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STATE HEWS BRIEFS
fVinfn-ence as As
''of World OWiUiorxs,
11" of Farm CrrdlU and
'rffeibltkin Knforcetnent
,v r.jtcs. Ic- 9- President
addressing Congress In
friiir 03 tbc eUte of lne
i-e transportation alt-
v':Zl ".t:bi:ion enforcement and
. s a tbe "forefront of the
'notj'ems pressing for. sola-
too occasion to reply dl
k. -I tose who he said had as
tv1. the United States had
fitlt "aloof and apart, an
.''ci world obligations." He
tvese paTe "ecant credit"
r -r -telpfol part" America had
S-J ia international relations,
particularly to the arms
'x. prohibition situation, the
'4 s$erted there were condl
t rforcenent "which aaror of
candal." He made no
tT-W-iitions on this score, hut
!Tr.j.bU purpoae to call an
iV'srence oi the gOTernors of
r.Vi.f and territories with the
iihortties to formulate defl
s, of national and -state
;'-J'i'-r. in administering of
"vjr-: il.ere was no problem
sr Importance the one of
--'rr.ittJS. Mr. Harding told
there a need to begin
:o co-ordinate all trans-V...:-4
facUiiies rail, water and
. .v to the relief of the rall
xi :";r. be suggested merger
c L systems, a facilitated
- - izre of freight care and a
.liitlca of facilities generally.
''trziz: to tbe recent , railroad
Priiident .nroDOs'ed that
I:ifril tribunal deallcgiwltb dis-i
the carsJers and their1
triors siTen ample authority to
Ia decisions. He olced a
rti.::e for abolition of the rail
ati Uiar board and placing of its
--.tzzs under an enlarged Inter-t-rf
c:n:erce commission. Should
t itci-Ioa be to continue this
rir! b txistence, howeirer, he sug
siil ;lut tbe partisan membership
u tV'i4 to the end that the
-tuil iai partial rTtIttlsuI
4ur.r tcoTed Irom tmicago o
Tiiir.oa o there mngnt o airecx
srxt with the commlseloa.
T: C2'y specific recommendation
it executiTe for enactment of
?ra:33 at this, the short seseion
rC:irre. related to the perma
yr, e4:ib.;shraent of widened farm
rlf- H urged both ample farm
:-t;:::r. credits and enlarged land
:irau;h enlargement of the
i:rt ni zhe farm loan board and
rr;!d fr.2ress that pecial pro--i.:if
r.u-t be made for livestock
credits.
:-i-r rrconimndations included:
Ix -trtion of aliens. .
. r:; i examination of emi
:tl1 : Tibarkation ports.
Tril js-itance in the educa-
I ' i;:;'jr.a! amendment giv-C-:-2
authority over child
--:i:a;ttnJl amendment re-lb-
:t" of tax-exempt se-
hy the federal government.
manicipalitles and coun-
1 -iy by Congress of the wide
-''il t:a production costs and
"a cosfumers.
Ti t:rt-r of a plan to draft all
4 rtn-rc's of tbe nation, human
i:rial. for national defence.
1 -tfiar Interest by the na
"n t3irnment in constructive
r.;-4 calculated to promote the
u-.iia of steam, water and elec-
;.;r -n the eastern tndus-
consideration of recla
a: 1 irrigation projects where
a: ;, rr.ay be maae avaiiaoir
r-rr-nt and productivity.
C-.--ion between the federal
r-"Jt: r.t r.d the various states
4; r 0( forest lands to the
4"i- ;:- riton trom fire should
r. - r tr effective and replant-
R 'rirnV 6-- C" De' 9 Nelson
Greene, former sheriff of Ander-
lVVintl and A mocrat. took the
?LC? 441 United, States, mar
shal for. the western ' district -of
South Carolina iere at 3 o'clock yes
terday noon and immediately as
sumed the duties of office, succeed
Jseph W. Tolbert. Republican,
who has twice been nominated by
President Harding for the marshal-ahlp.
tay Escape Death Penalty
(Raleigh. Dec. 9. Fourteen men
now awaiting execution at the state
prison; a burglar, three rapists and
10 murderers, may yet eecape the
ultimate vengeance of the law
through the possibility of the abol
ition of the death penalty by the
General -Assembly which meets fn
January and the possibility that the
governor, in Tlew of the first men
tioned possibility sets no date for
their execution.
