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Constructive Fearless Independent wswc Constructive Fearless Independent volume; xcviii no. 300 tmH Iter lcM 'vr-rWa. UONTGOMEBr, MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1925 34 PAGES Priet Cents CM lh- EB If MATIN 1U Ji iilYH tea A 1 WARRWG 1L ii ATTACK LAUNCHED IS ACTION DMsnc Genevieve Fox Is 0 Popular Debutante; Now Turned Painter TORNADO VICTIMS 'BURIEDASCmZEHS START RELIEF WORK AN EDITORIAL DESTITUTE FAMILIES IN PATH OF TORNADO HAVE A CALL UPON MONTGOMERY'S HEART The Advertiser calls upon the people of Montgomery, and adjacent territory to come immediately to the aid of destitute and sorrowing families within the path of the tornado which early Sunday swept through Pike, Crenshaw and Barbour counties. The Advertiser operas the book with a subscription of $25. Subscriptions should be de with Mr.

R. Hudson, business manager of The Advert' cash or check, or postoffice money order. There are seV dred people who are utterly destitute on account of this g'S a one instance, we are told, five are dead in one family butsV n't sufficient money in that family to bury them. In numerouSV -tances homes were crushed and scattered, food supplies were blown away, and all live stock killed- Clothing is destroyed. Many are in abject want and must have aid NOW.

These urifortunate people are our neighbors and our we of Montgomery in distress, and they in good fortune, they would succor us. It is our duty to succor them, and The Advertiser, knowing something of the sympathetic, generous heart of Montgomery, knows that it will be Montgomery's pleasure to come to their aid. Respond now today! We" will forward remittances immediately to the proper committees, and the names of donors will be printed in The Advertiser from day to day. REFUSAL OF VICTIM HUNDREDS THRONG TO VISIT; JAIL SAVES -MIDWAY AS ICON NEGRO FROM DEATH COUNTY FAIR OPENS i 1 Variety of Products and Livestock; Eclipses All Similar Events, Officials Say jumping Horse Feature TTJSKEGEE. ALA, Oct.

i. -Spe AGAINST REPORTS ON COTTON YIELD Two Southern Democrats Claim Estimate by Agricultural Department is Playing to Gamblers SENATOR CARAWAY WILL PRESENT DRASTIC BILL Harris of Georgia Declares Crop Will Be Lowe Than Fourteen Million Bales WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 The depart ment of agriculture estimates lndlcat lng a cotton yield this year of bales drew fire today from two senators from cotton producing states. Senator Caraway, democrat Arkansas, declared thai anyeae who is acquainted wkh conditions la the belt this season realises that there are "not ll.m.400 bales or anything approaching Uiat figure of Bpinnable cotton In the aosthers stales this year." Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia, expensed doubt that the final figure for the aeason would exceed 14,000 bales. Charging that th government seemed to lend luelt to every movement "to depress the price of cotton," Senator Caraway declared "It la time to reform or abolish tha department of agriculture ihlcb has lent Itself, consciously or unconsciously, to every gamoung raid on the farms of the south and "I shall mysekV introduce a bill to meet this situatlm when congress meets a month bene," he added, "and I shall demand immediate considera tion of It.

The bill wtU urea will make gambling in all (arm product a crime with penalties so severe that none "will have the temerity to violate It. IT senator caraway charged that "to everyone it must be- apparent that Intentionally or otherwise, these cotton reports have this year cost tha cotton growers oi America not less than a quarter of a biUlon dollars. 'Whenever there Is an apparent re covery of the cotton market- the bureau of cotton statistics of the department of agriculture gives out out an estimate many thousands of bales In excess of the wildest hopes of the bear- element of the cotton gambling fraternity, "It i not worth wbUa-to- look to the department of agriculture and the (Contlaaed on Page prosperity: WAVE IS SEEN BY SCHWAB Wartime Munitions Chieftain Declares Country, on Threshold of Business Boom CHICAGO, Oct. 26. The war time munitions chieftain Charles M.

