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ritpi $ ft VOLUME XXIV Reports From China Say That Civil War Has Started There With Large Forces In Action FIGHTING STARTED CLOSE TO SHANGHAI . . • • | Late' in Afternoon Fighting Was in Progress at Hwang tu and Battle Lines Are Ex tending Toward Coast. BATTLE TODAY IS PRELIMINARY ONE Real Battle Is Expected To morrow at Nansiang, 12 Miles From Shanghai.r- Many Troops Ready. Shanghai, China, Sept. 3 (By the As; soeiated Press). —With fighting at . llwangfu, near here, in progress at four i o'clock this afternoon, between the eon- 1 tending armies on two rival provincial *. Chinee governments, reports received here' indicated that the battle lines were extending toward the coast in the direc tion of Woosung. Although a large number of troops are engaged in the conflict, reports received here from Chekiang say that no material advantage has been gained by either side. It is Kaid that the engagement today is preliminary to a major battle at Nan- 1 >iang tomorrow, 12 miles from Shanghai. I According to information given out from Lung Wlia military headquarters, l the first, shots were fired at Hwangtu I by the northern troops after Chi Shiah- Ynan had moved large reinforcements to Hwangtu. ' A report to the Dah Tong, a Chinese news agency, from Hong Kong, nays that Dr. Sun Yat Sen is planning a northern expedition with his troops from three provinces. Reports from Mukden, province of Manchuria, to the same news agency says that two Manchurian armies are moving toward the Great Wall two directions. proceeding along the Liao River, with Changtehfu, X city 110 miles northeast . of Peking, as its immediate objective, tvhHe the western column is moving to ward Chinehotv. War Has Began. Tokin. Sept. 3 I Ity the Associated Press).—Official dispatches received by the Japanese foreign office, say that civil war Ims oetunity bcgiln in China. The Navy Department announced today that the cruiser Tatsuta Ims left the Sasebo naval base for Shanghai with ■ 130 ma rines. The chiiser is due nt Shanghai Thurs day afternoon, and will report to Rear Admiral Nomura, commander of the Japanese squadron. \ State Department Told of Fighting. Washington. Sept. 8. —The hostilities between opposing Chinese forces began at 10 o’clock this morning, the State De partment. was advised today by Consul Ueneral Cunningham. He also reported that the American naval forces were pre pared to land a detachment along with Jaimnese, French, Italian und British naval contingents, tto protect foreign |pt tleraents, if necessary. Tiie French consul general has served notice that the French naval forces will be lauded in the French concession at 5 . o'clock -this afternoon. The dispatch gave no details of the fighting, DAVIS ARRANGING HIS . . WESTERN SPEAKING TOUR Has Decided to Speak in Omaha and Des Moines, Headquarters Announce. (Hy the Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 3.—Jhon W. Davis, Democratic Presidential nominee, con tinued his conferences here today with leaders of lillinois and lowa which he began yesterday shortly after hkr arrival in Chicago, the first stop on hie western swing. He, plans to remain here three days before going to Omaha, where he will deliver an address next Saturday. It is announced that the nominee will deliver an address at Des. Moines on September 17 th. \ House Destroyed by Fire. The home of J. A. Trammell, of Kan napolis, was destroyed by fire this morn ing about 7:80 o’clock. The orlgiq of the fire is not known. The house was completely burned and nil furniture in the rooms on the second floor was also burned. Some furniture and personal effects were removed from the first floor. The house had ten rooms and was cov ered by insurance to the amount of $4,- 000. The house was located in Center ' view, East Kannapolis, dad was one of the largest houses in that part of the city. With Our Advertisers. Symphony -lawn stationery for all at Gibson Drug Store. Nobody knows what electricity is, but it will do lots of things if W. J. Heth cox installs appliances for you. Fortunes are seldom built in a day— but can be lost overnight by speculation. Consult Citizens Bank .and Trust Co. Dresses, Coats, Suits, Shoes, Hosiery, Hats,, caps, etc., at the New Efird stofe. Ramona Fast Color Suitings at the J. C. Penny Co. See ad. today. Smart new headwear for fall Can be found at Fisher’s. Also new fur cbok-. era. , The Concord Daily Tribune | Branded With Letters K. K. K. Man Is Left to Die at Winthrop Harbor, 111. Waukegan, Ils., Sept. 2.