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RADICAL RAIDS IN THIRTY-THREE CITIESIN U.S.
MILLEN, THE WONDER
CITY OF GEORGIA j
Rapidly Forging to the Front as j
an Important Agricultural
and Industrial Center.
Building Boom Can't Be I
Stopped by High Prices — j
Money Is Plentiful and
Citizens Are Progres
sive and Enter
prising.
By HUBERT F. BAUGHN
(Staff Correspondent.)
Millen, G<f.—The year 1919 left to its]
credit in Milieu 12 months of unprece
dented achievement and advancement.
The new year is full of brilliant possibfli- ;
iies fpr continued business prosperity and
re cord-breaking accomplishments in prac
' ioally every lino of public work.
Mayor J. H. Simpson admits thnt Mil
!en is the best town of its size in th*
world. And nearly 4.000 others unhesi
tatingly back him up in the assertion.
“The 1910 census gave us 2.000 popula
tion.” the chief executive said, “but I’ll
tv a gov a bale of cotton against a tooth
?j'ck that the present count will give us 4,-
000.”
There's something preiit about the Mil
!en spirit. You catch it as soon as you
hit the town. i
Thev began a big building boom down i
here last fall, atyj now they can’t stop it,
notwithstanding the high cost of lum
ber, the advent of tho boll weevil, and
other things like that.
Muildings are going up in every block
and the town is fast spreading out into
tho surrounding fields.
A $40,000 hospital is now being eon-,
struotod by a stoek company of prominent
business men of Millen and Jenkins coun
ty. Dr. R. Y. Lane is at the head of the
project, and the following physicians com
prise the hoard of directors: Allen Eden
fieid. r. ?l. Thomason. Q. Mufckev. and
\r. ]■:. Perkins. The hospital will be up
to-the-minute in every respect, and will
fill m long frdt need. «
To Pave Streets.
MDien's New Year's resolution is to
su • bonds at an early date and pave two
miles of streets. April Ist should sec
the work well under way.
They are going to make a $15,000 addi
tion to the school building within the
next few months, too. The present build
ing is comparatively new and modcrnly
equipped, but to use Mayor Simpson s
terms, "wo didn’t know Millen was grow
ing so rapidly when we planned the pres
nt building.”
Superintend nt T* V. Ttrinson has one of
the best public schools in the state. The
faculty numbers 10, and the attendance
for the fail term of 1919 averaged 475.
The school is on th*: official accredited
list of the State University.
Th.* Millen News, owned and edited by
J. K. Kurkhaltcr. is the official publica
tion of Jenkins county. Tts a mighty
nifty sheet, if the edition Editor Burk
halter showed me may be taken as a
criterion.
Commenting on the rapid strides made
bv the town' (luring J9ID, Editor Burk
lialter told me-:
“One biff thing that: explains" the great
leaps and bounds wo are taking .s our
centra! location and admirable railroad
service. Millen lr one town that hasn't
a single kick to register against the rail
roads. We are on jhe Central of Georgia
and the Georffia ti Florida, and we have
14 passenger trains daily, with direct
schedule to every city of importance in
the state. ’*
\nd he was right. They can hop on a
train in Millen most any hour of the day
and reach Augusta., Atlanta, Savannah,
Macon or Columbus within a very short
while. Thcv’re only two hours from Au
gusta. and the three trains daily always
carrv in throngs of shoppers.
Millen boasts a *50.00(1 oil mill, and one
of the largest fertilizer plants in this sec
tion of Georgia.
The Jenkins county court house, on one
of the main streets, is one of the most at
tractive in the state, having been com
pleted only a few years since.
Thirty young men constitute the volun
tarv fire ‘department. The fire fighting
equipment Is modern, with hose and lad
ders aplenty to meet any emergency. Ihe
mavor and council plan to enlarge the de
partment this year and inslad a paid
* j.; Parnell is the chief of police and
he 'has a force of five to help him en
force law and order. The police depart
ment is 100 |sr cent efficient, according
to the reports I heard
National Industry There.
The Millen cotton mills, owned and opt
raied bv 1,. H. Gilmer & Company, woo d
K an ass. t to any town Here tlie famous
Gilmer bells are manufactured and mar
keted bv the carload. Th.- Gilmers are
at the fore of the belting industry in Arri
. rira and an idea of their enormous busi
ness may be gleaned from the fact that
th. v spend over 1f,0,000 annually f°r ad
vertising in the Saturday Evening Post
“ 1 MUlen people are waging a strenuous
fight to save the Georgia and Florida
railroad, which is slated for the Junk heatp
-horilv af>r the public sale in February.
The cltv and county officials, hacked by
the entire population, will be heard from
before the “scrapping” begins.
■ls you leave out our Womans < nib.
don't ever put your foot in Millen again,
.ne of the prominent club women of the
little city told me-
Her warning was unnecessary, for the
husbands of at least two dozen of the
‘dub members had already sounded a
similar warning. .
lieaded by Mrs. W. P.. Turner, the Mil-
Woman's flub has for some time past
, e ,n prominently identified with every
move making for the best interests and
Prosperity of the town. The club has se
ared the co-operation of the city council.
is n ow formulating plans to establish
.ml equip at once a ladies' rest room that
any city In the South could point to with
PB All°the 1 travellng men like to tic up for
,he night in Millen. The big reason is
he Hotel Eatelle. i didn t have to ask
.nvbodv shout this. I relgatered. and
:"on found out for myself. There Is no
better hotel in the state for this size town
The rooms are nice and comfortable, but
.he dining room is the big drawing card.
