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FORTT-THIRD YEAR—NO. 39.
. Caruso Near Death From Heart Attack
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WATCH CREDIT,
RESERVE CHIEF
TELLS CONGRESS
Warns That Utmost Care
Is Required To Avoid
Trouble
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. War
time expenditures and profound
modifications of the country’s eco
nomic system make it imperative,
Governor W. P. G. Harding, of the
Federal Reserve board, informed
congress today in the annual report
of the Federal reserve board, that
the “utmost care be taken to con
serve our credit and preserve the
basis of our property” to avoid the
extreme conditions prevailing in oth
er countries.
“Upon the United States in a large
measure,” Governor Harding declar
ed, “the solvency of financial stabili
ty of many other countries depend.
This fact greatly increases the re
sponsibility which rests upon the Am
erican banking system.”
In the readjustment of business,
Governor Harding asserted the coun
try is generally recognized as hav
ing passed the crisis and to be look
ing to the future “in a spirit of great
er confidence.”
Discussing foreign trade, he said:
“We find ourselves with a large
export trade, which is being paid for
only in part, and this trade is fast
approaching a point where it may be
cut drastically to the most vital es
sentials unless the normal credit and
buying power of Europe can be re
stored.
ROTARIANS HEAR
NOTED SPEAKER
Make Trip To Albany
To Hear Dr. Chas.
E. Barker
A considerable delegation of Am
ericus Rotarians, headed by President
J. E. Hightower and including Sec
retary Silas Johnson, planned to go
to Albany this afternoon to be pres
ent at a lecture there tonight under
the auspices of the Albany Rotary
club by Dr. Chas. E. Barker, of
Grand Rapids, Mich. The Rotary
clubs of Valdosta and Dothan, Ala.,
Miso are to attend.
Dr. Barker is a noted authority on
physical culture, and will speak at
7:30 p. m. to men and boys over 16
years only on the topic, “A Father’s
Relation to His Son.” This afternoon
he spoke to women and girls only an
“‘A Mother’s Relation to Her Daugh
ter,” and this afternoon he talked at
the High school there to students
and Boy Scouts on “How to Make
the Most Out of Life.”
wT A R K E T S .
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 13 3-4 c.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Uc Open 11am Ipm Close
Meh 13.90 13.95 13.93 13.84 13.62
May 14.40 14.53 14.39 14.35 14.12
July 14.75 14.80 14.75 14.68 14.45
Oct. 15.10 15.10 15.10 15.05 14.86
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CHILDREN FIND
$23,000 OF LOOT
UNDER CHURCH
' REEDVILLE, Va., Feb. 16.—A
satchel containing more than $15,-
000 in cash and Liberty bonds and
SB,OOO in jewelry, found by chil
dren under the steps of a church
here has been identified as part of
the loot taken from the Common
w( i Bank, which was robbed
ana ourned January 30.
TO SAVE STARVING CHILDREN
OF EUROPE
(100 Cents of Every Dollar Donated is Used For This Purpose.)
1 AGREE TO DONATE:
Cash $-.5 Wheat, sacked, bushels Corn,
sacked, bushels...; Peas, sacked, bushels;
Peanuts, sacked, bushels, Potatoes, sacked, bush
els ; Syrup, gallons Hams ;
Shoulders..; Sides
Will deliver to J. E. Hightower in Americus, or to
School house 0n.... day of Feb.
1921.’
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PACIFIC COAST SPLIT |
ON JAPANESE PROBLEM]
Simms, Former Georgia Newspaper Man, In
Second Article Tells More Os Existing
Situation
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.—Split four ways from the middle over the
Japanese immigration question, the Pacific coast states will carry to Wash
ington to lay before the new administration at least a quartet of different
solutions to be embodied in the new treaty or convention now being nego
tiated with Japan. Here are some of them:
ONE. That of the “Exclusion
League of California—which must be
considered as California’s official so
lution. This will call for the out and
out exclusion of Japanese labor and,
of course, at least the implied recog
nition of her new alien land-law,
which inhibits the ownership of land
by Japanese, or their leasing land, or
their control of it in various other
ways.
