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Ot Atlanta SfcMfceMg 3o u vnal VOL. XXVII. NO. 16 MM IND LEMS OF ILLINOIS TOWN NAMED IN MURDER Men Convicted of Slaying Publisher’s Son File Accusations ROCK ISLAND, 111., Nov. 13. Several prominent citizens of Rock Island were under bonds of $.10,000 today io appear in circuit court Monday for a preliminary hearing on a charge of murder, in connec tion with the death two years ago of John Connor Looney, son of John C. Looney, former publisher here, who is now held in Albuquer que, N. M., for violation of the Dyer act. Young Looney was killed in an alleged gun war for which An thony W. Billburg and George Hol sapple were convicted and sentenced, although tlTey have not as yet started their prison terms. It was upon their affidavit that J. W. Pot ter, publisher, and John M. Colligan, managing editor of the Rock Island Argus; Jacob Ramser, jeweler, end Thomas Haege, a clothier, were ar rested yesterday on warrants charg ing connection with an alleged con spiracy to kill Looney. The affida vit also charged them with person ally participating in the gun bat tle in which Looney was shot. The affair in which Looney lost his life was declared to have been the climax of a cleanup in Rock Island. Others named in the Billburg af fidavit as parties to the murder con spiracy are Walter A. Rosenfield, the mayor, and several of the lead ing bankers of the city. The affidavits charged that the four, with a number of other promi nent business men and city offi cials, promised “Billburg and Hols apple immunity for their part in the attack on the Looneys, who were set upon by a gang in a pistol tight.” The fight, the affidavits said, was the climax of a series of meetings of those named in the sworn state ments, who planned to drive the el der Looney from th£ city. No Prosecution Looked For The accused had decided the au thorities were lax and no prosecu tion of Looney could be hoped for from those in power, since no action concerning the deaths of several men in gang fights in which Looney was involved had been taken, the affi davits said. Billburg, Holsapple, George Buck ley and Dan Drost were found guilty of the killing and sentenced to pris on. Application for new trials recently were denied by the state supreme court. The elder Looney fled to New Mex ico 10 days after his son’s death. The affidavits said it was Ramser who suggested the party which re sulted in the killing of young Looney in Market Square, in front of a hotel managed by Lawrence M. Pedigo, a codefendant with Looney in the in dictment for the murder of William Gabel, an underworld leader. Billburg alleges he was called to Ramser’s jewelry store and that from there the several automobiles carrying Jacob Ramser and several friends, among them the men ac cused by Billburg, proceeded to Mar ket Square. Billburg claims it was the Inten tion the afternoon or the killing to kidnap the elder Loney and Pedigo, carry them to a secluded spot, build a fire under each and force them to confess the details of the murder of Gabel. Party Is Separated The affidavit says Ramser and his friends were separated from Bill burg and his associatse in 'Market Square and that in the firing there young Looney was shot by a mem ber of the Ramser party. Others named in the Billburg af fidavit as parties to the murder con spiracy are: Mayor Walter A. Rosen field; J. L. Vernon, former president of the Peoples National Tank; Hugh E. Curtis, president of the Rock Is land Savings Bank; Morris Heagy, president of the Central Trust and Savings bank; M. H. Sexton, presi dent of the National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues and former Rock Island police chief and others not identified. Billburg alleges Ramser promised him and Holsapple all possible legal and political protection and that they would not be punished for anything they might do to the Looneys; that Ramser convinced Billburg and Hol sapple that they would be backed by the majority of citizens if they suc ceeded in ridding the community of the Looneys. Billburg admits he pro ceeded to execute his agreement to rid the city of the Looneys after he was satisfied that the prominent men mentioned by Ramser would fulfill their part of the alleged agree ment. The four accused by Billburg were admitted to bonds of SIO,OOO each which was posted by leading men of the city. LOONEY WILL RETI KN TO PEORIA TO FACE TRIAL ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 13. John C. Looney, former Rock Island publisher, expects to return to Peoria. 111., on December 1. to face * trial on a Dyer act. charging, over which he recently lost a fight against extraction, it was said today. The circuit court of appeals decided against him in a habeas corpus ac tion and -ne has decided to return instead of appealing to the United States supreme court, according to reports here. Looney has a ranch in Rio Arriba county. While the charge on which he is being returned is for the interstate transportation of a stolen automobile, several other charges are pending against him there. STOPS FIT ATTACKS R. l.epso, residing at Apt. 39, 895 Island Ave.. Milwaukee. Wis.. has a simple home treatment which lias given complete relief from attacks of Fits. Epilepsy and Falling Sick ness in hundreds of cases. Real izing the terrible suffering caused by these attacks. Mr. Lepso will gladly mail a treatment FREE to ahy sufferer. Send for it today. , (.Advertisement.)' Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF TOK 10. —Daisukc Namba. is con demned to death for attempting to I assassinate Prince Regent Hirohito. SHANGHAI. — Report is received , from Tientsin that Gen. Feng Yu | Hsiang, the “Christian general’’ has I fled. BERLIN. —President Ebert, as chancellor and Dr. Marx as presi dent. is forecast at probable outcome of Reichstag elections. BATAVIA. —Island of Java is shaken by earthquake Wednesday, many towns are reported destroyed and 300 persons killed. WASH are 5.000 booleggers in Washington, according to police court figures, Assistant United States Attorney David I. Hart declares. PARIS. —Premier Herriot pre sents approval of Franco-American rum treaty, similar to one signed by Great Britain and United States, to chamber of deputies. WALLACE, Idaho. —Directors of Hecla Mining company with prop erties at Burke, Idaho, declare divi dend of 25 cents a share on capital stock of one million shares. MEXICO CITY. Two deputies are wounded in course of shooting affray in Mexican chamber of dep uties when more than 200 shots and fired as climax of stormy debate. DUBLIN. Several shipping agents were fin/fl on charges of at tempting to bribe American consu late officials here*to get them to ad vance. appointment dates for emi grants. WASH INGTON. — Representative Fred A. Britten, of Chicago, is named chairman of committee to further candidacy of Representative Martin B. Madden, Illinois, for speaker of house. WASHINGTON.—John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers of America, is indorsed by Chairman O’Connor, of the shipping board, for secretary of labor should Secretary Davis resign. GRAND RAPIDS. —Two men are killed, twelve injured and damage estimated at $50,000 is done to Grand Rapids postoffice when mysterious explosion wrecks loading dock and receiving room, i WASH INGTON. - Nation wide jewel smuggling conspiracy is broken up by customs service, treas ury reveals in announcing seizure and ’identification of gems valued at quarter of million. WASHINGTON. IT. H. Bryn, Norwegian minister to United States, promises to investigate al leged activities of vessels of Norwe gian registry along Atlantic coast in liquor trade. NEW ORLEANS.—Suit seeking to oust Walter L. Cohen, negro comptroller here, and at tacking the legality of the fourteenth amendment to the United States con stitution, is dismissed. NEW YORK. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, member of one of New York’s oldest families, is married to Alice Beatrice Jones, a daughter of ’a New Rochelle, taxicab driver, it is disclosed at New York. NEW YORK.—Miss Martha Osten so, 24, a school teacher, wins $13,- 500 prize offered jointly by Dodd, Mead & Co., Pictorial Review and Famous Players-Lasky, for her first novel “The Passionate Flight.” BALTIMORE. Representative John Philip Hill acquitted in fed eral court at Baltimore of violation of Volstead act, says he is in posi tion to ask congress to modify law and pash 2.75 per cent beer bill. PI 11 LADELPHI A.~ University of Pennsylvania football team will meet University of Illinois and Uni versity of Chicago under home-and home arrangement next season, Pennsylvania football officials an nounce. DES MO INES.—Sena tor A. B. Cummins, of lowa, co-author of Esch-Cummins transportation act, announces that preparations for railroad legislation in short session of congress will get under way im mediately. WASHINGTON. Ordinary ex penses of government have been cut in half during first three years of budget, H. M. Lord, director-gen eral of budget, tells members of chamber of commerce of state of New York. WASHINGTON. Agricultural problem today, President Coolidge says in address to Association of Land Grant colleges. is concerned with distribution more than produe tion and urges more attention to scientific marketing. BOSTON. • Living conditions among students of six colleges and universities of Boston are condemn ed in report of faculty-student com mittee, which finds immorality, drinking and gambling exist in stu dent rooming houses. EL PASO.—Suspension of charter of United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners in American Fed eration of Labor is demanded by six teen international organizations of building trades department of fed eration in session here. LONDON.—Emma Goldman, who was deported in 1919 as an unde sirable alien, declares at dinner in i her honor that she will only return i to America on her own terms, and I will demand that all political depor tees have right to go back. The Weather Louisiana. - Saturday partly I cloudy, showers in south portion, colder in south portion. Arkansas.—Saturdya fair, warm- 1 er in north portion. Oklahoma.—Saturday fair, warm i cr - East Texas.—Saturday fair, warm er i nnorthwest portion. West Texas. Saturday fair, warmer. Virginia. —Saturday partly cloudy ami colder. North and South Carolina.—Un- I settled Saturday, probably rains I Saturday; colder in west portion. Georgia.—Saturday rain. Florida. —Saturday partly cloudy, rain in north portion. Extreme Northwest Florida.—Sat j urday fair. Alabama.