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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 172
DRYS FAVOR BRYAN TO HEAD OWN TICKET
SHAMROCK, OFF
AGAIN IN LEAD,
IS LEFT BEHIND
American Cup Defender
Overcomes Challenger
After Start
SANDY HOOK, N. Y., July 21—
With two victories to her credit, the
challenger Shamrock led across the
starting line in today’s race for the
American cup, defended by the Res
olute.
The starting signal sounded at 1
o’clock after a delay caused by a lack
of breeze. The Shamrock crossed at
1:00:22 and the Resolute at 1:00:41
and both breezed away on the first
fifteen mile leg of the thirty mile
lege of the windward leeward course.
At 1:40 the Shamrock was well
ahead of the Resolute and with Pi
lot Seabright aboard evidently was
holding well inshore for a breeze.
At 1:58 the Resolute established
herself on the Shamrock’s weather
quarter and was leading the challen
ger by 200 yards.
Hearing in Cutting is
Waived by Cars well
Clarence Carswell, whose \ comi
mitment hearing on a charge of as
sault with intent to murder, follow
ing his cutting of Heys McMath,
proprietor of the Americus Steam
Laundry, in the laundry office in
the course of a dispute several days
ago, has waived a hearing and been
bound over to the grand jury where
the charge against him wiH be con
sidered at its next sitting.
A member of the McMath family
stated today it had been established
that Mr. Carswell had his knife open
before the encounter, which he
indicated, would play an important
part when the case comes up so
trial.
Mr. McMath, it turned out, was:
not seriously hurt in the encounter,
and is daily in charge of his busi
ness.
Oil Truck Takes Fire;
Driver Ends Danger
The fire department was called to |
Hampton street bottom this morn
ing to a gasoline fire, with 400 gallons
of that inflammable material serious
ly endangered. The fire was on a
truck belonging to the Gulf Refining
Co., and the cause of ignition could j
not be definitely ascertained, though!
Chief Naylor attributed it to a back
fire, the engine of the truck being I
the first to blaze. The truck was;
driven by Dan Edge, a former mem
ber of the fire department, and his!
presence of mind in using the hand;
fire extinguisher carried on the]
truck, in all probability, prevented i
a serious blaze.
Triangular Park on
Church St. Planned
Paving plans for Church street,
as tentatively approved by City En
gineer Tiedemann today, provide for
the creation of a small park at the
intersection of Prince and Church
streets, where the latter thorough
fare is unusually wide. This will re
suit in a substantial saving to the
abutting property owners, and will
add to the beauty of the neighbor
hood as well. The proposed park
will be triangular in shape and about
the size of that at the intersection
of Brown and Taylor streets, which
now adds so much to appearances
in that section of Americus.
Harding Expected To
Bridge Differences
MARION, 0., July 21. Sena
tor Harding’s speech of acceptance
tomorrow is expected by his close
associate to give prominence to the
foreign policy of President Wilson
and the League of Nations in such
way as to advance the campaign to
ward a squarely joined issue between
the two political parties.
Confidence was expressed that he
will make a declaration squaring
with the party platform and party
record, bridging successfully the Re
publican difference of opinion which
threatened to split them at Chicago.
Chinese Military
Party to Surrender
PEKIN, China, July 19.
(Monday)—Peace terms amount-:
ing to i complete capitulation
of the military party have beea of
fered by General Tuan Chi Jui, the
army’s commander, it was stated to-;
day. The terms are being communi- 1
cated to the leaders of the Chi Sli j
faction.
NO BOILER INSPECTION.
ATLANTA, July 21.—The Geor
gia Senate has defeated the state
boiler inspector bill advocated by
the department of commerce and la
bor, providing for periodical inspec
tion of all boilers, except those oper
ated in private residences.
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WARNS COAL MEN
OF U.S. CONTROL
Failure to Meet Needs
Means its Continuance,
They’re Told
WASHINGTON, July 21. The
bituminous coal operators were
warned today by J. D. A. Morrow
vice-president of the National Coal
Association, that their failure to
meet the urgent fuel needs of the
country at this time would mean
continuous government control of
the industry. Morrow urged im
mediate increased production and
co-operation with the interstate com
merce commission in getting coal
moved to the northwest, New England
and upper New York.
