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Cb c Allanla Sou vnal
VOL. XXVII. NO. 9
G. 0. P. FUND H
3-MILLION GOAL.
PROBERSARETOLD
$270,000 Raised in Pitts
burg District, Mellon
Testifies
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—The Re
publican national committee had col
lected $2,829,988 in campaign contri
butions up to October 20, or within
$171,250 of the $3,000,000 total fixed
by Chairman Butler, it wash shown
Tuesday in figures submitted to the
senate investigating committee.
Total receipts' w’ere disclosed when
the committee submitted its report
♦ of contributions and disbursements
for the period of October 16 to 20.
In this donations were placed at
$623,589, which added to receipts
previously reported brought the
amount to almost the total fixed by
the chairman.
Further details of how the Repub
lic-* n funds were collected were
heard by the committee today from
several witnesses. Chairman Borah
meantime left for Chicago, where a
branch hearing is to begin tomorrow
or Thursday.
Contributions amounting to $620,-
000 have been raised in Pennsylvania
for the republican campaign fund,
it was disclosed.
Disclosure of the amount contribut-
* ed was made when William L. Mel
lon, who has charge of raising funds
in the “Pittsburg district” testified
that $270,000 had been raised in the
district and $350,000 in the remainder
of the state.
Asked by Frank P. Walsh how
much more money “you intend to
raise” Mellon replied:
“I don’t know. I might raise SIOO,-
000 more. I hope to raise all they
need.”
Cyrus H. Curtis, president of the
Curtis Publishing company, of Phila
’ delphia, testified late today that he
had taken no part in raising funds
i for the Republican Campaign, but
that $60,000 been spent out of
the corporate funds of The Country
Gentleman and the Saturday Eve
ning Post in advertising political ac
tivities during the campaign.
Asked by Frank P. Walsh if this
* sum was spent for advertising “con
demning Democrats,” Mr. Curtis re
plied: “Yes, and some condemning
, Republicans.”
He added that he had been using
newspapers to advertise articles to
appear in his magazines for forty
years.
As soon as it was assembled the
committee listened to another dis
pute between counsel for the Repub
lican national committee and for
Senator Da Follette as to which
• should be first given an opportunity
to present its evidence.
Full Hearing Promised
Weymouth Kirkland, counsel for
the Republican committee, asked
that Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor,
and others be summoned in connec
tion with his charge that “enormous
sums” are being used on behalf of
the La, Follette-Wheeler ticket. He
named William M. Johnston, presi
dent of the International Machinists
association; Edward Keating, a for
mer member of congress, and Alex
ander Kahn, a New York publisher
. to be subpoenaed.
As counsel for Senator La Follette,
Frank P. Walsh insisted that the
committee go ahead with witnesses
called in connection with the La Fol
lette charges of a huge Republican
“slush fund.” Walsh said he had '
"enough witnesses drawn from a hos
tile source to prove every charge
Senator La Follette has made.”
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar
kansas, presiding, said there would
be a division of time to hear both
■ides.
t J. Paul Warburg, vice president of
the International Acceptance Bank
of New York, said he was a mem
her of the bankers' committee en
gaged in raising Republican funds in |
New York, but had raised only S2B. 1
• W. T. Galliher. chairman of the
board of the federal American Na
tional Bank of Washington, D. C„
testified that he was a member of a
Republican ways and means commit
tee which had raised $26,636. He
said funds were solicited by circular
letters, and the money was se"nt to
the eastern treasurer in New Yoik.
"How much did Mr. Hodges (treas
urer of the Republican national com
mittee) ask you to raise in Wash
ington,” asked Walsh.
‘ “Fifty thousand dollars,” the wit
ness replied.
Galliher said in reply to a question
by Mr. Kirkland that he had not
“knowingly solicited from federal em
ployes.’’
Thomas W. White, member of the
administration of finance of the state
of Massachusetts and a member of
a committee engaged in raising Re
publican funds, then testified that he
had signed a circular letter sent out
by the committee, ami that less than
SSO had been raised by that method.
Caraway Reads Letter
• Senator Caraway read a letter
which he said had been sent out by
the committee saying that there
would be “no limit to the size of the
contributions” received from individ
uals and that “very large contribu
tions would be so divided as to come
within full observance of the law.”