—Saturday fair, except i rain in southeast portion; colder i Saturday. Mississippi. Saturday fair and I colder. Tennessee and Kentucky.—Satin i day fair; colder in east portion. DEMOCRATS PUN FIGHT FIN PLICING BUTLER IN SENITE Governor of Massachusetts Names G. 0. P. Manager to Succeed Senator Lodge BOSTON, Nov. 13. —Democrats of 'Massachusetts are prepared to chal lenge the constitutionality of ap pointment of William M. Butler, President Coolidge’s campaign man ager, to fill out two years of the un expired term of the late Senator Lodge, Charles H. McGlue, chair man of the Democratic state Commit tee, announced this evening. “The Democratic party will carry this-case to the supreme court if nec essary,” McGlue said. “The Democrats feel that the state law providing for teporary appoint ment of United States senators can not be construed as covering as long a period as two years. “We feel that Butler's appointment is in violation of the sevententh amendment to the constitution of the United States.” GOVERNOR COX ASSURED OF BUTLER’S ACCEPTANCE BOSTON, Nov. 13.—William M. Butler, lawyer and manufacturer and chairman of the Republican na tional committee, today was appoint ed by Governor Cox to succeed the late Henry Cabot Lodge as United States senator from Massachusetts. The governor, it was said, has as surances that Mr. Butler will accept. The appointment is for approxi mately two years, as the seat can not* be filled by election until the next general election in 1926. This is in accordance with a lew enacted two years ago, giving the governor auth ority to appoint a' successor to fill such vacancies as may develop be tween elections. Senator Lodge’s term would have expired in 1928 and- the winner of the election two years hence will serve only until that time. Mr. Butler will qualify at Wash ington in time to take his s r , t when congress convenes on December 1. Mr. Butler, whose political activi ties had been suspended for several years, was ready to take the field this fall for the Republican nomina tion for United States senator in op position to David I. Walsh, Demo crat, but President Coolidge’s wish that the manufacturer undertake direction of the Republican national campaign brought him into the larger field as chairman of the na tional committee instead. The suc cess of the Republican campaign was followed by a vacation intended to last two or three weeks, but Sena tor Lodge’s grave illness’cut it short. It had been understood that Mr Butler would have a place in the now cabinet of President Coolidge and that continued association with the president in this connection was de sired by him, but the senator’s death changed the plans. The senator-designate, who prac ticed law at New Bedford for years and was elected to the house and senate, serving as president of the latter body over a period of six years before he came to thi scity in 1895, before he came to this city in 1895, of cotton manufacturing Interests since that time. His interests also included power and railway com panies. Bl TLER’S APPOINTMENT PLEASING TO COOLIDGE WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Word >f the appointment of William M. Butler as senator from Massachu setts was received with undisguised approval today at the White House. Throughout his service as Repub lican field marshal in the presiden tial campaign, Mr. Butler worked in close cooperation with President Coolidge; and his selection to the senate is regarded as adding an un failing supporter of administration policies, and an advisor to whom the president can turn when ho seeks counsel on major questions of legislation. The selection was not unexpected among those close to Mr. Coolidge. It was no secret that among the president's most intimate friends Mr. Butler was favored for the place. Unusual interest was taken here in the appointment both because the vacancy was in the president’s home state and because of Mr. Butler’s position as chairman of the Republi can national committee and his inti mate association with the president’s policies. For these reasons the appointment is expected to have at least an indi rect bearing on the question of se lecting a party leader in the senate in succession to Senator Lodge. There has been no suggestion that Mr. Butler himself, a new senator, would be elevated to that post, but bis advice will be sought on the question. Losing Grip on Plane Thousand Feet in Air, Flier Falls to Death TULSA, Okla.. Nov. 13.—Clyde Horchem, student aviator, formerly of Wichita, Kan., was killed Wednes day when he fell from an altitude of approximately 1.000 feet, near Pumpkin Center, between Tulsa and Drumwright, Okla. Jess Catron. student flier, of Sand Springs. Okla., was in the air plane when Horchem fell. He said they were on their way from Drum wright to Tulsa when Horchem climbed out on the wings of the plane while Catron piloted, saying; “You are getting along fine. I’ll let you pilot by yourself.” The flier then reached for the top of one of the wings, slipped and slid down the fuselage of the plane and saved himself from falling by hold ing to the rudder. The plane then went into a tail spin. Catron sail, and fell more than 500 feet. Horchem was thrown off and crashed to earth, one thousand feet below. Catron managed to right the plane and m ike a landing. Horchem’s wife. Bertha Horchem. a daring stunt flier. wu kil’.e’ at San Antonio, Tex., l ist Ma.ch while I ’looping.’' BLOODY EDIT FOUND IN HOME OF NEfifiO MURDER SUSPECT i Garment Is Discovered in i j House of Women Held for Slaying Aged Watchman j Investigation by city detectives ot I the brutal slaying last Saturday | 'night of J. L. Arendale, 60-year-old j ; nightwatchman at the Patterson ' Lumber company plant, on J-lighlants | ■ avenue, was spurred Thursday after- | noon by two striking developments, as follows: 1. Announcement by detectives that a bloody coat had been found In the home of Pearl Booth, negress, the same place where detectives Wednesday found Mr. Arendale’s ! watch, and a hammer alleged to I have been used in crushing the skull ; of the aged night watchman. De i tectives say they have witnesses ! who will testify that the Booth I woman was seen wearing this coat ■ Saturday night. I 2. Announcement that Mrs. J. F. I Rogers, of 412 Edgewood avenue, ■ has identified the Booth woman as the person who entered her home about two weeks ago, under pre tense of securing work, and had struck her across the head. According to Mrs. Rogers, the ■negro woman was Heightened away I from the house by her screams, and ! failed to take anything. Detectives also announced that an investigation of the alibi offered by (the Booth woman for her actions on Saturday night was nearing comple tion, and that they were almost ready to take the’ case before the grand jury. An investigation of the alibi of fered by Madison Reeves, the negro man implicated by the Booth wom an, also was being made by officers Thursday afternoon. The. police took away from the Booth woman’s room more than two truck loads of property sup posed to have been the loot from a score or more recent burglaries. Officers were at work Thursday list ing this property, which included wearing apparel, house furnishings, bed and table linens and all manner of small articles. The police declare they will be able to connect the Booth woman with at least a dozen recent burglaries. Stolen property, valued at more than sl,ooo* recovered in connection with case, has so far been identified by the following: M. Helman, 202 Peck building; Dave Epstein, 109 West Harris street; J. R. .Tennis, 209 St. Charles avenue; P. R. Womack, 715 High land avenue; Miss Gertrude Ward, 99 East Ellis street; Mrs. J. A. Pat terson. 66 East avenue; J. E. Mil- I ler, 265 North Jackson; Mrs. L. E. I Lamontagne, 38 Arlington place; I Harmon Lyon, Peck building; Mrs. i L. A. Sullivan, 243 East Pine street; J. L. Kent, 293 Lake avenue; J. G. Gordon, 430 Virginia avenue; Mrs. L. C. Boland, Jr., 80 Rosedale drive; R. O. Stephens, 18 Adams street; Mrs. T. E. Middlebrooks, and Mrs. W. Y. Freeman. 69 Ashland avenue. The statement from the Booth woman that the -watch and the blood stained hammer were brought to her rooms early Sunday by Madison Reeves, a negro of 184 1-2 West Mitchell street, does not satisfy the detectives, who have been investigating the case. Reeves, held incommunicado at police head quarters, denies all connection with the murder of the aged watchman and also denies having given the watch and hammer to the Booth woman, but the officers are check ing up on his movements Saturday night. ! Four detectives who have been working on the case have expressed the opinion that the Booth woman is directly involved in the Arendale murder, either as a “lookout” for the gang that attacked the watchmaij in j the lumber company office, or as an actual assailant of the aged man. Unhealed cuts and scratches on her face, hands and arms are regarded, they say as indicating that she was i engaged in the struggle with Mr. I Arendale. The office where his body i was found bore evidences of a ter ' rific batt.e before he was overcome. A. B Kuykendall, who lives in the vicinity of the lumber company’s of fice, was attacked by a negro wom an Saturday night, about the time ot the Arendale murder, as he walkeq past the lumber company’s plant, he reported to police. He was knock ed in the head and severely injured, but was able to give a fairly accu- j rate description of bisassailant. Mrs. Harding Spends “Very Restless Night, Doctors’ Bulletin Says MARTON. Ohio, Nov. 13—Mrs. Warren G. Harding, who is critically ill with kidney trouble, was reported as not so well in a bulletin issued this morning by Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, her physician. The bulletin read: “Mrs. Harding had a very restless ; and painful night and is not so well this morning.” Instead of being given to newspa-■ per men personally by Dr. Sawyer, | this morning’s bulletin was read o'er! the telephone by a nurse. This was 1 taken to indicate that Dr. Sawyer is ' remaining close to the bedside of his j patient. Suit to Oust Negro Official Dismissed NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 13.—The suit of E. Edward Bolte, Washing-: ton. D. C., attorney, seeking to; oust Walter L. Cohen, negro com?