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VOL XXVII . NO. 5
FLOODS !hl FLORIDA
HOLD UP FOISTS
' ON ■ WES
Bare Feet in Vogue at Miami
as Waters Invade
e
Stores
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 20.
Heavy rains in central and south
eastern Florida and rising rivers
caused by almost incessant rainfaill
have made roads in some sections of
the state impassable, bringing tour
ist travel almost to a standstill, ac
-4 cording to advices here last night.
Tourist camps in northern Florida
’ cities were occupied by numbers of
tourist awaiting information regard
ing the condition of roads.
With additional . rainfall teportedl
’during the last 24 hours in the south- .
ern and central sections, and more
irain predicted for the next 24 hours,
there was little hope for immediate
' relief.
* The condition of the roads in some
sections of the east coast and cen
tral Florida is causing a diversion
of southbound travel through Lake
'City to Gainesville and Ocala, accord
ing to dispatches from Gainesville.
Advices received at Gainesville from
Leesburg, Orlando and points south
were to the effect that the roads
were in fair condition, and that tour
ists are having little trouble in reach
ing their destinations by using state
road number two from Lake City
on 'down to the south and west
coasts. Tou/ists making for east
coast points are detouring byway of
Gainesville and Leesburg and De
la.id.
The Kissimmee river has overflow
ed in some places, according to in
formation from Sebring. At West
Palm Beach, reports were that the
Kissimmee river, swollen by flood
I waters running into it from the
north and central parts of the state,
was rising rapidly. It rained heavily
at West Palm Beach today. Connors
highway officials have telegraphed
newspapers in the northern section
of the hospital site at Northampton,
roads. They warned motorists not to
attempt to travel westward beyond
Okeechobee City or Bassenger.
Advices from Sebring were that
the Kissimmee river had made the
road impassable between that point
and Okeechobee City.
Palatka reports road conditions in
Putnam county improved Svith forces
working on threatened points in the
roads. arid teams and men employed
to assist motorists through bad spots
where the water still is troublesome.
—of the 9.20 inches of rain
fall in Miami in 24 hours were slow
lyrlisappearing. The business dis
trict last night was entirely cleared
of surface water but in many resi
dential sections of the city water
* was standing from two to three feet
deep. It rained intermittently In
Miami Sunday, but there was no ap
preciable rise in the wind velocity.
' BAKE feet in vogue in
MIAMI’S FLOODED STREETS
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 20—Miami was
Inking stock today of damage done
after the heaviest rainfall in the his
tory of the weather bureau here.
From Friday evening until Sunday
night, more than 10 inches fell,
while 11 inches were reported at Al-
I lapattah, a suburb. '
Cellars were flooded; orange
. .groves are knee deep in water and
seawalls have crumbled in at
points. Fire engines were used in
the business district to pump out
overflows and Saturday night ship
pers waded home In their bare feet,
but the total aggregate damage is
found to have been small.
Several vessels, among them the
Esther Weems, with freight and pas
sengers for Baltimore, are still held
f In port, as another tropical disturb
ance Is reported moving northward
.from near Key West.
Streets in many parts of the city
were impassable Saturday, as un
usually high tides backed up the
sea water into the sewer outlets and
“•'■''■■"prevented rain drainage. Restau
rant and barber shop employes
k bi their bare feet and, at
M men charged ten cents for
rofWing passengers over the floods
their backs. Throughout Dade
county, dozens of automobiles were
temporarily deserted when machines
", tilted into ditches unseen because of
. ' high water.
STORM FLAGS KEPT FLYING
ALONG FLORIDA COAST
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The
weather bureau today issued the fol
lowing storm warning:
“Advisory 10 a. m.: Hurricane
warnings remainea displayed north
of Key West to Cedar Keys, and
north of Miami to Jupiter. Warn
v ings changed to southwest storm
f warnings. Key West and Miami.
Northeast storm warnings continued
north of Cedar Keys and Jupiter to
Appalaehicola and Jacksonville. Hur
ricane circle about 2530 north, 8330
west. It will pass inland not far
from Fort Myers late this after
noon.”
MERCURY AT CLEARWATER
DOWN TO 60 DEGREES
CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 20.
A 'stiff wind from northeast to east
has been blowing all night, accom
panied by continuous but not heavy
rain. The barometer is row, but has
. not fallen since 9 o’clock this morn
• ing. Water in harbor is very low.
No apprehension here regarding
storm. No damage other than a
few citrus fruit on ground. Mercury
stood at 60 all night and is now 63.
Second Adel Family
Has Narrow Escape
** From Burning Home
ADEL. Ga.. Oct. 20. —For the sec
ond time within 24 hours Adel had
a fire in which the families bare’y
had time to escape from the flames.
I The home of Fred Durley, employed
by the Adeal Ginning and Trading
company, was in a blaze when som’e
negro boys awoke him and his wife
and two small children at 11:30
o’clock last night.
Onby a few things were saved.
Mr. Durley carried no insurance and
it is understood there was none on
the house, which was owned bv Mrs.
