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40FASHLEYGMIG
SLAIN IN EFFORT
TO ESCAPE COM
/
Desperadoes Spread Terror
On East Coast by Piracy,
Murder and Banditry
MIAMI. Fla., Nov. 2.—The noto
rious Ashley-Mobley gang of des-
which has spread terror
along the east Florida coast for
years, has been wiped out by a squad
of deputy sheriffs front Palm Beach
county.
Four members of the outlaw band,
including John Ashley and Hans
' ford Mobley, the leaders, were shot
' and killed by the Palm Beach depu
ties Saturday' night in a sensational
gun battle on the fringe of the Flor
ida everglades, according to word
brought here today.
The battle took place near the lit
tle town of Sebastian, where the des
peradoes were encountered in an au
tomobile seeking to escape from the
cordon of officers which had been
•steadily closing in on them for sev
eral weeks.
The gang had been trailed con
stantly' since September 12, when
the Bank of Pompano, at Pompano,
Fla., was robbed of approximately
$7,000.
Surprised by the .officers who
drew their guns first, \the four out
laws were dropped in their seats in
the car. The dead, besides Ashley
and Mobley, are Ray Lynn and
John Middleton. The bandits return
ed the fire, but none of the six offi
cers were wounded.
The Ashley' band has enjoyed a
long career of, banditry and piiacy.
They are charged with a list of job
beries and murders covering a period
of fifteen years.
Their operations stretched along
the east coast of Florida from St.
Lucie county to the Florida keys
below Miami, and across the gulf
stream in the Bahamas.
Ashley' and Mobley have figured in
’ a number of sensational jail-breaks.
Mobley and two other members of
the band were jailed at Fort Lauder
dale two years ago after robbing a
bank at Stuart, Fla. Mobley and
one companion escaped. On another
occasion, in the Palm Beach county
jail, Ashley had one of his eyes
shot out while breaking away from
the Palm Beach county jail.
Recently a force of deputies from
Palm Beach county invaded Ash
ley’s moonshine camp in the ever
glades. A deputy sheriff was killed
and several members of the band
arrested, but Ashley, Mobley, and bls
< lieutenants escaped.
The gang is also accused of raid
ing liquor stores near the Bahama
Islands, and has been sought for
years by' the British government for
piracy on the. high seas.
AS'HLEY WAS KNOWN AS
JESSE JAMES OF SOUTH
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov.
r 2.—Ashley, known as the Jesse
James of the south, had for years
cleverly eluded officers who sought
him for robbing the Pompano bank
September 15, for taking part in a
battle in which his father and a
deputy sheriff were killed near here
last January, for robbing the Stuart
bank in May, 1922, and for piracy' on
the high seas in connection with the
looting of the Port of West End,
Grand Bahama.
For years the sheriffs of six south
Florida counties had sought the
bandit, who invariably' took refuge in
the Everglades when pursued.
After forces numbering hundreds
* had unsuccessfully pursued Ashley,
Sheriff R. C. Baker, of this county,
learned from agents yesterday after
noon that the force would attempt
to escape northward over the Dixie
highway. Instantly he dispatched
K five deputies to bar south Florida’s
main exit to the north.
Sheriff at Mobile,
Denying Any Guilt,
Demands Early Trial
• MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 2.—Declaring
he was not guilty of any of the
charges made against him in im
peachment proceedings filed by' the
attorney-general, Sheriff Paul Caza
las today stated that he would make
an effort to have the case set for
early' hearing before the supreme
court.
“I will fight the case to the last
; ditch,” declared the sheriff, “as I
am not guilty.”
The impeachment proceedings
were filed against the Mobile coun
ty' sheriff yesterday' at Montgomery,
by Attorney' General Harwell G.
Davis. The official was charged
with having sold his office to Wil
liam H. Holcombe for the latter’s
support in the race, with wilful neg
lect’of duty, corruption in office, and
incompetency'.
Texas Governor Race
Overshadows All Else
As Campaign Closes
DALL.'S, Tex., Nov. I.—(By the
Associated Press.) —A campaign
unique in the history' of Texas poli
tics. in vfhleh the race for governor
In interest overshadowed the presi-
Sential race, was rapidly drawing
’ io a close tonight. Former Gover
nor James E. Ferguson, campaign
manager for his wife. Mrs. Miriam
A. Ferguson, Democratic nominee,
•poke in Houston, while Dr. George
?. Butte, Republican nominee, chose
Dallas as the firing ground of his
last big gun.
Both candidates, however, will
Snake speeches Monday night. Fer
guson has chosen Temple, his home
Sown, as the location for bringing
i Bis speaking tour to a formal dose,
ind Dr. UtHte will make his clos
ing remarks in Corsicana.
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
COPENHAGEN. Kai Nielson,
noted Danish sculptor, dies here.
LOS ANGELES. Pneumonic
plague causes 21 deaths since out
break in Mexican qiVrter two weeks
a go.
