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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.— No. 130.
U.S. REDS PLANT BOMBS
TO WIPE OUT OFFICIALS
WARNING GIVEN
PHONE STRIKERS
OF ATLANTA BY
BURLESON’S WIRE
Strike in U. S. Service Not Permissi
ble, He Says; Only 24 Hours
for Reinstatement.
ATLANTA. June 3.—(By Associated
Press.) —Issuing a warning to the
telephone companies that strikes
would not be permissible in the gov
ernment service, Postmaster General
Burleson today wired President J.
Epps Brown, of the Southern Bell
company, to take any necessary steps
to operate the service.
The strikers were notified that they
would be eligible for reinstatement for
24 hours only. The company reported
that 76 out of a normal force of 253
had failed to report this morning. The
strikers met during the day to can
vass the situation.
Veterans Reverence
Memory of Davis
Sumter Camp, No. 642, Confedearte
Veterans, met in session Tuesday
morning to celebrate the birthday of
Jefferson Davis, president of the Sou
thern Confederacy. Practically every
member of the camp was present, and
The following resolution was passed,
its publication in The Times-Recorder
being requested:
“Resolved: In commemoration of
our love and reverence and gratitude
for our late President Jefferson Davis,
that as a matter of respect, and in
memory of his birth and worth to the
world, a blank page be left in our re
ords with the name of Jefferson
Davis and date of birth, June 3.
Arrangements were partially per
fected for the attendance of the veter
ans at the state convention at Dawson
on June 18-21. It was stated that 12
or more of the members of the camp
will attend.
Senate Bill Ending
Wire Control Favored
WASHINGTON. June 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—A favorable report on
Senator Kellogg’s bill for the immed
iate return of the wire systems of the
country to private ownership was or
dered today by the senate interstate
commerce committee after it had
amended the bill to continue existing
telephone rates for sixty days after
final action by congress.
No provision was made for continu
ing telegraph rates which were recent
ly increased by order of Postmaster
General Burleson.
Leslie Team to Play
Souther Field Here
SOUTHER FIELD, June 3.—On
Thursday, June 5, the Souther Field
baseball team will play the Leslie
team at the ol dAmericus ball grounds,
The game promises to be a fast one.
as the Leslie team is composed of
fast amateurs, two of them college
men, and the Souther Field team is
unusually fast. An admission fee of
25 cents will be charged.
3 Souther Flyers
Entertain Shriners
SOUTHER FIELD, June 3.—Lieuten
ant Perrv W. Blackler, Lieutenant
Floyd A. Wilson and Lieutenant A. B.
McMullen flew to Albany today tn the
interest of recruiting for the air ser
vice and also to entertaip the Shriners.
who are in session there with some
flying stunts.
NEW REPUBLIC
OF RHINE SEEKS
RECOGNITION IN
HINTS TO ALLIES
General Strike of "Workmen Against
Launching of Republic Ended
by Americans.
COBLENZ, June 2.—(Monday)—(By
Associated Press.) —Telegrams inti
mating that recognition of the new
Rhenish republic, reported established
Sunday, is desired, have been sent to
the commanders of the armies of oc
cupation along the Rhine.
A general strike throughout the
American-occupied area was declared
by the German as 9 o’clock this morn
ing as a protest against the launching
of the Rhenish republic as Weisbaden,
but it lasted only 4 hours, the workers
returning to work after warnings had
been issued by the American military
authorities.
Lingo Administrator
of Mrs. Brown’s Will
Chas. Lingo was today appointed by
Ordinary Cobb as executor of the will
of the late Mrs. Minnie Fricker Brown,
Mr. Lingo being chairman of the board
of trustees of the First Baptist church,
the chief beneficiary under Mrs.
Brown’s will.
The appointment followed the de
clination to serve of C. A. Fricker,
formerly of Americus but now of Cali
fornia, who was named executor in the
will as administrator. The estate is
said to be worth between SI,OOO and
$2,000, the most of which the will dis
poses of in numerous bequests to the
church and various church societies.
Miss Long to Aid in
Canning Club Work
Miss Rowena Long, of Albany, for
mer Canning Club agent for Sumter
county, has been employed to assist
Mrs. Olin Williams, county demonstra
tor, during the summer months, and
has already begun work. It is said
that she and Mrs. Williams will work
together, the services of two experts
being required, this year on account
of the increase in the work and activ
ities of the canning clubs.
Miss Long, who was a very popular
demonstrator, has spent the last
school year in Athens taking special
instruction.
2 Changes in Peace
Terms Considered
PARIS. June 3.—(By Associated
Press.) —Two changes in the German
peace terms, one territorial and the
other financial, are being considered
by the Council of Four, it became
known today.
;7HE COTTON MARKET j
LOCAL SPOT.
