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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-29

| sibiIity shows a connection between the
defendant and n crime"
our Honor Is not overlooking the
testimony of the witness who heard
MISS Rappc saying, I'm dying. he hurt
me- y said Assistant District Attorney
No, but I am taking into considera =
tion the fact that she was in great
pam, that she said he hurt her, but
not that he had attacked her"
Went Voluntarily
Miss Rappe, according to the pic
ture l have tried TO draw of the event,
went into Room 1210 of this hotel, fol-
loved, without previous conversation,
by the defendant.
They remained in there about three
quarters of an hour, according to Miss
Zeh Prevost's testimony. No sounds
were heard Ey tn" rest of the party.
Then the complaining witness and
Miss Provost made clamOr at the door
which was opened by the defendant,
and these two ladies entered the room.
They found Miss Rnppc lying ON n
bed, fully clothed. and apparently in
Cgony. She was Clutching at her cloth
ing. and with the assistance of her
women companions, she was completely
disrobcd. / thought some of the torn
garments might bear on the point at
issue, but from the prosecutions own
witnesses it appears they must have
been torn in being removed"
Evidence has been given regarding
alleged ribald conduct of the defendant
regarding the use of ice, but it had no
connection with any possible injuries
received by the deceased, although it
was regrettablc incident.
Now remember. gentlemen" Judge
Lazarus went on. murder in its cate
CORY and in it's punishment is the most
serious crime that can be placed against
any one. The question for me to do
eide from this mercSt outline of evil
dence, this skclctOniZed description of
what occurred in those apartments on
Labor Day. is whether | am justified in
holding the defendant for murder, and
l do not believe | am justified in send
ing him to trial on this gricvOus charge
on the circumstances. Therefore / hold
him for trial on the charge of man
slaughter"
When Arbuckle came out on Kcarncy
street. the cement walk and the
asphalt, and the walk on the othrc sides,
were jammed with women shouting
"Hurrah for Fatty" and Good for
you, Fatty" and Were with you,
Fatty" and Hit 'em with pie,
Fatty. ataboy."
While the formalities of bail were
being arranged, Arbuckle went back to
the city prison. Coming out of his
cell with an overflowing armful of cloth
ing, his face took on more cheerful
look. Photographers started to take
pictures of him and smile began to
creep over his countcnance.
Roll cigarette with one hand when
we take the next snap, suggested pho
tographer.
II can't" he replied. ''it's the other
Arbuckle that does that.
AS court adjourned a dozen women
rushed forward to shake Arbuckle's
hand. AS he went into the Judges
chambers his wife, Mrs. Minta Durfee
Arbuckle, collapsed. He held her up
and quictcd her in an afrcctionate man
ner. Her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee.
meanwhile smoOthed the hair back from
the comedians forehead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-29
JERSEY HIGHWAY REOPENED
Burlington. Bordentown Route viii
Relieve Auto Traffic to Trenton Fair

Burlington, y. D., Sept. @.-After
being closed for more than two years
while under construction ms n part of
State Highway Route =. the Burling-
ton Bordrntown road was unofficially
opened to passenger automobile traffic
yesterday to relieve congestion on other
South Jersey roads to and from the
Trenton Fair.
Commissioner a. L. S. Doughty, of
the State Highway Commission. an
nouncCd that car owners would be per-
mittcd to use the new road but must
do so at their own risk, as it has not
been accepted by the State.
The opening Of the new road has been
delayed several months by the neces-
sity Of making a huge fill to avoid
crossing the Camp Dix branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at grade. The
bridge over the railroad tracks is now
completed and the approaches were put
in condition for careful use.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-29
Chester Shipydrds
Invaded by Khan
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
$3.50 more for the order and conse-
quently more profits for the emperor"
the Imperial kleogle" and other in
siders.
The membership kluxters plying their
trade in Chester are operating a short
distance from the home Of Governor
Sproul, who has denounced Ku Kluxism
with unmistakable emphasis.
With n fine disregard for William
Penn's memory the Kluxers, among
themselves, have changed Pennsylvania
from n Commonwealth to realm
and are trying to annex 1t to the IN
visible Empire
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-29
CLOture Plan Faces
Many Difficulties

