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CROWE OPENS FIRE
AS DEFENSE RESTS
IN FRANKS HERRING
CHICAGO, Aug. 12—(By the As
SO’ciated Press.)—The defense in the
’Franks hearing rested at 2:48 p. m.
‘ The state immediately began pre
senting its. rebuttal evidence, with a
,;’liSt of fifty witnesses, including five
Giliefiists to select from.
•• Relatives of the young defend
■ ants who kidnaped and killed
Bobby Franks were called to the
witness stand this afternoon in the
hearing to’ fix their punishment.
Jacob M. Loeb, former president of
the-Chicago public school board and
tim’le of Richard Loeb, was called
' £irst. Allen Loeb, brother of Rich
ard, followed.
Foreman Leopold, brother of Na
than, took the stand after Allan
1 Loeb. v
Jacob Loeb merely identified some
'liberty bonds and a bank book tound
in Richard’s room at home, Ho was
foot cross examined, an 1 left the
witness stand within three minutes.
It was the first official appear
ance of any members of the family
of Richard Loeb, or Nathan F. Leo
pold, Jr., his co-conspirator in tie
*,murder of the Franks boy, and was
the signal for a great craning of
;necks of spectators and fast work
by the huge array of phtogrqphers.
Brother’s Testimony Brief
Allan’s testimony was also brief,
he testifying merely, that he had
given certain writings by Richard
to Doctor William Healy, a defense
alienist previously on the witness
stand, and identified a photograph
introduced as evidence and which
he said he took.
The examination of Foreman Leo
pold was somewhat more extensive.
He testified on direrct examina
tion that Nathan would be twenty
•wears old next November, had been
exceedingly interested in churches
At a nearly age, and as to the prac
tice of Nathan, Sr., providing his
namesake with funds, Foreman said
"That Nathan had received $125 a
month allowance and extra money
.whenever he wanted to take a trip,
that Nathan paid no board, bought
no clothing from his personal funds,
and paid for no laundry nor school
l ooks. The older brother,, an abash
' ed picture of consideration for his
‘■kid’' brother, looked first at Na
than, Jr., and then the newspaper
men as he answered.
Planned §3,000 Trip Abroad.
Jacob and Allan Loeb retained
their composure on the witness
stand, although they testified in low,
almost inaudible voices. Jacob
Loeb’s hands were unsteady as he
unfolded the liberty bonds and his
face was somewhat flushed.
Foreman Leopold explained that
Nathan had bought an automobile
but did not have to pay for it, its
upkeep, nor tor gasoline.
Nathan planned a $3,000 trip to
Europe and Nathan, Sr., had prom
ised the money. Nathan was to
J have left June 10 and to have re
.-.turned in October, his brother said.
•’ Tickets for the trip were returned
fatter Nathan was arrested for the
Franks murder said Foreman. The
t o ; der brother told of Nathan’s ac
tivity as a collector of birds and oth
fer subjects. lie . said he was ac
quainted with his brother’s hand
’’writing.'
*' There was no cross-examina.ion
pand Foreman left the witness box
’’ inside ten minutes. Tne three rela
tives were heard in twenty-five min
‘"ut'es-.
’• The state continued its lengthy
{cross-examination of Dr. H. S. Hnl
tbert, last of the defense alienists, in
*jhe Franks hearing this morning,
paying its ground work-for intrqduc-
Ztion, of its rebuttal testimony.
-Z In preparing for tintroduction of Dr
USbllin T. Woodyatt, an expert on
Robert E. Crowe,
iftffte’s attorney, renewed his attack
lOA-the theory of functional disorders
iof.ltie endocrine glands as set up by
3)r. Hulbert, as responsible for the
‘•'ynental sickness” of Leopold and
1-jpeb, which permitted them to kid
.and slay Bobby Franks.
—Dr. Hulbert, four days on the
stand, testified that persons suffer
ing". from endocrine disease are fail
ures in life and so denominated Leo
pold' He also testified under ques
tioning by Mr. Crowe, that there was
no recognized leader in the study of
endocrinology in America. .
.-State’s Attorney Crowe resumed
of Dr. 11 ul
bfirt-’with an interrogation as to
whether the stereoscope method had
Jipen used in taking the X-ray pic
tures and was told it had not been,
lit’being a matter of personal prefer
ence as to which method was used,
j The next lew questions dealt with
• t Leopold’s reported sugar intolerance.
iP>r. Hulbert leisurly thumbed through
?.-t, massivle notbook, found his index,
(turned to the passage indicated and
"slowly gave his answers.
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COMMON ANCESTRY OF APE
AND MANKIND IS INDICATED
IN NEW TEETH DISCOVERIES
Meet of British Science Asso
ciation Hears Views of Co
lumbia Professor —Age of
Mastodon Computed
TORONTO, Aug. 11 Further evi
dence of the common ancestry of
the anthropoid ape and man was
afforded by the recent discovery in
northern India of the teeth of three
lower jaws of fossilized apes, Prof.
