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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXXII. NO. 32.
TAKES STAND IN
‘SWEAT
E. L. Smith, Alias
Chandler.' Fells Jacksonville
Jury How Victim Was Treated
By Guards
RAILROAD SECTION
FOREMAN TESTIFIES
Neighbor Relates Capture of i
Nude, Fleeing Prisoner and
Details of Placing Him in
"Sweat Box.” !
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Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 7. (TP)—A
railroad section foreman testifying i
today at the trial of two former
guards for the sweat box death of
Arthur Maillefert said he saw the]
convict placed in the box, chain
around his neck and stocks on feet,
He also saw the dead youth removed,
The foreman, J. A Taylor, who 1
J: ' es near Sunbeam prison camp j
s. here Maillefert died, said he was in j
yard when Maillefert trying to i
(l.scape, ran close by, naked and with
"some fellows after him.”
“They caught him about 300 yards
from my house.
“This guard,” Taylor said, indicat- ,
ing Solomon Higginbotham, one of
the defendants, “came up with the
dogs and said:
“‘ 'You s-lick—, you thought you’d i
get away, didn’t you? If you think I j
won’t shoot you now, just try to j
run’.” j
Taylor said Maillefert asked for j
“soine of you free men to come with j
me to see that this is all T get.” I
The section foreman followed the !
convict and his captors back to the !
camp.
Taylor described how the stocks j
were built on the prisoner’s feet and j
how lie was then placed in the sweat ;
box with a chain around his neck. i
Taylor stayed around the camp, sit- |
ting in his car, until the body was :
taken out of the box.
“He looked like he was dead,” Tay- j
lor said. • j
C. A. Avriett, attorney for Hig- |
ginbotham, asked in Maillefert had j
the said box. anything after being placed in j |
“Yes,” the witness replied, “he ask- !
ed Captain Courson how long he was j
going to keep him in there.” George
W. Courson acting captain at the I
camp when Maillefert died is the j
other defendant.
“The captain said, ‘until you are
willing to make a better boy, or until
Christmas—it might be Christmas.’ ”
This testimony contradicted with
that offered yesterday by William
Roberts, a convict, who told the jury
that Courson said to another convict !
he would keep Maillefert in the box ]
‘until Christmas—if he ain’t dead.’ ” I
E. L. Smith, alias “Snapper Chand- |
ler,” a convict, related how Maillefert ;
had complained of being ill on the ]
highway last J,une 1 and how he was :
taken back to the prison camp and
placed naked in a barrel, fastened
abound his shoulders by planks and
“i'hat 'm ‘.her straps.
night, the witness said, he was i
gut in the sweat box, barrel and all. j
The next morning he was released !
from the box but not from the bar- j
rel.
“There was no road work that day
on account of the rain,” said Smith,
and Maillefert was allowed to roam
about the prison t ........ sweat'box'to camp ^ yard and „„„ !
stand in the escape the
downpour. j
“About noon,” continued Smith,
“somebody hollered: Mersey’s done | j
gone.’ ”
There were hurried prepartions to
chase the fleeing convict.
When Maillefert was returned to
the camp Higginbotham was quoted :
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WARDEN IS ACCUSED
OF TAKING FELONS
TO WORLD SERIES
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El Dora, la., Oct. 7. (AP)—A charge ;
that Warden C. H. Ireland of the
state reformatory at Anamosa took | 1
t wo prisoners to the world series
baseball games between the Chicago
Cubs and New York Yankees, was j
made by Clyde L. Herring, Democrat- '
ic candidate for governor.
He made the charge in a political
address last night in which he called!
upon Governor Dan Turner to re
move the warden from office.
Replying to Herring’s statements
the warden said at Anamosa that he
by Harry ________^
Hortman, and Walter Wake
field, both “trusties” but that the trip
was “made without one cent of ex¬
pense to the state.’
The warden said that Wakefield
was the driver of his car, and that
Hortman was for years operator of
the reformatory’s radio station and
had been helpful in keeping inmates
orderly. Hortman is a “lifer” and is
.56 years old.
