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VOL. XXVII. NO. 6
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HSffiOM CITIES
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Second Hurricane Approach
f es Before Last of Other
Is Out of Sight
i JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 21.
After a night of torrential rains and
high winds, reaching 68 miles an
hour velocity, southern Florida was
wondering what to do today. There
was little real damage reported as a
result of last night's blow, and ap
•t patently the hurricane predicted did
t not develop its full force. Todav the
sun shone and the sections
were prepared to setlie again to en
joy real Florida weather, when along
came another storm warning.
Shipping which was tied up yes
terday and last night, again was be
ing restrained in order that the
f' storm, which is scheduled around
Key West and Titusville, may devel
op. Sailings from points along the
southeast Florida coast eastward be
yond the Bahamas have been post
poned.
In the Palm Beach section, flood
ing of lowlands and impairment of
railroad and highway motor service
were results of the wind and rain
of the last three days. Precipitation
for the period from Saturday morn
ing until Monday night was an
nounced as 11.21 inches, the great
est in fifteen years.
At Miami, little damage was done
and the storm apparently only edged
that Shipping, however, is
still tied up to await the result of
storm warnings. The barometer
• read 29.13 at 8 a. m. today, the low
est on record there, but rose as the
day wore on.
Key West reports abatement of
winds and cessation of ram, but ship
ping, including mail boats to Cuba,
atilt remain at anchor.
At Bradentown the storm appar
ently had spent its force, several
gusts of about 20 miles velocity be
ing all felt.
Punta Gorda and Fort Myers were
partially isolated, due to failure of
telegraph ■ Wires, but no serious dam
age nor any fatalities have been re
ported from those places.
Little is known of the fate of
• Punta Gorda and Fort Myers,
which were said to have felt the
full force of the storm, which swept
northeastwariLA?yex..inLeriov Florida.
Tampa, which early in the nigh,
feared she would be directly in the
path x>f the hurricane, was some
what relieved when weather reports
said the storrp had veered to the
.» east.
Six Florida East Coast railway
trains were held up today between
Miami and Fort Pierce by a wash
out between Jenson and Rio.
Three trains are stalled at Fort
Pierce, and three others are at Stu
art, awaiting a clear line.
Clearing weather and northwest
winds are expected to drive out
banked water from the Everglades
and other low places.
STORM MISSES TAMPA:
t LOWEST TIDE RECORDED
TAMPA. Fla., Oct. 21.—Except to
cause the lowest tide on record here,
• the tropical storm missed Tampa
last night, turning off to the east
about 6 p. in. in the vicinity of
Punta Gorda, where a heavy rain
and high winds was reported. The
wind here reached a velocity of 30 <
miles an hour.
CONDITIONS AT MIAMI
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
MIAMI, Fla . Oct. 21.—Despite con
tinued intermittent rain, improved
• conditions in Miami and surrounding
territory following' the record-break
ing 10-inch downpour Saturday is re
ported. Travel on the Dixie highway
between here ana West Palm Beach
continues and the Ingraham pave
ment south to Florida City also is
passable The predicted gale did not
materialize. Storm warnings con
tinue to hold shipping at anchor here.
WEST PALM BEACH RAIN
BREAKS 15-YEAR RECORD
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct.
21.—Official reports from the local
weather bureau today register the
i heaviest rainfall in Palm Beach
* county during the past three days
in fifteen years, from Saturday
morning until Monday night, the
precipitation registered 11.21 inches,
in spite of the severe gale, which
raged along the Atlantic coast, little
la mage was done.
DOZEN DEAD IN ( I BA
IN STORM-SWEPT TOWN
k HAVANA, Oct. 21.—Reports that I
4 from eight to thirteen persons had
seen killed and about fifty injured
when the tropical storm struck the
own of Arroyos de Mantua, in Pinar
I lei Rio, were received here today.
Almost every building in the town
suffered heavy damage, and it was
jstimated that the tobacco crop suf
fered severely in the western part
>f the province. Communication by
vire was almost paralyzed, but many
persons were said to be suffering
.Tom hunger.
President Zayas sent General
Betancourt, secretary of agriculture
» commerce and labor, to Arroyos de
’’ Mantua Tuesday as his personal rep
resentative to investigate ami aid
the stricken town on receipt < f of
ficial figures, estinating that eight
to twelve were dead and about 100
injved. The town, these advices
staled, w- - almost wiu?<l out and
irop ity loss io crop-, was heavy
The sliani-’- Mun ainar arrive.;
free New Orleans tod..', a day be
hind schedule ns a result of having
, ukir.ed the r.i’h of th. storm. She
was not damaged.
D. Rich Taken by Death
WINSTON SALEM, N. C.. Oct. 21.
D. Rich, one of Winston-Salem's
eading citizens and business men,
tfter several months' illness, died
it his home here at 5 o’clock this
norning. He was a native of Davie
county, and was 52 years old. For
many rears he was associated with
he R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company,
ind for several years prior to his re
iicment from active work last year,
was treasurer and director of that
‘onceru.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
FRANCE EVACUATES
PORT OF MANNHEIM
Hi CITIES IN RUHR
1
! ‘
Election Called December 7.
