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75 PER CENT GAIN
IN RECEIPTS SEEN
FOR COTTON CO-OP
RY EDWIN CAMP
With 96,000 bales already received
from members for gradual market
ing, the Georgia Cotton Growers’
Cooperative association seems like
ly to handle a number considerably'
in excess of 100.000 bales this sea
son. Last year the total delivery bv
members for the season was 70,812
bales.
While the crop in south Georgia
is practically all ginned, deliveries
from that section continued to reach
the association’s concentration
points daily. A great deal of cot
ton is always ginned in middle and
north Georgia in December, and
from the manner in which receipts
are. noiding up it would not surprise
officials if the total amount sent in
to the association this season turned
out to exceed 125,000 bales. This,
of course, would be a 75 per cent in
crease over the previous season.
Such a result is hoped for by offi
cials of the association, for it will
greatly reduce the overhead charges
per bale, thus putting more money
into the hands of the producers.
An o*'aniz.ation necessary to
handle efficiently 70.000 bales can
as well market 125,000 bales witn
only slight increase of facilities and
number of workers.
Handling only a small part of the
total crop, the co-operatives in thir
teen states had last year a consider
' able influence toward stabilizing
prices, as is generally admitted by
cotton authorities. As they grow
steadily in membership and handle
a large proportion of the total crop
produced in America, it is naturally
• to be expected that this steadying
influence will become more effect
ive. Reports from the various states
indicate that the co-operatives this
season will handle about 15 per cent
'. of the crop. Last year they market-
• ed only a little more than 10 per
cent. • .
The following figures on deliver.es
from leading Georgia counties
through December 3 made an inter
esting comparison with the total
-' amount delivered from the same
counties in all of the previous sea
son: T , , ,
Delivered Last last
Rank County Dee. 3 Season
" 1 8u110ch6,630 3.6.8
2 Carr 0115,252 3,949
' 3 Laurens3,o96
4 Screven 2,613 1,31.1
5 Hart. .. - .....2,371 2.656
6 Meriwether . ..2,234
7 Elbert2,v69 1,974
8 Randolphl,934 1,308
9 Tattnall ... ...1,927 989
• : 10 Jenkins ... ...1,924 1,430
11 Eman te11,734 760
. 12 Bartowl,7oo 1,618
13 Franklin ... ..1,700 1.981
• ►l4 Gwinnettl,6Bß 1,281
1.5 D0dge1,577 880
6 Montgomery ...1.426 567
17 Candler ... .. .1,376 564
-18 Madisonl,366 1,467
19 Burkel,2o7 1,072
" 20 Walton 1,172 1,089
_"'2l Toombs 1,160
22 Terrell 1,125 792
‘ 23 Cowetal,llß 844
24 Jackson .... ...1,060 1,857
■ 25 Telfair ... '....1,034 358
26 Mitchelll,oo6 958
7 27 Clayl,oos 80S
28 Banksl,oo3 815
1.29 Ben Hill 987 146
’ 30 Colquitt 986 SOS
-31 Milton 987 972
32 Sumter 950 429
33 Wheeler 9-19 479
• 34 Heard ... 911 535
. 35 Pike 896 851
" 36 Oglethorpe .... 879 967
37 Worth 862 736
• 38 Cobb 855 . 664
-39 Paulding 855 622
2 .40 Wilcox 836 298
41 Wilkes 819 582
■l2 Dooly .... 789 394
43 Troup 786 666
44 Floyd 752 805
45 Thomas 751 337
46 Barrow* 750 62.5
47 Jefferson 748 705
48 Spalding .... ... 730 631
49 Cherokee .. . r .. 711 532
50 Polk 701. 792
Lincoln Journal Sold
By James A. Boykin;
New Editor Is Only 26
, LINCOLNTON. Ga„ Dee. 7.
This week’s issue of the Lincoln
Journal carried announcement of
the sale of the paper. James H.
Boykin, who for nearly 30 years has
been actively enghged in the jour
nalistic field, sold the paper Decem
ber 1 to John I’. Drinkard, an assis
tant who has been with him for four
'years.