/-fortman.' said the warden, “is iri
pjg health. He is an ardent Cub
<jind He a popular has been idol among the men
, ‘•ut.-ide the >*«*.' OVUI J/CI permitted Jllll Ltfu to LU go g'J
wails as far as Cedar Rap
ids.”
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Broker Indicted
Associated Press Photo
Harold C. Stuart, president of Hal
Stuart & Company,
brokers, was indicted in Milwaukee
on charges of using the mails to de
fraud. Five other officials and
concern itself were indicted on the
same charges.
Walker Looking
To Senate Seat,
Friends r . , State
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S. S. Kuropa. Oct. 7. (VP)— Source*
close to former Mayor James J. Wal
ker, who is returning to New York
from Europe aboard the Kuropa, said
today they believed he would be jnore
interested in a campaign toi* the Unit
States senate at some future time
than in running again' Tor! mayor d;
New York. J ’’
The matter was not discussed, h w
ever, at smoking roojn conference
aboard ship after midnight this 'morn
ing at which Walker announced io his
friends that he had declined to be a
candidate for mayor, at the Novem
her election.
The announcement,was made short
]y after he had radioed a similar mes
sage to John F. Ciury.j. Ta^ra&ny
chieftain.
“That 1 'completes the .picture of me
as a private citizen,” the former mav-'
0 r remarked after hg- had read his
statement in the smoking' room. . “I
have done for myself what others
have tried to do for me
He refused to comment” on his po¬
litical plans. Everything, he,did,-was
up to the party,
"I am an organization map,”
said. ,»
Friends said he would .take .six
months rest, although be made no
ntion of it himself. * '
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THOSE IN STATE OF VEKA CRUZ
ARE DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS,
BY DEjCREp*
-a* .•>
Mexico City, Oct. 7. (/Pi—CathtjJie
priests in the state df Ve.ra.Cruz werb
deprived of their citizenship je^,sla^ure today by
decree of the state. add'all
church property was’orctered corvfjfv
cated by the governor Tr
poses. y special
The action was taker r at a
session The decree of the declaring legislature The' last priests night.
', no
longer citizens leaves.^heni liahliC.to
expulsion from tbpicoiintfy, ^upder
of the federal
The legislature slature indicated indicated its
to encourage similar faction in the
other states, by action voting,to call tH't* at
tention of its
islatures. ^ ;L i ■ "4
The procedure was an. aftermath week
the exclusion frotn. ^erigohi ^44x'ico tHik” T;lbVes,
of Papa! Archibishop delegate^! f^iz T
las<^smhome*-.4jniitw.'the, ^
Vera Cruz
number of priests pedple,Jthe in the''state,tb on’e
for each 100,000 j^at >^’icAeM 4
limitation effective, in an
country. Most of :thf f 0rK.<?tfc
<tatc when the-4gw sVent/
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STAY IS GRAN WHO ijto ffAEFn FAC1
MAN C^rr^NI/~r
ULA 1 U ri 3tIN 1 tPILL
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HawkinsvilJe, Ga., Oj|b7. i/Ei-—Jas.
_ _ .'ciuchvc^ y
in the electric chair for the flaying of
Ifelmar Cannon, his son-jn-law. p&y-wlien gain
ed a -tav of execution. yb*t,e
Judge Eschod G iaha n / T < 4 pra nte<i a
writ of superseddas to Barbees attor¬
neys.
The writ was granted after .Judge
Graham overruled a motion for a new
trial on the ground of newly devel¬
oped evidence. The writ permits Bar¬
bee to carry his request for new
trial to the supreme court.
The extraordinary motion for a new
trial was based on a petition charg
IUft ing Cannon's i.amivu - wife and her mother,
wife of Barbee, were active in the
prosecution of the condemned man.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY. OCT. 7. 1932.
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HIS FINAL WILL
Executed By Smith Reynolds
Less Than Year Before He f
Was Shot to Death and Will;
Be Filed Soon i
BROTHERS, SISTERS
WILL SHARE ESTATE
Iwas ___ y.
Not Married to Libby Hol¬
man at That Time and She is
| Not Mentioned as Heir to
Fortune.