Allies Cautious in
Leaving Rhine
BERLIN, Oct. 21.—The French to
! day evacuated the river port of Karls
ruhe as a preliminary to evacua
tion of the Ruhr and Rhineland, in
accordance with agreements reached
at London.
The French also evacuated Mann
heim harbor today and are to with
draw their troops from Dortmund at
I dawn Wednesday. Preliminary work
j of evacuation has been completed
I at Dortmund.
i Meanwhile, there was considerable
/ speculation in allied military circles
j as to how far France will proceed
with plans for partial evacuation of
the Ruhr, in view of the outcome of
the general German election in De
cember.
The French have been extremely
cautious in their plans, and great
ly distrust the German nationalists,
who may gain in the elections.
DAWES PLAN EXECUTION
NOT ENDANGERED IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Oct. 21.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —The dissolution of
the reichstag and the advent of a
new parliament in no way endanger
the fulfillment by Germany of the
London agreement on the Dawes
reparation plan, Chancellor Marx told
the Associated Press.
The general election will be held
December 7, it fras definitely an
nounced.
Although the political complexion
of the new reichstag is wholly con
jectural at this hour the chancellor
is convinced that the election will
return a sufficient number of sup
porters of the Dawes plan, and of
the foreign and internal policies of
the present government, to insure
the construction of a workable coali
tion government.
This government, Dr. Marx de
clared, would be automatically
pledged to strict execution of the
various law® sanctioned by the reich
stag August 29, providing for hon
orable fulfillment of the London agre
ment. These laws are already oper
ating, the chancellor rema.rked, add
ing that the present cabinet, which
would continue in office, was pos
sessed of complete constitutional au
thority to protect these law's and to
vouchsafe their honorable execu
tion.
The dissolution decree signed by
President Ebert obviates any further
session of the reichstag and the sit
ting scheduled for Wednesday, there
fore has been cancelled.
A significant political development
today was the indication of a strug
gle between an alliance of Dr. Von
Hergt’s German nationalist partv
and Foreign Minister Strc-semann’s
people’s party against a united front
of the socialists, clericals and Demo
erats.
The press generally does not ex
press regret over the reichstag's dis
solution, many of the newspapers
rather w/looming the termination o f
a pailiamentary situation which left
the government at mercy of in
ter-party batterings.
GERMANS REGAIN CONTROL
OF CUSTOMS COLLECTION
COBLENZ, Oct. 21.—A1l the Fran
co-Belgian occupation operatives
who have been working German
plants for the reparation account,
and the remaining economic and
customs organizations are to be
abolished next Tuesday, and German
I officials fully reinstated, under an
, order promulgated today by the in
ter-allied high commission, acting in
conformity with the Dawes pro
gram.
Some of the German officials in
the customs, forestry and licensing
services are taking over their work
today.
All the German plants seized are
to be returned to their, owners.
GILBERT AND OWEN YOUNG
CONFER ON DAWES PLAN
PARIS, Oct. 21.—(8y the Associat
ed Press). —Seymour Parker Gilbert,
Jr., agent-general for reparations
payments, today discussed with
Owen D. Young, temporary agent
general, matters pertinent to the
operation of the Dawes plan. Wed
nesday he will meet the members
of the reparation commission. He
is preparing to leave for Berlin with
Mr. Young next, Tuesday.
John P. Knight Is
Named to Judgeship
In Alapaha Circuit
John P. Knight, of Nashville, vet
eran member of the Georgia state
senate and house of representatives,
was appointed by Governor Walker
Tuesday as judge of the superior
court in the Alapaha circuit, and
immediately took the oath of office.
Judge Knight will hold his first
! court in Atkinson county next week.
The appointment is for the unex
j pired term of the late Judge R. G.
Dickerson, of Homerville, who died
in an Atlanta hospital after he had
received the nomination for re-elec
tion in the primary on September 10.
I In a special primary held on October
} 17. Judge Knight was nominated for
j the full term, carrying all the coun
ties in the district, with one excep
' tion.
Judge Knight probably holds the
: recent record for continuous legis
; lative service in the Georgia legisla
j ture, having
tive years.
600 Killed in Battle
Os Honduran Forces
SAN SALVADOR. Oct. 21.—Six
1 hundred men were killed and many
wounded in a battle between the gov
’ eminent and revolutionary forces at
Ajuterique. according to reports re
ceived here from Tegucigalpa. Hon-
I d uras.
The advices added that a govern
ment army is marching toward O<’O
tepeque in an attempt to recapture
i the town, which is in the hands of
the rebels. General Ferrera, leader
of the revolution, is said to be flee
ing toward the Guatemala frontier.
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
SANTIAGO, Chile. Venezuela ;
recognizes new Chilean government. |
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Torren
tial rainfall in Managua causes dam
ages estimated at half a million dol
lars.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Mrs.
Evelyn Vaughn Lytell is granted a
divorce from Bert Lytell, motion pic
ture actor.
NEW YORK.—Plans for series of
speeches in and about New York
City during week before election
are announced as wind-up of cam- ■
paign of John W. Davis.
