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VOL. XXVI. NO. 138
DAVIS PLEADS FOR “HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT”
LfICATELLI TELLS
OF HIS ADVENTURE
ABOARD RICHMOND
Americans Will Make Hop
From Greenland Over to
Labrador Thursday
».-<» k ApOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND.
__ 26.—(8y the Associated Press)
rleiitenants Smith and Nelson, the
American army world aviators, noti
fied Rear Admiral Magruder, com
mander of the convoying squadron,
today that they expected to leave
Thursday on their flight from
Greenland to Labrador, after chang
ing engines.
ABOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND.
Aug. 26.—(8y the Associated Press.)
Lieuenant Locatelli, Italian airman
who was rescued with three com
panions by the Richmond late Sun
day night, after tossing about for
more than eighty hours in their dis
abled seaplane on the rough north
Atlantic waters, today described his
perilous experience.
With his relief pilot. Lieutenant
Jullio Crossio, and Engineers Giovan
ni Barcoini and Bruno Farnsynelli.
Lieutenant Locatelli today appeared
little the worse for his nerve wrack
ing adventure. Except for hands
blistered by castor oil and sea water,
the rescued aviators were not in
jured. While expressing gratitude
to the Americans for saving their
lives, the Italians said they believed
their plane could have been flown
again had it not been necessary to
destroy the craft.
“I was sorry to outdistance the
American planes when we hopped
off at Reykjavik,” Lieutenant Loca
telil said. ‘‘But I was compelled to
do so because I was unable to main
tain the proper height for such a
heavy seaplane, fully loaded with
fuel, at less speed than 150 meters.
We had plarfned on the next bop to
give the Americans an hour's lead.
Engine Gives Trouble
“After-a flight of 7 1-4 hours from
Reykjavik we developed engine
trouble due to water in the motors.
I believe we could have made Fred
eriksdal but the fog was so thick we
decided to land, make repairs anti
wait for the weather to clear. We
came down about 25 miles east of
Cape Farewell on an unexpectedly
rough sea.
“The descent loosened two of our
engine supports and the turbulent
waters prevented us from taking off
again after repairs had been mada.
We decided to wait until Friday, but
the next day and Saturday Engineers
Barrpconi and Farsynelll were too
seasick to take an interest in any
thing. Lieutenant Crossio and 1
were unable to handle the plane
alone.
“Friday we drifted far south of
Cape Farewell and Saturday and
Sunday we drifted 100 miles east.
We did not see any ships. The fog
lifted Friday, allowing a view of
the coast. But it was too far for
us to consider taxiing with only six
hundred litres of gasoline remain
ing. I kept a careful watch of out
position and always knew exactly
where we were. Sunday the two en
gineers recovered somewhat and we
made an effort to take off, but tie
rear engine was cranky because of
splashing water.”
The discovery late Sunday night
l>f the missing Italian seaplane came
tn dramatic fashion..
The Richmond, flagship of Real
Admiral Magruder, commanding the
squadron convoying the American
world fliers, was putting out to sea
fQLthe night after a fruitless all-day
along the Greenland ice pack
wIl B» f 11:34 o'clock flares were
see \ Immediately the course was
, cha. ged In the direction of the
lights, which reappeared at inter
vals. It was after midnight when
the plane, bobbing on the water,
was “picked up” by the Richmond
at a point 125 miles due east of
Cape Farewell, the southermost tip
of Greenland,
Cruiser Draws Alongside
As the Richmond drew near the
seaplane four men were seen in the
cock pits. (Previous dispatches said
the crew, besides Lieutenant Loca
' telli, consisted of Lieutenant Jullio
Crossio, relief pilot, and Giovanni
Barcoini. and Bruno Farsynelll,
mechanicians).
A line was thrown to them, the
plane was hauled astern and the
fliers were taken off. They were
suffering only from fatigue and sea
sickness and were soon restored aft
, er partaking of hot coffee and sand
wiches.
The wings and steering apparatus
of the seaplane were damaged and |
it was decided to destroy the craft, i
The effects of the fliers were re
moved and then the machine, on
which they had traveled from Pisa.
Italy, was set afire and cast adrift.
Soon after being cut loose the tanks
exploded and the seaplane apparent
ly sunk. By this time it was 2:30
o'clock in the morning.
Admiral Magruder immediately
send orders to the other vessels, call
ing off the search.
Finding of the seaplane in these I
waters after drifting beyond ’he '
ptobable zone searched by the naval
vessels for three days, is regarded
as remarkable.
