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MELLON MAKES I SUGGESTION FOR i ALUED CONCORJ) Secretary's Informal Proposal May, Aid. I in Solution. Suspect Reasserts In- Denying Membership in Klari Not Perjury; (By Associated Press) ROCKINGHAM, N. July 23. i Holding that an admitted member of the Ku Klux Klan, does not commit perjury, in swearing (hat he Is not a Knight of the Ku Klux Klan, a superior court Jury acquitted J.

Haw ley, well known local railroad man, on a charge of perjury here tonight case grew cut of the trial in 1922 of a mail who was in dieted by a grand jury on which Hawley sat. The defendant filed and affidavit Charging that Haw-i ley was a Knight of the Ku Klux Klan and a denial was made by Hawley In a counter affidavit, Later Hawley -Introduced a speaker at ah open meeting here in the interests of the Klan and -a member 'of the state senate who was in the audience inquired If he was a member of the organization. Hawley replied in the affirmative. He was indicted shortly afterward for perjury. s.

It 300 Feet. BODIES MANGLED Driver Stops But Does Not See Approach- ing 1 tBy Associated Press) Oak Harbor, Ohio, July 23. Ten persons were killed and ten ''others were injured, some seriously, early tonight when a New York Central IS WAITING CAME Bankers' Demand for Written Formula (Br Associated Pi) London. Juiv 2J With the French maintaining the aaflctlty of Versailles; treaty and the inter'na- tlonal bankers equally Arm In their vdemanda for definite guarantees to satisfy Investors In America anil passenger train crashed Into tn au- i tomoDiie truck at a grade crossing i elsewhere who will be asked to sup port German loan necessary to launch tht Dawes plan, the inter outside thia village. jwere 31 -'persons 1 in the truck.

They had been on a day's outing at Sand Beatjh," on Lake Erie, and were returning to tnelr homes when the accident happened- I The dead: i-t Mrs, Bern Cook, 40; Mra. Mabel Wold, 88; Forest- Cronlnger, 14; Ylola Cronlnger, 40: Olga Pratt, 17; Milan Schaaf, 12; Holdon Huffman, 14; Elda Olds. 14. andGeraldle Schimf, 14, ail of Attica, Ohio, and George Spangler, 20, WUlard, Ohio, driver of the truck, Eye-witnesses of the accident de. clared that the driver of the car allied conference has resolved itself into a delicate waiting game.

The question Germany's presence at the conference) table was dlsoussed and was virtually the only advance made' at the second plenary session held In the foreign office this afternoon. The commlt- tees appointed a week ago have withheld their reports because It is eijmposslbla' to, make any real prog-irsss the existing differences between the bankers and the French ar are unyielding, but the BBltlsh, Belgian and American delegates ar striving to reach a com-. the good offices of Secretary of Treasury Mellon even hav-Jng been Invoked at the Downing street breakfast this morning when he was the guest of Premier Mac- HEADQUARTERS OF DEMOCRATS Home of Davis to Be Center of Election Campaign." r': RADIO-TO BE USED Candidate at Work on Speech Accepting Nomination. (By Associate-Press.) Washington. July 23- Democratic national campaign headquarters will center at the Locust Valley, L.

home of John W. Davis, In the opinion of Clem L. Shaver, the new national chairman. Other principal headquarters, Mr. Shaver said, will be in.

New York and Chicago, and afterwards regional offices Will be 'opened. None these however, la to be estab-J Ushed until he gains a thorough knowledge of the national committee headquarters In Washington. Mr. Shaver spent today in studying the committee organization and conferences with Cordell Hull, retiring- chairman, and Senator King of Utah. He was not prepared say when the speaking campaign would get into full swing hut declared, that work along that line was proceeding.

The new chairman expressed the belief that the radio would be selected as one of the principal means of appealing to the voters. (By Associated Press.) Dark Harbor lslsboro. Maine, July 23 Fairly rapid strides were made today by John w. Davis on his address accepting the Democratic Presidential nomination. Much of the flist draft had been reduced to writing and present expectations are that it will be virtually completed when he returns to.

