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Uljc LTVlmila Ga*i-Uktkljj Son v nal VOL. XXVII. NO. 19 Washington denies NEW M PARLEY RUMORED AT GENEVA France Wants to Delay Con ference on Land Arma ment Reduction WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—(8y the Associated Press.) —The state de partment issued today a fiat denial of rumors current in Geneva that the Washington government was taking steps to convoke a disarma ment conference in Europe. The department statement fol lows: “In answer to a question by the Associated Press, today, the acting secretary of state authorized the statement that there was no trutn in the report circulated in Geneva that the Washington government was taking steps to convoke a dis armament conference in Europe.” This was the first pronouncement on the subject to come from any re sponsible official here since the dis armament question recently was brought under active discussion by the proposal for a conference tinder the auspices of the League of Na tions. Officials were unwilling to go fur ther in commenting on the Geneva despatch, reserving until a later time whatever opinions they may hold on the geneg-il subject of any new conference that may be called either by the league or by President Coolidge. Such a conference, if held in Eu rope, naturally would be concerned with land as well as naval arma ments, and it has been understood that the Washington government has always regarded the question of land armament limitations as essen tially a problem of the European powers. While the historic attitude of the Washington government favors any step that would relieve nations of heavy armament burdens and while it has been felt in Washington' that economic restoration in Europe re quired that the military outlays of the European powers should be re duced materially, there has been nothing to indicate that the Wash ington government expected to ini tiate a conference to deal with that question. It is recalled that the question of land armaments was included in the agenda prepared in Washington for the conference which resulted in the naval limitation treaty. The Washington government, however, presented to the conference no sug gestion as to bow this might be ac complished, and the land armament question was dropped almost at the start of the conference. An agreement to limit land arma ments could be reached only when the powers in Europe were ready to negotiate for treaties having that ob ject, and it has been felt here that the initiative for an attempt to bring about a conference for land arma ment limitations of necessity must come from some European power. s The moral backing of the United States unquestionably would be given to any such plan, authough the question of the size of the Ameri can army itself is not one that could interest the conference to any great extent. In his address accepting the Re- - publican nomination for the presi dency last August Mr. Coolidge an nounced that “when the repara tions plan is in operation” he would deem it an appropriate time to ap proach the other powers on the sub ject of further limitation of arma ments. Labpr, however, the Geneva plan came prominently to the front, and recently there has been no in dication what the intentions of the White House in the present situation might be. It has been apparent that the un- • settled state of opinion in Europe on the armaments conference ques tion has had its reaction here. The American government is anxious to do what it can toward an arms limi tation, but it desires, that whatever seps it undertakes be attended by circumstances conducive to success. There apparently is no intention to take away from the league what ever credit might accrue to it from a conference held under its auspices and the questions which appears to have been kept uppermost in all con siderations of the problem is whether the results desired could be better accomplished under the leadership of Washington or of Geneva. AMERICA HAS SUGGESTED PARLEY, GENEVA HEARS GENEVA, Nov. 20.—(8y (he Asso ciated Press.)—The latest rumor cir culating in Geneva on the disarma ment question is that President Coolidge will convoke a new arms conference to meet in Europe, per haps at The Hagye. Those circulat ing thte rumor insist that the Wash ington government already has ■ sounded the new British government on the subject. FRANCE AND ENGLAND AGREE TO DEFER ARMS DISCI SSION PARIS, Nov. 20.