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PRESS NEWS
OF THE WORLD
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 174
POLAND BEGS U. S. TO LEND MORAL SUPPORT
BRIBERY BY JAPS
AIDS BAYONETS
IN SIBERIA CRAB
I
Russians Forced to Sub
mit to Arrogant Ulti
matum
(Correspondent Mason, who dis- !
patch recently revealed Japans’ se
cret war of conquest in Siberia, re
veals today the steps Japan has taken
to confirm by war her title to the
rich maritime provinces of Siberia.)
By JACK MASON,
Manager, Far East Bureau, N. E. A.
SHANGHAI, China, July 23.—8 y
bribery and bayonet Japan has gain
ed bloody title to the rich resources
of Eastern Siberia, and is now nail
ing down the loot with bullets.
Gold, timber, mines, narbors —the
untold wealth of great provinces big
ger than many American states—
constitute the prize.
I am able today to quote from au
thentic documents issued by the Jap
anese themselves, including the ulti
matum they threw down to the Pro
visional Russian government, expect
ing a refusal of its harsh terms
wquld give excuse for attack.
* -As' all the world knows, Japan’s
original pretext for sending troops to
Siberia was to help the Czech soldiers
get out. That was also the reason
given the U. S. presence in Siberia,
and when the Czechs were safely
through to the sea coast, and de
parting, the United States got out.
The Japs did not, though they had
promised to.
Jap detachments on police duty in
Amur province, in Suchan mine dis
trict, and other sections, were con
centrated at strategic points. This
preliminary to withdrawal to Ja
pan, said the general commanding the
Fourteenth Japanese division.
Siberians’ Relief Short-Lived.
Siberia breathed a great sigh of
relief for the American soldiers were
respected, even entreated to remain,
jthe Jap occupation had been arrog
ant and brutal.
The Provisional Russian govern
ment, with headquarters at Vladi
vostok, was maintaining law and or
der. It had resulted from a great
popular uprising against the reac
tionary Russian generals, Rozanoff,
Seminoff and Kalmikoff. They were
overthrown. Kamilkoff was taken
prisoner by the Chinese. Rozan
off fled to Japan. All were known
to be in the pay of Japan, although
professing to be fighting to save Si
beria from Bolshevism.
The revolution was so quickly suc
cessful that the Japanese generals
soon declared neutrality, and then ac
cepted the new Russian government
on an outward basis of friendly,
peaceful co-operation.
At the head of this government
was a Russia., of probity and promi
nence, Medaredeft, president of all
the zemstvos (local councils) of the
maritime province.
But soon came signs that Japan
did not intend to quit Siberia in a
hurry. Japanese soldiers dug new
trenches around their barracks in
Vladivostok. They took' possession
of Tiger Hill, with fortifications com
manding the city. They denied the
provisional government access to the
Russian military stores, for use
against wandering bands of reaction
aries, although the other allied ad
vises favored giving it .
Proclamation of March 31.
On March 31 a Japanese procla
mation, referring to Japan’s public
promise to quit Siberia when the
Czech were out, said:
“Japan, standing geographically in
a different relationship than other
countries, must consider its peculiar
position. Particularly it must be
considered that the political situation
in Siberia has direct and imediate
bearing on Manchuria and Korea.
♦ * * * The Imperial government
cannot see its way clear to recall its
expeditionary forces just at present.”
Then followed another promise to
withdraw, at some unknown future
time.
Five days later the Jap general,
Takaganagi, handed to the provisional
Russian government arrogant writ
ten demands, including:
Free provision of Japanese troops
with “all means necessary for their
sojourn, i. e., quarters, provisions,
ways of communication, correspon
dvjnce etc.
Suppression of “secreta socitites
and groups which threaten the safe
ty of our forces and the peace and
security in Korea and Manchuria.”
Suppression of Japanese criticism
ii) ” ’ssian papers.
j provisional Russian govern
ment “to submit to all the agree
ments which have been made our
government and our command on the
other hand and the Russian authori
ties on the other * * * * whenever
such agreements might have been
concluded.”
Thus by this last demand, the Si
berians were ordered to agree to all
the illegal grants and concessions
bought from reactionary Russian gen
erals by the Japanese.
