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DAVIS, IN NEBRASKA.
TURNS STUMP GUNS
ON SEN.UFOLLETTE
New Note of Confidence in
Nominee’s Speech as He
Widens His Attack
TOPEKA, Kan., Sep?, 14 —With an
apparently mounting confidence,
John W. Davis carried his fight for
the presidency across the western
plains Saturday through Nebrask i,
Kansas in a series of addresses be
ginning before breakfast at Kearney.
Neb., in a driving min, and ending
tonight here in the capitol of the
sunflower state.
When the Democratic standard
bearer began his drive through this
territory a week ago he was con
tent to make his promises on the
ba,sis of “if’’ or “should” he become
jujesident, but today he told his audi-
Wbe that “after” he became chief
Wecutive next March, he would use
jSf’ery endeavor of heart and mind to
tarnish a government of honesty, of
courage and of justice
There also was another change of
tactics by Mr. Davis. Heretofore he
had confined his assault wholly to
the record of the administration of
government by the Republican party,
but no whe is naming the indepen
dent party and appealing to the in
dependent voters desiring a “gov
ernment of progress” to vote* the
Democratic ticket because, as he put
it, no one could contend that the
independent party could hope to cap
ture the presidency and a majority
of the two houses of congress.
Assails La Follette Plank
Moreover, in his talk at Grand Is
land, Neb., where he was joined by
and introduced by his running mate,
Governor Charles W. Bryan, Mr.
Davis vigorously assailed the pro
posal of Senator La Follette, the
Progressive party’s standard bearer,
that congress and the legislatures of
several states be given the power of
veto over the supreme court on the
question of the constitutionality of
legislative acts.
declaring that he had caught as
he had gone up and down the west
ern plains some of the “breath of
freedom and independence that
blows across them,” Mr. Davis said
he realized that no matter what
might happen elsewhere, never from
the people of this section “shall one
traction of their liberties be filched.”
Defining those liberties as free
flom of speech; freedom of the press;
freedom of assembly; trial by jury;
the right of religious worship accord
ng to the dictates of conscience; free
dom from search and seizure, and
freedom from conviction by bill of
attainder at the hands of any legis
lature, the Democratic presidential
candidate declared they never should
be surrendered. "Shall we surren
ier them at the will of a majority
»f the people?” he asked. “Not so
long as one individual remains to
claim them.
“Shall we surrender them at the
demand of any legislature, or a ma
jority of the legislatures? Never.
“Shall we surrender them at the
demand of a majority of congress?
Never.”
Courts Their Guarantee
Mr. Davis said that if the Ameri
can people were not disposed to sift
render these liberties, their guaran
tee and their protection for their
preservation were the courts.
“That is the American theory,” he
declared. “And so long as that pow
er remains in an impartial court, so
long are our liberties safe. And
whenever the power is taken from
the court and vested in a mere mar
jority, some day a gust of passion
will rise and sweep us from the
possession of the things we hold
most dear.”
In his last rear platform speech
of the day, at Onaga, Kan., Mr.
Davis made an appeal against the
voters permitting the parties becom
ing the masters instead of their serv
ants.
“No free-born American citicen,”
Mr. Davis said, “ought to say to
himself ‘my party, right or wrong,
but nevertheless my party.’
“ ‘My party when it is right, and
some other party when it Is wrong,'
is the motto that Americans ought
to follow.”
several of his addresses, par-
here in Kansas, Mr. Davis
pt^forward a new definition of the
difference between his own and the
Republican parties. He said there
always had been in this country two
Ideas about government.
“There is the idea.” he said, “of
those who think in the language of
Alexander Hamilton, that govern
ment is the province of the rich, and
the well-born and the able, and that
they have some sort of providential
mission t«* govern the country for
the benefit of themselves and the r
fellow citizens as well.
The Democrats’ Idea
“There is the other doc trine tha t
government is not the prerogative
of any class or section, no matter
how rich, no matter how well-born
or how able, but is the prerogative
of all citizens, from the highest to
the lowest, the greatest to hum
blest; that is the Democratic theory.”