‘ Asa Day.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
' NEW YORK. —Chairman Butler,
of Republican national committee,
alleges La Follette leaders decide to
raise campaign fund of $500,000 in
Wisconsin.
SAN DIEGO. —Shenandoah, on re
turn journey from Camp Lewis,
Wash., to San Diego, Cal., proceeds
southward on edge of storm sweep
ing down from north.
CHICAGO. — U. S. court, of appeals
affirms sen!:nee of fifty-two men,
including former Mayor R. O. John
son, of Gary, Ind., convicted at
Gary on liquor charges.
ALBANY, N. Y.—Charge of usur
pation of power made against the i
supreme court has been disproved,
Secretary of State Hughes declares •
at convocation of University of State
of New York.
LONDON, —’straight fights be
tween labor and conservative candi
dates in 247 districts and 227 tri
angular contests in British parlia
mentary elections are assured as re
sult of Saturday’s nominations.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ln a state- I
merit issued here, saying that Demo
cratic party does not fear Senator i
La Follette’s candidacy, John W.
Davis admits that independents may |
carry six or eight states.
LONDON. —Tendency of liberals
and conservatives to combine be
comes more pronounced as British
election day approaches, which in
dicates possibility of Unionist-Lib
eral coalition ministry.
CHICAGO. —Chairman Borah and 1
members of special senate committee
investigating eampaigrt expenditures |
leave Chicago for Washington to re
sume hearings on Senator La Fol
lette’s charge of a Republican
“slush” fund.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool- !
idge, approving campaign by Repub
lican national committee in respect
to expendidtures, says report sub
mitted at Chicago shows campaign
has been conducted with care and
regard for law.
BOSTON. —Ca?h value <>f college
education to possessor is $72,000,
according to estimate of Lean E. H.
Lord of College of Business Admin
istration of Boston university, while
high school educations were valued
at $33,000.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge in letter indorsing celebration
of Navy day, October 27, expresses
hope Washington disarmament con
ference may have been beginning of
general reduction of arms by inter
national agreement.
NEW YORK. —~Dr. Harry Emer
son Fosdick in what may be his last
sermon in the First Presbyterian
church, if church accepts his resig
nation, asks members of congrega
tion to remain in church regardless
of disposition of his ease. *
SYRACUSE. N. Y.—Chancellor
Charles Wesley Flint, of Syr<Tcuse
university, in statement''to faculty,
delects that professors shall lake
no partisan attitude before class or
express personal opinion on imme
diate campaign issues or candidates.
NEW YORK. —When heckled at
Friendship, N. Y., on subnet of i*il
scandals. Colonel Roosevelt, R■'pub
lican candidate for governor, tells
gathering that report of Senator
Walsh of oil committee, showed he
was “clean as a whistle.”
NEW YORKT— ’ William Gibbs
McAdoo informs national Demo
cratic headquarters he will be unable
on account of his ill health to make
speaking tour, and expresses regret
that. La Follette-Wheeler farces -iml
Democrats “cannot present a united
forge against a common enemy.”
CHlC.’''’O. —Clurenc Darrow, fa
mous Chicago lawyer, and Dudley
Field Malone, collector • f port of
New York under- I re.'Klont Wilson,
will take stumirin behalf of Senatcv
L. Follette’s indepen i< nt candidacy,
it is announced at La Follette head-,
quarters.
» MOSCOW. —Minister of War Trot
sky, in speech at Kabai .. n Balkar,
Caucasia, soviet govern
ment is compelled to maintain red
army* “to prevent being destroyed by
our enemies, the imperial robbers
who now are tearing China to
pieces.”
A! Smith’s Son Wifi
Support His Bride in
Flat on S2O a Week
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. IS.—A hon
eymoon in the executive mansion un
til tomorrow and then back to
Brooklyn, college, job and a flat.
These are the plans of Alfred E.
Smith, Jr., the governor’s son and
his bride of less than a week, whom
be married first secretly before a
city clerk and then in a church.
Al. Jr., works for a law firm in
spare time, drawing S2O a week.
The rest of the day is spent in Ford
ham Law school. Asked how he ex
pected to finance his flat on S2O
per. be smiled and said «that had
been arranged.
The new Mrs. Smith has captured
the hearts of the executive family.
“She has away with her.” said
the butler. “We all liked her the
minute she came.”
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia: Increasing cloudiness and
cooler, probably rain on the coast.
North Carolina: Cloudy and cooler,
probably rain in east portion.
South Carolina: Cloudy anil cooler,
rain in east and central portions.
Georgia Cloudy; rain in south and
central portions; little change in tem
perature.
Florida: Possibly rain.
Extreme Northwest Florida: Gen
erally fair; possibly rains In east
portion.
Alabama and Mississippi: Fair, lit
tle change in temperature. \
Tennessee: Fair, mild temperature.
1 Kentucky : Probably unsettled and
i cooler.
Louisiana: Generally fair, some
what colder in north portion.
