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GEHILffIM,
U. C. V. COMNUNDEII,
DIES AFTER STROKE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 28.
General W. B. HalCemnn, 78 years
old, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, wear
ing th- honors of long, active years,
today had answered the final roll
call and gone to rejoin those com
rades in gray whose cause he had
served since it first called him
from his school books, a boy of 16.
General Haldeman, at one time
part owner of the Courier-Journal,
died late Monday from a heart at
tack in the Emergency hospital at
ChurchiL Downs. He had been
stricken a half hour before while
■watching the races, his favorite
sport.
Seated in a box, surrounded by
scenes and friends he loved, he com
plained of feeling ill and suggested
he should go home. He was assist
ed from the box, but before he could
reach his automobile the attack had
overcome him to such an extent it
■was necessary to call for a stretch
er to carry him to the track hos
pital.
“I am nauseated.” he murmured,
as he was borne into the hospital.
And those were his last words.
Third Attack Fatal
General Haldeman, who had vali
antly nisi; ted the infirmities of age,
suffered «n attack about two weeks
ago while addressing the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at
their state convention at Frank
fort. He similarly was stricken lust
Thursday at Churchill Downs, but
he hail returned to the races, ap
parently completely recovered.
He was at the Downs with Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer Graham, of Louis
ville; J. Frazier Bonnie, a son-in
law, and Mrs. Arthur Krock, of New
York, wife of a former editor of the
Louisville Times.
Soon after General Haldeman was
stricken, his chauffeur brought the
general's wife, Mrs. Lizzie Robards
Haldeman, and his daughter, Mrs.
Clara Bruce Haldeman Bonnie, to
the Downs, but he was dead before
they arrived. A telegram was sent
from the track, notifying Mrs. Anne
Espenhain, in Akron, Ohio, another
daughter.
General Haldeman's last public ap
pearance of importance was the oc
casion of the realization of what
had been one of his fondest dreams.
On July 7, last, he presided at ex
ercises at Fairview, Ky., when a
huge shaft marking the birthplace
of Jefferson Davis, Confederate pres
ident, was dedicated. General Hal
deman was president of the Jeffer
son Davis Ijonie association and it
was largely through his indomitable
efforts that funds for building the
monument were obtained. When the
Davis shaft was dedicated, the gen
eral was made head of the Jeffer
son Davis Memorial association, an
organization formed to care for the
memorial.
Honored by Comrades
In Memphis, last May, General
Haldeman unanimously was re
elected commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate veterans, an
office for which he was first chosen
in New Orleans in 1923. He had
had conferred upon him a life-time
commission as commander of the
Veterans of the Orphans’ Brigade
in 1915 and from 1910 to 1915 he
served as commander of the Ken
tucky division. United Confederate
veterans.
Since his retirement, in 1918, as
editor-in-chief of the. Louisville
Times, the interests of his comrades
of the War Between the States had
been virtually his sole concern.
For the last thirty years General
Haldeman had made his winter home
fit Naples-on-the-Gulf, Fla., and, ac
cording to news dispatches, his
death is mourned as widely in Flor
ida as if he had been a citizen of
that state.
Besides the widow and two dough
tors, General Haldeman leaves a
brother, Bruce Haldeman, of Louis
ville.
Funeral service will be held at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
First Presbyterian church, of which
General Haldeman was a trustee.
Burial will be in Cavehill cemetery.
General Haldeman will be buried in
his full uniform as commander of
the Confederate veterans.
General Haldeman, soldier, editor
and former .Democratic national
committeeman, was born in Louis
ville July 27, .184(1, the son of Walter
N. Uadleman, founder of the Louis
ville (’oiiricr-Journal.
Exiled with his father during the
War Between the States he fought
for the south, but after the war re
turned here.
At the outbreak of the conflict the
elder Haldeman was editor and pub
lisher of the Journal. On account
of his southern sympathies his pa
per was supressed. The general was
commissioned an ensign in the Con
federate navy, but he soon resigned
to join the famous Orphans brigade.