CHICAGO. —Ten street car pas- ,
sengers are killed and many injured ’
when freight car backs into car
crowded with Halloween party.
HAVANA. General Giriardo i
Machado, Liberal, is leading General
Mario G. Menocal, Conservative, in
Cuban presidential election.
MONTREA L.—Adelard Delorme,
former priest. on trial for third'
Lime for murder of half-brother in ■
January, 1922, is acquitted.
OMAHA.—Charles AM. Bryan,
Democratic candidate for vice presi-1
dent, narrowly' escapes injury when t
automobile collides with his car.
NEW' YORK.— Wm. M. Butler,
chairman of Republican national |
committee, announces committee ex
pects to end campaign without de- I
licit.
WASHINGTON. The treasury |
completes plans for redemption of i
loan of 1925, one of issues of fed- I
eral obligations used to secure na- ;
tional bank notes.
MADRID,—Lieut. Gen. Damaso
Berenguer is sentenced to six '
months imprisonment for attendance ;
at ‘'meeting of political character”
in Spain.
NILES, O. —Military' authorities ’
begin, investigation of rioting Sat- !
urday at Niles, 0., between klan and i
anti-klan factions, in which 13 were I
injured, two probably fatally.
PITTSBURG.—Senator La Fo»- ,
lette declares that Secretary Mellon !
“is real president of the United i
States” and Galvin Coolidge “mere-I
ly man who occupies White House.”!
BERLIN.—Owen D. Young, for
mally turns over office of agent
general for reparations payments to
S. Parker Gilbert, former assistant
secretary of United States treasury.
WASHINGTON. President-elect
Calles, of Mexico, -pays formal call
on President Coolidge and Secre
tary Hughes and is guest at offi
cial dinner of Pan-American Union.
TOKlO.—Major Zanni, Argentine
aviator, who is seeking to fly
around world, announces his inten
tion to abandon attempt to fly
across Pacific.
NEW LONDON, Conn.—lndica
tions were that estate of late Sen
ator Frank B. Brandegee is insol
vent, as administration is granted
by probate court after hearing on
admission of his will.
WASHINGTON. - Decision ' of
President Coolidge on reduction of
sugar rates is held-up by inability
of tariff commission to agree on
additional report, requested by presi
dent, White House pays.
WASHINGTON.—Presiden t Cool
idge suggests in letter to National
Commander Drain of the American
Legion that Armistice day' be dedi
cated to promotion of permanent
peace and outlawry of war.
NEW YORK.—John W. Davis,
condemning Republicans for collect
ing “huge campaign fund,” submits
letter from “gold-star mother” en
closing insurance check of dead sol
dier-son as gift to Democratic cause.
NEW YORK.—Republican cam
paign fund nearer fifteen million
dollars thun first estimate, made by ‘
Senator ha Follette, of four or five !
millions, says report of Samuel Un- I
termyer, and Frank P. Walsh, spe
cial counsel, who appeared before ;
Borah committee.
LONDON.—Resignation of Mac-!
Donald cabinet Tuesday' following;
return of king to London from '
Sandringham Castle* and summoning}
by king of Stanley' Baldwin, Con- }
servative leader, to form new gov- >
ernment’s forecast.
MEXICO ClTY.—Federal govern
ment of Mexico, in telegram to Gov- !
ernor Abelardo Rodriguez. of north- ■
ern district of Lower California, an- ■
nuonces its opposition to Japanese i
or other far eastern colonization ,
sehenes or further admission of i
orientals.
Beauty Contest Men,
Held in North, Will
Oppose Extradition
W. J. O'Brien and Lee Manchell,
promoters of the “Miss Atlanta
Faire,” beauty' contest at the South
eastern fair, who are alleged to have
disappeared from Atlanta at the close
of the fair with several hundred
dollars set aside for the purchase of
prizes for the winners of the con
test. and who have been arrested
in Martinsburg, W. V., and Phila
delphia, Pa., respectively, will fight
extradition, Atlanta authorities were
informed Saturday.
County' Policemen Riley' and West
left Saturday' night to bring the
prisoners to Atlanta.
J. Oscar Mills, president of the
Southeastern Fair association, said
Saturday an audit of the books is
being made to determine the amount
of money' the two men are alleged to
have taken.
‘‘Looney Gas’’ Deaths
To Be Investigated
By Grand Jurors
EI.I'sABETH. N. J. Nov 2.
Grand jury investigation of the
deaths of five Standard Oil company
chemists, who succumbed to tetra
ethyl poison at the company’s labo
ratories at Bayway. was promised
today when Justice Samuel Kalisch
asked to have all facts in connection
with the “looney gas” case laid be
fore him at once.
After he has read all the evidence,
he said, he will present the case to
the Union county grand jury, now
in session here. His charge to the
jury will dei>end on what his own in
vestigation reveals.
A. J. David, county prosecutor,
tonight refused to mak? known what
action his i e might take towards
determining whether the Standard
Oil company was guilty of criminal
negligence. le said he was await
ing the outcome of investigations
now being conducted ty several
state and municipal chemists.
