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©he Atlanta Bottwal VOL. XXVII. NO. 4 51.714.317 RAISED FOBG. D. P. USE IN CORRALLING VOTES Senate Committee Delves Into ‘‘Slush Fund” Charge of La Follette CHICAGO, Oct. 16. — The Repub lican national campaign organization had received gross contributions of $1,714,317 up to October 10, last, W. V. Hodges, treasurer of the Repub lican national committee .testified to day before the special senate inves tigating committee. The net contributions totalled sl,- 342,959, the remainder having been contributed for the congressional and senatorial and in some instances state campaigns, Mr. Hodges testi — tied. V The total contributions to the La campaign up to the same date was $i.90,535, and expendi tures were $155,062, John M. Nelson, national manager of the independent presidential campaign, told the com mittee. Lincoln Dixon, manager of western Democratic headquarters, said his division had received and expended $32,500, exclusive of rentals paid by the national committee. Mr. Dixon said all of the $32,500, except $5,000, contributed by George E. Brennan, Illinois Democratic leader, had come from the Democratic national com mittee. Mr. Hodges told the committee that the $1,714,317 gross total re ceived by the Republican organiza tion had come from 16,902 contrib utors, the largest sum received from any single contributor being $25,000. Summary of Contributions “Those contributing from $1 to $99 numbered 14,962,” he said; “those giving from SIOO to SSOO numbered 1,446; those giving from $5Ol to sl,- 000 numbered 287; those giving from SI,OOO to $2,500 totaled 105; those giving from $2,500 to $5,000 numbered 78; those giving from $5,- 000 to SIO,OOO numbered 14 and those contributing over SIO,OOO numbered twelve.” Mr. Hodges listed expenditures as follows: Publicity $437,000 Including “newspaper service,” the amount of ■which was not listed; speakers' bu reaus, $105,000; colored bureau, $31,- 860; research bureau, $3,000; wom ens bureau, $19,889; labor bureau, $46,425; college bureaus, $26,760; club bureaus, $2,671; foreign bu reaus $12,799; Vermont to Califor nia Caravan, $31,413; administrative expenses, Republican national head quarters, $213,908; senatorial cam paign committee, $57,000; congres sional campaign committee, $80,o00; Washington headquarters, petty cash expenditures, $44,000. Mr. Hodges was unable to give offhand the names of those who had contributed SIO,OOO or more to the Republican fund, except that ne knew William Wrigley, .Ir., of Chi cago, had contributed $25,000 He was requested to prepare a detailed statement during the noon recess of the committee. To Probe “Slush” Charges The committee is headed by ator William E. Borah, of Idaho and includes Senators Caraway, oL Arkansas, and Bayard, of Delaware, Democrats, and Shipstead. fanner labor, Minnesota. Under a preliminary agreement, the committee will Carefully analyze the expense reports as turned in by spokesmen of the three parties be fore taking up the charges of Sen ator La Follette that the Republic an organization is collecting a large “slush fund” for use in Mates list ed as doubtful. Frank P. Walsh, Kansas City at torney. acting as the personal rep resentative of Senator La Follette, will present documents and other data upon which the Wisconsin sen ator based his charge. The precise nature of the material in the pos session of Mr, Walsh has not been revealed publicly or to the members of the committee. Lincoln Dixon, manager of the western Democratic headquarters, the first witness called, said his di vision was not in the business of collecting campaign contributinos. All its funds except $5,000 paid by George E. Brennan, Democratic load •Ar in Illinois, on October 7, had |F<Yune from the Democratic national 1 committee. The total, he placed at " $'32,500. Dixon explained tHe $.>.000 pay ment by Brennan by saying that t at that time there was a shortage of funds in the western division. The $32,500 total given, the wit ness added, does not include ihc rental of ’he western headquarters here. That is paid direct by the na tional committee, he added. The funds expended by western head quarters go for payroll and expenses of speakers. Chairman Borah wanted to know if Mr. Dixon knew of any funds be , ing underwrite!! for the Democratic, party. “I regret to say that I do not.” Dixon replied. The witness was excused. The La Follette-Wheeler national organization has collected a total of $190,535 in its presidential campaign and expended $155,062, John M. Nel son, campaign manager, testified. In a prepared statement read to the committee Congressman Nelson said the contributions had been re ceived from approximately 72,000 contributors. .Many $1 Contributions “Aside from the advances or con- 4 tributions made by National Treas urer W. T. Raleigh,” Mr. Nelson said, "there has been received one contribution of $5,000 and three con tributions Os SI,OOO each and the re maining contributions are in smaller amounts, mostly in sums of sl. "The committee has no outstand ing obligations except for printing mid supplies, the amount of which, when deliveries are completed, will ** nut exceed $36,000. Any further statements desired by the committee will be most cheerfully furnished.” Mr. Nelson said each state organi zation collects its own funds for state use and that the national or ganization contributes nothing