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VOL. XXVII. NO. 10
LABOR SWAMPED
. AS CONSERVATIVES |
SWEEP EMI
Asquith Among Losers.
Lady Astor Is Winner.
( Liberals Fail
LONDON, Oct. 30.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —The people of Great
Britain have put a crushing end
to their first experiment with a
labor government by returning the
conservative party to power in par
liament with one of the strongest
majorities recorded during the last
century.
t The standing of the parties at 5:30 i
o'clock was: I
Conservaties. 384 (gain 143); Labor, ;
148 (loss 40); Liberals, 40 (loss 104).
Other parties, 13. Total, 585.
In this sweeping political change,
the Liberal party has sunk to its
weakest position since the realign
ment of British political parties more
than 90 years ago, at the time of
the reform bill.
Unlike the labor government
which has just fallen, the conserva
tives will be able to rule as well as
to govern, and perhaps thus stay
fixed in the governmental saddle for
the full legal parliamentary life of
five years if they want to, so strong
is the tide that has carried them to
triumph.
Gains Widespread
• There was no extensive part of
the country in which the conserva
tives did not increase their strength.
They recaptured long lost seats in
* cities and rural districts alike. The
thickly populated industrial centers
of the north midlands abandoned
both liberals and laborites to get
under the Tory banner as did the
great shipping centers and the small '
towns and villages, almost without ;
exception, in every farming area of 1
the nation
Labor held tight its grip upon i
most of the congested areas in the 1
great urban centers such as Gias- |
gow and London, but even some of 1
these shifted from socialism • eon- I
■ervatism.
Labor has lost many seats, but it i
‘ remains to be seen whether it has '
lost ground with the electorate. It
is' generally considered, however,
that when all the votes are tabu
lated, it is not likely to be found
that labor has polled as many as it
did a year ago.
The luck that put many laborites I
Into parliament last year through i
minority pol’ on three-sided rights
left them out of the house this
year.
Liberals Step Down
Many liberals stepped down to
permit conservatives to have
straight fights with labor opponents
and a great majority of the liberals
who did not step down -were put
down when the ballots were count
ed. Their famous leader, H. H.
Asquith, fell with his cohorts, losing
to labor a seat that had been lib-
* eral for nearly a century. Former
Premier David Lloyd George got
one of the greatest majorities of his
career at. Carnarvon, but elsewhere
in the British isles his followers
were deserted by the electorate in
depressing droves.
The Labor party, unlike the Lib
eral party, did not suffer the loss of
any of its generals, Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald, J. R. Clynes,
lord of the privy seal; J. H. Thomas,
colonial secretary; Philip Snowden,
chancellor of the exchequer; Noel
Buxton, minister of agriculture;
Syndey Webb, president of the board
of trade, and John Wheatley, min
« which he himself had distributed to
the district representatives. He said
campaign contributions were “coin
ing in very slowly.”
Popular Vote Tremendous
Despite their huge majority In
number of seats the conservatives
had polled only seven votes to each
of labor's five in the 540 contests
which had been tabulated late this
evening.
The total of popular votes even
then was almost one million votes
greater than the total for all of the
contests last year, labor having in
creased its strength by about 750,000
* votes, although losing seats.
In the 540 contests fully tabulated
Up to this evening, the total vote
was 15,451 540 out of a possible elec
torate of 19,276,359. Os these 7,172,-
168 voted for conservative candi
dates, 5,136,450 voted for labor,
2,819,692 voted for the liberals, while
more than 300.000 votes were scat
tered to candidates other than those
of the three main parties.
Gains Continue
The only change during the after
noon which was not h change to con
servatism, was scored by the Labor
ite, J. Beckett, who defeated Cap
tain Hilton Philipson, Liberal, for a
scat which the Liberals held in the
last parliament.
The strength of the swing towards
conservatism was indicated even
* where the conservatives failed to
oust their opponents. Most of the
seats which the Laborites and Lib
erals retained, they held with re
duced majorities, while in the coun
try districts the conservatives were
getting greater majorities than in
the previous election.
In the crushing collapse-of the Lib
eral strength everywhere, Mrs. Mar
garet Wintringham, who was the
first woman to follow in the foot
steps of Lady Astor into the house
of commons, lost her seat. Sir John
Simon kept his from Yorkshire, while
all around him other Liberals were
losing theirs. Sir Robert Horne, for
mer chancellor of the exchequer, also
was re-elected.
