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York governor Agrees to
, Spatfc bn CaN; McCHntlc of
I;; Quito Committees
When Headquarters Moved
fiHEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
READY FOR CAMPAIGN
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Dawes and Bryan Talk Over Old
- Times; Political Work
Abandoned
?' NEW YORK, Aug.' 3<J.—An
agreement by Gov. Alfred E.
;• Smith to speak when and where
the democratic national speakers*,
bureau may request and the re
fusal of. Representative James V.
McClintic, of Coahoma, to re-,
main at the head of that bureau
because of its removal to New
York, were outstanding develop,
ments tod#y in democratic politi
cal circles here.
promise «M announced
hr Thomas 3. Spellacy. director of
eastern campaign headquarters after
•4 •» hour’s conference with the
titular head of the New York demoo
„ raor- Ur. Spellacy said, however, that
, the governor would not begin stump
ing until after the Kerr York state
convention at. Syracuse on September
?% Other than to say that the arrange,
ment was at his own* suggestion, Mr.
Spellacy refused to enter Into any dis
cussion as to whether the postpone
meat of the opening of the governor's
j speaking program until after the state
convention might be taken ae an In-,
dleatlon that Mr. Smith’s decision not
‘"“"to becorhe a candidate to succeed htin
self Was Irrevocable. ‘
Governor Smith .had no comment to
make regarding the conference other
than, to say that he and Mr. SpeHaey
bad had "a Uttle talk”
' The resignation of Mr. MeClIntto as
f head of the national speakers’ bureau
followed a conference of party chlet
r tains here yesterday. The Oklahoma
representative insisted that the bureau
be retained at Washington on ,the
- ground that It was the more logical
knd central place. Chairman Shaver,
of the democratic national committee,
previously had caused announcement
to be made that the bureau would-be
moved and would be open today.
The national chairman has returned
■ *-to' Washington to confer further with
■ leaders there regarding the selection
tif a.auceeaaor to Mr. McCHnito and
it' ’also W ttf where the bursau glU
Wateiy Is to be located.
•r labor party predicted
NEW YORK. Aug. |o.—out of the
present third psrty movement will
grow an American labor party, ac
cording to Eugene V. Debt, socialist
leader and many times that party’s
k candidate tor president. In a labor
day proclamation Issued by Mr. Debs
and mads publlo today at ths socialist
headquarters, ha voiced this convlc
tion; ; " .
I -Following ths campaign wa shall
Stand prepared to do our shgre to
organise and make permanent the
American labor party to which the
temporary movement la pledged," he
said. “We do not expect the party
-to be organised by political -aadl
dates but the workers themselves, and
we us persuaded that ths time has
• C0lns when they are equal to the
formidable task.
“In this new and greater par.y of
labor the socialist party will navs to
take Its place but I#will remain and
function as the socialist party, and
tn that relation to the masses of the
workers It will have ten rold the in
fluence and power for revolutionary
propaganda It ever had before.”
■] " BA WES MOVES ON.
OMAHA, NEB., Aug. SO.—General
Charles G. Dawes, republican vice
presidential nominee and party left
Omaha for Chicago at 6:30 p. m„ to
night. Ths train, en route from Lin
coln, stoppsd here a half hour.
“Wa had a delightful time during
our visit to Nebraska.” was all the
General would say. .
DEFEND* KUR
CONNELLSV1LLE, PA., Aug. 10.—
Recent denunciation of the Knight* of
. the Ku Klux Klan by Benator La
Follette, John W. Davla and Charle*
O. Dawee "la neither more or lea*
than a alnlater and deceptive bid for
the polltloal aupport of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy and It* following In
tnla country," It wa* declared tonight
by Gilbert O. Nation*, American party
; candidate for the presidency In an
addreaa before a largo gathering of
klammen on Limestone Hill here.
"The cringing and elusive denuncia
tion of that organisation In the plat
forms of the republican and demo
cratic parties was equally selfish, de
ceptive and Insincere," continued Mr.
Kelsons. "In the national conven
tions of those parties the discussion
of the klan Issue before the resolu
tions committees turned solely on the
questions of whether the organisation
should be denounced specifically and
by name or only In glittering gener
alities.
"If the klan Is an evil deserving
to be condemned at all It should, ot
coarse, be specifically and definitely
condemned by name. If It doe* not
deserve condemnation then It should
not b* condemned at all.
