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VOL. XXVI. NO. 136
AMERICAN WORLD FLYERS LAND IN GREENLAND
M. HERRIOTT UPHELD
By DEPUTIES’ VOTE
ON DAWES SCHEME
Communist Demonstration
Marks Premiers’ Arrival
In Parliament
PARTS, Aug. 21.—(8y the Associ
ated Press.) —The chamber of depu
ties this evening upheld the govern
ment 320 to 209, defeating a motion
to refer the London accord on the
Inauguration of the Dawes plan to a
commission.
When M. Herriott returned from
the senate, Louis Lucien Klotz, dep
uty and former minister, began a
maneuver to have the chamber ad
journ until the accord is signed, con
tending that parliament must ratify
the London accord because it is out
side of the treaty of Versailles.
The premier, in answering this
contention, asserted that jurists had
confirmed the government’s theory
that the London agreement was
merely an extension of the treaty. ,
He added that he insisted upon a de- I
bate and a. vote of confidence since !
he would not sign the agreement un
til his policy had been approved.
Meantime the senate adjourned un
til tomorrow and well discuss other
bills until M. Herriott is free to ap
pear before it.
The Dawes plan and the steps j
taken at the London conference j
were overshadowed by violent com- !
munist demonstrations in the cham- !
b*r of deputies today when Premier ,
llerriot went before the chamber and
senate, read a long declaration em
bodying the government’s case and
t-sked lor it the approval of the leg
is'at’uie.
The premier was spared much of
this violence during the hour it took
to read his statement but before and
after his address the chamber was
a mad house and the session had to
be suspended in order to restore
quiet.
The communists monopolized the
debate and maneuvered in such a
fashion that the entire afternoon was
devoted to their motion for an ad
journment in til the senate votes
the amnesty bills. Not a word of dis
cussio n&kout the work of the J.on
don conference was heard. i
The premier received a genuine
ovaticn from his friends hut the hos
tile ccmoi stration was qi.ne marl;
ed, tne communists crying: “Am
nesty.’ and hoisting banners.
The communist deputy, Henri
Marty, led the booing, Lut the oppo
sition subsided when 'I. Hertiot took
lhe rostrum and began to speak.
Before he had launched into 1 w
•tatement. however, the booing be
gan again and M. Marty held aloft
a banner bearing the phrase: “An
other Crime ”
Great enthusiasm was displayed
when M. 1 lerriot declared that the
application of the Dawes plan would
dissipate the war spirit, and when
he told of France’s horror at the
thought of war.
The premier also was applauded
when he said he could not refuse
the Dawes plan which was based on
co-operation, and when he empha
sized the importance of arbitration.
kHe was interrupted by the com-
who cried: “Down with
War” apd “Long live peace."
t These interruptions were frequent,
but the premier's supporters gave
him rousing cheers when he told of
the method which had been adopted
for determining when Germany was
in default. This method, he said,
was entirely in accordance with the
treaty of Versailles.
Emphasizes Arbitration
“I, for my part, have chosen,” said
Herriot to the deputies, “but nothing
final has been done, and parliament,
In its turn, can choose."
Evacuation of the Ruhr, the pre
mier said, had dominated everything
at the international conference in
London and he had had “to choose,
between the re-establishment of an
inter-allied entente and the continu
ance of isolated action."
M. Herriot emphasized that arbi
tration was the great principle estab
lished at the London conference, and
asserted that France would gain by
it, for “it would need a great deal ot
optimism to believe that France in
the future could again get the ma
jority of votes which enabled her to
enter the Ruhr."
The reparation problem in which
Fiance was the most interested par
tj, now has been taken from the
political into the economic field, the
premier continued, and “the very
large role we have given to Ameri
can citizens in our organization was
given . :nedly.”
“We can only rejoice.” M. Herriot
continued, “to have associated with
us the great American republic
which has witnessed our sufferings
and which has all the authority
necessary to supervise the execution
of the program which was due in a
large part to its initiative.”
French Freedom Defended
France’s freedom of action, M.
llerriot said, had been defended to
the utmost in London, but the situa
tion had become grave.
Then Prime Minister MacDonald,
of Great Britain, in two letters had
reminded the French and Belgians ot
the declaration that they had made
when they entered the Ruhr that
they had done so merely to enforce
payment, by the Germans.
Nevertheless. M. llerriot went on
he had come before the cabinet it
Taris, “decided to limit to a maxi
mum of one year the military oceu
pation of the Ruhr.”
