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VOL. XXVI. NO. 126
0. S. WORLD FLIERS
BREAST ATLANTIC IN
JUMP ID ORKNEYS
All Express Confidence and
Desire for Early Ar
rival at Home
KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands,
Scotland, July 30. —(By the Associat
ed Press) —The American round-the
world fliers, on their way home
ward, arrived here today from
Brough at 4:10 p. m.
Weather conditions were ideal for
t _the flight. There was a 15-milc
.Southwesterly wind an.l a visbility of
20 miles. The landing place on Hou
ton bay is so close to the scene of
the scuttling of the German fleet
that the hulks of several of the
sunken warcraft are plainly visible
from* it.
ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS AND
EAGER TO GET HOME
BROUGH, England, July 30.
(By the Associated Press) The
American army aviators, continu
ing their world flight, hopped off
at 10:24 o’clock this morning for
Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney is
lands, off the northern coast of Scot
land.
Thus began the first leg o\ their
journey over the Atlantic, byway
of Iceland and Greenland, to Indian
Harbor, Labrador.
Kirkwall, a town of 3,500, is on
Houton Bay, on the northeastern
■ide of the island of Mainland, some
timeZ called Pomona, the largest
of the Orkney group. Stores of oil
and gasoline awaited the fliers there,
■nd towboats and repair men were
ready in case of need.
The weather was calm, with prac
tically no wind and the sky some
what overcast as .the aviators, in
their three planes, took off with the
good wishes of the small crowd ring
ing in their ears. After a short
circle they headed in the direction
of Flamborough Head, the promon
tory north of Bridlington Bay, evi
dently intending to follow*the coast
northward.
The six men w r ere all in the best
of health and spirits, and seemed
confident that tne success which has
brought them 18,000 miles on their
pioneering flight will not desert
them during the last stage of their
endeavor.
Before leaving the ground Lieu
tenant Lowell 11. Smith, the flight
commander, said he expected to
reach Kirkwall in about six hours,
and that the departure from that
place would take place tomorrow or
Friday. There were no officiaj
ceremonies at the send-off.
There were no British or Ameri
can officials present at the take-off.
It is understood they will make
thejr farewells to the airmen at Kirk
wall.
Brough is a tiny vllage but prac
tically everyone turned'' out and
■tood by from long before daybreak.
The three machines resumed theit
romantic quest substantially as they
left California in March. The/ had
been cleaned and polished but no
essential structural changes h»d
been necessry.
When the planes rose they soared
along the Humber river and disap
peared above the north Yorkshire
■moorlands in an easterly direction.
K Lieut. Smith planned to keep near
fthe coastline in the journey north
ward to Kirkwall. When they arose
each weighed 8,000 pounds, the new
engines alone weighing 350 pounds.
The flight commander said: “We
■re very anxious to see our coun
trymen, the quicker the better. We
are'* confident we the
rest of the trip. I tlfmk we have
been over rougher spots already
than we shall encounter here.
“On the whole I think we will
find it more comfortable in colder
latitudes foig we can dress for low
temperature but had little chance of
overcoming the heat and dust of
the tropics. Our longest leg on the
tri]> will be from Greenland to Lab
rador, but we are not worried.”
IL S. CRUISER RICHMOND
WAITING AT KIRKWALL
KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands,
Scotland, July 30. —(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—The American cruiser
Richmond arrived in' Houton Bay
this morning to await the arrival
from Brough. England, of the Unit
ed States army world fliers. Major
Howard C. Davidson, air attache of
the American embassy at London,
was aboard the- cruiser.
Roof of Fashionable
Hotel at Washington
Sees Liquor Arrests
WASHINGTON, July 30.—The
quiet campaign against liquor drink
ing in root gardens and other ex
pensive settings progressed early to
day to tr.a vicinity of the White
House, >men federal prohibition
agents wh., visited the top of the
Powhatan hotel, at 18th street ami
Pennsylvania avenue, arrested two
male patrons.
The rakl. like others in the series,
was conducted with such a lack of
display that most of the patrons of
the roof garden were not aware of
any unusual happening. The men,
charged with drinking in public and
possessing liquor illegally, were
merely escorted to a patrol wagon
by the agents who, to all appear
ances, might have been their friends.
