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World By
Associated Press
FORTY-SECOND YEAR —NO. 88.
U. S. INTERVENTION IN RAIL STRIKES TALKED
TEUTONPRESS
SHOWS JOY AT
ALLIED SPLIT
Only Real League Can
Avoid Crisis, Is Ber
lin Comment
VIENNA, April 10.—Satisfaction
over the dispatches telling of dis
sention between Great Britain and
France over the German situation is
not concealed by the Vienna news
papers, which express hope that
France will be isolated.
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED
BY GERMAN PRESS.
BERLIN, April 9 (Friday)
Great Britain’s disapproval of
France’s action in occupying the Ger
man cities east of the Rhine is hailed
by newspapers here with moderate
expressions of satisfaction. The
Vorwaerts says, “An international
crisis will be avoided only by the
League of Nations becoming a reali
ty and taking a hand in the solu
tion.”
BRITISH CABINET DISCUSSES
REPLY TO FRENCH NOTE.
LONDON, April 10.—An outline of
the answer to the French note with
regard to the occupation of German
cities was discussed at a brief cabi
net meeting this morning after the
departure of Premier Lloyd George
for San Remo.
COMMUNISTS AT PLAUEN
START NEW REVOLT.
BERNE, April 10. —While order
te being restored in the Ruhr region,
a new revolt is reported in the indus
trial town of Plauen, Saxony. Com
munists there yesterday afternoon
attacked the police and Reichswehr
and after hard fighting occupied the
police posts, barracks and railway
station.
M’Donald To Leave
Express Service Here
F. M. H. McDonald, for the last
four years express agent at this
place, has asked to be relieved of his
duties here April 15, or not later
than May 1, and will return with
Mrs. McDonald to their old home at
Baltimore. The change is being
made on account of the condition of
Mrs. McDonald's health. Several
months ago she suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis. Last Thanksgiv
ing day she fell and suffered injur
ies which have kept her indoors ever
since. Being an invalid, it is hoped
that return to their old home, where
she may have the associations of
members of her own family will
be of benefit to her.
Mr. McDonald has been granted a
two-months’ leave of absence by the
company. He prefers South Geor
gia to Baltimore and hopes to be able
to return some time. His successor
for the office at this place has not
been announced.
Kitchin Better After
Paralvtic Stroke
WASHINGTON, April 10.—The
condition of Representative Claude
Kitchin, of North Carolina, who suf
fered a stroke of paralysis yesterday,
was reported today as considerably
improved.
Representative Kitchin suffered a
slight stroke on the right side Friday
Soon after delivering a speech in the
house opposing the Republican peace
resolution.
Dr. Lazaro, of Louisiana, also a
member of the house, said that a
slight hemorrhage had occurred,
which would necessitate absolute
quiet for some time.
After Mr. Kitchin had been ex
amined by Dr. Lazaro, he was remov
ed to his’home. The physician said
Mr Kitchin's condition was not seri
ous, but that he should remain quiet.
Smith Supporters To
Gather Monday Night
Announcement was made Saturday
night by L. G. Council, president of
the Sumter County Hoke Smith club,
that a ’meeting of the club members
and other supporters of Senator
Hoke Smith in his race for the presi
dency would be held at the Windsor
hotel Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Plans for promoting the candidacy of
Senator Smith will be considered at
the meeting.
U. S. Reported Ignored
In New Adriatic Plan
LONDON, April 10.—Reports that
a new basis of settlement of the
Adriatic qu tion had been proposed
by Premier Lloyd George on which
the advice of the United States was
not solicited was confirmed by an
authoritative Serbian source this
morning.