"Those who have so publicly con
demned the Ku Klux Klan have evinc
ed fundamental misapprehension or
wanton disregard of the fact*. There
la not a tinge of bigotry or religious
or racial prejudice* In the Ku Klux
Klan or any of the distinctly protes
tant organisations that have In the
t last decade voiced opposition to the
activities of the Roman Catholic hier
archy in their country, xxx But hos
tility to the Roman Catholic hierarchy |
is not based on religion. It Is based j
solely against the political activities |
of the papal following."
"Mr. Nations >in his address outlined i
the principles of the American party. ;
declaring It stood for strict enforce- |
ment of the prohibition amendment ,
and charged both the republicans and ;
democrats with evading the issue' in j
their'platforms. A department of edu- j
cation in the president's cabinet also |
was urged by the speaker who de- i
dared the only opposition to isuch a :
measure. Introduced nearly six years
ago in both houses of congress, was ■
s ' the Roman Catholic hierarchy and !
Its political following.” I
"Neither the republican nor the
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W or on Breweries i
in Philadelphia
Nets 65 Warrants
: ' PHILADELPHIA, An*. M.-rfSontln
Mai their drive on ferivirlai In thin
division, federal authorities today U
nM warrant*, for the arrest fit sixty
three more brewery official* and Or
dered seventeen breweries officially
teised, j ,,
Twenty-three more' breWery , wi*>*
rants have been' leaned but will not
be served until Mo relay or, Tuesday, ac
cord In* to the.tT.~d. district attorney's
office.
One woman wat Included In the dls-,
trtct of persons arrested torjay Thread
ether women were arrested Friday.
rUDiic Ketusas to do mformai
When Heir to British Throng
[:Visits President; Stay at ,
! Capital -Brief *
WASHINGTON, An*. M.—The' Prince
of Waleu w«» given an enthusiastic
popular reception upon hie arrival In
Washington today to pay an official
visit to the Whit# House,
llhe Price's own wishes ana those
of *Preetdeaf Coolidge that the visit
should be entirely Informal, did not
convince the public that a rousing re
ception would be distasteful to the
dietlnguished guest and crowds gath
ered at the station and lammed along
the entire route io the White House
gave the prince an ovation.
Kts visit at the White Houae, where
the chief executive and his family are
| In mourning, on the other hand, was
quiet and simple In’ the extremd. A
luncheon attended only by the prlnca
and the Coolidge family Was followed
by a reception to members of the cab
inet and their wives, and then the vis
itor returned to the station and left
for Long Island. His stay in Washing
ton was barely more than two hours. ,
When the Prince stepped from hit
special train at 1:35 this afternoon
crowds, composed largely of women,
had already been straining the ropes
of the barriers, erected to keep them
In check for nearly two hours. Not
even the suffocating August heat had
been able to dissuade them from their
purpoae of aeetng the Prince.
As the Prince, with Secretary Hughes
by hie aide, walked down the station
platform and through the President's
room to reach a White House auto
mobile, the crowds gave way to their
pent up enthusiasm, forgot both fa
tigue and heat, and with much waving
of handkerchiefs and, hats, shouted
MfAlr wclepm»..The Prince, flushed and
•smiilng, repeHedlyj&fckwA hie ,hat In
'acknowledgment. >_
Surrounded by police m motorcycles,
the royal visitor sped to (he 'Whit*
Ho'uee, accompanied all the way by a
roar of greeting from' the erowda
which lined the streets. All office
buildings had released their employes
for the Saturday half holiday and
these had clustered along the route.
The two aexes there were more even
ly represented than at the station and
th men were no less enthusiastic In
their greetings than the. women.
Crewdst Wave Greetings.
Around the White Houae the crowds
weer thickets. Police regulations had
forbidden any entry to the White
House lawn, but thousands were
jammed along the sidewalks. Every
foot of ground in the vicinity of the
executive mansion was occupied and
the most eager had climbed trees foi
a better view. As the Prince's car ap
proached the roar was deafening and
thousands *f hands and gaily colored
parasols were waved In welcome,
while the eager-surging of the bright
ly dressed girls In the crowd put a
severe test on the restraining police.
President Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge
and their son, John, awaited the Prince
In the green room at the White House.