New-York. There has been no lack of suggestions as to subjects. "If I were to put into the speech1 oil- the suggestions that have reached Mr- Davis snld today. "It would an unique address." As has been his custom, the nominee spent the morning In his studio workshop at the home of Charles Dana Gibson, and in the afternoon he. visited the Tarratlne course for round of golf- E.

S. Mitrtitft editor, ei Life. was the gpchfeon'-'itMs twpwtunmdate. (Clem L. Shaver, of West.

Virginia. enmnaisrn manager for Mr.f Davie arid thef party leaders are working 'L eut campaign organisation without bothering the candidate with details. Jeffersonian Democrat. Asked' today about a statement In the Nation that he Is a Jefferson ian Democrat, the nominee said he admitted it and that consequently it would'not be necessary to press that to proof. "I am a real Jeffersonian Democrat." he said.

personally thlpk that Jefferson was the greatest political thinker this country has produced and I expect to die in that faith. "If Jefferson's principles are true, and I think they are then they remain true even with changing time- Their application may change, but they do An offer of an Oregon wlldcut was made to Mr. Davis today by two men who telegraphed him from a point In Massachusetts. They said they had observed that was physically fit to fight his weight in these animals, and tbat they would be glad to send him one If he would advise them of a ship-ping destination- This Is only one of the usual crop of like 'offers that-. come to Presidential candidates.

Federals Take Care Not To Damage Sao Paulo Buenos Aires, July 23. A dis patch to La Naclon from. Santos quoted Admiral Penido, command lng the Santos Base, as saylne "The care being taken not to de-story buildings and to avoid casualties among- the non-combatants is the reason for the slowness of our movement (on Sao Paulo). Our forces are maintaining the positions already taken and advancing surely and occupylnK the next ones. Victory for the forces of the law Is near hand." Picnic Place Is 'Cause of Battk HOUSTON, Mo.

July 23-Mrs Fred Funkey Is near death from' a shot wound, ber son, Fred Funkey, Jr, 22, is in a critical condition fromx knife wounds ana her husband, aged 85. Is badly cut over the face and hands and Is under arrest here as' the result of a free-for-all family fight today at their' home near Arroll. In which a daughter, Lola, 17. was engaged. The argument precipitating the fight is said to have started in a disagreement as to where the family should spend( the Fourth of July.

Ever since, according to reports, the family as been in a quarrel over the matter. Funkey alleged to have shot his wife In the back with a shoteun loaded with two "bill bearings. Funkey, officers were told, then was attacked by his son, who was wounded by a large knife cut In the left side which severed one rib. Coming to her brother's rescue, Lola beat her father off with' a heavy plank and cut him badly over the head and hands, it is charged. On his arrival In Houston, Funkey's wounds were dressed and he was placed in Jail.

Physicians declared Mrs. Fun-key's wounds would be fatal. 20 Mexican Children Die in Movie Panic. (Br Associated Press) Vera'Crub, Mexico, July 23.., Twenty children were trampled to death and 17 persons were injured in the Eslava theater tonight when the film of a moving picture caught fire and threw the spectators into a panic. Smoke Stack Falls 1 1 Stories and Kills 4.

(By Associated Frews) Dstroit, July 23. Four persons were killed, three instantly, and one seriously Injured here today when a smoke stack, said to have been weakened by the action of the wind' and weather, fell from the roof of the Charlevoix building, eleven' stories, into an automobile on the street below. The dead and Injured were In the automobile. They are: Ernest Linwood Morey, driver; his Mr '-Louise Morey, and Mrs, 'Minnie LeHigh, wers killed. Instantly.

George LeHigh, husband of Mrs. LeHigh, died at a 'hospital a few minutes after the accident. The injured: Mrs- Genevieve LeHigh. Wesly Morey, 14. Three Children Die in Trying to Save Fourth.

