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VOLUME XXXI, No. 220
CHARGE PERJURY IN FRANKS CASE
Today’s Augusta
News Told In
Paragraphs
JAMES ALLEN FACES
BURGLARY CHARGE.
A charge of burglary was enter
ed on the state book at police
headquarters Thursday against
James Allen, colored, it being
charged that Allen brofce into the
home of George Williams, 640 Halo
street, and took some clothes. City
Detectives Charlie Reid and Lee
Horne handled the case.
NEGRO WOMAN IS
SENT TO HOSPITAL.
Lizzie Wade, colored, of 1634
Magnolia Avenue, was taken to the
University Hospital Wednesday
night by Officers Cain and Cart
ledge, the officers reporting that
the woman was suffering focm
knife wounds said by the Wade
woman to have been inflicted by
Bertha Jones, another negro wo
man.
HOME ROBBED. MONEY
AND PISTOL STOLEN.
Officer Foster reports that the
home of Joe Thomas, colored, was
broken into Wednesday night and
some money and pistol taken. The
officer reported that the gas meter
had been robbed.
FAMILY AFFAIR IS
AIRED IN RECORDER'S COURT.
Judge Kent had a busy session
Thursday morning in recorder's
court, one case taking up practical
ly all the time of the court. The
case had to do with a family affair
and there were a number of wit
nesses examined. Several traffic
violations were also on docket, to
gether with one or two cases for
violations of the ordinance on
idling and loitering.
BASEBALL FIGHT CASE
TO COME UP FRIDAY.
Judge Lewis L. Kent, city re
corder. announced Thursday morn
ing that the case against Sam
Wessinger in connection with the
alleged fight at a baseball game at
Alien Park last week would be
called for trial Monday morning.
There are about a score of wit
nesses in this case and the trial
will likely consume over an hour’s
time.
LOMBARD ESTATE IS
NEARLY QUARTER MILLION.
Mrs. Nancy Lombard, widow o£
the late Roswell O. Lombard, was
bequeathed the entire income from
the estate, which is valued at
$218,193.50, and at her death the
estate is to be divided among the
children and grandchildren. The
will was probated in solemn form
Wednesday before Oswell R. Eve,
ordinary.
Alfred O. and Roswell H. Lom
bard, the two sons, and one
daughter, Marion Charlie Cobb, ac-
Continued On Page Two
SENATE REFUSES TO
RECONSIDER ACTION
ABOLISHING GALLOWS
ATLANTA, GA.—By a vote ot
27 to 30 the senate Thursday re
fused to reconsider its action of
Wednesday in passing the Perkins
house bill substituting the electric
chair for hanging as the legal meth
od of execution in Georgia.
Shortly after the session opened.
Senator Smith of the 35th, made the
motion to reconsider.
Senator Duke spoke in favor of
the motion, suggesting that oppo
nents of the proposed legislation
desired to make an effort to amend
it so that it would be acceptable to
all senators. Senator Parker of the
third, spHke in opposition to recon-
urged that the bill as
passed be permitted to stand.
Bv a vote of 36 to 7 the senate
passed a bill by Senator Pace of
the 13th proposing to submit to
the people the question es amend
ing the constitution so as to author
ize the general assembly to pre
scribe by general law, manner and
procedure whereby all matters and
» questions of local nature or affect
ing' only people of one county or
municipality might be determined
by a vote of the people of such
county or municipality without the
necessity of the general assembly
enacting local or special bills with
reference thereto. On motion of the
author the bill was immediately
transmitted to the house.
Over 3,500,000 Pounds of
Georgia Tobacco Is Sold
First Day of Season
MACON, GA.—More than 3.500,000
pounds ot tobacco were sold at auc
tion In the ten Soutern Georgia to
bacco marketing centers during
Wednesday, the opening day of the
season, according to reports to the
Macon Telegraph.
In most Instances, reports Indi
cated that the growers have not
yet brought In their best tobacco,
but the low grades offered brought
a price averaging better than 20
cents a pound or a total cash return
of approximately $600,000.
