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VOLUME XXXI, No. 321
‘Master Forger* Attempts Suicide
Slayers of McLeary Granted Reprieve
McLeod
Desires
Further
Inquiry
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Mortimer N.
King and Frank Harrell, under
sentence to die at the state peni
tentiary here next Friday for the
murder of Maj. Samuel H. Me
Leary, Saturday were reprived by
Gov. Thomas G. McLeod until Fri
day, December sth. The governor
issued a statement in which he as
serted that the reprieve was grant
ed by him in order to allow addi
tional time for investigation and
consideration of the case.
"It has been impossible,” the gov
ernor said, "for attorneys who are
earnestly representing these un
fortunate men, to present the case
to me until Friday, and I have just
received a transscript of the tes
timony in the case.
SAYS MORE TIME
WILL BE NEEDED
"I feel that I must and I will give
to this case every consideration;
and in order to do so, In order to in
vestigate the various angles pre
sented, more time will bo needed.
Kngagments at tlie governor's con
ference, made some time ago, will
take me away from my office for
the greater part of next week. The
reprieve, dated as of the day set
for the execution of the sentence,-
allows two weeks, exclusive of next
week, for investigation and con
sideration of the case.
"The allowing of the reprieve
does not presage the granting of
clemency as asked, but the en
forcement of law and the lives of
two men are at stake, and as in all
other cases I must make the fullest
and most complete investigation of
ull facts available to me.”
Major McLeary was slain on the
Raleigh-Columbia highway on the
afternoon of July 2nd about 12
miles south of Cheraw, S. C., after
ly> had given King and Harrell a
"lift" in his automobile. About a
W“ek later the war department in
stituted a search for him which ex
tended ovrr the southeastern
states, resulting in the arrest of
King at his home near Canton, N.
C„ and later of Harrell with his
brother near Nashville, Tcnn.,
where he had fled.
KING LED OFFICERS
TO THE SCENE
Leading a party of army officers,
state officers and a newspaperman
to the spot where the murder oc
curred King identified a heap of
bones as thoso of Major McLeary.
It was brought out at the trial in
Chesterfield, S. C„ in which county
the murder was committed, that
Harrell had signalled when the
army officer's car had reached a
lonely spot, at which King drew his
pistol and ordered Major McLeary
to halt tho vehicle. Both King and
Harrell, it was testified, drove the
major ahead of them into tho
woods, Harrell returning to shut
off the engine and to watch for
passersby. After robbing the major
according to the evidence. King
shot and killed him.
Both were convicted of murder
without recommendation to mercy
and were sentenced by Judge C. C.
Featherstone to death by electro
cution at the state penitentiary
here on November 21st.
GETS PETITION
FOR CLEMENCY
For several weeks the governor
has ben receiving communications
from citizens writing pro and con ,
In regard to commutation of Har
i*i I s sentence. Friday a petition
sign, d by aix hundred citizens of
Chesterfield County and eleven I
members of the trial jury was pre
seted by defense attorneys, asking
commutation of both sentences to
life imprisonment.
The deathhouse in the state pen
itentiary late Saturday was tho
scene of a little drama when the
reprieve was transmitted to peni
tentiary authorities by State Detec
tive Hart. B. E. Evans, captain of
the guard, entered the deathhouse
and announced:
"King and Harrell, the governor
has reprieved you until December
sth."
"Gee., that's good,” exclaimed
Harrell, "I'm sure glad of it.”
The only other occupant of the
the chamber of the condemned.
Edmund D. Blghnm. convicted of
slaying five members of his family,
listened with interest to the an
nouncement. It Is said. King and
Harrell were visibly cheered by the
temporary respite.
EMERSON FUNERAL
Held in Chapel on Georgia
Tech Campus
ATLANTA. Ga. —Funeral serv
ices for the late William Henry
Emerson. *4. dean es the Georgia
School of Technology was held
Sn'urday In the chapel of the V.
M o\ A. on the Georgia Tech camp
us. The services were conducted by
the Rev. B. R. Lacey, Jr., pastor
of the Central Presbyterian church
and members of the faculty acted
as rail bf;^ors.
Dr. Emerson had been dean of
Gqcrgla Tech since 1910 and mem
ber of the faculty since ISSS. He
was a gradua'e of the TTnited States
naval academy and Johns Hopkln*
University.