Danish Sovereignty
Os Greenland Planned
COPENHAGEN, July 21—An at
tempt to reach North Point and thus
complete the Danish exploration of
North Greenland will be made by
Lange Koch, the young Danish sci
entist and Polar explorer, this sum
mer. The aim of his expedition, which
is expected to last about two years,
aside from scientific purposes, is to
secure Danish sovereignty of all
Greenland.
Koch, who in the capacity of ge
ologist participated in Knud Rasmus
sen’s last expedition, hopes to reach
Inglefield Gulf by motorship and in
August or September will endeavor
to establish a depot 250 miles north
east of there. A mechanic will be the
only white man to accompany him,
the other members of the expedition
being eskimoes.
Henry Ford has placed an ice
crawling tractor at Koch’s disposal,
al.
feather
Forecast for Georgia—Probably lo
cal thundershowers tonight and
Thursday.
The oldest bank notes in the world
were issued in China 2879 years be
fore the Christian era.
THE TIMKSrECO RDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEAR~OF
TURKEY DECIDES TO SIGN
ALLIED PEACE TREATY
Greek Vanguard Enters
Adrianople, Moslems
Announce
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 21—
(By Associated Press) —Turkey has
decided to sign the peace treaty, it
was announced officially today.
The Turkish war office was advis
ed today that the vanguard of the
Greek army had entered Adrianople.
ALLIED OFFICIALS ACCUSED
IN TURKS’ CONFESSION
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20—
(Tuesday)—(By Associated Press)
—Wholesale arrests were made here
today in connection with the alleged
plot to promote a general uprising
of Moslems against foreign occupa
tion. A confession of cne of the plot
ters is reported to have implicated
high officials of the Entente Pow
ers in an alleged conspiracy which
was directed chiefly against the Brit
ish.
Prayer Altars Urged
In Baptist Homes
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 21—The
Baptists of the south have been ask
ed by their conservation commission
to establish prayer altars in their
Tiomes for daily worship. In a mes
sage to the Baptists the commission
says the deepening of the religious
life in the home of the people will
go a long way toward the solution of
the religious, social and domestic
problems which confront the country.
Other recommendations to the lo
cal churches made by the commission
relate to the prompt payment of all
pledges to the $75,000,000 campaign
and provision for more adequate sal
aries for pastors. It also is recom
mended that the week of November
28 to December 5, the anniversary of
the Victory week in the original cam
paign last year, be observed in all lo
cal churches.
According to a group of British
engineers, electric power can be pro
duced by harnessing the tides of two
rivers in Scotland at two-thirds the
cost of that generated by steam.
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1920
Iyoung bergdoll
[GIVES SELF UP
’ Accused Draft Dodger
Surrenders at Govern
or’s Island
NEW YORK, July 21.—Erwin
Gergijoll, younger half-brother of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll who dis
. appeared from his Philadelphia home
about two years ago and since has
i been sought on charges of draft
J evasion, today surrendered at Gov
; emor’s Island.
With Bergdoll when le surrender
! ed was Judge James Roemig, of
Philadephia, a person 1 friend of the
' Bergdoll family, who himself is un
der indictment in connection with
Grover Bergdoll’s escape.
Calls Soviet’s Peace
Note Propaganda
LONDON, July 21. Premier
! I Lloyd George, addressing the Com
‘' mons today, said the Soviet answer
1 to the Allies regarding peace with.
Poland was incoherent, am-
■ biguous and propaganda largely
i j intended for home consumption so far
>I as he could understand, however,
I the Soviet indicated its willingness
: to negotiate directly with Poland.
Reception For Aggie
l Students is Arranged
1 The Woman’s club of Americus is
• giving an informal reception at the
■ Community Service House this eve-
• ning at 8 o’clock in honor of the stu
: dents who are attending the Summer
• Short Course at the Third District
- Agricutural school. A musical nro-
gram has been arranged for the eve
ning entertainment.
i
Experiments are being made in
j i Japan with ginseng with a view to
i; maturing the plant in less time than
the six years generally required.
