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DOMESTIC ISSUES PARAMOUNT, COOLIDGE DECLARES
T PORT BILL BEATEN:
EFFORT TO BOOST
• - GJSOLINETO FAILS
More Than $300,000 Added
to Appropriations—Jit
ney Tax Blocked
The Georgia legislature adjourned
morning at 6:10 o'clock, after spend
ing an unusually turbulent night
| at the state capitol and breaking
all records as to longevity, according
to veteran officers of the two houses.
It was said that the adjournment
hour was later by two hours than
that of any session in recent history,
with the exception of the one three
years ago. which lasted until al
most 5 o’clock.
Outstanding features of the finai
were:
' 1- Defeat of the state port bond
bill.
2. Defeat of an additional half
cent tax on gasoline.
3. Defeat of the distillation test
for gasoline, and any reduction in
f the number of oil inspectors.
♦ 4. Addition of more than $300,000
to appropriation bills.
t 5. Defeat of a new effort to put
Jitneys and bus lines under, control
of the public service commission,
and to tax them heavily.
Three efforts were made in the
house to pass the bill abolishing
the Pullman surcharge, and al
though there was no opposition to
the measure, its backers could never
get 104 members in the house at
the same time.
The child labor bill and the for
estry measure were never reached
on the house calendar, and a num
ber of other important bills died
at sunrise.
Important Bills Passed
Outstanding accomplishments of
the session were the passage of the
biennial sessions bill; the abolish
ment of the fee system of paying
county officials in Fulton county,
and the first step toward the salary
system in the other large counties
\ 4 of the state; the substitution of the
V ▼ ■ electric chair for the gallows in the
l execution of criminals: the creation
of Peach county out of portions of
Houston and Macon counties, and
enactment of the absent voters’
f measure, permitting persons away
from home to cast their ballots by
regisetred mail.
The l.lg fight of the final night
came on the bill of Senator Face to
substitute the distillation test for the
gravity test of gasoline in Georgia,
i Representative Covington, of Col
-9 qu’tt county, offered an amendment
to this bill, repealing the present
law tor gasoline inspection, and re
ducing the number of oil inspectors
to six.
Representative Bussey, of Crisp
county, and Representative Dykes,
of Dooly county, led a fight against
this amendment, claiming that it
would rfesult in the loss of more than
$500,000 in revenue to the state.
Representative Mann, of Glynn
county, and other supporters of the
amendment, declared that it would
1 > be worth a. half million dollars to
the state to break up the political
organization of the department o’
agriculture The delate was made
the occasion for several personal
attacks upon J. J. Brown, commis
sioner of agriculture.
The amendment of Judge Coving
ton was finally adopted on a roll
call, with practically every member
of the house taking advantage of
« the three-minute period to explain
_ iZs vote. The vote on the amend-
f Aent was 89 to 67, and the vote on
VlMtfhe bill was 89 for it and 66 against
but the measure was lost through
failure to receive 104 votes.
Vote on Port Bill
Although they realized that they
had been outgeneraled in the rules
committee of the house when so
many bills were placed ahead of the
state port bond bill on the calendar,
the supporters of that measure let
it come to a vote at a time when
the support of all members present
’ would not have passed it.
Representative Sutlive, of Chat
ham county, made an eloquent plea
for the measure as a step toward
providing marketing facilities for
l the farmers of the state. Repre-
I sentative Atkinson, of Chatham;
f Representative Dixon, of Jerikins.
and others spoke for the measure,
while Representatives Elders, of
Tattnall, and Stovall, of Elbert, led
♦ the opposition. A motion to table
was defeated by a vote of 62 to 53.
' The final vote on the port meas-
gV tire was 72 for it and 56 against it.
™ The bill being a constitutional
amendment, would have required a
two-thirds vote, or 138. The Chat
ham representatives stated that
they knew the measure would be de
feated with so small an attendance
in the house, but they- wanted to
get the members on record.
Gasoline Tax Beaten
Three amendments to the general
tax act, tacked on by the senate,
caused a wrangle between the two
houses that lasted for two hours.
I After a conference committee had
* / been appointed and had conferred
for some time, the senate receded
from all the amendments.
One of these amendments provid
ed for an additional tax of one-half
cent per gallon on gasoline, making
the state revenue tax three ami one
half cents, and the inspection fee
one half cent, era total of four
~ cents per gallon, with the extra half
cent going to the state highway de
partment. The house voted. 64 to 43.
against this amendment.
t Another senate amendment would
(have en rted the jitney bus bill that
the ho“se defeated earlier in the
session. This amendment provided a
license Mx of from §3O to S7O upon
busses, and gave the state public
service commission jurisdiction over
all jitney and bus lines. The amend
ment further provided that no jit
neys or busses should be operated,
after the passage of the bill, until
the public service commission . had
issued a permit, and provided that
I e (Continued on Page 3, Column 61
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
PROBLEM OF RUHR !
