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Have you seen today's bargain mart ? Read the Herald Want Ads. VOLUME XXXI, No. 305 G. O. P. Has Collected $3,700,000; Democrats Have Only $552,368 ********* ********* ********* ** ******* Davis Tells Why Democrats Expect Victory Evasion Policy of G. 0. P. Given As Real Reason NEW YORK. ln his fourth statement setting forth democratic views of campaign issues, John W. Davis, democratic nominee for president, explained his reasons “for the spirit of optimism outstanding Fri day in the democratic camp.” Mr. Davis summed up what he said was the “cu mulative evidence of the last few days” and took occasion to express his grat itude “to associates on the party ticket for a well de fined movement which is bringing so many recruits to our ranks.” DESCRIBES THE MAIN REASON In part, the statement reads: "The steadily increasing support now being publicly pledged by so many who, heretofore, have been sunporters of* the candidates or, affiliated with other political par ties, is extremely heartening. Men and women of every political faith are declaring that they intend to vote the democratic ticket next Tuesday. “Of course, there Is a reason— the real one. It is not far to seek. Tlie campaign of evasion and de ception conducted by the republi cans is breaking down. Thev have been unable to avoid the vi'«l is sues of this campaign. Silence— their motto —has failed to convince. They have been unable to divert the people from the path of duty and their determination to have a clean honest and efficient govern ment. “From every section of the coun try these men and women who be lieve in integrity in government are pledging themselves to support the great doctrines setforth in our plat form. “Friday the executive council of the central trades and labor coun cil of greater New York—an or ganization representing one-fifth of the- entire memberd 'c of the Am erican Federation of Labor, was good enough to publicly pledge its support to the democracy. It recog nized the fact that it can depend on the democratic party. When it is restored to power in Washington on March 4 next, to redeem all of its pledges and that Senator LaFol lette cannot possibly be elected next Continued On Page Twelve DECLARES ROOSEVELT ORDERED SECRECY IN OIL LEASE EXCHANGE LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Further defense testimony by Dr. 11. Foster Bain, director of the federal bureau of mines, was expected to occupy all t>f Tuesday's session of the trial of the government's suit to cancel Elk Hills naval oil leases and con tracts granted E. L. Doheny’s pan- American Petroleum and Trans port Company in 1922. Mr. Bain Thursday told the court It was Theodore Roosevelt, then as sistant secretary of the navy, who ordered secrecy in negotiations leading up to the first government contract with Doheny's company in volving the exchange of Elk Hills naval petroleum for Pearl Harbor storage and fuel oil and that Al bert B. Fall, as secretary of the in terior, played only a perfunctory part in the negotiations. In a let ter dated December 9, 1921. said Dr. Bain. Rooosevelt instructed Edward C. Finney, first assistant secretary of the interior, to treat all Pearl Harbor storage project negotiations as confidential matter inasmuch as the project was part of the navy's war plans. At about this time Dr. Bain re called under further questioning by defense counsel the limitation of nrms conference was in session at Washington. On December 28 the witness said, he left Washington to solicit bids on the Pearl Harbor project from various oil companies on the Pacific coast. Secretary Fall having turned the negotiations over to him and Finney with the words: "Go ahead and handle this mat ter." On the coast. Dr. Bain continued, the plans for the first Pearl Harbor project were submitted to the Standard Oil Companv, the Asso ciated Oil Company, the Union Oil Company, the General Petroleeum Corporation and the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company and only two of them declined to hid. The Union Oil Company, he said, was not sufficiently Interesteed snd the General Petroleum ques tioned the legally of the proposed exchange of royalty crude for fuel nil and storage. THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. A Mystery t f‘ /> 4 ?