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VOL. XXVI. NO. 142
ARSENATE IN FLOUR
KILLS THREE;FOUR
MORE IN HOSPITAL
Accident Threatens to Wipe
Out Family of Farmer
Near Franklin
Calcium arsenate that fell from a
shelf into the family flour bin may
Wipe out an entire family, already
ha ving caused the death of the fa
ther and two children, while the
mother and three other children are
patients at the Wesley Memorial hos
pital.
The victims now under treatment
at the hospital are Mrs. Claudia
Jackson, of Franklin, Ga., and her
Murray, Wayne and Robert,
she father, Mr. Ed Jackson, died
July 26, tthe baby died July 16 and
mother child, Willie Lee, died re
rently in a La Grange hospital, ac
:onding to dispatches received here.
Physicians at Wesley Memorial
lospital stated Thursday that Mrs.
Jackson and her three sons were
•esting as comfortably as could be
expected.
Dispatches from Franklin were
o the effect that a package of cal
■ium arsenate, used to exterminate
he bean weevil on the Jackson farm,
iel. from a shelf above the flour bin,
he poison mixing with the flour and
xeing made into bread and biscuits
Jaten by the family.
The family became ill early in
July, but recovered under the care
if the family physician. While they
vere convalescing, neighbors pre
pared their food. When they got
.veil again and Mrs. Jackson went
jack to the family kitchen, all be
:anie ill again, the father and two
hildren dying.' An investigation by
leighbors revealed that the arsenate
xad fallen from a shelf into the flour
>arrel, and, being the same color as
.he flour, had not been noticed.
Mr. Jackson was about 37 years
)ld, and a well known farmer.
Mamed Friday, 13th,
Smashed 13 Mirrors;
Now Held for Murder
DETROIT, Sept. 4. —Thirteen mir
•ors were broken the afternoon of
Friday, June 13, last, at the inar
•iage of Thomas Boyce, thirty, to
Miss Louise twenty-nine, in
jell number 13, of the gloomy hold
if the Australian ship, then an
chored in the Detroit river.
In further defiance of superstition,
he ceremony was witnessed by 13
persons.
Boyce today is held by police in
connection with the death Sunday
light of Clyde Keller, who was
'ound with his head crushed in a
noving van at the rear of an apart
ment house in which lived Mrs.
Irene Bellanger, thirty-year-old di
vorcee, who is also in custody. Mrs.
Frances Rice, a friend of Mrs. Bel
anger, also has been arrested for
questioning.
Boyce, Mrs. Bellanger and Mrs.
Rice told police that Keller was with
them in the Bellanger apartment
Sunday night; that there had been
some drinking, and that Keller fell.
He was last seen, they say, limping
toward the moving van. They said
they knew nothing about the ham
mer found beside Keller’s body.
Parade Marks Opening
Os Beauty Contest for
Miss America Title
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. I.—King
Neptune and the inter-city beauties
staged their triumphant march
along the boardwalk today before a
crowd of more than 75,000 persons.
With his gold crown, flowing
white hair and whiskers and silver
trident glistening in the bright sun .
light, the monarch of the season
state upon a shell shaped
bent'* float of light blue and gold,
with him were eight mem
bers of the Atlantic City Lcauty
court in white and standing as
guards of honor on either side n f the
float were six others cf th? Leauty
court in gold and blue costumes..
King Neptune arrived at the start
ing point in a white automobile, the
sea being too rough for him to put
in an appearance on his gaily be
decked barge.
With Neptune in the car were
“Miss America’’ and her chaperon.
Dense crowds pressed about them
and gave them a big ovation. Then
one by one the S 3 inter-city beauties
arrived and were seated in rolling
chairs in the order in which they ar
rived.
School of Flying Fish
Breaks Telegraph Line
OCEAN CITY, N. J.. Sept. 4
Flying fish, believed by anglers to
have Deen driven inland by heavy
storms at sea. invaded this city and
Cape May yesterday breaking down
telegraph wires in their flight and
crippling service. It is believed there
were several hundred of them.
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
NEW YORK. —Maria Thompson
! Davies, artist-author, dies suddenly
in her apartment.
BOSTON. —Mayor Curley, denies
request of socialists to hold peace
demonstration on commons on De
fense day.
NEW YORK —Extra precautions
are taken to guard Prince of Wales
following discovery of letter threat
ening his life.
