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I Weather Unsettled Local Cotton '22V2 Cents IL 11 VOL. XLIII. HO. 248 GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS A DA LY ftA-7 II II Am, 'MOUNT HOLLY MAN, JOHN SKIDMORE, SHOT AND KILLED BY t. KIMBRELL Skidmore Was Foreman On Road Force In Mecklen ' burg County. KIMBRELL HAS RECORD lie Is Locked Up And G No Reason Foi (eason For Rash Deed. x CHARLOTTE, Oct. 17. John Skid-. more, a highway foreman connected with theMockluuburg Highway Commission, twas shot and killed about 1 o'clock yes terday afternoon. 'near-the York briJyo ovro the Catawba ltiver by Cliarles Kiin- brell who ruus u small country store at thescouo' of the tragedy. - No cause for the 'killing could be learned last night . Kimbrell who was unestcd and lucked up '' declined to talk, and officers have not ' been abl to find an eye witness. , 'Skidmore, whose home was in Mount Holly, was believed, from the position in which the body was found by officers, to have been in the act of getting in his automobile on the opposite sido of the road from the store when ho was .shot. The' bullet, ft .43 caliber entered ' the center'of the body at the heart line. Heath was believed to have been iustuu- tuneous. i , Deputy. Sheriffs Vice Fespermuu and Mode ittiuter, accompanied by Police .Detectives Han. Bradley and Mack Beil ley went to the scene of the killing, ur- riving some two hours uftcrdards. They fouml the entire neighborhood 'terrorize. I audnfrnid to render any assistance to the slaiu 'man even if he had been liv ing .for Kimbrell was heavily armed, having a .43 ptctol, ' ;S.4U Winchester rillle and a 12 gag" shotgun on the porch with him uad'wad sitting there guarding his victims body, according to the offi cers. He evidently had lired only one shot, tlte officers said. When thel officers drove by the store Kimbrell made a dash for his homo across the road, after they had passed, evidently to get something. Detect i;u lteilloy wheeled the car quickly, while Officers Bradley and Hunter jumped out and caught Kimbrell before he could get back to ids weapons on the porch of the , store. 1'he building was said by officers to have been' barricaded as though the prisoner intended to make a light rather than submit to arrest. '".':. He was locked in jail last night but refused' to muke any comment upon the tragedy. The deceased leaves a widow and 11 children, who live in Mt. Holly, accord ing to the father of the dead man, who called at the local police station yester day nfleilion to learn the particulars. A coroner's inquest will be ' held at . 10 o'clock this morning at the Z. A. Hovis &. ijons undertaking parlors, ron il urted by County Coroner Frank llois. When officers arrested Kimbrell, a box of 43 cartridges was found. in his pocket but he was not armed,' all weap ons in sight having been left at the store when he made his dash to the home. Kimbrell om-e served a term on the county roads for shooting brother-in-law, named Thomas, at the-olid Bark Driv ing Club on Trade street some 12 or 1-1 years ago, according to local officers. The shooting Monday occurred at the old Dick Kend rick home place, known locally an "Kendricks Cross Bonds". It is built near the site of the bridge ta be bulit by Mecklenburg and York count ic-'s, spanning the "Catawba. fkidmore was working as foreman for the comity highway forces of Mecklen burg andwas there in the discharge of his duties, according to Lloyd Ross, high way engineer, who with Engineer Brown went to the scene of the shooting lis soon ns news of it was phoned to . Sheriff ed . Cochrane by neighbors who feared to go to the fallen man. : It was some time K'fore the sheriff could locate officers to go to the seen-?,, because they were away on other duites uiid the sheriff could not leave his office -unattended at the time. Hence it was fully 5:30 o'clock before the four officers arrived and made the arrest, The shoot ing was about 3 o'clock. ". Officers were- unanimous in '"their ex pressed belief that Kimbrell intended to ..get inside his store and sell his life as l..!irlv iiossible. $400,000 CITY BONDS BRINGS GOOD PREMIUM A At. a special meeting of the city com missioners held at uui today utXthe city hall, bids were opened for an issue of "$ 11,000 in City o Gastouin street im--provement bonds. The successful bid ders were the Northern Trust 'Com pan, of Chicago, and. SStacey & lira un, of To ledo, Ohio, who , offered jointly, a pre mium of .,:t.'friift on the entire issue on a five per cent basis. . ' "" ' Some of the other bids submitted wer? as. follows: (Sidney Spit zt r & Company, of "'Toledo, premium of 1,210.30 on a five per cent basis; Keastingdod & Mayer, of Cincinnati, premium, of 4,100 on five 1 anl a quarter percent bonds; Commer cial National Brink of High l'oint, pre mium Of (f 1,1 03 ou five and a quarter cr cent bonds; Caldwell & Company, of To ledo, premium of $7 on five per cent basis. The bonds sold today all bear date of ies 7 August 1. 