The German delegates at London
through the British prime minister
made it plain that the relchsta;
would not accept the proposed plat
unless the Ruhr were evacuated.
The advantages he had obtained
st the London conference, the pre
mier insisted, "<’,■> apt strike the im
agination but they are substantia
advantages.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
J or Id News ,
Told in
Brief
RERLIN. German reichsrat
adopts all legislative measures deal
ing with the inauguration of Dawes
■ plan.
SANTIAGO, Chile.—Crown Prince
Humbert, of Italy, arrives from Ar
gentina cn a visit of state for four
days.
WASHINGTON. A liquor
treaty, aimed at rum smuggling,
between the United States and The
Netherlands, is signed.
TEHERAN, Persia.—Dr. Joseph S.
Kornfeld, American minister to
. Persia, who recently resigned, plans
to sail for home September 1.
PLYMOUTH, Vt.—Rain interferes
with plan of President Coolidge to
help Edward Blanchard, a neighbor
of his father's, with his haying.
NEW YORK. —West is lost to
Coolidge, Clem L. Shaver, Democrat
ic national chairman, declares upon
arriving here from tour of middle
western states.
WASHINGTON. President Cool
idge will deliver address at unveil
ing of La Fayette statue at Balti
more September 6, it is officially
announced.
MANlLA.—Courtmartial finds 204
i Philippine scouts, charged with mu
' tiny, guilty and sentences them to
five years’ imprisonment 3 and for
feiture of pay and allowances.
FREMONT, Ohio. —Harry Greb,
world champion middleweight, gets
• newspaper decision in ten-round no
| decision bout with Tiger Flowers, At
; lanta negro.
j TETUAN, Morocco. —Excitement
I and unrest among Moroccan tribes
i men in the western zone is said to
■ be greater than at any time since
! 1921.
NEW YORK. David Belasco.
producer, settles differences with
the Actors’ Equity association and
announces he will go ahead with
production plans as usual.
NEW YORK. —Approximately 1,-
000 motion picture operators prepare
to strike at midnight, August 31,
because ot a refusal of theater own
ers to grant a wage demand.
FRATTA, Pole Sine, Italy.— The
funeral of Giacomo Matteotti, the
former socialist deputy, believed to
have been murdered by political
enemies, is held from his home.
HALIFAX. Nova. Scotia. —Lieuten-
ant. Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant
i Erik Nelson, American world fliers,
reach Greenland from Iceland, radio
dispatch received at Halifax an
nounces. |
NEW YORK. Twenty years
imprisonment, then deportation, is
recommended by Immigration Com- ’
missioner Curran for 31 Italians re
cently captured as they were being
smuggled ashore.
WASHINGTON. Mexican civil
and military authoritiss will take
energetic action to apprehend the
kidnapers of R. G Barrlnean, an
American citizen, the state depart- .
ment is advised.
NEW YORK. — Impregnability of
government’s newly equipped rob
ber-proof mail cars is successfully
demonstrated at Tilly Foster, N. Y., I
when sham bandit gang attempting
to hold up train, is repulsed.
WASHINGTON. Delay in Amer
ican world flight, due to ice condi
tion in Greenland, is resulting in
fuel shortage, which is complicat- j
ing situation end may necessitate
re-fueling of naval patrol at Scot
ia nd.
NEW YORK?—J. ~ Watson Webb
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., Malcolm
Stevenson and Devereux Milburn
will compose American polo team
to defend into’nationa 1 challenge
cup against Great Britain in series
at Westbury, N. Y.
GAFFNEY, S. ('. —United States
Senator N. B. Dial, of South Caro
lina, and State Insurance Commis
sioner John J-. McMahan, his op
ponent for nomination, are arrested
charged with disorderly conduct and
fighting at political rally here.
I.OS ANGELES. —Jewels valued
at $5,000 and alleged to have been
taken from body of .Mrs. Theresa
W. Mors after her death, are turn
ed over to Los Angeles authorities
by Mrs. Jennie Thomas, sister of
Kid McCoy, under indictment for
, murder of Mrs. Mors.
-^NINGTON.— President Cool
; idge, in a letter to Robert R. Moton.
. president of the National Business
> , league, says the negroes of Ameri
|ta will win their full political
. j rigths through the inevitable logic
. jof their position and rightfulness
> I of their claims.”
J WASHINGTON'—Campaign of La
i Follette forces will open in New Eng
" land, where, following an address in
| Boston on Labor day. Senator
• Wheeler, vice presidential candidate.