Arkansas: Generally fair, little
change in temperature.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy to unset-
I tied; probably rain in west portion,
somewhat colder.
East Texas: I’crtly cloudy to un
settled. somewhat colder in north
portion.
West Texas: Partly cloudy, y
AUGUSTA ■ ALL
PIEDMONT SECTION
REPORT MOBS
Atlanta Resident Tells of
Feeling Earth Shock in
I
Early Morning
Columbia, s. c., oct. 20.— a
slight earthquake shock was felt
generally throughout the Piedmont
! region o£, South Carolina early to
: day, according to reports received in
1 Columbia. Spartanburg, Greenville,
I Anderson and Greenwood each re
i ported that the shock was sufficient
to awaken sleeping persons and to
1 rattle windows and crockery. No
' damage was done, it was said.
A number, of persons said they
felt, the shock in Columbia. but the
weather bureau had no record of
the earthquake.
RESIDENT OF ATLANTA
FEELS EARTH TREMOR
' An earthquake was felt in one
I section of Atlanta Monday morning.
W. 11. Lee, 63 Oxford Place, reported
that vibrations were noticed short
ly before* 3 o'clock Monday morning
by Mrs. Lee.
“Mrs Lee suggested at the time
that is was an earthquake,” Mr. Lee
said. “No wind was blowing, and
the vibrations rattled windows,
] wardrobes, and dressing tables for
I several seconds ”
' EARTHQUAKE RECORDED AT
AT UNIVERSITY OR GEORGIA
' ATHENS, Ga.. Oct. 20. —An earth
i quake was recorded on the seismo
| graph at the University of Georgia
: at 3:50 a. m. today, the first shock
registered here since 1890.
SLIGHT TREMORS FELT
IN SECTION OF AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 20.—Slight
thought to be due to some
earth disturbance, were reported to
the United States weather bureau
here early this morning by residents
of The Hill section of this city. Tele
phone calls to the Augusta-Herald
also reported that a quake had been
felt in The Hill section.
I? 1 ’- James E. Lovejoy, government
official here, said the tremors caused
his ohme to shake and' set dogs in
the neighborhood to barking. The
quake was felt here about 3:30 this
morning.
QUAKE IN NORTH ’CAROLINA
VIOLENT; HOUSES SHAKEN
ASHEVILHE, N. C., Oct. 20.
i Distinct earth shocks were felt in
Asheville and Hendersonville at 3:30
! o’clock this morning. The quake
j lasted about one minute and con
i' sisted of a series of movements. At
Hendersonville the shocks were more
| violent than in this city. Window
I panes were rattled, mirrors and
kitchen utensils were 'shaken. No
damage was reported in this section,
Weather bureau officials have no
data on the shocks. The earthquake
is the first felt in this section since
the Charleston, S. C., earthquake of
1886.
> CLARKESVILLE DISTINCTLY
FEELS EARTH TREMORS
I CLARKESVILLE, Ga., Oct. 20.
) \n eartquake, which lasted about
| thirty seconds, was distinctly feb
here at 3:30 o’clock this morning.
GEORG ETOW X UNIV ERSII Y
FATLS TO REGISTER QUAKE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The
Georgetown university seismograph,
which registers earthquake shocks
from all over the world failed to give
any indication of the tremors report
ed in North and South Carolina dur
ing the night. Father Tonclorf was
inclined to believe the disturbance
| was not of seismic, oriein.
iQUAKE RATTLES WINDOW
PANES IN HENDERSON’VILLE
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., Oct.
20. Distinct earth tremors rocked
Hendersonville at 3:30 a. in. today,
i Window panes were rattled and
kitchen utensils shaken.
C HESTER RESIDENTS FEEL
TWO DISTINCT SHOCKS
CHESTER, S. C., Oct. 20. Two
distinct earth shocks awakened resi
| dents here at 3:30 o’clock this morn
ing. The disturbances came close
together, and lasted about 60 sec
onds.
Wheeler Fakes Rest
After Attack Up on
Coolidge for Inaction
MK’HITA. Kam, Oct. 20.—Sena
tor Burton K. Wheeler, independent
vice presidential candidate, rested
here Sunday, after a denunciation of
the I assive attitude of President
Coolidge,” in an address Saturday
l night.
j Wheeler expects to complete a
; swing through Kansas Monday in
| the interests of the independent
I ticket.
I Assailing the old parties in his
! speech here, Wheeler charged that
j both “deserted the principls of their
j founders and urged voters to “rally
! to a movement which is an expres
. sion of the common people.”
’The time has come,” be said,
' ' when the people must wrest the
‘ control of their government from
: predatory and corrupt interests.”
Lovvorn, Republican,
To Oppose Boykin
H. O. Lovvorn. of Carroll countv,
j will oppose Shirlex c. Boykin, also
j of t arroll county, for state senator
! from the Thirty-seventh district,
■ which comprises the counties of
; Carroll. Heard and Troup. He will
be the Republican candidate for the
office, his name having been pre
; suited to Secretary of State S. G.
