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LLijc Atlanta ©ri-Wtlrlji Souvnal VOL. XXVII. NO. 7 SHENANDDIH FORCED TO DROP GAS TANKS TO REGAIN STABILITY Giant Dirigible, Careening Through Darkness, Loses Way Over Mexico EI« PASO, Tex., Oct. 23.—The dirigible Shenandoah was sailing easily towards this city early today en route to the Fort Worth, Tex., mooring mast after some of the most unusual adventures of her career. The ship got badly off her course early today and dipped into Mexico, according to reports at Douglas, Ariz., before she was set aright by » wireless from Fort Huachuca. As darkness settled on the Shen andoah above the Arizona plains, the gas in the great bags was contract ed by chilling breezes, and, becom ing heu’ier with every drop in the tempera/ure, she was forced to Jetti son 1,40 u pounds of gasoline and re lease one of the tanks after having discharged all water ballast to ac quire an even keel, for, with all motors running full speed, she had settled to an angle of fourteen de grees. The dirigible was sighted over El Paso at 7:30 a. m., Mountain time. The ship was fighting a strong headwind, and was moving at a speed of not more than twenty miles an hour, according to estimates of air officers from Fort Bliss. Appar ently all motors were running in an effort to gain speed. HEAD WINDS DELAYING DIRIGIBLE ON JOURNEY ' FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 23. Helium plant and naval officials here do not expect the Shenandoah to arrive over Fort Worth, and the mooring mast before 7 p. m. Orig inally, plans had been made to pe rceive the dirigible earlier, but un favorable winds in west Texas caus ed delays. Non-Stop Plan Abandoned Hopes of a non-stop flight across the continent, from San Diego to Lakehurst, were abandoned when the Shenandoah passed El Paso. The winds, which would have been necessary for such a long jump, were not favorable, but were blow ag from 15 to 20 miles an hour against the ship. In addition, almost a ton and a half of gasoline which would have been needed for fuel, had been sac rificed tp lighten the dirigible in tae high altitudes of the Rockies. The Shenandoah was making 30 miles an hour over El Paso and Juarez, but when Fabens was reach / ed her trailing shadow on the ground registered a speed of 38 miles an hour. DIRIGIBLE SAFELY PASSES ROCKY MOUNTAIN DANGERS ABOARD THE U. S. S. SHENAN DOAH, Oct. 23. — (Via Fort Bliss, Tex.) —The last of the Rocky moun tain barriers has been nassed by the U. S. S. Shenandoah, leaving a. clear 'course for the return of the big dirigible to her hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Arizona and the worst of the Rock ies were left behind safely when | Rodeo, N. M., was reached early Thursday morning, although the big ship had groaned and strained as it drove into the eddies whirling over the peaks, while wind currents rush ed through the mountain passes like water through mill races. The shaft-houses of the copper mines of Bisbee, Ariz., were illumi nated like a summer amusement park when the big dirigible unex pectedly found herself in a bowl of <he Isle mountains over the city just after midnight. Peaks of moun tains seemed to tower around it on all sides except the single pass through which it had entered the pocket in the Rockies. The moon had been a pale crescent, and its feeble rays only faintly touched the bottoms of the mountain passes. The ship sped at fifty miles an hour over the ranges of Arizona at an altitude of 6,500 feet; then turn ing southward at Benson the Shen andoah followed the railroad south east towards the Mexican border. After a short spurt, Bisbee was seen glistening under the moonlight, * and in a. very few minutes had been passed. The bountiful- lights of the mines, the sketchy outline of its two streets. Tombstone Canyon and Brewery Gulch, showed that the city was Bisbee. Tank of Gasoline Dropped The nose of the ship pointed up ward until it was on a 6,700-foot level and another 175-pound tank of gasoline was droppe dthrough the • silken bottom to lighten the load. The Shenandoah then turned, and was over Naco, and with another turn, and a broad swing over the Mexican border. she again was s;>eeding eastward, passing Douglas and its smelters. The return trip across the Rockies was almost as dramatic as the west ward journey. . Along the 6SO feet of the. Shenan doah's glistening body, on either side of the 9-inch cat walk, the big gas bags seemed ready to burst against the net work of cord as the helium expanded in the ratified alti tude. hi the navigating car Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne, captain of the Shenandoah; Lieutenant Com mander Hancock, the executive of ficer, and the officers on watch were •training their eyes into the dark ness guiding the ship as it sped on Its uncharted course of the air. In each of the motor gondolas en gines were roaring and men on duty were eager to respond to the signals which might mean the difference Between destruction or safety. Weary Men Sleep Weary rxen off duty were sleeping In their tanks. while the deafening roar of motors lulled the exhausted to sleep and drowned the voices of those awake. Lights flickered in the listance through the darkened tun nel as officers made hourly inspec tions of engines and keel, and men r.lentlv and methodically sped along the little runway measuring gaso line, shifting water ballast or stand ng by to cut out a tank and throw it overboard. While the ship sped along between :he stars and the lights of the sleep ing world below, its radio was talk ing with unseen ears in Fort Bliss, n towns immediately beneath and ithers thousands of miles away. When New Mexico was reached the officers who had been on duty »ver lhe mountains turned in. and Lieutenants Lawrence and Rosen h*i took the bridge. Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF DENVER. —Dr. Henry Augustus Buchtel, former governor of Colo rado, dies, aged 7'J years. WASHINGTON. —President Cool idge is initiated.into the Smokle In dian tribe of Prescott, Ariz. STOCKHOLM. —The Noble prize for medicine is awarded to Profes sor William Einthoven, of Leyden university. LOUISVILLE. —Three miners are missing following explosion in mine of Hart Coal corporation near Mad isonville, Ky. WASHlNGTON—Ratifications ot treaty with Italy to prevent illegal importation of intoxicating liquors exchanged at state department. WASHINGTON.—Suit is argued before the court of claims, involving right of government to collect reve nue stamp taxes on short sales of stock. ROME.—Body of Leo XIII, pope from 1878 to 1903, is removed from St. Peters to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, to be permanently entombed. CHRISTIANIA, Norway.—Conserv atives and agrarians are given a combined margin of four votes over all other parties in the elections for the Strothing. COPENHAGEN? Prince Viggo, cousin of King Christian, of Den mark, and bis bride, formerly Miss Eleanor Green, of New York, were enthusiastically welcomed home. NEW YORK.—Congregation of First Presbyterian church in accept ing resignation of Dr. Harry Emer son Fosdick, its preacher, asks him to preach at church on such Sun days “as he finds convenient.” EAST ORANGE, N. J.—Expendi tures totaling $30,0M,000 have been made overseas in 74 years by Wom en’s Foreign Missionary society of Methodist Episcopal church, reports to general executive committee said. LONDON. —Heckling and rowdy ism are reported as general at po litical rallies incident to British par liamentary campaign; Lady Astor is prevented from speaking in social ist center of her constituency by interruptions and singing of “Red Flag.” NEW YORK.—Martin W. Little ton, prominent New York attorney, in address to American Defense so ciety, declares La Follette candi dacy was brought about by "revolu tionary forces,” which were set in motion in 1921 at socialist conven tion at Detroit. WASHINGTON.—SamueI Unter myer, New York attorney, in a state ment declares "a nation wide scan dal” iii regard to prohibition enforce ment "still exists” and that Presi dent Coolidge "has proved he will not put an end to it.” "WASHINGTON. Edward T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia, member of firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., de nies before senate committee inves tigating campaign expenditures, that he headed bankers’ committee to col lect funds for Republican party, but admits he collected in Pennsylvania approximately $50,000. Thirty-Year Age Limit Barred Smith m Fight For Alapaha Judgeship A provision in the constitution of Georgia that requires judges of the superior court to be thirty years of age disqualified Seward M. Smith, special attorney for the state high way department, from either ap pointment or election to the judge ship in the Alapaha circuit, it be came known at the state capitol Wednesday. Friends of Mr. Smith had been active in his behalf and. it had been reported that Governor Walker Prob ably would appoint him as the suc cessor of the late Judge R, G. Dick erson, of Homerville. However, it developed that Mr. Smith is not old enough to hold the office of superior eourt judge, as he was not born until January 10, 1896. Mr. Smith com municated this fact to the governor when he found that he was disqual ified, and withdrew an application to have his name placed on the bal lot for the special election held in the Alapaha circuit last week. The constitution provides that no person shall be a judge of the su preme or the superior court, or at torney general, unless at the time of his election he shall have attained the ag e of thirty years; shall have been a citizen of the state for three years, and shall have practiced law for seven years. Wed at Rail Station To Keep “Promise” To Bride’s Parents DETROIT, Oct. 23.—Keeping his promise literally to his bride's par ents, Scot McKee, a toolmaker at an automobile plant, was married to Miss Margaret Curry at a railroad station here late yesterday. McKee wrote to the bride’s parents in Glas gow, Scotland, asking that the girl be allowed to come to Detroit to marry him. The parents consented on the con dition that the couple be married as soon as the girl arrived in Detroit. McKee assented, and when the train bringing the girl arrived from New York, he was waiting with a mar riage license and a minister. 69 Pounds of Fat Taken From Actress By Chicago Surgeons CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—An operation on Miss Truly Shattuck, 56 years old. vaudeville comedienne and mu sical comedy star of twenty years ago, has reduced her weight from 192 to 123 pounds and narrowed a 52-inch waist line to 34. according to surgeons of a hospital here. Super fluous fat weighing 69 pounds was removed, they said. Commander of Fascist Militia Resigns Post ROME, Oct. 23.