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VOLUME XXXI, No. 263
DRAIN IS CHOSEN LEGION CHIEF
DAVIS TO OPEN INDIANA CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
MAKES YIGOEOUS
ATTACK ON G. 0. P.
I CHICAGO TALK
CHICAGO. —■ Having
opened his Illinois campaign
with a smashing attack on
the republican party in an
address here Thursday night
on the Southside, John W.
Davis, the democratic pres
idential candidate, was pre
pared Friday to carry on in
Indiana. He will speak Fri
day night at Gafy and Sat
urday at South Bend and
Fort Wayne.
CROWD OF 14,000
CHEERS NOMINEE.
Cheered repeatedly by a crowd es
timated to be around 14,000 Mr.
Davis did not mince words in as
sailing the record of the republican
administration in the past three and
one-half years and he told his au
dience that if this were the only
issue of the campaign he would be
content to fight on that line alone
with a contrast of the record of the
eight years of democratic adminis
tration under Woodrow Wilson.
Not only did Mr. Davis assail the
republicans on the basis of this dis
closure in the senate investigation
at Washington, but he went after
it on the legislative record at Wash
ington; the failure of the world
couft proposal, the insistence of the
administration on the Mellon tax
Plan, the vote of the soldiers’ bonus,
the postal pay increase measure and
the pension bill.
Moreover, the democratio presi
dential candidate directed many
shafts at President Coolidge, em
phasizing particularly what was
called “silence in this campaign.”
The president’s statement with ref
vrence to the scandals, the wonder
is that not so many have failed
but so few have fallen and his de
nqelation of the senate investiga
tion of the treasury department.
■ As much as it cheered the assault
on the republicans Mr. Davis’ audi
ence got its greatest kick out of his
declaration for personal liberty,
which he declared as the right of
religious worship, freedom of as
semblage, freedom of conscience and
freedom against unlawful search
and seizure.
WARRENWATERS
DIES ON GALLOWS
AT HAZELHURST,GA.
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HAZELHURST, Ga.-War- |
ren Waters was hanged here
at 1:40 o’clock Friday after
noon.
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HAZELHURST, Ga. Warren
Waters will die on the scaffold
here at 1:45 o’clock Friday for the
of Marshal T. A. Kersey
which occurred on December 3.
1923. A scaffold has been erected
in a barn which served as a court
house in which the man was tried.
'The man's wife is in Hazelhurst.
She will be the sole survivor. She
is not expected to claim the body
because of her destitute financial
condition.
Waters shot and killed the offi
cer when the latter went to his
house to arrest him for breaking j
n patrol. The condemned man had;
been convicted for violating a state
prohibition law.
JESUP, Ga.—"l’m ready to go.”
Cool. indifferent, unimpressed
and resigned to his fate. Warren
Waters, 56, sentenced to die Friday
for the murder of City Marshal T.
A. Jersey in Hazelhurst last De
cember, was taken from the county
jail here Friday morning to begin a
railroad journey to Hazelhurst
where he will die on a scafford at
1:45 o’clock.
governor must be hard
hearted man. But I placed my life
in his hands. H» said I should die
—well. I'm ready to go,” said
Waters.
Jail attaches were very much im
pressed by the manner in which
the man conducted himself during
his last few hours on earth.
Hazelhurst is about 60 miles from
here. The prisoner was brought
here for keeping because Jeff Davis
county has no jail.
Deputy Sheriff Yarbrough arriv
ed here Friday morning. He will
accompany the prisoner bark to
Hazelhurst. The Journey will be
made in a regular passenger coach
of the Atlantic Coast Line.
McGREGOR BETTER
WARRENTON, Ga.—C. E. Mc-
Gregor. state pension commissioner
who has been critically 111 for sev
eral days, was reported to be|
slightly hetter Friday although hlsj
condition is still verv serious.!