to the state bodies. Replying to questions by Chair man Borah. Representative Nelson said liis organization had originally made a budget for national expendi tures. but that it had varied so that no attention now is paid to it. "Tt ranged original!? all the way from $500,000 to $1,500,000," he said. • Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF NEW YORK. Henry Robinson Towne, a ged 80, a founder of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing company, lock makers, dies here. WASHINGTON. ln presence of President Coolidge "nd leaders of Methodist church equestrine statue of Bishop Francis Asbury, pioneer churchman, is unveiled. FRIEDERIcidSHA'FEN. This city celebrates arrival of ZR-3 in America by firing 126 salvos from ancient cannot, one shot for each Zeppelin constructed there. SHANGHAI. American consul ate is called on for protection by for eign missionaries and hospitals against Chinese "reds” who fire city of Canton and loot property. STOCKHOLM? - Dr. Hjahnar Granting, former premier of Sweden, and leader of Socialist-Democratic party, undertakes, at request of King Gustav, to form new cabinet. CHARLOTTE. nTT.'.— Ernie Ans terberg, noted automobile driver, is killed when he loses control of his car while trying out the new speed way track here. FREDERICK. Aid. Arthur Rice, convicted of aiding in tarring and feathering Miss Dorothy Gr a ndon, faces sentence of from 18 months to ten years for offense. CANTON. Casualties in fighting between local factions in C a nton and from incendiary fires are esti mated at 1,000; looting of houses and shops continues on large scale. SAN FRANCISCO. Shenandoiih, flying north from San Diego, bucks heavy winds, ranging from 50 to 70 miles an hour velocity near Surf, Cal., according to early reports here. CORORADO~~BEACH, C a l. En> sign M. J. Flanders and Chief Ma chinist’s Mate Robert H. Kerr, are killed when two naval airplanes col lide in air. William (.’ole, gunner, es capes death in parachute. READING, Pa.—Philip A. Hart man, of Annville, Pa., surrenders here and confesses, police say, that he held up State Bank at Abbotts town, Pa., Tuesday, and when pur sued shot and killed Trooper Franc:* L. Haley. CHICAGO. Published state ments attributed to Emil Yde. Pitts burg pitcher, and emphatically de nied by him, that more sensations in baseball scandal were forthcom ing has led Commissioner Landis to summon Yde before him. BOISE. U, S. Senator Borah, nominee of Republican and Pro gressive parties for re-election, will seek office as a Republican, he ad vises secretary of state of Idaho when court rules candidate c a n be represented upon but one ballot. NEW YORK. Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand, at New York, in dismissing libel proceedings against Orduna of the Royal Mail Steam Packet company, holds steamship cannot be libeled by government when members of crew smuggle li quor o? narcotics into United States without knowledge of ship owners. QUINCY. 111. John W. Davis renews his charge, and offers evi dence to sustain assertion, that de partment of justice officials and George B. Lockwood, former secre tary of Repblican national commit tee, conspired to effect indictment of Senator Wheeler during his prose cution of Daugherty investigation. Slayer Who Hid Heads Os Victims m Concrete Found Sane by Jury GENEVA, 111., Oct. 16.—The jury which has been hearing evidence as to the mental condition of Warren J. Lincoln, who killed his wife and her brother and sealed their heads in a concrete block, Tuesday night returned a verdict finding Lincoln to be sane "at this time.” The verdict means that Lincoln, the Aurora, I’d., horticulturist and lawyer, must stand trial for the slayings. Municipal Electricians Meeting at Augusta AUGUSTA. Ga., Oct. 16.—The 29th annual convention of the In ternational Association of Munici pal Electricians opened here Tues day with several hundred delegates from all parts of the United States and Canada in attendance. Presi dent J. L. Caldwell, of Colorado Springs, Col. is presiding. Mayor Julian M. Smith delivered the address of welcome at the open ing session, and the response was made by Clark Diehl, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The convention will last through Friday. The entertainment program includes a big barbecue. Dog Raiser Gets Three Years for Mail Fraud CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 16. Members of the United States circuit court of appeals here today, were en tertained with a iiscourse of dogs during the argument of an appeal from Memphis. Tenn., of T. E. Mc- Lendon, dog raiser and fancier. Mc- Lendon claimed there was error in the federal district court trial, which found him guilty of using the mails to sell dogs which the government claimed were not as represented. McLendon, who lives in German town. near Memphis, was sentenced to serve five years in the Atlanta penitentiary following his conviction. Virginia Ports Oppose Proposed Rate Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The ports of Norfolk, Portmouth and Newport News today petitioned the interstate commerce commission to dismiss the appeal of the port of New York authorities and New England ports for a joint hearing by the in ’terstate commerce commission and the shipping board on equalization ot ocean and rail freight rates. The' three cities, intervenors in the case, contend the commission has no juris diction over ocean rates and there fore cannot participate in any de'is ion affecting them. How Many Pounds Would You Like to Gain in a Week? If you are bin and want to gain weight, weak and want to be strong, 1 w ill send you a sample of famous Alexander Vitamines absolutely Free. No money, just name and address for s.smtde. Alexander Laboratories, 1231 »"A > Station. K.tn >s City, Mo.