(By Asitoclutrd Prms.) Natchitoches, July 23 Four daughters of J. K. Chestnut, of Natchitoches, rangli in age from 10 to 17 years, were drowned while bathing In Cain Lake near, here early tonight. Three of the victims lost their lives while attempting to rescue a younger sister. LAFOLLETTE CAMPAIGN AT MIDSUMMER EBB Senator Busies Himself With Selection of Committee, (By Astoclattd Press) Washington.

July 23 Campaign activities in behalf of the LaFol-lette-Wheeler ticket were almost at midsummer ebb today, Senator LaFollette saw few people, and busied himself with the selection of an executive committee of eleven members, to assist Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, the manager of the campaign. Senator Wheeler prepared to leave for a vacation that will precede a strenuous speech-making tour later in the summer. By automobile, the (-. Senator at his family will proceed early tomorrow to New England, and will spend some three weeks at seashore points. At Hos-ton, about the middle of August, as far as tentative plans-have been made, he will Inaugurate the stumping part of the campaign at a mass meeting.

Farmers' Institute in the on of or Donald. Later Mr. Mellon con ferred with Mr. MacDonald, Thomas Lamont, Sir Montague Norman and 61r Robert Klndenley. It is stated tonight that Mr.

Mellon in an unofficial way had contributed a suggestion which was likely to be of great assistance in finding a way out of the present Bankers "Interlopers'. The French delegates take the view that the bankers are interlopers In the London conference, which Should be of a wholly political nature. But the bankersu maintain l-hat they re merely Interpreting -'jtheir investing markets so that the needed loan will be readily sub-t scribed when the German govern-j jnent asks for it.y I It was authoritatively stated to-f night that in regard to defaults and Mniflnn. unriA thlt Tlii nlnn. the French have' Verbally indicated their willingness to pursue a policy thtt the bankers could whole heart-edly recommend to Investors.

The problem is to reduce the verbal pledges to an acceptable written formula which would satisfy the i U. S. Lawyers Unveil Blackslone jStatue. ONDON, luly 23. A statute '-'of Blackstone-was unveiled today in the Law Courts to "remain for centuries to inspire England as Blackstone inspired America in law." These were the words with which tbo BfitlBh lord chancellor answered George W.

General of the United States, who in unveiling the statute which ls ma Km oi me American uar, referred to Blackstone's Commentaries as "the most permanent link between the English speaking peoples and the greatest power behind the laws of the two countries." Addressing the lord chancellor after the Stars and Stripes and tb Union, Jack had been pullud from the statue, Mr. Wlckersham said: "I ask that this monument may remain here as an assurance that both you and we shall look at things from the same standpoint." ACTION ATTACKS STATE COAL OIL INSPECTION LAW Constitutionality Is Questioned in Plea for Injunction. Memphis, July constitutionality of Tennessee's coal oil Inspection law was attacked in United States District court here today by the National OH Refining Company, which seeks an Injunction restraining the enforcement of fee collections, under the law. The principal allegation upon which the suit Is predicated is that the inspection fees charged by the stat are in excess of (he cost of maintaining the inspection depart ment and' therefore, in violation of the constitution of the United States. It Is law constitutes 6n obstruction of interstate commerce, the regulation of which is vested solely In con gress.

The bill also cites the four teenth amendment to the constitu'- tlon, which provides that rio' TState. without the consent of congress, shall levy any duties on Imports or ex ports, except what may be. neces sary for executing its inspection laws. In support of Its charge that fee collections exceed the cost of ex cutlng the Inspection law. the com plainant cites figures to show that from 1909 to June 30, 1924, receipts rrom oil inspections In the state totaled $2,648,505.35, while expenses of collecting the fees amounted to $230,045.85.

The complainant paid under the law during period of 1919 until May 24, 1924. according to the bill. The, oil company claims it is en gaged in interstate commerce tnd that the Inspection law should not be enforced against Its products ex cept to the extent that Is necessary to pay the actual expenses of exe cuting the iaw. No date of hearing of the injunction petition has been filed. Three Federal judges will hear the case as the result of the Federal Cori stitution having been brought Into tne action.