This ultimatum was so stiff no one
in Vladivostok expected the Russians
would yield. But they did, within
24 hours, knowing they were help
less. Perhaps they expected later to
find away out. It was agreed that
PRINCE DANCED
‘ SIX TIMES WITH
AMERICUS GIRL
/V/J5 CAROLYN GRAN BERRY
The sensation of the visit of the
Prince of Wales to the Canal Zone
a few weeks ago on his trip to the
Antipodes was the fact that he danc
ed six times in one evening at a ball
in his honor with the same girl, Miss
Carolyn Cranberry, daughter of Olin
Granberry, a Canal Zone official, in
stead of passing the honors around as
was expected of him. It developed
that Miss Granberry found
much favor in the eyes of the
young crown prince, and that the re
peated dances were upon his insist
ence. Miss Granberry is a former
Americus girl, her father having been
reared here and she having made her j
home here with her mother through
one winter six years ago. Se is a
cousin of Miss Mildred Granberry, of i
Americus and bears a close resem
blance to her. She also has otherj
close relatives here.
u.s. yacht leads
UPTON’S CRAFT
IN FOURTH RACE
Resolute Gets Best of
Start—Must Win
Today
BULLETIN-
SANDY HOOK, N. J., July 23
The American defender, Resolute,
defeated the Shamrock IV, in the
fourth race of the international cup I
match today.
SANDY HOOK, N. J., July 23
The defender Resolute dashed first
across the line today at the start of
the fourth international yacht race
which she must win to prevent Sir
Thomas Lipton from lifting the cup.
The Shamrock IV crossed a half min
ute behind.
The starting signal sounded at 1
o’clock after a delay caused by fog.
The triangular course ordered to
windward from Ambrose lightship,
south, south-west down the Jersey
shore, a reach east by north out to
sea and another reach back to the
lightship.
The Resolute had the better of the
start and at 1:37 was leading the
Shamrock by a quarter of a mile. At
2:05 the Shamrock came about and
headed off-shore. The Resolute cross
ed the Shamrock’s bows at 2:07, then
came about on a starboard tack and
planted squarely on the challenger's
quarter.
Sold Stolen Chickens
For Pair of New Shoes
Dennis Smith, a negro living on
the farm of Dr. J. C. Berry, near
Americus, was arrested late yesterday
on a chicken stealing charge. He is
alleged to have taken a hen and a
rooster belonging to Golden Wright,
a neighbor, and sold them for a pail
of shoes to another negro living near
by on the farm of Luther Allison.
Smith admitted to Sheriff Harvey
that he stole the chickens and will be
carried before Judge Harper to enter
a plea at an early date.
Herman Schneider, left this after
noon for Macon on a business trip,
official signatures would be affiixed
the next day.
That very night the Russians were
attacked by Japanese troops in va
rious cities and towns. Many Rus
sian companies, taken by surprise,
surrendered without assistance. Oth
ers fought pluckily, but were defeat
ed. The attacks were yithout pro
vocation.
Whether the Russians have formal
ly signed is still in doubt here.
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10 MORE SLAIN
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BELFASTSTREETj
Sinn Fein-Ulster Battle
Breaks Out Anew
Today
BELFAST, Ireland, July 23.
Shooting was renewed this morning
in the Kasmir street area where bit
ter fighting occurred last night be
tween unionists and Sinn Feiners.
Ten persons were killed and morf
than one hundred wounded in laat
night’s fighting.
BIG WAREHOUSE
DEAL JS CLOSED
Burke and Humber Ac
quire Half of Bank
Property
One of the most important down
town real estate deals taking place in
some time, announced today, was
that by" which C. H. Burke and W.
M. Humber, proprietors of the Com
mercial Warehouse, come into pos
session of W. E. Mitchell’s one-half
interest in the entire Commercial
City Bank building and the cotton
warehouse located in the same build
ing and rear, now occupied by them.
In exchange Mr. Mitchell receives a
on-half interest in the Parker end
Council warehouse on Cotton avenue
and a sum of money, said to be $15,-
000 besides. In addition Messrs
Burke and Humber agree to bear one
half the expense of the repair work
on the warehouse now under way.
