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<Lljc 2\Hanla Gvi-Wcrkln Sounial VOL. XXVII. NO. 32 TURNER SUCCUMBS. . THIRD VICTIM OF RIORDAN'SWEftPON. Fred S. Stewart and Slayer, Who Ended His Life, Buried Sunday Edward O. Riordan's third victim died Sunday morning when S. R. Turner, of 151 East Pine street, suc » cumbed at 5:30 6“clock to wounds suffered Friday afternoon in the tragedy at the Fred S. Stewart shoe store. Mr. Turner was shot down when [ Riordan, supposedly in a rage at being i dismissed from Mr. Stewart’s employ, [ shot his former employer to death | and also wounded 11. E. Maddux, of 132 North Candler street, then killed himself. Mr. Maddux is reported safely on the road to recovery. At almost the same hour Sunday , afternoon, in widely separated sec i tions of the city, and under widely different circumstances, funerals were held for Mr. Stewart and the slayer, Riordan. Mr. Stewart was buried in West View cemetery after services in the West End Baptist church at 3 o’clock, conducted by Dr. W. M. Seay, pastor, and Dr. John F. Pur ser, former pastor. Pallbearers were Howard Dobbs, J. E. Martin, Josej# Little, W. S. \ Richardson, C. C. Chamberlain, Os car Venable, Frank Carter and I. M' Sheffield. Masonic services at the grave were i'll charge of W. D. Duckie lodge. Beautiful Floral Tributes Riordan was buried in Oakland cemetery after services conducted at the undertaking establishment of Greenberg & Bond, at 2:30 o clock, S by the Rev. Father C. L. Howe, of ‘ the Sacred Heart church. Pallbear ers were F. Fl Suttles, J. B. Robin eon, George A. Cost, W. B. West. Robert Lee and Earl Hahin. An honorary escort was composed of former comrades in the ranks of the old Atlanta Greys, of the One Hun- . dred and Twenty-seventh infantry. Four letters, sealed and addressed to as many different persons, were 'ound in Riordan’s pockets after the V- shooting, but their contents have not / been divulged by the authorities who • opened them before delivery. Nor Wctild the persons to whem the let ters were addressed indicate what was the context. The enveepes were addressed to Mrs. Annie Wea ver Riordan, his wife; Claude C. Smith, solicitor general ot the Stone Mountain circuit and a former mili i tary comrade of Riordan; Father ' Jackson, of the Church ot St. An lymy; and W. J. Riordan, his bro»h cr, a well-known lotton broker, liv ing at 23!) Cherokee avenue. Second Letter to Smith Another letter, postmarked at 8 o’clock Friday night, but evident ly dropped into a mailbox by Rior < dan not long before the shooting oc f curved, was received Saturday morn ing by Solicitor Smith, who also kept its contents secret. It is known, however, that Rior dan was greatly disturbed over the discharge of his wife from the Steh art company’s employ last summer, and over the loss of his own posi tion with the concern about a week ago after 15 years service there. Ordinarily of calm temperament, his action Friday afternoon just before the shooting indicated terrific inen- • tai stress and unreasoning rage, ac cording to eye-witnesses. He was at home during the afternoon in his apartment at 400 North Boulevard, telephoned to his little daughter, Pattie, who was spending the day _ with her grandmother, Mrs. S. T. W Weaver, of 67 Jones avenue; wrote several letters and finally went downtown, where he talked with his wife about an hour before the shoot ing. t It appears that within an hour after he talked with Mrs. Riordan, and bought her a new dress, giving no intimation of the impending tragedy, he walked into the Stweart store and engaged Mr. Stewart in conversation, first about a. letter of I recommendation and then about what he chose to believe were in justices done him while in the em ploy of the company. Mr. Turner, of the store, joined the conversation, when suddenly Rior dan whipped out a .25 caliber auto matic pistol and began shooting. Runs Amuck in Store Mr. Stewart fell mortally wound ed, with one steel jacket bullet in hig brain and another through his < neck. Then Riordan turned the gun ' on Mr. Turner, who was shot twice — once in the neck, and again in the abdomen. His face livid and dis torted with rage, Riordan turned and started toward the starway leading down from the Ala bam street level of the store to the main floor. He met Mr. Maddux, manager of ' the junior department, and fired 'three times, two of the bullets tak ing effect in his hand and shoulder. Another bullet struck the floor be tween the feet of Mrs. Wilbur King, assistant manager of the depart ment. Then the slayer pressed the auto matic to' hts forehead and fired the last shot in the magazine through his brain, falling dead across the > body of Mr. Maddux, who had cdl - lapsed upon the floor. I Wild confusion reigned in the store at the sound of the fusillade fired in the midst of the crowd of Christ mas shoppers. Within a few seconds a tremendous throng had gathered at the entrances as screaming wom en rushed about inside the place and pools of blood grew where the bodies of the victims lay. Police reserves were rushed to the store and held back the crowds, permitting traffic • to proceed and quelling disorder. Blackhand War Clouds - Gathering at Chicago CHICAGO. Dec. 21.