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Wow and horrors, I lost ray ring, but a Herald Want Ad, found the old thing. VOLUME XXXI, No. 275 LEAGUE RECEIVES “WAR-KILLING” PROTOCOL FLOOD MENACE IN THREE SOUTHERN STATES Skull of Bisham’s Mother Shown Jury Swollen Rivers Endanger Life and Property RICHMOND, Va.—An additional flood warning | to all points along the James river east of Lynchburg ! and “especially to places east of Columbia” was is | sued Wednesday morning by the local weather bu ! reau. The bureau said the river would continued to I rise until late Wednesday night or Thursday. ATLANTA.—SwoIIen river* resulting from recent tcurenti? ’ rains in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia Wednus* ay were menacing life and property, although the danger in Virginia early Wednesday was reported as diminishing. RICHMOND FACES CREST OF FLOOD Richmond, however, still was facing the worst part of the flood when the crest of the James river flood was expected by noon. Early today the James at Lynchburg had reached 18 feet and was reported receding. At Columbia, the 28- foot mark had been reached and the water was still rising. Aggra vating the situation for Richmond the flood waters of the Rivana were roaring into the James. The United States weather bureau forecaster r.i Richmond said he expected the vr'ar to reach the 16-foot mark. The only report of bridges washed ..y in Virginia came from Roa r„lte wfiShe the Roanoke river re ,, ohed.«Jts highest stage singe tain. Travel in North Carolina was virtually paralyzed as a result of damage to highways and railroads. In many cases trains were re routed in order to keep them go ing because of washouts. The maintenance forces of the state hir.hway deartment were ordered to snsend oerations and devote their ef’nrts to aiding stalled traffic. Thousands of acres of crops v e’-e reoorted inundated along the Cape Fear, Tar, Roanoke and Neuse rivers and a dozen smaller streams along the coast a storm of hurricane proportions had added its share to the damage. TRAFFIC IN SOUTH GEORGIA PARALYZED Traffic in southern Georgia was paralvzeu due to submerged and washed out highways and rail rofids. The weather bureau at Macon issued warnings to residents in all valleys of the Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha rivers that the re sy lal ] banks would be overrun from hall a mile to five miles in many places. Railroad gangs were busy re pairing damages to tracks of th. Atlantic Coast Line and Georgia nnd west coast railroads Tuesday caused three wrecks. No one was injured in either, although several of the train crews had narrow escapes. TAKING STOCK OF DAMAGE IN N. C. RAT.EIGH, N. C.—Eastern North Carolina Wednesday was taking stork of the damage wrought by the recent heavy rains which car ried most of its rivers out of their banks and caused losses ns yet unestimated to the farmer who had crops standing in the fields. Though the danger had not yet passed it was expected Wednesday the Cessation of the continuous rain that the streams soon would begin to recede. The flood crest early Wednesday was passing down the Cape Fear river opposite Fayetteville. Here the water was at a height of around 40 feet. The Roanoke river also was at its crest at Weldon with a flood stage of more than 35 feet. Thousands of acres of crops are under wa'er and damage had been done to roads throughout the east. The state highway system suffer ed heavily. Gas Price Is Reduced Three Cents In Nine Southern States ATLANTA. Ga.— Nine southern rtates, North Carolina, South Caro :ina. Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, are affected by a reduction of three cents a gallon In the retail price of filling stations casollne through announcements Tuesday night by the Gulf Kefln ing Company’s representatives in New Orleans and Atlanta. This company Is the only one of the large distributors of gasolfne to make the reduction announcement although It was reported in Atlanta that a gaso Ine price war through out the south is impending. In ' iemphis the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, announced local re duction of two cents a gallon. The Gulf Comoony mad* only • two* THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. Judge Caverly Has Nervous Breakdown CHICAGO.