Their feminine companions, follow
ing the example of a number al
ready left in the same plight, calm
ly hailed a taxi and trailed the
patrol to the police station where
the men rejoined them after posting
collateral for appearance later
In the day.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
World News
I Told in
, Trief_
I I BELGRADE. The cabinet of
Liouba Davidovitch takes the oath
of office.
I MEXICO CITY. The Russian
government is formally recognized
by the Mexican government.
BOSTON. —Plans are made for a
icception of th c world-girdling fly
ers, due at Boston two weeks hence.
BUCHAREST, Rumania.—All Ru
manian communist organizations are
ordered dissolved by the government.
NEW YORK.—Count Gosta Mor
ner, of Sweden, seeks annulment of
his marriage to Peggy Hopkins
Joyce.
LONDON.—CoI. James A. Logan,
' official American observer, plays
big part in averting crisis at inter
allied conference.
WASHINGTON—Senator McKel
lar, Tennessee, seeks federal aid in
campaign to wipe out anthrax in
several southern state.:.
WILMINGTON, N. C.— Two re
ported killed in battle between pro
hibition officers and bootleggers
near Phoenix, N. C.
LANCASTER. Benjamin F. and
Chester A. Dorsheimer, brothers, are
held without bail on charge of kill
ing parents here, 14 years ago.
WASHINGTON.—La Follette and
Wheeler are likely to delay their
speaking tours because of need of
getting organization plans under
way.
MIAMI, Fla. —William Jennings
Bryan, in a public statement, criti
cizes President Coolidge for setting
aside September 12 as “National De
fense day.”
NEW WORIC -^ 'Edward Henry
Peple. playwright, author of “The
Littlest Rebel,” “A Pair of Sixes”
and other successful plays, dies of
heart disease. , <
DARK HARBOR’, Me.—John W.
Davis, on his last actual day of
Maine vacation, enjoys picnic with
Mrs. Davis and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson.
BERLlN.—German newspapers,
in editorial speculation, give politi
cal significance to the coming visit
to Berlin of Secretary of State
Hughes.
WASHINGTON. War depart
ment criticizes Governor Bryan, of
Nebraska, for his attitude toward
National Defense day, but President
Coolidge withholds comment.
HANKOW, China. Damages
amounting to millions of dollars
have been caused by heavy rains
and floods in Hunan province, Hcng
chowfy advices said.
WASHINGTON; Charles G.
Dawes will open the Republican
campaign at Lincoln, Neb., August
29. Dawes will speak in Maine in
behalf of state ticket August 23.
BOSTON. —Serious outbreak is re
■ ported between klan and anti-klan
follows at Lancaster and Spencer,
Mass., first advices tell of many in
jured and some property loss.
LONDON.—French delegates are
declared to waive separate action
against Germany in event Os repa
| rations of default under the Dawes’
| plan and to leave problem to an
arbitration body.
MIAMI, Fla. William Jennings
Bryan announces that he has placed
his estate, Villa Serena, on the mar
ket and purchased a more modest
place in Cocanut Grove as his fu
ture home, because of upkeep and
taxes.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.—A deficit of
more than a million dollars for the
fiscal year ending last June is
show-n in the report of Sir John
Crosbie minister of finance for New
founland, in the annual budget
statement. /
Carnegie Institute
Gets $8,000,000 of
Namesake’s Estate
NEW YORK. July 29.—The Car
negie Corporation of New York, cus
todian of the bulk of the fortune left
by the late Andrew Carnegie, today
paid to Samuel Harden Church, pres
ident. of the Carnegie Institute of
Pittsburg, an $8,000,000 addition to
the endowment for the educational
work of the institute.
The gift had been under considera-
■ tion for four years because of the
! handicap under which the institute
found itself as a result of the war
time depreciation of the currency
The corporation required the insti
tite to make, certain changes in its
1 educational scheme with regard to
, other schools in the Pittsburg dis-
■ trict and also stipulated alterations
• in its financial policy.
“This is the largest gift ever made
I at one time for Pittsburg education.”
■ Mr. Church said, “and is one of the
largest ever made in the history of
the world. It makes the total amount
, given to the Carnegia institute by Mr.
Carnegie and the Carnegie corpora
tion $38,000,000.
“There is still a further gift of
$8,000,000 to be paid during the
next twenty years on condition that
the trustees of the Carnegie insti
tute raise $4,000,000 from other
sources.”
j The Carnegie institute, in which
5,000 students are enrolled, embraces
! a school of fine arts, a museum and
- the Carnegie Institute of Technology
. First Bale of Season
! Ginned at Omega
1 TIFTON. Ga., July 29.—The first
) bale of cotton for the season ginned
at Omega today weighed 485 pounds.
