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®&e Atlanta ©rMUttWa Immral 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 Prices Are Going Up FOR several years the national papers and maga zines have been fighting hard for Southern subscribers. In the fierce competition for circula tion in Dixie they have been cutting their prices away below the cost of mailing out their periodicals. As a result, our readers have been able to get the cream of the periodicals through Tri-Weekly journal clubs at ridiculously low cost. That bitter competition is about to be replaced by saner and sounder business methods on the part of those publishers. So clubbing prices are go ing up. You will always be able to get clubs through us as cheaply as from any other publication—but we will have to increase our prices on all combi nations on October 1. Subscribe now and save money. If your sub scription expires within the next six months it will pay you to renew now if you want clubbing com binations. We have the other publishers tied up with con tracts till October 1. They can’t raise their prices to us before that date. Until then you can get any of the combinations listed on Page 5 at the remarkable bargain prices which have been in force 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.