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IS FOLLETTE PARTY
TOO TIME FORMS.
FOSTER DECLARES
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire tr> The Journal—Copy
right, 1924.)
EX ROUTE TO SPOKANE,
Wash., Sept. 23. —He sat down alone
in a Pullman seat; there were no
crowds to greet him at the stations
along the way; he had no retinue of
secretaries or newspapermen with
him: he wore a soft collar and a
black slouch hat and a threadbare
suit of clothes: nobody recognized
him except the writer, 'for he was
William Z. Foster, candidate for the
presidency on the ticket of the work
ers’ party of America —an avowed
believer in communism.
There had always been in my
mind a burning curosity to find out
what the *“Z” stood for. It was a
good opportunity to learn the an
swer to that and a dozen otjier
questions wnich the advocacy of
communism by a sane man natural
ly arouses.
“I put the ‘Z’ in there,” he said
with a smile, “Just because T wanted
to be different. It doesn't stand
for anything. I just tacked it on
one day.”
There is much that is different
about the man Willia.ni Z. Foster.
His viewpoint on the whole political
situation is different. He is mak
a speaking tour all by himself
jugßd ho comes into contact with a
dissatisfied element and is
a keen observer himself of human
nature and economic conditions.
“What about La Follette?” was
next question.
“Oh, he's just a demagogue,” re
plied Foster. “He represents the
.capitalistic system just as much as
do the other candidates. Only he
reflects the sentiment of the little
capitalist, the element in America
which strives to rise from the em
ploye to the employer class.
Opinion of Election
“But ultimately they all merge
.Into the capitalistic regime. La Fol
lette, to my mind, is the best friend
of the capitalist class in America.
He is like the Socialists of European
countries who proved the main ob
stacle to the success of Communism.
Examine some of La Follette’s
proposals, why, they are tame com
pared to the proposals of men like
Stinnesin Germany or the Indus
trialists of other European countries.
I should hardly classify La Follette
as of the Left. He is closer to the
Right.”
“Do you think he will poll a big
vote?”
"Yes, I do. And we are watching
with great interest what he is do
ing for we believe the third party
which, he has introduced is bound
to stay, that it means the gradual
breaking up of the Republican and
sDemocratic parties. I haven’t any
doubt, however, that if La Follette’s
group ever does get a majority of
the voters, the big interests will find
some way to control his movement.
■lt is inevitable.”
“What do you think will be the
outcome of the election?”
“I can’t see how Davis can carry
many states except the south, and
I think Coolidge is strong in the
least, but my feeling is that the elec
tion will be thrown into the House
of Representatives for decision. Aft
er that no man can be sure what
will happen.”
The more one talks with Foster
the .more one wonders about his en
vironment and early training, for he
is such a convinced Communist, so
frank anct-open about it, that it is
patural to inquire how he came to
his present views.
, Foster’s Early Life
“I was born in Massachusetts,”
he said, “and my mother was Eng
lish and my father Irish. In the town
of Taunton, Mass., where I was
born, the first red flag of revolution
Jvas raised in the days of the Ameri
pan revolution against Great Britain.
“I didn’t go to school much. I
fathered my education by extensive
reading. I shipped before the mast
ns a youngster and rounded Cape
Horn on a. square rigger four times.
I beat my tyay between New York
pnd the Pacific coast eight times,
and have mixed with ali kinds of
people in all kinds of places.”
Most of the conversation we had
Was about communism and social
ism. Foster is enthlusiastic about
> Russian experiment and says he be
lieves the Russian government is
the strongest government in th?
world with the exception of the
American government.
/‘lsn't it odd,” he mused, “that two
governments representing two ex
tvemes in economic life should be
powerful? Germany, Great Britain,
France, Italy—they are shaky com
pared to the Soviet government
Mgh.ich introduced discipline and
ißgid.- rule. I think, of course, that
W>oy-. had many Utopian ideas in
Jtussia which could not be worked
nut. They tried socialism at first,
for instance, which to my mind is
thoroughly impractical. People in
the United States do not understand
communism. It's an altogether dif
ferent system of living.”
/“Do you think it will ever get a
foothold in America?” was the next
question.
v, Foster shrugged his shoulders and
pighed. He didn’t appear to believe
that in a country in which trade
unionism and capitalism were so
strong that much headway could
be made for some time.