Continued from Page One
to remain so-he must make speeches
that pleased his leader as to length and
roint.
There was not so much need OF
cloture when party discipline held mn =
jorites and minorities together. Today
short of majority cloture there is moth
ing to restcict the powers Of brilliant
individual skirmishers like Borah, Reed
and La Toilette, and the actual control
of the SENATE passes sometimes out OF
the hands of the parties and into the
hands Of organized blors.
But how to obtain majority cloture
Mr.. Lodge, an old hand, does not seem
sc much impressed with the prospects rs
Is Presidcn. Harding and his enthuh =
nstic friends, the young Senators
Lenroct, Frelinghuyscn and kellogg.
Suppose they should try to have ma
iority cloture adopted so as to put
through the treaty, the tax bill, the
railroad bill and the funding bill. Really
they would find that they had started
something. Cloture is a fine thing 10
talk about, and there is no way to stop
the talking.
The Senate might debate majority
cloture for months. Brought up at the
right moment, 1t would lie in front. OF
some of the measures MIR. Harding
would like to have passed.
Would Borah Aid Move
Does any one suppose Mr.. Borah
would vote away from himself the power
that has made him more effective in
modifying the majority program than
is the entire Democratic minority under
the uncertain leadership Of Senator I'm
derwood, interrupted as 1t is by the
sky rockety efforts Of Senator Pat Har-
rison? And if this really would di.
minish the power Of the agricultural
bloc, who thinks the farmer Senators
would vote for it?
Some say that in practice majority
cloture would aid the bloc who, when
ever they could form combination with
the Democrats or the individual raiders
that would constitute a majority of the
Senators, could snap cloture upon the
anointed elder statesmen of the recog-
nized majority party and over ride them.
| Probably clOturc would work two ways,
| but always for getting things done.
If cloture comes, it will come by mu =
tual consent, in the smooth way which
is Mr.. Harding's own, by persuasion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-29

Of best minds and from belief on the
part of farmer minoritics and the brill
liant individualists that under It they
could form combination to unhorsc
parties. There is no sign yet that this
moment is i'm sight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
. Fight for Property
Of Murdered Recluse
Starts I'M Sumter County
Women Relatives of Bill Scarborough
Move to Get His Estate
Bitter Fight Expected.

AMERICUS, Ga-A fight for pos
session of the estate left by Bill Scar
borough, rich recluse found murdere ed
here two months ago, began Tuesday
in the Sumter court oof ordinary. Heiss
asking portions of the estate are Mrs.
Morgan Stevens OF Americas, and Mrs.
Hamp Stevens, of Elaville, who are
daughters of Scarborough aunt; SIi
ney E. Scarborough OF Admission, Ala,
All uncle, and Mrs &. B. Weinman, vi
Macon, a cousin. Mrs Welnman' s
claim to a share in ahe estate has moi
been admitted by tine other heirs, and
a lively fight is IN prospect.
Fight for possession OF the estate
began with the application of Mrs
Morgan Stevens for appointment as
permanent administrator. Mrs. Vein
man, whose claim is Being disputed,
asserts that she was born in Americas
III 1867, being a daughter OF Luke
Hames, who is well remembered by
the Older residents here,
The value of the estate has been
placed after investigation at approx
mately $40, 900. 1t consists OF $4,000
foalnd on deposit in the Planters Bank
OF Americas, a number of negro hous-
es here, and some farm land. A hoard
OF diamonds, known to have been pos
sessed by the old recluse shortly be
fore his death, have never been found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
Shades Of Grandmas
Shocked as Women
Sat at the Ringside
Hoop-Skrted Damsels of Olden Days
Didn't Do Such Things. Proni-
nent Women Patrons of Fight.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-This has been
week when people who wag their
heads over the general awfulness of
modern woman have had plenty to
wag about What our grandmothers
might think about it seems to have no
weight Five Thousand women held re-
served seats for the Carpentier-Demp-
sey fight .
Not that this is the first prize fight
which has attracted women, Reno had
its lady rooter8, as did Havana, and
Madison Square Garden bulged last
winter with feniininity to the glory OF
Anne Morgan and devastated France.
But this is the FIRST open-air prize fight,
the first honest-to- goodness, rough and
ready, unchaperoned prize fight to cap
ture so many women of so much pres
tige. When ladies' like Mrs. William
Laimbeer and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth are ringside patrons any bout
takes on the tints of a social event.
There has been from time to time
much talk about the lion and the lamb
lying down together. This is nothing
to the fraternizmg of the eight-ounce
glove and the powder puff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, Who Spent
$4,000, 900 in Three Weeks, Will
Seek New Conquests Soon.

