V THE TRI-CITY DAILY VOLUME XIL NO 177 LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1923 TWO CENTS PER COPY EightyFour Persons Arrested For Smuggling Booze In Georgia Claim Some Of Those; Arrested Are The Higher Ups In Big B >otl g lang Washington, August 16 (A>)—With 84 persons already under arrest at Savannah, Georgia, under the con spiracy section of the prohibition en forcement act, Department of Jus tice officials said they believed they finally had rounded up one of, if not the largest bootleg forces in the United States. Other important ar rests were forecast and it was stat ed that indictments would be sough! not only under the volstead act but also under customs laws against smuggling and statutes making 1* unlawful to transport smuggled goods. NEW BERLIN GOVERNMENT SEEMS FIRMLY IN POWER Berlin, August 18 —Chancellor J Stresemann’s new coalition govejrn ment appeared firmly in power~~to day after its presentation to the Reichstag yesterday and a strong vote of confidence by that body. A majority of the middle groups of public opinion seemed in full ac cord with the government and ready to back it up against the commun ist and extreme reactionaries—the only groups in opposition. Meantime the internal situation shdwed signs of calming, despite new outb’reaTIcs yesterday in Aaschen (Aix le Chappelle) and vicinity, in whicft ten were killed and upwards of a hundred wounded and extension of the strikes in the chemical and el ectrical industries at Frankforter. The new chancellor’s opening speech ifi the Reichstag, said the new government will follow out the same broad*Rues as the preceding cabinet of Dr. Cuno. HI Uhiwuellnr appealed to the ag riculturalists To relieve the food siS* uation admitting the government could not expect the workers to re main quiet unless they were assured an adequate food supply. In a general interview, following his appearance in the Reichstag, Stresemann told newspapermen Par is is deceived if it thinks the changes in Germany’s government indicates an end to Germany’s power of res istance. The chancellor said that his new tax program was fixed to ameliorate finances considerably and reiterated the policy that Germany considers the Rhine provinces as inviolate. Regarding the Ruhr, Stresemann said it will always remain the soul of industry and a nesessary symbol of the nation’s material accomplish ments. The chancellor attributed internal confusion to a breaking of the popu lar nerve. “Nothing is so bad for a nation as not to know its future,” he said. “But a people with the great past of Germany need not fear. We still have the power to carve our own destiny.” Dr. Cuno it was reported has been' mentioned as new German ambass ador for Washington, a post he prob ably would accept. Berlin continued quiet today after a minor clash in Frankfurter Avenue last night in which one man was ser iously wounded when police fired on a crowd of demonstrators. RUSSIA PLANS TO EXPORT 3 MILLION TONS OF GRAIN Berlin, August 16 M5)—Russia’s grain exportation this year is a burn ing question for Germany which must buy a large portion of its bread stuffs abroad. Contracts are already reported to have been made by Ger man organizations for 40 million gold marks tffrfh of Russian grain, chiefly rye. This transaction is said to have been financed jointly by the German government, the German industrialist atfd the German bank ers. Krassin and other representatives of Soviet Russia maintain that the So iet government, wi% be able to export three million tons of pain thii season. They coiltend that the ■RERGDOLI, CASE INVOLVES MEN OF FIVE NATIONS Eberbach, Baden, Germany, Aug ust, 16 —The kidnapping plot against Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader, threatened to become ai- in ternational incident here today with Americans, Germans French, Swiss, and Russians all involved. The latest development is the dis appearance of the Frencrman, Sper ber, wro was quietly removed from the local hospital by Bergdoll and three German “green police” in full uniforms. It was reported the removal of the Frenchman was caused by circula tion of a threat that a band of seven French friends of the wounded man were en route to rescue their com rade. The Americans under arrest for connection with the alleged plot, Griffis and Neilson, continued 1 o de ny existence of any plot, but a Imit ted they had met Sperber and the man killed by Bergdoll, Karl Schmidt many times in different cafes Police revealed additional infor mation when they said they had found scratched on the' steering wheel of the automobile in which the Americans were arrested the name “A. R. Babchon,” followed by the initials “A. G. R. 6.” Griffis remained despondent Tn jail, refusing to talk to anybody. Neilson was defiant, demanding his freedom in default of any conclusive rroof he was guilty of any crime. Meantime German police investi gators were piecing together details of the alleged attempt to overpower Bergdoll and spirit him away to Par is “for deportation- to America. 