& 1, v ' ‘ v V This mystery stone, which some experts believe may be worth a fortune, was found by A. E. Case, a Chicago attorney. In southwes tern Kansas. In a natural light it appears a dark green mass, nearly black. But Illuminated, it burns with reflected fires, taking on a brilliant green radiance. It weighs 120 pounds. RADIO TO CARRY ROTH DAVIS AND COOLIDGE TALKS WASHINGTON. The radio “hook up" by which President Coo lidge will make his final address next Monday night also will carry a speech by John W. Davis, plans having been completed by telephone officials to make facilities available to the democratic candidate on the same night but at a different hour. Mr. Davis will begin his address at 9:15 p. m. Eastern Standard Time and President will follow im mediately thereafter. The demo cratic candidate will talk from New York while the president's speech will be broadcast from the White House. Twenty three stations will be hooked up in the chain extending from coast to coast and radio ex perts expect the two candidates to reach the largest audience ever to hear an address. The presence of two major presi dential candidtaes on the same platform figuratively, and on the eve of an election, likewise will mark an epoch in political cam paigning. CHANCE'S DEFENSE Rests Without Introducing Any Witnesses STATESBORO Ga. —Not a single witness was placed on the stand hy the defense In the fifth trial of R. H. Chance, charged with the mur der of Watson Allen in Jenkins county, December 25, 1920. The defense decided on this course to give their leading cousel, E. K. Overstreet, the concluding ar gument. Tho procedure shortened the trial and it Is expected the case will he given the Jury early Fri day afternoon. At noon Friday Mr. Overstreeet was about to conclude his argu mnet. Judge Strange was then to give his chance after which re cess for lunch would be given. Court remained in session until 10 o'clock Thursday night. Attor neys in the case presented their arguments with the exception of R. Lee Moore, leading state counsel and Mr. Overstreet. Mr. Moore spoke Friday monrtng. Chance ha* thrice been convicted in Statesboro, and on each occa sion, the supreme court has revers ed the lower tribunal. His first trial In Jenkins county ended in a mistrial, and a change In venue was granted. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Would Issue $5,000,000 In Gold Bonds WASHINGTON—The Southern Railway Friday applied to the in terstate commerce commission for authority nominally to issue $5,000- 000 of development and general mortgage 4 per cent, hold bonds to We held In th* c»o*»a*iy's treasury. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. LABOR REGIME 10 KEEP OFFICE FEW DAYS LONGER LONDON. The laborite cabinet headed by Premier r MacDonald after a two hour session Friday morning ia understood to have decided to remain in office a few days and than resign before the as sembling of the new parlia ment. LONDON. —A cabinet council Is being held Friday In Downing street to decide upon the labor gov ernment's course of action in the face of the overwhelming conser vative victory in the parliamentary elections. It may prove to be the last meet ing of a labor cabinet In England for the next five or more years, as the execution is that the Mac- Donald government will decide to resign forthwith, making way for a conservative ministry under the leadership of former Premier Stan 'ley Baldwin. Premier MacDonald has the al ternative choice of remaining in office until the new parliament convenes and awaiting defeat on the speech from the throne but in view of the stunning defeat suf fered at the polls by his party, it is thought he will step out at once Should he resign forthwith and the king send for Mr. Baldwin, a new government could be complet ed before parliament meets, it Is declared at conservative headquar ters. Mr. Baldwin is leaving Fri day for a short holiday in the country in preparation for the strenuous duties which await him. - , With the exception of a few out standing returns from the univer sities and Scotland, the results of the elections now are complete showing the composition of the new commons to be as follows: Conservatives 398. Labor 149. Liberals 40. Independents 4. Co-opera*ves B. Constitutionalists 3. Communists 1. Total 600. , . The full membership of the house Is 615 and tt is expected that when tho returns from the Universities are received the conservatives will muster 400 or more seats. Returns to date show that the conservtaives made a net gain or 153; the liberals net loss was ll 1 and the laborites 41. , PEACE REIGNS