Mr. Davis said these two theories
of government worked out in ac
tion in two different characters,
that those holding the first theory
believed tne government should pro
mote the welfare of the rich in the
belief that they would in their good
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WASHINGTON. Reports that
■ President Coolidge will sneak in the
mataie west are characterized by
Chairman Clem Shaver, of the Dem
ocratic national committee, as “a
cry for help” from Republican state
managers in that section.
CHlCAGO.—Chairman Butler, of
Republican national committee, at-
■ tacks the address delivered by Sena
tor La Follette in opening his cam
paign on Labor day.
GENEVA.—Great Britain's offer
to place her fleet at disposal of
League of Nations in order to out
law war continues to create a sen
sation.
NORFOLK, Va.—More than score
of warships of Atlantic fleet arrive
in Ilampton Roads to take on sup
plies before proceeding to southern
drill grounds for annual practice.
BERLIN. —Owen D. Young, tem
porary agent for reparations pay
ments, who has been in Berlin for
the last ten days, completes initial
fcrmalities connected with Dawes
plan and leaves for Paris.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Veter
ans of Foreign Wars adopt resolu
tion directed to congress and asking
that air force of both the army and
navy be given more attention.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—John W.
Davis, speaking in support of
quate national defense, particularly
on the sea. declares that reasonable
provision for such defense is one of
first duties of nation.
WASHINGTON.—More than 16,-
000,000 persons actually participat
ed in Defense day activities, war de
partment estimates, basing figures
on reports from nine army corps
area headquarters.
NEW YORK. ’United States by
defeat of challenging Australians in
three successive matches retains
Davis cup, emblematic of interna
tional tennis supremacy.
WASHINGTON. General Per
shing on eve of his retirement from
active service broadcasts message
expressing appreciation of services
o fthose allied with him in World war
and telephones personally to com
manders of army corps ai*a a word
of farewell.
NEW YORK. Net receipts from
Firpo-Wills fight amount to $424,-
000, according to Promoter Tex Rick
ard. who states there were 48,500
paid admissions.
BROOKLYN. Failure of U. S.
to establish peace-time conscription
and compulsory standing army has
saved western hemisphere from ca
tastrophes of Europe, Secretary
Hoover declares in Defense day ad
dress.
WASHINGTON. Edward N.
Hurley, of American debt funding
commission, submits to Secretary
Mellon plan for settlement of French
debt said to be favored by France
which provides for settlement in 67
years at rate of $100,000,000 and in
terest annually.
LONDON. Official retraction of
Germany's confession of war guilt,
embodied intreaty of Versailles, will
be made through customary diplo
matic channels, according to Die
Zelt - Berlin dispatch says.
PARlS—premier Herriot is re
ported as being receptive to cabinet
c T lni . Q , n that l‘' ren eh government
snould soon enter into definite en
gagement for payment of French
war debt to Ujiited States.
BOSTON —Princess Helen Radzi
wiU, a native of Chicago, and widow
of Polish prince, is killed at Kineo,
Maine, by fall from cliff while in
search of lost diamond ring.
NEW YORK. —Prince of Wales
will probably not remain for final
game of international polo series, his.
departure for Canada being tenta
tively set fer next Thursday eve
ning.
NEW YORK.—Woman is arrested
for setting five fires in congested
tenement district within an hour, and
held for observation.
WASIHNGTON—Fortv-eight lead
ers in Roosevelt progressive move
ment, issue statement expressing
"resentment at the attempt to arro
gate the name of ‘progressive’ for
the radical movement represented
by the candidacy of Robert M. La
I Follette.”
BERLIN.—Owen D. Young, tem
porary agent-general for reparation
payments, having set up Dawes plan
organization in Berlin, goes to Paris
to confer with reparation commis
sion.
CHICAGO.—Nathan F. Leopold.
Jr., and Richard Loeb on their first
Sunday in Illinois’ penitentiary take
part in church services and hear
sermon by prison chaplain.
SHANGHAI. —New Chinese cabi
net. headed by Dr. W. W. Yen. suc
ceeds temporary one headed by Dr.