Schwab, declared today that the country stands on tho threshold of a great period of peace and prosperity. He spoke at a. Joint educational meeting conducted by the University of Chicago and the Institute of American Meat Packers. Before entering the meeting he declared that "business was never better" and that the years immediately ahead of Industry would not be what It is without steel," said the chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel corporation. Production of steel has Increased four-fold in the last twenty-five years, ha said.

KANSAS EDITOR DIES Dr. Henry Jnrkson Waters, A grim 1- turnl Xpert, Die KANSAS CITY. Oct 26. Dr. Henry Jackson Waters, internationally known agricultural expert and editor of tha Weekly Kansas City Star, died of pneumonia at his home here tonight.

Dr. Waters' had ben ill nearly a week. He was 60 years old and a native of Missouri. LOSES SECOND BABE Mrs, McLanghila. Formerly Irene Cna-tie.

Suffers Second Loss. CHICAGO, Oct. 26. After three hours of life, the second child of Mrs Frederick McLaughlin, formerly Irene Castle, died yesterday. Mrs.

MrLaugh. Un was taken to the hospital Wednesday after a fall from her horse. She was reported today as being aa well. as possible Her first child named Irene, was born last January. five Whites and Four Negroes 1 Death Toll In Pike County; Five Thousand Relief Coal Set JJIOTHER IS DELIRIOUS.

AS FOUR CHILDREN INTERRED Path of Storm Marked by Splin-. tered Timbers and Human Suffering Tkronah th ndjutsat general's department, Governor W. Brandon, early Mondsy morning, extended ta tka tonal swept areaa 1b the eaaatlea of Pike, Creaakaw and Bnrboar, tka aid ef tka atata Is taklag car of, tka 5 Bomeleos. la rrsponss, Coloael Hartley Moaa, adjatant general, re-e4ved aiMMft a abort time later from Flko eonaty officials, ncceptlng i -t- AfK. and Inatrne-tlona were KTlVen TO taa othmmmhiiib (.

of Battery ldlat Field Artillery, Alabama National Gnard, I' with heodqnartera at Troy, ur-I Blab all tent, cot aad blankets Beaded, to tha storm sofferers. Messages received from tbo eoaattea of Creaabow aad Barbour stated tbat adequate provision bad already beea made to earo lor saf- i terera tkere from the tornado, which lett deatb aad deatrnctloa. In lta wake early Sunday moraine. By ATTICTJg HULUS rl Staff Correspondent nmr i il 1KUI, Wtu iu, w- der gray skies and with the rain slowlv all day. the ponsignment of Pike county's nine dead, victims of the tornado of fcarly Sunday morning, were iuw-ered into their graves Monday faffp-mnnil HI IVI lAVUlit Tha llttl Baptist church at Good-kop.

all jnlle wast of Troy, wi tha icons of tha funeral srvlcs of tha Elv who met aeata wn i4.k..i hnma nf Walter KniKht nearby. Tha Good Hope cemetery of the Good Hopa Baptist church was me IT wn. ta A of last reposixws; ot iiiti 7 -ilM county tTuT of th. atorm. xii.n.

Th. fnmrtl servioes mr ja TT II victims ware-taking Jiiace, citizen Troy and other Pike county town and w.r. rlolni their utmost to relieve the suffering- of those whom tha brim Beaper spared out woo lost, mo.r Lh the catastrophe. At 5 clock tfnndar afternoon It was reponeo. to lt T.hn Humble and tha cltlsens it" Ten that a total of ,8,100 CUIUUimvo fc.d hean raised to take care of those tendered destitute.