Negro Gets Reprlere
Raleigb, (Dec. 9. Joe Dixon, ne
gro, under death sentence for con
viction In Craven county of first de
gree burglary, was granted another
60 days reprieve by Governor Mor
rison late yesterday. He was orig
inally sentenced to die on May 16
and has been reprieved three times.
Had Governor Morrison not inter
vened he would have been executed
next Monday.
Raiding Officer Shot
LUlington. Dec. 9. Deputy Sher
iff J. R. Mitchell Is in a Ralsifth hos
pital with one eye shot out! and the
other eye hall punctured, by shot, as
a result of a raid upon the alleged
site of a still about two miles
northeast of Buie's Creek this week.
Fred Holland is in the Lillington
jail, and search Is being made for
Percy Ennis and Fred Matthews,
said to have been implicated in tbe
affair.
FIRE DESTROYS TOWN .
AND MANY HOMELESS
: -
Thirty Blocks Wipea Oat; by Flames
Two Are Dead, Property Loss
Estimated at S1S.600.000
Astoria, Ore., Dec. 9. The busi
ness dirtrict of Astoriv the oldest
city In Oregon, 1n ruins, two are
dead, hundreds of pereons are home
less and property losses estimated
at 15. 000.000 was caused by a fire
here Friday. For 10 hours the fire
held sway, eating an ever-widening
path through the city" until shortly
after noon when dynamite stayed
the flames.
Banks, newspaper plants, hotels,
stores, theaters and numerous build
ings housing a variety of business
places were destroyed. According to
Fire Cbdef E. B. Foster, the Are got
out of control because It burned the
piling beneath the buildings upon
which the business section of the
city was built. He attributed the
disaster to failure to fill in the space
beneath the piling.
THorrls Staples, president of the
Bank of Commerce, dropped dead of
heart failure while the fire was at
its height.
The body of C. J. Smith, a tran
sient, was found hanging under the
sidewalk of the -water front but
whether he had ended his life be
cause of the fire or for other rea
sons the police were unable to de
termine. He had spent the night i
a cheap lodging house on the water
front. Thirty blocks were wiped out by
the flames. 'Many homes 1n the old
er residential district were destroy
ed and about 50 families living in
an apartment bouse were made
homeless by the destruction of that
building. In addition to these many
persons occunvine rooms in the de
stroyed area lost everything they had
, except the clotbing on their backs.
COUNTY AGENTS NOW
MEETING IN RALEIGH
Number Liquor Cases
Aired In Court Here
Before adjournment of the De
cember term ot -Federal court here
Thursday afternoon a number of
cases In which violation of the pro
hibition laws was charged were tried
with the following results:
M arte r 'Williams, guilty. 9100 and
the costs.
JoHtt'BodenBaTtfror. T'raBs: Bo
denhammer, not gdHty of manufac
turing. ;
A. L. Barnes, obi pros.
TomiDobblns, pleaded guilty, fined
(50 atid the costs.
James Chappel. nol pros.
'Marshal Hamrick. pleaded guilty,
fined $50 and the costs.
J. W. Stewart, nol pros.
David 'Richmond, pleaded guilty,
fined $100 and costs.
Arthur Finney, nol pros.
James Hodges, nol pros.
I. H. Beatiy. pleaded guilty, finei
$50 and the costs.
2 .
tivts JM..M0 DanuiCfs
Burlington. Va.. Dec. 9. A jury
of farmers on Thursday set at $465.