K. V. Wellington Koo, which has
held power since July 2.
NEW YORK.—Dr. George W
Partridge, prominent surgeon, does
from gas fumes from furnace of
apartment house, caused death on
Saturday of one resident of apart
ment and serious illness of another.
Classes Are Stopped
When Students Revolt
KANSAS CITY, Kans., Sept. 13.
Classes were stopped at the Ma jot
Hudson school here Friday as a re
sult of a revolt ct 185 students who
refused to attend if Mexican chil
dren were permitted in the class
rooms. A mass meeting of patrons
was called.
The Weather
Forecast for Tuesday:
Virginia: Showers' rot t r.icL
change in temperature.
North Carolina and South Caro
lina: Showers, probably moderate
east 's.
Georgia: Partly cloudy: fresh east
winds.
Florida: Probably fair; moderate to
fresh east and southeast winds;
strong ovtr northwest portion.
Extreme northwest Florida and
Alabama: Fair; fresh to strong north
west and north winds.
Mississippi; Generally fa fresh
north winds diminishing.
Tennessee and Kentuckj: Fair
and slighly *ay;ner.
LEOPOLD LOEB
TWIST INTELLECTS
TO MANUAL TASKS
Crazy or Sane, They Are in
Joliet for Good, Says
Warden Whitman
JOLIET, 111., Sept. 13.—Sane or
insane, Nathan Leopold and Rich
ard Loeb will remain in the Illi
nois state penitentiary here until
they die —providing they are not par
doned—Warden John L. Whitman
declared today.
Should the slayers of Bobby Franks,
the boys who killed for a thrill, lose
their minds because of their confine
ment here, they will be treated in
the penitentiary and not sent to the
state asylum for the criminal insane
at Chester, 111., Whitman said.
“We take care right here of all
those who go insane,” the warden
explained. “Even if they are violent,
we keep them. The only cases which
we send to Chester are those of in
curable insanity, paresis and similar
diseases.”
Clarence Darrow, the attorney
who saved the boys from the gal
lows, was particularly anxious that
they be confined in the penitentiary
rather than the insane asylum and
for that reason had his clients plead
guilty rather than attempt to prove
them insane.
Babe and Dickie today did their
first day’s work-, and they were not
easy jobs that they drew. Babe learn
ed the elements of rattan weaving
for his is the job of designing and
making wicker furniture. Dickie, the
huskier of the pair, was assigned
to the cabinet-making shop where
he was taught how to make the
skeleton frames for the wicker
chairs.
“They seem anxious to do what
is right, and haven’t made a serious
mistake yet,” Warden Whitman
said, “If they continue in that man
ner, their tasks will be easier as
time goes on.”
The warden emphasized, however,
that no special privileges will be
granted Loeb and Leopold.
NO SMOKES DURING DAY
BOR SLAYERS OF FRANKS
WAUKEGAN, 111., Sept. 13.—To
bacco during the day will be denied
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb, now serving a life sentence
for the murder of Robert Franks,
Elmer Green, of Waukegan, state
superintendent of prisoners, said to
day. At night when they are lock
ed in their cells they may have to
bacco and smoke, he said, the same
as other prisoners.
“The wealth of their families will
rot enable Leopold and Loeb to
have any privileges that are for
bidden to others.” he added.
Girl, 18, Directs Him
As Brother, 5, Wields
Axe Across Her Neck
LaFayc-tte, La., Sept. 13. Miss
Anatasia Boudreaux, age 18, is lying
at the point of death in a sanitarium
here with three wounds in her neck,
inflicted with an ax. According to
her own story and verified by her lit
tle brother, age 5, the latter hacked
his sister as she directed.
The two had been left at homo
alone. The girl said that she was
tired of living and sought this means
to end her life. She placed the ax
in the hands of her little brother
and then placed her own head on
the chop-block and directed at what
point the blow was to be struck.
It did not prove deadly, and she
again directed the second and then
the third. The sight of blood then
frightened the boy and he ran away.
It was said at the hospital she
would not recover.