—(Advertisement.) VETERAN HEMES INSANITY CHARGE IS ALL FRAME-UP Relatives of W. A. Ellis, eighty two-year-old inmate of the Confed erate Soldiers' Home, who was im prisoned late Wednesday in the Ful ton tower on charges of insanity pre ferred by officials of the home, ex pressed indignation Thursday morn ing at the arrest; declared the af fair was a “frame-up” on the part of Major \V. E. McAllister, super intendent of the home, and took steps to engage counsel to secure his release from prison and to fight any writ of lunacy that may be taken out. The arrest of Air. Ellis came at the conclusion of a meeting of the board of trustees of the home, and was the result, board members de clared Thursday, of a violent atti tude manifested by him in connec tion with the trial of charges of abu sive language and insubordination which had been preferred against him. At the same meeting, it was re vealed Thursday, Superintendent Mc- Allister and all other officials of the present administration at the home, tendered their resignations to the board, but the board refused to ac cept or consider them. At the tower Thursday morning R. A. Ellis, seventy-nine years old, of East Fourteenth street, was in conference with the imprisoned vet eran. He said later that the arrest was an “outrage and a frame-up perpetrated by McAllister,” and an nounced that lawyers would be re tained immediately to fight any ac tion that may be taken against his brother. Bitterly Denounces Ellis Mr. Ellis himself was bitter in his denunciation of Major McAllister and his administration of the home. Mr. Ellis said the trouble originated tn a conversation with Major McAl lister Wednesday, when he accused the superintendent of being “a liar.” “I asked for some blankets,” he said, “because I was cold at night. I didn’t get them, so I went out and purchased five. Wednesday, I told McAllister the state provided funds to purchase bedding tor us, and that as he had refused to pro vide me with blankets 1 thought he should reimburse me for the money I had spent. “He refused to do this, and in the conversation which followed 1 called him a liar. When he told me 1 ought to have too much re spect for him to talk like that, I told him that I couldn’t have any respect for a man who was a liar. “This whole thing arose because I was called as a witness in the recent investigation of McAllister’s administration of the home. I was under subpoena, but was not used as a witness. McAllister knew 1 could testify against him, however, and he had a grudge against me. “I have heard of at least two other veterans who were railroaded to the asylum at Milledgeville and later returned to their homes when the doctors there said the e was nothing the matter with them.” McAllister Denies Frame-up Superintendent McAllister, talking Thursday morning to a Journal re porter, declared there was no truth to the charges of a frame-up, and said that Mr. Ellis was "crazy.” “I had asked two county police men to come out to the home Wed nesday afternoon,” he said, “because I feared trouble from Ellis when his case came up. He threatened to kill me and boasted that he kept a pistol ‘oiled and greased’ in readi ness for me. He also boasted that he already had killed two men and would kill me, too. “As for his charge that he didn’t get blankets: when he applied for blankets we investigated and found seven blankets in Lis room. He nev er bought a blanket as long as h.s was in the home.” In addition to Major McAllister’s statement, Captain R. DeT. Law rence, president of the board of trus tees, sent the following written state ment to The Journal, detailing hap penings at the board meeting: “Editor The Journal —The trustees have refrained from making anv statement regarding the sensational report of this matter in the morning press, as the matter was in the hands of a committee, but in reply to your question as to the happenings at tne trust (J's' meeting on yesterday I beg to nt.Tiie rhe following statement: “The usual business was transact ed harmoniously with the usual dis cussions on such occasions, after which one man was brought in charged with begging and two others for having intoxicating liquor in their rooms. These cases were dis missed upon promises to obey the rules of the home. Says Ellis Became Violent “Mr. Ellis, an inmate, was then introduced and charged with using abusive language to the officers of the home and with insubordination. He became so violent and abusive that, not keeping quiet when told to do so. General Morgan, of Savan nah. undertook to conciliate him. "Becoming more violent and at tempting to strike Mr. Morgan, he was led out of the room. The trus tees then discusesed as to what should be done. It is a rule with them not to discharge any inmate unless some provision was made for his care, and, not knowing of any such provision that could be made in this case, and the board consid i ering Mr. Ellis as dangerous and a menace to the peace of the home, a resolution was offered that the superintendent