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VOLUME XXXI, No. 274
CONFERENCE GIVES IN TO JAPAN
, * • • / i
DAVIS BEGINS FINAL DRIVE
To Set Forth
Tuesday Night
on First Lap
ot Long Tour
LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y.
—After three days of rest
here, John W. Davis, demo
cratic presidential nominee
will setforth Tuesday on the
first lap of a campaign tour
which will take him as far
west as Missouri, as far east
as Massachusetts and as far
south as Baltimore.
Beginning his final drive for the
presidency in the east tomorrow he
will end it in that territory during
the last week in October. Between
times he will make his second west
ward swing, visiting en route the
‘■border” state of Kentucky and
M issouri.
Leaving New York City at mid
night Tuesday, Mr. Davis will
speak Wednesday at Frederick, Md.,
and tomorrow night will deliver an
address at Baltimore in the fifth
regiment armory, where Woodrow
Wilson was nominated in 1912. Af
ter carrying his campaign into New
Jersey and Rhode Island, he will
start westward through upper New
York state, where four of five ad
dresses will be delivered before he
goes into Ohio to launch there a
final fight for the middle west.
G. W. McCLURE TO
HEAD PROGRESSIVE
PARTYIN GEORGIA
MACON, Ga.—C. W. McClure of
V lama, was elected permanent
chairman of the progressive party
ot Georgia at the state convention
held Monday, called for the purpose
of choosing electors to run on the
LaFollette-Wheeler ticket in the
state.
Five resolutions were offered to
the convention and adopted. They
were ratification of the platform of
th» national progressive party and
endorsement of LaFoliette and
Wheeler for president and vice
president; opposition to any attempt
to change the laws prviding for elc
tion of judges by popular vote;
appointment of C. W. McClure as
agent of the party to certify the
progressive ticket to the secretary
of state; a demand that women be
given equal rights with men in all
phases of political activities and
that provisions be made to permit
them to serve as presidential elec
tors in Georgia; and an expression
of regret for the death of the late
Senator Thomas K. Watson and an
expression that the present progres
sive party is in accord with the
populist party formed in 1894 by
S(%ator Watson.
ENGINE DERAILED
In South Ga. As Result of
Washout
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The locomo
tive of Atlantic Coast Line train
No. 57, which left here at 7:40
o'clock Monday night for Mont
gomery, was derailed between Way
cross and Quitman at 2 o’clock
Tuesday morning as a result of the
heavy rains, according to lnforma
ti >n received by the superintend
ent here. The rest of the train re
mained on the track. No one was
injured.
The rains caused a serious wash
out at this point and the track
gave way as the engine ran onto it.
causing it to derail. Many portions
of the roadbed were damaged by the
rains, but no other serious washout
has been reported. Work crews
from Waycross are busy today re
pairing the damage In order to
open the track. In the meantime
trains between Savannah and
Montgomery are being routed by
way of Albany. The repairs will
probably be completed during the
day.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Washington American League
P'-nnant and right to meet the
Giants in world series by defeating
I’.oston Red Sox at Boston; capital
city goes wild with joy.
Mandamus proceedings are
brought against Secretary of State
Bailey of Louisiana to force him to
show cause why names of La Fol
lette-Wheeler electors which he re
fused to allow on ballots should
not appear.
Steady increase of criminal de
predations against banks marked by
general Increase In hold-ups and
decline of burglaries, reached peak
during past year, protective com
mittee of American Bankers’ Asso
ciation reports at Chicago to ex
ecutive committee.
Premier Mussolini plans con
struction In Rome of eighty story
skyscraper, highest in world, to be
monument to fascism.
William J. Hanlfan, bank guard
Of T’nlon Trust Comnany. of Spring
field. Mass., surrenders to polle"
and admits absconding with 199,000
of bank funds, which he returns.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Summary of the News
t GENERAL
Geneva problem smoothed over to Japan's satisfaction.
Davis begins final campaign tour tonight.
Shanghai defenders repulse heavy attacks.
Will of Lotta Crabtree leaves $4,000,000 to charity.
Heavy damage at Baltimore by heavy rains.
Stormy scenes in British House of Commons.
Saving deposits for August show big gain.
Texas quarantine is felt by farmers.
Reporter explores Washington's “Mystery” Tunnels.