—Rev.tal of the b!i-'.< hand war in Cluc.tg Ital ian sei.tim :s feared w.:l; ti t i <r<itr of three Italians here last night. • While two were the result of quar rels, the other slaying followed the receipt of a blackhand death warn ing and police say all three may have bwen connected with secret societies. Michael Gugaliardo was killed in an argument with his former wife's second husband. Genario Soria was knifed in a saloon brawl. The body ■»( an unidentified man. with a death nnta t.i his pocket, w ;s f<>un<| In an t tlley-v ay of the ghetto district. • * Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF WASHINGTON. House passes I naval appropriation bill carrying ! nearly $300,000,000. I NEW YORK.—American legion ! will tender General Pershing' a na tional testimonial in New York next May. SAN FRANCISCO.—Body of Ju lius Kahn, congressman from the fourth California, district, is buried with simple ceremonies. NEW YORK.—Railroad freight traffic in October was largest for any month ever reported. American Railway association announced. WASHINGTON. —Cold wave which dominated central and far west for five days moves eastward on heels of severe sleet and snow storm. LONDON.—Premier of Albania protests to League of Nations against alleged formation in Jugo slavian territory of armed bands which invade Albania. NEW YORK —Police headquarters announce radio-casting of finger prints makes possible identification of criminals a few hours after their arrest in any part of world. COLUMBUS, Ohio.—Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ Luthern church, of Bexley, occupies his pul pit for first time since mysterious cremation of his wife, November 17. ATLANTA. —A. E. Sartain, and L. J. Fletcher, deposed warden and deputy -warden of Atlanta peniten tiary, are indicted on charges of receiving bribes from inmates of in stitution. VALLEY VIEW? Tenn.—More than SIBO,OOO is missing as result of looting by band of robbers of vaults of First National bank and First Guaranty State bank of this place. WJ LMI NGTON\ Del—Mrs. Os borne Cutler Wood announces inten tion to institute divorce proceedings against her husband, former Lieut. Wood, son of Major General Leon ard Wood. NEW YORK.—Federation Bank of New York, $7,500,000 labor insti tution, declares its first dividend since it was founded 18 months ago, and it is announced stock had been placed on an eight per cent basis. BOSTON. —Plan for discontinu ance of approximately 1.000 miles of Boston and Maine railroad because of motor traffic competition and for obtaining $13,000,000 for improve ment of lines retained is proposed by chairman of railroad’s executive committee, Homer Loring. RIO. —Attorney general of Argen tine, in opinion, holds that Monsig nor Juan Boneo, bishop of Santa Fe, is liable to punishment for refusing to submit tp government for ap proval credentials of Pope Pius nam ing him apostolic administrator for diocese of Buenos Aires. WASHINGTON. —Trea su ry ha s been “successfully relieved of ex cessively heavy financing” for next March by its, recent fiscal operation, Secretary Mellon declares in state ment which discloses total issue of new bonds in December program has been something more than $750,- 000,000. WASHINGTON. Early disposi tion in senate of Muscle Shoals’ leg islation is indicated by agreement on number of amendments involv ing disputed points: Senator Under wood, Democrat, Alabama, «is com pletely exonerated of charges made by Hearst’s newspapers in connec tion with this legislation. Can of Home Brew, Sent Through Mail, Explodes m Sack A mail order business in homo brew was revealed Friday night when one of the orders of home brew exploded in a mail sack while being re-routed at the railway mail service depot in the Terminal station. Postal inspectors found that a gallon can of "brew” had exploded, but that two other gallons in the same mail sack were intact. The whole samples were con fiscated by the inspectors and are being held as “Exhibit A” in the in vestigation of the “Home Brew Mail Order House.” HELP US AVOID THE RUSH THAT HURTS SERVICE SUBSCRIPTIONS pour in by the thousands after January 1. . Our splendid staff of young women helpers is worked to death