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VOL. XXVI. NO. 147
DAVIS TIKES REST
AFTER REMARKABLE
BALLY IN MISSOURI
To Address lowa Democrats
Wednesday on Tariff
and Taxation
BY RALPH SMITH
Journal Staff Correspondent
EASTWOOD FARM, Bunceton,
Mo., Sept. 16. —Reflecting pleasant
ly upon the remarkable demonstra
tion here yesterday, of which he was
the central figure, and which he
himself described as ‘‘the most his
toric in American public life,” John
W. Davis rested quietly today at the
colonial home of Dr. Arthur W.
i Nelson, Democratic nominee for
governor of Missouri. He will leave
this afternoon for Des Moines,
tomorrow, he will address the
of lowa on tariff and
’ taxation.
'■‘Never before,” said Mr. Davis,
in commenting upon the demonstra
tion, "I must believe, has any such
concourse of people assembled to
gether in the open country to dis
cuss Lheir governmental affairs.”
Outside of a lame right arm and
hand, acquired from requent hand
shakes, Mr. Davis emerged from the
Democratic rally none the worse for
wear, despite the huge crush
through which he had to almost to
fight his way in getting to and from
the chautauqua tent, in which he
spoke. The mental thrill and en
couragement derived from the expe
rience stimulated Mr. Davis’ opti
mism over the result of his western
tour, and fully compensated him for
the momentary discomforts he suf
fered in the jam.
Remarkable Demonstration
Mr. Davis’ estimate of the Bunce
ton demonstration scarcely does full
justice to the remarkable outpour
ing. There has never been anything
like it before in Missouri, and it is
to be doubted whether any other
state has ever staged such a politi
cal demonstration.
The size of the crowd has been
variously estimated at from 50,000 to
100,000, and cjr yesterday it was the
subject of much speculation and
dispute, as it will continue to be un
til the end of time.
Charles N. Wheeler, political edi
tor of the Chicago Herald-Examiner,
gays that the crowd was larger than
that which celebrated Armistice day
on the Place de la Concord, Paris,
and adds that in his long experience
as a political writer he has never
seen anything as a demonstration
anywhere comparable to the Davis
celebration in point of size and en
thusiasm.
E. T. Meredith, former secretary
of agriculture, estimated that the
parked automobiles covered over
thirty acres of land. As a matter of
fact, at noon yesterday 7,500 autos
had been checked on the parking
space reserved for them, some half
mile from the Nelson mansion, and
the roads for fifteen miles in every
direction were congested with motor
traffic that never reached the scene
of the rally.
From the committee on aarrange
ments it was learned that 16,000
pounds of beef, and 4,000 pounds
of mutton were barbecued, on the
theory of allowing half a pound of
meat for every person, assuming
that this would be ample. But in
spite of this not a morsel of food was
ip sight when the Davis party
reached the grounds shortly after
noon and this in face of the fact that
thousands of women brought basket
dinners.
14,000 Melons Vanish
The 14,000 watermelons that were
shipped from southeast Missouri
didn’t last a minute, and band con
certs. in remote corners of the sur
rounding plains didn’t interfere se
riously with the speaking under the
tent, although the speakers’ voices
■were distinctly audible for 500 yards,
thanks to amplifiers.
In the light of the facts, the Bunce
ton rally is entitled to the unanimous
vote it has received as perhaps the
largest and most remarkable dem
onstration in the history of the coun
try.
Unfortunately, after the meeting
<gd before the crowd could disperse,
to rain, in consequence,
of automobiles were un
negtiate the slippery roads,
a,.d this morning the highways were
alive with f.ivvers en route to va
rious sections of Missouri, their oc
cupants mud bespattered and weary,
but all singing the praises of John
V>’. Davis and Arthur W. Nelson.
in the interval between his arrival
at the Nelson home and his ap
pearance at the tent, Mr. Davis met
many Democratic leaders, and he
was highly elated over the encourag
ing news they gave him. Without
exception they reported that the
Democrats of the state have buried
the factional hatchet for the present
campaign, and are united in the de
termination to give- him Missouri’s
eighteen electoral votes.
GOVERNOR RITCHIE MOUNTS
; STUMP FOR DAVIS TICKET
BALTIMORE. Md., Sept. 16.—Gov
ernor Ritchie has accepted an invi
tation to outside of Maryland
for the Democratic ticket, it is
thought he will be sent into New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut.
Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
He probably will be booked for one
speech at Wilmington, Del.
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
PEKIN—New cabinet. is Up
pointed by President Tsao Kun.
PARIS. —Those near Premier Her
riot say he is dispose dto take up
question of France's debt v to the
United States later in the year.
I.OS ANGELES. —Frank Chance,
former Chicago White Sox baseball
manager, dies here after long ill
ness.
WASHINGTON. Nation-wide
“get-out-the-vote” campaign is an
nounced by Dr. W. M. Tippy, secre
tary of federal council of churches
commission.
AUSTIN, Texas.—Dr. George C.
Butte, Republican nominee for gov
ernor, announces he will resign as
dean of University of Texas Law
school in order to make campaign.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Donld B. Mc-
Millan, who arrived with his arctic
exploration party aboard the schoon
er Bowdoin, announces his intention
to resume his polar travels in 1925.
NEW YORK. —After attending
races at Belmont park, Prince of
Wales inspects editorial offices and
publishing plant of Doubleday, Page
& Co., at Garden City, N. Y".
WASHINGTON. —President Cool
idge recalls Secretary of Navy Wil
bur to Washington from inspection
tour of Pacific coast to discuss pres
ent and impending financial strait of
navy.
ST. PAUL. Demonstration In
memory of late President Wilson
and pledging anew of union of south
and north mark opening session of
sixth annual convetion of American
Legion.
BERLIN. —Henry M. Robinson, of
Los Angeles, will represent Owen D.
Young, temporary agent for repara
tions payment, in organization of in
dustrial and debenture commissions
and German bank of issue undec
Dawes plan.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. —Jimmy Mur
phy, veteran driver and winner of
many American auto speed classics,
is fatally injured when his car
crashes into fence at state fair
grounds during 138th lap of 150-mile
race.
CHICAGO.—William M. Butler
chairman of Republican national
committee, in signed statement bit
terly attacks forces supporting Sen
ator Robert M. La Follette for pres
idency, and says Llnited States con
stitution has become greatest cam
paign issue.
GENEVA. —Pact of general and
mutual assistance, tentatively draft
ed after break over negotiations is
threatened, provides for contribution
by each country in League of Na
tions of military or economic force
toward general maintenance of
peace.
CHICAGO.—Bishop William Mont
gomery Brown, of Galion, Ohio, re
cently found guilty of heresy by
ecclesiastical court of Protestant
Episcopal church, announces here
he will appeal his case in civil
courts of Cleveland, Ohio, after sen
tence is pronounced October 14,
seeking to prevent by an injunction
carrying out of whatever sentence
is imposed.
Wife of Candidate
Whips Pastor for
Campaign Remarks
BRIGHTON, Ala., Sept 16.—This
little town elected a mayor Monday,
as did most other municipalities in
Alabama. But more interest was at
tracted to the election than usual
as a result of a horse-whipping ad
ministered Saturday night to the
Rev. W. J. McCarty, Methodist min
ister, by Mrs. Glee Sharpe, wife of
Henry M. Sharpe, the mayor. She
charged McCarty with misrepresent
ing her husband’s candidacy and
used a buggy whip to impress her
point.
Mayor Sharpe was defeated for
re election by L. P. Edmundson. The
vote was .128 to 86. The town is now
recovering from a bad case of
nerves.
Suspect, 70, Throws
Acid in Mayor’s Face,
Then Cuts Own Throat
BOWLING GREEN Ohio. Sept
16.—D. S. Hill, 70, of Milton Center,
today threw acid into the face of
Mayor Walter Longbrace, of that
village, when the mayor and Mar.
shal Schuyler attempted to arrest
him in connection with a liquor law
violation. He then cut his throat
with a pen knife and is not expected
to live.
The mayor will be scarred for life
and may lose the sight of both eyes.
Aged Texas Farmer
Is Ax Murder Victim;
Brother-in-Law Held
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 16.—Sam
H. Lewis, 79, well-to-do farmer, was
hacked to death with an ax Mon
day morning and his body set on
fire on his farm rear Terryville.
DeWitt county. Will Stapp, his
brother-in-law, was arrested in con
nection with the killing and remand
ed to jail without bond, after being
adjudged of unsound mind.
