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FORTY-FIRST YEAR— No. 186.
SOUTHER FIELD MEN ORDERED TRANSFERED
121 Men to Be
Sent to Texas
BUSINESS MEN
TO TRY TO GET
ORDER HELD UP
BY WAR DEPT
Congressman Crisp Tele
graphs Closing Only
Temporary
OFFICERS ALSO TO
GO SEPTEMBER 30
Men Here Sent to Elling
ton Field, at Houston
Texas
It is authoritatively stated that
orders oi notification just received
by Lieutenant Colonel Rader, com
manding oihcer at Souther Field, the
aviation training field here, requiring
trie early transier of 121 enlisted
men now stationed there, to Elling
ton Field, at Houston, Texas.
The transfer of this large body of
men will practically result in the
closing of the field, since at this
time ntere are only approximately
140 men and officers stationed there.
Previous orders received at the
field required the discharge by Sep
tember 30 of all officers, either flying
or ground men, by that datq, that
are attached to the regular f air
service.
According to one o cer who is
familiar with all the facts, but whose
name i svvithheld, this will result in
the transfer or discharge of every
officer now at the field, with the pos
sible exception of Colonel Rader,
commanding officer, and Major
Schofield.
The orders closing the field were
entirely unexpected by officers and
men stationed here and the business
men of Americus. It is probable that
strenuous efforts will be m.'.de to
have the post retained in active op
eration and representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce today com
municated with Cngressman Chas. R.
Crisp and Senator Hoke Smith, ask
ing that they investigate the situa
tion at Washington and use their ef
forts to have the orders closing hhe
field rescinded.
Representative Crisp, who visited
the War Department following the
receipt of a telegram sent him by the
Chamber of Commerce here, advised
tnat body this afternoon that the or
ders closing the field here had been
issued because of the failure of Con
gress to provide a sufficient appro
priation for the air service, and that
the closing would be only temporary,
The Chamber of Cmmerce, how
ever, is still actively at work on the
matter and it is yet hoped the War
" partment o cials may be persuad
'to rescind the order for transfer
°‘ men stationed here before it is
carried into execution.
FORTY warrants
AGAINST PROFITEERS
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Aug. 15 (Bv
Associated Press)—Governor Cox, of
ll0 > today announced that forty
''arrants had been issued
the arrest of food profiteers. He
h'O announced that he would ask the
‘ “ral Government to confiscate
■"proximately two million pounds of
’‘ its and poultry now held in cold
storage plants in the State.
TO AMEND THE FOOD
CONTROL ACT SOON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (By As
sociated Press'—Action on amend
nonts to the food control act, sug
gested by Attornev General Palmer.
a means of reducing the cost of
‘_' :r iR, were blocked in the Senate
gncultural Committee today.
WARFIELD HAS
ANOTHER PLAN
FOR CONTROL
OF RAILROADS
Fixed Return of 6 Per
Cent To Be Paid
Owners
LABOR AND STATE
.. SHARE BALANCE
Labor’s Right to Share in
Profits Definitely
Recognzied
WASHINGTON, August 15.—A
plan devised by S. Davis Warfield,
of Baltimore, under which the gov
ernment, in the reorganization of
railroads, would provide a minimum
return of six per cent on invested
capital, with division of all surplus
over that amount among employes,
the public and the earning roads was
outlined today before “the Mouse In
terstate committee.
Luther M. Walter, of Chicago, gen
eral counsel for the National Associa
tion of Owners of Railroad Securi
ties, which sponsors the plan, dis
cussed its various points with the
committee at a five-hour session, and
declared it could be put into effect
at once, or certainly with the re
turn of th e roads to private con
trol at the end of the year.
The right of labor to share in the
profits of the roads was laid down
by Mr. Walter as one o£ the funda
mentals of the plan. He sharply
challenged the contention of Glen E.
Plumb, author of the labor plan for
tripartite control, that the propertly
investment account of the railroads
would not exceed ten or twelve bil
lion dollars. The total would reach
nineteen or twenty billions. Walter
said, at the same time expressing
the confident belief that the courts
would uphold substantially this valu
ation.