Mr. Mitchell for some time had
been owner of one-half the Parker
and Council warehouse property and
the transaction gives him entire own
ership of it. On the other hand, it |
relieves him of any interest whatso
ever in the bank block which he
helped to erect and which he had held
for a number of years.
One result of the transfer, it is j
said, will be that Messrs. Burke and ]
Humber will remain in their present
location. Their lease on the premises
is understood to have almost expired
and preparations were being made
for them to move to a new location
when the acquisition of one-half in
terest in the property gave them the
opportunity to remain.
Would Penalize False
Or Misleading Ads
ATLANTA, July 23.—A bill to
: make unlawful the publication of
false or misleading statements in ad
vertisements of any form has been
introduced in the house of represent
atives by the Fulton county delega
tion at the request of the Atlanta
Ad Men’s club, supported by the ad
men over the state. The bill would
make it a misdemeanor to publish in
any newspaper, magazine, poster, let
ter or card a false or misleading
statement concerning any article of
fered for sale.
The bill would further make it a
misdemeanor for any newspaper,
magazine, or publishing house to
knuodingly give publication to a n
advertisement containig such false or
misleading statements. The passage
of such a law is a part of the general
crusade of the advertising clubs for
clean advertising.
Hunter in Charge
Os Local Gas Plant
J. J. Hunter, formerly service man
in the gas department of the Ameri
cus Lighting Co., was placed in
charge of the gas plant July 1, it be
i came known today, and his friends
mentioned in connection there
with the fact that gas ser
vice furnished by the company
since that time habeen excellent.
Mr. Hunter is an old experienced gas
man, trained in the methods of gas
I making and handling of a plant, and
has let it be known that the service
will be still further improved.
Export and Import
Records are Smashed
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Ex
i ports for the fiscal year ended June
i3O reached a new higher record of
! $18,110,000,000, but as the import
| records also were smashed the net
trade balance in favor of this coun
try for the year was only $2,870,000,-
000, as compared with more than four
billions a year ago.
Hangs After Trying
Suicide in His Cel!
WILMINGTON, Del., July 23.
After an unsuccessful effort to com
mit suicide in his cell, Isaah Foun
tain, a negro, was hanged early to
day in the jail at Easton for crimi
nal assault on a white girl.
Fountain had escaped twice and
the state had paid a reward of $5,000
for his second capture.
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, 1920
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BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH
(Copyright, 1920.)
(ARTICLE IV.)
REV AL, Esthonia, July 23.—What j
amazed me as much as anything else
in Pskov was the fact that thousands
of Russian people still flocked to the
churches.
I had understood that the church
had been abolished by Lenin and Trot
zky as an idolotrous and superstitious
institution devised to keep the poor
and ignorant contented.
And yet in a town alive with the |
fluttering red flags of a Socialist revo- i
lution, generously plastered with col
ored posters and lurid cartoons sym
bolizing the downfall of the Czar,
the church and the capitalist, I found ’
the great cathedral the busy rallying
point of a devout townspeople and j
peasantly from the surrounding
country.
On a hill that dominates the whole
town, is the cathedral, a wonderful
snow-white building with five bulbous
domes of dull lead, built in 1138. The
archbishop of Pskov, by the way, is
a refugee in Reval, Esthonia.
The wild jangling of bells, big and I
little, drew me cathedralwards the:
first Sunday.
Soldiers, peasants, young girls
(who always manage to find a bright
silk handkerchief for their heads),
old and bent women, big bearded |
moujiks, were passing through an old
stone archway into the Kremlin and
climbing the hill.
The steep roadway was lined with
beggars in rags and mendicants sell
ing crudely colored religious pictures.
Many walked to church in bare feet
putting their shoes at the door.
Outside the cathedral, on the grass
in the blazing sun, three “popes,” or
priests, were conducting separate
services.
To the uninitiated the ritual of
the Rusisan church is bewildering.
WOMAN’S
FOUNDJN TRUNK
Express Employes Os
New York Make Grim
Discovery
NEW YORK, July 23.—The nude
' body of a woman jammed, in a trunk,
' was found this morning by employes
of the American Railway Express
. Co. among unclaimed baggage in an
East Forty-fourth street warehouse.
The trunk had been received here
from Detroit June 17.