McLendon in a letter from Ben J.
Davis, well-known Atlanta negro
ami member of the state Republican
j committee.
Mr. Boykin, the Democratic candi
date, was nominated in the recent
Democratic primary. The Repub
lican nominee was named at a mass
meeting held September 17. tecord
ing to Davis’ letter to the secretary
of state.
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I STRAW BALLOTS
ARE UNRELIABLE,
DEMOCRATS SAY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The
■ Democratic national committee in a
statement issued here tonight de
livered a vigorous attack upon straw
votes in general and the Literary
Digest straw vote in particular,
claiming that straw polls were unre
liable and served to confuse voters.
T'ne straw vote being conducted
I l>.v th" Lite, ry Digest, the state-
■ ment asserted, was “obviously un
: fair,” because the ballots were sent
i to voters “in the ration of nearly
three Republicans to one Democrat.”
j The Democratic national commit-
I tee attacked the poll not only on
the grounds of the distribution of its
■ ballots but upon the history of pre
vious digest polls.
i “If the country had voted in 1916
las the Digest’s poll indicated,
Hughes’ plurality would have been
4,593,635 instead of the plurality of
591,385 which President Wilson re
ceived,” the statement declared.
Analyzing the 1916 poll in detail the
statement said the states which it
i covered gave Hughes an. average of
63 per cent of the total votes while
in the actual election he received
but' 48 per cent.
The Democratic criticism of straw
polls extended beyond the Digest
balloting to many others most of
. which were termed unreliable and
far from disinterested.
ROUNDLY GOWN
REPUBLMECORD
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. A
statement signed by fifteen promi
nent leaders of war veterans’ organ
izations condemning the record of
the Republican tidministration and
: appealing for support for John W.
I Davis, Democratic candidate for the
presidency, was issued here last
night by the Democratic national
committee.
The statement assailed the
lican foreign policy and treatment
of disabled veterans and asserted
that “the justification of our own
war service, of our comrades’ sacri
fice and of America's honor” could
only be . complished by the election
of Davis.
Among the signers were Alvin
Owsley, former national commander
of the American Legion; George L.
Berry, former national vice com
mander of the legion; Richard Jones,
former editor of the “Stars and
S.ripcs;” Walter I. McKenzie, for
mer ' ’ " advocate of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and Albert A.
Sprague, former chairman of the
national rehabilitation committee <rf
the American Legion.
Obligation to Heroes
“The obligation which we Amer
icans owe to those who died and
to those who suffer can be paid in
but one way,” said the statement.
“It can be paid by bringing about
a realization of the war purposes
and peace ideals for which our com
rades gave their lives.”
The election of Davis was urged
because it was held that only the for
eign policy advocated by him came
within this measure.
Turning to the care of disabled
veterans the fifteen signers of the
statement launched a bitter attack
upon Republican administration of
the veterans’ bureau.
“Investigators have estimated that
one-third of the money appropriated
has been stolen by grafting politi
cians or wasted by incompetent of
fice holders,” the statenjent con
tinued.
“For the first time in the history
of our republic men were found low
enough to rob the wounded. These
conditions in a bureau dealing with
the very lives of disabled soldiers
are intolerable and unforgivable.
Coolidge Cold to X’ets
“The whole attitude of Mr. Cool
idge toward the veterans is one of
misunderstanding, coldness and in
difference. In his veto message on
the adjusted compensation bill he
questioned the veterans’ motives and
impugned the patriotism of the men
who fought the war, at the same
time claiming all manner of patriotic
motives for himseF ”
New Names for ZR-3
Pouring Into Office
Os Secretary of Navy
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.—Scores
• of suggested names for the American
| Zeppelin ZR-3 have come to the
naval bureau of aeronautics since
1 Secretary Wilbur’s announcement
i that the ship would be christened
I “ -os Angeles.”
Titles, culled from Indian mytho
i logical and purely American civic
lere are among those pouring into
tne bureau where, under instructions
by Mr. Wilbur, they are listed for
his inspection.
i Governor Cox, of Massachusetts, in
. a personal letter urged that “Con
; cord,” “Lexington” or “Bunker Hill”
: bo chosen.
A cKamber qf commerce in a south
‘ ern city entered “Knoxemall” and
cities in 'every section of the coun
; try have put forward claims for rep
i resentation in the air.
Among the Indian names sugges
ted are “Nokomis,” “Appomattox”
and “Oweenee.”
Al Smith Assails
Coolidge’s Silence
And State Platform
BUFFAT.O. N. Y. Oct. 19.—As
serting that President Coolidge was
i maintaining a “silence equalled only
by that of the tomb” on the question
j of the Ku Klux Klan. Governor Al
fred E. Smith, in a speech here last
I night declared that the United
• States could not countenance a "pol
j icy of silence” in regard to the klan
i “on the part of the man who has a
• special commission to speak for the
I heart and conscience of the Ameri
| can people.”