Career as Editor
With the coming of peace the
Haldemans, father and son, returned
to Louisville and iwived the Jour
nal. Young Haldeman left a year
later to attend college, and on his
return began his career as editor of
ihe weekly edition of the Courier-
Journal. .Later, it became a daily,
and in May. ISS4. the Times, an aft
ernoon edition, was added to the
property. Mr. Haldeman became ed
itor after the retirement of his fa
ther. and with his brother, Bruce
Haldeman, was principal owner of
the property from which he amassed
a fortune.
General Haldeman repeatedly de
clined public offices, it is said, with
three exceptions. Through his in
terest in racing he accepted appoint
ment to the state racing commis
sion. and because of his military
service was made adjutant general
of Kentucky. The third office was
that of Democratic national com
mit teeman.
It was said that he never missed
a reunion of Confederate veterans,
commander of the veterans of
th" Orphan brigade he was widely
known throughout the south.
General Holleman married Miss
Lizzie R. Offutt, of Shelbyville.
Kentucky.
Immature Citrus
Destroyed m Florida
t I.\H.\SSUE, Kb.. <»t.
Nathan Mayo, mtnission -r of agr:
culture is continuing his <1 ire
against shipment of immatu.e ci its
fruit from Florida, aec.-.dirg to a
telegram received here today. Il'
destroyed approximately *>oo boxes
yesterday at Monteverdi? ’till Lake
Weir. The latter pla<.-a is within a
few miles of the commissioner's
home town of Sunw field.
Todathe commissi? --r ami J. r l
Pledger. Ids assist: nt ;n *he citrus
,>-u;t inspection div si<>.t >f i
~. -pci ; - Mention
to en'-t < >a>-; te-.. :tory.
THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLY JOURNAL
AIR TROOP Ti ' END DESERT REVOIT
OF MESOPOTAMIA ’ Y
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Huge Vickers 'Planes Sweep
Reinforcements and Ma
chine Guns Into Trackless
Wastes Paralyzing Rebel
Natives
BY MILTON BRONNER
LONDON. Oct. 28.—Aerial trans
portation of troops loaded with ma
chine guns and accomplished safely,
swiftly and comfortably!
It's no longer a theory. It's .tn
accomplished fact. England has
done it.
The war and air ministries don’t
beat the big drum about it. They
don’t advertise it. But the feat has
been pulled off so many times now
that the war-making powers of
Britain no longer look upon it as an
unusual thing.
As soon as airplanes were built
which flew safely to Paris from Lon
don and vice versa, carrying six or
eight passengers, the airplane men
and paper and began planning troop
.and the army got busy with pencil
carriers.
Perfect Accomplish meat
Theoretically there was nothing to
prevent the dream being carried into
execution. But paper theories are
often hard to carry into actual fact.
In this case, however, it was done
easily.
Tlie great Vickers company con
structed airplanes that could carry
twelve passengers and two pilots.
And the army bought them so
promptly that England was aide
give wild tribes in Mesopotamia the
surprise of their lives.
Natives were rebelling’ against
British authority and were making
themselves very troublesome. They
felt safe because there were no rail
ways in the territory where they
were on the rampage and motor
transport was difficult if not all but
impossible.
1 Thirty-Minute Revolt
But one fine morning two big
squadrons of troop-carriers came
roaring down into tlie desert country
with a company or so of veteran
British troops. And they had plenty
of machine guns with them. That
particular rebellion died in about
thirty minutes.
For army authorities all over the
world it opened a new vista.
Tlie troop-carriers are not only
useful in deserts and plains where
there are no railways, but likewise
are of enormous potential value in
a war such as the last great one.
There were many Instances where
the allied line was thinly held ov
troops and where it was next to
impussible to reinforce them <|uickl>
on account of congestion on the rail
ways and the roadways. An ample
supplv of troop-carrying airplane
would have made the difference be
twoon victory and del rat.