W. K. Gregory, of Columbia univer
sity, today told the British Associa
tion for the Advancement of Sci
ence. The find was made by Bar
num Brown, of the American Mu
seum of Natural History.
“The distinctive markings of the
lower molars have been traced in
detail into the molar crown patterns
of each of the existing anthropoids,
and also into those of primitive hu
man types,” said Prof. Gregory.
“These facts strongly support Dar
win’s view that man is an off-shoot
from the anthropoid stem.”
Prof. J. W. Rubsell, of the Uni
versity of Ontario, offered evidence
which, he said, indicated that masto
dons had lived in Ontario within
relatively recent geological times. He
told of discoveries of mastodon re
mains which were not preserved in
peat or marl, and, consequently,
could not be as old as has been sup
posed.
Reginald A. Daly,' professor of
geology in Harvard university, said
that the recovery of the earth’ sur
face, in Labrador and Keewatin,
from the depression caused by
glacial ice confirmed the theory that
the substructure of the earth’s crust
was plastic.
The size of smoke particles in the
ance be an evidence of emotion?’’
Mr. Crowe asked.
“No, not in this case,” replied Dr.
Hulbert.
“What is the significance of en
docrine disease?” asked the state’s
attorney.
"We find in such persons a ten
.dency to faint, with poor circulation
in the brain. Most such persons are
failures in life in competition with
others,” was ttye reply.
“Is that true of Leopold?” asked
Mr. Crowe.
Afflicted 30,000
"Yes, he is a failure in life,” said
the witness.
“It occurred quite frequently in
the war, didn’t it?” asked Mr.
Crowe.
“Yes, it afflicted some 30,000,” an
swered Dr. Hulbert.
“You talk about Leopold follow
ing Loeb blindly,” said the state s at
torney. “Do you get anything out
bert’s estifffate of Mrs. Strqthers
Bishop, the governess of Loeb’s child
hood, and, who, it has been testified,
did much towards molding his ideas.
The witness said he had seen the
governess but once, that it was dif
ficult to form an estimate under
pf that other than his desire to serve
his slave fantasy?”
“Yes, a desire to follow a greater
intellect,”, replied the doctor. !
The question turned to Dr. Hui
such conditions, but that he regard
ed her attitude towards Loeb as un
usual in that she regarded him as a
child.
Still Has Baby Teeth
The witness, testifying as to pa
thology found in Loeb, said that the
skin was' that of an immature lad,
that he still had three baby teeth,
that the blood pressure was below
normal, had tremors of the facial
muscles, definite tremors of the
tongue, a spasmodic movement of
one eye, heart somewhat cubular in
shape and thyroid not quite palpa-.
ble. . '
“Leopold ■ was impulsive, wasn t
he?” asked Mr. Crowe. “Did he re
alize it?”
“I expect not,” was the response.
"Few of us have perspective on our
selves."
The next question referred to Leo
pold having worked out “many con
sistent plans for the future.” Dr.
Hulbert said that was all right, ex
cept he wasn’t certain as to "con
sistent” but admitted "yes, you are
right” when Mr. Crowe pointed >out
this expression in the doctor’s writ
ten report.
Dr. Hulbert said that it was un
usual that Leopold did not plan to
run away frbm home after he came
to feel that he was unwelcome there.
Plot on Brother a
"Why did Loeb want to put a
rope around the neck of the vic
tim?” asked Mr. Crowe.
“Probably to equalize the guilt,”
replied the witness.
Dr. Hulbert said he thought Loeb
was “joking" when he said he and
Leopold had considered kidnaping
Loeb's brother, Tommy.
The witness said he believed
Loeb’s statement that he was very
fond of Tommy.
“Did Loeb show any emotion while
he was relating the story of the
crime to you?” asked Mr. € rowe.
“That is a question,” replied Dr.
Hulbert. “It was not clear whether
hd showed emotion. He seemed to
wipe his nose with his finger and it
might have been he was wiping
away a nasal tear. If it was emotion
it was surprisingly slight.”
Loeb Not Very Nervous
The witness said Loeb was not
very nervous and that he went to
sleep while Leopold was being ex
amined.
“Didn’t Loeb tell you it hurt him
to talk to Mrs. Franks, mother of
the murdered boy. and that it made
him sad?” asked Mr. Cr<|we.
“I don’t know whether he said sad
or uncomfortable,” replied Dr. Hul
bert. “I know he did |not want to
see her.”
“He said he did not want to see
anyone in pain.” pursued the state's
attorney. “Is not that embtion?”
“Very slight,” was the reply.
“There- was no definite emotion
about it, any more than had he said
’I am very sorry that I dropped that
fork.' ”
Dr. Hulbert admitted he did not
think very much of Loeb's judgment.
“He had more opportunities than
most boys in Chicago, yet doomed
himself to destruction,” he said.
“Then his judgment in thinking he
was unwelcome at home was an
item.”
“But it is quite common among
boys of nine to run away, isn’t it?”
asked Mr. Crowe. “Didn’t you ever
run away?”
“No.” answered the doctor with a
smile, “but I helped my brother run
away.”