The season's crop will probably
bring more tahn ten times that
amount, according to estimates that
have been made, and from the good
prices obtained during the day the
total will be considerably over the
estimate.
Some tobacco during the day sold
as low as 4 cent? a pound, but not
much at that figure. Home brought
ns high as 70 cents a pound, this
being a consignment of especially
fine tobacco from Brantley county,
sold at Tifton, and one consignment
at Nashville brought *0 cents a
pound. Valdosta reported some sales
as high as 56 cents a pound, Vl
dalla as high as «6 cents a pound;
Uafctra a* high as 60 cents end Fitz
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Allies and Germans Agree on Defaults
“Big 14”
Parley
Seems
Success
LONDON.—The al
lies and the Germans
have reached a com
plete agreement on the
manner in which de
faults are to be declar
ed under the Dawes
plan.
FRENCH SPOKESMAN
HINTS OF SUCCESS.
LONDON.—After Thursday morn
ing’s meetinfl of the "big fourteen"
of the international conference on
reparations, a French spokesman said
an agreement was in sight by which
Germany would be allowed to address
the inter-allied reparations commis
sion should she be adjudged in de.
fault under the Dawes plan.
It is emphasized by this informant
that this concession would be accord
ed Germany as a privilege rather than
as a right and that the final deter,
mmation of Germany’s possible de
fault must remain strictly an allied
affair.
On this point the French spokes
man was optimistic that the Ger.
mans would accept the agreement
reached by the allied delegates among
themselves before the Germans were
invited to London.
The council of 14 Thursday~«donted
the full text of the report of the first
committee of the Inter-allied confer
ence. The council will meet again at
5 p. m. Thursday to take up the re
port of the third committee.
ADMIT GERMANS
TO DISCUSSIONS.
The conference leaders on the al
lied side ipet first Thursday morning
and shortly after the Germans were
admitted to take part in the discus
sion. It was decided to refer the
question of amnesty for German na
tionals in the occupied territories to
the conference jurists. An agree
ment on this subject is considered
probable.
The French circle has expressed
themselve. satisfied with the morning
meeting. They said the Germans pre
sented their propositions in a mod
erate way and that the tone of the
discussion was most courteous.
One of the French spokesmen as
serted that many of the points put
forward by the Germans were cap
able of adjustment and reconciliation
with the agreements reached by the
allies. It was said that in some in
stances only a slight explanation
seemed necessary to make the Ger
man and allied views coincide
Thursday morning's meeting was
again held in a committee room of
the house of commons so as to per
mit Prime Minister MacDonald to
withdraw from time to time In order
to take his place on the floor of the
house where his proposed Anglo-Rus
sian agreement was being subjected
to a hostile attack.
Ambassador Kellogg told the news
papermen after the first session of
the council that the whole atmos
phere of the conference was good. Al
though the chief difficulties were con
sidered to be centered In considera
tion of the reports of the second and
third committees he was optimistic
and believed, an agreement would be
reached without undue difficulty.
$300,000 BLAZE
MARION, S. C.—The camp Manu
facturing Company, lumber plant
was almost completely destroyed by
fire of unknown origin early Thurs
day morning. The loss Is estimated
at between $300,000 and $400,000.
The plant was heavily Insured.
Recently fire destroyed the com
missary of the Camp company.
gerald reported sales at 45 cents.
Consolidated Figures.
The consolidated figures show the
following sales and average prices:
City— Hales. Av. Price
Cents
Valdosta 300,000 23
Hazlehurst 350,000 22'i
Nashville 360,000 25
Vldalia 300.000 25
Hihara 40,00 24
Fitzgerald 82,176 17
Tifton 125,000 25
Blackshear 750,000 23
Camilla 200,000 20
Douglas 400,000 22
In Nashville because of the heavy
volume of tobacco brought In by the
growers arrangements were made to
establish a double selling force, be
ginning with Thursday morning.
