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Newspaper Page TextNews of The Whole World By Associated Press FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 87. Million Rail Workers to Press Wage Demands HOWAT, MINERS’ LEADER, JAILED FOR CONTEMPT Three Other Union Offi cials Committed By Judge Curran PITTSBURG, Kans., April 9. Alexander Howat, head of the Kansas coal miners, was sentenced to jail for contempt of court today. Judge Curran sending Howat and three associate union officials to the county jail until such time as they will testify before the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. Dawson Plans Team; Wants Hogg To Pitch DAWSON, April 9—Baseball is assured for Dawson this summer, and it is certain to be represented by one of the strongest teams ever gotten together outsid'e of one of the big leagues. The ball fans of the city have held another meeting and elected officers, the following being chosen to pilot Dawson’s team: Erie Cocke, presi dent; Rogers Carver, secretary and treasurer. A. J. Hill, S. R. Kenyon and John H. Crouch were named as an executive board to assist the pres ident in selecting players. Several stars have expressed a wish to play with Dawson, among them being Ronald Lamer, pitcher, who established a good Record last season, and Maxwell Dixon, hard-hitting third baseman. Ike Thrasher is also being considered, but whether he will be here is uncertain. Bennie Webb, first baseman for Georgia Tech and who is well known throughout this section, is also being considered. Bennie is known as a “fence buster” and made the All-Southern in the S. I. A. A. last year. It is also the hope of the management that Bradley Hogg, of National League fame, and who is now' living at Americus, can be persuaded to put aside his law books and don a uniform of the Daw son team. He would by far be the best twirler in the state. Police Official Had Huge Bank Deposits NEW YORK, April 9.—lnvestiga tion of the bank accounts and stock speculations of five police officials was started today by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Smith with the an nouncement that he was after bigger game in the crusade against vice and graft than Inspector Dominick Henry or any other of the eight men under indictment. Henry was suspended today by Commissioner Enright. A transcript of Henry’s bank account shows he deposited more than $50,000 in less than a year, wdth $16,000 now due him. His salary is $4,400 per year. Peace Resolution To Pass House Today WASHINGTON, April 9.—When the house resumed debate today on the Republic-n peace resolution, Representative Flood, of Virginia, announced that a motion to recom mit, allowed under the rule adopted yesterday, would propose a straight out appeal of all war legislation. Republican leaders said the motion would be defeated and the resolution adopted soon after debate closed au tomatically at 5 o'clock today. Democratic leaders conceded the Republicans had the votes-to carry out this program. yjeatker Forecast For Georgia.—Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight; cooler in southeast por tion tonight; Saturday fair with ris ing temperature in north portion. markets LOCAL SPOT COTTON Good Middling 42 1-2 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. , Close Open 11am Ipm Close Mav 41.10 41.25 41.65 41.45 41.45 July 38.98 39.20 39.46 39.30 39.25 Oct 35.28 35.75 35.78 35.52 35.35 NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. Prev. Close Open 11am Ipm Close Mav 40.78 40.75 40.80 40.75 40.85 July 38.28 38.70 38.58 38.43 38.45 Oct. 35.00 35.75 35.33 35.22 30.13 MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET. MOULTRIE. April 9. Hogs 165 lbs and up, 14 l-4@ 14 3-4 c; 135 to 165 lbs, 13 1-4© 13 3-4 c; 110 to 135 lbs, 12 1-4@12 3-4 c; 110 lbs and down, 10 1-4© 10 3-4 c. Roughs and skips are priced on a basis of quality. Piggy sows docked 40 lbs. Stags docked 70 lbs. Prices f. o. b. Moultrie. THE TUS^KR&ORDER IN THE HEART OF jSEEDS OF A NEW WAR JfOKSTEK | O '■"**%*> a o BARMEN cf/sssLoasnL ejl&ereeeo \ cologneV It by 9 x s* > B ') M&a&CT g* \ \ $ J COBLENZ^ i \ FRANKFORT v % LUXEn'I MAINZ d V a ■£U£& / OAR^fADT Some of the shrewest students of international affairs see in the Ruhr affair and the French occupation of Frankfort and Darmstadt a situ - ation which may lead to another outbreak of war in Europe. Germans and French have both violated the peace treaty. German troops enter ed the neutral Ruhr mining district ostensibly to