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■ HARRIS jnUCKS
HARDWICK CLAIM
JSTOS.O.P.JOB
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. S.—The
headquarters of Senator W. J. Har
ris issued the following statement
today:
“Mr. Hardwick, in speeches and
letters, says Senator Harris falsely
charges that he ‘held a Republican
job under this Republican adminis
tration.’ He writes: ‘Mr. Harris
knows my position was held by «
'Democrat before I was appointed
to the place, and it came to me un
solicited, directly from the late
President Harding, who appointed
me as a Democrat to fill a place on
a bi-partisan board that has been
filled ever since the creation of that
board by another Democrat, Sena
tor Thomas, of Colorado.’
“These appointments were given
to men who served the cause of the
Republican party and the Repub
lican administration. The following
telegrams speak for themselves:
“ ‘Atalnta, Ga., Sept. 4, 1924.
“ ‘Governor William E. Sweet,
” ‘Denver, Col.
“ ‘ls my information true that
former Senator Charles S. Thomas
ran for United States senate four
years ago against the Democratic
nominee? Please wire answer im
mediately.
“*WM. J. HARRIS.’
“‘Denver, Col.. Sept. 4, 1924.
“ J. Harris,
K “ ‘Atlanta, Ga.
'•'Your information correct. Charles
U'Thomas ran for United States
•cnate four years ago against Tul
ly Scott, Democratic nominee.
‘“HALE SMITH.
“ ‘Secretary to Governor.
“‘Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5, 1924.
“‘Hon. Harlan F. Stone,
“ ‘Atty. Gen., Washington. D. C.
“ ‘Please wire me immediately
whether position formerly held by
exSenator Hardwick in depart
ment of justice is now filled by a
Democrat. Would appreciate im
mediate reply from you or your
secretary,
“ ‘WM. J. HARRIS.’
'“Washington, D. C., Sept. 5,1924.
** ‘Hon. William J. Harris,
■j “ ’U. S. Senator, Atlanta, Ga.
"‘Tour wire September fifth.
Under reorganization war transac
tions section effected by General
Stone, no one has been or will be
appointed to succeed Hardwick.
“ ‘HOLLAND.
~,, “ ‘Asst’ Atty. Gen.’
, MGREGOR APPEALS
TO TOM WATSON MEN
WAARENTON, Ga., Sept. B.
Major Charles E. McGregor, life-long
personal and political friend of Sen
ator Thomas E. Watson, issued the
following statement today to the
friends of the late senator:
‘I wish every true follower and
admirer of that wonderful genius,
Thomas E. Watson, would pause
before he deposits his ballot on Sep
tember 10 and ask himself the ques
* tion. ‘Which of these two aspirants
for the United States senate proved
himself truest to Mr. Watson?’
Mr. Hardwick, owed his political
prominence to Mr. Watson.
“Mr. Harris never received a po
litical favor from Mr. Watson but
on the contrary was elected United
States senator over Hardwick with
out the co-operation of Mr. Watson.
“Watson was unpopular with the
Wilson administration of which Har
ris and Watson were parts.
Watson was ordered to Washing
ton to stand trial for the severe lam
bfftting he had given Wilson and
the administration. Trial meant con
viction and conviction death or Fort
Leavenworth.
“The Georgia congressional dele
gation circulated a protest against
trying Watson outside of Georgia.
When the protest was presented for
Senator Hardwick’s signature he de
clined saying ‘He wouldn’t care if
Watson was drawn and* quartered
and each quarter was tried in a.
separate state’ or words to that ef
fect.
“Mr. Harris was passing through
Atlanta the night the telegram an
nouncing Mr. Watson’s summons
to appear the following Friday was
received, I had assisted Mr. Harris
in his successful defeat of Mr. Hard
wick for the senate. 1 knew he had
’ great influence with President Wil
son and Mr. Watson needed his help.
He immediately tendered his active
assistance, if we could get the case
continued until his return to Wash
ington, which was done and two days
after his return Mr. Watson was
notified that he need not answer the
summons.
“What was Mr. Watson's opinion
of Hardwick a few weeks before his
untimely death? It is found in the
telegram in answer to one I ad
dressed to him asking if Hardwick
w had ever kept a promise made?
