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VOLUME XXXI, No. 219
SENATE VOTES TO BANISH NOOSE
Today’s Augusta
News Told In
Paragraphs
Mrs. Rosa Dross was slightly in
jured about 8:30 Wednesday morn
ing when thrown through the wind
shield of automobile driven by W.
A. Dross, of 1717 Fenwick street,
near the Butte Memorial Bridge at
the intersection of Fifteenth and
Hicks streets. Officer Walter F.
Holley reported at police head
quarters that L. A. Berkmeyer, of
North Augusta, drove his car out
of Allen Park into Fifteenth street,
striking the car of P. W. White, of
915 Heard avenue, the impact
knocking White's car over into the
car Dross was driving, Dross' car
being knocked into the path of a
truck of the Augusta Roofing Com
pany. Considerable damage to all
four vehicles was reported. Mrs.
Dross was the only person report
ed injured.
BURGLAR DROPS SACK
OF CIGARETTES, FLEES.
Officers Foster, Cain and Cart
ledge went to the warehouse of Ar
rington Brothers Wholesale Grocery
Company at about 3:30 Wednesday
morning on a call from a white man
named Anderson, who lives near
the warehouse. The officers report
that Anderson told them a negro
man was seen coming out of a sec
ond story window, throwing three
sacks to the ground ahead of him.
Mr. Anderson, say the officers, re
ported having fired twice at the
burglar who dropped his booty and
fled, making good his escape. Upon
examination of the sacks they were
found to contain about 25.000 cigar
ettes. Officers say they have some
clues which may lead to an arrest.
FACE CHARGES OF
VIOLATING-PROHI LAW.
Charges of violation of the pro
hibition law have been entered at
police headquarters against the fol
lowing:
Lillie Coleman, Sam Turner, Mat
tie Turner and Tom Hammond, all
colored. City Detectives Tebow
and Brown and Sergeant ‘Wilkins
and Officer W. F. Britt handled the
cases.
EXAMS FOR ASSISTANT
FIRE DEPT. CAPTAINS.
The Civil Service Committee an-
Continued on Page 2 /
‘PACIFIST’ CHARACTER
OF U. S. ‘IMPERIALISM’
FLAYED BY TROTSKY
MOSCOW'. The "pacifactory”
character of the "American im
perialism" formed the chief subject
of a lengthy address delivered by
War Minister Trotsky recently in
the pi-ospects of international pro
gress. The address which was giv
en before several thousand work
ers and communists students last
week on the tenth anniversary of
the outbreak of the world war, is
published in the solvent newspa
pers W'ednesday.
Trotzky said he considered it as
the greatest paradox and one of
history's jokes that "America,
which is supported by its indus
trialists and which helped to crush
Germany in order to keep out a
solid competitor, emerged from it
ithe war) with a pacifist reputa
tion.”
The United States, the war min
ister said, now has definitely en
tered the pathway of active im
perialistic world politics and "while
it has not yet learned to realize its
own great power, it studies on Eu
rope's flesh and bones how to use
it."
"The American capitalists" he
added. “con not allow England,
France and Germany to regain
their markets, as they themselves
need them."
Referring to a speech made by
Secretary Hughes during his re
cent visit to I-ondon Trotzky said:
"America already dictates to Eu
rope, but its chief aim is to put
capitalistic Europe on rations and
to Ralkanize it. The United States
■pacifist' program is full of grave
consequences as it prepares the
ground for new wars of stupen
dous character."
- The soviet minister emphasized
that America's "attempt to put
Europe on rations” could not pass
without national and "class resis
tance” he urged the European pro
letariat to unite in order to com
bat this "imperialistic American
ism.”
NEWS iN BRIEF
Conductor is killed and 1* pas
sengers are injured when wooden
elevated train crashes into steel
subway train near Brighton Beach,
New York City.
Dr. Duncan L. Despard. noted Phil
adelphia surgeon, and nerve specialist,
dies from gunshot , wounds inflicted
by Alfonso Masi. said to have been a
former patient, who afterwards killed
himself.