Members of tha Knight family who deaths when tha tornado their home were Ruby, IS, Frances, Ellen, Ralph, 1, and nl. mi. nvl. a sister of Mrs. Wal- trniht- who was spending the night the homa.

where death and desolation came on ma wmB wind. nnn'm ReMTcrr Dovbtfal As serrlces and burial of tha fire victims at the Knight home were be-lng held, attending- physicians at the Troy'hospltal held grare doubts as to the final recovery of little Roy Knight, it vn deanerately Injured. The mother of the family, Mrs. Walter Knight, also lay on a cot in me roy hospital dellrloua and without knowledge of tha terrible thing which had come Into her life, but hope was held out for her recovery. Walter Knight, tha father and head of the family, (Contused OB Fag Bevea THE WITHER Per Montgomery and Irlnltyt Contlaaed nnaettled this afternoon aad tonlgkt, wltb occasional iahi cooler tonight.

Tneaday, partly eloady and cooler. Tbo tempera' tnro Tneaday morning- will bo aboat 44 "to 48 degrees. fj, g. Department of Arrlcuiture, Wwthat ObMrratlona taken at I a. m.

llb ma a) 4 i 7. r-t 4 I1 CHINESE I FULL RESTORATION OF Delegates of Twelve Powers Cater in Picturesque Palace of Old Forbidden City For Conference CONTROL IS WITHHELD FOR PAST EIGHTY YEARS Two Thousand Students Reviling Government Stage Demonstration PEKINC3, Oct Us Delegates of 11 powers, beside China, assembled In the picturesque winter palace In the old forbidden city of the emperors for the opening of the Chinese customs confer ence and heard China's spokesmen pro pose that the powers restore to her complete control of her customs tariff withheld for eighty years by her foreign treatlea. While smooth progress was made within tha conference hall, where foreign delegatea made sympathetic replies to China's requests, there was disorder, outside, i Two thousand students. carrying banners reviling the provisional government held a demonstration outside the winter palaca enclosure demanding entrance. When this was refused they battled the poUco with sticks and stones, killing one policeman seriously wounding score more.

Several students were in jured and others arrested. A. Marshall Tuan Chtl-Hut made a brief addressv followed by a plea for the removal of tariff Dr. C. T.

Wang, a former premier and graduate of Tale university, presented tho Chinese proposals. They ask that the powers -restore tariff autonomy to China and accept a new national Chinese tariff law to take effect not later than January 1, 1929, setting schedules ranging between 70. 1-2 and 40 per cent for most imports and between EO and 80 per cent for wines. r. The keynote of the powers' replies was struck by John Van A.

MacMurray, the American minister, who said the United States was prepared to consider open-mi ndedly and generously any reasonable plan with a view" to realising China's AMERICA' RETAINS, SCHNEIDER TROPHY Lieut. Doolittle Wins Seaplane Race With Speed of 235.036 Miles Per Hour BATSHORE PARK. BALTIMORE, Oct 26. Lieutenant James H. Doolittle, United States air racing pilot kept the Jacques Schneider trophy in Amer ica in the world's premier seaplane classic.

Displaying marvelous skill on the turns of the fifty kilometer triangular course and raging' down the stralght-away legs like a blackbird of prey, Lieutenant Doolittle flung his somber little ship through the seven laDs for a new Schneider time of 232.573 miles per hour for the 350 kilometers and set up a claim for new world's record for 100 kilometers, 200 kilometers and maximum speed. The latter record will be presented to the Federation Aeronautique International for recognition. The army pilot's rechecked record, which will be presented for world hon ors, were announced officially tonight as 234.772 miles per hour Tor 100 kll ometers, 231.352 miles per hour for 200 kilometers and 236.036 tor his maximum speed, the latter made on hit last and fastest lap. Records which Lieutenant Doollttlo bettered wore made by Lieutenant Ralph A. Ofstle, U.

S. who flew 100 kilometers here last year at it speed of 178.25 miles per and who also flew on the same day hers. 200 kilometers at the sama speed, and by Captain Henry Biard, whose speed of 226.762 miles' per hour made In a trial flight at Southampton of England's sitpermarlne Napier S-t, was recognized by the Federation Aeronautlaue Internationale. The su- permarlne was entered In today's but was wrecked in a practice flight here. POLICE SOLVE HOLDUPS Confeaslona Brcnred From Two Trie, oners Captnred In Atlanta.