from New Year’s day until the first of April. When people are rushed and hurried in clerical work they are bound to make mistakes, it matters not how capable they be. Let us join together in a plan to soften as much as possible the rush this year and so improve delivery to our readers and prevent errors in our own office which are not onlv annoying, but expensive. To mike it worth your while, we make the fol lowing proposition: We will enter every yearly subscrip tion fe.r The Tri-Weekly Journal re ceived between now and January 1 for THIRTEEN MONTHS instead of twehe. This applies to our combinations and special offers, except Combination B-l and Combination 11-3, both of which are priced so low that any further concession Would be a violation of the postal law. If vour subscription expires in January, February or eve*n the later spring months, renew it now and reap the benefit of an extra thirteen issues at no cost. We make this offer solely in the interest of better service to all our readers. We want to spread our work over a reasonable period of time, instead of concentrating it in lour months. Renew Now and Get Thirteen Months for The Price of Twelve WAR FINANCE BOIRD PAINTS ENCOUWG FARMING OUTLOOK WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—An en couraging picture of conditions in the agricultural regions was report ed to Congress today in the annual sumqMry of the war finance cor poration. “Most of the important farming districts.” the report said, “are in better shape than they have been for several years. Bank .deposits have increased, bank reserves are be ing restored, business has greatly improved and the farmers generally are making excellent progress in cleaning up the burden of indebted ness under which they have been laboring and strengthening their economic positions.” The price of range cattle, the re port said, has not followed the trend of prices of agricultural commodi ties and conditions in the breeding end of the industry were described as still unsatisfactory. Approval of 561 applications for agricultural and live stock loans to taling $12,240,000 was made by the corporation during the year ending November 30. Banks Better Off The amount, the report, said, is a “substantial reduction from the pre ceding year and evidence of the gen eral improvement in the agricultural situation, as well as in the condition of country banks.” Os the amount approved, $4,670 - 000 represented advances authorized to 201 banking and financing insti tutions and $7,570,000 to 24 live stock companies. Loans outstanding on the corpora tion’s books, as ot’ November 30, total $62,623,000, of which $16,975,t 000 was for war loans and $45,- 648,000 for agricultural and live stock loans. All exports loans made prior to th esuspension of business in May, 1920, as well as those nw.F after resumption of operations in January, 1921, the report added, have been liquidated. The last six months, the report Said, “have witnessed a noteworthy improvement in the agricultural sit uation, which in turn has brought out a substantial improvement in the condition of many country banks. This is particularly true of the wheat growing states of the middle west and central northwest, where the farmers have enjoyed an un usually good season.” Tobacco Situation Brightens Referring to the tobacco crop, the report said that while the industry has been handicapped to some ex tent by carry-overs from former years, it has maintained a relatively “satisfactory position.” The sheep and wool industries, it was said, have been receiving good prices for their product and on the whole swine growers have had a favorable year. After all outstanding loans of the corporation have been liquidated, £he report concluded, and after de ducting operating expenses and such losses as may be sustained the government will receiyg in addition to the original capital sto.ck of $500.- 000,000 a return approximately the cost to the treasury of ihe money used in the operations of the cor poration. Discussing the cotton report, th? report said that growers produced a crop approximately 3,000,000 bales more than the 1923 output, and al though prices have ruled somewhat lower 'the total farm value, on ac count of the larger production, prob ably will approximate that of last year. Smithsonian Will Get Statue of Laddie Boy, Made of Boys’ Pennies BOSTON, Dec. 21. — A -statue of Laddie Boy, White House pet of the Harding administration, made from pennies contributed by news boys throughout the United States, will be turned over to the Smith sonian Institution at Washington, where it will remain in the news boys’ memorial to President Hard ing. The statue was to have been presented to Mrs. All Set for Debate. Teams Discover They Took the Sarne Side I (Copyright. 