Good Middling 31 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Prev. (High)
Close Open Low Close
July 31.55 31.90 30.42 30 H
Oct 30.62 30.90 29.60 29.95
Dec 30.25 30.60 29.25 219.60
While the New Orleans cot on ex-
change was closed today in commem
oration of the birthday of Jefferson
Davis, the bear crowd in Wall Street
hammered cotton down more than a
cent below yesterday’s close. No de
tails of the market were received here
other than the quotations, but the drop
was generally attributed to a deliber
ate assault on the market. <
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SUFFRAGE UP IN
U.S. SENATE FOR
FINAL ACTION
WASHINGTON, June 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Today was suffrage
Day in the senate, the house resolu
tion being called up for what its
friends hoped would be final passage.
A vote before adjournment was be
lieved possible by advocates of the
resolution.
Chamber Re-Elects
Perkins as Secretary
At a called meeting of the directors
of the Americus and Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce yesterday after
noon Joseph Perkins, who has been
secretary-manager for the last eight
months, was re-elected for the ensu
ing year.
PASTOR APPEALS AT ULAINS
NEWBERRY COLLEGE BUILDING
PLAINS, June 3.—Dr. Bowers, of
Newberry, South Carolina, preached
at the Lutheran church Sunday, His
sermon was in the interest of the
school at Newberry and was a stirring
one. At the close he made a strong
appeal for a new school building.
Dr. Bowers left Plains in the after
noon to return to Newberry. He has
been supplying the Lutheran pipit
for the past three months and has
been highly appreciated here. Socially
also, he has been a favorite and has
been entertained many times by the
people of all denominations.
Rev. Mr. Wingard is expected next
week to take charge of the Lutheran
church here.
WOULD REGULATE NAVAL STORES.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—-A bill to fix
the grades of naval stores and regulate
naval stores trading was introduced in
the senate today by Senator Harrison,
)f Mississippi.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 3, 1919
; Officers’ Wives
| Are Dismayed at S
Parisian Gowns
; A TLANTA, June 3. —Army wives '
? ■** whose husbands are returning <
z from France to Atlanta are view- ?
$ ing with much distress the ex- >
S quisite Parisian gowns that some J
( of them are bringing home as gifts S
? to their ladyships. Sad to relate, i
? the dresses are lovely in every par- (
> ticular, except when it comes to ?
S length, for Atlantans have not yet >
< reached the point where they can (
< don skirts almost to their knees. <
? The soldier husbands, too, are (
> doubtful of the propriety of their ?
> gifts since seeing the costumes re. >
S moved from their French setting, S
< for Atlanta women are showing \
? their preference for American sash-
? ions by wearing skirts reaching to (
> their anskles, while Paris is in- /
5 sisting on skirts reaching only a ,
< fraction or so below the knees.
< Another humorous phase of the (
? gifts brought by returning hus- ?
> bands is the proud manner in >
S which overseas daddies are pre- <
$ senting beruffled and befrilled and
I very feminine garments to husky )
boy babies. Exquisite creations of
net and ribbon and lace have been <
viewed with tender scorn by moth- <
ers whose sons have long since ?
passed the “frilly” age, and are >
wearing properly masculine cloth- >
ing, such as becomes young ?
America. >
15 Farmers Delaying
Purchase of Animals
“Please tell the 15 members of the
county’s four bull clubs who haven’t
paid their dues that they are holding
back the 61 who have paid,” was
County Farm Demonstrator Marshall’s
request of The Times-Recorder today.
“We want to get the thoroughbred
bulls right away, but we can’t until
these have paid. Tell them to get busy
right away, please, so we can go
ahead.” J . J;.. 1.., L,._
PETROGRAD LOST
BY BOLSHEVIKI,
SAYSJHESSAGE
COPENHAGEN, June 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Esthonian and Finnish
forces have taken Petrograd, according
to an unconfirmed telegram from Var
doe.
Winnipeg’s Strike
Spreads to Coast
VANCOUVER, June 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —A general strike of or
ganized labor at Vancouver in sympa
thy with the Winnipeg strike, effective
at 11 o’clock this morning, was called
at a mass meeting last night.
Norweigan American
Exposition is Planned
CHRISTIANA, June 3—(Correspond
ence of Associatea press.)—A Norwe
gian-American exposition will be op
ened here on September 10 and 110
importing firms representing 250 Am
erican concerns. It is stated that the
exposition is officially suported by the
American government and is expected
to be an important factor in the pro
motion of commercial relations be
tween Norway and America.
There will be exhibited a completely
furnished American house, a wireless
station an automobile telephone ex
change, machinery, tractors, motor
plows, airplanes and the latest Amer
ican electrical inventions.
j^WEATHE^oiScjgT J
For Georgia.—Probably showers to
night and Wednesday.
MAN KILLED AT
PALMER’S HOME
IS CLEW TO PLOT
WASHINGTON, June 3. — (Bj) Associated Press.) — The
police early today believed they had identified the man who was
blown to pieces last night in an effort to kill Attorney General Pal
mer with a bomb, as an anarchist from Philadelphia. They refused
to reveal his identity, but expressed confidence that they would ap
prehend his associates. They were confident that the nationwide
plot had been laid in Philadelphia, as well as the May Day plot.
