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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 182.
WILSON WILL GIVE WHOLE TIME TO THE H. C. L. PROBLEM
PALMER WILL
MAKE REPORT
ON STEPS TO
BRINGRELIEF
Head of Big Grain Con
cern Called to White
House
MAY SOON RESTORE
OPEN WHEAT SALES
Strikes Will Interfere In
Solution of Problem,
Wilson Says.
WASHINGTON, August s^—At
torney General Palmer expects to
present a preliminary report to
President Wilson today concerning
posible steps to be taken by the gov
ernment agencies in an effort to re
duce living costs.
B. W. Barnes, president of the
United States Grain corporation has
called to the white house for a con
ference late today, and it is under
stood that the president will take up
with him the proposal to restore
wheat to a free market, with the
government making good the differ
ence between the market price and
th $2.26 guarantee to farmers.
| Secretary Tumulty announced this
afternoon that President Wiison is
“going to give his whole time to the
question of solving the high cost cf
living,” and s kat conferences, with
senators and representatives on the
League of Nations had been definite
ly abandoned for the present.
Administration official feel that
one way to decrease the cost of liv
ing is to increase production, and
President Wilson, it is understood,
feels that strikes now, or threats of
strikes will interfere seriously with
any solution of the problem sought
by government agencies.
METAL TRADES DEMAND
LOWER LIVING COSTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, August s—(By
Associatetd Press ) —The metal trades
department of the American Feder
tion of Labor will make demands on
congress and President Wilson this
month that measures be taken to re
duce the high cost of living, James
O’Connell, chairman of this depart
ment, said today. The membership
of the metal crafts unions exceeds
500,400 men O’Conell stated.
WHOLESALERS PUT
FLOUR DOWN 40 CENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, August s—(By
Associated Press.—Wholesale deal
ers here today announced a reduction
of 40 cents a barrel in the price of
flour. This followed a similar reduc
tion made week ago.
air service party
VISITS FITZGERALD
HTZGERALD, August 5. Sec
ond Lieutenants, Gardner and Bleck
er > °f Souther Field, visited the city
yesterday in one of the Scout planes
from Souther Field, and made arran
gements for the arrival of a recruit
lng P a rty for the Air Service, which
W! " be in the city today and to
morrow.
There will be an army truck with
a mounted machine gun on display on
°th ( l a >’s and one of the Army aero
planes will fly over the city.
(TRANSFIGURATION
feast at calvary
Tomorrow, August 6th, being the
e.i>t of Transfiguration, there will
11 a celebration of the Holy Commun
-10,1 in Calvary Church at 9 a. m.
Good Law, for Germany.
Ihe Hell, meek law, which became
iii'etive in Germany early in 1914,
f " r Germans retaining their
-..nice to Germany while becoming
of Hie United States or any
'"'hiitry. In assuming the new
i izrnslnj* a German subject, if it suits
< "utinues tiis German citizenship
, ! v'i.iiice in Germany according
this law,
WEATHER )
lor Georgia— Showers probably
and Wednesday.
Taking the Youngster out to Meet the Folks. By Morris |
T. " ' 11 -- *
PARTY IS HERE
AFTER RECRUITS
FOR FLBENNING
A recruiting party, consisting of
three officers and thirteen men from
Fort Benning in command of Capt.
Schwatel, of Columbus, have arrived
in Americus, and are quartered on
the Planters Bank lot, where they
have erected a tented city as a re
cruiting station. They -will remain
here thre e days.
Recruits are sought for Fort Ben
ning only, and Capt. Schwatel told
The Times-Recorfier this morning
that the drive for recruits is being
conducted with “No Broken Promis
es” as a slogan. Men between the
ages of 18 and 40 are to be enlisted,
either in infantry, machine gun bat
talions, corps, band
and construction department. All of
the men here ar e regular army men,
and recruits will be enlisted for eith
er one or thre e years, whether they
have had previous army training or
not.
The party will go from here to
Albany for a brief stay, going thence
to Thomasville,Valdost,Waycross and
Fitzgerald, where stops will be made
Th e oofficers accompanying th e party
are Capt. Schwatell, commanding;
Capt. Knott, and Chaplain Miller.
NEGROES ACQUITTED
BY JUSTICE M’MATH
Brantley Carter, Lisha Carter and
Willie Whitehead, negroes, were giv
en a committal trial before Justice
of the Peace McMath her e today
on a charge of disturbing public
worship. The negroes were defend
ed by Attorney Gordon Howell, and
at the conclusion of the hearing the
charge against them was dismissed.