White said under questioning that
the .AW regulated the size of
the contributions, but that he had
not written the letter and did not
• know what it meant.
The Republican national commit
tee reported to the investigate
committee today that during ih“
period October 16 to 20 it had
spent $491,226 and received in con
tributions $625.589.
The Chicago office reported con-
(Coiitinued on Page 3. Column 5)
Published Every Tuesday, 'Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
I'*' ”
PIQUA Ohio. —Thomas Harbaugh,
75, originator of “Nick Carter” dies
in the county home.
NORFOLK: Ward liner Merida,
sunk off Virginia Capes in 1911, is
I located, and work of salvaging for-
Itune in hold soon be started,
i OTTAWA, Ont.—Volume of liquor
I exports to United States last year
was more than double that of year
| before, Dominion bureau of statistics
says.
I MILAN. —Thousands gather on
i second anniversary of Fascist i rule
:in Italy and renew allegiance to
I cause in presence of Premier Musso
| lini.
CHICAGO: Albert Loeb, vice presi
|dent of Sears-Roebuck Co., and fath-
I er of Richard Loeb, murderer of Rob
ert Franks, dies at home of long ill
ness.
NEW YORK. President-elect
I Calles, of Mexico, in an address, in-
I vites all “well-intentioned” indus-
I trials to join in development of Mex-
I ico's resources.
j TEHERAN: Persian government
plans to send “extraordinary envoy”
|to United States to explain govern
ment’s attitude as to recent murder
lof Vice Consul R. W. Imbrie by mob
lat Teheran.
WASHINGTON. —A test case in
i court to obtain judicial construction
I of law governing publicity of income
I tax returns will be made by depart
ment of justice, Attorney-General
I Stone says.
BROOKLYN.—Senator La Fol
lette, in a campaign speech declares
( “gold and oil rule the world” and
! charges “Wall street” with reaching
I out “for future control of the
■ world.”
WASHINGTON. Attorney-Gen
eral Stone rules that navy depart
ment may lease to American man
ufacturers certain German patents
for manufacture of radio parts hela
by department since war.
LOUISVILLE: General W. B.
Haldeman, 78 years old, commander
in-chief of United Confederate vet
erans, taken ill while watching races
at Churchill Downs, Ky„ dies in
Emergency hospital at track.
| NEW YORK: Percy Haughton, fa
mous football coach and for the past
two years mentor of Columbia uni
versity’s team, dies suddenly after
being stricken with acute indigestion
before leaving for footlabl field.
STOCKHOLM: Hjaimer Branting,
premier of Sweden, is assigned task
of preparing harmony report on
Mosul boundary dispute between
Great Britain and Turkey, which
council of League of Nations is seek
ing to adjudicate.
NEW' YORK: Rev. Harry Emerson
Fosdick announces he will accept in
vitation of First Presbyterian church
at New York to continue to preach,
and will fill pulpit Sunday mornings
during balance of present church
year.
WILMINGTON, Del.: Senator Car
ter Glass, of Virginia, challenges
President Coolidge in his campaign
speech to come out in opposition to
Republican senators who are in fa
vor of change in status of supreme
court.
BALTIMORE: Senator La Follette,
in speech at Baltimore, says Presi
dent Coolidge is deliberately holding
up decision on reduction of sugar
duties, recommended by tariff com
mission, and says, inaction is costing
American housewives million dollars
a day.
CHICAGO: World war would not
have been fought if printing presses
of world had been destroyed in 1900
and machinery of propaganda there
by eliminated, Colonel R. R. McCor
mick, editor of Chicago Tribune, says
in addressing publicity conference of
Chicago Church federation.
Machine Guns Placed
On Prison Walls as
1,400 Convicts Strike
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Oct. 28.
Machine guns were mounted on the
walls of the state penitentiary here
today following a “strike” of 1,400
convicts who refused to do extra
work. Special and volunteer police
assisted authorities in patrolling the
prison.
The prisoners, including 100 wom
en, kept up a terrific din through
out the night, beating on their cell
doors, cursing and screaming and
threatening guards who attempted
to quiet them.
Threats of force to restore order
were met with curses and screams.
