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B BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXXII. NO. 29.
DECIDE RACE FOR
STATE
Russell Administration Execu*
tive Committee Votes o Refer
Contest Direct to Democratic
Parly
HAMILTON, LEDFORD
ARE SEEKING POST
All Preparations Completed For
Opeiting of State Parley at
Macon Tomorrow With 5,000
Attending.
By GLENN RAMSEY
Macon, Ga„ Oct. 4. (/P)—The Tal
madge-controlled state Democratic
convention will decide the contest be¬
tween George B. Hamilton and M. L.
Ledford, incumbent, for the office of
state treasurer.
The Russell administration execu¬
tive committee today voted to refer
the contest and one involving the so¬
licitor general’s office of the Dublin
Judicial circuit direct to the conven¬
tion.
After naming a number of commit¬
tees of five members to hear minor
contests of legislative offices, the
executive committee certified a list of
Nominees, as shown on the face of
official returns to the convention,
containing the name of Ledford.
Chairman Lawrence S. Camp ~“
tires along with other member. ;
committee with the convening n. ..ie
biennial state convention tomorrow
and will be succeeded by Hugh How¬
ell, Atlanta attorney.
As customary, the retiring commit¬
tee will hold healings on the various
contests it believes its duty to con¬
sider and pass other appeals on to the
convention contest committee.
Chairman Camp and other mem¬
bers of the committee in Macon last
night for an advance caucus, were of
the opinion that the contest involving
the office of state treasurer, between
George B. Hamilton and M. L. Led¬
ford, incumbent, would go to the con¬
vention direct.
Hamilton, defeated on the face of
official returns by four county unit
votes,..although being credited with
ihe largest popular vote, is contesting
the tabulation of votes in a number
of counties but chiefly in Calhoun,
which he claims he carried over Led¬
ford and has a minority report of the
county committee to back up his con¬
tention.
Another contest seems destined for
the convention, involving the office of
solicitor of the Dublin circuit. J. H.
Merritt, on the basis of official re¬
turns was declared the nominee by
the county committee. James D.
Shannon, his opponent, filed a contest
and because it is an office to be acted
on by the convention, the committee
today will probably take that route.
Chairman camp said the executive
committee today, unless plans change
will take up and decide on legislative
race contests from Berrien and Jack
son counties and from the 46th sena¬
torial district, composed of Pierce,
f. Bacon and Coffee counties.
L. D. Rhodes is contesting the run
over nomination of W. F. Parramore.
Rhodes apparently won on the face of
popular returns from the September
14 primary with 557 votes to 518 for
Parramore, but the county committee
ruled that the two high men must
meet in a run-over, which was held
September 20. In the second race
Parramore won and Rhodes has ap¬
pealed contending the run-off was il¬
legal, since he had been named in the
first primary. J. Lord is
In Jackson county, J. E.
contesting the nomination of W. D.
Martin for the legislature. Lord con¬
tends Martin was not qualified be¬
cause he had failed to pay his last
year’s taxes. Hughes is contesting the
A. L. nom¬
ination of A. J. Tuten for senator
from the 40th district in the state as¬
sembly. Tuten is attorney for Ham¬
ilton in the treasurer’s contest. Chair¬
man Camp indicated, however, that
since Hughes did not file the contest
with the senatorial executive commit¬
tee his contest can not be acted upon
by the state committee, which would
throw out the case.
Tonight there will be a state-wide
rally of Democrats in the Macon city
auditorium with Senator Alben W.
Barkley, the chief speaker. He will
be introduced by Senator Walter F.
George, Chairman Lawrence S. Camp
will preside. An attendance of 5,000
Georgia Democrats, including those
who are here as delegates and alter¬
nates to the state convention tomor¬
row is expected.
GIRL SCOUTS TO MEET
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 4. (/Pi—The na¬
tional board of directors of Girl
Scouts was in session today at Vir¬
ginia Beach, preparatory to the for¬
mal opening tomorrow of the eigh¬
teenth annual convention of the or¬
ganization.
EDITH WILCOX GUILTY
Owosso. Mich., Oct. 4. (J’j—Mrs.