Do Not Fail to Cast Your Vote Tuesday---Be a Patriot, Not Just a Talker
COTTON RECEIPTS
ST GEORGIA POOL
SUMS WE
i ' 1
' Biggest Farmers of State
' Are Turning to Co-opera-
1
tive Marketing Plan
BY EDWIN CAMP
I Georgia's co-operative cottcn man
! keting association already has re- I
1 ceived from members over 5,000 I
more bales of cotton than it handled |
during the entire previous season, j
Receipts up to November 1 totaled i
j 75,394 bales.' The total for last sea- i
. son was 70,000 bales, in round num- :
. bers.
Many thousand bales are yet to be I
| received from south Georgia mem
j bers; the ciop in middle Georgia is
| hardly' more than half ginned, and
j the movement from north Georgia is
I just beginning in earnest.
I Association officials are making no I
i predictions but indicate they would I
I not be surprised if the season’s total
: exceeds 125,000 bales.
.$5,050,575 Payment ,
Already pool members have re
i ceived advance payments amounting
Ito $5,050,575. Daily receipts are
i running between 1,500 and 2,000
i bales. Monday, October 20, -was the I
i biggest day of the season, with re
-1 ceipts of 3,330 bales.
The most gratifying feature of the
; season to officials is the confidence
: in the association shown by the larg
ier planters of the state. The bigger
I planters naturally are the better
i business men among the growers,
I and when the ablest of farmers
i abandon the old custom of individual
i selling and turn their harvest over
i to the association for orderly' mar
; keting, the act is taken as the high
; est indorsement possible.
J 11. Dorminy, of Fitzgerald, al
ready has delivered 462 bales from
his crop this year. Last Monday he
sent in 443 bales, on which his ad
vance payment amounted to $32,092.
; Other planters of state-wide promi-
J nence who have ceased to guess
! when to sell and who believe an
i average of the season’s prices is best
I for them are W. M. Sutton, of Clay
; county, who has sent in 407 bales,
j and J. A. Wilson, of Bulloch county,
'I who has delivered 392 bales to date.
New Members Every Day
, New members are being taken in
} every day, many of them coming
l without solicitation, officials say,
I and it seems likely that the present
membership of over 40,000 will be
i greatly increased before the end of
•he season.
“Reports of progress by the other
eleven cotton associations in other
states have come to me, and ti e re
ceipts of these associations are far
in excess of what they were this
time last year. Further, it is en
couraging to know that hundreds of
new members are signing up in the
different associations each week
during delivery season, which has
not been true during the past two
seasons that we have marketed our
cotton co-operatively,” was the com
ment on the work of the co-operative
associations made by J< E. Conwell,
president and manager of the asso
ciation in this state.
FATAL MALADY
HAS CALIFORNIA
M. D.’S BAFFLED
LOS ANGEI.ES, Nov. 2.—An of-
I ficial statement issued here Satur
; day by Dr. Elmer H. Pascoe, of the
! Los Angeles city health department
I staff, fixed the total recent deaths
j at 14 and the total present cases
■ at 10. in the outbreak of what so
; far has been tentatively diagnosed
, as pneumonic plague.
Dr. I’ascoe said that the contagion,
I so far confined to a portion of the
} Mexican quarter, was "pnquestion
t ably serious,” that it was from 40
j to 90 per cent fatal, and that health
I inspectors stationed about the affect-
■ ed district were preventing any per
son leaving that neighborhood.
Semi-official totals of deaths from
; the malady since October 19, placed
I this figure at 12, including that of
. a. seven-year-old boy who succumbed
I this morning.
Dr. Pascoe said that extensive lab
; oratory tests were being rushed to
'• conclusion to definitely catalog the
i disease and that indications so far
I pointed to its being as first announc-
• ed. “pneumonic plague.”
. The first victim was Mrs. Luciano
I Samarano, who died October 19. Her
; death was followed by a number of
} others and the illness of still more,
I nearly all of whom had been in con
j tact with her or had attended her
■ funeral.
The bodies of all victims are cre
mated immediately after death, Dr.
Pascoe said.
U. S. HEALTH (IFFICIU.S
ARE ORDERED TO ASSIST
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.—Federal
j health officers have been ordered
j to concentrate in Los Angeles to
I assist local authorities in combat
j ting the pneumonic plague there.
| Acting Surgeon General White,
of the United States public health
; service, who issued the instructions.
; said reports to him indicated the
. malady to be one of the most deadly
• diseases known to medical science.
Prison Work Strike
Losing Rapidly Under
Bread and Water Diet
MOUNDSVILLE. W. Vu.. Nov. 1.
The call for breakfast in the West
Virginia penitentiary today found
move than 900 convicts en route to
the dining halls and marked the end
1 of their voluntary 5-day absence from
the prison shops and an involuntary
diet of bread and water.