quiet the Reds; French troops occupied Frankfurt and Darmstadt ostensibly to insure withdraw al of the Germans. Behind these moves however, may be deeper motives. The Germans want to keep the “neutral zone" along the Rhine;the mili taristic school in France, headed by Marshal Foch, never did give up hope of eventually holding the Rhine bank despite the peace treaty. And in these troubled days, both sides may think possession more than nine points of the law. ONLY ONE WARD OF CITYDROPPED Detailed Population Fig ures For Americus Announced Supplementing the census figures j for Americus given out in Washing ' ton by the census bureau a few days ago, population figures for the city by wards, for the purpose of com parison, were given out today by T. M. Furlow, district supervisor of the census. The 1910 and 1920 census by wards follows: 1919 1920 Ward No 1 1,033 1,211 Ward No. 2 1,265 1,542 Ward No. 3 3,690 3,674 7ard No. 4 2,075 2,584 Total 8,063 9,011 It will be observed from these fig ures that in only one ward, the j Third, was a decrease shown, al ! though it was expected that at least i two wards would show a decrease ! on account of the very large exodus of negro population from these sec -1 tions during the last few years. For camparison of sections the boundaries of the four wards are giv en as follows: Ward 1 comprises all of the city west of Jackson street and South of Church street; Ward 2 all west of Jackson and north of Church; Ward 3 all east of Jackson and north of Church; Ward 4 all east of Jack ; son and south of Church. Rail Labor Board Picked By President WASHINGTON, April 9.—Presi dent Wilson is understood to have de cided on the personnel of the rail road labor board. White House offi | cials say the nominations probably | will be sent today to the senate. Mrs. Chapman Called To Bedside Os Sister Mrs. J. P. Chapman has been call | ed to Columbus to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. John Durkin, who fell | Tuesday upon the floor of her home j sustaining a twisted or dislocated hip. Mrs. Durkin is one of the pioneer j citizens of Columbus and is one of | the best beloved residents of the town.. Mrs. Chapman will remain in 1 Columbus several days. 483,617,000 Bushels Winter Wheat Outlook WASHINGTON, April 9.—The ; production of winter wheat this year was forecast today at 483,617,000 bushels, with the condition given as i 75.6 per cent.. Rye was estimated at 75,000,000 bushels, condition 86.8 PRIMARY PLANS LEFT TO CLUBS County Executive Com mittee’s Expected Meet ing Is Called Off Announcement was made today by I Fred B. Arthur, secretary of the j Sumter County Democratic Execu j tive committee, that the members of the committee would not be called to ! gether tomorrow as had been expect -1 ed to plan for the primary of April 20, the primary details now being left largely to the county Palmer and ; Hoke Smith clubs, which have agreed between themselves to furnish the ! men to conduct the primary. At the I same time Mr. Arthur announced, for the benefit of the two organiza | tions, the names of those men who have volunteered to serve in the pri i mary without pay. Mr. Arthur gave out the following statement: “Since the organization of the ! Hoke Smith and the Palmer clubs, land since they have agreed to see I that the "preferential primary throughout Sumter county will be j held on April 20 the Democratic Ex ecutive committee will not call their body together next Saturday as was j once anticipated, and for the benefit |of the two organizations we again i give the names of all who have volun teered to act free of charge in help ing to hold the election: 27th dis- I trict, Stephen Pace, W. S. Ivey, W. C. Gray, E. T. Mathis, C. -J. Williams, Thos. G. Hudson, Capt. John A. Cobb; 28th district, John T. Methvin, W. L. Chambliss; 15th district, Floyd P. ! Jones.” 3d District Dentists To Meet Here Next The Third Congressional Dental association met Wednesday in Vien ! na, with Dr. M. H. Wheeler and Dr. S. H. McKee going from Americus to attend . Dr. H. H. Glover had made preparations to accompany the Am- Jericus delegation, but was prevented at the last moment. The representa tion was not as large as usually at i tends owing to the epidemic of in j fluenza throughout the district, but ja sufficient number of lecturers wer'e present to make the meeting one of I merit. Many new subjects were dis- I cussed, and much benefit derived | from the experiences and observa i tions of those present. Dr. McKee I spoke today of the warm cordiality | which permeated the gathering, and |of the most delightful dinner which : was served to the visiting dentists by | the committee on entertainment. •j The association will hold its next ; meeting in August in Americus, and the dentists here are planning to | make it the biggest gathering ever 1 held in the history of the district. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 9, 1920. FRENCH ACTION REOPENS ALLIES’! GERMAN POLICY London Press Shows Anxiety Over Anglo- French Relations PARIS, April 9.—The British at titude regarding the French occupa tion of Frankfort will cause the open ing of diplomatic conversation be tween the powers of the Entente con cerning the whole subject of action with regard to Germany, it was said today in official circles. In this con versation the French attitude will be based on the maintenance of the En- j tente and, seco.id, on strict execution j of the terms of the peace treaty. LONDON NEWSPAPERS EXPRESS ANXIETY. LONDON, April 9.—The keynote of all editorials in London morning papers with regard to the divergence | among the Allies over the move into Germany is anxiety as to the effect j of the situation on Anglo-French re-1 lations. FRENCH CABINET HEARS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. PARIS, April 9.—A meeting of the French cabinet was held this morning, and another was set for this evening. Premier Millerand informed the i members of the situation in Germany ! and also transmitted to them aver- ! bal communication received from Great Britain on the subject of the- French occupation of Frankfort. FREIGHT WRECK I | TIES UP CENTRAL Split Switch Causes Pile- Up Os Cars Montezuma A split switch caused the wreck of I Central of Georgia freight train No. j | 39, southbound, at Montezuma, about i j 3 o’clock this morning, resulting in ; a complete tie-up of the line for about 10 hours. As a result, the ear | ly morning passenger train from At i lanta was unable to reach Americus until this afternon. 1 The freight, a fast through train, | was running at high speed, it was | said, when the accident occured in the Montezuma yards. Ten cars | left the track and were badly smash ed, and not only tore up the main j track, on which the train was run ning. hut the side tracks as well, making it impossible for other trains to pass un.il the wrecker could clear away through the debris and re construct the demolished trackage, i Among the wreckage were several new Studebaker automobiles, scat | tered about. No injuries from the wreck were reported. KIWANfSBFKS S. A. FUND DRIVE iV/crk of Organization Given New Club’s Endorsement Unqualified endorsement of the ! work of the Salvation Army and sup | port for its coming annual drive for ! funds in this country was voted to ! day at the second weekly luncheon | of the newly organized Kiwanis Club |of Americus. A motion was adopted | declaring that “it is the sense of this j club that its members are sensible | of the good work being done by the Salvation Army, and that they are in | hearty sympathy and accord with the ureat organization.” W. T. Lane, "Doc’’ Eldridge and Bradley Hogg j were appointed by President Lewis ; Ellis as a committee to draw resolu | tions to this effect for presentation to the Salvation Army. E. E. Schneider and Fred B. Smith | were appointed as the Glad Hand j committee to welcome the club mem i bers and guests at the next luncheon, l and “Bill” Jones s:id“RexaH" Mur ray were named as the program com : mittee to prepare the program. It was voted to fix the day and hour | of the weekly luncheons permanently at 12:15 o’clock each Friday, except i for Ladies Night, which will fall once I each month. Scotland Yard claims to have made 120,000 identifications by finger prints without a single mistake. The total annual income of weekly , wage-earners in England has more I than doubled in the last four years. BELOIT HOUSING PUN FEASIBLE FOR UNSELFISH Banks Knifed First Trial Os New Building Idea BY EDWARD M. THIERRY, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. BELOIT, Wis., April 9.