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VOLUME XXXI, No. 320
Wife of Georgia Pastor Dies of
Wounds Inflicted by Liquor Mer
Arrest Made In Big Liquor Shipment
‘Man Higher Up’
Has Been Found,
Oilieers Believe
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The “man
higher up’’ in the alleged liquor
shipment from Brunswick to At
lanta is believed to be under arrest,
according to police. He is Everett
Pearson a well-known Brunswick
lumber man, who fell in the toils of
the law Friday night when placed
under arrest by Chief of Police Reg
ister,
Pearson who disclaims all knowl
edge of the shipment from Bruns
wick, was arrested upon orders re
ceived by the Brunswick police from
U. S. Deputy Marshal A. W. Stuart
of Savannah. Marshal Stuart reach
ed Brunswick for his prisoner last
night and will return to Savannah
with him Saturday. Bond for Pear
son, it is reported, will be placed at
SIO.GOO. Pearson told reporters last
night his friends in Brunswick
would raise the bond.
The arrest of Pearson follows the
holding of two negroes, Will Aus
tell and Joe Tino in Savannah, in
connection with the big shipment.
It is understood Pearson was im
plicated in statements made by the
two negro prisoners. At first Aus
tell claimed sole ownership of the
liquor, but his statement was dis
credited by dry officers.
Pearson, it is charged insisted ;n
g ttlng the whiskey from the
steamship said to be anchored 12
miles off Brunswick's coast to the
mainland and thence into the box
car which was discovered later in
Atlanta's railroad yards, consigned
to Chicago.
Federal officers forecast further
arrrsts in connection with the At
lanta haul. Other men "higher up,"
they say, will soon be under arrest,
and interesting disclosures are ex
pw-ied.
HUNDREDS KILLED
r ✓
In ’Quake Which Shook Is
land of Java
BATAVIA, Java. —The death toll
in the earthquake which shook the
central portion of the Island of
Java last Wednesday is estimated
in officials circles at 300, although
private reports indicate that as
many as 600 persons may have
perished.
Six villages are completely isola
ted by floods. The damage to pri
vate property at Wonosobo exceeds
300,000 guilders (normally $120,-
600.)
The earth still is trembling from
slight shocks. It is generally ac
cepted here that the earthquake
was not of a volcanic nature but
merely due to the shifting of earth
fivers. '■>
NEWS IN BRIEF
Revision of tax law, the admin
istration holds should not be at
tempted until after government
books are balanced at end present
fiscal year June 30, .1925.
Three women and a baby are
killed and 18 persons are injured
Florida East Coast Railway train is
derailed near Wabasso, Fla.
■•Preparations are complete for
eight or nine hour overnight air
mail service betwen New York and
Chicago to be“inaugurated next
spring.
Program of President Coolidge’s
trip to Chicago calls for two
speeches December 4.
Agreement with Poland for fund
ing national debt of $179,565,025 to
United States Is signed by Presi
dent Coolidge.
Mrs. Frances F. Morgan, widow
of J. Pierpont Morgan, is critically
ill at her Highland Hills home.
George Eastman gives $2,500,000
toward fund of ten millions for
buildings an endowment of Univer
sity of Rochester. _
Battling Slkl, Senegalese heavy
weight, loses to Antonio Maurollo,
of New Orleans,- in 12-rounds at
New York.
Principle of .conscription of
wealth and labor as ‘counterpart of
and future concentration of 'human
life in war” is demanded by board
of bishops of Methodist Episcopal
Church at Atlantic City.
WORLD FLIERS
Leave Houston on Journey
to Fort Worth
♦HOUSTON —United States arm\
world fliers Nelson and Wade left
Houston at 9:10 o’clock Saturday
morning In the ships New Orleans
and Boston 111 The fliers will take
luncheon In Dallas and then fly to (
Fort Worth, where they will spend ’
the night. They will leave that city
Sunday morning for St. Louis to
Join Captain Smith and proceed to
Washington.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY,' sc,
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Letter Delivered
After 60 Years
MEDINA. N. Y—A letter writ
ten on March 13, 1864, by a Civil
War soldier at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore, Md., has just been re
ceived in Medina. The letter was
written by James Fisk to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fisk, and
it has been delivered to his ister.