Troopship Kuiit
Encouraged by success of th*'
Vernons, tlie Vickers interests have
turned out the biggest troop-carrier
ever manufactured and operand
cessfully. It is known as the Vick
ers-Vanguard. It carries twentj two
troopers and two air pilots. ■
Its power is supplied by two I_'°"_ S J
Royee Condor engines, each ot G.
horsepower. Its type is that of a;
twin tractor bioplane-landplane. It j
has an enclosed cabin tor its passen
gers, which looks very much like the t
inside of a London bits, with the ad
diction of a wash room for the trav
elers.
The over-all length is 53 feet and
the lieight 17 feet 3 inchces. The
itself, plus the water she
carries, weighs 10,910 pounds. It
carries a load of 260 gallons of petrol
and IS gallons of oil.
in addition to the weight of two
pilots and 22 troopers, it carries 660
pounds of baggage and 103 pounds
of sundries. So that in all. when
loaded, the weight is nearly nine
tons.
Wood Construction
The machine is made in the main
of spruce and elm. The full maxi- •
mum speed is about 100 miles an
hour. The minimum is 47. It can
cruise a total of 470 miles. This big
type of machine has not yet been
used by the army. Orfe of them is
shortly to be tested in the passenger
service by the Imperial Airways
company.
Theoretically there is nothing to
prevent the building of airplanes
carrying 200 to 300 troops, but aero
nautical authorities here don't think
it will ever be attempted.
To begin with, one huge machine
o' this kind would cost as mu h as
ten of the Vickers- Vanguard type if
anvthing gets out of whack with
such a huge machine, it is a seriorus
loss. If anything goes wrong with
one or two of the smaller machines,
there are still the other eight or
nine to give active service to the
army.
Coolidge Is Confident
Os Victory at Polls;
May Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.—TTe<
dent Coolidge told friends today
every indication seemed to point to
the election of the Republican na
tional ticket, and he is making all
his plans accordingly.
While Mr. Coolidge indicated he
had not decided definitely to vote bv
mail, he is planning to do so rather
tlnn make a trip to Northampton,
Mass., to cast his ballot. r
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Above, a Vickers-Vanguard aerial troop transport capable of
carrying twenty-two men and two pilots, also a Vickers-Vernon troop
transport, capable of carrying twelve men and two pilots. A squadron
of which carried a British force into Mesopotamia, breaking up a
native rebellion in half an hour. Below troops are shown boarding
tlie air cruiser.
32 SHIES GOING
IN DAVIS COI M,
KENTUCKIiN SAYS
In not fewer than 32 states does
the outlook point to a Democratic ‘
plurality, in the opinion of Colonel .
P. 11. Callahan, of Louisville. Ky., i
one of the most distinguished citl- ,
zens of the Blue Grass state and an .
influential figure in the national poli- I
tics of the country.
“Kentucky cannot be classed as
among the doubtful states in this
election.'' said Colonel Callahan. "It '
will give John W. Davis the normal
Democratic plurality, and will re
elect Senator Stanley.”
Colonel Callahan, who is president
of lite Louisville Paint and Varnish!
company, and a past president of the I
Paint, Oil and Varnish association,;
Recently has spent much time in the
east. lie is Highly encouraged,
especially concerning the outlook for;
the Democratic success in New Jer-1
sey.
“The party leaders confidently ex- i
pect Davis to carry Jersey.” he said. !
“and certainly surface indications '
justify their confidence.
“In this campaign, the situation'
apparently is not unlike that, of 1912. i
The Republicans are hopelessly di- i
vided, with two candidates in the I
field—Coolidge and La Follette, i
Coolidge appeals to the more con- j
servative wing of the party: La Fol- I
lette draws his strength from the '
radicals. In this situation, it is only
natural that the Democrats have the
advantage. They are united, and all
factions are supporting loyally the
candidacy of John W. Davis.
"The result in many states may be
close, but the logic of the situation I
points to a plurality for Davis in
each of these, because of the Re
publican division.”
Although his large business af
fairs require and receive his per
sonal attention. Colonel Callahan
takes an active interest in politics. .
He was an outstanding figure at • <
the New York Democratic con ven- !
tion, and was one of the leaders in |:
the contest for nomination of Wil- |
Ham G. McAdoo.
