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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 168.
2 HUNS TRY TO SLAY U. S. PROVOST MARSHAL
300 FT., OPPOSITE
SITE OF THEATER
CHANGES HANDS
IN 2 BIG DEALS
Hooks Motor Co. And
Rylanders Buy Two
Valuable Tracts
TO IMPROVE BOTH
WHEN LEASES END
Nearly $50,000 Paid For
200 Feet By Hooks
Firm
Two of the biggest real estate
transactions in the city reported in
many days were arranged ;oday on
west Lamar street opposite the site
of the new theater-office building
which is to be erected at once by
Walter Rylander. The Rylander in
terests figured in one of the two
deals and the Hooks Motor company
the other.
The Hooks Motor company, com
posed of J. B. and J. D. Hooks, to
day completed the purchase from W.
E. Mitchell of all of the block of
ground from the east writ of the
building now occupied by the Hooks
Motor company to Hampton street,
a frontage of about 200 feet, and
extending northward <o the Parker
& Council warehouse, a distance of
about 300 feet, fronting on Hamp
ton street. The property embraces the
stables now occupied bv the Hudson
Transfer company, Major J. J. Hans
ley, and Dr. Perry Hudson, veteri
narian. The deal was made by George
D. Wheatley. The consideration was
reported to be between 845,000 and
$50,000.
The other deal was the purchase by
Emory Rylander of the lot and build
ing adjoining th e Hooks property,
now occupied by the Chappell Machin
ery company, a frontage of 99 feet.
The purchase was made from Dr.
W. A. Rembert, consideration net
being made public.
It was stated that both properties
will be improved extensively when
possession is obtained. Part of che
property acquired by the Hooks in
terests is said to be under lease for
two years more, until which time
nothing in the way of permanent im
provements can be undertaken. The
Rylander property is also under two
year lease, at the expiration of which
a handsome auto show room will be
built, according to Emory Rylander.
SELLS FINE HORSE CHEAP
AND LETS HIS THEFT OUT
David Thomas, colored, aged about
21, was brought back to Americus last
evening from Blakely by Sheriff Har
vey and Deputy Summers, where he
was arrested after selling a horse he
had stolen in Americus last Satur
day. He had come here from Blakely
and worked three days, when he took
a horse and buggy from down town
belonging to Pomp Ellis, a negro liv
ing on R. P. Stackhouse’s place. He
was caught in Blakely selling the
horse, worth $350, for $65, and when
encountered With the facts he readily
admitted his guilt.
He told Sheriff Harvey today he
wanted to plead guilty and be through
with the case.
3 STATES BATTLING
| GREAT FOREST FIRES
SPOKANE, Wash., July 18—(By
ssociated Press)—Every available
, '" ln in western Montana and north
' >■ Idaho and eastern Washington
are being employed by the Federal
oros t Service and private ass-ocia
lons to fight the great forest fires
how raging in this territory.
Twn D . A BIG bertha, too.
P r \ —(By Associated
ress.) 'While giving evidence be-
H>re a committee of deputies investi
gating the Briey question today, M.
■ ourgeois, chief engineer of the
? Vy department, said that at the
r arls . Was being bombarded by
j p • Wn J W!t h lon £- rragen ge guns, he hatl
aligned a cannon with a range of
eion w hich could be put in po
eion m m an hour.
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PERMITTING OF
BOXING MATCHES
ASKED IN COUNCIL
Shall the lid be lifted on boxing in
Americus or not?
This question was put up to the
city council last night by Council
man W. E. Taylor, who was one of
the crowd of 200 citizens who were
present at the Shewg-Jolf club rooms
Wednesday night to witness a private
boxing match which was prevented
from being staged by Chief of Po
lice Johnson, acting under orders
of Mayor Pro-tem Mashburn.
Mr. Taylor, who announced him
self in favor of clean boxing con
tests, after bringing up the matter,
offered an amendment to the city
license ordinance so as to permit
the licensing of boxing matches at
$lO each. At his suggestion City
Cerk Eldridge, for the information
of the council, read from the rec
ords that boxing matches were li
censed at $lO each by the city in
1912, but it appeared that since
that time the license ordinance had
not mentioned such affairs.
Mayor Sheppard was asked con
cerning the legality of ring contests.
“Frankly,” said he, “I was not
aware that boxing matches and prize
fights were permitted under the
laws of Georgia. However, the laws
have been changed so many times
in regard to this question that it is
not surprising that I have not kept
up with them.”
Mr. Taylor then suggested that his
amendment to the license ordinance
providing for licensing of boxing
matches, be passed. Before any ac
tion had been taken, however, May
or Sheppard asked permission to dis
cuss the subject informally for a
moment.