EVACUATION STILL
DEADLOCKS PARLEY
German Mission Waits for
Word From Berlin on
Acceptance
LONDON, Aug. 14.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —The deadlock between
the French and the Germans on the
question of the time limit for the mil
itary evacuation of the Rulr is im
periling the success of the interna
tional conference, it was indicated to
day after a hurried meeting of the
French. Belgian and German pre
! miers at Downing street early this
morning had failed to produce tangi
ble results.
Delegates to the conference say
they hope and expect, however, that
American or British intervention will
save the. program, which the allies
have agreed upon for instituting the
Dawes’ reparation plan.
The Germans reurned to their
l:otel, where direct cables to Berlin
carried the news of the unfavorable
turn in the conference to the mem
bets of the German cabinet at the
other end of the wire. After a brief
German cabinet meeting, negotiated
by the cables, which were exchanged
directly with Wilhmsstrassce, Chan
cellor Marx and Foreign Minister
Stresemann returned to Downing
street at 12:30 o'clock.
Americans Are Busy
After the meeting between Premier
Herriot, of France, Premier Theunis,
of Belgium, and Chancellor Mark, of
Germany, which lasted about twenty
minutes, American Ambassador
Frank B. Kellogg and American Rep
rensentative James A. Logan, Jr.,
rushed to the American embassy and
joined Owen D. Young and the other
American experts on the Dawes plan
to consider what action they might
take to solve the new complications.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Mac-
Donald, of Great Britain, saw M.
Herriot and urged upon him that he
accept a compromise on the time lim
it for the evacuation of the Ruhr.
The anxiety which was felt for the
success of the conference was re
flected in the facial expressions and
in the general deportment of the Al
lied, German and American Repre
sentatives as they arrived and de
parted from Downing street.
On his return to his hotel after the
morning conference, M. Herriot said;
"The allies are with us and we are
in complete control of the situation.”
At 2:15 o’clock Chancellor Marx
visited M. Herriot at the latter’s
hotel. It was intimated that the
German chief delegate might have
brought with him the German an
swer on the all-important Ruhr ques
tion.
The negotiations between the
French, Belgians and Germans was
resumed at 3 o’clock this afternoon,
after which there was to be a meet
jing of the “big fourteen.”
The French delegates declare they
have agreed upon one year as the
maximum time for the evacuation
of the Ruhr with reductions of,
tiiat period only if special conditions
warrant them. The one-year period I
will begin with the date of the!
signing' of the London agreement. |
At the conclusion of the confer- j
ence between Premier Herriot and |
the German chancellor, which lasted |
nearly an hour, it was announced j
that there was nothing that could j
be made public.
American Ambassador Kellogg Is- I
sued a statement through the em-'
bassy denying absolutely a publish- j
ed report to the effect that he had 1
issued an ultimatum to the Ger-I
mans in support of the French plan
providing a year for the militaryi
’ evacuation of the Ruhr. Mr. Kel
' position, it is stated, is one
! of the neutrality regarding this is-
■ sue.
Marx Waits on Berlin
Later Chancellor Marx said that
he could not accept on his own au
thority the French proposal that the
i military evacuation of the Ruhr be
-1 gin one year after the date of the
• signing of the protocol in London.
■ It was announced that Dr. Luther,
; of the German delegation, would go
. to Berlin to consult with President
, Ebert and the leaders of the parties
! and that the Germans would give
I their answer Sunday.
; The deadlock, it is explained, is
. over both the date on which the
- evacuation will begin and on the
. duration of the evacuation. The
I Germans have been insisting that
l, it should begin immediately and
. should be completed by January.
■ The French have proposed that the
. evacuation should be completed not
. later than one year from the date
i of signing the protocol embodying
the work of the London conference.
The assumption also has been that
. the French would not be willing to
begin the evacuation until the inter
' allied control commission had com
’ vleted its present Investigation it is
• expected, will not be before the mid-
J die of September.
Treasury Department
; Will Ignore Protests
On Memorial Coms
t WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—Protests
■ filed with the treasury department
■ by members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and similar orgtniza-
F tions against the minting of a
' special fifty-cent piece to comment
? crate the -'eginning of the Stone
' Mountain Confederate memorial in
' Georgia will have no eff.’Ct it was
“ announced today at rhe treasury de
-1 partment, in view of the spec'fic in
' structions carried the act of con
gress.
j Designs for the coia already have
I been forwarded 'o the federal art
. commission for study. Jt nas no
been <> .ermined how many of the
co > s w.li be minted.