United States Senator Arthur Cap
per, republican farm bloc leader and
candidate to succeed himself, has
commanding lead, according to early
returns in Kansas primaries.
Executive council of the American
Federation of Labor appeals to JO,OOO
affiliated unions to begin immediate
campaign in behalf of Senators La
Follette and Wheeler and other can
didates endorsed by Federation.
Prince of Wales accepts invitation
to occupy country home of Mr and
Mrs. Abercrombie Burden, at Syosset.
\Long Island, during hia visit to Am
erica in September.
Probable formation of "new third
t»arty” from conference for progres
sive political action which brought
about independent cand'dacy of Sen
ator LaFoliette Is of "utmost signifi
cance" federal council of churches de.
dares in industrial review of year.
Dense fogs and poor visibility
caused accident which forced Major
A Stuart Ms'Lsren British world
fl'er to abandon project according to
ord from Canadian trawler. Thiep
val. which is bringing filer to Van
wnrx b. a
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
New Plane Will Be Put In World Flight
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Actual Slaying of Franks Laid to Loeb
*Boston ir Will
Be Sent to Wade
In Nova Scotia
WASHlNGTON.—Arrangements were completed
Wednesday by the army air sendee to send an airplane
from Langley Field, Virginia, to Pictou Harbor, Nova Sco
tia, to be used by Lieutenant Leigh Wade from that platje
over the remaining route of the world flight in company
with the two other fliers.
Lieutenant Wade’s origin
al craft, the Boston, was
wrecked near Faroe Islands.
The substitute will be chris
tened the Boston 11. It is
the extra Douglas machine
used by pilots during their
training for the flight and
will be flown from Langley
Field by Lieutenant George
C. McDonald. The date of
the departure has not been
definitely determined.
Stops will be made at Key
port, N. J., Boston and
either Bar Harbor or Rock
land, Maine, during the trip
to Nova Scotia.
REYKJAVIK" Lieuten
ants Lowell H. smith and
Eric Nelson, the United
States army world aviators
expect to remain here sev
eral days following their
stormy trip from Hoefn
Hornafjord, on the eastern
Iceland coast Tuesday. The
fliers said they could start
today on their Greenland
flight except for the uncer
tainty of the situation at
Angmagsalik, where the
worst ice conditions in years
are reported.
NO CERTAINTY OF
LANDING PLACE
The airmen do not like the pros
pect of a 480 mile flight over open
water with no certainty of a prop
er landing place. The reporta from
Angmagsalik are conflicting, there
being no assurance as yet that the
supply steamer Gertrude Rask, re
ported Tuesday caught In the ice
15-miles off shore, had been able to
deliver her supplies for the air
men's next stop.
Major Clarence E. Prumrine of
the United States army air service
who was awaiting the filers here
when they arrived Tuesday Is can
vassing the situation but is uncer
tain as yet when it will be feasible
to continue the flight.
Preparations were made early
Wednesday to pull the planes
ashore for minor repairs. This
work will require less than a day's
time. The machines came through
their battle with the high wind on
the flight here from Hornafjord
Tuesday in good shape despite the
fact that the gale at time was so
furious that it carried away part
of the radio antennae of the cruiser
Richmond, flagship of the patrol
fleet. At one point the planes were
forced to proceed sideways the
engine* working at an eighty mile
an hour rate but making scarcely
any progress. When the Chicago
and New Orleans arrived over
Reykjavik they found the harbor
crowded with shipping. It had
been planned on this account for
them to land outside the sea wall
but this was impracticable be
cause of the rough water. The pi
lots were equal to the emergency,
however, and made a beautiful
landing in the limited space In
which they had to work inside the
harbor.