—Judge John R. Cav erly, who on September 16, sen tenced Richard Leob and Nathan Leopold, Jr., to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert Franks, was stricken \,ith a nervous breax down immediately after the close of the trial, hut is much improved in a hospital here, former Judge Charles A. McDonald announced Wednesday after visiting the judge. That the judge had been in a hos pital or that he had had a break down was unknown to his most intimate friends, Judge McDonald said. * REFUGEES POUR INTO SUM SHANGHAI. The Kiangsu forces fighting to gain possession of Shanghai from the Chekiang army launched an offensive at 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning, nine miles southwest of Sunkiang, along the line of the Shanghai-Hagchow railway firing across a stream where the Cheking forces were en trenched. Thousands of refugees are pour ing into Shanghai today from Sungkiang on the strength of the activities there Tuesday which continued with sporadic firing AVednesday morning. Neither side has resorted to the use of artillery yet, according to three wounded' Chekiang soldiers who arrived here by train Wednesday. MUKDEN FORCES CLAIM KIENCHANG TOKIO. —Mukden forces of. Gen eral Chang T#o-Lin, Manesurlan leader, whose armies are fighting for possession of the central gov ernment of China, Wednesday re ported the capture of Kienchang, a town in Chihli province 55 miles from the Chihlian - Manchurian border, according to a dispatch from Mukden to the Kokusai News agency here. TOKIO. —A general engagement between the forces of Chang Tao- Lin, Manchurian leader, and Pekin troops opposing Chang's attempts to overpower the central govern ment of China was in progress Wednesday on the Jehol front, ac cording to announcement from the Mukden headquarters of Chang's army and received here today. The same announcement told of the cap ture of Chifeng. 150 miles north of Jehol. by Mukden troops. cent reduction in Memphis also. The announcement of the Gulf Company In Atlanta was followed quickly by two of the largest in dependent companies, the Reed Oil Company of Georgia, and the Wof ford Oil Company which operates in Alabama and Georgia. The retail price of the fuel varies in different parts of the south. The price in Atlanta, under the reduc tion which goes into effect Tues day is 20 cents a gallon. In Chat tanooga it will be 16 cents. Memphis reports its price Is 16 cents. Officials here of- the Standard Oil Company declined to make any comment Tuesday on the prospect of that ompany Joining in the re duction. The district manager was out of the city and not expected to return for several days. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. BROOKHART fiSKS FOR RESIGNATION OF CHAS. DAIS Republican Senator De clares Coolidge’s Running Mate Has Wrecked Party’s Campaign DES MOINES, lowa. A meeting of the republican cen tral committee was called Wed nesday for noon Thursday at which the situation brought about by Senator Smith W. Brookhart's statement of last night demanding that Charles G. Dawes withdraw as the re publican candidate tor vice president, it was announced Wednesday by State Chairman B. B. Burnquist. CHICAGO. United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart made public Tuesday the text of a letter lie mailed today to Chairman AVilliam M. Butler of the Republican national com mittee, condemning the record of Charles G. Dawes, Republi can vice-presidential nominee. “Charles G. Dawes has wrecked _ the Republican cam paign, especially in the north west. Senator Brookhart write. He detailed his charges and concluded the letter with this paragraph: "For these reasons I desire to request that the Republican national committee take steps to secure the resignation of Mr. Dawes as the Republican candidate for the vice-presi dency. In his place there should be selected a farm bloc candi date, not an imitation farm blocer, but one of the fighting typer, like Senator Norris, of Nebraska, in whom the farmers have the utmost confidence.” Senator Brookhart is seeking re-election on the Republican ticket in lowa. HERE’S THE TEXT OF BROOKHART LETTER The text of Senator Brookliart’s letter follows: “Charles G. Dawes has wrecked the Republican campaign, especial ly in the northwest. He started .out like a hold-faced ’plutogog’ but his discourtesy and ungentlernanly language quickly reduced him, in his own vocabulary, to a mere ‘pee wit plutogog.’ “His 'sulphuretted hydrogen’ bank record, as established by the su preme court of Illinois the day he was nominated, renders him unfit for the public service, and he should be removed from office. His official defense in this transaction by a noted Democratic lawyer only makes this conclusion more em phatic. The claim that he was ignorant of the import of his act and only regarded it as a friendly (Continued on page two.) AUTO WRECK FATAL TO FELTON OGLESBY OF MILLEN, GEORGIA P 1 MILLEN, Ga.—Felton Oglesby, of Millen, was Instantly killed Tues day night about ten o'clock, when his roadster turned turtle about ten miles from Millen, on the Millen and Bylvania road. It is generally conceded that fast driving was the cause of the untimely death of Mr. Oglesby. In the car with Ogiesby were Misses Dlekey and Doyal, who es caped uninjured, but were severely shocked from the accident. Mr. Oglesby has been in the employee of Turner Lumber Company, of this city, for a number of years and was well-regarded in this city. He is survived by his mother and several sisters. Interment will be in Mc- Donough Cemetery in Koreven coun ty. HANDCUFFED MAN WILL DRIVE AUTO HERE FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT SLEEP H. C. Cole to Begin En durance Test Thursday Afternoon, Starting at The Herald Building Driving an automobile through Augusta's streets for five nights and five days, without *leep, and while hsndruffed. will be the novelty "Sergeant'' H. C. Cole will demon strate here beglnnnlng tomorrow, Thursday October 2nd, In front of The Herald Building He has driven in this manner through the streets of soma of the eountry's biggest titles. His drive is an endurance test, together with proving that an automobile can he driven carefully while both wrists ar. bound together by a chain There Is no "catch" In this unique ride The driver will he accom panied by a ren^eac ntatlve of The Herald at noon Thursday at the be AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1, 1924 State Rests In Murder Case atConway,S.C. Offers Will of Mrs. Margie Black As Final Link BIGHAM IS CALM AS MOTHER’S SKULL SHOWN Court Reserves Decision As to Admitting Black Will As Evidence CONWAY, S. C.—The skull of Mrs. M. M. Bigham, widow of a former state senator, was intro duced in evidence Tuesday in the second trial of her son, Edmund D. Bigham, on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of Mrs. Bigham, her son, Smiley, her daugh ter, Mrs. Margaret Black, and Leo and John McCracken, adopted children of Mrs. Black. The defendant displayed interest but no emotion as the bullet pierc ed-skull of his mother was shown to the jury by Dr. N. B. Finklea. of Florence county, who with other physicians exhumed the body last week, three and a half years after the tragedy 1 . The body was exhumed and the skull exhibited to the jury to settle a question which had been raised as to the range of the bullet which caused Mrs. Bigham’* death. Tes timony of phyaiciana indicated that she had been shot from the rear and the bullet ranged downward. Other witnesses Tuesday told of quarrels between Edmund Bigham and his brother, Smiley, over the administration of budainess affairs. Tho defense of Edmund Btfriam is that Smiley Bigham killed the other four member* of the family and then killed himself. The state is seeking to prove that Edmund wiped out his entire family in order to obtain control of the estate. STATE RESTS AFTER INTRODUCING WILL. CONWAY, S. C.—Offering the will of Mrs. Margie Black as the final link in the chain of circum stantial evidence it has been forg ing, the state rested late Tuesday in the second trial of Edmund D. Big- | ham, charged with murder In con-, nection with the death of L. Smiley] Bigham, his brother; Mrs. Black,, his sister: Mrs. M. M. Bigham, his | mother, and Leo and John Me- > Cracken, small adopted children of! M rs. Black. Judge Hayne F. Rice reserved de- * cislon until Wednesday on whether \ or not Mrs. Black's will would be - admitted as evidence. Tho state 1 had examined thirty witnesses from | the opening of court last Thursday [ morning until Attorney Phillip H. j Arrowsrnith, assisting Solicitor L. I M. Gasquo in the prosecution, an- ] nounced that with the introduction • of the will the state would rest. The defense is scheduled to begin presentation of its witnesses im mediately after Judge Rico's decis- Contlnued on Page 2 DAVIS WILL MAKE TWO SPEECHES IN MARYLAND TODAY BALTIMORE.