Colonel Callahan stopped in At- [
lanta Monday en route from Colum- i
bus. where, on Sunday, he addressed i
the Catholic Laymen's association, I
Body of Baxley Man
Found Lying in Ditch;
Foul Play Suspected
BANLFY. G.-i.. Oct. 28.—The body
of Hughie Halligan, 27, was found
|face downward in a ditch near here
Monday. He had disappeared Sat
lurday night. His neck was broken,
land bruises about the body and face
led the familj to express a theory
lof foul play.
i Saturday, in eomnany with sev- .
■ oral acquaintances, Halligan left his
father's house here.
The body, when found, was in a
crouching position, half submerged
in rainwater that had partly filled
the ditch over Sunday. The face was
buried in the mud.
This was the second death under ■
similar circumstances within the last
week. An aged negrrss, unidentified,
was found in a ditch near the same
spot last Wednesday. An overturn-I
ed wheelbarrow, filled with wood.
Ih oi been rolled about a hundred
| yards away from her.
ESTHER Os LOEB,
DIES ST CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Oct. 28. —Albert Henry
Loeb, first vice president of Sears-
Roebuck & Co., father of Richard
Loeb, co-murderer witli Nathan Leo
pold of Robert Franks, died at his
home here last night after a long
illness.
Members of the family and physi
cians said his death was not has
tened by the trial and conviction of
hi; son, now| seining a life sentence
in Joliet penitentiary.
Young Loeb will not attend Hie
I'umral ot' his father, his uncle, Ja
cob Loeb, announced today during a
visit at the priso nliere.
Jacob Loeb visited Richard and
broke the news of ids father's death,
lie siad no request would be made
to have the young man released
from prison to attend the funeral.
.Mr. Loeb last saw his son May
29, when he was arrested at the
Loeb home. The father was stricken
-May Lx, thee days before the kill
ing. During the trial Mr. Loeb was
taken to the family’s summer home
at Charlevoix, Mich., where lie re
mained until a fortnight ago.
Mr. Loeb began his connection
with the mail order firm in 1901 as
secretary and later became vice
president and treasurer. He was
credited with devising many of the
intricate sv-ems now in general use
in the mail order business whereby
orders ere classified, filled and dis
patched in a minimum of time.
He was 5C years old and was born
in Rockford, 111. He taught in a
night school to raise funds to at
tend law school and was admitted to
the bar in 1899 but pra ticed only a
few’ years.
His widow, four sons and three
brothers, one of them, Jacob Loeb,
former president of the Chicago
board of education, survive him.
Mr. James M. Connor
ABBEVILLE, Ga., Oct. 27.—Mr.
James M. Conner, well-known farm
er, living five miles south of Abbe
ville, died suddenly on Saturday
after suffering a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Conner was 55 years old, and
leaves a wife and ten children, three
brothers and one sister. John A. Con
ner and G. A. Conner, of near Pitts,
are his brothers. lie was reared in
I Wilcox county and had a large fam
ily connection.
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The inventor. A. N. Johnson. 642
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ing to send a lamp on >0 days’
i FREE trial, or even to give one
FREE to the first user in each lo
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it. Write him today for ' ill panic
! ulars. Also ask him to explain how
you can get the agency, and with
out experience or money make $250
I t.o 5500 per month.
CIMLEEffiES
COOLIOGETO PfiDUE
DOEMPOLICI
WILMINGTON. Del., Oct. 28.—De
daring he was seeking to "test tlie
honesty” of Republican party lead
ers, Senator Garter (Hass, Demo
crat, of Virginia, challenged Presi
dent Coolidge in a. campaign speech]
here last night to come out in op- :
position to tiie re-election of Sena
tors Borab, of Idaho; Norris, of Ne-i
hraska, and other Republicans who |
favor changes in the status of the
supreme court.
Unless the Republican managers
do so, the Virginia senator said,
"their persistent efforts to project
an issue of constitutional security,”
into the campaign must be regarded
as "devoid of honest purpose.”