I , Edith Wilcox, former state treasurer
JLof the American guilty in Legion circuit
» pleaded embezzling auxiliary funds. court
to
will t»e sentenced October 5. The
charged she had embezzled $12,300.
His Report Ready
1
The report of Lord Lytton,
man of the League of Nations
mission which investigated the
churian situation, will he
for formal consideration by the
council on November 14,
Mrs. Thomas H. Massie
Rumors of Innocence of
Hawaiians Charged Witt.
tack are Untrue.
Philadelphia, Oct. 4. (/P)—Mrs.
Thomas H. Massie, in an interview at
her home in Lansdowne, Pa., a su¬
burb, is quoted in the Public Ledger
today as branding as untrue any inti¬
mation that the four men awaiting
retrial on charges of attacking her in
Hawaii last spring are innocent.
Mrs. Massie and her husband, Lieut.
Massie, have been living here
their return from Hawaii. He is sta¬
tioned on the battleship New
which is undergoing modernization
at the Philadelphia navy yard.
“There are two witnesses to identi¬
fy them who have never been
into the case,” Mrs. Massie is
as saying. “The men who dragged
me into a ear on John Ena road
Waikiki were seen and recognized by
two sailors from the submarine
who were using a service truck with¬
out permission and did not at first
come forward with their evidence.
Their names, however, were in the
hands of the investigators.”
It is upon the report of private in¬
vestigators, now being studied
Governor Lawrence M. Judd of Ha¬
waii, that the governor is expected
to determine whether the ifour na¬
tives, in whose first trial a jury dis¬
agreed, will be retried. Mrs. Massie
is quoted as saying that nothing now
would induce her to return as a wit¬
ness in a retrial.
New Totals Place
New York Second
In Great
New York, Oct. 4. (/P)—'The offi¬
cial and unofficial standings in
population race of the world’s
cities were upset in the last week
new totals announced from New
and Tokyo.
New York’s unofficial
population reached the huge
of 12,055,187; while Tokyo, on
other side of the world, gained
place by announcing its
as 5,312,000, Jumping ahead of
lin, Chicago, Paris and Moscow.
Officially, New York, with a
lation of 6,981,915 in its five
oughs, plays second fiddle to
politan London with 8,202,818;
the Merchants’ Association of
American metropolis announced
are more than 12,000,000 human
ings in the city proper and
three adjoining counties of
York’s trade territory.
Tokyo, which had counted its
ulation as 2,500,000 and its area
I 31 square miles, went on an
! I tion spree, absorbed 82 villages
towns, increased its square
to 233, and its population to
than 5,000,000. standings
The official now are:
Greater London
New? York City 1 ...
Tokyo
Berlin
Chicago walls)
Paris (within
Moscow
I Metropolitan Paris, including
I territory outside the walls, is
464.
HANKERS ELECT
j Chicago, Oct. 4. UP) —C, S.
! man, of Atlanta, Ga., and J. B.
of Columbus, were elected
! office yesterday Association. in the
Bankers Mr.
I was named a governor and Mr.
jeridge was re-elected to the boa^d
[governors.
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY. OCT. 4. 1932.
ARE INDICTED BY
Three True Bills Charging Sam*
uel and Martin Insull With
Embezzlement Returned at
Chicago Today
HOUR DELIBERATION
REQUIRED BY JURORS
Capiases Issued For Their Ar*
rest and Attorney to Start
Immediately to Extradite Pair
to United States.
Chicago, Oct. 4. (/P)—Three true
bills charging Samuel and Martin In- j
sull with embezzlement, larceny, and
bailee were returned today by the
Cook county grand jury.
The bills were returned after less
than an hour’s deliberation by the
grand jury on evidence given by half
a dozen witnesses.
Capiases were issued for the arrest
of the two Insulls.
State’s Attorney John A. Swanson
announced he would start action im¬
mediately to extradite Samuel Insull
from Paris and Martin Insull from
Canada.
Chicago, Oct. 4. (/P)—La Salle
street-—Chicago’s financial mart—
openly doubted today that the absent
Insulls would be returned to the Unit¬
ed States even if State’s Attorney
John A. Swanson obtains indictments
against them as a result of the col¬
lapse of the giant utility companies
they once controlled.