Miss Sarah Smith, of Shelby, a
hamlet south of Medina, who now
is 84 years old. The parents died
long ago.
The only explanation for the de
lay is that the letter was held for
the censor and laid aside with army
mail and overlooked.
SCIENCE LEAGUE
To Combat Efforts of
Evolution Opponents
SAN FRANCISCO.—At a mass
meeting held here Friday night a
campaign was formally launched
under the auspices of tlie Science
League of America to combat ef
forts of opponents of the theory
of evolution to prevent instruction
on that subject in public schools
and colleges.
Among the speakers at the meet
ing were Luther Burbank, of Santa
Rosa, Cal. (plant wizard); Dr. Davis
Starr Jordan, chancellor of Stan
ford University; Dr. William Rit
ter, noted biologist; C. S. Mundell,
formerly a congregationalist minis
ter, and Maynard Shipley, president
of the league.
GEORGIA POSSE
_ *
Still Seeking Alleged Slayer
of Webb
ATLANTA, Ga.—A posse of
picked men were ready to spend
Saturday in the North Georgia hills
in search of Guy Anderson and
Glenn House, sought under war
rants charging murder in connec
tion with the slaying of special
officer Verd Eison on a highway
near here several nights ago.
Prohibition officials expressed
belief that the men were barricad
ed in a moonshiner stronghold, pre
pared to resist arrest.
20 ALLEGED GUNMEN
Are Arrested In OhicagD
Rowi<LUp
CHICAGO.—Twenty alleged gun
men were under arrest Friday as
the first fruits of Mayor Dever’s
| order to the police to rid the city
! of gunmen.
j The mayor’s order followed the
assassination of Dion O’Banion,
florist and leader of gangsters,
whose funeral yesterday probably
was the greatest public display of
wealth and power the underworld
of Chicago ever gave.
Police heads still complained Sa
turday of lack of cd-operation on
the part of the courts in explana
tion of why gunmen have flourish
ed here.
Seek “Hijackers”
In Double Slaying
CLEVELAND.—The theory that
Louis Rosen, 29, Cleveland bootleg
ger and Adolph Adelson, 28, Phil
adelphia, his brother in law, were
killed by Imported gunmen has
been abandoned temporarily by po
lice who Saturday concentrated
their hunt on three known mem
bers of a "hl-Jacking" »ing that
was a bitter foe to Rosen.
Pictures of the trio were picked
up from tht Bertlllon records by
detectives wmo declared their des
criptions answer those of three men
seen running from Rosen's yard
' shortly after Rosen and Adelson
were shot from ambush early
Thursday. Their death was the
outcome of a feud between kootleg
gers/and hi-jackers in which Adel
son tiad no connection police said.
Two big syndicates are warring
here to monopolize the alcohol
market federal officers disclosed.
They deal chlfely In “B" 39 second
j grade alcohol which easily can be
re-distilled, filtered or refined bev
erage mixtures.
J. P. MORGAN SAILS
LONDON.—J. P. Morgan sailed
for home on the Berengaria. His
departure will not affect the nego
tiations In Paris for a French loan
In thgcfnlted States as he has dep
utihed his assistants to act In his
absence.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
First Penny
* UJC
The American Legion will build
a "mountain of pennies” to provide
homes for America’s 6,000 war or
phans. Each member will give one
cent at every meeting, C. L. Mun
son, originator of She plain which
is to be adopted nationally, is
shown dropping the first penny into
the box.