THETIMBSeRECORDER
SM PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
OSAGE INDIANS, RICHEST PEOPLE IN
WORLD, FACE POVERTY IN 10 YEARS
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Redskins Spend Oil Mil- Before oil made the Oaage In-
lions Like Proverbial dians wea,th y * ll ,he ’* tt)e
1 C *1 JF wore Indian dress. Now that
Urunken oailor Ural they’re rich and intermarried many
BY MABEL ABBOTT M of the youngster, are togged out
PAWHUSKA, Okla.. April 10.- Ok fQ “J
ho -rinhoc-f- nonnln in fhn vvnrlrl tho>
Redskins Spend Oil Mil
lions Like Proverbial
Drunken Sailor
BY MABEL ABBOTT
PAWHUSKA. Okla.. April 10.—
The richest people in the world, the
Osage Indians, are facing poverty—
-10 years ahead.
The government “trust period”
ends in 1931 until which time they
receive the income from gas and oil
rights on lands allotted them,
whether they still own the lands or
not.
The Indians bought the land —wild,
rock-ribbed arid tracts—for $1.25 an
acre. When oil was discovered they
promptly sold it. Later the govern
ment decided that they had sold only
thle surface and by act of Congress
the government now leases oil rights
to the highest bidder and turns the
money over to the Indians.
This money pours into the tribal
fund, for according to Osage law the
tribe takes “pot luck.” Whether there
is oil on an Indian’s land or not, he
is wealthy now.
So it happens that many a young
brave wears silk shirts and drives his
automobile, and many a girl whose
creamy skin is barely tinged with cop
per, buys imported party gowns and
diamonds, or possibly even a white
husband, with the big quarterly
checks. And if the mineral rights un
der former Osage lands revert to the
surface owners in 1931, as they pre
sumably will unless the trust period
is extended, then their big incomes
from nothing at all will end, too; for
coinparatively few Indians still own
oil-producing land.
Old Chief Bacon Rind says :♦
“We have lived the life of the
white man only a little while. It is
still strange. Our children will not
be ready in 10 years to take care of
themseves in the white man’s world.
In 25 years more they will have grown
up and can manage their own affairs.
We ask the white man’s government
to go on taking care of them unti’
then.”
At the last quarterly payment of
oil and gas money, they received a
total of $1,700 000. Last week they
received S7OO apiece. Payments dur
ing 1920 probably will total SIO,OOO
apiece.
A family of five Osages will have
$50,000 to spend during the year—-
$50,000 in cash, $4,166 a month. $l3B
a day—without work and without
risk.
Pawhuska, capital of the Osage na
tion, seat of the government Indian
agency, and the nearest spending
point for the big cheeks it hands out,
is half primitive, half ultra-modern.
Pawhuska’s streets, and all the dus
ty roads that wind toward it through
the Osage hills, are bright with the
blankets of the Indians and congest
ed with their high-powered cars. An
Osage will not ride in a “Lizzie.”
There are banks insteads of saloons
here, otherwise Pawhuska is a typi
cal frontier town.
It is under the "million dollar tree"
beside the agency that auctions of oil
and gas leases are held. The bidders
that gather for these sales represent
the biggest oil interests in the world.
A lifted hand or a nod of the auc
tioneer’s head may mean a deal of a
I half a million. A single lessee at the
I last auction paid $620,000 for the
right to drill.
Only about 500 000 acres of Osage
: land have been leased. More than
i 1,000,000 acres remain.
The social register of “the Osage”
(Continued on Page 12.)
PUBLISHED IN THE
League of Nations as
Issue or No-Issue
Rests With Georgia
Result of Primary April 20 To Be of Far Reaching
Effect With Democratic Party
Organization
The Newspaper Enterprise Association one of the greatest newspaper
services in the world, serving nearly 300 daily newspapers in the United
States, a few days ago sent Harry B. Hunt, one of its staff, through the
South to look into politics. His firs t visit was to Atlanta, and he has
written the following resume of the situation in Georgia as viewed
fro mthe outside, and as he setes the results of the coming primary of
April'2o affecting the fortunes of the party in the national campaign:
BY HARRY B. HUNT.
N. E. A. Staff C
ATLANTA, April 10.-—The part
the League of Nations is to take in
the coming presidential election, if
any, will in large measure be deter
mined by the results of the Demo
cratic primaries, to be held in Geor
gia, April 20.
