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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 225.
JENSIE M’CULLOUGH HELD AS SLAYER
TROOPS DISARM
24 NEiV NEGRO
COPSINOMAHA
Sworn In As Special Offi- <
cers, But Not Allowed <
To Act
h
OMAHA, Sept. 30. (By Asso- <
ciated Press.) —Twenty-four ne- ';
groes, dressed in civilian clothes, but ]
wearing special police badges and ,
carrying arms appeared on the ;
streets last night, said to have been <
sworn in as special officers by a city • <
official. Soldiers who were on guard •
duty took them to the fire station '
where they disarmed and released \
them. ■ i <
Additional military forces, eleven '
officers and 250 men from Camp <
Funston, Kansas, and twenty officers <
and 550 men from Camp Grant, Ills., J
today joined the federal troops al
ready on duty here as a result of the <
race rioting Sunday. J
Gen. Wood Arrives
Major-General Leonard Wood, 1
commander of the Central depart- <
ment of the army, also arrived to !
take charge of the military opera
tions. The city was quiet during the!
night and there was no sign, of trou- I
ble, a heavy rain serving to keep peo-,
pie off the streets. This fact was
considered a great aid to the au-!
thorities who had taken precautions]
against a fresh outbreak of Sunday’s'
rioting which resulted in the lynching'
of a negro, the death of one white
man, injury to many others, heavy
damage by fire to the county court
house and an attempt on the part of
a mob to' lynch Mayor Edward P.
Smith.
Reports today from the hospital
where Mayor Smith is confined as
a result of the injuries inflicted by
the mob were that he was improving.
Governor Plans Probe.
Decision was expected to be made
today by judges of the county’s dis
trict court as to whether there shall
be a special grand jury called to in
vestigate the riots. At the same
time. Governor Samuel R. McKelvie
and Attorney General Clarence A.
Davis are expected to start an inquiry
to fix, if possible, responsibility for
Sunday’s lawlessness.
Reports today continued to res
count how the attempt to lynch the
mayor was made after repeated en
deavors on his part to prevent riot
ers from securing William Brown,
negro, who was finally taken from the
county jail by the mob, shot, burned
and hanged on the theory he was the
man who recently attacked a 19-year
old white girl.
The mayor was seized by a band
of thirty or forty persons, accord
ing to one eye-witness. Members of
the mob demanded the release of the
negro prisoner they sought but the
mayor insisted that the rioters allow
the law to take its course. His re
fusal to grant their demands evident
ly infuriated the mob, which placed a
noose about the mayor’s neck.
Squirrel and Posum
Season Opens Oct. 1
Hunters were preparing today for
the opening of the squirrel and pos
sum season tomorrow, after having
been deprived of killing these animals
since March 1. The deer season will
also open on that date, for two
months and it was said several Sum
ter county men were preparing for
hunting trips to southeast Georgia in
pursuit of this game, which may still
be found in that part of the state. |
The squirrel and possum season
extends from October 1 to March 1.
Migratory ducks are already in sea
son, and have been since September
1. Their season closes April 20.
Many Hawaiians Fleeing
Before Volcano Eruption
HONOLULU, Sept. 30—(By Asso-[
ciated Press.) —Mount Mauna Loa, on I
Hilo Island, burst into a new eruption
late last night and a wide stream of
lava began pouring down the Kona i
side, destroying many homes. The
residents are reported fleeing to the
sea, thirty miles “distant.
London Cars And Buses
May Be Tied By Strjke
LONDON. Sept. 30.—(8y Assocmt- 1
ed Press.) —It is anticipated in gov-,
ernment circles that the operation of (
street cars and omnibuses will cease
today. The order stopping the ser-|
vice, it is possible, may be issued at
any moment.
A ■’ • '
BONES OF 19
GA. CHINESE J
SENT ‘HOME’ j
>
ATLANTA, Sept. 30.—The ?
**bones of nineteen Chinamen, 5
I enclosed in copper boxes made (
especially for that purpose were ?
shipped back to the Flowery King- ?
dom from this city today. ’The >
Ching Kong Tong, the Masonic ■
order to which thousands of ]
Chinese belong, had charge of the <
1 shipment, as all the dead China- ?
men were members of this or- ?
ganization. A local undertaker S
was given the contract to exhume >
I the remains from West View cem- )
etery and under instructions from I
the Atlanta Chinese colony made ?
the grewsome packages ready for >
the journey back to China.