Tries to Explain Communism .
“But communism,” \he said, “is
not developed by us. That is a great j
mistake. It- is an effect rather than i
an effect. It rises spontaneously ■
when the capitalistic system breaks
down and disintegrates. You never;
have communism until the conditions;
of disorder and discontent are I
brought about by the mistakes and
tactics of capitalists.”
Foster explained that the Work
ers' Party of America would be on i
the ballot in at least fifteen states. I
but that he and bis colleagues did ;
this merely as a means of educating;
individuals to their doctrines. He
has no hope of succeeding by the
ballot.
"We lisagree with the Socialists,” '
he ren. ked. ‘ that anything can be
accompl h.'d by the ballot or by .
‘ Solution. 'Ve simply hold as Com
munists tha some day the workers'
units in in< stry will acquire
ascendancy.’
Foster went ui to show how lijs
group disagrees vith the anarchists,
J. W. W.'s mu. Socialists, and in
sisted that what b-’. was doing in
America was not t. bit '.. 'ferent than .
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MATE OF MAD ZOO WOLF
IS WATCHED FOR RABIES;
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Second Animal at Grant
Park Expected to Die Soon
if Bitten by Partner Dur
ing Its Illness
A lone wolf stood Tuesday in its
doubly-barred den at the Grant park
zoo and snarled fiercely at the out
side world, as if in anger at the
death of its mate, who died on Mon
day after a fight Saturday afternoon
with its keper, J. W. Camp, in which
Mr. Camp’s right hand was lacerated
severely by the fangs of the mad
dened beast.
The wolf’s attack on Mr. Camp oc :
curred as the latter was feeding the
animal late Saturday. Suddenly the
beast’s hair bristled; its eyes took j
on a maddened glare, and before Mr. >
Camp could escape from the cage the ■
yellowish fangs had sunk into his
right hand, badly wounding the
member.
The laceration necessitated first aid
treatment at the Grady hospital, but
no further, precautions were taken
at the time; it was supposed the
wolf was suffering merely from a
sudden burst of bad temper. But on
Monday the animal died and exami
nation revealed it -had been suffering
from the rabies.
Mr. Camp took another—a hurriec?
• —trip to Grady hospital, this time to
begin the Pasteur treatment, and on
Tuesday he was resting at his home,
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ALL-NIGHT GRILLING
BRINGS CONFESSION
BY MRSJ>WEETIN
(Continued from Page 1)
pressed about him and offered their
sympathy. Nq one in the courtroom
spoke an unkind word.
During the night’s questioning,
nine newspapermen were allowed to
interview Mrs. Sweetin. She told
them they were “not gentlemen.”
She still held to her denials.
“Could you face your Make? with
that He upon your lips?” one report
er asked her.
“I’m telling the truth and as far
as this case is concerned my con
science is clear,” she answered. “I
can face my Maker but I don’t want
to yet for I am not a Christian.”
Thinks Hight Bad Man
The reporters asked Mrs. Sweetin
if she believed the pastor would lie
in facing his superior, District Su
perintendent C. C. Hall, who pro
cured the second confession involv
ing her. She answered that she be
lieved “he would do anything.”
“He prayed awful prayers at. my
husband’s side as he was dying,”
she added, “after he had adminis
tered poison to him.”
Questioning of Mrs. Sweetin was
resumed at 2 o’clock this morning
by State’s Attorney Thompson.
Examination of Mrs. Sweetin had
halted at midnight and it was gen
erally believed the grilling had end
ed for the night. However, she was
ordered brought before the state’s
attorney again before whom she re
peated her assertion that she was
not guilty of the accusation made
against her by the clergyman.
The only explanation, she assert
ed, she could give for the death of
her husband was that the minister
was bent on "having me,” and “that
he did not want any one else to have
me.”
Crowd Hears Grilling
While Mrs. Sweet in was being
questioned in a basement room of
the county jail building here last
Light a curious crowd stood outside
until midnight, when the lights were
turned cut. The questioning was
audible to the crowd.
“You loved me dearly and now
you have gone back on me.” was one
of the pleas made to the woman by
the clergyman, which was plainly
audible to those standing at the door
of the cell.
In response the woman was heard
to say that if he (the clergyman)
went to the penitentiary she would
take care of his children. Hight has
three minor children.