AKRON, Ohio. —Plans for Zeppelin :
twice as large as ZR-3, largest ever |
designed, are announced by Paul W. j
Litchfield, general manager of Good- :
year-Zeppelin corporation.
SAN Six hundred
•4tre killed and many wounded in bat- I
tie between government forces and i
revolutionaries at Ajuterique, reports |
from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, say.
BERLIN. —Dawes’ report prom- !
ises to be outstanding issue of com- :
ing German elections, which an,
necessitated by dissolution of reich- j
> stag by order of President Ebert., 1
OMAHA.—Senator La Follette, in '
speech here on transportation issues,
declares, railroad interests are en
gaged in campaign to defeat him |
and elect either Coolidge or Davis.
COFFEYVII7LE,~Kan. Walter |
Johnson on occasion of his “welcome i
home, pitches the Coffeyville Refin
ers to victory over Caney, Kan.,
Blues before crowd of 10,000 home
folks.
NORFOLK,"va?—Death list in ex
plosion aboard scout cruiser Tren- I
ton off Virginia. Capes Monday is in- I
creased to eight while three other
victims are not expected to survive
injuries.
ROME. A parliament to be
known as “the parliament of the
people against the fascist! jparlia
ment” was proposed by com'munist
members of the Italian chamber of
deputies.
NEW YORK. Contributions to
Democratic party’s campaign fund
’in excess of SIOO total $516,826, ac
cording to a. statement submitted to
New York Times by Jesse H. Jones,
director of finance for party.
DETROIT. Police riot squads
are called to disperse crowds out
side auditorium where Aldrich Blake,
former secretary to John C. Walton,
deposed governor of Oklahoma, was
scheduled to make anti-klan address, j
NEW YORK. - Charles W. {
Bryan, Democratic vice presidential I
candidate, will be chosen president,
if election is thrown into congress
and reaches senate, Secretary of
War Weeks predicts in radio ad
dress.
PHILADELPHIA. Charles G.
Dawes open his eastern speaking
campaign by address in which he
urges election of President Coolidge
because of executive's support to
budget plan in face of departmental
opposition.
SAN DIEGO. Sheandoah, safe
ly moored to mast at San Diego aft
er rough passage from Camp Lewis,
Wash., awaits reports of favorable
weather in eastern states before
starting for home station at Lake
hurst, N. J.
CHICAGO. —A trust fund to be
used to oppose legal effort to free
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb, serving life sentences for the
kidnaping and slaying of Robert
Franks, is announced by his father,
Jacob Franks.
WASHINGTON. Samuel Gom
pers, president of American Federa
tion of Labor in a message to organ
ized labor, urging support of La Fol
lette-Wheeler ticket, says opposition
to “sinister influences that have con
trolled our government,” is unrivaled.
WASHINGTON. Automobile
and other motor vehicles excluding
motorcycles, caused 14,412 deaths
from accidents in .1923 in death reg
istration area of United States,
which contains 87.6 per cent of
population, census bureau report
shows.
NEW YORK. Samuel Unter
rneyer. prominent New York attor
ney, will assist in campaign fund in
vestigation, now being conducted by
special senate committee, he an
nounces following conference with
Frank P. Walsh, personal attorney
for Senator La Follette.
White Friends Bury
104-Year-Old Negro,
Oldest Alabama Vet
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Oct. 21. ,
“I’ncle Zeb” Thompson, 104-year-old I
negro, was buried by his white I
friends Monday. More than 100 busi- i
ness men and other white friends of I
' Uncle Zeb” attended the funeral !
services and head J. W. McQueen, j
president of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel i
company eharterize him as a “good
'xample of what a man should be.”
"Uncle Zeb” was the oldest Con
federate veteran in Alabama, and
had attended every reunion. He was
buried the day before his Birming
ham comrades left for the reunion
in Mobile.
Five Hurt as Auto
Turns Over at Buford
LAWRENCEVILLE. Ga„ Oct. 21.
The automobile which was occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Taylor, Miss
Taylor, Mr. Jesse Dodson and a
young man by the name of Wall, of'
Wile.v, Ga., was wrecked on the Bu- i
ford road two miles above here Sun
day afternoon and Miss Taylor’s col-,
larbone was broken. She was also!
<Mt about the face and head. Mrs.
Taylor was hurt in her ankle, young
M all ;tnd Dodson were hurt about |
the head an dbody, but not seriously. I
Mr. Taylor, who escaped injury, i
stated that in passing another cari
his car was hit on the front wheel i
which caused it t,o turn turtle, pin- j
ning all five of the occupants under
neath. Miss Taylor, 17 years of age.
will be left here at the hotel, the
others returning to their homes !
They were enroute to Atlanta.
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SIX MIN BLAST '
DN U. S. CRUISER:
SCOREAREINJURED
NORFOLK. Va.. Oct. <l—Six!
men, one a commissioned officer, I
are dead, five are in a dangerous con
dition and not expected to live, and
16 more are seriously injured as the
result of an explosion aboard the
IT. S. S. Trenton, about 40 miles east
of Cape Henry late yesterday.