Frl”nds and relatives have some:
hopes of his recovery although phy-J
slcians say hi* chances of recover-1
tng are not so good. He is 84
years old. I
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, 5c.«
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
NEW YORK GIVES
LAFOLLETTE
ENCOURAGING
I RECEPTION
NEW YORK. Encouraged by
the reception given him at a rally
Thursday night in Madison Square
Garden, Senator Robert M. La-
Follette independent candidate for
president, pressed forward Friday
with his campaign, discussing stra
tegy and plans with friends and
spectators who |Called at his hotel.
Among those who had engage
ments with the senator was Samuel
Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, who has
not .conferred with Mr. LaFollette
since the federation's executive
council endorsed his candidacy.
Many of those who visited Sena
tor LaFollette Friday did so to
felicitate him on his speech last
night. It was his first appear
ance before an audience since he
became a candidate atid the crowd
which filled the big auditorium
cheered him for 15 minutes when
he entered the hall and repeatedly
interrupted his address with ap
plause and cheers.
Reading slowly from manuscript
—something new in campaigning
for Senator LaFollette, who in tlia
past invariably had spoken ex
temporaneously—the candidate hold
the attention of his audience for
nqyety minutes. At several junc
tures he interpolated brief obser
vations, one of them—a prediction
that he would be the next presi
dent—bringing a prolonged wave
of cheering.
He assailed President Coolidge.
declaring as vice president, he had
been in a position to know all
about the naval oil leasing trans
action and other alleged—lrregu
larities during the Harding admin
istration. The acts of the Harding
Coolidge administration, he insist
ed, must be judged as a whole.
The Wisconsin senator referred
to John W. Davis, the democratic
presidential nominee as "a certain
distinguished lawyer who blocked
efforts of the public to reduce teler
phone rates In New York.”
Would Make Birthday
of Walter Johnson
Holiday In D. C.
WASHINGTON.— A resolution
to make the birthday of Walter
Johnson A legal holiday In the Dis
trict of Columbia, in appreciation
of his services as Washington's
pitching mainßtay for the last 18
seasons, will be Introduced in the
next session of congress by Repre
sentative Mae Nolan, of California,
if the Washington team wins the
American league pennant and the
world’s series.
In forwarding a donation to a
local committee sponsoring a testi
monial to the veteran pitcher Mrs.
Nolan who Is the only woman
member of the house said "the out
standing hero of our national past
time should be thus honored as a
constant reminder to the youth of
the country to play the game
square.” - /
Huge Cave-In
and Landslide
on Mt. Shasta
DUNSMUIR. Cal.—Residents of
Weed, McCloud, Dunsmuir and
other communities In this vicinity
felt considerable anxiety Friday as
a result of a cave-ln and landslide
on Mount Shasta Thursday when
approximately 15,000 acres of the
surface of the Southeastern slope
crashed down Into j Mud Creek
canyon menacing the countryside
with another flood of mud and
rocks.
The landslide caused the collapse
of the walls of Mud Creek canyon
for a distance of eight miles and
was accompanied by a terrific roar
and was followed by a cloud of
dust and volcanic ash, which hung
over the mountain for several
hours. It was reported from several
directions that the cloud of dust
and ash was visible 25 miles.
The slide was attributed to re
cently melting snows which have
loosened the earth over a wide
territory and to the stream of mud
that has flown from the moun
tains summit Intermlttenthly for
weeks, depositing a stream of mud
and rocks far down Into the plains,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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Stone to
Oppose
Blease
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—E. Roy
Stone, prominent insurance man of
Greenville, in a written statement
hero Thursday night announced his
candidacy for the United States
senate. He will oppose Cole L.
Blease, recently nominated in the
democratic primary in the Novem
ber election.
In his statement Mr. Stone de
clared that he was not bolting the
democratic party as he did not
feel that Mr. Blease was rightfully
nominated and believed such a step
nceessary in the interest of clean
politics in South Carolina.
STILL CONSIDERS
SELF A DEMOCRAT.
The statement Issued by Mr.