$10,000,000 in Rare
And Famous jewels
Displayed in St. Louis
ST. LOIRS. Mo.. Aug. 26.—Rare
Jewels, including diamonds, pear's,
rubies and emeralds, in gold and
platinum settings; bracelets, neck
laces and earrings, pennants andi
replicas of famous pieces and jewel-j
Ty novelties, many of which have
never been exhibited on this side]
of the Atlantic ocean, are on dis
play at the Hotel Statler here today.
The exhibit, which is valued at ]
>10,000.000, is displayed at the occa
sion of the annual convention of]
te National Retail Jewelers’ asso
ciation which formally opened its
feur-day session today.
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i PARIS. —French chamber of depu
: ties ratifies Lausenne treaty, 410 to
I 171, after 14-hour debate
BERLIN. President-elect Salles,
of Mexico, is tendered a luncheon by
Foreign Minister Stresemann.
DOVER, Del.—General T. Cole
man Dupont is nominated United
States senator by Delaware. Republic
ans in convention at Dover.
WORCESTER. Mass.—Thomas Al
len, noted painter and chairman of
Boston are commission, dies sud
denly, age 74.
NEWBEDFORD, Mass.—Whaling
Bark Wanderer, last of New Bedford
fleet of square riggers, is wrecked
on Massachusetts coast.
WASHINGTON.—Former Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, marries his
secretary. Miss Mazie Crawford, at
the home of the latter’s sister at
Rye, N. Y. .
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will
not be represented at forthcoming
sessions of League of Nations as
sembly, Foreign Minister Gallardo
announces. _____
NEW YORK. —Cunard liner Mau
retania establishes new time record
on New York-to-Cherbourg run. mak
ing passage in five days, one hour
and 49 minutes.
WILMINGTON. N. C.—Severe
storm sweeps coast of North Caro
lina. moving north by northeast and
resulting in general suspension ot
coastwise shipping.
PARIS. —After long and heated de
bate French senate by vote of 206 to
40 gives Premier Herriot vote of con
fidence on negotionation of London
reparations agreement.
WASHINGTON.—American army
aviators notify Rear Admiral Ma
gruder, commander of naval convoy,
of their intention to hop off from
Greenland for Labrador on Thurs
day.
MONTREAT/.—Henry Ford is
quoted by the Montreal Times as
saying* Ku Klux Klan is victim of
lying propaganda and if truth were
known “it would be looked upon as
a body of patriots.”
NEW YORK/-Erie Railroad com
pany directors approve offer of Van
Sweringen interests of Cleveland for
consolidation of road with four oth
ers into proposed $1,500,000,000
“Nickel plate system.”
PLYMOUTH, Vt.—President Cool
ide and General Dawes in two-hour
conference at Plymouth, Vt., discuss
question of personnel of proposed
federal agricultural relief hut do not
mention Ku Klux Klan situation.
PLYMOUTH, Vt.—President Cool
idge appoints Edgar Addison Ban
croft, of Chicago, ambassador to
Japan, and James Rockwell Shef
field. of New York, ambassador to
Mexico.
NEW YORK.—(By Wireless.)--
Passengers aboard line Berengaria
see little of Prince of Wales, who
spends much time in taking exercise
and no time in ship lounges or ball
room.
LONDON.—Discovery of an unex
pected storing place in the liner
Laurentic, which was sunk in 1917
by German submarine, has enabled
divers to recover $1,250,000 worth
of gold bars.
AUSTIN, Texas.— Members of Ku
Klux Klan will not be appointed to
office nor allowed to continue in ap
pointive offices, Mrs. Miriam A. Fer
guson, Democratic nominee for gov
ernor of Texas, announces to the
Austin American.
COLUMBUS. —Opening his cam
paign in west by an address before ]
Ohio State Democratic convention, I
John W. Davis calls for common jus- 1
tice in legislation and courage in ad- ■
ministration of government's domes- [
tie and foreign affairs.
CHICAGO. —Senator Wheeler, vice
presidential candidate on Ixe Follette
independent ticket, is forced to can
cel many eastern speaking engage-1
ments because of prospect of early ]
trial in Montana on charge of misuse !
of office.
CHICAGO. — Former Federal Judge
Julius M. Mayer, Robert C. Morrell,
and Attorney Thomas E. Wilson,
president of Wilson & Co., are ap
pointed receivers of Wilson compa
ny in equity proceedings based on a
creditor's bill.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Early returns
in South Carolina's Democratic pri
mary election give former Governor
Cole L. Blease wide lead for nomina
tion of United States senator with
Representative James F. Byrne in
second place.
