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VOL XXVII. NO. 15
ANOTHER TAX GUT
INFACEOFSURPLUS
URGED IT CAPITAL
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Coolidge to Move Slowly in
Recommendations —Pub-
licity Clause Under Fire
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal—Copy
right, IS24J
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.—One
might get the impression from pub
lished reports that the Coolidge ad
ministration is overnight going to re
shape lite cabinet, rearrange the
leadership in congress, bring about
a tax reduction and embark on an
agricultural program. But the truth
is not one of these things will be de- j
cided upon hastily.
Tax revision is perhaps the out
standing theme of discussion because
there’s a surplus. All sorts of plans
are being brought forward, among
them one to give the American
people another 25 per cent reduction i
on their taxes just as soon as a defi
nite idea of government expenditures
of the coming fiscal year are known.
Last time the administration dan
gled the tax reduction program be
fore the voters as an alternative to
the soldier bonus bill. But the bonus
had been voted upon before the com
mitments had been made. Now,
however, the alternative to tax re
duction is increased government ex
penditure. However much the admin
istration may want to avoid a tax
controversy in a session of the pres
ent congress, where the balance of
power is with the La Follette radi
cals, the problem will nevertheless
have to be met because there are
many more ways of spending the
surplus on hand than simply giving
it back to the taxpayers. Unless the
administration forestalls expenditure
by announcing an intention to make
a cut in taxes, congress will find
dozens of ways to spend the sur
plus.
Horizontal Cut Simplest
The simplest plan of tax revision
brought forward thus far is the hori
zontal cut, giving everybody the
benefit of the reduction by the pas
sage of a joint resolution affecting
incomes earned during the year 1924
and payable in March, 1925, and
thereafter. The administration is al
ready beginning to feel the pressure
of public opinion for a tax cut and
hs congress gets into the thick of
appropriation bills after the first of
the year the demand will grow even
stronger.
Just now there is talk of repeal
ing the publicity provisions of the
present law. This, of course, would
be repealed if the administration
had its way. but the uncertain quan
tity is how the Democrats would
vole. Should they persist in their
coalition with the insurgent Repub
licans no hope of repeal could ba
entertained. There are reasons to be
lieve that even the Democrats would
like to get rid of the troublesome
publicity question. They did not rel
ish it when the tax bill was passed
last, session. They had to stand by ,
it in order to see the Garner-Mel
lon rates retained in the bill. As a
separate measure apart front tax '
rates the Democrats are not so like- '
ly to stand for the publicity provi- '
sions. For one thing, the politicians
have yet to discover any concrete
advantage from that part of the law .
and the complaints which have been 1
pouring in rather indicate serious ,
disadvantages and even injustice. So
far as getting at the returns of big
corporations or individuals, congres
sional committees would probably
he able to get all tha information
necessary. But the indiscriminate
use of data which the government
promised to keep confidential when
the income tax law was first passed
is not at. all essential to the correc
tion of abuses in avoiding or evad
ing taxation.
Wrong Conclusions
Taxpayers say that the simple
publication of the returns lead to
all sorts of wrong inferences. More
than one individual has had an Io
accurate return published. He can
find little redress in asking a cor
rection. Some taxpayers checked off
losses and appear as paying small
amounts. They resent the inference
that they have been avoiding taxa
tion.
Should the administration present
a repeal measure, it can really
count on a majority support in both
houses provided the administration
puts its whole heart in the request
Some expression from Secretary
Mellon to the chairman of the ways
rtnd means committee may be ex
jhected a tthe beginning of the next
session of congress if not sooner.
Mrs. Harding Hovers
In Shadow of Death;
Little Hope for Life
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 11.—Mrs.
Warren G. Harding was reported
as hovering between life and death
today by her physician. Dr. Carl W.
Sawyer, who reported her condition
as unchanged from yesterday. Lit
tle hope for her recovery was ex
pressed.
While mistress of the White!
House. Mrs. Harding, with her hus-'
band, inaugurated the custom of
visiting the tomb of the Unknown!
Soldier on each Armistice day and
she had been looking forward to'
celebrating the signing of the armis
tice again today, her friends said.
Dr. Sawyer's daily bulletin on bis
patient’s condition follows:
"Mrs. Harding bad a poor night.
She feels weak and exhausted this,
morning. Her general condition is
*.•’ gQJjjjpd.”
fTOPS FIT ATTACKS
fc. Lepso, residing at Apt. 39, 895
*kland Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.. has
a aimple home treatment which has
<Jven complete relief from attacks
at Fits. Epilepsy and Falling Sick
{We in hundreds of cases. Reul
'qt’vc the terrible suffering caused
these attacks. Mr. Lepso "ill
ff'dly mail a treatment FREE to
fcMy tar rt today.
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Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
LONDON. — Premier Baldwin prais
member of British cabinet as chan
cellor of ducy of Lancaster.