—Any American city can solve its housing i problem with the Beloit plan if its; citizens will forget their private in- j terests long enough to give the plan a fair start. M. T. Jacobs, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, devised the i plan. It was idealistic. Jacobs ad mitted it. Supporters and oppon ents agree now that that is why it wouldn’t work in this city where bus- i iness men can’t mix sentiment and i business. The Chamber of Commerce approv ed Jacobs’ plan and part of the mom was subscribed. Suddenly the scheme was knifed by the banks. The commercial interests of the town quickly raised their share of the capital—sso,ooo. They loaned •it for 10 years without interest. Then the banks announced that stock in the proposed building company would not be accepted as loan security. That was a blow to little business men who couldn’t loan money for nohting for a long period of time. The banks took the action because they saw their mortgage business “shot to pieces.” • Cut Down Cost. Everybody here admits the plan would work if Beloit folks would let it work. Jacobs found that houses which cost $1,900 to-build in 1916 now cost $5,100, but he made ar rangements to build them for $3,- 500. Here’s the plan that will work any where folks will forget selfish inter ests to provide houses in their cities: Organize a building company, run by Chamber of Commerce, to build f at outset 100 homes. Captial stock of $400,000, indus tries to subscribe $350,000 in pro-! portion to employes, SSO per em ploye ; merchants and professional men to subscribe $50,000. Subscriptions loaned to building company without interest for 10 years, building company to operate without profit. Build 100 homes costing from $2,- 800 up, including lots, on 1100 vac ant lots in city; no sub-division to be attempted. Prevent* Speculation. Sell houses at cost to any employe of any company OK’d by Chamber officials on condition it is not sublet or sold, building company to have option of buying back at original cost; thus preventing speculation. Terms: SIOO down and l-120th of principal per month for 10 years, plus 6 per cent interest to cover op erating charges, including fire insur ance and taxes. Cash sale terms: Total cost plus 1-2 of 1 per cent in terest within 30 days; total cost plus 2 1-2 per cent interest within six months. Example of long-term contract: On house and lot costing $3,000, down payment of $100; monthly payment of $25 on principal plus $14.50 interest each months for first six months, or total monthly pay ment first six months, $39.50, grad ually decreasing as interest decreas es. Building company to turn over capital as rapidly as payments are made, using it to build additional houses on same plan. Miss Elizabeth Harris Taker 111 At Brenau Word has ocon received here that Miss Elizabeth Harris has been illl with influenza at Brenau college ,ince Tu day last. Miss Harris went to Brenau to visit a number of her former classmates, and later intend ed to visit Alias Naomi Wright and Miss Nelli'- V thy at the State Nor mal at Athens Her illness has nec essitated returning to Americus without the pleasure of the latter visit. Complete Oder Is Restored At Frankfort MAYENCE. April 9.—Complete order has been restored at Frankfort, the authorities having succeeded in quieting the students. The munici pality has posted a bill requesting the people to keep calm. Birmingham Overall Club Enrolls 2,000 BIRMINGHAM, April 9.—-Two thousand men in all walks of life have jointed the Birmingham overall club in the campaign against the high cots of living. The movement start ed in jest, but the idea rapidly gain ed converts. BURROUGHS IS 83 BUT HE’S SPRY • /'% The famous naturalist, John Bur roughs, is 83, but he’s spry. He cel ebrated his 83rd birthday chopping wood for a maple sugar feast. BOTHIIDESREST IN ENGLISH CASE; TO JURY TONIGHT An Acquittal or Misde meanor Verdict Ex pected At Albany ALBANY, April 9.—The morning was consumed in the R. S. English murder trial with the examination of witnesses in rebuttal and shortly after 11 o’clock both sides rested. Argu ment was begun at 11:30 o’clock and was expected to close late today. It is expected that the case will be in the jury’s hands by sundown. Attorney Kimsey opened the case for the prosecution. Four arguments will be made, Judge Cox of Camilla, concluding for the defenso and Solici tor General Bell for the state. Current opinion here leans to the expectation of an acquittal or a mis demeanor verdict, although there is no basis for an opinion either way so far as probable action of the jury is concerned. Specialist Called To Examine Hale Baby Dr. Jemison, of Macon, baby spe cialist, was called to Americus last evening for consultation with Dr. W. S. Prather in the case of the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hale, who was overcome by gas heater fumes in the bathroom of