—A man be lieved to be Thomas Stolp, of Cudahy. I Wis., found branded with the letters | “K. K. K.” and left bound, gagged and blindfolded in a deserted cottage at .Win- ‘ throp Harbor, Ills., near here, is near] , death in the Lake county general hospital j here. He is suffering from lack of food' and from thirst. The man, who is about 38 years old, when roused to semi-consciousness, mur mured:. “Burn me to death if you want to. eut my throat and bo done with it. hut don't torture me any more.” ] The. man is believed to have been in the eotlage for days as indicated by thei marks cf rope on his wrists and. ankles, j I FOUR OTHERS EXPECT MERCY IF FRANKS SLAYERS ESCAPE ! Two Boy s and Two Girls, Prison Mates of Loeb and Leopold,. Rase Hope on ! Age. 1 Chicago. Sept. 2. —In the same sec tion of the jail where Leopold and Loeb. slayers of the Franks boy, are confined because of their youth—each is 19 —are two girls and two boys. The Loeb- Leopold attorneys emphasized the youth cf, the two boys and declared they were handicapped by the great wealth of their millionaire families. The others —the mixed quartet—ccme from poor families in what- is known as the "Valley section" ,4s a West Side congested section. I "Loeb and Deqpold probalfl.v won’t hang. They are our age. Why should i we?” said Anna Valanis, IS, in her cell : yesterday. “We're too young to be hanged," she said. Anna, her brother, Anthony, 19; Wil liam Lydon, 16, and Lucille Marshall. 118, are the four who had confessed, the police say, to circumstances surround ing the strangling to death of Mrs. Bes sie Gaensslen on April 17th. She was robbed of S6O and two rings. The boys declared they strangled her because she "hollered.” The girls in a sordid story said the slain woman cheated them of money, and they led the two boys to her home and But the two girls seeined shocked by the confessions of Loeb and Leopold that they kidnapped and killed Robert Franks, 14, last May. “Just imagine bumping off a kid for a thing like that." the girl said, com menting on the killing /‘for a thrill." GREENSBORO BANK ABSORBS ANOTHER The Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Takes Over Davis ami WyHe Bank of Salisbury. Greensboro, Sept. 2. —Shareholders of the. Atlantic Bank and Trust Company in this teity today approved a plan of the directors to the Davis and Wylie Bank at Salisbury and to operate it; as a branch bank. The bank absorbed is one of the old est in this part of the South, with a cap ital of SOO,OOO, a surplus of $70,000 and deposits <jf hqlf a million dollars. The branch will be operated in the present location of the Davis and Wylie bank and the board of directors will be composed largely of Salisbury men, yet to be selected. Practically all the pres ent force of the bank will be retained. The stockholders of the Davis and Wylie bank surrender their stock in exchange for stock in the Atlantic Bank and Trust Company, of which Julius Cone, of this city, is president, and John W. Simpson is vice president and cashier. The At lantic Bank and Trust Company now has three branches, in addition to the home bank here; one at Salisbury, one at High Point and one nt Burlington. Villa and Genaro Ready for Battle. New- York, Sept. 3.—Trained to the hour and ready for their battle, which will decide the flyweight championship of the world, Pancho Villa, spectacular lit tle Filipino, who holds the title, and Frankie Genaro, the American champion, await the call to Henderson's Bowl, the Brooklyn arena where the fight will be staged tomorrow night. The articles of agreement call for a contest of fifteen rounds, at 112 pounds, weight to be made at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The nrenr ordinarily seats 20,000 people but the demand for admission to the title fight has been so great that the Nostrand A C., under whose auspices the contest will be held, has arranged for the accommoda tion of several thousand more. Prices for the match range from $2 for admis sion to $lO for ringside seats. Fisheries Convention. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 3.—-Conser vation, marketing, advertising and manj other problems of the fishing industry will come in for expert discussion at the annual convention of the United States , Fisheries Association, which will open iu this city tomorrow for a session of sev eral days. Representatives of all the principal centers of the American fishing industry are expected to attend the con vention. Blaine Haa Good Lead. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2- — Returns from 1,022 preeinets out of 2,678 in Wisconsin for republican nomination for governor give: Blaine, 71,902; Hirst 04,679; Comings 11,709. Value of Black Mooutian Railway. ) Washington, Sept. 2.—The Black Mountain Railway, of North Carolina, s today was tentatively valued at S3BB, • '622, at of June 30, 1916 by the Inter • »tate Commerce Commission. « CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1924 He is believed to have been carried into the cottage from the Sheridan road. Investigation by Sheriff Edwin Alrls j trom disclosed a photograph of a woman and three children, bearing the name j “Mrs. Thomas Stolp, .Til Edgerton Ave | nite, Cudahy. Wis,,” in his wallei. A 'letter addressed to Stolp and mailed in Chicago also was found. Disconnected statements of the victim indicated that lie left home about a week ago to visit his father-in-law in Detroit, with about $206 in his isiekot. It .was gathered from his statements that lie was attacked by six negroes and branded with hot wire in a secluded Rpot [ and then driven here in an auto truck | where he was tortured and left. ' 1 -•* i GLOBE GIRDLRRB FINISH ANOTHER LEG OF JOURNEY Tile American Fliers Arrive Safely at Hawkes Bay. New Foundland. Hawkes Bay. New IJoundl.and. Sept. 2. —Tiie American world fliers tonight are one step farther in their task of girdling the world. The planes of Lieutenant Lowell 11. Smith and Lieutenant Eric Nelson are nesting on the waters of Hawkes Bay to which point they flew today from Ice Tickle. Labrador. Staring from Ice Tickle in .good fly ing weather, the American airmen drove tieir planes steadily forward under fine conditions until over Belle Isle Straits I and along the coast of New Foundinwl whore they were beset by rain and fog and n 30-mile head wind. With the populace awaiting them, the Planes broke through the fog and came to the water of Hawkes Bay nt 3:48 o’clock, eastern standard time this after noon, having made the voyage from Lab rador in five hours and 45 minutes. Shortly after ctuning down Smith and Nelson taxied their craft to the yellow buoys which, owing to the heavy sea that was running, had been laid on the wind ward side of the bay, and within two minutes had tied up to them. DEPUTIES DO RATTLE i, tS&jj/Shi. ROMfRHS- Tip to Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Prevents Bold Holdup By Bandits Chicago, Sept; 2.—A tip to Chicago. Rock Island Pacific railroad officials tonight prevented a hold-up of the Golden State Limited at Meade. Kan sas. Deputy sheriffs boarded flic train* at Fow’er, a few miles east of Meade, and fought off three masked men who boarded the train at the latter stop. In the shooting that followed two of the deputy sheriffs were wounded: one of the bandits Was captured and the others escaped' into the darkness. Employes aboard the train believe that other bandits were lying in wait alongside the track as an automobile sped away as the shooting started. • Information ' regarding the attempted robbery was received at general head quarters of the Rork Island lines acre. The Golden State limited left Chicago at 6:30 p. m. Monday. NURSERYMAN OF SOUTH MEET IN GREENSBORO More Than 200 Members of Southern Nurserymen’s Association Attending Convention. (By the Associate.! I’ow*) Greensboflo, Sept. 3.—More than 200 nuresryraen from all parts of the South were gathered here today for the 20th annual convention of the Southern Nur serymen’s Association. The morning session was featured by the annual address of President Walter M. Ililienmyer, of Lexington, K. Y. Carried 80 Miles By Train, Cat Re turns. Kinston, Sept. 2.—“ Tom” is a lucky eat though black. He was proclaimed a Northeast Kinston nuisanee, but mat is past now'. Ilis home will never be closed to him again, no matter what Tom does td incur the displeasure of thoise he regards as “his folks.” Tom was taken in a tow hag to Oak bridge and left. That was a little mat-j ter of three or four miles and he came •rack with his tail jauntitly aloft. Then he was carted off in a flivver to the other side of Griffon. In four hours he was home again, having covered 'a iistance of 12 miles. Last week Thomas went to Beau fort in a. box. He had no idea of wnere he was going and there were no peep j ho'ew in the box, just a few air holesj punched in the top. On the other side of Newport river bridge ) from Morehead City, Tom was dropped out of a ear window. Last evening Tom strolled tn at the supper hour. He appeared not to be footsore. He was in gay spirits alter his 80-mile hike. He will remain. Appoint Rowan’s Boxing Commission. Salisbury, Sept. 2.