BODY BELIEVED THAT OF KN0XVILLE WOMAN Chattanooga's Murder Mys tery Being Cleared; Arrest Imminent. (Special to Th. T.nnesen) lhattanooga, July 23. That Miss Augusta Hoffman, form er Knoxvllle modiste, mysteriously disappeared In 1915 from 15 Bluff View, this city, where a skeleton of a woman was found this weei under a floor In the basement, was revealed by an Investigation Knoxvllle today by detective E. Warren, of the Bodekcr Nationa detective agency.

That the gold spectacles and the falsa teeth found In the grave were similar to those worn by Miss Hdffman was also established by the search in Knox vlllo. Meantime an investigation carrlei on here by Conorer Lee Hancock and Detective Joe Paradlso furnished sufficient evidence for warrants to be sworn out for members of a family residing in the bouse Lt No, 15, at the time, and whose arrests will be attempted tonight in a dla taut city, the name of which withheld for the present. A Knox ville modiste, a friend of Miss Hoff man whose name withheld positively Identified the glasses a those of Miss Hoffman. The flajes, It was established, were made by the Cook Jewelry Knoxvilltk The Knoxvllle modiste al brougnt -forth a letter written by Mrs. Charles Parker, state college Pennsylvania, a sister of Miss Hoff man, in which she told of her dls appearance.

MACLAREN AT MURAKAMI Tokio, July 21. A Stuart Mao Laren, the British flyer, arrived at Murakami Bay, Paramashlru Island, Kuriles, at 7:30 this evening from Tokotan Bay, Uruppu Island. nacgnce as Minister Counsels Him to Be Truthful. 1 OFFICERS COMING Will Take South Carolinian Back to Face Trial With Alleged Accomplice Whatever burden of guilt there Is In the heart of Frank Harrell, 23 years old, alleged accomplice in the muroep or Major samuei ti. mc Leary near Cheraw, S.

July 2, was made infinitely heavier, and whatever of Innocence, lighter, by a prayer in bis cell at the city jail Wednesday night His plea for a minister to pray with and talk with was answered at 10 p. when officers admitted Dr. George Stoves, pastor of West End Methodist church. It was a strange scene, and one seldom precedented in the menTbry of police. Through the bars of his cell, the halt-naked body of the accused, stripped to the waist because of heat, shone, bronze in the incan descent light.

On an upper bunk sat his 29. year-old brother, crying faintly; and at arm's length through the bars stood the minister, looking eye to eye at a face whose express sion never changed except toward the last when tears came. 'It's a hard fight you've got, boy," Dr. Stoves told him, "and one you may not win. You're hot a bad boy; I eon see it in your eye.

You're not the kind of boy 1 expected to find here when they called me. I'd trust you, I'd put my faith in you. Others May Not Believe 'But other men may not b)lvfl as 1 do. They may find you guilty; may take your life. Tell them your story; tell them the truth; ten them as yoU'were telling God; and pray that the Father give you justice." A But for the voice of the minister.

there was ho sound. S)thef prlsopi f-rs nart pome cinno to near, ana en. looKers in tne corrwors uncovered as In an Upieen Prewnco. 'T' jf "I've tried to live right, sir said Harrell, his accents now- freed tor the first time fr the tang of the simple, uneducated native Georgian that ho Is He cannot read or write, his only capacity In these art's being to scribble the outlines of hia own surname. "I've tried to live right, sir, and I believe in God.

He's seen me through lots of troubles, and 1 believe He'll See me through this; for I'm as innocent as the angels in heaven." Minister Prays While the prison stood In silence. and officers from the desk stood by, Dr. Stoves prayed for justice and for members of the two men's fam- llv. Andrreality suddenly dawned as a drunkard, two cells away, cursed aloud. South Carolina officers are en route here to take Harrell back Tor trial.