—General Delbono. director -general of police and com manding general of the Fascist mili tia. today presented his resignation to Premier Mussolini. SANTIAGO, Chile.—The Republic of Portugal recognizes new Chilean government. _____ PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia— Body of Henrky Sienciewicz, Polish writer, en route to Warsaw, lies in states in the national museum. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Body ot Henry Handy McHenry, of Ardmore, is found chained to a tree. He had been dead several hours. TOKIO. —Tsao Kun, president ot China, flees from Pekin to unknown destination, says Kohusai News Agency dispatch from Tientsin. BERLIN. —Dr. Oskar llcrgt re signs leadership of German national party in consequence of campaign against him by extremists of party. ESCANABA, Mich. —Fire destroys two ore docks of Chicago and North western railroad. eni’dn". one death and damage estimated at $1,250,0ta DETROIT. —Fire destroys two ore docks of Chicago and Northwestern railroad at Escanaba, Mich., doing damage of $1,250,000, and killing one fire fighter. TORONTO.—“Drys” lead by ma jority of nearly 25,000 in plebiscite in Ontario on question of retention ot present dry law on basis of par tial returns. FT. 'WORTH, Tex. —After journey across southwest in teeth of oppos ing winds, dirigible Shenandoah ar rives at Fort Worth where ship plans to moor overnight. EAST ORANGE, N. J.—Bishop Herbert Welch, of Japan, of the Methodist Episcopal church, calls Japanese exclusion act “act of a bully—a swashbuckler.” MONTREAL.—Prince of Wales, recovered from chili, leaves Mon treal on special train for Lowell, Mass., from where he will journey to Hamilton, Mass., to be house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Tuck erman. NEW YORK.—Helium gas used for inflation of dirigibles has prac tical anaesthetic qualities for use in inducing surgical sleep. Dr. Everett A. Tyler, of Philadelphia, tells East ern Society of Anaesthetics n con vention. BALTlMOßE.—Secretary Hughes makes sweeping defenses of admin istration’s foreig npolicy in cam paign speech here, denying in de tail allegations of opposition as to secret commitments and imperialis tic tendencies. WASHINGTON.—In effort to de termine powers of comptroller-gen eral is filed in District of Colum bia asking injunction to prevent ob struction of payment of allowances, said to be due navy officers and withheld by orders of Comptroller- General McCarl. WASHINGTON.—In extended ad dress to members of Chamber of Commerce of United States, prob ably his last address before election, President Coolidge outlines policies of administration, which “maintain peace, promote economy, leave the people in possession of their prop erty and maintain integrity of the courts.” Sunday School Party, Tracking Wily ’Possum, Runs Afoul of Law A raid on a ’possum hunting party promoted by a Sunday school, and a threat by a county warden to prose cute the entire personnel, has placed Peter S. Twitty, state game and fish commissioner, in a quandary. "This department is charged with the enforcement of the law. and the law requires that each member of a hunting party must have a license, even to hunt opossums, but 1 don’t want to undertake to prosecute folks who are good enough to go to Sun day school,” Mr. Twitty said, “There fore I advised the warden to make the leader of the crowd take out a hunting license, and let it go at that for this time,” Air. Twitty stated that hi s office had received many complaints of the indiscriminate cutting of trees on private property by ’possum hunt ers, and declared that action will have to be taken in such cases as these. He also advised ’possum hunt ers to have state licenses, for fear they might run afoul of county wardens. Active Cotton Spindles Show Large Increase WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Cotton spinning activity showed an increase in September as compared with Au gust and July, according to the cen sus bureau’s monthly report Issued today. Active spindle hours in September numbered 6.414,902,010 or an average of 170 per spindle in place, compared with 5,399,549,661 or an average of 143 in August this year, and 7,482,- 060,995, or an average of 200 in Sep tember last year. Spinning spindles in place Septem ber 30,122.384 were active at some time during the month compared with 37.822.706 of which 28,945,603 were active in August this year, and 37,- 491.706 of which 33,929,885 were ac tive in September last year. The average number *of spindles operated in September was 28,783,- 156 or at 76.1 pr cent capacity on a single shift basis, compared with 23,761,440 or at 62.8 per cent capac ity In August this year and 34,941 - 676 of at 93.2 per cent capacity in September last year. W oman New Assistant Cashier of Chase Bank NEW A ORK. Oct. 23.