I By W. W. CHAPLIN
Copyright, 1932, By Associated Press
I New York, Oct. 7. (/ P)—A will ext*
cuteri by Smith Reynolds less than a
year before he was fatally shot a t
Winston-Salem, N. C„ is ,to be tiledi
for probate here soon, leavdh'g his en- 1
five tire shave share of the Reynolds tobacco
millions, except for a few specific be
to his brother and his two sis
Iters.
| From a source close to the Reynolds'
family , it was established today that
| the will was drawn during Reynolds the
mer of 1931 while young
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occupying a Long Island cottage near Hof
the summer summer residence residence of of Libby Libby Hol-j
man, , Broadway Rroadway torch singeiyiow under j
indictment for his murder. He was
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mentioned in the will.
It was learned there is a bequest
of $50,00f)'to' Smith Reynolds’ friend,
Albert: Walker, who is also at liberty
under bail awaiting trial for the mm
tier of Reynolds
of There $50,000 are each also said Reynolds’s to be bequests |
to first and!
wife, Anne Cannon Reynolds,
their daughter, Anne Catherine Uey-j
nolds II. Reynolds and his first wife
were divorced shortly after the that' will i
was drawn and it was reported at
time that he had made a
settlement of approximately ' $ 1 , 000 ,-! j
0 Q 0 fine
of the longest articles in the
will is understood to., be directed at j
St tihfc«ons Hh fhe t, “ rryin
; ditSnY 8 that*if alii°peraoT SS I
ed as a beneficiary even so much body! as
asserts a belief before a judicial I
that this document is not Reynolds’
last will and testament ’ the other pro -1 i
vision of the will he carried out men-i .„ j
though that person had not been
.tinned.
was learned that the will was
made in yugust of 1931, the appar¬
ent motive for making it at that time
being that,young Reynolds was with¬
in a a- few icw days m«.v .-n to leave leave .by Moiiiin steamer foi "it
long and hazardous' ^olo flight from |
England China ** j
(to
, i He did sail a few (lavs' after the!
will was drawn, but fell ill in
and had to return ho’me. ‘Before he
started again, in December, he was di¬
vorced from his first wife. So far as
is known, however, he mad. no 'change
in the..deposition of his estate, either
because of this divorce’or lafter,hip
| i marriage to. Miss iiolinan.'Xyhjeho’c
cuii-ea ;at the termination of his. Far
'Eastern flight.
Young Reynolds’s estate consisted
largely' 'This of ty.ust funds established for
him by father and mother before,
they died and the principal olYwhich th&jjtime
.had not yet come to him at
of his death. Similar trusts had*been
esiahb'$1fed for his brother, Richard,
and his sisters, Mary Reynolds Bab¬
cock qml chief Nancy Reynolds Bagley, the
jfHree nolds’ beneficiaries of Smith Rey-i 1
will.
• The, share of each of the Reynolds;
from trust funds left them.;
b.J: thbir parents has been variously
estimated at from 1515 , 000,000 to $ 20 ,
000,000.
of Smith Reynolds’ j
will bad not been generally known
until today.
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SEATRAIN CONCERN
H TO INTRODUCE NEW
SHIPMENT METHO
J'Mgm WJi^hiiigtfjn, cai'd.will Get. 7. (/Pi Jajgded ‘
4f tie carried
•' h 0 ia..S e <t t gawa Lines, Inc., between .
l NflWqYork arid H mat lTa,y^na under | pq<i | 'order i^ 'ew' Or¬
eans avana an ts
sued yesterd six ay, byUw-ahipping monlfis’Yerioa:'" hoard !
a' — ■
The “temporary” permission , was ,
operation^fcttr at ©p ~‘MM< t(/
i
carriers- ^ nd ty ^ d^el tV' 6 f new 1
Representatives
steamship companies-df/posed the ser¬
vice at a hearing before the board on
the ground their companies would be
adversely affected if permi: - ion was
granted.