—(8y the Asso ciated Press.) —The French delegates to the League of Nations council meeting in Rome next month will concur in Great Britain's request for postponement by the council of dis cussion of preparations for the pro posed conference for the reduction of armaments, an official spokesman for the foreign office said today. Paul Boncour and the other French delegates who ate going to • Rome have informed the government that they have a plan ready to pre sent to the council but feel they would like more time to study and improve it, and thus they welcome the British suggestion for postpone ment. Woodmen Will Present . ‘Old-Fashioned Mother’ The play “An Old-F.ishi >ned Mother.” will be presented hv the Woodmen Circle Maple Grove x>i, Friday evening, at S o'clock, m the , t entral Congregational church, at • C.nnegie Way and Ellis street it is announced. This will be the s. \ ■ Pr.th time the Maple Grove Wood n’en have presented the play, it is stated. How to Stop Fit Attacks It » >u h»ie »ttack* vt Fit* Epilei'x'’ or Fallins ' ' 1 will t. 'l '. u 1 ; . a »ecuie I'REL » linme treatment which h«* s-.orrrd the ato.’., in hnndteds of ca-es It cc-* immediate r<' es. Lab thsK 11. s t ten C. Milwaukee. • Wu. i Ad««rn.-einen(.) Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF LISBON. —Government of Pre- I mier Gaspaid resigns after parlia | ment rejects motion for vote of con- I fidence. CAIRO. Egypt.— Major General i Sir Lee Stack, governor general of the Sudan and sirdar of Egyptian j army, .shot by gunmen at Cairo i Wednesday, dies. MEXICO CITV.— Enmities glow-' ing out of case of Mrs, Rosalie Evans, killed last August, have cul minated in disorders in the Huejot zingo district, state of Pueblo. NEW YORK.—There is no need at present for urgent legislation by congress with respect to railroads, Association of Railway Executives says in declaration of policy. WASIIINGTON. — Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin, insurgent leader in house, says Republicans are “too wise” to attempt to ban progressives from party ranks. WASHINGTON. The constitu tionality of the Kosher law of New York, which regulates the sale of Kosher meat, is attacked in argu ments before the supreme court. 1 NEW YORK.—Five men and Iwo women, entire crew of three-masted schooner, Susan 8., which sank off the Virginia capes, were rescued by City of Atlanta, radio message says. PORTSMOUTH. Va. — Uncomplet ed dreadnaught Washington, afloat off Virginia Capes, twice with stands bombardment by 14-inch shells and bombs from battleship Texas. WARDENSVILLE. W. Va.— Charles Theodore Murray, retired newspaperman and one-time Wash ington correspondent for New York Times and other newspapers, dies here aged SI. WASHINGTON.—A federal law to prohibit the sale of Christinas trees is advocated by 11. V. Berry, of Fort Plain, N. Y., before the national convention on utilization of forest products. ATLANTIC ClTY.—Total debt standing against farms in the United states is estimated at fourteen bil lion dollars, state Master Jesse Ncyv som, of Indiana, tells national grange convention. GENEVA.—Bishop Charles H. Brent, addressing international opi um conference, declares public opinion in United States demands drastic action in curbing illicit traf fic in narcotic drugs. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Prosecutor, unwilling to accept suicide theory, continues search for possible slayer of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, wife of Co lumbus, Ohio, minister, whose cre mated body was found in furnace. COLUMBUS, Ohio.—ln note to county prosecutor, signed by Rev. C. V. Sheatsley and his son Milton, the youth is committed to statement that door of furnace in which Mrs. Sheatsley’s body was found was open when body was discovered. MOSCOW. —Leon Krassin, soviet ambassador to France, tells em ployes of the commissariat of for eign trade that despite England’s refusal to grant Russia a loan, the Bank of England has allowed the soviet government credits amount ing lo $88,000,000. Mayor of Stillmore Tried on Charges of Financing Moonshiners SAVANNAH, Ga.. Nov. 20.—F. A. Edenfield, mayor of Stillmore, is on trial in the federal court today on three charges of conspiracy to vio late the federal prohibition law. His alleged conspirators in the first case are J. B. Waggoner, Mrs. Hattie Waggoner and Jim Smith, of Eman uel county; in the second, J. B. Pinkard, and in the third B. P. Walker, R. L. Warren and Sam F. Evans, of Candler and Emanuel counties. The government alleged Edenfield financed the moonshining operations of the other men. He was tried in January and a mistrial resulted. HELP US AVOID THE RUSH THAT HURTS SERVICE SUBSCRIPTIONS pour in by the thousands after January 1. 