. and was graded good middling. The
f cotton was shipped to Savannah to
t‘ be sold at auction. The cotton was
t grown by Wiley Burch, whose farm
. is in Colquitt county.
> Customer Crushes Skull
Os Merchant in Row
MIAMI, Fla.. July 29.—Harry Gold-
• man. a Miami merchant, is in a lo-
- cal hospital with indications of a
- fractured skull from the effect< of
t being beaten over the head Monday
? with a piece of board by a customer
in an argument over a bill for gqpds.
NEGLECT AND ABUSE
OF VETERANS U!0
TOW.E.MALLISTER
Charges of neglect and cruel treat
ment of Confederate veterans in
the Old Soldiers’ home at Atlanta.,
of mismanagement in handling the af
fairs of the institution, of misappro
priation of gifts sent to the home
and alleged illegal action in giving
orders without ‘ proper authority,
were brought against W. E. McAllis
ter, superintendent of the home, at
a public hearing before the invalid,
pensions and soldiers home commit
tee of the house of representatives
Tuesday afternoon and evening by
members of the Atlanta and Fulton
chapters of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
Mr. McAllister made & sweeping
denial of the charges in an appear
ance before the committee in his
own defense and iff a statement, to
newspaper men said investigation
of the home would show that the
charges were false and not founded
on fact, and that he would be glad
to show anyone who wished to visit
the home the excellent condition of
the home and hospital.
U. D. C. leaders Attend
Mrs. John A. Perdue, president of
the Atlanta chapter, U. D. C., and
ex-officio a member of the board of
trustees of the Old Soldiers’ home;
Mrs. E. B. Williams, organizer and
past president of the Fulton chap
ter, U. D. C., and several other
members of the two chapters ap
peared before the committee to pre
fer charges against Mr. McAllister.
Former Governor Hugh Dorsey
appeared on behalf of the two chaf>-
ters Tuesday afternoon and read a
number of affidavits in support of
charges made against the superin
tendent of the home. Attorney Har
ry Etheridge represented the board
of trustees of the home at both af
ternoon and evening sessions.
After more than seven hours
were consumed in examining wit
nesses and hearing testimony on
both sides, the committee adjourned
the hearing and will meet at 3:30
o’clock Wednesday afternoon in ex
ecutive session. Although members
of the committee would not discuss
their future action after adjourn
ment early Wednesday morning, it
was forecast that a resolution would
be introduced in the house of rep
resentative Wednesday asking that
a sub-committee be appointed to
make a thorough investigation of
conditions at the home.
Would Oust McAllister
The hearing Tuesday was on a bill
introduced in the lower house last
week by Representative W. K.
Smith, of Bryan county, and Knight,
of Berrien. This bill, if passed,
would automatically cause the dis
missal of Superintendent McAllister,
because it requires qualifications on
the part of the head of the home
which, it is asserted, he cannot meet.
The measure provides that the su
perintendent of the home must be a ;
registered allopathic physician and :
the lineal descendant of a Confeder- [
ate veteran. These requirements I
Mr. McAllister could not fulfill, ac
cording to statements by representa
tives of the U. D. C. chapters at the
hearing. The w jjill would also provide
for reduction of the board of trustees
from 12*to 7 members, the member
ship to consist |of five men and two
women. According to the new bill,
the hospital at the home must be in
charge of a registered, graduate
nurse, who would also be required to
be trained in dietetics.
Charge Hospital Is Filthy
Among the charges made at *the
hearing were that the hospital is
“filthy, insanitary and meets none ot
the requirements of the law,” that
veterans are cruelly treated and in
timidated in order that they will
be afraid to complain of neglect; that '
proper medical attention has not
been given sick veterans; that nurses
and doctors at the home hospital are
“incompetent and do not properly
attend to their duties;” that Mr. Me
Alllster employed convicts sent by
the state to perform duties at thc
home to do work on his own personal
property; that he sold gifts sent to
the home and appropriated the
money received therefrom for his
own personal use, and that he soi l
lumber on the property of the home
without obtaining proper authority
and did not enter money received
from these sales in his annual report.
