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REAL ESTATE

FOR GOOD OIL LEASES CLOSE IN
to drill, see A. B. Cook, at Kropf
Bros. store. (tf)
The Ordway new era., 1921-01-28
LOST a FOUND

FOUND MILES NORTHWEST
of Sugar City, bunch of 8 keys.
Inquire at this Office.
The Ordway new era., 1921-01-28
LIVESTOCK

TO TRADE-TEAM MARE MULES.
weight about 100 each, for milk
cows. See Francis James, Bradbury
Orchards. l II miles east of Olney
Springs. (1-21tf)
The Ordway new era., 1921-01-28
POULTRY

FOR SALE = WHITE HOLLAND
Turkeys, Toms and Hens. Phone
76R11. t2-S-2D
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
STEAMER COLL|DES
WITH TRANSPORT IN
FOG AND DARKNESS

NEW YORK, March lin
Iense fog off Little Egg inlet, New
Jersey, lastsnight the shipping board
teamer Invincible, bound for Nor
ok, collided with the army trans
,ort Madawaska, incoming from Ma
lila, damaging the transport severe
" and necessitating radio calls for
Immediate assistance. The transport,
|arrying passengers, was struck
|midships. First messages said she
has taking water rapidly. However,
radio received at 1880 p. m. from
Ter commanding officer said he had
hi boats swung out and would await
|aylight when he would transfer his
|assengers to the Invincible, which
|pparently was not seriously dam
ICED.
The Invincibie reported she was
handing by First messages indi-
lated that the Invincible had drawn
|longside the Madawaska and that
he *latter's passengers were being
transferred, but subsequent informa-
lon showed that the transport was
h no immediate danger and that
he transfer would not be effected
Intil daylight.
The Madawaska was finally COM
[elIed to drop anchor, as the waite
la reached her fire room and neces-
Hated shutting down of the boil
RS. Earlier messages from the
Transport were garbled in tranmis-
Ion, her first position being given
If Sandy Hook and later messages
haced her many miles south of that
hint
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
INTERNAL MACHINE:
DELIVERED by MAIL
INJURIES. PHYSICIAN

MADISON, Me, March 16.-Somer-
set county authorities had been I'M
able to find any clue to the person
who mailed package containing a
bomb to DR.. John l.. Pepper, of this
town, who was seriously injured by
the resulting explosion when he open
ed the package today. Physicians at
the hotel in Skowhegan, to which he
was taken, said that he had chance
of recovery.
DR.. Peppers right hand was blown
off, his left hand and the lower jaw
were severely injured and his eyes
were filled with powder. 1t was
found necessary to amputate his
right arm just below the elbow.
He did not lose consciousness and
was able to talk to the physicians
while being taken to the hospital.
He could throw no light on the rea-
son for the sending of the bomb.
In his office, which was wrecked
by the explosion, officials gathered
large part of the material with
which the bomb had been filled. It
included a section of a spring, lead
from a bullet, tacks, nails and pieces
of iron.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Bolshevik Leaders
Losing Control Of
Old Soviet Troops

STOCKHOLM, March 15.-Russian
Bolshevik authorities seem to be los
ing control of the soviet troops, it is
said in dispatches received here
from Finland and Esthonia. These
messages, for the most part confus-
ed and unreliable, were pouring
>into this city yesterday and last
night.
Artillery fire from the Fortress of
Kronstadt was directed yesterday
along the southern coast of the Gulf
of Finland, between Oranienbaum
and Petrograd. Bolshevik artillery
men in Krasnoya Gorka shelled and
destroyed the lighthouse at Toll
baaben, off Kronstadt, during the
day.
A man who had just arrived from
kronstadt was interviewed Sunday
night, and he emphatically denied
Bolshevik reports that some of the
kronstadt forts had been captured
by the Bolsheviki. He said the rev.
dictionary leadership was wholly in
the hands of laborers and he declar-
ed the fight for the fortress would
be long one. as the garrison of
Kronstadt was relying on getting
food stores from the American Red
Cross station at Viborg, Finland.
Refugees reaching Stockholm from
Petrograd say the streets of that
city are strongly patrolled by soviet
troops, and they declare that the or
binary Bolshevik soldiers are no
longer to be trusted.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
GRAND JURY |ND|CTS
CAPTAIN CARL FORD
FOR WHITE SLAVERY

