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News of The Whole World By Associated Press FORTY-SECOND YEAR —NO. 49. SPRINT FOR CHAMBER GOAL OPENS LEGION WEARY OFU.S. DELAY IN AIDTOSOLDIERS States Has Outdistanced Nation In Honoring Men WASHINGTON, Feb 26.—The states have outdistanced the federal government in aid and honor to serv ice men. Thirty-seven states have made pro vision for ex-soldiers and sailors. Monuments are being raised, bronze medals have been voted and in many states the way made easy for the man who wants to own a farm or home. Seven states have given bonuses amounting to an average of SIOO for each man. It is estimated that $70,000,000 will be paid 550,000 men from these states. Legislatures have delayed action in some states waiting for congres sional action. The government is tardy. To date it has done no more than given the following: A S6O bonus for each man. Preferred civil service standing. Permission to keep uniforms and personal equipment. Partial relief to the disabled through the vocational training laws. Incorporation to the American Le gion. Permanent rank to Pershing. Ten obsolete rifles to legion posts for funeral ceremonies. Service men 60-day prior right to settle on homestead tracts opened. These benefits do not satisfy the American Legion or a majority of state legislators eager to co-opetfate with the government in any aid pro gram. “We want a square deal and less delay,’’ say the members of the •American Legion national beneficial legislative committee. Congress should give ex-service men choice of the following forms of aid by the passage of a law within the next 60 days, according to Com mander Franklin D’Olier of the legion: I—Land settlement rights in all states. 2—Aid in purchasing city or rural homes. 3—Vocational training for all ex service persons. 4—Adjustment of compensation or extra pay based on length of service. Champ Clark To Go On Ballot In Georgia ATLANTA, Feb. 26. Champ Clark, former speaker of the house of representatives and candidate for the democratic presidential nomination at Baltimore in 1912, has been entered as a contestant in the Georgia prefer tial primary. A petition headed by Colonel William H. Beck, of Griffin, and containing the requisite number of names has been filed with State Chairman J. J. Flynt and by him for warded to Hiram Gardner, at Eaton ton, secretary of the state committee. In addition to the entrance of Former Speaker Clark, it is reported that friends of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer are circulating a pe tition in his behalf. It is stated that this petition will be filed within a i day or so, and that General Palmer’s friends will push his candidacy in the H preferential primary. Citizens of Milledgeville already have filed a petition entering William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the H treasury, as a candidate in the pre ; ferential primary, although Mr. Mc- Adoo has formally declined to enter \ the race. 7 Adriatic Notes To Be Published Tonight WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The ■ final decision to publish the exchanges I between the American government I and the Entente premiers on the K Adriatic question was reached today. I Seven notes in all will be made pub- B lie late today at the State Depart fynent. Officials estimated the total would run 12,000 words. Mr Walt Mason To Leave Kansas For Pacific EMPORIA, Kas., Feb. 26.—Walt ®|| Mason, Emporia’s famous prose poet Hand author is going to leave Kansas. ■ Mr. Mason expects to move to Cali- Igfornia in May and may spend more Kthan a year on the Pacific coast. He will rent a bungalow at LaJolla, near San Diego. Mr. Mason will take his big touring car with him. Mrs. Ma son already has gone to California. Sumter County’s New Civic Spirit is Growing Fast—Have You Caught It? Attention, Puppy! Look at Sights of the Capitol If “ of Washington, by rea v. £§ son of their parents’ connection with the embassies of many SOVIET ‘OFFERS’ AMERICA PEACE Japan and Rumania Also Sent Notes, Says Moscow LONDON, Feb. 26.