WASHINGTON.—The Federal
Council of Churches designates
Armistice day as “Mobilization Day
for World Justice and World Peace,”
calls on all churches to launch then
“a constructive drive toward a wui
less world.”
GENEVA. —League of Nations ex
tends official invitation to United
States government to send official
representative to participate in de
liberations of disarmament eommis-j
sion to be named by league as- •
sembly.
WASHINGTON. Employes of,
postoffice department have been en j
eotiraged to take leaves to attend ■
national guard camps. Postmaster!
General New said, denying claims of I
three employes who said their dis ]
missal resulted from attendance at
a guard camp.
Cotton Crop Excellent
In Northeast Georgia
ATHENS, Ga.. Aug. 26. —North- ,
east Georgia may make a top crop :
of cotton this season, something al-'
most impossible under boll weevil j
conditions. County Agent J. W. Fl- |
ror, of Clarke county, states. The
top crop will add around 30.000
bales to the total production of this
section.
Mr. Firor says northeast Georgia
; will probably make 140,000 bales f
cotton this year, something like 30,-
I 000 bales more than last year.
WOMEN ARE BARRED
AT FRANKS HEARING;
SECRETS COME OUT
Crowe, in Hot Address, Goes
Into Private Testimony
on “Child Pact”
CHICAGO, Aug 26.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —Called upon to dis
| entangle a technical snarl over the
] propriety of certain argument ad
] vanced by State's Attorney Robert E.
I Crowe In his plea for the death pen
alty for Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, Chief Justice. John R.
Caverly today ordered read Into the
record in open court the full testi
mony given in chambers as to the
condition of the body of young Bobby
Franks when it was found
“The Judge ordered a recess of five
minutes to give women an opportu
nity to leave before the statement
was read. About half of them re
tired. Those who remained roused
the judge's ire.
Tn loud words Judge Caverly an
nounced that he would have the
bailiffs escort the women out if they
persisted in remaining.
“Why do you persist n - waiting
to listen to such rot?” he demanded.
Men who pressed forward were or
dered bac kto their places.
The bourt cleared, the reading of
the document began.
“I don’t know what the report con
tains, as I have not read it,” said
Judge Caverly, “but I want the rec
ord complete.”
Walter Baehrach, of defense coun
sel, then read the report of'the post
mortem.
Dispute Over Inference
There was a dispute among the
attorneys as to whether the coro
ner's report bore out the inference
which Mr. Crowe had given it. With
out passing on the merits of this
point, Judge Caverly indicated that
he would not consider the question
again, but would let the report it
self stand for the record.
“I do not think Mr. Crowe should
go any further than this report
goes,” said Judge Caverly. He then
ordered an adjournment until to
morrow morning.
Advancing a new theory concern
ing file motive for the kidnaping!
and murder of young Franks.
State’s Attorney Crowe, in present
ing the commonwealth's argument!
for the death penalty for Leopold;
and Loeb, attacked today the
“child’s compact’ testimony of the
defense alienists.
The prosecutor made light of the
“split personality,” “childish com
pact” and "fantasies of dreamland”
theories advanced by the <lefen.se as
mitigating circumstances, and at
tributed the murder to “unnatural
influences with which your honor
has been acquainted in whispered
testimony.”
He contended vigorously that i
‘hair-line decisions by high-priced I
alienists” a s to mental condition had '
no place in the hearing.
“These men are nothing but a 1
couple of pampered and spoiled I
smart Alecks,” he shouted.
Mr. Crowe became soaked with]
perspiration so vigorous was his ef
fort.
Defense attorneys challenged the
accuracy of some ot Mr. Crowe’a in
terpretations of the testimony
“1 am showing that this was a
crime of intellect and not of childish
fantasy.” said Mr. Crowe*
“If Mr. Crowe goes too far I will 1
stop him,” said Judge Caverly.
“We are satisfied with that, your
honor,” agreed Mr. Darrow. »
Goes in for Sarcasm
Av the start of his address today,
Mr. Crowe spoke ironically of his,
“tour through the nursery with the '
defense alienists,” his education ini
“bedtime stories” and “the bad
signs" which surrounded the de
fendants."
He contended vigorously that
neither the state's attorney nor the
court had the right to be lenient
above the letter and spirit of the law.