Thev shove fried chicken at you every
,-.,,1 H !>. And.-rson, proprietor, Is now
vddlng a floor to the hotel, at a cost or
*7 BDO and the improvement will give
him a total of 85 rooms.
Mr I G. Parker, one of Milieu's lead
ing automobile dealers, is now erecting a
new service station on Main street at a
ost of 815,000.
Churches and Banks.
Two churches— Baptist and Methodist—
with large congregations, make up the
•eUrious activity of Millen. Rev. Hub
hard of l.afayette. Alabama, will arrive
n a few davs to assume the Baptist pul-
Kcv. W. H. Joyner Is now serving
i‘s third year with the Methodist flock.
Mlllen's two banks are In flourishing
ondition. and have declared dividends of
10 per cent for the past year Both In
stitutions have deposits of over *700.000.
" W Sharpe Is president of the First
S'atlonai. and Joe F Applewhite is presi
dent of the Bank of Millen.
Perhaps the greatest need in Millen at
present is room to accommodate th- peo
ple who want to move here. There has
not been a vacant storeroom or house in
the town for a solid year, and the pros
pects of any early vacancies do not loom
~«rge unless more homes are erected.
The roads of Jenkins founty are beau
liful, and rank with tho best in the state,
The county commission, composed of J.
>. Perkinr. chairman: W. A. Law and R.
1. Gay have Just finished a year of great
oad-building and Improvement, and now
Gor'inued on Page t.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
FIVE CENTS PEF. COPY
VOLUME XXVII. No. 3
Clemenceau
Little Hope for
Compromise on
Peace Treaty
Paris. —The Informal call for the first meeting of the Leanue of Nations
council will be issued by Premier Clemenceau, supreme council decided today.
This cat! Is regarded as a simp e notification to enable the delegates to
reach the appointed place in Paris in tUme tor the meeting, formal notice of
which still is Intended to have President Wllsfn Issue, according to the
present program.
It Is pointed out in conference circles that it is immaterial who Issues
the Informal notice and that even the formal notice Is a simple detail. The
issuance of the formal notice devolves upon President Wilson by the pro
visions of the treaty of Versailles, but it is held that in casa of his Inability
to act In the matter any other representative of one of the f» v e princi
pal powers forming the executive council of the league could Issue the no
tice.
Baron Kurt von Lersner, the head of the German mission here, has been
ill in bed for three days and the progress of the negotiations for a settling
of the question of wiiat dock and harbor tonnage >s to be turned over by
Germany as compensation for the Scarpa Flow sinkings has suffered in con
sequence. The allies’ experts are continuing their comparisons of the Ger
man figures and the allied estimates, but a solution of the question Involved
in the differences between the two sets of figures is not clearly enough in
sight, it would .appear, to confirm the feeling ir the more optimistic council
tre’es that the peace protocol will be signed January 6. That date, how
ever, still remains as the one fixed for th* ceremony of the exchange of
ratifications which would put the treaty into effect.
The question of organizing the plebiscites to be held in the areas pro
vided for in the treaty also has been delayed in settlement, pending a reply
from Berlin as to whether the experts sent here have full authority to act
for the German government. The supreme council has received a request
from the commission on prisoners of war for authority to proceed to ar
range with the German government for the transportation of the prisoners
homeward as soon as the peace becomes effective.
Washington.— Vfter many conferences Friday between Senator Lodge and
Republican and Democratic senators who favor ratification of the treaty, both
announced that they were farther tioin agreement than at (any time, since
the agitation for a compromise was begun.
Senator Lodge saw Senators Me Nary. Lenroot, Dapper and Curtis, Re*
I üb.icans, and also talked with Senator Swanson. Democrat, who had been
i-i conference with Senators Hitchcock and King. None of the senators pre
sented to Senator Lodge any definite proposal for a compromise or for modifl
oat.ion of thf* reservations to which a majority of the senate stands committed.
1-urther than that. Senators Hitchcock and Swanson stated emphatically that
i>o scheme of compromise will be presented by the Democrats, and that, any
suggestion for a compromise must be made from the Republican side.
OETZER DIDn USE
'PM METHODS’
New York.—Army prisoners who re
sisted arrest and acted boisterously were
roughly handled, but never struck. Cap
tain Karl W. Dotzer. court rmi.rtialled for
alleged brutal treatment lo prisoners at
LeMans. France, where hi* commanded a
military .police company, testified Friday
in explaining his difficulties in niantan
ing army discipline.
On one occasion he sairl he broke down
th#- door of a hotel voom occupied by two
men charged with impersonating military
po icemen, and they threatened him by
pointing automatic pistols at him. He
argued them into laying aside their- guns
and arrested them, he added. T)etzer
explained that he did not use "parlor
methods” in examining prisoners, but
often shouted at thorn, pointed a menac
ing finger at them and pounded the table
to force them to talk.
“I did not feel I was doing my duty in
not making them talk,” he said when
asked whether he had informed prisoners
of their constitutional right not incrimi
nate themselves.