Mr. Drinkard is a Lincoln county
man, being only 26 years of age.
He is one of the youngest editors in
Georgia.
Mr. Boykin will not permanently
■withdraw from the journalistic field.
Ho has issued the following an
nouncement:
“As to my own future plans tn
the journalistic field, I can only say
this at the present time: It is my
purpose, if sufficiently encouraged,
to begin the publication of a state
wide paper some time next year.”
Mr. Boykin is one of the strongest
political figures in Georgia. He has
served with distinction in the sen
ate, was the author of some of t lie
most progressive legislation in the
7 state, and, because of his strong
editorials in the Lincoln Journal on
state and national issues, is not only
a leading politician and statesman,
■ but one of the best known newspaper
men of Georgia.
Egyptian Monarch
Demands Immediate
Call For Parliament
CARIO, De?. 7.—King Fuad today
received demands from 112 deputies
for the immediate convocation of
parliament “because rhe cabinet sur
rendered to the British government
and is committing acts incompatible
with the interests of the country,
contrary to the decisions of parlia
► ment”.
When he learned of this. Seiwar
Pasha, the new premier, sent for the
• president of the chamber and asked
. the deputies were presenting a re
. quest or a demand.
“A demand" he was informed.
King Fuad is expected, however,
tn issue a royal decree dissolving the
. chamber, not convoking it.
New Gold Stampede
Follows Discovery of
Rich Vein m Yukon
DAWSON. T. T.. Dec. 7.—A mild
stampede to Glacier creek, 6ft miles
wect of here, has resulted from an
IHK AH,AM A I KI-hl-.KMA' .h/I)K.\AL
30,000 ALIENS REPORTED WAITING IN CUBA
FOR CHANCE TO SNEAK ACROSS U. S. LINE
' 1 * iSMBs
a > f \
L | > ipf 7 11
I 1111
- ’{ B ~ i WLX FWJi MIKJHi
jam wp®
Above, type of ships used in alien smuggling. Below, Chinese removed from captured boat. Inset,
Captain Ohlemutz.
DEATH OF CIPRIANO CASTRO,
“LION OF THE ANDES,” TAKES
ADVENTUROUS CHARACTER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. —Death of
the “Stormy Petrel of the Carib
bean,” Cipriano Castro, in Porto
Rico, marks the passing of an epoch
in La tin-America. "
General Castro, the former Vene
zuelan dictatrir, was the last but
one of the group of “strong men"
who ruled the Caribbean countries
with iron bands and, on occasion,
defied the powers of Europe and the
United States.
Diaz, autocrat of Mexico, was the
first to go. Last month Estrada
Cabrerra, long the dictator of
Guatemala, died as a virtual pris
oner in the country where his ev
ery whim was once law. Only Gen
eral Vicente Gomez, Castro’s suc
cessor in Venezuela, remains even
as a remote representative of the
old order which will never return.
Stale department officials who
served in South America years ago
were swapping yarns today about
Castro's exploits. Rut the most col
orful tales were told at the Central
American legations.
Variously described as “The Lion
of the Andes,” “the Wasp." “the
Stormy Petrel of the. Caribbean"
and “the man who defied the world
and got away with It,” Castro Avas
ranked as the cleverest imitator of
Napoleon on this side of the At
lantic.
Was of Mixed Blood
Like Napoleon he was mountain
born. A mixture of Indian and ne
gro blood gave him a wild reckless
ness which made him the natural
leader in the Colombian frontier re
gion of El Capacho where he grew
up.
After knocking about the moun
tains as a muleteer, he began a. sort
of Robin Hood existence.
Having grown fairly prosperous,
he set himself up as a ranchman.
Craving the old excitement, he en
tered politics—which 4n his region
was of a primitive, knock-down-and
drag-out sort.