} ' will speak in all larger cities of see’
, ! tion; plans for campaign are formu
' i lated at conference here.
f | PARIS. —French chamber of depu
i ties supports government by voting,
x j 320 to 209. to defeat motion to refer
I London accord on Dawes' plan to
I committee with understanding Pre
mier Het t int sign agreement pend-
• ing ratification by parliament.
3 i '
( i Intruder Sets Fire
To Rich Furnishings
; Os New Y ork Home
BATH. N. Y.. Aug. 21—The home
’■ of Mrs. William Rumse* was broken
n ....
i. mtn during last night and the in
i- j trader with a lighted caudle attempt
:cd to destroy 'housands of dollar.-
” j worth of old an j valuable tapestries
g‘ rugs, ’ace curtains an 1 furniture,
n I The Rums v residence, known as
i "Oakl.'.wn." is well known for its riel
'd furnishings. At 2 o’clock this morn
c- ing the family, awakened by smoke
i- found the candle on a divan am.
il some burning- pilicws. Curtains wer*
also ablaze. The loss will be lieavy
iBOTH OLD PARTIES
TCONFIDEHfTLYGOING
AFTER LABOR VOTE
Indorsement by Federation’s
Council Means Nothing,
Politicians Agree
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal—Copy- ‘
right. 1924.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Both 1
the Republican and Democratic cam
paign managements are going after
the labor vote. And this notwith
standing the indorsement by the
American Federation of Labor of
the La Follette-Wheeler t’cket.
The two major parties feel that
the opportunity of the laboring man
in America depends upon sound busi
ness conditions, and continued em
ployment. They are prepared to
demonstrate that votes given to La
Follette and Wheeler mean only
business chaos, a period of uncer
tainty and retrenchment all along
the line and much suffering to the'
unemployed.
The Republican argument is that
the protective tariff means good
wages and prosperity. The Demo
crats contend that when the Wilson
administraticvi was in power the
highest wages in the history of
American labor were paid. These
two ideas will dominate the appeals
of the Republican and Democratic
party. But there will be still an
other method of approach to the
laboring man. Does he want groups
and factions to dominate the next
congress or does he want a period
of inaction? It is conceded that the
La Follette ticket cannot elect,
enough members of the senate and
house to control that body. Does
the laboring man want the wheels
of legislation to be stopped altogeth
er and a two-year deadlock?
Tne Republican party j s able to
function if it obtains a sufficient
majority of conservatives, and the
Democrats are insisting that they
have fewer insurgents in their ranks
than have the Republicans, and that
the Democratic party can operate
efficiently if giVen contiol of the
executive and legislative machinery
as occurred in the eight years of the
Wilson administration.
The laboring man is in some re
spects a radical. Many of the men
who are for the La Follette-Wheeler
ticket are Socialists and radicals who
believe that change in the economic
order could be accomplished without
i pain to their fellow workmen, but
. the vast majority of laboring men,
judging by past campaigns, are keen-
Ily interested hi keeping their jobs
' and having a good wage paid them.
Anything that is likely to disturb
(heir jobs worries them. The Repub
-1 licans in many national campaigns
have been able to turn the tide of
labor votes in their direction by the
simple device of raising the cry of
panic and business depression which
I was supposed to be the accompani
ment of a Democratic administration.
The Democrats for years felt'the
handicap because they had not been
in power and could not point to a
I record of good business conditions.
The last Democratic administration,
i from 1892 to 1896, was accompanied
by a period of business upset. The
Democrats were, therefore, very glad
when they were able in the eight
• years of the Wilson administration
|to prove that their control of gov-
I ernment not only did not hurt busi
ness, but helped labor. The real ob-
■ jection to Democratic rule was that
it had not been tried in many years.
, The same kind of argument now i*
going to be used with the working
I man to dissuade him from casting
his ballots for the La Follette-Wheel-
- er ticket. General Dawes, in his ac
! ceptanCe speech, referred to the
I third party ticket as symbolizing a
' system of administration which was
! “unsound” and “untried."
Opposed to Experiments
The working man wants no experi
| ments that are likely to hurt him.
I He is at heart a conservative in the
i sense that he does not want change
i except for the better. If he thinks
| the Democratic party will bring a
j return to the high wages of the Wil- 1
; son administration he may lean that I
j way. If he thinks his present wages
; are high enough and that employ-
I ment will be continued by having no
! interruption of the Republican .ad
i ministration, he will vote against any
i change.
| But if he ‘once gets it into his
head that tne • La Follette ticket.