He will not fight extradition. AH day before the coming of Dr. Stoves, Harrell had been calling for a minister; a Methodist minister If possible, for his family In Moul trie, Ga. was of that faith. He asks that his brother-in-law, John B.

Osborne, of George Morris a farmer living five miles from Ash land City. and his brother and half-brother. R. K. Harrell, re siding on First street Inman, S.

C-, ahd W- H. Jones, emnloye of the Alsace cotton mills, Mt. Holly, N. be notified of his predicament. CI Harrell Arrested Tuesday Harrell and his brother were picked up here as vagrants Tuts day at 4 p.

were not sus pected of connection with the Mc Leary murder until Robert Side-bottom, chief of detectives, began questioning them Wednesday. Until thier arrest. Harrell had never disclosed his knowledge of the murder to anyone. In their cell, he told his brother. Gerald, with whom he came here ijom Mt.

riony. in u. in search or worn, stoppinjr on the way to see their mother at Ashland City. "I never talked," Harrell said, 'because King said he would bump me off If I ever 'cheeped' about It. King shot the major, and covered him Op wlh brush.

"He took me to his brother-in- law's home outside of Canton, N. and we stayed there threo days. 1 skipped out the first chance I got. but I never said anything became King said he'd follow me if I told nnd put another notch on his gund if he had to do it while 1 was asleep. Says He Feared King.

Harrell Is married. His young wife lives near Hamilton, S. and Is an jiectnt mother, he said. Harrell slept In the same bed with King for three nights after the killing, he said, explaining that "I 'das-sen't talk or try to get away, until I cot a good chance." This chance came, he said, on the way to Canton one day with King's brother-in-law and his father. hoboed from Canton to Mt.

Holly the home of his brother and on to Harrell Is married, his young wife living near Hamilton, S. C. She is an expectant mother, he said. While serving In the Rainbow Di vision overseas he was shot three times, twice through the abdomen and once on the leg. He first met King in a boarding house In the cotton mill district of Union, 8.

three months ago, according to bis story. King boarded at the same house, he said, and was (Continued on Page 10.) of in to Danners ana ai me same umo V1 Premier Herrlofs flag flying in the f. French parliament. It was to this 1 end that Ambassador Kellogg and PLOT IS REVIEWED Defendants Seem More Worried by Heat Than Evidence. (By Associated Press) Chicago, July 23.

Nathan Leopold, JrM -and Richard Loeb faced sorrowing parents 6f their boy wlctim today at the bar of justice, victim todavy at the bar of Justice, ness stand as they told with tear- moist eyes the story of their son's disappearance and heard sob- choked voices whisper affirmative answers to the state's proffered ex hibits of the little fellow's clothing. On the part of the brilliant but criminal young defendants, no emo tion was displayed. motionless and with an expression: of only casual Interest his features, watched the mother young Robert Franks with scarce the blinking of an eye. Loab, his companion, gave little outward sign of perturbation. Throughout the day, however, Loeb showed- some reaction to the proceedings.

He came into court with eyes staring and jaw pendulous and frequently licked his lips picked at threads on his sleeves. Loeb leaned forward In his chair; Leopold slouched down on his shoulder blales. Both EnJoy Speech. The wo; young Intellectuals, whose academio achievements branded them in their university standings as endowed geniuses, were in court today in the first day's hearing before Judge Caverly. chief justice of the criminal court of Cook county, In somewhat unorthodox legal proceedings which Is to determine the.

fate of the confessed slayers- Facing the state's attorney, Robert E. Crowe, with fixed eyes as he styled their crime the ''most crueL cowardly and dastardly murder ever committed In the history of American jurisprudence," 'the defendants apparently found mental stimulus In the oratorical effort of the prosecutor. In a brief pause which followed this climax in Mr. Crowe's 'opening statement, the defendants whispered to each othor words afterwards described by Loeb as "really funny." Arter hearing a detailed recital of their carefully laid plans, their movements and the finding of the nudt body of their 14-year-old victim In a water-filled culvert beneath a railroad crossing In a desolate outlying section, once described by Leopold as an ideal spot for ornithological field work, the young defendants left the eourtroom jauntily. As they entered an elevator to return to their guarded cells, they lanehed audibly at each other's twlttings.