At the age of 35, in 1890, lie was
sent down to the capital as the con
gressional representative of the
mountaineers. Jibes and ridicule of
the city politicians over his crude
appearance and ways, made him bit
ter against their regime. But he
hided his time until he mastered
their ways and the political ma
chinery of the government.
Then he hit. at his enemies in the
weakest spot of their political ar
mor. He chose the ancient and ef
fective call to revolution: “Taxes
are crushing' the people."
With only his little band which
had followed him in his early days,
lie raised the flag of revolt and
started down the mountain passes.
He met a. detachment, of national
troops and. resorting to the guer
rilla form of attack, won the bat
tle. The mountaineers, smarting
under heavy taxes and stirred by
Castro's daring, rallied to his sup
port.
Ann.v Grows Larger
Three months later his army had
grown large enough to attack the
capital. With spectacular personal
bravery he led his nondescript troops
to victory. In the charge, so the
story goes, he fell from his horse
and broke both legs, but was hoisted
back into the saddle and continued
to fight.
He proclaimed himself dictator in
1899, after the supporters of Pres
ident Andrade had deserted to the
winning side. Until 1908 he ruled
as master of Venezuela, despite
many attempts at. counter revolu
tion. Finally, he was forced to go
to Europe for an operation. General
Vincente Gomez took control.
Among his famous acts of defi
ance was his reply to the pan-
American congress at Mexico City,
which expressed the hope that his
boundary dispute with Colombia
would be settled without bloodshed.
He replied with an insulting mes
sage telling the congress to mind its
own business, and that no man or
nation could tell him what to do.
Even Great Britain, Germany and
Italy, had to eat humble pie when
they crossed swords with the dicta
tor. They sent warships to block
ade all the ports of his country and
seize the customs. Castro defied
them to do their worst.
And in the end they withdrew,
leaving- the dispute to arbitration.
After his downfall he floated
around front Spain to other Euro
pean countries, being driven out of
many places a political undesir
able. Three different times he
gained admittance to the United
States, but never for long. Since
1916 he lived in Porto Rico, his
but for his family alone with his
first place of refuge, friendless and
memories.
assay of ore showing forty ounces
of gold to the ton in a well defined
vein discovered by George Kennedy,
well known prospector of the terri
tory. Kennedy said he traced the
vein for several miles.
- JOURNAL RADIO
CALENDAR
IVSB, Tlte. Atlanta Journal, Atlanta,
Ga.—429 Meters. Central Standard
Time.
Mason X Hamlin piano used exclu
sively, courtesy Cable Piano Co.
TUESDAY
Noon Ed anii Grace McConnell; cotton
market; weather.
2:.‘>o r. Jl.—Cotton and stock niarkets.
5 to (> I’. M—News, markets; Misp
Ronnie Barnhardt's Burgess bedtime
story.
8 to*!) p. Jf. —Fort McPherson Masonic
club program.
'10:45 I’. M.—Concert featuring Miss
Rosa t'efalu, soprano; Mrs. Kuby Janies
Slaton, pianist, and others.
Wednesday
Noon Rev. Andrew Jenkins and fam
ily: cotton market; weather.
230 I’. M. Cotton and stock market
quotations. I
5 to 6 P. M. News, markets: Miss
Bonnie Barnhardt's Burgess Bedtime
story.
8 to 0 P. M. —Silent.
10:45 I’. M. -Entertainment hr the
Merry Six, colored jazz band.
Thursday
Noon Organ rei-ilnl by I>r. Charles
A. Sheldon: cotton market; weather.
2:.">0 I‘. M- Cotton and stock mar
kets.
5 to 6 T‘. JI. News, markets; Miss
Bonnie Bat nhardt's Burgess bedtime
story.
8 to 9 P. JI. Program by talent
from 'linker. Ga., arranged by Miss
Jda Mae 'l'hompson.
10:15 P. M. Organ recital by Dr.
, Charles A. Sheldon.
Friday
Noon -Entertainment; cotton market;
wen t her.
2:30 I’. M. Cotton and stock markets.
5 to 6 I'. JI. News, markets: Miss
Ronnie Barnb-t rdt's Rurgess bedtime
stor.' .