Washington prepares to honor pennant winners.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
C. W. McClure named permanent chairman of Georg jrcssives.
Sowega Melon Growers meet at Moultrie.
Savannah has wettest September in history.
Washout causes derailment in South Georgia.
C. C. Burkhalter dies in Louisville, Ga.
Pan-American Congress begins at Atlanta Wednesday.
Washouts make several South Carolina roads impassable.
Fiv. killed in railroad accident near Peaks, S. C.
“Confession letter" figures in Bigham trial a-t Conway, S. C.
Record rainfall for September in Spartanburg,
Aiken primary books open October 6th.
Leaking gas fatal to Sumter, S. C., physician.
SPORTS
Washington team wins its first pennant.
Hornsby establishes two new batting records.
Figures show Giants have strongest infield.
Fort Worth wins third straight from Memphis.
Walter Johnson may pitch in first series game.
Rain postpones bout for welterweight title.
New York-Philadelphia double-header rained out.
“Civic League” starts at local Y. M. C. A.
LOCAL
Augusta Factory increases stock by half million.
Boat injunction hearing to be renewed Wednesday.
Leading Augustans endorse idea for stadium.
World-Wide Baraca-Philathea convention here this wee*.
Three inches of rain here in one week.
Enthusiasm over football game runs high.
Metter to build big tobacco market.
Washington Prepares to ■
Welcome Its Champions
WASHINGTON. Politics, all
but forgotten, Washington official
and unofficial Tuesday completed
plans for welcoming home its vic
torious pennant winners American
league baseball team. While the
club was in Boston to play its final
game of the league seaeon, all ac
tivities here were directed toward
giving the players a rousing recep
tion upon their arrival at Union
Station, scheduled for tomorrow,
President Coolidge will lead in that
reception with an address of wel
come after the team has been es
corted up Pennsylvania avenue to
the Ellipse, just south of the White
House, in a parade which bids fair
to exceed in enthuisasm in many
years that has marched along the
famous avenue. All „that can be
done to evidence the pride the cap
ital feels in its champions, will be
done.
The spontaneous character of the
greeting was forecast in the,wild,
almost delirious shouts with which
the new's of the deciding victory
was received Monday by crowds
which heedless of a drenching rain
followed the scoreboards during
the contest with Boston. Umbrellas
and hats were flung high and wide
and men and boys shouted and
danced in glee when the game end
ed with Washington the winner.
At the White House government
business was interrupted to send a
telegram of congratulations to
Manager Harris, while Mrs. Cool
idge eagerly told the news to Hie
president.
SEVERAL HIGHWAYS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
IN BAD CONDITION
COLUMBIA, S. C.—With a dozen or
more segments of the highways In
South Carolina out of commission
because of rains and resulting high
water, officials of the state highway
department In Columbia Monday night
Issued warnings to motorists against
traveling on certain roads.
Following cursory tours of Inspec
tion of various roads by employes of
the highway department and the sub
mission of reports to headquarters
here, officials of the department ad
vised as little travel by motorists as
possible. Highway department of
ficials declined to estimate the
amount of damage done to the roads
by the recent rains, except to express
the opinion that it would run into the
hundreds of thousands.
Highways on which travel is Im
possible due to bighwater. washouts
or the general condition of the roads
are as follows:
State Route No. 38 between Con
way and Myrtle Beach in Horry Coun
ty; State Route No. 40 near Bayoro,
Impassable due to w-Rshout; State
Route No. 41 between Florence and
Darlington; road between Walhalla
and Westminster; between Waiter
boro and Yemassee; State Route No.
412 In Williamsburg county, detour
north of Helneman to Salters, con
necting up with Route No. 44: Co
lumbla-Sumter road, traffic advised
to go by Eastover: Hartavllle-Camden
highway: State Route No. 33 between
Orangehurg and Bamberg, and the
Columbla-St. Matthew* road.
A report received by the depart
ment advised that Furey’s Ferry
over the Savannah river near Au
gusta had been rendered Inoperative
or account of high water.
"As soon as the rains are over, we
will put the road* hack In shape in
two days, however." one official of
the department declared.
STORM WARNING
WASHINGTON—The weather
bureau Tuesday Issued the follow
ing notice:
”9:30 a. m. Storm warnings or
dered 10 a. m. Nantucket to Esst
port and continued Delaware break
water to Nantucket. Disturbance
over North Carolina coast moving
northward will cause easterly winds
and gales.’’