—John W. Davis, Democratic presidential candidate, will make his first appeal to tho voters of Maryland Wednesday. Two addresses ar« scheduled for the nominee, the first at an open mass meeting at Frederick in the afternoon; the other at the Fifth Regiment armory In Baltimore. More than 8,000 chairs have been placed In the armory but it Is said “0,000 persons can be accommodated and this number is expected to hear Mr. Davis. Loud speakers have also been Installed outside the hall to lake core of a possible over flow. Tho address will be radio broadcast through station WCAP, Boston. ginning of the ride. He will first traverse every downtown street, and remain within the corporate limits for the remainder of the five days. The start will be made from the He Aid Building, Thursday, Oct. 2nd, and will finish Tuesday, at noon In front of Palmer, I'hlnlr.y and Con nell, 627-62'J Broad Street. A new Studebaker Special Six will be driven by Sergeant Cole, which Is equipped with a Willard Battery Hnd for the entire trip lied Arrow ties and LlberjA Motor Oil, both from the Peoples Oil Company, will he used exclusively. The only soft drink used by Sergeant Cole will he Orange Cruah In the "Krlnkly" bottle. Montell, the photo grapher. will he on hand Thursday at noon to take pictures for the Herald of the starting of the five day endur ance test. Sergeant Cole extenda a cordial Invitation to the public to be on hand tomorrow to witness the start of the five day trip. Several prominent citizens of Augusta will handcuff Sergeant Cole to the wheel and start him off on the trip. OLD AND NEW •1 I* WALTER W. HEAD AValter W. Head of Omaha will retire from the presidency of the American Bankers' Association at LaFollette’s Political Doctrine Is Attacked at Bankers’ Convention CHICAGO —William E. Knox, president of the Bowery Savings Bank of New York City, Wednesday was unanimously elected pres ident of the American Bankers Association, Oscar Wells of Birming ham, Ala., was chosen first vice president. CHICAGO —The political views of Robert M. LaFollette, independent | candidate for president, were sharp ly attacked at Wednesday’s session | of the American Bankers’ Assocla , tion's general convention. I Previous sessions had confined themselves to condemnation of the principal planks in the platform of the independent candidate, whoßc name was not mentioned, but Tuesday he was specifically named as "the nation’s chief liability” in an address prepared for delivery by John E. Kdgerton, president of the National Assqclatlon of Manufact urers. Mr. Edgerton declared "the ele ments of distrust and suspicion, prejudice nnd hatred, discontent and vengeance have been multiplied are being brought together Into a dan gerous power by an enterprising genuis from Wisconsin who Is nev er happy except when conspietios as either a destructions or ob structionist.” Except for the human element of I‘fc’sponsiveiiess of the egotistic to the appeal of the demagogue, he declared, "that arch demagogue La- Follette, and all other demagogues . . , would he compelled to find some useful employment for their misapplied talents.” "If there is anything against which tho citizens of our country would hurl its resistance” he con tinued, "it is tho Impudently arm of our courts by cunningly devised Summary of the News GENERAL Leaflu* receives covenant to “annihilate" wars. Swollen streams menace three Southern states. Brookhart demands resignation of Dawes. Davit makes first appeal to Maryland voters. Thousands of refugees pour into Shanghai. President Coolidge to address Washington baseball team. LaFollette’s politics assailed at Bankers’ Convention. Judge Caverly In hoepital from nervout breakdown. Frost in aevaral Southern etates Tueeday nighs. Gasoline prices reduced in South, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA Pan-American Congress meet* in Atlanta. Ira Wastberry on trial for life at Brunewiek, Ga. Jenkins County prepares for annual fair. National Nut Grower* Association meela at Cuthbert. Expect unprecedented tourist travel through Georgia. Felton Oglesby killed in auto accident near Millen. Mre. Bigham’a skull shown jury at Conway, S. C.j state reel*. South Carolina Insurance Commission hear* appeal*. W. R. Callaway put under %4,000 bond et Aiken. South Carolina roads being repaired after washout*. / SPORTS Washington prepares for first world’s sarias game. Boston ends in seventh place by beating Senator*. Cobb rajoicea at Waahington’a triumph. White Sox and Cub* begin city sense. Fort Worth end Memphis meet in crucial game. Welker and Barrett in