World News
Told in
Brief
TURIN, Italy.—Violent storms
cause numerous floods and consider
able damage.
WASHINGTON. Secretary of
State Hughes returns to duties and
confers with President Coolidge after
return from European visit.
NEW YORK?—lsaac D. Blake. 95,
Lincoln’s New York bodyguard and
friend of Commodore Cornelius Van
derbilt, dies in Bedford, N. Y’.
NEW YORK.—Mauretania shat
ters all previous records for Cher
bourg-New York passage by crossing
in five days, three hours and twenty
minutes. _____
BERLlN.—Editorial comment is
vehement in rejecting any settle
ment in London on question of
evacuation of Ruhr, which will fail
to measure up to popular German
expectations.
BOSTON.—Germans are not eager
to join League of Nations, Dr.
Moritz J. Bonn, financial adviser to
German government, tells Institute
of Politics audience at Williamstown,
Massachusetts.
WASHINGTON.—Mexican Federa
tion of Labor sends message of ap
preciation to American Federation of
Labor for extending “courtesies to
President-elect Plutarco Calles, of |
Mexico.
WASHINGTON?—President Cool
idge in formally accepting nomina
tion a s presidential candidate of Re
publican party declares that people
want above all "a government of
common sense.”
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain.—ln ef
forts to increase value of Spanish
peseta, as compared with American
dollar and British pound, govern
ment intends to open credits with
American and English banks.
TRYING TO CROSS
PACIFIC IN DORY
MANILA, Aug. 14.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —It is supposed that
Ira. Sparks, of Peru. Indiana, who
sailed from Honolulu in January
for the Holy Land in a 23-foot dory,
perished off the coast of Zamboango.
A deserted boat named "Dauntless,
Honolulu,” has been found stranded
on Gatusan island, on the eastern
coast of zamboango, according to a
telegram received by constabulary
headquarters. There was no trace
of Sparks.
Sparks arrived in Honolulu from
San Francisco in a packing box
aboard one of the traas-Pacific liners
last year. On his departure in the
dory he announced that he was
bound for the Holy Land to “seek
the true word of God.”
Escaping Convicts
Take Bloodhound
Along With Them
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Aug. 14.
Two convicts working in the Hall
county gang, on the Keith’s bridge
highway, escaped Monday afternoon
about 3 o’clock, taking with them
the bloodhound which had been
sent in pursuit.
They were Elijah Hill, aged 38,
6 feet 2 inches high, and John
Moore, aged 20, 5 feet 8 inches high.
Both were sent up from Rome.
They were working with the
teams when they decided to run for
it. They hid in the woods until neat
midnight. About 2 a. m., they at
tempted to enter the store of Minor
Brown, on the Shallowford road, hear
the city limits, but were scared away
by a bulldog. They then headed
north and broke into Bill Welchel’s
store at Shallowford and stole food
and some money, but found no
clothing.
From there they crossed the river
int othe Fork district and com
mandeered the Rev. Wlil White's new
automobile. In the meantime the
bloodhound had come up with them
and became friendly, but when they
got the car they bade her good-by.
The dog was found Tuesday morning
and brought home by Jim Dooley.
Lanier County Sheriff
And Farmer Arrested
As Liquor Conspirators
Fred D. Dismuke. federal prohibi
tion director in Georgia, announced
Thitrsdav that Sheriff E- Tucker, of
Lanier county, and Grover Boyett. a
Lanier county farmer, were arrested
Tuesday by a federal posse led by
himself and were charged with con
spiracy tn violate the national p-o
--hibition act Mr. Dismuke returned
to Atlanta Thursday.
Both Sheriff Tucker and Boyett
made bonds of SI,OOO before the
United States commissioner at Val
dosta immeditaely after their arrest.
Mi. Dismuke stated.
War Finance Head
Tells Coolidge Farmers
Are Nearing Prosperity
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—Agri
culture has definitely turned the cor
ner, and is on the road to permanent
recovery. Eugene Meyer, Jr., man
aging director <>f -he Wai- Fiiance
| corporation, reported today to Presi
i dent Coolidge, after a trip of inspec
j tion through the west.
"Conditions everywhere in the
i west,” Mr. Meyer said, "ar? improv
ling rapidly. It is the most radical
I improvement in agriculture in
I years.”
Lincolnton Store Robbed
LINCOLNTON, Ga., Aug. 14—A
daring burglary was perpetrated late
j Tuesday night, probably just before
day Wednesday morning, upon the
dry goods store of H. Wolson. here,
the burglar taking seventeen suits of
clothe® and other expensive mer
chandise. such silk dresses. Stet
son hats, dress soods and other mer
chandise, totaling S7OO or more.