Stone Thursday night follows:
"I have decided to become a can
didate for the United States senate
from South Carolina in the general
elections in November, because I do
not believe Mr. Blease Is rightfully
the nominee of the democratic
party and in announcing still con
sider myself a good democrat. When
the people consider the matter and
read the unfavorable editorials and
comments appearing over thd en
tire country and see where South
-Carolina has been made the laugh
ing stock of the country they will
realize that Mr. Blease will be so
handicapped that he will never be
able to accomplish anything for this
state in the halls of congress.
"Since the last primary I have
made thousands of Inquiries and my
investigations show that approxi
mately 17,000 men voted in the re
cent primary who aro not and nev-
Contlnued On Page Two
Celebrates 114th
Birthday
NEW YORK—When Mrs. Mae
Urdang celebrates her 114th birth
day Friday afternoon in’ the Har
lem home of the Daughters of Is
rael, among those taking part in
the jollicication will be her “young
brother” of ,100 years and her
“boy” who is just 89. ,
She,was born in Riga. Her mem
ory goes back to kings, queens and
empires long ago departed and she
delights to talk about them and
learn about present day personages
by having newspapers read to her.
Her centenarian brother, whs
often visits here, she regards as a
"mere stripling” and often gives
him the benefit of her sisterly ad
vice. She eats no meat or eggs and
■only few fruits and vegetables,
living mostly on bread, cereals,
soup and coffee.
GEO. R, CHRISTIAN
SOUGHT AS RESULT
OF FIRM’S FAILURE
NEW YORK. Police Friday
broadcast a general alarm for
George R. Christian whose alleged
defalcations were held responsible
for the failure Thursday of Day
and Heaton, one of the oldest mem
bers of the New York stock ex
change, Christian was a partner
in the Arm.
That Christian for years had
moved in private life under an
alias was believed to have been
disclosed by detectives who, visit-!
ing his only known address In
Brooklyn were told that "no man j
named Christian ever lived here.” j
According to the missing man’s j
partners this was the address
Christian recorded with the firm |
five years ago and where he had j
since represented that he lived.
The search for the broker who is
alleged to have lost so much play
ing the bear market that the firm
was left with estimated liabilities
of $1,700,000 and $1,000,000 of as
serts was extended to Canada on
the statements of his partners that
Christian was bound there on a
vacation when they last saw him.
A letter from him whjch reveal
ed to members of Day and Heaton
the disastrous condition of their
finances and threw them Into bank
ruptcy was reported to have been
posted in Canada.
Clergyman Is Held in
Probe ol Wife’s Death
MOUN TVERNON, lll*.—While Uie
body of Mr*. Anna Wight, wife of nie
Rev. Lawrence Hlght, held In Jail
here in conneetibn with the death of
hi* wife was being exhumed at Me
tropolis, III*., Friday the sheriff* of
fice here was continuing it* investi
gation of the death of Mr*. Bight and
Wilford Sweetln, both resident* of
Ina, 12 mile* south of here where the
minister h»d his charge.
Mrs. Hlght died under my*terlou*
circumstance* last Friday and wa*
burled in Metropolis, the former home
of the family. It was after a con
ference between the state'* attorney
of this city and of Massac county that
It wa* decided to exhume Mr*. Might'*
body for further examtnatlon. A Chi
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES— THE ONLY PAPER IN’ MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924
j
U. S. GLOBE GIRDLERS
BEGIN FLIGHT TO
DALLAS, TEX.
HAT BOX FIELD, MUSKOGEE,
Okla. —The army around the
world fliers took off from Musko
gee for Dallas, Texas, 225 miles
away, their next lap on the globe
encircling Journey at 12:30 p. m.
The Chicago was the first to
take the air, followed by the Bos
ton 11 and the New Orleans.
BULIETINS
CHICAGO. Federal Judge
Carpenter Friday overruled
demurrers of Colonel Charles
R. Forbes and John W.
Thompson, Chicago and St.
Louis contractor, to the in
dictment* charging them with
conspiracy in connection with
with Forbes administration as
director of the veterans bu
reau. The trial date will be
set October 14.