Georgia is, of course, a Democrat
ic state. The League of Nations is,
by edict of President Wilson, laid
down in his Jackson Day letter to
party leaders, a Democratic issue. As
the lines are now drawn, Georgia '
Democrats are offered an opportuni
ty to express their favor for any one
of the following positions upon the j
treaty.
ONE—Ratification of the treaty
unchanged, as urged by President
Wilson.
SECOND—Ratification of the
treaty with reservations; substantial
ly as voted down by the senate.
THlßD—Rejection of the entire
treaty and league covenant, as ad
vocated by the senate “irreconcili
ables.”
These three positions are repre- ;
sented, respectively, by the candi
dacies in Georgia of Atty. Gen. A.
Mitchell Palmer. Senator Hoke
Smith and Thomas C. Watson, for
mer Populist candidate for president.
As a vital factor in the fight, Wat
son may be eliminated.
That leaves the real fight between
Palmer, as champion of the Wilson
administration “in its every phase,” j
including the peace treaty exactly as j
signed at Versailles, and Smith, en
dorsing the administration in general
hut against its effort to include cot
ton in the food control bill and for
the adoption of protective reserva- ■
tions to the peace treaty. I
Victory for Palmer in the Georgia
primaries, then, will mean that the
Democrats of this state stand by the
president in his demand for ratifica-1
tion of the treaty without reserva
tions, and will put the Palmer candi- !
dacy on a firm footing.
Victory for Smith will mean re
pudiation of the president’s last-1
ditch stand on the treaty.
But victory for Smith will mean
more than that.
It will mean that the League of ;
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1920.
CHIEF BACON RIND
Before oil made the Osage In
dians wealthy all the little tots
wore Indian dress. Now that
they’re rich and intermarried many
of the youngsters are togged out
in clothes just like the white kids
wear.
lorrespondent.
Nations, without reservations, prob
ably can never be made a successful
■ issue for the Democratic party in the
campaign.
For if it is repudiated in a solidly
Democratic state, with a member of
■ the president’s official, family as its
champion, it could not reasonably
be expected to fare better in the de
batable or Republican states of the
i north.
And it means further, for the same
reason, the collapse of Palmer's pre
tentions to Democratic leadership on
; a platform upholding the Wilson ad
. ministration “in its every phase.”
One of the points most strongly
: urged by the Smith following, and
which may be a very effetcive factor
in the campaign, is that defeat of
Palmer would reveal so plainly the
“handwriting on the wall” with re
; spect to making the unreserved treaty
| a winning issue in the campaign, that
; senator Democrats who stood in line
for the president and defeated it with
reservations WOULD THEN QUICK
LY LINE UP IN FAVOR OF RES
ERVATIONS, with the result that the
i treaty could be recalled by the sen
ate and DISPOSED OF BEFORE
JUNE 1. That, however, is scarce
ly within the probabilities.
What is certain, however, is that
the Palmer-Smith fight in Georgia will
be perhaps the most bitterly contest
i ed fight in the whole United States—
not even excepting the Wood-Lowden
| fights in Illinois and Michigan or the
Wood-Harding battle in Ohio.
Palmer and his backers will bring
to bear all possible pressure of the
administration machine. But Senator
i Smith has had a hand in building the
; federal machine in Georgia, and him
; self fitted many of the cogs. He has
a strong state organization, too.
Oh, it will be a real fight, all right,
■ for these Georgians take their poli
tics as they used to take their li
quor—and still do, surreptitiously
seriouslv. And. as the following will
show, this is a serious fight.
Smith, even more than Palmer, is
fighting for his political life. He
voted in favor of reservations to the
| treaty. He must stand for re-elec
, tion to the senate this fall.
HEART OF DIXIE. !