Cites Errors in Judgment
As errors in judgment on Loeb’s
part the doctor also enumerated his
attitude towards the governess, con
templation of kidnaping his brother
or father, trying to compete with is
and 19-year-oIA boys 4u drinking
and carousing when he was 14, and
reading detective stories with
avidity.
“Isn’t it bad judgment for anyone
to drink?” asked the prosecutor.
“Scientifically, yes,” answered the
doctor;
Mr. Crowe gained the admission
s air of industrial cities is fairly uni
’ form, 10,000 particles weighing one
' milligram, 450,000 milligrams making
! a. pound, according to Dr. J. C.
- Owens, who measured the smoke
content of London's atmosphere.
mean cancer. These went away de
lighted to know that their fears
were groundless.
The doctors felt that the clinic
1 easily proved its value. .The project
- i was not widely advertised, but the
i i response from the city was sttffi
’ j debt to show that the public did
• appreciate the efforts of the medi
-leal profession to relieve their fears
- ami give early diagnosis of cancer.
- ; The city medical society has now
■ j appointed a committee of doctors to
- I plan for a permanent cancer diag-
' noslic clinic, to be located some
’ I where in the center of town. A ro
-1 {fating volunteer group of specialists
5 { is to be in constant attendance at
• I certain hours, so that the poor and
’ I the rich alike can have medical ad-
■ | vice front this official body repre
’ I sentative of the physicians of the
- city, without charge* The doctors
say that the dictates of medical eth-
• ics are to be guarded in that no
> treatment is to be given or advice
■i as to treatment. The clinic merely
i j diagnoses the case, and then sends
■la letter to the patient’s family phy
•lsician informing him as to the spe
i 1 cialist's findings.
, j A few clinics of this sort have
■ | been conducted by small groups of
| doctors and by the cancer society.
, i The project described here, how
ever, is ....j tn. t to be started by a
' city’s organized body of doctors. A
•Iccal cancer specialist says:
' “It moans that the medical socie
ty has now stepped into the arena
as a body to do everything possible
{ to help the people of the community
jto discover and eradicate cancer
; I cases.”
' from the doctor that boys who usu
ally stare reading “Nick Carter,"
graduate to, Conan Doyle, among the
detective stories, but the doctor in
sisted “then they graduate out of it
all.” / ?
He said General Grant’s'spending
his spare time at West Point read
ing Charlie Levere’s novel was poor
judgment.
Other items of Loeb’s poor judg
ment were mentioned as robbing
his fraternity house at Ann Arbor,
Mich., cheating friends at cards,
choos’ng his college courses and fol
lowing the line of least resistance.
“We asked him if the crime would
be repeated and he said it would
not, that he intended settling down
and being a gentleman, possibly a
I gentleman burglar,” concluded the
' doctor in his sum’mary of Loeb’s
errors of judgment.
Leopold Vivisected
Leopold's mistakes of judgment
then were taken up.
“Doctor, you haven’t any regard
for Leopold's judgment, have you?”
asked Mr. Crowe.
“No, but I’ll qualify that,” replied
the witness. “1 have as regarding
academic matters.”’
“lie showed bad judgment in
selecting acquaintances in life, Loeb,
for instance,” said the witness.
“I'll agree with you there, what
else?” said the state’s attorney.
"The group Leopold ate with at
Ann Arbor, a self-satisfied group of
| eight, and his religious life,” stated
j the doctor.
“Did Ingersoll advance any
i original thoughts or did he only
echo Tom Paine and Voltaire?” in
terrupted Mr. Crowe.
“I cannot say scientifically,” re
sponded Dr. Hulbert. “I was
brought up the son of a Congrega
tionalist minister ,and am prejudiced
against Ingersoll and Tom Paine. I
) said I regarded them as original
thinkers, and Leopold just as an
echo.”
Outstripping friends at school and
dropping instead of retaining them
also was called poor judgment.
More X-Rays Subpoenaed
Since his arrest the avidity with
which Leopold poses for flashlights
in jail also was called bad judgment
as was his Sneering attitude towards
psycniary when preparations were
being made for a report on his case.
Mr. Crowe asked Judge Caverly
for a subpoena duces tecum for the
other X-ray pictures of Loeb and
Leopold, which Dr. Hulbert said
were made in triplicate, and the
judge said it would be issued. Dr.
Hulbert said that the best of the
pictures developed already had been
introduced as evidence.
The defense took Dr. Hulbert on
redirect examination and sought to
• bring out that information withheld
I from 1 ini by Loeb and Leopold, re
] marked on yesterday when Dr. Hul
' hert said there were gaps in his re
port relating to perversions and delin
quencies. and that if told to him
would have confirmed his con
cbisicns.
Dr. Hulbert testified yesterday
that if the gaps had been filled in
“they might have" influenced him
to dif.eient conclusions.
Beads Summary of Loeb
Walter Bachrach, of defense coun
sel. asked for Dr. Hulbert’s neuro
psychiatric findings as concerned
Loeb and Leopold, and over objec
tion by the state, which contended
the information already "had gone
into the record, ■» the witness began
to read.