title bout Wednesday night. Statistics show Senators best in outfield. A. R. C. prepares to meat Bateaburg-Leeaville here Friday. LOCAL V jk V Boat injunction hearing nears completion. Temperature here fall* to 46 degree*. .JB Full boat testimony of Mayor Smith published. . V Lawton B. Evan* make* appeal for boy* high tchool. VAVaw Babti Herbert Straus blames public for sex movie*. mfvVSB Pres dent’s Club endorses school bond issue. Handsome gift fpr W. H. Vincent, formrr auditor. Augustans to attend Wilke* County Fair. WM. E. KNOX its annual convention now being held in Chicago. William E. Knox, of New York, first vice-president, will succeed him. * statutes and amendments to the constitution. It has become a fad, or rather a disease to amend our constitution and by amending it to render it in operation, the wisdom of Its original architects.” DELEGATES ARE URGED TO VOTE CHICAGO —All members w're urged "to get out and vote” for tho protection of their interests in the report submitted Wednesday by the resolutions committee of tho Amerloan Bankers’ Association. Other resolutions proposed for adoption condemned "confiscatory taxation systems” said to be In force in some slates and apposed amend ments to the constitution tending to curtail the powers of the supremo court.” The report advised bankers not to dream of a "return to normal which Is not normal” but accept present price levels as the basis upon which business must operate. Neither the return of pre-war level nor of inflated war time levels In the opinion of t?ie committee should be counted on. In the work of the agrlulturnl committee it was commended and its continuance urged.' A resolution favoring co-operative marketing was also reported. It was learned that an unsuccess ful attempt was made to get the committee to Introduce *i resolu tion endorsing a certain co-opera tive enterprise by name. 18 CENTS A WEEK. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Plan Leaves No Loopholes, Says General Report GENEVA.—The amended draft protocol on arbitra tion and security was presented to the assembly of the league of nations for its approval Wednesday accompa nied by a general report, historical and analytical in na ture by M. Politis of Greece, and Dr. Benes of Czecho Slovakia, official reporters for the two commissions which jointly framed the document. Frost In Several Southern States on Tuesday Night ATLANTA, Ga.—Frost in several southern states Tuesday night ami Wednesday morning wns In many cases the earliest In a quarter of a century but no duniage Is believed to have resulted from the visit of the forerunner of colder weather to come. C. F. Von Herman, mcteorloglst of the weather bureau here declared Wednesday morning that the frost was probably not heavy enough to causse damage anywhere In this sec tion. Frost was In evidence in Geor gia as far south as Macon and wns also reported in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi nnd Tennessee. 30,000 TOURISTS Expected to Pass Through Georgia and Florida • ATLANTA, G*.—Unprecedented tourist travel through th* South tills winter is forecast by Ray mond Beck, field manager of the American automobile association who hns Just closed a tour here of the roads in the South. Although the roads in some parts of Georgia show a deplorablo lack of upkeep, stated Mr. Beck, we may .expect to see 30,000 tourists travel ing through Georgia and Florida this autumn. Say King Hussien Still Holds Mecca LONDON—King Hussien of tho Hedjaz, still holds Mecca, accord ing to tho latest reports from Cairo and the Wahabis tribesmen have made no further advance on the holy city. Washington Casts Off Its Dignity to Greet Pennant Winning Club WASHINGTON. —The Amer ican league champions arrived here ehortly before 1) o'clock from Boston. Bespit* the ear ly hour, a crowd estimated by some to number nearly two thousand, rushed the gates and greeted the players as they left the sleepers In tho train shed. Each player was cheered by name as lie stepped from the train and tho team literally hnd to battle its way to the wait ing taxicabs. They expressed themselves as expecting a tough struggle with the Giants, but they were confident, that the "fight” that landed them at the top of the American league would also net them the world's championship. Walter Johnson, It Is under stood, is the selection of Man ager Hatrls for the first game and Zachary, a Houthpaw, his choice for the second contest. Marberry, who