—Appoint ment of Miss Mary Vail Andress as assistant cashier of the Chase Na tional bank yesterday marked the first succession of a woman to an executive position in a Wall Street banking institution. Miss Andress will be associated with the main office of the Chase bank, assuming duties similar to ex ecutives of corresponding rank. How to Stop Fit Attacks If you have attacks of Fits. Ep ilepsy or Falling Sickness I will tell you how to secure FREE a home treatment which has permanently stopped the attacks in hundreds of cases. It gives immediate relief Write today to Arpen Lab . Desk IL Station C, Milwaukee. Wis. (Advertisement.} ■SON REVOLTS: PEKIN IS ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD TIENTSIN, Oct. 23.—(8y the As sociated Press.) —Portiohs of the Eleventh division of the Chinese na tional army under command of Feng Yu Hsiang, the Christian general, revolted at Pekin this morning, seized the city’s gates, cut all tele graph and telephone lines, and stop ped all train service, according to reliable information reaching here. General Feng and his army were supposed, to have been at Jehol (Chengtehfu) about 100 miles north west of Pekin, where tney were sup posed to stop an expected advance from Mukden of the Manchurian armies of Chang Tso-Lin, who is making war on the central govern ment at Pekin. Apparently General Feng never progressed beyond the great wall. Whether General Feng is acting independently in the present revolt, or with the collusion of the Mukden government, has not been learned. Rumors that General Feng was not in sympathy with th4 Chihili (central government) party have been current, however, ever since the outbreak of hostilities with Manchuria. SHANGHAI IS MYSTIFIED? HEARS REPORT OF REVOLT SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.—(8y the As sociated Press.) —Pekin was sudden ly completely cut-off from telegraph ic communication will all outsid? points this morning. The announcement from Shanghai of the cutting off of Pekin from tele graphic communication follows close ly advices in special dispatches from Mukden that the forces of the Pekin government have suffered serious setbacks at the hands of the Muk den troops. An all-night battle, launched by 15,000 Pekin troops, re sulted in the Mukdenites turning the left flank of the Pekin troops and their pressing the right flank upon prepared mine fields, the explosion of which killed thousands. . The Pekin troops also were said to have been defeated inside the great wall and on the Jehol front. At 8 o’clock tonight a Japanese news agency received a message from Tientsin reporting all foreign military telephone and telegraph communication out of Pekin cut off after the return to Pekin of General Feng at 6 o’clock this morning with the eighth mixed brigade of the Eleventh division. General Feng's action in with drawing his troops from the Man churian-Chihlian border, the mes sage said, was brought about by a desire on the part of the Christian general to adopt the same attitude as that shown by General Sun Yo, commander of the fifteenth mixed brigade, whose troops returned to Pekin several days ago from the northern front. Later reports from Tientsin say General Feng, entering Pekin with a body guard, demanded that Presi dent Tsao Kun issue a mandate or dering* the suppression of General Wu Pei-Fu. FENG REPORTED LEADER IN OVERTHROW PLOT TOKIO, Oct. 23.—(8y the Assg dated Press.) Gen. Feng Yu- Hsiang, commander of the Pekin central government troops in their defensive battles on the Chihlian- Manchuria border against the invad ing forces of General Chang Tso-Lin, Manchuria leader, has conspired against General Wu Pei-Fu, military head of the Pekin government, c cording to a dispatch received here today from Tien-Tsin. The dispatch adds that General Feng, who is known for his Chris tian practices, has entered Pekin and the situation is said to be grave. 300 LOOTERS ARE SHOT AMID CANTON TURMOIL CANTON, Oct. 23.—(8y the Asso ciated Press.) —Three hundred loot ers shot, citizens fleeing from a city of turmoil and disorder, all banks and business houses closed and troops still in control of the business center of the city—this was the scene Canton presented today in the wake of disturbances which be gan when members of the mer chants’ volunteer corps, the fascists of China, battled in the streets here with the so-called Red army of Chi nese laboorers. The troops were on duty today despite an order which terminated martial law. Mayor Li Fu-Lum tendered his resignation yes terday. His likely successor is Fu Ping-Shueng, 29-year-old graduate of Hongkong university. Fu was for merly superintendent of customs at Canton. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, who was in con trol of the government of south China around Canton, has fled to Shiukwan, leaving General Yang Hsi-Min, commander-in-chief of the Yuananese forces, as the chief con testant for control of Canton. Gen eral Y'ang has 8,000 troops available for service and General Li Chai-Sam of the Kwangsi forces has 1,000. Considerable alarm is felt in busi ness and administrative circles here owing to the threat of the troops to seize the Canton customs house. Cotton Trade Awaits Government Report On Crop Conditions BY GEORGE DEWITT MOI LSON lS['eci,;l Leased Wire to The Journal—Copy right. 