Guilty Pleas Affirmed, The proceedings are designed to Inform the court exactly on the evidence In the case, to assist him in fixing- a just sentence. Formal pleas of guilty to two indictments for kidnaping for ransom, and for nrst degree murder were entered Monday, revi-rslng previous plans or not guilty. Today, In Arm voices the youths once more affirmed their pleas of guilty. Their fate now rests, in the language of Clarence Darrow. chief counsel for the de fense, on "the mercy of the court." Both prisoners were pointed but In court today by various witnesses as principals in activities described by the state's attorney In his two hour opening presentation of evidence of their carefully laid plans for their crime.

Twice during the day did the sta.te'9 attorney demand the death penalty for the boys once In the name of the parenthood and the childhood of the state In his opening statement. Apaln It was demanded latH In the day when the defense tried to Rhorfen the testimony and Mr. Crowe said ho needed it to sup port his request for a death sen tenne. The defense strategy was almost (Continued on Page Session at Problems Are the Chief Fea Day's Program. Mr.

Sharp's address was roundly applauded, and at it conclusion he Introduced Prof. C. A. Mooers of Knoxvllle, who spoke or. the "Making the soil rich by grow-ing the right 1 Prof.

Mooers' address, like that nf Ilia nresldent. went straight to the heart of the farmers' problem and was loudly applauded for the logic it expressed. The next speaker of the morning was Hush G. Van Pelt of Water loo Iowa, whose subject was "I'eedinK Cattle." Mr Van Pelt. cominsr from a state where farming and dairying have been elevated to a hlph standard of efficiency.

Rave the farmers a lot to think about. His speech, f-hile brief, covered a wide range si hints and new methods of feedlnshoattla to make them producsVve to tne owners. The close of Mr. Van Pelt's address was the last before adjournment for dinner. Dr.

H. A. Morgan, president of the University of Tennos see. made th first talk of the after- noon, beginning at 1:15 his subject being "A State Program for (Continued on Page KANSAS IS COOLIDGE IS TOLD BY'HIS ADVISERS Iowa and Ohio Also in G. O.

Column, Say ScouM. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 23. Sandwiching polttcal conferences In between discussions of official business. President Coolldge received reports today on the political situation In Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, West Virginia and Vermont. A half dozen political leaders visited the White House with out previous engagements and were sent in by Secretary Slemp to talk politics for a few minutes with Mr.

Coolldge. They Included Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican whip of the Senate; Walter Brown of Toledo, a former leader of the Progressive partyt In Ohio: Vernon Hagife of Fort Dodge, Iowa, who was a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator In Iowa; former Senator Sutherland of West VlrT Blnia, and Senator IJale of i Ver? wont. yy.j The President, in addition to these political talks, turned bla Attention toward preparation of the address. he will make at the ceremonies here August 14, when he will be notified formally of his nomination. had a short conference with James B.

Reynolds, who has been selected by National Chairman Butler to direct activities from the Washington of flee of the national committee. Senator Curtis discussed with th President reports he had received from Kansas, and on the basis of this he declared Kansas was "sate for Coolldge." Equally encouraging views for Ohio were given the Pres ident by Mr. Brown, who said he expected to take an active part in the campaign. Mr. Hague, in a statement made after his.

conference, said Iowa would go Republican In November and that Senator Brookhart of that state would not bolt the Republican party. Wllllum Doak, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, another who called on the President, declared his organization would not indorse the LaFollette Wheeler ticket and that members of the brotherhood would be encour aged to vote as they aesirea. New Mexico Editor to Be Delivered to Court (By AH'latd. Press) Las Veaas. N.