-1 1 troller of customs here, from office,; and attacking legality of the adop-; tion of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United! States, was dismissed Wednesday; in federal district court by Judge | Rufus E. Foster. Bolte asserted: Cohen was not a citizen of the; United States since he was “of: African descent” and could not: claim citizenship because the amend ment conferring it was illegal. “Statesmen, jurists and historians have termed that amendment the! American Magna Charta.” said Judge Foster. "And some have even: termed it the Maxima Charta. Fori 56 years it h is stood as a bulwark acainsr ar - ks on the rights of I | citizens. ’ IBDPTIDN OF CHILD LIBOB LIW URGED IT CLLIB MEETING Women's Body Recommends Change in State in Method of State Registration Passage of resolutions urging the I enaction of a more stringent child j labor law in Georgia, recomrnend i ing a change in the method of | registration in Georgia, Jndorsing | the Peach Blossom festival at 1' ort Valley and recognizing various other constructive movements, featured Thursday afternoon s session of the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs. AH the resolutions had been dis cussed Wednesday, and their adop tion Thursday afternoon was in ac cordance with previous indications. An attack on the Georgia assem bly for its failure to pass the Shep pard-Towner bill and the Childrens’ Code commission bill, was embodied in the report of the depart ment of education, read Thursday morning at the second day’s session of the federations twenty-eighth convention at the Atlanta Biltmore hotel, by Mrs. Felton Jones, of Rome, state chairman. Mrs. Jones’ report declared that clubwomen have found “that legis lators do not always trouble them selves to find out the facts in bills on which they vote.” The report set forth the Sheppard-Towner bill as a specific example of this charge, and declared that when one legislator was approached in an effort to find out why he did not support the bill he “blushed, and turned red and re plied that ‘he never did believe in these birth control bills anyhow.’ ” “Crass ignorance” was assigned as the reason for this answer. In discussing the children’s code bill, the report declared that its pas sage was' made impossible for a “peculiar and politilcal reason,” set ting forth that it was not reported favorably by the house judiciary committee, but instead was referred to a special subjudieiary committee, th echajrman of which "was known to be an opponent of the measure.” Road Program Approved Indorsement of the pending pro gram of state highway development was given in the report of the com mittee on federal laws, of which Mrs. Walter Purdom, is chairman. “In legislation,” said Mrs. Pur dom, “our motto ‘Haive Faith in Georgia’ should be' stressed more than in any other field.” In a speech at the morning ses sion Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, state director, praised the federation for its activity in persuading women to go to the. polls at the' recent tion, declaring that the splendid co operation of the federation “led the ( way to the fulfillment of the great est duties of citizenhip.” “Take back to your club the spirit of federation,” said Mrs. Richard son, “the spirit of co-operation of the smallest club with the biggest and of all clubs with the federated organization. Let us pass on to all clubs the good that is done in any one .ckb. In this way we will fulfill our greatest duty. Mrs. W. H. Griffin, chairman of the resolutions committee, an nounced that a resolution had been offered which proposed to make a state, holiday in celebration of the birthday of Joel Chandler Harris, Georgia’s famous writer of negro folk songs and “Uncle Remus” stories. Mrs. Wey then made the report for the student aid foundation, showing - that $39,991.25 had been loaned to 253 girls in the last fif teen years. One hundred and fifty five of the beneficiaries have re turned the loans in full, she said, and last year alone, $4,419 wau re- | turnfcd to the fund. “Words cannot tell what these figures mean.” said Mrs. Wey, "the real story lies outside the figures.” Letters From Women Read She then read several letters from young women in various sec tions of the United States express ing appreciation for the help given them by the foundation in obtaining an education. One of these letters, from a young woman who was made an orphan while very young and bound out to service until she was twenty-one years old, said: “The clubwomen have rescued me from a helpless and hopeless con dition and have done so in a man i ner which enables me to keep my self-respect.” "The call for new loans is constant and urgent,” said Mrs. Wey, "and last year we were unable to grant forty-six applications. The impor tance of this work cannot be over estimated because it Is one of the greatest that the federation is do inc." Immediately after Mrs. Wey’s re port, Mrs. D. C. Ketchum, third dis trict president, announced that the report had so impressed the repre sentatives of the Fitzgerald Wom an’s club that that club had decided to give SIOO to the students’ aid foundation. This announcement was met with a burst of applause. , . _ ______ | Mistaken for Shiners, Alabama Officers Shot By Federal Raiders ALBANY, Ala., Nov. 13.—W. P. I Hampton, state law enforcement of- I ficer, is at a hospital here seriously ! wounded as the result of a fight j near here between state and federal i officers when each party mistook the i other for moonshiners. I Hampton and B. W. Smith, Law i rcnce county deputy sheriff, were I preparing to raid a still, and almost ; simultaneously, a group of federal : officers approached the still and de : ployed. The federal officers called i upon Hampton and Smith to sur . render. The state officers, thinking ; that the federal officers were moon ; shiners, reached for their guns, i whereupon the federal officers open ied fire. Hampton fell with a bullet j in his lung. W WHITNEYVILLE, Maine.