1924.1 NEW YORK (Thursday). Oct. 23. The cotton market developed into a regulation pregovernment report af fair today. Wednesday’s active covering move ment subsided after- various local and commission house interests had terminated obligations formed dur ing the decline of the past two weeks. Above 23 for December and January, the market ran into in creased offerings in the shape of hedging operations from the south, and this served to halt the upward movement which started on Tues day. Covering and general evening up prior to Saturday’s bureau, with swapping operations, has formed the bulk of trading the past forty-eight hours. Very little new business appeared since the majority is in clined to wait until after official fig. tires are out of the way before un dertaking new ventures. The last report indicated a yield of 12.499,000. and the trade regards the forthcoming report as likely to point to a final outturn of possibly COOLIDGE UPHOLDS STAND-PAT POLICIES IN FINAL ADDRESS WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Having summed up' his views on govern ment administration and campaign issues in bis address before the United States Chamber of Com merce, President Coolidge today had few other engagements on his cal endar prior to the election and none calling for an extended speech. In the statement of his position on government problems last night. jMr. Coolidge said further tax re-1 duction is possible and asserted that■ the administration is prepared to continue co-operation in interna tional affairs in the interests of peace, is ready to investigate agri cultural conditions to place farming, on a profitable basis and is deter mined to maintain a protective tar iff. He also reiterated his opposi tion to proposals for public owner ship of transportation and for lim itation of the powers of the su preme court, which he assailed as I "revolutionary.” Addresses Chamber The address was delivered before a meeting of the eastern division of thq United States Chamber of Com merce with business men from eleven states in attendance and was radiocast to almost every section of the country. Numerous laudatory messages from all parts of the coun try were received at the White House early today on the speech, C. Bascom Slenip, secretary to the president, reported. "The government,” Mr. COolidge declared, “can help to maintain peace, to promote economy, to pro vide a protective tariff, to assist the farmers, to leave the people in pos session of their property and to maintain. the integrity of the courts.” In foreign affairs, he declared in favor of constitutional covenants to outlaw aggressive warfare, confer ences to limit armaments and to recodify international law and American adherence to the perma nent court of international justice. He opposed American representa tion at conferences discussing ques tions of "purely our own domestic affairs,” cancellation of war debts owed to this country by foreign nations and entry of the United States into the League of Nations. | Urges Against "Change” “It is impossible to escape the conclusion that the general eco-l nomie condition of the country is good,” he said. “While business and agriculture have not fully recover ed the losses caused by the world wide depression which always fol lows war, they are now on a fairly profitable basis. It would be natural to suppose that every well-wisher of the country would be anxious to maintain the present established order of things which have given to the people of America a position superior to that ever before held by any people on the earth.” President Coolidge plans to at tend the four-cent “Golden Rule dinner” to be served at a hotel here tonight under the auspices of the American Near East relief, which is, sponsoring observance of December 7 as international Golden Rule Sun day. X, The menu, which will be the standardized ration of the American Near East Relief orphanages, will be served in tin cups and pottery bowls manufactured in orphanage training schools in Jerusalem and Nazareth. La Follette, Challenged On ‘Special Privileges,’ Curtly Names Mellon PEORIA, 111., Oct. 23.—“ Andrew Mellon’s aluminum tariff is suffi cient answer for tonight. Send check to Salvation Army.” This was the reply last night of Senator Robert M. La Follette to the offer of the Kansas City Jour nal to pay SI,OOO if the senator would name "one special privilege that it is your purpose to destroy if elected.” EDITOR OFFERED SI,OOO FOR SPECIFIC INSTANCE KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 23.—1 n a letter to Senator Robert M. La Follette, the Kansas City Journal last night demanded that the inde pendent presidential candidate de fi e the term “special privilege” as u.~?d in his party platform and of fered to pay SI,OOO to any charity he may name if he will “mention a single special privilege, as dis tinguished from a special influence, now enjoyed by any man. or any group, excepting agriculture and labor.” "The people are tired of all this loose and nebulous talk about ‘spe cial privilege,’ ” the letter said. “Name one special privilege that it is your purpose, if elected, to de stroy. Please be specific and confine J yourself to those that can be cpred I by statute, by administrative act oi I by court decision.” "Special influence.” the Journal declared, "is quite a different thing from special privilege.” Sir Thomas Lipton Arrives in America; To Try Again for Cup NEW YORK. Oct. 23.