000 the damages dui Mrs. Dorritt
S. Wood house, from her wealthy
parents-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. loren
zo E. Woodhouse. of New York and
this city. She had sued them for a
million dallars. alleging they had
alienated the affections of her young
husband. C DouKlas Woodhouse.
who is now at Reno. Nevada, seek
ing divorce. Tbe award is one ot
the largest ever returned in sucb
cases.
INnionxt ration WorkfTH From All
SctIonK of S or tlx 0roI ina At
tending the Conference
. .ion limited to les
- .r.!h. there was a sen
r. that Congress coul"
r.oA- and March 4 wit'
of fven the most ix-
problems presented b
." To what extent
'' I i.-dr on the ultimate
1 H irdins as to an
. i the new Congress
mc conjecture at
Needs of Schools In
Guilford Discussed
Citizens from various sections ot
Guilford appeared before the Coun
ty Board of Education Jast Satur
day afternoon to urge the school
needs of their communities. The
largest delegations were from Brown
Summit and 'Monticello. (Residents
of Brown Summit and vicinity con
tended that Brown Summit repre
sents the center of population in
that part of the county and that
high school activities in that section
ehould be concentrated there. The
Monticello delegation, with Richard
Moore as chief spokesman, urged re
tention of the high school at i.Mon
ticello. advancing what they consid
ered vital reasons in support of in
position. .q
Request that an excellent ele
mentary school be established in the
northeastern rart of Wash ngto.V
township was presented by citizens
of tdat section.
Raleigh, Dec. 9 A11 of the county
agents employed by the State College
of Agriculture and the State Depart
ment of Agriculture Are now at the
college for the short course and con
ference held annually by the Agri
cultural Extension service. Approx
imately 70 agents were here to be-
lln.,rhe conference on- December. ,
On the 7th. the home demonstration
agents gathered for a' three-day joint
conference. tMeeting with the agents
are the specialists of the Experiment
station and professors of the college
A full program for the entire 11
days has been worked out and the
agents are finding each day filled to
the brim with matters of value and
interest. Considerable time tor
round table discussions has been al
lowed. Some of the important mat
ters being studied are those having
to do with the fight on tin boll wee
vil. the marketing of surplus prod
ucts grown, where the boll weevil is
damaging cotton, the marketing of
live-stock, feeding hogs and other
livestock, and many other matters
of concern among the farmers just
at this time.
The agents are also outlining their
work for the coming year. Plans
are being made for carrying on some
of the various phases o work now
being engaged in by the extension
service and at tbe same time an ef
fort is being made to correlate the
activities of all the agents so that
they may fit in with the general
agricultural program of the college
and department administrative officers.
NEGRO IS BURNED AT
STAKE BY GREAT MOB
Victim in Florida, Accused of Mur
der of Youag Woman, Taken From
Sheriff and f-iyncbJng Follows
Perry; Fla., Dec. 9. Charlie
Wright, negro, accused of the mur
der of iMlss Ruby Henry, young
school, teacher, was taken from the
sheriff and burned at the stake' at
the scene of the crime Friday night
by a,mob estimated at several thou
sand '.men.
The negro, along with Albert
Young negro, -was taken from the
sheriff, and his party as they return
ed t& Perry ,to lodge the. two meif In
jail. Wright had been arrested at
'Madison, Florida, early in the day
and Young was taken at Kinder
Ion; Ca. Capture of the two negroes
came after a six-day search in which
hundreds of men from Florida and
Georgia counties had participated at
one time or another.
Bqtk negroes were taken to r
small stream, a few hundred yards
outside th.e town, where last Satur
day .afternoon the young woman's
body was found by a passing train
crew; (Both negroes -were given an
audience and Wright is said to have
exonerated Young as the second ne
gro "who waylaid the young woman.
He cdm-raitted the murder, he is said
to have confessed, while another ne
gro robbed her. He' did not name
the other negro, but said it was nor
Young.
