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Evening star., 1923-07-27
REIGN Of TERROR
CHARGEDAT TRIAL
Fight Between Virginia Clans
Barred in Cumberland Court
House AffidavitS.
rial nisnatc 70 The Sthr.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va,
July 27.-All affidavits had been pre-
sented and the docket cleared for
final arguments on the states motion
for a change of venue in the trial of
the Garrett brothers for the murder
of Rev. E. S. Pierce when Judge White
recessed court at noon today. The
arguments are expected to be con-
cluded by adjournment tonight and a
decision will be rendered at once
The second day of the trial opened
this morning, with Milton p Boni-
FAINT chief prosecutor, resuming the
reading of affidavits.
CARROTS Feared.
The affidavits alleged fear of the
CARROTS. tThe affidants stated they
were afraid to express their belief in
the impossibility of an impartial trial
because the CARROTS could not be
punished here and revenge would be
certain Attorney Smith of the de-
fense read forceful aff1davits of nu-
merous citizens to the effect that
the people who think an impartial
trial impossible are the avowed op-
ponents of the Garretts-that many
of them are republicans. the Car
in many cases the business rivals
of the GarrettS-and that some OF
them have had personal encounters
with the accused brother.
r. o. Garrett, through a lengthy
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column p
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Acute Food Shortage in Berlin
Caused by Collapse of Marks

sending heavy shipments of the tubers
into the Ruhr and the Rhineland
These conditions have resulted i'm
housewives and their maids scheming
to procure food through irregular
channels, since the market stalls have
been unable to supply even the most
ordinary commodities.
The political aspects of the situa-
ton are such that the municipality of
Greater Berlin has officially petitioned
the federal government to take imme-
diate steps to safeguard and reorgan-
ize the city's food supply and inaugu-
heads of the municipality and the
labor leaders arranged to discuss, the
situation with Chancet1orC Cuno- and
the federal fond dr0neESsseSs tod JE.-.,..,. 80.
- .~HueNssAo.pSice.f1exyhSw yhSws sxSod
'pfbesst0~ns,90@ ttmess the pre-war
Evening star., 1923-07-27
GLOOM IN ENGLAND.
French Attitude Routes Optimism
of Press.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 21.-The recent tend
ency in many quarters here to take
a sanguine view of the progress of
negotiations in the reparations situ-
alton is diSa ppearing under the influ-
ence of the latest reports from Paris,
which indicate that France and Bel
gium virtually are immovable from
the essential points Of their policy
in which they differ from Great
Britain.
The situation is reviewed gloomily
by the Times in an editorial today,
saying that the British government
has attempted with sincerity and good
will ''to bring the whole problem
into that region of economic calcu-
lation in which common sense may
have some chance" but that the pur-
pose behind this attempt is being
frittered away amid the shallow con-
ventions of diplomatic delays"
Fears Slow Progress.
The prospect of negotiations drag
ging on until autumn is seen by the
Times, which adds that in the mean
disquieting, and it regards 1.-The crazy
movements" of the mark as of less
consequence than indications of
growing disorder in Germany.
The conspicuous fact thout Ger
many says the Times. "is that she is
sinking into sure chaos" The news
paper admits that it is quite conceiv-
able that Germanys passive resist
ance may break down under the
economic strain, but 1t asks: "Is there
any guarantee that this moment may
not coincide with the moment of gem
eral collapse"
'If So" it continues. how will the
allies cope with the problem?" Will
not Europe then be in an entirely diff
ferent condition from anything con-
ceived in the hour of victory?'
The liberal press suggests that il
the Franco Belgian replies are along
the lines forecast from Paris and
Brussels the time will have come for
Great Britain to follow her own
policy toward Germany and either
send her answer to Berlin or submit
nations.
TphoIds French Policy.
The Daily Mail charges the British
government with being the cause Of
Germany's stubborn refusal to meet
her liabilities What France is
succeed. She is quite capable of set
thing with the Germans without our
aid and she won't abandon her plans
at the very moment they are on the
verge of success
Open diplomacy. if it ever existed.
= in the present case in abeyance.
and it is said that the same secrecy
will be observed over the French and
Belgian replies as over the British
overtures. This absolute silence on
both sides of the channel is quite a
new thing in the protracted negotia-
tions arising out of the Versailles
treaty and is in strong contrast with
the system prevailing under the Lloyd
George administration.
There will likely be no opportunity
for the British parliament to discuss
the negotiations, for no date has vet
been set for the receipt of the Franco
Belgian notes, and parliament rises
August 2 until November.
Looking at the fact that the British
draft reply to Germany was consider
ably watered down from Lord Curzon's
original draft during it's discussion in
The cabinet, in order to meet the views
Of the pro-French members of the
cabinet, it may be supposed that the
British government will not unduly
press the French government
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Faith IN Miracle Fails to Saue
: Murderer From, Death Current