CROWE DARROW
IN WHO PASSAGE;
COURT IS RECESSED
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—(8y the As
sociated Press). —Clarence S. Darrow,
counsel for the defense, and Robert
E. Crowe, state’s attorney, got into
an angry argument at the afternoon
session of the Franks hearing wheih
was interrupted only when Judge
John R. Caverly directed a five-min
ute recess.
Mr. Darrow was cross-examining
Dr. Archibald Church, of Chicago, :
session of the Franks hearing which |
asked if the doctor had gone to the |
boys for any other purpose than as
an alienist for the state to give tes- |
timony on which to hang them.
His lips quivering, his naturally
ruddy countenance redder than ever,
and his finger pointed shakingly at
Mr. Darrow, the doctor managed to
get out:
“Now, Mr. Darrow, you know that
was not true.” before Mr. Crowe was
on nis feet with a loud objection.
Darrow Apologizes
“Let him answer! Let him an
swer,” Mr. Crowe shouted, as at the
same moment Mr. Darrow withdrew
his question with an apology and
Judge Caverly ordered it erased from
the record.
“He asked a question and saw the
answer was going to hurt him,” Mr.
Crowe said in reference to Darrow.
“You know I don’t play tricks,”
hurled back Mr. Darrow. "I inad
vertently used the wrong word, and
I have had it stricken out.” \
I “You have played plenty of
tricks!” Mr. Crowe got in before
Judge Caverly directed the recess tc
permit tempers to cool.
Dr. Church previously had testi
fied his action in accepting state
employment was guided by his find
ings and conscience.
Prisoners Laugh at Tilt
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb, whose punishment for kidnap
ing and murdering Robert Franks
the hearing will determine, enjoyed
the wrangle thoroughly, laughing as
their counsel and the man who had
expressed the intention to have them
hanged wordily battled back and
forth.
The defense consumed the morn
ing session with a cross-examination
of Dr. Hugh T. Patrick, alienist for
the prosecution, designed to show
that his conclusions that Leopold
and Loeb are sane, were based on in
adequate information and exa.ain • -
tions conducted under improper con
ditions, and finally reached its objec
tive late this morning, with the ces
tion:
"Did you ever in your life make
an examination under such condi
tions?”
“No,” replied Dr. Patrick.
The defense almost immediately
demanded that Dr. Patrick recount
the details of the kidnaping and mur
der of Young Robert Franks, and the
tale previously told many times con
sumed an additional large part of the
morning session.
Grilled on His Examination
Benjamin Bachrach of defence
counsel at the start of today’s ses
sion resumed questioning Dr. Pat
rick about his examination of
Leopold in the office of Robert E.
Crowe, state's attorney. The ques
tions concerned chiefly the subject of
tne “psychology of birds” which Dr.
Patrick said had been discussed.
"There was some conversation
about the psychology of man, of ani
mals and of human behavior, and t’rs
question of where instinct ceased
an! reaeon began, and how each was
controlled,” said '.he doctor.
"I was not paying any attention
to other things and apparently Leo
pold was not,” said the doctor.
“This sort of conversation, of
course, would not throw considera
ble light on the mental processes, but
It was exceedingly well adapted to
bring out certain things. It was well
adapted to ascertaining his mental
concentration, his ability to hold a
conversation in the presence of other
people. It was an excellent oppor
tunity to see how logical his mind
was, an opportunity to obtain to a
considerable degree to learn his use
of language and memory.”
Responsible But Inaccessible
Dr. Patrick said his conversation
lasted about twenty minutes before
another state alienist entered, and
took part in the talk, still on the
same subjects.
‘‘Leopold did not seem at all ex
cited and was quite cool and col
lected,” said Dr. Patrick.
Dr. Patrick said he took no notes
at the time but jotted them down
afterwards?. Reading from his notes,
he continued.
“Discussed psychology of birds
and some philosophy on life. He
asked me if I could speak German.
Reluctance of people to consider
themselves scientifically, that people
were reluctant to look at themselves
front the scientific standpoint.
“Leopold was responsive, although
very inaccessible. Emotionally nor
mal in discussion. Seemed quite
susceptible to flattery.”
The defense brought out that
more than fifteen persons were
present when Dr. Patrick examined
Leopold.
“Did you ever in your life make
an examination as to a mental con
dition under such conditions?” ask
ed Mr. Bachrach.
"I think not,” replied Dr. Patrick.
“When they were all assembled
how did the meeting open?” asked,
Mr. Bachrach.