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Rain Washes Away
Game at N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA. Continued
heavy rains Tuesday washed away
the baseball season in Philadelphia,
the final game, a double header be
tween the New York Yankees, de
throned champions of the American
League, and the Philadelphia Ath
letics being cancelled.
STORMY SCENES
Occur In British House of
Commons
LONDON.—Stormy scenes oc
curred in the house of commons
Tuesday during the questioning of
Attorney General Patrick Hastings
with regard to the mysterious aban
doning of prosecution on the charge
of sedition of the editor of the com
munist paper, “Workers Weekly.”
Prime Minister MacDonald de
clared he was not willing to allow
an exposure at this time of the
real circumstances of the case and
urged that further consideration of
it be postponed until the regular
autumn session of the house. To
this all parties agreed.
Thus the case which has been
more or less of a burning topic
since early August will be. taken
up by the house next week while
the house of lords Is dealing with
the Irish bill.
Former Prime Minister Baldwin,
conservative leader, hinted during
the discussion today that the oppo
sition might move a vote of censure
when the matter is taken up.
MELON GROWERS
Hold Mid-Year Meeting This
Year
MOULTRIE, Ga,—With several
hundred members present the So
wega melon growers’ —association,
a co-operative marketing organiza
tion Is holding Its mid-year meet
ing in Moultrie Tuesday. John lx
Paulk, president Is presiding. The
morning session was featured bv
the report after the secretary, J.
J. Parrish, giving in detail the re
sults of the season’s operations.
The association handled 3584
ears of mellons this year, Mr. Par
rish’s report revealed.
The average sale price for the
ears for all grades was SBB-47, Mr.
Parrish said. The Sowega melon
association has iver 2000 members
In Georlgt and northern Florida.
Walker-Barrett
Bout Is Postponed
PHILADELPHIA. Rain Tues
day caused a postponement until
Wednesday night of the welter
weight title bout here between
Mickey Walker, the champion, and
Bobby Barrett.
$25,000 GEM THEFT
CINCINNATI.—Theft of $25,000
worth of diamonds and other
Jewels from the home of Timothy
S'. Goodman, of this city. In a dar
ing robbery last Saturday morn
ing was revealed Monday night
when It became known that for
three days Cincinnati police and
private defectives have been on
the trail of member* of a band of
expert Jewel thtevei% who have
operated in Chicago and New
York.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924
Defends Kiss
*R|
Kissing is a natural expression
of Joy, and the superman and su
perwoman, last upon the earth, will
kiss and laugh—joyous that they
have each other. That is what the
Rev. John Thompson, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church in
She Chicago Loop, told a meeting
of church people there.
BULLETINS
NEWARK, N. J.—Federal
Judge Runyon Tuesday author
ized receivers of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company, subsidi
ary of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company, to resume
operations in 30 cotton seed
crushing mills, 32 cotton gin
neries and seven peanut shell
ing plant* all owned by the
cotton oil compa/iy in southern
states.
PORTLAND. Maine.—A
slight earthquake was felt
early Wednesday in this city
and reports from Rockland and
other Maine points indicate
that the movement was ap
parent over a large area. In
Rockland two distinct shocks
were reported, the first at 3:50
o'clock rocked buildings while
the second, five minutes later,
was slighter.
TOKIO.—A Kokusai News
agency dispatch from Mukden,
headquarters of the Manchu
rian armies of Chang Tso-Lin,
who is making war on the cen
tral government at Pekin, says
an official communique claims
capture of Kienping, north of
Jehol, by General Chang's fifth
army.
HOUSTON, Texas. No
spread of the foot and mouth
disease was reported to the
sanitary livestock commission
in the quarantined area, near
here Wednesday.
CRABTREE ESTATE
Of $4,000,000 Is Given to
Charity
BOSTON—The $4,000,00 estate
which Miss Lotta Crabtree acquired
in a colorful career of song and
dance, real estate investment and
theater operation goes to charity
under the terms of her will, which
was filed Monday and half of the
sum goes to form a trust fund for
World War disabled and their de
pendents.
Setting aside only nominal sums
for relatives, the actress left hun
dreds of thousands for dumb ani
mals, needy actors and actresses,
hospitals nnd discharged convicts,
and the residue to graduates of
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
The will establishes a trust fund
of $2,000,000 for those men and
Women In the service of the United
States during the World War who
were disabled, maimed, wounded or
sick and extends assistance also to
the dependents.