, The governor’s address was large
ly an arraignment of “that dishonest
Republican state platform,” and his
■ remarks on the klan were in con
; nection with the Republican plank
I dealing with freedom of religious
i worship. The plank, the governor
said, accuse 1 the Democratic parti
lof “trying ts make political capital
out of the so-called Ku Klux Klan
issue.”
WILLIS IS GHOSEN
TO DIRECT WT
MEMORIAL WIVE
$5,000,000 Will Be Sought
to Complete Tribute to
Confederacy
A campaign to raise $5,000,000 to
carry to completion the Stone Moun
tain Confederate Memorial will be
launched in the near future under
the direction of G. F. Willis, promi
nent Atlanta capitalist and civic
leader, as general chairman of fi
nance.
The election of Mr. Willis to this
position by the executive committee
of the Stone Mountain Confederate
Monumental association, of which
committee he is a member, was an
nounced Saturday by llollinsN. Ran
dolph, president of the association.
Coincident with this announcement,
Mr. Willis gave out a statement out
lining plans for raising $5,000,000 to
carry out in full the great plan of
Gutzon Borglum to carve on the
north side of Stone Mountain a stu
pendous, panorama portraying the
military forces of the Confederacy.
In announcing the election of Mr
Willis as general chairman of fi
nance, Mr. Randolph said:
“On account of his great interest
in the memorial and his signal abil
ity as an organizer and financial ex
ecutive, Mr. Willis was the unani
mous choice of our executive com
mittee, and he accepted the work
in spite of the fact that his personal
affairs at this time are making heavy
demands upon his time and energy.
We feel that we could not select a
man better fitted for this department
of the memorial than Mr. Willis. He
is a man of wonderful enthusiasm
and public spirit and has led suc
cessfully a number of movements
for , upbuilding the city and state.
He is and has been ever since his re
turn from New York last year tre
mendously interested in the memor
ial. and is one of the largest con
tributors to the fund the association
is raising
Is Outstanding Leader
“Mr. Willis is one of the outstand
ing business leaders of Atlanta. He
has made large and profitable in
vestments in Atlanta real estate and
has successfully conducted several
big enterprises outside of Atlanta. In
the midst of his ptanifold business
activities he has found time to take
an active part in civic affairs and
has made generous contributions to
all worthy public n\ovements.
“When the annual reunion of the
United Confederate veterans was
held in Atlanta in 1919, Mr.’ Willis
was chairman of the finance commit
tee and raised a substantial fund
to entertain the old soldiers, and was
one of the largest contributors there
to.
“In the campaign to taise two mil
lion dollars to build a greater Geor
gia Tech, Mr. Willis was chairman
of the committee in charge of raising
Atlanta’s quota. He not only ren
dered a very valuable service in that
dapacity, but also took an active part
in the success of the campaign out
side of Atlanta. This will be remem
bered as one of th,e most thoroughly
organized and vigorously conducted
campaigns in Atlanta’s history.
“He was also prominently identi
fied with the various war drives in
Atlanta.
Confident of Success
“Under the leadership of Mr. Wil
lis as general chairman of finance,
our executive committee feel assured
that the money to carry to comple
tion the great plans of Mr. Borglum
is certain to be raised. He will have
the whole-hearted support of the
committee and we bespeak for him
the support of the public. It is hard
ly necessary to add that Mr. Willis
will give his time to the tinancial cam
paign without compensation of any
kind, as a further contribution to
the memorial.”
Self-Styled Owner
Os US. Would Give
China Florida’s Cash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 19.
Financial problems of the Chinese
government are in a fairway to be
solved, if the commands of Town
send W. Dodd, of Trenton, N. J., are
obeyed. In a letter to J. C. Lunine,
treasurer of Florida, Dodd, who de
scribes himself as owner of “this
United States,” commands that all
money in the state treasury shall be
turned over to the Chinese ambas
sador at Washington. The treasurer
is also admonished to pass the word
along to all banks in Florida to do
likewise. The letter follows:
“State Hospital, Trenton, N. J.,
Oct. 14, 1924.
“Treasurer of the State of Florida:
“Turn all money of all denomina
tions in the possession of you as
treasurer of the state of Florida
over to the Chinese ambassador rep
resenting the Chinese government
and Chinese population at Washing
ton, D. C.: also notify all banking
houses in the state of Florida to fol
low suit and avoid future difficulties.
This United States belongs to me.
Also that which it contain? except
its various nationalities, which I re
fuse to recognize either as relatives
or friends of mine except the Chi
nese population.
(Signed)
“TOWNSEND W. DODD.”
Pastor Repeats Offer
Os SSO Report for
Liquor Proof in Flock
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 19^—The
Rev. \\ . J. Clark, of Grace Baptist
; church here, repeated Sunday his of
fer of SSO reward for the arrest of a
bootlegger from among the ranks
of his congregation.
In his regular sermon, the pastor
again challenged authorities to un
cover a member of his flock who is
in the liquor business.
The preacher maiLe his offer in
reply to rumors that he had bo t
leggers among his parisioners.