"The story of the crime was told
I over again, 1 think at the reques’
I of Mr. Crowe, who make the remark
I about it being told for our bene-
I fit,” said Dr. Patrick.
Mr. Bachrach asked that Dr. Pat
| rick tell him what, the youth had
I said about the crime.
Dr. Patrick drew a long breath,
settled back into his chair, and for
a time, the number of which no one
how remembers, the story of the
kidnaping and murdering of Bobby
■ Franks again went into th“ volumi
j nous record.
EVIDENCE DESTROYS
M'CDYSDICIDETALE,
DETECTIVES CLAIM
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 14.
Evidence to be presented to the j
county grand jury today will corn- |
pletely disprove the story of Nor- ■
man Selby (Kid McCoy) that |
Theresa W. Mors, latest of the ex
pugilist’s heart fancies, killed her
self, according to police detectives
in charge of the case.
The bullet that killed the divorced
wife of Albert Mors, wealthy an
tique dealer, entered her temple
without any accompanying powder
‘ burns, an examination showed. It
' must have been fired from a dis
tance of at least three feet, officers
say, and that, they declare, would
eliminate the suicide theory from
the tangled skein of the affair.
Further, it is pointed out, the body
bore scars and bruises that indicat
ed',-n antemortem struggle.
McCoy said Mrs. Mors attempted
<0 stab herself with a butcher knife
before she used the pistol but police
investigators, brushing this state
ment aside, ask for an explanation
of a cut on the lip which drove the
teeth far into it, a deep wound under
the left breast that might have been
caused by a hat pin, cuts on the left
arm and throat, and several other
abrasions.
Faces Husband Thursday
McCoy, his sister, Mrs. Jennie
Thomas, to whom he is said to have
confessed tl.at he killed Mrs. Mors,
rod Mors will be brought face to
f ' ce today in an effort to reach the
be tom of the mystery of the slay
ing, said District Attorney Asa
Keys.
“It Is the most complicated case
of its kind that I have ever investi
gated,” Keys declared.
Mrs. Mors body was found in her
apartment here yesterday with a
bullet hole in the temple and nu
merous cuts and bruises elsewhere.
She and McCoy had been living
there as “Mr. and Mrs. N. Shields.”
Almost simultaneously with the
discovery, McCoy appeared in the
fashionable West Lake district arm
ed with a revolver and invaded the
Mors antique shop. There he held
up attendants and patrons, shot and
wounded W. G. Ross, a chance ar
rival, then went nex t door and
slightly wounded Sam Schapp and
his wife, Ann, who, it is said, had
attempted to effect a reconciliation
between Mors and his wife. ♦
McCoy was captured a short time
later running across West Lake
park. He was dazed and incoherent
in speech, at first refused to throw
any light on the More slaying and
later declared that the woman killed
herself in his presence late Tuesday
night.
Insanity Plea Probable
After the conference in the dis
trict attorney’s office had progressed
for some time, Keyes announced
that he was able to completely exon
erate Mors of any connection with
the death of his divorced wife.
The district attorney also said
that Mors had agreed to sign a com
plaint charging McCoy with the
murder.
It was indicated by the ex-pugil
ist’s friends that his defense would
be based on a plea of insanity.
McCoy, as he appeared at Keyes’
office today, wag a different man
from the one who was taken into
custody yesterday, dazed and inco-
I herent of speech.
The former fighter was smiling.
I and appeared confident as he heard
I friends laying plans to raise a fund
j for his legal defense. McCoy, h.is
i friends say, is "broke.”
The shock and grief of Mrs. Mors’
I act, McCoy said, following his ar
' rest in the park yesterday, “put out
i his lights,” and filled him with an in
; sane rage to kill her husband "who
drove her t it,” to kill all those who
stood in his way and finally to kill
himself.
“Forgot” to Kill Himself
But fate hid Mors from him and
his plan to kill himself was lost in
the swirl of events.
“I was going to kill myself,” he
said, explaining the note found in
the apartment, “but —I forgot.”
Police believe portions of McCoy’s
story, but declare that his suicide
defense has already ’ received its
knockout blows from “the kid’s” own
sister, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, whom
i they quote as saying McCoy came to
her home soon after the shooting of
Mrs. Mors and burst out with:
“I just had to kill that woman."
Late last night detectives called
at the Thomas home but after con-
I ferring with the woman’s attorney,
they agreed not to question her fur
‘ ther, on the understanding that she
w'-uld tel’ the complete story of Mc-
Coy's visit and alleged confession to
District tAtorney Asa Keyes atlO
' a. m., today.