WASHINGTON.—Divorces show a
more rapid rate of increase than
marriages last year, census bureau
I reports said.
I WASHINGTON—Navy department
on behalf of the United States gov
ernment formally accepts German
built Zeppelin R-3.
WASIIINGTON. —Treasury depart
inent will ask congress either to re
peal or clarify provisions of tax law,
! making income taxes public.
NEW YORK.— Ella. Frances Bra
man, 70, pioneer woman lawyer and
exponent of women’s rights, dies
here.
LONDON.—British parliament was
prorogued from November 18 to De
cember 2, enable the new ministers
to became acquainted with their de
partments.
LONDON.—7 Jutchess of Atholl,
named by Premier Baldwin as par
liamnetary secretary to board of edu-
I cation, is only woman to be included
in cabinet.
WASHINGTON? - -—-" Admirers of
Woodrow Wilson pay annual tribute
to his memory by visiting his tomb
in Bethlehem chapel of national ca
thedral at Washington.
LONDON.—Premier Baldwin prai
es work of Ramsay MacDonald, his
predecessor, at London conference,
which, he says, marks re-entry of
America into European affairs.
WASHINGTON?—Report of coast
guard, covering operations against
liquor smuggling, declares adminis
tration is determined- to break-up
rum running off American shore.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Average,
temperature on the surface of Mars,
except near poles, is not unlike that
of a bright, cool day on surface of
earth, National Academy of Sciences
is told.
WASHINGTON —Action is brought
in the District of Columbia supreme
court by William Baldwin Shearer, of
New York, to prevent the navy from
using the dismantled battleship
Washington as a target.
NEW YORK. American Red
Cross membership drive activities
are banned in principal hotels here
when hotel association holds solici
tation is ‘‘incompatible with the best
ideas of hospitality and entertain
ment.”
NEW YORK.—Attempt to trans
mute quicksilver into gold by pro
cess of "cracking” quicksilver atoms
by electric current will be made by
Prof. H. H. Sheldon, of New York
university under direction of Scien
tific American.
HARRISBURG? - i?a. Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, ranking
member of foreign relations commit
tee of senate, tells State Council of
Republican Women, reconsrtuction
of Europe cannot be effected until
United States has recognized Rus
sia.
LONDON.—British empire has in
many respects yielded leadership of
world to America, Sir Auckland
Geddes, former ambassador to Wash
ington, declares in lecture at Lon
don, inaugurating series given in
memory of late American Ambassa
dor Page.
Tear Bombs Are Used
‘ In the Capture of Five
Suspects in Chicago
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—Tear bombs
were used by two detective squads
today in capturing five suspects
wanted in connection with bootleg
ging and liquor running operations,
and one of them wanted in connec
tion with the killing of a Detroit
policeman. The five had barricaded
themselves In a flat, but surrendered
when tile tear bombs were brought
Into play.
Michigan ’and Chicago police have
been seeking the band for months,
according to the detectives. The
Detroit policeman was said to have
been slain when he attempted to
intercept a. truckload of liquor en
route from Ecorse, Mich., to Chi
cago.
Paul Topps. whom the police will
question concerning the Michigan
killing; John Roscoe, Stanley
"Stack" Caldwell, John Moysiuk and
Alexander Chapchuk, are the men
held.
Five automatic pistols and a sup
ply of ammunition were seized in
the flat.
President Coolidge
Appoints Robinson
Assistant Secretary
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.—Presi
dent Coolidge Tuesday appointed
Theodore Douglas Robinson, of New
York, assistant secretary of the
navy.
In doing so the president fulfilled
the last recommendation to him by
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
who died Sunday night.
Mr. Robinson will come to Wash
ington immediately to take up the
duties of his office. He notified Sec
retary of State Hamilton, of New
York, of his resignation Tuesday as
a member of the New York state
senate.
Widely Known Architect
Victim of Asphyxiation
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Andrew
Nopper, an architect, noted as the
designer of the pretentious mansion
of Charles M. Schwab on Riverside
drive, died Tuesday after having
been accidentally asphyxiated by gas
at his home. He was an artist as
well as an architect. He was 83
years old.
The Weather !
Forecast for Thursday:
Virginia: Partly cloudy; cooler in
west portion.
North Carolina: Fair, cooler in
west portion.
South Carolina: Fair.
Georgia: Fair, cooler in west and
1 north portions.
Florida: Generally fair.
Extreme Northwest Florid..: Fair
and warmer Wednesday.
Alabama: Fair, cooler.
Mississippi: Fair.
Tennessee and Ker.iu-.ky; Fair.
Louisiana: Generally fair.
Arkansas: Fair.
• Oklahoma: Fair.
East Texas: Generally fair.
Mt Twra*; Generally fair.
MKENZIE'S WIFE
DENIES SHE LOVES
MAN SHOT BY HIM
MACON, Ga., Nov. 11.—Walter
Anderson, of Montezuma, who was
shot and seriously wounded by
James W. "Willy’’ McKenzie, in
Fort Valley, was reported to be im
proved at the hospital here today.