“My sumamry is Loeb has endo
crine disease that keeps x him an
adolescent, and from many activi
ties, giving him too much time to
indulge in reveries. Due to a fault
I in training he became a liar to an
i abnormal extent. His secret read
| ing at an early age planted in him
a criminalistic goal as his life's ambi-
I tion. He is anaemic to a mild ex
| tent. His contemplations are pon
dering. Reveries are a dominant
factor ’n his conscious life and ac
tivity. He has a false estimate of
■ himself and others, has periodk of
| depression severe enough to be call
‘ ' ed unusual but not severe enough to
■ : lead to suicide. His sex life ' not
satisfactory to him. His delinquen-
; rics, including the Franks case, are
■ I due to .-.1l these things.”
As Dr. Hulbert finished reading
' his conclusions as to Loeb's person
; ality Judge Caverly directed the
1 ■ noon recess.
1 . In order to expedite matters.
! Benjamin Bachrach, of defense coun
i i sei, explained to the court Dr. Hul
hert had sent for the X-ray plates
demanded under the order of duces
tecum and had not returned when
i I the hearing was resumed.
: Mrs. Katherine B. Fitzgerald, for
la years secretary to Albert Loeb,
father of Richard, testified, under
< questioning by Air, Darrow, that for
; c.cht nr ten years she had supplied
Richard Loeb with money, usually
;• -:vin,g him each time he asked
< . tor funds. She denied that Loeb had
X a specified allowance of $125 a
I month and said that the amount
i I varied from time to time, Loeb ob-
| taining whatever he asked if it was
: j not unreasonable.
Jacob M. Loeb, former president
- . of the Chicago public s -bool hoard
and an unde of Richard Loeb, was
•i then called.
FM BAYS’ SALES
OFTOBWTOTIL
3,1 M POUNDS
A total of 3,194.772 pounds of to
bacco was sold on the floors of Geor
gia tobacco warehouses last week, ac
cording to a report compiled Mon
day morning by Peter V. Rice, stat
istician of the Georgia department
of agriculture. and submitted/to
Commissioner J- J- Brown. The de
partment receives weekly sworn
statements concerning the sales
through its crop reporting service,
as required by law. Several ware
houses had not reported.
Reports received by 10:30 a. m.
Monday, when the tabulation was
made, follow:
Farmers Warehouse, Blackshear
Ra: Pounds sold first-hafid, 413,464.
Average price of sales during week,
18 52-lOOc per pound. Quality, good,
12 1-2 per cent; medium, 37 1-2 per
cent; common, 50 per-cent. Planters
Warehouse, Blackshear, Ga.: Pounds
sold firsthand, 238,096. Average
price of sales during week, 21 79-100 c
per pound. Quality, fair. Growers
Warehouse, Douglas, Ga.; Pounds
sold first-hand, 238-096. Average
price of sales during week, 21 79-
110 c. Quality, good, 20 per cent; me
dium, 60 per cent; common, 20 per
cent. The Big Tobacco Warehduse,
Douglas, Ga.: Pounds sold first-hand.
257,141. Average price of sales dur
ing week, 22 54-100 c per pound. Qual
ity, good, 25 per cent; medium. 50
per cent; common, 25 per cent.
Planters Warehouse, Hazelhurst,
Ga.: Pounds sold first-hand, 254,790.
Average price of sales during week,
19c per pound. Quality, good. 30
per cent; medium, 45 per ce’nt; com
mon, 25 per cent. Gold Leaf Ware
house, Hahira, Ga.; Pounds sold
first-hand, 225,024. Average price
of sales during week, 19 58-100 c per
pound. Quality, good, 20 pei,- cent;
medium, 55 per cent; common, 25
per cent.
Fenner's Warehouse, Hahira, Ga.—
Pounds sold firsthand, 228,2 8.
Averaae price of sales during week,
per pound, 20-44 I,ooc. Quality, me
dium.
Banner Warehouse, Tifton Ga. —
Pounds sold first-hand, 306,320. Av
erage price of sales during week,
per pound, 20-25 100 c. Quality, good,
40%; medium, 40%; common, 20%.
Dixie Warehouse, Tifton, Ga.
Pounds sold first-hand, 27,956. Aver
age price of sales during week, per
pound, 17-81 100 c. Good, 25%; kme
dium, 65%; common, 10%.
Bowland & Meadows Warehouse,
Vidalia, Ga. —Pounds first-hand,
273,220. Average price of sales dur
ing week, per pound, 21-45 100 c.
Quality, good, 25%, medium, 50%;
common, 25%.
B. B. Saunders Warehouse, Val
dosta, Ga. — Pounds sold first-hand,
187,046. Averapo price of sales dur
ing week, per pound, 12-2,1 100 c.
Quality, good, 25%; ’“urn, 50%;
common, 25%.
Alliance Warehouse, A'aldosta, Ga.