—White blueberries are the paradoxical fruit ‘ grown in WhitneyviUe. This freak i of nature has been developed on land I owned by Newell Albee, who is ex- I tremely careful of his treasure an l j allows onlj a very few to be picked. Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, November 15, 1924 WOODROW WILSON DRAGGED BRITISH PREMIER OFF ‘TIGER’ AT VERSAILLES, WRITER SAYS Lloyd George, Angered by Clemenceau’s Accusations of Falsehood, Had Latter by Collar—Duel Offered LONDON, Nov. 13. —Woodrow Wilson separated Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau when the Brit ish prime minister had the French premier by the collar and was de manding an apology for' being called a liar, Wickham Steed, former editor of the Time, discloses in his book, “Through Thirty Years,” pub lished today. The row occurred during the Ver sailles peace conference, and led to Clemenceau challenging Lloyd George to a duel, Steed says. “Clemenceau flatly accused Lloyd George of repeated inaccuracies,” the editor says, describing the inci dent referred to. “Lloyd George rose and seized Clemenceau by the collar, demanding an apology. “Woodrow Wilson separated them. Then Clemenceau offered Lloyd George reparation with pistols or swords, as soon as the British prime minister had resided in France long enough to acquire a domicile —and POSTOFFICE BLAST KILLS 3. HURTS 12; BOMB PLOT FEARED GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 13. Nothing but a high explosive could have caused the blowing up of the receiving room annex of the local postpffice yesterday, federal officers investigating the blast declared tif day. The blast which killed three men, dangerously injured a fourth and sent a score of others to hos pitals for treatment, not only wrecked the annex, but rocked the downtown district and shattered windows in buildings some distance away. Although city officials and some postal authorities had insisted that the explosion was caused when gas which had accumulated beneath the floor of the loading deck suddenly became ignited, the federal investi gation is said to have proved con clusively that only a high explosive could have produced the wreckage by which the loading room was re duced. The death list of the explosion was brought to three with the death this morning of Dale Newhouse, a truck driver, delivering mail at the time. The other victims were Ernest Roth and Herman Pettersch, both postal employes. The theory that the blast was caused b.v the premature explosion of a bomb sent through the mails was advanced by postal authorities, police and firemen, who worked all night by aid of sarchlights, scouring the wreckage for clues. No frag ment of a bomb or other explosive was found, however. I Loraine Yarrington, who was in an automobile across the road from the postoffice, escaped with minor bruises, but a dog in his automobile was killed. The three men who were killed, and Newhouse were on the loading plat form at the time of the explosion. Newhouse was leaving the postoffice after purchasing stamps. Woman in Columbus Claims Mystery Girl Is Long Lost Grandchild COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 13.—A woman giving the name of Mrs. Elli son Lee, well known to police au thorities, today visited the city hos pital and claimed that Columbus’ “mystery woman” is her grandchild. According to the story tuld to hospital attaches by Mrs. Lee, she has not seen the “mystery woman’ since she was eight years old, but is positive she is not mistaken in identity. The hospital was not giv en the Christian name of Mrs. Lee, but it is claimed that the last name is “King.” Mrs. Lee asserts that the “King” woman lived in Louisiana, but failed to give the location. Hospital heads have placed no ctedence in the identity of the wom an and refused to release her until they are positive she is the grand child of Mrs. Lee. Sheriff’s forces are investigating Mrs. Lee's story also. The story of Mrs. Lee was given a. severe jolt this afternoon follow ing an announcement made at the family welfare bureau that they had visited Mrs. Lee and knew of her past and that she had never had any children. Coolidge to Discuss Agriculture Before College Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Presi dent Coolidge will speak tonight be fore the annual meeting here of the Association of Land Grant colleges. This will be Mr. Coolidge's first public address since the election and he expects to devote his remarks chiefly to the subject of agriculture, which is also the principal topic of discussion before the college repre sentatives. The president plans to go even more extensively into his views on farming conditions in opening the conference here next Monday of the agriculture commission which he re cently appointed to investigate farm ing conditions with a view to out lining a program for permanent stabilization of this industry. The meetings of commission, composed of eight members, will be held with the cooperation of the department of agriculture. meanwhile ‘the tiger’ refused to apologize.” On another occasion, Steed says, he himself suggested to Clemenceau that the premier of France talk with Wilson and ascertain what Wilson wanted. “Talk with Wilson!” Steed quotes Clemenceau as retorting. “How can I talk to a fellow who thinks himself the first man for two thou sand years who has known anything about peace on earth? Wilson imagines he is a second Messiah. He believes- he is sent to give peace to the world, and thta his precon ceived notions are the only notions worth having. “I’ve done everything to gratify him. I received him at the foot of the staircase as though he were the king of England, but still he’s not satisfied.” Clemenceau added. Steed says, that talking t > Wilson was futile, that they would never reach an un derstanding. STOP EXTRAVAGANCE TOKIQ. —Girls in Mi wade. High school must live the simple life. Ex travagance of any sort is forbidden. Girl students are being rebuked for wearing expensive kimonos and car rying gaudy, parasols. Teachers in spect the wearing apparel of every slant-eyed flapper who enters the bytilding. BR. W. H. EMERSON. OF TECH FIGIILH. IS TAKEN OF HEATH Dr. William Henry Emerson, dean of the chemistry department at Georgia Tech, a member of the fac ulty since the founding of the school in 1888, and one of the best loved and most widely-known educa tors in the south, died Thursday morning at 8:30 o’clock at his resi dence, 160 West North avenue. While he had been in ill health for more than a year, Dr. Emerson, in his devotion to Georgia Tech, conlirbeo in his work of shaping the course of the chemistry depart ment until illness forced him to sus pend his duties several weeks ago. His death, while not unexpected by members of the immediate family, came as a distinct shock to his hun dreds of friends in the city and at the institution with which he was so intimately identified. On Saturday, at 12 o'clock, at the Hotel Biltmore, the class of 1924 was to have presented a handsome portrait of Dr. Emerson to Georgia Tech, and Dr. Emerson himself was to have taken a prominent part in the program. It was announced Fri day afternoon, however, that the presentation of the portrait ’.vi.'l take on the character of a memorial to the dean, and that impressive cere monies will mark the occasion. Was Highly Esteemed Dr. Emerson enjoyed a position of high esteem in the hearts of Georgia Tech men extending over a thirty six year period. In the fall of 1888, when the institution opened its doors for the first time. Dr. Emerson went there as head of the chemistry de partment. Since that time he had been associated with every interest of the institution. In 1910 he was made dean of the institution, as a tribute to his teaching ability and the place he held in the hearts of his associates. In 1912 as a further tribute to his character, and his standing in the profession which he had served so consistently and well, he was awarded the degree of doctor of science by the University of Geor gia. Officials of Georgia Tech, and men acquainted over a long period of serv ice with Dr. Emerson, Thursday, paid tribute both to Dr. Emerson as the man, and Dr. Emerson, the scholar, the lover of his profession. “He was one of the men whose footprints have been deepest and most important in the history of the school ” Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi dent, said in felling of the dean’s love of Tech. ‘ His first interest, in the years I knew him, and was associat ed with him, was in Tech.” Others Fay Tributes Dr. Gilbert H. Boggs, associated with Dr. Emerson in the department of chemistry for twenty-one years, spoke in high regard of Dr. Emer son as a man whose work was the important thing in his life, but one whose life also was centered in the affections of those who knew him, a man who enjoyed the respect and admiration of all who came in con tact with him. Dr. Emerson was born June 17, 1860, at Tunnel Hill, Ga. His fa ther was Caleb Emerson, a well known practicing physician of his section, and his mother, Mrs. Emer son, was Miss Caroline Austin, the daughter of a well-known family: Always interested, even as a young man, in education, particularly books of travel, Dr. Emerson at tended the schools of his communi ty, such as they were, and in 1876 won a congressional appointment to the naval academy, entering the institution in the fall of that year. He was graduated from the insti tution with the class of 1880, having made an excellent record in his I studies. He served as an officer in I the navy until 1883, and then re- j signed to pursue his educational j work. Came To Tech in 1888 Entering Johns Hopkins univer-j sity, Baltimore, in 1883, Dr. Emer- ' son was graduated two years later j with a Ph.D. degree in chemistry. | From Johns Hopkins, he accepted a : position in the Citadel university, I where he taught until 1888, when | he was offered the chair of chernis- i try by the first board of trustees ' of Georgia Tech. In connection with his work as ' head of the department of chem- | istry, to which position his splendid intellectual attainments were con tributed whole-heartedly, Dr. Emer son formed associations with stu dents that in view of his lovable traits of character and treatment of student needs made him one of the best-loved men in the institution. He manifested a deep interest in the Emerison Chem ical society, an o-ganization found ed »everaj ago in Ijjs faonor, a CENTS A COPY. 51 A YEAR. CONGRESSMAN WINS FIGHT IN COURT TO TEST VOLSTEAO ICT Shouts Gleefully as All Six' Counts in Indictment Are Dismissed j - I BALTIMORE, Md„ Nov. 13.