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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
Coolest April Morn
: Since 'ol Recorded;
Mercury VIII Go Up

Wednesday morning, while Atlanta
shivered under the coolest tempera-
ttre on record for April since 1891,
the cheering news came from G f.
Won hermann, local weather prog
nosticator, that tickle nature has
PLAYED about her last freak card and
that from now on the sunny south
should be blessed with some real
spring weather.
Mr.. Won Hermann said the official
reading at 7 a. m. Wednesday was 20
dsgrees-three degrees below freeZ-
ing. A similarly low temperature has
not been recorded for April in So
years--since 1891.
1t did not, however, break the rec
ord for the month, this having been
set on April 2, 1881, when the mer-
curry dropped to 25 degrees.
II don't think the low tempera'
ture, did any damage Mr.. Won Herr
mann said, "the winds kept the frost
away and it was hardly cold enough
anyway. I think the peach crop
should be perfectly safe.
''By Wednesday night the ther,
mometer ought to rise to about AZ
degrees and it should continue warm,
with the probability of light show
srs.
"TTewever, this has been an un'
usual spring and we might get some
more surprises.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
Woman browns Pets
And Herself to Join
Benefactor in Death

NEW YORK, April At matters
nothing to Grace Wakefield, 81, a
spinster, whether the man who died
of heart disease in a Bronx hospital
Monday was o. N. Orlow, doctor Of
philosophy, or the Prince Johann
Salvador long and mysteriously miss
ing archduke of Austria
1t only mattered that he was gone
from her, and she joined him in death
today, drowning herself in a bath,
tub, after having slashed her wrists.
With her went a pet dog, held UNI
til death under the same water, and
her two bright parrots, drowned in
a nearby hand basin.
Grace Wakefield was the ward of
the kindly old gentleman of distin-
guished bearing and princely rerni-
niscences whose death was recorded
as that of the 'Archduke Johann Sal
v1tor, who disappeared from the
Vienna court in 1889 and officially
declared by the Austrian government
to have died in 1890.
He had made her his ward on his
arrival in America &c years ago find
ing her an orphan and friendless.
Friends Of the courtly old gentle
man said she implicitly trusted in his
tale.
The tragedy was discovered last
night when a friend called to discuss
with Miss Wakefield plans for her
benefactor's funeral
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mony with the ambassadors and
ministers. ami he did take a large
burden off Mr. Wilson's mind.
But before the inauguration Colo
mel House can be said to have been
responsible fer the selection of at
least hal of Mr.. Wilson's cabinet
He knew David F. Houston, who be-
came secretary Of agriculture. Mr..
Houston had been president Of the
University of Texas. The friendship
of Mr.. Wilson and Secretary Hous-
ten was the admir- ltion of one in
tellectuI for another. Indeed when
it became apparent to Mr.. Wilson in
1920 that on account of his ill-health
he could not expect the Democratic
convention at San Francisco to nomi-
nate him, he wished that the con-
vention might turn to a man like
Houston. He never made pubic an
rouncement of that fact, but among
the Presidents intimate friends this
was an open secret.
Charles r. Crane, who became
minister to China and who exerted
a great deal of influence on Mr.. Will
son IN connection with the Russian
affairs, was one of the inner circle
who favored Mr.. Houston's candi-
dacy in 1920. An index of how Mr..
Wilson felt toward Secretary Hous-
ton was gwen when Secretary Glass
resigned as head of the treasury de-
pactment, to become United States
senator from Virginia. Mr.. Wilson
transferred Secretary Houston to the
treasury portfolio without a mo-
ment's hesitation. Mr.. Houston had
always shown a practical knowledge
of economies. At that time Mr.. Will
son leaned heavily in the cabinet on
Mr. Houston's advice-he was one
Of the strong men Of the administra-
ton. Many of the communications
to congress, particularly on fiscal
matters, signed by President Wilson
d ring his illness, were word for
word written Ky Secretary Houston.
saturdays chapter tells how
Woodrow Wilson picked his cabinet
one member he never met till in.
auguratiOn day.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03