ENGLISH IS FREED;
COLLINS’ MOTHER
SHAKESHIS HAND
Dramatic Scenes In Al
bany Court Room At
Verdict
ALBANY, April 10—R. S. English,
of Moultrie, former lieutenant in the
army and relative of numerous Sum
ter county people, was acquitted of
the murder here a few weeks ago of
Policeman Collins, after the jury had
been out fifty minutes. The veridct
was returned at 10:50 o’clock.
Dramatic scenes followed the an
nouncement of the verdict. The (
mother of. the. slain policeman, Mrs.
L. G. Collins, of Wellston, Ga., shook
hands with English, as did her two
sons, and, English said, “God bless
you all.” The sweetheart of the dead
policeman, however, burst into tears,
and said to Eaglish, “You are guilty,
you know you are, and God will pun
ish you.” She is Miss Mattie Strick
land, of Albany.
English was congratulated by his
army friends, and he shook hands
with the jurymen, judge, district at
torney and his own attorneys.
Americus Witnesses Aid.
Toward the close of the trial the
defense began putting character wit
nesses on the stand for English, and
all of them testified that they had
knowledge of the reputation for
character enjoyed by the defendant
and that it was good. The list in- I
eluded several Americus people and
many of the officers with whom Eng
lish served in the army. The first
witness was Miss Maggie Jenkins, a
teacher in the Moultrie schools, who
lives at English’s home town in
Dooly county.
J, S. Walker, of Americus, a trav
eling salesman, next testified.
J. M. Collum, former principal of
the Third District A. & M, school at |
Americus, where English graduated,
was the next witness.
T. G. Hudson, of Americus, for
mer commissioner of agriculture in I
Georgia, also testified to the good '
character of the defendant.
Major J. L. Fort, of New York, for
merly of Americus, who was Eng
lish’s battery commander, was next.
He was followed by Capt. J. R. Sla-:
ter, of Valdosta; Capt. E. R. Clark,
of Albany, and Sergeant Westbrook,
of Americus.
Makes Long Statement
After a brief intermission, during
' which time he conferred with attor
i neys, English went on the stand and
i made a statement in his own behalf.
He was before the jury 48 minutes
: during which time he seemed per
; fectly at ease and never hesitated for
a word.
He gave a history of his life from
the time of his infancy to the night of
j the shooting. He told of his mili
tary career from the date of his
Enlistment in the National Guard at
Omaha, Neb., tn July, 1916, while
I passing through there on his way
i home from a visit tn Denver vu
i his discharge at ( amp Gordon m
October, 1919. He enlisted as a
private and rose through the dif
ferent ranks to the grade of second
lieutenant. He was in the Argonne
I Forest fight and with the army of
’ cci.pat • n.
The defendant explained that he
found the German Luger pistol in
a dugout the American forces cap
tured from the Germans. The night
of the trip from Moultrie to Al
bany he went by his room to get his
overcoat, he said, saw the pistol
lying on his dresser, put it in his
pocket and brought it and cartridges
with him Hell H said that he was
not in the habit of carrying a pistol
and bad never had the Luger in
his pocket before. He also declared
that he did not often drink whisky
and had frequently refused drinks.
It was Horkan’s suggestion that they
buy the whisky that night and he
I agreed with the others.
He explained the other details of
the trip to Albany, but was not famil
iar with street names and location of
houses, as he said that his only prev
j ious visit to Albany was in the fall
of 1915 to play a game of football
with the district school team from
! Americus.
Just as they were getting ready
to return home, English said, the
shooting occurred. Newell and Mar
tin were ahead and he and Horkan
were following some distance behind,
Horkan walking in the rut on the east
side of the street and he in the one
on the west. The car passed about
that time, he said, with the curtains
’ up. As they approached the car, Eng
! lish continued, he saw Newell and
Martin and some one who was not a
I member of their party. This stranger
was dressed in civilian clothes and
wore a slouch hat. he said.
