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The Washington times., 1924-12-09
MEXICAN STEAMER ATTIRE
BEACHED BY CREW

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. o.
The Mexican steamer Oaxaca, re-
ported afire off Mazatlan, has been
beacl1ed firty miles south of that
point and abandoned by It's crew
Of twentysseyen men, according to
radio advices flashed to the Federal
Telegraph Company here by the
British ship Invincible today.
. The Oaxaca failed to answer sig.
nails from the British ship and all
hands are believed to have deserted
the burning ship. the Invincible re-
ported.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
THREE ARE PROMOTED
IN FIRE DEPARTMENT

Lieutenant A. A. Galpin today was
promoted to the rank of captain III
the fire department by the District
Commissioners. He succeeds Cap
tain Joseph r. Steele, who died re.
Gently.
Sergeant Guilford Davenport was
named lieutenant, Private M. H.
Sutton a sergeant and Scotto Cot
trell appointed as q private.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
RAIL MERGER BILL IS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE

Voluntary consolidation Of rail
roads into a number of strong and
efficient systems with the approval
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is provided in a bill in.
troduced in the House today by
Chairman Winslow of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee.
Should the railroads fail to eff.
feet voluntary consolidation within
seven years, the bill would give the
Interstate Commerce Commission
authority to compel consolidation
through division of rates.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
BUSINESS MEN
. PLEDGE AID IN
INAUGURAL
Board of Trade and Chamber
of Commerce to Cooperate
in Every Way

Further pledges Of cooperation In
holding impressive inaugural cere,
monies today were laid before Presi-
dent Coolidge and Senator Butler,
chairman Of the Republican ma.
tional committee, by the business
men of Washington. All indicated
that the business organizations stood
together to offer what assistance
was In their power to assure the
success Of such ceremonies.
The Board Of Trade pledged its
willingness to cooperate in q letter
sent to the White House by Score.
tary Arthur Carr for the executive
committee.
ION behalf of the Washington
Board of Trade, its executive com
mittee tenders to you cooperation
and assistance in any way our or
ganization can be of service in
connection with ceremonies incident
to the Inauguration of the Presi
dent of the United States" the let
ter read.
President Isaac Cans, Of the
Chamber of Commerce, and other
officers Of the chamber, today con.
ferred with Chairman Butler con.
corning plans for the proper OBJ
servance of inauguration day. The
committee which was the same that
called on President Coolidge to pres,
ent him with resolutions embodying
the suggestions Of the chamber adj
vised Senator Butler of the steps
taken so far by the organization.
Senator Butler indicated that the
wishes of the people of the country
should be considered. ,I
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
JOCKEY PASTOR
GOES ON TRIAL
FOR LIFE
Hight Accused Of Poisoning
Wife-IrresponsibIe,
Says Defense
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prior dose seemed to fail Of it's
purpose. Then Anna Hight died
and the village of Ina became sus-
picious--tongues began to wag.
But innocence alone is the motif
Of the defense picture Nelson Lay
man.. counsel for Hight, builds up a
reservoir of defense in the plea
that the jockey-preacher is men
tally deficient. He traces an in.
heritance of abnormal mentalities
and seeks to shut out Nights con.
fession with tales Of fanciful delu.
sions which the pastor suffered.
1T doesn't matter what Hight
did or said" he claims. HE isn't
responsible.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
n. ]. rum GRAF
REACHES INTO
NEW YORK
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were distributed to. cabarets and
speak easies.
The barren stretch in weehaw.
ken, used for landing the liquor.
was under police protection, accord.
ing to Al0ysius Mcmahon, assistant
prosecutor.
1.-THE fact that one man, who
threatened exposure Of the hideous
system, has been. murdered, and
that two recent witnesses are now
held in. prison by the prosecutor,
fearful of the personal results OF
their unrestrained liberty, should
lend an additional incentive to
your Efforts Judge Minturn de-
clared.
Hints At Martial Law.
A breakdown Of the official
prosecuting machinery of the
county, the justice told the jury,
might make martial law on the
water front advisable.
He said:
IF 1t is to be conceded that we
cannot succeed in this struggle to
enforce the law, and that failure
is to be the inevitable result of
your labors, and that hereafter
ours Is to be government OF
official corruption, identified with
the black nag Of piracy, in which
murder is the logical penalty Of
exposure, then the time has come
for you and the prosecutor and
this court to retire from our posts
by a. confession Of ineptitude and
request the President and the gov.
ernor to enforce martial law upon
our water front as the only al.
tentative to Statewide anarchy"
Justice Minturn characterized
the bootleg industry in the United
states as Sin effect nothing less
than a potenteous subterranean
rebellion against the Constitution
and law"
He declared 1T corrodes and
palsies the hands OF our official
manhood and blasts American
IDEALS in the mind Of our youth,
thus befouling the very cradle and
Iount OF American life"
Closer cooperation between Fed.
eral, State and local authorities in
the enforcement of prohibition was
offered by the justice as the solution
OF the problem.
In formulating your presant.
ment," the justice said, you NAV
conclude, as one member of this
court long ago concluded, that until
the Federal authorities invoke the aid
ana cooperation of the State and
its subdivisions Of local government.
IN this comprehensive Conspiracy
against government, its sporadic and
isolated attempts at law enforce.
ment must be characterized a. a
mockery, a delusion and a snare"
Twelve Indicted.
The grand jury superseded by that
to which Justice Minturn made his
charge, indicted VIM. E. Griffin. al.
legged boss bootlegger" Harry j.
0. Stearns, Weehawken police com.
missioner; Captain Charles McNamee,
boulevard police leader, and nine
police officers for malfeasance in
office, conspiracy to violate the state
dry" law, and-in the case of Grit.
fin-bribery of public officials.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
DISASTER
LOOMING IN
KENTUCKY
Incessant Rain Causes Rivers
to Overflow channeIs-In-
undate Communities