Following Wright's talk, the mob
proceeded to strap him to a stake.
Pine wood and grass were placed at
his feet, and the works then set on
fire. His body was burned to a
crisp.
Young was turned back to the
authbriites and placed in the county
jail. .
No disorder was attempted. The
mob, which began to stream into
Perry throughout the day, began to
break up.
HEWS OF THE HATIOII
Ice Man Whipped by Mob
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. lO.-nEm-met.
Clarke, Ice man, was taken
from his automobile last night hy
three unmasked men to a point west
of the city and severely lashed.
VYou have been a bad little boy and
have mistreated your wife. We are
going to punish you," the men said,
according to Clarke. They- then
stripped him to the waist and ap
plied the lash. .
Long Ship Subsidy Fight
Washington, Dec. 10. Senate
supporters and opponents of the ad
ministration shipping bill today
measured their strength and laid
their plans preparatory to the be
ginning tomorrow of debate on the
measure. Everything pointed to a
hard and long fight, possibly con
tinuing, with interruptions, until the
end of the session next March.
PLANS TO LIQUIDATE
STATE DEBT DEVISED
Proposed to Provide Annual Appro
priation to Retire Present Out
standing Rondetl Indebtedness
Raleigh, Dec. 9. An annual ap
propriation of 500.000. half of it
from the general fund and half from
the automobile license fees, properly
safeguarded by constitutional
amendments that will -remove any
possibility of its being diverted to
other purposes, will probably be
madt by the coming General Assem
Wy is a sinking fund to retire the
Another Officer. Killed
Mount Sterling, Ky Dec. 10.
Within a few yards of the spot in
Menifee county where Prohibition
Agent Robert C. Duff was shot to
death by alleged moonshiners Satur
day afternoon, Dave Treadway, 28,
federal officer and member of a
posse seeking the slayers of Duff,
was shot from ambush and fatally
wounded this afternoon.
Victory for Co-ops
Halifax, Va., Dec. 9. The Tobac
co Growers' Co-operative association
scored its first success in a Virginia
court Friday. Judge Wm. iL. Barks
dale at Halifax courthouse on Fri
day continued the injunctions re
straining four members of the to
bacco co-operative from making
any further deliveries of their to
bacco outside of the association.
Traveler Shot to Death
Macon, Ca., Dec. 9. Paul Fund
erburk, of Rome, Ga., traveling
salesman for a tobacco company,
was shot and instantly killed and
his woman companian said by offi
cers to be 'Miss Olene Courson, was
seriously wounded, when the couple
returned to the woman's boarding
house shortly after 10 o'clock Thurs
day night. M. D. Wood, clerk in a
local department store, was placed
under arrest by sheriff's deputies
and charged with the shooting.
ri .the. agricultural'
" Vu- and senate are
" ' one recommenda-
i:ive that dealing
4i:-5hall be trar.s-
a: this session. They
- -;Urly anxious that
: t, .onte solution of the
"-'--::i that would 'bring
' i ir-tshi rates, but
; r f tr.. of senate In
' -- - rr.. committee, said
. i sUlation along the
-- hy Mr. Harding
. . . i . . .
- at mis session.
Prve Fatal -
... - . . v.
n .; -I- i .Mrs. i . J. nauu
?"'tT . ' f'M ad. Route 1, died
it :ri:-u ' trimi Injuries suffer
v3obUe wreck which
Thanksgiving, .day;".,.
I Great Poultry Show
To Open Wednesday
way, final nrenarations being
made for the eighth annual of
ficial state poultry show, which
I will be held here Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, officials
of the North Carolina t-ouury as
sociation and Central Carolina
Poultry association are confident
that the exosltion will be an un
qualified success. The exhibits
will be made in an attractive
showroom on East Sycamore
street, between Davie and Forbis
Manv birds have ,been entered
and 'a large attendance is expect
ed The full program was pub
lished In last Thursdays' issue or
The Patriot.