Jle attacked particularly the re
cent utterances of Secretary Hughes
regarding the La Follette court is
sue.
1. raising John W. Davis, Mr. Glass
declared that "with a single excep
tion it may temperately be said that
no man was ever nominated by any
party or elected president who was
better fitted for the grave responsi
bilities of government..”
The senator declared lie had no
agreement with the policies advo
cated by Senator La Follette "ex
cept honest government,” but added
that "whatever his vagaries, some
of the eminent Republican critics
might with profit imitate his frank
ness." Republican attacks on the
La Follette court proposal, he said,
were "only red herring’’ drawn
across tlie trail.
"In the first place.” he continued,
"there is no human probability of
Mr. La Follette's election. In the
next place, if elected president of
the United States, Mr. La Follette
would hate no vote on a proposed
amendment to the federal constitu
tion altering the status of the su
preme court or changing its pro
cesses. Mr. C olidge, if elected, would
have no power of vgto on the (Ries
tion of subtnissmn. La Follette's re
moval from the senate would lose
that proposition one vote«
‘'Hence, the attempt of Secretary
Hughes, as spokesman of tlie admin
istration, to frighten the people into
the belief that Mr. La Follettes ut
terly futile candidacy for the presi
dency menaces the security of the
supreme court, falls little short of
rank wickedness.
“While I want nothing to do with
La Follette, candor compels me to
say that the men who have sounded
this false alarm simply presume
upon the credulity of those they ad
dress, if they do not actually* com
promise their own intellectual integ
rity and raise a large ciuestion of
their honesty.”
Exhibiting a document to his audi
ence, Senator Glass said it was a
senate bill, introduced by Senator
Borah, of Idaho, and supported by
other Republicans, proposing to sub
mit the question of altering the
processes of the supreme court by
requiring the concurrence of seven
members of the court before an act
of congress might be pronounced
unconstitutional.
"If President Coolidge and his sec
retary of state mean what they sav
about the ‘menace to constitutional
government’ involved in the La Fol
lette candidacy,’’ lie said, “why do
they omit to denounce Borah and
Norris and other Republican candi
dates for re-election to the senate
who favor quite as startling a change
in the'‘supreme court procedure as
does La Follette?
”1 should like to challenge Presi
dent Coolidge to arraign as a ‘revolu
tionist’ and ‘an enemy of constitu
tional government’ the great Repub
lican senator whom he importuned
to lie his running mate on the na
tional Republican ticket as candidate
for vice president. Neither the presi
dent nor his chief spokesman in the
cabinet has cliaracterized these Re
publican nominees as ‘disturbers of
the peace’ or ‘a menace to consti
tutional liberty.’”
G. 0. P. FUND CLOSE
TO $3,000,000 GOAL
SET BY CHIEFTAINS
(Continued from Page 1)
tributions of $123,838.50, and the
New York- office $504,750.95.
Contribirtions include Joseph E.
Widem-r, of Philadelphia. $25,000;
John D. Rockefeller. $10,000; John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., $10,000; Murray
Guggenheim, of New York, $5,000:
Simon Guggenheim, New York,
85,000; Daniel Guggenheim, New
York, $.1,000; F. R. Guggenheim,
New York, $5,000; Benjamin IL
Namm, New York. $5,000; Joseph R.
I'.rundy, Bristol, pa., $5,000; Joseph
R. Grundy, Philadelphia, $5,000; E.
T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia, $5,000;
Bernard McFadden. New York, $lO,-
000; Owen F. Roberts. New York,
$5,000; W. R. Coe, New York, $lO.-
00(i; John J. Millen, New York,
8 5,000; Henry Walters, New York,
$5,000.
Tlie report shows that the Chicago
office disbursed $420,229 and the
New York office $70,997, during the
period.