—The Rowan county boxing commission authorized under the act passed by the special ses sion of the legislature, is composed of Dr. Frank A. Ellis, ■practicing physi cian of this city: David A. Randlemnn, wo'l known young attorney, and J. W- Gates, superintendent of the gas depart ment of the public service company here. This commission wis - appointed by the board of couflty commissioners at the regular monthly sessiqp yesterday. Under the new act, bouts up to j twelve rounds may be legally held - in I the county. He boxing commission has I full charge of all cventß. B, ' i ' ■ -■ makes pictures) of radio messages snatched out of the air. and Dr David Todd, astronomy professor (right), put the device to work when Mara brushed elbows with the earth. William F. Friedman (center), code section chief of the army signal corps, is trying to decipher the strange marks on the Aim —so far without success. THE COTTON MARKET After Opening Steady at Advance of 1 Point to Decline of 7 Points. Market Sold Up. (By Ihe Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 3. —After opening steady nt an advance of one point to a decline of sever, points, flip cotton mar ket sold up to 24.45 for October, and 24.10 for December, or 3 to 5 points net higher during the day's early trad ing Considerable trade buying ami covering were promoted by rather unfav orable private reviews of crop progress | ill the past week.' Hedge selling in creased on the adynnee, however, and ttriees soon eased off 10 or 12 points from the best. A private crop report made the condi tion 60.6 per cent, and the indicated yield 13.068,000 bales, as compared with an indication of 13,314,000 bales pub lished by the same authority in the mid dle of August. The Opening prices were: Oct. 24.30; Dee. 24.00; Jan. 24.00; March 24.30; May 24.40. BILL TILDEN REGAINS TITLE IN BRILLIANT TENNIS DUEL Wins Over in Three Straight Nets&O-l, 9-7. «-2. , .j. Forest Hills. N. xLe-Sent 2.—William T. TiraSi 'Stiff ls'tflP'Hhg of Arowrteaif tennis. The Philadelphia racquet wiz ard removed any doubts on this score when he swept to victory this afternoon e.ver his veteran California rival, Wil liam M. Johnson, and won the national singles championship-for the fifth eon ■ seen five year. It took Tilden fifty eight minutes to batter his gallant, but badly beaten, lit tle opponent into submission by scores of 6-1, 9-7. 6-2, and established not. only his pre-eminent position among Ameri can racquet stars, but recognition also, as the world’s champion, for he emerged triumphant from one of the greatest in ternational fields ever gathered together: DARIO RESTA KILLED DURING AUTO RACES Famous Driver Was Trying to Establish World’s Record When Aeident Caused His Death. Brooklauds, England, Sept. 3 (By the Associated Press).— Dario Rest a, famous automobile racing dijVer. was killed to day while attempting to establish a new world’s record. His' racing car plunged through the iron fence bordering the track here. His mechanician was slight ly injured. The ear. Raster Grand Prix Sunbeam, plunged from the track on a straightway ‘partallellinj: the railwa’y track Muring the second lap. Tiie car was destroyed by fire. Resta only recently arrived from America. HURRICANE DAMAGES WERE NOT SO SERIOUS Facts Brought Out Now Show That First Reports Were Much Exaggerated. (By the Ansoefeteit l , rcssl Washington, Sept. 3. —A comprehen sive account of the hurricane which swept the Virgin Islands last Thursday ' night, received today from Capt. Philip Williams, tiie naval governor, minimized reports of (usualties and property dam t age. It declared ‘no casualties were re ported in St. Thomas beyond “minor in juries and exposure,” while St. John. ■ chief sufferer of the American Island : group, escaped with four inhabitants kill ed, one mising, ami a considerable num ber missing. • ' German Shipping Only Four Per Cent. 1 1 of «World Total. 1 , Hamburg, Sept. 2.— The German mer ’ chant fleet constitutes only 4 per cent. I of the 1924 world tonmtge as against 12 • per cent, in 1914, according to the an nual report of the Hamburg Shipowners’ ! Association. The prospect. for further ' construction, which so far is only 50 • per cent, of the German pre-war ton nage, is called exceedingly gloomy. Op erating expenses are said to be equal • to the world’s standard. 