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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 81.
Palmer Expected To Speak Here Thursday
ELIMINATION OF
WILSON’S NAME
RELIEFTOMANY
Threatened New Compli
cation In Muddled Sit
uation Obviated
ATLANTA, April 2.—(Special)
Georgia politicians experienced con
siderable of a stunning jolt yester
day afternoon by the announcement
from the White House in Washing
t.n that President W'ilson had taken
no steps to have his name removed
from the presidential preference pri
mary ballot in Georgia, thus assuring
that his name would stay on the bal
lot, the requisite number of voters
having filed it. The announcement
seemed to add infinitely to an al
ready complicated, and in many re
spects embarrassing situation, and
speculation was widespread as to
what effect the president’s entry
would have upon the race. But the
sensation was short lived, for Hiram
Gardner, of Eatonton, secretary of
the state executive committee, ap
peared in Atlanta late in the day
with the announcement that there
had been a number of withdrawals !
of signatures from the president s
petition, nullifying his nomination
for the ballot. This left only three
names qualified, according to the sec
retary, they being Palmer, Hoke
Smith and Thos. E. Watson.
Gardner’s Statement.
The following formal statement
was issued by Secretary Gardner;
“1 am not prepared to make any
official announcement until I have
had a conference with Chairman
Flynt, but 1 have no objections to
stating that the preferential primary
for president has developed the fol
lowing;
• A. Mitchell Palmer,
Hoke Smith,
Thomas E. Watson.
“The names of each of these have
been presented in accordance with
[ the regulations prescribed by the
committee.
“Other names were officially pre
sented to me, but they were with
drawn either by personal direction or
by withdrawal of the name of the pe
titioners.
“The name of Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri, was entered and
withdrawn by him.
“The name of Ex-Secretary of
State Robert Lansing was also en
tered and withdrawn by him.
“The name of President Woodrow
Wilson was filed, by duly signed pe
tition, but the names of a number of
the petitioners were formally with
drawn, leaving the list below the one
hundred names required by the state
committee to make formal entry of
any name. Os the names appearing
on this petition many of them were
evidently signed by one person, but
it was not necessary for us to go into
the validity of the petition, for even
as it stood, and taking every name as
a bona fide signer and voter, the
withdrawals by letter reduced the pe
tition below the required number of
signatures.’ ’
Hoover vs. Watson.
A question which has been embar
rassing the members of the state
committee somewhat is by what man
ner of logic they can permit the name
of Watson to go onto the ballot as
a Democrat when the name of Her
bert Hoover ,was rejected. It is
pointed out that Watson has been a
Populist for many years, and most
of the time against the things that
the Democratic party has stood tor,
whereas Hoover voted for Wilson in
1916 and has given voice to a set ot
principles held by him that accoid
thoroughly with the principles of the
Democratic party from its begin
ning.
An angle of the Wilson entry
which is still causing speculation is
whether or not Palmer is really the
administration candidate. Men who
profess to be as close to the inside
as is possible, which all agree is not
so very close, differ as to whether
the president sponsored Palmer’s an
nouncement or not. Those who say
he did not now point to the presi
dent’s acquiescence in the filing of
name in Georgia, an attitude,
i'Wey point out, that would scarcely
have been possible had he sponsored
Palmer’s candidacy.
Men of both the Smith and Palm
er camps in many’ cases have been
greatly relieved by the elimination
of the president from the primary, as
there are thousands of loyal support
ers of the administration who would
have felt it impossible to voe for oi
support any other candidate should
Wilson’s name have appeared on the
ballot.
League Form the ,ssue.
The issue that seems uppermost in
Georgia s preferential primary for
president, according to editorial ut
terances of state newspapers, is
whether the party in this state shall
go on record as favoring the peace
treaty and League of Nations with
out reservations, as indicated by the
position of Attorney General Palm-
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THE TIMES RECORDER
ESH PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
FIRST PICTURES OF GERMAN REVOLUTION
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Scenes of the Grossen Frankfu rterstrasse, taken just before Ebert
and Luettwitz troops clashed.
WILSON AGAIN
GETS RAILWAY
WAGE DISPUTE
Workers Tell Him Os
Failure To Get Benefi
cial Results
WASHINGTON, April 2.—The
whole railroad wage controversy was
laid before President Wilson today
for the third time since the railroad
labor unions filed their demgnds for
a general increase last summer.
In a letter to the president, B. M.