NOGALES, Sonora, Mex. —Publix
schools throughout Sonora, are
closed as a result of the general
strike of teachers,
PHILADELPHIA. Lieutenant
Ouddihy, United States navy,
smashes American seaplane speed
record at 197.6 miles an hour.
WHEELING, W. Va.—Edward F.
“Pop” Geers veteran of harness
track, dies here from injuries re
ceived when thrown from his sulky
in race.
NEW YORK—It is learned that
loans and credits for upward of
$100,000,000 are being sought by
German industries from American
banks.
BOSTON. —Lieutenant R. C. Mof
fatt, United States army, establishes
what is believed to be a new record
for flying between Boston and New
York City.
CHICAGO —Real estate scheduled
for $50,000 bonds for William
Fahy, postal inspector, is held un
acceptable by United States com
missioner.
SHANGHAI.—First day of Chi
nese civil war is marked by gen
eral fighting from Shanghai-Nank
ing railway to coast and by heavy
casualties.
SAN SALVADOR —General Greg
orio Ferrera, leader of revolt in
Honduras, is proclaimed provisional
president by followers in territory
held by rebels.
SYOSSET, N. Yc—After being a
spectator at two polo contests, Prince
of Wales attends dinner at. Piping
Rock club, Locust Valley, in honor
of international polo players.
DENVER. —Agreement is reached
for sale at auction within sixty days
of Denver and Rio Grande West
ern railroad following denial in dis
trict court of petition of interven
tion.
GEORGIA GIRL. SHOT
BF JILTED SUiTDR.
AT POINT OF DEATH
NEWTON, Ga., Sept. 4.—Miss
Maude Bentley, 17-year-old Newton
girl, who was seriously wounded here
yesterday when she was twice shot
by I. E. Jones, prominent young
Baker county farmer, was still in a
critical condition this morning, but
physicians believed she had a chance
to recover. It was expected that she
would be taken to a hospital in Al
bany during the day.
It is said that at the time of the
shooting Miss Bentley was trying
to persuade Jones to wait a while
before marrying her. A marriage
license was issued several days ago,
after five days’ legal notice had been
posted.
Immediately after the shooting,
which occurred in the front yard of
the girl’s home, Jones disappeared
and has not yet been apprehended. A
warrant was placed in the hands of
Sheriff Griffin, charging Jones with
| assault with intent to murder.
.Jones is a brothei' of Chief of Po
lice J. L. Jones, of Albany.
The shooting is said io have oc
curred as the result of the breaking
by Miss Bentley of an engagement
to marry Jones, who is said to have
secured a marriage license.
Reports are to the effect that
Jones went to Miss Bentley’s home
early Wednesday and called hex
outside. After they had been talk
ing a few minutes, two shots were
heard by those inside the house and
they rushed out to find her lying
on. the ground. One bullet had enter
' ed her forehead and lodged in her
i head. The other had penetrated her
i left brea.i, ranging down and com
| ing out in the back. _
Senator Reed Says
Europe Soon Will Fund
I American War Debt
, WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Just
back from a two months’ trip in Eu-
I rope. Senator- Reed, of Pennsylvania
predicted today after a call at xhe
j White House that negotiations soon
'would be initiated by the European
I nations concerned to fund the out
standing war debts to the United
! States.
The reparations settlement had
j opened the way, he said, for those
'countries which have not accounted
I for their debts to do so, and he de-
I dared that if such negotiations were
not opened soon by them, this coun
kry should take the initiative.
I “In my visit to Europe.” Senator
i Reed said, “particularly in France
and Italy, I heard less and less talk
of debt forgiveness, and they seem to
realize that cancellation is impos
:sible.”
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The Weather
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY
Virginia: Fair.
North Carolina and South Caro
lina: Fair.
; Georgia: Fair.
Florida: Unsettled: local thunder-
' showers.
Extreme northwest Florida. Ala
i barna and Mississippi: Fair.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair.
Louisiana: Generally fair.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
i Oklahoma: Partly cloudy.
East Texas: Partly cloudy.
West Texas: Pai tly cloud? , prob
j ably showers in the Panhandle.
NEW YORK —Police reserves
guard Lieutenant Antonio Locatellx,
Italian aviator, upon his arrival
when rival factions of Italians, as
sembled to meet him, threaten a
riot.