‘ m- ans business uncertainty, all the
indorsement of the American Fed-
. eration < t Labor and local labor
- leaders will not prevent him from
voting in secret as he really believes.
The general impression has been
' conveyed that la; or has been a solid
political unit in all campaigns. It
' I.ns net. been. But it has a fluctuat
ing vote and the best analysts of the
election teturns of previous years
< oncede that labor usually votes for
• the party it believes will immediate-
■ ly improve business conditions,
wages and employment. As proof of
I the relatively little influence which
‘ the American Federation of Labor
has had in past campaigns, the ex
perience of 1918 is cited. In that
campaign Fresident Wilson had the
support of Samuel Gompers, who
endeavored to make a speech in New
York in favor of a Democratic con
gress, but he was hissed and booed
by one of the important trade unions.
He has maintained for the most part
-a policy of non-partisanship largely
- because the membership of the
American Federation of Labor is
II divided between the two major
‘ panies. The old socialist vote. ,how-
• ever, still survives. This, plus the
s aggressive attitude of the Lia rivals
of the American Federation, namely
’• the railroad brotherhoods and the
political situation inside labor's
s : rank*, ’nought out the formal in
ti dorsenn t t of La Follette.
t The two major parties have. no‘
?. been discouraged by it but are lay
d| ing their lines for an even more vig
e orous campaign to regain the labor
*. vote.
I
Corn Roasting
On Stalks in
Kansas Fields
I
i TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 21—Corn
i aimost was roasted on the stalk
I Wednesday.
Heat rays from an exuberant sun
: poured down over the whole state
without interference from a single
cloud. It wag perfect weather for
maturing the crops, according to
S. D- Flora, weather forecaster here.
Phillipsburg, Hays and Hutchin
son, Wednesday reported tempera
Cures ot 102 for the highest mark in
the United States. Concordia, Man
' hattan and numerous other points
were around 100.
TWO SHOOT IT OUT
IN NORTH CAROLINA:
BOTH MEN KILLED
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. 2L--
G. Locke McKnight, prominent busi
ness man, of Mooresville, N. C., and
Grover Stutts, a tenant on Mc-
Knight’s farm four miles from
Mooresville, were shot to death late
yesterday in a duel, according to in
formation brought to Charlotte to
night by H. P. Deaton, editor ot the
Mooresville Enterprise.
The double homicide occurred at
the farmhouse in which Stutts and
bis family lived. W. P. Craven, who
accompanied McKnight to the farm
and w-as an eye-w'itness to the shoot
ing, was unable to state which one
of the two fired first, though several
shots were fired by each, he said,
according to Mr. Deaton, who said
that some misunderstanding had oc
curred some time ago between the
two.
When McKnight and Craven ar
rived at the farm yesterday, Stutts
showed McKnight a letter which he
had received from Harry P. Grier, of
Statesville, attorney for McKnight,
and some words ensued, according
to Deaton’s report. This occurred
at the rear of the house, according
to Craven. Then he and McKnight
walked around to the front of the.
house and Stutts went through the
house. When he appeared on the
front porch he had twm shotguns.
Craven prevailed upon him to lay
them dowm and then started walk
ing across the yard to where Mc-
Knight stood. Suddenly a fusillade of
shots rang out and Stutts fell dead.
McKnight died about an hour later.
He fired several shots with a .45
caliber pistol after he was wounded,
scud Craven.
Coolidge Offers to Aid
Haymakers; Lightning
Strikes Near House
PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aug. 21.
Lightning struck about the presi
dent’s home during the severe storm
late yesterday afternoon and night,
one bolt putting out of commission
the telegraph apparatus in the tem
porary business office in the gen
eral store. The store is situated
about fifty yards from where the
president and his family are stay
ing in the home of his father, John
Coolidge.
Electrical workers were kept busy
several hours repairing the damage,
but no material injury was done by
the bolt.
President Coolidge and his family
apparently were not disturbed. No
wires go into the Coolidge home and
the real effect of the bolt was not
• felt there.
The president is turning his at
tention to official business. Mr.
Coolidge yesterday cacepted an in
vitation to speak in Baltimore at
the unveiling of the LaFayette
statue there on September 6 —La-
I Fayette-Marne day. The president
has on his program an engagement
to help Ed Blanchard rake hay.
During a- visit with Mr. Blanchard,
who is a neighbor of Mr. Coolidge,
the president learned that sickness
in his neighbor's family had delayed
him in getting in his crops. He vol
unteered to help.