McCoy, under re-grilling at the
city jail, admitted that he had called
on his sister, shortly after Mrs.
Mors’ death but “couldn’t remember
i what I told her or how long I
• stayed.”
j He clung to his suicide version oi
the shooting, telling detectives that
Mrs. Mors was driven to despair by
her troubles with her former hus
band, that she suddenly cried out
that she "couldn’t stand it any long
er,” and attempted to stab herself
to death with a butcher knife. When
this failed, he said, she took a pis
tol from a. dresser drawer and fired
a bullet through her head before he
could stop her.
Police declare, however, that what
I Mrs. Mors really planned was a re
conciliation with her former husband
and that McCoy s jealous rage over
this impending reconciliation led
! him to kill her and then to go out
I seeking to kill Mors.
In his search for Mors he went
to the Mors antique shop, where, ac
cording to his own story, he planned
to shoot Mors and then kill Mr. and
, Mrs. Sam Schapp, who operated a
! shop next door and who recently
had made efforts to bring about a
reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs.
I Mors.
What he actually did wa» to
. (Continued «n Page 3, Column 4)
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, August 16, 1924
SAVED HUSBAND FROM NOOSE,
NOW WEALTHY FOLLIES QUEEN
ASKS COURTS TO SEVER BOND
Evelyn Fariss Charges Ray
mond 0. Bennett Abused
Her After She Stuck by Him
in Tampa Murder Trial
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Evelyn
Fariss, who went into the Follies
a few years ago in spite of a large
inheritance, and later aided substan
tially in the acquittal of her sec
end husband, Raymond O. Bennett,
on a charge of murder, Wednesday
announced she had filed suit for
divorce from him a week ago in
Chattanooga.
Miss Fariss married Bennett in
1920 after divorcing William Gill,
a New York newspaper man, to
NATION’S CAPITAL IS STIRRED
BY RISING TIDE OF LIQUOR
Scandalized Officials Open
War on Rum as 200
Drunks Are Arrested With
in Few Days
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—A ris
ing tide of liquor has hit the nation’s
capital and officials, from Comrn’s
sioner Haynes down, are scandal
ized.
More than 100 drunken persons
have been v arrested on the streets
within the last few days, citizens
have been corralled in a liquor ving
round-up and scores of arrests have
been made in fashionable hotel roof
garden dancing places.
The wave has spread so rapidly
that policemen and detectives have
been made United States deputies
so that they can begin, according to
0.5. WORLD FLIERS
WAIT WHILE GALE
LASHES GREENLAND
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 14.
(By the Associated Press.) —The
American round-the-world fliers will
leave on their hazardous flight from
Iceland to the northeast coast of
Greenland tomorrow, if weather per
mits.
The United States cruiser Rich
mond, flagship of Rear Admiral
Thomas P. Magruder, left at 11
o'clock this morning to take up her
position 270 miles off the coast of
Iceland to await the passing of the
fliers. The destroyers Reid and
Billingsley will occupy stations near
Iceland.
The departure of the Richmond,
which had been planned for 8 o’clock
Wednesday evening, was postponed
on receipt of news from the cruiser
. Rai leg li, off the Greenland coast.
I that the barometer was falling and
that half a gale was blowing.
ARGENTINE FLIER JUMPS
ACROSS BAY OF RANGOON
RANGOON, Burma, Aug. 14
(By the Associated Press.) —Major
Pedro Zanni, Argentina round-the
world flier, arrived here at 4:15
o’clock this afternoon after having
| made a non-stop flight from Cal
! cutta.
CRUISER REPORTS DAMAGE
BY ICE TO PROPELLERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. —The
cruiser Raleigh, on duty in north
ern waters in connection with the
i army round-the-world flight, advised
; the navy department by radio today
that both starboard propellers had
been damaged when she bumped into
the ice recently in exploring along
the coast of Iceland to find suitable
landing places for the fliers. It was
requested that the Philadelphia yard
be instructed to ship two spare pro
pellers to Boston for installation
when the Raleigh reaches that port.
Apparently the injury has not
! been sufficient to prevent the
| Raleigh continuing operations on
f the world flight patrol line until
I the air men have succeeded in
’ reaching this side of the Atlantic.
Coolidge 3-1 Favorite
On Wall Street; Over
$5,000,000 Being Bet
NEW YORK, Aug. 14—Election
betting in New York has grown to
such magnitude that it now ranks
.■with other high-powered transac
tions along the Wall street money
I front.
It is eiSimated this year that be
tween $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 will
Ibe wagered on the various caridi
■ dates, and already close to the tnini
! mum figure has trekked through the
hands of the commissioners. This
; amount isn't greatly in excess of
I other years.
