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Atlanta Etti-WefKln laimial VOL. XXVII. NO. 11 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. How tp Stop Fit Attacks If \ov have attacks of Fits. Kpilepsy or Falling Sickness I will tell \cu how to secure FKFE I home treatment which has stopped the attacks in hundreds of ca>t> It gives immediate relief. Irpen Lab . Desk 11. Station C. Milwaukee; nis—(Advertisement ) Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 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 (Continued on Page 3, Column 3)