—• Manufacture! of wines and cider of ordinary alcoholic content in private homes is permissible, a jury in. United States district court here de cided today. The jury dismissed all the counts of the indictment against Represen tative John Philip Hill, of Maryland, which had charged him with unlaw ful manufacture of 11.64 per cent wine and 2.7 per cent cider in his home. Hill provoked the trial to test the power of the Volstead act over home brewing. The jury reported to Judge Morris Soper after twenty hours’ delibera tion that it had found Hill, the de fendant, not guilty on each of tha six counts in the indictment found against him. The counts of the indictment had charged Hill specifically with manu facture and possession of intoxi cants, and with creating a public nuisance by having intoxicants in his home. The exact wording of the dismiss al was: ; “We, the jury, find the defendant not, guilty of the matter of which he stands indicted.” Judge Soper, in charging the jury, told them that their verdict must be considered as passing upon the ques tion of whether the beverage manu factured by Hill intoxicating. He said the issue of intoxication must be decided on the question of whether or not “a practical amount’’ consumed by any man. would pro duce drunkenness. Hill, who has long been opposed to the prohibition laws, shouted with, glee when the verdict was returned. “Well, boys, you can make all the wine you want now,” he said. “I always did have faith in the com mon sense of the Maryland juries.” The courtroom was jammed when the verdict was read and there were cries of approval. A dramatic story as to what trans pired in the jury room was told when jurymen left the box after re turning their verdict. It developed that the deadlock finally was broken when eleven of the jurors favoring acquittal ap pealed to the hold out on the ground that Christ, as recorded in the Bible, recognized the utility of win®. Last midnight, ten of the jurors had been convinced a verdict of not guilty should be returned. At 1:30 a. m., one of the other two swung over. Then the eleven concentrated on Sebastian J. Linz, a grocer. “I am a prohibitionist and I am opposed to wine, cider, beer an<A everything else, no matter how much alcohol it contains,” Linz told his fellow jurors. “Don't you read the Scriptures?” one of his opponents asked. “Don't you know that Christ hissed wine?, Doi you think yourself superior to Christ?” It was not until breakfast tim® that Linz relented. Judge Soper made no statement on the verdict. After the verdict. Hill went out through the corridors, where be was acclaimed by the crowd like a hero. HILL CASE IS CLOSW> INCIDENT, STONE SATS WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Th® department of justice will await a full report from United States At torney Woodcock at Baltimore be fore it is willing to comment on th® effect of the acquittal of Represen tative John Phillip Hill in the cider manufacture case. Attorney Gen eral Stqne explained that there could bb no appeal by the govern ment under the law and Hiat there fore the case against Mr. Hll be comes a closed incident in so far ae the government is concerned. “OLD STUFF,” VOLSTEAD SAYS OF HILL DECISION GRANITE FALLS, Minn., Nov. 13.—The opinion of Judge Morris A. Soper, of Baltimore, that fruit juices may be made for homo consumption regardless of the alcoholic content is “old stuff,” Andrew J. Volstead, fa ther of the prohibition act, decl&red today. Judge Hand held the same in New York some time ago, according to Mr. Volstead. “You can’t administer prohibition enforcement by trying to interpret what alcoholic content makes a bev erage intoxicating,” Mr. Volstead said. “It was not the intention of th® act to prohibit home-making and consumption of fruit juice that will not become wine. A fruit juice will not develop any alcoholic con tent without the use of sugar. Some persons would become intoxicated on a small percentage of alcoholic con tent while others can consume large quantities of high content without exhibiting signs of intoxication. “1 do not feel that the ruling of Judge Soper will have any effect on prohibition enforcement.” Alleged Valdosta Burglars Are Reported Held in Fitzgerald FITZGERALD, Ga., Nov. 13. Three attempted burglaries were re ported Thursday morning and Oi» telegraphic information to Valdosta, two tourists, said to be from Athens, were arrested, having spent tha night in a local camp ground. It is said they fit descriptions of the par ties implicated in the robbery of the Chero-Cola plant, where they secured $30.00 in money. The Texas Oil company plant was entered and the combination knob of the safe broken in an attempt to get at its contents. Mrs. Joe Smith, liv ing in the rear of her confectionery store in the heart of the business district, was awakened during the night and found a man *at her back door. Several shots were exchanged before the intruder fled. Officers have gone to Valdosta to seoure the arrested parties and bring them heie [o£ HTycstigation. _ »