take out a writ of lunacy. Nothing in opposition to this being said, the resolution was passed unanimously. "The superintendent was not men tioned; but at the conclusion of the meeting. Superintendent McAllister, for himself and other officials of the home, tendered their resigna tions, which the board declined to consider. "There were present at the meet ing the following trustees: Mrs. Wal ter Grace, president Georgia U. D. C.: Mrs. John A. Perdue, presidetit Atlanta chapter U. D. C.; Mrs. J. W. Hollingsworth, president Fulton county chapter U. D. C.; Judge C. U. Wiley, of Macon: General D, B- Morgan, of Savannah; S. T. Hall, > f Dublin: Judge J. P. Webb, of Law renceville; Judge J. B. Strong, of LaGrange, and myself. “(Signed): ’ R. DeT. LAWRENCE. "President bond »f trustees, Con federate Soldiers home. ’ Clemson Strikers Drop Part of Their Demands; Classes Are Resumed CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. C., Oct. 16.—Classes were resumed at Clem son college today with approximate ly half of the 1,000 cadets still A. W. O. L. The striking cadets have refused to return to the college until they are assured better and sufficient food will be served in the mess hall. Strike leaders have dropped their demand for reinstatement of "Butch" Holohan, suspended foot ball captain, who will make his ap peal through the regular channels. They still refuse to call off the strike, however, until the bill of fare is im proved. Trustees of the college will meet here Monday in an effort to iron out the differences between the cadets and their superiors. Since long roll Wednesday night, the regular program of the college has been carried out, and all for mations held as usual. At 9 o’clock Thursday morning, there was much debate among the students as to whether they would attend classes or not. Many held that they had bound themselves at class meetings not to go to classes, until matters were settled. As a consequence, most of the students gathered on the small parade ground in front of barracks instead of go ing to classes. Rev. John McSweeh appeared before them and told them that the student committee had not told them to stay away from classes. Rev. McSween said the committee had heavy enough burdens already without having the boys stay away from classes. As the student mass meeting had decided to wait until Monday for action, he advised ever} 7 man to attend his duties. Some of the cadets went to classes the first hour, and after an hour of debate and argument around the barracks, most of the others went to their classes at 10 o’clock. Many parents and other relatives of cadets were on the campus Thursday morning to see their boys. A few continue to leave, and a few to come in, but the number at the college did not change noticeably Thursday morning. LA FOLLETTE SENT MONEY BY SOVIET. O'CONNORCHABGEB BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 16.—Thom as V. O’Connor, chairman of the shipping board and for years head of the Longshoremen’s union, asked an audience here last night if any one in “absolute authority” would deny that a large amount of money has been sent from Russia through Mexico to strengthen the cause of Senators J.a Follette and Wheeler, the independent national ticket. “How much money has been sent here by soviet Russia to win this fight and bring about uncertainty in this country, the same as in their own country?” he asked. Mr. O'Connor spoke on the con nection of union leaders with the La. Follette-Wheeler campaign and asserted that "members of labor or ganizations are not going to stand for having their vote delivered by national officers or local representa tives.” "Labor,” he said, “will never al low its vote to be delivered by that conglomeration of union leaders, so cialists and I. W. W.’s who have been enrolled or conscripted in the political army led by Robert La Fol lette." The speaker, who predicted Pros ident Coolidge's election, charged that Senator La Follette hoped to throw the contest into congress, where he expected to “name and crown a president and in that way gain for himself a greater power than that possessed by the man who is crowned.” “I am not worried,” he continued, “about the political effect of the La Follette vote in this campaign, but what does worry me and should worry you men of organized labor, is the destructive effect of a large La. Follette vote upon organized la bor. You cannot exaggerate the de structive effect a large La Follette vote would have on the present strong position of union labor; a position we have secured after many years of hard, patient plodding.” Quoting Samuel Gompcrs as hav ing previously opposed socialists within labor unions, the speaker said he was now wondering at tne position of Gompers, Frank Morri son, Matthew Woll and other Ameri can Federation of Labor leaders sup porting Senator La Follette. He sounded a “warning” to internation al officers of labor organizations “that a day of reckoning i<? coming because the members of the union who own union funds are going to demand on accounting.” “They will ask." he raid, “why a bunch of fake organizers have been placed on the different international payrolls, not for the purpose of or ganizing members in various locals, but for the purpose of boosting the political cause of Robert La Follette and Burton Wheeler.” Investigator Who Solved $2,000,000 Robbery Dies Baltimore, oct. 16.