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& Southern Newspaper for Southern People 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. < THE Tlßf ©RECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE~~WSj Dam Wilson! ! By Morris r.. ' ' Siteira ft IlK? igWX \ @ /'.'em'/ 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.