‘■rT>, he has never kept a political
pjkOise made.’
respect the memory
greatest son by voting
who stood by him when
help and against Hard
wick whom Mr. Watson denounced
a few days before his death, as never
having kept a political promise.
‘V-_E-
Father, Mother, Son
And Daughter Jailed
/ After ‘Wet’ Celebration
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 7,
The Volstead act got an entire fam
ily in its toils here Saturday.
M. L. Thompson, his wife, Leona;
Miss Agnes Thompson, 18, and Amos
Thompson. 16, were all convicted by
Judge E. W. Long for violating the
prohibition law and public drunken
ness, all charges growing out of the
same celebration. Unable -to pay
• heir fines, the family faced a night
n jail.
Children Cry for
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TUT ATLANTA T!l! WEEKLY JOURNAL
WIFE OF “BIG TIM” MURPHY
REJOICES IN ARREST OF MAN
WHO SENT HUSBAND TO PEN
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Charges Against Postoffice 1
Inspector Fahy, of Chica
go, No Surprise to Her,
Says Loyal Mate
BY GEORGE BRITT
CHICAGO, Sept. G.--»'And I says
to Fahy, ‘There’ll be plenty in the
papers about you one of these days’.”
The reminiscence accompanies a
gleaming smile in the baby-blue eyes
of Florence Murphy, loyal Amazon
ian wife of “Big Tim” Murphy.
All the four years since William
F. Fahy came to Chicago, she haa
known him as the relentless post
office inspector, the vindictive per
sonal foe, working and scheming
to send her husband to Leavenworth
penitentiary for mail robbery, and
keep him • there. His conviction of
Murphy was tlje peak feat of his bril
liant career.
And now Fahy, the prosecutor, is
Fahy, the prisoner, charged with
participation in the $2,000,000 Rond
out mail robbery last June and sus
pected as the inside master mind
of half a dozen 'other big thefts.
Mrs. Murphy is quick to suggest the
turn of events confirms “Big Tim’s”
plea he was the victim of a “frame
up.”
“I always said Fahy was a double
crosser,” says Mrs. Murphy, com- i
sortable and complacent at the news .
as she sits in her husband’s old ,
office where she carries on his work :
as director of the Gas House Work 1
ers’ union.
Charges He Persecuted Her
“I’m not surprised. You know ;
he was always jolly and pleasant
in court, and he would shake ‘Tim’s’
hand ami say, 'There’s nothing per
sonal in this; I'm just, working i
for the government.’ But behind our
backs!
"While the trial was ’on he told
somebody, talking about me, that
‘Tim won’t be in six months beforn
she’ll divorce him and be off , with
another man.’ 1 didn't tell Tim about
it, because he would have gone aft
er him right, in the coutroom. But 1
went up to him one day in the cor- i
ridor and he surely did hurry to |
deny it.
“And I says. ‘Listen, if Tim Mur
phy is kept in prison a hundred
years, I’ll be waiting for him, be
cause his little toe is more to me '
than you or any other man in the j
world.’ Tim has been in 18 month,*i
now, and I’ve been to see him every I
month. He’s eligible for parole, and !
if it hadn’t beeV for Fahy and his |
framed charges about that robbery
at Pullman, he’d be out.
"Fahy hasn't stopped at Tim, ei
ther. He told a young fellow we ■
know not very long ago that he’d j
‘like to get something on that big |
blond,’ meaning me.
Cold September Day
Gives Gotham Chill;
Mercury Touches 48
NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—A preau
tumn chill brought shivers to New
Yorkers Saturday coldest September
6th in the records of the local weth
er bureau.
The thermometer registered 48 at
6 o’clock. The next best September
6th low mark in the official records
was establipshed in 1876, with the
thermometer at 51.
Philadelphia Shivers
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 7.—Philo- I
delphia Saturday experienced cold- ’
est Setember 6th since the govern- >
nient weather bureau was establish
ed. The temperature fell to 50 de
grees .
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Loyal wife of “Big Tim’’
Murphy, and Postoffice Inspector
William Fahy, who Mrs. Murphy
i charges with “double crossing”
I his friends.