The nineteen Chinamen died ]
during the period from 1913 to )
1919 and some of them were >
prominent in the local Chinese s
colony. Every few years the J
<! Ching Kong Tong sends back to (I
< the Orient the bones of its mem- < |
< bers who have died on foreign ?'
? soil, the ancient belief of the (
? :elestials being that unless their ).
> remains finally rest in the soil S
< of their native land, their spirits (|
cannot enter paradise. JI
COSSACKS FLOG
YANK; APOLOGY
DEMAND MADE
VLADIVISTOK, Friday, Sept. 19. ’
(By th e Associated Press.) (De
layed.)—Major- General William S.
Graves, commander of American
forces in Siberia, has demanded an
apology from General Rozancff, in
command of Russian troops in Pria
mur province, for the arrest of Cap
tain L. P. Johns, of th e Twenty-sev
enth regiment, and Corporal Benja
min Sperling, of the Thirty-first and
the flogging of the latter by Cossacks
commanded by General Kalmikoff. •
An investigation of the conduct of
a Japanese officer nt Inmai., the place
where the arrests took place, has al
so been initiated by the Japanese
commander.
The incident, which occurred Sep
tember 5, is considered one of the
most serious since the Allies landed
in Siberia. The two Americans, in
uniform and on official business, went
to Inman, a town 170 miles north of
this city, on the section of the rail
road guarded by Chinese troops, pass
ports being unnecessary by agree
ment between the Allies. While they
were at a hotel there, a detachment
of Cossacks entered and arrested the
Americans, claiming they were not
provided with identification papers.
Captain Johns managed to escape,
and catching a moving train, went
to Spasske, where he reported to the
American officer in command. A de
tachment of 150 Americans from the
Twenty-seventh regiment at once en
trained and went to Inman, to effect
' Sperling’s release, and on arriving
there took three Cossacks as host
ages.
They found General Kalmikoff s
men entrenched near the station and
were prepared to use force against
them when a Japanese major inter
ceded for the Cossacks, stating it
is alleged, that in the event of hos
tilities between the Americans and
| Cossacks the Japanese troops at In
man would take side with the lat
ter. H e at last told the Americans
1 that Sperling had been taken to
Khaborovsk, where General Kamik
off has his headquarters. A tele
graphic demand for Sperling was sent
. o Khaborovsk and a reply was re
ceived that he would be re
leased at once. The Americans then
returned to Spasske, taking their
! hostages with them.
SITUATION SERIOUS
OFFICIALS ASSERT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—(8y
Associated Press.) —Major General
Graves, commanding the American
forces in Siberia, is understood to
i have acted upon official instructions
from the War Department in de
-1 manding an apology from the Cos
sack commander for the flogging of
an American soldier and an investi
-1 gation of Japanese interference be
j tween the American and Cossack
forces.
General Graves has reported the
THE TIMES-RECORDER
fcafl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DiXlEkga
NEW BLOCKADE
OF GERMANY IS
SET FOR TODAY
Food Ships Stopped Till
Further Orders, Is •
Report
PARIS, Sept. 30. (By Associat-1
ed Press.) —The blockade of Germany i
which was threatened by the Allies i
in case the troops of Gen. Von Der
Goltz were not removed from the Bal-'
tic region, will begin today, accord-1
ing to the Intransigeant.
No food ships, it is declared, will j
Vessels now en route to German;
be permitted to start for Germany!
until further orders are issued,
ports, however, will be permitted to i
proceed to their destinations.
VON DER GOLTZ’S RECALL
ORDERED BY BERLIN.
BASLE, Sept. 30. (By Associated
Press.) —Efforts of Gen. Von Der ■
Goltz “to make his troops evacuate |
the Baltic provinces having failed,” I
says a Berlin dispatch received here i
today, “the German government has
decided to recall him indefinitely.” j
Hunting Wild Woman,
Sheriff Finds A Still
CORDELE, Sept. 30.—Sheriff
John Ward had in his mind to lo
cated a negress who in a fit of jeal
ousy, fired three shots at another
negro woman Saturday afternoon in
town, when he accidentally blundered
onto a little potash negro spit out- ;
fit sizzling away on the Saturday I
night run on the Pate farm a few
nailes out.