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We want to spread our work over a reasonable period of time, instead of concentrating it in four months. Renew Now and Get Thirteen Months for The Price of Twelve LAX ENFORCEMENT DF LAW SCORED BT METHDDISTPASTDRS Ministers Stirred to Action by Murder of Rev. Rob ert Stewart’s Wife ; Resolutions characterizing the i slaying of Mrs. Rooert Stewart, wife | of the Methodist pastor at Drake , town, Ga., a few days ago, as a • "climax of crime caused by lax en ; forcement of law” weie adopted I unanimously by the North Georgia ■ Methodist conference, in session Thursday at the Wesley Memorial church. Mi’S. Stewart was shot to death at her home in Haralson county when she attempted to prevent a gang of alleged monoshiners from abducting her husband, who had been active in running down violators of the prohibition law. The resolution, introduced by the Rev. C. O. Jones, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league in Georgia, was signed by many prominent min isters and laymen. It was asserted that the practice of assessing small fines on violators of the prohibition j laws is a travesty on law and en | couragement to crime. The state ’ ment also is made in the resolutions that “many prominent citizens, among them church members, scout the law, patronize moonshiners and boast of their bootleggers.” Tendering the sympathy of the en tire conference to Mr. Stewart the resolutions conclude as follows: "That we urge all our citizens to obey the law; our newspapers, mag i azines and moving pictures to com -1 mend and not condemn the law; and ; judges, sheriffs, policemen and oth ers to enforce the law without tear or favor; «ind all our pastors to preach often on the necessity of law enforcement by all officers and law observance by all citizens; and we respectfully suggest that our churches observe by special pro grams the Sabbath preceding Janu ary 1(>, 1925, the fifth anniversary of the eighteenth amendment.” The introduction of the resolutions followed a voluntary offering for Rev. Stewart which resulted in con siderably more than S3OO being con tributed. .Mrs. Stewart Memorial Establishment of a memorial to Mrs. Stewart in the form of an en dowed room at the Wesley Me morial hospital was put under way Thursday at the suggestion of Mrs. A. F. Nunn, of Temple, Ga., Mrs. Nunn is the wife of a Methodist preacher in the same section of the state where the Stewart tragedy oc curred. It is planned that the me morial to Mrs. Stewart shall be es tablished from contributions from women of the North Georgia con ference. The idea was presented to the conference by Dr. Elam F. Dempsey, secretary of education, who an nounced that a committee consisting of Mrs. Nunn, Mrs. W. T. Irvine, of Rome, and Mrs. Warren A. Can dler, of Atlanta, would receive all contributions for the memorial. Dr. 11. W. Cox, president of Emory university, and head of the Wesley Memorial hospital, described briefly to the conference Thursday the de velopment of the hospital since its transfer to become a part of the uni versity, saying that the institution now is almost on a paying basis avd that the free patients at the hospital constituted about one-sixth .of the entire number. Every effort is being made to reduce the cost of operations Dr. Cox stated, and it is hoped to be able in the near fu ture to handle 100 free patients. In Arrears On Missions Bishop W. B. Beauchamp, cf Brussels. Belgium, who is in charge o> Methodist missions in, Europe, s' oke toward the close of the ses sion. outlining the financial situa tion of the Methodist mission board, which, lie declared, was in debt $900,000. Bishop Beauchamp pointed out that the North Georgia con- (Continued on Page 3. Column J) Barrett Is Re-elected President of Farmers For Twentieth Time OKLAHOMA (TTY, Okla., Nov. 20. —Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga.. was- re-elected president of the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of America for the twentieth time at the annual con vention today. He was elected over George D. Baker, of Des Moines. lowa, by* a two-to-one vote. E. L. Harrison, of Lexington, Ky., was elected vice-president and A. C. Davis, of Springfield, Mo., was re elected national secretary-treasurer. The directors were re-elected. Mr. Davis read his annual report in which he urged unity of action ‘ among the farm organizations and stressed the need for a definite leg islative policy. The convention unanimously ap proved a resolution endorsing the co operative marketing of cotton under long-term contracts and recommend ing that all other farm products be sold through co-operating agencies. EUROPE Oi INITIATIVE IPUAND ARMAMENTPARLEY \ B\ DAVID LAWRENCE (Special Leased Wire to 'i’ln; Journal —Copy- right, 11)21.