Secretary Hughes Introduced the
Prince to the presidential family and
then retired, leaving the Prince to be
entertained at lunch by the Coolidge
family alone. After the Informal lunch
cabinet members and their wives were
received for presentation to the Prince.
Before leaving, the prince wishing
to express to the Washington people
bis appreciation for the warmth with
which he had been received, addressed
to them a message as follows:
“To the People of Washington:
“I would like to express my very
deep gratitude to the people of Wash
ington for their kind welcome to me
on this hot day. To have the chance of
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GOOD WEATHER
Aviator* to Hop Off for Labrador
Sunday; Tog Rising; Length '
of Right Not Yet
Settled
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^TENANTS WADE AND '
/ OGDEN AWAIT AIRMEN
Ship* Take Positions; Pictou to
Boston Without Stop V
^ - Planned
.„2.NJ?9AR® »• «• RICHMOND AT
icb Tickle, labrador, Aug. so —
By The Asoeiatcd Preae.—Captain Thle
aen, the American army meterological
expert who la. noting weather oondl
tlona In connection with the world
flight tonight predicted favorable
weather for the flight tomorrow, With
the barometer rapidly rising, the fog
overhanging the Labrador coaat
throughout today belgan aeattertng
somewhat thte evening. _ y
AWAIT WORLD FLIERS ,
PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA, Aug. Io.—
By The Aaaoclated Preae.—Lleutenanta
Leigh Wade and Henry. H. Ogden, the
American fliere awaiting here the ar
rival of their round the world com
pantona, rented this morning from voy
aging by the Deatroyer Barry from
Iceland. Thla afternoon they worked
on their new plane, Boston II, looking
over the motor and testing thoroughly
In preparation for their Journey toward
Boaton. A trial apln In the hew plane,
which had been planned for today, will
not be held untll a new propeller ie
installed. ’ ."s' "
While there has been aome talk of
Lleutenanta Smith and Nelaon, now
In Greenland, making a one-day flight
from Indian Harbor, Labrador to Plo
tou, with only a brief atop at Hawkea
Bay, It will depend entirely on weather
conditlone and the 'American airmen
here think the flight will be carried
through In two ctjfges aa originally
planned. They aleo expect the Journey
to Boston from Pietou to ba made In
one Jump, without a atop at the emer
gency base at St. Johns, N. B„ unleaa
necessitated by the condition of' the
machines, , The destroyer Barry, which
! left yesterday,for Bay of Islands with
! mall for the vessels of the patrol fleet,
! Is expected to return to Plctou tomor
row to take ;ftp its position as radio
ship. The cr&iser Raleigh was due in
Bay of Islands today for fuel, having
mad# & erew trip down from Greenland
with both her starboard propellers die*,
nblad )»y the ice off Angmagsaitk,
AfteT ^avlnig Bay of Islands the Ba
le tgte.w ill" proceed -dlrect- th* Boston.
CANADA WILL WATCH -
BEER IMPORTATION
e * -. , --- '
Shipments Thought to Ba Designed
for'America will Be Denied.
WINDSTOR, ONT., Aug. SO.—Closer
check on exportation of beer will be
exercised by the Canadian government.
It was learned today. Customs offi
cials asserted that in future consign
ments of beer must be to genuine des
tination points.
It Is believed that shipments billed'
for "Cuba'* and “West Indies" but car
ried on frail boats safe only for fresh
water navigation will be denied clear
ance papers.
MONTANA OFFICIALS GUIT
Associate Justice and Attorney Gen
eral Give up Positions
HELENA, MONT., Aug. SO.—Asso
ciate Justice Charles H. Cooper of
the Montana supreme court and At
torney General Wellington D. Rankin
resigned late this afternoon. Gover
nor Joseph M. Dixon Immediately ac
cepted the resignations and appointed
Mr. Rankin as associate Justice to
.fill the unexplred term pf Justice
Cooper.
AID FOR SHIP GIVEN
Canada Offers Use of Giant Sea Plane
In Ice Disaster.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. SO.—Au
thority was received here today from
the Canadian government for the
Hudson's Bay company to use the
Viking, a giant sea plane, to aid men
of the Lady Ktndereley, a vessel of
the company caught In the ice of the
arctic ocean.
The Viking is at the Jericho air
station here.