has been most successful In trimming the Yankees In New York this sea son, is said to be favored by Harris to open in the first New York game. W A H HI NOTON Sophisticated old Washington cast off its dignity Wednesday to welcome home in snndlot fashion Its American Lea gue pennant winning baseball club. For about the first time in history the city had a chance to stage Its own parade, cheer its own heroes and forget that It was the sedate capital of the nation. High officials of the government slighted their state duties to turn out for the general scramble for points of vantage along Pennsyl vania avenue and shout a yell greeting to the team that has given the city its first pennant in the annual annals of baseball. President Coolidge, a week ago, had carefully reserved an hour from the demands of his official duties to take a leading part In the homecoming celebration, every de tail of which had received the of ficial stamp of approval of a com mittee appointed by the district i The reception committee ar ranged to meat the players at the American League baseball park in HOME EDITION WPATUICD Augusta and vicinity: Fair and con. VVCMinCn tinued cool toniflht; Thirsday fair. DECLARE PLAM IS AIR-TIGHT Special chapters are devoted to condemnation of aagressive war, compulaory jurisdiction of the world court of justice the atrenglhening of pacific methods of procedure, the domestic jurisdic tion of the states, sanctions and reduction of armaments all of which form features of the pro tocol. Th* conclusion of the re port which fills 20 printed pages, contains observations of a general nature. “Our purpose,” aays the report, was to make war impossible—to kill it, to annihilate it. The plan drawn up leaves no loopholes; it prohibits wars of every descrip tion and lays down (he rule that all disputes shall bo settled by pa cific meant. “If tha smallest opening were left for any meaaure of force the whole ( system would collapse, it added, and to this end arbitration is pro vided for every kind of dispute, and aggression ia defined in such a way at to give no cause for hesitation when the council of the league has to make a decision. “PEACE OF WORLD IS AT STAKE.” The reports declare that these reasons led the framers of the pro tocol to fill in ‘be in »h< league covenant and definite sanclsn* in such a way that no possible means could be found for evading them nnd thaht there would be a sound, definite basin for a feeling of se curity. "The peace nf the world is at stake,” continued the report. "The fifth assembly has undertaken a work of world wide importance, which if it succeeds is* destined profoundly to modify present polit ical condition*. If we succe, .1 the league of nations will have render ed Inestimable service to the whole modern world.” The report ends by begging th* nssembly to examine the protocols witli care and to recommend then to the various governments for ac ceptance. FORMER PREMIER 18 APPLAUDED Former premier Brland of France (Continued on page 2) automobiles and whisk them to Peace monument, th 4 starting point of the parade in order to enable the team to take a snappy workout before the celebration. Because pretty much the entire city seemed to want to march In stead of look on, the committee limited the participants In the pro cession to a few representative bodies. A squadron of mounted po lio fornsed the van of tho colorful mar. bets. Other units included the United States cavalry band from Fort Myer, the Washington Riding and Hunt Club attired In scarlet hunting coats; ten of the city’s ‘most beautiful young girls” dress ed In white and mounted on white horses and a truJii of automobiles carried representative citizens. By starting the parade from Peace monument at 4:30 p. m. the com mittee allowed 30 minutes for the march down the avenue to the El lipse back of the White House at which point the program provided for a brief address to the players by th* president. As a finishing touch to the pro gram of welcome the team will be guests at a banquet Wednesday. Announcement was made Wed nesday that practically all of the 30,000 reserved seats In the ball park had been sold for the first two games of the world’s series with the New York Giants to be played here Saturday and Sunday. This, it was said, leaves only about 6,00“ blueacher seats to go on sale for each contest. FIRE Servant or Master? ' t Think it over during Fir* Prevention Week Oct. 5 to 11.