—Sir Thomas I Lipton, arriving on the Levia-I than, reiterated his intention of chai- I lenging for the America’s cup in • 1925. premier yachting prize of the ; world. Sir Thomas ’was met at quar-; antine by Police Commissioner En- ' right and a group of prominent men ; on the yacht Florida and conveyed I directly to the Columbia Yacht club ■ on the Hudson. Sir Thomas warded off questions : as to details of the expected chal lenge for 1925 by remarking with a I smile “what's the use of America getting the cup or keeping it? She has nothing to put in it.” Sir Thomas will make his head quarters in New York during his brief visit, on whic hhe will combine business with pleasure. I 100.000 or 150,000 bales above that. The Commercial Appeal, of Mem phis. today estimated the crop at 12.771.000 bales, on a condition of 55.7. or 172.000 l«ale s above its last figure of 12.599,000. This publica tion has been very close to the act- j ual outturn for several years. Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, October 25, 1924 TELLS HOW CONSUL IMBRIE WAS STONED TO DEATH AS HE LAY ON OPERATING TABLE Former Minister to Persia Says Natives Were En raged by Attempt to Take Pictures of Miracle Foun tain NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—How Rob ert Imbrie, American consul at Teheran, was stoned to death by na tives as he lay unconscious on an operating table, was related today by Joseph F. Kornfeld, United States minister to Persia, resigned, who Returned on the Leviathan with a report of the tragedy which be will submit to the state department at Washington. "In Teheran, as in most Persian cities,” Mr. Kornfeld related, "there are numerous drinking fountains, where are stationed self-constituted attendants, who, in the name of a Mohammedan saint, Abbas, solicit alms. At the time of the Imbrie affair, there had been given wide circulation a story of a miracle that was reputed to have occurred at one of these fountains only a few weeks before. "The story was that a native ap proached this fountain to fill a gourd with water. Tn the name of Abbas?’ asked the alms solicitor. ‘No, in the name of Bahai,’ replied the gourdbearer. Straightway he was stricken blind for his blasphemy; then as he descended to his knees and ranted with a prayer of apology directed to the. saint, Abbas, his sight was restored. Thousands Gather at Fountain “The fountain became a. r thering place of thronged thousands, who tied themselves to it and lapped up the trickling water, or fought their way toward it and prayed. "Imbrie heard of this. One day WIFE OF DOHENY GIVES TESTIMONY IN TEAPOT PROBE LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23—Mrs. E. L. Doheny, wife of the oil magnate, called to the stand today by the gov ernment in its suit for the cancella tion of contracts and leases in the Elk Hills naval reserves, testified the missing signature torn from the promissory note for SIOO,OOO was in the possession of Frank J. Hogan, counsel fur the oil magnate. jj. L. Doheny, Sr., and his son, E. L. Doheny, Jr., when called to the witness stand, made formal state ments refusing to testify, on the ground that any evidence they might give might be used against them in the trials pending following their in dictments in Washington, D. C. The note with the signature miss ing previously had been introduce! and the handwriting on it had been identified as that of Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior. The not was made payable to Edward L. Doheny. The government charges this note was a receipt for SIOO,OOO given Fall in a little bag in connection with an alleged conspiracy to fraudulently grant to the Doheny concern leases out of which Doheny estimated a, profit of $100,000,000 would accrue to his interests. Owen J. Roberts. government prosecutor, introduced the note as an exhibit of the government noting that the portion on which the signa ture should have been, had been torn off. The text of the note follows: “November 30, 1921. On demand I promise to pay to the or der of E. 1,. Doheny one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) at New York or Los Angeles, value receiv ed at interests.” Following presentation of the note Roberts introduced cattle vouchers signed by Fall and other evidence to indicate that Fall went from Washington to El Paso immediately after the time dated in the note. Toward the close or yesterday’s session, Former Senator Atlee Pom?- rene, of the government counsel, called to the stand Graham Young, treasurer of Blair & Co., New York investment securities firm, with which the elder Doheny and his son had accounts. Over the objection of defense coun sel, Mr. Pomerene drew from the witness a description of how E. L. Doheny. Jr., had notified him on November 30, 1921, that he would call that day to draw $100,000; how this SIOO,OOO in currency was turned over to the younger Doheny in a confer ence room of Blair & Co., and how Doheny "put it in a little black satchel.’' Next the government counsel brought out from Charles L. Little, assistant teller of the firm, that about one month later the younger Dobeny’s account with Blair & Co., was up over $190,000 again and that most of this amount came from Doheny, Sr. Cross-examination of the witness by .Frank J. Hogan, chief counsel for the defendant, Pan-American Petroleum and Transport company, however, brought out that it was not unusual for Doheny, Jr., to have con siderable sums on deposit which came from his father. • I