8 to 0 P. M. Program by the Henry
Giady Literary society of Deentur High
.10:15 I’. JI. Rattle Hill string band.
Saturday
Noor -Entertainment; cotton market;
weather.
2:30 P. My -Cotton and stock mar
kets.
5 to ti I’. M. News, markets; Miss
Ronnie Barnhardt's Burgess bedtim.t
story; children's songs by Miss Helen
Colley, soprano.
8 to 9 I’. M. Entertainment sponsored
by Tommy Lowndes anti J. C. Sim
mons, presenting Mrs. Carolyn Hinkle
'J'ison. "the Virginia Girl" and 'others.
10:15 I'. M. Skylark by Ed and
Grace Jli-Conuell, and Journal hiied
help.
College of Agriculture
Trustees Will Meet to
Consnder Finances
A meeting of the board of trustees
of the State College of Agriculture
will be held in Atlanta on December
16, to take up criticism of tlie finan
cial affairs of the institution, made
by the state auditing department, it
was announced at Lite capitol Sat
urday. Following the meeting of the
college trustees, a meeting of the
University of Georgia trustees will
be called by Justice R. B. Russell,
the chairman, it was said. The
state college is a branch of the uni
versity.
Sant J. Slate, state auditor, in
commenting on an audit of the books
of the state college, pointing out an
apparent violation of the state law
limiting the« salary of the state col
lege president to $5,000 per year, as
the result of Dr. Andrew M. Soule
receiving $5,000 from the State of
Georgia and $3,000 from the United
States government. The auditor also
suggested that the state college
might use cheaper cars than two
Cadillacs, purchased for the use of
the extension department of the col
lege.
Dr. Soule called for a meeting of
the trustees to investigate the
charges, and a statement has been
issued by J. J. Conner, of Carters
ville, chairman of the board of trus
tees. declaring that the trustees were
within their legal rights in permit
ting- Dr. Soule to draw two salaries.
NEW LAMP BURNS
94£ AIR
Beats Electric or Gas
A new oil lamp that gives an
amazingly brilliant, soft, white light,
even better than gas or electricity,
has been tested by the U. S. Gov
ernment and 35 leading universities
and found to be superior to 10 ordi
nary oil lamps. It burns without
odor, smoke or noise—no pumping
up. is simple, clean, safe. Dims
Ol'aj air and 6% common kerosene
(coal oil).
The inventor. A. N. Johnson. 642
N. Broad St, Philadelphia, is offer
ing to send a lamp on 10 days’
FREE trial, or even to give one
FREE to the first user in each lo
cality who will help him introduce
it. Write him today for 'til partic
ulars. Also ask him to explain how
3ou can get the agency, and with
out experience or money make ?250
to SSOO per month.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 6.—Thirty
thousand aliens, denied legal entry
into the United States, are in Cuba
I waiting to be smuggled into this
country.
Arid hundreds.of them are being
I brought over nightly under the pro
tection of Cuban police.
Scores of ships, loaded with them,
pull out regularly under cover of
darkness from Havana, Juaminta
and other parts, with authorities
| guiding them safely out of the har
! bors.
Many are landing their illicit car
goes on the Florida coast. Others
are taking them even so far as New
York. A few have succeeded in
sneaking them in around New Or
leans.
These and other facts have just
been given federal officials here by
a skipper ,now under sentence to
Atlanta penitentiary.
He is Captain Henry Ohlemutz, GO,/
owner and master of the schooner
Abeona. nabbed by a coasi guard
patrol after a thrilling chase through
the marshes and winding bayous of
Louisiana’s southern coast. Huddled
below were 15 Chinese and 13 white
aliens, including one woman.
It Was His Second Trip
It was, according to Ohlemutz. the
second batch he had brought over.
I n the first two months before, were
10 whites and two Chinese, he says.
Ohlemutz, a mariner nearly 40
years, was tried in the United States
district court here and found guilty.