Z. H. Gilreath came down from
Macon this afternoon to Spend sev
eral days as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Pouncey.
The mean annual temperature of
the earth is 59 degrees. Farenheit.
RUSSIANS FLOCK INTO
‘abolished; churches
Correspondent Duckworth Finds Pskov Cathedral
Rallying Place For Devout
Townspeople
The priests in gorgeous robes of gold,
silver and scarlet silk, heavily em
broidered with yards of wonderful
lace, were standing before improvised
altars. They were chanting at a rapid
rate, but with the characteristic rich,
deep voice of the Russian, the pray
ers. They held sacred images in
their hands.
The people crowded around them,
crossing themselves 20 times a min
ute or falling on their knees to kiss
the ground.
The picture was one of great con-!
trasts. On the one hand were the'
magnificently arrayed priests, on thej
other, the ragged, hungry people. The!
domes of the catredral lifted them
selves to a clear blue sky; down be-j
low from the Kremlin walls could be
seen drab figures (I knew of famish
ed people) crawling across the mar
ket place or up and down the crooked
streets.
Inside mass was being held. The
cathedral was jammed to the doors.
The singing and the prayers were 1
over. The priests were passing to
and fro among the congregation in-1
censing all the sacred images hung!
on the walls. ■.
Devout, religious fervor on the 1
part of the people I found every-1
where in Red Russia. In a small vil
lage about ten miles out of Pskov |
I had a chat with a priest.
“The Bolshevika are leaving us
alone now,” he told me. “At first we
suffered great persecution and priests
were murdered right and left.
“The Bolsheviks came here, slashed
our robes and altar cloths with their
bayonets and murdered two of our
priests (I was shown the desecrated
garments.) .
“The Russians are a religiously in
clined people. Take away their relig
ion and give nothing in its place and
they become utterly demoralized. Re
ligion must be the basis of any mode
of living, however advanced.”
FRENCHMARCir
ON DAMASCUS
Advance Begins When
Syrian King Ignores
Ultimatum
BEIRUT, July 22.—(Thursday)
French troops, in view of 4 he failure
of King Feisal, of Syria, to begin
th > execution of the ultimatum terms,
began to march on Damascus yester
day. They encountered no opposi
tion, proceeding toward Aleppo.
baffler
Forecast for Georgia—Fair to
night; Saturday partly cloudy. Prob
ably showers south portion.
J ABOVE—Governor Cox holding
little Fredenia Barton, who gave him
the welcome bouquet, and Franklin
D, Rooaevelt at the Washington, D.
C. depot last Sunday. BELOW—The
crowd waiting outside the depot to
cheer Cox.
SEABOARD NOT
| TO CUT FORCES:
i
Report of PlarJflrenied
by The Vice-Pres
ident
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NORFOLK, Va., July 23.—A report
' that the Seaboard Air Line intended
I a widespread reduction in tts force
I of employees was denied today by 1
IH. J. Caples, vice-president in
charge of operations.
hardingFurges
TENN. TO RATIFY
>
> Senator Follows Lead of
Cox on Suffrage
Issue
[ MARION, 0., July 23—“ Earnest
hope” that the Republican members
, of the Tennessee legislature will sup
' port the ratification of the federal
; I suffrage amendment was expressed
' by Senator Harding today in a tele-
I gram to John S. Shok, a member of
j the Tennessee senate.
j Canning Plant Here
Ends Successful Run
/1
The Americus Canning Co., finish
s ed a sucessful season’s pack this as
s ternoon and the plant was closed,
3 so far as the further canning of fruit
or vegetables there this year is con
-1 cerned. Messrs. S. E. Roberts, E. R.
r McShane and H. T. Golding, who
r came here to direct the operation of
1 the plant will be in Americus some
time yet, but all employes of the
■ plant were released this afternoon.
- About sixty negro women were em
i ployed there during the packing sea-
- son, and all of these were released
B to engage in other work. The com
pany canned, one official estimated
• this afternoon, more than a million
cans of peaches, and had only a small i
quantity of fruit on hand when the;
supply of cans became exhausted.