As he and Horkan approached Eng
lish stated, he heard the stranger ask
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VIRTUE CARRIES
OWN REWARD;
DOUBT IT? READ
ATLANTA, April 10.—If there is ’
anybody who believes that virtue I
doesn’t carry its own reward, let him i
or her read this little story:
Max Liberson has— 11
Never touched a drop of beer in
his life.
Has never touched a drop of wine
or whisky in his life.
Has never played a game of
cards and never gambled.
Has turned over all his money to
his wife.
Has swept the house every morn- ■
ing to lighten her burden.
Has helped her cook the meals ■
when she was tired.
Has never spoken a cross word
to her.
Mrs. Max Liberson, after standing I
it as long as she could, threw a pot of I
coffee in the face of her exemplary I
spouse and went off and got a lawyer !
to file a suit for divorce, hi which |
she alleged that the loving and devot- i
ed Max is the most tiresome mortal ;
that it was ever her misfortune to i
meet.
VETSTOBRINC
FIDDLERS AGAIN
Old Time Tunes To Be
Heard In Uniform
Benefit
Well, folks, get your ears tuned
up fo,r another session of the Old j
Fiddlers’ convention in Americus.
Following m visit here Friday of i
C. O. Perry, of Cordele, secretary of ;
the South Georgia Old Time Fid- ’
dlers’ Association, announcement was
made Saturday by Capt. Joe Day!
I Stewart, adjutant of Camp Sumter,
; U. C. V., that the old fiddlers would ,
appears here at the court house on .
Fiiday, April 23, under the auspices;
of Camp Sumter.
“We had such a great time last \
fall,” said Captain Stewart, “and so ;
many people tried to get into the j
court house who couldn’t, and the old |
boys need some brand new uniforms
so badly, that we decided it would '
be a good time to stage another fid
dlers’ meeting. The state reunion
at Dublin will be coming off before ;
a great while, and we want a new
grp” uniform for every man before
that time, so that not one who goes
to the reunion may feel ashamed of
himself. The fiddlers’ meeting last j
fall was a great success and the peo
ple who attended it had more fun !
than at a minstrel show. We are go- j
ing to have a fine entertainment I
again, with some cracking good old- |
time fiddling, and we want a cracking
good crowd, too.”
VOTES PILING UP
FOR MAY OUEEN
i
Miss Payne Still In Lead;
Three New Entries
Announced
The second count of votes in the ;
, contest for Queen of the May in the
playground festival was announced ,
j yesterday by the committee of the ;
Woman’s Club having the benefit in
| charge. Following are the standings
. as revealed by the ballots taken from
I the ballot boxes located in the drug
! stores down town :
Geraldine Payne 422, Bessie Wind
sor 22, Alice Johnson 50, Mattie Mae
Singletary 50, Charlotte Turner 30,
Hulette Humber 20, Elizabeth Shef
field 20, Mary Cannon 20, Dorothy
; Cargill 20, Alice Harrold 10, Frances
Shiver 10, Alice McNeil 20, Mary
Parker 20, Annie Ivey 20, Martha
Johnson 20, Sarah Sheffield 20, Thel
ma Easterlin 20, Orlean Ansley 20, :
Martha Ivey 20, Sarah Oliver 20,
Kathryn Hamilton 20, Mary Sue
Chambliss 20, Pauline Broadhurst
20, Isabel Wheatley 20, Nelle Hamil
ton 20, Emma Westbrook 20, Lucy
Simmons 20, Marian Creighton 11, |
i Susie Spivins 11.
Peaceful Schley County
Has Nothing For Court
Judge Littlejohn, of the Superior
court, announced yesterday he would :
| not B<> t° Ellaville Monday, the day
designated by law for opening the
i semi-annual term of the Schley Su- :
i perior court, for the reason that too
j few cases are on the docket in that
county to justify the holding of a ;
1 term of court at this time.