APPEAL FOR MONTEVALLO GOES
TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN
Mr*. J. Brevard Jones States Case of Alabama College, Its N^eds
and Limitations in Plea for Aid; Scholarship Offered
| for Club Doing Best Work
The big feature of the work at Mon
tevallo headquarters In the Exchange
hotel on Saturday concerned the wom
en's division and was the formulation
of an appeal to "all the women of
Montgomery county,” by Mrs. J. Bre
vard Jones, head of the women's com
mittee In the local campaign for Ala*
bama College. The appeal Is as fol
ia ws:
"We are called on the first week
or September to make a canvass In
Montgomery county for the Million
Dollar Equipment fund for> Alabama
College—Montevallo. Knowing the
generous Interest that Montgomery
county women have always shown In
educational matters, I have cheerfully
accepted the chairmanship of the wom
an's division, and call on all women of
the county to help push the campaign.
Feeling quite surf that no cause is
dearer to your hearts than the educa
tion of a young woman, I am offering
a prize ,of a scholarship of one hun
dred dollar value to the woman's or
ganization of the county doing the best
work toward the completion of this
fund.
Any organisation Is eligible for the
prise—church society, parent-teacher s
association, club, U. D. C. chapter, D
A. R., and fraternal orders or educa
tional association. To qualify for the
contest, twenty-five per cent of the
membership must be contributors to
the Montevallo equipment fund and the
decision will be based on the greatest
sum contributed In proportion to the
membership of the organization. The
prise may be applied to a scholarship
for a girl in any school or college. As
published In the daily papers, chair
men have been appointed for the va
rious groups to work with, but fuller
information may be had by applying to
me or by applying to the Montevallo
campaign office at the Exchange hote .
"While this offer is made to the worn
| en’s organizations because it is felt
I that they will do the main part of the
women's work, the campaign managers
| hope that every woman in the county
I will do her full part for the advance
ment of the state's one college for
women. May I tell you why I believe
It Is a part of our citizenship and our
I service to help with this campaign?
"First, because the peace, hope and
security of #the future depend on the
' quality and quantity of our home mak
; era. The graduate of Montevallo has
been taugh that the fundamental busi
ness of all women is home-making, and
! Is trained in all the urts and sciences
that serve this noble calling.
"Second, because the hour has come
when women must be adequately
1 equipped by education to make a living
I and to sustain herself worthily In the
| world of business. The graduate of
' Montevallo can support herself worth
ily from the hour of her graduation.
"Third, Because in addition, Ala
bama College Is training adequately
| great numbers of young women for
teachers, thus making a contributlor.
i of culture, leadership an Idealism to
| the public schools of the state.
"Fourth, because I know by personal
contact that unselfishness, sincerity
and genuine scholarship characterize
i the students and faculty of the college.
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MONTGOMERY FAST
IOOINO CENTER
OF STOCK-RAISING
Southern Cattlemen’s Meeting
and Fat Stock Show Craw
Attention of Section
This Fall
Montgomery Is cinching Its place as
the live stock center of Alabama and
one of the principal centers of ths
entire southwest. In the two live stock
events which are to take place here
this fall. The first Is the thirteenth
annual meeting of the Southern Cat
tlemen's association which .will be
held September 10 and 11. This meefr
lng will, bring live stock raisers and
feeders, dairymen and hog and sheep
raisers from all over the South, with
the exception of Texas, which has Its
own organization In cattle production.
| Dr. Milton B. Jarnagln of Athens,
Ga., Is president of the association and
re tary-treasurer. They have arrang
ed a program for the two-day meet
ing which contalna the names of the
leading authorities on live stock
breeding and production In the South,
Including the heads of the animal in
dustry divisions of the various state
colleges. Swine, sheep and dairy cat
tle also have places on the program,
an expert from the department of ag
riculture at Washington being the
speaker on the first named subject.
Marketing Is a subject of especial in
terest ’at this time and will be dealt
with by men of long experience.
A feature of the Southern Cattle
men's meeting will be an old fashion
ed Black Belt barbecue to be given
on the afternoon of September 10.
This entertainment will be for the
visitors and a few Invited guests. In
cluding the local men who take part
In the program.