He went into a tenant li >use where !
he supposed the woman desperado 1
had gone rvith her big gun, but once
in, he found another negro woman
minting a Fttle doifrway through
which he went with difficulty. He ;
was disputing all the time with the ,
woman about the presence of the I
other, when he finally got through
and found the little still which she
tr’ed to k°op hidden. She ran, too, ,
and th e sheriff had some busy time j
rounding up the still first and then ,
the desperate woman who had shot |
up darktown.
Nesrro Shoots Man
He Finds With Wife
Jesse Johnson, a negro, went to
his home on New street this afternoon
in time to find his wife had company.
H- -irocned ' I to “be t un” hi vise,
and shot the intruder, Reed Floyd,
inflicting a painful but not necessa
rily fatal wound.
Both Johnson and Floyd were at
the police station tnis afternoon
shortly after the shooting occurred.!
It was said Johnson appeared at the
station soon after Floyd, coming t
give himself up, but changed his
mind and went his way before he
could be taken into custody. He was
rounded up and placed behind the ■
bars shortly, however.
McNaughton Appeal
Heard By Governor
ATLANTA, Sept. 30.—Governoi
Dorsey is today hearing the applica
tion of Dr. W! J. McNaugton for a
parole. The McNaughton case is
one of the most noted in Georgia.
It was charged that Dr. McNaughton,
a physician, was on intimate terms
with Mrs. Fred Flanders of Emanuel
county, and that he and she plotted to
kill her husband by poison. They
were jointly indicted for murder. Dr.
McNaughton was convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged. Governoi
Brown respited him and Gov. Slaton
commuted his sentence to life im
prisonment. He has twice been rec
ommended for pardon.
Mrs. Flanders never was brought
to trial, and the indictment against
her was nol prossed. Dr. Mc-
Naughton claims that this admission
of her innocence exonerates him,
since the whole case against him was
built upon the theory of a conspiracy
between the two.
incident in detail and army officials
said today the situation was the most
serious which has occurred since the
American forces went into Siberia.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919
CINCINNATI IS
OVERFLOWING ON
EVE OFSERIES
Every One Os 35,000
Seats At Ball Park
Sold
CINCINNATI, Sept. 30.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —With the stage set
for the opening of the world’s series
here tomorrow, Cincinnati took on a
gala appearance today, as throngs of
visitors began to arrive. The hotels ■
were jammed early and the conges-'
tions grew greater as the day pro- j
gressed.
With every one of the 35,000 seats
sold, the general question was, |
“Who’s got an extra ticket.” Both!
teams engaged in light practice this
afternoon.
Court To Decide Big
Benning Land Dispute
ATLANTA, Sept. 30.—Judge Wil
liam T. Newnan, after hearing argu
ment, has taken under advisement
the litigation involving the con
demnation of 17,000 acres of land,
which is a part of the Camp Ben
ning tract near Columbus, Ga. The
land involved is a parcel which was
not included in the original tract se
cured by the government, but is an
additional acreage against which
condemnation proceedings were in
process in the United States court
when the war ended.
When the war concluded the gov
ernment stopped condemnation pro
ceedings at once. The present
litigation was brought about by the
protests of owners of the property,
who- claim that they had acted on
the government’s assurance that the
property would be condemned and
purchased and had moved from the
property when the government built
a rifle rang e and otherwise occupy
the property. .
The property owners claim that
they have been damaged by the gov
ernment’s decision not to tak e over
the property and they are now trying
to have the condemnation proceed
ings resumed and the property trans
ferred by the government.
New Store Opening
Postponed One Day
The U. S. Woolen Mills Co., with a
new store at the corner of Cotton
avenue and Forsyth street, announces
today through Manager H. T. Cole
man, that its formal opening has
been postponed to Thursday October
2, instead of Wednesday, Oct. 1, as
formerly announced.
“The postponement was necessary!
because of the delay in getting our
immense stocks ready for shipment,”!
said he. “These stocks were ordered
some time ago but were delayed in'
shipment.
“Already we have, most of these!
goods in and ready for sale, but
there’s a great deal of preliminary'
work to be done, such as marking up
and classifying each different lot of
goods.
“We sincerely hope that the men'
of Americus will call and inspect our
new home. We want them to come in
and look things over.”