Searchlights played on the cell
houses until daybreak.
The noise died down this morning,
the pr soners quieting f rom sheer
exhaustion.
Warrant Charging
Walter Hagen With
Kidnaping Withdrawn
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The war
rant charging Walter Hagen, the
golfer, with kidnaping Robert Burns
Boughan, of Chicago, a caddy, was
withdrawn today, Hagen's attorney,
W. G. Marvin said this afternoon.
The laweyr added that he had ob
tained a confession from Boughan in
Kansas City that the kidnaping story
which resulted in the warrant wgs a
fabrication, to cover up the fact that
the youth had run away from home.
Boughan. Mr. Marvin added, read
in the Kansas City papers that Hag
en was in that city and thought he
would tell his parents that the golfer
had taken him on a tour. Hagen,
the lawyer said, had never seen
Boughan.
"The whole thing is a joke,” Mar
vin asserted.
The Weather
Forecast for Thursday:
Virginia. North Carolina. South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida: Fair.
l-A'.i'nii' Northwest Florida, Ala
...cmi. Mississippi: Fair. •
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair;
' mild temperat tire.
Louisiana. East and West Texas:
Fair, mild temperature.
Arkansas: Fair.
i Oklahoma: Partly cloudy; mild
j temperature.
Do Not Fail to Cast Your Vote Tuesday---Be a Patriot, Not Just a
HARDING APPROVED
FALL'S OIL PLANS.
FlfflEY TESTIFIES
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 28. —
The late President Harding approved
plans of former Secretary of the In
terior Albert B. Fall to compromise
conflicting claims of rival oil comixi
nies to portions of the Elk Hills na
!val reserve No. 1, according to testi
mony brought out today at the gov
ernment's suit to- break existing I
ileases on the properties.
I Cross-examination of Edward C. i
I Finney, assistant secretary of the in- :
terior, by Frank J. Hogan, chief de- i
sense counsel, revealed the fact that
Fall laid all plans for the compro
mise before President Harding, se
curing his approval.
The Pan-American Petroleum com
pany and tho United Midway Oil
company were in contest over the ;
right to drill 22 offset wells found ]
necessary to protect a portion of the |
reserve from draining by Standard ■
Oil company wells adjoining, Finney I
admitted.
The Pan-American company, con
trolled by E. L. Doheny, submitted
the lowest bid, but previous claims
on the land filed by the United Mid
way Oil company made a compromise
necessary.
Fall induced the Doheny company,
according to Finney’s testimony, to
relinquish eight of the 22 well* to
the United Midway company. The
secretary detailed his plans in a let
ter to President Harding, which came
back bearing the notation, “Ap
proved, President Harding.”
It.aws evident from Hogan’s ques
tioning that the defense counsel
hopes to prove Fall’s dealings with
Doheny were based on conferences
with others in his department, as
well as naval heads and even the
president.
The defense holds Finney a valu
able witness for its side should it be
proved he was consulted on the va
rious phases of the de-al.
Tn his opening statement, Hog’an
told the court that:
“We will show your honor that if
there was a. conspiracy Finney was (
one of the chief conspirators—and no j
one dare reflect on Finney’s absolute I
honesty and sincerity.”
Edward Finney was not directly j
consulted with the regard to the i
leases granted the Doheny and Sin-i
clair interests, he testified.
“What leases have been granted j
during your term as assistant secre-1
tary of the interior in which you I
had no part whatever?” Finney was j
asked by Owen Roberts, government |
attorney.
“The Sinclair lease and the lease I
of December 11, 1922, on the Elks I
Hills naval reserve No. 1,” the wit-j
ness replied.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Albeit Fall handled these matters!
almost entirely alone, Finney inti-:
mated.
“You had nothing to do with the
lease of December 11. 1922?” Roberts]
queried again.
“I had no part in it at all,” Finney!
declared.
The assistant secretary’s testi- i
mony, it is anticipated, will be the!
government's strongest bit of evi- j
dence in the suit to break the Do-;
heny leases.
With the direct examination of |
Finney concluded the witness was
turned over to Frank J. Hogan, chief
defense counsel, for cross question
ing.
Hogan secured admission as evi
dence in a memorandum from Fin
ney to Fall concerning claims the
United Midway Oil company' had on
part of reserve No. 1.