GREAT BRITAIN AND
RUSSIA REACH
AGREEMENT
LONDON—A settlement be
tween Great Britain and soviet
Russia was finally reached at
3:JO o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, it waa announced in the
hou»e of commons by Arthur
Pontonby, under secretary cf
state for foreign affairs. A
breakdown of the negotiations
with th* Russian delegation was
reported Tueeday.
BEN TURPIN INJURED
LOS ANGELES—Ben Turpin whose
twisted gain hr!p»d him to fame as
a screen comedian, now also ha* a
; broken ankle, It w-ae learned Wednes
day His physicians, after making an
i cx-ray examination announced h*
I would h* laid up for three weeks.
I flipping on a greasy garage floor
I capped the isjury..
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
DAVIS TO CONFER
WITH NUMBER
OF PARTY
LEADERS
NEW YORK.—After a day of rest
at his home at Locust Valley, Long
Island, John W. Davis, democratic
party standard bearer had another
busy day ahead of him Wednesday
at his personal headquarters in this
city.
Engagements with a number of
party leaders were on his calendar
and further discussions with his cam
paign manager, Clem L. Shaver, re
garding organisation elections were
booked. The chairman of the finance
committee, upon which will devolve
the task of raising campaign funds,
has been selected but his name has
not yet been made public.
Because of a pressure of work be
fore he leaves for Clarksburg Friday
Mr, Davis has decided to cut short
his visit to Hyde Park, N. Y., to at
tend a rally of Duchess county demo
crats. Instead of leaving here Wed
nesday night and returning Friday he
will crowd the trip into a single day.
Leaving here Thursday morning he
will have luncheon with Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, at their coun
try home at Hvde Park before going
to the picnic. Immediately after that
event Is over the nominee will re
turn here, traveling on a train which
will make a special stop at Pough
keepsie to pick him up.
Mrs. Davis, who was to have ac
companied him on his trips, cancell
ed her part of the program In order
to go to Philadelphia to join the fam
ily of Duncan Despard. a close friend
of the Davis* who was killed Tues
day by Alonso Masl.
SEVERE STORM
In Wisconsin Takes Toll In
Life and Property
MILWAUKEE, Win.—Wisconsin'*
most severe storm In years has
taken a terrific toll In property and
life and the end is not yet. accord
ing to surveys made Wednesday.
Property loss will run Into mil
lions of dollars and eight deaths
are traceable to the storm. Blast
ing of large expensive concrete
bridges near West Bend, Wls., to
permit a faster flow of flood wa
ters as necessary measure was go
ing forward Wednesday under the
direction of state engineers.
More than fifteen bridges of the
Chicago & Northwestern and Chi
cago, Milwaukee A. St. Paul Rail
roads, between Milwaukee and
Green Bay. are washed away, all
train service on North Branches
discontinued Indefinitely and hun
dreds of volunteers are aiding In
the work of repair.
PONZI ENDS
PRISON TERM
PLYMOUTH, MASS. Charles
Ponzi, hla term as a federal pris
oner ended, left the Plymouth Jaii
Wednesday. Accompanied by a
deputy sheriff he went to Boston
to try to arrange for the furnish
ing of $14,000 bail required of him
on charges brought in the state
courts in connection with hia fi
nancial schemes.
Four years ago Ponzi attracted
the attention of the whole country
by his offer to pay huge interest on
abort term Investment* in his se
curities exchange- company of Bos
ton, which purported to operate a
plan of dealing In international
postal reply coupons and to be
making great profits through the
depreciation in foreign exchange.
Thousands of persons entrusted
millions to him and many of them
received the promised profit*.
Finally the authorities stepped
In and closed up his business Pon
zi was convicted in the federal
court on charges of .using the mails
in a scheme to defraud, the testi
mony Indicating that the postal
coupon scheme had not been oper
ated as represented. Ponzl's com
pany went Into the hand* of re
ceivers, his palatial home In Lex
ington, was sold for the benefit of
creditors and he wee aentenced to
Jail for five year*. With the usual
remittance for good behavior hi*
tarm expired Wednesday,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 6, 1924
A Stow Without Words
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‘Concessions to Cowardice’
at Political Conventions
Flayed By K. of C. Speaker
NEW TOR—The recent conven
tions of the groat political parties
were criticised for making conces
sions to cowardice, by the Right
Rev. Bernard J. Mahoney, bishop
of Sioux Falls, S. D., In Hn address
before the annual convention of the
Knights of Columbus Wednes
day.