At the examining trial Stapp
stated that he had killed Lewis be
caused Lewis had killed Stapps
mother about two years ago.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
VIRGINIA: Fair not much change
ip temperature.
NORTH CAROLINA: Fair, strong
northwest winds.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEOR
GIA: Generally fair; fresh north
west winds diminishing.
FLORIDA: Fair, gentle west and
northwest winds.
EXTREME NORTHWEST FI.OR
IDA. ALABAMA AND MISSISSIP
PI: Generally fair; gentle northwest
v> inds.
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY;
j Fair; slightly cooler.
LOUISIANA AND OKLAHOMA:
! Generally fair.
ARKANSAS: Generally fair.
EAST TEN AS: Generally fair ex
cept probably showers in extreme
northwest portion.
WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy,
I probaolj showers in north portion.
PARIS. —Tax returns for August
amounted to 1,788,000,000 francs, ex
ceeding by 264,000,000 francs re
ceipts for August. 1923.
COBLENZ. —Rhiheland high com
mission announces that pledges
yielded 27,000,000 gold marks in .July
j and 21,000,000 in August.
. NEW YORK. —Mrs. Arabella D.
; Huntington, wife of Henry C. Hunt-
I ington, of Alabama, a well-known
■ book collector, dies.
BOSTON. —W. L. Douglas, well
> known shoe manufacturer, and for
mer Democratic governor of Massa-
I chusetts, dies, aged 79 years.
WASHINGTON. —Volume of tax-
■ ation in America increased $755,000,-
000 in 1923 over 1922, report of the
[ national industrial conference board
shows.
NEW YORK. American polo
team by winning second game of
international series with Great Brit
ain by score of 14 to 5 gains posses
sion of international challenge cup.
LARAMIE, Wyo.—Explosion in
Mine No. 5 of Kremmerer Coal com
pany, at Sublet, Wyo., entombs 47
workmen; twelve are rescued and
bodies of three victims are brought
out.
NEW YORK.—Patrolman Edward
Trumph, seeking to protect Lieu
tenant Locatelli, Italian aviator,
from mob of antagonist fellow coun
trymen. is stabbed, the alleged as
sailant was arrested.
PHILADELPHIA.—Eight men are
arrested in riotous demonstrations
over Lieutenant Antonio Locatelli,
Italian aviator, which developed into
pitched battle between fascist and
anti-fascist sympathizers.
NEW YORK, Clem L. Shaver,
chairman of Democratic national
committee, in a statement declares
that '“if the election was held today
no candidate would have a majority
in the electoral college.”
PITTSBURG. —Senator Wheeler,
independent vice presidential candi
date, in Secretary Mellon’s home
city, declares secretary’s “tender
ness toward property” is responsible
for lax prohibition enforcement.
NEW YORK.—Arthur J- Davis
superintendent of Anti-saloon
League of New York, in statement
I charges foreign liquor interests with
I having formed conspiracy to in-
I fluence coming American preslden
| tial election.
TETUAN, Morocco. Gradual
withdrawal of Spanish forces from
advanced positions in Morocco is in
accord with a plan which is to fight
to the limit, until the rebels are
beaten, General Primo Rivera says
CHICAGO. —Federal Judge Car
penter orders evidence submitted to
■ federal grand jury in connection
with inidetment of Charles R.
Forbes, former director of veterans’
-bureau, and John W. Thompson,
Chicago contractor, impounded.
ST. JOHNS, Wyo.—Leonard Reid,
member of Newfoundland
family, is charged with murder and
released under $200,000 bail follow
ing the running down and killing
of six men, including two British
navy officers, ner.r St. Johns, N. F.,
by Reed’s automobile.
Mercer Will Open
Ninety-Second Term
With 1,000 Students
MACON, Ga., Sept. 16. —With an
expected enrollment of 1,000 stu
dents. Mercer university will open
for the ninety-second school session,
September 22, with Steadman Vin
cent Sanford, professor of English
and journalism at the university of
Georgia, delivering the convocation
address, Dr. Rufus W. Weaver,
president, announced today.
Convocation exercises will be held
in the college chapel Wednesday
morning, September 24. Among oth
ers to appear on the opening pro
gram are Mayor Luther Williams,
editors of the Macon papers, Presi
dent Quillian, of Wesleyan college'
the president of the ministerial alii
ance, president of the Macon Cham
ber of Commerce, and pastors of the
local Baptist churches.