ATLANTA, Oct 26. Police to day believed they held the solution to twelve holdups and robberies which oc currrd here during laat week when Walter Woodward, of Philadelphia confessed he and Gordon C. Billings, of New Orlesns, committed the crimes. Billings was said to have coaroborated Woodward's written admlssldh. Tho youths, both 17, told officers they began the series of midnight dep rtdatlons about a week ago when they entered a downtown drug store.

Leav lng the central sections of the city they worked tha outlying districts, poking a new section each night, they said. Though their hauls are said to have been small In nearly all Instances, they took fountain pens valued at $100 from one drug store. SEEK RUNAWAY GIRL Little llssakter of Wealthy Miami Woman K.lnpea Wltb Anto Dealer MIAMI. OK Oct. 26.

Kl J'aso, Texas, officers were asked today to Intercept 15-year-old Kslher Staton, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Statnn, wealthy Miami Indian woman, and Marlon Hlrks, 2ft, motor car salesman, who were secretly married at Joplln, Frldsjr. Mrs. Slaton believes the couple are en route to California and hav asked officers Ui watch for them. She Intends to seek annulment of the CUSTOM AFFAIRS TAKEN IN CRISIS BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS Bulgarians and Greeks Directed to Unconditionally Order Troops Back Within Own Frontiers At Once TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IS TIME LIMIT ALLOWANCE Pronouncement Delivered in Same Room Where Wilson Read Peace Terms PARIS, Oct.

26. By The Associated Press. In the "same-room where Woodrow Wilson in the closing days of the' peace conference read out the articles of the league of nations covenant, and with M. aeroenceau, as president, declared them adopted, the council of the league tonight delivered what is virtually an ultimatum to Greece and Bulgaria that they must unconditionally and vithin twenty-four hours order all their troops to retire behind their respective frontiers. It is the first time since tho birth of league that the council has gone so far.

It is action constituted the Ttupreme test of the league's power to bieak up war. It was carried out In tense atmosphere In the crowded ior.k hall of the foreign office, and was accompanied by an admonition from Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, that it would be an inioieraoie tnmg "Indeed, an affront to civilization" if. with all the ma chinery of the league at their disposal and tho council ever ready with Its yoou onices, frontier incidents Ilka those between Greece and Bulgaria should lead to war-like operations Instead of being submitted for peaceful aujusuneiu to me council. The resolution subseauentlv adnnteil unanimously waa Teally a reproof both Greece and Bulgaria for their failure to obey President Briand's Injunction to cease all hostilities, and wnnaraw. OHllna their It was by Mr.sehVmberlaltt after the- Greek representative, M.

Cara-panon, had told the council that tho Greek troops Would evacuate Bulgarian soil as soon as all the Bulgarians got out of Greece, and after Bulgarian (Continued oa Pnge Two.) ATI DI A KtCP rvf ttt j-iaji-i i Lri iij i JJlLf AFTER ANXIOUS DAY Three Entries' in Schneider Tro--phy Contest Drop Into Bay But Make Port BATSHORE PARK, BALTIMORK Oct. 26 All threo of the international Jacques Schneider plnne trophy race entries which dropped Into Chespa-peake buy this afternoon bad beea located tonight. Giovanni de Brlaanti and hi. chine flyln gboat reached the Bay Shore ociock tonight drenched by the waters of Chesapeake, but apparently unhurt The big boat had been In tow for more than two hovi and anxiety was beginning to be felt for Brigantl. The ship apparently waa not injured and the Italians were unable to say what had caused it to drop Into the bay.

nu tAiHA StSSlUN FOR TEXAS SAYS SPEAKER Lone Star tealalatlve Gavel Wlelder Admits Call Inneet-ssnry AUSTIN, TEXAS, Oct. 3. Contra, dieting reports of several week. i Satterwhlte, speaker of the Texas house of representatives, shattered hopes of supporters of a call for clal session of the legislature today when he said there Is no need for an immediate session lie made this announcement at tha conclusion of a two hour conference with Attorney General Dan Moody, and shor'ly before he conferred with Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and her husband, former Governor James E.