The Seatrain lines contended busi¬
ness with Cuba had fallen off to the
point where they were threatened i
: with financial difficulties unless their
service could he extended
The permission granted covers a!
six month period beginning Oetohn
16 . During the period compensation ••
under the mail contract with the post
office department will not be paid. i
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INSULL TO TRIAL
His Brother, Marlin, is
Being Held in Jail in Ontario
He is Being Sought By
cers
SEEK EXTRADITION
PAPERS IN CANADA
______ A
Head of Utility Company in
rope is American Citizen
Orle Held in Canada Still
Britisher.
By The Associated Press
Barire, Out., Canada. Martin . 1
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* ' ,, ov 7 ‘''=«
°’ ,tles ln 8 P? n t tlu \'! f"
lhe , ' vay r lor ex ra ' l,l, . °"
WhK '-, nmy takv s, ' VH ' al
to complete. t
Lisbon, Portugal—Lisbon police
on the watch for Samuel insult
orders to arrest and detain
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e d ht h,s vvav ,u ‘ rt '
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."4 J , 8 *' HTis.^ing V ., . horn V, . . ,,u, the “ 11 ,, am hotel , "* where
Iflor t,1su Til's P " " ,a "' ,a , *™ , 1
rr v‘j“
’ALV ’ ” as 1 ’'? ..... a ^ Attorney Attorney ... John ,....... A. A.
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11- them ,i stocks , . with . intent ol
were
, ,a1yi ' i M |' S ' San ! lK ‘ 1, ,s ! 111 ’
aK sh « 1 ha<i cee.'.yed'win d . I ron, her
state W?. .!>.<’ his destination. “H 1 'ar.s but Swan- re
0 ' 1 t ; alle(1 < ' ,,u nl V board members
the KnpAjury , .' io deter..,me why
ore
. und . '^ se,lu l-ush Insull
". weru ri ! ex
Mu,s and .jnqumos.
Barrie, Out., Oct. 7. (/B) -Martin J.
" Ml I !’ ", d ot ol ! la the 0 , Insrtll ^O'nue utilities , Insuli, , ,, niter- ,. lor-
1 ? 1 ' lpa
indictment ^n'ed m charging; Chicago larceny to answer and to
occupied a jaihcell here
; ty (lll, , ' < .'..^ '-‘Tum to
J re a writ of extradition i to lake
e /‘poiii. "a '^r^nt'iw'his' arS[
Vbg'ontarhl
m J oronfo. The war
v ^ ls °btaine(t by John Hampton,
' K tanl state's attorney lor (look
IH-. who came to Canada by
late late Wednesday. Wednesday. . . ,
The i<*rmo.' utilities magnate was
, to the home of Judge Dudley
senior judge of Simeoo c'imn
who remanded him t.o
11 :3(i a.m ., October 15.
J udge Mol rues' said Insull’s attor
J. R. Boys, was considering the
, , bad, . . but , no application ,.
made la^.t. night and Insuli s'pent
ht * n i F llt > a whitewashed cell,
w PT 1 h was «* bamw-.-cot and,
-no
water.
Insiill i-ame tp Barrie yesterday
a'boarding Orillia, where he has been living'
house several months.
A long legal battle was ■ ■expected
Inspll can he taken to •Chiejfgo,
st%:eMul.l application for
• Insuli has announeeiL
will slight it to the limit, and he
have,.60 days in appJaS fuffiP
it goes against him.
” He' kept his hat ijown and his ciVilY
up as lie* Wdk ■ led iilto the Jii'il.
a battery of flashlights
In speeigf 'the jail i lie w.ijl
able to enjoy* inOlls Vni
outside, providing. JieUpays
...... himself.
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REPEAL
IDENTI1 _
COOLLi
Troy,.
-Wdi, tkW.v
of.
He
a sol'
■wa iii n CBpux Uu..
Calvin Coolidge roused
nnti U rl . faiiritly -.._IligSsLl!K. 1 ' rs
who __
f aroujid, had not recognized reef
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.‘|Nev«J fWvCo York.” 6 pilir« f ?
f ^\V i 11 what intend
? you sav you
"I'm going to a railroad meet
ing.’
‘Have you anything to -av on
the political situation?”
“No.”