Three faculty additions, besides
fifteen assistants, will be made with
this year. Dr. F. R. Kerchner, pro
fessor of law; Prof. E. E. Folk, head
of the journalism school, and Prof.
H. L. Batts; instructor in religious
education, are the new members.
G.O.P. Committee to Meet
In 9th District Sept. 27
JASPER, Ga.. Sept. 15.—The Re
publican executive committee for the
Ninth congressional district has been
summoned to meet on September 27
at the courthouse here, to nominate
a Republican candidate for congress
in the general election in November,
according to announcement today by
T. A. Chastain, chairman of the dis
trict committee.
Mr. Chastain stated that plans are
being formulated for a vigorous
campaign to elect a Republican con
gressman.
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TORRENTIAL STORM
SWEEPS S.GEORGIA;
I DEATHS REPORTED
Cloudbursts With 9-Inch
Rainfall Deluge Florida
Border—Great Damage
The southern portion of Georgia
and extreme northwestern Florida
today were getting back to normal
following two days of rainfall un
precedented in those sections of the
country, according to reports reach
ing here.
For the past two days precipita
tion has ranged from seven inches
in twenty-four hours in some places
to eleven inches in the same period
in another. The latter rainfall was
reported from Tallahassee, Fla., and
this was given as the official rec
ord.
Two deaths have resulted, accord
ing to reports. In Nashville, Ga.,
Mr. R. H. Chism, sixty-five, mer
chant, was electrocuted when he at
tempted to rescue a horse which
had come in contact with a live wire.
At Browntown, Ga., the five-year
old daughter of William Penn, a
timekeeper, was killed when the
Penn home was demolished by winds
which had almost reached the pro
portions of a tornado.
In other portions of the afflicted
sections, communcition facilities
were utterly demoralized, many
towns having been isolated for two
days. Railway trains {have been
from a few hours to almost a day
behind scheduled time. Highways
have been rendered impassable and
bridges have been undermined by
high waters.
Following are precipitation fig
ures for twenty-four hours ending
last night:
Thomasville, Ga., 9 inches, offi
cial.
Valdosta, Ga., 8 inches, unofficial.
Savannah, Ga., 9.05 inches, official.
Tallahassee, Fla., 11 inches, offi
cial.
FISHING CRAFT DAMAGED
AT NEWPORT, FLORIDA
MOULTRIE, Ga., Sept. 17.—New
port, Fla., and St. Marks were lash
ed Monday and Monday night by the
worst gulf storm known in move
than thirty years, according to a
Moultrie party reaching here from
Newport.
So far as the Moultrians learned
no lives were lost, but two fishing
boats'were missing, and the Suitsme,
a big motorboat, with fifteen Ma
rietta men on board, besides its
crew of three, was tossed ashore
and stranded on a timber-covered
island between the lighthouse and
Newport. The boat was not discov
ered until just before the Moultrie
party left for home, and it was said
that it would take two hours to
reach it, and the Moultrians left for
home before learning whether those
on board were safe.
The high wind caused great tim
ber damage between St. Marks and
Tallahassee. It was also stated that
Tallahassee had been without train
service since Sunday.
Moultrie felt the tail-end of the
storm Monday, rain pouring in tor
rents all the afternoon and night,
and the wind at times attaining al
most the velocity of a tornado. Many
big shade trees were uprooted here,
and the roofs of several houses dam
aged.
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL HURT
IN BROWNTOWN, GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Sept. 17. —One
person was killed and a half dozen
seriously injured, and every house
in Browntown, twenty-five miles
from Brunswick, was demolished or
badly damaged by a cyclone which
struck the little settlement Tues
day.
The five-year-old daughter of Wil
liam Penn, timekeeper for the Her
cules Powder company, was killed
outright, Mrs. Penn badly injured
and an infant slightly hurt. The
home was completely wrecked.
In another house occupied by ne
groes, three were caught under the
debris and seriously injured.
NASHVILLE MAN KILLED
TRYING TO SAVE HORSE
NASHVILLE, Ga., Sept. 17.—Mr.
R. M. Chism, 65, proprietor of a
general store near the Georgia ana
Florida railroad station, was instant
ly killed at 7:30 o’clock last night
by coming in contact with a live
wire.
The electric light wires have been
down in several parts of the city.