the Hale home with her mother a few days ago. He agreed with Dr. Prather and other local physicians who had been called in that, while the child was very ill, she was not in an alarm ing condition and probably would gradually improve in the normal man ner of such-cases. Soldiers returning from France brought home 3709 foreign brides of which 2295 were Rrench and 1101 British, while the rest were of 16 other nationalities. Based on returns from state school officials, reports show taht on Feb. 13 last, there were 18,279 schools in the United States closed because of lack as teachers, and 4,190 beoing taught by teachers characterized as “below standard, but taken on tem porarily.” PRICE FIVE CENTS. STRIKES RESULT IN DECISION OF CLERKS TO ACT Insurgent Walkouts Spread; Union Officials See Strike Broken WASHINGTON, April 9—lnves tigation of the unauthorized strike of switchmen and other railroad em ploye* was ordered today by the sen ate. CHICAGO, April 9.—Switchmen who have been on strike here nine days began returning to work today. Brotherhood officials who are fight ing the “illegal” walkout of their men do not claim the strike is broken yet, but were encouraged by reports. I CHICAGO, April 9—The wage de mands of.five groups of railroad em ployes numbering 980,000 will be pushed immediately as the result of the spread of the unauthorized strikes of switchmen and engineers, it was announced today by an official of the clerks’ organization. Continued spread of the insurgent strike of switchmen and enginemen throughout the country was indicated by reports today showing that more than 20,000 men had joined the, walk-outs. Railroad brotherhood officials de clared the walk-out would be broken in this district within 48 hours, and that strikes in other parts of the country would end also. COMMUTERS CAUGHT IN UNANNOUNCED WALK-OUT. NEW YORK, April 9.—The north eastern section of the United States was caught today in the backwash of unauthorized strikes, emanating from Chicago. The strike descended on the New Jersey terminals near this city yesterday, and without the slight est warning thousands of commut ers were caught in the rush. Anxiety was expressed by railroad men over the threatened strike in the “tubes” under the Hudson river today. JACK SLAPPEY TO PITCH FOR CONNIE Albany Southpaw Sign ed By Manager Os Athletics Word comes from Albany that Jack Slappey, well known here as a base ball pitcher, has been signed by Con i nie Mack, manager of the Philadel phia Athletics. He is the second Al bany man to join the Athletics, Frank Welch having been signed by Mack last summer. According to the Albany Herald, friends of Slappey i know that he had been offered a con tract with the Philadelphia American League club, but it was not known generally that he had signed until announcement of the fact was made in the Philadelphia Ledger in the fol lowing special from Atlanta: “Atlanta, April 3. —The Athetics 1 have added another giant college | pitcher to their staff in Jack Slappey, ; of the University of Georgia. Slappey jis a southpaw and stands 6 feet and ; 4 inches and weighs 180 pounds. “He has been a sensation in the 1 Southern college world and only day . before yesterday shut out Oglethorpe ; University, 2 to 0. Slappey will not I join the Athetics until the comple i tion of his studies in June.” In addition to tS>- game which Slappey won from Oglethorpe, men tioned above, he has since that time ; pitched winning games against Clem i son and the University of Maryland. !In the last named game played at j Athens Tuesday the Albany south naw allowed the Marylands only two I bingles. Slappey has plenty of ! “smoke,” a fast breaking curve and goon control for a left-hander, quali ties which are expected to win him a i berth with the big-league club which he will join in June. There is at the entrance of the Church of San Salvador in the Spa n! ish city of Oveido a remarkable tomb, erected by a prince named Silo with a curious Latin inscription which may be read 270 by begin, ning with the capital “S” in thecen ter. Two London professors say the 1 prevailing shortage of silver is like to continue for several years, after which production may catch up with consumption and prices be reduced. The total expenditures of th« According to the Federal Board for Vocational Training, one-fourth of the ,1,600,000 men drafted into the United States army could not not read nor write the English lan guage.

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