Sympathy for Asquith
James Brown, the Ayrshire miner
whom Prime Minister MacDonald
made lord high commissioner for the
church of Scotland, was re-elected.
Everywhere sympathy was ex
pressed with former Premier Asquith
been use of his loss in parliament. E.
‘ R. Mitchell, the Laborite who put
him out. remarked, in expressing the
customary thanks to those who had
gathered in the polling place, that
he was sure his distinguished oppo
nent knew that the result brought
him no personal satisfaction what
ever.
Stanley Baldwin. conservative
leader and former premier, will un
doubtedly be asked to form a new
cabinet.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
ROME.- Italy’s share, of the Ger-'
man loan is oversubscribed many
times.
BOSTON. —Two men drop dead
during a Republican rally torch
light parade.
WASHINGTON.—PIans are an
nounced for radiocasting speech of
President Coolidge on election eve.
WASH INGTON. —Telegram from
Henry Ford indorsing President
Coolidge is made public by the Re
publican national committee.
NEW YORK.—Frances Hodgson
Burnett, author of “Little Lord
Fauntleroy,” novelist and play
wright, dies, aged 7 5 years.
LONDON. —Former Premier As
quith is casualty in British election,
being defeated by Laborite; LaiX
Astor is returned by Plymouth Con
servatives.
W ASHING TON.—President Cool
idge calls on representative farm
leaders to suggest preference for
appointment as secretary of agri
culture.
DUBLIN.—WiId scenes are enact
ed at- Dublin and Dunalk in connec
tion with reinterment of bodies of
77 men, exectued by Irish Free
State in 1922 and 1923.
LOS ANGELES. —Further evi
dence that Albert B. Fall urged se
crecy in connection with leasing of
government lands to Doheny inter
ests is brought out in oil trial.
BRUSSELS. Dispute between
England and Turkey over Mosul-
Turkey boundary is settled by reso
lution of council of League of Na
tions fixing a provisional frontier.
SEATTLE, Wash.' The Rev.
Frederick S. Fleming, rector of
Church of the Atonement, Chicago,
was elected Protestant Episcopal
bishop of the diocese of Olympia.
NEW YORK. —An investigation is
begun by District Attorney Banton
of charges that eight corporations
violated state laws prohibiting con
tributions of money to political par
ties.
BRUSSELS.—Fethi Bey, president
of Turkish chamber of deputies,
says Turkey awaits America’s rati
fication of Turko-American Lau
sanne treaty before giving it Turk
ish approval.
BROOKLYN.—John W. Davis,
Democratic nominee, proposes a sys
tem of periodic international confer
ences, in campaign speech in answer
to address of President Coolidge and
Secretary Hughes.
NEW YORK.—Earl Carroll, the
atrical producer, charged with ex
hibition of indecent pictures adver
tising a musical revue, goes to jail
to await trial after refusing to give
bail.
BRUSSELS. Turkey awaits
America’s ratification of Turko-
American Lausanne treaty before
giving approval to document, Fethi
Bey, president of Turkish chamber
of deputies, announces.
NEW YORK, —Representatives of
warring Chinese tongs at New York
agree on two weeks’ armistice, ef
fective throughout the country dur
ing which time effort will be made
to draw up permanent peace plans.
NEW YORK.—Counsel for the
Van Sweringen interests announce
that stockholders in five railroads
involved in the Nickel Plate merger
have deposited sufficient stock to
insure completion of the consolida
tion.
NEW YORK—Clem L. Shaver,
Shaver, Democratic national chair
man, asks the administration to ex
plain why 27 American ambassadors
and ministers are in the United
States being used to do political
work.
CHICAGO. —Approximately three
and a half million dollars has been
collected by Republicans for national
campaign, William V. Rodges, treas
urer of Republican national com
mittee, tells senate investigating
■ committee.
LONDQN. —-British labor cabinet
I is expected to resign Immediately as
I result of parliamentary elections
' which, on basis of practically com
plete returns assures conservatives
|of 398 seats, nearly double all other
I parties combined.