1922, .and have an average rn i-Jn;li injuries, Raines told of the accident, turitv of eleven and one-half years. The! True to his newspaper instincts, dates of maturity are $20,(10 each year I H.-iiura had telephoned hi office from from 1t2.T to l'n.4(; $2.000 ..a. h yea.- from M.ri to in::and f iO.OO each year in 1!H0 and 1S41. The, entire "proceed of this istie is to be used for street im provements. . - . anking Buck Private of The A. . F. Has Govention all His Own NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17. (By o Associated Tress.) A solemn, un-brouzed youth in olive drab, an verseas cap, set at a care-free angle over one ear. stood in the middle of lioyal .street last ' night, . while, crowd of American Legion vjsitors, . homeward bound from the French , 'fete in Jackson .square; walked, strolled or marched by as their fancy dictated. It wus a care-free night. -But the French fete meant noth ing to the comrade in the-middle of Koyal street. He was holding a convention all his own, and announc ing it to the passersby who cared to ' listen. He had evidently had the -matter on his mind for a long time, pcrlAps from the first week in traiu- ' iug camp, w hen he learned to regard his commissioned superiors with natural suspicion and sergeants and corporals us their active agents. "This is a buck privates' couveu-. tion," said 'the solemn one.' "I oughty know; I was the ranking buck private in the A. E. F. I'll tell the world. This convention I'm holding here is . the buck privates' convention. No officers admitted. Throw 'em out." , '.''- . ' ' He paused to glare around bale fully for any one who looked like a ' : ' " ' i 1 Harrison Ordered to Leave Fayetteville In 10 Days or Pay Penalty With His Life FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 166. J. IJ. Harrison, well known man of this city, who lias been active in opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, has received fhrouch the mail a letter signed Ku Klux Klaa threatening him with death if he does not leave Fayetteville within : 10 days, according to a letter published ' by Harrison this afternoon. ' ! . The letter, according to the copy '. made public - by Mr. Harrison, reads us follows: ' "J . It. Harrison, Fayetteville, f. C. ' Sir: The animosity you have shown: aud your continual abuse of our organ- j ization has become , unbearable to us,! and it is with the unanimous consent of . every member of our order that you are ; giveu this positively final warning. Get 1 out of this town in ' 10 days. Now j don't let your nerve get you killed for ; if you are not out of this town by j Monday, October 23, may God have ' mercy on your soul. (Signed) j ".Ned, Ku , Klux Juan, "Fayetteville, N. C." Mr. Harrison did not say whether he intends to take any legal action against the klan as a result of the threat. Those who know him have no idea that he will obey the order "They have the advantage," he said. "I am out iu the open. They all know inc. They are in tho dark. That's all I have to say." Harrison became embroiled with the klaa last April when he beat up C. E. Stevenson, organizer of the ''invisible empire " -ami defied Stevenson to shoot when tho latter pulled a pistol. Two weeks ago, he published an open letter begging the klunsmeii to come aud take him out that night. The recpuest was not complied with. Harrison is a mem ber of the city board of aldermen aud a well known business man. BIG DIRIGIBLE. C-2, IS BURNED AT SAN ANTONIO SANV ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 17. The army dirigibi C-2, which recently com pUcd a trans continental flight aud had reached Sai Antonio ou its way back to Washington, was burned early this morn ing, while being taken from its hangar at Brooks field preparatory to a flight over the city. Several of the crew were hurt, one seriously. The dirigible was s destroyed. It caught fire on the framework of the hangar as it wa being taken out. Tha bag split and the gas ignited. "4n the car of the dirigible at the time were members of the crew and several pas sengers. They escaped death' but 'first reports said several were