Finney’ suggested, according to the
memorandum, that the oil land in
question be submitted to compromise, .
withdrawn from the naval reserve,
or be drilled with offset wells.
Hogan, it was said, hoped to prove
Fall tuurned to .Finney' for advice
in the leasing matters, refuting his
earlier statement that he was not
taken into confidence when the num
ber one reserve lease was consum- ]
mated with the Pan-American com- ’
pany.
U. S. APPOINTS RECEIVER
FOR TEAPOT RESERVE
CASPER, Wyo„ Oct. 28. Com
mander H. A. Stuart, U. S. N., has
been appointed to represent the gov
ernment in the receivership of the
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, and
on November 1 will succeed to the
position vacated by Rear Admiral
Strauss.
U. S. Steel Corporation
Gives Extra Dividend
Os 50 Cents a Share
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. —Directors
of the United States Steel corpora
tion today declared an extra divi
dend of 50 cents a share on the
common stock in addition to the reg
ular quarterly payment of $1.25 a
share. This action maintains the
rate which had been in effect for
the three preceding quarters.
I Total earnings of the corporation
(for the quarter ended September 30
were $30,718,415, contrasted wita
$41,381,039 in the preceding quarter
and $47,053,680 in the corresponding
period of last year. After deductions
i for all charges and dividends, includ-
I ing the regular quarterly payment
j of $1.75 on the preferred shares, the
I quarter’s deficit amounted to $122.-
1102.
Police Search Started
For Moultrie Man,
Mysteriously Missing
MOULTRIE. Ga„ Oct. 28.—Fear
ing foul play, the family of J. L. Bry
ant, automobile service station own
er and well-known business man
of Moultrie, has requested police
authorities to institute a search for
: him.
Mr. Bryant has been missing since
early Monday morning when he left
his filling station with a tire and
tube which he said he was to deliver
to a stranded automobilist. on th ■
] Moultrie-Sylvester highway. He ha?
I not been seen nor heard from.
I Bryan was the central figure in
• a recent bitter municipal campaign
I here and led the ticket for one of
| the thre placs on th Moultrie city
i council.
Loeb and Leopold as They Appear in Prison Garb
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What a difference hair cuts and clothes make! Old friends in Chicago would not know Richard A. Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold at
first glance. The prison barber thinks haircuts like this are much better than sideburns and pompadours. And the penitentiary tailor
doesn’t like sheik clothes. He prefers loose-fitting suits of gray denim and heavy-striped, baggy-at-the-neck shirts. And no snappy ties!
Leopold and Loeb are in Joliet prison serving a life sentence for the murder of little Bobby Franks. Loeb is now convict No. 9305 and
Leopold is No. 9306.—Copyright, N. E. A.
BmffllSH
JMIBBEmiOW
PLEDGED Bl DAVIS
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Declaring
there “can be no compromise with
reaction” and reasserting his posi
tion on several “of the more im
portant issues before the people,”
John W. Davis, Democratic candi
date for president, issued today the
first of a series of statements for
publication between now and No
vember 4.
Mr. Davis’ attitude regarding a
number of the policies he will seek
Ito put into effect, if elected presi
j dent, is set forth as follows:
j “The American people are en
-1 titled to know the policies which I
will seek to put into effect if elect
ed president of the United States.
"Accordingly, on each day of the
’coming week. I shall restate suc
cinctly my position on each of the
| more important issues before the
j people.
“The supremo issue in this cam
paign is: Shall the attitude of
mind of the national administration
be one of liberalism, or one of re
| action?
“Shall our national policies be
framed with primary regard to the
| interests of a few or to promote the
I welfare of all?
Draws Significant Comparison
“Shall the American, government
be made to embody the idea of ev
i ery man for himself?
“Shall the American people
I through this government resume the
i moral leadership of mankind?
“Such an issue as this transcends
every question of today. We face
a world wherein the supreme ma
terial problem is that of lhe equita
ble distribution of wealth. The
Democratic party stands for the po
sition that law and government pol
icy’ should encourage lhe distribu
tion of wealth with all proper re-
gat’d for the toil of the men who
produce it; the Republican party
for the doctrine that if we turn the
major portion of that wealth to a
competent few, they will themselves
distribute it for the benefit of the
many.