The prisoners left their benches in
the workshops last Monday. Warden
S. P. Smith told them they could not
expect to eat regularly if they did
not work, and the bread and water
menu was put in'force.
The convict s kept up a constant
din. shouting “tvhen do we eat?” all
day and well into the night. About
50 prisoners, refusing to return to
work, were served their usu il bread
and water this morning.
Manufacturer Dies
Os Heart Attack at
Penn Football Game
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2.
Henry' S. Williams, of Rosemont,
president of AVilliams, Brown &
Earle. Inc., Philadelphia manufac
turers of scientific instruments,
dropped dead of heart disease Sat
urday' while witnessing the foot
ball game between the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania and Lafayette.
He was 71 years old.
mlleTmT
ISMMffIIN
HITS STREET CAR
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.—Ten were kill
ed and 25 injured when a street cat
was struck by a run-away freight
train of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad here today.
The northside car was crowded
with passengers, and no opportunity
for escape was offered when they
saw the train bearing down upon
them. A flagman had waved for the
car to proceed, according to the
story' told by the conductor, and the
crash, which split the car in the mid
die, buried the dead and injured in
the debris.
Police believe the accidant was
caused by carelessness, and are
holding 10 men pending investiga
tion.
FERGUSON HITS
WIFE’S FOES IN
LAST ADDRESS
HOUSTON, Texas. Nov. Jarr-'
E. Ferguson, former governor, spoke
here last night at the city audito
rium in behalf of the candidacy' of
.Mrs. Ferguson, Democratic nominee
for governor. At several points in
his speech he mentioned the can
didacy of his wife, who he declared,
entered the race to seek vindication
for the Ferguson family name
Ferguson often resorted to ridi
cule in his address. Most of this
was directed at George C. Butte, his
wife’s opponent.
Early in his speech, in a fiery pas
sage, he condemned his opponents
for instituting what he called a com
paign of malice, slander, hate and
prejudice. A little further on he
attacked Thomas r F. Love, Os Dal
las, former chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee, but
who. Ferguson said, is now support
ing Butte.
The primary' pledge is binding on
the voters, Ferguson declared, jle
said those who voted in the primary
and then scratched the Democratic
ticket were breaking their solemn
vow to support the nominees.
Mrs. Ferguson, he said, is suffer
ing from hay fever and was unable
to atterVl the meeting tonight.
Trapped Under Auto
After It Overturns,
Motorist Is Burned
DUNDEE, Miss., Nov. 2.—W. D.
Hawkins, of Advance, Mo., was
burned to death about two miles
south of Dundee Saturday when 'an
automobile in which he was-riding
caught fire after it overturned.
Archie Hastings. Bay, Ark., and
Mills, Opeleousa, La., Haw
kins’ companions, were pinned be
neath the overturned machine, but
were rescued before the car caught
fire. Neither was injured severely.
The three men, all employes of
the McWilliams Dredging company,
of Chicago, were on their way to
Helm, Miss., from Memphis. Haw
kins was driving, and, blinded by
dust, he ran down an embankment
in pulling to the side of the road
to let another car pass. Before Haw
kins could be rescued the gasoline
tank of the wrecked machine ex
ploded.
Woodruff Suffered
Dangerous Fractures,
X-Ray Pictur es Show
ATHENS, Ga.. Nov. 2.—The con
■ dition of Harry Woodruff, who was
. injured in an automobile accident
l en route to Athens from Columbus
I Friday night, was reported tonight
| as unchanged.
An x-ray examination showed that
. Woodruff has suffered three frac-
I 'tired vertebrae near the juncture of
I the neck and back, virtually paralyz
i ing his body from the chest down.
} The injured man never has lost con
sciousness and hope is held for his
I life.
Mr. Woodruff, brother Coach
Woodruff, of the Georgia Bulldogs,
. was en route from his Columbus
I home to witness the Georgia-Ten
nessee football game here today.
: Coach Woodruff did not attend the
game today in which his charges
crushed Tennessee, but remained at
the bedside of his brother.
Bomb Hurled at Train
Kills Woman: Blows
Hole m Side of Car
RIVERTON. N. J.. Nov. 2.—A
woman passenger on a Pennsylvania
train was killed lastnight by what
state and railroad police say was
the explosion of a bomb thrown at
the train as it approached this town.
The side of the car was blown in
ward. and several car windows were
broken. No other passengers were
injured.
Infection of Pimple
Kills Florida \\ Oman
PENSACOLA, Fla.. Nov. 2.—Mrs
Fred Barry, 23. of Milton, Fla., died
here today. Her death followed in
fection from a small pimple which
appeared on her face a week or more
ago. which she is said to have
I scratched with a fingernail. Blood
transfusion was restored to, a rela
tive giving up large quantities of
his blood in the hope of saving her
515.00U.0D0 FUND •
CHARGED TO G. 0. P.