The Main Point.
Eve had formed the bad habit of
running away, so to impress her fully
with the danger of so doing, her fa
ther took her on his knee and told her
the story of Charlie Ross—how he
was coaxed away from his yard one
day bv a man who promised him some
candv and he never rnme hack to his
parents. She listened intently, and nt
the close of the story she looked up
and asked: “Well, did he get the
candy?”
THE fiMESiiECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE! [fea*?
SENATE CALLS
NORMAN DAVIS
TO THE STAND
WASHINGTON, August s.—(By
Associated Press.)—Norman Davis, j
adviser to the United States peace j
delegation on financial subjects, was
again called before the senate foreign
relations committee today to con
clude the dissucsion7B9 789 7890$ !
elude the discussion he began yester
day on the financial decisions of the j
peace conference.
BOYS AND GIRLS
OFF FOR ATHENS
Stonewall Shirley,.of Plains; Wal- i
ter Daniel, of Americus, R. F. D.; j
Roy Bradley, of Americus R. F. D.; !
Mis s Susie Morrell and Miss Lizzie
DeLoach left this afternoon for Ath- i
ens, where they go to attend the :
boy’s and girls’ short cours e at the !
State College of Agriculture. The j
members of the party are winners i
of scholarships offered for agricul
tural club work in Sumter county,, j
and Geo. O. Marshall, county farm j
demonstration agent, and Mrs. Olin
Williams, county canning club agent,
accompanied them to the depot here.
Th e scholarships were donated by the
Bank of Plains and the Bank of Les
lie, and the winners will be gone
about two weeks.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Open Close
Middling ....32,00 31.20
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Sept 31.20
Oct. 32.30 32.00 32.37 30.88 31.45
Dec. 32.50 32.40 33.40 31.20 31.27
EXCITED SELLING IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, August s.—(By As
sociated Press.) —There was a con
tinuance of yesterday’s excited sell
ing in the cotton market today and
a further sensational break, with Oc
tober selling off 30.85. This makes j
a decline of nearly $7 from closing I
prices of yesterday.
■ «?d
Casting by Centrifugal Force.
A Brazilian engineer has Invented a
process for casting iron pipe by centri
fugal force, which distributes the ,
molten metal within revolving cylin- I
dr leal molds that are water cooled. j
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 5, 1919.
“SIT TIGHT” IH
R. R. PROBLEM
SAYS WiMBISH
WASHINGTON, August s.—(By
| Associated Press.) —William A. Wim-
J bish, of Atlanta, special counsel for
| the Southern Traffic League, told the
house interstate commerce commit
| tee today that it should “sit tight”
! and proceed with is investigation of
the railroad problem, jus as if or
! ganized labor had not demanded tri
! partite control of all railroads.
VIEWS ON U. S. FOREST
POLICY ARE REQUESTED
WASHINGTON, August s.—Est
j imated loss by forest fires in 1918
is placed at $28,500,000 and with
I fires sweeping sections of three states
j the American Forestry Association
| points to the need of a national forest
| policy. The association today sends
j out a call to all those interested to
I send expressions of opinion as to
! what should b e embodied in a nation
al forest policy, that these Ideas can
be presented at the next annual meet
ing.
“Considering the annual fire losses
and the fact that_Jhe markets of the
world arq/ opening to the United
j Slates something must be done to re
plenish our forests,” says the statfc
| ment by the association. “The war
| time call upon the forests was tre
i mendous, but the call of Deace-time
1 activities will: greatly exceed the call
lof war. In peace-time we exported
about three and a half billion board
feet of lumber and saw logs, to say
nothing of home consumption.”
The association wants to collect
the views of all lumbermen, timber
land owners and others interested in
the forest problems. The lumber
industry is the third largest in the
United States.
STRIKING MINERS RIOTING.
WHEELING, W. V., August 5.
(By Associated Press.) —Twenty dep
uty sheriffs, armed with riot guns
were rushed to Fort Pitt coal mine at
South Bellaire, Ohio, near here this
morning, following reports of a se
rious clash between striking miners,
I who are belieced to have been led by
j radical agitators, and other more
| conservative workmen.
BREAK MAY COME
WITH ARGENTINE
AND BRITAIN
OVER STEAMSHIP
South American Diplo
mat Returning Be
cause of Affront
BRITISH MINISTER
TO BE RECALLED
!