—The commis sary of foreign affairs has dispatch ed notes to the United States, Japan, and Roumania offering them • peace with Soviet Russia, according to a wireless message from Moscow, re ceived here today. Drouth Hits Criminal Courts; Little To Do CHICAGO, Feb. 26—Two branches of the Chicago criminal courts have been closed because of lack of cases. Chief Justice Olson said the number of criminal cases had decreased con stantly since the prohibition law be came effective. The judges were trans ferred to civil courts. PROHIBITION FORCES JUDGE TO SEEK CHANGE MINEOLA, N. Y., Feb. 26—Police Justice George A. Little announces he has resigned because prohibiton pre vented him “from making a living”. Since the ban went into effect last ■July his revenues from the office dwindled more than 50 per cent, the justice said, while there had not been a single case of drunkeness and only a few minor cases to be tried. Martens Admits. Meeting Socialists WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The relationship of Ludwig Martens and the Russian Socialist federation was the subject of inquiry today before the senate committee investigating Bolshevik propaganda in this country. Martens admitted he met on several occasions in conference in execu tive session with the federation and its leaders, and admitted also that the federation had tried to control him. THE RDER GSrfi PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE~U^? AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY Y 26, 1920. REED DENOUNCED !IN HOME STATE i Jasper, Mo., Democrats Against Him For Delegate JASPER, Mo., Feb. 26.—Jasper county democrats, in convention at; Webb City yesterday, unanimously 1 1 adopted resolutions denouncing Sena tor Reed as a “disorganizer of the j i democratic party,” and instructed j i the delegation to the state conven : tion to vote against Reed for dele i gate to the national convention. NEW YORK’S ‘BIG FOUR ’ TO GO UNINSTRUCTED. ALBANY. N. Y„ Feb. 26.—New York democrats held an unofficial ; : convention today to select delegates jat large and alternates to the na ! tional convention and adopted a plat- j '; form. It was expected the “Big j Four" would go uninstracted. County Treasurer 79; Spends Birthday On Job Capt. H. D. Watts, Sumter’s veteran j county treasurer, had a birthday the j other day, and like, Samuel Gompers, Thomas A. Edison and other remark- i able men of mature years, he spent j the day working—at his books in the j court house. Capt. Watts was 79 years of age. He has been a resident j , of Sumter county 72 years and of j Americus for 52 years, taking up his j residence in the city immediately as- j ter his return from the war. Capt. Watts is a candidate for re-1 election, without opposition. Armed Guards Patrol Rich Wyoming Oil Field CASPER, Wyoming Feb. 26. ; | Armed guards last night patrolled the oil fields of the Salt River field, said t jto be the richest oil region in the S Rocky Mountain states, to prevent I claim jumping on first night after I the release of lands under the nation j al oil land leasing bill, signed by the i Pres'dent yesterday. HOOVER FIGHT ONLY BEGUN IN ! GA. SAYS PERRY Declares His Reply Identifies Him With Party ATLANTA, Feb. 26.—Colonel H. j H. Perry, of Gainesville, who circu- ; I lated the petition requesting the j State Democratic Committee to put Herbert Hoover’s name on the bal j lot in the Georgia preferential pri- j i mary, announces that the fight to I place Hoover’s name on the ticket | has just begun. Colonel Perry de- ! i dares that in the light of Mr. Hoov- ! 1 er’s telegram, the committee can not j refuse to permit Georgia Democrats ! to vote for or against Mr. Hoover. Col. Perry declares that an analy | sis of Mr. Hoover’s telegram shows j that he is appreciative of the honor which the Democrats seek to bestow upon him and that it shows unmis takable that Mr. Hoover has been i identified with the Democratic party ever since the war, although he claims no credit for this connection on account of the fact that his was a war service. Col. Perry further con tends that while Mr. Hoover an- i nounces that lie personally has no in-; tention of filing his name in the } Democratic primary, Mr. Hoover of- j fers no objections to Georgia Dema ciats putting his name on the bal lot. Mr. Hoover’s Reply. The text of Mr. Hoover’s reply j to Secretary Gardner's letter, which j | he sent by telegraph, follows: “New York, February 26, 1920. | “Hon. Hiram L. Gardner, Secretary State Democratic Executive Com mittee, Eatonton, Ga. i “I feel confident that it is not I necessary to dwell at length tfpon my gratitude to you for the honor ; implied in your letter of February 22d. "I especially appreciate it, since j I was not identified with the demo- i cratic party before the war, and my i official connection with the govern- j ment has been solely a war service, and consequently not of a partisan character. “I have not been able to persuade myself at all that any real public service will be performed by inject ing myself into the race for the nomi | nation to the greatest honor at the disposal of the American people. “Therefore, aside from any other reason, I do not intend to file my | name. “HERBERT HOOVER.” Strengthens