Mr. McAllister denied all charges
and stated the home Jnftl been im
proved in every way since he toot
charge five years ago. Appearing
in his own defense, the superin
tendent testified that the home was
in a deplorable condition when he
took charge but that during his
administration it had been so im
proved that at the present time it
w r as “the cleanest and best-equipped
soldiers’ home in the south” an 1
compared favorably with any sol
diers’ home in the entire country.
Says Records Are Straight
“The hospital is as clean as any
hospital in Atlanta,” declared Mr.
McAllister, speaking to reporters
after the hearing. "The wood which
was cut from the property of the
hpme was partially used to con
struct an addition to the hospital
to care for tubercular patients. The
rest was sold and the amount re
ceived was entered on the books of
the home. «
“The Atlanta chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy has not contributed a dollar
to the home in three years.” he as
serted.
Several affidavits charging insan
itary conditions at the hospital were
read in support of charges brought
by the two U. D. C. chapters. The
affidavits also charged that men in
the hospital were neglected and that
several times the only persons at
the hospital to care for the sick vet
; erans were negro convicts.
Contracts made with Mr. McAl-
I lister to cut timber on the property
of the home were explained to the
committee by J. M. Boozer, lumber
man. The timber was cut under
agreement that two-thirds was to t .o
to Mr. Boozer and one-third to Mr.
McAllister, he alleged. Mr. Boozer
testified that he cut about 160,000
feet of lumber off land belonging to
the home in 1921. In 1922 the con
tract was sold by Mr. Boozer to an
other man. who cut about 175,000
feet, according to Mr. Boozer's tes
timony.
Says Gifts Were Sold
Ed. Simmons, said to b< a truck
driver formerly employed at Lanier
! university, testified be'ore the com
' mittee that in the summer of 1'23
he drove a truckload ot barbecued
lALL-NIGHT WING
IT KLIN MEETING;
FIVE IN HOSPITALS
LANCASTER, Mass.. July 30.
(By the Associated Press.) —After a
night of disorders and clashes in
which scores were injured, a crowd
of men who had engaged in a night
of hostilities with members and spec- j
tators at a Ku Klux Klan meeting
in a field near here were dispersed
with the arrival of additional state
patrolmen today. Between 500 and
800 men had engaged in the fighting
during the night.
The list of injured today, after
•the night’s fighting, included five
men whose injuries were so severe
as to require treatment at hospitals.
One was a policeman who was struck
on the head by a stone.
1 Three others were suffering from
wounds supposed to have been
caused by a shotgun loaded with
! rock salt.
Many others are known to have
been hurt by clubs, flying stones and
other missiles. Two automobiles
’ were partly demolished by showers
of stones and missiles.
The hostilities, which broke out
last night when three hundred klans
men, friends and spectators, assem
bled in a field near here which they
had rented, only to be beleaguered
by a crowd of between three
died and five hundred men. cams
. as a culmination of bitter feeling for
• some time.
While the. fighting was beginning
• here a similar outbreak occurred in
, Spencer, several miles away, when
a crowd showered with stones
carrying persons away from a Ku
Klux Klan meeting there. State po
lice dispersed the crowd and arrest
ed five men. At Westminster, near
here, a third meeting wqs held but
without disorders.
Two clashes took place here dur
ing the night between the crowd
within the field and those outside.
Rocks were thrown and a shotgun,
apparently loaded with rock sal:,
Jjired.
As the night wore, on the police,
handicapped by their lack of num
bers, the scattered position of the
combatants and the darkness, were
able only to keep the road clear.
■ When dawn broke 150 men re
mained in the road outside the field
and a similar number of men were
within the field. But with th e com
ing of morning the crowd in the
road gradually broke up.
Police reinforcements dispersed
the remainder and those who had
been forced to remain within the
inclosed field were enabled to leave.
Sent After Chicken
For Sick Gang Guard,
Convict Keeps Going
TALLAHASSEE. Fla., July 30—A
i sick guard at state road camp 27.
'near Ebb, Fla., does not approve the
I actions of Peter Foy, until last Sum
j day one of the prisoners at the
| camp.
Foy, said to be a native of Scot
land, and 67 years old, was sent to
a farmhofne in the neighborhood of
the camp to get a chicken for Sun
day dinner for the sick guard, but
j instead of returning with the fowl,
ihe disappeared and has not been
j heard from since. Foy was sent up
; from Duval county in January, 1923,
s for three years for breaking and en
: terin,g.
meat and a truckload of soft drinks
Ito the Old Soldiers’ Home. The
meat and drinks were gifts to the
i veterans from the Ku Klux Klan,
he said.