1024, by the Counsolidatcd I press Association —Special I.eased Wire to The Atlanta Journal, f ALBERT LEA, Minn., Dec. 20. ( So far as the cities of Albert Lea and Alden are concerned, the T League of Nations is an unsolved i question. ! The debating teams of the two I cities were to debate the que.s --j tion this week. For three weeks the members of the respective I teams labored diligently prepar j ing for the event. Special coaches ( were hired by interested business men; all available material wa_s collected. Albert Lea journeyed to Alden with its band and an organized cheering squad. The visitors were met by the entire town. A large school auditorium was packed and fire department officials lim ited standing room. Professor E. E. Hanson, of Al : nert Lea. called the meeting to i order and introduced Miss Ruthe ' ly, captain of the visiting team, who started to present her argu : ment. She was halted imme | liately by the Alden coaches and ‘.heir team. There was much I consternation. Both sides had . taken the as- I firmative side. ; The debate has been indefinite- I ly postponed. S confidence IN SUPREME COURT IS URGED OF BECK NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Now that presidential campaign proposals to i curb the powers of the supreme court have been “stricken by the lightning of public indignation,” it is all important that “public confi dence in the court be strengthened,” James M. Beck, solicitor general of the United States, told the Pennsyl vania society, in annual session at the Waldorf Astoria, tonight. Mr. Beck suggested two days of attaining the desired end: First, the resurrection of such public interest in deliberations of the supreme court as was manifested a century ago: second, the creation of a co loperative arrangement between the (court, the executive and the legis lative branches of government, I whereby preliminary opinions upon (the constitutionality of proposed leg islation might be handed down, to (save such legislation from later (branding as unconstitutional. A real crisis in the life of the su | preme court was survived in the last (election when “a distinguished sen tator made his chief objective the (impairment of this balance wheel of (our governmental, machinery,” ac- I cording- to Mr. Beck. i “Like Dagon, in the Old Testa- Iment,” he said, “the La Follette | party put an impious hand on the [ark of the covenant, and like Dagon, [it was stricken by the lightning of (public indignation.” Four Million Dissenters Nevertheless, Mr. Beck pointed out, 4.000,000 citizens supported La Follette’s proposal, and such a dis sent to a vital part of an institu lion cannot be ignored by thought ful men, for nothing is more certain than that this is not the last as sault upon the supreme court.” Greater public interest must at tend the court’s deliberations: the court itself must cease becoming “more and more a monastic institu tion,” and its judges must not be expected to be “political recluses,” (said the solicitor general. As evidence that the nurt had I once been the republics “greatest | forum of intellectual discussion.” whose doings were widely i eported (by tire newspapers and just as wide ly read, Mr. Beck cited the “steam boat case” of a century ago. involv ing the right of New York stale to grant a monopoly of the t ght of navigation over the waters of the ( Hudson river. Byway of contrast, Mr Beck told how last he argued for two days before the supreme court a case [of similar nature, in which the gov ernment sought to restrain the city of Chicago fiom diverting into the | Mississippi watershed 864.000,000 cubic feet per day of Lake Michigan [ waters. Few Paid Any Attention '‘lt was a clash of gigantic inter (ests,” he said. “Hundreds of nil lions of dollars were involved, yet nut an eastern newspaper apparent ly made the slightest reference t > this notable case ’ i In submitting his second sugges tion for strengthening ; üblie mter est in the supreme court, Mr. Peck said: “If congress, bv a joint t esolu tion. signed by <:li? presidin':, te ; quested the court to give an ad visory opinion as to whether a pro posed law is within the competence of the government, is it clear that the court should decline its aid? “I recognize that if a bare ma jority of congress cou’.l thus drag the supreme court into any current political controversy. is prestige would be in danger. But if congress of both parties, sincere’/ dubious .