IN CHINATOWN AFTER TRUCE IS SIGNED NEW YORK. —Peace reigned in Chinatown Friday. News that a truce had been signed traveled rapidly through the quarter Thurs day night. There was a noticeable lifting of the tension that has pre vaded the section since the feud be tween the On Leongs and the Hip Si The 'only 1 * reminder of the war that lias cost eight lives and a score of injuries here was tho large number of bluecoats who continued their watch The police department notwithetandinp announcement of a two weeks - mistlce, decided not to relax their vigilance. Announcement of the truce came from the Chinese con sul general, one of the . the peace movement that was al most frustrated by the Hin Sing Tong man in the shadow of the building in Chinatown where the peace parleys were being held. By tho time the excitement of the shooting had died down many of the merchants who attended th« conference departed for their homes In Philadelphia. Washing ton, Boston and Chicago com plaining that although they had been assured that leaders of the On Leongs would be prwnt, not one was there, and asserting that a settlement of the difference was impossible. When the consul gen eral made his announcement sev eral hours later the news came as a surprlae. . The truce became effective midnight and included all Chinese settlements throughout the coun try. according to the consul general, who said that efforts will be made to establish permanent peace In two weeks during which both sides have agreed to lay aside their dif ferences. TIRE IS CHECKED In Alabama Town After $150,000 Damage UNION SPRINGS Ala.—The Un ion Springs and Montgomery fire departments Friday morning had checked the flames which broke out here Thursday night and esti mate the loss st 1150,000. The Southern Cotton Oil Comnany. the Birmingham and Southeastern Rail road stntlon, Union Springs Com press Company and a residence owned by R. W. West were de stroyed. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 31, 1924 * ' j 1 * I , 1 I::'? % j* P ! r - v :- ' y 1 * @ Did she say "No”? Khe did not, and so Miss Tovo .lanson, daughter of a Seattle physician, will be the bride of Monte Blue, rnovio actor. Their wtdding is scheduled to take place Nov. 1 In tho bride's home. 44 Under Observation As ‘Looney Gas’ Victims WASHINGTON lnvestigation chemists of the bureau of mines into the effects of fumes from commercial gasoline contain ing tetraethyl has indicated that danger of poisoning from such gases is extremely re remote. NEW YOllK—Thirty-six persons are under observation or treatment In hospitals and eight others in their homes as New York City and New Jersey health officials Joined Friday to investigate the dangers of ethyl gas, the manufacture of which the Standard Oil Company’s SCORE OF CLAIMANTS For $5,000,000 Estate of Edwin Jennings CHICAGO —Nearly a score of at torneys and a similar number of claimants appeared in court Thurs day when the suit to determine who are the heirs to the $5,000,000 estate of Edwin B. Jennings was called for hearing. Jennings died In 1922, leaving no will. WORLD FLIER TO WED LOS ANGELAS. —The engage ment of Lieutenant Eric Nelson, world flier, and Miss Ruth Butler, of Dayton, Ohio, was announced through the Los Angeles Times Thursday night. They will Take off" soon on their honeymoon, It was said. GENERAL. G. O. P. has collected *3,700,000; Democrats $552,368. Davis explains why Democratic victory is anticipated. Carolina affairs in limoliqht in “slush” inquiry. British labor regime to stay in office few more days. Forty-four under observation as "looney gas” victims. LaFollette carries campaign to Mellon's home town. Radio to carry final speeches of Davis and Coolidge. Newton named chairman of board of Atlanta federal reserve. Truce is signed in Tong war in New York. Sub-tropical valley discovered in far north. Dawes turns east to wind up campaign. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA Chance ease expected to reach Statesboro jury today. Bennetts to face murder trial in few days. 8. C. textile mills had big fiscal year. Carolina Kiwanians end meet at Bpartanburg. Orangeburg fair closes after successful run. Carolina Health Officers meet at Columbia. Covernor McLeod to attend Florida convention. SPORTS Bulldogs are ready to meet Tennessee Saturday. A. R. C. battles Tech High here today. Wofford defeats Presbyterian College, 19-7. To erect memorial to Frank Chance. Important games on Eastern grid Saturday. - LOCAL Btudents parade to boost school bonds. LaFollette propaganda circulated here. Announce election rules in Seventh Ward. U. T. C. to have country store at Festival. Grand Jury endorses bond issue. All Metropolitan employes favor the bonds. Name committee to plan for Btadium here. Imperial Prince of Cokeys visits city. Augusta firemen tell of chief's funeral. VL.nt ads are used to help sell bonds. P”‘ar.y Cktb F* brine Scoteh band here. She’ll Be Mrs. Monte Blue Summary of the News plant at Elizabeth, N. J., has al- fivo deaths. The New York board of health has prohibited the sale of the gas in the city and made It a mis demeanor for any one to use It in automobiles. Severnl .’Vw Jersey cities also have taken action pro hibiting its sale. The fifth person to succumb was Herbert Fu.son of Elizabeth, N. J. and were afflicted while engaged in making the gas. A statement issued by the Stand ard officials admitted tiiut the gas was extremely dangerous while in the process of manufacture but de clared that In tlie diluted form which it is used in automobiles It is harmless. MAN DECLARES HE DROVE BOMB WAOON IN WALL ST. BLAST NEW YORK—A man who de scribed himself as Richard O'Hara, a driver of Communipaw, N. J., was taken to Bellevue hospital Friday, after he had walked Into a police station and declared that he was "the driver of the wagon which carried the bomb” used In the Wnll street explosion In 1920. The police questioned him •In the hospital, where he Is under treatment for alcoholic poisoning. O’Hara said he was eonseience strleken and "want ed to make a clean breast of it." (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS FIGURE IN “SLUSH” INQUIRY Washington, d. c.— After hear- Ing exhaustive evidence relating to republican campaign expenditures tlie Washington section of the senate committee inquiring into campaign funds gave republican counsel an op portunity Friday to present evidence regarding campaign expenditures by tho DaFollette and domocrtaic organi zations. After Friday’s session the hearings will be suspended until the election is over when the full committee which has been divided for several days be tween Washington and Chicago will assemble again to pursue tho inquiry. Tho witnesses subpoenaed for Fri day’s hearing included Charles A. Stoneham, owner of the New York Oiants and the Polo Grounds; Wil liam J. Mac Cormack, former member of the New York State Athletic Com mission; William Muldoon, former chairman of the commission; Jess Jones, financial director of tho demo cratic national committee; Norman H. Davis, former under secretary of state; William Burch, of Washington; Kdward Keating, of Washington, edi tor of Dahor; W. H. Johnston, chair man of tho executive committee of the LaFollette organization; Frank Marrlson, secretary of the American Federation of Labor; Joseph It. Grun dy, ehniimnn of the w.iys and means committee of tho state republican or ganization; Alexander Kahn, New York; and Sidney K. Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ or ganization. * SOU I H CAROLINA AFFAIRS RELAT ED. WASHINGTON, I). C— Evidence relating to ulleged money payments for federal patronage in South Caro lina, to the gathering of campaign funds from alcohol dealers by attaches of an Internal revenue collector’s of fice in New York and to the collection of funds from postmasters and others in several states was luld before tbs senate campaign fund Investigations Thursday in an effort to support Senator LoKollette’s charges of ir regular practices by the republican managers. Further light on the celebrated Tol bert patronage case In South Caro lina, which has been a subject of con troversy in congress for many months, was given the committee In a report hy J. T. Doyle, secretary of the United States civil service commis sion. He told the committee that lie had made an Investigation In South Carolina and accumulated evidence bearing on the appointment of post masters. IULOtHT ACCUSED IN THE REPORT. Reading from his report, Doyle said (hat Howard A Littlejohn, postmast er at Helton, S. C., had been told tiy Joseph W. Tolbert, republican na tional committeeman In South Caro lina, that he would get him reap pointed postmaster "if your heart and pocket hook will get right " He also testified tlint MaJ. James W. Brad ford at. Sumter, S. C., had paid SSOO to get promoted from assistant post master to postmaster. He said the money was paid to George W. Stuckle, “who was supposed to he a