You came here to see me die, but
/ am not going to die" he-told NEARLY
seventy five .pers6ls gsthered.'te wit
ness The execution. The Same God
that saved DaQie1,-w save me-"
This was followed hx a.laugh.
-Ass-tfie leather masks. was pulled
across his face he muttered. Have
you gotrit on albright boys?" The
attendants stepped back and in a mo-
ment Sease was dead.
|. Sease, charged with having shot
Davidson from ambush following a
quarrel, was found guilty after wit
nesses testified that he had borrowed
a shotgun from a neighbor saying
he wanted to kill Davidson" and
that he had returned 1t later with the
comment that he had killed the man.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
BERLIN, July 27.-One of the most
menacing effects of the collapse of the
mark is asserting itself in the grow
ing arrangement Of the food situation
in Greater Berlin. This Is ascribed
directly to the depleted stocks, the
withdrawal of available stores and
price juggling by merchants, who are
seeking to protect themselves against
the complete extinction of the mark
as currency and their resultant in
ability to procure fresh stocks.
Tea coffee, rice and other products
of the tropics are already disappear
ing from the markets, and there is
also a pronounced shortage Of pe4a.
toes. due to the belated harvest-N
the fact that the government has boen
Evening star., 1923-07-27
GUARD FOR TOMB
OF HERO LIKELY
Secretary Weeks Considers
Remedy for Lack of Re-
spect by Public.

An apparent lack of appreciation
Of the reverence and respect due the
memorial to the unknown dead OF
the world war. in Arlington national
cemetery. has aroused the war depart
ment and steps are to be taken to cor
rect this condition.
Secretary of War Weeks has the
matter under consideration now and
it Is considered likely that he will
soon order the placing, throughout
the daylight hours, of a guard OF
regular army soldiers and the erec-
tion of an inclosure some distance
away from the memorial itself
which would prevent entrance when
the guard is not present.
This matter was brought to the at.
tention of the secretary of war ant
the Arlington Memorial Amphithea.
ter Commission by Col. Clarence o
Sheriff.. officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds and executive
officer of the commission mentioned
The latter said that because of the
frequency with which his attention
has been called to the lack of .respec,
and reverence by the American pub.
lie when visiting this shrine. he
deems it necessary to take some cor.
rective step.
Contrast I'm England.
Attention has been called to the
contrast between the treatment OF
accorded similar memorials in Eng
land, France and other European
countries 1t was pointed out thai
In those countries. no one ever under
any circumstances approaches the
vicinity of the memorial to the un.
known dead except when uncovered
and then with the greatest rever-
ence and the full Significance of the
Also that in those foreign countrie:
it is not only the procedure to ap.
proach the memorial uncovered anC
with due reverence, but invariably
that those approaching kneel to dc
homage at the shrine.
Lack Of Comprehension.
Those protesting against the lack oi
sha5 9n e the too
to comprehend the significance of this
memorial in front of the Lee mansion
in the national cemetery, some going
so far as to strike matches on its sur.
face, others sitting upon 1t and others
frequently standing and sitting around
with covered heads and with nc
thought of any necessary respect OIL
reverence.
Besides the placing. of a. guard and
the erection of a fenceE inciosurs
about the memorial, tLS.beerr sag.
gested that some proper-laiSGTf6fS1I..1
placed -pn-the top of ffe eezsotaph o1
f3ffteg-nfOaa6ftal.
EN~ciS likely that the guards for this
|ypUtln- darlington will be selected from
(YhR1ny as a means of rewardine
those fien for having shown exception
al merit in the past
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Assoca ted Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. July a.
Herbert Sease, Baxter county man,
convicted of the murder OF fsssH.
Davidson, was electrocuted at the.
Estate penitentiary at b::5e-o'clsck to-,
DAY. sease had Iuatntatned Sun. to;
5ha last minute that"'an act OF CPD
would prevent his execution.
As the straps were being adjusted
Sease declared that he was the hap
piest in the walls" and laughed;
On the way from the death cell to
the electric chair he had been pap
Rev. A. L. 11etcher Of Little Rock
Evening star., 1923-07-27
SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS.