FLEMING, KY, Dec. S.-Eastern
Kentucky today faced prospects of
one of the most disastrous floods in
history as rain which has been fall.
ing in torrents for forty-six hours
continued undated.
Creeks and streams, including the
Kentucky river. already have over
flowed their channels, and entire
communities are inundated.
Electric light and power lines in
many districts have been made in.
operative and many sections were in
darkness during the night.
Mines have been forced to cease
operations
Damage, 1t IL estimated, will run
to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
PHI URGES
LEGISLATION
FORD. {.
Cites Seven Measures OF
Outstanding Importance"
in Letter to Senator Ball

2 +
Senator L. Heisler Ball, chair.
man Of the Senate District com
mittee, today received q lengthy
letter from Commissioner Cuno HI
Rudolph urging the passage Of
seven bills effecting the District
during the present short session.
the bills as Of Outstanding i'm
pOrtance."
A bill providing for the establish.
ment Of q board Of public welfare.
A bin to control the sale and use
or deadly weapons.
A bin to provide for the eiimina.
ton Of grade crossings of steam
railroads in the District.
A bill to prevent fraud respecting
securities offered for sale in the
A measure to amend the tax and
license law.
A bill to amend the law relating
to taxation in the District.
A bill 70 authorize the Commits
sioners to close certain streets,
roads or highways in the District.
Commissioners Rudolph particular
ly urges prompt action on the
fraudulent security bill, a measure
designed to protect WashingtonIans
from being the victims OF the sale
Of worthless and fraudulent secur-
tiles. He says he considers this
legislation very important.
There are many bills pending
before the present Congress of
varying degrees Of Importance,
Commissioner Rudolph saws in his
letter, land the Commissioner APP
preciate that during the present
short session it will be impractic.
cable for Congress to act upon all
Of them. They believe, however,
that these seven bills are of out
standing importance, and should, il
practicable, be, enacted during the
present session."
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
IS men MISSING
AFTERB0AT
BLAST
b AIHA
Check Up Reveals Absence Of
SaiIorsMay Have
Perlshed

n Los ANGELES, Cal. Dec. -
That sixteen sailors may have lost
their lives in the explosion Of the
water taxi Leinoyna at Los Angeles
harbor yesterday was feared early
today when a check.up showed
that number of men unaccounted
for In the battle fleet.
Commander Perkins, duty officer
Of tn u. s. s.. California. said, while
hopeful, none Of the missing men
were victims Of the disaster, more
time would be required to determine
that point.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
GOOD FELLOWS!