■ NEW YORK.—Only in response to
j.subpoena will George K. Morris,
chairman of Republican state com
mittee of New York, testify before
senate committee investigating ex
penditures, L. B. Gleason, commit
tee secretary announces.
NEW YORK.—Revolt against ac-
Ition of American Federation of La-
I bor -in indorsing candidacy of Sena
i tor La Follette is seen in indorse-
Inient by executive council of Central
'Trades and Labor council of New
York City, of John W. Davis, Dem
ocratic nominee.
WASHINGTON.—arnes B.T. Rey
nolds, director of Washington office
of Republican national committee,
says the assertion of Democratic
National Chairman Shaver that
“(twenty seven American ambassa
dors and ministers ate working for
Coolidge” was “lacking in fact” and
an “inspired injustice.”
NEW YORK.—Franklin D. Roose
velt, assistant secretary of the navy
under President Wilson, attacking
record of Theodore Roosevelt, his
successor In office, in speech at
Brewster, N. Y., declares during
Coolidge administration morale and
efficiency- of navy declined.
Alabama Republicans
Raise $ 10,075 Fund
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 30.
Alabama Republicans contributed
$10,075.10 to the presidential cam
paign, according to a statement filed
today at the secretary- of state’s of
fice by the state campaign commit
tee.
Expenditures thus far amounted
to $9,321.93. according to the report.
Os the total amount raised by pop
ular subscription in Alabama, $7,-
054.43 was turned over to the na
tional campaign, the report stated.
Coolidge Radio Address
On Election Eve Planned
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Begin
ning at 10 p. m., eastern standard
time. Monday, on the eve of the na
tional election. President Coolidge
will deliver a radio address from the
White House, yvhich yvill be relayed
by a score of poyverful stations over
the nation.
Fall to Tost Tuesday—3e a Not Just cl Talker
MINISTER. KILLED
IN AUTDACCIDENT,
TOBEBURIEDHERE
Grand Scribe of Arch Ma
sons Pinned Under Car;
Wife Is Unhurt
ALBANY, Ga., Oct. 30.—The body ■
of Rev. A. E. Sansburn, pastor of
the Methodist church, of Greensboro, I
Ga., who was killed in an automobile
i accident near Camilla yesterday, will
leave here tonight for Atlanta, ac-
Icompanied by Mrs. Sansburn.
Rev. Mr. Sansburn was grand
I scribe of the grand chapter, Royal
' Arch Masons, of Georgia. A com
mittee from the local chapter will
accompany the body to Atlanta,
where the funeral and interment will
take place tomorrow at 3 p. m.
Members of the board of stewards or
his church at Greensboro arrived
here today, and will be in the fu
neral party.
Mrs. Sansburn said the accident
occurred at a detour which they came
upon so suddenly that Mr. Sansburn
grabbed the wheel, thinking his
wife, who was driving, had failed to
see it, causing the car to turn over
several times. Both were pinned
underneath, but Mrs, Sansburn
crawled out and the) pulled the j
body of her husband out. His skull
was crushed, and death was instan
taneous. They were en route to
Cairo to visit relatives. The body
was brought to Albany after the ac
cident.
REV. SANSBURN FORMERLY
HELD ATLANTA PASTORATE
Rev. Sansburn, who eight years
ago was pastor of the Walker Street
! Methodist church so.- four years,
had many friends in Atlanta. He
was prominent in the North Geor
gia Methodist conference, having |
I been a member for over twenty-five
I years.
Rev. Sansburn was well-known in
fraternal circles, .being a thirty-sec
ond degree Mason, a Scottish rite
I and York rite Mason, a member of
the Cherokee lodge, F. & A. M.,
i and the Junior Order of American
i Mechanics.
Funeral services will be held here
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
the chapel of Greenberg & Bond.
Rev. Marvin Williams, pastor of the
' Wesley Memorial church, will offici
i ate and interment will be in West
j View cemetery.
The following ministers will serve
las pallbearers: Rev. J. S. Allgood,
i Rev. Irby Henderson, Rev. W. O.
j McMullan, Rev. N. A. White, Rev.
‘ R. M. Dickson and Rev. W. J. De
| Bardeleben. .
Food Lure Extended
In Attempt to Break
Prison Work Strike
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va„ Oct. 30.