On his plea for mercy, he was given
a year and a day in Atlanta. He
since has filed notice of appeal.
The last boat the captain sailed,
before acquiring the Abeona, was
the Asuncion, out of San Francisco.
Then he bought his own ship and
fixed it up, as he says, “td make a
living with it in Mexico or wherever
1 could.” He used it in fishing and
oyster hauling. But he says he
made no money.
He accepted a proposition to en
gage in the alien “bootlegging" oper
ations.
“I did not like the idea,” he said,
“but. pressing need for money over
-1 came my scruples.”
Six Aliens Worked on Crew
The Abeona. sailed from here May
; II for Havana on its first smuggling
expedition. No arrangements, ac
cording to Ohlemutz, had been made
iin advance. They were attended to
' after he reached Havana.
There he took on board the two
Chinese and the ten whites. The.
iwhites were mostly Hungarians and
Doles, as near as the captain could
determine.
They paid an average of $125
apiece, according to District, Attor
ney Louis H. Hurns. The Chinese,
because they are harder to get in,
paid more.
I "Six of the aliens were signed on
the crew,” Ohlemuiz explains. “Be
t side them 1 had an engineer, lie
was to share the profits with me.
"We arrived in New Orleans
about 3 in the afternoon. T released
the ten whites when they paid up.
“I delivered the two Chinese to a
i Chinese here.
“The money collected, all told, was
i around $1,790. After paying over
, head and expenses fop protection in
Cuba, the engineer and I had about
I SBOO left.
Police Collected on Board Ship
“1 left again June 11, arriving in
I Juam’anita. June 21. 1 remained a
i week, leaving July 2.
"On the first trip I did not deal
'with anybody particularly. I got the
men myself. On the second trip I
I made arrangements with a man in
i J uamanita.
| “I was to receive $250 each for
I two of the Chinese, and SSOO a head
I for the rest of them. Having failed
l to make safe delivery, I got nothing.
"The whites gave me SSO to $l5O
I apiece. When 1 paid for protection
i L had about SBOO left.
“The protection cost $2 41. Two
I policemen collected it on board
. before we pulled out.
"Two the C’-unese were to be
I delivered here. Twelve were tn be
. taken to Philadelphia. I intended
| to stop in some desolate place and
I get them loaded into automobiles
'or trucks. The other one was to
I have worked his own way through.
"But the U. S. agents got me, and
' the whole transaction was off."
Had Intended Quitting It
Juamanita. Ohlemutz asserts, is
a regular clearing place for the
smugglers. They leave nightly for
Tampa and other points on the Flor
ida coast. ■ Police sanction every
thing. as they are controlled, the
captain insists, by the millionaire
head of the smuggling ring.
Under his direction, ships are seen
' safely out to sea. A scout boat sees
. that the coast is clear.
i "I was in Cuba long enough to
learn all these facts." related Ohle
mutz. "I was after aliens myself,
so it was easy to learn all about it.
I knew most of the houses in which
I they stopped.
"They are all cheap hotels. Spe-ak
. ing several languages, it was not
1 | difficult for me to discover the full
. ; extent of this business.
"I was getting sick of the whole
. 1 mess. I intended my second trip to
.I be my last. And it was.
| “1 know I have committed a se-
I rious offense. I only ask I be dealt
i I with as leniently as possible, for my
i wife s sake. She is very ill."
I COOLIDGE’S SPEECH
EVIDENCES CMGE
IN FOREIGN POLICY
BY DA4 ID LAWRENCE
(Special J.eased Wire '<» Tee Journal- C’opjr
i-A-ht. 1924.)
W A SHI NG TON, Dec. 6- Presi
dent Cooiidg.j has taken a significant
step forward in developing the for
eign policy of his administration.
His speech before the Chicago Com
mercial ciub makes even plainer the
broad purposes outlined in the an
nual message sent to congress this
week and means that the program
or the United States toward Europe
will no longer be dictated by Sena
tor Hiram Johnson, of California,
and the “irreconciliable group.”