The second big event In the live
stock line Is the fat stock and feeder
show to be held In Montgomery on
October 2 and 3. Like the state fair,
which comes a month later, the fat
stock and feeder show has grown to
proportions beyond all the hopes of
Its promoters. Tt will be the third
show of the kind here and In three
years It has gone out of the one state
class and become an event attracting
the attention of five or six states.
Entries Outnumber Last Year
Up to Saturday the entries for the
show outnumbered last year two to
one and more than 3,000 head of cattle
had been guaranteed for the fat cat
tle and feeder sale which takes place
on the second day of the show at the
Union Stock yards. The- report of
Jesse B. Hearln, manager of the farm
division of the chamber of commerce
and one of the active workers for the
success of the exhibit and sale, Is
that probably 2.000 feeder calves and
1,000 feeder steers In the competition
for prizes and carloads of fat stock
from various sections of the state.
The large number of entries for the I
prizes and the big consignments for <
sale are the result of the interest
throughout the state created In the
event by J. C. Grimes head of the
animal husbandry department at Au- i
burn and K. G. Baker, beef cattle spe
cialist of the state college and ex
tension service. Local authorities give
credit for the tremendous growth of
the show to these two live stock au
thorities. working with the extension
agents and the Alabama farm bureau
federation and the county bureaus.
The cooperation of the Montgomery
Union Stock yards has also been a big
Influence.
The sale of fat cattle and feeder
calves on October 3 Is assured of buy
ers from Ohio, Indiana. Virginia, Ken
tucky and Tennessee, besides the reg
ular buyers for the big packing com
panies who are on the market here
every day In the year.
Many Buyers Coming
The buyers from other states who
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Blood Stains Clue
tin Disappearance'
\ of Tennessee Man
GREENS BORO. TENN.j Au«r. 10.—A
blood stained haekberry root and two
plaoaa of llmeatono rook, apparently
recently quarried, alao blood stained,
were the only new clues developed
after an all day search for George
Earls or his body, whose blood stained
buggy was <found near here Friday
morning.
The haokberry root, officers said,
apparently had been cut with a dull
knife. It Is about eighteen Inches
long and smaller at one end than at
the other. The only practical use
to which such an article could be put,
the officers said,, would be as a
bludgeon.
The rocks. It was pointed out, are
not of the kind found In the vicinity
and this leads officers to believe that
they were brought from some distance.
Farm Bureau Assured of Low
Rate to Market Staple Pooled
From 1924 Crop
The farm bureau cotton association
will have all the “cheap' money It
needs this year to finance the market*
lng of that portion of Alabama's cot
ton crop pooled by the members of
the association.
Representatives of a group of New
Tork banka a visited headquarters of
the association in Montgomery during
the week and after looking Into the
methods of marketing cotton by the
association offered all the credit need
ed for the orderly marketing of 200.
000 or more bales, at 4 per cent In
terest.
The same group of banks was rep
resented at the Memphis meeting of
the managers of the cotton associa
tions affiliated with the American
Cotton Growers exchange, of which
the Alabama association la a member,
and offered to provide 1200.000,000 for
the handling of this year's crop by
the exchange at the same rate of
Interest.
On top of the offer from the group
of New York banks. J. V. DeGruy, rep
resenting the Federal Intermediate
Credit bank, of New Orleans, visited
cotton association headquarters on
Saturday and offered all the money
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«ACCIDENTS;
■ DAMAGE IS LARGE
Fifteen Men Killed hi South
American Explosion; Plant De
stroyed; Fiye Die in
Snow Ravine
BUENOS ATRES, lav. *0.—Fifteag
workman war* killed and many oth*
ara Injured yesterday In an explosion
of fourteen tons of dynamite, stqrtd
on the railroad under construction be
tween Atocha and Tuplsa, Bolivia, says
a dispatch to La Naclon from La Pas.
A large construction works nearby was
destroyed.
The newspapers af La Pas express
the opinion that the dynamite was in
tentionally exploded.
LONDON. Aug. If.—Two Englishmen
and three English women have per
ished In a snow filled ravine In an
attempt to climb Mount Cervlno, near
Pallanxa, Italy, during a storm. The
bodies of thy men were recovered by
guides, but the women are still burled.