PICTOU, N. S. —American world
aviators fly here, from Hawkes Bay,
N. F., 420 miles, in six hours and
26 minutes; flight to Boston is de
layed for at least a day due to slight
damage to flagplane.
WASHINGTON.—Trade union or
ganizations throughout the country
are called upon by the A. F. of L.’s
national non-partisan political cam
paign committee to aid in the La
Follette-Wheeler campaign.
LONDON. —Daily Express prints
dispatch from Rome denying at
tempt was made Sunday to assassi
nate Premier Mussolini while he was
riding in automobile from Acqua
pendente to Rome.
TEXARKANA, Ark. Receiver
ship proceedings against Middle
States Oil corporation and twenty
three other concerns are filed by
Joseph A. Phelan, New York cred
itor, in United States district court.
SHANGHAI, —Neither side en
gaged in Chinese civil war on out
skirts of Shanghai makes any ma
terial gain, witnesses report. al
though 40,000 are engaged in fight
ing and casualties are heavy.
GENEVA. —To assure participa
tion by heads of European states,
Europe, not Washington, must be
scene of next disarmament confer
, ence, Premiex- MacDonald declares
in outlining Great Britain’s position.
INDIANAPOLIS.—GeneraI Persh
ing’s record in Mexican punitive ex
pedition of 1916 was outstanding
reason for his appointment as com
mander of A. E. F., former war
secretary, Newton D. Baker, says
in letter in American Legion
W eekly.
.CHICAGO. —Chairman of the west
ern headquarters of the Democratic
national committee issues a state
ment declaring that fifty or more
Republican congressional committees
which investigated the Wilson war
administration, failed to uncover
any corruption.
CHICAGO: Wymouth Kirkland,
Chicago attorney, is designated by
the United States department of
justice to represent the railroad la
bor board in its intended litigation
for the recognition of its alleged
right to compel attendance and testi
mony of certain witnesses.
BRUSSELS ORDERS
FIRST OF BEtDIM
TROOPS FROM RUHR
BRUSSELS, Sept. 4.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—-The Belgian mili
tary evacuation of the Ruhr begins
tonight with the withdrawal of a
battalion of the Sixteenth artillery,
which will rejoin the garrison at Til
lemont. Otter units will be taken
I out from time to time.
Orders for the movement of special
branches such »xs the heavy artillery,
I tanks and aviation, already have
been issued.
The retirement of the units will
constitute the first stage of the
evacuation. The second stage will
be the removal of the infantry, which
will be brought back by entire regi
ments instead of by battalions.
FRENCH COURT DISCHARGES
RUHR POLITICAL PRISONERS
WIESBADEN, Hessia-Nassau, Sept.
4. —A group of communists and anti
militarists, under arrest on propa
ganda charges, were released when
they appeared for trial today before
a French court-martial. The pris
oners were discharged under the
terms of the London agreement pro
hibiting prosecutions for political of
fenses.
LONDON AND V. S. BANKERS
PLAN FOR BERLIN LOAN
By Hal O’Flalierly
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
the Chicago Daily News.)
(Copyright, 11124, by Chicago Daily News.)
LONDON, Sept. 4. —Private con
versations between British and
American bankers ovex- details of
floating the Dawes loan for Ger
many have taken place this week
both in London and on the conti
nent. The chiefs of three great Amer
ican banks, John J. Mitchell, J. P.
Morgan and Paul Warburg quitely
have been sounding out opinion as
to how much of the loan should be
floated in Europe and how much in
; the United States.
I British bankers seem to lean
; heavily toward distributing at least
| $50,000,000 of the loan among neutral
j and allied countries, leaving Great |
' Britain to rliise a like amount. The
I balance of $100,000,000 would be I
! raised in America.
: The British theory of this plan of
I distribution rests on the fact that
I neutrals and other allies will re
j ceive greater benefits than Great
i Britain, and therefore they should
i be asked to shoulder a fail- share of
the burden. Prospects for a sue- '
cessful flotation appeared brighter
than ever today, reports indicating
that German prosperity was bound
to increase and perhaps make the
: loan one of the best sort of invest
; xnents.
ONEROUS RUHR ORDINANCES
AKE REPEALED BY ALLIES
COBLENZ, Sept. 4.—The inter
allied high commission for the
Rhineland adopted today, in con
formity with the London agreement
for a reparation settlement, five
• ordinances relieving the population
of the Rhineland from various re
> strictions.