Loeb’s Father, Stricken
Again, Will Not Hear
Boy Slayer Sentenced
j CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Apparently
; undisturbed by the fact that Judge
i John R. Caverly will, in four days,
j make known his decision in their
I case, Richard Loeb and Nathan F.
' Leopold. Jr., spent their ninety
eighth day in jail chatting light
■ heartedly with numerous visitors.
Judge Caverly, on the other hand.
; had slipped out of the city for a few
I days of rest and quiet after having
gone over in its entirety the 1,500
pages of evidence recorded at the
hearing to determine the nunshiment
to be meted out to Loeb and Leop
old for the kidnaping and murder of
their school boy neighbor, Bobby
Franks. The judge has intimated
that his decision is ready and that
he will use the next day or two in
preparing it in written form.
Albert H. Loeb, father of Richard,
has suffered a new heart attack at
' the Loeb summer home in Charle
i voix, Mich. A Chicago physician,
I called to the Michigan home, termed
i the elder Loeb's affliction "muscular
of the heart” and added
that “when people die of a broken
I heart’’ as the phrase gbes, it is this
• muscular inflammation that causes
i death. largely brought on by grief
; and worry.”
Neither Mr. or Mrs. Loeb would
attend court Wednesday when the
decision is given, said Allan Loeb,
brother of Richard, who returned to
day from Charlevoix, even though
their physical condition might permit
Nathan F. Leopold. Sr., has said that
, he will be present Wednesday.
Jackie Coogan Sails
With Pershing’s Son
Aboard the Leviathan
NEW YORK. Sept. 7.—Two Amer
ican boy s sailed aboard the United
States Leviathan Saturday gone to
study and the other bound on a mis
sion of charity.
Warren Pershing, son of General
John Pershing, is going to study.
He will enter Cecil college, an Eng
lish preparatory school. His father
saw him off.
Jackie Coogan, juvenile film star,
also sailed with his father and
mother to see Europe and inciden
tally to let Europe see him. His
trip will take him to Athens, where
he will distribute sacks of food which
he has collected for the Near East
i relief.
■wicmos
ALLEGED LETTER
FROM MRS. TYLER
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Sept. 6.
Fo’rmer Governor Thomas W. Hard
wick spoke, here today in support
of his candidacy for the United
States senate, concluding with a
summary of the issues in the cam
paign.
He declared that Senator W. J-
Harris, the incumbent, by his vote
in the senate, stood for entry into
the League of Nations without any
reservations. Ho said that he
(Hardwick) stood squarely against
the proposal, and in opposition to
the vote of Senator Harris.
The speaker declared that he had
alw'ays stood for the right of the
states, and for local self-govern
ment, and that Senator Harris had
always stood in opposition to the
right of the states and local self
government; except “when he ran
away from the question and did not
vote at all.”
The speaker declared that he
stood for' economy in public expen
ditures, material reduction in appro
priation and a consequent reduction
of the tax burden.
He declared that Senator Harris,
by “his log-rolling tactics,” in his
efforts to ‘‘secure insignificant ap
propriations,” stood for a constant
and continuing increase of appro
priations, and “an ever-increasing
tax burden.”
The speaker declared that he
stood opposed to Ku Kluxism in
politics—that he had so declared
more than two years ago, while he
was governor of Georgia; he said
he occupied the same position on
this matter that Mr. Davis, the
Democratic, nominee for president,
occupied, and that he had taken
this position long in advance of
Mr. Davis, Jong in advance of the
“klan reverses” throughout the
south, notably in Arkansas, Okla
homa and Texas.
Says Harris Is Dodging
On the other hand, he said, Sena
tor Harris, although challenged re
peatedly to do so, had stubbornly de
clined to declare his position or
views on the question; that Senator
Harris occupied exactly the same
attitude on this question as that
held by the Republican candidate
for president, Mr. Coolidge, that nei
ther President Coolidge nor Senator
Harris had views about this matter
that they were willing to expres, and
were attempting, by their silence
“to dodge the question, and to strad
die it.’’