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Al though the United States govern ment is deeply interested in every move chat may reduce the cost of armaments to the civilized world and lessen the chances of war, the Cool idge administration expects the initiative in respect of land arma ment reduction to come from Euu6- pean powers. Senator Borah and others who feel the American government should call another arms conference are of that opinion largely because they think that unless the United States takes a hand in the land armament question as was the case with naval armament little will come of the talk of reduced armament. If, on the other hand the United States government felt that the mere yall of an arms conference was an assurance of success, President Cool idge would call one overnight. That, however, is not the case, and unof ficially there are some factors which make it apparent the American gov ernmen can only help fully advise and cannot compel reductions even by fore of opinion as occurred with the naval conference. At that time America came forward at the very outset and proclaimed a program of sacrifice. Having one of the two leading navies in the world, the United States could take the leader ship and by her example compel the others to follow or be placed in the awkward position of blocking reduc tion. Different Question With land armament the whole question changes. The United States has one of the smallest stand ing armies in the world, just enough for police protection and probably not as much as European powers with the same lefigth of boundaries would think safe. For the United States to announce her willingness to cut her standing army would have no effect on European powers and the administration knows that all to well. When the last arms conference was held in Washington, Premier Briand told the world how France regarded the question of land armament, and virtually killed all chance of even discussing the question in the same conference with naval teduction. The Ameri can commission was reluctantly compelled to agree to that view point or else enter into a contro versy over reparations and the se curity of France. This is still the obstacle against American entry into the discussions of land armament. The Coolidge-Hughes dministration ■is trying scrupulously to keep out of European parleys about frontiers, security, offensive and defensive al Lances and all the other intricate political problems that are wrapped up in the debate on whether a large or small standing army shall be re tained to prevent another European wa r. The American government is deeply sympathetic—that is about all that can be said at the moment. Should a conferen e l^ 1 called. Amer ica would accept an invitation to be present, and would lend a helping hand at every turn to make the con ference a success, but a nation which eschews European problems cannot, it is felt by the highest gov ernment officials, enter into the land armament question without be ing inconsistent and doing the very thing the administration in its re cent campaign promised not to do. America Would Consent The president and secretary of state look therefore for Europe to take the initiative. If Europe wants the conference held in Washington, America probably would gladly con sent, but there is a feeling that the place for the next armament confer ence is in the country which has the largest army and which must come ' forward with a program to which other nations can subscribe just as did the United States in the naval conference. The limitation of aircraft build ing. submarines and other new weap-' ons of war are, of course, related vitally to the land armament prob lem. The Washington conference was nearly wrecked by the conflict of opinion about submarines and the delicacy of that question alone illus trates how much more complicated is the matter of military strength. The discussion of the arms con ference while regarded as somewhat nremature because Europe has hard ly digested the Dawes plan for eco nomic reform, especially on repara tions. is looked upon as a healthy sign of the times. But before reduc tion of armament gets into the realm of tangibility there are other eco nomic problems that will become in volved in the discussion. America has declined to discuss interallied debts in relation to the money owed S other allies. Inter-allied debts stand out as the Mg unsettled problem of Europe. Were they out of the way and a program of payment arranged, the powers themselves would for eco nomic reasons, if for no other, be interested in scaling down the mili tary budgets. It is considered here, therefore, as an European problem n most every phase, and the policy of the administration is that the initia tive in European questions must come from En ’ore. EARLYTRIAL ASKED BY 5 DEFENDANTS IN NIGHTRIDER CASES Mrs. Stewart’s Dying Words Repeated at Hearing— Courtroom Packed BY DUNBAR HAIR (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) BUCHANAN. Ga., Nov. 20.