World League Issue
In Alabama Election
GADSDEN, Ala., Sept. 30.—(8y,
Associated Press.) —Republicans ant I
democrats were voting today in th !
general election to fill the vacancy in !
the Seventh Alabama district caused
by the death of Representative Bur
nett. The League of Nations was
bne of the leading issues.
CITY COURT GOES OVER.
Such progress was made in clear
ing up the criminal docket in the j
City Court that Judge Harper de- '
dared recess last evening until !
Thursday, when the calendar for !
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday !
will be taken up. A large number
of the docketed cases were disposed
of by pleas of guilty, continuance
or nol pressing.
The Weather Forecast >
For Georgia.—Fair tonight ex
cept in the Southeast portion; Wed
nesday fair with northern winds, i
fresh and possibly strong on the
eoast. I
WORLD SERIES TO OPEN
TOMORROW; RESULTS
IN THE TIMES-RECORDER
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THE big world series, between the Chicago
White Sox (American League), and the Cin- ..
cinnati Reds (National League) will begin to- >
morrow, the opening game being called at 2 p. m. ‘
Wednesday at Cincinnati. It is the annual base
ball classic, and fans all over the nation are specu- ■
lating—some of them financially—on the out
come. In Americus the lovers of baseball all have
their own “dope on the series, which will be a 5
out of 9 affair this year, instead of’4 out of 7, as
heretofore. But the news wires will bring the
actual results daily, and The Times-Recorder will ;
supply the whole story of each game every after
noon, in order that the more rabid fans may be .
able to sleep, which they might not do were they
forced to wait until the next morning for the re
sults.
By the way, who remembers last year’s world
series results? Well, here they are. They may :
be interesting byway of comparison as the series
proceeds, this year:
WORLD’S SERIES RESULTS 1918 J
?
Sept. s.—At Chicago—Boston I ; Chicago 0.
Vaughn vs. Ruth (pitchers)
Sept. 6.—At Chicago—Chicago 4, Boston 1.
Tyler vs. Bush (pitchers.) #
Sept. 7.—At Chicago—Boston 2, Chicago 1.
Vaughn vs. Mays (pitchers)
Sept. 9.—At Boston—Boston 3, Chicago 2.
Tyles, Douglas vs. Ruth, Bush (pitchers)
Sept. I o.—At Boston —Chicago 3, Boston 0.
Vaughn vs. Jones (pitchers.)
Sept. 1 I—At Boston—Boston 2, Chicago 1.
Tvler, Hendrix vs. Mays (pitchers.) ;
THIRD NEGRO
I IS LYNCHED AT
MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 30.
(By Associated Press.) ■— John
Temple, the third negro to be
lynched here within a period of twelve
hours, was shot to death early today
in a ward of a hospital here. He was
! accused of shooting and fatally
wounding Policeman Barbaree, who
! had attempted to arrest him on mi
! noi - charges.
Late yesterday Miles Phifer and
Robert Crosky, accused of attacking
' white women, were lynched a short
distance outside the city. The ne
groes were being carried to the state
! prison at Wetumpka for safe keeping
when a masked mob of about twenty
five men held up the automobile in
which they were traveling, forced the
offices to lay down their arms, and
then led the negroes about one hun
dred yards into the woods and open
ed fire on them with shotguns.
Peanuts Yield Cash
Crop of $62 Acre
CORDELE, Sept. 30.—E F hair
cloth, a farmer who resides in the
Thirteenth district today has a gross
return of .$62 an acre for this year’s
crop of peanuts. Th’s does not in
clude the nay with whi< b he expects
to pay th t > expense o' the making.
The figures represented are not
Y added or distorted. Mr. r aircloth
had a good yield of peanuts, but
measured only in the cash values.
His year’s crop of peanut’ will be
better as a money-maker than any
thing else except the bogs and cat
tle which he raises.
Ambassador To Belgium
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—(8y
Associated Press.) —Brand Whitlock,
now minister to Belgium, was nomi-j
nated today by President Wilson to
>e ambassador to that country.
U. S. MARINES
I KEEPING ORDER
IN DALMATIA!
ROME, Sept. 30. (By Associated!
Press.) —American marines or blue-}
, jackets are maintaining order at Spal
ato, Dalmatia, where Rear Admiral'
! Andrews has his flagship, the Pitts- 1
burg, according to reports reaching
here.