—John s. Lemon, fifty-eight, special investiga tor of the postoffice department, who is credited with having cleared up the $2,000,000 mail robbery, at Roniiout. 111., last June 12. and land ed Postoffice Inspector William F. 1 "Bill") Fahy behind the bars, died yesterday at a hospital here after an operation for goiter. The Weather FORECAST FOR SATURDAY Virginia—Fair and cooler. North Carolina—Fair; little hang? v temperature. South Carolina. Alabama. Missis sippi, Georgia, Extreme Northwest Florida—Fair; little change in tem perature. Florida—Probably fair except showers in extreme south portion. Tennessee and Kentucky—Fair little chance in temperature. Louisiana and Arkansas —Fair. Oklahoma—Partly cloudy. East Tnxas—Partly <4m;dy. West Texas—Partly cloudy, TO PUSH COOLIDGE'S PUN FOB DISPOSING OF MUSCLESHOALS WASHINGTON. Oct. IG.—With , urawal by Henry Ford of his offer for Muscle Shoals clears the way, Representative Kearns, Republican of Ohio, declared today after a visit at the White House, for disposition of the plant through a commission as suggested by President Coolidge in his message to congress last Decern-. ber. Mr. Kearns said he had assurance : that the president’s attitude in this respect was unchanged and that ( therefore he would seek appoint ment of a commission by congress as soon as it convenes in December. Such a commission. Mr. Kearns > said, should be composed preferably; of members of the hotise military af fairs committee and the senate ag- i riculture committee, as suggested by the president. He discussed the Muscle Shoals question today at the White House with C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the president, who was said to have indicated the president’s attitude on the Muscle Shoals ques tion had not been changed by recent developments and that he still favor ed appointment of the commission. “I am gratified to notice,” said Mr. Kearns, who was a member of the house military affairs committee when it investigated the Muscle Shoals offer two years ago, “that Mr. Henry Ford has at last withdrawn his so-called ‘offer’ for Muscle Shoals. This is entirely in the pub lic niterest. Some of us have known for a long time that an acceptance of Mr. Ford’s proposals would have involved an enormous waste of pub lic interest. Some of us have known great natural resource of the south to a billionaire, and would have worked a great hardship upon all the taxpayers of the country. “Mr. Ford’s withdrawal from Mus cle Shoals means that the farmer now has a real chance of getting cheap fertilizer and that the enor mous cheap water power at Muscle Shoals will be distributed equitably all over the south to the people thereof, to whom it belongs. That prospect would have been nearer to day than it is, if Mr. Ford’s so-called ‘offer’ had not stood in the way so long. I happen to have been the first man in public life to have point ed out these things, and it is especial ly gratifying to note that Mr. Ford, in withdrawing, now supports the recommendation in President. Cool idge’s message to congress that a small commission should be author ied to work out the future of Muscle Shoals.” __ _ Loeb-Leopold Verdict Scored by President Os Tennessee Synod CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Oct. 16. Dr. John Royal Harris, president of Cumberland university, Lebano". ’Tenn., who is attending the annual conference W the Tennessee Synod Presbyterian church, U. S. A., in session here, declared last night at. a fellowship dinner that the verdict in the Leopold-Loeb murder trial at Chicago was a miscarriage of jus tice and that the slayers or young Franks should have ‘‘been hangad ns high as Haaman.” Dr. Harris also paid his respects to the Ku Klux Klan, saying it. was attempt ing to do things in the wrong way, and pleaded for law enforcement by constituted authority. Dr. Harris scored the modernists, who, he declared, are attempting to change the Lord’s prayer, the ten commandments and many other parts of the Bible. He also lambast ed dancing and drinking and said that a grace compound was needed to cure the social diseases of to day. Dr. Harris declared that it is a time when all men should speak out for truth and righteousness. Report of the foreign missions committee of the synod at Wed nesday’s business session showed that more than $242,000 had been expended on various phases of the work. 100 Avoid Jury Duty In Trial of Memphis “Roadside Slayer” MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 15.—Trial of Charles Barr, negro, alleged "road side slayer.”, was halted today when the regular and a special panel of veniremen were exhausted with only two jurors accepted. Additional veniremen will be summoned to re port Monday when the trial will be resumed. More than a hundred summoned to appear for questioning, as pros pective jurors, failed to report and were fined $25 each. Barr is on trial for the killing of Obe Spencer, a chain store man ager. He is also charged with the killing of Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker and Duncan Waller, a travel ing salesman of Mayfield, Ky. All were killed when the auto mobiles in which they were riding were fired on from roadways near Memphis. Barr is alleged to have made a confession to the police. Florida Highways Conditions Improved ORLANDO. Fla., Oct. 16.