—The • five men given a hearing here today • on warrants charging murder in con nection with the fatal shooting of Mrs. Robert Stewart, wife of the Methodist minister at Draketown, near here, were remanded to jai? without bond, after a hearing here before Judge F. A. Irwin, of the Tal lapoosa circuit, on the application for bail in behalf of the men. The I defense sprung a surprise when it | failed to produce a witness, after lit had summoned many friends of [the defendants. The men orered held for grand (jury investigation, and whose cases l-probably will be considered next i week, are: Jeff Henderson and his j two sons, Herbert and Otis; Tom Go i ber, Ji’., and Cab Bishop. They were ' identified by Mi’. Stewart, in testi i niony given at the hearing, as hav ing been in the group which at | tempted to abduct him, and later i fired upon his wife last Thursday 'night, inflicting wounds which i proved fatal twenty-four hours later in an Atlanta hospital. The state rested its case at 2 o'clock, and the defense attorneys then asked for time to confer. A few minutes later, the defense asked Judge Irwin if he would consider evidence concerning alibis, in de termining the question of bail, and the judge replied that where facts were involved, it was a question for a jury. Early Trial Requested The defense attorneys then an nounced that they would produce no witnesses, but asked for an early trial should the grand jury indict the defendants. Solicitor General ,Ed Griffith, who conducted the state’s case at the I hearing, announced that a special I term of court would be called to i dispose of the cases, if the grand I jury took action. Speaking in a soft, conversational tone, with no show of emotion in his or voice, Mr. Stewart, ; vv l ho i> knywn as “the raiding pai’ioti ’ of Draketown, accused live men of be ing in the group which tried to ab duct him from bis little par sot age one. week ago and which shot his wife todeath when she rm bed to Shis assistance. The fearless pastor, who combed the neighboring woods and hills for moonshine stills while not tending his flock, called the names of Jeff Henderson, and his two sons, Her bert and Otis, and those of Tom i Gober. Jr., and Cab Bishop as among I those in the group. Mi. Stewart’s Statement ■ His statement follows: “About 8:30 o'clock on the night ' of November 13, I was summoned 'to the door. I had retired but being i told that some men wanted me, I I dressed and went outside. “There were two cars standing in the road in front of my house. They contained several men while a num ber of other men stood in a group around them. As I drew near I rec . ognized five of the men and hesi- S tated and started to go back. Wherc ' upon, the men seized me and hauled me into the first of the two automo ; biles. “As they did. one of them said to me, ‘Damn you’. You have made your last faid.’ “About that time my wife came running out of the house. She cried to the men to let me out, but they did not and she opened fire with a pistol she had in her hand. She fired only once before she was seized by three of the men. “Somehow, though, she managed Ito free herself from their grasp. I She fired again, but as she did she I stumbled and fell face down. As : she lay in that position, some one ' in one of the automobiles fired at | her and wounded her. In the ex- I eitement, I leaped from the automo- I bile and started across the street I for help. As I ran. Jeff Henderson i fired at me with a shotgun. Return i ing 1 saw the automobiles get under ' way. and 1 ran to the place where , my wife lay, picked up the pistol iand fired once after them, as they , wi re moving off in a westerly direc• | tion.” Recognized Five of Party X On direct examination by the so- I licitor general, the minister said he I recognized Jeff Henderson, his two sons, Otis and Herbert Henderson: Tom Gober. Jr., and Cab Bishop as i members of the group. On cross examination, the minister's testi mony was unshaken. Dr. E. F. Eaves, first witness i called by the stare, told how he : rushed to Mrs. Stewart’s side soon after she was shot and of the trip made to Atlanta to bring her to the i hospital, where she died. “When I last saw Mrs. Stewart alive." the physician said, “she told me she had sometiiing of importance to say. She drew my head down and in a weak whisper said. ‘Cab Bishop ; was one of the men I saw in the au i toniobile before I was shot.’ ” The doctor said from his examina- I tion he concluded that both shots which took effect in Mrs. Stewart's right elbow and spinal column, were fired from the rear. The court room was packed to ca pacity and many interested specta tors, who could not obtain seats, stood leaning against the walls to catch every word from the witnesses. .Mr. Stewart was the lone, witness ■ allowed to remain in the courtroom during the proceedings. He was al llowed to do this at the request of So- ; licitor General Ed Griffith, who said he desired the minister's assistance in t of t lings. Th( i defense, represented by Attorneys It alter Matthews, of Buchanan: J. P. Hutcheson, of Douglas; and C. B. Mc- Garrity, of Dallas, offered no pro i test. Accused in Dying Statement Mr. Stewart, who is assisting of ficers in their hunt for the persons responsible for his wife's death, hur ried here from the sessions in At lanta of the North Georgia conter jenee. of the Methodist Episcopal I church, south, of which he is a mem i ber. Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday* November 22, 1924 CURSE OF FAMOUS DIAMOND SEEN IN MYSTERY SHOOTING OF ACTRESS’ THIRD HUSBAND May Yohe, Former Owner of Hope GeiTh Still Pursued by Tragedy—Suicide Note Puzzles Police BOSTON. Mass., Nov. 20—The curse of the famous Hope diamond is again upon May Yohe, actress and one-time possessor of the diamond, now the wife of Captain John A. Smuts, who is in a serious condition at a hospital here, suffering from a gunshot wound in his chest. Mrs. Smuts called a physician and the police last night, when, after hearing a shot, s4te found her hus band lying on the floor of an ad joining room of their apartment bleeding from a bullet wound. Police found a note signed by Smuts which read: “I intend to shoot myself, because I have been unkind to my wife.” At the hospital, however, Smuts, a cousin to General Jan Smuts, of South Africa, said he had accidental ly shot himself while cleaning his revolver. The note was signed, “J. A. Smuts,” but the police said the note and signature were in different hand writing. When questioned at the hospital Captain Smuts warned the authorities not to make trouble for his wife, and said: “It makes no difference who shot me. If you make trouble for my wife I will maintain that I shot myself, no mat ter what you say. lam a> ganfe fel low. 1 can stand this. I love my wife." Note I.eft to Protect Wife May Yohe later told newspaper men, however, that she was alone with her husband when the revolver accidentally discharged, and Cap tain Smuts fell to the floor. To pro tect her from suspicion, she said, he wrote out the “suicide note” to be uesd in case he should die. At the hospital today the United Press was informed Captain Smuts EFFORTS TO QUIZ OBJEMBEITEN IT BAPTIST MEET COLUMBUS, Ga. .Nov. 20.—(8y the Associated Press.) —An effort to have Professor Rufus Weaver, presi dent of Mercer university, take the floor to declare his position on prin ciples adopted by the Georgia Bap tist convention last night governing the teachings in educational insti tutions of the denomination, failed today when President Mell, of the convention, ruled the move out of order. A statement signed by Dr. Arch C. Cree, executive secretary of the convention, was i.-sjed this after noon in an attempt to blot out wha! ever incorrect conception there might have resulted frpni the r» so lution of Dr. McConnell's committee relative to the principles adopted by the convention. The statement of Dr. Cree fol lows : “The action of the convention in adopting a statement of principles for the guidance of the trustees of the institutions and interests was h no sense the adoption of a creed 01 mandate. Baptists do not work that way. Our methods are fraternal and co-operative. Therefore, the inter pretation placed upon the action of the convention labelling it as a ‘mandate’ or 'a creed’ is absolutely incorrect and misrepresents the ac tion of the convention.