HARDWICK HEARD
IN VIGOROUS PLEA
BY VOTERS HERE
Former Senator Ridi
cules Opponents in
Governor’s Race
Before a mixed audience that
completely filled the court room of
the Sumter coui.ty courthouse, for
mer Senator Thomas W. Hardwick
last night made as eloquent and ear
nest a plea for the support of the
voters of this community in his race
for the governorship as has been
heard here in many days. His talk,
delivered with great power and en
thusiasm, lacked that bitterness which
which had been expected by many
of his hearers who know by having
heard him before or from his repu
tation something of his ability as a
fighter and his inclination to take
the initiative whenever a fight pre-,
sents itself. His speech apparently!
pleased a great monv of his hearers,
and seemed to displease few, even!
those who bitterly oppose him in this
race.
In forceful language he presented:
his case in separate divisions, first
reviewing the recent senatorial pri
mary fight and the state convention,
culminating in the refusing of the
San Francisco convention to seat the
Georgia convention delegates. This
he followed with a statement of the
principles for which he stands as
against his opponents and answered
the charge that he was running for
governor on national, not state is
sues.
Answers Red Charge..
He closed with a reply to the
charge that he is a ‘‘Bolshevist, Red
or Radical,” for having accepted em
ployment as attorney defending Mar
tens, the Russian representative m
this country, in the senate investiga
tion of the latter. To this latter
charge he declared that the constitu
tion of the United States guarantees
every accused man the right of coun
sel; that Aaron Burr, accused of
treason, was defended by half a
dozen of the most prominent Ameri
can lawyers of the times; that Jeffer
son Davis, accused of treason, was
defended by several of the Norths
most brilliant lawyers and acquitted,
and that in neither of these cases
were the defending attorneys accus
ed of sanctioning the crime with
which the men they were defending
were charged.
‘‘Whoever heard of Clifford Wal
ker refusing a $30,000 fee?” he
queried. “Nobody, and they never
will, because he will never be offer
ed one.” .
The former senator was applaud
ed occasionally during his speech,
but most of the time he was heard
with studious attention. He was in
good voice and spoke with a clear
annunciation that made every word,
heard distinctly in all parts of the;
hall His speech was not the .ire |
some sort which characterizes so
manv political addresses, but kept
his hearers interested all the time..
And it afforded entertainment for,
those who did not agree with vha.|
he had to say.
Introduced by Dr. Bona
Mr. Hardwick was introduced by
Dr B F. Bond, county health com- i
missioner. Dr. Bond’s remarks were in ;
defense of the record of Mr. Hard->
wick as a man who stands by his con-|
victions, whether they please those in ■
authority or not, and as a defender of
the rights of the common people. He
declared that his stand during the
war was not disloyal, giving this as j
the judgment of a man who had been ;
in the service during the war—him
self. ,
Mr. Hardwick opened with a com
pliment to South Georgia, in which
he was born and which he said he
loved as a boy and still loves. He men
tioned the flag floating over our fed
eral building as the most beautiful
emblem in the world and declared
that “if I had ever been disloyal to
that flag I would not dare to stand
here and face you tonight.” He de
clared that the country had passed
through pei|ij?us times, that “the
night of intolerance and injustice of i
autocracy and one-man government,;
has been spent and the dawn of free-1
dom streaks our skies again.” j
He reviewed the recent presidential
primary in Georgia, the fixing of the
rules by tha “bosses” of the state
convention; of the Palmer delegates
participating in the convention from
first to last and being defeated and
then the Palmer delegation going to
San Francisco to represent the state
of Georgia which had repudiated it.
“Oh, yes, we have bosses, big and
little, in Georgia,” he declared, “but
we’re not going to have them much ;
longer.”
He characterized Palmer as the
self-appointed candidate who went to
San Francisco known as the “Fight
ing Quaker,” and came away known
as the “Quaking Fighter.”