Schley county is regarded as one
of the most law-abiding counties in
Georgia. Its citizens take a great
; deal of pride in law enforcement. I
and juries are said to be in the habit
|of doing their duty when cases are
brought before them. As a result
; infractions of (aw and order are usu
ally at a minimum in Schley.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILSON BEING
KEPT ADVISED
OF SITUATION
Outlaw Walkouts Spread
Alarmingly New
York Hard Hit
WASHINGTON, April Lo. (By
Associated Press)—-Should the pres
| ent strike of railroad employes threat
en paralysis of transportation, the
federal government would have to
intervene, high administration offi
cials said today. The strikes are
not regarded as having reached that
■stage, however, and the opinion was
! expressed that the authorized union
! heads would be able to control with
; out government interference.
Some officials, said they-would' not ■ --
Ibe surprised if the strikes resulted «
|in a showdown between the union
officers and the leaders of the
I strikes, and declared this to be as
good a time as any for a test of
strength.
President Wilson is being kept ad
vised of developments.
FEDERAL AGENTS SEEK
CAUSE OF WALKOUTS,
NEW YORK, April 10.—Depart
ment of Justice agents today con
ferred with K. J. Mantell, represent
ing the Railroad Managers’ organiza
! tion here, regarding the strike which
has virtually tied up this district. It
was reported that federal agents had
! been sent to the Jersey City yards to
I investigate the causes for the walk
out.
The strike grew to alarming pro
i portions during the morning hours.
! Freight transportation is at a stand
| still, threatening the city’s food sup
; ply. Passenger trains on many lines
I moved haltingly and ferries ran spas
modically.
An embargo on express matter was
ordered as the strike gained ground.
The city also feared an actual
t shortage of workers as many thous
! ands of men and women who daily
I commute from New Jersey are unable
to run the strike blockade.
GOMPERS ON WAY TO
BROTHERHOOD HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, April 10.—Sam
i uel Gompers is en route from New
York to Cleveland, headquarters of
i the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
| men. Federation officials here would
j not discuss the purpose of his trip,
but it is understood he will confer
I with Brotherhood chiefs on the unau
thorized strikes of railroad employes.
35,000 MEN OUT
AS STRIKES SPREAD.
CHICAGO, April 10.—Despite as
i sertions of Brotherhood officials of a
! break in the ranks of the insurgent
Chicago switchmen, presaging a re
| turn to normal unauthorized railroad
strikes throughout the country assum-
I ed serious proportions today with re
ports indicating nearly 35,000 men
: idle.
Miss Poole Plays
At Shorter Recital
ROME, Ga., April 10. —Miss Sara
. Poole, of Americus, who is a member
of the junior class at Shorter College,
; took a very prominent part in a piano
recital given by three members of
the junior class in the college audi
torium Thursday afternoon. At the
! completion of the program, Miss ’
Poole’s friends surrounded her and
congratulated her heartily upon her
I splendid success.
The numbers played by Miss Poole
were: Shadow Dance, by McDowell;
Humoresque in G, by Rachmaninoff;
: A La Bien Aimee, by Schutt.
MARKETS
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 42 1-2 cents
NEW YORK FUTURES.
P. C. Open 11 am Close
May 41.45 41.70 41.35 41.42
July 39.25 39.35 38.94 39.15
Oct .15.35 35.35 34.98 35.22
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
P. C. Open 10 am Close
May 40.85 41.40 40.62 40.30
July 38.45 39.00 38.43 38.48
Oct. 35.13 35.00 35.12 35.08
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET.
MOULTRIE. April 10. Hogs
> 165 lbs and up, 14 l-4@ 14 3-4 c; 135
to 165 lbs, 13 3-4c; 110 to
135 lbs, 12 1-44D12 3-4 c; 110 lbs and
down, 10 1-40 10 3-4 c.
Roughs and skips are priced on a
basis of quality. Piggy sows docked
40 lbs. Stags docked 70 lbs. Prices
jf. o. b. Moultrie.
Forecast for Georgia—Fair Sun
j day with rising temperature.
Rains probably the first part of
the week and generally fair there
after and cool r>: ete r ’ for 'he
; coming week in the southeastern
states.