‘"rhe Democratic party stands for
the utmost possible democracy in
industry; the Republican for a
glorified oligarchy.
“I stand tor prosperity and for
i measures which will protect the
, property rights of every human
: being. But I believe that while prop
j erty rights must be respected, there
are human rights whose worthiness
transcends every material considera-
I tion.
“Every day we face new problems
involving the opportunity of the hu-
I man spirit to realize its highest pos-
I sibility. We cannot allow the devel-
I opment of man to be circumscribed
•by ancient formulas. The Republi
i can party stands pat: it is essentially
i the party of reaction. The Demo
■ cratic party looks forward; it is es
I sentially the party of progress and
i liberalism.
| “We treasure the wisdom of an
cients, we venerate and take full ac
| count of the experience of mankind,
i but we recognize that the human
soul does not realize its greatest at
| tainment within the confines of a
| machine, be that machine of steel,
i a corporate organization, or of an
j cient formula. The Democratic par
ty views each morning s sun as the
light of a new day; we preach a gos
pel of hope and confidence; we stand
a>;uve all else for the right of man
i to realize their aspirations tomorrow
without being shackled by the preju
; diced, the ignorant, or the selfishness
* of yesterday.
“In that attitude of mind the
American government must ap
proach the solution of every prob
' lem. There can be no compromise
1 with reaction.
“There was a time in the great
# war when this country passed
th.jugh a period of spiritual exalta
tion such as it had never known be
fore. Everyone was glad, yea, eagei
to sacrifice for the sake of what-
I ever things were true. The query
I Os every citizen was: ‘What can I do
j for my neighbors and my friends?
What can I do for my country?' Such
. was an expression of a great faith,
i a faith in all that is best in America,
j There is nothing in the world worth
I so much to us as that.”
(.EXi R \L ( ROWDER LX BED
HAA AXA. Cuba. Oct. 28. —General
IE. 11. Crowder. American ambassador
jto Culxi, was confined to his l>ed
‘ today by a cold from which he had
been indisposed for several days. He
had l>een coming to his office daily.
! but finally decided to take a day
, of rest in an effort to recover soon
j er. His condition was said to be in
I no way alarming.
DAVIS A SOUTHERN MAN
BY BIRTH AND TRADITION
M,s. Edi/ar Alcrander, National Committccwoman and Majjor
John S. Cohen, National Committeeman, issued the state
ment Tuesday:
To the Voters of Georgia:
Our attention, has been called to a. publication of date Satur
day, October 25th, in which the statement has been made that
Hon. John W. Davis, Democracy’s candidate for president, in an
address in Indianapolis, used the expression that he believed in
complete equality of the races.
We have heard several of Mr. Davis’ matchless speeches, and
we have read them all, and we affirm, without fear of contradic
tion, that Mr. Davis made no such statement. What Mr. Davis
may’ have said in Indianapolis is what be has said in all of his
speeches, that he believed, as the Constitution provides, in the com
plete equality of every’ man and every woman before lhe law,
which is entirely different from the interpretation which has been
placed upon his alleged remarks.
John W. Davis is making a wonderful and winning campaign
for President. He is entitled to the votes of every white Democrat
in the South, and not only Stands on the Democratic platform as
written, but he stands, through birth, association and spoken word,
for the best traditions of the South.
This misinterpretation of his language may have been inno
cently made, but nevertheless, it has done Mr. Davis a serious
injustice, and we cannot permit it to go uncorrected.
MRS. EDGAR ALEXANDER,
National Committeewoman.
JOHN S. COHEN,
National Committeeman.
REPUBLICANS'PLEI
TO RESCUE NATION
IM® TO COX
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 28.—“1t
is amusing to hear President Cool- I
idge, Secretary Hughes and Mr. j
Dawes appeal to the Democratic j
voters to save the country from
the invasion of our constitutional
rights,” said James M. Cox, former j
governor of Ohio and Democratic .
presidential nominee in 1920, in ad- J
dressing <a gathering of Tennessee !
Democrats here Monday noon.
“This means,” he continued, "re
duced to its essence, that democracy
is expected to rescue America from :
the consequences of the row within j
the Republican party.”