At several other points the buyers
were unable to reach all ware
houses. because of the large offer
ings.
In all cities having marketing cen
ters, the opening of the tobacco sea
son was celebrated with barbecues
Thousands of persons flocked to
each city. There were buyers on
hand from sll of the big tobacco
firms figuring in the Georgia mar
kets.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Davis Declares He’s Not Klansman
“Will Not Become Member,” He Says
Meet a Couple of Regular Fellers
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Sophie Horne of Atlanta, on the left, and Mary Berckmans of
Macon, on the right. There’s little use doing anything half-hearted
ly, say these Georgia peaches. If a girl is going to have a bob, let
it be a real one. So they went to a regular barber, and got this lat
est mannish trim. Looks all right, feels all right, and is all right,
they contend.
Roosevelt Warned France and
Germany by Threatening to Aid
Japan, Tyler Bennett Reveals
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Dr.
Tyler Dennett, of Washington,
speaking here today at an open
conference, declared that President
Roosevelt was perhaps the first
American statesman to perceive
clearly that the far east questions
is largely a phase of European poli
tics, and that the weight of his In
fluence in a warning to France and
Germany quite possibly prevented a
European conflict of world magni
tude.
Dr. Dennett also stated that there
existed in 1905 "an agreed memo
randum" of which a photostat was
in his possession, the effect of
which was to place the United
States during the Roosevelt ad
ministration as almost an unsigned
memuer of the second Anglo-Japan
ese alliance.
"This document was approved by
President Roosevelt less than two
weeks before the fornut! publica
tion of the terms of the second
Anglo-Japanese alliance and just
before the opening of the Ports
mouth peace conference. This ac
tion of President Roosevelt did not
standalone. At the outbreak of the
Russo-Japanese war 18 months be
fore President Roosevelt had been
so impressed with the possibility
that France or Germany, or both,
might go to the support of Russia
against Japan, that according to his
own statement, in a brief letter
which I have seen he warned both
Germany and France that If they
went to the support of Russia he
would go to the support of Japan
and "take whatever steps neces
sary for her protection."
TELLS OF EFFECT
OF WARNING.
"It will be recalled that In the
first Anglo-Japanese alliance sign
ed In 1902 this was the obligation
which had been assumed by Eng
land. We may, therefore, say that
this warning which came personally
from President Roosevelt to France
and Germany had only the value
which attaches to the personal de
claration of the president of the
United States, nevertheless the ef
fect of It vOtn to make the United
States assume substantially the
same responsibility toward Japan
which England had assumed In the
first alliance.
"At the beginning of 1904, as Is
clearly revealed In the private pa
pers of President Roosevelt as well
as In the contemporary literature of
the time, Europe was dangerously
close to the brink of a world war,
France was allied to Russia. Eng
land was allied to Japan. Four pow
ers were paired. Germany had
urged Rusala Into the war with Ja
pan and her policy was then a mat
ter of douht and grave concern.
"When Preaident Roosevelt threw
In the weight of his Influence hy
his warning to France and Ger
many* he localized the conflict to
the far east and quite possibly pre
vented the outbreak of Euvpean
conflict. The situation In the sum
mer of 1995 was such a a to make It
seem quite plausible that If Presi
dent Roosevelt had not made this
engagement with Japan and Eng
land. It would have been far more
difficult and perhaps Impossible for
him to lnltlste the peace of Ports
mouth s month later *'
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 7, 1924
Corn Crop Forecast
at 2,576,000,000
Bushels
WASHINGTON—The corn crop
this year was forecast Thursday at
2,573,000,000 bushels and tho com
bined winter and spring wheat crops
placed at 814,000,000 bushels by the
department of rgrlculture’H August
crop report. Last year 3,046,000,000
bushels of corn and 786,000,000
bushels of wheat were harvested.
FIND SAFE PLAGE
FOB AVIATORS
TO LUO IN
GREENLAND
WASHINGTON, 0. C.—A **f«
landing place for the world flier*
on their next hop hat been di**
covered for the army flier* by the
advance party on the east coaat
of Greenland at Ekiluit, the army
air service was informed Wed*
nesday.