The trustees are empowered to
aid also any hospitals or other or
ganizations performing a similar
service to veterans nnd are directed
to use the income from the fund
seml-annunlly.
A fund of $300,000 to be known as
the "Lotta dumb animal fund.” Is
created for care and relief of dumb
animals.
"The Lotta theatrical fund’’ of
SIOO,OOO Is set aside to help those
members of the theatrical profes
sion who through sickness or mis
fortune need assistance.
As Loses
Who Gamble* with Fire;
TAKE NO CHANCES
October s—ll ii
Fire Prevention Week
H EIIVf ATTACKS
REPULSED BY
•■SHANGHAI'S
DEFENDERS
SHANGHAI. —The fourth day
of continuous fighting between
rival Chinese armies, near
Shanghai was completed Tues
day night with no evidence
that early termination of the
battle could bo expected.
SHANGHAI—Heavy counter
attacks made by the invading
Kiangnu forces throughout Mon
day night in the Malo Kiating
sectors west of Shanghai have
all been repulsed, according to
the military headquarters of
the defending Chekiang armies
at Lungwha,
The Chekiang forces said Hie
Lungwha Tuesday were holding tin
new ground they gained, but were
making no attempt this morning to
effect further advances into the
territory held by the invaders. Up
wards of 600, wounded Chekiang
soldiers were brought into Shang
hai Tuesday and the reported loss
on the Klangsu side were even
greater.
Engagements of less importance
took pluce Monday night and were
continued today near Liuho and
Hwangtu. The Chekiang head
quarters at Lungwha is momentar
ily expecting Klangsu attacks to he
launched against its lines of de
fense southwest of Shanghai, be
yond Sungklang where the Chek
iang army numbers 6,000.
Not Guilty Plea
By Geo. Munding
CHICAGO. —A plea of not guilty
was entered Tuesday by George
Munding, proprietor of a Chicago
riding academy, who Monday shot
and killed Mrs. Julia Douglass,
pretty widow and mistress of a
riding academy at Hinsdale.
Munding wns given a prelimin
ary examination after he had ad
mitted tho shooting to detectives
who arrested him as he raced from
Mrs. Douglass' riding school where
the shooting occurred. Jealousy of
another man caused the shooting,
the police said. Witnesses said
Mundlhg wns Intoxicated.
TEXAS QUARANTINE
3s Felt By Farmers and
Truck Growers
HOUSTON, Texas —Small farm
ers and garden truck raisers as well
as cattle men und other with larg
er Interests urn beginning to feel
the pinch of the quarantine against
the foot and mouth disease In this
vicinity. The livestock sanitary
commission which has enforcement
of the quarantine in charge, is
daily deluged with requests for re
lief from scores of persons who are
held on their premises with no mar
ket for their products.
No person or product which may
have had an opportunity to become
contaminated is allowed with cer
tain exceptions to move within or
from Harris, Galveston and those
parts of Brazos and Fort Bend
counties east of the Brazos fiver.
About 8,000 acres and approximate
ly 1,000 Infected cattle are under
guard of 150 men who work In
three shifts.
Preparations to shoot the cattle
continued today with the probability
that it would not begin until Wed
nesday when It Is hoped that three
trenches, each four hundred feet
long, sixteen feet wide and eight
feet deep will have been completed.
Tuesday inspectors continued
their work of metodically examining
additional herds.
MIAMI REALTOR IS
ACCUSED OF MURDER
MIAMI, Fla,—W. Y. C. Humes,
Miami real estate dealer is charg
ed with murder as the result of the
shooting of Uiccto Celona at a case
here Monday. Humes declare* he
sought an explanation from Celona
as to his friendship for Mrs. Humes
and in the quarrel which ensued
that he fired in self defense.
Mrs. Hattie Freckleton, who shot
her husband. 54, while postoffice
corner crowds looked on Monday
afternoon' also faces a charge of
first degree murder and will he ar
raigned In Justice court Tuesday
for a hearing. Hhe was to have met
her husband to arrange for a di
vorce. Hhe exprernes regret and has
obtained permission to attend her
husband’s funeral.