"The gatherings which should
have crytallized the soul of Amer
ica made a concession to coward
ice,” ho said, “because of the fear
that the question for votes might
suffer an expression of opinion on
the movement abroad that would
eliminate Catholics from the privi
lege of citizenship and the molu
ments of public life.”
Bands of men who "at the foot
of a flnming cross are gambling
Harris Gets Cooperation of
Chemical Warfare Service to
Test Poison Gas on 801 l Pest
ATLANTA. Oa.—Senator W. J
Harris, of Georgia, under an ap
propriation of $25,1100, has secured
tho co-operation of the chemical
warfare service of the war depart
ment with the Georgia, experiment
station at Griffin In test* of poison
gas to kill the boll weevil in Geor
gia. the senator announced Wed
nesday.
General Fries, ehlef of the poison
gnu department. h;is requested n
DEATH BY BULLETS
Await Three Men Hiding In
Colorado Mine
GRAND JUNCTION, Col —Death by
bullets from the guns of guard* work
ing under federal and county officials
late Tuesday night awaited the three
men suspected of a $15,000 postAffice
robbery, who arc hiding in the work
ings of an abandoned mine at Pali
sade near here.
A. W. Demlng, postal Inspector,
who is co-operating with County
Sheriff Watson In the effort to take
the three fugitives Issued orders to
the guards to shoot to kill If any of
tho three auspecta are sighted.
This order followed the completion
of a death trap at a point 200 feet, in
tho main entrance of th* mine. Tho
three men are known to have visited
that point In the workings at a late
hour each night. Guards strung
electric wires near the spot working
two group* of lights, on* on each sld*
of the place where the men mee>. If
they visit the place at night one ut
the guards who is stationed at. a
point of vantage will pull a switch
and the place will be flooded with
light. Other guards, who lie in wait
for the men, will fire with deadly In
tent, In accordance with the other Is
sued by Inspector Demlng.
The plan to kill the three men was
Inaugurated after officers and guards,
who have, been besieging the mine
since they trace/] the men to the
mouth of Ihe mine Kunduy, gave up
hop* of taking them ailve.
away the seamless garment of our
national happiness, were bitterly
denounced. "In tills land of the
free and the homo of the brave," ho
continued, "we are confronted with
the spectacle of men who would
make war on others with the
stealth of a guilty conscience and a
courage of the underworld.
"For the time being it would
seem that with many the birthright
of American honor and fair play
has been bartered away for some
mess of pottage and that the free
dom which is our proudest boast and
our most glorious heritage was in
danger of being swallowed up In
fanaticism and unjustifiable dis
crimination. Through indifference
or curioalty or self Interest, the
great mass of the people look on."
conference between representa
tives of the war deportment, and of
ficials of the experiment Htatlon in
order to work out plana for the
teats.
Senator Harris Wednesday wns
advised of the willingness of the
war department to co-operato in
the experimental working In this
state In tho general fight by the
federal government on the boll wee
vil. It was stated.
FLORIDA MAN HELD
Ou Charge of Recruiting
Georgia Labor
KDISON, GA.—J. L. Parrish of
Panama City. Fla. is out under
bond of $2,000 following a. prelim
inary hearing Wednesday on a
charge of recruiting farm laborers
from this section and taking them
to Florida. Owing to experience with
their labor, a large number of farm
ers attended the hearing held yes
terday before Justices of the Peace
D. B Clements and J. W. Rogers.
Locnl citizens, relatives of the ac
cused man, went on his bond.