What Mr. Coolidge has just said,
about ending isolation and co-operat
ing with the other nations of the
world is what President Harding felt
but did not express and what Air.
Coolidge himself has believed ever
since the European war introduced
the European problem into Ameri
can affairs. But neither Mr. Har
ding nor Air. Coolidge ventured to
challenge openly the “irreconcilia
bles.”
Today the Situation is different.
Mr. Coolidge does not favor Ameri
can acceptance of the present cove
nant of the League of Nations—he
made that clear again in his last
message, but hp utters the Ameri
can conception of co-operation with
Europe with all the fervor expressed
by the League of Nations advocates
tnemselves. Some of his very sen
tences might have been spoken by
the late President Wilson in decry
ing a policy of isolation.
Air. Coolidge may differ with the
Democrats as to what is the best
lor international co-opera
tion. He, like Secretary Hughes,
seems opposed to any rigid institu
tion.-or to any definitely established
rules like those in covenant especial
ly because some of these are regard
ed as ambiguous but the objectives
o. Air. Coolidge as now expressed
are the same as those of the League
of Nations itself.
What has brought about this open
expression of friendship for a policy
of direct co-operation with Europe 7
Several circumstances have been re
sponsible. One is the gradual disap
pearance of the “irreconciliable”
group or their loss of influence with
the electorate. Senator Lodge and
senator Erandegee are dead.
Only Borah Remains
Senator Medill McCmmick, of Il
linois, W as defeated in the prima
ries for renomination, and will retire
from the senate next March. Sena
tor Moses, of New Hampshire, has
not been hostile to Mr. Coolidge
_ sin ee the latter's cause triumphed
in the New Hampshire primaries
Senator Johnson, of California, was
repeatedly defeated in the presi
dential primaries by Air. Coolidge
himself.
Only Senator Borah remains, and
he is not likely to be able to corral
enough votes to threaten any se
rious disaffection. But even Sentaor
Borah favored the calling- of an in
ternational economic conference
txheie his ‘ irreconcilable” colleagues
criticized him for deviating from
previous utterance. It would not be
surprising indeed if the Idaho sena
tor, who is the new chairman of the
senate foreign relations committee,
were willing to go as far as Air.
Coolidge in international co-opera
tion subject to the very limitations
described by the president. Mr.
Borah has always insisted that
America shall not become entangled
in any enterprise which restricts her
freedom of action, Air. Cool'dge
openly promises this which may sat
isfy Air. Borah completely.
There has-been a careful observer
of the trend in sentiment in the
senate ever since the war. He
knows that at no time did the isola
tionists command a two-thirds vote.
There never was a time when the
League of Nations was being debat
ed that it two-thirds vote could not
have been obtained for the Versailles
treaty with some kind of reserva
tions. 'rhe treaty failed because of
a dispute over reservations. Ths
“irreconcilibles" who did not favor
the league at all were always in *he
minority. Air. Coolidge's position
today is that the league covenant
has not been sufficiently changed to
1 errnit of American ' participation
though the issue has so much of a
political flavor that It will he sev
eral years before such an admission
would even be possible. The impor
tant thing of the movement is the
expression by Air. Coolidge of the
policy that most everyone inside the
government circle realized was the
true wish of the majority of the
senate, namely real co-operation
with other nations.
Answers Davis’ Attacks
Air. Coolidge has taken occasion
after election to answer some of the
■ attacks made on his policy by John
| W. Davis. All'. Coolidge gives this
; all-important definition of American
foreign policy:
“We cannot hope indefinitely to
I maintain our country as a. specially
favored community, an isle of con
tentment lifted above the general
level of the average of the stand
ards of humanity. 1 know there was
a time when many among '.is be
lieved this was possible, but who
now can continue clinging to such
a faith in view of the lesson which
the war brought, to us? If we could
not avoid involvement in a war
whose causes were foreign and
whose issues tvere chiefly alien to
us because we had settled them for
ourselves long ago, how can we hope
to avoid our fall share of respon
sibility in connection with other
world problems, which, if they are i
ever to be solved, must be solved
| in an atmosphere of peace and good
' will '’ V, e must be constantly ready
■ to help both at home and abrond
; where our help is desired and will
I be effective.