The girl is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ovey Boudreaux, wealthy
planters. The right ear was severe 1
and the tip of the mastoid cut. the
gash inflicted being two inches deep.
The other two cuts are on the back
Arkansas Ex-Governor,
With State Officials,
Cited in Rum Warrants
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 14.
Federal officials revealed Saturday
that warrants had been issued for
the arrest of 69 men and women of
this city, including a former govec
nor Snd several state officials, on
charges of violating the prohibition
laws.
The list of persons for whom war
rants have been issued as made
public by Thad W. Rowden, prohi
bition director for Arkansas, includ
ed the name of X. O. Pindall, former
governor; Herbert R. Wilson, state
highway commissioner; Guy Tucker
Jr., state auditor, and a number of
other men prominent in the political
and business affairs of the state.
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PRIMARY RETURNS
TO BE CERTIFIED ST
STATE CONVENTION
I
412 Delegates to Meet in
Macon on Wednesday,
October 8
With enough returns in from the
state-wide primary last Wednesday
to make the early leaders certain of
their victories, the attention of
Georgia Democrats has now turned
to the state convention at which the
! results of the primary will be certi
tied. This convention is to be held
in the city auditorium at Macon on
It is the duty of the convention
Wednesday, October S.
to confirm the results of the primary
election and nominate candidates for
state offices in conformity with the
I results; select a new state executive
‘ committee, announce a platform,
and attend to such other business as
may be brought before it. All acts
of the convention must be under the
law approved on August 14, 1917,
with reference to .nominations by
county units.
The convention will be composed
of 412 delegates and probably »
larger number of alternates, on the
basis of two delegates for each rep
resentative of any county in the leg
lature.
The present party rules make the
followng provision for the selection
of delegates to the convention:
Party Rule
“The county Democratic executive
committee shall select from among
the friends and voters of the suc
cessful candidate for governor in
each county, delegates to the state
convention in the ratio of two for
each of said county’s representatives
in the house of representatives, with
alternates; said delegates to be
chosen by the respective county com
mittees from among the friends and
supporters of the successful candi
date for governor in such counties,
and said delegates shall be instructed
to cast the vote of such county for
the successful candidate for United
States senator, governor, state house
officers including justices of the
supreme court and court of appeal
judges, etc.”
Under this rule, the delegates will
be selected from among those w’ho
actually voted for Governor Walker
in the recent primary. It was pre
dicted that there would be a fight
on this rule in the event Former
Governor Hardwick carried a sub
stantial number of counties against
Senator William J. Harris, as Gov
ernor Walker and former Governor
Hardwick are political opponents.
Interest in Personnel
There is great interest in the prob
able personnel of the new state
executive committee, consisting of
seven members from each of the
congressional districts and 40 repre- ■
sentatives of the state-at-large.
G. E. Maddox, of Rome, is the
present chairman, with J. B. Daniel,
of LaGrange, and M. L. Ledford, of
Cairo, as vice chairmei; Mrs. Bessie
Anderson, of Atlanta, secretary, and
Hiram L. Gardner, of Eatonton, as
sistant secretary.
Major John S. Cohen, editor of
The Atlanta Journal, and Mrs. Ed- ,
gar Alexander, of Atlanta, are ex- |
officio officials of the state commit- i
tee by reason of their positions as !
national committeeman and national I
committeewoman.
From State at Larg-e
Members of the committee from the state
at large are: Mrs. F. It. McConnell. Sa
vannah; Mrs. Kuby Harris, Edison; Mrs.
Max E. Land. Cordele; Mrs. Bettie K. Cobb,
Carrollton; Mrs. Willie Burke Van Winkle,
Atlanta: Mrs. C. E. Turner. Macon; Mrs.
Oscar T. Peeples, Cartersville: Miss Maude
Mobley, Social Circle; Mrs. W. R. Knight,
Quitman- Mrs. J. 11. McGee, Lawrenceville; |
Mrs. Isabella S. Jordan, Augusta; Mrs. O.