Jewell, chairman of the railway com
mittee, which constitutes the railway
party on the railway wage board, he
said he regretted very much “to ad
vise you of our failure to obtain any
ben'eficial results from these confer- J
ences.” The letter said further that
the railway employes were keenly i
disappointed at the position taken by
the railway executives committee
which announced last night that a
deadlock had been reached and the
withdrawal of the railroad members
from the conference.
THREATENED STRIKE
CALLED ILLEGAL.
CLEVELAND, 0.. Aupril 2.—Re- !
garding the threatened strike at 4
j o’clock this afternoon of members of
the BrotJierhoOd of Railway Train
. men employed on the Norfolk & Wes
; tern railroad in sympathy with the
striking clerks, President Lee of the
Trainmen’s Brotherhood, today sent
! a telegram to the general chairman at
Roanoke, say that the “threatened
I strike is illegal. Our organization
will support and protect its present
contract with the railroad until this
is changed by constitutional
methods.”
CHICAGO, April 2.—Seven hun
dred switchmen and switch tenders
■ employed in the Chicago terminals of
i the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
I roalroad, went on strike today. The
men are demanding a dollar an hour
pay.
ROANOKE, Va., April 2.—Fif-
I teen international and local repre
i sentatives of the striking Norfolk
& Western employees will confer
with railroad officials this afternoon
in an effort to bring a settlement of
the controversy.
j er; or as favoring such reservations
' as indicated by the position of U. S.
1 Senator Hoke Smith.
Georgia’s primary—this being the
first state to act—will have undoubt
ed weight in the nation in determin
ing the sentiment of a strong Dem
ocratic state on this important issue.
Georgia’s decision will also have
weight at San Francisco in determin
ing the platform of the party in the
coming national struggle.
Senator Smith declares unhesitat
ingly that the national Democratic
i administration has accomplished
! many big constructive things for
j which it should be commended and
i to most of which, as his record shows,
i he has given his hearty support. But
like many other big Democrats of the
i country, and many voters particular
ly in his state and section, he be
! lieves that the treaty and the League
I of Nations should- carry reservations
I which will safeguard the sovereignty
1 of the United States.
CAMERA TELL 3 STORY OF PRUSSIAN COUP THAT BROUGHT RED RUIN.
IKIWANISCLUB
STARTS WORK
FOR AMERICUS
New Civic Force Born
At First Luncheon Os
Organization
A new force for assisting tn the i
' upbuilding of Americus an<j Sumter
i county came into being today when
the newly organized Kiwanis Club,
with 50 charter members, held its
i first weekly luncheon in the private
I dining room of the Windsor Hotel. •
: Forty men were present, all business
!or professional men, representing
j nearly all lines of endeavor- in the I
I city. It was a spirited meeting, with
I the entire membership showing an i
eagerness to take advantage of the i
opportunities of the club to get to z J
i gether, know each other better, and i
to pull together for 'the good of the |
community. The motto of the inter- j
national organization is “We Build,’’l
and that appeared to be the aim and '
ambition of every man present-—help I
build Americus and Sumter county. ■
It being the first meeting of the I
membership, Warren Kimsey, the i
field representative, who has assist-1
| ed in perfecting the lopal club ex-'
plained the details of the organiza- [
tion, reported a set of standardized !
i by-laws, which were adopted, andi
' pointed out, as a native of another !
section of America and a man who
j has traveled all over the country, of ;
; the great opportunities in Georgia I
for development, a work in which
such an organization as Kiwanis can ,
I be of vital importance.
Room for Work Here.
After each member had introduc-1
I ed himself by telling his name, his i
[ business, and the name by which he j
i preferred to be known among his fel-,
|ow members, several brief talks were i
made. Mayor J. E. Sheppard, who is !
; vice-president, was called on by Pres-!
i ident Lewis Ellis. He declared Sum-:
, ter the best county in the best state ■
I in the union, and Americus the best I
j town to be found anywhere, an ideal
place to rear one’s family or to live, j
He declared the growth of Americus,
however, had not been as satisfac
tory as was to have been desired, and I
I suggested that a field of endeavor I
for the club lay in bringing the best
people from elsewhere to live among i
1 us—in making the town grow in a !
desirable way.
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn concurred ;
in Mr. Sheppard’s praises of the I
I glories of Sumter county, but em
phasized the needs of the spirit of
get-together on the part of the pro
i gressive citizenship of the communi-1
‘ ty, and appealed for some real action ’
I in behalf of progress.