The first measure abolishes the
collection cf customs on the east
ern border of the territory after
September 9, the second and third,
which become effective immediately,
restore freedom of movement to per
i sons and vehicles between the occu
| pied and unoccupied regions; the
fourth annuls the regulation of boat
I traffic on the Rhine, and the fifth
abrogates various provisions regard
’ ing the circulation of the emergence
paper money in the occupied terri
'tory.
BIG CAR OVERTURNS
ASTIRE BLOWS OUT:
1 DEAD; 5 HUH
Three Members of Barnes
ville Party in Hospital Here
in Serious Condition
Six prominent women, members of
an automobile-party that left Barnes
ville, Ga., Thursday morning for At
lanta, were brought here for treat
ment at noon after their automobile
had blown a tire in a sand bed and
i turned turtle twice near Lovejoy,
twenty-seven miles below here.
One, Mrs. W. M. Howard, of
Barnesville, died Thursday night
from her injuries.
The seriously injured according to
physicians are:
Mrs. C. O. Sommers, of Barnes
ville.
Mrs. Annie Anderson, of Barnes
ville.
Atlanta Woman Hurt
Others injured were:
Mrs. Katherine Birdsong, of
Thomaston.
Mrs. W. Stafford, of Barnesville.
Mrs. W. E. Davidson, of 1422
Peachtree road, Atlanta.
Mrs. Davidson, who was not in
jured as severely as the others, was
carried to her home, where she was
under the care of the family physi
cian.
The nature and extent of the in
juries suffered by the other women
could not be learned at the hospital
It was said, though, that Mrs. Som
mers was critically injured, and that
her relatives had been summoned
from Barnesville.
The injured were brought to At
lanta on the Central of Georgia rail
way train No. 11, due at the Ter
minal station at 10:35 a. m. The
train, which was delayed by the ac
cident, was met at the station by
ambulances, which transported the
foui- Barnesville women and Mrs.
Birdsong to the hospital.
Mrs. Davidson, the only member
of the party who c0..1d be reached
for a statement, said she knew very
little about the accident except that
the automobile —a new Lincoln —
had overturned. She had been vis
iting in Barnesville and the other
women were accompanying hex- back
to Atlanta.
Tire Blew Out
Information from Lovejoy and
Barnesville, however, was to the
effect that the automobile was pro
ceeding at a rapid rate when, in
passing over a sandy section of the
road, one of the balloon tires with
which it was equipped blew out,
causing the machine to skid and
then overturn.
Mrs. Birdsong was driving, it was
stated.
The automobile, according to in
formation from Barnesville, left that
city at the same time as the Central
of Georgia train to which its occu
pants later were transferred.
The accident occurred one mile
outside Lovejoy, toward Barnesville,
on a stretch of highway that paral
lels the railroad tracks. Passing
motorists flagged the train and plac
ed the injured women aboard with
the assistance of passengers and
members of the train crew, it was
stated.
The injured women are prominent
In theix- respective home cities. The
Barnesville women and Mrs. Bird
song also are said to be well known
in Atlanta, having visited here.
Mrs. Sommers, who is said to be
critically injured, is the widow of
Mr. C. O. Sommers, former president
of the Sommers Buggy works, of
Barnesville, and former- president of
the Citizens bank, of that city. Mrs
Birdsong, it was stated, is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Sommers.
Brother of McAdoo,
An Independent, Joins
Forces of La Follette
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. —William
G. McAdoo’s brother, Malcolm, has
become an official member of the
La Follette-Wheeler forces.
His appointment as treasurer of
the state committee was announced
today by the La Follette-Wheeler
headquarters. He was chosen for
the position last night by unanimous
vote of the committee.
“I anx heartily glad to align my
self with a genuine progressive
movement in American politics and
to do my part in carrying it over.”
Mr. McAdoo said. “Some of the
enemies of this movement try to
frighten timid supporters by calling
it ‘radical.’ The leaders and candi
dates of this movement are no more
radical than the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence, two of
whom became presidents of the
United States, and one of whom
was Benjamin Franklin and others
of whom were men revered today as
distinguished figures in the history
of our country.