While Swanson was marshaling ev¬
idence to present to the county grand
jury, rumor was current in business
circles that Samuel Insull, Sr., now
in Paris, and his brother, Martin, now
in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, would
fight to the last ditch any attempts to
extradite them.
Swanson last night announced he
would seek indictment of the broth¬
ers on charges of embezzlement, lar¬
ceny, and larceny by bailee. Several
days ago the prosecutor asked the In¬
sulls to return voluntarily for ques¬
tioning in connection with the inves¬
tigation of the burst, utility bubble.
“The Insulls have not replied,”
Swanson said, “if these oeople who
have caused losses ol more than two
billion dollars to investors will not re¬
turn voluntarily, then I shall use
every means given me bv the law to
bring them back.”
Testimony before the grand jury,
he indicated, would revolve about a
reputed deal in which $334,720 was
taken from treasuries of various In¬
sull firms to bolster an alleged dum¬
my bokerage acocua# for Martin In¬
sull..
Acquaintances of the Insulls, how¬
ever, said they were certain the
brothers would fight extradition and
they expressed the opinion they might
be successful. Some lawyers said em¬
bezzlement was not covered in pres¬
ent extradition treaties with Great
Britain. The brothers are British
subjects. 4
Chicago lawyers for'he Insulls re¬
fused to discuss the atftiude of their
clients toward extradition.
Swanson made public his accusa
ions of the reputed bolstered broker¬
age account yesterday. Previously
he stated he possessed evidence indi¬
cating payment of marginal accounts
of Martin Insull from corporate funds
at Samuel’s authorization.
The reputed “deal” occurred in
1929, Swanson said, when the elder
Insull gave a group of the several In¬
sull securities in exchange for stocks
of Insull Utility Investments, W.,
appraised on the books at $9,765,908.
Through “improper appraisal,” Swan¬
son charged, the Insulls netted $374,-
400.
RESPOND IN ANSWER TO RIOT¬
ING AMONG MINERS IN WHICH
ONE MAN WAS SHC
Canton, 111., Oct. 4. UP )—Steel hel
meted militia troops swung through
another Illinois coal mining county
today to the reverberation of rioting
in which one miner was shot and ser¬
iously hurt.
The guardsmen with full field
equipment and riot weapons were sent
from Peoria early today to augment
a force of 100 special deputy sheriffs.
For several weeks, state machine
gun troops have been in command of
coal fields in Christian county,
rioting broke out shortly after offi
cials of the United Mine Workers of
America announced the signing of a
new wage agreement reducing the
daily basic scale from $6.10 to $5.
The shooting at Canton last night
followed a riot at the mines Saturday
in which six men were injured.
Robert Pollitt, 20, an employee of
the Psehirrer and Clearview mines,
working under the $5 scale, was the
man shot. He He was was wounded wounded as he
stepped from his automobile. The
shots were fired from a cruising auto¬
mobile.
WITH TAMMANY IN
New York State Convention
Recesses This Afternoon
Tonight With Factions
Deadlock
M’COOEY IS UNABLE
TO BRING AGREEMENT
Meanwhile Republicans at But*
falo Nominate Coi. William
.1. Donovan as Gubernatorial
Candidate.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 4. (/PI
Democratic state convention recessed
after a five-minute session this
ernoon until tonight at seven o’clock
when nominations of governor and
other state officers will be taken up.
Tonight, also is the time set aside
for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
to address the delegates.
George Gordon Battle, chairman of
the committee to escort Mr. Roosevelt
to the Tenth Infantry Armory noti¬
fied T. Arthur Hendricks, of Water
town, convention chairman, that ar¬
rangement for Mr. Roosevelt’s ap¬
pearance would be made late today.
It was not known whether the gov¬
ernor would talk before or after the
nominations.
Meanwhile the deadlock over the
preference of Tammany Hall for a
gubernatorial candidate persisted.