—A road condition bulletin issued by the Florida Automobile association this morning says: “All generally traveled highways are again open, although a little rough in some sections, with 'he exception of the route between Pa latka and Jacksonville, which is still impassable via Green Cove Springs, but by very careful driving motor ists can travel from Palatka to Jack sonville via St. Augustine. “The railroad ferry conveying au tomobiles between Deer Park and Melbourne on the Kissimmee-Mel bourne route is expected to be in operation again by Saturday of this week. “Traffic is passing Shingle r reek on the Orlando-Tampa highway over a temporary bridge.” STOPS FIT ATTACKS R Lepso. residing at Apt. 39. 895 Island Ave.. Milwaukee, Wis., has a treatment which has given complete re lief from attacks of Fits, Epilepsy end Falling Sickness in hundreds of cases. Realizing the terrible suffering caused by these attacks, Mr. Lepso, out of pure gratitude, saj s 'e wants to tell every sufferer how to relieve themselves of their rortijr.- by P>is simple home trf»t ->>enr. Simply .«•nd him your name and address.—\ Ad\ertisemeut.). Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, October 18, 1924 GENTLE “NEXT WAR” WARNING IS CARRIED TO NEW YORKERS BY ZR-3’S ACCOMPLISHMENT Greatly Increased Range of Aerial Operations Places Manhattan About Where L ondon Was During the Re cent Conflict, According to Smail's Observations BY ROBERT T. SMALL (Copytigiit, .1921, by the Consolidated Press Associat ioii -t.-pecial Leased Wire to The Atlanta Journal.) NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The Zep- i pelin ZR-3 sailed across New York I city today as a reminder or as a warning of what the next “world I war” may bring. She sailed the en tire length of Manhattan Island, then calmly turned and stiled back again. Theoretically the city was destroyed. Army and navy folk like to play at the game of “destroying” cities. But this time it was a German crew and a German captain, sailing in a super-Zep, direct from the Zep pelin sheds, that demonstrated to the metropolis of the new world that it is not so all-fired immune as it sometimes has supposed. The Amer ican-built Shenandoah has often been seen in the New York skies but she is a home-bred and only dropped in from New Jersey, so there was not the thrill connected with her visits that New York felt as it rubbed its eight o’clock eyes this morning and saw the big silver whale, with throbbing engines, flash by at express train speed. An old world visitor, a craft born of dreams of a military greatness which might reach eventually to all the corners of the earth, she sailed majesticaly along as a harbinger this time of a new day in commercial transportation. She differs little in general contour from the war-time “Zeps,” only the big commercial cabin up forward seeming to offer a new exterior note. German-like, the ZR-3 is much wider of girth and not so graceful as the trim Shenan doah, which, despite her Teutonic origin, was vastly Americanized in her upbuilding. Vulnerable to Planes Despite the potential threat she carried, the ZR-3 appeared a vastly vulnerable thing as she circled above the city, with a silvery airplane or two darting about her, like sparrows about a hawk. One shot of a phos phorous rocket from one of the planes could have sent the giant of the skies tumbling to earth like a flaming meteor. For the Zeppelin came ballooned with hydrogen gas—the same sort of gas which seared the soul of many a German sailor during' the Zeppelin disasters and defeats of the great war. The secret may as well be told just here that the Shenandoah, which is to share her palatial hom< at Lakehurst with the stranger from across the seas, ran away from the ZR-3 and will not come back until the Zeppelin has been deflated of her highly dangerous content. The Shenandoah sails on helium wings, the gas that America made, and will not explode. At present there is not enough of helium in existence to keep both the Shenandoah and her burly sis ter going at the same time. They SHENANDOAH OFF ON COAST FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 16.-r-(By the Associated Press.)—America’s first transcontinental dirigible, the Shenandoah, left her mooring mast at North Island at 9:12 a. m., and, after a short flight over the extreme southern portion of tne city, turne 1 her nose northward over the ocean eh route to Camp Lewis, Washing ton. The giant airship, sailing in a se rene and unhurried fashion headed for San Pedro, there to fly over the ships of the United States fleet. The course then was to lie inland to Los Angeles city and to Pasadena. A message picked up by the ra dio station here stated that the Shenandoah would maneuver above the battle fleet at practice on the San Clemente island drill grounds before putting inland to fly over Los Angeles. Present plans, taking into consid eration the probable late arrival of the Shenandoah at Seattle, call tor a flight over that city on the return trip. The dirigible probably will go di rectly to the mooring mast at Camp Lewis. Weather reports from the north Wednesday night indicated to Rear- Admiral W. A. Moffet, chief of the naval bureau of aeronautics, and Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, the Shenandoah’s com manding officer, that the weather along the dirigible's proposed route was clearing. The battle fleet at San Pedro is to get its first look at the most recent addition to the fighting forces in the Pacific under tentative plans of the Shenandoah’s officers. After cir cling over San Pedro, Pasadena and Los Angeles, the airship will head north, flving over Santa Barbara, en route to San Francisco, which city should be reached by sunset Fri day. Fifteen Rockwell army planes are flying with the Shenandoah as far north as Los Angeles. DIRIGIBLE IS SIGHTED AT SEA OFF DEL MAR LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.