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Evening star., 1924-04-05
MITSUI FIRM DENIES
MEANS TESTIMONY
Offers to Give Books for Examina-
I ton or to Send Officer as
Probe Witness.
hit SCAIFE'S CHARGES
Letter to Brookhart Says Witnesses
Wrong.
ny the Associa ted Press.

ny the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April General de-
NAL or the truth OF statements made
Ey witnesses before the Daugherty in
vestigating committee conce rning its
relation with the government in con-
nection with tho liquida ton of the
affairs Of the Standard Aircraft Com
pany was entered by Mitsui & Co,
Ltd, Japanese bankers, in a letter
sent yesterday to Senator BrookhaIt,
chairman, and other members or the
committee.
The letter. signed by Shigeji Tajima,
manager of Mit&ui & Co. in this coun-
try, declared the testimony OF Gas
ton +. Means relative to the payment
or 100000 TO Jesse Smith to be un-
true in every detail. Mr.. Tajima also
offered to turn over the company 8
books to the government for investi-
cation and further offered to appear
before the committee upon request.
Denies Testimony Fully.
1T has been reported in the press
rhat Castor 3. Means, a witness
called before your committee, testi-
ned that he received from a JapaneSe
NiltSul ~ Co the sum of 100000 and
mat he turned this sum over to JeSSe
smith, Mr.. Tajtma wrote. I'm some
Of the newspaper accounts it is stated
that it was Jesse Smith who Informed
Means that the sum had been received
from NltSui & Co. AS the opportunity v
% meet this testimony may not be
7forded to US. or may be postponed
for some time, | deem it proper at
this time to make an emphatic and
comprehensive denial of the truth of
he statement made by Mr. Means
j also deny with equal empha asi s
hat NitsUi & Co. has ever acted, di-
rectly or indirectly. as paymaster for
the German government or rece ved
ny disbursed money for the account
he said with reference to the Japa-
0eSe government. We never have
acted as the fiscal agents OF that
government in this country"
Declaring that as manager OF
hitsut & Go, he was familiar with
every detail of it's financial trans
actions, he continued:
Would Have Noted Them.
IF there had been any such paw
Uent as that mentioned by Mr. Means
1T would certainly have come to my
attention. and, of course, would have
been reflected in the accounts of the
company. | am, therefore, able to
assert without qualification that no
such transaction was ever author
fzed or every took place"
The letter adds that at no time
since February. 1922. has Mitsui &,
90. had any communication with the
Department of Justice.
With reference to testimony by
Capt. Scaife. a former Department
Of Justice agent, Mr.. Tajima wrote
that he evidently is Incorrectly in
formed and adds that the history
OF the subject 10 which he testified
can be found in records on file in
the War Department.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Christian Church and until a few
weeks ago had not missed a session
of the Sunday school in more than
a year. He never married.
Rev. y. Rowland Wagner. pastor
of the Baptist Church, otficiated at
the marriage here of Byrl II. John
ston and Miss Helen NJ. Brewer, both
of Washington.
Miss Blanche ]. Corwin, home dem
onstration agent for Montgomery
county, gave demonstration OF hat
making at the public school building
at Germantown few years ago. A
large number of the women attended
and sixteen hats, of an average cost
Of about $3.50, were made. Such
hats, il is said, would retail at about
S5. Another demonstration will be
held there April 23.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
ATLANTIC COAST STREWN
WITH SHIP WRECKAGE
Radio Messages Report Heaviest
Toll of Craft in Many
Years.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, April 5.--Wreckage
from ships lost in recent storms is
strewn all along the Atlantic coast
from few miles south of Cape Henry
to fifty miles below Cape Hatteras.
according TO radio messages received
At district coast guard headquarters.
Storms of recent weeks. it was an
nounced by coast guard officials, have
piled up greater toll of sailing craft
than heretofore had been reported in
the course of an entire winter. Coast
guard cutters will be kept busy sew
eral weeks removing wreckage and
clearing the lanes OF navigation.
Floating wreckage off Hatteras was
reported yesterday by the steamships
Tuxpanoil, Howick Hall and the cut
ter Ma ascoutin.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
EXPECT OPPOSITION
TO RELEASE OF THAW
Alienists Said to Have Prepared
Report Indicating Mental State
Still Unsound.
BY tie Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. April 5.-Oppoe
ton To the release of Harry j..
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White. from
the PcHnsylvania Hospital for ,MeDta
and Nervous Disease, will be present
ed BY the committee Of ThaW's estat-
when the trial for his release begins
here next Thursday. Former Judge John
NJ. Patterson, counsel for Thaw, said
last night he had been Informed thai
alieuists who examined Thaw at tha
asylum had prepared report declar-
ing his present mental state is III
sound and that they would SO stcsttf
at the hearing.
Thaw's mother, Mrs Mary Coplo Y
Thaw committe@ Of his persoI,
joined in the petition for his releas,
The Queen Of Spain is said TO spend
from $4,000 10 $4,000 year on her
wardrobe
Evening star., 1924-04-05
TOY FACTORY BURNED.
$500. 900 Estimated Loss in Balti
more Fire.