burned seri ously and one had an arm broken. With a score of persons on board, tho C-2 was unleashed and raised slightly above the floor of the hangar. Crowdi stood around the door and outside and at tho first sign of anger they scattered iu all directions. Ben Haines, a reporter for the Sail Antonio Light, who was , a passenger, though badly injured, telephoned the first account of the accident to reach this city, and was 'immediately taken to a hospital. "We were bein towed out," lie snitl, "and" an the now of the ship came out side the hangar I noticed it sway a little with the wind and as it proceeded it careened to one side. "When the ship was a little -more than half way out ne win caught it full force?- and carried it over to the west side of the entrance of the hanger. The wind let the big bag go and it dropjH-d, the bottom of the car scraping the floor. Another puff of wind caught us and I dcricdedtto jump. I saw the big ship rent an heard the hissing of gas. There must have been i another rent in the bag for the forcec of tee escaping gas threw me violently to the floor. Then came the explosion. I was knocked down by some one running. The big bag was a mass of flames. All uf the others must have got away before the explosion came." I.ring on A cot at the Jackson Memo-. rial hospital, swathed in 'bandages wita !a ,roken arm and possibilities of inter- Brooks field immediately sfter the acci dent, though he had been thrown to tho concrete floor and" in addition to broken bones ad been shocked and stunned. (Continued on page 8.) " , major-general or a second lieuten ant. None appeared, and he re sumed his address of welcome to himself, and bowed in acknowledg ment of the well chosen words. ' No knotty problems of soldier bonus or rehabilitation, vexed the comrade. It was a. large moment- one he had been promising himself for a long time one lie had dream ed about iu chilly French cowsheds while the good looking nurse he'd liked was dancing with colonels and captains. The time liad conic when he could safely tell all corporals, toy ser geants, military police officails, regi mental and" corps commanders where to head in. And he did. None said him nay. ',' We - will conclcude, " suid the buck private, "with the singing of a little ditty, you may all join me, friends. It ruus like this: ""'There 11 bo no generals there; There'll lie no generals there; In heaven above, where all is love, There'll be no "generals there.' "second verse: " 'There'll be. no colonels there.' " With military exactitude he went on down the line to corporals. ' Then he caclled it a day., Kits To Be Carried .But, They Are Light NEW YORK, Oct . 16. Demo cratic spellbinders will go about New York state the next three weeks with an oil cloth kit under their arms. The kit contains knives, scissors, spools of thread and the like. Technically, it is known as ' the "tariff kit." By displaying the various articles to the audience, and telling just how the new tariff affects them, the speakers hope to bring home to the voters in a prac tical wsy the Democratic arguments against the tariff. Most of the speakers who will .campaign for congressional nominees will carry a kit. SAMUEL GOMPERS TALKS TO THE LEGION CONVENTION HALL, NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17. (By The Associated Press.) San Francisco was awarded the 1923 convention of the American Leg ion by acclamation. The committee on time and place for the convention reported that delegates from thirty states signed the report. A delegate irom New Jersey moved that the report be ap'proved and . a dele gate from Oregon seconded it. NEW OKLEANS, Oct. 17. " (By he Associated rcss.) The American Legion, in national convention here, to ,, day heard Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, tell of . labor s aims ami aspirations, and what it believes its rights aud duties are -.Mr-. Gompers and Kensaw Mountain Laudis, supreme commissioner of base ball, received a noisy welcome from tho "buddies' -when they entered the con vent ion hall. The session was slow in getting un der way, after a night of . strenuous play with outdoor dancing, ou tsreet and sidewalk under the palm trees of Jackson Square, New Orleans' historic "Place d Amies, " scene of the as sembling of Old Hickory's army of frontiersmen and gulf pirates to make war on the British. veterans of Napo Iconic wars in 1815.: Numerous delegations inarched to the hall over the aimicirt xMi'blestoued streets. Mist hung over the river, aud the gray hulks of destroyers of ' the navy flotilla