The captain denied that he had ever
given the order to "lift the embargo” on
the rules forbidding the beating of pris
oners. The expression he asserted, orig
inated with Sergeant Hoyt, one of his
staff, whom he characterized a.s a nuis
ance and a considerable source of annoy*-
am o. but an efficient operative.
Detzer told of apprehending a gang of
American soldiers who were absent with
out leave and operating a "sales com
missary” in Mam era of goods stolen from
freight cars. All the allied soldiers were
barred from Mamers. Captain Detzer
said, and the Americans with their "com
missary” were doing a big business with
the French civilian population. He said
the army intelligence department and the
bureau of criminal investigation always
kept three plainclothes men in Mamers.
A tense pause marked the close of
Dfvaer’s direct testimony when his coun
sel asked him if he knew the origin of
the ease agaiqst him and could explain
it.
Captain Detzer fumbled with his pen
knife. Then, in a voice scarcely audible,
tye murmured, "no.” *
His reply was so low that Col. William
Allaire, president of the court, asked him
to repeat his answer.
His cross-examination will begin Mon
da v.
WILLARD ON TRIAL
Kansas City, Mo.—.lei-4 Willard, for
mer heavyweight nharoplon, wra* to an
p< ar for arraignment before O. Q. Claflln,
j.-„ rnlted Htaus commissioner in Kan-
K-m City, Kans., this afternoon on charges
of profiteering In the sale of fire wood
from his farm near Topeka. Kans.
11. .J. Hopkins, attorney general for
Kansas. Henry Gaby, former fuel com
missioner, the city commissioners of To
peka. the state |>rice-flxl»i* commutes
and eleven farmers have been asked to
attend the meeting.
WHO’LL BE PRESIDENT?
A new political series of
articles on who will be the
next President of the United
States now running in The
Herald.
Governor Lowden, of Illi
nois, was the first candidate
discussed in yesterday’s is
sue.
Today’s subject, Wm. G.
McAdoo, of Georgia and
New York.
inform yourself as to prob
able candidates for Presi
dent by reading this series
daily in the
AUGUSTA HERALD
t FULL LEASED WIRE)
The inexorable facts which served to
dampen the spirits of those working to
ward a compromise are set forth in the
following statements by senators after
the day’s conferences were at an end:
Senator Lodge: “No concrete plan of
compromise was tendered to tne by any
of the senators I talked with. They
haven’t any.**
Senator MeXary: “I am waiting to sec
if the administration Democrats can work
out any proposition upon which we can
agree.’’
Senator Capper: “The sentiment of the
country is for the Dodge reservations.
If any substantial changes are made in
them there will be at least 35 Republi
cans who will vote against ratification.
The reservations of Article 10 and on
the equality of voting, to which the Dem
ocrats particularly object, cannot he mod
ified if ihe treaty is to be ratified.”
Senator Swanson: “The Democrats
have nothing to propose. They are wait
ing to see what the Republicans will do.”
Dashes Hopes.
Senator Hitchcock dashed the hopes of
the compromisers with this significant
statement:
“There will have to b<' very substantial
modifications in the reservations
before the Democrats can accept them.
The Initiative must be taken by the 'mild
reservationists' on the Republican side.
The Democrats do not intend to offer
any compromise.*’
This statement by Senator Hitchcock
apparently creates a deadlock between
the “mild reservationists” who are work- 1
ing for a compromise and the adminis
tration senators who are willing to make
some sort of surrender In order to get
the treaty ratified. Senator New has al-1
ready informed Senator Dodge that there
are at least 40 senators who will defeat
ratification if the Dodge reservations are
substantially modified. Senator Capper
today told tftnator Dodge practically the
same thing.
Substantial Changes.
Hence, if the administration, under
Senator Hitchcock’s leadership, hold out
for ‘’substantial’* changes in the Dodge
reservations and the Republicans cited
by Senators New and Capper refuse to
vote for ratification if such changes are
made, it would appear that the chance of
effecting a compromise which would get
61 votes in the senate is small.
Senator McNary, in his talk with Sena
tor Dodge, revived the subject of the
Underwood resolution for a committee on
conciliation, and told Senator Dodge that
he believed about 13 Republicans would
Vote for it. Senator Dodge’s opinion of
the Underwood proposal is that it. is Just
the thing not to do if a compromise Is
desired, and he does not believe it can
be raseed.
Senator Hitchcock also expressed him-,
nelf togardlng th»- Underwood resolution,
saying that he did not believe il had a
chance. An alternative proposal has been
n *ade by Rome of the “mild rese.rva.tion-
IstH,” he said, which provides for an In
formal committee to carry on ncgotialions
between the Apposing factions Senatoi
Hitchcock believes that such a. commit
t'e e;>ild work more effectively than a
commitse formally appointed by the
vice-president under a senate resolution.
Senator Hitchcock was asked whether
he believed the treaty would he ratified
before January 16, the date on which
tne prohibition amendment becomes ef
fective He replied that h<* did not think
action by that time would be possible,
nr believed the treaty would bo
rcDhed before the end of the month.
■net homo
TO fix MIL ILLS
Washington.— I Th*i iv.terstate commerce I
comm lan. on would he f.vcn supremt au
thority to fix railroad rate* under an ,
agreement reached by the m n it. and
house conferees on the Kr,ch-f iirnmlnr I
railroad rc-organization blits The com
minaloti'n power would wipi rsfl' lha' of
the state commisaion'n when the latter 1
discriminated against interests outside of
the state or interofered with intend;. n 1
eommerca.