EXTRA SESSION NOT
DEEMED NECESSARY
BY THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON.—President Coo
lidge is convinced that the ques
tion of further tax reduction can
not be considered effectively by
congress until figures for the cur
rent fiscal year ending June 30 are
available to show the actual
amount of reduction possible. In
consequence, pressure thus far
brought upon the administration
to have a special session of the
new congress called immediately
after March 4 has failed to alter
his opinion that such action would
be unnecessary and inadvisable
unless unforeseen developments
provide some other And very ur
gent reason.
It was made clear at the White
House Friday that the president
is not to be understood as opposing
the assembling of the new congress
prior to its first regular session
in December, 1925, if developments
should make an extra session ne
cessary hut that he sees no rea
son now for such a call. He ex
pects adequate farm legislation to
1 be enacted at the'concluding ses
j sion of the expiring congress and
is of the opinion that further "tax
reform” which he advocated in
signing the revenue act of 1924
should be held up until a scien
tific basis is provided.
FRENCH DEPUTIES
May Vote Tonight on Ques
tion of Confidence
ROME>-The chamber of depu
ties Saturday continued its debate
on miscellaneous topics with the
expectation that a vote e'n the
question of confidence in the gov
ernment would be reached before
adjournment
known this afternoon whether the
vote would ho on the general po
licy of the fascist government or
simply on the government's foreign
policy.
Former premier Glolitti was quo
ted Saturday by the anti-fascistl
Sereno as saying he intended to
vote against the ministry, declar
ing he was. not a participant in the
opposition but that he was opposed
to the government's measures con
trolling the press and to the pro
posed revision of the constitution.
There’yvas considerable comment
in political circles on a conversa
tion which took place last night
between Giolitti and fofmer Pre
mier Orlando, predictions being
made that Orlando would follow
Giolltti’s example.
Woman Driver of
Death Car Must
Answer to Court
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—As an af
termath of the mysterious death of
Charles C. G. Rogers, New York
bond salesman, who had relatives
In Fond du I,ae. WIS., Miss Marjo
rie Schneider will appear In court
at North Haven Monday to answer
to a charge of operating a motor
vehllcle while under the influence
of liquor.
j Rogers was killed the night of
j November 1, when he and Miss
Schneider were returning to this
city In Miss Schneider's automobile
after they had dinner at an inn. The
official view is that he leaned out
of the cor and struck a telephone
pole.
Counsel for Miss Schneider denies
the importance of allegations that
his client said, in reference to Rog
ers! "I pushed him and I'm afraid
I've killed him.”
Both the coroner and State's At
torney Ailing reiterate that they
consider the matter of Rogers'
death closed so fur as official In
vestigation and action is concern
ed.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA* SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1924
FOUR ARE KILLED,
18 HURT. IN
WRECK IN
FLORIDA
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla—An imme
diate investigation was begun Sat
urday by officials of the Florida
East Coast Railroad into the wreck
which Friday night took four lives
and injured 18 others. All the in
jured were expected to recover.
Officials were unable to say what
caused the wreck but hope to de
termine the fault during the in
vestigation. *
Many tourists were on the pas
senger train which was southbound.
The track was soon cleared and
regular schedules resumed, officials
saidX^
THE DEAD
Mrs. A. Laneye, Detroit, Mich.
Miss Lizzie Foxton. Alpena, Mich.
Miss Ruby Stone, Northfield, Vt.
Unidentified Infant, believed to
be child of Mrs. Laneye.
The official liset of injured and
shocked follows:
Harold Burnham, Old Orchard,
Maine.
Mrs. Lira Miller. Blissfleld, Mich.
Hetticoat and wife, Waycross, Ga.
Mrs. D. Bolton, e'n route to West
Palm Beach.
Miss Blanche Stone, Northfield,
Vt.
Mrs. Robert Davis, Northfield. Vt.
Mrs. W. 11. Chilcote, en route to
Fort Pierce.
Miss Helen Davis, Uorifcfield, Vt.
A. J. Keneroon, Newport, N. H.
j. C. Underwood, Columbus, O.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mills”,
Linwood. Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cacanaugh
Passaic, N. J.