F. Paxon, Abbeville; T. L. Howard. Donald: I
John C. Valentino. Savannah; P. D. Rich, |
Colquitt; I>. H. Redfern, Albany; Zach I
Arnold. Fort Gaines; A. S. Bussey, Cor-1
dele, S. .1. Slate, Columbus; J. P. Hogg, ;
Buena Vista; J. A. Holl|mon, Atlanta: L. P.
Marquardt, Atlanta: J. R. Hicks. Macon;
M. D Womble, Thomaston; W» E. Wood,
Dalton; E. D. Cole, Cartersville: .1. W.
Wansley. Carnesville; Greene Brazelton,
Brazelton: William Butt. Blue Ridge: It. G.
Price, Louisville; J. 11. Boykin, Lincoln
ton- T. L. Piekron. Folkston; W. D. Yeo-I
mans. Waycross: K. I. Stevens, Dublin: I
J. D. Shannon. Jeffersonville; (t. E. Collum, j
Atlanta' Hiram L. Gardner. Eatonton.
There are five men and two women from ;
each congressional district on the state I
committee, as follows;
First District—W. C. Hodges, Hinesville;
IT. H. Elders. Reidsville; J. 1). Clark, Da
rien; D. B. Franklin, R. F. D.. Statesboro;
B. F. Joyner. Woodcliff; Mrs. .1. P Dukes,
Pembroke; Mrs.’S. F. Cooper, Sylvania.
Se-ond District—lra Carlisle, Cairo: Moses I
Warren. Camilla; C. W. Monk, Svlvester !
Sam Mason, Wilford: Mrs. E. R.‘ MeKin- I
ney, Arlington; Mrs. H. 11. Merry. Thomas
ville.
4 bird District —\\ , y , Dykes, Americus;
A. J. McDonald. Fitzgerald; O. T. Gower’
Cordele; J. B. Oliver, Georgetown: W. 11
Lassiter, Vienna; Mrs. D. C. Ketchum,
Vienna; Mrs. J. w. Harris, Jr., Americus.
Fourth District—William Del.. Worsiey,
Columbus; a. J. Perryman, Talbotton- E
S. Dennis. Franklin: G. W. Burnett, Car
rollton; Clarence Mallory. Greenville: Miss
Ruth Carr, Buena Vista; Mrs W i xi...
Bride. Newnan.
Three Atlar.tians
Fifth District—J. B. Hutcheson, Douglas
ville: J. E. Bodenhamer Decatur: M S
Ge.rge, Atlanta; J. H. McCalla. Confers;
George W. Skills. Atlanta: Mrs. R. Har
vey. lairburn; Mrs. Edgar Alexander At
lanta.
Sixth District—Claude Hnteheson. Jones
boro; C. C. Yarbrough, Macon; J. H. Mc-
Cowan, Forsyth; O. E. Smith, Jack'sor- Paul
Turner. McDonough; Mrs. J. B. S ttl . Jack
soi; Mrs. Bruce C. Jones, Macou.
Seveath District—John M. Vandiver, j
Rome; L. S. Ledbetter, Cedartown; E. P. i
Dobbs. Marietta: Ed. P. Hall, Jr.. La fay-t
e te; H. F. Chasta’n, Marietta; Mrs. Charles
M. Harri' Eton; M.s. Julian McCamy,
Dalton.
Eighth District —Luke Robinson. Coving
ton; W. W. Bruner. Washington; D. T.
Barnes, Canton: F. F. Middlebrooks, Eaton-I
ton: J. T. M.tcliell. Social Circle Mrs. T. I
F Green. Athens; Mrs. C. N. Bond, Bow
man.
Ninth District —A. O. Nix. Lawrenceville:
Edgar Dunlap, Gainesville; Fermor Barrett,
Toccoa: Howard Tate. Jasper; R. N. Holt.
Lawrenceville; Mrs. George A. Johns.
Winder; M.ss Catherine Dozier. Gainesville.
Tenth District—Miller S. Bell, M.lledge
ville; B. F. Walker. Gibson; W. T. Duna
way. Lincolnton; Patrick Roe, Augusta: C.