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TECH AND GEORGIA
TO PLAY IN 1925
ATLANTA, Ga.—Announcement
that the University of Georgia and
Georgia Tech will play football No
vember 14, 1925, was made in a
joint statement of Georgia and
Tech alumni here Saturday. A fore
cast of the resumption of football
relations between the one-time ar
dent Rnd ancient rivals was made
early in the year but today's an
nouncement of the fixing date is
the first knowledge that the public
has been given that plans for the
game, certain to command wide in
terest, have been finally perfected.
In order to arrange the game, two
Saturdays before Thanksgiving, the
co-operation of several Southern
Conference teams, notably Vander
bilt and Auburn was necessary. As
a part of tf!e conditions under
which the games are to be resumed,
is the obligation that the schedules
played by the two eleven be of ap
proximately equal difficulty.
Georgians at National Capital
Organize a State Society
WASHINGTON. D. C.—A Geor
gia Stute Society has been organiz
ed by residents of Georgia living in
the National Capitol which pro
mises to be one of the most active
State Societies in the District of
Columbia.
The meeting was held Thursday
night in the Raleigh Hotel and was
attended by one of the largest
gatherings of Georgia people that
has been held here in some time.
C. B. McCjUllar of Milledgeville.
with law offices in the Woodward
Building here, was elected presi
dent of the society, Dr. J. G. B. Bul
lock of Savannah, Tirst vice-presi
dent; Miss Sibil Almand of At
lanta. second vice-president; E. E
Morgan. Union City, third vice
president: Mrs. R. W. Curbow,
Milledgeville, fourth vice president;
George It. Martin, Atlanta, secre
tary; Mrs. Bernice Brown McCul
lar, Richland, Corresponding secre
tary, and R. E. L. Hrfll, Atlanta,
treasurer.
Judge Charles H. Brand of
Athens. Congressman from, the
Liverpool Boy, 12,
Will Enter Oxford
LONDON. —Famous men of the
pasts like Milton nnd Macaulay,
who were familiar with Latin.
Greek nnd other profound studies
when they hardly passed their In -
fancy, have to some extent a mod
ern counterpart In a 12-year-old
Liverpool boy. Harry Mace, who, ac
cording to the Dally Express, has
passed all the tests qualifying him
to enter Oxford University.
Harry Is an adept at Latin. Greek
nnd mathematics and Is eager to go
to Oxford, but must wait a few
years as the modern rules es the
university do not allow the matric
ulation of so younug a student.
Last Officer of
Merrimac Passes
WASHINGTON—Captain Henry
H. Marmnduke *2 years old last
surviving officer <tf the Merrimac,
of Civil War fame died here Sat
urday.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
OUR LATEST AFFLICTION
The schedules of the two teams as
thus far arranged, provide that
Tech shall play Notre Dame Octo
ber 31st, Georgia playing Vanderbilt
the same day. November 14th. finds
Vanderbilt playing Auburn while
Georgia and Tech meet with the
November 7th. schedule calling for
Georgia against Auburn and Van
derbilt against Tech. Thanksgiving
will be celebrated with Alabama
against Georgia and Tech playing
Auburn as now. In making this re
arrangement of schedules It was
necessary for Tech TS Krop Louis
iana State University from its
schedule for the time being. The
length of the contract Is not an
nounced other than that "It is a
long time agreement.” All games
will be played at Grant Field in At
lanta.
The last game of football between
the two institutions was played in
Athens in 1916, Tech winning.
Eighth Georgia District was unani
mously elected Honorary Presi
dent.
Another meeting of the Society
has ben called for Tuesday No
vember 25th, in the Gray Room,
Raleigh Hotel, at 8 p. m. to which
efforts will be made to Ivave til
Georgians in Washington attend.
A membership drive will be insti
tuted and anonuncement of the
date and place of the holding of
the first large social affair of the
season will be announced at the
meeting on the 25th.
Mrs. William I. Denning of
Macon is chairman of the enter
tainment committee arranging for
the first dance, Moultrie Hitt of At
lanta, chairman of the executive
committee and Miss Ethel Bras
well of Macon, chairman of the
membership committee.
A series of entertainments ar<s
being arranged for the winter
months, and it is expected that tlv'
entire Georgia delegation in CoiM|
gress will be enrolled ns niembc*
of the society, somethin? which h*s|
not been accomplished heretefore.fj|
W. F. TERRELL
Appointed General Manage
Southeastern Express
ATLANTA. Ga.—W. F. Terr
Saturday was appointed genci
manager of the Southeastern E
press t'ompany. It wns announc
by J. E. Skaggs, president of t
company. Mr. Terrell's headquf
ters will be In Atlanta.