Substantial Increase
In Cotton Ginnings
Washington. Dec. 9. Cotton gin
ned prior to December 1 amounted
to 9,318;144 running bales, includ
ing 157,729 round bales, counted as
half bales; 22.410 bales of American
Egyptian and 4,945 bales of Sea Is
land, the census bureau announced
Friday.
Ginnings to December 1 last year
totaled 7.639.961 running bales, in
cluding 121,449 round bales, count
ed as half baU; 22,187 bales of
American Egyptian and 2,941 bales
of Sea Island.
Ginnings to December 1 this year
J by states follow :
Alabama 803.772; Arizona 2S.
247; Arkansas 297.452; California
17.195; Florida 26.004; Georgia
712.310; Louisiana 339.357; Mis
sippi 963. 2S9; Missouri 127,500;
North Carolina 790,766; Oklahoma
618.075; South Carolina 493.034;
Tennessee 365.2 72; Texas 3.02 0.
196; Virginia 23.205; all other
states 13.470.
. i present .aeixt or tne state;
tAaoptton ol tne serial issue piau
for the -retirement of subsequent ob
ligations assumed by the state wil
also be brought to the attention o
the General Assembly, with the view
to placing the state's finances on
sound basis that will liquidate all
present debts and provide for the
payment of all future debts incur
red for public improvements.
The plan will have the approval
and endorsement of Governor CNIor
rison. and the -attorney general is
now at work on a measure that will
embody these provisions. The gov
ernor has not yet committed himself
to the details of the legislation, but
he is broadly committed to a plai
of liquidation of the state de'bt
with proper safeguards against th
possibility of a sinking fund for pur
poses other than the payment ot
debts.
Along with the plan to get the
state out of debt will go a second
constitutional amendment limiting
the amount of the debt which the
state may incur. It si likely that
the proposed legislation will sub
mit the amendments in the general
election of 129-4 and that the pro
visions of the legislative action will
become effective in the appropna-:
tions of 1925. The entire program
will probably be included in a single
piece of legislation.
Woman Elected Head
of Historical Body
Judge Frank Gary Dead
Charleston, IS. C, Dec. 9. Judge
Frank ;B. Gary, ofv the eighth jli
dicial circuit, and one-time United
OtAteg m patoisey v iig .an unexpired
term, died here Thursday, t the
home of his sister, tMrs. iMarie Gary
Bason. iHe was a brother of Chief
Justice Engene ;B. Gary, of the state
Supreme court.
New Sheriff Captures Stills
Wilson. Dec. 9. Sheriff O. A.
Glover, during his first five das in
office, has started a record as a de-stroyer-of
whisky stills, having cap
tured up to this morning three, with
a total capacity of 110 gallons.
Joint Meeting Wednesday
At 1 o'clock next Wednesday W.
B. Sanders, of Chapel Hill, executive
secretary of the North Carolina Con
ference for Social Service, will ad
dress a joint meeting of the -notary.
Kiwanis. Civitan and Lions clubs of
this city at the O. Henry hotel. He
will, discuss prison reform legislation.
Raleigh, Dec. 9. Precedent was
smashed by the North Carolina Lit
erary and Historical association at
its final session at Meredith college
Friday night, when it elected Miss
Adelaide Fries, or Winston-Salem,
its president for the ensuing year.
She is the first woman in the his
tory of the organization to hold
that office and she was accorded an
ovation when her name was brought
in by the nominations committee.
The Patterson memorial cup, giv
en by ,Mrs. Lindsay 'Patterson in
memory of her father, was present
ed to josephus Daniels, former sec
retary of the navy, in recognition of
his book. " Our Navy at War," pub
lished in May. The presentation
was made in a brief speech by Dr. T.
p. Harrison, chairman of the cup
committee.
Other officers chosen at the con
cluding session of the association
were Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire,
first vice-president; Dr. Benjamin
Sledd. second vice-president; Mrs.