City Policeman Jailed
After Crash Reveals
Whisky in His Car
Following an automobile aceiden’
' on the Adamsville road shortly be
; fore noon Thursday, City Policeman
i J. A. Brown was arrested by county
i policemen and lodged in the Fulton
iccunty tower under a SSOO bond oi
I •■barges of violating the state prohi
I bit ion law.
County Policemen Carroll and
j Donehoo stated that eighteen gallons
i of whisky were found in the auto-
I mobile which Officer Brown was
! driving. Following the accident, Os
, fleer Brown was carried to the Giadv
I hospital with J. C. Herron, of Aus
i tell Ga., with whose car the car
■ Brown is said to have been driving
i collided.
Herron also -was lodged in the
. i tower after receiving medical atten-
I tion. He was charged with operat
i ing an automobile while intoxicated,
i His bond also was fixed at SSOO.
i Officer Brown was thrown through
’ i the wmdshield of his car, it was
: said, and was painfully injured. He
suffered a number of cuts about the
' i face and body. Herron was only
slightly injured.
Officer Brown has been a member
of the city police force for several
’ : years. According to the coun’y
" : officers, the whisky was contained in
one-gallon cans. Each can. they
‘ j said, was in a paper bag.
I : Officer Brown, lying on a cot in
T j the hospital i\ar<l of the Fulton
a i county tower, told a Journal rei ort
, j er that he and his brother were on
the river Wednesday night fishing,
' j and that the*- found the liquor con
i coaled in a cane brake.
■ ' "We were unable to get in touch
• j with the county police and I was
• bringing the liquor in to them
Thursday morning when the acci
dent occurred,” he declared.
HANG BOY SLAYERS
TO KEEP CITY SAFE.
PROSECUTION SWS
Savage Recounts Coolness
of Their Scheme for
Ransom Money
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Nathan Leo
j pold, .Tr., and Richard Loeb should
hang, because such a penalty would
protect the homes and children of
all the community, Judge John J.
Caverly was told ttoday by Joseph
Savage, assistant state’s attorney.
“These defendants hold themselves
as super-men, above the laws of God
and man.” said Savage. “If they
are hanged we will have no more
such crimes against childhood. If
they are not, we might as well
abolish capital punishment and all
previous murderers who have died
on the gallows would have been
treated unjustly.”
Mr. Savage said the world was
watching for Judge Caverly’s de
cision and urged that the majesty of
the law could be upheld only by a
decree of hanging.
Walter Bachrach, junior counsel
for the defense, followed with .a dis
sertation of the defense position in
mental disease, short of insanity, as
a mitigation of punishment.
Failure to hide sufficiently the
bod5 T of Robert Franks was the
breaking point in the plot of the two
slayers, according to the state’s
analysis of the crime given before
Judge Caverly by Savage.
In impassioned denunciations of
the defendants and with waving
arms and pounding fists, Mr. Savage
told the court that if Leopold had
forced the body well into the culvert
instead of pushing it with his foot,
it would not have been found.
“They would not have been ap
prehended in 100,000 years,” said
| Mr. Savage.
1 He described the attempts to get
' SIO,OOO ransom from Bobby’s father,
pointing out that the identification
of the body became known to Mr.
Franks only five minutes before he
received his last message from
“George Johnson,” the name used
, to sign the ransom letter.
Could Not, Dave Been Traced
Mr. Savage asserted that Leopold
and Loeb had drawn their plans so
fine that if the father had followed
directions and gone to a drug store
I in a cab furnished by the kidnapers,
he would have been sent scurrying
) to a railroad station, there to board
| a train due to leave a few minutes
I later.
In the parlor car, the boys had
I placed a letter addressed to Mr.
. Franks and- giving full directions on
’ how to throw the money from the
■ moving train.
“They would have reached the des
1 ignated point in their automobile
at that precise moment, *if the train
were on time,” said Mr. Savag“.
"How could they have been traced’;
No one knew whence came the tele
phone ca'l to Mr. Franks, nor who
had oraered the cab sent to his
home. No one would have known
who telephoned the drug store and
the father w< vid have had no chance
! to notify the police in advance of
i where he had been told to go or
: l.cw to dispose of tl.e money.
“1! was a coldly intellectual plan,
devlisb in its deliberations,” said
Mr. Savage.