Other appointments announce!
E. H. Goodrich, superintendent
charge of division No. 1, Chariot
N. C.
J. J. West, superintendent dl 1
sion No. 4. Meridian, Miss.
Georgian Killed
In Oil Tank Bla,
WEBT POINT. Ga.-John Howa
40. was killed here Saturday
the explosion of an oil tank whi
he was loading. Flames from t
explosion destroyed several near
small •buildings. Mr. Howard .
survive!! by his wife.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
WALL ST. TAKES
BREATHING SPELL
AFTER BIG WEEK
NEW YORK—WaII Street Satur
day took a breatiVng spell after the
most active week’s trading in stock
exchange history.
Football kept scores of traders
away from the financial ~ district
with the result that the day’s sales
aggregated slightly less than 750,-
OCO shares, or about one-half of last
holiday session. While approx
imately thirty issues soared to new
peak prices for the year, during the
brief session, the unusually heavy
volume of week-end profit taking
sales brought about a slight reces
sion in the general price movement
When the closing gong sounded
this noon, the week's total stocks
already had passed the 12,000,000
mark, a daily average of more than
two million shares.
The high water mark was set
Tuesday when the total sales were
2,665,000 shares. This has been ex
ceeded only four times. This week,
however, set a new high record for
individual shares dealt in. the num
ber reaching 555 on Thursday.
Say Chicago Has
2,000 Gangs
CHICAGO.—The discovery that
2,000 gangs or clubs exist iq Chicago
wiith an aggregate membership of
100,000 boys was announced Satur
day in connection with an exten
sive investigation of boys’ “gangs”
by Frederick M. Thrasher, under
the social science research program
of the Laura Spellman Rockefeller
memorial at the University of Chi
cago.
Mr. Thrasher lived among fnem
for months and investigated 1 3i3
of them, uncovering the fact that
their members, aside from carrying
on criminal practices, ottf.-i seek
civil service positions ♦hoough the
influence of aldermen. Many of t'r.e
groups studied wsre organized for
good Influence, he l'oun l. They are
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1924
Augusta Prominently Mentioned
'ln William Allen White’s
Story of Woodrow Wilson
Noted Writer, In Articles
Now Running in “Liberty,”
Tells of Wilson’s Boyhood
In This City
“Liberty,” a weekly feature
magazine, carries the first of a
two-part story In Its issue of the
past week, by William Allen
White, the subject being "Wood
row Wilson.”
William Allen White Is editor
of the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette,
and has made a national reputa
tion for himself by his editorials
in the Gazette and his recent po
litical fight on the Ku Klux Klan
in his race for the governorship of
his Etate on the Republican ticket.
Mr. White was in Augusta last
spring gathering data on the
childhood of Woodrow Wilson
spent here and in the story ap
pearing in "Liberty” Mr. White
makes references to this city in
his relation of incidents in the life
of America's great war-time pres
ident.
After tracing the family of Wil
son from a mixture of Irish and
Scotch ancestry to America, tho
author says: “In 1858, when baby
Thomas Woodrow was two years
old, the Wlhon family moved to
Augusta. Georgia, where the Rev.
Joseph Ruggles Wilson had a call
to preach In the First Presby
terian Church.”
, oAYS "TOMMY” WAS
A FRAIL CHILD.
With reference to Augusta ,he con
tinues:
" 'Tommy' was a frail child, and
was not sent to school or even taught
his letters at home until he was nine.
More than that, he was put into
spectacles, which limited his gang
life, which teaches boys so many
vital things that men must know.
“Doctor Wilson spent his life pas
sion on the boy. It was a bookish
home in which this great love was
founded between the father and son.
There was much reading aloud of
good literature.
"None nf his boy friends remember
Tommy Wilson in a fight. He never
gave a boy a licking, and alas! for
the history of mankind after 1919, he
never had to take one and giggle out
of it to the boy world around him,
an experience that makes men gently
tolerant as well as brave and wise. If
only there could have been in his life
some shanty Irish critic with a pen
chant for assault and battery, some
low-minded friend to fasten upon him
the nickname, ’four-eyes.’ calling
brutal attention to his spectacle?,
what a world we should have to
day!”
SAW RESULTS OF
SHERMAN'S MARCH.