BTSLUSH PROBERS;
Senate Inquiry ‘"Barely
Scratched Surface,” Attor
neys for La Follette Assert
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The senate
inquiry into campaign fund contri
butions “has barely scratched the
surface” and the Republican slush
fund will be found to, amount to
$15,000,000, according to a joint
statement issued here today’ by'
Frank P. Walsh and Samuel Unter
•myer, attorneys for Senator La
Follette.
The statement speaks of a “vast,
undisclosed fund” and says one par
ticular item of proof of the La
Follette charges will be supplied by
the testimony' by' two persons who
vouch for the accuracy of the docu
ments they' have furnished. The
testimony' has been held up “be
cause counsel were unwilling to
have this story’ broadcast on the
eve of election until it had been
thoroughly corroborated.”
attorneys base their belief of
the $15,000,000 fund on evidence j
that huge sums have been collected
for senatorial and congressional cam
paigns that have not passed through
the hands of the national commit
tee. They also declare the $3,750,000
total given out by' the G. O. IW treas
urer in charge Friday has been con
siderably' augmented since then.
“Under the skilfull, guiding hand
of J. P. Morgan & G 0.,” was the fi
nancing of the Republican campaign
conducted, the statement charges.
Dwight Morrow is named as the
firm’s “ablest and most resource- I
ful member” through whom the I
Morgon company worked.
After flaying the “subsidizing ot
German-American newspapers, the
assessment of government em
ployes, and the political activities
of railroad heads,” the statement
outlines what it calls a “real corrupt
practices act,” embodying among
others the following features:
1. Limiting the total contributions
and expenditures in behalf of any
party in a national campaign from
all sources of $1,000,000 (Untermy
er’s figures), or $300,000 (Walsh’s).
2. All contributions should be
made not less than two weeks before
election.
3. Virtual elimination of indirect I
contributions, such as advertising,
circularizing, etc.
4. Full reports of contributions
and expenditures to be made two
weeks before election.
BORAH MAY SUM UP
FINDINGS FOR PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. —Senator
Borab, chairman of the senate
committee investigating campaign
funds which has just concluded a
scries of hearings here and in Chi
cago in an attempt to determine the
sources and amounts of contribu
tions to the campaign funds of the
three tickets in the field, today
sought the views of his colleagues
on the Committee in order to decide
whether or not the committee should
make a preliminary statement on its
findings beforo the election.
Borah himself is of the opinion
such a statement ought to be issued.
The hearings have attracted wide
publicity' and Borah feels that some
sort of an official analysis of the
testimony’ should be given out by' the
committee before the election. If
such a statement is decided upon it
will probably’ be issued tomorrow.
In any event the investigation will
be continued after the election and
will eventually culminate in a for
mal report by the committee, Borah
said.
MEI.I.ON PLAN BENEFITS
SEEN IN G. O. P. GIFTS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Another
statement given out at Democratic ,
committee headquarters Saturday as- j
sailed the Republican campaign con-j
tributions list and declared that
many of those who contributed
would benefit materially' by a revis
ion of the tax law along the lines of
the Mellon plan. i
The statement included a long list
of the largest contributors to the Re
publican war chest and compared the!
amount of income tax they paid last!
year with the amount they would
have paid under the reduced surtax'
rates of the Mellon proposal.
Another statement given out at
Democratic headquarters declared;
“the quadrennial slush fund collec
tion in West Virginia by' Republican !
campaign committee” has brought on I
a "strike” of 900 convicts in the■
Moundsville penitentiary.
“For years past,” said the state
ment, “the Republicans have been
assessing the contractors who are I
utilizing West Virginia’s convict ’.a-;
bor for the manufacture of convict
made goods. Every time, according
to information quite general in West
‘Virginia, that the Republican slush
fund collectors squeeze a large cam- <
paign tribute out of the contractors,!
the contractors recoup themselves
by squeezing more work out of the
convicts.
Borah Ponders on Report
Decision as to whether the sen
ate committee investigating cam
paign funds will submit a partial re
port before the election on the testi
mony produced at the hearings in
Washington and Chicago was held
in abeyance tonight pending a con
ference between members of the
committee, probably Monday.
Chairman Borah said tonight that
although he had “very’ positive }
ideas" bearing on the testimony' and
thought a statement should be issued
for the benefit of the public, he did
not feel he should issue a statement
until he had obtained the views of
the other members of the commit
tee. He reached Washington late !
today from Chicago, where he and
Senator Shipstead, Farmer-La bor.
Minnesota, heard testimony con
cerning campaign financing.
Senator Caraway, of Arkansas,
and Senator Bayard, of Delaware,
both Democrats, who conducted the
Washington section of the hearing,
were both out of the citv today.
To Resume Hearing
The investigation will be resumed
(Continued on Page 3, Column 5) .
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, November 4, 1924
SOUTHERN STITES
WILL VOTE CHANGES
FOR CONSTITUTIONS
Georgia and Carolina to
Pass on Biennial Session;
Florida on Income Tax
\
‘ In addition to contests between
! Democratic and Republican voters
lin eight southern states Tuesday,
! proposed constitutional amendments
covering a wide range of subjects
will claim attention.