Miss Edith Minnls, Litchfield,
Mich. *• F
Mrs. Hitchcock, of New Smyrna,
Fin
Dr. R. V. Cochrane, Columbus, O.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Leard
arre, Detroit,. Mich.
MARION J. VERDERY,
FORMER AUGUSTAN,
DIES IN NEW YORK
Telegrams received in Augusta
early Saturday morning announce
the deathof Marion J. Verdery, for
mer Augustan, in New York at a
! late hour Friday evening. Internvnt
will take place in New York.
Mr. Verdery holds large family
connections in Augusta, one of
whom just within the past few days
received a letter from his stating
that he had regained his former
health and was felling well. An
nouncement of his death comes as
a distinct shock to his family and
friends in Augusta.
Sheriff and Mayor
Are*. Charged With
Attacking Marshal
HUNTINGTON, W. Va.—Sheriff
Don Chafin of Logan county, was at
liberty Saturday under $5,000 bond
charged with assaulting a deputy
United States marshal on election
day. A. A. Williams, mayor of Man,
W. Va., in Logan county, held on a
similar charge, was released on
bond. They will be given a pre
liminary hearing December 15.
The warrant charges that Sheriff
Chafin endeavored by threats, and
force to intimidate Hugs Desklns,
a government officer. Williams, it
was alleged, conspired with an un
identified man to intimidate George
Smith, a deputy marshal, in the
discharge of his duties.
Chafin, at the present time, Is
under bond pending an appeal to
the United States district court,
after he was convicted of conspira
cy to violate the prohibition laws
and sentenced to pay a fine of $lO,-
000 and serve two years In prison
at Atlanta.
Deacons Stand By
Savannah Pastor
SAVANNAH, Ga—The bpard of
deacons of the Fourth Baptist
Church of which Rev. It. 11. Kolmar,
indicated in the federal court for
having land he owned leased f»
tho erection of a blind tiger still,
is pastor, Saturday Issued a formal
statement declaring their pastor In
nocent of the charge and pledging
him their support and confidence.
“All the charges are malicious and
untrue" the statement says.
MRS. MORGAN ILL
HIGHLAND FALLS N. Y.—l lie
condition of Mrs, France F. Mor
gan, Sr., v’d'iw of J. I’lerpon*. i»l<r
gan, who is seriously 111 at her
country home here, remained un
changed Saturday morning Dr.
Frederick Dlltr.ey. of New York,
said she rested comfortably during
the night.
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President Coolidge placed a wreath on tho tomb of the Unknown
Soldier on Armistice Day and with Acting Secretary of War Dwight
Davis (left) and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur silently paid homage
to the heroes of the World War.
Giants and White Sox
Cancel European Tour
PARIS—The New York Giants
and the Chicago White Sox base
ball teams will play no more base
ball on this continent. The party
broke up in Paris Saturday.
Jennings. Evers, Nehf, Sam Rice,
Ruel/and others of the players will
leave for Rome this evening,
where they hope to bo received by
the pope through the good offices
of Monsiqnor Charles A. O’Hern,
rector of the American College.
Charles A. Comlskey and his son,
with Frisch and Groh, are proceed
ing to Berlin via Brussels and Ams.
terdam this evening. Ed Walsh
Lyons and Clancy will make a three
days tour of the battlefields,
chaperoned by Hank Gowdy, who
will give them first-hand informa
tion. Another party will go to the
Rlveria, Nice anti Monte Carlo.
Manager John McGraw, of the
Giants, will remain in Paris as will
also a few of the other players, who
have become completely smitten
with the French capital. The team*
will assemble in Paris November
24 and will sail for America on the
Leviathan from Cherbourg Novem
ber 25. Picinlch and Huntzinger
will return to the United States
Sunday on the George Washington.