Mrs. Sweetin, an attractive wo
man, was described by State’s At
torney Thompson as one of the mos't
wonderful and strongest minded
women he had ever met in jail or
outside. Since 6 o’clock last night,
he pointed out, Mrs. Sweetin had
bravely withstood a grilling by him
and the pleas of the minister to tell
wl at she knew about the death of
her husband, for which she was held
what was being done by other so
cieties affiliated with the Third In
ternationale in Moscow.
“There is no such thing ag an
American communism,” he said, “or
a German communism. It's all the
same thing.”
Asked where the funds were com
i g from to finance his campaign,
and it he received money from Rus
sia. he laughed.
“How can Russia, with her eco
nomic troubles, help us? Why. our
organization raised a million dollars
in this country for famine relief.”
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ABOVE, the mate of the wolf
which developed rabies and bit its
keeper, J. W. Camp, of the Grant
Park zoo, who is shown below
with bandaged hand.
I 131 Berne street, while the serum
took effect.
Tuesday the mate of the dead wolf
was under constant observation.
Food and water was being pushed
gingerly through the bars of its
cage; no one ventured too near.
At times the animal paced rest
lessly the rock-lined floor of its cage,
at other times it disappeared deep
into its darkened den, with little
more than its glistening eye-balls vis
ible in the darkness. And the keep
-1 ers watched. They believed that
severe bites which the second wolf
suffered would result in its death
within a short time.
responsible in the minister's confes
sion made yesterday morning.
Hight, after leaving Mrs. Sweetin,
told an Associated Press correspon
dent that Mrs. Sweetin had promised
him, upon leaving her, that she
would make a confession and admit
that it was she who had administer
ed the poison to her husband. A
short time later the clicking of a
typewriter and a low trembling voice
was all that could be heard in the
room in which the state's attorney
and Mrs. Sweetin were closeted.
Minister Gets Confession
The Rev. Mr. Hall, who interview
ed the prisoner in his cell yesterday
morning, was credited last night by
State’s -Attorney Thompson with
having obtained the complete con
fession of the Ina parson who pre
viously had admitted having put
poison in water given to his wife on
her sick bed and also to Sweetin.
However, upon the pleas of the su
perintendent that he tell the whole
truth, he altered his confession, im
plicating Mrs. Sweetin. This first
confession assuming the entire
blame, he said, had been made to
shield Mrs. Sweetin.
That the minister might be re
moved from the county jail here, as
a precautionary measure, was indi
cated late last night at the sheriff’s
office following receipt of a report
here that feeling against the min
ister in Ina was embittered. A spe
cial guard was placed around the jail
to avert any unforeseen happening.
After making his confession to
Mr. Hall, the clergyman added that
what he had told the superintendent
was the whole truth, thus implying
a denial of knowing anything about
the death th¥.ee years ago of a Cen
terville, 111., high school girl, whose
death is being investigated at the
instance of the state’s attorney here.
Expulsion of Hight from the min
istry was expected to be taken up
today at the annual meeting of the
Southern Illinois Methodist Episco
pal conference, which opened at Car
bondale this morning. The clergy
man declined to surrender his cre
dentials a.s a minister, when request
ed by Dr. Hall, but at the same time
informed him where the credentials
could be found.
Four Brig.-Generals
Are Promoted Before
Their Retirement Date
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Selec
tion of four brigadier generals, Wil
liam H. Johnston, William Weigel,
harles H. Martin and Douglas Mac-
Arthur, to be major generals with
retirement of senior officers now
holding this rank, and of four colo
nels to succeed to the resulting va
cancies in the rank of brigadier gen
■ eral, was announced Monday at the
I war department.
Brigadier General Johnston will be
I promoted on the retirement of Major
I General Mark L. Hersey, November
2, next; Brigadier General Weigel,
ion retirement of Major General
‘George W. Reade. November 19;
(Brigadier General Martin on retire
iment of Major General Robert L.
Bullard, January 15, and Brigadier
I General MacArthur on c£tu-®ment of
Jor General Charles G. Morton,
.January 15.
The colonels selected for promotion
are Edgar T. Collins, infantry;
George S. Simonds, infantry; T. G.
(Donaldson, calvary, and A. W. Bjorn
stad, infantry.