“We have been a peculiarly fa
vored people. For that we owe a
debt that is real and concrete which
we cannot repudiate. It is our with
I to live in a world which shall be at
j peace. But w e can no more assure
j permanent and stable peace without
j co-operation among the nations than
I we could assure victory in war with
j out allies among them. We know
that the way is assured and perma
j nent peace is slow and difficult. We
I know that no nation can travel that
way alone. We tried and we failed,
i It is away that can only be trav
i eled in company with others equal- ■
i ly zealous for the same goal. Among ,
these fellows of the road there must I
be mutual understanding and mu j
I tu.il faiii; and confidence. It is only!
when these understandings hovel
I be*'n reached and the necessary as I
snrances of that faith and confidence |
have been given and received that I
mankind will be ready more effee ;
| tively to consider its Internal prob-1
I lems of social and economic adjust
ment. I can see in the tranquility
of Europe a benefit that will reach :
, .-\meri' an in lustrv and agriculture.” I
MITES HIMSELF Fl NDS
KINGSTON. England.—.l. L. Fer-
j the ci’-. ■■■•' ■i; as a member of i
i which voted money for himself :
las a pauper.
11 I..''DAY, T)ECEI>ibEK O, 1034.
GRAND DUCHESS OF RUSSIA
ARRIVES FOR VISIT, CLOSELY
GUARDED FROM ASSASSINS
Nation’s Wealthiest and Mo st Socially Prominent Fam
ilies to Be Host to Lineal Descendants of Czars and
Relative of Many Crowned Heads
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Victoria
I Feodorovna, grand duchess of Rus
sia, and kin to the members of vir
tually every ruling house in Eu
rope. arrived in the United States
today, the police-guarded guest of
the country's wealthiest and most
socially prominent families.
Five minutes after the big liner
Paris had dropped anchor at quar
antine, three burly bomb-squad de
tectives had clambored aboard and
joined the royal partv. They will re
main with the grand duchess
throughout her American visit,
guarding against a possible attempt
to carry out anonymously written |
threats that she had come here at I
her own peril.
To reporters who followed on the
heels of the detectives, the grand
duchess hastily explained that her
visit had no significance politically,
and declined absolutely to discuss
the recent action of her husband,
the Grand Duke Cyril, in proclaim
ing himself heir to the throne of the
Romanoffs. She and members of her
party insisted that her visit was in
response to an invitation tendered
long before the grand duke had is
sued his proclamation at Coburg,
where he now is, with their three
children.
Elaborate police precautions were;
observed as the Paris docked. Only j
those who could prove that they had
business there were permitted on
the pier, where three closed motor,
cars awaited the royal party. A
motorcycle escort of 15 preceded, fol
lowed and surrounded the three
speeding cars as they took the party
to the Waldorf-Astoria.
IIMENDDUS VOTE
OUST IN GERMANY
MARX IS LEADING
BY CARL D. GROAT
BERLIN, Dec. 7. —A tremendously
heavy vote was cast in the German
national elections today.
Early indications were that the
moderate group supporting Chan
cellor Marx and the Dawes plan was
winning. The socialists. Democrats
and Centrists were believed to have
defeated efforts of nationalists and
communists to destroy the Republi
can majority in the reichstag. 1 Inal
results, however, will not be known
until Tuesday.
The vote in Berlin was particularly
heavy.
As was expected, the police had
their hands full with rows, particu
larly between reichbanner men on
the one side and communists or na
tionalists on the other.
The polls were heavily guarded,
and in “danger spots” police pa
trolled the vicin it.v of the booths in
trucks, with rifles.
Many clashes between sympa-
thizers of opposing parties occurred
at the so-called “posting columns"
where ." ithusiasts sought to put up ;
new banners or to disfigure those al
ready there with anti-semitic signs.