Situation Between Two
Nations Most Delicate,
Reports Say
BUENOS AIRES, August 4.—(De
layed.)— (By Associated Press.)
Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Argentinia as a result of
the purchase by Argentina of the
German steamship Bahia Bianca are
delicate, according to La Nacion.
Another newspaper, La Noticias,
says, “Sir Reginald Tower is being
recalled, and Senor Toledo (Argen
tine mniister to England) is return
ing because King George has not yet
received him.
LABOR UNIONS
WANT PART IN
ROADCONTROL
WASHINGTON, August s.—(By
Associated Press.) —Organied labor
; went before the nation today with
j a demand that private capital be re
| tired from railroad operation and
: that there be substitute tri-parie con
| ol of al lrailroad properties by the
j public, an operating management and
the employees.
—
i FLY WEIGHT CHAMPS
TO MEET IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Aug. 4—Followers of
the pugilitic game in Atlanta are
j eagerly awaiting the big champion
i ship bout scheduled for Wednesday
| night at the auditorium-armory in
j which Pete Herman, of New Orleans,
holder of th e world’s featherweight
crown, will defend his title against
Bernie Haim, a speedy youngster who
is considered a formidable challenger.
All indications point to a record
breaking crowd when the starting
gong sounds a s the demand for ring
side and other reserved seats uas has
been unprecedently heavy bath on the
part of the local fans and riqg de
votees throughout Georgie.
Both Herman and Hahn are report
ed in splendid shape for the ten
round battle and backers of both i
boys are confident of victory. In ad- J
dition to th e main bout of even- j
ing a splendid esries of preliminary j
events has been arranged by Mana- j
ger J. Hume McDonald. These in- j
elude clashes between Kid Pash, of !
Camp Gordon, and Kid Karst, cham
pion of Camp Jesup; a semi-wind-up
between Young Kid Attell and Young j
Battling Avers; and a blind-fold bat- j
tie royal. The Camp Gordon, Camp j
Jesup fracas promises something un- |
usual in bona fide slugging as there i
is intense rivalry between the two
local cantonments.
This is the most important ring
battle that Champion Herman has
ever figured in here. At all his prev
ious appearances here he has drawn
an especially heavy attendance and
and the little marvel’s speed, game- j
ness and cleverness hav not always
returned him the victor, but have
greatly increased his popularity.
Hahn has fought a number of highly
creditable bouts here recently and is
expeetd to give the title-holder the
most strenuous struggle of his career.
Wednesday night’s program begins at
8:3 Oo’clock.
Hurt by Autos In New York.
Approximately 25,000 persons were
Injured by automobiles and motor
trucks in the streets of Greater-Nev
York (luring 1917.
STATEMENT BY
STRIKERS SETS
FORTH FACTS
BEHIND STRIKE
Third Day of Walkout
Sees no Disturbance in
Shops District
1
STRIKEBREAKERS
NOT BROUGHT IN
Trains Moving on Sched
ule and Company Still
Receiving Freight.
The outstanding development in the
strike of railroad shopmen here today
was the issuance of a statement by
a strikers committee composed of V.
C. Milton, W. H. St. John and J. E.
Courtney, setting forth the aims of
the causes underlying the strike. The
statement is interesting and brings
before th e public the view of the con
troversy entertained by the union
men, and will be read by their
friends with satisfaction.
Th e statement, in full folows.
“Believing the public has been mis
informed regarding present salaries
of railroad men it is our intention
to stat e some of the plain facts. The
average salary of the average me
chanic in the railroad shops of today
I based on a 26 working day month
j would amount to near $125.00.
“Sometimes it is necessary for men
jto work on Sundays and holidays,
j thereby adding some to these wages,
j Other men in branches of work other
than railroad, are not required to
work on Sundays and holidays in or
der to meet the present high cost of
living.
“Realizing that it would be impos
sible for us to meet the high cost of
living under our present scale, the
j latter part of this year we made an
j effort to get our request before the
Director General, but failed until
February of this year, and our re
quest rested in about the same chan
nel : not granting an increase, and we
feel that seven to nine months is suf
ficient time for them to have given us
an answer one way or th e other.
“We rcgier very much tha-; it has
become necessary for us to take such
steps as we hav e in order to bring
about a settlement.
“PRESS COMMITTEE—V. C.
MILTON, W. H. St. JOHN, J. E.
