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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 12.
MARTIAL LAW FOR GERMANY
COLLEGES VOTE
FOR RATIFYING
LEAGUEQUICKLY
Half For Any Compro
mise Necesary For
Ratification
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Incom
plete returns early today from 53 j
out of nearly four hundred colleges;
and universities whose students and 1
faculties voted yesterday on four
questions concerning the peace treaty I
and League of Nations showed that
out of a total of 41,889 votes cast, ■
22,643 favored any compromise
which will make possible immediate
ratification.
WESLEYAN STUDENTS FOR
UNRESERVED RATIFICATION
MACON, Jan. 14.—The student
body and faculty of Wesleyan Col-j
lege voted by an overwhelming ma
jority in favor of the treaty of peace
when students of a thousand colleges
in the United States expressed their
sentiments on these two documents.
Os the 349 votes cast, 305 were in
favor of the ratification of the treaty
and League without reservation. Os
thirty-one faculty members voting,
twenty-three favored the League and
treaty without reservations.
Six propositions were handed the
students, and they were asked to vote
by secret ballot for one. The vote
was proposed by the Intercollegiate
Referendum Organization, which has
its headquarters at Columbia Univers
ity.. It was approved by Presidents i
Hibben, of Princeton, and Hadley,!
of Yale, and various senators on
both sides of the League and treaty
questions.
The result of the balloting will be
yired to headquarters as soon as all
the votes have been taken. Two mem
bers of the faculty, Miss Virginia
Garner and Miss Lois Rogers, were
absent from chapel and their opinion ■
will be sought before the result will 1
be sent to the Intercollegiate Refer- j
endum Organization. A large num
ber of students were also| absent
from chapel and did not have the
opportunity yesterday to vote on the ;
questions.
Albany Sends 6 Pct.
Cider Into Moultrie
MOULTRIE, Jan. 14—Sheriff Boyd
states that some apple cider being
sold in and around Moultrie contains
enough alcohol to make its sale a
violation of the law. Some of the
cider was sent to the state chemist
at Atlanta a day or so ago and when
the report was received back here
Tuesday morning it showed that the
cider in question contained more than
6 per cent alcohol. The cider was
shipped in here from Albany, it was
stated.
Daniels’ Son-In-Law
Asks Same As Rest
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Com
mander David Worth Bagley, son-in
law of Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
has cabled the navy department re
questing that his name be considered
only for such war service decoration
as was conferred on all captains of
destroyers serving in the war zone.
Hungary To Receive
Treaty Tomorrow
PARIS, Jan. 14.—The treaty of
peace with Hungary will be delivered
to the Hungarian delegates at the
foreign office at 2 o’clock tomororw
afternoon. The ceremony will not be j
public.
New Governor Takes
Office In Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 14. —Albert
Critcase, democrat, former state at
torney general, was inaugurated as
governor of Maryland today with sim
ple ceremonies.
‘Soviet Ark’ Quits Kiel
For Secret Russ Port
KIEL, Jan. 13.—(Tuesday.)—The
U. S. army transport Buford, with
249 Russians deported from America,
left here this evening for an unnam
ed Russian port.
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cial representative of the National Catholic War Council and writer, en
tered Fiume while the city was held by Gabriele d’Annunzio, despite the
blockade. She carried necessary food and clothing in a bag and a bun
dle. Her principle food was grapes.
SHRINE PARADE
ROUTEjS FIXED
Edwin Murray Named
Marshal—Formation i
Places Decided
Plans have been put in shape by I
I the local Shriners parade commit- j
tee for the big pageant through the j
streets of the city next Monday,;
January 19, the occasion of the pil
grimage here of Alee temple, of Sa
vannah and the staging of the big
ceremonial at the court house.
The parade committee, of which
E. E. Shneider is chairman, has nam
ed Edwin Murray marshal of the pa
rade, authorizing him to select such
assistants as he may see fit. The
hour of the parade has been set for
3 o clock, and the route announced
for the principal streets of the city.