"The law says,” he shouted, “that
in eases of extreme violence the
penalty shall be death. We may for-1
give our personal injuries, but;
neither you as judge nor 1 as state's
attorney, has a shred of right to Tor-.
give injuries to the laws which we
ate sworn to defend.”
Benjamin Baehrach, long-time!
friend of the Loeb family, completed
the argument for the defense today]
with another attack ujon the mode ■
ot examinations by which the state's
alienists concluded that the two bril
liant college youths were of normal
mentality.
He attacked also the legal cita-'
tions offered in the first arguments ;
of the state purporting to sustain
the state’s demand for a death pen
alty. Os more than a score of deci-1
sions from Illinoi—i courts cited by I
Assistant State’s Attorney Thoma’s
Marshall “there is not a single case
in point,” Baehrach declared.
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Atlanta, Ga.
Photographer Price
Hurt When Airplane
Is Wrecked at Athens
BY ERNEST ROGERS
j (Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
i ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 26. —Frances
E. Price, photographer for the At
lanta Constitution, was painfully in
jured hre at noon today when an
airplane, piloted by S. G. Irwin,
ra*. into a clump of pines and
was wrecked near the field where
government planes were giving a
demonstration in dusting cotton to
kill boll weevil. Mr. Price was . .ak
ing pictures from the airplane.
James A. Hollomon, of the Con
stitution staff, who accompanied
the plane to Athens, was not
in it .when the accident occurred.
The plane' was circling over the
j field where the cotton dusting was
i about to take place. Mr. Price was
I taking pictures of the crowd and
1 field and the other planes, and Pilot
Irwin states he looked back at Mr.
Price and ran into the clump of
pines. The plane was almost com
pletely wrecked, having struck the
ground, nose first.
10.000 AT ATHENS
SEE PLANES DEAL
DEATH TO WEEVIL
ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 26.—The air
plane, around which the next wars
will revolve if military leaders are
coirect, was employed here today
both as a death dealing weapon and
a vehicle of agricultural rehabilita
tion fcr the southern farmer who de
pends greatly on cotton.
Spouting clouds of pulverized cal
cium arsenate as if they were laying
down a smeke screen, two giant
planes built especially for such work,
dealt out prescriptions of death for
ihe boll vzeevil while ten thousand
business men and. farmers of this
section and fic.m all over the state,
gazed with interest at the first dem
onstration of the kind ever made in
this section of the cotton belt.
The planes were operated under
tile direction of Dr. George 11. Ma
honey. assistant entomologist at
Tallulah, La., who was taking the
place of Dr. R. J. Coad, of the Tallu
lah experiment station; the Georgia
State College of Agriculture exten-
I sion division and a number of At
: lanta and Athens- business men.
i The planes carried thirteen hun
] tired pounds of calcium arsenate and
dusted the eq nvalent of six hundred
acres of cotton hourly. They flew
across che field only a few feet above
the cottin and the calii un -useiiate,
curried in a hopper at the cowl, fell
from underneath the plane ami was
caught in the powerful current of
air generated by the propeller's and
Shot downward on the stalks. So
finely was it distributed that it was
| almost impossible to distinguish with
I the nal ed eye, birt inspection of the
i plants showed that it went into every
| square and on every leaf, an ideal
distribution and demonstration, ac-
I cording to experts. A two hundred
] and fifty acre field was used here
] for the dusting demonstration.
Dr. Mahoney spoke after- the dem
onstration and praised Georgia for
her prompt action in employing the
arsenate method of fighting the wee
]vil. He paid tribute to Dr. Andrew
I Soule and the .state agricultural col
lege pioneers who from the first had
] preached the doctrine of the use of ]
.calcium arsenate in fighting the wee
vil. He emphasized to the farmers
the necessity of continuing the fight
and hot allowing a dry year or one
.in which few weevils apperaed, to di
vert them from the task of ridding
the cotton fields of the pest. He also
told them to concentrate their es-1
forts on acreage they could manage I
capably and also to isolate the fields
from undergrowth and wooded areas. I
“Lumber and cotton will not thrive I
in the same vicinity,” said Dr. Ma- |
honey. “You have to choose be-|
tween the two. Forerts offer ideal
hibernation for the weevil in the
winter, and cotton fields should be
kept as far from them as possible.” ;
He said calcium arsenate in dust I
form was the best poison yet found '
by the government for the boll wee
vil, and that it was recommended by
the government.
Governor Clifford Walker, Senator |
William J. Harris, Representative:
Charles H. Brand, State Commission
er of Agriculture J. J. Brown, J.