WELLSTON, Mo. Five
armed and masked men enter
ed the Wellston Truet Com
pany in a St. Louia suburb
shortly before the opening hour
Friday, liend up six officials
and employee against the wall,
leiiurely scooped up the cash
and currancy in the cages and
vault amounting to, between
$35,000 and $40,000 and es
caped.
NEWARK, N. J.—Two armad
bandits held up the paymaster
Of Blanchard Brothers and
Lane, leather manufacturers in
McWhorter street Friday and
escaped in an automobile with
$6,000.
CHICAGO. The Chicago
White Sox Friday accepted the
challenge of the Chicago
Cube for a city championship
series to start Oct. 1 at the
National leaguer's park.
DENVER, Colo.—Judge J.
Foeter Symes of the United
States district court Friday
fixed $17,936,700 s* the upset
price at which the Denver and
ftio Grande Western Railroad
will be told.
eago chemist reported Thursday he
had found enough polaon In tha atom
ach of the dead woman to cause her
death.
Hweetln died two montha ago and
although the eoroitar returned a vcr
dlet of death by natural cause* goa
alp continued to keep rutnora aatlr
regarding the eauae of Sweatin'!
death. Hl» body waa dlalnterred
Thursday l In order that the contenta
of hla atomach may he analyzed.
A aeareh of the home of the clergy
man following hla arreat revealed a
box that waa reported to have ron
talned polaon of the aama kind aa had
h»en found In the woman'* atomach.
The mlnlater declared he ha A pur
chaxed t.he polaon to kill rat*.
This Is the Flashy One
Augusta Golfer’s Drive
Kills Rattlesnake
Local golfers have killed wild birds and plgoona with their
mighty drives, and it is even said that innocent bystanders have
been knocked silly by ill-guided balls, but It remained for Morton
Jones, automobile dealer, to set a new record in this line. Playing
golf yesterday with Judge J. C. C. Illuck, Hugh H. Saxon, and Mil
ledge Lockhart, Mr. Jones sliced his ball on the twelfth tee and
when the elusive pill was found behind a shallow declivity It was
lying close beside a diamond-back rattlesnake which was In the
throes of death. Tho snake menstlred three feet and had two
rattles.
LEAGUE NATIONS
MEETING MAI
LIST UNTIL
OCTOBER
GENEVA.—lndications are tliat ttie
present assembly of tbe league of na
tions will continue until the first week
In October and to make adjournment
possible even by that time tbe com
mission's must hold night sittings to
get through with agenda.
The work of framing a protocol on
arbitration ai»A security and prepar
ing for an international conference
for the reduction of armaments has
made the assembly one of the most
Important In he history of the league
and the labors entailed in preparing
the way for the necessary agree
ments render the delegates’ life
strenuous.
Few If any, of those taking part In
the assembly have had in opportunity
to enjoy the gorgeous weather now
prevailing In Geneva, fur most of
them are closeted throughout the day
and far Into the night In the commis
sion rooms and the aotels, ceaseless
ly striving to reconcile conflicting
views and reach a common consent.
Already this strenuous life has laid
low several of the league's Intellectual
laborers. Former Premier Jirland, of
France, Is confined to his room with
the grippe and digestive trouble; Lord
Farrnoor, head of the British delega
tion, has a bad throat and Is scarcely
able to speak, having overworked his
vocal organs in the unceasing discus
sions; Leonard Bourgeois*. already
somewhat feeblfc with sge, has had to
curb his activities because of the dan
ger of overdoing, and Dr. Cos me de
la Torrlente, of Cuba, has been oblig' d
to rellnaulsh his place on the sub
commission of 12 because of indispo
sition. Several others also are be
ginning to feel the strain of over-ap*
filtration to duty.
RETAIL PRICE
Of Food Showed Increase
During August f
NEW YORK—An increase In
the retail price of food In the
United States in August amount
ing to approximately two-thirds of
one per cent, was shown In fig
ures made public by the bureau of
labor statistics of the labor de
partment.