Ferguson. DOG FREES YOUTH Atlanta Boy Rannd And tiaaaed Bara-lars, Br Pet. ny ATLANTA, Oct. 26. Gaggod and bound by a masked burglar who ran-racked his father's house, Roscoe Cpasldy, 15-year-old Atlanta boy lay helpless for two hour until hi pet dog tugged at th ropes and loosened them sufficiently to allow his master to free himself and summon police, he the authorities this morning.

Nothing of valu was stolen though th house was ransacked, pollc said. MONTGOMERY'S BIG HEART RESPONDS TO APPEAL OF CRENSHAW STORM VICTIMS Montgomery's big heart responded to the call for aid from Crenshaw county sufferer Monday with severs! hundred dollars In donations. A committee headed by Sheriff Pate McQueen spent a portion of th day In the Capital City and wr very successful In securing dnnstlona for Immedlst relief of th sufferers. Sheriff McQueen, S. M.

Odom and King compoed th committed. Mr. McQueen stated that never saw such hsvoe as wss wmnaht In (h stricken srea. Homes wr completes 1y demolished, bsrns blown away, stock killed and crops completely Wrecked. Th Injured and homeless ar being csred for in neighbors homes and serious suffering Is anticipated.

"if 4 SV ti Genevieve Fox, New York, debntante mlnna anion card and overalls, became a painter for tbo sake of charity She wielded tke brash on the scenery for the big Christmas basanr to be bald for tbo benefit of crippled ffhll- drea. FEDERAL mil House Ways and Means Com-, mittee Bombarded by Tax payers Seeking Relief; Ar--guments Are Presented" WASHINGTON, Oct 26. Taxpayers bombarded the house ways and means committee today trgu rnents for repeal-of -a -Trntjorrty-tif1 the fspeclat taxes now In effect. 1 The 'committee, which Start work next week on a bill revising the revenue law, was asked to wipe out levies ony automobiles, automobile trucks, tires and accessories, fire arms and accessories, cameras with lens and stock, together with some of the stamp taxes and those applying to brokers and taxi Recommenrtntlons for repeal of only a few of these taxes, which aggregntc mora than J25O.O0O.0OO annually, was made in the 2300,000.000 reduction program suggested to the committee by Secretary Mellon. One witness remarked he Would be satisfied wlththe "core of the treas ury's $300,000,000 tax reduction ap ple." which led Representntivc Mills, republican, JJew York, to quote the school boy's answer 'to his playmate that "there ain't going to be any core." In addition to hearing the numer ous new appeals today, Chairman Green prepared a statement clarify lng his position announced Saturday for repeal of the Inheritance tax at the end of six years If states enacted uniform Inheritance levies In the mean time.

Representative Treadway also Joined today In the opinion that it might be well for the government to retain tho estate tax, allowing greater credit for amounts paid on stnte levies, since two southern states, Florida and Ala bama, now have no such tax. Pointing out the difficulty of meeting 'all re quests for relief from the special tax ea, he called attention that elimination of all automobile taxes alone would absorb half the reduction recommended by the OBTAINS CONFESSION Eight Kn II road Employes Admit Llqnor Siuusaling I Report CHICAGO, Oct. 26. Eight railroad employes questioned today by James L. McDowell, assistant United States district attorney, regarding reports that liquor was being run into Chicago through connivance of railroad employes and police officials, were ra-portrd to hato confessed latr today; Implicating ten police captains and officials of Juliet Aurora and Peoria, Many of those implicated Will be questioned tomorrow.

mother, knowing what was happening but realising tfiat danger was near, thought not of herself but reached out to take Into her arms her sleeping baby. But too late. The final crash came the mighty force of the twisting winds tore th foundation and superstructure of th house asunder and little Ellen was whlaked from th reach of th half-awakened mother The little Trlb on which Ellen was sleeping crashed Into a tree two hundred feet from th placet where th Knight home stood and little F.lln died without, ever waking from hr Infant slumbers and' with the bright drtams of th baby brain undisturbed. Th mother wss hurled thr hundred feet away and was rendered temper-srlly uronsrlotis. When resellers arrived in a fw moments menaced to utter the words "I heard something.