The explosion occurred in the
ship’s forward turret and was of
such great force that the rear steel
door was forced open and five men
were blown overboard, of which one
was drowned. The ship was engaged
in target practice at the time of the
accident.
The dead are:
Ensign Henry Clay Drexler, Beth
any Beach, Del.
Roland Philips Hanson, Soldier,
lowa, seasman.
Wm. Alfred Walker, Mayo, S. C.,
seaman, drowned.
Bernard Byan, Bristol, Conn., sea
man.
George R. Cholister, Merchant
ville, N ..1., boatswain's mate.
Bennett Williams, South Boston,
Mass., seaman, second class.
The five men in a dangerous con
dition are:
John Uzzilinio, seaman, Newark,
N. J.; Edgar J. Ivey, seaman, Hunts
ville, Ala.; John Arthur Sedgwick,
lieutenant junior grade, New York
City; Joseph Leo White, turret cap
tain, Vincennes, Ind.; Richard E.:
Denker, seaman.
Seriously Injured
The seriously injured are: Frank- !
lin B. Jeffrey, seaman, first class, j
Lynn, Mass.; Mervin Franklin Sea- j
mon, seaman second class, Brooklyn;!
George Dewitt Lucker, seaman, first !
class, Bedford, N. J.; George Joseph I
Gaffney, sea,man, second class, New |
York City; Arthur James McCormick, I
seaman, first class, Charleston I
Mass.; Richard Ellsworth, Denver, |
seaman second class, Staten Island.
N. Y. I
Slightly injured: Thor>as How- j
ard Bailey, seaman, second class, j
Erie Pa.’ Calmon Colby White, sea
man, second class, Jonesboro, Me.;
William Douglas Sterling, seaman, |
second class. Port Chester, N. Y.
Immediately after the accident
the Trenton headed full speed for
Hampton Roads where arrange
ments had been made to remove the
injured to the naval hospital at
Portsmouth.
Several men who were not seri
ously injured were treated on board
ship.
Most of the men were burned
about the face and body. In some
instances the dead were so badly
burned that recognition was almost
impossible.
There was no definite statement
from the navy department as to the
exact cause of the accident but it
is not thought that the explosion
was caused by electrical trouble.
Were Loading Shells
The men in the ill-fated turret j
were hoisting and loading shells in ■
the guns when the explosion be- I
curred. It is believed that the pow- !
der became ignited in some manner
before the breach of the gun was
closed. There was no powder out
side the magazine except that which
was being used to load the rifles.
Captain Kalbbus. commanding the
Trenton, informed the navy depart
ment today.
The Trenton was engaged in tar
get practice at sea about 40 miles
east of Cape Henry.
Ensign Drexler’s was the outstand
ing name in the stories of heroism
told by some of the men taken to
the Portsmouth hospital. He was
near the turret when the exposion
rocked the ship, throwing men to
the deck fore and aft. Rushing into
the blaze, he dragged three men to
safety. His face• a mass of burns
and his clothing tn flames, he was
turning back into the fiery turret
when he dropped dead. '
Lieutenant Sedgwick, others relat
ed, was hurled overboard by the
blast. His right arm was broken,
but with his left he saved two oth
ers from drowning and was trying to
keep Walker's head above water
when a heavy wave broke his hold.
The Trenton was commissioned
about six months ago, shortly before
the turret explosion aboard the bat
tleship Mississippi, off the Califor
nia const, which caused more than
40 fatalities. She had just completed
a shake-down cruise around Africa
by bringing home the body of Robert
W. Imbrie. American vice consul,
who was killed at Teheran by a mob
of Persian religious fanatics. She
is commanded by Capt. E. C. Kalb
fits, and is designed to carry a crew
of about 400.
Franks Plans for Fund
To Combat Any Efforts
To Free Leopold, Loeb
CHICAGO. Oct. 21.—Plans for a
trust fund which may be used after
his death to oppose any efforts to
free Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Rich
ard Loeb were announced Monday
by Jacob Franks, father of the bov
they killed.
“The murderers must never get
freedom.” he declared. “A lenient
governor, a shrewd lawyer, an indif
ferent people—and their liberation
would be the matter of only a short
time, unless provision were made to
combat any effort to get them out
of Joliet.
“I don't know how long I shall I
live, but during my life I will fight J
any move to defeat justice. After my !
death the trust fund will be avail- j
able.” ‘
T eggmen Blow Safe,
Escaping With S9OO,
At Plant in Macon
MACON. Ga., Oct. 21.—Using ntlro
glycerine, and the company's tools '
in their operations, burglars entered
the plant of the Macon Coca-Cola
Bottling company, last night, blew '
open the safe and escaped with S9OO.
Nc clue as to the thieves' identity
has been assigned, the police said. !
Residents near the plant reported
hearing a noise like the roar of a
cannon about 9 o'clock, and, shortly I
after, they said they saw three men l
drive up before thy plant in a large ■
touring car, pick up a well-dressed
man and hurry away. The car was
directly under an electric light.