Physicians announced that the sight
in the right eye is gone, and they
added that an operation to save the
vision in the left will be made to
morrow or Thursday.
They believe that the use of the
latter can be retained.
Mrs. Effie Little McKenzie, wife
of McKenzie, has been at Anderson’s
bedside since the shooting.
Anderson was shot as he was
escorting Mrs. McKenzie from her
home in Fort Valley to an automo
bile. It is alleged that some words
passed between Anderson and the.
accused, and he fired from his dou
ble-barreled shotgun. The shot
struck Anderson in the face.
puog< sjjsy aizuavpjv
McKenzie Monday demanded bail
in Perry, where he is being held
pending his victim’s condition. Sher
iff J. R. Chapman appealed to
Charles H. Garrett, solicitor general,
who immediately began an investi
gation of the incidents leading up
to the shooting Sunday afternoon.
Until Anderson’s condition is deter
mined, the solicitor general said, bond
will not be allowed except over his
protest.
Mrs. McKenzie was the only eye
witness to the shooting.
Anderson has been a mutual friend
of both Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie for
some time, and after the estrange
ment between the young married
couple, which resulted in Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie filing suit for divorce, has
been, according to Mrs. McKenzie,
the go-between in several efforts to
reconcile them. Every such attempt,
however, has been unsuccessful.
Neither of the principals in the
shooting has had any comment to
make except to describe the circum
stances under which it happened,
and the added statement by McKen
zie that Anderson has been treating
him ‘‘rough.”
Wife Describes Shooting
Mrs. McKenzie says that she was
informed tha2 her husband left his
home in Montezuma on Sunday for
Fort Valley. When Mrs. McKenzie
and Anderson walked from the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Matthews, McKenzie was waiting
outside and had in his possession a
sawed-off shotgun, says Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie.
“Hold on there a minute,” she says
her husband shouted.
"All right,” she says Anderson re
plied. “how are you, Bill?”
Without any other words, Mrs.
McKenzie stated, the two shots were
fired. McKenzie, she said, held the
gun in position and fired both shots
quickly, although he has but one
arm.
Although Mrs. McKenzie accom
panied the wounded man to Macon
and kept an all-night vigil at his
bedside, and remained within ear
shot of Anderson all day Monday,
she is not in love with him, but
merely a good friend, she was quoted
as having told friends. She explained
her attentions to Anderson by the
fact that she feels she is responsi
ble for his condition.
MRS. M KENZIE’S DIVORCE
CASE IS POSTPONED
MONTEZUMA, Nov. 11.—Mrs. Ef
fie McKenzie’s suit for divorce was
due to come up in Macon county su
perior court at Oglethorpe. this
week, but because of the shooting
will be postponed for an indefinite
time, it is learned here.
The couple were married in this
county six years ago. They sepa
rated last April.
Pneumonic Germs
Same as Bubonic,
Plague Expert Says
BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 12.—One
germ is responsible for both the
bubonic and the pneumonic plagues,
according to Dr. Wu Lien Teh. di
rector-in-chief of the North Man
churian plague service, who is pur
suing special research work an 1
studies at.the Johns Hopkins School
of Hygiene and public health here.
Dr. Wu is said to be one of the
foremost authorities on pneumonic
plague which recently has claimed
many lives in Los Angeles.
In the case of bubonic plague,
Dr. Wu says, the germ attacks
lymph glands. It is not contagious,
he declares, being transmitted by
fleas on diseased rodents.
When it develops in the pneu
monic form, however, the germ is
carried by the patient’s cough and
thus is spread with great rapidity,
the doctor asserted. ThL form is
more fatal than the bubonic plague.
Dr. Wu says, the death rate ap
proaching 100 per cent. He added
that with good sanitary control and
strict isolation of those infected, the
pneumonic plague may be speedily
controlled.
Dr. Wu said that in Manchuria,
where he has worked lor more than
twelve years, the plague caused 60.-
I 000 deaths in 1910, while thousands
have been victims of the disease in
smaller outbreaks. In that country
he said, the plague was spread by
hunters of the marmot, a Siberian
fur-bearing animal, in some of which
the germ is always carried.
Filipinos Eligible
For U. S. Citizenship
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Natives
of the Philippines are eligible to be
come American citizens, whether or
not they have been in the military
service of the United States, it was
ruled today by the supreme court of
! the District of Columbia.
Garage Fumes Fatal
To Society Matron
PELHAM. N. Y., Nov. 12.—Mrs.
Eva Robinson Taylor, socially pro
inent was found dead from carbon
monoxide gas poisoning Tuesday in
the seat of her automobile in . ga
rage. The coroner said death was
accidental.
j President Coolidge
Opposed Ip Holding
Os Inaugural Ball
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Presi-
I dent Coolidge is not inclined to hold
lan inaugural ball, although it was
said today at the White House he
had not given consideration yet to
plans for inauguration.