BY tire Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Md, April "a six
alarm fire. which ragged for two hours
last night destroyed the factory ware
house of the Carriage and Toy Com
pany here and slightly damaged the
Continental Paper Company, ad
Joining. with an estimated loss of
100000.
The flames, fed on Christmas toys,
dolls and woodwork. ragged 50
fiercely that the University Hospi-
tai, in the same block, seemed threat
ened for a time, and internes stood
ready To remove patients if necessary.
Two firemen were slightly injured.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
CRANDALL ELECTED.
Named Tivoi President at Stock
holders Meeting -.-.

Harry NJ. ,Crandall was elected
president of the Tivoli Theater Com
pauy at a meeting of the stockhold-
ers in the Metropolitan Theater
building yesterday. Other officers
'hosen are: Joseph +. Morgan, vice
president, and Fritz ID. Hoffman,.
Observation-Disclosures. The following
we're elected directors: Joshua Ev-
ans. jr.: Frank V. EiIlian. Joseph P.
Morgan. W. Wallace Chiswell, Avon
VI. Nevius, ]. Elvans Mayfield, A F.
Iorss, Wilton ]. Lambert. II. NJ. Gran
dali and Fritz d. Hoffman,. Mr..
lambert was appointed general
counsel.
Evening star., 1924-04-05


by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Lord
four children, Millard r. Lord, Mrs.
Ella ID. Benson, Mrs. Rose e. Sher-
wood and Mrs. India Warren. He
also leaves sixteen grandchildren and
light great grandchildren.
The pioneer WaShin gtonian was
one of the oldest 4Iasons in the city.
de entered Federal Lodge, No. l, on
January 90, 1859, and received the
Royal Arch degree in Columbus Chap
Ter. No. /, September 2S, 1866.
In addition he was a member OF
Washington Commandery, No. 1.
knights Templar, and Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine. He became one of the
charter members of King David
Lodge. No. %.
Mr.. Lord was also longtime MEM
her of the Association of Oldest In
habitants of the District OF Columbia.
Funeral services will be held at the
Brookland Baptist Church at , o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and burial will
be in Glenwood cemetery. Rev. o.
Q. Dietz is pastor of the church.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
D. C. DRY AGENT SHOT
BY ALLEGED GANGSTER
Isidor Berkowitz Wounded by Man
in Passing Auto While Max
ing Raid.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nd, April 5.-Pro-
hibition Agent Isidor Berkowitz was
shot in the head while participating
in Il raid in east Baltimore yesterday
He was not seriously injured ii was
said at the hospital
The shot was fired by a man sit
ting in passing automobile. The
car disappeared before its number
could be taken and a. prisoner cap
tured in the raid escaped in the ex-
citement.
Berkowitz was one Of the six dry
agents arrested tho day before on
charges of disorderly conduct during
q raid in tho Same neighborhood
Evening star., 1924-04-05
Taxing area Bill Passed,
Ipeeial Dispatch to The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 5.--Senate
bill, No. 206, providing for a taxing
district in section 4, Chevy Chase, Md,
enormously reported as having died
FOR lack of action when the legislature
adjourned. was passed by both the
senate and house and now is awaiting
the signature of Gov Ritchie. ~
Evening star., 1924-04-05
RICHMOND LAWYER DIES,
Eugene Massie Stricken With
Heart Disease.
By the Associated Press.

BF IIC NsSDCIaItU FTtss.
RICHMOND, Va. April 5.-Eugene
Massie, 62, Richmond lawyer, who has
been active in public affairs in Vir-
ginia for three decades. died suddenly
of heart disease at his home here last
night
Evening star., 1924-04-05
J. B. LORD is DEAD;
MASON SINCE 1859