Last night, the electric light com
pany was trying to locate trouble
on the lines and was turning tne
current on different circuits. As
the current was turned on the wire
in front of Mr. Chism’s store, there
was a flash where two wires ap
parently came in contact with each
other, the wires burning in two and
dropping onto a horse owned by Mr.
Chism and standing in front of his
place.
The wire continued to pop and
flash up as it touched the metal
on the harness. The aged man rush
ed from the store to save the horse,
customers shouting for him to ’’look
out.” He plunged ahead and as he
grasped the horse’s bridle, the ani
mai plunged forward and dragged
him directly into the wire. He was
killed almost instantly. The horse
jumped out of danger and was un
harmed. The current was quickly
turned off and no one else was in
jured.
Mr. Chism is survived by his wife,
four sons and one daughter, J. B.
Chism, editor of the Nashville Her
ald; M. S. Chism, a business man;
Newton and Thomas, and Mrs. F. M.
Humphries, of this city.
For three days this city has been
practically cut off from the outside
world by the severe storm.
COTTON’ AND H \Y CROPS
BADLY DAMAGED IN STORM
VALDOSTA. Ga.. Sept. 17.—This
, city was swept by a severe rain and
wind storm Monday night, the rain
I continuing until nearly noon Tues
day. No serious damage was re
i ported from the high winds although
falling trees and limbs caused con
• siderable damage to telephone and
light wires. An official report of the
I rainfall here during the night was
; not available, but an unofficial rec
' ord placed it at between seven and
eight inches. Much damage was done
■to cotton and hay crops, according
j to reports reaching here.
There are serious wash-outs on the
Seaboard Air Line railway in Flor-
Ida, according to person" arriving
’tore. The heaviest damage is re
k
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AMERICANS IMPRISONED
IN MONGOLIAN CITY AFTER
RED POLITICAL UPHEAVAL
TIENTSIN, Sept. 16.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) Travelers from
Urga, seat of the Mongolian gov
ernment, arriving here today, de
clared that as a* result of political
upheavals there a dozen foreign resi
dents—American, British and Dan
ish —are not permitted to leave the
city.
The travelers also declared Pre
mier Danzan, of Mongolia, had been
shot by order of the Mongol soviet,
members of which are alleged to be
plotting with the central Chinese
government at Pekin for the return
of Mongolia to China.
Business in Urga is at a. stand
still because of the disturbances, it
was said.
Anxiety for welfare of several
Americans believed to be in Mon
golia has been expressed during the
political troubles in the last two
weeks. Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews,
explorer, who discovered dinosaur
eggs in the Mongolian steppes, may
be among the Americans in the Man
churian center.
DRIVE AGAINST SHANGHAI
GOES ON IN DARKNESS
SHANGHAI, Sept. 16.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —Darkness failed
ported between Lake City and Talla-1
hassee, trains having been tied up
for 24 hours.
HOT WEATHER. FOLLOWED
BY RAIN. DAMAGES BRIDGE
GLENWOOD, Ga., Sept. 17.—The '
highway bridge on the Oconee river ,
two miles east of here is in damaged |
condition because of two weather ex- I
tremes. For several weeks it has j
been dry and hot and now that it '
has been raining for several days, I
the wooden creosoted blocks, that
make up the top surface flooring,
have absorbed moisture enough to
cause the entire floor to bulge.
TREES I I’ROOTED IN 11-IN( II
DOWNI’GI R IN TALLAHASSEE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 17
Tallahassee is clearing away many'
fallen trees from its streets and dis
entangling >tself from the many !
wires snapped off by the high wind :
which accompanied a steady down
pour of rain here beginning early
Saturday night and continuing un
til dawn Tuesday. Local weather |
'bureau observer reports a rainfall of:
eleven inches, the heaviest here in I
many years.
Telephone and telegraph service is
demoralized because of hundreds of
trees having been blown across the
lines along country roads. Trains
are arriving hours behind schedule
because of soft roadbed and in shine t
Atlanta, Ga,, Thursday, September 18, 1924
to stop the fighting on the “eastern”
battle front in the vicinity of Shang
hai tonight. The offensive of the
Kiangsu armies seeking to capture
the city continued.