“Senators La Follette and Wheel
i er are no more radical than were
Washington and Lincoln and the
! armies behind them.”
i Mr. McAdoo denied that he was
"bolting” the Democratic party be
cause of his brother's defeat, fox- the
Democratic presidential nomination,
! adding:
i "Since attaining my majority I
i have voted nine times fox* presiden-
I tial nominees, three of whom were
I Democrats and six Republicans. If
i I am a bolter, I am a bolter of both
' parties. I would have no self-re
j spect if I voted for either of the old
parties this year.”
American Seaplane
Record Broken Twice
Within Two Days
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.—Shat
. tering the American seaplane record
! of 190 miles an hour made yesterday
by Lieutenant Ralph A. Ofstie, U.
i S. N.. over the Delaware river cours-.-,
' Lieutenant George Cuddihy today
: drove his plane 197.6 miles an hour
in further tests preliminary to the
I navy’s defense of the Schneider in-
I ternational seaplane trophy at Bal
timore next month.
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ACCUSES FRIENO
DF SLfflffi GIRL
DENIES HE HELPED
Washington County Farmer,
Held at Sandersville,
Charged With Deed
AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 4.—Charlie
D. Hattaway, of Agricola, Ga., Glas
cock county, arrested this morning
in connection with the killing of
Miss Hattie Wimberly, neax- Mitchell,
Ga was said to have given a com
plete account of the affair at the
Washington county jail in Sanders
ville just before noon in the pres
ence of Sheriff A. B. English and
others.
Eugene Snyder killed the Wimber
ly girl early last Sunday morning
in front of Blume Thompson’s home
in Warren county, according to Hat
away’s statement, which, in sub
stance was follows:
“Snyder came by my home near
Mitchell in an automobile on Sat
urday and we went to Blume Thomp
son’s home in Warren county, car
rying Hattie Wimberly with us. Hat
tie was at the home of Mrs. Minnie
Thompson, a widow living near
Mitchell. We reached Blume Thomp
son’s home about midnight. I went
to bed in a cottonseed house in the
yard and Snyder and the girl stayed
in the car. Early Sunday morning
I saw Snyder standing by the auto
mobile, with the girl on the front
seat. I saw him shoot her through
the left breast.”
Denies Aiding at Bridge
Hattaway then told how Snyder
placed the girl’s body on the back
seat; how the two of them got into
the front seat, Snyder driving, and
went to Harrison’s bridge on the
Ogeechee river, about 12 miles away.
Hattaway said Snyder alone removed
the girl’s body from the car and at
tached two weights to it with a chain
he had in the automobile. He said
Snyder got the iroxx weights out of
a peach orchard at Dr. Gibson’s
place en route to the river.
“I stood on the end of the bridge
and would have nothing to do with
the affair,” Hattaway said. “Snyder
alone lifted the girl to the top of
the railing of the bridge and pushed
her into the water.”
Sheriff English, according to the
Herald’s correspondent, repeated tc
Snyder the confession of Hattaway,
but the former would make no com
ment. Snyder appeared to be nerv
ous, but at the same time had grown
sullen.
Snyder is married and has eight
children, their ages ranging upward
from two months old. Hattaway,
who was arrested at his home near
Mitchell this morning, is also mar
ried and has one child, a daughter oi
about six years. Both are farmers.
Paid Girl’s Board
Officers said they did not definite
ly know Snyder’s business, although
he is said to have, made regular trips
between Mitchell and Augusta in
an automobile. Officers said they
were told that he had met the Wim
berly girl in Augusta and carried
her with him to Mitchell on several
occasions. It is alleged that he car
ried the girl to the home of Mrs
Minnie Thompson, near Mitchell,
where she stayed, and that on last
Sunday afternoon, after the girl's
body was thrown into the river, Sny
der went to the Thompson home
and paid Mrs. Thompson $lO for her
board.
The Blume Thompson home, where
the killing is alleged to have oc
curred is nine miles from Thom
son. Ga., on the line of McDuffie and
Warren counties. The actual killing
is thought to have occurred in War
ren county, although three counties
are taking a hand in the investiga
tion.
Dr. J. B. Oliphant, of Mitchell,
said a main artery in the girl’s side
was severed by the bullet wound,
and death was probably instanta
neous.
Feared Her Testimony?
Sheriff English began to investi
gate today a report that Snyder and
another man, whose name could not
be learned, had been arrested in Han
cock county several weeks ago on
warrants sworn out by Hattie Wim
berly, charging them with carrying
her out on the highway and giving
hex- a beating. Wounds on the girl’s
arms are said to have been made at
that time.