He declared that, while Palmer had
less than one-third the total vote cast
in the state primary, standing on the
unqualified endorsement of the
League of Nations, to more than two
thirds for Smith and Watson, who op
posed it as it stood, he himself was
(Continued or page 5)
CONFEDERATE
MONEY GOOD
IN GERMANY
BERLIN, July 21.—American
** Confederate currency in large
quantities has been discovered in
! circulation in Berlin and other
! parts of Germany. Outlawed pa
-1 per money has found ready tak
ers among the unsuspecting who
I have rapidly exchanged it for
marks at current rates. One |
merchant is known to have giv- I
en 28,000 marks for a bundle of
Confederate bills.
The American Chamber of
Commerce here has issued a
warning urging Germans and all
others to have American money
carefully inspected by banks be
fore accepting it.
SEE JUDGE CRISP
ASNEXT SPEAKER
Chance for Place if Party
Wins Regarded as
Good
The Atlanta Constitution today
publishes an article from Washing
ton upon me possiomty of Cbm
gressman Chas. R. Crisp, of this dis
trict becoming the next speaker of
the national House of Representa
tives. In the absence of Judge
Crisp from home today Mrs. Crisp
declined to comment*, but was in
clined to treat the matter lightly.
The article follows:
BY R. E. POWELL
WASHINGTON, July 20—Georgia
or North Carolina may furnish the;
next speaker of the national house!
of representatives in the event of
democratic success in November. i
It is more than an even bet, dem-i
ocratic members of the house said:
today that either Claud Kitchen of
the Tar Heel State, or Judge Chas.
R. Crisp, of the Third Georgia dis
trict, .may be chosen ne.vt March
if the’ Democrats organize the lower|
branch of congress.
Democratic success is confidently!
expected by the narty men here and
not in the stereotyped manner of I
stage politicians who pay no attcn-l
tion to the straws in the wind. The!
Cox-Roosevelt ticket, the chieftains;
declare; has struck a popular cord!
and is sure to win out over the Ra-|
publican senatorial oligarchy person- ’
ified in Candidate Harding.
Overturn I* Expected.
“There are more than 100 districts,
in the United States now held by!
the Republicans that we expect to |
overturn this fall,” Representative !
Edward W. Pou, member of the;
Democratic congressional campaign i
committee, said today. “We con-1
sider these districts not only debat-1
able ground, but we believe that we
are going to win iri them.
“Os course,” t he added, “there are j
some Democratic districts in which,
the situation looks dark now. It
may be that in few of them we will
lose because of local conditions. In;
larger measure, however, especially i
where the issues of the party are
the main concern of the voters, we
are going to win.”
The prospect of Democratic suc
cess is alluring, so much so that;
Democratic members of congress are !
doping out the committee assign
ments they expect to receive. One
of the members doing a little figuring
today found out that Representative
Gordon Lee, of Georgia, will be
chairman of the agricuture commit
tee of the house should ne return
next March. This committee, under
the Cox program of having a real
“dirt farmer” as head of the agri
cultural department, promises to be
one of the most important of the;
house.
Interest in North Carolina and
Georgia, it was said here today, will
be great over the possibility that one
state or the other will furnish the
speaker of the next house. The
fighting Carolinian has ambitions in
that direction and also Judge Crisp
both of whom are great friends.
Kitchin’s Health May Bar.
Mr. Kitchin, by reason of senior
ity and his rank on the ways and
means committee, would by all the
rules be first in line. But in con
sidering his availability for the place, |
his physical condition must be taken
into account and his friends in Wash
ington fear that he would not be a re
ceptive candidate even if he knew!
that he could have it. Others, though!
insist that that Mr. Kitchin is re-!
covering rapidlv from his recent
stroke of paralysis and that when
the next session of congress opens
he will be on hand in his usual vigor |
and good health.
Judge Crisp, his fellow members
say, practically is certain to be a
candidate for the speakership if it
is a Democratic house. It is con
ceded generally that he will make a
strong run. If Mr. Kitchin wants to;
be speaker, Judge Crisp would hard-;
ly oppose him and by the same rule
if the state of Mr. Kitchin’s health
is such that he cannot accept the
place a large part of his following
in the house would go to Judge Crisp.