“The suggestion has been made,”
said he, “that heretofore licenses
have been granted for boxing match
es here. I think this matter should
be referred to the ordinance commit
tee for action at a later time, in
order that proper consideration may
be given to it. It is a right serious
matter to give thought to whether
we want to open up this kind of busi
ness here again or not.
“Personally, I have never known
any good to come from boxing
matches or prize fights. And we all
know that it is impossible to have
these affairs if th?re is not money
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THE TIMESZRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
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ißestaurant Man,j
J Forced to Eat Down
! Town, Asks Divorce J
A TLANTA, July 18.—James j>
\ ** Henry Falk, a restaurai t >
I proprietor is sueing his wife for s
divorce on the grounds of cruelty. <
One of his allegations is that his <
wif e refused to get his meals for ?
him and that he was forced to >
eat down town in his own rest- i
aurant. He also says that his wife I
sold his two pet bulldogs which <
were an advertisement for his ?
place of business. ?
Mrs. Falk, in her answer, de- i
nies many of the allegations and s
■ will fight the suit in the courts.
WAR INSURANCE DROPPED
BY THREE MILLION. MEN
WASHINGTON, July 18.— (By As
sociated Press.) Approximately
threefourths of the four million offi
cers and enlisted men in the military
forces who secured government in
surance policies through the War
tisk Insurance Bureau during the war
have failed to continue their pay
ments, it was disclosed during the
meetings of the bureau’s advisory
committee of thirteen, headed by
Charles E. Hughes, which closed last
night.
The committee recommended that
steps be taken to get in communica
tion with the discharged men.
OLD HICKORY REUNION
OF VICTORY ANNIVERSARY
NEW YORK, July 18.[— (By Asso
ciated Press.) —Veterans of the Thir
tieth (Old Hickory) division will hold
a reunion at Greenville, S. G., Sep
tember 29 and 30, the first anniver
sary of their greatest military tri
umph, it was announced today.
j WEATHER J
For Georgia—Local showers and
thundershowers probably tonight and
Saturday; not much change in tem
perature.
comes from gate admissions, betting
or elsewhere.”
Aiderman Taylor did not press
his amendment, and by consent it
went to the ordinance committee of
which he is chairman, to be reported
back at a later meeting.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1919.
100,000 MEN IN
CHICAGO IDLE IN
STRIKE-LOCKOUT
CHICAGO, July 18.— (By Asso
ciated Press) —Building operations
here are at a standstill today and
more than 100,000 workmen are idle
as a result of a lockout ordered by
the executive committee of the Build
ing Construction Employers’ associa
tion.
Yesterday the organization issued
an ultimatum declaring that unless
the strikers returnee to work by 8
o’clock this morning, and agreed to
abide by the provisions of their joint
trade wage contracts, which run until
1921, the builders would suspend all
operations. The strikers ignored the
threat and today th» contractors were
instructed immediately to stop work
of all kinds.
CAROLINA TRACTION
STRIKE SETTLED.
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Jufy 18.—
(By Associated Press.) —The strike
of motormen and conductors of the
South Carolina Railway, Light and
Power Co., which has tied up street
car traffic since July 3, was settled
last night. Service will be resumed
Saturday morning. The men will get
an increase in pay amt shorter hours,
but the union was not recognized by
the company.
MARINE STRIKE STARTS
ON SECOND WEEK.
NEW YORK, July 18.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —The strike of firemen,
water tenders and oilers which has
held hundreds of ship.s at their piers
here, entered its second week today.
Unless a quick settlement is reached
it is predicted other trades connectd
with shipping will be affected.
5 COTTON MARKET.
LOCAL SPO"ft
Good midding 34 cents.
NEW YCRK FUTURES
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SOUTHER FIELD
MOURNS PILOT
KILLED IN DROP
OUT OFAIRSHIP
Sergeant Major Gates
Falls 1,000 Feet Fly
ing Upside Down
ACCIDENT CLOSES
BIG AERIAL CIRCUS
Day of Thrills Precedes
T ragedy—Parachute
Leap Staged
The flag over headquarters at Sou
ther Field is floating at half mast to
day, a grim reminder of a tragedy
■which took place at the end of the
flying program of the aerial circus
there yesterday afternoon and put an
end to the plans for an evening of
fun and revelry which had been ar
ranged to round out the second stag
ing of the exhibition.
The flag was at half-mast for Ser
geant Major Gordon Gates, who fell
j 1000 feet to death from his plane
i tfhile flying upside down. The acci-
I dent took place about 5 o’clock, af
i ter practically all of the stunt flying
was over and many of the spectators
had left. The plane was a mile from
the post headquarters when it started
down from a height of 2,000 feet.