According to Mr. White’s story,
Wilson moved from here to Columbia.
South Carolina, in 1870, where he saw
Ihe results of Sherman's raid on the
Carolina capital city.
"Columbia knew more of the war
than Augusta,” the writer goes on,
“Sherman going to the sea, had. curi
ously, let Augusta go unburned. But
when Tommy Wilson went to Colum
bia he saw a mile of business district,
three blocks wide, standing In black
ruins, the work of Sherman’s men.
I Naturally, hearts were bitter there,
and the ruin of the town's business
section was but a detail of the dam
age that the war had done.”
Mr. White then proceeds to trace
the movements and progress of the
embryo chief executive of the United
States, through his years at college,
Ills practice of law In Atlanta, his
marriage to Ellen Axson, of Rome.
Georgia, his time as president of
Princeton University, his election as
governor nf New Jersey and finally,
his elevation to what Mr. White Is
pleased to term “the king row”—the
presidency nf his country.
There the first part of the biogra
phy ends, tie thread of which is to
he taken up In the second and final
part.
During his researches Into the life
nf Wilson, Mr. White visited the old
haunts of the man, visiting Augusta
last spring and spending a day or
two here, talking to people who were
personalia- acquainted with little
“Tommy” Wilson at. the time his
father preached at the First Presby
terian church and gathering such data
here and there as he could find.
ORGANIZED PROTEST
Against Public Inspection of
Tax Returns
NEW YORK—An organized pro
test against public inspection of in
come tax returns was launched Fat.
urday by the committee on national
affairs of the Union League Club
of Brooklyn.
On the ground that the practice
legalized by the revenue act was a
direct violation of the fourth con
stitutional amendment on search
and seizure, the committee said It
had the club's authority "to apply
for leave to file a brief, amicus
curiae, to any suit the attorney
general rr.nv bring to test the publi
city provision of the law, and to
hike any steps necessary to or
ganize a demand for Its reneal."
Charles F. Kingsley, chairman,
announced that the committee
would call a mass meeting of
Brooklyn and Long Island resi
dents to organize such n demand.
"We condemn the publicity pro
vision of the income tax lnw as de
structive of privacy and a denial
of the fundamental right of citizens
to keen their affairs to themselves,"
said Mr. Kingsley.
HEARING DELAYED
v
NEW HAVEN, Conn —The hear
ing which was to be given to Miss
Marjorie Schneider, driver of the
automobile In which Charles C. G.
Itogers, bond salesman was killed
on the night of November 1 will :
not he held at the town court in '
j North Haven, Monday, Ward
, Church, town prosecutor stated Sa
turday.
Mr. Church said that he did, not
i know when the hearing would be
| held and that the warrant would
| not be served until the case was
1 rilled in court. Mr . Church de
clined. to give any explanation of
the delay In the hearin*.
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MRS. HANOI
IS NEAR DEATH
MARION. O.—Mrs. Florence
Kling Harding, widow of the late
president, seriously ill at White
Oaks Farm here, is growing weaker
each hour, a bulletin issued by Dr.
Carl W. Sawyer, her physician, at
8:30 Saturday night said. The phy
sician, however, exprAsed the be
lief that she would survive the
night.
“Mrs. Harding has slept most of
the day,” the bulletin read, “and
has taken a small amount of
nourishment. Regardlessof this, she
is very exhausted and weak to
night. She has failed perceptibly
during the day.”
STECK TO CONTEST
BROOKHART’S WIN
AS IOWA SENATOR
DES MOINES. lowa.—Daniel F.
Steck, democratic candidate for
United States senator against Sen
ator Smith-W. Brookhart Jn the
recent election Saturday announced
a contest for the seat would be
made on the ground that sufficient
votes were cast for him to over
come the senator’s small majority
but apparently had not been count
ed by election judges.
Senator Brookhart Saturday was
leading Steck by 750 votes with
the official county canvass com
plete.
The votes Steck charges were
not counted for him were thrown
out in numerous counties, he de
clares. Their acceptance by the
senate privileges and elections
committee, he believes, would over
come the Brookhart majority by
several hundred.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Smith
W. Brookhart, had no comment to
make when informed that his elec
tion was to be contested by Daniel
F. Steck, democrat, other than to
say that he has Information that
several thousand votes were not
credited to him because election
Judges failed to count straight re
publican ballots In certain coun
ties.
