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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
LEOPOLD AND LOEB
BEGIN TERM TODAY

Chicago. September Jonathan F.
Leopld, Jr., and Richard Loeb will
begin their terms in Joliet penitenti-
airy tomorrow morning, officials of
the, criminal court announced tonight.
The po1umnious details of preparing
the records and commitment papers
made the transfer tonight impossible.
Plans to take the prisoners to Jo-
1iet tonight were abandoned at 6
o'clock when States Attorney Robert
E. Grove announced completion to-
night of the history of the case for
the commitment papers was out of
the question.
The boys were returned to their
cells in the Cook county jail under
double guard They probably will be
transferred to the penitentiary early
tomorrow, according to John Pass
more, clerk of the criminal court
Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman an
nounced upon receipt of word from
Passmore that the boys will be taken
to the penitentiary tomorrow at 9
a. m.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
SOUTHERN ROUTE TO
COAST CHOSEN

Washington, Sept. 10-A new route
for the fight of the army world filters
from Washington to Seattle was an
nounced today by the war depart
ment
The itinerary takes in Dayton,
Ohio; Chicago. Ill; Omaha, Neb.;
ST. Joseph, Mo-; Muskogee, Okla;
Dallas, Texas; ElPaso, Texas; Tue
son, Ariz.; San Diego, Los Angeles
and San Francisco, Cal; Eugene,
Ore, and Seattle, Wash
The original route, which contem-
plated the crossing via Dayton, Ohio;
to Chicago and westward along the
air mail line to Sacramento. was
changed at the request of Lieutenant
Lowell H. Srnith. commanding the
world squadron, after he and his col
leagues had completed a careful in
spection of the airplanes.
The inspection was said in an Off
cia1 statement, made public by the
war department., to have disclosed
strains, resulting from the 800 odd
hours of flying to which the machines
have been subjected, (which have
considerably reduced their efficiency"
and will make it impossible for them
to climb to a height of more than
$500 feet without danger.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11

.131 COUNTIES
ARE CARRIED BY
THE SENATOR
Harris Is Easy Victor Over Hard
wick in Ben Hill

Atlanta, September II. (SpeciaD-
incomplete returns at this hour give
Senator Harris 131 counties, with $40
unit votes, Hardwick counties. with
10 unit votes. Charles Edwards of the
First Congressional District ousted
Congressman Lee Moore and Judge
E. E. Cox beat Congressman Frank
Park in the Second district.
Sam Rutherford was nominated for
Congress in the Sixth district, defeat
ing Ben Fo,'ler of Macon, Congress
man Bell, Brand and Upshaw, all of
whom had opponents were reelected.
John w. Clark has $50 unit votes
against Chas. E. McGregor, who has
l22, for Pension Commissioner. o.
R. Bennett has 176 votes and Mr..
Boifeuillett 90 at this hour.
]. D. Price is we'll in the lead with
1872 unit votes against 102 for his OPP
ponent, A. ]. Woodruff.
Fort E. Land comes out with fly
ing clors, busting Ballard with vote
of 204 to GO.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
Change May Be Made
In Dixie Highway

Request for a resurvey of the Dixie
Highway north of the city is said to
have been made to the State Highway
Department to change the highway
from its present proposed route from
the city limits to route to be carried
north on Wilson Avenue to the cor
ner of the Sword place and then east
to the original highway. This propos-
ed route is expected to give more d.
rect entrance to the city via Grant
street and save quite considerable
sum in paving, eliminating about sew
en- blocks on the drive.
The county commissioners and the
State Highway department are inter-
ested in saving the state and county
money and this change would save
several thousand dollars besides max
mig the route more convenient to the
traffic, according to the promoters of
this change.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
LIFE TERMS
GIVEN LOEB
AND LEOPOLD
Judge Caverly Grants Mercy to
Youth Who Killed Franks
Boy "for Thrill"

CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO,
ILL.,, Sept Jonathan F. Leopold, Jr.,
and Richard A. Loeb, kidnappers and
slayers Of l4-year-old Bobby Franks,
Wednesday were sentenced by Judge
John r. Caverly to life imprisonment
in the state penitentiary at Joliet
saved from the gallows by youth,
1t was the verdict which the defense
had hoped for and from which the
state has no appeal.
And the gay, young defendants
heard it with a smile, smile they
had worn from the time they first
glanced into the court room crowded
with newspaper men, bailiffs and
photographers today.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
PRIMARY BRINGS LIGHT
VOTE IN Rem HTTI.