Th walla appeared falling. I reached for 1 can remember no more." And then sh boram unconscious again and when llttl Ellen was burled Monday afternoon at th Good Hope cemetery th devoted mother still unconscious and unaware of th terrible thing whlrh had happened. REPEAL SOUGHT OF SPECIAL TfWro i LEVIED 1MAL0 NU Two Attempts at Criminal Assault Staged in Asheville Monday; One Prisoner Spirited Away ASHEVILLE, N. Oct tt. Refusal of a white woman to accompany a mob to tha county jail here for tha purpose of identifying a negro, accused of attacking her, probably saved tha negro's life tonight.

The alleged assailant had. been arrested and Jailed while tha move was seeking another negro, held on a similar charge. The first negro was spirited out of town. Preston Neely, tha negro who is alleged to have attempted to attack the woman tonight was arrested after a chase by cltlsens and officers, tha latter bejnr called by the husband of tha woman who had left her to make a small purchase in a nearby store. City and county authorities pleaded with cltlsens to use their influence with' the mob to prevent violence.

i i The alleged- attack by Neely was ta third of rta Jtlnd bera within the past six weeks and the attempt of the negro tonight added fnl to th lme of Indignation caused by tha other occurrences." The mob went to the city police station where they were advised -that no negro was being held there since the city Jail was being torn away in preparation for building a new one; From there they started to the the police and county au-request of thepollce and county authorities refused to go to th jail to Identify negro, the mob halted. They urged tha woman to go to the Jail and make tha identification, but aha ref used. The mob then returned to the center of tho city and began to disperse, Ipirits keoro away ASHEVILLE. N. Oct.

26. Sheriff Mitchell announced tonight that Preston Neely, negro arrested here this afternoon charged with criminally attacking a west Asheville white woman, had been taken to the State penitentiary at Raleigh. He is In the custody of four sheriff's deputies. They are traveling in' a motor cat and passed Marion at o'clock. It "was said they expected to drive to Raleigh' without a stop If possible.

The negro, whose home is in Laurens, S. was seen by the victim on a downtown street this afternoon and was pointed out to an officer who followed htm a short distance and placed him under arrest Tha officer said tha first words the negro spoke were: "I am not guilty." Following his arrest the negro was taken before the 'woman when she positively declared he was tha one who attacked her. He was then carried to tha Jail and later the woman went there where aha reiterated her declaration that he was the right man. ANNISTON YOUTH HURT BY THROWN SODA BOTTLE Itrnrk Tkreash Street Car Window After Fight. ANNISTON, Oct It.

Special to Tha Advertiser. Ernest Halpln, whits boy of this city, who sustained a painful cut In tha head when hit wltb a soft drink bottle said to have been thrown by Pug Robertson, another local youth. Is reported to be recovering at his home after receiving treatment at St. Luke's hospital. Halpln was seated In a street car at the West End terminal when hit by the bottle, which, was thrown through a window.

Placers of flying glass from shattered window struck other passengers on tha car, no one else was lnjurod Halpln's Injury Is said to be painful but not serious. Tha two young men engaged in a fight before Halpln boarded the car. It was said. No arrests have been made In the case. FIELD WITHDRAWS Formal Announcement of Withdrawal From Kara Made Lamar Field, former aaslstant attorney general, notified Secretary of S.

H. Blan, Monday, by letter, of his withdrawal as a candidate for the nomination in the democratic primary next ysr, for attorney general of Alabama, Mr. Field Is now engaged In the prentice of law In Annlnton, having removed his place of residence to that city from Montgomery, a month or so ago. Withdrawal of Mr. Field leaves only one candidate who has announced to data for the office nf attorney general, namely, Thomas W.