loomed big through the rising vapors. Saddest of all iersoiis connected with the convention was the individual who had bought the tobacco concession at the convention hall, only to find at the last minute that smoking was barred by the convention committee aud the state fire marshal ou account of the fire hazard. Policies were hammered into shac through a night -of committee sessions and it is exacted that tomorrow the reports of many of these committees will be laid before the convention. The all important resolutions committee will bring in a number of cxic t(d' resolu tions, and is prepared to tablet a num ber of other topics. Among these, it is learned, is the beer and light wine issue and any reference to the Ku Klux Klan, Friends of beer and light wine vigorously assert that an oen fight will be mailc before the tonvention to get an expression on this tissue. Per sistent rumors arc that the Ku Klux also may be made an issuo in oien ses sions, but there rejorts lack verifica tion. THE WEATHER North Carloina, mostly cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday, probably showers in east and south. About this coal, it takes a lump sum to get a lump. TUSK CHIEF. A new picture of Mustapha Kcmal I'aslia, .Turkisli Nationajist leader, who has just concluded a truce with the allies at Mudania. ' GENERAL PERSHING IS GUEST OF STATE FAIR Biggest Fair In History Of State , Is .Formally Opened By Governor Morrison Pershing Leaves ' For New Orleans . Tonight. RALEIGH, N. C, Oct. 17. With General John J . Pershing ahief of stuff and general of tho armies, the central figures, tho tllst North Caro lina state air opened here today rwith fifty pec cent exhibits more than at any previous event. ' ' . Judging of exhibits began at; the fair grounds at .9 o'clock, but geueral interest iu the morning centered iu the parade which was led by General Pershing aud reviewed by him. ' At nOon, the fair wus formally opened, in accordance with immemorial custom by the governor of North Carolina, which was introduced by ,$Irs.: Vauderbilt, president of the North Carolina Agn cultural Society. Governor . Morrison was followed by Geueral Pershing in the address of the day. General Pershing arrived early this morning and was met at the station by a committee of citizens, headed by Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, cliairmau of the general re ceptiou Committee The general was then escorted to the Executive Mansitm where he was entertained at breakfast by Governor Cameron Morrison. . Following the breakfast at the man sion, "General Pershing, Mrs. Vauder bilt, Governor Morrison, Mr. Daniels aud other members of their party toot their places at tho head, of the parade which moved to the fair grounds from the foot of Fayetteville street at 11 o'clock. Before reaching the fair grounds General Pershing and his party dropped out of the line of march and reviewed the procession. Today was V Military Day" at tho fair and the parade included the band of the Fifth Field Artillery, U. H. A., of Fort Bragg and one battery of the regiment; the band of the 120th North Carolina Infantry and a provisional battalion consisting of seven units of the national guard from Raleigh, Dur ham, Burlingfon, Goldsboro, i'oungs- ville, Louisburg ami llenedrson; the band of the North arolina State College and the cadet battalion ; a reserve of ficers section and a section of Ameri can Legion posts. Other notables in the parade beside General Pershing were General Julian S. ' Carr, commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans and former presi dent of the state fair and Geueral A. J. Bowley, commanding officer ' of tort Bragg, the council of state and Justices of the North .Carolina supreme court. Generals Pershing und Bowley, Governor Morrison aud Adjutant Gen eral Van B. Metts, were all accom panied by their staffs. At 2:'oO General Pershing was en tertained at a luncheon giveu by Mrs. Vanderbilt and at 5:lo he will leave for the national convention of the American Legion at New Orleans. MRS. HALL AND WILLIE STEVENS 10 BE FURTHER QUESTIONED "'NEW' BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 17. (By The Associated Press.) Mrs. Francis Ktcvens Hall and her ec centric brother, Willie' Btevens, were brought to the courthouse by Detective Fred David shortly after 11 o'clock to day for further examination by authori ties investigating the murder of the Keverend r.dward heeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills. Shortly before their arrival, county prosecutors Beekinan,. of fSomerset