The pilot was found dead in a corn
patch on the farm of Dr. Frank A.
Thomas, while the wrecked plane was
located two miles farther to the east
ward, it having sailed on in a straight
course and an even descending angle
after the driver dropped from it.
It was announced today by Colonel
Rader, commanding officer of Sou
ther Field, that the funteral of Ser
geant Major Gates would, be held at
the post at 7:30 o’clock this evening,
and all of the friends of the dead
aviator are cordially invited to attend.
I The ceremonies will be conducted by
Secretary Thomas, of the field Y. M.
C. A., following which the body will
be brought to Americus and, with mil
itary honors, will be placed on the
10:52 train and started for his fath
er’s home at Flushing, L. 1.
Circus Big Success.
While the death of Sergeant Major
Gates, who was a very popular man
at the field, cast a gloom over the
field and the entire community, the
aerial circus which had been without
mishap, up to that time had been a
great success from every standpoint,
except attendance. The rain of the
previous day and the low hanging
clouds of all Thursday morning kept
people even from nearby away. The
attendance was estimated at not n:oie
than 2,000, and it was reported today
that the receipts for the two days’ en
tertainment was only sufficient to
break even on the heavy expenses in
curred.
The program was put through very
much as last Saturday, and the added
thrills were there, too, just as adver
tised. There was the trapeze work by
I Lieut. A. W. Vance in midair, the tra
peze being suspended from the land
ing gear of a plane driven by Lieut.
; McMullen, and the promised para
| chute leap from a flying plane took
place.’ Then there was the flight by
a “society lade,” the lady this time
being “Mrs. A. B. McMullen,” it was
reported “mother of the young lady
who piloted the plane to dizzy heights
and in amazing capers last Saturday.”
The parachute leap was put on by
Private Louie H. McGowan, of Quit
man, who was a professional para
chute leaper before entering the ser
vice. The parachute was attached
to a strut about the center of the
plane under the fusilage, and its
silken golds were laid over the lower
wing on the left side of the fusilage.
McGowan rode in the rear seat.
Slowed Down Engine.
When the plane was at a height of
about 2,000 feet he signalled to the
pilot who slowed down his engine as
he stepped out of the fusilage. Mak
ing sure that everything was in readi
ness, he shouted “I’m gone,” and the
pilot turned the ship nose down so
that the tail would not interfere. The
parachute opened beautifully with
n 100 feet of the plane and McGowan
drifted slowly and safely to earth on
the south edge of the landing field.
“I was expecting to drop from 150
to 500 feet before it opened,” said
COL. RADER
s SEES PILOT
I AS HE FALLS
Lieut. Col. Rader, commanding
officer of Souther Field, was among
the several spectators who saw the
fatal fall of Sergeant-Major Gates
at the close of the aerial circus
program yesterday afternoon. Col
onel Rader who had been walking
about the field, chatting with ac
quaintances, had been conversing
for a moment with the Times-Re
corder reporter when attention was
called to a plane which had ven
tured more than a mile from the
field and at a height apparently of
2,000 feet, was very small in out
line in the distance compared with
the other ships then in the air.
The plane had started down at a
fairly steep angle.
“He’s flying upside down,” re
marked Colonel Rader, who was
watching with marked interest.
The ship was at such distance that
the untarined observer could not
make out Whether the plane was
right side up or not.
“Something has fallen out of his
plane—he’s dropped something,”
was Colonel Rader’s next remark,
but the object which fell was so
small in the distance that others
who were watching the machine
less closely did not observe it.
Rush of Rescuers.
On down came the plane, never
changing angle or position, and
Colonel Rader began to get ner
vous.“Oh, oh! Oh, oh!” he ejacula
ted, nervously as he saw it near the
horizon, still upside down and its
angle of descent still Unchanged.
As it disappeared behind the woods
in the distance, he started for the
hangar where the relief cars are
kept.
In the meantime several other
officers and mechanics had seen the
ship come down, and there ..’as an
immediate rush for post motorcy
cles and automobiles, which start
ed out down the road in the direc
tion of the spot where the plane
was seen to disappear. When the
nearest point in the road to the
estimated place of the accident
was reached, the officers and men
left their Vehicles by the roadside
and rushed on foot across soft
cotton and pea fields irfieearch of
the distressed ship. S
But there was no sh® in sight.
Finally several negroesWho were
working in a field were found.