The investigation of this report
was being made by the officers in an
effort to establish their theory that
Snyder killed the girl to prevent her
from appearing against him at
Sparta, Ga., in the flogging case.
Hattaway told Sheriff English that
he had confided to a friend the en
tire details of the crime, but that his
friend, whose name he would not re
veal. had kept the matter a secret
according to his promise to him to
do so.
Mrs. Minnie Thompson, where the
girl is said to have lived, told the
Herald correspondent that Hattie
Wimberly came to her home from
Augusta several weeks ago, but that
after a short visit she had persuad
ed her to return to her mother in
Johnston, S. C. She said the girl
had left her home, presumably to
go to Johnston, and that she had
not seen her since.
The body- of the girl, which was
buried at 10 o’clock last night at
Mineral Springs church, near Agri
cola, was exhumed two hours later
by an Augusta undertaker and car
ried to Augusta in a motor hearse,
arriving there at 3 o'clock Thursdav
morning where the funeral was held
The body was returned at the re
quest of the girl's mother and
brother.
Mrs. Minnie Thomson was brought
to the jail at noon today, but re
fused to talk, other than to deny that
she had seen the girl in the past four
weeks. Witnesses stated that last
time the girl was seen alive was
Saturday afternoon in company with
Snyder.
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, September 6, 1924
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BATTLE IS RAGING
BEFURESHANGHAL
INDECISIVESD FAR
SHANGHAI, Sept. 4.—(6 p. m.)—
(By the Associated Press.) —Though
troops estimated to number 40,000
battled throughout this sunshiny
day, competent eyewitnesses de
clared tonight that neither side had
made any material gain in the fight
. ing.
Two airplanes piloted by Russians
conducted bombing attacks without
effect.
The battlefront today extended
from the line of the Shanghai-Nank
ing railway to the Yangtze river,
about 18 miles from Shanghai at its
nearest point and about 25 miles at
the most distant.
. Lung Wha headquarters of the
Chekiang- troops, defending Shang
hai, claimed gains in the Hwangtu
. sector, on the railway, and in the
■ Liuho sector, on the coast. Both
• sides reported they had added rein
. forcements to their forces during
j the day.
Firing was continuous today, the
second of the fighting, from 6 a. m.,
on. When the Kiagsu troops opened
their attack, only about a thousand
defenders were holding the Chekiang
lines. Trucks were pressed into serv
ice to rush troops and ammunition to
the front, and the moving forward
ot reinforcements continued all day.
The Kiangsu troops used artillery
in the attack on Liuho, which ordi
narily is a town of 8,000 population.
There was no evidence that t.hey
had any co-operation from any naval
force on the Yangtse river. Indica
tions were that the Chekiang troops
w.'uld be able to hold that sector
unless the attacking force were
heavily reinforced.
At several points the opposing
fighters were hidden from each
other by fields of growing grain,
through which the rifle and machine
gun bullets cut their way. Eyewit
nesses said that undoubtedly the
fighters were wasting large amounts
of ammunition in the characteristic
manner of Chinese troops, firing
wildly.
Two American women remained in
I Liuho during the bombardment.
They were Miss Grace I. Crandall, a
woman physician, and Miss Susie
M. Burdick, who were in charge
of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission
hospital there.
When the firing began the Red
Cross unit from Shanghai retreated
twelve miles, to the village of Luti,
but Miss Crandall and Miss Burdick
refused to abandon their patients in
the hospital who were not war cas
ualties.
All day long the shells whistled
overh j id. Several of them passed
through the hospital building. Late
in the day the Associated Press cor
respondent obtained the use of an
automobile truck, and by using the
truck and his own automobile man 1
aged to remove the patients, to
gether with the American women, to
safety in Shanghai. The rain of
bullets continued, however, while the
: escape from the hospital was being
: effected.
Conscription of both men and
women workers for war work was
reported continuing today in many
sections of the Chinese territory ad
jacent to Shanghai. This drafting
was started a week ago, when hos
i tilities became probable. It has had
I the effect of bringing thousands of
I Chinese into the French and inter
| national settlements, seeking foreign
protection against the conscripting
I officials.