-f their power to pass a law. could by a resolution passed bv a largely preponderating majority of ongress —say two-thirds—and signed by the president, request such advice. I am not so clear as others are. that such an advisory opinion. tinder great circumstances and resting solely in the discretion of the court, would i be prejudicial either to tht? govern ment or tire country.” The Weather I Forecast for Tuesday: Virginia: Unsettled, probably lo cal snows. Not ' ■ Probably ra. n or ' sleet on the coast and sleet or snow in the interior. South Carolina and Gcortna. Un settled, probably rain or sleet: slowly I rising i mper North Carolina: Probably rain or slecet. slowly rising temperature. Florida: Unsettled: probably local radius. Extreme northwest Florida: Un settled, probably rain: not quite so cold. Alabama and Mississippi: Unset tled. probably rain or sleet. Tennessee: Snow or sleet. Louisiana: Cloudy. somewhat warmer in cast portion. Arkansas: I'nsetilcd. . Oklahoma: Unsettled, ir?i much j change in temperature. GRIP OF BLIZZARD ON MOST OF NATION IS BEING RELEASED Prediction of Near-Zero Weather for Atlanta Fails to Be Realized Despite official predictions of : near-zero weather in Atlanta and ■ Georgia the lowest temperature reg istered here Sunday was 25 degrees. The intense cold that had prevailed over the greater part of the nation ( for several days was reported to be | relaxing. General prediction for the south ( ern states for Tuesday was for sleet i and snow. NEARLY ENTIRE NATION J\ WINTER’S ICY GRIP I CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—(8y the Asso ciated Press.) —Winter’s icy hand to , night held in its grasp nearly an en i tire nation. The severe cold, which originated six days ago in the northwest, neared the Atlantic seaboard. The brunt of the zero weather was felt. :n the mid ale west, while in the northwest and Pacific coast regions temperatures Wre moderating, although still un seasonably cold. In wake of the rain, sleet and snow, storms, followed by general ( near-zero or sub-zero temperatures I left a trail of upwards of a score of j dead, badly disrupted wire communi ( cations, delayed train service, suffer- I ing on the part of humans and live I stock, and fear of a fuel shortage in i some sections. Indications are that the severe ( cold would continue tonight through- I out most of the United States, but [ that moderating temperatures and fair weather might be expected to- ( morrow. ! Despite a slight clearing up in ! weather conditions, wire communica ( tion to parts of Illinois, Missouri, j Oklahoma, Texas and other middle i west states, were eliminated or prac i tically cut off today and many cities [ were forced to depend on the radio [ for news of the outside world. The ( Associated Press tonight continued (to serve its Illinois and Missouri ( members’ newspapers 1 «' n Jio both ’ front WMAQ, the Chicago Daily ! News station here, and from VVDAF, the Kansas City Star station in Kan stis CP" I In the southwest temperatures ; moderated durin , the day. but train i service and wire communications ( showed little indications of returning (to normal. The list of deaths direct ly or indirectly due to the storm in the southwest section, increased to eleven t hen a mother and two chil dren Wit Hobari. Ol:I-t.. were burnt ’ ( to death in a fire started by an over [heated furnace. Proper! v damage i estimated at several hundred thou i sand dollai’s wa.s caused by the [ Storm and cold weather in Missouri. Christmas mail was being delayed [throughout the country by the storm, and it ’vas estimated that it (might be three or four d iys befo e normal wire communications were ( restored. [ Michigan reported four fatalities [ due to the cold, while in Chicago four [ persons v j killed during twenty ' four hours in accidents due directly ‘ n idircctly to the .weat'rer. More than two hundred fire alarms [ w< e answered in-Chicago today and | streets and sidewalks continued to offer unusual hazards to vedestrians [ and motorists because of the glare of ice with which they were covered. The tempcratn-’o hero dropped to 6 v zero at 4 a. m.. with indica | tions that it would again go below ! the zero mark during th? night. American Labor Party Is Predicted by Debs I ERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Dec. 20. Eugene \ . Debs, today predicted th< organization' > of an American labor , party at the meeting in January in Chicago of the various forces called i to launch an “independent progres : sive party” movement. Debs said he “will not insist on the new party i being a socialist party” nor does he look upon it as “a collection of the disgruntled Icaiicrs from other politi ‘ cal movements ” Debs indicated that the next twen ty’ years would see a political move ment based upon trades and crafts i interest, rather than on georgprahi cal divisions as at present. 