Mrs. Beverly Harris
Is Refused Demand
For Appeal Funds
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, —Supreme
Justice Donohue today denied the ap
plication of Mrs. Elaine Harris to
compel her husband. Beverly D. Har
ris, formerly president of the Na
tional City bank, to pay her $12,500
with which to prosecute her appeal
from the jury’s verdict in the annul
ment suit brought by Harris.
Justice Donohue said that de
nied the appeal because he saw no
reason for believing it would be suc
cessful. He granted another applica
tion that Harris be compelled to pro
, vide his wife with the stenographic
j minutes of the %rial. held some time
ago before Justice Tsadore Wasser
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KIHfiAKOHIRRELL
FOUND GUILTY OF
M'LEARY MURDER
I £.
CHESTERFIELD, S. C„ Sept. 23.
(By the Associataed Press.) —Morti-
mer King and Frank Harrell, young
cotton mill workers, were found
guilty of the murder of Major Sam
uel H. McLeary, United States army
officer, by a jury in circuit court
here late today and sentenced to die
in the electric chair. Judge C. C.
Featherstone, presiding, fixed the
i date of execution as November 21.
Taking of testimony was com-
Arguments began at the opening
of the afternoon session.
King and Harrell were the only
witnesses for the defenes. King, tak
ing full responsibility for the kill
ing of the officer, asked the mercy
of the court. He also asked the court
to be lenient with Harrell.
Signed and sworn confessions of
the defendants were introduced by
the/state.
Atlanta Spot Cotton
j Leaps 1 75 Points on
New York Advance
Atlanta spot cotton advanced 175
points, or $8.75 a bale, Tuesday on
the strength of a jump in the New’
York futures market.
0n receipt of government bureau
reports placing the condition at 55.4
per cent and indicating the yield
at 12,596,000 bales, futures on both
New York and New Orleans cotton
exchanges advanced the maximum
limit of 200 points—or $lO a bale —
allowed under the rules of the ex
change.
The close of New York cotton
futures was 166 to 171 points higher
than the previous close: New Or
leans futures closing IG2 to 178
points up.
Following the advance, Atlanta
spot cotton was quoted at 22.75, or
175 points, up from Monday. New
York spots were quoted at 24.15, or
175, up; New Orleans was 22.88, or
168 points, up.
Every trading month reached the
200-point limit shortly before the
close, while March after touching it
earlier in tlje session receded a few
points then jumped again. Old
traders on the exchange said it was
the first time they could remember
when a month had reached the limit
twice in one day.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
ADVANCE THE LIMIT
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23.—Cot
ton jumped $lO a bale, the trading
limit for one day, upon receipt of
the bureau report at the exchange
today which placed the condition at
55.4 and the indicated yield at 12,-
596,000 bales. October touched 22.55
and December 22.82. The 200-point
advance affected all months.
MILL INTERESTS RUSH
TO BUY LN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 23. —The gov
ernment cotton report today proved
so sensationally bullish that a big
buying movement set in on the mar
ket here, quickly advancing prices
190 points, or $9.50 a bale. October
sold at 23.90, thereby reaching the
200-point limit permitted in any one
day of trading. December touched
23.25. Mill interests were among the
heaviest buyers.
Bigham, Alleged Slayer
Os Family, Faces His
Second Trial Thursday
CONWAY, S. C., Sept. 23.—Ed
mund D. Bigham, of Florence coun
ty, alleged slayer of five members
of his family, was brought here Mon
day from Florence, S. C., and is
scheduled to come to trial a second
time when his case is called in the
circuit court here Thursday.
Bigham was convicted of the mur
der of L. Smiley Bigham, his brother,
in January, 1921, and sentenced to
death, but the electrocution was
stayed by an appeal to the supreme
court which granted him a new
trial.
Judge H. F. Rice today signed an
order directing the sheriff to go to
Florence and return with the pris
oner. The sheriff was expected to
arrive late today with Bigham, who
will be placed in the Horry county
jail.
Mrs. L. S. Bigham, Sr., mother of
Edmund Bigham, for whose murder
he is also under indictment; her son,
Smiley Bigham; her daughter, Mrs.
Marjorie Black and the latter’s two
small adopted children, were found
slain at their home in January, 1921.
Edmund Bigham was subsequently
indicted for the murder of each slain
member of the family. The state
elected to try him for the murder
of Smiley and secured a conviction.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty without recommendation to
mercy which carries with it the
death penalty.