He said the question was acute
and that the people of Georgia were
entitled to know before the election
and not afterward, whether Mr. Har
ris was affiliated with the klan in
any way or not; they were entitled
to know whether Mr. Harris was ac
cepting the support of the klan lead
ers, as such, or not; they were en
titled to know Mr. Harris’ views and
position on the entire question, and
to have an explicit and direct state
ment before the election.
The speaker declared that he had
expressed his own views on this and
every other Important public ques
tion candidly and fairly. On the
other hand, Senator Harris has re
fused, he said, “even under fire, and
in the face of demands that he do
so, to state his views on this or on
any other important issues;” and
that “he had dodged more than half
of the most important questions that
came before the senate since he be
came a member of that body, be
cause he feared to lose votes by
taking either side of controverted
questions.”
Mr. Hardwick declared that a
service of that character was not
creditable to the state, nor useful to
the great masses of her people. He
reminded his audience that he had
urged Senator Harris to meet him in
joint debate, “man to man,” to dis
cuss these issues, and said that Sen
ator Harris had declined to do so.
Warns Against Canards
Jhe speaker warned his hearers
against any “elevejith-hour canards,
political or personal,” thaf might
emanate from either Senator Harris
dr any of his friends.
He said that he had begqed Sen
ator Harris to meet him. "face to
face,” so that they could discuss
every issue that could possibly be
involved in this campaign, so that
both could have ample opportunity
for defense and reply, but that Seri
ator Harris had refused to do it.
He said, under these' circum
stances, any attacks on him by
Senator Harris or his friends, madfc
when it was too late for reply,
would, he believed, be utterly dis
credited and rejected by every fair
minded voter in Georgia, who be
lieves in fair play and common hon
esty in politics; and “the people
could feel nothing but contempt for
charges made behind a. man’s back,
and in his absence, when the candi
date who made them was not brave
enough to make them to his face,
and not fair enough to make them
at a time when they could he. replied
to and refuted.”
The speaker declare that while he
was making no brags and idle
boasts, and was not claiming prac
tically every county in the state on
the flimsy basis of alleged letter 4
from unnamed signers, and from un
known localities, as Mr. Hanis was
doing, that he had every reasonable
confidence of winning the contest
and urged his friends all over Geor-
S’a to keep up their active work
until the polls closed on next Wed
nesday, an dthereby insure a sp’en
did victory.
Reads Klan Letter
In conclusion, Mr. Hardwick read
the following letter purporting to be
from Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, who was
at the time of the writing of the let
ter, he said, head of the department
of propagation and publicity of the
Ku Klux Klan:
Imperial Palace
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta, Georgia.
March 16, 1922
Dated at Atlanta, Ga.
Send Reply to Haynes Building
E. C.
Cedartown Klan No. 21,
Cedartown, Georgia.
My Dear Klansman:
to your inquiry of the
«- h T iI TT t ” beg t 0 advis e that Hoh.
M. J. Harris, A. K. I. A.. i s O ur de
voted friend and should be giv°n
every consideration possible, th*?
matter to which you refer, will be
given the most careful attention ar
once, upon receipt of reports in
question will advise you further.
Mr. F. L. Savage will immediate
ly see that this matter is disposed
of without delay.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
ELIZABETH TYLER
Referring to this letter Mr. Hard
wick said that "E. C.” meant Ex
alted Cyclops, or local presiding of
ficer of the Cedartown klan and the
letters “AKIA” immediately after the
name of Mr. Harris meant literal
iy this, “A Klansinan I Am.” there
by denoting, he said, that Mr. Hat
ris was a member of this organiza
tion. Mr. Hardwick declared that
the letter apparently referred to
some request that Mr. Harris had
made of th«> local klan at Cedartown
THE TYLER LETTER
LASTHDURCANARO.
HARRIS DECLARES
Replying io statements made, by
former Governor Thomas W. Hard
wick his speech at Gainesville, Ga.,
on Saturday, in behalf of his candi
dacy for the United States senate,
Senator William J. Harris gave out
Saturday night a statement, severely
criticising the former governor for
what he termed a “last day political
canard.”
The senator’s statement follows:
My attention has been called
to an alleged letter which for
mer Senator Thomas W. Hard
wick is said to have read to his
audience at Gainesville today.