The primary election Wednesday
failed to bring out the voters of the
county, only about fifteen per cent of
the registered voters expressed their
choice in this county, ffty-four vot-
ing outside of the Fitzgerald pre-
cinct and only four hundred taking
enough interest in the states affairs
to take the trouble to come out to
cast their vote in this district.
The result in the county is as fol-
lows
For Governor: Clifford Walker, 453
For U S Senator: w ] Harris, 30S
T w Hardwick 14l
Pension Commissioner: John Clark,
FAC; Major c F McGregor, 1863
Secretary of State: S. G. McLen-
don, 453.
Treasurer: w ] Speer, asa.
Attorney General: George M. Ma
pier, 454
Comptroller: William A. Wright,
454.
Supreme Court: Price Gilbert, 452,
Samuel C. Atkinson, ASH.
State School Superintendent: N. H.
Ballard, 1873; Fort E.. Land, ESQ.
Prison Commissioner. Judge T E.
Patterson, 453.
Commissioner of Agriculture: ]. ].
I: Brown, 20; George F. Hunnicut, 243.
Court of Appeals: w. Frank Jen-
kins, 452, Nash R. Broy1es, 49,
Railroad Commissioners: O. R.,
Bennett, 288; John T. Boifeuillett.
l158; Albert j. Woodruff, 100; ]. D.
Price, 248
L. L. Griner was nominated to sue
coed himself as Representative in the
General Assembly from Ben Hill
county, running without any opposi-
ton
]. B. Clements, of Irwinville, was
nominated as State Senator from the
45th Senatorial District, he having no
opposition either.
The election was held by Chairman
John D. Dorminy, J. B. Norman, s.
G. Pryor, Jr, T. J. Luke, Ralph Rus
sell, Roy Dorminy, Fred ]. Hartley
and w. r. Dykes.
Delegates to the State Democratic
are: w. R. Bowen, A. ].
Mrs. J. H. Mayes, Mrs.
0. L. Bradshaw; alternates, Fred
Hartley, I. Gelders, Mrs H., A. Math-
is, Mrs Perry Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
Voters in Every State Now Mark
ing Sample Ballots for Davis
Coolidge or LaFollette
VOTING ENDS OCTOBER /
The Fitzgerald Leader Wants Your
Vote; Will Publish Results Re-
= ceived Here and Thruout
Nation Every Week

Do you want to know the
trend of political sentiment thru
out the country in regard to the
coming presidential election?
If you do, you can know by
Incorporating with this newspaper
in it's nationwide presidential
poll which is inaugurated with
this issue of The. Fitzgerald
Leader.
In conjunction with more than
|17OO other daily and weekly
newspapers published in repre-
sentative towns in every state in
the union, The Leader will con-
duct this poll. The voting will
be concluded on Saturday, Oct
ober II. The final vote will be
ANNOUNCED in The. Leader issue
of October %.
In the meantime, announcements
of the progress of the voting will be
published weekly, the report from
other states being forwarded to this
newspaper by the Publishers Autocas-
ter Service of New York, thru which
national news organization this news
paper is served
Vote for your favorite now. Show
your fellow voters of the same polit-
ical faith in other states what you are
going to do for your candidate here in
Georgia. Obviously, to pile UP big
vote for your respective candidate in
the early weeks of the voting will
have its influence in the development
of sentiment.
The Leader is absolutely neutral
and independent in this polling, Re-
gardless of its policy and beliefs at
this time, it is conducting this presi-
dental poll in the interests of all the
voters. The votes as received at this
office will be tabulated accurately and
the voice of Fitzgerald and commune
ty as expressed in that vote will be
forwarded to the New York headquar-
tiers to be tota11ed in the nationwide re
turns.
There is no denying that this is go
ing to be one of hottest and closest
presidential elections in many years.
Regardless of which candidate you
want to help elect, there is no voter
but that will be interested in knowing
the drift of the vote in this campaign
with the party lines down at so many
points as have developed
AS starter, here are some figures
for voters to study. 1t is the very first
returns on this presidential poll The
poll was conducted by the Publishers
Autocaster Service Company of New
York City in three big office buildings
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11

in New York, located in the Times
Square district near And street and
Broadway.
In these three buildings, approx
mately $500 workers are employed.
Some of course, were not of voting
age. Some few had as yet failed to de-
eide for whom they would vote. These
three buildings were selected because
the workers therein employed included
voters of all ranks and positions. ex-
cept the rural or agricultural. They
included both high-salaried 'iSx}ecutivess
and unionized shops. OF the total
1,470 votes cast they included about
an equal number from capital and
labor prOupS
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
CRISP TO BE NOTIFIED
SEPTEMBER nth