THOMSON BOY SHOT
While Handling Gun In Game
of "Robber”
THOMSON, Ga. The 9-year-old
son of Clinton Thompson, of this
place, was painfully wounded in
the face Monday by the accidental
discharge of a shot gun which he
nnd a companion were handling
while playing a game of “robber.”
Difficult Situation
Is Smoothed Over to
Satisfaction of .Tokio
Walter Johnson
May Toss First
Game of Series
Premier Pitcher Says
This May Be His Last
Year In Big League
BOSTON —Tho American league
pennant won. the Washington Sen
ators of 1924 accomplished what
Washington teams have been try
ing unsuccessfully to do for forty
years took things easy Tuesday.
Theor youthful manager, Stanley
Harris, whoso rise from breaker
boy at a mine to leadership of a
champion team at 28 years of age
has fired the youngsters of the
country, went to Washington over
night, accompanied by Walter
Johnson, veteran pitchor, and and
Clark Griffith, president of the
club.
Before lenving Harris said his
team's success wns duo to its
fighting qualities and that they
would carry these same qualities
against the Giants Saturday. He In
dlcated that Walter Johnson was
in good shape, notwithstanding his
recent Injury and would pitcli tho
first game.
Johnson himsplf, achieving an
ambition to qualify for world ser
ies play after a generation of pit
ching, said this might be Ills lasti
year in Major league baseball.
"I realise that I cannot go much
further," he said. "My arm Is still
good but I know I haven’t got the
stuff I used t% have. When tho
season started 1 had fully made
up my mind to retire at the end of
this year. Now it. all depends on
what comes up this winter.
"If I enn get located In baseball
somewhere In the wPHt, that would
suit me perfectly. I want to get
settled. I have four children and I
want to get out of baseball before
1 get useless. If I can help Wash
ington to win a world pennnnt this
fall that certainly would be the
time to quit.”
Tho Senators have orders from
Manager Harris to bo bark in
Washington to take up serious
prnrtlce ot Ihclr home park at 1
I’. M„ Wednesday.
"We will be ready for tho Giants,
he sure of that." were his parting
words. " v
IDENTIFY SIGNATURE
ON LETTER AS THAT
OF SMILEY BIGHAM
CONWAY, H. C—Tduntlficatlon by a
Ktatft’s witnoHH of tho slKnature of L.
SniUoy Bightim on the eo-ralled con
fusion hitter, one of the factors on
whirh the defenue secured a new
trial, marked tho proKreaa of Edmund
I). JiiKham’H Hecond trial for murder
here Monday. E. M. Singletary. clerk
of court for Florence county, declared
that In hIH opinion the HlKnature to
the letter which Itself was not offered
In evidence, was the handwriting of
Smiley Hlgham, whom along with his
mother, Mrs. M. M. Hlgham, his sis
ter, Mrs. Margin Black and the two
adopted children of the latter, Eeo
and John McCracken, Edmund Big
ham 1h charged with killing on Jan
uary Bth, 1921, at the Blgharn planta
tion at Fampllco In Florence county.
Shortly after Edmund was arrested,
a few days after the tragedy, Mr.
Kingletary testified his wife presented
a deed for practically all of the Blg
harn property at his office to be rec
orded but be refused to accept It be
cause he said the document showed
certain alterations nnd erasures. The
deed purported to he signed by Mrs.
M M. Blgharn, Mrs. Black and Hmlley
Blgharn and to convey nine hundred
acres to the defendant and for forty
two thousand dollars.
The state also succeeded Iri getting
Into the evidence n statement alleged
to have been made by Hmlley Blgharn
on Tuesday before the Haturday of
the homicide that "Edmund Is cutting
up again and Is threatening to kill ns
all but T nm not afraid of him ” The
state failed, however, In an attempt
to place In evidence flie will alleged
to have been made on the Haturday
one week before the crime. Judge
Ifayne F Rice ruled that he would
exclude It for the present.
TELL* OF WOUND
IN WOMAN’S SKULL.
Much of the afternoon session of
the court was consumed by the testi
mony of I Jr. J. I>. Hmyni-r, brain sur
geon and specialist of Florence, who
with others exhuim d the body Of Mrs.
Blgharn at i'amplico last week and
performed a post-mortem examina
tion.. l>r. Hrnyser described the bul
let wound found In the skull of Mrs.
