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£bc Atlanta ©rMWetfeta Saumal 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. How to Stop Fit Attacks if you have attacks of Fits, Ep ilepsy or Falling Sickness 1 will teti you how to secure FREE a home treatmen’ which has permanently stopped the attacks in hundreds ot eases. It gives immediate relief Write today to Arpen Lab.. Desk 11. j Station C, Milwaukee, W (Advertisement.; 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)