White J louse officilas said the
president had -made inquiries as to
whether he himself would have to
i attend an inaugural ball if one were
j held and thereafter his disinclina
tion for such a function.
I It is the general expectation that
j all of the inaugural plans will be
marked by simplicity and economy.
UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S
TOMB IS CENTER OF
CAPITAL'S PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The
i capital’s participation today in the
I nation-wide celebration of Armistice
i day centered, as heretofore about
| the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
!in Arlington National cemetery. In
addition, numerous patriotic exer
cises similar to those in other cities,
were arranged by various organiza
tions and foreign groups and tho
day also marked the opening of the
annual roll call of the American
lied Cross.
The Unknown Soldier’s tomb was
| the shrine for many pilgrimages, led
by the annual visit of the pres’dent
in accordance with a custom estab
lished by President Hardin. Only a
few high in official life, incuding
Secretary Wilbur and Dwight Davis,
acting secretary of war, as repre
sentatives of the two militarj’
branches of the government, were
invited to accompany Mr. Coolidge
on his simple mission of homage.
Services in memory of Woodrow
Wilson in the national cathedral,
where he is buried, were arranged
by the committee which prior to his
death took charge of the Armistice
day pilgrimages to his home in S
street. ;
None of the government depart
ments closed for the day, President
Coolidge having found that he
lacked authority to declare a holiday
in the absence of action by congress.
After paying his tribute to the
Unknown Soldier. President Cool
idge visited the grave of Representa
tive Augustus Peabody Gardner, a
son-in-law of the late Senator Lodge,
who died in the military service in
1918.
ALL NEW YORK PAUSES
IN BRIEF SILENT TRIBUTE
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. —New York’s
Armistice day program Included two
minutes of silence at 11 o'clock, ush
ered in by radiocasting of taps and a
bugle call, with every activity in the
city ceasing for the period of con
templation.
Patriotic, civic, religious and busi
ness organizations were prepared to
Join with city officials in the cele
bration commemorating the day on
which hostilities eeased six years
ago.
WORLD FLIERS TAKE PART
IN NEW ORLEANS EVENTS
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11.—Armi
stice day was celebrated in a fitting
way here today, with numerous ex
eicises by patriotic bodies, featured
by a parade which was headed by
Lieutenant Erik Nelson and his
round-the-world mechanician, Lieu
tenant John Harding.
The world glrlding flyers landed
here late yesterday after taking off
from Houston, Texas, at noon.
IRISH OBSERVE THE D\\
GENERALLY FOR FIRST TIME
DUBLIN. Nov. 11.—For the first
time since the end of the war, Armi
stice day today was generally cele
brated throughout the Free State,
with memorial demonstrations in
Dublin and elsewhere. Thousands
of poppies were sold, the wearers in
cluding Republicans as well as Free
Staters.
TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE
IS BRITAIN’S OBSERVANCE
LONDON, Nov. 11—All England
observed two minutes of silence at
11 a. m., today, on the occasion of
the armistice anniversary. There
were ceremonies at the cenotaph in
Whitehall and at the grave of the
unknown soldier at Westminster Ab
bey.
CHICAGO’S OBSERVANCE
OF THE DAY IS SIMPLE
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.—A minute of
silence with all traffic halted, and
business suspended, special observ
ances by veterans’ bodies and pro
grams by various organizations
marked Chicago's celebration of
Armistice day.
Americus Pastor
Going to Cedartown
AMERICUS, Nov. 11.—Announce
ment was authorized here today of
. the resignation of Rev. Milo 11.
■ Massey as pastor of Central Bap
tist church of Americus. Dr. Mas
sey, it is stated authoritatively, has
accepted a call to the pastorate of
Cedartown Baptist hurch. and will
go there to assume his new duties
December 1. The formal resignation
was pre ted to his congregation
here Sunday morning, deep regret
being caused by his action.
Dr. Massey, who has been pastor
of Central Baptist church here since
May 15, 1923, came to Americus
from Jefferson. Ga., where he was
pastor a number of years.
Bandit Takes $4,000
From Tennessee Bank
HUNTINGDON. Tenn . Nov. 11
Four thousand dollars in currency
was taken from tin* Cotton Growers’
,bank. of Yuma, *'nn„ a town U>
miles from here, lute Tuesday by a
robber who held the cashier and a
customer at bay while he leisurelv
took all the cash available and walk
ed a mile down a railway track into
the swamp---.
Forest Fire Warning*
Is Voiced by Pinchot
j
HARRISBURG. Pa. Nov. 11.-
Since June 1 there have been 550
forest fires, which burned over 27,00 V
, acres, an average of 49 acres to th
- fire. Governor Pinehot declared in a
statement Tuesday on thA forest fir
! situation in Pennsylvania.