• As a result of the ballots to be cast
j it is possible that the last of the
I annual sessions of southern general
I assemblies will pass into the dis
j card. South Carolina and Georgia
’ will decide if their legislatures are
! to meet biennially instead of an
nually.
South Carolina will also vote on
I the question of making terms of of
fice for state officials four years in
; stead of two as at present and
Georgia has a proposed amendment
whereby certain manufacturing in
dustries may be exempted for a
period of five years.
Mississippie and Florida are
found on opposite sides of taxation.
Mississippi is to vote on the ques
tion of levying income, severance
and excise taxes while Florida pro
poses to so amend the constitution
that no tax shall be levied by the
state on income or inheritance of a
resident. Another amendment in’
Mississippi provides for election of
levee board members instead of ap
pointment by the governor.
Louisiana is placing before the
people a proposed amendment pro
viding for an increase dn pensions
to Confederate veterans.
In Tennessee the legislature has
submitted to the voters the ques
tion of holding a constitutional elect
tion.
Alabama may' amend its constitu
tion to exempt all former service
men from the payment of poll tax.
Two referendum measures are be
fore Norith Carolina voters as a re
sult of action by the general as
sembly. An opportunity is present
ed to vote $8,500,000 in state bonds,
$7,000,000 to be devoted to building
port terminals at certain undesig
nated cities on the coast and $1,500,-
000, if so much be necessary, for
the establishment of a state-owned
steamship line.
A soldier homestead' act is also
up for approval under the terms of
which bonds amounting to $2,000,000
would be voted to furn.sh money to
be loaned to veterans of the World
war resident in North Carolina for
the purpose of establishing homes.
A maximum limit of $2,500 Is fixed
for each veteran.
Vets Center Attack
On Fee Paid Coolidge
For Patriotic Talk
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. I.—De
claring the acceptance of a fee of
$250 'by President Coolidge for the
address made at Bridgeport. Conn.,
as the most disgraceful act of which
the president could be guilty, Rob
ert L. Foster, state commander of
the American legion, today' appealed
to ex-servjce men of Tennessee to
register their protest on Tuesday by
voting for John AV. Davis. A man
of almost any' c.mber would consider
1t an honor to be called upon to
deliver a memorial address in honor
of the men who died in Franco.
Commander Foster said.
“I have waited for some time be
fore maknig any' comment concern
ing this matter, as it was almost im
possible for an ex-service man to
believe that there would not be
some satisfactory statement from
the White House. No explanation
has been made',” Foster stated.
“Coolidge commercialized patriotism
and it should cost him thousands of
votes, and I hope that every ex
service man and his family will rise
on Tuesday in a vote of resent
ment.”
Colonel W. L. Terry', commander
of the 115th field artillery', Tennes
see National Guard, who was a lieu
tenant colonel in France during the
'war, and has been prominent in af
fairs of the American legion, also
denounced the president’s speech.
“It is a blot on the war record of
America and an insult to patriot
ism.” he said.
“The people have an opportunity
to express their indignation, and I
hope that every ex-service man will
take advantage of this opportunity
by voting for John W. Davis, who
was the war-time ambassador to
England.”
La Follette’s Remedies
Won’t Cure Farmers’
Illness, Dawes Says
BROK. Ind.. Nov. 2.—{By the
Associated Press) —Charles G. Dawes,
Republican vice presidential nomi
nee. speaking here to northern
Indiana farmers, warned against ap- I
plication of La Follette remedies to
agricultural ills.
“What will happen to the prices
of farm products if this movement
shows even a semblance of success
next Tuesday?” he asked after as
sailing Senator La Follette as "a real
reactionary,” and a "master dema
gogue.”
“It means chaos,” he said in an
swer to his own question.
The Weather
Forecast for Tuesday:
Illinois: Fair in south portion; !
probably showers in north portion. I
Missouri: Partly cloudy. I
Virginia and North Carolina: Fair '
with rising temperature.
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida !
and extreme northwest Florida: I
Fair.
Alabama and Mississippi: Fair,
warmed in north portion.
Tennessee: Increasing cloudiness I
and warmer.
KENTUCKY: Increasing cloudi- I
ness and warmer, followed by rain. ■
Louisiana: Fair.
Arkansas, Oklahoma, east and |
west Texas: Fair. . |
Pacific Ocean Boils
As Volcano at Bottom
Forces Lava to Surface
TOKIO, Aiyv. 3. —(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —A large volcanic
explosion has occurred on the sea
i bottom near the Yaeyama Inlands,
between Formosa and the Loo-
I choo Islands, according to a re-
I* port published by the central me-
I teorological observatory. The re-
I port originated with the captain
I of the O. K. S. steamer Myako
i Maru, which was forced to steam
■ astern to escape boiling, muddy
waters with larg pumice stones
rising to the surface. The cap-
I tain said the length of the explo-
I sion was 12 miles, but he was un-
■ able to ascertain the width of it.