The alleged letter bears every
earmark of being a despairing
last day political canard. The al
leged letter is addressed to no
one, or at least the address has
been eliminated, and is said to be
signed Elizabeth Tyler and re
fers to one F. L. Savage.
I have never seen nor met Eliz
abeth Tyler. I have never writ
ten her a line or received one
from her. As for F. L. Savage,
whose name is mentioned, I have
never heard of, or from him, or
seen him.
The people of Georgia under
stand and members of the Kp
Klux Klan know, that I am not
now nor have ever been a mem
ber of the organization or affil
iated with it. I have been in
formed by men who say they are
members that they approve my
work to restrict immigration,
which work began prior to the
existence of the organization.
As is well known, my record on
immigration is approved by the
American Federation of Labor,
the American Legion and at
least 98 per cent of the people of
Georgia.
I am surprised that Mr. Hard
wick should stoop so low as to
read and circulate in the closing
hours of this campaign an al
leged letter upon which he delib
erately places a false interpre
tation. I know, of course, that
he was smarting under the fact
that his campaign was a flat
failure; that he knew he would
not carry more than five coun
ties; that he was wincing from
the fact that the people could
not and would not forget his lam
entable record, both in war
and in peace; that he was stun
ned by the fact that the people
knew he had been living on the
salary paid him by Daugherty
and the Harding administration
as a reward for his treachery to
Woodrow Wilson and the Demo
cratic party, but I could not be
lieve even with all these things
that he would be a party to the
machinations of the whisky ring
and the lobbyists, in such an at
tack so utterly false. ,
I dismiss him and his slanders
and last-minute letter with the
contempt they deserve and which
they will receive from the de
cent, fair-minded men and wom
en of Georgia next Wednesday.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet.
Washingt6n 7S ',r> '.SSZ
New York 76 58 .567
Detroit 75 62 .547
St. Louis .70 65 .51!)
Cleveland (>:> 75 .456
Philadelphia 60 74 .448
Boston 60 74 .448
Chicago 58 76 .438
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
CLI R. Wou Lost Pst.
Memphis 05 47 .669
Atlanta 91 52 .657
New Orleans 85 59 .590
Nashville 75 67 .528
Mobile 66 77 .462
Chattanooga 6o 82 .423
Birmingham 54 87 .383
Little Rock ..44 99 .308
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUB Won Lost Pct.
New York 82 53 .607
Brooklyn 82 56 .594
Pittsburg 78 54 .591.
Cincinnati 74 62 .544
Chicago 70 63 .526
St. Louis 56 SO .412
Philadelphia 51 84 .378
Boston 4.8 88 .353
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta. 0; New Orleans, 3.
Hirmi.igham, 4: Mobile, 3.
Little Rock. 2; Chattanooga, 21.
Memphis, 1; Nashville, 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia, 2; New York, 1.
Boston, 6; Washington, 2.
'■•velnnd, 7; Detroit. 8.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 2-4: St. Louis, 1-15.
New York, 8: Brooklyn, 7.
Pittsburg. 1-3; Cincinnati, 4-4.
S ATU RDA Y 7 SF RE SULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 10; Philadelphia, 7.
Detroit, Cleveland, 4.
Chicago, 2: St. I.onis, 6.
Washington, 8; Boston, 2.
NATIONAL LEA GUE
Cincinnati, 7; Chicago, 6.
Brooklyn, 1-4; Boston. 0-5.
Pittsburg. 5-12: St. Lottis, 2-5.
New York, 7-16; Philadelphia, 8 14.
SOUTHERN
Atlanta, 7; New Orleans. 6.
Birmingham, 8. Mobile, 7.
Chattanooga, 11; Little Rock, 10.
Memphis 13; Nashville, 3.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Nashville, 5; Memphis, 6.
Birmingham, 1: Mobile, 11.
Little Rock, 10: Chattanooga, 9.
New Orleans, 8; Atlanta, 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit. 7-20; Cleveland, 3-1.
Chicago, 4; St. Louis. 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston. 0; Brooklyn. 4.
Cincinnati. 3; Chicago, 1.
Philadelphia, 5-3; New York. 6 16.
Judge’s Home Raided
On Tip From Wife;
Fine Wine Seized
HIGH POINT. N. C., Sept. 7.