and Somerset and Strieker, of Middlesex who have predicted at least two ar rests before night began questioning Henry Stevens, another brother of Mrs. Hall, who had driven over from his home in Lavalette in response to a summons. COTTON MARKET tttw XUKK XaAKJkc.1 NEW Y'ORK, Oct. 17. Cottou a futures closed strong. r.. ..l - 79. I W.tt. I ... t m . WIUIJIT m.Iw, A ' ' . iii.n 't . ' ' -V , j January 22.9:'.; March .2:5.00: May .US; July 22.70; pots 23.00, fifty points up. GASTONIA COTTON. Receipts Today t. 25 Bales Price 22 Cents WET AND DRV FORCES FACE EACH OMR IN FIRST TILT BETWEEN PROHIBITION AGENCIES AND BIG STEAMSHIP LINES Discuss Plans to Release From Custody British Ships Seized Outside the Three Mile Limit British Government Has Refused To Enter Into Agreement Which Would Permit Of Reciprocal Authority To Make Seizures- British Ships With Liquor Are Taken. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (By The Associated Press.) Negotiations be tween the British enibusy and tho State Department looking to the release from custody of vessels of British regis try seized by prohibition forces outside the three mile limit were expected to take more definite form us a result of the definite refusal of the British gov. eminent to eutcr into an agreement which would permit of reciprocal authority to make such seizures. A suggestion from the United States thut an agreement whereby tho two governments could exercise special supervision over American and British shipping in coastal water, outside tho internationally accepted limit of juris diction, would bo of material assistance to America'u authorities iu enforcement of customs aud liquor statues was bp- posed by tho British government in a note made public last night, ou the ground that uu undesirable precedent would be established. Great Britaiu, however, offered to co-operato in every way consistent with her fixed policies to assist iu curbing the activities of smug glers along tho American coasts. In the "conversations looking to the release of vessels alleged to havu been seized j oa the high seas, British representatives here are known to have difl'erentiated sharply between cases of ships captured outside the three mile limit, which had established contact with the shore by use of their small boats and those agaiust which no, such evidence lay. It was understood Great Britaiu has indicated her willingness to adhere to the doctrine laid dowu by the United States Supreme Court thut the send ing of small boats into' the "juridic tional area'' served to bring . the parent ship to all jntents under the same jurisdiction. in otuer cases, however, the British view was declared 10 ue empnaiie mai Ainerieuu euiorce- ment agencies were without authority, iu support or me . contention . mat such ships as the Buema und the Gard ner, both of which were captured by the American "dry navy" ut points froln seven to nine miles oft the New Jersey coast, the British government was understood to have relied heavily ou the decision obtained by the United States from British courts iu ISUj iu the case of the schooner Ann;l. The Anna, flying American colors, was captured by tho British privateer Minerva, near tho mouth of the Miss issippi river and her cargo of logwood was confiscated and sold, Au inter esting feature of the cusu was that REHABILITATION IS THE BIG QUESTION American Legion In Conven- uon st new vrieans ruisi - A . UT 1 n . Most Thought On Care Of Wounded Comrades. NEV OKLEAXS, Oct.. 17. With' the leclarattou of ilaiiford MacNidcr. na tional commander, that the American Legion regarded the interests of the- dis abled servicemen as its first responsi bility still ringing in their ears, world war veterans began the second day's ses- son of their convention here with indi cations that the rehabilitation question again would be the chief topiu und.T discussion. In this connection, the legionnaires were considering the bulletin issued to all post commanders by Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant, advising them that millions of dollars collected durinir the war for the U'liefit of sohbers und sailors rightfully belonged to' the American le gion. After citing court cases and decisions and asserting the legion was the one or ganization in its class to legally disburse the funds, the national adjutant .advised the commanders to take proper steps-to' secure all war chest collections. The reply of Colonel C. R. Forbes, dint-tor of the United States Veterans' Bureau, to the legion rehabilitation com missison s attack on the