collector for Tolbert.” Another case cited In the report was that of E. L. Marian, assistant postmaster at MauMen, S. C., who, it was declared, had been requested to pay S2OO to cover the ex pense of a trip to Washington which would he necessary to obtain his ap pointment. Doyle said Marian did pay money at different, times. From attaches of the office of the Internal revenue collector of the sec ond district of New York, It was dis closed that voluntary contributions had liesn received hy employes of the office from concerns holding dena tured alcohol permits, for use In the local campaign. Charles Baugh, sec retary th Collector Frank K Bowers, said the collector knew thev were accepting contributions hut insisted that only voluntary ones he accepted. Sub-Tropical Valley Is Found In Far North SEATTLE, Wash.-—A sub troplcal valley In northern Brit ish Columbia, Just south of the Yukon territory border, rlrig ed In with glaciers and perpet ual snows, Is to be colonized next year by wealthy Van couver sportsmen and mining men, according to 8. C. Ootte, the discoverer, who was In the city Friday, after spending three years there. "The temperature never gets helow zero and freezing tem perature Is rare,” Mr. Cottn said, Crass, hay and berries and wild rttlts grow In profusion. It la about 20 miles long and two or three miles wide. "I encountered several species of wild animals never seen be fore. The most curious was a large white deer weighing about 800 pounds. It had a horn on one side of the head. A series of hot springs on the side of the valley are responsible for the mild winters and long pleasant summers. The soil Is very fer tile.” SCHOONER WRECKED Off Oregon Coast—Crew Is Saved JiANDON , Ore.—The steam stßiooner Acme wrecked early Fri day Just south of Cape Arngo, near here Is a total loss, according to M. J. McKenna, treasurer of the Moore Mill and Lumber Company, owner of the vessel. All members of tho crew of tha Acme were reported 18 CENTS A WEEK> Labor’s Part In LaFollette Fund Is Being Probed She Pays! R, -iW wm A V- / Here la a woman who lias to pay her husband alimony. Hho la Mrs. Ilortense Melser of Cedar Rapids, la. The court, is granting Melser a divorce, ordered his wife to pay him alimony and defray attorney fees, court costs, hospital and doctor hills and support their three child ren. LaFOLLETTE WILL GARRY BATTLE TO PITTSBURG TONIGHT ALBANY, N. Y.—Senator Robert M. La Follette, Independent candj dato for president, was headed westward again Friday to challenge tonight tho Coolldgo administra tion In Pittsburg, home city of Sec retary Mellon, before Invading Ohio once more to wind Up his campaign with an address Saturday night In Cleveland. Tho Wisconsin senator was on his way from Boston, where In an ad dress Friday night ho attacked the foreign policy of the Harding-Cool ldgo and recent administrations. Commenting on his stay In Mas sachusetts, Mr. La Follette, In a statement Saturday, said the recep tion accorded the progressive Issues and the reports from the managers of the campaign In Massachusetts convince mo that the progressive tide Is rising in New England as it is in other parts of the country. “The breakdown of the transpor tation system in that section of the country,” he added, "has aroused the people to a realization that the progressives offer the only hope in this campaign for a solution of this vital problem. "PROPAGANDA FALLS ON DEAF EARS. “The republican propaganda con cerning prosperity falls on deaf ours In New England. The wide spread unemployment which has prevailed there since Calvin Cool ldgo became president through the death of President Harding has convinced the workers In New England that they have nothing to gain hy th election of the repub lican ticket. "The cotton mills, the woolen mills, the shoe factories, in fact all tho Industries In New England are shut down or running far below ca pacity. This apparently has been brought about by an overdose of protection and tho breakdown of the transportation system. "Tho workers are convinced that neither the republicans or the dem ocrats are freo to deal with these problems In a constructive way and are turning to the Independent pro gressive ticket as their only sal vation. Devoting a considerable portion of his Friday night’s speech to the occupation of Haiti by American marines Senator. La Follett* de clared that this action was taken "not to make the world snfe for democracy but to milk® Haiti •afo for American