Mr. Pomerene declared he would j introduce testimony to show that the • SIOO,OOO was paid to Fall the day i after the younger Doheny drew the : money. Other government witnesses at ■ yesterday’s meeting were Command- 1 er 11. A. Stuart, U. S. N-, formerly ' chief of the navy department’s fuel > oil bureau, and Commander Erwin ; F. Landis, inspector of naval oil re serves i : : California. Their testimony was designed to ' show that there was friction and di vergence of opinion among naval of- ■ ficers concerning the granting of I Elk Hills leases and that Fall grant- ' ed the leases and contracts to Do heny int-rests without the consent ' cf those officials supposed to be di- i reetly responsible for the fuel oil j supply of the navy and the operation i of the California oil reserves. he strapped on a camera and, with his aid, named Seymour, drove in a barouche to the miracle spot. Im brie forced his way through the crowd to take a photograph. The natives surged around him, clamor ing, and he fled to the barouche and drove away. “Behind the carriage the infuriat ed natives ran shouting; ‘Stop him. The Infidel has killed four of the faithful and poisoned the waters of the fountain!’” Although he was not wholly in formed of events that immediately followed. Mr. Kornfeld said, the gist of conflicting reports was that the natives believed Imbrie’s camera to be a weapon which silently dispatch ed death. Imbrie’s Aid Mauled "They overhauled Seymour in an alleyway where he had taken ref uge, and mauled him,” he continued. “They pursued Imbrie into a tea shop; they clubbed and stoned him until the police rescued him and car ried him to a hospital. "Even then the outraged natives were not satisfied. They clamored for Imbrie’s life in atonement to their Mohammedan saint Abbas. They stormed the hospital, batter ed down the doors and, finding Im brie unconscious upon an operat ing table, tore the tiles from the floor and crushed out his life with them.” The state department already was in possession of evidence support ing the story he related, said Mr. Kornfeld. As for reports that Im brie's death was the result of a long drawn conflict between oil interests of several nations, he declared it was “fanaticism, not oil,” that lay at the bottom of the tragedy. After reporting at Washington. Mr. Kornfeld will go to Toledo, Ohio, to assume charge of a syna gogue. WEDDING OF HIGH GEORGIAN ID N.Y. GIRL POSTPONED BALLSTON SPA, N. Y., Oct. 23. The wedding of William 11. Shippen, a millionaire lumberman of Ellijay, Ga., and Miss Helena A. Jenkins, 27- year old (daughter of B. F. Jenkins, wealthy lumber dealer of this city, scheduled for tonight, has been post poned indefinitely, according to members o£ ( the Jenkins family. Members of the Jenkins family re fused today to comment on the dis rupted plans. Mr. Shippen, who is 53 years old, and widower with five children, had been a close friend of the Jenkins family for many.years, it was said. The engagement was announced three months ago. Mr. Shippen arrived here Tuesday morning and went through a rehear sal of a church wedding with Miss Jenkins on Tuesday evening. To day he was on his way back to Geor gia alone. Kidnaped When Baby, Soldier Finds Mother After Eighteen Years TAYLORVILLE, 111., Oct. 23. After being lost to her eighteen years, Leon Humphrey, 26, found his mother, Mrs. Charles Collins, of Kincaid, Wednesday in Taylorville. When Humphrey was two years old he was kidnaped by a man thought to be his father, deserted in California, and, finally joined the army in the Philippines. Inquiries for relatives and searchers were made in Indiana, Illi nois and California by Red Cross units. The reunion came at a local rail road station. Man and Girl Killed By Huge Rock Slide While Exploring Cave AMARILLO. Tex., Oct. 23.—Miss Alice Miller, 19, and Carroll Brown, 26, both of Ros-well, N. M., were crushed to death yesterday when several tons of rock caved in on them while they were exploring a cave in Lost River, 12 miles north east of Roswell, according to word received here today. The bodies were recovered today from the cave by members of Bat tery A., New Mexico artillery, and taken to Roswell. Little Girl Is Killed By Fall Off Side of Lookout Mountain CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 23. Elizabeth Sims Smartt, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed mondson Sznartt, plunged to her death Wednesday from the palisades of Lookout mountain while playing along the cliffs. Her skull was frac tured and her body badly crushed by the fall of about one hundred feet and was dead when rescuers reached her. The Weather Forecast for Saturday: Virginia.—Fair with rising tem perature. North Carolina. —Fair; somewhat warmer. South Carolina, Georgia.—Fair; slightly warmer. Florida: Partly cloudy, probably showers in extreme south portion; little change in temperature. Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala bama. Mississippi.—Fair; slightly warmer. Tennessee, Kentucky.—Fair, with slowly rising temperature. Louisiana. —Fair, warmer. Arkansas and Oklahoma.—Fair, rising temperature. East Texas.—Fair; farmer. West Texas.