CLASS RATE HEARING
To Be Held In Atlanta on
December 15
WASHINGTON. A further
hearing in the interstate commerce
commission's class rate investiga
tion was announced by the com
mission Saturday for December 15
at Atlanta. The hearing was called
that results of traffic tests con
ducted in April to give the carriers
an opportunity to ascertain the ef
fects upon their revenues of rates
recommended in the proceeding,
might be Introduced Into the com
mission's record.
Supplementary briefs on the re
sult of the traffic test will he ac
cepted by the commission up until
January 5.
Oral argument In the Wgoceedlng*
was assigned for January 14 to 16
Inclusive, at Washington before the
commission.
Alleged ’Shiner
Is Shot to Death
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—As a
result of a pitched battle between
moonshiners and prohlbitlori >ffl
eers near Oneida, Scott county Fri
day, Fiimore Sexton, alleged moon
shiner and operator of s still near
his home, Is dead, and Howard
Griffin wounded through the arm.
A squad of prohibition officers went
to Sexton's home early Friday,
searching for a reported still, but
were met by Sexton and Com
panions armed with rifles. The offi
cers had pistols and were f<#ced to
retreat when the ‘shiners opened
fire on them.
They later went back armed with
rifles and another battle ensued in
which Sexton was shot dead and
his associates routed and the still
and appurtenances destroyed.
SEIZE SB,OOO PAYROLL
PITTSBURGH. Two bandits
entered the Standard Cigar Com
pany offices Jn the downtown dis
trict Saturday seized a payroll of
SB,OOO and escaped in an automo
bile <,
CAUSE OF FIRE IN
JERSEY CITY MAY
NEVER BE KNOWN
JERSEY CITY. N. J.—Doubt that
the cause of Friday’s million dollar
fire In tha heart of the industrial
section could be determined was ex
pressed Saturday by Fire Chief
Roger lloyle. Flames still raged to
day in the ruins of the eleven-story
factory building formerly used by
the Atlantic Sugar Refining Com
pany. The blaze spread ta this plant
from the saltpetre factory of '.ho
Battelle a> d Renwlek company.
Small explosions of acid fumes from
(tie sal'petri factory hampered the
firemen all .light
Boyle said Saturday that the loss
would not. exceed $1,000,000. Most
of the 18 fir-men overcome l!y
smoke tnj *t,id fumes had left r:;s
pitals Saturday and the condition
of none was seel ius. Eighty fami
lies driven from Mieir homes were
sheltered Friday night a; an avmeiy
by the K"d Cross and k'n lred ct -
ganlzatlcnit. Two city blocks w<rq
razed by the blaze.
MRS. HARDING '
9
In No Immediate Danger,
Physician Says
MARION, O.—Mrs. Wurren Q.
Harding was holding her own this
, morning, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer said
j In a bulletin which he Issued from
I her bedside at 8:16 a. m. after a
critical nght durng whch she was
near death. Dr. Sawyer’s bulletin
| follows:
"Mrs. Hording slept, very little
i Inst night, but Is holding ber own
| this morning. Heart attack less In
severity. Her condition Is Just about
the same as yesterday."
MARION, O.—Although restless
throughout tho night Mrs. Florence
Kllng Harding has revived some-,
what and Is In no Immediate dan
ger a bulletin Issued by Dr. Carl W.
Sawyer, her physician, at 4:30 a.
rn. stated.
MARION, O.—The condition of
Mrs. Harding was announced as
slightly better by a night nurse
when she left the sick room shortly
j after 7 o’clock Saturday morning.
| Lapsing Into a state of coma early
, last night her condition seemed
j "dangerously alarming." but she re
vived somewhat and went through
the night, with only Intermittent
periods of rest.
Sale of Firearms
Is Discontinued By
Sears, Roebuck Co.