POISON CIDER KILLS
EIGHT IN ELKS HOME;
17 OTHERS ME ILL
LYNCHBURG, Va., Nov. 11.—
Eight members of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, residents
of the Elks National Home, at Bed
ford, about 25 miles from here, are
dead today and seventeen others are
in a serious condition from drinking
sweet cider late yesterday. The cider
is said by physicians, Charles Mos
by, superintendent of the home, and
county officials, to have contained
arsenate of lead. At least two of the
sick are said to be in a critical con
dition.
The cider was delivered to the
home yesterday afternoon in a bar
rel thought to have been used at
some time to hold the arsenate of
lead for the spraying of fruit trees.
Superintendent Mosby and county
officials said they are satisfied there
was no criminal intention in using
the keg and there seemed to be no
likelihood of an inquest into the
deaths of the eight men.
The cider, It was stated, was
bought from a farmer. It was in a
barrel, which, it is thought, was
used last spring in connection with
spraying. Several other veterans,
residents of the home, are ill from
the cider.
The dead:
Chester Tucker, jeweler, Lima, O.
Alvin Spalding, railroad man,
Loveland, Colo.
Joseph A. Kenny, hotel man,
Marion, Ind.
F. E. O’Connor, railroad man, Dal
las, Tex.
Thomas Madigan, railroad contrac
tor, Long Island City, L. I.
George W. Slade, lumber mer
chant, Saginaw, Mich.
C. S. Whitney, general contractor,
Omaha, Neb.
B. F. Allen, shoe man, Portland,
Oregon.
B. F. Allen, showman, Portland,
Oregon.
I The cider was made last Friday,
especially for the home by E. M.
Richardson, of Kelsoe’s Mills, Bed
ford county, Superintendent Mosby
stated. It was delivered in the bar
rel and in a demijohn, and was
served at a luncheon yesterday after
noon. Superintendent Mosby said
about 25 of the aged Elks became
violently ill soon afterward, and that
he called in all physicians in Bed
ford, three from Roanoke and two
from Lynchburg. All diagnosed the
cas-j.s as arsenic poisoning, and Mr.
Mqsby said an analysis made at Ran
dolph-Macon academy showed it was
arsenate of lead.
Investigation, the superintendent
added, showed that Mr. Richardson
purchased the barrel for the purpose
of using it for vinegar for his family,
but when received the order for
the cider he used it to deliver the
beverage. Mr. Mosby declared Mr.
i Richardson said he washed the keg
thoroughly before he put the cider
! into it. Officials believe the poison
I had saturated the wood.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Edward
[C. Burks said his investigation show-
I ed there was no criminal intent cn
II he part of Mr. Richardson, btii that
I he would make a thorough inquiry
into how the poison got into the keg,
(and how it came into the possession
of the merchant, who said he bought
it from a resident of the section.
The commonwealth’s attorney char
acterized the affair as “very unfor
tunate,” and said at present there
seemed to be no reason for a coro
ner’s inquest, and as far as he was
advised none ■ ’be held. Dr.
Thomas B. West, county coroner,
also declared there seemed to be no
likelihood of an inque .
As soon as the seriousness of the
situation at the home was appre
ciated by Superintendent Mosby he
got into touch with Robert A. Scott,
of Lineton, Ind., home member of
the national board, who wired him
to spare no expense or effort to
handle the affair, and to ascertain
the cause of the tragedy. Mr. Scott
left almost immediately for Bedford,
and was expected to reach the home
tomorrow morning.
Spalding’s body will be sent to
Loveland, Col., for burial. The oth
ers will be interred in Bedford, Mr,
Mosby announced.
Hiccoughing Epidemic
Strikes East, Delays
Barnes Court-martial
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—A se
vere attack of hiccoughs, incapaci
tating the. official court reporter,
forced a postponement yesterday un- 1
til today of the court-martial of
Captain Harold A. Barnes in con
nection with an alleged deficit of
SI,BOO in his accounts as commis
sary officer at Fort Myer, Va. This
was the fourth postponement since I
the trial began two weeks ago.
HICCOUGHING PLAGUE
HITS NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK. Nov. 11.—Health
department authorities today began
investigation of the hiccoughing epi- ■
demic spreading throughout the
city. In Queensborough alone thir
ty-six severe cases were found, elev
en of them in hospitals. In Man
hattan fourteen cases were re
ported.
Some of the doctors say the hic
coughing is a symptom of influenza
and others assert that it is a pre
cursor of sleeping sickness.
“Nuts” and Fat Men
Are Good Risks, Says
Surety Firm Officer
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 11.—Men I
with hobbies and fat men usually
! are good risks for surety con
j panics, Fred M. Witffey, vice pres
' blent of the National Surety com
; puny, today told members of the Co
' lurnbus Ad club.
The “nut,” or man with a hobby, I
Mr. Wtihey said, is a good mor.il
i risk because lie is too busy with h’s
■ pet subject to take other people’s
• money; the fat man is a good risk!
j because his thoughts center on eat
ing rather than dishonesty.