PRIZE PIG CARRIED
BY AIRPLANE TODAY
Aerial Queen, the prize Duroc
Jersey pig. won by recruit James W.
Taylor, of LaGrange, Ga., aviated to
her new home this morning.
Early last month it was announc
ed a prize pig, valued'at $175.00 had
been secured from Arles Plantation
and would be raffled .off at the close
of July among recruits stationed at
Souther Field who had enlisted dur
ing the month. It was further an
nounced that th e recruit could do
nate the pig to any member of his
family and have the animal deliver
ed by airplane to his home town.
After the numbers of the lottery
had been drawn, Aerial Queen was
discovered to be the property of Re
cruit Taylor, of La Grange. A pilot
was all that was necessary to com
plete the transfer.
Early this morning the pig arrived
at Souther Field in a neat white
crate and as immediately transfer
red to the rear seat of a Curtiss.
Lt. K. B. Wolfe, aviator, accompan
ied the animal as companion, pilot
and guide.
When last seen the pig wa s seated
in the rear cockpit gazing calmly out
of her crate, studying the instrument
board, and apparently endeavoring
to determine which was altimeter
and which indicated oil pressure.
Lt. Wolfe assured passenger
of hig kindly intentions, that he was
a careful driver and that he would
endeavor to be a gentleman under
all conditions such as forced land
ings, etc.
Having communicated those senti
ments the Lieutenant climbed into
the front seat, ordered the ship
cranked and when last seen, about
9:30 they were going over the clouds
in the direction of La Grange. Lt.
A. B. McMullen and the pig’s owner,
James W. Taylor, went along in an-
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1919.
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BIG VICTORY
FOR BONDS IN
SCHOOLDISTRICT
LESIE, August 15.—Practically a
hundred votes were cast in lhe dis
trict bond election held here today,
and the result was unanimously fa
vorable to the issue. A big barbe
cue served in- celebration of the elec
tion and attended by hundreds of
people from DeSoto, Huntington, and
Cobb, besides residents of Leslie
helped materially to mold together
the people 'of the school district, and
plans f°r the building to be erected
were shown and approved by all who
saw them. M. L. Brittain, state
school commissioner and F. D. Land,
state school supervisor both deliver
ed addresses in front of the polls,
the former being introduced by J.
E. D. Shipp,of Americus.
other ship as a military escort to the
first pig-carrying aeroplane on rec
ord.
The pig came from a ong line
of distinguished ancestors and is a
daughter of the celebrated Or.cn
Cherry King of Arles Plantation. He
mother i s of equally distinguished
blood and answers to the registration
name of Hodges Ohio Lady.
Mr. Kedenbrug, herdsman at Arles
Plantation supervised the crating and
packing of the young porker for the
trip. Kedenburg is an expert in the
matter of caring for porkers, and
has reared, packed shipped and
tended many generation of their race
both at Arles Plantation anJ else
where. He predicts long life and
great prosperity for this army- pig.
NEW HAVEN STRIKERS
TO RETURN MONDAY
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Aug. 15—
(By Associated Press) —All of the
shopmen of the New Haven Railroad
now out on strike have been instruct
ed to return to work Monday of next
week, the system’s federation com
mittee announced this afternoon.
J WEATHER j
For Georgia.—Local showers and
thunderstorms probably tonight and
Saturday.
’SHANTUNG TO ||
i BE RETURNED j
I TO CHINA BY |
I JAPAN SOON
Time Required for Res
titution Dependent
on China
KIAO CHOW TO
; BE CHINA’S TOOI
No Unnecessary Delay
To Be Made in Resti
tution of Peninsula.
TOKIO, Aug. 15 (By Associated
Press) (Tuesday)—“The restitution
of the Shantung peninsula and also
Kiao Chow to China by Japan will
r be made without unnecessary delay, ;
but the time required will be depend-;
ent upon the attitude of China,” said
Takashi Hara, the Japanese Premier,
today in answer to a question as to
when the actual restoration would
take place.
To the Associated Press the Pre-■
mier said:
“My colleague, Viscount Uchida,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a !
statement on August 2 in explanation
I of our policy respecting the Shan
; tung question. That statement rep
i resents the considered opinion of this
: government, and I have little to add
I onthe same subject.”