TWO. That of K. K. Kawakami,
Japanese author known to be very
close to the imperial government of
Japan. His solution calls for fair
treatment of the Japanese already in
the United States —though not nec
essarily for their admission to citizen
ship—and the stoppage by Japan of
further emigration of her subjects to
America, with certain limited ex
ceptions.
THREE. That sponsored by many
prominent coast citizens—particular
ly in the states of Washington and
Oregon. They would see that justice
is done the Japanese now here, Amer
icanize them by granting citizenship
to such who by length of residence
and general character might qualify
for it, and put up the bars high and
tight against the coming of new ori
ental labor.
FOUR. That of the Commonwealth
Club of San Francisco. This club,
one of the most organ
izations in the west and with a mem
bership of close on to 3,000, has
gone on record as favoring not only
the drastic exclusion of oriental la
bor permanently, but for a period of
two years to stop the immigration of
all unskilled labor from Europe or
elsewhere.
Up To Harding
This does not mean, of course, that
each state will bombard Washington
with special delegations. It does
mean, however, that these will be
among the solutions pressed upon
President Harding and his secretary
of state after March 4.
Out here opinions differ on what
“fair treatment” of 'the Japanese
means, and the discussion, beyond
the shadow of a doubt, will be car
ried to Washington to be continued
there between the national capital
and Tokio.
“We must treat the Japanese who
are already in our country fairly,”
J. Stanley Benedict, of the state
board of control, told me in his of
fice in the state house at Sacramento.
"Would you admit them to citizen
ship?” I asked.
“No,” he replied. “We already have
one race problem in America. We
do not want another?’
As one of the three compilers of
the report, “California and the Orien
tal,” he naturally favored the anti-
Japanese land law.
Stephens’ Opinion.
Gov. William D. Stephens, of Cali
fornia, believes the Japanese ex
clusion act should likewise call for
the registration of all Japanese
“lawfully within the United States
at the time the act was passed,” and,
further, that the burden would be
upon every Japanese to prove his
right to be here by the production
of a certificate of registration.
Kawakami’s contention is that the
Japanese in this country must be
guaranteed the same priivleges “ac
corded to aliens coming from ‘the
most favored country'.”
“This does not mean,” the gifted
son of Nippon told me, “that they
THE Tjj® BREBrdER
fcSlI PUBLISHED IN HEARTOF
should necessarily be granted citi
zenship. Japan will not ask for it if
no state intentionally attempts to
discriminate against the Japanese
under guise of legislating against all
aliens.
Three Exceptions
“Japan,” he went on, “must, on
her part, agree to stop her subjects
from emigrating to America, with
these three exceptions:
“Regularly established independent
Japanese business men or agricul
turalists who were married before
they left Japan, should be allowed to
send for their wives, or to be allow
ed to return to Japan and marry and
bring back their wives with them
within a reasonable time. Second,
Japanese children of a certain age,
say up to 13 or 14 should be allowed
to join their parents regularly estab
lished in this country, and upon
whom they depend for support. Third.
Japanese lawfully admitted to this
country and with domicile establish
ed, should be allowed to visit Japan
and return within a reasonable time.
Sprecklei’ View*
Rudolph Spreckles, of San Fran
cisco, one of the ablest thinkers on
the coast and a great progressive,.
agrees with the Commonwealth Club
as to the control of all immigration
from whatever country and believes
with his state in drastic measures
against the Japanese.
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary
of the treasury, takes the opposite
view.
“There are no diffedences between
the United States and Japan,” he
told me at the Cuyamaca Club in
San Diego, “which cannot be settled
in a friendly way.”