Fill out this form and start out the road to happi
Christmas Day Don't fill it out unless you have
the heart to help the poor, the aged and the i'll.
If you will be Good Fellow on Christmas to some
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The Washington times., 1924-12-09
COOLIDGE MAY co TO N. Y.
LINCOLN DAY BANQUET

President Coolidge today took un.
der advisement an invitation to
attend the annual Lincoln Day
banquet of the New York Repub.
lican Club on February IL.
The invitation was extended by
ex-senator Calder and Senator Wads.
worth.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
FACES TRIAL ON
DAUGHTERS
CHARGE
Emmett Putnam to Answer
! Second Indictment for Seri.
GUS Statutory oftense

Emmett Putnam, carpenter and
odd job man of Ballston, Va, 10 in
the Arlington county jail today
awaiting his trial on December Is
on a statutory charge preferred
against him by his fourteen-year.
old daughter.
The grand jury of Arlington couH-
ty yesterday returned an indictment
against Putnam, this being the SEE.
ond true bill for sthe same general
offense. The new true bill was
ordered because. Of new evidence I'M
covered in the case.
The police court hearing and the
return of the first indictment las.
month caused mild fIrore In Bal
ston. Putnam was lodged, without
bail, in the county Jail.
Held On Daughters Story.
Putnam was held on the sole ties.
timony Of his daughter, who told
authorities that for more than two
years, her father had nniStreafed
her, taking advantage of her ignOr-
ance. His attitude toward her was
the same. whether he was drunk
or sober, she said.
On the day before Putnam was
arrested, he had been fined for
drunkenness. The next day. he
gave the girl some money and or,
dered her to buy groceries with It.
She refused. They quarreled.
I'm going to TELL" she threat
ened.
"I don't care" said her father.
The girl confided the story to
neighbors, who caused an investi-
cation. Putnam was brought into
police court, where the girl retold
her story Of the last two years.
''Why didn't you tell your mother
when this first happened?" she was
asked.
Said Mother Was Sick.
'iMother was sick, and / didn't
want to worry her." was her ex-
PLANTATION.
Mrs. Putnam ow is dead. She
died last Easter. The girl and her
nine-year-old brother have been liv-
Ing with the father, both children
attending the Ballston school.
Putnam escaped in the recent Ar
lington county Jail delivery. Pur'
suers picked up the trail and traced
him to a house in Sterling, Va,
but he had left. He took train
back to Washington, and was in
jail when the mAn-hunters finally
found him.
putnam has been represented
throughout the case by Attorney
Crandall Mackey, who obtained a
delay Of trial in November. New
evidence, which is said to lead
back further into the lives Of the
Putnams, probably will be pres
ented when the case goes to trial
December 18.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
iARcHBlSHoPRIc FILLED,
VACANT SINCE 1897

BELGRADE, Dec. 9.-Monsignor
Boditch today occupied the posi-
ton Of Catholic archbishop Of
Belgrade. The position has been
vacant from 1887 until his installa.
ton yesterday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
Plans Take Shape for
Macon Tourist Hote!

MACON, Ca, July 17.-With the
gathering here of Alfred H. Brown,
Of New York, representing Will, Fol
som & Smith, financiers, and Mr..
peabody, of Ludlow & Peabody,
architects, who brought with them
Mr.. Lay, a landscape artist, plans
for pushing forward the project of
building a tourist hotel here that
will cost $1,250,000, is expected to
take definite shape in a few days.
An ideal site just beyond North
Highlands, a residential section, has
been offered for the hotel site. 1t
consists of over four hundred acres
and has been inspected by several
experts, who say that better site
for a big tourist hotel plant can
not be found in this entire section.
The property which is being
strongly considered for the site is
in the hands of the Macon Develop
ment company, which is composed of
Macon business men. The company
secured its charter some time ago.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
CROKER'S CHILDREN
LOSE hGA|N.AS 1878
WILL IS PROBATED