A message relayed hy the cruiser
Milwaukee, which for the pant 48
hours has been cruising along the
coast aiding the army advance, said
that a. safe harhor was avaiahle at
Kungnat In the same vicinity for the
supply ahlp and for, hauling out the
planes If ordinary repair was neces
sary.
The proposed hane Is about 750
miles from. Reykjavik In Iceland
where the two fliers have been await
ing word of the sucres* of the ex
ploring party. ft Is expected that an
»arly resumption of the attempt to
“tie In” the 25.0 miles sir line
around the world will he made.
NEWPORT NEWS. Vs—Lieuten
ants fleorge MacDonald, V. E. Rert
randinas nopped off from Langley
Field at 1 1 ’2$ o'clock Thursday morn
ing for Plctoti, Nova Fcotla. in the
Douglas cruising Plane In which Lieu
tenant Wade will resume his round
the-world flight.
The start was made after a post
ponement from t o'clock Thursday
mornfngQhran found nee#,***ry on ac
count of trouble with the oil pump in
the machine which has been christ
ened the “Boston TT."
Farmer Is Charged
With Killing Baby
WARSAW, VA.—Will Franklin,
21 year-old farmer of Maylorn, near
here, was In Warsaw Jail Thursday
charged with strangling to death hla
three days' old baby girl. According
to the authorities. Franklin said
he kill'd the Infent because she
annoyed him and his wife by cry
ing.
NEW YORK—John W.
Davis, democratic candid
ate for president, in a let
ter made public Thurs
day declared he is not a
member of the Ku Klux
Klan and never was a
member. The letter was
written in answer to one
sent to Mr. Davis by De
vere Allen, editor of the
World Tomorrow, a mag
azine published here.
According to Thomas
J. Spellacy, manager of
the Davis eastern cam
paign headquarters, Mr.
Allen in his letter called
the attention of Mr. Davis
to the charge that the
nominee was a member of
the Ku Klux Klan and
asked specifically if this
was true. Mr. Davis re
plied :
“In reply to your letter
which has been brought
to my attention, I answer
the question in the same
direct manner you have
put it, by saying that I am
not, never have been and
will not become a mem
ber of the Ku Klux Klan.
“I trust that in my com
ing speech of acceptance
I shall make my position
on that great question of
Y religious tojerance too
plain for any misunder
standing or dispute.”
LETTERS SHOW
OMIIS SOUGHT
TALK WITH
GOMPEHS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J—Mem
bers of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor pre
dicted Thursday a nation-wide in
terest In the published correspon
dence which Bhowed that John W.
Davla, democratic presidential
nominee, recently had sought a
conference with Bamue! Gompera
and explained why the council re
fund to defer endorsement of the
T-AFollette-Wheeler candidacy un
til after Mr. Davla’ acceptance ad
dress.
The correspondence was between
Samuel Gompers, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, and
William R. Wilson, former secre
tary of labor and of the United Mine
Workers of America, and present
member of the staff of the demo
cratic national committee at
Washington. It consisted otji tel
egram directed by Mr. Wilson to
Mr. Gompers here on August 1.
asking that he have the executive
council defer endorsing LaFoilstte;
of a letter from Mr. Wilson receiv
ed after the endorsement was an
nounced and of a letter Mr. Gom
pers dispatched Thursday In be
half of the. executive council, ex
plaining to Mr. Wilson why the
endorsement was made when and
as it was. and referring to the poet
convention correspondence be
tween Mr. Davis and Mr Gompera
The correspondence set forth that
Mr. Davla had last July IT, begun
negotiating with Mr. Gompers for
a conference, that conflicting en
gagements kept them apart until
Mr. Davis suggested that Mr.
Gompers give him a "statement of
questions In which labor la chiefly
Interested.’'