E. McGregor. Warrenton: Mrs. J. H. Quinn,
Sandersville; Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle,
Thomson.
Eleventh District—C. E. Stewart. Axon:
S. D. Dell, Hazlehurst: J. D. Lovett. Nash
ville; W. A. Jenkins. Valdosta: J. H. Car
ter. Alma: Mrs. R. G. Dickerson, Homir
ville: Mrs. B. S. Malone, Pearson.
Twelfth District—A. G. Williamson, Ea-t
--nian; Teter S. Twitty, Dublin: J B. John
son. Lyons; Dennard Hughes. Danville;
John N. King. Rochelle: Mrs. C. H. Kit
trell Dublin; Mrs. I. 11. Corbett. Lyons.
Typhoon Hits Kobe. Japan
LONDON. Sept. 13. —The cargo
sheds on the docks at Kobe, Japan,
were extensively damaged by a
typhoon, which swept the harbor, i
says a dispatch to Lloyds from Kobe
today. Tne cotton stores at Osaka
also were damaged by the storm.
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Sentenced to Die on Gallows,
Chicagoßoy Seeks Life Term
Like Millionaire Murderers
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—This week
Governor Len Small will be asked to
pass on the fate of Bernard. Grant,
i 19-year-old product of the stock-
I yards district.
“The governor's answer will de-
I termine whether there is one law for
the rich and one for the poor,” At
torney Thomas E. Swanson declared. 1
“Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb,
i sons of millionaires, were sentenced
j to life in prison because they are
I under 21.
! * Grant is under 21.”
Grant was convicted in connection
with the murder of a policeman. The
jury directed a sentence of hanging,
and it was accepted and made effec
tive by Justice Hebei. The supreme
court affirmed the sentence and un
less Governor Small intervenes,
i Grant will hang on October 17.
Public opinion is rallying to the
poverty-stricken boy’s cause. Swan-'
son reported today that messages of
encouragement are pouring in from
all parts of the country. From
Sunday Night ‘Scrub’
Costs Him S2OO Roll;
Police Trail Friend
Another good argument for the
i sage admonition of the careful
! mother to “hang your clothes on a
■ hickory limb and don't go near the
water.” was discovered Sunday
night by Ernest Spain, of 232 Deca
tur street. The discovery cost Spain
S2OO, according to his complaint at
police headquarters.
Spain told the police that he went
to his room in the rear of his store
for a bath on Sunday night. He
hung his clothes on an ordinary
hook and went right into the water.
When he emerged ?200 was missing
from his trousers, He told the po
lice.
Spain said that a youth, whose
name he gave the police, went
to his room with him. but was
gone when he came out of the bath.
He asked the police to find out
whether the youth and the pocket
book left together, an dthe police
are searching for the youth to ques
tion him.
Burglars entered the home of
Louis Tuck. ISO Capitol avenue, on
Sunday night, and stole S3O in casn
and a string of valuable pearls, ac
cording to reports made to the po
lice Monday.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, September 16, 1924
other sources it was learned that a !
member of the Leopold-Loeb group j
is taking a keen interest in the case '
and may contribute to a defense I
fund.
Grant’s parents are almost penni
less. His father lost both legs in !
an accident. At the age of 14 years, j
young Grant was forced to abandon
school—after finishing the seventh
—to help support his family.
He worked as a messenger boy and
at cru Je. hard labor until his arrest
in December, 1922, for the murder. |
“Gee, 1 didn’t have anything to I
do with the killing, but I betcha if
I had some of the money Leopold
and Loeb have I wouldn’t be here,” •
Grant declared in an interview.
"Say, I don’t think it’s fair,” I
Grant said plaintively. “I’m poor
and they give me the ‘necktie.’ Leo- .
pold and Loeb are rich, and what I
do they get? Life!
“I ain’t got anything against Leo- !
pold and Loeb, but here they confess '
to a murder, and get off with life, ’
because they are under 21.
“I’m und'?r 21, too; but I gotta
hang.”