Jap Destroyer Is
Wrecked By Storm
TOKIO.— Japan cm* rientroy+r No. 4.
while engaged with thr*e other war
crusts In #lght. manriuver* was caught
in a storm and driven against the
rocks at th*; sntran'-* to H'ppu har
bor, early Wednesday morning, nr
< ordlng to a message received haro
from Kurr
A hols was torn In tbs hull of the
destroyer and salvage boats war* de
spatched to th* No loss of
Ufa was reported.
Agnes Ayres to Wed
S. Manuel Reachi
LOH ANGLES, t’al —Agnra Ayr**,
motion picture actress ha** announced
bar engagement to marry ts Manual
Itaachl, Attache of the Maxican con-
Milate-general In Ban Francisco, says
the Los Angeles Examiner No data
fc&s bean get for tha wedding.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Confession
of Loeb Is
Told of By
Dr. Glurek
CHICAGO.—Dr. Ber
nard Glurek, of New York
testified at the Franks
hearing Wednesday morn
ing that Richard Loeb
throughout his mental ex
amination of him had ad
mitted that he struck the
blow with a cold chisel
which killed Bob b y
Franks.
Throughout the inves
tigation of the connection
of Loeb and Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., with the mur
der the matter of who
actually struck the fatal
blow had been the unsolv
ed mystery. Both youths
while confessing to the
kidnapping and slaying
accused the other.
OTHER ALIENISTS
DID NOT KNOW
Two defense alienists previously
on the witness stand had failed
they testified to ask the hoys as to
which had struck the fata! blow
and the state had been unable to
bring the point.
Loeb remained Impassive when
Hr. Glurek testified that he had
killed Bobby Franks. Leopold
leaned forward, a grimace on hi*
face, smiled slowly and talked with
counsel.
The statement that Loeb had ac
tually struck the hlow was brought
out under questioning by Benjamin
Bachrach of defense counsel.
"Did Loeb say who struck the
blow?” said Bachrach.
“He told me throughout all de
tails that he. Loch, struck the
blow" replied Glurek.
The hearing suspended until
1:45 p. m. when Mr. Grown Insist
ed upon Dr. Glurek finding Imme
diately some note* regarding tbe
statement he had made that I,oeh
had struck the blows which killed
Bobby Franks.
"Wo are not going to waste a
half hour here, while he looks
through hi* notes," Judge Caverly
remarked with asperity.
Tlie first question Mr. Crowe di
rected to Dr. Glurek on cross ex
amination was as to the day on
which Loeb first admitted striking
the Franks boy. The wlfhess re
ferred to his notes and said it was
not included in those he had In his
hand and It would require some
time to search out th« particular
one wanted.
HEARING MAY LAST
ANOTHER FORTNIGHT
CHICAGO.— Another fortnight of
testimony In mitigation of the pun
ishment to tie imposed on Nathan
Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loch for
kidnapping and murdering Robert
Frank* is in prospect In the bear
ing in which Chief Justice John K.
Caverly exercises the functions of
both Judge and Jury.
Full responsibility for deciding
the fates of the youths has been
accepted by Judge <'a.verly. Ho
Tuesday definitely ruled that tin
boys are sane ns far as his court
is concerned and that he will de
cide whether the defense, through
its alienists, has produeed any
thing to alleviate the penalty.
Hl* ruling wm Intended to preclude
any further attempt* of the state to
turn the hearing Into a Jury trial to
determine the sanity of the slayer*.
Dr. Bernard Glurek, of New Pork,
third psychiatrist to take the sIH/id
for the defense was ready W.-dnesdoy
to continue bis testimony which we*
expected to follow that already de
tailed by Doctors William A White
of Washington, D. G.. and William
y- ~f Boston. Two or three more
alienist* will be used by the defense
in addition to an undetermined num
ber of other witnesses, among them
members of the boys families. It Is
understood.