As a prison bugler, stationed in the
I main cell block of the West Vir-
I ginia penitentiary, continued to
I sound “mess call” today, 900 con
'victs who are on a diet of bread and
I water because they refuse to work,
I sent up a constant cry for “food.
! food. When do we eat?” The din was
'so great all last night and this
I morning that scores of residents of
I Moundsville were attracted to the
I prison gates.
On Monday more than 1.400 con
victs, employed in the prison shops,
left their benches and refused to go
back to work. Warden S. P. Smith
ordered them confined to their cells
and then told them:
“If you don’t work, you can’t ex
pect your regular meals.”
About five hundred of the men re
turned to work Tuesday but the
I others have refused to go back to
1 their benches.
I The prison bugler was sent into
' action this morning in the hope that
I the “mess call” would cause the
I convicts to change their minds.
Abbeville Man Shot
As He Sits in Auto;
Slayer Surrenders
ABBEVILLE. Ga., Oct. 30.—Omer
F. Paxson. 35, of Abbeville, was kill
ed here Wednesday, as he sat in his
automobile in front of the postoffice,
by S. F. Reid, also of Abbeville. It
is said Reid fired two loads of buck
shot from a double-barrelled gun.
The shooting created much excite
ment in Abbeville where both men
are prominent. It is said, relations
I between them had been strained and
they had had difficulties during the
I last few months. It is said both
: men were estranged from their
I wives.
After the shooting, which occur-
j red in sight of the county jail. Reid
I walked to the sheriff's office and
| surrendered.
Mr. Paxson Is survived by his yvid
|ow and two children. Reid has tyvo
■ I daughters.
; j Witnesses said Mr. Paxson had a
shot gun in his car and yvas turn
: ing to get it when Reid shot him.
I '
The Weather
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY’
. Y'irginia: Increasing cloudiness,
warmer in east and central and
, possibly showers in extreme west
; portion.
North Carolina: Generally fair
and slightly yvarmer except possibly
showers in extreme yyest portion.
South Carolina and Georgia: I’art-
I ly cloudy and slightly yvarmer.
Florida: aFir, little change in
' temperature.
Extreme Northyvest Florida: Fur.
Alabama: Partly cloudy; possibly
■ showers and cooler in north por
t tion.
Y1 ississippl: Partly cloudy I cooler
i in interior.
I Tennessee ami Kentucky ; S -ur-
■ Clay mostly cloudy and cooler, prob-
I I ably shoyvers. in east and. ventral
■ j portions.
■I Louisiana: Partly- cloudy.
■ Arkansas: Partly cloudy.
I I Oklahoma : Fair.
■ East Tcxa=: Generally fair.
i West T-'xas: Fair.
tILHD
PDSTMJSTERJOBS.
CUMIN Slls
Didn't Offer Enough for Ap
pointment, One Man
Was Told
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—The sen
ate campaign fund committee was
given Thursday a civil service com
mission report in which Joseph W.
Tolber, Republican national commit
teeman for South Carolina, was
charged with having offered the post
mastership at Belton, S. C., to How
ard A. Littlejohn “if your heart and
pocketbook will get right.’’
The report was submitted by J. T.
Doyle, secretary of the civil service
commission, who made an investiga
tion. He said Littlejohn refused to
pay.
D. A. Geer, a merchant of Belton,
contributed $l5O toward Littlejohn’s
appointment, Doyle said, but it was
returned by the county chairman,
who said R. R. Tolbert, brother of
Joseph W. Tolbert, had directed him
to return it. as $l5O would not get
the Belton postoffice.
“R. R. Tolbert said to Littlejohn
that all money had to be paid to j
him, because he was boss and had
absolute control of every appoint
ment in the district from a janitor
to the highest appointive office,” the •
Doyle report continued, “and that I
any day that he (Littlejohn) would
meet his request that he would wire 1
his name to the postoffice depart- j
ment and that his appointment would |
be published the next day.”
Demands on Carriers
R. R. Tolbert also told Littlejohn ,
to demand of the rural carriers that I
they pay him SIBO each on or before '
June 10, 1924, and stated that he I
was going to make this demand of i
every rural carrier in the Third con- •
gressional district.
“R. R. Tolbert was, about that I
time, nominated for United States |
district attorney, but was not con- :
firmed by the senate.”