His Friends. ! Hoover’s telegram to Hiram Gard ner, Secretary of the State Democrat ■ic Executive Committee, respecting | the forthcoming preferential primary, | has confirmed and strengthened his j friends in their determination to press j him as candidate before the Demo-1 crats of Georgia. Far from rernov- j ! ing or eliminating Mr. Hoover from the field of Democratic eligibles. His I telegram to Secretary Gardner is j construed as leaving the situation wholly unchanged, although its publi cation has developed diametrically opposite views among members of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, who were present at the first meeting of the subcommittee. Colonel H. S. Perry, of Gaines ville, whose name heads the list of 100 Hall county Democrats, who filed Mr. Hoover’s name as a candi date, is insistent in the demand that Mr. Hoover’s name be placed upon th.‘ ballot. Judge James J. Flynt, of Griffin, chairman of the state committee, “re grets that Mr. Hoover' did not see fit to qualify under the rules” which he declares with emphasis were formu lated -without having in mind the name of any candidates or possible (Continued on page 8) SOTHE PEOPLE MAY KNOW An attempt was being made today in some quarters by persons opposing Sheriff Harvey in the primary race, in which he is offering for re-election, to use to his disadvantage the edi torial endorsing his candidacy appearing in Wednesday’s Times- Recorder, it being charged or hinted that he was either the author of the editorial or inspired it. In reply thereto, and in justice to Sheriff Harvey. the Times-Recorder desires to state that he had not only nothing whatever to do with the appearance of the editorial of endorse ment, but no previous knowledge of it. Only two persons knew that it was to appear or even contemplated, these two being the editor of the Times-Recorder, who wrote it, and the linotype compositor who put it in type. No other member either of the management or staff knew of it until it appeared in the printed page. The endorsement was entirely spontaneous, without obli gations of any kind. j Packing Plant | | Here Interests | Men of Schley j | pLLAVILLE. Feb. 26.—J. C. \ | King was in Ellaville Monday 5 ? soliciting subscriptions for the < I< Americas packing plant. Mr. ? King is one of our most progress- ( ive citizens and it is believed will ( have no trouble in securing the ap- > portionment for Schley county. < Schley citizens are deeply inter- $ ested in the progress that is being S made by the Americus Chamber ( of Commerce. Whatever helps > j Americus will help all contigious ( j territory, and they are suie to be ? ) benefited by whatever enterprises i | are launched there. RY. UNIONS ASK WILSONS VETO Joined At White House By Farmers Council Leaders WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.—Repre sentatives of the railroad brother- j hoods called at the white house today ' to present a memorial to President ( Wilson urging that he veto the com promise railroad bill. They were joined by representatives of the Far mers National Council, who supple mented their previous request for the veto with written arguments. Dixie Ports Plan Trade Ad Trip Into West SAVANNAH, Feb. 26.—The Five Ports association, composed of reprte \ sentatives of Savannah, Brunswick, | Jacksonville, Charleston and Wil mington, met here today to complete i plans for sending a special train i through the middle western states on j an advertising and trade building mis i sion. The co-operation of the states of Georgia, South Carolina and Flor i ida will be sought, it was stated. Every Candidate Qualifies For Race Every man who has announced as I a candidate for county office in the i primary next Wednesday has quali- Ified, according to announcement today j by Fred. B. Arthur, secretary of the county executive committee. Yester day was the final day for qualifying under the committee’s published rules, and up to that day a number of as -1 pirants had not paid their entrance j fees. $25,000,000 Oil Pipe Line To Be Constructed CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—A pipe line to carry oil from the Kansas, Okla homa and Texas fields to Chicago, with distributing center at St. Louis ; will be constructed at a cost of $25,- \ 000,000, it was announced today. It is expected to be in operation with in a year. Vice President’s Young Adopted Son, 3, Is Dead WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Mofl rison Marshall, young adopted son! of Vice-President and Mrs. Marshall, died early today after a brief illness from acidosis. The child, aged three ! had been a member of the Vice-Pres- J ident’s familv