“I don’t believe these reports." he
said. “But we must improve con
ditions. and if any member of this
; congregation is selling liqtror I want
I to him arrested.”
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, October 21,1924
ONLY DEMOCRATS OFFER
HARMONIOUS GOVERNMENT,
DAVIS POINTS IN SPEECH
Ail Signs Point to Election of
inec Says—Warns of C
publicans Are R
ST. LOUIS Mo.. Oct. 19. —In East
Si. Louis, ill., Saturday afternoon
and in St. Louis Saturday night,
John W. Davis, Democratic candi
date for president, declared that “un
less all the signs of the times are
playing false, /there is no possibility
of the election this year of a Re
publican congres sand a Republican
senate.”
“And if there were,” he said,
“you would find repeated in both
those bodies as soon as they were
called in session, either regular or
special, the same sorry spectacle of
party division and party impotence
that has rendered this country rud
derless and leaderless for the last
three and one-half years.
’ The one avenue through which
the American people might secure
harmonious government,” Mr. Davis
said, “was beyond peradventure, the
Democracy.”
“I suggest to the American
people,” he said, “that there is but
one avenue through which you may
secure, for the next quadrennial pe
riod, a government acting in har
mony, in uniformity and in unison.
There is but one party today that
stands before the American people
harmonious and undivided. There is
but one party that marches in
serried ranks and military order, and
that party is beyond peradventure,
the Democracy.
Party Rule Essential
Mr. Davis expressed the hope that
if a Democrat was elected to the
presidency he would be given a Dem
ocratic senate and house.
“And,” he continued, “it is not a
matter of pure partisanship, for all
experiences prove in this country
that our government can only func
tion well when one and the same
political party is in control at both
ends of Pennsylvania avenue.
“No single man or woman in this
country is potent or strong enough,
standing alone and unaided, to fix
the course or conduct of this gov
ernment. We must associate our
selves into party groups. We must
give not only authority, we must
place responsibility upon them. And
if it is your purpose to have party
government in this country, you
must place parties in power and you
must hold them to strict responsi
bility for the use they make of it.
For the last three and one-half
years, Mr. Davis told his audience,
the wheels of government rave been
running in the opposite directions.
Congress, at one end of Pennsylva
nia avenue, has been pulling one
way, he said, and the executive, at
the other end, has been either mark
ing time or working in a contrary
way to that of the legislative branch
of governrment.
Welcomes Responsibility
"And,” the nominee said, “that
is not good government.”
He reiterated his opinion that there
was no possibility of a Republican
president an 1 congress being elect
ed, and asserted if the country
wanted to get awaly from the “sorry
spectacle,” it had experienced since
March 4, 1921, the only recourse was
to vote for the Democratic nominee
and Democratic candidates for the
house and senate.
Mr. Davis stressed his willingness
to be held responsible for the con
duct of government.
“I would still insist that the rule
must prevail,” he said, “and
you hold the Democratic party —not
THROUGH FGREVER VANDERBILT TELLS
■ WITH SHOALS ROW. PLAN FOR BAILROAD
HENRY FORD SAYS ACROSSEVERGLADES
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 19.—Henry
Ford considers the Muscle Shoals
controversy closed. In a statement
today he declared that under no cir
cumstances would the Ford company
reopen negotiations for the prop
erty despite the hope expressed in
various quarters that future pro
posals would be considered. He
blamed Wall street for the opposi
tion which resulted in the withdraw
i al of the offer for the property.
"Wall street,” Mr. Ford said.
“does not care to have the power
trust’ strangle hold broken. If we
had obtained Muscle Shoals we
quickly would have exposed the
present profiteering and greatly re
duced the cost of power.”
Mr. Ford declared that no big
business could afford the delay neces
i sary in dealing with the govern
i ment and that “it is too hard to
j find the government and you can’t
] do business with people you do not
■ know and can’t find.
“Wall street,” Mr. Ford con
i tinued,’ 'is progressive and possibly
j indespensible. It disposes of the
I antiquated and obsolete. It will kill
• the railroads and in killing off the
■ antiquated and obsolete it does a
I service, for an industry that cannot
withstand such squeezing as Man
street may give it had better die. If
it can tear down a thing, the thing
is better torn down.”
CONGRESS .MUST MAKE
NEW START ON PROJECT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Acknowl
! edging today the formal withdrawal
by Henry Ford of his offer for the
i government properties at Muscle
’ Shoals, Al t., President Coolidge
■wrote Mr. Ford that “he trusted”
the latter would renew his interest
in the property should congress de
cide to dispose of it to private in
terests.
Mr. Ford’s vhhdrawal, made in a
letter to the president, again throws
open in congress the entire problem
of disposal of the property.
In the absence of congressional
leaders from the city, however, the
next step which will be attempted
there in this connection remains
problematical.