Joseph R. Grundy, chairman of the ‘
Pennsylvania ways and means com- .
mittee, whose letters Senator La Fol- I
lette first quoted in charging a Re- I
publican “slush fund,’’ was notified >
by the committee Thursday that he I
“must” appear.
Grundy was a witness before the I
committee last week, and was asked
to testify again. The committee was
notified by his office that he could
not be located. His reappearance
vvas regarded as “imperative,” the
committee message said.
Acting Chairman Caraway an
nounced he had received a tele
gram from George K. Morris,
the Republican state chairman in
New York, refusing to appear before
the committee “except on ceitain
stipulations.”
“I wish to state that the commit
tee is not making any stipulations |
or understanding with any witness,” j
Senator Caraway said. “He can re- |
fuse to come if he wishes to take the |
consequences of refusal. I assume j
there is something he does not care '
to expose.”
The senator explained further that
the sergeant-at-armn of the senate
had received a telegram yesterday
from Mr. Morris “saying if he had
to come he thought the represent*- I
fives of the Democrat’c and inde- |
pendent candidates ought to cornel
also.”
“I told the sergeant-at-arms that
that would be clone,” Senator Cara
way continued. “Now I have a tel
egram from Mr. Morris saying that
he declines to come unless the Demo
cratic and independent representa
tives are here at tb” c--, —o time.
• Will Not Concede
“Os course, I am not willing to
consent to any such demand, but I
realize he is perfectly within his
rights In asking that the others be
called also.”
Later Chairman Caraway inter
rupted the hearing to say:
“Perhaps my remark concerning
Mr. Morris better not stand in fair- j
ness to him.”
The chairman did not indicate I
whether he contemplated any fur- j
ther steps in the matter, but turned I
tiie committee's attention to collec
tions in other states.
YV. Harry Baker, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the Republican sena
torial committee in Pennsylvania,
testified he had received in contribu
tions $173,863 and has on hand
$226.21. A total of $64,350, he said,
was received from Joseph R. Grun- I
dy, who has charge of collecting
funds in eastern Pennsylvania and j
$14,500 from the national commit-!
tee.
William J. Tully, of the legal de
partment of the Metropolitan Life I
Insurance company, named in pre-,
vious testimony as head of the spe
cial committee collecting Republi- I
can funds among life insurance men.
testified that employes and officials |
of the Metropolitan company gave
$1,660. of which he himself contrib
uted SSOO, and that SSBS was contrib
uted among the personnel of the
New York Life Insurance company. ,
, Hendon Chubb, also an insurance
man of New York, said he raised 1
$822.50 from marine insurance men
for the Republican fund.
George Mundane, of the New York
Trust company, who said he was
chairman of the bankers’ group of
the Greater New York Republican
campaign fund committee, testified
lie himself had received $3,090 and
that the bankers’ group as a whole
raised $77,000.
Bankers’ Gifts Small
He declared that $lO was the :
largest amount contributed to him by |
a board chairman of a national bank
in New York, although he had re
ceived SI,OOO from the chairman of I
the board of the Bankers’ Trust. I
and SSOO from the president of the |
same bank.
Joseph L. Crupper. Republican
state chairman of Virginia, was j
questioned regarding the check for.
S3OO which he sent to D. A. Fergu- j
son, negro treasurer of the “lily j
Tack” section of the Republican •
, party in Virginia.
"What was your purpose in send
•ng the check?’’ Caraway asked.
"My purpose was to get the col-
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—By Alley in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
GOLP.OSEM,
VETERAN AnORNEY,
CLAIMED 81 DEATH
Colonel Patrick Henry Brewster,
for more than half a century one of
the ablest and most distinguished
members of the Georgia bar, died at
his home in College Park Friday
I afternoon after an illness of several
■, weeks. He was 78 years old at the
! time of his death.
Funeral services for Colonel Breyv
ster, attended with all the honors
that his friends and colleagues can
bestow, will be held Friday after
noon, the " time to be announced
later, from the College Park Meth
odist church, of yvhich he yvas a
faithful and devoted member until
his death.