Hollis Fort suggested that with a |
little more co-operative effort Amer-'
i icus would stand abreast of any other i
' city in the state in a commercial way.
He said Americus was a city of good
homes because attention had been i
given to making good homes. If the
, same effort were to be directed to
ward commercial development, he
said, the city would soon achieve as
i great distinction in a commercial
way.
Officers Are Confirmed.
Early in the meeting Mr. Kimsey !
presented the list of temporary offi
cers, President Lewis Ellis, Vice-1
I President J. E. Sheppard, Secretary J
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2, 1920.
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A drawbridge in the Spitte^market neighborhood (above) was raised high enough to prevent soldiers
from storming the Kapp positions. When pedestrains crossed this bridge they were helped over the open
section by soldiers. Kapp soldiers and officers, with their artillery, stationed in front of the Brandenburg
gate (below), scene of much fighting.
REBELS AREGIVEN
TERMS BY EBERT
Must Deliver Arms By
April 10; Quit Fight
ing Now
DUSSELDORF, April 2.—(By As
i sociated Press.) —The soldiers and
| workmen’s army in the Ruhr district I
must deliver its arms to the local au-!
I thorities before April 10, under the i
I terms of an agreement reached be-1
I tween the Ebert government and a
I central committee of the workers’
i general conference at Essen today.
’ None of the members’of the soldiers’
and workers’ army will be considered
j rebels by the Ebert authorities, pro
vided fighting ceases throughout the
| Ruhr district by noon tomorrow.
NEW IRISH SECRETARY
LONDON, April 2.—-Sir Hamar I
i Greenwood, under Secretary for home i
I affairs, has been appointed chief sec- i
? retary for Ireland, according to an j
1 official announcement this afternoon.
Evan Mathis, Treasurer Eugene Bai
i ley, together with the directors, |
: which list was .confirmed by the mem- 1 1
bership. * , j
The club voted to hold its next I
I luncheon at the Windsor next Fri
day at 12:15 o’clock, the permanent
meeting date to be fixed later. Ar
rangements were also set on foot for
a large banquet and ladies ‘night ,
meeting on occasion of the receiving
of the club’s charter. District Gov- i
ernor Wessels, of Atlanta, and large I
delegations from the Kiwanis Clubs I
of Atlanta, Macon, Columbus and ■ ;
other cities are expected to be pres-; i
ent on that occasion.
The following standing commit- |
tees were announced by President ■
Ellis: House—Sam Heys, Harris Ed
wards, Jack Holst.
Program—Edgar Shipp. Walter i
Brown, Steve Pace.
Publicity—W. S. Kirkpatrick, Fred
I Smith, E. L. Murray.
IN CALVARY
(According to Saint Luke)
AND when they came to the
place, which is called Cal
vary, where they crucified Him,
and the malefactors, one on the
right hand, and the other on, the
left.
Then said Jesus, Father, for
give them; for they know not what
they do. And they parted His
raiment, and cast lots.
And the people stood behold
ing. And the rulers also with them
derided Him, saying, He saved
others; let Him save himself, if
He be Christ, the chosen of God.
And the soldiers also mocked
him. coming to Him, and offering
Him vinegar.
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And it was about the sixth hour,
and there was a darkness over all
the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and
the veil of the temple was rent in
the midst. j
And when Jesus had cried with
a loud voice, He said, Father, into
thy hands I commend My spirit;
and having said thus, He gave ujt
the ghost.
Now when the centurion saw
what was done, He glorified God,
saying, certainly this was a right
eous man.
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And that day was the prepara
tion, and the Sabbath drew on.
And the women also, which
came with Him from Galilee, fol
lowed after, and beheld the sepul
chre, and how His body was laid.
To Handle Doss Tires
For Four Counties
It was learned today that the Geor
gia Motor Company have just enter
ed into a contract to handle in Amer
icus and Sumter, Schley, Webster and
Stewart counties the Doss line of
tires and tubes. The factory repre
sentative, E. D. Jordan, of Atlanta,
who has been in' town for several
days, stated that he had just closed
an order for one of the largest ship
ments of tires ever made to this sec
tion of the South.
BUSY SESSION IS
FACED BY LEAGUE
Many Matters To Be
Taken Up At Rome
Meeting
WASHINGTON, April 2.—A full
and important program of activities
will confront the council of the
League of Nations when that body
assembl'es at Rome, April 27.