New trial was granted, however,
by the supreme court and a change
of venue was granted to Horry coun
ty with Conway, S. C„ as the des
ignated place for the trial.
Reported New Comet
Confirmed Once More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 23.—A
new comet, blazing across the sky
two days behind the sun, was an
nounced at Harvard college observa
tory Monday. It was discovered by-
Astronomer Finsler, of Bonn, Ger
many, on September 15, was ob
served a day Later in Berlin, and
second confirmation of it came from
Lick observatory today in .word that
it was observed there last night.
As comets go, the newcomer is a
big one, being of the seventh magni
tude, just short of being within the
unaided vision of the eye. The re
ports indicated it was getting bright
er.
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Government Estimates Cotton Crop
At 12,596,000 Bales—Condition 55.4
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—The cotton crop w r as forecast, today by
the department of agriculture as 1 91,000 bales smaller than indi
cated two weeks ago with a total production of 12,59 6,000 equivalent
500-pound bales indicated.
The cotton crop was forecast today at 12,596,000 equivalent
500-pound bales by the department of agriculture. Os this crop,
2,662,636 running bales, counting round as half bales, had been
ginned prior to September 16, the census bureau reported.
The crop reporting board’s forecast of production was based
on the condition of the crop on September 16, which was 55.4 per
cent of a. normal, indicating a yield per acre of about 149.2 pounds,
compared with a condition of 59.3 per cent on September 1 this year,’-
indicating on that date a yieid of 151.5 pounds and a total produc
tion of 12,787,00 t) bales. Last year’s crop was 10,139,671 bales.
The forecast of production by states follow:
Virginia, 39,000; North Carolina, 782,000; South Carolina, 728,-
000; Georgia, 1,198,000; Florida, 29,000; Alabama, 956,000; Missis
sippi, 1,055,000; Louisiana, 398,000; Texas, 4,237,000; Arkansas,
1,056,000; Tennessee, 413,000; Missouri, 212,000; Oklahoma, 1,262,-
000; California, 63,000; Arizona, 90,000; New Mexico, 60,000; all
other states, 18,000.
About 70,000 bales additional to California are being grown in
Lower California, Old Mexico.
The crop reporting board issued the following statement on cot
ton conditions:
“Effects of the drought in the cotton belt are becoming more ap-*
parent as time passes. A similar observation applies to the effects
of the late, cool spring, and in some degree to damage by the boll
weevil. Lapse of time is revealing the ill effects of whose im
portance had been uncertain.
“The condition of the cotton crop is still very spotted, one re
gion compared with another and in some regions even one field com
pared with another. Northwest Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mis
souri did not suffer from drought to such an extent as much of the
rest of the belt did, and this area has the prospect of a good crop, un
less growth is terminated by frost. A fair crop is already assured
in this area and there are many small bolls that will develop if frost
holds off.
“In most of the southeast practically no fruit has put on since
the termination of the August drought in the latter part of .that
month. In Virginia, in the Mississippi river section of Tennessee and
in scattered patches in regions of general lower condition, the cotton
crop is doing fairly well.
“In most of the drought area of the belt the size of the bolls is
subnormal and the out-turn is not up to expectations. However, the
bolls that are maturing after the beginning of rain in the latter part
■of August are closely approaching the usual size. The drought was
broken in most of the counties of Texas on August 11. Plants be
gan to revive if not too far gone and premature opening of bolls was
checked, but the grade of some of the cotton in the open bolls was
lowered because beaten out and many bolls resting on the ground
rotted. In Mississippi light showers in nearly all parts of the state
during the last month tended to retard the premature opening of bolls
and the bright weather that followed showers prompted the proper
maturing of the bolls. s
“The boll weevil damage is becoming more apparent in North
Carolina, South Carolina and central and southern Georgia. It is
found that some bolls that were considered safe are either punctured
by weevils, or are shedding because of drought or rains. In North
Carolina, the weevil has done considerable damage in all the coastal
area andXalso in the lower Piedmont districts. Notwithstanding dis
coveries of boll weevil damage unsuspecte I, the fact remains that
throughout most of the cotton belt the weevil damage is very much
less than that of recent years.
“Serious boll worm damage is reported from several Texas coun
ties and the red spider has caused some injury to plants in Missouri,
Tennessee and North Carolina.”