Declaring that Senator Da Foleltte '
has no chance of being elected, the I
speaker said “the La Follette move
merit is a ladical development wnich
was an inevitable as the day, repre
senting the reaction growing out of
extreme conservatism. The more
dangerous the reactionary policies
the more radical will be the re- I
bound.”
He said he has not a word to say
against the senator’s integrity or sin
cerity. The liberals, the constructive
liberals, should stand together in this
movement, said Mr. Cox, and “the
best objective with them is the de- ;
feat of Mr. Coolidge.”
Mr. Cox concluded by paying a ,
glowing tribute to John W. Davis.
42 Women Claim
One Man as Husband
In Vienna Court Trial
VIENNA, Oct. 28. Forty-two
women, all claiming to be the wives ■
of a man named Julius Gruenwald,]
appeared in court as witnesses;
against him Monday. Gruenwald i
had been arrested as he stepped out- I
side a tailor shop wearing a new.
suit of clothes bought with money!
which it was testified, he had ob-1
tained from his forty-second bride. |
From the testimony of the worn-1
en it was adduced that Gruenwald |
was in the habit of getting mar-|
ried, obtaining money from his’
brides and deserting them. The evi- I
dence indicated that he averaged
about SBO per bride.
500,000 Pay tribute
To Poush Novelist
WARSAW, Oct. 27.—The body of (
Henry K. Sienkiewicz, Polish novel
ist, today was placed in its final]
resting place after having been (he I
object of national honors as it lay i
in state for 24 hours. Before th
final ceremony a throng estimated
at half a million persons attended
a demonstration in front of the
monument erected to his memory.
Guard Against Outbreak
At Funeral in Rumania
Bl'i ’HAREST Rumania. Oct. 28. —
Precautions are being taken to pre
vent antisemitic or pro-fascist out
breaks today on the occasion of the
funeral of the prefect of police of
.Tassv. who was shot, and killed last
Saturday by Zelea Cordreanu, a no
torious antisemitic student agitator.
Condreanu and 15 other students at
the University of Jassy, are under
arrest.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, October 30,1924
SLUSH FUND PROBE
FOCUSES LIGHT ON
NEWYORKG.O.P.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Addi
tional information regarding the or
ganization of the methods employed
by the two score and more collection
committees at work raising funds in
New York for the Republican na
tional committee was sought today
by the senate campaign fund invest!
gating committee.
Indictments Charging
Cotton Exchange with
Bucketing Dismissed
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Indictments
charging the American cotton ex
change and seven of its officers and
directors with bucketing orders of
its customers were dismissed today
by General Sessions Judge Nott on
recommendation of the district attor
ney’s office.
Assistant District Attorney Wint
ner based his recommendation on the
contention that prosecution would
cost the state more than the cases
warranted, in as much as all the de
fendants had forsaken the brokerage
business since their indictment on
March 30, 1922. The American Cot
ton exchange, he pointed out, had
|been dissolved after it, as an organi
zation, had been declared guilty of
maintaining a bucket shop and fined
: $5,000. ,
Carolina Planter Dies
As Auto Overturns
ANDERSON, S. C., Oct. 27.
Joseph Gailey, prominent planter of
Anderson county, and resident of
this city, was killed and ® com
panion, Frank Stewart, also of An
derson, was injured when Gailey s
heavy touring car skidded and turn
ed over three times late Sunday on
the road to Greenville, near this
city.
Gailey’s neck was broken and he
died on the way to a local hospital.
Stewart was said to have sustained
a dislocated shoulder and possible
internal injuries.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and a brother, Brooks Gailey,
both of whom reside here. He was
58 years of age.
Toombs County’s Finest
Corn Sent to Savannah
BYONS, Ga.. Oct. 27.—County
Agent Garner has sent a complete
corn club exhibit, composed of se
lect ears grown by thirty boys, and
their records to the .State Fair at
Savannah. The corn club boys of
Toombs county made unusual rec- (
ords this year with the first boy
making 132.19 bushels of weighed
corn on one acre. This boy ■was Vai- |
] e y Collins, of the Marvin com- :
munity. Second to him came Homer 1
Osborne, with 109.5 bushels. Third
was Wallace Collins, with 74.5 bush
els: fourth. Arnie Collins, with 71.5.