The places of formation for the
parade will be:
The band, divan and patrol, on Lee
street, between city well and Confed- |
erate monument.
Visiting Nobles, on Forsyth street,
towards Cotton avenue.
Candidates behind visiting Nobles. '
Sumter county Nobles and stunts I
on North Lee street, beyond Poole’s
store.
Autos will line up on Forsyth '
street, in rear of court house, and I
will be last in parade.
In case Al Sihah band, of Macon, j
is present, it will march directly be
hind the Sumter county Nobles.
The Americus Shrine Club will
place President S. R. Heys’ car dec
orated in the parade. The fire de- t
partment follows in the rear of pa- .
rade. High School Cadets and Boy
Scouts will be in procession, places to [ ;
be assigned, and the auto dealers, Ro
tary club, Red Cross and Chamber of I i
Commerce will be asked to enter | 1
decorated cars. Only decorated cars I
will be allowed in procession, and |
all who wish to enter cars are asked
to consult Rev. Guyton Fisher
The city officials, county commis- j
sioners and fire and police depart
ments are expected to be in the line '
of march. ’
The line of march is announced as '
follows: From court house south on ’
Lee to College, west to Jackson, north ’
to. Lamar, west to Cotton avenue, ’
north to Forsyth, east to Jackson,
south to Lamar, east to well and there '
to court house. 1
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WEATHER FORECAST. i
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and <
Thursday. Little change in temper- 1
ature. t
THE TIMES’:! RECORDER
(fray PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
WALKER RAPIDLY
STATE
47 So. Georgia Counties
i Visited Already, He
Says Here
Attorney General Clifford Walker,
I who had been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Frank Harrold, since last Saturday
| night, left last evening by automo
bile for Montezuma, intending to
spend a day or two in Macon county
interviewing the voters while on his
way back to Atlanta.
While here Mr. Walker visited sev
eral sections of Sumter county, at
tempting to cover as much of it as
possible in a short time and see as
many voters personally as possible,
letting them know that he was in the
race for governor of Georgia and as
suring them that he was obsessed on
ly with the perfect human ambition
of stepping up a bit higher in life
than the place he now occupies.
Mr. Walker is not talking cam
paign issues. “It is too early,” he
said. “Just now lam making a pre
liminary canvass of the state. Thus
far I have been in 49 counties south
of Macon, and by March 1 I expect
to have visited every county in Geor
gia. After that the real campaign
will be open. I expect to return to
Sumter later for a campaign speech
in which I will outline my platform
and tell the people the reasons I am
running for governor and what I hope
to accomplish if elected to office. I
do not expect to run on an “anti”
platform—that is, opposing this or
that, or the other thing—but on a con
structive platform, standing FOR de
finite things. But this will come out
later."
Dr. Bond Buys Old
Kidd Farm, 465 Acres
Dr. B. F. Bond, county commis
sioner of health, has just purchased
from J. C. Britton, of Albany, the
old Kidd farm, lying three miles west
of Americus, and has already moved
onto the farm with his family. He
will continue his duties in the city,
coming in each morning by automo
bile.
The farm consists of 465 acres, and
has been occupied recently by A. E.
Dunaway. A considerable portion of
the place is under cultivation, and it
is Dr. Bond’s purpose, with the aid
of his several sons who are living at
home, to farm it and raise live stock
the coming season.
[ PUBLISHED IN THE
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 14, 1920.
TIEDEMAN NEW
CITY ENGINEER IN
ANSLEY’S PLACE
Health Service Engineer
Accepts Offer, Effec
tive February 1
Following the announcement of
the county commisisoners today that
J. B. Ansley, city engineer and su
perintendent of water works, had
accepted the position of county en
i gineer, it became known that the city
had offered the place vacated by Mr.
Ansley to W. D. Tiedeman, of the
United States public health service,
and that Mr. Tiedeman had accepted
i the place, ta take charge of the office
February 1. Mr Ansley will con
tinue to supervise the office until Mr.
Tiedeman takes charge.