Deploring the agitation in Cali
fornia, he continued:
“California should not be afraid
of the Japanese who constitute only
2.2 of her total population. Taking
the land away from them drives them
to the cities at a time when our food
supply is not keeping up with our
increase in population. Japanese
farmers last year raised $67,000,-
000 worth of food. Why expel them
from the farms when we are not pro
ducing enough to feed our own peo
ple- What California wants is not
a policy of legal persecution leveled
against Japanese here, but an immi
gration policy which will protect the
state against a further influx of
oriental labor.”
Real Problem
A congressional investigating com
mittee could fill volumes with strong
ly-voiced opinions were such a body
to take the time to journey up and
down the Pacific coast. It would get
an earful of honest convictions, pro
and con; and then an earful of prop
aganda. both ways; and yet again
with political dope, for be it known
the Japanese problem has become
a profitable subject in many a baili
wick out here.
But it would carry away this im
pression, if. it took away nothing
else:
There 15 a Japanese *problem out
here of a size and a significance not
appreciated in the East and least of
all in Washington. And this prob
lem must be got out of tiie way be
fore it becomes a real sore and fes
ters and the peace of the world is
disturbed.
I have found that where there are
but few Japanese they are invariably
liked, but where they are “colonized”
in large ‘"ntfmbers and in direct com
petition With Americans, there is
friction and bad feeling. Be right
and wrong where they may,
there .is positively no disguis
ing the fact the friction is there,
. and if Japan and the United States
wish to remain good friends, the dip
lomats of Washington and Tokio must
open up away to a permanent ad
justment.
i Our trade with Germany during
: 1920 amounted to $400,000,000i
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1921.
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ALL BUT ONE OF
CHAMBER BOARD
ARE RE-ELECTED
R. E. Allison Succeeds
W. T. Anderson—
-86 Voted Gor
All of the retiring members of the
bord of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce were re-elected, except
one, in the membership ballot which
closed at 4 o’clock Tuesday after
noon. The’exception was W. T. An
derson, of Leslie, who failed of re
election by two votes. The new mem
ber on the board in his, place is R.
E. Allison.
The high man in the vote tabula
tion was Walter Ry lander. The oth
ers elected were Frank P. Harrold,
N. A. Ray, W. M. Jones, and R. S.
Oliver. About 100 ballots were cast.
The membership was 491 at the time
the campaign closed a year ago, but
is somewhat less now. Eighty-six dif
ferent names were voted for, many
of them receiving only one vote.
According to the rule, the six high
est in the tabulation were to be de
clared elected. A committee of the
membership had charge of the elec
tion and vote counting.
Because of the absence from the
city of President Carr S. Glover, the
re-organization of the board cap not
be held for a few days, but it is stat
ed that it will probably he held early
next week. At that time officers*for
the new year will be elected from
among the board membership and
plans laid for the year’s work.
HOUSTON YIELDS
ON ALLIED LOANS
] Agrees To Make None
Without Consultings
Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Secre
tary Houston today agreed with the
senate judicial committee not to
make any further loans to foreign
governments, no matter how pressing
: the demand might be, until he had
I consulted the committee and given
it full time for deliberation.
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College Locators Are
Delayed By Sickness
The Chamber of Commerce has
been notiifed that the college locating
committee of the Christian church,
which was to have visited Americus
February 23 to inspect a site offered
•fop the location of a proposed col
lege of that denomination here,
Would be unable to come here on that
date, owing to the serious illness of
Prof. Harper, of Elon college, a mem
er of the committee and that the I
trip had been indefinitely postponed |
The church convention at Raleigh
in April, 1919, named a committee
to locate a new Christian church col
lege, on which is to be
spent by the church, and offers of
..sites and inducements were solicited
;by this committee. Arrangements
| were made by the Chamber of Com
merce to offer the committee a site
of 10 acres within the city limits, or
a larger tract just outside the city.
The church committee has made it
plain that it seeks a location of suit
able environment for young people,
insitsing on a moral town with a
splendid citizenship such as Aaieri*
cus offers.
REMORSE DON’T COUNT.
PADEN CITY, V. Va., Feb. 16—
Arthur Woods was remorseful. He
returned to pay back sl4ft taken
from a friend. Restitution doesn’t
clean the slate. Police arrested him.
vision of Macon; Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
WE A T HER.