In the cotton club department the
first boy made 672 pounds of lint
cotton on once, which is the highest
yet reported by a club boy in the
state.
GOVERNMENTWILL
BRIIIIG TEST SUIT
ONTAXPUBLICITY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Without
determining finally’ the legality of
publication, by newspapers of facts
relating to income tax payments, At
torney General Stone announced to
day that the department of justice
will have "an appropriate case pre
sented in the courts,” to secure a ju
dicial construction of the law.
The attorney-general declined to
indicat ewhat procedure would be
followed in the test case, or what
newspaper, editor or publisher would
be selected as defendant.
In a long statement, -Mr. Stone
pointed out that the effect of one
section of the law was to allow gen
eral inspection of the income tax re
turns, while on the contrary side
stood a section specifically prohibit
ing their “publication.” He said pub
lication of this information “in news
papers” was nowhere specifically
provided for by the law, and he was
not clear what purpose congress had
in mind.
Progressives Urged
By McAdoo to Unite
On Davis m Election
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct. 28.
W. G. McAdoo, former secretary of
the treasury, talked for fifteen min
utes to a large crowd at. the railway’
station here today on his way to Los
Angeles from Baltimore, where he
was recently operated upon.
Mr. McAdoo declared the campaign
was a “three-ring circus,” adn that
“privilege i.<» chuckling in its sleeve”
because it has divided the forces of
porgressivism. He urged all pro
gressives to unite on one candidate—
John AV. Davis—“who is the only
man who has a chance to defeat Cal
vin Coolidge.”
“The fight, as I see it,” said Mr.
McAdoo, “is between the privileged
and reactionary forces on the one
hand and the forces of progress on
the ohter. The desire to control the
government by the privileged classes
is becoming stronger all the lime.
This desire has been more marked
<Juring the last four years than ever
before. Whenever privilege tries to
control government ,it has a disinte
grating influence upon the govern
ment.
“We have had an example of cor
ruption and privilege, and if you
want this privilege to continue, vote
for Coolidge.”
French Loan Parley
Delayed, Awiating
Parliament Action
PARIS, Oct. 27.—Conversations
between Finance Minister Clementel
and the Morgan interests for a loan
will be resumed, according to the
present understanding, after the
meeting of the French parliament
and the American election, which
will take place the same day.
J. P. Morgan is returning to Paris
tomorrow from southern France for
personal reasons and not to confer
with the finance minister concern
ing the loan, it is stated.
M. Clementel desireg to know more
definitely the feeling in the French
senate and chamber of deputies to
ward the project, while on the Amer
ican side there is a desire to see
somewhat more clearly than at pres
ent what the French parliament will
do with its budget difficulties.
A bitter fight over the budget i»
expected in the chamber of deputies,
hence, it is still regarded as a pos
sibility' that the loan may not be
arranged.
Building of Another
Battleship Is Urged
In Naval Day Speech
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. —Developing
of the navy up to the 5-5-3 ratio pro- i
vided by the conference for the limi
tation of armaments wa.s urged in a
navy day’ address here last night by
Commander Jacob JI. Klein, U. S. N.,
one of the American observers on
the trans-Atlantic flight of the air- ;
ship ZR-3. He spoke under auspices ■
of the St. Louis Chamber of Com- |
merce and the Military Order of the
World war.
The United States, Commander I
Klein said, ranked four units instead I
of the five allotted. He urged ap- ,
propriation for another first class I
battleship which, he explained, would \
bring this country’ up to the rank j
of Great Britain and make our navy !
“second to none.”
» (JEM’S A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
ST. CLAIR ADMITS
HE IMPERSONATED. T
DEAD HERO OF WAR
Declines to Reveal How He
Obtained Details of
Bergeron’s Life
Confessing that he has deceived
the aged parents of a World War f
hero, Robert E. St. Claire, Atlanta
federal prison inmate, who for weeks
has asserted that Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Bergeron, of Menahsa, Wis.,
were, correct in their identification
of him as their son, Urban John Ber»
geron, has signed a .statement in
which he declared he is in no way
related to the Gergerons and that he
[was led into the duplicity role
through longing for a mother’s love
and the hope that he could begin
life anew under the name of the son I
who was killed in France.