Congressman Charles R. Crisp will
be officially notified of his nomination
18th, when a selected COM
mittee. from the fifteen counties in
the district will assemble in Ameri-
Gus and inform our popular Congress
man of his denomination.
Charley, as usual, will furnish a
barbecue to his friends and if he
will have some of that mutton we'll
try TO be on hand
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
A HARBINGER OF
GOOD TIMES

The coming OF two circuses within
short time to South Georgia, the
first in years. is a sure sign that times
are getting better. ShoWmen are keen
business men and they soon scent the
advent of prosperity and get into the
territory to secure the floating dollars
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
FIRE ON WEST PINE
THIS AFTERNOON

The Fire Department was called to
West Pine street this afternoon TO
extinguish fire in small house
near the corner of Bragg, occupied by
colored people The house which be-
longs TO DR. Will Halle sustained on
1y slight damage No insurance.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11

Mr.. ] F. Nelson left Saturday for
trip to the west where he will join
Mrs Nelson for a visit in Nebraska,
before they return home
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11

Otd1 VOC --------- 1,TV
Clip out the sample ballot below
Mark an X before the named OF the
candidate for whom you wish to vote:
Mail or bring to The Leader office II
YOU vote today, it will be included in
the returns which will be announced
in the next issue of this newspaper.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11

Mr.. L. B. Knott left for Windel1, N.
c., for a ten day visit with his family.
Evening star., 1924-05-15
FRANCE WILL COMBAT
GAMBLERS IN FRANCS
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, May 14.-While the noliti-
clans are speculating on the compo-
s1t1on of. the new cabinet Finance
Minister Francois -Marsal is attending
to other spectators, those on tho ex-
change.
1T is impossible to stop the gam
bling. but some persons have power
to stop the play from going too far"
said the minister to Stephane Lau-
zanne OF the Matin, in recounting the
steps he has taken during the last
few days to defend the franc.
The government is limited to the
hrst of June" he said, but every
body should be aware-in America.
throughout Europe and in France
that until the first of June the gov
ernment and the minister of finance
Will not allow the national currency
to be touched. They will defend it
with all the means in their power
The franc is not current business;
the franc is the blood flowing through
out the nation. We have the requisite
weapons and will fight to the last
shot. There is lot of talk about a
financial syndicate. There is no syn
dicate; there is only the Bank of
France, the head OF which has rem
dered yeoman service to the country
in the last ten years. He and I are
in complete agreement.
Let theg amblers beware. Today,
as yesterday, they will find the franc
twenty-four hours have burned their
fingers; others will do well to think
twice before they commit them
selves"
Evening star., 1924-05-15
HOUSE ACCEPTS
ONE-YEAR RENT LAW
Votes 2S7 to 4S to Concur in SEN
ate Amendment-Now Goes
to President.
ONLY TWO ATTACK THE BILL
Tincher and Underhill Oppose
Measure in Speeches.