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Over 100 Families Nov
Own RURIEITH Homes
At ;}6th and Sts. NV
R17R1Frr1z was the result of twenty years direct
personal contact with the home
buying people of Washington.
We knew it had to be successful in the face of
high rents and bad living conditions found in
rented properties.
But we never realized it's wonderful possibilities
until we we'll into it's development
Now see that many people of considerable
means are buying these homes because of their
UNUSUAL LDISTINCTIVENESS and because of
superior refinement and future possibilities of
the neighborhood.
Why Pay More
when such homes and such environments of
neghborhood are obtanable at these prices?
Prices Now $500 to SO, 500
And still we offer our established system of easy
terms that have proven SO successful wherever
we have built and sold homes
We again call your attention to the fact that
here, as has always been our reputation, we set
NEW STANDARDS in HOME DESIGNING,
CONSTRUCTION AND VALUES WORTHY
of taking time to see. Sales Are The Real
Proof of That
The Sample Homes tcH be open
Every Day until $50 o'clock pm.
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
GOODLOE H. YANCEY
is DEAD IN ATLANTA
SECRETARY OF PRISON COM
MISSION rs YEARS. OF DIS
TINGUISHED FAMILY.

Captain Goodloe Harper 4ancey,
ST., for 25 years secretary OF the state
prison commission and one OF the
most popular officials at the state cap
itol died suddenly Monday morning
at a private sanitarium. He had been
in i'll health for about three weeks,
but his condition was not considered
serious until Sunday night, when
complications developed and heart
trouble caused his death.
The funeral will be held at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning from the
Second Baptist church, Dr. John f.
White, former pastor OF the church,
but now OF Anderson, s. c., offiCiat-
ing The remains will be taken to
Athens, Ga, at HE'S for interment.
Born in Montgomery, Ala, Captain
Yancey was 70 years OF age, having
passed the seventy-sixth birthday on
" a few days ago. His father, the
late Judge William Lowndes 4ancey,
was one OF the foremost figures in the
Southern Confederacy, serving as min
lister plenipotentiary to Europe for
Confederate States Of America.
Rode With Morgan.
While Captain Yancey was a stu
dent at the University OF Alabama the
war between the states broke out and
he enlisted as a private in Morgan's
cavalry, later known as Morgan 5
Raiders. After long service with this
famous cavalry unit, he was trans
ferred to the army OF northern Nir-
ginia under General Lee and was
wounded in the campaign around
Richmond, winning a commission as
first lieutenant for distinguished brav-
cry in action. His wounds incapacitat-
ed him for several months and at the
close of the war he returned home to
find that his father had died and his
mother had moved to Auburn Ala.
He completed his education at the
University of Georgia, receiving his
Bachelor OF Arts degree, and at the
death OF his mother, made his home
in Athens, Ga, engaging in the lum-
Der business with mills in north Geor-
gia and Alabama.
He is survived by his widow; two
brothers, Dalton H. Yancey, OF Tam
pa. Fla. and William E. Yancey, OF
Birmingham, Ala; four daughters,
Mrs. Howell Cobb Erwin, of Athens,
and Misses Mary Ella Yancey, Sarah
F. Yancey and Mary Hope Yancey,
all of Atlanta; also five sons, William
Lowndes Yancey, OF Jacksonville,
Fla; Goodloe H. Yancey jr B. Earl
Yancey, Sidney T. Yancey and Louis
-. Yancey, all of Atlanta.
Captain Yancey was member OF
the Second Baptist church and was
affiliated with the Knights OF Pythias.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
PAIR SLEW FIFTY-ONE;
BOTH PRISONERS YOUNG
American Is Among Victims of Pc
lish Fiends. Confess Crimes.

An American was one OF the 81 per
sons slain with pistol and knife by
Stanislay and Germanida Zbonski
young married man and woman who
now are covering in Jail at Grondo
Poland awaiting their doom. Al
though the man is only % and his
wife p, police say they have blazed
a trail OF blood and crime which out
does anything in criminal history.
The American was robbed during a
fair. The man cut his throat while the
woman rihed his pockets of nearly
$1,000, according to the authorities
In this crime the couple had an &C
complice named Karlicki, it is believ-
ed The name OF the American, how
ever. has not been learned
The man and woman lived III the
vilest underworld of Grondo, and
there found most of their victims. Pc
lice are said to have caught them in
the act OF numbering a man. They
were arrested, and their confessions
followed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
FIRST BALE COTTON
EXPECTED TOMORROW
SEVERAL FARMERS EXPECT
TO DO GINNING LATTER
PART OF THE WEEK.