Chairman Cummins anouriei d that the I
agreemen; provided for adoption of tin |
provlsionr e.f the senate hill some of tin
conferee* be'.eying th.it the house pk.n
would slv* the oorntnlsion powei to su I
pervise all state rates.
Other sections of the bin were (oosid-|
i red today.
DAILY FLIGHTS.
Lima, Peru. —Two American oi'pun'-a
ar< flylns here dally and three other urn
chines are being ierit from Nev York
Ar. American nlans to iorn:>ete her with
Kntfllsh and French airplane ecu,, a,e
A prominent New Yore hank announces
the early openlne of a hraru h ■< Limit.
A Hrltist -coat rolled bank op- ,"l busl
r.«s« here today.
;the one paper in most homes—the only f >,pjn in many homes
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 3. 1920
to Issue Call for League
GREAT BRITAIN
INSULTS U. S.
SHIP DOCKED
IRELAND PORT
By Daniel O’Connell.
Universal Service Staff
Correspondent.
Special Cable Dispatch.
CORK.—A sensation was
caused here Friday by the
seizure cf .jrircs from the
American steampship Gretna
by British government police
Friday morning.
The police bearded the ves
sel and demanded that all
arms he given ud. Captain
Mocn, master of the vessel
and who hails from Balti
more, vigorously protested,
when his men were forced to
give up arms, which are the
property of the American gov
ernment.
“The arm? are not the per
sonal property of my officers
and men”, said Captain Moon,
in an interview last night, “but
belong to the United States.
I protested, and have notified
United States Consul Mac An
drews cf the details of the in
cident.”
BROWN SLAYERS
TO BE MISTED
SOON IS REPORT
Mount Clemens, Mich.—Tbs slayovjn of
J. Stanley Drown, the Detroit clubman
whom- career of gay. ry wah brought lo
an end when ho was found shot through
tho ftip&d in his automobile ne.jr lic *c
ton days ago, will bo a Treated within the
next MS hours, according to word given
out last night by an authority promi
nent In tbe * f
This new turn in Ihe case, which Ims
been confused by a mass of conflicting
testimony, ih*- mort of which lias com.
from Irresponsible witnesses. r*‘Hiilt*d
h*k)ti after the attorney general *»f Michi
gan, Alex Hroc.sbeek, tool; personal
charge of the Investigation.
Tbe attorney general came to Mount
Clemons to direct the ease, when rcp<*rfs
were carried to Lansing tbal the locxtl
authorities were not aggressive enough
In d* veJoping evidence against the sus
pects involved.
Mr. Oroesbeek hap arranged to ap
point a special brosecutor to ‘‘nssipt”
Lb** county prosecutor, Lynn Johnston.
The first act of the attorney general
upon his arrival here was to order into
scHsion a rpecial and . oeret court «»f in
quiry, which, under Michigan statutes,#
is empowered to sit with prerogatives
«»f a grand jury. This court, presided
over by Justice of the IVacr W'lliam I*".
Sawn, heard wifn* t>f< s late Friday and
Inst ldgbt. It will con 11 ti tic to sit today
and before adjournment may instruct
tlm! additional warrants, charging mur
der. b i;-md.
Vl» to th* present the only \arrant
is. against (*c« il Y*r,ter. the 13-
y< ar-old girl who was known a:: a sw* * ;-
li« art <»f Lloyd I'revo i % oui r Drown's
room-mat*- and intlrnn** Those as
soelatf'd with Hie *-a so ar* now well
sat’sfied that Dcatrlce is not guilty.
Friday’s h*firings brought the name
of Ruth Drown, widow of the slain, man,
again into prominence. Mrs Jlrown was
questioned for an hour. An effort was
mad*- to check un her statement that
upon the night of the mnrd*r she w:i.m
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mr?;. Frank Prevost
The coroner's jury, which •continued
Its inquest from several nights ago, last
night announced its verdict, finding that
J. Stanley Drown was killed "by a per
son or persons unknown.”
SOVIET HITS
PEACE WITH ITIILY
|. Lc ndon.—T- hlU'horln, bolKb'evtk for
* lk>< mln nte r, han nropox< d lr, ftal.v a
I resumption of rflatioriM b«tw*e*n thn'
i country and ruvlut Kuhsla, pointing out
that the '‘lmminent rnplorc of flu
S< ;« < (i.ihl by f)i< o\’le* . ,)l
/fa n tin black Sen route- te;Ji,k .