United States Commissioner W. J.
Brown, who also is a magistrate and
judge pro tern, of police court here
was arrested Saturday on charges of
violating the Volstead law after of
ficers found six gallons of fine wine
in his home.
Brown s possession of the wine is
said to have been reported to the
police by his wife after a domestic
row.
which that body, he said, was un
willing to grant without reference
to the Imperial Palace at Atlanta.
Mr. Hardwick said that in an
open letter of July 26, 1924, in an
swer to an attack made on him by
the Greensboro Herald-Journal, he
had earnestly requested Mr. Harris
to state his position on the klan is
sue. He said that in his speech at
Washington, Ga.. on August 23. he
had charged Mr. Harris with being
a member of the klan, had repeated
the charg eall over Georgia ever
since, and declared that Mr. Harris
had failed to deny.
Mr. Hardwick then contended that
the letter which he submitted from
Mrs Tyler was positive proof that
Mr. Harris was a member of the
klan, and said that his failure to
deny had been occasioned by his In
abilitj- to deny.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1924-
FINE CHOPS PUTTING
WESTERN FARMERS
BICK UN THEIR FEET
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to Tne Journal—Copy
right. 1924.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—Opti
mism is corning in from the north
west in such a. steady stream that
genuine happiness is written on the
faces of the many officials of “the
government who have had to worry
about the agricultural situation in
the last three years.
Because this is a campaign year,
there is a tendency to discount op
timism. The first reports about
bumper crops, it was originally
thought, might be exaggerated. But
the letters received by the war fi
nance corporation have continued to
be of such a favorable character
that no longer are any doubts en
tertained. Many a letter received
from responsible sources and well
informed bankers and business men
coincides with other communications. ,
The simple truth is that these let
ter writers have no political axes to
grind. The war finance corporation
is an agency which lends funds. It
already has lent millions. It is the
tmergency institution which Is con
cerned with the credit situation gen
erally in the agricultural regions.
Ir crop conditions are > good, the
money lent will be coming back. It
is to the interest of the war finance
corporation not to be deceived. So
its information may be taken as
authentic so far as official data
gathered from agents is concerned.
It is supposed to be a non-political,
non-partisan institution. And it
exudes optimism today for the first I
time in many months.
Eugene Mayer, Jr., managing di-1
rector of the war finance corpora
tion, is conservative and cautious
in his statements. His latest declara
tion is that there will be an increase
of over 30,000,000 bushels in the
wheat crop of North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Montana, as compared
with 1923. This increased yield was
developed on from 10 to 15 per cent
less acreage than before.
This is perhaps the most signifi
cant fact about the agricultural sit
uation. For while agricultural prices
are high, relatively speaking, the
farmer has produced more per acre,
so his financial return is correspond
ingly greater. It means that even
with a drop in prices the farmer
would still be better off than before.
His return per acre would be great
er than last year, in any event.
What has happened, in a sense, is
that favorable weather in America
coincided with unfavorable weather
in other wheat producing eountries.
Will these conditions continue next
year? Nobody knows. That’s the
gamble in farming always. But the
bumper crop and the high prices are
the best piece of good fortune the
agriculturalists in the country hav?
had in a generation. It is the sue
(cession of bad years which freezes
up the credit situation.
The Wkr Finance corporation
looks forward to a general reduc
tion in indebtedness all along the
line. Bankers are writing enthusi
astically that the turn has come
and that sections of the country
which were hardest hit have been
particularly favored with good crops.
Corn crops are not so good, as
weather conditions have not been
altogether favorable, but the high
prices have helped the corn grow
ers materially. The cattle raisers
are not as well off as the others,
but the War Finance corporation
says pointedly:
“An indirect effect of great im
portance to the breeding end of the
livestock business —which may be
hoped ty>r a little later if not im
mediately—is the resumption of cat
tle buying by the northwest. it
is reasonable, in any event, to ex
pect better prices and a broader
market for breeding animals in view
of the general trend of other agri
cultural prices in the upward di
rection. The outlook for hides has
been improving for the past two
months.”
The word agriculture is a broad
term. No doubt there are sections
and individuals still wrapped in pes
simism but the general trend is quite
the opposite.