In the last few months a name h1th-
erto heard seldom, that of Mrs. smith
Wilkinson, has become KIN W II
throughout the world, thanks TO her
matchless skill at spending money. Sne
has recently returned to her home III
Nottingham, England, from Paris
where she spent $5,0000O0 in three
weeks. She plans to dazzle New YORK
CITY in the winter and will arrive there
in the most pa1atial yacht which hap
pens to be on the market just before
She sails. A complete dressmaklng es-
tablishment. with so models, viii De
installed aboard the yacht.
Mrs. Wilkinson inherited more tha1i
S. 100000 from her first husband, ana
since his death has been married 10
two Youngsters of excellent family VINO
might have been her sons. She IS 90
wears old Her first husband died III y,
1000 and in 1910 she married Ftaroiu
Sutherns, "a years old, who died IN
1914. :,
The story of her last marriage; III
1920. to Edward Henry Smith W1lkln-
son. is a romance in itself. t1tteeil
wears ago she entered a charity ball III
Nottingham and a little boy ran up ana an,
kissed her Fourteen years later sic
became the bride of that boy.
| Mrs. Wilkinson, short and plump
wears diamonds like so many Deads;
She uses them for teeth filings anu
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
ARKANSAS FARMERS
HAVE BOWED TO FORCE
GROWERS ARE VICTIMS OF
NIGHT RIDERS RULE. CROPS
ROT IN THE FIELDS.

Twenty-seven night riders are serv-
ing Jail sentences, but the trials of the
Arkansas farmer are not ended. Many
rice growers face starvation. Their
1920 crops are rotting in the field or
being fed to cattle.
Rough rice has decreased from $3.50
a bushel last autumn to 70 cents a
bushel at present. Polished rice that
sold at Is cents a pound, sells now
at four pounds for a quarter. There
is no market for 60,000,0O0 bushels
of Arkansas rice, the states second
most important crop.
Cotton Troubles.
Similar market conditions are faced
by cotton growers, with night riding
added to their troubles. Tenants de-
manded two-thirds OF the crop II they
furnished nothing but labor, If they
furnished teams and labor they de-
manded hree-fourths Of the crop.
Growers refused their demands. A
group of tenants organized They put
white robes on their horses. They
wore black stockings over their heads
with holes cut for noses and eyes and
the foot OF the stocking hanging over
their shoulders.
Their password was "Blood's Red.
A pistol was held against the chest OF
each man as he took the oath OF al
I1egiance. Penalty for breach OF faith
or failure to execute orders was death
by beheading.
Barns, live stock, implements and
crops were burned Property valued al
millions was lost
The riders rode two abreast to OBJ
durate planters homes. They dragged
the planters from their homes ant
whipped them
Marked for Death.
Four planters Gtf Craighead county
were marked for death because they
attempte to protect themselves with
! firearms.
But disagreement within the organ
ization over inffirting the death pen
atty finally led to the weakening o
the organization. Dewitt Garrett, cap
tain of the band, was indicted on 4.
counts. He was convicted. Twenty-si2
| others confessed Armed riders threat
ened to storm the court house at Jones
boro and rescue them. Special deputie
were sworn IN for the trial. After tht
men were sentenced the court hOus
was burned daMn.
SO Arkansas cotton growers, dis
couraged by labor and market trouble
and rice growers reduced to poverty
are turning to the raising of hogs cat
| tie and other products to rehab'htat
| their fortunes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
PLAN TAX ON SOFT
DRINKS AND GASOLINE
DU BOSE ESTIMATES STATE
WOULD GET $3,5OO,O00 A YEAR.
ANNOUNCES DETAILS.

A plan to raise upwards of $780,
600 year by a tax on soft drinks and
gasoline is announced by Toombs Du-
Bose, member of the legislature from
Clarke and chairman of the house
committee on appropriations and ways
and means. The plan, he said, has been
submitted to Governor Hardwick and
approved by him and will be introduc-
ed as soon as the details can be work
ed out in a bill.
The Proposed Taxes.
The plan as worked out thus far is
as follows:
l. A tax of one cent per bottle on
all soft drinks except near beer, which
would yield an estimated yearly rev
enue of $2,023,600.
2. A tax of one cent per drink on
all soda fountain drinks served in
glasses, the tax to be the same on ev-
cry drink regardless of price, which
would yield an estimated yearly rev
enue of $755,500.
3. A tax of one cent a gallon on
gasoline, which would yield an esti-
mated yearly revenue OF 100000.
4. Total yearly revenue to be deriv-
ed from these sources estimated to be
$780, 900.
Consumer to Pay.
All the above taxes, explained Chair
man DuBose, would be levied on the
theory that manufacturers and dealers
would pass them on to the consumers
That is to saw. gasoline could cost the
consumer one cent a gallon extra fol
the state tax, bottled soft drinks woulC
cost one cert bottle extra for the
state tax, and drinks in the glass woulC
cost one cent extra for the state tax
regardless of the selling price of the
drink in the glass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
Gator Gets Life Job
As Congressional Mascot
Is Lord of the Large Lily Pond in the
Courtyard of the House.

! WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Not to be
outdone by the cHmef executive m the
matter of mascots congress has taken
up the fad, and now has pet with
whom Laddie Boy, President Hard
ling's Airedale, must share the admira
Ition and popularity that goes with his
texalted place in the animal world.
Congresses mascot is an alligator,
with as rough hide and as sudden a
snap to its long jaws as any OF its
fellows in their native waters off the
Florida keys.
"George"-the name it seems to have
acquired. although no one on Capitol
HYl admits having had anything to
do with the christening carries on his
sleepy existence as lord .of the large
lily pond in the court yard OF the
house OF representatives office build
ing across the street from the capitol.
His Importance has grown with such
leaps, or rather "spiashes," since his
recent entry into the national legisla-
ture that he already has acquired a
distinction that may we'll arouse the
envy OF Laddic Boy. While the most
favored OF dogs may relinquish his
occupancy of the white house with
his master in four-or eight-years
Georges place is secure for life. Under
gentlemans agreement between the
two great parties he is to be the one
exception and continue as CHIEF mas
cot of congress, no matter what party
is in power.
Georges daily routine is anything
but complicated. Except for a few
pleasant interruptions he spends the
long. hot hours OF the Washington
summer in the shade and cool OF the
waters under the lily pads. This mo-
notony is broken generally IN the
mornings and late afternoons, when
members of the house pay their re
spects in the form OF bits of food toss
ed into the pond.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
ALIEN FARMERS HAVE
DECREASED Is PER CENT
Native Farmers Constitute IS Per
Cent of the Nations Tillers.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The mum
Der of foreign born farmers in the
United States has decreased by 88,502
or 1872 per cent in the last ten years
the census bureau announced today
The decrease, which was 81, 148 among
German-born farmers alone, was due
~'os said, to the large number re-
nary : native countries during
the w.
Native white H. who number
ed 4,917,305 in 1920, constituted 8;
per cent of the nations tillers. The
remainder were divided as follows
Foreign-born white, 581,054; negroes
26,257; Indians, 1928; Japanese, g.
800; Chinese, 638.
The number of negro farmers in.
creased AZ per cent during the de.
cade. All but a little over l per cent
were found in the southern states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
How Rich British Wo-
man Gets Rid of Millions

Here is how Mrs. Smith Wilkin-
son. of Nottingham, England, soon
to invade New York city, spent
S5,0O0.00O in a three-weeks spend
ing orgy in Paris:
Romanoff jeweled crown, once
nrized trinket OF the cars OF Rus
sia, $3,3O0,000.
Shrewsbury heirloom p earls'
Gowns. 100000.
Hats, $4,000.
Loose diamonds (for trimming
hats and . decorating teeth, $780,
Re-upholstering automobiles SIS
OOO oooo
Hotel bills, bets on horse races
and incidentals like the $4,000 Tee
TO Harry Pilcer for dancing lessons
were among her incidental eXpens-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
So LYNCHINGS OVER THE
COUNTRY IN SIX MONTHS
Twenty -four More Than Same Period
Last Year, Tuskegee Says.