Reinforcements from the Pekin
government, to be thrown into battle
against the Chekiang forces defend
ing Shanghai, were reported at Wu
sih, 85 miles west of here, at 11:45
p. m. last Sunday, according to a
messenger from the Kiangsu front
who returned here today.
The Kiangsu army today opened
a renewed and determined offen
sive near Liuho, on the Yangtze
river west of here, in an effort to
reach the Woosung forts, according
to a report issued by the Lungwha
headquarters of the Chekiang army.
Simultaneously attacks were
launched by Kiangsu at Kiating and
along the railway bombardments
are progressing along the entire
line and the casualties continue to
mount. The battle lines .were ap
parenily unchanged by the renewed
fighting. The weather remains
clear. In the foreign settlements of
Shanghai everything remains quiet.
Unconscious Six Days,
Telegrapher Gagnes to
As Instrument Clicks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia.
Sept. 16. —The ticking of his private
Morse code call at an instrument
by his bedside last night restored to
consciousness J. T. Phelan, superin
tendent of the Dominion Telegraph
company, here, after he had been in
a comatose condition for nearly a
week.
Superintendent Phelan was ill for
weeks following the death of his
wife, and had been unconscious for
six days, attending physicians dis-'
closed today. On the suggestion of ■
a physician an instrument was in-|
stalled by Phelan’s bedside and
“PN,” his private call, ticked off.
Mr. Phelan smiled and opened his
eyes when the ticker announced
‘‘every day in every way.” Then
the ticker suggested that Phelan
drink a little milk. Phelan reached
out his hand for the glass and took
the first nourishment in six days.
He was reported conv ’--cent today..
places washouts have occurred, it is
reported.
The city was without electric
lights Monday night. No loss of life
been reported.
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H. W. Cook, a former mayor of
Fairburn and widely known Camp
bell county planter and banker, the
central figure in kidnaping ana
Mann act violation charges growing
out of an allege 1 western trip with
Agnes Purmort 17-year-old daugh
ter of one of his tenant farmers, on
Monday afternoon filed in federal
district court here a voluntary pe
tition in bankruptcy, listing his total
liabilities at $133,408.42 and bis total
assets at $13,100.
The petition, filed by Mr. Cook's
attorneys, names thirty-seven cred
itors in amounts ranging from $8.60
to $170,000.
Among his assets, Mr. Cook lists
SSOO in cash in the Bank of Camp
bell county, now in the hands of the
state bank examiner; 75 shares of
stock, par value SIOO, in the Bank
of Campbell county; one Ford Sedan,
value SSO; seven mules, value $700;
farm tools valued at $250; 25 shares
of stock in the Producers’ Co-opera
tive Marketing corporation; 538
acres of Campbell county land, deed
for $19,000 held by B. W. Cochran,
own equity unknown; 150 acres near
Red Oak, deed for $6,000 held by G.
F. Suttles, own equity unknown;
half interest in 224 apres, deed held
by Atlanta and Lowry National bank
for $5,000 to secure debts; 98 acres
and 50 acres, to both held by
Atlanta Trust company to secure
loan of $5,500.
The list of liabilities included in
the petition contained large indebted
ness to several banks and financial
together with numbers
of personal notes, made by Mr. Cook
himself, or on which he was an in
dorser.
A nation-wide search was insti
tuted for Mr. Cook and Agnes Pur
mort after he and the girl had dis
appeared about the same time and
the girl’s father F. A. Purmort,
had sworn out a warrant charging
kidnaping against the banker.
Mr. Cook’later reappeared in Fair
burn and the girl was found by her
father in Birmingham, where, she
said, Cook had left her after taking
her with him on an extended west
ern trip under a threat of death if
she refused to accompany him.
On July 12, however, the charge
of kidnaping was dismissed because
of lack of prosecution. Mr. Cook
later was placed under a SI,OOO bond
on a federal charge of violating the
act.
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U. S. AIR MAIL FIELD, FOfl T
CROOK, Near Omaha, Neb., Sept.
17.—(8y the Associated Press.)—
America's around-the-world army
fliers, en route to the west coast,
added about 440 more miles to their
long journey today when they flew
here from Chicago.
The landed here, about ten miles
south of Omaha, at 12:55 p. m. (cen
tral standard time) four hours and a
44 minutes from the time they left
Chicago at 8::11 . m.