Phil Campbell. Milton P. Jarnigan
and other distinguished guests made
short talks following Dr. Mahoney.
Following the program, a barbe-]
cue was served to all present.
The demonstration was held on the
farms of James W. and Toombs W.
Morton.
THREE SHIPS AGROUND
LEWES, Del.. Aug. 26.—-The
four-masted schooner Rosalie, the
I nited States geodetic gasoline
steamer Gloria, and a government]
seaplane dragged their anchors and I
drifted aground in the storm tha:l
came up the coast last night. All
were in good condition today and
expected to float on the next high
tide. .
The Weather
VIRGINIA: Thursday mostly
cloudy, probably local thundershon
ers; not much change in temrera
ture. i
NORTH CAROLINA. SOUTH
CAROLINA. GEORGIA, EXTREME
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND
ALABAMA; Generally fair Thurs
day.
I LORI DA: Partly cloudy Thurs
day: probably showers in extreme
south portion.
I'ENNESSEE: Probablv local '
thundershowers Thursday; little
change in temperature.
KENTUCKY: Thursday fair; not
much change in temperature.
MISSISSIPPI: Thursday, partly ,
cloudy; probably scattered thundet
showers.
ILLINOIS: Fair Thu-sday.
MISSOURI: Fair Thursday.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
IS YET TO BE WON.
LAWRENCE ASSERTS
Uncertainty of Trend Has
Leaders of All Parties
Worried
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal —Copy-
right, 19'24.)
NEW YORK, August 26.—What
]is really going on inside the two
I big political camps these days will
i hardly be discerned from the op
timistic publicity which the Repub
licans and Democrats are issuing,
nor will it be gleaned from the con
fident utterances of the nominees.
But the truth of the matter is
there is not any real confidence
underneath. Many and various are
the conjectures and hopes with re
spect to what will happen after the
campaign gets well under way and
the candidates have toured and ra
dioed the country. Y’et if the elec
tion were held tomorrow—it is an
oft-used phrase to express the
actual situation at the moment —
the leaders of the Republican as
well as the Democratic parties
would be doubtful as well as nerv
ous about the outcome to the point
of expecting a close result. The in
side talk of “landslide” is slowly
I vanishing. It is to be a real race.
Sometimes when the managers do
j not talk for quotation they give an
insight to their real feelings, their
fears and their true calculations.
“If the election were held tomor
row,” said one of the highest in the
councils of the Democratic party;
today, “the result would be thrown i
into the house of representatives
for 'decision, as one of the three!
candidates would get a majority of
the electoral votes.
West Very Uncertain
"The west is all split up. W e may
pull out certain states but it looks
more than ever as if the battle
there is between Davis and La Fol
lette, with the chances of the lat
ter carrying many states unless
conditions change. Os course, I ain
counting on D-tvig to prevent the
drift to La Follette but I am con
vinced the west is'lost to Coolidge.
And it may be lost to u. s . Thai's
the rock bottom truth.
From Republican sources corrp c
iue Well-guarded statement that
the La Follette tide is ebbing <ind
that Were the elections held tomor
row it would be dangerous but that I
>y election time the improved ag
ricultural condit.ons will send vo'c«
now inclined to La Follette To I
Coolidge. * |
Thete comments on the situation I
aie not. ti e kind that would be pub
licly admi'ied, lor polities is a game
in which the strategy o f confidence
is supposed to play an important
P-H't. The politicians frequently
nnk, and so do some partisans, that
wmipmgns are w >a by propaganda,
\\ Imh is only another word for arti-
Lmal publicity. But they are not.
Misrepresentation swings a number
of -votes but every election usually
shows a definite trend based upon
some fundamental conviction in ■
grained not during the campaign
but m the months when the candi
dates were on their natural and pre
sumably non-political behavior.
MbaL-ver impressions the country
nas ", l tl ‘® 1 u Sged character of Cal
vin Coolidge were obtained in the
lew months after he took the oath
in office and all the pictures and
stnries about his simplicity recently I
distributed as a publicity effort are
simply repetition.
Impression of Davis
So it is with the Democratic
cause. The impression of John W.