They are both warm personal friends.
Mr. Kitchin is now ranking member
of the ways and means committee
(Contirued on Page 4.)
OPEN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN
BRYAN’S TOWN
Fight Not Ended, Both
Old Leaders Wet, Says
Hinshaw
LINCOLN, Neb., July 2 1 —The pro
hibition, Iparty 'opened its national
convention here today, much of the
three days session to given over to
jubilation over the downfall of John
Barleycorn.
Calling the convention to order
Virgil G. Hingshaw, chairman of the
prohibition national committee, told
the delegates they had come togeth
er to “select a burial lot for John
Barleycorn.” The other political
parties, he said, “out of respect to
John’s relatives have voted that he
shall lie in state for another four
years to be viewed by the American
people.
“The Democratic platform :s sil
ent, the Republican platform is sil
ent,” the prohibition national chair
man continued. “Harding owns
brewery stock, he is not a prohibition
ist at heart. Cox is wet. The fu
ture is before us, the campaign is
upon us.
“We want to do the wisest thing,
the best thing for the prohibition
movement and for the country. It
was our fervent wish that every po
litical party would this year fall in
line with the constitution of the
United States, with the congress of
the United States, with the Supreme
court of the United States, and re
cognize openly and avowedly the set
tlement of this question. The other
parties have failed. What shall we
do?”
13th Setsion.
Turning to measures other than
prohibition which the party had
championed, Chairman Hinsaw said,
“As we assemble here for the thir
teenth time in fifty-one years we do
so with a realization that we have
had part in more than one battle
and for the solution of more than
one problem. While we have been
a party with an eye sing'e to the
solution of one great problem we
have at the same time aimed at the
solution and reached the solution of
many problems.
“We, for example, st-iod for wo
man suffrage in 1872, which was
forty years before the Progressive
party was born and forty years be
fore any other party assumed the
same position. We advocated civil
service reform the same year and
thus preceded the Democrats by foui
years and the Republicans by twelve
years. We champiioned the direct
election of U. S. senators in 1872.
The Republican party never cham
ppioned that issue and the Democrit
ic party not until 1900 or twenty
eight years thereafter.
“We favored two-cent letter post
age in 1872 and thus beat every oth
er political party to that proposition
by the space of sixteen years. We
stood for international arbitration in
1876; the Republican party lid not
not advocate until 1904, or twenty
eight years thereafter and the Pro
gressive party not until 1912, or
thirty-six years thereafter. We op
posed lotteries and gambling in 1876;
no other political party ever oppos
ed such in platform in convention.
Other Pronouncement*,
“We went after thejand grabbers
and specuators in 1876 and thus
beat the Republican party to it by
eight years and the Progressive party
by thirty-eight years. We have op
posed polygamy since 1876; the
Democratic party never opposed that
institution in national platform or
convention. We have opposed the
white slave traffic since 1876; no
other political party ever opposed
that issue in national pl atform or
plafrom or convention. We have ad
vocated uniform marriage and di
vorce laws since 1888; no other po
litical party has ever championed
that isseu in national platform or
convention.
“We have stood for income tax
since 1896; the Republican party
never favored it and the Democratic
pasty not until 1908 or twelve years
thereafter. We opposed child labor
in 1908 and thus beat the Progres
sives to it by a period of four years.
We favored the conservation of nat
ural resources in 1908 and thus beat
the Democratic and Progressives by
four years.
“As a matter of fact, we have
preceded every other political party
of importance, Democratic, Progres
sive or Republican, in the champion
ship of every vital issue during our
fifty-one years of history. Haven’t
we been some party? What would
the American people have done with
out us? Where would this country
be today had it not been for the ex
istence of an organization which was
brave enough and pure enough and
strong enough to give birth to ideals
unpopular and seemingly weak in
their incipiency but all-powerful in
their onward conquering march.
“Whatever else we may remember,
let us remember this—that, we have
stored for national prohibition since
1869. No other political party has
ever championed that issue in na
tional platform or convention.
(Continued on Last Page.)
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