Paralleling the legal reasoning of
I Thomas Marshall, assistant prose
i cutor, who began the state’s sum
ming up. the address of Walter
Bachrach is scheduled to open the
defense’s oratory. He will be fol
lowed by his brother, Benjamin, who
is not expected to finish before the
| end of the week. The last of the
j arguments will be between Clarence
j S Darrow, veteran chief of defense
I attorneys, and Robert E. Crowe,
state's attorney.
Paints Culvert Scene
Mr. Savage picked up his narra
tive of the evidence where he left
• off yesterday at the stage of the
! crime where Franks body had been
conveyed to the culvert.
I He quoted Leopold as having said
, he failed to take proper precaution*
and tried to force, the body in with
his foot. The inference was that the
j body would not have been found if it
I had been pushed further into the
. drain.
The burning of the clothes of
Bobby Franks was then described.
“To show you how cautious they
were in this plan,” he added, “they
removed from the clothing a class
I pin and a buckle and set aside the
■ shoes because they knew these ob
i jects would not burn.
“And Loeb thought of the stench
; ; that might arise from the blood
stained robe and that, too. was set
. ; aside for later disposition.”
He dwelt upon the telephone mes
sage to Mrs. Jacob Franks, the vic
i tim’s mother.
j "Can you picture the feelings of
' th;u mother?” queried Mr. Savage.
"C*i you imagine how any one
could call a mother and tell her
. that her son was safe w T hen at that
very moment, he was lying cold in a
water-filled drain pipe?”
Describes Ransom Efforts
Further attempts to obtain the
SIO,OOO ransom from Bobby's father
were described.
"They told Mr. Franks in the let
ter that ‘this is a strictly commer
cial proposition,' but they didn't even
play fair on that." he shouted.
‘‘They could have had the money
• without taking life, and the proof
is that Mr. Franks went to a bank
1 and got the money and prepared it
for delivery to these fiends!”
How close the defendants came to
i collecting the ransom was em:>l;a
--i sized by Mr. Savage, who pointed
- out that only five minutes after Mr.
i Franks had been told his son had
. been identified, he received a tele
-1 phone call to take a cab to a drug
! store, where he was to receive fur
; ther instructions.
5 Mr. Savage <iuoted Loeb’s estimate
i of Bobby Franks as "just rb<= kind
of a cocky kid one would pick out
to murder.”
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, August 23, 1924
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since January 1. But the price of every one of
them will go up in a little over thirty days.
Don’t wait till it is too late. Act now.
October 1 is the last day.
HUGE LOWELL TELESCOPES
PRY INTO SECRETS OF MARS
AS PLANET NEARS EARTH
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 21.
Areas that may be continents, vast
sections of marshland or prairie, and
the remains of what are believed to
have been the oceans that once di
vided the surface of the land, are
continually and regularly shifting
on the planet Mars before the gaze
of scientists at Lowell observatory
here, it was revealed today.
When the air is steady, accordiing
to Prof. Earl Slipper, photographic
expert and astronomer, he can cap
ture the planet’s appearance on very
sensitive photographic plates.
While the question of habitability
of Mars is a live one with practical
astronomers, the experts are not con
cerned whether men, or beings like
men, are on Mars going about daily
rounds of ditties and pleasures as
those on earth.
Seek to Learn Temperatures
The astronomers are attempting to
determine the temperatures and the
conditions of atmosphere on the
planet in an effort to ascertain the
possibility of human habitation there,
they pointed out.
The work is progressing with the
aid of Coblenz radiometer, whose
measurements of electrical currents
are reputed to be the most sen
sitive achieved by man, less than a
billionth of an ohm.
Prof. Slipper believes sensational
results may be obtained from the
observations during the recession of
Mars in October, rather than at the
height of the planet's proximity to
earth next Saturday.
Seasonal Changes Perceived
Intensive study since March at
the institution here, regarded b,y as
tronomers as "headquarters” for
observation of Mars because of its
locality, has enabled the scientists
REMARRIAGE UNNECESSARY,
FULTON OFFICIALS DECLARE
Although the legality of marriages
contracted on licenses issued ■within
the five-day period since August 18
has been questioned by Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon and Assistant
Attorney General T. R. Gress, offi
cials in the Fulton county ordinary’s
office Thursday held to the opinion
that where such licenses were Is
sued in good faith by ordinaries not
familiar with the law, and where
the contracting parties were married
in good faith by some legally au
thorized person, the legality of the
marriage stands without question
under tne law of Georgia.