A bill accepting the Ford offer, al
ready approved by the house, would
have been voted on early in the next
session in the senate by previous
agreemt u. Pending in the senate
also is a favorable report by the ag
riculture committee of a bill by
Chairman Norris, containing option
al provisions for government owner
ship and operation or government
Democratic Congress. Nom
ontinued Chaos If Re
eturned to Power
I some individuals among it—but. the |
; party as a whole responsible for the
I record it and its representatives I
made.”
Mr. Davis called attention to state- s
ments made by Republican political
speakers regarding conditions of un- 1
employment which prevailed in the I
1 United States under the Democratic ■
’ and Republican administrations.
Labor Benefits Pointed
“There were more men employed i
! under the Simmons-Under'.' ood tariff
| bill,” he sa:d,-“tbaii there were in
j 1924 under the Fcrdney-MeCumber
I hill.”
, Labor had received mere at the
hands of Democracy. Mr. Davis de- :
i dared, than it would have received
: had a labor party been in power '
for the same period of time. Agri- |
culture and business as well, he I
pointed out, had received invaluable i
contributions from the democracy. 1
"AU this,” the candidate explain
ed, "disproves things you hear
about the Democratic party being
incapable of helping labor and busi
ness, and the farmer. In fact, the
record conclusively proves that the
contrary is true —that it can admin
ister the government to the benefit
! of all and without favor or privilege
I to any one class.”
Reminded of Convention
The scenes on the floor reminded
Mr Davis of several of the dem
onstrations -which took place in
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, during the recent Democratic
national convention.
He remarked in his opening words
that he had been tempted to ad
dress the audience as “ladies and
gentlemen of the convention.”
Mr. Davis had spoken but two
minutes -when a brass band playing
“Hail, Hail, the Gang Is All Here,”
shoved its way onto the floor. •
“They are not all in yet, John,”
j a voice yelled, and then came still
other marchers from the more dis
tant w’ards.
“Thirty days ago,” Mr. Davis
said, “I attended what I believed
was the largest political gathering
ever held in the United States. It
w; s not until tonight that the ‘bat
tle of Bunceton’ was surpassed in
numbers.”
Mr. Davis reminded the audience
of the responsibilities which rested
upon Woodrow Wilson during the
war period and said the electorate
in November of 1916 little realized
■ wh..c was transpiring when they
voted then. “The same sort of re
sponsibility still is yours,” the can
riously think of the coming Novem
"Throughout the ages,” he said
"men will warm themselves by the
fires Woodrow Wilson lit.”
Among other things the people
would get if he were elected, Mr.
I Davis said would be a "reduction of
* taxes all along the line.”
Addresses Editors
Between the afternoon and night
! addresses, Mr. Davis made a two
j minute talk to the Missouri State
I Democratic Press association. He
I told the editors Missouri was lending
I cheer to the democracy of the na
' tion, and ! d in part:
"I have great confidence in
Democratic success in this state —I
can use a stronger adjective—l
have entire confidence in Demo
crat’: success. Daj' by day, as I
have gone up and down the United
States, from the Rocky mountains
on the west to the shores of the
didate said, ‘‘and I want you to se-
I ber contests.”
MIAMI. Fla., Oct. 20. —Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., last night announced
plans for the construction of a rail
road across the Everglades from Mi
ami to Fort Myers.
Mr. Vanderbilt is stopping over
in Miami for a few days. He is
en rodte to California.
Mr. Vanderbilt said the the financ
ing of the line had been completed.
It will be built by the Florida Navi
gation and Railroad company, of
which Baron G. Collier, of New York
and Florida, is president. Mr. Van
derbilt is vice president of the -con
cern.
Th£ company also will operate
four steamships out of Miami for
Nassau, Tampa and possibly New
Orleans, Mr. Vanderbilt said in a
statement Saturday night. He said
six locomotives for use in construc
tion work and a quantity of mate
rial for use in building the railroad
already were en route to Florida by
steamer. He said work had actual
ly been started through Collier coun
ty on construction of the line.
ownership and private operation of
the properties.
Mr. Ford, in his letter of with
drawal, said that “inasmuch as so
much time has already elapsed we
are unable to wait and delay what
plans we have any longer for action
by congress.”
In reply, the president wrote that
"on account of the delay and prob
able shifting in conditions, I can un
derstand how you may feel justified
in not keeping yoirf offer open for a
longer period.”
Mr. Coolidge made it known re
cently that he still considered, as he
suggested in his message to congress
a year ago, that a commission or sub
committee to be composed of mem
bers of the senate and house should
be chosen to work out the best feas
ible proposition for disposal of the
property. The recommendations of
the commission, according to the
president's plan, then would be acted
upon by congress.
Representative Kearns Republi
can, Ohio, who caller! at the White
House this week, declared he would
submit such a proposal to congress
at the next session. He was a mem
ber of the house military affairs com
mittee two years ago when it studied
the Muscle Shoal? question, and ha
been a constant opponent of ti.
Ford offer.
> .1,
M A YEAR.