TUSKEGEE, Ala.-Lynchings in
the United States during the first six
months of the year totaled thirty-siX
or twenty-four more than the number
recorded during the same period IN
1920, according to report issued to-
day by the department of records and
research OF Tuskegee Institute.
Lynchings so far this year have. in
Guided two white men and thirty-tour
negroes, two OF the latter beng wo-
men, the report said. Eleven of those
put to death we're charged with as
sault.
Mississippi led the states with ten
lvnchings, while Georgia recorded
nine, Florida and Arkansas four each,
Louisiana and North Carolina two
each, and Alabama, Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, South Carolina and Tennes-
see one each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
new WORKERS MARCH
IN SCORCHING SUN
PROTEST AGAINST PROHIBI-
TON MADE BY THOUSANDS.
800 ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, N. VA great many
New Workers let the world know on
July Fourth that they bear no love Tor
the eighteenth amendment.
Several thousand of them raised a
terrible thirst tramping up Fifth ave
nue. in an anti-prohibition demonstra-
ton and Others packed the sidewalks
for more than two miles to cheer them.
1t was called wet parade, and 1t
was wet-soaking, wet with persp1ra-
ton.
The afternoon was one of the hot
test of the wear. a scorching sun shin
ing down through humid atmosphere
that carried scarcely Whit OF breeze.
Mayor Hylan smiled and sweltered
in the seat of honor in the, reviewing
stand at Madison Square.
Each group greeted him with com,
mentary outbursts as they passed
The native-born addressed him
blatantly and intimately, and every
now and then somebody would loudly
inquire if his honor didn't long Tor a
schooner of lager on such a hot day.
The foreign-born, and they made up
a big percentage of this demonstra-
ton against dryness- always, address
ed the mayor by his title, or as Mis-
ter Hylan." Some of the marchers
bore banners which called on all to
witness the outrage on personal lib
ertv" against which they perspired IN
protest.
Women and Children March.
| Not a few women and children par
iticipated in the parade They were SC
out-numbered by the masculine march
ers. however, that it seemed manifest
that the male of the species is more
thirsty htan his mate. Everybody IN
the line had an American flag, and
many wore miniature liquor bottles
appropriately inscribed and pinned to
their lapels.
There were more than 300 organi-
cations in line, those in charge an
nounced. Bands played and banners
! by the hundred mingled the serious
sentiments OF the thirsty with the
lighter view of people on the water
wagon. These placards, in manner
speaking, put the kick into the parade
One placard read; Prohibition took
the sunshine from our homes and put
the moonshine in Another said
Russia went dry in 1919 and mad ii
1921. How rational do you feel your
self"
A third declared: -Four million sol
diers fought for liberty and were re.
warded with prohibition. How come :
The serious signs asked everybody
to notice what alcoholic aridity hac
done to the American marine.
They suggested Bible reading as ;
means of learning who made wine
from water that the wedding feas
might be merry, and the Biblical line
use a little wine for thy stomach's
sake" was also quoted. There were
pictures of the last supper and OF the
Goddess of Liberty shorn OF her prosit-
like pose by shackles that bound hei
arms together.
Some of the banners urged people &c
take the parade and the sentiment il
represented with seriousness, explain
ing that the marchers wanted the
eighteenth amendment repealed and
the Volstead act "liberalized," and
furthermore, that they were going to
fight for the cause.
When the parade ended participants
and spectators, hot and dry throated
poured into every available soda foun-
tan to quench their collective thirst
with soft drinks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
Doctors Pity Harding
For 1900 Handshakes

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Presi-
dent Harding's task in having
shaken hands with more than ff-
teen hundred persons during his re-
ception to delegates to the Ameri-
can Institute of Homeopathists'
convention aroused compassion
among the doctors at their closing
session today, and a resolution pro-
posing that presidents hereafter be
relieved of that custom was intro
duced.
1t was voted down, however,
speakers declaring the president
should be permitted to attend to
his own business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
Giant Still Discovered;
$4,000 Stock Seized
May Be Necessary to Dynamite the
House to Destroy Plant.

CHICAGO-A giant still, worth
.$25,0O0 and so large that it may be
necessary to dynamite the house in
which it is located to destroy it, was
discovered today by police, and was
confscated by the federal authorities.
The still, believed to be the largest
in the country, had watts in the base
ment of the house that measured IA
by Is feet and are six feet deep, while
the coils ran through the entire house.
Wines, alcohol, mash and moon
shine" said to be worth $4,000 were
found in the house and destroyed.
No one was at the house and no ar
rests have been made
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
GEORGIA PAID $36,791,OO3
U. S. TAXES IN A YEAR
Income and Profits Tax for Federal
Year Figures Also Given.

Georgia's income and profits tax for
the fiscal year 1921 was S28,77l.925.20
and miscellaneous taxes were S8,0l9,-
077.88, making a total OF $36,79l ,00308
paid to the government during the
year, according TO = statement issued
from the office OF the commissioner OF
internal revenue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-12
BRITISH WOMAN SPENDER TO DAZZLE
NEW YORK WITH H Err EXTRAVAGAN1E

to trim her stockings. New York city
is awaiting the advent OF this fen1l-
nine Monty Brewster with more than
passing interest, and Fifth avenue Jew
eIers plan TO greatly increase then
stocks of diamonds as soon as Mrs.
Smith Wilkinson leaves BT1tans
shores.