Pounds sold first-hand, 57,156. Aver
age price of sales during week, per
pound, 21-11 100 c. Quality: No com
ments made.
Farmers’ Warehouse. Nashville,
Ga.- —Pounds sold first-hand, 187,4 80
Average price of sales during week,
per pound. 23-05 100 c. Quality good,
25%; medium, 65%; common, 10%.
Planters Warehouse. Uamiha, Ga.
Pounds sold first-hand, 203,716. Av
erage price of sales during week,
per pound, 16-12 100 c. Quality, me
dium.
No reports had been received from
Fitzgerald Tobacco warehouse, Fitz
gerald, Ga.: Planters’ Tobacco ware
house, Nashville, Ga.; Union Ware
house, Nashville, Ga.; Farmers’
Warehouse, Valdosta, Ga., and Mor
gan’s Warehouse, Blackshear, Ga.
NINETY CENTS PAID GROWERS
OF ONE VALDOSTA LOT
VALDOSTA, Ga., Aug. 12. —To-
bacco sales Monday amounted to
one hundred and thirty-six thousand
pounds and the average at the first
two warehouses was 2§ and 26%c.
Much better tobacco was on floors
than last week. The highest price
was 90c, to J. B. Cowart, of
Mineolaa, who also ftad four lots to
sell for 65c, one lot 64c and several
lots last week at from 40 to 55c. It
is his first year as a tobacco grower
and his stakes are regarded as re
markable.
Several lots of tobacco brought
above 60c at all of the warehouses.
It is expected that the better
grades will be marketed this week
as the first of the season is usually
given to low grades of which the
demand is limited.
TOBACCO OF FIVE COCNTIES
MARKETED AT FITZGERALD
FITZGERALD, Ga., Aug. 12.
Monday’s tobacco market opened
with tobacco from Coffee, Bacon, Ir
win, Wilcox and Ben Hill counties.
Forty thousand pounds were sold at
an actual average price of 27c per
pound. A number of piles sold as
high as 50c, and E. L. Rigsby, of
Ambrose, received the $lO prize given
by the chambe rof commerce for the
best tobacco sold today. The Rev.
W. H. Tomlinson, of Willacoochee,
averaged 31c and School Superin
tendent Welchel, of Ocilla, 33c for
large lots on the market.
DAVS SALES AT NASHVILLE
THREATEN 400.000 MARK
NASHVILLE, Ga., Aug. 12.—Mon
day’s tobacco sales were the Lest
here since the opening of the mar
ket at Nashville, three hundred thou
sand pounds having been 'sold up
until 5 o’clock, with two Fours longer
to sell. The total promised to reacti
the four hundred thousand mark.
Tobacco averaged 30v, the highest
average since the market opened.
Monday was a busy one, all the ware
houses being filled to capacity. The
streets were filled with wagon?, ana
trucks of tobacco. Sheriff N. N.
Hughes, of Berrien county, sold a
lot of tobacco today, consisting of
curings from two barns, at ah aver
age of 41c. He has sold a thousand
dollars from four acres and lias two
barns more t osell. One basket of
tobacco sold for $331.
FOI RTH DAV AT CAMILLA
FINDS PRICES (LIMBING
CAMILLA, Ga.. Aug. 12.—The
fourth day of the Camilla, tobacco
market found the prices firm and
climbing higher. Five counties.
Thomas, Grady. Decatur, Colquitt
and Mitchell, had tobacco on the
floor. The grade of tobacco im
proved over three previous days, the
highest price being paid to Mrs. A.
C. DeWitt, of Sale City, 50 and 56
cents. Other averages: B. H. Belch
er, Cairo, 28 cents: J. B. Parish,
Pavo, 26 cents: L. C. Poitevent, Pel
ham. 30 cents; O. P. Sapp, 27 cents;
G. C. Burson, Camilla, 33 cents.
Others receiving prices running up
to 30 cents were: C. J>. Harrell,
Moultrie; Trulock Supply company.
Climax.
One large lot wa sold by a local
farmer for an average of over 33
cents. Very few low grades were on
the market, causing the highest av
erage so far.
Bank deposits have increased over
SIOO,OOO in Camilla since the open
ing of the market, and bankers are
enthusiastic over the situation.
SPIRITED DOI (H.AS TK\DING
RESI LIS IN HIGH A 4 F.KAGE
DOUGLAS, Ga... Aug. 12.-
WOMAN IN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF TEXAS GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
DOUSE SIDEMKS
LUFmTOLL
BF 38 TO 60 VOTE
The incoihe tax issue was disposed
of for the present Session’when the
house of representatives Tuesday
voted 96 to 60 to sustain a report of
the rules committee leaving the
Lankford income tax bill off the cal
endar for the day.
As it was proposed to offer a sub
stitute fo|r the Lankford bill, it would
have bebn necessary to have it
passed in the hoqse Tuesday, and
concurred in by the senate Wednes
day to get the income tax bill
through the present session.