Mohcow wir»d**»r, ine: ;i;; rcr-e-iv'd
h<*i *\
T)h- bolffliovl};,
ho v<- oor-uph’d tho Important Fintfem* of
Vumovo ami I>ollu, and are* n•.?» to
ward* Mariupol fan important nport
on th» Hr-a of Aze v ) A quantity of vunr
•incJ booty was captured m this i y:>>n,
js wan alno the* entire- Markhoff di
vision, our of O-iKral liftoklne h fin<at
' orp», th«* Moptrow i * -port adds,
FRANCE FLOODED
Paria.—Soot • of villas-.- in lowland
throughout tii* * >Ufitry are- ■ uffi-rime
»rom flood* and people* living naat
*t r< am* < l/t - n forced to v&>.t>e-
I'arlH or ih-HUx. M'-zir .u.rl rimlon
*<ur Marne.- un flood'd, while* many mih *
of river bottom between S*din and
< narbvlllej are unde r w«t<*r
AUGUSTA MARKET
Or < n«0 i » j
*5.25 MIDDLING 40.20
ll* '•' ■ 3.1 It, .i ' i.j . . 1 *vj i
-JEW YOUK COTTON
or.'n liicii i.'.w r-i/,nt
October »>s so. so sms 3«.ih:
January ' .’5 3M5 SS.SH .’!■ 30
March »<;.»*> .!<;-.tt- J« 40 :s
Muy M S') 55.37 34.*0 :;r,. ir,
July 53.10 33. W 33.10 33 33
NEW OKLEANS COTTON.
'ill'll lltii Low Clo#*
* T;i.vlor r':mrts .Nr w Orlr-aiu ri.n
--ir-1 i. f(.UrfW»:
Oetobir .... Mi.ft 1 -,0.i0 30.1 m 30,10
Ja.'l Ijsry ..." 3'.. HI 33.70 33.75
M.i-di 37.70 37,78 33.72 37. *1
May 35,“ii '1*1.03 35 15 55. 'IS
July 33 73 31.14 iS.Tt 1 '*o
Nation-Wide Crusade
j Against Reds Results
i in tbe Arrest of 2,000
Mem h is
1 IMBECILE SHIS
WM ALIENIST
EY CHANDLER SPRAGUE.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
Los Angeles. Sifting with unmoved
'•"untcn.inee in n crow tied court room
Friday 1 tarry S New, Jr., heard himself
I'tiaracturizetl as a high kratio imbecile.
Tho battle of tlio alienists over tho man
who is all* god to havo shot to (loath his
nwoo;In art. FretUi Lessor, is on and tho
first round was fought Friday.
•'Fought” is tho right word.
So sove.ro and searching was tho cross*
examlimtjon of District Attorney Wool*
win that the entire day wan taken up
with the testimony of one expert.
This was It. Kohs Moore, local author
ity on mental and nervous diseases, and
it was ha who called Harry New nn im
becile The doctor did not put it that
way. however—-nt first. He called him
a moron, and was willing to let it go at
hat, but Mr. Woojwin showed consider
able interest In the word.
"Tlia 1 s the newest term. Isn’t it doc
tor?” be inquired.
"Yes, it is comparatively recent, ten
or fifteen years, I suppose.”
• * Weil, what does it mean?”
‘lt nmans a high grade imbecile. \
person with an intellect, just below the
average but* not so bad **fT as to look
ihe part. Marry New is feeble minded.
Ho has definite limits In his ability to
learn \vha» the average person learns,
and thus to develop Into what we might
.term <* reasonably intellectual man. lie
has tic intellect of a boy of 1? years of
nge “
This definition did nol come right at
tin* start, how* v.-r. First came the doc
tor's view as to whether New was in
cane at the time of the killing. Hut. even
before that claim- tin* reading of tho
much-press og -ntr d hypothetical ques
tion. in elvonogilical order, this i;i what
happened:
When rour began. Fompl* Davis,
senior counsel for Hie accused man, be
gun t.he reading of the question while, tho
five doctors who arc to testify for the de -
fendant listened. Oh. .that, question!
Fifteen thousand words of cold type, ft
was tip* longest, quest ion i.i the history of
fxm Angeles court cases and the clear,
melodious voice of th'* reader went on
and (»ii like Tennyson's brook, for two
bon *h and one minute. Then he stopped
and the court took a. recess.
Dr. Moors took the « and aft* i the re
cess, and right off tin* bat. Mr. Dav*
asked him:
"Now, doctor, in view of this question,
In view of the circumstances to which It
relate, of tlm defendant’s life and tho
influene s to which It has men subjected.
1 will ask you whether you consider that
at the tine* he committed Hi* alleg'd
'•rime he was . me or Insane, and wheih-
L«- you believe he war aid** to tell the dif
ference between right and wrong'”
Tho answer tame without hesitation
•j consider him to have been insane and
believe lie could not distinguish between
right, and wrong.”
“Take, the witness,” said the defense
counsel to District Attorney Woolwlne,
2i nd Dr. Moo re gathered hlrnsejf for the 1
frav. Four solid hours that fray lasted,
and at the end honors were about even,
but the audience had been vastly enllght
i-ned. Lengthy ami learned dissertations
on various phases of Insanity. the he pits
; ,nd type.-, of morons; their limitations
land possibilities nd were brought out
while th* Jury and the crowd listened
with a considerables interest.
Fo the most part the duel was arnica
bh but then* were several sharp tilts
ttmt enlivened the examination. A‘ one
joint Mr Woolwlne was criticising the
doctor's met hod of making bis diagnosis,
whereupon the witness retorted:
“I think I know better how to frinks an
inventus'lon of this nature than you do
how to ask about it ”
Tuts between counsel nl'n interrupted
Lb* proceedings occasionally, during one
ol which Mr. Davis took n sly “shot”
i bis oppemntH that drew a smile even
from thorn.