! The married man is a better moral,
risk than the bachelor by a six-to-;
I one ratio, and the violently profane
man is a good risk because he takes
j out his peeves in swearing rather
: than in stealing. Wither said.
Women, as a rule, i i more hon
i est in business affairs than men,
I the speaker said. When they gc..
1 wrong, he said, their peculations;
usually are not large.
A It anta, Georgia, Thursday, November 13, 1924
UNIVERSAL DRAFT URGED
BY FLORIDA LEGION HEAD
AT JOINT CELEBRATION
Major James W. Morris Asks
Step to Eliminate Chance
for Profiteering by Those
Left Behind
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 11.--
The universal draft to bring every
man into service, whether available
for the fighting ranks or not, was
advocated in a joint Armistice day-
Florida Centennial celebration speech
here today by Major James W. Mor
ris, state commander of the Ameri
can Legion. This step should be
taken, Major Morris declared, in or
der to place every man under classi
fication and thus eliminate the pos
sibility of leaving the greedy behind
to take advantage of war-time con
ditions to profiteer and grow wealthy
by means of unfair nad un-American
practices.
The state commander’s speech was
one of the high spots in the day’s
Centennial celebration, given over
almost entirely to the local post of
the legion. Soon after he had com
pleted his address Major Morris hur
ried to St. Marks in an automobile,
where he was to board a seaplane for
a flight of about 200 miles to Tampa,
in order to reach that city in time
for a legion celebration there to
night.
Referring to the purposes of the
legion, Major Morris declared that it
FLAG CEREMONY FEATURES
TALLAHASSEE CELEBRATION
President Coolidge’s Greet
ings Delivered by John
Hays Hammond—Memo
rial Marker Presented
TALLAHASSEE,. Fla., Nov. 11.—
The cordial greetings of President
Coolidge were delivered to the peo
ple of Florida Monday by John Hays
Hammond, representative of the na
tion’s chief executive at the state
centennial celebration which entered
the second day of a week’s festivi
ties with ceremonies at the east en
trance of the state capitol.
“I bring to you from the president
his most cordial greetings and his
wish for the continued prosperity of
this great commonwealth,” declared
Mr. Hammond, who was introduced
by Governor Hardee, acting as mas
ter of cereomnies.
The greetings from the president
were presented following the raising
of the five flags of the nations that
have ruled Florida to the accom
paniment of the National Anthem of
each, played by a band of 25 pieces.
The music was punctuated by the
cheers of the throng gathered for
the occasion.
The flags were hoisted upon five
poles that had been erected for the
purpose near the east entrance of
the capitol.
A cheer that resounded against
the hills of Leon went up as the
i gentle breeze caught and unfurled
the stars and bars of the Confeder
acy as the flag started nr- the pole
to the accompaniment of "Dixie.”
The greeting accorded the memory
of the “lost cause" was exceeded
only by the raising of the stars and
stripes on the central flag pole,
I which stood just a bit higher than
1 any of the others, and which went
up as the band played a bar of the
National Anthem.
Following the raising of the flags,
State Senator Hodges presented to
the state' a bronze tablet imbedded
in a cube of granite placed on the
spot of the original legislative meet
ing house.
On the speakers’ stand with Gov
ernor Hardee were Mrs. Hardee,
justices of the supreme court, mem
bers of the cabinet and their wives,
John Hays • Hammond, Representa
tive Smithwick, of the Third con
gressional district, R. A. Gray,
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the centennial celebration,
and a number of invited guests.
American Diplomats
Attempt to Restore
Anglo-Mexican Amity
MEXICO CITY, Nov. IL—(By the
Associated Press.) —The Mexican for
eign secretary, General Aaron Saenz,
is unofficially informed that prelimi
nary steps have been taken to bring
about a resumption of diplomatic re
lations between Great Britain and
Mexico through the friendly offices
of the United States government, he
stated last night. Officially, however,
he knows nothing of the matter.
The Mexican government always
has been willing, secretary added,
to engage in decorous diplomatic dis
cussions upon all points pending be
tween the two countries.
Battering Down Door,
Police Find Trio Dead
In Gas-Filled Room
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—When po
lice smashed down the door of an •
apartment on the far west side last (
night they discovered two children
and their grandmother dead while
the mother was just succumbing to
the fumes of gas escaping from open
jets in a chandelier and a gas range.
The dead, John Scott, three; his
sister, Anna, seven, and Mrs. Mul
ligan, fifty-eight, the grandmother.
The police believe one of the chil
dren turned on the gas jets in play.