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Jury
16.--Three children Of Richard Cro1
ker, former Tamnany chieftain, lost
another step in their contest Of his
will when County Judge r.. p. Rob-
bins admitted to probate here yes1
terday the will Mr.. Croker made
on October II, 1919 at GlencairnI
his estate in Dublin, Ireland, bel
queathing to his widow, Mrs. Bula
e. Croker, lis entire estate valued
at $10.000,000.
Accepted as the last will and
testament of the late political boss
it revokes all other such documentsl
The three children, Richard, Jr.l
Howard and Ethel, who have pros1
ecuted a long court fight to over1
turn the will on grounds that MRS.
Croker, his second wife, eXerted uni
due influence over her husband in
his later years, and other chargesl
announced through their attorney
that they would appeal the deciI
sion
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
| 1000 Bales of Cotton
Is Sold by Augusta
Concern for $250,O00

AUGUSTA, Ga, July 1.-THE
biggest cotton deal here in years
giving striking evidence that Au-
gJsta is still o nthe map in a big
way as a cotton center. has just
been contaminated by Weinges &
Co., it was learned today.
Sixteen hundred bales were in
volved in the deal, representing the
sum of one quarter of a million
dollars.
The cotton was purchased from
Weinges & CO. by w. B. Gunter,
local agent for VIM. Outz & Co.,
big eetton firm of Charlotte, N. G.
F'ifty-six cars were required to
move the cotton here from Waynes-
boro, where it is said to have orig
mated The seller at Waynesborn
was not revealed.
The cotton brought around %
cents per pound when sold here,
and the average was sol pounds per
bale
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
FRAUDULENT Use
Of MAILS LAID To
WAREHOUSE MEN

GREENNILLE, S. c., July 16.-
Federal warrants charging use of
the mails to defraud in connection
with the recent failure of the An
defson Cotton company, Anderson,
S. c.. today were served on Baylis
w Harrison, Kenneth 8. Gilmore
and A. b. Rivers, former officers
of the company, each of whom was
released under $4,000 bond.
A warrant in connection with the
same case is expected to be served
on r. c. McCauley, warehouse man
ager of Walhalla, S. C.
The warrants charged that the
four defendants ''conspired to OBJ
tain money by fraud and used the
mails for the purpose Of forward
ing alleged fraudulent papers which
were afterwards used to obtain mon
ey.
The charge contained in the war
rants is said to have grown out of
the receipt and delivery by the
Greenville postoffice of a registered
letter which is alleged to have con-
tanned forged warehouse receipts
and fraudulent bills of lading. Har-
rison, former president of the de-
funct concern, was tried in circuit
court here in May and found guilty
of a charge of forgery in connection
with a receipt purporting to repre-
sent a number of bales of cotton at
q. Walhalla warehouse. He was SEN
fenced to -four and One-half years in
the state penitentiary, but appealed
the case. He is under bonds aggre-
eating approximately $4,000, pend
ing outcome of the appeal.
The warrants for the arrest OF
the four men were sworn out by
f. G.. Mansfield, postOffice inspector
for this district, before H. C. Will
liams, United States commissioner.
Date for a preliminary hearing
has not been fixed, Commissioner
Williams stated
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
Separated AZ Years,
Brother and Sister
Reunite at Decatur

Mrs. S. E. Haynes, of Decatur, and
her brother, J. E. Dossey, of Phoenix,
Arizona, met last Sunday for the
first time in forty-two years at the
home of Mrs. Haynes daughter, Mrs.
c. J. Johnson, of 927 Atlanta avenue,
Decatur. The meeting was the aocca-
sion of a family reunion attended by
about fifty members of the two fami-
lies.
Mr. Dossey settled in Arizona
when a young man, and has been re-
siding there ever since. When word
was received he was returning to At,
lanta on visit, plans were made i'm
mediately for the reunion on the
date of his arrival. -Four of Mr..
Dossey's children also were present
at the reunion
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
FORMAL NOTIFYING
Of SEW. EAFOLL.E:TTE
To Be PASSED OVER