The cause of all the tipstir is the
fact that the new marriage act, sign
ed Monday by Governor Clifford
Walker, provides that no marriage
license shall be issued until applica- i
tion has been posted for five days
GIRL’S GRANDFATHER SHOOTS
ACCUSED MAN AT JAIL WINDOW
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.. Aug.
21.—Joe Swindell, held in Pasquo
tank county jail charged with im
proper conduct toward a girl, was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded
at the jail this morning by the
grandfather of the girl. He is now
at a local hosnital.
The aged man surrendered imme
diately to the sheriff and was identi
fied as J. D. Farrior, of Wilson.
N. C.
Farrior is said to have approach
ed the prison and called Swindell to
a cell window. When the prisoner
appeared. Farrior drew his pisto'
and fired pointblank, it is alleged,
the bullet piercing Swindell’s right
lung.
“You can shoot me now, if you
want to,’’ Farrior is -said to have
told the sheriff. “I have been a),
most crazy since this thing happen-
to establish the time ot seasonal
changes on the planet correspoding
to those of the earth.
The astronomers have long since
the yearly waxing xnd wan
ing of polar caps, as the supposed
water vapor is deposited as snow
or ice at the north and south poles,
and, when Martian spring comes,
melt beneath more direct rays of the
sun.
The melting of the ice caps is
accompanied by a progressive change
in appearance of the territory sur
rounding the caps. Streaks develop
like lines on a photographic print
immersed in the developing solution.
I These streaks and areas darken.
The ground color of Mars as seen
in a telescope is a bright »'uddy hue.
CITIZENS TO BE PERMITTED
IN MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. —Astron-
omers at the Mount Wilson observa
tory, near here, are not even going
to look for evidences of life on Mars
Friday when that planet makes its
periodical parade past the earth but
they are willing to have any one
who believes Mars inhabited drop
in for a 34,000,000-mile bird's-eye
view.
Realizing that Mars is of special
interest to the lay mind, the as
tronomers said today they would
lend one of their big telescopes to
any one who will climb th; 5,000
foot mountain in the hope of sur
prising a Martian or two on a canal
bank. >
The staff of the observatory is not
at all excited over the near approach
of the planet, which usually lingers
somewhere around 48,000,000 miles
from the earth. Photographs will
be taken of it as a matter of ob
servatory routine but the astrono
mers insist they do not expect the
1 plates to show anything startling.
and until after the contracting par-
I ties shall have properly answered a
questionnaire. Secretary McLendon
and Mr. Gress have agreed that mar
riages contracted within the five-day
period since August 18, on licenses
obtained during that period, are Il
legal.
Many marriages have occurred
in Atlanta since August 18, although
no marriage licenses have been is
sued since that date. It was pointed
out Thursday at the office of Ordi
nary Thomas H. Jeffries that li
censes obtained prior to the enact
| ment of the new Jaw would be legal
and valid at any time in the future.
The new law cannot be retroactive,
they declared.
Copies of the new act are being
sent to ordinaries all over the state
and the necessary questionnaire
blanks will be prepared by the ordi
naries for immediate use.
ed. I have been planning to shoot
Swindell for days.”
Farrior talked freely about the
case, stating that since no one else
bai' shot Swindell, he decided to do
it himself. He said the girl in
case was thirteen years old, and a
daughter of his only child.
Swindell was arrested in June.
; charged with attacking the girl. The
grand jury indicted him for a lesser
offense. His trial had been set for
tccay. At the hospital, it was stated
that his recovery was doubtful.
Farrior, who is to be a
wealthy retired soft drink manufac
turer, was released in $15,000 bond.
I signed by a numbei* of Elizabeth
! City business men. He is charged
with felonious shooting with intent
to kill.
Farrior is sixty five years of age.
j The father of The girl in the ease is
to be the owner of a large lam
ber concern in North Carolina.
5 CRN To A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
SMITH AND NELSON 1
END SMILE HOP: <
LOCATELLI IN REAR
Smith Is First to Touch, and .
Nelson Close on Heels; ;
Landing Is at 6:10
FRE DERIS KSD AL, Greenland,
Aug. 21—The two American world
fliers, Lieutenants Smith and Nelson, |
arrived here* Thursday night at the
end of their 825-mile voyage from
Iceland.
Lieutenant Smith landed at 6:10,
Greenwich mean time, and was fol
lowed a few minutes later by Lieu
tenant Nelson. Lieutenant Loca
telli, the Italian airman who hopped
off from Reykjavik with the Ameri
cans, had not been sighted when
Nelson landed.