I TOWN REPENTS
ORGY OF HATRED
AND BLOODSHED
• NILES, Ohio, Nov. 2.—Church i
bells tolled peacefully while the sun
blazed cheerfully today over the
battle field of religious and racial
hatred, where members of the Ku
Klux Klan and the Knights of the
Flaming Circle, anti-klan organiza
tion, battled yesterday.
Little children in bright-colored
coats, on their way to church, stared
at the khaki-clad soldiers who ar
rived yesterday' after 11 persons I
were wounded and just in time to
prevent a pitched battle between the '
klansmen and members of the flam
ing circle.
Although none of the injured vic
' I firns in the preliminary skirmish be
! tween the two factions died during
: the night, two ol them, G. E. Vic
! tor, 38, of Farrell, Pa., shot through
; the back, and Ellsworth Keyser, .22,
;of Youngstown, Ohio, shot and
stabbed in/the shoulder, were not ex-
I pected to live.
Major-General Benson W. Hough,
| in charge of the 615 men and 64 of
l i’icers who are enforcing qualified
i martial law’ here, said today he would
co-operate with the civil authorities
in bringing to justice the leaders of
the warring factions.
General Hough conferred with
Major Harvey C. Kistler, Prosecutor
Harvey Burgess, Chief of Police I.
; L. Round, and Sheriff John E. Thom
as, today and promised to aid them
in their investigation. A few fist
fights and gun battles w'ere reported
during the night from the outlying
districts of the town, but a check-uu
revealed no serious casualites, Gen
eral Hough said.
! Some of the troops will return
home tonight, but the qualified mar
tial law probably' will continue in
effect for a couple of days, it was
said. Citizens neutral in the conflict
expressed sorrow that it had been
necessary to call out the troops.
Trouble IjOiir Feared
Trouble has been brewing here
for some time, according to Sheriff
Thomas. Klan organizations through
the entire Mahoning- Valley are very
strong, he indicated, and about a
year ago the anti-klan feeling crys
tallized and a chapter of the organ
ization, known as the Knights of the
Flaming Circle, was formed. Hatred
between the two orders, based on
religious difference’, was fed by
petty arguments and grew to dan
gerous hostility. For the last three
months, he said, members of both
organizations have been carrying
guns.
About a month ago, Thomas said,
when the klan announced it would
parade here on November 1, the anti
klan hatred flamed higher.
Permission for the klan to hold
its parade was granted by Mayor
Kistler, and when the Knights of
the Flaming Circle gave notice they
would hold a meetiyig on the same
day'. Kistler refused them permis
sion to parade. This was followed’
by a declaration from the Flaming
Circle that they would stop the
march of the hooded order.
About 500 td 1,000 members of the
klan assembled in a field just north
of the city’ on Saturday for the pro
cession. About 200 were >rmed, re
ports said. At about the same time,
about 150 anti-klansmen, armed with
rifles, pistols, shot guns and clubs,
took up their position on Main'
street, near the city limits, along the
proposed line of march.
About 11 o’clock, as the two fac
tions assembled, guerilla warfare
broke out, “pot shots” were taken
by rivals, clubs and fists flew in
minor skirmishes, and mob rule
reigned.
Newspaper men flew about at- 1
tempfYng to get pictures and inter- I
view the fighters. One photographer
had his camera shot away, while an- I
other lay flat on his stomach while
a volley of anti-klan shots poured
over his head. A klansrnan had
come within range and about thirty'
shots were fired at him. He fell
with eight wounds, none of which
have as yet proved fatal.
Twenty Injured
In the fighting probably about 20
! persons were injured, the majority
j being removed to their homes* in-
I stead of'hospitals.
Federal avenue, an intersecting
street, was set as the dead line. The
members of the circle defied the
klansmen to cross the line. The
‘ number of armed- men was too great
i for local authorities to cope with
; the situation and the appeal for
state troops was renewed.
j Suddenly a touring car came dash- I
ing over the deadline. Two persons
1 were in the car, one driving and the
other in the rear seat. The man
in the rear seat let forth a volley
from a repeating rifle into the crowd.
All shots, however, went wild.
The two men were captured by
anti-klansmen and marched to the
deadline, where one was shot down
and the other beaten into insensi
bility. Many' newspaper men saw
! the vengeance taken on the pair and j
i were certain that both were killed, j
The anger of the anti-klensmen !
was so wrought up by this time that |
they were prepared to attack the
I klansmen in the field.
I White-robed figures could be seen I
forming ranks and'one witness said .
I that a klan leader, in flowing red J
. robes, stepped out and called for for- |
I ty armed men.
At this juncture, Sheriff Thomas. |
seeing that a bloody battle was j
about to begin, begged both forces !