July 23 Sher iff Lorenze Delgado of San Miguel will leave here early tomor- row morning for Santa Fe with Carl C- Magee. Albuquerque editor in Jail for contempt ef court, to deliver him under a writ of habeas corpus to the supreme court. The order instructing the sheriff was served late today and the of ficer Immediately notified the prisoner's attorneys that the party would leave for the state capital early in the morning- professional clubs," she said, "should conduct ourselves always with dignity We have so distinct 1 a place In state and nation we ought to be on guard against any actions unrefined or crude- "There Is no question of the place occupied by business women in civic affairs. We see local and na tional problems from the women's nolnt of view, we aae them from the man's olnt of view by association with him, and we see them from the commercial viewpoint We are especially valuable in civic affairs. "Having so many advantages and so high a calling, let ua give of service in the finest way possible.

Let's do It always with dignity. If one of our members have visions, at)d a new Idea, don't laugh at it, but heed It, and perhaps boost It. Remember that there was never a picture- nalnted or a building built which "did not first exist In the Earlier in the day club roachanlcs were discussed. Mary A. Pen new of Portland.

Maine, led, dgbaf en I (Continued en Premier Theunls assumed the role or mediators yesterday. Other suggestions were made by the conference of eiperts and financiers today, and It Is hoped that a composite agreement will be reached the next plenary session. It Is reported that M. Herriot himself made what was tantamount to a pledge against separate on France's part, to which an JAmerlcan rerlled: Written Formula. Harriot, 1( you could meet the millions of Americans who are potential Investors In the loan and talk to them face to face, they would believe you and would be uau aioppaa to nracnine at me railroad gone, ahead te scan the tracks and apparently had td see the approachlng'traln.

He is said to have got back into the truck and driven on the tracks directly ahead of the trahy which was bound for Toledo from Clave-', land. Truck Hurled 300 Feet The force of the collision carried the wreckage of the truck. 300 feet down, the railroad tracka, hurling bcdles-in every direction, and eeat taring splintered 'wood -and ahat- tered metal fee many feet' The fact that some ef the 28 oc cupanti of the truck Jumped at the moment of the tofUalon and thui othera were hurled free of wrecsager py tne rushing 1 train probably-aeoowot fof the fact that no more lives were lost 'Occupants of the truck were all from Attica, and; the youngster were members of a boys' and girls'1 club on their annual outing, The two women in the party. Mrs. Bern Cook' and Mra.

Mabel Wolf were leadera in the club. Ottawa county, officials Immediately began an Investigation In an effort to attach blame for the accident. They it was said, that the truck had been, brought to a stop at the Locust street crossing to. permit a alow moving freight train to pass. When the freight train had cleared the crossing, It was said, the truck driver drove on the -track and Into the path of the oncoming passenger train.

(By Associated frew) Toledo, July 28 Ten person, are reported killed In a collision between a New York Central passenger train, and truck load of picnickers on a grade crossing at Oak Harbor, twenty miles east of here, early tonight The truck Is said to have been returning with a load of young people from an outing in the woods. Information received at the offices of the New York Central here said that the dead were killed outright The officials here said the driver of the truck left the wheel and looked both ways of the track. train waa passing on the east bound track, but the driver, whose name was not learned, failed- to see the fast train which waa bound ihi Toledo. The party was from Attica, and waa returning from art outing at Locust Point near Oak Harbor. The train hit the vehicle aquare-t ly in the middle and hurled the occupants more than 300 feet, it was said.

Some of the bodies are said to hsva been mangled, almost beyond recognition. Farm Property. Active Farm property ia In greater demand than ever. Now Is an excellent time to consider carefully the oppor tunltles that are presented in farm property. A number of the most productive farms, well kept, magnificent proper- ties, are or Sale, as1 well as other rural property.

1 Much of the farm property that Is for sale is never placarded with a for sule" sign. But the way to find out all about such property Is to make the fact known that you will be Interested in farm realty through-The Tennei seon Classified Section. Suburban aoreage If expert' enclng Increased demand this time, and It likewise pres ents excellent opportunities that may be taken advantaga of by those, who employ the Classified Ada to aid them in the purchase pr sale of property. Main 1632 Is the Classified Ad call ef Nashvifle. A i Willing to take a chance.