MAYOR DIES
New Orleann, La. Majo. IB.mid F
11,-rrlrlt, idioi l,v «n unidmitlflcd x.’";' 1 ,
)n ]i Ih limin' TluirwUiy ’“Bn*. d‘<'d
tit local liowiilta! <«rly
Mi* tor HHr'.civ «■!>■■ flw O';" 1
, rh|.|.:-rt tvlth mutt wh» r.ttit.
~1 Ini.l lilH home. Tbs Intruder f.r. tl nl
: r.iriet and ■ M aped when bin vic
tim fell to thi floor.
Phyklciana ytht.-rday, -<B <-r Major
1 It-f ,f.'k rcffalm-d conailouanoH*.. wit"
♦jt.ic fnl tbai h« would rt-cover, nlthonao
his wound •*;.a racardod »« a*’r.ir."ly
ti n [.. folia I.ant nlffht lilh condition It -
worm and dcattt came curly to-
GEORGE WASHINGTON
WANTS PRESIDENCY
Pierre, VD. VirtonpAft h* b* i*ited
:. ts r- of ft*- Hr** • g' t upon the
ballots of differ*-, v parties of tills
mate us presidential candidates
•«. e*. those of f Jeorgc V\ ashlrigtoo.
of Brooklyn. S. V . who wan'ed a
plttc* us th* candidate of tin* new
American party; Lucy Lag* 1 las
tou. nl FhktllJ'o H. lie publican,
whose «-t ter head >*i»*#w<!*l her io la?
hi *d of the Antl-L’lgai ft* L> k'o*',
and Whitfield I*eon Tuck o' Wln
«’hc*;t**r. Moss., us a to mo* rat. who
l*» f. !i eir.bi r of t!»* Woodrow Wl2*
«. no* *»f ‘tie*** were accorn*
punM I'V pet it lon* arid nit enme in
after (liiug dat*, they will not be
plac ed ot» tbf* bfillot’j.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Washington. —Arrests in the nation-wide radical raid la t niftht and today
had o\< , »>ed«*d I,f>oo at noon, it was estimated at the department of justice. Mot v
than half this number probably will L»* held for deportation, olTlcdals raid.
New York.—Department of justice agent?- announced today they were ex
amining the literature .seized in the raids last night to determine whether Lud
wig ('. \. K Martens, self-styled am bnss.uior to the United States of the Uuh
si:m soviet republic, was connected with the contribution ol tho communist. pr*q*-
:igandn in this country. If this conneciion is cstai*llsbc«l, they said, they had
: ufflciont evidonce to warrant his deportation The senatorial committee in
vestigating soviet activities will be notified of the result of the investigation.
Washington.—Nation-wide raids b> department of justice, agents lasi n,ght
in thirty-three cities, resulted in the arrest of several hundred members of
tlie Dommiinist I-'arty and the Communist I>abor Party of America.
Upwards of 12,000 warrants were is'-omd in connection with the raids, which
\*or>- timed to take place at !* p. m.. according to the u nnotinoemcnt mad*, at
Attorney Gorteral IhUnier’s office.
The nnunborß or the ifertlos raided «re .ill aliens, it was stated, and ant
charged with conspiring to overthrow* b> force and violence the government *>t
tlie United States and to bring about in ita stead th establishment of a soviet
gov»*!*nincnt similar to that now in it'issla.
The raids wore the result of inve «tl gat ions made by the department of
just!. .- extending back over three mo nth> Tin only «Dfi« r. n«» bet v.-con tbe
(’ommunlst. Payty and the CoinmunisC Labor I’arLi, it was atated. 1:> that *>t
Uad«*rship.
Violent literature aimed at th.* overtiirow of tl»o government sccnrcti in
tin* invi-.stlgation which !vid to ih< m Ids was made public by the department
of justice. It shows that the members of tin two pari lea planned to amuljra
matc the negroes of the. country in th«ir movement.
The two Communist parties, according to the department of justice. ir
port virtually the same ends advocated by the "Third International t'oritmun
iat” Tnovpmonb which urges world revolution and which was orfpinD-cd in
llusshi by and Trotzky at the convention held in Moscow last March
The announcement that these raid** had been made bet night constituted,
it was stated, tho answer of Attorney <Jcm*.ral i'almer to the •■rttiubm■•■*
iu:nlo by Maclay Ifoynn, state’s attorn* y. t’bicago, who claimed that raids * on
ducted by him in Oh lea go had not. received support from tho department of
JUHlh'O.
It was for tho very reason that last night s raid* wore in pro* • of plan
ning that the attorney general did not drslr* State's Attorney Hoym> to pro
• •('■‘l with his operations in Chi*ago. Attorn* * Oonoral I'ahm r mad** public
•ast night a copy of a letter written him on December D, requesting Mi.
Moyne to defer rnakjng tlie Chicago ra*d.", lest they Interfere with th* ftdvcrn*
ment’s move last night.
Where Raids Staged.
The cifl*»s in which raida wore n».ide
by d*purtment of juttice agents la.st
night arc:
New York.
Boston,
Duffalo.
< ’hi cage,
* ’lcvolaml,
Denver,
i Moines,
i »rtrolt,
• Jrand Dupida.
Hurt ford. Conn.
Toledo.
Tronton, N'. J.