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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, December 23,’ 1924 BAGGETT, MOURNED AS DEAD FOR LAST FIFTEEN MONTHS, RETURNS TO DOUGLASVILLE Thought His Wife Was Trying to Get Rid of Him, He Says, in Explanation of His Disappearance on Octobe r 26, 1923 DOUGLASVILLE. Ga., Dec. 21. Mourned as dead when it was sup posed he had been murdered on a lonely road near here, later a wan derer through many states, but now back in Douglasville, fifteen months i after his disappearance, Rybtirn ' Baggett was reunited with his \wife I and children today. The trail of Baggett, which was j found by relatives only once in the [ long period of his absence, led from ' Douglasville to West Palm Beach, [ Fla., and then through many cities i until he was finally found in St. ( Louis, Mo., Thursday, and brought back here bv his brother, A. S. Bag gett, sheriff of Douglas county to day. the wanderer stated. At the time of his disappearance Baggett was driving an auto truck | outside Douglasville. When he failed to arrive at his home, a search was instigated that resulted in the find ing of his truck and his hat at the Chattahoochee river bridge on the Ba nkh ea d hig h w ay. Thinking possibly he was murder ed, Sheriff Baggett had the river dragged for miles up and down stream. He followed every clue that might have led io the recovery’ of his brother's body, and all to no avail. Finally Receives Letter Six months later, the sheriff re ceived a letter from West Palm Beach, Fla., inclosing a check for S3OO, which Ryburn Baggett in structed was to be turned over to his children. He '■aught the next train for the Florida town, but be fore he got there, the wanderer was gone From then until Thursday noth [ ing was heard from him. Then SENATE CONFIRMS POSTMASTERS FDR 1 GEORGIA TOWNS Atlanta Journal Nows Bureau, 408 Evans Bldg. BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 21. Before adjourning for the Christmas holidays Saturday afternoon the sen ate confirmed nominations of seven Geotgia postmasters. President Cool idge Saturday afternoon also sent in nine additional nominations for Geor gia. The nominations confirmed were: Gertrude Wingard, Aragon; George P Whigham, Bartow; Floyd P. Jones, Leslie; Jane M. Wilkes. Lincolnton; Clyde S. Young. Rebecca; Lucius L. Dean, Smithville, and Johnnie B. Roddenbery, Thomasville. The postmasters at Thomasville and Lincolnton were reappointed. The president sent the following nominations to fill vacancies at nine Georgia towns: Milledgeville, Hugh T. Cline; Una dilla, Jessie H. Bedingford; Garfield, Robert J. Walsh; Kingston, Gordon R. Hulme; Mitchell, Virgil A. Snider; Pitts. Portia <’. McAllister; Rocking ham, Henry W. Harvey: Yatesville, Edgar S. Hicks, and Young Harris, Forrest <’. Berry. Rum Runners Smash Sheriff’s Car Used As Blockade; Escape SPARTA. Ga., Dec. 20. —A high powered alleged rum car ran ropgh slv-xT. over the smaller automobile of Sherftf J. M. Jackson Friday eve ning on the Sparta and Greensboro public road and so dismantled it that the officer and a deputy were not able successfully to pursue. The smash occurred five miles north of Sparta when Sheriff Jackson placed his automobile across the highway in an attempt to slop the approach ing car. about which a tip had been received from Greene county. The alleged rum runners, a rnan and a woman, raced through the streets here and when last seen were well on their way in the direction of Au gusta. came the news that he was St. Louis. When returned here today Baggett told a strange tale of his adven tures. “1 had trouble at the bridge with my truck that day,” r>e"said. It was October 26, 1923. “While 1 was out working on it two men drove up in a louring car and asked me if they could help me. I asked that they try. “Then I don’t remember anything until one of them hit me on the head and the two started beating me up. While they were beating me 1 thought I saw my wife in the car with them. Then all went black. Woke Up at Columbus “The next thing I remember was some time later I came to my senses in Columbus, Ga. 1 started thinking the thing over. It came to me that my wife evidently was in league with these men who had come out and beat me up and I decided 1 would not go back home. I wasn't needed. “I traveled on to West Palm Beach and got a job. As soon as I had saved some money I sent it for the use of my children. 1 thought they needed it.” Then, according to Baggett’s story, he decided to leave the Florida city and wandered on from town to town until he landed in St. Louis. “I have never been happier in my life than to arrive back at home and find that my wife is all I ever thought her to be; tha she was never in league with any one against me, and that I am again reunited with my lamily, where I shall al ways be, from now on,” Baggett said. ANGLD-D. S. Jffl ON WAG CLAIMS SEEMS NEAR END WASHINGTON, Dee. 21.