Ito wait twenty’ minutes. A truce
; was agreed on and just as it was
i about the expire, the factions pre
' pared for battle, huge motor trucks,
I containing the first national guard
’ troops, from Warren, cam% roaring
i down the road.
5 ibA / COPY,
Si A YEAR.
MAJOR MIDITES
CONFIDENT. BIT
VERDICT OF PEOPLE
Spectacular Rallies in Great
er New York Saturday;
Statements Issued
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The cam
paign is over.
There still is a lot of red fire to be
burned, much oratory to be uncork
ed, and all the noise and hokum that
goes into politics, but for practical
purposes the campaign has ended.
Few voters will change thett
minds after tonight. The case haJ
gone to the people and it remains
only for them to express their will
at the polls Tuesday.
Political leaders admitted this fact
tonight and the candidates rested
throughout the nation.
John W. Davis, Democratic nomi
nee, at his home in Locust Valley*
Long Island, was confident of vic
tory. > 1 \
“We have made our campaign,” he
said. “I think we will win.”
President Coolidge spent the day*
quietly in Washington. (He, too, waS
confident of the outcome.
Senator La Follette, independent
candidate, after closing his cam'
paign in a speech at Cleveland, Ohio,
went to his home in Madison, Wis.j
where he will cast his ballot Tues*
day.
“The progressive cause is rising
and will carry us to victory,” hd
said.
Busy With Predictions
Meantime the managers of thd
major parties wore busy casting up
results in advance. The dope sheets
were being completed and on the
basis of what ought to happen each
was able to prove that his candidate
will win.
It has been a. modern campaign
with radio, movies and airplanes, aid
ing the old standbys—the brasd
bands, red fire, cowbells and canndn
crackers.
The issues have been clearly
drawn and the people know almost
to a cent what each party raised in
the way of money to forward its
cause.
In New York, it appears to casual
observers, the state campaign had
overshadowed national politics.
Young Colonel 'Theodore Roose*
veJt has proved an energetic cam
paigner and has forced the veteran
Democratic leader, Governor Al
; Smith, to extend himself.
| Roosevelt has been everywhere,
tireless, fighting, confident of sue l
J cess, but New York city at least, be*
lieves that Smith will be elected,
Tammany expects to roll up a ma
jority of almost half a million di!
so for him in the greater city. Smith
posters rye everywhere and Smith’d
name on everybody’s lips. There
can be no doubt of the tremendous
popularity of the Democratic go ver*
nor.
But whether Smith will be able to
pull Davis along with him in car*
rying the state —and it is pretty
generally conceded Smith will carry
it —is a question that none can-an*
svver until Tuesday.
Davis Has Big Crowds
Davis has concentrated on New
York for the past week and has
spoke to great audiences nightly.
Carnegie hall was not nearly able to
hold the thousands who went to
hear his final major address last
night. Streets outside were choked
with thousands who cheered’'the loud
speakers carrying Davis’ address to
thorn just as lustily as those inside
did the candidate.
But other thousands cheered
Charles Evans Hughes just as en
thusiastically at the Metropolitan
opera house as" he denounced the
Democratic candidate and pleaded
for continuance of the Republican
regime.
The final scene centered in New
York city, where John W. Davis, for
the Democrats, Secretary of State
Hughes for the Republicans, and.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler for the
Independents, met their voters in
three different halls and laid down
the final arguments.
Meantime each of the leaders is
sued pre-election statements fore
casting election of their favorite can
didates while impartial observers
studied “the signs” which have
recognized value as barometers of
what the voter will do.
Republicans saw in the facts the
certain election of Calvin Coolidge.
They pointed to W-ali street where
the betting was 9 to 1 in faVdr of
their candidate.' They pointed to
the Literary Digest and other polls,
which showed Mr. Coolidge far ahead
of both his other rivals. And they
pointed to the first pages of half
a dozen New York newspapers of
various partisan beliefs, some of
which predicted that Mr. Coolidge*®
electoral vote would run over (>CO,
although he needs but 266 for a ma
jority of the electoral college.
Labor Vote Switches
The Democrats brought forward
indorsements of several organiza
tions within the American Federa
tion of Labor in New York city
which previously had indorsed La
Follette. They declared that the
Wall street betting was “faked’* and
that there is little Coolidge money
in sight and that when it could be
obtained, it must be sought at much
lower odds. The polls,) they said,
were conducted by partisan Repub
licans and were not fair barometers.
They declared, all “sigs” to the con
trary, the vote of Davis on election
day, next Tuesday, “will surprise
the nation.”
The Independents sought to dimin
ish the claims of both the others,
saying they saw sure signs of ft
“political revolution,” which would
throw the election into the house of
representatives if it did not elect
their candidae. The switch of the
New York labor organ’zations from
La Follette was merely *'a Tammany
trick” of labor leaders who hold of
fice under the Democratic adminis
tration and contended that the work
ers therr.re Ives will vote for La Fol
lette despite the action of their
leaders.
Resting after weeks of strenuous
campaigning Colonel Theodore
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