He declared that when he deliv
| ered this meat to the home Mr. Me
. Allister told a cook to make sand
wiches out of soni> of the meat be-
I cause too much of it would make
| the old soldiers sick. Mr. Simmons
j further testified that he saw some
; of the meat made into sandwiches
and carried to a store which was
I operated on the premises. He tes
j tified that upon going to the store,
I he bought one of these sandwiches
j and one of the bottles of soft drinks
1 which he had brought to the home
j for ten cents each. Mr. Simmons
; said that he was positive it was thc
J same meat and same bottle of soft
| drink which had been donated by
I the klan.
W. E. Harwell testified that his
uncle had died at the home. He
said that upon visiting his uncle at
I the hospital, he had found condi
i tions insanitary and that the pa
, I tients had been neglected in a
. “shameful fashion.” On Christmas
day, said Mr. Harwell, he visited the
hospital and found the rooms with
i out heat.
L. Z. Furlow, a medical student
I, at Emory university, who serves as
interne at the Old Soldiers’ home
; hospital, said that conditions at the
home were good and that the men >
were very hard to handle as pa- I
. tients.
Says Patients Are Unruly
Dr. G. W. Corley, who is cm
, ployed as regular physician at the
home, told the committee that the
1 \ men were hard to handle as pa
, tients and that medical students
made excellent attendants at the
■ home hospital. Graduate nurses,
said Dr. Corley, would not work
with patients us difficult as the vet
erans.
Dr. L. S. Patton, a former in
terne at the home hospital, testified I
that the veterans got as good treat
ment as could be expected on the
’ finances allowed.
Jim Mills, an inmate of the home
for years, said that he had received <
excellent treatment in every way.
1 A woman who gave her name as
■ Mrs. Meeks, but who declined to
- I give her initials or address, testified
' I that her uncle at the home had
been well treated and that the feel- 1
■ ing of the veterans was “lovely to
ward the superintendent.” Mrs.,
Meeks asserted the members of the
■ U. D. C. were not doing anything i
for the old soldiers.
1 Mrs. B. M. Card, a nurse at the
. home hospital, said that all possible
■ was done for the veterans and that
• extra help had now been obtained to
1 take care of them. Mrs. Card said
■ she was not a graduate nurse.
Howard McConnell, an inmate of
1 the home, told of men’ being sent
• away from the home "because they
talked too much." and said that it
I was the general impression in the
home that men were "intimidated”,
by the authorities there. Mr. Mc-
Connell also said that he had seen
; several cases of drunkenness on th“
I part vs inmates.
THE PRIZE CATCH OF THE SEASON
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Fleischmann’s Wife
Is Granted Divorce
In Paris Courts
PARIS, ’July 29.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —A divorce on grounds
f>f abandonment todfiy w r as granted
to Mrs. Laura G. Hyland Heming
way Fleischmann, wife of Julius
Fleischmann, former mayor of Cin
cinnati.
A fortnight ago Mr. Fleischmann.
America’s “yeast king” admitted
that his wife was suing for divorce
in the’Paris courts. While the terms
of the decree which he said at that
time had been granted were not made
known and while Mr. Fleischmann
refused to discuss them, it is under
stood that they included the settle
ment of $5,000,000 on Mrs. Fleisch
mann. -
Dudley Field Malone, counsel for
Fleischmann said that Mr. and Kirs.
Fleischmann had been separated for
over a year, that they parted with
the friendliest feeling oward each
other and that the only cause for
divorce was incompatibility. He said
that the financial settlement was
made long before the couple discov
ered that incompatibility woul: dis
turb their happiness and that it was
sufficient to make Mrs. Fleischmann
an independently wealthy woman.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleischmann were
married in 1920. Both had been mar
ried previously and divorced. At the
time of his divorce from his first
wife Mr. Fleischmann settled $2,-
000,000 upon her and a yearly income
of $25,000. Mrs. Fleischmann’s for
mer husband was Louis Heminway,
a wealthy silk manufacturer.
Nashville Air Mail
Arrives in Chicago
In 3 Hours and Half
CHICAGO, July 29. —(By the Asso
ciated Press) —The first air mail frorp
Nashville, Tenn., arrived this morn
ing at 8:30 a. m„ Chicago daylight
saving time, after a flight of 400
miles by Lieutenants Vincent Meloy
and Herbert Fox in three hours and
*29 minutes.