They reported they had seen a man
fall or jump from the plane, while
one of them said the plane, after
the man had fallen out of it, had
“gone on back to camp.” After
the search had gone on for a time
two shots were heard from a corn
patch in a piece of bottom land,
200 yards south of the main line
of the Central railroad. The other
searchers rushed there and found
Lieuts. Wolfe and Warde standing
over a body in khaki, lying half
buried in the soft earth of the
cornfield where it had dropped
1,000 feet from the plane. The man
was dead wherf found. He was ly
ing on his back not badly mutilat
ed by the terrific impact.
Learns Victim’s Identity.
In a few moments Major Scho
field, who was assisting in the
search came up.
“Who is it?” he inquired, in a
(Continued on Last Page.)
McGowan after landing, “but it seem
ed to open almost immediately.”
An important event of the day for
one of the spectators was the free
ride in an airship of the person hold
ing the lucky number held from the
admission coupons. Mrs. Norman
Davidson, of 230 East Fourth street,
Atlanta, who is visiting Mrs. C. C.
Hawkins, was the holder of the num
ber, and she seized the opportunity
presented for a free ride. She ap
peared a bit frightened as she took
her seat in a DeHaviland behind
Lieut. Wolfe, and there was a distinct
appearance of relief when she step
ped out of the ship 15 minutes later
after circling the field several times
and being given a birdseye view of
the surrounding country.
“It is perfectly grand and wonder
ful,” slie remarked, as she thanked
the pilot.
The accident to Sergeant Major
Gates threw the entire camp into a
panic, and the crowd quickly left.
However, in the absence of orders,
preparations went on for the even
ing’s program of a minstrel show fol
lowed by a big dance in hangar C,
but as soon as Colonel Rader returned
to headquarters from finding Gates’
body, he issued orders cancelling the
festivities for the remainder of the
day.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MAJ. COCKRIEL
IS TARGET FOR
ASSASSINS BUT]
AIM PROVES BAD
Germans Escape After
Firing Several Shots
At Officer
ATTEMPT MADE ON
LIFE FROM HIS REAR
Attack Made in Dark On
Expeditionary Force
Officer
COBLENZ, July 18—(By Associa
ted Press) —Two Germans attempted
last night to assassinate Major George
Cockriel, provost marshal of the Am
erican forces in Germany. Major
Cockriel was uninjured. The Germans
escaped after firing several shots
from behind.
ALWAYS CARRIES RAZOR
IN WATERMELON TIME
Bertha Jordan, colored* after skill
fully carving Julia Ross, her rival
for the affections of dusky Joe Dun
can, on West Churcn street this
morning, explained to Sheriff Har
vey who was questioning her at the
police station, that she' aiWays car
ried a razor this time of yea.- for
onvenience in eating watermelon, for
one never knows when one may
chance upon a ripe melon.
“Well, if I were you, I don’t be
lieve I’d tell the court that, because
he won’t believe you and nobody else
will believe it,” was the sheriff’s ad
vice, and when Bertha faced Record
er Fort shortly afterward she took
the sheriff’s advice, and forgot about
the watermelon end of the razor sto
ry, and told it about as it happen
ed. It was all about Joe. When the
two met on the street and had some
words they clashed. A number of
vhite people living in the vicinity
saw the encounter The Recorder <•
ed their fines at $lO each, which
the} paid.
TO ESTABLISH PARCEL
DELIVERY SYSTEM HERE
A parcel delivery office is to be
established in Americus at an early
date, R. H. Burns, a discharged sol
dier from Souther Field, now a city
mail carrier, told the city council last
night in appearing before that body
with the request that a license fee
for such a business be established,
none now being embodied in the gen
eral license ordinance.
He explained that he believed
there was an opportunity for the
development of a good bicycle deliv
ery system which the public could
us e at all hours for the delivering of
packages quickly. He said he pro
posed to establish a fee of 10 cents
for each delivery within a radius of
9 blocks, with 5 cents additional
for each trip—not each package—
beyond that limit.
His request was referred to the
ordinance committee with power to
act.
PLAINS TO HAVE NEW
LARGE PLANING MILL
PLAINS, July 18.—A large plan
ing mill will soon be established in
Plains. S. L. Berger is here to look
after plans and the mill will soon
be in operation. A large tract of
timber has been purchased by the
company and work has already be
gun preparatory to bringing the lum
ber here and dressing it for the mar
ket.
HOUSE DEBATES DRY
MEASURE TILL 10 P. M.
I WASHINGTON, July 18.—(By As
sociated Press.)—Although the tigri-
I cultural appropriation bill had the
right of way, house leaders expected
late today to resume debate on pro
' hibition enforcement legislation. Yes
terday’s session was extended to 10
o’clock last night. The debate was
bitter and the chamber in confusion
when adjournment was taken.