The following amounts were con
tributed to campaigns in various
states: “$25,000 to Cook county,
Illinois' s2l 815 to Iowa; $35,000 to
Nebraska; SIO,OOO to Idaho; SIO,OOO
o South Dakota: $:17.500 to Tennes
see; $3,087 to Missouri; SIO,OOO to
Arizona; SIO,OOO to Montana; SIO,OOO
to New Mexico; $10,0005 to North
Dakota; $15,000 to Utah; $10,006
Washington; $1 5,000 to Virginia;
$25,000 to Wyoming.
Other expenditures included sls
- to the national senatorial com
mittee fund: $50,000 to tie congres-'
sional committee fund and $22,585
to expenses of the Dawes sneaking
tour.
Depew a Contributor
Other contributors were Chauncey
M. Depew. New York. $2,50(1; Wil
liam H. Bliss, New York, $2,500;
Frank J. Godsol, New York, $1,000;
Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Reid, New York
$2,000; M. J. C . N( w Yo k, $2,-
()00; Ellhu Root, New York, SI,OOO
- Everett Macy, New York, $2,500;
George O. Knapp, New York. $5,000;
E. F. Price, New York, $3,000: E.
F. Hutton & Co., New York, $2,500:
Henry Walters, New York ’55,000;
Mrs. Peter Hamilton Rice, New
York, $5,000; J. H. Bartlett, assist
ant postmaster general. $1,000: Win
throp M. Crane. Jr., Boston, $1,000;
E. T. Strotesbury, Philadelphia,
$5,000; Edward W. Bok. Merion. Pa.,
$1,000; Samuel M. Curven, Haver
ford, Pa., $2,000-; H. L. Bowles.
Springfield, iss., $2,5 10; Mr. ami
Mrs. Nathaniel Ayer. Boston, $4,000;
Mrs. Ruth C. Draper, Hopedale..
Mass.. $4,000; Charles Sumner Bird.
East Walpole, Mass. $1,500; Reese
-ellyn, Los Angeles, $2,000; Ila r-
Chandler, I ,os Angeles, $2,000;
William Nelson Cromwell, New York,
>2.500: B. Dawson Coleman, Phila
delphia, $2,000; John Gribhel, Phila
delphia, §3,000; 'Walter C. Jenny.
Philadelphia, $2,500; R. L. Taylor,
Guymre Va lie; Pa., S2J 00; T. R.
Barnes, Mansfield. Ohio. $1,500;
Leonard Hanna, Cleveland. $2,000;]
J. J. Storer. Boston. ?.T00Q; Irwin |
R. Kirkwood, Kansas City, $2,500, j
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1024.
MYSTERIOUS GAS BAFFLES
PHYSICIANS AS THIRD MAN
DIES IN STRAIT-JACKET
Standard Oil Plant Closed
and Other Employes Are
Sent to Hospitals After
Physical Examination
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. —A third
victim of gas poisoning in the re
search laboratory of the Standard
Oil company at Bayway, N, J., died
here today in a hospital. He was
William McSweeney, of Elizabeth,
New Jersey.
Two other men are in the hos
pital in a serious condition with an
undetermined number of additional
employes in less serious condition.
Before his death, McSweeney be
came so violent that he was placed
in a straight jacket. Some of the
other victims also were affected in
the same way. One of the men who
died earlier,. Walter Dymock, of
Elizabeth, jumped from a second
story window of his hon\e while in
PEOffl WILL SEND
M TO SOOTHE
U.S.IIWME
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —An effort to ex
plain to the satisfaction of the
United States its position with re
spect to the punishment of the chief
instigators of the murder of Vice
Consul Robert W. Imbru at Tel.eran
will be made bv the Persian govern
ment through an “extraordinary en-
Announcing the decision to com
miss’on the “extraordinary envoy”
in an attempt to relieve any tension
resulting from tlie apparent failure
of Persian authorities to execute
death sentences in tlie case, Daugher
.' i. Kazemi, charge d’affairs h?re
emphasized that friendship with the
United States was one of the
“essential policies” of his govern
ment.
In a statement issued after he had
notified Acting Secretary of State
Joseph C. Grew, of the course plan
ned Charge Kazemi asserted that his
government had “not spared a mo
ment of their time, .- ffort and power
from seeing to it that the guilty
persons are brought to justice and
punished accordingly," and “to
bring about the satisfaction of the
state department as well as that of
the widow.”