since June, 1917, but was never legally adopted, it was stated today. With 387 Members Signed, Workers Out to Pass Mark of 500 Final Reports To Be Made At Friday Supper—Country Districts Respond Splendidly With 387 memberships reported signed up in the Americus and Sumter County C hamber of Commerce s reorganization and expan lion campaign, the membership drive entered its final phase this af ternoon. The campaign will come to a close at a supper of the workers at 6:1 5 o’clock Friday evening at the Tea Room, at which the results of the last intensive effort to pass the goal of 500 member ships will be reported. A feature of today s reports was the addition of 31 membership* from two rural communities. The interest the farmers are showing in the reorganization movement came in for warm commendation from General f oster, director of the campaign, who declared that it showed an awakened interest in community affairs. Chairman W. A, Chappell, working in the Dawson Road section, reported 12 mem berships. and Captain J. T. Methvin, working in the 28th district, re ported 19 memberships. Most of the memberships reported by the city committees were for sin gle memberships, the two largest be ing six taken by Chas. L. Ansley and five by the Americus Lighting Com pany. Dr. N. S. Evans, a new member, was present and issued a challenge to twenty other men to each guar antee four additional memberships. While the proposal was recognized as indicating an intensely interested spirit on his part, it was also pointed out that all of the workers were do ing their level best already and would continue to do their best. This was proved, it was stated, by the fact that | so/nany had left their private inter | ests for three days and given their : whole attention to the drive. Today’s team reports of member ship signed up follows: Reported To- To- Previously day tal Capt. B. C. Hogue 25 2 27 Capt. Lovelace Eve .21 13 34 i Capt. W. M. Jones ...24_ 9 33 5 Capt. G. L. Wiliams .20 1 21 Capt. T. C. Ti11man....32 .... 32 Capt. L. G. Council ....32 11 43 Capt. W. E. Taylor ....32 2 34 Capt. C. A. Culpepper .24 .... 24 Capt. W. W. Dykes ....29 2 31 Capt. R. E. A11i50n....24 8 32 Capt. G. R. Ellis 28 8 36 Plains 7 .... 7 Dawson Rd., Smithville Rd., Capt. Chappell . 0 12 If! | Methvin Rd. Roach Rd. Brown Mill Road Capt. Methvin 0 19 1° Total 383 The new memberships reported | were: CAPT. B. C. HOGUE.—C. G. Gam-; mage, E. L. Thurman. CAPT. LOVELACE EVE. —Chas. L. Ansley (6); Rylander Shoe Co, (2) ; Mrs. Mary B. Clay; E. J. Eld ridge; N. S. Evans; Taylor Lewis; R. P. Glenn. CAPT. W. M. JONES.—Americus Lighting Co.,' (5); United Grocery) Co.; Dr. C. P. Davis; C. J. Marshall;! G. M. Dudley. CAPT. G. L. WILLIAMS—EIks’ Club. CAPT. L. G. COUNClL—Farmers’ Cotton Oil Co., (4); Americus Con struction Co. (2); J. R. Statham; Easterlin Bros., (2); J. H. Poole & Sons. CAPT. W. E. TAYLOR—L. L Compton; Geo. D. Jones. CAPT. W. W. DYKES.—J. S. Ma thews, R. S. Pryor. CAPT. R. E. ALLISON—E. M. Prather, (3); Mrs. Wallis Mott, Mgr., Western Union Telegraph Co.; W. T. Lane; O. L. Dixon;, S. A. Daniels; G. W. Walters. CAPT G R ELLlS—Americus Drug Co.; Frank J. Payne; L. E. Woods, J. | A. Feagle: H. E. Allen; James P. j Graham; H. F. Comer; George D. j Wheeler. CAPT. JOHN T. METHVIN—Chas. i S. Hogg; U. R. Murphy; W. H. Hous-! ton; M. E. Morgan; C. R. Morgan;! W. L. Chambliss; John T. Mcthvn;! J. C. Carter; G. H. Doster, Jr.; C. C | Griffin: A. A. Pressley; R. D. Mc- Neill; W. L. McNeill; Carl Hawkins,! T. G. Heys; Dr. H. A. C. Bagloy; N. j A. Ray, J. G. Chambliss, W. S. Mor- \ gan. CAPT. W. H. CHAPPELL—J. B. Bryant, H W. Wiggins; Emorv Griffin I W. W. Davis; S. E M tchell; Jeff Dean; George C. McDonald; R. C. i Markette; E. C. W.>bb; W. A. Chap 1 Sectional News Covered By Special Correspondents PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOING UP! • ~ 500 450 400 350 300 - \ f 250 200 ~ 150 too l I I I = r so pell; J. L. Hall; J. H. Myers. The keenness of interest in the re organization of the Chamber of Commerce w: s indicated by one or two incidents this morning. Captain Dykes of Team No. 10, came into the Chamber of Commerce office about 10 o’clock drawing in with him a farmer from the borders of Lee county. “Here’s a man from over in Lea county who wants to join,” said Capt. Dykes, introducing the new prospect to General Foster. He “scribbed his name” on the “dotted line.’’ This was his second prospe.t. Shortly before he had come in with another to sign up. This was before (Continued on Last Page.) father -- Forecast For Georgia Fair and continued cold tonight jHreezing temperature in th# extreme south por tions; Friday, fair.