Vital Factor in Politics
Politics this year as always' is so
much interwoven with the prosper
ity and materialistic side of the elec
torate that favorable agricultural
conditions cannot but be viewed as
a vital factor in the coming pres
idential elections. 'The discontent
and rebellion in the west in the Re
publican party has coincided with,
if it has not been caused by, un
favorable farm conditions. Radical
ism rarely thrives in contentment.
President Coolidge has been told
that the improvement in the agri
cultural situation will not altogether
eradicate radicalism this year in the
west, but it will reduce by large
blocks the radical vote of other
years, so the big question is whether
the gap between the Democratic and
Republican parties in teh solid Re
publican states is big enough to
permit of defections to Da Follette
and still leave a Coolidge plurality, j
The Republican theory is that if I
things go well with the farmer, he j
will not want change, because he :
dislikes uncertainty. Nature is j
therefore the biggest ally Mr. Cool- j
idge’s political campaign has won. !
For it is admitted that a continuance i
of distressing conditions would have I
meant serious Josses in the electoral i
college. Instead today, there is su- I
preme confidence in the White i
House that the west will stay regu-1
lar.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P- Alley
EF IT DO DE EOSS ENNY
Good to Hurry, dem
LET HIM HURRY
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JOURNAL RADIO
CALENDAR 1
(Mason and Hamlin piano used ex- i
clusively. Courtesy Cable Plano com- 1
pany.)
TUESDAY
Noon -Entertainment, cotton market,
wea l her.
2:30 P. M. —Cotton market review,
weather.
3:30 P. M.—Baseball detail, sport
summary.
S-9—Recital •by Miss Lucille Moore,
pianist and teacher; Miss Deyerte, con
tralto: Miss Senta Mueller, vio-linist
and teacher; Miss Gretel Mueller, so
prano.
10:45—Warner’s Seven Aces, at Capi
tal City club; message by Princess
Wahletka, Indian psychic mystery, ap
pearing at Loew’s Grand.
WEDNESDAY
Noon—Broadcasting defense , r>p t pst
broadcast, featuring address by pen
eral William H. Johnson; concert by
Twenty-second infantry band.
2:30 —Cotton market review; weather.
3:30 Baseball detail; sport sum
mary.
8-9 —Silent.
10:45 —Radiowl concert.
THURSDAY
Noon—Entertainment; cotton market;
weather.
2- —Cotton market review; weather.
3 Baseball detail; sport review.
8-9—-Detail of Flrpo-WHls heavyweight
boxing match at Boyle’s Thirty Acres,
N. J.; Roy Jones, tenor; Miss Gladys
Cain, accompanist.
10:45—Warner's Seven Aces, Capital
City club.
FRIDAY
i Noon —Entertainment; cotton market;
weather.
0-30—Cotton market review-, weather.
2:3s—Direct relay of National De
fense day mass meeting at Piedmont
park; Eugene R. Black, orator; Twenty
. second infantry band, etc.
S-9—(Approximately) Direct relay
from Washington, D. C., National De- .
sense day program; farewell address by
General John J. .Pershingj address by
President Calvin Coolidge.
10:45 —Georgia Railway and Power
company quartet.
SATURDAY
Xoon —Entertainment; cotton market;
weather. .
2:3o—Cotton market review; weather.
3—Baseball detail: sport summary.
B.9Direct relay from main tent ana
side shows, Selis-Floto circus, Spiller
1 *lo:4s—Atlanta Barbers’ quartet, John
W. Swann directing program in honor
of barbers’ union No, 23.
Conspiracy Evidence
Lacking in Klan Fight
In Which 2 Were Slain
BUFFALO. N. Y,. Sept. 6. After
examining George C. Bryant, reputed
local kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan
who was wounded- in a shooting af
fair on Sunday in which Edward S.
Oberlean and Thomas J. Austin,
were killed and Carl Sturm, wound
ed, District Attorney Moore last
n.ght announced that he, had discov
ered no evidence of a conspiracy to
harm Oberlean because he was sus
pected of betraying klan secrets.