Loeb Is a victim of moral Insanity
and Leopold of abnormal and morbid
affection, according to n report, of
Dr Sanger Browq, defense alienist,
made public Wednesday
Because of some defects In hi*
nervous system. mainly In hla brain
Loeb has been unable to perceive
fe,.| and respond to the various obli
gation* of moral end social life n *
doe* a norma! Individual of his age
l-r Brown said Leopopld's affection
for Loeb was *o etrong that he waa
Impelled to conform to his wishes and
become a participant in hla project
the alienist asserted
CAVERLY INCENSED
AT SUGGESTIONS
GHlGAGO—Tncensed by advice
given him In letters that flood his
mall and by statements made pub
licly as to the course he should pur
sue In punishing Nnthan Leopold
Jr., arid Richard Loeb, Chief Justice
Caverly of the criminal court de
clared today su<h people were In
contempt of court.
"It I* contempt of court for peo
ple to try to Intlmidnte a court
while a case la on trial and onyone
On, Qwq '
18 CENTS A WEEK. "
WEATHER
To Make Chair
Legal Method of
Execution In Ga.
ATLANTA, GA.—By a vote of 26 to 21 the senate
Wednesday passed the house bill of Representative Per
kins, providing for the substitution of the electric chair
for hanging as a legal method of execution of convicted
criminals in Georgia.
The bill was debated at length, a dozen senators be
ing heard for and against it. On the roll call the vote was
25 to 21, one short of a constitutional majority. The pres
ident of the senate voted “aye,” giving the bill the consti
tutional majority necessary for its passage.
The bill was amended by Senator Grantham of the
46th, so as to provide that no person now under indictment
for murder shall be affected. This amendment was
adopted 19 to 8.
HOUSE TIES UP
HILL TO MERGE
CITY-COUNTY
GOVERNMENT
ATLANTA. GA —The house of
representatives Wednesday began
consideration of a. bill which pro
poses consolidation of city and
county governments of all cities, ex
cepting Atlanta, which has a pop
ulation In excess of 81.000. At noon
the roll call on this proposal wan
proceeding alowly.
Consideration of ths consolidation
proposal came after the lower
branch of th* legislature had voted
100 to 81 to take the Lankford in
come tax bill from the table and
place It on the calendar. The In
come tax bill had bsen tabled last
year by the house.
Representative Btewart. of Atkin
son. however, motioned for place
ment of the measure today and af
ter Bpeaker Neill had circumvented
n threatened filibuster by Repre
sentative Bowden of McDuffie, the
vote to take It from the table re
sulted.
It was understood the Income tax
measure would be placed before tho
rules committee Thursday and that
a special request that It be made
a special order of business for next
week would bo made.
The consolidation proposal is a
committed substitute for a measure
sponsored by Representative Fow
ler, Wlnshlp Hnd Napier of Bibb
county. It originally was aimed at
cities of morn than Be,ooo Inhabi
tants but Inter was amended by the
constitutional amendments commit
tee of the house so us to Include
cities of 81,000
Georgia Tobacco
Market Opens
ATLANTA, Os,—Warehouses In all
parts of ttie coastsl section of Geor
gia will he opened Wednesday and
millions of pounds of high quality
Georgia grown tobacco placed on the
market.
Approximately 34,000 a'-ree of th»
coaelnl plain of the state Is planted
In tobacco this year and the product
In of a very high grade, according to
experts from the Carolina section
Many cities where sales will be held
ore planning ceremonies for Ihe open
ing of the market and barbecues are
being prepared to accommodate the
throngs expected to attend Among
cities where market* will open to
day are:
Tlfton, Valdosta, Warksh<-ar, Hahl
ra, Vldalla, Nashville and Fitzgerald.
ATLANTA, Oa.—-Georgia's tobacco
market will open Wednesday with
thousands of pounds of the weed
ready to go on sale In the various
crop centers of the state Unoffi
cial estimates have placed the value
of ihe sitae s crop this year at |(l,-
IMl.Wii). Includ'd among (he markets
which will open Wednesday are Val
dosta, Tlfton, Itlackehesr, Vldalla,
Fitzgerald and Nashville.