Comment was withheld by the
state department but in. informed
quarters it was doubted that a spe
cial envoy would be able to satisfy
the American government with re
spect to what, in the opinion of
so ers, appears to be pro-
crastination in executing the two
men found guilty of the crime by
Persian military and other courts.
Insistence upon firm application of
rsian lav in the case is ex
pected to be tlie American course
in view of the opinion here that the
safety oi other diplomatic represen
tatives and Christians in Near East
ern countries depends lari- y on the
outcome.
Ihe I nited States has • made
sharply-worded representations both
to the Persian government here and
through the American charge at
Teheran. No direct written state
ment has been made b.V this govern
ment that failure to carry out the
sentences would put a new aspect
on relations between the two gov
ernments, but there can be no doubt
that such an impression was con
veyed.
It is apparent that stale depart
ment officials are not disposed to
enter upon a prolonged discussion
from a legal or any other standpoint
on tlie question of bringing to jus
tice tlie men responsible for the mur
der. Tiiat question is not looked
upon at the state department, as an
open argument.
No word was available today as
to v.hen the Teheran government ex
pected to send forward the envoy
to w) om it is intrusting its eixplana
tion. Il’ there is materia! ta lay it
partment will refrain from sending
to Teheran an emphatic statement
in written form.
Peanut Deliveries
Come in Rapidly;
Record Is Forecast
ALBANI', Ga., Oct. 28.—Deliver
ies of peanuts are coming in so fast
now that the Georgia Peanut Gow
ers’ Co-operative association is called
on to advance to its members ap
proximately $32,000 a day in first
payments, according to announce
ment made yesterday by officers of
the organization.
Although tlie crop was fully two
weeks later this year than last, de
liveries more than a week ago had
passed the figures on record for the
corresponding date of last year, and
the week just passed has seen the
margin increase. Indications point
to a record delivery before the end
of rhe fall.
Payment in the shape of a first I
advance is still being made at the
rate of $65 a ton, despite the fact I
that the market is only S7O a ton I
for No. Is in some places, and only I
about SBS for top grade in the best
centers
NoL only are the old members of
the association turning their pea
nuts over to the association in vol
time. but many leading growers who
had not previously aligned them
selves with the co-op are coming in
daily.
Great Fires Raging m
North Alabama Woods
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 28.
Forest fires have caused extensive
damage in northern Alabama’s
mountain timber lands, according to
reports received here.
The flames were said to be gain
ing rapid headway as a result of i
the long drouth in that section.
The fire has been burning for sev
eral days.
Losses were confined to timber
and fences, as the flames were rag
ing in remote woodland sections
only, and no damage to barns or
farm houses was reported.
John R. Maxwell, Villanova, Pa.,
$1,000; W. P. Gage, Pure Oil Pipe
Line company, $500: M. Cudahy, Mil
waukee. $500: Representative Wil
liam E. Hull. Peoria, 111.. SI,OOO.
David C. Whitney, Gross Point
Farms. Mich, $2,500; contributions
from Hawaii, $5,735; J. V. Horn.
Philadelphia, $2,00.
pain from the gas. He later died
in a hospital.
Physicians today still professed
themselves baffled as to the cause of
the mysterious affliction.
Dr. Yandell Henderson, professor
of applied physiology at Yale uni
versity, said that the cause of the
poisoning was tetraethyl, used in the
commercial manufacture of a fluid
designed to eliminate “knocking” in
automobile engines. He charged
that its sale on a commercial basis
in many states is a public menace.
The gas plant was ordered closed
yesterday and the forty employes
were given physical examinations.
It is reported that a number of them
have been sent to a hospital here.
The physicians in the hospital ad
mit they know of no antidote for th*
poison, whose symptoms, they say,
are new to them.
Representatives of the Standard
Oil company said that tests had dis
closed there is no danger in the use
of ethyl gas.