CHICAGO—As a matter of pub
lic protection In view of the In
creased crime throughout tho coun
try and especially In Chicago, Ju
lius Kosenwald, chairman of the
board of Honrs, Roebuck and Com
pany, announced Saturday that the
mail order house had discontinued
the sale of all forms of fire arms.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER
Was Defending
Husband When
She Was Shot
ATLANTA, Ga.—Shot as she lay on the ground after
firing on, a group of men attempting to abduct her hus
band Thursday night at her home in Haralson county,
Mrs. Robert Stewart, wife of the “raiding parson” of the
North Georgia Methodist conference, died Saturday
morning at the hospital here.
BROAD RIVER POWER
GO. STOCK INCREASED
TO TWENTY MILLION
COLUMBIA, H. O.—Capital stock
of the Broad River Power Company,
which has headquarters here, was
Increased Friday from SI,OOO to
$20,000,000, according to Secretary
of State W. P. Blackwell, with whom
the application for Increase of stock
was filed.
That this Is the largest Increase
which lias ever been granted In
South Carolina was tho opinion
expressed by the secretary of state
and his assistants.
Tho company, which came into
existence when Its charter was Is
sued on July 19 last, will bo the
channel through which a program
of hydro-electric developments In
South Carollnta will bo carried out
by tho Barstow Interests, It was
said. • '
1 Petitioners for tho. Increase are
officials of the Barstow Company.
They are the following: Luclen W.
Tyng, active vice-president of W.
H. Barstow &. Company, and head
of the Barstow operating company;
W. Buchsbaum, J. P. Carroll and C.
N. Wilson.
The directors are W. L. Barstow.
L. M. Tyng, William Buchsbaum, J.
P. Caldwell. O. C. Swenson and A.
A. Case, all of New York City.
The Broad River Power Compa
ny, since its organization in July,
has more nearly completed its or
ganization since the Initial capital
of 11,00 ft was authorized.
Tho fee paid Into tho office of
the secretary of stats amounted to
$5,302.25.
Stock of the company comprises
200,000 shares of the par value of
SIOO each, of which 100,00 shares
are preferred stork and 100,00
shares common stock.
Two Men Stabbed
In Fight of Klan
and “Anti” Forces
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Two men
were held In jail here Saturday for
Investigation in connection with a
disturbance between alleged klan
and nntl-klnn forces In a local
dance hall Friday night which re
sulted in two men being stabbed,
one probably seriously.
llarry France, one of the two
held for Investigation was stabbed
in the abdomen when fighting broke
out following of an unknown man
from the hall. Clarence McCam
mon, salesman for a Ku Klux Klan
publication is alleged to have caus
ed the eviction of tho man. Mc-
Cnmmon is being held.
Arthur Bard, 23, was taken to a
hospital with wounds in the head.
Fighting was stopped only after
four policemen had herded the
crowd Into the street.
Two Men Held In
Extortion Scheme
CHICAGO—Two men were held
and another was sought Saturday
as the alleged Instigators of an ex
tortion plot which threatened the
lives of Mrs. Amanda Huehl, form
erly prominent In the Order of the
Eastern Star and her 71 year old
mother if they failed to pay SIO,OOO
demanded.
A le'.te, modeled after that sent
by Nathsr Leopold, Jr., and Rich
ard J oel, to obtain a ransom from
the father of Robert Franks, de
manding SIO,OOO was received No
vember 1, by Mrs. Huehl. Detectives
followed a taxicab as It delivered
the money and arrested suspects.
Their names were not disclosed.
ELEVENTH DEATH
From Effects of Poisoned
Cider
LYNCHBURO, Va —W. C. Baker,
retired railroad man of Auburn, N,
Y., died here Friday night from the
effects of poisoned elder served lust
Monday to the aged residents of
tho Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks national home at Bedford. Ills
death brought the list ofthose who
succumbed to the elder, which had
been put into ft barrel, which pre
viously contained a plant spraying
poison to eleven. Charles Mosby,
superintendent of the home, suld
Saturday that three aged Elks are
In precarious condition, hut the
other fourteen now 111 from tho
poison were much Improved.
THE WEEK’S WEATHER
WASHINGTON—Weather out
look for tho week beginning Mon
day:
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States mostly fair except rains
übout middle of week; temperatures
about normal most of week.