The experimental flight which
Nashville postal authorities and
bankers hope to make a regular
service between the Tennessee city
and Chicago, was made in excellent
flying weather without the slightest
mishap and in fast time, Lieutenant
Fox said.
The aviators carried $530,000 in
banking items on which much time
is saved by air mail. The federal re
serve bank and the American Na
tional bank of Nashville arranged
the experimental flight, in co-opera
tion with Postmaster O’Caflaghan,
of Nashville, and the 105th Obser
vation Squadron, Tennessee National
guard, to which Lieutenant Fox is
attached. Lieutenant Meloy is a
regular army aviator. ,
Easing Rattlesnake
Is Fatal to Hogs
MOUTRIE, Ga., July 29.—Al
though the bite oZa rattlesnake will
cause practically no harm to a hog,
according to popular opinion, it has
been demonstrated that it doesn't
pay to let even a porker eat a dead
rattler. A Cook county farmer re
ports the loss of t\w fine hogs as
the result of feeding on a dead rat
tler, which had .been killed and hung
on a limb.
It is stated that the hogs died soon
after pulling the reptile from the
tree and devouring it. Incidentally,
the snake was one of the largest
ever killed in this section, being well
over six feet long and having twenty
rattles.
Woman Seriously Injured
By Former Governor's Car
SAN FRANCISCO. July 29. —John
A. Dix, who told the police that he
is the former governor of New York,
ran down and seriously injured Mrs.
Nellie Keating, 52. in his automobile
here Monday.
Dix was said by the rolice to have
been driving without the necessary
operator’s license. He was thken to
the police headquarter*-- for exami
nation and the possible filing of
charges againstt him.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, July 31, 1924
16-YEAR BATTLE
TO PARDON SON
WON BY MOTHER
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 29—An
aged mother from the Tennessee
mountains today won a battle that
she has fought single handed
against tlje powers of the state for
the last sixteen years, when her plea
that her son, a prisoner in the state
penitentiary here, be pardond, was
granted.
Mrs. Sam Hatfield, 63, the mother,
"appeared before the parole board,
and, with the gentle mountain drawl
in her voice, addressed Governor
Austin Peay as “son,” and the mem
bers of the parole board as “chil
dren.’ But it was not through lack
of respect for the authorities that
she used these terms, for it is the
custom of the mountains for old
people to ".ddress their juniors in
this manner.
Her son, Lon Hatfield, was con
victed in 1908 for the murder of a
minister. The sole tangible evidence
on which thn verdict was based was
a twenty-dcfllar gold piede, which
was said to have belonged to the
minister, and which was found Hn
Hatfield’s pocket after the murder.
Hatfield declared the coin belonged
to him, but the jury rejected this
claim and, convicted him on circum
stantial evidence.
Immediately after sentence was
•passed on her son, the mother be
gan her battle for his freedom. She
sold her small farm, and with the
proceeds hired lawyers to establish
her son's innocence. Practically all
of the $5,000 she derived from this
sale has been spent in the attempt
to win a pardon for “Lonnie,” as she
calls him. Prison officials assert
that during the last sixteen years
she has made at least fifty trips to
the penitentiary to present her plea
to the authorities and to see her son.
At last, she obtained L’Gm both
the trial judge and the prosecuting
attorney requests that Lon Hatfield
be pardoned. These requests were
joined by the widow of the slain
minister, and by a number of promi
nent citizens of the state. Some of
these requests are dated as early as
1914.
Todtyr, after her plea bad been
presented for the fiftieth time, Mrs.
Hatfield was told by Governor Peay
that he would make her a Uhiistmas
present of her son.
Twelve-Year-Old Boy
Killed by Speeding
Truck in Thomaston
THOMASTON, Ga., July 29
, Shelby Pitts, twelve years old, was
knocked down and instantly killed
here Monday night when struck by
a speeding lumber truck driven by
Sam Spence, a negro, while crossing
the railroad tracks near the Britt
and Kersey peach packing house.
The negro, who is said to have
taken the truck without permission
from Cecil McGee, of Chipley, who
was in town at the time, failed to
stop after hitting the boy but jump
ed Out of the auto farther along,
making his escape through a peach
orchard, the truck running into a
ditch. County police and the sheriff
as well as a number of citizens are
trailing the negro.
Young Pitts was a worker In the
nearby orchards. He is survived by
his parents, ?>lr. and Mrs. Ed. Pitts
and one brother, all of .Thomaston.