DOZEN FMCIERS
GULLED ID IPPEIfI
BEFORECOMMITTEE
Quizzing of “Master Minds”
Os Industrial World to
Begin Tuesday /
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Senator Bo
rah's campaign fund investigating
committee was en route to Wash
ington today where further inquiry
into the “slush fund” charges wlil
be resumed on Tuesday. Before en
training - for the capital late last
night, Borah made final arrange
ments for the appearance of a dozen
or more prominent “master minds’
of the hanking, railroad and indus
trial world to appear bgjore the com
mittee.
These witnesses, he said, would re
veal whether or not a conspiracy
such as Senator La Follatte alleges,
exists.
THREE G. 0. P. WAR CHESTS
CHARGED BY WITNESS
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —Leads which will
take the special senate investigating
committee into a thorough going in
vestigation of charges of Senator
Robert M. La Follette that a' huge
“slush” fund is being raised for the
Republican campaign by George W.
Simmons, were presented Saturday
to that body by Frank P. Walsh, of
Kansas City, counsel for the inde
pendent presideiiTial candidate.
In submitting a batch of corre
spondence on other data upon which
the charges are based, at least in
part, Mr. Walsh said he would un
dertake to show that three funds
were being collected in the United
States; one by the national commit
tee, th e regular fund; one a fund
created by the bankers of the Unit- >
ed States and taken care of by them,
and the other by the manufacturers
and business men.
Walsh also told the committee
, that Senator La Follette had told
him over the long distance telephone
that he had “underesimated the
amount of the ‘slush’ fund that was
being raised to carry this election
when he said that he thought it
would be four million dollars or five
million dollars.”
“From the investigation which we
have attempted to make, a very
hasty one, indeed,” La Follette's
counsel added, “we think we have
leads we will present to the commit
tee here to show that ten million dol
lars is not too great an estimate,
and that it is very likely to reach
twelve million dollars.”
Introduces Letters
To support the inclusion that
three .Separate funds are being rais
ed, Walsh presented letters written
by George W. Simmons, a vic pres
ident of the Mechanics and Metals
National bank, New York city, ap
pealing to other bankers, irrespec
tive of party, to- contribute to a
fund to help the Republican nation
al ticket. , He also introduced into
evidence a letter of similar import
sent to its members by the Manu
facturers’ club, of Philadelphia.
“Senator La Follette has been ad
vised,” Walsh said in this connec*
tion, "that at a meeting of the Na
tional Bankers’ convention in Chica
go a few days ago a speech was
made requesting that all trust com
panies be requested to give one
twentieth of one per cent of their
capital as contributions to fight La
Follette in the west. Edward T.
Stotesbury, was made chairman of
the committee to collect the money.”
Besides these letters, Walsh pro
duced a series of four written bv
Joseph R. Grundy, a yarn manu
facturer of Bristol, Pa., and chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee of the Republican national
committee. 'l'wo of the letters,
which contained the mf>st. urgent ap
peals, were written on October 8 and '
October 10. The other letters, those
by Simmons and the Philadelphia.
Manufacturers club, were dated at
about the sAme time.
Walsh told the committee the dates
of the letters were "significant.” •
"They are getting money at this
time,” he added, “and that is why
Senator La Follette says this is
more likely to be ten million dollars
or twelve million dollars, because we
think we are going to show that nie
people are responding to these let
ters from all over country.”
Calling attention to a passage In
one of the Grundy letters saying
that Pennsylvania’s 38 electoral
votes “may be safe for Coolidge
<nd Dawes, but our money and
nergy must be given to help carry
doubtful states and doubtful con
gressional states,” W.alsh said:
Hearings at Capital
“We propose to show by the cor
respondence whicti has been inter
cepted and turned over to us by
those who did not agree with this
way of running our government,
that the effort is being made direct
ly to carry the northwestern, west
ern and southwestern states, and to
carry them with the money collect
ed by the benficiaries of the present
business combinations, and, we will
show later on by the very money of
the farmers In those states that is in
the banks in the city of New York
today.”
Declaring that the full extent to
which money for the aid of the Re
publican ticket is being raised could
be ascertained only by rigid cross
examination of those he believes are
interested in the movement, Walsh
asked the committee to issue sub
poenas for a number of persons liv- .
ing in New York, Philadelphia,
Washington and Kansas City.
After discussing the subject fully
in executive session late in the day,
the committee decided to resume the
hearings in Washington next Tues
day and to summon first witnesses
from Philadelphia and Washington
in order to df’ermine first- whether
the La Follette charges can be sup
ported by evidence before witnesses
are called from more distant cities.
Chairman Borah said subpoenas
would be issued for these witnesses:
Joseph R. Grundy, Edward T. Stotes
bury, Samuel M. Vauclain, president
of the Baldwin Locomotive works:
Nathan T. Fol well, treasurer of the
Manufacturers’ club; W. W. Atter
bury, vice president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad; Chester W. Hill and
John T. King, all of Philadelphia,
and W. T. Galliher, chairman of the
District of Columbia Republican
v.and means committee; T. V.
Cor.-ror, -a member of. the United
(CtmGiiuru on rag<‘ 3, Column 5)