GOW WEB
MBOONS BOGUSH
COTTON FBCTOBS
W. P. Dillon. Jr., and J. S. Pilcher,
Augusta cotton factors, . who had
served about one year of eight to
twelve-year prison sentences on
charges of larceny after trust, were
granted pardons by Governor Walk
er Tuesday. The Georgia prison
commission had recommended that
the sentences be commuted.
Dillon and Pilcher, who were
prominent in Augusta, were indicted
in he Richmond superior court on
charges of failing to deliver on de
mand cotton that had been placed
with them as cotton factors. They
were convicted on four charges, and
given sentences of from two to three
years in each case.
The order of Governor Walker in
the Pilcher case, which was identi
cal witli his order in the Dillon case,
follows:
“It being made to appear that
while this applicant has technically
violated the law and committed ir
regularities which justified punish
ment, lie did so in an effort to save
his firm from wreck and ruin and
thereby so protect the interest of
his customers. I am satisfied that
he has not profited by the transac
tion and has not actually stolen the
money involved. This being true, it
is my judgment he has been suffi
| ciently punished for the wrong,
I which he did under the circum
stances indicated above, and it is,
therefore 1
1 “Ordered that the said J. S. Pil
cher be, and he is, hereby pardoned.
“CLIFFORD WALKER. Governor.
“This October 27, 1924.” .
The Georgia, prison commission’s
statement of the cases follows:
“J. S. Pilcher and W. P, Dillon,
Jr., pleaded guilty to four cases in
Richmond superior court and were
sentenced to from two to three years
in each case, to be served consecu
tively. We recommend that said
sentences be commuted so that they
will run concurrently. These appli
cants were cotton factors and ware
housemen, and the offense grew out
of the conduct of their business,
which really constituted one of
fense.”
Judge A. 7Franklin, of the
Richmond superior court, who tried
the cases, recommended clemency
for Dillon and Pilcher, and declared
it to be his information that the two
men have none of the money now
that they might have derived from
the cotton transactions.
George Hains, solicitor general ct
the Richmond superior court, ex
pressed the opinion that the two
men had been sufficiently punished,
but declared that they ought to
make a bona fide effort to satisfy
those who had lost money through
their activities.
Sunken Ship Is Found
By 1 reasure Hunters
NEW YORK, Oct. 28—Treasure
hunters, who left New York early
this month to recover gold, silver,
copper and jewels which went down j
with the steamship Merida off the i
Virginia capes in 1911, have been I
successful in the first phase of the
expedition.
The sunken ship has been located, i
Divers, now will be sent down after •
the treasure, the value of which is j
estimated at $2,000,000 to $5,000,000.
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PARIS, Oct. 28.—(8y the Associ
ated Press.) —The French govern
ment today officially accorded du
jure recognition to the soviet gov
ernment of Russia. The recogni
tion was granted in a telegram, the
text of which will be madi public
tonight.
Christian Missionary
Convention to Hear
Eloquent Speakers
ROME, Ga., Oct. 28. —Prominent
speakers of the denomination will ad
dress the seventy-seventh annual
Georgia Christian missionary con
vention which meets here November
4-6 at the First Christian church.
Dr. John H. Wood, pastor of the
local church, will preside. More than
250 delegates are expected. Impor
tant events on the program include:
President’s address, Tuesday, 8:15
a. m., by Wright T. Moore, of At
lanta.
Pre-convention conference Wednes
day morning, at 8:30, directed by
E. B. Quick, of Atlanta.
Session of Woman's Missionary so
ciety Wednesday afternoon at '2:30
o’clock.
History of Southeastern college,
'J’hursday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, by
Dr. John H. Wood, of Rome.
Story of proposed regional college,
at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, by O. P.
Spiegel, of Montgomery, Ala.
Other speakers during the conven
tion will be W. F. Mott, missionary
pastor; W. A. Everhardt, missionary
pastor; B. F. Foster, president state
board of missions; J. Randall Farriss,
Savannah; Grant K. Lewis, St.
(Louis, Mo.; H. O. Pritchard, secre
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