Blgharn and In response to questions
he expressed the opinion that the
wound she suffered would have pro
duced about the same result as If she
had been suddenly beheaded Accord
ing to Edmund Blgham’s account of
the tragedy as related by ■
witnesses, his mother rsn from the
front door across the yard saying
“Hmlley has killed us all" when he
returned home from a brief business
trip to find the family wiped out.
Undergoing a searching cross-ex
amination by Judge Mendel Jj. Smith
of defense counsel, l>r. Hrnyser testi
fied also to the powder burns or
stains said to have been around the
bullet wound In the temple which
ended Hmlley'* life. He said from a
description j»f the ofNhe
wound It was caused by a bullet fired
from a weapon not closer to the head
than sixteen inches. The defense has
Indicated its theory of the crime Is
that Hmlley killed the other members
of the family and then committed
suicide. Ur. Hr/yser gave It as his
opinion that Hmlley probably would
elthea have clinched the pistol firm
ly or dropped It altogether after
shooting himself Acrordlng to wft
ths pistol WAS loosslv grasp'd
when his body was found shout noon
of the day following the tragedy.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
GENEVA.—The difficult situation endangering the
protocol on arbitration and security brought by the de
mand of the Japanese delegation for an amendment to the
protocol was smoothed out Tuesday to the satisfaction of
the Japanese.
This important step was accomplished by a special
committee including Louis Locheur of France, Sit* Cecil
Hurst of Geat Britain and Signor Scialoia of Italy, which
with Mr. Adachi of Japan, present and approving worked
out a definite plan for arranging the protocol to remove
the Japanese objections and thereby to prevent an adverse
vote by the Japanese delegation when the protocol is sub
mitted to the assembly of the league of nations.
AUGUSTA FACTORY ,
INCREASES STOCK
BY HALF MILLION
Stockholders Vote to Issue
$500,000 In Eight Per
Cent. Preferred 5400,-
000 to Be Offered to
Present Holders of Com
mon
An Issue of $900,000 of 8 per cent,
cumulative preferred stock was
authorized for the Augusta Factory
nt n. meeting of the stockholders
of the company held Monday. Of
this amount, $400,000 will be of
fered to present shareholders of
common stock. It wns stated, how
ever, that the entire Issue has been
underwritten and all not taken by
tho stockholders lias already been
disposed of. Dividends will be
payable quarterly.
It is understood that the sale ot
this new Block will retire ail tho
InrientcdnGMJi of tho factory, with
the exception of the first mortgtffco
bonds and will put the company In
a very sound financial condition.
The securities of the company are
calculated to show a decided im
provement. in value on the strength
of this operation.
The company Is now said to he
operating at a profit and this new
development, coupled with their
reported sound future prospects,
are taken ns Indicative of Augusta’s
return to normalcy and a real pros
perity.
Tho news of this new Issue of
stoek will lie received by the mer
chants of flie city ns a forerunner
Of better business for them.
The officers snd directors of the
Augusta Factory are:
f 4. A. Fortson, president; George
If. Gerke. vice-president snd treas
urer; directors: H A. Fortson,
I.esvoile MncCamnbeil, Bryant Mac-
Gampbell, R, If. Storm, B. P. Jones,
George R. Lombard, If. K. Lowrey,
If. C. Chafee and Coles Phlnlzy.
HEAVY DAMAGE
Caused By Floods In Balti
more and Section
________
BALTIMORE, Floods causing
damage which may run Into six
llgurcs accompanied the storm
which drenched Baltimore and
neighboring communities Tuesday
and Monday.
The Severn, Patapsco and other
streams overflowed their hanks, In
undating homes along tho river
fronts.
High winds complicated the
Mitiintlon, piling up the water. In
Baltimore harbor the waves rose
to within hlx Inches of Pratt street
levels—the hlgheat In years.
RICHMOND, Va. The James
river nt Columbia registered 21.5
at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning and
was rising rapidly as the result of
heavy rains during the past 48
hours. The 26 foot level ut Colum
bia In the past hus resulted In the
inundation of Main street here and
much property damage.
The New York-ltlchmond Steam
ship Company called upon all con
signees this morning to move
freight billed to them and flow In
its warehouses along the water
front here. Other warehouses and
concerns located along the river al
so were preparing to move their
merchandise und mnehlnery to high
er ground. The fiver here was rising
rapidly.