CONSOLIDATED FRUIT
COMPANY INDICTED
' CLEVELAND, Aug. 15 (By As-
I sociated Press) —Secret indictments,
charging the violation of the Valen
! tine anti-trust law were returned to
day by the Cuyascoga County grand
I Jury investigating the Cleveland
I food conditions against officers of
■ the Consolidated Fruit Auction Com
pany of this city.
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Father’s Way of Economizing.
As a general thing, father’s favoritt
way of economizing is tn stop the chll
I dr on from snendiiic. —Dallas News.
AMERICUS PLEADS
l ALIBI AFTER LOSS
ON ALBANY’S LOT
Americus took the lead in the first
| inning of yesterday’s game when
i McMullen hit safe and scored on a
; long drive off of Parson’s stick.
i In the third inning Americus push
i ed over three runs, with as many
hits by McClesky, Dedman and
I Hooks. Their last run of the game
; came when Lane hit a single with
men on second and thrid, in the fifth
I inning. The bases wer e full in this
I same inning, but Welsh at shortstop
I made a pretty catch of a hard hit
' drive from Parson.
Albany made her first run when
Umpire Ryan called Welsh safe at
home, though Americus rooters be
lieved he was thrown out two feet.
This w.i.- the first protested decision
of the glint and came in the thi.o
inning. Ryan was then yanked out
of the umpire’s box, and two other
men tried at handling the indicator.
Both proved unsatisfastory to both
teams, however, and some man from
Albany consented to umpire the rest
of the game.
Both teams had become tired of
quarreling, so th e last umpire finish
ed the game.
In the sixth inning Albany tied the
score with a hit,- a- base on balls, a
couple of errors, ; and another fluke
hit. •
Up to this time every thing was
in favor of Americus, Albany had on
ly secured three hits off of Ball, and
the whole team was looking like big
leaguers.
Parsons went in to relieve Ball
who plead he was weak from medi
cine he had taken the night before.
Barney was going fine however and
does not get credit for a loss, as
the game was tied up when he retir
ed.
Parsons had not had time to warm
up much, and when he got ’ i htne
up much, and when he got in the box
was rather wild. A hit batter, a
walk, and a failure to cover a base,
coupled with a nice hit by Kemball,
tells the story.
The Americus team wa s not allow
ed to get sufficient batting practice,
so they took it during the game.
Every man on the team secured one
hit, and four of them got two each.
“Y” BUILDING
OFFER WILL BE
ACCEPTED BY
AMERICUS FOLK
Mass Meeting of Citizens
in Courthouse Adopts
Resolution
COMMITTEE >
IS NAMED
Another Mass Meeting
To Be Held Tuesday
Afternoon at 5
The offer of L. G. Council to do
nate SIO,OOO to be used in the pur
chase of the Americus Y. M. C. A.
building, the same to be used here
after as “Y” building exclusively,
will be accepted and Americus citi
ens will raise $15,000 necessary to
properly repair and renovate the
structure and install a modern swim
ming pool under other improvements
there.
This was demonstrated yesterday
at a mass meeting of citizens held in
the Superior courtroom .it the court
house and presided over by Rez. Guy
ton Fisher, pastor of First Methodist
church. Joseph Perkins acted as
secretary of the meeting.
Those present discussed the mat
ter thorougly from eve.y angle, an 1
a resolution was adopted ■omnicnd
■ ing the Y. M .C. A. as an institu
tion, as 'veil as the worx done by
the “Y” both here and elsewhere.
Another important resolution
adopted ’extended the thanks of the
citizens present to Mr. Council for his
magnanimous offer to purchase the
building and present the structure to
. the local “Y” organization.
The text of the resolution as con
' veyed to Mr. Council by the secretary
) of the meeting, follows:
“Whereas, under the terms of
I has generously offered to contrib
| ute the sum of SIO,OOO in cash for
the purpose of liquidating the in
i debtedness in full on the Americus
Y. M. C. A. property, and
“Whereas,under the terms of
Mr. Council’s magnanimous offer
the property would be saved from
public sale and turned over to a
board of governors to be used for
Y. M. C. A. purposes and the bene
fit of civic organization, therefore
be it
“Resolved, by citizens of Ameri
cus in mass meeting asembled, that
we extend to Mr. Counicl our most
sincere thanks and assurance of
appreciation for his kindly offer.”