—The Shenandoah was a quarter mile to sea off Del Mar, 24 miles north of Sun Diego, at 10:03 o’clock, making slow progress, according to Santa. Fe railroad reports. Pnnce Comes Cropper On loronto Fox Hunt NEWMARKET, Ont.. Oct. 16. The Prince of Wales had a spill dur ing a fox hunt in his honor at the Toronto Hunt club Wednesday, but he was unhurt and continue ahis The Earl of Dunmore, who attend ed the hunt, also fell and returned •>? the residence of Sir William Mul lo<k. One hundred and fifty rider- par- in th-: r hun' One fox was killed. _ . will have to trade dresses, as it were, after the Shenandoah returns from her Pacific tour, but in the meantime the American-built craft ■ will have nothing to do with the j German until the all-consuming gas ■ has been cast to the New Jersey j breezes and all danger of explosion ' is past. Recalls War-Time Terrors Zeppelin day in New York recalled to many persons pow in this city • the Zeppelin nights in London. And ; here is another secret. The Amer ican colony in London, to a man, all wished that a Zeppelin might reach New York before the war was over, to drop its “eggs” on the tow ering piles of Manhattan and bring home at last a realization of what the war was like In the earlier raids the Zeppelins came over London painted in silver precisely as the ZR-3- Appeared in the pale blue sky this morning. The ZR-3 in her journey across the At lantic chose the time of the full moon to light her nightly way. Dur ing the war the Zeps dared not ven ture forth by moonlight. They came on the wings of darkness and by stealth they crept upon the sleeping city. London was as dark as the River Styx, presumably, but in some manner the marauders always, or nearly always, found their way. Then the city devised a means of finding the marauders. Powerful searchlights began to pierce the sky when the first hum of a hostile mo tor was heard. The silver “cigars” as they ap peared at the great heights they maintained, soon became a prey to the defending airmen. Five or six of them were brought down in flames, their crews roasted to cinder. The silver paint was discarded. The newer Zeppelins, built for the nights, appeared in dull mourning black, and were as elusive as the dark spaces between the stars. Thrill Never Forgotten The thrill of those Zeppelin nights in London can never be forgotten. First would come the ominous warn ing that 17 or 18 of the hostile craft had crossed the coast and were headed for the British capital. These warnings only reached the police and the newspaper offices and for eign correspondents. The waiting moments, occasionally lengthened into an hour or more, were filled with imaginings and the knowledge that within a very short time many innocent souls were to be sent into the great beyond. There was a doom in the warnings for these who were compelled to go unwarned. Occa sionally a Bobby would stroll along the street calling to the late pedes trians: . . “Air raid pending, please; air raid pending, please.” And most of th? time his warnings were met with a grin. There wai’ sport to those raids as well as blood ied terror. ALABAMA'S BANK SUPERINTENDENT IS PUT DNDEH ABBEST MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 15.—A. E. Jackson, state superintendent of banks, was arrested here late Tues day upon advice of Sheriff Lane, of Madison county, in connection with the investigation of a defunct Hunts ill?, Ala., bank about a year ago. Two indictments charging violation of the banking Jaws were returned by the grand jury in Madison county Tuesday, the message stated. John Stone, who was placed in charge of the bank and is now cash ier of the Merchants and Planters bank at Montevallo, was also indict ed on the same charges and arrested at Montevallo today, Sheriff Lane stated. Mr. Stone also made bond immediately in the sum of $1,500. The indictments charge that de posits were received at the bank aft er it had become insolvent in viola tion of the laws of Alabama, and name Mr. Jackson and Mr. Stone sep arately in the indictments. They are returnable to the Madison circuit court. Mr. Jackson when reached for a statement was smilingly unperturbed about the affair. It was nothing more than an outgrowth of an un warranted unfriendly attitude on the part of some citizens in that section, he stated. “In my effort to protect the cred itors and depositors and enforce the laws of the state, I have incurred the displeasure of some individuals,” he said. “I court any investigation from any source to vindicate my ac tion.” Mr. Stone, when called over iong distance telephone, refused to go into detail about the arrest. “There is nothing to say so far as lam concerned,” he said. "I was commissioned to take charge of the Huntsville bank, and my official acts were under direction of the banking department." According to officials at the state capitol, five attempts to indict Mr. Jackson and Mr. Stone in the Madi son circuit court on this charge have been made without success. Seeing Bandits Coming, Mine Official Takes Payroll Down Shaft SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 16. Quick action of John Stamper, the superintendent, who, when he saw bandits approaching in two autos at Tovey, Christian county, rushed to the mine cage and sunk to the depths of the shaft, saved a payroll of $95,000 this morning. The mine is one of the few of the Peabody Coal company which pays in cash and this was to have been the last cash pay day. Al! other mines in the district pav In checks. The miners were paid ctf de.» in the mine. a UENTa A COPY, Si A YEAR. TEN MEN CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING LIQUOR 81 PLANE U. S. Agents Say Rum Was Brought From Cuba and Sold in Middle West CHICAGO. Oct. 16.