sections of United States are rushing
here.
CLANTON.-By using steel traps,
M. D. Wyatt, farmer, living near
here, catches ii hawks and IL owls.
MONTGOMERY. - Camp Lomax,
United Confederate Veterans, of
Montgomery, launches campaign to
raise money to place portraits of Lee
and "Stonewall" Jackson in state
capitol here.
SELMA.-Over 500 worth Of new
non-edible citrus, known as tri-foli'
age orange, considered worthless,
are sold by M. f. C. Riggs and w,
G. Harrell, of Pleasant Hill, to sat
suma growers in South Alabama
BY grating on this stock frost proof
satsumas are said to be produced.
BIRMINGHAM.-Col. Tom o.
Smith, president of Birmingham
Trust company, scores proposed S..
100000 school bond issue, at meet
ing of Birmingham real estate board
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COL. HOUSE "EYES AND EARS"
FOR WILSON; PICKED MANY
MEN FOR HIGHEST OFFICES

ly to Mr.. Wilson later an intimate
knowledge of foreign affairs and a
personnel acquaintance with many
Of the most important figures in
world diplomacy. Mr.. Wilson's read.
mess to entrust Colonel House with
his confidence on missions relating
to foreign policy was due to his be-
lief that the colonel was tactful and
diplomatic and would not be restrict
ed by the same forms and conven,
tons that surrounded a full-fledged
ambassador. Many people never
could understand why President Viii.
son made use of unofficial ENJOYS,
The truth of the matter is that Mr..
Wilson felt more could be accom-
plshed by an unattached envoy than
by one who was officially accredited
to goVernm lent and therefore un-
able to reach into the heart OF a
problem and make personal investi-
cation, or say things as bluntly as
could a casual envoy who had no
official status.
Mr.. Wilson used to refer to Colo
mel House as his "eyes and ears -
He was more than that. He was Mr..
Wilson's personal representative in
making a 1irst-hand inVestiga tion of
the facts and opinions conveyed to
the White House by ambassadors
aud ministers in long-winded official
reports.
Wilson's "Star Reporter"
Colonel House was really analo-
GUS to the star reporter who is oc-
casionally sent by his newspaper to
make general survey of situa-
tin. Local correspondents are main
tanned in nearly every important
center, but large newspapers, every
now and then, send a man to visit
gous to the star reported who is oc-
follow a particular line OF investiga-
ton. He is often able to pry into
matters which the local correspond
ent for Ole reason and another is
embarrassed in attempting to I'M
tangle. Colonel House, moreover,
had the faculty Of digesting situa-
tons and putting them into brief re-
ports, He was adroit in his CONVEX
sations-he never committed the
government of the United States to
any policy, He worked in close har.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
Mr.. RUSSELL DAVIS.
PROMINENT BANKER.
IS DEAD IN QUITNA|I

QUITMAN, Ga, April 1.-THE sud
den death of Mr.. j. Russell Davis
early Tuesday morning removed one
of the outstanding figures in bank
ing and business circles in south
Georgia. His death was totally I'M
expected. He played a game Of golf
with friends on the local course Mon
day afternoon and was in his usual
good spirits. He was about fifty
three years old and was one of the
best known men in Quitman.
When the family physician ar
rived Mr.. Davis told him that he
was dying and passed out in a few
moments.
The funeral was held here this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock from the
late residence by the Rev. Roger i,
Clark his pastor. The interment
was in Oaklawn cemetery.
Mr.. Davis was in his fifty-third
year. He is survived by his widow
two sons, Donald and Russell, Jr.,
and two daughters, Mrs. j. w. Pate
of Monticello, Fla, and Mrs. Harm
inter Graves, of Eufaula, Ala.
His death was cOincident with the
close of his term as president of the
Rotary club. The Rotarians met ana
adopted resolutions of sorrow at his
passing and to present to his widow
the past presidents jewel which was
to have been presented to him.
Mr.. Davis had a long and honor,
able business career here. He was
the son Of the late DR.. T. j. Davis
who was local agent of the old At
lantic and Gulf railroad, later the
Plant system. Mr.. Davis, his Oldest
son, succeeded him upon his death
He became cashier Of the Merchants
and Farmers bank. When the Cit
zens bank was organized, he was
cashier, and when this bank was
merged with the First National
bank, Mr.. Davis became vice presi'
dent and executive officer.
Mr.. Davis served more than TWEEN
ty years either as member of the
city council or as mayor. He also
served as jury commissioner and in
similar public capacities. In recent
years, he had developed conspicu
ously in civic services. He had been
a leader in the Rotary club and was
a member of Porter Pierpont's com
mittee from the Thirty-ninth district
to arrange for the international con
Vention in Toronto in June. He was
of the class of '92 at Mercer uni
Versity and a member of the Kappa
Alpha fraternity
He married Miss Constance Nc
Call, OF Quitman, and their children
are Mrs. J, w. Pate, of Monticello
Fla; Mrs. Hammiter Graves, OF
Eufaula. Ala, and Donald and Rus
sell Davis, Jr., of Quitman.
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Georgia Girl Mother
Still in Jail Pending
Autopsy Over Child