However, as agents only, the bankers must Insist upon a written form and a written formula." The British hosts are calmly watching the inter-allied conference proceedings and doing everything possible to lift the negotiations out of the maze of technicalities. They compare the pledges necessary to the guarantee of a German loan to able-bodied workmen pledging thtemselves to give one shilling annually to a worthy cause. German resources they believe, are such as to make the service of a loan trivial. Gefmans May Come. If the judicial committee established today decides that Germany hall be called Into the conference, ihe Berlin representatives are expected to he In London by Monday 1 M.

Harriott Is not going to Paris, Women's Convention Fight Recalls Chattanoogans Advice on Dignity Jackson Attended by Over 1 Mifg Elinor Coonrod Urges Professional Clubs to Do Nothing Unrefined or Crude. as reported, nut Intends to remain In London for another ten days, iVhlrh time It Is expected will be needed to wind up the work. Speaking at the lawyers banquet at the Guild Hall tonight. Ambassador Kellogg referred to the inter-allled conference as "a gathering to Kettle the great economic and social problems of the war." have confidence in the statesmen of the allied nations, in their hiRh patriotism and desire for pence and restoration of posterity In Europe," he continued, "that tliey will, they can, that they must settle great problem." Witness In Black Hand Case Found Murdered (By Assiwlatftl Vrrnn Clarksburg, W. July 23.

Renewal of the Hlark ll-ind -var for which four men paid penalty with their lives nt the state penitentiary at Mgundsvlllo several months ago, Addresses Covering Farm ture of the First (Special to The Tenncsseiin) Jackson, July "3. A thousand farmers from all points in West Tennessee gathered today at the West Tennessee experiment station for the annual meeting of the Farmers' Institute. The vast assemblage of the best agricultural brains in Wet Tennessee met in the largo audltotlum at a a in Aft er the usual preliminary details customary at opening meetings of the kind the visiting farmer were led an Inspection trip of the station by S. A. Roberts, superintendent, and Judd Brooks, county ngent.

The inspection tour was besun at 15 o'clock and lasted about an hour. The crowd eaperlv viewed the crops add innovations carried on nt the station. At 10: SO a. m-, Allen Sharp, of Greenfield, president of the institute, spoke In the auditorium on the subject of bettering the crops of the average farmer, and declaring In his-speech that the very best way for farmers as a collective bunch of business men to make Kood Is to study the methods used by experts who devote their lives to raising crops experimentally. riv AsM'iili'il Press) West Baden, Ind-, July 23.

Prim ed for a 'long fight tomorrow over a commltee proposal that lio.uuu be appropriated for ubb of the fed eration publication, the independent woman delegates at the convention of the National Federation of Busi ness and Professional Women -tonight pondered over the advice of their executive secretary. Miss Elinor Coonrod of Chattanooga, that they never forget their dignity. Partisans In the fight on "the In-Independent woman management" tonight declared tha, convention is split Into two factions with Ahe Illinois group leading--the opposition. Those who protest against the appropriation say the official maga-tlne of the federation should be so managed as to be self-supporting It was pointed out that several clubs are said to withhold affiliation because of the present aspect of ths magazine. Today's session ended with Mlsi Coonrod's, Injunction to be dlgnl fled, delivered solemnly and with emphasis.

"We of the business ana was seen ly authorities tonight When the hacked body of Korcui FrOrelli. wrapped In a g.iiiily colored quilt, was found In a secluded spot seversl miles from Clarksburg. Fiorelll, chief witness for the State In the trial of the four mn ho were executed for a series of urders in West Virginia, was a "ictlm of revenge by surviving members of the Black Hand society. nthorltles said. Threo men nnd a -troman are held as suspects In con nection with his disappearance Monday.

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