In 1920 there was a trifle over $5,-
i 000,000 wagered on the prospects -.c
| Warren G. Harding and James M.
Cox. In 1916 a trifle over $10,000,000
i was wagered in the fight between
! Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans
I Hughes, the commissioners say.
The odds today, as quoted by J. S.
I Fried & Co., betting commissioners:
Plenty of money on President Cooi
‘ ide at 3 to 1.
Davis 1 tn ? 1-3. or 1 tn 4.
Robert M. La Follette, very li+rle
money nfefred and that at odd« hf
(about 1 to 12.
whom she had been married four
years. It was afterward learned that
this divorce was uncontested be
cause of a secret pact which was
said to have specified that if either
fell in love with someone else a
divorce would not be contested.
Miss Fariss asserted her present
divorce suit was the outcome of the
acquittal of Bennett on the murder
charge in Tampa, Fla,, in May of
1923. Bennett was accused of Kill
ing Herbert M. Carruthers, of
Tampa, who intruded* upon a party
given by Miss Fariss and whose
body later was found by a roadside.
For six weeks she collected evidence
and witnesses to support her hus
band’s defense.
However, she stated today,, after
the acquittal her husband drank ex
cessively and began to abuse her.
"I can’t stand his abuse any
longer. I’m through,” she said.
announcement today. “ a big; drive
to dry up Washington.”
Tuxedoed agents with • stiff
starched shirts and diamond studs
haunt the exclusive dancing restau
rants nightly and arrest young boys
and girls wdth hip flasks filled with
"gin.”
Scores have been taken, but most
of them were released because of
faulty arrest or they forfeited col
lateral without going to trial.;
Six private apartment homes have
been raided recently and men and
women charged with possession aqd
sale of liquor.
Only a few bootleggers have been
taken, the drive being concentrated
chiefly against whisky drinkers.
The Association Against the Prohi
bition Amendment issued a scathing
condemnation of the restaurant raids,
charging that the agents had begun
their tactics during the summer
when congress is adjourned “possi
bly because they fear such raids in
winter might result in the arrest, of
dry congressmen, or senators who
don't vote as they drink.”
DAVIS SPURS PLANS.
REALIZING NEED OF
QUICK ORGANIZATION
LOCUST VALLEY. N. Y., Aug. 14.
Here in the quiet of his Long Island
home, John W. Davis began today
to plot out the strategy of the offen
sive campaign which he will conduct
in a drive to return the administra
tion of government to Democratic
control.
Without awaiting disclosure of the
| main plan of the enemy in the ad
dress tonight of President Coolidge
accepting the Republican nomipa
tion, the Democratic presidential
candidate has made up his mind to
wage his fight all along the line
upon the issues which he is con
vinced will recruit a great army of
independent voters.
Turning first to the west as a
main battle ground, he has called
into conference Senator Pittman, of
Nevada, one of his general staff, for
discussion of the itinerary of his
westward march, which is to take
him at least as far as Denver, Col.
Mr. Davis’ efforts will not be con
fined to seeking victory for the na
tional ticket. Wherever possible he
will lend his strength to the several
divisions of the Democratic army to
the end that the struggle, if won,
will leave his party in control of the
legislative as well as the executive
field.
Having fired his first broadside in
his acceptance address at Clarks
burg, W. Va., last Monday, Mr. Da
vis will open his second attack in
Ohio the week after net and prob
ably will follow that up with offen
sives in Illinois and the Mississippi
valley.
Ammunition for the first part of
his campaign is being assembled now
I and he will devote much of his time
in the next week or ten days to de
termining when and where it may
be expended with the greatest effect.
While his attention is concentrat
ed in this direction, the standard
I bearer will rely upon his generals
; in the field to perfect the national
! organization with all possible dis
i patch with a view to receovering
I whatever ground may have been lost
i in this important division of opera
tions.
Substan’.'al progress already has
been made but there is full realiza
tion that with both the liepublican
and independent field, forces func-
I tioning practically at full speed, a
j handicap has been imposed which
! may be overcome only by forced
march, no matter how quickly there
is formation of th® full phalanxes.
Athens Civic Bodies
Join in Move to Get
Planes in Weevil War
ATHENS, Ga.. Aug. 14.—The
Athens Chamber of Commerce, Ro
tary, Kiwanis and other civic organi
zations here today formally joined
with the State College of Agriculture
in an invitation to the Government
Experiment station at Tallulah, La„
and others interested to hold the
demonstration is scheduled for Au-
Georgia by airplane. The proposed
demonstration is scheduled for Aug
gust 26 and will bring to Georgia Dr.