Forecast for Georgia Fair and
warmer tonight; Thursday cloudy
and cooier tn north pot’io;.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexall Store.)
4 pm .....71 4 am 51
6 pm 67 6 am 49
8 pm .66 8 am 50
10 pm 58 10 am ■6O
Midnight 56 Noon 70
2 am 54 2 pm 72
THIS LITTLE GIRj. CAN’T STOP TALKING
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This is Mariam Rubin, aged eight years, of Waukegan, 111., who has
been talking constantly for 10 days. The doctors believe spinal bones are
pinching the nerve that controls speech.
REEDBITTERLY
FLAYS TARIFF]
Invites Democratic Sup
— pr Or ters To Sit On Re
publican Side
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Demo
cratic senators supporting the house
emergency tariff bill were invited
today by Senator Reed, Democrat, of
Missouri, to take seats on the Repub
lican side for debate “in the rear
where you belong.”
He bitterly assailed the tariff
measure as a “Bucanneering expe
dition which this congress is about
to undertake. Characterizing the
measure as “robbery” he charged the
Democratic members with supporting
it “because they can get a part of
the swag.”
‘Where Thieves Do Not
Break Thru And Steal’
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 16.
“Old Ike,” a negro sexton in a Tusca
loosa cemetery, was not superstitious.
That seems to have been proven with
the demolition of a mausoleum here.
When the vault fell into decay,
wierd happenings were related and
it was pointed out as a place where
ghosts congrated. It was shunned ex
cept by “Old Ike,” the only name by
which, he was known.
There was a hole in the wall and
when Ike discovered it, he decided to
utilize the place for storing his pick,
shovel and other tools. He is credit
ed with saying that he never lost a
tool.
North Idaho Wants To
Be Separate State
BOISE.Idaho, Feb. 16. —The se
cession movement took definite form
today when a resolution was intro
duced in the senate of the state leg
islature virtually asking permission
for North Idaho to secede from the
state.
Syrup 75c Gallon, Yams 75c
Bus. for Relief Fund Thursday
To turn quickly into cash the
farm produce obtained by Sumter
county farmers to the European
Relief fund for the feeding of 3,-
500,000 starving children of Cen
tral Europe, Chairman W. W.
Dykes, and Miss Emma Mae Borum
today, announced “special" for
Thursday as follows:
Fifty gallons of Georgia cane sy
rup, in .cans, 75c per gallon.
Sweet potatoes, 75c per bushel.
Cured pork shoulders, either
HARDWARESTORE
IS BURGLARIZED
] Pistol Stock, And Other
i Goods Taken From
Buchanans
1 The store of the Buchanan Hard
ware company on Cotton avenue was
entered Tuesday night and number
of pistols, pocket knives and other
goods stolen. The robbery was dis
covered this morning when R. S.
Hutchinson, clerk at the store open
ed the store, he noticing at once
that the show case in which pistols
i were kept was empty. He immediate
ly reported to Chief Bragg.
Entrance to the place was effected
I by saying through iron bars protect
] ing the window in the rear of the
building and crawling through. A
■ mechanic’s saw found by the police
1 near the window, was said to have
been used.
Officer Janes, on whose beat the
I store is located stated that about
2 o’clock he saw a light flash in the
building, but after summoning anoth
er officer and investigating they de
cided that the light was the reflection
from an auto turning the corner
from Lamar street.
Calls On Gov. Kilby To
Call Strike Conference
’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 16 ]
Countering Covering Kilby’s
appeal to the public to force a set
tlement of the Alabama coal strike,'
Van A. Bittner, international repre
sentative of the United Mine work
ers, today suggested in a statement
that the governor demand that the j
operators and miners meet in confer
ence, “look each other squarely in!
I the face and get down to business
on a man-to-man basis.”
Bittner says that so far the opera
tors had refused to meet the miners
in conference.