Captain Carl D. Ford, former fl
nance officer at Camp Gordon and
overseas veteran, was indicted Tues
day by the United States grand jury
on the charge of violating the Mann
white slave act.
Agents of the department of JUS
tice asked the Indictment Several
witnesses, including his second wife
Mrs. Katherine Vaughan Ford, of
London, England, were in the wit
ness room waiting to be called.
Captain Ford has been in the Full
ton tower several months awaiting
trial on state charges of bigamy.
His case assumed a federal aspect
soon after his arrest when depart
ment of justice agents declared he
violated the Mann act in transport
ing wife No. from England to
Atlanta.
Federal agents declare Captain
Ford possesses rather uncanny
aptitude as a charmer Of women. He
had three wives at one time and
managed to keep all of them in love
with him, they say.
His second wife, whom he married
while overseas with the American
army, although the principal wit
ness for the government in the
Mann act case, has declared she
loves Ford devotedly.
Wife No. 1, of Hinton, w. Va,
was found three weeks ago after
long search by government agents.
She is now making her home with
Captain Ford's parents in Hamilton,
Ala, and flatly refused to come to
Atlanta to testify against her hus-
band.
She told the investigating officers
that she was Ford's first wife, and,
therefore, had the first claim on
him, and that she wanted him back
after his court troubles are over.
The third wife - pretty young
daughter of millionaire banker of
Tampa, Fla, after living with him
in Atlanta for several weeks, re-
turned to her home month ago and
riage annulled.
TT breaks my heart to have to
give him up" she said, but it seems
that two other women have claims
on him that are prior to mine, so I'll
go back home"
Both wife No. 2 and No. refused
to believe Ford was guilty Of biga-
my. 1t took the entire file of the
department of justice, covering its
lengthy investigation, to convince
them. Even then they asserted their
love for the former officer and their
loyalty to him.
Action by the grand jury was ex-
pected before the adjournment of
Tuesdays session.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
De Elective Tells
Of DEATH THREATS
IN MATEWAN CASE

WILLIAMSON, W. Va, March Is.
C. 70. Lively, a Baldwin secret serv
ice agent, who testified recently that
he established himself in Matewan
after the fight and was friendly
with many of the defendants, was
called as a rebuttal witness tonight.
He testified that J. E. Boggs told
him there had not been enough men
killed yet and that he did not want
the troops to come" The witness
said that Tony Webb, former deputy
sheriff, speaking of the fight, told
him that ''he was glad things turned
out the way they did, and showed
Albert Felts could not come down
with his men and do as they pleased"
- Jim Webb informed him, Lively
said, that there was a plot to kill
Felts and the other detectives in
which Webb himself, Sid Hatfield
and others of the defendants took
part.
Isaac Brewer, the thirteenth wit
ness of the evening. testified that
j. E. Boggs had told him after the
battle that he had "emptied his pis-
toll at the detectives and that if
you and the other men get clear
there will be no more indictments"
Boggs promised to lineup some
witnesses if he could learn what
the defense planned, Brewer testl-
fled.
Telling Of conversation he said
he had with K. F. Mounts, Brewer
told the jury that Mounts said che
would swear to anything necessary"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
BOYK|N SAYS CHIEF
POOLE PROTECTED
BUNCO MEN HERE

Solicitor General John A. Boykin,
addressing the weekly forum of the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
afternoon, sprung a sensation when
he declared that A. Lamar Poole,
chief of the Atlanta detective de-
partment, chad been in league with
and had protected the gamblers and
bunco men," who had infested At
1anta up until recently.
Solicitor Boykin also linked the
name of Councilman al Martin,
former member Of the council police
committee and ex-oflcio member Of
the police board. with that of Floyd
woodward, who is alleged by the So
licitor to have been the head and
brains of the so-called gambling and
swindling syndicate. The solicitor de-
c1ared taht Councilman Martin, Chief
Poole and woodward frequently took
luncheon together in Councilman
Martins cafe on South Pryor street.
He mentioned the names of several
other well known At1antians. 1nd1cac-
ing that they were more or less i'm
pIicated.
VAUGHAN WRITES LETTER
TO SOLICITOR BOYklN
Calling upon Solicitor General
John A. Boykin to present before
the Atlanta police commission any
evidence in his possession to substan-
.tiate the recent grand jury recon-
mendation for the removal of certain
members of the police and detective
departments, DR.. c. j. Vaughan,
newly-elected chairman of the COM
mission, on Wednesday forwarded a
communication to the solicitor gen.
eral asking immediate disposition of
the situation.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
TEXAS COTTON
ACREAGE 45.8 P. C.,
RAIL RATE CUT SEEN
New York Flooded With
Purchasing Agent - De-
mand Heavy, = PhiIadeI-
phia Encouraged
BY JAMES r. RECORD
Ieased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copvripht 1927


FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16.-
The Texas farmer; struggling to get
back on his feet and 20 recover from
last years disaster, is turning away
from cotton, according to a survey,
by ninety-eight banks, just complet-
ed. The National Bank of Commerce,
of Fort Worth, sent out the question
naires.
The replies from the ninety-eight
show that farmers now on the TIRES
hold of the cotton planting season
will seek other crops this year. the
cotton acreage, according to the
banks survey, will be cut 45.8 per
cent.
The canvass was made among l.
100 Texas farmers. Last year these
100 planted $4,000 acres. They will
plant $4,000 this year. The banks
have been urging the farmers to re-
duce their cotton acreage and depend
upon other crops.
Indicates Size of Texas Crop
The result of this campaign as
we'll as the survey is being watched
by merchants and cotton factories
alike as indicating the probable size
of the Texas crop next fall.
The Texas stockman has begun to
see some improvement in the money
and market situation. Prices sud-
denly improved over last fall and
leaders of the industry profess to
see some change for profits again.
r. ". Colbert, president of the
First National bank, at Stamford,
Texas, an extensive breeder, says
money is getting easier and that the
outlook for continued Improvement
for the ranch owner is flattering. G.
M. Largent, another extensive ranch
err of west Texas, likewise reports
an easing up in the credit situation
for the stock man.
Money Easier
Money can be procured now at bet
ter terms and more bountifully than
a few weeks ago. Travelling sales
men report that merchants still are
towns, especially in the farming
communities, but that their trade in
the cities is increasing.
The retail trade in the oil districts
west of Fort Worth, at standstill
in February, has shown tremen-
dous gain in the last ten days due to
the revival of drilling and the re-
opening of ref1neries.
In the Burk-Burnett territory,
where only two refineries have been
running regularly for the last Cow
weeks heavy shipments of products
have been resumed.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
MOTHER Of QUINN
CHILDREN TEST|F|ES
IN P|RKLE TRIAL
BY O. b. KEELER
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)


DECATUR, Ga, March 1.-THE
trial of Thad Pirkle in the DeKalb
superior court on the charge of muir
der, following the deaths of little
Madge and Mary Frances Quinn, last
December, in an automobile accident,
on East Lake drive, began Wednes-
day morning, and the first two wit
nesses-Mrs. c. B. Quinn, mother of
the children, and Forrest Adair, we'll
known business man of Atlanta
stated that "the speed of the car be-
l1eYed to be the one that struck the
children ranged from thirty to forty
miles an hour, in front of the Quinn
nome, to between fifty and sixty
miles an hour within $50 feet of the
place Of the accident"
Mrs. Quinn testified that she saw
the two little girls, carrying two
quarts of milk. cross the drive in
front of their house and go up on
the curb on the side of the drive on
which the customer lived. She said
that after they had passed from her
sight Ford car went past. going
AAOill Till ~ 1--WE TO 1OrLy miles an
hour.
Are you a good judge OF speed?"
asked Paul Carpenter, one of Pirkle's
carr"
mo- replied the witness.
Have you ever ridden in a motor
carr"
Many times: but never in one go
ing that fast"
Mr.. Adair testified that he was on
East Lake drive in the late afternoon
of December 81, going toward the
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled
Did you meet car that at,
tracted your attention particularly"
inquired Solicitor General A. M.
Brand.
Describes Car
Il did," was the answer, and the
witness described a two-seated Ford
coming down the grade at speed
which caused him to exclaim to his
chauffeur:
Look out for that damn fool"
Mr.. Carpenter objected to this ex-
side the case, but it was allowed
to remain as showing the witness
state of mind at seeing the car.
did you observe the occupants of
the car" asked Mr.. Brand.
"a man was driving and there was
lady with him."
Did you recognize them?"
II did not. 1 coul dnot have
recognized them had 1 known them"
Mr.. Carpenter desired Mr.. Adair
to be explicit regarding the speed
at which the Ford was travelling.
Choosing his words carefully, Mr.
Adair replied:
cit was going as fast as Ford
car could go down hill on straight
smooth road. L should say the
speed must have been between so
and so miles an hour"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
A., B. & A. ROAD FAILS
To MEET PAYROLL
DUE ON TUESD Az
Both Strikers and Present
Workers Affected : Men
Ask |, C, c, to Investigate
Roads Management