—Fair, warmer in east portion. »CJKMa A COPY. $1 A YEAR. G. 0. P. CONCEALING WAR CHEST GIFTS. UNTERMYER SAYS Suspicious When List Fails to Reveal Names of Gary and Morgan WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—With a view to determining whether there have been "concealed” contributions from big business men to the Re publican campaign funds, Samuel Untermyer asked the senate inves tigating committee today • to sub poena the Republican state chair men of New York, New Jersey. Ohio and Illinois. Mr. Untermyer, who is associate counsel for Senator La Follette, said it was strange that there were I missing from the official Republican 1 lists the names of such men as El | bert H. Gary, of the United States I Steel corporation; J. P. Morgan, the Rockefellers and officers of the "great Standard Oil interests,” all “recognized Republicans.” Chairman Borah, of the commit tee, announced that the request would be granted and the state chairmen named would be called to Washington. SIOO,OOO to Beat Walsh Mr. Untermyer also submitted a telegram from Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Montana, saying it was rumored that SIOO,OOO would be sent to Montana to be used against him, in his campaign for re-election. The telegram, dated at Poplar, Mont., October 20, and addressed to Frank P. Walsh said: “Rumored that SIOO,OOO coming to Montana to be used against me, not passing, however, through either na tional committeeman or chairman Republican committee. Kindly ques tion carefully concerning remit tances to this state.’’ i When Mr. Untermyer called atten tion to the absence of the names of a number of capitalists from the list of Republican contributors Sen ator Borah remarked: “I am mighty glad their names are missing.” “If they are really missing,” in terjected Untermyer. “We will try to find that out,” re plied Senator Borah. Bank Executive Next Fred N. Shepherd, executive man ager of the American Bankers’ as sociation, was the first witness at today’s session. “Was there any discussion of paign contributions at the meetM* of your association at Chicago re cently?” asked Senator Borah. “No,” the. witness answered. "Was there any discussion on the part of the Bankers’ association to raise campaign funds?” "None.” Shepherd said he knew of no bank ers who had contributed to campaign funds except those whose names he had seen in the papers. He person ally had made no contributions, he added. Frank P. Walsh took over exami nation. He made reference to the American Bankers’ league and asked if it was not the organization that handled for the bankers’ political and legislative matters. “I don’t know,” Shepherd said. “Do you know whether this league 'maintains a lobby in Washington?” “I don’t know.” "You do know that they have an office in Washington?” “I understand so.” Tax ITan Still Alive Walsh then read a letter written by the league to its members re garding the Mellon tax plan. It said President Coolidge had publicly an nounced that he would resubmit the Mellon plan next month and that the league was making a survey of the situation with reference to con gress and asked for suggestions. The letter was dated last July 31. Shepherd said the committee ought o question Charles De B. Clalbourne, of the Whitney Central National bank, of New Orleans, whom he de scribed as a “disgruntled committee man of our association.” Walsh asked again about the Chi cago convention of the American Bankers’ association, but Shepherd insisted that his association did not discuss political contributions. He added that the association bad no control over what was said by those who addressed it. "Was there any discussion of curb ing of the activities of Robert M. La Follette ” “Reference was made to La Fol lette, but I can't answer categorical ly. You will find the answer in the file that is before you.” The witness was referring to the minutes of the convention of the bankers’ association. ' Terms Charge “Fiction” Walsh then read a letter written to Senator La Follette by T. Cardan, of Philadelphia, in which the writer said he had been informed by a banker attending the association’s convention that a suggestion was made that trust companies give to the Republican campaign fund sums equal to one-twentieth of one per cent of their capital and national banks one-tenth of one per cent of their capital. “I regard that as pure fiction,” Shepherd said. Shepherd said the only official dec laration by the bankers’ association was contained in a resolution adopt ed and which said “the exigencies of the campaign” require that the full vote of the country be polled. The resolution also declared that “a particularly large and dangerous ele ment of economic fallacy has been injected in the present national cam paign,” adding that “the common sense of the American can be relied upon to demand the continuance of sound principles in the conduct ot af fairs.” Shepherd testified that the only in formation he had that a bankers’ committee in New York was collect ing Republican campaign funds was what he had read in the newspapers regarding the proceedings before the senate commitee. Walsh asked about letters produced at the Chicago hear ings soliciting such funds and pur ported to be signed by George W. Simmons, vice president of the Me chanics and Metals National bank. Shepherd said he did not know Sim mons, nor had he seen the letter be fore. Shepherd Cross Examined Walsh subjected Shepherd to a (Continued on Page 3, Column 4)