** Resolutions adopted just before the convention closed expressed the smy pathv of the Baptists in Georgiy, for the Rev. Robert Stewart and daugh ters. in the killing of Mrs. Stewart while she attempted to shield him from abductors. The resolution, a lengthy one, call ed upon Governor Walker and the county officials of Paulding county to offer rewards and do their utmost to capture tiie perpetrators of the crime. The convention last night author ized a bond issue of .$500,000 for a new Georgia Baptist hospital build ing in Atlanta. The hospital report was submitted by Dr. Milo H. Mas sey, of Americus. In great financial distress more than two years ago, the board of trustees declared they were unable to weather the storm and turned the hospital over the the executive committee. A plan for financing and continuing the operation of the hospital was worked out by Dr. Arch C. Cree, of Atlanta. The executive committee adopted his plan. At that time there were liabilities of $450,000. This has been reduced until available assets are In hand suf ficient to liquidate the indebtedness, ’ the balance of which is not due for I two years, it was stated. Last night the executive commit- I tee proposed to go ahead with the i plan for the first unit of the en- | larged hospital with a capacity of j 250 beds. An address on “the needs of a new hospital building” was made by Dr. T. C. Davison, an Atlanta surgeon and for years president of the hos pital staff. Savannah was selected as the 1925 convention city. TEN AS BAPTISTS OPEN (. LNLRAL CON VEN TION DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 20.—The opening session here today of the seventy-sixth . Baptist general con-1 vention of Texas, representing ap- ■ proximately 3,000 churches, was de- ; voted mainly to organization and i appointment of committees. The registration was in excess of 2,000. i O. S. Lattimore, associate justice I of the Texas court of criminal ap- ■ peals, is president, and Dr. F. S. Groner, of Dallas, is general secre tary. Dr. George W. Truett, pastor . of First Baptist church of Dallas, ■ was on the program for the welcom-1 ing address and the Rev. M. E. Hud- | son. pastor us First Baptist church, ■ McKinney, vas assigned to deliver I the convention sermon. was “resting comfortably,” but an operation was believed necessary as soon as X-ray pictures of the wound could be taken. The bullet entered the left breast, glanced downward, and pierced the abdomen, police said. Captain and Mrs. Smuts came to , Boston about two weeks ago, after I their Blue Diamond inn at Marlowe I was destroyed by fire. They were married about ten years ago and to ’ gether took five trips around the j world. Tragedy and misfortune have fol lowed May Y'ohe, once favorite of I King Edward VII, since the day she married Lord Francis Hope and be came Lady Hope and possessor of . the famous Hope diamond. When her love for Lord Hope be gan to grow cold she blamed it on the sinister influence of the dia , mond, which brought “hard luck and misfortune to all who wore it.’’ Elopes With Army Officer In the zenith of her popularity, ■ May Yohe ran away with a dashing army officer, Major Putnam Strong, , later marrying him when Lord Hope secured a divorce. This second matrimonial adventure ; soon went on the rocks. Crying, “It's the curse of the diamond,” Miss , Y 7 ohe divorced Major Strong and be ' gan singing in notorious cabarets of San Francisco’s Barbary coast. ( Then she married Captain John A. Smuts, who came to America after I i fighting in the Boer war with his cousin, General Jan Smuts, of South Africa. In an attempt to recoup her for tune, Mrs. Smuts and her husband recently opened an inn at Marlowe, Mass., defying the gem, she claimci had been the cause of all her mis • fortune, with the name “Blue Dia mond Inn.” Two weeks ago the inn was de- ■ stroyed by fire, and the couple were ■ forced to live in a furnished j oom ' in a lodging house in Boston. Today the woman who once owned I I her own theater in London, faces lithe latest curse of the diamond. FARMUNIDNNEARLY SPLIT ST UUMLI DELEGATES' CONTEST OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 19. —With preliminaries out of the way, the twentieth annual conven tion of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America got down to business today. Elec tion of officers and committee re ports were the most important items on the day’s program. Seating of Mrs. G. H. Mathis, of Gadsden, Ala., as the Alabama dele gate, at last night’s session settled a contest that waxed warm through out yesterday, and for a time threat ened a. split in the convention. Mrs. Mathis was seated over Mrs. W. B. Edmondson, of Decatur, Ala., the convention holding that the latter had not been legally elected a dele gate. Both