It set forth i list Mr. Gompers.
professing a willingness to confer
with Mr. Davis, declined this last
request, saying, ’’[ cannot submit
questions to you which would not
lie squally submitted to hy other
candidates for the presidency."
MRS A. D. CANDLER
To Be Buried Thursday at
Gainesvilltr
RALEIGH, N. r,\—The body of
Mrs. Allen T}. Candler, widow of
former Governor Candler, of Geor
gla, who died at the home of he'r
eon, Thomas C. Candler, here early
Wednesday, will be carried to
Gainesville, Ga. t Thursday after
noon for burial. She was 77 years
of age.
Mrs. Candler arrived In the city
several weeks ago for a visit to her
son. While here she was taken
111. Hhe is survived by eight chil
dren, two daughters and six sons.
Before her marrlege she wan Miss
Eugenia Williams, of Jones coun
ity, Georgia.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Prosecution Seeks to
Impeach Girl Witness
as to Loeb’s Conduct
CROWE DECLARES SHE
COMMITTED PERJURY
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MISS LORRAINE NATHAN
WAY IS PAVED FOR
UNLIMITED DEBATE
ON INCOME TAX BILL
ATLANTA. Oa.—A successful fight,
to paVe the way for unlimited debate
on the proposed Income tax bill was
waged In the Georgia house of rep
resentatives Thursday by members of
the steering committee appointed at
a caucus of Income tax advocates
held Wednesday night.
Supporters of the measure succeed
ed In having all constitutional amend
ments eliminated from two rule,
adopted by the lower branch of the
legislature on recommendation of the
rules committee. One of these rules
provided a reduction of from 20 to 10
minutes in the time allotted to chair
man of committees and sponsors for
minority reports after the prevloua
question had been called on eny
measure. The other rule further pro
vided for reduction of the fen min
utes allowed in the previous rule to
only five minutes Insofar as It con
cerned Individual members for
speeches. excepting authors of hills
and substitutes.
While the Income tax hltl was not.
specifically mentioned In the discus
sion which luNfed me,re than half an
hour. It was generally understood that
the exclusion of constitutional amend
ments from the debate limit was In
tended to pave the we v for long dfs
otisslon of the Lankford measure
which already has passed the upper
branch of the assemldy. The rules
committee .It was said has hecn ask
ed to make the Income tax measure
a special order of business for next
Monday morning
T’rlor to allusion to the Income tax
hill the house look up lie unfinished
business from Wednesday, the hill hy
Renresentntlve Milner of Dodge, pro
viding for registration of title of every
automobile In the stale with a view
to preventing sale of stolen ears.
MACON’S FIRST BALE
BRINGS 30 CENTS LB;
AUGUSTA AGAIN LEADS
MACON. GA.—The first bale of
new cotton has been received in
Macon by the W. O. Kinney Cotton
Company. It was shipped Tues
day by the Farmers’ Warehouse
Company of Eastman, to the Ma
con company.
The bale weighed 400 pounds and
was sold to Hogan A Levle, cotton
brokers here, for SO cents per
pound. It graded good middling.
East year, the flint new bale re
ceived here was shipped to Heard
Hrothers Warehouse from East
man, Oa„ and arrived on August
14 The first hale this year Is more
than a week ah»ad of last year.
The first bale of Hibb county cot
ton is expected by warehousemen
within the next several weeks, it Is
said.
Augusta's first bale received
this week, sold for 41 cents a
pound, although of a. grade allghtly
Inferior to that of Macon’s first
bale.
KILLS FAMILY
Slays Wife and Two Som
Tfcen Ends Own Life
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Henry If.
I.yon, 4G, «n electrical engineer of
this city, early Thursday shot snd
killed his wife and their two young
sons and then fatally wounded him
self. lie died several hours later
Although Lyon left a note for his
sister, It referred only to matters
of business snd Indicated no rea
son for the tragedy which Is a mys
tery to relatives and friends of the
family
18 CENTS A WEEK.
\A/PATI4£B Augusta and vicinity. Partly cloudy
litn I nufi tonight and Friday.