Colonel Brewster, the dean of the
Atlanta bar, had practiced the legal
profession in Atlanta for 30 years,
and for almost a quarter of a cen
tury prior to his removal here had
I practiced layv in Newnan, Coweta
county, his native city.
| Feyv men have achieved greater
distinction in their chosen profession
I than did he in the field of law. He
yvas at one time president of the
Atlanta Bar association, of yvhich
he alyvays yvas an honored member,
and throughout his long career yvas
engaged as counsel, in many famous
cases.
His comprehensive knowledge of
the law, his faithfulness in the per-
I formance of what he conceived to
I be his duty, and the gentle kidliness
jof his nature endeared him to all
. who knew him and won for him
' the respect and high esteem of his
I colleagues.
The gentleness of nature and gen
j erosity of spirit, which were domi
nant traits of Colonel Brewster's
I character were never better exem
plified, according to his closest
friends, than in his devoted atten
tion? to his wife during a long pe
riod of invalidism which preceded
her death several years ago.
Devoted to Church
< Another outstanding trait of his
character was his devotion to his
church. He had been a steward in
‘the College Park Methodist church
ever since its organization and for
thirty years prior to his death had
been a trustee of the church proper
ty and a teacher of the men's Bible
' class.
According to those who came in
I closest contact with him in his
i church work, he never missed a Sun
■day school meeting if he yvas physi
cally able to attend, serving his
• church with the same loyalty and
I faithfulness that characterized his
I attitude toward his family, his
I friends and his profession.
I Colonel Brewster was born in
Newnan on Setpember 9, 1846, the
i son of the late Mr. James Brewster
• ami the late Mrs. Jeanette Fergu
! sen Brewster, widely-known citizens
I of Coweta county.
’ At the outbreak of the War Be
tween the States Colonel Brewster
was in his late ’teens and enlisted
under the Stars and Bars, serving
through that conflict with the Con
i federate armies as a member of
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, November 1, 1924
Girl to Wed Student
To Protect Mother’s
Interest m Legacy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 30.—1 n
order to protect her mother in the
enjoyment of a legacy under the will
of her grandfather, Miss Frances Os
burn, of Cambridge, agreed to a civil
marriage with Richard Wait, son of
Justice William C. Wait, of the su
preme court, it became known to
day. Marriage intentions have been
filed at the city hall here. Wait is
a graduate student at Harvard.
The will of Miss Osburn’s grand
father, Henry Osburn, provided an
income to be paid to the girl for
her lifetime and to her husband in
the event of her death. This income
Miss Osburn has used for the sup
port of her mother. She said that
her marriage at this time would pro
tect her mother in that the income
would be paid to her husband in
the event of her own death.
Wait will continue his studies at
Harvard and Miss Osburn her wok
in an advertising office until next
June when there will be a church
wedding, she said.
Swiss Eexcute Slayer,
First Time m 22 Years
BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 30.
The death penalty was inflicted yes
terday in Switzerland for the first
time in 22 years. At Altdorf, capital
of the canton of Uri, Clement Burnet
was guillotined for the murder of a
girl who surprised him while In the
act of burglary.
The authorities had difficulty in
finding anyone to carry out the sen
tence. A train hand, who offered to
do the job for 500 francs, was for
bidden by the federal railroad man
agement when other
threatened to strike if he yvere al
lowed to "cast discredit” upon them.
At the last moment a mechanic was
induced to pull the trigger releasing
the knife.
Company "A,” Fifty-sixth Georgia
infantry, an organization that cov
ered itself with glory in many bloody
engagements.
At rhe conclusion of the war, Col
onel Brewster entered the law school
of the University of Virginia, where
it was often said of him that he was
one of the most brilliant students of
tne law that had ever attended that
institution up to that time.
Returned to Newnan
Completing his studies there in
1870, Colonel Brewster returned to
Newnan to begin the practice of the
layv and to help in the arduous work
of reconstruction. On December 2,
1874, he was married to Miss Laura
Leigh, a member of a prominent
Coweta county family.
In 1894 Colonel Brewster removed
‘o Atlanta with his family and set
tled in College Park, becoming a layv
partner of the late Judge Rufus T.
Dorsey. Tiber of former Governor
Hugh Dorsey, and Albert Howell. Jr.