1 The report declared the inauguration 1 of the Dawes plan will enliven world ■ trade so that shipping will eventually f profit. ■ Coolldge, La Foilette, Davis, Triplets’ Names. Benton, 111., Sept. 2.—Mr. and Mrs. ! Roy Lee, of Benton, announced they would name their newly born boy triplets >• after the three Presidential candidates, t namely, George La Foilette, Thomas Coolldge and Ralph Davis. > ' The smallest of three weighed three t and one-half pounds, While the other s two tipped the scales at five pounds each. ' FIRPO HEARING TO BE CONCLUDED SOON Hearing Begun at Request of Persons; Who Want Fighter Deported. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 3.—lmmigration Commissioner Curran, nt New no-, tified the Labor Department today that the investigation of charges against Louis Angel Firpo. tiie Argentine heavyweight pugilist, preferred in the hope of secur ing bis deportation, would ho concluded within the next two days. The message was token as another in dication oi determination of federal offi cials to bring the ease speedily to a conclusion. Whether the final repoTt of the investigators will be awaited be-j fore action is taken by tiie department here wns not revealed, as officials have received ''preliminary information on which they are being urged by Firpo's accusers to act. AVIATORS HOP OFF IN RAIN FOR ANOTHER LAP Leave Hawkes Bay, Nova Scotia, and ! Were Making Good Time Despite Un favorable Weather. Hawkes Bay. N. F., Sept. 3 (By the Associated Press).—The American army New Foundland daylight savings time, i It was raining and a southwest wind was blowing 30 miles an hour when the fliers hopped off. The clouds were less than 1,000 feet above the earth and the machines kept at a low altitude, flying just, over the tips of the waves. At 12:05 o'clock* eastern Standard time, the airmen passed over the cruiser Milwaukee, stationed approximately 100 miles south of here. BLAINE’S PLURALITY IS CUT BY LATE RETURNS .Governor Is Still Leading Field as Re sult of Primary Held Tuesday (By the Associated Press. I Milwaukee, Wise., Sept. 3.—A recapit ulation and many additional returns to day from yesterday's primary, served to BPihiee Governor Blaine's plurality over A. R. Hirst for the republican nomination for Governor of Wisconsin. With 2,063 out of 2.678 preeinets liearfl from. Blaine had 173;950 votes; Hirst 124.591; and Comings 27.576. Governor Blaine had the endorsement of Robert M. LaFollette. Davis Urged to Make Kings Mountain Trip. Washington, D. C.. Sept. 2.—Sen ator Simmons has received the follow ing letter relative to the invitation he extouded to Hon. John W. Davis to de liver the address at Kings Mountain on October 7th. “I beg to acknowledge your kind in vitation of August 28th to Mr. Davhs. I am sure if it is at all possible for Mr. Davis to be at Kings Mountain on October7th, he will be there. As you will realize, our plans concerning Mr. Davis’s appearance are not definitely made. He is just, embarking on n three weeks’ tour of the west, and in the meantime, we have to have another trip arranged for him on his return. I will be pleased to communicate with you further about this.” Never Ate With His Wife. London, Sept. 3. —The maharajah Travaneore. whose death is reported in . dispatches from Madras, hnd reigned for . nearly forty years over one of the most prosperous states of southern India and j was fabulously wealthy. Although a j man of high eduoatitou and enlightened j views, he never took a meal with his wife, in consequence of the custom of the land, because she was of low birth. After shaking hands with a foreigner he would always take a bath before eating. Both King. Edward and King Geovgo were entertained by hiN highness during their visits to India, the country being noted for its big game, including tigers. Gilbert t« Succeed Young. Paris, Sept. 3 (By the Associated Press). —Seymour Parker Gilbert, Jr., former American under secretary of the treasury, has accepted the post of agent general for the reparations under the Dawes plan. The post is being tempo rarily filled' by Owen D. Young, of New , York, who aided General Dawes and ’ other experts in drawing' up the plan. ' Dr. Martin Resting Comfortably, i (By the Associated Press.) Charlotte, Sept. 3.