CHlCAGO.—lntroduction of witnesses by the de
fense seeking mitigation of punishment for Nathan F. Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, confessed murderers of Bobby
Franks, whom they had kidnapped, brought from Robert
E. Crowe, state’s attorney, the shouted charges that one
of them “had committed deliberate perjury.”
Miss > orraine Nathan was on the stand when Mr.
she was varying her remarks from statements she had
Crowe in seeking to impeach her testimony charged that
made in his office shortly after Loeb was arrested for the
Franks murder.
CONCEDE VICTORY
TO WALTON IN
OKLAHOMA
PRIMARY
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—Slow
ly piling up a load over Congress
man E. B. Howard, whom ho paw
ed lata Wedneaday, J. C. Walton,
deposed governor, appeared early
Thursday to have been nominated
by Oklahoma democrats for United
States Benator to auoceed Robert
L. Owens.
Returns compiled by The Asso
dated Press Ista Wednesday night
from Tuesday’s primary showed
Walton to be leading Howard by
4,084 votes, but 729 of the 2.996
precincts in the state ia yat to be
noard from. Political observers do
not bcliava returns from the unre
ported precincts will materially al
ter the present standing. C, J.
Wrlghtaman another candidate in
tho race. Wednesday eonosded
Walton’s nomination and the Daily
Oklahoman of Oklahoma City,
whioh has opposed Walton, pre
dicted in Thursday’s issue that
Walton would ultimately gain a
plurality of 10/100 votes.
Walton ia a bittar opponant of
tho Ku Klux Klan and severely at
tacked that organization in his
campaign speeches. Howard and
Wrightaman were known to hava
the endorsement of th« klan.
With mora than a 2 to 1 lead ev
ar his nearest opponent, W. B. Pina
of Okmulgee, saema assured of the
republican senatorial nomination.
Returns from 1,137 precincts gave
Pina 28,023: Lorton 13,952 1 Scott
7,373: Leedy 1,628) Laiber ljoß9|
Bingham 987.
Pino had the endorsement of tha
Ku Klux Klan while Lorton op
posed tha organization.
Incumbent congressman were
leading opponents in districts
whsro thsre wsre contssts and
sssm to be assured of tbs re-nom
ination. Latest returns did not al
hf \hs standings of the various
candidates for state offices.
RETAIL FOOD GOST
Showed an Increase During
Last Month
WASHINGTON—The retail mat
of food in 14 of 19 cities In which
aurvoya have Just been completed
by tho labor department, Increased
from one to three percent last
month. The deportment’s bureau
of labor elatlstlce announced
Thursday that a 3 per cent In
crease was noted In Boston and In
dlnnapolla; 1 per cent In Birming
ham, Denver. New Haven, l’eorla
and Scranton.
Five cltiea, Cincinnati, Atlanta.
Norfolk. Fall River and Louisville,
showed Increases of from 8 to less
than 1 per cent.
East in Grip of Torrid Wave;
Over 20 Prostrations in N. Y.
NEW YORK.—New York faced
another scorching day Thursday
with a temperature of 62 at 10
o'colck. Two dcatha, one a caae of
suicide, and moro than a scora of
prostrations havo been reported In
24 hours.
Most of the city’s millions left
their tenements during the night
and thronged park benches. Public
automobiles traveled to the beaches
throughout the night and were
crowded. Entire families piled into
taxlea and demanded to be driven
anywhere It waa cool.
REACHES 10* IN
OLD VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, Vs—Virginia alz
zled again Thursday under Its most
sustained heat wave In severs!
years. Hr<-ord breaking tempera
tures on the third day that the
thermometer hus hovered about SO
would not aurorlae the weather
man, It was stated, and no relief
was promised before late tomorrow.