women had presented claims before the credentials com mittee. About 200 delegates from 25 states are attending the conven tion. Mail Fraud Charged When “Beautiful Girl” Proves Only a Man JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 20. John B. Hendrix, alias “Miss Mabel White,” alleged to have represented himself as a "beautiful girl of nine teen years who would shortly in herit a fortune,” to a number of men whose names he obtained through a matrimonial agency, was held in de fault of $2,500 bond to await the ac tion of a. federal grand jury when arraigned late Wednesday before United States Commissioner Carl Noble, on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Hendrix described himself as a “beautiful young woman” and stated in letters to a number of men that he would go to certain cities if the railroad fare was sent, according to the information upon which the war rant was issued. It was alleged that he received money for railroad fare by thus using the mails./ CHRISTMAS ~ I The Tri-Weckly Journal will make an ideal Christ mas present for a dear relative or friend. It will be a thrice-a-week reminder of your thoughtfulness for thirteen months. How different from so many presents! 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VALDDSTIAN KILLED IN STREET BATTLE WITH POLICE CljlEF “Dick” Boyd’s Own Weapon Turned on Him After Wounding Officer VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. 20.— A tre mendous sensation was caused here just before noon by a shooting af fray in the heart of the business sec tion. “Dick” Boyd, a well-known Valdostian, was shot and killed by his own pistol in a scuffle with Chief of Police Kendall, whom Boyd had wounded in tho hand and also in the side. . Chief Kendall and Leo Miller, councilman and member of the po lice department, were walking along Ashley street, which was crowded, and as they passed Geiger’s barber shop Boyd, who was standing on the side of the street, drew .his pistol and began firing at the chief without say ing anything to him. His first bullet passed through the chief’s hand and the second one through his clothing, causing a small flesh wound in his side. The chief turned upon Boyd and a terrific struggle ensued. Tho chief, who is a powerful man, turned Boyd’s gun upon Boyd, a bullet from the weapon striking Boyd in the temple and causing almost instant death. It is said that Boyd had been ar rested here on some liquor charges and tb.at he had become angered with the police department, but there was nothing to indicate that he was going to attack the chief. Woman Witness in Stewart Raid Hearing Prays, Then Testifies BY DUNBAR HAH? (Staff Cori’espondcnt of Tho Journal) BUCHANAN, Ga., Nov. 20.— A sen sation was created in the Haralson superior court here today during the preliminary hearing of five men held under warrants charging murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Robert Stewart, wife of “the raiding parson” of Draketown, when Mrs. Jesse Hogue, wife of a well known Draketown physician, insisted on reading passages of scripture, and leading in prayer before rendering testimony. “May I make a little statement,' 1 Mrs. H,ogue asked Solicitor General Ed Griffith when she was called. “Take the stand and proceed,” tM' solicitor said. ‘T have never been in court be fore,” she said, “but I never enter any important undertaking without invoking the blessing of Almighty God.” Mrs. Hogue then preceded to read several passages of scripture, after which she led in prayer. Tn the course of the prayer she said: “May the blood of all officers in the state boil until they wipe oat this whisky evil, so defenseless wom en may not be called out in the dead of night and be killed in cold blood.” Judge F. A. Irwin made no effort to interrupt Mrs. Hogue. Those in the courtroom were visibly affected at tho remarks of the physician*t wife. Then she proceded to give testimony corroborative of that ot her husband, Dr. Jesse Hogue, who had preceded her. Both told of see ing the shooting in front of the Stewart home. The Weather v I i FORECAST FOR SATURDAY A’irginia and North Carolina—ln creasing cloudiness; not ;much change in temi>erature. South Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida— Increasing cloudiness. Extreme Northwest Florida—Un settled, probably showers. Alabama and Mississippi—Proba bly showers. Tennessee and Kentucky—Unset tled, followed by rain; colder in western portion. Louisiana—Partly cloudy. Arkansas—Fair; colder in west portion. Oklahoma—Fair, colder. •' East Texas—Generally fair. / West Texas —Generally fair.