J'Tvis character and intellectual
ability which was conveyed to the
co.miry when the attention of every
body was focused on the Democratic:
national convention, is already em- '
planted as in every phase of his
career as a lawyer and a public offi
cial
1 ersons are relatively’ secondary :
in this campa’gn. The candidacy of
I/a Follette is more of a symbol than '
a matter of personality. The issues I
rre becoming clearer every day. in j
the west they relate to agricultural '
conditions and the Teapot Dome
controversy as it relates to con- I
s;rvatic,n of natural resources. In
Lie east it is mostly the Ku Klux
Kian problem. The Democrats are I
rapidly developing a distinct anti- !
klan complexion while the Republic- I
cns are puzzled and uncertain as to
how to treat the issue. It may alter]
ihe campaign in the east, especially
if religion becomes a vital factor.
This has been feared by Republicans |
but they are hopeful that strong!
utterances from President Coolidge i
w b save them embarrassment, espe-1
cially in this part of the country.
In a nut shell, the- men who bet on
elections' are simply venturesome in
dividuals who enjoy the sport of !
gambling, for at ihe moment the I
political situation is so full of cross ;
currents that anyone who feels sure |
of the outcome has usually a wish
father io the thought.
The political managers themselves
know in their hearts the situation '
is not a certainty for any candidate.
Georgia’s Tax Rate
Fixed at Five Mills,
Vv right Announces
The tax rate for the state of Geor- :
gia for the year 1924 has, as usual. I
been fixed at the maximum allowed ;
by the constitution, or five mills, by '
authority of governor Walker and
Comptroller General Wright. An- ;
nouncement to this effect was made j
by the comptroller general Tuesday, ; ■
following a conference with the gov- '
ernor. The levy amounts to $5 on I
each SI,OOO worth of property in i
the state.
Os the 5 mills, 4.91 mills has been]
set aside for general purposes, in-'
eluding the support of the common
schools, which receive one-half of
- state’s income. The other .09 I
of a mill goes into the sinking fund,
to retire matured bonds of the state.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, August 28, 1924
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POSTAL INSPECTOR
HELD AS LEADER IN
GREAT MAIL HOLOUP
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Charged
with being the master mind in the
$2,01)0,000 mail robbery at Rondout,
111., on June 12, which he took a
leading part in investigating, Wil
liam F. Fahy, postoffiee inspector,
was held in the Kane county jail
at Geneva today in bonds of $50,000.
He was arrested in his private office
in the federal building late yesterday
after warrants had been issued on
; complaint of five eastern inspectors.
| Fahy, who was regarded as an
, “ace” among postal operatives, and
who obtained the evidence which
sent “Big Tim" Murphy and his al
leged accomplices to federal prison
for the Dearborn street station $338,-
000 robliery three years ago, charged
the arrest was due to a “frame up,”
by criminal enemies and professional
rivals, lie will be arraigned Septem
ber 6.
According to inspectors working
on the case, it is believed Fahy is
in possession of a considerable part
lof the loot, although they admit
they have been unable to recover
any of the amount.
Fahy has been watched ever since
a few days after the robbery, Chief
Postal Inspector (’. H. Claruhan, of
New York, said. He stated that in
spectors have followed Fahy to
; places where they say he met the
men with whom he is charged with
] conspiring.
Fahy said he supjHised the com
plaint was based on his comrnunica
: tion with James Murray, a Chicago
: politician, arrested in connection
with the robbery, and released in
bonds. Murray always has been a
friend of his and has assisted him
in his government work, Fahy said.
The Rondout robbery was one of
' the most spectacular to occur in
! this vicinity in years. Eight men
stopped a special mail train of the
Chicago, iClilwaukee and St. Paul
railway at Rondout, twenty-four
miles north of Chicago. After sub
■duihg the clerks with tear bombs
the robbers, wearing gas mask.-j,
made selections of certain mail sacks
and escaped in two motor cars. Their
manner of operation led inspectors to
believe they had advance informa- j
tion.
Three Newton brothers, ex-con
victs from Texas, are in jail in con
nection with the robbery. One ban
dit was shot by the leader, who was
supposed to have mistaken him for
a mail clerk.
Mosquito Hordes Stop
Work and Play Alike
In Great Lakes Region
CHICAGO. Aug. 26.—Efforts to
combat the mosquitos swarming
throughout the western Great Lakes
region were under way today as the
winged pests invaded offices and
homes, drove golfers from courses,
forced closing of suburban camps ]
and resorts r...d brought discomfort
to numerous outdoor functions.
The insects forced a high school
football team to abandon its summer
training camp at Fond du Lac. Wis.,
the players being compelled to don
their heaviest togs for protection.
Farmers in the vicinity of Brainiard.
