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Atlanta WIWHm Smtrnal VOL. XXVII. NO. 6 aORIM IS WMTIIIfi HSffiOM CITIES ' wtwsw 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. How to Stop Fit Attacks If you have attacks of Fits, Ep ilepsy or Falling Sickness I will ten you how to secure FREE a liome treatment which has permanently stopped the attacks in hundreds of cases. It gives immediate relief Write today to Arpen Lab., Desk 11. Station C, Milwaukee. Wi«. (Advertisement.) 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