WILMINGTON. N O —Prices rang.
!ng from IK cents to 41 rents a pound
were reported from various towns In
eastern North Carolina which Tues
day opened their warehouses for the
beginning of the 1H24 tobacco season.
At Whltevllle peak prices of 43
rents a pound with a fine grade of
i leaf was reported, while at Rowland,
approximately 30,000 pounds ware
ieeid 'dfJ average «{ 1| .cuts.
HOME
EPITIPM
li»«i i ill
Augusta and vicinity: Generally fair
tonight and Thursday.
PORT TERMINAL
BILL IS PASSED
ATLANTA. Ga -Senator Gas
ton's port terminal bill providing
for submission to the people of a
constitutional amendment under
which 15,000,000 dollars In bonds
for the development of a state port
would he issued was passed by the
senate Wednesday morning by a
vote of 36 to 8. Senators Mason.
Davis, Mutidy, Moore and Johns
spoke for the bill During the roll
call Senators Flcklen and Grant
ham spoko briefly against tt while
Senator Parker spoke In favor of
the bill. The latter sea ..tor voted
against the bill when It came up
for passage last week.
ATLANTA. Oa-—-The resolution
of Representative Wimberly of
Toombs to investigate the Georgia
public service commission, flrvog
ably reported Wednesday moffting
by general Judiciary No. 1. o» mo
tion of Senator Johns of the 27th
was recommitted to the same com
mittee. Senator Johns stated that
the committee meeting at. which
the bill was reported was not so
fully attended as desired and the
bill will be considered again
A bill by Senator Mundy to
amend the tax law to make the ba
sis of occupational tax on foreign
corporations the amount of money
Invested in the State of Georgia,
Was passed. 81 to 0.
Loud applause front Senators
greeted the announcement of a
messenger from the house of rep
resentatives that the biennial ses
sions bill had been passed In the
lower house. Senator Spense, of
the eighth by unanimous consent
had hla bill regulating lunacy pro
ceedings restored to the calendar.
It failed passage Tuesday.
Many uneontesfed local bill*
were pnased early In the session.
President Coolidge
Is “Boiling Down**
Acceptance Speech
iPresident Coolidge
ha* decided to limit hi* speech ac
cepting the republican nomination to
discussion of a few major topic*
To this end he I* "boiling down"
the first draft of hi* address careful
iecf’J* «*/ ,d i* n< * touching many sub
,l n. f ft ,'» u *h< n k'v telling friends
he Just could not treat *ll thing* of
Interest In the United States i„ on*
Among the toples Mr. Coolidge Is
expected to emphasise l„ hi* address
in its final form sr« the adminis
tration a record in foreign relation*,
government economy and t, x r *dur-
The speech will be delivered
at the formal notification exercises
held on August 14.
AMERICAN EXPERTS
Do Not Hold German Ob
jections Seriously
r( a.ru.e o r>7m m * r ‘ C * n ® xp * rt * wf '«
riad the German memorandum and
covering letter submitted to the al-
LV, th *y did not
believe the objections raised were
likely to prove a serious bar to the
*V*£*"" ~ h" program the Inter
allied body had worked nut. for mak
ing the Dawes plan effective.
It was announced that the "big
fourteen 1 ’ of the conference would
reassemble at it o'clock this eve
ning
The memorandum was an 18-
page document accompanied by a
covering letter. It was a broad sur
vey from the German point of view
whole program of the inter
allied conference as worked out for
the launching of thn Daweg plan. It
did not go Into details but present
ed the German viewpoint regarding
the experts' report pn defaults and
sanctions on the fiscal and econom
ic unity of Germany and the trans
fer of reparation payments, the three
divisions into which the conference
work was divided. In the covering
letter which the Germans presented
two important questions outside the
conference were raised. The first
was the military evacuation of the
Ituhr and the other zones outside
the Rhineland and the second was
the question of the retention of
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