I Father and Boy, 13, Held
After Uncle Is Killed
JASPER, Ala.. Sept. 14.—Mart Me- 1
Lendon and his son, Grover, 13 years !
i old, were bound over to the grand ;
ijury Saturday under nominal bonds'
| in connection with the death last
j night of George McLendcn, 26, broth
! er of Mart McLendon.
According to reports trouble arose
between the two brothers at Mart
McLendon’s home George McLen
don is reported to have been fatally
i shot in a scuffle that followed for a
shotgun in the hands of his little
nephew
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In Western States
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Mutual
Oil. Continental Oil and the Texas
I company have reduced gasoline ;,
from 20 cents a gallon in Colorado
| to 18 cents. j
A price war is reported in progress
in Tampico between petroleum com- ,
panies, as a result of which gasoline
is selling at about one-fourth its
usual price.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept. 15.
| The Standard Oil company today re
tduced the price of gasoline at its :
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1 Dead, Another
Dying in Crash
AtDamascus, Ga.
ARLINGTON, Ga., Sept 14.—Guy
Webb, of Damascus, is deadand
Morris Haddoock, also so Damascus,
is in a dying condition as the re
sult of an auto accident Saturdy
night on the Edison-Cuthbert rod
about four miles north of Edison.
According to reports received here
they were racing their car with the
G. F. & A. passenger trainnumber
two, when they ran into a car being
driven by a negro going in the
same direction.
Mr. Webb was killed instantly
and Mr. Haddock received in uries
which are feared will prove fatal.
The latter was rushed to the Patter
son hospital at Cuthbert, Ga.
The engineer saw the accident
annd reported it at Carnegie, a sta
’ tion a few miles further. Parties
arriving upon the scene of acci
‘ dent could not locate the negro
i anywhere. His car was damaged
, very little and it is believed he es
i caped unhurt but was frightened
’ and ran away from the accident.
The other car waswreeked.
British Movie Fans
Storm Coogan’s Car
For Sight of Jackie
LONDON, Sept. 15.—Exciting
scenes were enacted outside of St.
.James’ palace today when several
thousand persons, mostly women and
children, in an effort to see Jackie
Coogan, stormed the motor car in
which the youthful actor had ar
rived for the purpose of seeing the
palace guard changed.
Women fought with one another
for positions of vantage and Jackie
was extricated from the melee with
difficulty by his father, who carrieu
him on his shoulder into the palace
from which they saw the guard
changed.
There was a similar crush when
the young actor returned to his car.
Several policemen finally mounted
the running board and escorted the
car through the jam.
New Storm Warning
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The
weather bureau today issued the fol
lowing storm warning: “Advisory,
•5 p. m: Northwest storm warnings
ordered Savannah to Wilmington
and southeast storm warning at
Jacksonville. Disturbance over
northwest Florida moving east-north
eastward—will cause strong north
east winds tonight.”
Ohio filling stations from eighteen
to sixteen cents a gallon.
Local dealers said Monday they
knew nothing of any reduction
scheduled for Atlanta.
a CENTt, .1 COPY,
Si A YEAR. '
U. S. WORLD FLIERS
■E IT cmciso
FROM DAYTON. OHIO
Thousands on Housetops
Watch Planes—Whistles
Shriek Welcome
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—(Ey the As
sociated Press.) —The world fliers
arrived over lower Chicago at 12:34
p. m. flying northwesterly along the
lake shore toward the downtown dis
trict.
Thousands watched the arrival
from the roofs of skyscrapers, from
the new municipal stadium in Grant
park and other points of vantage
near Lake Michigan.
Whistles shrieked their welcome.
The world girdlers, with an escort
of five planes, reached the down
town district at 12:38 p. m., eastern
standard time, the three army planes
flying in close formation.
The planes, instead of circling over
the stadium, continued northward
along- the Lake Shore until they pass
ed Lincoln Park and then turnd in
a southwesterly direction for the air
mail field at May wood, where they
landed.
They descended at the air mail
field there at 12:55 p. m., completing
their 294 miles from Dayton in 2
i Hours and 55 minutes.