Following the option of this reso
lution a strong committee composed
of F. L. Allison, Gordon Howell and
L. A. Morgan was named to interview
the people here and report at a meet
ing to be held next Tuesday after
noon at 5 o’clock in the courthouse
upon the raising of funds necessary
to meet the conditions of the gift.
This committee will in the meantime
secure pledges and at the gathering
Tuesday will report the sum subscrib
ed.
WILSON AGAIN VETOES
DAYLIGHT SAVING REPEAL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (By As
sociated Press).—President Wilson
today vetoed the bill repealing day
light saving law, declaring that the
pressing need of the country was for
the greatest possible production by
every industry in the counry. The
President said that he would be
obliged to “balance one set of disad
vantages against another and decide
which was more serious for the coun
try.” He said he returned the bill
without his approval with “the ut
most reluctance.” because he fully
realized the serious inconveniences
the daylight saving Jaw subjected
the farm«r«
Th»r<» were only two errors, and they
WP r« on ev-onfionallv hard chances.
There were some twenty or mor o
fans present from Americus, and any
of them will tell you that the Ameri
cus team did simply fine. If a dia
mond can be put in shape the two
tean-ic win m -n et hero next Tuesday.
The box score follows:
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\mprw-lq 5 13 y I
Albnn- fl 5 | ,
Batteries—Ball. Parson. Hooks and I
Monahan for Americus. Lippett, ,
Slappey, and Kimball for Albany. I
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PEACE TREATY
AND LEAGUE TO
BE TOLD OF BY
PRES.WILSON
Full Publicity To Be
Given Discussion by
Committee
TUESDAY SET
TO HEAR HIM
Consideration of Amend
ments to Reservations
Begins Today
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (By As
sciated Press) —The peace treaty and
the League of Nations will be dis--
cussed by President Wilson and the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
at the White House next Tuesday.
The fullest publicity will be given
the discussion under an assurance to
day conveyed to Senator Lodge by
the President.
The committee prepared this morn
ing to make another effort to begin
the task of considering amendments
to reservations of the peace treaty.
COMMITTE TO MAKE
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (By As
sociated Press) —Stenographic rec
ords are to be made of the confer
ence between President Wilson and
the Senate’s Foreign Relations Com
mittee at the White House on Tues
day of next week, Chairman Lodge
today was informed in a letter from
the President. The President said
he would have stenographers present
in order that the committee might
have “a full and trustworthy record
of what was said,” and the President
suggested that the committee also
have its stenographers present.
It was understood from the pres
ident’s letter that the official trans
cript would be made public.
REPUBLICANS
BACK WILSON IN
STANDON TREATY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (By As
sociated Press) —More than twenty
Republican Senators are ready to
stand for the quick ratification of the
peace treaty, with some reservations,
Democratic leaders in the Senate to
day were informed by leaders of the.
Republican group of reservation ad
vocates, although Senator Hitchcock,,
the administration leader still dis
claimed any part in the negotiations
for settlement. It was apparent that,
the move had reached proportions
which might strengthen the plans of
the committee for calling for addi
tional witnesses, thus prolonging the
consideration of the treaty.
Senator Hitchcock had an appoint
ment to see President Wilson late
today.
PERSIA AND BRITAIN
REACH AGREEMENT
LONDON, Aug. 15. (By Asso
ciated Press) —An official announce
ment was made today of the agree
ment that has been concluded be
tween the Persian and the British
Governments by which Great Britain
will be able to provide Persia witfr
expert assistance and advice toward
the rebuilding of Persia. The an
nouncement states that the negotia
tions have been in progress for nine
months.
CARRANZA DENIES MUTINY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 ( By As
sociated Press) —A denial of the re
ports that the Carranza garrison at
Chihuahua City had mutinied with
the intention of going over to the
Villa forces is made in a statement
issued today by the Mexican Em
bassy at Washington.
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