4 YEARS FOR TAKING ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE Reidsville, August 16 —In Super lor court at Wentworth Judge Henry P Lane sentenced Walter Hopper of ■Spray, to a term of four years in the state penitentiary. An appeal was noted. Hopper was tried for abduction he having run off with another man’s wife several months ago. Steube c > * N) i f Over Ku Kluxers Steubenville, Ohio, August 16 (A*)— Tense situation prevailed here and 7'o"lee were prepared for quick ac i;;>n to prevent a repitition of the ortbreak last night against the Kr Klux Klan which culminated in a ~;st'~» duel between Darwin Gibson taid to be a local klan officer, and i group of men who fired upon him as he was driving along a darkened street. Earlier in the evening s group of about 100 men, said to b< klansmen from nearby towns, was attacked In one of the downtowr streets and a score badly beaten and several automobiles wrecked. SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT RENDERS OPINIO Columbia, August 16 —The Sout) Carolina supreme court today ren dered an opinion in the case of thi state agai—+ Sam Bagwell of Lau rens county refusing a new trial t< the defendant who appealed from conviction of non-support of wif< and family. The opinion in the cas is by Associate Justice J. H. Mario.. ; season there has been more favorable ' than in Central Europe. TH**’ has ' been more sunshine and no difficulty ! is anticipated in harvesting the grain because of rain. In . all the Soviet government ekpects to collect about 11 million tons of grain this year in grain taxes and is planning to ex port almost one third of this amount. AUTO THEFT AND BOLD HOLDUP LAID ON BOVSj Cawlaba County Youths Suspected to Stealing Car and Robbing An aged Man Newton, August 16 (A>)—Monday night a Ford touring car was stoler from Charles Johnson, a Catawba farmer near the Henry post office ar.d on the same night a motor me tt • was stolen from the car of P. G Havner a nearneighbor of Mr. John son. Both returned home about 1C ocloclc from a revival 'meeting. H was therefore after that time that the theft was made. As soon as the car was missed Sheriff Bost war called to the scene and in company with Johnson and Havner struck the track of the Ford and followed it without difficulty to the hard sur faced road at Hickory. From that point it could not • be discovered what direction the car went. It was learned at Brookford that two young men in a Ford called up the garage man at 3 oelock this morning and bought 8 gallons of gaoline and a quart of oil. The description of the boys fitted well two boys of tb' I Henry neighborhood and Sheriff Bost dispatched a deputy to their I homes to find out if they were there The deputy has not yet made a re freight traffic resumed ON UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER Moline, 111., August 1C —With four rew motor barges, freight traf fic or: the Mississippi between St. Paul and St. Louis will begin siVm after a lapse of more than £our year's, the River Transit Co., of St. Paul has announced. Freight hauling will begin not later than September 1 The motor barges on their route between St. Louis and St. Paul will cover G89 miles. Ninety landing places are tabulated on a list. The boats will have a 100 ton cargo cap acity. -o Misses Myrtle Forbes and Olney Dillon have just returned from Ashe ville and Norlinn where they spent two weeks visiting relatives and port. A few days prior to the automo bile theft Tom Saine, a man 60 or 7C yeors of age was held up on the pub lie highway about 2 oclock in th? afternoon by two men with blacK faces. He was knocked down and robbed of his pocket bookcontaining $106. Suspicion rests on the same boys as the perpetrators of this erime. Sentenced To Two Years For Passin ; Worthless Check Philadelphia, August (16 (A1)-—Er nest Knoblaeh, Jr., member of the bankrupt brokerage firm of Borden and Knoblaeh of this city, wes sen 1 enced to two years in the county prison when he entered a plea of nolle contndcre to a charge of pass ing worthless checks for $450,000 '•'he checks were made out to Rear Taylor and Co., of New York for payment of a block of United States Treasury certificates. WAGERS ENCOURAGE TELEGRAMS London, August 16 (A1)—Five mil lion telegrams in connection with horse racing annually pass through the telegraph offices in England. The telegrams for the most part re late to betting, and it is estimated they represent a revenue of about £2,000,000 sterling. This is seven per cent of the total number of tel egrams despatched in England. 