/ TORONTO. July 27.-Florence Smith
today attempted suicide by throwing
herself from a bridge in Rosedale.
But her leg caught in the girders, and
she hung head downward fifty feet
above the road beneath until passers-
by lassoed her and dragged her to
safety
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Reply to Britain, Now Ready,
Comedies Some English
Suggestions, However.
LONDON SEES PROSPECT
OF LONG NEGOTIATIONS
Germany Sinking to Chaos Amid
Shallow Conventions of Diplo-
macy, Is One View,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. July 27.-The French reply
to the British reparation note WIN
he delivered in London tomorro" OF
sunday. 1t accepts some or the
British suggestions and asks for
fusther light on others. 1t maintains
the principle of the Franco-belsiaii Ia
declaration to the effect that passive
resistance must cease before negotla-
TONS with Germany are undertakeh' H.
Premier Poincare's note accepting
some of the British suggestions anu
expressing the wish to have further
light on the British view concerning
others is regarded in French official
circles as conciliatory.
Stand on Principles.
II is proposed. on the best author
inv nevertheless, to maintain abso-
lutely the principles laid down pS
the French and Belgians In January
that the occupation of the Ruhr Will
be maintained until the payment OF
reparation is assured and that the
Ruhr will be evacuated only In pro-
norton to the payments made, ana no
negotiations entered into with Ger
many until her passive resistance
ceases.
The French premier expresses
Willingness to modify the occupation
when this resistance ends, making II
as nearly what the British call IN
visible" as the necessities of the sit
uation and the objects of the occu-
patton permit.
Belgium tO Agree.
The expectation in official circles
here is that the separate Belgian
reply to be sent to Great Britain Will
accord exactly with the French on
these points. though it may vary in
details regarding some other ques-
tions
Premier Poincare left Paris late
last evening for his country home at
Sampigny for a few days rest after
giving the finishing touches to the
reply to the British communication.
The document, however. will be COM
municated to- London only after the
Belgian government has received
copy and had time to examine ii.
AS soon as VI. Herbette, the French
amba ssador in Brussels, reports that
Premier Theunis has the copy in
hand. Count de Saint Aulaire French
ambassador in London. will be noti-
fed TO deliver the response to the
British foreign office.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
BELGIuM.HoHa8SpoYnEHi:::; 4:

E-R4RrS..Juty.!z---.;1te.Rs3xt :.
sr5r.eak.4s .srll fsryss.h ~deSof asrun
|sHeopofd on Roland w. Boyden upon
the occasion of his retirement as un-
official representative Of the United
States on the reparations commits
sion. Mr.. Boyden's resignation was
announced July I, to take effect
Evening star., 1923-07-27
WEATHER.

Cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
showers probably beginning late to-
night; little change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm: Highest. 50, at noon
today; lowest. 60. at am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1923-07-27

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block ard the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homeD
as fast as the papers are printed.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
w, H, Chapman 76, Walks
1872 Miles in GAP Days,
Three Boy Contestants
Fall by Wayside