George T. Morris, a fonner
sheriff, pushed through the news
papermeri.
“Will you .hake hand with a
good Republican?” Morris asked.
Coolidge shook hand mutely,
and went on staring out of the
window. The tram pulled out. of
the station, the rain ,ill durn
miog on the window
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King Greets Gen. Mac Arthur
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General Douglas Mac Ai'thni\' United Slates army chief of stall', ,« ho
I . made inadt . „ a lour lnur of „i central cental European Burop. count lies, was greeted liv King Carol of
£ Bucha rest. The king later bestowed upon
oho me i;imio miss 01 me Rumanian Order of the Star,
G. 0. P. WILL SEEK
, VOTE OF
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'With .... . Just One Month of
pai^ning Before Election Day
| They Plan Invasion of Mid
West Section.
By BAY BRENNAN
h MS'a.upuiguing left to go, R, ,
big
guns” to work on the prairies of the!
mulwosl
* be hading sptakeis ol the |mity, |
including seven members ol i'resi- ;
dent ’s cabinet, have beeii assigned
1,1< Working ‘ conquest with then, of the farmer less vote, than, j
are no
a seore of nationally-known speakers.
Aml Washington 1 Pl'esiilent from himself, opening jukt back|
his cam
paign speed) in agricultural Iowa, has
*>»•<•'• scheduled for at least one and
perhaps two more speeches in the 1
eelitral states. j
Campaign directors at , ''national
head<|uarfers here said today the drive
for votes will hjt continued with gath
everyydoubtful ering intensity until election day ini
middle west state. I
Secretary of the Interior Ray
man Wilbur, it was announced, will
I join Jiekt week with the host ol Re
bub)lean' orators already nlield.fSl.arl -
ii1 «' wifMan address at Cifjcihnliti'next
Monday, Wilbur will make 12 speech-''
<' s during the next 11 days in ..Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan and Iowa,
Already embarked on rigorouk
'k»f*, Seerttary of War Hurley,
of 1 ; M'.Y Treasbry. of; ; Agriculture Mills, ain'l lly(le, ;
[rotary 6 il- -df of the Navy farm .lahneke vote. .Secretary, all in; of
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lyonimqrr, ('hapiri and ' Seeih'tary
f ! ringsP LWdi’’WmIt will join the
midwest within wi aimthei- I'oftnlghl.
! aiirlieln-ek and his^kjytm',; Mrs. Dolly.
Gaiirt; begin h''" j ni'Xt-ykfek aifother fw.ing
t hoi'Ugh t miilvstgO.' ’ '
Just as its Piesafcjit Pi‘o:!R(ejit • . Hoover',': Hoover’s lies
Moines, Iowa, gun(if*;the appeai'anhe.. ^ ^’ served
f h < ' rt . ( ing .-.id / 1 (It,. ’ li Republican, *. . . . « 1 I , .
director driveijin .-aid, the middle s(M«i.|l west, lie,T’alyiri campaign Cop.l
idge’s raido a ddfe M. s iir^t Tuiosjay ofieriitig
night will he fdi'roal
S vveiRre. in the rtiWi'C,
rtVa^iintlm, Mf‘. Hoover. .Iittky with affairs at
but r.mlcmng oil,,,
...../'Hhf *“ te,,, M 0nt ' u' . |,a V l . y
lost on, ’I* t (
ili-ilib'-i-.AfiiiaigH, Jl has been ,n indieat- '
h**h- , aau. .I also-.will .|| lou r n ey west to *'■
vulprnj, ~ ‘
„y..\
I NS I KOR \»KH
At
j.Conwu
‘ businotf. he
hem _ 11
came
harl been in (he* ’insurance busnic .
He was horn in Blaekbutg, Va. Sue
viving are the widow, two sisters and
one brother.
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\BDITTION FEARED
Washingtoii, Oct. 7. (/JV Mrs.
iiiond Robin.-, wife ot Cloonel Robins
who disappeared .September 3, and
lor whom a nation-wide search ha
been made, today told prohibition bu
r eau officials -he was convinced her
husband had been abducted by
1 loggers „•
IN AUGUST
ME IDE PUBLIC
E. C. Authorized Advances
I- I Old.Ill!|llo(),Z() i r tf.pi T,,)|(| Yin 4 to
Various Industries Durinjj
I I I lldt ^ iVlonth. ^ ..