PITTSBURGH. PA., Aug. 10—The
death of four-year-old John Peretta
in a hospital tonight brought the death
toll of yesterday's gasoline explosion
at the garage of th« Peoples Natural
Gas company to ten. Three ottiaf per
sons are in hospitals not expected to
recover from burns received in the
blast, which occurred from som* un
determined cause while 1,500 gallons
of gasoline were being unloaded from
an automobile tank truck.
No date for an inquest has besn sst.
Deputy coroners under direction of
James L. Davidson, acting coroner tn
the absence of Coroner McGregor, who
Is out of town, are making an Inves
tigation.
REVJSE COTTON ESTIMATE
Coaecah Farmers Not ta Exceed 8,000
Balee
CASTLEBERRY. ALA.. Aug. SO —
| Conecuh county farmers and business
men have revised downward their first
| estimates of the size of the county's
| cotton crop. Originally 10.000 bales
| was the prediction but opinion now Is
! that the yield will not exceed 8,000.
Last year's yield was 5.000 bales
Corn will averags about 17 bushels
to the acre compared «wlth 14 last
year.
Woman Kills Man When He Jumps on
Running Board of Her Automobile
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. An*. 30.—
Thomas Thomason, an alleged hi
jacker and bandtt, was shot and in
stantly killed today by Mrs. Ethel
Thompson, as he leaped on the run
ning board of an automobile, occu
pied by her and her husband, Joseph
J. Thompson, in the business section
of the city. The Thompsons immedi
ately drove to police headquarters,
made statements, were charged with
manslaughter and were released on
$5,000 bonds each.
Thomason, according to the police
report, had been accused by the hus
band and wife of holding them up in
Jefferson recently and robbing them
of $250. Thomason is alleged to have
threatened the couple for filing
charges against him which it was re
ported had been withdrawn within the
last few days.
The scene of the killing was at
Common and Dryades streets, a busy
corner in the business district. Ac
cording to Thompsons statement to
the police he was about to leave the
corner where his car had been parked
when another automobile occupied l>y
| Thomason drew alongside. He said
I Thomason leaped out of the car and
i Jumping on the running hoard of his
| machine rhoutod “I’ve got you," and
reached for the keys of Thompson’s
1 machine hut was blocked.
Mrs. Thompson slated during th#
argument about the keys Thomason
reached for his hip pocket.
“I thought he was after his gun,"
she declared. "IIo had threatened
our lives and I believed he was going
to kill us, so I turned around to the
buck of the coupe and grabbed our
revolver. I shut him once and he fell
to the ground."
Thomason was shot through the
heart arid fell from the running board
Immediately after the shooting an
other automobile driven by a man
believed to have been Thomason's
companion, sped away from the
scene.
Thomason was 48 years of age. Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson gave their ages
[ us 33 and 38 years respectively.
Troop* Patrol Town Folknrtn*
Renewal of Warfar* Between
. Faction*; Armed Mon on <•**$
Way to
TROUBLE IS RENEWS)
FOLLOWING COURT ACTJ0*i
Outbreak Result* From
Last February; Town
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HERRIN, 'LLS., Aug. 30*—*?:
The Associated Press^—Statfty
froops
patrolled the streets of Hep*
rin tonight following a renewal
of klan and anti-klan rioting hens
today in which six men were killed
and zt least five .wounded, ©n#
dangerously. :
dtad: , V-oV- -i. -
X>»PDtr Sheriff J. B. AIM*
•on, Dewar IJewboIt, Qreen Dunning*
Rofift" R*M’ Ch*rlM Wl“*r<1*
Harman Pbamlatar.
bnillff oh the Herrin city court, shot
J? „fh* J*?4 “4 critically wounded.
CnrI Shelton, Deputy Sheriff Or*
rin°mM’ -Charl•• B*nh*m> Hnrry He*#;
Troopd arrived late today from Car
nondale and other* were expected at*
mentarily from Cairo, Mount Verne*
and Salem. Tension tonight was re*;
ported high but military authorities
hoped to be able to cope with the «t* *
nation. -gy *
Carload* of armed men wer* re
ported pouring Into Herrin tonight
from all direction*. Sheriff Galilean
aald he waa informed Klansmen were
coming from Marion, Mount. Vernon
*nd other nearby cities. Frl£r to the
arrival of troope, Gaillgan had or
dered extra guard* around th* hos
pital.