Wirt, of cial to The Advertiser. Despite a cold drizzle which continued through the day Monday, hundreds of visitors to the Maoon county fair opening here, thronged the midway and surveyed a variety of livestock and produce exhibits which is said to eclipse any similar exhibition In this section of the state. Officials expressed themselves as be-in's especially pleased with the poultry and agricultural exhibits and amusement in abundance is being furnished by the Kelly Grady Carnival company. Among tha Interesting displays Is the boy's club and home economics exhibits which drew, their share of the spectators Monday. Practically every phase of the boy's club' work is demonstrated and' In the home economics exhibit is shown a variety of canned fteedlecraft and othepjtcoramo-dities.

One ef tha principal attractions la the wond famous Jumping horse, "Bon Air" Which is a dally exhibition. "Bon Air" makes a running start of about 100 yards and leaps clear of an automobile. Tho horse stands It hands high, weighs 1,350 pounds and Saturday, thtj closing day of the fair, will attempt to break his own record of 29. Inches. Two big brass bands perform dally and nightly on the midway and a number of clowns and acrobats aid in tha entertainment TWO DEFENDANTS GET TWENTY XEARS Convicted of Second Degree Murder in New Trial Granted by Court of Appeals HUNTSVILLE, ALA, Oc.

28. Special to The Advertiser. Charles Byrd and Charles Peyton were convicted In circuit court tonight of murder, In the second degree and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. In a previous trial, Byyd got 25 years and Peyton 15 years and 'both recently wero allowed new trials after appealing to the court of appeals. The defendants were charged with killing Ers-kine Elmore, Limestone county far.

mer In 1914 by beating him fatally aft-er he had assaulted a woman relative of one of the men. Robert Llmbaugh, charged with being an accompllse, secured severance end will be tried later during this term of court. Indictments have been returned by the Madison county grand Jury against A. E. Jackson, state bank examiner, John Sloan, his assistant and J.

W. Wakefield of the far finance corporation, charging violation of the state banking laws. It Is claimed that while they were In charge the bank of Madison which has since been liquidated, they accepted deposits knowing the bank to be Insolvent. Jackson and Slosn were Indicted a year ago but the Indictments were technically faulty and were quashed. AUTOMOBILE TOO SLOW: WILL USE AIRPLANE Mrs.

Helen I.oasatreet Will Fly Prom Kl Paao to Blrmlnabam. BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 2. Unable to arrive by automobile In time to keep her appointment to speak tomor-row before the Southern States Republican league convention, Helen Dortch Longstreet, widow of General James Longstreet of tha Confederate army, will fly here by airplane from El Texas, she wired C. U.

president of tha league today. She will bring Arizona's Invitation for the II2( convention Mrs. Longstreet, whose homa is In Gainesville, has been In the west for some time on account of 111 health. She started here by automobile, but motor trouble forced her 'to abandon the car and charter the airplane, she said. LINER TOWED TO PORT Moat Of racers Transferred To Trains And Jsaraey Cantlnned.

NEWPORT, R. Oct. IS The Fall River Liner Commonwealth, disabled off Point Judith last night was towed In here late today. Most- of her 2S0 passengers proceeded to New York on a sptrlal train. The damage to the strainer was confined to the psddle box.

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(Staff Correspondent.) TROY. Oct. 26. Since the dawn of creation mother lovs has been recountsd In song and story but never was It mora perfectly exemplified than In the tornado which swept (hrough Pike county with such destructive force at three o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs.

Walter Knight had gone to sleep in perfect security In her home six miles west of Troy In the Good Hope section. The lightning, the thunder, the heavydownpour of the earlier hours nf the night had nt disturbed her, but on tha other hand had lulled her into complete rest, serura within the four walls of her home with her hurbsnd, her sister-in-law and her children. Suddenly there was chaos. Terhsps tho roar of the elements, the dread herald of the tornado. Aa she awoke from her sleep the walls of her homo rending and tearing, near her asleep, as only a baby ran sleep, was her little daughttr, Ellen, three-years-ola, and the youngest of the family.

The hnlf-awakened and frightened Tell the World About the State Fair at Montgomery November 2-11.