When the rules committee submit
ted its report fixing the calendar for
the day without any mention of the
income tax bill, Representatives Har
rist of Jefferson; Stovall, of Elbert;
McClure, of Walker, and Stewart,
of Atkinson, introduced a resolution
to disagree with the rules committee
and place senate bill No. 3, known
as the Lankford income tax bill, at
the top of the calendar for Tuesday
as a special and continuing order of
business until disposed of.
Under the rules of the house, a
mption to disagree with the report
of the rules committee is not debat
able during the last seven days of a
session. Advocates of the measure,
hdwever. were sustained in a demand
for a. roll call, and the call resulted
in 60 votes for the resolution and
96 against it.
Two Thirds Vote Needed
Tn order to override a report of the
rules committee it would have been
necessauy for the resolution to re
ceive two thirds of the votes of those
present, constituting a majority of
the house. There were 156 present,
and a two-thirds vote would have
been 104. The bill is a constitutional
amendment, and would therefore re
quire 138 votes for final passage.
There was a suggestion that an ef
fort might be made to pass the Lank
ford bill without - amendment or sub
stitute on the final day of the ses
sion, but the vote Tuesday indicated
that such an effort would be hope
less.
The bill of Senator Spence provid
ing stricter requirements for the
practice of pharmacy in Georgia,
known as the pure drug bill, was
defeated in the house when the mem
bers voted 76 to 60 against concur
ring in the favorable committee re
port.
The senate bill requiring auto
mobiles to stop at grade crossings,
and providing that the railroads and
state highway department should
pay one-half of the expense of over
head or underpass crossings pro
voked a fight of almost two hours
in the house, ami was finally de
feated by three votes. The vote was
101 for the bill and 4 4 against it,
while 104 votes were required for
passage.
The rules committee placed the
port bond issue, on the calendar for
Tuesday as the tenth measure on the
list. This indicated that the port bill
would not come up until the after
noon session, if it was reached at all
during the day.
Soldiers’ Home Investigation
The house passed with little op
position a resolution by Representa
tive Smith, of Bryan county, pro
viding for a legislative investigation
of conditions at the Confederate Sol
diers’ home in Atlanta. The resolu
tion set forth that serious charges of
mismanagement have been made
against the officials nt the home.
It provided for a committee of three
house members and two senators to
investigate conditions there and re
port back to the legislature. As the
resolution is a joint one, it must
be approved by the senate.
By a. vote of 114 to 9. the. house I
passed the senate bill of Senator Ma
son, limiting the argument of coun
sel in all cases in city and superior
courts below felony cases to thirty
minutes, in felony cases, except cap
ital cases, to one hour ahd in cap
ital cases, to two hours, and also
limiting the number of attorneys
making arguments to two on each
side. The law also applies to civil
cases.
The house passade a bill authoriz
ing.street car companies to own
stock in bus lines and operate bus
lines. Representative Stewart, of
Atkinson county, who had opposed
the motor but| bill, supported the
present bill. The vote was 131 to 5.
By a vote of- 113 to 5, the house i
passed a bill of Senator Phillips, fix- I
ing the amount of costs in trial |
courts in trover actions at $5 in
cases involving SIOO or less.
Women Solons Active
The two women members of the I
Georgia house of representatives I
took the lead Monday afternoon for a j
bill intended to preserve the natural j
attractiveness of the State of j
Georgia.
Arctic Explorer Returns
After Long Stay in North
NOME, Alaska, Aug. 12.—(8y the |
Associated Press.) —Knude Rasmus
sen, leader of Danish expedition
studying Eskimo, has arrived at Kot
zebue, 150 miles north of here, a tele
gram here Mdnday indicated. No
word has been received by him in
fifteen months. Anxiety concerning
him had been felt for six months.
s cooacco market was Strong again
Monday and the bidding among the
buyers was spirited. Some of the
better grades, along with sand lugs,
were on the market. The territory
embracing the Douglas market per
haps has the best tobacco grown m
Georgia this year, due to the favor
able seasons.
The reporter, in going carefully
through the warehouses, listed at
random a lew of the sales of differ
ent growers, showing the following
averages: Lonnie A. Pone, of Doug
las, sold off his 28 acres, 4,000
pourcis of the first pickings, at a
general average of 31.6 cents. War
ren Carter, of Coffee county, sold
SOO pounds at 35.5 cents average.
J. R. Dockery, of Broxton. sold
1.114 pounds at 33.75 cents average.
W. D. Demry, of Nicholls, sold a
large lot at 34 cents average. C. M. ,
Davis, of Nicholls, sold five dlffere.it i
lots at 35.2 cents average. E. L. j
Vickers, of Douglas, sold off bis
large acreage, partly of first pick
ings, 1.396 pounds, at 38.8 cents aver
age. C. H. Willingham sold 992
pounds at 37 40 cents average. L.
S. Cole, of Bacon county, sold 980 I
pounds at 53 cents average.