WIIEEIG PLOT
IN TEAPOT LEASES
CHIU BT 0.5.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.—The gov
ernment today was ready to adduce
testimony in support of the charge
that a profiteering plot lay behind
the granting of Doheny interests in
1922 of certain contracts and leases
involving naval oil reserves in Cali
fornia in its suit against the i?an-
Amercan Petroleum and Transport
company for cancellation of those
contiatas and leases.
Ftan't J. Hogan, chief counsel for
the defense, said in his opening state
ment yesterday there was no profit
eering back of the oil lease transac
tions and that they were based on a
desire to protect the United States
by providing at Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii, a hoard of oil to fuel the coun
try’s oil-burning dreadnaughts in a
possible war.
Far-sighted navy officials, n Sec
retary of the Interior Albert B. Fall,
planned that move, Mr. Hogan de
clared. Mr. Fall played but a ‘‘pure
ly formal and perfunctory part,”
said Mr. Hogan.
Edwin Denby, then secretary of
the navy, and Admiral J. K. Robin
son, chief of the navy’s engineering
bureau, he told the court, were the
real prime movers in the lease trans
actions, and their motive was to
“convert crude oil thousands of feet
underground into fuel oil available
for instant use” in war time.
Owen J. Roberts, special counsel
for the government, in opening the
case, stressed the connection of Ad
miral Robinson, but declared Robin
son was “an intimate friend of Do
heny, Sr., and Doheny, Jr., and noti
fied them that he had been made
chief of the engineering bureau as
soon as he received his appoint
ment."
Robinson then met in conference
with Mr. Fall, also a friend of the
Doheny’s and adopted an “immedia
ate program,” whereby, with the ap
proval of Secretary Denby, the Elk
Hills naval reserve was turned over
to the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport company under “an oil
swapping” arrangement whereby the
government was to receive Pear)
Harbor stores in return for Elk Hills
oil, Mr. Roberts said.
He pointed as significant that “al
most immediately after Robinson
stepped into office the fuel oil bu
reau” -which had been created in
1920 to supervise the operation of the
oil reserves, “was abolished and
Robinson assumed responsibility for
the fueling of naval vessels.”
Tempestuous Voyage
Is Safely Completed
By Giant Shenandoah
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21. —The navy
dirigible Shenandoah, delayed for a
time by heav.y fog, was brought to
the ground at the North island naval
air station at 11 o’clock today.
Foggy conditions early today had
prevented the navy dirigible Shenan
doah from mooring.
The Shenandoah arrived over San
Diego after a tempestuous voyage
down the Pacific coast from Camp
Lewis, Washington.
At 8:30 o'clock the dirigible swept
down close to ttie North Island moor
ing mast but made no effort to tie
up.
The past twenty-four hours have
shown the vicissitudes of aerial navi
gation. Pair of the time the ship
was driven backwards with all en
gines driving’ at full speed ahead, and
at other time* the ship sped through
the air faster than any ship of the
sea merely because the interference
of the air had failed.
The Shenandoah beat the time of
the fastest trains between Camp
Lewis and San Diego by more than
eight hours, the actual running time
of the railroad between the two
places being 48 hours 48 minutes.
New Titanic Dirigible,
Twice Size of ZR-3,
Is Planned by Navy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—A new
military airship, more than twieft
the size of the ZR-3 or Shenandoah
will be built by the United States
navy if the director of the budget
and congress grant the appropriation
asked by the navy department, it
was learned in official quarters to
.day.
Although the size of the air levia
than will depend upon the money
available, present plans calls for a
capacity of about six million cubic
feet of gas space. Plans for a ten
million cubic foot ship having been
given up. The ZR-3 has a capacity
of 2,400,000 feet.
No official announcement of the
p'ans will be made until after the
election, even if the budget bureau
approves the expenditures.
“Nice Birthday Gift!”
Girl Says When Told
Os Murder Indictment
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Oct. 21
“What a nice birthday present.'”
That was Mrs. Winona Spriggs
Green's laughing comment when a
correspondent informed her that she
had been indicted at noon today for
the murder of her father-in-law. J?
R. Green.
The pretty slayer was 2 4 years
old today.
She has confessed that early on
the morning of August 17. she shot
and killed her father-in-law on a
railroad track in the west side of
Little Rock and that later she lured
Mrs. Lena Green. her mother-in
law, into a strip of deserted woods
near Red Fork, Okla., and killed
her.
"They owed me $4,000,” was her
only explanation.
Wife of Bert Lytell, Movie
Star. Is Granted Divorce
INDEPENDENCE. Mo., Oct. 21.
Mrs. Evelyn Vaughn Lytell was
granted a divorce here Monday from
Bert Lytell, motion picture actor.
She charged indignities. Lytell. who
was represented by his attorney, is
reported to be in the South Sea
islands. The Lytells were married
August 5. 191", and lived together
until about a year ago. Mrs. T.ytell
charged her husband deserted her
October 1, 1923.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, October 23, 1924
COURAGE TO TAKE VICTORY
ALREADY WON IS ONLY NEED
OF DEMOCRATS, DAVIS SAYS
! Nominee Invades Kentucky
| After Puncturing, G, 0. P.
Armor in Tennessee With
Broadside of Facts
‘DAVIS SPECIAL, EN ROUTE
THROUGH KENTUCKY, BOWL
ING GREEN, Ky., Oct. 21.—John W.