HAGEN WINNER
Of Championship at Princess
Anne Club
NORFOLK. Va.—Playing steady,
consistent golf under adverse
weather conditions that had made
a difficult course heavy Satur
day morning and holding a steady
pace despite a downpour of rain
that drenched the participants in
the afternoon, Walter Hagen, Brit
ish open champion, not only wiped
out Johnny Farrell’s slight lead of
the opening day to take the lead,
but withstood the final drive of
Harry Hampton, to capture the
first open rhamplonshi p of the
Princess Anne Country Club. Hag
en finished in 293, three strokes
ahead of Farrell and Hampton, who
tied for the second purse, each mak
ing 296. Hampton was credited with
playing the best game of the day.
Tom Boyd, aisd showing up well
under the changed conditions, forg
ed to the front to take the fourth
purse with 298. Gene Sarazen and
Jack Forrester finished In a tie for
the fifth purs" with 301. E. Loving
of Charlottesville, and Virginia
open champion, won the purse of
fered by the Virginia Pilot for the
lowest score made by a Virginia or
| North Carolina entrant, 323.
SAMUEL BRYAN DIES
Was Retired Pay Director of
Navy
ANNAPOLIS. Md.—Pay Director
Samuel Bryan, United States navy.
I retired, died nt the naval hospital
here Saturday of apoplexy. He
was stricken Friday at his farm
near Annapolis and never regained
consciousness.
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Harkins Tries
to Hang Seii In
Miami Jail
MIAMI, Fla.—William H. Harkins, master forger,
awaiting the arrival of officers from Fort Worth and Salt
Lake City, attempted to commit suicide in his cell ini tho
Miami city jail Saturday afternoon by using his under
wear for a rope and tying it to the upper part of the cell-
31 ST CONVENTION
of u. o. c:s TO
OPEN TUESDAY
IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Mrs. J. P.
Higgins, of St. Louis, treasurer
general of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy is the first of the
officers of tho organization to ar
rive for the general convention
which meets Tuesday. Mrs. Hig
gins report shows that on October
20 the daughters had $102,297.27 In
the treasury. This is an Increase
of $1,633.02 over a year ago.
The organization owns $73,100
worth oif liberty bonds.
Mrs. Frank Harrold of Americus,
the president general was to ar
rive Saturday night as were other
distinguished guests and officers.
The advance guard for the
thirty-first annual convention of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy is arriving, and will get
the preliminary work ft*.' the big
meeting out of the way before the
delegates arrive Monday and Tues
day. The opening session will be
held Tuesday night.
Mrs. J. P. Higgins, of St. Louis,
treasurer general of the national
organiation, arrived Saturday
morning and Mrs. Frank Harrold
of Americus, the president gen
eral was expected Saturday night.
Other members of the credential
committee who will arrive before
the convention opens are:
Mrs. W. C. M. Merchant, of
Chatham, Va., chairman of the
committee who is expected Sunday
morning: Mrs. W. J. Woodcliffe, of
Muskogee, Okla., registrar general;
Mrs L. B. Newell nf Charlotet. N.
C. Mrs. F. C. Qoleman, of New
Orleans; Mrs. Thomas Newbill of
Nashville and Mrs. J. E. Aderholt
of Anniston, Ala.
WONEY EXPENDED
FOR EDUCATION
Mrs. Higgins who handles the
money for the general society,
says that most of the organiza
tion's money Is expended In the
cause of education. The Income
from $73,000 worth of liberty bonds
which it owns goes to the various
scholarships which the U. D. C.
gives to the colleges throughout
the country. They have a scholar
ship at Harvard nnd are now put
ting students through Goucher,
Vassar and other large colleges.
There is a gift scholarship at
Washington and Lee and a hero
school fund of $50,000, the income
of which supports a number of
other students. Educational work
in mountain and illiterate dis
tricts is being done, she says, by
individual chapters all over tho
country, but tho general society is
spending most of its funds for col
lege educational work.
I The society has a large legacy
from a Union soldier who wished to
perpetuate the names of Jefferson
Davis, Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early
and John B. Gordon, nnd four
scholarships, a university prize
award, a fellowship at Peabody
College, honoring S. A. Cunning
ham founder of the Confederate
veterans, and several other scho
larships are Included In the big
educational work done by the U.