John H. McCooey, of Brooklyn, en¬
deavoring to effect a compromise had
proposed to John F. Curry, Tammany
chief, the leaders of Herbert H. Leh¬
man and those supporting Mayor
John Boyd Thacher of Albany, a
ticket headed by United States Sena¬
tor Robert F. Wagner, for governor,
Lehman for the senate and Thacher
for either lieutenant-governor or
comptroller. Another proposed slate
mentioned Alfred E. Smith for United
States senator.
Hendricks called the convention to
order at 1:35 p. m. It had been
scheduled to meet at noon.
McCooey, the peace maker between
the Tammany up-state alliance and
the Lehman crowd, first advanced a
slate that ignored Lehman but includ¬
ed former Governor Allred E. Smith
for the United States senate.
Smith, who is supporting the lieu¬
tenant-governor and intends nominat¬
ing him, refuses to accept a place on
that slate. The revised McCooney of¬
fer included Lehman as the senatorial
candidate.
Both proposals gave Mayor John
Boyd Thacher of Albany a place,
either as lieutenant-governor or comp
roller. Thacher is the gubernatorial
choice of the Tammany allies upstate.
John F. Curry, the Tammany leader,
has not expressed a preference for
the first place selection. He, however,
since yesterday has held out against
Mr. Lehman for the governorship.
Gov. Roosevelt, who is supporting
the lieutenant-governor for the nomi¬
nation, was silent today regarding the
progress of negotiations toward an
adjustment of the differences. He re¬
mained at the executive mansion. The
convention last night invited Mr.
Roosevelt to address it before ad
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DECIDE THERE IS NO REASON
TO CHANGE ATTITUDE ON
MANCHURIAN AFFAIRS
Tokyo, Oct. 4. UP) -The cabinet
decided today, after a session called
to consider the League of Nations
committee’s report on Manchuria,
that there was no reason to alter its
Manchurian policy, the keystone of
which is the separation of Marichukuo
from China and the maintenance of
its dependence.
Japanese newspapers quoted a
spokesman for the foreign office to
day as saying Secretary of State
Henry L. Stimson’s speech at
delphia last Saturday, in which he
recounted the high spots of the
eign relations record of President
Hoover’s administration, was a men
ace to the good relations between Ja
pan and the United States.
By again “speaking against Japan”,
the spokesman was quoted as saying,
Mr. Stimson offered furt. revoca¬
tion, which was described as “a ser¬
. ious matter.
The Japanese saw a close
j tion, he said, between Mr. Stimson’s
j | speech, report at the Geneva publication Sunday, of the Lytton
j ' ly condemning Japan’s military ac
tjvities in Manchuria, arid
! concentration of the United States
j navy in the Pacific.
In the speech. Secretary Stimson
; praised the American policy adopted
j during the Manchurian crisis last
! winter, emphasizing especially the
declaration of the American policy
non-recognition of territories
by force, made in the United
government’s note on Jan. 7, 1932,
Michigan’s competing candidates for governor in the November election
will be William A. Comstock (left), of Detroit, Democratic nominee, and
Governor Wilber M. Brucker, who won renomination on the Republican
ticket.
Mountaineers Come Out Of
Hills and Swap Horses and
Yarns at Annual Convention
Traders Meet and Try to Out=
smart Others By Giving Thisi
For That and Show Swap*
ping Art
By JAMES H. STREET i
Dalton, Ga., Oct. 4. UP )—Men
comb a living off the
of north Georgia cama down from
the hills today to swap horses and
yarns, do a little whittling and barter
again like folks did in the bustle and
buggy era.
It was horse traders’ day and a
swappers’ convention was in full blast
at the “Boneyard” -the field where tile
traders meet and try to outsmart the
other fellow. It was the first swap¬
pers’ convention held here in many
years and things went well except
a few children got spunked and a
few hounds chased automobiles,
around the square.
Those who accept horse swapping
as an art say it’s a good way to whip
hard times and business men say
things hummed here yesterday to
strengthen that contention.