BY a vote of 2S7 to 4s the House
this afternoon concurred in the SEN
ate amendments to the Iampert bill
continuing the present rent law for
the District of Columbia.
The Lampert bill as it passed the
House would have extended the life
of the Rent Commission for two
years. The Senate amended by cut
ting the extended life to one year
and by inserting provision that
hotels must show in a conspicuous
Representative Tncher. Republican,
Kansas. and Representative Underhill,
Republican, Massachusetts, were the
only speakers in opposition to the mo-
tion made by Representative Lampert
to concur in the Senate amendments.
Representatives Thomas L. Blanton,
Democrat. Texas, and James T. Begg,
Republican, Ohio, urged that the House
concur in the Senate amendments.
The bill now goes to the President
for signature.
Probe May BE Distant.
Prospects of further investigation
of the F. H. Smith Company or others
concerned in alleged irregular prac-
tices, as charged by the Senate Dis
trict committee, today appeared to be
far in the future.
District Attorney Peyton Gordon
has not yet had time from the nu-
merous pressing affairs Of his office
to consider the committee report on
his desk, but will do so at his earliest
opportunity, it was said today
At the Department of Justice efforts
were pointed only against the tenn
porary injunction asked in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by Bates Warren
and Harry Norment against the Rent
Commission. A copy of the report
was transmitted yesterday by Chair
man Ball of the Senate District COM
mittee for use in preparation Of the
Special Assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral H. L. Underwood.
Ready to Continue.
1t was stated on the highest au-
thority at the department that off,
cials there were engaged now solely
with the business of the injunction.
and that the whole matter Of investi-
eating further into matters of irregu-
larity by the Senate committee would
fall wholly within the jurisdiction of
the office Of the district attorney.
1t was said on behalf of Schirmer
and Green, who conducted the rental
investigation for the Senate District
committee, that they were prepared
to continue work, should their serv-
ices be required further, either by
the Senate committee, the office of
the District attorney, or the Depart
ment Of Justice. Mr.. Green has been
in frequent conference with Mr..
ITnderwood hut said it was his
understanding that the only purpose
of the report being in the hands of
the Department of Justice at this
time was to use it in the injunction
suit as evidence in helping prove that
the housing emergency existed.
Evening star., 1924-05-15
STUDY MANUSCRIPTS
IN ORATORY CONTEST
Judges in Star Competition Will
Hold Meeting to Decide
D. G.. Winner.
RICH AWARD AT STAKE
Gets $500 and Participates in Ma.
tional Event.

Last-minute scrutiny is being given
by the judges today to manuscripts
Of the eight orations delivered in The
Stars oratorical contest on the Con-
stitution. following the hearings ac-
corded the delivery during the past
two weeks.
Textual changes made by the high
school orators in the course of deliv-
cry of the addresses are being
checked. and, in general, the most
careful consideration is being given
by Justices Siddons. Robb and Mccoy,
the judges. to the fine points of style
and sentence construction.
After the judges have considered
the manuscripts, they will hold a
final conference to select the winner.
who will represent the District Of
Columbia in the national oratorical
contest to be held June at Me-
mortal Continental Hall.
Owing to the vast amount of work
now in the District Supreme Court
and the District Court of Appeals.
the judges have been unable to get
together for a final meeting
Winner Gets 500.
At their meeting to determine the
grand prize winner, an alternate also
will be chosen. To the winner will go
The Stars check for 5000, as we'll as
the right to compete in the national
contest, at which President Coolidge
is to preside.
Each Of the eight winners in the
high schools here, whose fate is now
In the hands of the judges. has been
awarded The Stars check for 800. as
winner In his or her district of the
local zone of the national contest,
ming Star
Orations on the Constitution were
heard from Ruth Newburn, winner
Winant, Mckinley Manual Training
School,; Edith Miley, Business High
School; Rozier Gaddis. Armstrong
Manual Training School; Lillian L.
Washington. Dunbar High School;
School; Ruth Craven, Holy Cross
Academy, and Dorothy B. Smith,
Western High School.
Contest Of High Order.
The orations and their delivery
were Of uniformly high standard and
merit, so much so that the selection
Of the final winner is no easy task.
The orators themselves visited from
school to school, and most of them
heard the delivery of their rivals ora
tions.
Principals Of the high schools.
teachers and parents and students
are expressing the keenest interest in
the contest. and awaiting the final
selection of the judges with as much
interest as the competitors them
selves.
It is probable that the grand prize
winner will be feted by the winning
school, although plans have yet to be
made in this event. Nearly all of the
schools made ceremony Of the deliv-
cry of the 500 prizes, and 1t Is prob
able that even more will be made of
the presentation of the grand prize
of $500.
In the national contest the District
winner will compete with the six
CONTINUED on Page 4. Column %
Evening star., 1924-05-15
RIVER FLOOD LEAVES
DESOLATION IN WAKE
Refugee Families Find Homes Al
most Total Loss as Waters
Recede.
CANAL ROUTE INSPECTED
officials Undecided on Continuing
Historic Waterway.