Girl Declares She’ll Stay With
Pastor Accused of Abducting Her
BALUNDKR, Texan.—The Rev.
Joseph K. Yeats, held In Jail here
on abduction charges filed In Okla
homa, nald Tuenday he would re
turn to that state with the sheriff
of Nowata county, waiving extra
dition proceedings. The youthful
girl whom the 48-year-old minister
Is charged with abducting, declares
she will stay with Yeats to "the
last ditch."
She Is under care of the sheriff's
wife pending arrival of her father
who Is due Tuesday night with the
sheriff from Alluwee, Okla.
Wearing a boyish bob and at
tired In clothing she said Yeats'
sister had given her, the young
woman was found In a field where
Yeats’ father was at work Monday.
The officers brought here with
Yeats who was taken Into custody
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Wednesday; cooler tonight.
WEATHER
GENEVA.—A complete
accctrd was reached Tuesday
morning by the three states
men entrusted with the task
of finding a solution of the
difficulty brought about by
the presentation by the Jap
anese of an amendment to
the protocol on arbitration
and security, and the agree
ment reached is satisfactory
to the Japanese. This was
divulged by M. Loucheur,
the Ftrench member of the
committee just before noon.
COMMITTEE HOLDS
PRIVATE SESSION
The committee composed In ad
dition to M. Loucheur of Sir Cecil
Hurst, of England, and Signor
Scialoia, of Italy, with M. Adachi
present, met in private conference
In the i>V<e of the league of na
tions and examined the various
formulas designed to solve the Ja
panese difficulty which had been
prepared during the night by each
committee. A few minutes before
M. Loucheur made his announce
ment wofd (lame from the confer
ence room that the committee was
gradually making progress In elabo
rating the text of one formula which
it was hoped would bo revise the
protocol on arbitration and security
us to meet the objections of the
Japanese position. Signor Scialoia
told the correspondents after this
morning’s meeting that the accord
that hod been reached would he
presented to the sub-committee of
the Juridical commission at 3 p. m.
A full meeting of the arbitration
commission lias been convoked for
3:64 o'clock for final discussion of
the agreement.
Tiie broad basis of the solution
arrived at. Dr. Denes of Czec-ho
Slovakia, informed The Associated
Press that the council of the league
of nations always shall have the
right examine all conflicts aris
ing between nations with a view to
the Pacific settlement of such con
flicts. He sahl that the Japanese
had formally accepted the compro
mise formula and that they had
agreed t withdraw their amendment
to the aggressor clause, which
makes an aggressor of any state re
fusing to abide by a decision of the
world court that tho matter in
volved Is one of internal Jurisdic
tion.
A Japanese insistence on an
amendment to the proposed proto
col of arbitration and security now
before the league of nations Is based
wholly upon the legal, not the im
migration phase of the question, and
Inferences to contrary are far
fetched. according t official views
obtained here Tuesday.
RECORD RAINFALL
At Spartanburg For Month
of September
SPARTANBURG. B. C—Records
of 84 years’ standing for Septem
ber rainfall were believed to have
been broken here Monday night
when the rainfall for the month
reached 11.82 Inches, according to
the local weather man. It has rain
ed here for 17 straight days. The
cotton crop has been damaged to
the extent of several thousand bales
I* this county, the county agent
said Monday night. -
Mules have been sent to points
on state highway No. 19 between
hero and Tryon, N. C., to pull mo
torists out of the mud. A special
dispatch to The Herald from Oa-ff
ney stated that Broad River was
five and one-half feet above normal
and still rising. Big Thickety Creek
is out of hank and running over
the Dawkins mills bridge on high
way No. 11 between Cass ney and
Union, the dispatch said.
at his father’s farm, near Winters.
"I will be 16 on October 29." the
girl said. "I had rather bo in the
cell with him (Yeats) and I am go
ing to stay with him to the last
ditch." She declared she ami
Yeats were married In Nowata on
September 18; that the minister
returned to Alluwee and filled his
regular appointment on the follow
ing Sunday, and that she left home
for school on Monday morning and
Yeats picked her up In his auto
mobile and they came to Texas.
Yeats was quoted Monday as say
ing they were married In Missouri
two weeks ago.
“I have done nothing wrong ex
cept to misrepresent mv wife's
age." Yeats said today. "We will
go hack and face It all when they
come fur us." ..