The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad. which has been in the
grip of a general strike since March
5, failed to meet it's semi-monthly
payroll of approximately 100000 due
Tuesday.
Announcement that the payroll
would not be met, due to lack of
funds, was made during the forenoon
by Receiver B. L. Bugg, who stated,
however, that efforts were being
made to provide funds for this pur-
pose.
Those affected by the announce
ment include not only those en-
ployes who are now on strike, but
also those who have remained in
service since the walk-out Of March
5. No indication was given as to
when funds will be available to meet
the payroll due at this time.
The railroad pays off on the first
and fifteenth of each month, holding
back two weeks pay on all employees
except those in the general offices
and the three largest agencies of the
road-Atlanta, Birmingham and
Manchester. About 1900 striking
employees failed to get their pay
envelopes as the result of the receiv-
ers' announcement.
In connection with the bulletin con-
corning the passing of the payroll,
which was posted on all bulletin
boards along the line, Receiver Bugg
issued the following brief statement:
The notice that the payroll can
not be met today speaks for itself
The revenues have been almost. en-
t1rely cut off since the strike, which
was effective on March 5. While
train service is being resumed, the
roads revenues are being interrupt
ed and for ten days since March 5
the loss in the gross earnings has
amounted to 1925, OO0."
Along with an announcement stat
ing that /both freight and passenger
service were steadily being restored
by use Of new traffic employees all
over the Atlanta. Birmingham and
Atlantic system. Colonel B. l.. Bugg,
receiver, has ISSUED a statement in
answer to a charge by union officials
that the executives Of the road are
overpaid. T.. b.. - -
Coolnel Bugs declared that the sal
aries paid the officers of the road re-
ceived extremely moderate salaries
in proprtion to the size of the Allan
ia, Birmingham and Atlantic. He
stated that these salaries figured as
less than per cent of the total pay
roll. that certain conductors and en-
gineers received about the same
sums. that the officers had willingly
agreed to accept the wage cut? He
challenged the union leaders to pub
lish the amounts of their salaries.
Colnel Bugg said he would welcome
an inquiry into the situation by the
interstate commerce commission. as
requested by the brotherhood heads.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
9,211,295 Autos
Registered in 1920

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Motor
cars registered in the United States
last year numbered 9,211,2S5, an in
crease Of 1,645,S49 over the preced-
ing year or % per. cent, the bureau
Of public roads announced today. The
registration and license fees amount
ed to $1O2,034,106.
In, New York state alone the num-
Der of cars registered in 1920 ex-
ceeded the total registration for the
United States in 1910, and the rev.
enues derived in the Empire State
from this source was about equal to
the entire registration revenues or
the United States in 1913. Ninety
six per cent of the 1920 revenue was
applied to road maintenance or con-
structfon.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Engaged to Wed,
Farmer Is Killed
By His Neighbor

A posse Wednesday was scourirg
the roads to the south and east of
DeKalb county in search of Homer
Thompson, DeKalb county farmer.
who is said to be the man who shot
and killed young Ernest Brown. his
nstghbor, early Tuesday evening
while Brown was walking along the
road with Mrs. Thompson.
After the shooting Thompson fed
In Ford automobile. accompanied bv
his wife. They are said to have
gone in an easterlv direction along
the Georgia railroad into Rockdale
and Newton counties. County officers
along these roads were notified to be
lon the lookout fr the couple. and
their arrest was expected during the
day.
Thompson is described as being
|h,ve feet eleven inches tall. with brown
hair and brown eyes. Mrs. Thompson
fs said to be red-headed Their Ford
fs a new car.
An account of Ernest Browns
shooting furnished The Journal We'd
|nesday by his brother. Joe Brown.
attributed the cause of it to insane
and unreasonable jealousy of his wife
Ply Homer Thompson.
The Browns are a wealthy family
living on the Wesley Chapel road,
several miles from Decatur and about
b mile from Wesley Chapel. The
FThompsons lived on the Kelley Chap
el road. about a quarter of a mile
From the Browns.
II believe Thompson must have
1net Ernest and his wife walking up
he road. and opened fire. He evil
fently shot once. for Ernest had Just
Pne wound. bullet hole through the
fhest. When they returned in the au-
fomobile. they ran over his body, ly-
4 ng In the middle of the road. He was
Head when we found him"
Ernest Brown was twenty-three
Years old. He is said to have been en-
FACED to Miss Rhoda Williams. a
Foung lady living on Rural Route No.
4, between Decatur and the Brown
home on the Wesley Chapel road. 1t
also said that their wedding was
10 have taken place next Sunday.
Ernest Browns body was taken
charge by Turner & Everett. Deca-
ur undertakers. and the funeral will
be held at Wesley Chapel at II
Iclock Thursday morning.
Surviving the dead boy are three
brothers. Joe Brown. Walter Brown
nd J. P. Brown. and one sister. Mrs.
q. s. Archer. of Luthersville. Ga.
The DeKalb county officials have
&sked the Atlanta police to make an
Investigation about the previous his
ory of the Thompsons. It is said that
Irs. Thompson was a widow when
she married Thompson and that her
$rst husband had been killed in
$rawl on Decatur street some years
go. Neighbors say she had eight pic
lures of him in her house. including
ne showing his body as it lay In the
offin.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Inquest VIII Seek
To Learn Extent
OF Train Tragedy