D. C.
G. 0. P. LEADERS -
Hold Informal Conference at
French Lick
FRENCH LICK, Ind.— Political
interest shifted from democratic to
republican leaders at French Lick
Saturday upon the arrival of Sena
tor George 11. Moses of New
Hampshire; William Hull, former
congressman from Illinois, and
Joseph Keallng, Indiana national
committeeman. »
An Information conference nt
which the selection of the republi
can leader In the senate wns dis
cussed, was held by the trio, It was
understood. Friends of Senator
James E. Watson of Indiana, are
known to bo urging his selection
but It was said that Senator
Charles Curtis, of Kansas, or Sena
tor Wadsworth of New York, had
the Inside track.
Senator Moses first came here
several days ago but returned east
when Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
of Massachusetts died, immediate
ly after the funeral, he returned to
French Lick. George Brennan, de
mocratic political leader of Chicago,
and Walter S. Chambers, chairman
of the Indiana Central committee
have returned to their homes Gov
ernor A 1 Smith of New York, how
ever, Is still here.
PERSHING RETURNS
NEW YORK^—General John J.
Pershing returned from abroad on
the stenmschip Paris Saturday
after visiting his son, Warren, at
a Swiss school.
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Discovery of the attempt
was made by Detective
Frank Mitchell who search
ed the cell while Harkins
was conferring with his at
torney in the office of the
police station. Admission
was made to Chief of Police
Quigg by Harkins that
he had tried to hang himself
but that the underwear
would not sustain his
weight. He said he made
the attempt in a fit of de
spondency because every
thing seemed to be going
against him. Harkins was
arrested at a downtown
hotel here Wednesday.
JONES, BLOODWORTH.
ARE GIVEN REPRIEVE
UNTIL JANUARY 9TH
ATLANTA, Ga. —Gervis Blood
worth and Willie Jones, Taylor
county youths lodged in the Musco
gee county jail at Columbus, con
victed of murdering Howard F.
Underwood in 1923 sentenced to
hang on November 28, were grant
ed a respite by Governor Clifford
Walker Saturday until January 9.
1925, because of the illness of their
chief attorney, Homer Beeland.
The respite granted by Governor
Walker came following a brief pe
tition presented the chief execu
tive by attorneys reviewing the
case briefly and stating that a plea
was now before the Georgia state
commission urging life imprison
ment.
They further showed that Homer
Beeland, active counsel for the pe
titioners had been confined to his
bed due to illness of the past ten
days and that he was unable to
prepare the petition "as fully as
it should be.”
The two boys, who were arrested
shortly after the murder of Under
wood, a medicine salesman, on a
lonely road in Taylor county on De
cember 3, 1923, were indicted Joint
ly on December 10. On December
17 they were placed on trial In the
Taylor county superior court and
found guilty of first degree murder.
Attorneys for the defense filed mo
tions for a new trial shortly after
wards but this was denied by the
trial court and later an appeal en
tered in the supreme court, which
tribunal sustained the conviction of
the trial court. The two youths
were re-sentenced beforo Judge
George P. Ivlunro, in Columbus and
the date of the hanging was set tor
November 28.
49 Students Sign
Anti-War Pledge
COLUMBIA, Mo. Forty nine
students of the University of Mis
souri subscribed to a statement de
claring they would not take part in
the fighting of any future war, It
was revealed when a. tabulation of
responses to a questionnaire cir
culated on Armistice day was made
public Saturday by the students re
ligious union.
Twenty-three of the students
were men and 29 women. They
were not required to sign their
names, it was understood.
The statement said:
"I am unalterably opposed to war
and will never take part In the
fighting of any future conflict.”
One hundred and forty three
students answered "no” to the pro
position and 69 were non commit
tal. it was announced.
The questionnaire was distribut
ed at student religious meetings
and reached only a small portion
of the entire student body.
SENATOR WATSON
Thinks Mellon Plan Will
Pass in 1925
WASHINGTON.—Senator Wat
son of Indiana, a republican mem
ber of the finance committee pre
dicted Saturday that the Mellon tax
I plan would bo adopted at the re
[ gular session of congress which be
gins In December 1925. He does
not expect tax legislation to corns
up until then.
E. S. MONTAOU DEAD
LONDON —Kdwin B. Montagu, 45
years old, former secretary of state
for India, died h< re Katurday. He
held the secretaryship for India in
the Lloyd Georgo cabinet from 1917
to 1922.
TEACHER KILLED
ATLANTA, Ga.—Miss Kate M
Wood. 60, a private tutor, was run
down and killed by a street car
here Saturday. - .