Davis opened his camixiign in Ken
tucky today with brief addresses here
and at Franklin from the rey plat
form of his car. Urey Woodson, na
tional Democratic committeeman for
Kentucky, and other state leaders
accompanied Mr. Davis from Nash
ville, Tenn., when he departed at
9:15 a. m.
Among the callers who met the
nominee before he left Nashville was
Aaron Sapiro, general counsel for
the National Council of Co-operative
Marketing Associations and chair-
I man of the. national legislative com
mittee of the American Legion. Mr.
I Sapiro later announced that although
'' he had been a Republican, he would
support Mr. Davis this year.
“The Coolidge administration,” Mr.
Sapiro said, “has shown an utter
lack of ability to deal with serious
problems. It has bungled the farm
question. For three and a half years
it has had at its command the great
resources of the department of agri
culture —“sufficient in themselves,
without a single new law, to deal
with the marketing as well as the
production side of agriculture. It has
failed to meet this test. Now it talks
of investigating the farmer again. It
is folly.”
The Democratic candidate urged
that Senator Stanley and Congress
man Thomas, of the Third district,
be returned to Washington “to co
operate after the fourth of March
with a Democratic president.” This
is a Democratic year, he reiterated,
“and all that is needed for democ
| racy is to have the will and the cour
age to reach out and take the victory
that is within its grasp.”
Mr. Davis will speak to his first
Louisville audience tonight. Station
WHAS, of the Courier-Journal snd
Louisville Times will radiocast the
evening address.
DAVIS WINS TENNESSEANS,
PUNCTURING G. 0. I’. ARMOR
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Oct. 21.—(8y
the Associated Press.) —John W. Da
; vis went out of Tennessee today to
carry his campaign into Kentucky
and then back to Indiana and Ohio/
His departure from this state was
made the occasion of repeated decla
rations, voiced confidently to friends
who conterred with him during his
two-day stay here, that Tennessee’s
political/trend was altogether satis
factory from a Democratic stand
point.
The candidate's two principal ad
dresses here, delivered yesterday be
; fore crowds in the Vanderbilt sta
■ dium and before a gathering of busi-
I ness men in the chamber of com
: merce building, were declared by lo
i cal and state Democratic leaders to
; have won many votes for Mr. Davis.
I Those who heard him speak also ex
' pressed gratification at the support
I the nominee had given the state
ticket candidates at every oppor
tunity he found while here. His
complimentary references to Repre
sentative Cordell Hull, Governor Aus
tin Peay, Gen. L. D. Tyson, and oth
ers including Representative Hubert
B. Fisher, were said to have been
received with telling effect.
Kentucky Vote Safe
Mr. Davis has been assured by
political advisers that Kentucky is
certain to be counted in the Demo
cratic states on November 4. His
visit, therefore, is regarded as hav
ing less political significance than
those he has made in other states
during his middle western tour and
to have largely resulted from prom- ;
ises given Kentucky Democratic j
leaders some time ago that if he |
found himself near their territory
he would not pass by without a !
stop.
In his evening address here Mr.
Davis again promised that he would,
if elected, reduce existing tariff du
ties and would see that the new
law was written “with an equal eye
upon the need of the manufactur
ers . . . upon the need of the
laboring man and for the consum
ers of the country.’ ’
Emphatic denial of charges that
the Democratic party was destruc- .
five to business whenever in power
was mgde by Mr. Davis.
“There is no party in these United '
States,” Mr. Davis said, “that delib- i
erately desired to injure American j
business; and there is nothing in I
the program of the party I repre- I
sent that holds for any legitimate
business in this country any threat
or menace whatsoever.”
“There is a promise,” he contin
ued, “that the existing tariff duties
j shall be reduced and that instead of
' the law being written for, and by
I one sole class in the community, to- ;
wit, the manufacturer, it shall be i
written with an equal eye upon the
need of the manufacturer, none
of whom shall suffer; upon the needs
of the laboring men, not one of
whom shall feel loss or danger in his
employment; and for the consumers |
of the country, who are quite as
much entitled to be considered as
anyone else. And this further
thought I ’ant to leave with the
business men of Nashville:
Answers “Red Warning”
“Much is said by Secretary Hughes
and other speakers of the menace
! of radicalism in the United States.
“General Dawes would have us be
lieve th.’jt around every corner there
! lurks a ‘red’ with a bomb in one
' hand and a dagger in the other, and I
! unless his colieages 'are permitted >
: to protect you, you may be explod- I
; ed any unfortunate evening of your
I life.
“There is radicalism in the Unit
ed States. There is unrest in the !
United States. There are men who 1
I are proposing for the United States |
I policies that are not only novel but
I dangerous, and many of which are
| a mere return to experiments long
I since tried and rejected by common
I experiment, either by ourselves or
our ancestors. And there are other
men in this country who are so fear- j
ful of change, so inherently conser- ■
vative in their character, so con- I
tent, you please, with the position ■
they 1. ve found forth( '-elves in j
> be world, thf 1 want no change I
; m ■' le. and shrudder at the thought of :
any progress ->r alteration. And if ;
i then • a day nen radicalism shall i
rise in this country, if some day it
shall sw-ppp us like a torrent to ;
j ports anyl destinies we know not of, .
while we flow on its current as help
less as the chips up on the stream —
if that day ever comes —it will be j
because the dykes of conservatism
have been so stoutly built that they
gave to the rising of the waters no
outlet whatever,. but held against
them until the flood was immediate
and destructive.