The renewal of the warfare which
had died down In recent month*,
•tsrted early this afternoon ahortiy
after State’* Attorney Deloe Duty had;
d(*mi**ed the murder chargee again*!’
the Shelton brother*. Carl and Kart,
for the slaying of Conatable Cgaaar
Cagle, a Klanaman, |a rioting laet Feb
ruary (.
Forty or firty shot, are aald t*
haera been fired. The shooting etarted
when Sheriff George GalUgan went to
the J. H. Smith garage with two depe
utlea on lnatructiena from State’# At
torney Deloe'Duty to arise the car
leged to have been need by the a*’*'
aallanta of g. Glenn Young, Kiwi liquor
0k‘w*u‘*.
I if11* on,y coherent account of tha
affair available early today waa from
Sheriff Gaillgan, a bitter opponent of
the Ku Klux Klan, The aherlff aald
that as he and Deputies Allison and*
Thomas entered the garage he noticed
Dewey Newbolt. an alleged Klanaman.
sitting In a chair with four guns
strapped to hie waist.
Gaillgan aald Newbolt fired upon
them and they returned the fire. The
dead are all of Herrin and four of
them—Newbolt, Dunning. Sold and
Willard—aro Klansmen, according to
the aherlff. Roland waa a bystander
and waa hit by a stray bullet. He died
I***4 H*rrln Cltjr ho*p“»i. the Hs»
building riddled by bullets in tha Feb
ruary riot.
Phemiatar waa reported dying early
tonight. A previous erroneous report
•aid that Phemlster had died.
Carl Shelton was shot through tha
hand. Sheriff Gaillgan declared he be
lieved Newbolt fired the shot which
wounded Shelton but said tha latter’s
presence In the neighborhood seemed
coincidental. The Snslton boys ha satn,
war* Juat preparing to drive to Bast
St. Ionia, following diamiasal of the
Indictments against them.
The dismissal case came Into Herrin
city court after a Jury had been se
lected but not sworn In. The state's
attorney said ha had Insufficient evi
dence for prosecution.
Tim Cagle, father vf the slain con
stable, made a dramatic statement to
the court In which he said he did not
believe the Shelton brothers wer* guil
ty. . •• .?■
Bitter factional fasting, resulting
from continued law violations, tha ac
tlvltlea of 8. Glenn Young and his
adherents an<^ strong Klan and anti
Klan sentiment, have kept this com*"
muntty In a state of more or less tur
moil for several months.
Today’s trouble. It Is conceded, lg‘
traceable to last February I when
Conatable Cagle was killed and Dep
uty Sheriff John Dayman wounded.
For several weeks prior to this, tha
Klan faction and the Knights of the
Flaming Circle, an organisation op
posed to the Klan had been on the
verge of open werware.
According to accounts of tha Febru- ‘
ary outbreaks Sheriff Gaillgan and
Deputy Layman went to a hall In Her
rin in an effort, they declared, to pre
vent trouble at a meeting of the Flam
ing Circle. Reports that Klansmen
were attempting to break up the meet
ing caused a riot during which Deputy
Layman was shot. >
Charges were mede by the faction
opposing the Klan that Chief of Po
lice John Ford end two Herrin police
men had fired at Layman ard In tha
ensuing excitement it waa reported
that the Klan had assassinated Lay
man.
i oung wno was a dominant figur*
In Williamson county at tha tlms im
mediately proclaimed ths Klan would
take control of Herrin and ordered
the arrest of Chief Ford and hts as*
slstants. Militiamen were rushed ta
the town and quiet restored.
Later It was reported that/Carl and
Earl Shelton had fired the shots,
which resulted In the death of Cagls.
Subsequently both were Indicted by \
special grand jury of the Herrin city
court. That followed a series of charges
and counter charges and finally tha
indictment of Young and SS associates
by the same grand Jury.
Young later left the county and with
his departure, matters quieted but
soon flnred up again when news was
received that Young and his wife
were fired upon by assailants In tni
other automobile near Okawvllle, as
they were driving toward East ’ St.
Louis. ' Both received dangerous
wounds. Mrs. Young suffering the toss
of one eye, while Young’s right lew
was smashed Just below ths kusa by
a bullet.
Yer Montgomery and vtelnity i
Sunday partly elondy and unset.
Sunday will be S3 ts M degrees. '
THE WEATHER