BATTLE LINE SEESAWS:
THOUSANDS IN ACTION
BY JAMES L. BUTTS
I (Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
the Chicago Daily News.)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 4.—The battle
was renewed at daylight along the
i Shanghai-Nanking railway at
j Hwangtu, when a Kiangsu force es-
I timated at 10,900, supported by ar
tillery, opened an attack on the
Lungwha military headquarters. Re
ports state that a pitched battle of
hours resulted, the Chekiang force at
first holding its lines. Then at 9
o’clock it launched a counter at- |
tack, gaining about a mile and a j
; half.
At 8 o’clock a Kiangsu brigade es- j
timated at 5,000 and commanded by
I General Ma Yuzen, attacked a Che
! kiang force of the same number out
i side Liuho, and, according to Lung-
■ wha reports, the Kiangsu brigade
was badly defeated. This sector is |
, reported to be in full retreat, the ,
Chekiang force pursuing after two I
I hours of fighting. Many casualties i
j are reported in both sectors.
RAINSTORM IMS
REPAIRS By FLIERS
FOR NEXT JUMP
PICTOU, N. S., Sept. 4.—(By the
Associated Press.) —A rainstorm
from the northeast, driving at 20
knots, in squalls, ruffled the wa
ters of Pictou harbor this morning
and forced the American army
round-the-world fliers to postpone
until this afternoon the task of pre
paring their planes for the hop-off
for St. John,'' N. 8., which they ex
pect to make tomorrow morning, if
the weather permits.
At noon the weather gave evi
dence of clearing and Lieut. Lowell
H. Smith, the flight commander,
hoped that he and Lieut. Erik Nel
son and their assistants, Lieutenants
Leslie P. Arnold and John Harding,
Jr., would be able to devote the
afternoon to work on the planes.'.
The airmen declared it would not
be a difficult task to repair the
spreader bar on Lieutenant Smith’s
plane, which broke during the flight
yesterday from Hawkes Bay, New
foundland, and that the refueling
and oiling of the planes would take
little additional time. A patrol boat
stood by the planes throughout the
night.
The unfavorable weather condi
tions tins morning prevented Lieu
tenant Leigh Wade and Lieutenant
H. H. Ogden from fitting the new
propeller, brought in by the U. S.
cruiser Milwaukee, on their new
plane, the Boston LT, in which they
will rejoin their comrades on the
trip to American territory.
Lieutenants Leigh Wade and H.
H. Ogden, with a new plane to re
place the one they lost on the hop
to Iceland, have rejoined their com
rades and will leave with them to
complete the flight back to the Pa
cific coast.
Lieutenants Lowell H. Smith and
Erik Nelson and their assistants,
Lieutenants Leslie Arnold and John
Harding, Jr., decided before begin
ning their hop here from Hawkes
Bay, N. F.. yesterday that they
would continue on tp Boston after
a night’s rest, but this program was
overturned by a combination of
circumstances, including the break
ing of a spreader bar on Lieuten
ant Smith’s plane and the lateness
of their arrival, which precluded
the possibility of refuelling, oiling
and repairing th e planes before
dark.
The 420-mlle trip from Hawkes
Bay, which required 6 hours, 26
minutes, was made under generally
favorable conditions for this region,
although the airmen were somewhat
delayed by occasional rain squalls
and head winds. There was no fog
and the visibility was exceptionally
good.
The men received a great popular
and official welcome from the Nova
Scotians and were taken i n a tri
umphal procession through the
streets.
WASHINGTON IS PLANNING
FOR ARRIVAL ON MONDAY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. The
army round-the-world fliers are ex- I
pected to reach Washington about I
noon on Monday, September 8, said
an announcement today by the war i
department, and depart the follow- I
ing morning for Layton, Ohio, on
their way to the Pacific coast.
Plans for their reception here in
clude an escort of Bolling Field air
planes, which will meet them over
Baltimore. On the arrival of the
party over Washington, the escort
ing planes will go direct to the
field while the world fliers, accom
panied only by photographic planes,
will circle above the city and above
Arlington cerneterj', where they will ;
drop flowers on the tomb of the Un
known Sold.er before proceeding to
their landing at Bolling Field. i
In the afternoon the fliers will l
visit the state, war and navy build
ing to pay their respects to Secre- I
tary Weeks and General Pershing i
artd they will be guests of honor -
Monday night at a dinner to be given
by Major General Patrick, chief of
the air service.