No Relief in Reaction
“If you are afraid of radicalism
in this country; if you want to pre
vent radicalism in this country, you
will not do it by throwing your
selves into the arms of reaction.
There is no relief there.
“It was the great Italian states
man Cavour, one of the wisest men
of the last half century, who said,
‘do you want to prevent revolution?
Do you want to do away with radi
calism? I will tell you how to do
it. It is by affording remedy in
quiet times instead of waiting for
the times when you have no longer
powers to guide the remedy.’
“And that is sound wisdom-ami
sound statesmanship and what I
firmly believe this country needs to
day, not only for its present happ’-
n.is and prosperity, but for its fu
ture greatness and welfare, is a
sane, sound progressive liberalism
than expects the best and not the
worst in human nature to prevail,
that believes the future can be made
brighter than the ,past, that does not
treat every complaint as necessarily
unfounded, but is willing to investi
gate and apply a remedy if remedy
there may be.
“In short, I think we want in
this country a government through
and by a party that is willing in
the language of the great apostle to
try all things, but hold fast to that
which is good.
“I have been much criticised by
some of my Republican friends be
cause it is asserted I have been
disparaging the purpose and the
results of the Washington confer
ence on disarmament. Nothing
could be further from the fact than
that. I have been, I am now, ready
and willing to give that conference
credit for everything that it accom
plished. 1 am ready to approve the
fact that it was called and, in the
main, with some minor reservations,
to approve its results. But I am
equally determined that the Ameri
can people shall not be misled as to
its scope and its importance; that
they shall not be persuaded that it
is the final .answer to this great
question, or in the language of the
president himself, that it stands
‘among the revolutionary and su
blime. achievements of the human
race.’
President Himself Deceived
“Imagine my surprise when I read
today in the press under the hand
of the president himself, comment
on that conference of a character
I should have never made and more
disparaging to it, if literally perused,
than anything I would have ever
dared to say. Let me give you his
words: ‘We have recently entered
upon an epoch in which by interna
tional agreement our navy assumes
a new relationship to the problem
of sea power'in the world. Under
the terms of the Washington con
ference, the leading sea powers have
united in the agreement that the
United States is entitled to maintain
a. nev.v equal to that of any other
power.’
“In the language of old Ethan Al
len, when did we need an agreement
with any powe rto maintain a riavy
such as we desired? by agreement
we are now ‘entitled to maintain a
navy equal to that of any other
power.’
“I read on: ‘Thus we are assured
of a naval rank second to none,
while at the same time, under the
provisions for military operations in
naval armaments,- this rank is as
sured to us without engaging in a
competition of maritime construc
tion, and at a less cost than would
have been possible under the old re
gime of competitive building.’
“By these agreements we are ‘as
sured of a naval rank second to
none.’ I wonder if that is true?
For notwithstanding these agree
ments, notwithstanding that other
powers have asserted that we are en
titled to maintain a navy equal to
theirs, the fact is, as the secretary
of the navy says, that we are grossly
inferior today to Great Britain, and
barely equal to Japan. And it takes
something more than a paper agree
ment to assure a navy equal to that
of any other power. Now, I do the
president this credit—of believing
that he really did not understand the
import of that langauge.
“I cannot believe that the presi
dent of the United States takes that
view of this question at ail, and I
take it he know’s as well as do the
American people that the effect and
purport of those agreements were,
that so far as capital battleships
were concerned, and so far only, the
United States, Great Britain' and
Japan would by common consent
observe a ratio .of five, five and
three; but that it was the end of
the competitive navy building I wish
I could beLeve. I should rejoice if
that were its real scope and effect,
and merely as a first step in that
direction, I welcome it.
“Hidden Battleships”
“But the American people should
not misunderstand. They should
know that fast cruisers and aircraft
and submarines have threatened to
become the undisclosed and hidden
battleships of the future—that all
those remain untouched by any
agreement that that conference
achieved. All that I ask is that
mere partisan exaggeration in the
midst of a political campaign may
not lull the American people into a
security greater than they at pres
ent enjoy.”
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Virginia: Fair and continued cool.
North Carolina, South Carolina:
Fair and continued cool.
Georgia: Fair.
Florida: Partly cloudy, possibly
local rains on the east coast; fresh
northerly winds.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama. Mississippi: Generally fair.
Tennessee, Kentucky: Fair; slight
ly warmer Thursday.
Louisiana: Fair.
Arkansas: Fair, somewhat warmer.
Oklahoma: Fair, warmer.
East Texas: Thursday partly
cloudy, warmer in northwest por- 1
tion.