Can age outwalk youth Will the
muscles of rs carry on where the
strength of 26 fails?
w. H. Chapman, 76 years old, of
Hartford, Conn.,, says:
''I should say So"
For Mr.. Chapman has just COM
pleted a 7,372-mile jaunt, coming to
Atlanta Monday on the Sand day,
spry and youthful after his daily con-
stitutional averaging 80 miles. each
working day. During that time, Mr..
Chapman says, he has walked down
three youthful opponents who start
ed out from New York full of con-
tempt for their aged opponent, but
who were soon eliminated on the
hare and tortoise principle.
Mr.. Chapman says he is an accred-
tied representative of the Scientific
American, which backed his claims
against those of two prominent men
of New York that youth was the bet
ter walker. 1.-THE argument arose
over a letter carried in an issue of
the American several years ago." he
said. lit grew to such d heat that
the two New Workers challenged the
magazine to produce a seventy-year-
old man who could outwalll any
youth they might name"
The conditions of the wager, ac>
cording to Mr.. Chapman, were that
the walkers would follow a route set
out for them-should be allowed
$3.50 a day for expenses, and the
winner was to receive $4,000 from
the hacker of the loser.
Early on the morning of May 1,
1920, Mr.. Chapman says, the walk
started. There were only plying
smiles for the old walker, Mr.. Chap
man says, and encouraging words
for the youth
The youth started off with a con-
f1dence that soon left the older man
in cloud of dust. But Mr.. Chap
man plodded along, he says, covering
his distance averaging 80 miles
day. Soon he passed the boy. An
other was sent to take his place, and
the experience was repeated. And a
third youth gave up the contest a
few days ago at Baton Rouge, La,
Mr.. Chapman said.
But I'm through walking now
said Mr.. Chapman.
Now that I've proven that a fell
low doesn't have to be consigned to
the junk heap at 40, and that even
at 70, he is only beginning to come
into some of his powers, I think I'll
settle down-and maybe raise a fam
lily.
I'LL get $4,000 for this trip.
enough to set up housekeeping with
a little wife somewhere. You never
can tell what will hannen
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
Alabama Student, Who
Died After Fraternity
Initiation, Is Buried

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Jan. 31.-Fu-
neral of Mr.. Glenn Kersh, 16, Uni
versity Of Alabama student, who died
early Sunday shortly after he had
been initiated into the Greek-letter
fraternity, was held at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G..
Kersh.
The death of Mr.. Kersh, accord
ing to a coroner's jury, was due to
excitement incident to his induction
into the Sigma NJ fraternity. He
was one of seventeen initiates.
A number of witnesses were called
before the coroner's jury, several of
whom had taken the initiation just
previous to Mr.. Fersh, and their evil
dence showed that there was nothing
done that could have caused death
from bodily injuries.
The medical examination made of
Mr.. Kersh's body showed no signs
of violence, the physicians testified.
DR.. George H. Denny, president of
the university, Sunday issued the
following statement concerning the
youths death:
"The University is overwhelmed
in the view of the death of Glenn
Kersh, a Tuscaloosa boy and one Of
the finest students and finest char
,acters in our student body. Along
with sixteen other boys he was in
itiated into the Sigma NJ fraterni-
ty last night. There was no physi-
cal injury inflicted in the initiation
ceremonies, accoding to the unani-
nous testimony of those present.
mo appliance, electrical of other
wise, is ever used in limitations at
the university. The ceremony was
conducted in the usual manner in
all colleges. That no physical in
jury was inflicted is further attested
by the fact that none of the other
initiates, all of whom passed
through precisely the same initia-
ton, showed any i'll effects what
ever.
THE verdict of the coroner, DR..
S. T. Hardin, after a full investi-
cation of the facts and supported
by the three attending persons,
makes clear the fact that death re-
suited solely from heart-failure due
to psychic shock induced by the ex-
element of the initiation
"I have never seen a more grief
stricken group of boys than the
members of the fraternity. Glenn
Kersh was a particular favQrite with
them. Indeed, no boy in this COM
fnunity stood heigher or was more
generally beloved and respected.
Personally, I feel the matter deeply,
as Glenn was an intimate friend of
NV son"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
Carolina Magistrates
And Supervisors of
Registration Named