Included among the matters sched
uled to be discussed, it was learned
today, are such questions as the ap
proval of the temporary organization
already effected, of the secretariat
of the League; the method for financ
i ing the League and its accounting;
regulations concerning the admission
of new states, and the repatriation of
of new states; repatriation of war
; prisoners now h’eld in Siberia; traffic
I in women and children, and the work
lof a commission which is to draw
plans for the organization of an in
ternational supreme court.
L. M. Williams Weds
Tallahassee, Fla., Girl
ELLAVILLE, April 2—Announce
ment is made of the marriage of L.
M. Williams, of this city, to Miss
’ I Carolyn Goss, of Tallahasse, Fla.,
i last Monday morning. The mar
i riage took place at the home of the
bride’s brother, J. William Goss, on
Brough street, and was followed by
■ a wedding breakfast. Immediately
afterwards the happy couple left for
Pensacola on a short bridal tour.
’ i From thence they will return to
Americus and will visit the parents
. of the groom for a few days. The
I bride is a teacher by profession and
is richly endowed with culture of
- mind and heart. Mr. Williams has
■ j been in the barber business here foi
more than a year.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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RECOMMENDS
AMERICUS DATE
Attorney General Ex
pected To Follow
Senator Hoke Smith
Announcement was made today
that Attorney General Palmer, can
didate for the endorsement of Geor
gia for the presidential nomination
on the Democratic ticket, would
probably speak in Americus on
Thursday of next week, the day fol
lowing the appearance here of Sena
tor Hoke Smith, Mr. Palmer’s chief
opponent in Georgia. The Palmer
state headquarters in Atlanta haa
recommended that the attorney gen
eral speak here on that date, and
there was every indication today that
this recommendation would be car
ried out, although Mr. Palmer had
not been personally heard from, in
asmuch as his time in Georgia will
be controlled by his state organiza
tion.
Mayor J. E. Sheppard, of Ameri
cus, who is a member of the Georgia
Palmer organization, and his chief
spokesman here, was in telephonic
communication this morning with tn<s
Palmer headquarters in Atlanta con
cerning the bringing of the attorney
general here. This afternoon he
confirmed the report that arrange
ments for a speech here on April 8
were in the making. The attorney
general is already billed for a speecn
in Macon on the evening of April 8,
and it is the plan to bring him here
for an address some timo. during the
day, early enough to permit of him
being taken to Macon, probably by
auto, in time for his evening speech
there.
It is understood that the plan to
bring Mr. Palmer to Americus for a
speech developed following the an
nouncement in the Times-Recorder
yesterday of Senator Smith's ar
rangements to spend all of next Wed
nesday in Americus and deliver an
address at the court house at 11 a.m.
Senator Smith’s visit here will follow
immediately his speech in Macon. It
was stated, however, that the proxi
mity of the dates was merely a co
incident.
The coming to Americus of these
two rivals for the state delegation to
San Francisco means that Sumter
has again become the center of the
battleground in Georgia. On account
of the keen interest that is being
taken in the campaign, and the sharp
lines of partisanship being drawn, it
is assured that both speakers will be
greeted by immense crowds.
Mayor Forbids Flying
Over City of Savannah
SAVANNAH, April 2.—Following
a slight accident to a plane at the
Daffin Park landing field here, the
, first to occur in or near Savannah,
and the first mishap to befall this
! plane after making more than 500
i trips above this city, Mayor Stewart
! has notified officers to advise the
' landing field officials and aviators
generally that they will not be allow
; ed hereafter to fly in the air over
I the territory embraced in the city
■ limits. The mayor said planes had
i been sailing unusually low and that
j it wil be only a matter of time till
i somebody is hurt. Planes may sail
! around the city limits of Savannah,
i but not over it.
Shoemakers’ Demands
To Tie Up Industry
MARBLEHEAD, Mass., April 2.
■ The demands of turnshoe workers for
an increase in wages, said to average
100 per cent., will tie up the entire
! shoe industry’ here, according to an
i nouncements made by manufactur
'ers today.
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Forecast for Georgia—F?iir and
j colder tonight and Saturday.
COTTON MARKET.
Exchanges Closed; Good Friday.
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
Hogs.
MOULTRIE. April 2.—Hogs 165
libs and up. 14©14 l-2c; 135 to
1165 lbs. 13@13 l-2c; 110 to
I 135 tbs, 12@ 12 1-2 c; 110 tbs and
I down 10@10 l-2c.
Roughs and skips are priced on
i basis of quality. Piggy sows docked
f 40 tbs. stags docked 70 tbs. Prices
f.o.b. Moultrie.