Minn., were reported driven indoors
bv the swarms, those remaining in
the fields wearing heavy gloves and
screening about Their faces.
Only a few anophelene or malaria
carrying mosquitos are among rhe
millions in the vicinity of Chicago,
according to the University of Chi
cago.
Ma’sh lands near Chicago arc be
ing sprayed with oil. and health au
thorities have issued drections for
treating “bites.”
Storm Warning Issued
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—The
weather bureau Issued the following
storm warning today: “Advisory.
9 a. m., tropical storm off New
Jersey coast, moving rapidly north
northeastward. will be attended by
strong shifting gales today. Caution
advised all vessels.”
BLEASE LEADS FOR
CAROLIM SENATOR;
RONOVER INDICATED
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Aug. 27—Form
er Governor Cole J,. Blease contin
ued to hold the lead in the race for
the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator in South Car
|olina, on the basis of returns tabu-
I lated late last night. Representa
i lives James F. Byrnes was in sec
i ond place with Senator N. B. Dial and
i State Insurance Commissioner John
|J. McMahan following in order.
It is probable that a runover will
be necessary as a majority is re
quired to nominate. With 750 of the
state’s 1,354 precincts reported the
count was: Blease 32,355; Byrnes
27,054; Dial 18,420; McMahan 2,302.
Voting in the senatorial race is less
than one-third the total enrollment
in the districts reporting.
Governor Thomas G. McLeod held
a lead over his opponent, John T.
Duncan, which in spite of meager
returns was regarded in the govern
or's headquarters as conclusive, and
last night the governor issued a
statement thanking the people for re
turning him to office. Nomination
in the Democratic primary is equiva
lent to election here.
Congressmen J. J. McSwain, of the
Fourth district, and A. H. Gasque,
of the Sixth, were without opposition
for re-election.
In the First district, Thomas S.
McMillan held the lead over three
opponents. W. T. Logan, the in
cumbent, was second with Ben F.
Adams and I. H. Hutto in order
named.
Five candidates are contesting in
the Second district, with B. B. Hare
leading with five of thfe nine coun
ties reported. B. R. Tillman, R. L.
(Gunter, W. D. Black and G. 1.. Toole
followed in order.
In the Tihrd district, Representa
tive Fred H. Dominick was holding
a long lead over C. H. Carpenter and
W. B. Nicholson, who are having a
close race for second place.
Representative W. F. Stevenson
was leading W. R: Bradford 4,423 to
560 in the Fifth district on the basis
of early returns.
In the Seventh district, H. P. Ful
mer was leading two opponents with
1.. A. Hutson second and D. M. Cros
' son third.
Brunswick Residence
Lifted Bodily by Wind;
Occupants Are Unhurt
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Aug. 26.
Tearing its way through Brunswick ;
at a velocity of more than 75 miles i
per hour, tha wind storm last night I
lifted one houw from its foundation
and carried it *>me distance before I
depositing it gently on the groiM)4l
without injuring its occupants. An
other house was burned after a bolt I
of lightning had struck it. Rs oc
cupants narrowly made their escape. :
The home of E. A. Poulson, located I
on Gloucester street, now sets on a :
lot which the owner of the house
has not yet purchased. Lifted from ■
its pillars, the occupants of the I
house rode through the air for some
distance. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson, oc
cupying one room, and their two
children another, were awakened by
the movement of their dwelling
which resembled an earthquake
tremor.
Glass windows In the National
bank, and several stores along
Brunswick's main business street ,
were shattered.
So far as could be ascertained this
morning, no one was injured In the j
storm here.
Mosaic Disease Beaten, ,
Dry Weather Hurts Cane ,
MOULTRIE, Ga.. Aug. 26.—The ,
mosaic disease, which greatly dam-!]
aged the cane crop in south Georgia (
two years ago has practically been ] |
stamped out, according to farm ob- i |
servers here. The cane crop, how- <
ever, has been seriously damaged by !
the dry weather that has prevailed .
during the past month. Unless it (
rains within the next few days, the ■
syrup production will he smaller! (
than it has been in a number of
years, it is stated.
i UENTb A COPY,
51 A YEAR.
CANDIDATE IS GIVEN
AROUSING OVATION
IN OHIO METROPOLIS
Republicans’ Faults Are Put
in the Spotlight in
Strong Address i
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 26
Opening his western drive with an
address here today before the Ohio
.state Democratic convention, John
W. Davis, the Democratic presi
drential candidate, replied directly
to President Coolidge’s acceptance
address and further defined the is-
I sues of the campaign.