CLEVELAND, Tenn, April .
Mrs. Wesley Davis, who was held
to court yesterday on charge of
causing the death of her 13 months
old child by poison, is still in Jail
here. not having succeeded in max
ing bond which was placed at
$4,000
Sheriff J. L. Boyd and County
Physician r. z. Sullivan planned
to leave for Ellijay Ga. today to
have the body of the child disinter-
red for a post mortem examination.
Mr.. Davis has agreed to the post
norton examination
The accused, an uneducated noun
tain girl Of II years, is rapidly los
ing her courage under the strain
of the charge. A small blue-eyed
girl, dressed in a blue silk dress.
with her hair combed straight back
and arranged in a single knot. she
presented Il pathetic appearance at
the hearing
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
DEAN HARLAN Stone
NAMED To POST Of
ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON. April 2.-Harlan
Fiske Stone, former dean Of the law
school of Columbia university, has
been selected by President Coolidge
as attorney general.
Since his retirement from Column
bia, Mr.. Stone has been associat TED
with the New York law firm Of Sat
terlee. Garfield & Stone. He is 4 ma
tive of New Hampshire and a grad
uate of Amherst. He is 81 years old.
i Mr.. Stone has served since 1910
as dean of Columbia university law
school. and recently resigned to be-
come an active member of the New
York law firm of Satterlee. Garfield
&. Stone. He received his law edu-
cation at Amherst and Columbia,
and was admitted to the New York
bar in 1898. He is a director of the
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line rail-
road company and other corporations
and is a Republican, although he
never has taken a leading part in
politics.
Summoned to Washington yester-
day, Mr.. Stone had a breakfast con-
ference today with President Coolidge
and was presented by the president
ITO a number of his callers, includ-
.Sing the Republican leaders of the
Asenate.
In selecting Mr.. Stone, White
House officials said, the president
::tbelieves he has been able to accom-
plish the purpose he announced yes
terday of finding a $4,000 or $780,
900 man to serve in a $12, 1000 job.
: The prospective attorneys general
and the president have been friends
since, college day sat Amherst. Mr..
Coolidge graduated one year ahead
of MIR. Stone.
The names of Mr.. Stone and Chief
Justice Arthur H. RUgg. of the
Massachusetts supreme judicial
court, have been the two most promi-
nertly considered by the president
and decision finally was made on Mr.,
Stone because of the executives feel
llS That MdSSdClluoSlIS Oil SehiS tlaSh
more than her share of high federal
officers.
MI. Stone has been on leave of
absence from Columbia for the past
year and his resignation as dean of
the law school will be made effec-
tive Immediately upon his confirma-
ton by the senate. His nomination
was sent to the capital today.
Selection of Mr. Stone doubles the
representation of New York in the
cabinet, as Secretary Hughes is
..oorodi+ad n that state
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
CENTRAL ENGINEER
DEATH ACCIDENTAL,
SAYS JURY SVERD|CT

MACON, Ca, April "A coro-
ners jury today Investigating the
death of Engineer j. Frank Ed
wards, who died at a local hospital
yesterday afternoon as the result of
Il blow on the forehead as he was
sitting at the throttle Of the Dixie
Limited, fast Central of Georgia
train going west, returned a verdict
that he came to his death from
blow on the head that he probably
received while passing a bridge over
Rocky creek, near where he tum-
bled to the deck Of his engine. The
theory is that he leaned too far
out the window while passing the
bridge and was hit on the head by
timbers.
Walter White, negro fireman, was
the only witness to testify. He tes-
titled that shortly after passing over
the bridge, the engineer fell from
his seat bleeding and that. he went
around and climbed up to the throt-
tie and stopped the fast-moVing
train. He said that the engineer
was sitting at the throttle a short
time before the bridge was reached.
Mr.. Edwards funeral was held
here this afternoon from his home
and the interment was made in Riv-
ersde.
Edwards, his skull fractured, was
found unconscious on the floor of
his cab as the train sped along at
90 miles an hour ten miles south
of here. He died soon after being
brought to a local hospital without
reSaining consciousness.
Mr.. Edwards is survived by his
widow; two sons, Frank Edwards,
Jr., and Callahan Edwards; a daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth Edwards; five broth
ers, w. G.. and H. A. Edwards, Of
Columbus, Ca; T. B. Edwards, of
Mount Airy, N. c.; George. L. Ed
wards, of Baldwin, Ga, and C. f.
Edwards, of Montana, and three sis
tiers, MISE, J.. Edwards, of Column
bus, Ga; Mrs. j. w. w. Hose, Of
Gastonia, N. c., and Mrs. A. w.
Polly, of Watertown, N. Y.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03