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Washington, Oct. 7. (/H) 'The Re
•ratiun wi'
ribW l-Ribli^ today by South
J 1 , dTebV*of I he bouse of
sentatives, • al^owml loans totalling
Hi,) aulbpriz.-.l .luring that
loontlr.,
.
lhe report w, gs given out over the
ohjeotioilf; ol Alice l’omerene,' elmii -
man of 'the ree'onst rhclion hoard. It
; .ai,|', tosuis authorized to financial in
stit utinns, iqeludiug insurance
pst^em a)|j|. railroads totalled $ 122,-
277JUI. .
Conus authorized to governors of
states for relief purposes amounted l.u
$ |>i,'j'>l ,(•,(}•), while $15, ()()(),000 was an
thorized for the cotton stabilization
curquant ion and $35,000,000 to the
American Cotton Cooperative Asso
eiaUon. No part of the latter two au
; izai.ions had iicep disjmrsed up
September 21, the repo* said,
I’omerene imd eoplemled in a form
protest, that the publicity prdvis
iqn, of the Garner-Wagner relief act
did not give Trimble authority to,
.public,^, nyike the Trimble monthly released report the on July loans
re
pf>;H,rhi August, holding that, he had
'n/t imL' '/IlkHM'iG diW'i'Clloh i<kV’ mwlci under the the lilYV t.A> 41 < I
(ittjjepivise. which relief loans
at.es to were
ri/ed are: Alabama, $225,000;
$<>.000,000; Louisiana, . $1
I; Michigan, $1 ,KO(.), 000 ; Nprt.ii N 'inW
$50,000; Ohio,' Ohio,' $7(iH,«H0 $7(W,«W) y kM
South Dakota, $150,0fH),'iind
W'i.si-jiiiMn; iff $3,000,000. * . J.V'i,
IX* FALLS CENTER
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..f a ul i-Kiarketing .......... ijJvitics T l l llifim as : ever- c
;,j|.nen 1 ' pick into'tibf?. el
i 1 wavs leaifing __ _ l|qs
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unsuccessful
j ty, f,. to ill. enter 1 /i »> i the Lo ell city. 11 -------—.......
L I'Vfsoiis cloxe to lie* "Chicago milk
ll led k j Ii, t'w Mil* • .....U . •-!
Snty,SJIIinoii' 4 (Ihicai^L.M racwteersi
tiitrol ’ 4 j ,< ilk
1 Milk Association, as' part, of a earn
| paign ol infrmidation.
| At Granite Falls, Minn. charges of
j manslaughter filed against in the Ole third Anderson degree and
• were
' his on, Leonard, 19, in eonneetioi)
with the shooting Tuesday night of
; Nordahl F’eterson,'25-year-old Canby,
| Minn., man, edict prepared today to stopped enforce
a strike after having
everal trucks yesterday and allowing
j {hem given to proceed after warnings ship- had
been against repetition of
pmg attempts _____
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WALKER EXTENDS
BEST WISHES TO
1 01!
Cables His Congratulations and
1 Promises His Support to Dem¬
ocratic Nominee For Mayor
of New York
I.ALTM) CANDIDATE AS
A TWO-FISTED PERSON
Declares Decision as to Whether
He Would Campaign For Sur
ri^ate Will ,Be Decided By
Tammany. \
S. S. Kuropa, Oct. 7. (/L) James J.
Walker wired congratulations today
to John l\ O'Brien, Democratic nom¬
inee for mayor lof New York, the
office Walker resigned several weeks
j
Mr. Walker laker revealed he had
ce|Tted an invitation by the Mahara
of Mysore, alsoiii passenger ainiard
Kuropa, to visit him in India, y The
date of the visit was undecided. Mr.
Walker’s cable to Surrogate O’Brien
! said lie was ready to aid him in his
! campaign until tin* election, called
for November K.