St. Claire admitted that his hopes
of entering the Bergeron family cir
cle were blasted when Mrs. Stella
Bergeron Emmerich, sister of the
slain soldier, entered the case unex- :
pectedly.
He refused to explain how he came j
into possession of- his vast store of i
information concerning the past life
of Urban John Bergeron, and he was
equally silenf concerning the manner
in which Mrs. Lucille Oldham, of
New Orleans, came into the strange
lease and mixed identity.
St. Claire’s Statement
Following is the full text ot
St. Claire's signed statement:
“October 28, 1924. T
“I, Robert E. St. Claire, make
the following statement of my
own free will:
“That I am not Urban John
Bergeron, neither am I in any
way related to Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Bergeron, of Menasha, Wis.
“That my true name is Robert
E. St. Claire. I was born Sep
tember 14, 1894, and at the age
of one year was placed in Fa
ther Baker’s protectory at West
Seneca, N. Y.
“When Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Bergeron came to the federal
prison hospital at Atlanta about
three months ago and identified
me as their son, they insisted,
however, that I was their son re
gardless of what I said. Being
an orphan, never having known
the love of a mother or father,
friendless, helpless and without
anyone in the world to help me;
being critically ill and not know
ing how long I was to be in
this world, I permitted these
kind old people to visit me as
their son.
“As time went on and Mrs.
Bergeron visited me almost daily,
giving me the love and atten
tion I craved, my condition im
proved, and I permitted myself
to believe that, when I was re
leased from this institution, I
could go back to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bergeron as their
son and begin life all over again.
I did not, however, take into con
sideration the sister, Mrs. Em
merich, and that sh e would im
mediately know that I was not
Urban John Bergeron. From the
time she first came here and saw
me, I knew that it was merely a
question of but a short time be
fore the truth would be known.
“Since the arrival of Mrs. Em
merich, and more particularly
since my conversation in the
presence of Mrs. Bergeron and
Mrs. Emmerich, several times I
have been on the of tell
ing Mrs. Bergeron that I was not
her son, but ea.ch time when I
would look at this kind old lady,
I simply lost my courage.
“I now state that I wilfully en
couraged Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Bergeron in the belief that I was
their son. I sincerely regret the
humiliation and expense these
kind old people were subjected
to hy my selfish actions ”
(Signed)
ROBERT E. ST. CLAIR. .
VVitensses: '!
”L. F. FLETCHER,
"Deputy Warden.
R. L. KING,
Assistant Prison Physic! an.**
Husband of Woman
Found Murdered in
Old Mme Hole Held
OXFORD, N. J., Oct. 28.—Frank
Thomas was held today without bail
,as a material witness in connection
I with the murder of his wife, Grace,
i whose nearly nude body, with two
wounds, was found in an aban
doned iron mine hole near this town.
State police, after grilling him over
two hours, disclosed that Thomas,
who identified the body of the slain
woman, said he had found blood
stains on the kitchen floor at his
home when he returned there Sun
day evening after having spent the
day with his father.
Thomas also told the troopers that
he saw two men loitering about his
home, but refused to give their
names, adding that he found twi>
windows broken and the interior of
his home in disorder. He declared he
had not lived with his wife for nearly
a week, having resided with his
father.
The iron mine hole in which the
body was found is about ten feet
deep, the mine having been aban
doned fifty years ago and partly fill
led in. It is twenty feet from the
main road leading from this town to
Washington, N. J., and is less than
I a quarter of a mile from the St. Rose
1 Catholic church at the edge of the
village.
A blood-stained bed sheet bearing
a bullet hole was found in one of
three burlap bags which, filled with
the woman’s personal belongings,
had been thrown into the hole on top
of the body The woman was cloth
ed only in underwear.
Two Masked Robbers
Get $ 12,000 in Bank
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28. Two
masked men held up a branch of the
Interstate Bank and Trust company
here in a suburban district this after
noon and escaped with $12,000 in
currency. The bandits sought to
lock three employes of the bank in a
vault, but the door did not lock. The
bandits, however, flourishing revol
vers, held tho men in the bank at
bay, leaped into a car and escaped.