!9-Year-01d Lochmvar
Chases Girl 300 Miles,
Takes Her From Family
MONTROSE, Col., July 29.—After
a chase of three hundred’miles in
an automobile, Wayman Welk. 19,
of Pueblo, held up the parents of his
sweetheart Gladys Swearinger. also
of Pueblo, on a lonely road along
the Blue River, near here Monday,
and like a modern Lochinvar, car
ried her away. Sheriff Samuel Phil
lips, of Montrose, announced last
night.
A telephone .call tn tlfo sheriff,
however, sent him and a deputy in
pursuit and a few hours later Welk,
a tr> - companion and Gladys, were
Overtaken and returned to Montrose.
Higher Grain Prices
This Year Assured,
Big Operator Says
CHICAGO, July 29.—Wheat at $2
a bushel, corn from $1.25 to SI.SG
and oats from sixty to sixty-five
cents are likelihoods later on in the
crop year, according to James A.
Patten, grain operator.
“We are going to have a situation
on this crop directly reverse to
that of the last,” he said. “Over
supply will give way to "talk of short
age. After this year prices will have
reached such a high level that
farmers will put in every acre to
wheat that they possibly can sow
and over-supply may again result.
“But for the next twelve months
buyers will have to bid up for what
they w’ant.
“With high prices and millions
of bushels of good wheat buck in
the country, farmers of the United
States are bound to get a part of the
increased valuation in agricultural
products,” he asserts.
The price may not go immediately
higher. Hut Europe will buy all the
wheat she can get from this coun
try and this absorption will bring
about a strong situation.” he said.
Ex-Governor Walton
Is Target for Eggs
In Muskogee Address
MUSKOGEE, Okla., July 29.—J.
W. Walton, deposed governor and
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for United States senator,
was made the target for several
eggs hurled by a small boy, while
he was addressing a crowd in the in
terest of his candidacy here last
night. None of the eggs struck
Walton, although one hit the speak
er’s stand and spattered over sev
eral persons standing nearby.
Walton severely scored the Ku
Klux Klan and charged that organ
ization with being responsible for
the boy’s ppank. He interceded in be
half of the boy when several mem
bers of -the crowd seized him.
Gouverneur Morris
Re-Weds His Secretary
SALINAS, Cal., July 29.—Gouver
neur Morrife, thc author, and Miss
Ruth Wightman, his secretary, were
married for the second time here to
day.
Morris and Miss Wightman were
.married first eleven months ago at
[Ensenada, Mex., shortly after Mor
ris obtained an interlocutory decree
of divorce from Mrs. Elizabeth Mor
ris.
I The second wedding was to legalize
the union under California law,
which prohibits livorced persons
marrying again in this state until
the final decree of divorce has been
issued. Morris received this decree
on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Rock Springs Man Killed
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. July 29.
Will Young, a well known resident
of Rock Springs, Ga., was instantly
killed Saturday when he fell from
a moving automobile and broke his
neck. The accident occurred about
two miles north of Rock Springs.
| The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
VIRGINIA: Generally fair.
NORTH CAROLINA: Genreally
fair, cooler in west portion.
SOT TH CAROLINA. GEORGIA,
EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORI
DA: Generally fair.
FLORIDA: Generally fair, except
local thundershowers in soth por
tion.
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI:
Generally fair; slightly cooler in
north portion.
TENNESSEE: Fair and cooler.
KENTUCKY: Fair and cooler.
LOUISIANA; Generally fair ex
cept scattered thundershowers in
southwest portion.
ARKANSAS: Generally fair.
OKLAHOMA: Generally fair.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy,
probably thundershowers in extreme
northwest portion.
’ WEST TEXAS: Generally fair.
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COURT DENIES JURY ■
MOWPOSES
SINITY TESTIMONY
Holds Defense Not Offering
Insanity Plea Through
Alienist Reports
CHICAGO, July 30.—(8y the As*
sociated Press) —The big legal fight
by attorneys for Nathan Leopold,
Jr., and Richard Loeb, confessed,
murderers of Robert Franks, to save
them from the gallows, broke out
in Judge John R. Cuverly’s court
today.
The engagement opened when Rob
ert E. Crowe, state's attorney, aft
er resting his own case, sought to .
shut off all testimony by defens®
experts relating to the mental re
sponsibilities of the youthful de
fendants.
