar of the senate voic
| ing my opposition. I resigned as
I chairman of this subcommittee be
i cause I could not consistently re-
I tain that position while opposing
i the activities of the committee. It
' j,-: very doubtful whether I rt- j
I main a member of the committee
Jat all if they insist on sitting dur
ling the campaign.”