Mis cable to Surrogate O'Brien
;said:
“Perfect nomination. Very happy.
Command me,”
He lauded tin.- Democratic cdnd^Tate
as a ‘great lawyer and corporation
counsel and a two-fisted man.” *
Mr. Walker said the decision as to
whether he would campaign for Sur
irognlc O’Brien will be decided by
chiefs.
New York, Oct. 7. (/I*) Krom the
wigwam of I'aminany emerged today
another of its Irish sons, Surrogate
< r, ' n< ‘ n * lo i>em<»ciatic
ramlulutc lor ( mayor of New York.
Hi: nomination, at Madison Square
l ' al,l ‘'" la >*t night i,y aeeiamatiou of
|delegates called in special convention
marked tin* political eclipse, tem
| porarily Walker's at resignaliyn least, of James J. Walker.
hmi as mayor Sep-
1 lion y^^ei; NiHTinhcr I muduw oewssaKy for
iS of a successor j
year that remains of his term,
O'Brien’s selection appeared also
to have put a definite limit to the
mayoral functions of Joseph McKee,
who became mayor by succession irorn
his presidency of the hoard of alder
men. Mayor McKee’s chief political
Edward .1. Flynn, Democratic
lender in the l!r<uix, was one of those
who seconded the O’Brien nomination
i„ iptM'kctl Garilcn Inst night,
/|'| u . political significance of Surio
j’ O’Brien’s selection was variously
n( , today. Governor Frank
p Koosevelt had retired at the exeru
live mansinn ..... in Albany* ’ when ■ the
nomination was nuuU* ami had mado
no comniont early today. Kormer
(iovernor Alfred K. Smith, however,'
was understood to have favored the
selection of the IW-year-ohl surrogate,
and Johny (‘uny, Tammanyrchieftain,
emlorsed Forinei^^Mayor liwn. .
r - Walker, mi f route
home fromshort Kurojiean vaca¬
tion, .cabled a request, that his name
be’^Mit offered },H a candidate. The
cablegram referred to the hearing °L
ebari^es against liim by tJovernor
Rijosevelt a bearing’ that was sud¬
denly terminated by Walker's resig¬
nation and pointed out that if he
were nominated il would mean a cam
paiirn df vindication during which he
vvopld feel obliged t.o speak his mind
afijrait 1he i-ynduet of the, Albany
liertijiytrr “I canfio’t see,” the a|dej£ram .> said,
<
“how I could campaign without re
I’citintr Hie reasons for my resignation
..and without daily reiniiulin^tlu,* ure^otVthe* pub
jiVi^s of comlueted the unfair nat fin izdyernbr of hca^‘
hy ift y,! our
late.” -■
| O’Bi icii' nomi(|| lengthening 4 |iiiu’itvljiis accepted
| generally us si Ihfi' Tam
j many, leadership of C| rry a leader
shin which uArlier in the week had
j failed at Albany to prevent the Demo
m'lliiinitkion fur governor of
Herman H. I.ehnian. -who was sup
diy Governor Roosevelt and
;ed $E. Sniilh.
, ' >
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i New Y.oi t . O Ft'. 7. (/Ft- The gather
irig:l hat jipiminutyd jsurrngiite John I*.
M'ijs. ll!" tlte, largest po¬
t litical ciuivi nt.ion I'Re history of
' 11m'p An-estimMe8(s20JI94bi^)i,Jlig»j^,0.T5 uuiitry. ,.
-
| county coinuiil leeiiien in New York's
a urn ,hort>.ugbs.-iwuy£le7r itjETT Madison 1
Jjquaie Garden as -delegates. The r#
-on 4 not iriVi.. ■rats
; )*ddl%» v
Ku**: Ts *
j j foot Savannah, barge Ga., be Oet. 7. transporting (/P)—A 120
lo used in
] gasoline on the Savannah river be
| tween here and Augusta was launch*
j ed yesterday from the docks of the
Seaboard Air Line terminals where
it was built by a Texas firm. The
craft is the property of the Pure Oil
Company and has a draft of 4 'i feed
which will permit easy navigation ol)
the river. . __j