There were twenty parties in the
field, including a "women's party”
and a “home hunter’s party” but the
central group was believed assured
of a. majority sufficient to provide for I
consummation of the Dawes plan. ,
The police department had its
busiest day since the occasions of the j
sporadic "putsches.” At one polling
place in Berlin, a series of shots drew
police on the run. They found a j
group of reichsbanner men, who as
.serted that nationalists had fired
upon them. However, nobody was
injured.
'rhe polls closed at 6 p. nt., and
first returns were expected around
midnight.
Early returns indicated a. heavy
defeat for the Fascist!, who were
blatantly aggressive in their elec
tioneering even after the polls had
opened.
It was estimated that at least 85
per cent of Germany's voters went I
to the polls, making the vote a rec
ord one. . • j,
Twenty Frankfurtodor districts,
gave the following:
Nationalists 2,000; socialists 850;
Folks party 760; Fascist! 220; Dem
ocrats 153; Centrists 35.
Election day was dark and murky.
Up until 10 p. rn. there were many
hospital cases as a, ersult of the
partisan clashes, but no deaths.
All parties made attempts to “jazz
up” the electioneering at the last
moment, with the result that there
were more persons on the streets
than ever before at an election.
Western Berlin was literally ankle
deep in posters, covering every sub-I
ject from Germany’s war guilt to j
inflation and kaiserism.
Truck loads of Fascist!, as well as |
reichbanner men, rushed through the ]
strets.
A child was crushed beneath one !
of these trucks, whereupon persons :
in the crowd opened fire on the oc
cupants.
Trumpets were used to stimulate
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Threats Cause Guard
The police esco. t and guard were
provided at the request of George
Djamgaroof, secretary of the Alon
day Opera club, through which the
invitation to the duchess was ex
tended. He had received several
anonymous letters, he told the po
lice, containing veiled threats against
the royal visitor’s life.
With M. Djamgaroff to greet the
royal exile at the pier was Mrs.
Henry P. Loomis, president of the
Colonia! Dames of America. Others
in the royal party, also exiled mon
archists, were the widow of General
Orlof, who was assassinated sev
eral years ago; the widow of Ad
miral Makaroff, commander of the
Black sea fleet of the Russians dur
ing the World war, and Admiral
Petroff, of the Russian imperial
navy.
A somewhat angular woman, tall
and dressed simply to the point of
severity, the grand duchess gracious
ly welcomed newspapermen who in
vaded her suite at quarantine. But
she deftly turned aside ad references
to anything political. Russian or
otherwise, and positively declined to
discuss whatever notions she might
have with regard to the return of
the monarchy to Russia —an event
I which probably would place her on
; the throne as “the little mother of
I all the Russians.”
Her visit was purely a social mat-
I ter, she insisted. And with that, she
i added, was cotipied a desire to ex
j press in person her thanks to Ameri
■ cans who have exerted themselves to
' relieve the suffer/ngs of Russian
j nobles, exiled since the revolution.
1 the voting and draw people to the
I polls. Huge placards extolled the
merits of various parties.
One hospital had a special polling
’ place for its patients. The old ladies
! home in Berlin turned out its oc
j cupants in force, wheeled chairs
being used to take the ladies to the
| polls.
I Ninety-four small districts out of
j 2,500 in greater Berlin gave the fol
; lowing: ,
Nationalist 1,042; Socialists 8?3;‘
■Democrats 316; Folks party 297;
Communists 163; Fascist! 73; Cen
i trists 98.
Fascist i invaded workers quar
; ters of Berlin with anti-semitic ban
! ners and were hissed and showered
! with stone sand vegetables.
Even strohger police protections
were in force tonight, in fear of
election aftermaths.
For the first time election returns
were broadcast by radio.
President Ebert went early to the
polls, and Frau Marx, with her son,
voted shortly afterwards.
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by the Elder Dempsey company, of
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I shoals, forty-five miles from Key
; West, according to advices from
. that city. A wrecking tug is pro
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