—Dr. W. J. Mar s tin, president of Davidson College, who • is Ml at a local hospital with penupwmia, i today was reported to be “feeling some what better.” MIEWI MAY ACCEPT MIS' REQUEST FOR JOIRT DERIS Democratic Candidate for Governor Is Ready to Dis cuss With Republican Op ponent Campaign Matters. COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE MATTER McLean Ready to Discuss , Harding Administration and Is Anxious to Discuss Russell Administration. (By inr Associated Press.) Raleigh, Sept. 3.—Angus W. McLean, Democratic nominee for Governor, and John G. Dawson, chairman of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee, will meet in Raleigh on Thursday (o discuss the challenge to (lie Democratic-candidate for n debate which was thrown out by Isaac Meekins. republican candidate for Governor in an announcement issued at | Beaufort on latbor Day. | Mr. McLean has already expressed : himself ns willing to meet his opponent, : in n debate or series of debates on the administration of the late President Harding, which was proposed by Mr. ; Meekins. Mr. McLean stated that lie would also like to discuss tile Russell ad ministration with the republican. According to statements made by Mr. Mr Lean in Asheville yesterday, he would like to accept the challenge point blank, but he first feels that he must, have the sanction of the executive committee of j his party. MR. DOUGHTON OPENS ~ CAMPAIGN IN EIGHTH Delivered Two .Stirring Speeches in Aslie County Saturday.—Assails Republican Party. Jefferson, Sept. 2.—Congressman 11. L. Dcughton of the eighth North- Car olina district, fired the opening guns of tlie campaign in Ashe county Saturday with two strring speeches to large au diences at Crumpler and Orion. Con gressman Doughton is at his best \yhcn he faces an audience of mountain farm ers, because he is one with them and knows their thought and feelings, their needs and their problems. He was at tfis'"Mrr*tfffF ,^r''nHst : j logic, he assailed the Republican ad • ministration for its neglect of the ag ricultural interests anil held up to his audiences by contrast the record made by the Wilson administration in placing on the statute books of the nation more legislation in the interest of the farmer than has ever been passed during a like period in our history. Praise of the State administration fea tured the congressman's “address. He pictured the . wonderffii progress- made by our state under twenty-four years of Democratic administration. The educa tional advancement of the state and the road building program came in for spe cial comment. He also told something of his own efforts in Congress to secure federal aid in road building and modest ly commented on his success along this line. Mr. Doughton took off his gloves when he came to discuss the oil scandal in Washington and scathingly and with out mercy held up to scorn Republican office holders who had bertnyed their country. He pictured vivid contrast qt the prices received by the farmers under Harding and Ooolidge and under Wilson and reminded his cattle raising auditors of the low prices offered them this year for their cattle. Congressman Doughton closed with a wonderful tribue to John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for President, by whose side he sat in Congress. He said he had never known a nobler, abler man; and he predicted the election of Davis and Bryan in November by vote onlv surpassed by the Wilson deluge of 1!)12. PRISONERS’ DEN GOOD PERSI’ADER Dave Leonard Spends a Few- Minutes There and Decides to Answer Ques tion. Charlotte, Sept. 2.—A few minutes in the prisoners’ den adjoining the Meck lenburg Superior Court room caused l>ave Leonard, Lexington real estate man, to change his mind and answer a question put by Judge J. T. Shaw, pre- I siding jurist, in a divorce hearing to i day. The judge ordered Leonard token into j custody when the latter refused to name I the co-respondent of the husband in the , suit of Mrs. Birdie Smith against Stokes Addison Smith, in which the latter asked for divorce upon the grounds of unfaith fulness. “I'l tell you her name but I won’t tell it out in open court.” '! “Do you refuse to answer the ques ' tion?” the judge asked. I j "I refuse to tell it out; I’ll tell you.” “Mr. Sheriff, take the prisoner in cus- I tody,” Judge Shaw directed. The sheriff ! conducted Leonard into the prisoners' I room. A mistrial of the case was or , dered. t Plane Smashed in crash. » Whiteville, Sept. 2. —The airplane of - Ellio Walters, of Lnmberton, was r wrecked here yesterday afternoon wnen I it