PortJand. Me.
iridlaimiiolis, led
.Tacksonvillo. Fla. %
kanwiH f’lty,
Los Angelos.
1/oulsville, Ky'.
Milwunk* e,
Newark, N. J .
< »mnha,
I ’it t. burg.
Fbiladeipbia.
Portland, Ore.
Sun l*Yancisco»
.Scranton, f’a.,
Spokane, Wui'h.
St Louis,
St Paul.
Springfield, Ma»n. ,
Syracuse, NT. Y
ft wan stated that all the members of
tho parties for whom warrants wore la
mud were aliens, arid that they were of
various nationalities. Russians, Ger
mans and Austrians predominated. It was
stated.
Tho Literature.
The following sample literature cap
tured by department of justice ai»entw
from headquarters of the Gommuntsl
parties viau g.iven out tonight:
"The ('onnniiniht Party of America It;
tho party of the working class. Th*
Fommunist of America proposes to end
cnpltallain and orgatdr.o a workers' In
dustrial republic. The, workers must
control industry and dispota of the pro
ducts of industry. The f'ommiinlst Party
Is a marly realizing the limitations of all
existing workcra* organizations and f»ro-
I»os*-H lo d*-V(*lop Uic revolutionary move
rnent n«c<*m«iry to free th<* w*>rk< rs from
th** opproaoion of capitalism The Com
munist. Party imdsts that the probh*mH
of the American workers arc Identical
with the problems of th* l workers of the
world.
"The Communist Party Is Hie conscious
expression of th* elaj-::i struggle of tho
work* rn against capitalism. Its aim is
to direct thin struggle to th*- conquest
of i>oliticiiJ fK)wer, the overthrow of cap
italism and the destruction of tin* bour
geois* state.
' Tim Communist Party prepare** it-elf
for the revolution in th* me;is»ir« that I'
develops a program of Iriimcdiat** action,
oxpr*ssing th* mass struggles of tins
proletariat. Tl.«h*- struggles must be
Impir-d with revolutionary pirlf .md
purpo-tert.
"The fommuniNt Parly Ih fundam*nt
ollly a flirty of action. It brln*'. tho
work* rs a *:onHciousncss of their * xj/r*.,
sion *»l the Impossibility of improving
their condition under capitalism. The
Communist Party directs the workers
struggle, against capitalism, developing
fuller lor f jim amJ purposes iti ibis Ht.rug
gi**, culminating in the mass action of
the revolution. . .. .
"lu dos*- connection with the uu 'killcd
workers is the problem of negro workers.
The negro problem is a political arid
♦*< or ornlc pobiein. Ttlo ro* ial ’ *pr*
slot* of th*- negro Is simply the * M»r* “*
ion of iih * < onotrite bandage and oj*pr»
, loii, «-ach Intensifying the other " his
oriipllct*t t.-n the negro probl* m, but do« t
not alter It m proletrian character Iho
c ommuriUt Party will carry or. agltfitlou
limong th- negro workers to unite them
with ai, < 1 ;i• *son::ciouH workers.
Palmer’* Letter.
Attorney G« nernl I'almcr'H lei.rr lo
lioyru , «lat* *i lrc< S(!t, reaoi■
"I him- Jurl conoliwletl * 'Onf. rrn*:':
with A -l/tanr Attorney Gnii-ral Kraii-'l"
p Gurvari urn. H|«cl»l Anele.nnt to tl*-.
Attorney <J.-n«ral -John T. CrelfhUm. r>-
f-uriJitiK unti-lpatiMl action by your or
li-e ir* Cook "ourity. which you hay •* ■'•
cunvwl with oolh of them Mr. ( rel«htoii
ti.forma ro< tt.at tor etatu MUtJir.rlt,.
ltri'J.-r -our Jurisdiction V «*C.oii t.oußty
ar*- coritcmpltitniff czf.cririvo of
certain members* r,t certain rudhal or
ganizatiOiis In (*hlcag« with a vl*:w to
l.ro,a"ul lm till Individual* under U« -
iilli.oi . lit ate lawn and fur I her that you
If, It-.- IO Initiate then, arreita at It mret.,
1.. which It l» aald will probably t« k«j j
plae or. th* Bret of January, or soon
tiierr after.
■ A doubt leaa you have mfrrr- .1 from
.jr.v.-reatloi.e wlt.h Mr. rfarvan ar.d Mi
rireiyiiton, lha d*»>unme»it of Jurdlce Ir
■iinl'ii f'latlt.i ii nation-wide .unipalmr
.leu!, ar c.rta. . ffroup* of radlcala. which
If ihit i-o as we cnpßit, will tak. place
In .rv mar future. The object of
our or'rvltter will t.c to secure, to r.ub- I
to ti.. department of labor cu-cm fori
U,o nr-i.-irtatlott of a very lurife numtw-i ,
if aome of our rnoet dmifferou* ..:,ureli-|
1.. un,; .-adh'al aaitetor
-ft would he extremely unfortunate
for the rountt' a' la-g< arid tor the ad-1
mini.'ration If the local euthprltlve. It. I
HOME
EDITION
THIS WEATHER—-Augtiata and* vicinity:
Fair tonight and Sunday.
a city of Much great importance a - <t l; .