JOHN W. DAVIS WATCHES
FLIERS PASS DES MOINES
DES MOINES, la., Sept. 17.—The
army round-the-world fliers passed
over Des Moines at 11:26 a. m. Fly
ing conditions were perfect.
The party accompanying John W.
Davis, Democratic presidential nom
inee, watched from the roof of a
hotel.
LEAVE FIELD AT CHICAGO
AT 8:11 IN MORNING
UNITED STATES AIR MAIL
FIELD, Maywood, 111., Sept. 17.—(8y
the Associated Press.) —The round
the-world fliers hopped off from the
air mail field here at 8:11 a. m. on
the next stage of the journey, the
400-mile flight to Omaha. Flying
conditions were ideal, and Lieuten
ant Lowell Smith, the commander,
said he expected to reach Fort
Crook field, Omaha, in about six
hours.
Lieut. Smith was the first to take
the air in the flag plane Chicago at
8:11. After him went Lieut. Wade
in the Boston 11, at 8:11 J-2. Lieut.
Nelson, in the New Orleans, was
off the ground at 8:12.
The three planes quickly were in
formation and at an altitude of
about 50.0 feet headed into the west.
They planned a straight airway
course to Davenport. lowa, where
the planes will circle once over Dav
enport, lowa, and Moline and Rock
Island, 111. They will then pass over
lowa City, Des Moines and thence
into the regular air mail route to
Omaha.
As the three “Magellans of the
air” ascended, hundreds of specta
tors sent up a rousing cheer. The
visibility was s o good that the three
planes could be seen for miles. The
sun glistened off the top of the
orange-colored wings as they sped
away. Excellent flying weather was
reported all the way to Omaha.
The schedule to be followed by
the fliers, as tentatively announced,
calls for the night being spent at
Omaha; a hop off to St. Joseph, Mo.',
Thursday, where only a short stop
will be made, and a continuation to
Muskogee, Okla., to reach there that
night. It is planned to leave Musko
gee Friday for Dallas.
Mrs. Betty L. Wilson,
Famous Cooking Expert,
Is Dead at Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 16.
Mrs. Betty Lyles Wilson, 64, do
mestlc science expert, who was
known, during the administrations
of Presidents Wilson, Taft, Roose
velt and McKinley as “the presi
dent’s cake-maker,” died last night
after an eighteen months’ illness.
Mrs. Wilson was among the first
women to produce cakes of intricate
icing designs. She started popular
izing the idea thirty years ago and
hag since become known to house
keepers in all parts of t?.e country
as the author of magazine cooking
articles, and of “Betty Lyles Wil
son's New Cook Book.”
W hJe conducting her own school
here, Mrs. Wilson was frequently
called to lecture at universities ami
colleges throughout the east, includ
ing Columbia university in New
York. Iler last lecture was before
the Fine Arts institute, in Atlanta,
some months ago.
She had received notes of appre
ciation and personal messages from
all four successive presidents, nu
merous governors and other digni
taries. Last Christmas, on request
of a friend, she baked a cake for
the prince of. Wales.
She i s survived by her husband.
William H. Wilson, local manufaci'-.
turer, and a daughter.
W. L. Douglas, Maker
Os Well-Known Shoe,
Passes On at Boston
BOSTON, Sept. 17.—William Lewis
Douglas, the shoe manufacturer and
former governor of Massachusetts,
died at Ihe Peter Bent Brigham hos
pital here early this morning.
The former governor had been se
riously ill for the past month, hav
ing been operated upon at the hos
pital three times.
Mr. Douglas was born in Plymouth,
Mass., in 1845. After a brief and ir
regular schooling he started to work
pegging shoes. He continued this
type of work for several years and
then became an operative in cotton
mills in various Massachusetts
towns. Later Douglas returned to
the trade of bootmaking, rising from
journeyman to foreman. In 1878 he
started in a small shop of his own.
His business developed rapidly and
he died the president of the W. L.
Douglas Shoe company, a concern
which retails its products through
out the country.
Highwayman Fells
Georgia Mayor; Flees
With Sack of Sugar
HARRISON, Gm. Sept. 17.—When
a negro saw J. M. Whitaker, 65.
mayor, anj reputed to be wealthy,
walking down the street Monday
night with a sack on his shoulder,
he felled the mayor with a club and
tocz L',c. sack. The mayor, when he
came to. expressed th o that
the negro thought the sack was full
of money. It contained sugar.
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