Revenue Commissioner Doughton.
Thirty-six counties Of state reported
decreases.
ASHEVILLE.-Pos sibility Of seri-
Gus curtailment of important build
ing operations develops when BRICK
layers present demand for 81 per
day increase to basis Of $11 per day.
Painters also demand increases
averaging about $1.40 per day to So;
fathers, 81 per day to SO. Negotia.
tons indicate crisis may be averted
until May /.
RALEIGH.-More than $1,000
members are called by Cooperative
Tobacco Growers association to meet
in respective counties in North Caro-.
lima, South Carolina and Virginia,
April 5.
ALABAMA
FLORENCE. - Confident that the
Ford bid for Muscle Shoals will be
accepted by government at early
date, thousands of investors from all
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
Georgian Deserts Wife
And 4 Children; EIopes
With Sister in Law

THOMASTON. GA, April Wv.
H. Dean. Thomaston business man
who recently sold his mercantile in
terests here. eloped Saturday night
with the wife of Jake Daugherty, a
taXicab driver and Deans brother
in-law, according to information be-
coming public today.
Dean. who left a wife and four
children, is said to have drawn S., 900
from the bank. The couple went to
GAINESVILLE in an automobile and
there caught a train. Mrs. Dean
confirming the reports, said that she
had heard nothing from her husband.
Daugherty was shot last wear by
a taxi driver named Smith in a quar-
rel involving a woman, Smith never
has heen annrpheuded
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CHARGE Of AIDING
KOLCHAK BRANDED
bunk BY HOOVER

WASHINGTON, March ST.
Charges made by Captain H. L.
Scaife, former department of JUS
tice agent, that the American relief
administration in 1919, on orders of
Herbert Hoover, now secretary Of
commerce, diverted $1,000,000 worth
of supplies intended for starving
Russian civilians to the counter
revolutionary leader, Admiral koL
chalk, at Archangel, may be aired by
the senate Daugherty committee.
Scaife, in his testimony before the
committee Saturday, made passing
reference to a diversion of funds
by the administration to finance a
revolution in Russia" and later
amplified his statement.
Hoover, Scaife said, ordered a
whole boatload Of trucks, medicines,
food, clothing and hospital supplies
turned over to General Yudenitch, a
revolutionary associate Of Kolchak,
at Archangel.
Secretary Hoover today ridiculed
the charges and termed them "the
most complete bunk"
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son, Charlotte banker, president of
mill company. Purchase price is ST.
500, 900. Kendall recently purchased
other important Carolina textile
plants.
RALEIGH. - John G.. Dawson,
of Kinston, chairman of Democratic
executive committee, says state may
send delegation Of eight delegates-at-
large to national convention at New
York, instead of usual four, each of
eight to have one-half vote, to make
places for women.
RALEIGH. - Taxable property
of state increased $50, 25S 900 to
$2,576, $50, 900 in 1928, according to
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10000 Miners Idle

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April p
Forty thousand coal miners in Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Kansas and Ar
kansas are idle today as a result of
the failure of representatives of the
Southwestern Interstate Operators
association and miners to reach an
agreement on a new wage scale be-
fore their conference ended last
night.
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SOUTH CAROLINA

~ GREENWOOD. - Aubrey Nicllels,
Greenwood youth, who was given
new trial by supreme court of tlori-
aeda. following his conviction of Grim
inal assault on white woman of De
Land, Fla, two --@N~e ago, will be
tried again beginning April s, say
~ advices from Florida.
~ -
ANDERSON. - Paul r. Earle, of
Starr, Anderson county, secures
sspassports to France, where on May
rs he will be one of Americas rep
.resentatives in Olympic trdpshooting
contest.
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Here S the First One:
Two 7-Pound Trout
Caught in One Cast