government's record of per forma nee in dealing with veterans, also was receiving attention of the former soldiers. In his statement. Colonel Forbes de clared that tho Veterans' Bureau could not le criticised for many mistakes 1. it dnotll5ng t() ;o witl, the I selection of sites or determining the sort iriifiiifs niiiiov i in nrsr i line ii'v ni'i in jof hospitals to lie ereccted. He asserted I Ml. ... nn.la. t li.. bVAn. Imtcrivr it IIH'IUI uv tn.u in mniw ...... .'' t " ' ' " - - - hud len given autuority nud iumis which had enabled the bureau to estab lish a record of which he was proud. The legion 'g rehabilitation report termed the government's record "a se ries of tragic mistakes, postponements, delays, alibis, and politics." - ...... us iii the cases of tho ships recently takeu off New Jersey a largo sum of money found on board by the cap tors, was seized. Claim for the ship's release was filed through the American minister in Lou don on the ground that she bud been captured within the marginal area over which the United (States asserted ex clusive jurisdiction. The British courts upheld this contention and it is now declared that the United States is stopped lr-"its own precedent from going outside that "margin." ' The British note pointed out that Great Britain hud already taken steps to prevent practices us to registry is suance and clearance papers of which tho United Htates has coniplianed in its note, adding that Great Britain had supplemented these Steps Mtice the American note had been received and it was hoped "the measures taken will prove successful in preventing any breaches iu the local law."-. The note of Secretary Hughes includ ed three paragraphs from an affidavit executed by a Federal prohibition agent with respect "to the proposal declared to have been made fo him by Mr. M. Cole, who signs clearance papers for the comptroller of customs for the British government at Nassau, Bahamas, concerning the issuance of two sets of clearanco papers for liquor ships: ; , ' "The deponent asked Mr'.' Colo how tho liquor runners arranged their clear ance papers and if it was possible to get an extra, sot "of clearance papers. Mr. Cole said 'Just a minute' and then went to the other side of the room and motioned deponent to come over which .deponent did. Mr. Colo then stated : substantially as follows: ''That 'there are a number of ways to hnudle it but the best aud simplest way we find is, first to give you clear ance papers with your liquor, then in an hour or so come back and state that 'you hud discharged your cargo of liquor on tlio Ingli seas and tnen we will give j you unother set of papers for 'iu ' ballast' for any American port. Mr Colo explained that the first set of papers referred to would be for a for eign port and thaSt if you were search ed they could not touch you and that ! after you had discharged your cargo of liquors you could enter the Ameri- can port with your papers showing 'iu ballast.' "Depouet states further that Mr, Cole did not say there would be any money required outs,ido the regular fees but intimated' that he and the boys ex pected to bo takeu cure of," TWENTY COMMUNISTS ARRAIGNED FOR TRIAL Charged With Plotting To Overthrow U. S. Govern- ment By Force Red And Radicals Are Involved. ST. JOSLl'H, Mich., Oct. 17. (By the Associated l'ress.) Arraignment of twenty alleged communists charged with plotting to.overthrow; the government of the United State by force, was set for today, 'the. first test of Michigan's anti syinljcalism law, which was passed as a war-time measure. Sixteen of the twenty men were ar rested August "2," when officers swooped down on a wooded glen uear Bridgmau, this, count", and interrupted what the government charges was the national convention of the communist party of America, representatives in this country of the third internationals of Moscow. Between V) and W) radicals had been nt the nieetinir in the wild dune country along Lake Michigan, the government agents claim, but all except sisteeu fie I before the raiders arrived. Three men, including W. Z. Foster, of steel strike fame, later were arrested at Chicago and . extradited. Another, Jo seph JJsak, Was extradited from New York. A farmer boy whose curiosity had lei him to spy ou tho woodland meeting, told the raiders the men arrested had buried something in the wood and he led them to a spot where they dug up the three barn-Is tilled With typewriters, du plicating machines, papers, manuscripts, reports, stationery, ami printed propa ganda of the communist party. Kadical newspapers have advanced the ..lunation that those arrested merely jwerc holding a picnic. . i "nay s ncar.ng corre-ponus iu K Kleven of the defendants have been confined jn tlte Berrien county jail here since the raid, unable to raise $ l',00'j bonds. Foster. Charles E. Reuthenberir, party, the legal branch of the under- (Continued on pags 8.) . BIG ARRAY CUUMSEL " PRES3NT TO FIGHT MR. " DAUGHERTY'S RULING Millions Of Dollars In Proper ty, Trade Rights And ' . Good Will At Stake. BITTER FIGHT AHEAD. Test Cases Will Finally B Brought Before U. S. Supreme Court. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. (By the As sociated Press.) Wet and dry forces face each other today before Federal Judgo Hand in the first pitched battle betweu federal prohibition enforcement authorities and foreign and American steamship lines over. the validity of At torney General's liquor ruling. , . Tho calendar of Judgo Hand's court was cleared for the hearings of tempo-' rary injunctions returnable today, re straining the enforcement authorities from putting iuto effect the ruling for: bidding American and foreign ships leaving xrt after October 21, from car rying liquor under seal iuto or out of American ports. - ' v A distinguished array of counsel "wa present, representing the American pro hibition authorities, tha treasury department,- nml the Cnnard, 1 nchor. White IStar, French, Holland-American, Ameri can, Bed IStar and United American lines, aud the International Navigation Company, The government forces were prepared to present arguments to show cause why they should not be permanently enjoined from putting into effect the provisions of the DaUghertj ruling. Attorneys for the steamship companies were prepared for a bitter fight. It vns Btated by rep resentatives of both factions that no matter what the result of the hearings, the test eases would lie brought before the United States Supreme Court. All of the Ainericaen lines of the American Steamship Owners'. AsAsocia tion and foreign lines, such as the Koyal Mail Steam Backet Company, the Lam port and Holt, the North German Lloyd and others in the trans-Atlantic i aud South American trade, will await trie re sult of today's hearings;' before taking acnon. . ' , .' Action by the enforcement acents against either foreign or domestic ships' is at n standstill, according to H. C, , Stuart, acting collector of the port, who said he hail been instruetd by the treus ury department to mark time. Means while crews of the French vessels in port here had their usual rations of wine to day, foreign vessels sailed with liquor on board, either to sell it outside the three- mile limit or to keep it sealed t dispose of it in foreign ports; American vessels. unfavored by the extension of time until October 21, sailed under the "bone dry regime." " Millions of dollars in property, trade rights ami good will, are said to be nt stake, while counsel for foreign lines have claimed that infringement of trea ties between Amrican and foreign coun-' tries and violation of foreign laws, are points involved. The fight against the Daugherty rulinz was begun early last week by the Cunard . sand Anchor lines which were joined by tho American lines of the International Mercantile Marine, thus furnishing tha test cases for American and foreign ships. The main contention of the steamship companies will be that the Daugherty ruling is uneoustitutiouaL , GEORGIANS VOTING FOR ' A SENATOR TODAY Each Of The Four Candidates Claims To Have Following Of 50,000 Watson Support-, ers Campaign Is Watch ed With Interest. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 17. (By the Associated .l'ress.) Under cloudy skies ami with rain falling in several sectiont of the state, Georgia voters were casting their ballots today in a special demo cratic primary to nominate a successor to the fate United States-Senator Thomaj E. Watsoii. Each of the four candidates Go-Tf- , nor Thomas V. Hardwick, Seaborrt Wright, J. K. Cooper, and Walter F. Georae-t-niado last minute: claims of the support of the "loyal fifty thousand' followers of Watson, aud expressed cott fideneee, in "being nominated. Today's primary U being' watched with interest -by political observers, for not.onlv will it decidw who shall 1 the state's next senator, but it slso will de termine whether the Wstou block of voters, which is said to have exit utc I a controlling influencoe iii Georgia ril.', for many years, will remain intact nr be spit into factions. Iu his campaign statements. Gov. i Hardwieek declared many Vf (Coailac-'d ca v-ij