Cairo, should conduit a raid direct id at
Ihe same clans of Individual. on a die
prior to that net for nsMoaiai action, and
thereby semi t 0 cover all over th. I'nit. d
Ktatcis large number* of Indlvlduaks
whom we have great hopOH of appi, bund
ing for rirportatlon.
“L am therefore asking (hat you defer
the malting of such extensive , rt ,
for a ahorl period of time, ht n mmv hoi
to rxctoxl ten days, until the depart mm. t
•an epmplete Re arrangement;. for ttu na
tion-wide activities.
Not Local Mitt.r,
"AVer, || lr sputter purely lor; 1 I ■
hapti would not feel that the Cnitod
.States government should eai: upon ,
for tills favor, hut Inasmuch as tin
ualion Is national In neope, villi Much a
tremendous result al -lak., l f.-. i it Si
uni Improper to ark tula ot you at uti’s
I i m r.
"Please rest assured that the depart
n»ent stunds ready to render you any as
slstuiice In its power conshitoiit with us
Ollier official duties In the preparation
ami prosecution or such cap - under v.uir
Hlalc law as you may see fli lo bring
against offenders In Cook County and
will attempt in every postil bit way i ,t
to interfere with your plans.
“Mr Creighton will leave shortly for
Chicago, and will have a further i;or,-
ference with you, after which I fr. | ,iim
you will he atde to eotrp lo a mutuallv
acceptable understanding that will lm
beneficial lo y our offlei an wi ll n i t„
mine in the. handling of I hose matters
4,000 in Middle West.
Chicago..-Approximately on third of
the more than 4,000 alleged radicals n
ron ted in the federal department of Jus
tice's rcrortd drive ft, ml America of lie,
form* i <if anarchy irid bult.hov.Mii to.h.
were hi Jails in tin cnnttul teal A
moat. 1,1100 of the number wen arrest, ,1
al f'totrolt and Chicago, whnh d.inn'-
menl of justice official: hat, dec luted
wire ufrongholds of organisations In
imical to ttie government. hundred
wire under arrest. ;it Ini toll arid ahout
250 muri wer< added lo Ihi I'fin Isk. n ;,
Chicago In the New Yoar'it Uav drive hy
slate and city officials.
Itepartmem of justice agents toilay
still nought a number of alleged red lead
ers for whom thyy had presidential war
rants charging aiding and aliening a
rnovcnnc.nl to overthrow the govi i iiiii . i,t
of Um I'lilted .Slates by fen-, and tin
lence. Soup: of Ihe men and women ar
rested w ere released almost Innnedlnt rlv
and additional releases wero In prospect
today until the gloss rtsulls of the raids
wi re thinned down to those the gov.-re
mi nt plans to send after Alexander Berk-
Inan and lamni.i lidMriian to .sjyirt llu
sla nnd Other countries they ramc from.
Ollier raids In th* eentral west wero
conducted quietly and with precision.
Nowhere did the federal agents and rtaio
and city officers who aided them encoun
ter opposition.
The drive was directly mainly nt mem-'
leers of the Communists' oraanlra»l ions
and motif of those arrested were Itussiuns
with a scattering or Gormans, hut a
number of repretc,datives of other radi
cal organisations end nationalities wera
entangled In the net.
In the southwest few arrests wer*
made ITinctpally they were at Kant;,4
fifty. Kan., where 15 men were taken.
They were ItussluiiK and Jugo-Klavs !
Mainly they were employes of packlr •
houses nnd In railroad tiirhn and ha ll
tii'-n under survelllarithree months
A 1 Rockford, Ills ik.t alleged rad 1,-a't
were uit, -ted. Milwaukee and Cleve
land re Itk, and from 75 to 10*1 per
ettis were arrested were thi only other
central western epics of trior, thmi t
'login In which rads wer, conducted
where the number of am i N approxi
mated three figured. other reitor's
wore:
Ht. Iciiiiß 16. Louisville ;f> Grand Roii-
Ids 25; lies Moines. Is.. 14. R, no r ft;
Ht. t-aul |0; Minneapolis 17; Toledo 4.
Racine. Wls., 0; Last Si. Louie. Ill;, 4;
Otnuha, Neb. I*.
Federal officials hi Chicago said that
• hey expected the co-operation or the
state's attorney who directed the New
Year arrestn In turning over prisonerv
that It Is desired to deport - Naturalised
radicals Brrresird hi that time prohaldt
will he prosecuted i,i,A r th< itrie: -.•cl
i'»llst law, It was stated.
New York
Naw York.—Radicals held lure today
a a it result of New York's *«ure of las'
night’s country-wide round-up of apt - !
tie of anarchy, violence and redltio; ,
numbered between 100 and liin. Tie- r, •'
nylnder of the six or seven hundt "d
eV.ed wer' reduced during the night as
ter un Investigation nn.l will he watch ml
by federal agents Kxact /Kurus sen
withheld.
It It understood that all aliens named
in the warrant* will he deported ns soon
as possible, and that Anter'ent eitlitci,*
among- the “reds ' will he turned over to
police authorities for prosecution. It wa*
Hid that MW deportation warrant a as
rcadx f- - Now York's agitators alone.
Theta -A I *■ \ , 1: (la ,< f I'd i 1 .' t a
:f. v.m ..i f th • fomirithlr: 1 ■ ~i'l<;«
!< ',cl' ill'l'.d m> t'lq,' *SO.)