Postal Card In
Mails 16
CHICAGO. — Sixteen years ago
Frank A. KeUy,treasurer of the
National Poultry, Rutter and Egg
Association, mailed a postal card
from Elizabeth, N. J„ at 10:80 p.
m. .September 3, 19011 to hla part
ner Fred Watson, Chicago. The
card was delivered to Mr. Kelly at
tho Chicago address on September
10, 1924, ho said Friday. Watson
died In 1916. The only cluo to the
travels of the card since Its mailing
was a Detroit, Mich., postmark.
TAX ASSOCIATION
To Consider Resolutions on
Reductions
ST. LOUIS.— Resolutions dealing
with recommendations as to possible
reduction of taxes and recommending
abolishing duplication of taxes by
State and federal government are to
be put before delegates to the Na
tional Tax Association, the conven
tual of which will ha closed her* Fri
day even/ig.
Inheritance tax again furnished the
principal subject of discussion In
Thursday night's meeting.
Florida and Alabama were described
as the "haven of tax dodging mil
lionaires" by Mark Graves, chairman
of the New York state tax commis
sion Lack of Inheritance state tax
laws In these two states mads It pos
sible for the persons! property of
monied men to escape taxation. He
urged abolition of the federal Inherit
ance tax.
Negro Held For
Theft of Cotton
AIKEN, R C.—Austin Baton, ne
gro, was arrested here Thursday
on a warrant sworn out by H. B.
Williams, manager of the Thomas
Hitch'ock placu, charging him
with smuggling away seed cotton
from the Hitchcock “Cedar Creek"
form. Barton moved the cotton to
Kllenton, where he hail It ginned,
and afterwards sold It In Augusta,
It Is alleged. The warrant for Bar
ton Issued from Magistrate W. B.
Ha horn's court and was executed
by Constable Gary geigier.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Washington Man
1$ Elected on
Initial Ballot
ST. PAUL.—James A. Drain, of Washington, D. CL,
was elected national commander of the American Legion
at the closing session of its sixth annual convention here
Btiday.
Drain’s election came on the first ballot and he had a
majority of all accredited votes before the roll call was
two thirds completed and as the poll ended his total had
been swelled considerably.
Only two other names were presented to the conven
tion, those of John R. McQuigg of Cleveland and E. E.
Spafford of New York.
The vote on National Commander, before the conven
tion made it unanimous was
Drain 715; McQuigg 142; Spafford 96; absent 21,
SEEK TO BOLSTER
THIN LINE OE
SHANGHAI'S
DEFENSE
O —O
SHANGHAI. Revolt of
the third Chekiang army de
fending Shanghai has thrown
the brunt of the battle Fri
day on the first army under
command of General Ho-
Feng-Llng, defense commis
sioner whose army was hold
ing the linos west of Shang
hai against the Klangsu
forces fighting for possession
of this city. |
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SHANGHAI—GeneraI Lu Yung-
Hslnng, defender and ruler of
Shanghai as a holdover appointee
of the Anfus—sometimes called the
pro-Japanese party In China—
who fled from his provincial capi
tal to Hangchow to Shanghai
Thursday, after a revolt In hi*
Chekiang forces, Friday attempted
to bklster his thin life of defense
against the Invading Klangsu
forces.
At nn all night council of war
the defending force head char
acterized the revolt as a great dis
aster brought about by "bribery
and treachery" but refused to
concede defeat although he has
offered to step down as military
governor of Chekiang province in
order to restore harmony in his
lines.
The revolting armies were re
ported parading at Hangchow and
Ningpo today carrying banners
declaring allegiance to tho Invad
ing Klangau forces. The telegraph
lines were In possession of the
revolutionary forces but there was
no evidence of a nearer approach
of the Klangsu army towards
Shanghai.
ADVANTAGE FOR
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Lu’s difficulty Is an advantage
for the central government at
Peking, which la supporting the
Invading forces. Defeat of retire
ment of the Chekiang military
head would be a blow to General
Chang Tao-Lln Manchurian war
lord, and Dr. Hun Yat Hen, bend
of the government of Houth China,
who opposed the central govern
ment.