Additional precautions were taken today to safeguard public
men in Washington.
NATIONWIDE PLOT IS
SEEN IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Widespread bomb out
rages last night, apparently the se
quel to the unsuccessful May Day
outrages, believed to be another move
in the anarchistic movement for the
overthrow of the organized govern
ment of the United States.
Evidence that the plot was care
fully planned was found in the pam
phlet at the home of Attorney General
Palmer, which was partially wrecked
by a bomb. The Palmer family was
uninjured.
One man, thought to be the person
who planted the bomb, was blown to
bits by the force of the explosion. Po
lice believed that the bomb exploded
prematurely before it could be placed
under the house.
The bomb, the police said was con
tained in a suit case filled with cloth
ing. Portions of clothing of the man
killed, it was said, indicated that he
was not badly damaged.
The force of the explosion was suf
ficient to shatter the window glass in
residences for a block on each side
of the Palmer home. The residence of
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, next
door to that of the Attorney General
was not badly damaied.
Poliec picke up along with bits of
clothing of the man killed, a copy of
"Plain Words,” a radical publica
tion.
Following so closely the outrages of
last month, the anarchistic outbreak
last night is expected to hasten action
on bills now before congress dealing
with suppression of anarchism and de
portation of undesirable aliens.
The attempt on the life of Attorney
General Palmer has literally brought
home to congress the seriousness of
the menace and members today showed
marked increase in their desire to
eliminate the radical element, which,
they charge, is largely made up of for
eigners who could be disposed of by
deportation.
Thousands today visited the street
in which Attorney General Palmer’s
residence is located. The house itself
and the street in front were being care
fully guarded and scores of federal
I and police detectives were busy
| searching for and finding bits of cloth
ing and other articles which belonged
I to the anarchist who was killed by the
explosion.
The head of the dead anarchist was
found on the roof of a house more than
a block) away from the scene of the
explosion.
Representative Mansfield, of Texas,
' was passing nearby when the bomb
exploded. Flying fragments of the
anarchist struck him and dyed deep
; crimson spots in the light summer suit
. he was wearing.
1 KILLED, SEVERAL HURT
BY BOMB FO R.IUDGE,
NEW YORK, June 3.—(By Associa
ted Press.) —One man killed and sev
eral persons narrowly escaped injury
early today when a bomb exploded
in the basement of the entrance of
the home of Judge Charles Nott, of
the general sessions court.' The Nott
family was uninjured. The police are
seeking the perpetrators of the out
rage.
PITTSBURG SCENE OF
DOUBLE BOMBING.
PITTSBURG, June 3.—(By Associa
ted Press.)—Two bomb outrages
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
here about midnight are declared to
have been aimed against Federal
Judge W. H. S. Thompson, chief in
spector of the bureau of immigration
and W. W. Sibray. No one was injured.
CATHOLIC RECTORY IN
PHILADELPHIA WRECKED.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3.—(By As
sociated Press.) —The authorities are
investigating two bomb explosions
here last night which wrecked the
rectory of the Catholic church and the
residence of a jeweler. Three persons
were injured and one arrest has been
made.
CLEVELAND MAYOR’S HOME
IS PARTIALLY WRECKED.
CLEVELAND, June 3.—(By Associa
ted Press.).lThe home of Mayor Harry-
Davis was partially wrecked by a
bomb explosion late last night, but
no one was injured. The police are
seeking two suspects.
HOME OF JUSTICE IS
DAMAGED IN BOSTON.
! BOSTON, June 3. — (By Associated
■ Press.) —The home of Justice Albert
| F. Hayden of the Roxbury municipal
i court at 11 Wayne street was severely
‘ damaged by an explosion of unknown
I origin shortly before midnight last
night. No one was in the house at the
' time, the judge and his family being
! at their summer home at the seashore.
SILK MANUFACTURERS’
HOME IS DAMAGED
PATERSON, N. J„ June 3.—(By As
sociated Press.)—No light has been
thrown on the mysterious explosion
which damaged the house of Max Gold,
a silk manufacturer, early today. It
was learned that special warning was
given the city police Sunday by Chief
Tracey that anarchists were active in
Paterson.
Buy Youi Coal Now,
Warning of Garfield
CHICAGO, June 3. “Buy coal
now!” Taht was the urgent message
given flat owners, home dwellers and
factory proprietors by Dr. Harry A.
Garfield, United States fuel adminis
trattor.
“Buy coal now'.” repeated the >‘uel
administrator. “In August or the fall
it will be too late. A big coal short
age is coming. Thousands of miners
are going back to Europe, coal pro
duction has fallen of! considerably
and a shortage of many million tons
looks probable. My adviei to every
one is to order his coal right away.’’
Allies to Control
Hun Dye Industry
June 3. —A hitherto unpub
lished tortion of the economic section
of the'j neace treaty gives the Allies
cirtual < ntrol of the German dye in
dustry, ft; is learned. This control
will contitu > 5 year.