Horse trading is as old as man’s
desires to swap anything from a bar¬
low knife to a farm. Word that there
will he a swap at a certain place is
spread among the farmers and they
set that day aside to trade for what
they want and trade off what they
don’t .v.’l want
The women cook big dinners like
there was going to be a revival meet¬
ing and pack them in boxes. The
boys get scrubbed behind the ears
and Ijttle girls get their hair plaited
and tied with ribbons. The whole
bunch including the dogs are loaded
into wagons (or automobiles) and the
family drives tq town. Maybe the
farmer brings a horse or a mule or
even a “shoat.” a shoat i.s the .sec¬
ond step in the evolution of a hog -
pig to shoat to hog to ham.
The women go to the stores to buy
and the men gather at the Boneyard
to trade. Just about everybody whit¬
tles while they talk. Whittling is riot
a prerequisite to horse swapping but
it, goes a long ways to help matters
out. The horses are paraded on the
Boneyard until some farmer closes
his knife, takes a good chew of to¬
bacco, ambles over- to the owner and
“Reckon I’ll take a look at that t.har
boss and we might get up a swap.”
He examines the beast thoroughly
while the other fellow is looking over
I the second horse in the trade. Horse
traders don't whine after they swap,
A man might trade five or six
in one day before the gets the horse
he wants and he might come to town
with a plug and go home with a fine
steed. Swaps also are made for
equipment- a plough for some
css, a pitchfork for a hoe or
thing that a fellow wants to trade.
. - Farmers -............- are not ..... always .....— the Ties 1 ;
swappers. Country lawyers and
| | tors usually are among the best of
the tribe. And sometimes women
are mighty good judges of boise
flesh.
It wasn’t many years ago
!the Irish horse traders worked all ihe
|»uuwi. south. Many Many fortunes have
started started at at a a country country swap. swap. In those
days swap- were held during court
week. Gypsies came, too, with lots
of horses. They didn’t camp with
the white folks but they generally
burned them up in trades.
Only the Irish were the gypsies’
equal.
Talmadge Spent
$12,538 In Race;
Report Reveals
Atlanta, Oct. 4. UP) It. cost Com¬
missioner of Agriculture Eugene Tal
,,ia,| K‘‘ *12,538 to wage his successful
campaign for the Democratic guber¬
natorial nomination his report of
campaign expenditures filed yester
<luv with the «*mplroller general
showed -
Talmadge listed lux contributions
at paid from his own pocket,
$2,500 trom citizens ol Troup county;
unidentified friends $1,400 and J. J.
Maugham and Hugh Howell $1,000
each.
Major items on his list of expendi¬
tures included $2,085 for his head¬
quarters payroll; hotel and meals
$804.45; newspapers and cuts $783.71;
telegraph and postage $1,187.90;
lurulist press printing $1,989.77 and
miscellaneous $1,289.75.
Hoke O’Kelley, Atlanta attorney
and one of the unsuccessful candi¬
dates for the gubernatorial nomina¬
tion filed an expense account showing
$987.66 spent in bis campaign all of
which he contributed himself.
Juror In Davis
Trial Is Fined
For Misconduct
By MORRIS WATSON
New York, Oct. 4 (A 1 ) Henry
Moore, the juror who caused a mistrial
in the case of United States
James J. Davis, who was charged
violation of federal lottery laws,
sentenced today to pay a fine of
within 24 hours or go to jail for
days. His name also was
from the jury list.
Moore, who caused the mistrial
approaching defense counsel after
trial had run two weeks and was
ing conclusion, threw himself on
mercy of the court today, coming to
hearing into his case without
although he had been informed he
entitled to such representation.
“I’m sorry,” he told Judge
J. Coleman iri a strained voice,
didn’t mean to harm anyone.”
Judge Coleman said he was
ed there was rio corrupt intention
tire part of the juror when he
ed on Defense Attorney Charles
Margiotti at the Pennsylvania
Friday.
“For that reason,” the judge
“I am not going to send you to
None of the attorneys who
the Davis trial were present.
ended abruptly yesterday
| ing after Attorney Margiotti had
ported to the court —------------- that Moore
called upon him to tell him that
• alternate juror was “putting in
j poison against your side.”
The alternate was absolved of
| after other jurors the testified with them. he
riot discussed case
The trial at the time was
its third week. Davis obtained a
erance from six others indicted in con
nection with alleged lotteries conduct
ed by the Loyal Order of Moose,
[which he is the director-general,
cause he wanted vindication before
! November election in which he
(standing for re-election to the
‘from Pennsylvania.