Possession of Rhanghnl by the
government forces from Klangsu
province would give the Peking
government control of this gate
way city and increase the power
of tho central administration.
Officers at the Lungwha head
quarter# of the defending forces
in a statement issued Friday, said
the revolt of the third army at
Hangechow doe# not mean the
Continued On Pago Two
J. G. White & Co. Acquire
Control of Carolina Light
and Power Co. at Aiken
AIKEN, 8. C —Through negotia
tion* which have been In progreaa
for aometlrnn paat, control of the
Carolina Light & Power Co., which
furnishes light and power current
for Aiken, If not tho entirety of the
atock holding* or the company,
ha* paaaed Into the hand* of J. O.
White * Co., or will aa Boon aa the
tranafer can bo made.
Tito White company la the con
cern which developed the Stevens
Creek power plant «u the Savan
nah River Borne yeara ago. and, It
la underatood, la financially In
tereated in the light and power
franchiae of Auguata, aa well aa In
the Augusta-Alken Railway &
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Probably show.
ec» tonight and Saturday; warmar.
WEATHER
FROM PRIVATE TO
BRIGADIER GENERAL!
Commander Drain, an attorney
of Washington, D, C., began hit
military career in the national
guard of the state of Washington
where he rose from private to bri
gadier general.
The Texae delegation headed by
Miss May Peterson, stop the “old
grsy mare/* paraded the platform,
Its bend flaring “The Old Mare"
one of the songs mads famous by
the convention.
Boon every department standard
was grouped on the platform
around the new commander as
the cheers and songs of the de
monstrative legionnaires continued
for several minutes, until retir
ing Commander John R. Quinn of
California, raatored order.
The convention on motion of the
Missouri delegation, voted to make
General John J. Pershing, the “per
manent distinguished guest of thie
and avery other American legion
convention.”
Pether Joseph Lonergan, Durand,
Ilfs., a Catholic priest was unani*
mously elected national chaplain
after the Indiana delegation hrfd
withdrawn their candidate. Rev.
Stewart Long, of that state.
Dates for the 1925 convention in
Omaha will not be decided on until
the January meeting of the execu
tive committee, it was learned Fri
day.
CAUCUSES LEAN
TOWARD DRAIN.
ST. PAUL, Minn.*—When the hist
day's suasion of the American Le
gion convention was called to or
der at 9:08 a. m. be Commander
tjulnn, two candidates to succeed
him appeared to have carried the
greatest support out of all night
caucuses.
These two were James A. Drain,
of Washington. D. C., and John R.
McQulgg. of Cleveland. O. It was
learned the "all statos" caucus had
shown a leaning to Drain, but tho
Ohio delegation declared McQulgg's
strength was growing.
“Full support" for the legation’s
program of national defense and
child welfare was promised In the
report of the National chaplains as
sociation read to the convention by
Rev. E. C. Clemans, of Minnesota,
retiring chaplain.
FLORIDA WINS
THIRD TROPHY.
Florida annexed Us third trophy
of the convention when It was
awarded the Frederic ]W. flalbrtilth,
Jr., trophy for the greatest "man
miles" any delegation covered in
coming to the convention.
The Milton J. Foreman trophy
was awarded to the Minnesota team
which won first place In the annual
rifle shooting competition. The
third United States Infantry of
Port Knelling was second, and the
Neenah, Wis., post was third.
On motion of Pennsylvania th*
convention struck from the official
records all debate on the finance
committee report yestertlay which
had brought out the first tinge of
bitterness shown on the floor dur
ing the convention.
Electric Corporation, which oper
atca an lnterurban line between
Aiken and Auguata.
It la underatood that the price
paid for the Carolina Light &
Power Company atock was some
thing like *150,000. The atock of
the local company was owned
largely by the Dibble estate and
the Haywoot! family, and many
Aiken people are stockholders.
It la not known what changes
will be made, no announcement
having aa yet been made by offi
cial* of either company.
The tranaactlon waa handled
through T. D. Carey & Company,
of Augusta. ...,