It is reported feeiing is running
high, and the Americans have been
forced to intervene between the Ital-1
ians and Jugo Slavs.
LANDING NOT ORDERED
BY SUPREME COUNCIL.
PARIS, Sept. 30. (By Associated
Press.)—The landing of American j
marines at Trauby by Rear Admiral
Andrews was not directed by the (
Supreme council here, according to
! the American peace delegation. It
was explained that Admiral Andrews
; responded to the Italian admiral’s ap
peal to intervene for the maintenance
! of peace, as part o' his regular du-
I ties of policing the Adriatic.
i
Day Shews No
Steel Strike Change'
PITTSBURG, Sept. 30.—(8y As
i sociated Prese.) —The. c-teel, strike
I situation in the Pittsburg district re
mained virtually unchanged today.
Inclusion of the Bethlehem Steel i
Company’s plants in the strike area i
so far has only served to broaden the >
! scope of the conflicting claims of the!
opposing sides. The ninth day of'
- the strike opened with the situation
! practically unchanged in any of the
i steel districts.
COAL MINE DISPUTE
STILL UNSETTLED.
BUFFALO, Sept. 30. (By Asso
! ciated Press.) —The fourth day of
, the wage conference between opera
j tors and miners of the central soft
! coal fields began today with none of
j the vital questions solved and th<
strike of four hundred thousand min
era on November 1 still a possibility.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
(EDGE’S BROTHER
TAKESWARRANT
AS INQUIRY ENDS
Coroner’s Jury Fails T®
Secure Tangible Evi
dence For Action
Jensie McCullough, a negro w»-
man near whose home on Strife
street bottom Joel Edge is believe!
to have met his death last Wednes
day night, is in the county jail charg
ed with the murder, under a warraeffi,
sworn out lat e yesterday afteraoo®
by S. H. Edge, brother of the sSaas
man.
The taking out of the wiriiiM
followed adjournment of the coras
er’s jury which had spent the largest
part of two days investigating the
case here, and which returned .a ver
dict shortly before 5 o’cloick tstaunp
that the victim “came to his tf-eatfc
at the hand of parties unknown?"
Although the coroner’s jury grilled!
several members of th e MeCuilougii
family, including Jensie, in an effort,
to get at the truth of th? case, noth
ing tangible was discovered and hr
inquiry was ended by that body, »
being certain that otner efficifclß
would take up the ca e. It was said
that Mr. Edge waited on the coron
er’s jury to make its finding before
he acted.
“I swor e out the warrant upon ad
vice,” said Mr. Edge today. “1 fedl
that this woman knows something
about the killing of my brother, and
it is |jjp to her to tell what she:
knows.”
Solicitor General Jule Felton, of
this circuit was in Americus today
on business and is believed to have
taken in hand the investigatioa, al
though there was no statement te
this »ffect.
MAN WHO FOUND BODY
OF EDGE IS PARALYZED.
Frank Barber, overseer-on the Ar
thur Rylander farm east of the eity,
who discovered the body of his frienlr
Joel Edjre, Wednesday morning, af
ter calling in neighbors to help him
hunt for the missing man suffered a
stroke of paralysis at his home yes
terday and was taken to the Amen
cus City hospital this morning. Hh
right arm and leg were helpless at
a result of the stroke. It was said,
however, that he was doing as weßt
as could be expected today.
Plains Girls Organize
Physical Culture Club
PLAINS, Sept. 30.—Several young
ladies of Plains organized what ir
known as a “Physical Culture Club"
The motive is to enjoy to
gether outdoor pleasures and sports
The first meeting was held at the
home of Miss Florrie Belle Stewart
The following officers were elected:
Miss Florrie Belle Stewart, Presi
dent; Miss Allene Williamson, Vice-
President; Miss Bessie Wellon, Ro
cording Secretary; Miss Lollah Ha
liamson, Sec’y. and Treas.
The club anticipates much pleasure
in athletic exercise and outdoor oc
casions. The members of the club
are out of school and are looking for
wholesome enjoyment. There wi®
also be social ocacsions held at the
homes of the club members.
English Buys Campbell
Home On Taylor Street
W. L. English has purchased from
D. R. Andrews the house and lot
on Taylor street known as the Camp
bell property, now occupied by S. A-
Daniels.
Mr. English will immediately re
model the house into a handsome
homewwheer e he will reside, he having
sold his College street property.
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