2 FATAL ACCIDENTS TAKE PLACE AT ELON Elon College, August 1G —This af ternoon about 2 ocloek a sad acci dent hapr#ied at the home of M. T FerrulC near here, in the St. Marks settlement when a truck was being driven by a member of the Ferrall family and one of the smaller child ren, Jake age 6 years the son of M T. Ferrall fell from the truck and was run over by the rear of the truck his little life was crushed —Fav orah'e trade balance of $26,000,00C is shown by official figures on the country’s export and imports foi July, issued at the Department o Commerce. ' I GERMAN INTERESTS TAKE OVER MORE RUSSIAN LAND i Berlin, August 16 brakes and the car stopping suddenly skidded faced tftward Raleigh an« went down an embankment. He has not a bruise and the ma chine was repaired in time for hit. to return to Raleigh today to tak> part in the marriage of Miss Flt>r. Sholes and Solomon L. Homewood, a the Church of the Good Shepherd a 5 p. m. j Raleigh, August, 16 )—Lieuten ant Governor Cooper, his brothel Horace Cooper, his son and Claude Lassiter a business associate were arrested in Wilmington Wednesday on Federal warrants charging con spiracy to wreck the defunct Com mercial National Bank of Wilming l ton and fraudulently using' funds o; that institution, it was learned here All four were released under bond Lt. Gov. and his brother furnisheo $10,000 each; Horace Cooper $5,000: and Lassiter $2,000. They waiveo 1 examination before the United States j Commission and will be tried at ths ! November term of the Federal court in Wilmington. * social and personal VCsa 'UTll 1 ARiifc.LL Miss Maria Ballow returned tc her lyune in South Boston yesterday after spending sometime with her sister Mrs G. C. Carr. Mr. W. W Ballow who has also been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. C. Carr returned to South Boston with her. Miss Sallie Belle Anderson of Winston Salem who has been spend ng several days with Mr. and Mrs Vf. G. Wilson is now visiting at the iome of Mr. Frank Anderson near .eaksville. A large number of koung people from Leaksville went out to Ivies’ Farm last night to a watermelon east. Those present at this delight ful agair were: Misses Lucile and Henriet Reid, Bessie Clark, Mary Marshall and Ruth Farrell. Messrs Philip Ray, James Richard on, Anthony English, Mack Martin ‘hilip Wall, Alfred Goodwin, Aus in Murray, Otto Kircheis, Ohe! "Hark, James Marshall. Mrs. M. G. Wilson who has been 'ery ill ^for sometime is improving rapidly. 7 \ : Mr. and Mrs. L. W. v,Kuk leave to lay for Blowing Rock to spend t week. Mrs. N. B. Austin who has beer ery ill for several days is better to Jay. CHILDRENS chapter OF .. .. ...THE U. D. C The Annie Johns Childrens Chap er of the Daughters of the Confeder •cy met with Misses Florence and Trace Hobbs on Tuesday, Augusf 1th. After the meeting was called o order by the president, Miss Rox e Barksdale was elected assistant ecretary, Hie regular secretary, be ng absent. The roll was then called nd the following program render ed: leading, Jefferson Davis as Senator iy Miss Ttebekah Smith. Piano Solos, Evelyn Darlington Trace Hobbs, and Caroline Price. The hostess served delicious re freshments consisting of peach ;herbet and cake. The chapter had ts guest at this meeting Miss Car oline Price of Winston Salem. Mr. T. H. Barker assisted by Mrs Barker carried his Sunday Schoo elas sTo Buffalo Creek yesterday af ■ ernoon and treated them to water melon, ice cream and kiddo suga.' wafers. Wading in the creek wa? | very much enjoyed and a gentle shower of rain added greatly to the enjoyment. Mrs. G. T. Bell of Fayetteville Mr. and Mrs. William Jones Mitch ell of Ridgeway, Mrs. J. S. Andrews #f Lynchburg &hA Mr. George B Tones of Ridgeway were the guest? of Dr. and Mrs. Tuttle this week. Mrs. F. M. Flinn left yesterday af ternoon for Price to spend several days with hei m^the- there. Misses Pollye and Brownie Meyer? who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs P. V. Godfrey for several weeks re turned to their home in Mississippi yesterday afternoon. The Misses Meyers will go by way of Asheville and spend sometime. Miss Cora Martin left yesterday for Richmond, Baltimore and New York to buy fall goods.