1 Harry Bowers’ Arm
1 Broken While Playing
Harry Bowers, the little six-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bow
ers, was painfully hurt while at play
1 this afternoon near his home, having
| his arm broken. With a number of
! other boys who live in the neighbor
' hood he was playing “circus” and in
' some manner fell, breaking his right
arm. The injury is very painful, but
~ physicians who attended him said
e the break was not an unusually seri
n ous one. The accident was wholly
’’ unavoidable, and is regretted alike
‘i by all his young playmates who
'";were with him at the tims.
KIWANIANS DINE TONIGHT.
A brief business meeting of the
! members of the Kiwanis club will be
held tonight at the Windsor hotel
at 8:15 o’clock, just preceding the
club’s first Ladies’ Night dinner,
>- which will take place in the main
h dining room of the hotel at 8:30
o’clock.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
INVITES WORD
FROM WILSON
TO AIDCOURAGE
Armistice Proposals are
Sent Direct to Soviet,
Says Message
WASHINGTON, July 23.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —Poland has asked
the state departmentJformallv to an
nounce to the world the “moral sup
port” of the United States to Poland
in its battle with the Bolsheviki.
The suggestion is also made that a
similar expression from President
Wilson would be welcome and would
do much to stiffen the morale of the
Polish people.
DIRECT ARMISTICE
PROPOSALS REPORTED.
WARSAW, July 22.—(Thursday)
—(By Associated Press.) —Poland
has sent armistice proposals direct to
the Soviet government at Moscow.
A new coalition cabinet has been
formed under the premiership of M.
Witos.
DUBNO FORTRESS
TAKEN BY REDS.
LONDON, July 23.—The capture
by Soviet forces of the Fortress of
Dubno, one of Volhynia group of
fortifications defending the south
eastern Polish border, is announced
in an official statement from Mos
cow.
Compensation Act
Is Passed by Senate
, ATLANTA, July 23—The Georgia
Senate has passed the workmen’s
:ompensation bill. It provides a
neans by which workmen of all con
cerns with certain exceptions can be
riven medical and hospital treatment
Ind compensation for injuries result
ng from industrial accidents. It fixes
schedules of compensation and makes
regulations under which the com
mission shall operate.
The commission created to admin
ister the law consists of the commis
sioner of commerce and labor, the
attorney general and two other
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor, one representing the employ
er's and one the employees.
It operates without expense to the
State as compensation is paid to in
jured workmen by the employers
through an arrangement with the in
surance companies provided in the
bill. Expenses of the commission,
ire paid by a tax of 1 per cent on
the gross earned premiums of insur
ance companies engaged in this busi
ness. Salaries of members of the
commission appointed by the gov
ernor are fixed at $4,000 and em
ployment of a secretary-treasurer at
$2,000 is authorized. Senator J. E.
T. Bowden is author of the bill.
G. O. P. Law and Order
Plank Purposely Out
LINCOLN, Neb., July 23—A tele
gram from Will H. Hays, received in
reply to a query sent by Virgil G.
Hinshaw, national committee chair
man of the prohibition party, states
that the proposed “law and order
plank” in the Republican platform
was stricken out by the platform sub
committee in Chicago as “meaning
less” and was never presented to the
full platform committee nor the con
vention.
Upshaw Urges Drys To
Keep Hands Off Race
ATLANTA, July 23—Urging that
the Anti-Saloon League take no stand
in the presidential race, Congress
man William D. Upshaw, of the
Fifth (Atlanta) district, has wired
the national attornev of the prohibi
tion organization saying that if they
do take a stand millions of the sup
porters of the organization will be
alienated.
Refuses to Legalize
Interest in Advance
ATLANTA, July 23. Leaving
the present banking laws of the state
practically unchanged except for
technical amendments, the Georgia
Senate has def.ated an amendment
which would permit state banks to
deduct interest on a note in advance
on the ground that this would in
many cases mean an interest of more
than the, legal 8 per cent.
Burglars Get Dray Load
of Loot; Family Sleeps
ATLANTA, July 23—While Max
Goldberg and his family slept peace
fully in their home at 236 West Fair
street, burglars ransacked the prem
ises and carried off nearly a dray
load of loot, including a diamond
ring, a gold watch, a bracelet, two
pairs of shoes and a large quantity
of clothing.
Mrs. Goldberg informed the police
that the burglars had taken every
pair of stockings that she possessed.