The highest prices observed in to-\
day’s sale was 68 cents. The Pea- >
gram & Hester warehouse sold to-I
day 14.000 pounds at a general aver-1
age of 25.02 cents per pound, which i
represented the morning sales. I
The Growers' warehouse sold Mon- '
day afternoon about 160.000
with prices running perhaps a little;
stronger than the morning sales, I
but exact pounds and average price
was not available in time for this |
report. T b eie was left on th® floor!
tn-Jay 150,0 11 ’) pounds
for Tuesday’s sales. I
THURSDAY, AUGI ST LI, 1924.
Mrs. "Jim" Ferguson, Fight
ing to Vindicate Husband's
Name, Sees Chances
Brighten as Run-off Nears
BY HARRY C. BINNINGTON
(Special J,eased Wire to The Journal—Copy
right, 1924.)
TEMPLE, Texas, Aug. 11.—A
quiet sort of a woman, stamped all
over from aureole of graying dark
brown rair to the /soles of simple
black low shoes, with the certain
trade mark of the good wife and
the thrifty home maker, Is demon
strating conclusively in Texas the
old adage that though “man may
work from sun to sun, woman's
work is never done.”
Ten years of political cyclones rag
ing forever about the head of James
E. Ferguson, Bell county farmer and
banker, who became governor over
night on the crest of a wave he
created by the force of his own per
sonality, and who lost the office
overnight ;n the undertow that
came along, failed to discover Mrs.
Miriam Amanda Ferguson as any
thing but the hospitable wife, at
tentive mother ahd perfect foil for
Jim Ferguson.
But a court decision that said her
impeached husband could not be a
candidate for office in Texas discov
ered Miriam Amanda Ferguson to
Texas Democrats and herself.
“Jim” and “Mamma" Ferguson
sat in the spacious living room of
their home here two months ago
and pondered 'over the court de
cision.
Wife Fights for Name
“I’ll tell you what, Jim,” she said,
“there isn't a law in the world thr.t
will keep me from running for gov
ernor and fighting for the vindica
tion of our name.”
“And there isn’t a force under
Heaven that can keep you from win
ning,” came back Jim. Ferguson,
who thinks he knows a thing or two
about Texas voters.
That sealed the bargain and on
July 26, Democratic voters in the
primary |o the number of 146,777,
said they wanted Mrs. Ferguson to
be governor of Texas. As there were
nine candidates, none of whom got
a majority, the two highest, Felix D.
Robertson, Dallas judge, supported
by the Ku Klux Klan, and Mrs.
Ferguson, will make a second con
test for the nomination—which is
equivalent to election.
With seven candidates eliminated
from the race, Mrs. Ferguson has re
ceived "profers of support from six of
them and the other has said private
ly that he will vote for her. In
tion, she has won to her side prac
tically all leaders of the forces who
have continually opposed her hus
band, including state senators, who
voted to impeach him in 1917, and
former Attorney General M. M.
Crane, chief of the prosecutors ih
the impeachment contest.
Keeps at Her Canning
For a weekv while returns were
coming in, there was doubt as to
whether Mrs. Ferguson would finish
second in the race and so gain a
place in the “run off” primary. Dur
ing that time her most common pos
ture was, one clutching a telegram of
congratulation in one liynd and a
broom or paring knife in the other.
A Ferguson friend from Dawson
sent the broom to be used “in clean
ing out the state house.” Mrs. Fer
guson gave it a thorough tryout on
the Ferguson kitchen and back
porch.
And while the election returns
were still uncertain in their choice,
Mrs. Ferguson and her comely
daughter. Dorrace. aged 20, peeled
two bushels of Texas peaches for
winter preserves which they hope
wili be consumed in the sgovernor’3
mansion.
After a week of campaigning with
“Jim” she was back home this past
week-end putting her house in shape
and looking aftfer the flowers in the
yard. *
Two daughters Dorrace and Mrs.
George N Nalle, of Austin, and a
three-ycar old grandson, Ernst
Nalle, Lave been Mrs. Ferguson’s
chief interests in life, but she has de
veloped suddenly into a real cam
paigner and likes it.
Hubby Speaks; Wife "Does”
It is still the magic of Jim Fergu
son s “home spun” phraseology that
holds audiences spellbound arid ap
plauding for two hours, but Mrs.
Ferguson prefaces the speech with
a few crisp words, thanking the
voters for their presence and sup
port.
“Jim's a much better speaker than
I am, ’ she says, “but you can trust
me to be the doer.”
When it began, Mrs. Ferguson
had not made a speech in her life.
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You must say “California” or you
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BASEBALL
TUESDAY’S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Mobile, 1-2: Atlanta, 7-3,
Biriningliaiii, 3-1: New Orleans, 5-9.
Chattanooga, 4; Memphis, 14.
Little Rock, 1; Nashville,, 10.
amerFcaSFleague
"Washington, 4; Cleveland, 0.
SALLY LEAGUE
Spartanburg, 7; Macon, 12.
Charlotte, 3; Asheville, 0.
Greenville. 15: Augusta, 2,
MONDAYSS’GAMES ” ,
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta, 2: Mobile, 6.
Memphis, 21; Chattanooga, 14.