Escapes From Taxicab
On Way to Atlanta Pen;
Caught 9 Hours Later
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11.—After I
nine hours of liberty, gained by es-'
: cape from a taxicab while in charge
of a deputy U. S. marshal, John
Corbally, convicted in federal court
yesterday of having been implicat
ed in theft from the mails of Lib
erty bond coupons valued at $8,600,
was captured late last night within
a block of city hall. He was on his
way to the Federal prison in At
, lanta when he escaped.
did not in any sense seek to glorify
war, but was maintained rather to
keep up the peace-time morale, in
order that the country might be pre
pared in event of war. He expressed
strong approval of the League of
Nations, and deplored what he
termed a failure of the United States
to adhere to the 5-5-3 naval agree
ment between this country, Great
Britain and Japan. He also voiced
approval of the defense act, now be
fore congress.
Following the commander's speech
the American Legion led a patroitic
parade, participated in by civic clubs
and citizens generally, which was
featured by a number of patriotic
and commercial floats.
Later in the day athletic events
were on the program, and at 6:30
p. m. the schedule called for a fire
works display.
A legion minstrel and street frolic
was the closing event of the third
day of the Centennial celebration.
Statehouse officers were closed and
virtually all business ceased for the
occasion. Students at the Florida
State college also had a holiday, and
were to play a basketball game dur
ing the late afternoon ate a part of
the Centennial athletic program.
Captain R. A. Gray, chairman of
the Centennial executive committee,
stated today that accommodations
were being found for all visitors,
either in homes of the city or else
where.
DAVIS WILL QUIT
CABINET INMARCR.
RETELLS CDDLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. —Secre
tary Davis, of the labor department,
has informed President Coolidge he
wishes to retire from the cabinet
after March 4 next.
Mr. Davis is the only cabinet mem
ber who has indicated he desires to
retire, it was said officially today at
the White House.
Meanwhile, it was said, the presi
dent has given no consideration to
other possible changes in his cabinet,
and has expressed the hope that Mr.
Davis will remain.
The vacancy caused by the death
of Secretary Wallace of the agricul
ture department is to be filled short
ly. The law requires the term of an
acting secretary run for only 30
days. Mr. Coolidge may appoint
Acting Secretary Gore to the cabinet
post to serve until March 4, how
ever, when he Becomes governor of
West Virginia.
White House officials appeared to
take no stock in numerous reports
that the president might display a
changed attitude now that the elec
tion is over and he has been chosen
to the chief magistracy in his own
right. Some of these reports have in
dicated that he might desire to ask
for tho resignations of some of the
holdover cabinet members in order
to make personal selections.
Nevertheless, it is known that nt
least one or two of those who now
hold cabinet positions desire for one
reason or another to return to pri
vate life, and it remains to be de
termined whether Mr. Coolidge can
prevail on them to stay in the gov
ernment service.
Mayor and Deputies
Are Handled Roughly
For Part in Dry Raid
CINCINNATI, 0., Nov. 11.—Sur
rounded by a threatening crowd that
gathered from miles around, Mayor
A. R. Pugh, of North College Hill, a
suburb of Cincinnati, and four
liquor court deputies, were rescued
last night by Cincinnati police and
Cheviot officers after having been
marooned in the town hall of Col
lege Hill for four hours.
The demonstration started when
the mayor and his deputies appear
ed for trial before Magistrate Sam
uel Williams on charges of assault
and battery and pointing firearms,
preferred by Mrs. Henry Smith, of
Dent, 0., whose home they raided in
search for liquor several days ago.
When the cases were called the de
fendants entered pleas of not guilty
and the trials were continued until '
next Friday.
This was the signal for an out
break on the part of the crowd, mem
bers of which jostled their way to'
the side of the defendants, demand- j
ing that the trial proceed. Some one I
turned out the lights and when they I
flashed up again, Greenlee Hahn, a ’
deputy, had a broken nose, and
others of the deputies exhibited evi-;
dence of rough handling.
Seeing that the danger was grow
ing steadily the court and village!
officials rushed through the crowd'
and hustled the deputies and Mayor j
Pugh into the jail in the basement i
of the building.
“Hang ’em'” and “Get a rope!”,
were cries heard on every side.
Appeals for order being of no |
avail, Cincinnati was called upon for j
aid and reserves arriving, a cordon I
was formed around the hall and;
Mayor Pugh and tlie deputies were |
rushed to Cincinnati, the crowd hav- I
ing thinned out. Three automobiles '
said to belong to deputies were over- (
turned and set afire.
Escaped Lion Trees Trio;
Rescuer Gets Hide as Gift
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Nov. 11.
! j O. C. Sheley. Jr., local man, is the
i possessor of a fine lion’s hide to
day and he never left his home
town to get it. Yesterday afternoon
the prize lioness of the Horne ani
, nial farm here got loose, treed her
keeper, another man and a negro.
i Sheley came to the rescue and kill
■ o>l the beast. He was presented with
[ th? skin today.
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» UEMo A COPY,
Si A YEAR.
HOME-MADE WINE
WITH A KICK LEGJL.