All records were broken yester
day at Winchester, where the ther
mometer at the state orchard labo
mtory registered 106 In the shade
forcing employers of men engaged
in working the outdoors to "csll It
a day” shortly afternoun and sus
pend operations. Humidity of only
32 per cent, laboratory Patholo
HOME
EPITIOH
Miss Nathan, the first girl wit
ness to appear for tho defendants,
made a pretty, somewhat nervous
picture on the stand. She testi
fied in a cool, but somewhat
catchy voice, and her conclusions
as to Loeb’a conduct so closely
paralleled that es three famous
mental experts who had preceded
her that the state’s attorney iron
ically started him cross examina
tion by addressing her as "doc
tor."
On the witness stand aha avoided
Loeb’a glances, but when she pass
ed him as she left the courtroom,
she clutched his arm, whispered in
his ear and still was talking when
a bailiff jerked Loeb away from
her groap Miss Nathan will re
sume the stand for further cross
examination Thursday afternoon.
STATE REFUSES TO
SHORTEN HEARING.
CHICAGO. The prosecution
Thursday refused to accept a pro
posal by the defense for shorten
ing hearing before Judge John R.
Caverly to fix punishment for
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Rich
aril Loeb, confessed kidnapper
slayers of Robert Franks.
“Our answer was a blanket ‘tso’ *
said Robert E. Crowe, state’s at
torney, who Indicated that the de
fense’s Idea, was to dispense with
lay witnesses provided the stats
would accept a blanket statement
of what their testimony would h*.
and would also dispense with cslll-
Ing further lay witnesses.
After a thirty minutes recess at
which the state's attorney and his
three associates considered the
proposal, the hearing was resumed
With Msut Bohr ayer, student at tha
University of Michigan as the da
fsnss’n first lay witness.
Max Bchrayer, the first witness
of the day, identified hlmseif as
21 years old and a Chicago jobber
of household goods sines he gradu
ated from the University of Mich
igan where he was a fraternity
brother of Loeb.
Schraysr’s Brat answers to ques
tioning by Mr. Darrow met re
peated ebjeotiona by Mr. Crowe,
who Insisted the withes* wi w
drawing conclusions.
Bchrayer said he had observed
Loeb to be very nervous tp which
tha stats objected end was oua
talned.
Mr. Darrow asked the question
in other phrases and brought this
reply:
"I observed he had a twitching
of the mouth, was nervous in his
gestures with his hands, dragged
his ankle and on special occasions
drank a great deal. He fainted
several times at Michigan. He
smoked a great deal and showed
nervousness In doing it."
Loeb waa known as a reader of
dime novels and detectlva stories
the witness continued.
Mr. Darrow asked If Bchrayer
had noticed anything peculiar
about Loch's laughter. The wit
ness said he seemed to laugh at a
great many things not humorous
and Mr. Crowe asked the question
and answer be stricken.
“Ts this witness had listened to
the testimony of these alienists
I could see why anybody would get
a great, laugh," Mr. Crowe declar
ed. To which Mr, Darrow rs
torted:
"Yes, you would laugh at any
thing, except possibly a hanging
and I think may be you would
laugh at the hanging of thesa
bow."
gists said, along averted heat pros
tratlons.
Norfolk, with the thermometer
reaching 103, waa the hottest city
,In the state. Thousands flocked to
the nearby beaches snd the surf
was crowded late Into the night.
WA SHINOTON—ReIief from the
heat wave which has gripped the
eastern sections of the country for
the last three days, causing several
deaths and many prostrations, la
promised by Thursday night or Frt
day morning by ths weather man.
A cool wave moving In from the
northweet, coupled with posalble
thundershowers. Is expected to
bring a moderation In temperature,
but not cool weather. By tomor
row the thermometer Is expected to
register about 70 In the Ohio val,
ley and eastern states north of Vir
ginia. The general temperature for
these sections at 8 a. m. today was
about 60 degrees. Intense heat In
tho midwest began to disappear this
morning with a general temperature
slowly receding for that region.
The northern lake regions and the
far northwest reported a general
temperature of 60 degree*.
Washington yesterday experienc
ed the hottest day since ISIS.
Twelve prostrations were reported
by local hospitals.