Jos. G. Pogue, third vice-president,
and R. B. House to succeed himself
as secretary and treasurer. All of
ficers were chosen by acclamation.
Offered $20,000 For
Dead Husband, Claim
Detroit, Mich., Dep. 9. -Charges
that she had been tricked into mar
riage by visions of great wealth
and generosity and that she had
been "driven so nearly frantic"
by the actions of her husband that
at times she suffered loss of memory
and responsibility, will be the de
fense of Mrs. May Belle Ford when
she goes on trial here charged with
plotting the death of her husband
Ney J. Ford, of Dearborn.
IMrs. Ford, held in jail here be
cause she cannot procure $25,000
bail, is charged with offering to hire
a local detective, who posed as a
gunman. $20,000 to kill berhusband
and burn the body. The woman
told newspaper men today that she
intended to tell the jury "everything
about my unhappy married life and
let that story be my defense."
Declare Money Given
Accuser of Governor
Oxford, iMiss., Dec. 9. Interest in
the damage suit instituted -by Miss
Frances Birkhead against Lree IM.
Russell, governor of Mississippi,
centered tonight in efforts being
made to locate Theo G. Bilbro, for
mer governor and wanted as a wit
ness by the plaintiff.
A. B. Schauber, campaign manager
for Mr. Russell in his contest for the
governorship, told of money pay
ments alleged to have been made to
Miss Birkhead which have figured i
the testimony of several previous
witnesses. Mr. Schauber explained
that friends of the governor made up
a fund of $600 to 'be given 'Miss
Birkhead when it was reported that
she planned to make public allega
tions against the governor.
Convicted of Perjury
New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 9.
Raymond Schneider was found guil
ty of perjury by a jury here Friday
afternoon after it had been out 15
minutes. fSchneider accused Clif
ford Hayes, his chum, of being re
sponsible for the murder of the Rev.
Edward W. Hall and his chair singer
Mrs. Eleanor R Mills. Hayes, was
later vindicated 'and Schneider was
held for perjury. . ...
White Youth Kills Negro
Lumberton, Dec. 9. John Hous
soms. negro, -was killed by Jennings
Bullard, a 17-year-old white boy,
near Baynham, Robeson county, Fri
day afternoon. Bullard struck the
negro, who was a tenant on his
father's Jarm, on the head witJ. a
piece of scantling when the negro
advanced upon him making threats,
according, to the evidence brought
out at the coroner's inquest. The
coroner's jury exonerated the boy,
their verdict being that the killing
was justifiable homicide.
Cashier to Make Restitution
Taylorsville, Dec. 9. News was
received here Thursday that A. W,
White, formerly cashier of the Bank
of Stony Point, who disappeared
from that place over a month ago,
and had not been heard from until
about a week ago. had returned to
Stony Point and will make good a
shortage ot $14,000 of the bank's
fund? whicb he is alleged to be re
sponsible for.
RAND0LPPMEBJ
' AREiJW jCTEP
W. L. Coltranf jmd R. I
White-1 jaed
MR. CRANF i TALKS
Referring to Fed Oraitd;' Jury
Indictment of Tvf. ten, C&airman
Cranf ord ; Denlef-Matf Section,
iatws WereVioIatcd ; i
The two election officials indicted
by a grand jury in :FederaP 'court
here last Wednesday for alleged re
fusal to permit a qualified voter to
cast his ballot in the Norember elec
tion are W. IL. Colirane and JR. .
White,1 Jr., of "New Market town
ship, Randolph county; according to c
trustworthy information ' obtained ;
here.
Upon learning? qf .the indictments
C C. Cranf ord, chairman of .he
Randolph County 'Democratic execu- -tive
committee, " issued a statement
in which be stoutly denied that any
violations of the election laws had
been permitted in that county. Mr;
Cranford also called upon (District
Attorney Frank A. (Lin ney to cite,
his authority for the return of the
indictments.