U. S. COURT RULES .
Congressman Hill Wins First
Tilt in ’’Cider Party”
Prosecution
BALTIMORE, Nov. 11.—Judge
Morris Soper, presiding' at the
trial of Representative John Philip
Hill in the United States district
court, for alleged violations of the
Volstead law in the manufacture
and possession of wine and cider
containing more than one-half of
one per cent alcohol, ruled that he
would admit testimony to show that
the cider made by Hill was not in
toxicating and was for home con
sumption.
Judge Soper ruled that the “one
half of one per cent” clause in the
Volstead law does not apply to bev
erages made in the home for home
consumption.
Judge Soper said:
"Congress seems to have used the ,
word non-intoxicating’ differently in J
one section than it did in another. ;
To my mind congress plainly intend
ed that persons manufacturing ci
der and wine exclusively for use in
their homes should be in a class by
themselves or otherwise there is no
apparent need for this section (Sec- !
tion 29).
“The only reasonable explanation y
for congress singling out home-made
cider and wine-makers is that con
gress did not intend to punish men <
for such manufacture unless the bev
erage is intoxicating in fact.
“This opinion seems to be borne |
out bv an opinion expressed in the
United States senate in September,
1919, when the Volstead act was
being debated, by the chairman of
the committee in charge of the bill.
He expressed the opinion when this
section was added to the bill by
amendment that cider and fruit
juices made exclusively for use in 3
the home must be intoxicating in
fact."
Tho ruling was the result of a
lengthy argument yesterday by coun
sel for Hill and United States District
Attorney Amos W. W. Woodcock.
The government chemists testified
that Colonel Hill's homemade wine
had an alcoholic content as high as
11 per cent.
Hill’s defense was based on the al
leged ambiguity of section 29 of the J
Volstead act, which permits the man
ufacture of home-made fruit juices I
and cider, provided they are “non
intoxicating,” but forbids their sale
to any one except those who have a
permit to make vinegar from the
cider. ’
Colonel Hill On Stand
Colonel Hill, himself, was the first
witness for the defense. He said
he had had correspondence with Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes con
cerning wine and cider, but District
Attorney Woodcock objected to th«
introduction of the correspondence a.-i ,
evidence and was sustained by th«
court. The court also sustained
Woodcock’s objection to Hill’s offer-,
ing as evidence his notification sent
to the collector of internal revenue
that he intended to engage in th« s
home manufacture of wine and cider. ]
To end the examination, Woodcock
said Hie government would admil 1
that Colonel Hill had made the wiae
and cider exclusively for use in his
own home.
Coonel Hill then described how he
had made the grape juice, and said
lie had followed instructions of the ;
department of agriculture.
He drank it, he said, when It was
still in process of fermentation. It
had no effect upon him; it would
have nauseated him before he be- g
came intoxicated because of its * g
sweetness, he said.
The district attorney objected to
the use of the words “grape juice"
by the defence counsel, saying the
product of Colonel Hill’s experiment
was wine.
Jury to Get Sample
Attorney Arthur Machen, of Hill's
counsel. Insisted it was grape juice,
whereupon Judge Soper asked:
“Do I understand that counsel for
the defense intends to offer evidence
that beverages containing 1 per cent
of alcohol by volume are not intoxi
cating.”
Machen, and Shirley Carter, Colo
nel Hill’s other attorney, replied in
one voice:
“We do.”
Colonel Hill described how he had
made his elder and said he had
given it to more than 500 guests and
that it did not make any of them
drunk.
Machen asked Judge Soper to send
for two gallons of the cider at Hill’s
home so the jury might taste It.
Judge Soper said he would taks
the request under advisement.
Hill was subjected to a short cross*
examination by Woodcock and left
the stand.
Prohibition Commissioner Roy A.
Haynes and his assistant, James E.
Jones, wore the last witnesses called
' by the defense. They were asked to
i produce and testify to the corre
spondence between them and Colonel
Hill but the district attorney object
ed and they were not allowed to
i testify by the court.
RULING FORCES REVISION
IN ENFORCEMENT POLICY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— The
finding of Federal Judge Soper In
the case of Representative John
Philip Hill at Baltimore is regarded
here as necessitating a revision of
the policies and regulations follow
ed by the prohibition commissioner.
On the other hand, the ruling sus
tains the position taken by the de
partment of justice four years ago
in an opinion written by Assistant
Attorney General Frierson and since
followed by the department.
Attempts have been made by the
prohibition unit on several occasions
to obtain from the department of
justice a revision of the Frierson
opinion hut without avail and the
bureau of internal revenue and pro
hibition until have chosen to con
tinue the view that the one-half of
one per cent clause in’the Volstead
act applied to home-made fruit
juices.
The opinion in the case of the
Maryland representative, the first of
several decisions likely to result from
questions raised by him, probably,
therefore, will force an accord in the
policies of the two agencies concern
ed with prohibition neforcement and
prosecutions.
Internal revenue officials declined
to discuss the expression of the court
without first studying the full text
of the opinion.