Bust of Lee Presented
To British “West Point”
SANDHURST, Eng., Sept. 4.—A
life sized bust of Robert E. Lee, was
presented Wednesday to the Royal
Military college—the British West
Point—by the Daughters of the Con- i
federacy. The presentation was ,
made by Mrs. Livingston Schuyler, j
Y
S CENTS A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
CHEERS NI’OONALD
APJTI-WJR SPEECH
Britain Urges New Arms
Limitation Parley Be
Held in Europe
League Hears Praise
Os U. S. From McDonald
GENEVA, Sept. 4. —“If America,
like a beloved partner, had been
sitting at our fireside, it would
not have contributed to hex* do
mestic felicities,” Price Minister
MacDonald, of Great Britain, said
in the course of his address be
fore the League of Nations as
sembly today.
“I never believed America
would do anything except leaves
us alone. We never expected
America to do any work, but she
has given us all the loyal support
she can.
“One day, not because we have
ippealed to her, or brought pres
; sure to bear, but because she has
been wise enough to make her
own efforts fox' peace successful,
I America will be inclined U come
Into the League of Nations.”
GENEVA, Sept. 4.— Befort an en
thusiastic, appla.uding assembly of
the League of Nations, Prime Min
istex- MacDonald, of Great Britain,
today urged a wo.rld conference on
land disarmament and called upon
the league to prepare the ground for
such a conclave, that it might not
fail.
“America has taken the first step
towards naval reduction,” the labor
premier declared, while delegates
and crowded galleries hung on hi»
words..
“The subject of land armaments Is
more complicated. If such a confer
ence were summoned now, it would
fail.
“The league’s role now Is to pre
pare the ground. All nations here
present must begin preparation.
“Two points are essential.
“First, that all countries be rep
resented.
“Second, that the conference be
held in Europe, where heads -»f gov
ernments here can participate.’* J
Force Held Not Safety
Besides calling for the conference
MacDonald explained and defended
Britain's attitude towards national
security and disarmament, and de
clared there was great danger in con
sidering national safety as a military
problem, based solely on predomi
nance of force.-
“What the League of Nations
must do is to abolish war and con
vince the nations of the value of
peace and security which is the basis
of the new system of Europe,” he
concluded.
The entire assembly was on its
feet cheering and applauding and
the British prime minister was
obliged to bow repeatedly.
“There is no delegation present
at + his assembly,” the labor premier
added, “more determined to attain
national security by right means
than is the British.
“Englishmen helped to draw up
the league pact of mutual guaran
tees, but England cannot regard ths
pact as the last word.
Further Consideration Asked
“We now demand further consid
eration of tlxe subject. This is
necessary to clarify the league’s po
sition.
“The first problem is definite se
curity. ,
“Our American friends happily are
free from many of oux- difficulties,
and Europe in the past few years
has not offered America many happy
pages.
“The presence of Americans was
one of the most helpful factors at
the London conference, which al
ready has changed tho European
situation. There is always a welcome
place for America here.”
Prolonged cheering followed this
remark.
“Germany also cannot remain out
side the league,” Macdonald con
tinued.
“There is not a single question
we cannot discuss together. The
London conference created new rela
tions between Europe and Germany
and that now should be sealed by
Germany’s admission to the league.”
WAVES OF APPLAUSE
GREET BRITISH PREMIER
GENEVA, Sept. 4. —(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Premier MacDonald
mounted the rostrum of the assem
bly at 11 o’clock to begin his ad
dress amid tremendous applause, all
the delegates standing in their
places.
During his address he declared
that the British empire would do
everything in its power to widen the
influence and prestige of the League
of Nations, and insisting that Great
Britain was intensely interested in
the problem of security, Mr. MacDon
ald added: “But we do not believe
that military alliances can bring
security.”
“Such alliances, like mustard
seeds, which finally produce a tree,
would bring the world back to the
situation which existed before 1914.
Pacts based on military alliances
would break up the league.”
Through the league, he said, it was
hoped to lay, surely and finally, the
foundations of peace. The future
happiness of the world must be based
on agreements reached through the
league. He warned against attempt
ing to base peace upon force, say
ing:
“If we cannot devise a system of
arbitration, then do not let us fool
ourselves that we are going to have
peace.”
He referred also to Russia’s atti
tude toward the league. The agree
ment reached in London between the
soviet and Great Britain, he said,
was the first Indication that Russia
was returning to the affairs of Eu
rope, and was headed toward co
operative work at Geneva.