COURTNEY.”
From the best information that
could be gathered little or no animos
itty between the strikers and th e of
ficials of the company has been en
gendered because of the strikers, and
up to this afternoon no apparent ef
fort had been made to fill the places
vacated by th e strikers. Trains, both
freight and passenger, continue to
move on schedule, according to men
in other departments of the railroad
here, and so far as can be learned,
the strike has failed to effect the rail
road in any way up to this time.
The strikers, it is stated, have de
sisted from gathering abou: the rail
road company’s property, and though
it was said a number of special agents
had been placed there to prevent
damage to railroad property, no clash
between thes e men and the strikers
has yet occurred.
S. M. Dutton, trainmaster of this
division of the Seaboard, and A. E.
Hopkins, traveling engineer of the
company are both here today on
business in connection with the strike,
hut neither mad e any statement for
publication.
A., B. & A. MEN QUIT
WORK AT FITZGERALD.
FITZGERALD, August s—The
entire working force of the A. B.
and A. shops here is now idle, with
the exception of a few men to keep
coal and repairs on th e rolling stock,
This is the result of the meeting of
the shon men held in th e I. O. O. F.
Hall Saturday night, when the vote
was carried with a large majority in
favor of the strike in spite of marked
opposition from som e of the mem
bers.
The first vote taken by the men
failed to develop a majority in favor
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BALKAN TROOPS
ENTER CAPITAL
OF HUNGARY AND
PLUNDER CITY
Thirty Thousand Rou
manians Parade In
Budapest Streets
15 OR 20 CIVILIANS
KILLED BY TROOPS
Hostages Held To Insure
Safety of Invading
Soldiers
BUDAPEST, August 4.—(Mon
day.)— (By Associated < Press.)
Thirty thousand Roumanian troops,
including infantry, artillery and cav
alry, entered the city today with a
blare of trumpets, and passed
through several of the principal
streets.
ROUMANIANS SEIZES
HOSTAGES, PARIS HEARS.
PARIS, August 5. — (By Associat
ed Press.) —Telegrams- from Ameri
can officials at Budapest state that
Roumanian troops, on entering Buda
pest yesterday, started plundering in
the suburbs.
Fifteen or twenty civilians were
killed by the Roumanians during the
day, it was added.
American reports said the Rou
manians, demanding hostages, threat
ened to kill five hostages for each
Roumanian soldier injured in Buda
pest. The city is now absolutely un
der military control.
NEW COMMITTEE
NAMED FOR W. C. C. S.
The committee named when the
Wor Community Service was first
established here has jm,c been if*
i organized with a Strong and en
j thusiastic personnel, and new inter
est is to be infused into the work
! here, this being directed by G. M.
| Head, an experienced welfare work
er. H. O. Jones still leads the work
as chairman of the committee, the
other members being Wibel Marshall,
Rev. James B. Lawrence and Rev.
Silas Johnson.
CAMP SUMTER, NO. 642
MET IN MONTHLY SESSION
Confederate Veterans, members of
Camp Sumter, No. 642, U. C. V., met
in monthly session at the court house
this morning with a small attendance
present. The veterans discussed a
number of matters of interest, and
it is said that plans for attending
the general reunion at Atlanta would
be acted upon at the next meeting.
Adjutant H. I). Watts presided in the
absence of Commander Joe Da>
Stewart, and Comrade Persons acted
as secretary.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IN MONTHLY SESSION
The Board of Commissioners of
Sumter county met in regular session
at the court house yesterday, with
Chairman Ray presiding,Commission
ers S. E. Statham, R. S. Oliver, J.
E. Poole and J. J. Wilson were also
present, and in addition to awarding
the $232,000 worth of bonds offered
for sale, the commissioners passed
upon and ordered paid ail properly
audited accounts for the past month.
of the strike, but a second vote, taken
after the arrival of committees from
elsewhere, this condition was chang
ed, and th e men all quit in a body.
The vote is for a higher scale of
wages or lower cost of living, as the
railroad men claim they ar e not re
ceiving wages in proportion to the
cost of living.
G. AND F. MEN STRIKE
AT DOUGLAS.
DOUGLAS. August shop
employees of the Georg’ a and Florida
Railroad at this point wenz on svrike
for increase in wages today at 10 a.
m. sharp 100 per cer.t strong, includ
ing apprentices, heljr/ers and laborers,
also inspectors at all other points.