Foreign Crop Conditions
Summary on conditions for cotton production in foreign countries,
issued by the department of agriculture, says:
“Recent weather conditions in Egypt have not been favorable to
the cotton crop. Attacks of the pink boll worm have become general,
although they have been most serious in the delta. Middle Egypt has
suffered more than usual this year and the damage has also been
serious in upper Egypt where picking is now general. If is feared
they will attack the second picking.
“The monsoon was favorable to the cotton crop in India during
the last part of .August and the first pf September. The drought
was broken in most sections except in parts of southern India.
“Shortage of water for irrigation developed about the middle of
August in lower California and has proved to be very serious for the
cotton crop.
“Estimates from Paraguay place the cotton area at approximately
100,000 acres during the 1924-25 season.
“Cotton area in Kenya colony for 1924-25 is estimated at 42,000
acres, compared with 38,000 acres last year.”
Following is the condition report by states:
Sept. 15 Sept. 1 Aug.ls Aug. I July 16 Sept. 25
1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1923
Virginia 6 0 65 6 2 51 5 4 83
North Carolina 52 5 8 5 9 58 5 6 64
South Carolina 47 5 2 5 9 60 59 53
Georgia 59 6 4 70 73 76 31
Florida 71 72 72 75 76 20
Alabama 5 9 61 70 70 70 42
Mississippi 57 60 65 67 7 0 37
Louisiana-.. 48 4 7 50 58f* 6 6 4 5
Texas 5 2 5 5 61 6 6 6 9 5 6
Arkansas 5 9 66 71 71 70 5 0
Tennessee 60 6 5 72 69 68 47
Missouri 63 70 70 72 65 64
Oklahoma 64 70 75 76 72 49
California 77 76 90 91 90 8 4
Arizona 72 70 85 92 94 90
All other states 77 77 75 74 70
Total 55.4 59.3 64.9 67.4 68.5 49.5
Census Bureau Reports 2,662,636
Bales Ginned Prior to September 16
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 3.—The census bureau reports cotton
ginned from the 1924 crop up to September 16 totaled 2,662,636
running bales (counting round as half bales), compares with 958,20 1
bales to September 1 this year.
The ginnings include 87,670 round bales, counted as half bales,
and 240 bales of American-Egyptian.
Ginners’ report by states follows: *
Sept. 15 Sept. 1 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 25
1924 1924 1923 1922 1921
Alabama 223,178 65,92 1 161,292 329,908 230,380
Arizona 8,568 2,03 5 2,970
Arkansas .... 72,658 5,619 48,738 281,032 157,940
California .... 4,723 1,184 1,060 1,480
Florida 8,844 3,470 12,666 4,287
Georgia 288,131 115,593 186,205 373,397 392,569
Louisiana .... 1 60.341 57,573 108,436 159,109 101,478
Mississippi ... 226,980 61,188 109,753 352,570 250,767
Missouri 16 20,813 14,231
N. Carolina... 24,212 49 156,429 149,755 141,040
Oklahoma .... 66,962 3,329 64,304 185,174 140,686
S. Carolina... 100,625 12,091 192,172 148,174 215,249
Tennessee ... 214 3,407 53,713 42,314
Texas 1,476,936 630,842 2,185,781 1,795,032 1,223,484
Virginia 676 1,138
All other states 248 1.342 19,427 1,282 379
Total 2,662,636 958,204 3,235,974 3,866.396 2,920,392
Manon Sparks to Go
On Trigl Hancock
SPARTA, Ga., Sept. 23.—Marion
Sparks, young white farmer of
Washington county, indicted by the
grand jury at the present term of
Hancock superior court, In connec
tion with the homicide of T. E.
Frazier, well-to-do Hancock county
farmer, several weeks ago, will be
arraigned for trial when court con
venes Wednesday- morning, accord
ing to authoritative information giv
en out here Tuesday by court at
taches. Domestic troubles, it is said,
resulting in the separation of young
Sparks and his wife, are said to have
been responsible fro the homicide of
Frazier, Mrs. Sparks’ father, at
whose home the young woman has
resided since her separaiton from
her husband. The defendant will set
up a plea of self-defense and in
sanity.