R. B. Coad, of the Tallulah station,
the assistant secretary of agricul
ture, and other prominent agricul
rnr =t« of the country. Ten thousand
farmers are expected to attend.
S CENTS A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
PROMISES FURIHER
CUT IN TUXES (ND
STRICTEST ECONOMY
World Court and Protective
Tariff Lauded—Nations
League Barred
BY RALPH SMITH
(Journal Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Ac
cepting the Republican nomination
tonight in a speech to a crowd oi
thousands in and around Mempria)
• hall, and to mijlions of radio listen
er s-in, President Coolidge definitely
proclaimed domestic issues to be in
his opinion, paramount in the cam
paign. He selected from among them
for primary emphasis still more
rigid economy in government and
further tax reduction along the
lines of the Mellon plan.
“I want the people of America to
be able tc work less for the gov
ernment and more for themselves,”
he said. “The costs of government
are all assessed on the people. Un
less we can re-establish a condi
tion under which the earnings of
the people can be kept by the peo
ple, we are bound to suffer a very
distinct curtailment of liberty.”
The president squarely joined is
sue with John W. Davis on “hon
esty of government,” and with La
Follette on a new economic order.
"There are those who disregard
all this (Republican achievements)
to convince themselves, and others,
that the chief issue of this cam
paign is honest government,” he
said. "In,all my studies of political
history I cannot recall an adminis
tration which was desirous of a dis
honest and corrupt government*
that established budgets, cut taxes,
and worked for world peace, as
Republicans have done.
Hits at La Follette
“The government is sound. Th4
people of the country hate corrup
tion, they know my position. They
know the law will be enforced.”
Striking at the La Follette charges
that the Republican party favori
privilege and monopoly, the presi
dent said bluntly:
“We oppose artificial supports oi
they are both unjust and uneco<
privile 'es and monopoly because
homie. They are not right. They d<i
nut work.”
The president began with a slmpl.V
worded acceptance of the nominal
tion, and immediately plunged int<J
a review of the accomplishments oi
the Republican party since its rel
turn to power in 1921.
He listed among the achievement
the resumption of diplomatic relai
tions with all nations except Rus<
sia, the budget system, reduction ol
the public debt, and partial funding
of the foreign debt', restricted immi
gration, protective tariff, and th<
Washington arms conference.
America’s chief concern is her do
mestic affairs, the president said, yei
continued:
“America, under providence, ha(
to be a nation of great respon
sibility. It exists as one of the fam
ily of nations.
“We cannot be isolated.”
Thumbs Down on League
To meet this international obliga
tion, the president proposed adhen
ence to the world court, but re
affirmed his intention to remain
aleof from the League of Nations.
He expressed hopefulness that th<
Dawes plan would solve Europe'!
difficulties, and again announced hi!
intention of sponsoring another dis’
armament conference when iftu plaif
appears to be in operation.'
With this reference to foreign re
lations, the president passed back t<
domestic affairs.
Agriculture, he said, has seen “1
partial relief come in a natural way."
and declared the path to greatei
prosperity lay through “more or
ganization, co-operation, diversifies
tion, a wise, skilled, and unselfist
leadership,” and continued proteo
tion by tariff.
The president announced intention
of appointing a committee to investi
gate and report measures to coir
gi-ess in December to put agricultut‘4
on a basis of economic equality with
other industries, in according w'itb
the Republican platform.
Further Tax Reductions
Concerning his determination
further reduce costs of government
and taxation, he said:
"Taxes take from every one a, par)
of his earnings and force everybody
to work a certain part of his tirnn
for the govrnment.”
He reaffirmed hig intention to pres<
congress for more tax reduction, pat’
ticularly in high surtaxes, arguing
such a course was the surest “guar
: antee of prosperity.”
These views, the president said. h«
; submitted to the electorate with
“abiding faith” in the judgment oi
the American people.
“Mr. Chairman, Members of the
' Committee, Ladles and Gentlemen:
"You bring formal notice, Mr.
; Chairman, of a nomination for pres
. ident of the United States. Our
system of nominations is not t’ne
1 outcome of chance. It is the product
of experience. Very early in their
search for a sound method of self-
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The Weather
Forecast for Saturday:
Virginia: Increasing cloudiness,
warmer.
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia: Generally fair.
Florida: Generally fair excen'-
scattered thundershowers in south
! portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida and
Alabama: Partly cloudy, probably be
coming unsettled.
Mississippi: Partly cloudy, proba
bly local thundershowers.
Tennessee: Slightly warmer In west
portion, partly cloudy, probably lo
cal thundershowers.
Kentucky: Local thundershowers.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy, beeomlna
unsettled, not much change in tern
! perature.