The district attorney had stated
that the indictments were- for re- .
f usal to allow a qualified voter, a
Republican, to cast his ballot, al
though it was contended that two
Democratic voters in similar circum
stances were permitted to vote. Af- '
fidavits to that effect were given to
Mr. Linney, the la,tter said, and he
took action.
Only recently, Mr. iLinney stated,
had it been made certain tbat ac
tion in the Federal court could be'
taken regarding such matters. The
United iStates ISupreme court, he
pointed out, recently 'held that the
general law covering civil rights is
applicable to elections in so ; far as
the rights of voters are concerned. -The
maximum penalty is imprison
ment for 10 years or a $5,000 fine.
T L. Cox tm teWt J d .
prived of the suffrage privilege, it
is understood. iN. (E. Davis, A. B.
Coltraneand J. "W. 'Berry are named
as witnesses in . the case, as lis T. JL.
COX. .
rphe following ' statement from C.
Ci Cranford, of Asheboro, was ob
tained by The Greensboro Daily
News: .
MI have not seen either Mr." Wbte -or
(Mr. Coltrarie, but since readiag
thevetatetnent5 of the former chair- '
.man, of the state tReaaJtiilican cog-A
i&eiea :
attorney, 7 in ivhlcli he gave1 "i$rt&m "T?
facj:ifn the .Greensboro &t&iyf9$ewat
df December 7 about two . election of
ficers" in 'Randolph county, I have,
made inquiry as to the facts and
have been assured that no Repub
lican in iNew (Market township or -any
-other precinct hasten denied
the privilege of voting except those
not entitled under the law and that
no 'Democrat who was not entitled to
vote under the law has knowingly
been permitted to vote 'in any pre
cinct. "I do not know under what statute
these indictments were sent but sup
pose that the indictments are under
the conspiracy statute of the old re- -construction
force bill which does
not contain any reference to election-
offenses, every section of the
force bill making any reference to
the electoral franchise having been
repealed 'by Congress in 1909.
"Since that time, however, the
Supreme court has held in a case
where a large number cf politician's
in an Indiana city, it was alleged,
banded together 'by conspiring to
gether to commit wholesale fraud,
that this conspiracy clause of tber
force bill does apply to elections, al- -though
the statute was not in that
part of the force bill which related
to violations of the electoral fran
chise. "I cannot believe that any federal
official has revived the conspiracy
statute of the pdious force bill to in
dict an election offictial who is
charged with (the simple offense of
what could only in its wor6t aspect
be a mistake ii judgment when there
is no deep laid scheme to defraud
the electorate.
"It may be that when the indictecT
officials learn of their indictment
they may have something to say, but
I know them to be good citizens and
do not believe they will attempt to,
try their cases in the newspapers.
"The Democrats have conducted a
clean, decent campaign and they
fear no indictment that will be
brought in any court, and if Mr. Lin
cey had made the slightest investi
gation and not relied upon Republic
cans who are peeved and mad pJbout
the election and are discredited and
repudiated by the best citizens 0 alL
paries and are now trying to use the .
courts as an engine o oppression
against the law-abiding citizens, be
would not have sent the bill. Why
this hurry to indict these officials?
The reason no doubt will be made
clear later."
TMr. Coltfane, an election judge,
lives on Route 1, Kandleman: Mr.
White, an election registrar7, at Glen
ola, and Mr. Cox on iRoute 1. Ran
dleman. 'Messrs. Coltrane and White
are Democrats, while Mr. Co is a
Republican.
More Trouble for Daughei-ty
Washington, Dec. 10. rJapk ; H.
Ralston, counsel for Representative
Keller, Republican, Minnesota,- -who ;
has brought impeachment -cbarges
against Attorney General 'Daugher--ty,
wrote Chairman Volstead, of th
house judiciary committee, today
that he may find, it necessary to
place before the committee addi-.
tional charges of high crimes and.'
misdemeanors. ' . 's ' . -
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