Woman Tries to Wreck
Train “For Excitement”
DURHAM, England. Miss Eliza
beth Dandale, aged forty-two, has
been found insane and committed
to an asy-lum for attempting to
wreck the Edir borough express at
Littleburn Junction. Miss Landale
admitted fastening two iron bars to
the rails. She said she wanted to
wreck the train “to cause some ex
, " Her nor imnoriled the
' but she de
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 192 L
■AIRCBAFT-WARSHIP
ROWPUTBEFORE
‘ BOMU
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. The
problem of what should be the ratio
of development of submarines, sur
face ships and aircraft in the navy
during the next few years was hand
' ed by Secretary Wilbur Tuesday to
the navy general board, with instruc-
■ tions that it make a comprehensive
: study- and report to him at Its ear
: liest convenience.
The secretary’s action was In keep
' ing with a statement made earlier
In the day at the White House that
President Coolidge was inclined to
think that in its initial stage the air
craft inquiry should be considered
solely from the naval standpoint.
The general board will be author
; ized, however, to seek information
from and the co-openation of officers
in both the navy and army who have
had experience with aircraft units.
> dared she had “no reasons for
> , thinking of them.’’ The engineer
■ was hurt wh»n -he locomotive struck
the firs: obstruction, but applied
•ho ht-oi.-e vm •<> tho train
GEN. SAWYER,
PHYSICIAN TO
HARDING, DIES
MARTON, Ohio, Sept. 23.—Briga
dier General Charles Elmer Saw
yer, who was personal physician to
the late President Harding, died sud
denly from heart disease at his
home, White Oak Farm, near here
today.
Dr. Sawyer, who was chairman of
the Harding Memorial association,
returned to his home parly this aft
ernoon and complained of no tfeel-
Ing well. His son. Dr. Carl W. Saw
yer, gave him some medicine and
had his father lie down in his of
fice. General Sawyer immediately
went to sleep and died while sleep
ing.
Dr. Sawyer, a close personal
friend of President Harding, was ap
pointed the president’s personal phy
sician soon after Mr. Harding was
inaugurated. aLter, he was appoint
ed a brigadier general in the army.
Ho accompanied President Harding
to Alaska and personally attended
Mr. Harding when he became ill at
San Francisco.
It was General Sawyer who no
tified Mis. Harding and other mem
bers of the party when the president
took a turn for the worse and died
at a San Francisco hotel on August
2, 1923.
After Mr. Harding’s death, Gen
eral Sawyer continued for a time as
personal physician of President Cool
idge but resigned several months ago
to take active charge of the work of
the Harding Memorial association,
which plans to erect a memorial to
the late president at Marion.
White Oak farm has been the
home of ' Mrs. Harding since her
husband's death little more than a
year ago. Mrs. Harding was pres
ent when Dr. Sawyer was found
dead.
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MONDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 8; Chicago, 3.
New York, 10; Cleveland, 4.
Boston, 1; Detroit, 9.
' Philadelphia, 9; St. Ixinis, 7.
nationalTleague
Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 1 (twelve innings).
Tuesday's' games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 8; Cleveland, 2.
Washington, 7; Chicago, 6.
Boston, 2; Detroit, 3.
Philadelphia, 11; St. Louis, 9.
national'league
Cincinnati. 4; Boston, 1.
Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 4.
Pittsburg, 1; New York, 5.
St. Louis, 8; Philadelphia, 7 /(ten In
Governor Withdraws
Death Warrant in
Florida Murder Case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 23.
Governor Hardee Monday recallad
the death warrant issued several
days ago for the execution of Rich
mond McLendon, of Palm Beach
county, convicted of first degree
murder. The warrant called for exe
cution during the week beginning
September 29.
The action was taken following re
ceipt by the supreme court of a mo
tion for an order superceding the
judgment and sentence of the cir
cuit court of Palm Beach county.
Counsel for the condemned man were
notified, however, by the clerk of the
supreme court that the transcript
of the record in the case as received
did not bear the impression of the
seal of the circuit court and there
fore no properly certified transcript
had been received and nothing for the
motion or order of ,stay of super
cedas had been received to act upon.
If was claimed in the motion, as
received, that when MeLendon took
out a writ of error to the supreme
court there was a failure to endorse
on the writ any order of supercedeas
and that the governor is proceeding
to order McLendon to be executed at
the appointed time unless the su
preme court or some judgment there
of shall make an appropriate order
superceding such action.
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ber 3, were made public today by
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