PUEBLO. Colo, March 16.-Coro-
ner Auburn Darnell, of Walsenburg,
said tonight nothing definite will
be known as to the number of dead
in the burning Of the sleeper, Co.
roma, on the Denver and Rio Grande
train number 115 this morning until
after the inquest tomorrow and that
exact personal Identification is i'm
possible. The remains of the bodies
were taken to Wa1senburg today.
H. w. Barrett, assistant superin-
tendent of the railroad. said there
is no basis for the report that the
fire was due to an explosion of a
gas tank, as the car carried no gas
tank.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Two Youngsters Die
From Poison After
E ating Parsnips

TIFFIN Ohio, March 1.-two
boys, inmates of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics Or
phans' home here are dead, and two
others in serious condition from
poisoning said to have resulted from
eating wild parsnips. The boys ate
the parsnips while out for a walk
today, thinking they were artichokes.
They became i'll shortly afterwards
an dthe two dead within a few
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Brinson, on Stand,
Exposes Alleged
Express Robberies

MACON, Ga, March 16.-Descrip-
ton of an alleged plot to rob the
American Express company, was CIV
en- in federal court here this morning
by r. G. Brinson, former express
messenger, continuing his testimony
81 men indicted by the federal grand
jury on charges Of conspiring to rob
the express company of merchandise
valued at more than $1,000,0O0.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Former Grand Vizier
OF Turkey Is Shot
ToDeath in Germany

BERLIN, March IS. - Talaat
Pasha, former grand vizier and min
lister of finance of Turkey, was assas-
sinated in Charlottenburg, a western
suburb of Berlin, today. He was shot
to deatb. The murderer, an Arme-
nian student, was arrested.
The student accosted Talaat Pasha
in the street and then fired the fatal
shot. He also wounded Talaat's
wife.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
arner Pays | Cent
As First Payment
On His Income Tax

AUGUSTA, Ca, March 15-Insist-
(g on his right to pay his income
Lrmer walked into the office Of the
bputy collector of internal. revenue
hid presented a money order for one
ent, his total tax being four cents.
e paid three cents to get the money
Fder. He gave his address as Lin
bin county, Georgia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Business Houses in
Warrenton Destroyed
ByFne;L 100000

WARRENTON, Ga, March 16.-
The largest fire in the history Of
Warrenton occ1rred today, the loss
totalling probably two hundred
thousand dollars. The Ford build
ing and five ether structures in the
business section, and most of their
contents, were lost
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
tolen Securities
Found in Well

AI:vA, Okla, March 16.-Securities
biued at $4,000, believed to have
ben stolen from the Jetmore State
|nk, of Jetmore, Kan. March 8, were
|und today in 4 dry well on the
rm of A. L. Davidson, near Look
BIT, Okla, west of here, by children
hying at the well on their way home
|om school.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Russian-P dish Pact
To Be Signed March Is

RIGA, March 15.-Poland and
Russia concluded their peace con-
ference here today. The treaty will
ME agreement will include pro-
visions for payment of 30,000,000
GOLD rubles in renaration for Poland.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
Earthquake Shakes
Brazilian Village

BUENOS AIRES, March ia Sc
we're earthquake occurred shortly be-
bore midnight last night at the viii
the province of La Rioja The Hex-
tent of the damage has not beenSre-
ported thus far. n