—For the first, time since the deadlock between the United Stales and Great Britain over the right to collect approximate ly $250,000,000 American war claims from German reparations payments, the dispute seemed on the way to settlement tonight. This government lias indicated to London Informally that it might ac cept a deferred payment plan. This scheme would entail no greater im mediate drain on the reparations fund than already provided lor in the Wadsworth agreement covering in annual payments the separate Amer . lean claim of $255,000,000 for the ’ United States army of occupation cost. Such a plan, it is hoped here, will permit Great Britain to withdraw from her objection to American col lection of claims without sacrificing her contention that no greater load shoulS be put on the reparations fund at. present. Negotiations Continue Informal negotiations will continue along this line in an attempt to ; reach an agreement before the post poned conference of allied finance ministers meets in Paris, January 6. That conference, provided for by the Dawes agreement, will allocate tne reparations payments. Great Britain, however, has not en tirely given up the idea of dealing with inter-allied debts at that con ference, villi the intention of forc ing joint consideration of German reparation allocation and partial can ■ cellation <jff allied debts. France and Italy also favor such a discussion. Colonel James A. Logan and the other American representatives of ’ the conference will be instructed to keep allied debts off the agenda at i ( any cost. This government will not, [ and cannot under the law, discuss reduction of allied debts to America. If the L’nited States can limit the ‘ conference to reparations, the sup port by the other allies of America’s claim will force Great Britain to agree to this country sharing in rep arations under the deferred payment plan. Why British Protested Great Britain has opposed codec ! tion of American claims out of the Dawes fund because this country is not a party to the Versailles treaty and has not reimbursed uself for war losses by permanently retaining seized alien property. The United States maintains that it has the same right to collect from Germany under the. separate Arrieri can-German treaty as the allies have under the Versailles treaty. Its equal right, officials say, wa.s asserted at the recent London conference and recognized by the Dawes agreement. Arbitration by the permanent court of international justice of the Ameri [ can-British dispute, which may be ! proposed by the London government, !is not acceptable to the United i States. The only legitimate arbitra -1 tion of claims, officials here point out, is between Hie two countries di rectly involved, and such arbitration is now in process under the L’nited States-German mixed claims commis sion, which is handing down the awards on the claims. $ 111,000 Rum Cargo, Billed as ‘Vegetables,’ Seized by Dry Agents NEW ORLEANS. La., Dee. 21. 1 0. D. Jackson, federal prohibition director of Louisiana and Missis ( sipi, was notified that liquor val j ued at $lll,OOO and billed from New [ Orleans as “vegetables,’’ had been seized by prohibition agents in Chi- Tire shipment, consisting of whisky, champagne and cordials of i all sorts, was billed to a Chicago > commission company, it was said, i and was loaded in two freight cars, i Each car is said to hat e carried 185 “vegetable” barrels, containing the liquor in cases. j Operatives from the office of Di i rector -Jackson are said to have dis [ covered the shipment while it was ‘ being loaded here, one of them ac [ companled by a railroad detective I making tire trip to Chicago on the I train carrying the two cars, and t.-.niny <'<<•'■ C r l;r -- CE f< . mt Ht j.officers on their arrival. » UEN'io A COPY, £1 A YEAR. BELGRADE ACCUSED OF ASSISTING REDS IN BORDER RAIDS Jugo-Slavs Ignore Virtual Ultimatum—Charges Are Denied, However BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia, Dec. 21. —The Albanian minister has handed a note from the Albanian govern ment to Assistant Secretary of Stats Markovitch, in which the accusation is made that Jugo-Slavia is helping the aggressions being carried out on Albanian territory. Consequently, the note says, Albania has decreed mobilization to defend her national territory against invasion. M. s Markovitch made reply that the contents of the Albanian note were without foundation, and that the tone of the note was such that the Belgrade government had de cided to ignore it. PREMIER OF ALABAMANS REPORTS MILITARY SUCCESSES NEW Y’ORK, Dec. 21.