Mayor Sheppard today confirmed
the information that Mr. Tiedeman
had been offered the place following
the receipt here today by a friend of
the Tiedeman family of a letter from
him at Camilla, where he is now on
I government work, saying that he had
1 decided to accept the city’s offer, but
that he woulcj require un/til Feb
| ruary 1 to relinquish the government
work. It is supposed that notice of
| his acceptance has been received by
| Chairman Mashburn, of the water and
light committee of council, but Mr.
' Mashburn was out of the city this
afternoon and could not be
municated with. The position carries
a salary of S2OO per nsonth.
Mr. Tiedeman came to Americus
nearly two years ago, shortly after
I the establishment of Souther Field,
■ near Americus, and was put in charge
:of the government’s anti-malarial
' drainage work here, which elimr
| inated the mosquito evil from this
■ vicinity. His work was so thorough
j that his ability made an excellent im
. pression upon the community. Lately,
i with the completion of the project
here, and the unsettled policy in
Washingtoil, liis future work has been
uncertain, and he has been sent here
and there all about South Georgia on
i drainage surveys and projects. Hav
ing a family and preferring to re-
I main located in one place, when the
< opportunity for the place here was
; offered he accepted as soon as he was
I able to make arrangements with
■ Washington to do so.
Mrs. Tiedeman and the children
! are now in Albany, N. Y., her former
I home, but they will return here as
I soon as a suitable location is found.
Big Power Merger At
Gadsden, Announced
GADSDEN, Ala., Jan. 14.—The
| Gadsden Railway, Lrigtyb & Power
Company has acquired the street rail
way line, lighting system and ice and
refrigerating plants of the Alabama
CitjA-Gadpden-Aittalla Company and
the Gadsden Railway Company. The
purchase price was reported slightly
less than $1,000,000. Later the
property will be transferred to the
Alabama Power Company.
Mrs. Thad Yoemans
Hurt In Auto Wreck
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Thad Yeomans, of Vidalia, was
seriously injured Sunday when the
car in which she, Mr. Yeomans and
their baby were riding, was overturn
ed several miles out from Vidalia.
Mrs. Yeomans is the daughter of
Mrs. P. L. Holt, of Americus, and
has many friends here.
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 39 cents.
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HEARTOF DIXIE
JOHN B. ANSLEY
NAMED COUNTY
ROAD BUILDER
Foard Hires City Engi
neer To Handle Pav
ing Program
Announcement was made by the
I board of county commissioners at
; noon today, following a special meet
‘ ing at which W. R. Neel, state high
-1 way engineer, was present at the in-
J vitation of the commissioners, that
i homas & Hawkins, project engi
'■ neers for the federal aid highway
paving program in Sumter county,
had surrendered their contract with
the county to the state highway de
partment, and that John B Ansley
had been empli yed as county engi
neer and county warden and given
I charge of highway construction work
I of all kinds in this county.
Mr. Ansley will be pail a saiary
iof $5,000 per year. He entered upon
his duties Monday morning. His re
i signation as city engineer and super
intendent of water works is in 'he
hands of Mayor Sheppard, but he fs
continuing to look after '.he city's
interests under agreement until his
successor takes charge.
Knox Thomas and Joe Hawkins, en
gineers, were also present before the
board and it was said by them after
th’e meeting that the arrangement re
garding their contract with the cout -
| ty was entirely satisfactory.
Under the new arrangement, the
I engineering contract of Thomas and
Hawkins, so far as it concerns the
three projects already begun by them,
will be carried out by the state high
way department working through
the division engineer, W. C. Caye,
Jr., and all additional engineering
i will be done by the division engineer.
' Settlement with Thomas and Haw
; kins, beyond that already made, will
, be made through the state highway
department after the completion of
the three projects and the ascertain
ment of the actual cost, their reinun
; eration being on the pe** centagC
; basis.
Under Way At Once.
The new program means that the
county’s highway paving program
will be put under way kt once. Mr.
Ansley has been given ft'H charge
of construction work, J. W. Lassiter,
heretofore holding the position bi
county warden and road overseer,
having been made assistant to Mr.