West Texas: Fair. warmer in
north and east portions.
a CJLNIo A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
BORAH COMMITTEE
IS GIH TOTAL Gy
TREASURER GMO
Contributions Aggregate
$548,440 and Won’t Ex
ceed $750,000, Estimate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Contri
butions totaling $548,440 have been
made to the Democratic national
campaign fund to date, James W.
Gerard, the party’s national treas
urer, testified today before the sen
ate investigating committee.
Mr. Gerard estimated that the
final total of the campaign would
not exceed $750,000.
Going over the list of contributors,
most of which was made public last
night in Nev/ York, the committee
members asked the Democratic
treasurer to identify some of them.
Thomas L. Chadbourne, of Green
wich, who contributed $25,006, was
identified as a banker. Senator
Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, de
veloped that Chadbourne w T as a
chief supporter of William G. Mc-
Adoo in the preconvention organi
zation.
“John D. Ryan, $5,000,” read
Chairman Borah, from * the list.
“Who is Ryan?”
“lie is president of thq'Anjiconda
Copper company,” Mr. Gerald re
plied.
Former Senator Listed
C. W. Watson, who contributed $5,-
000, was ideitified as a former sena
tor front West Virginia.
“I think he is a coal operator,”
said the witness.
Samuel Untermyer. who also con
tributed $5,000, was identified as a
“New York lawyer.” He has agreed
to assist Frank P. Walsh, counsels
for Senator La Follette.
Francis P. Garvan, who gave $lO,-
000, is the former alien property cus
todian, Gerard said.
“Is he the man who was con
cerned in litigation in that respect?’’
asked Senator Borah.
“'He is,” was the reply.
Borah Questions Further
Chairman Borah read from the list:
“Bernard M. Baruch, $25,000; Henry
Morganthau, forme rambassador to
Turkey, $21,000; Frank L. Polk, for
mer under secretary of state, $5,000,
and Cleveland If. Dodge. New Y’ork
$5,000.”
What’s Mr. Dodge's business?”
asked Senator Borah.
“He is in the copper business.”
Replying to other questions, Mr.
Gerard sail Dodge was not assotel
ated in that business vyith Ryan.
“Are there any organizations be*
sides the national committee collect
ing funds for your organization,”
asked Senator Borah.
“ I here may he minor organiza-'
lions.” replied the witness, “bu trhfy
are not. collecting any substantial
sums. I think some have received
money from us They include the
loung Men’s Democratic clubs and
women’s clubs.”
Mr. Gerard said a total of $29,700
had been contributed by the national
committee to the state committees,
as follows:
New York, $2,000; South Dakota,
$2 1,00; New Mexico, $7,500; Rhode
Island, $1200; Montana, $2,000; Colo
rado, $5,000; Nebraska, $7,000- Ken
tucky, $2,500.
A statement put into the record by
the party treasurer showed total com
mitments of $597,119, of which $461.-
801 had been paid.
I rank P. Walsh took over the ex
amination.
Have you any bankers’ commit
tee ma kin;;- collect ions for your or
ganization ” he asked.
f do not think I know enough
bankers to make a committee,” 1
tieraid replied amid laughter.
“Do you know of any business or
ganizations collecting funds for your
organizations or others who might
be beneficiaries of a tarff law?” I
* 1 do not.”
“You have no minor body of any
character that is collecting money
for you?”
“No.”
Shaver Then Is Heard
Clem L. Shaver, the Democratic
national chairman, was called to
the stand and Senator Borah asked:
“Do you know of any organization
or citizens’ association to raise
funds?”
“We aim to have It all go through
the national committee,” Mr. Shaver
replied.
“What ax£ your future plans to
raise funds?”
“We have no plans beyond three
quarters of a million dollars-.”
“What will you do if there is a
deficit?”
“We will have some deficit unless
contributors speed up.”
“How much deficit do you ex
pect?”
“Oh, it might run to $150,000.”
“Have you any plans to under
write a deficit?”
“No.”
“Have you any knowledge of thi»
purchase of any newspapers in Ten
nessee for the benefit of the Demo
cratic campaign?”
‘I never heard of it.”
The party chairman was excused
and as no other witnesses were avail
able, the committee adjourned until
tomorrow.
Lists Unpaid Bills
The statement submitted by Mr.
Gerard listed among the unpaid
bills $25,916 for advertising and
$79,674 for printing and stationery.
The expenses of the Chicago head
quarters were placed at $37,000 and
those of the Washington headquar
ters at $164,922. The payroll in New
York headquarters was given as
$89,294 and at the Washington of
fices as $40,335.
John W. Davis’ personal headquar
ters' expense was given as $47,856,
while that of the eastern headquar
ters at New York was $24,814.
Bureau expenses were listed as fol
lows:
Naturalized citizens, $11,038; or
ganization, $15,326; publicity, $19,-
766; speakers, $1,470; treasurer’s
$10,918; women's $3,654; labor. $4.-
103; foreign language, $1,112; col
ored, $11,681.
F.\LL K ILLS"STUDENT
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Oct. 20.
Lloyd Hartman, 18, of Millersburg,
Pa., a fteshman at the University of
Rochester, died from injuries sus
tained Monday in a fall while train
ing on the campus with the gymna
sium class. r