This partnership continued until
the death of .lutite Dorsey, after
yvhich Colonel Brewster became a
r-mber of the law firm of Dorsey,
Brewster, Howell * Hevman He
wa> an active rtfertber of this firm
a the time of his death.
Colonel Brewster is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Clarence YVick
ersham. of Washington, Ga.. and
Mrs. Edward Richardson, of College
Park; three sons, P. H., Jr., YVal
lace and Albert Howell Brewster,
and several grandchildren.
FOREIGN MINISTERS
USER IN COOLIDGE
FIGRT. SHAVER SAYS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The
Republican administration yvas ask
ed last night by Democratic National
Chairman Shaver to explain to the
taxpayers why twenty-seven Ameri
can ambassadors and ministers,
drawing salaries ranging from $5,000
to $17,000 annually, “are in the Unit
ed States, being used to do political
work for President Coolidge.”
“Secretary Hughes,”- said Mr.
Shaver in a formal statement, “said
in his Baltimore speech and else
where during the campaign: ‘We
have a splendid foreign service and
a well defined foreign policy.’
“If this be so, to whom has he en
trusted the work ot carrying it out
in view of the fact that 27 of the
leading ambassadors and ministers
are in the United States, being used
to do political work for President
Coolidge?
“Will the following roll call meet
with the approval of the taxpayer
yvho, when the service was re-organ
ized at great expense to his pocket,
was informed that as a result of this
loudly heralded achievement of the
administration he would enjoy a hun
dred per cent better protection for
his ventures, personal as well as
commercial, abroad?”
The Democratic chairman then
named the following as having done
“political work” for the administra
tion while carried on the foreign
service payroll:
Ambassadors: Herrick, France;
Fletcher, Italy; Houghton, Germany;
Collier, Chile; Warren, Mexico; Kel
logg, Great Britain; Poindexter,
Peru, and Morgan, Brazil.
Ministers: Prince, Denmark; Geys
ler, Guatemala; Morales, Honduras;
Blanchard. Hayti; Schurman, China;
Cook, Venezuela; South, Panama;
Jay, Rumania; Raller, Nicaragua;
Bliss, Sweden; O'Toole, Paraguay;
Grew, Switzerland; Schyuler, San Sal
vador; Kornfeld, Persia; Brentano,
Hungary; Coleman. Baltic states;
Einstein, Czecho-Slovakia, and Tobin,
the Netherlands; High Commissioner
Wells, Santo Domingo and Minister
Resident Hood, Liberia.
Os these, Mr. Shaver said. Ambas
sadors Kellog and Poindexter at
Lima had not.returned to the United
States, Mr. Kellog staying at “the
emphatic request of the Republican
state committee of Minnesota,” and
Mr. Poindexter “at the insistent de
mand of the Republican state com
mittee at YV ashington.” All the
others were declared to have been
in the United States doing “work
for Coolidge” during th« present cam
pa i gn.
Lamar County Farmer
Killed by His Brother
BARNESVILLE, Ga., Oct. 30
Kirby Goen early Thursday- shot and
killed J. YV. Goen, his brother, in
northern Lamar, probably due to a
family feud of several years’ dura
tion. as the outcome of J. YV. Goen’s
administration of their father's es
tate. The killing occurred in J. W.
Goen’s field, where he was at work
and a shotgun was used. The La
mar county sheriff has gone to the
scene of the killing to arrest Kirby
Goen.
a CEN < A COPY,
SJ A YEAR.
WIDBK UNIONS
QUIT LI EDLLETTE
TO SUPPORT DAVIS
Labor Council, Representing
700,000 Members, Falls
Into Democratic Ranks
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Outstand
ing developments in the candidacy of
John W. Davis, revolved today about
the endorsement given him by the f
executive council of the Central
Trades and Labor council of Great
er New York, and the delivery by
hirn of three speeches in Long Is
land districts on Thursday.
Announcement of the labor action
was made public b.y the eastern
Democratic headquarters and was
hailed by officials there as a revolt
in American Federation of Labor
ranks which assured Mr. Davis “the
support of approximately 700,000
union workers in the greater city.”
It was pointed out also in a state
ment signed by eleven members of
the executive council that they had
voted to withdraw the endorsement
previously given Senator La Follette
“because we have been requested by
our membership to place ourselves
squarely' on record for the election
of John W. Davis for president and
Alfred E. Smith for governor of
New York.”