Great Britain has 36 labor union
with an exclusive woman member- ■
ship.
smoked or unsmoked, 20c per
pound.
In addition to these special a
large supply of other produce is of
fered, and housewives are urged to
call at the Hightower Toy store,
where it is oh display, in charge
of Miss Borum, and fill their needs
from it. The produce offered is
all first class Sumter county pro
ducts. Every cent of money taken
in goes for the relief, work and
none to expenses.
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LAST RITES ARE
ADMINISTERED
FAMOUS TENOR
Oxygen Being Given In
Effort To Save His
Life
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Oxygen
today was being administered to En
rico Caruso, world famous tenor, who
was waging a fight against death aft
er last night having been stricken
with a heart attack that caused his
physicians to fear that he would suc
cumb before dawn.
At 11:30 o’clock it was announced
he had rallied after a severe relapse.
“His condition is not satisfactory,
but there is some improvement,”
said an official bulletin.
Caruso sufered a great heart at
tack last night, but was reported
slightly improved early this morning.
Attending physicians admitted, how
ever, that the famous singer was
“desperately ill.” His relapse was en
tirely unexpected.
The sacrament of extreme unction
was administered to Caruso at 1:25
o’clock this morning.
At intervals throughout the night
he lapsed into semi-consciousness,
but rallied slightly after the admin
istration of stimulants.
Fully aware of his condition, Ca
ruso directed the sending of a tele
gram to his son, Enrico, Jr., who
is a student at Culver Military
Academy, Culver, Ind. He then ex
pressed to his wife a desire to see his
friends and all the singers with
whom he had been associated in the
Metropolitan Opera company to tell
them “good-by.” Antonio Scotti and
his accompanist, Mr. Fucito appear
ed early at. th© Caruso apartment..
I in the Vanderbilt hob 1 and remained
several hours. They were joined by
Orville Harrold, Florence Eastman
and others, members of the opera
company, who returned late from
Philadelphia, where they played
Tuesday night. All were deeply af
fected. They reported Caruso in a
cheerful mood.
Caruso had recently suffered a
severe attack of pleurisy, which re
sulted in a smgical operation, and
also suffered a bursted blood vessel
at the base of his tongue as the re
slut of strain while singing.
Thad Reese Home From
Year At Johnstown, Pa
Thad Reese, who was formerly
connected for a number of years with
Thos. L. Bell in his jewelry estab
lishment and with S. A. Daniels later,
is in Americus for a visit of two
weeks to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Otis D. D. Reese, at their home on
Jackson avenue.
Mr. Reese has been for the past
year in Johnstown, Pa., where he is
studying in the watch making and
repairing department of the Roth
stein & Co. He speaks very interest
ingly of his time spent in the north
enf city, of the pleasant working con
ditions and the splendid salaries paid
employees, but says there is no place
like home in Sumter county and Am
ericus.
He was a caller at the Times-Re
corder office this morning, and of
fered his congraulations upon the
handsome home of the paper. The
present building has been- completed
since his leaving Americus, and it
was his first view of the new home
of the Times-Recorder. Mr. Reese has
the paper sent to. him regularly in his
northern home, and says it is like a
weekly letter to him, even though it
is two days old before reaching him.
Mr. Reese will visit A’bany, Ella
ville, Smithville and other nearby
towns before his return to Johnstown
at the end of his visit.
President Promises
War Fund Accounting
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—White
House officials announced today that
President Wilson, before his retire
ment March 4, would make a final
itemized report showing disburse
ments and allotments made. by him
out of the $150,000,000 war fund
voted him by congress.
The house after a stormy session
yesterday adopted a resolution call
ing for such a report.-
STANFIELD FUNERAL.
The body of Mrs. Rnsa Stanfield,
an account of whose death will be
found on another page, will reach
Americus at 2:15 . p. m. Thursday
from Macon, accompanied by her
pastor, Rev. H. M. Feagot. The body •
will be taken directly to Oak Grove
cemetery, where interment will take
place.