WASHINGTON, July 16,-Scnatoy
La Toilette of Wisconsin probably
won't be notified officially tha1 the
recent Cleveland conVcn.l"a of the
conference for progressive political
action Endorsed him as an independ-
ent candidate for president.
He knows he is a candidate-in
fact, he knew it before the con-
vention dideand he knows the del
egates to the convention know it.
AS for their Endorsement, he knows
they know they gave 1t.
SO he has concluded it would be
a waste of time, money and energy
to have a formal notification cere-
mony, such as is custOmarily ac-
corded presidential candidates, and
his supporters, knowing his attitude,
are making no plans for one.
When the conferences national
committee meets here the last Of
the week to work out campaign
plans, it intends to call on the SEN
atOr. That's the nearest approach
there will be to a notification. 1t
probably won't even draw, a speech
from the candidate, VINO intends to
wait for a later opportunity to
launch his speech-making campaign.
Several weeks may elapse before
the La Toilette campaign is in full
swing. A mass of details remains
to be worked out, and the senator
has concluded it would be best to
attend to them first, conserving his
strength for strenuous days later in
the fight when, he figures, argu-
ments will have more telling effect
on the voters
Pledges of support continue to roll
into his headquarters here, numerous
Well-Wishers offering to assist in the
campaign without pay. Those di-
rectlng the campaign here also eX-
press confidence that the American
Federation of Labor will take a stand
favorable to La Toilette, and they
are counting on the support of
George l.. Berry, head of the Press
mems Union, who was a candidate
for the vice presidential nomination
at the Democratic national conyen.
tiOn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
z Fnemen, 7 Negroes
Killed as Explosion
Wrecks Store Building

KANSAS CITY, July 1.-Two
firemen were fatally injured, sew
eral others seriously hurt and seven
negroes burned to death in an ex-
plosion and fire which early today
wrecked a store and apartment
building in a negro district.
The firemen were pinned beneath
a falling wall, and died later at
a hospital.
Bodies of the seven negroes have
been recovered. Twenty others are
missing and searchers believe more
bodies will be found in the ruins.
The fire, it is believed, was start
ed by a gas explosion in a confec'
tiolery on the first floor.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
NEGLIGENCE PARTLY
BLAMED IN FATAL
BAT TLESH|P BLAST

WASHINGTON, July 16.-Secre
tary Wilbur and his technical staff
will determine whether further in
VeStigation is to be made to fix re-
sponsibility for failure to comply
with regulations to which, in part,
a naval court Of inquiry has at
tributed the loss of AZ or as lives
in the turret explosion, June u,
aboard the battleship Mississippi.
The accident. which resulted IN
the death Of three officers and for
tyfour men and the injury of nine
others, with one man not accounted
for, is described by the court of ir-
quiry as one of a series of three eX-
plosiOns in the turret during firing
practice off the California coast. Tn ;.
first resulted in no damage, the
second caused the heavy loss Of life,
and the third, four hours later, add
ed ten to the number Of injured. The
first and third were in the left gun
of the turret and the second was in
the right gun.
The court, which made no recon-.
mendations in it's report, expresses
the opinion that the number Of
casualties in the main explosion
was increased by the presence of
unofficial observers who crowded
the passage ways making exit more
difficult; that the damage casualties
on the left and center guns prob
ably resulted from the failure to
keep the SAFETY doors over the shell
table closed" and that "the fire
in the upper handling room was
caused by the safety doors not be.
ing entirely closed"
The first and second explosions,
it says, probably were due to foul
borey' consequent to insufficient
air pressure and guns not being
properly cleaned of gas before load
rng," with the added consideration
that the expulsion of gas from the
right gin may nave been made more
difficult by its direction into the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
interviewer Mills Resume

MARTINSBURG, W. Va, July
17.-Six plants of the interviewer
Mills, Inc, resumed operations to-
day under a reduced wage scale.
The average cut was 10 per cent.
The plants located at Martinsburg,
Berkeley Springs and Harpers Fer
ry w. Va; HagerstoWn, Md, and
Chambersburg and Carlisle, Pa.
we're shut down on June 90 last be-
cause of slack market.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, July 11.-CottOn spot, linz
tied demand, prices easier: good middliuc.
1I.S2; fully middlng. HIP; midding, 16.4T;
low mddlins, 1862; good ordinary. 14.G2;
ordinary, 14.12. Sales 5000 bales. includ-
ing $500 American. Receipts 5000 bales,
no American.
Futures closed steady. net 81 to &c points
higher than previous close.
Tone, steady; sales, 5000; good middlng,
17S2d,