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 31.-For-
ty-eight appointments of magistrates
and supervisors of registration have
been made by the governor and con-
firmed by the senate. They follow:
Lancaster County-Magistra w.
T. Williams, ellis Creek township;
T. H. Morton, Cain Creek township;
James T. Baker, Cedar Creek town
ship; o. c. Hegler, Flat Creek town
ship; w. J. Crenshaw, Waxhaw
township; D. o. Potts, Indian Land
township; j. Carnes, eBaufort town
ship; w. S. Bruce, Pleasant Hill
township, and o. G. Cox, KershaW
township.
Oconee County-Superviso of
registration, F. w. Bowen, w. M
Cobb and T. L. Sheriff; magistrates,
A. P. Grant, Seneca; w. M. billiard,
Westminster; c. P. Glenn, Fairplay;
P. A. Brown, West Union; w. N.
Woolbright, Townville; p. L. Green,
Salem, and j. B. Gillespie, Walhalla
Newberry County - Magistrates,
Charles w. Douglas, districts 1 and
8; G. H. Alewine, district 2; w. D.
Rutherford, district 3; r. M. Augh.
try, district 4; J. r. Miller, district
IS; J. H. Dorroh, district 6; w. P.
Allen, district -. II. Bowers, Jr.,
district 8; P. B. Sllisor, district TO-;
o. A. Felker, district II; j. G. Yves
singer, Little Mountain, and John B.
Bedenbaugh, Pomaria.
Darlington County-Magi strate, r.
r. Mcleod, Huntsville.
Fairfield County-Magistrat G. J.
Smith, district 8.
Jasper County-Magistrat o. L.
Cope, Pocataligo township.
Lancaster County - Magistrate.
John A. Carnes, Buford township;
supervisors of registration, w. F.
Estridge, W. d. Robinson and J. E.
Flynn.
Laurens COMMUNICATIVE G.
C. Hill, Waterloo township, and Gro
yer C. Watts, Mouptville.
Lexington CONFEDERATION, B. L.
Stanton.
Pickens County-Mag istrate, A1on.
"a ]. Edens, Pumpkintown township.
Richland COMMUNICATIVE Ga
ry Evans Paschal, ward 5 and Ohm
pia; Thomas E. Hair, Columbia.
Union County-Mag istrate, Marion
II. Gallman. Goshen Hill township.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
Another Georgian Aided
Confederate President
In His Flight in Sixties

Publication last week in The
Journal of a story telling how Cap
tain J. H. Latimer, ST.. now living
in West End, piloted Jefferson Davis
and his cabinet in their flight
through South Carolina, has brought
to light the fact that another Geor-
gian aided the Confederate execu-
tives to escape into Georgia.
It was Mr.. James M. Carter, who
is buried in Elberton, Ca, who was
in charge of the pontoon corps which
threw a bridge across the Savannah
river so that Mr.. Davis and his cabi-
net might cross from South Caro-
lima into Georgia
This information was contained in
an old newspaper clipping sent The
Journal by Mrs. u. w. Copeland. o.
Elberton. Mr.. Carter was a snative
of Gilbert county and was serving
in the state senate when the War
Between the States began. He died
in 1906 at the age of eighty-four.
Captain Latimerc, now eighty
three years old, was in charge of The
train which carried President Davis
and his party from Ncwberry To
IAbbeville, S. c., in the closing
stages of their flight southwark aft
er the fall Of Richmond.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
North Carolina Man
Mysteriously Killed

DURHAM, n. c., Jan. S1.-Char-
lie Thompson, Granville county man
living at Creedmoor, apparently was
called from his home Saturday night
about 8 o'clock and shot to death by
unknown persons. When found, the
body was lying in the front yard of
the home.
Thompson was married man, and
is survived by his widow and three
children. They were away from
home when the shooting occurred.
The fact that there apparently were
no eye witnesses to the killing makes
the affair one of mystery. No. clue
has yet been found by authorities.
The position of the body and how it
was dressed gave rise to the opinion
that he was summoned from the
house and shot just as he left the
porch.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
EXPERTS To MAP
WEEV|L WAR At
MEMPHIS MEET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Recom-
mendation Of a uniform program for
the development of the cotton-grow-
ing industry, especially with refer
ence to protection from the boil
weevil, is expected to be made at
the conference of the Association OF
Southern Agricultural Workers at
Memphis, February to s, which
will be attended by cotton experts of
the department Of agriculture.
Control of the boil weevil will be
the particular theme of the confer
ence. Plans have been laid to di-
vide the subject under separate
heads, and a specialist will bring to.
gether and correlate all available
material on this particular subject
from both state and federal forces.
The committees. it is planned, will
then make their report to the con-
ference which will determine upon
a uniform program to be recon-
Government cotton specialists have
been at work some time preparing
or the conference and more than
a dozen will attend. These will in
clude DR.. E. D. Ball, director of
scientific research; DR.. H. c. Taylor,
bureau of agricultural economics,
and specialists from the bureau of
plant industry, bureau of entomol-
ogy, bureau of chemistry and states
relation service.
Some of these experts and addi-
tiona1 representatives of the depart
ment of agriculture also will attend
the meeting of the association of
southern extension workers which
will meet in Memphis at the same
time
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-01
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