I Lieutenant Smith in his flag plane
i Chicago struck the earth at 12:55
Ip. m., Chicago time. Lieutenant
j Eric Nelson, in the New Orleans
, landed at 12:59 p. in., and Lieutenant
Leigh Wade with his Boston 11, fol
lowed at 1:01 p. m.
This evening the fliers will be
guests of 800 leading citizens at a
dinner. They will not speak, accord
ing to present plans, but will be
presented gifts and other tokens of
esteem.
Th e airmen will spend the night
I here and take-off tomorrow, for
Omaha.
A radio reception awaited the
fliers here. A microphone was
placed at the field and connected by
telephone wires from the daily News
station, WMAC, which was to radio
vast the words of welcome and the
.fliers’ responses.
VALPARAISO IS SLIGHTED;
PLANES MISS THAT CITY
VALPARAISO, Ind., Sept. 15.— 1 f
the fliers passed over Valparaiso
which was on the schedule of their
trip from Dayton to Chicago, no one
here saw them. After they were re
ported over Chicago this place set
tled back to normalcy and returned
to work. They passed over North
Judson at 11:15 central time.
PERFECT FLYING WEATHER
MARKS SHORT JUMP
DAYTON, 0., Sept. 15.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —The army world'
fliers took off from McCook field
here at 10 a. in. for Chicago, where
they will remain over tonight, pro-i
ceeding tomorrow to Omaha on their
trans-continental flight, which will
end in Seattle.
The airline distance from here to
Chicago is 230 miles and the avia
tors expect to make the jump in less
than four hours.
The aviators had perfect weather
conditions here. The planes were
thoroughly overhauled and recondi
tioned during the Week-end stay
here, anti the three pilots and their
mechanicians were in fine
this morning after their two-day
rest.
FLIERS II WE 3.540 MILES
MORE FROM CHICAGO ON
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—When the
fliers land here 7hey w»ill face 3,540’
miles more of air travel before they
reach Seattle, Wash., the end of the
world tour.
The schedule by cities and miles
follows: Chicago to Omaha, 440
miles. St. Joseph. Mo., 125 miles.
Muskogee, Okla., 300 miles. Dallas,
Tex., 250 miles. El Paso, Tex., 550'
miles. Tuscon, Ariz., 275 miles. San
Diego, Cal., 385 miles. Los Angeles,
115 miles. San Francisco, 370 miles.
Eugene, Ore., 450 miles. Seattle, 280
miles.
CIIICAC ) PREPARES FOR
ARRIVAL (' WIATORS
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. —Preparations:
to welcome the army world fliers,,
who are expected to land in the air
niaii field at Maywood about nooiD
Tnesday, will be completed at a‘
special meeting of the receptio” .urn*
niittee tomorrow afternoon. It has
been decided that silver cigarette
(Continued on Page 3, Column 3)
Plan for Funding of
France’s Debt to U. S. i
Greeted in Silence
PARIS, Sept. 14.—(8y the As-’
sociated Press.) —The plan for fund
ing of the French war-time debt to
the United States, prepared by Ed
ward M. Hurley, member of the
World war debt commission, has
been received with absolute editorial'
silence, so far, and even the foreign
office declares: “Wo have nothing
to say.” I
It was explained, however, that
Finance Minister Clementel -was
very busy in an effort to trim the
expenses of the 1925 budget to fit
the estimated receipts. No one else
in the finance office was able to
comment on the plan.
Fleeing Convicts
Are Not Yet Taken
COLUMBIA, S. C.. Sept. 14.—Six
convicts who escaped from the state
prison farm in Kerchaw county
Saturday by overpowering their
guard and taking his weapons, were
still at large, according to reports
received by officials of the state
penitentiary here tonight.
Reports from Sumter that the fu
gitives had been surrounded by offi
cers were not borne out by the in- I
formation reaching them, the offi
cial said. The convicts, they added, ■
were last seen making their way |
toward the Lee county line. Wheth
er the convicts had weapons other
than the repeating shotgun and .45
caliber automatic pistol taken from
the guard was nqt known.
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