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity; Partly cloudy
and cooler tonight; Sunday fair.
Her husband was not at her bed
side whon she died, having return
ed to hie home at Draketown.
Friday afternoon, to assist the
sheriff in apprehending the men
who were responsible for the at
tempt to abduct him, ending in the
death of his wife. Mr. Stewart was
quoted as saying that he recognized
five men in the attacking party,
and will swear out warrants for
their arrest.
Mrs. Stewart was brought to a
hospital here paralyzed from the
shoulders down as the result of a
wound made by a bullet entering
her back.
Officers of Haralson county were
reported active in tho search for
the men participating in the at
tack on the Stewart home.
Mr. Stewart was known in his
community as the "raiding Par
son a: a result of his activities
against violators of the prohibition
law.
Mrs. Stewart was brought hen
Friday from her home at Drake,
town, where her husband preached
T *° bullet wounds had takei
effect in her body, one atrik'
mg the spine, causing paralysis, t
posse Friday night scoured the hilli
in the neighborhood of Draketowi
for men believed to have been thi
assailants of thi minister and hii
wife. Tom Carter is held on I
blanket charge of suspicion at Bu
chanan, Ga.
The shooting occurred Thursdaj
night when three automobiles drovi
to the door of the Stewart horns
asking that tha minister accom>
pany them on a liquor “raid” am
when he refused, suspicioning i
ruse, Stewart said, the men at
tempted to force him into tho au
tomobils. Mrs. Stewart, hearing thi
•cuffle, seized her husband’s re
volver and fired two shots into thi
crowd, th# fire being returned am
Striking her down.
Tha minister recently had beer
connected with efforts to brim
about arrest of bootleggers.
LABOR EXECUTIVES
REACH AGREEMENT
ON POLITICAL PLAN
EL PASO, Texas- An under
standing between exponents of the
conflicting views on the future
political activities of the American
Federation of Labor stimulated
final preparations Saturday for the
forty-fourth annual convention of
the federation beginning here next
week.
tinder a plan agreed to by oir
tually every group represented her*
this week in the pre-convention
gatherings and tho departmental
meotlngs, u special report of tho
executive council of the federation
on the general elections campaign
will be presented to an early ses
sion of the convention. This report,
which will he framed with a view
of making it acceptable to the en
tire tnemhorßhlp of the federation,
likely will be approved by the con
vention without serious opposition
from the floor.
High officials of newspapers af
filiated bodies who have presented
their views to the executive coun
cil during the last week, anticipate
in the council’s report an emphatia
reaffirmation of the federation'!
policy of strict non-partisanship, to
gether with a recommendation that
the way be left open through special
action by the cxeuutive council to
place before the membership In
presidential campaigns detailed
statements of the records of all
candidates.
Reports of the harmonious Issues
of the political differences lifted
foreboding clouds of division from
th horizon. Vigorous proclamations
of divergent views In tho depart
mental gatherings this week gave
rise in some quarters to apprehen
sions concerning the possible re
sult on uncompromising positions
clashing .n the general sessions of
tho convention. Colorful ceremonies
have been planned for the opening
of the convention. Monday simult
aneous for annual gathering of the
Mexican confederation of labor
Juarez, Mexico, across the Rio
Grande. Gavels will fall in the con
ventions at the same moment and
elaborate formalties at opposite
ends of the International bridge be.
tween this city and Juarez will
symbolize the ties of friendship and
good will between the two bodies.
Big Dreadnought to
Serve As a Target
PHILADELPHIA.—With the last
effort to save her from destruction
dismissed by the supreme court ts
the District of Columbia, tho super
dreadnaught Washington. three
quarters completed Saturday, was
towed from the Philadelphia navy
yard by five tugs for a point fifty
miles off the Virginia capes, where
she will serve us a target In naval
experiments.
The ship was doomed to he de
stroyed ns a result of tho Wash”
ington conference. ..