—Premier Noli, of Albania, today cabled C. A. Tashko, Albanian consul here, that Albanian troops operating against armed bands of Jugo-Slavs had re occupied Krouna, the chief town in the prefecture of Cossovo, and had captured one cannon, a machine gun and twenty-three prisoners of whom three were regular Serbian soldiers. “The government had further con crete proof,” said the cablegram, "that the Belgrade government is fomenting the present frontier trouble. The general military situa tion is very satisfying.” The message asserted that Premier Noli had assumed the duties of for eign minister in order that he might bcin a position to negotiate person- from Tirana with the League of Nations and the powers. ENVOY AT WASHINGTON DENIES PLOT AT BELGRADE WASHINGTON, Dee. 20.—The Bel grade government has “absolutely nothing to do with the present revo lution” in Albania, and will respect to the end the principle of non-inter vention, Dr. Ante Tresich Pavichich, the minister of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, declared here today in a formal statement outlin ing the position of his country. “In the last few days,” said the statement, “the Albanian govern ment and its legations in foreign countries have sent out communi ques in which they try to create the impression that the present troubles in Albania have been instigated by the government of the kingdom of the Serbs’, Croats and Slovens. The truth is that the present revolution ary movement in Albania is only a reaction against the misrule of the government* of Bishop Fan Noli. “Those troubles are further due to Bolshevist propaganda, the center ot which is notoriously in Vienna. This propaganda is carried out with the knowledge and connivance of the premier. Fan Noli. The same gov ernment tolerated from its first as sumption of power tlie arming of bands of Katcbak Brigands and Bul garian Comitadjis on Albanian soil, and sent them for months past against the territory of the kingdom of the Herbs, Croats and Slovenes to raid cattle, to kill innocent people and to burn entire villages.” ALBANIA TAKES PROTEST TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS GENEVA, Dec. 20.—(8y the Asso ciated Press.) —Albania today formal ly appealed to the League of Nations in her dispute with Jugo-Slavia, and requested the league council to con sider the matter as promptly as pos sible under articles 12 and 15 of the covenant. This action follows a pro test made to the secretariat of the league yesterday by Albania against * Jugo-Slavia that the latter was tol erating and even encouraging the or ganization on Jugo-Slavian soil ot armed Bands which were crossing the frontier into Albania and creating revolutionary troubles. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary gen eral of the league, forwarded the Al banian appeal to all members of t-h® council which, under the terms of the covenant, must endeavor to ( settle the dispute. The Albanian protest states that Jugoslavia’s attitude ia endangering peace in the Balkans. SOVIET I.EGATIO ' ASKED TO LEAVE ALBANIA LONDON. Dec. 20 —A news agency*" dispatch from Rome states it has been officially learned from Tirana that the Albanian government re quested the soviet legation, includ ing Minister Krakovieski and six of his staff all of whom arrived there Wednesday, to leave the country. It was added that the Russian officials departed for Moscow this morning. DEMAND FOR U. S. ; MAY LEAVE SCOTS WITHOUT WHISKY EDINBURG. Dec. 21.—-With the Christmas season approaching, the honre consumer is facing paradoxical prospects of facing a whisky famine, right in the center of the liquor in dustry. The colossal demand for whisky for th'-- West Indies, tire Bahamas and Mexico, together with the ex haustion of the American bootleg supplies and the cessation of rye dis tilleries in the Canadian dry areas, are contributing factors in bringing about this uncomfortable situation for the local consumer. Meanwhile control of matured stocks has passed into the hands of three corporations, who have con cluded a. co-operative working ar rangement for its distribution. For export trade, the whisky is bottled al most directly off the stills and is shinped when two nr there weeks old instead of the usual three years. Oil Stock Promoters Acquitted of Fraud BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 2».—A verdict of not guilty was retdTfrM____ by a jury in United States district court here tonight in the cases of A. W. and Harold Walker. Sidnev Menasco and Hudmon Hopson, of ficials of the bankrupt Walker Con solidated Petroleum company, I w?.h use of the mails to de fraud in the sal? of stock.