bankers." Declaring that "for fifty years tho American state department has ©upported American lnv©«tor« in Mexico," ho asserted that during the bombardment of Vera Cru* American hoys lost their lives for the protection of American oil In terests." FOREST FIRES Rage In Four Sections of Michigan DETROIT—Forest and brush fires were reported to four sections of Michigan Friday, one of them believed to be the largest so far this season. At Meslck. Michigan, In the northern part of the state, 200 man were fighting a blaze. It had destroyed many acres of second growth. Fanned hy a very high wind last night there was danger, It was reported, of the conflagration spreading to Virgin timber lands. A number of farms were In the path of the flames furrowing and back firing had been resorted to In an TCfvrt to mv* Uieat, HOME EDITION WEATHER Augusta and vicinity: Generally fall* tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer CHICAGO.— Republican campaign contributions to date have totalled approxi mately $3,700,000, William V. Hodges, the national treasurer, testified Friday before the Chicago section of the senate campaign fund committee. Of this amount more than $750,000 has been sent back to the states, leaving nearly $3,000,000 for the presiden tial, senatorial and congres sional campaigns. WASHINGTON. The democratic national com mittee in a supplemental re port to the clerk of the house of representatives, shows total receipts of $552,368 to October 25 in clusive, with expenditures to that date of $725,050. PROBE WORK OF LABOR FEDERATION WASHINGTON. —The activities of the American Federation of Labor on behalf of Senator LaFol lette and the operations of the Grundy committee in its collection of republican funds in Pennsylvania wars further inquired into Friday by the Washington section of the senate campaign fund committee. Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation of labor testified that the organization had collected $23,* 000 and spent $20,000 in promoting its campaign for LaFollette. Ha declared contributions wers vol untary, that tha regular force at Fedaration headquarters hers had dona much of tha extra work en tailed and that expensea had been further kept down by enclosing campaign circulars with letters sent from headquarters to local uniona. JOSEPH GRUNDY PUT ON STAND Joseph A. Grundy, the Pennsyl vania manufacturer, who Is head of the republican ways and means committee In counties of that state outside the Pittsburgh district told th* committee that collections by his commltee had reached a total of more than $521,000 bringing the total republican fund raised In Pennsylvania, according to figures previously given to $791,000. Chairman Caraway of the com mittees drew Morrison into a long discussion of the action of the exe cutive council of the central trades and labor council of greater New York which Thursdny night re versed a previous endorsement of LaFollette and came out for John W. Davis. , , "They had a right to do that didn't they?" asked the chairman. 'Would a committee of tho house have a right to rescind a decision of tho house?” countered Morrison. “I have no official Information but T have read that the executive board of the central organization took the action.” “NO COERCION HE DECLARES "You do not intend to do any thing about it?” asked Caraway. "There is no coercion on the part of anybody by the American Fede ration of Labor.” After questioning by W. L. Bour land, counsel for the republican na (Continued on Page Twelve) RUPERT HUGHES PAYS TRIBUTE TO WOMAN WHO SAVED CHILD SAN FRANCISCO.— In a letter to the chamber of commerce here enclosing SI.OO, Rupert Hughes, the author, paid tribute to Mrs. T. (J. Kelty, whoso sacrifices to save the life of her five year old niece contributed to her own death. Hughes wrote: "Hlnce there Is no more precious quality In human life than self sa crifice for another's sake with no thought of reward of fame an 1 since the devotion of Mrs. Kelty was so peculiarly beautiful and self-forgetful, hidden from eight 111 pain, terror and privation, a monu ment to her would be a monument to one of the loftiest of human achievements. She used her blood not for conquest or glory but to sustain a fellow sufferer whose agony she shared.” Mrs. Kelty cut her veins to get blood to save the life of her niece as they were trapped In a moun tain canyon for three days and nights after an automobile wreck In which the woman's husband was killed.