______
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOOVER SPEAK ON
Just Before Crossing Mississippi
River For First l ime in Cam*
paign He Addresses Crowd
of 12,000
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN
AT DES MOINES, IOWA
One of His Aides Terms Speech
He Will Deliver Tonight as
Fighting’ Address With New
Phases.
On Board Presidential Special En
Route to Des Moines, at Davenport,
Iowa, Oct. 4. f/P) .Just before cross¬
ing the Mississippi river for the first
time in the campaign, President
Hoover today spoke of federal aid for
the people along that great water
way.
At Rock Island, 111., where he was
greeted by a crowd estimated by po¬
lice at 12,00(1, the chief executive ns
I sorted into a hastily erected micro¬
phone, that the moves for “full nine
loot transportation between Rock Is¬
land and other cities on the Mississip¬
pi river system cannot fail to ad¬
vance prosperity of your city.”
Governor Dun Turner of Iowa and
an official reception committee hoard¬
ed the train at Davenport where a
crowd estimated by police at 15,000
cheered the president and first lady.
One of President Hoover’s sec¬
retaries termed the speech he will de¬
liver tonight as a “fighting” address,
and Senator Dickinson (R., Ia.), who
hoarded the train at Chicago, and
conferred with the president about it
en route, said it would mark the be¬
ginning of a new phase in the cam¬
paign.
“Up to this point,” Dickinson said,
“The campaign t rend has been to at¬
tack President Hoover’s record. He
has made such an outstanding record
that the attacks will fall by the way¬
side.
“The attacks next phase of the campaign
will be on the Democratic pro¬
gram as unsound. This speech is the
foundation for that program.”
In customary campaign style, the
president had his special train stop
at towns along the route so,that he
might greet the crowds that gathered
to welcome him.
He made two rear platform appear¬
ances on his way through Pennsyl¬
vania last night, and at Altoona spoke
briefly to a cheering crowd.
Most of his words were drowned in
the roar of handclapping and shout¬
ing hut those close to his platform
heard him say, his smile for the mo¬
ment gone, “we are doing what a gov¬
ernment can and should do to help
ils people.”
The Altoona appearance was mark¬
ed by the first platform appearance
en route of Mrs. Hoover. She joined
the chief executive at the end of the
presidential car and, taking a mega¬
phone, pleaded with those in the rear
not. to crush the children crowded up
near to the train.
Most of the time, while the crowd
milled about the platform Ihe presi¬
dent merely stood and smiled, occa¬
sionally waving his hat in response
to cheers.
The president was introduced by
Representative Kurtz (R., Penn.) who
drew cheers by hailing Mr. Hoover
as “tiie next president of the United
Stales.”
The president looked forward dur¬
ing the morning to his scheduled stops
at Rock Island, Illinois; Davenport,
West Liberty, Iowa City and Newton,
Town.
The train was scheduled to arrive
in Des Moines shortly before four
o’clock this afternoon.
There the president and Mrs.
Hoover will be escorted by a parade
to the governor’s mansion for dinner.
From there they are scheduled to
go to the Des Moines Coliseum, where
the president will make his address.
They start their return journey about
midnight.
TRAVIS REPORTS
TALK OF WAR IS
COMMON AEROAD
New York, Oct. 4. (/P)—Brigadier
General Robert J. Travis, of Savan¬
nah, Ga., and the Georgia national
guard, was en route home to,day aft¬
er returning from Europe where he
attended the dedication of the national
guard memorial in Pershing Hall in
Paris.
While here General Travis com¬
mented on the prevalency of "war
talk” in Paris. He said talk of an¬
other war is so common iri Paris “an
American is startled."
He said Germany's discontent with
the treaty of Versailles and the Ger¬
man attitude toward armaments gave
the French people great concern.
TREASURY FIGURES
Washington, Oct. 4. UP) —Treasury
receipts for October 1 were $5,072,*
543.52; expenditures, $5,843,541.19;
balance $861,348226.68. Customs du*
ties for one day of October wer«
$930,708,88, _