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Wow and horrors, I lost my ring, but a Herald Want Ad. found the old thing. 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." ..