He maintained that the plea. of
guilty prevented them from showing
any state of mind as a mitigation of
punishment and with his assistant*
continued the argument throughout ( -
the morning session, even though
Judge Caverly said he would over
rule the objection.
The defense tuld the judge that
they had a right to show that men
tality had figured- in the circum
stances of the crime, and the court
indicated that he agreed with them.
The judge said, however, that no*
opportunity remained for an offer of
insanity as a legal defense, then he
would not permit such testimony to
oe Introduced.
Dr. William Alanson White, a de
fense alienist, sat # patiently on the ,
stand, waiting for the court to de
cide finally whether he could testi
fy, but court recessed for luncheon
at 12:30 p. m. with the argument
unfinished.
Courtroom Filled
The courtroom filled rapidly for;
thc seventh session, expecting star
tling and dramatic events in connec
tion with the opening by the defense.
Court opened at 10:05 a. m.
An all-night rain left a sultry
atmosphere and It “was hot and
muggy in the courtroom.
Jacob Franks, father of the slain i
lad, was absent from the courtroom
but all the other Interested relatives
were in their seats.
Frank A. Sheer was the last wit
ness for the state. He testified mere-l
ly that h<> took Loeb’s confession
the night of May 30.
The defense called Dr. White as
its first wieness.
Judge Caverly called, the attor*
neys to the bench and consulted!
with them as to separate hearings
on the kidnaping charge. It devel-'
oped that thus far the hearing had!
technically been confined to the
murder- charge. The attorneys agreed!
that 80 minutes of formalities would]
suffice to dis-pose of the kidnaping / '*
indictment.
Dr. White was questioned by
W’alter Bachrach.
“State your professional ex
perience,” said Mr. Bachrach.
“I object,” said Mr. Crowe. .Z -
“Why?” asked Judge Caverly, anil
the big legal fight of the proceed
ings was on. , |
“Because,” said Mr. Crowe, “tli®
plea, of guilty estops any plea of in- j
sanity. I insist that they have no i
more right to introduce that plea 1 J
than they have to plead guilty and (
then try to show the men were in.
California when the crime was com
mitted.”
“It is overruled,” said Judge Ca- 1
verly.
State Is Helpless
“But your honor,” said the state’s
attorney, “if the court sentences*
these men to a term in prison, sat
isfactory to them and then? attor
neys, the state is helpless. I can'
not appeal. I would like to read
the Illinois law on the subject.”
Mr. Crowe read from the statutes
the enactment governing conduct of f
murder trials in which Insanity is
offered as a defense. He pointed out;
that the law provided that as soon
as the question was raised “it shall
be the duty of the court” to empaneb
a jury and let that body determine
the fact.
“Can language be more explicit?”
: asked Mr. Crowe. “Have we reach- •
1 ed the point where a man can plead
guilty to avoid a trial by jury? Does
| the defense here desire a trial be
: fore one man when they have re
sisted a trial before twelve?
“From the moment you hear evi
dence on insanity, this becomes &
mock trial.”
The judge asked for authorities -L
and promptly rejected a reference to •
the case of a Chicago gunman who
was scent to a hospital for the crim
inal insane after he had been sen
tenced to death.
Would Quiz Reporters
The reports of the experts’ find- .
ings in their examinations of the
youths may be made public and pub-
I lished today, the defense has stated,
i since several have already been
' printed in a morning newspaper.
I Defense attorneys who claim the
publications were unauthorized,
asked Judge Caverly if reporters
could be summoned to explain where
they got the reports.
Judge Caverly said he had not
even read the published reports.
! “I am not trying to please any-
1 body,” he was quoted as saying Later.
| “I could not, if I would. I could not
l please all by sentencing the boys to
I hang. I could not please all by giv-
I ing them life imprisonment nor j
I sending them to an insane asylum.
I “I will take all the evidence in
* this case, lock myself up as I would
Jock up a jury, and consider it un-
I til I have arrived at a decision. I
will do what I think is right, re
gardless of what anybody else
thinks.”
The judge continues to receive
thousands of letters regarding the
hearing.
Judge Caverly said this did not ap- I
ply to the present case because the w
Leopold-Loeb proceedings had not K
reached the stage of sentencing. S
States Court’s View m
“Listen Vo me a moment,” said ■
Judge Caverly. “If a defendant £
came into this court without counsel a
and pl&aded guilty to a crime, the ;
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