Ansley. At today’s meeting of the
board an order was given for the
purchase of a 10-ton pavirg tteam
roller, and Mr. Ansley was instruct
ed also to arrange for the immediate
purchase of a rock crusher of 50 tons
i daily capacity, and engine to operate
i it, to supplement the 20-ton crusher
already owned by the county. It was
finally decided to lay asphalt mac
adam paving, the choice of materials
to be left to Mrs. Ansley’s judgment.
This is th'e type of paving recom
mended by the state highway engi
neer as best suited to Sumter’s con
ditions and the road from which the
greatest value for the money expend
ed could be obtained.
Mr. Ansley stated that the laying
of paving would start just as soon
as some preliminary matters could i
be handled by him.
“I want to see first what can oe i
done in the matter of securing crush-1
ed stone,” said Mr. Ansley. “The
native rock which We will crush with |
the two outfits will furnish a great;
deal of the material we will need, but.
we will want to buy some material
to supplement this so that when we
start we can go right ahead without j
interruption.”
To Start Grading.
Mr. Ansley stated that gangs would
I probably be put to work within a few
days on the comparatively small
amount of grading necessary to be
done before the actual laying of the
I paving is begun.
The three projects which had been
i started by Thomas and Hawkins, and
on which they will coflect through
the state highway department when
they have been completed, art the
three bridges on the Dixie Highway,
known as project No. 73; three miles
of paving on the Dixie Highway
from Americus, on which surveys
been made alid drawings made,
known as project No. 101; and three
miles of paving on the Dawson road
from Americus, also' on which the
surveys and drawings have been
made, known as project No. 106.
“This is the best solution of the
matter," said Knox Thomas, of the
firm, “since Mr Hawkins has accept
ed one of the division engineer of-
COMMANDER OF 9
U. S. AIRMEN WITH
POLES FOR FIGHT
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Major Cedric Fauntleroy.
Nine American aviators who fought
I with the British, French and United
I States armies have arrived at War
i saw to fight this winter with the
I Poles at Vi’na. They f ormed the
i Kosciusco Aero Squadron and have
| enlisted as a combat unit. They
■ will use scout planes and act as a pur
i suit squadron. Major Cedric Faun-
I tleroy of Chicago is in command. He
I was chief aviation tester and tech
nical expert in the A, EL F. He flew
4,000 different planes, making 6,500
flights, before joining E44>o Rffihen
backer’s squadron, because |ie want
ed action at th< fiuriU
TO FILE PAPERS ’
FOR HERO MEDAL
Congressman Crisp Of
fers To Assist Roy-
Crabb’s Friends
Blank forms to be filled out in the
■ application of his friends for a Car
, negie hero medal for Roy Crabb, of
| Americus, have been received by Jos
eph Perkins, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Mr. Perkins stated
today, and he is preparing the papers
for forwarding back to the commis
sion at Pittsburg for action at its
next semi-annual meeting, at which
awards will be made. The act for
which a medal is being ask for Mr.
Crabb was the rescue of Miss
Louise Wright from drowning in the
high water last December near the
Flint river bridge, at which time Miss
Wright’s young sister and her uncle
both lost their lives. Mr. Crabb leap
ed into the icy water and swam to
Miss Wright who was standing on
the submerged buggy neck deep in
the flood, and carried her to a tree,
where h'e held her until Reese H. Hor
ton swam to them with a safety lirje.
Mr. Crabb has received the fol-'
lowing letter in connection with his
act from Congress Chas. R. Crisp at
Washington:
“Mr. Roy Crabb, Americus, Ga.
“Dear Roy:—May I not express to '
you my sincere admiration of your
conduct in saving Miss Wright. I
am proud of you, and feel honored
to know that you are my friend. It
was with much pleasure that I noted
in the paper that certain of your;
friends are going to apply for a
medal for your valorous conduct,
and I write to say, if I can be of i
service to you or them in this matter,
please command me. Wishing you the
compliments of the Season, I am
your friend,
“C. R. CRISP."
flees, because under this arrange-1
ment the division engineer here will '
carry out th'e work, making it un-1
necessary for us to continue to make
frequent trips here' for this compara
tively small amount of work. The
arrangement entered into is entirely
satisfactory to us and, I believe, to
the county. We are co-operating
with the state highway department
in every way, realizing that it al
ways better to work in harmony with
out friction.”