AS the flood waters Of the Potomac
began to recede today with the same
rapidity that marked their rise.
officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal set in motion machinery to
open that historic waterway to the
west as quickly as possible.
Although much Of the canal is still
submerged beneath the overflow from
the Potomac and the total damage
cannot be estimated, contracts were
let today for the repair of the two
serious breaks in the banks of the
canal in the vicinity of Chain Bridge.
When the sustaining walls gave way
during this flood, only a little more
than month after a similar cataract
washed great gaps in them. reports
were circulated that the damage was
so great the breaks would never be
repaired ard the canal. which has
been a highway to the west for more
than century, would be abandoned.
On Tour of Inspection.
Officials of the company started
out for a tour of inspection today,
however, and they are proceeding up
the canal as quickly as the receding
river releases it from it's muddy grip.
No decision to abandon the canal will
be reached at least until the inspec-
tion is completed. and examination
of the banks thus far has been so
reassuring that it was decided to let
contracts for repairing the Chain
Bridge breaks Immediately.
Hundreds of families whose homes
were inundated by the flood began to
take stock today. Most of them
found the furniture of their homes
ruined and in many cases it is be-
lieved the houses will never again
yellow mud was left on floors and
walls by the water and the danger
of disease appeared menacing.
Structures Weakened.
In addition the structures them
selves have been seriously weakened
Scarcely had the river backed out of
the houses than the refugees poured
in, taking stock of the damage.
Where two days ago the river banks
were lined with bits of furniture and
clothing salvaged before the flood
reached its crest, now there are rap
idly rising great piles of mud
smeared, ruined furnishings.
1t will be days before the real dam
age is known. Some estimates for
this section were placed at S1,000.000,
but most persons regard this sum as
exorbitant. majority of the homes
swept by the flood were small-some
of them mere camps-and there was
no farm land along the river here to
be dana ged. Only a few miles up
the valley, however, the damage will
run well into several millions of dol
lars
Hundreds of acres of crops have
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1924-05-15
BERGDOLL MAIL PILES UP
Former Friends at Eberbach Out
of Touch With Him.

EBERBACH, Baden, May 15.-Many
letters and kilograms continue to ar
rive for Grover c. Bergdoll, the
American draft evader, who has been
absent from Eberbach since April g..
AS no word has been heard from him,
relatives say they haven't the slight
est idea of his whereabouts, Berg
doll having given no intimation of
his intentions before starting on his
automobile trip. He was accompan-
led by his chauffeur. Stecher, and an
other man.
Bergdoll took some baggage with
him. but his intimates are inclined to
doubt reports that he has started for
America and it is more likely that he
is enjoying himself somewhere in
Switzerland or Italy. Some of them,
however. say they would not be sur
prised If Bergdoll turned up at some
port in the United States some of
these days, as he has been negotiating
for the sale Of the automobile he has
been using for the last three years.
Evening star., 1924-05-15
TO AID BORDER TRAVEL.
Mexico Asks q. S. to Investigate
Immigration Difficulties.
Rv the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, May 15.-The de-
partment of foreign relations has
ordered the Mexican charge d'affairs
in Washington to make representa-
tions to the American government be-
cause of the alleged refusal of ad-
mittance into the United States or the
uniustifiable detention of Mexicans
along the border by American immi-
grafton officials through misinterpre-
fation of the immigration laws.
Several prominent Mexicans are re-
norted to have been unable to cross
the border because of their foreign
names, although they were born in
Mexico.
Evening star., 1924-05-15
Bridge Falls With Train.

GADSDEN, Ala, May 15.-Cellie
Mosely, twenty five, brakeman, is dead /;
Amos Kendrick. fireman. is reported dy-
ing, and John P. Rice, engineer, and
jured as a result of. a. freight train
on the Tennessee, Alabama and Geor-
gia crashing through Yellow Creek
bridge in Cherokee county, Ala, yes
terday.
Evening star., 1924-05-15
Illinois Bank Closes.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May 49,
Drovers' National Bank here was
closed voluntarily today by the board
of directors. President H. r. Dooley
said unexpected losses had been sus-
tanned through failure of two more
state banks and detrimental rumors
persistentiy circulated, resulting in
Withdrawals to a hurtful degree" He
declared that the bank was solvent.
Capital was 100000 and deposits
s62G,310.76.