—Ten men, said by government agents to have headed an organization which im ported liquor from Cuba to Flori da by airplane and later distributed it throughout the middle west, have been arrested here. P. David Pinkhussohn, alleged head of the syndicate and said to have been the chier flyer on the airplane route, was released in bonds of $5,000 last night. The others ar rested were Edward F. O’Brien, al leged partner to Pinkhussohn; Jo seph Wurzburg, drug store owner; Lewis Bitter, warehouse manager; Robert Malquist, warehouse foreman; Emil Feindt, druggist; David Farrell, John C. Schenk, Raymond E. Dal ton and Dillon Carlson. Investigation was started last De cember, when liquor from Cuba was found in two warehouses here, fed eral agents said. The places were equipped to dilute, rebottle and re label. Two other plants, where Im ported whisky and champagne were prepared for bootlegging, were found later. Pinkussohn recently was indicted in connection with the thelt of 6,000 cases of whisky from a government concentration warehouse here. Georgia Gas Tax Receipts Will Total $3,400,000 for Year During the first twelve months of the operation of the three-cent per gallon tax on gasoline, the state of Georgia has received $3,352,964.18, according to statistics compiled in the office of Comptroller General William A. Wright. This covers re ceipts from October 1, 1923, when the tax became operative, to October 1, 1924. It is estimated that an ad ditional $40,000 will be received from oil companies that have not yet set tled in full for the quarter ending September 30. If these figures are accurate, the total revenues from the gasoline tax j during the first twelve months of I its operation will be approximately , $3,400,000. Os this sum one-third goes to the I state highway department, one thrid to the counties for highway purposes, and one-third to the state treasury to offset the rentals from the Western and Atlantic railroad which were discounted during Gov ernor Hardwick’s administration for a five-year period. The sum of $540,000 is requited to offset these rentals, and as the treasury will receive approximately $1,100,000 from the gasoline tax for the first twelve months of its oper ation there will be a residue of ap proximately $500,000 after the ren tals are taken care of. This balance is used to pay general appropria tions. When the tax was imposed, it was estimated that the total revenue would approximate $2,500,000, Al though officials in the comptroller general’s office stated at the time that the total would undoubtedly reach $ 3.900.01)0 I ■ ‘ ■? South Carolinian Tells Story of Kidnaping and ‘Wildernesss Wedding’ GREENWOOD, S. C„ Oct. 18—C F. Edge, local broker, told a sensa tional story today of being kidnape,', by a hooded mob, and forced to marry a girl. Accordnig to Edge’s story, he was | picked up on Main street by five I hooded men, covered with revolvers, and taken <o the country where a wilderness wedding had been pre pared for him. At least 100 masked men took part in the ceremonies, he said. After being “wedded” by one of tha group, he was given a lecture and warned that the “marriage” had been performed by the Ku Klux Klan, he said. "We are as thick around here as I dogwood blossoms in the spring time,” the lecturer is alleged to have told the broker. Edge denied any misconduct with the girl involved in the “wedding,’* and will follow counsel of his attor neys who told him the vows he had i been forced to take were not bind ' ing. Al Smith, Jr., Weds Engineer’s Daughter; Father Gives Blessing NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Alfred E. ' Smith, Jr., son of Governor and Mrs. i Smith, and Miss Bertha Gott, of ■ Syracuse, were married this morn ing in the rectory of Holy Cross Ro i man Catholic church. The religious ceremony supple ' mented a civil service performed se cretly last Tuesday morning in the marriage license bureau in the Bronx borough hall by Deputy City Clerk McCabe. Today’s ceremony was per formed at the telephonic request of i the governor. The governor assured his son that che bride would be wel ' corned by her father-in-law. Smith, Jr., is a law student at Ford- I ham university, New York city. On procuring the marriage license, he | gave his age as 24 years and the ! bride said she was 25. The bride is 'the daughter of an engineer on the Twentieth Century limited. Governor Smith Pleased BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Oct. J 6. “They eloped in good old wild west fashion,” said Governor Smith today, commenting on his son's marriage. "A" : • ■ lu p?' —just like a lover uiiuer sjutiicrn skies.’*