The statement contained a recom
mendation “to the entire membership
and to all interested in the cause
of labor, to vote and work for the
election of Davis.”
Many Trades Represented
It was signed by John Sullivan,
president, central trades and labor
council; John I’. Coughlin, secre-.
tary, central trades and labor coun
cil; James F. Costello, delegate, met
al polishers and buffers; Thomas J.
Walsh, delegate, bridge and struc
tural iron workers; Jerome B. Keat
ing, delegate, iron moulders; P. F.
Quinn, delegate, coppersmiths;
Thomas J. Curtis, delegate, tunnel
and subway workers; Edward Mc-
Caffrey, delegate, teamsters and
chauffeurs; Peter J. Quigley, dele
gate, brotherhood or carpenters and
joiners; Ralph M. Behling, delegate,
theatrical stage employes and Jo
seph Basil, delegate, horseshoers’
union.
The statement by Mr. Sullivan was
incorporated as a part of the an
nouncement from the Democratic
headquarters, which follows in part;
“The members of the executive
council of the central trades and la
bor council of greater New York,
representing one fifth of the entire
membership of the American Fed
eration of Labor, yesterday withdrew
the Indorsement of Senator La Fol
lette, voted in September, and in
dorsed John W. Davis.
“This action, taken In conjunc
tion with the previous declaration
for Davis by the powerful building
trades council, of New York, Long
Island and vicinity, assures Mr.
Davis the support of approximately
700,000 union workers in the great
er city.
Members Demand Davis
“The indorsement of Senator La
Follette was made at the request
of Samuel Gompers and his asso- ;
ciates in the executive council of
the American Federation of Labor.
Yesterday's action, President John
Sullivan and his associates declared,
followed the insistent demands o/
the membership.
“The statement of President Sul
livan and his associates in the cen
tral trades and labor council;
“‘We, the members of the execu
• live committee of the central trades
and labor council of greater New
York and vicinity, representing 700,-
000 members, after deliberate con
sideration, take the following action
in conjunction with the building
trades council of New York, Long
. Island and vicinity.
“‘We hereby Indorse John W.
' Davis for president of the United
States. We recommend to our en
, the membership, and to all inter
ested in th® cause of labor, to vote
and work for the election of Davis.
I “‘lna September meeting we
, indorsed the candidacy of Senator
' Follette. We now realize that
i Mr. La Follette has no chance ot
i being elected president and thaA a
I vote cast for him in this state, ot
I anywhere in the east is a vote cast
for the enemies of labor—Coolidge
and Dawes.
“ ‘No clear thinking man or wom
an can compare Davis and Coolidge
and their records, without coming
i to the inevitable conclusion that in
every way Davis is the better candl
i date, not only for the laboring man
and woman, but for every citizen o 2
the country who is not interested
in special privilege.
Find Davis’ Kecoril Clean
“ 'We have studied with great ca r®
the record of John W. Davis while
a member of the legislature of the
state of West Y’irginia, and while a
I member of congress, and while solici
tor general of the United States, and
that record has been consistent in
I the advocacy of progressive meas
| ures.
“'We have been Jed to this study
by the utterances of John W. Davis
and the courageous position taken
by hirn on the vital issues in this
campaign.
! “ ‘ln congress he not only wrote
the labor provisions of the Clayton
i anti trust act, but argued on July
j 9, 1912, the constitutionality of that
portion of the act, providing for trial
; by jury in contempt cases, where
• the contempt is committed in the J
presence of the court. His Repub-J
I bean opponents then argued tha®
j this was unconstitutional. Davis
i showed upon that occasion his great
I ability as a lawyer in not only draft
ing. but arguing for this measure,
I and he has only within the week
j been sustained by the supreme court
iof the United States. This aot is
the magna charta. of labor, and la
bor owes to John W. Davis an ever
lastlng sense of gratitude.
’.Combine this decision with Mr.
■Dat is utterance on the abuse of
: the injunctions in labor union labor
! disputes, and labor ha. M achieved a
; victory that could only have been
accomplished through the great in
tellectual forces of a man like Davis.
“‘Heretofore, a man charged with
violation of an injunction was tried
by the judge granting the injunc-
I tion, constituting in that judge all
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