The continued hot, dry weather OF
the past weeks had wonderful effect
on the cotton crop OF Terrell county
Nearly every farmer can boast OF bolls
OF open cotton, while numer have
enough to warrant picking
Mr.. Paul Harris states that he has
enough cotton in the field now open
to complete a bale and that he will
have his cotton ginned not later than
Wednesday. A number OF other farm
ers expect to have sufficient cotton
to warrant ginning and the last OF the
week should find Terrell county with
several bales to her credit
The first bale last year was grown
by Mr.. w. H. Locke, and made its
appearance at the gin on August IS
This would seem to indicate that the
cotton crop is nearly week ahead
OF the one last season. The local mark
ct quotes midding at % cents today
Old legends tell OF men who had the
power to look down and see where
gold and silver lay hidden.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
BOSSISM SCORED AS
ELDERS QUITS RACE
TAX-D ODGIN POLITICIANS
CONTROL STATES DESTI-
MES. HE DECLARES.

Trading politicians and tax dodg-
ers control the destinies OF Georgia
and the people are not aroused to
their situation Representative Her
schel H. Elders, of Tattnal county
declared in a statement issued Satur-
day, Withdrawing from the race for
the governorship this year, and an
nouncing his candidacy two years
hence. The withdrawal OF Mr. Elders
leaves Clifford Walker unopposed.
'In withdrawing from the race for
governor | propose to tell the truth,
and | now declare that my only rea-
son is that | have learned | can not
be elected" Mr. Elders declared. Il
learned this from a little more than
10000 letters | have received from
every section of Georgia, in which l
was told that | had the best platform
ever offered the people, but | could
not be elected If my supporters have
no hope. then in sorrow | quit.
Mr.. Elders states that he expects
to make at least one speech in every
county in Georgia during the next
two years, and will be a candidate Tor
governor in 1926, unless the legisla-
ture reforms tax measures. He ap-
peals to the people to elect house
and senate that will redeem Georgia
from 'bossism" and offers to furnish
the record OF any public man in Geor-
gia, upon request.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
BIG FLOOD SWEEPS CHINA;
NEARLY MILLION HOMELESS
100000 Square Miles Inundated, and
Destitute People Camp on bikes.

The suffering at present throughout
the flooded area of China is intense
and the loss OF life and damage to
property great. Heartrending sights
may be seen in all parts OF the mum
dated district.
Moderate estimates place the mum
dated region at 100000 square miles
of the northern provinces. Thousands
of lives have been lost and there are
perhaps 100000 flood sufferers
In some Of the districts whole vii
lagos have been swept away and
thousands are homeless, camping on
the tops OF the dikes of the Yungt1ng-
no river. Seven breaks in one OF the
dikes from 1900 to 1000 feet long
have done great damage TO 800 vii
lagos which are cut off from food sup
plies. The government is rushing food
as quickly as possible to the isolated
districts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
LAWYERS PAY BEER BILL
OF WASHINGTON'S KIN

OXFORD England. Members
OF the American Bar Association
have paid a college debt OF seven
teen shillings ten pence Tor bat,
tai" more specifically, bread and
beer. which was left unpaid by
Lawrence Washington, great-unccIe
of George Washington, when ne
left Brasenose College in 1865,
After luncheon in the hall OF the
college with the principal and TEL
low OF Brasenose the visiting law
vers were shown old college rec.
ords. including this unpaid bill OF
Washingtons when he was a tel
low OF the college.
Immediately afterward the Amer
seventeen shillings and ten pence,
leans subscribed the outstanding
with the understanding that &C
crued interest be waived. They
handed the money TO the principal
so that the Brasenose records no
longer would show any blot on the
escutcheon OF the Washingtons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
Cotton Coop Pays a
Million as Final Proceeds
Ten Million Dollars Worth of Staple
Sold During Season Just Ended.


Checks aggregating $l252,634 were
being mailed out Saturday as final dis
tribution to farmers on their cotton
sold during the season just closed
through the Georgia Cotton Growers
COOPERATIVE Association
The association handled 1882 bales
during the season ending June so and
sold this cotton for a gross amount OF
.$10306,94208. In volume of business
and extent OF influence it is the high
est development of cooperative mer-
chandising in the history OF Georgia
The average price obtained for the
cotton of all grades was 3005 cents
a pound. The expense OF conducting
all OF the business, including insur-
ance, warehousing and interest, was
155 cents a pound for the cotton
handled. The mathematical average
net obtained for the growers OF cot
ton handled thus was $3.50 cents a
pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
LIGHTNING SHOCKS NEGRO
AT DISMUKE HOME SUNDAY
lin Clark Is Stunned by Bolt Strik-
ing Fence Near Him.