' Speaking without manuscript for
■ the first time during the campaign.
I Mr. Davis struck out straight from
i the shoulder.
! “What is the issue that you bid
i me submit to the American people?’’
i Mr. Davis asked. “I care not In
what words we put it. Honesty in
.government; fidelity in administra
tion; uprightness in the administra
tion of the law; justice in the pas
sage of legislation—it all comes to
the last resolve, to the question of
parly responsibility.
“This is a government by parties.
They are our agents and our serv
ants, and every election —or state or
national, is an appraisal by the peo
ple of the conduct of their servants
and an expression of their satisfac-
I tion or dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which their duties have been
performed. That is the issue that
you Democrats are going to submit
to your fellow citizens in Ohio this
fall That is the issue which those
in power, whether they choose it or
not, must submit to the people of
the United States.
“I was asked the other day fbr
my definition of the difference
tween a Democrat and a Republican,
and I suggested that in this year ot
standing distinction between the
I grace 1 thought that the great out
members of the two parties was this:
that a Democrat wanted the record
of his party remembered and a Re
publican wanted the record of his
party forgotten.
“Now, how shall we test parties?
. When we come to weigh the things
that they have done in their political
, body, how shall we test them? Shall
it be by their performance— perhaps
the best of all tests?”
Hits G. O. P. Foreign Policy
“Shall it be by their promises—•
1 not so good a test, for promises are
i easy in the political world? Or shall
it be by their character as disciu
-1 lined units marching with harmony
- under a common leadership and abla
j to pel form th e things they see fit
i to promise?
s “1 have in my hand the statemen:
• by the leader of the Republican
5 party two weeks ago as the basis
- on which he would invoke the sup
port of the American people. I
wish to discuss it calmly, soberly,
• without passion and, 1 hope, with
out prejudice. I take up the speech
’ as be himself has taken it
L| bust, foreign affairs. We are
. told by the president that the for
, eign affairs of this country have
. been managed in the last three
y ( 'ai's and a half with a technical
. ski 11 and broad statemansship sel
doni if ever surpassed. What ha»
this technical skill and broad states
manship, accomplished, according to
the roster of deeds which follows in
Hus address? W< ar e told first that
; when this administration took office
diplomatic relations had been' sue
pepded with Turkey, with Greece
I with Colombia and
with Mexico.
Not True ns to Colombia?
1 “I did not know that that was
true as to Colombia. And, after
wards that that unhappy state of
had been redressed bv ths
ratification of treaties wltii Ge—
A llstria - with Hungary,
x i h Colombia, with Mexico and
n JU I <ey f. w ’ llth on, y a technical
skill and a broad statesmanship sel
cio mis ever surpassed could have
ZiX? Ve ?->i H ° W much of that tech,
meal skill was necessary to pe-.
suade the beaten and vanquished na.
Germany, Austria and Hun
gaiy. to sign a treaty dictated by
us, in a half-dozen lines, saying in
«o many words; 'You of the U#it<-d
hin<fT may . h o Vrt all the ri « hts a nd
X“‘Lo’
" n ' l,he
“How much technical skill and
hroad statesmanship did it require
for the senate to ratify a treaty with
| the republic of Colombia, being a da
dayed act of justice, the treaty hav
ing been negotiated and laid before
the senate by a. Democratic secre
tary of state? And how much tech-
| meal skill was necessary to accept
from the Turkish empire the treaty
of Lausanne, laid before us by the
Turks, cancelling all our previous
I capitulary rights and meekly accept
ed by the United States without the
■*’ OI th e crossing of
Criticizes Naval Pact
“What next? The Washington
conference. What did it do? It.
agreed that insofar as battleships
were concerned, the United States
should occupy a ratio equal to Great
Britain and higher than Japan;
that in battleships those three na
tions should stand on the ratios of
five, five and three; that Japan
should enjoy complete majidatopy
lights over all the islands and pea
sessions Germany had owned in ti’a
Pacific north of a certain area, and
the British empire all of those be
low. ,
“That action involved three things,
and we must fairly face them. First,
it made the military defense of the
Philippines impossible, if we desire
to hold them. Second, 1t fixed a
ratio of five, five and three which
the secretary of the navy told us
only two days ago had been permit
ted to lapse by those who now con
trol the destinies of the United
States; that according 1o his theory,
our ratio was five, four and three,
and according to other experts,
much lower than that.
“Then it committed us to the so
called four-power treaty, under which
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