Bryant insisted that Oberlean fired
the first two shots in the revolver
battle. He denied that Oberlean had
been threatened. Austin, he said
claimed to be in possession of in
formation that Oberlean knew who
had stolen klan records from the klan
office recently. He said that the
Klansmen’s intent was to obtain a
confession as a basis for prosecution
of the persons believed to have paid
Oberlean.
Bryant said that he had no per
sonal knowledge .that Oberlean was
employed to spy on the klan and
that Austin had not divulged the
source of his information. Austin is
said to have been an investigator
sent here by the klan national or
ganiaztion Io ferret out the theft.
Y. M. C. A. Secretary,
Who Killed Girl, Is
At Point of Death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept. 6.
Robert D. Edwards, Y. M. C. A. sec
retary and slayer of his young
sweetheart, Miss Imogene Leg* lay
near death’s door tonight * from
poison taken after the slaying.
Bedside reports from the Hillma'i
hospital declare that the secretarv’s
condition is critical, although he
may live several days before the ul
timate effect of the poison is de
termined.
Police have been unable to verify
statements of Edwards that, he and
Miss Lee had been secretly married
and that the, quarrel followed her
refusal to quit school teaching. He
said Saturday that the marriage
had taken place at Columbiana, Ala.,
two months ago, but. records failed
to show issuance of a license.
A warrant charging Edwards with
first degree murder was sworn out
today by Coroner J. D. Russum fol
lowing an inquest.
Funeral services for Miss Lee
were held this afternoon.
Franks Case Drives
Fourth Woman Insane
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. —The fourth
woman believed to have become in
sane as a result of brooding over
the trial of Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, who confessed the
kidnaping and murder of Robert
Franks, was examined at the county
hospital today, according to Dr. .T.
A. Percival, of the psychopathic hos
pital. She is the wife of a carpen
ter, who said she. talked and thought
of nothing but the Franks trial since
it begun.
Lingerie Pins*
Slender little gold pins attached to
gold chains are used to hold one’s
lingerie in place instead of ribbons.
The little chains are most inconspic
uous.
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LOWDEN MAY HEID
BOIHDTDOHIWUP
FARM BELIEF LIW
WASHINGTON, Sept. Former
Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illi
nois, may be chosen to head the spe
cial agricultural commission which
President Coolidge will appoint to
draft a program of farm relief legis
lation for submission to congress in
December, it was believed tonight.
Mr, Lowden Is a week-end guest at
the White House. It is the first,
time he and the president have met
since before the Cleveland conven
tion when he flatly refused to be
come. Mr. Coolidge’s running mate,
even after nomination.
Mr. Lowden at that time gave ns
his reason that he was too busy with
other important enterprises, among
them the promotion of agriculture
to be tied to the senate rostrum. He
has long taken a wide interest in
the plight of agriculture and in ways
out of its troubles.
His arrival here tonight is, there
fore, considered of particular sig
nificance. Though the president
may have called him only to consult
with him about selections of the
body, which, it Is understood will
be named Monday, the general be
lief is that Lowden is the “outstand
ing” figure Mr. Coolidge has picked
to head it.
The president has given unusual
consideration to the personnel of
this body. His aim has been to pick
a group, every member of which is
an outstanding figure and whose
recommendations will carry such
force that congress cannot possibly
ignore them. \
He has consulted frequently with
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
each of whom has recommended a
number of names and with such
farm leaders as Charles Barrett,
head of the farmers’ union. Much
of his time at Plymouth, Vt., was
spent in checking lists of suggested
candidates.
S. Carolina Mystery H,;
Murder Cleared Up;
1 wo Suspects Held
DILLON, S. C„ Sept. 6.—With
the finding of fragments of charred
human bones and teeth in a swamp
near here, and the arrest of two
men, the mystery of the disappear
ance on August 22 of Earle Harrell,
cighteen-year-old Dillon county
farmer, has been solved, according
to officials.
Tracey and Lewis Powers, broth
ers, living in the lower part of the
county, have been lodged in jail on
charges of murder, and are said to
have confessed to the killing of
Y’oung Harrell, and to the burning
of his body. In their reputed con
fession, the Powers brothers are al
leged to have said that two women
were involved in the circumstance*
11;at led up to the killing.
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