Jim Clark, chore boy for w. H.
Dismuke on Lee street, was severely
shook up by a bolt OF lightning late
Sunday afternoon.
Jim was doing the afternoon duties
of bringing the cows from the pasture,
and was in the act OF opening the wire
gate when the lightning struck the
fence farther down. The wire fence
being a good conductor the shock felt
by Clark was strong and he was rem
dered unconscious and seemingly
paralyzed and speechless. Medical at
tention was obtained Immediately and
he is much better, although still con-
fined to his bed One of the cows
which were passing through the gate
at the time was also stunned but was
all right in a short time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
Business Change.

l have purchased the McCollun
Studio from Mr.. r. {. McCollum ant
will continue to run the shop under
the same name and same principles
The entire studio viii be remodelet
and other Improvements and fixture:
for the making of better pictures add
ed. The offices and refnishing depart
ment will be located upstairs after the
first OF September. l sincerely invite
your patronage J. c. BAILEY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
WIFE JAILS SHERIFF TO
SAVE HIM FROM DISGRACE

Declaring that to save her husband
from disgrace she was forced to lock
him in his own Jail, Mrs Irene Kelly
is suing former Sheriff John F. Kelly,
OF Suffolk county, n. Y, for divorce.
Kelly, in reply, said that he dismissed
his wife from her job as matron OF
the county jail because OF her desire
to be sheriff
Among cattle and beast of burden
the tail is a weapon OF defense against
flies and other insects.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
GIRLS AUXILIARY CLASS
MET AT HOME OF TEACHER

The Girls Auxiliary class of the
Baptist church met at the home of
their teacher, Miss Havelyn Bolton,
on recent afternoon, with nine mem
bers present After a short devotional
service officers were elected and other
business transacted. Miss Bolton serv-
ed her pupils with cream and cake.
The next meeting OF the class will be
held in the Baptist Baraca room Fri
day, August LIST.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
MOULTRIE MAN WILL OPEN
DEPARTMENT STORE HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Mize to Close
Doors After Fifty Years Here.

Another business house will soor
be added to the rapidly growing bus
mess section OF Dawson. Mr. Carver
OF Moultrie, will open a department
store at an early date. He will place
his business in the store house soor
to be vacated by Mr.. and Mrs {. l.
Mize
Mr.. and Mrs. Mize have announced
their intentions of retiring from the
business world after operating book
and millinery store in Dawson for the
past ffty-four years opening for the
first time in 1870 after removing here
from Americas. The store of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mize was an institution and land
mark OF the city and there are thous-
ands OF people over the county who
regret the closing of their store,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-05
Special Notices

FOR SALE-Two good farm mules.
J. L. HILL, Brentwood, Ga. 4-22-tf.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-18
immigration Heads
Shown by Detroit
Paper as Czarists
BIZ SHERMAN BOWMAN

NFeusFdteu TFesS StaH Oorrespondent.)
DETROIT, July 1.-THE entire
editorial page of the Detroit News of
Sunday, July Is, was devoted to an
exposure Of the czaristic methods of
the federal immigration bureau, the
department of labor and the depart
ment of justice.
The Detroit News is one of the most
influential and wealthy newspapers of
the middle west. It's Sunday circula-
ton is near 100000. The editorial ap-
pears to have been written after re-
ceipt by the News of letter from P.
L. Prentis, head of the important De-
troit immigration district. After Prem
tbs, detectives and secret agents of the
local bureau of the department of
justice, immigration inspectors and
officials at Washington had succeeded
in deporting Nicolai Mansevich, a
Russian alien, in the face of wide
spread protest. Prentis wanted to crow
a bit.
Prentis wanted the News to retract
previous editorial criticism of the de-
portation. The new editorial proves
that it was at least equally depart
ment of justice frame-up.
The editorial, which occupies four
closely printed columns, reviews the
cruel and fraudulent methods by
which Prentis misrepresented the case
both to the innocent deportation vic
tim and to the public.
The Detroit News is not radical. But
it fears that inhuman misgovernment
like the conduct of the Mansevich case
will breed large numbers of radicals
and endanger the conservative hold
on the land.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-18
Bosses Finding 1t
Pays to Keep Their
Workers in Trim

Federated Press Industrial Edltor)
NEW YORK, July 17.-Bosses are
finding out that it pays to keep the
wage-slave in working trim, according
to the latest bulletin of the Merchants
Association of New York 1t gives as
an example large middle-West manu-
featuring corporation that has reduced
the average yearly loss of working
time from nine days to IS hours for
each worker. This miracle has been
achieved by the cheap expedient Of
installing company doctor and other
basic reforms, such as supplying rub
bers and umbrellas on rainy days In
large eastern public service plant
tuberculosis among employees has been
reduced two-thirds during the last ten
years by company medical director.