NELSON DESCENDS FOR
BRIEF TIME EN ROUTE
LONDON, Aug. 21. —An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
stated that Lieutenant Nelson, one
of the Amerioan army world avia
tors, descended for a few minutes to
day at Skerja Fjord for some un
known reason after taking off from
Reykjavik this morning, but reas
cended almost immediately.
It was said that Lieutenant Loca
telli, the Italian aviator, who is fly
ing a plane with the Americans, was
close behind when the trip passed
Reykjavik.
Skerja Fjord is southwest of Reyk
javik, and Reykjanes is 60 miles
southwest of where the fliers took
off this morning for Fredericksdal,
Greenland.
PERFECT WEATHER HOLDS
FOR HOP OF 850 MILES
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 21.
(By the Associated Press.) —The
American round-the-world flierjs and
Lieutenant Locatelli, Italian airman,
hopped off from here at 8:15 o’clock
this morning.
The fliers passed the United States
cruiser Richmond, on patrol about
seventy miles off the coast fjom Ice- ;
land, at 9:35 o’clock.
Lieutenant Locatelli was leading
his American companions, Lieuten
ant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant
Erik H. Nelson, by five miles.
The weather was beautiful and
flying conditions were excellent when
the aviators set out for Greenland.
Lieutenant Smith's plane lifted from
the water a few minutes after 8
o’clock, and Lieutenant Nelson’s
plane was off two minutes later.
Lieut. Locatelli, who caught up
with the Americans in order to ac
company them across the Atlantic
after a lone flight from Pisa, Italy,
got away eleven minutes after Lieut.
Nelson. All of the take-offs were
made easily, none of the fliers hav
ing the slightest difficulty in jockey
ing from the water.
Lieut., Smith, the flight command
er, had Veen up all night recording
weather reports and working out |
plans for coping with weather and
mechanical conditions which he and
Lieut. Nelson might encounter dur
ing the long and hazardous jump.
Lieut. John Harding, Jr., mechanic
on Lieut. Nelson’s plane, also had
been up all night but he left hi»
room only to go on board the plane,
declaring it was his duty to take
care of the machine during the last
hours here. Because of the early
I departure there were very few per
i sons present when the machines sec
' out.
* The fliers are heading for, Fred
ericksdal, near Cape Farewell, at
(be southern t.p of Greenland, a hop
i of approximately 825 miles, accord
i ing to the plans which were adqpt
-1 ed after bad ice and weather condi
! tions in the north Atlantic had
i forced them to abandon their origl
| nal intention to make the shorter
, flight to Angmagsalik, or to another
I harbor twenty miles north of there,
i which later also was found to be
; icebound.
J ARGENTINE FLIER WILL
GET RESERVE PLANE
TIENTSIN. China, Aug. 21.—Ad
vance Agent Murphy for Major Pe
dro Zanni, Argentine round-the-world
flier, whose machine was irreparably
damaged when he attempted to take
off for Canton, Hanoi, French Indo-
China, is leaving for Japan in order
to transport to Hanoi the plane
which was being held in reserve for
the second stage of the Argentinian'*
flight.
FRANCE WELCOMES ITOISY
LIKE CONQUERING HERO
MARSEILLES, France, Aug. 21.
Captain Pelletier d’Oisy, the French
I airman who, early in June, com
pleted a Paris-to-Tokio flight, ar-
I rived here today on the steamship
Porthos, which had been purposely
delayed in order that the aviator’*
welcome should not be spoiled by de
. barking at night.
The captain and his mechanician
were taken aboard the municipal
yacht Miette, on which the mayor
and other notables had gone out eg
a welcoming party.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY
Illinois: Fair, with moderat*
temperature.
Missouri: Partly overcast with
local thunderstorm*. Cooler.
I Virginia: Increasing cloudiness,
probably showers Saturday after
noon or night
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy,
probably showers.
South Carolina. Georgia: Partly
cloudy, possibly showers.
Florida: Partly cloudy.
Extreme Northeast Florida. Ala
bama. Mississippi. Partly cloudy,
possibly scattered thundershowers.
Tennessee: Partly cloudy, prob
ably scattered thundershowers;
cooler by Saturday night In west
ern portion.
Kentucky; I,oral thundershow-
ers; cooler.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy.
Arkansas: Unsettled, scattered
thundershowers.
Oklahoma and West Texas: Part- «
J. r: ■■ k
East Texas; Partly cloudy.