went into a tail spin with the flier . several hundred in the air as he miscalculated in landing. Neither Mr. Walters nor Ralph Mahaley, who was a passenger in the plane, were hurt. > In the international golf contests be ■ 'tween English and Scotland during the - past ten years Scotland has won nine times to England's once. © TODAY # ® ® ® ® ® NO. 208. ALL OF Hi SAID ’lußEli FIGHTING People Are Opposing Soviet Regime and Fierce Fight ing Has Been in Progress For Past Several Days. REPORTS DECLARE MANY ARE KILLED Fighting Has Beet) Carried on In Streets of Batum— Railway and Telegraph Communication Stopped. (By the Associated Press) Geqeva. Sepl. 3. —All of Georgia and Azcrbijan is declared to have been in iiclive rovoll against the Moscow soviet, regime for the last live days, and half of the territory of Georgia already has been conquered by insurgents, according to the representatives of Georgia here. The san guinary struggle is continuing, and fight ing is continuing in the strepts of Batum, their advices state. Fighting Several Days. * 1 London. Sept. 3 (By tlie Associated Press).—The Georginn representatives in London have received a dispatch from Constantinople, saying that Georgia and Azerbijnn were revolting against the so viet occupation forces, and that many have been killed or wounded, and railway and telegraphic communication interrupt ed. British official circles were unable today to confirm these reports. LAST WILIToF NATHAN LEOPOLD, JR., IS READY Was Sent to Harrow, Counsel of Leopold, and He Made Contents Public. (By the Asaoriatea Press.) Chicago, Sept. 3.—The last will and testament of Nathan Leopold, Jr., joint confessor with Richard Loeb of the kid napping and murder of Bobbie Franks, has been made public. That he con templates the possibility of receiving, a death sentence at the hands of Judge Oaverly is shown by a letter he has mail ed to Clarence S. Darrow, defense coun sel. • The letter bequeathe to the Field Mu seum first choice of any five objects in collection of bird life. <W NaKWvahfliwe: t<v,g sWwrtn ni "fcefipold, -who may choose any three ar ticles after the museum has made it*, se lection. f Third, the museum is given it's choice of any of Leopold’s minerals or trans scripts. , In the letter .Leoppld asked Darrovf t< notify the beneficiaries as soon as pos sible, and before his execution. The letter also thanked Darrow for his clos ing arguments. He wrote that he had been content to die before he heard that argument, but that after hearing k he wanted to live. Leopold also has completed plans for attempts to pierce the veil surrounding death if he is banged. Although he is an admitted atheist, he says he will not east out any suggestion of the possibil ity of an after life until after he has had an opportunity to demonstrate its invalidity. So he has prepared ten ques tions which he plans to attempt to an swer by communicating with friends on earth, should he be sent to the gallows. Leopold plans to make a speech if he is sent to the gallows. “And I will say something that will make the world lis ten." he said. Loeb who has no such philisophy, admits that he has no liking for a life in prison. “When I think of the long life down there, 1 sometimes feel that it. would be better to get it all over with now,” he sn(d. PRINCE ENJOYS ANOTHER NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS Was Up at Noon Ready For Strenuous Afternoon After Getting But Seven Hours’ Sleep. (By the Associated Press.) Syosset, N. Y.. Sept. 3.—The Prince of Wales spent another night oqt last night. He arose at noon today at his holiday home here, after less than seven hours’ sleep, for he did not get in until a few minutes after 5 o’clock this morning. The Prince spent the night at the homes of friends, beginning with a din ner party at the Henry Rogers Win throp house and ending with a late sup per at the home of Vincent Astor, a few miles further on. It was the Becond time in as many days that the royal visitor has taken to his bed after the sun’s arrival. The first golf course in America was an impromptu six-hole affair which was laid out by John Reid and Robert Lockhart in a pasture near Yonkers, N. Y„ in the fall of 1882. What is termed the unsportsmanlike behavior of the French in the recent Olympic Games has been the subject of much bitter criticism from the Eng lish press. a WHAT SMITTY’S WEAVHEB OAT DATS 3* • , Fair tonight, pooler along the conal; Thursday fair, warmer in the interter.