CAMILLA, Ga, April with
the coming of April also comes the
first fish story of the season, though
it was a bad day for fish.
80 Mr.. VIII Stevens, with a rod
caught two trout of seven pounds
each with a single cast. >
Mr.. Stevens was sober. In fact al
ways is, and no one was pushing
him. He had the fish to show for
his statement
Mr.. Stevens stated that when he
felt q nard jerk and reeled in, he
was startled to see two large trout
securely tasted to the minnow.
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army. Findings and sentence are
subject to approval of corps head
quarters and by president.
COLUMBIA - Recent occupants
of tenement house complain that
chimney does not draw" and tim
ner locates copper tank embedded in
brick, with pipes leading in and out,
indicating that it had been used for
storing whisky. Apparatus is turn
ed over to police.
M'BEE. - Thirty carloads of dew
berries and an equal amount of
peaches will be shipped from the
fruit section hercabouts this year
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-Coast Lines Florida
Special Is Wrecked;
Engineer Is Killed

RICHMOND, Va, April 2.-Engi,
neer w. l.. Snelson was killed, Fire
man j. G.. GraVatt severely injured,
a dining car employee suffered a dis
located shoulder and several passen-
gers were badly shaken when the
locomotive and eight coaches Of the
Atlantic Coast Line FLORIDA Spe.
cial' were4 derailed early today near
Woodford, on the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad.
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Bandits Get S142,288

MONTREAL, April Eight
masked men who opened fire Tues
day on a money car of the Bank of
Hockelaga, escaped with E142 .2SS aft
er one of their number and a bank
eroploye had been killed and another
bank employee slightly wounded.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03

COLUMBIA.-Tru lines earned
more money in South Carolina last
year than year before, according to
annual reports just filed with state
railroad commission.
GREENWOOD Community is
aroused by announcement that
branch of Georgia and Florida rail
road will be completed from Augusta
to Greenwood by first of 1925.
COMMUNICATIONS John Faw-
cette, quartermaster and commander
of Camp Jackson, is found guilty of
misappropriating $4,000 of army
funds and sentence is dismissal from
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Farmer Dies in Field

MOULTRIE, Ga, April 2.-While
at work on his farm west of Moul
trie. w. Webb, aged CO. died Tues
day without warning. When he went
was apparently as well as usual, His
widow ard several children survive
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CoIuuitt Poultry Sale

MOULTRIE, Ga, April 2,-The
first cooperative poultry sale staged
in Colquitt county this year will he
held April 10. ii is announced by the
secretary of the recently organized
County Poultry association.
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House Bride Committee
ReneWS Private HEARINGS

WASE fNGTON, April .. - The
house committee which Is investi-
eating charges against Representa-
tives Zihlman, Maryland, and Lang
ley. Kentucky, Republicans, resum-
ed its hearings today behind closed
doors. Committee members said il
had not been determined whether
omen hearings would be held
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
Fire Races Half Block

BISBEE, AriZ., April Fife
which early last night threatened to
destroy the town of Benson, so miles
from here, was checked shortly after
10 o'clock after it had RACED half
a block, causing property damage
estimated at 5000.
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SHARP TREMOR ALSO FELT
IN STATE OF ILLINOIS

CAIRO, Ill, April "A sharp
earthquake was felt here about SIS
o'clock this morning There was no
damage 1t was reported as far
north as Carbonate
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-03
A Few Words of Appreciation

FOLEY PILLS are the best I
have tired. my kidneys work a lot
better since using them" writes John
w. Brogan, Adams. Mass. FOLEY
PILLS, a diuretic stimulant for the
kidneys, promptly flush the kidneys,
removing injurious waste matter.
Try them today. Sold everywhere.
IA5,rortieor ont \
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NORTH CAROLINA

CHARLOTTE.-T Manufac.
turing company's plant, located near
Charlotte, which owns 400 acres of
land, and operates $4,000 spindles
and 500 looms, is sold to Harry B.
Kendall, of Boston, by w. C. Wilkin'
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Isn't Il True?

CHICAGO-"The less women wear
the more they pay for it, said Just.
ice Moore in commenting on the
charges OF James Davis that his
wife's eHtraVag ance had wrecked
their hop1e.
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Man Who Escaped From
Deputy Marshal Here
Caught in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI. Ohio. April 2.-Roy
Wilson, Fort Worth, Tex. was held
under $4,000 bond here today after
being arraigned before United
States Commissioner Thomas NJ.
Gregory on charge of being a
fugitive from justice. Wilson admit
ted he was wanted in Atlanta, Ga,
and that he escaped from a deputy
United States marshal while being
taken to Jail to await trial on a
drug charge.