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NOSKE IS MADE
COMMANDER IN
NEW OUTBREAK
Guards Fire Into Mob
Threatening Reichstag
Building
BERLIN, Jan. 13 (Tuesday, 8 p.m.
by Associated Press) .—The govern
i ment tonight proclaimed martial law
in all sections of Germany follow.ng
mob demonstration this afternoon in
which at least ten persons were kill—
led and many wounded by machine
' gun tire from guards in front of the
Reichstag building.
Minister of pefense Noske has
J been appointed commander-in-chief
!of the Greater Berlin district and
; Grandenburg province. Street pa
rades, meetings and demonstrations
I of all kinds were prohibited tonight
and Noske s troops placed riflemen
i with a barbed wire cordon throughout
I the downtown streets.
When the Reichstag convened at 3
I o’clock this afternoon the crowd
about the building was estimated at
i 40,000. When the mobs attempted
Ito rush the building guards were
forced to fire at short range and the
front of the building was soon litter- ’
’ ed with dead and wounded.
The Independent Socialist plan to
continue the demonstrations when
ever the industrial councils bill is up
for debate.
FOUR PROVINCES EXCEPTED
FROM MARTIAL LAW. •
I ARIS, Jan. 14.—Martial law
has be’en declared throughout Ger
-1 many, except Bavaria, Saxony,
j Wuerttemburg and Baden, accord
-5 ing to Berlin advices. Berne dis
: patches state that during the demon
j stration yesterday in Berlin two po
licemen were killed, two are missing
.and ten Wounded. Twenty members
‘of the crowd which attempted to rush
I the Reichstag were killed and forty
i Wounded.
RESTR,CTED **
BErS 7 COU ”CILS BILL.
Jan ’ 13 (Tuesday).— Up
2:3 0 this afternoon public order
nad not been restored in connection
~ with demonstrations before the
Reichstag. Big processions passed
> along the streets converging into the
Koenigsplatz from all quarters.
Numerous factories were obliged to
close.
The demonstrators bore flags in
scribed “We demand an unrestricted
workers’ council bill.” Numerous
! speeches were delivered from the
steps of the Reichstag sharply pro
testing against the bill in its present
form. The street car service was
partly suspended, the men being on
strike.
The public security police restrict
ed themselves to guarding the Reich
stag with strong forces.
DEMONSTRATION IN PROTEST
OF EXPLOITATION LAW.
BASLE, Jan. 14.—“ Many persons
were killed or wounded in Berlin yes
terday when troops fired upon or
bayonetted demonstrators who tried
to rush the Reichstag entrances in
protest against the exploitation law,”
says a dispatch from Berlin.
The dispatch adds that since noon
crowds have paraded the streets of
Berlin, followed by an appeal from
Die Freiheit, the radical Socialist or
gan, for workmen to demonstrate in
protest against the law.
Tractors Not Subject
To Automobile Tax
ATLANTA, Jan. 14.—Replying to
a letter of inquiry from Cliff Mitch
ell, of Martin, Secretary of State S.
| G. McLendon rules that farm tractors
are not liable to the automobile li
: cense tax, regardless of the character
i in which they are used.
Mr. Mitchell wrote that the farm
-1 ers of his county were using trac
tors on the public roads to haul fer
tilizers from the freight offices and
i for other draft purposes and wished
to know whether this could be done,
provided they paid a license.
Columbus Firemen*s
Union Ended By Raise
COLUMBUS, Jan. 14.—As a re
sult of the increased pay granted by
the city council last night it was an
nounced today that the city fire
men’s union had surrendered its mem
bership in the national organization
and destroyed the union cards of th€
members.