New Orleans, 0: Birmingham, 3,
AMERICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
nationaiFleague
Cincinnati, 2; New York, 4.
St. Louis, 1; Brooklyn, 2,
I’ittsbiirg. 7-6; Philadelphia, 3-4.
Chicago, 3; Boston,, 2. .
SALLY LEAGUE
Asheville, A; Charlotte, 5.
Macon. 1; Spartanburg, 0.
Greenville. 7: Augusta. 6.
Death Attempt Failing,
Fugitive Confesses to
Sheriff m Mississippi
MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 12.—Accord
ing to a long distance message from
Sheriff A. W. Ezzel, at Pascagoula,
Miss., near here, Robert Ticker, 52,
of New Orleans, attempted suicide
Monday by leaping into Pascagoula
river, but when he failed to sink, he
swam ashore. Ticker told the sher
iff that three charges of forgery and
one charge of embezzlement were
pending against him at New Orleans,
and that fear of detection prompted
the attempted suicide, the official
reported.
He is held at the county jail pend
ing communication with New Or
leans authorities;
Missing Oklahoma Boy
Is Found in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Lester Lapi
dus, Oklahoma high school boy, »vho
had been missing from the home of
his wealthy parents since August 3,
was found here Monday by repre
sentatives of the Chicago Herald and
Examiner.
She had never even belonged to a
woman's club.
“When they told me I had to
speak,” she < says, “my knees be
came weak and I felt I’d never live
through the ordeal. But the cam
paign swing has got me and I like
it now.”
Mrs. Ferguson is about 45 years
of age, but she won’t tell her exact,
age She was born of stock that
came from old Kentucky and Ten
nessee in the early days of the Texas
republic and has lived all her life in
Bell county. She is a little old-fash
ioned in appearance, with large dark
brown eyes, hair a little streaked
with gray, and a multitude of deep
lines well distributed about her
strong, forceful face. They are lines
that change quickly to battle lines.
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I guarantee that one spoonful ol
this harmless liquid liver medicine
There is much discussion and agita
tion in political circles about the
financial problems of the American
farmer and the so-cail ed "relief* F
that might be given him by the
reduction of freight rates.
Here is an interesting fact—estab- 2
lished by United States Govern- u
ment statistics. The average farmer g
pays to the railroads for transport
ing his products the very small sum v
of $90.00 per year, less than 25c per g
day; and if the railroads were to haul
his crops absolutely free of all cost, Qt
his economic condition would be 1
bettered only by this paltrv sum. $
S' ' If the suggested reduction of 7 C
( billion dollars in railroad valuation
\ were put into effect, it would reduce "J
\ ' the income of the railroads 35%, yet 3
s \ save the average farmer only four
| V dollars a year. vj
1". V Freight rates are not responsible for
iVA \ \ the farmer’s troubles and most farmers
WL\ | know this despite the effort of vote-seek
-7 politicians to “pass the buck” on all
disturbances and depressions, to the trans-
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UNIVERSITY FUND ’
DF $40,0011 VOTED
BY STSTE SENATE
By a. vote of 37 to 4 the state sen
‘ate Tuesday passed a bill appropri
ating $20,000 in 1924 and a like
amount in 1925 for the University of
Georgia, to replace a $40,000 fund
which will be unavailable from the
general education board, but hither- la
to donated by that agency. «
A ruling by President George Cars- ■
well settled a complicated parlia
mentary situation during debate,
when an annulment was offered by
Senator Grantham adding to the
bill an item of $5,000 for the Elev
enth district A. & M. school at Doug
las. The point was made that the
amendment was unconstitutional, as
Ibe bill would contain appropriations
for two separate institutions. A
President Carswell ruled that •
while the courts might construe the
amended bill unconstitutional, he
would not so hold, preferring to al
low the senators to view the situa
tion and vote according to their in
dividual interpretations.
The senate also voted, 29 to 8, to
increase the appropriation for the
state library from $6,000 to SIO,OOO-
An afternoon session was decided
upon to pass on appropriation meas
ures.
The senate Tuesday morning pass
ed by a vote of 40 to 0 a bill appro- W
priating SBO,OOO to complete the I
nurses’ home at the state sanitarium
at Milledgeville.
Thirty thousand dollars was made
available for the board of entomol
ogy in experimental work against
the ravages of insects and diseases
in peaches, pecans and other prod
ucts of the state farrq. The bill com- j
ing from the house provided only w
$15,000, the senate approving the in- 1
crease by a vote of 33 to 3. I
The sum of $7,000 was appropri
ated for the school of the deaf at
Cave Springs. The vote was 36 to 2.
A resolution from the house pro
viding for an investigation of the
Old Soldiers’ home, at Atlanta, was
referred to the pensions committee.
By a vote of 28 to 0, the senate
passed a house bill providing for re
covering by next of kin of victims of
homicides. The bill was amended
to make the amount of damages de- A
termined by the dependency of the
next of kin. ’
The house bill requiring sheriffs
to make reports within ten days of
automobiles seized in whisky cases
was passed 27 to 1.
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